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Bobbie Woods paused to think about the subject that cost her a son.Richard "Digger" Phelps called a "Town Hall Meeting To Stop Youth
Violence" at the Salvation Army's Kroc Center Thursday night to
recruit mentors for South Bend's at-risk kids, but mentoring was old
news to the Mamas Against Violence president who lost her own son to a
gunman's bullet.
"One of the things that I'm concerned about as I hear them talk about
mentoring programs ... it's nothing new to the community," said Woods,
whose son, Terrill Woods, was gunned down in February 2003.
"There have been mentor programs before and there will be mentor
programs afterwards," she said. "We have these mentor programs and
normally they're short-term. You mentor kids for six months a year,
and then what happens to that kid?"
What happened to four young men just up the street from the Kroc
Center earlier this week precipitated the former Notre Dame basketball
coach's town hall meeting.
Early Sunday morning a double-shooting in the 1100 block of Napier
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Labour availability top issue for 47% of Canada's leading oil and gas companies: EY
(Calgary, 15 December 2011) – Labour availability, market access and cost control issues are weighing heavily on the minds of Canada's oil and gas executives, while HR professionals struggle to find the skilled workers that will become tomorrow's leaders, says EY.
"With the Alberta government predicting a shortage of at least 77,000 workers within the next decade, companies can't afford to be idle when it comes to attracting and retaining talent," says Lance Mortlock, Senior Manager in EY's oil and gas practice. "A perfect demographic storm is already brewing in Canada's oil and gas sector, as companies face climbing labour costs and the onset of severe worker shortages."
Forty-seven percent of Canada's leading oil and gas companies surveyed in a recent EY report, Human resources in Canada's oil and gas sector, cite labour availability as the most important issue facing their company.Survey respondents also agree that strategic recruitment and attracting talent, capability development and managing change are amongst the most important HR challenges to contend with.
Yet, despite increasing concerns about skills and labour shortages, employee turnover and chronically in-demand occupations, the oil and gas sector's recruitment strategies remain outdated.
"Alberta's oil and gas companies need to start looking at new ways of operating, including becoming much more creative with their hiring plans and considering attracting and sourcing talent from other countries around the world. Beyond that they must ensure their companies have strong knowledge transfer, training and integration programs in place to bring new employees up to speed on processes as quickly as possible," says Mortlock.
Many companies have already begun building targeted development programs, using social networking tools, employing search firms and offering attractive signing bonuses to lure and retain skilled workers. But competing on salaries alone won't be enough to entice talent.
"Promoting innovation and flexibility initiatives will be the key to attracting the best and brightest," says Mortlock. "Companies need to think outside the box and start considering offshore and co-sourcing arrangements, collaborating with other companies and universities, developing more efficient processes and building long-term multi-year workforce plans."
By sharing skills, talent and costs through project sequencing, joint ventures and partnerships companies can maximize available resources, respond to talent issues collectively and generate a common labour pool.
"Now is the time for companies to challenge the status quo and consider new and different business operating models that focus on deeper industry collaboration on non-strategic services," says Mortlock. "Companies that set out to change the game will come out on top this year."
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Impressive: Kid Makes Beercan Tab Chain Mail
Knight Neversmiles of the Round Beerpong Table here went and made himself a coat of chain mail armor out of pull-tabs from beer cans. Although there may have been some pop-tops in there too, that wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, he did a good job but there's just no way you can look like a hard-ass wearing chainmail made out of pull-tabs. I mean I could, but I'd also....
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Thanks to reado, who once made a suit of armor out of Capri-Sun pouches.
From the same maker as last week's chain mail chess set comes this awesome Mega Man 2 chain mail blanket/wall hanging. I know this little picture doesn't do it justice so click HERE to see a higher res version. Then, click HERE to discover life's greatest secrets. Oh, sorry,... / Continue →
Because Pokemon and beer pong are both serious business, here's a homemade table combining the two. You can only play beer pong on it though, the Game Boys don't actually play Pokemon. "Aw man, I thought they did." That's because you're an idiot. "I was being facetious." O... / Continue →
Drinking all KNIGHT -- see what I did there? I'm not proud about it. In fact I'm pretty ashamed and I'm not looking forward to the email from my parents telling me to move back home and get my life together. This is a chain mail beer stein crafted by DeviantARTist ChainedBea... / Continue →


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Sure, Why Not?: Cassette Tape Art
'Ghost in the Machine' is a series of artwork by Flickr user iri5 that uses old cassette tapes (or film) to create the likenesses of famous musicians/actors. Pretty clever. Not as clever as jumping off the top of the apartment building with a parachute fashioned from a 13-gallon garbage bag, but hey -- not everybody's a modern Da Vinci. GERONIMO!
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Nathan Sawaya, a man best known for building the hell out of things with LEGO blocks, has created a fully functional cello out of the modular plastic bits. No word on what it sounds like, but if I had to guess, I'd say not good. But who am I to judge? I mean, BESIDES BEING T... / Continue →
This is artist Bang-Yao Liu's senior project from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). It's a stop motion video that uses different colored Post-It notes as pixels. I recommend watching the whole thing. Twice. Then telling yourself you could do better, even though we ... / Continue →


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Health Matrix key sponsor for Doha summitHealth Matrix, a leading health care IT solutions provider with offices in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, has signed up as a key sponsor of an upcoming health care and patient safety conference in Doha. Partnering for a Healthier Popula More… |
Health Matrix in Saudi cardiac centre tieupHealth Matrix, a specialized healthcare IT company with operating offices in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, has announced a new strategic alliance with Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre – Al Hasa (PSCCH) to implement a key policy and procedure (P& More… |
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IChemE Pays Tribute to Safety Pioneer Trevor Kletz
Kletz wrote 14 books and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers on process safety. |
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SCD-iBIO to Honor Purdue's George Tsao for Contributions to Industrial Biotechnology
Tsao founded LORRE in 1978. |
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Emerson Reaches Sales Milestone for Digital Valve Controller
Sales reach more than 1.5 million units. |
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OSHA Launches Chemical Substitution Toolkit, Updated Occupational Exposure Limits Table
Agency will detail new online resources during Oct. 24 teleconference. |
10/23/2013 |
IHS: DuPont Performance Chemicals Spin-Off Would Foster Stable Growth
The move, IHS says, allows DuPont to refocus its resources on core businesses in agriculture and nutrition. |
10/22/2013 |
ISA Automation Week 2013 to Feature Six Educational Tracks
Industrial automation and control track will demonstrate how the proper application of control theory and advanced process control systems can improve manufacturers' KPIs. |
10/22/2013 |
Chemtura to Sell Consumer Products Business to KIK Custom Products
Company begins exploring sale of agrochemicals business. |
10/16/2013 |
Advanced Biofuels Facility Opens in Northern Italy
Plant uses wheat straw, rice straw and arundo donax to produce biofuels. |
10/16/2013 |
ACS Targets Plagiarism
The American Chemical Society is committed to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. |
10/15/2013 |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Opens John C. Haas Archive of Science and Business
Facility to house 1.5 miles of materials on 3.5-story shelves. |
10/11/2013 |
Hydraulic Institute to Offer Webinar on Slurry Pumps
Series begins on Oct. 29. |
10/10/2013 |
Video: Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2013
The award was presented "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems." |
10/10/2013 |
AIChE Conference to Feature New CPI Technologies
Manufacturers will provide 15-minute presentations on topics ranging from new hybrid polyurethane technology to valveless programmable dispensing. |
10/08/2013 |
Rockwell Automation Launches Video Contest to Encourage Future STEM Workers
FIRST teams compete for grants by describing how they will apply their engineering skills to make a difference. |
10/01/2013 |
HART and Fieldbus Discuss Merger
Industrial communication foundations explore merging into single organization. |
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Major General Robert Wheeler to Present Opening Keynote at ISA Automation Week 2013
J. Patrick Kennedy, CEO and majority owner of OSIsoft, will present the keynote address on Nov. 6. |
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Compressed Air and Gas Institute Releases New Standard for Testing Turbocompressor Performance
CAGI will submit the new standard for consideration as an annex to the ISO 5389 standard. |
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Hydraulic Institute Opens Registration for 2013 Fall Meeting
Eligible prospective members can attend with advance approval. |
08/30/2013 |
Laser Produces Hydrogen From Water
Carbon/charcoal powder could help pave the way toward the touted "hydrogen economy." |
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ISA99 Cyber Security Standard Addresses Vulnerabilities In Automation Systems
Standard provides detailed technical control system requirements associated with seven foundational requirements described in the first ISA99 standard. |
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As one of the instructors with our Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team, I spend most of my time helping our neighborhood volunteers stay prepared to respond should a major storm or other disaster threaten our area. So, when neighbors ask me if they should evacuate when a hurricane is heading our way or ride out the storm at home, they want a simple "yes" or "no" answer. Unfortunately, my answer is always … "it depends."
First, I ask them to consider their risk tolerance. In August 2004, Hurricane Charley was predicted to hit the Tampa area as a Category 3 storm. Residents of Port Charlotte, two hours to the south, were told to expect tropical storm winds and rain, so most residents of the area had backyard barbecues, did little pre-storm preparation and planned to ride out the storm at home. A major hurricane hadn't hit this part of Florida in 40 some-odd years — most residents were not concerned.
On Aug. 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley slammed into Port Charlotte packing sustained winds of 145 mph and gusts of 175 mph.
More than 3,000 conventional homes and 9,000 mobile homes were destroyed in Charlotte County, alone. Seven schools were lost, and thousands were left homeless. Twenty-nine people lost their lives.
Lakewood Ranch is 45 miles from Port Charlotte: That could have been us!
So, let me ask you: Do you feel lucky?
We then talk about preparation. Is their home hurricane resistant? Do they have disaster supplies to last, at least, a week? Suppose the power is out. How will they cook? How will they keep their food from spoiling? Will their toilets back up because the sewage pumping stations have lost power? Where will they get water to drink? Will all their family members be able to tolerate the 95-degree heat and humidity, not to mention the insects?
At that point, my neighbors usually say that if the storm looks like it is going to be that bad, they will either go to a shelter or evacuate to some undefined location. They have no plan. They have no reservations at hotels along their escape route. They have no "go-bag" with important documents, clothing, personal-care items, medications and the like. They assume the shelter at the elementary school up the street will be ready to welcome them with hot meals and entertainment.
Then, there is the issue of time.
The National Weather Service issues a hurricane watch 48 hours in advance of the storm's expected arrival, and a hurricane warning (sustained winds of at least 74 mph) 36 hours ahead. By that time, the few escape routes out of the area are clogged, and history tells us that those leaving at that 36-hour point will probably spend the next day in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
In April, Colorado State University meteorologists predicted 10 named storms this year generating four hurricanes, two of which would be major ones (Category 3 or higher).
I think about the residents of Port Charlotte and conclude that whether my neighbors decide to stay, or evacuate, they really need to have a plan and be prepared.
For disaster-planning information, please visit the Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team web site at lwrcert.org.
Victor Kline is the vice president of Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team.
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PALM SPRINGS - Author and Palm Springs resident Ken Seeley received the 338th Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars Saturday.
Seeley was featured on the hit television series "Intervention" and was a well known media figure in fighting drug addiction. He himself also battled addiction and his been sober since 1989, helping others with their addictions.
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Baltimore magazine is proud to launch a new blog that will focus on the city's biggest assets: it's neighborhoods and the people who live in them. We'll be looking to explore the ins and outs from all over the metro area: If you want to discuss the proposed Keswick Multi-Care Center in Roland Park, the closing of Linden Liquors on North Avenue, or the opening of a youth empowerment center in Hampden, this is the place.
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In her groundbreaking 1961 book, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," Jane Jacobs argued that lively, diverse neighborhoods form the human core of great cities. At a time when vast urban renewal created artificial public spaces and faster access to the suburbs, Jacobs lamented the loss of strong urban communities, built on generations of families living together, building institutions, solving problems, and looking out for one another. One of the key elements to rebuilding and maintaining strong communities, she argued, was encouraging "eyes on the street." On one level, the phrase means designing neighborhoods so that people can see what's happening on the street—lots of front stoops and sidewalk space, few dark alleys and no steep high-rises. But in another, more important way, "eyes on he street" means fostering communities that are constantly engaged with what's going on around them, where citizens come together to discuss and solve problems and speak out together when any community member is mistreated. We hope, in some small way, this blog will contribute to keeping Baltimore's eyes on the street.
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FOL.KL.lfE FESTIVAL. Interview with; Phil Reynolds INterviewer: Esther MacMillan Date: August 3, 1980 Place: Institute of Texan Cultures BRAZORIA MILITIA R: I'm Phil REynolds with the Brazoria Militia ~ We are a historical . ass .. oc~ade u~ ~f~ist~ri~ns who are_ in~e~re~~ed in ~E~.~ .. h~.st_~ry .P!l£!:...!.~-l836. We also like to go out and shoot muzzle loaders. Our club is based - . · · --- primarily on this premise. We have a little bit for everybody in that those people thit are interested strictly in the historical aspect of it, ~an deal in that and those who are shooters can join it and if you are interested in both, then you can participate in all the functi·cns . of our organ .. ization. M: I'm real dumb. What is a muzzle l~ader? R: O.k. P-ri-or -to- th-e -inv-ention of what they call aa,rtridge weapon~, most -~·· of -bhe weapons were loaded from the muzzle end or the '"end ot the barrel --- ~ ·---· ----- . . . - that the bullet comes out of. To do this, you had to pour in the powder and put in iither wadding or patching around the ball and push the ball to the bottom of the barrel where the powder charge was ignited either by a flint lock or by a percussion cap. A flint lock operates primarily with the action of a flint striking a hardened metal called a frisson which throws sparks down ~nto a priming charge which sets off the main charge in the barrel propelling the bullet out. M:The bullet is how big? NOrmally? R: It depends. The standard cali ber for muskets in 1776 was between 69 and 71 caliber. The rifle ball of that particular period was around 54 caliber, which means it was .54 inch or .69 inch •. M: FAirly small? - Brazorta Mllitfa R: Not really~ A half tnch is pret~y good g,ize, for a bullet, \ ~~a.'<' ,.\e.-) M: Now that's ~half t nch. That would be a really big ball, wouldn't it, R; Right. I'm talking about .... 70 caliber almost 3/4 inch , Today's -- - ·------- bullets are norrn~lly around _3_9 _c~liber or less, Which m_ean_~_tDe,Y'_r~}_alf as big as bullets used back at that particular period of time. -- - ·-----~-·- ~ M: Were they always lead? R: Yes. They have to be a very pure soft lead, especially in the rifle ---.,.--.- :-:: ---~-·- --~e;, because when the ball was driven downAfront of the barrel and it engages the rifling that's cut in the barrel, which imparts the spin on it , the balls had to be forced into the rifling and anything harder than lead ------·-· ---- would cause problems; it couldn't be loaded , .. - _ ..... In the smooth bore muskets you could load those with sticks or nails or marbles or rocks or anything you ¢¢~1- had because the bore is smooth, And it wasn't a requirement for a bullet to be forced past rifling. The advantage of the musket over the rifle for military use •• rifles ......____~--- ---.......... -_. ....... ,.. -..' ~*" "' ...... ..---. ..-~ -- --- -- - --- ... ~. never became popular until after the Civil War as far as a military weapon •. "--~----- --- -- - -- -~ -- -· .__ _____ --- was the fact that a musket could be fired up to 15 iimes a minute. Whereas .... ¥ -- -- ,., ~ ., ~ -~ - • - or . ---- a rifle can only ~e fired one time a minute at the most. In addition, the · musket had provisions for affixing a bayonet on it and at this particular point in time , the bayonet was the prime infantry weapon and the musket was merely the means to move the bayon~to the place where it was going to do the work. ~~ M: For goodness sake! I didn't know that. When you say it can be fired~ to l ~ times a minute, I don't account for that. Do you put that many bullets in ? R: No. What you do .•. at that time they had what they call paper cartridges. It's a cylinder of brown paper soaked in salt peter and it had a premeasured poWder -charge and a bull et on top of that. They were all carried in a poudh 3, Brazoria Militia R: which has wo~den holes and each charge fitted in one of those holes • In a combat situation, the Colonial tnfantry men would pull out one of the paper cartridges and bite off one end in hts teeth , pour a small part of the powder into the pan on his flintlock; close the frisson; ••• which is the cover,and also the striking plate for the flint ; and he'd pour the rest of the powder down the barrel and push the bullet on top of it and then ram it home.And if he practiced this, he could do it in less than 4 seconds. M: He could! KR: Like i say, it was a requirement at that time that an infantry man must fire 15 unaimed shots •.. and this is the kicker .•• because if you notice on this musket , there are no real sights • They did that on purpose becauee at that particular time the people that form~lated the . -· --· ..... - ~ - . ~ infantry tactics did not want the infantry man to aim hi~eapon because it sl?wed down his rate of fir~ng. They felt that if you ~ad _ 200 or 400 of these firing at one time in one small general area that it wasn't necessary to aim. M: Somebody was going to get hit. Th~odds were in favor .•• R: Right. The balls were so big that any kind of a wound at all would be •.• would incapacitate the enemy. M: When you loaded from the front end there , you have a stick or a rod or ___ R: Right . See there's a ramrod •. M: Ramrod ... that's where we get the expression -- . - R: Right. Also another expression that comes from the flintlock era is called a "flash in the pan" • I-f y-ou--'l-l notice, this is the pan on a - - . - -- - - flintlock ; it's this little piece of metal that under the frisson that's shaped like a pan. ON some occasions, there would be a little piece of carbon in this little hole in here •• it's called a· touch-all(?)the only thing that wouad happen when the flint struck, .•. I'll demonst~te here •. when Brazoria Militia R: the flint strikes, it brings the sparks down ... the main charge wouldn ' t go off and there would be merely a whoosh, a lot of smoke in the pan and that's where you get the expression a flash in the pan. M : What does the flint ~oak like? Is it a piece of flint rock? R: It's jus··t- .a- -p- ·i·e··c··-e of willhnit.et rock; tha.t .'s _ a·l l- -it- · is. This ts the flint right here ••• just a ~piece of flint rock, lhis one 1 I think 1 I picked up in my driveway. Now this is another thing that most people don ' t ~~~WI realize is thit the ••• oh~p unt~l th_~ late l850's; flintlocks were still common even though they had newer types of weapons because in the primitive part of the frontier, or ~ven _the parts more civilized, in Texas, the frontiersman could always find flint rock. 7~¢11~ He could use Indian arrow heads; he could use anything at all that would strike a spark. But he couldn't go to the store and buy percussion caps so therefore a lot of people stuck with the older ignition system until in the late 1850's. So the flintlock, especially the flintlock musket, was around. M: How long is •.. that's an awfully long gun. ----------..::-- - 4. R: The barrel on this is approximately_ 38 in~h_e_s • With the bayonet on it .. • .... the bayonet is 3 feet long ••• and the stock is another 2 feet long so what we ' re looking at here is a piece of equipment that is almost 8 feet tall when it's altogether. It looks peetty heavy but it only weighs 9 pounds. It is verymtcely ....__.----·- balanced .If you want to examine it: see where my hand is on it •• • jast grab it at that particular point ••• and thatls what they call the balance of the piece and it really is easy to maneuver if you're used to it. M: To me , it seems heavy. If you were in the heat of battle wtth that thing , I suppose you don't even realize how heavy it is . R: Not only that but -th-e peo-pl e back then were ••• they lived with these ; . t eey sl ept with them; they got to be part of them. Brazoria Militia R: I myself, try to carry~ound as much as I can , amrnl.lnitton, etc., and carry it a~aund the house so that I am used to the wetgbt on it because when I'm out demonstrating, and I like to be able to control it , I can 5, take one hand, I can hold tt up, manuever it and whateve~ and I'm used to it. M: What's that metal? R: O.K. This is steel. And the reason that it's bl.lrnished like that and not blue, is ~ck in •• •a s I said before, -the -ba-yo-ne-t was the primary - -··- weapon used in battle •.. therefore, they wanted to frighten the enemy as '--- - . - · . .. - . ·-··· much as they could and therefore all the brightly polished barrels and ~.r.1gh~1!'_ P.~~ lsh~~ ba.§Jon~t-~ 1 coked much more fearsome to the enemy than if they were blued or brown colored. --· Of course}hts is a French musket and I noticed in the Museum you have in the building here, a Spanish musket from about the same period and it also has the burnished finish on it so apparently they had the same ideas that the French did. M: When you say, "OF course this is French 11 ••• what do you mean by of course? R: Well i t's a Charleville ml.lsket, made in Charlevi11~ France.During the Revolutionary War, the French were our allies ; they provided the Revolution colonists with ~lot of the weaponry that they used. Also, I might note that the Btitish also provided them with some of the weaponry that they used but they were~ing it as a means of cooperation • The French captured a lot of Brttish arms • M: Oh they did! How old is that?(gun)Do you have any idea? '- R: O.K. Thts one right here is a modern reproductton, •• tt is an exact re~ production of a 1776 Charleville. Right down to the last nut and bolt,.! have examined them using a micrometer, bo~gauges and checked with the original specificati·ons . And of course H was made by hand. This isn't a mass~produced weapon • Therefore, the accuracy ts pretty good. 6. Br~zori~ Militia R: Our partic~lar group, we do a lot of events where we have to use our muskets and our rifles and therefore itls not the best idea to have originals. We have some original weaponry •• in fact I brought one today. But they tend to get knocked around or beaten up and most people who collect these things frown on making that kind of use of them. I think there's a chance that it might get damaged • Of course a reproduction , it would be bad but at the same time it wouldn't be something that couldn't be replaced. M: Is that the bayonet? R: This is a bayonet used on the Charleville musket. Itls called a triangular bayonet ••• it's got a triangular cross section • It's approximately 3 feet long ; it's got a very sharp needle point • Normally these things all the would be razor sharp~way down to the base of it. I don't have this one sharpened all the way because ••• we're concerned with meeting the public and safety. ANd even though~nd is sharp 1I usually keep the bayonet sheath on it all the time. M: What's the purpose of the triangular shape? Instead of just a flat •. R: It's easier to withdraw once it sticks in. I don't want to get gruesome about this - --- ~ . M: Well, I wanted to know. R: If you'll notice it's not only triangular shape but it's what they call hollow ground . It's much easier to withdraw a bayonet .•• you don't have the suction involved when you pull it back out again is what it amounts to. Plus, it makes a very strong piece of equipment because it's got a back bone. M: Is that the usual shape? R: It was at that particular time. It was very common, in fact. This one except for the length, this part back here that goes on the barrel and the inside diameter of it is exactly the same as the British Brown Bess bayonet. 7 M: You say that you have a group . The group is ca 11 ed the Brazoria County--· 7t Brazorta Militia R: NO, it's just the Brazoria Militia , There was an original Brazoria Militia that were tnvolved in a little altercation called The Battle of ¥elasce. The Battle ofVglasco . was not part of the Texas Revolution. It didn't have anything to do with it • To give a little background on it: 300 ihe originalAcolonists that came into Texas had pledged allegiance to the Mexican Constitution ••• they were Mexican citizens. They had even changed their religion to the Catholic religion because that was required before they could get land grants.And back in those days and time, people didn't go back on their word. A word was as good as a written contract , if not better• These people, when they first came into Texas, the Mexican government was involved with a lot of internal problems around with revolution-ists and didn't have time to spend too much or pay too much att-ention to the colonists. Therefore, for a period of about 10 years , they were relatively untroubled by the central government in Mexico. However, in 1832 a fellow named Bustamente took over as the military dictator of Mexico; threw out the Constitution; and decided to impose taxes and custom duties on the colonists. ThcS is kind of a parallel situation to the revolution of 1776 because up to that time I think the excuse they used was pretty much the same, too, ..• . we provide you with troops etc. and protecti9c. Now we want our money back for it. However, the colonists were a very independent bunch and they weren't used ..• they probably would have accepted it more or less except for one thing. The Mexican government hired a man named John Davis Bradburn from Kentucky And they gave him a commission in the Mexican army as a colonel and put him in charge of all the Mexican armed forces in Texas and Coahuila.The very first act that Mr. Bradburn participated in was to throw a couple of fellows named Travis and Fannin into jail in Anahuac. We run into MR. Travis an d Mr . Fa nn i n 1a t er on 1. n . Jexa-s· h1' s t orY •.. but he threw them tn pr1. son 8, Brazoria Milttia R: in Anahuac .The co1onists sent a delegation headed by John Austin, who was no relation to Stephen F. Austin, up to reason with Mr. Bradburn to see if they could turn loose Fannin and Travis. Mr. Bradburn was not too cooperative in that he refused to do so. But on the way up , the colonists had decided to get a little insurance policy together and they captured a squad of Col. Bradburn's troops and offered to trade them back for Fannin and Travis ~ Now Bradburn, after being confronted with this, decided to agree to their demands and he got back his squad but he didn't turn the two men loose and on top of that, he sent his troops out there and they shot up the delegation. Well, the colonists at that time were pretty .pati ent people but back they weren't that patient so they sent a couple of them4on horseback to Brazoria from Anahuac1and it's about 80 or 90 miles, to pick up a cou,le of cannon that they had smuggl ed in, to bring back out to breach the walls at Anahuac and teach Mr. Bradburn a lesson. But to do that, the only way they could get the cannon up was to go up the Brazos river and pass a fort w•ich had been set up as a custom collection point. It was set up on the mouth of the Brazos river. It was commanded by Col. Ugarachea(?) of the Mexican army who was ~good friend of the colonists and a frequent house guest of some of the more prominent people in Brazoria at that time. Unfortunately, Col. Ugarachea had pledged his allegiance to President Bustamente and he felt as a matter of honor that he had to defe~d the fort against the colonists. So we had a situation where two groups of Anglo settlers , the one a colonel in the Mexican army and the others citizens of Mexico , who now have a third party in there that's a friend of the colonists who they are going to have to fight to go up the river~ so as it boil§d down, the Brazoria Militia was called into being, 9. Brazoria Militia R: The colonists decided that they wanted to cover themselves as much as possible with the central govern•ent, They met and signed a ???11J resolution which in effect stated that anything they did , they did in the name of General SAnta Anna , who was the vice president. Unfortunately, they didn't tell Santa Anna this at the time. A~ay, the~formed three companies: the small square in(?} one a marine company that would be on ~ Brazoria; second company would be under Henry Brown who would form the beach party;and a third company under JOhn Austin who would sneak up under the fortress walls and storm the fort while the defenders were preoccupied with the Brazoria and the second company. It worked real good except up to a point , when one of the John Austin's men who didn't like to take orders, tripped, fell down, discharged his weapon and that point Col. Ugarachea knew something was going on there. I think he probably had some insights in the way John Austin thought because I imagine they were pretty good drinking buddies at one time or another. Col, But anyway, what it boiled down to is that evening, Ugarachea's people really had the advantage ; they could keep the colonists pinned down ; they had a swivel gun that they kept as a secret weapon . But in the morning whe~t became daylight, the colonists that were on the beach and on the ground, were armed with ~ifles that had a longer range than these muskets . And they were able to pin down and inflict many casualties on the defenders of the fort. About that time, it started to rain and that ended the battle because back then armies did not fight in the rain. Black powder will not ignite . So they called it on account of rain. And I would suppose,from studying,that Col. Ugarachea figured that he had defended his honor and he surrendered the fort to John Austin that very morning. The colonists got together; they threw a big party for Col. Uga rachea and the people that they captured .•. charged them 100 doll ars a 10, Brazoria Militia R:head and sent them back to MExico •.•• to Mexico City, In the meantime, General SAnta Anna was a little bit concerned with these goings-on of the colonists and he sent three gun boats up to check to find out just what they were doing . tn his name that he didn't know about. M: He sent them up the Brazoria? R: He sent them up to Brazoria. In the meantime , since the colonists found out about this, they got all their best diplomats together ; they set up a big reception for General Santa Anna's people and by the time they left, they were convinced the colonists were the best friends he had in that part of Mexico. NOw the whole off-shoot of this story and one of the results of this battle, was the fact that after this took place they gave back the fort to General Santa Anna and of course he became President of Mexico and re-back instated the Constitution. And also, he pulled~all the military presence, the government military presence, in Texas and Coahuila and laid the whole state ope~fo~ colonization by anyone. This may have sowed the seeds for ~ew people coming in that later were involved in the Texas revolution. Many of the people that were in the Brazoria Militia were in the Texas revolution. Some were at Goliad;there were quite a few of them at SAn Jacinto • M: Now the Velasco battle was 1832 •.• so that was 4 years before . •• R: Right. And it really had no relationship to the Revolution. It was just ~·.'(f.. a bunch of citizens in Mexico that had a little disagreement~ the government. So that's what our whole organization started from. We researched out the fort site; we researched the activities and we tried to determi,ne some of the things that would have happened then. We re•enacted some of the scenes just to be sure in our minds what the whole thing was about. M : In other words, when you say that you engage in activities, you act out Brazoria Militia M: this battle occasionally for certain celebrations and thtn~like that? R:No, we haven't got to that point because we donlt have the fort as yet. for 11 • But we have made a slide showA -our tourist council that reenacted the entire battle using a diorama; using poses by our people ; and we've been in the locations actual where these things took place and ? whatever we could on it. M: In other words, you are keeping alive a little section of history •. everything is overshadowed by 1836 but you've got this •.•• this is interesting, isn't it, to preserve this little slice, R: Right. Because it's our contention, of course there 's lots of people would disagree with us, that that's w~ere it all started! the original Sa.; I e'is ·~ 300 colonists in Texas other than Rick BAiling(?) and a few other people, were the only people in Texas and that's where Texas history started. That's the way we feel. Of course, the ftrst capitol building is in West Columbia,which is part of Brazoria county and it's also one of our meeting places} in the reproduction of it they have of it there. M: How many of there are you? active R: Right now there are approximately 30Amembers and their families. The membership of our club won't get much beyond 30 people. But at the same time, it hasn't gotten less than 30 people. WE always have replacements with people coming in and they're always bringing new skills and new interests into our organiaation so it's always growing. M: That's marvelous. Is this hat you have on authentic? Is that fairly authentic ..• the flat brim .•• R: This would be a very authentic hat worn by the early settlers in Brazoria county . It's kind of a slouch hat; it provides good protection from the weather; and of course this one has received nuMerous attentions from the weather. 12. Brazoria Militia M: It's got a kind of~ sq4~re,,,a flat top •• ,and you've tucked into the band, things you've just picked up like odds and ends that appealed to you, R: Back at that time, hats were very individual type of thing, A lot of the people in our club have~he straw hats, which were almost like panama hats which were very popular in that part of the country. It's very humid down there ••• M:I think that would be hot for you today ••. aren't you hot? R: No. This costume is much hotter than the one I had on yesterday. M: You've got two things over your shoulder. I want to know what you've got over your shoulder there. R: O.K. This is what they call a "possible po4ch" M: What does that mean? R: It means that anything that's possible to carry in it, M: That s cute! It's leather with fringe. It looks like the INdian sort of thing. I wonder if they got them from the Indians. R: It's possible. Of course, the early frontiersmen had to live very much like the INdians. You could carry anythnng i·n it: your personal be1ongings yo4r flints, your tools, • • • II M: Little water? \~ R: Water, they normally carried~a gourd. I don't have one on today, It had a .•• just a big gourd that they hollowed out that could carry that or they could carry one of those made out of skin that would hold water, M: They did? R: This little horn right here is called a priming horn. They used a very fine powder to use for priming on the pan of my flintlock. M: How is it secured at the end ..• that open end •.• how is that fastened? Normally R :~there is a plug that goes tn that. M: What's here? Up here? Brazoria MI1itia R: Just a natural piece of wood. Now this little horn right here ••• some of the people in the club, our craftsmen, amateur craftsmen, they like to gather old skills . This particular horn has scrim shaw on it . M: It sure does. Isn't that pretty. R: HE's drawn these things with a needle and INdia ink ••• a bird and on the other side he's got a little line •.•. M: That's lovely. Did they do that commonly? R: YEs. M: I suppose they had lots of time. 13. R: Right. That's one problem that we've run into is that a 1ot of the things we do 1 we have to stay up all night because we dont have the kind of time that they had back then . It was a much more leisurely period. There were many different kinds of d~nger involved at that particular time but M: There were times between. R: Right. They practiced a lot of these handicrafts like that. Another place where scrim shaw was used pretty frequently was with the whalers. &o They used t~a lot scrim shaw on horns and tusks. M: We saw beautiful scrim shaw in a Marine Museum in SAvannah. They had all those endless days at sea ..• to do all that. But you're keeping alive something, aren't you? R: We're trying. M: YOu're really doing a good thing. Do you feel, coming here to the Folklife FeStival , that there ts a great interest? You had a lot of people around you when I came up just now. R: I've talked to a lot of people in the last couple of days • Yesterday I must have talked to at least 100 people an hour. Many of them had never seen a flint lock. The things that have bothered us about history , not just Texas history, but history altogether, is the only things that most people R: see are in the movies and usually these things are spectacular but they might not be accurate. with M: no. And of course this area, we are just overshadowed the Alamo. d'~ Ewery~ knows that one. 14l R: I think this is very good, 1 wish we had something like that down there, Of course we've got our Fort Velasco .• ,one day we'll have our Fort Velasco, M: They're all pieces that fit together • Have you been up to Washington-onthe- Brazos? R: Yes . Anson Jones• house is out there of course. A lot of these people started out in Brazoria or in that particular section and it's a very funny thing. After 1832 or 1836 it just kind of fades back into the background, NOthing really significant happened in that particular area , even though a lot of the people that were involved in significant things like Travis, Fannin, etc, and Anson J6nes and everyone, originally came through Brazori·a on their way into Texas . M: You are touching base with a lot of people these three days . Are you telling them about this battle of Velasco? Will they listen? R: Yes. That is one of the primary things that I •.• if they ~ ve got time to 1 i sten, I've got time to tell them about i"t. M: I wish you would. We need that. It makes a very live , , ,especially for ~ids , It's a wonderful story. R: I haven't seen anyone who wasn't interested in hearing of it. It~s what we started our club off with and we've got into other handicrafts etc. in I the meantime be6ause we ' ve had to make a lot of our own equipment. You couldn't buy it in the store . M: You know something I noticed when I came up ••• I had to wedge in because you were just surrounded ... there were no women standing there. They were all men. Do women ever come up and ask you questions? R: It's a funny thing about that. I've noticed in my time, a lot of the women are interested and I don't mean to put anyone down when 1 say it, 1 Q' Brazoria Militia R: I've seen many cases, of coursel've talked around the state on different occasions1 where a fellow mi'ght be a little bit shy of going up himself and asking a quesU.on becaus~he doesn't knww something, will/end his wife up. Then he'll stand there and just listen. I won't say I've got a lot of people really interested in muzzle loading but at least they're i-nterested in Texas history and they know more than when they started out. M: That's the main thing. I think it's just wonderful that you came and that you're doing this good ••.. R: We really appreciate the opportunity to meet this many people. End of interview .•.•
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I thought I'd share an idea that's a little something different than what I usually do.
modern tealight holder tutorial
{Just re-posting this here in case anyone missed it, previously shared my tutorial on Melissa's blog the Polkadot Chair}
I thought I'd share an idea that's a little something different than what I usually do.
We're at the point where I can keep a candle around and it won't get eaten or destroyed, and I wanted something to put on my dining room table for Thanksgiving this year, or any holiday for that matter. So here's a fun woodworking project that you could definitely accomplish on your own (or for more fun, make it a project with your hubby)!
All you need are a few basic tools and a few supplies:
1 2x4 piece of quality lumber (I used oak from my local home improvement store)
power drill
220 grit sand paper
1.5" spade bit
tea lights
1. Cut your lumber to the length you desire. I know a lot of home improvement stores can cut lengths of lumber for no charge, so just ask. Or you could use your own chop saw or borrow a neighbors. I cut mine to different lengths because I wanted to make some as gifts. The long version is 30" long, medium is 15", and the single square one is 3.5" square (yes, I should mention that even though lumber says it's 4" wide, it really means that it's about 3.5" wide - so just keep that in mind).
2. Drill tea light holes. Mark your spade bit depth. Using a piece of blue painters tape. Mark on the bit how deep you want the drill bit to go, that way when you're drilling, you'll drill until the tape is level with the wood. This will make all your holes the same depth.
Mark with a pencil where you want your holes to be. I actually just 'eye-balled' all my markings and went for it, but I think you take the length of the piece and divide it by one more than the # of holes you'd like. Remember measure twice and drill once! Now with your spade bit attached to your drill, drill the holes.
3. Lightly sand down any rough areas with 200 grit sand paper and wipe off any sawdust.
4. Stain using manufacturer's instructions. I used a Gel Stain and wiped it off fairly quickly so the stain didn't penetrate the wood too much. I wanted to be able to see the grain of the wood still. Let dry, pop in your tea lights, and enjoy! Don't worry if the depth of the holes varies a little, I ended up putting a little folded piece of paper underneath some of the tea lights to make them level with the wood, just do what works for you!
That's all! I think it would look beautiful with any color tea lights and even the white tea lights for a non-seasonal look.
ps. Just thought I should add to make sure to keep small children away from burning candles and matches and never leave a burning candle unattended, but you already knew that. :)
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WASHINGTON — With two extravagant entertainments under way, it is instructive to note the connection between the presidential election and the college football season: Barack Obama represents progressivism, a doctrine whose many blemishes on American life include universities as football factories, which progressivism helped to create.
Higher education embraced athletics in the first half of the 19th century, when most colleges were denominational and most instruction was considered mental and moral preparation for a small minority — clergy and other professionals. Physical education had nothing to do with spectator sports entertaining people from outside the campus community. Rather, it was individual fitness — especially gymnastics — for the moral and pedagogic purposes of muscular Christianity — mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body.
The collective activity of team sports came after a great collective exertion, the Civil War, and two great social changes, urbanization and industrialization. This story is told well in "The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football" (University Press of Kansas) by Brian M. Ingrassia, a Middle Tennessee State University historian.
Intercollegiate football began when Rutgers played Princeton in 1869, four years after Appomattox. In 1878, one of Princeton's two undergraduate student managers was Thomas — he was called Tommy — Woodrow Wilson. For the rest of the 19th century, football appealed as a venue for valor for collegians whose fathers' venues had been battlefields. Stephen Crane, author of the Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage" (1895) — the badge was a wound — said: "Of course, I have never been in a battle, but I believe that I got my sense of the rage of conflict on the football field."
Harvard philosopher William James then spoke of society finding new sources of discipline and inspiration in "the moral equivalent of war." Society found football, which like war required the subordination of the individual, and which would relieve the supposed monotony of workers enmeshed in mass production.
College football became a national phenomenon because it supposedly served the values of progressivism, in two ways. It exemplified specialization, expertise and scientific management. And it would reconcile the public to the transformation of universities, especially public universities, into something progressivism desired but the public found alien. Replicating industrialism's division of labor, universities introduced the fragmentation of the old curriculum of moral instruction into increasingly specialized and arcane disciplines. These included the recently founded social sciences — economics, sociology, political science — that were supposed to supply progressive governments with the expertise to manage the complexities of the modern economy and the simplicities of the uninstructed masses.
Football taught the progressive virtue of subordinating the individual to the collectivity. Inevitably, this led to the cult of one individual, the coach. Today, in almost every state, at least one public university football coach is paid more than the governor.
As universities multiplied, football fueled the competition for prestige and other scarce resources. Shortly after it was founded, the University of Chicago hired as football coach the nation's first tenured professor of physical culture and athletics, Amos Alonzo Stagg, who had played at Yale for Walter Camp, an early shaper of the rules and structure of intercollegiate football. Camp also was president of the New Haven Clock Co. Clocks were emblematic of modernity — workers punching time clocks, time-and-motion efficiency studies. Camp saw football as basic training for the managerial elites demanded by corporations.
Progressives saw football as training managers for the modern regulatory state. Ingrassia says a Yale professor, the Social Darwinist William Graham Sumner (who was Camp's brother-in-law), produced one academic acolyte who thought the "English race" was establishing hegemony because it played the "sturdiest" sports.
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Inside Siggy's Pizza & Pub, one might never feel alone. The rustic eatery is populated by not only a lively staff and buzzing crowd, but also a moose, 12-point buck, and cougar. Situated throughout the bar and restaurant, a variety of prized finds are mounted and posed—including an enormous brown bear who holds his arms outward in a never-ending plea for hugs. The wooden bar grows colorful with plates of beer-friendly eats, including wings and pizzas littered with toppings such as green peppers, sausage, and fresh mozzarella.
The menu at Sister Bean's Coffee House offers customers a variety of flavorful gourmet coffees, with a rotation of fresh-baked delicacies rolling in daily. Purists can opt for a large portion of fresh-brewed bean juice in its plainest form ($2). However, a small white mocha—concocted from white chocolate, espresso, and steamed milk ($3.30)—is a far better way to subdue a ravaging sweet tooth, especially when paired with a hunk of cake or a tasty pastry. Regular-sized frozen chai lattes irrigate overheated palates ($3.70), and organic sencha, a delicate Japanese green tea (regular $1.85, large $2.25), is a great brew to serve when meeting the environment's ambassador.
For more than 20 years, Juanita's Place has been supplying Louisville locals with pregame and postgame grazing grounds a stone's throw from nearby Papa John's Cardinal stadium and the historic Churchill Downs. Barflies can buzz mesothoraxes over to a table, pausing to admire the hand-carved, Tiger Oak bar, before indulging in half and full servings of appetizers such as mild or hot chicken wings (12 for $6.50). Breaded mushrooms facilitate the tapping-into of inner herbivores (10 for $3; 20 for $5.50), while 12-inch pepperoni or sausage pizzas satisfy bellies without exposing mouths to the jagged dangers of angular cuisine ($7). Feast on succulent, six-pound slabs of tender barbecue ribs (quarter-slab for $7, half-slab for $13, full slab for $24), only available every other Saturday. With the purchase of tasty fare, this Groupon can be used toward Juanita's Place's daily selection of cocktails and brews, with drink specials offered seven nights a week.
Cooks at Home Run Burgers & Fries' four locations grill up 100% Black Angus beef patties and twice-cooked, hand-cut fries made from idaho potatoes, with a dedication to classic flavor that earned the eatery the Best 2012 Burger award on the Louisville A List. For edibles other than the eponymous burger and fries, the cooks dunk beer-battered onion rings in bubbling fryers alongside baskets brimming with hand-breaded north atlantic cod, as well as chicken strips for the kids' menu or building poultry scale replicas of a Lincoln Log cabin. Bakery buns hug quarter-pound patties cooked to order with a choice of 26 different complimentary toppings, including sauteed mushrooms, grilled onions, and roasted red peppers..
The community-centered chefs at Papalinos hand-toss a menu of fresh, New York–style pizzas, crafted from house-made dough and locally sourced cheeses and veggies. Crown an expansive 18-inch pie with a decadent dusting of artisan toppings such as house-cured bacon and local mushrooms, or opt for classic NYC toppings, which include fresh-cut pineapple, house-made fennel-and-sage sausage, and crinkle-cut back issues of the New Yorker. Swirls of italian plum-tomato sauce and whole-milk mozzarella cheese smother each slice in rich and colorful flavors and spicy hints of oregano and basil, inviting diners to wash down each savory slice with bubbly sips of iced tea or fountain or bottled soda.