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So it finally began this weekend. I have all the holes cut in my panel, its painted, and mostly everything is mounted. I need to get some screws to mount my heat sink and ssr, and the terminal boards to the backplate. Then, its wire it up and see what happens. I need to figure out my wall power, I bought one of the gray gfci cords. Only have a three wire outlet in the garage at the moment. Here are some pictures that show my progress. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
Top of the enclosure with all my holes cut out. I used a dremel tool with a cutoff disc to cut the holes for the PID.
Here is the bottom of the enclosure. I used the dremel to make the rectangle for the outlet, and I used a 2 3/8" hole saw for my power input receptacle, and a 1 1/2" hole saw for the two element receptacle holes. A step bit made the hole for the thermocouple hookup. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
These are my fuse mounts. I didn't want to use chassis mount fuses inside the panel, so I found these at Radio Shack for a couple bucks each and used em. Reminds me of aircraft fuse holders. I used a step bit to create the holes for these as well. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
Here they are on the inside Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
I found some spade style terminal lugs that will slip over these connections tightly and will utilize them instead of soldering.
Here is the inside of the lid of my enclosure. I put the E stop switch a touch too close to the outside, it BARELY rubs as I close the panel. No big deal, I will just take a file to the lip of the box and make a bit of room. But its so slight I might not. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
And last but not least, here is the front panel, all installed and ready for wiring. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
I used a greenlee punch to make all the holes for the lights and switches, except the element switch. I used a step bit for that one. I have that switch oriented so that up with be boil kettle, and down will be HLT. Right next to it are the lights that will indicate which element is on. Below the timer are my pause and reset switches for it, and then the pid and pump switches to the right. I used the push on push off switches for those. I will left room for another PID and another pump switch in the future. I plan to make this a HERMS system. I should be able to run this thing with only one thermocouple on the outlet of my HLT water flow to regulate that temperature during recirc. The mash temp will match that, and I will just use the boil kettle on manual mode. I doubt I will really need a second PID. I will continue to update this as I progress!
I like those fuse holders. Wish i had seen them before.... good luck with the build
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Thanks radio shack had a lot of useful items. I need to go buy more terminal lugs and such. Wiring is the biggest pain so far! I need to order some labels for everything as well.
ITS ALIVE!!!! Powered it up today after I got the garage outlet all squared away. Works great, except I switched the indicator lights around so they light up backwards of the switch position. Easy two wire swap to fix it. First thing I checked was the E-Stop, works perfectly.
A few questions about the timer. What mode and relay mode should I have this thing in for just normal counting down? I think I have it in mode 8 right now. I screwed it up and bought momentary switches for the pause and reset functions. I just gotta buy some normal ones and fix that. I may just make pause a normal and keep reset as a momentary. I am going to go ahead and add a second pump switch and then it will be complete. Now its time to start building up the beer brewing side of things! Huge thanks again to P-J with all his help on the wiring schematic. Untitled by milesvdustin, on Flickr
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Each and every Christmas season, I hear the same words echoing in my head, "Brother Tom, what about December 26th?"
Those words were uttered to me years ago by the late Rev. M.E. Littlefield, who spent 365 days a year, for over half a century, making Christmas a yearlong project for people in need.
This season has been busy. There are so many organizations doing great works. It's festive. There's shopping, luncheons, dinners, fellowship — and helping others in difficult times.
But on Wednesday, Dec. 25, the gifts will be opened, and at day's end we begin thinking about the New Year that is just days away.
The Rev. Littlefield once reminded me that people have needs all year long, not just at Christmas. And he was so right.
This community is a shining star among many. Each year, we see more than 1,000 kids shop during Christmas Memories. They buy clothes, toys and it's a happy and exciting time for those involved. Hundreds and hundreds of volunteers take part, through the inspiration and leadership of Brenda Lawson and her Christmas Memories Foundation.
The Empty Stocking Fund through Mix 104.1, raises funds, administered through Faith Memorial Church, founded by the late Rev. M.E. and Gladys Littlefield. A communitywide party is held and almost 1,000 children are assisted by volunteers to pick out toys and coats.
The William Hall Rodgers Basket Fund delivers food staples to some 1,100 families in this community providing groceries and food — with funds raised through the Cleveland Daily Banner each year. The Basket Fund is now an established 501(c)(3) organization that is coordinated through the work of dedicated volunteers. The Banner partners with this cause annually as a support to Cleveland and Bradley County families, and also as a tribute to the program's namesake. William Hall Rodgers was a Banner editor who died from complications of polio.
Our Cleveland Police Department officers host "Shop with a Cop," the Elks Lodge hosts a Children's Christmas Party and The Refuge, a growing nonprofit whose outreach targets families in our city's eastern and southeastern neighborhoods, works to host a Christmas gathering for some 500 families every years. Our churches work individually, and sometimes as partners, to provide an outreach to those in need with food and gifts.
There are many, many, many more people and organizations who take this time of year to spread Christmas blessings.
I truly enjoy taking part in many of these events. But every year at this time, the Rev. Littlefield's words ring in my head, "Brother Tom, this is wonderful. But what about December 26th?"
My wife, Sandra, shops with youngsters in a couple of these programs each year. She has often followed up with families she has met, when she sees a need. I recall one year, she and her friend Debbie Layne, packed their cars full to make sure one family had a Christmas tree and decorations — the family of five children had never had a tree in their home. She realized this while shopping in Christmas Memories and one little boy wanted to purchase ornaments. When she inquired, he said they had never had a tree in their home and all his friends at school had trees. After talking with his mother, Sandra and Debbie made sure when the kids arrived home after school one day, there was a tree and decorations waiting, so the family could decorate it together. Later, she checked on them to make certain the wife found a job — and worked to make sure some other needs were met during the year.
When she showed up a couple of times, a neighbor came forward. She shared a little about the family and pitched in to help keep some surprise things in her home (i.e., a bike and computer table) until Christmas morning, when she would put them outside their door. The neighbor was so glad someone knew about this family's day-to-day needs. And then others came forward … it just took one little boy searching for a bright ornament during Christmas Memories.
There are so many stories like this. And it's much like the story of the little boy throwing starfish into the ocean so they would not die. His mother tells him he can't possibly save all the starfish in the ocean. And he replies, "But it matters to this one … I can save just one at a time."
This year, let's keep our eyes and hearts open to the needs of our fellow man. Cleveland and Bradley County have programs designed to help build homes through Habitat for Humanity. We have programs to give people second chances through Family Promise, the Emergency Shelter, Salvation Army, The Caring Place and our United Way agencies to name only a few.
We all can give something — time, talent, money — just one gesture can make a difference in the life of another human being ... just one at a time.
Christmas Day 2013 will have come and gone. But let's not forget Dec. 26 ... and the other 364 days of the year.
From our home to your home — Merry Christmas and may God richly bless you in the coming year.
Thank you Brother Littlefield, for reminding me each and every year of this important message. I am so blessed you passed my way ... and your memory and your legacy live on in this community.
Our community has long been "The City With Spirit," and the Rev. M.E. Littlefield's "loving, giving spirit" surely made a lasting impression on many lives.


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By Clint Dick/Herald Staff Writer | 8/28/2013
The Vikings are no strangers when the state football playoffs roll around. The key is getting past the first round.
Central Heights has not made a playoff run in a few years.
The Vikings are no strangers when the state football playoffs roll around. The key is getting past the first round.
Central Heights has not made a playoff run in a few years.
"We've made the playoffs six or seven years in a row," Central Heights coach Kent Schulte said. "As far as a team goal, we would like to advance past the first round of the playoffs."
Schulte enters his third season the Vikings coach. Last year, Central Heights was district runner-up thanks to a 38-13 shellacking of Osage City in a district game. The Vikings would not make it much farther than that, falling in the opening round of the state playoffs at Humboldt 48-6, and finishing with a 4-6 overall record.
"Last season we were terribly inconsistent," Schulte said. "I felt like we were better than 4-6, but we didn't play like it."
Schulte said one of the biggest issues was the team needed to be more physical, which will be a goal for this season.
"I think we want to be a more physical team," he said. "We struggled a lot with teams that had good team speed. We are trying some things defensively to change our look."
The team returns four starters each on offense and defense. The biggest switch this season comes at the quarterback position where senior Jordan Horstick will make the start after playing wide receiver last year.
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Experience will be key for many players along the Viking offensive and defensive line. Tyler Hendron, senior offensive/defensive lineman, returns as a key anchor on the line.
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Just another sign of the decline of our children's morality..... we are declining in general I guess
Buffalo NY.Time was, when a girl had a crush on a boy, she sent him a note in class. Today, as at least one local school district has learned, she might use her cell phone to take a naked picture of herself and send the photo to him. The Pioneer Central School District over the past two months has discovered three cases of teenage girls ages 13 to 16 electronically sending nude photos to male classmates.
All of the situations were dealing with, the images are of a girl in a provocative and seductive position, and in the nude, Pioneer Superintendent Jeffrey Bowen told The Buffalo News.
The photos came to light when school officials confiscated students cell phones for other disciplinary reasons.
Four middle and high school students were suspended in the incidents, but for reasons not explicitly connected to the transmission of the photos, Bowen said.
The students who received or redistributed the photos are not facing criminal charges because of their youth, said Mark Schultz, principal of Pioneer High School.
Experts say this is part of a growing trend of young people using the latest technology to capture an intimate moment or illegal activity and then transmitting it to a friend or, often, the wider world.
Whats happening in Pioneer is mirroring whats happening not only here but nationally, said Patti McLain, community educator with the Buffalo office of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The Pioneer district, which covers parts of Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Erie and Allegany counties, started confronting these explicit photos this spring.
The first case, from March or early April, involved a middle school student who was off school grounds when she sent a naked photo of herself to a male classmate who was serving a session of detention, Bowen said.
A teacher who was supervising the male student took away his cell phone because Pioneer pupils arent allowed to use their phones while in school.
After confiscating the phone, a school official found the naked photo.
The boy who received the photo was briefly suspended, but for his improper use of a phone during school and not for receiving the photo, the superintendent said.
The other two cases involved high school students.
In one, a pair of students staying after school to watch a sporting event got into a fight on the grounds of the high school.
A coach who heard the noise stepped in, stopped the altercation and confiscated the cell phone of another student who was using its video-camera function to record the fight, Schultz said.
While looking through the phone, school officials found a naked photo of a female high school student, the principal said.
The student who had the image on his phone was suspended for using the phone on school grounds to record the fight, Schultz said.
In the third and most recent case, a female high school student at some point sent a naked photo of herself as a text message to her boyfriend, a fellow high school student.
That picture then was forwarded somehow from that phone to another phone and was distributed from there, Schultz said.
Somehow, the picture led to tensions between the original photo taker and another female student, leading them to fight each other sometime in late April or early this month, Bowen and Schultz said.
The female students were disciplined for the fight, Schultz said.
In each case, officials worked to identify the students depicted in the photos a total of three teens ranging in age from 13 or 14 to 16 and contacted their parents.
The teens initially didnt realize the consequences of what they were doing, Bowen said, but now they do and they are upset.
The school is limited in what it can do to punish the teens who received and distributed the photos, Schultz and Bowen said.
School officials would have to prove that the transmission or distribution of the images occurred on school grounds, the principal said.
School resource officers from the Cattaraugus County Sheriffs Office assisted in the investigation into the images, Schultz said.
Deputies told school officials that the students could not be held criminally liable for possession of what is essentially child pornography because of their own youth, he said.
In response to these cases, homeroom teachers last week read a statement to high school students reminding them of the consequences of this behavior.
The statement from Schultz also is posted on the Pioneer districts Web site.
This situation isnt unique to Pioneer.
In the Syracuse area, a number of female students from the Cicero-North Syracuse district took cell phone photos of themselves nude and sent them by text message to their boyfriends.
The photos, which wound up on the Web, came to light when one student was caught selling copies of a DVD of the images that he had created, according to the Syracuse Post- Standard.
Most famously, a naked photo of High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens intended for her boyfriend made its way onto the Internet and into the public domain last fall.
Theres definitely an oversexualization of our youth. They are much more willing to put themselves out there in a sexual way, said McLain, the local official with the center for missing and exploited children.
Parents and school districts need to be proactive in reminding young people that a digital image can be a permanent and widely shared reminder of what was intended to be a private moment, said Jayne Hitchcock, president of WHOA-KTD, or Working to Halt Online Abuse Kids-Teen Division, a volunteer group devoted to online safety.
When you voluntarily give somebody a photo of yourself, a video of yourself, . . . they can and probably will use it against you, she said. Thats the nature of the Internet now.
Just another sign of the decline of our children's morality..... we are declining in general I guess
And everyone wonders why I'm so leery about my 13 year old stepdaughter having a cell phone.
WTF is wrong with girls today? Have they no dignity? Obviously not. Where the hell are their parents?!
I think kids are just maturing much faster these days. I remember in 6th and 7th grade, only about 2 or 3 girls even had boobs. Now days I see girls coming into the tattooshop to get piercings that look like they are legal and find out they are 14. They come back with their mom and get the picercing. I used know girl that got a boob job for a graduation present. She was 18. The parents do have alot of the blame, but the media is also to blame. The way they market to the teen girls is sickining. They look up to whore's like Lohan and think thats the norm. In the 80's we didnt have The E channel or Perezhilton.com. Hell, I grew up in the country. I had 5 channels on my TV. The moral's of this country are going to shit. Its just going to get worse.
I had no fun in the stoneage!
All I could get in trouble for was chewing gum or the big one:
Running with scissors
I too grew up in the country, and after the giant satellite dish was hit by the lawnmower, we had 3 channels. Wheee. You would actually go play in the dirt if you got bored. Or walk through the woods. Run around with the dog. Or, if you were like me, you'd sit in a bean bag and read or listen to music.
The media totally targets young girls. Everything is hyper-sexual. Since when did the Lindsey Lohans and Paris Hiltons and Britneys become role models? The only woman I remember from my childhood as being a sex symbol was Lita Ford (this because I just sat around and read and listened to music. Yes, I was a nerd.) Even though she did that video with her licking the ice cube, Lita Ford at least owned it. She had some modicum of talent and didn't come across as easy. She came across as the chick who would kick your ass. Now, girls as praised the sluttier they look.
Boobs at 18, for graduation? What the hell surgeon would do that? They're not even done growing yet?
I've noticed as well that girls are maturing much faster. Where I work, we see a lot of teen pregnancies - and a few pre-teen pregnancies. We've had a couple of eleven and twelve year olds have babies. ELEVEN AND TWELVE. Thirteen and fourteen is becoming far more common, 15 and 16 is not at all rare. We've even had a couple of 15/16 year olds on their second kid! When I was 11 or 12, boys were 'cute' but they were still 'gross'. They were nice to look at but you didn't want to get anywhere near them.
Do you think maybe it has something to do with the hormones that are being put into livestock and poultry? Or is that a little too Orwellian?
A couple years ago I got a few baby chickens from a feed store. I had six of them after a couple weeks they started getting a bigger but a dog killed a couple of them. So I called my cousin who works for foster farms. He brought me 3 baby chick from his work. Within 6 weeks those foster farms birds looked full grown while the older chickens I had bought looked juvenile. They have to be doing something to those birds.
That's weird! I know on some food labels it will say 'blah blah hormone free' so you know the industry is probably cramming cows, chickens, pigs, etc full of hormones. It makes sense - if they mature faster, they can be turned into food faster, and you can produce more. (Ok, I'm starting to sound like a conspiracy theorist.) We try to eat only fish and chicken and buy organic, but it is difficult here in the sticks. There aren't many places to get it and it's expensive. My bf says I have ruined him as a Texan with no red meat in the house, but we both definitely feel better after having been chemical free or mostly chemical free for the past several months.
We have several Tyson poultry plants around here and let tell you, there is some nasty stuff that goes on at those places. Don't buy Tyson. Ew.
Oy sorry for hijacking the thread there. Back to ho bag teenage girls!
I can no longer go to the mall because it just makes me cringe. There's so many kids running around half dressed acting like asses!
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This is like those dumb-ass Florida girls who taped themselves beating up their classmate. And then laughing about it in jail and wondering if they'd still be able to make it to the beach during Spring Break. I saw one of the girls' myspace page (the one whose grandmother's house it took place at--name of Mercades--duh her mom doesn't even know how to spell it) and she had all these pics of her boyfriend on there with very sexually explicit captions. In their mugshots they all looked like white-trash thugs. Check tru TV in about 10 years and they'll all be on various episodes of COPS, barefoot in stained tank tops and frizzed out perms, and with black eyes from their babydaddies.
I'm waiting to hear what the outcome will be of them being charged as adults.
Kids nowadays are so much more sophisticated, and not in a good way. They know way too much too early and have absolutely no self-respect.
Rant rant rant.
Too many parents want to be their kids friends, instead of parents. Big ass mistake. Discipline should come from the home, not society. When my boys screwed up they were more worried about what I would do than what the cops might do. They have thanked me as they got older and had their own kids.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light......Dylan Thomas
We would have done the same thing at that age if we had phones and the internet. It's sad but the more technology advances in a way society deteriorates.
Well theres a big shocker. Not our well behaved, smart youth of today doing something like that?? surely it must be a different group of people doing this.. not our own kids.. I just dont believe it. Must be drugs.
I feel like people my age and older were the last generation to actually have hobbies.
yeah I agree Nessa. I went fishing and bowling ,summer camp. I respected my parents and understood that no meant no and new better than to talk back to Pa.
We only had one tv. Off by 10p everynight. Life was so simple than.
This generation of kids is so violent.
LOL...lemme tell ya a lil about my 13 year old stepdaughter. Last night I had to do my rounds and hijack her myspace to delete yet some more booby shots. This time they actually had some crude comments from her male friends. This a regular thing that I have to do because apparently neither her father or mother will do a damn thing to regulate it. We've set up a lot of bounderies around here, but her mom lets her watch whatever is on the damn cable. I walked into her mom's house one day when I went to pick her up, and she was watching Rock of Love (is that what it's called with Brett Micheals??? I'm not sure, I don't watch that crap) with these hoochie girls all over this guy. And my hubby wonders why she's texting 16 year old boys propositioning them with the thought of being 'friends with benefits.' As soon as she started developing, she started wearing push up bras to accentuate everything, and plunging necklines. I can't believe her mom buys her this crap. It's certainly not us. My MIL was going out with my SD, and told her "Cover up your titties because I'm not going to be seen with you like that." Rock on, grandma.
BTW, we had to deal with a lot of crap when she was even younger because her mom let her watch R rated movies, and here we wouldn't allow it. Unfortunately I do not see this child doing well at all, not because I'm her stepmom and want to be mean, but because her mom and my hubby aren't on the same page, and her mom just dismisses any kind of morality or discipline we try to instill. She flat out told my SD that disciplining is bad!!! WTF??? Anyway, so this is so long, but this isn't even the tip of the iceberg with her. And from some of the stuff I've heard about her mom, I'm surprised my hubby even married her in the first place, much less had a child by her. I guess we've all been young and stupid.
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I seriously think girls these days over being sexualized way too young.
When I was younger I worked for one of those big-box stores. There was a good mixture of people ranging from teens to people in their mid 30s. One of the co-workers had a party (this guy in his mid to late 30s) and invited most of the hip people at the store. Among the attendees was this ditzy 17 year old Tori Spelling look-alike and a few of her highschool friends. Late in the night after the lamos left and much consumed alcohol this freak thought it would be cool to play strip poker. Well a third of the people left in attendance at this late hour of the party were this 17 year old girl and her high school friends. Needless to say there were three naked teenagers after 30 minutes one of them a pregnant 15 year old. Drinking with guys in their 20s to mid 30s. I was observing only out of morbid curiousity. Well afew days later one of the girls parents found out and raised a shitstorm. Nothing came of it but my point is kids are ubersexual sluts not just these days but for decades in the past its just sensationalized in the media to scare stupid clueless parents who allow shit like this to happen due to poor parenting skills. Anyways teen sexuality is natural Im not condoning it but if a 14 year old is reproductive its an evolutionary advantage people act so shocked but its just nature taking course I know Im gonna get my ass kicked for this post but oh well!
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They lost their home to forecloser this year and moved into a little rental, with just one bedroom, which they gave to the daughter, while they sleep on a bed crammed into the living room. That's rediculous.
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Sadly I am not at all surprised to read stories like this. As far back as 1995 I saw the writing on the wall. Back then I was a disc jockey for a top 40 music radio station in Virginia. One day this 25 year old "radio expert consultant" stopped by our station and gave us "advice" on how to reach the kids. His wonderful idea? We need to get more sexual. Example: when doing a PSA about a local dog and cat show that will be taking place at our local park we should use words like "bitch" and "pussy" on the air. That would be "so cool" to the kids he told us. Big mistake !!! At the time we already had a very serious problem with teenagers calling us up using words like "fuck" on the phone and such. Once we even had a 13 year old girl call up one of the male djs ( who was 45 years old BTW ) saying "..I will suck your dick if you play Beck". We even sent a tape of that conversation to the girl's parents however they could have cared less !!. Anyway after the meeting I told this "expert" that no...I will not act nor talk like "a slut" on the air and I quit. However one thing he said that I still remember to this day "..hey....within 10-15 years ALL media will target young people and the only way to reach them is to use sex". Sadly he was right. So stories like this girl and the cell phone nude pics...as disgusting as it is, I am not surprised.
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I has to be so tough to be a teenage girl now a days. You get bombarded with sexuality everywhere that you look. Even going into a CVS you see these magazines "Make your man crazy with these sexy secrets." "Learn how to give him a great orgasm."
Women are told that it is our job to be sexual and it is the only way to get guys to like us. It depends on how thin we are and how big our boobs are and how good we are in bed (but we can't have sex too much or we are sluts, but we still need to be experienced).
It is no wonder our girls are turning out this way. Im 26 and I still don't get it sometimes.
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I have talked to my 14 year old stepdaughter about this very thing. I explained that while it can seem cute or funny to send a sexy pic that girls have to remember the person they send it to can send it anywhere they wish and so on. I explained that the guys you trust are still guys and if you send them a sexy picture they WILL show it to their friends. I have also talked to my teenage son about respect for women. I told him he should never forward a picture of questionable taste to anyone no matter what. He is a pretty good guy but he is still a teenager. I looked at my SD's myspace last night and her pics are full of teensy weensy bikini pics. I told her they were too sexy. She took that as a compliment of course. I guess I should be glad she has clothes on. I can remember wearing short belly shirts that were too tight. They got a lot of attention from the boys. I just wish I had known that wasn't a good thing at that time. I wish I could give her confidence in herself that doesn't come from looks alone.


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The village of Ashford in the Water is justly considered to be one of the most attractive villages in the Peak District National Park. But its fame rests on more than its idyllic setting, for its name will forever be associated with a remarkable rock, a jet black bituminous limestone known as the Ashford Black Marble which is found in the hills surrounding the village. This rock has been quarried and mined for over 300 years and was originally used for a variety of architectural purposes. However, in the early years of the 19th century one of the Peak's petrifactioneers, William Adam, having presumably seen examples of Florentine pietra dure in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire at nearby Chatsworth House, realized that the Black Marble could be employed as a suitable base material for this work. And thus the craft and, I am tempted to say, industry of Ashford Black Marble Inlay began.
The work produced was very much in tune with the predilections of Victorian English society and was in such demand that the whole village was taken over by its manufacture. The work produced was equal to the finest produced in Florence, and examples from several craftsmen were shown at the great exhibition in 1851.
But the very popularity of Ashford Black Marble Inlay was, unfortunately, also its nemesis. Cheap substitutes - painted designs on treated slate - eventually took their toll. The industry was in terminal decline by the end of the 19th Century, although individual craftsmen carried on the tradition up to about 1930, and "new" pieces could still be bought in the 1950's.
Unlike a good deal of Florentine pietra dure or Florentine "mosaics", Ashford Black Marble Inlay is true inlay : the elegant floral designs formed from a variety of semi-precious stones, shells and ceramics are set into recesses gouged in the Black Marble. The resulting "pictures in stone" will not only last but also retain their original freshness eternally.
Materials Used in Inlaying Ashford Black Marble
|Floral inlays:
|Verde d'Arno marble
|Olive green, grey, brown
|Most leaves
|Bright green, banded
|Occasionally for leaves
|Clam shell
|Dead white
|Petals, jasmine, Lily of the Valley etc.
|Conch shell
|Pink, but often faded
|Dog rose petals
|Enamel, slag, glass
|Speedwell petals
|Geometrical inlays:
|- - - the above materials + - - -
|Duke's Red Marble
|Brick red
|a.k.a. "Derby Rosso"
|Siena marble
|Dull yellow
|Lapis Lazuli
|Bright blue
|Brown, sparkling
|Artificial, Venetian glass with copper fillings
|Iona marble
|Pale green
|Connemara marble
|Identical to Iona marble
|Brown, banded
|Discovered in 1832 so provides a dateline
|Rosewood marble
|Brown/black banded
|Large birdseye marble
|Black with white dots
|Derbyshire fossil coral
|Small birdseye marble
|Black with small white dots
|Different variety of coral
|Cornish serpentine
|Mottled red / black
Ashford Black Marble to Purchase:
We endeavour to keep a stock of antique pieces although, of necessity, these
are not always easy to find. We currently have the following items in stock.
Prices quoted do not include postage and packing.
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|Perfume Bottle
Neat scrapwork item some 3" in diameter and standing 3½" tall. Both the bottle and the large decorative stopper are in excellent condition.
|Pendant Cross
Exceptional example with a complex floral inlay achieved in a small cross a mere 2½" x 1½".
|Desk Inkwell
Fine desk inkwell, the base inlayed with intertwined jasmines and some 9" in diameter.
|Large Brooch
Silver-mounted round brooch 1½" (40mm) in diameter. Inlay is perfect . . . and please note, this IS Ashford work and not Italian pietre dura.
Delightful candlestick standing 4½" tall with a 4½" diameter base. Two rings of malachite scrapwork inlay contrast beautifully with the polished black marble.
|Pendant Cross
Very shapely cross 3¼" long fitted with a metal ring for wearing as a pendant. One tiny chip which is virtually invisible and a really outstanding floral inlay.
|Scrapwork Thermometer
Fine thermometer standing 7¾" tall with scrapwork inlay around the ivory-backed thermometer. The latter, unusually, is signed "S. Bright & Co. BUXTON". Very nice condition with only a couple of the very tiniest chips.
|Large Obelisk with Thermometer
Typical obelisk almost 16" tall with scrapwork inlay around the ivory-backed thermometer and a fine inlay of Lily-of-the Valley on the pedestal. Incorporates many local materials; oakstone, rosewood marble, Duke's Red Marble etc. etc.
|Fine Tall
Impressive candlestick standing some 11" tall and of an unusual and most pleasing design. Three rings of scrapwork inlay of mostly local stones.
|Large Inkwell
Substantial base over 7" in diameter has a fine ring of inlaid pieces, mostly Derbyshire but with a few "foreigners" - Sienna Marble, malachite and even one piece of Lapis Lazuli. The inkwell itself is a replacement and is actually fashioned from ebony with a hallmarked silver ring around the hole in the lid. The condition of the base is good with perfect inlay, and I note only a thin crack in the top of the inkwell itself.
|Large Desk Set
Desk set with inkwell measuring 12" across with colourful scrapwork and in exceptional condition.
Typical paperweight with a striking jasmine motif in clam and malachite. Nice inlay, but with the number of "nibbles" around the edges of the piece reflected in the price. Size? 5¼" x 3¼".
|Pair of Floral Candlesticks
Fine pair of candlesticks standing 4½" tall with inlaid bases of a similar diameter. Matching "mirror image" inlays of jasmines and speedwells.
|Desk Set
An exceptional desk set with a classic jasmine inlay and perhaps the finest Lily-of-the-Valley I have ever come across. 11½" x 9"
|Modern Paperweight
Rectangular paperweight 4" x 2" (x 1" thick), the work of Eddie Fisher, a name more usually associated with Blue John. The paperweight has a base of Derbyshire crinoidal limestone from the Once-a-Week Quarry at Sheldon, with a thick veneer of Ashford Black Marble and a decorative malachite and Mother-of-Pearl motif.
Exquisite small pendant some 1½" x 1" with a jasmine inlay.
Large paperweight 5½" x3¼" x 1" thick with inlets along the edges for finger and thumb and a typical jasmine group inlaid into the top. Nice condition: a fine example of this popular Victorian souvenir/
|Scrapwork Cross
Cross standing just over 6" tall and inlayed with a variety of mostly Derbyshire materials including Oakstone, Blue John, Duke's Red and Rosewood Marble.
|Desk-top Paperweight
Paperweight some 5" x 3¼" (x ¾" thick) with scrapwork inlay including Blue John, oakstone, Rosewood Marble and other local stones. The paperweight has a shapely knob, four slots for pens and is in good condition noting, inevitable, some small "nibbles" around the edges.
|Fine Pair of Floral
Matching pair of candlesticks with typical jasmine motifs standing 4" high with 4¼" diameter bases. Some restoration but the candlesticks display well.
|Dressing Table
Flat base supported on three balls some 6" in diameter with a fine inlay of jasmines in clam shell and malachite with a cut-glass cosmetic jar at the centre. Originally formed a set with the two candlesticks below but I will sell them as separate items.
|Spill vase
Vase stands 5" tall and is in very good condition. The raised ring of inlay contains a number of local stones (including Blue John).
|Large Candlesticks
Exceptional pair of matching candlesticks just under 12" tall with four different inlyed motifs - dog rose, Lily of the Valley etc.
|Scrapwork Brooch
Victorian brooch some 2" (5cm) in diameter with a colourful inlaid ring of stones, some local (including 3 pieces of Duke's Red marble) and some imported (Siberian malachite, Afghan lapis lazuli). Very good condition.
|Pair of Earrings
Neat pair of inlaid earrings, typical jasmine and speedwell motif and tiny - just under 1" (23mm) in diameter. Nice condition, the small amount of stem loss not really detracting from the appearance of theses delightful little gems.
Typical desk thermometer with malachite and clam-shell inlays of jasmines and lilies of the the valley. The ivory thermometer scale has the signature of a Torquay retailer. Excellent condition
|Unusual Paperweight
Paperweight some 5½" x 3½" (x ¾" thick) with a stylish knob and a restrained ornament of alternating strips of shell and Duke's Red Marble - probably originally part of a specially-commissioned desk set.
|Large Spill Vase
Vase stands over 6" tall with a base some 4½" in diameter. It is in good condition with a very nice inlaid dog rose. There is a small repair to the rim but this is barely perceptible
|Matching Obelisks
A very elegant pair of matching obelisks standing 15½" tall with malachite inlaid into the "needles" and "mirror image" floral inlays of jasmines in the bases. Excellent condition.
Very attractive pendant with a jasmine and forget-me-not motif beautifully executed (note the skilled use of shading to make the main flower come alive). The stone is just over 1½" x 1¼" and is fitted with a large silver bail which would take a heavy chain or, in Victorian fashion, a ribbon.
|Small Paperweight
Unusually small paperweight, just 3½" x 2½" (x ¾" thick). A few very tiny chips but nothing of any significance and a perfect inlay in the form of the typical jasmine and buds. inlay
|Pair of
Perfect matching pair of candlesticks their bases just over 3¼" in diameter. Nice "mirror-image" jasmine + speedwell inlays with only a little stemming missing.
|Miniature Ewer
Small ewer standing 10½" tall and mounted on a "dish" 5" in diameter. The piece would have had a thin, curved handle when made but these were attached fairly weakly and often came off as I would imagine has happened here. Apart from this the piece is in fine condition with no chips etc. and an extravagant inlay of dog roses and buds. An unusual piece.
|Teapot Stand
Superb oval stand some 6½" x 4½" mounted on four button feet with excellent floral inlay of jasmine, speedwells etc.
Stands just over 5" tall. Very nice inlay with nothing missing and a delicate use of shading within the shell pieces to suggest depth. Good mercury thermometer on an ivory scale.
|Matching Spill
Not common objects because of the difficulty in hollowing out this particular shape. These examples are 5" tall with two "different but matching" floral inlays, Nice condition with only very minor chips around the lower edges of the bases.
Typical inlaid thermometer with a wide variety of decorative stones from Derbyshire. The item is just under 8½" tall and is in good condition; I note only a couple of small chips and two repaired areas
|Perfume Flask
An unusual item in a very pleasing shape standing some 4½" tall and the base also 4½" in diameter. Attractive scrapwork inlay in both the flask and the large stopper with many Derbyshire stones including oakstone and Blue John
A most unusual early piece when the floral inlay was based on designs from the Taj Mahal rather than the later Florentine motifs. The candlestick stands just over 4" tall with its base just under 4" in diameter. Excellent condition
Typical inlaid thermometer with a wide variety of decorative stones from Derbyshire. The item is just under 7" tall and the ivory backing to the thermometer itself is signed "BRIGHT & CO., BUXTON", a manufactory active around 1860.
An unusual piece some 3¼" in diameter with a fine ring of Derbyshire stones including oakstone, galena and Blue John.
|Pendant Cross
Small cross a little under 2" long with a typical jasmine inlay. Two tiny sections of stem missing, otherwise perfection.
|Letter Scale
Unusual item, and Ashford marble patchwork base with a brass sprung letter scale. Overall some 7" tall, the base 3¾" in diameter. Perfect condition.
|Desk Set
Very fine, large desk set with a superb inlay of jasmines in excellent condition. Of its type this is not only the best we have been able to offer but I think the best I have ever seen. No chips, high polish - practically mint!
|Postal Scales
Set of brass scales with inlaid plaques forming the centre of each "pan". The scales are engraved "Melliship & Harris, 111 Westbourne Grove" and come with 2oz, 1oz, ½oz and ¼oz weights (the largest being a replacement).
|Vesta Box
Small box around 2¾" x 1½" decorated with scrapwork . An unusual item, an engrved strip on the underside (for striking) suggests it may have been intended for vestas. An early repair and a few very tiny chips do not detract from a delightful little item
For a full account of the history of Ashford Black Marble we recommend (and can supply) the recently published book:-
"Derbyshire Black Marble" by John Michael Tomlinson.95pp. Soft back. Colour plates.
£12 (including postage & packing)
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The dismissal of our anger as a racial minority is worse than any slur or epithet because it undermines our ability to react to it.Moran Margaret Cho
A virtuous person is better then virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.Ali bin Abu-Talib
Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and Barbarians. I am not interested in the descendance of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek worse than a Barbarian. If differences ever develop between you never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator. You must not consider God like an autocratic despot, but as a common Father of all; so your behavior may resemble the life siblings have in a family. On my part I should consider all equals, white or blacks, and wish you all to be not only subjects of the Commonwealth, but participants and partners. As much as this depends on me, I should try to bring about what I promised. The oath we made over tonights libations hold onto as a Contract of Love.Alexander III
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky
Verbal fraud is worse than monetary fraud.Hebrew Proverb
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. It is we who nourish the Soul of the World, and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.Paulo Coelho
I have no race prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.Samuel Langhorne Clemens
When I am dead I would rather people thought me better than I was instead of worse; but if they think me worse, I cannot help it and, if it matters at all, it will matter more to them than to me.Samuel Butler
Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.Julia Cameron
The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.James Bovard
A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.Emily Bronte
War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.John Stuart Mill
Israel criticizes Hitler a lot, so do we, but theyve done something very similar, even worse, than what the Nazis did.Hugo Chavez
Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.W. C. Fields
I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for the good or the better or the worse. It must alter him. The feelings of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than the feeling of contentment, because desparation and unhappiness stretch your whole sensibility.Francis Bacon(painter)
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.Malcolm X
God, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.Ali bin Abu-Talib
Existence without an aim, without a worthy purpose, is worse than wastedOrison Swett Marden
Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.Sydney Smith
Opinions derived from long experience are exceedingly valuable, and outweigh all others, while they are consistent with facts and with each other; but they are worse than useless when they lead, as in this instance, to directly opposite opinions.Peter Barlow
What Kuwait did to the Palestinian people is worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories.Yasser Arafat
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.Mohandas Gandhi
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.Thomas Fuller


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Woody Allen finalizes cast for 'The Bop Decameron'
June 20, 2011 - 2:44 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Allen has finalized the cast for his next film, "The Bop Decameron."
The comedy is to begin production July 11 in Rome. It will be the first time the director will be shooting there.
"The Bop Decameron" will star Roberto Benigni (beh-NEEN'-yee), Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Penelope Cruz and Judy Davis.
Allen will also play a role, his first since 2006's "Scoop."
Allen's "Midnight in Paris," currently in release, has earned $21.8 million at the box office.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
On The Floor
As in: out of the PICU and up to the recovery rooms. So, that's good news. Callum is doing great, and although he's pretty moody and surly with Janet and myself, he's "up" and chatty with the hospital staff, and discussing his case like a grown-up. Really hoping his recovery continues in this vein. He's got TV eyes at the best of times, but hospital stays are a total TV OD, despite our best efforts to insert books and conversation into the proceedings. Maybe that's why he doesn't seem especially eager to get home; where else but the hospital can he indulge his TV obsession with total freedom? One perk of his new room is that he has a clear view of the hospital's helipad, his first view of which (featuring a departing helicopter) brought a loud and sincere "wow." So that's one thing from real life that eclipses the action on the Box. But the main thing is that he seems to be doing really well. Hoping we'll be back home tomorrow or the next day. Thanks to everyone who is sending well wishes and positive vibes.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
It's Spine Time again ...
Summer is here again, and that means ... time to extend the titanium rods which were attached to Callum's spine last year. We left the house this morning at 4:45 AM, headed down to Hopkins, and by noon Cal was out of the OR. So far the whole thing has been as mellow a scene as spinal surgery can be (but don't forget to just roll that sentence around your brain for a bit). We were all so stressed leading up to this, but the procedure went very smoothly and now we just have to get through what Cal's specialists seem to think will be a shorter, simpler recovery time. Cal was more anxious leading up to this than he was before last year's procedure, but overall has handled it like a champ. At age 8 he is showing an ever-greater awareness of his situation and how SMA makes his life different from that of others around him, and I don't know which we're more proud of: his general ability to rise above, or his forthrightness in expressing his emotions when he's down. There's a lot of catching up to do on this blog - apologies for that - but forgive me if I don't go there right now. There should be time to do that this week, as Janet and I take time out from work to be here for Cal's recovery. For the moment, we're still at Hopkins and hoping that everything continues to go smoothly.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
A few photos
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
He's Back!
Was the past week just a weird dream? It flew by and everything went so smoothly ... And now Callum will complete his recovery at home. How great to be on the other side of spinal surgery.
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
"With all these wires and blood from another person, I may become something new: a robot lizard that will walk on 2 legs and shoot from its hands with detonators.
With all these wires, my mutation could be completed in a day or two."
That's our boy!
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
True Metal
Before ...
And after.
And here we are, in the PICU at the new Hopkins children's center.
Right now Callum is sleeping through a Star Wars marathon that we only keep running because we're afraid the sudden silence might wake him. And despite a lot of pain medication, he's been stubbornly wakeful all day, since emerging from surgery at around 12:30.
The doctors report the procedure went pretty much exactly as planned, and Cal has been a total trooper throughout.
The anesthesiologists were kind enough to let both me and Janet stand at Cal's bedside when they put him under. What a great team - they were chatting with Cal all the way into the operating room and he was chatting right back.
Cal: "do you have a computer in the operating room?"
Doctor: "We have three."
Cal: "I think I'm going to like this surgery!"
Committing to this surgery - emotionally - has been one of the hardest decisions yet in our SMA journey, but we've never doubted its necessity, and we've never doubted that in Dr. Sponseller's team we were going to the best people to do this job. And I don't think we've ever doubted that Callum was up to this ... just worried at the thought of putting him through anything more painful or dangerous than what he's already up against. But at the end of day one, I think we're all feeling mostly relief and resolve ... and optimism.
Tomorrow morning, if all goes as planned, his breathing tube will come out and he'll really start on the journey of recovery by taking over the work of breathing for himself, and hopefully eating some real food. We've managed pretty effective communication today with just eye wiggles and blinks, but a day without Callum's voice is a long day indeed. Tomorrow we hope to have it back.
Our deepest gratitude to all who are keeping him in their thoughts.
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From one of our design heroes these puzzles, by Fredun Shapur, have been reissued and are in store & online.
Archive for the 'Kids' Category
Fredun Shapur.Friday, October 17th, 2014
Animal carnival.Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Wodibow.Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Super nice wooden animals, all made from the same components.
Pimp your frankieSunday, September 14th, 2014
The Japanese art of sausage craft is our new favourite thing. Lots more here.
Game on.Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Old game instructions sheets we found at the weekend, and beyond.
Play & Display.Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Lords of the Rings.Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Love these reissued LIBUŠE NIKLOVÁ inflatable rings.
Surprise shapes; 1978Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Fan Club.Sunday, June 29th, 2014
Mr Printables has done it again with these adorable Arctic animal fans. Cut out & make.
A rugs life.Friday, June 20th, 2014
Modular rugs by Kinder Ground.
Pattern Cards for Small Mosaics (1971)Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
The Scoop.Monday, May 26th, 2014
Weekend ProjectFriday, May 2nd, 2014
It would be a travesty not to make these free bird finger puppets this weekend.
It takes Allsorts.Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Print out and make giant Liquorice Allsorts. Marvellous.
A fine pear.Saturday, March 29th, 2014
Two tone.Saturday, March 29th, 2014
Park life.Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
Activity Attribute Block Cards. 1976.Thursday, December 19th, 2013
No we don't know what that means either. At least they look good.
No room at the inn.Thursday, December 12th, 2013
If you would like to make this paper nativity scene, circa 1976, download the file here.
Sew nice.Friday, December 6th, 2013
Simple stitched tree decorations to download and make.
Fredun Shapur: Hero.Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Fredun Shapur is one of our all time favourite illustrators and designers, working on toys & childrens books throughout the 60s & 70s. To celebrate the arrival of a new book celebrating his work here is a little taster of his archive.
Bag it up.Friday, November 8th, 2013
Yes, more bags. We found these at the National Museum of Play. How have we not found this site before! Their collections are gargantuan.
Cube.Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
Class.Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
From the archives, a collection of 1960s classroom charts.
En promenade; 1977.Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
An old French picture book we found in Paris. So bright, you might need glasses.


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Bigger is better as Bears look to add to offensive line
By Neil Hayes email@example.com April 26, 2011 9:24PM
The Bears have tried Chris Williams at right tackle, left tackle and left guard. Now they're talking about trying him at center. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media
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There are three reasons why the Bears must beef up the interior part of their offensive line, and they are big reasons, indeed.
Their names are Ndamukong Suh, B.J. Raji and Kevin Williams.Together, the defensive tackles for the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings weigh almost 1,000 pounds and are changing the way Bears general manager Jerry Angelo evaluates guards and centers heading into the NFL draft, which starts Thursday.
The strength and power of the three NFC North defensive tackles, coupled with changes to the offensive coaching staff, have made a change in philosophy at Bears headquarters necessary.
''We want to go bigger because we've got bigger people in our division that we're playing against, Pro Bowl-type players,'' Angelo said. ''In fact, there's three. So that is something we're mindful of. So we're not really looking at that guard/center. It's not that we would pass up a player that we felt was a really good player. We're not going to miss the forest for the trees. We're still going to evaluate the quality of the player. But if everything is even, that's the way we would go.''
What Angelo means is that his scouts haven't been beating the bushes for traditional guard/centers such as Josh Beekman, a 6-2, 310-pounder who was considered the heir apparent to veteran Olin Kreutz until offensive line coach Mike Tice came on board and Beekman was released. Tice and offensive coordinator Mike Martz want guards who look more like traditional tackles.
While the Bears might address their need for a center in the draft, they also have some in-house ideas, including one out-of-the-box possibility that might surprise.
''We've kind of shifted in that we want bigger people,'' Angelo said. ''So we're looking for tackles who can play guard rather than guards who can play center. So there's a little bit of a shift in our thinking that way philosophically. I know coach Tice wants bigger people. Staffs we've had before, they weren't as committed to that thinking. But there's a little bit more of a shift. So when we look at offensive linemen, we'd like to think that the tackles and guards can be interchangeable.''
There are plenty of intriguing candidates with the potential to step in at guard or center and start right away, including Mike Pouncey, the twin brother of Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, who was a rookie last season. Then there's converted left tackle Danny Watkins of Baylor, a former firefighter who will turn 27 next season.
Throw in other potential rookie starters, such as Georgia's Clint Boling, Lehigh's Will Rackley and Wisconsin's John Moffitt, not to mention several tackle candidates who might project to be guards in the pros, and the Bears have every reason to think they can find some big bodies to go against Suh, Raji and Williams.
''It's abnormal when players are that old,'' Angelo said of Watkins. ''You look at the position, and obviously players play into their 30s at that position . . . and still play good football. We've had a few here, and we have a few here. I don't think it's a red flag.''
As for center, the Bears have confidence Edwin Williams can do the job if Kreutz, an unrestricted free agent, doesn't return, which remains a possibility. There even have been discussions about moving Chris Williams to center, which would be a stunning admission for a team that drafted Williams 14th overall in 2008 to be the left tackle of the future.
On the other hand, the 6-6, 315-pound Williams would provide the added bulk Tice is looking for. Because his strength is his intelligence, he could make the line calls required of a center. The lack of aggressiveness he has displayed at guard and tackle would be less of a concern at center, where he would be required to make fewer one-on-one blocks.
It wouldn't be an ideal situation — not by a long shot. But after playing Williams at right tackle, left tackle and left guard with disappointing results, it might be the Bears' last chance to find him a long-term position where he can be effective. It also would give Angelo a chance to focus on other positions in the draft.


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214-838-5860 outside the U.S.
Phone & Live Chat Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 7AM – 7PM Central
Friday: 7AM – 5:30PM Central
Saturday: 10AM – 6PM Central
Sunday: CLOSED
Mailing Address:
8941 Empress Row
Dallas, Texas 75247
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your unique figure.
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