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OK... I am showing it off a little. But I am also posting this out there as a lot of GW members ideas and input have got me and hubby to this point. I want to put this up so that others searching for plans and ideas have another one to consider.... and again to show off my new fence a little ;-) Problems I had to overcome: I have no idea how to post more than one image so will be making additional entries with the other images and tell you how we built it. |
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First, the posts are all 8' 4x4. Once sank 2' deep you have 6' above ground. We spaced the 4x4 posts 8'1" apart and built framed panels which are to be removed when we want to till. The frames are made from pretreated 2x4's, I went #2 grade to save money and just picked through whatever they had when I went to Home Depot every time I went (we are remodeling our house and are there very often anyway). We split the 2x4s on a table saw about 1/3 of the way into the board. I took the 2/3's chunk of the 2x4 and built the actual rectangular frame with center support, put it in place added the fencing and screwed the 1/3 side of the board facing on. Then I had a finished sandwich panel. I used a deer fencing with a 1" hex. I keeps the bunnies out and also keeps the groundhogs from reaching in and grabbing anything near the edges of the garden like the used to with the old green fencing. |
Now, we happen to have tons of these concrete slabs around in the old abandoned greenhouses that used to be my husbands grandfather's. They used to line the walkways. Unfortunately they weigh about 100lbs each. We put them in between the posts to keep the groundhogs out and let us mow around the garden. I am sure the same would work for pavers of any sort, these just happened to be free for us (minus the manual labor of digging them out and moving them). The groundhogs could still dig under if they wanted to so to add a bit of extra protection I took the old garden fence and cut it into thirds. Before we re-laid the sod back down I tucked the old garden fence under the concrete slabs. Our hope is if they start digging, they will hit fence and will not be able to go any further. (insert evil laugh). |
My final step was to add wire around the top to bring the full height to 6'. Obviously I added strips of fabric to be sure the deer see it. I don't want to string a deer up, only keep them out. Thanks to all the GW folks who gave me advice. I know this fence is more than most people would have done, but hubby and I are in the house we are staying in forever. We are not going anywhere and are in the process of redoing the entire house, so we figured why not a nicer garden too, especially if it keeps me a bit more sane, I am sick of yelling at woodland creatures. |
It looks great! It is well thought out and nice looking. You will get a lot of enjoyment from your garden. Jim |
- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Tue, Jul 2, 13 at 20:52
A LOT of work! But as you say it is your forever house, so might as well do it right! Where are you located with all of those critters? Nancy |
I am in MD Nancy. Northern Baltimore County in a very rural location. I spent the last 7 years feeding the critters and scavenging for us, or so it felt anyway. The fence wasn't that hard, it took a couple of days of my hubby helping me and about 2 weeks of me working on my own a few hours a day (not bad with 3 and 4 year old helpers). The hard part of this fence was actually what was in the middle of where the garden was going. It was a concrete pad where my husband's parent used to park their planes way back in the day. It was cracked and broken and needed to be removed anyway, we were just procrastinating. We thought it would be easy, break up the concrete, rent a dumpster, move all the gravel underneath to the long country driveway, voila, done.... sooo wrong, the gravel pit went down about 9 inches, we kept moving gravel, moving gravel, moving gravel, it didn't stop. We had friends come over and take truck loads to their driveways and still we had gravel. If not for that I would have been done in May ;-( |
And it's LEVEL! That's what most impresses me ;-) Seriously, good job, enjoy. |
- Posted by carol6ma_7ari zones 6 %26 7a (My Page) on Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 7:04
Looks really good! Reminds me a lot of our new veg garden fence which is 7 ft. high of 4x4s with a horizontal rail of 2x4s at 3 ft. high, and the fencing is black welded wire with 2"x4" openings. We used separate rolls of 3 ft. high fencing and left a gap (not deer-size, we hope) above the railing for our view when we take a break and sit down in cheap plastic chairs. And double gates at opposite sides, so we can take the wheelbarrow of weeds out to the compost heap downhill. We don't have groundhogs but do have deers and rabbits. So I fastened a foot of chickenwire all along the bottom, including the gates. We had the ground de-sodded before the fence went up and we wheeled in lots and LOTS of manure and dug it in by hand. No rototilling for us, just hand digging from now on. The paths are made of layers of cardboard covered by pine bark nuggets. We found a gate kit at HD, of steel triangles for the corners and hinges and a latch. Then the gates were made of 2x4s. Where are your gates? Carol |
Very nice - thanks for posting. I am about to start a similar fence myself, and this helps clarify a few things I was considering. |
Very nice - thanks for posting. I am about to start a similar fence myself, and this helps clarify a few things I was considering. |
Best investment for a garden that is in the middle of various critters. You are only beating your head against a wall trying to keep them out without a fence. Very nice job. |
Thanks for the compliments everyone. Carol. The gate is in the center middle, to the left of the orange bucket I was too lazy to move out of the shot. It is a double swinging gate which opens to the full 8' so 4' either side. It is made out of 2x4, but we did not split them for stability sake. I added the fencing to the interior (not the easiest part of this job I was covered in tiny little cuts all over my arms and legs trying to wrestle it in) and covered the edging with another piece of 1x2 pretreated to make it look very similar to the rest of the fence. I saw the kits at Home Depot with the triangle reinforcement corners, wire, and turn bolts to pull the gate corner up, unfortunately the kit only has 90" wire so I had to make up the kit from parts found at HD and get longer wire. I also used heavy industrial strength hinges and the lightest (driest) pretreated wood I could find. The gate halves also have a 6' piece that stick up where they come together so the wire can be run between them also to keep the deer from jumping. The other plan was going to be ad another 2 4x4 posts and make it a single 4' gate with 2' panels on the sides however that not only raised the cost as the 4x4 were the most expensive cost, but it also made it impossible for us to use our 1x4 concrete slabs. You should post pics of your garden here Carol. I know the reason I am posting is that I was having a very hard time planing my garden and had yet to see anything like this out there. I found similar wooden fences, but none that dealt with the burrowers problem. |
Now THAT is a fence. Makes other fences look almost paltry. Great job! --McKenzie |
- Posted by carol6ma_7ari zones 6 %26 7a (My Page) on Thu, Jul 4, 13 at 9:07
Kali, I can't seem to figure out how to get iPad photos into Gardenweb. But I'll send some pix directly to your email. Later today. Happy 4th! Carol |
This looks great!! Hope you have a successful season! |
- Posted by GreenThumb85 6b Illinois (My Page) on Tue, Jul 9, 13 at 8:52
I am very jealous lol! Have a good season! |
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Investigators report that a large boxer bulldog appears to be the blame in the death of a Florida man in a bizarre auto accident.
Iris Fortner, 56, and James Campbell, 68, were backing into their driveway, when Campbell got out of the passenger side of their 1995 Chevy van to open the gates.
According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, Fortner opened the driver's door to get a better look at where Campbell was standing, when Fortner's large Boxer Bulldog suddenly jumped in the van through the passenger door and stepped on the accelerator, sending the van crashing back into and over Campbell.
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I have made several mosaic bowling balls for different people over the years, and some of them are ruined. Apparently the clear liquid nails glue didn't hold up outside in the heat and sections of the grout and glass fell off. This lady brought hers back to me a few weeks ago to "fix", and I don't think there is any fixing it. It was a fundraiser for our church, and she paid $50 for it. I've made several for myself using the Liquid Nails, and they are just fine after three years in the heat and sun. Last year when someone told me this had happened to their mosaic ball, I started using GE II Silicone adhesive and so far so good with it. What should I tell this lady??? Has anyone else had trouble with the Clear Liquid Nails on outside mosaics? Now I'm wondering how many other ones this has happened to but they just didn't want to tell me. |
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I've never used anything except the GE11 for balls since that happened to me on one ball. I put little flat rocks on one and within about a year they all fell off when it rained.. and I had sealed it. what a mess that was...I know it costs me abut $50 just to make one with the glass squares... you might have to make her a new one using GE11, don't know what other alternative there would be. |
How long ago did she buy that ball? I would hope that they last, but I've heard tales of them lasting about three years. I used GE Silicone II on the only one I've done, as I've been gathering all the information I can about adhesives with just this concern in mind. Thank you for the information about Liquid Nails. I'm sorry it happened to you. *:( |
- Posted by katishooked (My Page) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 18:43
A lot of elbow grease can clean it up if you want to save the bb. Liguid nails isn't for outside. GEII is the best IMO. Sorry this had to happen to you on a bb for a charity function. I would also do another bb for the lady using GEII. Kat |
I have used Clear Liquid Nails on my penny bowling ball and penny fountain about 4 or 5 yrs ago and haven't lost a thing off them. There could have been a break in the grout and water got under your tiles and caused them to fall off. I would think that you could clean this one up and fix the part that fell off of do as Kat suggested and make her another one. I now use GEII for bowling balls and metal but thinset on everything else. Good luck. |
- Posted by ringaroundtherosie (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 0:37
We had the mosaic bowling ball fundraiser before Mother's Day in 2007. The ones I have in my yard are just fine; that's why I don't understand this, and I used clear liquid nails on them. I did all the grouting, so it was done in the same manner. I do remember tinting the grout with some green acrylic paint on the one the lady brought to me for repair. I wonder if that had anything with weakening the grout. Well, anyway I guess I'll tell her I'll do another one for her using GE II Silicone sealant since I can't repair the other one. I won't need to clean the glue off the ball because a local bowling alley donates bowling balls to me from a high school bowling class. When the kids are done, they donate the balls to the owner of the bowling alley, and he has more than he knows what to do with, so he donates them to me. Lucky me. Thanks for all our kind words. Live and Learn they say. |
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Former Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens has been designated as "the Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs pending the Senate's confirmation of the President's nominee, Tara Sonenshine," MountainRunner reports. Ambassador Stephens began her work in this role today. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock had previously been in the role of Acting Under Secretary since July 8, 2011.
The New York Times reports that the Department of State has removed the Council for Educational Travel, USA (CETUSA) as a designated sponsor of the Summer Work Travel program. The article also provides some detail on the Department's upcoming rulemaking for the SWT program:
Lynne Weil has been named Director of Communications and External Affairs of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), according to a BBG press release. Ms. Weil will act as the Board's primary strategist on communications and outreach activities, and as the Board's chief advisor for Congressional and external affairs.
In a recent post on his MountainRunner blog, Matt Armstrong, former Executive Director of the recently abolished U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy discusses the role of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R), specifically the significantly shorter tenure of Under Secretaries for R compared to other Under Secretaries.
The U.S. Department of State and the Iraqi government are increasing their efforts to enroll more Iraqi students in U.S. universities, USA Today recently reported. The cooperation between the U.S. and Iraq on issues of higher education and cultural exchange was also on the agenda for talks between President Obama and Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last week.
Department of State educational and cultural exchange programs received $598.8 million for FY 2012 in the "megabus" spending package passed by Congress on Friday and Saturday. This funding level is exactly even with the final FY 2011 appropriation for exchanges, and falls $38.9 million below the President's FY12 request.
The U.S. Department of State issued the below notice in today's Federal Register announcing "four modifications to the guidelines governing the award of program grants and cooperative agreements."
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Twenty-eight years after he did the deed, 74-year-old Carleton H. Winsor appeared in court Friday to find out when, if ever, he will do the time.
Wiry and wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, Winsor appeared before Superior Court Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg. A recent tip brought him to the attention of law enforcement after decades of slipping through the cracks.
A jury in 1988 found Winsor guilty of conspiring with another North Kingstown man on July 4{+t}{+h} three years earlier to burn down an ambulance barn on Tower Hill Road for $2,000. Now-retired Superior Court Judge Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. sentenced him to serve two years in prison, with three years suspended with probation.
Winsor was represented at the time by now-Superior Court Judge Walter R. Stone. David Igliozzi prosecuted the case, court records show.
Winsor appealed the conviction to the state Supreme Court, which denied the appeal in 1990. Typically, a defendant would be notified of the rejection and be called in to court for a date to start serving his sentence, but that notice never went out, according to Craig N. Berke, courts spokesman.
Winsor's hiatus ended last Wednesday, when he was summoned at his home in Tallahassee, Fla., to appear in court.
Winsor arrived at court accompanied by his son, Carleton H. Winsor Jr. Thunberg referred him to the public defender's office, where he conferred for more than an hour with Thomas Thomasian.
Thunberg gave Winsor 120 days to file a motion to reduce his sentence and ordered him to remain in Rhode Island. He remains free on the same bail imposed decades ago, $25,000 surety with his then-wife's 31 Main St. home in North Kingstown as collateral.
Amy Kempe, spokeswoman for the attorney general, said the office is reviewing the case and "will make its recommendation to the judge at the appropriate time."
"We'll see what happens. It's certainly an interesting matter," North Kingstown Police Chief Thomas J. Mulligan said outside the South County courthouse. His department and the attorney general's office received letters saying Winsor had bragged during a recent visit that he'd been convicted of arson but never served time.
Mulligan described Winsor, who moved to Florida two years ago, as a well-known town "character" who had no brushes with the law since 1985.
Mulligan speculated that perhaps Winsor's conscience had come into play and he had a desire to "close the book, so to speak."
Court records show that the plan to torch the barn was hatched between Winsor and the barn's owner at Duffy's Tavern. The owner, who agreed to pay $2,000, was having financial troubles, and the 460 Tower Hill Rd. property was about to be sold.
Winsor enlisted an accomplice to drive the getaway car for $800, records show. Winsor ransacked the place to make it look like teenagers had committed the crime, sprinkled kerosene and alcohol the owner had left for him, and set fire to papers with a pack of matches. Afterward, the men went to the American Legion Hall for drinks.
The accomplice, who appears to have not been charged, soon spilled his story to the police, records show.
Winsor threatened to sue when the police approached him for questioning, records show. He denied starting the blaze, telling police that the problem with the owner was that he hired amateurs. If he had done it, Winsor said, he'd have gotten paid up front and the barn would have burned all the way down, according to a police report. Court papers indicate Winsor was never paid.


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Hi all, I have a Craftsman lawn tractor with a Briggs 18.5 hp, model 31P777, type 0348-E1. I did a tuneup using one of the briggs tune up kits that have the oil, filter, plug and air filters in it. After the tune up, started and went to cut the grass and the engine is now smoking a lot of blueish smoke. I checked the oil level of the sump several times and it is good, I don't think gas with oil was added. There is a component on the engine that has three tubes that go to the gas line, dipstick and breather, I do notknow what this. if You pull the line off of the dipstick the hose is pressurized and blowing oil. I don't get it, this was not happening prior to the tune up, had to drive the tractor from the back yard around to the garage and there was no smoke. any and all help is greatly appreciated. what do You guys think this is? |
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It sounds like either fuel in the oil or 2) a failed cylinder head gasket to me. The component of which you speak is the fuel pump. So, if the oil is oil and at level -see #2. |
- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Sun, Dec 23, 12 at 14:55
SMELL the oil to be sure there isn't gas in it. |
- Posted by ultraclassic 9 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 17:09
Thank You for the responses guys. Tomplum, yes I realized that was the fuel pump and see that the oil is coming from the ambient pressure port. this was not happening prior to the tuneup, I am really curious about this. The oil level is proper in the engine (maybe a little low). I do not smell gas in the oil and the best I can test the diaphragm is ok on the fuel pump. Is it just a coincidence that the head gasket has blown or a valve is sticking? is there an easy way of testing what it is prior to taking the head off? Thanks again for the responses, all the help really is appreciated. |
- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 19:21
You can usually "see" a blown head gasket. Remove valve cover. Have rag handy. Start engine and look for a "vapor" blowing out on the push rod side on each power stroke. |
- Posted by ultraclassic 9 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 26, 12 at 19:38
Thanks Bill, I will check it. |
I am not a professional OPE mechanic. I'm just a hacker. But from what you describe, the smoking followed after you worked on the engine. I would review my job. Was the engine tipped during this tune up? |
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And fresh from duty on the ISAF Youth Worlds race course, International Race Officer, David Lovegrove, was out again on the testing waters of Dublin Bay, controlling this fleet of high ranking international and local sailors as the Brewin Dolphin-sponsored Irish National Championship kicked off Thursday morning.
While this premier event on the Irish calendar will be hotly contested it is of course another opportunity for domestic and overseas sailors to attune their boats and crews to Irish conditions as they prepare for the main event of the Dragon season, the justly famous Dragon Gold Cup, which is the open World Championship for Dragons, and takes place in Kinsale Yacht Club from 8th-14th September.
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Metallica soldiers on through European tour; new releases from M.I.A., Kylie Minogue, others
By Ally Schweitzer
- Metallica is plowing through obstacles-- both natural and emotional-- to continue their European tour. With flights still hard to come by in the aftermath of the Icelandic volcano eruption, the band has been traveling via boat and bus to get to concert arenas. According to lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, Metallica hasn't toured in a bus since bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a bus crash during the band's 1986 European tour. "When we boarded the bus again this week and had to travel overnight," Hammett told reporters, "I realized that those bad memories are still here. I still haven't overcome the fear of buses. But the show must go on."
- In recordings: M.I.A.'s latest comes out June 29th; MMMbop-ers Hanson will team up with Motown bassist Bob Babbitt and horns arranger Jerry Hey for their third eighth (you read that correctly) studio album coming out June 8; Outkast's Big Boi swears his long-delayed solo album will be released July 6; Kylie Minogue has a new single and an album this summer; Paul McCartney announced that he will release his entire post-Beatles discography through independent music group Concord instead of his former label, the struggling EMI.
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The album Hanson will release on June 8 will be their fifth studio album; not their third. Later this month, they will be performing all five studio albums on five separate sold-out nights in NYC.
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thanks sailonsilvergirl. i'm actually reading it's their EIGHTH studio album. correction has been made.
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David Cole Has a Lesson to Teach
As someone who has covered the government's legal response to the war on terrorism from its inception, in mid-September 2001, I can tell you that there are only a handful of analysts and commentators and scholars around who have spent the time and the energy and the focus piecing together patterns of executive branch call and legislative and judicial branch response (and I'm not saying that I am necessarily one of them). There are patterns everywhere. From Moussaoui to Lindh to Hamdi to Padilla to Hamdan, from the CIA to the NSA to the FISA, from "material support" to "extraordinary rendition," you can see even from the short distance of a few years or months the arc of the executive branch's efforts and the often-deferential but sometimes fiesty reaction to those efforts.
In the current issue of the New York Review of Books, David Cole offers in a few thousand words an excellent summary of a significant front in the Administration's legal war on terror. Cole is a talented law professor at Georgetown and also a frequent litigator on the side of civil libertarians who have been gaining more and more legal traction as the events of 9/11 recede and the White House keeps overplaying its legal hand. He's been in the heat of battle, if you will, but in his writings he is able to clearly and succinctly explain-- go figure for a law professor!-- where the law was when the Twin Towers fell, where the Bush Administration has tried to take it, and then how the other two branches have responded until now and how they might want to proceed going forward.
Do your self a favor and read Cole's work. You may disagree with his conclusions- a lot of conservatives do-- but no one can deny his credentials as a professor and litigator with valuable insight into the turbulent legal times in which we live.
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1 And there wet a ma of the house of Leui ad toke a doughter of Leui. | 1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, |
2 And the wife coceaued ad bare a sonne. And whe she sawe that it was a propre childe, she hyd him thre monethes longe. | 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. |
3 And whe she coude no longer hyde him, she toke a basket of bulrusshes ad dawbed it with slyme ad pytche, ad layde the childe therin, ad put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke. | 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. |
4 And his sister stode a ferre of, to wete what wold come of it. | 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. |
5 And the doughter of Pharao came doune to the riuer to washe her selfe, and hir maydens walked a longe by the riuers syde. And when she sawe the basket amoge the flagges, she sent one of hir maydes and caused it to be fet. | 5 Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. |
6 And whe she had opened it she sawe the childe. and behold, the babe wepte. And she had copassio on it ad sayde: it is one of the Ebrues childern | 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. |
7 Then sayde his sister vnto Pharaos doughter: shall I goo and call vnto the a nurse of the Ebrues wemen, to nurse the the childe? | 7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" |
8 And the mayde ranne and called the childes mother. | 8 "Yes, go," she answered. And the girl went and got the baby's mother. |
9 The Pharaos doughter saide vnto her Take this childe awaye ad nurse it for me, ad I will rewarde the for thi laboure. And the woman toke the childe and nursed it vp. | 9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him. |
10 And whe the childe was growne, she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter, and it was made hir sonne, and she called it Moses, because (sayde she) I toke him out of the water. | 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water." |
11 And it happened in these dayes when Moses was waxte great, that he went out vnto his brethern ad loked on their burthens, and spied an Egiptian smytynge one of his brethern an Ebrue. | 11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. |
12 And he loked round aboute: and when he sawe that there was no man by, he slewe the Egiptian and hyd hi in the sonde. | 12 Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. |
13 And he went out a nother daye: and beholde, two Ebrues stroue to gether. And he sayde vnto him that dyd the wronge: wherfore smytest thou thine neyghboure? | 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?" |
14 And he answered: who hath made the a ruelar or a iudge ouer vs? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egiptian? Then Moses feared and sayde: of a suertie the thinge is knowne. | 14 The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known." |
15 And Pharao herde of it and went aboute to slee Moses: but he fled from Pharao ad dwelt in the lade of Madian, and he satt doune by a welles syde. | 15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. |
16 The preast of Madian had. vij. doughters which came ad drew water and fylled the troughes, for to water their fathers shepe. | 16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock. |
17 And the shepardes came and drove them awaye: But Moses stode vp and helped them and waterd their shepe. | 17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. |
18 And when they came to Raguel their father, he sayde: how happeneth it that ye are come so soone to daye? | 18 When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?" |
19 And they answerede there was an Egiptia that delyuered vs fro the shepardes, and also drewe vs water and waterd the shepe. | 19 They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock." |
20 And he sayde vnto his doughters: where is he? why haue ye lefte the man? Goo call him that he maye eate bread. | 20 "And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat." |
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gaue Moses Zipora his doughter | 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. |
22 which bare a sonne, ad he called him Gerson: for he sayde. I haue bene a straunger in a straunge lande. | 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land." |
23 And she bare yet another sonne, whom he called Elieser sayng: the God of my father is myne helper, and hath rid me out of the handes of Pharao.And it chaunced in processe of tyme, that the kinge of Egipte dyed, and the childern of Israel syghed by the reason of laboure and cryed. | 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. |
24 And their complaynt came vp vnto God from the laboure. And God remembred his promise with Abraham, Isaac ad Iacob. | 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. |
25 And God loked apon the children of Israel and knewe them. | 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. |
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China cracks down ahead of sensitive anniversaries
A professor was beaten after visiting the grave of a discredited leader. Other previously tolerated activities have also become taboo.
An elderly retired professor is beaten black and blue by thugs, under the noses of the police, for stubbornly honoring the memory of an officially disgraced former leader.
A well-known social commentator's website is shut down after posting articles moderately critical of arbitrary detentions.
One of Beijing's biggest dailies has to remove from its website an editorial supporting citizen supervision of government – which government censors found unacceptable.
This pattern of incidents over the past 10 days highlights a new wave of crackdowns that Chinese officials have launched to forestall any hint of unrest, as they brace for a string of politically sensitive anniversaries this year.
Chinese political reformers, who had hoped for a more relaxed atmosphere after the 2008 Olympic Games went well, have been disappointed.
"Things are going backwards," complains Hu Xingdou, the economics professor whose website was closed last month because local Internet censors in the city of Suzhou, near Shanghai, suddenly objected to articles that had been up on the site for more than a year without causing a stir.
"I hope that what's been happening is related to 2009, and that we won't continue to slide backwards in the future," he adds.
Tiananmen's 20th anniversary looms
Chinese leaders appear nervous about two key anniversaries this year. On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops fired on protesting students in Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds and crushing prospects for serious political reform in China. On Oct. 1, the government will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
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PUBLISHED: 27 Jul 2011 00:09:00 | UPDATED: 27 Jul 2012 08:40:44PUBLISHED: 27 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 27 Jul 2012Terry Ingram
Melbourne businessman Hugh Morgan's stamp collection has won approval to be sold overseas and will be auctioned in London on November 13 and 14.
Melbourne businessman Hugh Morgan appears to have obtained the all-clear to sell his large and valuable stamp collection overseas.
Mr Morgan is expected to raise more than £3 million ($4.5 million) from the sale. His father William began the collection in the early 1960s and it is rich in early 20th-century specimens.
Mr Morgan and his father ran Western Mining Corporation.
The stamps will be auctioned at Spink & Son in London on November 13 and 14. The sale will cash in on an expected accelerated interest in Australian stamps ahead of the centenary of Commonwealth postage in 2013.
Mr Morgan has been negotiating to sell his collection for several years and was advised to act before the death of Adelaide chemist Stuart Hardie, who owned another collection.
Mr Hardie died last year and his stamps will be sold on May 13, 2013 by Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne, leading to speculation that some enthusiasts might hold back at Spink in favour of Mr Hardie's stamps.
Mr Morgan was not available for comment.
The sale of his collection is believed to have been delayed in part because the Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act might have prevented items from going overseas; two rare lots were in contention. It is not known how this issue was resolved.
Mr Morgan considered local auctioneers but is believed to have been seduced by the idea of a London sale.
The Hardie collection will be sold at Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building.
The most valuable collection of Australian stamps to be auctioned, owned by Sydney businessman Arthur Gray, fetched $7.2 million at Shreves New York in 2005.
Melbourne stamp auctioneer Gary Watson is disappointed that the Morgan collection is being sold offshore, but said the international market was very strong. He expects top lots in both collections to be keenly sought as trophy items.
Early Federation stamps, and those issued by the states before it, have a big following overseas, thanks to the unusual marsupials depicted on them.
Mr Hardie built his collection on basic stamps, often in large multiples. Mr Morgan's includes designs for some of the first Australian stamps.
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An interview with Marty Weil, an award-winning journalist, ephemera researcher, and SEO content strategist. He is the editor and publisher of ephemera, a blog that explores the world of old paper.
#1 What do you collect?
Although I do have a small collection of specific pieces of ephemera, I function primarily as an ephemera researcher. My blog covers all aspects of ephemera and how it relates to the popular culture, history, and the human condition. The purpose of the blog is to broaden the awareness and appreciation of ephemera. Over the years, I've display and highlight a wide range of ephemera on the site. My mission is to increase the appeal of ephemera by informing and educating the public on its value as a collectible and research tool. The blog discusses services related to the collection, preservation, and grading of ephemera. It's not intended to display items from my personal collection, although a few items from my collection have been featured. In regard to my personal collection, it consists mainly of ephemera relating to Asheville, NC (my adopted hometown) and a few other odds and ends that speak to my personal interests and sentimentality.
#2 Do you collect other things not considered ephemera? If so, what?
No, not really. I have two vintage Fedoras. If I acquire one more, than I guess it becomes a collection, according to the popular definition.
#3 Did you begin consciously, knowing what you would collect, or did you just one day discover what you were doing?
I've always been interested in history. My fascination with ephemera grew out of my love of history. I consider ephemera to be "raw, unedited history." I felt there was a need to educate people about ephemera and show its importance, not only as a collectible, but as a tool for researchers, authors, and artists.
#4 Ephemera is a lofty word for such elusive, fragile and 'surprised this survived' bits of this and that… I find many collectors who are indeed collectors of ephemera do not describe themselves this way. They say, "Oh, I just hoard old magazines," or, "I just have old papers & junk". While many collectors are self-deprecating this way, I think it's worse in this category… Do you find this to be true? Anything you've noted about this? Any stories of collectors who diminish the value of what they have — yet have outstanding 'bits of paper junk'?
This is a great question. It is something I've covered on numerous occasions on the blog. I've often talked about the 'one man's treasure' aspect of ephemera collecting. I wrote a post called "trash or treasure" that I think illustrates this point best.
In it, I wrote about a postcard I'd found in the trash that turned out to be worth $100. In the world of ephemera, there's a thin line between valuable and worthless. Too often, old paper is not recognized as collectible and is tossed out with the trash.Most experts will tell you that approximately 90 percent of old paper is relatively worthless and that's the truth. So, it's not surprising that people don't take the time to separate the baby from the bathwater when faced with an accumulation of old paper. Too often, people simply back a dumpster up to the house and pitch out old paper with reckless abandon.
That's probably how the $100 postcard gem ended up in the trash. It might have been obvious to the person who tossed this postcard that it had some collectible value, if they'd bothered to look at it. However, when faced with a pile of old paper most people do not closely examine individual items. Even when they do, many pieces of ephemera appear worthless to an untrained eye. It's these not-so-obvious collectibles that most often wind up in the landfill and are lost to collectors forever.
#5 If approximately 90 percent of old paper is relatively worthless, what is it about the remaining 10% which makes it valuable?
The remaining 10 percent has collectible, historic, sentimental, and/or research value. For example, please refer to this post.
#6 We spoke about collectors who play down the importance of their ephemera collection, have you noticed any particular category this is even more prevalent in — or where collectors tend to over-value their collections?
Collectors typically don't play down the importance of their collections. Non-collectors (e.g., parents in the 1950s who tossed out their kids' comic book and/or baseball card collections) don't understand the value of old paper. In other words, people who have a collector's mindset typically value ephemera, but the general public doesn't normally ascribe a value to it—that's why so much of it winds up in the trash. Each day, countless piles of old papers are discarded all across the United States, sending one-of-a-kind documents to their unnecessary demise. An important discussion of this phenomenon can be found in this post as well as this one on estate lawyers.
#7 So, in your experience you've never met a person who say has boxes and boxes of magazines, but doesn't necessarily collect by title, theme or anything; they just like the old magazines, the ads or graphics etc., but wouldn't consider themselves a collector of ephemera. Well, technically you have — me. I just don't feel comfortable calling myself an ephemerist. (Hubby? Yeah, he does.) If 90% is deemed of no value by experts — and you and I both agree that the value often lies in how, as you said, it "speaks to you on a personal level," I think this might be part of my perception problem.
I want to be clear on this point. If someone is truly a collector of a particular type of ephemera, be it magazines, chop stick labels, or cereal boxes (yes, I've met someone who collects cereal boxes and chop stick labels), they prize their collections. They do not diminish them. They may agree that it is quirky or odd that they collect cereal boxes or chop stick labels, but I have not met one serious collector of ephemera that feels that their collection has no value. The 90 percent of paper that isn't collectable doesn't fall into this discussion—just as 90 percent of old furniture isn't collectible. When you ask if I've met any collectors that belittle their collection—I have not spoken with any ephemera collectors that have belittled their collections. If anything, the case is quite the opposite. Speaking of which, Slip of a Girl, talks extensively about her passion for lingerie ephemera in our upcoming interview (scheduled to appear on 3/22). This is typical. People care a great deal for their ephemera collections.
Where there might be some confusion on this matter lies within the realm of non-collectors who inherit or otherwise find themselves saddled with a load of old paper that seems random or meaningless to them. This often happens when a collector dies and leaves his ephemera to his heirs who find it completely senseless, and discard it without thought. In these cases, ephemera is most certainly not highly valued.
[Inteviewer's Note: Well, I wouldn't throw my boxes of magazines out; and, as I've said, I'll mercilessly haunt my kids if they do! So I guess that value alone makes me officially an ephemera collector -- even if much of the 'value' lies in their fodder for mocking. Speaking of value...]
#8 Do you have or recommend any collecting 'bibles'? (Price guides, reference books, magazines etc.)
No, there really isn't a viable price guide for ephemera, and it is unlikely there ever will be one.
#9 Do you have a 'crowning jewel' or 'show stopper' in your collection? If so, what is it?
To me, ephemera has value only if it speaks to you on a personal level. In that sense, I have several items that qualify as crowning jewels.
For instance, shortly after my grandfather died, I was handed a scroll that he'd kept for nearly 60 years. Until then, I'd never known the scroll existed.
When I unrolled it, I discovered for the first time that my grandfather had been a leading Freemason. He never mentioned anything to me about his affiliation with the Masons, a somewhat secretive society that is generally thought to have descended from the Knights Templars. The Masons were an aspect of his life that I knew nothing about until after he was gone. And the scroll provides very little information–other than a date, lodge name, and a few signatures. The scroll was presented to my grandfather in 1930. He was a very young man then. Along the way, something must have happened for him to have left the Masons. Yet, he saved the scroll, and he kept it close throughout the years. So, I have it now. I have a few pieces that might technically have more monetary value than the old Mason's scroll, but it's my show-stopper.
#10 Let's talk about paper as provenance. What sorts of paper, aside from 'certificates of authenticity', are especially important at provenance? Do these papers have importance &/or value on their own?
There can be value in owning paper that was once owned by someone famous. Provenance can turn an otherwise ordinary piece of old paper into something truly special. For example, please see this post.
#11 What 'Holy Grail' are you currently seeking for your collection?
I don't have an item that I'm looking for at the moment. Instead, I'm trying to find other collectors seeking Holy Grail items to interview for my blog. I think that would be fascinating–it could also be a book project, I think. In any case, I'm always looking for collectors or authors who are involved with ephemera in some way to interview–these are the Holy Grail 'items' I seek.
#12 What do people need to do to share their items with you?
To share items with me, people merely need to send me an email. If I think there's a good fit for the blog, I'll often ask to interview them about their collection or feature a specific item in a post. I may also invite them to write a guest post.
#13 Do you find yourself saving ephemera from today for the collectors of tomorrow?
Yes, in fact, I find that a very interesting aspect of ephemera. I couldn't resist picking up a promotional flyer from Origins, which features my family surname. The company's 2007 campaign for Dr. Andrew Weil's line of skin care products features the tag line, "Live and Be Weil". It's a blessing that my fairly rare surname has such a good ambassador in Dr. Weil. He's a wonderful addition to the pop culture landscape. I hope his growing fame and popularity will help alleviate the mispronunciation of Weil (rhymes with smile), which has been a life-long source of irritation.
So, if you've got ephemera to show Marty Weil (pronounced to rhyme with 'smile') contact him via his ephemera blog or his CQ community profile.


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King did mention one Medicare fix that figures prominently in solutions to Medicare's fiscal troubles down the road. "There may be some means testing for wealthier Medicare recipients," he said. There's a lot more to that one, too, that Bolduan skipped over. Instead of offering any explanation about who might be affected by such a change, she simply said: "That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for many Americans, you know."
"Absolutely," King replied. "But we're in a swamp here, and we got to start getting to alligators aside." Ah, the folksy sound bite!
All in all, King and Bolduan were signaling to Beltway types in the know rather than helping viewers through the morass of claims and counterclaims about Medicare and Social Security. And that brings me back to Canada. Many people I've met here said they learned nothing about what Obamacare is and is not from the US network news broadcasts they had watched. But when they tuned in to Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, they got a better understanding of the health reform law. Will it take satire to help Americans understand what could happen to Medicare and Social Security in the unfolding budget negotiations?
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One last issue of Currents before Trent hits PAX East. This week, the industry hates female protagonists, EA's CEO hits the dusty trail, and a man-made disaster strikes SimCity.
One last issue of Currents before Trent hits PAX East. This week, the industry hates female protagonists, EA's CEO hits the dusty trail, and a man-made disaster strikes SimCity.
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Never buy a game published by D3 Publisher that is not WKCII. They cheated on their fans by releasing a game that they didn't support not even for a year and they released a rushed translation.
I think the stigma surrounding female protagonists is the result of garbage market research. Some people made games the CRITICS say were very good, but because they didn't sell, it couldn't POSSIBLY be because the games weren't really that good. No, it's because WOMEN were the main characters. Nevermind the fact the original Tomb Raider was a smash hit because it was fresh and original for its time. It's basically the same twisted logic that sees a classic franchise warped into some crappy FPS and then canceled because the publisher thinks fans have lost interest in the franchise just because we didn't buy into their butchering of the most recent game.
I can think of several reasons explaining why games like Mirror's Edge and Beyond Good and Evil didn't sell. Frankly, I thought Beyond sucked. The story was unoriginal and predictable, its dark tones made the cartoony setting feel awkward, some levels dragged on and on, the game was clearly designed to be a stealth game so the combat elements didn't really work, and the final boss was cheap. I haven't played Mirror's Edge, but the gameplay footage of the game I have seen struck me as very one-dimensional and awkward. The colour scheme is also part of the game's design, but it doesn't look very good compared to other games unhindered by the contrasts. How can you advertise a game like that in a society full of graphics *****s? No, it's prety clear why those games didn't sell.
This is the part where I say I don't get people who can't play characters of the opposite gender, but the truth is I DO get those people: they just can't get past sex as their primary motivator.
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Beyond Good and Evil failed to sell well because it was poorly marketed when it was first released. It became a slow-burning cult hit afterwards, once word of mouth got around. There are lots of games that are like this: Psychonauts, Nier, Valkyria Chronicles to name a few. Mirror's Edge had very mixed reviews when it was released, and the concept was weird to begin with, essentially a first person platformer (and it can be pointed out that when a game is played in the first person, the gender of the protagonist is kind of a non-issue. Portal's protagonist is technically female, but she might as well be a mannequin for all the difference it makes). I don't think gender really played into either one, unless it was on the mind of the marketing people who failed to actually promote the titles.
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You're missing my point. Maybe Beyond just wasn't all that good much like Vagrant Story wasn't really all that great (and it was marketed just fine). The Bouncer had great marketing, but it flat-out sucked. In contrast, some games go on to sell like crazy without much marketing (Minecraft didn't really do much at first), thus I can't accept marketing as the sole reason for its failure. Heck, I enjoyed Earth Defense Force more than I enjoyed Gears of War 3, but I'm not lamenting its lack of marketing for its failure. I can see why more people don't like it (the very existence of Gears being one such reason).Beyond Good and Evil failed to sell well because it was poorly marketed when it was first released.
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re: women protagonists, guys won't play girls, etc.....
You know, given how much I'm always seeing people rave about Jennifer Hale's FemShep performance in Mass Effect? I was completely surprised by the statistic Bioware showed recently that only 18% of players used a female Shepard. And this even after they had that stupid Facebook thing to pick FemShep's "official" appearance and made a female version of the trailer.
One, that's kind of depressing (as someone who enjoys female protagonists). And two, it makes me wonder if the marketing & shareholder dweebs are right - the general gaming market is a bunch of insecure dudes who can't imagine playing a game with a woman character. :/
I don't mind playing Female characters as long as they don't look like Ellen Page, I had a few female WOW characters
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I play pretty much 50% male/female characters in WoW. Single player games I go with who I like the look of the most; I don't think I necessarily default to a female character.
Likewise. I like to model my characters after D&D/ttRPG characters, PC and NPC, I've made in the past. If I don't have a comparable character, such as what was the case with my Pandaren monk, I'll choose based on other factors such as animation quality and colour. I found the male pandaren's animations a little goofy, so I ended up with a female.I play pretty much 50% male/female characters in WoW.
Well, in the case of the first Mass Effect, I felt like the male Shepard was presented as the default choice. I tend not to be someone who doesn't customize the appearance of my character unless asked because I'm pretty lazy, but when I learned later that I could actually be a female Shepard, I did find it but I believe it was under "create a custom character" or something of that like.
Not that this explains that 18% statistic at all, but I don't feel like female Shepard was presented as a choice as obviously as it could have been (e.g. the female protagonist is in Persona 3 Portable).
Buy Between 2 Souls if you want to use a average human protagonist.
Talking about online games, I go with Kaiselly or Kairitza sometimes. I know a guy who used to lust after my avi on WKC2.
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That makes sense. That same data also said most people played the Soldier class, also the default choice. Hardcore gamers like to believe EVERYONE wants absolute control over how they customize their characters, but the reality is casual gamers like to dive right in without thinking about what or why (see the removal of the traditional talent system in WoW). I mean, yeesh, most people pick the first choice on a poll or survey simply because it's the first choice.I felt like the male Shepard was presented as the default choice. I tend not to be someone who doesn't customize the appearance of my character unless asked because I'm pretty lazy, but when I learned later that I could actually be a female Shepard, I did find it but I believe it was under "create a custom character" or something of that like.
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Interestingly, on that 18% statistic..... I've been hanging out on the official Skyrim forums since before the game came out. Several times over the months before release, there were poll threads asking the question "Are you going to play a male or female character?" Around 200-300 poll responses each time - and it always came out to be roughly 80-20 male-female. Yeah, it's not a huge sample (and it's not representative of the general playerbase, since it's the people diehard enough to be following a game for months before release), but it's still quite close to the 82/18 Mass Effect ratio.
Not sure we can read anything into that, but it's still an interesting similarity.


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