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On August 22, the Youth Support Partners (YSP) Unit held an open house to celebrate their new location at 2801 Liberty Avenue. The gathering was an opportunity for YSP colleagues, partners, funders and friends to meet the YSP staff members; socialize in a friendly, relaxed environment; and tour the space.
"We moved here at the beginning of March, and we are thrilled to be in a space that has helped us create a work environment that matches our culture and community," said Amanda Hirsh, Youth Support Partner Unit manager. "We have free parking, an open layout with lots of light, a variety of resources, and plenty of space for staff to meet with each other and their youth."
The Youth Support Partner Unit is comprised of Youth Support Partners (YSP) who are young adults with personal life experience in the juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, drug and alcohol, or intellectual disability child serving systems. The YSPs are trained, coached and supported to become advocates, mentors and professionals working with other youth and young adults currently involved with one or more of the child-serving systems in Allegheny County.
To read recent DHS publications on the YSP unit, please view the report Showing the Way Out: Youth Support Partners Use their Personal Experiences to Support Other Youth or read the IMPACT piece Youth Support Partners (YSP).
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The directors of second class school district may convey property to a fire district for a nominal consideration if so authorized by the vote of the electors of the district.
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February 25, 1953
Honorable Robert S. Campbell, Jr.Prosecuting AttorneyGrant CountyEphrata, Washington Cite as: AGO 51-53 No. 482
Dear Sir:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 29, 1953, in which you ask the following:
Does the Marlin School District, a second class school district, have any right to convey property to the Ruff Fire District for a nominal consideration, or must it accept the highest bid at a public sale? In addition, what procedure should be followed after the electors of the school district have authorized the same?
Our conclusions may be summarized as follows:
The director of the Marlin School District may convey property to the Ruff Fire District for a nominal consideration if authorized by a vote of the electors of the district. This authorization may be given at a proper election or at a special meeting of the voters of the district, as provided in RCW 28.58.370.
The first point of consideration regards the right of a second class school district to convey property to a fire district for a nominal consideration as [[Orig. Op. Page 2]] against the highest bidder at a public sale. RCW 28.62.190 describes the procedure to be followed for the sale of school property in a first class district. A prior opinion rendered by this office dated July 12, 1945, to the prosecuting attorney of Mason County, suggests that the provisions of the statute governing the sale of real property by first class districts and by second and third class districts were not intended to be read together, and that the specific requirements relating to districts of the first class do not govern second and third class districts. In effect, this facilitates a sale by a second class school district of property by means other than by public auction for cash.
RCW 28.58.370 provides for the sale of real property belonging to a school district. It reads as follows:
"The board of directors of a district may, and upon a petition of a majority of the legal voters of their district shall, call a special meeting of the voters of the district, to determine:
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"(5) Whether or not the district shall sell any real or personal property belonging to the district, borrow money, or establish and maintain a school district library."
In the case of School District No. 176 of King County v. A. N. Sanford, 121 Wash. 42, 207 Pac. 1058, the court interpreted RCW 28.58.370 and 28.58.380 (Rem. Rev. Stat. §§ 5028 and 5029) by using the following language:
"Had a vote of the people, as we have already indicated, merely given the board of directors authority to sell, the presumption would be that that vote would not have authorized the board to enter into a contract of sale such as that set out in the affirmative defense. In the case ofSchool District No. 6 v. Aetna Insurance Co., 62 Me. 330, it was decided, under such circumstances, 'that a specific authority or direction to sell does not authorize a sale on credit.' * * * The Maine case recognizes that proof of custom to the contrary or a ratification by the voters of the credit sale would have overcome the presumption and validated the sale. * * *"
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Quoting further from the same opinion:
"We therefore hold that the voters having authorized the making of the sale by contract, that the act of the board of directors in conformity with that direction of the voters of the district was lawful, * * *"
It is our opinion that RCW 28.58.370 provides that real property of a school district of the second class may be sold after the legal voters of the school district have had a special meeting to determine whether or not, and in what manner, such property should be sold.
Therefore, if the electors of the district, at a special meeting as provided under the statutes, determine that this schoolhouse and land shall be sold and provide the manner of the sale, the action of the directors under the voters' authorization would be lawful.
The use of the special meeting is suggested to avoid the expense of holding a special election or the delay of waiting for an annual election. RCW 28.58.380 and 28.58.390 (Rem. Rev. Stat. §§ 5029 and 5030) provide for giving of notice of election and for the procedure to be followed. The use of the special meeting would afford you a reasonably prompt solution for your situation.
From the foregoing observations, it is our opinion that the directors of the Marlin School District have a right to convey the schoolhouse and land to the Ruff Fire District for a nominal consideration if so authorized by the vote of the electors of this district. This vote may be given at a proper election or at a special meeting as provided by RCW 28.58.370, 28.58.380 and 28.58.390.
Very truly yours,DON EASTVOLDAttorney General
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MELBOURNE - Targeting Muslims and Africans in stop-and-search operations, Australian police are facing accusations of racial profiling of minorities."It's almost like there's a culture of denial going on here so policy makers, politicians and police deny that there is a problem," Melbourne lawyer Tamar Hopkins, from the Flemington and Kensington Legal Center in Melbourne's inner-west, told ABC News on Monday, August 27.
"We need to look at what is it that is happening within Victoria Police that is leading to these claims of racism and racial profiling."
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Melbourne Police have been accused of targeting ethnic minorities, particularly those of African background.
Accusations include that police stop and search young people of African background, sometimes several times a day.
"If you have a police officer treating people differently because of their skin color, they are engaging in racial discrimination and that is unlawful under the Federal Race Discrimination Act," Hopkins said after handling about 200 complaints of police brutality.
The Australian lawyer opines that the unjustified police measures have led to changing the behavior of young Muslims and Africans, who were trying to avoid the police attention.
"People who I've spoken to say that the police will stop us if we're in groups of more than two," Hopkins said.
"So they split up when they're going out in public, which is just extraordinary.
"Others have told me that this young man said he goes running, but when a police car goes past, he stops because he knows that if the police see him running, they're going to suspect him of a crime, she said.
"There's this sort of an awareness that the police are going to be wondering if they are carrying a bag or carrying a knife and people have told me that they sort of drop their hands and show their palms so that no-one would think that they're carrying anything."
One of the police victims was Sydney lawyer Adam Houda, who was arrested half a dozen times while walking down the street.
"I've been picked up five times for walking down my street," he Houda said.
"What I do differently is I don't walk down the street anymore, because on the last two occasions when I was reaching for my phone so I can start recording the exchanges, the police officer went for his Taser gun.
"So things can be misconstrued, it's dark out there."
The abusive police practices are seen undermining the trust between ethnic minorities and law enforcement officers.
"I've had a lot of people come into my office and seek representation in relation to police approaching them for no particular reason at all," Houda, a prominent criminal lawyer in Sydney, said.
When they asked officers why they approached them, the officers would say 'you've been targeted because you fit the profile of young people that potentially could start committing criminal offences'
The problem has maximized after the 9/11 attacks.
"I spoke to a very, very senior police officer who told me many years ago, they couldn't get recruits out at Bankstown, but post-September 11, all the recruits wanted to start going to Bankstown," Houda said.
"So you've got people who think they're out there doing God's work - zealots, if I can sum them up in a word.
"From my experience, police officers, a lot of them out at Bankstown are just completely out of control.
"They're quick to issue press releases that they've come across a wall of silence with the community in investigating crimes, but you know what, it's entirely their fault in the way they deal. But, members of the community in the Canterbury-Bankstown region don't trust police."
Hopkins, the Melbourne lawyer, called for the introduction of stop-and-search receipts to hold police officers to account.
"This is a proposal that has been up and running in the UK since 2004 in response to a major inquiry that recognized systemic racism within the Metropolitan Police in the UK," she said.
"What it has shown in the UK is that data has begun to be collected, because every time one of these stops and searches is issued, what's also noted is the race of the person who's been stopped and they have clearly shown that if you're black, you're six times more likely to be stopped on the street than if you're white.
"I think it's one that we should really look at introducing here in Victoria and in fact Australia-wide."
Muslims, who have been in Australia for more than 200 years, make up 1.7 percent of its 20-million population.
In post 9/11-era, Australian Muslims have been haunted with suspicion and have had their patriotism questioned.
A 2007 poll taken by the Issues Deliberation Australia (IDA) think-tank found that Australians basically see Islam as a threat to the Australian way of life.A recent governmental report revealed that Muslims are facing deep-seated Islamophobia and race-based treatment like never before.
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Is this chipping on the edges result of poor cutting or because I'm using cheap tile from Home Depot? It's going to drive me nuts! |
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- Posted by Walkerlife (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 13:01
- Posted by ineffablespace (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 13:56
I think it's the cutting. I've used some very inexpensive tile and not had a chipping problem. How is it being cut? |
- Posted by Walkerlife (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 16:55
With a tile saw. I know nothing more specific than that? Sorry. :( |
Oh dear. Ours aren't perfect either, but I think that would bother me too. DH wonders if you could file the edges down? We bought a better quality wet tile saw with a sliding table versus the less expensive one we had where you have to move the tile manually through the blade. We also got a diamond embedded blade. I wonder if the scoring and snapping method would work better for those tiles? Of course that is close up and dirty, maybe show us a picture of the whole thing from further away to get a better idea of how bad it is. |
- Posted by ineffablespace (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 18:44
Maybe the blade is bad. |
Here's a pic of our edges. Straight cuts on the right hand side. Mitered cuts on the left hand side. |
- Posted by Walkerlife (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 21:10
This is from quite a bit away. I only have iPhone pics at this point. Thanks for the suggestions. Ill mention the scoring and snapping. |
Walkerlife, who is doing the tiling for you? Are you paying a professional? |
Even a tile saw with a worn blade -- as long as it is a tile blade and water is being used -- should not be producing that level of chipping. To me that looks like a characteristic of the physical properties (or shortcomings) of the tile. It almost looks as if the glaze is really hard and thick and the tile body is too soft. I would be surprised if scoring and snapping would produce a better result. I don't need everything in my house to be perfect, but that is not acceptable and there may be no solution to improve the result. Sorry to be so negative, but you should be taking a cut piece in to the store to see what they have to suggest, if anything. My Home Depot has a high quality tile saw in it and you should see if yours does and can make any better cuts than what you have. I hate to recommend a ripout and replacement with another tile, but I'm not optimistic about what options you have if you can't live with those flaws. Grouting obviously helps hide it, but it's still not great. |
- Posted by Trebruchet (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Feb 9, 14 at 23:14
See if a diamond blade in a Dremel will cut the installed tile edges cleanly. If so, cut 'em, remove the pieces, and regrout. |
- Posted by Walkerlife (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 22:18
Thanks for the suggestions. Raehelen, it is the gentleman renovating my house. He is a renovator, and has tiled for year but does not tile exclusively. He does take pride in what he does and has no problem fixing his own problems, so I'm surprised he installed these chipped tiles. I haven't seen him since seeing the house last weeked, but will see him in the AM. I was afraid that this was a result of the Home Depot tiles. They're daltile tiles, so I saw no need to buy them from somewhere else. Daltile supplies the tiles to other local tile retailers here too. A complete tear out is not an option at this point. |
Hopefully, he can figure out what is causing the chipping and remedy it. Can you insist that he not install any more chipped tiles? It shouldn't be that big a deal to remove and replace the ones that are there now, it'll only be a few along the edges right? Good luck. My husband just installed the tiles he had to replace (we had a problem with the shower base not being level). So know what you are facing. At the moment the problem seems huge, but as long as the chipping can be resolved, I don't think it's a big deal to replace a few tiles. |
- Posted by jellytoast (My Page) on Wed, Feb 12, 14 at 17:59
The tile that Daltile supplies to Home Depot is specific to them. |
- Posted by technicolor (My Page) on Wed, Feb 12, 14 at 18:29
Wow, Bill the tile guy needs to see this. He would know right away what the problem is. Post in the tile forum and he will answer your questions and always has the right direction to go. |
I asked our tile guy's apprentice, he says they can polish the edges a bit during installation to bring back a factory edge. Probably not on the ones with large chips though. Otherwise you're polishing off extra millimeters from the tile which will throw off the spacing. |
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Books in Mayan hieroglyphic writing that survived the Spanish conquest. They are made of fig-bark paper folded like an accordion, with covers of jaguar skin. Though most Mayan books were destroyed as pagan by Spanish priests, four are known to have survived: the Dresden Codex, probably dating from the 11th or 12th century, a copy of earlier texts of the 5th–9th century; the Madrid Codex, dating from the 15th century; the Paris Codex, slightly older than the Madrid Codex; and the Grolier Codex, discovered in 1971 and dated to the 13th century. They deal with astronomical calculations, divination, and ritual.
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Two-year-old Avery Fortier couldn't sit up on her own, or tell her mom what she wanted, but now she walks, runs, and can communicate with words. Avery, who was diagnosed with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, sometimes referred to as DiGeorge syndrome, couldn't have gotten this far so fast without the help of her team of therapists at the NCH Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation Center.
Oftentimes a diagnosis of developmental delay and or speech delay accompanies this syndrome. Unlike most toddlers, Avery's developmental delays make achieving milestones in speech, language and motor skills more difficult. Motor skills such as crawling and walking are activities that parents may take for granted, but require extra effort for Avery. Luckily, Avery has a dedicated team to help.
Avery started going to NCH Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation when she was 7 months old. She spends several days a week at the clinic for occupational, physical, and speech therapy and continues to meet goal after goal. "Since she's been coming here, she's reached so many goals we never imagined we would see," says her other Sherrie Fortier. "She walks and runs now."
Being mobile is just the start. When Avery started therapy, she communicated nonverbally, but in working with her speech therapist, she can now use words to express her wants and needs. Avery has gone from nonverbal to communicating socially using basic words like hi, hello, bye-bye, and can now tell her parents "love you". Helping a child express feelings and needs alleviates frustrations for both parent and child and opens the door to better communication and interaction. "I'm excited to see where Avery's going to go. I think she's making great progress and will continue to do so," says her NCH speech and language pathologist Rachel Micke.
Her occupational therapist at NCH, Charry Taylor agrees. "Avery has really caught up in her developmental milestones. She's definitely improved," Taylor says.
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Breaking Uncle Sam's Spending Addiction
Uncle Sam is addicted to spending. We're use to seeing him pointing and saying "I want YOU!" He's still pointing but now he's saying "I want your CASH." He needs a fix. It is little wonder that he is addicted. Washington has developed a culture of spending in which elected officials are worried about getting elected today regardless of the fiscal consequences of tomorrow. Well now it is time to send him to rehab. There have been many attempts at doing so, but detoxing is never fun and Uncle Sam apparently lacks the will to see it through.
Earlier this week, Republicans unveiled their new "YouCut" program, saying it will give voters the chance to tell Capitol Hill what budget-cuts they think are necessary. The program is meant to harness the internet's power of social media to allow citizens more access to the decisions of their government. In an out of touch Washington it is meant to empower citizens. Each week Republican members of Congress will submit a few proposals to cut some fat out of the federal government. These choices will then be presented to Americans who will be given the chance to vote on which cut they would like to see implemented. Republicans will then use the procedural tools available to the minority party to force a vote on the spending cut. House Whip Eric Cantor, who is putting on this spending "intervention" hopes the method will help.
Democrats, who don't want to lose their best junkie, have been quick to criticize the program. Alec Gerlach of the Democratic National Committee criticized the program because it "would cut less than one-tenth of 1% of the budget." Liberal blogger Mark Coatney was quick to pile on saying "Cantor's ambition seems a little small. Even if you enacted EVERY ONE of these proposals, the savings would be around $6 billion over 5 years."
These critiques fail to understand the program and reinforce the nickel and diming of the American people. First, each makes a point to highlight how small the cuts are. The average of the first round of proposed cuts is around $800 million dollars. Though only a tiny percentage of the federal government's budget I don't think any American is willing to call that pocket change. Lets put it this way – the average household pays around $10,000 in federal taxes each year. If you enacted just one of the YouCut savings – 80,000 households worth of income tax could be saved or put to better use. Still "underwhelmed?" And of course this is only week one of a continuing program. Americans will have the opportunity to vote on cuts each week so the aggregate effect of the cuts will continue to grow.
My main problem with the Democrats argument is that it reveals a flippant attitude toward addressing the culture of spending in Washington. Politicians have become so used to fighting for $1 trillion additions to the federal budget that they ignore the "small" $500 million programs that are purely a waste of resources. This refusal to think small has dampened our ability to dream big.
Small stuff adds up. If we start addressing the thousands of small ticket items that are clogging up our budget and wasting taxpayer resources then we may be able to get back on a path towards fiscal sustainability. A million here, a billion there, and before you know it we're making a real difference.
Moreover, the program is really about changing the culture of spending into a culture of saving. Rep. Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican who serves on a new presidential fiscal commission examining major ways to cut the federal deficit, acknowledged that the YouCut program alone won't balance the budget.
"But it's a start," he said. "We've got to get the culture in this country focused on containing the cost of government, containing spending. You can't tackle the big things unless you change the culture."
Their main argument in favor of YouCut is that it will get the average citizen to think more about reducing spending, and allowing them to let Uncle Sam know that that is what they are thinking about. One definition for culture is "an integrated pattern of human behavior." In order to integrate a new pattern of spending, preferably of less spending, we have to change the culture, even if it means starting small.
Uncle Sam needs to go to rehab. He's become addicted to spending and it has left him weak. His enablers in Washington want him to stay hooked. Addiction to spending leads to a lifetime of big government which is exactly what Democrats want. But we must fight to change the culture. To do that we must stop consistently ignoring the thousands of small cuts that need to be made to our budget. With our futures on the line who better to decide than us?
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Spend less is the Democrat version of cut Government spending
Spend 9 hundred Billion, but call it 100 billion less than proposed spending, therefore its a "Cut" in spending.
That's not working, we need Real cuts, like any item on the Pork spending bills would most certainly get a majority vote from normal Americans to "cut" the line item. Sort of a "line item veto" by the American people. Very few Americans benefit from pork spending, Congress critters are on the small list of Pork spending benefactors, along with various friends and Campaign contributors.
Its a small list of "benefactors" and mostly hidden from view, certainly its a "good 'ole boy" scheme that is accepted by the Media as a non coverage item.
Who stole the Social Security money ? Whoever it was should PAY for giving back the funding.....if that is Government and the Agencies of Government, then let's put funding back into SS by defunding Government agencies by the dozens. Start with the EPA, FCC, CMS, and the list goes on.....Education isn't getting the job done, let's fire the deadweight and downsize the non performers in education at the Federal level.
Let's penalize the Bureaucracy for stealing and/or allowing the theft to go on for years. Lessons need to be learned, and its needs to be UGLY so the Bureaucrats remember stealing = Tar and feathers.
Congress member's budgets, benefits, staff, expenses, etc....CUT 'EM till it hurts, or until it helps SOCIAL security regain funding for the future.


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My front door is on the side and the flowerbed was hiding the entrance, so I took the boring hedges out, reshaped the bed and moved it away from the sidewalk just a little.
I know you probably can't suggest plants since we're all from different zones, but does anyone have suggestions for a design? I don't want any shrubs that have to be trimmed and I do want some perennials to add color. Would you just make this a perennial bed? If you added some evergreens, would you place them in the very center of the bed or towards the back? I don't want anything taller than 2'-3', but I also thought of placing the tallest plant over to the far right, possibly a Hameln grass. I would like a "wow" bed, but I'm just not sure how to achieve it. |
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About six months ago, someone came here looking for some advice with a house just like yours with the front door hidden off to the side. Sorry that I can't give any more detail to help with a search but you could try looking for it. That door placement is strange. You almost need to put a sign in the bed with and arrow showing where the front door is. I would probably drive up to your house and then call you from the driveway saying I couldn't figure out how to get in. |
tanowicki - LOL This house design style is what "average american life" is about - accomodating 2.5 cars first, then the friendly visitors. When we were looking for our first house, I made my #1 condition "no front facing garage" |
Sorry, msrose. I also wanted to respond to your question. Again, depending on the zone characteristics and the sun exposure... - bulb flowers in the front, as a first sign of spring; - creeping flox in various colors? -lavender plants since you have good drainage in that bed Then maybe one or two shrubs that would give you some flowers at later time in the season; and/or winter display gardenia blooms later in the season - But you want to stay with 2--3 ft. |
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Unfortunately, when someone parks in your driveway, they're going to get out on the left side of the car (unless there's more than one person visiting), and that exacerbates the problem, as the car is initially between the visitor and the walkway. For the new raised bed, definitely put the shorter plants on the driveway side. Put anything tall in the right back quarter. Ideally the tall shrub (or whatever) would be colorful and eye-catching. People wouldn't be able to help looking in that direction ... and hopefully would notice the walkway on the side of the house. Because you want people to be able to see the walkway on the side of the house, you want to keep the plantings in front of it very low. I wonder if moving the house number to the right-hand side of the garage would make any difference? I also wonder if it would help if you avoided having eye-catching plants on the left side of the house? |
designshare - I just paid good money to put that bed in, so I won't be removing it. Thanks, jolyrd and missingtheobvious. I like the idea of something eye-catching, so I'll have to keep that in mind when shopping for plants. I was actually hoping to make the whole bed an attention getter and didn't think about that drawing people towards the sidewalk which is a plus. |
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Following the visit of MA Urban Design students from MMU to our fair city this week, I offer an aerial photo set of Preston in the 'fifties (before the clearance of factories, mills and much else).
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December 17th, 2009 at 11:54 amGreat pictures here.
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I have about 10 rose bushes and a dozen minitures. I have just exfoliated the damaged leaves and ground and keep after it daily. the roses on the bushes are tiny compared to the wonderful ones in the spring. I have fertilezed with Hollytone 3 wks ago. What can I do to get a handel on my roses and this fungus without the harsh chemicals since I have herbs amongst the roses? Thank you |
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We don't have a clue what fungus, if any, you are talking about. What sort of problemo you see onthe leaves? And if the problem is a fungus which always makes a mess of that rose, perhaps it's time to discard the plant, then obtain a more toleraant one. |
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Are you speaking of black spot or powdery mildew? How are you watering these bushes? To begin, you can spray roses with a tablespoon of baking soda disolved in a gallon of water in a pump up sprayer. You can also make a slurry of corn meal and water and apply this to the folage. Not sure why you are fertilizing roses with a fertilizer for hollies. This line of fertilizer also has a rosetone product. I use an organic fertilizer which has alfalfa as the main product. You don't want to fertilize this late as it will cause new growth which may be killed by frost. In the spring remove all mulch from the beds and allow the sun to clean the soil. Add a liberal sprinkle of corn meal which will kill fungle spoors in the soil. Also add a third cup of a good organic fertilizer to each bush and lightly scratch it into the soil so not to damage the roots. Then add new mulch to your beds 2-4" thick. If you have it, pine straw makes excellent free mulch for roses and provides a little acid which roses like especially if you have alkaline soil. Hope this is helpful. |
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to create some discussion on plant growth enzymes, nutrients, microbes, ect.... There are lots of new products out there on the market and I want to compile a list of stuff that really works. I am skeptical of many of the products out there but there are also lots of items that after doing a little bit of research should or at least sounds like it can have beneficial properties.
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Homemade Equipment Durability
Today's blog entry wasn't planned. I woke up to a nasty email from someone who questioned and criticized the durability of the homemade equipment I've demonstrated in past tutorials. A summarized version of his email was that homemade equipment is bound to break and should not be used by industry professionals.
Unfortunately, when I tried to respond, I received an error message that the destination email was not valid thus my message could not be delivered. Perhaps the email came from an equipment supplier who feels threatened by my homemade gear. Maybe he prefers to remain anonymous with his sarcastic tone and comments. It's no surprise in today's keyboard warrior world.
As for my response, I stated in the email that I do not have financial connections with any hardware stores. I don't own stock in Home Depot and I don't earn money by promoting homemade tools. And what may come as a surprise to some, I don't enjoy the process of making homemade equipment. If the equipment won't offer specific benefits and/or cost savings, I won't waste my time.
I only make equipment if it is going to serve a particular purpose for me and those I train. I don't randomly make things without rhyme or reason. Furthermore, it has been my experience that homemade gear often lasts longer than what I've seen with many commercial alternatives. It isn't as if hardware stores sell parts that are more destined to break when compared to an exercise tool that is manufactured as inexpensively as possible by a large revenue driven business.
Clearly, your mileage may vary based on craftsmanship, parts used, etc., but to suggest that all homemade equipment is destined to break prematurely is just plain ridiculous. More than half of my gym is outfitted with equipment that I built myself.
Below is a picture from earlier today that shows my homemade dip/chinning belt comfortably holding 180 pounds. This is the same dip/chinning belt that I demonstrated over a year ago in a video tutorial (see here). This belt is used regularly week after week and is still as strong as ever. I couldn't break the chain if I wanted to. You'd be hard pressed to find any commercially sold dip belt with chain that is anywhere near as thick.
About an hour after taking the photo from above, I had a 150 pound dumbbell break on me. The timing could not have been any better, although I was upset as this dumbbell has served me well over the years. Clearly, this was just a random case, but homemade gear is up 1-0 for the day against its commercial counterpart.
In summary, don't knock something until you've tried it. There are plenty of homemade options that are as durable as anything you'll find at the local sporting good store.
For more homemade equipment ideas, please refer to the link below:
47 comments47 Comments so far
CTKWingChun May 25th, 2012 12:07 pm
No love for the haters. Keep doing your thing – I'm still here reading, enjoying and sharing.
Jer May 25th, 2012 12:12 pm
Next thing he'll ask is if you are "certified" to be teaching/coaching in your own blog. God bless you Ross.
Chris from Lakeland, TN May 25th, 2012 12:28 pm
CTKWingChun said it best, "no love for the haters". If someone doesn't think a piece of homemade equipment will safely perform like commercial equipment then that person should save their pennies and only buy retail products. We will keep spreading your word to the masses. Thanks for all the great content.
KC May 25th, 2012 12:41 pm
Why even bother replying to these malcontents?
I made a dip belt after your homemade design a couple of years ago and it's still doing me proud. These days commercially made equipment is designed to break. Not just gym equipment but anything from refridgerators to tin openers. After all, if they didn't break you would never need to buy another.
Mosley May 25th, 2012 12:59 pm
Will you send me that broken DB if I pay shipping? (Serious)
Dan May 25th, 2012 1:00 pm
I've gotten a lot of great ideas for homemade equipment from your site and I've saved a lot of money by making my own stuff. I've noticed no worse durability from any of the stuff I've made, as opposed to commercial products. Plus, there's a certain satisfaction in knowing that you've made exercise implements from scratch – I find I enjoy the workouts a little bit more with that knowledge in the back of my mind. Plus, people often comment upon cool or innovative ideas in homemade stuff – nobody has ever complemented me on a piece of storebought exercise equipment.
Keep up the awesome site! -
Stephen May 25th, 2012 1:08 pm
You can use the dumbbell part as a block weight now. Very good for pinch gripping.
Eddie May 25th, 2012 1:15 pm
Ross – keep the ideas coming… your ideas help motivate me get in the garage and move the steel… thanks !
Milton May 25th, 2012 1:16 pm
Thank you for providing the useful info. It helps guys like me who can't afford or go to the gym increase the size of our exercise tool box.
Eric May 25th, 2012 1:42 pm
In the end it's all about money with a lot of people whether they are doctors, mechanics, lawyers, gym owners or personal trainers etc. Many doctors are no better than shifty mechanics or greedy lawyers and will milk patients/insurance companies for all the money they can get out of either. How many people out there leave the doctor sicker than when they arrived? People choose professions for the moolah instead of for the love of it nowadays, or maybe it has always been that way more or less, who really knows what makes someone tick. As for whether you use store bought weights or a broomstick with coffee cans loaded with cement on each end, in the end they're both just simply tools to be used for strengthening your body and your muscles sure don't know the difference. People can make some quick cash off of ingenious or imaginative marketing especially concerning anything with fitness or diet in an extremely image conscious society like we live in, granted we're experiencing record obesity issues but people out there still yearn to be fit, but they are just looking for a quick and easy fix. Look at how kettlebells have been marketed in the last decade or so as the optimal fitness tool that can torch fat, build functional muscle, increase anaerobic and aerobic thresholds, make you a superior athlete compared to that "dumbbell" who elects to train with mundane equipment like barbells & dumbbells. Have you checked out the price of some of these kettlebells lately? What people fail to realize is the kettlebell lost out to the more convenient dumbbell for a reason. Kettlebells were escorted off to basements, attics, or the back corners of weightrooms and weren't seen for decades except in Eastern Europe for a reason. A dumbbell CAN do all a RECENTLY expensive kettlebell can do and then some without wrecking your wrist and bruising forearms, elbows, and shoulders in the process. Tell me one kettlebell exercise that can't be performed even better and certainly more comfortably with a relatively inexpensive dumbbell versus an overpriced kettlebell. I don't know what price people pay for those maces or macebells, or Indian/Persian clubs, but you could certainly substitute sledgehammers for the exercises performed with the Indian mace or macebells and probably save a hell of a lot in the process. Look at Matt Furey. You got to give him credit, he made a lot of "cabbage" off of people by marketing routine phys ed type of bodyweight exercises combined with centuries old Indian wrestler exercises with exotic names as some kind of mystical way to attain superior fitness to all those knuckledragging weightlifters.
Michael May 25th, 2012 2:43 pm
Hi Ross,
You have the best website for fitness…..period. There are and will always be web warriors. You are, and you have continously have demostrated, the real deal. Don't let them get to you. -
Jaime Rodriguez(THEBOO) May 25th, 2012 3:36 pm
don't worry about it ross, your books and your homemade tools for working out are durable and very useful in getting the job done. I enjoy reading on your website and take your books to my work place to read even though I have read them already, you learn new things everyday, thanks for sharing!
admin May 25th, 2012 4:52 pm
Sorry Mosley, but I'm well aware of the potential uses. I'll be keeping these boys around. I have loads of ideas already.
Danny J Albers May 25th, 2012 5:19 pm
Oh noes, I guess I should buy only commercial sand bags for 200 dollars cause my 20 dollar one made from a navy sea bag will eventually break…
Adam Anderson May 25th, 2012 6:50 pm
Ross, I have made several DIY pieces of equipment from your site, Iso equipment, double wheel ab rollers (what ever you wish to call them), I made the roller in 2010, use them regularly, hasnt broken yet. My ISO device (which I e mailed you about) I have had since mid last year, no cracks in the ply wood, nothing, still good, after using it at least twice a week over the past year. Ross has nothing to prove, period, his ideas are based on what he has either created or has taken on board from else where and has been tried and tested. Watch his videos if there is any doubt.
DIY equipment is a great way to go, and for one, creating can be fun, and two, if it helps to reach an objective at a lesser price, then that is great also.
I am still yet to find anything whether it be training tools, manuals that are as effective with little fuss than all the stuff I have seen, purchased for myself and others from this site.
I'll put it this way, if you have surpassed all of the feats Ross has in his time, then you can question him, until then STFU and train.
Todd May 25th, 2012 11:58 pm
I too made an ab wheel roller using your guide and it's still in great condition after 3 years. As others said, it's just about money… there's a big industry to support selling people stuff they don't need.
G May 26th, 2012 2:04 am
Ross, power to you. You always offer great advice and you truly do what you write/advise which is a great inspiration. Who cares about these small minded fools who criticise but don't put their money where the mouth is nor have the gumption to do anything!! Keep those articles and good ideas coming because you have a lot of loyal followers (me very much included!!!)
Eric May 26th, 2012 6:42 am
Just watched your video tutorial on your DIY dip/chinning belt attached to this article for the first time. Your homemade belt would definitely supply the lower back with more protection and alleviate the pulling and pinching problems commercial belts will pose on your lower back and hips when the belt is loaded with heavy loads. A load of 180lbs or greater would test the resiliency of just about any standard commercial dip/chinning belt. The average gym rat hardly progresses much beyond 75-100lb full range of motion dips in the first place, but even with that load many conventional belts are uncomfortable on the lower back. In your video I couldn't figure out if you were dipping with 135 or 180lbs because of the angle, but either way it was quite impressive and those were nice clean full reps, and not like some of those other Youtube vids were some goober loads a sheetload of weight and performs spazoid twisting quarter reps.
Alex May 26th, 2012 6:59 am
First off Ross I love your site. I just found it a few weeks ago when I was cruising the internet looking for tractor tires.
The funny thing to me about people who always say commercial stuff is better then home made. Is that at one point everything was home made. That's how it works. And usually when a product gets to the commercial stage, its so cheaped out to make sure money is being made, that its just crap.
admin May 26th, 2012 9:55 am
Thanks Eric, the last demoed set was 180 and the belt is still comfortable with that load.
Sven May 26th, 2012 1:54 pm
180pounds?!? Holy shizzz!
Great respect for that feat – yr the man!Don't waste energy/lifetime with haters. You opened up my horizon to start thinking of homemade equipment. Used to buy everything, nowadays I check first if I can do it myself.
Stuff I made myself:
- ab rollers; cost me 12€ instead of 45€
- sandbag; cost me 20€ instead of 100€
- heavy medball; cost me nothing (old basketball), instead of at least 60€
- chinning belt; cost me 15€, instead of 50€
- Indian clubs made of plumbing material; cost me nothing, instead of at least 100€
- bulgarian bag, cost me ca. 20€, instead of 120€
- various stones for griptraining and odd object lifting; cost me nothing, instead of ?
- swing apparatus made of plumbing material, cost me nothing instead of ?
- dip station of pvc, just started assembling, cost ca. 20€ instead of ?As you can see – quite a saving and I have equipment I built and absolutely trust. I wouldn't build a rackstation, other than that anything can be build.
Cheers & keep it coming.
Sven, Italy -
Eric May 26th, 2012 3:34 pm
What makes that 180lbs even more impressive is that it would blow away a lot of hardcore serious bodybuilders and pure strength athletes who specialize in strength training ONLY and spend little time in aerobic or general fitness conditioning exercises. I actually googled up two legendary "dippers" from the past to see what there totals were in this all-purpose upper body exercise. One was Pat Casey, the first man to officially bench press 600lbs raw, which means sans bench shirts and other ridiculous lifting aids of the modern day powerlifter, and this man performed this way back in the Sixties. After reading about Pat it seems the parallel bar dip was his main assistance exercise for improving his bench press. Casey topped out with a 620lb bench press while weighing about 300lbs in bodyweight. During this time his training consisted of lots of weighted dips with the weights ranging from 205lbs to the low 300′s. I couldn't find a mention of the rep ranges but one can't imagine he performed a sheetload of reps with 300lbs given he weighed 300lbs and as a powerlifter probably trained in the rep ranges of 3-8reps max. Another extraordinary dipper and chinner was 40′s-50′s bodybuilder/weightlifter Marvin Eder. It was said believe it or not Eder who weighed between 190-200lbs completed a parallel bar dip with two men hanging from his feet for a combined weight of 434lbs!!!!! Just to prove Eder wasn't a one trick pony he also did 7 pull-ups with an extra 200lbs added.
peter yates May 26th, 2012 4:31 pm
skinsfan28 May 27th, 2012 9:18 am
I can't believe someone would send that email. Further illustration that some people have more time than sense.
"You can't train profesionals with home made equipment." Really, I've been doing it for years and I have the results to prove otherwise.Was that your basic response?
I think you hit the nail on the head. It boils down to craftmanship. When I make something I make it to last and I've seen a lot of commercial equipment that is sadly lacking in that dept. I'd like to point out that is a sick photo, 180lb chin up. Just sick man. -
Sven May 27th, 2012 3:13 pm
thx for the information. I knew about Mr. Eder and his feats. Truly impressive.Ross isn't the biggest guy but his strength vs. his physical nature are just amazing! Pulling with 180lbs beneath you just blows my mind. Period.
Cheers -
Eric May 27th, 2012 4:27 pm
Hell, Sven I was impressed with the "180lb" parallel bar dips, but pull-ups or even chin-ups with "180lbs" is superhuman. I'd heard of Eder and knew he had put up some decent totals in the Press and Bench Press and was a prodigious dipper/chinner but I had no idea he was that STRONG in the dip and pullup. According to the article Eder performed 80 pullups with bodyweight only, 25 bodyweight only handstand pressups/pushups on a horizontal ladder(I'm guessing that is either "Monkey bars or dip bars), and performed 8 one arm consecutive one arm pullups, as well as those astounding poundages he used in the weighted versions of dips and pullups. The article concerning Pat Casey made a pretty logical claim that most people never look to push weighted dips beyond a certain level and that most will routinely stop at say 100lbs thinking that it is sufficient poundage for their needs. The article goes on to state that most looking to bench press double bodyweight, which is an elite goal for natural lifters who lift raw, should devote the time and effort needed to be able to perform a dip with at least their bodyweight for one rep. It logically calculates that Casey at a bodyweight of 300 or some odd pounds was able to dip with over 300lbs and thus his combined bodyweight and dip poundage was roughly equivalent to his best lift in the bench press give or take a few pounds.
Fan May 27th, 2012 11:47 pm
I been following your blog for 6 years now and I am so grateful for your continued effort in developing and sharing with us all your DIY training equipments. Not only has it saved me a lot of cash, but it also has inspired me to perform new exercises and allow my training regime to evolve. Keep doing what your doing Ross.
Rob May 28th, 2012 4:57 am
Great idea, gotta be careful with the recommeded max on a 'Powertower' though. Many aren't rated above 125kg.
Lauren @ Short Circuit Workout May 28th, 2012 5:45 am
Ross, I think it's great that you have skills to make your own equipment and share so others can do the same. I am fortunate that my husband is crafty like that and has made various things for my gym that I use with clients. I actually had to have my husband re-weld a safety for the squat rack because it bent. So just because something is company manufactured like the dumbbell, it has the propensity to break just as easily as home equipment. Thanks for the post.
Troy May 28th, 2012 11:08 am
Ross, I just have to chime in. Like so many others I love your site and have been inspired by your DIY equipment.
Somehow I missed the post on the dip belt – I'll need to make one of those.
No love for the haters, but keep up the awesome content because the rest of us love it.
manny hagler May 28th, 2012 3:18 pm
The comment about customising DIY equipment is so true.
I was nearly going to buy a prowler for $390, after which I would have needed to buy Oly plates (I only have standard).
But this site and others have given me ideas to build one for around $100, and I can use my standard plates.
Heck, if I get lazy I'll just start doing hill sprints again! -
Eric May 28th, 2012 5:48 pm
A prowler = $390? WHAT? Well ya know what PT Barnum was credited for sayin'. For anyone thinking about shelling out 400 bucks for something that is nothing more than an imitation of a football sled that can be found near or on any junior high or high school football practice field, please think before you act. If you work out alone maybe something like a prowler is applicable and will be worth your investment. Even if you work out alone what about pushing your car or truck? However, if you workout with a buddy or several others what about just implementing some old school wrestling drills where letting someone ride piggyback style on your back while you run a series of sprints or run stairs, or go to some high school practice field and use the football sled while your buddy goes for a ride.
Herschel Walker used to put shot put shots in a tire and tie the tire to his waist with a rope and run sprints, and who can dispute the results. Another ridiculously priced commercial piece of exercise equipment are those "Power Wheels." Once again if you have a workout partner why would you need a Power Wheel? Do wheelbarrows on flat ground, up and down steps or hills, or better yet, learn or develop the strength, agility, and balance to walk on your hands. If you can walk on your hands you won't need a workout partner for assistance. I hate to mention the VersaClimber because I personally think it's the best cardio machine out there, however, it's extremely expensive. Former Olympian Rhadi Ferguson has an excellent alternative where he alternates all four of his limbs ala like a VersaClimber in what he calls a bodyweight VersaClimber, and those furniture sliding pads would probably compliment this exercise well.
manny hagler May 28th, 2012 7:00 pm
I'll admit I was almost 'duped' into buying the prowler. Endorsements from all the top Strenght and Conditioning guys saying it's the best conditioning tool out there almost got me.
I'm not saying those people who actually paid for a prowler are idiots. A lot of people say it's worth the money and it IS a great tool. I'm just a cheap bastard and in the end it wasn't worth it for me to shell out the bucks when there are so many other free ways to get conditioning. -
Sean May 28th, 2012 7:34 pm
Hi Ross, did you use a foam pool noodle for the dip belt?
Tomas May 30th, 2012 8:07 pm
Great article, I wish you posted that guys email though. I think making your own gear is great, as there many times at my gym where I wish there was a t-bar row machine, or even a decent chinup bar, anyone complaining about the durability of home made stuff is pretty much a loser. So many variables that go into that statemen that I dont have time and desire to cover but the consensus is the guy who emaild is a little bitch.
Chad K. Park May 31st, 2012 1:15 am
Love the rant & agree with it totally. I guess sometimes people need to take their gear out of a shiny box. I've made your homemade jump rope, T-handle and sandbag. I'm going to make the dip/chin belt next. Thanks for all the advice! I love it!
michael June 1st, 2012 12:54 pm
Hello sir,
Keep up the great work. I have outfitted my garage with enough equipment(homemade), that the guys I roll with jiu-jitsu love it. Its my own little MMA gym.Thanks again.
David Hall June 3rd, 2012 3:50 pm
Your programs I bought are great, your blog is great, you are great…I always read your blog before working out or wrestling.
I have a dip belt I made 25 years ago, along with a GHR, Squat rack.
Stay Strong,
David Hall -
wes June 4th, 2012 10:17 pm
I hope you read this, as youve helped me more then you'de probably think.
I used to check your site multiple times a day for motivation. I weighed 250 lbs, and I contantly told myself that if i put my mind to it i could get in the gym and not only lose the weight, but get healthy. I would go on this site all the time and watch all the motivation videos and homemade equipment videos thinking for each video i watched, this is what will get me in the gym tomorrow. This is what will make the difference. Then i woke up one morning and weighed 251 lbs. That was my wake up call. I realized that i could watch 1,000 videos a day, but until I took the videos' advice and actually DID it, ill never change. I'll just keep watching and saying the word "tomorrow". At this point in time i weighed 251, benched 185 on a good day (good day meaning i actually went to the gym) and couldnt run half a mile.
I now weigh 215 lbs, bench (rep) 315 and am closer then ever to pursuing my life-long dream of fighting in a sanctioned bout.
I stopped going online to look up how I could get stronger and lose weight, and went and did it. I first got in the gym in April, 2011. It is currently June of 2012. I went on your site today for the first time in a long time, remembering the day I weighed 251 lbs, and finally decided to take the advice you'de been giving me and everyone else who goes on your site.
You are the man Ross, and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
- Wes
Renato June 5th, 2012 2:20 pm
I made my own Ab Wheel.
Two polyamid rubber wheels(20cm/8inch diameter).
1 solid 2cm thick steel stainless steel bar(50cm/20inch) through it.
Putting washers against the wheels ,then 4 bicycle handles sliding over the steel bar ,and voilà.
You got an Ab Wheel a 400 kilo weighing Hulk could use without a problem.Don't worry about criticizers Ross.
You're doing just fine.
You inspirate lots of people.That alone is worth gold. -
Eric June 5th, 2012 2:20 pm
Congrats Wes!
Read your comment and I know how hard it gets staying motivated. Of course you do have the added motivation of an upcoming fight( I'm guessing MMA, don't know if you meant a boxing bout) and it probably helps knowing that conditioning is probably the best tool to have in a fight whether it's boxing, wrestling, MMA or whatever. When it really gets hard sometimes is when you are training to just stay in shape. You wouldn't believe the excuses that will pop into your head to miss that workout, or not run today etc. This site is indeed a great motivator and covers everything from general conditioning, assembling your own workout equipment, boxing, MMA, inspirational videos etc. I wish I knew about this site years ago and I consider myself lucky to stumble upon it about a year or so ago.
steve June 6th, 2012 9:02 am
I think your record on this blog and the hundreds you've inspired speaks for itself. don't listen to some naysayer who obviously doesn't know what he/she is talking about.
steven June 9th, 2012 4:01 pm
My former father in law owned a gym in the late 70′s/early 80′s.He told me that a lot of their equipment was home made.Some of his members were welders,pipe fitters etc.They would make barbells for bench pressing and various other gym equipment.Back then you couldn't just go online and order what you needed.He was also a police officer back then and when going out on calls,he would shine his light around peoples houses,looking for weights.
Joey June 9th, 2012 5:47 pm
I'm sorry some guy made your morning lousy. For me, I try to ignore people who are annoying. I can attest that you have great products, and know what your'e talking about. One thing you discuss that I really appreciate is the need to train the non-glamour muscles in order to stabilize the whole body, prevent injury, and improve performance. I'll never look at hamstrings the same again. -
Tony Renzaglia October 8th, 2012 1:17 pm
Well it is what it is i guess. He can train his way and we will continue to train ours.
Aurthur Jones said it best "ignorance we can deal with, stupidity, well thats genetic we cant change that"I strongly believe that its methods like yours Ross that are more effective, practical, and cost efficent.
We will unlock our true potential, develop strong bodies, and save a few bucks while we are doing it. -
Ronni from Maine June 5th, 2013 1:54 pm
Well, regarding the broken dumbbell,there's your blob for grip work. Always a positive.
James August 2nd, 2014 1:33 pm
One thing the haters don't realize is that when your homemade piece of equipment breaks, it's a simple trip to the hardware store to buy a replacement part for a few dollars. Carabiner breaks on dip belt? $2 at home depot. Handle on homemade dumbell snapped in half? $6 at home depot vs dumping another $100 at the local sports authority.
I've also found that building homemade equipment motivated me to start the training sooner. If I came up with an idea for some equipment, I could build it with sourced objects and see if I could actually work it into my routine, rather than spend much needed cash on a piece of equipment that would only gather dust from disuse.
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