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Mitered vs Cope & Tenon Cabinet Doors
I first thought we wanted mitered cabinet doors in our kitchen remodel, mainly because I don't like the way some C & T doors show a light/dark finish difference between the vertical and horizontal pieces, and on the end grains. Then, after reading up on it some, I get the impression that mitered corners may tend to separate over time, whereas C & T joints do not. Of course, some say it (the finish difference, the separation, etc.) all depends on the quality of the construction, the selection of the wood pieces by the cabinetmaker, etc. What do you folks have to say about all this?
BTW, I'm going to be using cherry wood with a dark stain and the cabinets are to be custom made. On top of all that, the cabinetmaker says he buys the doors. Is that a common practice for a custom cabinetmaker? He also says mitered doors cost 60% more than C & T doors, so now I'm really confused.
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Yes most smart cabinet mfg do purchase their doors, this allows them to offer more styles at a lower price. Door mfg do one thing very well, make doors. Depending on how the mitre doors are made, they may offer tendons similar to standard style and rail doors. Having a longer glue joint (45 degree) their may be more potential for movement, which can cause joints to open. I have never found it to be big problem and would not hesitate installing mitred doors.
FYI In my previous life I owned a custom cabinet shop, and used Waltzcraft doors exclusively. They make a great door as Im sure many others do also.
If you trust your cabinetmaker than I would follow his advise. Weather, humidity etc can all effect how much wood moves, he can best advise you on your local conditions.
Unless you have the equipment and shop to make any cabinet in any wood and in any style and any size that any customer might want, then you aren't a custom cabinet maker. Period. Someone who orders doors and just makes boxes may have the right to call themselves a "cabinet assembler" or "cabinet finisher" even a "semi-custom cabinet shop", but there is NO WAY that they are a true custom cabinet maker. Appropriating that label to make yourself appear to be more skilled and capable than you are is unethical and self aggrandizing false advertising. I find it extremely distasteful. Ask him if he can make you a 1" thick, 17 11/16 x 41 1/8, mitered and coved walnut frame around a reverse raised panel sapele inset with cherry inlay, and the box be the same (integral door as box). If he can't do it, then he isn't a custom cabinet maker and has zero right to use that title.
Finishing is also a step that the "custom" guys can have questionable practices. If they don't have their own clean room on site where they spray their finishes and use a conversion varnish as a top coat, then RED FLAG them and pass them by. You don't want the site finished inevitable dust and dirt in your cabinets's finish. Nor do you want the non durable finishes that they can produce but that won't show up until their warranty has expired.
That is not to say that such a cabinet shop cannot produce some great and even economical cabinets for you if what you want is a common profile in a common wood. However, the quality will have far more to do with the company that they order the doors from than the box maker.
Mitered doors will be composed of 4 different stiles and rails just like the mortise and tenoned doors will. Anytime you have 4 different pieces of wood, you have the chance of them not matching perfectly. That's a sign that is is a natural substance. Each tree is different, and you should NEVER expect a 100% match between wood. What you should expect is a very close match, if the maker uses premium all heartwood and no sapwood. That is a LOT more expensive than standard cherry, which is a mix of heart and sap.
And yes, a mitered join has more surface to be affected by wood's natural swelling and shrinking in response to fluctuating humidity levels. You may notice some tiny gapping in the winter, and the joint may swell back to no gap in the summer, or even a tiny bit of buckling or warping because the wood has absorbed so much summer humidity if you don't have AC. A whole house humidifier in the winter and the use of AC or dehumidfiers in the summer is the key to any wood in your home to being happy. And that goes for that elaborate crown molding, to your cabinets, to your wood floors or any other wood furniture.
I was kind of skeptical about mitered doors, but on one occasion I had the need to take some surplus doors apart to harvest the stain-matched material for another part of a project. They were amazingly well thought-out and executed joints. it was something akin to a finger joint, but mitered. These were Canack cabinets, made in Canada and not cheap; they were metric, however :(
So there are some good miters that would satisfy me. Cope/snub tenons are not inherently stronger. The only high-strength joinery is a full mortise & tenon, which nobody does any more, except for a few of us ultra-custom and historical types (like myself).
I don't feel as vehemently about the issue as Hollysprings, but I do wonder why a custom guy doesn't make his own doors? That's not been my experience working with custom carpenters, who have all produced doors for me out of the same wood stock as the rest of the cabinetry.
That said, your questions are good ones about the joints. It's my understanding that you don't want mitered joints with a painted finish, due to the slight weather-related separation that can split the paint, but with stained cabs I haven't heard anything negative. Miter-vs-cope&tenon seems to be mainly an aesthetic choice rather than a structural one, unless you have folks regularly swinging from your cabinets ... ;-)
Re. your concern about matching color and grain, I don't think you'll gain anything from going mitered. It's the angle of the wood that can make it look different colors, not what's going on at the attached ends, y'know?
Happy hunting!
Thanks to everyone for the opinions. They are just the kind of comments I was looking for.
hollysprings: I misspoke about my cabinetmaker: they can, and do, make the doors in-house but they also buy some. I can see ton999's point, I think, about door manufacturers doing one thing well. Maybe my guy goes both ways for time/scheduling or some other reasons. In fact, when I asked the KD at the cabinet shop, she said she would check with the shop to see if they would (not could) make mine in-house, but now I'm wondering if I should just let them go with however they want to do it, because I doubt they will say one way is better over the other. I will definitely ask these questions now that I know a little more. Also, this cabinetmaker is one of, if not the, best and highest rated high-end cabinetmakers in my area - which is why I went to them in the first place - so my concerns may just be unfounded. Any more comments on this?
Thanks again.
Any shop that thinks they can make every door style, with every inside and outside edge profile for a price even close to what a good door shop can, is a poor business person. I never made hardware either, does that mean im not a "True" cabinet maker...I could if I had to, but purchasing from other experts is a much wiser way of doing business.
Being a good business person, and offering the widest range of styles at a reasonable price to my customers is more important to them, them saying "I make it all myself". That mindset is foolish in today's world. I have been in literally 100's of shops and almost all purchase some items. Be it doors, drawers, parts etc, it's a good business move and many are some of the best cabinet shops in the country, producing top end casework.
Also, most door shops are drying the wood, gluing up panels etc, in controlled conditions. Conditions that most shops could never achieve. Waltzcraft that I mentioned even mills their own lumber. Does the location of where a door is made really make a difference to the customer? Having machines set up with dozens of panel profiles, edge details, is much more cost effective then setting up for each job and running a few dozen doors.
Setting the overlay aside......There is no reason to not use a mitered door, especially in a dark cherry stain. You will never see that joint do what it MIGHT do anyway.
Custom cabinet guy or whatever you want to call him, if you are too concerned about the joints, maybe you don't want real wood. Remember, it's mother nature's material and sometimes it's going to do whatever it wants no matter who put it together.
Many studies have been undertaken showing that outsourcing cabinet doors is more economical, more efficient, more consistent quality wise and provides more options. Even "custom" shops that make their own will often outsource mitered doors because nobody makes a higher quality joint than the CNC cut mortise & tenon joint. However, to avoid joints cracking after finishing, they must use a hot melt PUR adhesive, which will provide a true structural bond. Here's a few shops that I know use this method:
American Door, Swainsboro, GA
Georgia Hardwoods, Swainsboro, GA
Walzcraft, WI
Woodcrafters, St. Cloud, MN
I think it comes down to the look you like better. I think the mitre makes the door look more formal. Look at the doors next to each other and go with the one you like the look of better.
My cabinetmaker also purchases the doors from a reputable door manufacturer. I am getting one with an inset moulding and decided not to go with the mitered joint because my cabinets are too fancy already.


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Frozen spinach, a freezer staple, delivers the same nutrients as produce-aisle leaves without all that washing and trimming. Used here with phyllo dough and cheese, it makes for a tasty appetizer or snack.
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Calories | 37 |
Total Fat | 2g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 5.5mg |
Sodium | 82mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 3g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 2g |
Calcium | -- |
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Yields: 40 pieces
Total Time: 40 min
Prep Time: 25 min
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- 2 package(s) (10-ounce) frozen chopped spinach
- 1.25 cup(s) grated Taleggio cheese (see Tip)
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) cayenne
- 20 (13- by 18-inch) sheets phyllo dough
- Melted butter, to brush on phyllo dough
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Thaw and squeeze liquid from spinach. Add Taleggio cheese, salt, cinnamon, and cayenne; set aside.
- Brush one sheet phyllo dough with melted butter. Fold in half (from the longest side), brush with butter, and fold into an 8- by 3 1/2-inch strip. Cut in half. Heap a tablespoon of spinach mixture in center of each piece of dough and bunch into a bundle. Repeat with 20 sheets. Bake on parchment-lined pan until golden, 12 minutes.
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Surface-to-volume wave conversion in shallow water with a corrugated bottom
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Acoustic transmission between points onshore or in very shallow water and points in deep water is strongly influenced by the shear rigidity of marine sediments, which control the parameters and the very existence of seismoacoustic surface waves. Previously, it was found that coupling between acoustic modes and the seismoacoustic surface waves is normally weak, although not negligible in the case of a gently sloping seafloor and soft sediments. In this paper, the previous work is extended by accounting for the small-scale roughness of the seafloor. The significant role of roughness in coupling between volume and surface waves is demonstrated. The combined effect of bottom topography, roughness, and wave attenuation in soft marine sediments on the sound propagation between points in shallow and deep water is discussed.
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Eric Boehlert: Could Twitter Have Prevented the Iraq War?
tags: Twitter, media, Iraq War, Eric BoehlertEric Boehlert, a former senior writer for Salon, is the author of "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush."
Responding to a barrage of criticism he received for a factually inaccurate and flawed column he wrote this month about the sequestration battle, New York Times columnist Bill Keller wrote a follow-up blog post to detail how critics had hounded him online, especially via Twitter.
Denouncing the social media tool's tendency to produce what he called mean and shallow commentary, Keller lamented Twitter's suddenly pervasive power. "It is always on, and it gets inside your head," he wrote, adding, "there is no escape." Indeed, within days of writing his column, Keller felt compelled to pen a lengthy piece about his Twitter encounter.
The columnist painted an unpleasant picture of being hounded and "bull[ied]" on Twitter for merely expressing "an unpopular view." But as the tenth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq approaches, I couldn't help thinking back to when columnists like Keller, and newspapers like the New York Times, where Keller became executive editor in July 2003, helped cheer the nation to war. To date, that conflict has claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 U.S. service members and contractors and more than 130,000 Iraqi citizens, and is projected to cost the U.S. Treasury more than two trillion dollars. (The Times'public editor later called the paper's prewar coverage "flawed journalism.")
Thinking about the historic failure of the Times and others in the media a decade ago, I couldn't help wish that Twitter had been around during the winter of 2002-2003 to provide a forum for critics to badger writers like Keller and the legion of Beltway media insiders who abdicated their role as journalists and fell in line behind the Bush White House's march to war. I wouldn't have cared that recipients might have been insulted by the Twitter critiques or seen them as mean and shallow, the way Keller does today. Sorry, but the stakes in 2003 were too high to worry about bruised feelings....
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Center and mount your lavender cardstock at the top of your card. Center and mount your gold paper on the purple paper. Center and mount the purple paper at the top of the parchment paper. Cut a 2.5" square of treasure tape. Peel the white backer off and center it on your lavendar cardstock. Peel back the red liner and center your parchment square on the tape. Press to remove any air pockets.
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Embellish inside the outlines with the 242HL #8 Braid, creating a zigzag pattern. Place your card into a shallow tray or ziploc bag and pour beadlets over the tape surface. Swirl to cover fully and tap to remove excess beads.
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- Red Hat CEO is Flying High
- IDG Connect – November 20, 2014
- It's been a good journey at Red Hat for Georgia-born Whitehurst, who has more than tripled revenue at the company to an expected $1.8bn for the current fiscal year as more companies have adopted Linux and complementary open source technologies.
- Companies Are Finally Learning To Share—The Open Source Way
- ReadWrite – November 7, 2014
- What may be new is a willingness to actually engage in open source, rather than simply use it. While there is value in simply using open-source software, there's far more value in participating in it.
- Red Hat and Huawei Woo Telcos With Open Source Software
- Wall Street Journal Digits – December 4, 2014
- Red Hat and Huawei — sellers of computer-server software and telecom equipment, respectively — are pushing an emerging open-source technology called Open Stack as an alternative to traditional telecom networking systems.
- Linux Foundation finds enterprise Linux growing at Windows' expense
- ZDNet – December 3, 2014
- Linux remains the go-to choice for the cloud, with 75 percent of enterprises reporting that they use Linux as their primary cloud platform.
- Red Hat's OpenShift updates ease hybrid cloud deployments for developers
- Linux.com – November 11, 2014
- Then there's Red Hat's JBoss xPaaS services, which aim to blend the agility and flexibility of PaaS with powerful middleware capabilities in an enterprise-ready package.
- Big Hero 6: Disney's most technologically advanced movie so far
- ZDNet – November 7, 2014
- The server farm consists of a 55,000 core Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster. To manage that computing behemoth, Disney wrote its own management software they named CODA.
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Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host, an operating system optimized for running the next generation of applications with Linux containers.
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Red Hat today announced that the company will host "Transform Application Delivery with Containers," a webcast and virtual event at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12, 2015.
Red Hat Launches Cloud Innovation Practice to Fast-Track Cloud and DevOps Deployments
Red Hat today announced the launch of the Red Hat Cloud Innovation Practice, a new global team of experts that will assist companies with more quickly on-ramping to the cloud.
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TRENTON, N.J.-- In the first appeals court decision addressing the issue of visitation rights of a lesbian or gay non-biological co-parent, a New Jersey court said that the former partner of a lesbian mother was entitled to visitation with the twins she helped raise since birth.
The ACLU of New Jersey and the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, said the decision was a victory for lesbian and gay parents who struggle for recognition of their family relationships.
In a 2-1 decision, the court found that the woman seeking visitation had a "parent-type relationship" with the twins and, given the bond that had developed between her and the children, it was in the children's best interest to maintain their relationship with her through visitation.
"The court properly applied a long-standing doctrine in New Jersey which recognizes that adults who function as parents to children are important to those children, and should not be treated as legal strangers to them," said Lenora Lapidus, Legal Director of the ACLU of New Jersey.
The court had no trouble concluding that the woman had a "parent-type relationship" with the twins whom she raised together with her former partner from their birth until the couple's separation when the children were 2 ¸ years old.
In arriving at its decision, the court focused on the fact that the biological mother treated the woman as a co-parent by registering her as "the other mother" in the children's day care center and sending her cards referring to her as a mother to the children. The court also considered that the couple and the twins lived together as a family, that the woman acted as a parent to the children and that the children bonded to her as their "psychological parent."
"A child doesn't know that the person who took care of her, provided for her and loved her is not her legally recognized parent, and she doesn't suffer any less from the loss of that person from her life," said Leslie Cooper, a staff attorney at the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.
Cooper added that "decisions like this one serve to protect the many children who are being raised by adults who are not their biological or adoptive parents by ensuring that the parent-like relationships that develop cannot be summarily severed."


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Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
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Fine-leafed, aromatic, and evergreen, this Mediterranean shrub fits well in Western gardens. Its genus name means "dew of the sea," reflecting the plant's native habitat on seaside cliffs. It does as well with close ocean exposure, but thrives inland too, even with hot sun and poor alkaline soil, if given moderate water and infrequent light feeding. Habit can be stiff and erect, rounded, or prostrate and creeping. Height ranges from 1 to 8 ft.
Plants are thickly clothed in narrow, resinous, aromatic leaves that are usually glossy dark green above, grayish white beneath. Small clusters of 1/4–1/2-in. blossoms in various shades of blue (rarely pink or white) appear through winter and spring; bloom occasionally repeats in fall. Rosemary flowers are edible—add them to salads or use as a garnish—and make excellent honey. Leaves are widely used as a fresh or dry seasoning; thrown onto hot barbecue coals, they produce a heavenly fragrance.
Good drainage is essential. Too much fertilizer and water result in rank growth, subsequent woodiness. Control growth by frequent tip pinching when plants are small. Prune older plants frequently but lightly; cut to side branch or shear. If plants become woody and bare in center, cut back selected branches by half so that the plant will fill in with new growth (be sure to cut into leafy wood; plants will not regrow from bare wood). Branches root wherever they touch the ground; creeping varieties will spread indefinitely, forming extensive colonies. To get new plants, root tip cuttings or dig and replant layered branches.
Cold-hardiness depends upon selection. In general, upright varieties are hardier; prostrate ones (originally from Majorca and Corsica) are more tender, suffering damage at 20°F (–7°C) or even higher. In cold-winter areas, choose the hardiest types and shelter them from winter winds; wrap upright growers in plastic sheeting (leaving top uncovered) in late fall to prevent branches from breaking under weight of snow. Even the hardiest types can succumb to cold if they have wet feet. Beyond hardiness range, grow rosemary in pots and winter indoors on a sunny windowsill.
Use taller types as clipped or informal hedges or in dry borders with native and gray-leafed plants. Lower kinds are good ground or bank covers, useful in erosion control. Set container-grown plants or rooted cuttings 2 ft. apart for moderately quick cover. Foliage of most types has culinary uses, but flavor and fragrance vary; the best have a mildly pungent flavor and a complex aroma with sweet as well as resinous notes. Rosemary is also used in medicines, cosmetics, potpourri, and moth repellents.
Rosemary plants sold without a name are frequently seedlings, which lack the uniformity of cutting-grown, named selections. Unfortunately, variety names are often confused, and many have synonyms; but named plants are still a better bet than nameless plants.
Grows to 5 ft. tall and 2–3 ft. wide. Has excellent fragrance for cooking; blue flowers.
'Blue Spires'Strong vertical grower, to 5–6 ft. tall and as wide or wider with age; can be pruned for narrower form. Deep blue flowers. Superb landscape variety; makes a tight-sheared hedge. Excellent for seasoning.
An outstanding new rosemary from the Sunset Western Garden Collection specially selected for its higher oil content and spicy flavor. With a compact, mounding habit, this is the rosemary of choice for containers or herb and kitchen gardens.
Also sold as Joyce DeBaggio. Bushy, upright growth to 2–3 ft. tall and wide. Green leaves with irregular golden edges; variegation is most prominent in cool weather, fades in summer. Deep violet-blue flowers.
'Huntington Carpet' ('Huntington Blue')Grows to 1 1/2 ft. tall; spreads quickly yet maintains a dense center. Pale blue flowers. Best variety for bank or groundcover.
'Irene'Vigorous spreader that covers 2–3 ft. or more per year, eventually mounding to 1–1 1/2 ft. high. Deep lavender-blue flowers. One of the cold-hardiest prostrate varieties.
'Lockwood de Forest' ('Santa Barbara', 'Lockwoodii', 'Forestii')Resembles 'Prostratus' but mounds up to 2 1/2 ft. or more; has lighter, brighter green foliage and bluer flowers.
'Majorca Pink'Initially erect to 2–4 ft. tall and 1 1/2–2 ft. wide; eventually twists into a picturesque shape, flopping to 3–4 ft. wide. Lilac-pink flowers. Slightly fruity fragrance.
'Prostratus'Grows to 2 ft. tall, with a 4–8-ft. spread. Will trail down over a wall or the edge of a raised bed to make a green curtain. Pale lavender-blue flowers come in waves from fall into spring. With age, tends to mound up and become woody and bare in center (except at the seashore, where it remains lush throughout). Effective in hanging pots. Tender.
Upright growth reaches 6–8 ft., making this a good screen or background plant. Large blue flowers with good fragrance. Once grown for commercial seasoning production.
Vita Sackville-West's original, brought to England from Tuscany, had relatively broad (to 1/4 in. wide) leaves; deep violet-blue flowers; upright habit to 6–7 ft. tall and 1 1/2–2 ft. wide. A plant long sold as 'Tuscan Blue' in the U.S. fits this description but has light blue flowers; with age, it turns woody and bare at the base.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- I'm in New York this week, attending the 9th Annual New York Value Investing Congress, which I consider to be a can't miss event. As usual, I walked away from day 1 with a few interesting ideas, and some homework.
John Mirshekari, co-portfolio manager of Fidelity Low-Priced Stock (FLPSX), who specializes in industrial names, made an interesting case for engineering name URS (URS - Get Report). The company has made some rather expensive acquisitions over the years, but Mirshekari believes that there is change in the air at URS. Last Friday, the company pledged to return at least $500 million to shareholders in 2014 and 2015, which he sees as a positive. Mirshekari believes that URS could be worth $98 a share in two years, more than 80% above current levels.
Clifton Robbins of Blue Harbour Group, presented the bullish case for women's retailer Chico's FAS (CHS). Retailers, and especially women's retailers are not my typical cup of tea, but Robbins presentation was compelling enough that I'll at least be doing some additional digging on this name.
Robbins believes that the chain which currently has 1427 locations could grow to 2,200. He points to the stores smaller size, and considerably higher sales per square foot than competitors such as Ann Taylor (ANN - Get Report), Coldwater Creek (CWTR - Get Report) and Talbot's as another positive.
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"You are VERY ill advised to try and come between a man or woman and his / her beliefs. You chose your atheism over your family, or rather they chose God over your disbelief."
That's some pretty selective reasoning. The initial statement and the alleged inverse statement don't match. These would be the correct versions.
statement: You chose your atheism over your family.
inverse statement: Your family chose God over you.
statement: You chose atheism over your family's belief.
inverse statement: Your family chose God over your belief.
There's a legitimate difference. The second case is probably more likely to be true. Atheism and belief in god(s) are mutually and necessarily exclusive (under typical definitions).
The same cannot be said for the first case. Atheism/ theism and a relationship with family/ you are not necessarily exclusive nor mutual. It is a voluntary exclusion. Your family excludes a relationship with you unnecessarily as a matter of choice. You do not necessarily reciprocate this treatment. Unless you made an explicit statement that you have also disowned your family, it can't be logically inferred.
That said, you probably know your family pretty well. You may have known beforehand that being disowned would be a likely consequence of being open about your atheism. In that case, you made a choice and bear some responsibility for the outcome. However, this doesn't mean that you are at fault. If your family disowned you, they are the active party in causing harm. Since their actions were not a necessary consequence of your actions, but rather voluntary choice, it's logical to attribute fault to them.
Sorry if I'm rambling a little nonsensically.
More to the point, even if it is true that you bear some responsibility for the outcome, that person is trying to shift blame, which is utter bullshit.
I assumed it was something along those lines.
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Bumbershoot veterans Schoolyard Heroes are back with a very special performance — their first since disbanding in 2009. After placing second in EMP's Sound Off! Competition in 2003, the youthful horror-pop band quickly gained attention and a substantial following, releasing two albums on local indie The Control Group and a final on major label Stolen Transmissions. This is the band's fourth Bumbershoot appearance, and a rare reunion you won't want to miss.


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For Newly Admitted Students
Welcome to the Faculty of Education!
Get started here:
- Orientation Week (also known as "Frosh Week"), is a week-long, campus-wide series of events to welcome and inform new students which will start on August 29, 2015. For information on how to register, as well as a complete schedule of events, see Campus Life and Engagement's First Year website.
- See the Discover McGill presentation from August 26, 2014
Regulations Concerning Withdrawals
- A course withdrawal means you have chosen to discontinue one or more courses.
- A University withdrawal means you have chosen to discontinue your entire term or year of studies.
- Students who drop their last Fall or Winter course by the end of the add/drop period of that term are considered withdrawn from the University. They must follow the procedures for readmission.
Advising for Newly Admitted Students
Welcome! As a new Faculty of Education student, you are required to seek academic advising from your department. For advising dates/contact information as well as course selection and registration information for new students, please refer to the Faculty of Education section on the Newly Admitted Undergraduate Students website. Students should also refer to the detailed information available from their department (links below).
Advanced Standing and Transfer Credits for Newly Admitted Students
Students who have completed courses at another accredited university/college or who have written AP, IB, A level, or French Baccalaureate examinations may be eligible for transfer credits which can be counted towards a McGill degree.
Freshman (UO) Students
Students whose highest level of education is high school are admitted into Year 0 (U0), the Freshman Year.
The Freshman (U0) year is followed by Year 1 (U1) when you will take the Year 1 courses for your Bachelor of Education program, or the Year 1 courses for the Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology).
Policies for Students
Student Rights and Responsibilities
The Handbook on Student Rights and Responsibilities is the official souce of information about your personal and academic rights and responibilities.
Academic Integrity
As a McGill student, you are responsible for knowing the rules and regulations concerning academic honesty.
Perhaps more important, it is also your responsibility to help maintain the academic integrity of the University.
Inter/Intra Faculty Transfers and Readmission
Inter-Faculty Transfer
The Faculty of Education welcomes transfer applications from students in other McGill faculties who are currently enrolled in a degree program and will be returning the following fall.


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Damascus military facilities 'hit by Israel rockets'
Syria has accused Israel of launching rocket attacks on Damascus, after a night of huge explosions near the city.
Syrian state media said the rockets hit the Jamraya research centre, which Western officials have suggested is involved in chemical weapons research.
Israeli radio quoted a senior security official confirming an attack, and sources said it targeted weapons bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
It is the second suspected Israeli strike in Syria in two days.
On Friday Israeli aircraft hit a shipment of missiles near the Lebanon border, according to unnamed US and Israeli officials.
The BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says the latest developments are a significant escalation in Israel's involvement in the conflict.
Two air strikes in 48 hours does indeed start to look perilously like the involvement in Syria's internal crisis the Israelis have always said they want to avoid, especially when they are visibly taking out military targets on the very edge of Damascus.
Politically such attacks strengthen the Syrian regime in regional and domestic terms, and embarrass the rebels, who are cast as actors in a Western-directed plot to undermine resistance to Israel.
Israel has said that its only concern is to prevent advanced weapons being handed over to Hezbollah. Objectively it would be hard to see Israel's interest in helping trigger an uncontrolled collapse of the regime, leaving the field open to rebel groups among which Islamist radicals currently make the running.
But if the Friday and Sunday attacks herald a pattern of mounting Israeli involvement, it may be increasingly hard to keep the two strands separate.
She says Israel has already responded to fears of retaliation by locating two batteries of its Iron Dome missile defence system near Haifa, close to the Lebanese border.
'Mild earthquake'Damascus was shaken by repeated explosions coming from the north-western suburbs.
Amateur video footage and eye witness testimony suggested rocket attacks had hit weapons dumps, triggering dramatic orange-flamed blasts.
The area houses numerous military facilities, including the Jamraya research centre, designated by Syria as a scientific research centre "in charge of raising our level of resistance and self-defence".
A state TV bulletin said: "The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups, which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army."
Damascus-based journalist Alaa Ebrahim told the BBC it was "the biggest explosion" the city had seen since the conflict began two years ago.
He said residents living near Jamraya reported feeling a "mild earthquake" just before the blast, indicating that the rockets may have hit an underground facility.
Media reaction
- According to Syria's Sana state news agency: "The new Israeli aggression shows the direct involvement of the Zionist entity in the conspiracy against Syria and the relationship that links the armed terrorist groups with the Israeli hostile schemes backed by the Western, regional and some Gulf states."
- Iran's Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi is quoted by Fars news agency reacting to Friday's attack: "The inhuman acts and adventurism of the Zionist regime will strengthen the waves of anti-Zionism in the region and will shorten the life of this fake regime."
- A writer with Israel's Walla website notes that "common sense would seem to mandate" the attack on Syrian targets. However, he notes that admission of the attack from Syrian state media and the Lebanese militant group must raise fear about retaliation.
He added that the Syrian army was likely to have suffered major casualties in the attack.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted eyewitnesses in the area as saying they saw jets in the sky at the time of the explosions.
The Jamraya facility was also apparently hit in an Israeli air strike in January.
Israeli officials confirmed the January strike, but insisted it had targeted trucks carrying missiles to Hezbollah.
After the latest attack, unnamed Western intelligence sources have again said the target was a weapons cache heading for Lebanon.
Israel has repeatedly said it would act if it felt advanced weapons were being transferred to militant groups in the region, especially Hezbollah.
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Analysts say the air strikes are unlikely to have a major effect on the civil war in Syria.
The latest reports from coastal regions around the town of Baniyas suggest dozens of Sunnis have been massacred in a campaign of sectarian cleansing.
The government said it had pushed back "terrorist groups" and restored security to the area.
The US said it was "appalled by the horrific reports" but that it did not foresee sending US troops to Syria.
However, the US is no longer ruling out supplying weapons to the rebels.
More than 70,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the conflict erupted in March 2011.


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On the south end of New Zealand's north island, Martinborough's drier climate lends more tropical notes to its Sauvignon Blancs and consistent ripeness to its Pinot Noirs. Long ago this land, like much of this region, was covered in scrub but thanks to the hard back-breaking work of men known in the day as swaggers this land was cleared and prepared for use. One of the most famous swaggers of this region was a man known simply as Russian Jack. These rich lands that are now covered in picturesque vineyards produce world class wines, thanks in part to the hard working nature of its people both past and present and this wine is named in the spirit of that tradition.


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Green IT Expo 2008
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Spiraling energy prices, new reporting requirements, increasing political pressure and growing consumer awareness are rapidly becoming key factors in the changing socio-economic landscape.
Green IT Expo 2008 will provide a complete one-stop-shop for senior IT and business decision-makers to identify environmentally-friendly technologies, green innovations and socially responsible suppliers that can help them rise to these new challenges. Â
This event is aimed at IT Directors and IT teams, especially those in the SME and large enterprise sectors, and of course the Public Sector.
Ricoh will be demonstrating its strong CSR and green credentials and how we look at reducing our impact on the environment throughout the entire lifecycle of our products- from cradle to grave. We will be demonstration how our investment in R&D provides cutting edge technology that is not only more environmentally beneficial but also more economically efficient for our customers. We will be showing how our factories and facilities are monitored and measured to reduce their impact on the environment and local community. We will also show how we can help customers reduce their footprint through correct usage of the devices, and finally we will be demonstrating the UK Green centre and how all products are recycled at the end of their lifespan.
The Green IT Expo 2008 is being held on 4 & 5 November 2008 at the Barbican Exhibition Centre, London.
For more information about our presence at the Green IT Expo 2008 event call 01279 602 700.Â
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Many styles of Karate today call themselves "Okinawan" when, in fact, they are actually Japanese. While historical lineage and genealogical pedigree make little difference when it comes to combative functionality, resolving such historical issues does help put things in proper perspective.
What is Okinawan Karate?
Knowing the answer to this question may be best understood by first identifying what Japanese Karate is. When a handful of Uchinanchu [see endnote] first introduced the empty-hand Okinawan fighting art [then referred to as Karate-jutsu 唐手術] to the mainland of
Moreover, it had no established training uniform nor common standard through which to learn, practice, and teach, or evaluate the varying competencies of learners. It took the best part of a decade for Japanese Budo authorities [see endnote] to identify and set forth the criteria necessary to transform the rudimentary and individualistic practices into an accepted Japanese-like discipline. Borrowing liberally from both Judo [柔道] and Kendo [剣道], standards authorized by the pre-war Dai Nippon Butokukai [大日本武德會] included the dogi [道着], the obi [帯], the Dan/Kyu [段/級] system, and the ippon shobu [一本勝負] method of sport fighting used in Kendo and Judo. More than mere cosmetic alterations the entire fabric of its practice underwent a cultural metamorphosis thereby eliminating what if any remaining threads of Ryukyu heritage. Conforming to
In December of 1933 the Dai Nippon Butokukai ratified Japanese Karatedo [日本空手道 --- The Japanese Way of the Empty Hand] as a new martial art, arguably with the same status as Judo and Kendo. However, unlike the hands-on combative premise common in Judo & Kendo, the potential risk of serious injury from the sheer force of blows delivered in Karate reduced its application-based practices to theory as full contact fighting without protective equipment was deemed far too dangerous. To resolve this issue enthusiasts drew upon the combative theory of Ikken Hisatsu [一拳必殺], to kill with a single blow. Architects like Konishi Yasuhiro 小西康裕, and Ohtsuka Hironori 大塚博紀 [and later Funakoshi Yoshitaka 船越義豪, and Nakayama Masatoshi 中山正敏] of modern Karate reasoned that if a strike was delivered perfectly to an anatomically vulnerable structure, but without making actual contact, it could be recognized the same as scoring an ippon in Judo or Kendo. From this [untenable] theory followed the development of incongruous "self-defense" drills, [called ippon kumite 一本組手] against a multitude of implausible attack scenarios [i.e. reverse-punches, etc.] which, to this day, identifies the practice as a discipline uniquely Japanese.
If you're learning, practicing and or teaching what has just been described, irrespective of the many names under which it is presented, you're part of a Japanese Karatedo [日本空手道] tradition ---even if it's based in
Karatedo is a modern and rule-bound Japanese interpretation of much older and foreign fighting practices. More precisely, it's actually based upon two remnants of five older fighting arts practiced during
* Endnote: During the years between 1921 and 1933 eight individual Uchinanchu [Gima Shinken 儀間真謹, Motobu Choki 本部 朝基, Funakoshi Gichin 船越 義珍, Chitose Tsuyoshi 千歳剛直, Miyagi Chojun 宮城 長順, Mabuni Kenwa 摩文仁賢和, Uechi Kambun 上地完文, and Toyama Kanken 遠山寬賢] traveled from Okinawa to the mainland of Japan and introduced abstract interpretations of their fighting arts principally through the practice of Kata 型/形. The subsequent influence of the Dai Nippon Butokukai 大日本武德會 [1895-1945] upon their individualistic practices resulted in the wearing of a [Judo 柔道] gi 着 and obi 帯, adopting the Dan/Kyu 段/級 system [as used in Judo/Kendo] to acknowledge progress, eliminating the both Chinese prefix 唐 and feudal-based suffix術 ideograms, which revealed both its foreign and less than modern origins, and establishing a rule-bound competitive format [based upon the pre-existing Ikken Hisatsu 一拳必殺 theory---to kill with a single blow---prevalent in Kendo 剣道] through which to test one's technique and fighting spirit. Such conformity not only laid the foundation upon which a common standard emerged the inflexible social mindset and omnipotent cultural landscape, through which it was vigorously embraced and delivered, lent to assimilating the unique characteristics of Japanese Budo 日本武道. In December of 1933 the Dai Nippon Butokukai 大日本武德會 ratified Karatedo 空手道 one of
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Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
Tools & Resources
The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN) develops and provides tools and resources that assist in developing and assessing programs related to arts education for State Alliances and the general public. Each tool and resource is available for download below.
KCAAEN Arts Education Advocacy Tool Kit
Developed in 2009, the KCAAEN Arts Education Advocacy Tool Kit is a resource for State Alliances and the general public to use in planning, organizing, and implementing their arts education advocacy efforts. The tool kit includes information on topics such as messaging, developing an advocacy plan, and the nine habits of effective arts education advocates. A companion video helps prepare advocates to make visits to their state and national legislators.
A Community Audit for Arts Education: Better Schools, Better Skills, Better Communities
In November 2000, the KCAAEN developed an effective tool known as A Community Audit for Arts Education: Better Schools, Better Skills, Better Communities to assist local education, community and cultural leaders in assessing the status of arts education in their schools and school districts, and to encourage community partnerships to strengthen and expand arts education for all students. While designed to encourage serious evaluation, it is most valuable as a vehicle for encouraging conversation and community planning in support of arts education.
The Community Audit was updated in May 2007 and is available as a workable PDF. This version is best viewed using Adobe Reader 6.0 or higher. If you would like to save your edits to the Audit, please use Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Community Audit Resource Assessment
Developed in 2009 as a companion piece to A Community Audit for Arts Education, the Community Audit Resource Assessment is meant to more thoroughly inventory the available school and community arts education programs and resources. Where the Community Audit results in a prioritized list of Next Steps, the Assessment provides deeper insight into the resources available to put those Next Steps into action. The Assessment consists of two sections: a survey for local arts organizations; and surveys, site visits, and interviews for the local school district.
A Community Audit for Arts Education: Findings Report
The Findings Report is a document that shares the use of an audit process that the KCAAEN developed in A Community Audit for Arts Education used by 11 demonstration site communities. Published in July 2002 by the Kennedy Center, the research findings in the report have provided new information and important insights for local school and community leaders interested in providing an education that includes the arts for children.
A Community Audit for Arts Education Addendum
In June 2003, an Addendum to the Findings Report was published that summarizes the work of five additional national demonstration sites that used A Community Audit for Arts Education in 2002-2003.
Both the Findings Report and Addendum are designed to help other communities understand the ways in which the Audit publication was used by the demonstration sites and to summarize the impact of this process on building support for arts education in these communities.
The Arts Beyond the School Day: Extending the Power
Published by the Kennedy Center in November 2000, this report provides information about opportunities for arts education within the after-school arena and a protocol for evaluating quality after-school programs in the arts. The report was compiled by a joint task force of the KCAAEN and Partners in Education program.
KCAAEN Self-Assessment Kit
The KCAAEN Self-Assessment Kit is a framework for State Alliances to use to conduct an assessment of their operations, programs and services. This kit was designed in 1999 for the use of staff and board members involved with managing State Alliances. This guide will assist State Alliances to understand how they are performing by providing a comprehensive overview of all aspects of managing the work of State Alliances as independent, not-for-profit organizations.
KCAAEN Leadership Kit
Designed in 2003 as a companion piece to the KCAAEN Self-Assessment Kit, the KCAAEN Leadership Kit is a framework to support leadership development needs of State Alliances. The kit guides individuals to understand their leadership role within the context of executive director, chair with staff, chair without staff, and board member.
The KCAAEN Self-Assessment Kit and KCAAEN Leadership Kit were updated in December of 2007 and are available as workable PDFs. These versions are best viewed using Adobe Reader 6.0 or higher. If you would like to save your edits to these documents, please use Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Wells Fargo is the Presenting Sponsor of National Professional Arts Training for Teachers.
National Partnerships, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.
Additional support is provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
Education and related artistic programs are made possible through the generosity of the
National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts.
The content of this program may have been developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal government.