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KWAME HOLMAN: The recommendations announced yesterday by the 9/11 Commission would be the most sweeping changes in national security structure and intelligence-gathering since the creation of the current system after World War II. Commission Chairman Tom Kean urged quick action.
THOMAS KEAN: Every expert with whom we spoke told us an attack of even greater magnitude is now possible and even probable. We do not have the luxury of time. We must prepare, and we must act.
KWAME HOLMAN: The Commission recommended the creation of a top-level national intelligence director to oversee the work of 15 separate intelligence- gathering agencies currently under the control of the CIA, the Department of Defense, and the FBI; the establishment of a national counterterrorism center in the White House to integrate and improve intelligence from all the agencies and plan joint operations. Commissioner Jim Thompson:
JIM THOMPSON: If I were the President of the United States, I would want sitting next to me, in a cabinet meeting, a national director of intelligence so that I could fix responsibility in one person for issues of this sort. And I would want those counterterrorism center people down the hallway.
KWAME HOLMAN: The Commission did not recommend a new domestic intelligence agency, as many predicted, but it did stress the need for a new national security workforce within the FBI, consisting of career agents, analysts, linguists, and surveillance specialists.
The Commission called for stronger congressional oversight with either a joint or separate intelligence committees that would make the intelligence budget public. It also recommended a new global strategy to use diplomacy, economic aid, and public relations to combat terrorist networks and their appeal.
On the domestic front, the Commission urged setting national standards for issuance of drivers' licenses and birth certificates; developing biometric identifiers on passports to screen travelers at ports and borders; and improving no-fly and other terrorist watch lists. But at yesterday's news conference, commissioners differed on when and if their recommendations would be implemented. Former Sen. Bob Kerrey had doubts.
BOB KERREY: These are changes in law that we're asking for, changes in law that will give those who apparently have responsibility the authority necessary to carry out their job, and it will require members of Congress in some cases to give up committee assignments that they currently have that they love.
And in my experience in politics, when somebody's asked to give up something, they will come up with all kinds of reasons other than the most important one, which is they don't want to surrender authority, to cite for why they won't want to do it. And I am hopeful that the circumstances surrounding this commission will cause Congress to act differently, but I am not optimistic.
KWAME HOLMAN: Commissioner Jim Thompson issued this warning should changes not be enacted quickly.
JIM THOMPSON: If something bad happens while these recommendations are sitting there, the American people will quickly fix political responsibility for failure, and that responsibility may last for generations.
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A true tastemaker, Jason Bentley is one of the music industry's most influential radio and club DJs. During his fifteen years at L.A. stations KROQ and KCRW, he has helped such artists as Portishead, Jamiroquai, and The Chemical Brothers get a break in the music industry. Jason has reached a worldwide audience working as the music supervisor for video games, TV commercials, and major Hollywood films such as the Matrix trilogy. He continues to be a driving influence in the LA music scene through his popular radio programs, appearances at clubs and events, and remixes of current music. Jason is known for his commitment to electronica, and he helped introduce the Best Electronic/Dance Album category to the Grammy Awards. This installment of Creative Inspirations shows how Jason works his magic as he takes us behind the scenes at KCRW and gives us a peek at his home studio in Venice, CA.
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(Music plays.) Remixing music. I have done a number of different remixes over the years. It's mostly for me a way to stay creative and involved with music, more so than DJing. It lets me really get in. But it allows me to use my DJ sensibilities, my taste and my feeling for the potential of a song in a different area.
Maybe a club version or a different version. It lets me apply those skills. The intention of remixes is sort of -- there are a few ways to look at it. One way is you want to take an exiting song, but you want to turn on a whole different group of people to that same song. So you kind of want to take that song into an area it wouldn't otherwise be able to access. For instance, the club scene. And that's why people typically do remixes. They take a song and maybe isn't arranged or prepped or written with a club scene in mind but you will repurpose it for that club. You will give it the sort of required arrangement for a club DJ, a mix-in of 30 second or more, a mix-out, a big kind of kick syncopation to it, four to the four kick drum. But also these days with so many bedroom producers and with electronic music software being so accessible, there no longer has to be such a specific purpose for a remix.
Remixes nowadays can be completely just creative, a postmodern exercise of cutting and splicing and rearranging and mashing up different ideas. So it's a pretty exiting field just creatively because the creative stakes are really high. It's a fertile creative ground. When I get a remix opportunity I look at it as creativity and collaboration and I'll usually call up a friend who is an engineer that I want to hang out with.
It takes a long time. It's really hard work over days and weeks and sometimes you take a break and you come back to a remix after you have sort of put it out of your mind for a little while and you come back with fresh ears. So you need to want to hang out with these people and feel like you can communicate with these people. Also I don't typically want to be in the situation of being the squarepusher on the computer. It's just not what I want to be doing. So like you will notice in my home rig, it's pretty striped down.
It's basically like record-- a DJ rig, you have got this and my microphone but it's barebones. A lot of people are just gear whores. They just have so much stuff and everything and all of the new software. I'm not really like that. So, I let other people do that. So I'll find an engineer that I want to work with and we will go and we will collaborate. I'll be writing parts and we will be working on stuff and it is very collaborative. Like I'll write part of a baseline and maybe my guy, the engineer will be like, let me try this, let me try that one time boom, boom, boom and I'll be like, yeah, yeah that's cool, that's better.
We work in either Logic or Pro Tools or both. Sometimes you do a lot of the writing in Logic and then you do the arranging and the editing and a lot of the effects in Pro Tools. Then I have another person who will master it and give it that final sort of finish. So it is truly collaborative but I'm not saying that I work solo, alone on a computer and write it and do all that stuff. I really do collaborate with people.
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On slowing down and thinking of retirement: "Yeah, some days. I recently hurt my neck really, really bad again and I had already broken my neck. It was just on an indie show and I came to the back and I was like 'man, I'm hurt'. And I don't want to be hurt in my life. I live pretty much – miraculously – pain-free and I don't want to have a lesser quality of life. Wrestling takes a toll and I've destroyed my body already. I've broken so many bones. I've broke my neck, I broke my bad and I've yet to have a surgery and I'm still going. I want to be able to pick up my kids. I want to enjoy life and not always be in pain."
On the "Tommy Dreamer" chants that popped up at the U.S. Open: "It was very funny. One, because The Sandman was there and he kept on texting me and was like 'dude, make sure you watch Tiger's putt it's going to happen in 20 minutes'. But I was at an appearance in Long Island in the day and I was like just don't get arrested. Tiger would be putting and he would just be screaming out my name and then there's other people. It's also in the Philadelphia area and my other friends are there. One guy is yelling and he's filming it and the other guy starting yelling 'Tommy Dreamer' and says 'doesn't he have a show coming up soon? Yeah, House of Hardcore'. Then three guys start chanting House of Hardcore. Ridiculous but very, very funny."
On people being excited with WWE recently: "It's amazing. Most people have been very down on wrestling for quite some time and they'll have those brief moments. This from Sunday and once they announced Rob Van Dam and with a good crowd in Chicago, such a perfect place. And the perfect time to bring back CM Punk. Then that Raw was fabulous. It reminded me a lot of the Attitude Era in the sense of I have to watch this program. I don't know what's going to happen or who's going to show up. That's what WWE 100% needs because you think about it, a lot of people were down on WWE for bringing in The Rock, we're bringing in Undertaker or Triple H, Brock Lesnar, all these part-timers but if you think about it, you need those part-timers to help fill a huge stadium of WrestleMania. Again, no team wins without veterans, without guys in their prime and without rookies. And if anything was a great buzz of what, to me, what wrestling should be. More people have been talking about these last two episodes than I want to say these last two and a half, three months."
On facing Rob Van Dam for possibly the last time for FWE this Friday: "Yep, I totally said that to myself the other day thinking this will probably be the last time I get to wrestle Rob. I love Rob. We're great friends. I'm happy that Rob's coming back (to WWE). I know I'm going to kicked really, really hard and I know I'll be hitting him back really hard and in the end we're going to really hug each other and just really, really take it back. I know for me it will be something really special."
On whether he feels pressure to make each House of Hardcore show bigger than the previous one: "Yes. I never had gray hair in my beard until I worked in the WWE office and I call them my WWE's. Then I started losing more hair when I, I don't want to say I went out on my own, I started losing more hair when I did my first show and now I have more gray hair on the side of my head. If nothing else, I will definitely get a Just for Men bears and hair sponsorship out of this because I don't like the salt and pepper look. I have very high expectations. I'm so wanting to up main events, up who I'm going to bring in."
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Coach Jeff Gumm's Taylor County Cardinals made it eight victories in 10 starts this season with a 4-3 victory at John Hardin on Wednesday night.
The Cardinals struck first with a three-run second inning. However, the Bulldogs knotted the score with a three-spot of their own in the bottom of the fifth frame.
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Hearing laughter from one of the rooms where a Bible study class was meeting Sunday morning, I cracked opened the door and teased, "What's this, laughter in church?"
They answered with more laughter.
And why not laugh in church? There certainly is a time for being quiet and even for sadness. As the author of Ecclesiastes wrote, "There is an appointed time for everything…" including, "a time to cry and a time to laugh."
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I used to read hardbacks, but now, I find myself reading most of my books on my iPad or iPhone. It's easier, and I can take an almost unlimited number of books with me wherever I go.
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Campbellsville University's diamond squads continue their excellent spring seasons and remain in first place in the Mid-South Conference races.
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For the second-straight week, Campbellsville University baseball completed a Mid-South Conference sweep. The 19-4 Tigers took three at Cumberlands also swept Asbury in a non-conference twinbill on Tuesday.
As Leroy Bratcher circulated the room, every guest received a handshake, a hug and a smile.
Some guests shared pictures of old times with him, while others simply brought stories from the days of old.
After 25 years as president of Forcht Bank in Campbellsville, one chapter of Bratcher's life was closing as another began.
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"Think Outside the Cage"
BTW, I'm trying to simplify my life too. However, I don't have the assumption of moral superiority some posters do. If some BF posters want to have three TV sets in every room, party on. I don't.
BTW, I just got back from a 22 mile hill sufferfest with a former RAAM rider. I was doing OK for much of it. Until I threw up. :-(
Click the icon of the person you don't like. Look down the menu on the left and select "add to ignore list" and you won't ever read what that person types except when others quote them. It really makes life better.
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Take my stuff please. My current goal is to have all of my possessions fit into a small mini van, my home. Really.
Much obliged to I-Like-to-Bike for crapping all over a thread I've been following for months now. I second the previous posters suggestion that ignoring ILTB is the best course of action and apologize for not following it myself.
See http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post12869439
See http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1#post12869419
For example he's been off doing your dirty work so you can smugly say you live simply and have the privilege of posting free opinion on forums like this.
You also might know that he has lived in other parts of the world and engaged in cycling for much longer and in vastly different circumstances than you. He has a very basic philosophy to cycling -- as something that can serve people without them having to scream out about it.
If you ever bothered to stop and think about what he says, you and your sycophants might also have a more enlightened view of cycling, its role in societies in both North America and elsewhere, and the politics that surrounds it. .
There are many examples in the LCF forum of people who are intolerant of others' views. ILTB is held up as one, but it really comes down to whether his opponents actually can come up with logical and thoughtful arguments that can stand up in the real world, rather than based on fanciful thinking. Usually they can't.
Dream. Dare. Do.
Most of the people posting here seem to understand that there is a certain amount of privilege involved with having the choice of "living simply," and one topic which has come up several times has explored the contradictory position it puts us into. But I don't think that contradiction automatically invalidates the thread topic. If it were simple, the discussion wouldn't have lasted as long as it has.
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Don't feed the trolls!
I really hope we can get this thread back on track. There's no reason for either smugness or for hating on the concept of simple living. This thread is intended for the exchange of ideas about a certain philosophy--not for either attacking or defending the philosophy itself. In the modern world, it sure is nice to have a few places where personal and ideological differences are put to the side, and people concentrate on living a happier and more productive life.
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Some of the people doing it were very experienced at it because they were doing it by choice. They had no immediate plans to change their lives. Most of them agreed they were saving money. That calculation only works if you already owned the vehicle. As a car free person, selecting such a lifestyle would mean spending an additional $1000 per month. That comes about because when owning a car one must always budget a couple of hundred dollars or more for future repairs. Otherwise when the thing breaks there wouldn't be money around to fix it (that is if you don't already have a huge savings account).
Some people who live in vans, cars, or RVs, have chosen to keep many possessions in storage facilities. They couldn't give up everything. For single people living in cars it is understandable. There is no way to haul around all the common necessities of life in a Camry. The people living in full size vans could probably haul around all of their necessities. Of course I'm making these judgements according to my beliefs of what is a necessity. So it's skewed.
Heat, water, clothing, and the ability to store food seem to be the fundamental needs. Electricity fits in there too. Having just those things is actually enough for some people to live very happy simple lives. They enjoy the travel, and ability to not be fixed in one spot, so much, that they see lots of possessions as burdens. I've watched more than one person on Youtube say this. Each one says it in such a way that you can hear the relief they feel in their voices. I've commented before that I know I'd want a bit more than the very basics needed for survival, but not much more.
I'm doing an exercise today. I'm putting together a list of things I would need, and in the order they should be acquired, should I ever decide (or be forced) to live in a van. I already know everything I would need, but I don't know the best order to get them. With limited weekly funds for buying the necessary things, the order becomes important. The outside weather would determine the order for some of the items. Insulating the van might not be the optimum first step even though everything else would need to be installed afterwards. Would it be best to buy a battery bank, a propane heater, insulation, a portable shower, or any of the numerous things that make life near normal while living in a van? It's figuring out stuff like that which makes the exercise fun for me. Some people like doing crossword puzzles. I like planning for scenarios that come up in life or creating business models.
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Take my stuff please. My current goal is to have all of my possessions fit into a small mini van, my home. Really.
This is a huge thread. Why not a subforum under carfree? I mean a lot of people will be like
- Bedding options - Suggestions?
- Kindle or traditional books? Both?
- I have too much crap in my kitchen! Help!
- How do you get by without a microwave?
I mean look at this thread. I'm sure a good deal of the people here are "Well I ..." and somewhere else they're thinking "... but how do you manage..." I mean seriously, how many of you guys don't own a microwave OR a pop-up toaster? I don't. I own a toaster oven (way more useful than pop-up, and does most microwave things better), and I do own a crock pot. Could probably live without the crock pot; but the toaster oven is an escape mechanism to get away from firing up the full sized oven to reheat 1 pizza slice.
And so it goes.
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
I've followed this thread intently since it's inception, and I am happy to finally be able to join the conversation in significant way.
I've had a lot of different conversations with my wife on our living situation (we live in northern NJ, one of the areas with the highest cost of living in the US), and have come to an agreement on reducing our possessions and moving. All of the unused furniture is getting sold (dining set, end tables, bookshelves, lamps, etc). I recently finished digitizing our physical music collection (a little under 10 gigs of music), and I will be selling off our CDs. Unwanted books are being donated; we are avid readers.
We are downsizing from a two bedroom apartment to a basement apartment in my father's home.
It is a truly freeing feeling when simplifying one's life. Ultimately we have a condo that we need to get rid of, and we will be moving to Toronto, where I will then be able to get rid of my car all together.
I love this thread! We are about to take a 45% pay cut due to a move (military posting). I won't be able to find work at our new location, so we must learn to live simply in order to manage on what little my husband makes. We plan to rent out the two spare rooms which will help pay the mortgage and property taxes. But we still want to save a fair % of hubbys income for the future. I plan on blogging my experience and will post a link once it's up and running.
Appreciate the poster who started this thread, I look forward to reading more posts!
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
One thing I think I've learned from this thread is that car free living and simple/frugal living are mutually enabling lifestyle choices. It's easier to be car free if one has a simple/frugal way of life, and vice versa.
I should probably refer to mode of transportation and level of consumption as lifestyle conditions instead of lifestyle choices. They aren't always subject to one's free choice.
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Bike race, big events and closures will add to weekend traffic woes
Round two of the Cedar Avenue bridge repair project beginning Friday night could throw commuting patterns in the south metro back into chaos while a weekend closure of the reversible carpool lanes on I-394 will throw a curve ball to fans heading to the Twins' homestand with the Chicago Cubs at Target Field.
Metro Transit honors its outstanding operators
Driving a 40-foot Metro Transit bus through rush hour traffic is no small feat. Doing it for 35 years without having a crash is another.
Teen bicyclist is 1 of 2 escorted off interstate by State Patrol this week
Freeways are for motor vehicles, not for bicyclists, yet on consecutive mornings this week the State Patrol had to shoo person-powered two-wheelers off the mainline.
Repaving project will bring closures to I-394 HOT lane starting Wednesday
Motorists who use the Interstate 394 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes will encounter midday closures Wednesday through Friday as MnDOT begins a repaving and concrete repair project between Hwy. 100 and downtown Minneapolis.


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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 19: Gael Monfils of France looks on after a point in his first round match against Matthew Ebden of Australia during day two of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 19, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Gael Monfils' comeback from injury took a hit Thursday when he lost to German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-1, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. The Frenchman, who ended his season early in 2012 because of knee problems, beat Philip Kohlschreiber in three sets to reach the quarterfinals. But he came out sluggish against the 153rd-ranked Brands, struggling to return the German's serve and failing to chase down many of his forehands. Brands will face second-seeded Richard Gasquet, who beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-1, 6-3. Top-seeded David Ferrer defeated Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-0. Ferrer will take on a resurgent Nikolay Davydenko, who routed Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-1, 6-1 in 49 minutes, winning all five break points and nearly 80 percent of the first-service points. After losing the first set, Monfils took 3-0 and 5-2 leads in the second, but Brands won the final five games. ''He went for his shots more than me,'' Monfils said. ''He was playing very fast at the beginning, a...
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Springfield Mills is open for demonstrations with general admission during Mill Demonstration Days and at other times by scheduling a group tour.
2015 Mill Demonstration Day Schedule
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Sunday: May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20 and October 20.
The grist mill is located directly across from the Arboretum's main entrance on Northwestern Avenue. It offers visitors an interactive experience of a working 19th century mill. Visit the historic creek-side flour mill to watch one-ton millstones grind corn and wheat kernels and see 160 year old machinery transport and sift the grind to produce meal and flour. The flour is used to bake muffins on site. Kids and adults will also enjoy grinding their own flour on the pedal powered mill.
Watch a typical mill demonstration in this 2 minute video.
In addition to mill demonstration days, group tours can be arranged. Current tours include History of Bloomfield Farm and the Historic 1761 Grist Mill (60 minutes). Contact Lisa Bailey at email@example.com or 215.247.5777 x157 to schedule your tour.
Springfield Mills and the Miller's Cottage date back to 1761 and are the oldest architectural features at the Morris Arboretum. Springfield Mills contains the most complete inventory of original flour mill works and related machinery of any mill in the area. The mill, with its Oliver Evans mill works, provides a unique view of 19th and early 20th century agriculture and milling in the Wissahickon Valley. Volunteers and staff are actively engaged in restoring the mill with the goal of renewing its water-powered operation. Springfield Mills is a contributing structure in the Morris Arboretum's National Register of Historic Places listing.
The connections between food consumption, food production and land use is hard to imagine in a society where supermarkets with have become our main link to food. The role of mills in communities is largely forgotten or taken for granted. Springfield Mills creates a visual narrative of the social, economic and technological role mills play in food production and how important land conservation and plant diversity are to assuring we have food on the table.
Farmers came from many miles to have their grain ground into flour.The Flourtown Village was the great wheat market of the eastern counties of the state around and north of Philadelphia.
The mill used water power for an array of functions including sawing timber, grinding flour and animal feed, generating electricity, running agricultural machines and pumping water to irrigate the fields.
William Streeper, Jr. built the original saw and grist mill along with a stone cabin that is still a part of the Miller's Cottage. His father was one of the first Crefelt-Sommerhausen immigrants to settle in Germantown.The original mill was powered by an undershot wheel and was known as Streeper's Mill.
Springfield Mills was proclaimed the name of the new mill built by a Streeper son-in-law, Henry Piper. The name and date are inscribed in a marble date stone on the east side. This was a time of great local prosperity and an expanding Philadelphia population needing to be fed.
The mill went into foreclosure sale and was eventually repurchased by Henry Piper, Jr. A turbine, more efficient than a water wheel, was installed about this time and it appears the mill was refitted to serve more effectively as a feed mill. Competition from the mid-west replaced most local flour mills.
"It was as if the miller had turned out the lights, locked the doors and walked away", according to one report. The mill and farm land was now included in George Thomas's development of the Wissahickon Valley Country Club (WVCC). George Thomas named the farm property, including the mill, Bloomfield Farm.
John T. Morris purchased Bloomfield Farm, after WVCC was completed. During John and Lydia's ownership the mill was used primarily as a feed mill for the horses and dairy, but also generated DC power for the farm and ran farm equipment. Trout was raised here and sold in the city. Oats, wheat, barley, vegetables, pigs, milk, butter and eggs were produced for the estate and the community.
The mill was in good condition when the will of Lydia Morris established the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. Most agricultural functions were ordered to cease when the University took possession. During WW II, the Lignum-vitae bearing in the water turbine were replaced and the mill was active in providing water for livestock and the Victory Gardens.
The decade began a period of restoration and renewal for the Morris Arboretum. Among projects undertaken in the 1980s were stabilization of the grist mill and renovation of the Miller's Cottage.
Springfield Mills opened for Prearranged group tours. Structural stabilization, doors, windows, stairs and more have been renewed with the support of private donations and the dedication of the Run-of-the-Mill volunteers. The staff and volunteers are working to restore the mill to grinding operation.
The Run-of-the-Mill volunteers are restoring Springfield Mills to water-powered operation. The mill stones and water-powered machinery are over a century old. Volunteers work on the mill on the second Saturday of every month and operate the mill during public events at Bloomfield. Activities include carpentry, masonry, equipment restoration and general clean up. Research, documentation and education volunteers are welcome.
Contact: Bob Gutowski - email@example.com or 215.247.5777 ext.132
The historic Wissahickon Valley was home to over sixty mills from colonial times to WWII. Springfield Mills is one of four remaining Mills of the Wissahickon you can tour or visit. Explore all the mills of the Wissahickon.
On May 5th, 2014 the Questers Fairwold Chapter with Pennsylvania State and International Questers presented a $7,000 grant to the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania for continued restoration of Springfield Mills. The Fairwold Questers have supported restoration of the Morris Arboretum's grist mill since 2008. Previous grants restored the mill windows and the turbine pit bridge. Both were critical elements in re-opening the mill for tours. Most recently the historic, two-ton mill stones grinding surfaces were refinished by an expert millwright and are grinding corn meal after 60 years of inactivity. This new grant will help restore the wooden "blow-out" wall facing the Wissahickon Creek. The grant was presented by Vickie Sierchio, Fairwold Quester President.
Questers is an international organization with 101 chapters in PA and chapters in 41 states and Ontario. Questers supports conservation and restoration of historical sites and objects. For information, go to www.PAQuesters.com and www.questers1944.org.
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Houston — Derrick Mason's rant after the Ravens' loss to Pittsburgh revealed only a level of frustration and no great secrets. Underachieving offense? Check.
But Mason put himself out front as dissatisfied with the way the offense was playing. And Monday night, he rose to the challenge.
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Results continue upward trend but achievement gaps between whites and blacks, whites and Hispanics, and low-income and more affluent students persist. And far less than half of U.S. students are performing at levels deemed proficient.
A federal investigation of the West Contra Costa school district revealed a pervasive environment of sexual harassment and assaults by students that schools officials failed to adequately address, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights said.
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Dramatic changes in how students are picked for Buffalo's most sought-after public schools will make more seats available to more students – including students of color – by next fall.
State Superintendent Janet Barresi says more schools received a lower or failing grade because the way the grades were calculated changed.
Truelock began work last week as superintendent of Hondo ISD after beating out more than 20 other applicants vying to succeed Clay Rosenbaum, who left the Medina County district in June.
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Until recently, these 144 buildings in DeKalb County School District relied on a conventional, two-way, proprietary radio system for fire alarm communications. Changes in radio frequency requirements implemented by the Federal Communications Commission led the district to seek out an alternative to replacing all radio transmitters.
The WriteCase is designed for individuals, medical offices and the military where data security is of the utmost importance. It is also ideal for K-12 and higher education since it complies with the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Testing Guideline Requirements aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
The student, who is Jehovah's Witness and prohibited by the religion from worshiping objects, refused on religious grounds, the investigation found. Officials said teacher Anne Daigle-McDonald twice placed the student's hand over his heart when the class recited the pledge.
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These individuals will be involved with multiple T2 projects including new projects at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). At CHLA, T2 will be implementing: (1) a new 2,000-user, Citrix-based VDI environment, and (2) high-performance network infrastructure, which will include one of the first implementations of Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches in the country.
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Hmmm, dare I suggest we are on the threshold of a new scale? One that may radically redefine life as we know it and leave a trail of unsuspecting castaways in its wake. Occasionally a shiver runs down my spine and it seems almost imminent.
Let me explain. I came across the concept of "scales" at a church related conference a year or so ago. It has been a burr in my mind ever since. The idea is that when you cross certain thresholds you step into an era where all the rules have changed.
An example: The Industrial Revolution. The transition to machine powered industry from manual production was a huge leap forward. It propelled the human race into a new era from which there was no turning back. Those who could not adapt were left behind.
Those of us in the Baby Boomer generation have witnessed the Technology Revolution. Computers proliferated like rabbits fundamentally changing the way we live and work. Again, there were casualties.
As we speak we are in the grip of the Information Revolution. The Internet has launched us into a new frontier of connectedness and knowledge we could hardly have imagined a few decades ago.
Now I believe we are on the threshold of a new scale that could dwarf these two goliaths. I'm going to name it the Virtual Revolution.
The Virtual Revolution, as I see it, is the fourth generation of an increasingly depersonalized humankind. The Industrial Revolution is its' great grandfather, the Technology Revolution its' grandfather and the Information Revolution its' father. This child of the computer chip will have the resources at its fingertips to experience life entirely in a virtual world.
I don't mean that no one will leave their houses anymore although that is not inconceivable. What I foresee, unless we act to stave it off, is an era in which each individual conceives the people around him or her as more virtual than real. Or to put it another way, more real in the virtual world than in the flesh and blood world.
In the Virtual Revolution the primary relationship John V Public will have is with his Blackberry because the whole world exists within it. The living, breathing hearts and souls at the other end of his Blackberry circuits will become extensions of the Blackberry itself. In short, a depersonalized world in which one-to-one relationships are supplanted by one-to-Blackberry-to-one relationships.
This may sound like wild science fiction. But think again. A Windsor Star article reports that 3.5 trillion text messages were sent worldwide in 2008. Do you even know how many zeros are in a trillion? I don't but I do know this: When the number of text messages surpasses the number of spoken messages we will have passed into that new scale. And here's the kicker: we won't even realize it has happened. Maybe it already has.
My explorations of the "Shifting Winds" are my attempts to draw attention to the metaphors of change that are happening around us. I want us to be conscious of change as it happens and be prepared to say: "No, I don't want to let go of that experience. I choose to keep my one-to-one-connections."
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Tea Forté Gunpowder tea is mainly grown in the Ningbo region situated in the Chinese Zhejiang Province. The leaf of this green tea is hand-rolled into little pellet-shaped balls to preserve the natural oils and retain their natural aroma. When immersed in (near) boiling water these green tea pellets 'burst open' and elicit a slightly sweet flavor and the pleasing vegetal quality from a quality gunpowder tea. The pellet-shaped balls resemble 18 th century gunpowder, hence their name. In China this particular green tea is also referred to as 'Pearl Tea'.
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verb \ˈkrənch\
: to make the loud sound of something being crushed
: to move along a surface that makes the loud sound of something being crushed
: to process (numbers, information, etc.) : to examine and analyze (numbers, information, etc.)
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intransitive verb
: to chew or press with a crushing noise
: to make one's way with a crushing noise
transitive verb
: to chew, press, or grind with a crunching sound
: process; especially : to perform mathematical computations on <crunch numbers>
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alteration of craunch
: the sound made when something hard is being chewed or crushed : a crunching sound
: the quality of a food that produces a loud sound when it is chewed : a crunchy quality
the crunch : a very difficult point or situation
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: an act of crunching
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: a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising and lowering the upper torso without reaching a sitting position
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: to chew or grind with a crushing noise <He is crunching on hard candy.>
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: an act or sound of crushing <She bit into the apple with a loud crunch.>
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Bloody Pillar Candle and Bowl
By: Vicki O'Dell
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Make a pair of homemade Halloween decorations with this easy and thrifty Halloween craft project from Vicki O'Dell. Use candle wax and hot glue to create the appearance of spooky, dripping blood.
- White Pillar Candle
- Red Taper Candle
- Black Candle Holder
- Matches or Lighter
- Small Glass Bowl or Vase
- Glue Gun
- Design Master Spray Paint- Carnation Red and Flat Black
Instructions for Candle:
This is a super easy idea that looks like it takes a lot more work than it actually does. All I did was put a white pillar candle on a black candle holder, light a red candle and let it drip down onto the top and sides of the white candle. Easy!
- Please don't let children do this craft and make sure to not leave burning candles unattended.
Instructions for Bloody Bowl:
First I washed a small fish bowl shaped vase inside and out.
Then I went for my trusty glue gun AGAIN! And just like with the Spooky Drippy Candles I dripped hot glue all around the rim. (Give me a glue gun or glue pot and spray paint and I'm a wild woman!!)
Let it dry or set and then go back in and add a layer on top of the first. Do this a few times until you get the look you want.Then I used Flat Black Design Master spray paint and painted only the bottom of the bowl. Let the paint lighten and thin out as you go toward the top of the bowl. You want it to blend into the red so that there isn't a straight line around the bowl.
Finally, use the Carnation Design Master and paint the top of the bowl fading down into the black color. It gives your bloody cauldron a little demsion. That's it! You can use this to hold Halloween candy, a candle or even a small arrangement of flowers.
Note: For Christmas paint the bowl white and add Mod Podge and Diamond Dust to the drips to make it look like snow or frost. Paint the whole thing using Design Masters' Dark Chocolate or October Brown for a fun "Bon Bon" look or paint it the color of your room and leave the "drips" out all together to add a vase that coordinates with your decor.
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lbaker1974 4730319
Nov 03, 2013
Great fun for Halloween.Loved to make it.
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Nov 02, 2013
Looks quite interesting
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chris7064 7008743
Nov 02, 2013
I think it is a great idea. I love the candle, but the bowl it needs more work. I would have some of the drips down further on the bowl and the black a little more up to the middle to make it look more like a cauldron.
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mimi5863 4392198
Nov 02, 2013
Cute for Halloween.
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Pepperhd48 6962689
Nov 02, 2013
I think it's really creative. Great to use for a Halloween party.
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coatsv 2187411
Nov 02, 2013
Love the bowl idea and am adding it to my craft notebook. Can't imagine why its controversial... think its a great way to get the melted candle look. As for the pillar candle we do that all the time with different colors and with the "drip" candles.
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Nov 02, 2012
Like the candle better than the bowl.
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Renewable energy, tourist attractions and the booming artisan food sector offer landowners in the South West "enormous scope" to diversify and reflect the growing confidence in rural property, a property consultant new to the area has said.
Conolly McCausland made the comments as he joined Bruton Knowles' new Taunton office, having managed a traditional mixed land-use country estate in Northern Ireland since 1995.
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|Cream cheese
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|Mayonnaise/Salad dressing
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
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|Canned diced peaches
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Halve and seed avocado.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Dean Bill Powers announced today that four professors have been honored with chair appointments. They are Mark Gergen, who will hold the Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty, Steven Goode, appointed to hold the G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law, Ronald Mann, promoted to the Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair in Business and Commercial Law, and Charles Silver who will hold the Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure. This week the University of Texas at Austin approved these appointments.
"These four scholars and teachers have rightfully earned their new appointments. Their contributions to the Law School cannot be overestimated and we are deeply grateful for their continuing commitment to the University of Texas at Austin," said Dean Bill Powers.
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Professor Gergen joined the faculty in 1986. He teaches and writes on the entire spectrum of the law of obligations – contracts, torts, and restitution – as well as advanced issues in federal income tax including partnership tax, financial products, and tax abuse. Before coming to Texas he was an Associate at Arnold & Porter, a clerk for the Honorable Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, a graduate of University of Chicago School of Law, and a graduate of Yale College. Recent articles include: "The Logic of Deterrence: Corporate Tax Shelters" (Tax Law Review, 2002), "Restitution as a Bridge Over Troubled Contractual Waters" (Fordham Law Review, 2002), "What Renders Enrichment Unjust?" (Texas Law Review, 2001), and "The Jury's Role in Deciding Normative Issues in the American Common Law" (Fordham Law Review, 1999). He is on the Board of Directors of the University of Texas Coop. He is a member of the American Law Institute and has served as a consultant on the Restatement of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment and as an advisor on the project on the Taxation of Pass-Through Entities. He has visited at University College London.
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So U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (nee General) Eikenberry doesn't want to give Afghan President Karzai a blank check? No one does. But anyone paying attention knows that Eikenberry and Karzai have been like oil and water since Eikenberry was the top American general in Afghanistan. I think it was a bad move to put him in there as our top diplomat. In addition, because Eikenberry was sent to Kabul, that meant Chris Hill, who had been slated for that post, needed to be sent elsewhere, so he was given Baghdad — which meant shoving aside Anthony Zinni, who already had been asked to go to Iraq, and instead sending Hill, who doesn't know squat about Iraq.
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Posted: August 12, 2014|
PARENTS in and around Nottinghamshire are spending more for back-to-school essentials than elsewhere in the country.
According to a new survey, mums and dads are spending £200 – £20 more than the British average.
The figures were taken from 1,000 British parents for a survey published by the Money Advice Service, a Government-backed group.
Almost a fifth of those surveyed were worried about the cost of new equipment, while nearly half said they were likely to overspend. And with only a few weeks left before the end of the school holidays, Notts parents are already starting to feel the pinch.
Caroline Shimmin, 38, from the city centre, was looking for the best deals for her sons Joel, eight, and Reuben, five.
She said: "I've just walked out of Clarks – they were asking £48 for a pair of shoes.
"I can't justify paying that much for a pair of shoes – at £48 each that's nearly £100 for both of them and doesn't include paying for football boots or trainers."
"Those shoes will last longer, though. I've bought them other pairs but they only lasted a few months."
Mother-of-two Jane Wood, 34, from West Bridgford, admitted spending more than she needed. She said: "We've been out all day, buying new stuff, and I've probably spent about £150 and there's still bits to get."
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Both Nottingham City and Nottingham County Council offer uniform allowance schemes to support parents struggling to pay.
Paul Halcro, principal of Bulwell Academy, said the school – like many others – tried to provide low-cost options.
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Martin Heatlie, managing director of Newplan Solutions, which owns several Nottinghamshire uniform shops, including Morleys School Uniform Specialists in Beeston, added: "We work closely with schools and with councils to ensure that uniform is accessible to everyone.
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Minor Win 7 / WMP issue
I like the new WMP in Windows 7. But as a widescreen user that moved the taskbar to the left side, I noticed that when double clicking on movie files from Explorer the WMP window starts below the taskbar. It doesn't save the position so if I move the window, close it and try again it starts below the taskbar again.
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don't have the taskbar on the left...
but if you must be weird you can try a program called "zmover" and it should do what you're wanting it to
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Taskbar on the left is great if you have a widescreen.
It's just a minor and annoying issue.
I still like both the new taskbar and WMP. Being able to download a Apple HD trailer (H264) from http://www.hd-trailers.net and play it directly in WMP was great. No need for Apple Quicktime software (not that I had it before either, but anyway).
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i have the same problem
just for me I moved the bar to top, and almost everytime WMP opens it opens behind the bar and can't get to the close/minimize buttons.
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My taskbar is also on the top. To close, just mouse over the WMP icon and then click the x and voila :cool:
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