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This beach theme art home decor project will feel like you brought the beach home with you. Use eclectic embellishment mix that can be purchased or assembled from your own beachcombing treasures.
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- Wreath, 10" x 2" x 2"
- Stone textured aerosol paint: Travertine Tan; White Onyx
- Cardstock, white, 6" x 6"
- Netting, 12" x 20"
- Beach-themed bottle cap embellishments, two
- Beach-themed chipboard word embellishments, seven
- Sand castle dimensional sticker
- Vintage beach scene images, two
- Sand dollar rubber stamp, about 1-1/2" diameter
- Seashells, various types, 16
- Starfish: two 4"; five 1"-1-1/2"
- Natural reindeer moss, one bag
- Heavyweight cardboard, 5" square
- Brown craft wire
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Wooden skewer
- Scissors
- Floral "U" pins, six
- Wire cutters
- Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
- Thick, white craft glue
- Optional: Large cardboard box. Disposable gloves. Mask.
Note: Read the label thoroughly and be sure the paint you choose is foam-safe.
- Cut two 2" squares from cardstock and cut into rough circles.
- Place foam wreath, cardstock circles and sand castle sticker inside cardboard box. Work outdoors if possible, or in well-ventilated area; if desired, put on gloves and mask. Follow manufacturer's instructions to spray paint foam pieces and sticker with both paint colors; let dry completely.
- Stamp painted circles with sand dollar stamp.
- Cut irregular 4" square from cardboard; use glue gun to secure square to bottom inside edge of wreath. Use glue gun to secure reindeer moss to square.
- Use glue gun to secure two large starfish to left side of cardboard square in center of wreath as shown. Adhere vintage beach image and bottle cap opposite starfish. Adhere remaining beach image and bottle cap to wreath at "4 o' clock" position. Glue stamped sand dollars, shells, remaining starfish and chipboard words to wreath.
- Use floral pins and glue gun to secure netting to back of wreath and moss-covered cardboard piece.
- Cut 2" length from skewer and glue to back bottom edge of painted sticker; insert skewer into top left side of wreath as shown. Glue bits of moss between sticker edge and wreath.
- Use wire cutters to cut one 6" length from wire; twist ends together to create hanging loop. Use glue gun to secure wire end into top center back of wreath.
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I like this wreth. I used to make seashell wreaths, the same way and sold them to a souvenier shop for $15. I just used seashells I had found on the beach and hot glued them on a straw wreath, added a bow and va la. Great website!
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This is a response to your poll question, "What is your view on HB 1588, which is now before the state legislature and would require universal background checks for firearm sales between individuals." It was impossible for me to answer with any of the three options given. It is more complex than that.
I believe relatives generally know if family members are responsible and trustworthy prior to any exchange of firearms. Because of that, it is my belief that sales between family members should not be subjected to the proposed background checks mentioned in HB 1588. Such an exchange is far different than if buyer and seller are strangers.
Our daughters were taught to shoot, care for and respect firearms. Guns were demystified for our daughters. They were taught guns were dangerous if not handled correctly and never trust another's word on whether a gun was unloaded, but always check for yourself when receiving one. We did not then have a gun safe, yet never had any problems. In spite of our daughters' training, HB 1588, as it stands, would not allow me to sell a firearm to them without a background check.
Now our daughters have their own children. Our oldest grandson is proficient with several guns. Under HB 1588 I would not be allowed to sell a firearm to my adult grandson without a background check.
No exclusion was found in HB 1588 from the background check for persons, such as me, who have already undergone a background check as part of the process to obtain a Concealed Pistol License (not to mention the one when teaching, driving school bus, when a reserve police officer, or custodian with access to a sheriff's office).
The effort to close "loopholes" is admirable but HB 1588 seems more an emotional knee-jerk reaction than a well thought out piece of legislation.
Regarding another gun bill, Senate, SB 5737.
After contacting legislators regarding the included sentence, "Assault weapons legally owned when the bill is enacted must be safely stored and may be inspected by the sheriff once a year."
I was informed that sentence had been inserted by mistake. Was it a "mistake" when included or just because it was caught? No wonder some folks are skeptical about the true goal of gun-control legislation.
The question remains, if SB 5737 will not prevent events similar to the shootings that gained so much national media attention, why is legislative time and money being spent on it? Such legislation provides a false sense of security (similar to "Gun Free Zones").
Jim Davison
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campbell_rd 2 years, 4 months ago
I heard the best analogy yet on the gun legislation issue. Outlawing guns because we have Police is like outlawing fire extinguishers because we have Fireman.
We already have laws to keep legal citizens honest. What sense is there in making new (knee jerk) laws when the criminals will break the laws no matter what new law is enacted. New laws only hurt honest citizens in this case. If we keep outlawing guns like England and many other countries, the crime will go up. History proves this fact over and over again!
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago
Thanks for the civility of this letter. I believe that eventually we will be able find common ground to minimize gun related deaths in this country. Please consider these comments for discussion.
There is indeed a personal right to bear arms, and that it actually predates the Second Amendment.
Heller clarifies and removes the threat of gun confiscation, therefore the argument of "slipery slope" aften used by Wyne La Pierre and the NRA leadership as the basis for resisting even the mildest regulation is not factually valid. Heller also provides a limitation, and not all weapons are allowed in a free-for-all fashion as the gun manufacturers wish.
The personal right to bear arms is securely established. To think and proceed otherwise goes against the Constitution. No one can take any guns away from anyone. To think that the Government is determined to take your guns away is indeed a knee jerk reaction, a legally unfounded one.
Any responsible gun owner, in a well regulated civil society should not object to a simple, incredibly fast computerized back ground check.
One effective way to track guns in the hands of criminals is to be able to follow them with data on gun transactions by law enforcement. A lot of them used to be tracked down to a gun dealer or to a family member who helped locate the criminal. President Bush's Congress greatly restricted the use of this data. Hollow?
Not every family has such wonderfull children as we have. Many young lads are impulsive by nature and do reckless deeds, including selling or loosing guns in an inopportune location. Suicide is fairly common in these age group, a common mean is by fire arms.
Your thoughts?
campbell_rd 2 years, 4 months ago
If criminals ignore registration, which they will. Then what does registration gain other than penalizing (taxing) legal citizens? I should be allowed to transfer a gun owned by myslef to a child without Uncle Sam putting their "stamp" on the transfer. Goverment needs to be smaller and less intrusive, not bigger!
Many countries have started the process by registering all guns, then they remove them. It's history, it's accurate, it's fact.
PearlY 2 years, 4 months ago
paco1234, the recent Supreme Court Heller decision was decided on a 5-4 basis, with the two appointments by the man who will be president for the next four years voting in the minority. The chances therefore are excellent that the next appointment to the bench will shift that minority to a majority.
For that reason, I can't agree with you that the personal right to bear arms is "securely established." Moreover, the constant refrain of "no one can take any guns away from anyone" reminds me of the "if you like your health insurance plan you can keep it" promise. Two years later and the plan I liked and had for over 30 years is no longer available anywhere in the country. For obvious reasons, when the same people promise me no one will take my guns from me, I'm less than trustful.
My suspicion may seem a knee-jerk reaction to you, but to me, it is rationally based.
Besides, as the owner of a gun that takes a magazine of over 10 rounds, the reality is that once my current supply of magazines has worn out (which they do - and my current order for more is back-ordered for at least six months), nobody will have to take my gun away from me because I will be unable to shoot it.
If this "universal background check" passes, we will have the first instance I can think of in which two private individuals must pay a fee, report to the goverment and be governmentally approved before they can transfer a legally owned item of personal property between themselves .
And yet, I haven't read of one single instance offered in support of this legislation that a gun used in a criminal shooting was acquired by the shooter by legal purchase from a private individual. All the high-profile shootings of recent years have been with guns either stolen or purchased from a dealer. So what is the real value of this legislation? Is it possible that the long-term goal is to compile a database that can be used in a later confiscation? That may seem paranoid to you, but it is exactly what happened in the UK. And you have to admit, it would suit the goals of many of the anti-gun rights groups perfectly to do that.
Finally, if you've read this far, can you tell me why one should have to have a background check to exercise one's 2nd Amendment right, while someone who votes on the man whose finger controls a nuclear arsenal and a huge army, doesn't even have to prove he/she is entitled to vote?
People who can't be trusted to own pistols shouldn't be trusted to vote on the person who controls such vastly greater power.
campbell_rd 2 years, 4 months ago
Well stated and truthful!
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago
Pearl, I undeerstand your fears, mostly when your persuation is antigovernment. This country adopted a representative Democracy as a mode of organized government.
In our history, and before this Supreme Court, the majority of its members has been either Conservative or Liberals. This is the nature of our government, not perfect but the best one in the world
If more guns in a free-for-all sociaty is the safest one, then Yemen should be the safest paradise on earth. Accepting 30,000 gun related deaths in the most advance industrialized nation on earth is just not acceptable. It's too high of a price to pay so that you guys have it easy to buy as many guns as you want. As to the UK, which I've visited many times, I can say that last year there were 130 gun related deaths in comparison to 30,000 in our country. It is a very safe country where the mayority of policemen carry no fire arms at all. I can say something similar about Ireland, Germany, Canada, Australia and many other industrialized countries.
I invite you guys to read Justice Scalia's (hardly a liberal) favorable decision in Heller, clearly stating that there is a responsibility to accept reasonable regulation of ownership, transfer and use of fire arms.
Moreover, the word "infringed" in the Second Ammendment implies that the right to bear arms already existed prior to the pronunciation of the Second Ammnedment. Therefore the right to bear arms is a historical 100% American cultural trait liked by both liberal and conservatives. As you well know 75% of responsible NRA members support a strict gun control with back ground checks.
Criminals should not be allowed to vote. I believe this is a universal sentiment embraced by both Democrats and Republicans. Politicians from both parties are a different class who sway with the voting wind to their convinience. Plese give them call, ask them to stop criminals from voting.
About government removing guns, I must say that all of us agree that Pistorius ( a nice "good" guy until recently) "legal" arsenal, the government of South Africa should removed it ASAP! Many industrialized countries will leve their citizen's guns alone if they behave. In Israel you see people walking around with assault weapons, but they have the most rigid back ground checks on earth and mandates yearly safety training. You do not want to get cought wihout a permit! It is almost considered a treason violation with secured prison time.
There you have it!
PearlY 2 years, 4 months ago
I'm not anti-government, just anti-unlimited government. I'm all in favor of laws against murdering people, cops to arrest murderers, courts to try them in and jails to hold them.
But as long as I'm not murdering anyone, I don't like government micromanaging how I provide for my own self-defense, or what kind of health insurance plan I have to buy. Do you seriously argue that there should be no limits on government? You and I might set those limits in different places, but you have no more basis to assume I'm "anti-government" than I do to assume you're a totalitarian. Let's not assume such things, OK?
Definitely the U.S. (about 100 guns per 100 people) and possibly Switzerland, Finland, and various other countries have more guns per capita than Yemen. But as it happens, the Yemen homicide rate is slightly lower than the U.S.'s rate, so not sure what your point is. Mexico has very strict gun laws and registered private ownership rate of about 2, but a murder rate four times higher than ours. The Congo has strict laws on guns and a private ownership rate of under 2 per 100 people, but a murder rate four times higher than ours.
Even within the U.S., the states and cities with the highest rate of gun violence are often the same ones that have the strictest gun laws. Utah and Wyoming probably have the least restrictive gun laws in the nation, and their rates of gun murders are .8 and .9 per 100,000 people, while Illinois and Washington DC have had the strictest until very recently, and their rates of gun murders are 2.8 and 16.5 respectively.
Clearly, there is something else at work than simply gun laws. Wouldn't it make sense to try to figure that out? And even in high crime states, the violent crime rate has been declining for several decades, in spite of (or maybe because of?) the NRA's legislative victories. Maybe what works is catching and putting violent criminal behind bars and keeping them there.
You say that 30,000 gun deaths is "too high a price to pay" so that I can have the guns I want. If there were some correlation between my owning the guns I want and those deaths, you'd have a point, but there isn't. My owning guns in Walla Walla has no impact at all on people shot by gang bangers in Chicago. I could just as easily say that the 40,000 (about, I'm speaking from memory) vehicular deaths a year we sustain is too high a price to pay for you to drive a car. It wouldn't make sense. And there's frankly a lot higher chance of you or me accidentally killing someone in our cars than of me killing anyone, accidentally or on purpose, with my guns.
Your statement that 75% of NRA members support background checks doesn't ring true, unless you're referring to licensed dealer checks. I'm pretty sure they don't support private seller checks as required by this bill. One thing the NRA definitely is is responsive to its members, and it's taken a strong position against such legislation.
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago
Pearl, nobody in this country should worry about the government micromanaging their self deffense...as long as they play by the rules. Just look at Ted Nugent's arrogant indiscretion. He had the FBI all over him, he is lucky he is not in jail or prison. He had to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees and is still under closed survailance. For many he is one of those "good guys"... but one who could turn into a "bad guy" criminal at a drop of a hat.
My point is that 30,000 gun related deaths a year correlates to the incredible ammount of guns out there to the tune of 300 millions and growing, many of them ilegal. You and your guns, in Walla Walla should not count as you are obviously a decent, law abiding citizen, a little scared and concerned about your safety, but a nice guy after all.
You, as a person, are not silly, but the argument that 40,000 vehicular deaths a year compares to the gun related ones is a silly, childish one. It is a "no brainer" that we are surrounded by dangers everywhere we go, including death and injuries from cars, baseball bats, kitchen knifes, baby cribs, peanut butter, common cold, cigarrettes smoke, dog ticks, etc. Of course we need to do something about them. They are environmental, public health issues that are constantly addressed by government agencies. The differnce from deaths or injuries from guns is that the main purpose of guns is to kill, mostly if the weapon is a military style one . The argument of the use for sports and self deffense is a good one, though. But still guns are by nature, inherently dangerous gatgets. Gun related fatal accidents happens all the time.
PearlY 2 years, 4 months ago
paco, maybe we have identified the cultural intolerance at the root of your fears about guns. To you, a gun is something inherently different from a car, a knife or a baseball bat. And to you, the main purpose of a gun is to kill. To me, a gun is inherently a mechanical device, no different from a car, and the main purpose is in the mind of the user of the device.
The primary purpose for which I use guns is target practice; secondarily, they're a back-up to my German Shepherd. Which some localities would also like to ban.
Timothy McVeigh used a van to blow up 160+ people. This did not make the van either good or bad; both before and after, was merely a tool.
Of course guns are inherently dangerous, just like cars, hammers, bats, knives, bleach, and hundreds of other items. But you have bought into the story line that somehow guns, although inherently no more dangerous than those other items, must be treated differently. There's no rational reason for that; it's basically cultural prejudice. Have you ever considered who most benefits from taking guns away from law abiding people? The answer is obvious to me, but maybe not to you: Those who would oppress law abiding people are the primary beneficiaries of rendering them defenseless.
By the way, I'm not by nature a "scared" person. It's better to prepare for risks than to fear them. And I'm definitely not a guy.
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago
Oops! Sorry Pearl, I did not mean to offend your gender! Although we fundamentally disagree I do enjoy reading your kind responses.
Keep writing, my friend
namvet60 2 years, 4 months ago
OK paco - sink your teeth into this - your illustrous Ms Pelosi along with Mr Reid (thank you Mr Reid) with the signing of Obamacare by Mr Obama remember when the words were "you have to pass this bill before you can read it"! Well apparently they didn't read it to closely either. You can check this out on a link on Forbes.com and it is Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c which states "the government cannot collect any information relating to the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition". In reading this the government CANNOT mandate firearm registration and NO confiscation! Check it out. Also an executive order (which this president likes to produce) can not override the amendment.
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago<p>Forbs.com is the whole universe of the magazine. You need to be more specific, please!
chicoli 2 years, 4 months ago
Well, this particular ACA law, under the jurisdiction of the HHS Department, bars and prevents physicians, hospitals and their staff to collect information about gun related injuries, and to put it on a data base. As a physician and as a researcher in Medicine I believe this is a travesty interfeering with the learning about gunshot wounds from the environmental, public health point of view. The law is the law and we are going to have to learn to live with it.
On the other hand, the same reference you guys gave me points to the fact that the Justice Department, and not the HHS, could collect similar data should the President decide to use his executive power.
Thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to learn something today. You see, now we can learn from each other...if we maintain respect and courtesy , without having to reach to the snarky, crotchety style often used by some.
Keep writing, my friends!
namvet60 2 years, 4 months ago
Thank you carcrazy - when somebody only picks the NYTimes website its a little tough to check out others. Thanks again

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1. What does this symbol mean? corrosive 2. Sodium has this hazard symbol - what precautions should you take when using it? Goggles, pick up with tweezers, use a safety screen 3. What does this mean? toxic 4. What element does this represent? sodium Na 5. Which group is it in? 1 3 6. Which period is it in? 7. Which of these is the flame colour for sodium chloride? The yellow one 8. What can you say about the spectrum for each element? Each element has a different spectrum, it can be used to identify the element. 9. How did they know that there was an undiscovered element in the sun? I've never seen that yellow line before when I've There must be been looking at an element on spectra. the sun we haven't There were discovered lines that yet. Let's call it helium after hadn't been the Greek seen name for the before in sun. other spectra. 10. What is the name of the group which this element belong to? The Halogens (Group 7) Cl 11. What does Cl2 tell you? 2 atoms in a chlorine molecule. 12. Why am I added to water at the swimming pool? To kill bacteria. 13. What do these alkali metals have in common? Soft, silvery, one electron in outer shell, react with water to make hydrogen and an alkaline solution, all end in ium, metals …. Li 14. Do they become more or Na less reactive as you go down the group? more K 15. Name the two Rb products: Cs Sodium + water sodium hydroxide + hydrogen 16. Inside an atom there are neutrons. What else are there? Protons and electrons 17. What word do we use to describe a charged particle like Na+? ions 18. Element or compound? Compound because the atoms aren't all the same. 19. Atom, molecule or ion? It is a molecule – a group of atoms joined together. H2 20. Atom, molecule or ion? Ion because it has a charge. Cl- 21. If my electron configuration is 2,8,1; what group am I in? 1 because there is one electron in the outer shell. 22. What period am I in? Period 3 because 3 shells are used. 23. Why does sodium chloride have a high melting point? There is a strong attraction between the + and – ions and a lot of energy is needed to pull them apart. 24. Why are salt crystals cubic? The ions are arranged in a regular way – in a lattice. 25. Why don't salt crystals conduct electricity? The ions are fixed in position and can't move around. 26. Why does melted salt or salt solution conduct electricity? The ions can move around and carry current. 27. What's the formula? • Water • Sodium chloride • Hydrogen • Chlorine • Sodium hydroxide H2O, NaCl, H2, Cl2, NaOH 28. Give any trends. Name Hardness Density Melting point g/cm3 oC Lithium Fairly hard 0.53 180 to cut Sodium Easy to cut 0.97 98 Potassium Very easy to 0.86 64 cut As you go down the group, the elements get softer, there is no pattern in density, the melting point decreases. 29. What do they mean? • H2O (l) • Na (s) • Cl2 (g) • NaCl (s) • NaCl (aq) Water is a liquid, sodium is a solid, chlorine is a gas, sodium chloride solid and sodium chloride solution. 30. What happens to a chlorine atom when it reacts? Cl 2.8.7 The atom will gain an electron to get a full outer shell. It will become Cl- 31. What happens to a sodium atom when it reacts? Na 2.8.1 The atom will lose an electron to get a full outer shell. It will become Na+ 32. Give the ion for: • Sodium Na+ (Group1) • Magnesium Mg2+ (Group 2) • Aluminium Al3+ (Group 3) • Fluorine F- (Group 7) • Oxygen O2- (Group 6) 33. Which are salts? • Sodium • Chlorine • Sodium chloride • Potassium bromide • Magnesium • iodine Salts are made when you react a metal with a non-metal.
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Curious, I wanted to know what "everything" was. Here's the list as I remember it: personal trainers (4), an exercise bike for home, numerous gym memberships, Pilates, tennis lessons, boxing, a health retreat and more diets than she could remember.
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We have this good relations with all the parties, including the parties participating in this government and the other who oppose this political process. So that's how we can help. As Syria. Maybe other countries as well.
Sawyer: You are reported to have said, when American congressmen came here before the war in Iraq, "You will ultimately lose." … That you said, "You will win the war but you will sink in a swamp."
Assad: Exactly. That's what I said -- many times to many Americans and to the British officials: There is no doubt you are going to win the war, but after the war, you are going to be sinking in the mud, and nobody can help you. You are going to help us people to extract us from the quagmire, but it's going to be very difficult. And events proved that what we said in Syria was right.
Sawyer: On the current course, what do you think will going to happen next in Iraq?
Assad: Next? Whether it's a budding civil war or a full-blown civil war, it doesn't matter what the definition. It's like domino effect, it's going to affect the whole Middle East in general, and this means it's going to affect the rest of the world.
Sawyer: One of the things that Americans have been told is that Syria wants to fuel the fire and then put the fire out at the same time. And we are told that one of the reasons that there are violent insurgents in Iraq is that they're able to come through 376-mile border and that you give permission for terrorists to come down through the border into Iraq.
Assad: First of all, they have to stop looking for scapegoats and whipping boys, this administration. And there's a logical answer: We cannot stoke the fire and then extinguish it. If you stoke it, it will burn you. So if we have this chaos in Iraq, it will spill over to Syria and to other countries, so saying this, like saying that the Syrian government is working against the Syrian interest, this is impossible.
We have a guard, a special border guard, since 1975, and we supported this guard recently to make more control. But this is not enough. You need Iraqi or American partner on the other side.
Sawyer: But in America they believe that you are all powerful, and you say the word and the border will stop.
Assad: Powerful is different from being omnipotent -- power that you can control everything completely. You cannot control your border with Mexico, can you? You're the greatest power in the world, you cannot control it with Mexico, so how do you want Syria to control its border with Iraq?
Sawyer: Did you watch the execution of Saddam Hussein?
Assad: Yeah. … I watched it. And, uh, you want to know my opinion? Actually, I can not give you personal opinion, because now I'm speaking formally and I have to be of the opinion of the government. We didn't take any stand against it, but he's a war prisoner. How could the Americans hand him over to another authority, which is not independent? So how could the trial be or called or described as fair and independent? This is a legal point of view.
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3. In a pan, heat vegetable oil and brown the pork pieces. Set aside. Drain off the excess fat
4. To the same pan, add water to deglaze and remove all the brown bits stuck to the bottom. Transfer this liquid to a bowl and retain to be used later.
5. Heat olive oil in the pan. Add onions and sauté till it begins to turn brown.
6. Add garlic, chipotle pepper, cumin and coriander. Stir to mix well till fragrant.
7. Put the flour, mix it and cook till it loses the raw flavour while stirring constantly to avoid burning it.
8. Return the pork and the liquid. Stir and mix it.
9. Pour the orange juice and 1 cup chicken stock.
10. Place orange rind, cilantro sprigs and bay leaves around the pan.
11. Bring it to a boil and simmer it for 1 hour.
12. After 1 hour, put the tomatillo, Roma tomatoes and green chillies and mix it well.
13. Pour ½ cup of chicken stock. Season with pepper.
14. Stir it, bring it to boil and simmer for 1 more hour.
15. Strain out the vegetables and pork into a bowl and leave the liquid in the pan. Remove the orange peel and cilantro sprigs and bay leaves.
16. On high heat, boil the liquid and reduce it to 1/3rd.
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Has a tall, long-armed frame that carries his 325 pounds like he's 310 pounds, so he could probably easily put on another 15 pounds of muscle. Sets up fairly well in pass protection and initiates contact on the edge. Shows nice feet and can adjust in space. Comes off the snap low, can bend his knees and deliver blow at the point of attack as a run blocker. Has good leg drive and flashes potential as a run blocker.Can get to the second level with decent athleticism. Shows some potential as a cut blocker. Plays with mean streak, always looking for someone to block and does a good job finishing his blocks.
Lacks ideal pop off the snap and will take a false step there. Can be slow reacting to the snap, and doesn't have the ability to win consistently in a short area. Needs to improve his hand placement to lock on as linebackers can too easily shed him at the point of attack. Bends waist too much and height can be an issue as he can overextend and lose his balance. Misses too many assignments when blocking on the second level and when being asked to pull. Will whiff on the kick out block out in space because of him not being natural there. Gives up too much ground in pass protection and lacks a good punch on the edge. Doesn't stay square and slides his feet too much.
Reid is a player I liked more and more I saw him, and I liked the fact that he was not dominated by Justin Houston in UCF's bowl win over Georgia. Houston was really not a major factor in that game, and he's supposed to be a first round pick. Reid looks the part as an NFL right tackle, just needs more polish. A four-year starter at right tackle that wound up with 41 career starts.
I think Reid can become a starter down the road in the same sort of manner that guys like Dahl and Clabo eventually developed. I think he's probably three or four years away, and even if he does live up to his potential, he's not going to be more than an above average starter. But I think he's a guy that if he can improve his hand use and polish up his footwork, he should hold up well on the outside. With his long arms, a bit more bulk, he could give defenders fits in pass protection, and his mean streak and size can make him an effective run blocker down the road. He needs polish, but watching him play makes me think it's not a ton of polish. I think in the mean time, he has enough athleticism that he can be adequate swing tackle, although if he was forced to start for extended periods at left tackle he'd be in trouble. I think he can ultimately be a right tackle like Clabo that won't dominate anyone, but will compete and be solid over the long haul.
Reid could definitely compete for a reserve spot in Atlanta, and is the type of lineman that I think Boudreau would be attracted too. He could give Svitek a run for his money as a swing tackle, but he's probably needs like at least two years of development, either as a reserve or practice squad guy before he can really be trusted as a regular. More than likely, he'll be a reserve here in Atlanta since he won't be as good as Clabo, but would be solid in that role.
For a team looking for a developmental right tackle, he's probably worth a sixth or seventh round pick.
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1904 Liberty Eagle, PR65+ Cameo1904 $10 PR65+ Cameo NGC. A virtually pristine representative of this rare proof date. A total of 108 proofs were issued, but a number were spent during hard times, or by heirs, prior to 1940. While such an action seems the height of folly today, it must be remembered that ten dollars went a long way during the Great Depression, and proofs carried little premium over face at the time, as only a handful of collectors had the wealth to pursue examples. In his 1988 Encyclopedia, Walter Breen estimated there are 35 to 40 survivors. Some of those are impaired, since PCGS has certified nine pieces in grades between PR50 and PR58.
Only 108 Examples Struck
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Only 108 Examples Struck
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The present high-end Gem is fully impressed and displays greater design detail on the hair above the ear than can be seen on any business strike of the series. The deeply mirrored fields are undisturbed by hairlines and show only a few minute strike-throughs, one of which, beneath the E in WE, is mentioned solely to provide an identifier for any future auction appearances. The legends, stars, and major devices exhibit consistent mint frost, and the cameo contrast is profound. Eye appeal is terrific.
No proof 1904 tens have been certified as Ultra Cameo or Deep Cameo by either major service. The present specimen is one of two examples that have received a Plus designation from NGC and it is the only piece with both a Star and a Plus notation. NGC has certified a single coin finer, as PR66 Cameo (10/13). Since it may be many years before a comparable specimen becomes available, the importance of the present opportunity cannot be overstated.(Registry values: P1) (NGC ID# 28GB, PCGS# 88844)
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Jim Lindgren of the The Volokh Conspiracy writes (hat tip to Glenn Reynolds), a tad grudgingly, of a kinder, gentler left-wing Supreme Court nominee on the issue of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies–that supposedly black-hearted fascist group I've been an active member of since 1985 (hence the: Federalist: Society tie in the above gratuitous link to a recent TV appearance on an unrelated issue):
Charles Fried tells: part of: the story about Elena Kagan's appearance at a Federalist Society dinner at Harvard a few years: ago:
In February 2005 the student branch of the Federalist Society (a group founded in the early '80s to explore and promote conservative and libertarian perspectives on the law) held its national jamboree at Harvard Law School. At the banquet in a downtown hotel, Kagan rose to speak the host institutions' words of greeting to the thousand or so federalists assembled from every corner of the country. She was greeted by a long and raucous ovation. With a broad grin and her unmistakable Upper West Side twang, the former Clinton White House official responded: "You are not my people." This brought the dark-suited crowd of federalist students to their feet in a roar of affectionate approval.
Fried leaves out enough of the story that it becomes incomprehensible. Why would the Federalists cheer someone seemingly insulting them by saying, ""You are not my people"? What Fried forgot (or chose to omit) were Kagan's two lines immediately before her disclaimer. . . .
In a 2009 interview, Elena Kagan makes her praise for the Federalist Society sound almost like an afterthought, rather than her opening statement . . . I remember at the time being struck by the boldness and seemingly genuine praise of her exclamation, "I LOVE the Federalist Society!" Yet I was wondering if it was just pandering until she uttered the line about the Federalists not being her people – a qualification necessary for her praise to be credible to me.
The answer, Jim, is because we get it. : She doesn't agree with the Federalist Society but she respects the standard it has set for intellectual discourse in legal academia even though we're not her people.
I'm pretty damned pleased, even if I should not have to be, that someone with Kagan's profile, credentials and influence–whether we like her politics or think she's qualified–was prepared to elevate us sulfur-breathing, horned Federalist Society devils to "lovable" on any level at all. : Kagan's not our people, either, but if she's prepared, unlike most lefties, to say publicly that she considers us "people at all," that is a big improvement over probably anyone else, I am sure, who was on President Obama's short list for the Supreme Court.
Am I excessively grateful for small things? : Well, what else have you got, these days?
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GRANT, Allen Kenneth III, son, was born July 1 to Allen Jr. and Cicely Grant of Albany.
IDLETT, Amarise Mattilynn, daughter, was born on July 1 to Alicia Idlett of Albany.
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An automatic Instant Messaging system adds remote access capability to fire alarm systems. Both public and private communications paths can be provided to enable displaced individuals to communicate with one or more alarm systems.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a system including at least a fire monitoring system for monitoring ambient conditions in a region;
a computer coupled to the monitoring system and software executed by the computer, the software comprising a plurality of modules organized in a plurality of layers where each module of the plurality of modules is only visible to and communicates with an adjacent module directly below the module in that the modules have the ability to access and use directories of only those adjacent software modules with said adjacent relationship defined by a core layer fire service module that communicates with the monitoring system, a security layer module which communicates with the core layer module and a local user interface module that broadcasts fire messages from the fire monitoring system to an authenticated user where the security layer module also communicates between a configuration file and the user interface module, where the security layer module restricts the user interface module from accessing the core layer fire service module and where the security module receives a client message from the authenticated user and decides that the client message is one of an administrative message and a command message, the administrative message retrieving data or modifying the configuration file, the command message forwarded to the core layer fire module;
a network coupled to the computer the network supports real-time messaging; and
software executable by another processor that enables the authenticated user to send the client message and to request and to obtain condition related information including at least the broadcast fire message from the system via the network.
2. An apparatus as in
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This invention pertains to remote access communications system. More particularly, the invention pertains to such systems which enable remote operators to access monitoring systems such as fire alarm systems.
Currently, in known fire alarm systems it is necessary to have an operator monitor a fire panel or a monitoring workstation during fire alarm system walk-test, commissioning, inspection, and servicing. The operator relays fire alarm events to field technicians. If the field technicians want to acknowledge events or send commands to the fire network. Usually this can only be done by relaying the commands to the operator at the panel or the monitoring workstation. Relaying messages can cause confusion and add additional time to the whole process.
Additionally, there is no easy way for remote service technicians to view the status of the fire alarm system upon receiving a service call. Moreover, once at the site, the technicians still have to coordinate with an operator to assist in relaying system messages and issuing commands to the fire alarm system.
There is thus a continuing need for low cost and easy to use systems that can eliminate the need for an operator to monitor a fire panel or a monitoring workstation. Also, it would be preferable if such systems are compatible with existing infrastructure.
While embodiments of this invention can take many different forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown in the drawings and will be described herein in detail with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention, as well as the best mode of practicing same, and is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiment illustrated.
The selected embodiment is in communication with a regional monitoring system 16, for example, a fire monitoring system such as 16 a, see
There are three communications paths in system 10: one path is between the FireBot software 14 a or 14 b and the monitoring Network 16. A public path exists between FireBot software 14 a, or 14 b and a third-party chat network supported by a server 26. A third path exists between FireBot software 14 a or 14 b and the FireBotClient 20,20 a. Due to third-party constraints and security issues, the public path only supports user name/password authentication and will not allow administrative rights remotely. The private path provides a secure connection between FireBot software 14 a or 14 b and its proprietary clients, 20, 20 a. Beside basic user name/password authentication, all data transmitting across the private connection will be encrypted to provide system administrators full administrative rights remotely.
In one embodiment each block in
The User Interface (UI) module 34 enables local administrators to access and modify FireBot software's data and settings. The user interface unit 34 can access firebot.conf file 36 a and LocalSecurity 36 b. LocalSecurity 36 b provides encryption and decryption services to the user interface 34 during saving and retrieving secured data such as passwords.
LocalSecurity DataService 36 c is responsible for data access to the firebot.conf file 36 a. During normal operation module 36 c maintains the active settings and security policies in memory and updates the firebot.conf file 36 a. LocalSecurity 36 b uses module 36 c to verify requests and commands from both public and private connections. Invalid data will be dropped. The module 36 c also maintains a FireMsgQueue which stores a list of current monitoring system messages.
LocalSecurity DataProcessor (36 d) is a data routing service responsible for processing incoming data and forming outgoing data sequences.
FireBot ChatServer 38 a hosts the private instant message network for all FireBotClients such as 20, 20 a. Its main responsibilities are to establish and maintain client connections. The ChatServer 38 a uses module 36 c to verify and update verification on all connections. All verified connections will have a direct path to processor 36 d.
DataSecurity 38 b is responsible for data encryption and decryption across the private network.
The FireBotClient comes in two versions—PC version 20 and mobile device 20 a. Both versions provide an interface for operators to communicate with the FireBot software 14 a,b. Both versions also come with a set of public components FireBotCommDLL 32 a to enable external applications to interact with or automate the FireBotClient 20, 20 a.
An external application 40 can also use FireBotAddon 32 b to interface with the FireBot software 14 a,b. FireBotAddon 32 b is an add-on application for third-party chat clients. FireBotAddon 32 b provides similar public components as FireBotCommDLL 32 a. Thus, applications developed for system 10 can work with both types of connection.
ChatBot 42 is an automatic instant message client responsible for connecting to third-party instant message network(s) and communicating with third-party clients 26 a-1,-2.
FireBotCore 44 is a central processing unit which process commands and commands' instructions from clients and processes data from FireService 46. In one embodiment, FireBotCore 44 will not check for security and will process and return values to all requests. All processed data from FireService 46 will be sent to module 36 c. Module 36 c checks for security and determines which client(s) to send the data to.
FireService 46 is responsible for establishing and maintaining communications with the monitoring network 16. FireService 46 issues commands sent from FireBotCore 44, and checks and updates FireBotCore 44 in connection with new event(s) in the monitoring network 16.
At the start of process 100, internet services are initialized, 102. Local security module 36 b is activated 104. A user interface 34 is activated 106. System settings are loaded 108. A decision is made, 110 as to whether the settings are valid. If so services are loaded 112.
When client message arrives, 120 a decision must be made as to whether incoming message is administrative, or command, 122. Administrative messages perform administrative functions. Only messages from the user Interface 34 and the private connection can send this type of message. Such messages can be passed to the process administration to get data from or modify firebot.conf file. Command messages can request status of the monitoring system 16 or send commands thereto. If non-administrative, a second decision must be made, 124 as to whether it is a request or a command. If a command it is then formatted, 26 and forwarded 128 to the fire service module 46.
In the event that it is administrative, administrative processing can be carried out 130. If a request, the request can be processed 132. Then a response can be sent 134.
Where a fire message has been received 140, a message can be formatted 142. A message queue can be updated 144 and the message broadcast 146 to appropriate clients.
Where the system is to be shut down 150, services can be terminated 152 and settings can be saved 154 for future use.
In an initialization branch 202, the Fire Service module 46 connects 204 to the monitoring network 16. Subsequently the communication path is maintained, 206, for use.
Commands can be sent 210 to fire service module 46 from the FireBot Core module 44. The fire service module 46 translates all commands into a fire message format 212 and then sends them 214 to the monitoring, or fire, network 16.
The fire service module 46 continuously checks, 220, for a message from the monitoring network 16. Such messages when received are formatted 222 and transmitted 224 to the Firebot core module 44.
In response to system termination 230 the fire service module 46 disconnects 232 from the monitoring network 16 and processing terminates 234.
From the foregoing, it will be observed that numerous variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood that no limitation with respect to the specific apparatus illustrated herein is intended or should be inferred. It is, of course, intended to cover by the appended claims all such modifications as fall within the scope of the claims.
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