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Five days to help First Steps raise money to cover vital children's meals
Posted: February 14, 2014|
There are five more days for people to help a Bath charity raise enough money for free meals for its most vulnerable child users.
First Steps (Bath), which runs children's centres in the Twerton and Moorlands areas of Bath, is looking for support from the local community to reach a £6,000 Crowdfunder target.
It needs to hit its target by 9.35am next Wednesday to get the money.
The charity hopes that finding the money will enable it to concentrate its existing funds on its core work, as council budget cuts threaten children centre funding.
Chief executive, Roz Lambert said: "We have learnt that by teaching children healthy eating habits young, they are more likely to continue those healthy eating habits into adulthood. It has also been shown that those children who have a healthy diet and lifestyle are more successful in education as they go to school ready to learn. The provision of healthy meals is in line with First Steps' core mission - to work with and provide support to the most vulnerable families in our society to ensure that the children have the best start in life."
The charity is being supported by Bath Conservative Parliamentary candidate Ben Howlett, who said: "The Feed 500 Campaign organised by First Steps is a great example of how the community can support the most vulnerable families in Bath. I would urge as many people as possible to pledge their support to the campaign in the next few days. Your support will really make a difference."
To pledge, visit http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/feed-500-first-steps-children.

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Chris Smith scored the only goal of a tense game in the second half but Barnet's 2-0 defeat at Northampton meant the Daggers survived.
"We've achieved our goal but it's not been the best of days really," said Burnett.
"It's been quite an amazing day. We've been beaten and yet stayed up.
"A lot of the lads looked a bit edgy and I can understand that. We've looked that way on a number of occasions recently.
"We had this result coming in a lot of ways.
"There's always been that work ethic there and the effort from the players has never been an issue for me - it's just the quality hasn't always been there.
"It hasn't been there often enough and in this division any silly mistakes can be punished quite severely.
"That's certainly been the case here. We switch off at the wrong time and the result is that you go home with nothing.
"There's a lot of work to be done before the start of next season, make no mistake about that."


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50th year for New Holland Agriculture Antwerp plant
New Holland Agriculture celebrated 50 years of operations at its Antwerp facility: New Holland Tractor, Belgium. Estd in 1930 as a Ford car assembly factory, the Antwerp site was coverted to a tractor plant in 1964 to manufacture complete tractors. Since 1996, production and assembly of rear axles and transmissions for New Holland tractors has been the focus here. Currently, 100+ drivelines are produced daily and sent to New Holland's plant in Basildon (UK).
"We at New Holland Tractor are very proud of this anniversary. This is, first and foremost, a celebration of our fantastic team of over 1,000 employees. The effort and know-how of our people, the innovation in both products and in processes and the desire to become even better, have made this plant what it is today. It was a pleasure to host Minister De Coninck and Mayor De Wever and to answer their many interesting questions on our operations," said Plant Manager Luc Thysen on the anniversary and visit.
"The strength of a company like New Holland Tractor lies in the cooperation between the management and the employees to deliver top quality, as well as in the cooperation with the government and socioeconomic partners. The formation of employees, the quality of their work and their motivation can also make the difference. A clear company vision is essential to have everybody working together to reach the same goal and to reach the top. And this is what I can see happening here in Antwerp," commented Minister De Coninck during her speech.
Mayor De Wever highlighted the importance of New Holland's industrial activity in the area. He said, "New Holland Tractor and its predecessors have been a solid employer for more than 80 years in the harbour of Antwerp. We acknowledge the fact that they continue to invest in our city and region and offer employment opportunities to thousands of residents."
New Holland Tractor Antwerp facility is a bronze award recipient from the World Class Manufacturing program. New Holland Agriculture has a manufacturing facility in Zedelgem, Belgium. New Holland is a leader in sales of tractors, combine harvesters and big balers in Belgium.
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Edelrid Cosmic Twist Chalk Bag�16.95, added May/2011, see all Edelrid news & reviews
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Often the simplest of things can make a big difference when it comes to gear. Seemingly with this thought in mind, Edelrid present the Cosmic Twist: a new chalk bag with a novel design feature.
The Cosmic Twist is a large-size chalk bag that boasts a single-handed open/ close system, which is the first we have seen of its kind. The draw pull slides open or pulls tightly closed single-handedly, which is ideal for those moments when you just can't spare the other hand.
Aside from this the Cosmic Twist is fleece-lined, which does a good job of preventing excess chalk dust from escaping when the bag is opened and closed. The wide opening makes it easy to get your hand in and it is fully compatible with Edelrid's slide-rail harness system.
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Keflezighi: A hard-luck survivor in 2010
Southern California-based distance running star Meb Keflezighi on Friday tried to put his star-crossed 2010 season in perspective. He battled to train with a sore knee most of the year and still managed to finish fifth at the Boston Marathon in April and sixth in New York City last weekend. The sore knee developed into a quad tear […] [Read More]
Kenya's Tabut leads men's field
Here are some athletes to watch Sunday at the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon: MEN Edward Tabut Home: Santa Fe, N.M./Kenya Age: 27 Notable: Winner of two marathons in 2009, he ran personal best 2:14:46 on Oct. 16 to finish fifth at the Baltimore Running Festival. In January, he was second at the Mississippi […] [Read More]
Marathon contract extension in the works
Work continues on a bid to extend by five years the contract for the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Susan Blackwood, executive director at San Antonio Sports, said officials in the city would like to extend the contract through 2015. Blackwood said she is "very optimistic" that it will happen. An official representing the Competitor […] [Read More]
San Antonio's 12-year-old 'coach' lives a dream with Boise State
San Antonio resident Stephen Kinsey lived his dream today in Boise, Idaho. The 12-year-old cancer patient was on the field with his favorite team — the Boise State Broncos — when they beat the Hawaii Rainbows 42-7. "He just led the team onto the field and is now on the sidelines wearing a coaches' polo […] [Read More]
Roenicke's hiring by Brewers brings smiles to S.A. baseball fans
Ron Roenicke's reported hiring as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers should bring smiles to the faces of long-time baseball fans in San Antonio. Roenicke was a switch-hitting outfielder who played at V.J. Keefe Field for the San Antonio Dodgers in 1978 and 1979. After an eight-year career as a major league player in the 1980s, […] [Read More]
Kremke, Korioth are fastest in Tour de Gruene team time trials
Houston's Kevin Kremke and Austin's John Korioth held off two cyclists from Minnesota Sunday to win the overall title in the Tour de Gruene team time trials. Kremke-Korioth (58 minutes, 32 seconds) edged Ian Stanford and Johnathan Toftoy. In turn, Stanford-Toftoy (58:43) held off Texans Lawson Craddock and and David Wenger (59:05). Another close battle came […] [Read More]
Tom Zirbel breaks Lance Armstrong's record in Tour de Gruene
Tom Zirbel had quite a day at the Tour de Gruene. Celebrating his 32nd birthday, the resident of Boulder, Colo., rode to a course record time Saturday in the 16-mile individual time trial. Zirbel completed the course on River Road at the Guadalupe River in 32 minutes and 15 seconds, nearly a minute faster than the previous […] [Read More]
The atmosphere is festive at the Tour de Gruene
GRUENE — Cyclists young and old seem to be having a great time on a cool, sunny day in the Hill Country. Lots of participants in Tour de Gruene recreational rides this morning have congregated at Mozie's, across the street from Gruene Hall. Hoisting bottled beer and champagne, people are toasting family and friends. The […] [Read More]
Teen cycling star Craddock adds spice to the Tour de Gruene
I had a chance to chat with teen cycling phenom Lawson Craddock earlier today, and Craddock confirmed that he would be riding in the Tour de Gruene Bicycle Classic this weekend. The two-day Tour de Gruene will take place in and around Gruene, near New Braunfels, on Saturday and Sunday. Craddock, 18, and his partner/coach Dave Wenger will be in action on […] [Read More]
Tour de Gruene cyclist, 55, doesn't feel limited by his age
Mike Buonaugurio likely won't be the fastest rider on the course Saturday at the Tour de Gruene Bicycle Classic. But the 55-year-old San Antonian, who once worked in Air Force special operations and security during his active duty, will finish ahead of a lot of younger athletes. He was 12th overall in the individual time trial last year, completing […] [Read More]
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The irresistible force just rolled over the immovable object.
The South Carolina Stingrays built a reputation as one of the elite defensive teams in the ECHL, giving up the second- fewest goals in the league this season. But the Stingrays proved to be little more than a speed bump for the Kalamazoo Wings, who led the ECHL with 264 goals.
Nick Sirota and Elgin Reid each scored two goals to lead the K-Wings past the Stingrays, 6-4, Friday night in Game 1 of the ECHLs Eastern Conference semifinals before a crowd of 1,425 at Wings Stadium.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is at 7:30 p.m. today at Wings Stadium. The series will shift to the North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday for Game 3.
Too many mistakes, too many blown coverages and not enough intensity led to a season-high six goals allowed by the Stingrays.
We were not prepared to play tonight and thats on me, said South Carolina Stingrays coach Spencer Carbery. We gave up way too much in our defensive zone because we might have been cheating a little bit offensively. We didnt do the little things defensively that win hockey games.
Not even rookie goalie Rob Madore, the hero of the first playoff series against Gwinnett, could save South Carolina.
There are probably a couple of goals that Rob would like back, but by no means is this loss Robs fault, Carbery said. We didnt play very well in front of him. We didnt defend the way we should have in our zone, and Kalamazoo made us pay for every mistake we made.
The two teams exchanged the first four goals of the game during the opening period, but it was a late goal by Trent Daavettila in the closing seconds of the first period and one late in the second period from Dustin Cloutier that gave the K-Wings a 4-2 lead.
Both of those goals were pretty deflating, Carbery said. You cant give up goals like that late in periods in the playoffs and expect to win.
Reid put the game out of reach on back-to-back goals 24 seconds apart to make it 6-4 midway through the third period.
South Carolina forwards Billy Ryan and Michael Dorr scored late to make things interesting, but it was too little, too late as the Stingrays get ready for Game 2 tonight.
The late goals came in garbage time when the intensity of the game had dropped. They didnt mean much, Carbery said. We need to come out with more intensity and ready to play in game 2. We need to do a better job in our defensive zone and weve got to execute our game plan.
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Looking at the head shape and the way the forelegs bend inwards, it has rather a seal like quality about it, although obviously the length of the tail depicted in the drawing precludes that assumption.
I'm wondering if it's an artists impression of the extinct P. Darwini. the so called walking seal, discovered in the Canadian Arctic?
Only a guess but who knows.
At first glance it looks like an animal with a lion-(or baboon-)mane and a thin curved tail, but after noticing that the feet was very mustelid I "reconstructed" the head and tail. Now I think that it has a short and thick tail (with an "artistic" double outline) and that the neck is not covered in a thick mane, but quite slender (and that the artist has not been very good at showing this - or anything else...). The dark face makes me think on a honey badger (a.k.a. ratel) or, perhaps even more, a grison (see this link or this or this or this).
I think the picture is far too ambiguous for a positive ID and is open to personal interpretation by the individual.
For me, the stop on the nose is far too defined for it to be a Honey Badger. The Badger head appears to be too small although the small ears are rather similar.
My attention is drawn to the flipper like fore limbs and the way they have been presented in the drawing, also the way the nose, eyes and ears are all in a line allowing the least amount of exposure as it floats at the surface of the water, suggesting some sort of aquatic animal, hence my guess at a seal.
I'm afraid we'll never truly know identity of the creature depicted, unless a written record has been left by the artist. (have a look on the back of the drawing, you never know).
I for one would enjoy it for what it is. A mysterious Chimera.
Well, isn't it a question about probabilities? I strongly believe that the probability that the artist had any knowledge at all about "protoseals" (walking with their feet inwards?) is far less than that he/she made a sloppy illustration of the angle between the forhead and the nose1. Also my impression of the drawing, or rather the framing, is that it is not very recent, which means that the knowledge about the ancestors of seals were even less when it was drawn (this lack of knowledge could explain the feet - but I don't think it does).
My preferred guess on this ambiguous (at least on this we agree) drawing remains, as before, not with the honey badger but the South and Central American grisons Galictis sp. (the feet and short fore-legs agree, the higher rear-part agrees, the thick tail agrees, the pointed tip of the nose agrees, the colouration agrees, the ears agrees... but the sloppily drawn forehead-nose transition disagrees).
1 I guess that is what you object, because that is what I can find objectable - but I don't really get the meaning of "stop on the nose" (English is not my first language).
I think it is a Honey Badger from Africa which is led by the honey guide bird


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FORT WAYNE — Robert D. Poffenberger, 58, of Fort Wayne, died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at his home. He had been in failing health.
He was born June 18, 1953 in Fort Wayne, a son of Robert E. and Lenore M. (Varner) Poffenberger.
With the exception of four years in Ligonier, he spent his formative years in Columbia City.
He graduated from Columbia City Joint High School in 1971 and continued his education at Hillsdale College in Michigan.
He was employed at Monsanto for six years and Food Marketing Corp. for more than 25 years.
His memberships included Teamsters #414 and the Board of Directors of Food Marketing Credit Union.
Surviving relatives include a brother, Alfred Poffenberger of Fort Wayne; three sisters, Mary Ann Briggs of Dayton Ohio, Nancy Rosenberg of Colorado and Margie Hollenbaugh of Columbia City.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Loraine.
The funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City.
The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Preferred memorials are to American Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com [1].
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Women's college is a site where historical, formal and spiritual program is carried out. It is a place where the old man world is traded in exchange with professional, educational and personal enhancement that implements a truth that is hidden in the world dominated by men, showing that women has more to offer, that they are competent and leaders as well. To be precise, women's college is a place where women realize that they have control, and it's a lifetime website.
College women both young and old, adult students and afar, find a distinct setting on the campus of women colleges. Various studies and organizations like the Women's Colleges Coalition document that enhances the chances of women to become leaders in their various fields.
Records from research made by Women's College Coalition show the positive experience of enrolling in the college. Students are fully involved in and out of classes more than before. Students report great satisfaction of their experience in development, personal and academic areas. Some students can also decide to choose some male sciences courses which they tend to perform well. Student develops higher level of esteem than other females in other institutions. When women enter college, they are trained to boost their self-esteem which is different from other coed institutions.
Graduates from these colleges are like twice as graduates from coeducation institutions to bag doctorate degrees and from there to further science studies. Most of the graduates bagged their degrees and the rest are educated beyond the college level. It is also noted that students from women colleges tends to be more successful in their careers, and hold higher position to earn a living and have happier life which is quite different from other coeducation students.
The benefits of women's colleges cannot be matched with the coeducation world. Because history has revealed that male are the role models of women from coeducation- a repeated tradition over the recent years. Most of the leaders in coeducation colleges are hold by men, classrooms are filled with men, alongside with other major positions. The coeducation classrooms are still found of fostering an atmosphere aimed at gender expectation whereby lots of assaults, sex, bias and low esteem acts are found which will definitely crush their careers and aspirations. The women's colleges now a days don't have any gaming activities in them too.
There are lots of high expectations, established from these women colleges encouraging students to succeed and attain their highest potential. They are dynamic educational college that makes sure that students play roles in their aspired life, and raise challenges for them so as to become whatever they want to. There are lots of many strong women that come from Women College schools. Women like Roslyn Wallace, a graduate of Brenau and was the first woman to be awarded the Scientific Award for cancer research, also Nettie Stevens, a graduate from Bryn Mawr, she was the first person to take observe the X and Y chromosomes turning to sex, and many others.
Professionally, academically, and personally, the benefits of women's colleges are impeccable. A women's college graduate dabbles into workforce with the boldness and esteem that will help her succeed, no matter the situations or challenges.


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PETER MOORE: Patients can help by not being ill...
Posted: December 27, 2012|
THE message to the NHS is 'Happy new year and, by the way, can you save the odd £20bn over the next four years.' One of the problems, it seems, is too much demand.
A few years ago we looked through the notes of all of our patients who had been admitted to hospital several times and found an amazing fact for which I was hoping to, at least, get a 'Blue Shield' award if not the Nobel Prize for medicine. It seems that patients who keep having to be admitted to hospital are ill. Selfish patients are increasing demand by falling ill without any consideration of the financial consequences to the NHS.
We are also told that we need to increase 'productivity'. The Oxford English dictionary defines productivity as 'the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.' This should not be a problem in the NHS. Nurses keep a detailed record of a patient's output on most wards. They even keep input and output charts. By prescribing more diuretics or water pills we should be able to increase a patient's output significantly.
And, if we want the NHS to balance the books why close hospital beds when they could be making a profit? Why not spend your holiday in Torbay Hospital rather than a hotel? After all the name hospital comes from the Latin 'hospitale' or guest house; the same stem as hospitality. Originally hospitals were charitable institutions for the needy, aged, infirm or young. If politicians want to keep hospitals exclusively for ill people they should use the old name 'infirmary.' The hospital already has a department called 'hotel services.'
With staff cutbacks we can promise that you won't be disturbed. All hotels offer a good night's sleep but we can guarantee a good night's sleep with the help of an anaesthetist. We would have to warn holidaymakers not to book an evening in the theatre but we could offer karaoke with 'Doc of the Bay.'
South Devon has received national recognition for the 'virtual ward.' These are not real wards built of bricks and mortar but pretend wards; the patient is actually at home but being given hospital-type care. But why stop at virtual wards? Why not have virtual patients?
If we could stop real patients from attending GP surgeries or hospitals the whole service would become far more efficient. A virtual patient might need a virtual blood test or X-ray but these would only need virtual X-ray machines and virtual labs. They may need to take a virtual prescription to a virtual chemist but the virtual drugs would be cheap, or even free.
An NHS without any patients would be clean with no hospital super-bugs. Imagine an appointment system which did not have to deal with the inconvenience of real patients.
Of course, the vital work of the NHS must continue, patients or no patients. We would still need transformation and community managers for unscheduled care, performance and information analysts, patient experience and engagement specialists and Ice (order communication systems) administrators. We must liaise with the stakeholders and feedback to the integrated clinical and management community teams. The new commissioning groups would continue.
Without real patients the NHS could dramatically cut back on doctors, nurses and other clinical staff but the new system would need an increase in managers. Virtual patients can still have 'unscheduled care' and although patient experience would all be virtual, we might need a whole committee meeting, weekly, to analyse what the patient experience would have been had the virtual patient been a real patient. All this work requires extra administrative staff.
All these ideas might help towards saving the £20bn but how much benefit would real patients have from my new virtual system? Virtually nothing.


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Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer is a serious invasive insect that, prior to Maryland's detection in late August 2003, had only been detected in the U.S. in Michigan (2002) and Ohio (2003). The insect feeds on and kills ash trees, an important neighborhood and landscaping tree, one to three years after infestation.
To help control the spread of this dangerous beetle, Maryland citizens and visitors are being asked to comply with the established quarantine and refrain from transporting firewood from the infested area in Prince Georges County to any other area AND from other states into Maryland.
If you suspect EAB infestation, please report it through the Ask Maryland's Garden Experts link at http://extension.umd.edu/learn/ask-gardening.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) detected the insect during a routine nursery inspection in late August, 2003.
Ash trees infested with Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) were received at a registered nursery and landscape business in Brandywine in Prince George's County. Nursery records and regulatory investigation by MDA and the USDA indicated the nursery received 121 ash trees from Michigan in two shipments (57 on April 2 and 64 on April 3).
The Maryland nursery had ordered the trees from Tennessee. Unbeknownst to the Maryland nursery, instead of filling the order, the trees were ordered by the Tennessee nursery and direct shipped from Michigan to Maryland. After receipt, adult beetles emerged on site at the nursery and these beetles subsequently infested other ash trees at the nursery.
All but three of the 121 trees from Michigan are believed to have been accounted for and destroyed. MDA removed from the nursery an additional 389 ash trees that were exposed when the beetles emerged and began laying eggs. Of these 389 trees, 71 were found to contain EAB larvae.
In an attempt to eradicate the beetle before it could spread further, MDA identified and removed ash trees within one-half mile of the nursery. MDA also established numerous "trap" trees in the area that were checked regularly for evidence of EAB. In August, 2006, MDA rediscovered EAB on ash "trap" trees. State and federal quarantine orders were issued for all of Prince George's County in 2006 and revised in 2007, and in 2008 to include Charles County. About 42,000 ash trees were removed on nearly 17,000 acres over several years. There were five main aspects of the EAB action plan for accomplishing this pest control action:
- Identification, flagging and mapping of all ash trees in the environment within 2 miles.
- Cutting and removal of identified trees.
- Staging, stripping, chipping and disposal of cut trees.
- Follow–up surveys to detect any first generation beetles in 2007.
- Public communications and outreach efforts.
In 2009, Maryland determined that new EAB detections had shown an "edge effect" suggesting that cutting was somewhat effective, but not enough to stop EAB completely. With guidance from the National EAB Science panel, the state directed efforts away from eradication through wholesale removal of the ash resource, and now focuses on survey, insecticide treatments, and releases of natural enemies in the project area in order to reduce populations and prevent the spread of EAB.
Maryland began releasing the approved biocontrol agents, three species of wasps that are parasitoids specific to EAB. Intensive trapping was established to better track spread and the quarantine remained in place. In 2011, EAB was detected in several more counties, Anne Arundel, Howard, Allegany, and Washington (map in Appendix A). The spotty distribution suggested that the rapid spread was due to human-aided transport. University of Maryland research found that natural spread from the original point of infestation was less than 1 mile per year initially, but over time increased exponentially, suggesting that either EAB could fly further than originally believed, or that humans moving infested ash products promoted a more rapid expansion.
Maryland currently has a quarantine in place for all counties west of the Chesapeake Bay (Order #11-02, effective July 11, 2011). The current quarantine is kept posted on the MDA website at http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/eab.aspx. This quarantine applies to all of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Washington counties and Baltimore City, Maryland. This action aims to limit the spread and keep EAB from crossing the Chesapeake Bay and being introduced to the Eastern Shore. It allows the movement of wood within Maryland west of the Chesapeake Bay but limits transport of wood without a permit onto the Eastern Shore, where no EAB has yet been found. The quarantine applies to:
- the emerald ash borer,
- firewood of all hardwood (non-coniferous) species, including any piece thereof;
- nursery stock,
- green lumber,
- other material living, dead, cut, or fallen, (e.g. logs, stumps, roots, branches) of the genus Fraxinus, including any piece thereof, and
- uncomposted ash chips and uncomposted ash bark chips larger than 1 inch in diameter in two dimensions.
The APHIS quarantine regulates transfer of ash material across state lines, and effective April 1, 2012, will allow movement of material within a large multi-state quarantine zone. This quarantine will support greater opportunities for utilizing ash wood within the regulated area, and keep federal regulatory activities at the edges of the infestation where they can have the greatest effect. To avoid spreading EAB more rapidly, basic precautions such as not moving firewood and not planting new ash trees should be practiced even within the quarantine zone.
To help Maryland better plan for a future that minimizes adverse effects of the emerald ash borer, a revised plan has been drafted. The Maryland Emerald Ash Borer Long-term Management Plan is open for comment until April 23, 2012. Please send comments to Anne Hairston-Strang at MD DNR Forest Service, 580 Taylor Ave., E-1, Annapolis, MD 21401, phone 410-260-8509, fax 410-260-8595, email email@example.com.
Emerald Ash Borer adults are dark metallic green, one-half-inch in length and one-sixteenth of an inch wide. They are present only from mid-May until early August. Larvae are creamy white in color and are found under the bark. (See links below for photos.)
Affected trees show symptoms of infestation including: die-back on the upper third of the tree, D-shaped exit holes in the bark where adults emerge, vertical splits in the bark, and distinct serpentine-shaped tunnels beneath the bark in the cambium, where larvae effectively stop food and water movement in the tree, starving it to death. It takes 1-3 years for the infested tree to die.
The greenhouse and nursery industry is the second largest agricultural industry in Maryland, accounting for more than $360 million in cash receipts. (Source: Maryland Agricultural Statistics Service, Farm Receipts in 2004)
Ash trees are one of the most common landscaping trees used in the U.S. and are common in western Maryland forests. Ash wood is used for all traditional applications of hardwood from flooring and cabinets to baseball bats.
Ash is the most common tree in Baltimore accounting for 293,000 trees -- 10.4% of the citys total tree population. Ash accounts for 6 to 6.5 million trees in the Baltimore metro area. USDA has estimated losses could exceed $227.5 million in the Baltimore area alone.
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A revised and expanded version of the 1977 edition (in Romanian). An essentially complete treatment of finite Markov chains at a level accessible to a novice in the field. An unusual feature is the treatment of inhomogeneous chains, which are currently of growing interest and importance. An extensive bibliography, emphasizing Romanian contributors to Markov processes.
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I'm starting with part IV of a series. Think of it like Star Wars. I'll be bringing you up to speed in installments. Trust me, it's better this way.
The story of my daughter's birth week is one I don't often try to remember. It's full of painful memories I feel are best kept locked away. I hate not being able to say her birth was The Moment I loved her. It's hard to explain the circumstances surrounding that first week that landed me in the ER 12 hours a day, two days in a row, until finally being re-admitted for a three day stay. Perhaps one day I'll share this story with her so she can avoid the same fate, should it come down to it, but for now, I'll wait to dispense that information until necessary.
The next part of the story, however, is one I'll share only in-so-much that I hope it's helpful to her and anyone who may find it.
With such a rough start to motherhood, it's no surprise I struggled to gain my footing. I was lost for a very long time, angry, hurt. I had expectations of coming home with my daughter and holding her to my breast and feeling a gush of love and emotion. None of this transpired as I'd pictured, not the birth, not the week following, and most certainly not the gush of emotions of love.
Instead, I was afraid.
Nearly paralyzed with my own fear, I gripped her tightly as I walked past the fireplace, picturing her tiny body falling on the bricks in a repeating nightmare. Unable to sleep more than 15 minutes at a time, I checked her breathing on the rare occasion she slept at night. Exhausted, emotional, and a complete wreck, my mom showed up to help out.
She would hold the screaming baby unaffected by her high pitch wail. She would lay her down in the pack-n-play and take a shower leaving the sleeping baby for a full 30 minutes to get dressed. I gasped when she told me this and asked her to check her breathing.
She smiled, rubbed my back and said, "I used to do that with you, too." I relaxed as she went on "I used to sit and hold you and look at you and cry. I didn't know what to do with you. You were so… tiny." My eyes filled up involuntarily as I related. "I was worried you'd die in your sleep or someone would take you. You slept two inches from my bedside and still I worried."
I didn't realize how much she would understand that first transition until we were both there, watching history again.
Three months later I was diagnosed with Postpartum depression. I sought refuge after three months of hiding, crying, regretting. I finally wanted to say the words, "I love my daughter" and mean it. My mom's story was told to my therapist and she nodded quietly saying, "there was nothing you could've done to prevent this given your birth experience and your Mom's history. It's not your fault. It's just your story."
My story.
Her story.
Time is forgiving and memories wash in to each other. I remember that time but it's not as crisp as it once was. I never went back to that place. But when the time comes, I will share the story with my daughter, when she is ready.
If we're lucky, history will not repeat for her. Not for her.
Beautifully told and so touching. I too hope the PPD skips a generation (or, even better, dissipates completely!). That said, there's no shame in showing your kids (at the appropriate age) that parents are human and struggle. She'll love you more for all that you suffered through for her.
By Fear & Parenting in Las Vegas on 2009 01 10
This brings back a lot of memories, but I'm glad you wrote it. You wrote it well. I didn't know that PPD could be a generational thing and now I'm wondering a lot about my own mother, little snippets of conversation that I recall from my own time under the cloud. Huh.
By rimarama on 2009 01 10
Wow, Leslie. Your story will help your daughter and many others.
By Angella on 2009 01 10
I wish more moms would be vocal about this. It's a difficult thing to admit that you don't magically and instantly bond with your baby because that is what everyone expects. Things can be different for each person. Hugs to you.
I didn't have PPD, but I AM paralyzed with fear for my babies when they are born.
Turns out I was right to be. Also turns out that all the watching and fear and worry in the world didn't prevent it from happening.
This post really hits me hard right now because I'm paralyzed with fear all the time history is going to repeat itself. It's a lot rougher than I thought it would be.
By Loralee on 2009 01 10
I agree, thank you for this post. It took me a year to admit to my husband and family doctor what I was feeling. It was a horrible year and I feel like I have missed out on so much b/c of it. I wish more people talked about the varying depths of PPD. I think often we try to talk ourselves out of what we are going through because we don't think it could be happening or that we aren't feeling it severely enough??? does that make sense? Again, thank you.
By April on 2009 01 10
I agree, thank you for this post. It took me a year to admit to my husband and family doctor what I was feeling. It was a horrible year and I feel like I have missed out on so much b/c of it. I wish more people talked about the varying depths of PPD. I think often we try to talk ourselves out of what we are going through because we don't think it could be happening or that we aren't feeling it severely enough??? does that make sense? Again, thank you.
By April on 2009 01 10
Like Star Wars *snort*
God Bless ya love. Thank you for sharing this.
By Rachel on 2009 01 11
"It's not your fault, it's just your story." Oh those words are beautiful.
I was so full of anxiety I couldn't sleep - ever. Every bad thing that happened to any small baby I had ever heard about - I saw Alex's face. I had SIDS fear from the moment I put him in his crib and he screamed (and he never did sleep in his crib) It took me nine months to get help the wonders of Zoloft and Xanax.
And now he's standing on a tall chair in front of my stove cooking. I'm gonna Xanax my whole life with this kid.
By Dawn on 2009 01 11
It's great to share such a story, especially if doing so helps it not become your daughter's story as well.
By patois on 2009 01 11
you make me weep, woman.
By VDog on 2009 01 11
I came here because I read your "Blogging without guilt" and laughed so hard. "See there are 12 more people out there just like me":).
But this story is so sweet in that weird way that "bad" things can be sweet. I worried sick over my babies too, for a myriad of reasons. I was never diagnosed with PPD, but those tiny little beings are so helpless.
With the last one, I took him to Africa when he was 6 weeks old. Ghana, to be exact. A country that has malaria. Yeah, I freaked out a bit for about a year with him (and the whole two years we lived there with the others).
By Kylie w Warszawie on 2009 01 11
Did you have to make me cry so early in the morning? Beautifully written.
By MariaV on 2009 01 12
What a beautiful post. I have had to deal with my own demons but I don't think I could have said it as eloquently as you…
By snarflemarfle on 2009 01 12
Beautiful post, Flinger… I love the pictures, too…. And, I know. I experienced all this DURING my pregnancy. I understand the paralysis, the pain, confusion. My mom didn't experience what I experienced during her pregnancies. But, if she HAD, she would have understood it and been able to say the right things—instead of all the wrong things (during the first pregnancy at least; she learned from it for my next pregnancey). Not her fault—how could she understand!
So, it's so important to be open, and not proud, and not to forget. So that if the same thing happens to your daughter, you'll know just how to comfort her, give her strength and guide her….
By Haley-O on 2009 01 13
amazing post sweetie.
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Some people seem to think it's all right to write a letter and invent "facts" to support their opinion. For example, "our chances of being killed by a gun are astronomically higher than any other industrialized nation" is not true. Russia and Brazil have the highest murder rates in the world, right across our southern border in Mexico there is a war in progress, estimates on the number of murders are around 15,000; many of these are women, children and the elderly. Guns are totally outlawed in these countries.
Hitler accomplished what he did because of propaganda. Firearms were registered, confiscated and then the slaughter began. This same pattern occurred in other countries as well. An elderly acquaintance from Czechoslovakia who lived through this situation, said, "first your guns, then your liberty."
Violent crime in this country has been in a steady decline for the last 10 years even though the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. States that have enacted right to carry laws have seen crime rates decrease. The states with the most gun laws also have the most crime. You can go to the FBI uniform crime statistics and find all these figures. There are 26,000 gun laws on the books, why would anyone think more laws will make a difference?
A few years ago in Luby's cafeteria in Texas, a young lady saw her parents killed by a gunman. Her own legal handgun was locked in her car because the sign on the door read, "No guns allowed." She later went on to become a state legislator and always maintained she could have stopped the killing if she had her gun.
Anyone who objectively looks into this issue based on facts is going to have to admit more gun laws aren't going to help. We have armed guards for our politicians, banks, courthouses and in some libraries and social security offices, why not in schools?
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Has the selfie gone too far? Mary Jo Rapini looks at the new selfie trend #aftersexselfie and other manifestations of this cult of narcissism as symptoms of deeper issues of self worth and body image.
Selfies are a reflection of who we are to ourselves and the world — but relentless selfie-taking accompanied with pleas for validation may point to issues of self worth and body image.
The term 'selfie' came about in 2005, and was first coined by Jim Krause in a book he wrote describing the advantages of selfies. They could be taken anywhere, anytime, and they are a convenient way to share yourself with the global world at large.
Most people I know have taken one or two selfies. They are useful if you are travelling alone and want to show your friends what you are visiting, you're with your partner and you want to be in the photo together, or with groups of friends as a way of remembering where you visited.
Selfies became very popular in medicine when a patient lives in a rural area and has developed a condition they need help with. They can quickly take a photo of the lesion or area of concern and text it to a physician.
However, although they can be useful, they can also be psychologically harmful. People who become obsessed with taking selfies blur boundaries, share too much information and have a tendency to become self-absorbed.
Selfies are contributing to the onslaught of body dysmorphic disorder (body hate), because the majority of selfies are posed and have been shot from more than one angle, more than one time.
Women are more prone to taking selfies, and they also suffer more from the idea that there is a standard of beauty that determines their worth.
Body dysmorphic disorder is being seen at younger and younger ages in all areas of mental health care.
"#aftersexselfie" was one of the most popular hashtags used on Twitter in the past two weeks, and this speaks volumes to the blurred boundaries we are seeing among selfie users.
The need to be seen among friends as a 'celebrity', and that they look good no matter where they are, including their bed, speaks volumes to the user's motivation.
When you give your power to determine your worth, you end up feeling worthless if you don't get a comment of reassurance.
This has led selfie users to thoughts of suicide when they began feeling as if no one noticed, validated or cared.
The selfie problem
A good way to assess whether your selfies are becoming symptoms of a dangerous obsession is to look at the motivation or intention of the selfie, and the frequency of the selfie-taking. Ask yourself these three questions.
1. Why are you taking the photo?
2. What do you want to achieve? I would ask this especially of "#aftersexselfie" hashtaggers.
3. Is the selfie for fun? Or do you need positive comments to feel good about yourself?
4. How much time do you spend taking selfies in a day? (If it's more than two hours per day, it's an obsession.)
When you become obsessed with posing and taking photos of yourself, relationships become more shallow, you may develop intimacy problems, your need for reassurance becomes problematic, and your self-esteem will become more vulnerable to others' opinion of you. None of these are signs of a well-adjusted person.
As a general rule, think about your own use of selfies, and use this as a guideline to help monitor yourself.
When you feel good about yourself, your selfie will be less engineered, more spontaneous and less frequent. Insecure selfies have more editing, more frequency and more sexual content. — HealthNewsDigest.com
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The Kane County judge sentenced Paulino B. Ledezma to 10 years for aggravated DUI. In 2011, Ledezma's Dodge Durango struck another car, sending its driver to the hospital with neck and back injuries.
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Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated DUI, one count of driving with a revoked license and one count of failing to stop after an accident involving personal injury.
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First and foremost, let me get this out of the way; Claude Giroux absolutely deserved to be suspended. If you're just finding out now; Director of Player Safety, Brendan Shannahan has suspended the superstar for Game 5 tomorrow night in Philadelphia.
It happened at 19:56 in the second period. What seemed as both skaters (Giroux and Zubrus) were jawing at one another. Giroux's shoulder makes contact with Zubrus's head. Which at first lead to a two minute penalty, and Giroux would later finish the game, Zubrus as well.
A lot of fan reaction so far is the inconsistency for the suspensions that have gone around the league. From Shea Weber's "face wash" of Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg, which resulted in a $2,500 fine. Evgeni Malkin's elbow to the back of Claude Giroux's head, which was left unpunished. To Raffi Torres' blatant hit to injure Blackhawks forward Marion Hossa, which resulted in a 25 game suspension.
Listen, the fact is that Giroux is suspended. Fans need to get over this. What's done, is done. No sense in arguing it. The fact of the matter is that any player that goes for the head should be suspended. No matter who it is. Because I'm sure that most would be calling for Zubrus' head, should the tables have been turned.
Lastly, this could be the rallying cry that this team needs. Their backs are now pressed against the walls to a team that's never lost a 3-1 lead in team history. I don't really need to reach that far back to know that this Flyers team has risen to the occasion and toppled a 3-0 lead to go onto the finals. You just have to believe.
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text: Dr. Allen, an internationally-known scholar who works on the social and economic history of Mauritius, slavery and indentured labor in the colonial plantation world from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, and slave trading and abolitionism in the Indian Ocean, offers courses in non-western history. He is the recipient of two Fulbright research awards and research fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include two monographs – Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean, 1500-1850 (Ohio University Press, 2014) – and numerous articles in prominent scholarly journals including Journal of African History, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Journal of Social History, Journal of World History, Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer and Slavery and Abolition, contributions to encyclopedias on Africa, empire, slavery and global human migration, and chapters in books published in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. He co-authored the applications that resulted in the Aapravasi Ghat and the Le Morne Cultural Landscape being inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and continues to advise the Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund and the Government of Mauritius on historical research and cultural heritage issues, including nominating the nation's indentured immigration records for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Between 2009 and 2011 he was special consultant to the Truth and Justice Commission of Mauritius which investigated the legacy of slavery and indentured labor in the country. He also serves as editor of Ohio University Press's Indian Ocean Studies series.


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A bench/table combination suitable for picnic tables and the like which is easily collapsible and is strong when erected. The folding action allows the table top, legs and benches to be folded to assume a generally vertical position, the table top being made of two halves and hinged about a central axis, a pair of legs attached to each table top half and being pivotally attached to their respective table top half, and bench supports extending between each pair of legs being pivotally attached to the legs.
1. A collapsible bench and table combination comprising:
a table top made up of two halves hingedly connected together along a center line so that the table top can fold in half about a central axis between an erect position in which said table top halves are coplanar and a stowed position in which respective undersides of said table top halves face one another, wherein each said table top half comprises a pair of transverse portions on its underside, each transverse portion having first and second ends, a top surface abutting said underside, and a bottom surface opposite said underside, and wherein said first end of each said transverse portion of one table top half is connected to the first end of one of said transverse portions of the other table top half by a hinge secured to the bottom surfaces of said pair of transverse portions, whereby in said erect position said pair of transverse portions abut one another end to end;
a pair of legs attached to the second ends of the respective transverse portions of each table top half, the legs of each pair being pivotable relative to the respective table top half, about a common axis between a working position in which the legs can stand on the ground to support the table top and a stowed position in which the legs lie substantially parallel to the respective table top half, said common axis of each said pair of legs being spaced from and parallel to the hinged connection of the two table top halves and positioned closer to respective outer edges of the table top than to said center line, and
a bench support extending between, and pivotally attached to the legs of each pair at positions spaced from the table top to pivot about an axis parallel to the axis of pivoting of the legs, each said bench support having upper and lower surfaces and comprising an outer portion with a bench mounted on said upper surface and extending at least between the respective supporting legs and an inner part extending under the table top when the table is erected, the respective inner parts of said bench supports being securable together in an abutting relationship when the combination is erected, to hold the combination in the erect position,
wherein the respective inner parts of the bench supports are connected together by hinges on said lower surface whereby the bench supports can pivot relative to one another, about an axis parallel to the axis of pivoting of the bench supports relative to the legs, between a position in which, in the erect position of the combination, said benches are coplanar and parallel to the table top, and a stowed position in which said benches are pivoted downwards towards a position parallel to the legs on which the respective bench supports are mounted,
whereby said combination can be folded from said erect position into the stowed position in a single operation wherein the table top is folded in half, drawing respective pairs of legs together, thereby causing said bench supports to pivot into their respective stowed positions.
2. A bench and table combination according to
3. A bench and table combination according to
4. A bench and table combination according to
5. A bench and table combination according to
6. A bench and table combination according to
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a bench and table combination which is collapsible for easy storage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Picnic tables with integral benches are well known in the prior art and are often found in places such as country parks and in gardens belonging to public houses. These are typically of solid timber construction and remain outside all year round as they are rather large and pose problems for storage. The wood can deteriorate when left outside. It may become rotten and often looks discoloured and dirty.
There are picnic tables and benches available on the market which are collapsible, but these are often made of a plastic material and are not usually as sturdy as the known wooden picnic bench/table combinations. Also known are modular tables and chairs which can be easily stored, but take a long time to put together.
The prior art includes a variety of collapsible table and bench combinations, which fold along the length of the table top into a more compact arrangement for storage purposes.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,823,484 of Blumenthal describes a table which is supported by legs positioned close to the outer edges of the table top, and which cross one another and are pivotally secured at their midpoint. The assembly is rather complicated, being pivoted at many other points, in particular a connecting strut between the two seats is pivoted at its midpoint, to each of the seats and each of the table legs and additionally incorporates a sliding mechanism.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,594,572 of Soltesz describes a table top which is similarly supported by legs positioned close to the outer edges of the table top, the seats being supported by a brace pivoted at several points along its length and extending between the midpoint of the table top and the inner edge of the seat.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,257,550 of Gay, U.S. Pat. No. 1,585,954 of Widmark and U.S. Pat. No. 4,700,987 of Sraka et al. all describe an arrangement in which the table legs are angled towards the table top, with their ends meeting along the longitudinal axis of the table. The table top is therefore not supported at its outer edges by the table legs, and a variety of vertical supporting struts are necessary as a result. Gay shows the use of vertical table top supports which are detachably fixed to the outer edges of the table top and extend down and are pivoted to the table legs. Sraka et al. describes the use of table top supports which are interconnected to horizontal braces, both being pivotally and slidably connected to the table top and seats. Widmark describes a table top incorporating a storage box which extends along the longitudinal central portion of the table top. The remainder of the table top extending either side of the box is formed of two leaves which are hinged to swing down to a horizontal position for storage within the box. The benches and table legs similarly are hinged to fold to a horizontal position for storage within the box.
All the prior art documents referred to describe collapsible table and bench combinations which are relatively complicated, involving the use of extra supporting struts and braces which may be pivotally or slidably attached to the frame, and as such make the assembly more difficult and time consuming to assemble and collapse.
It is accordingly an object of the invention to overcome the problem of storage, and to provide a bench/table combination which is easily collapsible and is strong when erected. According to the invention these and other objects are met by a collapsible bench and table combination comprising:
It is a further object of the invention to provide a bench/table combination which collapses in such a way that in the collapsed state the bench/table combination takes up a lot less space than in the erected state. The combination of the invention is made up of individual pieces of construction material which are held together by any suitable means such as bolts. These pieces can remain held together when the device of the invention is both stored and erected. This permanent joining means that the bench/table assembly may be erected and collapsed quickly and easily without the use of tools and removes the risk of pieces becoming lost during storage as can often happen.
Further objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description when read with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments thereof.
In the drawings:
Referring to
Attached to each transverse portion 26 is a leg 12 which is pivotable about an axis 22. The legs are arranged such that the two legs on the same half of the table top run parallel with one another. The legs extend away from the centre of the table at an angle of less than 90 from the table top. The pivoting axes 22 are all parallel to the axes of hinges 52 and those on each half of the table are coaxial and spaced from the longitudinal axis of hinges 52, in a direction towards an outer edge of the table top.
Because the pivots 22 are positioned closer to the outer edges of the table top than to the centre line of the table, forming a quadrilateral or trapezium configuration with the bench supports, a rigid structural support is provided for the table top and benches.
Approximately halfway down each leg 12 is another pivot 14 about which a bench 16 can rotate. Each bench comprises two wooden slats 18 which run parallel with the slats of the table top. Attached to the underside of the slats 18 is a bench support 20 comprising a pair of bench support beams 21 which are at right angles to the direction of the wooden slats. The bench support beams 21 are attached to respective table leg to be rotatable about a respective pivot 14. The bench supports 20 are beneath the transverse portions 26. The two support beams 21 of each bench 16 are joined together by a respective connecting strut 28 to form the complete bench support. When the bench/table combination is erected, as shown in
Each bench extends for at least the length of the table top. The table top, benches and lower end of the legs are all parallel with one another when the bench/table combination is erected.
Approximately halfway along each leg is a notch 15. When the bench/table combination is fully erected, the inner slat 16 of each bench engages in one of these notches. This helps to locate the most desirable and firm position for the bench/table combination to be in when erected. These notches also help to increase the stability of the erected structure.
When the bench/table combination is in its fully collapsed state, as shown in
In the first embodiment of the present invention, the bench/table combination is erected from its storage position firstly by moving the legs 12 a and 12 c away from 12 b and 12 d through a 90° motion about point 25. The pairs of legs are then brought towards each other by pivoting each leg about an axis 22. Once the lower ends of the legs are firmly on the ground, the bench 16 can then be rotated about pivots 14 until they are parallel with the floor and the table top.
In the second embodiment of the invention, the bench/table combination 10 is set up by firstly moving the lower ends of each pair of legs 12 away from the opposing pair of legs. This motion causes the table portions 24 and bench 16 to pivot about points 22 and 14 respectively. The further the legs are from the opposing pair, the more the table portion and benches will pivot.
In both embodiments, the pivoting stops when: the upper end of each leg is flush with the underside of the table portion; the connecting struts 28 of the two benches abut; the connecting struts 30 on the table portions abut and when the bench is engaged in the notches 15 of each leg.
In the embodiment of
The hinges and bolts holding the structure together are shown enlarged parts 7 a and 7B of
A removable hinge pin 65, fitted with a port wing 67 at one end and having sprung ball-catches 66 at the opposite end, fits through the aligned bores 71, 72, to hold the hinge together, the sprung ball-catches 66 holding the pin in place.
The hinges 32 may be of similar construction to 42 and 44, but may have permanently installed hinge pins rather than removable ones.
When the table of
To impart additional rigidity, diagonal cross-bracing elements such as cabin hooks 60 can be provided to extend between connecting struts 28 of the seat assembly and connecting struts 30 on the underside of the table top. For example, one cabin hook 60 may be pivotally mounted at 61 on a transverse member 28, to engage a pin or the like 59 projecting laterally from the corresponding transverse member 30.
The bench/table combination may be constructed of any suitable strong material, such as wood. The pivoting means 14 and 22, on each leg may be made from any suitably strong material, such as steel or strong nylon. This pivoting means may comprise a bolt, such as a coach bolt and a locking nut, such as those made by Nylox™.
The bench/table combination can be set up and collapsed by keeping it upright at all times as is shown in
In order for the bench/table construction to remain in a state for use and storage, it can be surface treated with a variety of products to extend its life.
Instead of rigid struts 28 extending between the bench support beams 21, pivoting diagonal struts could be arranged to extend between the abutting ends of each pair of bench supports and intermediate positions along the lengths of the connecting struts 30. For example, each connecting strut 30 could have one end of one such diagonal strut permanently pivotally attached to it at approximately its mid-point, the diagonal strut being pivotable between a stowed position parallel to the respective connecting strut 30 and a working position in which its free end is secured to a respective bench support.
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