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04-22-2004, 09:32 PM #1Loren Guest
Home-made Truss crane
Just on a whim, has anyone ever built a home made truss crane. I'm contemplating the idea, but not even sure where to begin and what it would look like.
It seems as though it would need to be at least 8-10 feet above the top of the walls and able to rotate maybe?
Could something be built strong enough, long enough with mostly nails and 2X? and maybe a pulley on the end?
My application has 27' trusses 6' tall, 2 and a half stories up. Has anyone ever done or heard of anything like this before?
I'm sure osha would have a fit, but they don't come out our way that I've ever heard of.
04-22-2004, 10:10 PM #2Mark Parlee Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
As you say OSHA would have a fit. Even more to the point, how can you waste the time building your own feeble truss crane? I have a four wheel drive forklift on the job more than capable of setting trusses and seldom use it for that. Cranes are cheap. Around here $110 to $140 per hr. depending on the size. The efficiency of them when setting trusses more than pays for itself, not to mention the aspect of safety. Not trying to come off to strong on you, I have had some pretty crazy ideas myself, chalk this up to one of those ideas that you are glad you didn't do and rent a crane
04-23-2004, 06:07 AM #3FramerT Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
I've seen a contraption[home-made steel pipe]that "fitted"on the front bucket of a backhoe once.But to reach 2 1/2 stories up?Out of wood?And rotate,too? Push them up by hand or rent something. Hate to see you on "Framing Follies"!
04-23-2004, 12:14 PM #4Joe Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
Haven't timber framers used poles & ropes for centuries to set timbers? They make a kind of "A" shape with tall straight poles, and tether it in many directions. Sounds a little dangerous though...
04-24-2004, 10:14 PM #5Jim Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
I have use gin poles to lift beams and trusses when I had no other choice. Think of your own safty if not of osha rent the crane or fork lift.
The also make a hand cranked rooling forklift that that you can rent but probably wont work for trusses.
04-26-2004, 05:35 PM #6tom d Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
i was in the rigging buisness for 20 years and i will say DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME you could build a strong enough arm from lvls but the pivot points would need not only a bearing but would have to be heavily reinforced and you would have a counterweight 4 or more times the weight of the truss.and how would you move it on the job site or do you set and spread by hand?anyhow please don't try to build one from wood, safety first
04-26-2004, 09:36 PM #7Loren Guest
Re: Home-made Truss crane
Ok, Ok, I get the point. I kinda figured it wouldn't work, but just thought that I'd see if it had been done before. I won't be trying to rig anything after what's been said here. thanks for the advice.


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We heard a lot this past week during the Republican National Convention about the evils of "Big Government" and how Washington has overstepped its bounds.
Like this is something foreign or unprecedented.
Two of the most controversial laws passed by the First Congress, 1789-1791, raised similar disputes: the establishment of the First Bank of the United States and the Whiskey Act.
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton contended the bank was necessary to establish monetary stability and that excise taxes were essential to pay off the national debt accumulated during the Revolution, and that both were implied powers under the Constitution.
Opponents accused Hamilton of vastly exceeding federal authority and raised questions of the constitutionality of the new laws pointing to the Ninth and Tenth amendments, which declare that rights not enumerated and powers not delegated are retained by the states or the people.
Where have we heard that language before?
The Whiskey Act imposed a tax on grain sold in the form of whiskey and was strongly opposed by farmers and distillers on the frontier. It led to the short-lived Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania that was quickly quelled by troops led by President George Washington himself. The issue fueled support for the new Democratic-Republican Party, which repealed the tax when it came to power in Washington in 1801under President Thomas Jefferson.
As to the bank, Jefferson argued it violated private-property common law and overstepped the Constitution. James Madison insisted Congress had received no such power to incorporate a bank – or any other government agency – and that had the Founders wanted Congress to have such power they would have made it explicit. (Later as president he changed his mind and signed legislation authorizing the Second Bank of the United States.)
Clearly from the very beginning battles over the federal government's role in citizens' lives was front and center. Those principled arguments continue…as they should. The continuing challenge of American democracy is to find the elusive and ever-shifting balance between individual freedom and the social contract.
Those who claim the ability to precisely interpret the Founders' intentions are full of hooey. They were all over the board on a number of matters, as attested to by the major compromises incorporated into the Constitution, as well as early battles such as these over implied powers.
So the idea of an activist federal government is not new, "European" or socialist. I'm tired of conservatives claiming they alone speak for the Founders; of having to defend my view of America because I side with Washington, Hamilton and John Adams when it comes to the idea of a strong central government.


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- Islam and pluralism : does Quran approve religious pluralism? (2004)
- As for the relation between Islam and pluralism, it seems a little bit complicated. There are some verses in The Koran for pluralism and at the same time we have some verses against. Among the sayings of Prophet Muhammad like the some Koranic verses, we came across with something good and bad for non-Muslims in special contexts. By another saying, we find both positive and negative statements for Jews and Christians in different circumstances. Muslim scholars the complexity still exists. We find both positive and negative stances. So it is difficult to see a standard or official view on this issue. However, we should point out that Islam recognizes all the sacred (Semitic) books and their messages. It accepts all prophets of that traditions. It defines itself as the last and perfect religion of Semitic tradition and states that no other religion will be accepted from anybody else other then itself. It criticizes both the Jews and Christians especially about their failure to uphold the Oneness of God, tawhid, and to preserve the authenticity of their scripture from interventions. This exclusivist aspect of Islam as many conservative scholars formed with putting together some evidences from the Koran is generally accepted by Muslims.
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- Swami Vivekananda's idea of religious diversity and harmony (2001)
- The origin of the religious experience, says Vivekananda, is man's instinctive urge to transcend the sensual world. He believes that man is a compound of two fundamental ele-ments: sense arid mind. While through the senses he receives impressions of the objective world, he cannot remain satisfied with his senses, simply because he wants to go beyond them. Therefore, through his mind, at certain moments he transcends the limitations of the senses. But he also transcends the power of reasoning. He then comes face to face with the facts which he could never have sensed, could never have reasoned out. According to Vivekananda, this fact is the main basis of all the religions of the world. ...


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|Tuesday, 13 August 2013 06:59
The Glasgow Board of Education kept it short and sweet in their regular monthly meeting last night at their new central office. The meeting began with recognizing a few retiring staff members from the Glasgow School System including; Melissa Bunch, Julie Caldwell, Emilee Dixon, Taryn Durham, Melody Jones, Joe Taylor Mercer, Shannon Pickett, and Jerry Turner.
A new program received some hefty donations to help kick-start it's success, and that program is Glasgow's new dropout program at the High School! The G Club donated $13,648.20 to the program, and because Glasgow is one of the first 120 districts to raise their dropout age to 18; they received a $10,000 donation from the Commonwealth of Kentucky during a ceremony in Frankfort last Thursday.
And the hot topic of the night was the decision to adopt tax rates for real estate and tangible property for the 2013-2014 school year. Elaine Richardson told the board what their options were..
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The next Glasgow Board Meeting will be September 9th at 6 pm at Glasgow High School. And don't forget, Glasgow Schools have their first day this Wednesday, August 14th.


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Bookshelf: Wowzah! A spectacular Bookshelf from Misaki Kawai!
Oh my Goodness what a treat! A bookshelf from friendly and fun artist Misaki Kawai. Misaki has been making us go warm and fuzzy and feel silly for years with her utterly unique paintings, illustrations and designs. As well as designing some of the most loveable characters ever created by an artist, Misaki is also responsible for making some of the best and most inventive merchandise you can imagine. Unsurprisingly her five most inspirational books are a cosmic medley of some of the strangest tomes I've ever seen, accompanied by some of the most hilarious captions we've ever been sent. Enjoy!
Craft TV show when I was little. Hairy racoon and high-waist guy makes hand made toys and instruments from scraps.
Toys Sold In Cheap Sweet Shops
Cheap toys have funny design. Jumping octopus, ghost girl with one hair etc…
Young Master: Movie comics/Jackie Chan
Super Jackie sensei. What is his Japanese book called "Love Me Po Po"?
Chinese Handmade Toys
Chinese people sit on the small wooden chair on the street or in the villages and make handmade toys. Kids are gathering around to watch how to make.
Mystery Picture Book of India
Remind me of walking on slippery streets in India – watch out your butty!


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This Week in History
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, a project of the West Virginia Humanities, at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Nov. 25, 1896: Athlete Clinton Cyrus Thomas was born in Greenup, Ky. Thomas was a star in the Negro Leagues, during the days of racial segregation in major league baseball. Thomas settled in Charleston after his playing days and made a long career in West Virginia state government.
Nov. 26, 1952: A fire on the evening before Thanksgiving at the Huntington State Hospital killed 14 patients, with three more patients later dying from their injuries. Huntington State Hospital is known today as the Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital.
Nov. 26, 1861: The Constitutional Convention of 1861-63 was convened in Wheeling. The convention provided the foundation for state government in preparation for statehood.
Nov. 28, 1864: In a local skirmish north of Moorefield, Rosser's Confederate cavalry and McNeill's Rangers rebuffed a raid by Union Col. R. E. Fleming and spared the South Branch Valley from destruction. The battlefields are part of the Middle South Branch Valley rural historic district.
Nov. 29, 1921: The actress Dagmar was born Virginia Ruth Egnor in Logan County. Her acting career took off in 1950 when she was hired to be on NBC's Broadway Open House, the network's first late-night television show.
Nov. 29, 2001: Writer John Knowles died in Florida. Knowles, born in Fairmont, attained literary fame in 1959 with his first novel, A Separate Peace.
Nov. 30, 1796: Brooke County was established under an act of the General Assembly of Virginia. The county was formed from part of Ohio County and named in honor of Robert Brooke, governor of Virginia.


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I missed that one.
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I didn't want to start drama by pointing it out, but I figured this was a dude. That or some super ugly chick that was trying to get as much attention as possible. But if that was the case, you'd go to a site with less married dudes. Starting a thread by mentioning that Dan Marino is cute was a dead giveaway that games were going to be played. Also, show me a goth chick that likes football enough to join a forum and talk about it. Good luck with that...
Some girls like married dudes. Actually I think alot do, although I wouldnt know from experience.
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Buddhism and Buddhists in China
Buddhism is a religion which must be viewed from many angles. Its original form, as preached by Gautama in India and developed in the early years succeeding, and as embodied in the sacred literature of early Buddhism, is not representative of the actual Buddhism of any land today. The faithful student of Buddhist literature would be as far removed from understanding the working activities of a busy center of Buddhism in Burmah, Tibet or China today as a student of patristic literature would be from appreciating the Christian life of London or New York City.
Moreover Buddhism, like Christianity, has been affected by national conditions. It has developed at least three markedly different types, requiring, therefore, as many distinct volumes of this series for its fair interpretation and presentation. The volume on the Buddhism of Southern Asia by Professor Kenneth J. Saunders was published in May, 1923; this volume on the Buddhism of China by Professor Hodous will be the second to appear; a third on the Buddhism of Japan, to be written by Dr. R. C. Armstrong, will be published in 1924. Each of these is needed in order that the would be student of Buddhism as practiced in those countries should be given a true, impressive and friendly picture of what he will meet.
A missionary no less than a professional student of Buddhism needs to approach that religion with a real appreciation of what it aims to do for its people and does do. No one can come into contact with the best that Buddhism offers without being impressed by its serenity, assurance and power.
Professor Hodous has written this volume on Buddhism in China out of the ripe experience and continuing studies of sixteen years of missionary service in Foochow, the chief city of Fukien Province, China, one of the important centers of Buddhism. His local studies were supplemented by the results of broader research and study in northern China.less
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Friday, January 11, 2013
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MaeBell Stephens Britt, age 78 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Beloved mother, grandmother and sister she is survived by daughters: Glenn and Pamela (Britt) Slattery of Loganville, GA; Mark and Susan (Britt) Butler of Lawrenceville, GA; grandchildren: Brandon and Kristin Butler and their children Luke and Samantha; Chad and Amy Butler; Blake Slattery and Taylor Slattery; sisters: Barbara Bagwell of Loganville, GA; Frances Farmer of Monroe, GA; brothers: Gene Stephens of Jackson, GA; Tommy Stephens of Dacula, GA; Billy Stephens, John Stephens, Richard Stephens all of Loganville, GA. MaeBell was preceded in death by her husband Robert Dean Britt and her son Tony Britt. MaeBell was a longtime resident of Gwinnett County and retired as the first female Chief Registrar for Gwinnett County Board of Elections. She also retired as a Judicial Assistant with Gwinnett County Superior Court. She was known for her Regal Strength and her fierce independence. MaeBell will be loved and missed by all who knew her. A Funeral Service to Celebrate the Life of MaeBell Britt will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. Rev. Leon Mullinax will officiate. Interment will follow in the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville. The family will receive friends on Friday from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM -9:00 PM at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com Tom M. Wages, 120 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-963-2411.
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The Department of Homeland Security today announced a final rule that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to become lawful permanent residents of the United States under certain circumstances. It establishes a process that allows certain individuals to apply for a provisional unlawful presence waiver before they depart the United States to attend immigrant visa interviews in their countries of origin. The process will be effective March 4, 2013. More information about the filing process will be made available in the coming weeks.
This final rule facilitates the legal immigration process. The law, which is designed to avoid extreme hardship to U.S. citizens, reduces the time family members are separated from those they rely on most.
Under current law, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are not eligible to adjust status in the United States to become lawful permanent residents must leave the United States and obtain an immigrant visa abroad. Individuals who have accrued more than six months of unlawful presence while in the United States must obtain a waiver to overcome the unlawful presence inadmissibility bar before they can return to the United States after departing to obtain an immigrant visa. Under the existing waiver process, which remains available to those who do not qualify for the new process, immediate relatives cannot file a waiver application until after they have appeared for an immigrant visa interview abroad and the Department of State has determined that they are inadmissible.
In order to obtain a provisional unlawful presence waiver, the applicant must be an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, inadmissible only on account of unlawful presence, and demonstrate the denial of the waiver would result in extreme hardship to his or her U.S. citizen spouse or parent. USCIS will publish a new form, Form I-601A, Application for a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver, for individuals to use when applying for a provisional unlawful presence waiver under the new process.
Under the new provisional waiver process, immediate relatives must still depart the United States for the consular immigrant visa process; however, they can apply for a provisional waiver before departing for their immigrant visa interview abroad. Individuals who file the Form I-601A must notify the Department of State's National Visa Center that they are or will be seeking a provisional waiver from USCIS.
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Grinnell 14, Pella 3. At the beginning of the season, I thought this one might be a barnburner - something like 31-28. I didn't think my Tigers would have held them to only a FG. Way to go Tigers!
Utah Utes, Illinois Illini. The University of Pennsylvania thought about following this pattern by calling themselves the Pennsylvania Pencils. However, they were afraid their students would start chanting "We're No. 2"
Bondurant takes down #3 CMB in one of the craziest games I have ever seen. Rain, Mud, Defensive battle. Bondurant was down 7-6 with about 1 minute left at their own 10 yard line. They run a fake reverse and score a TD. CMB gets the ball back with good field position. Gets a pass Interference call and a Personal Foul call. Ends up inside the Redzone with a few seconds left. The took a couple shots and it got picked off in the endzone. Nice touch with the fireworks after touchdowns and the game also!
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Sophomore goalie receives third Defender of Week award
BOSTON-- Stacey Plati (Nashua, N.H.), a sophomore goalkeeper on the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team, was named Defender of the Week by America East on Monday. It is the second consecutive week and third time this season that Plati received the award.
Plati had a 1-1 record with a 6.88 GAA and .633 save percentage by stopping 19 of 30 shots on goal in 96:00 of action in two conference games last week. She recorded a career-high 17 saves in the 10-9 overtime loss to Boston University. Ten of those saves came in the second half, including one with two seconds remaining to preserve the 9-9 tie, and she was credited with one save in OT. Last Wednesday against Vermont, Plati stopped two of three shots in the first half to earn the victory in the Wildcats' 18-3 win.
Plati, who also received the Defender of the Week award April 4, ranks second in America East in both goals-against-average (8.83) and save percentage (.521). She has an 8-5 overall record in 15 games (14 starts) this season. In conference-only games, Plati is 4-1 with a 7.83 GAA and .565 save percentage.
UNH (10-7 overall, 5-1 America East) is the No. 2 seed in the America East Championships and will play third-seeded University at Albany (6-11, 4-2) in a semifinal matchup May 5 (3:30 p.m.) at Boston University's Nickerson Field. The conference championship game, also at BU, is May 7 at one o'clock.


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UPDATE 6/20/12 9:34 p.m. EDT with San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee's remark.
SAN FRANCISCO—A man was charged with misdemeanor battery in San Francisco's Chinatown on June 16 after he attempted to physically prevent two women from sharing information with passersby about the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice in China, in the course of which he struck them with cardboard and his hands.
Jing Jun Chin, the alleged assailant, was released at the scene. A hearing on the case will be held at the Superior Court of San Francisco at a date that has yet to be determined, according to Albie Esparza, public information officer at San Francisco Police Station, who was reached by telephone.
The incident took place after a number of Falun Gong practitioners arrived at the corner of Grant Avenue and Washington Street in Chinatown. They carried posters with information about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice to which they adhere.
Chin attempted to block the practitioners and hit them and their posters with a stiff piece of cardboard he was carrying. The hands of the women were hurt in the attack, they said; the spectacles of one were knocked to the ground. In a video that was uploaded to the Internet, the man can be seen striking a male practitioner in the face with his fist.
They contacted the police, who apprehended Jing Jun Chin.
Born in 1939 in Taiwan, Chin came to the U.S. in 1964 to study at University of Utah. He later resided in Los Angeles and Sausalito, California, before moving to Berkeley in 1972.
Over the last two decades Chin is known to have periodically harassed individuals and groups not favored by the CCP in Chinatowns in Los Angeles and San Francisco, according to Sherry Zhang, a Falun Gong spokesperson in San Francisco.
"On June 10, Chin assisted a man named Wu to get away from police after Wu punched Falun Gong practitioners," Zhang said. She indicated that he has a history of engaging in the activities for which he was recently cited by police.
Zhang said that Chin should be punished according to the law, and said she understood his actions within the broader context of the campaign of persecution against Falun Gong by the CCP.
According to Zhang, the most recent attack marks the eighth attack against Falun Gong practitioners in the Bay Area in the past eight months.
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that involves the performance of five meditative exercises and the observance of the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. It became popular in China throughout the 1990s, gaining around 70 million adherents. In 1999 the then-head of the CCP, Jiang Zemin, launched a campaign to "eradicate" the practice, fearing its broad base of popularity implicitly undermined the legitimacy of the communist regime.
UPDATE: After a public event at the San Francisco Public Utility Commission on June 20, Mayor of San Francisco Edwin M. Lee was asked by an Epoch Times reporter about his reaction and view of the incident. He said "I'm just trying to get information about it. I'll be meeting with the police chief and he'll give me the details this afternoon."
Correction: A reference to the court where the case will be held was incorrect. The case will be held at the Superior Court of San Francisco.
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