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A. BERNER Ex'PAnDABLE PLUGS FIG filed Jan. 25, 1968 .im4 23, 1910 v United States Patent O 3,516,324 EXPANDABLE PLUGS Albert Berner, Postfach 65, 7118 Kunzelsau, Germany Filed Jan. 25, 1968, Ser. No. 700,482 Int. Cl. F16b 13/12 U.S. Cl. 85--83 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention relates to an expandable plug having integral front, intermediate and rear portions and includes on the front and intermediate portions a rst set of 01T- standing teeth of substantially equal radial extent with spaced groups of teeth of decreasing length carried by the intermediate portion and interposed between the first set of teeth. The tbody of the plug has an axial perforation which communicates with orthogonally related slotted areas in both the front and intermediate portions.
BACKGROUND OF THiE INVENTION This invention relates to a longitudinally slotted expandable plug having a hollow space extending longitudinally through the plug for the insertion of a fastening element, for example a screw, and having raised portions of a crosssectional shape similar to inclined teeth provided on the outside of the part to be spread out, said plug being made of a material, preferably a plastic material, adapted to be deformed by the driving-in of the fastening element.
Expandable plugs having longitudinal slots extending over their entire width are known, for example, from the disclosures of British patent specification No. 589,648 and from German patent specifications Nos. 910,588, 1,097,117, and 1,102,375. These specifications disclose such plugs having 'slots which begin at the front end of the plug, While the British patent specification No. 589,- 648 also discloses a plug having slots ibeginning at the rear end of the plug. These specifications also already show raised portions of a cross-sectional shape similar to sawteeth or inclined teeth. From German patent specification No. 569,700, which relates to a square-type plug or sleeve of sheet metal, it is also known to have projections similar to sawteeth cut deeper at the front end of the sleeve than toward the rear thereof.
In known plugs the essential clamping action is produced only at the front end of the plug. The problem underlying the invention is to improve the clamping action and to provide a plug giving a clamping and anchoring action extending over the greater part of the length of the plug and obtained even when the opening, for example, in the brickwork or other material in which the plug is inserted is of ample size in relation to the diameter of an envelope cylinder circumscribing the essential regions of the plug body. At the same time this aim is to be achieved 'without use of sensitive elements, that is to say, elements which can easily break off, on the surface of the plug.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention comprises a longitudinally slotted expandable plug having a hollow space passing through it in a longitudinal direction and serving for the introduction of a fastening element, for example, a screw, having rai-sed portions similar in cross-section to inclined teeth provided on the outside of the parts to be expanded, and being made of a material, preferably a plastic material, adapted to be deformed by the driving-in of the fastening element, characterized in that apart from a longitudinal slot which starts from the front end of the plug, is situated substantially in the middle, and extends over approximately half the length of the plug, there are provided, starting from an annularly closed rear portion of the plug body, in the middle region of the plug two longitudinal slots, which run substantially parallel to one another in spaced relationship, extend in planes at right angles to the plane of the front longitudinal slot, and which extend to a point approximately halfway along the length of the plug body.
In addition to the front expansible portion serving to produce a clamping action, the plug constructed according to the invention consequently has a second, differently expansible portion which adjoins the first-mentioned portion at the rear and likewise produces a clamping action, and which because of the annular rear portion of the plug body `will be referred to as the middle portion, so that a double expanding and clamping action is achieved, and this is done differently in the two portions used to obtain an expanding and clamping action. Thus, the probability that the plug will comply with the requirements imposed on it in all conceivable applications is increased in an advantageous manner.
If the central longitudinal slot starting from the front end of the plug and the abovementioned rear slots overlap, the connection of the two expanding regions is more resilient than `when there is no overlap, so that the expansibility of the clamping elements of the rear region is improved.
According to an optional feature of the invention, the cross-section of the teeth, particularly in the region of the middle portion of the plug body, increases toward the front end of the plug; the anchoring action is thereby further improved.
Another optional feature of the invention consists in that in the four band regions formed by the double slotting in the middle portion of the plug, teeth projecting farther radially outward on the periphery alternate with teeth projecting to a lesser radial extent outwardly. This contributes toward preventing the plug from rotating.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate diagrammatically and by way of example, one embodiment thereof, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a plug constructed according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is an end view of the plug illustrated in FIG. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow II in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the same plug in a position rotated through about the longitudinal axis in relation to FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a section on the line IVIV of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 shows in longitudinal section the plug inserted into an opening in a wall; and
FIG. 6 shows the plug expanded in the opening in the wall.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT In the drawings, viewed from rear to front in the direction of the axis, the plug according to the invention has three portions, that is an annular rear portion 1, a middle portion 2, and a front portion 3 of the plug body. On the annular rear portion 1 of the plug body there are provided wedge-shaped ribs 4, which in the example illustrated are uniformly spaced around the circumference of portion 1 by 90 in relation to one another. Starting from the plane containing slots 6 6 and that containing slots extending over the entire cross-section of the plug runs to the rear, passing not only through the entire front portion 3 of the plug in the example illustrated, but also continuing into the middle portion 2 of the plug, The slot 5 divides the front portion 3 into two front legs which are free at their front terminus and hingedly attached to about the mid portion of the plug at their rear terminus, where the slot 5 ends. An expandable plug having such front legs is known in the art. In the middle portion 2 there are provided four longitudinal slots 6 6 and 7 7 which run substantially parallel to one another in spaced relationship. It is particularly well seen in FIG. 4 that the plane containing slots 6 6 and that containing slots 7--7 are, on the one hand, parallel with one another, and, on the other hand, extend normal to the diametrical plane containing slot S. Slots 6 6 and 7 7 begin at the rear annular portion 1 of the plug body and extend through the entire middle portion, so that they overlap the longitudinal slot 5. A comparatively weak connection 29 bridging over the longitudinal slot 5 provisionally holds the plug halves or front legs together on each side of the longitudinal slot 5, so that they will not open out or be accidentally pressed apart before the plug is inserted into means defining an opening 14. However, when a screw 28 or other fastening element is threaded into the plug, the connection 29 is automatically broken.
On the front part 3 there are disposed annular projections 8 to 12, which in projection and in cross-section have sawtooth-like boundaries, the inclined tooth back facing the front end of the plug and the steep tooth front facing the rear end of the plug. These annular projections, which hereinbelow will be referred to for short as teeth, decrease in size from front to rear, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the plug. In the radial direction they have equal diameters, that is to say the same diameter as the rear annular portion 1 of the plug body, so that they can be inscribed in an enveloping circular cylinder to which the dimensions of the means defining the opening 14, which is provided in a wall and into which the plug is to be inserted, must correspond. The crowns -13 of the teeth 8 to 12 are flattened.
The frontmost largest tooth 8 forms a forwardly tapering truncated cone, so that the plug body, viewed as a whole, thus has a truncated conical tip.
Except for the longitudinal slot 5 extending through it, the front portion 3 of the plug body is solid, whereas the rear annular portion 1 of the plug body contains a cylindrical hollow space 15 (see FIG. 5) which continues through the extent of the middle portion 2. At their front terminus, the slots 6 and 7 on both sides of the plug are interconnected by a short transversal slot 30 as shown in FIG. 3. Thus, slots 6, 7 and 30 on one side of the plug define a band region 16, while corresponding slots 6, 7 and 30 on the other side of the plug define a band region 19. lIt is seen that band regions 16 and 19 are, at their rear terminus, attached to the rear annular portion 1 of the plug body, whereas, by virtue of transversal slots 30, they are free at their front end. Band regions 16 and 19 are separated from one another by intermediate band regions 17 and 18 each merging with both the rear portion 1 and the front portion 3 of the plug. The regions 16-19 may all be of equal width (see FIG. 4) or may alternatively have ditferent widths. Stating the afore-described structure in different terms, the band regions 16 and 19 are in fact rear legs which have a free front terminus by virtue of transversal slots 30, and a rear terminus hingedly attached to the rear annular portion of body 1 substantially rearwardly of the location of hinged attachment of the front legs. It is thus seen that the expandable plug according to the invention, in addition to front legs, has similarly constructed rear legs which-as it will be discussed in more detail later-substantially duplicate the clamping action of the front legs. Although the slot 5 overlaps the four slots 6 6, 7 7, the plug is still held together, because extensions of the band regions 16 to 19 still exist between the slots and connect the front portion 3 to the middle portion 2. This can best be seen in FIG. 1, where the projection lines produced in the middle part 2 by the slot 7, the plane of which lies at rightangles to that of the slot 5, are shown.
On the band regions `16 to 19 of the middle portion 2 there are likewise situated teeth, which in section are similar to the teeth provided on the front portion 3 of the plug body, but which are not all of the same type. On the band regions or rear legs 16 and 19 there are in fact provided teeth 20 to 22 which project to different extents outwardly in a radial direction.
The teeth 20 which face the front end of the plug project farthest to the outside in a radial direction, in fact considerably beyond the envelope cylinder circumscribing the teeth 8 to 12 and the rear annular portion 1 of the plug body. The teeth 22 facing the rear portion of the plug are the lowest. The teeth 20 to 22 have flattened portions similar to the flattened portions 13.
On the band regions 17 and 18 there are provided teeth 23 to 25 which, like the teeth 8 to 12, can be inscribed in the envelope cylinder.
When the plug is inserted into the cylindrical opening 14, for example, in briclework 26, the middle portion 2 is compressed, this compression being greater in the plane of the teeth 20 to 22 provided on the regions 16 and 19 and projecting further in the radial direction, than in the plane transverse thereto. After the screw 28, which may hold a plate 27, has been screwed into the plug, the clamping, holding, and gripping engagements indicated in FIG. 6 are obtained. Thus, it will be apparent that by this plug design some of the teeth particularly those in the middle portion 2 of the plug project radially farther outward than those disposed at the front and rear portions thereof. This together with the slots 6 and 7 provide a plug which is secured firmly against turning.
Although only one embodiment of the invention has been depicted and described, it will be apparent that this embodiment is illustrative in nature and that a number of modifications in the apparatus and variations in its end use may be effected without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
What is claimed is:
l1. In an expandable hollow plug of the type having at least two axially lextending front legs free at their front terminus and hingedly attached at their rear terminus to about the mid portion of said plug, said front legs adapted to spread radially outwardly when a fastening element is driven through the rear terminus of said plug axially thereof, said front legs having a plurality of teeth `at locations substantially along their entire length frictionally engaging the inner wall of a bore when said front legs are spread by said fastening element, the improvement comprising, at least two axially extending rear legs each having a free front terminus disposed approximately adjacent the rear terminus of said front legs, each said rear leg further having a rear terminus hingedly attached to said plug at a location substantially rearwardly of the rear terminus of said front legs, said rear legs adapted to spread radially outwardly when a fastening element is driven through the rear terminus of said plug axially thereof, said rear legs having a plurality of teeth substantially along their entire length, rearwardly successive teeth of said rear legs projecting therefrom in a decreasing extent.
2. An expandable plug as defined in claim 1, wherein the location of hinged attachment of said front legs is, when viewed axially, between the free front terminus of said rear legs and the location of hinged attachment of said rear legs.
3. An expandable plug as dened in claim 1, wherein said free front terminus of each rear leg is located at approximately the middle of the length of said plug.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Fischer 85-66 Topf 85-72 Fischer 85-83 Dwyer 85-84 Croessant 85-83 Bass 85--66 6 FOREIGN PATENTS 6505993 10/ 1966 Netherlands. 1,332,253 6/1963 France.
652,838 9/1964 Belgium. 5 1,458,166 5/1965 France.
805,795 5/1951 Germany.
MARION PARSONS, JR., Primary Examiner 1U US. Cl. X.R.
POTW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE (Il/IVI) (IIII'I II"I(ATI3 OI* CORRECTION Patent No 3, 316, '524 Dated June 23 1970 Inventor(s) Albert Berner It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
' In col., 3, line 4 "the plane containing slots 6--6 and that containing slots" should read the front end of the plug body a central longitudinal slot-- SIGNED AND t FCFAIED SEP 251970 qsEAL) f Attest:
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I liked your film quite a bit. It seems personal and from the heart. it is short enough and there is enough mystery to make me satisfied with what is there without needing more, yet i was compelled to watch it again after it was over. the images were not cliche or uninteresting. i understand why you subtitled it, but my only wish would have been that either the voice spoke clearer english (thereby not requiring the subtitles) or spoke in another language (thereby making the subtitles MORE necessary).
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that was cool! i think maybe it would've been a bit stronger if you limited the amount of images; as in used less and kept them on for longer. i know it sounds calculated, i apologize. i really liked the pov shots from inside of the car. maybe him on the computer isn't that grabbing, instead of an ordinary, meaningful moment to the narrator it feels a bit too plain and devoid of sentimentality.
i also think the editing is too clean for a movie that's supposed to represent someone's thoughts or memories.
the problem with criticism here is that we're all filmmakers and what we say just means that we'd do your idea differently. i think your movie is actually good how it is, it is you and it's personal. if anything just treat my above "criticisms" as suggestions or mindsets you may dabble in in the future.
@Peter I think watching it more than once is the greatest compliment anyone can get. Thank you. When I made my first short, I was really surprised when a lot of people said they couldn't understand the narration. Before then, I always thought I spoke good clear English. Apparently not. To be honest, it was kinda depressing finding that out. So what I did, I downloaded a French audio book from archive.org and used the female narrator's voice for voice-over and then subtitled it with the real narration. At the time, I thought it was cute/funny. Now I realize that just because my friends and I can't speak French, it doesn't mean that other people can't, and this being the internet, someone might come across the film and find the totally unrelated voice narration very distracting. But I see what you're saying with this one :)
@Christopher I tried to mix-up the editing a bit, make it feel more "surreal," but I felt it didn't go very well with the more mellow and slow narration. I'm sure someone else could've easily pulled it off. I do agree with you about the laptop scene though. I shot it because I liked the composition — the shadow of the ceiling fan falling on the curtains balancing him out on the laptop (I'm not even sure you can see that clearly in the finished film) — but it was never meant to be in the film. We were suppose to shoot another day — all the scenes from the second half of the film — but my friend (the dude in the film) had to leave town the next day so I ended up using only the footage from the first day. That's why all the cuts are long. It was sort of a necessity. Funny you wanted them longer :)
i'm probably one of the rare people that love love love long shots. i like when the sit with us and become a part of us, when they're able to breathe – it doesn't have to be long tarkovsky tracking shots or anything, i think the discipline of constructing a long shot brings a strange, beautiful aura to any film.
that said i'm pretty alone with that one so….
No actually I do love long shots. I really do. Not just long shots, but long stationary shots that linger. Some of my favorite films have the longest shots: Hunger, You, The Living — to mention a few. But I believe it's not as easy as putting a camera on a tripod and letting it roll. A good long stationary shot is hard to pull off, as is evident in In the City of Sylivia. That movie was some bullshit.
All I'm saying is that for this particular film, I hadn't planned on going that route… but did anyway.
I loved your film Al, simply brilliant and i commend you for the patience you seem to have. Let me point you in the direction of three fine filmmakers that tread the same waters as you. Looking for new ways to bend and fold the narrative: MARKUS WAMBSGANSS, ROUZBEH RASHIDI, CARLO PANGALANGAN.
I liked this film very much. I left a short comment about it, but I'll elaborate more here. It's very immediate, and I liked the way you edited the images against the conversation — to me leaping from one image to the next was a kind of searching, which the character in the movie is doing in his dreams, in his thoughts, and in his desire to know what happened to his brother, to find him. The restlessness is exactly how someone would feel if they had no idea what happened, it's a feeling of being unsettled. I'm partial to very short films capturing something intangible like a thought, an emotion, so — bravo!
Everything I know I learned from him and now everything I know reminds me of him.
Wow. On a personal note, this reminded me of how I feel about my father who passed away. It touched a nerve right there.
Ok… now on to other things.
I loved your short film. It's a little gem. I loved the way you framed the stairs, the flourescent light, the night, the empty street as the narrator used the word "search". The POV in the car was superbly done, the narration of the dream + the sequence gave a sense of onirism, of having experienced that same dream right along with the narrator. This, the car scene was the most powerful bit, in my mind. It really made an impression.
I wouldn't change a thing.
(PS: I'm not a filmmaker, just your regular "audience"…)
All the best to you and my heartfelt congratulations.
i liked it alot. i think the subtitles are important even though he's speaking comprehensible english, indicative of an interpersonal gulf in the face of disappearance and possible loss. also, i had no problem w/ the cuts. though the shots are mostly of mundane, daily life the voice-over deepens their context. i like the lo-fi titles at the end too. very nice
I saw it twice, and I loved it..I like how it was written, shot etc.. It's actually quite difficult for me to say….I agree with Agustina, wouldn't change any of it…
I liked what everyone else has mentioned – the composition and how personal it felt. You did a very good job with this so congrats!
My critique, since you asked for it :) is this:
Some of the shots felt disconnected, for example the beginning staircase shot and the fluorescent light immediately after – good composition, but I was curious why you started with that. Since it's your film though, I can't argue with it. My thoughts were that once the protagonist picks up the phone and starts talking, you cut to an outside shot, and that really felt like I was inside the man's head. I think that was your biggest strength, as well as some of the things you can work on: which shots are personal and subjective, and which shots are impersonal and objective.
Also, buy a tripod. I will join the group of people who love long shots (I love them. God help me I do love them so) but like you mentioned, they are very hard to pull off. I thought some of them should have been static. Most of the exterior night shots were beautiful with handheld though :)
That said, very interesting, very impressive. I'd like to see more of your work!
@L.A Thank you, will most definitely check them out.
@Odilonvert I'm partial to very short films too :)
@Agustina The car scenes are my favorites; I'm glad "just a regular audience" liked it :P You're too kind :)
@Brian Ah, the lo-fi titles. Love them. I'll talk about them below in a bit.
@Dylan Hearing someone say they watched it more than once always brings a huge smile to my face :)
@TheGamGee Thank you for your honesty. I really do appreciate it. I'm going to try and explain a bit about why I did what I did, but you should know up front that I'm not trying to "defend" my film against your criticisms or anything, just trying to show my thought-process — what was going through my head while making the film.
Here goes:
I opened with the staircase/light scene because the phone was ringing. The idea was that the phone was ringing inside the brother's house, where the brother's wife is. But she's asleep, or out…. or whatever — that part is irrelevant. The point is, no one was there to answer the phone. If you noticed, the film opened right in the middle of a ring. I was trying to imply that the phone had been ringing quite a while before we got there. Had the film started right when the ringing begun, the opening shots would've been showing the empty house, shots of the: empty living room, empty dining area, empty kitchen… and then finally empty staircase/light towards the end of the ring. Also, I just thought the stairs/lights looked pretty :)
When the phone wasn't answered, it went to voicemail, and we cut to the stills showing that it's late at night (even though that's already implied, you'll see why I included them anyway). The one shot of the car/light after the stills was there to tie in the stills with the video because it's the same location. We kick into the protagonist's head/thoughts right after that with the shot of the brother's silhouette.
Have you seen Harmony Korine's Act da Fool ? This film was actually heavily influenced by that. I had the idea in my head for a while, this story of loss and uncertainty, but I couldn't figure out a way to tell it. Then I saw Harmony's film one night and it was like — "Eureka!"
Act da Fool was shot as a series of hand-held 8mm vignettes tied together by a voice-over narration. Reminds you of something? :P That's why I chose to shoot hand-held; that's why I chose to shoot on DV too, instead of HD. That being said, I'll have to agree with you – some of the shots were probably way more shaky than they should've been.
Goodness knows I tried to make my own film instead of just xeroxing Harmony's. That being said, the lo-fi titles are from Act da Fool, and so are the stills at he beginning :p
Hope I didn't bore you with all the unnecessary details.
No no, details are fascinating. I'm glad to see you knew what you were doing. It's always insightful to have actual conversations about what worked and what didn't work. If anything it helps me figure out what I like or don't like, what I would use in my own film.
Great short film. I loved the answering machine recording playing. The part where he says he is dreaming that he is in a car but he doesn't say it until after we were already in the car was very cool to me for some reason.
I would definitely recommend a tripod if you can get one though or possibly just laying the camera on a pillow on a table, because there were a handful of times where the camera shaking was distracting. Other than that great job!
I'll stop just short of calling it a masterpiece.
The writing was perfect, and the actor who placed the call was perfect.
The shots were perfect, and the editing was perfect. Nothing was too long or two quick.
I'm not always a fan of shaky camera, but it worked very well in this instance, and I think that it is made best for things like memories. I would hope that if budget allowed, most of the time you would use a camera mounted on a dolly of some kind.
This film stands on its own, but I could just as well see it as the perfect beginning, or ending to a great movie.
That it is based on a real incident of a missing person doesn't make the film better, as such true life films often make a movie better in our own minds, but the opposite here is true; that a film so good can be made about a real life circumstance is a tribute to the missing man and those who love him.
I see great talent on display. The shot from the back seat of a car that comes before the person says he is in the backseat of a car was a perfect shot.
I am normally totally against handheld camera work, but in this instance I must disagree with Alex Miller, because I think that it works perfect for this kind of emotional setting, in which we are basically watching a montage of memories. In the future, work with a tripod or dolly as much as possible, but I think that this was perfect.
It's been over 2 months since I posted this — which is like 2 years in internet time — I figured anyone who's gonna watch it already has — so it's really amazing to see that people are still watching it, and more importantly, loving it. I really really appreciate it :)
Right now, I'm actually in the preproduction stages of my new short, which I'm hopefully going to be shooting on an HDSLR with tripods and lights and dollys, so… well, we'll see about that. Don't wanna jinx it :)
Beautiful, Al.
You very effectively painted a haunting portrait of a powerful situation with a few brush strokes. Glad to hear you are planning more, and broadening your technical horizons — kitchen paper title cards were amusing, but I'd agree with others here that a tripod can be your invisible friend, unless there's a reason not to use one. From your notes above, I can see these were all artistic choices, and that's cool. I hope you can keep that emotional depth with your next production. Kudos, and good luck.
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16 Crazy Yet Awesome Alternate Christmas Trees
Christmas tree decorating – do you stick with a theme, let the kids do it, get creative with the tree itself? The options are endless. Here are some of the most unique, awsome and a little crazy "trees" we've found this season.
1. Sushi Tree
Somehow, a tree that stands out for a month or so made of raw fish seems like a questionable idea at best. All I Want For Christmas is Salmonella…. However, the sheer amount of handwork required to build the individual sushi bits and then create the tree is amazing. (Perhaps using glass sushi ornaments like this would make things easier?)
2. Tree of Rocks
When all else fails, look to rocks.This tree has a primal quality to it that hearkens back to the Pagan roots of Christmas itself. It reminds us that all is made of Earth, and Christmas - or Yule - marks the moving of the Earth from the shortening days of Autum to the slowly lengthening days ahead. Even as Winter chills us, the longer daylight every day leads us towards Spring and the rebirth of the land.
3. Dudecraft Hubcap Tree
This creative tree was found in Maine. I think it would be pretty awesome for outside the bachelor pad, man cave or sports club. Each hubcap is from a different make or model of car. The challenge for car enthusiasts is to locate and identify each one.
4. Ladder Tree
Do gifts placed under the Ladder Tree get infused with bad luck? I wondered this, but then I realized they probably cleared away the bad luck and brought in the Spirit of Christmas. Even the simplest items can be made to represent a Tree. It is not the decorations or the size of the tree that matters, it is the warmth and love around the roots that sustains us.
5. PVC Tube Tree
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I really love this rendition of the tree. It is simple, clean and modern without being stark or cold. The repetitive circles of the tubes and the ornaments reminds us that the Year is a circle, with one season moving seamlessly into the next. This would be a great tree for the meditation or Zen room, I think.
6. Pencil Tree
This would be awesome for a classroom or home office. I love the idea of repurposing everyday items to represent something much larger than the parts that make it. Isn't that what family and the holidays are all about? We bring together all the disparate elements of our lives to share the joy and wonder of the season. Beautiful.
7. Wine Cork Tree
8. Wine Tree
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These two trees again repurpose everday items - albeit those representing a scary amount of alcohol consumption. We see the simple beauty in the textures of the corks and the glow of lights against the colored glass of wine bottles. This could easily turn into something garish, but the creators used a subtle touch to infuse the room with a deep, warm aura to chase away the Winter's chill.
9. Water Bottle Tree
Perhaps this one takes recycle-reuse-repurpose a tad too far. Yet, the symbolism amazes me. What was once discarded is reborn again into a thing of beauty. One could summarize the Christmas story just as well.
10. Lego Tree
Everyone loves Legos…till they step on one in the dark. Looks like the folks who came up with this tree came up with the brilliant idea to just make this lego tree life sized.
11. Chalkboard Christmas Tree
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This is also extremely cool – every family could personalize it for themselves. It fills an entire wall of the room, wrapping the heart of the home in the Christmas spirit. Every member of the family is represented, along with their wishes and dreams. What better way to evoke the meaning of Yule-time than with this ever-changing, ever-growing picture of the family?
12. Candy Tree
Candy….mmmm. Christmas is such a sweet time of year. Carols speak of sugarplum fairies, and we fill stockings to the brim with sugary treats for children and adults alike. I like this tree for an office setting or a casual party gift. It brings color and sweetness to any setting but it is portable enough to enjoy anywhere.
13. Antler Tree
At first blush, the Antler Tree seems kind of rednecky-lodge décor-ish. I think staying with just white lights makes it cooler and classier by far. To me, the found antlers represent the spirit of Winter and of the Forest, brought together and unified into a beautiful whole. The white lights accent the texture and depth of the sculpture and make it even more magnificent within the simple context of the room. Learning the art of the simplicity of nature and the peace of a new-fallen snow epitomizes Christmas as it was meant to be.
14. Hello Kitty Tree
This could be a perfect example of overdoing it with the kitschy theme. Evidently, the owner uses this to decorate the "Doll Room" of her house. However, even when you choose to decorate with an over-the-top theme that does not necessarily say "Christmas," the spirit of fun and laughter still fills the room with this lighthearted tree.
15. Driftwood Tree
This is another example of creativity for a tree in a space-challenged room! I think this is perfect for apartment and studio dwellers who simply do not have room for the full spruce and all the trappings. This tree and others like it convey the idea of "tree" and decorate the room for the holidays just the same. I would set gifts on a smal, simply-decorated console table under the driftwood tree combined with simple gold and red symbols of the season. Perhaps a gold-painted pine bough set in a deep red vase, or a simple vignette of gold ornaments in a glass bowl would work well.
16. Tea Light Christmas Tree
This one is favorite alternative to the traditional tree. The structural Danish design and the ability to use real candles calls to mind Candlemass and the Nordic origins of Christmas. The tealight tree is understated yet it makes a big statement. No bright colors or flowery decorations are needed. The simple combination of wood and flame creates the ideal Christmas ambience for me.
So, which is your favorite tree in our collection? Do you have special plans this holiday season for your tree? Will you get a real tree, artificial tree, alternative tree? We'd love to see your innovative creations!
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3. Review FEDBIZOPPS. The New England District does not maintain a vendor database or issue presolicitation notices or advance announcements of solicitations. Firms interested in doing business with the District should monitor the District's website http://www.nae.usace.army.mil and FEDBIZOPPS, http://www.fedbizopps.gov. There you will find a record of upcoming procurements and sources- sought announcements. FEDBIZOPPS is used by all Federal agencies to announce business opportunities, and can be searched by various categories such as type of work and contracting organizations. FEDBIZOPPS also provides a link to SUBNet, for subcontracting leads.
4. Be alert to the announcements of Business Opportunity Conferences, Trade Fairs and other federally attended or sponsored liaison meetings in your area. Make it a point to attend whenever possible. The Corps of Engineers is represented at most such meetings. This is an excellent opportunity to meet on a person-to-person basis with procurement and small business specialists who can assist small and small disadvantaged businesses with the selling of their services or products. The New England District and the SBA web sites are good sources for upcoming events. The New England District is partnering with other federally funded organizations to conduct workshops on certifications, proposal submission, and identifying procurement opportunities, as well as to present information on upcoming projects.
5. Visit the Corps of Engineers web sites. The Headquarters site is located at http://www.usace.army.mil. You can navigate to the web sites of all Corps districts, labs, field operating activities and centers from the headquarters web site. The New England District web site, located at http://www.nae.usace.army.mil, contains information about upcoming New England District projects, solicitations, contract awards, plan holders/bidders mailing lists and other general information of interest to firms seeking business opportunities with the federal government.
6. DUN and Bradstreet (DUNS) numbers can be obtained by calling 1-800-234-3867 (8 a.m. - 6 p.m. EST). The website for DUN and Bradstreet is http://www.dnb.com. Both the call and service are free. The DUN and Bradstreet number is required to begin the Central Contractor Registration process.
7. The Department of Defense requires all contractors to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Contractors must be registered in the CCR before they can be awarded a DoD contract. The only exceptions will be for purchases made with the Government-wide commercial purchase card (IMPAC/VISA), contracting offices located outside the U.S., classified contacts, and contracts executed to support contingency or emergency operations. The CCR's web site may be accessed at http://www.ccr.gov. You may obtain registration assistance by calling 1-888-227-2423.
The Department of Defense (DoD) requires that its prime contractors make the maximum use possible of small, small disadvantaged (to include HBCU/MIs), women-owned small business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned firms in its subcontracting program. Large business awarded federal contracts, valued at more than $1.5 million for construction or $650,000.00 for other than construction, are required to submit subcontracting plans designed to maximize the participation of small and small disadvantaged business concerns and subcontractors. Personnel from the DoD and the Small Business Administration make periodic reviews at contractor's plants to verify compliance with this program.
When submitting subcontract plans in response to Corps of Engineers solicitations, large prime contractors are encouraged to review Army Federal Acquisition Regulation, Appendix DD, SUBCONTRACTING PLAN EVALUATION GUIDE. This guide provides a methodology for uniform and consistent evaluation of subcontracting plans within the Army, and is available at http://www.arnet.gov/far/ , click on AFARS. Additional instructions on how to complete the subcontracting reports can be obtained from the Deputy for Small Business. Subcontracting reports are submitted electronically through the electronic subcontracting reporting system at www.esrs.gov.
OPPORTUNITIES: The New England District maintains a list of Prime Contractors that hold subcontracting plans with us. We strongly encourage you to make contact with them to identify their specific needs.
Additional small business opportunities are also available at SBA's SUB-Net site . Prime contractors use SUB-Net to post subcontracting opportunities. These may or may not be reserved for small business, and they may include either solicitations or other notices -- for example, notices of sources sought for teaming partners and subcontractors on future contracts. Small businesses can review this web site to identify opportunities in their areas of expertise. While the web site is designed primarily as a place for large businesses to post solicitations and notices, it is also used by Federal agencies, state and local Governments, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and even foreign Governments for the same purpose.
Small Businesses are highly encouraged to register in the Dynamic Small Business Search. Dynamic Small Business Search is an Internet-based database of information on more than 195,000 small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned, service-disabled veteran, and veteran-owned businesses. It is free to federal and state government agencies as well as prime and other contractors seeking small business contractors, subcontractors and/or partnership opportunities.
The SBA has created a Subcontracting Program Assistance Fact Sheet that provides valuable information for all firms (both large and small), as well as for government personnel. Click here to review the Fact Sheet.
The Department of Defense, Office of Small Business Programs has created a Subcontracting Program Assistance Fact Sheet that provides valuable information for all firms (both large and small), as well as for government personnel. Click here to review the Fact Sheet.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a world-wide organization that provides engineering services and construction support for a wide variety of military and civil projects.
The Corps primary military mission is to provide the armed forces of the United States with modern facilities, both at home and abroad, to strengthen the nation's defensive capability and ensure combat readiness.
The Corps primary civil works mission is to develop and manage the country's water resources. Its projects reduce flood damage, improve harbors and navigation channels, protect steambanks and shorelines, generate hydroelectric power, and preserve and safeguard the environment.
In addition to water resources projects, the Corps serves as manager for major construction projects undertaken by other federal agencies and allied governments.
The military and civil missions complement each other, allowing Corps professionals to develop, in peacetime, the skills the nation would need in war or other emergencies.
Civilian employees account for 98 percent of the Corps worldwide staff; military officers make up the remainder. There are eight Corps divisions, with 40 districts, in the United States. The New England District is part of the North Atlantic Division which is headquartered in New York City.
The Corps of Engineers buys a variety of supplies, services, construction and engineering services. Depending upon its mission, a District may not award contracts for all of the types of requirements below. Therefore, it is recommended that firms peruse a District's website prior to contacting the District in order to see if there is a good "fit" between the firm and the District. Examples of some of the types of supplies and services procured by various Corps Districts are:
CONSTRUCTION: Barracks, dining facilities, maintenance shops, hangers, hospitals, airfields, roads, various flood control structures such as levees and dams, hazardous and toxic waste remediation, and dredging.
ENGINEERING SERVICES: Concept studies, master planning, engineering studies, all types of surveying and mapping, engineering design and construction and inspection services.
OTHER SERVICES: Trash collection, grass mowing, janitorial, oversee and maintain recreational parks, stenographic, real estate appraisal, environmental assessments and impact statements, water and soil sampling analysis, archaeological services, and grounds maintenance.
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT: Generators, turbines, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, kitchen equipment, electronic gear, petroleum products, repair parts, lumber, cement, computers and peripheral equipment, and publications.
DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS: Generators, bottled water, ice, installation of plastic sheeting for temporary roof repairs, debris removal, landfill operations, office equipment and supplies, and computer equipment and supplies.


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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The middle school cheerleaders at Christ Our King – Stella Maris School recently attended a Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) home camp. At camp, they worked hard, learning cheers, chants, dances and stunts. UCA awarded the team a Superior trophy, qualifying them to perform at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
In addition, several cheerleaders were chosen as All-Americans. This prestigious award includes an invitation to perform at the Disney World Thanksgiving Day Parade. Those chosen as All-Americans are: Brynn Burke, Grace Gurney, Caroline Killgo, Kaitlyn Jackowski, Madeline Mazur, Ellie Potts and Caroline Sumner.
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This is a mix of garage, pop & childhood fantasies for summer. It's a West Coast & lady-heavy mixtape that is curated by Party Boyz: a podcast, zine, and music empire founded by two women in Portland, Oregon. Git it girlz.
Party Boyz Mixtape (Sun Ed.) from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.
Track list and more info on Party Boyz is below the cut!
This past week marked the release of Unrepentant Geraldines, the 14th studio album by feminist pop icon Tori Amos.
I've been having some lonely times recently and wanted a playlist to listen to while I fall asleep. That's what this mix is for—music to listen to in the dark. It's not a bunch of tearjerker breakup songs, though, who needs that when you're already lonely? Instead, I've been getting into this band Elephant and they have the most hilarious official description for their genre: "Nocturnal Lo-Fi Bedroom Dreamy Beach Pop." YES. Nailed it. That's what I want: An hour-and-a-half of noctural, lo-fi, bedroom, dreamy, beach pop tunes.
So this mix includes Elephant as well as brand-new tracks from Mirah, Bonsai, Woman's Hour, and Lykke Li. Hope you like it.
Nocturnal Pop from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.
Track list is below the cut!
Mirah released her first album in 2001—this May, she's releasing her first record on her own label. Photo by Terrorbird Media.
I started listening to musician Mirah when I was in high school, so I was really excited to have the opportunity to interview her about her new album before she performed in Los Angeles this spring.
My friends were shouting this week about how Fleetwood Mac is back on tour (!!!) and all the excitement prompted me to buy thesecond Fleetwood Mac covers album that I have ever purchased. Some people might think two Fleetwood Mac covers albums might be excessive for one music library that also includes numerous actual Fleetwood Mac albums. Those people are wrong.
Here's a playlist of two Fleetwood Mac songs sandwiching 11 savory Fleetwood Mac covers. Enjoy!
Big Fleetwood Mac Attack from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.
The illustration for this playlist is a detail of the map of a "feminist utopia" on Bitch's Maps & Legends issue cover, BTW.
Musician Esme Patterson and a key collaborator.
After a whirlwind of music discoveries at South by Southwest music fest last month, I'm happy dish up this month's heaping helping of new feminist-friendly music I can't stop listening to!
This Friday's mixtape is a complication of infectiously good hand-clapping songs. Bitch intern Jennifer Busby put together the mix—it's a perfect pairing with our recent whistling songs mixtape. Now, put your hands together for finishing out the week.
We've Got the Clap! from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.
Track list is below the cut.
At SXSW this year, Kelis dished up tasty meals from her own food truck. This week, fans can savor her new album. (photo via)
Kelis knows the way to your heart is through your stomach, and she should. The singer and certified chef's packs her new album, Food, with some serious soul, as well as themes of empowerment, love, and plenty of snark.
This is a mix for those times when you start off sleepy and wind up dancing like wild. It begins with some dreamy Northwest pop, then eases into melodic country twangs new and old, and finally kicks out a few dance tunes.
I originally made this mix for queer music podcast Homoground, who asked me for a mix after we worked together on Bitch's recent Popaganda episode "Seattle is a Queer Music Boomtown."
Second Wind from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.
We Love Whistling Songs from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.


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Saint Francis failed to overcome a 5:03 offensive drought in the second half of its Crossroads League men's basketball game with Marian on Tuesday at the Hutzell Athletic Center, and the result was a 68-59 Cougar defeat.
The loss dropped Saint Francis into sixth place in the league heading into Saturday's final regular-season game with Mount Vernon Nazarene University at 3:30 p.m.
Saint Francis (17-12, 9-8 CL) was led by sophomore guard Josh Hogan's 18 points, while junior center Scott Kohne added 17.
Kohne reached the 1,000-point career milestone in the game, which made him the 31st Cougar to do so.
Kohne stands at 1,014 points, 27th on the list, and was the second Cougar to join the honored list this season. Earlier this season, Ethan Hussey became the 30th Cougar to score 1,000 or more points.
Hussey scored six against the Knights and currently ranks 20th with 1,116 points, 43 behind No. 19 Dave Moreland (1,159, 1976-79).
The Cougars led 37-34 with 15:05 to play after a Kohne bucket. However, they didn't score again until Hogan hit a free throw at the 10:02 mark. By then the Saint Francis advantage had evaporated after a 9-0 Knights' run that vaulted them to a 43-37 lead.
The Cougars never tied the game or led again.
Cougars senior Kevin Bloom hit two free throws with 3:50 remaining to pull his team to within 55-53, but the Cougars got no closer.
Marian (16-11, 8-9) went on an 8-2 run hitting six free throws.
Hogan scored at 2:56 halting the Marian surge momentarily, but the Cougars missed three shots in the time remaining.
The Knights swept the regular-season series having won the first meeting 67-65.
Nick Achille led Marian with 17 points, while Dwight Cliff and Jason Riley scored 16 points apiece. The victory was the Knights' fourth consecutive over the Cougars.


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All degree-seeking UALR graduate students are automatic members of the Graduate Student Association (GSA). The GSA is the voice of UALR's graduate students, advocating for their interests, hosting events throughout the school year, and awarding spring travel grants to graduate students presenting their research at conferences.
To stay current on GSA events and news, follow the directions  below to sign up for the mailing list:
- Compose an email with no subject to email@example.com
- Write "subscribe GSA-L your first and last name" in the body
- Send the email
For more information, please visit the link above or email email@example.com. The GSA looks forward to getting to know you!
GradFocus Email List
The GradFocus listserv is the GSA's open forum-style email list aimed at providing opportunities for graduate student collaboration. Students can post job advertisements, requests for roommates, meeting announcements, and more, to the subscribed list of graduate students, alumni, and faculty.
To subscribe to GradFocus, follow the directions below.
- Compose an email with no subject to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Write "subscribe gradfocus your first and last name" in the body
- Send the email
Alpha Epsilon Lambda-Zeta Chapter
UALR is home to the Zeta chapter of Alpha Epsilon Lambda, The Academic Excellence and Leadership Honor Society of Graduate and Professional School Students. Students are nominated every year on the basis of academic performance and faculty approval. If you have questions about Alpha Epsilon Lambda, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Wrightsville Beach Police will soon be watching you a little closer. The town's Board of Aldermen approved about $4,000 to purchase eighteen personal body cameras for police officers.
Police Chief Dan House says the cameras will help the department better review complaints against officers and help deescalate situations. He says if people see the cameras are recording them, they may be less likely to cause trouble.
The majority of the cost incurred for the cameras is paid for by a North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety grant.


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After learning their school may be in danger of closure, students at the North East School of the Arts became avid readers of the Express-News. Just days after reading their own story, NESA students took note of a report about Gov. Rick Perry's refusal to participate in the Race to the Top program, a move that took Texas out of the running for up to $700 million that could've been spent in Texas classrooms. The federal program pushes states to adopt education reform principles that are likely to be the cornerstone for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act in exchange for $4 billion in federal funding. Perry, backed by Education Commissioner Robert Scott, said there were too many strings attached. NESA students drafted a letter to Perry, along with signatures from 119 NESA students, asking him to rethink his decision. "We do not mean to even begin to tell you how to run our State and we know that you have a lot of other important issues to consider, however, we are desperate . . . we respectfully request that you reconsider your decision," they wrote. But just this week, Perry reiterated his objections to the program in a news conference hours after President Barack Obama announced he'd push for an expansion of the grant program. The president, taking a direct jab at Texas, said he'd also push for allowing individual districts to apply, cutting out the state as middle man. North East ISD Superintendent Richard Middleton wasted no time in saying he'd "absolutely" consider going after a grant. So maybe the petition worked after all.
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With over 500,000 patients in over 249 select facilities worldwide benefiting from Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute (WKNI) is proud to offer Southwest Ohio patients this breakthrough procedure so close to home. There are many life advantages that Gamma Knife radiosurgery may provide and your Neuroscience Team will discuss personal treatment results with you in depth. The following are reported treatment results listed by their specific condition.
- Metastatic Tumors: Gamma Knife radiosurgery achieves control rates of 80-85 percent, essentially comparable to an open surgery without the risk of infection, bleeding or complications and without a lengthy hospital stay and convalescence.
- Benign Tumors: Follow-up of ten years demonstrates control rates in more than 90 percent of cases. Fifty-three percent of tumors decrease in size while 40 percent remain stable in size. In some cases, combined treatment with surgery and Gamma Knife offers the best opportunity for tumor control.
- Acoustic neuromas (Vestibular Schwannomas): Up to 98 percent of tumors either decrease in size or remain stable, with near complete facial nerve preservation, at six-year follow-up.
- Pituitary Adenomas: Effective Control in a Majority of Patients; particularly beneficial for residual or recurrent tumors following surgery.
- Vascular Malformations Such as Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs): Complete obliteration of AVMs takes place in 60 to 70 percent of patients within two to three years of treatment.
- Trigeminal Neuralgia: Initial pain relief in more than 80 percent of patients; long-term pain relief without medications in 63 percent of patients at four-year follow-up.


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Insecta Mundi
Year of publication
- 2009 (4) (remove)
- Belize (2)
- Cayo (1)
- Las Cuevas Research Station (1)
- Neotropis (1)
- Scarabaeinae (1)
- jewel scarab (1)
- new record (1)
- scarab beetle (1)
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- A new country record for Chrysina diversa (Ohaus, 1912) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Central America (2009)
- Chrysina diversa (Ohaus, 1912) is recorded for the first time from Belize. Detailed information on its capture in that country is presented.
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- New records of dynastine scarab beetles in the tribes Oryctini, Agaocephalini and Dynastini from Cayo district, Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) (2009)
- Six species of the tribe Oryctini, one species of Agaocephalini, and two species of Dynastini are presently recorded from the Cayo district of western Belize. The following five species are newly recorded from Belize: Heterogomphus mniszechi (Thomson), Strategus longichomperus Ratcliffe, S. jugurtha Burmeister, Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson), and Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus). The following two species are newly recorded from Cayo: Enema endymion Chevrolat and Strategus aloeus (Linnaeus). Biological and distributional comments relating to these records are presented and briefly discussed.
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- Distribution and biology of the rare scarab beetle Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) (2009)
- Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891 is newly recorded from Brazil, extending its distributional range beyond Ecuador and Peru. A further new provincial record from Ecuador is presented in detail, and the species' distribution and habitat is discussed. Color variation within the species, with a possible geographic correlation, is reported here for the first time.
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- Dichotomius maya Peraza and Deloya, 2006 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini) in Belize, a new country record for this Central American dung beetle (2009)
- Dichotomius maya Peraza and Deloya, 2006 is reported for the first time from Belize. New biological and distributional data are presented and the species is illustrated for the first time.


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Debra Lynn-Schmitz leaves Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce after 16 months as executive director.
MacDill Air Force Base military personnel retrieved the item.
Director of Botany Bruce Holst recalls his 20 years with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
The following Sarasota residential real estate transactions took place between June 29 and July 3.
Sarasota County commissioners Tuesday approved a $200,000 settlement with the estate of Donna Chen, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2012.
Save Our Siesta Sand 2 has called attention to the potential disruption of up to five acres of seagrass beds as part of the Lido Beach renourishment project.
The new Steinway & Sons Essex Classic baby grand piano was installed Tuesday for guests and patients to enjoy during the duration of their stays at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.


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Lesson Plans
An American Hero: Martin Luther King Jr.
This lesson plan introduces young students to the contributions of Dr. King and has them consider how to make the world a better place.
- Grades: PreK–K
Step 1: Read Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. by Jean Marzollo.
Step 2: Discuss the story and focus on how Martin Luther King made the world a better place.
Step 3: Do a Think-Pair-Share with the students. Ask the students to think about how they make the world a better place.
Step 4: Pair up the students.
Step 5: Have the students share with their partner how they make the world a better place.
Step 6: Have the students share in a whole group and write down their responses on chart paper.
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- Subjects:African and African American, Listening Comprehension, Historic Figures, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month


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Spelman College has summer opportunities for participants of all ages to live and learn on campus. Programs provide academic, cultural and professional development activities for young children, high school and college students.
Different divisions of the college manage programs, and may not offer the same program every summer. Certain programs are not open for application.
Application to a high school precollege summer program is not an application for admission to the degree programs of Spelman College. No promises are made regarding admission to the first-year class. Parents/guardians must give their permission for students to participate in summer programs and activities.
Spelman College admits female students without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability. Spelman does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other prohibited factor in any of its educational or employment policies, programs or practices.
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