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Our Opinion: No-smoking exemption invites public scorn
Friday, January 18, 2013
If members of legislative bodies wonder why their approval ratings are so dismal, they need look no further than their own imperious attitudes.
Public disapproval rises whenever lawmakers exempt themselves from the rules that apply to others.
A recent example is a House committee's rejection of a proposal to ban smoking in their Capitol offices. The rejection reflected a partisan vote from the 12-member panel; eight Republican nays prevailed over four Democratic yeas.
Subsequent House votes empowered the majority and minority caucuses to adopt smoking and alcohol policies for their members' Capitol offices. Minority Democrats decided to maintain smoke-free offices; majority Republicans did not.
We are disappointed that partisan overtones have clouded this issue of public perception and public health.
Let's begin with public perception.
The state and Jefferson City both have implemented smoke-free prohibitions and regulations. No smoking is permitted in Capitol hallways or in the House and Senate chambers.
The policies, however, do not extend to lawmakers' offices, despite their location in a public building.
One reason for the exemption was provided by state Rep. Jeanie Riddle, R-Mokane, who referenced "long hours" worked by state representatives.
Even if we concede the argument, lawmakers are not the only people who work long hours. Why do the rules that apply to other public employees not apply to them?
The exemption also conflicts with the public health rationale instrumental in replacing non-smoking sections with smoke-free facilities.
That transition is based on harm caused by second-hand smoke and the inability of central ventilation systems to contain that smoke.
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Snail Bites are a brand of treats that were on a commercial that SpongeBob saw at work. He then bought them and brought them home for Gary. Gary liked them so much, that when he had eaten enough SpongeBob made him do tricks for them. After Gary ate the whole box in one day, he started meowing like crazy. SpongeBob couldn't sleep, so he went to every pet store in the ocean but none had them, as they were all sold out. Consequently, Gary didn't stop meowing. Patrick told SpongeBob that he needed to say "no" to Gary. SpongeBob tried this and Gary stopped meowing. At the end Patrick was eating the last existing box of Snail Treats and, after they were all gone, started acting like Gary. They only appear in the episode Treats!.
- Snail Bites appear addictive to snails just like Krabby Patties are addictive to the Bikini Bottomites.
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The microscope is a tool used to magnify objects such as cells and make them easier to see.
Each part of the microscope has a function. Use page 828 in your text book to find the parts and functions of each part of the microscope.
Answer the Questions Below
Read the section below these questions called "More Microscope Information" and "So you can't see your image" and "which way did it go?" to answer the following questions
More Microscope Information
You will be using a compound microscope. When using a compound microscope you will be looking through two lenses. As you read in your biology text book the magnification of the eye piece of 10x. A typical magnification for the low power (also known as the scanning objective) is 10x. What do you think the total magnification of the image is when looking through the microscope? Is it 10x? 20x or 100x? If you choose 100x you were correct. Therefore, to find the total magnification you multiply the magnification of the eye piece times the magnification of the objective you are using. If you have an objective with a magnification of 15x and an eye piece with a magnification of 10x then the total magnification is 150x.
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Next piece of useful information, if you find it difficult to get your slide in focus try the following: check to make sure the object is "clicked in", check to make sure the diaphragm is "clicked" in, check to make sure you have the right amount of light coming in by checking the diaphragm, check to make sure the slide underneath the objective, move the objective to low power and move the coarse adjustment to get it in focus and check to make sure the microscope is plugged in. If you have checked all of the above then ask for help from a lab partner or the teacher.
"Which way did it go?"
The image you see under the microscope will appear upside down and backwards. You will see an example of this when you view the letter "e" under the microscope. Therefore, when you move the image to the right you will see it move left and when you move the image to the left you will see it move to the right. When you move the image up you will see it move down.
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Did you ever want to get credit for playing "tic tac toe" during class, well now is your chance. Get a small piece of paper and draw a "tic tac toe" grid. Each person will need a different color of pen (it is easier to see this way). Play the game by looking in the microscope. When you are done draw out the grid as you see it underneath the microscope and then draw it out how you see it on the paper as it is positioned on the slide. Explain how the two images are similar and how they are different and give a reason why. Have Fun !! J


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A colorful tree planted by the local Bittersweet Garden Club is the latest community donation to the newly built Jefferson City Animal Shelter on Hyde Park Road.
"I love dogs and cats, and I'm a fanatical gardener," said Jan Schwaller, who is a member of both Bittersweet and the animal shelter's friends group.
Each year, the garden club president chooses a project to be done in the community. And the National Federated Garden Club had encouraged clubs to plant a flowering tree in a public place.
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Ok... Grand Record arrived last night. Looks like it was late into the life cycle of the Motobecane-in-France era. Still had the Nervex lugs but built up with Simplex (metal bodied, not plastic) derailleurs. It is a very pretty bike that doesn't look far from being able to ride. Having searched up and down for info on the web, but having found none, here are a few questions:
1. Rear derailleur. Works find but it has a chipped jockey pulley (wow, just like the Motobecane I had thirteen years ago...). Can I just buy some other Simplex unit and munge a good jockey pulley? Doesn't look like it would be terribly hard to do. Has anyone tried a Bullseye on a Simplex? Yes, I know it's easy to get a Suntour, drill out the derailleur hole, and replace the whole thing... but I don't want to ruin the aesthetics. Yet.
2. Chain - can I change to a modern nickel-plated chain? Any issues with using one of these causing wear on the metal in Nevar cranks or Helicomatic Super 700 series aluminum cogs? I'm probably going to save this part for next year.
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Man facing murder charges in Cameron Park woman's death
By: Penne Usher, Telegraph Correspondent
A Cameron Park man is in custody charged with suspicion of murder in the death of a woman found in her home in the Cameron Park Air Park. Todd A. Winkler, 45, is being held in the El Dorado County jail without bail according to jail records. Deputies were called to the home in the 3100 block of Aeronca Way around 10:30 a.m. Monday morning for a report of a deceased person, according to Sgt. Bryan Golmitz of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department. Winkler was found on the front porch of the home in the quiet airport community and detained for questioning. "Based on the circumstances of the incident, sheriff's detectives and crime scene investigators (CSI) were requested to assist in the investigation," Golmitz said. Winkler was subsequently arrested and booked into the jail on a single charge of suspicion of murder. The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of her next of kin. This is the first homicide in recent history for the area. More information will be published as it is made available.


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This past week I was able to visit the LeMay Automotive Museum in Tacoma, Washington during my family vacation. It is home to the world's largest individual collection of cars in the U.S. and was started way back in 1946 by Harold LeMay, an entrepreneur and business man. For those of us that are into…
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Artworks that will define our age, Miley Cyrus's wrecking ball, the "dandified, witty, daringly bohemian" Whistler, and why did the New Review have to close? – A note from the Editor
" Everyone young going down the long slide / To happiness, endlessly": such is the sexually liberated "paradise" Philip Larkin only pretends to welcome in his poem "High Windows". The helter-skelters of Carsten Höller's "Test Site" represent a different, and literal liberation: though "conceived as a latter-day Situationist prank, an exhortation to destabilize the system through play", they in fact functioned, according to Keith Miller, as a playground for hard-working twenty-first-century families, "a perfect exemplar of art as leisure". The book he is reviewing, by the TLS contributor Kelly Grovier, presents 100 artworks "that will define our age": what they show is artists "merrily splashing around in a post-modern, post-nationalist, post-everything sensorium". James Hall, meanwhile, reviews an exhibition that attempts to impart a sexual dimension to the fascination of ruins, from the Sublime ("it Ravishes, it Transports") to – if not quite the ridiculous, then Miley Cyrus, with her wrecking ball. Long before the PR successes of Britart, James Abbott McNeill Whistler created "a distinct and noted persona – dandified, witty, daringly bohemian – and imposed it on the wider public through columns of the ever-proliferating press". Matthew Sturgis reviews a new Life of the artist.
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But it's already drawing some bad - and very misguided - press
I wrote to you last month to tell you about a new startup that wants to mine asteroids for resources that could be worth trillions.
Indeed, as I said, just one of these rocks the size of an art museum could be worth $100 billion. (See "'Mining the Sky' for an Abundant Future.")
I also told you to keep an eye on Planetary Resources and its breakthrough high-tech system as a possible future investment.
Not only does the new firm have the backing of several billionaires, it also has the support of the U.S. government.
And let's not forget our friends across the pond...
This month, the European Space Agency will begin training a team to land on one of these giant space rocks and return with samples for researchers to study. They want to tap asteroids for metals and minerals, too.
Clearly, some very bright leaders all over the world believe "mining the sky" will be a key part of our future.
That's why I still believe the question isn't if we will mine asteroids, but when.
But in a story last Tuesday, none other than The Wall Street Journal tried to cast doubt on the whole concept.
The headline says it all: "Exhausting Earth's Resources? Not So Fast."
The central part of the report is that Earth has more resources than we can dig up in decades.
As a long-time Journal reader, I have to say I was surprised the writer was so naive.
The article focused on only one aspect of space mining - that Earth is running out of resources like gold, silver, and platinum. As I see it, the Journal was bending over backwards to support the current, terrestrial mining industry.
Because there's much more to the story than that...
We really are reaching the practical resource limit here on Earth, for three main reasons - cost, red tape, and politics.
1) First, while it's true we have decades worth of gold and silver, getting those metals out of the ground remains a challenge and an extremely expensive proposition. All the easy-to-reach metals got mined out long ago. Today, you have to crush tons of rock to get just a few ounces of gold.
So there's a lot of room for asteroid mining to become easier and less expensive than conventional mining.
2) Second, governments around the world keep adding new regulations.
No doubt, some of that stems from safety concerns. For instance, Europe contains several deposits of the rare earth minerals needed for many high-tech gadgets, such as smart phones. There's just one problem. The tracts contain radioactive rocks, too. For obvious reasons, Europe doesn't want workers exposed to the hazards of radiation, so the government refuses to grant mining permits in such cases.
And here in the U.S., state and federal regulators remain committed to protecting the public against mining pollution.
Take the case of the Mountain Pass rare-earth mine near California's Mojave Desert. Though it was the only U.S. rare earth mine, it closed in several years ago in part because of pressure over contaminated wastewater. After a major cleanup effort to meet government standards, it recently reopened. The mine now belongs to Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) and is the largest operating rare-earth mine in the western world.
3) Finally, politics also drive up the cost of mining by making it an uncertain business in a volatile world.
To see what I mean, just look at recent events in Peru, a world leader in metals mining. When former leftist rebel Ollanta Humala became president last year, many feared he would hit miners with huge taxes. Or even worse... nationalize their firms.
Just the reverse has occurred.
Humala has cracked down on massive protests over a $4.8 billion Conga gold and copper mine. He even declared a state of emergency after 10,000 rioters clashed with police and shut down a regional airport. Now, should Humala lose power, that would cast grave doubt on that mine's future and its value for investors.
All of this goes to show that mining here on Earth doesn't just center on the amount of reserves we have in the ground. It's all about what you can feasibly dig up.
Not so in outer space.
Since there is no life form we know of on asteroids, we don't have to worry about hurting a rare species. There are no rivers to pollute or skies to poison. Only a thriving commercial space sector awaits. (See "Why I'm Watching Tomorrow's Rocket Launch.")
Speaking of which, there's another big reason I believe we will mine asteroids in the Era of Radical Change.
We need to tap these orbiting rocks to support a vast new space system that will emerge in the near future. That's because commercial space travel will become a regular part of our lives in the very near future.
I believe the U.S. and other nations will build hundreds of new space ships and satellites. We will send them to the far reaches of our solar system.
Getting all the needed supplies from Earth and transporting them into outer space is just too costly. That means we must gather supplies along the way.
So, no matter what the Wall Street Journal says, you can bet that we will mine asteroids, and that it will be a key part of life in the Era of Radical Change.
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His book "Overdrawn: The Bailout of American Savings" was a prescient look at the anatomy of the nation's S&L crisis, long before the word "bailout" became part of our daily lexicon. He's a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and reporter, lauded by the Columbia Journalism Review for his aggressive style.
His 30-year track record as a leading tech analyst has garnered him rave reviews, too.
As editor of the financial newsletter American Wealth Underground, Robinson amassed an amazing track record. The first analyst to uncover the rare earth mineral crisis, he amassed cumulative gains of 990% for his readers in just 16 months. Today he is the editor of Radical Technology Profits.
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The Shitzu Hakuchou is a sport bike in the The Lost and Damned and in The Ballad of Gay Tony episodic packs for Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Hakuchou is depicted as a beefier, more powerful sports bike compared to the Bati 800, with a bulky body shell and frame that implies the bike is also tailored for comfort.
Despite its bulky design, the bike performs relatively well, with similar performance traits as the Bati 800, Bati Custom and Double T (with a top speed of 155 kmph, a weight of 250 kg, 50 kg lighter than any chopper, and stiffer suspensions) but featuring improved acceleration.
The bike is clearly based on a base-line 2008–present Suzuki Hayabusa; in addition to similarities in its body design, the Hakuchou also features "死" Japanese scripts (translated as "death") on both sides of the body, in a similar manner to the Hayabusa's "隼" script (referring to the "Peregrine Falcon") on its body.
Similarly, the Hakuchou's name is a reference to the decision to name the Hayabusa after a bird (ハヤブサ); "hakuchou" (ハクチョウ) is "swan" in Japanese.
The Hakuchou is one of the gang vehicles ridden by the Uptown Riders. The bike is also used during races in TLAD.
The Hakuchou Custom is a customized version of the Hakuchou, being based on custom Hayabusas in real-life. The Hakuchou Custom is the fastest bike in The Lost and Damned, and the whole series.
Availability in TBOGT
According to early screenshots [1] and the game files, the Hakuchou was meant to reappear in The Ballad of Gay Tony, but not many players find the bike on the streets or in a specific spawn location.
NOTE: This is due to a typing problem in the game files, one can edit it personally using notepad by going to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\EFLC\TBoGT\common\data\cargp.dat" and change the capital H to small (Eg. Hakuchou to hakuchou). After doing this the Hakuchou will spawn normally.
It can be used in multiplayer races of The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- The two default radio stations in the Hakuchou are Electro-Choc and Radio Broker.
- In an apparent inability to pronounce its name, Johnny Klebitz calls the bike "Ha-ha-coochie-koo" after one of Angus' possible motorcycle thefts that involves the theft of a Hakuchou.
- The game stats states that the Hakuchou tops out at 155 km/h (96 mph), but the onboard speedometer shows its maximum listed speed as 200 MPH. This is due to the fact that it shares the speedometer layout with the NRG 900.
- Johnny's aversion against imports is expressed if he orders this bike from Clay. He calls it Jap Scrap and Rice Rocket.
- Found around the hospital at North Holland.
- Found at The Lost Clubhouse after 12 bike races. Also added to list of Clay Simons's bikes after completing 12 races and it can be obtained by calling him.
- Spawns in parts of Alderney along with the Double T, but it is much rarer.
- TBoGT
- May spawn when riding an Akuma in Star Junction, but it is very rare.
- May spawn when driving a Coquette in Star Junction, but it is very rare.


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Jeff B wrote:I'm sorry but I have to disagree with pdx. Don't waste your money on a knife that will be replaced by something better within a year. Learning to sharpen is very important but I'm sure that you have beater knives around the house to practice with. The first knife I bought cost $200 and I'm glad I started there. I didn't throw $100 at a knife that wouldn't get used after I started buying high end. Use that $100 on good stones and practice your sharpening with what ever you have around the house right now until your comfortable enough to do a higher end knife.
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How beautiful. Wouldn't you just love to gallop through that scenery.
At any moment, they look like they could take off at a full gallop. What a beautiful scene. There's just something about mountains like that in the background that always seem to conjure up warm memories of camping with horses.


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There has been widespread damage and casualties reported caused by the large scale earthquake (Magnitude 8.8), which hit Tohoku and surrounding area of Japan. We wish to convey our sincere sympathy to those who have suffered from this tragedy.
The Japanese government has just set up an emergency headquarters for response to disaster, headed by Prime Minster Kan, to save people's lives, collect information, secure the safety of the residents, as well as try to minimize further damage from this disaster.
Today, PM Kan spoke with President Obama, who expressed his sympathy for those affected and offered assistance and support from the USA. The President also expressed his wish to have people in charge on both sides to share information and work closely together, and stated his willingness not to spare any support from the US Government. In response to this, PM Kan said, "I wish to express my appreciation for your immediate, consolatory phone call. I am grateful to have already received an offer of assistance from the US at the earliest timing possible time, which extended to include the US military stationed in Japan." It is extremely important for us to receive cooperation and support from our ally, the US. It is also crucial and essential that Japan continues to work closely with the US in the days ahead to confront the challenges that arise from this tragedy.
Currently in Japan, phone communication is sporadic and I am sure that there are many people, who are concerned about whereabouts of their acquaintances, friends and family members, who are currently living in Japan. We encourage those who wish to find out more information, to first visit our Website (for Japanese:www.seattle.us.emb-japan.go.jp), as we would like to collect as well as provide as much information as possible.
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http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:WarBlade?feed=atom WarBlade's blog 2016-05-01T21:20:09Z From Tron Wiki MediaWiki 1.19.24 http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:WarBlade/Tron_Wiki_Background Tron Wiki Background 2013-04-15T21:51:14Z
XD1 from the Wikia staff is tinkering with the Tron Wiki background. The proposed new look can be found on his user page. It features a Jeff Bridges close-up on the left, and Sam with Quorra on the right, plus a more 'glowy' atmosphere consistent with the imagery at the end of TRON: Legacy with the portal lighting up the scene.

I just want to throw this out there to gauge opinion on this proposal. Do you like it? Not like it? Prefer the old one? Let us know.
 WarBlade http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:WarBlade/Third_TRON_Movie_Back_on_Track Third TRON Movie Back on Track 2012-12-06T05:51:34Z
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The sequel to Tron: Legacy looks to be back on track. Disney has been developing a follow-up to the 2010 Tron sequel for a couple of years now, though movement had slowed considerably as of late. Apparently new Disney Studios head Alan Horn sees the sequel as a priority, with Heat Vision reporting that Jesse Wigutow being tapped to pen the latest draft of the script as development on the project moves forward "with a renewed urgency." Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is set to helm this next installment, though a timetable for production isn't given. Kosinski is currently finishing up post-production on the Tom Cruise-led sci-fi pic Oblivion.

Last we heard, David DiGilio was writing a new draft of the script for Tron 3. Legacy screenwriters Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz stepped back to a producer role on the follow-up given their commitment to the ABC series Once Upon a Time, which they created and run. With this "renewed urgency" on the project, we should hear more about the sequel sooner rather than later.
 WarBlade http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:WarBlade/Tron_Wiki_Bureaucrat Tron Wiki Bureaucrat 2012-06-13T21:57:35Z
As many of you probably realise, the Tron Wiki's founder and original bureaucrat, Mr. Sinistar, has been absent for the past year. This creates a minor problem for the Tron Wiki, because administrative functions that should be available to at least one admin have been left beyond our grasp (or called in from Wikia Central should a major issue ever arise). My sysop level access is sufficient to handle the general day to day administration needs, but sometimes the hand of a bureaucrat is needed for more esoteric functions.

So this is a blog post to gauge opinion.

How would you guys feel if I took up the role of bureaucrat?
 WarBlade http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:WarBlade/Light_Cycles... Light Cycles... 2011-04-20T22:53:50Z
Anyone up for another big overhaul project? :)

There are two common versions of the way Light Cycles have been typed; "Light Cycle" and "Lightcycle". The most frequent usage outside of this wiki is "Light Cycle" and yet the word "Lightcycle" has become the dominant form on the Tron Wiki.

Wikis, being what they are, should really cover articles using the most common name, so I was wondering what people here would think of tackling a conversion from "Lightcycle" to "Light Cycle".
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  And a footnote field that was seldom used

For a while now, I've been doing some extensive overhauling of many of the info boxes. The one on the right is provided here to present an example of the old common one used for items (It's updated equivalent appears on the "Baton" page). The newer versions of the vehicle and equipment info boxes were adapted from info boxes already in use for characters, as well as cast and crew. Aside from updating those two, I've also implemented info boxes for "Locations".

It is now time to review the info boxes used for Programs, and I want to get some feedback before diving into this project. Firstly, what will happen are some minor tweaks to update them to the same standards already established on the other info boxes - these tweaks won't have any major aesthetic impact other than to put some restraint into their size. What might happen is a colour scheme cosmetic overhaul.

So here's the question:

Should the Program Info Boxes be updated from their '80s-era retro look, beautifully suited to capture the program look of TRON and TRON 2.0, to be more consistent with TRON: Legacy and other contemporary TRON releases?

Another possibility also exists where we could split the designs to leave the old boxes intact for the earlier generation programs and draft up newer copies for the modern characters. The downside there is an even greater collection of different boxes to maintain.

Feedback appreciated. Fire away.
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There are quite a number of unusual applications of the English language on the Tron Wiki. I've just seen usage of the words "real world" switched to "Real World", reverted, and found them switched back to upper case again. That strikes me as odd. Wikis are generally an attempt to be an authoritative text on a subject and that tends to lead to formal use of the language where applicable.

In the case of "real world", these links might shed some light:

Answers.com - A question asking about the word "world".

Ancient World.org - Second paragraph: "At the right is a picture of the ancient world." There's an example where "ancient world" is being applied in the same context as "real world" here on the Tron Wiki.

"User" is another one that appears with a capitalised "u" all too frequently, and I'd say incorrectly, for the same reason that "Real World" is incorrect. None of us go around writing, "I am a Person" (formally), so what is the reason for writing, "Kevin Flynn is a User"?

Ditto for "program".

I was under the impression that the way these words should work would be common knowledge. I'm actually quite puzzled by many people's departure from English (and English wiki) standards here. -- WarBlade 06:28, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
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I've come to the conclusion that the ending of Tron: Legacy is like watching Star Wars when the crew of the Millenium Falcon swat away TIE Fighters after the Death Star escape... then the story ends there. No Battle of Yavin.

Wouldn't it have been cooler if both Clu 2 and Rinzler had made it to the portal, allowing for an epic martial arts conflict between Rinzler, and Sam and Quorra? I just feel that a high-energy climactic fight could have made a much better coda to the Solar Sailer journey than just the Light Jet dogfight alone. Something to ramp the action up to an explosive finish at the end. WarBlade 23:16, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
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I do not know how to put a link on here for everyone to look at it but Mike Hart was caught " salting " is the term , he was putting torpedo sinkers with hooks on them to make them stay in the stomach . He apperantly did it on all days . The officals came aware of it after the dead fish he turned in were filleted for a charity & the weights were discovered . he was confronted the 3rd (last ) day of the tourny . All of the info is on Wonbass.com and many other sites . Even Googleing his name brings it up . Sad . There is talk of alot of charges , fraud being the most prevalant . Andy
US open , cheating ..
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 08:18 PM
Lifeime ban on WON sponsored bass tournaments. He deserves it. He's a cheater. Unfortunately they are probably going to hang the same label on all the team guys he fished with. You know what they say...it takes years to earn integrity and respect and only seconds to lose it.
Posted 01 August 2010 - 10:57 PM
So thats how you make a 12 inch bass to be five pounds.
Posted 02 August 2010 - 09:40 AM
Several years ago I was one of the Officials at these Won Bass tournaments. At times, I was the person who filleted the fish and took them to "old folks home." All live fish were released back into the lake. The dead fish were filleted and that was normally less than ten out of maybe 300 fish. Every boat had to have a working live well. Mike Kennedy was the Official in charge. Mike was killed a couple of years back from a motorcycle accident. Of course, when I had my stroke.... that was the end of my bass fishing... anything.I can't imagine ANYONE thinking he could get away with cheating. In the South...it could be a Death sentence.
Posted 02 August 2010 - 11:18 AM
Thanks for the link WKC . Andy
Posted 02 August 2010 - 04:00 PM
Mike Hart has proven he is stupid and does stupid things. He has no code. Now everyone knows it."Stupid is as stupid does." --Forrest Gump
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It's gone national!http://www.grindtv.c...hing community/
Posted 03 August 2010 - 08:50 PM
Kinda reminds you of that Colin guy LOL Some people just have to win at all costs...
Posted 04 August 2010 - 08:59 PM
A new market has opened up for them metal detector wands I see. As Homer Simpson said, "It's only cheating if you get caught." Well he got caught. Probably has been doing it for a long time.
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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; This (Click), Then This: Walker Evans, a Man of Lists
By SARAH BOXER
Published: May 17, 2000
Walker Evans wanted to be a writer, not a photographer. You can almost see the regret seeping into his photographs of signs and posters, window menus and tools embossed with the company name. These pictures of ordinary objects are, after all, also pictures of words.
But Evans the photographer is unrivaled in one kind of writing: list writing. This may sound like faint praise, but Evans's lists -- of his likes and dislikes, of his prospective subjects, of his negatives, of the things he needed and the things he saw -- are powerful bits of vertical writing. They are everything that his photographs are: laconic, deadpan, sad, true and relentless.
It is not too much of a stretch to say that one of Evans's biggest gifts -- and one of his strongest ties to some of his modern descendants, especially Robert Frank, Edward Ruscha and Andy Warhol -- was his knack for making great lists, for laying things out thrillingly one after the other, with no connection except a string of ''ands.'' If lists counted as a literary form, Evans might have been a writer. As it was, he became a photographer and many of his great pictures look like lists.
''Throughout his life, Evans wrote intense little prose poems, lists and sketches for proposed visual and literary projects,'' Jeff L. Rosenheim and Douglas Eklund write in ''Unclassified: A Walker Evans Anthology'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Scalo). In 1926-27 Evans composed a ''prose poem'' that is really a diary in the form of a list. It begins: ''Disgust in the boat train. The taxi horns of Paris. In the Tuileries Gardens. Wallace Backus, Shakespeare + Co.'' It includes numerous entries of just the word solitude.
In 1929 Evans wrote the short story ''Brooms'' as ''a kind of unconscious literary farewell, in which he decided to 'omit' all of the troubling confessional elements of his 'inner life' '' and to assume instead an impersonal style, the authors of ''Unclassified'' write. In the middle of this goodbye to narrative, Evans included this list: ''Imperative Needs: suspenders, drawers, collar pin, bath slippers, Crime and Punishment, rubber cement.''
In 1937 Evans and his friend and collaborator James Agee each made a list of the things they hated. Agee's list, beginning with ''The Anglo-Saxon tristesse,'' is self-conscious and high-flown. But Evans's list is a propulsive piece of modern writing. Under the heading ''Contempt for,'' Evans listed: ''men who try to fascinate women with their minds, gourmets, liberals, cultivated women, writers, successful artists who use the left to buttress their standing, the sex life of America, limited editions, 'atmosphere,' Bennington College, politics, men of my generation who became photographers during the Depression, journalists, new dealers, readers of the New Yorker, the corner of Madison Avenue and 56th St.'' And the list kept going, fueled by Evans's seemingly endless, free associative scorn.
But what does all this list-making have to do with photography? It helps to compare Evans with his predecessors. ''Evans often spoke of photography as a form of collecting,'' Peter Galassi writes in the catalog for ''Walker Evans & Company,'' an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that shows Evans's alongside his forebears and followers. In this way he is very much like Eugene Atget and August Sander, two of the photographers he admired most.
The German photographer Sander collected people. He made portraits of his countrymen profession by profession -- manufacturer, industrialist, sailor, farmer, butcher, baker, peasant. The French photographer Atget was a collector too. He surveyed turn-of-the-century Paris, taking pictures of this archway, that gate, this cul-de-sac, that shop window.
In many of his photographs Evans was a collector like Sander and Atget. You can almost see him ticking off the items on his list: Town barbershop, click. Town monument, click. Town church, click. Sharecropper, click. Sharecropper's wife, click. Sharecropper's daughter, click.
But not all his photographs are items picked off a list. Evans's most modern pictures are themselves lists with the rhythm, repetition, speed, momentum and humor of his written lists. Like his written lists, they have many items: this and this and this. They are propelled from within, as if by a motor. And they have a directional pull, a vector of implied movement.
Look at the lineup of Model T's on a rainy street in Saratoga Springs (1931), receding diagonally into the distance. Or ''Roadside View'' (1936), taken in a coal-mining town in Alabama, where the houses and electrical poles march sullenly out of the frame. Or the sad pileup of cars in ''Joe's Auto Graveyard'' that pours out over the picture's borders. These arrays could go on and on.
In their relentlessness, these photographs have much less to do with Evan's predecessors than with Evans's descendants. Evans's ''Frame Houses in Virginia'' (1936), a deadpan strip of houses trotting horizontally across the frame, looks like a practice run for Edward Ruscha's marathon of a list, ''Every Building on the Sunset Strip'' (1966), which is laid out in a long, accordion-folded strip.


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Does Depo affect pregnancy test results?
I was almost a month late taking my last Depo shot. I was given a urine and blood pregnancy test by my OB/Gyn since I was late and sexually active. The tests gave negative results, yet I have been having pregnancy symptoms since before I took the shot. I have been back to my OB/Gyn regarding this matter, but the tests they give me continue to say negative. I had sexual intercourse the day before my Depo shot was due. Is it possible the Depo medication could be inteferring with my tests results? I've been trying to research information on this type of situation, but I am still lost. Could somone enlighten me or has anyone had a similar situation? I really don't know what to do because my OB/Gyn only goes by the test results even though I have symptoms and feel very much pregnant. Any helpful information or advice is very much appreciated.
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The Colorado Garden and Home Show brings just that in the form of 400,000 square feet of flowering gardens and rushing waterfalls.
"It is going to be springtime in the Rockies is basically what they're going to see," Jim Fricke, executive director of the Colorado Garden and Home Show, said. "We've basically converted 400,000 square feet of the convention center into a home and garden marketplace with over an acre of gardens and 10,000 beautiful flowers."
The Colorado Garden and Home Show also offers homeowners the opportunity to research home improvement projects with more than 600 exhibitors from 25 states and Canada. There are also 50 free educational seminars provided during the show.
While springtime is still more than a month away, the Colorado Garden and Home Show provides visitors with short glimpse of what's to come.
"During the wintertime people get a little bit of cabin fever and by February they're ready to come out and see some flowers that are blooming, waterfalls that are running and it just gets them in the mood for springtime," said Mark Russo with Rocky Mountain Waterscapes, one of the show's exhibitors.
The Colorado Garden and Home Show runs from Feb. 12 to Feb. 20. Hours are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekdays noon to 8 p.m.
Tickets are available at the door. Adult tickets are $12, seniors are $10 and children 12 and under are free. Bring a non-perishable food item for 9Cares Colorado Shares and receive $2 off your ticket.
Discount tickets are also available at Ticketwest outlets in King Soopers for $10.
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Is white thick discharge sign of Mucus Plug???
i have 37 weeks pregnant ,3 weeks to go,theres a few day i see i have a white thick discharge, but it looked really thick and I was wondering is it my mucus plug? I heard it was supposed to be bloody tinged but this was clear&white like a mucus . discharge but very thick and snotty looking. Can somebody tell me what's going on ? you think my labor is right around the corner.?
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im having the same thing happen to me and my dr said they cant tell if i have lost my plug or not and that it just looks like normal discharge im 34 weeksposted 04/03/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
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Getting the U.S. economy back on track can be achieved by unleashing America's "vibrant entrepreneurialism," according to the President. Taking him at his word, I agree the United States' free enterprise system has been "the greatest force for prosperity the world has ever known."
Yet, for the last two years, joblessness and deficits have climbed under the flawed theory that taking money away from the private sector grows jobs and creates wealth. In 2009, the White House threw taxpayers under the bus with a failed effort to spend tax dollars and boost the U.S. economy. The government stimulus package added hundreds of billions to the taxpayer's tab for what the President called shovel-ready projects that would save and create jobs and keep the unemployment rate below eight percent. Yet, today, nine-percent unemployment persists. And, an irresponsible pattern of reckless spending and excess has put the full faith and credit of the United States on the line.
Washington cannot borrow-and-spend our way to prosperity. It creates a chilling effect on the free enterprise system. Like a magician pulling a rabbit from a hat, it makes an illusion. The trouble is, the other hand is reaching for your wallet because government doesn't create wealth. It only consumes wealth. In the real world, we can't out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world if we are drowning in debt. When the federal government borrows money, it siphons money out of the economy, crowding out affordable capital for start-ups and increasing the future burden on taxpayers.
That's why it's so important to cut back on government spending, keep Washington living within its means and let the American people create, earn and enjoy their prosperity. Just after the new year began, and with a lot of fanfare, the President ordered a top-to-bottom regulatory review. He ordered every federal agency to examine the red tape that chokes job growth and stifles risk-takers. Just imagine if red tape were keeping the next American success story from launching a business, finding a cure or inventing the next-generation biofuel. Revenue-hungry policymakers need to appreciate that burdensome regulations shrink the economic pie, stunt job creation and harm U.S. competitiveness. Clearing the way for individuals and businesses to succeed and thrive will expand the economic pie and help Uncle Sam pay down the debt and pay the nation's bills.
The President's executive order sure sounded like a refreshing change. But six months later, scant progress seems to have been made to remove outdated regulations that make our economy less competitive. In fact, right after the President's order, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were quoted in news stories stating that they were confident that none of the current or pending rules would need to be modified.
The attitude of the EPA makes it difficult to believe in the administration's ability to strike the proper balance between protecting public health and safety and protecting small business owners, farmers and entrepreneurs from burdensome regulations and paperwork. For years I've been fighting the EPA's proposed rule that would apply absurd federal regulations on the amount of field dust kicked up by a farmer's combine during the busy harvest season. The cost and inconvenience to a farmer to comply with such a ridiculous regulatory burden – not to mention the potential for a neighbor's lawsuit, should "coarse particulate matter" blow across the property line – is inconceivable. What's next? Malpractice insurance for farmers to protect against the risk of dust floating through the countryside during harvest?
Iowans can be sure I will continue to try and knock some common sense into the EPA. It is possible. After an outcry, the EPA in April exempted dairy farmers from complying with a federal rule aimed at preventing oil from spilling into U.S. waterways. Sounds puzzling because it was a real head-scratcher. The EPA rule originally included milk containers under the "Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Rule."
Simplifying restrictive regulations would help refuel the U.S. economy without adding to the national debt. Thousands of rules infiltrate every nook and cranny of American life and commerce. Injecting common sense into the regulatory process can help wipe out job-killing rules that are preventing the U.S. economy from finding the on ramp.
During the economic downturn, the Obama administration has issued hundreds of new rules that add even more uncertainty to job creators in the private sector with thousands more still in the pipeline to implement overhauls of the U.S. health care and financial systems.
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In late April every year for the past nineteen years, in Secaucus, New Jersey, the Ireland Show has been the showcase for the very best in Celtic Giftware.
On April 23rd - 26th, 2016, the twentieth Ireland Show will take place in The Embassy Suites Hotel, almost 200 exhibitors will display their wares.
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He saw the improvised explosive device just before the explosion.
Staff Sgt. Brian Shar, a team leader on a convoy moving between bases near Baghdad, saw what looked "like a giant cartoon rock, about 18 inches wide, 11 inches tall."
The explosion removed both of Shar's legs above the knee, caused nerve damage in one arm and serious internal injures. Advances in battlefield medicine helped him survive, and 100 years of experience caring for wounded warriors helps Walter Reed Army Medical Center provide Shar and other patients with the best health care and rehabilitation technologies available.
WRAMC celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. From its start as an 80-bed hospital, Walter Reed has grown to a 247-bed medical center with 60 outpatient clinics and 16 operating rooms. It is the only Department of Defense medical-treatment facility with a clinic dedicated solely to wounded warriors and their families. As one of the world's premier military medical facilities, it combines patient care, teaching and research. For Soldiers like Shar, that expertise means the chance to walk again.
Shar arrived at Walter Reed Sept. 23, 2007, after being medically evacuated from Iraq via Landsthul Regional Medical Center in Germany. Wounds like his often require multiple surgeries, as doctors remove debris, bacteria and dead flesh in a life-or-death battle against infection. Shar endured several of these "wash-outs" and was released from in-patient care after about one month.
Soon after his initial release, he suffered a setback, when severe back pain led to a trip to the emergency room. He was informed by a staff member that his wheelchair was leaking. In fact, the pain came from fluid collecting in his back due to shrapnel wounds. The fluid was flowing out of a wound and dripping to the floor. He was rushed to surgery, where part of his colon was removed.
"They could have given me a colostomy bag and let my body heal, but they didn't," Shar said. "They removed the damaged organ tissue and hand-sewed me back together for six hours."
Shar spent another month as an in-patient recovering from his intestinal injuries, and was released in late November. His goal was to walk by Christmas. "They had me up and walking within three months of being injured, when I was only out of bed for one of those months. The treatment here is great."
Shar walks into the Walter Reed orthopedic clinic on prosthetics called C-Legs, fitted and fine-tuned. Daniel Carroll, a WRAMC-certified prostheticist, rotates the threaded post of a three-legged stand that looks like a miniature swivel stool. The platform rises and Shar rests the stump of his right leg on the stand.
They are in an examining room in the prosthetics lab, where fittings for artificial limbs are created and adjusted to give the patient optimal movement and comfort. Pairs of prosthetic legs lie abandoned in corners and against walls. The faint scent of plaster wafts in from the workshop next door. Shar and Carroll check the socket that connects the prosthetic to his thigh, looking for the place where adjustment is needed.
A C-leg is a prosthetic for above-the-knee amputees that combines microprocessors, sensors and hydraulics to allow amputees to walk. Carroll said the evolution in prosthetics that brought patients from wooden legs to the alloy prosthetics of today is due to new materials. For example, "carbon fiber as a material is flexible enough to duplicate ankle motion without bumpers and moving parts."
Carroll said older technology, like the Solid Ankle Cushioned Heel foot, could not store energy and help the patient walk. "When (the C-leg) is compressed and returns to its normal shape, it will give propulsion to hopefully duplicate some of the muscle activity the patient has lost."
The Military Advanced Training Center is a recent addition to Walter Reed. The 31,000 square-foot rehabilitation center opened in September 2007. It has cutting-edge technologies like computer and video monitoring systems and simulation rooms. There, servicemembers at different stages of recovery, most missing part of one or both legs, are learning to walk again.
Cristin Loeffler, a MATC physical therapist, ties an elastic band around Shar's thighs. He walks crab-like, holding onto the rail of the oval track that dominates the second floor of the $8.9 million facility. The bands increase the tension on the muscles around his hips. Shar takes a step with his left leg, the band stretches taut, then he closes the stride with his right.
After traveling halfway around the track, he switches directions and returns to the starting point, working out the opposite hip.
Shar says, "She works me hard."
They are working on his hip, thigh and gluteus muscles using an exercise called resisted abduction. "I waddle a lot, so we're trying to get the core muscles stronger," Shar explains. "I'm making a lot of progress, ever since I had (Loeffler) for a therapist. She's been busting me hard, so I'm doing a lot better."
Loeffler agrees Shar is making good progress. "I started working with him in July and he's gotten away from carrying a cane. He went from two canes, to one cane, to no cane."
After more exercises, Shar tells Loeffler he has to leave for an appointment with his primary care physician. Loeffler objects.
"I've got you five more minutes," she says.
"I'll come back," Shar promises.
Servicemembers injured before the days of infrared, camera-assisted motion analysis and treadmills that mimic uneven ground went through different methods of physical therapy.
Before World War II, amputees used an obstacle course, where patients were required to jump from box to box and climb clumsily over obstacles. It was eliminated once therapists found patients would see better results by receiving instructions and practice on everyday tasks they would face in civilian life.
"War changes everything in the military," said Sherman Fleek, WRAMC command historian. "The doctors realized we have to do more than just heal these guys. Let's give them a skill."
The new method focused on easy-walking gaits, balance, turns, sitting and picking up objects. The first step in the new three-step program required exercises in balance, climbing stairs, and 180-degree turns. The second practiced sitting, getting up, bending, walking around curves, and 45- and 90-degree turns. The final focused on polishing up to give the men smoothness of motion. They were taught to dance and practiced getting in and out of a mock streetcar built specially for their therapy.
"Advancements in (physical and occupational therapy) have been realized during and immediately after each major war of the 20th century," said Dr. Jeffrey S. Reznick, former senior curator of the National Museum of Health and Medicine and director of the Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health. "Fortunately or unfortunately-depending on one's point of view, of course-war can be 'good' for medicine in the sense that it pushes new innovation, and speeds innovation that might already be underway before a war begins."
Like prosthetics, the rehabilitation methods used with amputees are evolving, and Walter Reed continues to seek the best treatments and technologies for its patients.
The Warrior Clinic, with its Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant restrooms, doublewide doors and lower examining-room tables, was specifically designed for wounded warriors and their families. Its comfortable seating, warm amber lighting, and 50-inch flat-screen televisions invite relaxation.
Shar is here to see his primary care physician, Capt. Ingrid Pacowski. In the examining room, Pacowski calls up Shar's electronic medical record using the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application. She goes through routine questions, asking about his recovery and looking for any new problems.
"Any allergies'"
"Yeah, I.E.D.s," he replies.
Pacowski is part of the Triad of Care, a concept initiated by the Army Medical Action Plan. It calls for a primary care physician; a nurse case manager, who handles the administration of their medical care; and a squad leader, who works with the chain-of-command to solve military issues.
"It's good for them to have a general doctor who can be like their family doc who then helps all the specialists, bringing all their care into one place," Pacowski said. "(They have) some place they can go to sick call; and a doctor they know they can bring their problems to."
Pacowski acts as a medical liaison, delivering medical information to the case manager and chain of command to avoid gaps in treatment.
"The Soldier is getting a comprehensive kind of care in all aspects of their lives," Pacowski said. "Their families are taken care of, their administrative and military stuff is taken care of, their medical side of the house is taken care of, and they've got a nurse case manager who's helping to bring all that stuff together."
The teamwork approach used today originated at the outbreak of World War I, when the resources of Walter Reed surgeons, prosthetists, nurses and therapists were consolidated, and patients were treated by a team to provide consistent and comprehensive treatment.
Large-scale combat led to a sharp increase in the number of Army nurses, and a new focus on patient rehabilitation and therapy. The growing need for specialized therapy led to the evolution of the Occupational Therapy and Physical Reconstruction departments at Walter Reed.
"The wounds they came back with, what we saw at Walter Reed, was a result of what happened in Europe. They were out to save lives, ensure survivability. The idea of how much of a limb or muscle mass to take wasn't realized," Fleek said. "In World War I we had a lot of amputees. It was like the opening of modern medicine."
Colonel Norvel Van Coots, commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System, said many of Walter Reed's recent improvements were brought on by Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
"Each of these improvements occurred because we rose to the challenge of sparing no expense (and) no effort in taking care of these deserving men and women," Coots said. "While each requires constant monitoring and effort to ensure we are meeting the needs of our warriors in transition, I believe these developments have made 'the Home of Warrior Care' a reality, and not just a slogan."
"Hundreds of thousands of people have passed through those gates and have been healed," Fleek added, "and not just the patients, the staff too... these guys are doctors and nurses because it's in their blood."
Craig Coleman and Kristin Ellis work at Walter Reed AMC public affairs.


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Here is my first Draft on Kemmetar Asul'Inaran, the walking Prison.
Its basicly a fusion between a giant Stone-Elementar and a Prison build on top of an ancient Temple. The crude mixture was fun to create and I will de a proper Map, maybe at the end of month. This image is a basic so I have a rough Idea of the shape of the Prison. I hope the small details are still visible on the croped version?
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One of the things that I don't really like about where I live is that it's not particularly walkable. Sure, there are nice neighborhoods with sidewalks, so it's not bad in that respect, but as far as actually walking to a destination, it's not so great. There is a small downtown area, about a mile away, but there's not much there, and, aside from an okay bar, not much to walk to. So, I got sort of excited when I saw a sign saying that every Sunday morning, they were going to set up a Green Market.
Jason, Murphy and I decided to walk up to the market and explore. You wouldn't think I lived only a few miles outside of Atlanta. Looks like total small town, doesn't it?
This was the first weekend of the market and, although there weren't a ton of stalls, there were enough people there that I think there's some potential for it to become larger as the summer goes on. Plus, King of Pops was there. You know it's a legit market or festival when King of Pops is there.
Obviously, we had a popsicle. I had Pineapple Habenero and Jason had Mango Lassi.
The pineapple was good, but it could have had some more habenero. I couldn't really taste the spice.
There was only one stand that had produce.
The rest of the booths had things like quinoa (we bought some), salsas, hummus, dog treats, organic biscotti, things of that nature. I hope that in the future, they have more fruits and veggies. I think they will.
We had a good time, but someone had an even better time.
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my son who will be 3 in January had severe vomiting early saturday morning (2am-445am) stopped and vomited 1 more time at around 10am with lots of diarrhea... then was fine.. well the rest of the house ended up getting his little stomach virus also. but we all recovered within 24 hours. he vomited sunday night and then today (wednesday) he vomited again and has still had diarrhea every day since that saturday...no fever though,.... any ideas on what it can be?? time to call the doctor?
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How to Build a Glass Block Wall
These step-by-step instructions show how to build a half wall out of glass blocks to add a bit of retro-style to a home.
A glass block wall cannot be loadbearing, but it will be a sturdy structure, thanks to metal reinforcing rods that are positioned in the mortar. Glass blocks can also be used to build a screen across part of a room or as a shower cubicle. Do not build any higher than six courses without stopping to let mortar dry overnight, otherwise the wall may collapse.
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Most glass blocks measure 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 3-1/5". They cannot be cut to size, so base your calculations on how they best fit into the space. Half-blocks and corner blocks are available. Use wooden plates to fill any gaps left between blocks and a wall or ceiling. These will be inconspicuous when painted.
Designing a Partition
Lay out a single row of blocks to judge a screen's extent into the room. A full wall may need a doorway. Its position will depend on how blocks fit across your room. The opening will need suitable ties inserted through the door lining into the mortar. Building within a wooden frame gives clean edges, but the mortar method can be used without a frame depending on your floor surface.
The Floor Surface
Mortar can be laid directly onto a concrete floor. With a wooden floor, lay the first row of blocks on a wooden sole plate, even if you are not building in a frame.
Multiply the length of the wall by its height to find its surface area. Divide this by the area of one block for a rough idea of the number of blocks needed, not allowing for mortar joints. Buy 10 percent extra, in case any blocks brake. White mortar (ready-mixed) is available in 27-1/2-lb. bags — enough to construct a small shower enclosure. Spacers give even joints. Allow 1-1/2 per glass block, and buy 10 percent extra. The spacer shape can be modified from X-shaped to T- or L-shaped as required.
Allow two reinforcing rods per row of blocks. Buy more if you wish to push rods into the vertical joints for extra rigidity. Sealing the partition. Use white mortar and white grout. Use waterproof grout and silicone sealant in a humid room, such as a bathroom, and use silicone sealant on the joint between the glass-block wall and the existing wall. Some manufacturers supply expansion strips for the wall's perimeter in a humid area or one with temperature change.
Make a wooden frame to fit your chosen wall dimensions. Use lumber struts of 4 x 2 inches or 3 x 2 inches, with the same width as the blocks (image 1). Fix the frame in place at your chosen location for the wall. Remember to use a cable detector to check that it is safe to screw into the floor (images 2 and 3).
Nail white expansion foam to the inside of the wooden frame. This foam is a spongy material that allows the wall a small amount of movement without any danger of damage — for instance, if materials expand slightly when the temperature changes. Make sure the foam sits centrally on each length of wood (image 1).
Position spacers inside the floor of the wooden frame, ready to hold the glass blocks (image 2). Check that they are level and accurately spaced to fit the dimensions of the blocks. Trowel white mortar onto the frame's floor, between the spacers. Spread mortar onto one side of a glass block. Try not to get any on the block's face (image 3).
Place the first block onto the spacers, pressing the mortared side firmly into position against the frame and bedding the block into the mortar along the floor (image 4). Lay more blocks and spacers to finish the row, checking that they are level (image 5). Wipe off any excess mortar with a damp sponge; dried mortar is hard to remove from glass.
Apply mortar along the top of the first row. Drill holes in the wall plate and fit the reinforcing rods. Press them down into the mortar (image 1). Continue laying blocks on top. After every two rows, cut through the foam on the wall plate, just above the top edge of the course. Apply mortar to the end block, ready to bed in a wall tie (image 2).
Screw the wall tie to the wall plate, behind the foam, and bed the tie into the mortar (image 3). Then lay mortar and reinforcing rods, and continue laying blocks. Keep checking as you build up the height that blocks are level and plumb, vertically aligned (image 4). If you are going higher than six courses, let mortar dry overnight before finishing.
Once all the glass blocks are in place, twist the spacers' face plates to remove them (image 1). Allow the mortar to dry, and then grout the joints (image 2). Wipe off excess grout from the glass-block faces as you go, because grout is difficult to remove once it has dried. Smooth the grout using a grout shaper, or brick jointer (image 3).
Apply silicone sealant around its perimeter if required to make the seams waterproof, and wipe down the wall to give it a polished look (image 4). Paint the wooden frame if you wish.
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SJC Thespian Club performs David's life on stage
March 19 of every year marks an important event at St. Joseph College. This is the feast day of its patron, Saint Joseph. Activities are held during this day. One of the highlights of this event was the presentation of a musical play entitled "David… A Man After God's Heart."
The promise God had made hundreds of years earlier to Abraham was brought to a more complete conclusion in the life of David than any other Old Testament figure. Through David, God built his kingdom, shaped his people into a powerful nation, cut off their enemies, and enabled them to live peacefully in the land He had promised to them many years before. In addition to being Israel's greatest king, David was a man who loved music and who loved to worship God through the psalms, which is really a book of song, has traditionally been attributed to him. In David, Israel finally had a king after God's own heart, a man who obeyed the Lord and lived by his promises.
The SJC Thespian Club brought to life the story of David through the musical play "David: A Man After God's Own Heart"' The one hour and a half musical presentation showed the protagonist's ascendance from a shepherd boy to Israel's king. It also depicted his misdeeds, his full acceptance of God's retribution and his legacy as one of Israel's greatest kings.
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"Now the time to celebrate" in which the casts and dancers went with a Hawaiian-theme; and the vaudeville inspired "Big Hair."'