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Roof Panel Insert - Put A Lid On ItWritten by Chris Shelton on December 1, 2010 An Affordable, Convenient, And Smart Way To Fill An Open Top
They're different by today's standards and oftentimes different gets interpreted as cool, but cloth roof inserts were anything but desirable when they were common. Their existence was a reminder of the state of technology at the time; deep-draw stamping techniques either didn't exist or weren't economically feasible for most manufacturers until the mid-to-late '30s. Until then, manufacturers made a perimeter roof from several simple panels and filled the opening with wood, chicken wire, burlap, cotton batting, and leatherette. Unless it was for a luxury car, forming a metal panel, welding it in place, and finishing it well enough to look good in paint just didn't make economical sense.
How the tables have turned. Whereas a soft top was once an economic necessity, reproducing one now can cost as much as (or more than) filling the top with steel. The idea isn't new; builders as far back as the '40s filled open tops with roof panels scalped from later model cars.
But even that mode is relatively obsolete nowadays. A trip to any production bone yard proves that manufacturers long ago departed from the pronounced compound curves that once made top skins perfect transplant material. Yep, even the ugly ducklings of yore were long ago reconfigured as fridges and toaster ovens.
Believe it or not, but the solution to that problem is actually easier-and can be cheaper than finding a donor depending on available resources. Steve's Auto Restorations hammers tin to the ample curves associated with the donor tops of times past. Actually, it does one better: it hammers tin to the exact profile of a roof, making a sure thing out of a job that once required just as much luck as skill.
Steve's offers its roof skins in several forms. First it stocks templates for both popular cars and a few of their less-popular counterparts that crossed the shop's threshold. So if you've got anything from a Deuce to a '36-including the company's own reproduction '33 and '34 bodies and Brookville's Deuce coupe-Steve's has you covered, so to speak.
Second, and probably most important to the rest of us who can't afford any three-window, Steve's hammers top skins to match patterns for just about any car. That's right-the shop can actually make skins for a car it's never even seen. It merely needs templates that represent the top's crown and the opening's perimeter.
But we're most intrigued by the third way Steve's offers its skins. The baseline configuration produces a skin roughly an inch larger than the top opening. The finished edge doubles as a template for the end user to trim the top prior to butt-welding the insert in place (for best results the existing insert channel should come out of the car altogether as overlapped panels are invitations for rust). As an option, though, Steve's can flange the insert's edge so the skin drops into place and bolts to the car. That's really slick if you didn't know; by upholstering that panel, a builder can emulate the look of a leatherette top insert yet reliably seal and insulate the car.
Yes, the times are a changing but no it's not always for the worse. In fact, you could say it's for the better: old cars can still look old without feeling so fragile ... or drafty for that matter. And the best part is, these pre-formed panels take the gamble out of an already-involved procedure.
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He cuts his templates a specific amount larger than the insert hole. In this case he extends the template 7/8-inch larger than necessary.The second and third templates indicate the roof's profile. This one plots the horizontal plane for all '33 and '34 Fords but other templates fit specific body styles (three- and five-window coupes, sedans, and so on).After cutting a sheet to match the cardboard template, Hardison shapes it on a Yoder power hammer. Though entirely possible on an English wheel, the hammer is considerably faster and makes the job a one-person operation.To make the insert a bolt-in job, Hardison must transfer the top-insert channel's actual dimensions. The only problem is that the opening isn't visible. Remember, the panel overlaps it by 7/8 inch, so he made this scribing tool.The tool's lower lip and hardened scribing tip are on the same plane, so the tool will scribe a line wherever the lip meets an edge. Here it is at the edge of a '33-34 Ford insert channel.Hardison had to cut the panel larger than the opening to account for the lip dimension, the bend radius, and the panel clearance gap. Trials with strips indicated that he had to extend the cut line 0.20 beyond the opening to form a panel with a 1/2-inch lip that cleared the opening by 1/8 inch for upholstery material or beading.Steve's Auto Restorations uses a '40s-vintage ERCO former/flanger to create perfectly crisp edges. We really don't need to show it as probably nobody reading this has one, however, it's one of the things that makes the shop's inserts so nice.With the scriber in place and its lip against the channel, the tip can be pressed against the top insert and dragged around the top opening. As long as the tool's throat extends a hair beyond the insert's overlap, it will transfer the channel's dimensions perfectly. In case you were wondering how to establish the shape of the cardboard template, here's an option. Just remember to extend the cut line by the necessary amount to make the template sufficiently larger than the opening.Hardison showed a very affordable and effective alternative to the ERCO. He scribed a line 1/2-inch inboard of a panel's edge and bent along that line with an adjustable wrench. Remember to adjust the jaws loose enough so they don't bind on the bent flange and remember to bend in increments 15 degrees or less with each pass.
On the other hand, Hardison says that flanges 3/8 inch or shorter more readily shrink as they're formed, so he trimmed the flanges in the radii.Just because the shorter flange shrinks easier doesn't mean that it shrinks enough to prevent the panel from cupping. Hardison eliminated the last bit of distortion by lightly tapping each flange's edge down until the panel laid flat.Almost any flange bent along a radius can wreak havoc. Outside radii are the worst offenders as the metal in the flange gathers yet flattening the gather causes the panel to cup. Shrinking the edge works well but it's an incredible amount of work.Rather than finishing the edges in the radii with the wrench, Hardison tapped them to shape against a dolly. If done properly, off-dolly hammering can shrink metal gathered in outside radii. Conversely, on-dolly hammering can stretch flanges in inside radii.The slight give in the cardboard atop Hardison's table let the panel deflect enough to bend, but not enough to kink the panel. Note how the flange at the corner is shorter than the flange through the rest of the panel.Fastening the panel seems tricky but Hardison addressed it with an elegantly simple solution. He sheared sheet into 1-inch square tabs and bent them 90 degrees.The insert's placement during dictates the panel's fit, so Hardison spent some time nudging it into place and checking the gap consistency.Hardison welds the tabs flat side down to the edge of the flange. The tabs land where the flange does: at the channel's floor as this one does. After Hardison welded the tabs to the flange he marked their location on the inside of the filler panel.
Finally, he fastened the panel to the roof with self-tapping sheetmetal screws. The panel is flat enough to take paint with some further prep but it could just as easily be padded and upholstered to look like a top insert. Unlike a padded top, though, it will last and, if sealed properly, never leak.


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Your powder ski is only really good for powder, and your carving ski requires too much spandex to be fun outside the gates, so what are you to do? With its 105mm waist, early-rise tip and tail, and powerful metal laminate and wood core, the Line Influence 105 Ski is your answer. This is an all-mountain ski with a little performance-enhancement in the horsepower department. It charges, it carves, it floats, and it soaks up chop or rough landings (should you decide to exercise some 'extreme'). The Influence is truly a jack and a master of all trades.
- Early-rise camber profile (4/0mm, tip/tail) allows the tip and tail to float above powder, helps you surf over choppy conditions, and makes hooking a tip in deep snow a thing of the past
- Traditional camber underfoot gives you steady edge control and the ability to carve deep turns instead of sliding
- Maple Macro Block core uses two full-length pieces of durable maple surrounded by springy aspen wood so you get the best of both core personalities
- Titanal laminate (Metal Matrix) reinforces the core with metal, aids the transfer of power to your edges, shovel, or tail, and encourages increased edge grip
- Directional Flex gives this ski a softer tip that planes above soft snow quickly and initiates turns easier while the stiff tail provides power at the end of your turns and aids stability at high speed
- Fatty Base and Edge means a thicker base and edge for increased ski durability and tuning lifespan
- Capwall, or a combination of cap and sandwich construction, combines the weight savings and responsiveness of cap construction with the edging power of sidewall construction
- 105mm waist gives you a nice wide platform to stand on so high speeds feel like a walk in the park and deep conditions feel smooth as silk
- 5 Cut Sidecut shape blends five different sizes of sidecut radius into a single shape for ultimate turn shape versatility
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One ski quiver
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've put 15 days on these this season and am loving them. I'm 5'9" 147lb fast aggressive skier. I'm on the 179 and ski out west in Washington State.
They are super comfortable at high speed, can make quick turns as well as long turns, stable thru the crud and chopped up. The early rise makes it ski great in powder and prevents the ski from hooking in dense snow or wind crust. carves great on groomers. Only slightly negative thing I can say is they are kinda heavy but that just means they are not a great choice for a touring ski. For inbounds or sidecountry they rock.
Check out the youtube video with some POV of skiing the influence 105
one quiver dream ski
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
If you are looking for a one quiver ski this is a beautiful ski to get you there. Very quick edge to edge dispite it's 105 underfoot on the groomers. It's solid in off piste broken powder and crud and handels mogals very well. Very smooth and fun in the powder, just a do it all ski. I highly recomend it. I ski the Wasatch and it is my every day ski. I only go to a rockered ski when it dumps just because I can. I'm 5'10" 170 lbs. expert skier and the 179cm is perfect for me. Trust me...if you want a great fun ski this is one you must put on your list to really consider.
all mountain
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
second year skier, 6'2" 190 lbs on 186. I went from a dynastar 85 underfoot to this 105 & the difference in powder is night & day. these hold an edge really well while traversing & are quick through trees & down chutes. great for an all mountain ski but I would like a bit of a stiffer tail for more pop & for powering out of steep fast turns. I demoed the s7's last year on a powder day & they were fun but the influence 105's are more fun, faster & are a more serious ski. if you are aggressive & charge steep stuff these work great. definitely need to wax regularly.
Daily Driver
Bought these skis last season ('11/'12) and despite less than desirable snowfall in Tahoe, was able to put a decent amount of turns on these sticks.
One thing to note, these skis like to be on edge. The early rise with some camber underfoot works well on both hardpack and crud alike. Decent powder abilities but by no means a powder specific tool.
These are definitely my daily drivers and "quiver of one" if I had to choose. A little squirley on the flats due to the early rise but like I said, these things like to be on edge.
This is definitely a ski that you have to be on top of at all times, if you relax too much you run the risk of them skiing you rather than the other way around. I would definitely recommend these.
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I'm 6' 180 lbs and have the 186's. Definitely the desired length. Ski a little shorter than you would expect too. Able to throw down some big arcing turns as well as bounce through the trees.
Underrated Shred Stick
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Picked these up at the beginning of last season (only change for 12/13 is the graphic) and ended up skiing them almost every day that I wasn't touring (Snowbird passholder). I'd say that the Influence 105 is more than enough ski for all but the deepest days. These were super fun all over the mountain - especially in chutes, chopped bowls, and trees. They carve much better than I expected too. They are a bit turny for a freeride ski, but I felt that it helped keep the ski loose and fun despite it being more damp than a lot of today's rocker skis. Despite the twinned tail, the Influence 105 isn't much of a freestyle ski. The sturdy core and metal matrix make this ski more of a directional all mountain stick with kind of a limited freestyle feel. Not much jibbing on these, but plenty of pop for airs. The bases are sturdy and survived last season's lean winter in pretty good shape. However you'll want to wax these regularly. I've already gotten back on them this season and am fired up for another winter on my Influence skis.
Love it so far
Got last years ski on deep discount in march last year in Chamonix, and it really took everything i could throw at it (I dont think anything has changed except the graphic). a good friend of mine was on the Gotama and we switched off skis a few times to feel the difference. We were both in agreement that these were an excellent ski which was very similar to the Gotama, but favored groomers a bit more than the full rockered Volkl. They both have some pop to them, but influences really allowed you to get great performance in any turn shape, where the Katana's really wanted to turn the length of their reverse camber. They provided ample float and shovel to power through powder and crud (though not quite as easily as the Gotamas (which as mentioned are full rockered )) . The metal in them makes them a little heavy, but i found them very well balanced, so I didnt really mind the extra swing weight on hop turns. Overall very happy with my purchase.
Is this ski complete overkill for the east...
Is this ski complete overkill for the east coast? I ski mostly in the Adirondacks and Vermont. I try to get out west for a week each season. All the reviews are promising but it seems most everything is reviewed for skiing out west. Turn radius is good to but I am a little worried about the width. Price point right now is making it hard to pass up but I want to enjoy them in all conditions. I like skiing in the trees as well as ripping some groomers.
Before moving to Colorado, I skied Influence 105's pretty much every day at Gore.
What binding pairs well with this ski? I...
What binding pairs well with this ski? I have a Black Diamond Factor 130 boot. Will be using this for in bounds skiing.
I mounted these with the Marker Jester which is a 6-16 DIN. I am 6', 215 and have never released from this binding on two different skis. If you need a lower DIN range, look at the Griffon instead.
I'm 6'0", 165lbs, trying to decide between...
I'm 6'0", 165lbs, trying to decide between the 179 and 186 lengths. Will 186 be too long to manage in the trees and bumps?
hi there. depends on where you live. out west? go 186 all day. however if you're skiing mostly the super tight trees and bumps back east then it might pay to go shorter. for reference i'm a transplanted east coaster skiing at Snowbird on the 186cm. I'm 5'9" and 145lbs.

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Viv Bird, CEO of Book Trust, on our campaign that celebrates 20 years of Bookstart.
Today we launch a nationwide campaign to celebrate 20 years of Bookstart. We'll be celebrating everything that the programme has achieved, including the 30 million free books that we have been able to gift since babies first started receiving packs in 1992.
This year we are asking Bookstart supporters to pledge to share 20 books with children in 2012. (Of course, we'd love you to share more if you can!). The pledge postcard is available in libraries and children's centres in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and you can also head to the Book Trust website to pledge online.
Making the pledge is a simple way for people to get into the habit of reading with their children and show support for Bookstart. The routine of sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes with babies helps to build pre-literacy skills as well as providing a unique opportunity for parents and carers to build a strong and loving bond with their children.
High profile supporters
Twenty well-known faces – including HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, Coleen Rooney and War Horse author Michael Morpurgo – have made a pledge to share 20 books in 2012 too. Along with their pledge, the celebrities have also revealed their favourite books to share with children, which range from Dickens' classic Great Expectations to classics-in-the-making like Andy Stanton's Mr Gum series.
We also have the support of children's author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen; Book Trust online writer-in-residence Bali Rai; comedian and star of the hit sitcom Outnumbered, Hugh Dennis; singer and television presenter, Aled Jones; and current Children's Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson.
We have a year's worth of activities and exciting news to keep you all sharing books. In fact, the Bookstart Bear has pledged to share 20 books. I have two favourite books to share: like Jacqueline Wilson, I love Where the Wild Things Are, and I also have a very soft spot for The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont. I've made my pledge and can't wait to get started. Why don't you?
Happy Birthday Bookstart!
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Style your frames with a choice of either red, blue, silver, or gold mirrored lenses. At cost of £45 - be aware however that once the lenses are specially cut to fit your frames, this extra is non-refundable.
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She eventually married and moved to Oregon in 1992, but continued to perform as Sara Evans & North Santiam. The group opened for Willie Nelson and Tim McGraw, among others, but Evans eventually returned to Nashville to try to remake her career. There she impressed Howard enough that he recommended her to RCA executives, who connected her with producer Pete Anderson (a veteran of many albums by Dwight Yoakam). After her debut album, Three Chords & the Truth, was released in July 1997, Evans earned a special honor by being handpicked by George Jones to open a special show in Nashville. No Place That Far followed a year later, and in 2000 she resurfaced with Born to Fly. The title track was a big hit for Evans, and the album eventually peaked in the Top Ten of Billboard's country charts.
She followed that up with 2003's Restless, and returned in 2005 with the Top Ten hit Real Fine Place. Following some tumultuous developments in her personal life, Evans stayed out of recording studios for the latter half of the 2000s. Her label issued Greatest Hits in 2007. She returned to the popular arena with Stronger in early 2011. Reentering the studio in November 2012 with producer Mark Bright, Evans set about recording her seventh studio album, Slow Me Down. Preceded by the release of the title track in September 2013, the album appeared early in March 2014. ~ John Bush
Selected Discography
Track List: Slow Me Down
Track List: Real Fine Place
Track List: Restless
Track List: Born To Fly
Track List: No Place That Far
Track List: Feels Just Like A Love Song (Single)
Track List: Sara Evans Greatest Hits
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Photo galleries from Fairmont Heights, Forestville, Friendly graduations
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Students, parents honored at annual Board Awards
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Residents think once-a-week trash pickup stinks
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UPPER MARLBORO – Some residents are raising a stink now that the county has transitioned to once-a-week trash pickup.Read more
Joint Base Andrews seeks input on new Air Force One complex
MORNINGSIDE – When Americans elect a new president in eight years, whoever is chosen could get a new plane as well as a new job title.
Hyattsville's PG Plaza Metro stop to get new name
HYATTSVILLE – By any other name Prince George's (PG) Plaza would still be a Metro station, but the Hyattsville City Council and the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation (EDC)…
Students showcase talents at annual Duckworth Challenge
BELTSVILLE – The halls of James E. Duckworth School were absolutely full Friday morning.
Felegy Elementary sows the seeds of substainability
HYATTSVILLE — For the students at Edward M. Felegy Elementary School, the new gardens on the school's campus are more than just soil and seeds. Every part of the garden…
Projects poised to liven up College Park
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It's a great art, is rowing. It's the finest art there is.
It's a symphony of motion.
And when you're rowing well
Why it's nearing perfection
And when you
reach perfection
You're touching the divine.
It touches the you of you's
Which is your soul.
~George Pocock
I ran and ran every day, and I acquired a sense of determination,
this sense of spirit that I would never, never, give up, no matter what else happened.
– Wilma Rudolph, Winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase.
– Abraham Lincoln
Walking on fire has existed for thousands of years, with records dating back to 1200 B.C.
It is used to demonstrate faith, healing, and rites of initiation.
David A. Willey, Firewalking Myth vs. Physics
and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted,
fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet
and the courage of your lungs.
The five S's of sports training are:
Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and Spirit;
but the greatest of these is Spirit.
– Ken Doherty
The ancient game of Buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport
Rearing, wheeling, plunging,
urged by leather-booted heels –
a rugby scrum of horses.
Whips and hooves, knife sharp,
slice frozen winter air as rising dust
meets sweat and steaming breath.
Laws of gravity ignored, a horseman leans,
crazy-angled, reins between clenched teeth,
and grabs the goat.
Men and animals scream defiance,
the maelstrom melts, dissolves –
a tidal wave of horses.
Thundering hooves become
thudding heartbeats, spectators roar approval,
ancestral memories stirred
by sounds and scents of victory.
No longer taxi drivers, labourers, shopkeepers,
they are Genghis Khan's army streaming –
invincible – across Asia's plains…
– Mary Smith
A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks,
but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.
– Pam Brown
Steve's London gallery has launched a new initiative called Photo Democracy to support young collectors and photographers!
Please check out the new website at www.photodemocracy.com and their facebook page at www.facebook.com/photodemocracy


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I've hired a remote consultant to tune up my servers. Now, I am not 100% confident about giving him root password and allow him to do whatever he wants to do on the servers. Ideally, I want to see everything he is doing to my servers (in realtime) and also find a way not to share root password with him.
Are there any best practices in allowing a remote-consultant to access your server?
EDIT: To clarify, I want to do some kind of screen share with the consultant. Is there any method by which his commands are tunneled through my account without he getting any password ever?
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By Andy Owens
Published Dec. 3, 2012
Duke Energy Corp. has reached a settlement with the N.C. Utilities Commission in a dispute over the company's leadership after a merger between Duke Energy and Progress Energy created the nation's largest energy company earlier this year.
The agreement requires Duke's Energy President and CEO Jim Rogers to retire in December 2013, as he originally planned, and requires the company to keep 1,000 employees on staff in Raleigh for at least five years, according to settlement documents from the N.C. Utilities Commission.
"Today's actions by the North Carolina Utilities Commission and the attorney general resolve these matters, and enable us to move forward in a constructive manner with officials in North Carolina," Rogers said in a statement.
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Both companies are headquartered in North Carolina and both have residential and commercial customers in South Carolina.
Dukes Scott, executive director of the S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff, said the company would make similar concessions for South Carolina customers to those outlined for North Carolina utility users. Concessions include $5 million in cash, fuel, fuel-related assistance along with workforce and low-income help, which could amount to as much as $9 million in total, Duke Energy said.
"We've been very much watching it. There will be an impact," Scott said. "We'll get a prorated share of equal value."
The dispute with North Carolina regulators arose soon after the merger closed in July and Duke Energy fired the CEO of Progress Energy. The N.C. Utilities Commission along with other state officials felt that the public board had been misled in negotiations regarding the merger.
In a statement about the settlement, Duke Energy said it did not acknowledge any illegal or improper activity, but in the settlement documents, the company agreed to issue a statement admitting that its "activities have fallen short of the Commission's understanding of Duke's obligations."
Duke Energy also agreed to pay attorney fees billed by an outside law firm hired by the commission to investigate the matter. Duke agreed it would not bill those fees back to customers in North Carolina.
The settlement received voice approval by the N.C. Utilities Commission this morning. Scott said though Duke Energy's operations in South Carolina are much smaller than in North Carolina, he thought the settlement was appropriate.
"I believe, knowing the parties involved and not being directly involved in negotiations and the investigation … that they would not have entered into it if it wasn't best to do so," he said.
Among the settlement's provisions, Duke Energy agrees to:
- Maintain at least 1,000 employees in Raleigh, where Progress Energy was headquartered.
- Guarantee an additional $25 million in fuel and fuel-related cost savings to North Carolina customers.
- Make $5 million in additional contributions to support workforce development and low-income assistance in North Carolina.
- Move Lloyd Yates, executive vice president, customer operations, to executive vice president, regulated utilities among other personnel changes.
- Appoint a new general counsel.
- Create a special committee to oversee recommendation of a successor to the retiring CEO.
- Search for two board members.
- Defer filing a general rate case by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC in North Carolina until February and allow deferring depreciation and operation costs of new generation from the commercial operation until new base rates go into effect.
- Retain the former general counsel of Progress Energy Inc. to advise the company for two years on regulatory and legislative matters in North Carolina.


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North Central College's Commuter Life program will host Cardinal Appreciation Day, formerly Commuter Appreciation Day, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, with special events to celebrate resident and commuter students.
Although the Commuter Life program was designed specifically to advocate for commuter students, the student group decided to change the name of its appreciation day to include all students.
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General Discussion
Conradi-Hünermann syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by skeletal malformations, skin abnormalities, cataracts and short stature. The specific symptoms and severity of the disorder may vary greatly from one individual to another. Conradi-Hünermann syndrome is classified as a form of chondrodysplasia punctata, a group of disorders characterized by the formation of small, hardened spots of calcium on the "growing portion" or heads of the long bones (stippled epiphyses) or inside other areas of cartilage in the body. Conradi-Hünermann syndrome is commonly associated with disproportionate and assymetric shortening of long bones, particularly those of the upper arms (humeri) and the thigh bones (femora), curvature of the spine and mild to moderate growth deficiency, resulting in short stature. Many affected individuals also have a prominent forehead; unusually flattened midfacial regions (midfacial hypoplasia), with a low nasal bridge; loss of transparency of the lenses of the eyes (cataracts); sparse, coarse scalp hair; and/or abnormal thickening, dryness, and scaling of the skin. Conradi-Hünermann syndrome is inherited as an X-linked dominant trait that occurs almost exclusively in females.
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It's very colorful. I like the use of all the different castles and buildings for the towns and cities. Fun stuff.
Oh, and you're doing fine with your English, so far. It's all good.
And here i was expecting to see a map of first age Middle-earth
The map has a very cartoonish style. It has its charms
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good job, have alittle rep. I like the change of pace that the cartoon style gives.
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The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
©2011 Erin Morgenstern (P)2011 Random House
"The Night Circus made me happy. Playful and intensely imaginative, Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for, and she has populated it with dueling love-struck magicians, precocious kittens, hyper-elegant displays of beauty, and complicated clocks. This is a marvelous book." (Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife)
"Self-assured, entertaining debut that blends genres and crosses continents in quest of magic…. Generous in its vision and fun to read. Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Debut author Morgenstern doesn't miss a beat in this smashing tale of greed, fate, and love... a giant, magical story destined for bestsellerdom. This is an electric debut on par with Special Topics in Calamity Physics." (Publishers Weekly)
"The circus of your dreams"
This was one of the most wonderful books I've ever heard. A feast for the ears. The story is fantastically imaginative, the prose is richly visual, I could see all the details of the circus and smell the popcorn and caramel. I wanted to visit the circus myself! The narrator does a wonderful job bringing everything to life. I didn't want it to end. Once it was over, I couldn't wait to listen again. This is everything an audiobook should be - try it, you won't be sorry.
I believe a reviewer should finish a book before submitting a review. What do you think?
"Dreamlike Experience to Savor"
This story envelops the reader. I cannot think of another book I have so thoroughly relished. With each and every sentence the author invites you to feel, taste and smell the Night Circus.This circus is like nothing else, beyond imagination. Yet I could see myself there, and although the circus is in only black and white, I was immersed in color and texture. Listening to this story is like eating the most amazing meal in the most beautiful placed you can imagine while sitting next to someone with whom you are infatuated. What a wonderful dream, I want to return and feel it all again, so sad when the book ended. And the narration brings it all alive, kudos to both author and narrator.
"Deliciously Imaginative"
This beautifully descriptive book could not come out during a better season when the imagination is already a tingle for Halloween. This world created by Ms. Morgenstern rolls out the red carpet for characters are rich and strong in their own right. This is a book that will always be on my iPod.
"Wonder and Curiousity"
I just finished the Night Circus. The story style reminded me a little of Neil Gaiman, who I think is a wonderful writer in the genre of the "curiousier and curiousier." This story weaves around you from the start, and in the end leaves you wishing to open your mind to all sorts of possibilities. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
"Something about this book bothered me."
It was a pleasant diversion. And well crafted. But for some reason, I was not pulled into this book as others have been. Jim Dale's performance, as usual, was great. But perhaps I would have liked it more if it had been read by a woman. Maybe the thing that bothers me most about this book is that the premise was more mechanical than emotional. Maybe I did not cotton to the rather cryptic and largely unexplained (until the end, and even then not very well explained) bargain struck at the beginning of the book. Maybe the characters were less than three-dimensional. Maybe it just felt like it was made up as it went along ??? like a children's impromptu story. I don't know. All I do know is that The Night Circus did not thrill me. And I really did want to be thrilled.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - Jojen Reed. #ADanceWithDragons
"It does feel magical"
The narrator made this book for me. The story itself is a pretty cool, I like the concept and it was just plain fun to listen to. I think the pace of the story slows down a lot of times and as much as some of the other characters were developed, I could see greater development still being done or more side plots being created to compensate for the rather slow pace of the story sometimes. Still though, fascinating book to listen to and you really do get a sense that you are in a magical place...
"I had high hopes for this one - unfortunately."
I don't normally read these kinds of books, but the reviews were great. A lot of listeners loved the book. I didn't. The story had a lot of promise, but the characters that ended up being the ones focused on had a good beginning, a poor conclusion and a soft middle-story. The descriptions were good, but didn't add too much to the plot of the story. There was also a weird digression into the occult that added nothing to the story and was a little annoying. The narrator was excellent; the story itself had promise. The descriptions were good but didn't build the story as well as they could have.
For me, this was a case of a bad fit. It's a case of "everything is not for everyone." You may enjoy this book. I wouldn't recommend the book, though.
A complex story, it goes from locations in time to locations in the world. It is a story of love and of hubris. There are secrets that have you hanging- why? what is going on? It is a real world, fully realized, of things that cannot exist, but do. Add to that Mr. Dale's inimitable style and voice characterizations, and this is a winner. This is one of my best books of the year- audio or written.
Beautiful in its delicate intimacy. The prose draws one in with a structure that evades the jarring bullishness of "sudden action" fiction. Instead the author lets the story build slowly; "action" is treated with the same tempo as any other scene. As one listens, it is easy feel a little lost in the maze of time lines, characters, places and and emotions, but I think that is what the author had in mind. A book that tells a dream like story in a way that makes you the reader, or listener in this case, feel like you are witnessing the events in a dream. Each description is so detailed yet is only a snapshot of a given view, as if you focused for only a moment on one object in time and space and then moved on into the next. This book is uncommon in its power to antagonize the imagination to "see" the images in the same way we see images in a dream. The story line itself was a touch to well known for me, as a codification of Shakespearean tragedy, Greek, and Modernistic redemptive tragedy and I could see the tales that the author drew from to form the basis of this work. The story does travel at one speed never going faster or slower from beginning to end, yet that was what was intended to maintain that dream-like feeling. This is an excellent snowy night book, or a nice glass of mulled cider on the porch in Autumn kinda day.
A word about Jim Dale. I wonder if I was not the only one who had a few minutes disorientation when I heard Hermione Granger's "voice" come from Celia Bowen's mouth. Or Albus's voice from Alexander. The voices were well chosen and Jim went to the extremes of his talent to maintain the beauty and power of the dream. I don't think anyone could have done this story better....well maybe lLoyd James or Gerard Doyle could have given it a good run. You will have to forgive me because Jim narrated the Potter series and for over 200 hours I heard Celia's voice used for Hermione, it takes a little bit to transition :) Well done Jim!
"The hype hurt it."
I want to be careful not to be too hard on this book. It was a good book. It had magical moments. I think it would have fare much better without the hype. With this book being pushed right and left, I expected an ending that truly sparkled. The ending was FINE, but I had hoped for more.
I would recommend listening to this book, but I would strongly suggest letting it be just a book as if you had never heard anything about it. If you're willing to just be entertained and enjoy the circus, you will likely be happy.
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Local Woman Surprised for her 90th Birthdayin Style
Making a grand entrance in a 1929 black Chevy and elegantly attired in a grey-green metallic two-piece dress with silver shoes and a matching hat, a 90-year-old Baltimore resident and South Carolina native arrived at her surprise birthday celebration on Sept. 21.
Prepared for what she was only told was an evening out, Roberta S. Phillips was truly surprised to find that Dr. Odessa D. Dorkins, her only daughter, had invited 125 close family members and friends to the Forum Caterers in West Baltimore to celebrate the milestone of turning 90.
"The party was fabulous," Phillips told the AFRO "I was really on cloud nine."
Dorkins said everything centered around the number 90. "The program was 90 minutes long, speakers spoke for 90 seconds and 90 roses were given to her."
There were two cakes, one in the shape of a "9" and the other in the shape of a "0" in addition to a 90 candle birthday cake tower surrounded by mini pink roses.
The party was themed around the roaring twenties—also referred to as the Jazz Age.
With the banquet Hall decked out in roses and pink ribbons, a band performed, and people strutted the runway for a fashion show with a 1920s theme.
Dorkins said they incorporated a "Do-you-remember-when?" bulletin board and a table display filled with 1920's artifacts."
Phillips moved to Baltimore in 1952 from Marion, S.C. with her late husband, Thomas Phillips Sr., who passed away in 1991 at the age of 76.
"He moved to Baltimore," Dorkins said of her late father because "he wanted a better life for his family."
After a working life at jobs at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Department of Education, she has spent her time volunteering and visiting the sick and shut-in.
"I was so full of emotions when I saw everyone there," Phillips told the AFRO. "I couldn't do nothing but cry out."
Family and friends travelled from Massachusetts, Florida and Pennsylvania. They ate fried chicken, candied yams, collard greens and rolls.
Two solo musical selections were performed. Her great-great granddaughter, Kayla McLean Jones, 8, sang, "He is an awesome God," and Eartha Lampkin sang "Giving Me My Flowers."
As a band played throughout the night Phillips said she "did a step or two."
An Eastern Star, Phillips still attends meetings and is a member of Israel Baptist Church on North Chester Street in East Baltimore.
She currently lives in East Baltimore and gets around on her own frequently, still an active motorist.
To remain active inside her East Baltimore home, Phillips said she goes up and down the stairs with her cats.
"I get up in the morning and go down to the basement to check on my cats," she said.
Phillips said she "just thanks God that He let me turn 90, that's all."
"I am thankful that He let me live this long."
She received commendations from President Obama, Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and a host of other elected officials from Baltimore.
She said she is looking forward to remaining in good health and becoming a centenarian—reaching 100 years of age.
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basically i had originally set up my contacts in a perceived logical way. that is, create new folders/categorizes for specific people, family, misc. stuff etc.
however to my dismay you cant cc or bcc (not even sure about forwarding) the entire group of people in those specific folders. take my family folder for example. i have 50-ish emails in that one alone. if i wanted to send an email to my entire family group, it isnt possible the way i have it currently set up. or to my knowledge anyway.
then i learned about creating 'contact groups'
all well and good. easy enough. except one problem. there is no simple way to transfer all the already set up folder groups. for example, i'd like to move all my email addresses from my family folder to a family contact group. reading the tutorials i've found you have to dig through your whole contact list. i have over 500 contacts that i would have to sort through and re-categorize into contact groups.
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The intricate design of each gives a dainty appearance. These would make stunning keepsakes for the baby girl in your life. Hang the Suncatcher in the nursery window and protect your baby's firsts with the Lace Box. It can be used to house your baby's first lock of hair and first loose tooth. The possibilities are endless! When your little one grows up, the lace box can be used as a gorgeous jewelry box.
Original Design by: Maggie Weldon
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Lace Suncatcher: About 8″ across; Lace Box: About 6″ across x 2-1/2″ deep.
For this pattern, you will need:
Materials: Large Sewing Needle; Hot or Craft Glue;
Lace Suncatcher: Size 10 Crochet Cotton, White: 60 yds; Satin Rose, 12″ length of ¼″ Ribbon;
6″ Metal Ring; Nylon Thread;
Lace Box: Size 10 Crochet Cotton, White: 100 yds; Satin Rose; 12″ length of ¼″ Ribbon;
Fabric Stiffener; Non-Rust Pins; 6″ square of Cardboard; Round container (Large Oatmeal Container
or 2 lb Coffee Can works well); Plastic Wrap.
Crochet Hook: Steel #7 (1.65 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
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City tales | Philip Mangano isn't out to reduce homelessness, he's out to end it
SEATTLE- For nearly two decades, Philip Mangano dedicated himself to helping people on the streets the best way he knew how-shelters, soup kitchens, bread lines. He traces the call of compassion to Christian thinkers like St. Francis of Assisi and Simone Weil. But in recent years, now as executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), Mangano has adopted more innovative solutions and demanded quantifiable results for his efforts. He traces that calling to President George W. Bush.
In a 2003 budget address before Congress, Bush called for ending chronic homelessness, a bold vision that Mangano says reshaped the national conversation. "He changed the verb of homelessness," Mangano recalled during a recent two-hour interview with WORLD. "After 20 years of managing the crisis, the intent now was ending the disgrace."
That shift in federal objectives brought increased financial resources and ignited political will at every level of government. If Bush lit the torch, Mangano ran with it.
Mangano, now the so-called homelessness czar, launched a campaign challenging elected officials at the local level to build coalitions of stakeholders interested in getting people off the street. Police officers, park directors, pastors, librarians, and scores of other community leaders responded in droves. Mayors throughout the country began to believe that the problem of chronic homelessness is solvable. And multi-year plans to accomplish what was once thought impossible sprang up like wildfire.
Today, more than 300 different plans are moving forward in about 500 communities across the nation. And the numbers are in: Homelessness decreased 12 percent nationally from 2005 to 2006, and dozens of cities have reported even more dramatic drops for 2007.
In Portland, Ore., the number of homeless persons plummeted 70 percent last year. In Nashua, N.H., it fell 64 percent; in Philadelphia and Miami, 50 percent; in San Francisco, 38 percent.
Such figures represent the first quantifiable reductions in homelessness in more than a quarter century. So just what kind of magic formula is occupying these local plans? No magic, Mangano says, just good sense: "What we had been doing in homelessness for 20 years was largely based on conjecture, anecdote, and hearsay. What we've learned is that if good intentions, well-meaning programs, and humanitarian gestures could get the job done, homelessness would have been history decades ago."
The new strategy abandons stereotypes and generalizations in favor of hard data. Recent studies from most of the country's major urban centers, and a smattering of small and midsize municipalities, testify that a counterintuitive approach dubbed "housing first" is highly effective in getting chronically homeless persons off the street.
But is simply giving the homeless homes a true solution to the root problem, or merely a neat statistical trick to hide the symptoms of human sin? Critics of the housing-first concept say it incentivizes bad behavior and spares deadbeats from the just consequences of their actions. But Mangano is quick to challenge that assertion: "We're trying to fill in the social capital that most of these people didn't have in life. Many, because of disabilities, were shunned."
Housing first is not housing alone. The approach includes an array of specified services meant to help people develop the social and vocational skills needed to function productively. Many of the homeless suffer from mental illness or are enslaved to drugs or alcohol. Attempting to treat sickness or addiction without the stability of a permanent residence is nearly impossible.
Of course, the mere addition of a stable address provides no guarantee of successful treatment, either. The history of homelessness in America recounts the tragic failure of deinstitutionalization in the 1960s when government sought to relocate the clinically insane from the back wards of mental hospitals into free housing. Without proper accountability and care, thousands of people stopped taking their prescribed medications, wandering onto the streets and into a system of soup kitchens and bread lines that could not help them.
That painful past convinces some longtime street relief workers that housing for the chronically homeless simply won't stick. Mangano encounters such resistance regularly as he tours the country advocating for his approach. He dismisses the charge with data-namely, that 85 percent of the chronically homeless do in fact remain in their new home provided regular care and aid are available.
But what of the costs? Why should governments ask taxpayers to fund a controversial program with which many might take exception? Mangano again runs to his numbers: According to USICH, the annual public cost for a chronically homeless individual living on the street ranges from $35,000 to $100,000 in emergency health care, law enforcement, shelter programs, and the like. The annual public cost for an individual in the housing-first program stands between $13,000 and $25,000.
That surprising comparison casts Mangano's vision as the fiscally responsible option, which has helped convince the Bush administration to increase federal funding for combating homelessness every year since taking office. The proposed 2009 budget allocates more than $5 billion toward the cause, almost double the amount of 2001.
Mangano says the extra federal funds are a temporary necessity until housing first can fully replace outdated public initiatives that still demand money for little result. In the interim, as minds slowly change, government is funding the new and the old approaches.
Among the more controversial government-funded, housing-first projects, 1811 Eastlake in Seattle rewards 75 of the worst drunks in the area with housing in an $11 million downtown facility. Tenants of the building pay little to no rent and are allowed to drink in their rooms (see "Bunks for drunks," Oct. 14, 2006). That kind of operation may reduce ugly statistics, clean up city streets, and perhaps even save taxpayer dollars, but it will not help anyone turn from the self-destructive decisions that first created the problem.
The question of personal responsibility is no simple matter. Conservatives who often are quick to place blame for homelessness entirely at the feet of the homeless are as much ideologues as the political left when it shifts the blame to small-government policies and social inequality. In reality, some of the homeless have earned their plight, and others have not.
For his part, Mangano avoids partisan rhetoric: "People always ask me, 'Are you a Democrat, a Republican, what are you?' I tell them, 'I'm an abolitionist.'" But the agenda associated with that moniker indicates a particular worldview. Mangano sees homelessness as a moral outrage perpetrated by society on those least able to defend themselves.
Casting himself in the mold of William Wilberforce and Frederick Douglass, he denounces the very existence of homelessness in the United States-as though a modern and wealthy society ought to establish systems that preclude any individual from wrestling with the consequences of sin. For Wilberforce and Douglass, condemnation of sin was at the center of their message.
To whom does Mangano direct his call for repentance? "I'm not so presumptuous as to call anybody to repent," he said. "But as a result of this national movement we have seen over and over all across our country churches repenting in the sense of what that word really means, which is to turn 180 degrees. We've seen churches move from simply making a charitable response-the soup kitchen, the bread line, the drive-by feeding that suburban churches enjoy doing-to being part of the solution."
But the question remains: What does it mean to solve homelessness? For Mangano, it's about moving people from sidewalks to housing and keeping them there. For churches committed to the biblical mandate for compassion, the agenda must also include accountability and heart change. And of that, no church should ever repent.


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Ozzy and Cochran run that stupid, stupid plan.
Ozzy overacts for the crowd on Redemption Island.
Coach smelled that stupid plan from a mile away.
When Coach smells out your plan, your plan isn't that good.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Yeah, Ozzy over did it.
If Cochran goes forward...hot potato at earliest opportunity.
Originally Posted by CycloneErik
Ozzy overacts for the crowd on Redemption Island.
He defiantly won't be winning an Oscar anytime soon with his acting ability.
Originally Posted by MLawrence
He defiantly won't be winning an Oscar anytime soon with his acting ability.
No. I hope he doesn't wonder why he always gets played in this game.
he did way over sell it...
a simple "I was blindsided" would have been hook, line and sinker for the other tribe believing it....
For a lawyer, I don't find Cochran very convincing.
Originally Posted by CycloneErik
For a lawyer, I don't find Cochran very convincing.
Me either. He certainly won't be a trial lawyer.
Cochran does know the other tribe is also playing him right? What an idiot.
Originally Posted by ISUAgronomist
Me either. He certainly won't be a trial lawyer.
Bad defense lawyer. If worst somehow came to worse, and he were my defense lawyer, I'd plead guilty and spare myself the trouble.
Cowboy could be anybody
"I swapped. I'll explain it."
This game just got interesting!!!
What a dumba**! I've never liked Cochran, but probably one of the stupidest moves in Survivor. Never swap like that, ever!
I love how they are playing up the possibility of Cochran getting beat up. The rules of the game eliminates anyone who resorts to physical violence.
Always a good move to jump and become #7 on the other tribe.
Everyone in Coach's group just bought themselves three more days after the next challenge, barring another switch. Although I could see them keeping Cochran around for at least two more votes, and 3-4 would be smart.
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