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Before Byzantium features four sets of photographs, taken between the 1910s and early 1930s, which document Whittemore's activities in Egypt and Greece, as well as the Byzantine Institute's first fieldwork project at the monasteries of St. Paul and St. Anthony along the Red Sea. These black-and-white photographs depict excavation sites and monasteries, along with local workmen, archaeologists, monks, scholars, and Whittemore himself. The images are contextualized within an intricate narrative that traces Whittemore's evolution from an English professor, amateur archaeologist, and humanitarian to the founder and director of the Byzantine Institute. In addition, there is an interactive map to enable users to visualize where Whittemore travelled and worked at the beginning of his multi-faceted professional career.]]>
Can you describe the concept behind the exhibit?
Exhibition-making starts with an idea around selected objects rather than with a fixed display plan. In the case of All Sides Considered, which was developed with the intention to highlight and exemplify the research of objects in our Maya collection, we were interested in exploring the many layers of each selected object or case study – the material specifics and cultural signifiers studied by archaeologists, art historians, scientists, and anthropologists. To bring the scholarly and scientific analyses into the display, expansive label text was of the essence; yet, so as not to distract from the aesthetic value of the objects, a display setting had to be created that would be able to bring these two sides into play and keep them in balance.
The solution we came up with was this: approaching the gallery from the museum entrance, the visitor perceives mainly the colorful accentuated pedestals carrying the highlighted objects. Text and further interpretative material comes into sight only after the interested viewer has entered the area. In general, our interest in experimenting with settings is a crucial aspect of the museum's exhibition program to activate the relationship between art, art scholarship, and visitors.
It was important to place the objects in prime locations within the narrow gallery. Set in cases that are positioned perpendicular to the walls, the artifacts are accessible from all sides. At the same time, the placement prescribes a passageway through the display; the visitor walks right up to the artifacts and then is gently forced to 'slalom' around them.
Each case study is equipped with a stool that resembles not unintentionally a lab stool. It invites the visitor to linger and engage with each object and the rather text-heavy information, which includes 'hands-on' items, slide shows, and a movie clip.
What are some new elements that you incorporated into the display?
One of the novel things about All Sides Considered is the interactive nature of the displays. Incorporating the interactive elements into the labels presented several challenges to the museum team. The most difficult elements to incorporate were the iPads. The challenge arose during the design phase of exhibition planning. We needed to come up with a way to incorporate seamlessly the iPads into the labels so that visitors would feel as though they were interacting with the exhibition itself, not with iPads. It was also imperative that the design allowed visitors to use the touchscreens without access to any of the buttons. While we did not want visitors turning the iPads on and off, we needed a display that allowed the museum staff to do so. Similarly, we needed a design that securely held the iPads but made it easy to remove them when maintenance was needed. After many hours of brainstorming and several prototypes, we came up with a successful design. However, it was not until the displays were installed, the labels applied, and the iPads running that we all breathed a collective sigh of relief and stepped back to admire our work. Although the iPads require some maintenance, they are an absolute success. They allow visitors to touch, hear, and explore the Dumbarton Oaks Collection like never before. I look forward to dreaming up new ways to use this exciting technology!
How does the exhibit reflect the current state of/trends in Maya scholarship?
The exhibit showcases several exceptional Maya objects from the Dumbarton Oaks collection that were carefully reexamined by experts over the past three years. It focuses on the objects and the science behind the recent Dumbarton Oaks publication Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Six case-studies outline recent findings about the Maya, and illustrate some of the epistemological underpinnings of current Maya research.
Much knowledge about the Maya is derived from iconographic analyses, as evidenced in the comparative dating of 2,000-year-old etchings on a greenstone pendant. Careful observation and informed comparison with other objects often leads to new findings, including the discovery that four carved spheres in the Dumbarton Oaks collection are the earliest known Maya bone bells.
For example, experts in the fields of geology, mineralogy, conchology, biology, and physical anthropology contributed scientific opinions and analyses – from radiocarbon dating to X-ray diffraction analysis – to the study of a Maya mosaic mask. New technologies are also helping scholars to better visualize and experience the objects they study. A 3-D digital model revealed subtly carved features on a Maya stela, and X-rays exposed the production process of a rattle bowl with a hollow base.
Mayanists also rely on experimental archaeology to refine their understanding of ancient practices and production techniques. A carving station in the exhibit allows visitors to experiment with tool types used by ancient Maya carvers.
The exhibit is about the scholarly research process – the slow, painstaking work that underlies groundbreaking discoveries about the Maya. As museum visitors listen to a rattle bowl, flip through x-ray images, examine a 3-D digital model, and compare images or specimens, they are taking a scholar's approach – and perhaps gaining a new appreciation of the thrills of Maya scholarship.
Watch this video, in which Chris describes the workstation designed to allow visitors to experiment with tool types used by ancient Maya carvers.]]>
At the center of this exhibition are the meticulous drawings executed by Paul Underwood, now preserved in the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA). They synthesize the knowledge and ideas of all three scholars, and show a building taking shape from a cube to a cruciform structure complete with colonnades, arches, and domes with detailed mosaic decoration. These drawings are accompanied by additional archival material from ICFA that illustrate the methodology and ideas behind the project, which drew on the scholars' understanding of key texts by Constantine the Rhodian and Nicholas Mesarites and comparison with other monuments.
The extensive material that resulted from the Holy Apostles project cannot be fully displayed in the on-site exhibit. For further exploration, a booklet and this online exhibition are available.
The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 2015 Spring Symposium on the Holy Apostles in the approach to the seventy-fifth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks. This symposium aims to complete the task of the early years by assessing the significance of the church, its milieu, and its legacy.]]>
The high-resolution photographs, in combination with a state-of-the-art zooming tool, offer an extremely detailed view of each specimen, a viewing experience unattainable in traditional on-site exhibitions of coins. In order to maintain accurate relative sizes all the coins are shown on a single scale. A cm-scale accompanies all the images.
The online presentation of the coins is broken into six sections that follow the chronological unfolding of imperial rule and the various governing dynasties. In each section the coins are placed in a sliding bar; clicking on the image gives the viewer information about the coin and activates the zoom feature. The slider serial view renders immediately apparent the similarities and dissimilarities among coins, as best seen in significant numismatic changes that affected the coinage over its course. Each coin is accompanied by information about its issuing and properties. More content will be added in the future.]]>
Coins were the most widespread medium for the dissemination of a ruler's portrait to his or her subjects and beyond the Empire's frontier. The emperors' effigies on seals, produced in the same office of the imperial mint, are often similar to coins in their design.
The glory of Byzantium and its rulers were reflected on gold coins for one millennium. Such was their fame that the word bezant (Lat. bisantius) became a common term for gold coins beyond the Byzantine Empire, most notably the Muslim dinar. Unlike silver and copper, which were also used in the variegated and hierarchical Byzantine monetary system, gold does not tarnish; therefore, most of the coins selected for this project are gold.
The exhibition enables the viewer to follow the development from the realistic portrait type, characteristic of Roman art and coinage, to a more idealized and highly stylized representation of the ruler. The specimens illustrated here suggest other major changes that affected the Byzantine coinage over eleven centuries. The most important change was the growing evidence of Christian themes and symbols; first the cross and cross-bearing insignia became more and more ubiquitous, while later on religious figures—initially Christ himself, then the Virgin and saints—dominated the iconography. By the tenth century, religious subjects had taken precedence over the ruler's image. Coins thus exemplify the religious character of Byzantine culture.
The coins are divided into six sections that observe the chronological unfolding of imperial rule and the various governing dynasties. They are placed in a slider and are accompanied with information about their issuing and properties. Clicking on a coin image allows for multiple zoom into the high-resolution images.
For a more comprehensive illustrated introduction to Byzantine coins, their iconography, and the context of their issue, see our online exhibition, Coinage of the Byzantine Empire.
Note: All references are to the Dumbarton Oaks publications of the items, except for BZC.2009.013.
This online exhibit was designed to accompany a symposium held at Dumbarton Oaks in October 2013. The symposium, "The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century," included a strong focus on botanical books and illustrations, and coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the Rare Book Reading Room at Dumbarton Oaks. The online exhibit and the on-site exhibit were curated by Jasmine Casart and Deirdre Moore (interns in summer 2013) and by Sarah Burke Cahalan (Special Projects & Reference Librarian), and were designed to explore some of the major themes of the symposium, while also promoting the holdings of the Rare Book Collection. The Dumbarton Oaks rare book holdings are particularly strong in the areas of garden history and early texts about the Americas, strengths that are reflected in the exhibit's coverage.]]>
A 260-day calendar was used as a divinatory almanac throughout Mesoamerica, consisting of an internal structure of 20 day names combined with 13 day numbers. This ritual calendar was used in conjunction with a solar calendar of 365 days, a recording of the seasonal year and important for agriculture. When these three reckoning systems are combined (imagine interlocking teeth in three distinct gears) they produce a total cycle of 18,980 uniquely named days, or 52 years.
Both the Aztecs and the Maya recorded time by cycle-building, accumulating little cycles to produce bigger cycles. The 52-year cycle, known as the Calendar Round, was useful for recording recent and continuing events. Because the Calendar Round repeats the same cycle every 52 years, it is not effective for a longer view of time. To create unique dates, Mesoamericans developed a third calendar system, one we call the Long Count. The Long Count begins on August 12, 3114 BCE and counts forward one place for each year.
Sun worship was the most important aspect of Inca religion. The Inca kept time by using solar markers, including stone towers built on hilltops, as well as the landscape features themselves. The sun towers are described by the chroniclers as being built in pairs and were used to mark off a block of time in the Inca calendar. Marking the summer and winter solstices was an important part of Inca religion.
The Inca calendar consisted of twelve lunar months, with the year beginning in December. Throughout the year, the nobility and religious leaders celebrated each month with specialized public rituals and elaborate ceremonies to mark the phases of the agricultural cycle. Among the greatest festivals were those that marked the solstices, the maize harvest, and the beginning of the rainy season.]]>
Traces of processions that once wound along roads, filed through cities, and hiked over mountains can be found throughout the Americas. Although these processions have either long ceased or have assumed substantially different forms, the remains of many Pre-Columbian civilizations provide suggestive evidence of their ceremonial importance. Drawing on materials from the Research Library and the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives at Dumbarton Oaks, this exhibit is intended to accompany the Pre-Columbian Studies fall symposium, "Processions in the Ancient Americas: Approaches and Perspectives."
The first section of the exhibit highlights some of the best available depictions of indigenous processions. These include Pre-Columbian scenes from Moche pottery and Maya murals, as well as manuscript illustrations from colonial Mexico and Peru.
While these depictions provide some of our most direct evidence about processions, there are other sources of information available. Since these rituals had powerful relationships with the locations where they occurred, this exhibit also focuses on their spatial context, especially pathways and plazas. Because some of these spaces have outlasted the processions that once passed through them, their design and archaeological history can help us understand their original use.
Philip Johnson, "Whence & Whither: The Processional Element in Architecture," Perspecta 9/10 (1965): 167–78.]]>
This booklet "focuses . . . on three distinct types of objects designed and employed expressly for the maintenance of everyday security: locks and keys, sealing and stamping implements, and official weights."
Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications, no. 2]]>
This online exhibit was designed to complement and promote a spring 2011 exhibit of materials from the Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection. Linda Lott curated the on-site exhibit. Sarah Burke Cahalan curated the online exhibit, with input and text from Linda Lott.]]>
In addition to the six archival documents displayed in the museum from April to June 1012, a wall of black and white photographs of mosaics from the CMT project created an artistic backdrop to the exhibit. These photographs represent the decades of work of the CMT team, and demonstrate the beauty of the Tunisian mosaics.]]>
Exhibited in the "Bliss Case" of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum between April and June 2012, the exhibit presented six archival items and a wall of black and white photographs (click to view) that illustrate the related processes of fieldwork and publication as performed by the CMT team.
Over the three decades of its existence, the CMT project used a variety of techniques to create visual representations, from hand-drawn plans to photographs. The team also had to protect and conserve the mosaics. Conservation work included cleaning and stabilizing the mosaics, pulling out weeds, and sometimes removing the mosaics from their original locations to be displayed in a museum.
The hand-drawn sketch plan of the Basilica of the Antonine Baths documents the dimensions of the site. At the center of the plan, there is a note in French in blue pencil: "cette distance parait insuff" (this distance seems insuff[icient]), which may refer to incorrect measurements.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THE MOSAICS AT EL JEM, c. 1972 – 1996
Margaret Alexander and her team compiled photographs and bibliographic sources to aid in the identification of the iconography and the dating of the mosaics. The page on display shows a mosaic of men "damnati ad bestias" (condemned to the beasts), as punishment for their crimes, along with sources referring to this iconographic subject.
Two photographs from a 1992 conservation report by the CMT conservator, Edith Dietze, show a mosaic fragment before and after it was cleaned and stabilized with mortar.
After the mosaics had been cleaned, conserved, and documented, the work was not over. The publication process required many steps, including selecting content and designing the layout of each volume.
LETTER FROM GUY P.R. M É TRAUX TO MARGARET ALEXANDER, July 5, 1973
This letter from Guy P.R. Métraux, CMT field director, to Margaret Alexander shows that the publication was a collaborative process. Métraux discusses which buildings at Utica should be included or omitted from the archaeological report. The final report was published at the same time as the CMT volume on Utica, between 1973 and 1976.
PUBLICATION MOCKUP FOR THE CMT, VOLUME II, FASC. 1, THUBURBO MAJUS, c. 1974 – 1980
Part of the publication process included creating layouts of photographs for each volume. This page of a mosaic in the Baths of the Labyrinth at Thuburbo Majus shows Theseus slaying the Minotaur and was included in Volume II of the CMT.
CORPUS DES MOSAIQUES DE TUNISIE, VOLUME II, FASC. 1, THUBURBO MAJUS, Plate XI, Published in 1980
Once the team had finalized the catalog entries and descriptions, selected photographs, and designed the layout, the volume was ready for publication. The mockup on display transitioned seamlessly into this published volume.]]>
Historical and archaeological research into the ancient and medieval periods of the Maghreb must confront the legacy of nineteenth-century colonialist enterprises. In honor of the Byzantine spring symposium, "Rome Re-Imagined: Byzantine and Early Islamic North Africa, 500–800," a new rare book exhibition in the Library invites viewers to reflect on the nineteenth-century authors and publications that contributed to the creation of this legacy. Featured items include Alphonse de Lamartine's Voyage en Orient, Charles Tissot's Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie, Nathan Davis's Carthage and her remains, the Beechey brothers' Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, Smith and Porcher's Discoveries at Cyrene, and items by Adrien Berbrugger, Stephane Gsell, and other influential nineteenth-century scholars of Roman Africa. The exhibition will be up through July 15 in the Dumbarton Oaks Library.]]>


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If invited to an overseas wedding, many guests might wish that someone else would pick up the tab.
For U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), that wish came true.
Andrews used $9,000 of campaign money in June to attend a wedding in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and two daughters. He spent $7,725 for the hotel alone: two rooms for three nights at the five-star Balmoral Hotel. He also used $463 in campaign funds to buy a wedding gift (china) and about $1,000 more for miscellaneous trip expenses, according to campaign finance reports.
Andrews says his attendance at the wedding was political, not personal.

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An interdisciplinary conference jointly held by NORDWEL, REASSESS and EDDA, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, June 2011
Date: 2–3 June 2011.
Place: University of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Organizers are the three following centres of excellence: The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (NORDWEL), Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model (REASSESS), and Edda - Center of Excellence.
Aim and themes
The economic crisis of 2008–2010 has had a major impact on the social and political systems of European states from Greece in the South to Iceland in the North. It puts an increased strain on the welfare state which now faces the double burden of growing needs and reduced resources. In many countries, the crisis has seriously undermined established social rights and caused political turmoil in which fundamental issues about legitimacy, governance and responsibility in the political system have been called into question. The aim of this conference is to encourage discussion across disciplines on the impact of economic crises on democracy, equality and social welfare in the context of the current crisis as well in an historical perspective. We invite proposals for papers that analyze these issues with particular emphasis on the following themes:
The welfare impact of the economic crisis on individuals, groups and classes. How has the current economic crisis affected different groups and classes in terms of e.g. poverty, unemployment and health? Can new family survival strategies be discerned?
Social policy: consequences and reaction. What are the effects of major crises, past and present, on the welfare system? What has been the impact of the current crisis on welfare policies? Are budget cuts used to reinforce liberal ideological agendas of "downsizing" and of reducing the role of the state in society? Are the boundaries between individual and state, national and international being redrawn?
Men, women and economic crises. Is the impact of economic crises different for women than men? How sensitive are policy-makers to the gender dimension in responses to economic crises and, more generally, in strategies to promote employment and equality in the labour market? Has the crisis affected people's attitudes towards gender roles? Has it affected the gendered division of labour, both within the home and between the home and the labour market?
Politics of reconstruction. Modern welfare states are at a crossroad as they try to work their way out of the crisis. One path is the social investment strategy and stimulation of the economy, another is cutting state budgets and retrenching the welfare state. How has economic crisis affected the basic democratic institutions and political landscapes? Does it make sense to talk about a right and left wing strategy of reconstruction or will structural pressure lead countries down the same path? Are there any viable alternatives? The severity of the current crisis in some countries has led to a political crises in which the legitimacy of the political institutions has been called into question. How is the reconstruction going to take place? Are reforms likely to strengthen or weaken established social citizenship and what are the determinants of the outcome? In a broader historical perspective, how has the relationship between social rights and democracy evolved over time and how has it been affected by crises?
Keynote speakers include Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, Diane Perrons, Professor in Economic Geography and Gender Studies, LSE, and Stefán Ólafsson, Professor of Sociology, University of Iceland .
Paper proposals (ca. 250 words) as well as full contact information and details of current institutional affiliation should be sent to Kolbeinn Stefansson (email@example.com). The deadline for submission is 1 February 2011. Authors of submitted proposals will be notified no later than 1 March, 2011.
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The conference is organised by three centres of excellence, NORDWEL, REASSESS and EDDA, and will be hosted by the University of Iceland. The organising committee include: Prof Pauli Kettunen (Helsinki University), Prof Klaus Petersen, director of the Centre for Welfare Research (University of Southern Denmark, Odense), Lecturer Irma Erlingsdóttir, (University of Iceland), Prof Sigríđur Ţorgeirsdóttir (University of Iceland) Prof Gudmundur Jonsson (University of Iceland) and Kolbeinn Stefánsson, Head of research at Edda (University of Iceland).


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It's that time of year again! The time where we forego all friendships and mildly pleasant acquaintances for the sake of competition. Bloody, satisfying competition.
Fantasy football is serious business.
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COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI — Despite an ongoing effort to recall Comstock Township Supervisor Ann Nieuwenhuis, the issue won't appear on the ballot this November.
Mike White, a Comstock business owner and author of recall language against Nieuwenhuis, failed to collect 1,260 signatures by Aug. 1 in order to place the ballot in November.
However, White still has until Nov. 30 to collect the signatures to put the question on the ballot in May, according to Kalamazoo County Clerk Tim Snow.
White's wife, Lisa White, said they have already collected more than 630 signatures as of Thursday. She added that they are confident they will have the rest before the November deadline.
The recall language states Nieuwenhuis "required (White) to pay for a sign permit that was not required and subsequently refused to refund the (White's) money."
The Kalamazoo County Election Commission first approved the language on April 14, but Nieuwenhuis subsequently appealed the decision on the basis that it was not factual, a new requirement to Michigan's recall law instituted in 2012.
The election commission's decision was eventually affirmed by Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Pamela L. Lightvoet on July 22. In her decision, Lightvoet wrote that the language of the petition was "factual and of sufficient clarity" to allow the recall to move forward.
"Whether the facts outlined in the recall petition are true whether Appellant had the authority to provide a refund in not for the Courts to decide," Lightvoet stated.
MORE: Read Lightvoet's full ruling on the appeal [PDF]
The deadline to submit signatures was extended to Nov. 30 because the language is valid for 180 days since June 3, which is the 40th day after Nieuwenhuis filed her appeal on April 24, Snow said.
White, the owner of Semper Fitness at 5932 King Hwy., said he opened in Comstock near the end of 2013 and shortly after, the township's ordinance enforcement officer told him he needed to take down his banners and apply for a sign permit.
White said he applied and paid the application fee. But he said the permit was denied by former zoning administrator Russ Wicklund on grounds that banners can be up for 90 days and that he didn't need to apply for the permit. White said he asked for his money back and was refused a refund. He said he also received a second visit from the ordinance enforcement officer, who again told him to take down his banners.
Nieuwenhuis has maintained that decision was Wicklund's to make and that she had no say in the matter.
Nieuwenhuis, who said she has spent $6,500 of her own money challenging the recall through the appeal process, said she wants to put to bed any rumors that may be circulating about her spending township funds to pay her attorney.
"My husband and I are very committed to seeing this through, but I want people to know it's not township money, it's personal money," the supervisor said.
She said she may decide to appeal Lightvoet's decision in the court of appeals if the 1,260 signatures are submitted before the deadline, but added that she can cannot pursue the appeal until the signatures are submitted.
Nieuwenhuis, a Republican and former Kalamazoo County Commissioner who was elected as supervisor in 2012, said she continues to fight the process because she feels strongly that the election commission made the wrong decision when it approved the language.
"I'm being recalled based on something that I did not do and it's the principle as to why we continue to appeal it," she said.
If it heads to the ballot, the recall will operate differently than in past years due to new recall law.
Previously, a "yes or no" recall question accompanied by petition language would appear on a ballot to determine whether or not a municipality supported the recall. If a recall was approved, then another election would be held to find a replacement for the remainder of the term.
The current law requires only one election. Democrats will have the opportunity to nominate an opponent to run against Nieuwenhuis and any other citizens seeking to run may do so as unaffiliated candidates.
When asked if she had any plans to resign if the signatures are submitted prior to the deadline, Nieuwenhuis said she has no plans of doing so.
"I plan on staying in office," she said. "I'm excited, there is a lot of good stuff going on in the township."
This is the second ongoing recall of a township supervisor in Kalamazoo County. Recall petitions against first-term Alamo Township Supervisor Lou Conti and trustee Dawn Potter-Williams were approved by Snow on June 11 following a lengthy recall effort dating back to last fall.
The question to recall both Alamo officials will be on the November ballot since petitioners met the Aug. 1 deadline to submit signatures.
Alex Mitchell covers county government and taxes for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter.


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The Craw's Nest Hotel is now CLOSED and will not be re-opening as a hotel
The World Famous Craw's Nest Hotel is in the coastal town of Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. Locally known as "The Craw's" is a perfect location for seaside leisure & golf breaks, weddings, family celebrations, and our legendary dinner dances! The hotel is a former manse with well maintained gardens, fish pond and lots of floral blooms in the summer making it a perfect spot to relax.
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The beauty of the Craw's is it gives you a central base to enjoy the freedom in which to explore the rugged scenery of the Fife coastline to do as much or as little as you like, whether visiting the historical town of St Andrews or playing one of the many East Neuk golf courses.
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A reader of ours, Christopher Trapuzzano, e-mailed us today. And we are just sick about it. He lost his brother yesterday.
Yesterday, I lost my brother, Nate to a tragic, senseless, cowardly act of violence. He was mugged and shot to death on the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana while out for his usual morning jog. Nate and I have been avid readers of your site since before the first Finals run in 2008 and Penguins fans for as long as I can remember.
Nate was a son, brother, newly wed husband, and expecting father. He leaves behind his family and a beautiful wife who is expecting a daughter in May. I've seen the power your blog has to reach the masses. I know this probably isn't something you guys like to do, but I ask that you pass along the following links to readers, twitter followers, whomever you wish.
The first link is a funeral/baby expense fund; feel free to send thoughts and prayers or donate as you wish. The second is surveillance video of the suspects. Feel free to share these so that justice may be served. I want this video to be seen by as many people as possible. Believe me when I say that all thoughts, prayers, donations, and shares are appreciated. Your time and efforts are appreciated. Thank you, stay safe, and go pens.
We are just floored. There are no words. Again the links for the gofundme are here, and the survelliance here.
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Good luck, Mark
Right now banks and mortgage companies are willing to negotiate with buyers, they do not want to have these properties on their books and would prefer to get them sold. Be sure you have your financing in order so you can show them you'd be ready to close the sale! in a prompt time frame, there is no set percentage that goes across the board. Be sure your not dealing with a "Short Sale" as there may be some hidden language, this could easily be explained by your REALTOR. There are plenty of good buys on the market with agents across the country, not foreclosures, talk to your agent and if you don't have one, don't hesitate to go to my web-site http://,WWW.movetotherockies.com and contact me, I have a great network of very qualified professionals across the country, I'd be happy to send you to visit with one in your area. Just a general answer to your question of, the price is $299,000 what should my offer be? I would not be afraid to offer in the neighborhood of $250,000 -$270,000 to get the ball on the court, The answer is always no, unitl you ask the question! really depends on your particular market conditions, Again Ask your REALTOR, Joyce Miller Broker/Owner of Joyce Miller Montana Realty Bozeman, Montana
What's truly astounding about this is that having agency representation usually cost buyers nothing.
I have seen where the offer is actually higher than the asking price and the offer still gets rejected by the lender.
The lender will do a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) when they get an offer. The price the lender will accept is based on the BPO not the asking price. Some say the discount is 82% -85% of the BPO, but that may or may not be true. It really depends on the lender. The problem can be that the BPO's can become outdated quickly or often the person doing the BPO may not do an accurate BPO in the first place. Even after the BPO is done, the lender often does not even let the listing agent know what the BPO came in at. And sometimes a lender will tell us that they will not accept an offer below a certain price, but they very well may when they actually get the lower offer.
It is really best to get a great Realtor and let them give you guidance in what a good offer would be. Short sales require lots of patience, as you often do not get an answer for 4 - 6 weeks or longer. If they reject the offer then you go through the same process all over again. There are some great deals, but they are not always easy. Some lenders are great to work with while others are next to impossible. We now even have short sales where they say in the listing that the lender will take up to three months to provide an answer.
Now if you are talking about a bank owned (REO) those are much simpler. On these the bank regularly changes the asking price until it is sold. Many are now setting very good prices that attract lots of Realtor and buyer activity. They often will get so much activity then when they get their first offer, the listing agent will send a message to all Realtors who have shown the home and say that the lender will accept the highest offer received by so and so date. We are getting multiple offers on these and they are often selling for more than the asking price.
Be aware that the banks ofen times use Broker Price Opinions to determine the asking price or acceptance price for the home. It is not unusual for the BPO to be out of wack with current asking prices in your community. This will depend on how quickly prices are droping in your area. -A great question to ask your agent.
For instance, I am a listing specialist in zip code 33179 in Miami. I make it a regular practice to update all my sellers on the market conditions relative to their homes each week. I have been amazed how often I can list a property on Wednesday at an aggessive price (lowest in the market) and come back on Monday only to find four or five properties have moved into lower postions than my listing. In my market we seem to have a follow the leader mentality amoungst some agents and sellers. This makes it difficult to determine what the lender in a foreclosure is willing to accept.
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Last week, at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, John Deere released its new line of planters with its new ExactEmerge metering systems.
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For the second time in six months, Dollar General will celebrate the opening of a new store in Elizabethtown. A grand opening ceremony for the building at 1512 N. Dixie Ave. begins at 8 a.m. Saturday.
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Hendrickson USA plans to build a facility on approximately 30 acres in Elizabethtown's T.J. Patterson Industrial Park.
Hendrickson, which manufactures suspension systems and components for heavy-duty vehicles, will create 75 jobs as a result of a $20 million investment here.
Hendrickson said it chose Hardin County because of its available skilled workforce, training programs and centralized location. The company already employs 450 Kentuckians at its operations in Lebanon and Somerset, according to the state Cabinet for Economic Development.
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After 23 years in the position, William J. Rissel will retire July 1 as president and chief executive officer of Fort Knox Federal Credit Union.
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John Dudley: Despite puzzling timing, Farmer a sound choice for Browns
Say this about Jimmy Haslam: He's not afraid to own up to a mistake. Now if he could just stop making them.
Haslam's latest multi-million-dollar decision gone wrong -- hiring Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi to run his football team -- led to another fess-up news conference Tuesday at the Browns' headquarters in Berea, Ohio.
As he did last month in explaining the team's divorce from former head coach Rob Chudzinski, Haslam essentially admitted to erring by giving control of the football side of his operation to the oddly-paired mashup of CEO Banner and general manager Lombardi, with no one willing, or perhaps able, to clearly explain what role each filled.
Haslam brought out his eraser again, wiping Lombardi from the Browns' payroll effective immediately with Banner to follow after what figures to be an awkward two-month transition.
In their place, Haslam promoted assistant general manager Ray Farmer.
Haslam gave Farmer control of the roster.
In and of itself, Farmer's promotion is a solid move. But nothing in Cleveland happens in and of itself. It plays out within the context of a chronically-underperforming franchise, which has become the butt of constant jokes on Twitter and around the league, and its battered fan base.
The snark won't go away anytime soon now that Haslam, barely a year into his stewardship of the Browns, has fired two head coaches and re-cast two front offices.
Just for starters, there's the timing of the move one week out from the annual NFL Scouting Combine, only one of the most critical weeks of the offseason from a talent evaluation standpoint.
If Haslam wasn't pleased with the results of a protracted head coaching search that ended with Mike Pettine's hiring, he easily could have made this move weeks ago.
Publicly at least, Haslam insists that wasn't the case.
"I would not do one thing differently in the search," he said Tuesday, adding that the media has manufactured most of the doom and gloom that has pervaded the franchise, post-1999.
Back to Farmer, a 39-year-old former scout who holds a sociology degree from Duke and played three seasons at linebacker for the Eagles.
The Dolphins thought highly enough of him to interview him for their GM opening, but Farmer pulled his name. He said Tuesday it had nothing to do with any promise from Haslam that what just happened was about to happen.
At this point, we have little choice but to take Haslam and Farmer at their word. And at this point, until he does something meaningful with a contract or a draft pick, we can only judge Farmer by the eye, ear and r�sum� tests.
His background is primarily in scouting, first with the Falcons in essentially an entry-level capacity and later in pro personnel with the Chiefs. That's good, considering his first big decisions will involve free agents and draft picks.
For whatever it's worth, he looks like a former player -- something Banner and Lombardi couldn't pull off -- and he sounds like a man comfortable in his skin and with a plan for how to re-tool a franchise that has done nothing but re-tool for 15 years.
The biggest questions surround his decision-making, or lack thereof. Farmer has never run a draft, much less an NFL organization. He'll need to figure out both, quickly, in the next few months.
The Browns have a bounty of draft picks and a boatload of cap space, meaning Farmer and Pettine can immediately begin shaping the roster to their liking. With that opportunity comes accountability, because it might be a generation before the Browns are this favorably positioned to attack an offseason.
Farmer promised Tuesday work closely with Haslam and Pettine to find the right players and make the right decisions with the players they currently control, including linebacker D'Qwell Jackson, who is due a $4 million roster bonus next month.
Haslam acknowledged Tuesday the previous front-office setup with Banner and Lombardi was "a little cumbersome." He promised this one would be much more streamlined.
There was no arguing with him. Not over that, and not over the many mistakes he's now admitted to making.
Really, the only reaction was to repeat, for what seems like the 1,000th time, that we're long overdue for someone in Berea finally get it right.
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Two stories are told, one through pictures and one through words. The story of a young boy who searches, Ben for answers about his dad, and a deaf woman who in the end he discovers is his grandmother.
This book was so good! When I began reading it, I didn't think I would like it at all, but I'm extemely glad I stuck with it!
A quick read for me. I didn't find the pictures particularly to my taste, and though I tried to spend time with them, I was able to follow the girl's story simply scanning them. I did not figure out her name until all the other clues started to come together, though.
Several times I thought the links between the characters was going to be more complex than they were. Ultimately, it's a pretty straightforward story. I mean, it doesn't even follow through on, for example, what's up with Janet in Elaine's bedroom....
I liked this a little better than The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but I have decided that Selznick and I are not on the same wavelength. This just didn't give me anything to think about, anything to mull over after I closed the cover.
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I've been struggling to shelf this book, as I usually try to do so by genre or what made the book special. But how do you even start to describe a book that part novel and part graphic novel? I've shelved it for now with the graphic novels, in the hope I'll one day find a better solution, because that was the part that made this book very special for me.
I haven't read The Invention of Hugo Cabret yet, but when my sister brought Wonderstruck home, I knew I really wanted to read it. And I'm very glad I did. I won't tell too much about the story, because it is so wonderful to see and find out for yourself. Ben, deaf in one ear who's never known his father but wants to find him, tells his story through words, whereas Rose's story is told in pictures.
The novel is over 600 pages, but a lot of them are pictures, so this book is very readable (also for younger children). You can easily read the book in a single afternoon, if you wish. I was immediately sucked into the story and couldn't stop reading it. It's a very original and beautifully written children's book. (Of course, if you want to, you could comment on the storyline that's not always completely realistic, but I like to look to this book more as a modern fairy tale, more as an Noah Barleywater).
Some of the pictures were really beautiful, I especially like some of the close-ups of Rose. One minor comment, I read the Dutch translation, and some (most) of the text was translated from the pictures, however, sometimes, in one screen the text was translated and in the next it wasn't. That felt slightly off, and a bit lazy. But nonetheless, it's a very special book, half words, half pictures. I'd recommend it!
Wonderstruck is about a boy named Ben and when his mom dies in a car crash, he goes through all of her stuff and discovers clues about the things he finds. He comes across a bookmark with his mom's handwriting and a number and Ben decides to call it. He puts the phone up to his good ear and then all of the sudden lightning hits his house. When he wakes up, he is in the hospital but it's silent. His aunt comes in and writes down what happend to him. Ben makes his decition, he is going to go to NYC to find his dad. I like this book because it tells the story from two different perspectives, one from his grandmother's in pictures and Bens' perspective in words. My favorite part is at the end when they both come together and both of their stories combine in pictures and words.
The two stories come together at the climax of the book, which manages to incorporate an impressive array of heartfelt issues: everything from education for the deaf to friendship, love of collecting, conservation, memories and dioramas. As I turned the pages my heart was well and truly warmed in that way beloved of a certain type of American children's literature – earnest, life affirming, educational, and impossible to dislike. Reaching the end I leafed back through the 460 pages of Wonderstruck, admiring the pictures, all thoughts of my daughter now banished. Honestly, Brian, I do know how you can be bothered.
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Woods made her professional debut two years ago at the Wegmans LPGA Championship, where she played on a sponsor's exemption. A graduate of Wake Forest University, she won the 2011 ACC Tournament by seven strokes. Her Wake scoring average of 73.31 was the lowest in school history. Her college coach, Dianne Dailey said two summers ago that Woods' strength lies in her determination and her irons and wedge play.
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All Aboard (Bronze)
Objective: Complete chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 on normal or hard difficulty
Ambassador of Peace (Bronze)
Objective: Kill enemy soldiers of two different syndicates fast enough to receive a rampage energy bonus
Application Manager (Bronze)
Objective: Do 10,000 points of damage to enemies and heal or block 10,000 points of damage on team members using applications
Augmented Reality (Bronze)
Objective: Kill 3 specters in chapter 14 without using EMP effects on them, on normal or hard difficulty
Campaign: Downzone (Bronze)
Objective: Complete chapters 12, 13, 14 and 15 on normal or hard difficulty
Campaign: EuroCorp (Bronze)
Objective: Complete chapters 7 and 8 on normal or hard difficulty
Campaign: La Ballena (Bronze)
Objective: Complete chapters 10 and 11 on normal or hard difficulty
Cover Lover (Bronze)
Objective: Make it past the conveyor belt without taking any damage from the turret
Deny Everything (Bronze)
Objective: Find all propaganda tags (unlock all propaganda tag infobank entries)
Employee of the Month (Bronze)
Objective: Complete a mission after earning a team savior score
Every Bullet Counts (Bronze)
Objective: Defeat Tatsuo without restocking your ammunition from the UAVs, on normal or hard difficulty
Field Surgeon (Bronze)
Objective: Heal 3 team members for at least 50% of their health within 1 minute
Gaggle of Guidance (Bronze)
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Golden Handshake (Bronze)
Objective: Achieve CEO ranking on any level
Greed is Good (Bronze)
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Hacker (Bronze)
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Half-Millionaire (Bronze)
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High Flyer (Bronze)
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High Value Asset (Bronze)
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Highly Adaptable (Bronze)
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Hostile Takeover (Bronze)
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Hurt Locker (Bronze)
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In The Name of Science (Bronze)
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Initial Public Offering (Bronze)
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Initiation Complete (Bronze)
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Linked In (Bronze)
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Little Black Box (Bronze)
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Mace Ace (Bronze)
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Middle Management (Bronze)
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Top Marks (Bronze)
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As New Jersey's red light camera pilot program draws to a close, Pohatcong Township is taking steps to prevent the cameras in use on Route 22 from issuing tickets for speeding.
Meanwhile, a poll commissioned by the township's vendor of red light cameras found that 58 percent of New Jersey voters statewide supported their use at the state's busiest intersections, and 55 percent wanted to continue the state program, The Star-Ledger reports.
Expanding the cameras' capabilities to enforce speeding regulations is not proposed, to the knowledge of a New Jersey Department of Transportation spokesman.
"I'm not even sure the cameras are equipped to do that," the spokesman, Stephen Schapiro, said this afternoon.
Pohatcong Township Mayor James Kern III this afternoon announced plans to get out in front of any such proposal, at least for the township's cameras at Route 22 and St. James Avenue (Route 519). He said he plans on Tuesday to introduce an amendment to the township's red light camera ordinance to specify: "No traffic control signal devices shall be used for the issuance (of) speeding violations."
New Jersey's five-year red light camera pilot program ends Dec. 16. Gov. Chris Christie today said that his "inclination" was to not renew the program, The Star-Ledger reports.
Kern said he proposed the amendment "after hearing comments out of Trenton this week." He could not immediately be reached to elaborate.
"I do not believe the red light camera pilot program will be renewed, but crazier things have happened in the Legislature," Kern said in a statement. "If for the slim chance the program is extended and expanded, I want to make sure that Pohatcong will not be a part of an experimental disaster. At the end of the day, the decision to continue this program will remain in the hands of township council, as I have previously stated, I will not be re-signing this contract if the program is extended."
Red light camera critic and state. Sen. Michael Doherty, a Republican who represents parts of Warren and Hunterdon counties, could not immediately be reached on whether legislation is being considered to use the cameras to enforce speeds.
American Traffic Solutions, the Arizona-based red light camera contractor for Pohatcong and 23 other New Jersey municipalities, paid for the poll of 600 registered voters that found 37 percent opposed the use of cameras, and 36 percent wanted to discontinue the program.
The poll was conducted by Adam Geller, who was pollster for both of Christie's gubernatorial campaigns. American Traffic Solutions, or ATS, runs about half of New Jersey's 73 red light cameras.
"The biggest criticism about cameras is the revenue they generate. As the governor has said before, if you don't run red lights, you won't get a ticket," said Charles Territo, spokesman for ATS, according to The Star-Ledger. "That being said, the revenue generated from people who run red lights prevents municipalities from having to raise taxes on all of their residents."
Territo did not immediately return a phone call this afternoon about Pohatcong's legislation concerning speeding. The amendment introduced Tuesday would be considered for final passage after a public hearing Sept. 16. The township council meetings start at 7 p.m. in the municipal building, 50 Municipal Drive.


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British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, 41, whose most recent album was this year's "Tropical Brainstorm," has been killed in a boating accident, her manager announced yesterday. He added that he believed that she was swimming off the coast of Mexico in a spot reserved for bathers when a passing speedboat hit her. MacColl, the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl (who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") and dancer Jean Newlove, first made a name for herself in 1981 with the single "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)." Her biggest hit was with the Pogues in 1987, the Christmas-inspired "Fairytale in New York." MacColl also collaborated with several other bands during her two-decade career, including the Rolling Stones, the Smiths and Talking Heads. Married to producer Steve Lillywhite since 1984, she is also survived by two sons, Jamie and Louis.


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When Grandma Intervenes: Feeding my Skinny Kid!Liz Cerezo
My mami is a helicopter abuela. Yes, we've all heard the term when it comes to parenting your own child, but what in the world do we do when our moms or dads try their hand at parenting our kids?
With my youngest son, my mom has a special "affection" towards him. He is my little weak-link and if anything is going to happen to any of my kids, it's always going to happen to him. He was a tough pregnancy, broke his arm when he was two, was diagnosed with asthma at 4, and oh, have I mentioned that he is super skinny?
My mom can't stand skinny kids. My typical Mexican mom CANNOT STAND SKINNY KIDS. She is always thinking of tactics to try and fatten up my poor, defenseless child. Let me give you a run down of what she has tried to feed him in the past, with no avail, mind you….
She always uses the ploy of asking him to come over and just visit, but since my son still has no clue of her deceitful ways, he goes to her house completely unaware of what he's about to get himself into:
Cookies, pan dulce, arroz con leche, champurrado, peanut butter sandwiches, enchiladas, bean and cheese burritos, Ensure for kids, smoothies, Mexican rice con pollo, papas con chile, corn tamales, bolios with butter, apples with caramel, pears with caramel, quesadillas, tortillas with butter, tortas, chips, Takis, caramel popcorn, hot dogs, carne azada burritos, oranges, pasta with cheese and the culinary list goes on and on…
I kid you not. When he comes back to me in tears, because grandma is making him eat, all I can do is comfort him and say, "Well, that's grandma!"
She's tried everything she can think of to make my son gain some weight. I've explained to her many times that according to his doctor visits, he is within normal range in both height and weight. I've even gone as far as blaming his Asian genes as to why he's so thin.
It's been an ongoing battle between the three of us. One that my son keeps winning, since he hasn't gained a single ounce.
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start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
i've noticed some people leave their riding mowers/lawn tactors at full throttle all the time. even when starting. is this hard on an engine? i realise it's a much smaller engine but i would never start a car and immediately put the hammer down. i always way a short time and let the oil circulate. my riding mower has one of them throttle levers that you have to push past full throttle to choke when starting. i don't like the idea so i was thinking about installing a separate choke cable.
also is it good to engage and dis-engage the mower deck at full throttle or idle or half throttle? when i was growing up we had a 14 horse walmart murray and i always started in idle, ran up to full throttle and engaged the deck. as i got older and more aware of what was going on i noticed the belts would slip for a brief second when i did this. so i experamented. first i engaged the deck at an idle. well, the engine almost died. i found that about 1/4 to half throttle i could engage the deck then power up and the belts wouldn't slip.
does it even matter?
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
I start mine at 1/4 to no more than 1/2 throttle and let it run a little bit before moving the throttle up more...for the fact that its a splash lube engine, and I want everything coated well before I start "work".
I don't know on the throttle to deck engagement. I have always flipped my PTO switch at full throttle, and never had a problem doing so. The engine will bog down some, which is to be expected, but as the deck gets spinning, everything mellows out to a nice tone, and away you go.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
I see your from Kansas, welcome! I'm out of Wichita where are you from?
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
The guy next door to me builds Pontiac and Chevy (and on occasion Ford)race engines for a living. We got to talking about engine wear one day, and he was telling me that most start up damage is a direct result of a lack of oil, and not from expansion, and contraction. That is why new fuel injected cars such as the Ford Modular overhead cam engines rev upwards of 2 grand when first started. They are designed to rev high to ensure that oil is delivered to the overhead cams in a hurry. The only benefit that I can see starting a small engine at WOT would be to get immidiate oil pressure at start up. Its not a good idea to shut down an engine at WOT because internal temperatures could spike momentarily, especially on an air cooled mill.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
On the starting, half throttle is about best, however, if it has been sitting awhile I would start it at full for the first sec or two, is what i do, get that oil flow going is key, then afterwards idle it down.
On engaging/disengaging, some tractor/mowers Like my 93 craftsman actually says to have throttle to full for mowing, now as far as the actual engagement, half throttle atleast, for disengagement the same or less. Having the deck engaged puts alot of load on the engine, especially on the intial engagement, thats why its also I good idea to slowly engage the lever in, as opposed to just slamming it in, you want to gradually engage and disengage, that way you ease into the load and ease out of the load, it is better on the engine this way. Kinda like you clutch in and out of gear with a manual transmission.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
What does the manual say?
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
From the owner's manual for my '02 J-D GT235:
1-depress brake pedal
2-If engine is warm, leave throttle lever in "slow" position
3-Push and hold choke leverNote:choking may not be necessary when starting warm engine
4-turn key to RUN, check indicator lights
5-Turn key to START, blah, blah...
6-As soon as engine starts, release key.....release choke....put throttle lever in appropriate position
This is for an 18hp B&S engine.
From the owners manual for my '08 X748:
1-open fuel shutoff
2-depress brake pedal
3-Push throttle lever up to between 1/2 and fast position
4-turn key,5-check indicators, wait for preheater (diesel)
6-crank engine.....etc
for a Yanmar diesel
From what others said, the V-twin gas engines is much the same. My dealer started mine up at about 2/3 throttle, and shut it off the same way.
My thoughts are, if the engine oil pump sufficiently lubes the engine when it is running at idle, then it should also provide enough oil at start-up at idle. If the engine is used fairly frequently, like every other day, or thereabouts, there should be enough residual oil in the galleys and bearing surfaces to provide an immediate supply when the engine starts up, regardless of engine speed. But if the engine has sat unused for an extended period, more of this residual oil may have drained due to gravity. Nevertheless, if the oil pump is in good condition and clearances are nominal (close to normal), then oil will start to move as soon as the engine is cranking.
So maybe it doesn't matter either way. I know that I won't start mine at full, or even half throttle, I usually crack it just a bit above idle.
As far as engaging the deck, I start the deck at full throttle, which is also what the manual recommends. The HST in my 748 has internal clutches , but my GT235 is the electric variety, and it at least needs a good bit of rpm's so it doesn't stall the engine
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
I'm going to cotradict what's been written here. The manual for my Craftsman 24hp v-twin Briggs Tractor says to start and stop the tractor at full throttle.
Secondly, I have read many times on this forum to drop the throttle as low as possible before engaging attachments to save wear on the belts and the (expensive) electric PTO. My Berco snowblower manual also recommends this. Basically you want the throttle as low as it can be without stalling the engine for attachment engagement (about 1/4 to 1/2).
It's funny, my JD 316 Kohler manual says to drop the throttle all the way down for 30 seconds before shut off to avoid backfiring. My Craftsman manual says keep the throttle wide open to avoid the same problem!
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
start/shut off at WOT, and engage the deck at WOT. never had a problem with it.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
Every tractor/engine maker has its own requirements for each of its versions...you do what the manual says...for starting, stopping and PTO engagement
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
For what I no about mechanic (25 years so far) a pressurize oil system on engine as to build up pressure in a few millisecond whit oil filter full and no more of 1 second whit filter empty.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
Keep in mind what technology you are talking about.
1) Carburated engine thats reving like mad when shut off will continue to turn for a while before it stops. During this time you are still sucking gas into the cylinder and out the exhaust its just not getting any spark. Try this at wide open throttle and turn the ignition back on before it stops turning and you mide get a loud bang that would be the unburnt gas exploding with the next exhaust cycle. (Not good for your machine)
2) Fuel injected models will just stop pumping gas into the cylinder regardless of how fast the engine is spinning if you turn off the key. If you try the above procedure you should not get the bang.
As for what I do. I believe in low throttle let it warm up a few seconds. give it a little more throttle, then a little more etc.
For the PTO I engage at lowest possible throttle then increase throttle.
And I have one question.
In the JD318 operators manual it says not to let the engine idle for prolonged periods as it may not get enough cooling air and overheat the engine. So I wonder what is the best compromise between not working the engine too hard and making sure it is pushing enough air past the fins?
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
The oil is going to take the same number of pump turns to lube the motor.
Do you really think it's better for your engine to get to full rpm before then?
I can't think of any good reason to engage any type of clutch or belt at WOT.
Same with shutting down.
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Re: start at full throttle or idle, engage deck at idle or f/t?
This is almost 40 years old and has been in the family since new.
It has NEVER been started at full or even half throttle during it's lifetime. It still runs perfect and only uses about a half pint of oil in 12 hrs of running at half throttle. The engine has never been apart! Seems like every one has his or her own way of doing things and no amount of talking can change that. Some people even say "I never change my oil, I just add more". Their the ones who usually complain that their mower is junk and they'd never buy that brand again! Oh well, to each his own.
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Haing S. Ngor, (born 1950?, Cambodia—died Feb. 25, 1996, Los Angeles, Calif.) Cambodian physician and actor who , won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in The Killing Fields (1984). In his portrayal of Dith Pran--who acted as assistant to New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg in Cambodia and risked his life to save journalists' lives when the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975 but was left behind, taken prisoner, and tortured before escaping--he relived his own ordeal. When the Khmer Rouge arrested and tortured Ngor, he pretended to be a taxi driver because intellectuals were being executed; he had to hide the fact that he was a physician even when his wife was dying in childbirth. After the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia (1979), he escaped to Thailand and worked in the refugee camps before moving (1980) to the U.S. He was working as a job counselor for refugees in Los Angeles when he was chosen for the role in The Killing Fields. Ngor appeared in a few other films, most notably Heaven and Earth (1993), and became active in the campaign to bring those who conducted the massacres to justice. He lectured widely and helped form two organizations that aided Cambodian refugees still in camps. Ngor was shot to death while being robbed outside his home.


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The release of Apple's fourth-generation iPad and iPad Mini this month has created a booming resale market for used tablets, spawning a virtual yard sale where eager fans can get a bundle of cash to put toward their next Apple purchase.
The third-generation iPad, labeled obsolete by some customers annoyed with the quick release of its successor, is selling for more than $400 in some resale markets. Buyback websites have jumped at the chance to turn a healthy profit on the tablet.
The iPad resale market is relatively new – the device is less than 3 years old – but is already flush with opportunity. Online marketplaces such as Gazelle and uSell.com, which buy and sell used electronics, saw a huge spike in third-generation iPad sales immediately after Apple announced its upgrade in late October.
"Our site just kind of blew up," said Anthony Scarsella, chief gadget officer at Gazelle.
Now, almost three weeks later, some buyback companies say the third-generation iPad is still their hottest product. And gadget websites aren't the only ones turning a pretty penny; tablet owners can take comfort knowing they can get serious cash for their used iPad.
Some Apple customers protested upon hearing that the Cupertino, Calif.,-based company would release a fourth iPad just seven months after the third generation hit stores.
Hundreds of dollars down the drain, they said, on a product that became obsolete in less time than a gym membership expires.
But the fuss may have been overstated. While iPad owners can't make back all of what they spent, some websites are offering $300 to $400 for the 32GB version and up to $500 for 64GB. The average price on eBay is $530.
The third-generation iPad cost $499 to $829 new.
BTIG research analyst Walter Piecyk said the secondhand iPad market is a "growing phenomenon."
Many customers haven't figured out that the iPad has a strong resale value, and there are people who will happily scoop up an older version.
"It's a new opportunity," he said. "There's real money in it for people."
Daniel Brauser, founder and president of uSell, said Apple fans should use the money they make off their iPad to subsidize a fourth-generation purchase, which has comparable pricing to the third.
"People are ready to get the next latest and greatest on this short product cycle, and they don't realize it, but there's a lot of value left over," he said.
But enough consumers have discovered the gadget resale world for buyback sites to see sharp gains. Average sales for the third-generation iPad doubled on uSell during the two weeks following Apple's announcement, Brauser said. He said the device has one of the highest profit margins; the company makes more than $20 per sale.
EBay also saw a nearly double increase in the number of third-generation iPad listings immediately after Apple unveiled its new tablets last month, a company spokesman said.
Gazelle, which buys and resells Apple products, saw a 450 percent increase in sales of old iPads. More than three-quarters of those sales were third-generation tablets.
"Anytime Apple releases something new, we see a huge spike not only in [Web] traffic but in the number of gadgets," Scarsella said. "It's great for us."
While prices are likely to fall as the tablets age, analysts don't expect this resale boom to be short-lived. Emerging markets, particularly Latin America and Asia, where Apple products are less available and often too expensive for consumers, will continue to drive demand.
"Clearly, there's a pretty big population of people who don't think that the third generation is such a terrible product that they don't want to buy it," said Stephen Baker, of the research firm NPD Group.


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D-10 Class AAA athletes beat weather before delay
To be continued.
That's the best way to describe Wednesday's District 10 Class AAA track and field meet, which began amid warm and humid conditions that quickly turned rainy, with thunder and lightning.
The latter caused two delays of the competition at Harbor Creek's Paul J. Weitz Stadium. The second one led District 10 meet director Jack McIntire to officially suspend the event around 7:50 p.m.
Because today's forecast calls for weather similar to Wednesday's, and since several schools have proms scheduled for Friday, McIntire announced the meet will continue Saturday at 3 p.m.
It will resume at the conclusion of the district's Class AA track and field meet, which is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. at Harbor Creek.
There were some Class AAA medalists and PIAA qualifiers determined before participants, coaches and fans were told to seek shelter.
Two medalists were from East, as Deiontre Plott and Jaiah Williams lived up to their top-seeded status in their respective disciplines.
Plott received the meet's first gold medal when he won the boys shot put. The senior's best heave of 45 feet, 7 inches was one inch better than the best attempt from Corry's Nathan Smith.
"I had two really good weeks of practice," Plott said. "I didn't have my best day (Wednesday), but I did enough to win."
While Plott will represent the Warriors in the field at states, Williams will do so in track.
She was timed at 13.01 seconds in her championship heat of the 100-meter dash.
That time was fast enough to hold off Central Tech rival Courtney Barney (13.17).
"I wasn't happy with my time because I know I could have run faster," said Williams, who posted a 12.48 during the regular season. "But it was fast enough to get me to states, so I'm happy."
Williams will get the chance to run faster and Plott to throw farther when the PIAA Class AAA championships take place May 23-24 at Shippensburg.
Abby Rose is someone who will head there as a district titlist for the second consecutive season. The Fort LeBoeuf senior defended in the girls javelin with a toss of 126-5.
Rose's happiness was tempered by her missed opportunity to break the district's "new design" javelin record of 135-6, held by Franklin's Nicole Cherry since 2007. Rose was seeded first with her toss of 136-1, achieved during last week's Erie County Classic at Harbor Creek.
"It was tough to come back for the finals and still have my head in the right direction," Rose said of a javelin competition interrupted by the meet's first lightning delay. "I tried my best, but (the record) just didn't work out."
There was no such emotional conflict among the four Mercyhurst Prep girls who won the 3,200 relay final. Taylor Pletz anchored Molly Phillips, Morgan Perkins and Kaeli Stolar to a state berth with their school-record time of 9:43.26.
"It was definitely a mental challenge," Pletz said. "We knew everyone was going to step up their game because that's districts. If they weren't killing on their times, we wouldn't have been able to drop ours."
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EAU CLAIRE, Mich. - Rick "Pellet Gun" Krause has come a long way from the summers he spent a couple decades back, shaking cherry trees and gathering fruit for extra cash.
The high school shop teacher and former Michigan resident used to spit pits at his orchard buddies in Eau Claire to pass the time.
He discovered he had talent. So did the rest of the world.
On Saturday, Krause won his 12th championship at the 28th Annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championships at Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire.
His winning spit flew 69 feet, 3 inches - not quite his 72-foot personal best, but good enough.
Krause, who lives and teaches in Sanders, Ariz., travels every year with his wife, Marlene Krause, to the championship in southwestern Michigan. During the few days of his stay, he is talked about in reverent tones.
He is also good for business, said farm owner and contest director, Herb Teichman.
"We pushed cherries pretty heavy Saturday," he said.
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