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Beth El seeks to engage its members in an ongoing relationship between the synagogue and the home. The congregation is committed to Tikkun Olam(repair of the world) through Gimilut Chasadim (deeds of loving-kindness),Tzedakah and Tefilah (prayer). Our members take an active role in the Jewish community and the community at large. We are a warm, caring community which encourages fulfillment in Jewish life through spiritual, educational and social activities.
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Emily Fisher Landau is a big name in contemporary art. But she's neither an artist nor a muse, neither a museum director nor a scholar. She's a collector, one whose breath of generosity is paralleled only by that of her massive collection.
In 2010, Fisher Landau pledged more than 350 works of art, a gift estimated between $50 million and $75 million, to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan. Last February, "Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection," a selection from that Whitney donation, arrived at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Whitney Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder and Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg joined Norton Director Hope Alswang to welcome the exhibition.
"This fits into my view as to what service to the nation means: putting together a great collection and showing it to as many people as possible," Lauder said.
Fisher Landau, a part-time Palm Beacher, began collecting art in the 1960s. Though she's amassed art from all fields and genres, the majority of the pieces in her 1200-plus collection are by American artists. She's accumulated art from the likes of Kiki Smith, Andy Warhol, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist and Cy Twombly. In addition, she's collected the works of three artists in depth: Richard Artschwager, Jasper Johns and Ed Ruscha.
|Emily Fisher Landau, 1982, Andy Warhol (The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts)
The exhibition notes to "Legacy" outline Fisher Landau's motivations and curatorial philosophy. "I've never collected something because it was fashionable. It was always about what I instantly liked." This self-assured quality is palpable in the exhibition, which is full of conceptual works with strong visual impact, art that emphasizes the process of creation and pieces that embrace controversial material. "She doesn't shy away from pieces that are tough," said Cheryl Brutvan, the director of curatorial affairs at the Norton.
"Legacy" is representative of Fisher Landau's collection as a whole. It spans a variety of mediums–such as photography, sculpture, graphite drawings and canvas work–and more than four decades of American art. It also features a few masterpiece works, including an untitled 1987 piece by Willem de Kooning.
One large theme that emerges in "Legacy" is conceptual art, particularly art that incorporates wordplay or delves into the theoretical side of art. For example, Lion in Oil (2002) by Ed Ruscha features palindromes, both verbal and artistic. The words "Lion in Oil," a palindrome, occupy the center of the massive canvas. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the mountain in the background is itself a palindrome, one side a mirror reflection of the other. An earlier piece by Ruscha entitled Give Him Anything and He'll Sign It depicts a bird with a pencil point as a beak; this piece is more visual wordplay, a seemingly oxymoronic idea that gains traction in this exhibit. Finally, a selection of benches (yes, benches) by Jenny Holzer plays off of the memorial benches popular in cemeteries and parks alike. A 1989 bench from Holzer's Living Series reads "It can be helpful to think of them eating their favorite foods and occasionally throwing up and getting bits stuck in their noses." This tongue-in-cheek quality is another mainstay in Fisher Landau's collection.
|Lion in Oil, 2002, Ed Ruscha
Words pop up throughout this exhibition, and art that examines theory is copious. What this Painting Aims to Do (1967) by John Baldessari is a beige canvas emblazoned with a description of what a painting aims to do. The formulaic advice was taken from an artist how-to manual, and Baldessari commissioned a commercial sign painter to produce it. This piece, and others like it in the collection, may prove too much of a deviation from the norm for some art-viewers, but it illustrates Fisher Landau's interest in the life of the artist as well as the artistic process.
One more theme worth mentioning is the prevalence of controversial material. A Manhattanite herself, Fisher Landau has acquired a number of pieces that depict or reference the struggles faced by New York City artists. In the 1980s, that struggle was dominated by the AIDS epidemic. "Legacy" includes an untitled 1985 painting by Keith Haring, the late artist and social activist remembered for his graphic and daring artwork. Bright reds and yellows scream for attention from across the gallery, and the milieu within which the piece was created is made clear by the inclusion of the words 'Safe Sex.' Fisher Landau selected this piece not only because it appealed to her eye, but also because it appealed to her humanity.
"The eye of the collector is something that's not commonly celebrated," Lauder said. "But the eye of the collector is everything." Emily Fisher Landau's impressive collection is made all the more remarkable because of her keen eye. She knows what she wants and why she wants it. "Legacy" celebrates this conviction with profound insight, into the artists featured, the museum-goers in attendance and the woman behind it all.
"Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection" is at the Norton Museum of Art through June 2. For more information visit norton.org

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More From NASCAR & Michael Waltrip
The Columbus Dispatch - December 05, 2012 04:26 PM
Who knew there was a such a thing as a snow race?
I learned all about them on Tuesday during my chat with Michael Waltrip, whose NASCAR team will partner with the local SPARC racetrack being built. Here's the story: http://bit.ly/YNPvke.
OK, here's how a snow race works: When it snows, a bunch of people bring their beat up old cars to the track and race 'em, and don't worry about bending a few fenders. It sounds like fun.
"Hey, we have company cars here," I said. "I'm in."
I also expressed an interest in driving one of Michaeel's NASCAR cars at some point in the future at the SPARC track - and he didn't say no, which to me means yes!
Michael seemed like a guy who knows how to have fun, in and out of the car and on and off the track. He was live tweeting from the event, and seemed to have a good time.
A 2-time Daytona 500 champ, Michael also races a few races every year.
"Isn't it hard to race only a few times a year?" I asked.
He said it was, and that he sticks to the tracks he knows best, such as Talladega.
It also seems there's an Ohio State connection on Michael Waltrip racing.
OSU graduate Kevin Chrencik works for Michael Waltrip Racing, as a vehicle dynamics manager and engineer. In English, this means his job is to make the cars go faster.


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Skip to comments.Legalize cannabis? Not so fast, say medics
Posted on 06/22/2011 11:34:42 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
Government Senator Marc Bean recently called for a debate on the merits of decriminalising drugs in the wake of a report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy. A distinguished panel that wrote the report said the war on drugs had failed and recommended partial legalization as a solution to the blight of the illegal drugs trade on communities around the world.
Not so fast, warn medics.
Side effects of marijuana can include a heightened risk of psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia, depression, damage to memory and judgement and heart problems. Neurologist Dr Keith Chiappa said: The use of marijuana, especially in younger age groups, should not be encouraged by any legalisation and should continue to be discouraged by specific programmes.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Chantelle Simmons said: Cannabis use has been shown to be associated with difficulties in thought processes in 15-20 year olds.
When you have a young adult, whose brain is still developing, there is a five times greater risk of schizophrenia.
It particularly adversely affects the developing brain and its also closely associated with psychosis.
The Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute doctor added: As a clinician, I try to focus on medical implications only, but I would have concerns that decriminalization would send a message that it was okay to encourage marijuana use.
Dr Simmons added that studies had shown that marijuana use caused higher rates of depressive illness in adult women four times the rate of depression found in non-users.
Teenage marijuana smokers have also been found to be less likely to complete high school and more likely to make poor career and life choices.
Dr Simmons said: People say its only weed, its natural. It is a natural substance, but it can have significant adverse effects. It can not only cause psychosis, but exacerbate existing phychoses.
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I really hope they don't. I believe it's a lie that marijuana is not harmful. Dr. Paul being a doctor should know better. Barney Frank is nothing but a little ugly worm who makes my skin crawl.
And, of course, the societal costs (including erosion of the Constitution - specifically of the Bill of Rights) of the "War on (Some) Drugs" are not discussed.
That's why I say: "RE-legalize it."
Poison Ivy is also a natural weed. Let's smoke some, right after we finish this delicious Night Shade salad!
Exactly. Did you know snake venom can make you dizzy too? These people are nuts.
I double dog dare you to wipe your butt with some poison ivy. It's a plant and so is Marijuana. Go for it.
Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.
I have heard that argument used so many times, and they always find a way to say that hemlock, nightshade etc. don't count.
Going to a disco and staying out until 5 a.m. when you have to work the next day is likewise "harmful." Hey! Let's make that illegal, too!
Alcohol causes changes to the brain chemistry. 7-year-olds who drink two bottles of Jim Beam a day have a lower high school graduation rate... Hey, let's illegalize alcohol for everyone!
No one here is claiming that marijuana smoke is better for your lungs than fresh, pine-scented air. Rather, it is the recognition that the "War on (Certain) Drugs" has caused immensely greater harm than good, and squandered billions, while simultaneously encouraging the creation of a sprawling bureaucracy with para-military powers that tramples on our Constitutional Rights because - "It's for the Children, sniff!"
It is funny how these leftists demand no cigarette smoking and vilify it at every chance they get....yet they glorify marijuana when the smoke is more toxic to the lungs.
Marxism has no logic....it makes evil good good, evil....everything is relative. They don't care about the "children"....they want addicts and dysfunctional people who need government to take care of them.
If we had no welfare state...then fine, have no laws against marijuana...BUT since we DO have government interference in all aspects of life we can't legalize it because then they do not suffer the consequence for their actions.
It is like the welfare queen....we pay women to have babies out of wedlock so Voila!! we get lots of it.
We legalize drug use and have government subsidize the losers...and Voila...we will get a lot of the dysfunctional addicted behavior....and a lot of the college kids I talked to who smoked marijuana said it made them lazy and they would skip classes or work etc.
Wow—how far from the Horatio Algers type who formed Reagan's worldview.
Now we have dysfunctional, lazy people forming the worldview of our future generation....Great!
Me too. Socialists love drug legalization. It creates dependence on government. I know. Ive witnessed it Europe. Ron Paul reminds me of cult leader though who is beyond accountability.
I've seen young locals in Afghanistan harvest scorpian poison glands, dry them, crush them and smoke them.
What lengths people go to in order to numb their senses! Ozzy explained it best when he said people do this because they don't like who the are. He went on to state that if he like who he was, he wouldn't have spent so much money on crap that he drank, snorted or injected to alter his perceptions.
You "have the right" to use a cordless drill on your forhead. Just sayin...
The science is very clear and saying that alcohol is like pot (a falsehood) and then pretending that two wrongs make a right is counterproductive. The brain imaging technology is very clear.
Points taken. Its funny how the radical anti-American movement was dominated by potheads too.
Someone on THIS thread PLEASE tell me how many deaths marijuana (illegal) has caused... and how many deaths alcohol (legal) has caused??????????????????????????????????
Thanks for the propaganda dude. Lets also ignore the brain imaging scans and studies from Oxford.When potheads get off welfare, produce some real studies, and stop trashing businesses in my area, then Ill relax. Im not comfortable with feral anarchists.
I double dog dare you to wipe your butt with some poison ivy. It's a plant and so is Marijuana. Go for it.
For the record: I smoked half a joint, once in my entire life, about 15 years ago. Period.
Now, to your objection: I am not advocating the consumption of marijuana, nor do I argue that - because it is "natural" - it must be healthful. Alcohol is likewise "natural" - but I wouldn't give it to my 3-year-old.
Rather, I am arguing that we should not 1) spend BILLIONS to incarcerate hundreds of thousands of petty minor "users" and that 2) the mere EXISTENCE of the drug-law enforcement organizations is ominous.
The "natural" argument (which is NOT my argument) is, I think, that marijuana is part of the natural world in which we live, like rocks, the air we breathe, trees, and roadside weeds, and is thus (theoretically) omnipresent and "mundane," and that it is therefore intellectually ingenuous to classify it (legally) like some artificial substance created in underground labs and which didn't even EXIST until some Swiss chemist formulated it.
Do you think it should be taxed?
So, since we do have a 1984-style, Big Brother and/or Nanny State constantly infringing upon our freedoms "for our own good," rather than changing THAT, you would rather accept blatantly unfair, heavy-handed, INEFFECTIVE anti-drug laws?
It is funny how these leftists demand no cigarette smoking and vilify it at every chance they get....yet they glorify marijuana when the smoke is more toxic to the lungs.
Ad Hominem Fallacy! I, a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative who thinks that it should be allowed to carry hunting rifles openly, etc., assert that marijuana is perhaps as "evil" as nicotine, or as dangerous as even alcohol... But that we should revert to the situation we had in the late-19th century, when it was NOT illegal to grow, possess, and smoke hemp. Heck: It is well documented that both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were hemp farmers (though it is not recorded how often they "lit up").
Someone on THIS thread PLEASE tell me how many deaths marijuana (illegal) has caused... and how many deaths alcohol (legal) has caused??????????????????????????????????
Someone needs to get off the couch and read medical literature. Dont depend on others because Im personally sick of repeating the same old studies to people who have already made up their minds, irrespective of the evidence. Schizophrenia hurts families.
But in any case, I love the two wrongs make a right logic. Someone also needs to remember that this isnt just about death but narcissistic potheads making life difficult for others. Ive lived in Europe, and the soft on drugs culture is a disaster. It creates more welfare dependency and crowded hospitals.
Yet almost all of us have witnessed the instant change into pot uniformity by teens, over, and over, and over, and over, it is the defining symptom and identifier of pot usage.
A teen starts smoking pot, and instantly it is as though a pod released under their bed and put the pot worm into their brain that makes them all cookie cutter copies of each other.
When we recognize a young physically healthy pothead, it is because we can recognize that brain change, their pothead mentality, their world view, their politics, their music, and again, the melding of their mind and personality into the smoky commonality of being one with all stoners.
Cannabis is doing something that they haven't measured yet.
As soon as the demonization of smoking a cigarette quits...I'll think about legalisation. (I am not a smoker, btw). Taxing pot could be very lucrative..but I want pictures and warnings and massive restrictions.
As soon as Libertarians run on the "L" ticket as opposed to the "R" ticket...
Number 1, number2 and number 3. You are dealing with kids who usually begin experimentation well, when they are kids. Kids don't know the consequences of their actions in a lot of cases so why enable them? It's up to the parents. Yes, I said it's up to the parents.
how about magic mushrooms?
"Going to a disco and staying out until 5 a.m. when you have to work the next day is likewise "harmful." Hey! Let's make that illegal, too!"
No, it has it's benefits. It releases stress, provides exercise, lowers the blood pressure. . .
all kinds of bennies to the disco till 5 am.
And the benefits of smoking pot are. . .
"Socialists love drug legalization. It creates dependence on government."
It makes our young men passive idiots.
Just the way the commies want them.
I hate to see a stoned young man. It is just sickening.
The Commissioners of The Global Commission on Drug Policy:
» Asma Jahangir
- human rights activist, former UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and Summary Executions, Pakistan
» Carlos Fuentes
- writer and public intellectual, Mexico
» César Gaviria
- former President of Colômbia
» Ernesto Zedillo
- former President of México
» Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- former President of Brazil (chair)
» George Papandreou
- Prime Minister of Greece
» George Shultz
- former Secretary of State, United States (honorary chair)
» Javier Solana
- former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain
» John Whitehead
- banker and civil servant, chair of the World Trade Center Memorial, United States
» Kofi Annan
- former Secretary General of the United Nations, Ghana
» Louise Arbour
- former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, president of the International Crisis Group, Canada
» Maria Cattaui
- Member of the Board, Petroplus Holdings; former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland
» Marion Caspers-Merk
- former State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
» Mario Vargas Llosa
- writer and public intellectual, Peru
» Michel Kazatchkine
- executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, France
» Paul Volcker
- former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve and of the Economic Recovery Board, US
» Richard Branson
- entrepreneur, advocate for social causes, founder of the Virgin Group, cofounder of The Elders, United Kingdom
» Ruth Dreifuss
- former President of Switzerland and Minister of Home Affairs
» Thorvald Stoltenberg
- former Minister of Foreign Affairs and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Norway
I never claimed that the neurological and other medical effects of marijuana were similar to those of alcohol.
Heck, I never even used the word "like!"
I have compared the relative hazardousness of the two. One could likewise the relative dangers (to health, well-being, or societal stability) of tightrope-walking and smoking banana peels; that is legitimate. My point is that a substance which people voluntarily ingest should not be illegal merely because it is "bad." Rather, YOUR standpoint that of a nanny-state mentality.
Pot is a weed that doesn't need any refining, once legal, it will be free and everywhere, no one will be paying tax.
Making a Marlboro, a Bourbon, a Beer is complicated and is meant to please the palate.
Looks like a lot of UN and UN connected people there.
What a Red Herring and/or diversionary tactic!
Bubblegum is taxed! Disposable panty liners are taxed! Groucho Max fake glasses and mustaches are taxed! What do you think?
The Middle East has depended on cannabis for thousands of years, and it shows.
I am against Drugs and I feel many if not most State Governments should control theses addictive substances.
But it is nonetheless my firmly held position that the Federal Government of the United States is NOT constitutionally empowered to prohibit a plan, drug, or any other substance within the boundaries of any State.
To that end I see FDA, ATF, and DEA agents as nothing more then criminals that should be arrested, charged, and shunned as such.
Try applying YOUR paranoia to hashbean420 on youtube... it doesn't wash (correlate) dig?
I don't fear the truth. I've been there, done that, and got the t-shirt.
Oh, and by the way, I've been an upstanding citizen, in my community AND in the service to my country having served in the US Army and in the US Air Force.
In closing (once again) YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION!!!
You think the Merck manual is propaganda. Wow.
Indeed! Your really ARE a proponent of the "two-wrongs-make-a-right" logic! You understand that the nanny/welfare state is morally abhorrent and contraproductive, and yet you believe that that justifies persecuting people (many of whom AREN'T on welfare) who smoke a leave!
If you were caught using pot in the US Army and in the US Air Force they would kick you out.
I agree with you. I had friends that smoked pot in high school, and I had friends that drank. Today I know alot of dysfunctional drunks but not one dysfunctional pot head. I know many that took a little something something else from the drug dealer and have been worthless since. Pot isn't something I would want my children to use but I also think its crazy to lock anyone up for it. The reason you will lose your kids to hard drugs isn't the pot so much as it is the guy selling the pot also sells the hard stuff. Most kids would just stop at pot if he didn't. To say anything else is to not know what you're talking about. I grew up in a hood, I've seen it a thousand times. If it was at the liquor store it would be the end of the chain like booze. Legalizing pot would truly hurt the remaining drug business and strangely enough stem a crap load of illegal immigration troubles. OK let it fly.
This just shows you how little you have thought about it. I will not support any laws that permits the government to tax drugs. If you can't figure it, that's your problem.
Teenage marijuana smokers have also been found to be less likely to complete high school and more likely to make poor career and life choices.
Correlation does not equal causation. Perhaps people prone to depression and making poor choices are more likely to self-medicate with pot, alcohol, tobacco and so forth.
What you are saying is that you accept the welfare state we have.
Why are you making your thinking - and presumably, also your ACTING - against something you imply you realize is UNJUST contingent upon the consistent behavior of others?
What you wrote is like saying "I'll think about allowing Blacks to drink out of the same water fountain as soon as 'they' stop [insert any other arbitrary morally reprehensible condition in the world]."
And "demonization" is not to be compared to "illegalization." Getting cited and having to pay a $200 fine for smoking in a restaurant is NOT comparable with being thrown in the pokey and getting anally raped because you were sitting at home smoking some marijuana you grew in your own flower box.
YOU didn't ANSWER my question either.
Nice try. Not really...
Then the answer is to make cordless drills illegal. /s
The point is that it is debatable, i.e., there are no objective arguments to be made for/against going to the disco, slamming your head against the floor, drinking Jim Beam, or smoking pot.
It should therefore be left to the INDIVIDUAL to decide what is best for him!
If youngsters were seeking to "self-medicate" with marijuana then they would be doing better.
What you are talking about is self-destruct.
Growing tobacco is no more difficult than growing marijuana. In fact, it was so simple that even the Indians - who never even invented the WHEEL - could do it!
I don't know a lot about growing pot, but what makes sense to me is that growing any crop incurs expense. Curing and selling also incurs expense (can you say hydroponic), much like the production and distribution of cigarettes or alchohol. The ingredidients of cigarettes and alchohol are natural in the beginning.
If you are talking about growing a few plants on your patio..do you think it would stop at that?
It would turn into large fields and Uncle Bob's Pot Shop. It would be taxed. With many different flavors..maybe even menthol, lol.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With four days left before the federal government heads over the so-called fiscal cliff and new reports that the U.S. Treasury may hit a 'debt ceiling' by the New Year, investors have a lot to worry about.
Lingering outside the daily political ping pong between Democrats and Republicans are Wall Street ratings agencies. As Moody's(MCO) , Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings act as quiet bystanders to ongoing budget negotiations, investors may do well to consider them as a key risk factor as lawmakers either pull together a last-minute deal before the cliff deadline or allow the U.S. economy to hurdle over it.
Notably, Moody's, S&P and Fitch have spent recent months telegraphing to investors how they would react to a multitude of different budget scenario's. Interestingly, while heading over the cliff would appear to be the worst possible outcome for investors, ratings agencies outline why they think differently.
Moody's said in recent review of the U.S. government's debt rating that a last minute deal, which kicks the can down the road on revenue increases, spending cuts, or both, would be the worst possible outcome. Meanwhile, Fitch sees a negotiation that spills into 2013 as reason to reconsider the government's rating.
Unfortunately for investors both scenario's appear to be in the cards, given the limited amount of time Congress has to negotiate a so-called Grand Bargain this year.
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it "looks like" Congress wouldn't be able to broker a cliff-avoiding deal by year-end. With House Majority leader John Boehner sidelines by a Republican congressional camp that couldn't approve his "Plan B" budget deal, the dimming prospect of a Senate leaves lawmakers with few options.
President Obama said on Dec. 21 that in the absence of a deal, Congress should at least put together a bill to maintain tax cuts on those earning less than $250,000 a year, while extending unemployment benefits for roughly 2 million workers.
According to rating agencies, heading over the fiscal cliff might have a similar impact for the U.S. government as a so-called Grand Bargain, which could capture the revenue increases Democrats are pining for and the spending cuts Republicans continue to hold out on.
Moody's said in September it may downgrade the U.S. debt rating from Aaa - its highest rating -- to Aa1 by 2014 if budget negotiations during the 2013 Congressional legislative session fail to stabilize the federal debt to GDP ratio. Currently, Moody's holds the U.S. government's Aaa rating with a "negative" outlook, signaling that a rating review would likely yield a cut.
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All in a Week's TimePosted Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at 9:36 PM
We have fun... it's what we do, so I just thought I'd share some of it. What kid wouldn't love to do this in an afternoon?
Little bit of a smile here huh?
It's always funner when there's more than 1
We play a game called "rope" or sumthin.... They have to stay together and 'rate' their horses.... it's not really that easy
Got a foot over the rope here. The good thing is, they can let go. But they learn to figure these things out. Safely
Meanwhile in the barn, my daughter, Jess, is getting the filly used to being touched. This also is not as easy as it may look.
Another nite
Jilly Loves to ride as much as she can
is that a Sassy look or what???
I think Al is starting to like to go fast
Jilly is getting the speed disease.... We've been waiting
sun going down, but they don't wanna quit
Rope Race. There is a lot of learning being learned here. Guiding your horse, handling reins, watching one another, and keeping happy horses underneath ya.... As you can see, girls and horses all look happy. I'm happy too
In this game, they take a stick out of one bucket and run across the field and put it in another bucket. Again, a lot of learning going on
I sure love this girl. And she loves her horse
Remember the sky last night ?? Beautiful
Bryce had to ride too...so Al led him around. He likes to trot. He calls it "Bumping Around" But check out his legs. I've told him where they need to be ...and he never lets them waiver. This is gonna be a Cowboy to watch.
He has a big belly laugh here.... cuz he's 'bumping'
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-- Posted by jessiemiller on Tue, Nov 29, 2011, at 9:55 PM
How fun is that ! Very lucky kids to have you as Grandma .....
I got a question for you. My neighbors have horses sometimes and they are forever moving horses. Sometimes they might have 5-6 and other times only one. Now they have one and he was put in their pasture the other day. I seen it running and running all over the place. Does that mean he is happy? While he was running he was bobbing his head up and down ?
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Wed, Nov 30, 2011, at 10:18 AM
Horses are just like people in many ways. Some are more active than others. So this lone single horse might be active and just like running around. OR, he is lonely and a bit nervously looking for a buddy. Horses are by nature a herd animal, and like to be together.
Who knows, ...but if he has lots of hay, water... he'll likely be happy and settle down soon.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Nov 30, 2011, at 11:03 AM
Thanks Jess I was a bit worried because of the running. This is the first time I have seen their horses do that. He'll probably be moved in a couple days. Not sure why they are playing musical horses..... I don't know them that well to ask them. At least not yet lol!
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Wed, Nov 30, 2011, at 11:12 AM
We move horses alot. Some go to work, some come home for lessons. There are all kinds of reasons. I have one home right now, that was injured, he'll leave once healed completely. Or I've boarded horses, so those might be there for a couple days/weeks....
Just lots of reasons for lots of things!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Nov 30, 2011, at 11:26 AM
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The story of the first wave of D-Day and how it affected the small town of Bedford, Virginia. The community lost 21 young men in the invasion for it's nationalized National Guard unit was chosen to spear head the greatest invasion in history. One community's sacrifice and the men who made it. The story is well told and you can feel the anguish of those involved.
Takes you to the front line - the description of the D-Day landing is totally engaging and leaves you in no doubt as to the true despair and horror of that place as well as the courage and spirit of the men who fought and died there
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The technology behind VLJs
The engines are a new generation of lightweight turbofans that were offshoots of NASA research and lessons learned while building cruise missile engines during the 1960s and 1970s. About the time Cessna was introducing its first Citation, the 500, in 1972, Dr. Sam Williams, founder of engine-maker Williams International, was thinking about little engines for little jets. "He always thought anyone who could fly would prefer a jet," said Matt Huff, vice president of business development for Williams.
His first foray into the market was what would become the 2,300-pound-thrust FJ-44 turbofan. Williams designed it initially to compete as the powerplant on the Pentagon's JPATS training aircraft. It lost that contest, but was chosen to power the Sino Swearingen SJ30, the Beechcraft Premier I and the Cessna Citation CJ, an airplane that was lighter and faster than the original Citation 500. The engine entered service in 1993 and Williams already has produced 2,500 of them.
A downscaled version of the FJ-44, the FJ-33, would later be selected to power VLJs, including those from Adam, ATG, Cirrus, Diamond and Piper. The FJ-33 weighs just 300 pounds and delivers 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of thrust. It incorporates advances pioneered on the FJ-44, such as scalloped exhaust pipes that reduce engine noise and improve fuel efficiency. The fan stage features blades that are widely swept and rounded, which further contributes to lower noise and better economy. Williams pioneered the use of a single-piece, single-forged titanium fan blade and fan disk assembly called a "blisk" that reduces weight and the need for maintenance and is more damage tolerant than the conventional separate disk-blade-spacer designs.
But as early as the 1980s, Sam Williams was thinking smaller. He agreed to provide engines to one of the earlier failed attempts at VLJs, the FoxJet, and by 1996 Williams partnered with NASA to produce a 700-pound-thrust turbofan for light, four- to six-passenger aircraft. He hired aircraft designer Burt Rutan to build a futuristic aircraft, the V-JETII, to showcase an early version of the engines. Rutan, who is the closest thing the small-airplane community has to a rock star, would later proclaim, "Propeller airplanes are dead." The V-JET arrived at AirVenture Oshkosh [Wis.], the world's largest airshow, in 1997. Vern Raburn, an avid pilot and former computer executive, noticed it right away.
A year later, Raburn founded Eclipse, a company whose stated goal was to produce at least 500 twin-engine VLJs a year for $775,000 each (1998 dollars), using automotive-industry-style assembly lines and an advanced metal-bonding technique called "friction stir welding" that eliminated most of the riveting. The Eclipse was designed around the new Williams EJ-22 engines and the Avidyne Avio integrated computer screen avionics suite. The problem was that neither worked well enough on the aircraft as designed, forcing Eclipse to find other suppliers and redesign a good deal of the airplane, thus causing delays. And more delays. Eclipse eventually turned to Pratt & Whitney Canada for its 600 series engines, the same new generation of powerplant as on the Cessna Citation Mustang and Embraer Phenom 100, and a combination of companies to finish the avionics.
Meanwhile, one company, Spectrum Aeronautical, thinks more radical technology may be required. The firm, which Austin Blue runs, toiled in secret until 2005, when it removed the wraps from its 10-seat Model 33 jet. The company claims the aircraft will have a range of 2,000 nautical miles and cruise at 477 mph with the same hourly fuel consumption as the much smaller Eclipse. It will also be able to use ridiculously short runways. On its maiden flight from Spanish Fork, Utah (elevation 4,529 feet), in January 2006, the Spectrum 33's reduced-power takeoff roll was just 750 feet, less than a third of what a Cessna Citation CJ2 would have required.
Spectrum uses a proprietary and automated method of fabricating carbon fiber that provides stiffness and support. The entire aircraft fuselage weighs just 300 pounds. With full fuel and passengers, the Spectrum will weigh approximately 7,300 pounds or about half as much as a comparably performing aluminum business jet. Spectrum is in the process of developing the Model 33 and a larger sibling, the S-40.
Thank you for providing the WR-19 fan composition and the process in which it was produced, in my research on the "Original" WR-19 which was financed by Internal funds this civilian development was a breakthrough in Micro turbofans.
The WR-19 engine was "classified" and removed from civilian use.
Weight 68 pounds
Thrust 430 pounds
In producing the WR-19 I am attempting to be accurate in my efforts,since the Patent has expired and the WR-19 has been declassified it is possible for very determined individuals to pursue construction of this revolutionary engine.
I have learned almost any machine shop in 2012 can make the required components that were created by Sam Williams in 1963-1965.
It has been suggested there was a special fuel in 1963... that requirement by the Military did not exist, the 107-WR-101,400,402 are current military applications which require a "military fuel" which might be JP-8.
What made the WR-19 a true work horse, it had the same power as civilian aircraft engines in 1965, but it was 1/20th the size, and increase in the Fan provides additional thrust, but creates a corresponding reduction in component longevity.
A Military sailplane was created using the WR-19 430 pound thrust engine, this will be a fun project to copy as sailplanes are well known and the 1965 68 pound WR-19 is a suitable power plant.
A True Turbofan provides thrust that most propeller equipped engines can never match.
I want to thank Sam Williams,United States and the many many people that created the 1963 to 1965 WR-19 weight 68 pounds thrust 430 pounds Turbofan, the power to weight ratio even 45 years later is hard to duplicate, I look forward to following in your foot steps,Thank you for leading the way.
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Bill Roorbach is the author of eight books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Flannery O'Connor Prize and O. Henry Prize winner Big Bend (University of Georgia Press, 2001), Into Woods (University of Notre Dame Press, 2003), and Temple Stream (Random House, 2005). Life Among Giants, a novel, is due from Algonquin in 2012. The 10th anniversary edition of his craft book, Writing Life Stories (Story Press, 2008), is used in writing programs around the world.
Recently, Bill was a judge on Food Network All Star Challenge, evaluating incredible Life Stories cakes made under the gun, so to speak. Bill knows nothing about cake, but he knows a lot about life stories! His work has been published in Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, The New York Times Magazine, Granta, New York, and dozens of other magazines and journals. His story "Big Bend" was featured on NPR's "Selected Shorts," read by actor James Cromwell at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
Bill has taught at the University of Maine at Farmington, Colby College, and Ohio State. His last academic position was the Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts. He has now retired from academia in order to write full time. (from the author's website.)
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Paypal WILL NOT protect you if you get scammed
Since this is now pinned I though I would revise it
-ORaNGe- buys my ego
he wants me to ship to 111 abc Ave.
the invoice says 555 xyz Ave.
if I ship to 111 abc Ave. he can claim I shipped to the wrong address and get his money back and the item. because Paypal doesn't know he really got the item.
following ripped from
Buyer want me to ship to an address other than his confirmed address.
Nov-23-2009 06:59 AM
I sold an item to a buyer in Canada. He has a confirmed address in paypal but is asking me to ship to another address. He says that he recently moved and can not change his address due to a problem with his credit card. Am I protected in any way if I ship an item to an address other than the one that paypal gives me? He is being very persistent that I ship this item to him and I am afraid that he is going to leave a neg. This item was also over a hundred dollars and the buyer only has 5 feedback. Any advice will be appreciated.
Re: Buyer want me to ship to an address other than his confirmed address.
Nov-23-2009 11:14 AM
don't do it. I just got scam recently by ship to different address and buyer's bank reverse the payment transaction. I think someone hacked the buyer's account and therefore ask to ship to different address. The buyer may telling the truth, but you neven know. I lose alomost 280 and I need the back to buy gift. **bleep**.
Edited by Panda Dentist, 11 September 2011 - 08:02 PM.


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1935, wow, what a relic. If the pizza thing doesn't work out, maybe you could open a Hobart Mixer Museum And kneading time is definitely relative. With a slow vintage mixer plodding along, it might take the dough as long as 5 or 6 minutes just to come together, so the actual gluten development might not be that much. The dough is probably far from smooth at the 8 minute point, right?
We still do 4 stretch and folds at 45 minute increments.
Do you do this out of habit, on account of the old mixer, or for another reason? I understand it's use for strength building in wet doughs but why now?Chau
Brian, nice to have you adding to the forum. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we appreciate it. I wanted to ask what are you using for ovens these days? Thanks -Marc
I want to clarify in my previous post... we are not adding steam, but when you bake multiple pizzas in the same deck, steam is a natural by-product. We keep our flues closed, so that the heat and steam do not escape the oven chamber. If I was to bake just one pizza in a deck, the browning results would be less even as less steam would be present.
Brian,Since you have an electric deck oven, do you keep the flues closed in order to emulate a gas-fired deck oven, which tends to produce a more humid baking environment?Peter
Brian,I also appreciate your answering questions openly on the forum. I have a Bakers Pride Counter Top Double Deck Gas (propane) Oven. GP-61 http://www.bakerspride.com/specs/Instal%20ops/Counter%20Top/GP-51-61%20Inst-Op%20U4128A%201-08.pdfRight now I using KASL flour with a preferment (poolish) for my dough. The poolish is made on a Friday and cold fermented until I use the poolish to make my final dough on a Monday. The dough is then cold fermented for one day. Do you think if I would try Harvest King flour, I maybe could get a better crust in my pizzas? I am only a small one day a week pizza stand at a farmers market. My bake temperatures are around 555-568 degrees F. My hydration of my preferment Lehmann dough is around 62-64%. I am wondering about how Harvest King might be a better flour for me to try. I see you use Harvest King flour. I mix my dough in a Hobart mixer for about 6 minutes in 15 lb. batches. I also use 1.5 % oil in my dough.Norma
Brian,I also appreciate your answering questions openly on the forum.
What don't you like about your dough with your current formula and using KASL flour?
Brian,There really isnt anything I dont like about my current dough, but was looking for other ways to improve my pizzas. I never tried out any other flour in my formula, so I appreciate your advise to try out some in 5lb. bags to see how a side by side comparison would change my pizzas. I will take your advise and try some test doughs. The only problems with my formula now I can see is I also want more coloration in my crust and just started experiments using dairy whey in the final dough.This is where Peter (Pete-zza) set-forth a formula for me to try. http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,9908.msg88687.html#msg88687 I have been using the preferment Lehmann dough for about a year and really like the formula. The poolish is 30% of the total dough weight.I am also doing experiments with milk kefir and trying to make a naturally leavened dough for market. So far the milk kefir doughs are working out, but I am only making one test dough ball at a time.Thanks for your help. If you want to see where I am using milk kefir in my dough for experiments, I can provide the links.Norma
I'd love to hear about your experiences with the milk kefir.
Brian,Would you mind discussing how you managed your dough both when you used a hydration at around 72-74% and your current hydration value? I assume that when you used the higher hydration values you did a bulk fermentation at room temperature and then at some point did the dough division. In such a case, how did you hold the dough balls pending use? Also, on the assumption that my analysis is correct, did going to the lower hydration value require you to do anything different from a dough management standpoint than what you did with the higher hydration doughs? For example, did you have to change the amount of salt?As a frame of reference, can you tell us what a typical dough ball weighs, both when you used the higher hydration values and your current hydration value?Thanks.Peter
Brian,... a calculated judgment on my part that you were of the classic Calvel/Rosada mold (they are two of my personal heros)
Brian, just curious, would a gas deck oven at the same temps create a nearly identical product? Also, with thos being electric, do you have to deal with much recovery time? Thanks -marc
Brian,Sorry to be asking another question, but do you find that when using Harvest King, that flour is better suited for a poolish than other flours? Have you found different flours work better for different preferments? Do you think the flavor of the crust would be better if I tried Harvest King instead of KASL in my preferment Lehmann formula with a poolish? I also need to try out Harvest King in my milk kefir poolish dough.I also wondered since different flour companies do produce different flours for wholesale, is the Harvest King brand exactly the same kind of flour that can be purchased retail in supermarkets? I can purchase Harvest King from my distributor, but just wondered, before I do some tests on supermarket flour.Thanks again for answering questions openly on the forum. Norma


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John Legend
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Nine-time Grammy Award winner, John Legend is a multi-talented artist known for his signature vocals and songwriting style that has earned him legions of worldwide fans along with a string of Top 10 platinum-selling albums. His albums Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), and Evolver (2008) each reached #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop charts. He has collaborated with some of the best in the business and has written for numerous artists on bestselling recordings by artists including Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Kanye West.
John's debut album, Get Lifted, earned eight Grammy nominations; won Best New Artist, Best R&B album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for Ordinary People while selling more than three million copies worldwide. His follow-up album, Once Again, earned an RIAA platinum certification and a Grammy award for "Heaven", which also won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. In 2008, John released Evolver, his third Top 10 album and embarked on an extensive world tour with his ten-piece band.
Most recently, John and the band The Roots released Wake Up! (2010), a compilation of music from the 60's and 70's all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and social consciousness which won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. The album is highlighted with tracks like "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway and Baby Huey and the Babysitters' "Hard Times."Wake Up! also includes John's original composition "Shine," which won a Grammy award for Best R&B Song and is featured in Oscar award winner Davis Guggenheim's domestic education reform documentary Waiting for 'Superman.'
Throughout his career, John has worked to make a difference in the lives of others. In 2007, John Legend launched the Show Me Campaign (ShowMeCampaign.org), an initiative that uses education to break the cycle of poverty.
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Skip to comments.Oh Brad! This zombie flick is brain dead: CHRIS TOOKEY reviews World War Z
Posted on 06/03/2013 7:11:06 AM PDT by C19fan
Movies dont come bigger than this, and zombie flicks tend to come an awful lot smaller. In Shaun of the Dead, the undead had to content themselves with snacking off a handful of British actors in a deserted pub. Here, its the future of humanity at stake. This time, Brad Pitt is here to save us, and the skies are soon full of crashing helicopters, screaming jets and stuntpeople being sucked out of aircraft. So whats it like? Well, its awfully like all the epic action films made by Roland Emmerich, ranging from the nearly sublime (Independence Day) to the totally ridiculous (10,000 BC). Its slap-bang in the middle of that quality spectrum, round about the level of Godzilla and not quite as classy as The Day the World Ended.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
These people will do ANYTHING for a pay day!
Hey, I kind of liked 10,000 BC.
I get the impression that the reviewer is a pompous, pretentious jackass who has never actually built, made or created anything ... ever ... in his entire life.
I'll definitely see this film.
In the theatre.
10,000 BC was brilliant.
Anyone who has enjoyed Robert E Howard loved it. Maybe a niche market, but still....
I saw the trailer ,the way the zombies piled up like ants was bazaar
Like most movie critics.
We'll see it and judge for ourselves.
Hmmm. What they needed was a gay sex scene.
Obama did the review? If true, its represents the most work the waste of oxygen has done in his worthless life.
Damn, I was hoping this would be good. I mean what a great concept, a world war against democrats. Shouldnt it have been called World War D though?
Really? That movie got just about the worst reviews I ever read, something like 5% on Rotten tomatoes.
Thanks for the ping.
Wow; I'd go or PPV to see that one!
It was a fun movie to watch but nothing high brow. It certainly wasn't the worst movie ever made by a long long shot. I'll watch it again on reruns unlike most of the trash from Hollyweird.
Trailer 2:
Obviously, those in the picture are "fast zombies"...
which we should prepare for, because the "zombies" we're going to face will be the ones with "FAIL" on their last EBT swipe, not the walking dead.
I only watch Zombie Comedies
Rule # 2:
double tap don't be stingy.
I loved Shawn of the Dead.
"Well, he was awfully bitey"
Yeah, but the, "FAIL," zombies aren't fast until they see you. THEN they run after you.
Stealth would be a good option if you lacked overwhelming force.
It's not as though anyone actually believes zombies are real (huge retail market for the Z-prepared notwithstanding), but this looks like the only way to get through to a callused audience.
Zombies = undead = pretty scary
Zombies being slow but persistent..scarey
Zombies much faster and absolutely requiring a head-shot-stop...scarier
Zombies proportionally running and swarming like soldier ants (a primal fear), resistant to all but complete immolation or being 'blowed up'....much scarier
No art intended, just a movie....$$$$$ to make, but just another movie.
"Oy! PRICK!"
"He's not home."
I agree, i have just gotten into reading these books, though I havent read that one... great stuff.
its a movie for petes sake!! just enjoy it!!
some of the critic recommened ones have totally sucked!!
What books, if I may ask?
Max Brooks's books?
"Hey, I kind of liked 10,000 BC"
Me too. LOL!! I loved "Independence Day"
I saw the original Romero zombie flicks once as a kid, nightmares for months. So I am totally going to be terrified while watching this movie. It will be great! Most movie monsters just aren't that scary anymore.
My son really liked After Earth.
this series and the DJ molles books have been excellent... i just wish they would write faster!!
Thanks for the ping!
The trailers look like the movie is very different from Max Brook's book. And the zombies look like they're the cheetah-fast zombies. But I still want to see it.
I see real zombies all the time. They are shuffling slowly down the street, J walking, and aimlessly wandering through parking lots. The bus stop is a popular gathering site.
this was the first one i read, very well written. by a Spanish , Spain, dude... thats what got me started...
never read MB yet...
"I see real zombies all the time. They are shuffling slowly down the street, J walking, and aimlessly wandering through parking lots. The bus stop is a popular gathering site."
We like to refer to them as yipsters (yuppie hipsters). They prowl the city in search of unconventional food, drink, and hooka-bars.
Thank you.
That's funny. I guess I am the odd man out. But in all seriousness....if you have read Robert E Howard (the original Conan author), this movie resonated. It was sort of like his worlds.
I may go onto Rotten Tomatoes and check out the reviews. There is nothing like a scalding movie review for entertainment.....
Liked it as well. The only way to do zombie flicks is with a lot of humor.
I won't see any movie that glorifies the UN. Sorry.
" It certainly wasnt the worst movie ever made by a long long shot. "
You mean The English Patient?
Ill watch it after I illegally download it. The film being released is the second or third version of the movie. The first version was apparently so bad the studio spent over $40mil just to make it watchable. If Braindead Brad Pitt cant buy himself a decent script writer or even follow the book, which would have made a mint because.the book's premise is actually scarey ,then he needs to lose his ass on this(his.film company made the movie). As a zombie movie fan, wwz is an abomination.
I haven't seen that one. Maybe I was thinking of the most overrated movie, not the absolutely worst.
Please do report back.
Shaun of the Dead is one of my all-time favorites... it's up there with Galaxy Quest.
This whole global "We have to cater to everybody" in order to capitalize $$$ on the return mentality seems to be ruining everything in life lately.
Got about 4 or 5 Blu-rays that i'm now looking forward to coming out on Netflix in the coming few weeks/months...
From what I am seeing on the previews, this has little to do with the original book. That's too bad, as the book was absolutely great. If they would have just followed that, they would have had a potentially great flick.
There are some written scenes that don't translate to the screen very well. One such is a narration of a young woman who had been a little girl sent to a camp full of starving people, whose parents did...something they didn't talk about. And then she says in a matter-of-fact voice, "By Christmas there was plenty to eat." I had to re-read it to figure out exactly what she meant, and then, brrrrr...
I heard this thing cost like $200+Million to make
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Cover Photo / Profile Picture Tutorial + Downloadable Photoshop Template For Brand Pages
This article will show you how to create an integrated Cover Photo and Profile Picture for your Facebook PAGE, and I've created a Photoshop Template for Facebook Brand Page Timelines to help you in this effort. Just follow the instructions below.
Want to create a Profile Picture / Cover Photo Integration for your Personal Profile?
There are some differences in the relationship between the Profile Picture and Cover Photo on Personal Profiles and Brand Pages. If you're doing this for your Personal Profile Facebook page, read Photoshop Template for Facebook Personal Profile Timelines.
What is an Integrated Facebook Masthead Design?
When I say "integrated" masthead design, I mean a masthead where the Cover Photo (the big image) and the Profile Picture (the image inset on the lower left corner of the Cover Photo) seem of a piece, where the Profile Picture appears to be transparent:
Creating the Cover Photo and Profile Picture images in Photoshop
This tutorial will show you how to create an integrated Timeline masthead using Photoshop, and the Timeline Template I offer for download is in Photoshop format. If you use other image-editing software, the following instructions won't fit. However, you should get the general idea and be able to apply it to your image-editing software of choice.
There are several things that make the integration of the two images tricky:
- Aligning the Cover Photo and Profile Picture to create a seamless continuity between the two images;
- Although the Profile Picture renders at 160 x 160px (with an additional 5px border), Facebook requires the image you upload be a minimum of 180 x 180px it then CROPS your 180px image, 10px on each edge, to display the 160px image;
- Your Profile Picture also functions as your icon, on all your Page posts on your own or other Facebook Pages, so make sure that it works well in both roles, icon and part of the Timeline masthead.
Aligning the Cover Photo and Profile Picture to create a seamless whole
I have found that the best way to create your Facebook Timeline masthead is to create one image that includes both elements, so that you work out exactly how the two images will look when rendered together on your Facebook Timeline.
To make your life easier, I have created a Photoshop Timeline for Pages Cover Photo Template you can use to create your Cover Photo and Profile Picture for your Facebook Timeline Page.
How to Use the Timeline Masthead Photoshop Template
Because of Faceboook's requirement that the uploaded Profile Pic image be at least 180 x 180 pixels which Facebook crops to 160 x 160 pixels, i.e., 88.88% of the original size), it's best to create your entire masthead design at a width that, when re-scaled to 88.88% its size, will be 851px.
This width is 958 pixels, and the total height including Cover Photo and Profile Picture is 450 pixels
(Facebook enforces a minimum height of 399px for the Cover Photo), and those are the dimensions I've made the Timeline Masthead Template PSD. (Facebook DID enforce a 399px height for your uploaded Cover Photo image, but no longer, it appears.)
Let's get started!
FIRST: It's now June 2013 and I noticed that Facebook had made changes that caused me to have to update this post. This is the latest as of June 22, 2013…
1) Download, unzip and open the template file in Photoshop. Note the transparence where the Cover Photo and Profile Picture will go:
2) Create the main image for your masthead at 958 x 450px or larger so you can experiment with different positions.
3) Drag your image into the Cover Photo Template, and move the template layer to be ON TOP of your image layer:
4) Add any additional graphic elements:
After you designed your masthead to your satisfaction, it's time to export the Cover Photo and Profile Picture and upload them to Facebook.
Export the Profile Picture image as GIF, JPEG or PNG
1) With the layer called "TEMPLATE BORDERS" selected, select the Magic Wand tool set to "0" tolerance, "contiguous" checked, and "Anti-alias" UNchecked and click inside the Profile Picture (the inset box) area so that it's selected (this will be 180 x 180px).
2) From the top menu, select: Image > Crop and crop the image;
3) Export this Profile Picture image, either as a JPEG, GIF or PNG.
4) Undo (Mac: Command+Z; Windows: Control+Z) until you're back to the full template image.
Export the Cover Photo image for your Timeline masthead
Now it's time to export your Cover Photo.
1) Disable the "TEMPLATE BORDERS" layer;
2) Crop your Cover Photo image, from the top, to a height of 353 pixels. So you're going to cut off 97 pixels from the bottom of the image. Your image should now be 958 x 353 pixels.
3) Export your Cover Photo image Facebook downsizes, via CSS, your 958 x 353px image to 851 x 315px (approx. 88.8%), with the ability to use the "Reposition" feature to make one horizontal adjustment to the right of up to 4px and you WILL have to adjust your uploaded image!
Upload the images to your Facebook Timeline Page
Uploading your Cover Photo and Profile Picture to your Facebook Page is fairly straightforward, and chances are you've done this before. Here's a quick rundown….
- If this is the first Cover Photo you've created for your Page, just click on "Add a Cover" to locate it on your computer and upload it.
- If you're replacing an existing Cover Photo, just mouse over the Cover Photo and click "Change Cover". Once it is uploaded, you'll have to use "Reposition" to move the image to the right, as you just want to move your Cover Photo image to the right. Just click and drag the Cover Photo image and drag it to the right as far as possible (this should make it align with your Profile Pic. You need to move it the maximum to the right 4px so just give it a tug to the right, and Save.
- Repeat for the Profile Picture, mousing over it and selecting: Edit Profile Picture > Upload Photo.
If you've followed the above instructions to the letter, it should look just as you planned it.
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Michael Bales, 42, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree assault. Police on Tuesday at 9:38 p.m. responded to Jefferson Street for a report of a domestic violence incident. After speaking to a female victim, she reported her boyfriend, Bales, allegedly pushed her down a flight of stairs and punched her in the face. The victim said Bales grabbed her cell phone while trying to call police. Bales was located, charge and transported to city jail where he is awaiting arraignment.
Candy W. McBride, 36, of Barrett Avenue, was charged with failure to appear. A warrant was served on McBride, who is currently incarcerated in Chautauqua County Jail on unrelated charges. The warrant was issued after McBride failed to appear in Busti Court to answer charges of fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree harassment. McBride is due in court at a later date.
Caren N. Hurlburt, 27, of Chapman Street, Jamestown was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief. A female victim on Tuesday said Hurlburt scratched her vehicle while it was parked in a parking lot. The incident took place Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. A warrant was issued for Hurlburt and was issued an appearance ticket.
Joseph P. Pratt, 25, was charged with four counts of petit larceny and fourth-degree grand larceny. Police on Tuesday said they held numerous warrants for Pratt for incidents at the Lakewood Wal-Mart during the month of January. Police said Pratt stole several thousands of dollars in merchandise from the store. Pratt was in Chautauqua County jail on other charges. He is due in Busti Court for arraignment.
EAST OTTO – Roseann K. Loomis, 32, of Meyers Road, was charged with violation of parole. Police on Monday was charged after a warrant was issued from Cattaraugus County Court. She is being held in jail pending an arraignment.
ELLERY – Natalie Rosario, 19, of Erie, Pa., was charged with driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana. Troopers were initially sent to a noise complaint on Greenhurst Avenue, when they observed Rosario driving with no headlights on and came to a stop in the middle of the road. Troopers charged her after she allegedly failed several field sobriety tests. A gram of marijuana also was located in the vehicle. Rosario was transported to police barracks and provided a breath sample of .12 percent. She was processed, issued tickets and released to a sober individual.
ELLICOTT – Amber Feldt, 30, of Jamestown was charged with driving while intoxicated after being pulled over on Route 394 for following a plow too closely. Feldt allegedly failed several field sobriety tests and was transported to police barracks where she provided a breath sample of .11 percent. She was processed, issued tickets and released to a sober individual.
Jennifer Hodges, 41, of Randolph was charged with three counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. Troopers on Jan. 23 interviewed a subject who said Hodges had been allegedly receiving and holding miner rights checks from a property they jointly owned. Investigation found that Hodges allegedly received the checks, forged the signatures and kept the money. She was processed and released with appearance tickets.


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I'm trying to find a photo of Paul looking straight up (doesn't matter from what year), like Ringo in this photo for example. I can't find anything on google images. Can someone help me please?
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Annual Conference Reports For OMB Memorandum M-12-12
In support of the Office of Management and Budget's September 21, 2011 memorandum "Eliminating Excess Conference Spending and Promoting Efficiency in Government," GSA has implemented strong guidelines to ensure all GSA conferences are mission critical and are carried out with efficiency and integrity.
GSA has worked to ensure that all agency events support our mission of delivering the best possible value and savings to the American people and our federal partners.
FY15 Conference Expense Report
GSA had no conferences in excess of $100,000 for fiscal year 2015.
FY14 Conference Expense Report
GSA had no conferences in excess of $100,000 for fiscal year 2014.
FY13 Conference Expense Report
GSA had no conferences in excess of $100,000 for fiscal year 2013.
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|The GSA Training and EXPO
|San Antonio, TX
|May 14 - 17, 2012
|The GSA Training and EXPO is a training conference for federal, state, and local government employees and military members who manage procurement decisions. The conference offers more than 200 classes on acquisition products and services in one place at one time for maximum efficiency. More than 1,000 businesses, 60 percent of which are small businesses, demonstrate their products and services to thousands of purchasers from federal, state and local government and the military.
|Louisville, KY
|June 25 - 28, 2012
|FedFleet is the federal government's annual asset and transportation management training program for government employees and vendors who manage federal vehicle programs. The conference provides training on how to properly manage, procure, and maintain federal fleet, which includes automobiles, aircraft, boats, etc.
|Nashville, TN
|July 31 - August 2, 2012
|SmartPay is a federally mandated training conference for government employees who manage federal government charge card programs. Managers are required to attend the conference, which provides training on how to efficiently and effectively run charge card products and services. Forums range from creating innovative payment solutions to the latest advancements in fraud detection.


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