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House Bill Would Expand Definition of "Armor Piercing Ammunition"
Where there is a will there is a way and many Congressmen are looking to find some way to further legislate the use of firearms and House Bill H.R.2566 is looking to further regulate the type of ammo you will be able to purchase for your handgun. The security of law enforcement has been a go to cause for politicians who seek to push through many types of gun control.
"Armor Piercing Ammunition" or the more inflammatory term "Cop Killer Bullets are" a great means to strike fear in the public in order to go along with any legislation that looks to only make our Public Safety Officials safer on the streets, but couldn't possibly cause any harm. Of course what the politicians forget to address is why Law Enforcement or Military is still allowed to use such ammunition, but it is not available to the general public for personal defense. If you are unaware of the current laws regarding "armor piercing ammunition", this section from Title 18 of the U.S. Code gives you a quick intro to some ramifications of federal law.
U.S. Code Title 18 Sec. 922(a)(7&8)
(7) for any person to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition, unless
(A) the manufacture of such ammunition is for the use of the United States, any department or agency of the United States, any State, or any department, agency, or political subdivision of a State;
(B) the manufacture of such ammunition is for the purpose of exportation; or
(C) the manufacture or importation of such ammunition is for the purpose of testing or experimentation and has been authorized by the Attorney General;
(8) for any manufacturer or importer to sell or deliver armor piercing ammunition, unless such sale or delivery
(A) is for the use of the United States, any department or agency of the United States, any State, or any department, agency, or political subdivision of a State;
(B) is for the purpose of exportation; or
(C) is for the purpose of testing or experimentation and has been authorized by the Attorney General
As you can currently see your normal every day Joe Schmo is not allowed to purchase any rounds defined as "Armor Piercing Ammunition". The kicker comes down to what is considered "Armor Piercing" and this is where the latest bill will play a huge effect on what you will allowed to purchase for your own persona defense unless of course you are in the minority that fall in one of those categories where it is legal to carry such protection. Below you can see the current definition along with the alterations and additions that would be made if H.R.2566 would pass.
(A) The term ammunition means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in any firearm.
(B) The term armor piercing ammunition means
(i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium, or
(ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile. and
(iii) a projectile that
(I) May be used in a handgun; and
(II) The Attorney General determines, under section 926(d), to be capable of penetrating body armor.
(C) The term armor piercing ammunition does not include shotgun shot required by Federal or State environmental or game regulations for hunting purposes, a frangible projectile designed for target shooting, a projectile which the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, or any other projectile or projectile core which the Attorney General finds is intended to be used for industrial purposes, including a charge used in an oil and gas well perforating device.
Essentially the main alteration would provide the Attorney General the means to determine what is "Armor Piercing Ammunition" for a handgun. You can see that the sporting purposes exception is still present which would protect ammunition utilized in pistols that are chambered for rifle caliber ammunition, however there never was a primary exception for ammunition utilized for self defense. The ability to further regulate ammunition is given to the Attorney General by adding sub-section (d) to Section 926 of U.S. Code Title 18 as seen below.
(b) Determination of Capability of Projectiles To Penetrate Body Armor.-- (1) In general.--Section 926 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d)(1) The Attorney General, in consultation with Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense, shall promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against the Body Armor Exemplar. ``(2) The standards promulgated under paragraph (1) shall take into account, among other factors, variations in performance that are related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel of the handgun, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, and the design of the projectile. ``(3) In paragraph (1), the term `Body Armor Exemplar' means body armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law enforcement officers.''. (2) Timing of promulgation of standards.--The Attorney General shall promulgate the standards required by section 926(d) of title 18, United States Code, within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section. (3) Assessment and modification of standards.--The Attorney General shall assess the standards every 3 years, or more frequently if the Attorney General finds that technological advances warrant doing so, and shall modify the standards as appropriate.
In the January 2013 Washington Post article,"The Cop Killer Bullet Myth", Emily Miller points out that, "Cops simply aren't being killed by crooks using exotic, hardened projectiles, but it sounds like a scary possibility." Further complicating the facts, The National Institute of Justice has set standards for the ballistic resistance of body armor with level IIIA being the highest protection against handgun ammunition. The NIJ Standards show the following to test Type IIIA Armor:
Type IIIA armor that is new and unworn shall be tested with .357 SIG FMJ Flat Nose (FN) bullets with a specified mass of 8.1 g (125 gr) and a velocity of 448 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1470 ft/s ± 30 ft/s) and with .44 Magnum Semi Jacketed Hollow Point (SJHP) bullets with a specified mass of 15.6 g (240 gr) and a velocity of 436 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1430 ft/s ± 30 ft/s). Type IIIA armor that has been conditioned shall be tested with .357 SIG FMJ FN bullets with a specified mass of 8.1 g (125 gr) and a velocity of 430 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1410 ft/s ± 30 ft/s) and with .44 Magnum SJHP bullets with a specified mass of 15.6 g (240 gr) and a velocity of 408 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1340 ft/s ± 30 ft/s).
Any body armor rated higher is tested against rifle ammunition. So, if this is the baseline for penetration then you are essentially restricting ammunition based on an existing standard of protection. It is a chicken and egg scenario providing further legislation restricting what you are putting into your handgun for personal defense.
In reality 17 officers were killed while wearing body armor that was penetrated from 2000-2009 as per FBI Statistics. Only one officer was killed in such a way with a handgun out of 536 officers killed during the same period. The type of ammunition was not provided other than it was a 9mm, nor is further elaboration given to the type of armor utilized.
We have not heard of a "Cop Killer Bullet" epidemic since 2009 nor do we intend to demean the loss of life for those that put their lives on the line to protect us, but the statistics speak for themselves when seeing an issue being address in Congress that should not be.
We don't know the exact ramifications of such legislation if passed, but we are fairly certain that it would limit the type of ammo you can choose for self defense. This will only fix a problem that does not exist and could further restrict ammunition purchases to an extent that is vague with the possibility of a wide ranging infringement on your right to bear arms. It is important to let your Representative know that they should not support H.R.2566 in any manner. We have provided the complete bill below in its entirety.


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Wlker and his Lt Govenor Win in Wisconsin
Original post made by Sharon, Midtown, on Jun 5, 2012
MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor, unsettling President Barack Obama's re-election strategy and signaling to Republican lawmakers across the nation that challenging government unions could pay political and fiscal dividends.
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"This was a national election," said Mr. Priebus, who previously served as chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
"This election gives us a very clear pathway of how things will be shaping up for November."
It should also give PA strength to stand to to the local unions.
Comments (24)
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Skipped a key
Should read
Scott Walker wins- actually the whole Republican ticket won--CNN reported a 50/50 split-it was actually 57 to 43-so much for CNNs credibility.
Good to see democracy in action
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Unions early on made every financial concession asked for by Wisconsin. Walker proceeded to break the unions anyway.
Supported by outside money of an astonishing amount, Gov Walker, the only sitting governor with a legal defense fund held on.
Despite Rhence Prebus's claim, I don't see how this race reflects on, nor ever addressed national issues.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Thank god the union's strong-arm political tactics lost. Special interest monopolies like Wisconsin's unions control the Democratic Party.
Just look at the California version - Jerry Brown forcing High Speed Rail down our throat to reward the union bosses whose money and coat-tails he road into office.
Can we recall the Moonbeam? whose got a recall petition?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Public sector unions should be outlawed!
Scott Walker is the new Reagan!
We now have hope!
Great night for freedom!
a resident of another community
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I used to be opposed to Unions, thinking it was protectionism for incompetents.
It most certainly is.
However, the error in my thinking was assuming that Management is competent and rational. When that is not the case, you need all the help you can get.
If, due to Unions, some incompetent employees are retained, well, where is the accountability for the Managers who hired them in the first place?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 5, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Won't it be wonderful when we are like China, and the 1%ers are even richer while the rest of us earn $2 / hours, working 60+ hours a week, with no rules whatsoever for job safety, and with no benefits ?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 5, 2012 at 10:58 pm
America is a Democracy--China is a communist state
The election results in Wisconsin are a sea change and an indicator for the 2012 elections.
Well done
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 6, 2012 at 12:00 am
It seems to me that the US (America is a continent) and China are converging fast and will soon both be complete plutocracies.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jun 6, 2012 at 6:05 am
Actually, America is a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. Democracy is 6 Lions and 4 sheep voting on dinner plans...our Constitutional Republic is 6 lions and 4 well-armed sheep voting on dinner plans. ( and presumably the 3 branches of our Fed Govt, WH, Congress and Supreme Court defending the individual rights enumerated by our Constitution of the sheep).
Walker "recall" was a foregone conclusion, the guy did what he was elected to do, the State is heading in the right direction financially, no teachers lost their jobs, etc. It was a tremendous waste of time and money from people who never learned the meaning of "no". In the meantime, the Sheep ( taxpayers) won (again).
I suggest a course on our Constitution by Hillsdale College. It is free, take it. Find their link and sign up.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Death threats against Walker (see this link for a sampling):
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Will Obama fly to Wisconsin and give a nice speech about tolerance? Or is it only Republicans that get the treatment? Dems need to control their own.
Great victory, Mr. Walker!
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Bogus Twitchy site.
Scroll down: "@TwitchyTeam lol all those acct names look like 14 yr old wannabe thugs. Find a real story. #fakejournalism"
Pathetic post, Kerry.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 4:17 pm
San Jose and San Diego both passed bills to limit overspending on benefits, pensions and collective bargaining.
When will we do that in Palo Alto?
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm
There is compelling evidence that all of these Twitter postings were done by Republicans, to make the democrats look bad. Of course the other question is how would the website in the link know who made those tweets and what their party affiliation is unless......
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 8:03 pm
The police are taking these threats seriously, and it sounds like they will be demanding IP addresses from the various ISPs.
Web Link
>There is compelling evidence that all of these Twitter postings were done by Republicans, to make the democrats look bad.
I think the Dems are so emotionally crushed that they will resort to almost anything, including murder. Some Dems have a real mean streak in them. The police need to investigate, intensively. These threats cannot be taken lightly.
It is time for an Obama tolerance speech in Wisconsin, if he wants to unite the nation, and provide hope.
a resident of another community
on Jun 6, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Perhaps something we can all agree on.
We are not a Democracy
We are not a Communist State
We are not a Plutocracy
We are not a Constitutional Republic
We are a Kakistocracy
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Amazing how close it was despite being OUTSPENT 10-1
Money Spent
Walker, Scott Rep $29,250,959.08
Barrett, Tom† Dem $2,935,761.51
30 million to 3 million; I'm afraid I am leaning towards Plutocracy.
Even those supporting Walker must look at that and shake their heads.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jun 6, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Too bad.
Guess there is a limit to our cultural memory and we have to re-learn the lessons of the past.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Actually unions from out of state spent an additional $30 million in Wisconsin
In addition union members from in and out of state spent many 1000s of hours going door to door etc.
This was a disaster for organized labor--35% of union families in WS voted for Walker.
We need to bring unions in PA to rational sense and cut their pensions and benefits drastically
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 7, 2012 at 6:17 am
"The police are taking these threats seriously, and it sounds like they will be demanding IP addresses from the various ISPs."
That is not what is stated in the article you linked us too. But do not let facts get in the way of your postings.
"I think the Dems are so emotionally crushed that they will resort to almost anything, including murder. Some Dems have a real mean streak in them. The police need to investigate, intensively. These threats cannot be taken lightly."
Get back to me when you find out who really made those postings. Meanwhile you have republican ministers saying gays should be killed. Who has the mean streak???
These "threats" will be looked into by the police and when they are proven to have come from Republican operatives Dave/Sharon will be singing a different tune.
"It is time for an Obama tolerance speech in Wisconsin, if he wants to unite the nation, and provide hope."
Why waste time--the republicans have made it clear that they are not interested in tolerance or working with Obama towards the greater good of all people. The republicans have a mean streak in them.
Sharon/Dave need to look at the real facts--this election was more about using the recall proces sto punish a sitting governor, which the people thought was a waste of money. In addition, the majority of voters said they would vote for Obama in November. Plus the Democrats took back control of the state Senate.
Facts, Sharon/Dave, facts.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jun 7, 2012 at 6:46 am
First, your 10:1 Walker:No Walker spending is bogus. It ignores the Union spending, the unpaid for newspaper propoganda, and the out of State organizing and money ( think of the organizing and money from VA Tim Kaine against Walker..in ANOTHER STATE).
Second: Even if it were true, GREAT. We vote with our wallets. Somehow it was great when Obama got millions of folks to donate $, and break the bank on campaign finance ( as well as his promise to stay with public financing).
THAT was not "plutocracy" but this is? I am all for your modern definition of plutocracy.If 50 million of us each send in $25 to whomever we support, that is the only way to defeat the mandatory billions collected by Union Leaders from their enslaved union members ( "pay up or don't work!!!"). If we band together, it is our only hope against the free propaganda of the newspapers and ABC/NBC/CNN, Union payments, and entrenched government parasites.
It is one of the few ways we have left to defeat the powerful.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 7, 2012 at 7:03 am
"Actually unions from out of state spent an additional $30 million in Wisconsin"
looks like Sharon is playing fast and loose with the facts again (as usual)
Web Link
"Not so fast. As it turns out, labor unions spent an additional $21 million on the recall election."
Oh and that link is from one of Sharon's heroes--dead Breitbart.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 7, 2012 at 8:54 am
Public financing of elections -unions and corporate bosses and Hollywood out of elections. One person one vote.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:08 am
Sam: No thanks. I have no desire to be one of the 50% to pay taxes to finance a socialist or communist doing a populist run to the 50% who pay nothing.
No. I prefer to let any of us donate to whomever we wish, not have every Tom, Dick and Harriet get my tax money to run a campaign against my interests.
We get what we pay for. We got what people supported in 2008...and we will get what people support in 2012.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:57 am
Sam's correct. For the record, I wasn't moaning about Walker winning, I was commenting that with that kind of lopsided spending , it was a foregone conclusion. The polls didn't change for three months - Walker never varied form 50%, mostly due to the avalanche of TV ads since December. 30 million buys a non-stop blanket of media in such a small market as Wisconsin. Side note - the media , specifically TV stations in WI, will have record profits this year.
I was stunned by the record amounts of cash - cash that comes with strings attached.
"We get what we pay for. "
No. We get what the unions and the billionaires pay for. Your hundred buck donation and my fifty bucks mean nothing. You said above that unions donate billions (wrong, but go with it for the sake of discussion). The Koch brothers have declared they will donate $400 million in just this cycle.
You and I mean NOTHING compared to either of those behemoths.
Who do you want the politicians to owe for their job? Owe you and I as voters, or owe a union boss some "favors" or owe an oil company some tax subsidies? Owe a Koch, or a Soros? Or you?
You ARE funding the elections right now, just with the handouts to oil companies (maybe $4 billion a year) or the pensions and wages to unions that outrage you.
Much cheaper to offer a public finance system, couple it with requirements and restrictions on media outlets providing low cost advertising in exchange for public license and public airwave use.
Politicians do it for the money; call them what you will.
I prefer:
1. reduce the cost of elections in a public finance scenario by mandating lower costs for TV (the main cost component) via the public commons (airwaves)
2. qualified candidates who choose the public financing route get funded by the public and do not owe eitherr unions or corporations, rather they owe us.
It's not a left or right thing. It works in blue Maine (where republicans love it) and red Arizona (where libs love it). In both states - the public loves it.
Who does not love it? Not our current incumbents at either the sate or federal level.
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Where to start. Well...I'm a bit of a gun n00b, forgive the gamer slang. I shot my first .22 rifle at the age of twelve, but it never really held much interest for me. My first rifle is currently sitting in the shed covered in rust. Four years exposed to elements will do that :P
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Welcome aboard. Take your time and don't rush into any rash or hasty decisions. That way you're more likely to get something you really want. That and the fact that you're restricted from buying through an FFL so any purchase is going to have to private sale... assuming there are not laws in your state against this.
The .44 Magnum is a fine caliber for what it was intended (handgun hunting), but not the best choice for casual plinking or defense. Not that you can't do either but there are better choices to be had.
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Perhaps there needs to be formed a Second Amendment Militia.
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Hived two packages last spring. One took off the other I had to nurse all summer. Thought I finally got the slow hive going by the end of summer. They stored enough honey for the winter but when I did my final check in October brood count was really, really low. I saw no eggs and figured my queen had shut down. To late to get a new queen so I just wrapped them up and hoped I was wrong. Well when I popped the top yesterday (61 degrees out) it was obvious the hive was dead. Lots of dead bees and I could see the dead cluster.
I went out and picked up the hive and brought it home today. Probably 60lbs of honey in the two deeps so stores were solid but only 20 or so cells of sealed brood with no sign of dead larva in any open cells. Lots of pollen and honey but frames of empty brood cells. I searched the cluster (very small 50-60 bees at the most) and found my queen right in the middle. She obviously was still alive when weather went cold but not enough bees to cluster. I wish I had replaced the queen back in the spring when I began to question the slow hive. I was a newbie (still am) though and second guessed myself.
I now have two brood boxes with 20 frames of drawn out comb about 60lbs of honey spread over the 20 frames. I have a couple ideas and would like your input. There are about 20 to 30 capped brood cells throughout the frames.
I want to start 7 hives in the spring. I am going to split my good hive into two and then get 6 packages.
Idea #1: Spread the drawn comb evenly among the 6 new hives. It would give my girls a jump start with drawn comb and get them going a lot more quickly.
Idea #2: Keep the frames in the two boxes and just give two of my packages a serious jump start. I would have four solid hives and four starters at that rate.
Any other ideas?
Will the new bees clean up the small amount of capped brood cells in the frames once I hive them?
Will the honey in the frames be okay until spring? Most of the honey is capped but there is a good chunk uncapped. Should I freeze the frames till spring?


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This grand English-style estate stemmed from its owners' desire for a great lifestyle for their kids, somewhere where they could easily land a helicopter.
John and Dianne McMullen, who are in the lock and security industry, found Birkenhead getting too urban for their liking as it grew in the mid-90s. They felt this large cache of land, 5km from old Albany Village, would nurture their two daughters and two sons. It borders the upper reaches of the Waitemata Harbour and its approach enables long-time pilot John to land a helicopter. "There's nowhere quite like this place," John says of their home of more than 13 years.
"It's so quiet and private. The kids have had a ball growing up here."
A stint living in England inspired the couple to ask architectural designers Whiteacre & Associates for a brick home, reminiscent of English countryside houses.
Gardens by landscape designer Gary Boyle meld formal touches with lush native bush.
Westthorn House was named after John's grandmother's Glaswegian family home.
The house is secreted away down a long shared driveway, its grounds enlarged with land bought off neighbours. Lush green Boston ivy meanders up the home's handmade-brick exterior. A chandelier from Harrods reigns over the soaring entry foyer. A sinuous staircase rises from its floors of fossilised stone and French oak.
The six-strong family, its two dogs, two cats and guests can spread out across six-plus living areas, including one with kitchenette which can alternately be a home-office suite. Living flows outdoors easily.
"You can lose 200 people in here, no problem at all," says John.
An informal dining/family room/kitchen has a Miele appliance suite, a walk-in pantry and, just for whimsy, a couple of pennies embedded in the polyurethane sealing its timber floors. Keen cook Dianne loves the formal dining room, which has hosted many great get-togethers.
The scale of the home and premium materials and fittings, such as interior shutters and window latches specially cast in bronze, create an elegant atmosphere. But John reckons they've enjoyed quite a relaxed lifestyle, with frequent entertaining and the kids' friends always welcome. The ground level also has a laundry, under-stair wine cellar and utility room off the garage.
Upstairs, the luxurious master suite includes a sitting area, big en suite, walk-in-wardrobe and balcony overlooking Lucas Creek. There's another balcony off the self-contained guest suite with lounge/kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. A four-bedroom children's wing with bathroom includes a TV snug. Uppermost is a fairy-tale turret with 360-degree views.
The outdoor entertaining area with pergola and clipped hedges centres on a heated infinity pool. Guests had to "walk the plank" over it if they arrived at a pirate-themed party not in costume. An atmospheric stand-alone wine cellar secured with a prison gate (left over during a Mt Eden Prison upgrade) holds 2000 bottles.
A garage with a kitchen in the lower grounds bolsters internal-access triple garaging and accommodates caterers brilliantly during parties. Other outdoor features include a big lawned "garden room" culminating in a beautiful fountain, in-hedge speakers and a 170m well supporting garden irrigation systems. The kids used a track down to the water to launch dinghies and jet skis.
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Robert Andrew Prosser, 60, of Edmonds, Washington, was killed January 13 in a fall from the top of an ice climb at milepost 8 of State Roue 155 near Coulee City. Prosser slipped off a narrow ledge at the top of the climb and fell approximately 200 feet. He was killed instantly. His obituary in The Seattle Times notes that "There was no equipment failure—it was a simple tragic accident."
Prosser was well-known at the Vertical World gym in Seattle, where he climbed every Wednesday. According to a post on cascadeclimbers.com, he was "soft spoken, really nice guy," who "never drank beer [after climbing at the gym] because he liked his wife better than the rest of us us. Probably a sign of good taste."


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Parent Involvement Among Hispanics Targeted
Equating Public Choice with Public Education
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Parent Involvement Among Hispanics Targeted
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently announced a $500,000 grant to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute to help create the Partnership for Excellence in Latino Higher Education, a three-year initiative to increase parental involvement in K-12 schools in Latino communities and to prepare Latino children to enter college.
The partnership seeks to develop effective outreach strategies to Latino parents in order to empower them with information and resources to increase the success of their children in school.
"The No Child Left Behind Act will help ensure that every childregardless of race, income or zip codereceives a quality education," said Secretary Paige. "But if we're to achieve this bold goal, we must get parents and entire communities more involved in their children's education."
The grant is provided through the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Education. The funds will be used to research and analyze the scope and effectiveness of existing resources, develop new materials, and create and implement a distribution strategy based upon needs assessments in Latino communities.
Equating Public Choice with Public Education
By Patricia Harvey, St. Paul, Minn.
While school choice stirs a national debate, in Saint Paul, Minn., it means one thing for familiesa world of opportunities. Every winter, we host a citywide Parent Information Fair at our downtown civic center for thousands of Saint Paul families who are trying to decide on a school. At this event, families and students speak with principals and staff at trade-show-style booths representing more than 100 public schools and programs, along with dozens of charter, private and parochial schools.
The fair is just one example of this district's commitment to public school choice. Saint Paul is home to the first magnet and the first charter schools in the nation.
The choices for elementary students include magnet schools that have a special focus on academic subjects, from the arts to aerospace, and include international baccalaureate programs for the primary years. All of our secondary schools are open to all students in the city and also offer specialty programs for helping students develop goals and plans for their futures.
We are working hard to implement the choice provisions of No Child Left Behind with our current school choice system. Over this summer we worked aggressively to ensure that all parents with children in schools identified as needing improvement were fully aware of their options. We were able to give all of nearly 500 students requesting a move from those schools their first or second choice school.
In addition, we have a three-year action plan to implement district wide research-based practices in literacy, math and science so that all students will get access to comparable academic rigor, whether they attend their neighborhood school or a magnet school across town.
While we are pleased at how well our system is working, we know it can be better. We are engaging our community to strengthen a system of choice that advances three goals:
|"I hope to erase the stigma and shame associated with harassment and bullying so young people feel empowered to report the experiences and demand better treatment. ... When you can use your own experiences to empower people, you are no longer paralyzed by what people have said about you."
Miss America 2003, Erica Harold, during an interview for the Oct. 15 show of Education News Parents Can Use.
- Educational Excellence. We need to ensure that our schools are doing more than making adequate yearly progress. When I arrived in Saint Paul in 1999, I put 11 schools on academic probation because their test scores were flat or declining. Since then, most of those schools have made remarkable improvements and are once again good choices for students.
- Equity. We've been working very hard in Saint Paul on ensuring that our diverse community members have equal access to the school choice process. While the overall percentage of students of color in our district has climbed over the past decade from 45 to 67 percent, our schools are not segregated. We have a good balance of African American, Hmong, Hispanic and white students at every school.
- Efficiency. We want to ensure that as few dollars as possible are diverted from the classroom to transportation and other costs associated with maintaining a system of choice. Compared to other school districts nationally, Saint Paul has expanded public school choice without dramatically increasing transportation costs.
Patricia Harvey is superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. Prior to joining Saint Paul in 1999, she was the chief accountability officer for Chicago Public Schools and also served as a principal and teacher for more than 25 years in that district.
Close-Up On: No Child Left BehindSupporting Public Charter Schools
Charter schools were developed in the early 1990s to increase parental control, to promote innovation and to provide students increased educational options within the public school system. Thirty-eight states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have charter school laws. Approximately 2,700 charter schools nationwide are serving half a million students.
Under Title V, Part B, Subpart 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the Public Charter School Program provides financial assistance for the planning, design or initial implementation of charter schools and to evaluate the effects of such schools.
Source: Charter Laws Across the States 2001: Ranking Scorecard and Legislative Profiles, Center for Education Reform.
In awarding competitive grants, the U.S. Department of Education gives priority to states that demonstrate progress in increasing the number of high-quality charter schools that are held accountable in their charter for meeting clear and measurable objectives for the educational progress of their students. States also receive priority if they allow for an appeals process for the denial of applications for a charter school and ensure that each charter school has a high degree of autonomy over its budget, among other criteria.
School choice is a key provision of the Title I accountability provisions in NCLB. Parents with children in schools that fail to meet standards for at least two consecutive years may transfer their children to a better-performing school, including a charter school, within their district.
Tips for Parents!
You are the most important advocate for your child's education. You should feel comfortable visiting your child's school and examining the curriculum. Some things you may want to ask your child's teacher or principal:
- May I see a copy of this school's report card?
- May I see my child's test results? Please explain in what areas my child is improving and in what subjects she may need help.
- What subjects does my child seem to enjoy the most? What can I do at home to reinforce and encourage that interest?
- If my child needs extra help, what resources are available before or after school or on the weekends to make sure she gets the help she needs?
One-stop guide! Desktop Reference for No Child Left Behind
The U.S. Department of Education just produced a 180-page desktop reference manual to the landmark education reform law No Child Left Behind.
The guide, No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference, offers a program-by-program look at the major reforms under the new law. It describes how the act's four guiding principlesaccountability, flexibility and local control, parent options and research-based practicesbear on many of these programs. The manual covers the following sections of the law:
- Title I: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
- Title II: Preparing, Training and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers and Principals
- Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students
- Title IV: 21st-Century Schools
- Title V: Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs
- Title VI: Flexibility and Accountability
- Title VII: Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Education
- Title VIII: Impact Aid
- Title IX: Unsafe School Choice Option
- Title X: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance
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When it comes to implementing the National Policy Statement on Freshwater (NPS), the Otago Regional Council (ORC) seems to have taken a cue from Usain Bolt, bursting out of the starting blocks with Plan Change 6A.
This aims to give effect to ORC's Rural Water Quality Strategy and is currently hearing submissions from farmers and other groups.
The Otago approach to water management is different from other regions' strategies, because ORC is not relying on resource consents to enforce the plan.
Instead, ORC's preference is for most farming activities to be permitted, as long as certain water-quality limits are met over time, an approach which has sparked debate among experts on whether it will fulfil the NPS' requirements.
The plan sets both quantifiable objectives for all of the region's water-bodies and limits on how much nitrogen, phosphorous, sediment and how many bugs can be in water leaving a property when it reaches a waterway. This is certainly a unique approach, but farmers at the hearings are still wondering what exactly it means for them and their businesses.
Farmers submitting on the plan change have been supportive of not paying consultants to approve resource consents in order to continue farming.
However, they are asking hard questions about whether the proposal is achievable. One farmer from South Otago, for example, has double-fenced all his waterways, installed a stock water scheme and reduced his stocking rate, yet believes he will not be able to comply with the plan.
Others are questioning the use of the Overseer farm nutrient management programme as a measurement tool, as it is gives wildly differing results when estimating farms' nitrogen loss. Still more have called for a more robust discussion to take place at a catchment level, about what the limits should be and how best to achieve them.
All Otago farmers are nervous about how the rules around on-farm water limits meeting waterways will be enforced, having heard horror stories of farmers' experiences with Environment Court prosecutions, resulting in huge fines and criminal convictions, with no greater certainty of outcomes for environmental protection. It is important ORC creates certainty in the plan.
It also needs to develop farmers' trust so they get a better understanding of their farm's effect on water quality and what they need to do to improve it, thus avoiding court.
Instead, farmers with a proactive approach ought to be rewarded, like Olympic athletes, with medals round their necks and proud reputations to uphold.


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Terror To Love and Mah Sish have had their Interdominion prospects enhanced.
As impressive as Terror To Love was at Alexandra Park on Saturday night the most important boost to his Interdominion chances might have come 12 hours earlier.
The magnificent entire easily beat his only two rivals, Sir Lincoln and Gold Ace, in their $50,000 Interdominion heat, the first of five heats run in four different cities on Saturday night under the radical new format for the series.
The win cemented Terror To Love's favouritism for the final at Menangle, outside Sydney, on March 3, with Aussie bookies having him at $2.75.
While the win showed he is in the same sort of form that has won him the past two New Zealand Cups, a totally unrelated incident in Victoria earlier on Saturday may yet prove more important.
Victorian ironhorse Smoken Up was scratched from the series after a vet inspection, meaning the final will have few hardened bully boys.
That gives the high-class acts who can race on the speed - Terror To Love and fellow Kiwi pacer Mah Sish - a possible huge tactical advantage over the best Australian hopes, I'm Themightyquinn and Caribbean Blaster, who are most potent when swooping.
Had Smoken Up been in the race the speed was guaranteed to be on, now the first lap of the marathon could be much less testing and play into the hooves of the Kiwis.
While he has won his New Zealand Cups coming from back in the field at the 800m, on both occasions Terror To Love has made mid-race moves and he showed when dominating the Flying Stakes at Ashburton in October he can win from in front at the highest level.
So he is now clearly the pacer to beat in the final, while Mah Sish has moved into third favouritism after his tradesmanlike win in the Sydney supplementary heat.
While he didn't win by much he never does and again he is favoured by being able to run on the pace, as he did winning on Saturday and in the Hunter Cup the start before.
Meanwhile, Perth trainer Gary Hall wants defending Interdom champion I'm Themightyquinn to "stick it up" his doubters once and for all in the great race.
I'm Themightyquinn was the other most dominant heat winner when he put a cricket pitch between himself and his Perth rivals to suggest he is back to the form that saw him win the title last season.
However, while he is the Prince of Perth, I'm Themightyquinn has been less potent in the eastern states of Australia, with numerous big-race defeats in Sydney and Melbourne.
Hall wants to erase that stain from the pocket rocket's record.
"There are a few people over there, including some of the so-called experts, who bag him and I don't think that is fair," says Hall.
"So more than anything else I want to go to Sydney and win to shut them up and prove how good this horse really is."
Hall says his greatest concern is the giant Menangle track, which oddly favours front runners in major races, and Smoken Up's scratching.
"It is really hard to come from back in the field there because the track is so good the leaders don't stop.
"If we are back and a horse like Terror To Love is on the speed, well it makes it incredibly tough.
"So Smoken Up being out actually hurts our chances."
In the other Australian heats, Caribbean Blaster didn't exactly dazzle when winning the Melton heat but still paced a fast last 800m after a week when he had suffered the effects of a virus and is better when not asked to lead.
The main Menangle heat saw Sydney star Excel Stride return to form but with the lead time in the race slow and the overall performance just adequate, he is still rated a $15 chance.
The barrier draw for the final will be conducted next Monday.
The 14 qualifiers for the final are: Terror To Love, I'm Themightyquinn, Mah Sish, Caribbean Blaster, Pub Blitz, Excel Stride, Chariot King, Washakie, Jaccka Clive, Keyang Cullen, Mach Alert, Mysta Magical Mach, Dasher V C, Lincoln Royal. Emergencies: Bitobliss, Devil Dodger.


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The manual has a copyright date of 1990 so its a good bet it was made between 90 and 2000, I can probably get a more detailed date of manufacture later...
As for value, I'd say somewhere around $1K is a good estimate, again I can probably be more sepecific later.
As far as care goes, Google "10-8 1911 users guide" I'll post a link later.
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POCATELLO, Idaho - A man was arrested in last week's robbery of the Maverik on East Alameda in Pocatello.
Police Lt. Paul Manning said Friday that Edwardo Jaramillo of Pocatello was arrested after a search warrant was issued. The other suspect is still at large. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with the hood up on his head. His face was uncovered and he was wearing a black sweatshirt over the top of the red hooded sweatshirt. He is possibly Hispanic, police said.
On July 15 around 5:15 a.m., the pair allegedly ordered the clerk to give them money. They took several cartons and packs of cigarettes, several hats off of the display hat rack, and several types of lottery tickets from the lottery dispensing box behind the counter, police said.
However, they were in too much of a hurry to take the money, officers said.
Manning said more information would be released later Friday.
If you have any information on this case, call Pocatello police at (208) 234-6121.


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Cambridge city councilor Anthony Galluccio is still working to fulfill the promise he showed 10 years ago, when Boston magazine named him one of its "40 most powerful under 40 years old." Now, after almost continuously chasing higher office since 1994, unsuccessfully, he is considered by many to be the front-runner for the State Senate seat vacated by Jarrett Barrios, who resigned in July to become president of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.
More than a decade of campaigning — including two previous shots in the gerrymandered Senate district that includes portions of Boston, Cambridge, Everett, Somerville, Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus — has given Galluccio strong name recognition, political organization, and fundraising ability, which may help him to finally achieve his thus-far elusive victory.
But his repeated campaign efforts also have created bad blood in a city that takes its politics very seriously, all the more so since Galluccio has dared to run against two of Cambridge's favorite politicians: Barrios, and former-mayor-turned-state-representative Alice Wolf.
Galluccio is exactly the kind of hands-on, bread-and-butter, shoe-leather son of immigrants preferred by voters in much of the working-class Senate district, say current and former officeholders in the area. Yet for all his potential success in Everett, Saugus, and Charlestown, his campaign's weak link may lie in his home base of Cambridge. Running for council, he has been able to draw from the city's working-class, relatively moderate neighborhoods. But those are not the portions of Cambridge contained in Barrios's former Senate district. Instead, Galluccio is looking smack at the heart of 02138 land, the Harvard-dominated center of liberal intelligencia. Of the 13 Cambridge precincts voting in the September 11 State Senate election, nine are represented by Wolf.
To make matters worse, the perennial candidate has been saddled with serious accusations of drunk driving that won't go away.
As the election approaches, Galluccio now finds himself stalked by three competitors, including Tim Flaherty, a Cambridge attorney with a famous political name, solid liberal credentials, at least as much funding as Galluccio, and the tacit backing of Wolf. The Cambridge lefties, it seems, are not going to let Galluccio win without yet another fight.
Schizophrenic districtGalluccio's trouble with Cambridge liberals dates back to his strong support for ending rent control in the 1990s, a position which he defends as an attempt to work out a pragmatic solution, rather than turn it into a black-and-white issue. In the end, the state's voters killed the policy altogether through a 1994 ballot initiative. Thirteen years later, though, Cambridge residents still remember Galluccio as being on the "wrong" side in that battle.
Galluccio was also slow to support gay marriage and in-state tuition for immigrants, two articles of liberal faith, evolving on both between his 2002 Senate campaign and this year's. And his attempts to work with Harvard on its expansion plans have drawn criticism from those who want a harder line of opposition against the university, none of which might endear him to liberal Cantabrigians.
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After an impressive few years of Israeli films showcased prominently at the Berlin Film Festival, there was a conspicuous dearth of Israeli fare this year. The Berlinale, which ran from February 9 to 19, has a reputation for tackling political issues. This year, it decisively chose to highlight films from hotbed countries, including Egypt, Yemen and Syria, which were supplemented by talks and panels about the impact of the Arab Spring on filmmaking. Programmers went for films that pushed hot political topics, including Alison Klayman's documentary, "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," about the Chinese artist and dissident.
One of the few Israeli productions in the festival selection was Silvina Landsmann's excellent low-budget documentary, "Bagrut / Lochamim" ("Citizen / Soldier"). Her film, which won a special mention from the Caligari Film Prize, follows a civic education class run by the IDF for soldiers at the end of their military service. The three-week-long course is designed for soldiers who do not yet have a high school certificate. Landsmann's camera captures the heated debates between the liberal teacher and his students, many of whom hold borderline racist views about their Arab neighbors and, at times, about ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The director herself remains invisible, soberly observing the lively discussions about human rights, the philosophical and practical implications of defining Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state, as well as religious and social tolerance. The decibel level is often one notch below shouting. In this respect, the film can feel like a non-fiction version of the much-lauded 2008 French film "The Class." But unlike in that film, and possibly due to military discipline, the students here always maintain decorum.
Charismatic, well-spoken and persuasive, the teacher is not interested in preaching, but will keep the conversation going despite the students' reflexive objections to his assertions of Israeli wrongdoings. The lessons often revolve around history, moral philosophy and political events, and the teacher succeeds in getting his stubborn students to open up and debate the vital issues facing Israel today from less draconian and defensive positions.
If Landsmann errs cinematically, it is in her insistence on focusing on the ever-present guns in classroom, schoolyard and auditorium, unnecessarily hammering home a point that could be made more subtly, about the effects of compulsory military service on Israeli society. Aside from that, her visual instincts are spot on, even when capturing the students outside the classroom, chilling out or getting one-on-one tutoring in Jewish ethics. By using this soldiers' classroom as a microcosm of Israeli society at large, Landsmann manages to tell an important story from an unusual angle.
Speaking of unusual angles, "Blood Must Flow: Undercover Among Nazis" explores right-wing subculture from the unexpected perspective of neo-Nazi rock clubs. Undercover journalist Thomas Kuban spent nearly eight years filming these often illegal gatherings in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and Italy. His murky footage, captured with a hidden camera, is the basis for Peter Ohlendorf's documentary. Only a fraction of this visual evidence has been shown before. In the film, Kuban argues that the media, politicians and even police often ignore these events. The documentary shows how Kuban scored a rare victory in the German town of Kirtorf in 2004, which decided to shut down a club that was hosting neo-Nazi concerts after Kuban's footage was aired on German television.
Kuban, who uses a fake name and wears different disguises in public appearances to protect his true identity and to infiltrate the neo-Nazi scene, claims to have documented nearly 50 such concerts, where right wing extremists use popular music to lure people in search of a subculture to their racist ideology. The songs, often in a rock or heavy metal vein, contain vile and gruesome lyrics that often extol Nazi leaders and gleefully call for the extermination of Jews, homosexuals and immigrants. One particular song explicitly demands the destruction of Kreuzberg, a Berlin district famous for its large Turkish population.
The film's title derives from a song that is heard at every concert Kuban shows us, and whose popularity makes it the de facto anthem of the neo-Nazi club movement. Many a rendition of "Blood Must Flow" ends with enthusiastic cheers of "Heil Hitler." The undercover journalist and filmmakers shed valuable light on a disturbing phenomenon that appeals to youth in a significant number of European countries. However, they shy away from the trickier question of what the appropriate response to hate speech — spoken or sung, both in Germany, where anti-Semitic rhetoric is a criminal offense, and elsewhere — ought to be.
It's a shame the Berlinale programmers did not double-feature "Blood Must Flow" with <"Iron Sky,"> a tongue-in-cheek space epic about Nazis with the revealing tagline: "In 1945, the Nazis went to the Moon. In 2018, they are coming back."
Aside from tapping an unexplored niche of the sci-fi genre, "Iron Sky" uniquely harnesses the potential of the Internet. This Finnish production attracted a fan base willing to complete vital tasks including creative consulting, promotion and foreign-language dubbing — making it one of the first ever crowd-sourced films. On the film's website, director Timo Vuorensola claims the value of all the fan contributions to be in the millions of dollars.
Aside from the film's quirky cult premise and enterprising production model, "Iron Sky" is also a surprisingly clever and entertaining satire. Its heavy pop culture references include Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," the Hitler "Downfall" YouTube parodies and even John Sayles's "The Brother from Another Planet," while featuring a patchwork of Wagner themes on the soundtrack. In the film's not-too-distant future, America is a country ruled by a Sarah Palin-esque president who can't remember Colin Powell's name. She is tanking at the polls when her campaign manager decides that the moon Nazis, with their strong message and impeccable fashion sense, are just what the president needs to revitalize her voting base. I'd say more, but I don't want to ruin the fun.
A. J. Goldmann is a regular contributor to the Forward. He lives and works in Berlin.
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English Baptist plans Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School will be 6-8 p.m., June 23-27 at the English Baptist Church, 3449 Hwy .389, English, Ky. For more information call (502) 732-6024.
Open Door hosts deaf conference June 21-22
In the movie "Her," a man in Los Angeles dates his smartphone.
It's not as far-fetched as it sounds.
The movie is set in the future, but not that far into the future, in a time when people feel more comfortable and connected with their pocket-size computers than with other humans.
In the movie, lonely and morose Theodore Twombly is going through a divorce.
Vacation Bible School will be held at the English Baptist Church, 3449 Hwy 389 in English, Ky., 6-8 p.m., June 23-27 for children age 3 and older. For more information call (502) 732-6024.
Sanders Baptist Church will be hosting a community giveaway 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 7, to give away clothes, toys, household items, and shoes.
All items are free. No consigners please.
June is the month for weddings, which means no few young men and women in America are sweating a truckload of details. Indeed, there is much to worry a marrying mind. We need only cast an eye to neighbors to see that much can and does go wrong in a marriage relationship, not the least because marriage asks that we live so intimately and sacrificially beside another human being.
Unlike the ancient Israelites, I'm not in the habit of naming rocks.
Not being judgmental, just never thought to do so.
Apparently, the Philistines were set to slaughter the Israelites. Full-on assault, take no prisoners.
If you recall from the story of David and Goliath, the Philistines were huge, mean and scary. So, when the Israelites heard about the upcoming attack, they went to their leader, Samuel, and begged him to ask God to save them.
The Apostolic Pentecostal Church of the Living God, 124 Smith Lane in Bedford is celebrating Down Home Weekend, May 23-25.
At 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 23, Superintendent Brother Joel Clemons from Burlington, Ky., will be the guest speaker; at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 24, the Troy Cupp Family from Williamsburg, Ky. will minister to the congregation with singing and preaching; at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, May 25, the guest speaker will be Brother James Allen from Lexington, Ky.
There will be special singing nightly. Everyone is welcome.
As we live our lives, we can face many adversities. These situations give us a choice to face them head on with a great hope, or we can run the other way and ignore or deny.
Your response to adversity will help you understand where you are in your walk with God. Is it possible that you have been so caught up in trying to figure out why this situation has come upon you, that you've missed God? Has this adversity made your faith stronger or has it left you in a weakened state?
The First Apostolic Church will host a Community Day Event at Point Park from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 17.
There will be gospel singing including the Chase Condon Band from Columbus, Ohio. Games for the children, hotdogs, chips, cookies, and drinks will also be served.
This event has been planned by the church members to let the Carrollton area see what the church is all about. Everyone in the community is invited.
Have you ever thought that someone was really different than what they really were because of suppositions you made or things someone told you? Have you ever prejudged someone and then learned that they are not like what you thought — at all? Have you ever negatively stereotyped someone because of what they looked like, who they hung out with, or what they stood for and then found that they were actually a better person than what you thought they were? I mean, you even found out you liked them!
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am building a warre style hive from a hollow log, as I install the bars as each section is made I doubt if the bars would align with the ones above. Is this a concern?
I also read that in a warre ,that criss crossing the boxes did not do harm and was in fact beneficial for some reason, but I cannot find this information now. Anybody have any experience with alternating the boxes on a warre?


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To prepare "Somme Nous les Jouets du Destin," an interactive installation by gallery director Jessica Lauren Lipton, more than 300 cups of tea were served at a gallery reception in mid-February. Now, far fewer remain; the couple dozen that do sit in disarray along two wooden shelves. The exhibition is the third of a four-part study in, using Lipton's term, "obsessive tendencies," although the process of leaving several cups of tea to rot is a passive obsession indeed. Lipton (er, no relation) succeeds in evoking the sensation of a party long since past. Predictably, the teabags have begun to mold over. The smell of orange pekoe, a popular choice here, mixes with a fetid rank.
Whether fibrous, viscous, or constantly moving, the bodies of work prepared by Blake Hiltunen add a living quality to the exhibition, integrating time as a working concept rather than a topic of study. This is most clearly present in "Fountain," a mechanical installation where black ink streams down the face of a raw canvas (framed and mounted on sheet rock) and collects into a reservoir below, where a pump cycles it back again. The tiny Victorian frame in "Mirror Relic" is so corroded with calcium carbonate that it resembles a coral trophy, its white, mossy fields forming fractals over the glass, while "Attrition (Interior) II," a sinewy tower of vitreous black resin mounted on a pedestal, accomplishes a similar sensation of decay.
Hiltunen's wax works are as impressive as they are grotesque. In "For God and Glory" (many of his pieces have similarly epic titles), a fount of reddish, petroleum-based wax protrudes from a seemingly floating, eye-level wooden frame and collects in a solidified puddle on the floor. Installed in the middle of the room and human-sized, the piece has an overwhelming presence: a wax statue wearing a frame as its crown. In "Under Her Majesty's Summer Gown," an ornate canvas and wood frame is swamped in a thick beeswax mould. Behind it, a curtain of yellow wax collects in vertical folds, forming pockets of shadows. As in "For God and Glory," the wax recalls Joseph Beuys's seminal work with animal fat, and comes charged with a slightly sexualized physicality.
Audacious or monstrous though they may be, Hiltunen's visual works are particularly interesting for being self-contained. The exhibition's theme can be evoked by envisioning the slow, methodical process required to craft each piece, but essentially, his visual works are not grouped by a particular concept. And while his titles seem prodigious, they seem to remove some of the gravity from the pieces themselves, helping them to stand refreshingly on their own.
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Filipina actress/doctor Maricar Reyes is wildly popular on the internet these days. Her popularity is due to a series of sex videos showing her having sex with the controversial Hayden Kho- the same guy in the Katrina Halili sex scandal. Hayden Kho is the cosmetic surgeon who used to be professionally connected to the Belo Medical Group, and personally connected with its famous owner, Dr. Vicki Belo. The sextapes show Maricar and Hayden Kho going at it with wild abandon, and in a variety of locations and sexual positions.
Maricar has kept mum about the circulating sextapes, neither confirming nor denying anything about them. Although she did admit to having had a relationship with Dr. Hayden, but she claims it was back in the days they were both studying to become doctors: "Yes, we dated for a year when we met in med school. I would say it was serious, like all of my relationships. I was committed to him, we were committed to each other. But it didn't work out." Maricar's career as an entertainer seems unaffected by the scandal resulting from her sex videos, she still gets steady television work. If anything, they boosted her popularity, as well as her notoriety.
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- "Harry, Ron, Hermione. Could you come here, please? I would like you to go in there and bring back the Glacius spellbook."
- —Remus Lupin in a Defence Against the Dark Arts class.[src]
The Glacius spellbook is a book contaning information and instruction on the Glacius spell.
It was owned by Professor Remus Lupin, who used it during one of his Defence Against the Dark Arts classes with the third year Gryffindors. He placed the spellbook within a secret passageway underground, and asked Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger to retrieve it and return it to the classroom, which they did. Hermione was the one who found the book.[1].
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Once upon a time not long ago there lived a wood cutter and his wife in a forest full of trees, birds and animals. The wood cutter was chopping wood in the forest one day when he heard a voice. He turned around to find an old man. On first glance, he looked to be harmless and quite nice. However he was really the angel of death and he told the wood cutter that he had come to claim his soul. The wood cutter who was a simple God fearing man did not look afraid. He simply told him that it was his time, then he was ready. However God had mercy on the wood cutter and commanded the angel of death to spare him provided he was willing to sacrifice the thing that he loved most when they met two years later. The wood cutter had complied and the angel of death disappeared. At home the wood cutter related the whole incident to his wife who was quite scared. However they soon forgot about it. That year the wood cutters wife bore him a beautiful young daughter. And they named her Mary. She was cute with gold hair and blue eyes.
A week later, the wood cutter had a dream, in which he saw the angel of death reminding him of his promise. The wood cutter woke up with a start. He was terrified. The thought of sacrificing his lovely daughter made him very sad. When he related the dream to his wife, she cried a lot.
Exactly two years later, he took his young daughter with him to the place where he had first met the angel. And he stood there in the garb of an old man. The wood cutters heart was full of gloom and sadness. He offered his life instead and begged that no harm come to her young daughter who was the light of her eyes. As he wept, a young lamb came out of no where and stood next to the angel.
He spoke gently to the wood cutter and said that God had deemed it to be a test of his resolve and faith and he had successfully cleared it. You and your daughter are free to go and live a happy and blessed life the angel told them.
The wood cutter was relieved and he happily took his daughter home. When he reached home, his wife was happy to see them both alive and well.
She took the wood cutter to the back of their wooden hut and the wood cutter was amazed to find a number of cows, horses and lambs. Where did they come from he asked his wife. She replied that she was just as puzzled as he was.
At that moment, a young man walked upto them. Of course he was not a man really, he was another angel; the angel of mercy. He spoke to them and told them that the animals were a bounty from God for the wood cutter for his strong faith in Him.
The wood cutter and his wife could not believe what they heard but they were happy. And then the angel disappeared. However the wood cutter, his wife and their daughter lived happily ever after.
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