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A Tale of Our City 2011
4th Annual A Tale of Our City, Jersey City's Book Festival, Presents 21 Authors –
The Most Ever!
A Mix of Established & New Writers, plus Entertainment Featured on Saturday, 9/10
"Nor rain… Nor rain… Nor rain…" There isn't any reason to continue with that age-old statement on postal carriers' perseverance, because not one…not two…but three torrential downpours interrupted this year's book festival. Postal carriers would be proud of Jersey City's tenacity!!!
In spite of all that rain, Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and the Municipal Council, the Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Jersey City Free Public Library did proudly present A Tale of Our City, Jersey City's 4th annual book festival, on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which was held at the beautifully Victorian and historic Van Vorst Park, across the street from the Main Library, 472 Jersey Avenue (at Montgomery Street).
Singer/songwriter Chrissy Roberts saved the day, in her impromptu (and brilliant!) idea to gather festival-goers under the safety of the gazebo, where she entertained them with several songs. The fun was palpable, with children – and adults! – joining in the audience participation. (Check out the videos of her performances!)
A Tale of Our City 2011 burst forth with 21 authors, the most to participate in the book festival's four-year existence. Six authors, a mix of self-published and established writers, stood out for their accomplishments and subject matter:
Eunie Guyre – Happy Victory: Celebrating a Jersey City Childhood (memoir)
Sandra Guzmán – The New Latina's Bible (health)
Alina Oswald – Vampire Fantasies (photographs) (established writer, yet self-published)
Alyssa Pierce – Caroline & Rebecca's Day at the Beach (children's)
Jim Waltzer – The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, and the Birth of the Modern Promotion (Jersey City history) (ABC-CLIO – Praeger)
Maureen Wlodarczyk – Young & Wicked: The Death of a Wayward Girl (Jersey City history)
"I invite you join us in Jersey City's 4th annual book festival, A Tale of Our City," said Mayor Healy. "Every year, the festival grows and promises to be a celebration of our city's rich literary
culture which showcases many accomplished authors. A Tale of Our City encourages us to celebrate the immense rewards of reading. I also thank the Jersey City Free Public Library for continuing to create a culture of reading and lifelong learning throughout our city, and for organizing this wonderful event."
"Each year, we work on developing new talent and featuring established and well-known writers to demonstrate the power of the word, and how Jersey City remains a powerful epicenter for authors' works," said Assistant Library Director Sonia Araujo, who also has been chair of the book festival, A Tale of Our City, for the last four years. "We welcome the public to hear the authors' readings, and entertainment provided."
Chrissy Roberts, who donated six performances this July for the children participating in the Library's Summer Reading Program, will be offering her acoustic guitar and originally written songs, again leading the audience-participation performances that galvanize both children and adults. Ms. Roberts is a singer/performer from Jersey City and her program, incorporating music and movement together, is targeted toward younger children.
"Kids love music! As an occupational therapist, I enjoy using music as a tool to encourage kids to learn, move and grow," said Chrissy Roberts.
While several authors chose to leave once the deluge began, and did not have the opportunity of reading at the gazebo, one self-published author, Eunie Guyre, did. Her choice to withstand the rain was rewarded with meeting Jersey City Mayor Healy and in being interviewed by The Jersey Journal. This Jersey City native-turned-New Hampshire resident radiated happiness, not unlike her book title, Happy Victory: Celebrating a Jersey City Childhood.
No festival could be staged without the help of many, including these participating agencies: Opus Jr./Paul Valleau; NJ Department of Children & Families/Jacqueline Wooten-Rose; DYFS (NJ Division of Youth & Family Services)/Ms. Canales, 201-795-0423; Grace Church Van Vorst/Bob Braiterman, 201-795-9071; PACO – Weatherization/Heating Program/Sarina; Hudson Perinatal Consortium-NJ Family Care/Zulma; and European Wax.


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February 17, 2009
Secretary Duncan talks about the importance of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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I'm Arne Duncan. It's no secret that many families today are hurting – losing jobs, scaling back and facing an uncertain future.
It's also no secret that many of our schools are struggling -- losing our young people to the streets or graduating students who are not ready for college or work.
And with states cutting education budgets, our schools and our children are even more at risk.
But thanks to the leadership of Congress and President Obama -- help is on the way for our families and for our schools.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides more than a hundred billion dollars over the next two years to save education jobs, send young people to college, modernize America's classrooms and advance education reforms.
These funds will keep our teachers teaching and our students learning—the single best way to stimulate our economy in the short-term and in the long run. It's absolutely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lift American education to a new level -- and make us more competitive in the global economy.
In tough times like these, we have to tighten our belts – but not at the expense of our country's children. Every child in America deserves the best education possible – and with this historic legislation, we will make good on that promise. Let's get to work together!

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Lovely Room with Eiffel Tower Views and WiFi
お部屋の大きさ15 m²
Floor No.7(with elevator)
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- インターネット/WiFi
- テレビ
- 建物内にエレベーター有り
- 鍵つきの部屋
- タオル
- 朝食
Accommodation summary
Ideal for a stay in the capital of tourism, this comfortable room in a building in pure Art Deco style overlooks a pretty park and has wooden floors.
The room is also equipped with the necessary for breakfast with coffee maker, kettle, and other ingredients breakfast (coffee, tea). The bathroom is shared with another room. Travelers can rent both rooms if they are available, all while providing a suite of 26 m². They have both a common and independent entrance from the owners' apartment located on the same floor.
Wimdu link for the second chamber:
Your hosts will welcome you with a drink in their artist's studio or on their terrace overlooking the time of the Eiffel Tower. They will give you their good restaurants in addition to the tourist information available in the room.
The main tourist attractions are within a 5 minute walk Subway (M4 Porte d'Orléans), tramway (T3), bus (lines 28, 38, 68). Line M13 subway is two tram stations (T3), which stops at the foot of the building, as well as two "and Autolib 'Velib stations.
The Catacombs of Paris, both fascinating and mysterious are four minutes by subway. Many shops and restaurants are also nearby.
A metro, tram and bus stops are just steps away, so it is easy to move around the city. The Louvre Museum is 20 minutes away by metro, Notre-Dame cathedral in 15 minutes, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés just 10 minutes.
Many shops at the foot of the building: restaurants, breweries, bakeries, pharmacies, press ...
The 14th arrondissement offers very active cultural life (theaters, cinemas and historical monuments) in an institution among the greenest of Paris (Parc Montsouris, the Cité Internationale and places at the foot of the island), with sports facilities (stadiums, swimming pools ) relatives. Two parking spaces are located within less than 300 meters.
Terms of lease:
- Welcome by the host,
- Minimum stay: 2 nights
- Arrival of visitors from 13.00 / Departure before 11:00
- Required for breakfast (coffee maker, kettle, teapot and ingredients) available.
- Provision of linen (bed linen and towels)
- Non-smoking room with entrance and independent bathroom apartment hosts,
- Non-smoking room,
- Do not walk in shoes with high heels (respect for neighbors)
- Possible fridge to store a picnic Access,
- Possible provision of a cot and a high chair.
- Welcome by the host,
- Minimum stay: 2 nights
- Arrival of visitors from 1:00 p.m. / Check out before 11:00
- Provision of linen (sheets and towels)
- Do not smoke,
- Can keep in the refrigerator for access picnic
- Ability to provide a cot and high chair.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|¥ 5012969
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|¥ 18467376
|Check-in before
Second time for me and I most definitely will come back at the house of Emmanuel and Beatrice!
Emmanuel is a very friendly host, I was pleased to meet him.
The room light with a good bed and a view over Paris.
The separate toilet is partly from the time of the building (1930) with and old tile floor, I love old architectural details. The separate shower is new.
Do you want to know if I go back? The answer is YES!!
Emmanuel & Beatrice were perfect hosts! When we come back to Paris we will definitely stay with them again!
The room is bigger than it seems in the pictures. The bed is very comfortable, also the bathroom is very clean and nice.
We got good recommendations for sightseeing and enjoying Paris!
Thanks a lot again!
Pleased, friendly, uncomplicated and nice
The booking was easy and the contact to Emanuele and Beatrice very, very pleased, uncomplicated and helpful - from the beginning until the end. Also the check in and the checkout was also much uncomplicated. At most we spoke with Emanuele: He is a very patient and open minded person.
The rooms are clean tidy and sleekly and offered enough space for two persons. The bathroom is modern and included a very nice shower. The toilet is separate and a bit older. But it´s also clean, with a window and there's everything you need.
The windows in the bedroom are completed with roller blinds to make the night darker . The interior is antic and very nice. And also for showering you will get all thinks you need and more.
The next Metro station is reachable in a few minutes and there it is also a very fast connection to the RER (Regional Train.) Near the apartment was a supermarket, Bakery's and little Shops, where we could buy foods and drinks until late in the evening.
All in all we had a very good stay there, very nice communications with our hosts and the other guests and would thoroughly recommend the apartment. Thanks!
Really good room, very clean and a really great view from the room over Paris. Emmanuel and Beatrice are very helpful and very pleasant.
We look forward to a return visit.
It's the second time I stay with Emmanuel and Beatrice, at it has been as perfect as the first one.
The room is cozy, stylish and comfortable, and the host incredibly sweet and helpful.
The bathroom is kept extremely clean on a daily basis.
It is only ten minutes away from the metro, and the line reaches directly the "Ile de la Cite".
The only flaw could be that if you come home late at night by metro, the streets from the station to the house are pretty much desert... but apart from that you can't ask for a better place at this price.
Emmanuel has been amazing and was the best host you can possibly think of. We would love to come back.
We had a very pleasant stay at Emmanuel and Beatrice's place. They are exceptionally friendly and helpful hosts. The flat is really nice and clean, situated in a good, save and not too expensive area of Paris. We can just recommend to stay there if you want to enjoy a few days in Paris!
Thank you Emmanuel and Beatrice for those nice days!
Martina, Sandra and Stefan
Very wonderful place, really nice person, comfortable and romantic room, well connected with the metro.
I can recommend this apartment to anyone visiting Paris.
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If t is accurate, then don't worry about it - looser fitted guns are typically more reliable. Usually higher end guns are tighter, but can be more finicky.
I purchased my first 1911 a goverment 1991a1. I intended giving it to my father who purchased and orlder style colt 22 barell and slide. I guess to make that outfit work I needed to purchase series 70 style 1911. I took the weapon to the range and I am really happy with it's performance, very accurate gun. My question is that it seems to have a lot of play or noise when I shake it side to side, espescially when the hammer is pulled back. Most of the other pistols I own are Glock and they seem to be very tight in comparison. Is this normal?
If t is accurate, then don't worry about it - looser fitted guns are typically more reliable. Usually higher end guns are tighter, but can be more finicky.
Who made your 1911a1????? Kimber,S.A.,Colt and most copys are VERY tight no rattles. J.R.
You need to put the gun up to your ear (empty) and try and tell where the rattle is coming from. It could be slop in the clip or in the barrel. Take the clip out and try again. You have to narrow it down. Some new clips might cure it.
He posted it in the colt forum, so I assumed he got a Colt.
Lately, I have to admit that the current colts quality control does not measure up to some of the other brands...
Correct it is a colt. It's not the clip. It is play between the slide and the frame, side to side. Realy only when the hammer is pulled back.
Is the fit between the slide and the barrel tight? if that is tight, then U will get consistant groups, andd that is what is important.
Seems to be very tight. It shoots a very good group at 20ft and like i said it is the most accurate gun i own. Thanks Shipwreck i won't wory about it, appreciate it.
Yes. The GI Models that the military used years ago rattled like a mouse trap. But they were accurate, and they worked everytime. The looser slide makes it probably more reliable..
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Sorry to hear that about Colt,mine's been topshelf except for the crappy plastic trigger. Going to change that soon.J.R.Originally Posted by Shipwreck


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I have ten drums of slumgum I need to get the wax out of. any thoughts? I do not have a wax press.
I have ten drums of slumgum I need to get the wax out of. any thoughts? I do not have a wax press.
Find someone who does wax rendering in your area, usually you pay a percentage of the yield, for slum it would likely be 50% or more. You have to press slum under hot water to get the wax out.
Without a tank to heat it in and a press you won't get all the wax out of it. Depending on how you collect it when you drum it, you could get upwards to 75 to 100 lbs of saved wax per drum if you have it pressed.
I press all my slum out in July when it is hot outside. How much slum do you have? Slum saves for years. The moths don't like it as much. I get 75-95 lb from a barrel. I only produce 1-2 barrels a year so, if I don't need the wax I just store for another season to render out.
The boiling water is how you get everything up to heat, so the wax can be seperated.
Mark Berninghausen
Understanding the point that hard wax will not press out of the junk if you took already hot liquid slum and dropped into into a heated press couldn't you just press out the wax slowly to bring out the rest of the wax?
Is there another advantage to using water with pressing that I am not understanding?
The reason I am asking is I am considering building my own heated press so I can process my own slum.
I believe that one will get more wax out of the slum gum using steam heated water and a press, than one would by simply pressing hot slum gum.
What is the heat source you are considering?
Mark Berninghausen
Im considering taking a new (old) apple press I have hanging around and having a local metal smith create a hotwater jacket to replaced the wood cylinder along with all a water jacket to the metal bottom for the press. I was considering using the 5 gallon steam kettle Im using for rendering now to remelt the slumgum and just pour into the hot press and press away.
Of course both would be hooked up to my outside wood fired boiler.
Im not sure it will work well but it seems like it should be fairly effective anyway. Hard telling without having experience squeezing would slum already. I also considering using a piece of expanded metal with fine opening on the bottom so it doesnt just squeeze it all out the bottom.
look on u tube there's 2 German brothers doing just that.shows there press and how to do it.
Thanks Don. I will checked it out. I get why they are using the water now. It just helps transport the wax out of the junk. Makes complete sense. So that still doesn't take special equipment. I can still do it with my press. I guess I will have to bolt my press to the floor and grab the ol cheater bar out to really crank up the pressure on that sucker.
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The pressing is a slow process, you can't speed it up with excessive pressure. In fact, you must repeatedly relax pressure, allowing water to resaturate the material, then squeeze again. Burlap will retain the unwanted stuff while allowing the wax to pass through and float to the top. Best thing to do is go see what someone with a slum rendering set up is doing. With out the right set up you will spend a great deal of time to obtain a tiny amount of wax.
And if the wax has sat too long, with the right set up:
you will spend a great deal of time to obtain a tiny amount of wax.
I agree with the burlap bag under water method as being the best that is cheap.
Crazy Roland
Roland is correct; as slum sits, it dries out and loses wax content. The cakes that are left after pressing out slum are great for the garden or flower bed. A burlap bag filled and tied off, submerged under just barely boiling water can be squeezed with two 2X4s attached at one end with a hinge or strap. Very doubtful though as to whether it is worth your time.
I really appreciate all your input on this. It makes better sense now. My slum isnt that old as in the past I have just chucked it in the woodstove for heat. I thought I would try and capture what I can from it. Burlap bags is the way to go then. It wouldn't be difficult to build an effective press that has an electric element in it for boiling the water. Or maybe have the local Amish metal smithy make me one that is wood fired.
Unfortunately I don't know anyone around me that presses slum. Im sure they do I just dont know who they are so I will learn from trial and error. I am sure there will be plenty of the latter.


text: Who has a good design for queen bank frames? I built a couple 2 years back and have been frustrated using them. I used a deep frame with two rows for cell storage for the plastic hair roller style cages. My design used hardware cloth to form sides. The problems with my design was the the roller cages would easily tip over and sometimes the cell plug would fall out letting the virgin queen escape. I need to redesign mine this winter and looking for successful designs - pictures would be great. Thanks


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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting: Alison Redford, Albertans React To Tragic Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
"Together with all Albertans, I am deeply saddened by the terrible shooting in Connecticut. My heart and prayers are with all of the families," said Premier Alison Redford in light of the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday.
Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi said, "I know all Calgarians' thoughts and prayers are with our neighbours."
Many Albertans took to social media to express their grief and anger over the shooting.
"There is 1 consumer product that is designed and engineered to take life away from living things. This product has no other uses," said KC Halas about guns on Facebook.
"I am stunned by the shooting in Connecticut. I started crying in my car driving home," said Jann Arden on Twitter.
"The horror for these families. I am so sorry," she added.Story continues below..
Prime Minister Stephen Harper also posted a message on Twitter stating, "The news is just awful. "The thoughts and prayers of Canadians are with the students and families in Connecticut affected by this senseless violence."
Police reported 27 deaths, including 20 children, six adults and the shooter, according to the Associated Press.
LIVE BLOG UPDATES BELOWWith files from the Canadian Press
The president of the Connecticut Funeral Director's Association said the funeral and burial process for Newtown victims, which began Monday with the separate burials of Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, who both were six-years-old, is unlike anything he has seen before.
"I've unfortunately seen lots of kids who have died," said Pasquale Forino, 46, who runs Neilan Funeral Home in New London, Conn. "But this truly shakes your foundation to the core, and in a small town like Newtown, they need lots of help to handle this week of burials."
Forino and a group of morticians who have volunteered have driven to Newtown every day since Friday to help tend to families who are grieving and prepare arriving bodies for viewings and burials. The main funeral home in the town, Honan Funeral Home, is handling the process for 11 victims. Of those, Forino said he has worked on three -- all kids.
"It's not about me, it's about the families and victims. But it still affects us," he said. "We do what we can do to take care of the families. We'll deal with our own emotional needs later."
--HuffPost's Jaweed Kaleem
Sandy Hook School students will be attending Chalk Hill School in Monroe, CT as an alternative education facility in the wake of the shooting. Monroe police answered questions during a press conference briefing about the preparations of the building for use by Sandy Hook Elementary School, and outlined how police officers will keep children safe and secure on their first day back to school.
Via Patch:
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, a New Jersey columnist urges people and politicians to fight for stronger gun control laws.
"Every time there is a mass shooting, we shake our heads and bemoan the tragic violence. We wonder aloud why our elected officials cannot stanch the flow of weapons. We rue the fact that there are so many troubled individuals out there, desperate for help and poised to commit terrible crimes, for no apparent reason. But nothing ever changes," she writes. "This holiday season, can we all rise up as one and say ENOUGH?"
Via Patch:
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, issued a statement Monday in the wake of last week's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., saying it's time to get assault weapons off the streets. "After a heartbroken weekend where the nation grieved with the families of Newtown, it's time for elected leaders to come together and determine what we can do to help end the culture of violence that is leading to these tragedies," Shaheen said. "We need a comprehensive approach that includes improving access to mental health services, better enforcement of our current laws, and we need to get deadly assault weapons off our streets."
A nationally representative face-to-face survey of more than 10,000 teens ages 13-18 turned up alarming findings about their access to professional mental health care.
Only about one-third of those with any lifetime mental disorder got professional help, and just half of those severely impaired by mental disorders received professional help, the study found. State and federal efforts to increase youth mental health services aren't working, it said. Racial and ethnic minority youth were least likely to get help, the study found.
-- HuffPost's David Wood
Via Newtown Patch:
Lines are forming outside funeral homes in Newtown, Fairfield and Monroe, CT as people assemble to pay their respects to three 6-year-olds who were among the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14. In Newtown, services for Jack Pinto, 6, are set to start at 1 p.m. In Fairfield, mourners gathered for services for Noah Pozner, 6.
A wake is scheduled today in Monroe for James Mattioli, 6. The three 6-year-olds are the first of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to be laid to rest. Funeral services for the other victims will take place tomorrow and Wednesday.
Via Patch:
The controversial Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to protest outside of the Anne Arundel Circuit Court on Jan 2.—the first day same-sex couples will be able to wed there. "On that day the court starts committing that abomination that brings the shooter like it did in Connecticut," said Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of the church's founder.
She also made headlines this weekend when she claimed via Twitter that Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter, was sent by God. She told Annapolis Patch, "God keeps sending the shooter."
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and AFT Michigan President David Hecker on Sunday urged Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Sunday to veto legislation that would allow concealed firearms in schools and other locations.The tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, is a "chilling and heartbreaking reminder" that "firearms have absolutely no place in our schools," they wrote. "Gov. Snyder, please show the kind of leadership that students, families, educators and community members need to be as safe as possible in their schools. You can set an example for Michigan and the nation by taking this small but significant step to reduce gun violence by vetoing S.B. 59."
View the letter here.
|@ TVMarci : Wow. Someone from CA just called the #Newtown General Store saying she wants to buy coffee for everyone in town. Every cup is billed to her
|@ TVMarci : Clerk @ #Newtown General Store started crying when woman offered to pay for every coffee purchased today. What an amazing #actofkindness
|@ TVMarci : This sign now hangs in front of the #Newtown General Store. Thank you, Tom Cabanaugh! #actofkindess http://t.co/DsLk5B2W
From Patch:
Reports of a suspicious person at the Branchfield train station in Ridgefield Monday morning brought out police and placed all local schools on lockdown. Authorities, along with a K-9 unit, are canvassing the area after receiving a report of a man with an unknown item slung over his back. Police were first informed of the suspicious person at about 9 a.m.
From Patch:
An unidentified person was reportedly taken into police custody in the vicinity of Upper Dublin High School this morning following a report of a possibly armed subject at the school. Montgomery County Public Safety radio reports indicated one person at the school was in custody at about 9:00 a.m.
Numerous police units from surrounding departments had been on their way to the school and were instructed to return to their home jurisdictions. An Upper Dublin Police Department representative said by telephone that the incident was a "misunderstanding" and that students were never in danger. WPVI-TV reported via its Twitter feed that a student's umbrella was mistaken for a firearm.
President Obama took the time to respond to white board notes yesterday at Newtown high school (via @connpost) twitter.com/michaelhayes/s…— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) December 17, 2012
From the AP:
The man identified as the gunman who killed 26 children and adults in an elementary school took college classes when he was only 16, a spokesman for Western Connecticut State University said Monday.
Paul Steinmetz, spokesman for the Danbury school, confirmed that Adam Lanza earned a 3.26 grade point average while a student there. He dropped out of a German language class and withdrew from a computer science class, but earned an A in a computer class, A-minus in American history and B in macroeconomics.
He participated when called on by the teacher in his evening course on introductory German, according to Dot Stasny, who was one of about a dozen other students in the class in the spring of 2009. She said she and a classmate once invited him out to a bar but he declined, saying he was only 17.
Read the rest here.
Writing in the National Journal, Ron Fournier worries that the wrong lessons will be drawn from the Sandy Hook tragedy:
My son cradled the iPad and scanned The New York Times article I had downloaded: "A Gunman, Recalled as Intelligent and Shy, Who Left Few Footprints in Life." It said mass murderer Adam Lanza may have had Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism.
Tyler is an Aspie. He shrugged. "If you meet somebody with Asperger's," he said, "you've only met one person with Asperger's."
Tyler's point is worth us all noting: Don't overgeneralize. Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil. Autism didn't cause this tragedy: Asperger's is a blip on the far-reaching autism spectrum and no two cases are the same. Just as no "typical" person deserves to be tar-brushed with the evil acts of another, Aspies don't deserve the bad press they're getting.
Read the whole piece here.
HuffPost's Amanda Terkel reports:
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), one of the strongest backers of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the Democratic Party, said it is time to sit down and have a "sensible, reasonable" debate about gun control in light of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and expressed an openness to banning assault weapons.
"It's time to move beyond rhetoric. We need to sit down and have a common-sense discussion and move in a reasonable way. ... Everything has to be on the table," Manchin said in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday, adding that he had just come from deer hunting with his family.
Manchin's comments are significant because he has a "A" rating from the NRA for his pro-gun positions, and the organization endorsed him as recently as October 2012.
Read more here.
From The Associated Press:
Dennis Carlson, superintendent of Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota, said a mental health consultant will meet with school officials Monday, and there will be three associates – one to work with the elementary, middle and high schools, respectively. As the day goes on, officials will be on the lookout for any issues that arise, and extra help will go where needed.
"We are concerned for everybody – our staff and student body and parents," Carlson said. "It's going to be a day where we are all going to be hypervigilant, I know that."
View the video and photos here (via Newtown Patch)
An excerpt from the prayer by Rev. Rob Mossis, vicar of Christ the King Lutheran Church, following the president's address:
"We bring to you 20 new stars in the heavens, 20 new saints, 20 new angels. We bring to you those who risk their lives for us everyday not counting the cost, and we bring to you those who died, those who counsel, those who bless and embrace the confused and the broken. And now in this prayer, we bring to you ourselves, our questions, our doubts, our anger and our hearts, and we pray for the peace, the hope and the renewal of trust that can come only from a God who first conceived us in love and places a hand of compassion on each of our shouldlers even in the most trying times. And so tonight for our community, a community deepl pained, we ask you to heal our brokenness, to answer our questions, to replace our doubts with certainty, our anger with peace and our hurt with and healing…"
Full story here from Newtown Patch.
|@ E_Laffs2 : Can't stop listening to your voicemails, Mommy. I need you now and forever... @DHochsprung
|@ E_Laffs2 : A great man holding my precious niece, @DHochsprung woulda love to see it. I love you mommy @BarackObama http://t.co/jbjHzL6y
An excerpt from a prayer by Rev. Jim Solomon of the New Hope Community Church:
"Dear Lord, as we leave the children that we lost in your hands, we ask that by your grace you woud empower us to bless and comfort the children that are still here in our hands. Please be with them in a special way as they grieve the loss of siblings and friends. Life will never be the same, yet we ask that you help these precious little ones to carry the spirits of their lost loved ones in their hearts as they go along living their lives to its fullest according to your will for each of these girls and boys."
Full story from Newtown Patch here.
|@ Chass63 : My mother was murdered. Murdered. This can't be real.
|@ Chass63 : My mom would be SO proud to see President Obama holding her granddaughter. But not as proud as I am of her. http://t.co/YDU88x3O
|@ Chass63 : My mom, Dawn Hochsprung, was taken tragically from me. But she went down in a blaze of glory that truly represents who she was. #Newtown
"Eleven year-old Briana Krasowski is among those waiting to attend an interfaith vigil service for Sandy Hook victims on Sunday, Dec. 16. Credit Amy Krasowski"
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) appeared to have reactivated its Facebook page Sunday, after having temporarily disabled the page following Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The nation's most influential pro-gun lobby has faced withering criticism in the days following the mass murder, during which authorities believe 20 year-old Adam Lanza used a legally obtained Bushmaker assault rifle, as well as two handguns, to kill 20 children and six adults at the Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
The day before the shootings, the NRA boasted of having achieved 1.7 million "Likes," on Facebook. The group's reactivated Facebook page simply contains a link to a Wikipedia entry about the group. The pared down NRA page had 32,313 Likes on Sunday at 6:30 pm.
The group's Twitter account does not appear to have been deactivated, but it has not been updated since Friday morning, before the shootings began. A spokeswoman for the group told Time Warner Cable late Friday that "Until the facts are thoroughly known, NRA will not have any comment."
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A group of volunteers calling themselves "Santas for Sandy Hook" have been out on Newtown's streets this weekend, raising money to support the victims of Friday's shooting.
What started as a small group setting up tables quickly grew to about 25 volunteers, said Zoe Walter, who was with Kay Donohuy and Kristen Brassard at a table in front of Starbucks on Church Hill Road. Walter said the group hopes to raise ,000 for the victims by the end of the weekend.
A member of Westboro Baptist Church, the group that is known for picketing funerals of soldiers and AIDS victims, says the group plans to picket Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to Examiner.com.
A day after Friday's shooting in Newtown, CT, where police said 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother and then 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary, Westboro Baptist member Shirley Phelps-Roper posted a message on Twitter that the group would "sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment."
Pictures and video of President Obama landing in Connecticut.
The Stratford High School Class of 2003 has established a memorial fund for their former classmate Victoria "Vicki" Soto, who died in the mass shooting Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Upon hearing the first rounds of gunfire in an adjacent classroom, the 27-year-old teacher scrambled to hide her first-grade students, 15 or 16 kids, before the gunman made his way to her room. After entering the room, the shooter confronted and killed Soto but the students were saved because the gunman did not see them in the room.
Police have ID'd Adam Lanza as the shooter and Nancy as the final victim, according to Newtown.Patch
Also in that link, memories of Adam from a neighbor: "He was the quiet kid at the bus stop," he said. "I'd say, 'Hi,' and he'd say, 'Hey,' back and that was the extent of it."


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Anybody with first hand info please help me decide which one would be better. From cost standpoint I think the online one is cheper but in terms of asking questions and getting clarifications boot camp appears more sense. Ultimately my goal is to understand the concepts and apply them on the field.
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To have sexual intercourse in the style of an 80's glam, hair-metal band. Has faintly Nordic connotations.
Dude, I, like, totally saw Gunnar skrogging that blond after the Metallica concert... their hair got tangled together and someone had to cut it.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Cbz40, Oct 15, 2006.
oh no it's ron dayne!!.... Denver game anyone?
called out Spears and Canty and they both make plays early!
1st and 10 - Ball on 22 - Carr quick pass big hit by Watkins for 7 yds.
Texans driving on Cowboys...Oh lord.
that one hurt :bang2:
a win there and we were playoff bound
2nd and 3 - Carr HO up the middle for nada! Houston getting in and out of huddle quick.
dumb penalty to start the game and pass D is offensive thus far.
3rd and 3 Houston - Carr pitch and they get one block and Dayne gets the 1st and another penalty, I think on Dallas.
Oh my God, this is embarrassing.
Dallas defense getting owned right now. - 1st and goal - Carr HO up the middle for 3.
That was another personal foul penalty on Dallas on the other play - 1st and goal HO up the middle for NADA!
let me know when we decide to play some friggen D
not good.
3rd and goal - Houston in and out of the huddle fast - Carr fake car had Fowler and DAvis in his face, and incomplete pass. Outstanding defense at the end.
Three face masks on that drive.
Who said this D wasn't 'nasty"?
sarcasm off
This is embarrassing. Absolutely no discipline.
19 yd filed goal - Made by Houston.
3 points, could have been worse.
we are down to the texans
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New to this board. I am living in Vietnam with my husband and our 2 month old son. We love to travel but may head back to the states in October. Thought I would come over and check out the board!
Hey there! Welcome to the board!
What took you to Vietnam?
Welcome! American living in Mexico with Mexican hubby!
Wow, thanks for the replies! People over here are a lot more welcoming than TB boards I was on!
We are in Da Nang and came here in August to teach. We came over with a contract that was broken by the company two weeks after arriving, so we have been teaching at different schools here for the last 7 months. It's not a stable job without a meaningful contract, which is a big factor in us heading back home when our lease is up. I had the baby here and got good care throughout my pregnancy,but the VN also raise babies very differently from western culture and I want medical care for DS that I am used to and without the communication barrier. We have enjoyed our time here, though, no doubt.


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ISS Issues Low Opinion on CommonWealth REIT
By Vito Racanelli
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), in a report published Tuesday morning, gave CommonWealth REIT (CWH) a low overall governance decile score of eight, with one representing the lowest risk and 10 the highest risk.
On shareholder rights, ISS gave CWH a 10, also the highest risk.
ISS advised shareholders to vote against incumbent board of trustee member Joseph Morea, who is up for re-election this year. The widely followed shareholder proxy advisor also agreed to the independent designation given by CWH to three of the five members of the board of trustees.
The real estate investment trust is battling activists, led by hedge fund Corvex Management and Related Fund Management, which together hold a 9.2% stake in CWH. (See "Whose CommonWealth Is It Anyway?", April 20.)
The activists are attempting to oust the board over poor governance and a management structure they say conflicts with shareholder interests. To dump the board, they need to get support from holders of at least two thirds of CWH's shares.
No one can declare victory at this point. When and even if a potential vote to remove the board would be allowed depends to a large extent on upcoming judiciary rulings, with the first important hearing this Friday in a state court in Maryland, where CommonWealth is domiciled.
CommonWealth denies the validity of the activist consent solicitation. It has accused Corvex/Related of attempting to take over the REIT for little or no control premium. Corvex/Related has said that the company has a net asset value of $40 per share, and on March 28th made an unsolicited offer of $24.50 per share for the entire company. The company wasn't immediately available for comment on the ISS report.
The stock, which has sharply underperformed the broad market and peers over the past decade, was down fractionally in morning trading at $22.29.
Commonwealth, a real estate investment trust (REIT) with 440 properties, or 72 million square feet, owns $7.8 billion worth of properties from the East Coast to Hawaii. Yet its market cap is just $2.6 billion. It has a classified board, and only Morea is up for reelection at the May 14 annual meeting. On April 14 the activists filed a consent solicitation to remove the board.


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The parts are off to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center for restoration
CEO Jeff Bezos has resurrected the Saturn 5's rocket engines from the ocean floor, and will now have them restored before sending them off to museums.
Bezos and a salvage team traveled the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Seabed Worker to
bring the historic space components back to life
, and three weeks ago, they managed to grab some of the Saturn 5 parts off the ocean floor.
"What an incredible adventure," said Bezos. "We've seen an underwater wonderland — an incredible sculpture garden of twisted F-1 engines that tells the story of a fiery and violent end, one that serves testament to the Apollo program."
The components were about 14,000 feet deep, and were well-preserved by the cold waters. There were enough recovered parts to display two F-1 engines.
Now, the parts are off to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center for restoration. From there, they will go to two separate museums for display. Some of the options include the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington or the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
"We look forward to the restoration of these engines by the Bezos team and applaud Jeff's desire to make these historic artifacts available for public display," said Charles Bolden, NASA administrator. "Jeff and his colleagues at Blue Origin are helping to usher in a new commercial era of space exploration, and we are confident that our continued collaboration will soon result in private human access to space, creating jobs and driving America's leadership in innovation and exploration."
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Bezos had located the F-1 engines around this time last year, describing his intention to recover them for U.S. museums.
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The launch vehicle used to blast Apollo 11 into space was the Saturn 5 rocket, which utilized F-1 engines. These powerful engines had 32 million horsepower and were capable of burning 6,000 pounds of rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen each second. These engines burned for a few minutes before disconnecting from the second-stage module and plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Finished and ready for test firing.
Summery of this build
Starting out with a well used 1937 Czechoslovakian VZ-24 (Large ring Mauser)
I blueprinted the bolt and receiver and mated it to a Numrich trapdoor trigger guard assembly. Then I inlet it and pillar bedded it into a Boyd's laminate stock.
I re-chambered it to .308 Win. using a 22" Shilen #5 contour barrel with a 1 in 10 twist. I cut off the straight bolt handle and fabricated one of my own, which Zap welded on for Me
I drilled, tapped and installed a one piece scope rail, then assembled it using a Bold Optimal trigger, a Titanium firing pin with a speedlock spring and a sporter bolt shroud.
I finished it off by adding a grip cap, recoil pad and swivels to the stock. Topping it off is a Simmons 4-12X44 scope and a Harris bi-pod. I fully expect this rifle to shoot MOA.


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I am pleased to introduce Making Charter School Facilities More Affordable: State-driven Policy Approaches, the latest guide in the Innovations in Education series. This guide complements earlier charter-school-related guides in the series, one that examines high-quality charter authorizers and another that looks at charter schools that are closing achievement gaps by raising all students' academic performance.
Charter schools have demonstrated that—by design—they can be positioned to innovate and excel, utilizing unique organizational structures and new and promising instructional strategies. Free from many of the regulations that govern traditional public schools, charter schools exchange this flexibility for greater accountability for results. However, these schools often face difficult challenges that their traditional counterparts do not experience.
For example, charter schools frequently have to secure and pay for their facilities. Many of these schools must cover capital costs by diverting funds that were intended for instruction. The lack of dedicated facilities funding and the effort charter school leaders must expend to search for and maintain appropriate facilities can take away from teaching and learning. Anecdotal accounts suggest that, due to high facilities costs, a large number of qualified charter schools never even open their doors. Parents and communities who look to charter schools to provide promising choices for their children's education expect and deserve better.
This guide profiles policy interventions from eight states and the District of Columbia that have been developed to help charter schools address various facilities-related challenges. While this guide does not describe every effort, in the following pages you will learn how some jurisdictions have dedicated funding streams to support charter facilities and how others have helped charter school operators access relatively low-cost financing to lease, buy, or renovate their school buildings.
The No Child Left Behind Act recognizes the value of charter schools in our national effort to ensure that every child can read and do math on grade level by 2014. I hope policymakers and charter school advocates can learn from the examples provided here and help charter schools gain access to the resources that they and their students need to succeed.
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This image was created from a mosaic of photographs of Mercury taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft on 29 March 1974.Source: NASA, USGS, Mark Robinson.
Average Distance from the Sun: 57.9 million km (0.387 AU)
Size (Equatorial Diameter):4 880 km (0.383 x that of Earth)
Mass:3.59 x 1023 kg (0.06 x that of Earth)
Length of Day (Solar Rotation Period):176 Earth days
Length of Year (Sidereal Orbital Period):87.97 Earth days
Temperature: 360 ºC (day side)-180 ºC (night side)
Gravity: 2.78 m/s2 (0.28 x that of Earth)
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It is one of the four terrestrial or rocky planets of the inner Solar System. From Earth it can at times be seen with the naked eye close to the Sun, around the morning or evening twilight. It was one of the five planets known to the ancients but was popularly believed to be two separate objects. The ancient Greeks called it Apollo when it appeared in the morning and Hermes when it appeared in the evening.
Mercury is in many ways similar to the Moon. It has a grey, rocky surface which is covered with a thick layer of dust. It is heavily cratered and has many valleys and cliffs. Some of the cliffs reach 3 km in height, and are hundreds of kilometres in length.
Mercury has almost no atmosphere. This is why the temperature difference between the day side and the night side is so large. Without an atmosphere the planet cannot trap the heat that it receives from the Sun. On the day side of the planet temperatures reach approximately 400ºC, but can drop to -180ºC on the night side.
It spins once on its Axis every 58.65 Earth days. This is 2/3 of Mercury's year, hence Mercury's day (Sunrise to Sunrise) is 176 Earth days or two Mercury years long.
Mercury was a Roman god, presiding over trade. He was associated with the ancient Greek Hermes, the son of Zeus and Zeus's messenger, the guide of shades to Hades, protector of travellers, bringer of luck and patron deity of thieves and merchants. He was depicted in art as a young man wearing a wide brimmed winged hat, winged sandals and carrying a herald's staff (caduceus) crowned with two snakes.
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On July 4, 1950, Andy Shaw, Spirit Lake Nation, and his U.S. Army Third Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division rushed from Japan to the Korean Peninsula after North Korea launched an invasion of the South. They were detailed with doing anything they could to slow the North Korean advance while allied forces could establish defensive positions.
"We were the closest to Korea," Shaw recently told USA Today. "They loaded us up, and we landed in Korea on the Fourth of July. And it was hot. We didn't have no backing or nothing. The South didn't have any army."
Days later, in the the Battle of Chochiwon, Shaw's battalion engaged the North Korean People's Army. During three days of intense fighting, the communist forces were hammered by the understrength U.S. units, slowing the invasion, but the overwhelming size of the North's infantry allowed them to capture the battle. They also captured some 200 hundred American soldiers from Shaw's regiment, he included.
The U.S. prisoners of war were brutally treated–and then it got worse. On October 31, a North Korean major nicknamed "the Tiger" took command of the camp. This officer took the POWs on a forced march over mountains and through the bitter winter conditions without rest, beating them regularly. If a soldier couldn't continue on, he was shot.
"It was just horrendous," said Lynnita Jean Brown, founder of the Korean War Educator, a website dedicated to American veterans who served Korea. "The Tiger had no humanity about him. He just killed to kill."
Of the approximately 850 POWs who were forced along the Tiger Death March, Shaw was one of only about 260 still alive when they were repatriated in 1953, an "independence day" of new significance.
According to USA Today, Shaw left Japan in 1948 weighing 155 pounds. He left prison weighing less than 90. One thing that strikes him today is how different the Chinese and North Korean prisoners looked when released. "They were all nice and fat. They got three meals a day."
Today, Shaw is one of the many Native American veterans who have honorably and heroically served a country that has not always treated them so well–to say the least.
USA Today's reporting on Shaw is part of their ongoing series Korean War 60 Years Later. From the ICTMN archives, read about another American Indian veteran of the Korean War: From Oklahoma to Korea: A Kiowa Story
"There is a camaraderie that transcends ethnicity when you serve your country overseas in wartime." —Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, Korean War Veteran
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This website is a statement of support for Dov Charney and his business vision at American Apparel from workers and executives at all levels of the company and around the world. In our own words, we want to express our feelings about his importance to the company, his personal knowledge of how each department operates, the many things he has done for us, the opportunities he has given us, and the company's inability to run without him. American Apparel has a strong and meaningful name and purpose because of Dov, and the company's treatment of him in recent months has been unfair and dispiriting - we find it neither in accordance with company principles, nor reflective of the company's own business interests. He is a passionate leader, and we are passionate because of his vision.
(While the text below does not disclose the identity of individual signees, they are not anonymous - all statements and signatures are verifiable, and we have chosen to leave off names to protect the privacy, and in some cases job security, of participants.) Click here to CONTACT the Coalition of Employees that Support Dov Charney
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George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic's Adventures in Toronto
David Dacks | Posted 10.10.2012 | Canada Music
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It's taken two years for me to produce a documentary called Funk Getting Ready To Roll, chronicling George Clinton and Funkadelic's adventures in Toronto in the early 70s. Clinton and company's three or so years living in Toronto gave them new ideas about music making and how to keep doing it. The Funk Mob never would have turned out as it did without these years of reckoning, and in doing so they developed a unique influence on popular music.


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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Watson had to be separated in their seats after
this incident.
Kristen Stewart cut her hair and I can't even describe this, but I don't hate it.
Lily Collins went for conservative.
Nina Dobrev went even shorter than she did a day earlier.
Marion Cotillard always looks great.
Jennifer Lawrence at an after party with Elsa Pataky.
Kendall Jenner actually walked a runway in Paris.


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Henry Lawson (1867–1922) wrote poetry and short stories about Australian life which had a popular appeal; he became a legendary figure in his lifetime. He established a natural colloquial voice and wrote in a lucid, understated prose style, with immense sympathy for the hard lives of those who lived in the bush. His stories include 'The drover's wife', and two of his collections, While the billy boils (1896) and Joe Wilson and his mates (1901), remain classics of Australian literature. Like the majority of Australians, Lawson lived in a city and had limited experience of country life. During his last twenty years he only wrote spasmodically, as he suffered from alcoholism and mental illness. He was the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral, attended by the Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, and the Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang. Lawson's image appeared on Australia's first ten-dollar note, issued in 1966 (ADB).
In this sculpture Lambert created a lifelike, roughly dressed individual, accompanied by a swagman, a dog and a fence post, an image that was eminently natural and Australian. The Sydney Morning Herald critic suggested on 26 March 1930 that 'the central figure shows a remarkable likeness to the poet', and certainly Lambert portrayed him with his identifiable bushy eyebrows and moustache. He faithfully captured the posture and dress of a particular man at a specific time, but he was concerned principally with evoking a state of mind: he showed Lawson making the gesture he usually did when he was searching for a thought or reciting verse. By showing Lawson in the company of a swagman ('Sundowner' was the term in 1930) and dog, Lambert suggested the poet's allegiance to the poor and humble, and created a visual metaphor of Australian mateship.
Lambert's carefully constructed but understated work embodies the poet's prose style, which was consciously crafted to have a natural effect. Such a laconic naturalness has become an identifiably Australian characteristic, and to this extent Lambert's approach in this work also conveys an Australian attitude.
The sculpture also has a more general aspect: the swagman and his dog could be characters from one of Lawson's bush stories. The old man hints at the older Lawson himself, a man who became a dishevelled figure as a result of alcoholism and mental illness. In this way Lambert created a specific image of the two ages of Lawson, and a universal one of the two ages of man.
Lawson's son Jim posed for the figure of Lawson, and the model for the swagman was Conrad von Hagen (Wilson 2004, p.145). Lambert, however, went beyond mere likeness: Lawson's pose, with his outstretched right arm and stooped back, resembles that of St John in Rodin's St John the Baptist preaching 1878–80, which Lambert may have known from the cast presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1902. The seated swagman in this sculpture, his right hand held up to his face and left arm relaxed over his knee, may derive from Rodin's best known work, The thinker 1880, which Lambert may have known from a cast which was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1921. The pose of the standing figure is also like that of the classical marble sculpture Hermes Logios , the god of oratory. And as noted above (see cats 102, 103), the pose of Lambert's loose-kneed gesturing figure of Lawson also resembles that of Michelangelo's marble sculpture Bacchus 1497 (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence), and that of the swagman is similar to Michelangelo's depiction of the prophet Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.
The sculpture was formally commissioned by the organising committee of the Henry Lawson Memorial Fund on 18 November 1927, though Lambert had been notified of his selection in December 1926. The committee had raised funds from the public, including thousands of school children (ML MSS 97/7, item 27). The brief had specified a work of art which showed Lawson as an Australian of the bush, as well as an accurate bronze likeness of him. The sculpture had to be dressed as a bush worker without coat or vest, with his shirt open to the neck, close fitting trousers (not riding breeches), boots of the type worn by Australian soldiers during the war and a soft felt hat which had lost its stiffness (ML MSS 97/5). Apart from the soft felt hat, Lambert's sculpture met the committee's specification.
In 1926 Lambert had made several pencil studies for this group, and a sketch for the proposed group in its Sydney parkland setting. The final work was unveiled in the Domain, Sydney, on 28 July 1931 by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game.


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WASHINGTON — Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr., once a favorite of environmentalists, has become their prime target in an increasingly vitriolic campaign against gas-guzzling vehicles.
In full-page national newspaper ads that began appearing Wednesday, the groups depicted Bill Ford with a growing nose, with the banner: "Bill Ford Jr. or Pinocchio? Don't Buy His Environmental Rhetoric. Don't Buy His Cars."
Russell Long, director of the California-based Blue Water Network, which is spearheading the campaign, said the ads were in response to Ford's broken pledge to improve SUV fuel economy.
Ford pledged in July 2000 that the company would improve the fuel economy of its SUVs by 25 percent over five years. General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG made similar pledges soon afterward.
But last year, Ford executives said it would no longer be possible to meet the goal, citing an unfavorable business climate and technological challenges.
"Ford has certainly been up front about the problem of global warming and the need to tackle greenhouse gas emissions," Long said. "But when push comes to shove, they are unwilling to do what's necessary to confront the issue in a meaningful way. There's a consequence in the real world to breaking one's commitments."
The ads were originally slated to run last summer, Long said, when he traveled to Dearborn to speak at the company's annual shareholder meeting in June. Instead, the group delayed to meet with company officials to discuss steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Long met with Ford officials in Dearborn in September.
Long said he asked the company to support a California law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and back national legislation to raise the fuel economy average of light trucks to 40 miles per gallon. The decision to run the ads came when he concluded the company would not make any specific pledge on fuel economy, Long said.
Ford officials said Bill Ford had reaffirmed the company's belief that it needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help combat global warming at the shareholders meeting.
They described the talks with Blue Water Network as a "dialogue," not a negotiation.
"The Bluewater Network ad does not reflect the reality of Ford Motor Co.'s environmental commitments," said Ford spokeswoman Carolyn Brown.
Bill Ford has described himself as a life-long environmentalist and was initially embraced by activists after he became chairman of Ford Motor in 1999. But he has said recently that environmentalists are taking advantage of his high profile to draw headlines.
Brown cited Ford's marketing of extremely clean "partial zero emissions" versions of its Focus sedan, wagon and hatchback, a forthcoming gas-electric hybrid version of the Escape SUV and the company's commitment to fuel-cell research.
The fuel economy of Ford's light truck lineup was 20.3 mpg for the 2002 model year, the last year for which the government has published complete data. Under federal regulations, an automaker's fleet of light trucks must average 20.7 mpg in the 2004 model year. That requirement will rise to 22.2 mpg by 2007. Cars must average 27.5 mpg.


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Mom Sells Rule-Breaking Son's Car
Original post made by Karen, Vintage Hills, on Jan 9, 2008
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Mom sells rule-breaking son's car
DES MOINES, Iowa - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."
After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper.
The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."
Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.
The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.
"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.
"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady.'"
The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.
Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.
The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I saw that too and thought it was funny. I'll never understand though why the lady bought a car for her son in the first place.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jan 9, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Certainly a good example of "Tough Love". Some may consider her actions extreme but perhaps her story will inspire others to take similar actions, if necessary, to prevent a needless tragedy from occurring.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Jan 10, 2008 at 12:08 pm
if she bought it for him, she has every right to sell it. sorry kid. we all did the same growing up but, if he didn't purchase it with his own money it is never really his
a resident of Birdland
on Jan 14, 2008 at 12:42 pm
That kid is dumb to just let his mom take his car and snoop through it and if he was a smart he wouldnt leave it in his car this is all the kids fault for not being a good teenage kid hahaha. as for the mom why buy it in the 1st place for him?
a resident of Carriage Gardens
on Jan 29, 2008 at 9:21 am
Stacey you probably dont have children, as parents you do things for them to get ahead in life while setting limits and goals. This mom did the right thing in buying and selling the car.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Jan 29, 2008 at 11:10 am
So how does buying a car for a teen help them get ahead in life? Did your parents buy a car for you?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I anxiously await to hear how buying a car for a kid (16-18 year old) gets them ahead in life........ I admit I am never too old to learn from those who are so wise with experience to share.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2008 at 6:00 am
I too would like to know how buying a kid a car gets them ahead in life. My first job was local and I WALKED to it. My second job was two towns over and I HAD to use the money earned while working the first job to buy my first car. My parents covered insurance only. The car, gas and maintenance was on me.
Today's kids are spoiled rotten -- and it shows in ways too numerous to mention.
a resident of Happy Valley
on Aug 27, 2008 at 3:46 pm
it gives them freedom and mobility which helps for research, work, ect. ect. i bought my first car at 18 myself. taught me more of the value of a dollar and responsibility than my friends who were riding their BMW'S


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The black wallaroo is an endemic species to the sandstone country of the Arnhem Plateau. Shy and nocturnal by nature it is not often seen. Wamud Namok's country of Kabulwarnamyo has the rocky upper reaches of the Liverpool River valley running through it, just the habitat for Barrk. Intimate knowledge of his county has seen Wamud Namok often paint this subject – usually depicted in a prone position ready for the cooking fire.
The plateau no longer has the traditional people that traversed country, who managed customary estates with controlled burning. These burns suppressed fowl quantities building up to dangerous (to the ecology) levels, and also cleared bush, allowing hunters to see further into it.
This work was produced when large-scale burning programs were being undertaken across the plateau. It depicts the burnt landscape, the extent of the fire contained by the (unusual) white painted border. The hunter able to see his mark has speared his prize, a large male Barrk.


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forum: Gardening / Growing
#11 Fri 08 Oct 10 5:26pm
- Forum champ Occupation SAHM of 4
- From USA
- Member since Sun 28 Mar 10
Re: Composting
I'm guessing the whole concern with the cooked veg is that most people add butter or sauttee in olive oil (or even add cheese). The class I recently took said no fats because it will attract critters.
If you have concerns with your "stock" veggies, I'd say give 'em a quick rinse and then toss 'em in!
#12 Fri 08 Oct 10 11:57pm
- Forum champ Occupation teacher
- From Darwin, Australia
- Member since Wed 08 Sep 10
Re: Composting
dapuna wrote:
I have three raised beds in my back yard that gives a lot of vegetables. Even living in the city, I have five chickens. When the first frost occurs, I pull the dirt to one side in the garden and place all the dirt, poop, and tattered straw from the chicken coop in the bottom of the vegetable beds, recover with the dirt and let rest during the winter. In the spring, I mix it up well and cover with the black barrier cloth. I poke holes in the cloth to plant (no weeding, year). My garden produces large healthy vegetables, more than you would ever guess.
Hi Dapuna,
That's really interesting. Is that all you do with the soil for the whole year? Where do you store all the muck from the chicken coop until you're ready to use it?
#13 Tue 20 Sep 11 12:44pm
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Re: Composting
I am a student thinking of designing a indoor composter as a A-level project, The aim of it would be to speed up the whole process of composting and to make it easier to compost.
I have a few questions;
To start off with do you think it would be a good idea?
How long does it currently take for you to compost?
If I was to make this what size do you think would be best? (Something that could fit under the sink, or something bigger, for example the size of a washing machine to fit in a garage or utility)
Any other comments or ideas please ☺
#14 Tue 06 Mar 12 3:21pm
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Re: Composting
I've just joined up and read the responses _ I set up food waste composting systems in schools and we compost everything! - you do need the right equipment and knowledge but it can be done and there are loads of ways you can do it at home too without the vermin/fly/odour problems. we have insulated tumbling or turning mechanism bins followed by secure maturation bins. all the food waste is mixed with the fresh prep waste and wood chip or pellets and it gets really Hot!
then it is turned out into the maturation bin - obviously quite a bit too this - see more on www.dccn.org.uk
#15 Thu 22 Mar 12 11:41pm
- Forum super champ
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Composting
My compost bins (Bernard and Fran) are going very well. I have just added some chook manure and straw to the one I am filling up (Bernard) and my sister has promised to bring some ash from their slow combustion stove to add to it over winter. Won't that be a tasty treat!
#16 Thu 22 Mar 12 11:46pm
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- Member since Fri 04 Apr 08
Re: Composting
Keep on digging Joy
#17 Fri 23 Mar 12 12:32am
- Forum super champ
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Composting
I will!
Well, the truth is: I don't dig them, I twirl them with my lovely twirler. Such a pleasure!
#18 Fri 23 Mar 12 8:41am
- Forum super champ Occupation avoiding housework
- From The land of song.
- Member since Tue 04 Oct 05
Re: Composting
I think that the compost bin that has been filled and resting for a year is likely to have it's contents spread over the garden in a week or twos time . We try to get this task done in the autumn but thought the compost would benefit from another 6 months in it's tub.
I have garden help dispite me having a small garden , I can't do much gardening and my darling pulls up the plants thinking they are weeds then leaves the weeds thinking they are the proper plants !
Or he has been known to plant flower bulbs upside down . Not what you call a natural gardener .
So Garden help is a good option as you can see !
I think that everyone with even a small amount of garden space should have a compost bin.
It's amazing just how much vegetable matter can go into one of those compost bins and they never seem to fill up . The contents continually rotting down into the compost that gets spread onto the garden to feed it . Last year I used some of the homemade compost for growing tomatoes in bags. It worked well.
#19 Fri 23 Mar 12 9:56am
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Re: Composting
OH insists his urine is the secret ingredient to making our compost heap work quicker..........mmmm!
He has to pee on it at every opportunity. Some men never grow up.
Handle with gloves
#20 Fri 23 Mar 12 7:17pm
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Re: Composting
mincepie wrote:
OH insists his urine is the secret ingredient to making our compost heap work quicker..........mmmm!
He has to pee on it at every opportunity. Some men never grow up.
Handle with gloves
Reminds me of why i refuse to buy vegs and fruits from countries that dont have much rain


text: A friend of mine is getting married on January 27 in Fayetteville, AR so a few of my neighbors and I are planning a road trip up there to attend. I will be taking the Suburban and the other two are planning on riding their motorcycles (weather permitting of course) because they really want to ride some of the roads through the mountains of Arkansas. I have been elected chase vehicle. I'll take some pictures and let everyone know how the trip was when it's over.