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Budding Hawke's Bay builder William Harkness was last night named Registered Master Builders Carters 2013 Apprentice of the Year.
The 22-year-old former Hastings Boys High School student from Havelock North had won the Bay of Plenty-Hawke's Bay region title in August and claimed the national honours and prizes worth over $20,000 following a six-hour practical test in Auckland.
Each of the nine finalists had to build a children's playhouse for charity, with the one made by Mr Harkness, who is employed by Redmond Building and Construction, gifted to ChoiceKidsCARES.
His prizes include use of a Ford Ranger XLT vehicle for the duration of his reign as apprentice of the year, plus an Apple iPad, a $5000 Carters Business Tools Grant, and a tool and safety gear pack worth $1000.
Judges commented he had proven himself a real all-rounder "which is exactly what apprentice of the year is all about".
"He's confident and showed great knowledge of his project, topping that off with a great performance in the practical judging component," they said, adding that a "good balance of speed and quality workmanship" made Mr Harkness a worthy winner.
The nine finalists from around the country were put through their paces over the two days of the national competition, undergoing a 45-minute interview with the judging panel, followed by the practical judging component in front of friends, family and the public.
The presentation took place last night at a gala dinner at The Cloud in Auckland.
Minister for Building and Construction Maurice Williamson and key representatives from the building and construction industry attended.
Registered Master Builders chief executive Warwick Quinn said it was a pleasure to support the 100 carpentry apprentices who had taken part in the regional competitions, and the finalists had proven themselves as the construction industry's future leaders.
Palmerston North apprentice Jonathan Yorke, 22, was runner-up and Andrew Higgins, 24, of Nelson, was third.


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The Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster is still having an effect on the new car market in New Zealand.
Last month's sales figures show the commercial market remained strong but passenger cars took another hit.
There were 7652 cars and commercials registered last month in a market down 4.4 per cent on the same month last year.
But the overall drop was propped up by sales of 2287 commercial units, up 13.2 per cent on last year. June's 5365 car registrations were down 7.3 per cent on the same month last year.
"Shortages of stock are still affecting sales of new passenger cars," said Motor Industry Association chief executive Perry Kerr.
"But I am heartened by the number of vehicles that crossed the wharf in June from Japan."
Customs figures showed 1698 cars came from Japan, up from 920 in May. Hyundai was the leading brand in June with 609 registrations and 11.35 per cent of the market.
Toyota, sixth in May, was second with 574 registrations and Holden third with 564.
The top selling passenger car was the Holden Commodore (201) followed by the Suzuki Swift (196) and the Hyundai i30 (170).
The top three commercial places remained unchanged. Toyota was first with 696 registrations (30.43 per cent) Ford second with 332 (14.52) and Nissan third with 329 (14.39).
The best-selling vehicles for the month were commercials: Toyota sold 500 Hiluxes, Nissan 319 Navarras, and Ford 217 Rangers.
The disaster in Japan in March led to the closure of Japanese factories supplying important parts, such as engine sensors, to carmakers worldwide.
It highlighted the risk of obtaining such components from a single supplier and revealed a dependence on suppliers that was not previously appreciated.
But lessons are being learned. Toyota, for example, is looking at its vulnerability to single sourcing and whether action needs to be taken.
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Dr. James G. Looby of Lake George was recently named department chairperson for several programs in the School of Business at Hudson Valley Community College. He will oversee the Computer Information Systems, Marketing, Executive Office Assistant, and Medical Office Assistant programs.
"We are extremely fortunate to have an academic of Dr. Looby's standing come on board," said Hudson Valley Community College President John Buono. "His teaching and research experience should greatly benefit the faculty and students of Hudson Valley."
In his new position, Dr. Looby will oversee curriculum development, faculty hiring and academic advisement for the four departments.
Dr. Looby most recently was an assistant professor at Computer Science department of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he helped develop the Computer Information Systems curriculum.
He has more than 10 years of teaching and academic research experience at the collegiate level. Dr. Looby received his bachelor's degree in computer science/physics from the University at Albany, where he was a cum laude graduate, and a master's degree from the University of Vermont. He completed graduate research in ocean engineering at Florida Atlantic University and was a NASA research fellow at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Looby completed his doctorate in computer science at Hamilton University in 2000. Prior to beginning his academic career, he was a medical deep sea diver, instructor and sea air rescue corpsman for the United States Navy.
Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 50 degree and certification programs in four academic divisions: Liberal Arts and Sciences; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Sciences; and Business; as well as programs run through the Educational Opportunity Center offering certification programs in workforce and academic preparation.


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Gifts that Keep on Giving
by Nancy Twigg
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One of the dilemmas of choosing gifts for parents or grandparents is that in many cases, these family members are well established and financially secure. If there is anything they truly need or want, they can easily afford to buy it themselves. And unlike young people who have unique needs associated with each new phase of their lives, parents have many years of living under their belts and usually already own more stuff than they can ever actually use or enjoy.
What do you get someone who has everything? With Father's Day right around the corner, this is a good time to talk about gifts that go above and beyond the ordinary. I like to call this category of presents "gifts that keep on giving."
I discovered this variety of gift giving several years ago when I was particularly stumped on what to get my dad for his birthday. After pondering what Dad would truly enjoy, I remembered that he loves all kinds of baked goodies. He is particularly fond of a certain style of yeast rolls I usually make for family gatherings. Instead of giving him some gadget or gizmo, I decided to give him something he would really love: six months of his choice of homemade treats.
On his birthday, I made a batch of his beloved rolls. I presented the rolls along with a homemade gift certificate. The certificate stated that once a month for the next six months, my dad would receive his choice of fresh, homemade baked goods delivered right to his doorstep. At the beginning of each month, I would call to get his selection and then deliver whatever treat he chose in a few days.
This plan worked like a dream. Each month when I brought him his selection, Dad felt like we were celebrating his birthday all over again. He felt honored I would take time out of my busy schedule to do something just for him. Each time he said, "This is the best gift you could have possibly given me."
When faced with the challenge of finding a gift for the person with everything, ask yourself if there is some way you can give a gift that can be enjoyed on a continuing basis like the one I described. Maybe your loved one would relish having one special home-cooked meal per week delivered to his door for the next month. How about one day out per month for the next year for the person who is caring for his own elderly parents? What about one day per month of your help with running errands if your loved one doesn't drive? Use your creativity to come up with your own "on-going gift" for that extraordinary person for whom an ordinary gift just won't do.
Nancy Twigg is a Christian speaker and the author of Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special Occasions
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- Risk Register – Helps users identify, evaluate and mitigate risks that may impact their organization, locations, processes or partners.
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This is a discussion on 1st Snowfall of '05 within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; snowed from 2am till 10am...
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"All We'll Drive"
Subaru Worldwide/Rallying: facebook.com/groups/subarumad/
I'm gonna bust out my new Digital Rebell that i got yesterday and take some pix over the weekend.
Straights are for fast cars...
Turns are for fast drivers...
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My PHOTOGRAPHY
Nice - reminds me of Essex!
Still I'll be AX'ing in 70 degree weather this weekend - I'm over the whole "season" thing
Sweet shot, I got no snow what so ever.
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I just got in from shoveling about 7 inches off my driveway......and it sucked. It sucked bad. Really bad.
Did I say that shoveling sucked today???
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yeah and its starting to piss me off
Yep, the lack of snow while having highs in the low 20's around here is no fun eitherOriginally Posted by Redline927
COBBS!.....We got COBBS everywhere meng! COBBS, COBBS, COBBS!
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Nice. Can't wait 2 go boarding.
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Neither heroin nor smack, it's indigenous intoxicants ranging from capsules (Propoxyphene) to poppy husk that are most preferred by drug addicts in Punjab.
The fact came to light in a recent study, which was conducted in 10 drug de-addiction centres across the state and appeared in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research, published from New Delhi.
The study was carried out by the department of community medicine of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana, and the psychiatry department of Government Medical College, Patiala.
It analysed the record of 5,320 drug addicts. The study revealed that Propoxyphene capsules were most commonly consumed by drug addicts who came for treatment to de-addiction centres across the state.
Propoxyphene is used for relieving mild to moderate pain. According to experts, it can cause side effects that may impair thinking or reactions.
Addicts of capsules (Propoxyphene) top the chart with 29%, followed by those of alcohol (14.9%) and bhukki (poppy husk) with 13.3%.
On the marital status of drug addicts, the study found that a majority of the patients were married (72.5%), while 18.1% were unmarried. About 9.4% of them were separated/divorced due to drug abuse.
Regarding their education level, it was found that about 36.3% of the patients were educated up to higher secondary, 18.43% (middle pass), 13.53% (primary education), 11.8% (literate – can read and write), and 10.9% (illiterate).
Interestingly, 5.64% were graduates and 3.4% postgraduates. A study conducted in 2004 by the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment among men found that tobacco use (55.8%) was most common, followed by alcohol (21.4 %) and cannabis (3%). Punjab was ranked third among the states in having the largest percentage of drug users.
The study raises a question mark on Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's claims that Punjab is in the grip of the drug menace due to its proximity to the Pakistan border. It reveals that drugs such as heroin and cocaine — usually smuggled from Pakistan — make even less than 5% of the total drugs consumption among addicts in Punjab. Capsules are the most abused substance.
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Alcohol 15
Bhukki (poppy husk) 13
Opium 4
Cannabis 2
Buprenorphine 2
Brown sugar 2
Inhalants 1
Cocaine 1
Heroin 1
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I am not in favor of registration in any form. I am a United States Citizen who has first, a God given right to protect myself and my family, and secondly a constitutional right to own a gun. There is nothing in the constitution that says I have to admit to owning it. IMO, the less someone knows what I own, the closer I am to being able to effectively protect my family and exercize my right to protect myself from an enemy here or abroad. Once someone knows what I own, they have the ability (whether legally or not) to know when they have confiscated all of my weapons. Simply put, I don't like that.
Our society is based upon "innocent until proven guilty". Although it has pros and cons, it "IS" our culture and legal right. Not a privelidge like driving a car,........... but a right. I see that as a huge difference.
I don't buy into the "why is it a problem if you have nothing to hide" arguement. Rather, I feel it is my right to say "why is it a problem with what I own when I have done nothing wrong?".
So how do you feel about the shootings that took place in CT? How do you feel about the fact that someone who legally owned firearms lived with a psycho and her guns were accessible enough to be used to kill school aged children that are the same age as my own children?
How would you feel if that psycho made his way into your place of employment and shot you up before you had time to defend yourself? (Oh, that's right, you carry so you'd be able to wild west shoot him up before he ever got to you right?)
Yeah, you're right, everyone should be able to buy whatever they want and it should be no matter if they proved they were competent to own the gun, or drive the car, or anything else it should just be a free for all right?
News flash, you may have been born when the constitution was written, but if you haven't noticed things have changed a bit. Adaptations of our rights isn't a terrible thing as long as they are not being taken away.
There is no reason to take our rights away, but if someone gets his hands on your guns because you aren't being a responsible gun owner by all fucking means that should be trackable and you should be responsible for it.
This kind of attitude in my opinion is what is wrong with this country and its extremism of the two parties recently and why nothing can be accomplished.
Your thought is its my right and I'm not changing even if we have a criminal problem with guns.
The lefts thought is take all guns away.
How about the left says we'll let you keep any and all guns you want to buy if you allow some regulation, and the right says, hey, we'll make you a deal, we'll increase the regulations on guns, but we still get to buy whatever we want so long as we do a better job of making sure those guns don't get into the wrong hands, and if they do we will increase the penalties for the guns owner so people act more responsibly with their guns and how they store them when they are not around......wow look we comprimised and no one lost any rights, we enhanced everyones safety from psycho's, and we all still get to buy whatever guns we want.
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The Automobile Association is hoping for a second straight Queen's Birthday weekend without any deaths on the roads.
Last Queen's Birthday weekend had no fatal crashes - for the first time since records began in 1956.
The 4km/h tolerance will be enforced by police this weekend.
AA Motoring Affairs general manager Mike Noon said safety basics are the focus, with a recent climb in road deaths.
About one in three of the people killed in cars in the first four months of the year were not wearing seat belts.
"Drivers need to be making sure that everyone in their vehicle is using a seat belt or proper child restraint," said Mr Noon. "If someone you care about doesn't use one, then try and convince them to belt up every time."
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Been toying with the idea of getting a dedicated TT bike, do I need (want is a different thing!) a carbon frame?, or would something like this suffice?
Also, how do TT bikes go r.e. sizing?, my roadie is a 58 XL, would I be looking at a similar sized TT frame?
Dan that shorter bike i asked about earlier is actually a TT bike.
I have thus decided against it (living in cotswolds might be tough!)
Sorry i cant offer any advice on your question though!
Yeah, considering my very un-waif like figure, I thought that a 9.2kg bike wouldn't make that much difference, however......
I am quite close to pulling the trigger on either a Felt B16 or Blue Triad...........
The only issue with PX is that they don't do 0% (or any kind of) finance, I'd rather chuck it on 0% than shell out £1400 in one go.
Normally people go for a shorter top tube on their TT bike Dan. Up to a couple of cms shorter is about typical (I'm not massively into time trialling so others may say slightly shorter) - the frame angles will come into how much shorter.
Planet X as has already been mentioned are pretty good 'budget bikes' , Cannondale Slice is a good chioice too,
it is more important to get fitted properly as position is the most important aspect when setting up a TT bike. Your body creates the most drag so getting set up corectly is paramount as well as being in position that allows you to run effectively.
my orbea is a 58.
Tried a medium and large specilized TT bike this season..............i was bent double like a gymnasit. ANY TT bike try before you buy. The riders are of very same size to me!
Think about the ways are pushing put power, the way you are aerodynamic on the bike. How it handles etc(sorry but Planet X stealth handles like a virgin in a barracks) then go from there.
Dont be sucked in dura ace etc, 105 will push you around just as well. A good frame that FITS and some kick ass wheels are the thing for TT/Tri.
There was a pretty nice looking Kinetic-one being used at the woody - but the most commonly used was the stealth.
I could not justify a TT bike due to the hills around me, but I did look seriosuly at a stealth, and if I ever came into millions, or moved to Holland, the stealth is the way I'd go.


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Royal Dutch/Shell Steams Down Recovery Road August 5, 1999
Anglo-Dutch integrated oil and gas giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group, which is 60% owned by Royal Dutch Petroleum (NYSE: RD) and 40% owned by Shell Transport & Trading (NYSE: SC), continued its turnaround story today by reporting second quarter earnings of $1.6 billion (excluding special items), up 5% from a year ago. The results topped the expectations of analysts, many of whom had figured the company's earnings would decline during the quarter along the same lines as its fellow international oil giant brethren. But thanks to aggressive cost-cutting measures and higher crude oil prices, Royal Dutch/Shell is proving that its current situation is unique.
Over the past six months, oil prices have nearly recovered from a gut-wrenching, 15-month long slide that lasted from October 1997 to December 1998. New York crude prices bottomed out at close to $10 a barrel just before Christmas but have nearly doubled since then and closed at $20.44 a barrel yesterday. That's good news for the major integrated firms, whose most profitable business lines are oil and gas exploration and production (E&P). But the effects of the price recovery will take some time to fully show up in the form of higher earnings.
Exxon (NYSE: XON), Mobil (NYSE: MOB), and other U.S. integrateds have posted Q2 year-over-year earnings declines as they try to crank up the E&P businesses again to pick up the slack from their refining operations, whose profitability heads south as oil prices head north. The transition will take some time, however. Royal Dutch/Shell has not been immune to this trend, and its refining margins are being squeezed as well. Margins in Europe have slumped to $0.60 a barrel from $2.30 a barrel a year ago, Asian margins have eroded to $0.40 a barrel from $1.90 a barrel, and U.S. margins have been chopped in half to $2.10 a barrel from $4.20 a barrel.
However, the refining margin slide has been more than offset by the firm's cost-cutting initiatives, which were undertaken last year by Managing Directors Committee Chairman Mark Moody-Stuart as the threat of increased competition among the so-called "super majors" became all too real. While rivals BP Amoco (NYSE: BPA) and Exxon were busy looking for ways to increase their scale through mergers, Royal Dutch/Shell took the opposite tack and started to shed some of its less-profitable businesses. As a result, total long-term assets have fallen 5% from a year ago.
Simultaneously, the company has reined in costs and slowed its capital spending program, which declined 26% from a year ago. Thanks to cost-cutting, adjusted E&P profits surged 62% from a year ago to $819 million. Return on average capital employed, the industry's standard profitability metric, came in at an annualized rate of 7.2% during Q2. That's probably not high enough to beat Royal/Dutch Shell's cost of capital, but overall profitability should improve later in the year as the higher oil prices begin to have a more dramatic effect on E&P earnings.
Royal Dutch/Shell still has a great deal of work to position itself as the oil company to beat for the foreseeable future. "I am not about to tell you that we have 'turned the corner' or anything like that," Moody-Stuart said cautiously. But with its business looking better than it has in recent memory, and the cost-cutting efforts in full swing, it may not be long before Royal Dutch/Shell sets itself apart from the pack again and shifts from restructuring mode to growth mode.
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The Civilized Civic
Older and wiser: the 2012 Honda Civic 2.0 EL
By Mark Cabilangan
Asian Dragon Magazine
January / February 2013 Issue
Since its Philippines debut in 1990, the Civic has essentially been the anti-Corolla - a hip alternative to the ubiquitous Toyota compact sedan. For the past 22 years, every Civic model has been a perennial bestseller. The most ground-breaking Civic to date was the 8th generation released in 2007, technically designated as the "FD." It was a revolutionary model that advanced the Civic design by leaps and bounds, and set the bar high for its competitors. With its hood, fenders, headlights, grille and bumper coalescing in one seamless arc, the FD had a futuristic look that made it a crowd favorite. Having been such a popular model, great pressure was certainly placed on Honda designers who were tasked to come up with the next iteration.
Which brings us to the 9th generation Honda Civic, codenamed the "FB." So far this new version has had a tumultuous initial year in the US. First, the independent and influential Consumer Reports magazine rated it as having "scored too low to be recommended," pertaining to the car's performance and build quality. Strange because CR had always been a strong endorser of past Civics. Some months later, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito issued a mea culpa and assumed "full responsibility for the vehicle's meager performance in the United States," when North American sales figures of the new Honda sedan were lower than expected. Then, after less than a year since its release, the car was re-launched at the 2012 LA Auto Show with a thorough facelift - an updating procedure usually reserved until a model's third or fourth year mid-life cycle.
To find out what all the hullabaloo was about, On Your Mark decided to try out the new 2012 Honda Civic. After a week in it, this writer came away with the impression that perhaps US consumers and critics "doth protest too much."
While we concur that the newest offering may not be as sleek, sexy or innovative as its predecessor, it is the next logical step in the Civic evolution. The drive, fit and finish of materials looked and felt great, and hardly made it the total fail that the Americans have purported it to be.
In fact, we were impressed with the efficient use of space, the effortless maneuvering and the stellar fuel economy of the 2012 Civic.
The new Civic retains most of the design concepts of the previous model, like the overall wedge-shaped silhouette and the signature stem-type side mirrors. The one-piece look of the front fascia has been staggered to layers, and jutting out is a more pronounced bumper.
At the rear, the triangular shape of the taillights and the recessed style of the trunk resemble the design on the Mercedes C-class.
Garnished with horizontal reflector bars, it emulates its big brother Accord, which sport the same stripes.
Like a more mature version of the FD, the FB is actually quite handsome by itself. Of course it helped that the unit lent to us by Honda Cars Philippines was the top-of-the-line 2.0 version with the Modulo Sport package installed. With skirts on the bumpers, a spoiler on the trunk and rolling on sporty 17-inch rims, our new Civic was even eye-catching.
According to its spec sheet, this Civic has technically shrunk. While the overall length and width of the sheet metal has remained somewhat the same, the wheelbase was cut back by one and a quarter inch. This was because Honda engineers wanted a lighter and lither frame for maximum fuel efficiency. Despite the shortening of the wheelbase though, the cabin seems to have incredibly remained as spacious as the old FD, if not even growing a tad roomier.
Motorists spend more time inside the car than outside of it. So they should be more concerned with interior appointments, and Honda hits the mark yet again with the new Civic's astute cabin.
Consumer Reports did quite a number on it, criticizing the poor fit and finish. This made us wonder if our Japanese version is different from the American counterpart. What we saw in our test unit was a dashboard that inherited the predecessor's signature two-tier layout, which still looks both minimalist and high tech.
Matte leather seats came with the unit and the use of plastics and urethane surfaces was done in that exquisite way that only Honda can do.
For the operator, the thick leather-bound steering wheel allowed for a confident grip.
It was loaded with directional pads and toggles too for control of the i-MID vehicle management and audio system, all piped to an LCD on the dash.
The gearstick with its alien xenomorphic head, while strange, at least made an indelible impression. The driver-centric cockpit, with the dashboard that wraps around the motorist, helped everything to be within reach.
The rear seats felt very airy, with shoulder width space adequate for three adults. The knee-room is one of the most generous we have seen in a compact sedan.
Our test unit, the 2.0 EL with 153 hp and 190 Nm of torque, had more than enough power to thrust the new lighter body. It is agile on the corners, swift to move from a standstill. As expected of a compact, the steering is very easy.
However, the extreme levity in this case made it feel disconnected. We've had better feedback from a Logitech steering wheel on a Sony PS3. Like a video game, it is child's play to navigate, but just like a video game, it feels almost unreal. The good news is, when this writer was maneuvering in closed quarters, tight parking spots or switching lanes, control was a breeze. Those into racing and drifting may want to look elsewhere, but for the 97% who will use the new Civic as their daily workhorse, they will not be disappointed.
With the ECON feature turned off and subjecting our ride through relentless Metro traffic for days, the Civic did a meager 5-6 kilometers per liter. However, with the efficiency-managing green button turned on, mileage was optimized to about 8-9 kilometers under the same driving conditions.
In our CR-V review, we questioned why it still had the ancient 5-speed transmission and our objection is sustained with the Civic, which uses the same old gearbox. While hardly exciting, the tranny was at least buttery smooth. When the smart ECON feature is managing your shifts, you won't be over-revving either. For those who prefer to be more hands-on with the gear-changing, paddle shifters are thankfully included. The suspension is not bad, but the rigidity brought us back memories of the Honda Jazz, with the ride being a tad stiff.
At P1.145M for the 2.0 EL (additional P83,000 if you want the Modulo package pictured here), the Honda Civic is competitively priced. There are also 1.8 liter flavors starting at an enticing P908,000.
In looks and performance, the 2012 Honda Civic may have evolved to be less sporty and more civilized than its adventurous predecessor, but compared to other Japanese compact sedans out there today, this new one still stands out - and delivers.
Now about that facelift that the USDM Civic has gone through, Honda Cars Philippines has stated that our local Civic will not undergo the same update, at least not yet, because judging from the sales figures, Philippine customers seem to be satisfied with the new Civic's looks, easy maneuvering and fuel-sipping ways. So are we.


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"Markets have been very kind," said chief executive Martin Gilbert. "The kinds of companies which we invest in are looking good. They are cash rich, have strong balance sheets and are returning money to shareholders. We like that."
Aberdeen's assets under management rose from £185 billion to £212 billion with some £4 billion of that being net new inflows and the rest thanks to foreign exchange gains and rising stock markets.
Headline pre-tax profits rose from £162 million to £223 million while the dividend goes up to 6p a share.
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Despite the current rash of Southwestern wildfires, there are some areas still open for hiking. The Pecos being closed, the party I was hiking with switched to Latir Peak and Wheeler Peak north of Taos NM. Taos is located just below the Colorado-New Mexico border, so I did a lightweight base-camp trip in the Latir Peak wilderness. It's small (think a 5mi x 5 mi x 5 mi triangle trail system so not sure it's worth a lightweight "trail report"), so we did a basecamp sticking to the main lake about 5 miles from the TH (all uphill, so all you can see is your fellow hikers heels up the trail). Rainy start at lunchtime, so just set up shelter after arriving at about 3 pm and crashed in the tents as the rain fell.
Foggy morning for breakfast
Dayhiking around and through Latir Mesa Day 2
The Latir Lakes are on private land with a different (vehicle) access for a fee, so we just looked from the higher USFS land. I saturated this but still did not get the turquoise blue of the lakes
Up on the mesa
Mama goat on Latir Mesa Peak w/ baby
Colorado/New Mexico border to the north:
Day 3 – Baldy mountain peak bagging
At the end of Day 3 we went into Taos and carb up for the highest point in NM, Wheeler Peak
Day 4 – Wheeler Peak (via the relatively new Williams Lake trail), so here I overlook the Taos Ski Valley as moving up towards Wheeler Pk
Wheeler Pk
Treat at Taos Cow (nationally ranked ice cream parlor) in Arroyo Seco north of Taos, NM.
I would recommend this as an alternative to the Pecos wilderness, especially if a backpacker did not have 3 full days to do a loop in the Pecos. Could do Latir as an overnight or 2 loop using the Bull trail/Main trail intersection but the steepness of the trails out of Heart Lake shouldn't be underestimated. We went off-trail quite a bit but there are many loose rocks for those using lighter footwear.Jun 24, 2013 at 1:13 pm #1999352
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Your report is especially timely for me this week. I have a group of 13 Camp Fire teens all getting ready for our summer trip to the mountains *next week* (!). We are coming from Austin, Texas. Our usual destination is Pecos Wilderness. Closed early this month. So I started looking at the Gila. Then they closed the high country there. Most of the eastern lower elevations in the Gila Wilderness are still open but my group really wants to go high enough to escape the 90 deg + heat. So I started looking at the Pagosa Springs area. More fires! They've closed that!
Your pictures look like a good area for my group. We go out Monday afternoon through Friday lunch, 4 nights, maybe a layover day on Wednesday. 4-6 miles on Tuesday and Thursday, less on Monday and Friday. So we don't need a lot of mileage. Just enough to make it a real backpacking trip. Most of these kids are beginners, ages 11-14, with a couple of 16 year olds. A few parents.
However, at this point I'm not even sure how to lay my hands on the necessary maps, since there's not time to mail order them. What topi maps cover the area? Just the USGS quads, or is there anything enhanced or updated that applies, that can be downloaded in a hurry?
Suggestions would be appreciated.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Mastercard (MA.N: Quote) unveiled its bid to dominate the mobile payments market on Monday with a 'virtual wallet' allowing customers to keep personal payment details in their phone and avoid checkouts by scanning bar codes in-store to pay.
Financial services companies like the U.S. credit-card company as well as technology names Google (GOOG.O: Quote) and eBay Inc's (EBAY.O: Quote) PayPal are looking for ways to capitalize on the prevalence of consumers' sophisticated phones by providing programs that house credit and debit cards, coupons and store loyalty program details virtually.
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Repaired HVAC duct. What did I do wrong? What did I do right?
Three years ago, I had a Great Dane and had to put him in my garage while I went somewhere for the evening. When I returned after a mere three hours, he'd managed to do some extensive damage. One of the things he tore up was my flexible duct that runs from my intake ( where the filter goes inside the house ) to the blower/condenser.
Three years ago I didn't know duct tape wasn't really that good for ducts. Go figure! I commenced to putting up a new duct. But, I discovered the other day that the flexible duct had fallen down enough to become inefficient due to the duct tape failing ( it lasted 3 years though ). I noticed this because my house wasn't getting cooler and the unit was running longer .. sigh.
I bought some 3m tape designed for such a task and went to work this evening to fix it back up.
I'm hoping someone will chime in and tell me what I did wrong or right so that I can learn. If I've used the wrong terms, please correct me.
Here's what it looked like with the old duct tape. The duct tape simply stopped holding
I taped up the insulation to the inner duct to keep it from falling down
I started taping it up from inside the house
I taped the crap out of it making sure I didn't have any holes. I was trying to make sure to have a tight seal. I pressed as firmly as possible on the tape to ensure a good bond. This tape is awesome stuff.
The insulation is tucked nicely inside the metal duct
Finished the outside ( the top at least )
I still need to do the bottom but it's 102 degrees outside ( literally ) and I'm exhausted at this point
I figured out that this is my stand pipe to flush out the drain pan. I poured a bleach/water mixture ( 1:16 ) to help eliminate the musty smell. I've never done it in the three years I've lived here and i'm sure it had never been done by the previous owners. I noticed the clear lines immediately looking cleaner. The clear tubing was completely black/gray/green with algae. Why do they use clear tubing when black would eliminate algae growth so much better?
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Insulation is not supposed to be inside of those ducts. It looks as if you stuck the insulation under one connection. Tape on the inside is a serious no no. It will eventually get sucked up into the blower.
I wish you would've asked before doing any of this. I'd of simply used mastic sealant (a putty duct sealant that dries up rock hard) over all of the metal and then simply pulled the duct up and over, taped the inside liner to the collar and then zip tied around the entire thing and done.
That little turned up pvc 90 is a secondary drain that is not being used. If you have a drain pan under the unit with a secondary drain line running outside of the home (as is required in most cases), I'd turn it down. In the event your main drain (pump) ever clogs/fails the water is meant to come out of that drain. In other words it's shotty work as now backed up condensate water will overflow inside the internal pan and drip out through the casing of the evaporator.
And that main drain line should be insulated.
I just realized this was in the basement or in a garage and not in an attic, doh! You can have a float switch installed in that secondary drain line right at the evaporator. In the event the main drain clogs up and water passes into that secondary exit (where the little 90 degree pvc on the right is) it will shut the unit off, preventing condensate water spillage.
One last thing, that duct and it's insulation needs to come all the way up and over that joint, to the box.
why not hard pipe it. i only like to use flex in hard to get areas
That little box in the last picture is the float switch. The condensation drains to that and will ( and has due to it being unplugged ) shut off the whole unit. But, I understand that if the path to that box gets clogged, it's of no use lol
The outside temp hit 107 outside today and my house was 130 because I turned off the ac since I didn't want to have any potential damage to the unit with that duct hanging like it was :( I had to do something and quick otherwise I would have consulted this forum first :)
I'm going to redo that soon with the new knowledge.
Interesting that you say it's shotty work. You wouldn't believe the things that are done horribly wrong in my house. The original work on that HVAC had tape on the inside to begin with. It doesn't surprise me. lol
Just so I understand, the inner lining AND the insulation needs to go on the outside right?
Before I realized the unit had no place for a secondary drain line to run I thought it shotty. I'd still use that secondary flaot switch in that drain.
No tape on the inside and yes, the duct's insulation and outter liner on the outside, the duct's inside liner pulled up and over and duct taped to the collar all the way to the box.
First, be aware that in some municipalities you can't use flexible ducts on returns, and in general it's not a good idea. Flex duct can collapse (a return is negative pressure, after all) and cause you more troubles than you've got now.
The inner sleeve (the thing that looks like a slinky with black plastic wrapped around it) should be connected to the metal duct FIRST. Use duct tape, and also use a tie-wrap strap (you can get those from an HVAC supply house). Then, pull the insulation outer jacket up and over that connection, and use another tie-wrap strap to secure the insulation.
I've also had issues where the tie-wrap will come off the metal duct connection, so I've taken to shooting two sheet metal screws into that tie-wrap. Keeps it in place, and it's easy to remove if needed.
Finally, a good coating of mastic will seal up that inner joint nicely.
If you really want to do this right, however, use metal duct and cut it to fit the space.
need to trap that condensate line coming out of the unit and cap that fill..your sucking air in.when you do the flex connection it always goes on the outside of the metal ..peel back the insulation and pull the plastic flex over the metal then tape it with foil faced tape not that standard stuff.then zip some screws around it thru the fiol tape....
Thanks everyone for the tips. I need to check with a business that does HVAC only because the box stores don't carry the size duct I need. It's always something right? lol
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Leighton Holdings' troubles are no laughing matter for affable boss Wal King, writes Kate Askew.
Wal King clearly was in no mood for jokes.
Widely perceived as an affable knockabout, the Leighton Holdings boss was caught in a broken-down vehicle in a tunnel deep beneath Sydney after deciding to take a more active interest at the dirty end of the construction giant.
Although hardly a physical challenge for a man whose idea of indulgence is to hike Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Trail, having to hoof it a couple of kilometres back to the tunnel entrance proved an annoying waste of time.
But his anger was palpable when the harmless incident found its way into the Herald's CBD column.
Workers were ordered to down tools. Leaking information from site, they were told in no uncertain terms, would not be tolerated.
This was the not so knockabout King, never before seen by the public.
But he had every reason to be on edge. Only a week earlier, the company King had pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy had worn the mantle of the country's most successful contractor.
Leighton Holdings was the envy of the bourse. Record profit followed record profit. Its order book grew fuller by the year. For someone who was used to having friendly references in the press - often more about his overseas adventures than the business - it must have been particularly jarring.
Then, on May 6, came damaging revelations that cost blowouts at two projects due to "management failings" had cost it a 34 per cent slump in net profit.
With the recent failings of the National Australia Bank etched into their minds and hip pockets, investors panicked. Leighton Holdings shares, which had tripled in the past decade, lost 23 per cent in a single day.
Three weeks on, King would really rather not be quizzed in his own office about his failings.
But, he says, the idea of curling up in a corner of his office, "hiding away", is ridiculous.
Instead, the chief executive of Leighton Holdings for the past 17 years, occasionally flinches as though he's just experienced a personal loss.
The room, with its pastel furnishings, has not been upgraded since the 1980s. King, hitching up his too-big trousers, is not a Zegna suit-wearing sort of guy.
In this environment, appearances matter little. It's all about winning.
In the adversarial world of contracting, "you've got to have commitment to win", he says.
So when King had to front the Leighton board for two days at the beginning of the month with the stunning failings, it was like arriving home having to own up to your parents that you'd crashed the car.
The problems were in Leighton's contracting arm. It's head, Bob Merkenhof, has resigned.
Merkenhof was a Leighton veteran of more than two decades - a big, likeable, gregarious character with an uncanny ability for problem solving.
Nevertheless, a keenness to perform meant big risks were taken when negotiating contract terms. In the case of the two projects that caused the reversal in fortune, it went as far back as 2002.
They were risks that in the case of Melbourne's Spencer Street Station redevelopment, proved foolish when the company had difficulty gaining access to the site. More importantly, it appears that they were risks Leighton's board would have been unwilling to wear.
Fund managers were told in the days following the shock profit downgrade that the parent company, Leighton Holdings, had signed the tender document, but some time later, Leighton Contractors had re-negotiated the terms.
"We have built on our reputation as a leading provider of complex infrastructure projects, winning a number of significant new contracts that should underwrite our financial performance over the coming years," Merkenhof wrote in the 2003 Leighton annual report.
Too complex by half.
In the case of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, at least one of Leighton's competitors viewed the project as too complicated.
Indeed, a problematic design coupled with structural problems proved this so.
If last year's bonus is a measure, Merkenhof was underperforming the other Leighton business heads.
King, having run the contracting arm for a decade from 1977 before he was promoted to head the whole show, appears to be smarting a little more because these problems stemmed from the contracting business.
There is an obvious question mark over its risk management procedures, but it couldn't be more different than in a business like NAB where wholesale change is afoot.
King doesn't believe that his company's problems are the result of structural failings. On this, he is emphatic.
"It's not a failing of the system," he says. "It was a people problem."
That's a big admission for a man whose management success in part has been due to his willingness to put stock in those around him. He's been let down by his human capital.
"I set the rules of racing," King says. From then on, it's up to the individual business heads - at Leighton Contractors, Thiess, John Holland, Leighton Asia and Leighton Properties - to get past the finishing post.
A former Leighton employee attributes the company's past performance to the "nearly inseparable" combination of King and his deputy, Dieter Adamsas. King spends his time encouraging and motivating the various business heads to bid for contracts, while Adamsas sifts through the financial detail.
And they can disagree. "I have the most raging debates with Dieter," King says.
(Their relationship obviously goes deeper than business. They have private interests in common. Australian Securities and Investments Commission searches show that both King and Adamsas have at one point invested in the Acumen Diversified Property Trust, managed by Acumen Capital, which is backed by developer Multiplex.)
Every three months, Adamsas reviews every one of Leighton's businesses. Sometimes King sits in on the process which Adamsas runs, sometimes not. King himself will get intimately involved if there are problems with a part of the business; for example, he chaired the committee which oversaw the troublesome Australian Magnesium construction project in Queensland.
Adamsas's mind, says King, is like a steel trap. He can repeat fine detail from conversations had with managers from three months before.
When Adamsas retires, probably some time in 2006, King says two people will replace him.
As for King, he had already decided to stick around well before the trouble set in.
Still, when he was asked by The Australian Financial Review in February last year when he would retire, he said: "I'll go to 2005 or 2006."
By the end of last year, however, when the Leighton board asked him what his intentions were, King wanted to stick around.
The board agreed that King would retain the crown until 2008. His agreement is in principle and with no contractual terms attached.
But for now, it's not his term in office, but rather Leighton's position on management's bonuses this year, that is occupying the minds of investors.
"That's a matter entirely for the board," King says. The remuneration committee, comprising Leighton chairman Geoff Ashton, Ian Johnson, David Mortimer, Hans-Peter Keitel and Achim Drescher, will make its decision in mid-August.
King says bonuses are the last thing on his, or his executives' minds. "The thing that is driving us is to get on with the job."
He is steadfast in his commitment. He won't be drawn on what will happen once 2008 arrives.
Asked if he would be ready to leave the company that he grew, King says it's too early to say. He hopes that his friends will tell him when it's time.
One of his long-time pals, media mogul Kerry Stokes - they have known each other for 30-odd years - says King will go when he feels that he is no longer making a contribution.
Does Stokes believe that King himself recognises his own success? "Probably not," Stokes replies.
For now, King's pride has been dented. Several times during the interview he mentions that shareholders have lost money in recent weeks.
"The first issue is that I badly want to see the performance of Leighton Contractors improve," says King.
To do that, he is sticking to the strategy.
Asked if he took his eye off the ball, King just says, "There are more balls now." Work-in-hand has surged from $10 billion to $12.8 billion in the year to March 31.
In light of that and the recent problems, Leighton has realised that its management structure needs "strengthening". Asked what this means, he says it means more people. But the trick, he points out, is to put people in the right places and not to bureaucratise the business.
It is King's homegrown strategy to have Leighton's business arms competing with each other for contracts that has confounded management theorists.
"It was counter-intuitive," says one observer. "But a stroke of brilliance."
It's an adversarial business where Leighton is regarded as being a tough and ruthless competitor. Nevertheless, King is a "man of his word", according to competitors.
"They've got such a big balance sheet in the contracting world, particularly with companies that are underfunded, they gouge them. But," one former customer admits, "they're a class outfit."
"I think it's remarkable that they've had such a small number of major construction works that have caused them a real problem," says Stokes, who has his own association to the contracting industry through Caterpillar and who knew King when he was based at Leighton's Perth headquarters on Stirling Highway.
Stokes says he has been successful because Wal is a "natural builder" - he understands the technical side of the business intimately. "Underneath it all is a person who understands the detail of how things work.
"Wal's philosophy has always been to have the right sort of circumstances for the contract."
Asked if this meant risk management, Stokes says: "It's more about risk aversion.
"You can't find a more difficult industry than the industry he's been involved in.
"Wal was a really, really tough competitor but he had one outstanding quality that was that he made a commitment and he kept it, and in the construction and development industry, you build a lot of goodwill over a period of time by being known to be reliable in your undertakings.
"Wal King understands pressure - anyone who has worked in the construction industry to deadlines understands it more than any other industry."
A former competitor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says: "He doesn't pull any punches, Leighton is a very difficult business. If something goes wrong [in a joint venture], they're very difficult to deal with."
Richard Longes, chairman of General Property Trust and one of King's ski buddies, says construction is "not an industry for the faint-hearted".
"[King's] competitive, sure, but he's also got sound judgement. He's done that by being extremely focused but also by being prepared to look at innovative ways . . ."
When John Morschel resigned as chairman of Leighton Holdings after little more than two years in the job, there were rumours of a clash of wills between him and King.
It's clear from speaking to both, that it was a vigorous relationship, but that both have a mutual respect for each other.
Morschel says his resignation was the result of a slow build-up of conflict of interests. He said Leighton's contract mining operations brought him into conflict with his directorship at Rio Tinto. Not only that, but Leighton's NextGen interest and its negotiations with Optus put him in conflict with his role at Singapore Telecommunications.
Then there was Leighton's announcement that it was considering acquiring Australian Submarine Corp, which put him into conflict with his directorship at the defence contractor Tenix. And finally, Leighton is a major customer of the listed construction materials business, Rinker, which Morschel chairs.
Right now, King's image as the fun-loving, slightly outspoken chief executive - one that has long worked for him in the media - has been put aside.
But then again, from all accounts, even King's much reported overseas adventure jaunts are no holiday. King himself says that three days lying about on a beach would result in him having to "see a psychiatrist".
One fellow ski enthusiast classes King as a "bit of a control freak". Longes says he would rather think King is very demanding of himself.
Merchant banker Ross Grant captures it when he says that King is "as focused in his leisure pursuits as his business pursuits".
King has long skied with Stokes at the Colorado resort of Beaver Creek, and keeps his own place a couple of hours drive up the road in the resort town of Aspen.
"It's not that he has to win, he has to be competitive," Stokes says. "You can't sit back and relax when you ski with Wal."
From Wal King's demeanour this week, the last thing on his mind is relaxing.


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Up first, former fullback Jody Adewale shares his story about rising out of the Boyle Heights projects by focusing on school and football.
Hear him tell it...
This story makes me very proud to be a Trojan. Jody Adewale's story is not just uplifiting--more than that, it's so nice to see a person have a passion to serve those who are neglected. His accomplishments are great, but you can see that his future will be greater. I'd also like to give kudos to Jordan Moore and the RipsIt blog for showcasing a story like this. This is what being a Trojan is all about. THIS is why we are great.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By manipulating simple and nonspecific interactions, researchers have discovered a way to make chemicals spontaneously self-assemble into ribbon-like tubules that resemble bacterial cell walls. The micrometer-sized tubules have potential applications in drug delivery systems and as templates for the synthesis of inorganic nanostructured materials.
"The 'artificial bacteria' consist of the biopolymer actin attached to charged lipid membranes," said Gerard Wong, a professor of materials science and of physics at the University of Illinois. Wong was the lead author of a paper published in the June 16 issue of the journal Science that described the assembly process. "The resulting actin-membrane capsules are fairly rigid and quite stable," he said.
Actin is a protein that provides the structural framework in eukaryotic cells and forms the molecular basis for biological functions as diverse as hearing, muscle contraction and cell division. When mixed with special liposomes, the researchers found, actin immediately undergoes a hierarchical self-assembly process that results in the formation of nano-scale tubular capsules.
"The composite membrane is organized into three layers," Wong said. "A middle lipid layer, similar to the plasma membrane that surrounds most cells, is sandwiched between two layers of actin filaments. The filaments first arrange themselves into two-dimensional parallel arrays on both sides of the lipid layer, and then they spontaneously wrap into tubules."
The spaces between the layers are filled with water and could be used for a variety of applications, including the packaging of certain drugs that would be slowly released to the body. The nano-capsules also could be used as miniature templates in novel, inorganic nanofabrication techniques.
While the structures have no real analog in nature, this type of spontaneous organization is reminiscent of multi-layered bacterial cell walls, Wong said. The protein-membrane interactions in living cell walls, however, exist far from equilibrium and require the hydrolysis of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) -- the biological energy storage molecule to maintain their shape and structure.
"And that's a crucial difference," Wong said. "Our actin-membrane capsules are in equilibrium and do not require energy to remain stable."
The work was performed while Wong was a postdoctoral associate at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Wong's collaborators in the study were materials science professor Cyrus Safinya, staff scientist Youli Li and graduate student Alison Lin at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and physiology professor Paul Janmey (now at the University of Pennsylvania) and postdoctoral researcher Jay Tang at Harvard University.
Funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the University of California Biotechnology Research and Education Program.
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NOT to put down the excellent hard work of so many dedicated secondary-school administrators, but life is sometimes better lived on the side of rambunctious students rather than tut-tutting vice principals.
No one comes out of "Ferris Bueller" cheering for the rumpled suits who enforce the campus attendance rules, right?
Then again, life is not a Matthew Broderick movie. When you're a brilliant adolescent it sometimes seems as if rules - any rules - are made to be broken. But there are times when it's good to be the adult in the room.
When the young people who were fired from their jobs as lifeguards at the El Monte plunge for making a harmless local video version of "Gangnam Style," we were with them, because they had done nothing really wrong - they were off the clock, incurred no city expense, put no one in harm's way.
On first hearing the vague outline of how Monrovia High School cheerleaders were dropped from the squad for what might be seen as some harmless antics at summer cheer camp in Santa Barbara, the tendency might be to say, "Since when is short-sheeting a bed a crime?"
In the right kind of pranks - in a snipe hunt - no one gets hurt in the ruse. Sure, older people are pulling the wool over the eyes of younger ones, but no therapist except for the most politically correct would claim lasting harm could result. When you saw the headline news about the Monrovia case, you could be forgiven for being on the side of the pranskters.
And then you see, on closer observation, that these senior girls were not engaged in girlish pranks. In fact, as if in homage to the typically more brutal bullying of their male peers, these girls went way beyond the pale.
It's complicated, as such things are. Not all of the stunts were deplorable. In the invasion of the rooms shared by the cheerleaders who weren't seniors, if a compact case got broken, if a stuffed animal ended up on the floor, if "2013!" in lipstick was scrawled across a mirror - well, this wouldn't be a story to have an opinion about.
It's when matters got dangerous that everything went south for the seniors. Clothing tossed out of the younger girls' rooms? Not nice, but not a capital offense. But when some of the seniors threw the underclass girls' mattresses from third-floor balconies - that's when someone could have been hurt. Badly. A queen-size mattress, for instance, weighs north of 90 pounds. Flying through the air from 25 feet, it could kill a person.
The senior cheerleaders and a mascot were kicked off the squad, suspended for two days, lost their senior privileges - school dances, costumes at Halloween and the like.
Was that the appropriate punishment? That's for school administrators to decide. Good for them for not buckling under community pressure quibbling about just what the penalty should be.
The point is, when pranks go from the innocent to the potentially dangerous, when kids dedicated to the same sport as the older girls are so scared they break down in tears, a classic pattern of abuse has been started. And the time to note its severity and then break that cycle was right away.


text: All weekend long our house was filled with family, and I just loved it. While I do like our quiet weekends and our just-the-four-of-us time, a part of me longs to have our house filled with family on a more constant basis. I like to entertain. I like to see the kids play with their grandparents. I like to cook for lots of people and have a packed dinner table, family sitting elbow-to-elbow, and lots of laughter and stories and lively discussions. Being so far away from our families makes the comings and goings so difficult. One minute, it seems, the house is packed and noisy; the next we're waving good-bye from the front porch and the kids start roaming around, looking a little lost and deflated, like little halves of themselves. But we'll wait for the next time the grandparents come into town again--the flip side to all the "goings" we've lived through as a family is that there will always be "comings" to follow, if we only wait a little while. L.'s birthday party, our first ever pool party, was a great success. It stormed magnificently the night before and on Saturday the air was heavy and thick, the clouds a little too gray for my liking. But by 9:00 the weather had cleared and the sun popped out, shining through the clouds in spots and making everything seem a little more promising, weather-wise. By 10:00 we had everything ready to take down to the pool: plastic tablecloths, cups, plates, party favors, coolers, and food. We were ordering pizza, per the birthday boy's request, but I brought lots of chips and hummus dips from Trader Joe's, and my dad made his signature watermelon basket fruit salad (much like this one, but without the lemon garnishes and the zig-zagging edges). The fruit salad was a huge hit--there's nothing quite like berries and melon by the pool on a hot and humid day. For the party favors, I bought six small cloth tote bags in different primary colors from Michael's at $1.29/bag, which was really quite a steal. Then we bought some iron-on transfer paper, went home, copied some Playmobil pictures from the online catalog, pasted them into Microsoft Word, and printed them out on the iron-on transfer paper. (Note: When you do the ironing part, DON'T do as I did--I used an heirloom wooden chest as my ironing board, creating a dark singed spot that I then had to spend hours scrubbing out of the wood with Liquid Gold the next day.) We filled the bags with gummy Lifesavers, a small tube of sunscreen (I found those in the $1.00 sample section of the grocery store), and bubbles. Because the bags were so colorful, they added an immediate festive air to the tables. And, because we only had to do six of them, it wasn't too costly or difficult. This is what the table looked like: L. had very specific ideas about who was to sit where. So there were two cousins at one table, then L. by himself at the center table, then three more at another table. But, all in all, everything went smoothly, with no major upsets. We did learn this year that the simpler we make the party--with no complicated organized games designed by L. himself (he has a difficult time when the games don't go exactly as he envisioned them) and a low-key, no-stress atmosphere, then the odds of smooth sailing all around are much greater. And I think L. had a wonderful time, I really do--all eight years of him. On the day of L.'s birthday he woke me up at 6:50 in the morning. "Aren't you going to tell me Happy Birthday?" he asked. And I did, a few times over, pulling him close--that wriggly, all-arms-and-legs new eight-year-old boy of mine.


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This is my row. Hope it's clear enough to see. The sashing fabric looks like sand.
Thanks, Jane, for letting me send it early. Maybe it will "speak" to you while you finish your own row!
Sherry, your butterflies are going to be beautiful--I'm going to start looking for some hankies to save for my own butterfly piece someday.


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Fifteen years later: Beijing action platform just keeping its head above water
By GenderIT.org for GenderIT.org
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 25 March 2010
The Beijing conference in 1995 left participants feeling hope and anticipation for the change that was about to come for women and girls across the world. Fifteen years later, the Beijing + 15 conference in New York city is taking look at how close we have come to ending violence against women. The GenderIT.org team tracks the elusive "J-spot", (section J in the UN Beijing action platform that calls for action in the area of media policy on gender issues, the image of women in the media, and increased participation in decision making) and analyses its progress. While headway has been made in these major areas, somethings also seem to have been overlooked – emerging issues related to privacy and security, especially how new technologies like cell phones can infringe on privacy and personal safety were not addressed. This issue of GenderIT.org digs a littler deeper into the conference, the action platform and what's to come. Photo: National Media MuseumFull article at http://www.genderit.org/archive/?q=en/node/81


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Lazy Girl Going to Paint Matte over Semi-Gloss. Results?
I am painting Matte over Semi gloss concrete block walls and brick fireplace that parts are semi-gloss, maybe gloss...dunno. Currently the whole room is stark white as all basement apartments are usually. I am creative and love to paint items in several colors that make them look like leather or aged. Not just one boring vcolor. Yet, I am curious about covering the white semi-gloss paint and what will happen taking lazy girls way of not priming or sanding and all that hassle. LOL. Yes, all professionals say for a nice uniform finish to prime and sand, but for now I am going to skip that step on these bricks. For one thing, because of the crevices etc, sanding wouldnt work. Prime a 20x20foot room, not going to happen. I am going to paint the base color in Matte Camel and then add some Warm Autumn Brown, and maybe add some caramel, maybe even some candle glow. I personally think it will work, but so many peeps scare you to death saying not to...but that is drywall painting, this is tricky. I want to hear from you, and I will post my results. I am looking for budget paint, $30.00 or less a gallon and a one day job. It will be fun, but.... will the new matte paint just drip off or what? Need to know please, just in case...though opinions are a dime a dozen, arent they? Thanks!Kim:laughing:
You seem like you are going to do it the way you want anyway, so why ask?
But, it's Tuesday, and being such, I try to pick one person to be especially nice to. Firstly, "peeps" are not trying to scare you to death with their opinions, at least not this peep. That paint will fail due to lack of preparation is not an opinion, it's a fact of science, and beyond your ability to "will' it to "work". If you're coming to this forum seeking permission to circumvent steps that will enhance the possibility of success, that "ain't going to happen". I say possibility because, even after meticulous prep, I sometimes incur explicable or unforeseen difficulties. Before you can break the rules, you have to know them, and know the ways to break them without getting caught. With your planned paint budget, if it doesn't include a primer, it doesn't seem you're on that point either. Now, is your job guaranteed to fail? I dunno. Sometimes a shot in the dark hits its mark. But, it sounds like you want it to be pretty, and if it does fail, it will be. And you won't be coming back with a cavalier attitude seeking solutions. So it's caution, not fear, that peeps are trying to instill in you. And, if it does fail, come back next Tuesday.
Webster, forgive me.
First of all, if you paint an entire basement room dark, it will have a profound effect on the tone of the room.
Also, if you're painting all 4 concrete block walls of a 20x20 room, 1 gallon of paint will be nowhere near enough. 2 gallons probably won't cover it all. And that's just the base coat...
That said, it's risky to paint over sem-gloss paint, without first scuffing and/or priming. It might work, but if it doesn't work it will cost you a lot of time - and quite a bit more money - to do it right. Please give it some thought before you jump. :)
do a small brush out about 2x2sq. let it dry over night ,next day put the old thumb nail to it:huh: , if it gripes then go for:) .if not start preping.
Doing something cheap, quick and dirty will often leave something looking- Cheap, quick, and dirty.
If you don't care that much and it's just a room downstairs that you never use, then go for it. If you actually care about the outcome and finish then put some effort into it.
I would prime it, better than putting the effort into painting it then having all your paint fall off, and having to prime then paint again, not to mention scrape paint off.You will be in a bad mood because your laziness cost you a lot more time and effort.
Thanks for being calm and clear in posting your opinion. The thing is, the blocks have so many crevices, that sanding is impossible. Besides I want a rough look that is like worn old leather, not a smooth one color deal. I guess my main concern is that it isnt like painting with water over it, you know? I eally do appreciate the honest and calm way you responded.
Why say dirty? These walls are sparkly white, lol
just a saying-quick and dirty...applies to corners being cut in order to gain time/cost savings:)
have you thought about renting a sprayer? if it's an unfinished space would probably save time, sounds like it might work well for the uneven surface.
what do peeps say? cheap, cheap , cheap:laughing:
If you get a flat bonding primer like Bulls eye ( not 123- it is not flat) tinted to the direction you want to go- you'll be killing 2 birds with the one stone. It probably wont be a one coat job anyway, might as well make the first on a bonding primer.
Okay-lazy girl is semi happy with what i finally did-and it isnt paint.
:no:THE CEILING HAS 6 RECESSED .LIGHTS, I PUT IN THE YELLOW/GOLD BUG LIGHTS, THEN (THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED) I FOLDED AND PUT CUFFS AND CURLIES? AND SCRUNCHED UP FOR DEPTH PAPER (LUNCH SIZE) BAGS, THE GOLD LIGHTS SHINE SOWN INTO THEM AND THEY ARE MY AUTUMN BROWN AND CANDLE GLOW, A MIX OF THESE SHADES...YOU JUST GOTTA SHINE A LIGHT WITHIN A PAPER SACK TO UNDERSTAND THIS CHANGE IN A GOOD OL PAPER BAG. NOW THE WALLS ARE NOT STARK WHITE, THE HAVE SOME WARMTH FROM THE LANTERNS AND BULBA, AND SINCE IT IS ALSO A RENTAL..AND I DID VERY WELL MAKING THE LANTERNS (YES I AM PATTING MYSELF ON BACK, LOL) THE COST WAS BULBS ONLY, NOW THERE IS A BIT OF LIFE TO THE ROOM INSTEAD OF THE BLINDING HOSPITAL WHITE. PLEASE PUT A PAPER SACK OVER ANY LIGHT BULB AFTER CRUNCHING AND SOME FOLDING TO UNDERSTAND IF CURIOUS. I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE RESPONSES, WANT MORE ON THE LANTERN THINGY WOULD BE NICE, AND WHEN i OWN MY OWN HOME AGAIN, I WILL DEFINATELY CONSIDER WHAT I HAVE LEARNED. BUT YIPPEE, I DIDNT AFTER ALL NEED TO PRIME OR PAINT OR BUY ALL THE STUFF TO GET THE JOB DONE. YES I AM GLOATING, THOUGH I DO HAVE CRUNCHED AND FOLDED PAPER BAGS ON THE CEILING, GIGGLES! KIM
^ Hey, cheap + happy = BIG SCORE!
The only thing I'd caution you about is that the bulbs might get pretty hot to be that close to paper.
Why are you SCREAMING?? I could not even read this, it made my eyes hurt.
I see your point about the caps, I am sorry, it was late last night and easier, but truly I wasnt yelling, though me and a friend from Austrailia write in caps all the time, I didnt like it at first, but it is easier, like the thread has said, I am a lazy girl (who is so very sorry for your agitation) Giggles!Kim:laughing:
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