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wiring a chandelier HELP!
hello all, first post and let me begin by saying i am impressed with the quality of help offered by this forum from my very brief browsing. hopefully some of you can help me with what is probably no brainer questions...
my chandelier came with NO instructions on the wiring, i guess they assumed it was too easy to warrant proper direction :(
Each light fixture has 2 wires coming out, one has black writing, one is blank. all 6 fixtures converge in the center to be wired to the main lines.
This picture in the background you can see the center wiring. it has a ground (green line) and 2 wires which are completely blank, no ridges, marking, etc to discern which is hot/negative.
I would assume I wire all the ones with the writing to one, and all the blanks to the other? the problem is when it goes into the fixture there is no way to tell whats what when it comes out on the other end. it DOES matter, doesnt it?
lastly, in the second picture there is the ground, which i wire into the green screw on the mount, but what about the raw end that comes out of the bottom, where does that attach?
so i need your help with those 3 things.
1)how to wire the fixtures into the center line properly
2) how to hardwire the center wires once the bulb fixtures are connected( + how to tell hot/neutral)
3)where to attach the bottom part of the ground.
sincere thanks to anyone who can take the time to help me out.
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The black or hot connection goes to the center contacts of the various lamp
sockets, the white or neutral goes to the shells of the lamp sockets.
To look better, the exposed wires are transparent rather than white, green, etc.
Normally if the wires are colored gold and silver (I could not tell in the
pictures), the gold wires will be the hot and the silver wires will be the
neutral. You may want a volt/ohm meter to verify this, and put colored
tape on the wire ends temporarily until you complete the connections.
One wire seems to have a metal loop on it. This should be ground and attached to the
center post of the fixture. You will need to unscrew the various finials and ring
nuts and experiment to see where the ring fits best without looking unattractive.
thank you- i resized the pics to hopefully help the readability.
the wires are the exact same color so i cannot discern which is which, and after i do wire them in, the center wire spins so many times in the shaft i cant tell which is which by the time it reaches the final destination to be hardwired.
for the ground, i understand how to wire it into the green nut, but on the other end of the ground wire it is just exposed, and there is seemingly no place to attach it.
The ground probably attaches to an eye loop connector meant to be snugged between two nuts on the threaded rod.
-that part i know, but what about the other end? its just dangling there inside...?do i wire it in with the hot or neutral, or sauder it to something?
As for the insulated wires, the one with the writing on it most likely goes to the white wire in the ceiling box. This has been a long tradition in lamp making. It used to be called the "identified conductor". If you have a test meter, check the continuity between the shell of the lamp socket and each wire.
because the wires with the writing attach to a blank wire that runs into the lamp, it is impossible to tell which is which on the exit end that you hardwire...thank you identifying what each wire is/means but i cannot discern which is which at the end...i have a 50/50 chance i suppose...what happens if i just wire them both up and then hardwire them and im wrong?
thanks again for all the help!
If the hot (socket bottom) and neutral (socket shell) lines got swapped by mistake, the lights will still work but there is just the slight additional hazard of electrocution if you unscrew and replace a bulb with the power still on.
The other, raw, end of the wire with the attached ring is supposed to be connected to the bare or green ground wire up in the junction box in the ceiling where the chandelier is hung from. If it is not long enough you can splice in a similar looking piece of wire or a stranded bare copper wire that is strung through the chain links of the chandelier.
If you take a continuity tester and test the wires that come out of each lamp socket you can tell which is which. As has been mentioned before, the screw shell is the white wire you are looking for.
so for wiring all the socket wires into the main line, i should group all the whites and wire them into one line, and all the blacks and wire them into the other? those will make for some mighty big groupings since the chandelier has 8 bulbs... or is there another way i can wire all the sockets together and still keep the proper current?
thanks again everyone!
Did all the wires to the various sockets come pre-assembled to a single pair of wires (hot and neutral) coming out the top center post (tube/ rod). Or is this a kit where you have to connect up the 8 sockets and then assemble the center and then hang the chandelier and then attach the two top wires to the black and white up in the ceiling?
If you have trouble connecting nine wires with one wire nut, then obtain short additional 6 inch sections of stranded wire and connect, say, four socket wires and one short section (pigtail), then connect the other end of the pigtail to another group of 3 socket wires plus a second pigtail, and connect the other end of that pigtail, etc. This will depend on enough space in the centerpiece.
Now I have done such things as wrapped around and soldered all nine wires to one short piece of bare wire about 1-1/2 inches long and used electrical tape (no wire nuts) to cover it all. (Repeat for the nine neutral wires.) You can probably get away with this inside the chandelier but soldered connections are not permitted in ceiling or wall junction boxes.
allan it is a kit like you said, all need to be assembled together, and then run into the center line. the main concern is the 2 center line wires are blank and i was afraid of wiring it up backwards.
thank you for the help!
ps- the other way someone suggested was wiring all the sockets together in a sequence, black to white to black to white, etc. all the way around, with the 2 main wires being the first and last wires in the set. parallel circuitry?
You need to connect all the wires that connect to the socket shell together with one of the wires that runs to the ceiling (should be the one with ridges on the side), and all of the wires that connect to the center tab to the other wire. Allen makes some good suggestions on how to do this.
thanks for that info. i will wire it the way that you and allen suggested. the only difference being that the center wires have no ridges, writing, etc, so i cant discern which is which, esp when coming out on the other end to wire into the black/white in the ceiling. so worst case scenario i would wire it in backwards, and have to reverse it at the box?
At least wire up the eight side (arm/branch) wires with the ridge or lettering to one of the center wires, and wire up the eight side wires without the ridge or lettering to the other center wire. This way, if you get it wrong, only one pair of wires (up at the ceiling) needs to be swapped.
But still, use of a continuity checker (or ohmmeter) is desirable to make absolutely sure that the wires with the writing on them go to the socket shells. For all I know, the manufacturer may have assumed or pretended that it makes no difference which wire is which. I would not bother to undo and redo the two rats nests of nine wires each down in the middle of the chandelier if per chance I got one or two pairs wrong.
It sounds like you don't have a continuity tester. Is there any way you could get one from someone you know, or purchase an inexpensive one? The problem with guessing at which wires are which is you've got a 50/50 chance at every socket. You could get them ALL right or any combination. Here's the end result: Best case scenario: it turns on. Worst case: shock hazard. You've done everything right so far, why stop now?
very good point. ill look into it this evening and see if i can dig one up.
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Morban Point of Interest Map
There are a couple advantages to questing in Morban. One– you get to kill lots of undead stuff, two– you gain plenty of Necropolis Caretakers notoriety, and three– you get to wander around and guess what? Kill more undead stuff! Members of the Storm Legion also make their way in the mix. Morban, which is the zone following Seratos on the Dusken continent, pretty much follows the same exploratory vibe Seratos has. The zone has a central quest line, but there are plenty of non-scripted areas to explore, random quests to find, and a great deal of Carnage killing to take part in.
Morban is ideal for players starting at around levels 55-59. There's a fairly large level jump between Seratos and Morban, so it becomes helpful at this point to hop back and forth between both continents a bit. Some ideal Brevane zones for these levels would be Ardent Domain, Kingsward, and Ashora. Like Seratos, Morban is rather dark and desolate in appearance, with a landscape full of ominous trees and looming piles of bones. It's also the zone where both Tower of the Shattered and Archive of Flesh are located.
There are three porticulum points which are marked by the green circles on the map below as well as the green-bordered text. These three locations are where most of the quests are obtained in Morban, although there are quite a few quests off the beaten path as well. Make sure to check all of the pockets in the Forest of Flesh, especially the northern tips. Arlan's Challenge is the main hub of Morban and is where you'll find the zone's daily rift quests, a mailbox, and vendors.
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In case you ever want to seek out the actual dungeons, Tower of the Shattered is located in Stormhold. Archive of Flesh is in Shaper's Citadel. There are four Onslaught locations in Morban, all of which are marked on the map by the blue circles and blue-bordered text. They are located in Forest of Flesh, Brink of Angoro, The Northern Ruins, and Black Strand. The Onslaught daily questgivers are all nearby.
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Historic family links between the Whangaroa area and high-profile international businessman Alan Gibbs are to be formally recognised in a kauri plaque to be mounted at the Kaeo Library.
The plaque recognises Gibbs' great-great-grandfather William Spikeman, who was Kaeo's first postmaster and served the community for 17 years from 1857.
The Spikeman family (sometimes recorded as Spickman) had even earlier associations with the Far North when William served as a herdsman with the Church Missionary Society at Kerikeri and Waimate North.
He later travelled north to Kaeo with a member of the stonemason team which constructed New Zealand's first commercial stone building, the historic Stone Store at Kerikeri.
He is thought to be the first lumberman of European descent to ply his trade in the Whangaroa area. The family home he originally constructed in Kaeo's Dip Rd still exists.
The Gibbs family has donated six copies of books depicting its associations with Whangaroa to the Kaeo Library. The books include an insight into the life of Alan Gibbs entitled Serious Fun, the story of Alan's father, TN Gibbs, and a third canvassing the history of the Spikeman, Nisbet, Lane and Gibbs families in the 19th century.
All four families had early European connections with the Whangaroa area.
In more recent times, Alan Gibbs has gained international attention with his development of the Aquada amphibious vehicle and a vast sculpture park at his Kaipara farm.


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Gunnebo House
Coordinates: 57°39′29″N 12°03′30″E / 57.65806°N 12.05833°E
Gunnebo slott (Gunnebo House) is a château located outside Gothenburg, in Mölndal Municipality, between Mölndal and Pixbo in Sweden.
The estate consists of a main building from the end of the 18th century, built by John Hall, and drawn by city architect Carl Wilhelm Carlberg in a Neoclassical architecture. Gunnebo has one of Sweden's finest and best preserved baroque gardens.
The 18th century interior was recreated in the 1950s, when Mölndal Municipality bought the estate. The last private owner, Mrs. Hilda Sparre, died in 1948. Several original furnishings were brought back to Gunnebo during the 20th century.
Notable guests[edit]
Both king Gustav III of Sweden and Marie Thérèse of France visited the Hall family at Gunnebo. King Gustav V visited Hilda Sparre at the House in the early 20th century. In June 2001 guests of the EU-summit in Gothenburg, among whom U.S. President George W Bush, visited Gunnebo House.
The parks are open to the public and the interior of the House can be seen with a guided tour. Guided tours are offered for visitors the year around and there is also a shop and a restaurant. Every summer, an open-air theatre is held in the gardens. Gunnebo House should not be mistaken with the village of Gunnebo in the province of Småland, South-East Sweden.
U.S. President George W. Bush, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson and President of the European Commission Romano Prodi at Gunnebo House, June 14, 2001
The gardens, Flora's Hill
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Packers' OLB Matthews, DE Neal working in tandem
Green Bay — Sunday will feature a chess game between relatives. Clay Matthews vs. Bruce Matthews. Uncle must decide how to block nephew. The long-time NFL offensive lineman is now the Titans' line coach.
"It'll be interesting to see what they do," Matthews said. "If he gives a little extra help over there or he wants to leave me one on one."
Making matters more difficult for Bruce Matthews' Titans is that his nephew has some help now. When Clay Matthews (hamstring) returned to the line-up last week, so did defensive end Mike Neal (shoulder). Together, they were often a tag-team force the Packers envisioned last season.
Matthews had two sacks. Neal had 1.5. Feeding off each other, they created match-up problems in Green Bay's 21-13 win. It's an effect Matthews didn't have in 2011. The Packers lacked a pass-rushing complement on the other side of the line and also in front of Matthews. The loss of Cullen Jenkins was a scar that never healed.
This year -- despite missing four games -- Matthews leads the Packers with 11 sacks.
"You always want some studs up on the front line that are going to help you out," Matthews said. "Not to say we haven't had that in the past, but players develop in this league, year after year, game after game and it's no different for Mike. Obviously he's had a few injuries and a few setbacks throughout his career, but he's shown potential. As long as he keeps progressing and keeps living up to that, he's only going to help this team out."
Emphasis on "injuries." That's held Neal back more than anything — leading to a frustrating off-field malaise a year ago. He hasn't been able to stay on the field. At Chicago, healthy, Neal's raw ability was obvious. A chiseled 6 foot 3 inches, 294 pounds, he's difficult to block.
Matthews sacked Cutler once off a third-and-5 stunt on Neal and then again off of B.J. Raji. On the stunt that freed Matthews for a sack, Neal didn't occupy a pair of blockers -- he charged through them to reach Jay Cutler's ankles.
This combination of size and strength makes Neal a mismatch, Matthews said.
"When you put both of us on the same side, we'd like to think we have an advantage, especially when you can't double team a certain select individual and you have to have a traditional one-on-one matchup," Matthews said. "We like to think we can get the best of that and that's what you saw last week."
Teams are bound to shift an extra blocker in Matthews' direction. Staying creative, a step ahead with the outside linebacker has helped the Packers keep the heat on. With him out of the line-up, the pass rush suffered. After a five-sack game at Detroit, Green Bay had just two over the next three games.
Getting Matthews back opens up Dom Capers' playbook.
Timing, the linebacker agrees, is important on stunts.
"Absolutely," he said. "A lot of it is trying to understand what they're trying to throw your way. After a certain while, you try to set them up with something else. Maybe a lot of speed to bull to speed or something. But it's not just us two working. It's the nose guard influencing the center and the coverage we have to get to him quicker so it's everbody working together.
"It worked at the right time last week. Hopefully we get a few more."
So while the Packers are missing a run stuffer in defensive end C.J. Wilson, they gained some more pass rush in Neal.
There was one downer during Matthews' media session Thursday. He unfortunately wouldn't shed any light on his risqué sack dance. It may be a knockoff of former wrestler Ravishing Rick Rude, but he's not talking about it.
"Aw, that's a secret," he said. "I can't tell you that."
(Journal Sentinel photo by Rick Wood)
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If you were at the Sage Francis show then you already know how insanely fun Wheelchair Sports Camp is. If you missed that show then you are in for a surprise. Wheelchair Sports Camp is a Denver based pseudo hip-hop band is fronted by the disabled, wheelchair bound MC/producer/weed aficionado Kalyn. They mix live music with produced electronic beats and form a jazzy, funky, combo that is so unlike anything you've ever seen or heard before.
Wheelchair Sports Camp is headed back to the Grand Junction, playing the Mesa Theater and Club this Saturday, September 28 with Rubedo, Strange Powers, Proficy the Iron Monk, and MC Entity. Wheelchair Sports Camp is a bit of a spectacle. The band is four seemingly unrelated musicians coming together to make unexpectedly fun and inspiring hip-hop. Their spirit is captured pretty well in the video below. Check it out and go to the show if you can. It's a band you'll be talking about for days to come.


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I'm not just talking about financially (although, we all know that plastic surgery costs a LOT of money!). I'm talking about trading off a few things. For example, in some cases, plastic surgery doesn't quite go as planned. A LOT of times, people are left with awful scars in place of the sagging skin. Seems like if you don't have a Hollywood doctor (who charges a Hollywood price!), you'll end up unable to get into that bikini even AFTER surgery b/c your scar will be a big eyesore!
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Diane Gray said she remembered her husband Bruce joking about the need for insurance before getting onto the flight.
The young family of four were living in Howick, Auckland, at the time of the accident, Mrs Gray said.
Mr Gray, then 34, was working as an architect and was flying down to Tauranga for work.
She was hosting two friends for morning tea when the crash happened.
"They had to go down to the shops and while they were away this policeman came to the door and I said: 'gee whiz, what have I done, what have I done wrong?"'
Mrs Gray said the policeman then told her that her husband's flight hadn't made it to Tauranga airport.
"And then I knew, directly when he said that, I knew that was it.
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"He's always on my mind," she said.
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GOP Makes New Fiscal Cliff Offer [VIDEO]
Republicans have sent a "bold counter-offer" to President Obama, based on a plan proposed to the debt supercommittee by Erksine Bowles, in an effort to avoid going over the "fiscal cliff."
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After rejecting a White House proposal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" last week, House Republicans are releasing their own plan. It does not raise tax rates on anyone. Instead, Republicans say it raises $800 billion in new revenue through tax reform. As for spending cuts, the GOP is recommending $900 billion in savings from mandatory spending and $300 billion in savings from discretionary programs.
President Obama has indicated he won't sign legislation that fails to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2% of Americans.
In Washington, Jared Halpern, FOX News Radio.
UPDATE: The White House has released the following statement on the GOP proposal:
"The Republican letter released today does not meet the test of balance. In fact, it actually promises to lower rates for the wealthy and sticks the middle class with the bill. Their plan includes nothing new and provides no details on which deductions they would eliminate, which loopholes they will close or which Medicare savings they would achieve. Independent analysts who have looked at plans like this one have concluded that middle class taxes will have to go up to pay for lower rates for millionaires and billionaires. While the President is willing to compromise to get a significant, balanced deal and believes that compromise is readily available to Congress, he is not willing to compromise on the principles of fairness and balance that include asking the wealthiest to pay higher rates. President Obama believes – and the American people agree – that the economy works best when it is grown from the middle out, not from the top down. Until the Republicans in Congress are willing to get serious about asking the wealthiest to pay slightly higher tax rates, we won't be able to achieve a significant, balanced approach to reduce our deficit our nation needs."
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Canyon Country Campground was a beautiful little campground. A real gem. Very family friendly. Every lot beautifully shaded. Owners were on hand if anything was needed but weren't pests. Very quiet and relaxing campground. Extremely clean bathhouses and game room. Entire park was kept clean. I read some other reviews where people say the owners were annoying. We didn't find that at all, they were friendly and helpful. We would definitely stay there again. A real beautiful area.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
Raccoon Creek State Campground was terrible. Bathrooms were filthy. I watch workers go in to clean the restrooms. Took them two minutes and they were filthy. Showers were unreal. Old and moldy looking. The workers at check-in were very rude. Sent us on wild goose chase looking for campsites that had shade. We had requested shade when we made the reservation a few weeks before. Drove back to check-in three times before they told us there were no openings. Pets sites are all in the sun. No shade. It was quite a miserable time. We would have just left but we were camping with our camping club. Fines were given for parking on the grass. This is a very rustic campground. There is no grass but they let people party loudly all nite.


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Robot season is upon us and the competition is starting to heat up. If you happen to find a free weekend I recommend that you look up a local competition and check it out. It is amazing how fired up kids can get about robots.
Unfortunately there is no single place to find local competitions but there are a few good places to start looking. I recommend checking with your local high school. You may be surprised to find a thriving robotics program in your own neighborhood. Wikipedia has a great list on their Robot Competition page. Steven Rainwater over at Robots.net also maintains a list of Robot Contests.
The two largest school age competitions are run by FIRST and VEX. Both companies have great resources for finding out about local competitions.
The FIRST Robotics Competition consists of three grade ranges, high school, middle school, and elementary. The youngest students compete in the FIRST LEGO League, or FLL. Their robots are built mostly out of LEGO and the competitions are small enough to run on a tabletop field. The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) covers middle school students and is played on a 12′ square field. Then there are the high school students with their FRC robots. You can find out more about their programs and schedules at USFirst.org.
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Russell Brand Moves On After Katy Perry Divorce
Russell Brand has been seen out and about in Los Angeles with a woman who is reported to be his new girlfriend.
With Russell's divorce from Katy Perry being finalised on Monday, the comedian is rumoured to be dating Isabella Brewster.
Isabella is the sister of Fast And Furious actress Jordana Brewster and has previously dated actors Brandon Cooper and Milo Ventimiglia.Radar Online is reporting that the brunette has recently left her job as a talent agency at Creative Artists Agency.
An unnamed source has told The Mirror: "As well as dating famous men before, Isabella just recently left her job as a talent agent so she'll be completely in her comfort zone with Russell.
"Although aside from the fame, her and Russell have a lot in common. They are both in recovery and totally into yoga.
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Having been lucky enough to see Little Bear play The Belfast Barge as part of the Open House Festival's fantastic '15 Free Fridays' series, it was with an excitement but also a knowing expectation of what I was going to witness in Limelight 2 that Friday night. What I wasn't prepared for was the support act, the incredible Hozier, aka Andrew Hozier-Byrne. He shuffled onto the stage unassumingly, to a small gathering of people. When he started playing though, they were instantly captivated by the six-foot-something, denim-clad, singer-songwriter. A man whose deep, luscious, soulful voice didn't seem to match up with his appearance, I found myself regularly checking to make sure this wasn't some strange trick of the eyes. The acoustic guitar-only renditions of the beautifully delicate Cherry Wine, bouncing Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene, and a performance of Take Me To Church so powerful his voice sent resonations through my pint glass, were particular highlights. His announcement that they could all be downloaded for free from his Bandcamp brought an even greater level of happiness to the now-sizeable, visibly moved audience. He displayed brilliant crowd interaction throughout, introducing each new song, and even sharing some of their backgrounds – one was about "love at its most vapid, vacuous and superficial", supposedly co-written by an ex.
With the crowd increasing by the minute, the associated din meant that when Little Bear took to the stage to start with an atmospheric, shimmering build-up, most seemed oblivious. Managing to just about catch the attention of the assembling, noisy hordes, lead singer Steven McCool introduced the first from a set featuring a lot of new material. 'Second in Line' showcased a new, perhaps more commercial sound, a Mumford-and-Sons-with-harmonica tale of unrequited love. Afterwards, they moved onto the brilliant 'I'd Let You Win'. The delicate introduction was this time briefly interrupted by an ambulance driving past, but the audience were now giving their full attention and when the whirring guitar solo cut through the air, it almost mimicked the previous intrusive noise. The audience gave it a rousing reception, at which point McCool thanked the support acts, particularly Hozier. "You're in for a treat so you are. I mean, erm, you were". The evidence of slight nerves was strangely refreshing, and the audience were warming to him with every word.
A sequence of new material followed, each showcasing the glorious vocal harmonies that fans have come to expect, and one built around a flourish of piano chords, throwing the supremely talented keyboardist Conor Mason into the spotlight. "We were sh*tting ourselves!" admitted McCool afterwards, but you'd never have guessed from the music. A slight groan followed the announcement of more new material, but he justified it by saying they were just, "getting all the new stuff out of the way so we can let our hair down". Another masterpiece of vocal harmonies followed, before "a really quiet number"- 'The Devil's a Songbird'. The resonating whistle left everyone captivated and for the first time nobody dared even whisper, eyes were transfixed on the stage. We were pins set up to be blown away by a softly spoken bowling ball of delicate, mesmerising vocals. Afterwards, upon being asked if they were having a good time, the audience roared a resounding "yes" once they'd snapped out of their trances.
Another new song followed. On the theme of heartache, it captured the very essence of Little Bear, and was the perfect means of segueing into current single, 'Night Dries Like Ink'. Sad and moving, the repeated mention of the devil tying it in with 'The Devil's A Songbird', and it garnered a similar reaction. Another new song followed, but by now the audience are in the palm of Little Bear's paw, and girls swayed enthusiastically to the slow number that built towards a heavy climax juxtaposed with light, twinkling Mason keys.
'Letters', off the band's first EP, is announced with noticeable relief from McCool, and he fires out the main line of, "Letters from the great beyond!" with the enthusiasm and confidence of a man who's finally come to grips with his audience. This transferred into the next new song, 'Dissonance', and the audience enthusiastically clapped along. A noticeable, shocked gasp went up when the last song, 'Few and Far Between' was announced, in spite the sizeable setlist, and in a last ditch attempt to show their appreciation, the crowd sang along to every "wow" and the chorus word-for-word. It was a stunning end to a brilliant night, and the crowd begged for more. "We don't have anymore songs!" pleaded McCool, before bowing to pressure and unleashing a second, more confident rendition of new track, Second in Line.
As they left the stage I knew, and the crowd knew, that this is a band channeling a buzz that Northern Irish music hasn't seen in recent years. Tragically, and with prematurely whetted appetites, we must now play the cruel waiting game for their debut album. We're in for a treat, so we are.
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A television and a computer were taken when a home in the 900 block of Farley Street was burglarized, police said.
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The number of these burglaries in Mountain View is becoming ridiculously high, due to our poor economy, and it's getting so if you want to go out grocery shopping, you have to leave at least one person at home, just in case of a break-in. Our culture is certainly changing.


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Bill Ackman's Admirable AnticsWilliam D. Cohan
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The word on Wall Street is that Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, has jumped the shark. Between a $500 million loss on an almost $1 billion investment in J.C. Penney Co., and more than $300 million in losses on a billion-dollar-plus short position in Herbalife Ltd., Ackman has wigged out, the whisperers say.
His hedge-fund brethren are all too eager to proclaim Ackman and Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge fund he runs, a finished piece of business, torn asunder by his unique brand of arrogance, hubris and bull-headedness.
They are lining up to bet against him. In Herbalife, the multilevel marketing company, Ackman is facing off against such investor titans as Carl Icahn and George Soros (and previously, Dan Loeb, who made his money there and moved on). Now that Ackman has sold out of J.C. Penney, a number of other hedge funds, reportedly including Soros, have taken big positions in the stock, seeing profit potential where Ackman saw none.
I, for one, don't buy the idea that Ackman is washed up. I even find his outspokenness refreshing. Yes, the 47-year-old Ackman is supremely confident -- often to a fault -- and yes, between J.C. Penney and Herbalife he has cost his investors (and himself) almost $800 million this year.
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Yet Ackman's critics rarely point out that Pershing Square's net returns so far this year (after subtracting fees) are positive, according to his Aug. 20 investment letter. They range from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent for the first six months of the year, depending on the fund.
The performance is thanks to his highly successful foray into Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., where he has almost tripled his investment in the last two years. It's also because of his holdings in General Growth Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust, which he bought in November 2008 at 35 cents a share and now trades at about $33 -- a gain of almost 100 times his initial investment.
His more recent big investments, in the Procter & Gamble Co. and Air Products & Chemicals Inc., are up 28.3 percent and 7.1 percent, respectively.
Although it is true that U.S. stock indexes are up between 13.4 percent and 15.2 percent this year -- far better than Ackman's 2013 results -- his returns since the 2004 inception of Pershing Square LP fund (net of the "2 and 20" fees, which means clients pay Ackman something like a 2 percent annual fee on their invested capital plus 20 percent of the profits) handily beats the best-performing stock index by more than five times. His second fund, Pershing Square II, begun in 2005, has returned more than three times the best stock index over the same period. That kind of performance is worth paying for.
Ackman is uncharacteristically contrite about his J.C. Penney blunder. "We are going to make mistakes," he wrote to his investors. "Because we manage a large pool of capital and we make active investments in large capitalization, high-profile companies, our mistakes are often going to be much more visible than those of other investment professionals." He added for good measure: "Activist investing requires a thick and calloused skin."
His critics seem particularly exercised about his public denunciation of J.C. Penney's interim chief executive officer, Mike Ullman, who was brought back to run the company after the highly embarrassing tenure and departure of Ron Johnson. Ackman had recruited Johnson from Apple Inc., where he successfully ran the company's upscale stores.
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No less than Howard Schultz, the founder and CEO of Starbucks Corp., blasted Ackman for going after his friend Ullman, calling it a "despicable act" on CNBC. Schultz also reminded people that Ackman had backed Johnson's failed strategy, which "fractured the company and ruined the lives of thousands of J.C. Penney employees and fractured shareholder value."
Appearing on "Charlie Rose" on Aug. 13, Ackman defended his decision to go public. He pointed out that, before Schultz's 2008 return as Starbucks' CEO, Schultz had written a now infamous memo harshly criticizing then-CEO Jim Donald. Ackman said, essentially, that he took a page from Schultz's book. "What we do is use the public spotlight to ultimately put pressure on companies to do the right thing," he told Rose. "In the boardroom, I'm active. Outside the boardroom, I'm very quiet about what happens in companies."
He went on to say that "J.C. Penney over the last few months made a number of decisions or didn't make certain decisions that we thought were important and critical. I worked within the confines of the boardroom to try to address those concerns about the change in leadership. And when it was unsuccessful I felt the right thing to do was to air my thoughts publicly, not by leaking a letter to the press but writing an open letter to the board."
In that decision, Ackman was also taking a page from his hero, Warren Buffett. In a 1993 letter to his shareholders, Buffett wrote that, as a director, he prefers to settle differences behind closed doors. If that proves impossible, then a dissenting director "should then feel free to make his views known to the absentee owners" -- otherwise known as shareholders. Buffett continued: "Directors seldom do that, of course. The temperament of many directors would in fact be incompatible with critical behavior of that sort. But I see nothing improper in such actions, assuming the issues are serious."
As the largest shareholder in J.C. Penney -- with about a 17 percent stake -- Ackman thought Ullman was heading in the wrong direction and, having lost the support of his fellow directors, he also thought the "absentee owners" deserved to know his views. He then resigned from the board and sold his shares at a loss.
Frankly, that kind of public conviction is exceedingly rare these days, and it's no wonder that establishment types, like Schultz, rose up against Ackman. I find it admirable and refreshing. And I hope Ackman keeps speaking his mind, despite the fire hose of criticism he has attracted.
(William D. Cohan, the author of "Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World," is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was formerly an investment banker at Lazard Freres & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase.)
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In Sydney, by ironic coincidence, the Archbishop has just presided over a vastly different event in St Andrew's Cathedral. He has commissioned a team of six women ministers - not priests - for what can only be described as a subservient, discriminatory role.
At least two of the six women commissioned belong to Equal but Different, an organisation originally established to counter the highly effective lobbying of the Movement for the Ordination of Women during the ordination debate. "Equal but Different" says it all; women, the organisation maintains, are equal to men in their status before God, but different in how they are allowed to function in the church and in the home.
In both those arenas, women must live in "loving submission" to men, who alone can be head of the family and head of the church. This, they claim, is what the Bible, and principally St Paul, teaches. The principal Bible text they use is from 1 Corinthians 14: "Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate. If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church." Another text, 1 Timothy 2: 12, says: "I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men."
These passages, and others, were used down the centuries to keep women in total submission in every facet of their lives. Nineteenth and early 20th century church leaders from all denominations used them to try to stop women taking a public stand against slavery or to claim the right to vote or to be an equal partner in marriage, let alone stand for parliament or have any leadership aspirations.
Today, most theologians outside Sydney would claim these passages originally addressed cultural problems in the first-century world where women were non-people.
Conveniently, however, Sydney Anglican theologians use them selectively. They claim it is just in the church and in the home where women must be submissive. They don't extend the same principle to authority in the state or in government, schools, or universities. How else could they accept Elizabeth II as Queen of Australia or a woman governor or university professor?
The newly commissioned women ministers will concentrate on ministering to women and children only. The doctrinaire Sydney Anglican position is that women should not preach to mixed congregations.
Only men may teach gospel truths to men. By the standards of worldwide Anglicanism, where thousands of women are now priests and a handful are also bishops, this is bizarre. In the Western world in the third millennium it is scarcely believable.
In practice, it is not quite as severe as it sounds in Sydney yet. There are 30 Sydney women ordained as deacons (the stage below priest), including three members of the new team. Under the generous dispensation of the former Archbishop of Sydney, Harry Goodhew, women deacons were authorised to preach without restriction.
The present Archbishop, Peter Jensen, has not yet removed that authority. But as they cannot be priests, they cannot be employed as vicars (and therefore "heads") of parishes.
It is significant, though, that there are just 30 women deacons in Sydney, 13 years after the church law permitting their ordination was passed by the Sydney synod. (The synod insisted on careful provisos to prevent the women demanding to be ordained priest at a later stage!) Women make up just 5 per cent of the Sydney clergy.
In Melbourne, by contrast, where there are two women archdeacons and 28 parishes have women vicars, they comprise one-sixth of the total number of clergy.
Even with the celebrations planned for Melbourne and other parts of Australia, women clergy still have a way to go. Nationally, they represent just one in 10 of all priests. Too many of them remain confined to honorary positions. Some have found it extremely difficult trying to work within the "boys' club" of the church institution. And efforts to have women bishops introduced in Australia have a long way to go.
But 10 years on, the Australian Anglican Church is, in most places at least, a far better place for women. There can be no doubt that the historic vote was the right vote.
Dr Muriel Porter, an Anglican laywoman who writes for The Age on religion, is a Melbourne representative on the Anglican General Synod. She participated in the 1992 vote on women priests.
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Maybe it's the lighting, but that looks like the gate to the Addams Family compound...
Been living in Concord all my life. I'll be there February 8 - snow or no snow!!
But (just a thought) if we're standing out there with our guns in a blizzard, will people be more apt to just dismiss us as a bunch of crackpots?
What was the local media response, if any? nice picture, thanks
Those who would have dismissed it anyway will latch onto anything as a reason to point to, but they aren't the ones we're trying to reach.
There's another one coming up on Feb 23rd. Not sure if this link will work for those not logged into fb, but here's the event page.
don't complain about the litter,lol. keeps the taxes low. A little history for the out of staters who read this thread.
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest and the 9th least populous of the 50 United states.
It became the first of the British North American colonies to break away from Great Britain in January 1776, and six months later was one of the original thirteen states that founded the United States of America. In June 1788, it became the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution, bringing that document into effect. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own state constitution.
It is known internationally for the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal income (other than interest and dividends) taxed at either the state or local level.[7]
Its license plates carry the state motto: "Live Free or Die".