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Thank you for putting up with dial up!
This is a great tute. I can imagine how difficult it is to post on dial up. I already sewed my liner and outside pieces, but have not sewn them together, is it too late for me to do this? I saved a tute about adding a separating zipper that can be added after the tote is completed. I didn't save it in youtube though so I can't share it, I think I saved it in files on my other PC.
In the denim purse I'm sewing -- loosely adapted from a Bowtucks pattern -- I sewed very strong magnets into the top of the outside (lined) part of the purse. The two sides will snap together, hope they still do once I get the lining in there.
I also have a metal tape measure I may use on another pocket to help it snap shut. I modified the pattern when I sewed actual pockets on the outside from jeans, and created several measured pockets on the inside to hold my "stuff", sort of like a kangaroo insert.
they are very easy to make and zipper easy to put in. they come in a larger size also designed by penny sturges
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I've had the pattern for almost two years and haven't tried it yet but I think now it's time! Great tut!
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Thank your tute will be very useful for the next Bow Tucks I make... have thought about a zipper -- now I can do it.... thank you
Judy in Phx, AZ
It is so beautiful. Thanks for the useful tutorial.


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Hello from NW Louisiana, I've been lurking quite a bit for the last month or so, trying to learn as much as possible. I currently have one hive and a nuc that I put a swarm into a few days ago (probably from my other hive). This is my first year with bees and while most of my family and friends think I have truely gone off the deep end this time, I'm having a great time.
I got interested in bees when I noticed a drop in the numbers that visited the farm for the last several years, and decided to learn more about them. I am still trying to learn about swarm control, hive maintenence, and what is "necessary" vs. what is "nice."

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Extinction Asteroid. Bond Singer. #ALSicebucketchallenge
Match.com has a gripe with some of Eharmony's claims.
The search is on for the next Bond singer, even though that Adele song was weak.
The antagonists of Star Wars VII.
An asteroid WON'T wipe us out in 2880? Whew. Close.
Google trends for ALS searches are up about a billion percent.
I have the same issue with the ice bucket challenge. Yea, spend the money on donating, not so much ice.
What? The OR should be an AND in the #ALSIceBucketChallenge. You will dump the water AND donate. Not dump to avoid donating. Dope.
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The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery of Twentieth-Century Physicists. Abraham Pais. 356 pp. Oxford University Press, 2000. $30.00
Noted physicist Abraham Pais, biographer of Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, has sparingly but painstakingly painted here 16 thumbnail portraits of 17 figures of 20th-century physics (with Tsung Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang portrayed together). Some are unquestionably giants of humanity. These 17 men have in common not only intellectual grandeur but also the author's genuine affection for them. These portraits are thumbnails in length only.
The days of the old-quantum-theory Bohr atom seem remote—a time when the meaning of electron orbitals was contentious—whereas today's world is unquestionably a quantum one. And yet these portraits are not icons from some ancient triptych but have been painted by someone who is our contemporary as well as theirs. Pais is a bridge—a physicist not only of two continents (his autobiography is titled A Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World) but also of two worlds, separated in time as well as space. World War II tore asunder the world in which he and most of the characters of this drama grew up. Many regrouped, intellectually and emotionally, on this side of the Atlantic, in many cases at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
The author's selection of subjects does not presume to be representative. Clearly, there are a few figures generally considered to be among the great physicists of the century whom Pais has chosen not to include—perhaps because they are still alive, or he did not know them well enough, or for other reasons. And yet the figures he does include, all of them men and almost all Europeans, have defined the century in many ways. Some are great personages of physics who may be less familiar to the reading public than the Nobel laureates who are included. Incidentally, Robert Oppenheimer, who figures prominently in A Tale of Two Continents, is not separately portrayed in this volume, but the interactions of the others with Oppenheimer, and their reactions to his fate, form a leitmotiv of The Genius of Science.
Pais's portrayals are insightful, often humorous and always humane. This was a group of intellectual giants, who belonged to a generation of broadly educated and interested scientists, intently focused on the implications for humanity of their work. And although one can point to other epochs of flourishing science and creativity, Pais characterizes the period from 1900 to 1926 as "the most protracted revolutionary period in modern science."
During World War II, a period to which Pais refers understatedly as the "dark days," Pais, like the Frank family, went into hiding in a house in Amsterdam. Hendrik Anthony Kramers, who was his mentor, visited him there once a week, and during one of these visits (as recounted in the chapter on Kramers), the Gestapo raided the house and Pais hid in the attic behind a wall, with Kramers fronting. Pais was caught by the Gestapo in March 1945 and imprisoned, presumably slated for deportation and death. Kramers, known to the world for his work on electromagnetic dispersion relations, wrote to Werner Heisenberg on Pais's behalf, and Heisenberg said he could do nothing. But a copy of the letter from Kramers was conveyed to a high Nazi official by Pais's friend, Tineke Buchter, and ultimately saved his life. In 1946, at age 28, Pais came to study with Bohr and then embarked on a creative career at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Vignettes scattered throughout the book leave the impression that the great Bohr peaked early and had increasing difficulty communicating new ideas with the same lucidity with which he conceptualized them. He appears to have been hard on his protégés: Kramers, according to his wife, got sick and had to be hospitalized after becoming exhausted and depressed by a series of arguments with Bohr over whether energy and momentum are conserved when light is scattered by electrons. An awful lot of physics, we learn, boils down to personality. Bohr and Heisenberg represented, in their day, one level of hard-nosedness, whereas Kramers and Oscar Klein were less assertive. Pais speculates in an understated way that this might, at times, have something to do with who receives Nobel prizes and might explain why some people he feels were deserving were overlooked.
We also learn how much effort may go into a theory before its abandonment. Kramers and Bohr struggled for six years to solve the problem of the nonionized helium spectrum by applying classical mechanics to the electrons. Two hundred pages of Bohr's unpublished notes on this are in the Niels Bohr Archives—quite an outtake!
We learn of Paul Dirac's profound dissatisfaction with the mass and charge infinities of quantum electrodynamics. And we learn that Wolfgang Pauli, as a matter of personality, grasped—and grasped for—very broad overarching principles but had some problems getting along with colleagues in the last few years of his life.
Many of these vignettes are the fruit of a diary Pais meticulously kept over the course of a career and also of some interesting research that included not only the writings of the subjects but, for example, Federal Bureau of Investigation files on Dirac and available data on Nobel prize nominations. Pais clearly makes judicious use of what he knows.
These giants of physics live on in the memories of those who, like Pais, knew them. This biographical collection serves as an excellent introduction for the rest of us.—Samuel J. Petuchowski, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston
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The combination of strong December sales and miserable weather in many areas provided a real challenge for January, said Jim ODonnell, President and CEO of BMW of North America, LLC. On the other hand, the new BMW X3 and MINI Countryman played a strong role in Januarys percentage gain even though both continue building up their model range, which we will see in the next couple of months.
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Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 20.8 percent in January for a total of 15,905 compared to 13,163 vehicles sold in January, 2010.
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Simon S is the programmer behind the field guide app.
6 July, 2011 14:24 by Simon S
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams
It's July, which means that the end of June has whooshed by. By rights, there should be a link to shiny open source Field Guide code right here. In this very spot. You may have noticed that there's not. I'm afraid its going to take a couple of more weeks. In the meantime, we'll be putting up some more posts so that you can hit the ground running when that link appears.
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8 June, 2011 15:29 by Simon S
In high school, I bucked the normal Maths/Science stream by studying French instead of Biology (yeah, I'm a rebel). So I spent my evenings memorising the past imperfect conjugations of irregular verbs rather than Linnaean classification systems. Fast forward an undisclosed number of years and while I still haven't been to France to wrestle with verbs that need more fibre in their diet, I have spent a lot of time in meetings talking about how Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species should be displayed in the Field Guide.
When animals are shown in the listing or the search results, you see the thumbnail on the left, common name in bold and scientific nomenclature subtitle.
Screenshot from the Field Guide
Source: Museum Victoria
The subtitle is created and formatted using the taxonomic data entered for the animal. Genus and species names are always displayed in italics. Of course, you may not need to have a species or genus name for a particular animal. A fresh water pond may have dozens of different examples of Copepoda, but your average explorer is unlikely to have a microscope handy to tease them into their different genera.
The logic for creating the subtitle starts with species and works its way back up the taxonomic ranks. In the sample listing, the Yabby has an entry for Genus and Species and the subtitle becomes the full scientific name (e.g. Cherax destructor). The Spiny Crayfish only has an entry for Genus, so Euastacus sp becomes the subtitle. The Cyclops Copepod doesn't have an entry for Genus, so the subtitle is created using the lowest taxonomic rank there is an entry for, Order. With the value, Copepoda, and Order: Copepoda becomes the subtitle.
And that's how the taxonomic information about an animal gets converted into its scientific name within the Field Guide code. If you're wondering about the title of this post, it's the start of a good mnemonic for the order of the Linnaean ranks: Keep Plucking Chickens Or Face Getting Sacked.
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31 May, 2011 10:48 by Simon S
Most of the information youre going to store about an animal will be simple strings. Images and sounds are the exceptions. Each image and each sound requires two pieces of information: a filename and a credit.
For images, the credit is shown in the bottom right corner of the image panel.
For sounds, the credit is listed in the audio popover.
The filename for each image and audio file you use in the app should be unique.
When youre sourcing your images and sounds, get the largest, highest quality file that you can. Currently, the maximum size of an image on the app is 1024 pixels square. As memory, processor power and screen resolution of these devices increase, so will the maximum size of the image. Scaling an image down is easy, scaling up an image isn't except on television shows.
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23 May, 2011 10:16 by Simon S
In the last post, I said that content was the star of the show. So what information can the field guide display about an animal? There are a few details for each animal that are mandatory. Each animal needs
The set of taxon values forms the top level list in the app. The taxon values in MV's field guide are Birds, Butterflies, Fishes, etc, but you can define your own list. If your guide is only going to include frogs and toads, then your taxon list could be Burrowing Frogs, Froglets, Toadlets, etc.
These fields are required because they are the ones that are used to create the listings. Every other field is optional. Okay, you probably should have at least one display image for each animal, but apart from that you can use the other fields, or not, at your pleasure. Here's the full list of fields:
18 May, 2011 12:00 by Simon S
When we released Museum Victoria's Field Guide back at the start of March, we stated that we'd be releasing the code under an open source license. So where is it? Well, the code needs a bit of a tidy up. There's a lot of unused code to be pruned, along with a few short cuts and gravel roads that need to be paved.
The reason for the polish and the roadworks is to give you code that allows you to add your data, compile and have something that looks as good as MV's Field Guide (even if I do say so myself), no code tweaking involved. Don't get too focused on the code though, it's not the droid you're looking for.
The real star of the field guide is not the code, it's the content. Even if we released the code tomorrow, it would take you a while to get your data, images, audio, icons, templates and splash screens together. That's the purpose of this blog, to go through all the things that you'll need to have to hand to publish your field guide when the code is released.
We'll be blogging once or twice a week between now and when the code is published. Every comment gets read, so if you have any suggestions, or if you run into roadblocks and need answers, let us know.
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We've released the source code for MV's Field Guide Project under a MIT style license. This blog will help you identify all the material you need to collect so that you can publish a field guide of your own.
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Deer Hunting Forums (http://www.deerhuntersclub.com/forums/)
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This is that Schrade I got for $13.77. I just wish I would have gotten to the store before they were down to just one. Should provide a decent deer sized field knife. I really don't need another knife but......:whistling:
Looks nice. Personally I don't worry about having too many knives. It seems that I never have enough. I've made hundreds of them and one year I had to borrow one (that I had made) from my dad because I had given all mine away.
"I really don't need another knife but......"
Is that like sayin' that you really don't need another gun?
Can you really have too many of either knives or guns??
ONLY $ 13.77 ?????? :shocking: HM, you sure manage to find some awesome deals! :w00t:
BB, you know it's hard being a professional. :ph34r: Did I tell you about the bass tracker boat I got off E-bay for $5500.00 just a couple of years ago, kept it for two years and sold it on e-bay for $10,500. I almost passed out watching three guys in a bidding war over a boat that was worth maybe $6000.00. :whistling:Best deal I ever had. Those were the good old days. Today it's a 13.77 knife that made me happy, doesn't take much anymore. :no:
BB, this would have been perfect to distribute to winners of DHC contests. Low cost, Scharde quality and perfect for deer size chores. Maybe a call to Schrade and see if they would donate some knives for air time if BF would approve. I have one weird trait, I like to take a new knife on each hunt. I know, good thing I don't travel as much anymore. I don't know where/when I started this but an unused knife needs something to do I guess. Between my Dad's knives, mine and a couple of my Brother's I'm setting pretty well. Maybe add a couple of new ones here and there..... I'd like to start making handles and installing them on pre-made knives and see how I do. I've got some very nice wood in the garage just waiting to be used!
Nice boat profit!! :wink: :wink:
I would think a lot of manufacturers would be more than willing to make freebie donations for contests,
It's great advertising not to mention it's probably the cheapest form of advertising too and the outcome doesn't get any better, I mean,
who bashes something they Won for free in a contest?
Sounds like some real positive word of mouth advertising to me and word of mouth is the best there is...
The knife idea sounds like a fun way to utilize free time, I've been thinking about buying some supplies to give the knife making a try myself, maybe a couple kits to start with.,
the only problem for me is I have no artistic abilities at all :no: and my patience isnt as good as it used to be when attention to detail becomes necessary.
I can finish that statement for you....
...my wife doesn't have to know that!
I once bought a trail camera online that I thought was SD compatible, but it was a Stealth Cam that was one of the old ones that took 35mm FILM! Talk about getting expensive, film aint cheap! Bought it for $35 and put it back on Ebay thinking I'd get half that out of it (cause I felt like a sucker) and ended up selling the same cam for $78!!!!! Don't ask me why someone wanted a 35mm Trail Cam that badly. I made sure I put 35mm in the description, heading and all over the auction page too.
gotta love ebay!
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Sales of new cars and trucks in the U.S. last month were about even with the industry's poor showing a year ago, but individual automakers' results reported Tuesday varied widely.
October's annualized selling pace was 10.5 million, according to industry tracker Autodata, little changed from 10.8 million a year earlier.
In that flat market, Chrysler Group was a big loser, its sales down 30.4% and its share of the market plunging to 7.9%, from 11.4% last year, Autodata reported.
Chrysler Group, controlled and part-owned by Italy's Fiat Group, is to present a plan for survival and recovery today in a six-hour event for analysts and journalists.
General Motors' sales were up 4.7%, the company's best year-over-year showing in nearly two years. But in a candid interview a few days before sales were reported, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz noted: "We're past the time when we had good months last year, so the year-over-year comparisons are going to start working for us. I don't think the public cares, but it works to generate positive momentum for us in the media."
He said surveys show that 10% to 15% more shoppers now are willing to consider GM vehicles than before it began an aggressive marketing effort promising a 60-day no-questions-asked return and directly comparing its models with competitors. He says Cadillac SRX and Chevrolet Equinox SUVs, as well as the Chevy Camaro, are "hopelessly sold out."
Ford (F) sales gained 3.3%.
Among October winners:
•Hyundai and Kia, the affiliated South Korean automakers, both up more than 45%. Hyundai was propelled by its redesigned Elantra sedan and the Santa Fe SUV. Kia was driven by its Borrego SUV and new Soul and Forte small cars.
•Subaru, up 40.7% on the strength of its new Legacy. "With its redesign, the Legacy goes from a decent but small family sedan to one in the top of its class," Rik Paul, automotive editor for influential Consumer Reports magazine, said after the magazine's recent test of Legacy.
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•Suzuki, down 49.9%, awaiting the launch of its Kizashi sports sedan.
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2 dogs die in house fire near Six Lakes
BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP — A single-story home on Indianhead Lake near Six Lakes was gutted by a Monday morning fire.
Belvidere Township Fire Chief Rick Rockafellow said the home, located at 4585 Pawnee Trail, was a complete loss after flames ripped through the inside.
"(Smoke) was all over the roof when we got here," he said. "By the time we got the first line on it, the flames were straight out of the roof."
Battling the cold, firefighters from Belvidere Township, Home Township and Lakeview fire departments had the fire under control within two hours.
The residents, a couple renting the home from family members, were not home during the blaze, according to neighbors. However, Rockafellow said two dogs were killed in the fire.
Emergency personnel were called to the scene after neighbors Angela and James Peabody noticed something wrong.
Shortly after 9 a.m., James Peabody said he saw smoke coming from the home and noticed it wasn't from any sort of vent.
"I just looked out the window. I saw smoke coming out of the soffit, and it isn't supposed to come out of the soffit," he said.
He said he figured the couple had left for work, but knew they had two dogs. James Peabody said he considered trying to enter the home to let the dogs out, but the smoke and flames were too big.
Rockafellow said he had not heard from the homeowners at the scene, but the Peabody's said another neighbor had notified them at their respective workplaces.
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While Brazil may be vying to win a record sixth World Cup, the mood around the country's stadiums is anything but award-winning, the chairman of England's soccer body said.
In the days leading up to tomorrow's World Cup opening match in Sao Paulo, the streets of Brazil's biggest city are showing little of the thrill seen at the tournament's edition four years ago in South Africa, English Football Association Chairman Greg Dyke said. The possibility of widespread protests during the month-long event and the objection by some Brazilians to public money being spent on sports venues may explain the lack of interest in a country that lives and breathes soccer, he said.
"What I'm surprised about this city is that you wouldn't know there is a World Cup going on," Dyke told reporters in Sao Paulo yesterday. "The only reason you'd know there's a World Cup here is because half the people are on strike and you can't get from the airport."
The start of world sport's most watched event has been marred by threats of street protests and a wave of strikes including subway and museum workers as opposition to the event grows. A poll released June 3 by the Pew Research Center found that 61 percent of Brazilians say hosting the World Cup is bad for the country because it takes money away from schools, health care and other services. Streets in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where the final will be played on July 13, are missing the decoration and painting that preceded past tourneys.
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"The people I've been talking to are of the view that it's very quiet," Dyke said, talking at governing body FIFA's congress. "It does bring up the question for the future, because clearly there are a lot of people in this country who think too much money has been spent when there are extremes of poverty."
Brazil's World Cup organizing committee didn't reply to an e-mail seeking comment on Dyke's remarks. FIFA yesterday put out a statement that said it contributes $2 billion to cover the event's operational costs.
President Dilma Rousseff said in a televised address to the nation yesterday that preparations for the tournament will improve Brazil's infrastructure and stimulate the economy and that the country is ready to host the games.
"The result and final celebration are worth the effort," she said. "I am certain that in the 12 hosting cities, visitors will get on with a happy, generous and hospitable people."
Earlier, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said Latin America's largest economy is hosting the event "with the highest expectations."
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Earlier this month, the city's Parks and Recreation Department and Beautification Commission dedicated a beautifully rebuilt fountain and flowerbed at the corner of Fourth and Main streets, just west of the train tracks downtown.
It's another pleasant oasis adding to the charm of our community.
In his remarks at the dedication ceremony, Mayor Randy Rhoads jokingly warned Kansas City, the "City of Fountains," that Lee's Summit might be ready to challenge them. He's right in pointing out that we do have several attractive fountains in our fair city.
But looking around the community, I propose another distinction we can more easily claim. Lee's Summit is becoming the City of Pots—as in containers of flowers and shrubs displayed in front of stores and on major street corners.
When the city rebuilt the downtown streetscape a few years ago, the Beautification Commission investigated the possibility of adding hanging baskets of flowers along the major downtown streets. We quickly discovered that our idea probably wasn't feasible because of our difficult climate and the cost of installing and watering overhead baskets.
That led to a decision to purchase large landscape pots, and to date 36 of them have been placed at downtown intersections.
They look attractive on the rebuilt sidewalk bump-outs, and are replanted each season for maximum color and enjoyment. Members of the commission added red ribbons to the largest containers in time for the Mayor's Tree Lighting last week.
We also offered incentives for local businesses to add landscape containers through a project called "Summit in Bloom," and this program resulted in another several dozen pots spread around the community. And of course, many merchants provide their own in order to beautify their store entrances.
Container gardens aren't always easy but they are relatively economical to "touch up" when something that looked beautiful in the nursery fails to thrive in a container.
I get overly enthusiastic every spring because it's so much fun to put together combinations of plants that offer color and variety.
The plants in each pot must agree as to whether they need shade or sun, moisture or drier soil, etc. and be located according to their needs. Shade loving groups work well on my front porch, while the back deck needs plants that can take strong afternoon sun. You get the idea.
Fountains are lovely and hanging baskets add beauty to many cities, but I think we can make a strong case for Lee's Summit being the "City of Pots."
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Mission: Spartanburg Methodist College is a two-year private residential institution within the United Methodist Connection. At SMC, lives are transformed in a values-oriented, student-centered atmosphere in the Christian tradition that encourages academic excellence, intellectual exploration, social awareness, and character development within the liberal arts tradition.
Vision: Spartanburg Methodist College will be the college of choice for residential or commuting students who desire the advantages of a church-related education. We will offer motivated students a liberal arts education in preparation for the senior college experience and lifelong learning through relevant and challenging academic programs, campus leadership opportunities, and strong athletic programs. We will do this in an environment of community and caring, where each student is respected as an individual with unique needs and is encouraged to achieve his or her fullest potential.
To achieve our vision, we must
1. Continue our ethic of teaching, learning, and caring.
2. Recruit, retain, empower, and reward highly qualified faculty and staff.
3. Improve facilities for academic, athletic, and student life.
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In 1927, the first two years of college-level work were added to the curriculum to provide graduates with an associate degree in liberal arts for transfer to senior level colleges. The continued relationship between TII and local business and industry led to the development of associate degrees that prepared students for immediate employment.
In 1940, the high school classes were dropped from the TII curriculum. In 1942, Textile Industrial Institute became Spartanburg Junior College and for the next twenty-five years focused its efforts on providing associate degrees designed for transfer into a wide variety of bachelor degree programs. Beginning in 1965, the College began a cycle of growth during which over three-fourths of the present campus buildings were erected or renovated, the curriculum was broadened and strengthened, student enrollment doubled and new expertise was added through faculty growth and development.
In 1974, Spartanburg Junior College became Spartanburg Methodist College.
Since its founding, the College has been affiliated with the mission work of the United Methodist Church and its forebearer, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The relationship between the College and the church has continued across the years through the General Board of Global Ministries and the Board of Global Ministries of the South Carolina Annual Conference. The College's name attests to the pride the institution's trustees, faculty, staff, and student body take in working and studying at a college based on the traditional values of the church and the United States of America.
Today, Spartanburg Methodist College serves a highly diverse student body from several states, as well as from various countries around the world. The College seeks to serve the educational needs of its student body by enabling each student to meet the challenges of a technologically based future. Spartanburg Methodist College offers a variety of educational programs to suit both the needs of the traditional college student and of the non-traditional working adult.
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Netherlands midfielder Strootman (ACL) likely out for World Cup
AMSTERDAM (AP) - In a severe blow to the Netherlands' World Cup hopes, midfielder Kevin Strootman looks certain to miss the World Cup because of a serious knee injury.
AS Roma says the 24-year-old Strootman will undergo surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Sunday's 1-0 loss at Napoli.
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says the news ''is terrible for Kevin. I can imagine his world is falling apart at the moment.''
He adds that Strootman's loss ''is also a blood-letting for the Netherlands team.''
Strootman has played 25 times for the Dutch national side as a midfield enforcer, scoring three times. He was one of only a handful of players virtually guaranteed a place in Van Gaal's World Cup squad.
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Sylvester Carl Ferris, who was known widely throughout the west end of Rockaway as "Cap" because he had been the longtime Auxiliary Police Captain, died August 9.
Farris, born in Cedar Gap, Missouri, was a jobber of auto supplies prior to his retirement and a long-time Rockaway resident.
Farris served in the U.S. Army during both World War II and the Korean War of the early 1950s.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria; two daughters, Teri Farris and Pamela Shapiro and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Denis S. O'Connor Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday, August 10 from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Interment will be at Pinelawn Cemetery on Long Island.


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What do you guys do to the Miller
feeders to keep them from leaking??
Sealer, etc...??
What do you guys do to the Miller
feeders to keep them from leaking??
Sealer, etc...??
Epoxy paint made for re-doing sinks and tubs.
I use clear caulk for bathtubs / aquariums. It works great. I let it cure completely before filling. I test them out with water before putting on the hives.
Spar Varnish, 3 coats
I use a canning jar with holes punched in it (6) and put that on top of the hole of the inner cover. Then put a supper over that, and then the top.
I know you guys don't care. But that's how I do my feeding.
Also I read that you can take a gallon zip lock bag fill that up with syrup and put a slice in it (1-2 inches). Face the slice side up and place the baggie on top of the frames. Suppose to work realy well.
PS Just had to put my $0.02 in!
I use a pistol grip soldering iron to melt beeswax. Works great for me.
I use some parrafin wax and a heat gun "sweat" the nots and the corners.Dip it in the kids pool to check and your all good after that!
Dont insert the bottom into a groove as shown on the plans on this site. In doing so, there is no way to apply pressure to the glue as it dries.
Cut side so that the bottom can be laid into a full-width bed of glue and clamp thightly (Should have some squeeze-out).
Bet it wont leak! Mine doesnt.
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I used your idea Dave W., just a notch on the bottom with the bottom plywood face nailed gives a tighter fit. I would also recommend using Gorilla glue for these feeders. Gorilla glue is expensive, a small bottle cost $12.00 at the local lumber company, but it foams when it dries and helps fill the joints on miller feeders.
There were a few other changes I made also. I moved the feeding area to one end instead of the middle because I slope my hives a little and there was feed the bees could not reach. I also made the second baffle out of aluminum screen. This makes it easier to waterproof the feeder, as areas behind the wood baffle were too hard to reach. Bend the aluminum in an "L" shape and staple it to the top and sides. A third change to keep out ants was to install foam weather-stripping around the top and put screen over the opening in the top board. My hives are around trees, and the first time I used a Miller feeder it took the black ants about 20 min to find it. It won't keep out every ant but it does keep out the ones that can't get through the screen and the large black ants are my biggest problem.
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Over the last twelve months, FMQB has twice examined podcasting. We first introduced the concept last fall, talking with Adam Curry about his ideas and how the concept works. More recently, we reviewed the state of the technology, looking back over the first part of 2005, while also keeping an eye on the future. As podcasting continues to grow and make headlines, it is only natural that the academic world would weigh in on the topic. Enter The Wharton School Of Business at the University Of Pennsylvania.
In an article released this week titled "Podcasting: Can This New Medium Make Money?," the renouned staff at Wharton took a close look at podcasting, moving from an overview of the technology through the business possibilities and into prognastications for the future. Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader opens the dialogue, saying, "A lot of the attention has been overdone, but podcasting is not going away. It will continue to grow and resources will be thrown at it. Some will do podcasting well and be rewarded for it." Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor Kevin Werbach then lends his opinion. He agrees that the technology is more than a fad, but also admits the ultimate effect on listening habits is still unsure. "Podcasting is a nice way to package up spoken audio content the way MP3s have already packaged up music," says Werbach. "For people listening to the radio or music on the go, it will increase the amount of non-music content they hear, but it won't dramatically change listening patterns."
The real question in the article is not where podcasting will end up, but instead if there is money to be made. The article makes two points that attempt to answer that question. First, (as FMQB also pointed out) podcasting is simply another form of narrowcasting and as a result, there is a built in niche audience which could prove valuable. Second, the writers touch on the idea of time-shifting, saying that that feature could be the most compelling aspect of the technology. Both of these thoughts seem to set up a viable market.
With the stage set, the article moves into the current state of the business of podcasting, looking at Apple's recent integration of the technology into iTunes and the probable competition from Microsoft and RealNetworks. The writer also touches on the business models that are currently available: aggregation, subscriptions, advertising, a model labeled "transparent advertising" (i.e. sponsorship), and a hybrid or combination of several of these.
The article closes by leaving the future fairly wide open but mentions the radio and record industries as examples. In contrast to what many insiders believe today, it claims that broadcast radio is "under siege from the iPod, podcasting and satellite radio" and says that "the industry will have to respond somehow." A close look at the number of radio companies that are already podcasting suggests that the industry is being more proactive (and helping to advance the medium in the process) than reactive. The writer also indicates that music labels are at risk, saying "If music labels don't license their content, they lose a viable distribution channel and ultimately get usurped by sites like Garageband.com."
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|Paul Pierce/Glen Davis press conference
|04.21.10 at 3:26 am ET
Paul Pierce and Glen Davis spoke to the media following the Celtics' 106-77 win over the Miami Heat. Davis, the self-proclaimed "Ticket Stub," started in place for a suspended Kevin Garnett and had 23 points and eight rebounds. The win gave the Celtics a 2-0 lead in their opening-round playoff series.
|Doc Rivers press conference
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Celtics coach Doc Rivers spoke to the media after the Celtics took a 2-0 series lead in the first round of the playoffs. The Celtics beat the Heat 106-77 at TD Garden without star forward Kevin Garnett.
|Richardson won't focus on crowd reaction
|04.20.10 at 7:57 pm ET
Quentin Richardson isn't fooling himself — he doesn't expect a warm response from the Garden crowd.
Prior to Game 2 between the Celtics and Heat, Richardson admitted he anticipates a backlash from the Celtics fans for his involvement in Saturday's altercation with Kevin Garnett, which resulted in Garnett's suspension.
"Probably so," he said, adding, "No for me, I'm going out and playing basketball, playing to help my team win. Everything else will be outside the lines. When I'm inside the lines playing basketball, that'll be what I'm focused on."
The Heat will be focused on a new-look Celtics without Garnett in the lineup. Even though Garnett's absence leaves a void on the Celtics, the replacement of Glen Davis has its benefits.
"It obviously changes a lot but with them probably going with Big Baby in the starting lineup, you get a younger, healthier guy," Richardson said. "So I don't know. It definitely changes because [Garnett's] a huge part of their team, he's an emotional leader, and at the same time he's still Kevin Garnett. It obviously changes but they have a couple capable guys filling in in Rasheed (Wallace) and Davis."
Regardless of whether Garnett or Davis are on the court for the Celtics, the Heat's objective does not change. They look to accomplish their original goal of taking at least one game in Boston before heading home for Games 3 and 4.
"It's just important for us to win tonight just to even up the series," he said. "We want to go back to Miami 1-1 feeling good about ourselves and knowing that we've got two games on our home floor coming up."
|Sheed or Baby for Game 2?
|04.19.10 at 5:21 pm ET
WALTHAM — Now that Kevin Garnett has been suspended for Game 2, a decision that took no one by surprise within the Celtics organization, the immediate question becomes: who will start in his place?
The team tried to keep the decision under wraps, but there were indications that it will be Glen Davis rather than Rasheed Wallace. When the curtain rose on practice Monday afternoon, Davis was on the floor with the first team, while Wallace was in a white practice jersey worn by the second unit.
That may mean something, or it may not, but Rajon Rondo also said, "I think Baby's starting."
Maybe he didn't get the memo. Doc Rivers, Wallace and Davis were all non-committal.
"I don't know," Davis said. "I have no idea. It's either going to be the Ticket-Stub or it's going to be Sheed."
Wallace said he's fine either way.
"It don't matter as long as I'm in there in that fourth quarter," Wallace said. "I don't care if I start, I don't care if I come off the bench. Like I said before, Doc's the mad scientist. If he seems me starting, fine. If he doesn't see me starting, fine."
Ultimately the decision may have more to do with Miami's personnel than with the Celtics. More specifically it may have more to do with second-year forward Michael Beasley who scored just six points on eight shots in Game 1.
|Time to call on Big Baby
|04.18.10 at 8:06 pm ET
Now that the NBA has decided to suspend Kevin Garnett for Game 2 of the Celtics series with the Heat, Doc Rivers has a decision to make. If form holds from this season, Rasheed Wallace will get the call to start for Garnett.
Wallace has started every game that Garnett has missed due to injury or coach-ordered rest, but now is not the time to play it safe. Rivers should start Glen Davis instead.
Davis overcame a shaky first half in Game 1 to put together a solid eight point, eight rebound effort with almost all of that production coming in a decisive second-half Celtic run. Wallace didn't play poorly, but Davis was a difference-maker. Starting Davis would be a reward for his inspired play and also better utilize Wallace's versatility to play both the four and five spots.
Davis filled in admirably for Garnett during last year's playoff run, and might be a better match up for Miami's Michael Beasley, a young, athletic forward. Additionally Shelden Williams, who has played well when given an opportunity, should also see some playing time.
The Celtics managed to win Game 1 despite playing uninspired basketball for 30 minutes Saturday night. It wasn't until Tony Allen and Davis came in off the bench that the momentum changed as the Celtics erased a 14-point deficit.
"Tony and Baby changed the game defensively for us," Rivers said after the game. "Baby came in and was sensational and I thought Tony was great."
Rivers has already gone against the grain once in this series. Midway through the fourth quarter when he brought Paul Pierce back into the game, he had Pierce replace Ray Allen and elected to let Tony Allen stay on the court. Rivers would do well to continue rewarding the players who play with energy in this series by starting Davis in Game 2.
|Flu bug bites Rondo
|04.16.10 at 4:43 pm ET
WALTHAM — When the curtain lifted on the Celtics practice sessions yesterday there was one player missing. Rajon Rondo is the latest victim of the flu that has swept through the team recently. He took part in film session and a walkthrough and then the team sent him home.
Doc Rivers said that he expects Rondo will play, but he added, "I don't know how he's going to feel."
Rivers said he had been throwing up and was sent to the hospital for IV work.
Rondo is just the latest Celtic to become ill. Tony Allen missed the last two games with the flu and Glen Davis was also sick earlier in the week.
Allen, who will have a big hand in defending Dwyane Wade, said he is feeling better.
"I feel good today," he said. "I was a little winded, but I expected that. Tomorrow should be a little better."
|Unexpected Reunion for Davis and Lafayette
|04.14.10 at 11:44 pm ET
Glen Davis got a surprise when he arrived at TD Garden on Wednesday.
He entered the locker room and saw his childhood friend, Oliver Lafayette '¦ in Celtics warmup gear?
'I walked in and I was like, 'What's up man?! Baton Rouge!" Davis exclaimed.
Davis and Lafayette have known each other since elementary school and played AAU basketball together in Louisiana. Unbeknown to Davis, Lafayette had recently signed with the Celtics. The former D-League standout received the call just two days ago while he was driving to Baton Rogue.
'My agent called me and told me Danny Ainge had called him. When he called me, I almost ran off the road driving,' Lafayette said before suiting up for his first Celtics game. 'I had to pull over for like an hour or two. I had to regroup myself. I called my mother and told her the good news.'
The 25-year-old guard came to the Celtics by way of Brown Mackie (Junior) College, the University of Houston, Erie BayHawks and Fort Wayne Mad Ants. He is thankful for his time in the NBA Development League, where he says the coaches gave him the green light to play ball.
'My coaches just taught me the game,' he said. 'They put the ball in my hand and let me go to work, learn how to read the defense and stuff like that.'
This season Lafayette averaged 17.1 points, 6.5 assists, and 4.0 rebounds in 48 games for the Mad Ants, and ranked 10th in the league in steals. He was named NBDL Co-Performer of the Week after averaging 26.4 points, 8.0 assists, and 6.4 rebounds in his last seven games.
"He's a scorer," said Davis. "He's a scoring point guard. He can play the point, he can play the one, play the two. He's efficient with his jumpshot, playing defense, he'd be good for our team."
The rookie made the most of his first opportunity with the Celtics in their 106-95 loss to the Bucks. He scored seven points (3-6 from the field, including 1-of-2 on threes), grabbed four rebounds, and dished two assists in 21 minutes. Davis believes it is time for Lafayette's hard work to pay off.
'He's a great guy, a wonderful player. I think he's a great player, actually,' he said. 'Oliver, I've always though of like a late-bloomer as far as his opportunities. He played high school at Capitol High School '¦ he went to [junior college], every time it was a late-bloomer. He went to University of Houston, played great over there, and now he's just finally really getting his opportunity."
Lafayette's goal is to play well enough to earn a contract with the Celtics next season. In the meantime, he is trying to digest a whirlwind 48 hours that has taken him from the roads of Louisiana to the Garden parquet.
'I can't believe it myself right now,' he said. 'This is a great opportunity, great guys, great team, and great players I've been looking up to my whole life."
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Transcript: Feed the World Iowans historically have always been involved in trying to solve some of the world's biggest problems. Herbert Hoover, one of our great Iowans, a former president, was...involved in solving world hunger issues. A man by the name of Henry Wallace, who became a Vice-President of the United States and founded Pioneer Seed Company, was involved in the early, early research about plant makeup in corn. Both of these men..., and Norman Borlaug, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a scientist from Iowa who created a stronger wheat product that helps feed people--all of these Iowans have one thing in common, that they've tackled...one of the biggest problems [of] world hunger. And with more and more people being born in the world today, there are more and more hungry people. So Iowa needs to be at the center and focus of trying to solve these problems.
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The NLRB enforces the National Labor Relations Act, which guarantees employees the right to organize and collectively bargain, or to refrain from doing so. Applicable Sections of the Act follow:
Section 7: Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all such activities...
Section 13: Nothing in this Act … shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right.
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (relevant sections)
Section 8(a)It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer—
(1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7;
(3) by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization
On the 8(a)(1) charge:
The U.S. Supreme Court delineated the line between protected employer speech versus unlawful employer speech under the NLRA in NLRB v. Gissel Packing Corp., 395 US 575, 618 (1969).
In General Electric Company, 215 NLRB 520 (1974), the National Labor Relations Board applied the Gissel test to set aside an election because the employer, citing concerns about possible future strikes, stated that the plant's nonunion status was a primary factor in choosing to locate a production line for a new motor there. In its decision, the Board distinguished an employer's right to take defensive action when threatened with an imminent strike from threats to transfer work "merely because of the possibility of a strike at some speculative future date."
Since then, the Board has repeatedly held that an employer violates section 8(a)(1) by threatening that employees will lose their jobs if they join a strike, or by predicting a loss of business and jobs because of unionization or strike disruptions without any factual basis. In contrast, the Board has found that employers may lawfully relate concerns raised by customers (Curwood, Inc., 339 NLRB 1137 (2003). They may also reference the possibility that unionization, including strikes, might harm relationships with consumers, as opposed to predicting "unavoidable consequences."Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc., 342 NLRB 1074, 1075-76 (2004)
On the 8(a)(3) charge:
An employer's discouragement of its employees' participation in a legitimate strike constitutes discouragement of union membership within the meaning of this section. This applies to employer conduct designed to retaliate against employees for having engaged in a strike in the past (Capehorn Industry, 336 NLRB 364 (2001)where the employer failed to reinstate strikers when there was no legitimate business justification for permanently subcontracting the work), as well as employer conduct designed to forestall employees from exercising their right to strike in the future (Century Air Freight, 284 NLRB 730 (1987)where employer permanently subcontracted unit work and discharged employees in order to forestall the exercise of their right to strike; and Westpac Electric, 321 NLRB 1322 (1996), where employer isolated employee in retaliation for previous and anticipated future strike activities). In National Fabricators 295 NLRB 1095 (1989), where potential strikers were targeted for layoffs, the Board held that "disfavoring employees who were likely to strike, is the kind of coercive discrimination that…discourages…protected activity."


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There are a number of reasons not to miss the final show of Hip Pocket Theatre's 36th season, Solo Molemo! And the Long, Tall Sallys!
Longtime Hip fans will already know that Molemo is the commedia alter ego of the group's co-founder and artistic director, Johnny Simons, and this show features him performing pantomime.
This is major because Simons, who is well into his 70s, hasn't performed onstage since 2007 (in a show with his daughters, Lake and Lorca, called Trio Molemo), and it could very well be his last time on the stage. Of course, that was the thought in 2007, and here he is doing it again.
What's particularly amazing about this adventure, which also features dancer/actresses Gracey Tune and Julie Ballew as the Long Tall Sallys, is that he puts himself through a physically rigorous routine.
For instance, in one section, he approaches Tune with a rose and almost reaches her window and then falls, purposefully, on Hip Pocket's wooden stage. He crawls back up to hand off the flower, which, in a classic comedy twist, makes her sneeze and is abruptly returned.
Other segments include a pantomime to the Patti Page song (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window, with Simons in dog ears and red nose in a picture frame, and Tune and Ballew lip-synching the lyrics; or a playful dance routine to I've Got a Crush on You, with all three donning red noses.
The women are lithe and delightful throughout, but this show is about Simons. His moves his arm like a wave with enviable fluidity, and every crag and wrinkle on his face adds to the expressiveness of his eyes. It's not all light and frothy, though.
There's a touching tribute to Douglas Balentine, a Hip Pocket co-founder who died unexpectedly in 2008. And in one haunting scene near the end, all three performers wear white expressionless masks. Simons lies on the ground and the women cover him with a swathe of white fabric. One assumes he has died, but he gets up and shrouds himself in the cloth, and Ballew sprouts wings and moves like an angel. A better analogy would be of the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis.
No matter what tragedies befall him, Simons will always be reborn through the magic of theater and performance, to which he has devoted his life.
Not unexpectedly, the show ends on a happy note, with the trio striking the "Keep on Truckin'" pose illustrated by comic book artist Robert Crumb (with whom Simons worked) as they jauntily move about the stage and exit, returning to thunderous applause.


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Ready, set, GO! Lightning McQueen, the rookie hot-shot race car, is screaming his way down the track on his way to winning the Piston Cup. But when he gets stuck in a slow little town called Radiator Springs, McQueen must learn a valuable lesson about friendship—fast. This beautifully illustrated Read-Aloud Storybook is the complete retelling of Disney presentation of a Pixar film latest computer-animated film, Cars.From the Hardcover edition.


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Trans in the Tenderloin: A Story of Community Resilience
Robyn L. Stukalin, MS, LCSW
When Marilyn, featured in the film Transgender Tuesdays, was asked about the discrimination experienced by transgender people, she replied without hesitation,"We are more discriminated against than any other people in these United States." The 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Study found that "transgender and gender non-conforming people face rampant discrimination in every area of life: education, employment, family life, public accommodations, housing, health, police and jails and ID documents." And things are worse for trans people of color whose pervasive experience of minority stress due to their gender identity is exacerbated by racism. What are the experiences like for those with fewer resources, like the people who live in San Francisco's Tenderloin district? Gender specialist and psychotherapist Stukalin looks at the effect that trauma and discrimination have on the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people and at the resilience shown by members of the transgender community.


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The next series of the city of Vacaville's Community Services Department Cardio Pilates courses will kick off Aug. 9.
Participants will strengthen their bodies for long-term health and wellness while progressively practicing Pilates in a series of exercises which strengthen core muscles. Cardio, breathing, concentration, body alignment, and stretching are emphasized in these fitness classes.
The courses, which are taught by certified instructor Rita Sommer, are for anyone 13 and up. The next Cardio Pilates course starts at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 9. The fee for the four-week course is $49. Teens registering with an adult receive a discount.
Pre-registration is required due to limited space. Individuals can register online with their Account PIN and client barcode at www.cityofvacaville.com, or at any of the following locations: McBride Center, Ulatis Community Center, and the Three Oaks Community Center.
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An anti-gun group is suing to stop a last-second Bush administration change that would allow Americans with state issued permits to carry a concealed firearm, to carry loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Interior Department in federal court on Tuesday.
~ Czolgosz, Leon (1873-1902)
"I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people, the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime."
I never knew there was a law against carrying before all this mess started. Most people I know have been carrying for over 30 years in Yellowstone and Glacier without a "permission slip". Then again, I guess the whole point of CCW is not letting your firearm be seen. We even transported rifles across the parks for during hunting season and no one ever said anything.
- Black Blade
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
It always boggles my mind just why the SOBs that don't like guns stay here in America, when there's all kinds of places for them in the world that don't allow personal gun possession. Love America for what it, God, Guns and Guts, or GTFO...
Anyone who goes into a National Park without a weapon should have there head examined.
Due to the hairy spotted owl lovers, bears have completely lost there fear of humans.
The only thing keeping them from coming in my kitchen and eating the slop my old lady makes, in the National Forest I live in, is the crack of a .45.
I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Brady would like to come down here for a free camping trip. Bring the grand kids if they like.
I will take them out in the forest here and set them up a nice camp.
Will even bring my smoker and plenty of fresh meat for them to cook.
Bet a hundred bucks it wont be on hour before old man Brady is ripped from his wheel chair and gets turned into hamburger.
Were infested with bears here. Hungry bears. Bears that have NO fear of humans.
With any luck he will only get gored by the wild hogs, who have big tusks, and don't have much love for people in there A.O. either.
Then maybe one of our 6ft. Diamond backs will crawl in there camp and they can kill it with the kids pointed marsh mellow sticks.
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Andrew Hallidie tests the first cable car in San Francisco.
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1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. It was America's first elevated railroad, […]
Jan. 10, 1863: Take the Tube
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1863: London inaugurates the world's first subway service. Approximately 40,000 Londoners ride the trains the first day. The original line ran from Paddington Station to Farringdon Street, via Edgware Road, Baker Street, Portland Road (now Great Portland Street), Gower Street (now Euston Square) and King's Cross. The train took 18 minutes to make the 3¾-mile […]
April 29, 1882: Trackless Trolley Starts Rolling
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1882: Ernst Werner von Siemens tests a demonstration "trackless trolley" in a Berlin suburb. The innovative device pulls electricity from overhead wires, but runs with road wheels, not on rails. By the early 1880s, Siemens (yes, that Siemens) had already displayed the world's first railway using a "third rail," in which the rails themselves were […]
March 31, 1901: Wuppertal Monorail Opens
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1901: A suspended monorail opens in Germany, whisking passengers on an 8.3-mile loop some 40 feet over the Wupper River. Though not the world's first single-track hanging rail system, it's the world's oldest monorail still in operation and Europe's only suspended railway. At the dawn of the era of train travel, the hilly Wupper Valley […]


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Comedy Corner: TOM RHODES with Steve Arik
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Friday, December 7, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)
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Tom Rhodes is one of those rare exotic creatures who has dedicated his life to stand-up comedy. He is one of the most sought after comedians working the world wide circuits today and his stunning long list of credits include: His own sitcom on NBC called "Mr. Rhodes". The critically acclaimed Comedy Central special "Viva Vietnam" and two "Comedy Central presents" half hour specials.
He had his own Late Night talk show in Amsterdam for 3 years "Kevin Masters starring Tom Rhodes" as well as presenting a travel show on Dutch television for one year "Yorin Travel".
Tom Rhodes is also currently a featured writer for The Huffington Post, writing about whatever catches his fancy as he travels the world as a stand up comedian. In 2012 Tom's first ever uncensored hour long stand up special "Light Sweet Crude" will air on the Showtime network as well as "Live in Amsterdam" featuring provocative comedians from all over the world, also to air on the Showtime network.
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New life Down Under: Ford hopes that Svensson's European experience will pay dividends at Broadmeadows.
16 August 2010
By TERRY MARTIN
FORD Australia has announced the appointment of Chris Svensson as its new director of design for the Asia Pacific and Africa region, which includes Australia.
Replacing Scott Strong, who has returned to the US to become interior design director for North America, Mr Svensson is based at the regional product development centre at Ford Australia headquarters in Broadmeadows, north of Melbourne.
In addition to influencing the design of Australian-built vehicles, Mr Svensson will oversee programs throughout the region, such as an expected all-new SUV and other models based on the Australian-developed T6 Ranger light commercial platform.
His previous role as designer of commercial vehicles for Ford of Europe will come into play in his new assignment, although Ford Australia spokesperson Sinead McAlary told GoAuto this week that his broad experience – which has involved a host of European passenger cars – would be used to good effect across a range of new vehicle programs.
Left: Ford interior design director for North America Scott Strong. Below: Volkswagen AG far-east general manager for sales Immo Buschmann."Chris' most recent role was in a commercial vehicle area, but he has spent a lot of time working on passenger cars as well," Ms McAlary said.
"He's the right person for the job because they're developing a number of different vehicles across the region."
Reporting to Ford of Europe executive design director Martin Smith, Mr Svensson has worked in Europe, the UK and North America since joining Ford in 1992.
As well as European commercial vehicle design chief – a role which included global programs and both interior and exterior design – he was also head of Ford's Dunton design studio in the UK.
From 2001 to 2007 he was chief designer for pre-programs in Europe, developing a 'design strategy group' responsible for concept and pre-program execution for a range of vehicles, including the third-generation Focus, second-generation C-Max and Ka, sixth-generation Fiesta and concept cars such as the Visos.
He has also had a hand in the Mercury MC2 and Ford P2000 Hydrogen concepts, plus the first-generation Focus, Mondeo, Ka, Puma and Cougar.
Ms McAlary said Mr Strong's return to Detroit after four years in his second stint at Ford Australia – he came back to the role in March 2006, replacing Simon Butterworth, after earlier working Down Under from 1999-2001 – was part of the "usual movements within the design community".
Meanwhile, Audi Australia's marketing manager Immo Buschmann has returned to Germany to become general manager of sales for parent Volkswagen AG's far-east region, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
A replacement for him is still to be announced, with marketing communications manager Belinda Harris holding the fort as marketing chief for the time being.
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Holiday events at museums for NYC kids
Celebrate the season at a quartet of cultural hubs.
Thu Nov 18 2010
Winter Family Day Celebration at the Morgan Library & Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum
Cookie ornament--making workshop
Sat Dec 4-Sun Dec 5 at 1, 2, 3pm. 1000 Richmond Terr at Snug Harbor Rd, Staten Island (718-273-2060, statenislandkids.org). Free with museum admission: $6.
Kris Kringle might like his treats on a plate with milk, but your kids will take them any way they can get them, including hanging from your Christmas tree. At this class, youngsters will make sugar cookies in all sorts of holiday shapes. While the goodies bake, tots decorate premade sweets. Ages 4 and up.
Morgan Library & Museum
Winter Family Day Celebration
Sun Dec 5 2--5pm. 225 Madison Ave at 36th St (212-685-0008, themorgan.org). Free with museum admission: $15, children under 12 free.
Charles Dickens's original manuscript of A Christmas Carol is on display at the museum through January 9. In its honor, families can meet characters from the holiday fable, as portrayed by members of the theatrical troupe the Grand Falloons. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, who feature in the library's exhibit "Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress," will be there as well. Ages 6 to 12.
FREE Scandinavia House
Saturday Morning Storytelling
Sat Dec 11 at 11am. 58 Park Ave between 37th and 38th Sts (212-779-3587, scandinaviahouse.org).
In Denmark, Saint Nick is known as Julemanden, or "Yule Man," and he loves rice pudding, not cookies. Your kids can pick up other fun Scandinavian Christmas lore at this reading when Kaye Lindauer shares "The Legend of the Christmas Rose," a traditional fairy tale about a youngster looking for a present to bring the baby Jesus. Scandinavia House also hosts a sing-along ($7, reservations suggested, ages 1 to 7) at 1pm. Ages 5 and up.
FREE El Museo del Barrio
Super Holidays
Sat Dec 18 11am--8:30pm. 1230 Fifth Ave between 104th and 105th Sts (212-831-7272, elmuseo.org).
The Harlem museum's free monthly family fest focuses on seasonal celebrations in Latin America. From noon to 4pm, children can dress up as kings in homage to the three wise men, and craft crowns and musical instruments. The day's highlight—the concert "Christmas in Mexico"—features the Mariachi Academy, a group of local musicians ages 7 to 17. All ages.
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