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Many commentators correctly attribute the UK rioting to decades of misgoverning and miseducating youth. Contributing to this has been the breakdown of family discipline, the replacement of working fathers as role models and the creation of a culture of entitlement. Tony Blair has talked about a breakdown in public morality. Less convincingly, many on the left have attributed the cause to the social expenditure cuts of the Cameron Government, cuts that have actually made barely a dent in the proceeding Blair/Brown years of tumescent expenditure growth. read more »
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Applying Lessons from the UK Riots to Australia
The Golden State Is Crumbling
The recent announcement that California's unemployment again nudged up to 12 percent—second worst in the nation behind its evil twin, Nevada—should have come as a surprise but frankly did not. From the beginning of the recession, the Golden State has been stuck bringing up a humbled nation's rear and seems mired in that less-than-illustrious position. read more »
The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War
The riots that hit London and other English cities last week have the potential to spread beyond the British Isles. Class rage isn't unique to England; in fact, it represents part of a growing global class chasm that threatens to undermine capitalism itself. read more »
Who Lost the Middle Class?
Forty years from now, politicians, writers, and historians may struggle to understand how America, once the quintessential middle-class society, became as socially stratified as Europe or even Brazil. Should that dark scenario come to pass, they would do well to turn their attention first to New York City and New York State, which have been in the vanguard of middle-class decline.
It was in mid-1960s New York—under the leadership of a Barack Obama precursor, Hollywood-handsome John Lindsay—that the country's first top-bottom political coalition emerged. In 1965, Gotham had more manufacturing jobs than any other city in the country. read more »
Britain Needs a Better Way to Get Rich Than Looting
Mark Duggan, father of four, was armed with a Bruni BBM semi-automatic pistol when he was shot dead by armed police on 4 August. Despite initial reports Duggan did not fire on the officers from the Trident Police Unit, an armed force dedicated to dealing with "gun related murders within London's black communities". read more »
How Los Angeles Lost Its Mojo
Los Angeles today is a city in secular decline. Its current political leadership seems determined to turn the sprawling capitalist dynamo into a faux New York. But they are more likely to leave behind a dense, government-dominated, bankrupt, dysfunctional, Athens by the Pacific.
The greatness of Los Angeles stemmed from its willingness to be different. Unlike Chicago or Denver or New York, the Los Angeles metro area was designed not around a central core but on a series of centers, connected first by railcars and later by the freeways. The result was a dispersed metropolis where most people occupied single-family houses in middle-class neighborhoods. read more »
Citizen Bloomberg - How Our New York Mayor has Given Us the Business
This piece originally appeared in the Village Voice.
After a charmed first decade in politics, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is mired in his first sustained losing streak.
His third term has been shaky, marked by the Snowpocalypse, the snowballing CityTime scandal, the backlash to Cathie Black and "government by cocktail party," and the rejection by Governor Andrew Cuomo of his plan to change how public-school teachers are hired and fired. With just a couple more years left in office, Bloomberg is starting to look every one of his 70 years.
Soon, he'll be just another billionaire. read more »
Why America's Young And Restless Will Abandon Cities For Suburbs
For well over a decade urban boosters have heralded the shift among young Americans from suburban living and toward dense cities. As one Wall Street Journal report suggests, young people will abandon their parents' McMansions for urban settings, bringing about the high-density city revival so fervently prayed for by urban developers, architects and planners. read more »
Are Millennials the Solution to the Nation's Housing Crisis?
During his Twitter-fed Town Hall, President Obama admitted that the housing market has proven one of the "most stubborn" pieces of the economic recovery puzzle to try and fix. The President --- as well the Congress and the building industry --- should consider a new path to a solution for housing by tapping the potential of the very generation whose votes brought Barack Obama into the White House in the first place. read more »
A Most Undemocratic Recovery
Unemployment over nine percent, the highest rate this far into a "recovery" in modern times, reflects only the surface of our problems. More troubling is that over six million American have been unemployed for more than six months, the largest number since the Census began tracking their numbers. The pool of "missing workers" – those neither employed nor counted as unemployed – has soared to over 4.4 million, according to the left-of-center Economic Policy Institute. read more »


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I've missed all this excitement, having just returned from a (wet!) camping holiday today. It doesn't suprise me, in my response to the speculation that Panasonic were about to pull out of Four Thirds I made this comment on 8th June:-
"But I don't think Panny are about to jump ship, more likely they are about to announce something big in a
In all our concern about how Oly are competing against Nikon and Canon I think we tend to forget just what a massive company Panasonic is and how large it's R&D resources are. Olympus too, are a richer company with better resources than we give them credit for and their strong point has always been
which I am sure is what attracted Panny as a partner. If Panny had only wanted to hop on the DSLR bandwaggon they could simply just have bought Canon or Nikon!
Bearing in mind worldwide volume sales, until now the compact market has been more lucrative than DSLRs and quality gains in this section has all but killed off the "bridge camera" concept. But mobile camera phone technology will in turn threaten the viability of the compact market - unless some huge new innovation combining DSLR quality with compact ease of use, compactness and portability is forthcoming.
Enter Micro Four Thirds......
.......which IMO is
news for existing Four Thirds users as the technology gains from the new system will feed through to the existing standard.
Bearing in mind how important the compact market is in Global terms, it is Canikon users who should be feeling just a little less comfortable right now. But I wonder how long it will be before Canon, Nikon or Sony announces their own micro interchangeable lens format.....and get the credit for the
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The death of Nigerian-Norwegian Eugene Obiora continues causing a furor in Norway. Abid Raja, representing Obiora's family claims death came about because Norwegian police on three separate occasions employed a stranglehold that caused death and police should be charged with willful homicide. Jens-Ovew Hagen, representing the police officers blames the media for exaggerating the situation and causing a furor. He said: "The cause of death was lack of oxygen, not strangulation in the popular sense of the word. The lack of oxygen has several causes."
We Americans are familiar with police choking prisoners in their detention which has led to deaths. I believe Mr. Hagen is absolutely correct, Obiora died due to lack of oxygen. Perhaps, Mr. Hagen can explain how an individual in the custody of three police officers found a way, on his own, to have a lack of oxygen. Oh well, these Nigerians are clever aren't they — they are tricky enough to deprive themselves of oxygen without anyone knowing!


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For some reason my laptop will not let me search this website for previous threads. I have a an amateur boxing match on Saturday and as its my first i dont have much idea what to eat. I will have a bout 3 hours after weigh in before a fight. So what should i eat today and tomorrow?
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Since Paul Lennon has revealed a little about Alvaro Corcuera's phone call to Juan Vaca (which I didn't have express permission to do) I will expand a little on the event. As far as we know, this is the only phone call of its kind, it was an "urgent" and perplexing event, and ended up being non-sensical in its entirety.
Despite the passage of many decades since MM was accused, and nine months since the Legion hierarchy admitted that the founder was not what he was purported to be, all of a sudden late last week, AC got a wild hair and had to talk to JV. In order to get his phone number, AC called Juan's sister who is a 3GF (explained below) and then the farce took place.
Yes, there has been an apology. But let me give the details, to which Mr Lennon has alluded. After expressing his sincere sorrow for all that JV suffered at the hands of MM, JV said, "And what about the lawsuit?"
"What lawsuit?"
JV, stunned, told AC about how the Legion sued ReGain and that that required an apology, etc. AC insisted that he knew nothing about the lawsuit and would look into it. Good-bye.
There are many points to consider:
- Too much time has elapsed for an apology to be other than contrived;
- The Legion knows how to contact each of us -- they practically shadow us when necessary;
- To ask Juan's sister for his phone number was disingenuous at best;
- Now the fact that there has been contact (and why) will trickle through the 3GF's;
- AC claiming to know nothing about the lawsuit against Regain offers two options:
1. Either he was lying (and how could the head of an organisation not know what his organisation is doing? It made ABC News and the Washington Post, for crying out loud.) and if he was lying, then nothing he said over the phone can be taken as genuine; -OR-
2. He didn't know about the lawsuit (proving true the speculation of some that he's a figurehead) and if so, then the apology carries little weight because he isn't even aware of the extent of Juan's suffering from the Legion overall.
Neither option gives enough credence to the "urgent" contact to make it rise to the level of a legitimate apology (and interestingly -- it was verbal, not written) but there was one more element that gave me suspicion about the timing:
- The American bishops were meeting this past week, which makes a Friday afternoon phone call perfectly timed for any rubbing of shoulders in corridors in Baltimore come Monday morning.
The last point, as I say, is sheer speculation, but those of you familiar with this saga won't blame me for mentally wandering down such a path. So in the end, has the Legion begun contacting victims? The answer must be yes. I had no intention of hiding the fact, but only with someone else breaking the story can I give the essential details that may put it in a different light.


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Janet Jackson, 'Nothing' — Video Premiere
The R&B superstar's newest video for 'Nothing' encompasses the message of the song, with a stark blackness acting as a backdrop to Jackson's emotional release. The song is featured in Tyler Perry's newest flick 'Why Did I Get Married Too?' The film, which is a sequel to the original, stars Jackson as a woman struggling through the hardships of marriage.
In the song 'Nothing,' Jackson sings about the ups and downs that occur when two people are in love. The overall message is that when it comes to love, nothing can stand in the way of making things right. Directed by Tim Palen, the video features several shots of Jackson in mirror-like projections accompanied by powerful and passionate clips from the film.
Jackson — who is still coping with the loss of her brother Michael — drew inspiration from her grief for her theatrical performance. 'Nothing' also reflects the deep pain Jackson has felt over the past few months — transferring her sorrow beautifully into a moving and deeply heartfelt ballad. Watch the video below.


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My dear teacher-friends, we have a newbie in need! Grab your rulers and rubrics and your favorite texts and gather 'round!
Derek, over at EatsBugs, had a conversation not too long ago with his principal. It turns out that his principal sent the clear message that Derek needs to work on his classroom management skills if he wants to keep his job next year.
While he is understandably shaken by this conversation – NONE of us likes to have our shortcomings pointed out like that – he's taking it in precisely the right way; he's using the suggestions as a launching point for making his teaching practice better. He's not downhearted or depressed or defeated, he's inspired – he motivated, he's challenged, he's stoked, and he wants our help.
I am honored to have you all as part of my community. Among my readers I have a wide and impressive collection of experience – from early childhood educators up through the University level – and in about every concentration I can think of. I have readers who don't earn their living as teachers, but who are teachers nonetheless. You are all smart and kind and knowledgeable and generous, and I am proud that Derek asked "*chilibringfriends*" That's you guys. Will you help?
Go on over here and chime in. What do YOU do as part of that amorphous, undefinable skill we teachers call "classroom management"? What challenges do you find yourself facing? What have you got totally knocked? What advice or suggestions would you offer my friend who wants to be the best teacher he can be?


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I can think of a few that I know make CZ holsters.
TT Gunleather TT GunLeather High Quality Leather Gun Holsters
HBE Leather H.B.E. Specialty LeatherWorks
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Also, Eric Hopp would be worth finding out if he can make you something http://www.facebook.com/HoppCustomLeathers
I'm sure there are a number of others, but there's a place to start anyway.


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history of roll bar and full cage
Does anyone know on exactly what models the single roll bar was changed to the double roll bar?
Does anyone the history (date and models) of the full cage?
If we buy an older jeep (1980-1999) what can we do to it make safer?
We are looking to buy an old jeep to ride the grandkids around on our new farm and maybe take an occasional drive into town with the wind in our hair.
I am concerned about safety and want to purchase a "safer" jeep. I think a double roll bar replaced the single roll bar sometime in the mid 1990's. But I am not sure which model.
Any and all info appreciated.
It happened in the middle of the YJ run, 1992 I believe.
The extended roll cage was added to accomodate shoulder belts for rear seat passengers.
92 was the first year for the family cage. If you buy a Wrangler with the sport cage, a family style can be swapped in. it will bolt right in
Thanks, do the wrangler made after 2000 have any additional safety features? I am a paranoid granny and would pay more for the additional safety features '
With the gov't always adding new safety features you would think they would get safer each year!
Thanks again.
Do any newer models come with a full cage. I saw where someone referred to a roll cage as a family cage. That might be what we are looking for.
Early jeeps like CJ models had a roll bar that was behind the driver and passenger seats and then slanted back by the rear seat. The early YJ models had the same roll bar but added bars to connect the windshield frame. So early YJs had a bar going from the windshield frame, it ran along side where the door window would be and connect to the roll bar behind the driver/passenger seat and then slant back to beside the rear seat. Late model YJs added what is know as the family roll bar. All that changed with that is instead of a slant going from behind the driver/passenger seats down beside the rear seat, it now comes straight out and then curves down behind the rear seat. This allowed for the rear passengers to have shoulder belts instead of just lap belts. I hope that I explained where it makes sense.
Well mine is an 02. I don't know if you call it a "full" cage because it doesn't have a top bar back at the tailgate. More or less a full bar wrapping over your head, then side bars wrapping down to the tailgate, making 3 walls of a box more or less.
Also don't know when they started the passenger airbag on/off switch, but this one is an X model and it has that. You may want to keep an eye out for that feature as well. You can disable the passenger bag if you have a younger rider so it can't pop the cover off and slam it into their face. Generally I would have the kids sit in the back anyway but you never know when that might come in handy.
Thanks, I just did a google search and found
"1995 YJ Wranglers had no airbags. They put both passenger and driver airbags on 1997 and later TJ Wranglers"
I don't know if that is accurate or not, but it is a starting point.
Correct, 96 was a big guberment standard year (though virtually no true 96 wranglers exist). 97 and later will have more safety features standard than earlier models. My 94 has no abs, no airbags, very little computer control, an entirely different (and much less beneficial on road at high speed) suspension system, and virtually no common modern safety features.
In 92, the roll cage improvement allowed rear shoulder belts.
In 93, abs became an option. Standard on TJs, I think.
In 94, the high 3rd brake light became a feature.
In 99 or 00 the seat belt anchors for kids seats became standard.
You're gonna want at least a TJ, prob 00 or newer. :)
it became standard on the JKs
Unless ABS works with drums i think it was still optional on TJ's. My 02 has drums on the back. I haven't had to hit the brakes hard enough to see if she has ABS yet.
Also I never thought of ABS as a necessity. Had my last vehicle about 10 years. Never once had to hit the brakes hard enough to kick in the ABS. Sure there are retard drivers out there that will eventually force you into a situation where you need them. But if you're not out there drafting people nascar style (tailgating) and leaving a reasonable distance to the car in front of you, you will never put yourself in that position.
Appologies, I thought they became mandated with the OBDII requirements.
notice there are no windshield bars.
this is the driver/passenger style 1st gen YJ cage:
notice the addition of windshield bars
this is the "family" cage (92-06)
notice the addition of shoulder seatbelts for the rear passengers.
Now, when you say "full cage" around here, people are thinking of competition buggy style roll cages. These are normally used with 4/5-pt harnesses and racing seats. Kinda like a NASCAR.
Full cage:
Now, if a few thousand in fabrication & welding isn't your style, you can also add a "sport cage" to the existing stock family cage for added protection.
When talking about cages, you gotta understand there is always a compromise someplace. Either safety, loss of cargo space, ease of installation, or something. You have to pick where you want to make the compromise...and I'll tell you right now if you don't compromise some safety someplace, you'll end up with a NASCAR style cage you have to climb into, while wearing a firesuit, wearing a helmet & HANS device, and you won't be able to turn your head to see the mirrors.
This is my Jeep LJ's cage....a blend of Poison Spyder Customs parts, and custom additions. It's street friendly, and has no major loss in storage/cargo area, and was fairly easy to install with some skilled welding.
Look through these threads for more on full cage vs sport cage vs stock cage.
*Official* Cage idea/pic/discussion thread - JeepForum.com
Why seat belts are your friend. - JeepForum.com
Thanks Unlimited,
It looks like we do want the family cage. You referenced (1992-2006).
Do all wrangler models between 1992 through 2006 come from the factory with the family cage?
Did they make the wrangler even safer after 2007?
Thanks again to everyone,
the big safety changes between each generation do not really come from the cage it has, but the other safety features offered.
things like airbags. in that sense, a 2007 and newer wranglers will be safer than one from 1992. with the newer JKs you also have the option of side impact airbags that are supposed to bring the safety factor up over one with out them. however i am not sure what year those because an option.
Thanks schnutzy,
Coincidentally I just read where side air bags in the door was now an option. I don't see how that is possible. Unless the doors are not removable
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The folks at The Weather Channel have come up with an app for your iPhone that combines two popular app categories: Weather and Fitness. While you'd expect a great weather app from the weather channel, those who enjoy outdoor exercise will be impressed with the many features of this app.
Not only does it give you the weather forecast, it is able to analyze the effect of the weather on your performance. Pretty nifty. The app takes into account factors like humidity, air quality and cloud cover to figure out what conditions are best for your run.
Like other fitness apps it will also help you set goals, remembers your routes and analyzes your performance.
The app will also integrate with your iTunes and your phone's calendar to help you find the perfect playlists for you activities and keep you on schedule. It uses the GPS and your iPhone 5's motion sensor to measure your stride and track you. You can even attach your own heart rate monitor.
Of course, since it's from The Weather Channel, it offers a forecast.
The app is free in the Apple App store, but unfortunately only available for iPhone users right now.
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"Was Santorum Right About Polygamy?" asked a teaser headline on the Daily Beast's website this morning. "The Republican was once savaged for suggesting polygamy could become legal if the Supreme Court killed anti-sodomy laws. Now a judge has ruled against Utah's anti-polygamy statute," noted the teaser caption.
In the story itself, Daily Beast staffer Justin Miller answered the question in the negative, but did note that the court ruling in question did draw from the Supreme Court sodomy law case Lawrence v. Texas and that there's a strong political validation to the slippery slope argument from developments like these (emphases mine):
Analogizing homosexuality to bigamy, polygamy, incest, bestiality, and pedophilia made Santorum infamous. Syndicated columnist Dan Savage even campaigned to turn "santorum" into a byword for sexual waste as revenge.
But the Supreme Court eventually ruled that anti-sodomy laws were unconstitutional in Lawrence, and Judge Waddoups used that very ruling Friday to strike a blow against Utah's anti-polygamy law.
So is Santorum vindicated? Will America become Big Love set in Sodom and Gomorrah?
Not quite. The Utah decision does not recognize, in Santorum's words, a "right to polygamy." The judge said the right to not be discriminated against under the First and Fourteenth amendments applies to the plaintiffs.
The family of Kody Brown, subject of the TLC reality show Sister Wives, says it is polygamist because it belongs to a fundamentalist Mormon church. The Browns sued Utah in 2011, arguing that the anti-polygamy law violated their right to privacy based on the Lawrence decision. Bigamy, or having multiple active marriage licenses, is a third-degree felony in Utah. Utah outlawed the practice, prevalent among Mormons, so Congress would accept it as a state in 1896. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints banned polygamy in 1890.)
If Utah doesn't prosecute an adulterer for sleeping with several women, the judge wrote, why should it prosecute a polygamist doing the same under one roof?
In other words, Utah polygamists can't be discriminated against now, but they still can't get married.
The difference might sound academic to the 83 percent of Americans who say polygamy is morally wrong. Santorum's slippery-slope logic used against gays—legalize their relations and you'll see a parade of horribles—may not be legally sound, but it could remain politically powerful. After all, even the swing voters who have come around to supporting same-sex marriage in states such as Iowa did not think they were signing up for legalized polygamy.
Of course, federal and state judges are largely removed from electoral considerations, so it's not all that ludicrous to see a judicial snowballing effect where, over the course of a few years and a few court rulings, a court could issue a ruling finding a right to polygamous marital unions. The Daily Beast may not wish to recognize that, but even they can't deny that the courts being used as an end-run around the will of the people does present the possibility that proponents of polygamy will be emboldened moving forward to push their agenda first through the courts of law and then the court of public opinion.


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Hatchery helps keep king numbers up in Anchorage
King salmon need a little help to keep population numbers up in Anchorage.
That's why fish culturists are collecting millions of eggs to ensure the salmon's survival.
Part of Ship Creek near the William Jack Hernandez Hatchery is filled with kings that are coming home to spawn. They're likely the first batch of hatchery fish released a few years ago.
"They come right up the fish pass as adults, so we don't have to go into the creek to get the adults back," explained Greg Carpenter, a fish culturist 2.
He and his team are counting on about 180 pairs to make this year's egg take successful.
"King salmon is very important, obviously. We produce mostly king salmon here at the facility. It's a big part of our production cycle," said Fish Culturist 2 Tim Vangelderen.
They collect about three million eggs from mature females. The pink roe is poured into buckets and labeled for each fish.
Another integral part is collecting milt from the males.
"We want to make sure we minimize the amount of blood and water that go in with the sperm," said technician Don Bee. "Once the sperm hit the water, they become activated. We don't want them to be activated until they get into the bucket with the eggs."
Carpenter also takes a sample of each female's kidney to test for bacterial kidney disease. If a fish tests positive, all of her eggs will be thrown out because of what the disease can to do a healthy hatchery.
"Pustules on their belly, hemorrhaging, their eyes start to pop out," he described. "It's a disease that we don't want to get into the hatchery to start with. Several years ago, we had an outbreak at the old Fort Richardson hatchery. We started family-tracking all of our salmon."
The smolt that result from the egg take will be distributed to 11 sites around the Southcentral region.
This past spring, the hatchery released 370,000 smolt into Ship Creek.
Like wild salmon, they have about a two percent chance of survival. Carpenter said it's worth it if it will keep kings coming back.
"Ship Creek in general is one of the few or maybe only urban Chinook fisheries in the United States," Carpenter said. "Where else can you be at the Hilton and walk down and catch a king salmon?"
None of the fish go to waste once the harvest is over. The most recent batch will go to mushers to feed their dogs. Last week the salmon went to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to feed bears.


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soy candle smells good enough to eat - Suzanne chose to send me the Chocolate Fudge one. How did she know I love chocolate?! The candle weighs 6.5 oz and comes in a nice mason jar, complete with a lid. It burns cleanly and will last about 30-40 hours. That's a lot of deliciousness!
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this was given to me by a great freind.few pics of the helmet in the raw form looks like i got hours of fun ahead any advice or critique on helm
this was given to me by a great freind.few pics of the helmet in the raw form looks like i got hours of fun ahead any advice or critique on helm
Last edited by teabo; Feb 24, 2008 at 6:34 AM.
Wow! Your friends gave that to you! You have some nice friends.
What is it made of?
i think resin its yellow in color on inside but when sanded it smells like fiberglass
Weird question here, can you post a pic of the INSIDE of the helmet? This will help identify what it is made of.
heres the inside pic
Looks like a plastic resin, of the sort you might find toys made from. Does the surface feel slightly "waxy"?
Also looks like a really cool lid. After a little surface work it will look super.
yes i have a couple of air bubbles i have to fix i have a small crack in the bottom near the right mandable.i'm just trying to figure what i would use to repair it
I'm going to have to defer to the experts on this one. I would not do anything until you find out for certain what material it is made of. It could be a resin cast or a fiberglass helmet. I readily admit that I can't tell what it's made of.
My general suggestions would be:
Don't cut the T-slot out until you've finished all of your prep-work: sanding, cutting etc. It helps support the helmet. You could paint the T-slot visor area black to get an idea of what it will look like, but don't cut it out until you're ready to install a visor.
I'd recommend a Shade 5 welding shield instead of buying a ready-made T visor.
Get a dark green welding shield if you are making an ESB Fett, Smoke Gray if you are making a ROTJ. If you're making a Pre-Production suit, the color is up for debate, but I bought a dark green one for my PP2 helmet.
You will need to know what kind of material the helmet is made from so you can choose the right kind of filler ie: which type of bondo.
I think with some patience you will have a great looking bucket!
I'd really love to see progress pix of your helmet. BTW, which version Fett are you planning on making?
rotj version i have the armor done the ammo belt the shoes and a flight suit comming so i have a good start so far.
You are SO far ahead of me on your costume, I should be asking YOU questions! Keep us posted on this bucket. I'm very keen on seeing how it goes.
It's hard to tell from the pic of the inside, the flash washed out allot of color and detail, but it looks like it might be fiber glass, the yellow tint is from the resin glue. It kinda looks like a sgt fang recast to me, which for free is a good deal, can't beat free. Amidadfilter maybe? maybe a recast of one of his even. With some time and "love" it can be good. Definately don't cut the visor area out till you get everything else done prepwork wise.
OK, I'm going to show my lack of knowledge on this subject.
What is the difference between resin casts and fiberglass?
Can you use fiberglass to reinforce the inside of a resin or sintra helmet?
Will two part bondo stick to both?
heres a better look of interior
that's definately fiberglass. at least on the inside. Yes, you can fiberglass the inside of a resin cast to reinforce it. so it could be a resin cast with fiber glass reinforcement. I've never bondoed anything fiberglass, so I wouldn't be the best one to give advice there.
Yeah, it's definitely glassed. You could have tapped the outer shell with a knife or something metal too, that would tell you.
been a while i attached the ears poxy the gaps and primed it then gave it a base coat of silver
Now that I see the better pic I agree - fiberglass. The outside still looks like plastic resin though in the first pics. Anyway, regardless of what it is made of, it will be an awesome helmet when done.
update on helmet
Looking good!! It cleaned up nicely!
Just curious... how thick is in on the inside of the mandibles?
I'm curious to see your keyholes too... looks like you were off to a good start on those older pics of it with the silver coat.
Keep up to great work!


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Its really cold where I stay but have to say my heucheras grow well.
And my Magnolia in apot is in full bud.
I have some in pots and others in the ground .
And an area with Brass Lantern Lavenders,Shanghai,Lavendar Brass Lavender ,Lavendaer then a hard fuchsia.Soler Eclipse,Rio and Paprika
Just sent an order to Plantagogo.
You get a nice meal in the Strathie Steephill
Just bought bag of Verve with John Innes compost and opened bag .
Very impressed nice compost.
Thank you again yes can grow small area of alpines so .
If cant source local shall order online.
My local nursey never had yesterday .
Many thanks Obelixx I shall check out plant finder.
I so enjoyed Gardenerswold on tv last night and the Hepaticas were so beautiful.
I dont have any and wouold love to have .
Where is the best place to buy these beauties?
Karen arrived before me I am closer but got held up with traffic so Karen got more plants planted in border.
I polintaed the Lord Napier Nectarines as no bees.
Then I split chives and got them all planted .
And we had to prick chard seedlings out and plant in to cell trays Red and Yellow Chard.
I also potted up sunflowers I believe they will get used for cutflowers inth e
in the castle.
When we were finished we went for a walk to see the Princess Margarets Magnolia memorial and its full of buds when it blooms I shall share a photo.
Then walked on to the Italian Garden as they are getting new status and they are impressive.
It was dry and sunny but cold.
Sorry you had snow Garden Girl.
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Disappointed tourists turned away from closed national park
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Sandy Jones and Darlene Jebb looked forward to a day of outdoor fun, only to find closure signs.
"We packed a picnic lunch, we have our hiking stuff. We're pretty disappointed," Jebb said.
Same with Kyle Ferguson and Amy Nesbitt, turned away at the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.
"We're going to have to reroute probably an extra 100 miles," Nesbitt said.
Like the government, the park is shutdown.
"We made this big day outing to do some traveling and see the sights. We were quite disappointed when we got here," Jebb said.
The park closed at 8:00 Tuesday morning and it was not an easy task.
"It can be complicated but there's a systematic way of doing that. First we shut the gates for the incoming into the park," Lorna Shuman from the Joshua Tree National Park said.
Then crews went around to about 100 campsites, telling the hundreds of campers they need to leave.
"People had Keys Ranch reservations. This was going to be the opening of our Keys Ranch tours, so those all were called that they would be cancelled if the government remains closed," Shuman said.
We recently asked people how they thought the government shutdown would affect them. Many told us it wouldn't, but it did.
"We're everyday people who travel and get to know your area and country and this is what happened. So it affects everyday living," Jebb said.
Visitors aren't the only ones the shutdown affects. Ninety-two federal employees of Joshua Tree National Park are currently furloughed. Plus people who work at the gift shops are also on no-pay status. The park gets about 7,000 visitors a day in October and will lose an estimated $7,600 in entrance fees each day it's closed.
"We'll head back to the desert and we'll probably do some shopping," Jones said.
Fun, but not how they wanted to spend their day.
If people try to enter the park while it's closed, you could get a fine or get arrested.


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'The NHL can only hope there won't be more situations like Buffalo. But with the Dallas Stars and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for sale, with the Adelphia mess and other business scandals in the news, and especially with a new labor negotiation looming in two years, you have to wonder how many other NHL teams will soon see cracks.'
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Howie Dorough & Wife Leigh Welcome Baby #2
A new bundle of joy has arrived for Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough, as his wife Leigh gave birth to a little boy on Saturday, February 16.
The boy band hunk tweeted the good news to his followers saying, "We're so excited to share this news with you all! Say hello to Holden John Dorough!"
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|20th June 2003, 10:07 AM
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Some reflections on politeness vs. briefness
This thread is not prompted by any particular recent events,
but rather something I have been thinking about now and then.
The reason is that I would suppose that people have different
opinions on what is polite, appropriate etc., since we are all
individuals, except Brian (warning, Monty Python reference).
Here I already gave an example. Some people, like me, find
it a good idea with an occasional joke or amusing ornament,
as long as it doesn't take over. I am sure there are others
people who think this is just off-topic and has nothing to do
on the forum.
If discussing with somebody on the forum that one isn't
already familiar with, the ways of addressing this person
differs. For instance, some people adress and refer to Nelson
Pass as Mr Pass or Nelson Pass, while others (most of us,
I think) adress him as Nelson. I have done so from the start,
although it would be ridiculous to think of myself as his peer in
questions related to audio (or wine ). I am sure Nelson
don't mind and rather prefer this, although others may perhaps
find it rude to be addressed by their first name from people
they are not familiar with. The reason I do it this way is that
I am used to this from the academic world where, at least in
computer science, it is common at conferences etc. to adress
each other with first name. It is foremost an american practice,
and some europeans are not quite comfortable with it, but most
of us like this informal style, where it is mostly okay for a fresh
graduate student to approach a well-known authority
addressing him by first name rather than Professor last name.
I do think it varies with discipline, though, and the CS community
is probably one of the most informal.
Although, I have a tendency to write lengthy posts (already
an unecessary comment if you have read this far) I do use a
brief style in the sense that I do not "sign" my posts, like some
do, but have a fixed sig with my user ID. Likewise, if replying to
a post, quoting from it, I usually do not start by adressing the
person, since this persons ID is already included at the beginning
of the quotation. I am sure some people find this unpolite. A
related case is email communication. We who work in computer
science have been used to communicate by email for over twenty
years, often having very interactive discussions this way, why
we tend to keep things brief and informal to speed up the
communication and since we think of it more as a spoken dialogue
than a written letter communication. I have noted, however, that
in email communication with people who have not been used
to communicate by email until it became widely available, these
people often have a tendency to be very formal, like a written
letter, and I often get a feeling some of them find me very
unpolite when answering in my usual brief style that I am used
So why did I write this? Well, as I said, I am sure different
individuals on the forum have different opinions on the
appropriate balance between briefness and politeness,
between formality and informatlity etc. Here I explained my
view, or rather why I do as I do, and I would think that most
forum members have a similar view. I am just as sure that some
don't, so this thread is meant to ventilate different views and
opinions so we understand each other better, and realize that
somebody perhaps isn't as rude/formal as we thought.
|20th June 2003, 04:49 PM
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despite the occasional flame war, usually induced by a combination of ego and misinterpretation, the content level here is extremely high and mature. as a total ignoramus to the world of electronics (and really, audio for that matter), i've learned a whole lot by reading arguments and suggestions posted by the more learned here.
i think brevity - shortness - sometimes just happens. for example i'm at work, and any moment now i'm going to have to stop typing and get back to what i'm supposed to be doing.
the vast majority of people here are very patient with posts that are (too) short, vague, full of typos (in fact i've never seen anyone harp on a poster for having typos, which in itself is remarkable), language-challenged, or just plain clueless.
i think the problem of politeness has maybe less to do with brevity and more to do with attitude. there are ~6000 members registered, representing a pretty broad section of cultures, so most of us who have been here even a little while are pretty cosmopolitan with regard to communication style. the question of rudeness is almost always due to someone having a bad day, a bad week, or (dare i say it) a bad year. it's up to those of us who are not having such a bad day, to defuse the situation as best we can.
but only if we want to.
/andrew - doesn't put bumper stickers on his car either
|20th June 2003, 05:40 PM
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There are a few reasons I tend to have brief posts. Here are some of them
My boss just came around the corner
My wife is in the car honking the horn
Dinners getting cold
The Sopranos just started
My neck is killin me
I cant keep my eyes open any more
I cant think of the right words
My brain is currently numb (generally the reason for the above)
A short answer is called for
A long answer is called for, but thats all I know on the subject.
Im lazy
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|24th June 2003, 01:20 AM
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Formality, and being decent.
Christer raises interesting points. I'm probably in the "formal" category because I'm European, and not a computer person. More to the point, email is a person to person communication, so you can tailor your formality to suit the recipient. Similarly, if you're sloppy about your spelling or grammar, they know you, and (presumably) don't mind.
Posting on this forum is an entirely different matter. Your post is open to international scrutiny, and will undoubtedly be read by many people for whom English is their second language. If English is your native language, you owe it to these readers to write clearly, grammatically, and without typos or terms that they would find difficult.
I'll probably be flamed for this, but I think it's insult to everyone else to be sloppy in the use of your own native language. Meanwhile, I have the greatest respect (and patience) for those who post on this forum in English when it is not their native language. You are excused all and any mistakes.
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|24th June 2003, 01:28 AM
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Double Dutch.
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|24th June 2003, 01:32 AM
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True, but. . .
I find proper grammar and spelling to be the most efficient communication between strangers. Long posts can be informative, but they can also ramble from point to point, making it hard to follow. But be wary of condemning those who post in computerese, as they may well have a good question or solution! But be especially aware of those who post using strange film references and older song references, as these are the people who may have a lot to offer!!!
|24th June 2003, 04:36 AM
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I just reply to what the heck I like...cause I`m JOE DIRT®!!!...hahaha...I`m not patronising this thread or indivuals....but we all have our ways of responding and posting here...I do have problems interpreting some members but when I do I ask for another way to explain...jeez...we all talk in a mixed tongue here....I almost hear the accents...which is cool in my books
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Well the Thompson was manufactured prior to the 1994 AWB in NY. Pre-ban Hi-cap mag for ar-15's and AK's are legal I dont see why there would be a problem the Thompson.
This is a discussion on Shipping into NY state within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I have a buyer wanting me to ship a Semi Auto Thompson into NY state. Not NY city but... The whole thing is rather unsettling ...
I have a buyer wanting me to ship a Semi Auto Thompson into NY state. Not NY city but... The whole thing is rather unsettling to me now.
For one the Magazines are clearly "Large capacity" and the gun itself "accepts them" so I am rather inclined to turn down this sale at this point. I did not know until the last minute he was in NY. We had agreed in principle to a deal but...
It was in the exchange of each others address's and information to an FFL that it came up. No money has exchanged hands but even if it had I don't think I would do anything but refund.
I feel bad that I didn't know but you would think anyone from NY would know to be forthcoming about this early on. But what do you think about this?
Well the Thompson was manufactured prior to the 1994 AWB in NY. Pre-ban Hi-cap mag for ar-15's and AK's are legal I dont see why there would be a problem the Thompson.
No it was not. It is new production Thompson Semi Auto and one new production 30 round stick mag with it. And no way to determine manufacturing dates of the other three mags.
Make the sale through 2 FFL's. They are suppose to know the laws and if it isn't legal it is on them.
As far as I can tell this particular Thompson Semi auto does not meet the NY definition of an Assault weapon. Because they say it is a Semi Auto rifle that can accept detatchable magazines that also has two of the following features:
following characteristics:
* A folding or telescoping stock;
* A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;
* A bayonet mount;
* A flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor;
* A grenade launcher; or
This particular one does not have a front pistol grip nor a flash surpressor (some Thompson models do have these)
However the issue still remains the magazines. Three of which are GI surplus of unknown date of manufacture and no date method that I know of to confirm. And the one we know had to be recent manufacture that came with the gun which is also not dated as it was produced after sunset.
And it is not on the specific model list from NY law:
* Any of the weapons, or functioning frames or receivers of such weapons, or copies or duplicates of such weapons, in any caliber, known as:
o Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
o Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil;
o Beretta Ar70 (SC-70);
o Colt AR-15;
o Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;
o SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
o Steyr AUG;
o INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and
o Revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12.
So I don't think the gun itself, being an M1 model of the Thompson is a problem at all. The Magazines possibly are.
You can buy a POST ban Thompson in NY, just not new mags. As long as he plans to use pre ban mags he is fine. Either way, if you send it to an FFL he will decide if the mag is OK or not. Don't forget that an FFL can purchase post ban mags as long as he doesn't sell them to people in NY, so you are fine sending it to the FFL. Please don't cancel the sale if it is legal in NY. We have a hard enough time with the anti's we can't have pro-gunners hurting us also. (Like Bud's who wont sell perfectly legal firearms to anyone where I live, even though I'm well outside of NYC.)
Bleeding-heart reporter: Do you feel that violence begets violence?
Jeff Cooper: It is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure - and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more than he can enjoy."
That sounds good. I believe we are alright. The three GI mags are more than likely Preban. And the gun, at least this version, is unquestionably not defined as AWB gun. This one is the Gov version so does not have a Forward pistol grip nor the flash hiders so there is no question it is the safest version to get. The only questionable one is the one that is likely post (Federal) ban which has no date on it either.
Your right I don't want to deny our fellow brothers in NY of their rights... but I do NOT want to risk my freedom either.
I think if we go to one of your NY state FFL's we will be fine here. If he loses the one mag then it will be his problem. I could alway delete that one if anything.
Just e-mail the FFL in NY and with the FFL's reply You will have a saved copy + get the right /Legal info.
lets get rid of our NYS liberal Gov & Sen Shummer and that will solve manny of the state's gun problems
You are overthinking this deal big time.
It is the recipients problem to know the laws in their particular state, not the sender. If he takes possession of something illegal, that is his problem to deal with, not yours as a seller.
As far as the Thompson goes. It is perfectly legal to own it in NYS (not talking about the rathole they call NYC). As far as the mags, if they are not marked LEO only, or were produced prior to 1994, they are good to go, period.
You as an out of state seller MUST ship to an FFL in NY. The FFL will know what is legal or not (at least he should).
Make your deal and relax.
Just leave out the questionable magazine, if that's that sticking point.


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A practical developer guide packed with recipes that cover all the parts of Magento development. The recipes will start with the simple development exercises and get the more advanced as the book progresses. A good reference for every Magento developer!
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By Eileen Mellon, Special to the Citizen 06/26/12
Five years of various construction projects have transformed and enhanced the 178-year-old campus of St. Joseph's Villa into a modern, vibrant facility that serves as a safe and efficient community resource for families.
Earlier this month, Villa officials gathered with clients, volunteers, students, Henrico County Manager Virgil Hazelett and Fairfield Supervisor Frank Thornton to celebrate the campus' transformation.
There was a strong sense of excitement and accomplishment in the air during the June 6 event at the Villa, where the changes will ensure that it remains a vital resource for needy families – 82 percent of them from Henrico. The improvements have helped the Villa build new partnerships, increase capacity, improve efficiency and expand the scope of its services.
"Before this project, we were serving 800 [people] – now we are serving about 2,000," said Board of Trustees member JoAnne K. Henry.
The renovation is the first major construction of infrastructure and roadways on the 82 acre campus since 1931. A major investment is the new perimeter road that makes it safer for the 450 vehicles that access the campus each day, while removing them from the pedestrian walkways and safeguarding clients, staff, visitors and children.
"My son has attended the Villa for four years and will be graduating this year. I think it's wonderful and it gives the children time to walk through the school without cars going by," said parent Jaralyn McIntosh. "It's the best idea they could've come up with."
Other significant features include a new culinary arts center for dining and career training, a pedestrian avenue and walkways to connect buildings and campus resources, renovation of the gym and underground infrastructures including utilities and technology and restoration of the central garden and green spaces to promote outdoor learning and therapy.
The transformation began five years ago when architects, board members, engineers and staff devised a master plan for the future of St. Joseph's Villa with safety and transportation as the main goals.
The building committee, led by Villa Chairman John Gentry, held monthly meetings for 26 months to create budgets plans and implement work. The Villa launched its first ever capital campaign, "Believing is Seeing," with a goal of $10 million. Despite launching the campaign during one of the worst economic recessions in recent history, the Villa reached 99 percent of its goal. The money raised came from various donations from businesses, grants, staff, board members and friends.
The transformation is one that not only has helped expand the reach and scope of services the Villa can offer but has also been an example for the students.
"The number one reason to love the new campus is because of inspiration for transformation. Seeing what the campus has become inspires a sense of possibility in the individuals that they serve here," said Villa senior Ellen Trebour during the grand reopening.
Said Villa CEO Kathleen Barrett: "They have been thrilled; we asked the students for their input and how they felt about everything. They were involved every step of the way, and everyone loves the finished project."
Established in 1834 by the Daughters of Charity to serve as an orphanage and school, the Villa has now evolved as the oldest and largest continuously operating children's nonprofit organization in the metro region. It is a non-religious affiliated, non-profit organization that works to serve children and families by providing children with special needs the opportunity to succeed through innovative educational and day programs. Many of those served are dealing with autism, homelessness, or physical and mental disabilities that would classify the children as "at risk."
The project was recently awarded the Greater Richmond Association Commercial Real Estate Award for the best site improvements in 2011. The project finished under budget and before the targeted completion date.
James River Juvenile Detention Center to graduate its largest class
Citizen Staff Reports 06/25/2017 General NewsGovernment
James River Juvenile Detention Center will celebrate its largest class of high school graduates June 27, as 13 residents receive their high school diploma or GED certificate.
The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at the detention center, 3650 Beaumont Road in Powhatan County. The graduates will mark their academic milestone by walking across a stage in a cap and gown before an audience of family members. A reception will follow. > Read more.
The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at the detention center, 3650 Beaumont Road in Powhatan County. The graduates will mark their academic milestone by walking across a stage in a cap and gown before an audience of family members. A reception will follow. > Read more.
Henrico School Board selects redistricting Option E
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JUNE 23, 10:30 A.M. – The Henrico County School Board Thursday concluded its latest redistricting process by selecting a plan for middle school redistricting that will impact a number of students in the western and northern parts of the county, as well as a few in Eastern Henrico.
The process sought to reduce overcrowding at Hungary Creek Middle School, create room at Wilder Middle School for a gifted academy and address the poverty level disparity among some middle schools. It will impact about 775 students, according to school system officials. > Read more.
'Senior Cool Care' program to help older adults in Metro Richmond
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For the 27th year, Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging is helping older adults combat summer heat through a program now called "Senior Cool Care" (formerly the Fan Care program) that provides fan and air conditioning units for eligible senior citizens.
The program is available to low-income older adults age 60 and older who reside in the City of Richmond and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan. > Read more.
Cyclist killed in crash was 52-year-old man
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Henrico Police have named the victim killed June 21 when the bicycle he was riding collided with a truck on Mechanicsville Turnpike near I-64 in Eastern Henrico.
Fifty-two year-old Ray J. Freeman, of Richmond, died at a local hospital after being struck. The truck that hit him was traveling south on Mechanicsville Turnpike. > Read more.
Fifty-two year-old Ray J. Freeman, of Richmond, died at a local hospital after being struck. The truck that hit him was traveling south on Mechanicsville Turnpike. > Read more.
Henrico man sentenced to 10 years in prison for dealing heroin
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A Henrico man was sentenced June 20 to 10 years in prison for distribution of heroin.
Arlando Harris, 35, pleaded guilty on Dec. 29, 2016. According to the statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Henrico Police executed a search warrant at Harris' mother's residence in Henrico on March 16, 2016. > Read more.
Arlando Harris, 35, pleaded guilty on Dec. 29, 2016. According to the statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Henrico Police executed a search warrant at Harris' mother's residence in Henrico on March 16, 2016. > Read more.
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Kiernan has extensive experience in mental health diagnosis and treatment. For the past thirty years, he has specialized in the prevention and treatment of chemical dependency as a program manager, lead counselor, program coordinator, and substance abuse specialist. During this time, he has worked in a wide range of socio-cultural settings, such as in California at the Betty Ford Center and the Riverside County Substance Abuse Program; in the West Indies at Crossroads, Eric Clapton's chemical dependency treatment center; and in Michigan at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Michigan Department of Corrections, and Family Services and Children's Aid.
Currently, Kiernan works as a substance abuse specialist at Albion College in Albion, Michigan and as a program manager at Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties in Michigan. At Catholic Charities he is responsible for overseeing both community and prison based programs across the state of Michigan.
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06/09/12: Highlights of a big championship Saturday including Darien defeating New Canaan and Fairfield Prep defeating Ridgefield in boys lacrosse.
06/09/12: Highlights of Darien's win over New Canaan in the CT boys lacrosse state finals.
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By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Up-and-coming artists competing for Russia's top contemporary art prize kicked off a marathon of exhibits in the Russian capital, which hosts the fourth Moscow Biennale.
A studio strewn with musty books, pages rustling in an artificial breeze; a multicolored play-dough cube squeezed into a cage; and a sphere made out of hundreds of plastic bags were among the 40 art works contesting the prestigious Kadinsky prize.
Named after abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1904), the award hands out cash-prizes of up to $55,100 to modern artists featured at Moscow's Central House of Artists.
"This exhibit cuts across Russia's contemporary art and art forms of today," said Shalva Breus, who founded the award in 2007.
Breus hailed an increase in the number of younger participants and avant-guard ideas alongside a steady decline in Soviet symbolism in Russian art.
"If three years ago, artists widely addressed imperial symbolism, be it of the Russian empire or the Soviet empire, there is no more of that today," he told Reuters at the opening. "There are many more abstract installations."
The fading references to Soviet symbolism in contemporary art highlights that award nominees are getting younger each year, with today's art students born at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The trend may also be market-driven, as younger collectors emerge in Russia, demanding art that speaks to post-Communist era, participants said. Continued...


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The Garden Pavilion landscape showcases small, specialized plantings in eleven triangular shaped beds and a water garden. To bring vibrancy to this area, we charted out an annual renovation schedule to transform three to four of the eleven beds into different theme gardens. Each theme garden will have its own essence and signature, demonstrate what can be done in the home landscape and feature Bernheim Select Perennials. Included are award winning perennial plants selected by the Perennial Plant Association (PPA), old garden favorites and new plant selections that have recently entered the gardening world.
Given full rein to daydreaming and guided by our landscape design philosophy we designed and planted three new gardens; a cutting, shade and butterfly garden. The three gardens include hardy geranium (Geranium'Rozanne') and four other award winning PPA plants, old-fashioned bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis'Alba'), variegated Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'), beardtongue (Penstemon "Sweet Joanne') and Knautia macedonica 'Mars Midget'. In addition to new plantings in the perennial beds, dark violet-blue and blue-spider tropical day lilies (Nymphaea), red and giant yellow lotus (Nelumbo), dwarf umbrella palm (Cyperus alternifolius) and imperial taro (Colocasia antiquorum) were added to the water garden.
Education Center
The Education Center features a newly designed shade garden around the pool, jazzed-up hummingbird and butterfly gardens, and a renovated Kingfisher Pond. Shade-loving plants have several basic needs: filtered or dappled shade, adequate moisture, and soils high in organic matter. Our new shade garden includes pure white, lacy plumed Astilbe "Deutschland', intricately colored fern cultivars, dark green Hosta 'Niagra Falls' and brilliant gold Hosta 'Sun Power', blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'), spiderwort (Tradescantia 'Bilberry Ice') and columbine (Aquilegia x caerykea 'Origami Mix').
Butterflies and hummingbirds are among the most spectacular and beautiful of Mother Nature's garden visitors. Butterflies require little more than a variety of plants that will bloom throughout the entire season, shelter from the wind, a place to bask in the sun, and some water. High quality butterfly gardens provide food for both caterpillars (larva) and adult butterflies.
The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is one of the 23 species of hummers that frequent North America and the only species that breeds in the eastern United States. It generally arrives in mid-April when spring flowers that provide them with nectar are flushing out. Our garden also includes flowers that attract lots of insects for the hummingbirds, such as coneflowers (Echinacea spp.)
Our butterfly and hummingbird gardens were designed in hot and cool colors. Red, pink, orange and yellow colors dominate the hot bed. Plants include rock anise hyssop (Agastache repestris) with striking warm orange flowers, hot pink and red pinks (Dianthus 'Firewitch' and 'Frosty Fire'), yellow flowered false sunflower and brown-eyed Susan (Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Sun' and Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm') and tall garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Orange Perfection') with sweetly scented, flaming salmon-orange flowers.
Blue, white and yellow flowers dominate the cool garden and include the vivid blue flowered Black Adder hyssop (Agastache 'Black Adder'), tall garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'David') with large heads of deliciously fragrant white flowers, and Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky', a stunning variety of shasta daisy.
The re-sculpted Kingfisher Pond is newly planted with five species of sedge (Carex spp.), common rush (Juncus effuses), great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), arrow arum (Peltandra virginica), rice-cut grass (Leersia oryzoides), blue flag (Iris virginica) and yellow lotus (Nelumbo).
Plants that Attract Butterflies
Agastache, milkweed (Aesclepias), Aster, pinks (Dianthus), Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium), false sunflower (Heliopsis), blazing star (Liatris), catmint (Nepeta), Knautia, wild bergamot and bee balm (Monarda), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), beardtongue (Penstemon) Phlox, Salvia, goldenrod (Solidago)
Plants that Attract Hummingbirds Agastache, columbine (Aquilegia), crossvine (Bignonia), pinks (Dianthus), foxglove (Digitalis), coneflower (Echinacea), blazing star (Liatris), coral honeysuckle (Lonicera), wild bergamot and bee balm (Monarda), passion flower (Passiflora), Phlox, beardtongue (Penstemon), obedient plant (Physostegia), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium), Salvia
Entrance Color Beds
Eleven circular color beds totaling a little over two acres and five additional beds along the green path are under development at the front entrance. We are in the second phase of converting the mowed lawn areas into colorful patches and sweeps of warm season grasses and forbs. The circular color beds range in size from 12 to 250 feet in diameter and incorporate 32 different species of native perennial wildflowers and grasses. Look for shades of purple, yellow, red and white to slowly emerge in the large lawn area to the right as you enter Bernheim and approach the front entrance kiosk.