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I recently purchased the Y-DNA 37 marker kit which ran me about 169$ off of FamilyTreeDNA. I really have no idea the credibility that this website has or if they lie a lot but here's the thing. I looked at my "haplogroup origins/matches" and it gave me a bunch of VERY odd results. The first being that for the 12 marker results, Iran with a haplogroup of J2a4b3 came up with a count of 2. I phoned up customer service and they said that it was just "sample populations" that they take from and to pay it no mind. I said fine, I want my haplogroup confirmed for free with SNP testing.
So, I got my confirmed haplogroup result back today through SNP testing and it said I was J1. O__O
This makes absolutely NO sense seeing as Italy has _extremely_ low levels of this everywhere on average. It just doesn't add up for me. Granted J is also a major European haplogroup and J2 is in significant proportions in Italy, but J1 seems a little bit extreme. Are there any reliable DNA testing websites up there that are critically acclaimed and will actually give you a 100% accurate breakdown of ancestry with a reliable haplogroup. I think I made a bad choice shelling out an upwards of 169% just to get some bogus results.
Or maybe I'm looking at things wrong. Can somebody help?
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Here's a screenshot of my haplo-tree (Green+ means I tested positive for the major haplogroup, and the light blue at the top means presumed positive):
If the below picture is correct, this means I belong to mutation M304 which says; (M304) (the Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, North and Northeast Africa) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup
It has to be European. I mean, I sure as hell aren't Saudi Arabian/Yemenese/Ethiopian because that would obviously show in my phenotype. Says that J1 is the same as J2. Both developed in the Fertile Crescent/Western Asia. This is to confusing. My guess is that my ancestors (paternal), moved out of West Asia (along with J2 carriers) and went to Southern Europe via the Neolithic while some went to N.Africa/stayed in the Middle East/Ethiopia, etc.
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Haplogroup J is defined by a DNA marker known as M304. Everyone who carries the M304 marker today descends from a common paternal ancestor who lived roughly 30,000 years ago in the Middle East. Members of haplogroup J-M304 are found throughout Eurasia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Haplogroup J diverges into two main subhaplogroups, J1-M267 and J2-M172, with J1-M267 typical of eastern African and Arabian groups and J2-M172 more dominant in southern European and southwest Asian (Indian) populations.
As members of the human family, all people living today can trace their earliest paternal ancestors to populations that lived approximately 100,000 years ago in eastern Africa. These early humans became spread throughout the African continent, and beginning ~50,000 years ago, a series of complex migrations moved them out of Africa into regions of Asia and beyond to eventually populate every major area of the world.
Haplogroup IJ-M429 molecular ancestors emerged approximately 38,000 years ago probably within the region spanning eastern Turkey and Persia, and subsequently split into two lineages, I-M170 and J-M304 arising in Europe and the Middle East respectively. From regions of the Levant members of haplogroup J-M304 participated in a complex series of pre-historical migrations that are just beginning to be understood.
Initial movements by members of haplogroup J-M304 and their subsequent diversification into J1-M267 and J2-M172 are thought to have occurred during the Upper Paleolithic (Late Stone Age) period probably in eastern modern day Turkey where they practiced a sedentary forager lifestyle.
While it is plausible that J2 descendants began spreading into western Turkey, northern Syria and eastwards into the Indus valley region during the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) as mobile hunter-gathers, the development of farming and pastoralism (the Neolithic) in eastern Turkey catalyzed the growth of populations and their ensuing spread throughout the Fertile Crescent region.
Later, Neolithic farmers would carry J1-M267 into Europe and Ethiopia, and would also be linked to the transition of hunter-gatherer societies to those of settled farming in the Anatolian peninsula. More recent migrations of animal herders would follow to disperse J1-M267 into southern areas of the Middle East and North Africa.
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According to the researchers, J1 originated in the southern part of the Middle East while J2 originated in the northern part (Nebel et al. 2001).
According to Di Giacomos (2004) study, the high diversity of haplogroup J2 in Turkish and southern European populations suggests that this branch of haplogroup J originated around the Aegean, not the Middle East. Additionally, it appears that much of J2 was confined to the coastal Mediterranean areas, indicating that maritime trade, rather than earlier Neolithic agricultural expansions, may have helped spread J2 throughout the Mediterranean world.
This conclusion, however, contradicts an earlier study in which the researchers argued that certain elements of Neolithic material culture painted pottery and figurines in particular emanating out of the northern Levant and Anatolia during the Neolithic could be correlated with the distribution of certain Y haplogroups, including haplogroup J (Underhill and King 2002).
Di Giacomos (2004) study emphasized that J2 is Mediterranean or Aegean rather than Semitic in character. It is found predominately in northern Mediterranean and Turkish populations, differentiating the Aegean area from the Middle East in its haplogroup J results. Going further, the researchers maintained that certain sub-clades of J2 appear to have originated well after the beginning of the Neolithic revolution and around the Aegean, spreading out to the rest of Europe during the expansion of the Greek world.
It is this final idea that much of J2 is European in origin rather than Middle Eastern that complicates the interpretation results. Sub-clade J-M102* originated in the southern part of the Balkans and is generally absent in Middle Eastern populations (Semino et al. 2004).
A Reassessment of the Jewish DNA Evidence
Today the M304 marker appears at its highest frequencies in the Middle East, North Africa and Ethiopia. In Europe M304 is seen only in the Mediterranean region. It is subdivided into two subclades: haplogroup J2, defined by the M172 marker, and haplogroup J1, defined by the M267 marker.
The J haplogroup is considered to be a signature gene of Jewish ancestry and the cohen modal gene happens to be a subgroup of J.
In fact, the highest frequencies of J1 (M267) are seen in the Middle East, north Africa, and Ethiopia. See (Thomas et al. 1999). J2 (M172) also exists in significant proportions across Africa especially among the semitic speaking peoples of Tigriniya, Amhara, and Oromiya.J1 is the only Semitic Haplogroup
recognized by geneticists. It appears heavily in Ethiopia,Yemen and Arabia.
It is also common amongst Bedouins.
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The J1 subclade of Haplogroup J is abundant in the Arabian Peninsula (10-75%), Africa (5-30%) and Southwest Asia (5-10%). It has a TMRCA estimated at ~10kya and expansion from 10-5 kya. J1 is common among Arab populations and has a substantial drop-off in non-Arab countries. For example, in a study of Lebanese groups, J1 was found at more than a twice the frequency in Muslim versus non-Muslim Lebanese. Northern source, i.e. the Caucasus of J1 presumed for the populations in the Arabian Peninsula.
The J1 subclade is found in Africa, but limited to the North and Northeast corner (Horn of Africa) adjacent to Sinai and Arabian Peninsulas. It is not found in Sub-Saharan populations. Semitic- and Caucasian-language populations in Africa have a typically high frequency of J1. Examination of the results for the phylogeography of subclade J1 and its STR variation support two African migrations an earlier one during the Neolithic era driving Southward toward Ethiopia and a later one (7th century AD) traveling North. The second migration may have been spread by Arab slave trade, perhaps Bedouin groups. Further propagation was likely provided by Muslims in 6th century AD.
The J1 subclade is fairly common in Iran as is J2 (~10% and ~20%, respectively). Iran is situated in an area that witnessed the migration of populations bearing both of these subclades. The J1 subclade is also common among Jewish populations (a similar J1 to J2 frequency profile as in Iran). The high frequency of the J1 subclade in Ashkenazi Jews versus non-Jews in Europe has led to the idea that this haplogroup is associated with the foundation of this population.
J1 is found at low levels in European Mediterranean countries (e.g. ~5% in Portugal) and bears a Y-chromosome signature closer to a Jewish Modal Haplotype (Cohanim Modal Haplotype) than the Arabian or Galilee Modal Haplotype. Since little gene flow has been found from North Africa into Europe, the presence of J1 in the European Mediterranean may have been spread by sea-faring Greeks or Phoenicians (general area of present day Lebanon) through the Mediterranean Sea. It should be noted the sister clade J2 is higher in Portugal and other Mediterranean countries and the speculation for maritime spread from the Aegean also exists for the J2 subclade. The J1 M267 SNP is associated with the DYS458.2 allele (either a GA deletion or AA insertion in a GAAA repeat) and with an unusually short DYS388 allele (13 repeats rather than a typical ≥15 repeats). These STR variants have been used as genetic markers and their co-inheritance with the M267 SNP indicates they are linked genetically.
The J1 subclades, listed below, have low frequencies detected so far and are likely to be minor subclades.
Y-DNA Haplogroup J
J1c3d (L147.1) accounts for the majority J1, the predominant haplogroup in Yemen.[13]
J1c3d* accounts for the majority of J1 in Yemen, Cohen Jews and Ethiopia.[12] as well as Quraysh including Seyyed[14]
J1c3d1 (L174.1)
J1c3d2 (L222.2) Found in the majority of J1c3d in Saudi Arabia & Sudan. An important element of J1c3d in North Africa. [15]
J1c3d2a (L65.2/S159.2)
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It's interesting to note J has the same ancestor as the major European hg I. This ancestor is known as IJ.
Anyway, J1 is present at low levels in Europe, it's not impossible that you trult have it.
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I think I have the European mutation of it. It's the EXACT same as J2. I don't have J1c3d which is the Jewish variant.
"Later, Neolithic farmers would carry J1-M267 into Europe and Ethiopia, and would also be linked to the transition of hunter-gatherer societies to those of settled farming in the Anatolian peninsula. More recent migrations of animal herders would follow to disperse J1-M267 into southern areas of the Middle East and North Africa."
This is the most likely case of my paternal ancestry where it diverged into Europe instead of Ethiopia along with J2. At least it's a haplogroup that confirms Caucasoid ancestry, as well as J being a major European haplogroup. I'm not worried at all now.
In conclusion, I guess I descend from Neolithic farmers.
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Do a multitude of tests from independant labs, if you have reason to suspect one more (or less) than the other. Empirically, what you are should come out consistently if all tests were accurately done.
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Try and get your mtDNA done. If you're U, that's Paleolithic in origin. The others appear to be Neolithic or later.
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I'm most likely Neolithic on my paternal side which started in Western Asia, the J1 then migrated with J2 into Southern Europe while other subclades split to N.Africa/Middle East. Sort of like E1b1b.
I am English on my mother's side, so I'm assuming that I am haplogroup H mtDNA which the majority of Europeans are. It reaches 42% in England with U coming in at 14%.
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Found my answer on Eurpedia.
J1 can be divided in two main groups: the J1c3 (P58) subclade, and the other forms of J1 (J1*, J1a, J1b, J1c1 and J1c2).
J1c3 (J-P58) is by far the most widespread subclade of J1. It is a typically Semitic haplogroup, making up most of the population of the Arabian peninsula, where it accounts for approximately 40% t 75% of male lineages. The dominant lineage in the Arabian peninsula is J1c3d. J-P58 is also the Cohen Modal Haplotype. Roughly half of all Cohanim belong to the J-P58 subclade. In the Hebrew Bible the common ancestor of all Cohens is identified as Aaron, the brother of Moses.
J1c3 is thought to have expanded from eastern Anatolia to the Levant, Taurus and Zagros mountains and the Arabian peninsula at the end of the last Ice Age (12,000 years ago) with the seasonal migrations of pastoralists. Arabic speakers recolonised the Arabian peninsula in the Bronze Age from the north-west of the peninsula, close to modern Jordan. The rise of Islam in the 7th century CE played a major part in the re-expansion of J1c3 from Arabia throughout the Middle East, as well as to North Africa, and to a lower extent to Sicily and southern Spain.
Other subclades of J1 are less well studied due to their much lower frequencies. Most of the J1 in the Caucasus, Anatolia and Europe is of the non-J1c3 variety. Other types of J1 most probably spread to Europe during the Neolithic. J1 is particularly common in mountainous regions of Europe (with the notable exception of the Alps and the Carpathians), like Greece, Albania, Italy, central France, and the most rugged parts of Iberia (Asturias, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha) as well as those with the highest density of Neolithic settlements (Portugal and Andalusia).
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So, I'm going to hazard a guess and say that I belong to J1c* (L136) since I am fully Italian on my paternal side.
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Tom Bingham – The guitar man!
GUITAR maker Tom Bingham's weird and wacky instruments have helped him gain a loyal following.
So far he's made guitars in the shape of the Millennium Falcon, Capital Sensible LP cover and the Busker model which comes complete with a bottle opener, 12- inch cigar, amp to name but a few of the components. He's currently with others setting up Corby Independent Creatives, a group which promotes events in Corby and involved with The Alternative Edge, an organisation highlighting local talent. The 65-year-old grandfather-of-one is also behind the launch of a countywide poetry competition and currently in negotiations with BSKYB to make a film about his beloved instruments for its 35MM programme. He talks to LEI CHANabout his guitars, influences and promoting the arts scene in Corby.
How did you fall into the 'creative music' business?
I retired as a printer and had a go at making a cigar box guitar about 10 years ago, but it was awful and I ended up binning it and starting again. I visited Cigar Box Nation (a community of musicians who build and play instruments) in the USA who taught me a lot about how it was done. But after 10 Cigar Box Guitars I ended up being pretty good at building them.
So how many guitars have you made so far?
Around 30, most of them are on YouTube or www.guitar-list.com. I find parts on eBay and in car boot sales – I love rummaging through other people's stuff. Star Wars has been quite a big influence, but I have also made shapes in the form of a wine box, cricket bat, book, vinyl record, Millennium Falcon and even an oil can guitar.
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I can spend from three weeks to a couple of months making one. I take my time and don't get stressed. They have to look right and play well – that's important. I do have the odd failure when I take things too far.
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The most difficult was the Busker guitar. It has within its body: a flute, clock, ninevolt amp so it can be played anywhere, a bottle opener, 12-inch cigar, a guitar tuner, a zippo lighter and other things too. I just donated it to our local Corby busker Chris Browne (Hat Man Can) on Facebook. He's out in all weathers trying to earn a few bob. Busking is a hard life, security always moving you on.
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I love when it's finished and you plug in into the amp, you are never sure of what you are gonna get,
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Thanks for sharing this. It will definitely be something I'll eagerly await.
Nice to see John Perry's involvement as well. I've read John Perry's works before, particularly about Sgt. Alvin York, Mrs. Robert E. Lee and, most recently, with respect to his collaboration with Alabama's own Former Chief Justice of The AL. Supreme Court, Roy Moore (the so-called Ten Commandments Judge), the book review for which I shared over at my blog on Wordpress.
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Oh boy! I always liked George Washington Carver, especially since he invented one of my favorite foods - Peanut Butter! :)
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Henry Rios is a very human public defender working in California. Loved the whole series. (Karen)
The darkest and bleakest novel in the series yet. Henry faces life after Josh's death. He stumbles into a web of intrigue, violence, deception and power. Caught between his grief and being accused of murder, Henry makes his way through darkness. This is not a happy book but it is Nava's most important plot, he doesn't cut corners, doesn't cheat on the bleak outcome. It's a hard read but a good one. Most definitely 3 1/2 stars.
Michael Nava's sixth Henry Rios mystery marks a change to a more philosophical style and even more involved plot. The likeable gay Chicano lawyer Henry Rios, still recovering from the recent loss of his lover Josh to AIDS, first becomes involved in what turns out to be a series of ever increasingly complex mysteries when he is asked to defend a young hustler. Infatuated with the young man Henry later unwisely spends the night with him, the next day the hustler is found brutally murdered.
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Re: Putting a Test or Condition on the Right-Hand Side of a Function
On 7/26/12 at 3:35 AM, gregory.lypny at videotron.ca (Gregory Lypny)
>I have a simple function that displays the integer part of a real
>number if the fraction part is less than a millionth.
>dropDecimal[x_] := If[FractionalPart[x] < .000001, IntegerPart[x],
>In trying to learn more about functional programming, I was wondering
>whether there is a way to put the condition or test on the right-hand
>side of the function.
You could do this as follows:
In[6]:= dropDecimal[x_] :=
IntegerPart[x] /; FractionalPart[x] < .000001
dropDecimal[x_] := x /; FractionalPart[x] > .000001
In[8]:= dropDecimal[N[56 + 10^(-6)]]
Out[8]= 56
In[9]:= dropDecimal[N[56 + 10^(-4)]]
Out[9]= 56.0001
But I think this would be a much better definition for this function:
In[10]:= Clear[dropDecimal];
dropDecimal[x_] := Round[x, .000001]
In[12]:= dropDecimal[N[56 + 10^(-6)]]
Out[12]= 56.
In[13]:= dropDecimal[N[56 + 10^(-4)]]
Out[13]= 56.0001
However, this isn't quite the same since the output isn't an
exact value and the use of Round means something just slightly
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Issue #140, March/April 2005
Network Organizing: A Strategy for Building Community Engagement
By William J. Traynor and Jessica Andors
Sidebar: The Power of a Network
Across the country there is a fundamental condition that consistently undercuts even the most successful community development efforts: chronic disengagement. In most cities, public or civic life is a hostile environment for the average person, ruled by cynicism and division, and dominated by entrenched habits of isolation and detachment. Unfortunately, while our community development field is engineered to build the physical things communities need new homes, community centers and small businesses and to some extent, to influence the policy that supports those products, we are not designed to attack this condition. CDCs, other community building groups, and the funders and intermediaries that support them, have to confront the possibility that if we do not build resident power and engagement and repopulate the barren public landscape in our cities, then we are ignoring one of the key challenges in the field today and undermining all our other efforts.
At Lawrence CommunityWorks (LCW), a CDC in Lawrence, Massachusetts, we joke that, for years in our city, everyone has had just enough clout to stop anyone from doing anything, but not enough to actually get anything done. Lawrence is one of those places where disengagement has left a vacuum of energy, vision and leadership in public life. The result is a city that has stagnated physically and economically for years, unable to adapt to a changing economy and population and resistant to individual efforts to improve it.
Our response to this situation is a "network organizing" strategy that connects people to each other and to opportunities for people to step into public life from the neighborhood group to the City Council in a way that feels safe, fun and productive. Our approach is a hybrid of many of the established practices of community organizing. The principal twist is the application of network theory, a set of ideas that come from the technology and economics fields but that are proving useful for understanding and shaping our community environments. Applying this thinking to our work has helped us to challenge some of the common obstacles to genuine engagement, and shape a strong demand environment for change.
The idea of a demand environment is central to our network organizing approach. In this civic and political environment, inclusive, democratic deliberation and decision making become the cultural norm. This gives rise to a robust marketplace where the individual and collective voices of thousands of residents begin to shape policy, service delivery and the community development agenda. At present, the supply side of this marketplace (the CBOs, intermediaries, service agencies, etc.) is defining the problems and shaping the solutions. This, combined with anemic resident engagement, produces an environment where there is little relation between what people demand and what they are supplied. Most comprehensive community initiatives are committed to reforming the supply side by investing in the capacity of CBOs to better engage the community. We invest in the community's capacity to produce demand, by providing abundant opportunities for people to come together, articulate and act on those things that are important to them. Another way to think about it is that many community development and organizing efforts are reactive: building affordable housing in the face of a crisis or organizing against a budget cut. A demand environment is proactive: residents create the network of relationships that support productive deliberation, and practice this process at the institutional, neighborhood and city levels to shape the community (including the institutions) they want.
Our City
Like good organizers, we started by going out and talking with many people. We wanted to engage residents in planning efforts toward launching a comprehensive development strategy. We found great people with great ideas, but we also found what a lot of CBOs find when trying to engage residents a wall of cynicism, distrust and disinterest. As universal as this cynicism can be, every place has its own particular brand. To understand it, you have to understand the place.
Lawrence is a former textile manufacturing city of about 75,000 that has struggled economically for over 40 years and is today one of the poorest cities in the country (see Back From the Brink). The Lawrence story is a common one among so-called "weak market" cities, particularly in the Northeast and throughout the Rust Belt. What you see in these places, in the housing stock, the industrial buildings, the roads, rails and waterways, are the remnants of the urban industrial machine that was the city of the 1800s and early 1900s. The path toward economic success is not obvious and the obstacles to redevelopment can seem overwhelming. Cleaning up dozens of urban brownfields, retrofitting millions of square feet of industrial buildings, renovating a 19th century housing stock and reinvigorating miles of downtown commercial districts is all daunting enough.
But these are also places where the ethnic, racial and class alignments that defined political and civic life have undergone radical change in recent years. New immigrants now populate the neighborhoods abandoned through white upward mobility and flight. In Lawrence, the immigrants are slowly and doggedly taking root, buying homes, starting businesses and learning English. But the aging white population clings tenaciously to power and control of the rusty public apparatus. The scant public dialogue that exists is saturated with racial and old-timer/newcomer tension, and the public decision-making process is unresponsive to clear community needs and marked by blame and cronyism.
In our view, Lawrence had stagnated because civic life in the city had been grossly underpopulated for decades. It was too hard, too scary, too boring and too unnatural for people to find ways to get to know and learn to trust their neighbors, or to take part in public life. Larger influences such as capital flight, the decline of organized labor and globalization played their parts in this stagnation. But without a healthy civic environment and local leadership, the city had no way to forge a path through these changes. Too few people had taken up the challenge of healing and reinventing the fractured community, and those who did had been isolated and marginalized. Our challenge was to attack this epidemic of disengagement.
Building the Network
An important first element of network organizing is to create choices. We strive to create an environment that recognizes the demands of people's lives. It has to offer multiple opportunities and many levels of involvement. Some people turn out once a year for a park clean-up and planting, while others come once a week to plan a community center fundraiser or design the next housing project. It also has to allow people to opt out for a period of time and still feel welcomed and a part of the group. Finally, it has to recognize that a primary strength comes from the human need for fun, affection, connection and recognition.
One way that people get involved is through our Family Asset Building Department, which offers adult programs, such as Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and English as a Second Language and computer classes, and holds regular networking nights where people who are in various programs can gather socially. Different participants provide food, showcase unsuspected talents or recruit guest speakers to talk about a community issue or opportunity. Another way for people to connect with us is our NeighborCircles, a variation on the traditional organizer's house meeting. LCW-trained resident facilitators convene a group of neighbors in a given block or area for a series of dinner discussions focused on getting to know each other, identifying common challenges in the area and developing discrete, manageable projects for tackling those challenges.
The network needs many points of entry that are accessible and interesting to a wide range of people. The Family Asset Building and NeighborCircles programs are just two of these points. Because they are different kinds of "doors," we have the ability to attract a variety of people who have different needs and interests.
Then, by intentionally connecting these doors, we create the linkages that are critical to building a strong network. For example, several of the women participating in our IDA program have become hosts for NeighborCircles, reaching out to others on their block or in their personal networks. In doing this, they are moving from an activity focused on personal development (such as IDAs) to an activity that fosters dialogue among neighbors and addresses issues of common concern. They are also reaching people who might not come to us for the IDA or other programs.
Networks grow through both strong and weak linkages. Over a period of years, the 12 women in LCW's first IDA program have built strong personal connections and relationships that manifest in everything from carpooling and mutual child care to job referrals. Other people come in with existing strong ties two participants go to the same church or they are cousins. While these linkages are invaluable, forging weak links across groups is what builds a network. Weak connections open new opportunities for people and provide a safer way for them to step out of their comfort zone.
A network needs agents who are actively engaging and connecting people to the network being Weavers. LCW board members, residents, allies and staff are all encouraged to be Weavers. The Weaver's job is to be intentionally curious about people, their interests and connections; to connect that person to our organization; and to link that person to one other thing going on in the Network. As a team of Weavers, we also work intentionally and thoughtfully to create pathways to a deeper level of engagement, for example, by recommending people from NeighborCircles to our Poder Leadership Institute. Poder (the Spanish word for power) is a five-month intensive course in organizing, power analysis, collaborative governance and facilitation skills, culminating in a community campaign or project that participants implement. It is explicitly formulated to develop leaders who can carry their new capacities out into the wider public arena. They might run for City Council or School Committee, join other nonprofit boards or bring more people into city institutions and decision-making processes.
Let People Decide What Works
The NeighborCircles are an example. Some NeighborCircles never coalesce beyond the initial three-meeting stage. Some come together for a small project and then disband; some go on meeting as a group and regularly address issues on the block such as garbage collection or snowplowing; others develop into a Property Improvement Committee and work with LCW staff on large-scale projects such as an affordable housing development or a local park. The NeighborCircles actually developed out of the ashes of our first organizing effort, building a local neighborhood association, which accomplished some good work but got stuck on issues of internal structure and hierarchy.
If one person is passionate about a project or thinks they have a solution, it has to stand the test of resonance: Does it capture other people's imaginations, attract their time and energy? If we are hearing the same idea from many disparate parts of the network, then we have resonance. When LCW first started organizing in our target neighborhood in 1999, we were looking to develop a land use agenda for the area. But all people wanted to talk to us about was their kids and how there was nothing for them to do. Embracing resonance, we created our first summer youth program with parent volunteers before we built a single house. Training ourselves to respond to resonance is central to developing programs that have a broad base of support and to successful collective actions. It is also a key element in developing the habits of democratic deliberation and decision making.
The ability of our network to broadcast information quickly to the right places determines its effectiveness. Thus, over the past two years we have made significant investments in our database, Web site and newsletter, and are starting a new effort Las Rutas (the ways) in which network members create a written and Web-based record of their experiences for use by other members. This ranges from instructions on how to organize a block party to a record of the process for getting better trash service. We have also developed a "Communication Compact," an internal document that our board and staff, as network stewards, use to support honesty and ownership in verbal communication, so that "word of mouth" transmission is an effective method of moving accurate information through the network.
Building the City
As we have put this thinking into practice over the past few years, there has been doubt among some in the field about whether this is a "real" organizing strategy aimed at building power. It is true that people come to our network for many reasons. But it is also true that many gravitate toward higher levels of engagement and a broader definition of self-interest once they are part of the network. We cultivate and encourage this path toward collective action, principally through reflective practice groups of members taking action, reflecting on that action and then taking a larger step. It is important that people practice democratic deliberation in the safety of a NeighborCircle or a Poder class before bringing that new skill to a larger environment such as City Council. The students in the pilot class of Poder finished their session by organizing an action, the March Against Garbage, to win better garbage collection for the neighborhood. This led the group to question the distribution of city resources, which led to questions about city budget priorities and process. This in turn has led to LCW's Fair Budget Campaign, an effort led by Poder graduates to reform the city budget process through participatory budgeting.
We are just at the beginning of our efforts to shape and refine our network organizing approach. The early results are encouraging, but we face myriad challenges as we move forward. We have to challenge each other constantly to trust the process. We struggle with how to manage an organization that is deliberately in flux, yet needs to tackle specific real estate and other critical projects. But the most important challenge is personal, as the network-organizing ideal requires all of us to break down our individual habits of detachment and find a comfort level in an environment where the successes, the failures and the power are shared.
Today the 900 members of LCW have thousands of relationships and connections to bring to bear on the challenge of community change. We have found this to be an enormously powerful force that can be organized for actions and leadership roles needed to reinvent our city and other cities like it. Our principal role, as an organization and a network hub, is to let loose this power of collective demand in the neighborhood environment, a place where the suppliers have ruled for quite some time.
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The Power of a Network
Given the condition of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in recent years, Lawrence CommunityWorks would have found it difficult to do as much as it has without its network organizing strategy. In less than six years, LCW has:
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It takes a lot to catch NBA insiders completely by surprise. Consider this, then, a lot.
According to a report in the New York Post, Nets Coach Jason Kidd attempted to wrest control of the team, only to be rebuffed. In fact, the team has apparently given him permission to talk to the Bucks about taking over their operation, just days after Milwaukee made Jabari Parker the No. 2 overall pick in the draft.
As NY Post reporter Tim Bontemps relates it:
According to a league source, Kidd recently approached ownership with a series of demands, including the role of overseeing the Nets' basketball operations department in addition to his head coaching responsibilities. The source said Kidd didn't want general manager Billy King to be dismissed, but wanted to be given a title and placed above him in the organizational hierarchy.
Ownership declined to grant Kidd that kind of power, which is rare for any coach in the league to have. The source said ownership felt Kidd wasn't ready for that kind of responsibility after having only one year of coaching experience — the team finished his first season on the bench with a 44-38 record, good for sixth in the Eastern Conference — and allowed Kidd to seek other opportunities.
The franchise then was asked by the Bucks for permission to speak with Kidd about the prospect of hiring him, and the Nets allowed them to do so.
Rumors had circulated that Kidd, who signed a four-year, $10.5 million contract last year to coach the Nets, was not happy about seeing the deals handed out in the past month to Steve Kerr and Derek Fisher. Both Kerr and Fisher received five-year, $25 million contracts from the Warriors and Knicks, respectively, despite the fact that they, like Kidd, had never been head coaches before.
Kidd may also have looked across town at the mega-deal Phil Jackson got from the Knicks — reportedly five years, $60 million — to run their operation and decided to make a play for the same gig, with a commensurate raise. Certainly, that was Yahoo columnist and NBA uber-insider Adrian Wojnarowski's take on the events:
More that inspired Kidd power play — Steve Kerr, Derek Fisher hired at higher pay grade. "That got him — especially Fisher," source said.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 29, 2014
Bucks officials under this belief, sources tell Yahoo: Kidd wants Phil Jackson-like president's role with Bucks – perhaps without coaching. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 29, 2014
Okay, well, I guess you can't blame a guy for being ambitious. But then there's this rumor:
Source says Jason Kidd cursed out Nets executive and associate of Prokhorov Dmitry Razumov over the phone when he wasn't granted power…
— Nets Stats (@NetsStats) June 29, 2014
Umm, yeah, that doesn't sound too smart. If true, of course. Meanwhile, things really seem to be progressing between Kidd and the Bucks:
ESPN sources say Bucks and Nets have already begun discussing potential compensation to free Kidd from last three years of Brooklyn contract — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 29, 2014
According to Wojnarowski, Kidd and new Bucks owner Marc Lasry are tight, so he isn't looking to ditch the Nets for just anybody who'll give him more control (and/or more cash). In any event, it definitely isn't Parker's pitching ability that has Kidd interested in Milwaukee. Here's Parker's first pitch at Saturday's Brewers game:
Just sayin', is all.


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How do you stop a dog from being jealous?
When I'm out walking Roman, if I stop and pet another dog he gets jealous/protective. If I'm just petting the dog he'll nudge his way in and try to get the attention instead. If the dog starts jumping up on me he usually starts to get aggressive and may nip or bark at the other dog. What can I do to stop this behavior while we're on our walks?
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Has Roman been socialized to other dogs? Does he have this reaction on leash to other dogs when you do not stop and pet them?
It sounds like Roman is not "jealous" but is resource guarding you from other dogs. This is very common with dogs, as to many dogs the handler is the ultimate resource (source of food, walkies, play, etc.).
You should reinforce calm behavior around other dogs. I would have treats with me and feed both dogs. By doing so, you are conditioning a positive association with the presence of another dog...in effect, making the other dog a predictor of reinforcement.
Also, many dogs are not comfortable meeting other dogs on leash face to face. This is very unnatural and is intrinsically a confrontational way for strange dogs to greet each other. It wouldn't be a bad idea to talk to a competent local trainer for tips on appropriate on-leash introductions in dogs.
Mocha Bear (Mokie), VGG, KPA, answered on 10/1/08. Helpful? / 1
Dogs do not really get jealous, so that isn't the case here. The actual issue is that you are not Roman's leader, and he feels that HE has to protect you from everything, which is why he is doing this when other dogs come into play. If you reach down to pet another dog, don't let him get in your space. Touch him on the neck and tell him 'no'. He has to be okay with you petting another dog. Make him move away, and continue petting the other dog. If he gets aggressive, pull on his leash instead and tell him 'no'. When he calms down, pet them both at the same time. Make sure that the other dog does NOT approach Roman head on. This will only end up in a fight, and will bring you back to where you were to begin with. Allowing the other dogs to sniff one another is okay, but you need to make sure that both you and the other handler are in the right state of mind to do so. If one of you is nervous, you will cause a fight. You will need to do this numerous times so that he understands what you want. You have to discipline him EVERY time he does something wrong because otherwise he will continue to do what he has developed as a habit, and you will never get the results that you want. Do not get frustrated with him, or you will only intensify his behavior. Be calm, and take your time. He will understand what you want. Please message me if you have any other questions - I would be glad to help you.
Sergeant answered on 10/1/08. Helpful? / 1
I would do three things.
First, give him lots of off-leash play time with other different doggy friends. That will help him feel comfortable around other dogs. Also, just about nothing tires a dog out like playing with other dogs. Physical exercise and mental stimulation (new experiences and smells) go a long way towards creating a happy, calm (tired!) dog.
Second, I would carry treats and gradually practice making him sit and getting treat while you pet another dog. Take this very slowly. First, when you meet another dog, ignore the other dog, have Roman sit and give him a treat (or two!) A week later, when you meet another dog, have him sit, treat him and greet the other dog verbally. Continue, until Roman will sit and wait for a treat while you pat the other dog.
Third, modify expectations. Maybe Roman has a strong drive to be your center of attention and really loves your affection. Be satisfied if you can just pet the other dog briefly and say hello to it.
Andre answered on 10/1/08. Helpful? / 1


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Review of the Year (2002) in Foreign Countries: Israel
By Hanan Sher
American Jewish Committee (AJC), Jewish Publication Society (JPS), 2002
Topic: Sports, Elections, Diplomacy, Demography, Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Politics, Political Behavior, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Human Rights, Religion and State, Economy, Voting, Terrorism, Peace, Secularism, Government
Name of Publication: American Jewish Year Book
Editor: Grossman, Lawrence , Singer, David
Volume/Issue: Vol. 102
Page Number(s): 520-600
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I thought I'd share some photos (and instructions) for some very simple needle holders that I've been making for the school fair. They are very fast and easy to whip up and best of only cost about 80 cents per needle holder to create.
Materials required:
Felt, Embroidery cotton, scissors, sewing machine.
Step 1:
Use the templates provided (see below) to cut out X2 large rectangles (exterior of needle holder), X1 small rectangle (inside of needle holder) and X1 bird from felt.
Step 2:Place one of the large rectangles on your work area and position the felt bird onto the right hand side. Embroider a French knot for the bird's eye. Alternatively you could use a button or bead.
Step 3: Machine stitch around the edge of the bird to hold into position. Sandwich the two large rectangles together and machine stitch around the outside edge to hold together and also hide the bird stitching.
Step 4: Position the smaller rectangle onto the inside of your needle holder. Machine stitch the exterior and interior together down the centre - you might like to place a pin in the middle as a stitching guide. Alternatively draw a line with a fabric fade pen.
Step 5: Add a selection of pins and needles.
**Template provided: Right hand click and save to 'My Documents'. Print out onto an A4 sheet until large rectangle measures approximately 21.5cm in length**
Since there were lots of requests for felt food and instructions I'll hopefully load up a few posts for those next week :)


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KARAOKE: A Valentine's karaoke event with "Gypsy" is planned for 9 p.m. Saturday at the Polish National Alliance, 501 Indiana Ave., Avonmore. There will be raffles, Jell-O and pudding shots, and light refreshments. The cost is $2 at the door, and proceeds benefit the 2014 Avonmore Harvest Jubilee.
DINNER: A spaghetti dinner to benefit the Avonmore Public Library is planned from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 400 Railroad Ave., Avonmore. The cost for dinner, salad and dessert is $7 for adults and $4 for kids 6 to 12. Children in kindergarten and younger eat for free. Takeouts will be available. For tickets, call the library at (724) 697-4828.
JAM SESSIONS: The Indiana Social Center, 1001 Oak St., Indiana, has open jam sessions scheduled for Feb. 21 and 28 from 10 a.m. to noon. If you play an instrument or like to sing, or if you are more of a listener, the center would love to have you join. There is no admission charge and sessions are open to the public. If you'd like to stay and have lunch, you must make your lunch reservation by calling (724) 465-2697.
HYMN SING: A hymn sing with Kay Young will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 27 at The Mahoning Hills Social Center, Route 119 North, beside Longview Elementary School, near Punxsutawney. Call (724) 286-3099 for more information.
JAM SESSIONS: Open acoustic jam sessions are being held at the Chestnut Hills Social Center, 26 Heybert Drive, Old Route 22, Blairsville, from 10 a.m. to noon on the first and third Mondays of the month except for holidays. To stay for lunch after the jam session, call (724) 459-5251 to make reservations. If the weather is bad, call ahead to be sure the session is still being held.
DINNER: The Penn Run Church of the Brethren is hosting a Valentine's Day dinner Saturday at the Penn Run Christian Outreach Center, 75 Grace Church Road, Penn Run. Appetizers will be served at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
The menu includes chicken, roast beef, baked potato, corn, green beans, tossed salad and assorted desserts.
The cost is $15 per person. Reservations should be made by Sunday, with payment sent to Penn Run Church of the Brethren, 2317 Route 553, Penn Run, PA 15765 to hold reservation, or call (724) 463-0420.
Gino Bartoletti is the speaker and will be doing chalk drawings.
DINNER: A lasagna dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 15 at the Purchase Line United Methodist Church, in the activity building. The cost is a donation.
The dinner is sponsored by the PLUM Youth Group, and proceeds benefit the group.


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Intercultural Affairs
As of 3/14/16 please visit our new webpage at: www.hartwick.edu/interculturalaffairs.
The mission of The Office of Intercultural Affairs is to contribute to the creation, influence, and sustainability of a community where the dignity of all people is respected and affirmed through the promotion of dialogue and interaction between cultures. The Associate Dean plays a pivotal role by initiating and leading activities that engage and support underrepresented students and enhance the quality of the Hartwick College experience for all students.
The Office collaboratively offers educational and social programming to enhance the overall academic and developmental achievement of all students, while providing avenues for personal growth and increased advocacy, invlovement, and support for the College community.
Areas of focus include:
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- sexual orientation
- disability awareness
- social class
- international students
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Montana Fishburne has reportedly threatened her sex tape partner and called in her lawyers.
The 19-year-old's legal team have allegedly sent a number of letters to porn star Brian Pumper telling him and his production company that they must stop selling the video Phattys Rhymes & Dimes 14.
According to TMZ, the video features a scene between Pumper and Fishburne that they filmed while they were not working on the sex tape.
Fishburne claims in the letters that she did not sign a release for him to use the footage in his video.
It is claimed the footage was shot after Pumper offered to help her 'practise' for her first video with Vivid Entertainment and it was not supposed to be sold.
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Lena Dunham and Allison Williams Premiere "Girls" in NYC
Braving the chilly Big Apple weather, the stars of "Girls" headed out to show off season three of their hit television show in New York City Monday night (January 6).
Looking all glammed up, Lena Dunham hit the carpet in a full length sparkling gown while her co-star, Allison Williams, wowed in an a-line ice blue number.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, Lena made a trip to "Good Morning America" this morning where she explained that her character in the series, Hannah, starts off the season in a much better place including that she is in a committed relationship and has a book deal.
For all of the action, be sure to tune into HBO on January 12th for two back-to-back episodes!


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Winchester Soup Kitchen Scheduled to Close After Thanksgiving
The building has been on the market for about three years and its time has come where new buyers will soon take over, which means this year may be the soup kitchen's last Thanksgiving meal served.
The kitchen is opened weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from to and serves about 90 to 130 people per week.
"I give them a chance to come in out of the cold, earlier than the other ones. The other soup kitchens only allow them to come in like 15 minutes before they serve. Here, they can come in as early as ," said Bobby Tigney, soup kitchen manager.
The church has done more than fill empty stomach; it has provided shelter, given permanent homes, clothes and a family.
Earl Heishman has taken part in the soup kitchen for several years and said he has been a changed person from the church's recovery program.
Heishman remembers his homeless days just like yesterday.
"It's cold. It gets cold in the winter time. We go from one day to the next and where you're going to eat and you don't know where you can be," said Heishman.
Soup Kitchen Manager Bobby Tigney was also homeless in the past, a nightmare he says he chooses not to think too much about. Tigney has been the manager for four years.
With the kitchen's doors closing soon he says he is afraid for the homeless and may even expect to see more roam the streets.
"A lot more sad people, a lot more hungry people, and its just going to be a sad time," said Tigney.
Many of their customers are already worrying about where to go once the last meal is served.
Tigney said, "They just ask do I know where we're going or what's going to happen and I say no I don't but we're going to leave it in the hands of the Lord and He'll work it out for us."
While the kitchen does not have an exact time frame of when they will be leaving, members of the church say they wish to just enjoy their last Thanksgiving meal next week.
Pastor Jeff Beard says he is just grateful to have helped the homeless for so many years, and could not be happier to see the positive changes in their lives.
"Thanksgiving here is a tremendous opportunity to meet and socialize with friends who you don't get to see on the streets," said Heishman.
The church will be hosting their last Thanksgiving meal next Thursday on the 28th from to at the
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Reflecting God's Glory
Today's passage is being fulfilled even as it is also yet to be fulfilled. The Gentiles are coming to serve Israel's God, and many of us are proof of that. However, we are still waiting for the day when there ...Read More
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Pray this prayer: "Dear God, reveal to me the depth and riches of the nature of Your Son, Jesus."Read More
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John Owen writes that not refusing Him who speaks "is a command to believe and obey God. Anything less than this is refusing him who speaks. It is not enough to give a hearing, as we say, unless we also ...Read More
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Greg Stanton Wins Keys to Phoenix Mayor's Office, Enjoys Double-Digit Lead Over Wes Gullett
Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett conceded the Phoenix mayor's race to Greg Stanton, who ended the night with 56 percent of the vote -- a 13-point lead over his opponent.
Stanton, caught up in a frenzy of hugs, handshakes and media interviews, missed the call from Gullett, and Gullett apparently didn't leave a message. Stanton returned the call, but Gullett didn't answer.
It's a major win for Stanton, but hardly a shocking victory, given that Stanton also enjoyed a double-digit victory over Gullett in the August 30 primary.
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Kitson's 6-foot frame is hardly the imposing barrier that the 6-foot-7 Landers presented, but he has been flawless, shutting out all seven opponents he's faced this fall.
Against Notre Dame on Friday night, Kitson made a career-high 11 saves as the Red Storm battled the Irish to a 0-0 draw. Two days later, St. John's beat Marquette, 1-0, in overtime to extend Kitson's shutout streak to 742 minutes, dating back to the 2007 season.
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AYLESBURY, England (Reuters) - Dogs are being trained in Britain as potential life-savers to warn diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels.
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The monarch – who is celebrating 60 years on the throne this year – has opted against inviting politicians and foreign dignitaries to join her and Prince Philip on the Spirit of Chartwell boat for the river procession on Sunday (03.06.12), which will include 1,000 vessels from all over the world.
So who exactly will be on the Royal Barge, you ask. For starters:
Poet Carol Ann Duffy and the Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, will also be present on the boat, as well as Kamalesh Sharma, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, historian Simon Schama and the queen's close friend Sir Donald Gosling – who used to own National Car Parks – with his partner Gabriella Di Nora.
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This is a very cool picture. There is one thing that bugs me though. The head seems out of place for some reason. It could be the coloring. I think the chroma is too high. If you were to make it mid to low chroma, I think it would fit the rest of the picture better. As for the position of the head, it should be a little higher. Her torso isn't leaning forward, so her head should be pulled up a little bit.
I'm not too certain of the figure critique, but I do know that the coloring doesn't quite match up as the background is mid chroma, the foreground is mid to low chroma, her legs and most of the torso is mid chroma and only the face has high chroma colors. This may be intentional but I think it makes the face stand out a little too much. Perhaps that blush on the her right cheek should be toned down a little.
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I have no idea what problem "hunting prey" has with this, I guess the doofus has never been in combat before and does not understand her head is more than likely in a leaning in a forward position towards her target. This is truly a masterpiece of warfare, also it kinds reminds me of me beloved Sabrina, I know I am a lucky bastard.
In closing my only suggestion is to make her face smaller by a 6th of it's size. In closing I love your work!
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she has no neck...
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Blood stained fury. Clashing of metal against sinew and bone. Once gleaming, now soiled. Once whole, now shattered. A sick but necessary realization.
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very nice work!
if something captures the essence of the medieval battlefield, this is it.
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I have a problem with my front door. The people at Lowes and Home Depot think Im crazy, but theres a door at our church that is doing the same thing. I bought a new door, steel and full glass. It came with a frame. I installed the door myself, correcting some issues left by the home builder. The frame is square. Everything was fine for a few weeks. Then the door started catching at the upper corner away from the hinges. All screws were tight. It looked as though the top hinge was bending. I assumed that the door manufacturer used cheap hinges and replaced the hinges. Everything was fine for a few weeks, and then the door started catching again. I chiseled about 1/8 inch deeper for the top hinge. Everything was fine for a few weeks, then catching again. I chiseled 1/16 deeper for the middle hinge and added a thin aluminum spacer from an electrical cover to the bottom hinge. This solved the problem for almost two months. Now the door is catching again. The door has a lever-type handle. The tendency is to push down on the handle when walking out the door. I wonder if this isnt part of the problem. Can anyone help?
I would suspect that the screws or nails securing the framing on the hinge side are backing out. Or water is getting in and swelling the framing. Use a tape measure and measure frame to frame at the hinges. They all should be the same. Also one has to be careful to see that doors are properly shimmed or problems will occur.
On the other hand, don't discount the framing on the latch side of the door.
I agree 47, often the entire installation packet is missing, including the little adhesive weather stripping shims and those PIA plastic screw covers for doors with glass inserts.
And back to the original thread question, let us know what you find out about your door.
Thanks for all the replies. I did use 3" screws to secure the frame. These are all still very tight. I used several under the weatherstripping. I used a 3" screw on the upper hinge as well during the first repair attempt. The current frame is square, plum and properly shimmed, although the home builder's initial installation (the door and frame I replaced) was a mess. The frame opening width measures exactly the same top-to-bottom. By the way, the installation packet was complete. The weatherstripping was pre-installed and extra plastic screw covers were provided. I have done so many diy projects, including dry wall, tiling, reframing, sliding glass door repair, plumbing, lighting, rescreening, stucco, etc., and I've never had a failure. This is driving me crazy!
I know exactly what you are saying...lol. I remember the first time I ran into an improperly made door, it drove me nuts as well. Everything was plumb and square yet the door would not seal properly. That's when I finally figured out that on that door, the upper hinge was not flush as the others were. Strangest thing was I ran into the exact same thing on a door a couple of days later. Had I not known that the 2nd door (different homeowner) had been there for a few days I would have thought it was the same door. Possibly both homeowners had purchased doors from the same batch at the home center.
Since it sounds like you have done all the steps to properly set the door, is it possible that the rough opening has problems? Is it possible that the shim nearest to the area that is catching is too thick? Just kicking out thoughts here. Also, did you check for squareness of the frame (measuring diagonally from corner to corner)? I would even imagine it is possible that since I have found manufacturing problems in the past, that the door itself might be the problem, but I have never run into the slabs being at fault. If you get it fixed and find a problem let us know so that we can watch for it in the future.
Wrangler, thanks for your thoughts. The Panhandle? I'm down in Palm Beach County, transplanted from Mississippi after stints in LA and Philadelphia. Two weeks ago I made the 9-hour drive up to Crestview to camp for the weekend lakeside at Black River State Forest. Very nice! Nice folks up there, too! Anyway, measured diagonally, there's a 1/8" difference in the frame. That's got to be within tolerances, right? I put the level on the sides and top of the frame, and it's right on. And remember, every time I make a fix, it works for a few weeks. I was hoping to get a reply that said something like "oh, yeah, I've run into this with the glass/steel doors with the lever-handle. Because of the weight of the door, you need to use the special heavy duty hinge at the top made by ACME Heavy Duty Hinge Corp." I guess that's not gonna happen.
I had a similar issue with my garage side door. It's similar to what you describe, came with the frame as well. I put it up in the summer, and when winter came around it was catching just like yours. I attempted to corrected it 4 times, each time the season changed it happened again. Finally, after being told I was crazy as well, I figured it was the contraction of the concrete pad the door rests on. Fortunately, it still opens and closes during the winter months, and continues to resume its proper position when the sun shines. :laughing: Not sure what the weather is like where you're at, but I assume "Palm Beach" is far from snow.
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There are two storylines, one set in the year 3015 and another set in the year 986. Racing around the dungeons in 3D lets players enjoy an exhilarating sense of speed, while flying sparks give the battle scenes extra punch. As war rages between the Chefs and the Yakkini-kus, can BOLT and his friends Brisket, Sparerib and Veggie finally defeat the boss of the Yakkini-ku Corps, Chop Suey?
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the clock ticks ever closer to the June 30 end of the Screen Actors Guild's contract, the industry is nervously contemplating the possibility of yet another strike -- even as it admits that, at least in terms of film production, a de facto strike already exists.
The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), in what could be characterized as its lack-of-progress report issued Thursday, argued that a de facto strike "limiting the green-lighting of features and disrupting pilot production" already has begun. As one talent attorney observed: "No one is doing anything that finishes after June 30, (and) nobody's starting anything now. There is the impact of a strike already."
The threat of a stoppage has had an impact on production schedules at the major studios, which pushed a slew of projects into production back in April in order to complete filming by June 30.
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Columbia's "Angels and Demons," the follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code," already was forced to postpone production once when writer Akiva Goldsman could not turn in a script polish during the writers' strike. With a release date moved from December 19 to May 15, 2009, the film began shooting this month, with Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard on location in Rome. Crossing its fingers, Columbia is calculating that if a strike does force a shutdown, production can resume in time to make the spring release date. Continued...


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