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Randy, Is that you??? OH, Let me take these ear plugs out......
I agree with you but the fine art of metal is a hard mistress to master and as long as short cut's are available, That will be the norm.
I work in an old school sheet metal shop and our work has steadily regressed into old school clients and custom copper fab work. Nobody has the skill necessary to build the fittings or desire for that matter like it used to be. Saddens me to no end. The art of fabricating is being lost and I for one long for the day's of a custom sheet metal job that makes you stare in wonder at the skill involved to produce it. Time is money and money is,well,spent on other things more important.Or so they think.
And they look at me rolling a scrap piece of metal,"What are you doing?"
I don't use filler, except for the rare instances where it's absolutely impossible to access the backside of the panel to work it properly. In this case, I will use lead.
So, to answer your question regarding the Camaro, I'd either metalfinish it, or some shop down the road could do it, makes me no difference. I'm not about to compromise my standards to get a job......I don't have to.....fortunately.
Judging by the fact that you always throw this same scenario back in my face proves to me that you have no desire to hone your skills any further.
If you would spend just a little time each day working a dent to perfection, you would find that in just a few months you would no longer have a need for filler either. In most cases, I can metalfinish dents and weld seams faster than I ever could using filler.
If you're happy doing things the way you are, then go for it. Why you feel the need to make me the bad guy is beyond me.
I've posted a lot of info on this forum to try to help others with the learning curve. Some are appreciative and have gone out and put it to use, whereas others, like you, seem to find it necessary to insinuate that I'm putting you guys down for using filler. I'm not trying to be demeaning, here, just trying to push you guys to the next level. Not long ago, I thought it was black magic too, but fortunately, I have some great friends who introduced me to some great techniques that work wonders!!
By the way, my previous message was meant as more of a joke than anything.
Randy Ferguson
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I think what you have said is perhaps the "holy grail" of where most builders would like to be but aren't for one reason or another, be it a lack of time, a misplaced assumption that they need to be a metalworking god, or even just a lack of help and encoragement at the start.
Even though I said that I would use bondo, and if I'm realistic I know I will probably use it somewhere on my project, I haven't yet. I am one example that someone with no metalworking experience at all can pick up a set of body hammers and dollys with a bit of instruction and encouragement (thanks Randy!) and find that after ten minutes of work on my first panel even I can make dents dissapear.
My roof was a real mess, but after easing out the third or fourth dent I discovered that with each well placed light hit I could move the metal almost exactly where I wanted it to go.
As far as the back half of my roof is concerned, I can close my eyes and run my hand across the metal and all I feel is one smooth panel, no dips or low spots, no high spots, and I haven't touched filler yet.
I wouldn't come down on filler too hard though, but I can say that what Randy was saying is possible!
I think it also comes down to how badly you want to learn the skill. I know that because I am in South Africa, and can't just order a new this or that online and have it on my doorstep the next day, I will have to fabricate from scratch every patch panel for my car, no matter how many compound curves are in it, or how tight or deeply those curves run. So I have to learn to shape metal or my car doesn't get built.
However, even though I haven't had reason to use filler yet, and have managed to metal finish my roof so far, there are a lot more challenging jobs ahead where I may have to be realistic about my current abilities and use some filler. I'll try to metal finish first though and use filler if I really can't win with the hammers and body files.
I don't know if there is a distinct line between waterproof and moistureproof but here is what Evercoat claims:
Aluminum filled body repair filler for metal surfaces. Has excellent corrosion resistance and superior adhesion to galvanized steel and aluminum. Will not sag. Best known as the "nearest thing to lead." Moisture proof. Rustproof. Easily sands to a fine featheredge. Metal-2-Metal liquid reactor included.
Doesn't sound much like the average Bondo sponge to me.
Personally, I love to work with it. It seems to do exactly what I think it should.
Places lead never belongs.
All right guys, just to be difficult, The plastic fender on my Caddy has a crack. Can I metalfinish it and fill with lead?
If anyone here is good enough to pull that off, I would say you can!
Let us know how it turns out!
Randy, I am not certainly not making you the "bad guy", come on. I personally wish to hell I had ran into you back a few years ago when I had my shop and was doing a lot of street rod work. I was your target audience at that time. I would have been out in the shop practicing every day with your guidence I would have those skills as well, I actually was getting close!
These days I have different prioritys, In fact I am taking a managment position in a shop doing about four million dollars a year in sales. Production training is what I am concerned with now.
I mean no disrespect, you know that. Let me explain, the guy who is where I was a few years ago is going to eat up what you have to say, he is going to be a metal master in a short while and look at my "Bondo basics" like a bad joke. He maybe will laugh at my comments on this thread. However, the zillions of closet restoration guys who will never have the money to buy the tools, never have the time to learn will stay with the "Bondo basics" and think you are a God walking on earth that they have no chance of ever being.
All I am saying is, there is a place for plastic filler. Because my Camaro scenario may be the only spot on some guys car with filler and he was able to metal finish the rest thanks to your contributions to this site, I would say that is pretty cool.
If I knew you were reaching every single person and they all were laughing behind my back I would shut up pretty quick.
It doesn't have to be an expensive thing to get into at all. I bought a 7 piece panel beating set with a curved dolly, utility dolly, double end hand dolly, shrinking dolly, bumping hammer, pick and finish hammer and a reverse curve hammer for about $30
Body files don't have to cost a lot either, you can make your own slapper and as long as the metal is clean you are ready to go.
I don't have any books and no one has shown me technique, I read Randy's threads and started from there. It takes more time and patience than money I think.
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Well for myself I would doubt that I could find a car that does not have at least a smidge of some kind of filler on it somewhere..
As far as learning this stuff all it really requires is to get out to the shop and bend and beat metal and look at what it does..Now saying that it really helps to have someone to show you just where to hit and how hard..
As far as this filler deal it is a matter of making appropriate choices..If you are doing a 100% resto for Pebble Beach guys then use the lead..if you are doing a collision repair and the man and the customer is breathing down your back to get it done..then a bit of bondo in a little dent and out the door it goes..
Lets not be putting any one down because of the materials one chooses..lets just help each other to make good choices about the work..
Enough of my soapbox
I have tried most all of it and now do what is known to work..
Since i've only ever done one car, my car, i have to say bondo is the best i could do. I probably used too much in spots, but used fiberglass filler in most spots i thought were deep. All of it will probably crack and fall out in a couple years, but it looks good for now
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if lead came in as many flavors as evercoat products, i'd use lead. but. .....
no thanks to Randy ..... i'm down to just a skim coat to make it super slick. is that acceptable?
damn it's a lot more work.
but i like the idea of being able to be hit or run into by a shopping cart or what have you, and not worrying about a chunk of plastic falling off.
I have nightmares about supermarket parking lots, seriously, it's no joke. I'm not one for trailer queens, I wouldn't take it that far but I am definitely paranoid about having all the hard work sitting out there for jo public to back thier grocery getter into.
Speaking of nightmares, it's 11:47PM on my side of the world, and I'm going to bed. Tomorrow is another day, and believe it or not, I have some metal finishing to do on my roof. I'll post before, during and after pictures in my project journal. Show ya'll how it's done.
Goodnight all!
This is exactly the thoughts I wanted to avoid. Dubz, there is no reason what so ever that you should feel that you did a sub-par job. As I said earlier, if that plastic filler is applied even remotely correct it will be there after you and I are dead and gone. If it is applied any where right, it WILL NOT "crack and fall out" not in a couple of years, not in a couple of dozen.
If you take into account the percentage of lead on cars compared to lead I have removed failed lead a heck of a lot more than plastic filler.
The art of metal finishing has had a resurgence of huge proportions in the last decade or so. Just twenty years ago there were a small handful of guys around the country who would do this work on a regular basis. There were next to zero tools available to your "normal" human, no english wheel, no planishing hammer, anvils, no bead rollers, nothing. IF you could find an old tool like this it was very valuable (well, that is after the early resurgence, prior to that it was worthless). Now, there are tons of very affordable tools available, tons of videos, CDs, classes, and the like. I have to admit, it is very exciting to see this lost art being practiced by so many.
However, even with this HUGE resurgence, at a 3500 car Goodguys event I would say that a tiny percentage, maybe under 10 of these cars are totally metal finished with no plastic filler what so ever. The top cars for many years, had filler all over them, still today, most top cars do.
99.9% of the body shops in America don't have a person in them that has ever done lead in their life. They may have a few guys who can metal finish some simple dings, only a tiny fraction could do anything like Randy is teaching here on the forum. That is why what he has to say is so valuable. If you want to learn this stuff, if you have the drive, you have an opportunity here with Randy and John Kelly to do so. If you have any interest at all, I HIGHLY recommend you take advantage of their expertise willingness to share.
As Rich pointed out, you don't need all the tools I mention for simple "repair", you can make slappers out of a leaf spring, a shrinking disc out of a lid from a pot, you can do just about any repair with simple hand tools. If you have the desire, DO IT.
But don't think for a second that using a quality polyester body filler is "hack" or anything like that. It is a "standard in the industry" practiced by 99.9% of the shops in the country.
While fillers are vastly overused, they indeed have a place even in the hands of the most skilled metal finishers. I see fillers misused every day. We have guys who'd rather "cave it and pave it" than pick up a dolly block. I metal finished some late model F350 fenders the other day. I had time, felt in the zone and tapped em out to near perfect. A lil primer/surfacer brought em home for paint. Way, WAY quicker and cleaner than fillers.
Lead has rare use in todays craft. Old car seams, or just plain practicing is about where it lies. Plastics are superior, period. The "art" of lead is in the tinning process anyway. It's easy to paddle the stuff...at least I think so. But like was said above, screw up the tinning even a lil bit yer screwed. I've seen real pretty lead work laying over a rusty mess of acid eaten sheet metal.
I'm not one to admonish anyone, but given a realistic choice of product, using lead today is more self agrandizing than it is practical. A metal-finished car or truck always, always looks better and lasts longer. The down side of plastics are their ability to soak up solvents and cause refinish problems. That's one of those "a lil is better than a lot" things. Anyways, that's my .02
I think where Brian I disagree on this subject is that he places repair procedures based on "collision repair industry standards" such as I-CAR or ASE, whereas I look at things from the standpoint of the highest possible standards for true automobile restoration. Perhaps I go overboard, but to me 'restoration' means to completely dis-assemble the vehicle and totally go through every square inch of it, making it as it was when it rolled off the assembly line. Now I realize this isn't a restoration forum, so ya got me there, but I think if we're going to put thousands of $$$$ into our hot rods, we should place a bit of craftsmanship deeper than a shiny paint job!! I've been putting cars together as a hobby, and a career for nearly twenty years. I first metalfinished an entire car two years ago, so what's that tell ya. I'll be the first to admit I've helped to keep the body filler companies in business. Am I proud of it???
If I was, I'd chime in with Brian!!!
I believe polyester fillers to be the number one cause of early paint failure and can no longer stand to breathe the dust from it, so I found a way to continue what I love without using it.
Rich has this metalshaping thing figured out already. He just came on the list not long ago and asked where to find a roof for his '54 Chevy. In only 4 months or less, he's figured out how to fix it rather than finding a replacement or having to spend a fortune having one built.
Ferrari built entire bodies for years with very minimal tools. Mallets and tree stumps were what those old panel beaters used for the most part. It's not about fancy tools. As Rich pointed out, practice and knowledge is the key to success. If I can figure this crap out, I KNOW you all can!!
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Thame Show – Thursday 18th September 2014
Thame Show (Oxfordshire's County Show) is returning in 2014 to its traditional third Thursday in September date on 18th September. Following the result of a public consultation the Association decided to make this change after overwhelming support in favour both from the public and exhibitors.
We are planning many exciting new attractions and displays.
a) Main Ring Attraction – Kangaroo Kid
b) Traditional Steam Fairground Rides
c) Cookery Theatre and displays/demonstrations by local chefs/colleges
d) Return of Public Bar by Oxfordshire Ales
We will still have all our livestock competitions (sheep, cattle, horses, donkeys) showjumping and scurry driving. The Sheep Show, The Traditional Bakery Show and the Fun Dog Show. The ever popular Countryside Arena will have displays from Gamegoer, Bob Hogg sheepdogs and the Sheep National along with a falconry display and Mules R Us. The Birds and Alpacas will also be on display and we hope to have exceptional entries in the Home and Garden marquee now the date has been changed back to September.
A great day out for everyone! It is hoped that this year the show will be even more successful as we continue our aim to promote the agricultural and livestock markets, an industry that affects us all. However, we could not possibly do this without sponsorship and donations towards the cost of running this prestigious event.
Sponsorship at the Thame Show is both an effective shop window for promoting your organisation and a great way to support your local community. The Thame Show is reputed to be the greatest one-day show in the country. It is a very high profile event attracting wide media coverage including radio and television.
There is a wide variety of opportunities ranging from livestock, signage, acreage, medical services, marquees, arenas, bandstand, members enclosure and all of the above.
We acknowledge Sponsors in the Class Schedules and Show Catalogues and with PA announcements as appropriate. Sponsors of classes are encouraged to present the trophies and rosettes to class winners.
Sponsor's Privileges and Benefits details are downloadable below but we are happy to discuss and arrange "individual" Sponsor requirements to suit please call on 01844 212737.
If you wish to place an advert in the show catalogue please contact GWP Publishing direct on 01749 880181 – a sponsorship discount is offered.
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John H Miller
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Cell biology, Physiology, Cancer research, Neuroscience, Drug abuse and addiction, Animal welfare
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Mechanism of Action of Marine Natural Products: I am investigating the mode of action of microtubule-stabilizing agents isolated from marine sponges for development as anti-cancer drugs. We are also exploring the potential therapeutic use of these bioactive compounds in diseases of inflammation, such as multiple sclerosis, and in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers Disease. I am currently focusing on interactions of these drugs with their primary and secondary protein targets, using semi-synthetic analogs to determine their structure-activity relationships.
Neurochemistry of Drug Abuse: I am also interested in the effects of MDMA (ecstasy), cannabis, and tobacco smoke extracts on brain neurochemistry. Currently we are investigating the links between cannabinoid receptors and opioid receptors and their effects on learning and memory.
Wilmes A, Chan A, Rawson P, Jordan TW, Miller JH (2010) Paclitaxel effects on the proteome of HL-60 promyelocytic leukemic cells: Comparison to peloruside A. Investigational New Drugs. In Press 10.9.10, doi: 10.1007/s10637-010-9540-1
Kanakkanthara A, Wilmes A, O'Brate A, Escuin D, Chan A, Gjyrezi A, Crawford J, Rawson P, Kivell B, Northcote PT, Hamel E, Giannakakou P, Miller JH (2011) Peloruside- and laulimalide-resistant human ovarian carcinoma cells have βI-tubulin mutations and altered expression of βII- and βIII-tubulin isotypes. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 10: 1419-1429
Chan A, Andreae P, Northcote PT, Miller JH (2011) Peloruside A inhibits microtubule dynamics in a breast cancer cell line MCF7. Investigational New Drugs 29: 615-626
Wilmes A, Rawson P, Peng L, McLauchlan D, Northcote PT, Jordan TW, Miller JH (2011) Effects of the microtubule stabilizing agent peloruside A on the proteome of HL-60 cells. Investigational New Drugs 29: 544-553
Wilmes A, O'Sullivan D, Chan A, Chandrahasen C, Paterson I, Northcote PT, La Flamme AC, Miller JH (2010) Synergistic interactions between peloruside A and other microtubule-stabilizing and destabilizing agents in cultured human ovarian carcinoma cells and murine T cells. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 68: 117-126
Kivell B, Day D, Bosch P, Schenk S, Miller J (2010) MDMA causes a redistribution of serotonin transporter from the cell surface to the intracellular compartment by a mechanism independent of p38-MAPK activation. Neuroscience 168: 82-95
Miller JH, Singh AJ, Northcote PT (2010) Microtubule-stabilizing drugs from marine sponges: Focus on peloruside and zampanolide. Marine Drugs 8: 1059-1079
Field JJ, Singh AJ, Kanakkanthara A, Halafihi T, Northcote, PT, Miller JH (2009) Microtubule-stabilizing activity of Zampanolide, a potent macrolide isolated from the Tongan marine sponge Cacospongia mycofijiensis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 52: 7328-7332


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|1984 (as Essaim)
2004 (merger and creation of PharmEssor)
2006 (launching of the Proxim name)
|Boucherville, Quebec
Key people
|Guy Papillon, founder
Michel Chartrand, president
|Pharmacy, retail
Number of employees
|McKesson Canada
Proxim (also known by its corporate name Groupe PharmEssor) is a Canadian group of pharmacists located in Quebec and to a lesser extent in Ontario and the Maritimes provinces. Proxim competes with Jean Coutu, Pharmaprix/Shoppers Drug Mart, Uniprix/Unipharm, Brunet and Familiprix. The average Proxim drug store is 4,000 square feet (370 m2), similar to typical size of a Brunet or Unipharm location.
Proxim is the third largest pharmacy in Quebec, in terms of number of stores, after Jean Coutu and Uniprix.[1] All Proxim stores are owned by independent pharmacists that comply with Proxim's business rules and practices. Proxim's private brand is called "Atoma" and the company also has its loyalty card program.
There are close to 270 drug stores in Eastern Canada that carry the Proxim name.
On August 2004, two companies - Groupe Essaim and Gestion Santé Services Obonsoins Inc - regrouped to form Groupe PharmEssor. The three pharmacy chains affected by this merger - Essaim, Obonsoins and Santé Services - were initially kept separate and intact by PharmEssor. However on February 2006, PharmEssor consolidated all of its operations under a single banner, Proxim, hence eliminating the previous banners. The name "Proxim" was inspired from the word "proximity" to describe the group's great accessibility to pharmaceutical cares.
One year after the creation of Proxim, the Proximed banner was created on February 2007. Thus, an estimate of 31 selected locations operate today under the name Proximed.
On June 19, 2008, McKesson Canada acquired Proxim.
- ^ Uniprix as the second largest pharmacy regroup the banners Uniprix, Unipharm, Clinique Santé and Uniclinique. However, all of theses banners have less outlets than Proxim. Proxim is the second most common pharmacy banner in Quebec after Jean Coutu.


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It was a big day for Volkswagen of America (VLKAY.PK) on Monday.
While still struggling to crack the code of the U.S. market, Volkswagen announced that it would be building a new SUV — based on the CrossBlue concept, pictured above — will be built at its plant in Chattanooga plant in Tennessee. The announcement means millions for the state of Tennessee, and also that Volkswagen is taking another shot at boosting its lackadaisical U.S. sales numbers.
"The Chattanooga-built midsize SUV will allow us to fulfill the wishes of our dealer network, bringing new customers to our showrooms and additional growth for the brand," Michael Horn, President and CEO Volkswagen Group of America, said in the company's statement. "We are eager to be entering this growing vehicle segment with a world-class, seven-passenger SUV from Volkswagen."
Volkswagen will be committing $900 million, including $600 million at VW's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to build the seven-seat unit. Production is slated to begin at the end of 2016; Chattanooga is also where VW builds its Passat midsize sedan. VW also plans to invest $7 billion in North America by 2018, in order to almost double the namesake brand's annual U.S. sales to 800,000 vehicles and become more than a niche producer, Bloomberg said.
The benefits for the state don't stop there, though, as VW has pledged to add some 2,000 new positions to build the new vehicle. In return, Tennessee has agreed to offer the company about $300 million in tax breaks, anonymous sources told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung last month.


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The LG 37LH7000 might not look as red as the company's Scarlet TVs, but it certainly looks like good value.
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Apparently Lifetime is not punking us and Gina Gershon really is going to play Donatella Versace.
They also managed to get The Edge and Michael Stipe there with Helena Christensen.
The Goopster is still filming for Hugo Boss who obviously think she can help sell product. Snooki would probably sell as much.
Helena Bonham Carter dodges traffic to get away from paps asking her about Tim Burton sucking face with someone else.
Angelina Jolie spends another day looking for places to film her latest movie.
Josh Duhamel looks guilty here.
Hey it's American Idol.
George Clooney just always has to be a clown. Here he is trying to photobomb the Seinfelds with Steven Spielberg.
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Brewing up the perfect cuppa' loose leaf tea is not as hard as one thinks. Simply take 1 teaspoon of loose tea per large cuppa (that's how the teaspoon got it's name!) and pour fully boiling water over black and herbal teas or lightly boiling water over green and white teas. Steep for 3-5 minutes depending on personal taste, and enjoy the experience of loose tea!
There are of course plenty of ways to more fully enjoy loose tea. Try using a Brew Basket to keep loose tea out of the cup once you're done steeping, or use one of our Performance Scales to help measure out the perfect cuppa' - we recommend around 2.5 or 2.7 grams, depending on the type of tea and personal preference.


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IceCaps squeak past Sound Tigers Posted by IceCaps on
By Chris Doyle
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They needed more than 60 minutes, but the St. John's IceCaps got the job done.
Jason DeSantis had a goal and an assist in a first star performance and Eddie Pasquale made 29 saves as the IceCaps snapped the Bridgeport Sound Tigers' eight-game winning streak with a 4-3 shootout victory Wednesday night at Webster Bank Arena. The shootout marked the fourth time in the past five games that the IceCaps and their opponent couldn't decide a winner in regulation time.
Paul Postma and Shawn Weller also scored for St. John's (25-11-5-1), which tallied three goals on the power play in the contest.
Bridgeport started things off with a power play goal at 10:46 of the first period. Rookie Casey Cizikas, named as a replacement for the Eastern Conference All-Star team on Tuesday, centered the puck off IceCaps' defenceman Paul Postma's skate and into the back of the net.
The IceCaps tied it late in the frame on a power play of their own, when Jason DeSantis' shot from the point was redirected by Shawn Weller for his seventh goal of the season.
St. John's took a 2-1 lead at 2:44 of the second period with yet another power play goal. DeSantis picked up his seventh goal of the season – and second point of the night – one-timing a pass and blowing a shot past Sound Tigers goaltender Kevin Poulin.
The IceCaps pulled ahead 3-1 early in the third as the power play struck for the third time in the game. Paul Postma wound up and rifled a shot past Poulin for his seventh of the season, just 1:59 into the final frame.
The lead did not last long, as the Sound Tigers pulled to within one just minutes later when Matt Donovan snapped a shot that beat Pasquale high to the blocker side. Then, at 11:44, Cizikas completed the comeback for Bridgeport after burying a loose puck in the slot, tying the score at three and forcing overtime, the IceCaps fourth game in the last five that needed extra time to decide a winner.
With overtime solving nothing, the teams headed to a shootout. Ben Maxwell scored on the IceCaps' first attempt, and Carl Klingberg potted the winner several attempts later to give St. John's its third shootout victory in four chances this season.
The win came at a price for St. John's, however. DeSantis and fellow defenceman Derek Meech both left the game and did not return. Meech was hit early in the game and hobbled off, while DeSantis was hit from behind late in the second and stayed down for several moments before skating off on his own steam. The status of both players for this weekend's pair of games is unknown.
Next up for the IceCaps is a trip to Manchester to face the second place Monarchs Friday night, followed by a rematch with the Portland Pirates Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Catch all the action with Brian Rogers at www.stjohnsicecaps.com and on 930AM This Is Newfoundland Labrador. Pregame show begins at 8:00 p.m. with the drop of the puck scheduled for 8:30 (all times Newfoundland).


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Professor James Davison Hunter traces the death of character to the disintegration of the moral and social conditions that make character possible in the first place. The dilemma he uncovers in The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil is especially acute in the realm of moral education, where society explicitly takes on the task of instilling enduring moral commitments and ideals within young people. The various strategies for accomplishing this task – psychological, communitarian and traditionalist – all operate, in the end, within a framework that renders the goal unachievable.
Our problem, Hunter argues, is not an absence of morality but rather the emptying of meaning, significance and authority from the morality that is advocated. Morality is reduced to the thinnest of platitudes, severed from the social, historical and cultural encumbrances that make it concrete and ultimately compelling. Thus, while intending to deepen innate moral sympathies and build character, moral education accomplishes just the opposite. In ways that are as tragic as they are ironic, its lessons finally lead children to a moral cosmology that is beyond good and evil.
Adam B. Seligman, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University reviewed the book saying, "Excellent, accessible and well-written … This is a book to be widely read and discussed by everyone concerned with moral education in the very broadest sense of the term." As did Wilfred M. McClay, of the University of Tennessee, saying, "James Hunter has a talent for writing important books – books that freshly map the contours of our culture, and in so doing, transform the way we talk and think about our lives. With The Death of Character he has done it again, mercilessly dissecting our confused discourse about moral educations. Hunter shows that the way back to 'character' will be much harder than we have been willing to acknowledge." And Michael Novak, of the American Enterprise Institute, saying, "A brave exploration of spinelessness and self-deception in the dominant moral sectors of our time."
Read an archived version of Stephen Joel Trachtenberg's review from The World & I.
"[Hunter] knows how to support bold and surprising conclusions with measured and fair-minded observations that few can dismiss … There are many reasons to be critical of the psychological regime in character education, but Hunter offers the most devastating: It doesn't work."
- The Weekly Standard
"His great contribution is to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that moral education cannot be renewed without reintroducing the truth about good and evil, and he shows how we might go about doing that."
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Putting Together a Complete Package
May 1, 2007
COLUMN : Opening Remarks | Management
Over the years, I've heard many people say, "We offer the complete package…," talking about their companies' products and services. No matter what they're offering, whether they were a manufacturer, distributor or dealer, that could have been true, and could still be true, depending on the market or customers they serve.
Still for many window and door companies, that package is expanding—and not in small ways. We've seen wood window people add vinyl windows. We've seen distributors add installation. More recently, we've seen window people adding entry doors.
A product line encompassing windows, patio doors and entry doors is not a new idea, of course. Many distributors and dealers serving the new construction market have carried all those products and more for years. Many home improvement specialists have carried this product range too. Even some manufacturers—I can name Peachtree, for one—have taken this route.
The fact that this "complete line" is becoming more common is apparent in the recent addition of entry doors to Milgard's line also, but that trend goes back several years. Pella added Pease Industries in 1999.
Christina Lewellen's article on page 48 examines this trend more in-depth, and focuses particularly on the benefits traditional window dealers are enjoying when adding entry doors to their lines. Sure, there's a learning curve, but the ability to add a fairly "big ticket" item to a replacement window sale is a pretty big incentive. The same is true for dealers serving builders.
Coming from the other side, consumers want a matching, or at least a coordinated look, and most likely, would prefer not to shop around a second time if they've found a company they like that can do the job. In the new construction market, many builders are looking to consolidate their supply sources to streamline processes and save money through higher volume purchasing. That translates into demand for a more complete package—preferably delivered to the job site, and, increasingly, installed.
Initially, I suspect window manufacturers adding entry doors saw it as an opportunity to diversify and expand. Now, I suspect many are feeling pressured to enter the game. As consolidation continues, I suspect we'll see more window manufacturers taking on doors, or perhaps acquiring door makers. Of course, some door makers may see the need to turn that equation around too.
So does that complete the package? I won't say it's a trend yet, but I will suggest another possibility. How about garage doors? In my 20 plus years covering the "window and door business," I've always seen garage doors as their own animal. They have their own set of manufacturers, their own distribution channels and specialty dealers, and even their own associations.
If there was ever a solid line between the garage door and window and door industries, however, it's becoming blurry. Jeld-Wen, one of the largest window and door manufacturers in North America, of course, also offers garage doors. Taylor Building Products is another long-time crossover, making both garage and entry doors. Both these manufacturers are promoting the concept of matching the garage and front door—and I'm sure it makes a lot of sense to a lot of buyers.
It turns out, although I can't say I'm surprised, there are window and door dealers out there that have handled garage doors for some time too. I heard from several in response to something I wrote for a recent issue of WDweekly, our electronic newsletter. One dealer, in fact, told me his company's been at it for its entire 83-year history.
"Our claim to fame is that we can fill all exterior openings on a house, and because we are focused this way, we know how to do that right," says Dan Dopson of HPG Windows & Doors in Hagerstown, MD. "We have found that after our customers visit the boxes and the lumber yards, they really appreciate our ability to focus and tie these products together for them."
Jim Lett of A.B.E. Doors & Windows in Bethlehem, PA, says his company has been successful in selling windows, doors and garage doors for more than 30 years. He sees others out there too, but notes, "there seems to be a more natural progression coming from the residential garage door side of the business entering the 'door and window' business than there are 'door and window' dealers entering the garage door business.
Others are testing the waters. I also heard from a window and door manufacturer and distributor serving the builder market. The company added garage door distribution and installation about four years ago, and more recently manufactured its first custom garage door. With a few more orders in already, it's seen as a new opportunity.
I don't know if this qualifies as a trend, and I'm certainly not saying garage doors are for everybody in the window and door business. I wouldn't even say entry doors are for everybody in the window business. "The complete package" is always evolving from the customer's perspective, however, and smart owners and executives will stay open to possibilities. No matter what segment of the business you're in, it's better to decide to be a specialist than become one by default.


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Look familiar?
If you're a regular reader or just a signed up member of Gadget-a-Holics Anonymous (then you really ought to be a regular reader), then you'll know it looks distinctly like the truly wonderful Dell XPS M1330 - a notebook so good it managed to snatch second place in the Best Notebook category of the inaugural TrustedReviews Awards 2007. However, the M1330 it isn't, because today I'm looking at its new bigger sibling, the XPS M1530.
Announced not long ago, it takes the same basic design and expands it to house a larger 15.4in display and updated hardware. This was always a logical move for Dell to make given the success of the 13in model, providing a far more attractive and exclusive tonic to the solid but rather utilitarian Inspiron 1520.
Aesthetically then, it should go without saying that the XPS M1530 is everything one would hope it to be. Dell has done an excellent job of translating the already excellent styling to a larger chassis, losing none of the style or sharpness that made the XPS M1330 such a popular and in demand machine. Its combination of brushed metal interior, touch sensitive buttons and 'micro satin' exterior is eye catching and boast worthy - should that be a requirement.
Naturally enough it also keeps the same wedge shaped design and for a notebook of its size the M1530 is really quite slim, measuring 23.7mm at its thinnest point and 35.1mm at the back. It's also very light. Dell quotes a "starting weight" of 2.6kg, but our sample is a no less impressive 2.74kg with the supplied six-cell battery. You can also specify a nine-cell battery and though Dell didn't send us one, it's a good bet the overall weight should remain below 3kg.
Obviously this version is also wider, measuring 357mm across and 263mm deep. Much to Dell's credit though, it has resisted the temptation to use this space too liberally, keeping the same size keyboard and layout. Let me just say: this is a very good thing. Anyone who has had the pleasure of using an XPS M1330 will know just how good the keyboard really is, with a near perfect layout, firm and responsive keys and a total lack of any flex, such as that found on cheaper notebooks like the Toshiba U300-134.
Consequently, the XPS M1530 is every bit as enjoyable to use as its inspiration, while the touch pad remains well placed and proportioned. Other than this there are some very minor differences, with the glossy black strip that encases the touch sensitive buttons extending a little further down and around the edges of the keyboard.
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Should the score change considering the GPU failure rate on this laptop and infact all laptops fitted with 8000 series gfx cards ??
I just recently took delivery of the XPS M1530 choosing to go for 4Meg version with Blu-ray drive. The drive failed at the very first disc. So, am I out for Dells Blood? Well No not at all. I did get a little worried when an Indian sounding gentleman asked me try try another disc. (after I had told him 5 times that the first disc was still inside). Arrangements were made for at home service the following day. The service tachnician phoned to confirm and turned up promptly as stated. The Blu-Ray drive was faulty. This way replaced without delay and the original drive dismantled to retrive my disc. The drive was then tested and all was well.
Having had Dell computers both company owned and my own this level of service was one of the deciding factors when choosing my laptop.
It is true you can pay a lot more than the brochure price ( in my case) but this was with the additions and subtractions that I wanted not "We have this one Sir" that the most suppliers would offer.
One very minor letdown I wanted a Red cover, Dell do one but when you try to order you can get Black, Dark Blue or Pink. So Blue it was, oh well, but Why?
All else though Well Done Dell.
Dave Ambery.
Hey Dave^ the red option is available on a dedicated Product (red) page on the top navigation bar, select Laptop as a drop down option then go to Product (red) page and there you have it. Took me forever to find it too, quite well hidden I must say.
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Korean patchwork exhibit opens 'Quilting Across the Globe' seriesAug 29th, 2008 | By tfedderson2 | Category: Arts & Entertainment, August 28, 2008
The traditional Korean quilting method of pojagi – which uses pieced and quilted wrapping cloths – is the focus of a new exhibit on display through Nov. 16 at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
The exhibition, "Pojagi: Patchwork and Quilts from Korea," includes more than 100 antique and contemporary pojagi and examples of traditional and contemporary pojagi costume.
Pojagi has been created for centuries in Korea and has become the textile wrapping material in Korean culture. The wrappings were made in bursts of colorful patchwork or imaginative embroidery, in fine and coarse materials, and from small to large scale. It was in pre-modern Korea, particularly during the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), that pojagi became a Korean cultural icon. This exhibition includes pieces dating back to the 19th century.
The pojagi on display is of the category called min po, which literally means "people's wrapping cloths" and were made by ordinary women for domestic use. This Korean art tradition reflects simple and natural harmonies derived from nature and asymmetrical design. Korean music and poetry, painting are used to integrate the variety of textile interpretations in the exhibition.
The majority of pojagi on display are from the collection of Soon-Hee Kim, director of the Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum of Seoul, South Korea. Her collection is deemed a national treasure in her home country. Kim has been recognized by the South Korean government for her work in preserving Korean culture. She also creates her own artwork, many of which are included in the pojagi exhibition.
Kim is a member of the advisory board of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. In honor of the new museum's opening last spring she loaned a collection of clothing and ornaments of the Miao people (one of China's national minorities) to the UNL's Lentz Center for Asian Culture. The collection is on exhibition through Aug 29.
"Pojagi: Patchwork & Quilts from Korea" is the first exhibit in the quilt center's "Quilting Across the Globe" series. The museum will present exhibitions on quilts of different countries – including India, Pakistan, France, Japan and the United Kingdom – through the next several years.
A special Pojagi Family Day is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 20.
Public guided tours of the exhibition are offered free with museum admission at 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays (starting Sept. 4) and Saturdays; and at 11 a.m. on Saturdays.


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Hello everyone, i am a user of backtrack final 4.
I want to get my apache server online, how can I do that?
Im hoping you're not intending to use BackTrack as an Internet accessible web server...
Anyway, there is a startup script for Apache in /etc/init.d/.
Well if you know how to set up apache you should also know how to make it accessible from the internet.
Here's an idea cowboy, before you go getting yourself infracted or banned here, try looking on your favourite search engine for more info on how to setup apache.
Further we are here to help people who help themselves, that means it is not our job to do your homework and or research for you.
Second all help here is free, and freely given so if you don't like it feel free to go elsewhere we won't miss you.
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The Aronas chandeliers are installed as a pair in an important office building in the heart of Lima, Peru. These glistening and sparkling chandeliers, each comprised of hundreds of holographic light tubes, are dramatically showcased against the contrasting black finish of the atrium.
Each light is suspended on almost visible wires, creating a showering lighting effect that is 10 storeys tall. This cascade of light is beautiful to both close observers within the buildings as it is to distant viewers across the city.
Fabricated bespoke for the Edificio Juan De Arona, the chandeliers serve as an example of Cinimod Studio's approach to designing and delivering large scale installations for specific and special locations.
Working closely with local lighting designer Paz, the chandeliers have been integrated closely within the greater overall building lighting scheme.
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skipwhite's 383 ROTATING ASSEMBLY
Has anyone on here ever bought a 383 rotating assembly from skipwhite,
SBC Chevy Scat 383 Rotating Assembly Forged 030 Pistons H Beam Rods Dish 2pc | eBay
I'm looking at building a 383
Kit includes:
Probe forged pistons
Scat 9000 Cast Crank
Forged 4340 H-beam Rods
Hasting Rings
King Main & rod Bearings
Powerforce Balancer
SFI Flex Plate
It does not say anywhere in his ad that they are Scat H-Beam Rods
building a low budget engine?how much horse power is required for your purpose?
WHY do people have to go to a "Skip White" for a combo they if they spent the time to research the parts themselves could put together a combo of their own. AND more than likely a better one.Gezzzz,apart of hot rodding is learning this stuff,not como's by posting on forums and decisions make by juries.
Bottom line,want my opinion??. You get exactly what you pay for. No deals out there. And for you to learn about the parts is key.....................
Research who makes the rods, see what you can do for an upgrade if they're not good enough for your needs.
Skip had a hei unit reasonably priced. No expirience with his other stuff.
Most hobbists benefit from the pre packaged engine combinations, like edelbrock or trick flow. They work awesome too, and they are more than happy to stand behind their product.
The problem with this hobby is you do NOT always get what you pay for. Machine shops are bad, body shops are worse.
A number of local guys use summitracing heads and love them.
90% of guys are buying pre-packaged deals and have no clue they must have weak links included in them in order to get to the price they are being offered at.And having no clue is what has damaged this sport.And what I am talking about is not the better examples of proven pre-packaged deals.
Hell I can sell you a bill of goods right out of a catalog never owning one bit of it and pocket the profits over what it costs me.QUESTION??. WHY would you want to pay a middle man,when you can do that for your self.If it sounds too good to be true,then it is.................
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I ordered that kit your looking at, plus I got the block also. 4 bolt main 1 piece rmc. I assembled it about 3 weeks ago. The bores, mains, rods, pistons, everything mic'd perfect. Block clearancing, excellent.
The H-beam rods are Pro Comp. I spent about a week or so researching these rods before I ordered. I read tons of bad reviews on them by people that haven't actually ran them. Only hearsay. Now, I'm sure there are some real failures, I just didn't run onto them.
I found a few that have ran them and they were pleased. I figure for an engine that will probably never see about 5500 rpm, they should work out fine for me. They come with 8640 manley bolts.
Skip White is a member here instead of putting the "bad mouth" on His product send him a pm and ask him straight up,many of the engine parts they sell are not out of the package they do upgrades in their own machine shop to the parts they sell.
Economies of scale
Obviously anyone can make a shopping list and compare the costs between a kit and the individual parts to see if and how much is being saved. And I believe most will do just that before buying.
The potential advantage of buying a 'kit' as opposed to sourcing the parts individually is due to the economies of scale.
If you buy parts individually from vendors, you're still paying a middle man. Plus you're paying shipping/handling on every item that comes from a different vender or manufacturer.
Many if not all manufacturers do not offer price breaks to individual buyers. They instead offer the price breaks to vendors who buy in quantity.
A vendor who buys a large quantity will then have an advantage over his competitors regarding pricing.
Buying parts in kit form from a reputable vendor takes the guesswork out parts compatibility as long as there is good communication between the parties.
If building a no holds barred, spare no expense engine this probably wouldn't be the way to go, although there are some good packages offered by Mitchell, Shafiroff, Kasse and others.
From a practical standpoint, the average Joe looking to build a 383 is not going to beat the prices of a large quantity vendor. Do you think AJ is going to meet people like Vic, or the main burner who imports Scat/Eagle/Procomp? Or will he meet those who manufacturer cams like at Isky/Comp/Crane/Lunati? Not to mention the other components that goes into a build like the rings, fasteners, timing set, ignitions, etc? Even doing this on the phone is going to be a fool's errand IMO. You aren't going to get high enough up the corporate ladder to talk to someone (and then convince them) to give a price break to an individual.
Bottom line for me: The importers/manufacturers are not going to bend over backwards and give AJ a killer deal. The BEST AJ will get is a catalog, and if he's REAL lucky a comped T shirt and decal. And a list of venders they supply.:mwink:
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WashPost's Balz Downplays President's Ability to 'Unite the Country'; In 2005, Blamed Bush For Strains with Democrats
Detecting media bias is often an exercise in contrasting two analogous events to see how the media worked to write the narrative in the public's imagination. We at NewsBusters have already looked at how the media love the party atmosphere of the Obama inaugurals but groused at the expense of Bush's second inaugural, for example.
So it's instructive to see how Washington Post veteran journalist Dan Balz greeted President Obama's entry into his second term with how he looked at the dawn of President George W. Bush's second term. "[T]his Inauguration Day comes at a time when there is far greater realism about whether the president, or perhaps any leader, can transcend political divisions and unite the country," Balz noted in his front-page January 21 analysis piece, "This time, the idea of a new beginning seems optimistic."
"The question is whether he can productively manage those divisions to accomplish what needs to be done," Balz added.
At the very least, Balz noted, Obama "now appears to be operating with a clear sense of the coalition that has elected him twice, of who is behind him and who is not and may never be," going on to add that (emphases mine):
His first four years showed that there are parts of Red America he can never win over. If his gun-control measures alienate some parts of the country and some voters, they are likely to be popular with the majority coalition that has carried the past two presidential elections for the Democrats.
He believes that he has public opinion on his side in some of these new fights and intends to try to use it as leverage to pressure Republicans. He has turned to campaign-style events in recent weeks to push his agenda. He has vowed to spend more time outside of Washington rallying the public.
For Balz, the issue for Obama is how to assert his agenda and push it through Congress, particularly through a House held by conservative Republicans, while building on public opinion and perhaps peeling off the requisite number of Republican defectors to pass his policies. At no point is the president nor Senate Democrats held to blame for the partisanship in Washington.
But eight years ago, as President Bush took office, Balz had a far different tone in his January 20, 2005 front page piece, "Looking to Apply Lessons Learned," which focused on areas in which President Bush was supposed to grow in office in his next term by reaching out to Democrats whom he and his congressional allies defeated in the 2012 general election (emphases mine):
President Bush is a politician with large ambitions and few doubts, someone not easily given to mea culpas. But in the run-up to today's inauguration, he has at least hinted at some of the lessons learned in office. From his relations with Democrats in Congress to his approach to the rest of the world, Bush has suggested he will try to strike a different tone -- without abandoning principles or policies.
Balancing those objectives could be one of the biggest challenges in a second term already facing difficult problems. His agenda includes turning Iraq into a success story, repairing relations with other nations, tackling the restructuring of Social Security and the tax code, and revising immigration policy. The question is whether he can aggressively pursue that agenda and still achieve a more accommodating climate here and abroad.
Washington, "is tough," he said. "It's different from Austin. . . . I'm mindful of my rhetoric when it comes to the Democrats. I've really checked back." Bush paused to acknowledge he had not checked his rhetoric during the campaign, calling it a matter of political survival. He continued: "I think all of us, all of us, have got to work to set the right kind of tone. I will continue to do so."
Bush's Democratic critics will dismiss those statements as cosmetic at best, disingenuous at worst. They say it was Bush who did not make good on his 2000 campaign pledge to change the tone in Washington with polarizing policies and scorched-earth campaigns. No amount of soothing rhetoric, they argue, can overcome an ideologically driven agenda at home or unilateralist impulses abroad.
There is deep suspicion on both sides of the relationship, with White House officials saying they have consistently tried to avoid inflammatory rhetoric without getting any credit from Democrats, who say the administration remains so ideologically driven that it diminishes any chance of real cooperation.
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who broke ranks with many in his party to support all three of Bush's tax cuts, said Bush must be more flexible. "If he is able to reach out to Democrats in the development of policy rather than having his staff present it as a take-it-or-leave-it basis, it would foster more support," he said. "Last term it seemed like a lot of the time his policy people would work with me and his political people would work on me."
A White House official said Bush would try to encourage cooperation. Asked how, he replied: "You say there's a seat at the table if you want to help write the bill."
Neither side thinks the relationship can be repaired easily, but there are signs that Bush may try to start anew with some Democrats. During his first term, he had a strained relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus. Bush met with the caucus in his first two weeks as president, but the relationship deteriorated quickly.
At no point in his January 20, 2005 story did Balz suggest that there were some parts of "Blue America" that Bush just couldn't win over and that he just had to soldier on and assertively promote his agenda to get things done. In the January 2005 piece, Balz also failed to see congressional Democrats as having an obligation to move in President Bush's' direction. You will recall that in the 2004 general election, House Republicans added three seats to their majority and Senate Republicans added four to cushion their hold of the upper chamber.


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CSI Lahore: U.S. forensics big shot comes home to help Pakistan
By Katharine Houreld
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - As one of America's top forensic scientists, Mohammad Tahir uncovered evidence that helped jail boxer Mike Tyson for rape, convict serial killer John Wayne Gacy and clear doctor Sam Sheppard of murdering his wife.
Then Tahir took on his toughest assignment yet – applying his skills in Pakistan, a poor nation of 180 million people beset by crime and militancy.
But catching criminals is not Tahir's biggest problem. It's working with the country's antiquated criminal justice system.
The very notion of producing evidence is a newfangled concept for many involved in law enforcement in Pakistan. Cases often rely on witnesses who are easily bribed or intimidated. Terrorism and murder suspects usually walk free.
So Tahir, a softly spoken man whose passions are reading and gardening, set out on a quest: to promote forensic science.
"Physical evidence does not lie, it does not perjure itself as humans do," said the dapper 65-year-old. "It is a silent witness ... We make it speak in a court of law."
Tahir, a dual Pakistani and U.S. citizen, has his own forensics lab in the Unites States. He spent 36 years working with U.S. police and helped write the FBI handbook on forensics.
In 2008, with militant attacks rising in Pakistan, Punjab's chief minister called Tahir and asked for help: to design a new $31 million forensics lab in the city of Lahore, handpick its scientists and try to enforce new standards of crime solving. Continued...


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Book Reviews
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
Tina Fey was the first woman to run the writer's room at "Saturday Night Live." She riveted the late-night crowd with her impersonation of a certain Alaska governor. She created the hit NBC sitcom "30 Rock," and she's just come out with a book titled "Bossypants." Fellow comedian Janeane Garofalo has our review.
JANEANE GAROFALO: I received Tina Fey's new book, "Bossypants," last Friday evening and read it straight through until 7:40 a.m. Saturday morning. I guess, as they say, I couldn't put it down. Not just a trite expression, in this case it is literally true.
Not sort of switching gears here for a second, I'd like to reach back to the turn of the century, specifically the 1990s. Career-wise things were going very well for me. And I was frequently ashamed by that fact, especially when I met Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Amy Sedaris.
They were always so much funnier than me, and I could only assume they were as perplexed by my success as I was. Now that we are well into the aughts and their careers have taken off, while I spend more time Nyquil napping and loitering in bookstores, things feel more just, somehow corrected.
This is not so much a memoir as it is sort of a here's-what-happened-and-why-I think-this kind of book. It's honest and intimate without any maudlin tales of childhood sorrow. There's no extraneous snark or hit-and-run tell-all gossip. It's just a great read from a mature thinker.
Her stories from the Second City theater in Chicago, "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" make it abundantly clear that Tina Fey is adept at negotiating any and all obstacles in the workplace. In short, she is everything I am not.
For example, the first female head writer at "SNL," Emmy Award-winner, Writers Guild award-winner, the recipient of the Kennedy Center Annual Mark Twain Prize for American humor. She has written screenplays and created "30 Rock" while I was nominated Showtime's funniest person in Rhode Island in 1985.
Where she has thrived, I have readily thrown in the towel and shown my belly in the dog park of show business only to awkwardly hobble away with bullet-riddled feet and bridges smoldering behind me.
Particularly hilarious were the chapters on her honeymoon and having a child, and here again, thankfully devoid of hackneyed sentiment.
Another area of interest to me was Tina's discussion of what happened when she impersonated Sarah Palin on "SNL" and became a target of ill-founded wrath. Regrettably, it's always been easy to marshal cultural hostility toward women, especially in politics, where double standards and misogyny tend to dominate the conversation. Those are my words, not Tina's.
Anyway, it is difficult to be a woman or a person of color in the entertainment industry, but this book is not about that. Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at Second City, "SNL," sitcoms and film, in front of and behind the camera, and that is my book review.
BLOCK: That's actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo, reviewing the book "Bossypants" by Tina Fey.
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Manitoba had its best-ever finish at the National Women's Under-18 Championship at Dawson Creek, B.C., on Sunday but the squad didn't come home with the medal it wanted.
Glenboro's Jessica Vallotton scored one Manitoba's goals in its 4-2 loss to Ontario Blue in the championship game. Vallotton's goal was set up by Brandon's Ashleigh Brykaliuk — who was named player of the game — and Virden's Karissa Kirkup.
Manitou's Lauryn Keen scored Manitoba's other goal.
Glenboro's Brittni Mowat made 21 saves in the net for Manitoba, which held a pair of one-goal leads but gave up two third-period goals and was left to accept silver medals after the final buzzer.
Manitoba reached the final by posting a 2-1 record in the preliminary pool play and then defeating British Columbia 4-1 in Saturday's semifinal. Neepawa's Halli Krzyzaniak scored one goal for Manitoba and Bruxelles' Cassidy Carels added two assists. Kirkup also had one helper. Mowat made 29 saves.
Prior to this year's event, Manitoba — which also features MacGregor's Coutlyn Oswald, St. Lazare's Tirra Lemoine and Manitou's Madison Hutchinson — had never finished better than third.
An Ontario team has won every event since it was first held in 2001.
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Dallas 1 Construction will be performing roadway construction activities at the intersection of Griffin Road at Mall Hill Drive. This will involve the closure of Mall Hill Drive at Griffin Road. On Mall Hill Drive, the construction will include new turn lanes as well as a constructing a new concrete traffic separator in front of the new Lakeland Toyota building. The new lane configuration of Mall Hill Road will consist of a newly constructed left-turn lane and a right-turn lane onto Griffin Road as well as a Northbound center through-lane. There will also be updated curb ramps at the Southwest and Southeast corners of the intersection.
The road closure and construction activities are anticipated to begin on June 27th and last approximately three weeks.
Chuck Barmby
Transportation Planner
LAKELAND, FL (June 21, 2013) - The Florida Department of Transportation and Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency (LCRA) are funding improvements around Lake Beulah in order to beautify this gateway into Lakeland and the surrounding neighborhoods and to improve conditions for bicyclists, pedestrians and transit patrons. Through this project, the existing five-foot wide concrete sidewalk will be replaced with an eight- to ten-foot wide asphalt multi-use trail. This project also includes the installation of decorative lighting along the trail, landscaping and transit stop improvements including the construction of a new transit shelter at the Hartsell Avenue intersection.
The City of Lakeland will conduct a public information meeting on Monday, June 24, 2013, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (Citrus Connection) Offices located at 1212 George Jenkins Boulevard, Lakeland. The meeting will be conducted in an open-house format with no formal presentation, allowing attendees to view the displays at their convenience. Materials on display will include illustrations of the proposed improvements and project schedule. City staff will be available to answer questions and address concerns.
For more information, contact Chuck Barmby, Transportation Planner, at 863/834-6011.
On Monday June 24th City of Lakeland crews will be begin intersection improvements at Lake Hollingsworth Drive and Belmar Street. The concrete island will be removed, new curb alignment and pedestrian crossing improvements will be constructed.
Belmar Street will be closed East bound to thru traffic for approximately two days. Motorist are encouraged to use alternate routes. Construction will continue beyond the two days, however no closures and only minor delays will be encountered for the remainder of the project. The project should be complete within two weeks, weather permitting.
LAKELAND, FL (June 12, 2013) -- At 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 15th the City of Lakeland will dedicate the gymnasium at Simpson Park in honor of Sylvester Douglas McArthur, known by many as Coach Mac who passed away February 2011 at the age of 75. McArthur dedicated over 40 years to the betterment of his community through coaching and mentoring at risk youth.
He was employed by the Polk County School Board for 26 years and the City of Lakeland for 15 years. It was during this tenure as coach and recreation supervisor that he helped shape the lives of numerous young men and women. McArthur taught many children how to swim at Simpson Park Pool. He also was a football and basketball coach at Rochelle High and Lakeland Senior High.
Marquis Roberts, Recreation Supervisor II at Simpson Park Recreation Complex said, "I use to come to Simpson Park as a kid and I had some great positive role models like Coach Mac. I saw how he dealt with the kids and I knew then that I wanted to be like him." He added, "Coach Mac was definitely an influence that helped shape me to be the man I am today and now I'm a Recreation Supervisor at the very same place where Coach Mac helped guide me."
McArthur was a pillar in the African American community and a faithful member of Rose Heights Lodge 318. He was a major influence for a number of athletes from Lakeland to attend college and he assisted many to attend his beloved Bethune-Cookman University.
For all Coach Mac's hard work and dedication to the City of Lakeland the Gymnasium will be dedicated in his honor on June 15, 2013 at 1 p.m. The Simpson Park Community Center is located at 1725 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
For more information regarding the City of Lakeland and the Parks & Recreation Department, visit www.lakelandgov.net. Follow the City of Lakeland through social media by searching City of Lakeland once you are logged-into Face Book or follow us on Twitter @ lakelandgov.


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It is really a delight dealing with a company such as yours. You were prompt to answer my question about delivery and the table top arrived exactly as you said. We are very happy with the table top. We looked around both in the Internet and in stores but either we did not find what we wanted or it was not suitable. We have large gatherings for dinner (12 to 20 relatives and friends) several times a year. My idea is to convert the table top in a large lazy Susan to place in the middle of a large dining table. I think it is going to work perfectly. Being a fan of good workmanship, I am now a fan of 'Ready To Cover'. I'll look around to see if I have a need for any other wooden product. I will certainly pass your web site around.
Thanks, you guys are great!
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Heres a pic of the wedding cake stand I made from the 24" table top I ordered from yall.....thx!!! There's actually four pedestals on each " corner" and one in the middle...... I'm doing a diy vintage wedding for my daughter in the Stockyards in Ft. Worth TX
Thx for being a good resource for me. God bless you.


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Well, this is interesting. A few months ago, there were whispers that CBS News was becoming, shall we say "testy"? Let's settle on "testy" with its award-winning, intrepid journalist, Sharyl Attkisson, because...well...she just wouldn't leave stories alone. First it was the Fast and Furious "non-story" -- nothing to see there! Then it was Benghazi -- where no one knew anything, no photos from the situation room were available, some stupid video caused death and mayhem, um, scratch that, but what … [Read more...]
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Part of my morning ritual involves logging into Twitter to see what people are talking about -- to get a sense of the mood of things.Today, the mood was unnervingly manic and whirling; it gave me a sense of vertigo -- really of chaos. There are simply so many scandals, so many stories, so many concerns, solutions, opinions. People railing on the scandalous garbage leaking out of the State Department. The submerged Benghazi story. The getting-lost NSA story; the becoming-distant IRS story -- … [Read more...]


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Nicki Minaj in Talks to Open for Britney Spears
A Young Money MC may be turning Britney Spears' upcoming Femme Fatale tour a few shades pinker.
According to TMZ, the iconic pop singer is reportedly in "serious talks" to have Nicki Minaj replace Enrique Iglesias as her opening act. While nothing has been set in stone, lawyers are currently ironing out the details and are said to be reaching an agreement in the next few days.
The tour is scheduled to begin on June 17 in Sacramento, Calif., and will continue around the country through the summer. During the trek, Britney and Nicki would make pit stops in Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Detroit and Boston before wrapping up the jaunt at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on August 13.
The troubled star recently made headlines with her tour after former opening act Iglesias pulled out mere hours after its announcement.
Nicki is currently on the road as one of the opening acts on Lil Wayne's I Am Music II tour, which also features performances from Rick Ross and Travis Barker. The North American venture kicked off at Buffalo's HSBC Arena on March 18, and will continue through April before finishing at East Rutherford's Bamboozle Festival on May 1.
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