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May 7, 2013
Fri-Sun., May 10-12 -- at Big Ten Outdoor Championships (Columbus, Ohio), Noon/9:30 a.m./11 a.m.
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The University of Michigan women's track and field team will kick off the championship portion of its season at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships from Friday to Sunday (May 10-12). Action will begin on Friday at noon p.m. and resume again on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Championships on BTN -- The Big Ten Outdoor Championships will be aired on the Big Ten Network on May 19 at 1 p.m.
Rebecca Addison, Tofunmi Akeredolu, Meg Bellino, Erin Busbee, Charlotte Cahill, Amanda Eccleston, Joanna Fleming, Nicola Hallenborg, Brook Handler, Lindsey Hilton, Meghan Lark, Alex Leptich, Maya Long, Taylor Manett, Elly Mioduszewski, Sara Nitz, Cindy Ofili, Chinyere Onimo, Shannon Osika, Erin Pendleton, Danielle Pfeifer, Taylor Pogue, Kari Prena, Jillian Smith, Kiley Tobel, Ada Unachukwu, Megan Weschler, Victoria Wesley, Alexandria Williams.
With the addition of Nebraska to the Big Ten Conference in 2011, the championship meet includes 11 teams as Northwestern does not have a track and field program.
Michigan has won seven Big Ten outdoor titles, with the most recent coming in 2007. The Maize and Blue tied Illinois for the conference crown with 129 points that year. Since Michigan began competing in the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in 1978, the Wolverines have won 86 individual-event titles.
Ohio State captured the 2012 Big Ten outdoor title with 117 points. The Wolverines finished seventh a year ago with 67 points.
Senior Erin Pendleton (Lindsey, Ohio/Woodmore) is the defending Big Ten discus champion and also won the event in 2010. Her season-best toss of 52.03 meters (170-8) currently ranks seventh in the Big Ten.
Junior multi-event athlete Erin Busbee (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood) will not compete in the full heptathlon at the Big Ten Championships. She will compete in four open events, including the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump and 4x100-meter relay.
Senior Rebecca Addison (Spring Lake, Mich./Grand Haven) won the 2011 Big Ten 1,500-meter run title. Last year, she finished sixth in the 1,500-meter run and eighth in the 800-meter run.
Junior Amber Smith (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood) qualified for the finals in two events at the 2012 outdoor conference meet, finishing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles and eighth in the 400-meter hurdles. She currently ranks seventh in the 100-meter hurdles.
Senior/junior Kiley Tobel (Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western) set a new U-M outdoor pole vault record (4.24m, 13-11) at the 2012 outdoor meet to finish runner-up. Her mark of 4.05 meters (13-3.5) currently ranks third in the Big Ten standings.
Heading into the Big Ten Championships, Michigan has 13 student-athletes, as well as the 4x100-meter relay, ranked in the top eight in the Big Ten in at least one event (the top eight score at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships). Freshman Cindy Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich./Huron) owns the conference's fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles of 13.34, while senior Rebecca Addison (Spring Lake, Mich./Grand Haven) holds on to the top time in the 800-meter run (2:05.74).
Rebecca Addison -- 800m (2:05.74)
Jillian Smith -- 800m (2:06.17)
Rebecca Addison -- 1,500m (2nd, 4:17.41)
Amanda Eccleston -- 1,500m (3rd, 4:17.49)
Shannon Osika -- 1,500m (4th, 4:19.00)
Jillian Smith -- 1,500m (8th, 4:21.78)
Amanda Eccleston -- 5,000m (3rd, 16:13.07)
Taylor Pogue -- 10,000m (4th, 34:48.15)
Lindsey Hilton -- 10,000m (8th, 35:05.97)
Cindy Ofili -- 100m Hurdles (1st, 13.34)
Amber Smith -- 100m Hurdles (7th, 13.65)
Brook Handler -- 3,000m Steeple (8th, 10:28.05)
Smith, Ofili, Busbee, Cahill -- 4x100m Relay (8th, 45.96)
Kiley Tobel -- Pole Vault (3rd, 13-3.5 ft.)
Erin Busbee -- Long Jump (4th, 19-11.5 ft.)
Ada Unachukwu -- Triple Jump (6th, 41-1.75 ft.)
Erin Pendleton -- Discus (7th, 170-8 ft. )
2013 NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING -- For the fourth consecutive season, the NCAA East and West Preliminary Rounds will be utilized to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Using a descending order list, the top-48 athletes in each event will participate in two rounds (first round and quarterfinals) during the Preliminary Round. Twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event will advance from each Preliminary Championship competition to the NCAA Championships. There are no qualifying marks used during the outdoor season. This year's NCAA East Preliminary Round will be hosted by North Carolina A&T State University from May 23-25, in Greensboro, N.C.
Several different events are contested during the outdoor season that were not during the indoor season. The 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles are replaced by the 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles; the mile run is replaced by the 1,500-meter run; and the weight throw is replaced with the hammer throw. The 400-meter hurdles, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 10,000-meter run, javelin and discus, as well as the 4x100-meter relay, are also added to the list of events. The multi-event competition also increases from five events to seven events with the heptathlon (100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash, javelin, long jump and 800-meter run).
Family Ties: Freshman Cindy Ofili is the younger sister of former Wolverine, five-time NCAA Champion, and 2012 Olympian, Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (2006-09), as well as Alex Ofili who played football at U-M (2002, 04). Newcomer, Elly Mioduszewski, is the younger sister of Melany Mioduszewski, who ran cross country for U-M in 2009. Erin Pendleton is the younger sister of two-time Big Ten champion discus thrower, Emily Pendleton (2008-10, 12). Sophomore/freshman Laura Addison and senior Rebecca Addison are the only sisters remaining on the Wolverine roster this season. Junior Amber Smith and senior/junior Jillian Smith have no relation.
| Charlotte Cahill
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On last weekend's graduation ceremony ... "It was really exciting. I don't think it's really hit me yet and probably won't until I'm not going to class in the fall. All of our track and field graduating seniors sat together in the front row. It was a really cool experience, especially to be in the front because Bri (Jenkins) was on crutches after her surgery. It's awesome to be done and be able to focus on track. I've been in this situation the last three years, but it's really cool to not have any other responsibilities and to be able to practice whenever."
On her postgraduate plans ... "I'm going to physical therapy school at U-M Flint. Ada (Unachukwu) and I will both be going there in the fall. It's a three-year doctorate program."
On competing in four events at the Big Ten Championships ... "It is a lot, but I feel like I've definitely gotten used to competing in that many events. Ever since high school I've done four events at meets. It's really exciting to be part of two relays because I like the team aspect more than the individual races, but I'm excited for my individual events too."
On improving upon a successful indoor season ... "Our indoor season was really great for us, especially with improving on our team finish at Big Tens. We're really excited to carry our momentum into our outdoor season. During finals, we were getting a little sore and a little run down, but we're working on getting mentally prepared and getting excited for this weekend."
On having the whole team back together for a scored meet ... "We're excited to be back together. In the middle of the season, it was kind of hard with everyone being in different places, but we've had a lot of team gatherings and team meetings to help with that. Graduation was a good thing -- we were all together with the distance people who were graduating. We also came together for our team banquet last weekend -- it's good to have that recognition and it boosts our momentum going into our last stretch. I think we're ready to come back together this weekend."
Thu-Sat., May 23-25 -- at NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (Greensboro, N.C.)
Wed-Sat., June 5-8 -- at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)


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Dedicating his new solo album, "Old School," to late fellow E Street Band member Clarence Clemons was a no-brainer for Nils Lofgren.
"I'm still reeling," Lofgren, who was touring in Britain when Clemons died June, tells Billboard.com. "Clarence and I had a deeper friendship offstage rather than on. Right off the bat, 27 years ago, he kind of embraced me into the band; they all did, but he was a really powerful friend. It's an awful loss. We spoke every week. When I had both hips replaced (in 2008), my first three-block hobble with my walker and my therapist was up the road to Clarence's room where he had his knee done in the same hospital. It was kind of a hilarious meeting of the cripples."
In recent shows, in fact, Lofgren has taken to changing the lyrics of his "Old School" track "Miss You Ray," as in Charles, to "miss you C." "And I will continue to do that, Lofgren says.
He also knows it will be strange to look to his right, where Clemons once stood, when the E Street Band hits the road in 2012.
"It'll be more than strange," Lofgren says. "There's no Clarence. There can't be. I remember when we lost Danny (Federici, in 2008), it was rough enough, and I found myself standing on stage looking at a video of Danny's whole life as a musician, and it was very, very emotional. This will be, too."
Lofgren says he has "not a clue" about how Springsteen is going to configure the band for next year and how he's going to handle Clemons' absence. "I know, as always, he'll do something special and classy as he's always done, but that's a real rough thing," the guitarist says. Lofgren also demurs on talking about anything beyond the four European dates that have already been announced, as well as the album Springsteen has revealed he's recording.
"All I can say is Bruce has committed us to some shows in the summer, which obviously is a beautiful thing," Lofgren says. "It means the challenge of putting the E Street Band back together for another go-round, which for me is a wonderful musical challenge and journey, and that's about all I know right now. But I'm grateful for that."
Until the E Street Band fires up, Lofgren will be busy promoting "Old School," his first set of all-new material in five years. Most of the songs, he says, were written since Springsteen and the E Street Band came off the road in 2009, and Lofgren acknowledges that there's a loose thematic tone that was inspired by turning 60 last June, a perspective best heard in songs such as the politically charged title track, "Ain't Too Many of Us Left" and "60 is the New 18."
"You can't really spin 60 too much. That's a big number," says Lofgren, who produced the album. "I'm still standing, singing, playing, getting better. I feel like, damn, I'm not only still standing but I've got lots of ideas. I feel like an authentic old guy now who's grateful but also hopefully has his eyes open. There's a lot going on that I don't like, but you just keep a perspective to comment on all of it and keep it emotional and try to keep it somewhat intelligent and hopeful and, number one, keep it passionate."
He also kept "Old School" -- which includes guest appearances by Paul Rodgers, Sam Moore and Lou Gramm -- stylistically broad. "I'm pretty schizophrenic in musical genres and writing," Lofgren acknowledges. "I haven't had the burden of a record company looking over my shoulder for 16 years, so I was free to do something I was proud of, wherever that led. So it's a combination of a lot of different styles and feels from very general acoustic to pretty rough and aggressive. I just kind of let myself go 'til I had a batch (of songs) that had a cohesive feel. It's all over the place, but it still has a vibe to it."
Lofgren -- who's also done "some initial session work" for a new album by Springsteen's wife and E Street Band mate Patti Scialfa -- plans extensive touring in support of "Old School," accompanied by longtime friend and musical partner Greg Varlotta. And he predicts that his next album will come sooner rather than later. "I'm totally back into my groove of singing and writing," he says. "I'd like (the next album) to be out in a couple of years, but I can't promise it. I'm just excited that I've got a record I'm proud of, and I want to keep the groove going."
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April 26, 2009
PITTSBURGH — Today's rubber match between the University of Pittsburgh and Rutgers University followed the same game plan as yesterday's doubleheader – let the offense settle the game. The Panthers produced 12 runs on 15 hits with eight players recording at least one hit on the day.
Josh Smith (3-0) picked up his third win of the season and remained unbeaten after throwing five and a third stellar innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out two. Chris Tonte finished the game 2-for-4 with a game-high four RBI while and Kevan Smith extended his hitting streak 12 games and finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Smith's two-run blast in the second inning put Pitt (22-14, 9-9 Big East) up 2-0 in the bottom of the second. Zach Duggan's RBI single up the middle pushed the lead to 3-0 before Rutgers' offense jumped into action.
The Scarlet Knights (17-24, 4-14 Big East) platted four runs in both the third and fourth innings. Jarred Jimenez continued to dial in on the Panther pitchers, sending a David Kaye offering over the left field wall for his third home run of the series. Jaren Matthews added to the Rutgers run total with a two-run homer in the fourth, forcing Pitt to turn to the bullpen early on.
Ryan Dunford entered with one out and quickly loaded the bases, giving up a double to Jimenez before hitting Jayon Hernandez and Luis Feliz. After D.J. Anderson reached on a fielder's choice that scored Jimenez, Dunford walked Brandon Boykin and Michael Lang, bringing the score to 8-5 in favor of the visitors.
Tonte's double to left scored two runs to cut the lead to 8-7 before John Schultz singled in the tying run.
After scoring twice in the fifth to take a 10-8 lead, Tonte put the finishing touches on Pitt's fourth Big East series win with a two-run blast to left center.
Pitt will be in action this week with five games in the next seven days, starting with a non-conference game against Penn State on Tuesday, April 28. First pitch at Trees Field is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Final Season Notes: Panthers Conclude 2017 Season
Manny Pazos Signs with Seattle
Mitchell Selected by Kansas City in MLB Draft
Mattson Drafted by Los Angeles Angels
Falk Tabbed by Oakland in MLB Draft
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by CRAIG JAMES
Can you believe Lake Michigan has nearly three trillion more gallons of water in it than at this time last month? With the wet spring we have had, the lake has risen seven inches since mid April, which translates to 2.73 trillion gallons more water. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Michigan is still about two inches below last year at this time and 16 inches below the long-term average for May. Lake Michigan is an amazing 47 inches below the highest level of record set back in 1986, but it is 13 inches higher than the lowest level of record set in 1996.
Lakes Erie and Ontario are above average for this time of year. In fact, Lake Ontario is up 18 inches from last year and is now six inches above its long-term average for May. Lake Michigan is expected to come up another three inches by mid June; Lake Superior may rise another four inches, while the eastern lakes should remain nearly unchanged. The total increase of water in the five Great Lakes in the last month is over 11 TRILLION gallons!
Farther south, the Corps of Engineers is releasing water through spillways on the Mississippi River to prevent another flood the magnitude of the 1927 flood, which is the worst flood ever recorded for that river.
The water is flowing at the rate of 1.5 million cubic feet per second through the river between Arkansas and Mississippi. Last Sunday, May 15, the Grand River in Grand Rapids was flowing at just 7.6 thousand cubic feet per second. An engineer has calculated that at the rate the Mississippi is flowing, the water could completely fill the Superdome in New Orleans in just 50 seconds.
Opening the spillway will release enough water to submerge about 3,000 square miles of land under as much as 25 feet of water. This will take the pressure off the downstream levees protecting New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi. However, it could mean ruin to many of the farmers who grow crops in the flooded area.
The government tells us there is little inflation. However, the index of commodities shows the price of cotton, corn and soybeans has risen 50% to 100% since last year. The farmers who are now flooded were counting on the higher prices this year pulling many of them out of debt, but not now. The river's rise may also force the closing of the river to shipping, from Baton Rouge to the mouth of the Mississippi. That would cause grain barges from the heartland to stack up, along with other commodities, costing the U.S. economy hundreds of millions of dollars per day.
Not far west of the Mississippi River, it is a lack of water causing problems. The first map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and NOAA shows much of Texas and New Mexico in what is termed an "exceptional" drought. Over 48% of Texas is in an exceptional drought. In parts of southeastern New Mexico, no measurable precipitation has been recorded for three to six months.
The drought is expected to persist in most areas through at least the end of July. Crop losses in Texas alone could exceed $3 billion dollars.
Still farther to the west and northwest, the second map shows stream flow forecasts. No forecasts have been made for the areas in white but the blue, green and purple colors indicate that due to melting of above average snowfall, stream flows are expected to be 100% to 200% of normal. Farmers in these areas are delighted. They will have plenty of water for irrigation. Farming is tough. One farmer in Louisiana stated he will have enough money from insurance after bills are paid to go to a movie, but only if it is dollar night.
Craig James has been retired since July 1, 2008, after 40 years of broadcasting television weather. He was chief meteorologist at WZZM-TV for 12 years and chief meteorologist at WOOD-TV for 24 years. He is a graduate of Penn State University, where he received a Centennial Fellowship Award. He was also honored as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.


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I was driving in the rain today for the first time, and noticed that there was a rhythmic clicking coming from my dash. I immediately assumed it was some sort of relay, as that is what is sounded like, albeit louder than I have ever heard. Sure enough, it is the intermittent rear wiper relay. I am still assuming it is a relay, it is definitely some sort of electrical switch associated with the intermittent rear wiper. Is this something that any of you guys have noticed? I was able to hear it over the radio, so it is quite noisy.
I am going to call the dealership tomorrow about this, as I don't think it is normal.
Edit: I didn't place this in the troubleshooting, as I pretty much know what the problem is. I am just curious if anyone else has experienced it. Mods, if this would be more appropriate in troubleshooting, please let me know.


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Be aware of Who injects you and Why they are injecting you!!
Q. I just got back from a party, and what I saw there horrified me. I could not recognize some of my friends and some others just looked scary. If I get facial fillers, do I have to look swollen or distorted? And what's up with everyone having a fat face? I never had one growing up and I don't want to have one, but I don't want to look old. Is there any help for an aging skinny-faced person?
A. Absolutely there is. I have practiced for more than 20 years under the theory that less is better, but now the new philosophy seems to be more is more -- cash that is!
Fillers -- including Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Radiesse and Sculptra -- are priced in such a way that the more you use, the more you pay. Over the years, the philosophy in facial plastic surgery has changed from pulling the face tighter to filling in the face.
As is usual, what started as a good idea got distorted into a moneymaking proposition for a few doctors that take this theory to new levels for financial gains. While there are many ethical physicians out there, some others have created ``filler junkies'' and made them feel that unless they look like a chipmunk they are not nearing their ideal beauty. Fillers are a big part of my practice, as they help people who do not need or want surgery.
So how do you pick a physician to inject you with these fillers? First, your physician should be a board-certified facial plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon or dermatologist experienced with fillers. Look on company websites such as Allergan and Medicis to see if your doctor is listed (frequent users of their products will be listed). And finally, ask the friends whose looks you like which doctor they are using. Also ask the friends with the too-puffy faces -- so you can avoid their physician like the plague!


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MEADVILLE Allegheny Colleges Ford Memorial Chapel was transformed into a boudoir of sorts Wednesday night, as professional sex educators advised students in attendance how best to touch themselves and their partners to reach orgasm in what was billed as an educational seminar.
The chapel, built and dedicated in 1902, is where Catholic mass and non-denominational services are conducted every week at the private liberal arts college in northwestern Pennsylvania. But all that took a back pew to Wednesdays festivities, dubbed I Heart the Female Orgasm and hosted by a variety of student groups on campus.
The two sex educators, Marshall Miller and Kate Weinberg, talked students through a variety of masturbation techniques during the event.
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
our tax dollars at work-- teaching boys to wack off--- in a church!?-WTF???-
sounds like the government --hell they probably gave them some "gay" advice too--


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The M54 is a great engine to FI, you just need to keep the cylinder pressure low enough and the temps low aswell.
Bdave dont know what he's talking about , 10:1 is just .5:1 lower than stock.
Internal component weakness ? Really ? S52 crank and rods that are used in 10k rpm machines are weak ?
The harmonic dampener and oilpump are it's weaknesses.(And possibly the headbolts that strip the block if you overheat it)
What i would go for are raceware headstuds or custom M12 ones , a coopering HG and 9:1 pistons with eagle H-beam rods.
That setup should handle 30psi safely, run it on E85 and advance the spark instead of raising the boost(cylinder pressure still applies)
My 8.2:1 build without turbo keeps up with a stock 330, maby my tuning is better than stock but the power loss isn't that big.
Contact wiseco and have pistons made at your own chosen compression, contact vaio(some numbers) for an oilpump and start wrenching
You have not been keeping up with current trends here in USA. High compression Turbo builds of 10:1 (he said he needed new pistons, so order in 10:1) are popular right now. And its not ME talking, its Chris from HPF (Orange track car high compression turbo build on C12) and Larry at Sound Performance who advocates high compression E85 turbo builds.
I do believe those guys DO know what they are talking about. I am merely passing on their information.
The whole concept is not to LOOSE any more throttle response than is necessary when the car is out of boost. The higher you can keep compression, the better the car performs out of boost.
E-85 takes care of any knock issues and helps spool the turbo faster according to Larry from Sound Performance in Chicago. E-85 has a massive cooling effect and will help very much in keeping temps down.
If you have any questions, please address them to those two individuals.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with SweTurbo's approach, but there you will gain more throttle response by doing a high comp build. The car will have much better manners in HPDE say in exiting a turn if you happen (it happens) to not be in boost. The car will just be more fun to drive as a High Comp build. The M54 motor isnt the most powerful in the world so it can definitely benefit by keeping compression relatively high.
I suggest talking directly to Larry at Sound Performance in Chicago. His email is listed in his signature. He can explain your options a lot better than I can. With the right direction you can have a very serious build that runs circles around other conventional low comp builds.
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Ritz-Carlton to close 5-diamond Las Vegas hotel
By Deepa Seetharaman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co will close its five-diamond property in Las Vegas this May, after the hotel struggled with a slide in demand and revenue.
"It's nothing the hotel did. It's a simple lack of business and a decline in the tourism industry," said Ritz-Carlton spokeswoman Vivian Deuschl.
The owners of the 348-room property, Village Hospitality LLC, an arm of Deutsche Bank, will stop funding the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas day-to-day operations on May 2.
"That was the owner's decision and we reluctantly agreed to go along with it," Deuschl said.
Luxury properties have been hit hard in the past year and a half. Corporate travel and business from associations accounts for the bulk revenue of these hotels, but companies and groups have cut back on travel spending in the past year.
Village Hospitality, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank's German American Capital Corp, acquired the hotel in a nonjudicial foreclosure sale in February 2009.
"The unprecedented economic downturn has had a significant impact on the hotel's operations," said Deutsche Bank spokesman Scott Helfman. "As a result, Village Hospitality LLC concluded that continuing to fund operations was no longer economically viable and consequently decided to close the hotel effective May 2, 2010."
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romex clamped against bx knockout in old box
My house was built in 1930 and still has some bx runs.
In one of my rooms, I want to replace the bx with new romex. The old metal boxes are perfect. I want to pull new romex into the old boxes where the BX used to be.
Problem is that the knockouts for the bx are inset into the receptacle box by roughly 1/8 inch. If I clamp the romex against the back of the box, this 1/8 metal lip will cut into the romex.
I have previously dealt with this years ago by putting a metal dowel pin on its side between the romex and the back of the old box, so that the romex clamps against a smooth surface instead of the 1/8 inch lip. This worked fine, but there must be a better way.
I don't want to open the can of worms of replacing the boxes and destroying my walls.
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
BX clamps are not suitable for Romex. Replace them with proper clamps.
I know about the clamps. I replace the existing bx clamp with the kind that comes with a new metal romex box, which presses the romex against the back wall of the box.
The problem is with the old boxes themselves - they have a round knockout where the bx enters and the o.d. of the knockout is 1/8" from the wall of the box. If I bring the new romex through this opening and use the new type of clamp, that's where I have a problem. This is in contrast to the new boxes, which have the knockout hole open right up against the wall of the box so there's no metal lip.
Not sure what type of clamp you are using but it sounds like the wrong type. All the clamps I have seen for round knock outs don't care if the hole is near the bottom. They fill the entire hole and clamp the cable.
You should be using something that looks like this
thank you - maybe I'm thinking of this wrong. Here is what it looks like now (with clamp removed and my messed-up wall from where I started to dig out the existing box)...
It's hard to tell from this picture, but the hole that the bx passes through is not flush with the back wall of the box.
I planned to use a clamp from a new metal box, like this one:
Would the clamp which you suggested work on the inside of my old bx box (I have no access to the outside of the box)?
As you show us the photo of new metal box with interal BX clamp that is listed for both BX et Romex cables but some new metal box will NOT take BX at all so just watchout on that one.
Keep the antishort bushing aka redhead or reddevil or other tradenames will show up that is very important part with BX but not need in MC cable.
thank you. just to clarify - I want to keep the old box and use NM instead of the old bx. I need an internal clamp/connector to hold the NM. Do they make a connector designed to go in a knockout and hold NM from INSIDE the box? Seems like the only connectors that would do this are the push-in connectors, but these are designed for use outside the box.
An internal clamp won't work for me because the knockout isn't flush with the wall of the box, so if I clamp NM against it, the lip of metal will cut into the romex. Sounds like maybe the approach I used last time I did this might be the best way - to put a metal spacer in between the romex and the back wall of the box, and then use a standard clamp.
Any chance did you save the old clamps from the old box ? that look like tee shaped or double holes clamp one of the two.
If so save them you will need them however do not overtighten them otherwise you will pinch the insluating materals.
That box I was looking at the photo I am sure it is listed to work with BX, MC , AC, Romex and old style cloth/tar coated Romex cable.
and make sure you ground the box if you can't find the screws they typically take either 10-24 or 10-32 threads depending on which screw hole you are using.
still looking for help on this one, thx
Looks like the "Tom Two Way" is for you. Came across it while looking for AC connectors.
I have the exact same situation. I am running Romex into a metal box of the same age. The KOs are much smaller than the current standard 1/2" or 3/8 and will not fit the common external Romex clamp. I still have the internal clamp, but I am not sure if it is appropriate to use due to space/safety, etc.
Does anyone know where I can find a smaller size external clamp or fitting to secure Romex? I can replace/update the box if absolutely necessary, but I'd like to mimimize extra work patching the wall. Thanks in advance.
The internal clamps from a new metal box can be used. Just look for a metal box with a NM clamp.
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Our good friend over at Rivals.com Kendall Rogers recently did an excellent feature on Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. Both of these sophomores are expected to led the Bruins back into the hunt for a National Championship. Cole was ranked 14th and Bauer was 26th on our Top 100 countdown which was recently finished.
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com recently sat down with LSU head coach Paul Mainieri to get his thoughts on winning the 2009 National Championship and how things are coming in Baton Rouge. As always, Coach Mainieri is an interesting interview and gives some great insight into the program.
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com recently put out his list of the Top Hitters during the 2000's which is led by Dustin Ackley of North Carolina. He hit over .400 in each of his three seasons in Chapel Hill including playing in the College World Series during each season.
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com recently was able to acquire some nice aerial photos of New TD Ameritrade Park where the College World Series will be held starting in 2011. I was in Omaha for the 2009 CWS and thought that the new location for the CWS was much better then Rosenblatt which is located in […]
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Rivals.com College Baseball editor Kendall Rogers has put out an article detailing five programs that are rising in prestige and five that are starting to fall off the map. The programs that he sees coming on are: TCU, Virginia, East Carolina, Kansas and Ohio State. The five programs that are starting to fall are: Arizona, […]
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com continues his series of articles previewing different conference today with the Sun Belt. He talks about how last year was a surprise as Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee broke through with NCAA tournament bids and hope to continue the success from last season in 2010.
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his series of articles on conferences with the Mountain West conference. The teams in the conference are looking to build on the national media attention that came to them last season as Stephen Strasburg was a member of the San Diego State Aztecs. They were not the only team from […]
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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his series of articles previewing teams heading into fall ball with the West Coast Conference. The Gonzaga Bulldogs won the conference's regular season and the subsequent post-season championship series to make the NCAA Tourney before bowing out after three games in the Fullerton regional.
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As you locate your Piggly Wiggly weekly ads this week you should know many people don't know this, but Piggly Wiggly was actually a pioneer in many aspects of grocery shopping. They were actually the first supermarket to offer check out stands so you can pay for your groceries and they were also the first one to mark prices on each item in the stores. They were also the first supermarket chain to offer self service to customers. Piggly Wiggly was founded in 1916 by Mr. Clarence Saunders out of Memphis Tennessee. During those early times the success of this grocery chain was incredible. It filled the need for so many people so much so that the annual sales exceeded 180 million dollars a year even in those early times. To this day, a Piggly Wiggly weekly ad helps many families in the United States stay afloat with their grocery shopping because of all the special deals you can find on them.
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Bloodshot Co-Commanders Are Chicago Tribune Chicagoans of the Year!
Well, look what we found on our desks this morning. Our co-commanders Rob Miller & Nan Warshaw are Chicago Tribune Chicagoans of the Year!
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This documentary follows Emily Tay, a young woman caught between her Buddhist parents, who risked everything to emigrate from Burma and expect their daughter to comply with an arranged marriage, and her own American dream.
When Emily moves to Germany to play professional basketball and falls in love with a U.S. servicewoman living under Don't Ask Don't Tell, her story unfolds as she struggles to find the courage required to live the life she imagines.
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For any child, a visit to a chocolate factory is the stuff of dreams. But the same apparently held true today when the Queen toured the Mars factory in Slough.
Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the 86-year-old monarch was fascinated to see how the firm's famous snacks are made - or discarded, in the case of a giant vat of Maltesers that had failed to pass tough manufacturing standards.
She was presented with something the chocolatiers had found more challenging - their model version of the Irish State Coach. "That's very clever," she said, as she was shown the work of Mike Zietek and Nicos Charalambous. "It's rather detailed, isn't it?"
Prince Philip, spotting the model coach, which was made out of sugar, chocolate and gold leaf, asked: "Are you expecting it to be eaten or kept?" The good news for the Queen's grandchilden is that it will be delivered to Windsor castle, with a recommendation that it be eaten within a month.
The royal couple were shown raw cocoa pods, how caramel is made, how Maltesers are made and how Snickers get covered in chocolate. The plant is where the Mars bar was first produced and Maltesers were invented.
Fiona Dawson, president of Mars Chocolate UK, said: "We have been manufacturing chocolate in Slough for over 80 years and it was a real privilege to have the opportunity to share our UK manufacturing heritage with our guests and introduce some of our fantastic associates.
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Well, I guess that you must know everything already.mtncntrykid wrote:....Puppy isn't gun shy yet, so that thread doesn't apply.....
copterdoc wrote:Well, I guess that you must know everything already.mtncntrykid wrote:....Puppy isn't gun shy yet, so that thread doesn't apply.....
The best time to cure gun shyness, is before you see the symptoms.
And even after you see the symptoms, the prescribed medicine still has the exact same ingredients.
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Hi all,
I recently updated from mathematica 7.0 to 8.0, and have now encountered problem with replacing my plot labels with LaTeX code using the psfrag package. Everything worked perfectly with the earlier version and the exact same plots, but now psfrag leaves all labels unchanged. I use Kile on Ubuntu 11.04 for LaTeX editing.
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Turkish garden blooms in shade of Berlin Wall
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Osman Kalin is the proud occupier of his very own patch of no man's land.
The cabbages, cherry trees and grape vines that grow on his allotment, a short ride from Checkpoint Charlie, are flourishing on a patch of earth the pensioner accidentally seized from East Germany when the Berlin Wall was still standing.
Kalin's bower has become a popular attraction for thousands of tourists in search of Cold War mementos that have survived the fall of the wall in 1989 more or less unscathed.
One day in 1983, the recently retired Turk decided to clear up a spot of rough ground littered with rubbish on the western side of the Cold War barrier so he could grow vegetables there.
He had no idea the land actually belonged to East Berlin.
"He was very lucky," said Kalin's son Mehmet, speaking on behalf of his 84-year-old father, whose memory is now failing him. "Without the Wall it might never have happened. He never dreamt of having a garden like this when he came to Germany."
The plot lay on a slight kink in the postwar partition of Berlin that East German authorities chose to leave on the other side of the Wall to make construction simpler.
His enclave within the former exclave has since become a symbol of the city's unique divisions and rebirth after the war. Continued...


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Just to wade in on the discussion.
Often, a specific "school" isn't required to get your feet wet.
Porsche (PCA) was mentioned earlier, but also consider the SVT Owners Association (SVTOA), Mercedes Benz, BMW Car Club of America (BMWCCA), Car Guys, NASA and regional track days like Friday at the Track (FATT) - run at Summit Point in WVA.
All of these clubs have seasoned and patient instructors that often move between events and clubs to assist and to get seat time.
Some additional thoughts on track days:
Get lots of rest before and during the event. Use the week before to eat right, get lots of sleep, stay away from alcohol
If possible, take the day before the event off from work. This allows more time to get ready and packed without having to rush. You'll be a bundle of nerves anyway, why make it tougher. Go ahead and drive up the night before, even if the track is close to you. Most events have a night-before check-in which will make your 1st morning that much more pleasant. You may also have a chance to meet your instructor the night before, hang out with other attendees
At the event, make sure to keep hydrated... preferably with water or sports drinks
Read as many high performance driving guides as possible such as the High Performance Driving Manual from HSR or others
Come to your first track day with an open mind. You may have a very high performance street car, you may have driven it very fast on highway off ramps but that does not make you track driver. Show up and consider yourself a blank piece of paper that you and your instructor will color in during the day. As I've heard at some beginner driver meetings "check your ego at the front gate". You and your instructor will both have a more enjoyable day.
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Make sure to have any requried safety inspection completed well in advance of the event. If one is not required, do one anyway!
Have normal maintanence done as well (oil, filters, wheel & tire balancing/rotation, radiator check).
Bring with you extra consumables (oil, water, brake fluid, brake pads)
Toss your cell phone in your back pack and forget about it. If you are a doctor on call, your wife is preganant and due at any moment, or you are needed to fend of a pending alien invasion, then spending your time at an HPDE is probably not the best use of your time. Schedule your event where you won't be interrupted.
More importantly, the phone is off of your person. Things can get really exciting in the car if the phone rings at mid-apex. Worse, if you have the unfortunate experience of having an incident, the phone becomes a missile inside the car.
TURN THE RADIO/CD PLAYER OFF (I have stories about this one)
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My doctor is willing to go back and do excision. I am wondering whether to have the cut be under the areola or under the breast, those were my options given. What do you recommend?


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Did some searching and couldn't come up with an answer to this question. I called Renegade and they couldn't tell me for sure either, so I thought I would check and see if I could find someone with some real world experience before I order.
I have the 238 with the factory laser. Will the Cozy Partner 51 or 53 work with that setup?
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I am looking for a light 200 gr SWC target load. I tried WW-231, but wasn't impressed.
Anybody have a "pet" load they could share to guide me in the right direction as far as to which powder to try next?
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waterfowlhunter wrote:Just curious, but what are you palnning on shooting these lead laods in?
waterfowlhunter wrote:Try Clays, Very low recoil and low flash if your shooting inside but they are slow too so your point of impact might drop slightly. You can find the load on hodgdons web site
waterfowlhunter wrote: I have used Magnum primers in my acp loads when I was out of std primers and seen no difference at all with the small powder charge.
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Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, plans to build four 'mini-villages' in southeast England in an effort to expand its retail reach.
Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, plans to build four 'mini-villages' in southeast England in an effort to expand its retail reach. The villages will feature groups of homes, all near a Tesco store, that customers can purchase through the company's real estate agent service, securing a mortgage through its banking arm and fitting it out with Tesco products bought on one of the company's credit cards.
"Through these developments we are able to invest and create jobs in areas that many other developers cannot and will not," a Tesco spokesman said.
But critics said Tesco could come to dominate the lives of its consumers and could lead to it dominating the UK economy.
The Times Online reports:
"There's a sense Tesco is using its market power to dominate aspects of the economy," Josh Ryan-Collins of New Economics Foundation told The Times. "There is a need for more affordable housing but there is a danger with Tesco's moves. If they provide the mortgage, if they act as estate agent, if they provide a credit card, if they sell you a house, they will end up with more personal information about you than the government."
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• Boom Boom! What's it mean?
Like the boomerang, we believe whatever thoughts, actions and/or words you put out into the world eventually find their way back to you, but not before covering a lot of ground a long the way. What's the quickest and simplest way to communicate this karmic notion? By saying, "Boom Boom". You put it out…it comes back.
So, for a reason none of us can remember, we started saying, "Boom Boom". And it just stuck. It's sort of catchy.
And the more we used the phrase, the more it started to take on a life of its own. While the underlying sentiment was always the same….you get back what you give…the subtlety around its different uses started to emerge. Suddenly, shouting an enthusiastic "Boom Boom!" when we ran into a friend felt better and more expressive than, "Good to see you." When walking out the door, saying "Boom Boom" worked just as well as goodbye. If we needed an expression of celebration or congratulations we found ourselves doing the ol' fist pound and exclaiming, "Boom BOOM!" And when someone did something nice for us, a simple "Boom Boom" expressed our gratitude in a way that "thanks" just didn't quite equal. Some of us have even been rumored to answer the phone with a hearty, "Boom Boom!"
After using the phrase for a few years and having other people pick up on it we started to wonder if there wasn't something more there. Ultimately, Boom Boom had become more than an expression. It had become an attitude. A way of life. This led us to wonder: could there be a whole culture of Boom Boom? Could we incite a global revolution of kindness powered by Boom Boom? What if the world had just a little bit more Boom Boom? What would happen? So, we thought we'd see what we could do about it.
And that brings us to here.
To this website and the fruition of what everyone agreed was a far too crazy, far too nice, and far too altruistic idea: that Boom Boom could change the world.
It is a revolution in every sense of the word and we're glad you're with us. We will be right there beside you on the front line of generating social change in this kindness movement by developing and promoting only positive products that endorse treating each other well, creating community and filling the world with more "Boom Boom!" Thanks for joining the cause.


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blast it clean and the blue away
Probably a dumb question. I had it parked before I relized how easy bluing was. Can you blue metal that's been parked?
Thanks, Tom
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LOL DRR. "No" you cannot blue parkerized metal, you'll need to strip it down first. That said, I think personally, after seeing my buddie's parked STG, I'd keep it parked. Those look really nice all parked.
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so yo are telling me that you can't bead blast a parked gun and hot blue it???Originally Posted by hcpookie
I think My gunsmith must be doing something way wrong.. cause he blast my stuff clean and then hot blues it.
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You can't blue OVER park, the bead blast removes the park and your gunsmith then blues the bare steel.
Hey anyone here do hot bluing? I've got several projects I'd like blued and ya think I can find anyone in Illinois to do it, once they find out what rifle it is it's a big NO!! So it looks like it might have to be done elsewhere.
You absolutely can blue Parkerizing. Just wash with detergent and whip out the cold blue. I'm actually surprised to find that most people don't know this. For a nice, even job with the cold blue, put your parts in a plastic or glass container and cover with water. Pour the water off and heat it up. Pour into a second non-metal container and add bluing to the strength you want. Pour the hot solution into the parts container and watch them turn black. The only trick is, the parts must be clean. You may have to wash them several times. A drop or two of dishwashing liquid soap in the solution also helps 'wetting'. In addition, the bluing can be removed, leaving the Parkerizing, using any liquid rust remover with Phosphoric acid.
What kind of bluing chemicals do you use for this 191145?Originally Posted by 191145
Just Hot bluing salts?
When he was referring to cold blue he was referring to the liquids and pastes that are commercially available.
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Did Norman Rockwell Ruin Thanksgiving Turkey?
From WBEZ — Monica Eng is also co-host of the food podcast Chewing the Fat.
Millions of Americans will sit down to Thanksgiving dinners of unevenly cooked turkey — dinners that look suspiciously like the one in Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want."
The overcooked white meat will require pools of gravy to choke it down, and undercooked globs of dark meat will get quietly pushed into the garbage (or microwave). Sure, some cooks have devised strategies around these pitfalls, but with 20 degrees between cooking temperatures for the leg and the breast, it's a rare bird that comes out perfectly done all the way around.
So who's to blame for this culinary crime? And why do we endure this ritual torture like another round of Uncle Charlie's corny jokes?
John Caveny, who raises Bourbon Red Heritage turkeys on his farm in Monticello, Illinois, echoed what many of America's top chefs have been saying for years: turkeys should not be cooked whole if you want the best tasting bird. Caveny follows a Cook's Illustrated method of dry brining his turkey parts with three parts kosher salt and one part baking powder, then leaving them covered in plastic wrap for a couple of days in the fridge. "This allows the moisture, salt and baking powder to go back and forth through the muscle," he said. "It imparts the flavor of the salt, and the baking powder raises the pH of the meat, tenderizing it a little. It works well, and even better well when you've cut turkey into pieces first."
Similarly, Julia Child famously recommended disassembling the bird and then reconstructing it for the table and chef Grant Achatz recommends breaking it down, cooking the breast, thighs and legs sous vide (a high tech boil in a bag system), saving the other bits for gravy.
So if top chefs and turkey farmers recommend breaking down the bird first, why do so many of us insist on keeping it whole? Caveny blames the Norman Rockwell painting. "Prior to that, meat was usually cut up in the kitchen and brought to the table sliced or at least into more manageable portions than a whole turkey," he said.
part of the "Art and Appetite" exhibition.
Private collection. (Estate of Roy Lichtenstein)
I recently took in Rockwell's famous painting at the Art Institute of Chicago's new exhibit, "Art and Appetite." Curator Judith Barter said the 100 paintings and sculptures in the exhibition are about much more than just food. "Freedom From Want," for example, depicts a sense of abundance and security that so many Americans longed for in the post-Depression era. And what better than a whole honking turkey — not some measly platter of slices — to say abundance?
But Barter pushes back on the notion that there weren't a lot of whole turkey roasters in the years prior to Rockwell's painting. She said the recipes, texts, and paintings she studied for the exhibit indicated that "whole turkeys were common in the 19th century."
Food historian and Roosevelt University emeritus professor Bruce Kraig generally agreed. "When turkeys first arrived in Europe in the 16th century, they were cooked whole in various ways," he said. "Roasting was one of them and boiling was another very popular way. Roasting whole turkeys seems to run right through colonial cookery and the 19th century."
Kraig points to a page in the first American cookbook, "American Cookery" by Amelia Simmons, published in 1796. The recipe for roasted turkey calls for a stuffing of wheat bread, suet, eggs, sweet marjoram, sweet thyme, pepper, salt and "a gill of wine." (It also recommends serving the bird with cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes, but also mangoes. Talk about early fusion recipes!)
Boiling was also a popular cooking method, Kraig said, especially given that turkeys of Simmons' era were tiny compared to their modern cousins, though they would soon grow. "The modern broad breasted turkey was bred and crossbred throughout the 19th century with the intention of making them fatter and larger with very big breasts," he said. "This was in direct response the whole mythic story of turkey at the first Thanksgiving."
The turkeys got so big, in fact, that by the time the Broad Breasted White (today's dominant breed) came along in the late 1940s, it could no longer have sex and could only procreate through artificial insemination. Despite this lack of fun, the breed grows quickly and produces prodigious amounts of (easily dried out) white meat. Earlier breeds, and indeed heritage birds, grow slower, sport more fat and offer a more even ratio of dark to white meat, thus making them easier to cook evenly.
So it's not so much Rockwell's fault, per se. It's that Rockwell's painting coincided with a revolution in turkey breeding — one that produced huge birds with giant breasts that are harder to cook evenly with dark legs and thighs attached.
Caveny says he can tell by the way the breastbone lies on the bird in Rockwell's painting that he was depicting a heritage bird — not an industrial Broad Breasted White — on his the table. So those who cling to Rockwell's whole-bird ideal are probably trying to pull it off with a different breed entirely.
Janet Fuller is the former food editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and a current writer for DNAInfo Chicago. A couple of years ago she wrote a story in the Sun-Times urging folks to give up the ghost of the whole turkey for a more edible bird. She even served the cut-up version at her own Thanksgiving dinner. I asked her, did anybody squawk? "No," she said. "It worked great. The leg meat, in particular, was amazing — falling off the bone in the braising liquid, which became my gravy. It is some extra work because you do it in stages, but it was fantastic."


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This is a discussion on Good blog comment from a former LEO & Secret Service agent within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Maryland Governor's New Proposal Targets Bullet Limits | WatchdogWire I remember from my childhood a song lyric that read, Once you trade magic for fact ...
Maryland Governor's New Proposal Targets Bullet Limits | WatchdogWireI remember from my childhood a song lyric that read, Once you trade magic for fact there are no trade-backs. Have we now entered a point in our political evolution where the reverse has happened and we are now trading fact for magic? In my home state of Maryland, a state where a Democratic super-majority in the state legislature and a Democratic governor have unfettered political control, law-making is seemingly guided by an allegiance to magic. I want to highlight a new proposal on Governor OMalleys agenda: a gun-control measure in the form of a bullet limit regulation on magazines.
The tragedy in Newtown has sparked a long-overdue, national conversation regarding targeted violence in our society. A conversation that, in my experience as both a former law-enforcement officer and Secret Service agent, should have been focused on cultural issues and mental health treatment, rather than a war on our God-given right to protect ourselves and our families in a dangerous world.
Despite any evidence that established regulatory measures have curbed targeted violence, and despite the obvious fact that having a firearm enables you to stand a fighting chance when confronted with one, our governor continues to push for more restrictions based on media sound bites. I single out magazine size because in my sixteen-years-plus of experience with firearms as a Secret Service agent, I have never come into contact with a criminal who felt that magazine regulations on the number of permissible bullets was a barrier to him; it is only the legal gun-owner who now is limited in his ability to defend himself.
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I have this problem of not listening to that little voice of reason in my head, you know the one that tells you to go to bed early or to eat an apple instead of an entire packet of chocolate biscuits or the one that tells you to take a break from crocheting for the sake of your wrist, back and neck. I hardly ever listen to this voice. I always stay up too late, I usually choose a packet of chocolate biscuits over a good ol' apple and I tend to crochet until my thumbs lock up on me and my head can no longer turn to the left. You see I'm a big fan of listening to the 'It'll be fine' voice. This was the voice I listened to as I worked on the Shrunken Head this week.
Every time I added a new feature to my Shrunken Head it didn't look quite right but I thought, no, no, it'll be fine and kept crafting along. It wasn't until I had sewn on a quarter of the hair that I finally gave into my voice of reason and decided to try again. Even then I thought I could take a shortcut (my voice of reason was just shaking its head at me at this point) and I tried to unpick some of the facial features. This is what happened –
So I started from scratch. This time I used pins to map out the features.
(I'm using my new curved upholstery needle. A bit funny to hold but much nicer on the fingertips than my old tapestry needle.)
I've really enjoyed working on the facial features of the head. I might try to do some detailed dolls in the future. I've been inspired by this amazing artist called Neta Amir who makes really interesting crochet dolls. Her technique … I would describe it as sculpting with crocheted fabric. Her blog is called Doll Stories, the address is bobilina.blogspot.com. Her process and her finished works are fascinating.
Okay. I'm off to finish the hair. Moral of the post: Listen to that little voice of reason! (I say as I bite into my fifth biscuit of the day - *sigh* one day I'll learn my lesson.)