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Ricky Ponting's family has spoken for the first time together about the alcohol-fuelled altercation that publicly humiliated the famed cricketer.
It was January 1999 and a then 24-year-old Ponting emerged black-eyed from the Bourbon and Beefsteak bar in Kings Cross as the sun was rising. Unable to recall the night's events due to intoxication, the damning front page of this newspaper spoke a thousand words.
Ponting's promising future was in jeopardy as he faced suspension from the Australian cricket team.
''Telling the team manager half the story because I wasn't sure about the rest of the night and where it had gone was a pretty hard thing to do because it came across as if I was holding something back and not telling the whole truth, but to be totally honest I didn't really have a great recollection of what had taken place,'' Ponting said in the first instalment of a two-part Australian Story program to be aired on Monday on ABC.
''I had had a few drinks and I had a few more drinks, until it was getting late. I'd apparently bumped into a guy at the bar and spilt his drink on him and ended up with a black eye the next morning.''
Back in Ponting's home state of Tasmania, his family felt the full impact of the blow to his career. ''That incident in Sydney just devastated us,'' his mother, Lorraine, said. ''I just felt so sorry for him.''
Ponting apologised to the public and Cricket Australia and walked away from the nightclub incident searching for a way to redeem himself and get back on track doing the thing he loved most: playing cricket to the best of his ability.
Those teammates who witnessed his transformation held the utmost respect for how he took responsibility in an effort to change his relationship with drinking.
''He seemed to withdraw himself, from going out with the guys, having nights out, late nights,'' fellow Test cricketer Adam Gilchrist said.
''That was probably the initial impact and change on his lifestyle and it obviously honed his focus on his cricket, and we started to see that.''
Ricky's father, Graeme, and his brother Drew believe meeting the love of his life, Rianna, also played a big part in Ricky's development from a larrikin into a sporting role model.


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Appointed with neoclassical furniture and glossy black floors, artist Russell Whitmore's first boutique—named after a Brooklyn waterway—transports you back in time via its finely honed collection of 19th-century estate jewelry, table accoutrements and other antique-looking objets. There's a stunning selection of adornments for less than $200.
You could practically eat your way through this place. Saipua sells hand-cut, olive-oil-based soaps made from food-grade vegetable oils, butters, herbs and extracts. It also specializes in seasonal flowers for weddings and other special events. Specialty soaps include avocado oil soap ($8), coffee mint soap ($8) and jasmine tea soap ($6).
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You'll be searching for a reason to send someone one of the large square screen-printed cards ($4–$5 each) that illustrator and owner Jane Buck makes right in the store: Each features charming animal graphics, like a tortoise carrying a cupcake on its shell, with kitschy sayings (cheer up, buttercup). For those occasions when an old-fashioned note alone won't cut it, there are baby bibs ($16) and little pouches ($6) adorned with the store's signature menagerie of birds, elephants, rabbits and more.
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When Mollie Dash's boyfriend urged her to expand her line of handcrafted, reworked vintage jewelry (formerly available only at Greenpoint boutique Old Hollywood's website), the Brooklyn artist procured a hodgepodge of antique and indie accessories, apparel and knickknacks to fill an airy boutique. Dash describes the decor as an expression of the duo's "collective design fetishes," including quirky materials such as pegboards, Styrofoam and duck sauce packets. We're itching to test our green thumbs by snagging Truss Planters ($48), mini replicas of cement buildings that serve as flower pots. We also wouldn't mind accessorizing our apartments with conversation-starting accoutrements such as magnets shaped like ninja weapons ($10–$18). And on the apparel front, Queens' finest can rep their borough with a canary-hued astoria olympic team tee ($14) and Paste T-shirts cleverly screen-printed with a photo of a T-shirt ($34)—how meta!
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Biography from the Archives of askART
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY.FRANCIS STILLWELL DIXON (September 18, 1879 - January 6, 1967). Painter and illustrator. Born in Queens, Long Island, Francis S. Dixon was born into a family of immense influence and wealth. His grandfather, the Hon. James W. Dixon (August 5, 1814 - March 27, 1873), served from 1857 to 1869 as the United States Senator from Connecticut. Francis's father, James Wyllys Dixon (1846 -1917), was a noted Civil War officer, respected journalist, and a prominent resident of Flushing, Long Island. He was named for his mother, Frances Stillwell (1856 - 1942), who was a descendant of one of the early settlers of Gravesend, Brooklyn, Long Island.Francis was one of ten children (James, Francis, Louis, Elizabeth, Florence, Ada, Benjamin, Catherine, Wyllys, Mary), all who were born between 1877 and 1895. While many of his brothers went into more typical professions (brothers Benjamin and Harry became clerks), Francis was already by age twenty considered a fine painter and artist. He studied at the Art Students League, New York and with the noted artists Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951), Robert Henri (1865-1929), Charles W. Hawthorne (1872-1930), and Herbert S. Twachtman.As an illustrator, Dixon turned his attentions to several different types of work. He was involved, along with fellow artists and draftsmen Edwin F. Tilley and Edward Straeffer, in preparing the illustrations for James E. Homans early treatise Self Propelled Vehicles - A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of all forms of Automobiles, which was published in 1902. On occasion he also wrote articles for prominent publications such as House & Garden magazine.Dixon traveled to California in 1915 where he lived in Los Angeles before returning to New York in 1917. During his time in California he is known to have stayed at or near both Carmel and Point Lobos, though only a few works depicting these areas have come to light. While in California he met and married Rosalie Hooker in 1915; she divorced him in Paris in 1925. He married again in 1929 to Ms. Emilie A. McMillan who survived him. His former wife (Rosalie) became a princess when she married Prince Leva Melikov de Somhitie in 1926.During the United States involvement in World War I (1917-18) Dixon worked as an "Army and Navy Song Leader" for the War Department based out of New York City. A relatively accomplished singer, Dixon was known to have performed over the years for fellow artists at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.Beginning in 1923 he traveled to Bermuda where he painted local scenery. He returned to Bermuda again in 1925 and during the early to mid 1920's he also traveled to Great Britain and Continental Europe. By the 1930's he was living on West 55th Street among several other artists, including Livingston Geer (b. 1888) and Norman Roberts (b. 1896).The New York Times said of his works in 1927: "The paintings of Francis Dixon . . . . . . are romantic reports, with a dash of sombreness, on 'Passing Storms,' 'Sunny Cliffs' and mountain ranges. Mr. Dixon's art is excellent conventional painting of landscape." Dixon exhibited prominently along the east coast, especially in New York City. These exhibitions included: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1916; Folson Gallery, NY, 1917 (solo); Society of Independent Artists, New York, 1917-18, 1920-22, 1924; Salmagundi Club, New York, 1917-1940, 1943, 1945; National Academy of Design, New York, 1925; Babcock Galleries, New York, 1926 (solo), 1927 (solo); Studio Guild Galleries, New York, 1937; Women's University Club, New York, 1937 (solo); Barbizon-Plaza Galleries, New York, 1939; Allied Artists of America, New York, 1940; Number 10 Gallery, New York, 1941 (solo); Salons of America, New York, (undated).He was a member of the following art organizations: Allied Artists of America, NY (Board Member - 1941); Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, CT; and the Salmagundi Club, NY (1917-1967). Francis Stillwell Dixon died in New York City at his residence at 1349 Lexington Avenue on Friday, January 6, 1967 at the age of eighty-eight. His works are held in the following institutions: Morgan Memorial, Hartford, CT; Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT; and many other public and private collections.
Francis Stillwell Dixon painted a number of California scenes during his stay in Carmel and Point Lobos. Most of his early works have not surfaced until recently. One of these paintings is now exhibited at a traveling exhibition for the Salmagundi Club.
In 1917 he held an exhibition at Folson Galleries New York showing his early California paintings. One of his paintings called The Leaning Tree is in the permanent collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. The Leaning Tree painted in Point Lobos, California, is included in the book written by Elizabeth Kornhauser, American Paintings before 1945. Source:
American Paintings before 1945: Elizabeth Kornhauser
Born in NYC on Sept. 18, 1879, Dixon appears to have spent his entire career in New York City, except during 1915-17 when he lived in Los Angeles. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City with Robert Henri and with Charles Hawthorne in Cape Cod.
Member: Salmagundi Club; Allied Artists of America.
Exhibitions: Folson Galleries (NYC), 1917; NAD, 1925; Babcock Galleries (NYC), 1926.
Sources include: Edan Milton Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940; Morgan Memorial (Hartford, CT). Who's Who in American Art 1940-47; SCA; New York Times, 1-7-1967 (obit).


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Over the past several years, it has become apparent that unsustainable government growth and gross overspending were the cause of our recession and created a steep path leading toward the economic collapse in Greece and throughout Europe. This week one of the most relevant examples of government overreach was held up by a 5-4 decision in the Supreme Court.
This massive government expansion, known as Obamacare, was labeled as a tax by the Supreme Court because of its cost to the U.S. and all of our taxpayers. The law contains at least 20 new taxes totaling more than half a trillion dollars.
The U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee found that Obamacare will cost state taxpayers at least $118.04 billion over the next decade, and the last thing Americans need right now is another tax! Every day that passes until its eventual repeal will deal a damaging blow to our fragile economy.
Tax increases, mandates, regulation and vast expansion of government power will smother economic growth and punish those who innovate, create jobs and pay employees well. Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to increase their costs to adopt the government-determined healthcare plan. This could result in many companies having to cut wages and lay off employees.
Obamacare will have an especially damaging impact in Minnesota, a world-renowned center of the medical device industry. Our great medical device companies will receive a significant tax increase, stifling their ability to grow and create new jobs for Minnesotans who are out of work. With over 165,000 Minnesotans still unemployed, we simply cannot afford to prop up this massive government overreach.
I am very disappointed with the actions taken by our President and Supreme Court in a time when our fragile economy simply cannot bear the weight of any new taxes. For Americans and Minnesotans to recover and begin working and thriving once again, the government must learn to live within its means and quit smothering the private sector.
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Incentive and Entrenchment Effects in European Ownership
In a large sample of European firms we analyze the value discount associated with disproportional ownership structures first documented by Claessens et al (2002). Consistent with a theoretical model of incentives and entrenchment effects, we find higher value discount in family firms, in firms with low cash flow concentration, and in industries with higher amenity value. Furthermore, the discount is higher in countries with good investor protection and higher for dual class shares than for pyramids. We find no impact on operating performance, likelihood of bankruptcy, dividend policy, or growth. Finally, we discuss policy implications of these findings.
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AP Analysis on 'Climate Change' Is Spectacularly Awful
AP Reporter Dina Cappiello at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, has put up what I guess is supposed to be an analysis of President Obama's possible actions relating to "climate change" that is so bad that an adequate critique would require a college term paper -- at one of the few colleges left which doesn't brainwash and intimidate students into believing the alleged unassailability of contentions about man-caused "global warming."
So other than noting that Cappiello "somehow" forgot to note a Bloomberg News report about Obama's plan to "expand the scope of a Nixon-era law that was first intended to force agencies to assess the effect of projects on air, water and soil pollution" to now include "climate change" -- an action which if carried out to its full potential could stop virtually any project anywhere -- I'll just post key paragraphs and let commenters have what promises to be virtually endless fun picking Cappiello's work apart:
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Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible for warming the planet is one of the biggest challenges the United States and President Barack Obama face. The effects of rising global temperatures are widespread and costly: more severe storms, rising seas, species extinctions, and changes in weather patterns that will alter food production and the spread of disease.
Politically, the stakes are huge.
Any policy to reduce heat-trapping pollution will inevitably target the main sources of Americans' energy: the coal burned by power plants for electricity and the oil that is refined to run automobiles.
Those industries have powerful protectors in both parties in Congress who will fight any additional regulations handed down by the administration that could contribute to Americans paying more for electricity and gas at the pump. There's also the lingering question of how much the U.S. can do to solve the problem alone, without other countries taking aggressive steps to curb their own pollution.
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Obama has shown he doesn't need Congress to take action against climate change.
In his first term, he struck a deal with automakers to double fuel economy standards. After failing to pass a climate bill through a Democratic-controlled Congress, he proposed rules to control heat-trapping pollution from future power plants.
... While the pipeline project is a better alternative from a carbon pollution standpoint than shipping the oil by rail, the emissions created by harvesting tar sands, processing them into oil and eventually burning it in automobiles in the U.S. and abroad will contribute to global warming.
Obama also supports the natural gas drilling boom brought about by hydraulic fracturing, but that boom is also responsible for releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
That really is as much as I can stand. Have at it, people, and try to forget the unfortunate fact that Cappiello's work will be treated as legitimate by most of the AP's subscribing outlets.
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again. I know he hears me, we've had his hearing tested. He has great concentration for things like when we read him a book so I don't think it is ADD related. Partly could be his age I suppose, but it is becoming a bigger issue and lots of time and energy is being used when I think he should be able to differentiate from a good choice (following through on a request) or a bad choice (continuing the offensive behavior). How do I make this easier and resolve the issue??READ MORE
My 6 year old son has to be constantly reminded to do or not to do the same things over and over
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This is a common complaint of parents of ADHD children.
First, I would make sure that his ADHD is appropriately treated. If his doctor, or whoever diagnosed him with ADHD had recommendations for treatment (typically, that includes medication), then you'll need to make sure his treatment is optimal so that he can do the things he needs to do.
You mentioned that he hears well and can even concentrate well when he's read to. The key to understanding ADHD is that children (and adults) often can concentrate quite well- even too well (we call that hyper-focusing) when the activity is intrinsically of interest to them. If your son loves to be read to, he'll have an easier time paying attention.
That's why we see so many problems in school, in classes where the child might have little or no interest. In those cases, he/she often has great difficulty connecting, paying attention and retaining the information.
It's also important to understand that many, if not most children with ADHD, seem to develop a bit later socially than their peers. At six, your son may be developmentally a bit younger.
Putting this all into perspective for your son, it could well be that what he's being asked to remember are not things that are of interest to him. Or perhaps, and more likely, he hears you but simply forgets. That's the nature of the "beast" in ADHD.
To help him, you'll need patience and creative thinking. Many with ADHD do quite well with visual cues. Consider writing up your "to-do" list for him and post it in several places where he is likely to see it. Number the items, add interest with stickers or whatever, and when you ask him to do something, reference it also by having him look at the list.
Also, try asking him to repeat back to you what you requested of him. Using more than one modality (hearing, seeing, etc) often works best. You want to make sure you have his attention when you ask things of him, so make sure you are getting eye contact from him.
Never give too many demands at one time. Many with ADHD have a hard time processing more than one or two things at one time. So you may want to do something like this:
"Tommy, we need to work on cleaning up your room. Can you spend 10 minutes just picking up your clothes and throwing them in the bin?"
Then set a timer so that he has a sense of how long he needs to work on this task. Once he's done, go to the next task.
In other words, break each chore/task down into smaller parts.
We tend to talk too much to our ADHD kids about what they need to do. Usually, short requests, using visual cues, and keeping them on routines and giving them structure, is the way to go.
Hope this helps.
I, also have a six-year old son with ADHD. I had the same problem, and asked for an answer, which I didn't receive, unfortunately. But, with my own research, I have come up with a plan. We now have a daily activity chart, which focuses on all the things my son needs to do throughout the day. The chart also contains reminders, and is color coded. So if I need to get his attention, I first make sure that he is looking at me, and is focused on what I am saying. I then give him the instructions, and make it clear to him that if he doesn't follow them that he will get a "mark" or reminder on his chart. This gives him a reason to want to do the things that I ask. He knows if he has a good chart at the end of the week, He gets rewarded. And since everything is color-coded, it is easy for him to see his progress. I tried many other version of charts, but this seemed to work the best. It's amazing how quickly they grasp the concept, and how excited they are to see the GOOD work they have done. If you have any questions on how to create such a chart, let me know! Hope this helps.READ MORE
En, my name is Heather, I have a 9 in haldf yr. old son that I also have to constantly ask him sometimes (most of the time it's things he doesn't like to do) over & over again to do things that I have asked or told him to do. I have often wondered myself if he's comperhending what I am asking him to do or is he just plain ignoring & not listening to me when I ask or tell him to do something, Terry had some good ideas that I hope you or I could benefeit from. I wil hopfully be able to use some of the ideas & they work for me, hope you try them also & they work, I have tried a couple of the things that Terry or Eileen have suggested in the past to try for other reasons & most of the time they work. It's a lot of repeating yourself sometimes to get a child who has ADHD/ADD to respond to what you want or ask of them to do, so I know how frustrating it can be if they don't listen or respond in the amount of time we want them to, when we ask or tell them something. Hope you found Terry's suggestions useful & they work for you & I both. Take Care - Heather & son KalebREAD MOREYou should know Answers to your question are meant to provide general health information but should not replace medical advice you receive from a doctor. No answers should be viewed as a diagnosis or recommended treatment for a condition. Content posted by community members does not necessarily reflect the views of Remedy Health Media, which also reserves the right to remove material deemed inappropriate.DISPLAY TEXTLINK URL
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Ivenue Love-Stanley, a woman who has broken a number of barriers as an architect and as an advocate for the profession, has received the 2014 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. Since 1972, the AIA has given the award to an architect or organization working to pursue social justice and progressive values in architecture. Love-Stanley has earned a number of firsts for the profession. She was the first black woman to graduate from the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. She was the first black woman to become a licensed architect in the Southeast. Even in winning this award, Love-Stanley unlocks another achievement: She and her husband, architect William Stanley, FAIA—with whom she cofounded Stanley, Love-Stanley, their Atlanta-based firm, in 1978—are the first husband-and-wife duo to receive the award. (Stanley got the award in 1995.)
Her accomplishments extend well beyond her status as a pioneering African American woman. She is known for tightening the bonds between the AIA and the National Organization of Minority Architects and leveraging that relationship for more support for minority architecture students. Love-Stanley has worked throughout her career as an advocate for underserved and minority communities, especially in her home of Atlanta and in particular at her alma mater. She worked for eight years on Atlanta's Midtown Improvement District, has served on the City Zoning Review Board, and has sat on the board of the Atlanta Preservation Center. Love-Stanley worked to gain recognition for Atlanta's West End neighborhood as an historic district with a unique architectural heritage—a 15-year struggle.
"Ivenue used her knowledge of land-use, zoning and [the] historic preservation process, and of design, to make our 19th- and early-20th century African-American neighborhoods architecturally relevant and contextually better off," said Karl Webster Barnes, former director of the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network, in his letter recommending Love-Stanley for the award. "Over time, and with a little prodding from Ms. Love-Stanley, developers before her boards began to understand how poor zoning and poorly designed projects would have long-term impacts on the behavior of Atlanta's African-American urban youth."
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We have been getting some questions on our forum about glueing White, Strong & Flexible. So we decided to research the matter and test out our results. The material that we call White, Strong & Flexible is also called Nylon 12 or Polyamide 12. Polyamide 12 is a flexible thermoplastic that enables live hinges and is generally used for flexible tubing and piping. When it is used in rapid manufacturing or 3D printing it comes from a powder. Polyamide 12/Nylon 12 materials used for rapid manufacturing therefore always have a powdery feel. Each manufacturer has its own version of these materials, EOS for example calls it PA 2200. If you would like more information on the material you can check out our materials page and the acompanying data sheets.
Selective Laser Sintering is the process that turns these materials into parts and 3d models. SLS works by having a laser scan a layer of fine white powder. It then fuses the material where the material needs to be built up. The build tray with powder is lowered and a new layer of powder is applied and the laser continues scanning and fusing. Because of this SLS does not have any support material, the powder that is not fused acts as a support material and can be easily taken out of the model.This glueing advice is meant to be for our White, Strong & Flexible material, not our other materials.
We would advise people to not glue parts unless you have either broken one or want to build something that exceeds our SLS build envelope of 20 by 25 by 23 cms. For this little demo we have taken my little SLS stress ball. I've carried it with me for the last month or so to show people our materials. The ball itself is based on a design by Shapeways member George Hart, you can check out his site here. It was my favorite Shapeways model for a while because you could bounce it. The structure of it is very mathematical and George's page explains it well. So, I carried it with me every day and was continually bouncing it on the floor and street as I walked and off the walls of my office when my boss was out. Then one day it broke.
Breaking rapid prototype parts is either easy or hard, it really depends on the design and the material. If you make a thin tail-like structure such as our monkey's have, then a good push with your thumb will break off the part. If the structure is less limb-like a hammer might be needed to break it. SLS is a strong Nylon and it is resistant to impact. When it does break it tends to shear. The rhomboid structure used in the ball meant that this was a robust enough structure to withstand weeks of bouncing on the streets of Amsterdam and Eindhoven but sadly all that wear and tear built up. The coup de grace was an unfortunate incident of some careless oaf stepping on it.
The picture to the right was the result, my dear little ball had become pacman. If you get the felling that I might very well have become quite attached to my ball then you would be correct. Thankfully our research told me how to repair him. There are two very main stream glues that one can use to repair Selective Laser Sintered Nylon: Super Glue and Araldite.
Super Glue is also known by its much less marketable name of Cyanoacrylate. The glues of this family are ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate, n-butyl-cyanoacrylate and 2-octyl cyanocrylate. Ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate is most commonly marketed as Super Glue(secondelijm(NL), sekondenlijm(DE)). The other two families are used as medical glues so you will probably not find them at your local stores. All of these glues can be used to repair or stick together Nylon 12 parts.
The second type of glue that you can use is Araldite, an epoxy resin. You can check out the Araldite website here. We chose to use Super Glue for our little repairs. Please take into account all the warnings on the packaging such as using a well ventilated room and keeping these products away from children. And don't glue your eye, because that would just be terrible.
I applied glue sparingly and removed any visible left over traces with a paperclip. The glue of course becomes a different colour to the material so any excess glue is ugly. In repairing a complicated face or a large flat face you might want to sand crucial contact points. Generally however the glue bonds very well to the part and this is not necessary. Cleaning a surface beforehand though does improve the bonding of the glue. As you can see from the picture the ball healed well. There was a tiny hairline fracture visible but generally you did not notice it. Indeed my Nikon lens was unable to pick it up on this picture but you might be able to see it on the left.
There are two important things to consider when using glue though. One of these is the material properties of the glue itself. Nylon 12(or Polyamide 12) is flexible the glue , not so much. This means that although the glue repaired the part well and indeed restored the bouncy ball qualities of my object, sadly this did not last. After a half an hour of bouncing, the glue pressured by the forces acting on the sphere let go. So even though super glue works well to repair ornamental parts there are limitations as to how much functionality can return to a part. So, I would not assume that things such as live hinges and springs can be returned to their full previous functionality once broken.
For the second thing we have to paint the model. Paint, what did he just say paint? Yes, later this week we're going to give you some more advice on painting your models. But, to show you this one thing we had to give you a sneak peek. You see, once you paint a model that has been glued in some cases the paint accentuates the hairline fracture and the glue itself. If you look at the picture of my pretty red ball it looks great.
I painted it using a standard Tamiya Colour Spray paint. It took seconds and was fun to do. However when using paints the paint sticks to visible glue left overs. Strands of glue that you did not see previously will also become very visible now. It is very important that you use very little glue and have next to no left over glue before you paint a model. On my model my near invisible fracture now looks like this:
Some delicate work with an unfolded paperclip meant that I could quickly remove the paint that had built up in the openings. The roughness on the outside though is still visible and will take some sanding and several coats before it is covered up.
So I would recommend that you use glue: only when necessary, as little as possible on visible parts, take care of leaving behind glue residue. I would also warn you that it is difficult to glue live hinges and springs while maintaining their functionality and to be extra careful with glue when you intend to paint the part afterwards. As a last piece of advice I would also warn against bouncing a recently spraypainted ball off the walls of your office. In some cases small red splotches of paint might appear.


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Apparently many people inside Formula One have been doing some deep thinking about what the sport needs to do to make its desired breakthrough into the lucrative — and elusive — U.S. market.
F1 raced eight times at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning in 2000, but it simply was unable to capture the interest of U.S. racing fans. A combination of declining interest and exorbitant sanctioning fees left F1 without a home in the U.S. after the famed 2.5-mile Brickyard declined to renew its promoter contract following the 2007 race.
Although the sport will return to the U.S. next year after signing a 10-year deal with a new promoter group to race in Austin, Tex., anyone who actually thought F1 would finally get things right this time only needs to look at the revised 2012 calendar approved by the sport's governing Federation Internationale de l'Automobile last week to realize that they simply have no clue.
After being moved from its original date a week after the Canadian Grand Prix in June, the revived United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas is now slated for November 18 after the promoter asked for a switch due to some construction delays with the new facility.
Okay, not racing in June in Texas, in temperatures that would give the surface of Venus a run for its money, can't be seen as a bad thing. And there's also something to be said for actually having the circuit ready for the event. But, the choice of Nov. 18 as the new date simply shows how completely out of touch F1 is with the U.S. market.
Maybe F1's decision-makers are not aware, but there's a quaint little motorsport series in the U.S. called the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, commonly referred to as NASCAR.
For those in the F1 paddock who are not aware of this stock car series, it's a bit different from grand prix racing. It features approachable drivers, open paddocks, and cars with fenders that usually race on strange tracks called ovals. It's also the second-most watched sport in the U.S. after the National Football League and, more importantly, its season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway falls on the third Sunday in November.
In case anyone in the F1 paddock is wondering, that puts it on — you guessed it — Nov. 18 in 2012.
Given that the NASCAR Sprint Cup title has been decided at the final race of the year in eight of the past 10 seasons, it would be a good bet to think that it will happen again in 2012. So, NASCAR's roughly 40 million diehard fans and several million more less rabid observers in the U.S. will likely be focused on Miami to see who claims the Cup championship.
That means most, if not all, of the top motorsport writers in the country will be assigned to Miami to cover the NASCAR finale. In addition, stock car stories will dominate Monday's racing coverage, likely relegating F1 to the back of the sport section and the tail end of television and radio sports reports — and that's assuming anyone actually notices there was a grand prix in Austin.
The worst thing about it is that a simple scan of the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule for the past decade by F1's bright lights would have ensured they avoided this ridiculous conflict. Since 1999, every Cup calendar has wrapped up on the third Sunday in November.
Although NASCAR hasn't released its 2012 schedule, a spokesperson said it would be safe to assume "the third week in November for Homestead for next year, as that's how it's shaken down each year recently."
And it only gets worse. In football crazy Austin, the Texas Longhorns will play on Saturday during race weekend. It won't matter whether the game happens at the University of Texas campus in Austin or on the road. Either way, Longhorn fans will tailgate for a couple of hours and then watch their team rather than show up at the track to check out the F1 cars. A day later when the cars take their warm-up lap for Sunday's race, the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans will likely be kicking off their NFL games.
The fact that it seems F1 overlooked the most obvious obstacles to success with its race in Austin leaves little doubt as to why most U.S. fans see the series as being run by snooty Europeans who can't be bothered to make the extra effort because they think they can show up with their fancy cars and essentially say: "OK, we were kind enough to come, now look at us."
In the end, attempting to conquer the U.S. market by going head-to-head with its two most popular sports seems to point to one of two things: Unfathomable incompetence or mind-boggling arrogance.
F1 Rocks a success
While F1 may not have the right stuff to break into the U.S. market, research by Bournemouth University's Lindsey Pearson seems to indicate that the sport's move to copy popular North American marketing tactic of twinning rock concerts with races helps to increase a grand prix's appeal.
The study found that the F1 Rock initiatives that provide additional off track entertainment are especially likely to increase a motorsport event's attractiveness to women, with live music being the biggest draw. It also recommends the sport consider increasing and expanding the F1 Rocks concept to capitalize on its broader appeal.
Coincidentally, The F1 Rocks returns for a second year this weekend in Milan during the Italian Grand Prix in nearby Monza.
The Indianapolis Motors Speedway, among other U.S. venues, has used this idea to help attract new audiences to races such as the Indy 500.Report Typo/Error
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At the most recent meeting of the ACLU Santa Cruz Board of Directors a discussion was had concerning the best way to challenge a new and restrictive ordinance proposed by the Santa Cruz City Council. The ordinance, which will have a second reading before council on December 10, would require that any gathering of more than 50 people be subject to permitting by the city and would additionally provide for an extended waiting period for the issuance of any permit.
It was argued by some that public education and outreach would be the most effective tool to bring pressure to bear on the city council to reconsider the adoption of this ordinance. It was also suggested that a direct appeal by letter or other communication by the ACLU board would temper the council's deliberations. Although these measures may be well taken, it is my opinion that the most effective tactic to bring down this latest attack on the freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in our city is litigation; in common parlance, a lawsuit. And while I respect diversity of tactics, local history has shown that litigation, even unsuccessful, can be a powerful tool in the fight against oppression.
Remember the courageous legal battle fought by Ed Frey on behalf of the Peace Camp 2010 defendants or Jonathan Gettlemen's exhaustive legal arguments in defense of Linda Lemaster; both unsuccessful in wresting a verdict of not guilty from our courts but both well attended and widely publicized in the public eye. Remember Ed Frey's full-throated defense of Occupy Santa Cruz that brought broad public support to the movement. Remember also the solidarity of the Santa Cruz Eleven and the impassioned courtroom arguments made on their behalf. Remember the community rallying around those defendants as we hope they will again as the remaining four approach their moment of judgment. I believe that the battles fought in the courts of law are as important as the ones we wage in the court of public opinion. And they are all the more powerful for the public stage they are played out upon.
Many will say, and perhaps rightly, that the courts are poor places for the protection of civil liberties. They will say that the courts are bastions of injustice rather than justice. But like anything else, it is not the system that determines our rights; it is how we use that system. I believe that we can use it to our advantage. And so I respectfully submit the idea of litigation as tactic and thereon rest my case.
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Tuesday Dec 3rd, 2013 3:25 PM
Also note Ed dropping the ball during trial(s), post campaign, and failing to follow through with claims of taking it to higher courts. I suppose the lack of 'skin in the game' was a factor, and Ed was my cellie the first time around, so it can't be said that he 'phoned it in', but there is a different between changing the law through legal action and posing for the cameras.
I'm all for fighting unjust laws, and Ed certainly did more than most, but if winning is not a primary interest, don't waste the time, money, and effort, please.
The PeaceCamp2010 legal push will continue, without Ed, nor the local ACLU (in spite of the local ACLU, in fact). So Steve, please use another example when campaigning for yourself and the local ACLU, because doing so is deeply, deeply insulting.
Wednesday Dec 4th, 2013 1:57 PM
we have a legal system, not a justice system.
our system is designed to ensure order,not necessarily justice.
I would love to see the ACLU in Santa cruz do something. everyone needs to be doing something on any level. It's not like there are not a lot of issues to address or that there's not a well coordinated effort to dismantle progressive and alternative politics, lifestyles, and community in Santa Cruz city and county.
education surrounding any litigation is important since the well organized opposition with their media and 50centers has already formed public opinion and so any litigation would be entirely easy to push back against.(agitators, anarchist sympathizers, wasters of taxpayer $$, people ignorant of city needs, in other word's the "others" trying to ruin SC for law abiding town folk).
I'm not sure if it's possible in this town or if egos are too large, but a coordinated effort would be nice.
Wednesday Dec 4th, 2013 5:41 PM
Check out this history:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/01/18747111.php "Expose the Local ACLU"
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/23/18740295.php "Local ACLU Rides...er...Hides Again!"
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/21/18737162.php "ACLU Chair Closes Monthly Boad of Directors Meeting, Homeless Issues Off the Agenda"
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/26/18443532.php "Activists ask ACLU to help end sleeping ban"
There's more, but you get the idea.
Steve Pleich chaired last Monday's meeting (ACLU meets 7 PM every 4th Monday in Louden Nelson Center) and moved to (a) shut down any discussion between visiting HUFF members and ACLU Board members as well as (b) directing all the speakers to leave the room after the "Oral Communications" time was up. It should be noted, he did allow significantly longer Oral Communications time than usual. It should also be noted that no members of the Board objected to his restrictive rulings. For an organization concerned with civil liberties, transparency, and accountability, this shows how easily things can deteriorate.
Pleich's comments about the value of litigation have merit. They would have more merit if they didn't seem to be political stepping stones in a quest for office or justifications of the ACLU Board, on which he has sat without meaningful local homeless work for the last year in spite of many pleas. Moving to stack the board with your allies, but then refusing to press strongly and publicly for the obvious (ending the sleeping ban, stopping the homeless sweeps) appears to reflect a desire to attain higher office not better legislation. Trumpeting the decision of the ACLU to support the rights of PALO ALTO but not SANTA CRUZ homeless people leads the naive to believe the local ACLU should be supported.
The main point is that the local ACLU seems to be a fan club for politicians (like Rotkin and the Coonertys) who take positive positions on national issues, but create vicious laws that criminalize local homeless people. It also serves as a fund-generating machine (2000 members reportedly in the county)--but slim to no concern with local civil liberties violations--when they impact poor peoplel
Wednesday Dec 4th, 2013 11:46 PM
i hear about multimillion dollar settlements in other cites, and i see our authorities committing the same torts. yet when i go to political trials in santa cruz all i ever see are defense attorneys in criminal cases.
When are we going to go on the attack and sue for damages?
i would rather be a plaintiff in a civil case,
than a defendant in a criminal case.
Thursday Dec 5th, 2013 6:20 AM
Personal anecdotal evidence indicates fear is the greatest barrier. Local lawyers that 'push' are subject to 'pushback', where 'the legal system' can interfere with their 'future earnings'. Ostracism, random processing issues, quirky judge assignments, quirkier nit picking from the bench, potential bar reviews, etc. Even winning big won't protect them from retribution (I heard rumor of a lawyer that dares to push back, outside of their own county, and as a result, never drives themselves, using a chauffeur to avoid traffic cop 'payback'). So they seem to walk a line between getting in trouble with their clients and getting in trouble with the system, typically choosing to take risks with client pushback instead of system pushback.
Another barrier is the 'stacked deck'. A local public defender, when asked why they wouldn't fight, told me the law was stacked against the poor, and not even the most expensive lawyers in town had any chance of victory. Appellete court is the obvious solution to that problem, but appellete success requires establishing a strong case and moving forward with it, which is not easy when local lawyers are unwilling to do so. This is one reason why the 'take a deal' corruption of due process is such a big problem in the USA.
So, a successful civil suit (for the poor) probably requires an out of town (but in state) lawyer, that expects and is prepared for systemic retribution, knows how to win cases, is willing to gamble, and cares. Given the good/fast/cheap (pick two) rule, it seems unlikely that such a lawyer will surface any time soon. If one does, please let me know.
Thursday Dec 5th, 2013 7:05 PM
There seems to be numerous issues assaulting the community in terms of increased police actions by the city against citizens and free speech.
What does the local ACLU actually do?
Can someone educate me and others?
Thursday Dec 5th, 2013 8:58 PM
attorney's take political cases primarily for the public exposure, a cheap form of advertising. they are only going to do so much. they may be unwilling to appeal, unwilling to offend the local system, and they are certainly unwilling to risk their reputation.
the local system is stacked against the poor. where judges are elected by majority, judicial decisions will reflect the prejudices of that majority.
Federal court is our only chance, that court is outside the local power structure, like an appellate court, but you can file there directly, without waiting years like you do with an appeal. the one time i heard of a political case in Federal court recently, Ed's Occupy public nuisance case, it was quickly brought back to local court by the city.
Federal court scares them.
Yet even in Federal it is an uphill battle. the denial of a right to sleep for the poor shocks the conscience and is the Dred Scott of our times.
this struggle is best fought by a group or collective with enough will, time, expertise, and courage to win.
the local ACLU is clearly not that group.
what is needed is a collective of local law students who care about our rights.


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Started by Indi , Jan 16 2013 10:37 AM
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:37 AM
We are renting and am currently on a month to month basis while DH finishes our house. We are paying rent monthly but we are currently ahead. Our next monthly rent is due 21/01 which will make us paid up until mid March (landlord gave us three weeks' rent for works DH did on the property but this was just added to our "paid up to" date, the real estate agent still required monthly payments).
We need to give 28.days notice when we leave. DH thinks he will have our house ready late February. If we end up being in a position where we end up having overpaid rent will we get it back? The real estate agent has told me I need to keep paying monthly but is very cagey when I ask her what happens if we are ahead of our rent when we leave.
Does anyone know what is the situation? Do you get extra rent refunded or is it too bad so sad?
Posted 16 January 2013 - 11:22 AM
We did once have extra rent refunded - the PM had miscalculated how far in advance we were and refunded 2wks rent to us. But we were still with the agency, we'd just moved to another property as the house we were in they were selling so we directed her to just put the money towards renting the new property. She might not have been so up front if we'd been leaving the agency entirely because we actually had no idea we were 1 month ahead rather than 2wks.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:47 PM
I'd read your lease, but generally you are required to pay your rent monthly in advance.
If it were me I wouldn't pay your rent on the 21st, and I would tell the real estate agent that you will be paying on what ever date you need to to keep your rent monthly in advance.
If you have contact details for your landlord, I would contact them and let them know what you will be doing. The real estate agent can't do anything until your rent is 14 days late, and as you say rent isn't 14 days late because you have credit for work performed.
It is much easier not to pay than to try and get your money back.
Wat your real estate agent says you have to do, and what the law requires you to do may actually be two different things.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:50 PM
QUOTE (Indi @ 16/01/2013, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
(landlord gave us three weeks' rent for works DH did on the property but this was just added to our "paid up to" date, the real estate agent still required monthly payments).
Do you have this agreement in writing? There could be difficulties if you don't.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:54 PM
We were on month to month with our rental and our home was completed 3 weeks early. We received a refund cheque in the mail (we didn't ask for it do it was a pleasant surprise).
Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:55 PM
I have had rent refunded once when I broke a lease (for a legitimate reason) and once they found a new tenant my remaining rent for that fortnight was refunded.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 01:03 PM
They have to repay any excess rent but most agents will hang onto it for ages and not give it back until they have done a post rental inspection just in case they can keep it for damage charges.
I've had this happen (because my rent was due 2 days before I moved out and they made me pay the full amount) and I had to harrass them for ages to get my money. I think tyey wanted to pocket the money because the land lord didn't know about it
Posted 16 January 2013 - 01:09 PM
If I was you, I would try to lock in a date that will you vacate by, and only pay rent up until that date. So if that is in 4 weeks time, only pay 1 week of rent as the other 3 weeks will be covered.
I doubt that you will get a refund on the rent as you did not actually pay for those 3 weeks, and the real estate will try to get out of it if they can. Is it possible to ask the owner to give you that money instead? Or this month just for for one week, but speak to the real estate and tell them that you are only paying one week so that you are no longer ahead.
Edited by ~*Rainbow*~, 16 January 2013 - 01:11 PM.
Posted 17 January 2013 - 08:48 AM
Thanks for the replies. I will not make this payment and let the agent know why. I will then start to pay again when necessary. Everything is in writing re the work done and signed by the landlord so there will not be a problem.
Thanks again
Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:31 PM
Make sure the real estate agent has a copy. You do not need to be paying each month if you are ahead. Real estate agent doesn't know their regulations. They cannot be asking for extra if you are ahead. Statements should reflect your current situation.
Also as a previous pp said, extra rent cannot be kept for damages. That is what the bond is for. If repairs cost more than the bond then they will have to apply to vtac for a decision.
Disclosure.. I'm a landlord not a tenant.
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