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This could be my holy grail grip, kevlar Renthal in a lockon! Am I desperately sad for being like a kid at Christmas?
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Is anyone else too excited about the new Renthal Lockons?
Excited about some grips? Nope.
Are they that minging yellowy colour?
No... but then I don't like lock ons...
Get a grip man.
Allegedly the grips can't be detached from the lock rings so regrettably, I'm out
RJ - I am with you... I am a big fan of Renthal products. Cant wait to get a set of these.
These have been coming out for ages, do Renthal have an eta?
Mine are coming mid december, oh god I'm so excited, the kevlar standard grips were my absolute favourite apart from the fact they slipped constantly, even with grip glue. Tried ESI (too fragile), Ruffians, troy lees, everything in between but nothing compares to Renthal's kevlar compound.
I am a grown man.
They look dirty out of the box which will save me some time
Quite happy with my glued on Renthals and these aren't as good. So no....
What wrecker says and when are they out?
preordered mine from mtb-direct, bloke on the phone said they had nearly sold their first allocation already.... Should be here mid december.
What was the problem with the non-lock-on version, just out of interest?
I use slide-on grips myself and they never ever come lose, but pop off easy with a squirt of GT85.
I'd have thought if the Renthals do the same that all you Renthal fans would have realised lock-on grips are a bit pointless.
Always found my grips slipped on the DH bike even using renthal glue so really looking forward to these
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What was the problem with the non-lock-on version, just out of interest?
No problem- best non-lock-ons I've ever used tbh. But lock-ons do have some advantages, and some folks will only buy lock-ons.
I am unexcited, personally.
This thread badly needs GW and his rad tales of wrenching grips off with his power-man-steering-deathgrip and manly calluses. Whatever happened to him?
Quick - which compound do I need?
What, no flange....?!
Kryton57 - Member
Quick - which compound do I need?
Kevlar, because it comes in the queasy skintone.
Chromag makes the nicest lock-ons.
Would have been interested to try them, but fed up of grips with a metal out collar.
Bored of bruised hands from hanging them over the end sof the grips.
New Raceface ones with no outer collar look good though
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Would have been interested to try them, but fed up of grips with a metal out collar.
Bored of bruised hands from hanging them over the end sof the grips.
Wider bars?
Makes no difference - I still do it even when I tried 800's on my DH bike.
It's quite common though, I thought I was a freak until I googled it. Just where my hands are comfortable...
Not excited no, but I will be getting a pair. Renthal make excellent products.
Chromag makes the nicest lock-ons.
Can't even find them here. Nor the lovely new trailmaster Ltd saddles.
Wrecker the Chromag grips are all over eBay UK or try shorelines the importer .
I'll be getting a set of the kevlar lock-ons. I had the standard Kevlar grips but they would slide up the bar on each ride even with the Renthal glue applied.
I'll also be getting a Fatbar Lite!
Glued and wired, my renthal grips didn't move...
Those with grips that are moving, have you tried wiring them on?
Yeah, does no one here actually wire their grips like MXers do?
You can't be applying enough glue. You don't need any wire...just some glue. It's not really rocket science and if your grips rotate slighhhhtly over time...its not the end of the world.
Wrecker the Chromag grips are all over eBay UK or try shorelines the importer .
You'd think they'd bother to put them on their website. Will check ebay though thanks
Mine don't move at all, but then easton bars are covered in graphics so that maybe gives them a wee bit of extra grip, or something. I think maybe some people twist the grips more than others or something?
I got some last week, as soon as they came out. They arrived at the shop at 4pm and I'd bought a set by 7. They seem as good as they're meant to be. I'd been waiting for these to come out for ages.
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Coast Guard crew members aboard a vessel that struck a boat and killed an 8-year-old boy during a Christmas parade told investigators they didn't see the boat before the collision and had no discussion about it, according to documents released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Petty Officer Jarett Koelmel estimated the Coast Guard vessel was going 20 to 25 knots - 23 to 29 mph - when it hit a boat in San Diego Bay carrying three families who had just watched a fireworks display. Five other people on the boat were injured.
The Coast Guard was responding to a report of a grounded boat on the crowded bay.
Koelmel, a lookout, was toward the back of the vessel and wasn't looking at the speedometer but estimated the speed based on engine sounds. He didn't believe the boat was cruising with its bow up, only because he didn't remember holding on to the sides.
No one said anything in the moments before the crash, Koelmel recalled.
"It just occurred," he said, according to a transcript.
Petty Officer Lavelle Teague, another lookout, didn't remember the speed or if the bow was up, according to an investigator's notes. Teague said no one saw the pleasure boat.
The driver, Petty Officer Paul Ramos, and the two other crew members refused to speak with investigators, NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said.
Tests on all five Coast Guard crew members showed no signs of drugs or alcohol in their blood or urine.
The NTSB did not assign blame or explain what went wrong in the more than 4,000 pages of interview transcripts and other documents that were released.
"It contains absolutely no new information," said Mike Neil, an attorney for the family of Anthony DeWeese, the boy who died. "Absolutely none."
Neil, who represents the family in a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government, said he believed the 33-foot Coast Guard vessel was going too fast on Dec. 20, 2009, and its bow rises too easily when it picks up speed, blocking the driver's view.
Alan DeWeese told investigators he drove his father's 26-foot Sea Ray slowly through the bay to enjoy the spectacle of the parade with family and friends, possibly reaching 5 mph at his fastest. He looked back and saw a boat coming toward him fast, thinking it would change course.
When he looked again, he slammed the throttle forward but it was too late.
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"It's a dead period now but before that I had coaches from North Carolina, Michigan and Michigan State come by," Jackson said.
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In describing the museum's Vega, McGuire used the phrase "a mere mock-up produced for the movie. Unlike the Vega, which doesn't even have an engine, Muriel has all original equipment. I have always resisted taking her to a restoration shop, where they would replace most of her parts with others made of new materials.
"It's too late anyway," she said. "One morning I arrived at the Annex, and they were using an air hose to blow the floor dust right at my aircraft. It was getting into everything; I mean, really awful stuff." She complained that someone had gone into the plane's cabin and left the door ajar. She said they also took off covers that had been placed over the inner workings of the wings. Without the covers, these workings would be exposed during travel. "The sanding dust has gotten into everything," McGuire said. "I don't yet know how much damage has been done to the engines."
There are approximately 50 volunteers who work at the Annex. For an alternate perspective, I spoke with one of them, who requested anonymity for fear of losing his job. The volunteer said he can see both sides. On the one hand, McGuire comes across as very opinionated and talks to people as if she is the only one who knows anything about the L-10E Electra engine. The plane's "round" engines, he said, were built onto other planes, including one that sits behind the Annex. "Any licensed airplane engine mechanic can work on them, and there are plenty of those mechanics in San Diego." What happened to McGuire, he said, is that several mechanics, when offered the job, turned her down.
Nevertheless, the volunteer believes that the treatment McGuire received at the hands of the Air and Space Museum was despicable. "Her plane," he said, "should never have been put in where that spray-painting was going on so close. All the volunteers at the Annex were very surprised when the Vega was put into that hangar for painting. The overspray from that job covered most everything in there, including lathes, drill presses, and other mechanics' tools.
"There is a small garage attached to the hangar that is normally used as a painting booth. It's where almost all our painting is done. In fact, there is a law that spray-painting must be done in a painting booth, not in a bigger building, or even outdoors. I think what happened is that Grace's attitude irritated the staff, and they retaliated."
I phoned Jim Kidrick, the Air and Space Museum's president. After listening to McGuire's complaint, Kidrick would say only, "I wish her well on her project."
It could be there were misunderstandings when McGuire and Kidrick agreed to cooperate. But whose were they? Did McGuire imagine she would get more than she was actually promised? Her treatment at the Annex might suggest that Kidrick thought of the Air and Space Museum as providing her only the most minimal help.
The San Diego page of AmericanTowns.com tells a different story. On September 5, the site posted the following (which reads like a press release): "from: San Diego Air and Space Museum." Several paragraphs follow. The first opens: "On Saturday, September 5, The San Diego Air & Space Museum is scheduled to receive Muriel, a sister airplane to the one Amelia Earhart flew on her final flight 72 years ago. The Museum will assist with assembly and restoration of the Lockheed Electra L10-E for Grace McGuire, an aviator with hopes of completing Amelia's dream of flying around the world."
Meanwhile, I paid a second visit to Muriel, which now looks much better. And McGuire is enjoying more of the welcome mat at Gillespie Field. She says that Peter Drinkwater, San Diego County's director of airports, has visited her and offered to "do anything he can to help me."


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Golden shovels and all, ground will break next Monday on a vision more than five years in the making: the 9th Ward Field of Dreams.
Set to open for the 2014 football season, the $1.85 million project will give the kids at George Washington Carver High School and the surrounding community a football field, Olympic-sized track, lighting system, and stadium seating.
Though located on the Carver campus, the state-of-the-art facilities will be open and free of charge to all schools in the city as well as the community.
While the project has expanded into a partnership between public, individual and corporate sponsors, the dream started with the arrival of New York-native Brian Bordainick at Carver in 2007. Having just graduated from the University of Georgia, Bordainick came to New Orleans at age 21 as a teacher with Teach for America.
Not long into the school year, Bordainick assumed the role of athletic director at Carver when the previous director quit, and started trying to figure out how to run the athletic program that was financially "running on fumes."
In 2008, Bordainick learned about a competitive matching NFL grant to build a new football field – worth up to $200,000. He figured that the worst-case scenario would result in raising a few thousand dollars, which would still go a long way to get basic equipment to the kids.
But the entrepreneurial-spirited Bordainick leveraged every source he could think of and won the grant – raising $200,000 in 30 days and just barely making the deadline. Locally and nationally, individuals and businesses heeded the call.
Currently Bordainick said they have approximately $1.3 million, and the fundraising effort continues. The Recovery School District, who is the design phase of building a new school at Carver, contributed $200,000 to the Field of Dreams.
But the journey to the groundbreaking has not always been an easy one.
Throughout the process there have been delays, said Norbert Rome, who serves on both the Field of Dream's board as well as on the board of the Dr. George Washington Carver Charter School Association, a community-based group that applied multiple times to charter Carver before watching it handed over to Collegiate Academies in 2012.
Collegiate Academies now operates three high schools: Sci Academy in eastern New Orleans, G.W. Carver Collegiate Academy, and G.W. Carver Preparatory Academy.
While all parties have worked collectively toward the Field of Dreams, Rome and the Carver Charter Association have had a tense history with the RSD and the decision to give the school to Collegiate. Before that, the Association fought the RSD on the proposed closure of the school.
The clash between community and charter management operators is not unique to Carver, but Rome said that at least the Carver community has a place at the table with Collegiate. There has been give and take, he said, and the community has fought to participate in every decision they can.
As Collegiate Academies moved in, Rome said there were certain things the association would not give up.
The Carver name, for instance, was not something they would concede, Rome said. And they were able to convince the administrators who took over the upper grades being phased out not to force the students to walk on a straight line of tape as is common in many of the "no excuses" model charter schools that have infiltrated the city.
Rome contrasted the interaction – though often a firefight – with his alma mater, Alcee Fortier, where "Nobody fought – they just came and took the school and nobody said anything."
At least at Carver, there have been a lot of discussions, Rome said.
Over the past eight years of "reform" in New Orleans, Bordainick said that he has observed that for outside charter operators, battling out disputes with an engaged community is the much harder path to take.
The Field of Dreams process has required all parties to be engaged and to find common ground amid disagreement.
"You can't put a bubble around a school and say 'We know best,' and that anyone who argues with you is wrong," Bordainick said.
While he said he sees tremendous progress in many aspects of education, the "holy grail" question of education reform remains elusive. That question, said Bordainick, is "If you have kids, where would you send them to school?" Bordainick said he is still waiting for the day when the majority of policy makers and charter operators are advocating for and running the same schools where they send their own children.
"You can't have a good education system if it's not a part of the community," Rome said, and that includes athletics.
Rome said that one of the biggest challenges of turning the field from dream to reality was just getting everyone on the same page regarding the construction of the new school. Rome said the two separate projects ultimately came together with a plan in which ideally both will be completed within the next few years.
Bordainick said there were obstacles and setbacks he never could have imagined, largely related to permitting and construction issues. Now, he said he is ready to see the field laid down and "get the hell out of the way." It will be a resounding relief to see the kids on the field, Bordainick said. "I just want it to be there for them."
There's still a lot of work to be done, Rome said, but the prospect of what the Field of Dreams will bring to the entire community is an exciting one.
And the impact goes far beyond sports, Bordainick said.
According to the 9th Ward Field of Dreams website:
"Our mission is to give New Orleans' youths a place to learn life's lessons and play out their dreams, so that they may: Attain educational success; Build a strong character and healthy lifestyle; Live and play in a welcoming environment, unafraid of crime; And embrace the idea that people crazy enough to believe in their own power can overcome any challenge."
This article originally published in the September 02, 2013 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.
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A range of free events, incorporating the arts, children's activities, shows, dance and exhibitions will take place.
The cultural month kicks off on Monday with the annual Wokingham May Fayre. A flight simulator, magicians, jugglers, stilt walkers, a trampoline and bands are all planned for the free family event in the town centre.
About 25,000 people are due to take to the streets, which last year raised about £30,000 for good causes, and organisers hope to raise even more this year.
The Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust, The Wokingham District Cancer Care Trust and Seaford Court, which helps young homeless people, are this year's main charities.
Sue Balchin, from the Wokingham Lions – which has organised the event since 1996 – said: "We usually get about 20,000 but I would hope for 25,000 this year.
"Last year we weren't able to sell as many pitches, but this year we have sold them all, and we have all the usual stalls, selling food, drink and other things." Also in May, there will be art exhibitions at Wokingham Library, Denmark Street, and Cantley Lodge, Welling-ton Road – as well as a pop-up art space by MoreArts in the town hall.
The library will be holding a range of events for toddlers to teenagers throughout the month of May – many free.
Open-air performances and concerts will be entertaining crowds, featuring cabaret, Shakespeare, Morris dancing, comedy and live music. St Paul's Church will hold its 150th birthday celebration and a fun day is planned for Saturday, May 24, featuring free children's entertainment.
Sunny Saturdays and Super Sundays are making a comeback in Wokingham during May – with free entertainment, markets and stalls in the Market Place over the summer until September.
The 'cultural month' will culminate in a free street concert planned for Saturday, May 31, named the Pauly Zarb International Street Concert.
Featuring acts from as far away as Australia, local performer Mr Zarb has organised the concert in partnership with Wokingham Town Council outside the Town Hall in Market Street.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Instead of going up, one building in Birmingham is coming down.
Crews began demolishing the old Adams Inn on 3rd Avenue on Wednesday.
The building was condemned in 2010.
In February, a fire tore through the building, killing a homeless man.
The city is paying Swanson Enterprises nearly $267,000 to knock it down.


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Georgia's Cherokee descendants, whose relatives were forcibly removed on the infamous Trail of Tears from Georgia in 1838, are seeking assistance from state representatives and state senators to finally correct an error of address when the state of Georgia recognized all of its Cherokee descendants in 1993, Ga. Code 44-12-300 as the Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee. And to PREVENT A SECOND Trail of Tears disastouous event against Georgia's Cherokee citizens.
Forsyth County state Rep. Mark Hamilton and state Sen. Jack Murphy have been asked to lead efforts by introducing a bill to correct an erroneous address which was included in the original bill of 1993 and which has hindered the group from carrying out its mission in behalf of Georgia's Cherokee citizens.
The intent of the 1993 Cherokee recognition bill, 44-12-300, was to give recognition to all of Georgia's Cherokee citizens, not to just a chosen few. The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee roll is open to all Cherokee descendants in Georgia, regardless of blood quantum.
Cherokee descendants live in virtually all of North Georgia's counties, the original home of the Cherokee Nation, with its Capital at New Echota, now Calhoun, Ga.
Many prominent families of Cherokee descent located in Forsyth and Cherokee counties and surrounding North Georgia counties are among those descendants.
The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee was incorporated to carry out the intent of the 1993 Georgia General Assembly and allow active enlistment of Georgia's Cherokee people and to once again give them the recognition they so much deserve. Many states across the United States have recognized their many misdeeds against their own Native American residents and have taken steps to correct the many wrongs of the past.
The state of Georgia has failed to carry through on their recognition to its Cherokee people by allowing an erroneous address to remain in the 1993 Georgia Code section. That error in the address has resulted in much fraud against the state of Georgia and the entire country.
The legitimate Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee, Inc., have been actively engaged in the enrollment of its Cherokee descendants located in Georgia and offers assistance in their receiving all benefits they are entitled to from the United States government, and to seek federal recognition for those descendants, as have other Native Americans living in adjoining Southern states.
The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee is duly registered as a 501(c)3 charitable entity to assist it in carrying out their mission statement of finally having a state-of-the-art Cherokee museum, council grounds for events and cultural center. To finally tell the tremendous story of Georgia's Cherokee people of the past and present and their many contributions to the state of Georgia and its mountain counties.
The office of David Ralston, the Speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives, has also been requested to support this request, in as much as he has thousands of Cherokee descendants residing within his own district, Fannin, Gilmer and Dawson counties.
Georgia's Cherokee people ask for the support of all Georgians to support the goal of a Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Museum and Cultural Center and not allow the state of Georgia to continue to delay in correcting the totally erroneous error that prevents them from going forward in behalf of all Georgia Cherokee citizens.
Enrollment information is available at www.georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.com, www.cherokeeindians.com, or email email@example.com.
Lucian Lamar Sneed
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For the first time in my three years at K College, I am here in the city of Kalamazoo without homework, without classes, without stress and with free time. It's unheard of! During the academic year, K's campus is buzzing with the stress and movement of 1,400 overworked minds and tired bodies who rush about to complete all they have to do in the mere 24 hours the day allows. As students, we often lament the heavy work load that comes with our academic prestige because it keeps us from spending quality time with each other, as well as from getting enough sleep. There are many of my friends, even my closest friends who I have lived with for the past two years, who I feel I have never spent any real time with, because any casual conversation is undoubtedly cut short with the familiar statement "I gotta go get some work done."
But now, for the first time since coming to this city, I am experiencing K, and Kalamazoo more generally, in a whole new way. Yes, I am working two jobs and yes, I am (working on) writing my SIP, but unlike the school year, my work pretty much stays in the office so when I return home after a 12 hour work day, I can unwind, chat with my housemates and make plans with friends. And that makes all the difference. Not only am I reaching new levels with my friends (those that have stayed behind rather than going home to their parents), but I am finally getting to know the city that has been my home since 2010. And what a wonderful little city it is! I think Kalamazoo gets a bad wrap sometimes from K kids because not all of the city is blessed with the affluence and privilege that most of us are, but in the month since school has ended, I have been able to explore and have come to love this place. So, mysterious internet friends, I give you Morgan's 10 Things to Know When Living in the Zoo:
1. Get a bike. Coming from Vermont where there are hills everywhere, this city is incredibly bike-able. In fact, I would say it is more bike-able than drive-able because of all the one-way streets. Get a bike. It changes everything.
2. Break the K Bubble. As a K student, we have a tendency to stay on campus and not really leave. I myself have to check up with myself in order to ensure I leave. Campus is a great place that has basically everything you could want so it is easy to go months (I'm not exaggerating here) without stepping off campus once. Make yourself leave. You'll always be glad you did.
3. See movies. All the movie theaters in Kalamazoo, to my knowledge, have a student discount that makes any showing $5. If you've gone to the theater recently, especially in a city, you'll know how rare that is. Take advantage of it while you can, especially during the school year when two hours in a theater is the best escape you'll be able to find from the chaos of campus.
4. Go to the Arboretum. The Lillian Anderson Arboretum was only introduced to me a couple months ago even though it is actually owned by K College. It is only really used by the college for biology classes but it is open to the public and is a wonderful, quiet escape from the bustle of the city. Get yourself there soon.
5. ART HOP! The first Friday of every month, local artists bring their art out to display and the city comes alive with people roaming the streets and galleries offering free wine and cheese and the like. It can be a bit depressing during the winter months but in the Fall, Spring and Summer, it's a lively, fun event that makes us feel like part of the community.
6. Visit East Hall. East Hall used to be part of Western Michigan University, which is right next door to K, but is no longer in use. It is a beautiful, old building that sits quietly on a hill over looking the entire city of Kalamazoo. I would say it is my favorite spot in the city. Go on a date, watch the sunset with friends, pack a picnic, or go reflect alone, it really can fit any occasion.
7. Go to the Crow's Nest between the hours or 10pm and 6am. The Crow's Nest (probably my favorite restaurant in the city) is open 24 hours on the weekends. One day my first year at K, a friend and I went there around 10 and ended up staying until about 5 in the morning, just chatting and getting to know each other. It sort of felt like the twilight zone, staying awake that long, except with sweet potato fries. And the waitstaff is really friendly so it's always fun to be there.
8. Swim at Gull Lake. As far as lakes go, this one is kind of gross, but honestly, it gets sooo hot here in the Spring and Summer months (especially in the dorms) that it's well worth the grossness. Also, Coldstone Creamery is right across the street so you can go for a post swim cone.
9. The bars. Obviously this only applies if you are above 21, but it's important to know. Kalamazoo has some really great, fun little bars. From the Beer Exchange (which has beer prices that fluctuate based on how much they are being bought and a once-a-night market crash where prices plummet as low as a dollar) to Shakesperes Pub (with karaoke and free popcorn), the bar scene in Kalamazoo is unique and fun.
10. Climb Kalamazoo. If you are a pro-climber or even if you've never done it before, Climb Kzoo is a great indoor climbing facility downtown where students can go for a different kind of exercise. Rock Climbing is also offered at K as a gym class every quarter which will get you a discounted price to the gym.


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It's a tall world after all -- a tall half-caf cappuccino that is. The world is drinking more coffee.
From London, the BBC's Matthew Davies reports.
Matthew Davies: Coffee consumption has grown by an average of 2.5 percent over the last ten years and is still surging ahead, despite the fact that many drinkers around the world have less money in their pockets. But it's not that we're drinking more coffee because we're working harder and need the extra energy.
According to Jose Settee, the head of operations at the London-based International Coffee Organization, it's that new consumers are being turned onto the bean.
Jose Settee: Even when times are hard, people still drink coffee. And the growth in coffee consumption these days occurs much more in emerging markets, which are bearing up much better under this economic turbulence than in the developed world.
Over the next five years, raw coffee prices are expected to fall, and that'll bring in even more drinkers. Last year, the world consumed more than eight million metric tons of coffee -- that's 2.4 percent more than the previous year, and enough to fill more than 80 aircraft carriers.
In London, I'm the BBC's Matthew Davies for Marketplace.


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Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in New Mexico
I received a settlement agreement from a collection law firm. It is not signed. Is it a legal binding document?
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Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC
Not until it is signed. It is customary in these situations for the law firm to send the agreement unsigned, but sign it when you return it signed, and send you a conformed copy. No responsible law firm will send a signed document, as changes could be made from the original - not a good thing.
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Meeting up with my investment banker every 6 months is pretty much a routine thing now and I loved our meetings because he is so funny sometimes but so smart. I sometimes pick his brains on other investment that I have back home in Singapore and he would extend his help and contact my citibank's private banker. Mostly during these kind of lunch, we also get to meet other people from the bank and I'm glad i have a business card printer at the store to print out all my cards so that I have enough to exchange with others just like myself. I think we've formed quite an exclusive network here – and we pretty much exchange ideas and throw each other our experiences to ponder on.
Usually, we meet up in the city but this time, they've decided to come visit me and like any true Asian – I played host to a few people that I've been networking with for the last 12 years. Amazing how time flies – anyway, we had brunch on their last day in town and we headed to Jungle Jim's for breakfast. Loved the service at Jungle Jim's and loved their food.
So cheap and really value for money.
I showed them how one of my g/fs had her eggs the other day – and we all did the same that day – just to see how it tasted like. hahah! yes, we can be funny sometimes too – and it was not all about work during these meetings.


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Each week, you can listen to a new Edgewise podcast on AMA's web site (http://podcast.amanet.org/edgewise/) or download it to an iPod or MP3 player. Speakers include professors, business authors and experts.
What's in the lineup? One week, Harvard Business School Professor Bill George talked about being an authentic leader. Then customer-service guru Chip Bill talked about delivering extraordinary service. Other topics: How to market yourself, and whether you're hardwired for success.
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David Attenborough Field Research Station to help save last refuge for endangered mammals
- Sanctuary
- Charnley River – Artesian Range
- Field Programs
- Science: surveys and research | Feral cat and fox control | Fire management
- Wildlife
- Golden-backed Tree-rat | Black Grasswren | Monjon | Northern Quoll | Wyulda
"Australia's wildlife is wonderful and unique - and much of it is now seriously endangered. Here, in the Artesian Range, Australian Wildlife Conservancy is helping protect a range of species, including several threatened mammals, which are making their last stand in this small section of the north-west Kimberley.
I am truly honoured that this important field station has been given my name and wish AWC's dedicated team of field ecologists and land managers every success in delivering science-based conservation in such a remote but important region."
- Sir David Attenborough
April 2015: WA Environment Minister, the Hon Albert Jacob MLA, today launched one of Australia's most important scientific outposts with the opening of the David Attenborough Field Research Station in a remote section of the north-west Kimberley. The launch of this important new base for Kimberley science is reported on the front page of The Australian today: click here to read the article.
Located in the heart of the Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary, managed by Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), the David Attenborough Field Research Station is strategically positioned at the frontline in a battle to save some of Australia's most endangered mammals from extinction.
AWC Chief Executive Atticus Fleming, Traditional Owners Joe Ash and Penny Bidd, WA Environment Minister the Hon Albert Jacob MLA and AWC Chairman Graeme Morgan.
The Field Station, surrounded by rugged sandstone ranges and deep rainforest filled gorges, lies in the heart of the only part of mainland Australia to have suffered no mammal extinctions since European settlement.
"This small area of the north-west Kimberley is the last mainland refuge for threatened and endemic mammals such as the Golden Bandicoot, the Monjon (world's smallest rock-wallaby) and the Golden-backed Tree-rat. Many of these animals were formerly widespread across northern Australia but have now contracted to this narrow strip of the Kimberley because of wildfire and feral animals, especially feral cats," said AWC Chief Executive, Atticus Fleming.
The David Attenborough Field Research Station is embedded deep in the Artesian Range.
AWC's new facility will operate as a base for a small team of dedicated scientists and land managers working in a race against time to protect this extraordinary area and its threatened wildlife from the wave of extinctions that has engulfed the rest of Australia.
The Field Station is accessible only by helicopter, meaning that all materials have been slung in by chopper as part of a carefully choreographed operation to establish a facility in harmony with its spectacular, subtropical surrounds.
"AWC staff operating in the Artesian Range face extreme conditions including cyclones and severe heat and humidity. This Field Station will provide a vital base from which to safely and effectively undertake some of the most important science and conservation work in the country."
The Research Station has been named in honour of Sir David Attenborough in recognition of his role in inspiring science-based conservation across the planet for more than 60 years.
AWC Honours Graduate Joey Clarke with a Black Grasswren
Work underway in the Artesian Range is already breaking new ground:
- The first detailed study of the endangered Golden-backed Tree-rat has been undertaken, highlighting the importance of careful fire management in the complex habitats at the Artesian Range for the survival of the species. The Golden-backed Tree-rat was once found across a large proportion of northern Australia: in recent decades it has disappeared from over 80% of its mainland distribution (including Kakadu National Park).
- Research has begun on the elusive Monjon, the world's smallest rock-wallaby, a Kimberley endemic which is abundant around the Field Station.
- Ground-breaking research on the Black Grasswren, another Kimberley endemic, has included a detailed study of the relationship between fire patterns and the bird's ranging behaviour.
- The first survey to measure feral cat densities in the north-western Kimberley has been undertaken by AWC in the Artesian Range. Feral cats are present at very low densities: no feral cats were recorded in a survey involving more than 1,000 camera trap nights.
Golden-backed Tree-rat
The David Attenborough Field Research Station was funded by donations from AWC supporters around Australia and the WA Government, through the Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy. AWC thanks all of its supporters and the WA Government for making it possible to establish the David Attenborough Field Research Station. We are particularly grateful to the WA Environment Minister, the Hon Albert Jacob MLA, and the senior traditional owner for the Artesian Range, Penny Bidd, and her family for participating in the opening ceremony.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy is the leading science-based non-government organisation in Australia.
- AWC manages 3 million hectares around Australia, protecting wildlife in iconic locations such as the Kimberley, the Top End, Cape York and Lake Eyre.
- AWC protects more wildlife species than any other non-government organisation including 83% of all bird species and 67% of all mammal species.
- Around 80% of AWC's staff are based in the field; 25% of AWC staff are ecologists. AWC ecologists have published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in the last 5 years.
Watch spectacular footage of the Artesian Range in The Land that Time Forgot (courtesy Channel 7): see below or click here.
For more information: contact Atticus Fleming (0419 693 987) or Erica Young (0448 091 757).
Additional background:
- Construction was completed in early 2015.
- Functionally and aesthetically, the Field Station is designed for the subtropical environment and the escarpment location in which it is built. It can accommodate around 6 researchers.
- The Field Station includes the following features:
- Office and laboratory benches
- Kitchen
- Solar power
- Storage space for field equipment
- L-shaped design with covered deck for outdoor living
- 4 tent platforms form part of the facility.
- Running water for shower and core facility.
- Composting toilet
- Research conducted to date by AWC in the Artesian Range:
- Black Grasswrens
- First capture and banding
- First data on their use of habitat and the impact of fire
- Black Grasswrens
- Golden-backed Tree-rats
- First detailed study of movements, habitat use and diet
- Showed importance of complex habitats for the species and the need for careful fire management to maintain such habitats
- More individuals captured than in any other study
- Wyulda
- First deployment of GPS units on this species
- First detailed study of movements and habitat use
- More individuals captured than in any other study
- Monjon and Wyulda taxonomy
- DNA samples taken to help resolve taxonomy, especially important given the confusion around Kimberley small rock-wallabies
- Golden Bandicoot pilot studies
- Preliminary radiotracking undertaken; a hair identification database established to distinguish them from Northern Brown Bandicoots.
- Feral cat densities:
- The first survey to measure feral cat densities in the north-western Kimberley has been undertaken by AWC in the Artesian Range. Feral cats are present at very low densities: no feral cats were recorded in a survey involving more than 1,000 camera trap nights.


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Paint Job: social exchange between art and everyday, 2004- on-going, 2008
Digital prints, text, video, performance, x 11 x 17", Duration Variable
Paint Job is an on-going project that engages with everyday life and its social dynamic. It emphasizes the dialogue and the interaction rather than the final art as a tangible product. The colour swatch I am using in this project is called Algonquin Autumn: The name of the colour series suggests the idea of the Great Northern Ontario landscape and its pivotal role in the Group of Sevens paintings, and the underlining reflection on the Canadian cultural identity. As an immigrant from Korea, the act of self-invitation to various Canadian homes is an intriguing play on the idea of ownership.


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(WBIR) It could be January before Vanessa Coleman faces a parole board.
On Thursday, the TDOC said that Coleman's parole hearing was delayed from October until December. But that may not be possible.
According to a spokesperson for the Tennessee Board of Parole, the process to actually get Coleman back on the calendar could take time.
Previous: Petition to deny parole to Vanessa Coleman could make a difference
"Parole hearing dockets are prepared many weeks in advance. If TDOC notifies us in December that Coleman has reached eligibility for parole consideration, it would then take time to schedule a specific hearing date. After that is done, we give 30 days' advance notice to victims and other registered interested parties, such as prosecutors and law enforcement, of that hearing. Given all that must be completed, it is unlikely that the hearing will take place before January," said Melissa McDonald, Communications Director.
An online petition to deny Coleman parole has reached more than 67,000 signatures on Friday.
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The parole hearing for a woman convicted in connection with a brutal double murder has been delayed.
According to the Department of Corrections, the hearing for Vanessa Coleman has been pushed from October to December. The exact date has not been set.
Officials provided no reason for the delay.
As of Thursday afternoon, there are more than 62,000 signatures on the petition.
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An online petition already has thousands of signatures to try and keep a woman behind bars for her role in the murder of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom.
The petition to "Deny Parole To Vanessa Coleman, Offender #473393" was published Saturday evening on Change.org, according to Dan Frye who created the petition along with Hugh Newsom.
Christian and Newsom were carjacked, raped, tortured, and murdered in January of 2007. Vanessa Coleman has been behind bars since then, serving a 35-year sentence a judge handed down in February 2013 for her role in the crimes.
As of 6 p.m. Sunday, the site showed that more than 8,000 people had already signed the petition with 25,000 total signatures needed.
On Friday, the families of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom spoke to 10News about finding out Vanessa Coleman is set to appear before a parole board in October.
Related: Christian, Newsom families to fight parole for Vanessa Coleman
The Newsoms said they expected Coleman to be eligible for parole in 2017, when she would have served 30% of her 35 consecutive year sentence. But they learned this week Coleman could get 16 days per month shaved off her sentence for "good behavior."
On the site it said the petition will be delivered to the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole.


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Local 10 viewers have voted, and here is the list of the Top 10 Coffee places in South Florida.
10. Panther Coffee: 2390 NW 2nd Ave, Miami 305-677-3952
9. Brew Urban Cafe: 209 SW 2nd Ave, Ft. Laud. 954-523-7191
8. Senor Coffee at Bob Roth's Groves: 5660 Griffin Road, Davie 954-581-8630
7. News Cafe: 800 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach 305-538-6397
6. Sergio's: 3252 SW 22nd St., Miami 305-529-0047
5. Java Boys: 2230 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors 954-564-8828
4. Versailles: 3555 SW 8th St., Miami 305-444-0240
3. Walter's Coffee Shop: 17009 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami 305-232-1235
2. St. Barts Coffee Company: 441 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. Fort Laud. 954-832-9004
1. Expresso Coffee Company: 1900 South Andrews Ave. Ft. Laud. 954-527-1222
Expresso Coffee Company has been in business for 20 years.
You don't even get out of your car, just drive up, order, and you are on your way with a hot cup of joe!
Owners, Suzy Ludlow and Jon Robichaud, say they try to be the best, by having the freshest coffee and treating each customer like they are their only one.
They buy from local roasters, preferrably in Florida, to get the freshest beans possible.
Many of their customers have been coming back for 5, 10, even 20 years... and they have most of their drink orders memorized.
Click here to check out Expresso's website!
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Release Date: 2007 |
tribestros (4)Modest Mouse builds on the easily digestible pop anthems from their previous album and the...Beej (3.5)This album is certainly pure Modest Mouse: eclectic, odd, and true to their style. It isn...lwatkins (4.5)The new Modest Mouse is on show; featuring a new direction that, oddly enough, is very sim...Chewie (2)Modest Mouse try to be different and unique, but end up getting lost in the process....
BoSoxorz (5)"We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" will please the ears of old and new Modest Mouse ...
Album Rating: 2.5
(note to self: don't melt my dashboard blasting this song)
they would look at like you like you
guns a blazing
legs a dangling
Album Rating: 4.0melting the dashboard is a pun on the lyrics
Album Rating: 2.5its still unnecessary, broski
Most of my friends have heard of Modest Mouse. Welcome to the site and all that.
Album Rating: 2.5by the way, lots of people know Modest Mouse, especially on this site
Edit: Yeah, what he said ^^
one second too late
I haven't listened to this album all the way, but Dashboard is so catchy.
I've only heard Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon and Antarctica. And they both rule.
Album Rating: 2.5checking this record out now.
Dashboard has a super catchy intro. Hey, this song's pretty good.
I liked Good News for People Who Like Bad News, so this seems pretty decent
its a grower for me tho
Ahhh Spitting Venom is sooooo good. I've never gotten into most of the album, I find MM to be pretty tough to listen to, but there are definitely some gems.
Not a bad first review, but it would look way more professional if you could section off the second paragraph into two, maybe even three.
Album Rating: 2.5this might be irrelevant, but none of their albums even compare to The Moon and Antartica
Album Rating: 3.0I would say maybe read some more reviews and take general note of how they're written.
And by "some more" I mean "a lot more"
they would look at you like you
guns a blazing
legs a dangling
while "legs a dangling" is ridiculous in it's own right, these both should have "-"s between each word
no matter what strange looks you get from rabbis, parents, or feline friends
We've Got Everything puts how i feel most of the time into words: that I know everything.
though if you can figure out the meaning to the title, you must have a Ph.D. in something or another, the title is riddle in riddle in riddle, but that does not affect the song one bit.
While March into the Sea starts out as a okay song, Dashboard comes out guns a blazing. Dashboard makes you want to jump out of your seat and dance (note to self: don't melt my dashboard blasting this song) no matter what strange looks you get from rabbis, parents, or feline friends. Missed the Boat makes me want to miss a boat, merely so I can sit on the dock singing this song, legs a dangling over the water, but of course nobody would join in, because nobody seems to have heard of any of their songs.
Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound OffTheir worst album, although Superbus' comment is ridiculous. Review could use some serious detailing/editing/revising.
I find MM to be pretty tough to listen to, but there are definitely some gems.
Album Rating: 3.5strange review. not much detail, kind of vague. also, really short.
Digging: NoMeansNo - Wrong
Album Rating: 3.0This band is the bomb.
You might want to use more paragraphs.
Digging: Summoning - With Doom We Come
Album Rating: 3.5I think I get it... you're just trying to be to quirky, right?
That really doesn't go over very well here without a lot more effort.
Don't get defensive, you're really reviewing like your having a one sided conversation and there is a lot of good critiques up there ^
I think you just need to switch mode and give it another try IMHO.
that might be the worst possible way to start a review.
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Firefighters injured tackling college fire
Two firefighters have been injured while tackling a blaze at a Presbyterian Church's training college in Belfast.
They were injured by molten metal dripping down inside the premises and were given first aid at the scene.
The Fire Service first put out a blaze which broke out at 2.30am on Saturday. They had to return just over four hours later when another one broke out.
The listed building, known as the Principal's House at Union Theological College, was in the final stages of a £2.2m renovation when fire broke out. It was due to be opened in January.
Some 23 students were moved out of their accommodation along with residents from nearby private apartments. The fire is being treated as malicious.
The Rev Trevor Gribben, deputy clerk of the General Assembly and secretary of the management committee of Union College, said: " Everyone who has a relationship with the college is devastated by the fire.
"We are very pleased the fire authorities were able to stop it spreading to the main college, also a Grade A listed building. If the fire had spread there, it would have been devastating.
"Our thoughts are with the two firemen who were injured. We wish them a speedy recovery."
The College, founded in 1853, is the main Presbyterian theological institution and part of Queen's University. It caters for students from all denominations.
Fire Service group commander Chris Kerr said both incidents were being investigated.
"Part of the overall investigation is the circumstances of both incidents," he said.
"The deterioration in the internal conditions of the building meant we asked for further resources and a high reach appliance so that the crews could operation from a platform of safety above the blaze," he added.
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Michelle M. Perfect, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona in Tucson, and colleagues used home-based polysomnography, actigraphy, and questionnaires to track the sleep health of 50 patients, aged 10 to 16 years, with T1DM; results were compared with a control group without diabetes matched for sex, age, and body mass index. The level of glucose control was simultaneously assessed using continuous glucose monitors and hemoglobin A1C values.
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About 150 people came out to the Municipal Building on the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets for a spaghetti luncheon.
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Dear Bro. Dryfoos,
WOW! I'm impressed by such a rapid reply! Thanks!
I thoroughly appreciate your thoughtful reply. In many ways I think
our positions are pretty close together, if they are on opposite sides
of this issue.
Yours are very much the arguments I understand were presented during
the several years it took to amend the Masonic Code of Iowa to include
these classes. Here I can't speak from personal experience because I
had not yet joined the fraternity when these discussions occurred. I
have, however, had in-depth discussions with many of the "movers and
shakers" on both sides of the issue in Iowa, and feel I have at least a
partial handle on the situation.
As I understand things, declining membership was only one of a number
of issues involved. Like so many Grand Jurisdictions, Iowa's death rate
among Brothers exceeded the initiation rate for a number of years. Over
a decade or so, several changes were put in place. The first two were
actually more important than the institution of ODCs. The first to
occur, as I understand it, was the removal from code of the injunction
against "recruitment." Indeed, many of my senior Brethren here are
still suspicious of the notion that we may now discuss Masonry--with
several proscriptions, of course--with non-Masons. The days when Lodges
were prominent in almost every city and village in Iowa are, sadly, long
past. Moreover, the days when many residents of a given community had
deep family and business roots in their places of residence have
disappeared in proportion to our society's inceasing mobility and our
less-secure job market. In addition, and probably because of greater
mobility, men are less inclined to ask the "right question" about how
they may join a Lodge--there seems sinply to be greater reticence about
discussing such matters with mere acquaintances. At the same time,
there are indications that the present generation of men between the
ages of (approximately) 18 and 30 are actually MORE potentially inclined
toward Masonry than any generation since WWII veterans returned to
civilian life. (I recently attended a very interesting seminar
presented by M.W.B. Bob Conley, P.G.M. in Michigan, who suggests rather
convincingly that the present generation of young men has more in common
with men at the beginning of the twentieth century than with any
generation between them.) Whatever the reason, we in Iowa are seeing a
significant increase in interest among younger men. Being able to
approach men openly and honestly to discuss Masonry is, in my opinion
and experience, a very good thing.
The second important change to our code is the institution of the
"Invitation to Petition." Because of Masonry's decline in Iowa (and
this applies rather specifically to my home Lodge), there were often
well-known, highly-respected, highly-qualified men in communities who
had never considered joining a Lodge. In Iowa, these men can now be
brought up in open Lodge and discussed prior to their petitioning for
admission. Three Brothers in good standing sign the Invitation to
Petition. They must have known the potential candidate for at least two
years. I have attached the form in PDF format. While we certainly do
not use this method indiscriminately, it has been a very valuable tool:
when one can approach a friend after he has already been "approved" by
the Lodge, it has proved generally to be viewed by the potential
candidate--as it should be--as a great honor.
And then came the ODC. In my experience, your credit-card analogy
has not proved accurate, at least in our Lodge. As I noted previously,
in three years we have probably Raised about 20 new MMs in ODCs. Of
these, one is now serving in the Mid-East. Several have moved out of
the area. A couple of them have not been very active. One has
demitted. However--and I just went through our membership list--fully
15 of these Brothers are actively involved in the activities of our
Lodge, attend the majority of Communications and participate actively,
serve on committees, assist enthusiastically in community service
projects, and so forth. Several have also joined the Scottish Rite
(more active in this area than is the York Rite) and are equally as
active in the Consistory. One is presently serving as Venerable Master
of our local Knights of St. Andrew chapter as well as being Junior
Deacon in our Lodge.
Thus my personal experience has been that we have Raised some really
good Brothers via the ODCs, and most of these neophyte Masons have
involved themselves enthusiastically in our Lodge's work. Moreover, I
know for a fact that at least five of these enthusiastic new Masons
WOULD NOT have joined us had the ODC not been avaiable; two of these had
dropped out previously, one after the Entered Apprentice Degree, and one
after the Fellowcraft.
In short, and arguing from a huge sample of a single, rather rural,
small Lodge, the Iowa ODC has breathed new life into our Lodge. In a
Lodge with a total membership of 83, with only about 40 within a cable
tow, this is a major turn-around. Interestingly enough, it is the OLDER
Brethren who seem most reinvigorated by this influx of "new blood." Our
oldest active member is 91, never misses a meeting, has served several
times in every chair, saw his Lodge reach the brink of extinction less
than a decade ago, and now can't stop grinning about belonging to such
an active and enthusiastic Lodge. His joy alone is enough to make this
worthwhile. (Can you tell he's a dear friend?)
Meanwhile our in-Lodge Degrees have probably tripled in number, In
1999, two years before I did my work, our Lodge had NO degree work. The
next year two candidated went through the work. This year we have
already Raised five Brothers in-Lodge, and have several still on the
agenda. So, far from diminishing our local work, the ODC seems to have
increased it, since some of these candidates had ODC members as top-line
signers. Increased in-Lodge work, of course, increases the frequency of
our ODC Brothers to see--and participate in--Degree work regularly, and
that was NOT available before, simply because there WAS almost no Degree
Yes, technically speaking, the old "sponsor system" was supposed to
enrol new Brothers. Here, at least, it didn't, probably because there
was no real structure. The enlightenment course HAS structure, but it
is open-ended; it probably raises more questions than it answers, and
leads easily, in my experience, to more extended discussions. As you
know very well, the more one explores the craft, the more excited--and
committed--one becomes. So I think it's not so much having the MEC
replace sponsorship, but rather the structure of the MEC. The MEC is
now required by Iowa code, as is its mentoring structure; not to follow
this procedure with some care is thus potentially a Masonic offense. In
almost every case, the top-line signer serves as mentor. And all too
often in the past, it seems to me that rote memorization of obligations
was simply that: rote without reflection. The MEC forces reflection and
discussion. Curiously enough, many of our newer Brothers have CHOSEN to
memorize the Q & As and the obligations, and I find that vastly
superior to rote.
And yes, we probably DO remove some individual attention with the
ODC. In fact, some of our local and active ODC Brothers have some
regrets about having taken the ODC route. HOWEVER, this is with
hindsight--and they freely admit this. WITHOUT the ODC, they would
never have become Master Masons at all. So, when they discuss joining
the fraternity with their friends, they often recommend doing the work
in-Lodge. Interestingly, they don't really feel they were "cheated,"
only that, knowing what they now know, they'd have stayed at home and
joined here. And since there does seem to be some correspondence
between the institution of the ODC and an increase in in-Lodge work, the
ODC Brothers have a greater opportunity to see and participate in work
at home than was the case before. The ones with time problems--and I
maintain that these can be very real, having spent a career in a job
that often required 90 hours of my time per week--are eternally grateful
for the ODC.
So it's a mixed bag. I do not feel, speaking only for myself, that
the GL has cheated our ODC Brethren or ourselves. Like the Invitation
to Petition and the ability to recruit, the ODC is a tool. It doesn't
work for every job, any more than a screwdriver can drive a nail better
than a hammer, but then, a hammer's pretty ineffective at driving a
screw too... I don't feel, again arguing from a sample of one, that we
have somehow "swindled" our ODC Brethren. Several of these new Brothers
are close friends of long standing. We regularly discuss Masonry over
coffee (sometimes even over a snort!). Their experience in the INITIAL
stages of Masonry is certainly different from yours or mine. Because I
haven't been in their shoes, I can't say whether that's good or bad.
What I DO know is that these are good Brothers, vitally interested in
and involved in our craft. They are accumulating libraries of books on
Masonry, and reading them. They follow to the letter the admonition to
discuss Masonry with their senior Brothers. They can participate in
MANY more local degrees than they could have just a few years ago. And,
because they were raised with Brothers from all over the state, they are
more excited about attending state-wide functions, such as the annual GL
Communication, if only to renew friendships formed during the ODC.
The mentoring program is, as noted, a part of Iowa Masonic Code, and
was instituted prior to our ODCs. Thus the two issues are divisible.
And, with all due respect for your point of view, and while the
mentoring program is, in fact, very successful, it does NOT address
several concerns the ODC addresses head-on: isolation of individual
Lodges, dangerously declining membership numbers, the PERCEPTION of the
amount of time required to become a Mason, and introduction of a truly
state-wide (and, by implication, world-wide) brotherhood. Attending the
first-ever ODC in Iowa at the Des Moines Scottish Rite Temple, candidate
in tow, with 400 prospective Brothers and 600 Brothers present, was an
awe-inspiring experience, even for my jaded world-view. That kind of
cumulative fraternity simply cannot occur is a Lodge with 15-20 Brothers
present. 1,000 male voices singing the National Anthem, accompanied by
a noteworthy pipe organ, beats our local Pledge of Allegiance all
hollow! And the ritual was--and has continued to be--excellent. The
degrees are, of course, somewhat longer, because there are appropriate
pauses in ritual for the mentor and candidate to exchange signs of
recognition and so forth. EACH candidate repeats the obligations, with
the Book of Holy Law held by his mentor.
I paint a rosy picture. I genuinely believe the ODC has been a very
good thing FOR THIS JURISDICTION, and certainly for Mount Vernon Lodge.
It does NOT work for every Brother--but then, I submit, neither do
in-Lodge Degrees. Who knows how many potentially excellent, commited
Brothers we may have lost in the past? I think it's a tool, not a
revolution... After all, most Lodges no longer have a box of cigars on
the Tyler's table, or spittoons spread around the Lodge, nor do most
Lodges have their own supply of wine and Scotch to use following
meetings. Do we cheat those Brothers who anticipated their monthly fine
cigar with such glee? (Sorry! Those analogies are also unkind!)
Thanks so much for the discussion! It's almost as invigorating as
our area outdoor Third Degree last night, where one of our own local
Brothers was Raised by the Grand Lodge. The ritual, food, and
fellowship were as good as it gets!
Sincerely and fraternally,
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When the gloves hit the ice and the knuckles start to fly, Brantt Myhres is never too far away. So when organizers with last weekend's Battle of the Hockey Enforcers asked the Calgary Flames tough guy if he'd be interested in providing colour commentary, he jumped at the chance.
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Robbie 'copied' folk song
Pop singer Robbie Williams "substantially copied" a song originally written by Woody Guthrie, the High Court has ruled.
The Williams song Jesus in a Camper Van, co-written with Guy Chambers, was a breach of copyright of the late Guthrie's song I Am The Way, and of an adaptation by Loudon Wainwright III, a judge decided.
Williams and his record and publishing companies now face a trial to determine the amount of royalties or damages owed to the owners of the original copyright, Ludlow Music.
High Court Deputy Judge Nicholas Strauss QC said that the Williams song, from the album I've Been Expecting You, copied one of the four verses of the original song, later parodied in the Wainwright version.
Ludlow Music had originally agreed to the Williams song but a dispute arose over the company's demand for a half share in the copyright.
EMI had described the demand as excessive and offered 25%. The Williams album also stated that the lyrics had been reproduced "by kind permission" of Ludlow.
Guthrie's song, written in 1961, includes the line "Every good man gets a little hard luck sometimes" while the Loudon Wainwright version, described by the judge as a parody, ran: "Every Son of God gets a little hard luck sometimes, especially when he goes round saying he is the way."
In the Williams and Chambers song the lines were: "I suppose even the Son of God gets it hard sometimes, especially when he goes round saying I am the way."
The judge said: "In my view, the extent of the copying is substantial, although not by much."
He said that Jesus in a Camper Van took the central idea from the Loudon Wainwright version that the Son of God attracted bad luck by going round saying "I am the way".
"I think that this is of sufficient substance to amount to an infringement of copyright," the judge added.
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