text: Posted December 21, 2013 · Report post This is my story I had moderate to severe acne vulgaris when I realized I needed to do something. I was smoking a pack a day, lots of weed and every drug you can think of I took on regular basis and drank a lot to and ate nothing but mcdonalds and other fast food any and all junk food was my diet with a few 52 ounce sodas every day and absolutely no water and very poor hygiene. One day I was with friends and the looked at me like I was a monster and started treating me differently which was a real wake up call God was sending my way. I realized it was a real problem and started with over the counter 3 step kit, I quit smoking weed, cigarettes, doing drugs, drinking soda/ alcohol and started eating healthy all over a 6 month span. The results were there but I needed more help so from there I went to my doctor and got doxycycline and benzoyl peroxide 2.5 gel with adapelene 0.1 gel that worked well but I wanted something stronger so I went to a dermatologist who prescribed me minocycline and epiduo he said I hade moderate to severe acne vulgaris and that It should clear up in a month. 3 months past and I was clear, scars where fading, then 6 months went by still using epiduo and (mino) and my skin was practically flawless even skin tone, very oily but flaked off around my mouth so I used lotion all day long and the occasional tiny bump you could only see if you where really trying to find it. Then I went to a integrative medicine clinic because I wanted to get off all medications and be organically healthy she put me on 200,000 ieu's of vitamin A every day and 50,000 ieu's of vitamin D and the oil cleansing method which was working but I always went back to the epiduo at the first sign of a pimple. I did this for 4 months and then my health insurance stopped when I turned 19 that was in April 2013, so I decided no more epiduo and flushed the last two bottles my face slowly but surely was getting worse and worse till I was back to acne vulgaris I had very oily skin, large pours, black heads, small needle point white heads, medium size white heads with inflammation and very red and medium size red bumps my problem areas are cheeks, jaw line, temples but I still get them on other parts of my face just mainly those areas. So went to clay mask, avocado mask, Lemon, tomato, lime, oil cleansing, probiotic face mask a few times, I tryed the new proactiv plus for a month but I didn't really get results just irritated my skin. So I went and got a bottle of epiduo it was 280 dollars w/ out insurance but I was desperate I used it twice a day some times three times and my skin went crazy and I had red bumps every where my skin hurt and I was further scarred emotionally. I had no more money and I ran out of a 3 month bottle in a month. I met a lady who sells raw honey from bees she owns so I bought some. My new method starting at night. 1.) I wash my face with cold water. 2.) mix a half dollar size of honey and a little organic lemon together between my palms and apply generously to entire face, neck back. 3.) morning wake up take a Luke warm shower, try to keep shampoo, conditioner off my face. End shower with ice cold water over my face and body. After pat drying my face I apply lemon with a cotton ball evenly across my face and leave it on threw out the day and then start all over. It has bee working extremely well the honey is a miracle. My face is now starting to fade acne scars and pimples are going away. When I get a pimple I sterilize a needle by heating for 30 seconds then cleanse pimple with a cotton ball with lemon on it and the needle too. I poke the white spot and with tissue over my fingers I gently push the puss out and apply the honey and lemon and the pimple goes away the next day except the red mark that take a few days. I also take pomegranate skin put it in the oven for 10 minutes at 425 degrees or till dry crush in a blender or just make it to powder and small pieces some how then add pomegranate seeds and Lemon mix together and apply over my face and allow it to dry before I go to bed in the morning peel it off this works as good as the honey although it takes a while to put on and take off but both are extremely worth trying. I am very emotionally damaged by this entire experience I always feel uncomfortable taking to anyone and don't like any thing touching my face I never touch my face unless I wash my hands with lemon I no longer use soap on my hands. I mainly only eat organic food and gluten and dairy free products not sure if it helps I just do it do peace of mind and I drink lots of water and recently started drinking Chinese loose leaf teas green, and red. Lately I have been more out going due to the acne going away but Even with Some pimples I still put my self out there and I'm always glad I did because no matter what is going in with my face the world keeps on moving I hope this has helped or at least inspired you to try to use my methods they are worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Josh Hamilton: Trading Michael Young doesn't make sense, but it's part of 'the business'
While on hand to send the Rangers equipment truck on its way to spring training Monday, AL Most Valuable Player Josh Hamilton said the potential trade of Michael Young is a "concern" for the players.
"It's definitely a concern," said Hamilton, who worked out with Young Monday morning. "When you think about his leadership, it's hard to think about him not being part of this team. He's always been a guy I could go to, who I could I learn from.
"It's hard to lose a guy who has been durable, who has played everyday and been productive. Does it make sense to trade Michael Young? No. But I don't get paid to make those decisions. It's a business and that's what it always gets down to. They [the Rangers] are going to do what they think is best for the organization. You get some piece of mind from long-term contracts and things like that, but the business side of it can still blindside you."


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The leaders of a northwest Colorado county atop one of the world's largest oil shale reserves passed a formal resolution yesterday chastising an Obama administration proposal dramatically cutting the amount of public land available for research and development.
The Garfield County Commission unanimously approved the six-page resolution, which brushes aside critics of the largely experimental process of extracting crude from shale rock, arguing instead that oil shale technology "has been proven beyond a doubt," and that failure to develop this resource deprives the region of a significant economic development opportunity.
Garfield County is believed to be the first county with known oil shale reserves to pass such a resolution, though activists say county leaders in as many as 10 other counties in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming are considering similar motions.
The county resolution comes two months after the Bureau of Land Management unveiled a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) with a "preferred alternative" that would significantly downsize a George W. Bush administration plan to develop oil shale.
The Bush plan amended resource management plans in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming to make roughly 1.9 million acres of public land available for commercial oil shale development. BLM's proposal, however, would reduce available lands for oil shale development in the three states by more than 75 percent and would allow research on the leases only until industry demonstrates that commercial development is technically viable and environmentally safe (Greenwire, Feb. 3).
Industry groups have consistently asserted that the 2008 plan provides an excellent blueprint to encourage development of oil shale and tar sands resources without compromising environmental health and safety. And House Republicans are pushing a bill by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) that would turn the Bush plan into law (Greenwire, Feb. 1).
The Garfield County resolution mirrors many of those arguments, demanding that BLM "immediately cease and desist all activities related" to development of
The resolution notes that the Bush plan included the input of state governors and other stakeholders as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, while the draft PEIS "entirely ignores the input of the task force and stakeholders which the 2005 Energy Policy Act directed the BLM to honor and follow." The result is that the draft PEIS "threatens to arbitrarily undermine the process ... and essentially dismantle a reasonable and rational oil shale and tar sands program" in violation of the act, according to the resolution.
The Garfield County resolution also notes that "the development and production of oil from oil shale has been proven beyond a doubt to be technologically and economically feasible," adding that it "requires little to no consumption of water, contrary to the myths which falsely claim that oil shale extraction requires large consumption of water resources."
Environmentalists have a much different view of the issue.
They ripped the Garfield County resolution, accusing the commissioners of political grandstanding on an important issue that, if not handled carefully, could
Ken Neubecker, the executive director of Carbondale, Colo.-based Western Rivers Institute, said the commission's resolution "is a masterpiece of inaccuracies and political statements."
"It makes outrageous claims about proven and economically feasible technologies, about little to no water use, and it makes some flat-out political statements that are inappropriate," said Neubecker, who addressed the commission yesterday before it voted to approve the resolution. "I'm sorry, but it looks like it was written by somebody from the industry sitting in an office in Houston. I was disturbed by the wording."
Kate Zimmerman, the National Wildlife Federation's senior policy adviser on public lands, challenged the county resolution's claim that oil shale recovery is technologically feasible and environmentally safe.
"We still don't have an economically viable technology in place," Zimmerman said in a statement yesterday. "The most conservative estimates project that producing the oil will take large volumes of water and a lot of energy."
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Are the holidays leaving you a little short on money? You might want to check out San Diego's listing of dollars the city owes to people who don't know it.
The listing totals $147,000, including unclaimed deposits for water service, refunds to people who overpaid for city services, and money paid to vendors who never cashed the check. The average owed by the city is $171.
Unlike the county — which holds an annual news conference to publicize its unclaimed money — the city does nothing more than post the list on its Web site and run a legally-required newspaper notice.
Under state law, if nobody comes forward to claim the money after three years, it reverts to the government coffers.
According to the city comptroller's office, over the past three years, more than $623,000 in unclaimed money has reverted to the city's general fund. At the county this year, $517,000 went back to the general fund.
Larry Stirling, a former judge, legislator and San Diego City councilman who has advocated on the issue, said public agencies have a "perverse incentive" not to work hard at connecting people with their unclaimed money. The city earns and keeps the interest on the unclaimed money, but the county uses a non-interest-bearing account for the funds.
"If the checks are not cashed, they just keep the money. I think that's just outrageous," Stirling said.
The city's unclaimed money database includes the names of many well-known companies or agencies. Among them: the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, San Diego Gas & Electric, 24-Hour Fitness and the Federal Aviation Administration. The San Diego Union-Tribune is on the list for $495 — money the newspaper is now claiming.
Also in the database is Ron Saathoff, former head of the San Diego city firefighters union, who is being prosecuted for pension fraud. The database indicates he's owed more than $5,000.
"It's not like they can't find him," Stirling said. "It seems like somebody could just get on the phone and say there is five grand and come pick it up."
Mayoral spokeswoman Rachel Laing said the city follows state law in how it handles unclaimed money. Entries are made in the database if a check sent to an address is returned because a company or individual has moved or if the recipient of the check fails to cash it within six months.
After three years, the city must publish a legal notice in a newspaper letting creditors know they have 45 days to claim the money or else it will go to the public coffer. If the amounts involved are less than $15, the city is not obligated to include them in the legal notice.
Of all the unclaimed money posted on the city Web site, the comptroller's office estimates 54 percent is eventually recovered by the rightful owners.
County treasurer-tax collector Dan McAllister said his office makes a concerted effort each year to return the money.
"We have investigators and people who will actually go out and make physical contact with people at their homes and find out if they are still out there," he said, in addition to using mail, phone books and other means to track down people.
He said his annual announcements do generate substantial interest. He recalled one year a lady came forward and was able to reclaim $11,000.
Both the city and county provide downloadable claim forms online.
Pots of unclaimed money at the county include inheritances, which can be substantial. For example, Charlotte Payne is listed as having left nearly $123,000 for one Joseph Coffey.
Each year, McAllister said he works with county departments to synchronize and update lists of unclaimed money and post them online. But despite their best efforts, he said, sometimes money just goes unclaimed.
"I think by the time they make the list, they have been gone over so many different times over a series of one, three or four years by people trying to find the rightful owners," McAllister said.
"It's almost as if at the end of the day, you have to kind of throw up your hands up. We will make one last shot. We will make a public announcement. Come one, come all, if your name is there."
Staff data specialist Danielle Cervantes contributed to this reportCopyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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UTAH STATE PRISON — A Duchesne County man said Tuesday his addiction to methamphetamine caused him to sexually assault an autistic teenager at a recreation center in Vernal.
During his first parole hearing, Taggart John Anderton of Neola testified that he'd used meth heavily for at least two years leading up to the March 19, 2009, attack on the teen at the Uintah Community Center.
"As you may know, methamphetamine makes a person act out sexually — it doesn't matter who he acts out sexually to," Anderton told Dick Sullivan, a hearing officer for the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.
Anderton, who served four years in the Navy and worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 20 years, said he had sold his home and was living in a garage in March 2009. He admitted he was high on meth when he went to the rec center to shower on the night he was arrested. He had no intention of preying on anyone, he said, but "when the situation presented itself, I thought about it and I acted out on it."
Anderton, 52, was in the men's locker room when he twice exposed himself to a 15-year-old boy who has Asperger's syndrome. He initially tried to get the teen to leave the center with him, then pulled him into a toilet stall. Anderton was performing a sex act on the teen when the boy's father returned to the locker room and stopped the attack.
Uintah County prosecutors charged Anderton with aggravated kidnapping, forcible sodomy, forcible sex abuse, attempted forcible sex abuse, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He later pleaded guilty to reduced charges of kidnapping, attempted forcible sex abuse, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced to serve at least 15 years in prison.
The victim's father told Sullivan the assault had a devastating effect on his son because of the characteristics of his disability. Individuals with Asperger's syndrome have difficulty interpreting social cues and interacting with others. The man said his son now believes the abuse he endured is a normal way to interact with adults.
"He does not comprehend what really happened and is now propositioning others," the teen's father said.
The family was forced to place the boy in a treatment facility to ensure his safety and the safety of others, the man said. The facility is several hours from the family's home.
"We are being responsible — probably for the rest of our lives — and mitigating the damage (Anderton) has caused by seeking help for our son in order to stop more lives from being victimized," the father told Sullivan. "This circle needs to be broken."
Sullivan said he will recommend that Anderton be given another parole hearing in March 2014, noting that there is no guarantee he will be given a release date at that time. He told Anderton to use the next four years to complete prison-based drug and sex offender treatment.
"Clearly, your meth use facilitated your decision to sexually assault that young boy," Sullivan said.
The parole board is expected to make a decision on whether to follow Sullivan's recommendation in about a month.
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A Dover man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in North Codorus Township, York County.
Brandon Krichten, 32, was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer on Bentz Road and failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Stoverstown Road before colliding with a 2001 Ford Windstar minivan at 3 p.m., according to Southwestern Regional police.
Krichten and his passenger, 31-year-old Ronald Smith of Spring Grove, were ejected from the Explorer and were not
wearing seatbelts, police said. Krichten was killed instantly.
Smith and the driver of the Windstar, 42-year-old Chad McWilliams of Red Lion, were taken to York Hospital. Police said their injuries did not appear life threatening.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call Officer Nik Johnson at 717-225-1333 ext. 112.


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METAIRIE, La.—New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will break one of the NFL's greatest records on Sunday night if he throws a touchdown pass in his 48th consecutive game. That would surpass Johnny Unitas' remarkable achievement, set from 1956-60.
Obviously the timing is bittersweet since it comes when the Saints are 0-4 and don't have much else to celebrate. But Brees is back on a roll after his stellar performance last week at Green Bay. He threw for 446 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions, and the Saints' passing attack nearly lifted the team to a huge road victory.
Unfortunately for the Saints, it appears they'll have to rely on that formula this year, since their defense and running game have struggled so much. But the good news is that their passing game is special enough to win games on its own.
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Brees has had several inconsistent performances, and it seemed as if he was forcing a few throws in early games—especially when the team was playing from behind. But he showed at Green Bay how dangerous he still is when he gets into a rhythm. Expect a ton of attempts, a ton of yards and a ton of touchdowns from Brees—along with occasional interceptions.
This feels like a 2008 type of season for him again. That year, he put up 34 touchdown passes, 17 interceptions and a 96.2 passer rating.
The league has granted permission for coach Sean Payton, assistant coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis—all suspended in the Bountygate scandal—to be on hand Sunday night for Brees' potential record-breaking game against the Chargers. However, they will have to watch the game from a private area and will not be allowed to have contact with the team.
RUNNING-GAME WOES: It's hard to identify exactly why the running game has been so inefficient. The Saints are ranked 26th in the league with 80.8 rushing yards per game, and that total has been boosted by a handful of big runs. More often, they're gaining zero, 1 or 2 yards on first-down runs. Second-year pro Mark Ingram, in particular, has been ineffective since he is used almost exclusively as a short-yardage back and as a first- and second-down back in run-heavy formations.
No individual lineman seems to be a consistent problem. The issues range from a missed block here or there—sometimes by the tight ends on the edge—or a missed read by the back. The Saints insist they're close to breaking out on the ground, but the running game would benefit if the team can start getting ahead early in games and "pass to set up the run"—a formula that worked very well in 2009 and 2011.


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Burrito King to Become Mixto Comida Latina
The longstanding Burriton King outpost at the corner of
Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street Hyperion and Rowena has been bought by the owners of Silver Lake pizza joint Tomato Pie, and is set to become Mixto Comida Latina, according to The Eastsider LA.
Gone is the yellow and orange paint, replaced by a lime green facade. Business partners Garrett Policastrow and Freddy Suarez plan to serve tacos, tortas and burritos made with grass-fed beef and sustainable foods.
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Self-Canceling Installment Notes
An additional family wealth transfer vehicles is a self-canceling installment note (SNIN), frequently referred to as a death-terminating installment note that has characteristic of both a private annuity and an installment sale. This vehicle is primarily an estate tax planning device.
Say, for example, that parents who are likely to be subject to estate tax have a piece of highly appreciated investment real estate that they wish to transfer to their children. To do so via a testamentary transfer would incur significant estate tax, but give their children a step-up in basis for income tax purposes. To do so as a lifetime gift would subject the date-of transfer value of the gift to the highest transfer tax rates at the time of the parents' death under the current unified transfer tax system, and would also give the children the parents' historical tax basis for purposes of determining gain or loss when the children sold the property. Heads you lose, tails you lose.
An alternative is to sell the property to the children at an arm's length fair market value during the parents' lifetimes in exchange for an installment note carrying the minimum interest rate that the Internal Service will permit. The children should make at least annual payments on the note at which time the parents recognize a proportionate share of the gain as taxable income at favorable capital gains rates for investment property. The note would contain a provision that upon the death of the seller (one or both of the parents), the balance of the note is cancelled.
Since the transfer was for full and adequate consideration in a sale, the property is removed from the sellers' federal gross estate. Therefore, the date-of-death fair market value of the property is not subject to federal transfer tax. Likewise, since the transfer was for full and adequate consideration in a sale no portion of the transaction is a gift to the children, and not subject to the gift tax provisions of the law. In addition, the children's basis for income tax purposes is the price they actually paid for the property (the face amount of the note plus any down payment).
Upon the sellers' death, cancellation of the note is treated as the disposition of an installment obligation to a related party. The remaining unrecognized gain on the note is included in the final income tax return of the sellers (or the first income tax return of their estate) and taxed at capital gains rates. In a variation of this scheme, the parents can forgive receipt of annual installments, thereby creating a taxable gift to the children of the installment amount foregone. Since this is a gift of a present interest, the forgiveness qualifies for the annual gift tax exclusion. The parents still recognize their proportionate share of the installment gain, just as if they had received payment from the children and made a cash gift back to them.
Self-canceling installment notes are not for every family. Nor should they be undertaken without review and approval of legal and tax counsel working together. SCINs represent a play on the time the capital gains tax is paid, and the difference in higher estate tax rates and lower capital gains rates. If the sellers outlive the term of the note, they will have recognized (and paid capital gains tax) on the full amount of the inherent gain in the property as they received those payments. From the standpoint of the time value of money, the present value of the tax payments may be significantly less than having to pay it all in the year of sale. One caveat should be mentioned; planners must carefully understand the character of the gain to be realized by the sellers on the sale of the property. To the extent the sale would generate ordinary income; all such income is treated as having been receiving in the first installment payment, even if no payment is made. The event can distort the desired present value of the tax objectives as to the timing of gain recognition if it is not recognize and planned for. In a similar manner, this technique may not work well at all of the property being sold is ordinary income property (inventory, for example), or has a high degree of ordinary recapture from depreciation.
When the need is present and the proper assets are available, a self-canceling note may be an effective tool to move wealth from one generation to another with minimal tax impact to the buyer or the seller.
©2008 Ronnie C. McClure, PhD, CPA


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Dr. Joe Harrop, Sr. became the third applicant for the open Red Bluff City Council position Wednesday created by the resignation of Robert Sheppard Jr.
The City Council is scheduled to appoint someone to fill the remaining 3-plus years of the term at its Aug. 6 meeting. The deadline for applicants is July 26.
Like the other two applicants, former Councilman Larry Stevens and frequent council attendee Raymond Eliggi, the 73- year-old Harrop is retired.
Harrop has lived in Red Bluff for 40 years, raising three children and five grandchildren with his wife.
Harrop spent 25 years as a school administrator in Tehama County and retired as Dean of Education at Simpson University.
He was previously chairman of the city's Parks and Recreation Commission.
Harrop has served on the Committee on Ministry for the Sacramento Presbytery, the Session and Board of Deacons of the Red Bluff Presbyterian Church and as chairman of the Tehama County Special Education Planning area.
Harrop is chairman of the Family Service Agency board. He writes a weekly column for the Daily News' opinion page.
Daily News: How concerned are you about the city of Red Bluff's General Fund reserve? What steps can be taken to strengthen the reserve?
Harrop: I think what we're experiencing is being experienced probably throughout the state if not elsewhere in small towns. What we're dealing with is not unique.
We have to get out of the survival mode and start looking at as many creative ways to consolidate, bring efficiencies and to set our priorities so we don't waste that small reserve that we have now.
I'm fairly confident that as the economy begins to improve and house sales may pick up a little bit and retail sales will pick up a little bit that that reserve will grow.
The main thing is that we want to be very fiscally conservative, but we need to plan ahead. There's a balancing act in doing that.
I've built budgets for schools for 25 years.
We always seemed to face that same issue because state funding is irregular at best even though there are promises and so you have to set your priorities and budget accordingly.
I know they are talking about recombining building and planning departments.
They are talking about doing some other things.
I know we are down in terms of numbers on the police force.
I don't know where we are on the fire department, but those things we have to be very careful about because if we start reducing the things that bring quality of life here that's going to interfere with growing the community.
I also know I have a lot to learn about exactly what is going on at the city level, but I have extensive background in budgeting, human resources, labor relations, personnel administration and bargaining. I think I have some skills that will help the city get through this tough time.
DN: What should the City Council be prioritizing that it currently isn't?
Harrop: I think they're in a reactive mode right now and I think it's the financial situation has put them in that mode. There needs to be a vision to where we want to be as a community.
We have for years for example emphasized the need to make the south entrance to town a welcoming point to people — never been done. We have this wonderful sign on the north part of town that says "Red Bluff A Wonderful Place to Live" and it is a wonderful place to live, but we need to begin to look ahead.
I think that what we do today whether it's the building and planning recombination or reducing force in officers needs to be put in a larger context — where do we want to be in five years.
We need to look beyond the end of our nose.
DN: Speaking of that sign, is Red Bluff still a great place to live?
Harrop: I think it is. We stayed here. We've had options to move both professionally and also to be with our family — our family is spread all over the country.
They went through the school system here, all got into competitive colleges and are living all over the country.
But our friends our here, the community is here. You can walk down the street look people in the eyes and say "hello." You can pat them on the back if they tell a good joke even if you don't know.
There are some things in our community that have changed with AB 109 — a large amount of low level crime that's in the community these days or apparently in the community based on what you read in the newspaper.
Those are things we as citizens can address with a little energy and a little positive focus.
DN: How important is employee morale?
Harrop: I remember when I was in the service there was this thing we used to say "They'll be no movies until morale improves."
Morale is important. I know when things are tough employees can feel they are being put upon, but they need to be affirmed they need to be listened to.
There's always common ground that's just important to be able to emphasize that. I know if you turn your back to employee morale, it gets worse.
It's an important ingredient in any organization whether it's a city, a government or a business.
DN: Why should you be appointed to the City Council?
Harrop: I have no agenda other than looking out for the future of Red Bluff. I'm a good listener.
I'm great with numbers. I keep my cool under pressure.
I listen to people respectfully.
I want to live in this community. I want to retire from life in this community.
I think it's time for me to make some additional contributions. I've served in other areas, but it seems to me this would be a time to step in and maybe be able to use some of my training and my background to be useful.
That's my main purpose. I feel like I can be useful and I can be a calming influence and a focusing influence. I understand the role of a board member or councilman.
I think Larry Stevens said it well the other day in his interview. As a person you're just an individual, but when you're on the board you're part of a team.
You may not agree with what the team voted, they may vote 4-1 or 3-2, but once the vote's taken your obligation is to support the decision.
I feel comfortable about doing that.
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LONDON (May. 11)
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill today declared in the House of Commons that it was the "duty" of Britain to see to it that Israel received "fair play" in the Middle East, and pledged that "nothing we shall do in the supplying of aircraft to this part of the world will be allowed to place Israel at an inferior disadvantage."
Speaking during an important foreign policy debate in the House, Sir Winston, who identified himself as a faithful supporter of the Zionist movement since the Balfour Declaration in 1917, said that "it was very unfortunate that no peace" had been made between Israel and the Arab states. He expressed the hope that the problem of the Palestine Arab refugees will "receive continuous consideration" and that the "peculiarly untimely bickering" between Israel and Jordan will be "brought to an end with mutual advantage to both sides."
In conclusion the Premier, who reviewed both the history of the Arab attack on Israel and the Israeli economic development, declared: "I hope and trust that the Arab states will come to a peace with Israel and I earnestly pray that the great Zionist conception of a home for this historic people where they live on the land of their ancestors may eventually receive its full fruition."


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By Jesus' Toenails, I've got it!
It's the best idea for a diet plan ever!
The secret is: Really good chocolate.
See, I have these wonderful crazy best friends who send me stuff in the mail all the time. (This is because I live in the Midwest, and they live in the East and West coasts respectively. Between us, we've got this soggy country covered.) They both have a penchant for sending really, really good chocolate at times.
Sometimes this can annoy me, because I try to stay away from junk food — I blew my junk-food wad when I was a teenager, and "breakfast" regularly meant a Pepsi and a candy bar. (Then, when I was in college, it meant coffee and a cigarette. I'm pretty much out of Karma when it comes to food!) One of my strategies, though, is to completely forbid myself from all cheap junk food — that, at least, makes it harder for me to get it, and more worthwhile when I do. But the influx of good chocolate was getting ridiculous this last week or two, and I was laughing about it on a (long-distance) phone call last night and that's when it hit me.
Really good chocolate is the ANSWER. Here's why:
(And by "really good chocolate" I mean the expensive stuff that contains lots of cacao. It comes in bars, truffles, and even "drinking chocolate", which my buddy Psuke sent me some of just this week. (I haven't tried it yet, but daaaamn.) This doesn't include all the expensive, fancy chocolate you might come across, but there's a wide variety of it and it certainly qualifies as "omg treatfood".)
1. Really Good Chocolate is more expensive than "junk chocolate", hence, harder to overindulge in. Plus, it's often organic and/or fair-trade too, so yay, Karma bonus.
2. I and others have noticed that, while it can taste orgasmically good, you just can't eat as much RGC as you can the "normal" stuff. A few pieces and you're usually maxed out. Unlike chocolate that's mostly sugar, cacao is very strong-tasting and almost drug-like in its effect, making it too much to gorge on.
3. Yet, RGC kills a sugar- or junk-craving completely dead, very satisfyingly.
4. Really Good Chocolate is what they're talking about in all the studies that show that chocolate is good for you in some ways — all the studies use pure forms of dark chocolate, not that mass-market stuff they cut with lots of milk and sugar to make it cheaper to sell. So you get the heart and liver and whatever benefits this way too.
5. RGC is no higher in calories, fat, or any "bad stuff" than other junk food, and lower than some. Totally carcinogen free, too.
Theoretically, one could cut out the vast majority of sugary junk food from one's diet 100% painlessly, simply by replacing it with much smaller, but still satisfying, quantities of Really Good Chocolate. Heck, I've done it without even realizing it — with enough RGC in the fridge, I just stopped buying anything else, and since I'd already cut off "cheap junk food", I've been doing this almost effortlessly.
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Time Magazine's blogger Amy Sullivan, who last caught many conservatives' attention with a post titled "Why does Glenn Beck hate Jesus?" is back with another dishonest attack on the right. She's upset that some conservatives have a problem with the so-called Ground Zero Mosque. She wrote a post last Thursday titled "Are Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin Secretly French?" which may mark the first time a liberal blogger has complained that conservatives are behaving too much like Europeans:
…ordinary Americans continue to display extremely high levels of religious tolerances, especially compared to their European cousins (and both Palin and Gingrich). A recently released survey from the Pew Global Attitudes Project looked at support for measures that ban Muslim women from wearing full veils over their faces in public places. In France, where the government is close to passing such a measure, 82% approve of a ban. Support is also high in Germany and Britain, with 71% and 62%, respectively, favoring measures to make veil-wearing illegal. But in the U.S.? Only 28% of Americans would support a measure banning Muslim women from wearing veils.
Not to burst Amy's bubble, but maybe this is because Americans have relatively little experience with women wearing burqas in the street and children wearing veils to elementary school. Europeans, having seen a lot more of it, like it a lot less.
In any case, this rather tame attack on Newt and Palin apparently wasn't enough. So yesterday Sullivan returned to the subject in the following way:
Last week, Newt Gingrich suggested that Americans were being wusses for practicing religious tolerance while the Saudi Arabias of the world play hardball with other faith traditions. Maybe this is more what he had in mind. A conservative church in Florida is organizing "Burn a Qu'ran Day" to commemorate September 11, which happens to fall during Ramadan this year.
Even for Time's Swampland, whose level of commentary is set by Joe "Americans are dumb" Klein, this is outrageous. Does Amy Sullivan really believe that Newt Gingrich supports burning Qu'rans? Lots of nefarious labels have been thrown at Newt over the years, but to my knowledge book burner isn't one of them. I sincerely doubt you could find a single Congressman in either party who would make such a claim.
So what's the point of connecting his name to the stupid actions of this one tiny church in Florida? Only one that I can discern. It's meant to suggest that Newt's comments are the same sort of thing as book burnings. In other words, this is ye olde dangerous right-wing extremism meme which has been part of the left's arsenal since President Clinton blamed Rush Limbaugh for the Oklahoma City bombing. Now as then, there's no need to show any actual evidence that one led to another. In fact, the less evidence there is to tie an accusation to a particular conservative, the more you can ascribe the crime in question to a pervasive "climate of hate."
Apparently, Time magazine has no problem with this. I guess so long as the target is a conservative, you can just say these sort of things willy-nilly. Wouldn't it be nice if Time would ask itself "Why are we paying Amy Sullivan to slime Newt Gingrich?" But they won't ask for any kind of standards and Sullivan won't volunteer a correction on her own. It's the left-wing media version of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Taiwan-based acrylic fibre (AF) producer, Tong Hwa Synthetic Fiber, expects to restart its 56,000 tonne/year plant in Hsinchu on 6 February after completing its maintenance, a company source said on Tuesday.
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Liberty Media's John Malone Digs At Sirius CEO
Media and communications company Liberty Media's (NASDAQ: LMCA) chairman John Malone has said publically that he is more concerned about evolving technologies than Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) CEO Mel Karmazin.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the 71-year-old Malone said, "I'm a very long-term investor, despite my age. So I tend to be looking out 10 or 20 years, whereas I think Mel in all honesty right now has got a pretty short-term focus. I think they do an excellent job of running the company but we would be making more investments and...would at least look at globalizing."
The battle for control between the two men has been ongoing, and this would appear to be the first sign that the frustrations could be boiling over.
On Thursday, Benzinga reported that Malone is pushing for a spin-off of Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) through a process known as a tax-free Morris Trust spin. "We are involved in negotiations about whether or not or how much a control premium [to effect a deal] would need to be," Malone said.
Benzinga reported that according to Liberty's Malone, the biggest snags in a potential transaction right now are related to taxes. CNBC notes that Malone only likes to do transactions when they are tax free. Currently, Liberty is evaluating a number of options, including a potential stock buyback.
On Friday, Liberty Media traded at about $92, up roughly 2.5 percent. Sirius XM Radio traded at about $2, down roughly 1.2 percent.
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October 16, 1984
An original bronze bust of Pope Paul II by the Italian sculptor Celistino Giampoli will be given by Muriel and Philip Berman to Msgr. John P. Murphy, pastor of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, at 4 p.m. Sunday in the church's Family Center. The Bermans are donating the art in honor of Msgr. Robert Coll, the founding pastor of St. Thomas More, who celebrated his 25th year of ordination in May. Coll is the European director of Catholic Relief Services and is stationed in Rome. He will be present for the dedication and will greet parishioners and friends at a reception in the Family Center until 6 p.m. Msgr.
Window-breaking Incidents Reported In Quakertown Police
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April 10, 1986
Quakertown police are investigating five window-breaking incidents that occurred Sunday night and early Monday. Three occurred in the Quakertown Shopping Plaza. A plate-glass window at the rear of the Woolworth's store was broken, with damage totaling $1,000. Another $625 in damage was caused to the glass double door of Central Tractor Farm and Family Center. Ten windows were broken in a van parked at the rear of the Sherwin Williams Paint Store. Also, the drive-in window of Sellersville Savings & Loan, 1445 W. Broad St., was shattered, and a window was broken on a car parked on the north side of Fairview Road at Rudy's Auto Parts, with damage estimated at $40. According to police, all the windows appeared to have been damaged by a B- B gun. Noting the times and places, police said they believe the incidents are related.
Public Has Input On New Schools * Hearing On New Marvine And Donegan Buildings Gives Residents Chance To Comment.
by KATHLEEN PARRISH, The Morning Call
January 10, 2000
The Bethlehem Area School Board will discuss its construction plans for Marvine and Donegan elementary schools during a meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Education Center. The district is moving forward with plans to build two new schools on the sites and under law must hold a public hearing to allow residents to voice their concerns. "It's an opportunity for the public to be informed of our projects and come and make comments," said Dominic Villani, director of athletics and plant management.
Family Connection to hold education forums
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Family Connection of Easton is holding education forums for Easton Area School District kindergarten and pre-kindergarten teachers and administrators. The forums, which start on May 22 at 7:30 a.m. at Shawnee Elementary School, will discus topics such as kindergarten transition and school readiness. In 2010, Family Connection worked with groups, including the Easton Area School District, to create a kindergarten transition plan. The plan now includes pre-kindergarten visits to kindergarten classrooms and a "Connect to Kindergarten" welcoming events at each elementary school this June.
Program to features dances from Titanic era
March 23, 2012
For a different twist, take a "two step" back in time and check out "The Titanic: A Salute through Dance. " The dance demonstration will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 12 at the Family Center, Jordan Lutheran Evangelical Church, 5013 Snowdrift Road, Orefield. The show will feature popular dances from the Titanic's fateful 1912 era, including the Argentine Tango, Hesitation Walz, Maxixe and the "Two Step. Audience members will have a chance to test some of the dance steps.
150 Attend Ruta Dinner By Knights Of Lithuania
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May 18, 1984
More than 175 people attended the second annual Ruta Dinner recently in the family center at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. The program was sponsored by the Knights of Lithuania, Lehigh Valley Council 63. Before the dinner, a Mass was celebrated at St. Thomas More Church, Salisbury Township, with Bishop Thomas Welsh giving the homily. The Junior Knights of Frackville were dressed in native costume and presented gifts at the altar. Entertainment included an exhibition of Lithuanian folk dancing by Ed Zilonas and partner and the Junior Knights.
Retiring Pastor Honored
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August 19, 1995
The congregation of Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orefield, honored retiring Pastor Ralph F. Eberle Jr. for 30 years of service at a dinner held Sunday in the Family Center. Eberle began serving the congregation in February 1966. During his ministry membership grew from 753 to 1,700 baptized members and from 443 to nearly 800 communing members. Eberle personally performed 586 baptisms and 406 weddings. Eberle also oversaw physical improvements including construction of a new education unit, parsonage and Family Center; purchase of a new organ, and repair and replacement of the steeple and various roofs.
Donegan School Benefactors Will Help Fund Expanded Center * Superintendent Says It Could Become The Hub Of The South Side Community.
by KATHLEEN PARRISH, The Morning Call
July 13, 1999
A group of people with "interests" in South Side Bethlehem plan to raise $115,000 so the district's new Donegan Elementary School will have a larger community center when it opens in 2001. During a meeting of the Facilities Committee Monday, Superintendent Thomas Doluisio said the district had proposed allocating 1,000 square feet for a family center, where medical and dental examinations and immunizations are provided to the community with counseling and other services. But a group of what he called "individuals who have interests on the South Side" proposed expanding the family center to 2,800 square feet and splitting the difference with the district.
N. Lehigh Hopes For An `Action Center' * Meeting To Be Held To See How Many Residents Would Support The Grass-roots Effort.
by ELIZABETH BARTOLAI (A free-lance story for The Morning Call)
June 9, 1997
Some northern Lehigh County residents say their area needs a community center, and their group will meet Tuesday to see if others agree and are willing to help get one built. "This is really a grass-roots effort that's trying to get it going," said Bob Berger, president of the Northern Lehigh Playground Association, who is among 11 organizers of the group. Michelle Gass, who trains playground instructors for the association and is a member of the group, said she and Berger have talked about creating a community center for two years.
Jefferson's New Center Makes Learning A Community Affair
by SUSAN SNYDER, The Morning Call
August 26, 1994
The Rev. Kevin Knerr spent part of his vacation this week writing poetry at Jefferson Elementary School in Allentown. His wife, Linda, and three children joined him at the poetry writing workshop. Schools are usually sleepy places in the summertime, and until this year, Jefferson was no exception. But the school is shedding its traditional role for a much a broader one. Community leaders want Jefferson to become a place for everyone -- from the very old to the very young, from the student to the parent, from the social worker to the nurse to the teacher -- a place where those who live in the community can get help and give it. "A school used to be the center of the community, and we would like to get back to that," said Barbara Stauffer, of the Lehigh County Department of Human Services.
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Former president of the Syrian opposition National Coalition believes that direct negotiations between the Syrian regime and the opposition is the only way to "save the warring parties" from further losses, according to Al Arabiya Wednesday. [2]
Al Arabiya reported that the former opposition coalition president Moaz Al Khatib [3] told Global Arab Network in an interview published Wednesday that "political action might be a longer path, but it is much less costly, and I believe that direct negotiation will solve many political problems." [4]
"We as Arabs are negatively influenced by literature, as one of our slogans is: we are people that don't accept mid solutions…so either we will triumph or die. This mentality is manifested in the savage acts of the regime, and in the stubbornness of the opposition, while the people are paying the price. Breaking down the problems will contribute to resolving the most difficult conflicts, and the step-by-step approach might be the best for a real solution," he added.
The Syrian opposition and regime previously met in Geneva this year in what was an initial attempt to start a negotiation process to end the three-year conflict, but the talks ended in stalemate after the warring sides failed to agree on any type of roadmap that moves to end the conflict. [5]
Khatib blamed foreign powers in part for the failed talks. [6]
"Some countries are settling their conflicts with other countries over our land, and they are trying to fuel the conflict so it serves their own interests; these countries aren't interested in the success of any negotiation process," he said.
Over 162,000 people have been killed thus far in Syria's ongoing three-year civil war [7] and millions have been displaced from their homes.
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One swing of the bat from Mike Napoli proved to be all that Boston needed on Tuesday night, as the first baseman drilled a solo shot in the seventh inning to put the Sox on the board.
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|24th June 2003, 01:06 AM
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Hi Ben..
Still working away on the headphone amp I see. Keep up the good work. I think you'll learn alot here, and in your experimenting.
Like mentioned above, the 6L6 will give plenty of power for your headphones. The good side is the tube will last forever if you run it easy.
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|24th June 2003, 08:34 PM
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Hi, TG---
> in a cathode follower config, the Zo is reduced by a factor of about 5.1... correct?
The Zo of a cathode follower is 1/Gm (in parallel with any cathode resistor if significant).
6L6 at usual bias has Gm=5,000µMho, Z0 is about 200 ohms. 12AX7 at common operating point is Gm=1,000µMho, Ro is about 1KΩ.
Rp and Rk (1/Gm) are related by Mu (Amplification Factor). Your assumption of "5:1" would be true on a tube with a Mu of 5. Tube Mus range from 2 to 100. Most pentodes, when triode-wired, run a Mu of 10 or 20.
> in order to drive lower impedences well enough, we need a Zo quite a bit lower than the Z of the loudspeaker.
No, on several points.
If you are actually unfortunate enough to need every scrap of power you can make, then you want to Match the large-signal impedance. Sometimes this is not an exact match: best power transfer from a Triode is about 2Rp, not Rp as you might think. And although the cathode has a much lower impedance than the plate, the maximum power transfer is still at Rp to 2Rp, _not_ Rk. So a 6L6 wired as a cathode follower should be loaded in 2K to 5K ohms, not the 200-400 ohms you might think from the cathode impedance.
Many older speakers were designed to be fed from a Pentode plate, hi-Z source, and they worked just fine. The current (last 40 years) fad is to use very-low-Z sources, mostly to control box size.
I think here you are talking headphones. It is not clear if headphone designers generally assume low-Z drive or not. My impression is that several 100-600Ω headphone models are flatter with low-Z drive, but I don't know if this covers all cases. Generally we do not need the super-damping that loudspeaker amps have; damping of 3 or 10 flattens the headphone resonance quite adequately. I do know I have not yet seen a 32Ω can that cared one whit about its source impedance.
Hi-Fi headphones impedances are generally lower than tube impedances. We can start an analysis by assuming the load is a short on the tube, so we don't have to squint at tube curves to get some initial approximations.
Bias a 6L6GC to an extravagant 200V 50mA on the tube, another 200V across the cathode resistor. When you smack the 6L6 into clipping, its current will vary from 0mA to 100mA. The cathode resistor draws a fairly constant 50mA. The difference, +50mA to -50mA, goes to the load.
With 32 ohm phones, 50mA in 32Ω is 1.6V peak, 3.2V peak to peak. (Note that this is hardly louder than a 2-AA battery WalkMan.) Assuming sine-wave tests, the RMS power is about 40 milliWatts.
With 300Ω cans, 50mA makes 15 volts peak. This is comfortably less than our 200V biases on tube and cathode resistor, so the error in assuming that the load is "a short" is small. We will really get 14V peak if we do the math. That's 10V RMS, or 333 milliWatts. 300mW is a heck of a loud noise in most 300 ohm cans.
Overall, a cathode follower usually makes a crummy power amplifier. Drive voltage is MUCH higher than the same tube working with a plate load. Power into a low impedance load is no better with cathode loading, and usually worse (Langford-Smith has an analysis in the big red Radiotron). Grid drive voltage is so extreme that it is impossible to make a driver running on the same B+ smack a cathode follower to full output, and even with a reasonable extra B+ on the driver the driver distortion usually exceeds the distortion of a CF or a plate-loaded amp (which does not need such extreme drive).
If you do not need every scrap of power, don't mind some waste heat, a direct coupled voltage-amp and power cathode follower does make a cheap and cheerful headphone amp. HeadWize forum has some plans. Some of these use the 6080/6AS7 lo-Mu triode, but slight changes would adapt it to use 6L6. A single 6L6 makes about half the current of a 6080, but that would still be plenty for the higher-Z headphones.
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Real-life reno: The time a car almost hit our house
Politicians and businessmen mark the first day of construction projects with a ceremonial turning of the sod. We marked the first stage of our renovation by calling the police: it turned out our sod was rotten.
We're currently counting down to the final three weeks before the new builder starts on-site, but the first works of our renovation were actually completed over eight months ago.
It was about 3am on a Sunday in October when a drunken car thief, aka our sod (there's a bunch of four letter words that also work here, but we'll stick with sod) lost control of the Holden Commodore he'd jumped from just up the street and wiped out one of our carports.
He barely made it a few hundred metres from his first crime scene before he lost control while speeding down the rise that runs towards our house.
One of the major prompts for this renovation is that there is only one bedroom on our top floor, and on this night my whole family were in this room with the car careering towards us while we slept in our beds.
The skid marks through our neighbour's lawn show he was on a direct collision course with our heads, so I'm not exaggerating when I say that this sod could have killed us all.
But that is when a brave Australian stood tall. An Australian Tea Tree that is. I didn't even know there was one in the garden until that morning when the impact ripped it, roots and all, from the ground and changed the course of the car enough that it narrowly passed by the edge of the house and took out the carport instead.
Gotta love a good Aussie!
We woke to the sound of corrugated iron thundering in our ears, and in the confusion I thought it was a cat burglar breaking in through the roof (it seemed logical at the time).
"Wait here," I told Bec as I stumbled off out the front door, rubbing my eyes and wearing only a pair of baby blue undies.
I'm not sure if it was the impact of the crash or the sight of me in my delicates that stunned him, but the driver was out of the car, dazed and walking around in tight circles swearing at himself.
"You alright?" I asked.
"I'm sorry mate, I'm sorry mate, a taxi pulled out," he rambled. "I'll write you a cheque for the damage."
"Nah, I'm gonna call the cops," I replied.
I mean, who uses cheques these days anyway?
And with that I went inside to put on some pants and alert the authorities and looked out the window to see him high-tailing it down the street.
He managed to get away, the car was a write off and we ended up on the front page of the local paper.
Our top floor is level with the street, and until that point we were planning to build on an extension and create four bedrooms upstairs while renting the downstairs area as a self-contained apartment to help fund the works.
But this episode convinced us to adopt a reverse living concept and move the main sleeping quarters to the safety of downstairs. I guess this proves the adage that you need to live in a house for a while before you do any work to it. Rebekah had raised the worry about passing cars a few times, but after getting out the front with my protractor I'd decided it wasn't a risk we needed to worry about. Oh how wrong I was (she reminds me often).
A welcomed bonus of the new concept means we no longer need the old carport. Thus, the first part of the renovation was completed for us, and as an extra special bonus, the insurance has recently come to party wit a $7400 settlement (after the excess payment).
Another positive spin on the story is that we'll have the front page of the paper framed and displayed in our new home.
Call me sentimental, but I want my home to tell a story. A story about our family - but also a story about the history of the building itself. Forget pops of colour. I want my house to pop with character, and a front page detailing our close call is a perfect vehicle for that.
It also got me wondering if there are other 'treasures' we can unearth from the house and incorporate into the project to add character and save cash.
When the previous owner Brian moved out, he left me a garage full of stuff and I've rummaged through it and found some
maybe items. I think they're gems - but they could just be rocks.
Old kitchen or retro lockers? There was a stack of retro kitchen wall cabinets that are pretty badly beat up and hiding in the back corner. We could dig them out, resurface the back and top, sand and paint the doors and use them as a set of lockers in the new play room.
Pulley or industrial chic? There is a cool, industrial old pulley still hanging in the rafters that I reckon will look awesome holding up our Turkish chandelier (more about the chandelier in future columns).
Work shop relic or talk piece? There is a seriously old school wooden work lamp that I imagine used to get hung in engine bays and tight spaces in workshops.
Old cutlery or new coatrack? I found a set of old silverware hiding on the top shelf. I did a quick google search and they don't seem to be antiques so I fashioned them into a coat rack. I basically flattened them out with a hammer, bent them
into shape and then screwed them onto the piece of skirting board that I removed during the downstairs demolition. It didn't come up as nice as I'd hoped, but it's going to live in the laundry and does its job of holding bags and dog leads etc.
Deer antlers or hat rack? Last, and probably least, I also found a set of deer antlers that could be fashioned into a cool storage solution. But then again, deer antlers have been a bit overdone of late and I'd always feel sorry for the deer everytime I hang up my hat.
Potential is the key word here. They may not work in the new house, but it's worth dusting them off and giving them ago.
What do you think about these finds? Are they trash or treasure? Check out our Facebook page for more pictures.
Total spent to date: $9291.85 (no change this week)
Total remaining: $93264.15 + $7400 = $100,664.15
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Rack of Spring Lamb a la Provencal
Rack of Lamb a la Provencal
1 1/2 cups fine fresh bread crumbs
3 T. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 T. finely chopped fresh thyme
1 1/2 tsp. minced fresh rosemary
2 tsp. chopped garlic
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
3 1/2 T. olive oil
3 frenched racks of lamb (8 ribs and 1 1/2 lb. each rack), trimmed of all but a thin layer of fat
2 T. Dijon mustard
Mix bread crumbs, parsley, thyme, rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper. Drizzle with 2 1/2 T. oil and toss until combined well.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Season lamb with salt and pepper. Heat remaining T. oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat, then brown lamb one rack at a time, turning once, about 4 minutes per rack. Spread fatty sides of each rack with 2 tsps. mustard, pat each rack with breadcrumb mixture.
Roast lamb in oven for 20 minutes for medium-rare (130 degrees). Let stand 10 minutes, cut into chops.


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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 02:34 PM
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Stunt driver Ken Block in his ultimate playground.
His playground in this case is the city of San Fran.
I know we remember Steve McQueen using the "Mean Streets" in the famous chase scene from "The French Connection" in his '68 Mustang, but we've come a long way since then.
Here in this DC Shoes/Ford commercial, Ken Block drives his specially prepared Ford Fiesta through a closed course. Notice the ratchet shifter, front hand brake, rev limiter, and all wheel drive. He's one busy guy in that cockpit:

Block has set an incredibly high bar when it comes to drifting.
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This is where it all began. This is a 50 year old MG Midget threading the cones at an autocross. There's absolutely no faster way around this course, and he's doing it on 90hp and no special prep. Considering he has to at once use the brake, throttle, and clutch with only two feet is incredible.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 04:40 PM
Gold Metal Flake (13,805 posts)
1. Re: the Midget, 67 HP was stock for the 1275 engine.
90hp is either a lot of prep to the Austin engine or a swap. This yours? Got specs? I'm guessing Adco sway bars front & rear from the looks of the swang on that tail. Nicely done!
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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 05:23 PM
JohnnyRingo (11,618 posts)
2. Not mine...
I was just using the hp figure from my old Spitfire. True, that the Triumph had a 1500cc engine, and the Midget had a smaller mill, but I was just making reference to my belief that performance is not always based on dyno figures, nor is it measured in a straight line as many domestic car fans believe.
That's one good heel-toe driver though, and I can't imagine many people who could get through that course quicker, no matter what they're driving.
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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 06:28 PM
HooptieWagon (17,064 posts)
3. Might have a modified handbrake,
could even have separate R&L rear handbrakes.
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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 08:11 PM
JohnnyRingo (11,618 posts)
4. The way it was done in the old days...
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...was heel/toe shifting.
I can't do it, but the driver would use his heel on the brake, and his toe on the gas while the left foot handled the clutch. That way they would use gas, brake, and clutch together in coordination to break the rear tires loose going into a tight turn.
I can't say for sure that's what this driver is doing, but it was shot at Silverstone Circuit where those kind of experienced drivers would certainly be in attendance.
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There is another way to cause a drift in an old British sports car in what they called the "fly off" hand brake. Equipping nearly ever British car from the '50s through the '60s, the fly off hand brake affected only the rear wheels and didn't lock when you pulled on it. There was a button on top to push if you wanted to lock it into a position for parking. Otherwise, it could just be used to spike the rear brakes and return to off when you let go of it. Using this method could throw even an underpowered Mini Cooper sideways into a hairpin turn.
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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:39 PM
HooptieWagon (17,064 posts)
5. Yes, you can disable the catch on the handbrake.
use a small clamp to prevent the catch from engaging and holding the brake on. Off-road vehicles had seperate L&R handbrakes, which might be used in autocross or drifting.
"Heel and toe" is a technique used in down-shifting, matching engine RPMs to the newer gear. Using a clutch, it prevents the rear wheels from locking up, without using a clutch it prevents gnashing the gears. This is not just for autocross or racing, I did it all the time in my MG and BMW using the clutch, and in my VW van w/o using the clutch (they only need clutch used when proceeding from a standing start, up and downshifts easily done by matching RPM and changing gears).
The Midget in video upthread probably isn't changing gears, looks like he's doing the course entirely in 2nd gear. Without gear changes, theres no heel and toe shifting. He probably has a heavy rear sway bar for lots of oversteer, and front alignment set up for a twitchy response. Probably using handbrakw on the U-turns, also.
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Local 3313 of the International Association of Firefighters, based in Blue Springs, has set a May 18 union vote by Richmond firefighters.
The local claims that the City Council has endorsed the firemen's efforts and, in support of that claim, offers a letter from City Administrator Rick Childers. In that letter, Childers acknowledges that the city recognizes Local 3313 as "the sole bargaining unit" for Richmond firefighters.
Local 3133 published this comment on their Web site, dated Feb. 25 and written by union representative Sam Purcell: "Tonight the City of Richmond has agreed to allow the firefighters to organize under our local. Our next step will be to contact the State Board of Mediation and file the paperwork. From there they will have an election to organize under our local."
The city council met in a closed session on Feb. 25 to discuss the matter.
City Clerk Robin Littrell told The Daily News in an e-mail response that the entire council came to a consensus to accept the union.
Councilman Dave Powell however, told The Daily News last week that he and other council members were not in agreement with the letter and that a consensus was never arrived.
Powell said there was no discussion about the issue and that he and others were under the impression that it was a done deal and they were just being informed as a courtesy.
"We didn't object to it because we didn't get a chance to object," Powell said.
Powell said in his opinion the letter would not have been approved if it had been voted on and that he is not the only one unhappy about the situation. Mayor Lance Green said last week the city was directed by the Missouri Municipal League (MML) attorney to discuss the matter in closed session.
Green said Richmond's Attorney Brian Hall told the city to defer to the MML Attorney. City Administrator Rick Childers identified the attorney as Ivan Schrader, who is actually an attorney for the Missouri Association of Counties (MAC).
Phone calls to Richmond firefighters as to why they are joining a union have not been returned. Firefighter Rob Kinnard declined to comment Tuesday night and defered to Purcell. Purcell did not return a message by press time Wednesday.
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Professor Tim Leighton, of Southampton University, recorded a waterfall in Hampshire and worked out the soundwaves a similar fall of liquid methane would make on the moon Titan.
He was inspired by the international Cassini-Huygens mission, which could prove him right when its lander reaches the ringed planet's mysterious satellite.
It is believed Titan could be home to oceans and streams of liquid ethane and methane.
Huygens will separate from its mother craft on Christmas Day this year and touch down on Titan on 14 January, 2005.
Scientists are keen to examine Titan's atmosphere, as it is believed it may resemble the primordial one on Earth before life evolved.
Its atmosphere is mostly made up of nitrogen - just like Earth - but much colder at minus 180C.
Professor Leighton embarked on his research after seeing a painting of a "fall" of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan that was commissioned by the US space agency (Nasa) to celebrate the mission.
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The professor, who is a lecturer in ultrasonics and underwater acoustics, recorded water crashing down the Salmon Leap waterfall in the New Forest town of Romsey, just outside Southampton.
He and colleague Dr Paul White then used an equation based on the relative properties of water and methane and the atmosphere on Titan to transform the soundwaves made by each bubble.
Professor Leighton says that discovering a sea on Titan would be a major achievement for the Huygens mission - with the sound of a splash or even a methane fall a way to do so, if it can be recognised.
"This would mean there could be babbling brooks and streams; and a beach at minus 180C, lapped by an ocean of liquid cooking gas.
"But will the noise of splashing, which is so familiar to us on Earth, be recognisable in those conditions?
"Nasa's specially commissioned painting of a waterfall - actually a methane fall - on Titan inspired me to attempt to predict how it would sound.
"I want the Huygens team to fully exploit the probe's microphone during the three minutes it will spend on the surface of Titan.
"A microphone uses so little satellite time and battery power, and is so sturdy, that I urge Esa and Nasa to consider ranking it up the list of priorities when Huygens lands.
"In the long term Titan might mean a lot to humanity, as in the very distant future when our Sun becomes a red giant, it will become hotter and could even be a place for us."


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Here's a quick tutorial on how to make a bassline pump using Ableton Live 7 and the built-in Auto Filter plug-in.
Step one. Create an Audio or Midi channel and put a kick drum on it. Use an audio loop or any drum machine plug-in like Ableton Impulse or Native Instrument's Battery. If your not using an audio loop then make a one bar pattern with four kick drums on it.
Step two. Create an Audio or Midi channel and put a bass sound on it. You can use a virtual instrument like Ableton Simpler or Fabfilter's Twin or an audio loop. Make the clip loop and have your bass sound mostly solid without breaks in the volume.
Step three. Add the Ableton Auto Filter plug-in to the bass channel and click the small right facing arrow next to where the plug-in is titled "Auto Filter". This opens the the Sidechain options.
Step four. Click where it says "Sidechain" to turn it on. Where it says "Audio from" click and from the drop down menu select the Kick Drum channel.
Step five. See the knob titled "Envelope"? Move that knob to the left until it reads approximately -75.
Step six. Staying inside Auto Filter plug-in you will now adjust the filter. Grabbing the yellow circle which controls the kHz and Q of the filter simultaneously and drag it to the left. As you drag you will start to hear the filter open and close.
Congratulations you are now Sidechaining in Ableton Live 7. Now you can further tweak the sound. Try moving the Release knob to the left. Try the high pass filter by clicking second button from the left under the filter grid display. Try using other sounds instead of the bass. The Ableton compressor and gate also have sidechain capabilties and the routing mechanism is the same.


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No. 15/17 West Virginia (5-1, 2-1) is coming off its first loss of the season last Saturday, but don't expect any major overhaul as the Mountaineers prepare to host No. 3/4 Kansas State (6-0, 3-0) this weekend.
On the offensive side, West Virginia struggled against Texas Tech and head coach Dana Holgorsen believes a number of factors contributed to the results such as the inability to run the ball, finish blocks and make defenders miss.
"Tech does a good job defensively, they're disruptive," he said.
But that doesn't mean that coming into this week, West Virginia will change much of what they're doing as Holgorsen chalked it up to a "bad game," where his player didn't respond well to the atmosphere and adversity.
"We'll go about it the same way we went about it the previous five games when we were successful," he said.
Already this week he's noticed his team display more desire than it did during the game last week. And along those lines, Holgorsen expects the team to play better against the Wildcats which he calls the biggest challenge to date.
But it will be a difficult challenge as the last remaining undefeated Big 12 team will bring a very tough and physical brand of football to Morgantown that's became a trademark under head coach Bill Snyder.
"I'm very familiar with coach Snyder and his tenure at Kansas State. They're the same way they've always been," he said. "They're very, very, very tough."
A throwback offense of sorts, Kansas State will attempt to run the football and use ball control to slow down many of the high-tempo offenses that are prevalent in college football. The Wildcats are led by their senior quarterback Colin Klein.
"That's what they do and they're really good at it. They do a great job controlling the clock," Holgorsen said.
It will be up to the Mountaineers defensive unit to stop the run and try to create turnovers and get the ball back to the offense. After the performance against Texas Tech, Holgorsen said he's "happy" with where the defense is from a scheme standpoint, but the unit struggled with many of the same issues as the offense in regards to effort.
When addressing the players that left the game early Saturday, Holgorsen said he will know more about their status beginning tomorrow after treatment.
"When mental toughness was an issue, when it's a physical game, guys tend to go down and get hurt quicker," he said.
There has been a lot of talk on Quinton Spain's stance giving away certain calls and Holgorsen said that they are aware of it, and have been aware of it since they've arrived. However, all offensive tackles tip defenders on certain plays. Still it's something the coaching staff is addressing.
"Something we need to get fixed and make sure we're not predictable," he said.