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WASHINGTON (Oct. 6)
The industrial democracies in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) successfully blunted the drive of the Arab states to win legitimacy for the Palestine Liberation Organization and to achieve additional authority in the governing of the two fiscal institutions as their annual meetings concluded here Friday.
Decisions made on issues growing out of the PLO bid were: selection of a committee of nine governors to examine the complaint of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that the voting which blocked the PLO's entry as an observer to the meetings was illegal; the institutions' executive boards are to recommend possible changes in the bylaws to avert future complications regarding observers; negotiations that may take several years are to be held on demands by the two dozen Arab countries and their Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) allies, known as "Group 24," for more voting power.
As these decisions developed, the threats over the PLO issue by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to cancel contributions to the World Bank and IMF not only receded but actually evolved into support for the proposed establishment by the Bank of an "energy affiliate" to help oil-importing developing countries economically battered by the steep and continuing increases in petroleum prices.
"We regard the proceedings against the PLO were successful," a Bank Governor of a Western country remarked when asked by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency how he viewed the circumstances. Asking not to be identified, the Governor noted that the subcommittee of nine named to look into the legal aspects of the rejection of the PLO consists of the eight countries that split evenly on the issue last year but now includes Sweden which voted last month for the U.S. resolution that resulted in barring the PLO.
The Arabs had charged that extending the vote on the resolution from Sept. 9, when allegedly a quorum was not available, to Sept. 19 when it was, constituted an illegal process. The resolution limited observers to this year's meetings to those listed in 1979.
Besides Sweden, this committee includes Belgium, France, West Germany and New Zealand which backed the quorum decision, and Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Yugoslavia which opposed it. The group will submit its findings to the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the IMF by Jan. 31. Kurt Eklof, Sweden's IMF Governor, told JTA "Sweden is traditionally very neutral" and "at present, I cannot say anything on the position Sweden will take."
Meanwhile, the executive bodies of the two institutions will draft recommendations for submission by March 1 to the Governing Boards on possible changes in the bylaws regarding observers and the power of the chairman of the annual meetings on invitations. Tanzania's Finance Minister, Amir Jamal, had "disinvited" all observers on the 1979 list because the PLO was not legitimized. The Governors found they could not reverse him.
Regarding the demands by the ministers of the "Group of 24" for more power, which if granted would result in less voting strength for others among the 140 IMF members and 135 in the Bank, the decision was for "negotiations" that IMF specialists said would continue at least for the next two years and possibly into 1985. Voting power is determined by financial output. The U.S. leads with 21 percent; the United Kingdom is next with 11 percent; and Germany, Japan and France follow. The "G-24" have 38 percent and want 45 percent. Cuts in the authority of other countries would entail acute political decisions.
Indicating abandonment of threats to diminish support, Sheikh Mohammad Abal-Khall, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance and National Economy, raid the Governors "We are fully prepared to participate with others in a discussion to look into all aspects of the proposal" by outgoing Bank and IMF president Robert McNamara for an "energy affiliate" to help poorer countries with energy problems. McNamara suggested a pool of $25 billion for this purpose.
Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary G. William Miller said he did not think the PLO issue would result in unwillingness by the oil cartel parties to participate in the larger financing. Saying "there is a cooperative attitude and good will all around," Miller invited Saudi and American business leaders to the U.S. Treasury to discuss business investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia.
Arnon Gafny, Governor of the Bank of Israel, pledged Israel's support to poor countries. He told the plenary: "As in the past, we stand ready to share our experience and technology with other developing countries and with international and regional development institutions."
He noted that "despite stringent constraints in terms of capital, arable land and water, Israel has, with the help of World Bank financing, developed its agriculture over the past two decades to the point of becoming a net exporter, instead of a net importer, of food. In view of our problems, the technologies developed place emphasis on high output with minimum capital investment, and have therefore proven to be particularly suitable" for the needs of developing countries.
Referring "regrettably" to the PLO issue, Gafny said the Bank and the IMF had observed by "an unwritten agreement" the "letter and spirit" of their rules, "saving the meetings from political issues" by barring the PLO. "The PLO does not meet any" of the "criteria" for observer status, he said. "Only a firm stance against the introduction of extraneous political elements jeopardizing the form and substance of the bank and fund functions will enhance the best interests of the international community as a whole."

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change in dining time
Just got my packet for June and found that our family was mistakenly assigned to the late seating. As we have a 2 yr old and 5 yr old with us that isn't acceptable. The cruise line said that its too late to correct it but told us to check with the maitre d our first evening and it"should not be a problem" Is this true or am i getting the runaround?Let's be honest, half the fun on the cruise is eating and we don't want to miss out on dinner in the main dining room. Anybody have this problem? Any suggestions about solving it? we don't want to eat in the alternative/casual room every night. Thanks
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Sorry, but they always say check once on board ... the I think that unless you are onboard really early you may be out of luck.
I remind my travel agent frequently leading up to booking that we MUST have early seating.
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You will be fine changing your time once you get on board, they will make every effort to make the customer happy. When you check in ask them what time you can go to the dinning room and change your time. Hope you have a great trip.
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You will not have a problem changing from late to early seating. Alot of people want late seating. Go to the main dining room when you board the ship and talk to the maitre'd,he will change it. We were on the voyager over the summer and had late seating and switched to early seating and had no problem, we have three children and early seating worked better. Enjoy your cruise
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After experiencing the late seating the first evening, we requested and received the early seating for the remainder of our cruise.
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We always request early dining and even though a couple times we were assigned to late seating we have never had a problem getting it changed to early. Just go see the Maitre' D the first day, either right after boarding or at dinner that first night and they will accomodate you if at all possible and so far they always seem to come through.
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Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority Director Charles McNeill says they will have to slash at least two dozen more jobs in the coming weeks.
The company has gone from 113 positions to 66.
PDRTA's revenues started to decline several years ago when state officials changed the way they contract the Medicaid transportation program.
A third party was hired to broker Medicaid transportation services, according to PDRTA Board Chairman Ed Robinson.
The Transportation Authority makes about 435,000 trips a year through its scheduled routes and demand responses.
The authority receives federal and state grants, primarily for capital equipment such as vehicles, according to its website. It says federal and state grants require a percentage of matching funds.
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The Analytical Greek New Testament (AGNT) with Morphology and Lexicon includes three great resources, which together form a powerful Greek study system:
The Greek New Testament, 4th Revised Edition, also called the UBS-4, is a scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament aimed at pastors, translators, and students. The Greek text used is identical to the Nestle-Aland, 27th edition, but the formatting has been altered to match the needs of translators within the United Bible Society. For instance, it is divided by section headings into easily identifiable pericopes. Many of these section headings are also followed by cross-references to parallel passages. Old Testament quotations are printed in bold, further increasing readability. These and numerous other minor changes make this a slightly more user-friendly text than the NA-27.
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Cornell teamed up two Chatbots to talk to each other, just to see what they would come up with. In an effort to with this year's Loebner Prize Competition in Artificial Intelligence (and $100,000.00,) the conversation was fairly inane and mentioned God, being a robot and/or a unicorn. Yeah, we just had to share the often biting but hilarious discussion.
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ReconRobotics has been awarded $5.8 million to build micro robots for the military. They have requested 385 Recon Scout XT kits. Each weighs about a pound and can be used in areas too dangerous for humans. Both the bot and its controller can be charged from battery systems that the troops already carry and each has a titanium shell and urethane wheels that provide a drop shock resistance of 30 ft. They will be used for vehicle inspection, clearing spaces, evaluating IEDs and remote observation.
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Robert Oschler's Robodance 5 is the latest version of software designed for the Rovio that has been in development for 4 years and is a cut above most. Using it, there is no need for a router, it eliminates DNS service, connects audio without a browser, can be accessed via public WiFi and can be used for Skyping. Although the download will be free when released, help out by contributing to various projects or adopting one of Oschler's domains as your own.
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Social media company Tencent thinks little-Q will be your new BFF. When integrated with the Chinese company's QQ software and online services, the penguinbot chats, plays tunes, gives news and weather reports, helps you shop online and captures notes to self. We admit that this is a cutsey pet in a gimmicky kind of way that will probably never take over the planet but, although we don't understand Chinese, clearly these two humans need a life.
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Sandia National Laboratories has developed a bot that can rescue trapped miners or deliver supplies as it is immune to gas, flooding, killing fumes and possible collapsed buildings. Gemini-Scout is four feet long and 2 feet tall and is equipped with gas sensors, and two cameras for locating survivors and scoping out the area. It was designed to go ahead of its user and is steered by an Xbox 360 game controller, making it simpler to learn. NIOSH funded the project that Jon Salton and team believe could be available by the end of 2012.
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A Houston, Texas couple created their own computer minister to perform their wedding ceremony. Miguel and Diana Hanson took their vows before a 30" monitor in the backyard of his parents' house. The ceremony was not a legal one and the couple will still have to get an authentic justice of the peace to sign off on it, but think of the kewl stories the couple will be able to tell their grandkids. (And we certainly hope that it brings some attention to the groom's Web development business.)
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Will.i.am, using his power of celebrity, backed a star-studded TV special last night that explored the 20th annual FIRST Robotics Championship. ABC aired "i.am.FIRST: Science Is Rock and Roll" and the singer supported it because "Most kids are not dreaming of being programmers, scientists or engineers. The ones that are do not get the spotlight or attention. Instead, they are looked at as geeks or uncool, when in actuality technology is the only thing that is cool today."
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What does it take to declare war in space stage?
I'm pissed at an empire that keeps attacking my homeworld. My dudes there keep telling me it's not possible to declare war on another empire. I've completed all the other missions available, and I have about 7 star systems in my own empire. Just wondering what I need to accomplish so I can declare war on my jerk neighbors.
lovekitten19 - 8 years ago
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Well, the thing is, going to war is listed as a mission from my homeworld, and it won't let me accept the mission. Is it just not possible?
lovekitten19 - 8 years ago
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To declare war, keep on attacking the empire until they contact you to say that you are now at war
commyd - 8 years ago
You can just attack them without declaring war. You never need to declare war, but other empires can declare war on you.
HylanKnight - 8 years ago
The declare war mission is just a tutorial mission, and sometimes won't be usable due to several factors like not being close enough to an enemy empire.
evirus - 8 years ago
To declare war take over their planets, distroy their spaceships. That should me more than enough to declare war against them.
jonny_zoo - 8 years ago
To declare war on another empire you need to lower their disposition toward you. You can do this by destroying spaceships, capturing cities, using harmful tools, abducting citizens, stealing items, and more. Empires can also dislike you for not paying them tribute and just for being a stranger to them. To see how you fair with another empire go into one of their systems and scroll your cursor over the face in the top right of their portrait just below the communicator button, if they keep attacking you while you do this just pause the game.
xRyoden - 8 years ago
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We'll end up going 3-5 and lose the draft pick and miss the playoffs.
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Heres the problem with that 5-3 deal. We suck!
We'll end up going 3-5 and lose the draft pick and miss the playoffs.
It's too bad they let 7th get so far away from them. They could catch Chicago and then Toronto if only they could catch up to NJ. Pretty unlikely after the NJ/ORL losses.
I don't mean this as a dead horse, but if ever there was a year to accept the pre-trade results simply because the East was such a mess and up for grabs, this is the year. I already thought they jumped the gun simply from a "get a smart deal done" view, but as we are seeing the East turn into a train wreck it refuels my irritation at them bailing out when they did.
Could have had a semi-coherent team getting into this slop with about as much chance as anyone, especially as a team perhaps 5-6 games over .500 (about what they seemed headed for pre-trade) and then still dealt guys away no matter how the playoffs went.
I wish I could feel more confident in the roster they currently have. Their success seems tied to just how strong Murphleavy comes out shooting in the first half.
I find myself agreeing with you here Seth. I used to disagree so don't get me wrong there. But now...whew.
The thing about the old team is that it had LOTS of talent. They didn't fit great but LOTS of talent is always dangerous. You would never want to face a team like the old Pacers in the playoffs. I wish they would have waited til the offseason.


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His younger brother, Rahm, is the mayor of Chicago, a former White House chief of staff and the rumored inspiration for the "West Wing" character Josh Lyman. His youngest brother, Ari, is the Hollywood agent on whom "Entourage's" Ari Gold was based.
Zeke Emanuel is the smart one. He chaired the Bioethics Department at the National Institutes of Health and was a member of President Obama's health-care reform team. He has too many advanced degrees to list, most of them from Harvard. Now he's the author of "Brothers Emanuel," the story of the Chicago family that produced three remarkable adults.
What inspired you to add memoirist to your résumé?
People would come up to us and say, "What did Mom put in the cereal?"
I know "Brothers Emanuel" is a book-length answer to that question, but can you summarize?
My parents, they were certainly pushy, always making us do more. They were "nudges" [Yiddish for someone who badgers you], but they were not controlling. The idea of a tiger mom is completely foreign to what my mom did.
For example?
Taking the bus with Rahm, when I was 6 and he was 4, all alone. We explored the city, we were down on the beach for hours and hours and hours on end, with no cellphone, no contact, no nothing.
You're speaking Thursday at a synagogue. How did being Jewish influence you and your brothers?
My parents and grandfather were very committed to [the Jewish tenet of] social justice. We were all raised with the idea that your job in the world is to make it better. Not just for family, but to give people the benefits and the privileges that we had.
You're all famous for being … what's a nice way to put it?
We're pretty blunt, let's put it that way. We say what's on our mind. I don't think anyone ever says, "Wow, I wonder what the Emanuels are thinking."
You worked on health-care reform in the White House when your brother was there. Did you get special treatment?
Yeah, I got special treatment. He would scream at me more than anyone else.
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What is the best mossberg 500 model?
Im not very sure what all the models are but i know there is a persuader and cruiser model that hold 8 shots and there are other models as well but im not sure what they are? Can sombody please tell me? And also what is the most versitile model i know there are combo deals at big 5 that come as a package with a security barrel and pistol grip and also a 28 inch barrel with the buttstock can sombody please tell me what model that is? I would like to be able to interchange the barrels one for home defense and the other for hunting and also, are the 28 inch barrels able to accept chokes? Okay thx :)
Their website offers some pictures of different models. I have a model from the late 1970's that has a fixed-choke barrel, since then, it's been screw-in chokes to my knowledge.
Generally, the barrels will fit any model with the same length ammo tube. I have the standard length ammo tube and the stock 28" barrel and a 18.5" security barrel (cylinder bore/open choke).
I would not advise you to get a model that comes only with a pistol grip; a 12 guage has a heck of a kick for a pistol grip.
It depends on what you need/want it to do? The question is like asking which variant of F-150 is best. V-6, V-8, Ecoboost, 2dr, 4dr, Supercab, stepside, fleetside, 6 ft or 8 ft bed, 2WD, 4WD?
If you want a really flexible gun you can do anything with the plain old wood stock field model is the best. It has a steel tube so you can install that tacti cool forearm with the flashlight built into it. It has an SAE bolt holding the stock on the gun so you can go to the hardware store and get a bolt without the aid of an engineer. It comes with combinations of barrels so you can do a lot with one gun.
I will be working as a security guard soon and i would like to be able to have a security type shotgun if my job ever requires it ,and also i would like to be able to hunt dove, squirrel, turkey and deer if i had to what model shotgun would be best for me? Wich model is the most versatile? 8 shot or 6 shot?
So what im looking for is a combination of both. tactical and be able to be a hunter a tactical hunter :)
It is my understanding that you have more dove hunting barrel options with the shorter ammo tube.
I would get a Mossberg 500. They build a bunch designs from this platform, changing and adding things are easiest on this platform. That's what the ones you mentioned are(500's)
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SCOTLAND'S population climbed to its highest ever level last year due, in part, to an increase in people aged over 65.
The first set of data from the 2011 Census shows that the population had reached 5,295,000, up by 233,000 people since the last Census in 2001.
The result is the highest population in Scotland's history, beating the previous record set in the early 1970s and reversing declines seen in the decades since.
The Census was carried out on March 27, 2011. More details of the Scottish results will be released next year.
The survey showed that the number of people aged 65 and over increased by 85,000 since 2001 and now represents 17 per cent of the population, while those aged 80 and over was up 19 per cent at 230,000.
By contrast, there has been a decrease of 69,000 (11 per cent) in the number of children aged between five and 14 over the past decade.
In 2011, there were 293,000 children aged under five, an increase of six per cent from 2001.
Commenting on the results, Acting Registrar General Audrey Robertson said: "These first results from the Census confirm the upward trend in the size of Scotland's population in recent years.
"At 5,295,000, the population is now the highest ever recorded. This increase is partly because there have been more births than deaths, but mainly because more people have moved to Scotland than have left."
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "These figures represent an historic moment for our country. A decade and more of devolution has delivered a growing and record high population.
"That is not simply a sign of the dynamic, attractive nation we are building. It is also a key factor in delivering economic growth in future years.
"The Scottish Government set population growth as a key national target exactly because we know it is one of the most important drivers of sustainable economic growth.
"Today's figures show that we are well on track to meet and even exceed that population growth target.
"Not only do these statistics represent the fastest growth rate between two census years in the last century, but demonstrate that our hard work to grow Scotland's population to support economic growth, is paying off.
"Scotland has a large, established migrant community and we welcome the contribution new Scots are making to our economy and society.
"Scotland still faces challenges. In common with almost every mature economy, we have an ageing population, but these figures also show that the under-fives population is up by 6% compared with 2001."


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Feature Article of Thursday, 14 June 2012
Columnist: Dugubrame, Noah Asare
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:53:07 +0100 (BST)
At one point in anyone's life you expect to see a demonstration from someone you regard as a guardian to act and show that he or she really cares. They are the times that little children cry and call their fathers and mothers. Times when you see an immediate danger and an on coming calamity.
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom of the PPP chided president Mills on Joy for the long and unusual silence he has maintained since the outbreak of strings of conflicts all across the country. At a point one is tempted to ask if Ghana has a president at all.
In a space of two weeks, Ghana has witnessed conflicts in three key areas of our country. First in Nakpanduri in the north between Konkombas and Bimobas resulting in the death of six. Just as that was calming down the one in Ekumfi Narkwa was stirred up upon the discovery of the beheaded Abusua Panin of the township. There, three lives were lost, properties burnt down with women and children fleeing for safety. Before we could go into that, Hohoe was also set ablaze. The chief's palace razed down with fire and his two cars burnt to ashes. The resulting attack saw shops and other priceless assets vandalized and in some cases looted. In Hohoe there were gunshots, two dead and serious injuries to others.
At least one expected a word from the president or at least the presidency frowning at such barbaric acts and charging the security forces on to ensure the re-establishment of calm in the areas affected. Strangely, and I repeat very strangely no one has heard the president cough throughout this turbulent times.
I on this occasion commend the National Chief Imam for the steps he has taken so far. The words he spoke and his personal appearance in Hohoe to calm nerves down is a great stride I will always respect him for. Our president had time to ride in a convoy to Malata market to purchase four balls of kenkey to challenge the inflated cost of kenkey put out by the daily graphic and npp communication director, but never saw it expedient to go at least to his own hometown of Akumfi Narkwa which is just a stone throw from Accra to talk to his own people who accused the Ewe settlers falsely.
President Mills could not even as less as speak a word of encouragement to the people affected and to also give an advice to those who were taking advantage of the chaos in all these three places.
The president's posture at this crucial moment makes one to think that he doesn't even care. And it comes long after reports that he said in the USA that if he wants to think about Ghana he will die before his time. It sounds like a confirmation of these words he reportedly spoke at that time.
Even if the president does not care, a few lines of sentences from him to soothe those affected and to give a stern warning to those taking advantage of the chaos to cause mayhem could have done the trick.
I personally have difficulty in understanding the silence and unconcerned posture of our president. Can anybody tell me where our president is?
God bless our homeland Ghana.
Noah Asare Dugubrame. Frankfurt, Germany.


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My upper build thread
This thread will try to show just how easy it can be to build your own upper. Just like doing your own lower, the key is to do your homework before you start ordering parts. Selecting the right parts to compliment each other is even more important on the upper, as many combinations of parts just won't work together.
For me, the only real concern I had before starting this build was with the gas block. Getting it aligned and secured properly had me a little worried. I was just minutes from pulling the trigger on ordering a stripped Daniel Defense barrel and a low profile gas block from Midway, when I saw this barrel on AIM Surplus:
It was cheaper that the same barrel from Midway (with the arfcom discount code at AIM) and it had the FSB already pinned, but not locked down. http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/Sm...ustom/clap.gif Saved me about $20 on the barrel and $25 by not needing a gas block, plus it solved my dilemma. So I ordered the barrel assy. and complete DD BCG from AIM.
I also ended up ordering the gas tube from AIM, after I goofed and ordered a rifle length tube from Midway. :rolleyes:
The DD upper receiver, Troy rail, BCM charging handle, Magpul sights, and Magpul AFG2 all came from Midway.
Here's where some homework pays off - the Troy TRX Battle Rail comes with a barrel nut and the correct wrench to install it. Two more things you don't have to mess with. Troy instructions are pretty good, and they give you torque specs for the barrel nut, but you could always just Google stuff like that if you needed to. I opted not to buy a receiver vice block, instead I just clamped the upper in the vice like so:
Now this little vice was just for photos, I used the big vice in my garage to torque the barrel nut down, but it's cold out there now, so this is it. The barrel nut design can vary a great deal depending on the fore end you decide to use, so you may have a different setup than this. The Troy barrel nut has to be aligned with the opening in the upper to allow the gas tube to pass through without interference. They give you a range of 30-60 ft-lbs to make this happen. As luck would have it, 30 put the nut with one of the "teeth" perfectly in the center of the gas tube hole. So I reset the torque wrench to 60 and started turning. 60 was just shy of being perfect, so I backed the nut off and then ran it down again in an attempt to "relax" the fit a little, and get it to align without having to over-torque it.
It is very important to note that if you are using a barrel nut wrench like this, you need to have it at 90 degrees to your torque wrench like I do here. If you have it straight out to the front, you will be over-torquing your barrel nut. The extra length will throw your torque setting off, so by having it 90 degrees to one side or the other, you eliminate that problem.
I'll finish up tomorrow, it's late and I'm beat.:p
Hey, great thread and great pictures Russ! Thanks, this could develop into a sticky!
Glad it's coming along well and like you say, the upper is much the same as building a lower, do your homework and buy quality components. Thanks for sharing...
Good stuff Russ.
You purchased the DD upper from Midway?
Sure did. I'll put prices and sources at the end.
Back to the build!
The gas block: I cheated here. Using the FSB that was already properly aligned by DD took all my worries out of the picture. Then I cheated again. After chopping the big chunks off with my die grinder and a 3 in. cutoff wheel, I took it to work with me and did some more whittling on the Bridgeport. After a little touch-up with the grinder and a coat of high temp paint, this is what I ended up with:
Next it's time to attach your gas tube to the gas block. Again, check what you're ordering, some of the tubes I looked at came with the roll pin and some didn't. The Spike's tube came with two! Do yourself a favor and put a slight chamfer on one side of the pin hole in the gas block to help start the pin, it can be a PITA. The alignment should be obvious, there is one blind hole that lines up with the through hole to the barrel, and one through hole for the pin to secure the tube to the gas block.
Once that is done, you can mount the block assembly to the barrel. If your pinning your own block or using a set screw or clamp style, you can use the gas tube to help you align it. If everything is correct, your tube won't touch the sides of the receiver hole at all. It should sit perfectly in the center of the opening.
The you can secure the block to the barrel. Tapered pins for me. Block the barrel up so it sits level and is supported, then a few good smacks with a hammer and punch.
Then I went back to the vice to attach the comp. I'm going to wait until the break-in and any troubleshooting is over before I permanently attach it.
Almost home! Now attach the fore end of your choice. Troy VTAC TRX Battle Rail is what I chose. It simply slips over the teeth on the barrel nut and then rotates slightly for alignment and clamps down with two allen head bolts. Easy peasy.
Then you slip in your charging handle and BCG as if you'd just finished cleaning your baby, and it's done. Attach to your favorite lower and adorn with accessories of your choice. I'm a Magpul whore, so this is my finished creation:
And with the EOTech mounted:
Hope the weather holds and I can burn some powder this weekend.
Sources and prices:
AIM Surplus
DD Barrel assy. - $239 (w/ arfcom discount code)
Spike's gas tube - $14.95
Free shipping from AIM.
DD upper receiver - $120
Troy TRX rail - $189.99
BCM Mod 3 CH - $44.95
Shipping $10.14
For a grand total of $748.98
All in all, a pretty decent price to get exactly what I want. Plus I really enjoyed building this.
If you have your stuff together and don't have to screw around with anything like turning an FSB into a low profile gas block, you could knock this out in under two hours.
Feel free to ask questions, I'll try to answer them if I can.
:Dvery imformative russ. picked up some valuable info on building uppers. thanks, for taking the time to illustrate how it's done.
Great write-up russ.
That's a super nice rifle. Great parts, good looking AR.
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It's Thursday 7 July 2011…. I had a day off (school holiday…. lol!).
I went to Tiel, where my eldest son is living, to spend a day together.
He invited me to go sailing with him around the 'Isle of Maurik'. Maurik is a small village on the River Rhine. And I said "Yes, I would like to!"
But when it comes to sailing, I am certainly not a hero, especially not if the boat is leaning over….
Fortunately he's a very good sailer, had everything under control, and we had a wonderful day!!! I'm so proud of him!
Maurik, Holland – 7 July 2011
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The Red Cross Society levels in the province in 2014 will promote the propaganda work to raise people's awareness about humanitarian and charitable activities.
Levels of the Red Cross Society (RCS) in Hai Duong province in 2013 effectively implemented such movements as "Lunar New Year for the poor and war victims", "Every organization, individual is associated with a humanitarian address".
The society levels visited and presented gifts to nearly 23,000 times of people, granted regular and unexpected allowances to 396 objects, donated 327 wheelchairs and shaking cars to the handicapped, built 19 "red cross" houses for disadvantaged objects, etc. costing over VND11.4 billion in total.
Especially, the society launched the program "Cow Bank" to give support of production materials to disadvantaged farming families. Over VND318 million was sent to the program from organizations and individuals.
The society levels successfully mobilized more than 25,000 people to participate in voluntary blood donation and collected 5,800 units of blood, etc.
The provincial RCS was awarded a certificate of merit by the Vietnam RCS's Central Committee for its outstanding achievements in the society work and red cross movements in 2013.
The RCS levels in the province in 2014 will promote the propaganda work to raise people's awareness about humanitarian and charitable activities; more effectively carry out the society's humanitarian movements, focusing on developing the program "Cow Bank" towards extending the scope of supporters and beneficiaries; intensify humanitarian activities in schools, considering benevolence education for the younger generation as the core; mobilize entire people to actively take part in blood donation to save lives, etc.
Speaking at a conference on the morning of 8 January to summarize the RCS work in 2013 and deploy tasks in 2014, Vice Chairman of the Hai Duong provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Que asked the society in the coming time to well perform the set tasks; focus on coordination with concerned levels and branches, especially in unexpected situations, such as natural disasters and fires; pay more attention to supporting those living in remote areas, helpless disadvantaged people, policy objects, etc.


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On April 8th, 2015 Aspen Comics will debut their new series The Four Points written by Scott Lobdell (The Scourge, Red Hood and the Outlaws) and penciled by Jordan Gunderson (Fathom Annual) with colors by Valentina Pinto (Damsels In Excess).
Following a family tragedy, Gia Sorrentino has inherited an empire and is finally free to explore her full potential and perhaps even unlock some of the most unimaginable secrets of mankind. But with the amazing comes… [READ MORE]


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CD Projekt Red revealed a taste of the otherworldly horrors that dwell inside The Witcher 7: Wild Hunt. The new trailer, released during Gamsecom, features Geralt of Rivia facing a monstrous classic, the werewolf.
But this is no ordinary werewolf… it has supernatural powers. Villagers speak of people aimlessly sleepwalking and an ancient evil that feeds on bloodshed. It appears the werewolves of The Witcher 7 are not recent converts but have been bloodthirsty killers for millennia.
Geralt's encounter with the wolf beast is nothing short of bone-chilling. It speaks to him telepathically in a voice so cold it will send shivers down your spine. The horrors begin before Geralt even reaches the werewolf when he attempts to traverse the swamp. There he encounters horrific beasts that disappear into the murky water only to spring out right behind him.
This latest video also provides a brief glimpse into some of Geralt's witcher abilities. He stumbles upon the tracks of the werewolf and uses his witcher sense to find more tracks and hunt down the ancient beast. Our hero also utilizes some magic, which developers refer to as "witcher signs." In the trailer Geralt uses a powerful stun spell and my constant favorite, a burning wave of flame.
The Witcher 7: The Wild Hunt will be available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on February 24th.
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Worst figures since Reagan had been in office for two years.
Two years!
You have to go back to 1975 to find the next highest rate.
Who the Hell was President then?
6 years into Nixon/Ford!
Gotta go all the way back to the Great Depression if you want top Reagan's unemployment rates, and Franklin was busy cleaning up Hoover's mess.


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Police acted responsibly in reacting to occupiers
The Denver Police Department and the Occupy Denver movement clashes over the last few days have caught the attention of much of the media, especially those on the left like the Huffington Post and those in a geosynchronous orbit around Pluto, like Keith Olbermann.
To some extent this is expected. Riots, or near riots, are never pleasant news but make great copy and often better video.
What most immediately catches my eye and ear is how alarmed some commentators were by the presence of a retiree in a folding chair waving a Gadsden flag ("Don't Tread on Me") during a tea party rally, but find a gaggle of often incoherent, lawbreaking protesters to be the second coming of Mahatma Gandhi.
Part of it, I suppose, gets determined by who you think has the right idea about social and political change, the guy in the lawn chair who leaves the area cleaner than he found it or someone illegally occupying public property, fighting with the police and creating communities that make the old Hoovervilles seem like Park Avenue.
It is genuinely important to know with which one of these options a politician or commentator is most comfortable.
As to the response of the Denver Police Department, I must rise to its defense. I looked at some of the videos and read several descriptions of the events and, while there may be isolated incidents of problems, there is a sad inevitability of certain responses to lawless and aggressive actions by mobs.
During a conflict with protesters at the Capitol building on Saturday, Denver police officers arrested 15 protesters, after scuffling with a crowd originally estimated at about 2,000. The crowd was advancing on the Capitol building with the possible intention of occupying it in the vein of protesters who assumed control of the Wisconsin state Capitol earlier in the year, doing millions of dollars in damage.
They also were attempting to set up tents and camp in the nearby park, which is illegal, not just for them but for everyone. Once again, we see protesters who complain about others being treated differently while they demand to be treated differently.
The protesters received repeated warnings they chose to disregard and were being stopped from setting up campsites in the park. Then a police officer was attacked on his motorcycle. Enough was enough.
No one had denied members of this group their right to protest peacefully, nor had anyone attempted to suppress their freedom to assemble. But that freedom was sacrificed when that officer hit the ground. The response was strong and swift, yet on the whole, professional.
Does the Denver Police Department have a reputation for having a strong hand and in some cases an overzealous one? Yes. There is little doubt that the Denver police have carried a reputation that they were not to be trifled with or manhandled. However, most of the old breed are gone — the ones with the cross-draw holsters so they could get to their weapons easily in the car and the sap pocket of their trousers filled with the 8 inch arrest-control device that actually had a model named after the department.
Those officers had their time and did the job they were tasked, sometimes harshly and in ways we might now find heavy handed. But the 16th Street Mall and Larimer Square would not exist as they do today without their work. It is a rough job with some dangerous districts, but they remain a proud group, with one of the simplest uniforms in the country. A Denver police sergeant told me years ago they're not Boy Scouts who sew badges across their uniform.
They certainly are not Boy Scouts, and have been struggling with scandal over the last four years, with little involvement, much less leadership from former Mayor John Hickenlooper, who avoided conflict and difficult situations at every turn. I hope Mayor Michael Hancock will become engaged with the department and maintain simple and effective oversight that protects citizen rights and officer safety. These should not be conflicting objectives.
In cities like Denver just changing the chief occasionally isn't leadership. A strong police department needs strong leadership; not next-day generals, even if they have their own TV shows.
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Trying to Understand China's Surprise Trade Deficit? Look at the Yuan
This post originally appeared on Real Time Economics.
February's surprise fall in Chinese exports may have less to do with the strength of foreign demand than with changing perceptions of the Chinese yuan.
A glance at the mainland's trade data with Hong Kong suggests the strong capital inflows that boosted China's export data in early 2013 have begun to wane as the outlook for the yuan currency becomes less rosy.
China on Saturday reported a rare trade deficit of nearly $23 billion in February, the largest in two years. That reflected an 18% drop in exports from a year ago, probably linked to speculative fund movements back then.
"We believe the weak export numbers reflect both fundamental weakness and capital outflows due to [yuan] depreciation in February," Nomura economist Zhang Zhiwei said in a note to clients.
China's exports early last year were unusually strong — they surged 25% in January 2013 and almost 22% in February – leading to suspicion that the data were distorted.
Economists said the numbers were inflated by over-reporting of exports in order to skirt capital controls and bring more foreign exchange into China. Exporters were looking to take advantage of a strengthening yuan currency, which climbed nearly 3% last year.
Fast-forward to 2014. In the first two months of this year the People's Bank of China has allowed more volatility in yuan trading, helping to curb speculative capital inflows disguised as foreign trade. The yuan dropped nearly 1.4% in February and touched a 10-month low, throwing yuan bulls off balance.
After taking a breather last week, the yuan has continued to fall this week. The Chinese central bank has set its benchmark exchange rate weaker every day, at 6.1327 per dollar Tuesday from 6.1312 Monday and 6.1201 last Friday. Tuesday morning, the yuan was trading at 6.1359 to the dollar.
The data on trade with Hong Kong, a major platform for bringing funds onshore, is particularly telling: Over the first two months of 2014 exports to Hong Kong fell 21% on-year, while last year they surged 61% in January-February.
"With the significant [yuan] depreciation observed in February, we think… an additional factor behind the weak export data in February is that the incentive for fake exports disappeared," J.P. Morgan economist Zhu Haibin said.
That's likely to affect trade data in coming months as well. Last May, foreign exchange regulators warned of tough penalties for companies found to have falsified export reports, leading to a big slowdown in export growth after May. That means that until May 2014, exports may continue to look weak in comparison to the inflated figures a year earlier.
Most analysts say China's economic fundamentals haven't really deteriorated to a significant extent – it may just be speculative inflows taking a break.
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Flashing and Other Roofing Materials
In addition to the roofing material, you will need several materials to complete the job. For most projects the list is fairly short: underlayment, flashing, fasteners, and roofing cement. However, you must make decisions regarding the type of materials.
Metal flashings have been the most common type for many years. Aluminum, which will never rust, is generally preferred over galvanized steel, which can rust. Copper flashing is beautiful but expensive. Vinyl flashing products are gaining in popularity. They are easy to work with and do not crease easily, as do metal flashings. It is possible to make your own flashings by bending metal strips or rolls, but in nearly every case, you can buy preformed flashings that install easily and do the job well. Black, brown, white, and natural metal are the most common flashing colors.
If you have a valley and want to flash it open-metal style, buy valley flashing made for the purpose. The best type has attaching cleats, so you don't have to drive nails through the flashing itself.
There are two basic types of drip edge. T-shape is stronger and will support roofing that overhangs the eaves. L-shape flashing is also common. You can use L-shape drip edge for the rake and T-shape drip edge for the eaves. Cap drip edge is ideal for sealing multiple layers of roofing.
For step flashing, you can buy prebent pieces or blanks that you bend yourself. For counterflashing on chimneys, use blanks or cut pieces from a roll of flashing.
Self-stick flexible flashing is more commonly used when installing windows and doors, but it can sometimes be used in difficult flashing situations, such as where a roof meets a wall.
You'll also need boot flashing, vent pipe flashing with rubber gaskets that simply slides onto the pipes to provide a watertight seal. You can buy boot flashing with metal or plastic flanges. Concrete tile installations require a lead sleeve-type flashing. You'll probably need to buy that from a specialty building supplies dealer.Roofing Nails
Buy nails that are long enough to completely poke through the sheathing; the length will depend on how thick the roofing is and how many layers of roofing there are. Galvanized nails are the most common choice for hand-nailing roofing. Use aluminum nails for attaching aluminum flashings, and copper nails for attaching copper flashings; if you mix metals, the nails or the flashing could corrode. Nails with plastic caps are sometimes used to attach underlayment in high wind areas. If you use a power nailer, buy roofing nails in coils. Wide-crown staples are also sometimes used with pneumatic nailers. Nails for cedar shakes or shingles have thin shanks and small heads.Roofing Cement
Thick roofing cement, which is either troweled on or applied with a caulk gun, is the most common type used in roofing. For an emergency patch you can apply wet-surface cement even while rain is coming down. Liquid lap cement is used for applying sheets of roll roofing.Roofing Felt
Often called tar paper, roofing felt is a critical component of a roof. Thirty-pound felt is twice as thick as 15-pound felt, making it more durable and less likely to wrinkle when you install it. Traditional felt is infused with asphalt; newer types are fiberglass-reinforced for extra strength.Plywood
For sheathing repairs, use plywood the same thickness as the existing sheathing. Newer homes usually have 1/2-inch-thick plywood, while older homes may have planks that are 3/4 or even 7/8 inch thick. You can use standard CDX plywood or OSB sheets if you are sure they will not get wet. Pressure-treated plywood will resist rotting even if it gets soaked.WSU
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AVON — Mayor Jim Smith joked that he was sure the Nagel Road-Interstate 90 interchange would see traffic zipping on and off the busy highway long before he filed for Medicare benefits.
"Here we are getting ready for a ribbon-cutting, and I filed for Medicare Part B last week," Smith said Tuesday.
The long-awaited opening of the interchange is set for Dec. 20.
Smith, who turns 65 in February and was elected mayor in 1995, regards the $26 million interchange as one of his biggest accomplishments. He is not seeking re-election when his term ends in 2013.
The project is ending nine months ahead of schedule, in large part because of great summer weather and a construction plan that saw potential traffic headaches eased with the opening of Avon Road into Westlake and construction of a temporary road north of the interchange that helped get hundreds of patients to and from the new $93 million Richard Jacobs Cleveland Clinic Avon Family Health and Surgery Center on a daily basis.
"We did a few things differently and that made everything go quicker," Smith said.
The interchange also had to weather hurdles that included resistance from local property owners fearful they would be assessed a third of the costs of the project.
That opposition led to a subsequent plan to finance the interchange through a joint venture that would see the city sell more than $20 million in municipal bonds, while a third of the expected $18 million construction costs would be paid by the Richard E. Jacobs Group, which was key in developing the huge Cleveland Clinic medical center on Chester Road.
Many of the thousands of patients visiting the Chester Road center will make use of the new interchange.
The mayor said the opposition actually helped in the long run because it stalled the project long enough that municipal bond interest rates fell to historically low numbers — around 3.27 percent.
"The rates are as cheap as they've ever been," Smith said. "That's a significant savings to us, considering rates were 5 to 5.25 percent. Construction costs may be up a bit, but we'll save more in such low interest rates."
Smith declined to mention any potential future business or industrial development in the area near the interchange, but he noted he should be able "to make some very nice announcements for the community and the area in the coming year."
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Review: Consuming Spirits
To say that Consuming Sprits—a meticulously constructed animated feature set in small-town Appalachia written, directed, edited, and produced by the talented Chris Sullivan—is depressing is not a value judgment so much as a fact. Over the course of its 129 minutes, this willfully disturbing, almost exultant catalogue of alcohol's ills sketches out the intricate gradations of addiction, melancholia, and humiliation from which its three main characters—skillfully rendered in pencil drawing, cutout animation, collage, and stop-motion animation—suffer.
Earl Gray, lonely and alone at age 67, is a major tippler and former radio personality who writes a macabre gardening advice column for the local paper. Gentian Violet, 42, also a newspaper employee, lives with her Alzheimer's-stricken, homebound mother who threatens suicide and spews horrifying patter at her daughter's boyfriend, Victor Blue ("Gentian keeps her 'little muffin' clean with a special vinegar wash!"). Although he is mostly a good sport, Victor's ruinous boozing makes him sad and mean. When Earl, Gentian, and Victor's unstinting drinking leads to a terrible car accident involving all of them, we learn that there is more to these characters' relationships than meets the eye.
Inspired in part by traumatic events from Sullivan's own life, the world depicted in Consuming Spirits has the consistency and narrative logic of a just barely tolerable nightmare, complete with a man clothed in a decaying stag's carcass and wrinkle-faced nuns with guns. Drawn over the course of 15 years, and shot in 16mm—which gives the film a lived-in look—the movie steers clear of established gothic clichés, instead cultivating an aesthetic that might be called naïf Appalachian grotesque. Featuring relatively varied camerawork for an animated film, including attention to depth of field, Consuming Spirits creates a proprietary palette of psychic decimation's manifold shades.
Its soundtrack composed of Irish drinking songs is hauntingly beautiful in a way that the film's visuals are decidedly not. Chris Sullivan himself performs the vocals, as well as playing the piano, harp, guitar, accordion, and synthesizer.
Subtitled "a parable in five chapters," the allegorical dialogue in Consuming Spirits often rears on itself—the movie's as much an indictment of art as a celebration of it. In the world Sullivan has created, beauty is a tenuous high, a casualty of not having sobered up yet. For its booze-addled characters, life itself has become toxic, and yet living is their only true recourse.


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I hope rate my drawings can handle this? Ive seen stuff like it? Its not sexual. Just a pose.
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You named it that so you could get away with drawing bewbs . lol.
Hahaa. Ill just name it naked chick.
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Amarillo celebrates Cinco de Mayo with parade
Sat, 04 May 2013 23:34:14 GMT —
Hispanic community comes together to host the Cinco de Mayo Parade Saturday morning.
"We have a good turnout," said Angel Ayala, one of the parade organizers. "It's doubled since last year."
Cinco de Mayo celebrations originated to commemorate the Battle of Puebla, the Mexican Army's victory over the French on May 5, 1862. However, many believe it has evolved over the years into a community activity bringing people together.
"I think it's a good way to get our community together and get involved and to remember the celebration of Cinco de Mayo," said another parade organizer Maria Murgia.
The parade kicked off at 10 a.m. from 15th Avenue and Arthur Street and ended at the High Plains Food Bank.
First time participants were excited to get the opportunity to be a part of the parade.
"It feels great," said Cheerleading Captain Erik Prospero for Palo Duro High School. "Showing our heritage and just representing Palo Duro in a good way."
"It's a good thing to be out here and support this," said Anthony Mora.
There will be a Rodeo Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ocho Segundos with more Cinco de Mayo celebrations.


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NMWA Celebrates Pioneering Artist Judy Chicago during her 75th-Birthday Year with Spotlight Exhibition of Works from the 1970s
Dec 10 2013
On view January 17–April 13, 2014, Judy Chicago: Circa '75 highlights an iconic artist with select works and preparatory drawings
WASHINGTON—The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) presents Judy Chicago: Circa '75, on view January 17–April 13, 2014. The exhibition features 13 paintings, drawings, sculptures and mixed media works by innovative feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939). Throughout her career, Chicago has been creating art with the intention of influencing and changing societal norms. Her iconic body of work from the 1970s, including preparatory art for The Dinner Party, demonstrates her firm belief in the power of art to highlight women's creativity and overcome traditional gender inequalities. This exhibition honors Chicago's commitment to feminist ideals on the occasion of her 75th birthday.
"Judy Chicago has been a friend and ally to the National Museum of Women in the Arts since its opening in 1987," said NMWA Director Susan Fisher Sterling. "Given Chicago's commitment to honoring women, it is fitting that she be fêted at the sole museum in the world devoted to the creative contributions of women."
Born Judy Cohen in Chicago, this pioneering feminist artist jettisoned her birth and married surnames in 1970, legally adopting the neutral "Chicago." This act of independence ushered in a decade of artistic innovation and exploration. This exhibition examines a selection of her art that paralleled and influenced the U.S. feminist movement of the 1970s.


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White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod describes the interview process that led President Obama to chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, and why the president is confident that she is the best person for the job. Continue reading
White House senior adviser David Axelrod discusses President Obama's move to block the release of detainee abuse photos, the search for a Supreme Court justice, and controversy over the president's planned speech at the University of Notre Dame. Continue reading
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod discusses President Barack Obama's stance in the struggle to pass a stimulus bill and reflects on errors made in how the Obama team has handled some of the nominations to top administration positions. Continue reading
With the U.S. economy likely in recession and the country embroiled in two wars, President-elect Barack Obama and his staff have been quickly transitioning from campaign mode to preparing to govern with little time to celebrate his landmark victory. Continue reading
In the second of a series of reports examining the presidential candidates' leadership styles, Margaret Warner talks to colleagues and advisers of Sen. Barack Obama about how his decision making style would translate to the White House. Continue reading
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Hattie Larlham offers two types of work programs for people with disabilities. The first is work training. Hattie Larlham has Hattie's Doggie Day Care and Boarding locations in Twinsburg, Akron and Cleveland. Here, people with disabilities receive hands-on experience and learn on the job to prepare for a job in the community.
The second is community employment. This service is similar to an employment agency, with the added benefit of post-employment services and supports to assure a successful transition.
When you purchase coffee from Hattie's Café & Gifts or board your dog with Hattie's Doggie Day Care & Boarding, you support employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. Your patronage is important to us, but it's even more important to the men and women learning the skills they need for compete for community employment. Shop our services for quality products, excellent service and the satisfaction that your purchase helped a person with disabilities in your community.
From coffee to catering, Hattie's Café & Gifts has something for everyone in Akron. The café bakes cookies and muffins fresh from scratch and ships them in gift baskets across the country. Corporate orders for employees and clients are welcome.
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The On-Stage DFP7500 Drum Practice Pad lets beginner and professional drummers practice in silence at both seated and standing positions. This full sized practice pad is mounted on a double braced tripod stand with an adjustable height of 22 - 35" (55.88 - 88.9cm). The head angle is easily pivoted for flexible pad positioning. The 6mm mounting bolt on the stand fits most standard drum pads, including Remo.
Dimensions: 8" (20.32cm) Diameter Pad
Height Adjustment: 22 - 35" (55.88 - 88.9cm) Base Spread: 7.9 - 29" (20.06 - 73.66cm)
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'Axis of Evil'
1, 2002
by Carlos Kelly
"An axis of evil," huh?
Nice little catchy one-liner to get those "it's my way or
the highway," "dissent is un-American" heart-strings
strumming in unison across the country, I guess.
Bush's speech writers inserted the term "axis" into his speech
so as to deliberately invoke some good ol' World War 2 nostalgia
and whet the appetite amongst Dubya's fellow warmongers for
yet more bombing and killing. That's people who, when they
themselves were called upon to fight for their country either
hid in national guard units or as in Big Dick Cheney's case,
"had better things to do."
Oh, there was never any doubt that our pretzel-challenged
president would sooner, rather than later, pick a fight with
that other schoolyard bully, Saddam Hussein, but his public,
official declaration of war on Iran and North Korea should
have us all shaking in our boots. There has not been any proof
of Iranian involvement in global terrorism for years now.
That country, a democracy whose people were among the very
first to offer their condolences to the United States after
the September 11 attacks, has been making steady progress
in recent years, and for the US to start bombing that country
indiscriminately, like it did to Afghanistan, will only once
again brew up anti-American feeling throughout Iran and anger
the rest of the Middle East.
Where is the sense in that? There is none.
As for North Korea, it is quirky and inward looking. It has
never been directly associated with groups like al-Qaeda,
in fact it seems to be not in the slightest bit bothered with
global terrorism at all, although the Bushies are adamant
that the North Koreans will one day soon have the capacity
to lob a nuclear weapon from Pyongyang to Washington D.C.
The fact that surely the North Koreans must understand that
such an action, if they could ever achieve it, would mean
their certain destruction from the subsequent US nuclear retaliation
seems lost on the Bushies.
One need not cast one's mind back too far to when both Koreas,
at the urging of President Clinton, were actually making some
progress towards re-unification, before the Bushies were installed
by the supreme court. And once they had finished their false
accusations of vandalism by ex-Clinton administration staffers,
they wasted no time in putting an end to the Korean talks
and declaring North Korea the latest "Evil Empire."
Now, if I wasn't such a damn cynic, I'd believe what George
W. Bush was ranting about on Tuesday night.
I'd believe that Iraq, Iran and North Korea were all together
plotting the total destruction of the United States, although
the blatant truth of the matter is that not one of those states
had anything to do with the September 11 attacks, let alone
all three being part of some triumvirate Bush labels the "axis
of evil." Iran hates Iraq and vice-versa. In fact, it's
more likely that they'd be plotting the destruction of one
another before they bothered with the U.S - while North Korea
has nothing much to do with any other country, let alone Iran
and Iraq.
So where's the evidence of their plotting, George?
Well, he's probably a little thin on evidence, although when
has the US ever needed too much of that to carry out some
much needed bombing in order to replenish the coffers of their
pals in the military industrial complex? No, there is only
one reason why Bush continues to play up the threat from countries
like Iran and North Korea (especially) and that is the crazy
Missile Defense Shield.
The Bushies need a reason to pursue it. If they cannot sell
the American people a need for their faulty missile defense
umbrella, then the people may actually begin to question the
wisdom in spending upwards of $95 billion on something that
has never actually worked in practice, will more than likely
never work, and will probably be obsolete by the time it is
ever commissioned.
It doesn't take an Einstein (or even George W. Bush, if he
ever did some critical thinking) to come to the conclusion
that $95 billion, if pointed in the right direction, would
go much further towards preventing another September 11 than
any missile shield could.
If that money was spent on intelligence, airport security,
research into alternative fuel sources so that the US no longer
had dependence on Middle Eastern oil, and helping to improve
the social and educational infrastructure in countries like
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and dare I say it, Iraq, instead
of on some inter-galactic umbrella that cannot even stop a
penknife wielding hijacker from converting a commercial jetliner
into a flying bomb, would that not make both the US and the
world a safer place for us all?
Well, of course it would. It's only logical. But when has
logic ever stood in the way of George W. Bush and his masters'
Logic sure is the safer route for us all to follow - but
it wouldn't make George W. Bush's friends in the military
establishment any more money, and let's face it, that's all
that matters to our boy George and those who pull his strings.


text: Methods for gutter installation Details Category: Home Improvement Created: Wednesday, 13 July 2016 13:40 Do you know steps to make gutter installation? Begin by fitting the portion of guttering with the store. This will be became a member of to the downpipe, which you'll want to have to position directly on the ground-level drain. It may be a stop-end store by the end of the gutter or perhaps a running store in the center of the gutter. 1. Top tip - chilly and Heat Plastic guttering expands inside warm weather and contracts in chilly. To permit for that, gutter fittings all possess a depth mark. Once you join parts of gutter or match a section right into a bracket, be sure you carefully collection the pieces around this mark - and do not go past it. Health and safety first - Ladder stand-off It is rather dangerous to rest a new ladder against guttering. Rather, hook a metallic stand-off to the very best of your ladder to carry it from the wall, therefore its excess weight isn't resting on the gutter. Step 1 Match a gutter bracket close to the surface of the fascia table at one finish of the guttering (the contrary finish to the stop-end store, in case you have one). After that tie a builder's collection or little bit of string around the foot of the bracket. Step 2 To put the gutter store accurately, hold a plumb line contrary to the fascia directly on the drain. Mark the positioning on the fascia with a pencil. Match the gutter outlet only 50mm below the amount of the roofing tiles - following a manufacturer's advice concerning the size and amount of screws to use. Step 3 Stretch your own string or builder's range from the bracket across the fascia table and tie it in order to the outlet. Work with a spirit degree to check on that the string slopes towards the store. Although it isn't essential, a slight drop (10mm every 6m of gutter) can help the drinking water to drain efficiently. Step 4 Mark the positioning of another brackets - you need to space them only 800mm apart, or 600mm in case the pitch of the roofing is steep really, and no a lot more than 150mm from any fitting or joint. If the store is in the center of the gutter, do it again the procedure with a bracket at another finish of the guttering operate so it furthermore slopes towards the store. Step 5 Fit all of those other brackets. Step 6 Fit a stop-finish to the first amount of gutter, and clip the gutter into placement on the brackets. The simplest way to do this would be to tilt the gutter to match under the relative back clip, and straighten it beneath the front clip. Fall into line the gutter finish with the insertion depth tag on the bracket. Step 7 Fit an union item at another end of the initial size and screw it in to the fascia, fit another length of gutter involved with it then. Carry on becoming a member of the lengths. Slice the last section to match using a hacksaw, connect a stop-end and ensure that all the joints fall into line with the insertion depth marks on the fittings.


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Mintage of only 2,500 coins!
A special pigment has been used to create this .925-fine Silver Easter coin. At first glance, this coin seems like a plain Silver coin, but when it is heated by touch or with warm air, the surface reveals a surprise: A newly hatched chick appears! For those collectors who cringe at the thought of touching the coin's surface, a hair dryer works just as well to reveal the Easter surpise!
A complex printing process using thermo-colors makes this "enchantment" possible. The chick image disappears when the coin cools down. The effect can be duplicated about 100 times.
The obverse of this egg-shaped coin displays a profile of Queen Elizabeth II as well as the the queen's name and the denomination of 5 Dollars. Each special Easter Silver coin contains .8 oz of fine Silver, and it comes to you in a beautiful wooden box with a certificate of authenticity.
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TurboSquid to Become Newest Reseller of Hypercosm's Web-Enabling Tools
(New Orleans, LA and Madison, WI – January 19, 2009) – TurboSquid, the world's largest online marketplace for 3D assets, announced that it has become an official reseller of the Hypercosm LLC suite of web-enabling tools. Hypercosm LLC is a leader in 3D interactive simulation software for web-based training, education, communication, and design visualization.
"We were very excited to add the Hypercosm LLC lineup of products to TurboSquid", said Beau Perschall, Vice President of Business Development at TurboSquid. "The ability to display models and animations online in an interactive fashion is something that we think will appeal to a large number of our 1.5 million member community."
Hypercosm LLC offers a unique set of tools which allow users of a variety of 3D modeling applications, such as 3ds Max and Google SketchUp, to display their models and animations safely in a web browser. TurboSquid will feature the Hypercosm Teleporter products, each available as either a Free or a Pro version, and the Hypercosm 3D Player.
"We're really excited to be working with TurboSquid to bring effective, practical interactive 3D simulation to the web," said Abe Megahed, Chief Technical Officer of Hypercosm LLC. "We hope that our partnership will enable 3ds Max and SketchUp users to get the most out of their 3D models."
Pricing and Availability
Hypercosm LLC tools, including Hypercosm Teleporter and Hypercosm Player are available now via the TurboSquid Marketplace and are priced at $199 for the Pro versions.
About TurboSquid
Founded in 2000, TurboSquid is dedicated to the management and distribution of digital products and other relevant content for 3D and 2D designers and creative professionals. TurboSquid provides a global market for digital products by enabling individual and corporate users to list, promote and sell their content to users around the world. In 2003, TurboSquid was named as the exclusive publisher and worldwide distributor for the Autodesk Certified Animation Plug-in Program. TurboSquid is a privately held and venture-backed company. More information can be found at the company's web site: www.turbosquid.com.
About Hypercosm
Hypercosm LLC is a leader in 3D interactive simulation software for web-based training, education and design visualization. Hypercosm's patented approach to encoding object geometry and behaviors results in low file size simulations that can be delivered over the web practically and effectively, even with low bandwidth connections. Hypercosm has been used for web-based interactive astronaut training, assembly instructions, familiarization training, science education aids and 3D architectural designs. For more information and to view solution demonstrations, visit us on-line at www.hypercosm.com.


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GREAT GATSBY Gets Tie-In Novel Cover & 2 New Promo Pics
A peek at the splashy new Art Deco-inspired cover for F. Scott Fitzgerald's seminal novel THE GREAT GATSBY has been released along with two heretofore unseen production shots from the upcoming 2013 film adaptation of the classic property, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.
The impossibly glitzy and star-bedecked new visage for the tome acts as an obvious tie-in with visonary stage and screen director Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated 3D feature film version of the celebrated source material, finally coming to theaters in May after many delays due to re-shoots and further development of the purportedly revolutionary 3D techonology employed in it.
Additionally, the Production Company has released two new still images from the film this week, as well, to add even more to the building buzz for the risky 1920s paean.
The first of the newly released photos shows Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy cutting a rug amidst a wild reverie of 1920s debauch, complete with flappers and jazz babies of all walks of life living it up (and lapping it up, too).
The second photo depicts Leonardo DiCaprio as a deboinair Gatsby and Tobey Maguire as mesmerized Tom Buchanan seated at tables sharing drinks at The Angry Diamond nightclub as they prepare take in the night's rousing entertainment and ensuing festivities.
View the new book cover and the two new promotional images for the film below.
Also, check out my 2010 InDepth InterView: Baz Luhrmann here.
More information on THE GREAT GATSBY is available at the official Facebook page here.


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The following resources have been designed to provide parents and educators with age-appropriate information about what youth (12 years and older) are doing online.
Recognizing that many parents are feeling overwhelmed trying to keep their kids safe in today's digital world, these safety sheets are designed to provide information about how tweens and teens are using digital devices and what parents can do to make it safer.
The Door That's Not Locked website is a comprehensive, easy-to-use site that helps Canadians understand the good, the bad and the ugly about the web so they're better positioned to help keep kids safer online. From learning what activities are popular and how kids use them, to discovering new ways to talk to kids about healthy versus unhealthy relationships, this website provides you with a one-stop-shop on all things related to Internet safety.
Cybertip.ca and TELUS have joined forces to create the Mobile Safety microsite, a resource for parents/guardians. The site details current and potential safety issues to children/adolescents using mobile phones, as well as steps parents/guardians can take to ensure their child/adolescent's mobile phone use is safe.
The following sites have been designed for youth. Parents and educators may wish to review these resources with youth or use the information as a guide and tool to base discussions about Internet safety on. We also recommend parents encourage their child's school to utilize these resources, all of which are connected to lessons in the Canadian Centre's Kids in the Know program. Click here to learn more.
Coined in the media as "sexting", self/peer exploitation is generally defined as youth creating, sending or sharing sexual images and/or videos with peers via the Internet and/or electronic devices. The Need Help Now website provides youth with information about how to manage self/peer exploitation incidents. The site features:
To view other resources offered by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, please click here.