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The Charanga Musical School Scheme provides teachers with week-by-week lessons for each year group in the school from ages 5-11. It is ideal for specialist and non-specialist teachers and provides lesson plans, assessment, clear progression, and engaging and exciting whiteboard resources for every lesson. The Scheme supports all the requirements of the national curriculum and is absolutely in line with published Ofsted guidance.
The learning within this Scheme is based on: Listening and Appraising; Musical Activities — creating and exploring; and Singing and Performing. Everything is clearly and simply explained and the planning support is extensive.
Because the on-screen resources are so visual and supportive and everything is at your fingertips, every lesson is full of music and the children enjoy every moment.
We've looked at all the great thinking that has been done on assessment and created an easy-to-use framework that's useful for both music specialists and non-specialists. In essence, there are three aspects to the assessment:
We constantly seek to improve what we do and respond to the feedback we get from teachers.
Among other things, you will see an updated Scheme with more progressive Listening & Appraising and Musical Activities devised to give extra variety and to challenge older children.
We have added new units including the classic songs 'Dancing In The Street' and 'Happy' to keep the teaching and learning fresh for both the teacher and the children. Changes have been made to the autumn half term units to give options and flexibility at the time of year when you need it most.
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A vast library of music resources
While for many teachers the Scheme may be the part of Charanga Musical School they use the most, many teachers also like the more flexible Freestyle approach provided by the Musical School resource library. From this library, you can choose from a range of music resources which you might want to mix in with your own resources. You can also use the library to find resources linked to many other areas of music-making in your school.
Songs and other resources for over 30 popular school topics. From Ancient Egypt and Celts & Romans to Energy, School and Healthy Living.
Stand-alone Units of Work for all ages, presented in a flexible way and covering a wide range of musical genres. Some of the units are full-blown musical productions for seasonal festivals including Christmas, Harvest and Diwali.
Easy-to-teach courses for recorder, ukulele, violin, djembe, hip hop and more. These excellent easy-to-follow courses provide progressive week-by-week lessons, interactive teaching resources, printouts and planning.
The Rhythm Grids are great for introducing simple compound 2, 3 and 4-beat time signatures.
An exciting new app to support lots of different musical activities including pulse games, listening skills, improvising, composing and use of notation.
A great way to play along with excerpts from famous works or create your own simple classroom percussion pieces.
Supports the learning and understanding of music concepts such as pulse, rhythm and pitch. The Toolkit contains engaging cartoons which the children will enjoy watching time and time again.
We've launched a great new section which is one of the most requested from our teaching community.
This is a colourful collection of music covering a wide range of periods, styles and genres. There are 4 sections:
Charanga Sing is a brand new teaching resource aimed at encouraging everyone to sing more!
Extensive research has shown the undeniably positive impact singing has on emotional, physical and mental well-being. This is the reason why singing features so highly in music curricula and on educational agendas – as well as simply being a great thing to do!
Charanga Sing contains a growing bank of over 500 songs presented in a way that is intuitive to use whether by vocal specialists, confident singers or those just keen to encourage more singing every day.
There are songs for all occasions, all ages and for all groupings from soloists to massed choirs. The repertoire covers a wide range of styles, cultures and purposes, with each one carefully picked to be included in the song bank.
A bank of nursery rhymes, action songs, including many old favourites and specially written songs which are perfect for little voices.
A vocal health section all about taking care of the voice with fantastic body and vocal warm-ups, exercises and popular tongue twisters.
A wide range of unison and 2 or more part songs. Some are specially composed or traditional, many are new and very well-known from popular shows, musicals and pop artists – all ideal for encouraging every one of your pupils to sing.
Supporting teachers working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
At present it consists of a Scheme of ready-made lessons called 'Anyone Can Play' AND a Freestyle library section that brings together the most popular Charanga resources from across Musical School as used by teachers in special needs settings around the country.
SEND in Musical School is undergoing much new development work at the moment with the help of some great partners, so watch this space.
Yumu is safe online space where students can learn, play and develop their musicianship. It's an area of the Charanga platform dedicated to supporting students' music-making between lessons.
You can use Yumu:
The positive evidence is overwhelming with two independent masters' theses showing that schools using the Charanga Musical School programme have experienced a significant improvement in music teaching and musical achievement.
Our close links with schools through Charanga's partnerships with over 100 music services and hubs and through the 500 plus Musical School training sessions we run each year, we get a great insight into how effectively the programme is working for teachers.
In addition, our Musical School teacher survey to which we had almost 1000 responses, showed the following highly encouraging feedback from both specialist and non-specialist music teachers.
Twilight training events are held regularly at local schools and music centres across the area. All schools are invited to send their key staff along and in many cases those attending will be confident to feedback and support their own school colleagues.
These face-to-face training events are further supported with opportunities for self-directed online learning through a wide range of help and support guides, a named CPD contact person and a helpdesk for technical issues. Additionally, teachers are encouraged to share their successes, ideas and suggestions through the resource-based Teachers' Sharing Space and community.
Price for 1½ hour twilight session FREE.
Discover the comprehensive Musical School Scheme of Work developed to meet the national curriculum and the teaching approach favoured by Ofsted. See how the Units of Work, Topics and Instrumental Courses can support themed learning and how to build your own lessons from the library of resources and share them with your colleagues and pupils.
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YES - more than 1 in 3 UK schools use Musical School with more adopting the programme every day. Teachers did well over one million hours of teaching with Musical School over the past year.
We run over 500 Musical School training sessions every year, in addition to those run by music hubs up and down the country. We can always provide you with high-quality training.
While Musical School is totally in line with Ofsted guidance and it does a massive amount to support your teaching, Ofsted inspection is always about the teaching so we do like to highlight our little sign.
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Musical School for primaries won't cost more than £295 per annum - often less. It differs around the country based on how much it's supported by your local music hub, authority or MAT and also the size of school. Teachers who use it though, consistently tell us the cost is low and it's great value. It is an annual fee but upgrades are free. Find out the exact cost for your school.
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PGI Colloquium:
Prof. Dr. Stephen J. Blundell,
University of Oxford, UK
PGI Lecture Hall, Building 04.8, 2nd Floor, Room 365
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Frustrated Magnetism Studied with Muons: the Effect of Muons on Crystal Fields
Implanted muons provide a very powerful local probe for studying frustrated magnetism. In this talk, I will explain why this is the case and review various experimental studies in which muons have been effective in revealing the way in which a magnetic system fails to order when frustrated interactions are present. However, when a muon is implanted into a magnetic insulating compound it will stop close to an anion and will pull that anion away from its equilibrium position.
The resulting distortion introduced into the crystal structure is anisotropic and can alter the crystal field around the transition metal or lanthanide cations to which the anion is bonded. Quantifying this effect is very important since it can, on occasion, substantially and dramatically affect the local physics being probed [1]. This has been demonstrated in Pr-based pyrochlores in which a hyperfine enhancement of nuclear moments [2] arises from the splitting of the non-Kramers doublet ground states for Pr ions nearby to the muon, an effect that overwhelms the expected spin ice behaviour [1].
Our approach to studying this problem is to use DFT+μ (density functional theory with an implanted muon) [3] to identify the muon site and characterise the local distortion. We then calculate the effect on the crystal field levels. We have repeated these calculations for other rare earth pyrochlores and develop some general arguments for understanding when these effects in μSR experiments will become crucially important and when they can be safely ignored. Our results are compared with experimental data and provide new insight into the nature of the muon as a probe in magnetic systems.
[1] F. R. Foronda, F. Lang, J. S. Möller, T. Lancaster, A. T. Boothroyd, F. L. Pratt, S. R. Giblin, D. Prabhakaran and S. J. Blundell, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 017602 (2015).
[2] B. Bleaney, Physica 69, 317 (1973).
[3] D. E. MacLaughlin, Y. Ohta, Y. Machida, S. Nakatsuji, G. Luke, K. Ishida, R. Heffner, L. Shu, and O. Bernal, Physica 404B, 667 (2009).
[4] J. S. Möller, D. Ceresoli, T. Lancaster, N. Marzari, and S. J. Blundell, Phys. Rev. B 87, 121108(R) (2013); F. Bernardini, P. Bonfà, S. Massidda, and R. De Renzi, Phys. Rev. B 87, 115148 (2013).
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Our living space on campus can bring us a sense of ownership and pleasure. Nyack College wants your stay in your residence hall to feel like home. Rooms for each student include a twin-size bed, desk, chair, closet or wardrobe, dresser, and blinds.
You will want to bring blankets, pillows sheets, a desk lamp, a fan, TV, VCR, computer, waste basket and personal items that make the room your own. Since no college furniture can be removed from the rooms, it is very difficult to furnish rooms with outside furniture, especially fabric chairs or couches. Also due to fire safety issues, students are not to bring upholstered furniture into the residence halls unless it meets California Technical Bulletin 133 safety requirements.
Students who wish to bring outside furniture on campus, will be handled on a case-by-case situation by Residence Life according to the following guidelines:
- Roommates must all agree on any furniture brought into rooms.
- No college furniture can be removed from rooms and no entryways or room exits can be blocked. There must be a clear pathway out of each room.
- Used furniture is prohibited. Proof of purchase within the last 12 months, must be submitted before the item is brought to campus. The student may bring this same item back during the next three years he/she lives on campus as long as the proof of purchase is kept on file.
- It is the student's responsibility to remove all personal items from the residence halls upon check-out. No furniture can be placed in dumpsters.
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Sidelined ace handles pregame honors for Game 2 of NLDS at Busch Stadium
ST. LOUIS -- Chris Carpenter threw the first pitch at Busch Stadium on Friday, which would have been perfectly ordinary had it not been a ceremonial one.
The longtime Cardinals ace, whose 10 career postseason wins and 18 starts top St. Louis' all-time list, was on hand and in uniform for Game 2 of the National League Division Series to do the honors, lobbing the pitch to his son, Sam, behind the plate. His daughter, Ava, joined him on the mound.
"It's going to be exciting, obviously," Carpenter said before the game. "When they came to me with the idea, I was up for it and I'm looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a fun day."
The 38-year-old right-hander has not pitched this season after being shut down with a right shoulder injury. He announced prior to Spring Training that he would not pitch this year, but attempted a comeback this summer. The injury persisted, but Carpenter has not ruled out a 2014 return.
Carpenter had been traveling with the team on the last few road trips of the regular season, and continued to serve as a mentor to the team's pitching staff despite his absence from the rotation.
"It's a weird phenomenon being on the disabled list. A lot of times guys go through the mental adjustment of just feeling like they can't contribute, because they're not doing what they normally do," manager Mike Matheny said. "There are a lot of even veterans that make the mistake of thinking that they don't have a voice and that they're not going to have the impact, because they're not out there doing it, and they miss an opportunity. But Carp is above and beyond that.
"This guy has been not just a voice to our pitching staff, he's a guy that gets everything going on the bench. He's a catalyst. He's in there yelling and screaming and firing people up, and reminding them of different things and challenging them and calling them out. This guy's career speaks for itself, what he's been able to do on the field."
The national anthem on Friday was performed by retired Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Generald Wilson, with the 206th Regional Support Group Army Reserves -- based in Springfield, Ill. -- holding a large flag. The colors were presented by the Joint Service Color Guard from U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base.


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Quaternary clay in Estonia (400,000 years old): photo by Siim Sepp, 2005
Dear Tom,
Because I am so agioraphobic not to say also claustro we haven't seen each other or talked in say 45 years.
I;'m in the upper upper Nepal of the West Side in Riverdale where Archie and Jughead wrote poetry. My son is 25 and trying to be a doctor but wrote thousands of poems with me and a few movies with Rudy., I put together about l0 books and made them the old man's Neue Gedichte.
My sister one of four young and an OBGYN is in SF. Are you near that or LA. I';m just the grasshopper that Keats said was all right. Love to Angelkicam, didn';t I play at your marriage, now 40 years like openguins. Lins works at an Indian Mjhuseum.I weitre and poaint and play violin but not enough. I've been writing little poems omn facebook the last few years. Just to say hello to you both.
These three small words, "the administered world," how they capture it all ...
"the roar of the earthworms"!
All this on Neruda's birthday.
Tom, I wrote a too-long letter and was edited sharply by the machine's eraser fluid. I am as you may not know so agoirapjhoic and claustro that I've done nothing but write poetry paint and collage and bring up my child now 25 treying to be a doctor. (He did a book with Jaspoer, two movies nwith Ruydytm, etc.Howebver 40 yearfs of analysis have made me less pressuring of him., Ha! Just wanted to say hello
like a paassser0by in Baudelaire, but that';s Angelica. Didn't I play at your wedding as well as I could? I even mountainclimbed in China and swunbg oin rope bridges over turbulent TRang times. Anyway,
I;m at 1 718 601 3425 if yoiu ever want to what's the verb spealk chat talk. Ron writes tiny legtters. So I'll shut up now. DJS
Dear Issa: "These three small words, "the administered world," how they capture it all ..."
From wherever he is, Theodor Adorno salutes you!
Theodor Adorno is hiding under the piano. And it is a very small piano. But I can hear little Teddy's high pitched, piping voice loud and clear, John, thanks to you.
Don, the earthworms are under there too, I have just now noticed. But they have been there for 400,000 years. They must be roaring out of impatience.
We are overjoyed to hear from you. Of course we remember your virtuoso performance of "I Love You Truly" at our wedding in the parish hall at St Marks way back in 1968, when the world was young(er). We still have the sheet music -- "I Love You Truly, from Seven Songs: As Unpretentious As The Wild Rose". On that number you were joined by Dick Gallup and Larry Fagin (on guitars). Larry and Dick added vocals, with Mike Goldberg supplying a deep rich bass.(All this is documented by the signatures of the orchestra and chorus on the sheet music, yet.) Then you wowed everybody with some solo Bach. How fortunate we were, it seems. And now we are lucky again to be hearing from you, David. We send our love from Berkeley.
Tom, I put up an (acknowledged) sort of homage/riff on this at ZS ... at least it reads like a related text to me ...
Yes, "the administered world" surrounds us and, what to do (but adjust). But meanwhile we can look at that sedimentary mountain in Arizona's Petrified Forest (!), see the 'signs' of years piling up. . . speaking of which I've been paddling across the channel these days, over to the tip of the sandspit, where if one looks one can find pieces of petrified sand dollars (yesterday a whole half of one, and twice two whole ones!), between 6 and 80 million years old, a friend tells me . . . .
grey whiteness of fog against invisible
top of ridge, sparrow landing on branch
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
what is to be shown exchange,
which place means to be
something happening, opposed
to this, second thought
grey-white of fog reflected in channel,
cormorant flapping across toward ridge
earthworms have been "there" for 400,000 years?
t h at is very old...even for a worm.
Girl lives in Stone Forest
... I will ask 'her' about this Old Worm who roars from deep in-side of Rock/Mother
Thank you. There is an interesting interconnectedness in these sediments.
There are some really ancient earthworms, one of whom is hunting and pecking these words on this grey morning which has been too full of the deaths of old friends.
The silence of the clay can be deafening.
But when the earthworms shut up, here come the questions.
That is brilliant, paddling across the channel, 'twould be swell to be able to hitch a ride.
Petrified sand dollars could perhaps be employed to bribe the relatively youthful roaring earthworms ("what is to be shown exchange").
helloo tom
i've been fist fighting in my head with a question these days....it was dropped on me as a by-product of a conversation i had with a friend
during the conversation he mentioned a quote from someone that was something like
"intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows"
i do not remember who this was by...n neither did i try to find out...for he/she might have been considered an intellectual itself..so what would be the point then....
not that it makes a difference i feel...but still my brain has been besieged since...i did not know where to post this..you have seen so much more than i probably ever will...and met so many special people in your life...the kind you have to line up in queues to meet here in my country...
i felt it was befitting someone of your stature and wisdom(not granted but perceived)that you have an opinion on this...and i could learn from it.. if you'd like to ofcourse....just a request...i'll be patient...
thank you..
All that going down makes it hard to go up. And those earthworms. Loved that roar.
I think you're right, these newly evolved data chomping human drill bits have in common with the old mechanical kind of drill bits a built-in inability to chomp upward into the sky, where perhaps there might at least for a moment come a pause from the chomping.
Turn, turn turn, & c.
Something tells me it's not so much a matter of how many words you use as which ones.
The right ones are usually the best.
Yes of course, dude,
hitch a ride anytime. . . .
i completely agree ...but i feel disheartened when some people defy this very notion....and are still put aside or compared to people who actually based their lives on it...but then thats the world we live in guess...
thanku for your wisdom...
Todo se marchita cuando lo toca la sucia rutina.
Is there still hope for us?
Great picture. It reminds me of Cerro de los Siete Colores.
The patterns of mineral pigments that we see in the bands on these hills, and in the Hills of the Seven Colours, remind us once again that the greatest of all painters is Dame Nature.


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Bitter fruit: Contaminated soil removed
With streets named Cling, York, and Winesap, Orchard Acres bears witness to Crozet's illustrious peach- and apple-growing history. A less savory reminder of the neighborhood's fruity past hit home last week when the Environmental Protection Agency began digging up arsenic-contaminated soil.
Barbara Peters was "furious and worried" when she came home November 10 and found a postcard notifying her that soil remediation would begin the following day at a house two doors down.
"I would have liked the opportunity to test my soil before that happened," she says. And she's not convinced soil removal is the best remedy for the high lead and arsenic levels found in spots around Crozet where, for decades, lead-arsenate was mixed to spray the fruit trees.
"There are things you can do without digging up the soil," she says. "That's the most dangerous."
Trish Taylor, EPA community involvement coordinator, agrees that there are several options when high levels are found, depending on how the land is used and who lives there.
The presence of three children at the targeted residence was key to the decision to remove the soil. The biggest risk of exposure? "Basically it's eating the dirt," says Taylor.
She declines to identify the owners of the house, citing privacy reasons, and says they've been relocated to a hotel for two weeks or so while the soil is removed.
Arsenic occurs naturally in soil, but the levels found at that house exceeded 50 parts per million, more than double the EPA screening levels of 20 to 25 ppm in residential areas. The EPA clean-up goal for the residence: 23 ppm or less.
"We did find elevated lead," says Taylor, "but it wasn't the driving factor."
Peters worries that in the course of removal, arsenic-contaminated dust could become airborne. Tarps cover the piles of dirt waiting to be hauled off, but November 16 was a windy day.
"We have air monitoring going on during the excavation," says Taylor. "We spray water to keep the dust down, and we also dry brush the tires of the trucks before they leave the site."
Contractors will dig up six to nine inches of dirt, and then sample the subsurface. Once that's confirmed clean by a Richmond lab, new fill dirt can be put in, explains Taylor. The contaminated soil is taken to a Richmond landfill.
Orchard Acres is the first remediation in Crozet, but the west side of Charlottesville is no stranger to soil removal. On October 28, heavy machines began digging up petroleum-soaked soil at a former Charlottesville Oil refueling site.
Other remediations could follow. Already, five residents near the Orchard Acres dig are requesting that the EPA sample their soil. And next on the EPA's list is to decide what to do with elevated levels at another orchard-turned-subdivision, Emerald Ridge.
Peters feels somewhat relieved after hearing from EPA representatives at a community meeting November 16, and she says public areas such as schools, playgrounds, and parks will be tested.
She's still concerned that so few neighbors were notified about the remediation– and the community meeting. A second one was scheduled for November 21.
Taylor says there are guidelines for notification at Superfund sites– but this isn't one. She estimates that 20 to 25 immediate neighbors were contacted by postcard.
And even as she speaks with the Hook, Taylor says, "I'm walking the neighborhood and putting out flyers to the entire Orchard Acres to notify them of the truck traffic."
One person relieved to see the digging going on is the owner of the house, who asks that his name not be used. "We're very glad the clean-up is happening, and we'll be glad to have the contaminated soil out of our yard," he says.
He and his wife, who've lived there since 1994, had been avid gardeners until a couple of years ago when they learned the arsenic level was high. (Taylor reports that the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry says vegetables grown in arsenic-laced soil are not an issue– just wash before eating.)
The family says they kept their sandbox full so the children had a safe place to dig, and they made sure the youngsters washed their hands.
"We did have the children tested for lead, and that came back low," says the father.
He's worried less about how the contaminated soil will affect his property values than about the health of his family. "I'm glad it's being done," he says.
And he tosses a bouquet to the EPA, lauding its "open and direct" communication. "They've been very responsive," he says.
Now if he can just get his family of five out of a hotel and back home.
High arsenic levels in the soil are more of a risk if children play outside, as was the case at this home in Crozet where the EPA is removing contaminated soil.


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When Cappa and I came up with the title to this story, I had only sold off about $80 worth of parts, but I suppose I should start at the beginning. It all started when one of my buddies asked if I wanted a CJ-5. His dad had sold the land the Jeep was occupying and it had to go. It was free even though it had a 225 Buick V-6, a T-14a/Spicer 18 combo, an offset Dana 44 with one-piece shafts, and a perfect windshield frame. The catch was that the Jeep had been jumped hard and put up broke. In the interim between its moth-balling and my entrance into its life, the seats, rear floor and wheeltubs, tailgate, fenders, and hood had all been removed. Now, I should mention that at this time, I already had eight vehicles and needed another like a hole in the head, so naturally I loaded the thing on my trailer and surprised my wife with yet another lawn ornament.
The Pile O' 5
I put the CJ-5 on the side of my house for about a month before giving it a really good inspection. Aside from the aforementioned missing body pieces and the complete drivetrain, the Jeep had a mysterious power-steering conversion with a homemade pump mount on the 225 and a really scary steering-box mount welded together from angle iron. The front Dana 27 axle was severely bent, and the frame was severed on the passenger side behind the front spring. This Jeep had definitely been put to rest because of the jump and not any other mechanical reasons, so I was fairly confident the drivetrain would be a runner.
What to do?
At first I thought I'd try to register the CJ-5 and rebuild it with a resto-wheeler flavor, complete with replacement frame and tub. However, registering it proved harder than I thought. It seems my "Pile o' 5" was a conglomeration of several Jeeps, with no real paperwork for any of them. The tub is a '66 or earlier, as evidenced by the pseudo battery-compartment hatch on the cowl. The windshield is late '60s/early '70s with bottom-mount wipers and the taller glass. The frame and drivetrain are obviously a '70-'71 1/2, and the steering column and dash are out of '72-'75. As I contemplated whether to give the DMV a third try at getting a title so I could register it, finding another CJ-5 to transfer the drivetrain into, or blowing it apart and selling the pieces on the Internet, I stumbled across an online ad for a '71 CJ-6 with a clear title, lots of rust, and a bunch of cool Jeep trinkets. The best part was that the CJ-6 was an original V-6 model and only needed an engine to be a runner. There was a lot of surface rust, but very little rot. It had a Meyers half cab welded to the tub and various other Meyers top pieces in the bed to make another half cab, part of a CJ-5 hardtop, a CJ-5 replacement floor panel, and a brand new Omix tailgate. Sold!
The $13 Jeep, or Project Hatari!
I'll admit that I've seen the John Wayne movie Hatari! one time too many. If you've never seen it, go rent it, unless CJ-6s running down rhinos and getting driven so hard you can hear the stuntmen's spines snapping doesn't seem cool to you. While I don't plan on copying the Jeeps used in the movie completely, I do want to make a fun wheeler out of it -- with or without a Zebra catching seat on the front fender. It'll have small tires, stock springs, and we'll even keep the Dana 27 for a while. This month we'll be pulling all the pieces from the CJ-5 we need to make the CJ-6 run and selling off the rest to recoup our investment. In the following months we'll give you a walk-through of the Hatari Jeep and fix everything that needs fixing. Then we'll take it wheeling. And don't feel sorry for the CJ-5. It'll be coming soon to a Coke can near you.
With the tub gone, we yanked the entire 225/T-14a/Spicer 18 combo. Since we were fairly sure the CJ-5 was a runner when it was killed and we weren't sure about the CJ-6, we opted to install the complete drivetrain from the '5 into the '6.
Why "The $13 Jeep"?
Here are our expenditures to date with all our Jeep wheelings and dealings.
Slightly used CJ-5: Free
Sold engine from other Jeep project: $800 (+$800)
Bought CJ-6: $800 ($0)
Registration fees: $93 (-$93)
Sold Spicer 18 T-case: $80 (-$13)
Sold T-14a tranny: $40 (+$27)
Sold Dana 44/4.88 gears from Dana 27: $250 (+$277)
Sold Jeep body/axle/etc. to scrap yard: $12.45 (+$289.45)
Meyers doors and top pieces (didn't sell as of press time): $200
With Jeeps coming out of the woodwork, we dropped the tranny and T-case out of the CJ-6 so we could easily swing in the 225. We were able to keep the shifter on the T-14a by jacking up the CJ-6 a bit on the side and sliding it out.
We contemplated sanding and painting the engine compartment, but then came to our senses. The Ross cam-and-lever steering is in scary condition, with lots of play at the pitman arm. We'll definitely upgrade it later, but for now we'll keep the street driving to a minimum.
The easiest engine swap in the world took all of 15 minutes, including the removal of the grille. As one would expect, the Buick V-6 bolted right to the factory engine brackets. We later removed the fenders and installed the old fenderwell headers that only required cutting out some firewall metal on the driver side.
Naturally, the driveshafts bolted right up, as did the crossmember. The CJ-5's Spicer 18 still had the drum brake on the back, complete with a later-model e-brake lever. The amazing part is how well it still works.
Here's a sneak peek of Part II. We've already removed the hardtop and put it up for sale. We traded the windshield frame to 4-Wheel & Off-Road's Rick Pw for the shiny under-seat gas tank. Dig the factory dash plaques and stickers. This thing has never been repainted. We're still debating if we want to keep the original mint-bluish-green hue. We'll let you know.


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Political debates are unscripted television at its best. This evening will explore the risks and rewards for candidates as well as issues the networks and moderators face before the 2012 debates begin the following week on October 3.
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I have had a number of people ask what has happened to Newfoundland. It's not in the 1921 Canada census on Ancestry.ca.
No, it isn't there because it didn't become a province until 1949.
However, they did have a 1921 census of Newfoundland and Labrador, and it has been opened for a number of years.
You can access it at the Library and Archives Canada on microfilm , and the transcript is at the Newfoundland Grand Banks website at http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/121-dist-idx.shtml
The districts of Bay de Verde, Bonavista, Fogo, and Labrador have not survived.


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By The Daily Climate
Women pregnant during heat waves face a higher risk of giving birth to babies with a rare defect causing blindness, according to new research.
The study, surveying 15 years of birth defect records in New York state, offers troubling implications for a warmer climate.
In the first study to explore a link between extreme heat and birth defects, researchers from the New York Department of Health and The State University of New York at Albany found that even a five-degree increase in temperature during crucial developmental stages in pregnancy increased the odds of an infant developing congenital cataracts.
The cataracts interfere with vision development in babies and are a leading cause of preventable blindness and vision impairment in children. The defect occurs in three of 10,000 births.
Permanent vision loss
Prompt and successful treatment – surgery to remove the cataract, then glasses or contacts to correct the vision – usually leaves few to no developmental effects, according to Linda Lindeke, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing and Department of Pediatrics.
Failure to treat the affliction can cause a rewiring of connections to the brain, leading to permanent visual loss even if the cataract is later removed.
The study was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives in October. The researchers found no other significant links to other birth defects.
The study analyzed live birth records from upstate New York – the state minus New York City – from 1992 to 2006. Of those records, 65,750 infants were in utero in the summer during the critical phase when the eye is developed, between weeks four and seven in the pregnancy.
Among those 65,000 children, 6,422 were born with cataracts. Researchers found that a five-degree increase in the daily minimum apparent temperature – a formula derived using temperature, vapor pressure and wind speed – increased the likelihood of developing cataracts by 51 percent.
Few studies
"Although it is biologically plausible that extreme ambient outdoor temperatures during pregnancy could raise maternal core temperatures and cause birth defects," the researchers wrote, "few studies have assessed the relationship between high environmental temperatures and birth defects."
Indeed, heat exposure during pregnancy hasn't previously been linked to birth defects: Earlier studies looking at hot tub and sauna use, as well as cooking in a hot kitchen, lack of air conditioning or even exposure to temperatures above 100º Fahrenheit while pregnant have failed to find links to congenital defects.
But with temperatures expected to increase and extreme weather more common with climate change, the researchers, led by Alissa R. Van Zutphen of the New York State Department of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, suspect the risk of birth defects will rise.
"We found positive and consistent associations with congenital cataracts of multiple ambient heat exposure indicators," concluded Van Zutphen and her colleagues. "The potential for maternal hyperthermia to cause congenital cataracts, a leading cause of avoidable blindness and visual impairment in children, should be more closely examined."
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R'hllor, also known as the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow[1], is a prominent god on Essos, but has only a few followers in Westeros, where he is more commonly known as the Red God. His symbol is a fiery heart.
The religion is based on a dualistic, manichean view of the world: R'hllor, the god of light, heat, and life, and R'hllor's antithesis the Great Other, the god of ice and death.[2] They are locked in an eternal struggle over the fate of the world; a struggle that, according the ancient prophecies from the books of Asshai, will only end when Azor Ahai, the messianic figure, returns wielding a flaming sword called Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes, and raises dragons from stone.[2] According to Martin, this faith is roughly based upon the fire worship of Zoroastrianism. This religion's dualistic aspects of a good and an evil god are also inspired by Zoroastrianism, along with the Cathars of Medieval Europe who were annihilated during the Albigensian Crusade.[3]
Clergy of the R'hllor religion are called "Red Priests", due to the loose, crimson robes they wear. Red priests may be male or female. In the east, they are a common sight, where the faith of R'hllor's influence is more widespread and children are sometimes given to temples of R'hllor to be raised into the priesthood. The temples, often called "red temples", also buy children as slaves who are known as Slaves of R'hllor and raise them as priests, temple prostitutes, or warriors. The warriors that protect the greater temples are called the Fiery Hand.
Known red temples
- the red temple in Pentos
- the red temple in Braavos
- the red temple in Lys - according to semi-canon sources, one of the greatest temples of R'hllor stands in Lys.
- the red temple in Selhorys
- the red temple in Volantis
- a small red temple in Oldtown for the sailors who visit there.
- there may be a red temple in Dorne (suggested by Obara Sand)
Known Priests of R'hllor
- Benerro, High Priest of R'hllor of Volantis.
- Thoros of Myr
- Moqorro
- Melisandre of Asshai
- Ezzelyno
Every evening, red priests light fires and sing prayers at their temples, asking R'hllor to bring back the dawn. Followers often gaze into flames in an effort to receive visions of the future. It is believed that R'hllor will occasionally answer the prayers of his followers by granting visions and abilities such as raising the dead.[citation needed] The priests of R'hllor also seem to be able to evoke fire with their bare hands and be able to control it to attack enemies or simply to impress common people. Some rites performed by the red priests include sacrificial immolation. According to Melisandre, R'hllor speaks to his chosen ones through blessed fire, in a language of ash and cinder and twisting flame that only a god can truly grasp. [4]
Trials by combat are an accepted practice in the R'hllor faith; prayers before the combat ask R'hllor to give strength to the just party. "The night is dark and full of terrors", is a common phrase in prayers to R'hllor.
The worship of R'hllor is a religious tradition on the continent of Essos, but has not gained much popularity in Westeros. Recent efforts to spread the faith to Westeros include the red priests sending Thoros to King's Landing to convert the fire-obsessed Aerys II. This attempt failed after Thoros was unable to impress Aerys with his fire magic.
Like other types of magic, the magic of R'hllor seems to have faded after the last Targaryen dragons died, but with the return of the dragons in the east, the abilities of R'hllor priests have strengthened. Thoros, while serving at the temple in Myr, did not experience any form of new-found powers. However, since the return of the dragons he has resurrected Beric Dondarrion during a traditional R'hllor burial ritual. Melisandre's powers have been augmented since her arrival at the Wall.
Recent Events
Two new circles of worship formed in Westeros, following red priests of R'hllor. Thoros and Beric founded the Brotherhood Without Banners, an outlaw organization bound in part by their worship of R'hllor. At Dragonstone, Melisandre wielded fire magic and convinced Stannis Baratheon to claim the mantle of Azor Ahai. However, after the final death of Beric and the defeat of Stannis at the Blackwater, Thoros and Melisandre's influence over their congregations waned.
According to the High Septon, Lord Stannis has turned from the truth of the Seven to worship a red demon, and his false faith has no place in the Seven Kingdoms.
In her newly conquered city of Meereen atop the Great Pyramid, Daenerys Targaryen contemplated the gods and thought about religion. She recalled that the red priests believed in two gods, she had heard, but two who were eternally at war. Dany does not like the sound of that. She thinks to herself that she would not want to be eternally at war.
In Qohor, the followers of R'hllor tried to burn the Black Goat.
In Volantis, Benerro preaches that Daenerys Targaryen is Azor Ahai reborn and encourages many to support her.
Quotes by believers
There are no gods but R'hllor and the Other, whose name may not be said.
– Moqorro
Your Drowned God is a demon, he is no more than a thrall of the Other, the dark god whose name must not be spoken.[5]
– Moqorro, to Victarion Greyjoy
R'hllor is the source of all good.[6]
Quotes by non-believers
– Cortnay Penrose, to Melisandre
Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah, blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is full of terrors, save us from the scary thing, and blah blah blah some more.
– Tyrion
– Hugo Wull, to Godry Farring
R'hllor will doom us.
A red demon.[10]
– the High Sparrow
The red god's choir only knows a single song.[11]
References and Notes
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III.
- ↑ Martin, George R.R. (July 28, 2011). [email protected] presents George R. R. Martin in conversation with Dan Anthony. At GoogleTalks. Event occurs at 47:00. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 31, Melisandre I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 63, Victarion I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 25, Davos III, p 289.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III, p 607.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I, p 152.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 62, The Sacrifice.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 54, Cersei I.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Theon's sample chapter, made available on GRRM's website as of Dec 28th, 2011
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4 arrested in biker shooting at Winter Springs VFW that left 2 dead
Officers sorting clues in Winter Springs shooting
Four people have been arrested after a weekend shooting that left two dead and one hurt in Winter Springs, police and the state attorney's office have confirmed.
Victor Amaro, 41, Robert Eckert, 38, David Maloney, 52, and Paul Smith, 47, were each charged with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide.
The shooting happened at the Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge, where a motorcycle ride to raise money for injured bikers was planned Sunday.
Police said an altercation broke out before the ride, but authorities did not know what the altercation was about.
Officials said Harold Liddle and Peter Schlette were killed in the shooting, and David Jakiela was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center's trauma unit. A WESH 2 News crew observed Jakiela arriving at the ORMC emergency room.
The hospital was on lockdown Sunday, which is common practice when a shooting victim is brought in, police said. Police said Jakiela is still in critical condition.
Witnesses told WESH 2 News they heard as many as 50 gunshots during the melee.
They said some of the people involved had "Warlocks" insignias on their leather jackets.
"We don't know exactly the party affiliations. We're still doing investigation on that," said Lt. Doug Seely.
Sealy stressed that they believe it is an isolated incident.
"We're still trying to figure out exactly what happened to be able to understand why it happened," Seely said.
Sources within the bike club community said there is a Warlocks Motorcycle Club from Pennsylvania, trying to establish a chapter in Florida where a chapter already exists.
Police have heard there's friction between the groups, but won't confirm suspicion of a turf war.
"As we go through this investigation, we're trying to take that information you provided, and try to see the relevancy to this event," said Seely.
Several agencies were called to the scene, and 12 people were detained in front of the building, including the four who were charged.
Officials said they recovered 13 firearms.
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