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Front pages, Denver Post coverage of assassination of President Kennedy in 1963
Friday, Nov. 22, 1963:
"KENNEDY ASSASSINATED" is the top headline in bold, 180-point type, a size (3 inches high) rarely used by The Denver Post. The shooting of President John F. Kennedy occurred in Dallas at about 11:30 a.m., Mountain Standard Time. As an afternoon newspaper, The Post had already passed its early-edition cut-off time and was fast approaching its Home Edition deadline of midday. A scramble of historic proportions must have occurred to get this three-star, updated version, called a "chase," to most readers' driveways by about 4 p.m. The wire stories are written in blunt fashion, unflinchingly telling the sordid details of the killing and conveying the horror witnesses experienced.
Despite the importance of the day's top story, there was still a story "mix" on the page: "Little Chance Of Precipitation Next Five Days."
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Page 3 of Friday, Nov. 22, 1963:
The story in center of the page details Kennedy's last visit to Colorado, in June, when he attended and spoke at graduation at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Saturday, Nov. 23, 1963:
"Johnson Takes Reins." The sedate, almost understated layout of the page conveys the state of shock in which most Americans were suspended on the day after the assassination. A secondary headline, "Kennedy's Body Lying in State," is accompanied by two photographs in the center of the page of the flag-draped coffin lying atop its bier in the White House and the swearing-in of President Lyndon Johnson aboard the airplane returning from Dallas. There is a funereal black band around what appears to be an editorial written with emotional language. The last line is, "The President is dead! Long live the President!"
A poignant headline, "JFK Kissed in Death By Heartbroken Wife," leads a story about the dazed movements of Jackie as she refused to leave her husband's side. A third angle is prominent, "Slaying Charges Filed," and "Oswald Claims Innocence." On this day, there are few non-JFK-related stories on the front page.
Sunday, Nov. 24, 1963:
"Johnson Plunges Into Job." The nation begins to get behind its new president, and The Denver Post launches into massive coverage. Post reporters' bylines appear. Inside are special pages and sections devoted to all angles of the story, from "Mrs. Johnson's Views" to "Reporter Recalls Kennedy" and "Kennedy's Final Speech." A note reminds readers that Empire magazine, Roundup and Contemporary were printed early in the week and that advertisers "did not have an opportunity to plan or cancel their presentations with knowledge of President Kennedy's assassination."
"Oswald Bought Gun by Mail" discloses his purchase of a $12.78 Italian 6.5mm Carcano bolt-action rifle. By the next day, shooter Lee Harvey Oswald would be dead, shot at point-blank range on Sunday while in police custody by nightclub operator Jacob Leon Rubenstein (a.k.a. Jack Ruby).
Monday, Nov. 25, 1963:
A wide black mourning band surrounds the page. A national day of mourning means closed schools, offices and businesses as the country focuses on televised funeral coverage. "World Mourns Kennedy" and "Body Is Borne to Arlington" run over the main story. Photos show the flag-covered casket as it arrived at the Capitol on Sunday, as well as JFK's widow walking behind the caisson on Monday with her brothers-in-law, Robert and Edward Kennedy, on their walk from the White House to St. Matthew's Cathedral. The story reads, "A few ranks behind Mrs. Kennedy strode one of the greatest assemblages of world statesmen ever seen — they came from 53 countries and included 26 heads of state."
Another story shows President Johnson is already dealing with Nikita Khrushchev on world peace.
Coverage at bottom left on the page deals with the bizarre shooting of Oswald on Sunday by Jack Ruby, yet another shock to the public. "Oswald Killer 'Near Collapse'" is the head on a story by Denver Post staff writer Charles Roos. It details how Ruby "slipped through protective lines of policemen — many of whom he knew — to gun down Oswald with a snub-nosed revolver in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters." And, "The Oswald shooting was another grotesque development in the almost unbelievable series of events that began with the shooting of President Kennedy Friday afternoon — events in which the little-used words assassin and executioner found a new meaning."
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1963:
A sense of normalcy seems to return with headlines focusing on President Johnson's early actions on the world stage; a court tussle decided by the Colorado Supreme Court and the headline "It's Time For Yule Lighting" popping up low on the page. Two front-page regulars reappear: "Today's Chuckle" and "38 years ago… 1925, Model T Ford roadsters were selling at what now seems to be a low price: $260."
But normality seems a distant target as Americans return to work still trying to process the nightmare. Jackie's dramatic and sorrowful midnight visit to JFK's grave is detailed, and there is the now-famous photo of little John-John saluting his father's casket outside the Cathedral. It was his third birthday.


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Rent vs. Own
When you think of legal music downloading on the Internet, you naturally think of Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store. The first successful legal music service to offer the catalogs of the major labels, iTunes has roughly an 80 percent share of the legal market, according to Apple. It offers 1.5 million tunes, about 50 percent more than most competitors, and has sold a staggering 500 million downloaded songs, vastly more than anyone else.
There are three main reasons for the success of iTunes. First, it is tightly tied to the iPod, Apple's wildly popular portable music player. The only legal downloads of major record label songs that the iPod can play are those sold by iTunes. Second, it is well-designed, works identically on the Macintosh and Windows PCs, and is easy to use. Third, its restrictions on the use of downloads are comparatively liberal: You can copy each purchased song to up to five computers and to an unlimited number of iPods and burned CDs.
For these reasons, nobody else has been able to gain any traction in the legal market by copying Apple's model, and that includes companies as formidable as Microsoft, Sony and Wal-Mart.
So Apple's music competitors are trying something else: a whole different model for distributing music legally. Led by the reincarnated (legal) version of Napster, by RealNetwork's Rhapsody service and by Yahoo's new music service, these companies are hoping to win by renting music to consumers rather than selling it to them.
In the download model championed by Apple, the music service functions like a physical record store. You choose a track, pay 99 cents, and you own it. As long as you abide by the restrictions, which are designed to thwart mass copying by pirates, the song will play anywhere you want to hear it forever, with no further payments required.
However, those 99-cent downloads can mount up fast. If you tried to fill up even the lowest-capacity full-size iPod-which holds 5,000 songs-with tracks purchased from iTunes, it would cost you nearly $5,000. (Granted, most people start with music they already own when loading a new iPod.)
By contrast, the rental services work on a subscription model. You pay, in most cases, $180 a year, or $15 a month, for the right to download as many songs as you want for use on computers and portable players. And the newest rental contender, Yahoo, has slashed those fees to $60 a year, the equivalent of just $5 a month. That means you could fill up a 5,000-song portable player for just $60 a year.
This rental model has attracted a solid audience, but it is nowhere near as popular as iTunes — not even close. That may be because the rental model is far more complicated and restrictive than iTunes, and has several big downsides.
The biggest problem with renting is that if you stop paying your subscription, even for one month, all the songs you've ever downloaded — going back years — will become inert and unplayable. Rental song files are rigged with computer code that requires a monthly digital confirmation the renter is continuing to pay. Without that, the song files die.
An iTunes user could pay $500 to acquire 500 individual songs (buying whole albums is somewhat cheaper) over two years, and those songs are always hers and will always play. By contrast, a Yahoo user might download 500 rental songs over two years for just $120 in subscription fees, but the songs will become unplayable unless she pays hundreds or thousands more in subscription fees over many years, even if the fees rise.
Also, the rules for rental songs are more restrictive than for owned downloads such as Apple offers. At Yahoo, for example, you can store each song on only three computers, versus Apple's five. And you can install each song on only two portable devices, versus an unlimited number at Apple.
Oh, and you can't burn rental songs to a CD. To get a nonexpiring, CD-burnable, iTunes-type song from a rental service, you have to pony up 79 cents a track over and above your monthly or annual subscription fee.
Furthermore, rental services are far more complicated than iTunes to operate. At the Apple service, every song is a 99-cent download you can own, but at rental services, there are different kinds of songs. Some can be both rented and purchased (for that extra 79 cents each); others can be either rented or bought outright, but not both. Some songs can only be "streamed" — that is, they can be played directly from the Internet, but not downloaded, even on a rental basis. And some can be rented, but not streamed. You get the picture.
Not only do the rental services feature different kinds of songs, but they feature different kinds of customers, with different privileges depending on how much they pay per month or per year. Some rental plans allow you only to stream songs. Others let you download, but only to store the songs on computers, not portable players. The costliest plans — $15 a month at most services, $5 at Yahoo — allow you to stream, download and store the music on both computers and portable players.
Another huge downside of the rental services is that the songs they rent — and even the ones they sell outright for the extra 79 cents — cannot be played on the world's best and most popular portable player: Apple's iPod. That's because the rental-service songs are encoded in a format owned by Microsoft, Apple's rival, and Microsoft software is required to play them on a portable player. Apple won't build the necessary Microsoft compatibility into the iPod.
So rental users are stuck with inferior portable players that don't sell well and thus don't attract the huge number of accessories available for the iPod. Apple estimates the iPod has about a 75 percent share of the total U.S. portable player market, with the next-highest brand at just 5 percent. There are over 500 accessories sold for the iPod, such as customized car mounts and leather cases, and just a few for other players.
Given all that, why would anyone use a rental service? Well, the rental model is better for people interested in sampling a wide range of music without a large out-of-pocket expense. That might make it attractive to curious but cash-poor students, for example. The rental services also have many more "community" features than iTunes does, features that allow friends and families to share music recommendations, see what others are listening to and discuss music. So they may be better for people who view music as a social activity.
But for most people, it's no contest: Right now iTunes and the iPod are the better choice in digital music.


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The Perfili and Improta families of Vince's have never considered moving out of the southwest Detroit neighborhood where the restaurant was founded as a four-table pizza parlor in the spring of 1960. There would be no relocation for the restaurant named for Maria's husband, the late Vincenzo. Vince's will be marking its 50th anniversary this year, making it one of Detroit's oldest family run establishments.
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By Carol Berkin
Abolition, temperance, women's rights, utopian experiments, religious revivalism, prison, asylum, and even diet reform: Readers of this list know right away that they have been transported to the 1830s and '40s, America's first great "age of reform." The impulse to improve society, perhaps to perfect it, drew upon a variety of sources, from religion to the socialist theories of men like Fourier and Noyes. Whatever the wellspring of their activities, reformers brought remarkable energy and commitment to their projects. Some of their movements are only oddities to us today; nothing remains of Sylvester Graham's diet regimen, for example, except the graham cracker. Others, like the campaign against alcohol consumption, raised difficult issues of individual rights that we still grapple with in modern society. Still others, like the women's rights campaign, began a long battle for equality that continues into our own lifetimes. Ironically, the most successful of these early nineteenth-century movements, abolitionism, seemed the least likely to achieve its goals when the age of reform began. This issue of HISTORY NOW focuses on this remarkable campaign to end slavery, examining its origins, its goals, its principles, and the women and men who devoted their lives to the cause.
As Sylvia Frey reminds us in her essay, the roots of abolitionism lay in the eighteenth century, as the Revolutionary generation debated the place of slavery in a society based on principles of liberty and equality. The vocabulary of emancipation and the defense of slavery emerged out of this early debate. Ronald Walters offers a valuable overview of the antebellum era and places abolitionism in the context of the cluster of reforms that defined these decades. Robert Abzug focuses our attention on the relationship between religious beliefs and movements and the abolitionist movement, while Margaret Washington shows us how gender shaped the African American struggle for emancipation. Steven Mintz and I offer portraits of well-known figures of the abolitionist cause, Angelina and Sarah Grimke of South Carolina, and John Brown. These two essays demonstrate the impact that committed individuals can have on history.
Historians have long recognized that the campaign to end slavery in America, begun in the eighteenth century and revived and reinvigorated in the nineteenth century, is one of the most important reform movements in our national history. Abolitionists like Angelina Grimke, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Theodore Weld, and William Lloyd Garrison - and the hundreds of less well-known but equally committed advocates of African American freedom -- deserve our attention in the classroom as we narrate the story of our nation's path to equality. This issue of HISTORY NOW is designed to help you bring that story alive. But, we should not forget that, in examining the quest for freedom, the past meets the present: slavery is part of our history, but it is still part of contemporary life in other parts of the world.
Along with the essays, you will find our usual special features. Mary-Jo Kline provides a wealth of Internet and library sources for you on the issue's theme, and Cecelia Hartsell, Karina Gaige, and Sabina Daley have produced an interactive feature, this time asking the reader to choose the path a runaway slave may have taken from South Carolina to Canada. As always, we welcome your comments and questions.
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Carol Berkin is Professor of History at Baruch College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of several books including Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Conservative, First Generations: Women in Colonial America, A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution, and Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence.


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The Census Bureau's Quarterly Financial Report (QFR), which was released in June, presents industry data based on information from about 11,000 corporations. The data comes from income and earnings statements, balance sheets and other records from manufacturers with assets of at least $250,000, the bureau said.
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So with the short month of Febuary out of the way, we can really start to look at SWGANH,
Lei2 - Is reworking the mmoserver for linux builds, theres a huge restructuire that I'm hoping will translate over to windows build to keep us multiplatform, but we shall have to wait and see on that one.
Obi - I've been quite busy myself, secureing a (granted low end) Windows server, the more observant of you will have see its been online a little lately while massively unstable, we've been reminising about the glory days in bastine
I will be doing my up most to keep the server up and running, we need to test everything and build a list of what does work, Sostrata has been helping out alot with this side of things. Feel free to log in and keep her company
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrat Cynthia Dill is telling her main independent rival in Maine's U.S. Senate race that she's open to negotiating an agreement that results in the candidates disavowing outside spending from so-called super-PACs.
But the state senator from Cape Elizabeth also wants former Gov. Angus King to agree to further restrictions aimed at limiting money's influence in the Senate contest, including pledges that cap campaign contributions at $500 each and keep the candidates from personally bankrolling their campaigns.
"These specific terms … are easier to implement than a super-PAC agreement, because they are things we actually control," Dill wrote in a letter to King released by her campaign Thursday. "And they reflect Maine values."
Dill's letter is a response to a challenge King issued to his rivals last week to craft an agreement that discourages spending in the race by super-PACs, outside groups that can spend unlimited sums supporting or opposing candidates as long as they don't coordinate the spending with any campaign.
Republican Charlie Summers, Maine's secretary of state, responded to King's challenge last week with a statement that didn't directly address the super-PAC challenge, but accused King of focusing on "the intricacies of campaign finance" rather than substantive issues. His campaign has not followed up with another response.
Independent Steve Woods of Yarmouth said he would participate in an agreement that discourages super-PAC spending. Andrew Ian Dodge of Harpswell, another independent in the race, called the King challenge "unworkable."
In an email to the Bangor Daily News, the King campaign said the super-PAC agreement won't work unless every candidate in the race signs on. The campaign said it has been focused on super-PACs, rather than other campaign finance restrictions, because super-PACs can spend unlimited sums and remain largely anonymous.
"It's unfortunate that the other candidates refused to enter into this discussion," said King campaign spokeswoman Crystal Canney.
In her response letter, Dill also challenges King to take a stand on a variety of campaign finance-related legislation, including proposals that strengthen disclosure requirements for super-PACs and allow congressional candidates to qualify for "Fair Elections" funding.
In an interview last week with the Bangor Daily News, King said he supports strengthened disclosure requirements for super-PACs, but didn't explicitly say he supported the Disclose Act legislation that Dill is supporting.
"People have a right to know who's trying to influence their votes," King said.
So far, King is the only candidate in the Senate race who has benefited from super-PAC money. A group called icPurple Inc. spent $24,000 in May producing an online advertisement supporting King. As part of his super-PAC challenge, King said he would ask icPurple "to take down those ads."
King, Dill and Summers have accepted campaign contributions of more than $500. Campaigns can collect a maximum of $2,500 from any individual during both the primary and general election cycles.
And King and Summers have each financed their own campaigns to some level. Summers loaned his campaign $50,000 less than two weeks before the June 12 primary. King loaned his campaign almost $38,000 in March.


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August 18th, 2010 by Jihye Chang
Eureka! I finally found a cafe that has good philosophy about coffee, great machines and brewing equipments and good beans – in Fergus Falls! I tumbled upon this place at a reception for a recital that I played at the Center for the Arts. Cafe 116 both hosted and catered the reception, so I did not get the whole cafe experience then, but the wonderful roast beef sandwich with horseradish sauce and gorgonzola was unforgettable. I've since been there on my own three more times and have just fallen in love with this little gem.
First of all, their espresso machines mean business: Synesso and La Marzzoco GS3 espresso machines & Mazzer and Rio grinders. You see these machines and you know that someone cares about their coffee and has put some resources behind that passion. Both Synesso and La Marzzoco at Cafe 116 are smaller machines, but this establishment isn't turning out a shot every 45 seconds for hours at a time like some places, and a bigger 3- or 4-group machine would just be overkill. The espresso macchiato I had yesterday was pretty darn good (almost as good as the one that Ben makes at home and close to what I had at Gimme! Coffee, Ithaca), with beautiful milk foam and even two little hearts on it. Their espresso lacks that tiny touch of sweetness that I look for in espresso, but still it was easily the best espresso macchiato in the region. Period.
For their brewed coffee, they have three options: normal machine brewed coffee at $1 (with a 'reasonable' number of free refills), Micro brewed cup with Hario V60 ($2.25), and Yama Siphon pot, 16oz ($7). Microbrew (also known as hand-dripped coffee) is THE way to brew coffee at any reputable cafe in Korea and Japan, but somehow not a lot of American cafes are doing it. Intelligentsia has developed an interesting way of doing it a bit faster (and more organized), and I hope more places will catch up soon since it brings out so much more aroma and flavor from the coffee grounds – If the beans are freshly roasted and ground. And since the Cafe 116 has their own roastery at the back, the beans are likely to be fresh! (The roasting company is called Stumbeano, which supplies a few places in Fargo, including Nichole's Fine Pastry.) Siphon is not my favorite method of coffee brewing, but it's fun and Greg, the coffee person, is always studying the perfect combination of bean, roast, grind, and brewing method for the Siphon. It's definitely worth checking out.
On top of this, the food here is great, too. The menu is simple soup-sandwich-salad fare, and there is nothing fancy about it. But what they have is simply good food made with good stuff. Cafe 116 uses organic breads from the Falls Baking Company, and Jenny, the food person, says that she tries to use local and seasonal ingredients as much as she can. "The Union" sandwich with roast beef, gorgonzola and horseradish ($5.95 full/$3.75 half) is so delicious. Spicy shrimp and sausage gumbo ($5.45 bow/ $3.45) is spicy yet well balanced. (Something I miss about the South is a goo d bowl of gumbo, and I think I will go to the Cafe 116 on many Tuesdays to come..!) Sesame noodle salad and sugar snap peas ($4.95 lg/ $2.95 sm) is flavorful yet not too sweet or oily. Reuben sandwich was yummy (not as yummy as The Union, but still very good). Oh, and the potato salad is more vinegar and less mayo – so tasty and again, really well balanced with right amount of saltiness, sourness, and green onions. Creme brulee ($4) was also the best I have eaten in the area – not too thick or eggy, very smooth , and real vanilla bean speckles! An order of Beignets ($2.75 for 4 small triangles) make a very good afternoon snack or dessert for sharing.
As you can see the price is nice, too! You can order about 5-6 things between 2 people and not pay over $25. Plus I hear the breakfast items are great as well. And they also have a small but nice wine list and good beer selection.
I just wish this place was closer. But then..it gives me a very good excuse to drive down the highway and see my wonderful friends in Fergus Falls! I highly recommend anyone visit this place whenever you are in Fergus Falls or on the way to Minneapolis. 🙂
Cafe 116: 116 South Union Avenue, Fergus Falls, MN (Phone: 218-998-3780)
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Eurogamer has got hold of documentation sent to employees of GAME, a major specialist retailer in Europe (and Australasia) at the time of the 3DS' launch over the weekend, urging employees to raid the shelves of their nearest Tesco supermarket (which was selling the 3DS for £35/$55 less than GAME) in order to "gain 3DS consoles and games for your store's pre-owned stock".
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...The lowly potato has been a staple in peasant kitchens for centuries, and potato soup, in one form or another, has been served as a main course or meal extender at peasant tables around the world. With that thought in mind, I'd like to welcome you to my peasant kitchen, where anything that does not bite back is fair game. I thought that this 5 ingredient version of potato soup would be a perfect feature to share with you today. This recipe first appeared in Food and Wine magazine, and while I use leeks and chicken stock when I make a pot for my crew, the recipe below is the one that originally appeared in the magazine. It calls for baking potatoes because the starch they contain helps thicken the soup. Half the potatoes are mashed or pureed to accomplish that, while the rest are left in their original state to give the soup some substance. Do not make the mistake of pureeing the entire contents of the pot. In my mind, potato soup is meant to be grainy rather than smooth. When it is completely pureed I think it becomes pasty and unpleasant, so I actually use a food mill to get the texture I want. That is a nice, but completely unnecessary step, and if you are rushed and just want to get dinner on the table, use your potato masher or immersion blender and get on with it. I have one caution to share with the newer cooks who find their way here. Do not allow the soup to boil once you have added the cheese. It will curdle, and while that will not affect the taste of the soup, it will ruin its appearance. You can have this soup on the table in well under an hour and it is important to note that the recipe is as easy on the cook as it is on the pocketbook. I really think you'll enjoy this easy version of potato soup. Here is how it is made.
Potato and Cheese Soup...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Food and Wine magazine
1/4 pound sliced bacon, cut crosswise into thin strips
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3 pounds baking potatoes (about 6), peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
4-1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
6 ounces cheddar, grated (about 1-1/2 cups)
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20 minute crafter--Skateboard Swing!!
a skateboard (I waited to find one at goodwill and scored this one for $3!!)
rope (from Lowe's--pay attention to the weight limits)
a 3/8 drill bit (this was the biggest we had--we took it to Lowe's to match it to the width of the rope)
2 of those metal things--I have no idea what they are called but they are oval with a way to screw it closed
a dowel big enough to drill a 3/8 hole through
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22 comments:
- Katie said...
- May 3, 2012 at 8:36 AM
- Susannah said...
I just started following your blog yesterday, and I believe it was destiny that you posted this my very first day as a reader! My husband and I made skateboards while we were still dating, and have since taken the trucks off and have them hanging in our guest room. The guest room will soon be our son's nursery, and I've been really struggling with what to do with our personalized skateboards b/c they don't match my nursery decor. Now I know! This is a project my husband will LOVE making, it will keep our treasured items around, and our son will love it one day! Thank you so so so so much!
- May 3, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- Unknown said...
i LOVE this!! and i love that it is a 20-minute crafter! you are one cool mama! best part - portable so it can move to your new house - eeks!!!
- May 3, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft said...
This is so awesome!!
- May 3, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- Jessi said...
So fun! Love it!
- May 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Jessi said...
So fun! Love it!
- May 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Amber said...
Thank you for posting this! I had pinned the same thing and thought the same thing... but hadn't been brave enough to attempt it myself, of course, haha! My question is, is it just over one tree branch or two?
- May 3, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow! This is awesome. Thank you for the tutorial.
- May 4, 2012 at 12:08 AM
- The life of Clare said...
This is fantastic, what a great up-cycle.
- May 4, 2012 at 3:36 AM
- Simona Walters said...
Can you email me a photo of the part at the top touching the tree? I can't seem to visualize this and how it works with the metal rings. Thanks
- May 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- SeanCW said...
Repeat of Simona's request.
Can you send a pic?
- May 16, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Unknown said...
I saw these on pinterest about a year ago, and really wanted to make one, but never got around to it. Thanks for taking all the hard work out of it by providing a tutorial. Now I just need to get on it, and do it!
- May 23, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Barbara said...
This looks great (: I don't have kids yet and I'd love to make one for me!
- May 28, 2012 at 11:47 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the tutorial and pics I've got all of my holes drilled and just have to find the right rope. i too would love to see how it is hung on the tree. Thx
- April 24, 2013 at 9:58 PM
- Unknown said...
I hav all the holes drilled and need to find some good rope. i too am interested to see how the top of the swing is hung on the tree
- April 24, 2013 at 10:02 PM
- Unknown said...
How did you attach this to the tree? It is very cool!
- November 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- AcidOllie said...
They're called karabiners!
- May 26, 2014 at 11:32 AM
- AcidOllie said...
They're called karabiners!
- May 26, 2014 at 11:32 AM
- Randi Jo :) said...
Crystal & Doug -
How fun!!! I opened up my email this morning and saw Ann Voskamp's weekly "Only the good stuff" Saturday Blog...and I recognized the picture of Doug right away embedded in there linking to the buzzfeed article that you all are included in. It made me cheese big time! The world seems so small sometimes!! Great job! I am sure you will get lots of hits from her readers & so many others. I hope you all are well & that you are enjoying our Savior's presence and love. :) God is so good isn't He? Healer, Savior, friend & King...the loyal one, the one who will always cleanse & forgive - SO AMAZING!!! :) Wish you all the best.
- June 1, 2014 at 8:48 AM
- OneMommy said...
What a super fun use of a skateboard! Going to look for one at garage sales to try this at home -- reminds me of a swing they had at my son's OT. Bet he'd love it!
- August 7, 2014 at 1:30 PM
- April said...
Would like to make this! Wondering how well the kids can play with this on their own. How do they make it swing/move? I guess what I'm asking is, how does it work?
- October 11, 2014 at 10:35 PM
- April said...
I would love to make this for a Christmas gift! Can you tell me how well it works for your children? How do they make it move/swing on their own?
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The funeral of John H. Heater, 71, of 48 N. Delaware Drive, was held this morning at the Adams Funeral Home, Easton. Mr. Heater died Saturday night in Easton Hospital.
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Terracotta plaques and other artifacts seized during a 2006 investigation were returned to the government of Iraq today in a Washington, D.C. ceremony that celebrated a successful law enforcement operation and the cultural significance of antiquities that are thousands of years old.
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The purported active ingredient of hoodia is a substance christened "P57." For a time, the drug company Pfizer investigated P57 as a possible weight-loss drug, but they ceased research in 2003.
A typical dose of hoodia is 400 milligrams twice daily.
None are known. However, no meaningful independent studies of hoodia's safety have been reported. Safety in pregnant or nursing women, young children, or people with liver or kidney disease has not been established.
1. MacLean, DB, Luo, LG. Increased ATP content/production in the hypothalamus may be a signal for energy-sensing of satiety: studies of the anorectic mechanism of a plant steroidal glycoside. Brain Research. 2004;1020:1-11
2. Tulp OL, Harbi NA, Mihalov J, DerMarderosian A. Effect of Hoodia plant on food intake and body weight in lean and obese LA/Ntul//-cp rats. FASEB J . 2001;15:A404.
3. Tulp OL, Harbi NA, DerMarderosian A. Effect of Hoodia plant on weight loss in congenic obese LA/Ntul//-cp rats. FASEB J. 2002;16
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Heritage River Birch
Betula nigra 'Heritage'
Native to eastern United States. In the wild found along streams, rivers and floodplains. Adaptable to drier sites. Prefers full sun. Often multistemmed, deciduous tree grows to 50'. Fast growth rate. Medium green leaves turn yellow in autumn and drop quickly. Best known for its exfoliating bark of brown, tan and white. "Heritage" has excellent disease resistance.
Family: Betulaceae
Type: Native
Origin: Eastern United States
Season: Spring
Type: Native
Origin: Eastern United States
Season: Spring


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Knowledge Centre
A rich resource for optimized rotating equipment performance and reliabilityOver the past century, SKF has developed a unique understanding of how machine components and industrial processes are interrelated. This knowledge is shared to help customers achieve their goals – whether to become more profitable, productive and/or sustainable.
The links below will take you to reference materials, industry benchmarks, interactive web apps, training and other useful tools created by SKF technical experts. Apart from Media Library, the links will take you to pages available in English only.
Get the latest news, insights and ideas from SKF specialists on a variety of topics
Evolution magazine online
Includes links and other relevant information in connection to the business and technology articles.
Optimizing rotating equipment
Helping design, maintenance and reliability professionals through practical insights and knowledge sharing.
Engineering at Sea
Check out "Engineering at Sea" for Marine industry news, insights and conversations
Windfarm Management Blog
Check out insights, industry news and conversations in the Wind industry.


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The latest addition to the IKA's family of national member associations is the Czech Kite Federation. The events of the CKF will be added shortly to the event calendar.
We welcome all riders from the Czech Republic and hope to see you soon on some of our international competitions !


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100 Percent Freeon June 30, 2014 at 12:00 am
It's absolutely 100% free for everyone who can pay for it.
Wombat lover Debbie Adams created her own wombat character and named him Wilbur. I think he might give Winky some competition in the eating department. You can visit the original Wombat Wilbur over on Deb's art blog. (Click on the picture to see a bigger version.)


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The Saskatchewan Archival Information Network (SAIN) consists of two databases of descriptions of archival material held in Saskatchewan archives. These are Saskatchewan's contribution to the National database, ARCHIVESCANADA.ca
It is a work in progress, with new descriptions being added regularly. For further information about the material described in this database, contact the relevant archives.
- Annual General Meetings (AGM)
- Archives Week
- By-laws and Plans
- Contacts
- Directory of Archives in Saskatchewan
- Grants and Funding
- Institutions Virtual Exhibits
- Member login
- Blog - Outside the Box
- Public Awareness Resources
- SAIN Photograph Database
- SAIN Collections Database
- SCAA Virtual Exhibits
- Saskatchewan Heritage Fairs
- YouTube videos - Lives and Letters
- YouTube videos - The Truth is in There