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n. - A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels. 2
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11th November 2017 - 10th November 2018 - Every day at 10:00 - 17:00
The event will be held in Beecroft Gallery, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX, and is Free Entry to attend.
This exhibition explores notions of construction in Fashion, image creation and persona.

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As a former Memorial Cup champion and MVP, and a player that personifies the nose-to-the-grindstone sort of hockey every young Canadian aspires to play, Milan Lucic has been a darling of the media from North of the Border from even before he became an NHL sensation.
Lucic's attendance at the Hockey Canada Olympic orientation camp has provided Canadian writers with the opportunity to rekindle their admiration for Lucic. George Johnson of the Calgary Herald today looks at Lucic's desire to hit someone at the contact-free camp.
"Both Carolina guys are on my team …," Lucic joked when asked who he'd like to hit most.
Allan Maki of The Globe and Mail provides us with a retrospective of Lucic's career up to this point. And Cam Cole of the Canwest News Service looks at the reasons Lucic was invited to the camp and why he could get a chance to play for his country in his hometown of Vancouver come this February.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Lucic impress enough at camp that when an injury or two this season reduces the number of available forwards Lucic at least gets an alternate role if not an actual roster spot for the Canadians.


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SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Thirsty Americans polished off 297 million cases of table wine last year, according to the Wine Market Council's annual report on U.S. Wine Consumer Trends.
"This was 1.5 million more cases than the previous year," council president John Gillespie told a packed audience here. "However, there was sluggish growth."
The Wine Market Council is a non-profit association of grape growers, wine producers, imports, wholesalers and other affiliated businesses and organizations. Its mission is to grow, strengthen and stabilize the wine market in the United States.
Of the 2,000 people who participated in the survey, 66 percent categorized themselves as occasional drinkers while 34 percent said they are "high frequency" drinkers, meaning that they drink wine daily or several times a week.
Budget wines — those priced at less than $10 a bottle — attracted 47 percent of buyers. High-end wines — priced at more than $20 a bottle — attracted 30 percent of buyers, and box wines attracted 23 percent of buyers.
"Women drank more wine occasionally than men but an equal number of men and women were frequent wine drinkers," Gillespie said.
Generations had marked differences in their wine drinking patterns and consumption. Here is the breakdown:
WWII (82 and over) 12 million; Swing (69-81) 30 million; Boomer (50-68) 44 million; Generation X (38-49) 44 million; and Millennial (20-37) 70 million.
"The survey noted that Boomers rank first in high frequency wine consumption and Millennials drink more high-end wine," Gillespie said. "Older Americans drink more wine at home compared to Millennials who consume more wine at a bar or restaurant."
California ranks No. 1 in wine purchases, followed by Washington and Oregon.
Danny Brager, senior vice president of Nielsen's Beverage Alcohol Practice Area, said the forecast for wine was "sunny but be wary of clouds."
"Nielsen watches what people watch and buy," he said. "Wine growth continues faster than beer and most other consumer packaged goods categories. Wine blends are a significant driving force and buyers tell us it is very important to know specific varieties/types of wine inside the package."
Consumers also reported that wine blends are a great way to experiment with wine, are more interesting than wine from a single variety and are better values.
The audience was surprised when Brager asked, "What does the figure 522,420 represent?"
"The answer is the number of wine selling locations in the United States," he said. "This is 62,000 more than five years ago. For the first time the number of chain outlets exceeded independents."
Red wines are growing faster than whites with blush trailing; but improving bolstered by rose wines. Malbec had the biggest gain. Sparkling and sweet wine sales are up as Prosecco and Moscato led the way. Sales of 3-liter box wines are soaring.
Brager touched on the spirits category, stating that flavored vodkas have lost some of their hot popularity of last year.
Although the craft beer category is growing it doesn't impact table wine sales. Consumer who bought wine also spent more at grocery stores, he said. Grocery baskets without wine average around $47 compared with $75 with a wine purchase.
"Although the Boomers and Millennials have big wine numbers, seniors should not be ignored," he said. "They have consistent buying power and continue to live longer," he said.


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Link: No vote on gambling until new session
SPRINGFIELD -- Yet another term of the Illinois General Assembly will come to an end next week without approval of slot machines for Arlington Park and new casinos in Lake County, Chicago and elsewhere, state Sen. Terry Link said Thursday.
Link, a Waukegan Democrat, had left the door open for a last-minute deal before new lawmakers take their seats Jan. 9, but he closed it Thursday.
"I pretty much think we'll be waiting until the new session," Link said.
The gambling expansion debate is a perpetual one in Springfield that got its closest ever to final approval in 2012. Lawmakers sent Gov. Pat Quinn a proposal that would have created five new casinos and given Arlington Park slot machines, the first time in more than a decade of debate that such a plan had reached a governor's desk.
But with an eye on trying to tackle some of the state's other financial problems first, Quinn vetoed it. And lawmakers didn't override him.
"A casino on every street corner will not solve the state's $96 billion unfunded pension liability," Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said Thursday. "That's why the governor continues to insist that pension reform be enacted before any expansion of gaming."
Link said he'll work with new lawmakers after they're sworn in to come up with legislation that Quinn would sign. Until there's a compromise, any new gambling legislation might have failed again.
"We've voted on it a lot of times," Link said. "But you'd like to vote on it one last time."
Gambling: Governor still insists on pension reform first


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Microsoft has published a set of guidelines on which decisions to make now, so that your computer will be ready to run Windows Vista. They claim that any mid-range AMD or Intel processor will do, and even low-end ones will pack enough power to run Vista. 512 MBRAM is advised, but for more advanced users, 1GB is recommended. As for graphics card: "If you are building or buying PC today, you probably want to avoid the low end of the current GPU range and make sure you get a GPU that supports DirectX 9 and has at least 64 MB of graphics memory." My take: I can confirm that the Windows Vista December CTP, with all the effects turned on, runs more than fine on my aging AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 512MB SD-RAM, Ati Radeon 9000 128MB DDR-RAM (DirectX 8 compatible card, so not a DX9 card). Just so you know.


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Not enough pictures and condition of car at the beginning of this project has left me at a loss on a couple parts. One is the brackets pictured. Can anyone help me with where they go?
The other is the wood pieces labeled "front seat side" left and right. The front seat was not attached when I got the car and the body wood as pictured on Cubel's website does not show it. How does this fit in or does it?
second try on the pictures
Dale, the top picture is of the front seat pan bulkheads. They attach to tabs on the front seat riser. The lower picture is the very rear sill frame brackets. They mount from the underside and the vertical bracket bolts to the rear seat riser. Hear are some pic's.
The wood pieces go on both sides of the gas tank and form a small compartment that you can use to carry a tool kit etc. It is over 20 years since I restored our 1924 Fordor and I can't remember the brackets you have posted. The 1926-27 Fordor had some differences to the earlier Fordor Sedans. They obviously bolt up with some coach bolts. ( The Square Holes )
Regards, John
Also, on the front seat bulkheads, you should have two straight wood pieces for mounting the bulkhead to the frame sills. They screw to the side on the bottom and then to the floor. Size is aprox 1 1/4" X 3/4" X the length of the bulkhead. The mounts lay flat and are on the outward side of the bulkheads.
the thick cardboard gas tank cover goes on top of these boards and gets nailed to them on the ends.
Jim, Don, Tom, Thank you for the pics, this is a great help. If any of you have, could you post a picture of the back of the front seat, especially showing how the seat back and base fit together. Is there a tack rail across the top and bottom of this seat back? Is there wood in the top of the seat riser?
Tom: Do you have a picture of that thick cardboard in place?? Thanks, JP
I don't. At least not yet. There are several photos on the forum that do show it though.
Tom M.
Oh,oh..Dale, I posted on the wrong post the pictures of the tack strips...look at 27 Fordor Owners....too many chemical fumes in the barn today. sorry ~~~
Jack, here is a picture of the cardboard in place on my 24 Fordor
Don, again, Thank you, I located the pictures on the other thread. Seems that the 26-27 Fordor is actually popular at this time--at least three in the works to be on the road in the near future!
I am doing a 25 fordor and was not aware of the cardboard under the seat. Thank you JP


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Organized Hoarding?
I started with Jaden's birthday cards!
First, I punched holes toward the bottom. I lined all of the cards up at the bottom left corner.
Then, using my book binding machine, I bound the cards together! Since the theme of her 4th birthday was Tangled, I put the Rapunzel card on the front.
We can easily look at these anytime we want and they always stay organized!!
You can still read the messages on the inside, too!
It worked perfectly! I'm linking this to my favorite linky parties :o)
11 comments:
- amanda said...
what a great idea!!!!
- August 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Cecilia said...
It's really a good idea! I should do the same! :)
- August 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Over Yonder said...
What a super idea! My kids have cards in a box from over the years...uhhh me too. I'm going to try that!
- August 24, 2011 at 12:12 AM
- Kelly said...
You're so damn crafty. You need to come spend a day in my office and help me organize this kinds of stuff. Plleeaaaazzeee!!
- August 24, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- lala said...
I love this idea for J and T because they can look at them like books. Totally cute! I have boxes and boxes of correspondence from over the years and am totally unable to toss it. Most of it is in letter form, though. I have often thought of scrapbooking the best of those. Hard to get past it being just a thought, though.....
- August 25, 2011 at 2:07 AM
- At least I'm skinny said...
I keep most of my cards, too. I love looking back on them and laughing or remembering what my (now dead) grandma's handwriting looks like.
- August 26, 2011 at 6:03 PM
- Katlyn said...
Love love love this idea!
I just pinned it to my projects board on Pinterest because this will be a must do project for me! Thanks for sharing!
- October 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Latoya @ The Scott's Crib said...
I love this idea too! I am a card hoarder too and the shoe box is running out of room! I still have cards from my high school graduation which was 10 years ago;)
- October 4, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- Natasha said...
omg!! what a brilliant idea!!!
defo be going to do this, as like you i save every birthday and christmas cards and got a massive box filled with them. Pinning it!!!
would love it if you could share this on my link party Serenity Saturday over at www.serenityyou.blogspot.com
- October 5, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Shelly Wilson said...
Oh so WONDERFUL! I'm sharing this tip on my own blog later today!
- March 20, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Make It Happen Mama said...
Your hole puncher/binding is so fancy! I just use a three-hole punch (bottom two holes) and medium-size book rings. I'm willing to bet yours will last longer! :-)
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Inside the mind of kid killer
LONER Adam Lanza left "very good evidence" which police hope will help explain his primary school massacre.
He was always carrying around his laptop, holding on to it real tight
As the world struggled to come to terms with the full horror of Friday's atrocity, police said they had found clues they believe will establish a motive.
Detectives are trying to clarify if computer-obsessed Lanza was the same man who had an "altercation" with four staff at the school the day before the massacre.
Three of the adults died in the attack.
Former friends and acquaintances reckon it will be his computers which reveal the full story behind the bloodbath in Connecticut.
They say the 20-year-old, who dressed as a goth, was a "tech-geek" who became obsessed with violent games.
One ex-pal recalled him being a fan of a weapons-based Playstation game called Dynasty Warriors.
Another said he used to belong to a "tech club" in which members would hook up their computers and play games.
Andrew Lapple, who knew Lanza at school, said: "He was always carrying around his laptop, holding on to it real tight."
Lanza, who is believed to have suffered from autism, didn't appear to have accounts in his name on the main social networks like Facebook and Twitter but may have used aliases or more obscure sites.
Ex-pals said he loved technology, was highly intelligent and one even called him a "genius".
But former neighbours described him as a "weird kid" who was "socially awkward", while others said he was "remote" and "very quiet".
His older brother Ryan, 24, an accountant, is said to have considered him a "nerd".
He reportedly told friends a few years ago: "My brother has always been a nerd."
Other family sources meanwhile suggested he was a ticking time bomb and said that he was a "deeply disturbed kid".
Joshua Milas, who used to be in the tech club with him, thought he was just super intelligent.
He said: "We would hang out, and he was a good kid. He was smart. He was probably one of the smartest kids I know. He was probably a genius."
Kateleen Soy, who attended the same school as Lanza, said: "He was really shy, really painfully shy. He was a little hard to talk to."
Former classmate Olivia DeVivo, who knew him at age 12, remembered him as talking about aliens and "blowing things up" – but she put this down to the normal talk of adolescent boys. "I think that maybe he wasn't given the right kind of attention or help," she said.
Others said he and his brother were hit hard by the divorce of their parents, Nancy, 52, and Peter, in 2008.
His first victim was his mum, whose guns he is believed to have used to carry out the massacre. He shot her in the face.
Lanza reportedly tried to buy a rifle before the killings but decided against it after being told he would have to wait several days.
At least two semi-automatic pistols found at the scene are believed to have belonged to his mum, who is said to have taught him how to shoot.
Police said yesterday he killed Nancy first before driving her car to the Sandy Brook school in Connecticut where he launched his massacre.
They revealed how he had forced his way into the school, which he is believed to have attended.
Dressed in black battle fatigues and wearing a bullet-proof vest he reportedly wiped out an entire classroom of youngsters first.
Witnesses said he was going from room to room looking for victims – but remained silent as he sprayed bullets, which killed 20 children and six adults.
Eventually he turned one of the weapons on himself.
When asked about any emails or notes that could shed light on the gunman's motives, Lieutenant Paul Vance said "very good evidence" had been found.
"Our investigators at the crime scene, the school and secondarily at the secondary crime scene… did produce some very good evidence in this investigation that our investigators will be able to use in hopefully painting the complete picture as to how and more importantly why this occurred."
He said a woman at the school who survived the shooting is doing well and will be a key part of the investigation.
"She is doing fine. She has been treated, and she'll be instrumental in this investigation," he said.
Lanza's grandmother, Dorothy Hanson, 78, said she was too distraught to speak when reached by phone.
"I just don't know and I can't make a comment right now," Mrs Hanson said in a shaky voice as she started to cry.


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We have two puppies one is 17 weeks and the other is 20 weeks. We are feeding them Natural Balance dry food twice a day now. How much do you feed your dogs, is a 1/2 a cup twice a day to much? I don't want to over feed them but then again I want to make sure they are getting enough. What is the general rule for Cavs?
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HOW TO READ THIS CHART: PAC contributions and large donations from individuals are the two biggest sources of contributions for most members of Congress. House members have typically drawn upon PACs for just over 40 percent of their campaign cash — a figure that's held fairly steady in recent years. In the Senate, where campaigns are more expensive, PACs typically account for less than that. In presidential elections, most of the money raised by candidates comes from individual donors. PAC contributions make up only a tiny fraction of candidate receipts, usually about 1 percent.
As the costs of running for office have escalated, more and more candidates are jumping into politics using their personal fortune, rather than trying to raise all those funds from other people. Though they don't lack for money, self-funded candidates typically lose at the polls.
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All Original
Was only used for fishing and camping trips, so there is no rust and overall the truck is in great condition.
Model Number CE10934
Automatic Transmission
DK Blue / Off-White
Custom Sport Truck
Blue Vinyl Trim
Push Button Radio
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RV Jr Mirror
Power Steering
Tinted Glass
Wooden Bed Floor
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Air Conditioning
Front & Rear Shocks
HD Rear Spring
Rebuilt Transmission 80,000 miles
New brake shoes 89,352 miles
Removed camper, but still have all of the components completely intact.
I am not sure if the camper was made by an individual or a company but the interior cabinents and everything are custom fitted to the shape of the bed.
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Senior (2013-14)
Team Captain … Took fourth at the Keystone Classic after going 3-2 … Posted a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … Competed at the Midlands Championships … Registered three straight decisions against Jim Resnick of Rider (6-4), Dan Seidenberg of Rutgers (6-4), and Jason Grimes of American (4-2) … Took sixth place at the EIWA Championships with three decisions.
Junior (2012-13)
Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy Team ... Placed fifth at the Binghamton Open with a 5-2 record and one major decision ... Took second at the Keystone Classic with a 3-1 record including one major decision ... Moved down to 174 lbs. for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and posted a 2-2 record ... Went 2-2 at the Midlands Championships including an 18-4 major decision over Harper's Mike Kelly in his first bout ... Won a decison 6-3 in the dual with Rider against James Brundage ... Won major decisons against Keithen Cast of American, 14-6, and Stanford's Thomas Kimbrell, 11-3 ... Recorded back-to-back decisions against Brown's Ricky McDonald, 6-3, and Boston University's Kyle Czarnecki, 6-1 ... Placed eighth at the EIWA Championships with one major decision (March 8-9).
Sophomore (2011-12)
Placed fourth at the Binghamton Open with a 4-2 record ... Took second place at the Keystone Classic with a 2-1 mark ... Competed at the Midlands Championships ... Pinned Millersville's Miles Fischer at the 1:23 mark in dual meet action ... Posted wins against Army, Penn and Princeton in dual meet action to equal his longest winning streak of the year ... Took sixth at the EIWA Championships with a 3-3 record.
Freshman (2010-11)
Named All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Finished rookie season with a 16-19 record ... Has competed at the Binghamton Open, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Midlands Tournament, dual meets and the EIWA Championships at 184 pounds.
Before Harvard
Three-year starter in football and four-year starter on the wrestling team … Captained football and wrestling teams as a senior … Three-time Tennessean Wrestler of the Year … Four-time Mid-State Dream team member … Named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the 2009 state tournament … Two-time Fargo All-American … Went undefeated as a sophomore, junior and senior, winning 119 straight matches … Was not scored on during junior and senior seasons … Three-time state champion … Two-time all-region selection in football and 2009 defensive player of the year … Volunteer for the Nashville flood relief .. Youth football and wrestling volunteer coach … Brentwood High School physics student of the year … Named to Wrestling USA 2010 Scholastic All-American team … Father, Jim, wrestled at Tennessee Tech.


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It makes me wonder if we'll see a shift to a POTJ-sized line like we did back then. Honestly, that was one of the best times for collecting for me. I was finishing college, working part time and having an unpaid internship and I could still keep up with the line for the most part. It didn't seem nearly as stressful, and I even lived 45 minutes from a town with stores that even carried Star Wars and could still keep up (before I ever ordered online too). I was looking back on those POTJ lineups, and it was a much more subdued approach (with 30 or so basic figures a year, plus deluxes and a couple vehicles/exclusives).
every molecule of plastic hasbro uses under this license that doesnt go directly to as yet unmade characters in 3 3/4 scale is a complete waste
Now, as far as resculpts go though, to me, that's about the only way a 3.75" line can really go short of EU which is ultimately much more obscure than the film stuff. I like new stuff, and seeing the collection grow to absurdly diverse proportions, but I'm maybe even more interested in the latest/greatest version of some of these characters. Especially the longer they go without an update. ANH Leia anyone?
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Hanover Insurance Academy of the ARTS at Burncoat
Worcester Public Schools to launch a new advanced academy, the Hanover Insurance Academy of the ARTS, at the Burncoat Campus for the 2017-2018 school year.
The Hanover Insurance Academy of the Arts is a partnership between the Worcester Public Schools and The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. This collaborative partnership will provide rigorous courses embedded in the arts and service learning. Students will benefit from an education that integrates visual and media arts, dance, music, theater and exposes them to a variety of cultural experiences.
The Hanover Insurance Academy for the Arts is a program designed for gifted and talented students, grades 7 -12 in the City of Worcester located on the Burncoat Campus. The program supports students in developing a strong academic foundation, which will enable them to be strategic thinkers, complex problem solvers, effective communicators, creative collaborators and active contributing members in the community. Students will demonstrate mastery of concepts and content through a variety of performances and interdisciplinary projects.
Information sessions for families will be held on Thursday, 3/9, and Tuesday, 3/21, at 6:00pm at Burncoat Middle School.


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The Bank of Japan has recently pledged to double its government bond holdings in two years, thus actually surprising the market with its extreme level of aggressiveness in trying to combat and reverse deflation that is plaguing Japan. The central bank concluded a two-day policy meeting with a statement that it would pursue quantitative easing as long as it needed to achieve its 2% inflation target. This policy announcement jerked Japanese markets in a big way. The yen got smashed downwards, trading down almost 400 ticks to the 1.04 level, and conversely the Nikkei is having a huge up day, spiking up more than 700 points on the announcement of massive stimulus and asset purchases by the BOJ.
We believe the key level to watch on the Nikkei is 12,500. Today, the market blasted up through that level all the way to 13,000. We could see a slight retracement to the high 12,000′s, but we believe that with the BOJ blatantly stating they will be buying Japanese bonds and assets, the Nikkei seems to be in a very bullish environment, mainly because of the BOJ's actions.
RBOB gasoline is also down again today after a big down day yesterday. Today this market is down $.02 to $2.90. The Energy Information Administration changed the market's positions by reporting a big uptick in oil supplies and refinery runs. Our first key resistance level is at around $3.03. If this market can stay below $2.90, we would not be surprised to see more big selling to the low $2.80s, especially considering a potential U.S. dollar rally continuing.
Other key commodities are down today, such as gold, silver, corn, soybeans, & crude oil. We believe the U.S. dollar rally is having a very bearish impact on commodities and we also believe this trend will continue.
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I used to have a blog. I haven't been there in a while. At first I told myself that I was just in a funk. That I was too busy since school started. That my responsibilities were to great for me to devote the time required to write it. Yeah. That's all bullshit. It just didn't suit me anymore.
What happened? Well, I finally realized that after everyone and my brother found my blog, I just couldn't be myself anymore. I had to be someone who doesn't curse, or talk about sex, or have sex. Because of course my children are the result of virgin birth. I couldn't mention my mother without a phone call from my sister calling about how my mother called her crying. And that was when I said something nice.
I just didn't fit into what my blog had become. It was my last year's scratchy wool sweater. Choking me at the neck, and making me itchy every time I thought about it. And it's been donated to Goodwill.
So welcome to the Mother Daughter Chronicles. Just call me Margene. I hail from a tiny speck on the planet Earth. I'm a bit of a foodie. If you can call someone who can't stand fried eggs a foodie. I love my 2 daughters and my husband with every fiber of my being. Although sometimes I feel like I don't like them. (Hey just being honest. Even the French have a saying about that.) I'm embarrassed to admit that I would actually love to have 5 kids. Most people look at me a little strangely when I say that. Hell, I look at me a little strangely when I say that. I like brussel sprouts, especially when you cover them with chopped kiwi, and I have zero fashion sense. (Right now I'm actually sitting in public wearing brown shoes with black and gray argyle socks. I'm hopeless.) But I'm alright with that.


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Sinking the Icelandic Whaling Fleet
David Howitt and I spent the whole Summer of 1986 working to raise the money for our mission to infiltrate Iceland with the sole purpose of causing maximum economic sabotage to their whaling industry. I waited tables in a nightclub in London's Chelsea district during the nights, and I refinished antiques on Kings Road during the day. David went to southern England where he picked hops. Every few weeks we would meet to discuss our plans and go over intelligence we had gathered on Iceland. When our work was complete, we would make a batch of paint-filled light bulbs and ride out on our bikes to redecorate London fur shops.
Finally, the day arrived when we rode the London Underground subway to Heathrow Airport to catch our IcelandAir flight to Reykjavik. As we rode to the airport, I removed a patch from my jacket that read "Save the Whales, Save the Earth" with a picture of a fin whale. All we carried with us was our cameras, clothes and raingear, underwater flashlights, knives and a couple of maps. All the tools necessary for any action would be acquired in Iceland.
When we arrived in October, only the hardcore tourists were still around. We got beds in the local youth hostel, and one of our first tasks was to buy a pair of bolt cutters and a large adjustable wrench from a local hardware store. We wanted as much time as possible between the purchase of our tools and the action, in case anyone might remember the purchase.
On one of the first nights in the capital city of Reykjavik, we snuck out of the hostel late at night and into a scrap yard from where we could view the four, 175- foot Icelandic ships that comprised the nation's entire whaling fleet. Hvalur ("whaleship") 5, 6, 7 and 8 bobbed in the harbor, tied alongside each other like four Riders of the Apocalypse waiting to unleash their evil on the natural world. The ships' superstructures were painted white with the bridge windows and portholes dark and imposing, resembling the eye sockets of a skull.
Needless to say, we were a little intimidated. The reality of what was so simple to discuss in England but was now staring us in the face in the freezing fall weather of a Reykjavik night was more than a little daunting. But we had known it would not be easy, so we began a series of late night observations of the harbor. Within two weeks of surveillance, a definite routine began to emerge. Every Friday night, a watchman would relieve the day watch, carrying with him two bottles of Brenivin, a strong Icelandic vodka. No activity could be seen on three of the ships, the watchman staying on the fourth ship, the one furthest from the dock. A weekend night emerged as the best night for action.
In Reykjavik we saw photos from the whaling station, which was 45 miles from town. Tours were offered for the station, so David and I hitchhiked to the desolate station and were dropped off near the entrance. As we approached, not a soul was visible. The whaling season was over, and with it the demand for tours. David and I began to walk throughout the premises in broad daylight, gazing through windows at offices, machinery and workshops, and it quickly became evident to both of us that we might be able to strike the whaling station also. We knew we would have only one shot at the Icelandic whaling industry, and any risk to ourselves did not matter. Already we felt the chances were high that we would not get off the island once our sabotage was discovered.
Iceland in November 1986 was not a country that expected or even remembered the threats of a militant anti-whaling organization. Only one watchman was aboard all four ships. It was the off-season and the crews were ashore, with work on the ships restricted to daylight hours.
The week of our planned attack, the whaling ships were taken into drydock. One by one, they were pulled out of the water for repairs and cleaning, which is a major operation. David and I had planned on attempting to sink all three ships minus the one that housed the watchman. Now we were forced to sacrifice our third target. Our money was running low, and the fear of my discovery still haunted us. Maybe we were already under surveillance ourselves, and the police were waiting for us to act before they could legitimately arrest us?
Already David and I had read up on the Icelandic penal system and learned that the longest sentence given to any crime was eleven years. We also learned that Icelandic prisoners were employed making cement sidewalk blocks. From that day on, the jokes never stopped of how good we might become at building Icelandic sidewalks.
Finally surrendering our fate to the whale spirits, we decided to act. We choose the night of November 7th for our task of vengeance. We said goodbye to our European friends and told them David and I were going to rent a car for our last day to do a little sightseeing.
We drove to the airport on the morning of the 7th to pre-check our luggage for the 6 a.m. flight out of the country the following morning. It was to Luxemburg, but we did not care where it went, as long as it was not Scandinavia. Next, we drove to Iceland's only vegetarian restaurant for what might be our last supper. We had been saving our money for this last luxury but found the restaurant closed. Not to be disappointed, we bought food from a supermarket and drove to a clearing above the whaling station to eat our meal and await the early winter darkness.
While eating, we listened to the car radio and after our meal discovered we had drained the battery dead. Here our mission might have ended, had not a vanload of Icelandic youths, probably employed by the whaling station, came to our rescue. They towed our car until we could jump start it, and then we waved goodbye and drove to our prearranged hiding place for the car, as night was fast approaching.
As we approached the whaling station, we were surprised by the sight and sound of a front-end excavator that was digging a trench at the station. We dropped to the ground and spent the next hour lying in the freezing rain until the workman and his machine headed off to the local town. As the lights of the machine disappeared, we leapt into action.
After this task, we found the computer control room that kept the entire stations machinery fully automated. We smashed the computer panels until sparks flew and LEDs flashed and the beautiful music of machines dying all around us could be heard. There was no time to waste, so we moved next to the ship's store, where the spare parts for the four whaling ships were kept. Taking the most expensive pieces, we walked to the edge of the docks and tossed them into the waters.
Our first task was the sabotage of the six huge diesel generators that provided power for the station. David and I were both experienced diesel engineers, and we knew what was good for an engine, as well as what was bad. Before long we were stripping off our outer clothing and sweating profusely in our handiwork.
Next, we moved onto the centrifuges that processed whale blubber into a high-grade lubricating oil that was used in missiles. Smashing the delicate gear, we next located what we could not find at the meatpacking plant: the Whalemeat Mountain. David had attempted to move the many crates of whale meat, housed in huge refrigeration units beneath the station, but the forklift he drove ran out of propane gas. We were forced to wedge open the refrigeration units and then sabotage the refrigeration units themselves so that hopefully the meat would thaw and spoil.
Watching World News a few days later, we would hear the station's foreman recount with shock how it appeared that the whole whaling station had been the target of an air raid.
We could have spent all night sabotaging the station, but the ships were waiting, so David and I signaled a retreat and returned tired and sweating to our car. Once there I experienced a frantic moment as I reached for the keys on the tire and found them not there. The high winds had been so strong as to blow them some feet away, where I found them with my flashlight. Now covered in grease and drenched in sweat, we drove back to Reykjavik. The weather made the roads treacherous, and often the car would start to slide when it hit ice.
I am convinced that many of my premature gray hairs were earned that night. An hour later we reached Reykjavik Harbor, where three ships lay bobbing in the water, the fourth in dry dock. Resting, David and I ate some quick energy food and stashed our confiscated record books from the whaling station in the backseat. Taking a deep breath, we opened our car doors and stepped back into the pounding rainstorm that made our ski masks and rain gear not just a disguise but a necessity. With hands in our pockets like two cold fisherman, we walked down the dead-end dock towards Hvalur 5, 6 and 7.
The tides in the harbor were such that we were level with the ships' decks; so to board, all we had to do was hop a few feet from the dock to the steel-plated decks. Moving quickly to Hvalur 5, David pulled out our bolt cutters and cut the hasp on the lock that shut the engine room hatch. Moving into the fully-lit engine rooms, David searched the ship for any sleeping watchman while I moved into the engine room and began lifting deck plates, looking for the saltwater cooling valve that regulated the seawater that cooled the ships' engines at sea. By the time I found it, David had returned to announce that the ship was indeed empty.
We began to wrestle off the sixteen or more nuts that held the valve cover in place, and when most were removed water began to shoot out from the bolt holes. I tasted it, and it was salty. When the cover was fully removed, the ocean water would flood first the engine room and then the rest of the ship's compartments, dragging it to a watery grave in Reykjavik's deep harbor. Leaving the cover partially removed, we moved to Hvalur 6, where we repeated the process, quickly locating removing that ship's salt-water cooling valves.
Finally, with all the nuts and bolts removed, we took a pry bar to the valve, and with a little persuasion the valve quickly popped free, releasing a flood of seawater that drenched both David and me. Quickly returning to Hvalur 5, we removed the last of that ship's cover bolts, and again the ocean began to rush in.
Now it was time to execute our escape. The whaling station had been demolished, and two 175-foot whaling ships were sinking. The time was just before 5 a.m., and the airport was almost an hour away. Walking away from the two sinking ships, we tossed our tools into the icy waters and pulled our ski masks off just as we reached the car. Hopping into the driver's seat, I started the car and pulled onto the road. Less than two minutes later, we were pulled over by a Reykjavik Police Car.
My first thought was, "No, they can't be that good; they can't have been watching us this whole time..." Still, there we were two ships quickly sinking and minutes ticking away before our flight to freedom would lift off, possibly leaving us for the next eleven years to fine tune our masonry skills at the local prison. And a police officer was walking to my window while David and I sat soaked in water, with grease from engines all over our clothes.
The officer asked me to get into his car. Looking at David as he sat with eyes forward, I got out of the car and into the back seat of the police cruiser. The officers ignored me and spoke to each other in Icelandic before finally turning around and asking me in plain English, "Have you drinken any alcohol tonight?"
Almost laughing, I said, "No, I do not even drink!" which was a lie, and he then asked if he could smell my breath. It was tempting to utter a joke, but hot coffee on an IcelandAir jet was calling. So I breathed on him, and he wished me a safe trip to the airport, knowing that was where we were probably headed because of the early morning departure.
That police officer is probably still cursing himself today after having the nation's only saboteur since the second World War into his police car and then letting him go. Returning to the car, David told me he had almost bolted but thought it best that he wait for another moment for some signal from me. The zoo liberation was now out of the question as we sped towards the airport to catch our 6 a.m. flight.
Pulling into the airport we grabbed our daypacks and quickly changed our clothes, dumping the grease-covered ones in the airport garbage can. We next went through Icelandic Customs without any incident, checked in and grabbed our boarding passes. The polite ticket agent told us the flight was delayed due to the harsh weather. The words were what we least wanted to hear, and David and I spent the next 30 minutes staring at the clock, imagining the chaos erupting at Reykjavik harbor just about now. Finally, our flight was called, and we quickly boarded, still not feeling safe until we landed in Luxembourg.
Hours later we did just that, David and I gazing out the window half expecting to see Interpol agents waiting for our arrival. They were not. We collected our luggage and walked out of the airport after making an anonymous call to the Sea Shepherd offices in the U.K. saying only, "We got the station, and two are on the bottom..."
We hitchhiked to Belgium, where we caught a ferry to England and then a bus to London. Getting off the bus now 36 hours after our action, I walked to a news agent and picked up a copy of the morning paper. A story on the front page said only, "SABOTUERS SINK WHALERS, photo page six..."


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Baghdad, Iraq- "Man, if I was born in the U.S. I never would have seen this!" exclaims PFC Andres Martinez after posing with the mural of Saddam Hussein on Camp Slayer in the Victory Base Complex. The story of PFC Martinez and his four fellow soldiers Edelberto Elias, Seguei Maspoch and Andrew Russell of the US ARMY 4th Division, 3rd Brigade 1/8 infantry begins on a dusty flight line on June 30 in Southern Iraq, while waiting on a Blackhawk helicopter where SSG Andrew Russell is sponsoring his three men. The men are all traveling to Baghdad for a grandiose ceremony in Al Faw Palace on July 4th, the headquarters of the United States Forces-Iraq, where they will be naturalized as United States citizens.
All four soldiers serve on Forward Operating Base GarryOwen which defines the term "middle of nowhere" and this trip to the Victory Base Complex (VBC) was more then just becoming well deserved American citizens in a lavish ceremony with the top brass in the theater. It was a chance to relax and enjoy the benefits of being on a very large and well appointed base like the VBC. The USO Baghdad met these men on that dusty flight line in Southern Iraq and decided that it was 'mission critical' to help these men make the most of their time up here in the capital city of Iraq.
[caption id="attachment_3267" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="SSG Andrew Russell points out the Ba'ath Party Convention Center to PFC Elias, SPC Maspoch, and PFC Martinez during their trip to Baghdad for a U.S. naturalization ceremony. (USO photo)"][/caption]
Upon arrival in Baghdad on Sather Air Base, the simple task of giving them a ride across the VBC to their temporary housing turned into a 3 hour venture that included a pizza lunch and stops at the major landmarks of the former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, like the Victory Over America Palace and the Ba'ath Party Convention Center. Tired from the flight and stuffed on pizza and Monsters, the men were dropped off at their housing and rested for another day of their Baghdad adventure.
Second night in Baghdad, the USO Staff treated the men to a local Turkish restaurant that also shows World Cup soccer projected on the wall. We figured the fellas would appreciate the break from the routine meals served at the dining facility on GerryOwen, as they only just recently got a dining facility on their base. These guys have been eating ARMY issued MREs for months now, but on that night they were sitting under clear skies eating Chicken Tikka and wondering if they were still in the same country! The best part of the evening was enjoying some comforts of home and enjoying the drubbing of Mexico by Argentina. Into every life a little rain must fall, though, and it was tough going on the third night when SPC Martinez' home nation of Chile took a epic beating at the hands of neighboring Brazil in the World Cup.
[caption id="attachment_3268" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="(l-r) SSG Andrew Russell sponsored PFC Andres Martinez, SPC Seguei Maspoch and PFC Edelberto Elias for citizenship. All enjoyed the amenities of USO Baghdad days before the ceremony. (USO photo)"][/caption]
It was quickly back to business during the week leading up to the ceremony, which occured on Independence Day. The men had their citizenship interviews to prepare for and make sure their paperwork is all in good order, but when their meetings ended, the USO has some more fun and games planned for them. As it happens, the Sather Air Base USAF Civil Engineering Squadron was planning a farewell cookout at the only pool on the VBC on Saturday afternoon and gladly extended invites to the USO and our visitors. The location of the pool and cookout used to be the getaway for the upper echelon of Saddam's Ba'ath party and now the area is open to every service member of the coalition forces.
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Big day arrives and Seguei, Edelberto & Andres stand with 173 others and raise their right hand once again for this nation and when the hands come down they now belong to American Citizens. Years in wait and weeks to prepare for this event and it was over rather quick, all 3 of the fellas were happy but they admitted to feeling a lot more emotional then they thought they were going to. Edelberto likened it to getting married in that respect. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden were on hand to be apart of the ceremony that was run by USF-I commander Gen Ray Ordierno.
It was a life defining moment for the 3 soldiers but they also have work to do here and buddies to support on GarryOwen. All too soon they gathered at Sather Air Base for their flight back to Tallil. The USO Baghdad says "goodbye and good luck" to our good friends…and fellow U.S. Citizens
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Their journey is everyone's responsibility. From the moment they enlist, through their assignments and deployments, and as they transition back to their communities, they can rely on your support.
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I just found out that I am pregnant with my 2nd baby (Hooray! After 7 months of TTC!) -- With my first, I definitely had some supply issues with my breastmilk.. My right breast seemed to do just fine (although the milk was nearly clear -- no fat?), but my left breast produced practically nothing. Now this pregnancy, my right breast is starting to change a bit (veins are more visible, breast seems full, tender, nipple changes), but the left is not doing any of the same things! I would like to have a more successful nursing experience with baby #2!
I have heard that there are ways to increase the glandular tissue (which may also increase the milk fat as well?? (it took my daughter nearly 3 months to get up to 9 lbs...she would born 8lbs 5oz!)). I've read a little bit about taking alfalfa, but there are so many mixed reviews on whether or not it is safe to take during pregnancy. Does anyone have any personal experience with this? Or have any more information? Or other suggestions of what may help?
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, September 01, 2006
The Romantic Crime Illustrator
I think its safe to say that, in general, as crime story illustrators go, Joe Bowler was a great romance story artist. Still, petty details aside, its impossible not to love his masterful sense of composition and page design and top-notch painting skills. Plus, its just kinda neat seeing Bowler characters holding guns!
* Be sure to check out all of this week's scans at full size in my Joe Bowler Flickr set.
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You know, what I've noticed is a lot of the illustrators used cool lighting with warm shadows. Maybe I'm just imagining it, but perhaps with the higher contrast stuff, a bigger warm shadow draws the eye in as well as the key lighting from the scene.ReplyDelete
It's just interesting, because today's painters/illustrators seem to always paint warmly lit scenes. I guess I'm speaking mostly of the fantasy illustrators. Which is a whole can of worms I try to avoid.
Anyway, these have been a real treat as I'm doing research for a short comic story that's set in the 50s.
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Cricket Match Makes History at Central Broward Regional Park- Stadium Certified by the International Cricket Council -
More than 7,500 people turned out In May 2010 for the Pearls Cup, a highly competitive Twenty20 (T20) match in which Sri Lanka and the New Zealand BLACKCAPS each took one game. The event marked the first international cricket match to be played by full International Cricket Council (ICC) members in the United States, played at the only ICC-certified cricket stadium in North America.
The historic competition saw the Sri Lankan and New Zealand teams fresh from the recent World T20 tournament in the West Indies. The BLACKCAPS won the first game on Saturday. On Sunday, New Zealand got the advantage by winning the toss and batting first, but Sri Lanka ultimately prevailed, cruising to a seven-wicket win over the BLACKCAPS.
BLACKCAPS batsman Daniel Vettori was later quoted on his team's Website as saying the event "has certainly given USA cricket a profile, and I think that's the biggest thing to come from that. Both teams really enjoyed coming here. In the future, we will talk to other players around the world and will tell them what a good time we had. Tell them how good the facilities are and you will get other teams coming along and enjoying it just as much as we did." Asked about the stadium, Vettori, who was named Man of the Series, told ESPN, "It's a beautiful ground… I'd come back anytime."
The match represents the launch of a new strategic partnership between USA Cricket and New Zealand Cricket to advance the sport in the United States, where cricket is growing fast. After soccer, it's the second-most-popular sport in the world, and there are an estimated 15 million cricket fans in this country. ESPN broadcast both Sri Lanka-New Zealand games to 88 countries.
The event also featured a pair of games that pitted the USA team against Jamaica, which won on Saturday. On Sunday the Americans played what dreamcricket.com called "their best match of the weekend, but couldn't overcome a series of drops and misfields as they fell short…" Jamaica went on to handily complete its sweep by winning the second T20 match on Sunday.
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Dear RedsZone,
It fills me with great sadness to announce that I am officially retiring from posting. I hope to continue to read this forum as a guest and as a fan of the Cincinnati Reds (44 years and counting), and I thank you all for your friendships and support through the years.
Unfortunately, I can not say why I must leave, however, I ask that posters do not blame anyone for my retirement. This has nothing to do with any threatening PMs I have received from the administrators. This is a personal decision and the best thing you can do is accept it orderly and peacefully.
Perhaps one day we will meet each other on the Banks and we will share a beer. Until then, please keep posting and go Reds.


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A motorist who was badly injured after a collision between a van and a car near Taddington is in a stable condition.
The collision involved a Mercedes Box van and a Jaguar X-Type car on the A6 road, at Topley Pike, and happened about 1.30pm, on Thursday, March 13.
A Derbyshire Constabulary spokesman said: "The van driver suffered only minor cuts and bruises and paramedics had to treat a local man who was in the Jaguar.
"The van also ended up embedded in a wall which created traffic difficulties and the road had to be temporarily closed."
Police told how the road was reopened about 6pm and the driver of the Jaguar is in a stable condition and has not suffered any life threatening injuries.
Photographer Neil Upton captured the scene on camera, as pictured, when he was driving from Bakewell.
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1. Re: Access to workstation nametry67 Apr 20, 2012 1:20 AM (in response to FUBARinSFO)
There isn't a direct way to do that, but I think it might be possible by
smartly manipulating the various results provided by app.getPath().
2. Re: Access to workstation nameFUBARinSFO Apr 20, 2012 2:31 PM (in response to try67)
Maybe, but unlikely. 'path' itself is a misnomer, since it delivers both path and filename. And fails to report the drive.
It occurs to me that maybe a better approach to this whole thing is to do the pdf manipulation from Windows Scripting Host. Then at least all the file and system information will be available.
I haven't looked at LiveCycle or xfa or SOAP or other possible technologies. I understand ADBC was dropped from Adobe X. It would have provided a simple way to read or import an external file with the information of interest, that could then be added to a header/footer.
-- Roy Zider
3. Re: Access to workstation nametry67 Apr 20, 2012 2:41 PM (in response to FUBARinSFO)
I'm not talking about path, which returns the full path of a file
(including the drive letter, by the way), but about app.getPath() which can
return various system- and user-level folders used by Acrobat. Many times
these contain the name of the currently logged-in user, as well as some
other information.
Maybe you can be a bit more specific about what exactly you want to get?
4. Re: Access to workstation namegkaiseril Apr 20, 2012 2:47 PM (in response to FUBARinSFO)
With Acrobat JS not the workstation ID. File paths and URL for a PDF stored on a network drive is possible:
console.println("\nthis.URL:\n" + this.URL);
console.println("\nthis.path:\n" + this.path)
/ORDHOME.CHICAGO.ISRWORLDWIDE.COM/GEORGE$/My DocumentsISR/Adobe/Console.pdf
You could use additional Acrobat JS to extract the path or remove the file name and extension.
5. Re: Access to workstation nameFUBARinSFO Apr 20, 2012 8:33 PM (in response to try67)
I'd be interested in seeing how you get the drive letter from 'this.path'. I've not been able to do it.
The function app.getPath() returns the dpath (drive-path) of various folders created during installation. I didn't see any reference in the API to any system information.
What I'm trying to do is very simple: in a footer, I want to post the workstation name of the host that's stamping the pdf. So, '[MPX2] D/My Documents/test logs.pdf' and '[K7N] D/My Documents/test logs.pdf' for workstations MPX2 and K7N, bzw.
-- Roy Zider
6. Re: Access to workstation nametry67 Apr 21, 2012 6:44 AM (in response to FUBARinSFO)
this.path.substring(1,2) will return the drive letter where the current
file is located.
I don't think you can get the local name of the workstation using
app.getPath(), though. You can get the name of the current user...
7. Re: Access to workstation nameFUBARinSFO Apr 21, 2012 11:30 AM (in response to try67)
You are so right. Substring not necessary (but good reminder of another method). I misread my own system.
I've got three workstations active; on one of them[MPX2] the drive assignments are simple: C: and D; on another [K7N] the directories are treed: D:\D, D:\E, D:\F, and so forth. I read /D/MyDox/<filename> as being on the K7N workstation with the 'virtual' sub-drive directory structure, when in fact I was on the other workstation (MPX2) I had lost track of which system I was woking with.
Sorry for any inconvenience, and thank you for bucking this back to me.
-- Roy Zider


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Obviously the title of this post is an exercise in bad grammar, but it's a little catchy. Well, maybe not, but a post needs a title.
But let's get to the point. Turns out a few days ago Kalen Delaney (Blog | @SQLQueen) got a letter from Operation Smile. To date, SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2 has generated $8,200 for their charity. That translates to full surgical and post-op care to 30 children!
Let's be honest, that's awesome! Thank you to everyone that has purchased the book. If you haven't yet and are thinking about it – I highly recommend it. Reading 60+ chapters from 60+ SQL Server MVPs talking about some of their favorite topics makes for some compelling content.
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Concrete Canvas Ltd. manufacture a ground breaking material technology called Concrete Canvas that allows concrete to be used in a completely new way. Concrete Canvas was originally developed for the award winning Concrete Canvas Shelters, a building in a bag that requires only water and air for construction.
Concrete Canvas is a flexible concrete impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable water proof and fire-resistant concrete layer. Essentially, it's concrete on a roll.
Concrete Canvas Shelters are rapidly deployable hardened shelters that require only water and air for construction. A CCS25 variant can be deployed by 2 people without any training in under an hour and is ready to use in only 24 hours. Essentially, CCS are inflatable concrete buildings.


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Hey everyone!
Edward Douglas here with the inaugural installment of Hero Chat, SuperHeroHype's readable podcast where we talk about comics and comic and superhero movies for your reading entertainment. No aspect of anything related to comics will be off limits, and while we'll always have one or two of the SuperHeroHype staff involved, we hope to have special guests as well as sometimes even getting some of our readers involved.
But first, let me introduce the co-host of Hero Chat and the latest addition to SuperHeroHype, Mr. Spencer Perry! Anything to add, Spencer?
"Hi, everyone! Glad you've decided to check out our Hero Chat. I was really excited to be brought aboard the team here at CS/SHH a few months ago, but I'm doubly excited for the potential that we have with this. I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as we did participating!"
For our first Hero Chat ever, we have the two other primer movers and shakers from ComingSoon.net and SuperHeroHype, our Los Angeles writer Silas Lesnick and our Editor-in-Chief, Mirko Parlevliet, both who popped in for part of the chat. Besides talking about The Dark Knight Rises, we also touch upon two of the hottest topics from the Marvel Studios' panel at Comic-Con as well as looking at the rise and potential fall of superhero movies in terms of popularity.
So you can keep track of who is speaking:
Edward Douglas
Spencer Perry
Silas Lesnick
Mirko Parlevliet
The first topic I'd like to bring up is the announcement that the Cap sequel will be subtitled The Winter Soldier and that they're going down that route so soon.
Maybe they're thinking long term and want to spin it off into it's own feature?
I guess that can be chalked up to a writer saying, "Hey I liked this when I read comics, let's bring it back!"
But they don't need to. It makes sense to anyone who saw the first film to have him come back. I mean, it'll be his origin in the sequel. You don't need any additional backstory.
Sure, but I don't think they earned it. In the Cap movie, it didn't seem like Captain America even cared that Bucky was dead… and there was no mention of him in the Avengers movie at all.
I think that's more a necessity of not bogging down Avengers with additional information.
Sure it will… that's what was so cool about Ed Brubaker's story, too, although in that case, Cap had already been in present day for a long time.
It sounds like we're going to see Bucky's 1940's values paired against the cold war in this one
But it makes sense.
Of all the Marvel sequels for her to appear in that would be the one I'd bet on.
That makes sense.
Go to the next page to read our discussion on Marvel Studios' upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie.


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Western Illinois University - Policy on Use of Physical Restraint and Crisis Intervention
The Western Illinois University TEP (Teacher Education Program) holds the position that no WIU student completing field experiences, including student teaching, are asked to use or engage in the use of physical restraint on any child or youth at any time during their field experience. WIU students have not been trained in the use of physical restraint techniques.
Western Illinois University requires that no WIU student be left alone in dangerous or potentially dangerous situations. On the first day of their field experience, all students should receive written statements of the crisis intervention plans of the classroom/school and procedures related to student aggressive behavior.
If a student should find him- or herself in a situation which presents danger to self or others the student should…
- take steps to protect his or her personal safety and the safety of others.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Groupon's stock has hit a new low after the online deals company's third-quarter results showed slowing revenue growth and an ongoing decline of its core business.
The Chicago-based company's stock is down $1.10, or 28.1 percent, at $2.82 in late morning trading. Earlier, the stock hit its lowest point ever, $2.77. Groupon Inc. went public in November 2011 at a price of $20.
The company blamed the economic weakness in Europe for a revenue shortfall in the July-September quarter.
Groupon says that its "goods" business, which sells physical products rather than restaurant coupons and the like, is growing. But analysts say this is a much less profitable business than the daily deals segment.
Benchmark's Daniel Kurnos sees Groupon's cash flow declining into 2014 as the company invests in long-term growth.


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Pakistan presses Taliban to the negotiating table for peace talks with the Afghan government
ISLAMABAD (AP) ' Pakistan publicly called on the Taliban for the first time Friday to engage the Afghan government in U.S.-backed peace talks, a potentially significant move that could help pave the way for a settlement to end the decade-long war.
Islamabad's support for the process is seen as vital because of its alleged links to the Taliban and because many of the group's leaders, including chief Mullah Omar, are believed to be based on Pakistani soil.
But the impact of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's call Friday depends on whether it is backed by the Pakistani army's shadowy intelligence agency, the ISI, which has been closest to the Taliban. It also remains to be seen just how much sway Pakistan has over the militants.
"It is now time to turn a new leaf and open a new chapter in the history of Afghanistan," said Gilani. "In this spirit, I would like to appeal to the Taliban leadership as well as to all other Afghan groups, including Hizb-i-Islami, to participate in an intra-Afghan process for national reconciliation and peace."
Hizb-i-Islami is led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan warlord whose ties to Pakistan date back to the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Another key faction is the Haqqani network, viewed by the U.S. military as the most dangerous militant group in Afghanistan. The group's founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani, is another Pakistani ally from the Soviet era and is believed to be based in the country's northwest.
Afghan presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi welcomed Gilani's statements, calling them a positive first step.
"The second step is of course to move forward, to facilitate meetings and talks between the Afghan government and the armed opposition," said Faizi.
The Pakistani prime minister's comments, which followed a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to Islamabad last week, are the latest indication that momentum for peace talks is building.
The Taliban are setting up an office in the tiny Gulf state of Qatar in the first step toward formal negotiations. Also, the Obama administration is considering releasing five top Taliban leaders from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay as a starting point for talks.
But the process has been riddled by rumor, uncertainty and distrust among all the players involved, including the United States.
Karzai initially resisted the U.S.-backed move by the Taliban to set up the Qatar office because he felt the Afghan government was being sidelined.
The Taliban, meanwhile, have said they would prefer to negotiate with the United States, which has 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, rather than the Afghan government.
Pakistan and Afghanistan also have clashed. Kabul has long accused Islamabad of providing sanctuary for the Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan in the 1990s with Islamabad's help.
Pakistan has denied the allegations, but it is widely believed to have retained ties with the group because it could be a key ally in Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw, especially in countering the influence of neighbor and archenemy India.
Pakistani defense analyst Hasan-Askari Rizvi said Gilani's call for the Taliban to negotiate with the Afghan government could be critical if it is backed by the ISI.
"If the military is not on board, it is the prime minister's own initiative, and it will likely not work," said Rizvi.
However, he doubted Gilani would have made such a direct statement if he wasn't backed by the army.
The head of the ISI, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, met with Gilani on Friday to discuss Afghanistan, the prime minister's office said.
Pakistan's accommodating tone Friday seemed to mark a shift from last week.
During Karzai's visit, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said it would be "preposterous" for Afghanistan to expect Islamabad to deliver the Taliban's leader for talks.
Karzai said at the time there were "impediments" to the peace process that needed to be removed ' a possible reference to Pakistan's lack of support.
The Afghan president issued a public statement after his visit saying it was "crucial" for Pakistan to back peace talks with the Taliban. Gilani's comments Friday were a direct response to Karzai.
Even if the ISI is determined to push the Taliban to the negotiating table, it's unclear just how much influence it has. Many of the militants reportedly distrust Pakistan, and they have been notoriously hard to control.
The Taliban seemingly have significant negotiating leverage since they know the U.S. aims to withdraw most of its combat troops by 2014 after more than a decade of war.
"I don't think Pakistan can compel them to sign a peace agreement," said Rizvi. "However, Pakistan can definitely encourage them, and they would listen to Pakistan."
The Afghan war has helped spark a domestic Taliban insurgency within Pakistan.
Taliban suicide bombers armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a large police station in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar on Friday, killing four officers and wounding six in an assault meant to avenge the death of a militant commander in a U.S. drone strike. zPeshawar has been a frequent target of militant attacks over the last few years, but most have been bomb blasts, not coordinated assaults in the center of the city such as Friday's attack.
Associated Press writers Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan, Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, and Heidi Vogt in Kabul, Afghanistan, contributed to this report.


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On Father's Day, the last thing your dad really wants is a new necktie. If he's a backyard-cooking enthusiast, he probably could use a new pair of colorful mitts or a set of long tongs for turning meats and other grilled things.
And, for sure, he'd love to get his hands on one of this year's hot new grilling books, which can help him take his barbecues to extreme new heights with fresh ideas and techniques. In the last few months, a dozen-plus grilling and barbecue titles have come across our desk -- a sign that outdoor cooking is as popular as ever. These 5 are standouts of this year's crop, and would make great Father's Day gifts."Fire & Smoke: A Pitmaster's Secrets," by Chris Lilly ($24.99, Clarkson Potter, 256 pages).
Which kind of dad it's perfect for: The serious meat-lover.
Why it stands out: Barbecue pitmaster Chris Lilly understands that grilling and barbecue aren't the same thing. Grilling cooks food hot and fast, while barbecue takes its sweet time, going low and slow to give foods smoky intensity and deep layers of flavor. This collection of 100 recipes shows the importance of both methods and the steps needed to achieve crusty char and moist, tender meat. And he's got great ideas for using up leftovers that go way beyond sandwiches, like Barbecue Gumbo.
5 dishes he'll crave: Grilled Chicken Lettuce Wraps; Yuzu Shrimp Skewers; Smoked Pork Shoulder Tacos; Cowboy Ribeye With Coffee Chop Dry Rub; Smoked Montreal Beef Tenderloin With Big Hoss' Mushroom Cognac Cream Sauce.
Cool tip: Give cocktails a smoky twist by grilling citrus slices that are used for garnish, or fruits like mangos and peaches, that can be turned into purees or added to sangria.
"Guy on Fire: 130 Recipes for Adventures in Outdoor Cooking," by Guy Fieri ($29.99, William Morrow, 342 pages).
Which kind of dad it's perfect for: The dad who likes his cookout shirts loud, and his TV chefs even louder.
Why it stands out: Food Network personality Guy Fieri is polarizing for his over-the-top outfits and television persona, but there's no denying he's a rock star when it comes to outdoor cooking. These 130 recipes are organized by the style of cookout (backyard bash, tailgate party, campground cooking, and holidays), including strategies for sauces and sides that can be made ahead. Peppered among the recipes are personal stories filled with memories of childhood camping trips, horseback riding trips, barbecue competitions, and plenty photos of Guy's family. It touching in a way you don't expect from Mr. Flavortown.
5 dishes he'll crave: Pork Katsu Sandwich With Bacon Mayonnaise; Apricot-Glazed Chicken Thighs With Pickled Red Onions; Salt and Pepper Spareribs With Romesco Sauce; Mac-n-Cheese With Roasted Chicken and Bacon; California Brick Chicken With Apricot-Mint Chimichurri.
Cool tip: The plastic zip-top bag is good for a lot more than marinating meat. The heavy ones can hold up to a meat-tenderizing mallet, can become piping bags for desserts, and are perfect for smashing crackers to be used as breading. Want to get fancy? The thick bags can be used for reheating foods, sous vide-style.
"Gastro Grilling: Fired-Up Recipes to Grill Great Everyday Meals," by Ted Reader ($25, Penguin, 374 pages).
Which kind of dad it's perfect for: The dad who is a gastronomist without the fussy pretentiousness.
Why it stands out: This collection of 135 recipes is designed for grillers who already have a practiced hand with fire, and have no fear of trying new techniques to turn backyard cooking from casual to culinary without losing the sense of fun. Because grilling generally involves shorter cooking times, Canadian chef Ted Reader has put an emphasis on shellfish and vegetables that don't need hours of smoking. But he's also got tricks for adding flavor to burgers and steaks, like infusing grilled onions with honey, mustard and Canadian whisky.
5 dishes he'll crave: Fire-Roasted Oysters With Crawfish Bacon BBQ Butter; Bourbon Street Grilled Pork Tenderloin With Praline BBQ Sauce; Planked Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes With Beer BBQ Gravy; Char-Grilled Salmon With Grapefruit Maple Butter Sauce; Grill-Baked Chocolate Peanut Butter Coffee Cake.
Cool tip: Patience is everything when it comes to grilling and barbecuing. Every time you want to touch or flip or poke or squish your food, have a sip of beer instead.
"Pitt Cue Co.: The Cookbook," by Tom Adams, Simon Anderson, Jamie Berger and Richard H. Turner ($34.99, Mitchell Beazley, 288 pages).
Which kind of dad it's perfect for: The Anglophile who doesn't mind getting his fingers sticky while eating.
Why it stands out: We think of barbecue as an American creation, but cooking food over open flames goes back to prehistoric times. In London, Pitt Cue Co. has become a barbecue phenomenon, starting out as a food truck serving slow-cooked delicacies from the American South, before becoming an award-winning restaurant. The 120 recipes in this debut cookbook give familiar fare a few British twists
5 dishes he'll crave: Butter Confit Turkey Wings; The Trailer Trash (a sandwich made with macaroni and cheese, pulled pork and bread and butter pickles); Whole Spicy Smoked Roast Chicken; Lamb Ribs With Molasses Mop & Onion Salad; Apple, Fennel, Watercress & Radish Salad.
Cool tip: Good meat comes down to four main factors: genetics or breed, feed, husbandry, and slaughter. If any one of these factors is ignored, the quality of the meat will be compromised, so look for heritage breeds that have been grown slowly and naturally, not pumped full of grain and hormones. It's worth the extra expense.
"Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue," by Cheryl and Bill Jamison ($29.95, Harvard Common Press, 512 pages).
Which kind of dad it's perfect for: The dad who likes to brag about all-day cookouts.
Why it stands out: Since first coming out 20 years ago, this cookbook has been the barbecue bible, focused not on grilling, but on long, slow cooking methods that infuse food with woodsy resonance. Now it's been updated with 50 new recipes (450 total), a cleaner design and color photos throughout, with everything a serious barbecue fan needs, from marinades and rubs to briskets that smoke overnight. And to go with that slow-cooked fare there's a wide range of side dishes, desserts and cocktails.
5 dishes he'll crave: Maple-Bourbon Ham; Dallas Dandy Brisket; Korean Kalbi Short Ribs; Jammin' Jerk Chicken Thighs; Smoked Snapper Tostadas With Sangrita Sauce.
Cool tip: Don't stress out over calories when it comes to mops made with butter or oil. Most of the fat drips away from the food during the slow-cooking process, leaving behind moist meat and a hint of flavor.


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"The Day the Earth Stood Still" with Gort the Robot. (20th Century Fox)Link
The astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) in the memory space of the computer Hal in "2001: A Space Odyessy." (Warner Bros.)Link
In the original "Planet of the Apes, " indigenous characters discuss the arrival of three astronauts, including one played by Charlton Heston. (20th Century Fox)Link
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)Link
Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway in 1997's "Contact." (Warner Bros.)Link
Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) face off in "The Matrix." (Warner Bros.)Link
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson try to make an escape in 2005's "The Island." (Merrick Morton/DreamWorks)Link
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian, Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre II, Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan, Matthew Goode as Ozymandias, Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in 2009's "Watchmen," directed by Zack Snyder. (Warner Bros.)Link
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) takes on one more assignment in 1982's "Blade Runner." (Warner Bros.)Link
Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken television audiences on a tour through the universe with his series, "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," which concludes its 13-episode run on Fox Sunday and on National Geographic Monday, before arriving on Blu-ray Tuesday. But when the acclaimed astrophysicist turns to the skies for entertainment, what does he like to watch? Hero Complex reached out to the man himself to find out.
Find his picks for his 10 favorite sci-fi films — and one distinguished runner-up, in his own words below.
I like big-budget science fiction films. My list, with two exceptions, bears this out. I want science fiction films to stretch the talent and imagination of visual effects experts. And the film above all else should create a vision of the future we either know that we don't want, or know that we do.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951): The story was so strong and compelling that the film did not require heavy special effects or monsters or violence to be simultaneously hopeful and terrifying.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Perhaps the first film to be all about the discovery of alien intelligence yet not show what it looks like, knowing that our imagination could surely do a better job than Hollywood. In any case, it was a visual orgy of space travel and space exploration that we remain far from achieving, even 13 years after the 33 years-in-the-future it portrayed.
Planet of the Apes (1968): Saw this again recently and it held up over all these years in many important details. Had not appreciated when I first saw it. The hierarchy of apes that ran the planet, chimps were the academics, baboons were the soldiers, orangutans were the diplomats. An action-adventure movie that was an insightful mirror to our lives and our civilization.
The Terminator (1984): Deftly woven action, violence, sentient machines, a heroine and time travel. All stitched together in a tight and scarily plausible storyline. And, when you think about it, a perfect acting vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a mostly mute terminator, whom many would rather look at than listen to.
The Quiet Earth (1985): Low budget, low distribution. One of many films that imagine for you what life might be like if you were the last person alive on Earth. In this case, the premise, the story, the casual science literacy of the main character, keeps the viewer in suspense the entire time, wondering what the hell happened and why.
Contact (1997): The second film that I know of that is all about contact with alien intelligence and yet does not offer you a glimpse of what they look like. Perhaps it's no surprise that Carl Sagan advised Arthur C. Clarke to not show aliens in "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Contact" itself is Carl Sagan's Story. A brilliant exploration of how our culturally and religiously pluralistic society might react to the knowledge that we have been contacted by a species more intelligent than we are.
Deep Impact (1998): There have been many asteroid/comet disaster films. But this one took the time to get most of the physics right, and made sure you cared about all the characters in the film so that their prospect of dying matters to the viewer. And Morgan Freeman's portrayal of the president of the United States may be the best ever.
The Matrix (1999): My top film in any category. From the opening credits to final scenes, every moment of this film is so fully conceived and so well executed that in spite of the complete fantasy world portrayed, the viewer was there, experiencing it with the characters themselves.
The Island (2005): Apart from too many minutes of gratuitous chase scenes, I think this movie is profound in its message as well as visually stunning. A rare study of science in the service of vanity, mixed with an exploration of corporate profits, human identity and free will. I've always viewed "Gattaca" (1997) as a lower-budget cousin of this film.
Watchmen (2009): I don't know if I am alone in thinking that "Watchmen" is the best-of-genre among all superhero films. I liked it because the characters had fully expressed, complex personality profiles. They experience love, hate, revenge, megalomania, moral anguish and trepidation. Nothing polished about them. For this reason, they were all more real to me. If the world really did have superheroes in it, "Watchmen" is the world it would be.
Blade Runner (1982): This story was simultaneously deep and scary. But I never warmed to it the way so many lovers of the genre have. Which makes this comment more of a confession than a review.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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'And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.' Luke 15:20
Suggested Further Reading: Mark 10:17–22
You have a desire towards God, and you would if you could, lay hold upon eternal life. But you feel too far off for anything like comfortable hope; now I must confess I feel many fears about you who are in this state; I am afraid lest you should come so far and yet go back; for there are many whom we thought had come as far as this, and yet they have gone back after all. Remember that desires after God will not change you so as to save you. You must find Christ. Remember that to say, 'I will arise' is not enough, nor even to arise; you must never rest till your Father has given you the kiss, till he has put on you the best robe. I am afraid lest you should rest satisfied and say, 'I am in a bad state; the minister tells me that many are brought to such a state before they are saved. I will stop here.' My dear friend, it is a good state to pass through, but it is a bad state to rest in. I pray you never be content with a sense of sin, never be satisfied with merely knowing that you are not what you ought to be. It never cures the fever for a man to know he has it; his knowledge is in some degree a good sign, for it proves that the fever has not yet driven him to delirium; but it never gives a man perfect health to know that he is sick. It is a good thing for him to know it, for he will not otherwise send for the physician; but unless it leads to that, he will die whether he feels himself to be sick or not.
For meditation: Do you use the excuse that you feel too far away from God? It won't wash, because God is only a cry of faith away from you (Romans 10:6–9). The tax collector in the parable felt far from God, but he didn't let that prevent him from crying for God's mercy and receiving it (Luke 18:13–14).
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The Father Daughter Dance - A Night to Remember
February 3, 2014
In today's busy world, it's hard to take a break from daily life and experience something special, elegant and magical. The JCC's Father Daughter Dance is that experience.
However, don't take it from us – read more from this father and daughter duo, who take time every year to spend time together at the JCC's Father Daughter Dance.
Dara: "Hi my name is Dara, I'm 9 years old, and I live in Bayside, Wisconsin. This will be my 3rd JCC Father Daughter Dance. I love the Father Daughter Dance because it makes my dad and me more close together. We bond a lot, which is really important to me because family is everything to me. I think the Father Daughter Dance is a wonderful experience for girls to bond and get to know their dad better. It truly is a night to remember, and to look forward to every year."
Dad: "The annual JCC Father Daughter Dance is a special occasion and I look forward to spending quality with my daughter Dara. This event carves out time from our busy schedules to focus on our relationship and enjoy each other's company without distraction (iPhone available only for emergencies) and treat her like a princess. The excitement starts with Dara's selection of the perfect gown and shoes and continues with planning the pre-dance feast at a local restaurant. I take care of royal carriage and her "fairy godmother" helps with her hair and make-up. The dance is fun with probing questions stimulating thoughts about our relationship and working together with answers that give us a chance us to win a special prize. And then the music, the desserts and the dancing! Ah... the dancing. From the choreographed lines to the occasional slow dance and jitterbug; what bliss as long as one of my left feet does not step on my date. The fantasy evening ends early, way before the stroke of midnight but our memories and love continue forever."
Join Dara and her father at this magical evening on Saturday, February 8th at 7:00 PM at the JCC. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Sarah Ruiz at 414-967-8185.
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The 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, and former first lady Laura Bush will sit down with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl for their only broadcast television interview during their trip to Africa. They will discuss President Bush's post-presidential activities, including what has become a cornerstone of his legacy - his development efforts in Africa, specifically to help fight AIDS and malaria and promote women's health issues. The interview comes just hours after President Bush's joint public appearance with President Obama in Africa.
Portions of the interview will be featured Tuesday, July 2, on "World News with Diane Sawyer" and Wednesday, July 3, on "Good Morning America." The extended interview will air Sunday, July 7, on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," which will be anchored by Karl.
In addition, ABC News' Cokie Roberts will moderate an historic conversation with first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush during the opening session of the Bush Institute's African First Ladies Summit, "Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa," on Tuesday, July 2. The institute says the summit will emphasize how effective investments in women can lead to greater stability and prosperity in African countries.
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Fall 2006
22nd annual
Public Sector Labor Relations Law Program
Friday, December 1, 2006
On Friday, December 1, 2006, the law
school will present the 22nd annual Illinois Public Sector
Labor Relations Law Program. This conference is designed
for lawyers whose practice involves labor law, local government
law or school law; for state and local government and public
education officials, administrators and labor relations
officers; for union officials, business agents and uniserv
directors; and for arbitrators and mediators. The opening
plenary session features Laurence Msall, President of the
Civic Federation, who will address the topic "The Status
and Future of Public Employee Retiree Benefits." His speech
will be followed by concurrent hands-on, interactive workshops
on several hot button topics of current interest: IPLRA
Developments, Pensions, Retiree Health Insurance, Retirement
Benefits in the Educational Sector, Interest Arbitration,
Military Leave, Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Labor
Law and Labor Relations, Charter Schools, First Amendment
Issues in the Light of Garcetti v. Ceballos, IELRA
Developments, Medical Records Confidentiality, Police &
Firefighter Forum, Work-Family Conflict Issues, Higher Education
Forum, Managing Complex Issues in Negotiations, A Primer
on Unemployment Compensation, and The Interplay of the Grievance
& Labor Board Processes.
Law students (JD only) enrolled at Chicago-Kent are welcome
to attend any or all of the program sessions free of charge.
Course materials, luncheon and reception are not included,
however, copies of the materials will be available in the
library after the program.
If you are interested in volunteering to work at the conference,
in exchange for complementary course materials and an opportunity
to network at the conference luncheon and reception, please
let us know when you stop by the office (Suite 673) to register,
or by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Pre-registration is
required no later than Tuesday, November 28, 2006.
29th annual
Kenneth M. Piper Lecture
"Religion and the Workplace"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
24th annual
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April 26-27, 2007
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May 3-4, 2007
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Man seriously hurt in North Country crash of 1967 Porsche
May 18. 2013 9:38PM
DUMMER - A New York man suffered serious head injuries when his Porsche went off the road and hit a tree, state police Sgt. Dennis Wade said.
George Gates, 61, of Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., was driving his 1967 Porsche 911 south on Route 16 about 2:30 p.m. when he lost control on a curve and hit a tree, Wade said. Emergency responders used hydraulic cutting tools to get him out of the car and he was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, where he was in stable condition Saturday night, Wade said.
Wade said speed appears to be a contributing factor in the crash. The speed limit on that stretch of Route 16 is 50 mph, he said.
Wade said Gates appeared to be participating in a Porsche rally being held at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods.


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Fears of disease rise as Nepal flooding death toll passes 100
KATMANDU, Nepal – Nepalese authorities on Monday feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempted to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed 101 people and left more than 136 missing.
Jhanka Nath Dhakal of Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center said four helicopters with food, emergency supplies, medicine and medical workers were sent to villages in the west of the country.
Rescuers were also attempting to reach the villages by road. However, most of the highways and rural roads are either submerged or damaged by the flooding, preventing vehicles from passing.
Thousands of people have been left without shelter and cut off from the rest of the country since Thursday in 10 districts in west Nepal. Much of the area is farm land where the villagers are poor and live in mud and straw huts that are easily washed away.
Authorities fear the lack of clean drinking water, food and sanitation could lead to outbreak of cholera, dysentery and encephalitis.
Dhakal said the government was trying to send medical teams to the villages with medical supplies to prevent diseases that can follow flooding. They are also distributing tents and plastic sheets to make temporary shelter, utensils to cook food and clothes for those who lost their belongings.
Rainfall stopped Sunday and clear skies Monday helped the rescue efforts, the official said.
Deputy Prime Minister Bam Dev Gautam flew to the area Sunday and ordered local officials do whatever was necessary to help the flood victims.
The June-September monsoon season often brings landslides and flooding to Nepal and neighboring India.
Earlier this month, a massive landslide covered an entire village near Katmandu, killing 156 people.