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Manchester man says he'll fight charges after police sting using shopping cartBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 04. 2012 11:59PM
MANCHESTER - Police sting operations - long the province of undercover drug deals and Internet sex chat rooms - found a home in a South Willow Street parking lot Monday night, when police arrested a Manchester man who threw a purse and DVD player from an unattended shopping cart into the trunk of his car and took off.
Police intentionally placed the shopping cart, a purse with $60, and bagged item in the parking lot, hoping to snare a would-be thief.
But Manchester resident Alexander Ramasci, 23, said he meant to go home, figure out who the owner was and return the property.
A store clerk who works for the state Liquor Commission, Ramasci feels he was entrapped.
"It was one thing if I broke into a car and ripped a purse out of a lady's hand, I could understand them calling me a thief," Ramasci said. He said his stepfather was a police officer in Burlington, Mass., for 10 years and now works in federal law enforcement.
Manchester police said this is the second year that its Special Enforcement Team has set up sting operations in local shopping centers in an effort to ensure shopper safety.
Earlier Monday night, similar stings took place at Walmart and the Mall of New Hampshire. In those cases, shoppers and store employees brought the purse into the stores in an effort to find an owner.
State law requires that anyone who finds lost or mislaid property take reasonable steps to find the owner, police Lt. Maureen Tessier said.
"The property left unattended had markings and other indicators that would clearly demonstrate to the finder that it was not abandoned property and that there were steps that person could take to find the property owner," Tessier said.
Plans to fight charges
Ramasci faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of theft of lost or mislaid property. He was bailed on his own recognizance and spoke to the New Hampshire Union Leader on Tuesday.
He said he noticed the shopping cart when he entered Game Stop to buy a Christmas present for his brother. After buying the gift, he went up to the shopping cart, removed the purse and bag and put it in his car.
When police pulled him over, they first accused him of making a drug deal, he said.
Ramasci said he intended to bring the material home, figure out who the owner was and return it.
Years ago when he was a youth, he found a wallet, brought it home and his mother mailed it to the owner. Ramasci said it "probably would have been a smarter thing" to bring the property into a store.
He said he doesn't have a record of theft. His only record at Manchester District Court involves motor vehicle violations, tobacco possession by a minor and littering.
He said he will hire a lawyer and fight the charges, fearing a conviction will hurt his future career possibilities. Ramasci said he attended Hesser College and took some business management courses, but he could not continue because of his inability to get financial aid.
Ramasci lives at home, and when he's not working, he cares for his 8-year-old sister, he said.
A case of entrapment?
Two criminal justice instructors at the University of New Hampshire were intrigued by the case.
Ted Kirkpatrick, a criminologist co-director of UNH JusticeWorks, said he's sure the police hashed out the legal issues behind the sting. It appears police aren't trying to protect retailers; the material had already been supposedly purchased and was outside the store. It appears police are trying to create an urban environment where a forgetful person can expect to have a mislaid wallet returned, Kirkpatrick said.
"The cops can do anything they want. The real arbiter on this is the courts," he said.
Charles Putnam, a former prosecutor and co-director of JusticeWorks, said in order to win a conviction, police will have to prove Ramasci intended to steal the property.
Illegal entrapment involves a two-part test: did police inducements go beyond an ordinary opportunity to commit a crime, and was the person predisposed to commit the crime.
Tessier said police plan to continue the shopping stings.
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With one sweet swing, an RBI double to right field and an excited, jubilant gesture to his delirious teammates in the Dodgers' dugout, Adrian Gonzalez was back.
And the St. Louis Cardinals had to stand there and take it.
With an RBI triple off the right-field wall Yasiel Puig was back too, his meringue dance into third base sending uneasy Dodger Stadium into an eruption registering 5.0 on the Richter scale.
That the disapproval from the stoic Cardinals was so obvious and apparent only added to the fun.
The Cardinals didn't like how Gonzalez celebrated on second base after his fourth-inning RBI double. And they weren't happy with the way Puig reacted to his RBI triple later in the inning.
The Dodgers, who picked themselves up after their lost weekend in St. Louis to beat the Cardinals 3-0 in Game 3 on Monday to inch within 2-1 in the seven-game series, could care less.
So when Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright called Gonzalez's antics on second base Mickey Mouse stuff, Gonzalez just smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"I did what I always do," he said. " We are in LA, so Mickey Mouse stuff does go. So if that's, you know, Mickey Mouse is only an hour away. So, you know, it fits us. I did what I always do."
After putting up little fight in two losses in St. Louis to open the series, Gonzalez standing up for himself has to be a delightful sight for Dodgers fans.
Now he has to keep it up.
Puig cared even less about the Cardinals reaction.
"We're in the playoffs, playoffs, playoffs," he kept repeating in Spanish.
In other words, can we all just have a little bit of fun here?
Apparently the Cardinals don't think so. But it's on them to put an end to it.
A day ago that looked like a fairly easy task after they took the first two games in St. Louis and had their ace, Wainwright, lined up against struggling rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu.
But with Ryu back dealing and Chavez Ravine rocking and rolling, the 92-win regular-season Dodgers finally showed up in this series.
For one night, anyway, everything was back to normal.
Clutch hits? Check.
Patience, discipline and making the pitcher throw your pitch instead of his?
Check, again.
Most notably Puig, whose youth and exuberance became the very weapon the Cardinals used to destroy him in St. Louis.
Puig was hitless with six strikeouts in 10 hopeless at-bats through the first two games, four of which came with runners in scoring position. And with each feeble swing on a wide pitch seemingly touching the banks of the Mississippi River, the Cardinals kept feeding him more unhittable pitches knowing full well he'd keep swinging at them.
"I noticed in St. Louis I was trying too hard," Puig finally admitted. "Something my teammates and I talked about."
Whatever they told him, it worked. And with patience now an ally Puig turned his nose up on two Wainwright pitches in the fourth inning — pitches he was flailing at in St. Louis — then sent the fourth pitch caroming off the right field wall for an RBI triple.
Had he immediately began running after making contact he likely would have had an inside-the-park home run. But the emotional Puig took a moment to admire his work, thinking it was a home run, and by the time he realized it didn't make it over the wall away he went around the bases.
As he closed in on third he did a little dance, then let out a scream so loud it could be heard all the way in Havana.
It was four days and two games of frustration coming out, and as he excitedly gestured to the nearby Dodgers dugout his teammates celebrated right along with him.
Their Cuban missile was back, and the blast was felt throughout Dodger Stadium.
The Cardinals didn't like it one bit.
But that's on them to do something about it.
Because Puig isn't about to change his excitable ways.
"I'm always having fun on the field," Puig said.
So too is Gonzalez, who the Cardinals made disappear in Games 1 and 2 by wisely pitching around him in order to deal with his struggling teammates.
But with Mark Ellis standing at third with one out in a scoreless tie, Wainright wasn't about to put Gonzalez on base knowing Andre Ethier, Puig and Juan Uribe were waiting behind him.
So Wainright challenged Gonzalez with a 91-mph cut fastball and Gonzalez did what he normally does with runners in scoring position — he lifted a soft liner to right field to easily score Ellis from third.
It seemed so routine, so natural.
In reality it busted the Dodgers out of a terrible scoring drought — the run by Ellis just their first over the previous 23 innings and Gonzalez's base hit only their second hit in 18 at bats with runners in scoring position at that point.
"With the struggles we've had with runners in scoring position, it kind of gave us a little bit of a release there to just kind of relax and keep going," Gonzalez said. "For me, that was a big situation, and it was just a great feeling to come through."
Puig followed with the RBI triple and the Dodgers led 2-0.
Turns out that was more than enough for Ryu, who awoke from his recent swoon to give the Dodgers the start they desperately needed to climb back into this series with seven scoreless innings.
Brian Wilson and Kenley Jansen took care of the eighth and ninth as Dodger Stadium erupted with every out.
Their Dodgers had finally arrived in the NLCS, and with Puig and Gonzalez leading the way again they might just stick around for awhile.
Whether the Cardinals like it or not.
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paul_s needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 134 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
Tate & Lawson
Tate & Lawson are a start-up business that design and sell female business shirts with the goal to expand into accessories and business suits
Purpose/ Aim/ message:
Shirts by women for women, Variety of fabrics and styles. Appeal to females that dress for success. Much like target audience logo needs to stand out and have an established presence.
RhodesAndBeckett.com.au : too muscular, not enough colour, too plain, want more classic and flowing, without being cruise ship flowing.
HawesAndCurtis.com.au : want to appear more exclusive, logo is strong, inspirational story, history.
collettedinnigan.com.au : like flowing font, just not uniform enough, too curvy, different audience.
alannahhill.com.au : like depth of logo and flow, however too over the top.
Align with: Rhodes & Beckett and Herringbone, with regards to the customer base. If the company were to wholesale, the garments would be pitched to the likes of Myer, David Jones
Disliked Logos:
B2C, 20-45 year old strong & professional females that work in the corporate environment. Finance, Law etc. Go out for drinks after work. Dress smart and want to be noticed.
Sell online within Australia initially and will have a retail front within 6 months of operation. Cater to international markets.
Industry: Female fashion
Differentiating factors:
Not a unisex product. Professional yet subtle feminine feel
Competitors strengths/ weaknesses:
Established logos, however not feminine
Concerns to overcome:
Not too feminine
Sales/ Channels:
Online, retail front
Format required/ end use of product:
Print, white stitched fabric labels & Web
Labels will be 5.5 cm wide x 1.5 cm in height
Graphic design/ Logo layout:
Would prefer logo not to be only B&W or with blocky fonts.
Would like the words to flow and work together. Perhaps the T & L can have a flowing style that achieves this. Open to options.
Like Colours:
Warm choc brown, pinks, aqua blue towards green (refer to au.tiffany.com), Grey, maybe subtle blue / purple shades
Professional with a touch of soft
Final logo will need to work well as a single colour
Avoid Colours:
No orange or overpowering pink.
Design preferences:
Like curved fonts. Logo will be font centric, no emblems, icons, illustrations or images to be included in logo.
Clean, minimal, avoid too feminine. Needs to look professional and reflect audience.
Potentially use condensed clean font.
Needs to stand out in the retail space
Brand highlights:
Different styles & fabrics to suit different body types.
Professional, established yet friendly and touch of femininity
Quality fabrics
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Hemochromatosis occurs when an excess of iron is absorbed and stored in the body. The extra iron ends up in the body's organs and causes damage. If not treated, the liver, heart and pancreas can fail.
Typically healthy people absorb about 10% of the iron in the food they eat. If you have hemochromatosis, you may absorb as much as three times that amount. Because your body has no natural way to excrete iron, the extra just stays there.
If you or a family member has hemochromatosis, treatments and dietary changes can help you manage the disease.
For treatment, excess iron must be removed from the body and damaged organs must be repaired.
The main treatment is to remove excess iron from the body. This is called phlebotomy or having blood drawn like when donating to a blood bank. The process is as follows:
Upon diagnoses, one should follow a special diet to reduce the amount of iron absorbed in your digestive tract. Suggestions include avoiding the following:
Primary hemochromatosis is an inherited disorder. If you or someone in your family has it, everyone should be tested to see if they inherited the gene.
Hereditary hemochromatosis is mainly caused by a defect in a gene called HFE, which helps regulate the amount of iron absorbed from food. The two known mutations of HFE are C282Y and H63D. C282Y is the most important. In people who inherit C282Y from both parents, the body absorbs too much iron and hemochromatosis can result.
Hemochromatosis is typically more common in men than women and occurs more frequently in Caucasians of western European descent. About five people out of 1,000—0.5 percent—of the U.S. Caucasian population are susceptible to developing the disease Types of hemochromatosis include:
Primary hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder. If you have this condition you absorb too much iron through your digestive tract causing iron to accumulate in the body. If you have not been diagnosed with hemochromatosis, you are more likely to develop this type of the disease if a family member has had or has this condition.
Secondary (acquired) hemochromatosis can be complication of other blood-related disorders that require many blood transfusions treatment. It also occurs in cases of long-term alcohol abuse or as a result of other health complications.
Juvenile hemochromatosis leads to severe iron overload, liver and heart disease in adolescents between 15 and 30.
Neonatal hemochromatosis causes rapid iron buildup in a baby's liver that can be deadly.
Symptoms of hemochromatosis include:
**Remember – many people have no symptoms when they are diagnosed.
For proper diagnosis, a doctor or nurse will conduct physical evaluations. During these evaluations they may look for a swollen liver and/or spleen, and skin color changes. Blood test may be taken including:
Complications of hemochromatosis include:
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This is a recipe re-creation of the Santa Fe Style Rice and Beans frozen dinners. My favorite brand is the Smart Ones. Not that I make a habit of eating frozen dinners. Once every year or so I am tempted to eat one. Not a random one. Only this one. The best TV dinner ever known to man. Ever. Their insanely good! But don't go out and buy one now. Make this.
It is made of spicy rice and red beans in a creamy sour cream sauce with green chiles and cheese melted over the top. So simple, but indescribably delicious. This is a very close rendition, if not a better one. It's super creamy, with a nice, subtle bite from the green chiles and spices. I loaded it with just the perfect ratio of crispy, sweet, white corn niblets, diced, vine-ripened tomatoes, and soft, earthy red beans. It did its intended job of satisfying my craving. And the best part is the leftovers. Something you don't get with frozen meals.
Santa Fe Style Rice and Beans
(by Reeni)
3 cups cooked long-grain brown or white rice
1 and 1/2 cups canned small red beans, drained and rinsed
1 can(4 oz.) of chopped green chiles with juices
3/4 cup corn
3/4 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced onion
1 and 1/2 cups sour cream
1/2 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon Chile powder
1 teaspoon Oregano
1/4 teaspoon Cayenne
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
1 and 1/2 cups shredded sharp white cheddar
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl mix together the rice, beans, chiles, corn, tomatoes and onion.
3. In a separate medium-size bowl whisk together the sour cream, milk,
Chile powder, oregano, cayenne, salt and pepper.
4. Spray or butter an 8×8 baking/casserole dish. Add the rice mixture. Pour the sourcream sauce over the top. Sprinkle evenly with cheese.
5. Bake for 30 minutes until top is lightly browned and middle is bubbly.
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Dead Silver Carp Found On Dam Near Winona
WINONA (AP) - Experts say the discovery of a dead Asian carp near Winona confirms the invasive fish are using their leaping ability to attempt to overcome barriers.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the carcass of a silver carp was found recently on a dam abutment just north of Winona, the furthest upstream a silver carp has been discovered in the Mississippi River.
DNR invasive fish coordinator Nick Frohnauer says the finding suggests the carp was attempting to jump over the dam, not just leaping due to a disturbance.
Silver carp are one of four Asian carp species threatening the Mississippi River system.
Bighead carp have been found in Lake Pepin and the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. But there's no indication bighead or silver carp are reproducing in those waters.


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Stocks could give Washington a pass until there are more signs of whether "fiscal cliff" negotiations will go smoothly or turn into a hot-headed showdown.
The market closed barely changed Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down less than a point, at 12,815, and the S&P 500 was up less than a point at 1,380. The bond market was closed, and many market participants were off for the Veterans Day holiday.
But when Wall Street is back to business Tuesday, cliff-watching will dominate. Aside from random remarks from political leaders, the markets are watching Friday's meeting between congressional leaders and President Barack Obama. Obama also meets with union leaders, business leaders and civic leaders ahead of that Friday meeting, which could set the tone for the resolution of the cliff.
The cliff is the $607 billion expiration of tax cuts and other programs, and the onset of automatic spending cuts Jan. 1 if Congress does not act.
The CBOE Volatility Index, the VIX, was sharply lower Monday, losing 10 percent to 16.68. "People are betting the market will be less volatile," said Steve Massocca of Wedbush Securities. "Typically, low volatility is correlated with a rising market, but not always."
(Read More: 'Fiscal Cliff' Mess Is a 'Grand Canyon': Gross)
As for the discussions in Washington, "It's hard to say because we haven't gotten specifics yet. There's a meeting this Friday. Coming out of that meeting there might be specifics. There's talk now there's going to be some kind of compromise," said Massocca.
Both Obama and House Speaker John Boehner said Friday that they are open to compromise, but they still appear apart on the idea of raising the tax rate on high income Americans.
Traders said it was encouraging that Boehner appeared to be pushing House Republicans to prepare for compromise. Stocks lost about 3.5 percent last week, following the election on worries the status quo outcome would lead to gridlock and push the economy off the cliff.
"I can't see a move upward in equity prices absent a resolution to the fiscal cliff," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery. "We don't know for certain, even if there is an adjustment to the capital gains tax rate, where it's going to go. Fifty percent of stocks are held in tax advantaged accounts. It's a moot point to some investors."
(Read More: Gayed: Tracking Market Sentiment on the 'Fiscal Cliff')
Dividend stocks have been selling off on fear the Bush-era tax cuts will be allowed to expire, and the tax rate will revert to individual tax rates. Dividends are currently taxed at 15 percent and if Bush tax cuts expire, the top earners could pay taxes of 43.4 percent on dividends, including the new 3.8 percent health-care-related tax on investment income.
Luschini said a lot of investors might not see the higher tax rate on dividends, which would hit individuals making $200,000 and couples earning $250,000 or more.
What to Watch
Several retailers report earnings ahead of the opening bell Tuesday, and Home Depot should disclose what type of impact Super Storm Sandy had on its profits. The stock is up 45 percent year-to-date, but it had a flat performance in the past month. It is expected to be a beneficiary of rebuilding.
Saks, Nordstrom, and TJX also report before the bell. Cisco Systems reports after the close.
There is not much in the way of data Tuesday. The NFIB small business survey is reported at 7:30 a.m. ET and the federal budget is released at 2 p.m.
—By CNBC's Patti Domm; Follow Her on Twitter @pattidomm
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Auld Reekie folk 'spend most on tech prezzies'
Greasy poll puts Southamptoners at the bottom
Today's piece of blatant puffery masquerading as market research comes from Geek Squad the embarrassingly named in-store tech support oppos for Carphone Warehouse.
GS/CW would like us to know that folk in Edinburgh will - on average - spend £126.60 on tech gifts this Christmas, the highest in the land apparently.
The firm points its corporate finger at Southampton residents as the nation's group of meanest spenders on technology presents: they cough up, on average, just £47.30 on such gifts. They're a bit pants in Hants, in other words.
This says nothing, of course, other than Edinburgh has some higher tech spenders than Southampton and the 13 cities listed in between do.
Perhaps Southampton folk are simply keener to present their friends and relatives with life-affirming stuff like books, booze and boxes of chocs, than to hand over shiny-but-bland gadgetry?
Geek Squad didn't say how it had come by this information - there's some vague reference to a survey in the press release - but only an utter, utter cynic would conclude the numbers were made up to pad out an announcement that Geek Squad will answer tech queries by phone and Twitter over the Christmas break.
What, Scroogey GS not letting its staff have plenty of time off over the festive season? ®


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Punjab ex-judge to be tried in cash-at-doorstep case
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Nirmal Yadav, a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, will be tried in the cash-at-doorstep case as the Supreme Court Friday dismissed her plea challenging the framing of charges against her.
Rejecting her plea seeking suspension of the proceedings at the trial court, which is set to frame charges against the former judge, a bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice C.Nagappan said the matter relates to 2008 and there already have been several rounds of litigation.
"This is a matter of 2008, how many rounds of litigation by the judge?" the court observed as her counsel S.K.Garg Narwana pressed for restraining the trial court from framing the charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The court sought to know why it should interfere at this stage of framing of charges as Narwana argued that it was not because of his client that the trial in the case has been delayed.
As he argued that there was nothing incriminating against Yadav, Justice Dattu observed that in the absence of evidence, she would get acquitted.
Finding that court was not inclined to grant any relief to Yadav, Narwana said: "I can persuade the court that there is no evidence against her and that she was being harassed" and "she too has rights as citizens like others".
In 2008, a bag containing Rs.15 lakh in cash was delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur of the same high court, but it transpired the money was meant to be delivered to Nirmal Yadav. She moved the apex court after the high court dismissed her plea against the framing of charges.


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Just thought I'd drop a note about MonoCross. The first Wp7 code was only made available this week and so I've only had a few days to play with it. So far I'm finding it fascinating as an alternative way of thinking about how to construct an app.
I know not everyone is doing multiplatform... and I'm already finding that MonoCross gets in the way of some MVVM and data binding stuff, but I'm also finding that there are some very interesting parts to the way MX approaches development - in particular:
- MX splits the Model and Controller out into one class library, then puts the Views into the app project
- MX Views are ultimately PhoneApplicationPage's but you inherit via an MXView<TModel> class - it's quite nice that this means you always get a Model to use
- The navigation framework intercepts the calls to "routes" like "{Controller}/{Action}/{Id}" - so you no longer have to navigate to urls like "Views/EditThing.xaml?ThingId=12" and the navigation framework also takes care of the Model creation/selection for you.
There's plenty of "rough parts" in there - plenty that will get done differently in the future (e.g. there are static class and static member variables everywhere - Mx desparately needs an injection of IoC) and I'm not sure how blendable this approach is - but overall it's very interesting to see an application structured differently - something other than yet another Mvvm platform.
If you're interested, check it out on http://bit.ly/smT0Di
P.S. Just in case you were wondering - I've nothing to do with the MX project - it's got some sort of book publisher behind it. I'm just one of the first 1.0 users (I think!)


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A common router bit and simple jig yield a jewel of an inlay piece.
By Rob Millard
Pages: 34-37
From the October 2011 issue #192
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I'm in awe of the cleverness of period woodworkers. Working with simple tools, they created objects of art that have stood the test of time. Of particular interest to me are the inlay bandings produced during the Federal period (1775-1815).
At first glance they would seem an impossible task, even with today's tools. Yet for the most part they are simple laminations sliced at various angles which are then glued in a pattern between sheets of veneer. When I first examined photos of diamond bandings, I assumed they were made by cutting a three-layer stack of contrasting wood on a diagonal and gluing them back together between veneers. This is how modern diamond bandings are made. But period bandings often have what can be best described as a horizontal pattern shift.
This shifting results in the top and bottom points of each diamond not aligning vertically. I couldn't see how this misalignment would occur with segments cut from a stack. Then I saw an original banding in person – which raised more questions than it answered because the grain ran horizontally through the banding, rather than on the diagonal as I had assumed.
The only thing that was clear was how the misalignment could occur, because even the slightest variation in the size of the components would cause the pattern to shift. Period cabinetmakers were masters, but cutting small, delicate diamonds and triangles with the precision required, and in a timely manner, seemed a tall order. Then it occurred to me that the key was to cut the contrasting woods at the same time, ensuring precise alignment.
With a router this would be easy, but I wanted to be sure it was possible with hand tools. So to test the theory I made a crude plane with a V-shaped iron and a jig to guide the plane. The banding proved surprisingly simple (if not quick) to make with hand tools.
Using a router greatly increases the speed at which you can make the banding, and (to a degree) the accuracy of the finished product. I was actually concerned the router would be too precise, and the resulting banding would lose the handmade variations crucial for a period look. In the end, this was an unfounded concern, because even with a carefully made jig and well-prepared stock, considerable potential for "errors" exists.
Accuracy is Essential
This banding begins where all projects begin, with the stock preparation. The banding is easy to make if every step is done with great precision. Errors tend to be cumulative, so starting with stock that is accurately milled is essential.
This particular banding starts with two strips of holly and one of ebony that are milled to 1⁄4″ x 2″ x 37″. The dimensions aren't critical, but uniformity is. Flatten the strips with a handplane, using a straightedge and winding sticks to check for accuracy. With one face flat, run the strips through the planer.
Be sure your planer knives are adjusted so they are absolutely parallel to the bed – otherwise the strips won't have the necessary accuracy. The edges of the strips also need to be parallel with a high degree of accuracy. To assist in checking setups, also make a strip of scrap wood using the same settings.
Edge-glue one strip of holly and the ebony together. I did this with the strips lying on the bench to aid in getting the faces flush. Handscrews provide the clamping pressure, which is more than enough because the joint isn't structural. Use plastic food wrap to keep the strips from adhering to the bench.
Jig Details
At the heart of making the banding is a jig that guides the router and properly spaces the V-grooves. The jig has a bed of 3⁄4″ hardwood plywood. A cleat underneath it allows the jig to be secured in a vise and provides a place to clamp the strips while routing. Glue and nail two guides of the same thickness as your strips to the bed with 41⁄2″ between them. At an exact 90˚ to the guide strips you'll need two guides that are spaced to allow the router base to glide effortlessly between them, but without play (wax helps). The accuracy of the router guides is critical to the proper outcome of the finished banding. Because of the way the strips will be arranged, any deviation from true will be doubled, making a successful banding all but impossible.
To provide clearance for the strips, place pieces of veneer under the router guides. Like the guide strips, the router guides and veneer are glued and pinned in place. This banding is made with a 120˚ router bit. Set up the router with the bit so it projects about 1⁄64″ shy of half the thickness of the strips.
First make a test cut in your scrap from both sides, adjusting as necessary to set the depth. Complicating this set-up is the fact that the bit leaves a small flat at the bottom of the V-groove, which means that routing halfway through the strip would make the V too deep.
Setting the spacing of the V- grooves involves a bit of trial and error, too. The V-cut in the jig will aid in setting the spacing. Moving the test strip over until the edge of the V intersects with the edge of the V in the jig will result in the proper spacing, but make a few test cuts to be sure. The goal is to have the peaks of the Vs in the strips come to a sharp point without reducing the thickness of the strips. To confirm that the peaks come to a sharp point, put a straightedge across the top – that will reveal any gaps. Once you get the spacing correct, make an index mark on the inside face of the guide strip. This mark will set the spacing by placing it in the bottom center of the previously cut V.
Clamp the strips firmly as the cuts are made, with the clamps as close as possible to the cut. Holly burns easily, so watch your feed speed to prevent this. The cutting goes rather quickly, taking a little over an hour to complete the 37″ strip.
When you near the end of the strips, you'll have to move the clamps to the already routed section. To prevent deforming the peaks of the V, pad the clamps with soft scrap wood. When you are done routing, remove the flat left at the bottom of each V with a V-gouge. (I've found that the angle of the V-gouge does not need to match the angle of the groove, it is only important to remove the flat.)


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Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in May, reflecting broad-based gains that signal manufacturing is stabilizing.
The 2.1% gain in bookings followed a revised 1.3% advance the prior month, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of 61 economists in a Bloomberg survey called for a 2% increase. Demand for capital equipment increased more than the government estimated last week.
Sales of motor vehicles, gains in residential construction, and a boom in domestic energy production are helping make up for weakness in U.S. export markets. A pickup in business investment in new equipment and improving consumer demand would help bolster manufacturing and the expansion in the second half of 2013.
"If you look at manufacturing in general it's been in one of the biggest expansionary tracks we've seen," Drew Matus, deputy U.S. chief economist at UBS Securities LLC in Stamford, Connecticut, said before the report. "The U.S. seems like it's doing much better than the rest of the world."
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from a 1% drop to a 4.9% gain after a previously reported 1% advance in April.
Factory orders excluding the volatile transportation component climbed 0.6% after a 0.2% increase the prior month, the Commerce report showed.
Bookings for commercial aircraft jumped 50.8% after climbing 18.4% in April. Chicago-based Boeing Co. received 232 aircraft orders in May after 51 in April.
Durable Goods
Bookings for durable goods, which make up more than half of total factory demand, rose 3.7%. Today's reading was little changed from the 3.6% gain the Commerce Department initially estimated on June 25.
Orders for non-durable goods including petroleum climbed 0.7%. The gain in non-durables reflected gains in fuel and chemicals, today's report showed. Because the figures aren't adjusted for inflation, they're often influenced by changes in prices rather than shifts in demand.
Bookings for capital goods excluding aircraft and military equipment, an indicator of future business investment, increased 1.5% in May, a third consecutive advance. The reading was revised up from the government's first estimate last week which showed a 1.1% gain.
Shipments of those goods, used in calculating gross domestic product, rose 1.9% in May, also more than estimated last week, after a 2.1% drop in April.
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At the end of BC I was super excited. Achievements were all the rage and I was super excited when my talent tree was redone because I could do a respec for free. My raiding was minimal and most dungeons were done. I was a member in a guild and not a GM. The whole frozen theme was exciting because I had played WCIII.
By the end of wrath I had become a GM. The end of the expansion marked for us the end of ICC… but we still loved going there, getting more people their kingslayer, still going in there for trinkets. We raided pretty much until the week before Cata hit.
Now we are in a new server, done with normal modes and even a heroic. Everyone seems tired of raiding and most of us continue to play to make sure people get their legendaries.
I am not sure if it is the fact that we are better now and conquering the normal mode feels like a completion to some (we had a tank quit the day he got kingslayer back in the day…) or simply that this expansion just took the air out of playing the actual game for most people.
I have always hated questing and by association leveling. I level mostly via PvP and dungeons. I don't have a desire to take a toon from 0-90… even though I do want a Panda Monk. Am I finally WoW unstuck?
I still enjoy raiding and would love to go back and complete heroic modes in Firelands, but most people want to either play an alt and do the latest and greatest thing. Only those still completing quests in there are really interested, and it seems that everyone runs for the hills when we bring my ever hated raid up.
We have a healthy level of membership right now, but it keeps us at about 15 people logged during prime time but not the same people. I think we are actually hovering around 30 people that play with us… but it makes it hard to plan for MoP. Do we stay 10, do we prepare for 25 just in case that becomes more fun?
I thought I hated 25s after ICC, but 10 has just as many issues. Less people does not mean more issues, it just means that they are amplified. Someone does not show up in a key role, your raid crumbles. 25 seems more forgiving in that sense.
I am almost ready to rate Cata, and for all the good it brought, it also made the bad shine even brighter. I am not done with WoW just yet, but I do think that Pandaland will make or break the game.
I am almost more excited about Diablo than MoP… but that could change as MoP gets closer.


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John Anderson, founder and CEO of GroupCard, believes his company will be a household name in a few years.
The online greeting card company, started by Milwaukee natives Anderson, Bob Ralian and Rich Lorbach, was recently purchased by gift card giant InComm, giving it access to an international market that includes some of the world's largest retailers. The company, made up of four full-time workers, plans to triple its work force over the next year and significantly expand its product line.


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The former White House speechwriter Michael Gerson, widely credited with authorship of such George W. Bush catchphrases as "axis of evil" and "the soft bigotry of low expectations," is no stranger to big ideas. And here he has assumed no small task. In Heroic Conservatism, Gerson deploys his winged words and his status as semi-official interpreter of Bush's political philosophy in a stout effort to rescue his party from a cramped vision of minimal government and low taxes—in favor of a robust pursuit of the common good.
Progressives who cannot conceive of "W" sharing a sentence with "common good"—or "winged words" or "political philosophy," for that matter—may find in Heroic Conservatism a more generous, interesting exposition of the president's worldview than the one they find in the echo chamber of the liberal blogosphere. But the author's intended audience is the conservative movement, to whom he declaims:
I am convinced that the bold use of government to serve human rights and dignity is not only a good thing, but a necessary thing. I believe the security of our country depends on idealism abroad—the promotion of liberty and hope as the alternatives to hatred and bitterness. I believe the unity of our country depends on idealism at home—a determination to care for the weak and vulnerable, and to heal racial divisions by the expansion of opportunity. And I believe my party, the Republican Party, must carry this message of idealism and courage to a tired nation in a pivotal moment, or face a severe judgment of history.
There are those who look at the 2008 Republican presidential contest and see rifts between social and economic conservatives divided by domestic policy, or between realists and neoconservatives divided by foreign policy. For Gerson, "the two intellectually vital movements within the Republican Party today are libertarianism and Roman Catholic social thought." The author's intraparty opponents are apt to disparage government by quoting Ronald Reagan's first inaugural to the effect that "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Gerson, though himself a Protestant, finds in Catholic social teaching not just a subsidiarity that respects the limits of government but also a call to solidarity that can redeem the political enterprise as an agency of the common good.
Do not look to Gerson for the studied syllogisms of the Scholastic, however; Heroic Conservatism is the earnest witness of an evangelical. The book is less argument than autobiography, most of it occupied by the tale of Gerson's career in big-time national politics. Because then Governor George W. Bush exhibited a genuine interest in creative political action on behalf of the poor and vulnerable that resonated with Gerson's own sentiments of Christian charity, Gerson leapt at the opportunity to help define the president's new "compassionate conservatism." He was excited to be present at the creation of the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and the legislation known as No Child Left Behind, despite the skepticism of small-government purists. "Because the oppression of the weak is an offense against the image of God, politics is an urgent calling," Gerson scolds such doubters. Testify, Michael, testify!
But in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, relatively modest efforts to mend the broken at home were eclipsed by bigger game. Gerson, like Bush, was captivated by the opportunity for political heroism of a higher order: the prospect of changing the course of history by remaking the Middle East in our image as a stronghold of liberal democracy. With Gerson's help, the president would frame the war on terror as a climactic confrontation between good and evil, with the peaceable kingdom but a few years away if Americans had the courage to grasp the opportunity.
Gerson contends that setbacks of the Iraq occupation empowered conservative critics of Bush's ambitious politics, who struck back against the president and his costly agenda—for that matter, against the speechwriter-enabler who had tread so casually on such conservative dogmas as the rectitude of the free market and the law of unintended consequences. Gerson retired from the White House in 2006 and has taken heavy flak from his Republican colleagues since. In his column "The Real Heroism: Restraint," George F. Will, speaking as the voice of conservative orthodoxy, essentially read Gerson out of Gerson's own movement.
But Gerson's tale is probably less a serious dispute about political ideology than the perennial story of the Christian in politics, who is bound to come to grief trying to reconcile transcendent political ideals with temporal political alignments. It is a story as old as Thomas More and as fresh as Arkansas's Gov. Mike Huckabee—upon whom Will also recently pronounced an anathema for being a bit too compassionate. And it is not confined to one party. One need only recall the fate of the late Gov. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, famously barred from the 1992 Democratic Convention's speaker list for his pro-life views. As Gerson (a Casey admirer) reminds us, "Christian social teaching is not identical to either political ideology; it stands in judgment of both."


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I'm looking for some advice, Mamas. I have a 9 month old who is spitting up a lot more in the past few weeks after having slowed down for awhile and I'm both fried on the mountains of laundry and worried that my little guy is struggling (Dr says no problem as long as he's gaining and happy, which he is).
I have OS/OALD and have been block nursing for maybe 6 months or more to address this. At one point I was switching sides every 6-8 hours, but after he turned 6 months, my supply seemed to dwindle at that interval so we gradually transitioned to 4 hour blocks. This seemed to be going fine for quite some time, still some spitting up, but not the niagara falls that it had been. I'm thinking that now I'll go back up to 6 hours again and see...
I have BF this babe and my older guy (almost 3 and weaned about a month ago) and had a couple of plugged ducts over the years, but no mastitis until about 2 weeks ago when I went out of town with both of them (without my husband!) for a long, harrowing car trip and crazy weekend. I thought about whether the weaning might be connected, but he was down to one brief nursing session each morning for a long time before we stopped, so it didn't seem like a huge change supply/demand-wise.
The boy LOVES solids and eats like a fiend, but this also has not enabled him to keep it down any more (I thought maybe the thicker consistency would help).
I have tried eliminating soy and dairy a couple of times with no noticeable change in the puking pattern. I know there are other things I could try, but here's the thing that makes me think it's not a food sensitivity: When I go to work and my husband gives him BM from a bottle, he often goes the whole day until I get home with no spitting up at all! And then I get home and we nurse and voila! 6 pukes per hour sometimes.
I just want to know if you all can recommend anything else to try?
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Thelton Eugene Henderson (born 1933, Shreveport, Louisiana) is currently a federal judge in the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer, educator, and jurist.
Henderson received both his undergraduate and law degrees from University of California, Berkeley. In 1962, he became the Justice Department's first African-American lawyer in the Civil Rights Division. He was sent to the South to monitor local law enforcement for any civil rights abuses, a role that included investigating the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church which killed four girls. In this capacity he became acquainted with Martin Luther King and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, after winning over their initial skepticism of a government attorney.
After a stint in private practice, he served as director of a legal aid center in East Palo Alto, California. In 1969, he became assistant dean at Stanford Law School, where he established the minority recruiting program and helped diversify the student body, and assisted in creating Stanford's clinical program. During this time, he also served as consultant to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Office of Economic Opportunity, Carnegie Corporation, and Ford Foundation. In 1977, he left Stanford to form a law firm which specialized in civil rights, civil liberties and other issues of constitutional law, and also was a law professor at Golden Gate University.


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I liked this book because it is fun to read, the book doesn't tell the answer of if Isabel wins the bake-off 'til the ending. This book is part of a series. The second book is called "Sprinkles and Secrets". This book made me feel curious because I was wondering what would happen next and I wondered if Isabel would win the bake-off. This book makes me wonder why the author thought of writing a book about cupcakes.
If you like books about adventures, I think you will enjoy this book. I think this book is adventurous because Isabel is making all kinds of silly, crazy recipes to find the most perfect cupcake to enter in the bake-off. I recommend this book to people that are in third grade or older. This book's setting takes place in the town of willow in Oregon. In the book there are very short chapters. If you read this book I hope you will enjoy it. :)


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Right-Wing Media Attempt To Politicize Hurricane Sandy
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Right-wing media are scrambling to politicize Hurricane Sandy, attacking media outlets for reporting that Obama has returned to the White House to monitor the response to the storm, which could affect 60 million Americans.
Hurricane Sandy Could Affect 60 Million Americans
CNN: "Hurricane Sandy Could Affect As Many As 60 Million People." CNN reported that the number of Americans impacted by the storm could reach up to 60 million with the possibility of "unprecedented damage":
Hurricane Sandy could affect as many as 60 million people.
"This is the most catastrophic event that we have faced and been able to plan for in any of our lifetimes," Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy said.
An expected storm surge at midnight could raise water levels to 11 feet above normal high tide, bringing "the potential to cause unprecedented damage."
Hundreds of thousands of people have abandoned their homes. New York City landmarks are eerily empty. The nation's capital is emptied of government workers. Much of the region was settling into paralysis, bracing for what's to come.
From North Carolina to Maine, forecasters said Sandy was likely to collide with a cold front and spawn a "superstorm" that could generate flash floods, snowstorms and massive power outages.
The National Grid, which provides power to millions of customers, said 60 million people could be affected -- up from its previous estimate of 50 million.
"It could be bad," said U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Rattior, "or it could be devastation." [CNN.com, 10/29/12]
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With computer models locked in on the eventuality of a punishing blow for East Coast from Hurricane Sandy (with the latest model runs favoring the northern mid-Atlantic), analyses suggest this storm may be unlike anything the region has ever experienced. [The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang, 10/26/12]
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CNN: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Told Reporters "Obama Would Return To Washington Instead Of Attending The Campaign Rally In Orlando." Citing "deteriorating weather conditions in the Washington area," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said President Obama would return to Washington, DC to monitor storm preparations and meet with emergency management officials:
[White House Press Secretary Jay] Carney said Monday that Obama would return to Washington instead of attending the campaign rally in Orlando. "Due to deteriorating weather conditions in the Washington area, the President will not attend today's campaign event in Orlando," Carney wrote. "The President will return to the White House to monitor the preparations for and early response to Hurricane Sandy." [CNN, 10/29/12]
Right-Wing Blogs: Obama "Flies Back To DC To Play Hero"
The Drudge Report: "SPIN? Obama Campaign Fears Impact Of Hurricane Sandy." The Drudge Report depicted President Obama flying back to Washington, DC to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Sandy with a photo of Obama posing in front of a Superman statue:
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Jim Hoft: Obama "Flies Back To DC To Play Hero." Conservative blogger Jim Hoft used the same image to argue that Obama's flight back to DC to oversee the storm response was all about heroics, and warned people to "look for nonstop reporting" about Obama's efforts:
[Gateway Pundit, 10/29/12]
Breitbart.com: ABC Trying To Guarantee Obama Re-Election By Showing Picture Of Him On The Phone With FEMA Director. Breitbart.com blogger Ron Futrell accused ABC of trying to tilt the election simply by showing a picture of the president talking to FEMA Director Craig Fugate on the phone:
This column is not about the seriousness of the storm, but about ABC and the politics of disaster and how the network is both advising the president, and creating his template for success.
The media has its ammo, a picture provided by the Obama administration of him on the phone in the Oval Office with the Director of FEMA supposedly discussing storm coverage. I guess since Obama can't golf in 100 mph winds, he'll have to stay inside. [Breitbart.com, 10/28/12]
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1. Tell us a little about your background and why you chose to run for a seat on the Brookfield City Council. How long have you lived in Brookfield? If you weren't born and raised here, what prompted you to come to Brookfield?
I was born in Macon, Mo. in 1970, graduated Jefferson City High School 1988, and married Tina Singleton in 1989; we moved to Linneus in 1990 and in 1995 we had our first child, Ashley, then our son Dakota in 1999.
I have worked at Dura, Donaldsons and Lastly Apex Plastics over the past 20 years, along with being a private commercial/residential contractor for 15 years. I am also a licensed real estate agent for Locust Creek Realty and I occasionally drive a truck for Brookfield Ready Mix. Two years ago I decided to become solely self-employed.
We moved to Brookfield in 2003, my wife worked at Dura and the desire to eliminate her drive from Linneus was the motivation to relocate to Brookfield. When my family and I bought our property it contained two partially burnt structures and the house was on the demolition list. With a lot of work and time we cleaned it up and made it our home. Most people would have just razed the entire property, but we could see the potential, and I see that in Brookfield.
Civic interest is my motivation for seeking a council position. I have witnessed surrounding areas flourish over the years and still continue to grow today.
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The biggest problem our community faces today is Decline.
It is not a matter of picking one single issue, because it is a multitude of issues that are entangled to create one large problem.
We need to look at how other areas have dealt with similar problems that Brookfield has, research how other towns have improved and grown. Get real community involvement and support. Address and fix the real problems.
One reason that other communities have flourished is through growth by finding and utilizing various resources, utilizing available federal and state funding through grants, etc.; they enticed new employers through tax incentives, community involvement and a ready workforce. And they worked with current businesses to help insure success .Brookfield could borrow from manufacturing's mission statement: quality through constant improvement.
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3. What are your suggestions for promoting economic development in Brookfield? Would you be willing to work with the Brookfield Area Growth Partnership (BAGP) in achieving the initiatives that organization has given priority to? Occasionally, suggestions for economic development come from outside the ranks of the BAGP membership. How would you respond to those suggestions?
To promote economic growth we need to work with existing business and Brookfield citizens. We need to capitalize on our strengths and work on improving the negatives
By working with the BAGP we can learn and grow through their experience. Outside input is valuable and should be encouraged. Any feasible suggestion that is beneficial to Brookfield would be welcomed. Community involvement is very important to the growth of a city.
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