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I am getting close to retiring from the Fed, and wife and I are seriously considering re-locating to Vermont. I grew up in Upstate NY and lived in Maine for a number of years while in the Navy.
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My plan is not to become a dealer, rather to pursue just repair work. Obviously, duck hunting is a huge priority, along with partridge and woodcock. After all, I will be retired, and will just do smith work part-time.
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Is Catholicism in rude health?
Looking at the newspapers you'd think Catholicism is having a hard time with philandering priests and cover-ups of their doings being found out on a weekly basis. Dutch and German newspapers kept track for a while of the regional frequencies of new cases of sexual misconduct allegations. You might think Catholicism is getting its long-awaited come-uppance. Nothing is further from the truth however: Catholicism is in rude health.
There are now around 1.3 billion adherents making Catholicism the largest religion on the planet and the largest branch on the tree of Christianity that appears to hold about 2.1 billion adherents. Its strongholds in Latin America and Southern Africa are looking rock-solid, and conversion rates in the new centres of Asia (China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.) are looking very healthy indeed. The Christian World Database hence proudly announced Christianity was the world's fastest growing religion in 2006 and in terms of numbers, Catholicism is by far the biggest and probably fastest growing of the Christian faiths.
What is interesting about Catholicism is that it seems to have lost its footing in its traditional stronghold, Southern and Western Europe. The area where all the popes came from, where all the old cathedrals are, where nearly all the alternative branches of Christianity originated, is now more secular than ever. Europe now has to import monks from Latin America and Africa to fill up its most prestigious and old monasteries (such as the one in Poblet, Spain). Things are so bad for Catholicism in Europe that in April 2009, the Archbishop of Vienna proclaimed that "The time of Christianity in Europe is coming to an end". It is of course partially this retreat of the power of the Catholic church that allows all the skeletons to emerge from the cupboard. It is striking how few scandals come to the surface in places like Brazil and Nigeria compared to the almost massive 'coming out' currently seen in Europe.
It is this light that one should see the choices of the Roman Catholic church regarding the marriage of priests, the use of condoms, the rights of gays, etc.: policy choices in those realms are simply no longer aimed at pleasing or controlling the faithful in Europe (including Australia), but are now aimed at keeping and expanding the appeal of the church in Africa and Asia. And it is apparently working. Whatever Germans, French, Italian, American, and Australian Catholics think about the appropriate meaning of Christianity and the celibacy rules for priests is simply not of great importance anymore because the international market for new souls is elsewhere.
It is, speaking as a pure outsider to these religious games, very interesting to see how successful the Catholic\Christian message is amongst the Chinese in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and even in China itself. Universities witness a lot of action in this regard: you can see young Chinese female converters lining up to peddle the Catholic message amongst the recent student migrants in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Reportedly, almost 40% of university graduates in Singapore are now Christian. Statistics for conversions in China are hard to get in that estimates of the current stock range from about 15 million self-identified Christians in the latest Census to 40 million in the CIA-factbook to 140 million in unsubstantiated estimates by particular Christian organisations (see Wikipedia). Yet, even the mid-stream estimate of 4% is quite a bit up from 50 years ago so it does appear that the Chinese are ripe for the taking in terms of religiosity. It certainly looks that way amongst Chinese students in Australia. And Christianity seems to be the religion-du-jour amongst that immense market. The main competitor to Christianity, Islam, seems to me to have no chance at all with the Chinese, partially because almost zero Chinese students study in Islamic countries, partially because the West is far richer and hence far more appealing than the Middle East, and finally because Christianity starts from a far stronger base within China (except with particular minorities but not amongst the main Han-Chinese population).
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During Britain's industrialisation in the 19th C there was also a religious revival. One hypothesis is that sharing a religion, and by that I mean actively going to church and participating not just being born "catholic" or "jewish" or whatever, creates trust amongst people. Trust that is particularly useful for doing business in industrialising economies with poorly developed financial markets. I guess that most loans and most financing in these economies is done through the church network (or the synagogue). You are just more likely to trust people if they share your belief that betraying a co-believer means eternal pain in the afterlife. People might join churches hoping to access these "credit networks" and then find themselves actually believing in the faith, or at least spending a lot of their time thinking about questions of faith. That implies we should also observe a growth in the number of religious groups and splinter groups during early development phases, and that with either stagnation or efficient capital markets people will give up their religion. An empirical question! But arguably we see in Europe at the moment. The US would see more churchgoing amongst illegal immigrants (no credit access) and those without full health insurance (another market with failures due to information asymmetries) I imagine.


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As global warming continues, exceptionally long heat waves could become common in the United States in the next 30 years, reports a Stanford University study.
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Diffenbaugh and Moetasim Ashfaq, a former Stanford postdoctoral fellow now at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, used two-dozen climate models to project that global temperature in 30 years could be about 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 degrees Celsius, hotter than in the mid-1800s.
Their study comes on the heels of a recent NASA report, which found that the prior decade was the warmest on record.
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They also forecast a dramatic spike in extreme seasonal temperatures during the current decade, expecting heat equal to the hottest season on record from 1951 to 1999 to occur four times between now and 2019 over much of the country.
"Frankly, I was expecting that we'd see large temperature increases later this century with higher greenhouse gas levels and global warming," Diffenbaugh said. "I did not expect to see anything this large within the next three decades. This was definitely a surprise."
By the decade of the 2030s, the scientists expect persistent, drier conditions over most of the United States, possibly leading to more droughts and wildfires.
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Terrell (Jr., RB, Manassas Park, Va.) led the Flames' offensive attack Saturday, rushing for 153 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown against Tusculum, which was last season's No. 2 rushing defense in NCAA Division II. His one-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter was Liberty's first TD of the year and allowed the Flames to retake the lead at 10-7. He also caught two passes for 12 yards out of the backfield.
The 153-yard total marked the third-best rushing performance of his Liberty career, and it was his seventh-consecutive game with a rushing touchdown. Terrell also moved into the Big South's all-time Top 10 in career rushing yards, as he now ranks ninth in league history with 1,494 yards.
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In the waning hours of the legislative session earlier this month, leadership in the Colorado House of Representatives used procedural delaying tactics to kill a civil-unions bill that otherwise had the votes to pass. In a special session less than a week later, the same bill was assigned to a different committee, resulting in it being killed a second time — again, when it had the votes to pass the whole House.
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West Quincy Avenue from West Radcliffe Place to Nelson Street was closed to through traffic May 8 to realign and widen the two-lane road to four lanes, adding bicycle lanes and sidewalks. The work is scheduled to be completed Nov. 4.
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When I posted last (Semicolons), I remarked how hard it was for me to actually push the publish button and that resistance has bothered me.
I first read about the Semicolon Project in June and I found it very intriguing and started thinking about getting one of those tattoos. It nagged at me all summer and finally became somewhat of a compulsion. It was a little after lunch one day when I committed to getting one and had it done right after work.
I really haven't explained to anyone what it symbolizes and I find myself very hesitant to do so, avoiding any questions about it from family and friends. And it is for a single, sad reason that I have done so.
I must admit that I still consider my depression is a personal weakness, a character flaw.
I touched on this a little with a post after the 2014 MedX conference where I described that I didn't feel worthy being on the same stage as those with chronic physical pain. What I really need to express, I believe, is how prevalent and powerful the stigma of any mental illness is. And how it was still deeply ingrained in my persona despite how much I have written about it and how deeply personal some of those public posts have been. (You should see the ones I haven't hit publish on.)
There's a lot of anonymity when you are safely typing behind the keyboard. On the MedX panels, I was more exposed, but there is still a huge difference between talking to people about depression and talking with them about mine. But I think I held back because I really didn't want people to know how weak I was.
There arises my dilemma, saying to myself and others that mental illness is not a weakness but instead a medical condition no different from any other chronic illness but then not truly believing that somewhere deep inside.
Someplace I didn't really know, or admit to myself maybe, I needed to look. And when I did? I really didn't like what I saw looking back at me.
I think that this is one of the reasons I had pulled so far back from my advocacy activities. It wasn't that I've lost my passion as much as it was deciding if I was really going to do more than give lip service to what I was professing.
This is something of a major internal battle for me, trying to root out a long-standing, deeply held belief that stigmatized mental illness. Actually getting that tattoo forced this battle into the forefront of my mind, helping me understand that the war inside my head for my heart and soul is still being fought.
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I need to mount a 110V-24V transformer for the ventilation equipment in my garage. I also have a doorbell transformer on the wall in my garage that I'd like to enclose. The doorbell transformer is mounted on the plate covering a 1-gang metal box in the wall. So, I thought I'd accomplish both of these by removing the doorbell transformer from the existing box, mounting a Wiegmann 8x8x4 box over the 1-gang box, and mounting both transformers in the box. Since I have 110V in the box, this should be easy.
Just wondering if you think this is a good idea, and would meet code. I like to do everything to code, or better.
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Chinese buyers power record $408 million Christie's sale
By James Pomfret
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Christie's sold a record $409 million worth of Chinese art and collectibles at its autumn Asian sales that ended in Hong Kong on Thursday in another sign of ebullient sentiment for high-end Asian and Chinese art.
The tally was the auction house's best in a single Hong Kong auction season, powered by the purchasing power of mainland Chinese millionaires who made up 40 percent or so of sales even as the global economic outlook darkens on Eurozone debt woes.
"There was significant participation again from Chinese bidders. It was a perfect storm of great property and hungry demand," said Jonathan Stone, Christie's Asia Managing director.
It wasn't strong across the board, however, with Chinese contemporary art still struggling to find its footing as more traditional collecting categories of Asian art steam ahead.
In the marquee sales of ancient Chinese artwork and ceramics, the auction house's staging of three single-owner Western collections; including the renowned Fonthill collection from England helped generate additional buzz for long shelved objects.
An exquisite quartet of sinuous, life-sized Qing dynasty imperial cranes from the Fonthill estate, were snapped up within minutes by billionaire Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau for $16.7 million, a new auction record for Chinese cloisonne enamel.
Demand for ornate Qing Imperial ceramics, now easily the most desired and expensive category of Chinese art, remained strong.
A large moonflask adorned with a finely wrought pair of flaming pink phoenixes on a blue underglaze fetched $15.9 million, while another Fonthill heirloom, a bright yellow "famille rose" pear-shaped vase fetched $11.6 million -- a world auction record for porcelain from the Jiaqing period (1796-1820). Continued...


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We had a courthouse shooter that wore some bullet proof stuff about 5 years ago or do.
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I wear fruit of the loom t shirts and underwear.. sometimes.
We had a courthouse shooter that wore some bullet proof stuff about 5 years ago or do.
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Only when I'm out with the police(I volunteer with them several times a month)
I have a level 3A vest, but don't wear it every day. I have worn it going into areas that I knew were really bad. I too ride motorcycles and have another type of armor I wear, but it is more protection for my body getting road rash, not taking on fire.
When the day comes I feel the need to wear body armor for daily activities is the day I will just forego going outside. Life is to enjoy..not be afraid of being shot every two seconds.
it is legall to own protection for sole protection AKA bodyarmor( not a gun)
you cant be a convicted felon or use it in a felony crime
other than that you can posses (whch means carry conceal or hold in a bag)bodyarmor if your of age and dont have mental problems
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I own body armor and wore it every day when I worked in the pawn shop and then also when going to estate sales in "not so great" areas.
Mrs QK has a large IIIA ballistic panel that she can insert into her purse to hold up over her pumper...but, she has seldom needed to put it in there.
I do carry and people have to do what they think is best,but,i don't live in a place where i need to wear body armour.Thats a bit extreme or here it is,anyway.
I have taken 5 Gun Fighting Courses where the first thing taught is get off the X. That helps you get out of the line of fire, resets the other guys OODA loop and gives you a chance to get to cover and fire if necessary or shoot on the run without body armour. I have not been in any gunfights and don't intend to unless absolutely necessary, but I do train to not be the loser in the fight. Repetitive training can keep your instincts at a high level when out and around. I scan and profile everyone I meet, those that go by and I do not meet just get scanned. As a former Army General said to his soldiers over in the Iraq area "Be Polite and be Courteous, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet".
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This extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction. Written over a sixty-year period, these letters, the vast majority of them never before published, are funny, moving, and full of the same uncanny wisdom that has endeared his work to readers worldwide.
Included in this comprehensive volume: the letter a twenty-two-year-old Vonnegut wrote home immediately upon being freed from a German POW camp, recounting the ghastly firebombing of Dresden that would be the subject of his masterpiece "Slaughterhouse-Five;" wry dispatches from Vonnegut's years as a struggling writer slowly finding an audience and then dealing with sudden international fame in middle age; righteously angry letters of protest to local school boards that tried to ban his work; intimate remembrances penned to high school classmates, fellow veterans, friends, and family; and letters of commiseration and encouragement to such contemporaries as Gail Godwin, Gunter Grass, and Bernard Malamud.
Vonnegut's unmediated observations on science, art, and commerce prove to be just as inventive as any found in his novels--from a crackpot scheme for manufacturing "atomic" bow ties to a tongue-in-cheek proposal that publishers be allowed to trade authors like baseball players. ("Knopf, for example, might give John Updike's contract to Simon and Schuster, and receive Joan Didion's contract in return.") Taken together, these letters add considerable depth to our understanding of this one-of-a-kind literary icon, in both his public and private lives. Each letter brims with the mordant humor and openhearted humanism upon which he built his legend. And virtually every page contains a quotable nugget that will make its way into the permanent Vonnegut lexicon.
- On a job he had as a young man: "Hell is running an elevator throughout eternity in a building with only six floors."
- To a relative who calls him a "great literary figure" "I am an American fad--of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop."
- To his daughter Nanny: "Most letters from a parent contain a parent's own lost dreams disguised as good advice."
- To Norman Mailer: "I am cuter than you are."
Sometimes biting and ironical, sometimes achingly sweet, and always alive with the unique point of view that made him the true cultural heir to Mark Twain, these letters comprise the autobiography Kurt Vonnegut never wrote.
Praise for "Kurt Vonnegut: Letters"
"Splendidly assembled . . . familiar, funny, cranky . . . chronicling Vonnegut's] life in real time."--Kurt Andersen, "The New York Times Book Review"
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" This collection is] by turns hilarious, heartbreaking and mundane. . . . Vonnegut himself is a near-perfect example of the same flawed, wonderful humanity that he loved and despaired over his entire life."--"NPR"
"Congenial, whimsical and often insightful missives . . . one of Vonnegut's] very best."--"Newsday"
"These letters display all the hallmarks of Vonnegut's fiction--smart, hilarious and heartbreaking."--"The New York Times Book Review"
- Publisher: Delacorte Pr
- Publish Date: October 2012
- Page Count: 436
- Dimensions: 1.5 x 7 x 10.75 inches
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- Reviewed in: Publishers Weekly, page .
- Review Date: 2012-07-02
- Reviewer: Staff
This miraculous volume of selected letters provides a moving and revelatory portrait of the famed author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle. Organized by decade from the 1940s to the 2000s (Vonnegut died in 2007), the letters chart Vonnegut's life from his service in WWII to his first steps in the world of publishing, his emergence into literary fame, and beyond. The grain of Vonnegut's charming and unmistakable voice is palpable, along with his sense of humor that produces unexpected poetry on almost every page. The private and public Vonneguts both shine, as in his magical letters to his many children, or his painful reflections on divorce, war, and growing older. Elsewhere Vonnegut reveals aspects of his writing process and his philosophy of fiction, and marks his ongoing opposition to violence and censorship. Of particular literary interest are his letters to such authors as Norman Mailer, Anne Sexton, Bernard Malamud, and Jose Donoso. Edited by writer and longtime friend Wakefield, the volume begins with a warm retrospective essay, and each section is prefaced with overviews of each decade of Vonnegut's life, as well as helpful notes to explain his references. Fans will find the collection as spellbinding as Vonnegut's best novels, and casual readers will discover letters as splendid in their own way as those of Keats. Agent: The Farber Agency. (Oct.)
A late bloomer, in letters: Vonnegut's wit & wisdom
Reading Kurt Vonnegut's newly published Letters, it is nearly impossible to progress more than a page or two without pausing again to admire another wry observation or nod in agreement with some pithy aphorism. It is abundantly apparent even in his casual writing that Vonnegut, who would be celebrating his 90th birthday on November 11, was a writer of sharp intelligence and inventive wit. Although early on he was pigeonholed as a science fiction writer, time has more accurately assessed him as equal parts fabulist and satirist—and 100 percent original.
Like most originals, Vonnegut for many years struggled to find his audience. Although he began publishing widely while still in his 20s, he was not embraced by a large readership until he was past 40. That's when the perfect storm of 1960s counterculture figured out what this often zany writer was all about, crowning him something of an underground superstar. His masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969, sealed the deal. After years of struggle, Vonnegut at last had recognition and the money that came with it.
Yet, as these selected letters—edited and introduced by Vonnegut's good friend and fellow Hoosier, the novelist Dan Wakefield—make clear, achieving long-desired success did not necessarily guarantee happiness. Indeed, it is the earlier parts of this collected correspondence, which spans more than 60 years, that finds Vonnegut at his blithe best. The years of his first marriage have a warm and hectic feel, characterized by a house full of children. Later, remarried but with his children grown and gone, the writer seems less content, even as he becomes the public face for important causes such as censorship or amnesty for persecuted writers around the world.
After 20 years of writing, Vonnegut finally became an underground superstar, thanks to the 1960s counterculture.
The first—and most striking—letter in the book was written to his family from Le Havre, where Pfc. Kurt Vonnegut awaited transport home after being a German prisoner of war and surviving the firebombing of Dresden. That inferno, of course, would become the basis for Slaughterhouse-Five 20 years later, and this chilling, if typically unadorned account preserves a younger Vonnegut's memories. Back stateside, Vonnegut pursued a typical GI's path: marriage, graduate school, a public relations job with General Electric. But he was different from the start. The stories he wrote on nights and weekends began appearing in major magazines, and he started to forge the literary friendships that would sustain his career even in the dark times.
There are many congenial letters to his legendary editors (Knox Burger, Seymour Lawrence), fellow writers (Norman Mailer, Gail Godwin—his student at Iowa), family back in Indiana and his beloved children. One comes away from these missives with an impression of Vonnegut as a benevolent man—father, teacher, colleague, friend—who lived by a simple creed of kindness, even as he lampooned and battled the barbarians at the gate.


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UC Women's Soccer Poised For Breakout Season
Aug. 18, 2011
By Jeff Geiser
In 2010, the University of Cincinnati women's soccer team recorded an unprecedented start to the year. Three weeks into the season, the Bearcats compiled a 5-0-1 record, including a road win over No. 20 Wisconsin on Aug. 29. It marked the first time in school history UC went unbeaten in its first six matches. The fast start earned the Bearcats a No. 15 national ranking on Sept. 6, the highest ranking in program history.
"It was a compliment to how far we've come as a program," fourth-year head coach Michelle Salmon says. "It was our third season as a staff and it wasn't very long ago when we took over a program that hadn't had a winning season in eight years. For us, that was a great accomplishment. But I remember saying to everyone on our staff, `We're not there yet.'"
Salmon's proclamation proved true. From that point in the season, fate made a turn for the worst for Cincinnati as the Bearcats finished the season with a 3-10 ledger the rest of the way. Their stout defense - which recorded shutouts in four of its first six matches - faltered down the stretch largely due to injuries, including senior goalkeeper Rachel Barnette, who missed the final eight matches after twice earning BIG EAST honor roll recognition at the start of the season.
With last year behind the Bearcats, their focus turned to the 2011 season with the goal to expand upon the early success and promise last season began with. The key to finishing the job in 2011 that eluded them in 2010 is a senior class that will be the first to start and end their entire careers under Salmon.
"We have a great group of senior leaders and all of them have been with me through the start," states Salmon. "All of them have a clear vision of what they want. Since January, they've been setting goals and aspirations for the program and, because of that, this team is more prepared than previous in terms of all of the work they've done off the field. I feel that this year is going to be a breakout year for us."
In addition to a committed group of veterans on the squad, Cincinnati has an influx of talent arriving on campus with a 10-member freshman class expected to contribute and make an immediate impact. Five freshman in particular - goalkeeper Kristina Utley (Castro Valley, Calif./Castro Valley), outside defender Jae Atkinson (Mason, Ohio/Mason), midfielders Megan Cravenor (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota West) and Christi Howard (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson), and forward Mackenzie Grause (Ft. Thomas, Ky./Highlands) - are expected to be in the starting lineup of Friday's season opener against California Polytechnic State University.
With the freshman class arriving on campus contending to take away playing time from veterans, training camp has produced an ultra-competitive environment. As a result, the Bearcats have developed a surplus of depth on their roster.
"I just look at the depth of this team and know that it's a strength, where it hadn't been in the past," Salmon notes. "The other difference this year is confidence. There is a confidence with this team. When they take the field, they're focused and on a mission to accomplish their goals and take it very seriously. When you go from player one to player 31 on this roster, they all want the same thing. This has been the best preseason I've had in the 12 years that I've coached. "
The 2011 schedule will provide plenty of opportunities, particularly in BIG EAST play, for Cincinnati to once again emerge in the national top 25 rankings. UC will play three conference opponents that are preseason ranked, including No. 1 Notre Dame (Sept. 18 at Gettler Stadium). Additionally, non-conference matches include home dates against cross-town rival Xavier and Big Ten foe Wisconsin, with road contests at Northwestern and College of Charleston.
"Going into this year, we've set a schedule to really challenge our seniors and challenge our freshmen to get better," Salmon says, "because going into BIG EAST play there's no break in our schedule. So our nonconference should mirror our conference schedule. You better bring your top performance every day."
With a challenging schedule and the emergence of a strong recruiting class, combined with a motivated group of veterans, the Bearcats are poised to have a thrilling 2011 campaign.
"When you get down to it, we're looking at a team that is as deep as I've ever coached here," claims Salmon. "As a coaching staff we really did our due diligence to give this senior class a lot of weapons to go into the season with. We're excited to get started."
The following is a position-by-position breakdown of the 2011 UC women's soccer team.
The outside back position is anchored by senior Kelli Pawelko (Lemont, Ill.Lemont), who has been a stalwart for the Bearcats the past three seasons. In addition to leading the team is assists in 2010, Pawelko was twice named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, as well as a CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer.
"K.P. is one of the best, if not the best, outside back in the BIG EAST," says Salmon.
Freshman Jae Atkinson, a two-time all-Ohio first team selection from nearby Mason High School, will lineup opposite Pawelko as the other outside back. Junior Kaylee Dakers (Brampton, Ontario/Heart Lake Secondary School), who is expected to miss the first two weeks of the season, will compete with Atkinson for a starting spot once she returns from injury. Freshman Mollie Williams (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton) has been a surprise performer in camp and has earned an opportunity to provide a spark off the bench. Howard, a center midfielder, can swing to outside back to add more depth on defense if needed.
Cravenor has solidified herself at the holding midfield position. "She's fantastic in the air. That linking player was something that we missed last year and I know her teammates are very confident with her in there," says Salmon.
With her defensive prowess and strong worth ethic, Howard is expected to be the third starting midfielder. Sophomore Katie Buczek (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East), who started seven matches as a freshman for UC last season, and highly-touted freshman Elizabeth Wargo (Sagamore Hills, Ohio/Hathaway Brown School), who is returning from an injury, are also in the mix to earn a starting spot.
The highly-skilled Hebbeler (four goals in `10) and super-athletic Rhodes (three goals in `10) will be joined by Grause, who has particularly high expectations from her head coach.
"She is going to be a fantastic player in the BIG EAST and I think she's going to be a player that emerges onto the national scene," Salmon states. "She's the type of player you can build your program around."
Sophomore Alexis Scott (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge), who played big minutes as a freshman and scored two goals (including the game-winner against Villanova on Oct. 10), and junior Evi Ranson (Golden, Colo./Ralston Valley), who played in all but one match in 2010, will serve as the first options off the bench at the forward position. Wargo and Buczek will see time up top, as well.


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[MLS SPOTLIGHT] MLS commissioner Don Garber said the moves by Toronto FC to sign Michael Bradley and Jermain Defoe in deals combining close to $100 million was part of MLS's effort to make it a "league of choice" for players and fans in face of lots of competition.
"It's bold statement that Toronto FC wants to rebuild its fan base," Garber said of the deals in remarks to reporters at Thursday's SuperDraft.
Bradley's return follows that of Clint Dempsey to Seattle last summer. He said U.S. national team players should view MLS as a "league of priority."
He said it was important that the league take chances.
"We'll take the risk of bold moves," he said.
Amid reports that the MLS league office had rejected the terms of a
deal to bring Maurice Edu to Philadelphia, Garber was roundly booed by Philly supporters at Thursday's SuperDraft.
"I'll take it," said Garber.
Garber said a deal had to make sense for everyone.
"We reject deals every day," he said.
On other topics ...
-- League losses. With impending labor
negotiations, Garber said the recent heavy spending should not be taken as a sign that MLS is making lots of money. He said the league was collectively losing $75 million-$100 million and it had not
changed in recent years. What had changed, he said, was what the money being invested in the deal that offset rising revenues.
-- New television deal.
Garber termed "crazy" reports that a finalized TV deal with ESPN and Fox for the English-language rights would be announced this week. "We're not ready to a finalize a deal," he said. "We are
not close to finalizing a deal."
-- Camilo exit. Garber said a deal -- believed to be for a fee of slightly more than $2 million -- would take place
for Brazilian Camilo, MLS's leading scorer in 2013 with 22 goals, to be transferred from Vancouver to Veracruz. He said there was no truth to stories that the
Camilo controversy was a test of the validity of the MLS option clauses, adding that MLS had the backing of FIFA.
-- Miami expansion team. Garber said
he met with the Team Beckham expansion group in Miami, and he expected an announcement in the next 30 days, but he added that was a lot of work to do.


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We are an ideal getaway for families, people who enjoy fishing, hunting, or anyone looking to relax in the quiet atmosphere of a small town. Watch a spectacular sunset, while listening to an artesian well tumble into the Mighty Mississippi River.
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April 25, 2014 by Alex Counts
The movement to end poverty lost a great friend and champion earlier this month when Margaret Crow passed away in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Crow was a generous donor, warm host and fearless traveler when it came to poverty reduction through microfinance, especially in Latin America, and most memorably in Chiapas, Mexico. She believed deeply in Grameen Foundation's work to advance the elimination of poverty, and actively supported Chiapas International, our long-time partner in the Dallas area, during the last decade of her life.
I met Mrs. Crow through her daughter, our former board member Lucy Billingsley. Mrs. Crow took part in a memorable trip to Chiapas in 2003, leading a delegation of 30 female business leaders, professionals and philanthropists to spend a long weekend with the leaders, staff and loan clients of AlSol, a Grameen Foundation partner based in the charming colonial town of San Cristobal de las Casas.
That trip catalyzed a community-wide fundraising initiative to support Grameen Foundation's efforts in Latin America – an effort that is still going strong more than 10 years later. Mrs. Crow also introduced us to women leaders in Mexico to help raise needed funds as well as the profile of Grameen-style microfinance.
Soon after her trip to Chiapas, Mrs. Crow hosted an event named "High Tea and Hats" – an all-ladies fund-raiser (with the exception of me, as I was one of the presenters). I still have the fancy hat that I bought for the occasion today, and think of her every time I wear it. Around that time she began hosting a holiday party that included a fundraising element benefitting our work.
Mrs. Crow was one of the most dignified yet approachable women I have ever met. On several occasions, when her daughter's guest house was occupied, I stayed in her guest house – which, like Mrs. Crow herself, had the charm of an earlier and more civilized era.
All of us at Grameen Foundation mourn her loss while celebrating the many ways that her humanitarian work lives on – through the continued efforts of Chiapas International and Grameen Foundation, through our grassroots partners like Esperanza International, Fonkoze, and AlSol, and also through Grameen Foundation's Last Mile Initiative that she also supported. Tens of thousands of women in Latin America have had access to microfinance and related support services (such as health education) as a result of Mrs. Crow's work – which is particularly noteworthy considering new research that points to the efficacy of microfinance in poverty reduction.
I think what I will remember most is the joy she took in supporting our work and the women of Chiapas, and the pride she so obviously took in the leading role her daughter played in advancing poverty alleviation and getting others throughout the Dallas community, and beyond, involved.


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text: LAS VEGAS - The Modern Contemporary Art Museum is excited to announce their Indiegogo campaign that is running through Apr. 17. The crowd funding initiative aims to raise $100,000 and is off to an encouraging start with more than $7,000 donated in the first six days. This money will be allocated to funding a project manager, who is leading the day-to-day tasks of the museum's … [Read more...]


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He was Updike the staff writer, Updike the golfer, Updike the humorist, Updike the father.
The paramedic put the bottles in a plastic bag to transport them to the hospital along with the golfer.
Officers were further rankled when the golfer repeatedly refused to meet with them after the accident.
Sources say that business advisors thought the material far too racy, even for Daly, and talked the golfer out of it.
When a golfer is out there on the course, any new bet he makes is probably made with his own money, without the help of a backer.
On the other hand, Oxford University was not a bad place for the golfer.
I know that may sound improbable to a golfer, but it is a fact.
For each guest a toy figure of a hunter, football player, golfer, prize fighter or any desired athlete could be used.
But no golfer would be reckless enough to try out a shot from there.
First golfer (to friend who has come from a distance to play with him).
c.1800, golf (n.). Related: Golfed; golfing.
mid-15c., Scottish gouf, usually taken as an alteration of Middle Dutch colf, colve "stick, club, bat," from Proto-Germanic *kulth- (cf. Old Norse kolfr "clapper of a bell," German Kolben "mace, club"). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scottish statute on forbidden games. Golf ball attested from 1540s. Despite what you read in an e-mail, "golf" is not an acronym.
c.1800, golf (n.). Related: Golfed; golfing.
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WASHINGTON – Some public schools in Virginia are considering scrapping foreign-language immersion programs after more than 25 years because of their costs.
Fairfax County in Virginia operates programs under which regular school subjects are taught in foreign languages such as Japanese, with the aim of instilling a thorough understanding of the language and culture.
Currently, some 4,000 students at 17 elementary schools are taking arithmetic and other subjects in languages such as Spanish and French.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, Akie, visited Great Falls Elementary School in the county last April with U.S. first lady Michelle Obama. The school runs a Japanese immersion program.
The number of students in Fairfax County is up 10 percent since 2008, a rise attributed to better transportation and rising numbers of immigrants.
But the number of low-income households is also rising, and the county is therefore faced with higher costs for meals and English education. The Budget Task Force of the Fairfax County School Board proposed drastic budget cuts in November, including scrapping immersion programs.
The proposal has been met with resistance. Parents with children at public schools have launched a campaign of protest.
A meeting convened by parents last Tuesday drew around 500 participants, including children.
"The Japanese immersion program means a lot to us," one parent said. "The knowledge of a language creates open-minded and diversity-tolerant individuals, (and) therefore unites social backgrounds and opens the boundaries between nations."
The Japanese Embassy in Washington is urging that the programs continue on the grounds that they help to promote bilateral understanding. It sent a letter arguing this to the board of education, which then requested an increase to the education budget.
But the county has presented a smaller spending plan, making education cuts more likely.


text: "Poetry out Loud" took over Husson University Wednesday. The Maine state final of the annual competition filled the Gracie Theater on campus.Since December, nearly 8,000 high school students from across Maine have competed in the poetry program.The top ten performed poems from memory tonight, with just one advancing to a national competition in Washington, D.C.The event was introduced by a very special guest, this year's presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco.Wednesday's top two poets were Iman Omar of Deering High School and Maine State Champion Dyer Rhoads of Waynflete School. He will represent Maine in the national competition in April.


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Amnesty says Burkina maternal care can be "lethal"
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of women are dying every year during pregnancy and childbirth in the African state of Burkina Faso because discrimination stops them from accessing sexual health services, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
"Women in Burkina Faso are trapped in a vicious cycle of discrimination which makes giving birth potentially lethal," Claudio Cordone, Amnesty's interim secretary general, said in a report.
"Every woman has the right to life and the right to adequate healthcare, and the government should redouble its efforts to address preventable maternal death."
In a special report on maternal death in Burkina Faso, Amnesty said there were shortages of medical supplies and trained staff, and said discriminatory attitudes and corruption among health workers were also preventing women seeking care.
Some women die because they cannot reach a health clinic in time, many die because they can't pay the fees demanded by medical staff, and yet more die because of shortages of blood, drugs, equipment or qualified medical staff, the human rights group said. Many of the 2,000 deaths each year could be easily prevented if women had timely access to healthcare.
Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world and is ranked 177 out of 182 countries in the United Nations Development Programme's 2009 report.
Despite having equal status under the law, Amnesty said most women in Burkina Faso were subordinate to men in their lives and had little or no control over decisions such as when to seek medical care and when to get pregnant.
Women and girls are often forced into early marriage and female genital mutilation, the report said.
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(Newark, N.J.) — If you love hearing jazz, talking jazz, and being around other jazz lovers, then head to Rutgers University in Newark. The Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers in Newark has announced its 2009/2010 slate of jazz events and its "Jazz from the Archives" radio series, which is broadcast on WBGO-FM 88.3, every Sunday, 11 p.m. – 12 a.m. The series is produced and hosted by the IJS.
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All of the talks and performances are open to the public free of charge. Programs, dates and locations are subject to change; for updated information and additional events, visit www.newark.rutgers.edu/arts. John Cotton Dana Library is wheelchair-accessible.
A concert series in an intimate setting; each performance includes an interview with the artist and a Q & A; see http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu:80/IJS/dialogues/index.html
Dana Room, Dana Library 4th floor, 185 University Ave., Newark, 2-3:30 p.m., 973/353-5595
Oct. 14: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE;
Nov. 18: WARREN VACHÉ;
March 24, 2010: ANAT COHEN
·Oct. 22, 2 p.m., The Four Corners Project, jazz that interprets Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Middle Eastern and European traditions and culture.
Rutgers Center for Law and Justice Atrium, 123 Washington St.
·Dec. 9, 2:30 – 4 p.m., Jazz with Rutgers Professor Lewis Porter, piano, and Dave Liebman, saxophone.
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Dana Room, Dana Library 4th floor, 185 University Ave., Newark, 7 p.m., 973/353-5595
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· Sept. 23: Pianist Marty Napoleon and Trumpeter Randy Sandke: Interview and Performance
- Oct. 14: Allen Lowe: When Did the Blues Leave? Looking at Down From Up
- Nov. 11: Bassist Chris White: A Life in Jazz
- Dec. 9: Paul Brady: Django and Dizzy
- Jan. 20, 2010: Sean Lorre: Guitarist Marc Ribot
- Feb. 10, 2010: Alex Rodriguez: White and Blue: The Jazz Legacy of Jack Teagarden
- March 24, 2010: to be announced
- April 21, 2010: to be announced
WBGO-FM 88.3, Sunday, 11 p.m. – 12 a.m. (produced and hosted by the IJS)
BY MASS TRANSIT: Rutgers-Newark can be reached by New Jersey Transit buses and trains, the PATH train and Amtrak from New York City, and by the Newark Light Rail, Washington Street Station or Broad Street Station.
BY CAR: Rutgers-Newark can be reached by the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 95, 21, 78, and 280, and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels. Metered parking is available on University Avenue. Other parking: Rutgers-Newark's parking garage (200 University Ave.) or the Bradley Hall Lot. Printable maps and driving directions at: www.newark.rutgers.edu/maps/index.php.
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How would I best prepare this garage floor for acid staining?
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I just moved into this place, and there's green paint (or epoxy? I'm almost positive it's just paint though) on lots of the concrete slabs, as seen in the picture. You can see that the more weathered a spot is, the less green it has (lots of outdoor spots are bare, but the garage floor is almost fully covered still).
I am planning to get that green up, and to acid stain / seal / wax to get a good tan color going. What would be the best way to get that off before doing acid etching / preparation for stains? Use a pressure washer to blast it off (3500psi)? Chemicals? Chisel? I'm sure all of those would work, I just really don't want to spend a ton of time doing an inefficient method lol
you said there are several ways, and that you do grinding with a diamond disk. Any others you'd recommend?
I don't think I'm gonna bother trying to do an overlay until I try an acid stain first, since if the current slab takes teh stain properly there wouldn't be much point doing the overlay.(edit- re-read your post about it saving back breaking prep. Wouldn't I need to do teh same preparation regardless of whether I'm trying to apply a stain or an overlay? I thought both would need a pure, etched concrete surface, no?)
BTW, saw your site a few days ago and loved it, I was actually mapquesting your showroom but I'm ~3hrs away, otherwise you would've already met me lol.
where did dcsurfaces' posts get removed (advertising too much lol?)
anyways, whadda ya'll think I should do? Part of me is thinking to just
- heavily wash/clean floor, maybe sand/scarify a bit to promote adhesion
- apply primer (lanco liquid bonding agent)
- apply a thin overlay (probably some generic resurfacing concrete from home depot)
- stain that (i'd want to epoxy, but that seems a lil involved, and I'd have to wait for the concrete to age, cuz I'm almost positive that the failure rate of epoxied garage floors is way higher on newly poured cement)
Prepping concrete for acid stain
You've got the right idea. Your plan sounds good. You are right about the epoxy not being a great product to use on garages. We've resurfaced a bunch of garages that had epoxy chipping off the floor.
Good luck with your project!
Damn they can't hold you back huh!?
My method would basically have been to prepare the floor for an overlay, which I'd stain. If I could just remove that green coating, I could just stain that. I have to imagine that it'd be easier to get rid of a green coating, than to lay a whole new overlay on my garage.
Any suggestions on how to just get the green off? Paint thinner? Super paint thinner? :)
I know it is more work, but you are better off with grinding down to the bare concrete, especially if you don't use an overlay. If you use paint thinner (we would probably use straight Xylene) you will most likely run into 2 problems. First the paint you are trying to remove may get very gummy and hard to remove completely. Second, when you acid stain without an overlay, the acid will be reacting with whatever paint thinner you used to remove the green. You will most likely come out splotchy and with very uneven color variations.
I realize what I am risking here, but that's why I initially suggest our overlay. You would only have to lightly scuff the green paint (with an abrasive disk) and apply the overlay. Then you have the right palette for the acid stain to react well. Our overlay is different from other overlays or resufacers in that way. It can bond to a scuffed paint surface with no problems. It sounds crazy and probably goes against everything you've heard, read or learned of overlays, but that's what sets it apart.
Hopefully this will be deemed as helpful, professional advice and not an unsolicited advertisement. Our company tries to help DIYers whether they use our products or not. I trust the administrators of this forum will see that I am posting on related topics and not just polluting all the posts and topics with our name and products irresponsibly.
What makes your overlay/resurfacing cement hold more than any other resurfacing cements? What if I added bonding agents to another resurfacing cement, would I still likely be able to go over scuffed paint?
Our overlay has bonding agents in it to help it grab to less than desirable surfaces. Other resurfaces with bonding agent may hold as well. I don't know if other brands will hold up to tires, etc. I know ours will.
I STRONGLY recommend using some kind of resurfacer before you acid stain. I've seen too many customers not take that advice, go through all the trouble of prepping the surface, not resurface in any way, just acid stain with tragic results. I can almost guarentee it won't look good. What ever you use to remove the current stain will not react with the acid stain. Additionally, you can never be sure why the previous homeowner painted the concrete. Maybe their are oil stains, etc. and the acid will not react with that either.
I really encourage you to take the extra time to resurface before you acid stain.
Damn I wish I wasn't over here near tampa, I'd love to come see you guys. And if you're new in that industry, I've got a couple slabs that I'd love to let you experiment with !!!!
and not to keep posting over and over, but if you're already doing an overlay, why even bother staining?
If I'm going for a mottled tan effect, why wouldn't I just mix up several different batches of varying tan shades, and then lightly swirl them together as I'm laying it? That would save time and no worries about the stain fading or anything. I've already experimented with mixing diff color mortars and mixing together (nothign special, I can snap some shots if you'd like, but it's really easy / cool to mix diff colors and barely swirl, gives good effects)
"Someone" may have recently posted more products on their online store--including acylic additive by the gallon and 5 gallon. FYI...
We've been in business for about 10 years, but we are always experimenting with new products and techniques. If you're ever in the area, please stop by.
I would like to see pictures of your dyed concrete swirling technique. You could do that with the overlay you put on the garage. It may save you some time and money. After you do that, you may want to apply a clear sealer to protect the new surfaces from stains.
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Again, these are nothing special, I was just messing around to see how it'd come out.
I was using some white mortar (versabond I believe, must've been the only white mortar I'd have had since I was tiling my room when I made those), with black sakrete powder pigment added in.
I made some batches of white, some of grey, dark grey, and black. I mixed the individual color batches up normally (with drill attachment), and mixed different colors by hand (when I tried using the drill, it blended the colors way too much).
They aren't anything, just some little squares to practice swirling with, but I think that if I were to play around with colors I could make a pretty nice overlay (i'm thinking I'd be making like 5 batches of varying tan shades, then swirling together while placing. Nothing as contrasting as that, those were just the colors I had on hand)
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Blanco Salvia--White Chia Seed Meal
Rich in fiber
Can be added to shakes, cereals, salads and more
10 oz (284 grams) Pwdr
Serving Size 2 1/2 Tbsp (15 g)
Servings Per Container about 19
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value*
|Calories 70Calories from Fat 40
|Total Fat 4.5 g
|Saturated Fat 0 g
|Trans Fat 0 g
|Cholesterol 0 mg
|Sodium 0 mg
|Total Carbohydrate 7 g
|Dietary Fiber 6 g
|Sugars 0 g
|Protein 2 g
|Vitamin A
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Ingredients: Milled White Chia Seed (Salvia hispanica) (Cold-Milled, Non-GMO).
Naturally occurring fatty acids (example) (per serving)**
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Blanco Salvia--White Chia Seed Meal
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17" Momo Rims with Kumho Ecsta ASX All-Season tires, Bolt pattern is a 5x100, The Rims are in very good shape, no curbed, no scuffs, few stickers fell off but no biggie. Have had them for about 6 months. The tires have about 5,000 miles on them (still have a TON of life). There was some rubbing in on 2 of the rear tires from when my fenders were not rolled, It would only happen when i took hard corners or had a ton of weight in my car and took turns. I have not had any issues since I got my fenders rolled, have had my fenders rolled one week after I got the rims. and have been using them ever since with no problems. I had them on a 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon so the fenders are not the same as the sedan. I live in ohio but I will ship them on your expense. Willing to negotiate the price a little bit. PM me!
Pick-up - Wheels and Tires - 650
Shipping - Wheels and Tires - 650 + 120 (give or take a few dollars this is just a shipping estimate) = 770
Now time for some pictures
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