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NASCAR Playoff Media Day - NASCAR Hall of Fame
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
KEVIN HARVICK - #4 Jimmy John's Ford Fusion - WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON YOU FOR THE PLAYOFFS WITH ALL THE NEWS GOING ON AT SHR? IS IT A DISTRACTION? "I don't think so. I think those are pretty much standard procedure things that are gonna happen. There's going to be changes and it's not just our organization that has changes. Things change and you have to be a part of those and work through those things because that's really a part of business and it's a part of sports. I think there's obviously been a lot going on behind the scenes and you can just see the end result of it yesterday."
YOU AND KURT SEEMED TO PICK UP YOUR PERFORMANCE OF LATE. WHAT DO YO HAVE TO DO TO GET TO HOMESTEAD AS FAR AS POWER AND CONSISTENCY? "I think the biggest thing at this particular point is just dotting all your I's and crossing all your T's, which our team can do. Kurt's had some good runs lately, which gives us a lot to look at with the things that they've done over the last few weeks. We've been kind of hit or miss as far as the things we've been doing, so we know that we have to be consistent, get the most out of our weekends, score stage points and do those types of things to just try to put yourself into position. This is really all about survival. We've had the fastest car and been expected to win and been in trouble in the first round, second round, third round. We've won. We've lost at Homestead, so there's a lot to balance and it's really a week to week battle at this particular point because that's just what it is. Obviously, this year is a little bit different because of the point structure, and I think everybody is interested to see how all of that is received by the fans and the competitors when we get done with Homestead. It's a lot to balance, but, really, right now it's a week to week battle and whether you're running good or not running good, you have to get the most out of your day. Chicago the last two years hasn't been a good start for us just because of self-inflicted circumstances and those are the types of things you don't want to do this time around. So we've learned a lot and I think everybody has done a really good job of getting everything transitioned over. We've put two cars in the Playoffs and now we can go out and fight every week to get everything we can and see where it falls in the end."
DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR CHANCES AND WOULD IT MEAN ANYTHING MORE TO WIN A TITLE FOR FORD SINCE YOU JUST JOINED THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T WON ONE SINCE 2004? "Well, I think that's a big reason why Ford is a part of Stewart-Haas Racing and shows their commitment to wanting to win a championship. I think for us it's been a lot to take on, but I think we're more settled now than we were two months ago. And I think as you go into the Playoffs here I think you know that we still have stuff that's going to come and going to be built and it's just a matter of if you can get it done fast enough and how much it actually is, so you don't really know until you get it on the race track, and most of the things that are in the pipeline haven't been on the race track yet, so you have to just go out and scrimp and scrap and scrape every week to get every point that you can. So I think we did that all year and there are some weeks that could have been better and some weeks that could have been a lot worse and it all kind of has a way of evening itself out as you go through the whole season. The first goal was to perform well and get yourself into the Playoffs and now the second goal is to try to put yourself in position to race for a championship when you get to Homestead."
ARE YOU SURPRISED DANICA COULDN'T GET A SPONSOR OR DOES IT JUST COME DOWN TO PERFORMANCE? "Danica has been a huge part of this sport and turned a lot of people on to racing that might not have otherwise been turned on to racing. The impact and the footprint that she has brought to our sport is big. On the other side of that, you have the performance side of things that at some point measures into everybody's sponsorship. I read the statement from Smithfield yesterday and obviously it sounds like that's the reason why they're leaving Richard Petty Motorsports is because they feel like the program is working for them off the race track and they want to run better on the track. So I hope that Danica gets a sponsor because she's an important part of our sport. I read Tony's comments from his Facebook page this morning and that transition from Indy Car to NASCAR, we've seen so many times people struggle and she's had a lot of very good moments. Sometimes, you look at Joey Logano, he went from Joe Gibbs Racing to Penske and became an immediate championship contender just by getting in a different situation. So that's what you hope for in this particular situation is that Danica can find a team and a sponsor that fits her situation better than the situation that has fit in the past. It's not like anybody doesn't get along, but the circumstances haven't been 100 percent right to get the most out of the performance needed to keep those partners around and do the things that it takes to be competitive."
HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE SPORT AND THOSE FAN BASES IF DANICA DOESN'T RACE NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH DALE JR. RETIRING AFTER THE SEASON? "I think obviously you want to see the best-case scenario surround the sport, but I can tell you being in the position that I was in in 2001 with Dale Earnhardt that if something was going to be catastrophic for the sport at that particular point, it could have been catastrophic in a lot of different ways. It already was catastrophic, and it went through a big transition of what do the Earnhardt fans do? What do they think about the sport? And I don't think this scenario is as big as that scenario, obviously. Sports in general has a funny way of absorbing everything and moving on. And whether it's Dale Jr. or Danica or myself, no matter what the case is things move and they shuffle and people come and they go and you hope that as you look in the pipeline there are young and exciting drivers that are going to develop their own personalities and their own fan base and their own excitement and their own situations, and it'll build itself back up. So I think Danica is an important piece. Obviously, we know where Dale is headed and he's gonna continue to be a part of this sport, but I think it would be a plus if she was still racing cars on the weekends."
YOU WERE FRUSTRATED AFTER RICHMOND. DOES THAT DRIVE YOU? "I think we've been good enough in a lot of weeks and at a lot of places. I think as you look at Richmond, that's probably been our worst race track that we go to, so it's a little bit frustrating just to drive in the gate because you know it could be a good weekend, it might not be a good weekend, and it's just one of those places that has become that way for us. Yeah, I was frustrated and not happy with the way we performed, but when I got to the office on Monday neither was anybody else, so you want to be frustrated and not settle for things being OK. I think as you look at everything we're doing, everybody is doing everything that they can and the improvements and things that have gone into the cars have been good and now we just have to go out and race."
WHAT IS YOUR GUT FEELING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THOSE PLAYOFF POINTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THOSE TOP THREE GUYS? "I think as you look at the points I think in the first round I don't think you're going to notice it as much. I think it's when you see those points start to roll in the second and third rounds and how they affect everything is going to be much more noticeable. My only concern in the whole thing is what people think about it. Are the Playoff the Playoffs when everything is not the same for everybody? Don't get me wrong, I like how it looked on paper and we just haven't seen it play out yet and that's the biggest thing."
WHAT ASSURANCES ARE YOU GETTING FROM NASCAR THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE SEEN WILL BE CLEARED UP BY THE TIME WE GET TO HOMESTEAD? "I think as you look at the ambulance issue, the ambulances, for whatever reason this year, have been a little more of an issue as far as getting to the accident, getting back from the accident, getting lost in many circumstances going back to the infield care center. The ambulances in three and four, I would assume there were ambulances in one and two and the wreck being in one and two, so obviously there are some things they have to work through from the NASCAR side of things to clean those things up. We heard Steve O'Donnell talk about and owning up to we need to fix this and make it better and that's the most important thing. I like the way that they approached it and usually when you hear and approach that's head-on you know that those types of things are being addressed because when people don't want to address something, they have a funny way of dodging the questions and dodging the situation and trying to throw dirt on it and bury it and come back to it later. So the fact that everybody was just like, 'Look, we had some issues. We have to move forward and fix these things,' and you can't just move on. You have to move on, but you can't just move on. You have to address the problem, so, to me, that's the sign of immediate reaction and it sounds like that's the direction that they're heading."
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR SITUATION AT VEGAS WAS ADDRESSED WITH THE SLOWNESS OF THE AMBULANCE? "It took a while. And look, I think everybody is going a great job when they get to the cars, but we still have some issues of getting the ambulances and things from several drivers to the infield care center without getting lost. And that's been an issue for not only myself, twice, but several other drivers as they've had their trips to the infield care center. Getting the ambulance, and I know that's a constant work in progress, the chase truck and the ambulance to the accident scene as soon as possible when you know it's a major impact is important, and I know they are continuously working to try to make that better, but the ambulances need to know where they're going, and I don't know if that's coming from the ambulances and their preparation, or if it's coming from - like last week, it sounds like the ambulances were released and then stopped and just wound up stopping in the wrong spot, but we've got to eliminate those types of things."
HOW DO YOU BREAK DOWN THE LAST 10 RACES? "I've been fortunate to be on the side of going into the first week and thinking you're gonna win the championship and I've learned that's how you think every year, but the one thing about it that I have learned is you better think about it one week at a time and not break down anything until you get there because you might be broke down before you even make it to the end. So it's a one week at a time battle and the most important thing to do at this particular time of the season is control yourself from a mental capacity and trying to keep yourself prepared going into each week because you don't know what you're going to have to approach next week until you get done with this week. Even if you're running good or you're running bad, it's a one week at a time and survive mentality until you go as far as you can."
JIMMIE JOHNSON HASN'T LED A LAP IN NINE WEEKS. IS HE GOING TO BE A CONTENDER FOR THIS TITLE? "I don't think you can ever count him out. I think as you look at it, obviously the performance hasn't been what they want or what they need, but you almost have to laugh because you look at it and you would have said the same thing last year. When I clicked on to go through this week's race from last year and the guys that were running first and second with the 48 and the 24 and you hadn't seen them all summer and there they are."
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? "Well, look, sometimes you get behind and you physically can't prepare vehicles and make all the upgrades to the vehicles in time to put yourself in a position to run well from when you stopped running well, and it can happen instantly. Look at the 22. They had a scenario that they built the car around, whatever that scenario was, they built their car around and NASCAR didn't like it, so they changed the rules and from that point on they were in a rebuilding phase to try to get themselves in position. What you hope is you're in a position like the 48 was, where they won a couple races and I think they were in a similar position where they had some rules change and they had some things happen and couldn't run the stuff that they were running anymore. From that point you have to start the rebuilding process and it's a massive ship to turn around. Production falls into that, R&D falls in that, the progression of rules falls into that, and you have to prioritize and say, 'OK, I need to have everything that is in the system from an R&D standpoint in the production built for Chicago.' If you're in a position to do that, and the 48 was and has been before, you can put all of those R&D pieces into production and have them ready by the time you get to this point in the year."
WE SEE TEAMS CHANGE PIT CREWS THIS TIME OF YEAR. IS THERE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO THAT? "There are going to be some hurt feelings, but I think at this particular point when you have a set amount of cars from your organization that are into the Playoffs, and you have two pit crews that you feel like are the best two pit crew that you have, or three pit crews, whatever the case may be, you put your best foot forward. Some of the fans aren't gonna understand that, but you've already spent 26 weeks trying to get to this point and the cars that aren't in it need to rebuild for next year and the cars that are in it need to have everything that that company has and those Playoff cars will be the priority until you get to Homestead of they get eliminated. I think from a company standpoint it's the right thing to do and you've seen it. We've done it. Other teams have done it and it's a part of putting your best foot forward to try to win a championship for your organization."
WHICH NON-PLAYOFF DRIVERS DO YOU FEEL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A PLAYOFF RACE? "I think Bowyer has run really well and had a chance to win a couple races, and I think this is obviously going to make him hungry. The 22 and Joey Logano is in the same position. The 77 has made an abundance of mistakes throughout the year in arguably what is going to be some of the fastest cars that he'll probably ever drive in his career. Martin has obviously shown what those cars will do, and even Suarez. Looking at the performance of all the cars on that particular team, and you've seen him show up a lot up front, so of those four I think any of those four cars can win a race. I think obviously when we go to Talladega Dale Jr. will probably run pretty good as you go to Talladega and have a chance to win, just like he's done for 20 years of whatever it has been. It's interesting because there are a lot of different agendas now. You have guys that want to survive and get to the next round of the Playoffs, guys that want to win and lock themselves into the Playoffs, you have teams that want to prove themselves that want to make themselves better for next year. So there are just so many different agendas that play out this time of year that you can see people win races that maybe hadn't won races or need to win races in different positions."
HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR TEAM FOCUSED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT SHR NOW? "I think there is more settled than unsettled. I think as you look at our situation I look at all the moving and changing and things and I haven't seen anything that's not for the better at this particular point. I think as long as we're making changes and everybody feels like they're getting better, I think you're gonna strengthen the whole organization."
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"Let me get this straight," Carolina said, as she rubbed her palm across her forehead, as if doing so could sooth her brain and help it not panic at the mission in front of them. "What we're looking for is somewhere in this?"
She pointed to the mish-mash of shoeboxes stacked and spread out across the room. Some had lids askew and some didn't have lids at all. Some had postcards laying in small bundles atop an already bulging box and there were scores of single postcards scattered about on most every inch of available flat surface.
"Yes," her mother replied.
"Do you have the slightest idea how many postcards you have?"
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"Mother," Carolina said as she whipped around. "Focus!"
Michel jumped in before Carolina's voice got any brusquer. "Well, this shouldn't be too difficult. Pas de problème. Pas de problème. It looks like the cards are filed and categorized."
Carolina looked at Michel and simultaneously cast her mother an evil eye. "But Michel, my mother doesn't file things alphabetically by subject the way normal people do." She started gesturing wildly with her long arms, each gesture an accent mark -- an accent grave of frustration. "Mom files things by association, by whatever pops into her mind first." Now Carolina's pitch was reaching as high as her flailing arms. "Mom files the way she thinks, the way her mind works."
The Frenchman looked at Tina. She blushed.
"Didn't you ever read From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler when you were a kid?"
NOTE to self: ? on a deadline/timeline to increase the sense of urgency. The kids in Frankweiler's book had 1 hour to find what they needed. I need to weave such a deadline into my story for added suspense, but I'm not sure at this moment. I feel confident this point will unfold as I continue to write.


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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) Jimmy Gavin scored 26 points and Xavier Cooks added 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Winthrop held off a second-half comeback to beat Hampton, 102-95 in the season opener for both schools Saturday afternoon.
Winthrop reached the Big South Conference championship game a year ago and Hampton reached the NCAA tournament after winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Gavin drilled a 3-pointer to cap a 20-9 Winthrop run to open the game and the Eagles led by as many as 20 in the first half before taking an 11-point lead at the break, 60-49.
Hampton cut the lead to one, 63-62 with 12:53 left after Reginald Johnson made back-to-back layups, but Gavin completed a 3-point play and Cooks knocked down a jumper, two free throws and a 3-pointer to push the lead back to nine, 68-77.
Quinton Chievous led the Pirates with 29 points. Lawrence Cooks added 22 points.


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Made of 1-3/4" strips of Maple that are glued and pressed together. The top is then sealed to protect against moisture and can be resurfaced or refinished at any time.
Bullnose Laminate
This surface is constructed with (2) 3/4" particle board cores that are laminated together. The front is routed and a laminate layer is heated and wrapped 180� around the front edge. All other sides are laminated to protect the core from moisture.
Stainless Steel
This benchtop is easy to keep clean and is constructed from a standard 1-3/4" hardboard wrapped with a 20 gauge stainless steel 304-4P skin. The hardboard helps protect the surface from dents and also keeps noises from resonating in the steel.
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Steel Specs: 14 Ga. Legs, 16 Ga. Stringer
Construction: Full Arc Welded Legs, Bolted Formed Stringer
Capacity: 3500 pounds
Base structure allows for easy addition of workbench accessories
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Great price and fast delivery. I will recommend these to anyone looking for benches. Thanks
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I shopped several sites including the larger catalog houses like Grainger, Fastenal and Northern Tool. I found the pricing on this item to be substantially cheaper than any other the other sites could provide. I ordered the items here online and received them as promised and was very happy with my entire shopping experience with SJF. I will be back when I need other items.
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Daniel Grendal from Mpls.
I found your price to be very good for this bench. I recently picked up what I thought to be a similar style workbench at Home Depot, however it's no good at all. That one went in the missus's potting shed (hehe) and I ordered one of these. Rock solid and easy to assemble. No question about it - this bench is worth the extra money.
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Debbie F. from FL.
This bench is much better built than the ones they offer at Lowes and Home Depot for the same money. Those benches are cheap and flimsy compares to yours. I will recommend yours always.
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Regional Passport Offices Close to Coventry:These are passport issuing facilities. You will need to make an appointment and present proof of upcoming travel but in most cases, you will be able to get passport renewal, new passports, child passports, or a lost passport replacement Same Day or Next Day.
Boston Passport Agency - 66.7 Miles, Connecticut Passport Agency - 69.6 Miles, New York Passport Agency - 98.3 Miles, National Passport Center - 103.2 Miles, Philadelphia Passport Agency - 168.2 Miles
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How to Get a Passport in Coventry, ConnecticutGetting a passport in Coventry CT depends on what type of passport application you are needing. The process in these guides assumes that you are applying at a local Coventry Passport Office in which case it will take you 4 to 6 weeks to get a passport in Coventry.
Please select the appropriate guide from the list below to get started:
Passport Office in Coventry, CT
The single passport acceptance agent (local passport office) located in Coventry is listed below:
- Storrs Post Office
2 Old Eagleville Rd
Coventry, CT 06238
Other Passport Offices Near Coventry, Connecticut:Listed below are additional passport offices that are located within 50 miles of Coventry Connecticut:
Town of Columbia - Columbia - 5 Miles
Tolland-Mansfield Probate Court - Tolland - 5.4 Miles
Willimantic Post Office - Willimantic - 6.9 Miles
Town of Windham Recreation Department - Willimantic - 6.9 Miles
Vernon-Rockville Post Office - Vernon Rockville - 7.4 Miles
South Windham Post Office - Windham - 7.6 Miles
Manchester Post Office - Central Manchester - 7.9 Miles
Manchester Customer Svc. Info Ctr. - Central Manchester - 8.2 Miles
North Windham Post Office - North Windham - 8.6 Miles
South Windsor Post Office - South Windsor - 10.2 Miles
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Donations during Spring Meetings top $210,000
Donations for American Legion programs that support veterans, servicemembers and their families poured in during the organization's annual Spring Meetings.
During the Legion's National Executive Committee meeting May 10 at National Headquarters in Indianapolis, more than $81,000 was donated between four American Legion departments.
Past National Commander James E. Koutz presented checks from the Department of Indiana that totaled more than $59,897 for Operation Comfort Warriors (OCW); the Department of Michigan donated $8,711 to OCW and $108 to the Child Welfare Foundation (CWF); the Department of Mississippi donated $6,000 to the National Emergency Fund (NEF), $4,250 to CWF and $550 to OCW; and the Department of West Virginia donated $1,500 to the Endownment Fund, which supports the Temporary Financial Assistance program and service officer training – the two fundraising programs of National Commander Charles Schmidt.
Meanwhile, the Sons of The American Legion also made significant donations toward American Legion programs during their Spring Meetings last Saturday in Indianapolis. Donations inlcuded $111,457 to CWF, which brings the Sons total contribution to the program this year to nearly $470,000; $9,850 to NEF; $1,000 to the Endowment Fund; $6,940 to OCW and $300 to the Legacy Scholarship Fund.


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Tatooine Datacron Locations
There are 5 Datacrons on Tatooine. Each of them requires a little work to get to.
Datacron 1 - Republic Only
(Cunning +3)
Codex Entry - Galactic History 39: The Third Great Schism
The first Datacron is located in Anchorhead. You have to go to the northwest edge of town where a sand dune is almost to the top of the wall. Then go along the buildings along the north of town get to it. It is located above the Underworld Trading trainer.
Coordinates: 2139, -3673
Datacron 2 - Republic and Empire
(Willpower +3)
Codex Entry - Galactic History 42: The Nevoota Extinction
The second Datacron is located in the desert. It sits at the opening of a cave. To get to it you need to go farther down from it and jump off the edge of the cliff. On the edge of the cliff, when you look down, you will see a ledge. Jump down onto it, and you'll be able to enter the cave. From there you will need to fight through a few Sandpeople to get to the other end.
Coordinates: 2073, -577
Datacron 3 - Republic and Empire
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Codex Entry - Galactic History 38: The Tyrant of Onderon
The third Datacron is located on a cliff in the Dune Sea. It is accessible from above. You must go to the Jundland Transport Ship Crash Site. Go to the western edge where there is a part of a broken ship. Look down and you will see the Datacron. Carefully jump down going from one ledge to another.
Coordinates: -628, -30
Datacron 4 & 5 - Republic and Empire
(Blue Matrix Shard) (Strenght +3)
Codex Entry - Galactic History 40: Czerka Discovers Kashyyyk
Codex Entry - Galactic History 41: The Droid Rights Movement
The fourth and fifth Datacron are located near each other on top of a Sandcrawler. You will need to ride a balloon, and jump off onto the rear roof of a Sandcrawler to reach them. To get on the balloon, go to the southwest corner of the Dune Sea. There you will see a Jawa Sandcrawler sticking up out of the desert. Get on top of it, and wait for the balloon. The balloon takes about 40 minutes to make a complete cycle. If you are lucky enough to get a Jedi friend on the balloon and you miss it, he can force-pull you onto the balloon from the top of a hill just before it gets to the jump off point. Also, if a Jedi makes it on top of the Sandcrawler after jumping off the balloon, he can force-pull people onto its roof.
After you get the Datacron on the roof, you will need to drop straight down onto a small platform on the side of the Sandcrawler to get the second Datacron.
If you don't make the jump onto the ballon, or you miss the jump onto the Sandcrawler roof, or you fall off, it is a long wait to try again.
Coordinates: -2391, -1381
Datacron 6 - Empire Only
(Cunning +3)
Codex Entry - Galactic History 39: The Third Great Schism
This Datacron is located on top of the bank in Mos Ila. Its very easy to get by using the rocks to the left of the bank. Thanks to Matt for sharing this in the comments below. First go down the street to the left from the bank, and go up the small hill. Where the rocks meet the wall at 711, 3262 is where you start. Jump onto the wall ledge. To your left you will see a gap between the wall and the rocks. Jump thru this gap. Once you jump through this gap, and land on the other side, you will be standing in an area between the wall and the rocks. Get on the wall ledge, and follow it to the rock ledge at the end. Follow the rock ledge around, and at 715, 3218 you will need to jump over a gap to the next rock ledge. Once you've made this jump, go a little ways down the ledge. You will see the orange canvas below you that is right beside the bank. Jump down onto this orange canvas, and go to the other side of it. Then jump down onto the bank's roof, and get the Datacron.
Coordinates: 728, 3133


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As a general rule, I think ceiling fans are ugly. Unfortunately, in my little ol' apartment sans central air, I need to have a ceiling fan to help circulate the air, especially since I'm prone to burning things in my tiny ol' kitchen.
After a year of trying to ignore this ugly ceiling fan, one day I broke down and decided that I had to do something about it.
I looked in to buying a pretty ceiling fan, but the only pretty fan I could find was this one by Minka-Aire, and it retails for around $1,000.
So, I turned to plan B which was to give my current ceiling fan a facelift. Here's what I did:
The gold/brass accents had to go/be spray-painted white. To get to them I used a screwdriver to disassemble the fan like so:
Remove the light bulbs and unscrew the glass light covers.
Unscrew the fan blades.
Unscrew the fan brackets from the fan blades.
Unclip the ball-chain pulls.
Then, the brass ring around the base of the fan could not be detached so I blocked off the surrounding parts of the fan with newspaper and painters tape.
And before I got to spraying, I made sure to cover the floor and nearby walls with a tarp and used sheets since spray paint has the propensity to float through the air and get on EVERYTHING.
Then finally I started with the paint - I did three light coasts, waiting about 15 minutes between each coat. I used Rusto-oleum's all surface gloss pure white spray paint. As far as I'm concerned it's the best spray paint at Home Depot.
While I was waiting for the fan parts to be dry enough for re-assembly, I worked on a shade to replace the three tacky light bulb covers.
I took a 15-inch drum lampshade I'd scored at HomeGoods for $12 and covered it using a yard of white spotted fabric and some white grosgrain ribbon from Joanne's. The process I followed was exactly the same as this which I described in my post about my bedroom lampshades.
I also made some new pulls to replace the ball-chain ones. I used fishing line and these white glass beads from Joanne's.
When everything was dry, I attached the shade to the fan – the little circle part of the shade designed to sit on top of a lamp's harp fit perfectly onto this little round part of the ceiling fan.
I discarded the glass light covers and the ball-chain pulls, reattached the fan blades and brackets, and then the facelift was complete. Here's the result:
I'm really pleased with how this turned out. In fact, it might be one of my most proud DIY projects to date. If you're a fan (pun intended) pretty please sign up to become a subscriber of this, my Very Fond Of blog. More details here.


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It's amazing what you can find on Google. Every four to six months I google my great-grandfather's name, John Tranum, to see what the world wide web might have on him. For you new readers, my great-grandad was a famous Danish stuntman, daredevil and pioneer of parachuting and BASE jumping during the twenties and early thirties. He was the real deal— a man who fearlessly followed his dream with a devilish grin and a gleam in his eye.
I came upon this Danish site of historical press photos and found what are probably the last photos of my great-grandad alive before his 10,000 metre— yes, 10,000 metre, record-breaking jump. Sadly, he never made it out of plane. On March 7th in 1935, at around 8,500 metres, his oxygen apparatus failed.


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An authority speaks (a little less delusionally than is usual)
"Historians will come to view Aug. 8, 2008, as a turning point no less significant than Nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell. Russia's attack on sovereign Georgian territory marked the official return of history, indeed to an almost 19th-century style of great-power competition, complete with virulent nationalisms, battles for resources, struggles over spheres of influence and territory, and even -- though it shocks our 21st-century sensibilities -- the use of military power to obtain geopolitical objectives. Yes, we will continue to have globalization, economic interdependence, the European Union and other efforts to build a more perfect international order. But these will compete with and at times be overwhelmed by the harsh realities of international life that have endured since time immemorial. The next president had better be ready."
I readily agree that Russia has confirmed that it is what it seemed to be - a despotic power still. The amount of money sloshing around there is frightening though, as a backdrop to this. I have to say I had to restrain myself at the sight of Bush waving his little US flag at the Olymics, as if it matters. But then, in the back of my mind I always think of Drake's game of bowls, and in truth there's nothing like staying calm.
I think that Kagan's notion that the EU will simply sail cautiously through is very optimistic- the EU has gathered together in weakness, and is like a herd of ruminants which has suddenly discovered there's a tiger in the bushes; the tiger is wounded by history and pretty hungry too.
Monday, August 11, 2008
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New appointments strengthen Deutsche Bank's Central and Eastern European Global Banking franchise
Deutsche Bank Global Banking announced today that Miklos Kormos has joined the bank as a Managing Director and Head of Global Banking for Central and Eastern Europe and that Dimitrios Stratikopoulos has been appointed to the new role of Head of M&A for Central and Eastern Europe.
Miklos joins Deutsche Bank from New Europe Capital Partners ("NECP") which was acquired by Deutsche Bank on the 30th September, 2007. Prior to establishing NECP, Miklos was in charge of the Central and Eastern European Investment Banking business of JPMorgan and President of JPMorgan's Russian operations between 2001 and 2005. Miklos will report to Phil Southwell, Head of Global Banking, CEMA.
Dimitrios Stratikopoulos has been appointed to the new role of Head of M&A for Central and Eastern Europe in addition to his responsibilities as Head of Global Banking, Greece. On his M&A role Dimitrios will report to Henrik Aslaksen and Stephan Leithner, coHeads European M&A, and on his coverage role he will report to Miklos Kormos.
Through the acquisition of NECP, Deutsche Bank welcomes Shrenik Davda who will join the bank as a Director in the Central and Eastern Europe team reporting to Miklos Kormos. Prior to the establishment of NECP, Shrenik was head of Investment Banking at JPMorgan responsible for the Balkans, Baltics and Ukraine.
David Hobley will continue in his role as Chairman of Central Europe providing guidance and leadership across the region, and specifically with our Entrepreneur client base.
Of the appointments, Philip Southwell said: 'The appointment of Miklos, Dimitrios and Shrenik to these new positions further illustrates Deutsche Bank's strategy to focus and grow our business in the CEMA regions. The Central and Eastern European business is an important constituent of Deutsche Bank's business in the CEMA region and, year-to-date, Deutsche Bank has achieved 14.2% market share of corporate finance revenues.'
For further information, please call:
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Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. With 75,140 employees in 75 countries, Deutsche Bank offers unparalleled financial services throughout the world. The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions for demanding clients creating exceptional value for its shareholders and people.


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FONTANA – Residents can get the scoop on local law-enforcement projects throughout their community at neighborhood meetings in April, led by police officers and city officials.
The quarterly meetings are packed with information about area crime trends, city codes and future road construction, among other items on the civic agenda.
"Generally, it's geared for newer people to the city," said Lt. Eric Wendt. "We go over resources available to them on the Web and through pamphlets."
The upcoming meetings will feature a DVD of the mayor's roundtable breakfast held in January. And officers will notify residents of crimes that are on the rise in their neighborhoods.
Fontana Area 4: Near Southridge meets April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Southridge Middle School, 14500 Live Oak Ave.
Area 1 West: Near Hunter's Ridge meets April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at D.W. Long Elementary School, 5383 Bridlepath Drive.
Area 1 East: Near Sierra Lakes/Citrus Heights meets April 14 at 7 p.m. at Sierra Lakes Elementary School, 5740 Avenal Place.
To learn more about meetings, area commanders, or to review minutes, go online to www.fontanapd.org.
To request an item be added to an agenda or to find out about local Neighborhood Watch programs, call Amber Smith at (909) 350-7710. All agenda requests must arrive by the day before the scheduled meeting.


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Welding Terminology
Arc Cutting - cutting of metal using the high temperature generated by an electric arc.
Arc Gouging- when a bevel or groove in formed during the arc cutting process.
Arc Welding - a technique in which metals are welded using heat produced by two electrodes or one electrode reacting with the metal that in turn creates an electric arc.
Fabrication - building metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling.
Flux Core Arc Welding- is a semi-automatic or automatic arc welding process that requires a consumable electrode which contains a flux and a constant-voltage or a constant-current welding power supply.
Gas Metal Arc Welding - a welding procedure that employs an electric arc to heat the joint to fusion, and an inert gas to prevent oxidation of the weld.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding - also known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld.
Grinding - the process of smoothing away excess surrounding a weld.
Iron Worker - one who works with iron or steel structures.
Machine Welding- welding with a machine under the control and observation of an operator.
Shielded Metal Arc Welding - informally known as stick welding, is a manual arc welding process that uses a consumable electrode to lay the weld.
Ship Fitting - laying out, fabricating, and positioning plates and bulkheads inside the hull of a ship in preparation for riveting or welding.
Thermal Cutting - process of severing metals by either melting with high temperatures or by chemical reaction.
Weld Pool- the dime-sized area where metal workpiece has reached its melting point.
Welding - to unite metals by heating and allowing the separate metal pieces to liquidate partially and fuse together.
Welding Power Supply- a device that provides a high electric current to perform welding.
Welding Symbols - set of symbols used as shorthand for describing the type of weld, its size, and other processing information.
Wire Feed Welding- The wire feed unit supplies the electrode to the work, most models provide the wire at a constant feed rate.


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Bishop Stephen Andrews is pleased to announce the appointment of The Rev. Christopher Harper as Incumbent of St Michael and All Angels, Thunder Bay, effective September 23, 2012. Chris comes to us from the Diocese of Saskatchewan where he is Rector of St Mary & St Anne's and St Saviour's, Birch Hills; St George's, Kinistino; and St James', Muskoday First Nation; in addition to the summer congregations of Church of the Epiphany, Glen Mary and Holy Trinity, Brancepeth. He has served on a number of diocesan and national committees, including the Diocesan Indigenous Council, as a Delegate to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Diocesan Executive Committee, and as a member of the Executive and General Synod Planning Committees of the Council of General Synod. Chris is also Warden of Lay Readers for the diocese. A former ambulance driver and emergency medical technician from Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, Chris attended the James Settee College (where he was a student of Bishop Andrews) and Wycliffe College, from which he obtained his M.Div. in 2005. He was ordained the same year. Bishop Andrews welcomes Chris and his wife, Tracy, to the Diocese of Algoma and asks that you remember them in your prayers as they prepare to undertake their new ministry. He also asks you to join him in giving thanks for the faithful interim ministry of The Rev. Lyn Fisher.
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As far as I know all displays with HDMI inputs are supposed to be HDCP compliant, only DVI used the first couple of years of HDTV with digital inputs predate HDCP. I have a Sony KV-30XBR910 and it predates common usage of HDMI but is HDCP compliant using DVI. Either Roku or Sony or both have done a poor job implementing HDCP causing the incompatibility is my guess. Fortunately those issues are very rare now but 7 years ago were more common.
An HDMI to component converter that works properly is a nice thing to have anyway but is an expensive way to connect a Roku.
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Wreaths Across Canada (WAC) is a non-profit organization that specifically honours veterans buried in Canada.
Not all of them died in battle, although many served in combat and peacekeeping missions, and during the Cold War. Some gave their lives or were wounded in training accidents or during peacekeeping operations, but all of them responded to their country's call, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.
WAC is based on the Wreaths Across America organization that started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virigina. It was in 2009 that Wreaths Across Canada NL was started by D. Wayne Evans to honour his father, Fred Evans, a gunner in the 166th Newfoundland.
For the 2013 Season, WAC NL gratefully acknowledged the support of a number of contributors, including McConnell Transport Ltd., of Woodstock, NB
The wreaths that are used are made of real balsam fir boughs purchased from Bell Woodlots Ltd. in Bristol, NB, not far from the McConnell Transport head office.
If you wish to support the Wreaths Across Canada in Newfoundland, check into the WAC website at wacnl.ca.


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Concert Show "Electro Opera" in Ukrainian House
ICC Kiev hosts a momentous event in the cultural life of Ukraine- presentation of a new music style "Electro Opera". The concert will be held in the Auditorium and start at 7:45pm.
The organizer of the event LAFESTA music project as well as the symphony orchestra and modern ballet are going to take part in the grand concert show.
LAFESTA presents its own author's program – "Electro Opera", in which entrancing opera voice and stylish modern music (lounge, deep-house, acid-jazz, new-funk, electro) are harmoniously combined. This is a unique project that will mesmerize you with amazing sounds of music and opera voice of Olga Rossi.
The group LAFESTA is famous for the fact that the executive management of Spanish "Art and science cities" (La ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) enjoyed the song "Electro opera" so much that they assisted in clip filming on the territory of "The city of the future" (Valencia, Spain) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FwebQdCNtY.
Later on there were 2 more video clips made in the style of electro opera, one was filmed in London ("City jungle") and the other one in Barcelona ("Easy"), the song "Art-life" became the sound track for the TV show "Svetskaya zhizn" ("High Life").
Interviews with VIP guests and the organizers of the show will be held at 9:15pm.


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A "Brand" vs. "Branding"
Do you know what a "Brand" is? Do you know what "Branding" is? Here's a hint, one is a verb and one is a noun. A brand is often confused with a logo and branding is often equated to the process of creating a logo. I've heard many people and companies after creating a logo, exclaim, "I have a brand!"
But the distinction between a brand, a logo, and branding is quite clear. Let's explore this a bit more together.
A brand is the perception your customers have about you. It's their idea of your company, product or service's personality. It's not what YOU say or think it is, it's what THEY say it is. Branding on the other hand is the effort to control that perception.
A brand is not something that can be seen, measured, defined. It's intangible and abstract, it exists only as an idea in the mind of your audience, but with branding, the directed effort to get inside the mind of your audience does help to encourage them to think a certain way.
As the saying implies, "people judge themselves (e.g. their brand) by their own intentions, but ultimately the people around you will judge you (e.g. your band) by your actions and personality."


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Imperial Hub provides opportunities for Imperial students to make a positive difference in their local and global communities. Our vision is of a time where every single Imperial student engages in social and environmental issues during their time here.
PhD students have skills and experiences that could be highly valuable to student-led projects. We are looking for project mentors to help with our Skills for Sustainability programme and to support international development societies. The time spent mentoring a student project is not only hugely enjoyable and rewarding but the teaching experience counts towards the Associate Fellowship and can give your CV an edge when competing for an academic position or becoming chartered.
Project mentors for Skills for Sustainability will supervise the environmental consulting element of the programme. Students receive training to help them deliver a solution to a real-life project brief tackling a sustainability issue in College. We're looking for technical experts and management gurus to help ensure the consulting project is impactful. International development societies at Imperial include Engineers Without Borders, Raincatcher, El Salvador and e.quinox. These groups are growing year-on-year and are engaging with larger, more complex projects in developing countries. Many now require team members with more experience in technical fields as well as knowledge of other 'backroom' functions such as communications and
If you think you have the skills and experience to help mentor a student project, email Pippa Smith on email@example.com More information is available on our website – www.imperialhub.org/mentorship


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Welcome to Cooking for the Sensitive Gut. This brand new website is dedicated to bringing great recipes and tips on eating well for people with a sensitive gut.
Often people with the Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease or other gut related condition canbe sensitive to some but not all food. The launch of this website coincides with our appearance at this years Allergy & Free From show at Olympia next Friday 4th July at 11.00am in the Sainsbury's Kitchen where we will be showcasing the kind of cooking we do to get around problems we know patients experience. If you would like to come along and meet us you can down load your free ticket here.
Each post on Cooking for the Sensitive Gut will include a recipe and some guidance on things to watch out for when you plan and cook meals for yourself and other people.
Eating onions can be a problem for some people because they contain large quantities of fermentable carbohydrates known as fructans. Fructans escape digestion in the small intestine and can cause gas to form which can cause pain and bloating.
If you like the taste of onions in cooking a way round this is to use just the green tops of spring onions or leeks which do not contain these problematic fructans. The recipe below show you how to do this.
Another problem with flavouring food is that commercially prepared stock often contains onions. A way to get round this is to use just a small inch of stock powder but boost the flavour using a little soy sauce and fragrant herbs such as ginger and coriander.
This recipe also works well with sliced chicken breast or smoked tofu. It is a versatile dish and can be easily adapted for meat and fish eaters or vegetarians.
Serves 2
- 1/4 small butternut squash
- rapeseed oil – a little
- 200ml coconut milk – reduced fat is fine
- 200ml water
- pinch of vegetable stock (optional)
- 1 tbsp ginger, grated
- salt and pepper to taste
- green leaves of 3 spring onions, chopped into rings
- 100g water chestnuts
- 150g raw prawns
- ½ lime – juice and zest
- 1 head of pak choi, sliced
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander
Peel the squash and cut the flesh into small dice, roughly 2cm square. Warm a little oil in a large saucepan, add the cubes of squash and cook until lightly browned.
Pour in the coconut milk, water and pinch of stock if using and bring to the boil. Reduce the broth to a simmer and add the grated ginger and spring onion leaves. Continue cooking gently until the squash is tender. Add raw prawns followed by the sliced pak choi and cook briskly for 5 minutes. Finish the laksa by adding the lime zest and juice followed by the chopped coriander. Adjust seasoning and serve in bowls with steamed rice.
NB 30g butternut squash is low in Polyolmanitol and Oligos – GOS and should be tolerated by most people with IBS. A 60g serving contains a moderate amount of these components.
For more information on how to manage your sensitive gut see www.theibsnetwork.org


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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's New Short Boy Cut Revealed — She Wants To Be Just Like Her Brothers
Shiloh shows no signs of changing her obsession with being a little boy and while Angeline thinks it's great, is Brad worried about bullying?
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt showed off the cut while out with her siblings and mother, Angelina Jolie, on January 22. In the August issue of Vanity Fair, Angelina explains the short style, saying, "She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys' everything. She thinks she's one of the brothers."
While Angelina seems all for the look, Life & Style reports that sources say Brad Pitt is concerned that other children will tease Shiloh. Poor Brad, it must be so hard for a parent to have to be concerned about his child being bullied!
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Inspired Growth Training just keeps growing and getting better!
Find a the list of speaking and topics from 2017 Inspired Growth. We celebrate our 2017 award winners below.
Did you miss it? You can purchase the electric download recording of the conference including presentation slides HERE.
Business Development Manager of the year – Winner
Greg Watson – Watson Real Estate
Business Development Manager of the year – Finalist
Rachael Barrett – Ray White Rockhampton
Business Development Manager- Rising Star
Martina Berry – Professionals – Rockingham
Inspirational People's Choice Award
Claire Weggery – HouseSmart Solutions
Inspirational Achievement Award
Julie Collins – First National, Toronto & Morisset
Shashana McNicol – Mack Hall Real Estate
Executive Support Legend Award
Jason Wright – Ray White Commercial, North Coast Central
Michael Sanz – Neesh Property
IRE BDM Maximisation Award
Greg Watson, Watson Real Estate
BDM Personal Support Award
Hayley Hawkins, Property Management HQ
Encouragement Award
Danielle Coady – Element Property Services
Kelley Seaton, Property Management HQ
Facilitation & Implementation Award
Simone Curley – Love Real Estate, Thornbury
Mr Congeniality
Michael Sanz – Neesh Property
Mrs Congeniality
Shashana McNicol Mack Hall Real Estate
Red Carpet Award
Simone Curley – Love Real Estate, Thornbury
Number 1 ticket holder
Claire Weggery – HouseSmart Solutions


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Kristi Albright
We are going to have a fantastic year learning together this year.
Specials Schedule for Room 134
Tuesday-Library (Bring your books)
Thursday-PE (Wear sneakers)
I have my CA teaching credential from UC Santa Cruz and a Masters Degree in Teacher Leadership from San Jose State University. I relocated from the Bay Area to the Grand Canyon State last year. Now I am near my family here in Gilbert. This is my second year in Second Grade at Mesquite and I am happy to be in this sweet spot! In the past I taught Kindergarten, First and Sixth Grades as well as being an ELD instructor and Literacy Facilitator.
In my spare time I like to do many things. Out of doors I like to go for walks whether with Pippy the dog or my family. I also like to swim and kayak. While indoors I like to play the ukulele and read.


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Richelle Mead has given readers amazing series like Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and Age of X. Soundless is her latest release, and the cover is gorgeous! Soundless has Chinese folklore, a strong heroine and really interesting fantastical abilities. Richelle has stopped by HEA to talk about Soundless and heroine Fei.
Jessie: Welcome to HEA, Richelle! Kim Mai Guest is your audiobook narrator and did an amazing job. Is her voice what you imagined for Fei?
Richelle: I actually got to listen to samples of potential narrators for Soundless and was able to choose her for Fei. She had the right vibe and tone for the character, so I feel really lucky that she was available! I never listen to my audiobooks in their entirety (it's too strange for me!), but my husband's been listening to it in his car, and he's totally hooked by the amazing job she's been doing.
Jessie: I can't wait to listen to the entire book! So how did you decide on Chinese folklore?
Richelle: Fantasy books in Western culture are often heavily inspired by European culture — and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what I grew up on, and I love it. But there's so much potential out there in the rest of the world — an amazing wealth of culture and mythology that we often miss. I really wanted to tap into that. There are thousands of years of Chinese history that are full of rich and wonderful details that most people in the U.S. don't even know about. I really only scratched the surface of it all in the world I created for Soundless, and I hope readers will be inspired to explore more about that region.
Jessie: I completely agree! Want to share any of the interesting things you discovered while researching?
Richelle: Far too much for me to list here. One of my favorite resources was an encyclopedia of symbolism in Chinese art that I still love to browse through. I also learned a lot about sign language and the way people without hearing communicate. I got in touch with a former linguistics professor of mine who was able to connect me with a lot of resources about that particular area, and it was really fascinating
Jessie: What are you currently working on?
Richelle: I'm currently working on the second book of my new series, The Glittering Court. The first book comes out in April 2016 and is set in a world inspired by Elizabethan England and colonial America. It follows the adventures of three friends who are taken on by a company that trains poor girls into becoming upper-class ladies so that they can hopefully marry successful men in a newly settled continent. Along the way, they encounter pirates, spy rings and heresy and learn that love and empowerment aren't mutually exclusive.
Jessie: What inspires your book/writing ideas?
Richelle: Everything, everything, everything. Things in the world, things inside me. No lone idea ever leads to the creation of one of my stories. They're always built from the synthesis of many, many pieces I've put together. I think of my books as mosaics.
Jessie: What do you do when you get stuck?
Richelle: The secret is not writing (if a deadline will allow that). The more you stare at a computer waiting for answers to come, the less likely they are to. Go out there and live life. Ideas often come to me when I'm least expecting them.
Jessie: What distracts you the most when you're trying to write?
Richelle: The Internet. Writers, both new and veteran, would get 1,000% more done if they went offline.
Jessie: Are there any other genres you would like to write in?
Richelle: For a while, I was pretty restless. I'd written four paranormal series — three of them at the same time — and I really wanted to branch out into new genres. Now that I get to do non-magical fantasy with The Glittering Court and sci-fi with my Age of X series, I'm right where I want to be. These genres are so much fun. I love what I'm writing and feel so lucky to be able to do it.
Jessie: What's your favorite snack and/or beverage while you're writing?
Richelle: Coffee.
Jessie: What TV show or other activity interferes with your writing schedule?
Richelle: Thanks to DVR, TV works around my schedule now!
Jessie: White chocolate or dark?
Richelle: Dark.
Jessie: Salty or sweet?
Richelle: Sweet.
Jessie: Hot uniform or roguish pirate?
Richelle: Pirate.
Jessie: Favorite YA hero?
Richelle: Mr. Darcy.
Jessie: Favorite YA romance book of all time?
Richelle: Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott. How's that for obscure?!
Find out more about Richelle and her books at www.richellemead.com.
Jessie Potts, also known as BookTaster, adores books in all forms. She also does reviews for RT Book Reviews magazine and works in the submissions departments at Dreamspinner Press and Entangled YA. You can follow her on Twitter (@BookTaster).


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Jun 17, 2011 - 10:06am
Silver went straight up I
Silver went straight up I love it.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:08am
What triggered the huge rise
What triggered the huge rise in silver and gold from the last 30 minutes?
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:08am
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:13am
Quadruple Witching
Today up is down and left is right. I wouldn't be buying or selling but rather waiting until we have some clarity. I am leaning toward further weakness in all assets as liquidity dries up so perhaps pops like this are shortable but I would do so in small amounts only.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:13am
Open Lines Friday
hi turd,
long time reader, first time poster.
ba ba booooie bitchez.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:14am
Seems Greece Default is Imminent
Perhaps gold's vertical lift off is being triggered by the now near certainty of Greece's default which reality has finally dawned on the masses, which has in turned TPTB into full-fledged panic mode? One can only hope . . .
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:17am
Is that the beach-ball I see coming out from under the water??
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:17am
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Dang! I don't know if I can hold it that long.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:21am
What we know about the Greece
What we know about the Greece situation is 'they' know how it's going down & when & everything else is noise. So when politicians/central bankers say everything's gonna fall apart, it doesn't, when they say everything's fine, it isn't, but markets move according to verbiage as we all know. Until one day the hammer is finally dropped. But one thing we may all agree on is when the hammer does fall, they'll say everything is alright till the bitter end. Can't have the masses or more importantly, their money, fleeing the country, although it's already begun.
rhinestone, interesting development, but perhaps I'm getting wise enough to know its noise in the overall game & we won't know the full story until some later point so in the meantime, still stacking physical.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:21am
What goes up...
I just dont have any faith in this little rally.. just made enough to pay my mortgage payment and sold out.. lets see what the rest of the day brings GLT
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:24am
Silver straight up and the damn miners just shrug it off.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:29am
Quote:Silver straight up and
Silver straight up and the damn miners just shrug it off.
no doubt - it's damn frustrating isn't it. We'll get our day though when miners outperform.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:29am
maybe this is the reason... maybe
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:29am
Inflation fears setting back in. Metals up!
Can't figure the miners...
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:33am
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:35am
Rally won't last
Stocks and metals up this morning on the jawboning of France and Germany that they have found a solution to the Greek tragedy. But the can is not officially kicked until the Sunday confidence vote in Greece. Greece may not be willing to take a new loan even if it is offered. I am fading this rally.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:38am
Volatile, as predicted.
Swings like this will be the norm I think. ZH article ref. Above would mean two things. The US would be the enforcer, and police the worlds Gold. The US would be the main Culprit in the crime(Libya). China already consuming all Gold(and I assume Silver) domestically produced. I would think at some point many more would follow suit. Nationalization of mines, be warned! How this could possibly play a role in further suppression of Gold and at face ownership of gold is an interesting question.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:39am
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:40am
We have seen the highs for the day
If the current pattern holds, we have seen the highs of the day, both for the metals and especially for the mining stocks. Huge physical buying pressure against unlimited naked shorting. I cannot recall when was the last time that the HUI index made its high for the day after 10:30.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:44am
Everyone has expressed frustration with miners recently. As a major investor in them as well, we're all in the same boat. bite your cheek and hold on we have seen this all before. Right when you can't stand it anymore and you sell them all, they'll take off like a rocket. You can't deny earnings, you just can't. gold took off in fall 2009, silver 2010, I predict this fall will be the year of the miners. HUI near 700-750, GDXJ near 70-75.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:48am
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:50am
Rise in silver
Looks to me we have shorts covering. The situation with the euro is getting worse, the shorts are anticipating a sharp upswing in gold and silver.
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:51am
Trading in....
silver for gold? Anyone doing that right now.....any suggestions? Thanks! Been thinking and thinking about it, but also, wanted to heed Turd's guidelines and hold off on anything till Fall.
Would love to hear what you think. Thanks much! LaMachinna
p.s. Missing Word Ver! and love the edit button. Thanks Turd for the new site. Magnificent!
Jun 17, 2011 - 10:59am
Guys, here's another
Guys, here's another bombshell against JPM and friends. Anyone at this point, who says there is no evidence that the banks manipulate commodities(especially precious metals) for their own gain, is living in a clinical state of denial.
Jun 17, 2011 - 11:00am
Equity markets are due for a
Equity markets are due for a bounce. Get ready for the rising tide to lift metals also.
Jun 17, 2011 - 11:01am
I have said many times that in 2 years gold has not broken below it's 30 week MA i find it interesting that that is the exact spot silvers decline caught at. Can we now expect a more organized modest trend in silver as there has been in gold? Interesting any way you look at it. (30 week MA is the green line)
Jun 17, 2011 - 11:03am
Fellow Turdites... Steady on
Fellow Turdites...
Steady on the trigger finger...its going to be a bumpy ride the next 8-12 weeks...
Keep hoarding the physical...
Jun 17, 2011 - 11:04am
This is not short-covering!
I have a different interpretation: This does not look like short-covering to me. Why should shorts be covering? It appears to me that there has been huge demand faced by huge naked-shorting. The Cartel has the agenda to keep prices low at least until the Fed meeting next week.
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So, a buddy of mine had a bad motorcycle accident. He was riding in Sunnyvale and a driver took him out. Two broken legs, and pins in both hips. Life is very challenging for him now. Anyway, he's the Jack-Of-All-Trades at my kids' schools (Portola Valley School District). As we live in a wealthy area, I thought I'd set up a crowdfunding site to help him with the financial challenges that face him. Turns out that being nice costs….. And if you're not careful, it's much more than you'd expect.At first, I did some on line searching…. The Wikipedia page comparing crowdfunding sites is woefully out of date, and doesn't even have any information on what fees are charged. Pretty close to useless (first time I've found a Wikipedia page I'd describe this way.) Another list I had hope for is here. Seemed long and comprehensive, until I found that there was no entry that had been updated since 2012!
A Bit About Credit Card Fees
So, I had a small business, and we needed a credit card processor so we could get paid. We chose Authorize.net as they were the most trusted name at the time. You can find the fee structure here. It really breaks down to two models: The first is a flat 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction. This is for those that don't have many transactions. That way if one only has a sale or two a month, subscription fees don't eat into your profits. The thirty cent kicker is to cover the cost of very low cost sales. (If you sell things for a dollar, these fees can eat you alive. Watch out!) The model for volume sellers is different. Then, you pay a monthly fee ($25 for Authorize.net) and a flat 10 cents per transaction, no matter how many.
Back to Crowdfunding….
Now the Crowdfunding sites make money charging a "transaction fee." This is on top of the fee charged by the processer. (There's a new kid on the block for processing as well, called WePay. I don't know much about them, but they claim to take some of the headache out of setting up a payment system. When FES started using Authorize.net, it was targeted more at businesses than individuals, so I can see how WePay came into being.) Anyway, these fees are about 4.9% or more. Now, I don't have any problem with taking a small slice of the pie for running the donation site, but these numbers really bothered me when chatting with an on-line rep (Bryn) for Crowdrise, he typed that 100% of the donation goes to the personal cause! But they define the donation different than a giver would. I'd think that the amount I gave towards a cause was my donation, but they don't. It's the net to them. Total given less "transaction and processing fees". For the campaign I used to have on crowdwise, this was 5.9% for the transaction fee, and 2.9% for the processor. Turns out that this "100% of the donation" site was actually running at 8.8%! When you read that they have helped raise over $100 million dollars, that means that over $6M has gone into the pockets of the business owners. To make matters worse, I only found this out after I'd jumped through all the hoops to set up the crowdfund. I wanted to make the first donation, and saw that there was a $22.30 upcharge on my donation of $250! Came out to 8.92% This is what prompted me to start the chat with Bryn….
There's also some insidious icing on the crowdfunding cake. Some incentivize the organizer. Crowdrise issues points based on likes, shares and donation amounts. No, these aren't kickbacks. But they can be traded in for things like a t-shirt that says "Decent Human" or other feel good messages on them. It's not making money off the donations per se, but the stuff one can earn does cost money. And that money comes from somewhere. So indirectly it's taking a perk for setting up the donations. A bit of a moral morass for sure….
What I don't know is if all these sites charge the 2.9% to the user, then use the bulk transaction model with the processor. If I were setting up the sites, I sure would. But I don't begrudge them that. If I could code my own fundraising site, I'd have so little volume that I choose that payment model anyway.
GoFundMe claims to be the one of the largest crowdfunding site out there. It sure was the first name that I heard when I talked to people about it. They are the same, but a bit better. The fee they charge is 4.9%, so that's better than Crowdrise. (During my chat, I told Bryn that I'd be cancelling my campaign, and they'd only see me back if they were one of the lower cost sites. Needless to say, I won't be returning.) But all is not lost…. I found this article on a site called AL.com (who knew, it's a site featuring stuff about Alabama! I'd never heard of it, I live in California…) This pointed me to YouCaring LLC. YouCaring was started by three missionaries (Brock Ketcher, Naomi Ketcher and Luke Miner) who returned from international mission trips who wanted to keep up the spirit. You can read the story here. Anyway, they only charge the 2.9% And the model seems to be working. They say they have funded over $330M in donations, and saved campaigns over $13,000,000 in fees. This is money that goes to the causes, or stays in the doner's pockets. All with no impact to the actual money delivered to the causes.
Back to my buddy, John Bamber. John is an all around nice guy, and always has a helping hand for the kids and the parents. Heck, he even has dog bones in his vest to give treats our doggies (My dog, Geneva, will actually run to him in the morning if I'm walking her near the school in the AM!) He's got two broken legs, and his pelvis is pinned in two places. His motorcycle is totaled (even though he's pledged to never ride again.) While he is better insured than many, the guy who hit him wasn't, and doesn't have many assets, so no big damages settlement will be coming John's way. It will take him a long time to get better, and it's up in the air if he'll ever fully recover at all. (For those of you who don't know, I was taken out by a new driver when I used to ride, while getting my PhD. I spent 9 months in a wheel chair, and my underwear modelling career was ended before it ever began. What I went through, and what I know John will be facing, is what prompted me to act in the first place.)
So please, visit John's YouCaring crowdfunding page to help out. He's a really nice guy who could surely use the help.
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Man With The 'Golden Voice' Finally Returns To Radio
Remember the "golden voice" Ted Williams? It's been exactly five years since Ted, the guy who went from homeless to an internet sensation after a video of him showcasing a perfect radio voice while panhandling on the side of the road in Ohio, went viral. Well, Ted went back to work this week at the very same gospel radio station where he began his radio career in the '80's.
Williams, now 58, spent the last 25+ years battling with drug and alcohol abuse. But he's back and he says he owes it all to God.
Williams first developed his pitch-perfect voice typical of commercial disc jockeys through a career working in radio — a career interrupted when drug and alcohol addiction sent him from the studio to the streets.
And while on the side of the road, someone shared a video of Williams doing what he does best, speaking with his golden voice. The video quickly went viral and Ted started getting offers from everywhere. Even appearances on Dr. Phil and The Today Show. The video as well landed him a $395,000 book deal for a book entitled "A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation."
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But maybe it all came too soon. Ted wasn't ready for the fame and quickly rumors started surfacing that he was back on drugs after being clean for over 2 years. And shortly after that, Ted was back living on the same streets he tried so hard to get away from.
As many former drug addicts report the importance of having a strong support system to assist in not falling back into previous destructive behavior. Any sign of difficulty, stress or major life changes can cause an clean former addict to revert back.
The Columbus Dispatch reports:
In October 2014, the last time Williams spoke with The Dispatch, he said he was living in a Near East Side apartment with no furniture. Williams said he lost out on millions because of inexperience and dishonest managers who didn't have his best interests at heart as opportunities to use his honeyed baritone arose. He declined to elaborate.
But Ted has made moves to finally put his past behind him and in 2016 he actually landed back at the same radio job he had before the drugs and alcohol. And now, he's streaming live for…