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In his first time running for an elected seat, Robert Pelot is challenging Margaret Gamble for the District 6 Lancaster County school board seat.
Pelot, 40, said if elected, there are several matters he would like to see the school board take under consideration.
"I've been looking at bringing the government back to the people for years," he said. "It isn't for the people like it should be."
A case in point, Pelot said, is the issue of taxes.
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The news spread like wildfire Friday afternoon.
After six weeks of both discouragement and hope, authorities made an arrest in the fires at the Lancaster County Courthouse and 6th Circuit Solicitor's office.
Their suspect, Martavious Semaj Carter, 17, was jailed the day before in connection with a string of five armed robberies in the downtown Lancaster area from Aug. 21 to Thursday.
Step into Leslie Gainer's classroom – a world of modeling clay, building blocks and shaving cream.
Those supplies may seem odd grouped together. But for Gainer, these items and more are used to reach students.
Although working with shaving cream in the classroom can be quite messy, Gainer wouldn't want it any other way.
Gainer, a special-education teacher at North Elementary School, is this year's Celebrate Great Teaching winner among beginning teachers in Lancaster County School District.
The United Way of Lancaster County celebrated its 51st year in style Friday with a kickoff breakfast at the Lancaster Golf Club.
Over 100 people gathered at the Fairway Room to begin the 2008-09 community campaign while dining on scrambled eggs, sausage and biscuits. In attendance were the organization's board members, as well as many local contributors. They met to discuss the new campaign goal and review the organization's progress over the past year.
"They've done a terrific job with an emphasis within the city," said Bill Sumner, mayor pro tem for Lancaster.
Thank God.
That was Linda Webster's first thought when she learned Friday morning that someone had been charged with a robbery that left her crawling on her hands and knees in the law office of Gregory and Gregory.
Martavious Semaj Carter, 17, of 609-A N. Market St., has been charged in connection with the law firm robbery on Aug. 21. Police have also named him as a suspect in four other armed robberies in Lancaster's downtown since Aug. 21.
"I can sleep now," Webster said Thursday afternoon.
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Lancaster County Department of Social Services and two local law enforcement agencies have renewed an agreement that outlines their partnership in dealing with endangered children and vulnerable adults.
Chief Deputy Barry Faile of the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and Capt. Harlean Howard of the Lancaster Police Department appeared with DSS Director Janice Chapman to sign the protocol Friday at the DSS office on Pageland Highway.
"It's important that we work together because all of us have the same goal – to serve the people," Faile said.
A Lancaster man will spend the rest of his life in prison on a burglary charge.
A jury found Randolph Frazier, 55, guilty of first-degree burglary Wednesday.
Circuit Judge Paul Burch sentenced Frazier to life in prison.
The Lancaster Police Department charged Frazier on Feb. 5, Assistant 6th Circuit Solicitor Mike Lifsey said. A Eula Court woman came home about 11:30 a.m. that day and found Frazier inside her apartment, Lifsey said.
Residents will soon have a new way to discover downtown businesses with the debut of an open-air market in October.
Called the Lancaster Street Market, the monthly event will feature several vendors selling their wares in an open-air atmosphere on the green area between Main and Gay streets in downtown Lancaster. The first market is planned for Oct. 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nine vendors have already signed on for the event. They will sell items as varied as hand-blown glass beads, pottery, truffle chocolates and wood wine racks.
INDIAN LAND – When Mary Smith of Indian Land drove to Fort Mill last week, she was disturbed to see how tall the grass had gotten on local roadsides.
"This is not only unsightly. It's dangerous," she said of the knee-high and taller grass that skirts local roads and medians.
Typically, local state roads are mowed by the S.C. Department of Transportation five times between April and December, but budget cuts have forced them to reduce that to four, said John McKay of the Lancaster DOT maintenance office.
The high interest in November's presidential race may be inspiring more people to register to vote in Lancaster County.
Lancaster County election official Cassie Stump said 663 people have registered to vote since Aug. 18.That brings the total of registered voters in the county to 42,625.
A flurry of new registrants came into the county Voter Registration office after both the Democratic and Republican parties' national conventions.
Stump's office has seen a lot of young people, ages 18 and 19, registering for the first time.
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Full of treachery, spies, adventure and deception, Bomb is the story of "the creation — and theft — of the deadliest weapon ever invented." Told like an adventure story, it follows the United States and the Soviet Union as they work furiously to develop the atomic bomb.
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HARRY GOLD WAS RIGHT: This is a big story. It's the story of the creation—and theft—of the deadliest weapon ever invented. The scenes speed around the world, from secret labs to commando raids to street-corner spy meetings. But like most big stories, this one starts small. Let's pick up the action sixteen years before FBI agents cornered Harry Gold in Philadelphia. Let's start 3,000 miles to the west, in Berkeley, California, on a chilly night in February 1934.
On a hill high above town, a man and woman sat in a parked car. In the driver's seat was a very thin young physics professor named Robert Oppenheimer. Beside him sat his date, a graduate student named Melba Phillips. The two looked out at the view of San Francisco Bay.
It was a fine view, but Oppenheimer couldn't seem to stay focused on the date. He turned to Phillips and asked, "Are you comfortable?"
She said she was.
"Mind if I get out and walk for a few minutes?"
She didn't mind.
Oppenheimer got out and strolled into the darkness. Phillips wrapped a coat around her legs and waited. She waited a long time. At some point, she fell asleep.
She woke up in the middle of the night—the seat beside her was still empty. Worried, she stepped onto the road and waved down a passing police car.
"My escort went for a walk hours ago and he hasn't returned," she told the cop.
The police searched the park, but found nothing. They notified headquarters, and a wider search was begun. An officer drove to Oppenheimer's apartment to look for useful clues.
He found the professor in bed, sound asleep.
The cop shook Oppenheimer awake and demanded an explanation. Oppenheimer said he'd gotten out of the car to think about physics. "I just walked and walked," he said, "and I was home and I went to bed. I'm so sorry."
A reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle got hold of the story and wrote an article with the headline: "Forgetful Prof Parks Girl, Takes Self Home."
No one who knew Robert Oppenheimer was the least bit surprised.
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HE'D ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT. A girl who knew Robert as a child in New York City described him as "very frail, very pink-cheeked, very shy, and very brilliant."
Oppenheimer was a tougher critic. "A repulsively good little boy," he said of himself. "My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things."
He was constantly getting sick, so his nervous parents tried to protect him by keeping him inside. While other boys played in the street, Robert sat alone in his room studying languages, devouring books of literature and science, and filling notebooks with poetry. Around kids his age he was awkward and quiet, never knowing what to say unless he could bring the conversation around to books. Then he would let loose annoying bursts of learning.
"Ask me a question in Latin," he'd say, "and I'll answer you in Greek."
Hoping to toughen up their stick-skinny fourteen-year-old, Robert's parents sent him to a sports summer camp. But he was an awful athlete and simply refused to participate. Then the other campers found out he wrote home every day, and that he liked poetry and looking for minerals. That's when they started calling him "Cutie."
Robert never fought back. He never even responded. That made his tormentors even angrier.
One night, after dinner, Robert went for a walk. A group of boys waited for him in the woods. They grabbed him, dragged him to the icehouse, and tossed him on the rough wood floor. They ripped off his shirt and pants, dipped a brush in green paint, and slapped the dripping bristles against his bony body.
Robert never said a word about the attack to camp counselors. "I don't know how Robert stuck out those remaining weeks," his only friend at camp later said. "Not many boys would have—or could have—but Robert did. It must have been hell for him."
Science saved him. Robert dove deep into chemistry and physics in high school, graduated from Harvard University in 1925, then earned advanced degrees at top universities in Britain and Germany. Even in classes with some of the brightest students in the world, "Oppie," as friends called him, never lost his know-it-all style. He interrupted physics lectures with his own theories, sometimes charging to the chalkboard, grabbing the chalk and declaring. "This can be done much better in the following manner." Classmates got so annoyed they actually signed a petition asking him to allow others to speak in class. After that, Oppenheimer calmed down. A little bit. "The trouble," a friend said, "is that Oppie is so quick on the trigger intellectually, that he puts the other guy at a disadvantage."
He'd lucked into a thrilling time in theoretical physics. Physicists were just beginning to figure out what atoms look like, and how the tiny particles inside them move and affect each other. Theoretical physicists were the explorers of their day, using imagination and mind-bending math to dig deeper and deeper into the surprising inner workings of atoms. Oppenheimer knew he'd found his calling.
When he returned to the States, schools all over the country tried to hire him. He picked the University of California, in Berkeley, where he quickly built the country's best theoretical physics program. Students who came to study with Oppenheimer quickly realized they were in for a wild ride. "When you took a question to him," one student remembered, "he would spend hours—until midnight perhaps—exploring every angle with you."
"He generally would answer patiently," another student agreed, "unless the question was manifestly stupid, in which event his response was likely to be quite caustic."
While sitting in on other professors' lectures, Oppenheimer was known to squirm impatiently. "Oh, come now!" he'd call out. "We all know that. Let's get on with it!"
Oppenheimer's own lectures, according to a student named Edward Gerjuoy, were lightning bursts of ideas, theories, and math on the blackboard. "He spoke quite rapidly, and puffed equally rapidly," Gerjuoy said. "When one cigarette burned down to a fragment he no longer could hold, he lit another." Oppenheimer paced as he lectured, his wiry black hair sticking straight up, his large blue eyes flashing, as he furiously wrote, erased, wrote more, talked, puffed, and bobbed in and out of a cloud of white smoke.
During one lecture, he told students to think about a formula he'd written. There were dozens scrawled all over the board, and a student cut in to ask which formula he was talking about.
"Not that one," Oppenheimer said, pointing to the blackboard, "the one underneath."
There was no formula below that one, the student pointed out.
"Not below, underneath," snapped Oppenheimer. "I have written over it."
As one of Oppenheimer's students put it: "Everyone sort of regarded him, very affectionately, as being sort of nuts."
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"I NEED PHYSICS MORE THAN FRIENDS," Oppenheimer once told his younger brother. Lost in his studies, Oppenheimer paid little attention to the outside world. He didn't hear about the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression until six months after it happened. He first voted in a presidential election in 1936, at the age of thirty-two.
"Beginning in late 1936, my interests began to change," he later said. There were a few reasons.
For one thing, the country's ongoing economic troubles began to hit home. "I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs," he said. "And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community." Oppenheimer started going to political meetings and discussion groups. He began giving money to support causes like labor unions and striking farm workers.
But it wasn't only events in the United States that caught Oppenheimer's attention—he was also alarmed by the violent rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany. Hitler took over as chancellor of Germany in 1933 and started arresting political opponents and tossing them into concentration camps. With complete control of the country in his hands, Hitler began persecuting German Jews, stripping them of their legal rights, kicking them out of universities and government jobs. Oppenheimer, who was Jewish, still had family in Germany, as well as Jewish friends from his student days. When he heard that Hitler was harassing Jewish physicists, Oppenheimer dedicated a portion of his salary to help them escape Nazi Germany.
At the same time, the German dictator built up a huge military and started hacking out what he called a "Greater Germany," a massive European empire that Hitler insisted rightfully belonged to Germans. He annexed neighboring Austria in 1938, then demanded a huge region of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France were strong enough to stand in Hitler's way—but they caved in to his threats, hoping to preserve peace in Europe.
"This is my last territorial demand in Europe," Hitler promised.
A few months later, he sent German troops into the rest of Czechoslovakia. Just twenty years after the end of World War I, it looked like a second world war was about to explode.
Oppenheimer followed these terrifying events from his home in California, burning with what he described as "a continuing, smoldering fury" toward Adolf Hitler.
But how was a theoretical physicist supposed to save the world?
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Debra M.4 years agoI could write a novel with all the time I have spent at New Century in the past month, but I don't want to relive the disintegration of my daughter's 2001 New Beetle. What started with an oil change quickly become something else, and then something else. Alex was my service coordinator and Mike and the guys really stepped up and did the right thing in every instance. George, Matthew, Harry, Chris...were all so helpful and patient in answering my questions and explaining things (and I am super curious about what goes on under the hood of a VW Beetle). We have a turbo 1.8 with only 81,000 miles on it but it is becoming a money sucker so it may be time to cut our losses. I spent many days in the clean waiting room with the TV on (usually a 4 hour wait for whatever my particular problem was on any given day.) I could have had a lift home but I like to hang around to observe and ask any questions. Yes, the hourly labor fee here is more than an outside mechanic, but these guys are specially trained VW guys and I've learned VW's are just so complicated. George is head foreman and was always pleasant to deal with, as were all the guys. My beef is with our old 2001 New Beetle; it is cursed. Only someone who knows how to work on one of these themselves should own one (at least the older models). I am hoping no oil leaks under the car but I expect there will be some in the coming days. There is a squeaking noise I didn't hear before but I'm ignoring that too. Check Engine light will pop on soon too, I'm sure. It never ends with this car and my life it too short. I'm only sorry my 20 year old daughter is petrified to get behind the wheel for some light to come on in the dash or some buzzer to go off. It is not reliable for her to drive back and forth to Central CA for college, so mom may have to give up her Prius and swap with this cursed, darling Isotope yellow new Beetle until I can't stand it anymore and I surrender to selling it. Bottom line is, the service at NCVW was very decent and I have been here many times over the last four years (I have had it serviced elsewhere too; depending on the circumstance) but I know these guys know their stuff and are the experts. I hope they won't be seeing me for six months, until the next oil change, but I am doubtful. My bad car is not their bad service.....great guys all around, very good service. Really. Better luck with your Beetle than mine.12/13/14 Yep, check engine light came on again today, my first time driving it since they changed the third brake light out three days ago. When I first came to New Century the day after Thanksgiving for just the oil change there was nothing needed except the oil change. But three things happened all at once after that oil change that NCVW took care of (my loose "newish" brake light had to be replaced and installed along with two other repairs). Anyway, there was no check engine light on until all this work (and LOTS of my time sitting in their nice waiting room). It's $125 just to have them diagnose (thought they would do it when I paid $105 for them to put in my new brake lamp that I supplied to them). I'm too tired to go back so I'll buy my own VAG OBD2 scanner (should have bought this four years ago) and hopefully diagnose my own problem. Still, I really like the guys at NCVW and if I had cash to burn, would just go to them for everything. Polite and took the time to answer my questions. I wish I was a mechanic.


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Brooklyn lived up to its basketball-rich reputation Saturday afternoon.
Throwing one big-name star after another at The Bronx, Brooklyn rolled to a closer-than-it-was 94-81 victory in the Battle of the Borough semifinals at Rivington Court on the Lower East Side. It will face Harlem in the final Sunday at 4 p.m.
PSAL Brooklyn AA stars Isaiah Whitehead (Lincoln), Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch (Jefferson) and Leroy (Truck) Fludd (Boys & Girls) did much of the damage, combining for 56 points. Brooklyn's lineup was so deep Bishop Loughlin star Khadeen Carrington and South Shore duo Shamiek Sheppard and Terrence Samuel came off the bench to overwhelm The Bronx.
"It wasn't really any competition," said the FIU-bound Lynch, who had 14 points. "[Sunday] hopefully is a good game."
Whitehead, nicknamed "I'm a Bad Man" and "Young Sidney Moncrief" by MC Joe Pope, was by far the best player on the floor, and Chris McCullough (team-high 15 points), one of the nation's top prospects in the Class of 2014, was on the hardwood court. Whitehead poured in a game-high 27 points, shredding The Bronx from the perimeter — he hit four 3-pointers in the first half — and with flashy moves in the paint.
"The Bronx was talking a lot of trash on social media," said Whitehead, who is being heavily recruited by Florida, Arizona, St. John's, Iowa State and Rutgers among others. "Me and my Brooklyn guys took it to them hard."
Whitehead's status has recently dropped in national rankings. At one time a consensus top 15 players, he's now listed in the 40's by a few publications.
"It doesn't bother me," he said. "When I play against top players ranked ahead me I kill them. I guess it's because I'm from New York. They don't really rank New York players high anymore."
With Whitehead leading the way, Brooklyn was never in danger. Lynch, the outspoken Jefferson standout, expects Sunday to be a rerun.
"We're the best team, hands down," Lynch said. "We're going to win it 100 percent, especially if we play like did today."
Harlem blows lead, regains it and knocks off Queens: Harlem, the defending Battle of the Borough champions, blew an 11-point, second-half lead but rallied late for an 84-78 victory over Queens.
Satellite Academy's Larry Beckett scored 21 points and Curtis forward Hassan Martin added 16. Archbishop Stepinac guard Josh James followed with nine points, including a few clutch baskets late. Holy Cross' Marquise Moore led Queens with 22 points, Pathways forward Jordan Washington had 13 and Archbishop Molloy rising junior C.J. Davis had 12.
The Harlem team is an interesting mix and much of its team isn't actually from the area, from James, who hails from Greenburgh, N.Y., Bronx native Tyler Wilson of Cardinal Hayes and Staten Island's Martin. The 6-foot-7 Martin had a big day, early and late, finishing around the hoop and protecting it as well.
"There's a connection you don't know about. There's a door in Harlem that takes you from Harlem to Staten Island. We can't show anybody that," joked Harlem coach Dwayne Mitchell, the former Rice coach who will run the Scanlan program this winter. "The main thing I like about Hassan is he lets you coach him. He makes eye contact, he listens and he's unselfish. He has a bright future."


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Many years ago, Jeannie Ivis, a quilt shop owner in Colorado, showed me how to do quilt binding by machine. In 15 years, I have done all but three of my quilt bindings using this method. I love it because it's neat, it's fast, it's sturdy and it comes close to looking like you stitched the binding by hand.
I was finishing up a UFO this week and decided to write a tutorial on what I call "mock hand binding by machine." So that you don't overlook the points that are critical, I'm going to use CAPS in some places, but I don't mean to shout at you.
I start off by trimming the backing and batting even with the quilt top. I cleared the junk off my cabinet and put two cutting mats end to end for this task.
It helps if they match so they are the same thickness but when I took this picture, one of my matching mats was missing. (Messy sewing space.)
I'm left with batting and fabric scraps, which get sorted. Small batting pieces go into my dust rag bag. They work great for dusting and you just throw them away when you're finished.
For some reason I can't remember, I cut this binding 1.5″ wide instead of the usual 2.25″ wide, so this will be a single-fold binding. The mock-hand method works the same for double-fold binding and single-fold binding.
First we need to sew the binding strips together end to end with diagonal seams. Above you'll see that I have put the strips right sides together. The line shows you where I'm going to sew. If you ever have trouble knowing which diagonal to sew across, you can refer back to this photo. I remember it by not sewing from the two short stubby ends across.
Because this is a single-fold binding, the next step is to press under a generous 1/4″ on one raw edge of the entire length.
Here I'm ready to sew the binding to the BACK of the quilt. (This is different from the usual method where you sew the binding to the front of the quilt and then stitch it by hand on the back.) I use a WALKING FOOT to keep the layers feeding evenly through the machine. I set my stitch length to 2mm. Be sure to LEAVE A TAIL of eight to ten inches unsewn.
When you get about six inches from the corner, place a pin as shown above, 1/4″ away from the quilt edge that's next to your torso. When you come to the pin, stop sewing and backstitch three or four stitches. End the stitching and cut the threads. I used dark thread in the sample below so you could see how it looks.
Next we'll miter the corner.
Position the quilt as shown and fold the binding up and away from you, creating a 45° angle.
Now fold the binding down toward yourself, creating a little triangular flap. The photo belows shows the flap more clearly. Pin the binding in place if you need to.
Now back to the sewing machine. Start a little behind the quilt's edge and sew with a quarter-inch seam allowance as before, backstitching after the first few stitches and then continuing on.
As you come to the remaining corners, treat them in the same way. Each corner will look like the photo above when it's finished.
When you reach the place where you started, stop sewing about 10″ from your first stitches. Leave a generous tail at this end too. Join the binding ends (my next how-to post will be about how to join the ends). Finish sewing the binding to the quilt back.
Now it's time to set up your machine for the fun part.
- Fill a bobbin with regular cotton thread to match the quilt BACKING.
- Thread the top with INVISIBLE THREAD, whatever kind you prefer.
- Set the machine to a blind hem stitch (a blind hem stitch goes "straight, straight, zig, zag, straight, straight, zig, zag" etc.). Set the stitch width to 1.2mm and the stitch length to 1.0mm.
- Put (or keep) the walking foot on your machine.
- Test sew on a scrap quilt sandwich (fabric, batting, fabric) to see how it looks, and adjust the tension if need be.
Now you're ready to pull the binding to the front of the quilt and sew it down by machine. Start in the middle of one quilt side. Pull the binding around to the front of the quilt.
In this example, it turned out that I needed to turn under more than the 1/4″ I had originally pressed. I just turned it under more generously as I went along.
Sew the binding to the quilt front. The straight stitches should be on the quilt top. The zig zag stitch will take a tiny bite into the binding.
I've Photoshopped the photo above so you can see where the stitches are supposed to go on the quilt front. Of course they're much smaller in real life.
When you come to a corner, miter it by folding as shown above. It usually wants to fold into a miter because of the way you turned the corners earlier. Start sewing at the inside corner and sew a few stitches in place to secure, then continue along the side, pulling the binding to the front as you go.
When you get to the place where you started, change to a straight stitch and a stitch length of zero. Stitch in place for a few stitches to secure, cut the threads and you're finished.
Above is what it looks like on the front of the quilt.
And this is how it looks from the back of the quilt. I used darker thread so you could see it, but you should use thread to match the quilt back as mentioned earlier, so it will blend right in.
Here's my finished UFO. It was my staff challenge from 2011, shown in the Jan/Feb '12 issue of Quiltmaker.
It uses a block called Infinity from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 2. The block design is by Victoria Eapen.


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Ramallah: The children who survived the tragic schoolbus accident earlier this week that killed 14 pupils will be in need of pyschological therapy to deal with the huge trauma they faced.
A truck lost contol in rainy weather and rammed into a Palestinian school bus on Thursday, causing deaths after it overturned and caught fire after the impact, authorities said.
Speaking to Gulf News, the children recounted what happened to them on that fateful day.
Five-year-old Yousuf Hassan woke up to a pain killer shot. Yousuf sustained serious injuries to his head and neck. His upper jaw was severely damaged and all of his teeth were broken. "I cannot forget the burning bus," he said.
Four-year-old Rahaf Al Rasheq said she had managed to escape the bus on her own. "No one helped me," she said.
With tears streaming down his cheeks, five-year-old Mohammad begged his mother not to send him on a bus any more. "I hate the bus. It explodes and burst in flames. I will die if I go on a bus," he said. Mohammad has been traumatised by the accident, his monther said. "My son wakes up every now and then crying and shouting -fire, fire," she said.
Mohammad said he was taken out of the bus by a civilian man and was brought to the hospital with six other children in a private car. "Everybody in the bus was crying and shouting. I can not forget the scene. It terrifies me," he said.
Four-year-old Nagham Al Ramlawi has vowed never to get on a bus. "We were scared when the bus burst in flames, and all the kids around me died with the fire eating their bodies," she said.
Ahmad Al Ramlawi, Nagham's uncle said his niece was in a hysterical condition shouting that all her classmates were burned to death. "My two kids stand in need for psychological therapy. I have already consulted a psychologist who will start immediate sessions to both my kids," said Manar Al Rasheq, the mother.
The families of the kids held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for what ended up a tragedy. The families said that the Jaba'a Military Checkpoint is less than 100 metres away from the accident scene and the Israeli colony of Adam was only 200 metres away.
Israeli authorities saw the accident, heard the cries and shouts of the kids, and witnessed the bus bursting into flames but never acted for help until passersby put out the fire with their personal extinguishers and used rainwater from the streets to douse the flames.


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Do you know the Latin American folktale (or is it true?) called La Llorona? (The Weeping Woman.)
For those not familiar, here is the story of La Llorona.
Although several variations exist, the basic story tells of a beautiful woman by the name of Maria killing her children by drowning them in order to be with the man that she loved. The man would not have her, which devastated her. She would not take no for an answer, so he slit her throat and threw her body in a lake in Mexico. Challenged at the gates of heaven as to the whereabouts of her children, she is not permitted to enter the afterlife until she has found them. Maria is forced to wander the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned offspring, with her constant weeping giving her the name "La Llorona".
In some versions of this tale and legend, La Llorona will kidnap wandering children who resemble her missing children, or children who disobey their parents. People who claim to have seen her say she appears at night or in the late evenings from rivers or oceans in Mexico. Some believe that those who hear the wails of La Llorona are marked for death, similar to the Gaelic banshee legend. She is said to cry "Ay, mis hijos!" which translates to "Oh, my children!
Function of the story in society
Typically, the legend serves as a cautionary tale on several levels. Parents will warn their children that bad behavior will cause La Llorona to abduct them, and that being outside after dark will result in her visitation. The tale also warns young women not to be enticed by status, wealth, material goods, or by men who make declarations of love or lavish promises.
– Source: Wikipedia.
Well, this Friday's episode of Grimm is about La Llorona. The show Grimm is an American TV drama series which is described as "a cop drama—with a twist… a dark and fantastical project about a world in which characters inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales exist."
This clip features Grimm stars Bitsie Tulloch (Juliette Silverton), David Giuntoli (Nick Burkhardt), Russell Hornsby (Hank Griffin.) Guests cast in this episode include Bertila Damas as "Pilar" and David Barrera as "Luis Alvarez."
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Kate del Castillo (of "La Reina del Sur" fame), is also in this episode!
Grimm airs Fridays at 9 pm ET on NBC. This particular episode will air on NBC on Friday, October 26th at 9 pm ET. There will also be special airings, in Spanish on Telemundo at 11:35 pm ET on October 29th and in English on mun2 at 1 am ET on Saturday, October 27th.
Honestly, I don't know if I'll watch because this kind of stuff freaks me out. I will probably have a week's worth of pesadillas just from watching these videos here. Do you think you'll tune in?


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Disk Partitioning in Linux
Partitions are slices of the hard drive.Typically an installation of Linux will create these slices or partitions of a hard drive. These partitions create separate areas of the disk to hold multiple operating systems or to separate programs and data to aid in back-up. The first sector 0 is reserved for the master boot record. The master boot record on the Primary Boot Drive, contains the mapping for all partitions on all drives.
Linux provides for the following partition options:
Primary Partition – set active for boot loader
Extended Partition – subdivide an extended partition into logical partitions
Logical Partitions – you can create as many logical partitions as you need
The Primary partitions are numbered 1,2,3 and 4. However, if you use an Extended partition number 4 will be replaced by number 5 and all logical partitions will follow number 5. For example a drive hda1 is a Primary partition while hda11 is the 7th logical partition (since 5 is the first logical) on the IDE drive. Linux will support 63 partitions on an IDE hard drive and 15 partitions on a SCSI hard drive.
Common partitions are listed here, notice that these partitions may or may not be the same as the directories.
Partitons Descriptions
/boot files and commands required for boot
/etc basic configuration files
/home home directories of all users except root
/mnt mount point for removable media, i.e. floppies, CDROM, Zip
/opt applications like OpenOffice
/root root user directory
/tmp temporary storage
/usr programs and data for users
/var variable data like log files, print spools
In addition to the partitions listed here a user may want to create their own partitions when the system is installed. Here are a few examples, anything is possible.
Partitions Description
/music create a partition that is reserved for music
/bk create a partition that only hold back-ups
/www create a partition for the web server
/ftp create a partition for ftp
/data create a partition for information
Clearly you are able to configure your hard drive in ways that it will benefit you most.
The advantage of creating partitions that are the same as file system directories is when things go bad on your system or when you upgrade the system. Here is an example that many users will appreciate. A user installs a new distribution on a computer and uses 6 major partitions (slices of the hard drive) and uses those 6 partitions to represent the file system:
With this basic configuration it provides options when the system is updated or there is any kind of hard drive failure. Each partition is independent so that if one partition goes bad for example, you will not lose all of the data on the other partitions. For example, if the /var partition failed because of hardware failure, your important data in the /home partition would still be usable and could be retrieved. If it was just one large partition you would lose all of the data. Another example would be during an upgrade, which is important since many distributions release new versions every 6 months. During an upgrade or a new installation you would not need to format the /home partition that contains user data, even if you changed distributions, as long as the file type was consistent. So, there are major advantages to having separate partitions for each file system directory. However, most users who are new to Linux will take the default installation which does not follow this pattern but still works fine and is a much easier installation.
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I think it's worth pointing out that in many cases, a hardware-related disk failure can affect all of the partitions on that disk.
As a result, many users also consider the pros and cons of placing certain partitions, such as /home or (especially) /bak, on separate physical disks. And it goes without saying that no partitioning scheme ever eliminates the need for regular backups.


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A letter in the May 22 Tomahawk Leader:
To the Editor:
I'm writing to publicly commend Gov. Jim Doyle for his efforts to prevent Wisconsin kids from starting to smoke and to help adults quit smoking. His comprehensive, statewide initiative will expand smoking cessation programs and improve public health for all Wisconsinites.
Many organizations and citizens across our state are voicing strong support for the initiative. The Wisconsin Medical Society calls it, "a wonderful thing because the costs associated with smoking are astronomical. "The Wisconsin Association of Health Plans agrees, saying, "The governor's initiative will lower overall health care costs and enable more employers and consumers to afford health insurance."
Gov. Doyle's initiative will include negotiation with tobacco companies for a $180 million settlement annually to pay for efforts to help people stop smoking and to prevent kids from starting. Throughout the governor's career, he has fought to protect our kids; but too many kids are still lighting up, too many lives are being cut short, and the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses in Wisconsin has swelled into the billions.
As mother of a 30-year-old son diagnosed with lung cancer, I urge the community to join me in encouraging the legislature to approve Gov. Doyle's anti-smoking initiative.
Let's make Wisconsin a national leader in efforts to tackle youth smoking, joining three other states that fund smoking prevention and cessation programs at the level recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians says, "We applaud the governor's efforts." The Wisconsin Public Health Association notes that, "Gov. Doyle has taken the leadership necessary to help smokers quit, prevent young people from ever picking up the habit, and combating the public health threat of secondhand smoke."
May we join together to do what we can – what needs to be done – to protect our children.
Marsha Jordan
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Hello everyone!
I have decided to do a Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) themed build for my Stampede 4x4, thus it will be deemed the WWPede. I know several Wounded Warriors personally and thought it would be a nice gesture to dedicate this build to all of them.
The WWPede will be built with the following in mind:
- The Wounded Warrior Project does a lot for wounded veterans and their families around the world, and therefore the truck, and even the build itself must honor the WWP and those wounded veterans appropriately.
- The truck will unquestionably be a jumper/heavy basher and driven by numerous people from work and my community. It must be bomb proof.
- All upgrades will be thoroughly researched and top quality parts will be used whenever possible.
Here is my general build plan:
- Research upgrades and order parts
- Teardown and clean the truck, dye chassis
- Reassemble the WWPede as parts come in
- Design and paint body, black & white based WWP theme
- Photo/video shoot
The list of upgrades:
Castle Creations Mamba Max Pro 1/10 Sensored/Sensorless ESC (CSE010-0066-00)
Castle Creations 1410-1Y 4-Pole Brushless Motor w/5mm Shaft (3800kV) (CSE060-0036-00)
Castle Creations 36mm "CC Blower" Fan Shroud (CSE011-0014-00)
King Headz Traxxas Slash 4x4 Aluminum Motor Mount (KHZ-TRX-6860T)
Novak 5mm 32-Pitch Steel Pinion Gear 3-Pack (15,16,17) (NOV5161)
Tekno RC 17mm M6 Driveshaft Hub Adapter Set (TKR1654-17)
Tekno RC M6 Driveshafts & Hub Carrier Set (Rear, 6mm) (TKR6852X)
Tekno RC M6 Driveshafts & Steering Block Set (Front, 6mm) (TKR6851X)
Tekno RC M6 ProLine ProTrac Driveshaft Set (TKR6850PL)
Tekno RC Big Bone Center Driveshaft & Outdrive Kit (TKR6755)
Pro-Line ProTrac Suspension Kit (PRO6083-00)
Pro-Line 30 Series Trencher 2.8" Tire (PRO1170-00)
Pro-Line Extended Body Mount Thumbwasher Kit (PRO6070-02)
GTR High Volume Shocks (TRA7461X & TRA7462X)
Losi Front Shock Spring Tuning Set (LOSB2959)
Losi Rear Shock Spring Tuning Set (LOSB2963)
RPM "Revolver" Monster Truck Wheels (17mm Hex) (StableMaxx) (RPM82302)
RPM Wide Front Bumper (Black) (RPM81042)
RPM Front Shock Tower (RPM70392)
RPM Shock Tower (RPM70362)
Traxxas Aluminum Bulkhead Front & Rear Tie Bar Set (Red) (TRA6823R)
Traxxas Gear Cover (Clear) (TRA6877A)
Traxxas Slipper Clutch Rebuild Kit (TRA5352R)
Traxxas Aluminum Caster Block Set (2) (Red) (TRA6832R)
Traxxas Aluminum Slipper Shaft Bearing Adapter w/Bearing (TRA6893X)
Traxxas Revo Slipper pressure plate and hub (alloy) (TRA5351)
Outerwears Performance Truck Shroud (OUT20-2656-01)
JConcepts Illuzion "Ford Raptor SVT" Body (JCI0085)
All of the parts have been ordered, and I am just waiting on shipping at this point. As I update the build log with each modification, I will provide details and an explanation of what made me decide on a particular part or mod. Please feel free to offer your feedback throughout the build. My goal is to build a solid platform that we can enjoy for years to come, and I need your help to do it!
Before we begin, let me say that the Traxxas community has been great! I am mechanically inclined and enjoy these kinds of projects, but I am very new to the RC world. Your informative posts and insights have given me the confidence I need to undertake the WWPede.
Now lets have some fun!
Last edited by Dadx2mj; 07-22-2013 at 01:59 PM.
I love the idea behind this build and will be watching it start to finish.
Dude you are a very proud man of what you do and I will do my best to try and help you out.And cant wait to see this build take shape......peace from spencer
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
I'M EXCITED FOR THIS BUILD! I wish I did a build thread but oh well. Good luck and if you need anything let us know.
Great choice on the 3800. If you keep it to 2s, you can make it 99.9% bomb proof for sure.
Did not know traxxas made the RED alum tie bar set. I need those lol. Thanks for the parts list, and subbed.
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I've subscribed woohooooo
Thanks guys! I am excited about it as well
@Dadx2mj - I edited the banner image in Photobucket and it broke the link. Would you mind editing my original post and replacing the old link with this one:
Thank you!
X-Maxx Max6 | EB48.3 | ET48.3 | Axial Grave Digger
Here is the truck in it's stock form after the first 2s pack:
I was able to put two more 2s packs through it before I blew a shock cap. Everyone said it was going to happen, and sure enough it did. I do not have any pics of it, but suffice to say it blew oil all over the back of the chassis and motor. If there is one single thing I can say that I would like to see improved with the stock Stampede 4x4, it would be better shock caps. They should not pop off so easily out of the box!
At this point I had only had the truck about two weeks, and already knew that I wanted an RPM bumper and better shocks. I naturally scoured the forums and was initially drawn to the Proline Power Strokes, but I was not comfy with the price. I did some more research on both the Stampede 4x4 and Slash 4x4 forums. Thankfully the trucks are similar and we have another outlet for ideas and upgrades. Let me say that when you search the keyword "shocks", you get a TON of results. I probably read 30-40 different threads on shock upgrades and recommendations. That is where I discovered the HPI Vorza/D8 and Traxxas GTR shocks. I was reading posts from people who had used both the Power Strokes and the GTRs, and a lot of them were saying they liked the GTRs better. Additionally, the postings by ksb51rl were informative, and his past experiences with the Vorza/D8 and GTRs helped solidify my decision...
...I went with the GTRs!
Everyone was sold out of the GTRs, so I had to resort to eBay. Not my preferred technique, but I researched some sellers and ended up purchasing them from dollarhobbyz_2
Let me just say that the GTRs are stunning! Traxxas hit a home run with these shocks. They are definitely very well made and visually appealing.
I also noticed that a lot of people running the GTRs were using Losi springs (LOSB2959 & LOSB2963) on them. The Losi spring set comes with four different spring rates, and they are all in black. In keeping with the black & white WWP theme I knew that these were the springs for me!
Here is a side by side comparison between the stock Ultra shocks and the GTRs:
Next up, I drained the oil from them and put in some Team Associated 50wt shock oil. Checked that everything was seated correctly and tight, then went out for some test jumps! I was jumping a 4' gravel pile and skate ramp and the truck was flying 15-18' before landing. Let me throw out that I am a novice jumper at best, but I can tell the difference between a landing that I nailed and one that I botched. On the landings that I nailed the truck was not bottoming out. The shocks soaked up the impact nicely. I really think the overall construction quality of the shocks and 50wt oil made all of the difference. No shock caps popping - I couldn't be happier with the Traxxas GTR shocks!
Last edited by warfighter; 07-22-2013 at 03:03 PM.
just in the nic of time. Looks like the 1st stock shock from the left is bent. I really love my big(small) bores. Guessing the gtr's are just as amazing.
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You're right, I bent that one within the first few packs I ran through it. I did not hit anything hard, just lots of jumping those first couple of outings. I also managed to shred a rear output yoke that day as well
Looking forward to seeing this awesome built unfold. Great idea and great list of upgrades. I'm sure you and everyone else who drives the WWPede will love it! You'll probably get lots of others hooked on the hobbby too.
Looks like you did your research and have some top quality parts for the truck. Just for aesthetics I recommend lowering the body. You can either cut the current body mounts, install the metal mounts used for the battery hold down, or purchase the jconcepts body mounts that can be found here: http://www.rcplanet.com/ProductDetai...FdBcMgodux4A7w
Good luck! I can't wait to see the finished project.
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It's looking pretty ragged after some hard bashing and jumps! I was jumping off of a little skate ramp on to pavement most of the day today. The GTR shocks held up great, but the stock Talon tires did not! No Losi springs today, I put the Traxxas springs back on to see how they felt. I will have them installed for the next session, which may be a little while since I am waiting on shipping! Notice the old shock oil plastered on the underside. It's time to tear it apart and clean it up!
I also have my home brewed lower body mounts. Which is just some 3mm nuts & endcaps on a longer 3mm bolts, replacing the stock mounts and the body held down with velcro. I like not having to worry about losing body clips, and the velcro held up well bashing. I am not sure if I will stick with this setup though. The metal posts tore the heck out of the body! I think if I reinforce the holes with some metal or plastic washers and Shoo Goo it, it will hold up a lot better.
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Hi dude nice to see the pede been used well man.the plastic body washers and drywall tape and shoe goo can still save that body from the bin.Get yourself some good CA tyre glue and when you are not using it keep it in the fridge because it will not set and will last a very long timeKeep on trucking bro..........peace
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the body looks so much better lowered down like that. It seems like you could have used the white body washers on either side of the body and you wouldn't have torn it up so much.
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Great little project. Just wondering if you have permission from the organization or any of the manufacturers you have on your image in your first post to use their names? Looking at the wounded warriors site it looks like everything has a $ attached to it that goes to the military personal that they are helping. Would not want to see someone get in trouble for copy write infringement.
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Man, how much is all this stuff! It must be a fortune. But it's great to see someone spending their time and money for a great cause. You should paint/stain all the parts you can see from the outside camo, and get you some proline 2.8 trenchers as backup tires. Will give your WWpede a sweet and unique look. Maybe get you a flat yellowish brown Jeep body and take some really heavy duty tape, and tape the whole inside of the body. (For durability)
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dont worry, she's workin on it...
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Yeah looking forward to seeing that vid.And warfighter hope your build is going to plan dude.......peace
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Warfighter! Great Project and Great Job! I too am Active Duty and have always appreciated the Wounded Warrior Project. I was just stationed at SOCCENT and SOCOM in Tampa, and we did alot with the foundation. There were handful of us who enjoyed RC's, but we could never get a big enough following to host meets or do projects such as this... largely because many of us were on different deployment and work schedules. This is a very honorable idea you have going; and, if it garners enough attention, you may be in a sitation to build its twin for auctioning off. You can have the proceeds go towards the WWP. Heck, maybe even Traxxas might jump in on this. I'm unaware of what projects their company currently has that provide support to DoD or even Law Enforcement and First Responders (if they have something already in place, please forgive my ignorance... i just havent seen anything). But they could easily just do a body shell and slap it on a number of their RC's and a portion of the sales of that particular RC could go towards community projects that support Troops, Police, Firemen, Medics, etc...
Again, Great Idea and Great Job!
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Yeah I just have I hope you get it sorted soon because I hate down time on my trucks ....peace
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Front & Rear) at a LHS here in Stuttgart:
I picked up a set of both the front and rear to check fitment on the WWPede. My initial thoughts are the fronts will work well, but the rears may be a little long. Regardless they look like a decent option for adjustable body mounts.
In other news, I am still waiting on two shipments from A-Main Hobbies to arrive before I can do much more on the WWPede. They should be here next week!
Last edited by warfighter; 07-26-2013 at 03:04 PM.
I always like to have a basher body and a show and shine body for when its on the stand in the house after I have cleaned it and done maintenance but when the basher body can not be fixed I put the fresh one on and buy I new one for show and shine bro.....peace
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I like this fancy upgrade list at the beginning
Any updates bro or is it all quite on the home front........peace
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All is quiet! Spent the weekend swimming and sun tanning lol. Tomorrow should bring in at least one order of parts! I am working on the stocker body right now, but nothing significant to report! I am looking at some other motors as well just to try them out. How about you?
I have put the punch back to number 6 and have tightened the slipper just a tad to see what is does to my temps.apart from that spent quality time with family and friends and fixed my rear gear box on my micro brushless sct......peace and take care bro
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Hey guys, I received some parts in today!
Tekno RC M6 Driveshafts
Tekno RC Big Bone Center Driveshaft
Pro-Line ProTrac Suspension Kit
Outerwears Performance Truck Shroud
I also took the opportunity to tear the chassis down and dye it. I have to say the black chassis looks sharp! Here are a couple of before and after pics of the tear down/cleaning and dye job:
Chassis Before Cleaning & Dye:
Front Assembly + RPM Bumper:
Front Assembly w/Pro-Line ProTrac Suspension, Traxxas GTR Shocks/Losi Springs and Tekno Driveshafts Installed:
Rear Assembly:
Rear Assembly w/Pro-Line ProTrac Suspension, Traxxas GTR Shocks/Losi Springs and Tekno Driveshafts Installed:
Tekno RC Big Bone Center Driveshaft:
Electronics Installed:
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Re-Assembled w/Outerwear Cover:
With Body:
Out of all of these upgrades, I have to say that I am really most impressed with the Tekno Driveshafts. I chose the Tekno shafts over the MIPs because they are a much simpler design and have lower centrifugal mass while spinning. I am not a fan of the stock half-shafts, and I feel like MIP essentially copied the stock design, tweaked it a little and then made them out of steel.
The Tekno Big Bore Center Driveline is in a league of it's own. It uses the same design as the Tekno driveshafts to connect the front/rear drive hubs to the driveline. It's a beefier design than the splined hubs and will definitely take a beating without stripping.
The Pro-Line ProTrac suspension definitely widens the truck out and makes it look more aggressive. Handling wise it was leaps and bounds ahead of the stock a-arms. The truck resists flipping, and I find I can carry more speed through turns. Do not get me wrong, the truck will still flip if you are not paying attention, but the suspension helps. I am a little disappointed that the shock guards will not bolt directly back on without some Dremel work.
In regard to the Outerwear cover, I have used Outerwear's products before and knew what to expect. It's a great product and an amazing fabric. I do think the price should be cheaper for this application though. It definitely does it's job of keeping the chassis area clean and free of debris. Overall I am happy with the purchase.
Last edited by warfighter; 07-29-2013 at 02:09 PM.
Dude nice updates and mods and the truck is taking shape my friend and just to let you know I should have some footage of my pede in a week or so .........peace and keep up the awesome work
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@warfighter: awesooooooooome!
2 questions:
how did you fix the holes in the body and how did you remove the chrome from the wheels?
And your tyres are going the wrong way on the right side........peace
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looking good! i'd like to see some side profile pics to see how low the body sits. I really can't stand the way stock pedes have the whole chassis at/below the body line.
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video does not work (it was working few days ago...). It was good that you showed positives and negatives of the constructions. By doing as you do you get probably the bomb proof seam. From what I read that was your goal? On the other hand you're adding approx. 200g additional weight on mid-sized kite. The bad was that you stated industry standard from several years ago... only one or two brands is still using this kind of construction (say "unprotected"...).
From reparation perspective - the reality is that only few brands had the problems with LE closing seam. North had probably the most on older models - using lighter dacron, which was slowly eaten by the thread.
As GregK wrote these webbing solutions only adds to the costs of the repair, there are more clean solutions (which are strong enough).
From designer point of view here are the reasons why LE seam is failing IMO:
- bad quality dacron
- bad labour sewing, by making uneven, too loose stitching
- too much stress between the panel joints (too sharp angle between panels - too little panels), bad for the seam
IMO you could go with "industry standard" plus just additional reinforcement over the seam (double LE closing seam stitch), also because you're using curved LE (read even stress on the seam).
The thing is that kite will fail at the (next) weakest point. Normally that is just behind/near reinforcement... having to big jump in reinforcement weights is also not good. Also think of car's breaking zones... predict...
overpressure valves...?
switchkites wrote:Greg:
Seam vs fabric strength is indeed an important consideration. We have ongoing dacron, canopy fabric and associated seam tests however the video production is not finished. Your patience is appreciated.
Regarding the LE closing seam failure mode, it is weighted to the flat side but our Lab tests also show failures on the folded side.
As you mention, the webbing cover adds some strength by protecting the thread but LE seam strength is more a function of dacron (or other reinforcing) layers and their relative strength. You are also correct in noting the bend radius of the construction as a factor.
Attached is a pic which shows Switch LE construction and strut connection. The Dacron doubler is on the outside of the LE closing seam.
Thanks for your interest and questions.
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ON ARCHITECTURE- 'Better enough?' Developer steamed by BAR ruling
On November 28, the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review voted to reject a proposed design for a two-story CVS pharmacy on the site of RSC Equipment Rental on West Main Street, a project that has had the developer and BAR members at odds for months.
Since April, the BAR; the developer, Richmond-based Rebkee Company; and the architect, Baltimore-based John Mack of Carter & Burgess, have been going back and forth on discussions for the proposed $2 million, 13,000-square-foot pharmacy.
The tale bubbled into the public arena in a November 29 report in the Daily Progress.
"We didn't reject the first proposal; we simply made suggestions," says BAR vice-chair Syd Knight, denying the paper's suggestion that this was the BAR's third turn-down of the developer's plans. "The BAR encourages these kinds of preliminary discussions before a formal vote so the applicant can get an idea of BAR guidelines for downtown development."
Knight says BAR members were encouraged by the initial design, which included second-floor residences (a hallmark of mixed-used urban design), but they had concerns about whether the building was suited for the site.
"The design wasn't very conducive to foot traffic," says Knight. "And the parking in back required customers to walk all the way around to the front of the building– nearly 400 feet."
There were also concerns about some materials the developer wanted to use, including vinyl trim and columns, which Knight says are prohibited by historic guidelines. When the developers came back with a new design, according to Knight, they had taken it upon themselves to replace the proposed second-story residences with a partly faux second floor with storage space, offices, and false windows.
"Yes, they met the letter of the law, but not the intent," says Knight, pointing out that the zoning in that district requires at least two-stories. Two real stories.
"They argued, 'Whatever we build will be better than what's there,' Knight relates. "Yes, but it it going to be better enough? Wouldn't it be better for the City to wait and find a project that really suits the site?"
The intent of the guidelines, set out in the City's new zoning rules, is to encourage mixed-use, urban lifestyle-friendly buildings with shops and residences. But that appears to be something the developer wasn't willing to do.
According to the developer, Rob Hargett of the Rebkee Company, both the mixed-use plan and an alternate plan for office space on the second floor were abandoned because they weren't economically feasible.
"The BAR down there doesn't understand economics," says Hargett, who admits he has grown impatient with the BAR's insistence on following their guidelines. "Economically, only a single-use building would work on that site."
And so at the November 28 vote– which Hargett says he "forced" because he wanted to know if the BAR really wanted a CVS there– that's what he presented: a big, single-use CVS pharmacy.
"It was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole," says Knight. "All the things about the building were not suited to the site."
The issue appears to have created a clash of sensibilities. Hargett accuses the BAR of trying to be zoning officials, of trying to "shape the building the way they wanted it," while the BAR accuses Hargett and company of making no attempt to understand the City's desire for mixed-use development.
As BAR member Lynne Heetderks told the DP after the November 28 vote, "I don't know when we've had an applicant who's been less responsive to the guidelines."
"It's zoned for what we want to do," Hargett insists. "The owner is allowed to have a 13,000-square-foot box on that site. They wanted three or four shops, and they wanted it designed their way."
Indeed, not having a 13,000-square-foot box on the site was exactly the BAR's point.
"It's a difficult site to build on," says Knight, "a wonderful site. But it will take a building specifically designed for it, not some off-the-rack design. It has to be a tailored suit."
Apparently, Hargett and company aren't the kind of developers who wear tailored suits.
"The BAR must be pretty powerful down there," says Hargett, clearly annoyed with the way the board is controlling the process.
When asked his next move– re-submit designs to the BAR, appeal the decision to City Council, or find a new site– Hargett says he hasn't decided.
"I think I'm going to take a week to get over my anger," he says, "before I start reflecting on what to do next."
On November 28, the BAR rejected this design for a new CVS pharmacy at the site of the RSC Rental Equipment building on West Main.
Developers say their plan for the CVS pharmacy on the RSC building site is "better than what's there now." Yes, says one BAR member, but is it going to be "better enough"?
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Looking to bring business into an area to help promote economic development? Don't go to Charlottesville!
There's clearly a disconnect here: "'The design wasn't very conducive to foot traffic,' says Knight. 'And the parking in back required customers to walk all the way around to the front of the building-- nearly 400 feet.'"
Parking in back is almost universally considered to be _more_ conducive to foot traffic as opposed to parking in front which is considered to favor motorist and degrade the pedestrian environment. There may be a fine point that I'm missing here such as the distance being particularly excessive or there being a rear entrance that encouraged motorist to go straight in the back instead of walking around front. It's usually developer or the store operator that object to driving customers having to walk some distance from their cars. People arriving on foot are totally unaffected by distance to the parking lot except when it's too close.


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