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Now that the NFL Draft is over, the Patriots spent the rest of last night bringing in a group of players who are likely disappointed – and probably as a result now extremely motivated – they weren't selected.
According to our friends at NEPatriotsDraft.com, the team added 16 undrafted free agents including four offensive linemen. That was an area the team didn't address during the draft and it should be interesting to see if any of them can earn a roster spot considering how important depth has always been up front.
The team also brought in two additional receivers as well as two tight ends, so things are shaping up to be quite competitive as we get closer to rookie minicamps and OTA's.
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Stephon Morris, CB – Penn State
Quentin Hines, RB – Akron
Zach Sudfeld, TE – Nevada
Matt Stankiewitch, OL – Penn State
T.J. Moe, WR – Missouri
Josh Kline, OL – Kent State
Brandon Jones, CB – Rutgers
Ben Bartholomew, FB – Tennessee
Kanorris Davis, SS – Troy
Elvis Fisher, OT – Missouri
Brandon Ford, TE – Clemson
Kenbrell Thompkins, WR – Cincinnati
Ryan Allen, P – La Tech
Cory Grissom, DT – South Florida
Chris McDonald, OL – Michigan State
Dwayne Cherrington, DT – Mississippi State
For those wondering who any of these players are and dismissing their potential impact, WEEI's Christopher Price pointed out a big fact about the make up of New England's roster in terms of how it relates to their current team:
For you guys asking "Who?" when it comes to the UDFA's, Pats had 29 undrafted guys on the roster before draft opened. HUGE part of team.
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I have been in the holiday spirit for a while now but I'm so torn because I think that people that start getting ready for Christmas too early are annoying. Do not put up your Christmas tree until after Thanksgiving people, I thought that was obvious, but there are already trees up, decorated and lighting peoples' living rooms. It's just wrong. That said, Michaels was having a big sale so Craig and I went and bought supplies to make our own advent wreath today. It was pretty simple, all we needed was a Styrofoam ring, an evergreen garland, some little red berries, and candles. (Thanks to my friend K. for the great idea!) I swear, I was just going to buy the supplies while they were on sale.
But then, when I got home, I had to put it together to see how it looked. Plus, you start using your advent wreath on December 1st and that is right when we are moving so I had to do it before then. And...well, those are the only excuses I can think of. Oh wait, I can still blame our consumer driven society for planting the idea of Christmas back in October. Yes, it is all "their" fault, whoever "they" may be.
So here it is, the advent wreath, a symbol of the Christmas season and our household's hope in Jesus, the true light of the world...and a symbol of my inability to be patient and wait for the real holiday season to begin. But at least it is a cute symbol :-)
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 06:34
I have bee seeing a nutritionist for two years and have lost close to 90 pounds however have been struggling with binging and overheating again and am up 20 pounds. I'm afraid of gaining the weight back and want to get back the motivation I had. HELP!!!
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 07:13
Its hard to get back on track, when you experience success and then lost momentum. Been there, done that.
The fear and anxiety about gaining the weight back, might actually be causing you to binge, and so you DO gain the weight back...and round and round we go.
Take this one day at a time. Record your food. Nurture your soul...
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 12:41
You aren't showing any data to look at.
Nutritionists often prescribe a high carb moderate-to-low protein very low fat diet. My own experience is that binging is a result of macronutrient imbalance. Just because a very low fat diet looks good on paper doesn't mean it's a diet you can live with indefinitely.
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 12:51
I am in the exact same boat.... 188 lbs just before x-mas, now around 206. I have just got most of my rythem back.... and it started with logging my food, and realizing just how bad I was eating. I miss that skinny/fit feeling already... and its only been a month ! How do you want to look and feel...... Focus.... you can do it, you got there before, "theoretically" maintaining should be easy....... right ?
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 12:55
I've been on a high protein low carb diet with unlimited veggies and 3 fruits a day. However I was a compulsive eater for decades. And I've been sliding into old bad habits. I'm 57 and had been borderline diabetic but with following this plan my blood sugar and cholesterol became perfect so I want to continue eating this way.
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great for you, be proud of yourself!
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 13:05
Motivation is hard.
I love communities like this one. Finding people that eat similar to you and connecting with them and sharing with them can help you choosing better foods.
When I find myself sliding I often go back to a super strict version of my diet (I am on Atkins so that for me would be induction) I follow the rules to to the letter for a time. I do well with discipline so that helps me get back to making the right choices.
I need to write things down when I slide. that also helps me understand the impact of certain choices that I am making.
Hope you find back your groove.
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 14:17
Ah people with the same problems as me. I'm a chronic binge eater (but not the eat and throw up type though). When ever I eat that much I force myself to go to the gym and feel really sick because I ate to much. I decided to start a journal and stop this madness because of how I feel.
The way I control this is I buy snacks for 2 or less days and food as well. This way I have nothing to eat except for disgusting foods like celery and other healthy foods I don't like. If I buy fruit I eat it all. SO because I have so little food I have to go to the store more so I walk there = exercise.
Also it takes resistance and motivation. DON'T LOOSE CONTROL OF YOURSELF!!! You can defiantly do it. Fight the mental battle within and resist! I struggle with this every day but I do other things like study what I work, do my hobbies, go to the gym etc. Stay away from things that will allow you to eat.
I have other problems with eating after the gym. Try not to do this! Wait an hour or so and force yourself to eat a little meal. Usually after the gym I'm famished and binge. Bad bad bad. Try not to let yourself slide.
Another thing that I have to start doing is set a eating boundary so no eating after 20:00 (8:00pm) or no eating anything big so have a fruit or something.
Hope some of this helps! But I'm not a professional and I'm pretty much in the same boat and fail often. But you can always try and try again. The more I progress the more I cannot let myself cheat. So good luck!!!
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 15:22
The advice is all great! Thank u all!
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 20:10
Changing your lifestyle and breaking addictive behavior is not easy...as an after thought it wasn't easy to get unhealthy either...I worked at it for years. I find myself nibbling outside the confines of my diet, it does make me feel awful, but not as awful as if I obsessed about that tasty little nugget I didn't eat. I find just a bite that I get to chew, but not actually swallow is very satisfying. I work in a restaurant environment, the temptation is ANNOYING and CONSTANT. It is going to take practice to not binge eat...but I am convinced we each have the tools in our toolboxes to do it
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Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 20:11
Changing your lifestyle and breaking addictive behavior is not easy...as an after thought it wasn't easy to get unhealthy either...I worked at it for years. I find myself nibbling outside the confines of my diet, it does make me feel awful, but not as awful as if I obsessed about that tasty little nugget I didn't eat. I find just a bite that I get to chew, but not actually swallow is very satisfying. I work in a restaurant environment, the temptation is ANNOYING and CONSTANT. It is going to take practice to not binge eat...but I am convinced we each have the tools in our toolboxes to do it
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Posted: 17 Feb 2013, 15:39
I find that if I have a bowl of oatmeal it helps me feel that I'm eating healthy again and makes it easier to get back on track. Not saying that oatmeal will work for you, just that if there's a food you eat when you're doing well maybe eating it will help you feel like you have some control again.
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I'm in the very same situation. However, lately I seem to have found my groove. Try to think back to when you STARTED your successful journey. What did you change? What was different from the end of your journey? You might need to get back to the beginning.
For me, I have started incorporating more meals, eating to the MAX of my RDI, and finding food that is more satisfactory. It seems to be doing the trick.
I hope you find your groove.
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013, 12:40
Thank u. That is great advice. I'm doing better now but it's more of a struggle where it was effortless for a while
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Rory McIlroy continued to roar at Augusta National and will take a two stroke lead into the third round of The Masters Tournament.
The 21 year old Northern Irishman, trying to become the second youngest winner of the title after Tiger Woods, added a 69 to his brilliant opening 65.
Now, from joint leader with Spaniard Alvaro Quiros after day one, he is ten under par and two in front of fellow young gun Jason Day after the 23 year old Australian fired a spectacular 64.
But look who is also right in there - Tiger Woods joint third with Korean KJ Choi on seven under after a nine-birdie 66 and last year's runner-up Lee Westwood two further back following a 67.
Woods even looked in danger of missing the cut at level par after seven, but then came a hat-trick of birdies around the turn, three more in a row from the 13th and another to finish for good measure.
Whatever happens over the closing 36 holes, however, there will be no need in the future for McIlroy to fear a second round repeat of last summer's Open Championship when he followed a 63 with an 80 at St Andrews.
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"It would be great for the tournament if Tiger is up there, but I am in a better position and I feel comfortable.
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Four-time winner Woods, without a victory since November 2009, said: "I just kept staying patient and got hot. Now I'm right where I need to be.
"Hopefully tomorrow I can piece together another good round and plod along."
Westwood is five back and remembers losing from five ahead of everybody last year.
"I know how quickly a five shot lead can evaporate," he said. "It's part of the value of being experienced - you've got to be patient and expect the unexpected really."
Asked about the possibility of a last day shoot-out with his stablemate McIlroy he said: "It's irrelevant who it is with - I'm not bothered at all. Last year it was Phil."
This time defending champion Mickelson is eight back after a 72.
The 12th saw McIlroy's only dropped shot of the week - he was in sand too - but he had turned in 33 and he came straight back with a two-putt birdie on the 13th.
Mickelson's chances of a successful defence and a fourth Green Jacket in eight years were hit by three bogeys in four holes from the third.
In typical fashion the tournament favourite, a winner in Houston on Sunday, then birdied three of the next four, but he bogeyed the 11th after failing to find the green for the second day in a row and missed out on birdie chances at the 13th and 15th, Augusta National's two par fives on the inward half.
Mickelson said: "I left too many shots out there. I had six up and downs that were not hard and I didn't make them.
"Fortunately I am not in that bad a position and I can get back in it, but I can't afford this weekend to leave those shots out there.
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Our extended family of grandparents, children, spouses and grandchildren stayed here in July 2012 and loved it, despite a minor scheduling hiccup which we could live with. The 2 condos we rented from Janice were great! Clean and in a terrific location. It was so wonderful, we were convinced we'd found our new annual vacation place and promptly booked the same 2 condos with Janice for July 2013. Alas, this wasn't meant to be. It seems there were misunderstandings yet again, about scheduling, despite repeated emails between my brother and Janice (the last became rather nasty apparently, all our fault???). So we have found another luxury beach house to take the families to this year. Such a shame!! This was a very nice place to stay.
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Located on the corner opposite the Verizon Center exit of the Gallery Place/Chinatown Station, the Hotel Monaco earned a "Very Highly Recommended" rating from Frommer's and approval as a Fodor's Choice hotel. Set in a mid-19th century marble building, it more closely resembles one of the city's museums than a hotel. The interior is appointed in a colorful and eclectic fashion, and the location sits astride the 7th Street corridor of one of the city's liveliest restaurant districts.
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Gizmo came into my life last spring and has had me talking in cheezy baby voices, buying dog clothes and making homemade dog food ever since! She is a spoiled little brat but she is also the best thing that has ever happened to me. A girl I used to work with found her roaming around a park and couldn't find her parents. She asked everyone at and around the park if they knew the dog, nobody did. She also checked the pounds, no micro-chip and nobody looking for her. The girl decided to hold on to the little mystery dog until she could hopefully find her parents. Time passed and the girl was getting ready to move to college, a place she obviously couldn't take an animal, and the dog already living in her parents house didn't like Gizmo so much so she couldn't stay there. Gizmo was headed for the pound. I was volunteering at a no-kill shelter at the time and when I heard the story I immediately told the girl that if I couldn't keep the dog than we could talk to the people at the shelter to see if they could make room for her.
As soon as I met Gizmo I fell in love, but I was trying not to get too excited about taking her because at the time I was still with Jeremy, we lived with his dad and 2 other dogs. I thought they would both say no. I told Jeremy all about Gizmo and what her fate looked like if we didn't adopt her, he is just as much a sucker for an animal, especially a dog, in need as I am so sight unseen he agreed to let me take her home. While Gizmo the mogwai is technically a male, the name is really fitting for our little girl. She looks like a cross between Yoda and a Mogwai and even though she is always wearing pink and purple clothing, people constantly mistake her for a boy. She isn't the most feminine creature. Weighing in at just over 7 lbs she is full of energy, the best cuddler and plays with the family hounds and my brothers pit bull as is she were the same size as them.
Because she is so precious to me I am very careful about what I feed her. She only gets the best and beause she is vegan so I have to make sure she is getting everything she needs nutritionally. Her favorite treats are dehydrated sweet potatoes and pineapple but I also like to make her, and my other dogs, homemade treats. On a recent trip to Whole Foods I found some Vegan Carob Powder and since it is a common ingredient for dog treats I figured I would pick some up. I finally got around to using it and decided to make Carob Muffins from It's A Vegan Dogs Life.
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Carob can burn easily, so check these more often than you normally would.
2 1/3 cups flour
1/3 cup carob powder
1/3 cup wheat germ or additional flour
¼ cup nutritional yeast
½ tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. ground flax
1 Tbsp. hulled hemp seed (optional)
1 ¼ cups water
2 Tbsp. natural applesauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pans with non-stick spray.
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Add applesauce and water, mixing well.
Scoop batter into the muffin pans and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and let cool completely before serving.
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Biscuits- Reduce water by ½ cup and eliminate baking soda. Knead into a stiff dough,
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(add a bit of water if it gets too dry). Roll out onto a floured surface to ¼ inch thickness.
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Bagels- Make the same as the cookies except do not press them flat. Dip your finger in
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Texas Legislature
Texas State Legislature | |
Type | |
Houses | Senate House of Representatives |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 181 voting members: 31 Senators 150 Representatives |
Senate political groups
Republican (20) Democratic (11) |
House political groups
Republican (95) Democratic (55) |
Elections | |
Senate last election
November 8, 2016 |
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Texas State Capitol, Austin | |
Website | |
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us |
The Legislature of the state of Texas is the state legislature of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional connections between it and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, but also due to Texas's plural executive.
The Legislature is the constitutional successor of the Congress of the Republic of Texas since Texas's 1845 entrance into the Union. The Legislature held its first regular session from February 16 to May 13, 1846.
Structure and operations[edit]
The Texas Legislature meets in regular session on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year.[1] The Texas Constitution limits the regular session to 140 calendar days. The lieutenant governor, elected statewide separately from the governor, presides over the Senate, while the Speaker of the House is elected from that body by its members. Both have wide latitude in choosing committee membership in their respective houses and have a large impact on lawmaking in the state.
Only the governor may call the Legislature into special sessions, unlike other states where the legislature may call itself into session. The governor may call as many sessions as he or she desires. For example, Governor Rick Perry called three consecutive sessions to address the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting. The Texas Constitution limits the duration of each special session to 30 days; lawmakers may consider only those issues designated by the governor in his "call," or proclamation convening the special session (though other issues may be added by the Governor during a session).
Any bill passed by the Legislature takes effect 90 days after its passage unless two-thirds of each house votes to give the bill either immediate effect or earlier effect. The Legislature may provide for an effective date that is after the 90th day. Under current legislative practice, most bills are given an effective date of September 1 in odd-numbered years (September 1 is the start of the state's fiscal year).
Although members are elected on partisan ballots, both houses of the Legislature are officially organized on a nonpartisan basis, with members of both parties serving in leadership positions such as committee chairmanships. As of 2015, a majority of the members of each chamber are members of the Republican Party.
Qualification for service[edit]
The Texas Constitution sets the qualifications for election to each house as follows:[2]
- A senator must be at least 26 years of age, a citizen of Texas five years prior to election and a resident of the district from which elected one year prior to election. Each senator serves a four-year term and one-half of the Senate membership is elected every two years in even-numbered years, with the exception that all the Senate seats are up for election for the first legislature following the decennial census in order to reflect the newly redrawn districts. After the initial election, the Senate is divided by lot into two classes, with one class having a re-election after two years and the other having a re-election after four years.
- A representative must be at least 21 years of age, a citizen of Texas for two years prior to election and a resident of the district from which elected one year prior to election. They are elected for two-year terms, running for re-election in even-numbered years.[3]
Neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate has term limits.
Salary of legislative officials[edit]
State legislators in Texas make $600 per month, or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem of $190 for every day the Legislature is in session (also including any special sessions). That adds up to $33,800 a year for a regular session (140 days), with the total pay for a two-year term being $41,000.[4][5]
Makeup of the Texas Senate[edit]
Affiliation | Members |
Republican Party | 20 | |
Democratic Party | 11 | |
Total |
31 |
Makeup of the Texas House of Representatives[edit]
Affiliation | Members |
Republican Party | 99 | |
Democratic Party | 48 | |
Vacant | 2 | |
Total |
150 |
Support agencies[edit]
The Texas Legislature has five support agencies that are within the legislative branch of state government.
Those five agencies are:
- Texas Legislative Budget Board;
- Texas Legislative Council;
- Texas Legislative Reference Library;
- Texas State Auditor; and
- Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
- On May 14, 2007, CBS Austin affiliate KEYE reported on the rampant multiple voting by members of the Texas House of Representatives during a voting session.[6] The report noted how representatives would race to the nearest empty seats to register votes for absent members on the legislature's automated voting machines. Each representative would vote for the nearest absent members, apparently regardless of party affiliation. This practice was in direct violation of a Rule of the Texas Legislature; however, no house member had ever been disciplined for the practice. The then-Speaker of the House Tom Craddick, responsible for enforcement of the rule, issued a statement that discipline for violations of the rule is left to the individual house members.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Texas Government Code 301.001
- ^ "Qualifications for Office". Sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ Texas House of Representatives – Frequently Asked Questions
- ^ "THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT". Statutes.legis.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ "Chapter 50, Ethics Commission Rules". Ethics.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ a b CBS Channel 42 KeyeTV Investigates: One Lawmaker, Many Votes?, May 14, 2007, available at "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG6X-xtVask"; see also Wilson, Nanci, One Lawmaker, Many Votes?, May 14, 2007, available at "www.keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_134224129.html"
Further reading[edit]
- "Citizen Handbook". The Senate of Texas. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- Texas Legislature from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 13 April 2005.
- Stanley K. Young, Texas Legislative Handbook (1973).
- Univ. of Tex., The Legislative Branch in Texas Politics, [1] (last accessed Oct. 8, 2006) (stating that "The Texas Legislature is the most powerful of the three main branches of government[,]" primarily because it is "less weak than the other branches").
- See also: Texas Government Newsletter
External links[edit]
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas Senate
- Reference Library of Texas
- Open Government Texas from the Sunlight Foundation
- Texas at Project Vote Smart
- Texas Politics – The Legislative Branch
- Texas Government Newsletter and Voter's Guide to the Texas Legislature
- Billhop – Texas Legislative Wiki


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May 6, 2012A fun and emotional ride from Jack White's first solo album "Blunderbuss." With high energy and confidence, White doesn't only pour his soul out, he let's the listener feel the energy through his words and powerful songs. Already anticipating the sophomore album. P.S. congrats to Jack White on landing the #1 spot on Billboard 200 with "Blunderbuss."
Apr 24, 2012This album works in every way! Check out the full staff review at Manik Music's site http://www.manikmusic.net/reviews/jack-white-blunderbuss/
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Apr 24, 2012Jack White isn't just The White Stripes, isn't just the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather, or one hell of a producer. This album displays the full breadth of his interest, from the raw rock seen in the early Stripes albums to polished beauty unlike much of what he's put his name on before. He's never been more honest with us in his career, and it pays off on Blunderbuss.
May 26, 2012
May 25, 2012Jack White combines often times harsh and personal lyrics with joyous bluesy, folk rock melodies to create one of the best debuts in a long time and (so far) the best album of 2012.
Apr 24, 2012The most important thing to remember when listening to this album is that it isn't a debut. It's his 12th, and the new-found maturity helps it sticks right up there with the best of what he's done before. This album is some of the best music to come out of anywhere recently, and has the strongest shout for album of the year so far.
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Apr 25, 2012Amazing album, though the beginning is obviously stronger than the ending, in which the piano, more so than the guitar, takes a central role. Jack White is still amazing at songwriting, and I can't wait to see him as soon as he comes to NY.
May 24, 2012This is a marvelous return to form by a masterful songwriter, guitarist and singer. There are a number of stunning 5 star tracks here including the title track, the first two singles the superfun retro-blueser I'm Shakin, Poor Boy and the GORgeous Hypocritical Kiss. A wonderful reminder that rock 'n' roll will never die.
Apr 27, 2012I am taking Jack White more seriously - as I listen to his first solo album - than I had with the White Stripes or any of his other projects (sans Loretta Lynn - that was classic), and I am loving what I hear both musically and lyrically. This is the Jack White album I have been waiting 10 years for!!!
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Apr 24, 2012In no way is this album cohesive, but that's what makes it great. Sounds ranging from rock to blues to alt country. Great use of keys and head shaking guitar riffs. This album will grow on you the more you listen to it as White's very personal and catchy songwriting is displayed. Can't wait to see this live as he is one of the great stage performers of our generation.
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May 8, 2012Critics be damned; haters be damned.
Great record; brilliant musician; get it.
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Oct 24, 2013Sort of fades in and out but as a whole, Blunderbuss is still a good album. If you are a fan of Jack's work then you will love it so do I really need to say any more?
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Apr 26, 2012
Apr 25, 2012surprising? this album's production is very differnt from other jack white projects, but i would say it's among the best. the best quality of this album is it's diversity--from folky, to vintage jack white garage style, to some songs with a hip-hoppy undertone--it's a mature, objective solo work if nothing else. worth a listen, especially for any of the multitude of white's followers.
Apr 29, 2012While the songs are all decent, the album is the least creative i've seen from Jack yet. The album is the kind that can be played in order which some may enjoy but I find repulsive. It is however nice to hear bits of white stripes in there and I have found several of the songs stuck in my head for hours. However, this does not make an album.
May 4, 2012
May 7, 2012Quite simply... a remarkable attempt at turning poetry of the soul into enjoyable music from the soul that so few truly have achieived. Business as usual for Jack. An energetic & neccesary masterpiece if I do say so myself !!
Jun 11, 2012
Dec 20, 2012
Aug 8, 2012
Aug 8, 2012Don't get me wrong, I love my Jacky boy and there are a few solid tracks, but the album seems more like a never ending divorce ballad. I guess I just want to see Jacky happy...and to see The White Stripes together again.
Aug 8, 2012It's something different from The White Stripes and the other bands Sir White got in to... It's a great record to enjoy, full of sound and great soul... A good debut solo career breakthrough album by the artist that definitely worth it.
Jan 25, 2013After listening the album I prefer to add to my play list
1.Missing Pieces
2.Sixteen Saltines
3.Freedom at 21
4.Love Interruption
5.Hypocritical Kiss
6.Weep Themselves to Sleep
7.I'm Shakin'
8.Trash Tongue Talker
9.Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy
10.Take Me With You When You Go
Score: Superb 9/10 -
Oct 12, 2014I don't understand Jack White. I don't see why he's such a legend in rock. I'm not saying this album is bad, but it's just hard to listen to the same simple guitar leads and lyrics. Every once in a while Jack produces a gem, but most of the tracks aren't memorable or fun to listen to. It's just average, in my opinion. Favorite track: Freedom at 21
Mar 2, 2016Catchy,clever,powerfull,mysterious,great for road trips.This is Jack White at his best.The lyrics and the overall tone are indeed gorgeous.Amazing album.
Awards & Rankings
MagnetJun 19, 2012Is White's nonchalant spectrum dabbling [found throughout the album] as interesting as the myriad variables of his own quirky sound? Eh, not quite. [No.88 p.60]
May 30, 2012White's nominal solo debut is as striking sonically as any album he's ever authorized.
May 10, 2012He's written better songs and told better stories, but Blunderbuss lends rare perspective on a man who generally lets image speak for him.


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GST. CHARLES –Ā A nature program, "Night Flights: Hanging out with Fireflies" will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 11, at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles.
Fireflies or lightning bugs are an important part of the ecosystem and are prominent in forest preserve lands.
The program will cover an overview of a firefly's life cycle and habit and how it makes its light in an indoor presentation. Afterward, participants will go outdoors to catch and release different members of the insect family Lampyridae, in the order Coleoptera, which are flying beetles.
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SUBJECT: | New dean appointed to Memorial University's Faculty of Education | |
DATE: | Feb. 14, 2003 |
Dr. Allice Collins (click for large version) |
Upon assuming the role as acting dean, Dr. Collins has worked with the faculty to make significant progress with a number of initiatives including a formal academic program review of the faculty, a proposal for a doctoral program, cohort-based courses and programs for professional educators beyond the St. John's area, and increased collaboration with other faculties at Memorial University.
As well, she has taken steps that helped achieve about a 35 per cent increase in undergraduate registrations and a 20 per cent increase in graduate registrations in the current academic year, helped secure $600,000 in external funding for students in rural and co-op education, and has achieved much in improved working relationships with the Department of Education, the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association, and the school districts.
Dr. Collins is president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education and a member of the board of the Federation of the Social Sciences and Humanities of Canada. Dr. Collins speaks of a bright future for the Faculty of Education, with programs in demand within the province and externally. Faculty renewal is also high priority.
"Dr. Collins has developed a sound agenda for the faculty's development," said Dr. Evan Simpson, vice-president (academic). "Its items include implementing the doctoral program, rationalizing a plethora of undergraduate programs, overhauling the internship program, developing new expertise in e-learning, achieving faculty renewal and strengthening research in education, and continuing to enhance relationships with the faculty's professional partners," he said.
"Dr. Collins' personal vigour and style, knowledge of education in Newfoundland and Labrador, and commitment to the university and the province combine to create superb promise for the Faculty of Education."
Dr. Collins received her PhD from the University of Ottawa and has been teaching in the Faculty of Education at Memorial since 1985. Her research interests include women and education, school councils, educational reform.
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Heinz Memorial Chapel
Heinz Memorial Chapel
Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh
Location | Intersection of 5th Ave and S Bellefield Ave |
Nearest city | Pittsburgh, PA |
Coordinates | 40°26′43″N 79°57′06″W / 40.44528°N 79.95167°WCoordinates: 40°26′43″N 79°57′06″W / 40.44528°N 79.95167°W |
Built | 1933-1938 |
Architect | Charles Klauder |
Architectural style | French Gothic Revival |
Part of | Schenley Farms Historic District (#83002213) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 22, 1983[2] |
Designated PHLF | 1973[1] |
Heinz Memorial Chapel is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark[1] and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District[3][4] on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The chapel was a gift of German-American Henry John Heinz, founder of the H.J. Heinz Company, who wanted to honor his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz, with a building at the university. Upon his death in 1919, Heinz's three surviving children (Howard, Irene, and Clifford) added to his bequest in order to memorialize their grandmother and honor their father. Their choice of a chapel for a memorial was guided by the concepts of education and religion which Anna Margaretta Heinz imbued in her children.
Howard Heinz, Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman, and Joh Weber, business manager and university secretary, were the driving energy behind the chapel's concept and execution. Working with them were other members of the Heinz family, and two well-known clergymen, Dr. Hugh Thomson Kerr, pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, and Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, president of Union Theological Seminary.
Ground was broken in 1933 and the cornerstone laid in 1934. At the chapel's dedication on November 20, 1938 Howard Heinz spoke of the meaning of the memorial chapel:
"It is located in a community where my father was born and lived his life. It is on the campus of a university. As part of that university, it is dedicated to culture, and understanding response to beauty, and religious worship."
Chancellor Bowman commented at the cornerstone laying:
"The chapel is designed as a fitting center of worship which in various ways will rise at the University. The character, intensity, the level of that worship may change from generation to generation. The spiritual tide in men rises and falls. Through these changes though, the Chapel will stand, calm and undisturbed."
Since its dedication, the Heinz family and their philanthropies, as well as private donations from other various individuals, have provided ongoing financial support. In 1996, an addition to the chapel's north side containing an elevator provided a permanent structure that allows complete accessibility for those with disabilities. This $1.25 million addition, designed by Landmark Design Associates, was funded with grants from the Heinz Endowments and University capital funds.[5]
Historical timeline[edit]
- January 1914 – The Pittsburgh Gazette Times announces the gift of $100,000 from Henry John Heinz to erect a building in memory of his mother, Anna Margaritta Heinz. A letter addressed to the University of Pittsburgh board of trustees from H. J. Heinz states that the building be "exclusively used for the religious and social activities of the student body of the university".
- November 4, 1929 – A Deed of Gift is drawn up between Howard Heinz, Clifford Heinz, and Irene E. Given and the University of Pittsburgh.
- August 15, 1933 – Groundbreaking is held for the Heinz Memorial Chapel by W. F. Trimble and Sons, General Contractors.
- February 1934 – Cornerstone setting ceremonies were held.
- June 20, 1934 – A contract was signed by Howard Heinz for $24,000 to purchase Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ Opus 922; the instrument contained approximately 4,295 pipes, and 89 stops.
- November 20, 1938 – The chapel was dedicated at 2:30 p.m., as soon as the Skinner instrument installation was complete. Dr. Russell G. Wichmann, the first organist at Heinz Chapel, played at the dedication. Shadyside Presbyterian Church quartet, which he directed, and the University of Pittsburgh Chorus, participated.
- November 23, 1938 – The first student service was held in the chapel—a Thanksgiving Day service held a day early. Dr. Wichmann served as organist, accompanying the University of Pittsburgh Choir. The Alumni Review reported that all seats were filled well before the scheduled start of the service. According to the student ushers present, several hundred students were turned away.
- 1938 – Rev. Raymond F. Brittain of the University's Department of History of Religion, was appointed director of religious programs in the chapel.
- January 4, 1939 – Daily 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. programs instituted with fifteen minutes of organ music, followed by ten minutes of responsive reading, singing and prayer.
- December 18, 1939 – The first Vespers service in the chapel was held at 2:30 p.m.
- April 9, 1939 – A program first mentioned the "University Symphony Orchestra", for Easter Vespers. The ensemble included four violins, two violas and one cello.
- January 11, 1946 - The first wedding ceremony was held in the chapel.[6]
- 1992 - A scene for the movie Lorenzo's Oil is filmed in Heinz Chapel.[7]
- 1996 - An addition was added to the north side of the chapel.
Heinz Memorial Chapel is used for various religious services, but as intended from its beginning, it is interdenominational. The Chapel is open daily throughout the year except for University holidays, and approximately 1,500 events involving more than 100,000 people take place there annually including religious services, weddings, concerts, classes, memorial services, and guided tours. Between 170 and 190 weddings, which are restricted to affiliates of the University of Pittsburgh and the Heinz employees, are held each year in the Chapel.[1] It also serves as the home of the Heinz Chapel Choir
Throughout the school year, the 20-voice Pittsburgh Compline Choir, directed by Dr. Alastair Stout, sings Compline at 8:00 on Sunday evenings. The Order of Service used by the choir is an expanded version of the Order for Compline in the Lutheran Book of Worship. Compline at Heinz Chapel is a ministry of the Lutheran University Center and First Lutheran Church in Downtown Pittsburgh.[8]
The neo-Gothic chapel was designed by Charles Klauder who also designed the Cathedral of Learning and the Stephen Foster Memorial on Pitt's campus. He was assisted by University architect A. A. Klimcheck. Dr. John G. Bowman, Chancellor of the University, and Mr. John Weber, Secretary of the University, whom Dr. Bowman sent to Europe to study church architecture for background on the Chapel, worked closely with Mr. Klauder in the attempt to achieve on this campus a physical representation of the meaning of a University Chapel.
It form is that of a modified cruciform plan, stone vaults, high ceilings, repeated arches, and extensive use of glass that were typical of American academic and religious architecture of this period. It is 146 feet (45 m) long, 55 feet (17 m) wide at the transept, and 100 feet (30 m) high at the nave with its steeple reaching 256 feet (78 m) above the ground.[9] The Chapel's walls, inside and out, are of Indiana Limestone.
Sadly, Klauder died only a few weeks before the Chapel's dedication.
In 1996, a $1.3 million elevator housing was added to north side of Heinz Chapel in order to bring in into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.[2] The small addition was designed to architecturally mesh with the remainder of the chapel.
Both inside and out, the walls of the Chapel are of grey Indiana limestone. The interior ceiling is lined with a structural acoustical tile which, although it is a ceramic product, approximates stone. The floor of the Chapel is crab orchard stone with Vermont green slate in the side aisles. The floor of the Chancel is marble while the altar itself is of Numidian marble, imported from Egypt.
The Chapel's wall carvings, by master stoneworker Joseph Gattoni of New York, follow the Gothic tradition of pictorial instruction and express the Chapel's theme of spiritual values in education. Charles Connick's studio, who is best known for designing the stained glass windows, also designed a large portion of the chapel's stonework, including the Gothic-style shields adorning the stone walls and the tympanum above the main door that portrays the figure of Jesus with symbols of the Alpha and the Omega.[10]
Exterior Façade Carving[edit]
The tympanum, or recessed arch over the main portal, reflects both the medieval craft of pictorial instruction and the interest of Henry Heinz in the spiritual teachings of his church through his own Sunday school experiences, thus setting the theme for the entire Chapel.
The main figure is that of the boy Jesus, relating His youthful revelation to the doctors in the Temple (Luke 2:46-57) . He holds a book inscribed with the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Omega, between which all human thought is contained.
To the left of the figure of Jesus is the small figure of Moses with the Tables of Law. Beneath Moses, entwined within the branches of a Tree of Life design, are medallions with portraits of the Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, the Patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, the Priests Aaron and Melchezedech, and King David .
On the right of the figure of Jesus is the small figure of St. Luke, beneath which are again medallions within a Tree of Life. These represent St. Luke's and Jesus' spiritual progeny: in charity, St. Francis of Assisi; in imagination, Leonardo da Vinci ; in understanding, Newton; in healing, Pasteur; in eloquence, Wordsworth; in leadership, Lincoln; in thought, Emerson.
Outside, the insignia of Europe's twelve oldest universities are carved on shields on the gables. Below that on the balustrade parapets are college and universities founded in the United States before 1820. The spandrels beneath show seals of those founded after 1820 and the seals of women's colleges are on the buttresses.
Seals and Shields[edit]
Entrance Portal[edit]
The seal of the University of Pittsburgh, the 1930s candle version, is just above the main entrance and is flanked by the seal of the City of Pittsburgh and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Inside, the stone carvings include the Torah and the Bible, the New Testament beatitudes, and shields of the twelve Apostles. The carvings often take up and extend the theme of the window nearest them..
In the gables and balustrade circling the transept at its highest point and signifying the Chapel's dedication to education, are shields bearing the insignia of the twelve oldest European universities in order of their founding.
Along the lower balustrade parapet are carved the seals of American colleges and universities founded before 1820, in order of their founding. The seals of those founded after 1820 are on the spandrels beneath the parapet, and the seals of women's colleges are carved on the buttresses.
To the right and left of the entrance, in the Narthex, two shields represent the Old and New Testaments with the Pentateuch and the Bible.
At the base of the Faith, Hope and Charity windows are the shields of the twelve apostles, each represented by his symbol.
Under the Justice and Wisdom windows are fourteen shields representing the fourteen beatitudes, or gifts of the soul, as they appear in the carving of the Cathedral of Chartres.
North Door[edit]
Over the small door to the left of the Chancel as one faces it, is carved the Sacred Monogram above a Tree of Life. Flanking the door are the unicorn, symbol of goodness, and the phoenix, symbol of immortality.
Ambulatory Doors[edit]
On either side of the doors leading into the ambulatory are shields representing the four Major Prophets: Isaiah (tongs and burning altar coal), Jeremiah (star-tipped wand), Ezekiel (tetramorph), and Daniel (ram with horns.)
Memorial Window Shields[edit]
Echoing the theme of the window are symbols of music, the harp and the lyre, early instruments used in songs of praise.
In the spandrels of the great arches of the transept crossing, eight large shields represent the eight beatitudes given in the Sermon on the Mount.
Aisle Window Shields[edit]
North Aisle Shields – symbols of the Doctors of the Western, or Latin Church.
South Aisle Shields – symbols of the Doctors of the Eastern, or Greek Church.
Clerestory Shields[edit]
At the base of the clerestory windows, between the small arches of the triforium gallery are fourteen shields which represent the seven liberal arts and the seven medieval crafts and trades.
Narthex Shields[edit]
At the base of the Narthex windows are twelve shields which echo the theme of each window.
Wood and Iron work[edit]
All the visible wood in the Chapel is oak, including its entrance doors, each of which weighs 800 pounds. The reredos, choir stalls, chancel rails, pulpit, lectern, and narthex screen are of English pollard oak. The pews and narthex ceiling are of Appalachian Mountain oak. Wood carvings were done by Irving and Casson, A.H. Davenport Company of Boston. The four figures carved in the reredos represent the saints Peter, John, Paul the Apostle, and James the Major. All the wrought iron work, including the lanterns, door fittings, stair railings, altar cross, and candlesticks, were created by Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia. (Yellin was also responsible for major working in the adjacent Cathedral of Learning including the Commons Room Gates and most of the metal work in the Nationality Classrooms [3].)
The Windows[edit]
The Chapel's 23 windows were designed by Charles Connick and created at his Boston studio. The windows total approximately 4,000 square feet (370 m2) and contain nearly 250,000 pieces of glass. There are 391 identifiable people in the windows, a large supporting cast of anonymous individuals, and an extensive variety of flora and fauna.
Connick was an artist once on the staff of the Pittsburgh Press, and author of Adventures in Light and Color, a work which he has modestly subtitled An Introduction to the Stained Glass Craft. Mr. Connick also has windows in the Cathedrals of St. Patrick and St. John the Divine in New York City, the Princeton University Chapel, the American Church in Paris, and in the Calvary Episcopal and East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Heinz Memorial Chapel has the distinction of having all its windows by Mr. Connick, a practice unusual in most churches which prefer to represent in their sanctuaries as many kinds of stained glass artistry as possible. However, because in Heinz Chapel all the windows can be seen at once, and because Mr. Connick began to work so closely with those planning the Chapel, and was so widely respected as a worker in stained glass, he was soon commissioned to design and make all of the windows in Heinz Chapel.
Design Elements[edit]
Just as in the language of stone carvings, symbols were used in place of words, there was established a language of color in which the colors themselves had meanings and values. In his Divine Comedy, Dante set forth the traditions of this symbolism, and Mr. Connick used this language in Heinz Chapel to express emotions beyond the reach of words.
- Red - the warm active color; suggesting passionate devotion, divine love, self-sacrifice, heroism and valor.
- Blue – the cool contemplative color echoing the light of heaven; symbolic of divine wisdom, profound meditation, enduring loyalty, eternity.
- White – spiritual achievement, treasure in heaven.
And in combination:
- Gold – yellow merging into brown, changing to gold, symbolic of the treasures of earth; bounty.
- Green – unites the wisdom of blue with the wealth of gold; hope and victory, happiness and gaiety; spring, youth.
- Violet – unites the wisdom of blue with the love of red; justice, humility, royalty.
While the dominant theme of the Chapel is Charity, as declared by the Charity window, centered high above the chancel, blue is the most prominent color used in the windows, due to the requirements of stained glass artistry. "Blue is light itself," Mr. Connick has said, and he regarded it as the most valuable and lovely color in stained glass.
Chancel Windows[edit]
The five chancel windows represent the virtues of justice, faith, charity, hope, and wisdom. These feature acts of Jesus and characters from the Old and New Testament. These windows are complemented on each side by smaller windows over the choir stalls that celebrate music and recognize its importance in worship.
The theme of each window is further developed through the use of symbols related to the Tree of Life. The symbol of love, the rose, appears in the Charity Window; the fig tree symbolizes Faith; the pomegranate, Hope; the grapevine, Justice; and the Twelve Golden Fruits of the Tree of Life, Wisdom.
Transept Windows[edit]
The 73-foot (22 m) tall transept windows are among the tallest stained glass windows in the world and represent temperance, truth, tolerance, and courage. An equal number of men and women are depicted in these windows, unusual in that the equal emphasis on the contributions of both sexes was not typical of the period of their creation. There are a tremendous variety of individuals depicted in these windows drawn from religion and all aspects of secular history, music, science, philosophy, poetry and literature. Secular figures range from Beethoven and Bach to Clara Barton; from Da Vinci to Daniel Boone; from Charlemagne to Chaucer to Confucius; from Emily Dickinson to Keats to Sir Isaac Newton; form Napoleon to Ben Franklin and George Washington; from Rousseau to Shakespeare to Florence Nightingale; from Pocahontas to Pasteur and Edgar Allan Poe; from Tennyson to Thoreau, and a myriad in between including Johnny Appleseed.
Clestory Windows[edit]
The four celestory windows, high above the aisles, present great teachers and interpreters of Christian thought. The three gallery windows at the west end of the Chapel represent three great Christian literary works:
- St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun Also called the Praise and Thanksgiving window, the left narthex window preserves in stained glass the Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi. The canticle is pictured in the series of medallions and forms, articulated by stars, birds, fishes and hovering flames. The great surmounting figures are Brother Sun and Sister Moon, below which are personifications of the four elements – Air, Water, Fire, Earth. The small medallion designs are related to the life of St. Francis. The center tracery piece contains the figure of God as the Divine Creator.
- John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress The central Narthex window presents John Bunyan's allegoric Pilgrim's Progress, symbolically tracing the pilgrim's journey from angular shapes at the window's base to the bursting fruit of the Tree of Life at its top. The dominant figures of Christian and Hopeful surmount the lancets. The center tracery piece presents the New Jerusalem, with Enoch, Moses and Elijah welcoming the Pilgrim at journey's end.
- The Quest for the Holy Grail from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Also called the Holy Grail Window, the right narthex window traces the story of the search for the Holy Grail as told in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Sir Galahad and Sir Percivale's sister are the dominant figures surmounting the lancets. The growing forms most often take the shape of lilies, symbols of Purity. In the corners are designs of heraldic lions (symbols of Courage), Unicorns (symbols of Virginity), and Serpents and Dragons (sinfulness and the Power of Evil), suggesting the ideals of Chivalry and the temptations besetting the searchers. The center tracery piece presents the Vision of the Grail at the end of the search.
The Organ[edit]
Original Instrument[edit]
The Chapel organ was originally a four manual Aeolian Skinner pipe organ with 3,770 pipes.
The organ pipes range in size from the size of a pencil up to wooden boxes two feet square. The console itself was in a sunken recess at the right of the Chancel and the pipes were concealed behind the Chancel triforium gallery and the gold and blue ecclesiastical cloth above the gallery.
Updated Instrument[edit]
In the 1960s, the cloth was gradually removed, it was deteriorating, had a detrimental effect on the organ sound and presented a fire hazard. By this time, the organ was in serious need of attention and in 1969 work was begun on the installation of a new instrument by the M. P. Möller Company. This included the addition of a small Gallery Console which could be used to play only those pipes in the rear Gallery, useful for duets or if the main instrument required emergency service.
The new Moller instrument was dedicated on 21-Mar-1971 by University Organist, Dr. Robert S. Lord and Dr. Russell G. Wichmann, organist at Chatham College. This instrument had approximately 3,954 pipes and 82 stops and 70 ranks (unique sounds). The Heinz Endowments funded this purchase.
The organ was greatly enhanced by the addition of three electronic 32' ranks by the Allen Organ Company in January 1989 under the supervision of Dr. Lord made possible by a grant from the Heinz endowments. This permitted the organ to produce deep, resonant bass tones. It was one of the first uses of electronic sounds to enhance an existing pipe organ.
Current Instrument[edit]
In the early 1990s, the Moller became increasingly unreliable and it was deemed necessary to perform major work on the instrument. This coincided with the work done in 1994 to make the Chapel accessible for those with physical disabilities. The Reuter Organ Company was engaged to do this work.
The renovated Reuter instrument was dedicated in concert on 24-Sep-1995. Re-created in 1994-95 by the Reuter Organ Company, it represents a trend in American organ building to re-use existing materials in an environmentally friendly and musically sound manner. The Chancel console has three manuals (keyboards) and pedalboard that control all 4,272 pipes (73 ranks) and three electronic 32' pedal stops. For concerts, this console may be moved to the front of the chancel in full view of the audience. A second console (two manuals and pedal) located in the rear gallery controls pipes located in the alcoves adjacent to the gallery. The main console also has access to the rear gallery pipes. While most of the main organ pipes are located around the front chancel a commanding "tuba" (trumpet) stop is located 90 feet (27 m) above in a ceiling chamber.
A complete history of the organ is available in the Docent Guide for the Organ at Heinz Chapel the first edition of which was prepared in 2003 by Jon J. Danzak. A copy of the book as well as two CDs were placed on deposit at the Music Library of the University of Pittsburgh by Dr. Robert S. Lord (Professor Emeritus) who served as University organist for over 40 years.
These are the specifications for Reuter Opus 2176.
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Hey guys/gals, I'm going to try to condense an FAQ list into one post for ease in reading. Alphabetical by subject seemed like a good way to start it off.
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OE wheels, I want to know about the
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OE wheels, do regular tires work on them, or just run flat tires?
Non-runflat tires work fine on the OE wheels. There is no issue with this.
OE wheels, what are the biggest tires that will fit them?
225/40/18 is the widest size that will correctly fit the front 7.5"wheels and 255/35/18 is the widest correct fitting size for the rear 8.5". The sizes both fit the vehicle with no rubbing.
235/40/18 and 265/35/18 are sizes that will fit the vehicle but they will require a minimum of an 8" wheel in the front and a 9" wheel in the rear.
TPMS, is there a way to disable it?
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You will have a light permanently displayed on the instrument cluster telling you the receiver is not getting a pressure reading from the tires.
TPMS, does every car have the sensors and valves installed in the tire/wheel?
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look like
TPMS, where can I get the sensors and what do they cost.
You can buy them from BMW or Tire Rack. The Tire Rack cost is $41 for the sensors and $8 for the valves. You do not have to buy wheels and tires to buy the sensors.
TPMS, if use non run-flat tires, what can I use in a pinch if I get a flat?
Continental Comfort Kit
is one popular option.
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