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For anyone who does not live in Australia, this day is an official National Day in Australia, which commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet ( a fleet of 11 British Ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip) at Sydney Cove on January, 26, 1788 and the founding of an English Colony in Australia. Australia day has now become a day also to recognise the indigenous people who lived in this great land of ours for many thousands of years before the arrival of the First Fleet.
This flourishing ' sunburnt' country known as Australia has been built on the back of immigrants and their hard 'toil', rising from a land of trees, mountains, rivers and great hardship to become a prosperous nation. Australia as we know it today, is the result of the toil of our ancestors, be they convicts or marines who arrived on the First Fleet or the many immigrants who have landed on these shores since 1788, from all parts of the globe.
My ancestors in Australia include 4 convicts - 3 times great grandparents, (plus one great great great uncle who was a convict ) (Frayne, Williams, Kelly), a Prussian ancestor (Gottlieb Nerger) who was a Pioneer of Drayton, Toowoomba, and who died whilst gold mining in Gympie, Qld. Gottlieb arrived in Australia in 1852 on board the Caesar Godeffroy. I have a great great grandmother, Christiana Siegler, who came to Australia in 1863 from Weurttemberg, Germany, Swiss g g g grandparents who sailed from Hamburg in 1871 to land in Maryborough, Queensland, (Jacob Häberling, a Bootmaker and Anna Ryser,who came to this country to make a better life for themselves and their 5 daughters), as well as other English, Scottish and Irish ancestors (Weston, Morrison, Hoyes [via New Zealand], McDade, White).
Choosing an ancestor to write about, using the criteria (below) provided, offered a challenge of its own.
1.My ancestor's occupation.
2. Information about my ancestor's work or occupation.
3. My ancestor's story, focussing on his or her occupation.
Leaving the 'wealth' factor out of the equation, all of my ancestors toiled hard to make better lives for themselves - well, with the exception of one convict who, seemingly unwilling or unable to abandon his erring ways continued to rob, cheat and depend upon His Majesty's Prisons throughout his life in Australia. ( That crossed him off the list of contenders to write about immediately - little toil to speak of and definitely no wealth!))
I decided to write this post in dedication of my great great grandfather, John Morrison, who I believe was the ancestor who has left behind, the most tangible and important legacy of his hard toil and life in Australia.
|Grave of John Morrison and wife Hannah Tait Gair in Cooroy, Queensland
John Morrison, my great great grandfather on my maternal side of the family tree, was born in 1847 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to parents William and Elspeth Morrison. At some time prior to the age of 22 years, John moved to Northumberland in England where he met and married Hannah Tait Gair in South Shields, Durham in September of 1869. The 1871 English Census shows John's occupation to be a house carpenter in Newcastle on Tyne.
In December of 1878, John and Hannah Morrison arrived in Melbourne, Australia on board the ship 'Kent' with four children, Martha Ann (1870), Alice Jane (1872), Elizabeth (1874) and John William (1877). In 1879 a daughter Alexandrina was born to John and Hannah in Mortlake, Victoria. In this same year son, John William aged just one year, died of convulsions, sadly for the family.
The Sands Directory for 1883, lists John Morrison as a Builder, living in Burwood, Sydney, NSW. By this time two more children, George (1881) and Minnie (1883) had been born to the growing family.
John Morrison's talent as a builder was quickly recognised in Sydney, when in 1883, he won the tender for the contract to build an addition to St Andrew's Cathedral in George Street Sydney. This addition became known as Chapter House and stands today as a testimony to the dedication of my 2 times great grandfather to his profession as a master builder.
Tenders in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1884 which advertised for the delivery of 120,000 bricks and 100 tons of sand, as well as 900 perch of stone to the George Street site, demonstrate the size and importance of this construction which John Morrison, Building Contractor, was responsible for, under the direction of well known Sydney Architects Blacket Bros.
|Chapter House stands in the foreground of St Andrew's Cathedral
The years 1884 to 1889 were busy ones for John Morrison, Building Contractor. Advertisements in the Sydney Morning Herald show that he undertook many building projects including large villas and homes designed by prominent architects, in the Sydney suburbs of Manly, Woolich and Strathfield. Three more children were born to John and Hannah during this period, Florence (my great grandmother) (1885) and twins, John and Jessie (1887). Whilst Hannah was busy caring for a growing family, John's reputation as a fine building contractor was also growing and he built a number of fine churches in the Gothic tradition, designed by well known architects. These included the Presbyterian Church at Burwood and a large and beautiful stone Presbyterian Church, St Enochs at Newtown, designed by Blacket Bros Architects who were the sons of the well known colonial architect, Edmund Blacket. St Enoch's Church housed one of the two largest pipe organs in Australia. Unfortunately, in the 1960's with the uniting of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches, St Enochs Church was demolished to make way for a housing estate. Few photographs of this very large church survive, however, the pipes from the organ have found their way into my local Anglican church of St John's in Beecroft, a reminder for me of the wealth of my 2 times great grandfather's toil as a builder of fine stone churches. Municipal buildings such as the Council Chambers at Strathfield were amongst other fine examples of John Morrison's pride in his work as a builder, and his significant contribution to the built heritage of the city of Sydney along with Chapter House, St Andrew's Cathedral.
|St Enochs Church
In 1887, John Morrison owned a large parcel of land in Morwick Street, Burwood. Between the years 1889 and 1890, he opened a large Railway and Tram Carriage Works on this land situated close to Strathfield Station. The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, April, 19, 1890, revealed that 'the railway Commissioners yesterday took delivery of the second chain of railway carriages built by Mr John Morrison of Starthfield'.
John Morrison, builder, had responded to the exciting expansion of the railways in Australia and turned his hand to the construction of rail carriages as well as trams. The NSW State rail Museum situated at Thirlmere in NSW, has in its collection some working carriages built by my great great grandfather, John Morrison. Between 1889 and 1993 John Morrison was one of the six largest providers of rolling stock for the Australian Government. My great great grandfather had clearly become a very wealthy and prominent man through his hard work and effort in building up several successful businesses in Australia.
John Morrison's wealth was more than monetary with six of his eight daughters training as nurses and his remaining son, John following him into the rail carriage business. Wealth of the prosperous kind, was not to last, however, in 1894, due to economic depression, the NSW Government was forced to cancelled a large order of 180 rail carriages which were already under construction. John Morrison was forced to sell his home, his belongings and close his business. Adverisements for the auction of the Morrison family's possessions are evidence of the prosperity that John had worked for, ' exeedingly handsome modern, fine and substantial furniture and household effects, Dining, Drawing, breakfast and Bedroom Suites... Seven grand carpets, all bordered...Magnificent Overmantel and Mirrors, really splendid water colours by Huddlestone, Fletcher watson and other artists of great ability... two pianofortes..'
With whatever money was left, John purchased land in Cobar, NSW and headed north to the South Eastern Queensland town of Ipswich where he was employed as Railway Works Foreman in the Ipswich Carriage Workshop. John Morrison and his son, also employed by the SE Queensland Railways, remained in this position from 1900 for the next ten years, well respected for his expertise in the rail carriage industry.
In 1920 at the age of 73, John and Hannah Morrison moved to the Queensland town of Cooroy,where their eldest daughter, Martha was Matron of St Margaret's Private Hospital. It is believed that John helped his daughter to purchase the hospital. Daughters Elizabeth and Inez also nursed at this hospital. (inland from Noosa). John became a shareholder in the Cooroy Butter Factory and continued to work in Cooroy until his death in 1927.
|Cooroy Butter Factory
|The Morrison sisters on the verandah of the Hospital owned by thre Morrison family
John and Hannah Morrison are on the official register of Pioneers of Cooroy.


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Ernie Accorsi watched the 1958 NFL championship game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts as a 17-year-old Colts fan. He went on to become general manager of both teams that played in the historic contest. He has probably watched the game 40 times since and picks up something new with each viewing. Here are his thoughts on 10 of the great players from the game:
John Unitas -- "No disrespect to Charlie Conerly,but if Unitas had taken off his jersey and switchedsides, the game would have gone the other way. Everyother advantage for either team was canceled outsomehow. The difference in the game was thedifference between the quarterbacks."
Raymond Berry -- "People talk about his speed,but he probably would have run about a 4.65[40 yards in 4.65 seconds], and plenty of guysget by with that now. He would be the same playertoday that he was then. He would run every routewith precision, he would get open and he wouldcatch everything."
Lenny Moore -- "It's hard to say that a guy isunderrated when he's in the Hall of Fame. But Lennyhad everything -- size, speed, great hands. Jim Brown was the greatest runner I've seen, but heplayed as more of a fullback. Lenny and Gale Sayerswere the greatest halfbacks I've ever seen."
Jim Parker -- "You could scout him from the stillphotos. There he was on the end, blocking out thesun, with the poor defensive end desperately reachingaround him to find a little bit of space. In those days,they didn't always put great athletes on the offensiveline, but he was big, strong and mobile."
Gino Marchetti -- "He just had unbelievablequickness, and when he got near the quarterback, hewas like a 747 banking toward landing. The greatones just have an instinct for closing like that. Foryears, when you talked about the all-time teams, youcould stir up debate at most positions, but no one everquestioned that Gino was the best defensive end.There was no debate."
Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb -- "It bothers me tothis day that he's not in the Hall of Fame. Ofanybody from that era who's not in, he deserves itthe most. The really great ones cause you togame-plan for them. Well, I guarantee you thatcoaches game-planned around Big Daddy."Art Donovan -- "In talking to guys from that era,they always said nobody got better penetration inthe middle than Artie. He was very quick."
Frank Gifford -- "Frank didn't have great speed.He'd probably be about a 4.6 guy. But speed isn't theonly thing you need to be a great back. He had greatvision and an instinct for finding holes and wigglingthrough them."
Sam Huff -- "Tom Landry's 4-3 [defense] funneledplays to the middle linebacker, and Huff was a greatone. It was an era of great linebackers, and of course,he played in New York, so people said that's why he gotthe most attention. But he was a great player."
Roosevelt Brown -- "Gifford told me that whenthey used to the run the sweep, he'd have to tellRosey to slow down because he was running toofar ahead of him. ... Jim Parker and Rosey Brownare the greatest left tackles I've ever seen."


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Swords to plowshares: New program promotes farming for veterans
BEREA — When Joseph Fields deployed to Iraq for the third time with the Kentucky Army National Guard in 2008, he and his wife, Heather, had big plans for their recently purchased 7-acre farm just outside Berea.
Growing up in Barbourville on a small "hobby farm," Joseph, now 35, knew something about growing vegetables, about beekeeping, about what it would take to get the enterprise off the ground while he worked an outside job in corrections or security.
What the Fieldses didn't plan on was a career-ending back injury that kept Joseph from working for months after he came back to Kentucky in February 2009. That created a serious financial setback.
"It's taken us 41/2 years to get to where it is now," Heather Fields said of the farm. They have focused on organic farming, with game chickens, hair sheep and miniature donkeys to guard them from coyotes.
Last year, she and Joseph decided to sell flower baskets at the Berea farmers market. But they had to wait until it warmed up to plant their impatiens and petunias; the baskets weren't ready until later in the season, long after people start looking for something to spruce up the porch.
Next year, things will be different. The Fieldses' farm will be the pilot project designed to nurture veterans with an interest in farming.
The program, Growing Warriors — headed by Michael Lewis and Mark Walden with backing from Grow Appalachia, Appalachia Science in the Public Interest, Community Farm Alliance and the Farmer Veteran Coalition — will build them a greenhouse so they can plant earlier and get flowers to the market at the start of the season.
With a $30,000 grant, Lewis and Walden also will be able to work with a dozen other veteran families who want to learn the basics of how to grow their own food at an organic community garden at the Veterans Administration clinic in Berea.
Those veterans already are asking how they can break into small-scale farming and get their fruits and vegetables to market, Lewis said.
Joseph and Heather Fields also are looking ahead to planting "you-pick" fruits and vegetables for the summer and putting up a roadside stand along a busy commuter route.
"We can't compete with growers in Mexico, but we can get it to people a lot cheaper and put something back into the local economy," Joseph Fields said.
Resonating with veterans
That is something the burgeoning veteran farmer movement is keen on nationally. This is a population big on self-reliance.
Where they need help is with understanding how to run a small business.
"The business component is the most scary part," Joseph Fields said. "I've always worked for the state and federal government."
Lewis and other farmer vets from around the country have worked to get USDA recognition of disabled veterans as a "socially disadvantaged group" so they can qualify for micro loans at better interest rates.
Now a whole support system, including educational components on farm-business planning from the University of Kentucky, is starting to come together.
"Our goal is to make sure they are successful," Lewis said. "Seven or eight years ago, I thought, 'I'm going to be a farmer,' and I've learned so many things in the last few years that I never saw coming."
Efforts to improve local economies and give families sustainable food options also resonate with veterans. More than 60 percent of the active-duty military come from small-town, rural backgrounds, Lewis said.
"We're doing so much nation-building overseas," Lewis said. Now he and other vets want to do some at home. "The veterans really get this. It's about getting these guys nation-building for real, on the ground here."
Said Fields: "I think nobody's going to argue with anybody that we have the greatest military in the world, with strong values and a work ethic. A lot of that's from our rural roots. If we can harness that power, ... I think that will be just unstoppable."
Walden, of Growing Warriors, said veterans can't turn off that "service" impulse.
"I'm not a veteran, but in my experience they tend to ask, 'What can we do to help you out?'" he said.
And for many of them, the way to serve country and community these days is not with a gun but with a plow.
"That geopolitical stuff all comes down to our local economy," Joseph Fields said. "It's all tied together, for me anyway."
'People were searching'
Lewis realized that farming might be the answer for a lot of vets. He is working with Michael O'Gorman, founder of the Farmer Veteran Coalition, which began in California in 2009 and now is reaching out to Kentucky and other farming states.
O'Gorman's roots are in organic farming; he was one of the first to grow for legendary chef Alice Waters, and he ran one of the largest organic vegetable operations in the country. Now his focus is on veterans.
"I never thought it would become the big project that it is," O'Gorman said. "The more we do, the more we impact. As soon as we posted something online with 'farmer' and 'veteran,' we began hearing from veterans around the country. People were searching."
O'Gorman, too, has noticed the correlation between the military and farming.
"I think there's something really attractive about the sense of service. Feeding people, the need for new farmers, the sense of mission," he said. "When you come out (of the military), that's what you miss." Vets are thinking, "Where do I regain that sense of purpose that was driving my life?"
The parallels are obvious: It's challenging, physical, necessary and risky.
"There's even outdoor plumbing," O'Gorman said.
The network has formed almost organically:
■ The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is putting its network of farm contacts into the Kentucky Proud Jobs for Vets Initiative and has come up with a new logo, Homegrown by Heroes, to put on veteran-grown products. The logo will be unveiled next month.
■ Radcliff-based USA Cares, the largest non-profit veterans service organization, will help match vets looking for a niche in agriculture with farms looking for motivated workers.
■ Grow Appalachia, funded by philanthropist John Paul DeJoria (of Paul Mitchell hair products fame), is providing seed money.
■ Vets themselves are eager to pitch in.
"Every veteran that gets started wants to help others," O'Gorman said.
His group is now in discussions with the state Department of Agriculture on licensing the Homegrown by Heroes logo nationwide to promote veteran-grown products at point of sale.
"I think it's fantastic," O'Gorman said. "It's all about pride — the fact that they can grow something. That's part of the story the veteran wants to tell. ... It's a very visceral attraction, that realness. I think it will help sell it. But that's secondary. Lots of people who see that label will want to say hi, hear their stories."
Those stories often are about saving themselves by saving others.
A new call to service
It's hard to see a tomato as heroic, but soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan say farming has become their new call to service.
And along the way, many are finding a kind of solace in soil.
Michael Lewis learned that firsthand as he watched his brother, Fred-Curtis Lewis, recover from injuries he suffered as a Special Forces medic in Afghanistan. Originally from Maine, the brothers wound up near Richmond with family and began farming next to each other.
"I was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury," Fred-Curtis said. "He saw how I was transformed. And he realized it was working for him as well."
Michael Lewis had his own struggles after leaving the military in 1998. He served two years in Washington, D.C., with the 3rd Infantry Honor Guard, sometimes escorting four flag-draped caskets a day at Arlington National Cemetery. After hundreds of funerals, he said, he needed to put something in the ground besides fellow soldiers.
Farming gave both brothers something back
"Having been around those families and that much despair, at last I have something hopeful," Michael Lewis said. "I see a lot of hope in agriculture and the peace and clarity it brings."
To support his family, Fred-Curtis Lewis has returned to Fort Bragg, N.C., teaching his hard-won skills to new Special Forces medics. But he wants to get back to farming full-time.
"In the military, our whole entire life is service — service to our country, to our brothers in arms, to our families," Fred-Curtis Lewis said. "Take a guy like me: I served 14 years. It was my whole life. I got injured, became a civilian not by choice but because I couldn't do the job any more. But I didn't want to do any other job."
And, Lewis said, it is very hard to find anything in civilian life that fulfills that need to serve.
"You start to farm and you realize it could benefit your family, your community, and that's extremely rewarding," Lewis said. "You're bettering your country."


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Offering a twenty-first century perspective on twentieth-century Europe, pre-eminent scholar Bonnie Smith's engaging new synthesis is the first text to provide both a thorough integration of social and cultural material with political history and substantive treatment of Europe's broader global context. Each of the twelve chapters combines compelling narrative with a wonderfully rich set of primary texts and picture essays, reinforcing for students the importance of primary sources to the study of history. Neither overtly triumphalist nor disparaging, this even-handed and thoughtful account takes the full measure of Europe's negative and positive legacies at home and its impact on and interactions with the world at large.Smith, Bonnie is the author of 'Europe in the Contemporary World 1900 to Present', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312406998 and ISBN 0312406991.[read more]
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The iPad Mini starts to ship on November 2, providing a new option for pilots to access apps and information in the cockpit. AVweb editorial director Paul Bertorelli talks with Foreflight's Tyson Weihs about the impact of the new tablet and other new products and innovations in the works for pilots.
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Grades 6-8, 9-12
The Benefits of Investing Early
All of us make decisions continually about how to spend our limited amount of money (income) on goods and services that will make us feel satisfied and happy. But, of course, we also want to be capable of earning more money and consuming more goods tomorrow. In order to earn more money tomorrow, we have to use some of the income we earn today to invest in capital that will help us produce more tomorrow. How much would it take—in increased future earnings—to prompt you to reduce consumption today in order to free some money up for investment? Do you know what future consumption possibilities you might give up if you don't invest today–spending your entire income on consumption instead? After exploring the possibilities presented in this lesson, you will know.
Task List
You will calculate the total amount of money accumulated in an investment account in several different scenarios. By comparing the account values in different situations you will see how the length of time money is invested plays a large role in determining the ultimate value of the account.
Questions for Thought:
If person A saves $24,000 for retirement and person B saves $72,000 toward retirement, and they both earn the same rate of return, which one will have more money at retirement?
- Suppose person A and person B both invest $24,000, but person A invests it at age 25 and person B invests it at age 55. Again, if they both earn the same rate of return, who will have more money at age 65?
Let's look at a couple of hypothetical investors and see how the choice of when to invest affects the amount of money available at retirement.
Our investors are two 23-year-old women who have just graduated from college and started their careers. For the first two years after college, neither woman saves any money toward retirement; both of them focus instead on establishing their careers and purchasing household items. At age 25, Mia Saver starts to save money for retirement by investing $200 per month into an account paying 7% annual interest compounded annually. Ima Spender chooses to continue spending all of her money. From ages 25 to 35, Ima drives a nicer car than Mia and takes a more elaborate vacation each year.
When the women reach age 35, Mia Saver chooses to work only part time, so she does not invest any more money into her retirement fund. However, she leaves it invested in the account paying 7% annually. At age 35, Ima Spender begins investing $200 per month toward retirement. Ima's account also pays a 7% rate of return compounded annually. Ima invests $200 per month for 30 years until she reaches age 65.
[Note: Before doing the following activity click on the Compounding Interest Graphing Tool; this will give you a better idea of how quickly your money can grow with compounding interest.]
Now go to the Savings Calculator . Use the calculator to complete the top half of the Worksheet showing how much money each woman will have in her investment account every 10 years from age 25 to 65.
Your teacher will give you instructions on what situation you should assume to complete the second half of the spreadsheet.
Now experiment with the calculator: Figure out what rate of return Ima Spender would have to earn on her investment in order to reach an account balance equal to Mia's balancer by age 65, if Mia's account earns 7%.
Due to the power of compounding returns, a small investment made early in life can generate a larger amount than a larger investment made later in life. Investing for a longer time is more effective than waiting until you have a large amount to invest.
Assessment Activity
Turn in your completed spreadsheet and a short paragraph summarizing the power of compound interest.
Extension Activity
See if you can derive the formula for calculating the account balance when interest is compounded over several time periods without any additional savings being added. Go back to the Savings Calculator to see if your formula is correct. For an extra challenge try to derive the formula to use when savings are added to the account each year.
Go to Yahoo! Finance page and download historical data on the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index. Use the index values to calculate the market rate of return at different times in history. You may also want to do the same thing with a stock you are interested in.
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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Perennial, generally ± glandular, generally resinous-smelling; caudex generally branched
Stem generally ascending to erect
Leaves generally basal, odd-1-pinnate, generally ± flat; cauline alternate, reduced upward; uppermost lateral leaflets generally ± fused with terminal
Inflorescence: cyme, open or of dense clusters; pedicels generally straight
Flower: hypanthium a ± flat-bottomed cup, width ± 2 X length; bractlets 5, generally 2/3 sepals; sepals 5, often reflexed; petals 5, generally ± = sepals, blunt, white; stamens 10, filaments flat, often forming a tube; pistils 2many, ovaries superior, styles jointed below fruit tip, ± thicker at base
Fruit: achene
Species in genus: 19 species: w North America
Etymology: (J. Horkel, German plant physiologist, 17691846)
Data apply to basal leaves, pressed hypanthia.
Plant generally tufted (± matted), green to grayish
Stem generally 1060 cm
Leaf generally 415 cm; leaflets 315 per side, separated to ± crowded, generally 420 mm, narrowly wedge-shaped to ± round, ± 510-toothed to lobed, hairs sparse to dense
Inflorescence: clusters 1several, generally ± head-like, generally 530-flowered; pedicels generally 13 mm
Flower: hypanthium width generally 23.5 mm, ± 12 X length; bractlets < 0.5 mm wide, linear; sepals generally 23 mm; petals 26 mm, ± wedge-shaped; filaments 0.11.5 mm, bases 0.21 mm wide, anthers generally ± 0.5 mm; pistils generally 1020, styles 0.81.5 mm
Fruit 11.8 mm
Ecology: Dry meadow edges, open forest, volcanic or granitic soils
Elevation: 10003300 m.
Bioregional distribution: e Klamath Ranges, High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, n East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Wyoming, Nevada
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I think that many authors get discouraged because they work their butts off self-promoting, and don't see immediate benefits. How could they? The hardest working author in the world could maybe handsell ten thousand copies of a book in a year. That's an impressive number, but ultimately insignificant if he has 500k books in print.
When I say, "You should self promote," some authors immediately go into defensive mode. Their arguements usually come down to:
"It's the publisher's job to sell books, not mine."
"You can be successful without self-promoting."
"I'd rather focus on writing a good book."
"Prove to me that self-promotion makes you successful."
"I tried and it didn't work."
Or a combination of the above. Justification for our actions (or non actions) is essential for our self-esteem.
But that justification should be well thought out. All options should be carefully considered before a path is chosen. And that path should be subject to change, as more evidence comes into play.
I've spent a good deal of time contemplating the publishing business. Along with contemplating, I've experimented. I made some observations, and drew some conclusions, based on my experience (which I tried to make as broad as possible.)
I've found that:
1. Publishing, as a business model, is a poor one.
2. No one in publishing really knows what they're doing, because you can't learn from unreproduceable phenomenon.
3. Taste is subjective. A "good" book means different things to different people.
4. People would rather defend their actions than analyze them.
5. Luck plays an overwhelming part in success. This is scary, because it is beyond our control. So most publishers, and authors, would rather erroneously attribute success to their hard work and efforts, talent, and business savvy.
6. There are no guarantees, except for one: The more you self promote, the more books you'll sell, and the more you'll increase your luck.
So, what can an author do to better their career?
1. I can't change the publishing world, even though it's broken. That's beyond my control.
2. I can't learn from unreproduceable phenomenon any more than my publisher can, and I don't have the resources to run controlled tests, surveys, focus groups, and scientifically analyze the system to learn what works and what doesn't. It's beyond my control.
3. I can write the best book I can, but that's no guarantee of anything. Many good books fail. A lot of crap sells really well. Taste is subjective, and there is no objective scale that can rate books based on their merit.
4. I can learn from my actions and be open to new ideas, but can't expect anyone else to have that same attitude.
5. I can recognize that success comes down to luck, as scary as that is.
6. I can do what I can to improve my luck. That means writing good books (which is subjective) and spreading the word about my books, which is objective.
So basically, what I've learned in the past five years is that the only real control an author has is how many books they can sell by self-promotion. That's the only way we can empower ourselves.
Beware a sense of entitlement. Beware believing that hard work and/or talent is more important than luck. Beware believing that your success or failure is a direct result of anything you've done. These beliefs don't lead to anything healthy.
There's no fairness. No dues that must be paid. No deserving success.
There's only getting lucky, and what you can do to maximize your luck.
That's why I spend so much time self-promoting.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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Brussels, 22 November 2010
Commission presents a new set of EU measures to better protect European citizens
The "EU Internal Security Strategy in Action" adopted today comprises 41 actions targeting the most urgent security threats facing Europe. They include a shared agenda to disrupt criminal and terrorist networks, to protect citizens, businesses and societies against cybercrime, to increase EU security by smarter border management, and to strengthen the Union's readiness and response to crises.
"EU internal security has traditionally been following a silo mentality, focusing on one area at a time. Now we take a common approach on how to respond to the security threats and challenges ahead. Terrorism, organised, cross-border and cyber crime, and crises and disasters are areas where we need to combine our efforts and work together in order to increase the security of our citizens, businesses, and societies across the EU. This strategy outlines the threats ahead and the necessary actions we must take in order to be able to fight them. I encourage all relevant actors to take their responsibility to implement these actions and thereby to strengthen EU security", said Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs.
Car theft, burglaries, drug dealing and credit card fraud are often local manifestations of global criminal networks operating across borders and in cyberspace. Criminals are increasingly using the Internet for both petty crimes and large scale attacks. The EU external borders are being exploited for trafficking of drugs, counterfeit goods, weapons, and human beings, and criminal networks are draining revenue from public finances on a massive scale. The International Monetary Fund estimates that profits generated by financial crimes alone amount to up to five percent of global GDP. Crises and disasters, whether they are earthquakes and floods or caused by human error or malicious intent, can cause human misery and economic and environmental damage. At the same time, terrorists find new ways of harming our societies, including targeting susceptible individuals with violent extremist propaganda.
The Commission now proposes measures to address these challenges. A legislative proposal for confiscation of criminal assets is one of them. The EU should also help empower communities to address radicalisation and recruitment, and identify ways to better protect transport infrastructure, particularly land transport, against terrorism. A European cybercrime centre is proposed to bring together expertise in investigation and prevention of cybercrime, and a series of steps for a smarter approach to border management and preparing for and responding to crises and disasters are in the pipeline.
The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action identifies five strategic objectives and outlines a series of actions for each of them, such as:
1. Disrupt international crime networks threatening our society
2. Prevent terrorism and address radicalisation and recruitment
3. Raise levels of security for citizens and businesses in cyberspace
4. Strengthen security through border management
5. Increase Europe's resilience towards crises and disasters
The Commission will submit an annual progress report to the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission will support the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security, COSI, which will play a key role in ensuring the effective implementation of the strategy.
The Internal Security Strategy is a key feature of the Stockholm Programme. In February 2010, the Spanish EU Presidency outlined the security challenges for the EU in an Internal Security Strategy ("Towards a European Security Model"), and called on the Commission to identify action-oriented proposals for implementing it.
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Homepage of Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs:
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As the chandeliers began to swing and the ceiling panels shifted to and fro, the interviewers seated around the hotel conference table seemed uncertain how to react.
Was Baltimore really experiencing an earthquake? In the middle of a meeting vital to the future of Towson University?
Maravene Loeschke probably had the most reason to be nervous. After all, she was the one interviewing for the presidency of her alma mater. But in her many years as an actor and director, Loeschke had seen performers nearly flattened by falling curtains and productions marred by rain pouring through the ceiling.
"You just don't get fazed by stuff later in life," she says.
So on that shaky August afternoon, she coolly suggested that the interview move to the parking lot, and she kept right on giving polished answers as the world went a little crazy around her.
"We were all playing with our BlackBerries, which had to be at least mildly distracting," says former state regent David Nevins, who was on the search committee. "But she didn't miss a beat. She's a pro."
The episode summed up a view Loeschke has held for many years — there is no skill she uses as a high-powered administrator that she did not hone in the theater. Loeschke, who took over the top job at Towson earlier this month, might be the only college president in the country whose academic background is in acting.
But she regards the progression as logical, not exotic.
"Everything ties back to it," she says of her experience in theater. "Conflict resolution, debate, time management, critical thinking, people skills. I mean, I even know how to use an electric saw."
It goes beyond the multiplicity of talents she developed. Loeschke knows that many people regard acting as a form of lying. But she sees it as quite the opposite, a search for the truth about who you are in a given scenario. If you master that ability, you can come off well in any setting.
"Much of life is about wearing the right persona at the right time," she says.
Rarely does a day go by when she does not discuss her unusual path from theater to president's office. "Some people just love it," she says. "They say we need something different. Other people find it astonishingly inappropriate. But it's always a conversation. I don't mind it; it makes me a little bit unique."
She grins, recalling a recent conversation with Towson theater majors. One of them told her, "Thank God you're here! My parents always ask me what this will lead to. And now I can say I'll be the president of a university."
Loeschke, 65, has faced some anonymous grumbles about her academic background. She earned her doctorate from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, which has long specialized in degree programs for students who don't take classes on campus. Loeschke does not shy away from talking about it, noting that the school is accredited. She says she wanted to study the use of mime to promote self-expression among blind students and that her plan didn't fit with more traditional doctoral programs.
Nevins says the committee interviewed candidates with more ostensibly prestigious degrees but adds that it would have been a "sad day" if Towson had turned up its nose at one of its own graduates.
"We didn't concentrate on her academic discipline," Nevins says. "We were more interested in who she was and what she would do. The support for Maravene was overwhelming."
For those who know her best, Loeschke's affinity for leadership is nothing new.
Dick Gillespie sensed a commanding presence about Loeschke from the moment he recruited her to Towson's theater program in the mid-1960s. He got so used to following her lead, in fact, that he married her years later.
"It doesn't surprise me at all," he says of her rise to leading thousands of students and faculty members. "She needs to run things. The main reason is that she likes to get things done, and she hates to be under someone who doesn't know how to get things done."
Loeschke grew up in Parkville and recalls a childhood world of rich imagination and innovation in the alleys between the rowhouses. She and her friends couldn't afford to go to a miniature golf course, so they made their own.
"I started about five businesses in that alley," she says. "I was a bossy little kid, so they let me."
The first day she walked into Parkville High School, she saw tryout signs for a student production of "Our Town." She got the lead part.
She fell in love with the stage and made plans to study theater at the University of Maryland. But her life's course changed when an abrupt man showed up in her high school drama class, saying he needed recruits for a new acting program at Towson.
"I did not care for him at all," she says of that guy, Gillespie. "Except he was brilliant, and he set the bar so high for us."
When she declared that she'd study theater, her father, a county highways worker, said, "I'm not paying for that." But Loeschke didn't care.
At Towson, she joined a small group of dedicated actors. She showed her moxie when, as an 18-year-old freshman, she confronted Gillespie about his perpetual lateness. Fine, he said, be my assistant and keep me on track.
"Not unless you do what I tell you," she recalls telling her mentor. "So I spent the next four years marching around telling him what to do."
That was hardly the end of their testy relations.
"She was always angry at me, because I didn't cast her very much," he says over an omelet at the Towson Diner. "She had this terrible Baltimore dialect."
So Loeschke spent the entire summer between her sophomore and junior years listening to recorded plays and dialogues. "When she came back in the fall, I nearly fell over," says Gillespie, whom she married in 1981. "She had a completely different voice."
She had every intention of decamping to New York after graduation and living the vagabond life of an aspiring actor. But Gillespie asked her to stick around for one more semester and fill in for a departed acting instructor.
To her surprise, she liked teaching.
"Performing is a personal satisfaction that you've used your talent to move somebody," she says. "But when you're teaching students and you gently tell them how to improve a scene, and it's so much better when they come back, I don't know that there's anything more rewarding."
Shohreh Kaynama, the dean of Towson's business and economics college, had little use for acting when she registered for Loeschke's class to fill a requirement back in the 1970s.
"But she was such a powerful teacher that she transformed me and a lot of others," Kaynama says. "When I think back to courses I remember from my undergraduate days, there are few. But hers is at the top."
Loeschke was able to form a personal connection with each student, Kaynama says, and empathy for others lay at the core of her acting instruction. "I still use a lot of things that I learned in the class," she says.
But Loeschke the teacher wasn't all about inspiration. Gillespie says her toughness put his own to shame. She insisted that advanced acting students show up on time or flunk, arguing that if they showed up late to auditions in New York, they'd never get hired.
Once, a student was late and Loeschke ordered the class to move past the young woman's scene. Moments later, a policeman walked in with the tardy actress. She had been driving on the Beltway with two flat tires, endangering fellow drivers as she vainly tried to make Loeschke's class.
Loeschke finally relented and allowed the student to perform her scene. What did that mean for the lateness policy? "It means that if you're late," Loeschke told the class, "you better show up with a cop."
After 13 years as an instructor and professor, Loeschke was asked to become department chair in 1983. After 13 years of that, she was asked to become dean of fine arts. As had been the case with teaching, she never anticipated becoming an administrator. But she liked the power it afforded her to affect even more students.
Longtime stage and television actor John Glover, who graduated from Towson a few years before Loeschke, remembers visiting his friend in her new dean's office. She had packed the room with many different types of chairs and Glover asked why.
"I learn so much about a person by which chair they choose," Loeschke replied.
"She's such a smart cookie," says Glover, who credits Loeschke's lessons in empathy with helping his own craft.
Loeschke kept saying yes to bigger jobs and kept enjoying the bigger scope, though leaving Towson in 2002 to become provost at Pennsylvania's Wilkes University was not easy. Gillespie says she wasn't long from retiring as president at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania when the opening arose at Towson.
When she returned to be introduced as Towson president in September, she spent nearly an hour, fielding hugs from all the people who were happy to see her back.
"I think it made a lot of sense," Kaynama says of her hiring. "If she could make a believer out of the most negative students in her class, she can lead a faculty and stakeholders who might not have the same views as her."
Early on, Loeschke has emphasized the importance of getting a fair share of funding for the university during tough economic times and improving the relationship with the surrounding community.
It's mid-January, and Loeschke has been in her office for a bit more than a week. On the walls and shelves are items you'd expect from a college bigwig — photos with President Barack Obama at a Towson basketball game — and those you wouldn't — a copy of "All About Mime" and a montage of various acting roles she performed for the Maryland Arts Festival.
Loeschke is reflecting on her journey, the way her father used to drop her off at 8 a.m. underneath the clock tower atop Stephens Hall.
"I sit here, looking at that clock," she says, nodding out the window. "And I think about little me running around and getting an education. I'm just delighted that it's in my care now."


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Remember the episode of Friends where Joey gets the turkey stuck on head, and Phoebe tries to help him get it off. Then Monica walks in & freaks out. Has that ever happened at one your family's Thanksgiving Dinners?
"We desire in the twenty-fourth day of November there should be no soldier in the Army of the Potomac, the James, the Shenandoah, and no sailor in the North Atlantic Squadron who does not receive tangible evidence that those for whom he is periling his life, remember him..."
"The want of proper appliances compelled most of the men to broil or stew their turkeys, but everyone seemed fully satisfied, and appreciated the significance of the sympathetic thank-offering of the loyal North. One soldier said to me, "It isn't the turkey, but the idea we care for,' and he thus struck the keynote of the whole festival."
My, How Things Have Changed, But the Sentiment Remains the Same
In contrast, today's troops are fed in a whole different way on Thanksgiving. Take a look at how we give thanks to our soldiers today for their unfailing service and unselfish sacrifice on our behalf:
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Friends Thanksgiving 1992. Digitial Video. Qukez, 2008. You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJY6L52RhUs : 2009.
Kurtz, Nick., narrator. Thanksgiving in Iraq. Digital Video. AirForceDJ, 2007. You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFlrwzhFM4 : 2009.
Thanksgiving. cpmsglife, 2006. You Tube. Digital Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDiz5nkxK8 : 2009.
Peacock, Tom and Roxanne. "Thanksgiving 1863-1864." Civil War Reenacting and Cooking Blog, 15 Nov 2009. http://civilwarcooking.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-1863-1864.html : 2009.
Thanksgiving Over There - The Civil War. Pilgrim Hall Museum. http://www.pilgrimhall.org/thot-cw.htm : 2009.
United States Pennsylvania Lancster County Neffsville. FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_grace_1942.jpg : 2009.
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=0&indiv=try&db=nps_civilwarsoldiers&h=3777104 : 2009.
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Regiments[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=0&indiv=try&db=hdsregiment&h=3986 : 2009


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Sheriff's deputies descended on Justin Bieber's Calabasas home Tuesday morning to serve a search warrant as part of an investigation into allegations he egged a neighbor's home last week, causing an estimated $20,000 in damages.
The pop singer allegedly threw raw eggs at the neighbor's house in his gated Calabasas neighborhood at about 7:40 p.m. Jan. 9.
The neighbor allegedly confronted Bieber while calling 911, the two had a verbal altercation and Bieber left the property.
Detectives are searching Bieber's home for any surveillance video or other evidence that links the pop singer to the egging.
The investigation was initially for misdemeanor vandalism, but because the damage to the house's facade, front door and windows is now estimated in the thousands, it now being investigated as a felony, which carries a stiffer penalty.
Bieber could also face assault charges if investigators determine he intended to hit a person with the eggs.
The reported egging is not Bieber's first run-in with neighbors.
In May, former NFL player and neighbor Keyshawn Johnson accused Bieber of speeding recklessly through the community in his Ferrari, putting residents and their children in danger. The District Attorney declined to file charges in that case, after video showed Bieber wasn't in the car at the time but rather following behind on a motorcycle.
In March, he was accused of assaulting a neighbor after he allegedly spit in the neighbor's face during an argument and threatened to beat him up. That case, too, was rejected by the DA's office in October.
Residents have also repeatedly called police to report loud parties at Bieber's house in the last year.


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ShopSmith Upgrade Part 2 – The PowerPro Headstock Upgrade
Last we wrote about our ShopSmith we completed the upgrade of the ShopSmith table system from the Model 500 to the latest model 520. That upgrade dramatically increased stability of the table system, the working space and the configuration profiles available to the Mark V owners. Now we are upgrading the heart of the Mark V, the headstock.
The PowerPro headstock upgrade has to be the most powerful change to come to the Mark V in years. The increase in power and speed which the new upgrades brings to the Mark V owner is amazing.
Why upgrade to the PowerPro headstock? Lower electrical power requirements. More power delivered by the motor. Broader speed range. In fact this thing goes so fast it's scary! Ability to run in reverse. No need for a speed increaser or reducer. Digital controls insures accuracy and more control of the speed range. The motor runs much more quiet. The entire bearing landscape is replaced with this upgrade insure stability and longevity. A new improved quill.
The upgrade process looks more daunting than it actually is. We completed the entire upgrade tasks in about 4 hours taking our time at every step. The upgrade directions and video are very clear and concise. But when we were done with this upgrade I thought I had a brand new machine. For your reference we have included a large group of photos of our upgrade at the bottom of this article.
Now I realize this is a very long article due to detail of documenting our steps. In short this is one heck of an upgrade. Anyone who chooses this upgrade option once complete will not give the purchase a second thought. That is how dramatic the the change is, for the positive in every way. The process is detailed but went very smooth. The direction are very clear, no matter the version of Mark V headstock you have. Below we will describe the steps we took with our PowerPro upgrade on our Model B headstock. We have included lots of pictures as we completed the steps. Take a look at the steps in the text and look at the pictures it becomes clear what is happening.
Tools needed:
Allen wrench set – long ones
Screw drives flat and Phillips
Ball peen hammer
Pin punch
A couple of pieces of wood one 2X4(6) log enough to span across the way tubes
One piece of wood like a 1×10 or 12 again long enough to bridge across the way tubes. We used 2 of these in our upgrade.
Vise grips
Wire cutters or side cutter
Variable speed drill electric or battery
Machine oil
Round file
Small flash light
Here we go:
Let me start with this first. Read the instructions and as they say "read it twice". Also we really liked the video directions. This was a big help for us. Again read the directions and use the video along with this text and pictures, the upgrade will go very smooth.
First remove everything from the shop smith except the main table and the head stock. We are preparing to remove the old motor and then the headstock unit itself. Plug in your ShopSmith and turn on the unit and set the speed to the fastest speed. This aligns the belt and sets up the dial for removal. Now we can use the main table tubes to do a lot of the work for us in this process. Lock the headstock and the table carriage in place so they does not slide.
Raise the table all the way up and place your 2x stock under the tubes that project down from the main table height adjustment area. Unlock the way bars as if you are going to raise the ShopSmith in drill press mode. Now lower the main table while helping raise the way tubes lock the table in the raised position. You only need to raise this high enough to allow you to place the 1×10(12) piece of lumber under the head stock. Once you have placed the board under the head stock and lower the way tubes so the motor is resting on this board you just placed on the way bars. Place this piece of wood so the power cord is out of the way, do not crush it.
Now remove any power coupler adaptors you have mounted to the power take offs on the left side of the head stock. There is a screw in the far right end of the headstock in the middle, if you are standing on the work side of your Shopsmith. Remove this screw and place somewhere safe. Now you can remove the screws from the motor pan and belt cover.
After sliding the belt cover out of the way and removing the screws to the motor pan the belt is still connected to the motor. Simply pull the belt over the shieves and this will get the belt out of the way. Now make sure the unit is UNPLUGGED. Remove the emblem from the far side of the headstock. This will allow access to the switch. Here you will find 4 wires plugged into the rear of the switch. Reach in and unplug those connection from the switch. Now you should be able to carefully raise the way tubes again using the main table height adjuster, help by lifting on the way tubes. You only need to raise this enough to clear the motor from the headstock. Lock this in place and now you should be able to carefully remove the motor and power cord from the ShopSmith frame. Place this on your work bench.
Now with the unit still raised use your 5/32 allen wrench and remove the way bar end cap or tie bar from the end way bars. If this is tight and cannot be moved use you rubber hammer and tap in the center of end cap tie bar tapping away from the headstock. This should persuade the end cap to come loose. Now with this removed you can remove the belt cover, place this upside down on your work bench place a nice fluffy work towel inside of it. Now by loosening the headstock lock slide and remove the headstock from the way bars. It will be pretty light considering the motor has been removed. Set the headstock upside down in the towel protected belt cover. One would think that this belt cover was made to support the headstock in this manner. If you place the belt cover with the slim side towards you, you will see that the quill control and head stock/quill locking handles perfectly fit in this area allowing good support for the head stock.
Let's get the motor out of the motor pan. First turn over the pan so the motor is exposed. Disconnect the green wire, the ground wire by unscrewing it from the motor, save this screw. Cut any wire ties that are holding the wires in bunches. Now flip the unit over. You will see 4 screws securing the motor to the motor pan. Our screws were VERY tight. Make sure that you are using the proper sized Phillips screw driver, a #3. We had to use our hammer and tap a few times on the screws to loosen them up. We hit the end of our screwdriver but the video shows that you stirck the screws directly. Once these screws are removed, take your vise grips and squeeze the strain relief on the power cord. Squeeze the long dimension on this which should allow it to release from the hole. This will allow the power cord to be removed. Now the pan lifts out of the way and leaves the motor on the table. Place the motor and the cord in a box. You will not be using that one anymore.
We come to the fun part. We need to remove the old speed control. Get your small flashlight out. Now on the side of the speed dial you will see a small hole. Look in this hole and locate a small allen set screw. Use a long 3/32 allen wrench. Release this screw and the dial comes right off. Put it in the box with the other not to be replaced items, we are going digital. Now remove the 3 screws from the front of the control. There is a small clip on the inside that adheres the speed control arm to the shaft. Unclip this item and the entire unit will come out of the casing. Now the control shieve and belt will fall off and all is good.
Removing the idler shaft. There is a screw at the top of the idler shaft with a washer on it. Remove it and save it. Now using a ¼" Allen wrench remove the allen screw/bolt and nut. Save this you will need it again. You should now be able to remove the idler shaft from the housing. Put this in the box. You have a new shaft and eccentric bushing in your kit.
Next comes the drive shaft. This requires a bit of dexterity. There is a spring clip that holds this drive shaft in place. This clip is expanded in a grove milled into the housing wall. Using my smaller blade #1 flat screw driver I slide this under the spring click and ran it around the area as the spring releases from grove cut in the housing wall. This looks harder than it is. Once it starts it came right out. Save this you will need it again.
Now remove the drive shaft. If it does not come out easily, which ours did not, we used the small piece of wood and let the quill do the work for us. I used a piece of wood from a clean paint stir. On the top of your head stock you will see an 5/32" allen screw. Our had a dab of lead covering the allen srew head, Using a sharp awl or in our case a sharp tipped nail set we were able to clear this and access the allen screw, loosen this about one and half turns. Now using the quill handle and holding the quill itself as we pushed the quill out and set the retraction gauge to 4 ¼ and lock it in place. Now pull the drive shaft out a bit and you see the quill release from the white end of the shaft. Place your small piece of wood between the end of the drive shaft and the end of the quill shaft. Now push the quill back in using the handle, after releasing the quill lock, and you should be able to push the shaft out of the housing. Do not let go of the quill handle it is spring loaded and will whack you in the hand. Lock the quill in place before you pull out the drive shaft. Pull the shaft the rest of the way out. Now you can remove the belt. We then removed the quill extend it all the way and it will come straight out. DO NOT let go of the handle. When this quill is removed set the depth gauge to 4 ¼ and set the quill lock tight.
Removing the way bar locks. This has a handle that is secured with a roll pin. We had to knock this out using a small punch. Be care full not to bury the punch and get it caught in the handle. Ours came out easy enough. Take off the handle remembering this is a left hand thread so turn it right. Once the handle is removed proceed to turn the individual way bar locks till they come near center. Now the lock bar should come out by tipping it one way or another.
Ok disassembly is complete! Yes! Now is the time to clean up the housing. We clean this out with air and a rag. We also took the time to scrub/clean/wax all the tube openings in the housing, this will pay off later when sliding the headstock back and forth along the way tubes. Let's drill a few holes and put this baby back together.
There are 4 templates that need to be cut out. One for the ¾ hole needed for your new cord. 2 smaller templates for holes needed on the side of the housing. Then another for the bottom of the housing. Take your time and stay on the lines when you are cutting these out.
We started with the 2 smaller templates, center punch, hammer and some masking tape. These are marked front and rear as it relates to the headstock housing. Using the center punch I pushed it through the template centering the punch on a mark on the template to the existing hole along the edge of the housing. This lines up the template center to that hole. Now using masking tape, tape the template in place. Removing the center punch and repositioning to next hole marked on the template. Using the punch and a hammer we marked the position for the new hold center through the template. We then checked to make sure the center punch indeed made a good landing place for our bit. To find this mark easily we used a sharpie marker to mark the spot. Do the same series of action on the other side.
Using the smaller supplied drill bit apply a small amount of machine oil to the center punch mark and drill the new hole. Now go slow, speed is not always you friend here. Going slower prevents drift and keeps the bit cool, it also makes for a cleaner through and through hole. Repeat for the other side. We are done with the smaller holes in the sides of the housing. For the holes on the bottom of the housing, this uses the larger template. Place the template around the large shaft opening in housing casting. Then using the seam in casting as the center line carefully tape the template in place. Now we applied the tape in the order that the template says to do. This will properly set the template for the new holes. Using the punch and hammer again we set our hole marks through the template and marked with our center points using our black sharpie. Remove the template and drill the new hole using the smaller bit and a small amount of oil on each mark. We clean up the case, remove the smaller bit and replace with the larger bit that was supplied with the upgrade kit.
Now we add the new holes along the lip of the case, this is where the motor mount is attached. ShopSmith included a very good steel guide for accomplishing this task. It is placed in the existing holes of the head stock along the side. This fits one way and is a perfect fit. When you do this if it is not fitting perfect for you then you have not placed it correctly on the headstock case. Remember the double pin side goes to the rear and the double pin fits in the small slot in the casing. Once this is placed properly we used 2 small c-clamps to hold the metal guide in place. We now drill the holes using the larger drill bit. We applied a small amount of oil to the bit and drilled our 3 holes. Again speed is not always better. Slow as she goes. We did this on both sides, 3 new holes each.
The six new holes need to be counter sunk. There is a counter sink drill bit included with the upgrade kit as well as the six new screws. We used the bit to create a countersink so all of our screws were flat to the surface. The bit does not use any oil and the speed is SLOW. We completed this for all six screw holes we just drilled earlier.
We wiped down the entire case to remove any metal bits and oil left over from the drilling operations. The last part is probably the most manual of the entire upgrade process. The cords gets moved to the right of the old hole if the closed end of the pan is facing you. There is a template in the kit. This hole is a bit larger than ¾ of an inch. In the directions it shows using a round file. We had a very sharp ¾ metal drill bit. We took some fiber packing tape and tapes across the pan across both side across the opening. We did not want to spread out or distort the pan. Then we applied oil to the existing pan and place it on the floor. With a foot on the pan and another person holding the pan, wear gloves, we drilled out our hole without any issues. Now again we used a slow speed so when the bit grabbed it does not throw the pan all over the place. Using the strain relief as a guide we drilled our hole so this fit nice and snug. This could have been done with a file as well as shown in the video.
We feed the new cord all the way through the housing. Once this is done we take the exposed wires and folded the green wire back on the itself and wire tie within ½ inch from the end of the main wire sheathing. We then attached the white wire to the switch using the right plug and the black on the left.
Next we will be installing the quill and the main drive shaft. First we set the quill return spring to factory setting. Carefully unwind the handle all the way till it is loose. We then wound it back up 3 full turns. Set the depth gauge to 4 ¼ and lock down tight. DO NOT let loose of the handle until you have it safely locked down. It will come back and whack you in the hand and this HURTS.
Now that the return spring is set and the handle is locked down its time to install the new quill. This is actually very easy. Slide the quill in the housing till we felt it engage. Loosen the lock down while holding the quill return handle. Ease the handle back and the quill will return to it's normal position. Remember there is the allen screw on the top of the housing that needs to lock in the quill in place. This screw actually installs in the grove in the top of the quill. Tighten this screw up just until it engages with the quill then back off 1/8 of a turn. Make sure the quill moves freely if not back the screw out another 1/8th of a turn.
Turn the housing around install the smaller belt into the front of housing and slide the drive shaft in. This shaft installs on the splines on the end of the quill. One hint before we installed anything into the housing we cleaned and waxed all of the openings in the housing. If you have not done this the shaft may not push in easy by hand. Clean the opening with a scotch brite and some wax, if you have not done it earlier. Always wipe off any excess wax to prevent build up and friction. Now the shaft should slide in without any issues. DO NOT hit this with a hammer you will destroy the drive shaft and ruin your day. Well the fun part now is replacing that split spring lock clip in the opening securing the drive shaft. Ours went right in without any issues at all. Start the clip in the grove and work your way around keeping the previous part in the slot. Ours just snapped right in. make sure the clip is seated all the way in the slot.
The new eccentric bushing and idler shaft is next. We turn our housing upside down in our pan. Slide the shaft in the casing, install the other end of the small belt on this shaft and slide the eccentric over the shaft. This looks harder than it is but when you have the fit correct it slides right in. Turn the pan back over and align the belt so it is running center on both shafts. If yours is not centered just turn the belt while pushing left or right to get the belt correct. Once this is down replace the long ¼ allen bolt with the square nuts and tighten. Replace the eccentric lock down screw. This is the screw with the washer that you took out earlier.
The shafts are installed. Belt is centered the bolts are all reinstalled. Now we install the digital control. This fits into the side of the housing where the old mechanical speed control used to be. Be careful to install the screws in the proper holes. The posts are directly above each other and the screws we use are the smaller screws, ¾". There are ONLY 2 screws that hold on the control If you are unsure look in the manual. Used a stubby screw drive or a long one inserted through the hole in the other side of the housing. DO NOT over tighten. These screws only need to be snugged up and indeed it is being screwed into plastic posts.
The power supply is next. Install the 4 tinnerman clips on the four ears with the screw side in or round hole outside. Now the video shows installing/connecting all the wiring with the power supply loose. We actually installed the front screws first and that allowed us to pivot up the power supply and attached the wires easily holding the power supply secure. There are three connections 2 spades and one larger plug. The whit spade goes to the switch next to the white wire and the black goes next to the black wire. Now plug the last one into the back of the control panel. We then secured the rear portion of the power supply. There is a black wire retainer clip include in your kit. This is used to secure the power cod and prevent it from being yanked out. This simply snaps over the wire and the folded back ground wire. We secure this using one of the screw that secures the rear of the power supply.
Put the wedge locks back into the housing. These get installed even with sides and then replace the lock down handle. Remember this is a left hand thread, so turn left. Screw on the handle to the treaded post and line up the hole in the bar with the hole in the handle. Replace the roll pin by driving this pin back into the handle using your pin punch. There is a spiral black insulator that needs to be installed. This gets put on the wedge lock bar after you have replace this in the housing. Just spin this around the bar till it is completely used up.
Now we are done with the housing we need to replace the headstock on the way bars. Raise the way bar using the table lift with your piece of wood under the tubes. Slide the head stock down about ¾ the way down the tubes and lock in place. We bring the ShopSmith to the drill press configuration. This is the cool part. Remove the main table completely out of the carriage. Turn around and feed the table into the rear of the carriage so that the table is all the way installed under the rear of the head stock. Place the larger piece of wood on the table. This will support the new motor while you get it install stalled in the head stock. Place the motor on the piece of wood and raise or lower the table so that the top screws on the motor line up with the new holes you machined in the housing. Once this is lined up pull the motor back and connect the wires up. Starting with the small connector connect the motor connector to the matching connector on the headstock power supply. These only connect one way. Now fold back the excess wire back on itself towards the motor. Place a wire clip/tie on this side of the connector nearest the motor. Place another wire tie on the other side of the connector. Pull these tight and clip the tie to clean it up. Next install the green ground wire to the motor housing using the old screw that secured the ground wire to the previous motor, then wire tie it, the ground wire, to the bunch of wires you just connected together. With this done you can slide the motor in and those wire will fold in the housing nicely. We now installed the upper 2 screws through the housing securing the motor these should only be snug so the motor bottom can still pivot in and out.
We then installed the drive belt on the motor and drive shaft pulley insuring all the groves are matched up. The motor is pulled out at the bottom due to the belt tension. If you cannot pulled the motor in to install the screws, there is adjustments that can be made. We had to loosen and adjust our mount a bit to get the motor installed once we had the tension released a bit we could install the remaining screws in the housing. We then re-adjusted the tension on the motor mounts. Take your time here. What you do on one side you do on the other. You want to keep the motor and mount as straight as possible insuring no additional side pressure on the bearings as well as a true running belt. This belt is tight. The higher the horsepower the tighter the belt needs to be. But this does not mean you over tighten. Your motor in now installed and adjusted!
We then checked to make sure the upper and the lower belts are aligned and the bearings are adjusted. We turned on the motor at 500 RPM. It was near silent no bearing noise. Then 900RPM and 1350RPM no bearing noise. Then we tested at 2000 RPM still good. Then 3450 (saw blade speed). We were still nice and quiet. We got lucky and our system was well adjusted as we installed. If it had not been we would have adjusted this using a screwdriver and placing it in the slot in the eccentric bearing and turn left or right till it was quiet.
Place the tinnerman clips on the housing, hole on the outside, and replace the motor pan and screws. Then the belt cover and screws. Don't forget the screw in the middle on the side. Next we installed the cord relief for the power cord using our vise grips. Wrap the cord relief around the cord as close to the pan as possible. Compress the relief and install in the hole you made larger earlier. Replacing the logo plate on the back side of the headstock, we had to file down the pegs on the back of this so it does not contact the power supply. Remove the table and put back in the carriage the correct way. Replace the way bar tie bar end and tighten the end and lock in the down position.
Get out your rubbing alcohol and apply your new labels. You are done!!!!
This entire upgrade while detailed was very easy to do. It took us about 4 hours or so. The difference in the power of this unit is immediately noticed. Your ShopSmith can be connected to 110 or 220 (2HP at this voltage). Its like a new machine again. Amazing upgrade, amazing product. Very well documented, parts are of very high quality and support is always available to help if needed. Nicely done ShopSmith. Visit them at www.shopsmith.com. Stay tuned for other upgrade articles to our ShopSmith wood working system.


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The number of deposit holders is a little lower than previously reported because we asked each Husky owner to confirm their agreement based on our most recent actual performance data. Not everyone has confirmed their order - yet.
Power Flow is now committing to certification on the Aviat Husky as described in the Pre-Production Agreement. Once 40 deposits are received, everyone on the list will save $625 and so on...
Cut-off for Pre-production pricing is now 7/31/10.
If you haven't placed your deposit yet, contact us at 386.253.8833 or Jim Taylor with McCreery Aviation. p: 956.686.1774
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Re: Final (#) of deposits received
We ended-up with 26 confirmed deposits on the Aviat Husky program, after asking initial deposit holders to confirm their deposits based upon our actual testing results, rather than our initial estimates. Although we wanted to have 30 as our minimum number, we also were committed to bringing the Power Flow to the Husky and decided to complete the program.
Our initial FAA Approval in July 2010 is for the A1B and A1C-180 models. We have applied to the FAA to add the earlier, A1 and A1A models to our STC and hope to receive approval by the end September 2010. We started shipping systems for the A1B and A1C-180 models in August, and expect to have shipped systems for all or our deposit holders by the end of November (pending FAA approval on the A1,A1A.)
We are very grateful to all the supporters of our exhaust system and for Jim Taylor's (McCreery Aviation) persistence and dedication in helping to make this a new product.
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A New Bern man and a 5-year-old boy were airlifted to a Greenville hospital Thursday evening after a single-car wreck on U.S. 70 at the Riverdale Road intersection.
A New Bern man and a 5-year-old boy were airlifted to a Greenville hospital Thursday evening after a single-car wreck on U.S. 70 at the Riverdale Road intersection. (For update, go here.)
The crash occurred around 5 p.m. Jerry David Dixon, 32, of Windy Trail, New Bern, was headed west on U.S. 70 between New Bern and Havelock and fell asleep while driving, according to investigating Trooper R.A. Woods of the N.C. State Highway Patrol.
Dixon's vehicle, a 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, ran off the right side of U.S. 70, struck a ditch and then crossed over a service road. The car came to rest beside some woods near the entrance to the Fisher Landing Recreation Site.
The vehicle did not roll, Woods said, but pieces of the car were sheared off as it careened from the highway.
Emergency responders removed the top of the vehicle to rescue Dixon and the boy, whose name was unavailable. Woods said the boy was the son of Dixon�s girlfriend.
The trooper said the boy was not in a child restraint seat as required by law. Instead, he was only restrained by a seatbelt, Woods said.
Traffic on U.S. 70 was halted to allow two helicopters from Vidant Medical Center to land and to transport Dixon and the boy to Greenville. Their conditions were not available Thursday night. Woods said their injuries did not appear life-threatening.
Charges in the wreck are pending, the trooper said. It was unclear if Thursday�s rainy weather played a role in the wreck.
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It's that time of year already! I spent a few hours last week calling around to local farmers, winemakers, and other food producers for a story in today's paper about celebrating Thanksgiving with locally grown foods. The good news is that it's not difficult to do: Plenty of local vegetables are still in season, and you can supplement those with wine or beer from a nearby vineyard or brewery, as well as cheese from our neighborly cheesemongers.
All that research (not to mention talk about Thanksgiving) meant I'd worked up quite an appetite. I wanted to pass along a few recipes for dishes that could use local ingredients. The first comes courtesy of my Aunt Ute; after celebrating Thanksgiving with her for years at my grandma's house, I couldn't help but try to recreate her famous Gingered Sweet Potatoes on my own last year. The second is from Francie Caccavo, who I interviewed for my Thanksgiving story. She passes along a "Can't Wait for Thanksgiving" Turkey Meatloaf, which she promises is delicious.
Gingered Sweet Potatoes
I apologize that none of these amounts are exact — just go by your own taste! I promise, you can't mess this dish up.
1 lb. sweet potatoes (preferably local!)
Fresh ginger
Paprika to taste
1/2 cup (more or less to taste) brown sugar
A few generous dollops of butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Peel and halve your potatoes, then cut each into chunky slivers — think hearty french fries, with a bit of heft. Load up a glass baking dish. Cut off a couple of dollops of butter, and drop them into the pan. Peel and then grate your fresh ginger — a thumb-sized knob generally does the trick, but add a bit more or less depending on your taste. Sprinkle with brown sugar, paprika, salt, and pepper, and pop the whole thing in the oven at around 375 degrees F. Give the potatoes a good stir or two while they're cooking. They're done once the largest chunks are tender when pierced with a fork.
Can't Wait For Thanksgiving, Turkey Meatloaf
From Olivia's Crouton Co. in New Haven, Vermont
2 c coarsely crushed Olivia's Traditional Stuffing
2 c chicken broth (reserve 1 cup for gravy)
1 ½ c chopped onion, ½ large, (reserve ½ cup for gravy)
1 c chopped celery, 2 stalks
1 lb lean ground turkey
1 lb lean pork breakfast sausage* (reserve ¼ lb for gravy)
1 t poultry seasoning
2 eggs
2 T flour for gravy
Salt and Black Pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl mix stuffing and 1 c chicken broth. While stuffing is soaking, prepare onion, celery and add to stuffing mix along with ground turkey and ¾ lb lean pork sausage, eggs, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Combine ingredients, but do not over-mix. Place meatloaf mixture into a large loaf pan or hand form into a loaf shape on a cookie sheet. Bake for a total of 60 minutes, or until center of meatloaf reaches a temperature of 155 degrees.
Prepare gravy in a 12" fry pan over medium heat. Sauté remaining ¼ lb of sausage and ½ cup of onion until tender. If your sausage is very lean you will need to add 1 T butter. Add 2 T flour and stir until combined. Add 1 cup of chicken broth and simmer stirring frequently until gravy has thickened. Adjust thickness by adding sifted flour or chicken broth if necessary. Salt and pepper to taste.
When meatloaf has baked for about 40 minutes, add gravy to the top and finish baking, approximately 20 minutes.
Francie says: This is a yummy, moist meatloaf that reminds me of the flavors of Thanksgiving, a combination of turkey and stuffing wrapped into one. Enjoy!
*If you cannot find lean pork sausage (the commercially prepared varieties have too much fat) you can make your own by mixing 1 lb lean ground pork, 2 t brown sugar and 2 t poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.
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2K's newly announced Spec Ops: The Line is already at the center of controversy as The United Arab Emirates is evaluating a ban on the game. Mohammed al Mutawa, a videogame censor at the UAE's National Media Council, spoke to The National newspaper on the matter, explaining, "we will have to review the game first before issuing any decision on whether to ban it or allow it." He continued, "If it becomes an international matter, various avenues are taken through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow this up."
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Title:Water resources of Alaska
Authors:Feulner, A.J., Childers, J.M., and Norman, V.W.
Publication Date:1971
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
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