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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post4543403289212647479..comments2012-11-30T07:25:57.998-05:00Comments on Millions of Miles: Talking to your kids about raceMegan Terryhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-87927124960541725612011-07-06T21:50:14.078-04:002011-07-06T21:50:14.078-04:00I agree with Anon, that child sounds a bit spectru...I agree with Anon, that child sounds a bit spectrummy to me.

I face race and disability issues head on. You have to. Parents will constantly say "don't stare" and pull kids away. Perfect example this weekend:

I was with a bunch of adults with down syndrome this weekend. A few guys were on swings, making really loud noises (happy noises). A little boy was staring and his dad told him to stop. I went over and knelt down next to him and said "Oh, I see you noticed my friends are swinging! They're so happy to be on the swings that they're using their voices to tell you how much fun they're having!" The kid sort of looked at me, looked back and then went and swung next to the guys.

and I love Sadie for her comment. I don't condone violence (obviously) but I love a girl who is protective of her brother!!Mollyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-64338582425774237202011-07-04T09:34:28.745-04:002011-07-04T09:34:28.745-04:00Oh dear, I don't know what I would have done i...Oh dear, I don't know what I would have done in that situation. The thing about children is that they are innocent and they do ask questions, not to offend or embarrass but simply because they don't know and want to understand. One thing I love about living in London is that families come in all colours and sizes and its normal. Often it is easier to help a child understand something than a grow adult. Differences should be welcomed but unfortunately most people are afraid of what they don't understand. It's just a shame that they're passing it on to their children xxShermshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-28935959558290621032011-06-30T12:11:13.046-04:002011-06-30T12:11:13.046-04:00Megan, My mom and I were discussing this issue ove...Megan, My mom and I were discussing this issue over the weekend. She was a teacher, and we talked about the generational differences in addressing race. When I saw your blog, I pointed it out to here. This was her response: "This was a beautiful example of how we need to teach our children. It makes me wish that I could go back over the last 45 years and redo a few things. I have always tried to treat all races the same but have tried not to call attention to the differences. This is a much better way." Thanks for giving voice to this issue.Amyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-49243033694217960152011-06-29T19:50:59.952-04:002011-06-29T19:50:59.952-04:00I'm so glad you are bringing this issue to lig...I'm so glad you are bringing this issue to light. I think families need to discuss race and more importantly to my family are disabilities. My son has Down syndrome and recently I've had a lot of questions asked about his looks and his abilities. He's only almost 2 so I know as he gets older I'm going to have to educate more people on his abilities and remind others that he is more alike than his is different.awilburn17https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-88716231544828712262011-06-28T23:11:39.159-04:002011-06-28T23:11:39.159-04:00Wow! Great insight Megan, and all those who comme...Wow! Great insight Megan, and all those who commented. I think I would have been speechless in both circumstances. I love how you responded to the mom about the fact that you were indeed "real." Praying that we can all interact with those around us with love and grace.Shaunahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-55697350506602337792011-06-28T22:41:45.848-04:002011-06-28T22:41:45.848-04:00I wanted to comment about the little boy on the el...I wanted to comment about the little boy on the elevator. We have been blessed with adopting three little boys, two who are Caucasion and one who is African American. Diversity and celebrating differences in our family/world is something that we live everyday. Our family is not only racially diverse but we have a child that has cochlear implants to hear which we call his ears and a child who has multiple syndromes that have caused differences in his physical appearance, as well as, a diagnosis as high functioning autism. Talk about drawing some attention/stares out in public... HOWEVER, I really hurt for that little boy/his family for two possible reason. The first is the obvious because maybe he did grow up in a family that was intolerant and he didn't learn about how the differences in our lives are what are so amazing. But secondly,maybe he didn't grow up in intolerance but is being harshly judged by people who don't understand him. That little boy sounds like my son with high functioning autism. When he gets off schedule (like on family vacation), he bounces off the walls, paces, rocks and looks like an absolute disaster. There is no doubt that he loves his brothers. They are truly everything that brothers should be. As part of his diagnosis, he is obsessed with math and patterns. It is amazing to watch him do math 2 grades above his age or listen to him spout more number facts than I can imagine. However, he notices patterns and we went through a period where he would yell "I don't like brown" or "no brown boys in the tub". NOT because he is racist but because he was obsessing on color patterns at the time (i.e. he would line up the toy cars red, yellow, green, red, yellow..Or he would say in the tub it had to be peach peach peach no brown) And yes.. we were in a restaurant once with our family and an African American family sat beside us in a table and my son started to become upset and say "no, the brown people should not be there, they need to be away" And I really hate to think about all the people out there that would want to "pop" my email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-4665460092812665112011-06-28T20:26:58.129-04:002011-06-28T20:26:58.129-04:00Thanks for writing about this- it's really bee...Thanks for writing about this- it's really been on my mind lately too. We live outside the US and adopted our daughter from the country we live in and are anticipating having some pretty big discussions about why she lives with us on the base and not off the base.
 Have you encountered any racism from African-Americans regarding your adoption of Miles? One of the things we're concerned about is whether or not C will be accepted by people in her birth-culture, and how we can make the walk between two, since they'll both be present in her life, easier.Amberhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-59053037809573712702011-06-28T16:29:34.493-04:002011-06-28T16:29:34.493-04:00Brilliant! That mom's world got a bit bigger b...Brilliant! That mom's world got a bit bigger because of you. I'm sure its incredibly hard to take the high road in those situations. Just try to remember that the knowledge and insights we have are just gifts of God's grace. I know I was ignorant of most adoption and some racial issues until I came across your blog. I know there were times I said lame things like this mother, and it wasn't out of meanness or even thoughtlessness- I just had simply lived in a bubble that didn't include those issues. I had other issues I felt passionately about though. We *are* all different and we are dependent on how God uses other people to educate us about those differences. We your faithful followers are totally blessed to learn about race and adoption from you. So keep passing it on sister, and use the highest road possible in the moment as often as possible. :)
Do you think the boy on the elevator might've had some mental disorder?Laura firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-1241793010295552632011-06-28T16:12:53.196-04:002011-06-28T16:12:53.196-04:00Great post. My son is from Ethiopia and we discuss...Great post. My son is from Ethiopia and we discuss color alot in our house because he is starting to notice. I've never really gotten any negative feedback from people about my family, but I'm working on my responces when it does happen. I have purposely chosen to raise my son around a large group of very different people so that he will be a loving and tolerant man. His god father is gay, his god mother is Mexican, he is around black people, white people, brown people, and different religions. I tell him it is ok to be different and I hope one day it won't matter the differences.Terihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-74521657706775068102011-06-28T15:54:53.282-04:002011-06-28T15:54:53.282-04:00Wow, the thought that a young child would say that...Wow, the thought that a young child would say that to Miles makes me sick to my stomach. I am so sorry your family had to go through that and I pray people will stop such ugliness.

Great job on educating the mom who though you weren't "real."Trauma Mamahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-5077545433936900232011-06-28T15:09:59.934-04:002011-06-28T15:09:59.934-04:00Okay, your second story was downright scary. I wo...Okay, your second story was downright scary. I would have been frozen with shock and fear. And I think you handled that first run-in like a champ!

I do have a funny story about trying to point out differences to my sons (one Caucasian, one Asian, both 4-years old). I had made a comment that Matthew's eyes were different because he was born in Korea. My older son disagreed with me. We went back and forth about this, my older son getting more and more angry, declaring that his brother's eyes were NOT DIFFERENT. I finally just laughed a bit, and said, "Isaac, are you honestly telling me that you've NEVER noticed that Matthew's eyes are different??". He said, "They are not different--they are BOTH brown!!!".thewonderfulhappenshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-17748416070706145062011-06-28T15:06:22.020-04:002011-06-28T15:06:22.020-04:00I don't quite know how to respond, other to sa...I don't quite know how to respond, other to say that a) you're awesome b) kudos for keeping the poppin' at bay and c) you should write a book.

Thanks for the educational post!!!Abbyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-61296925513995317622011-06-28T14:26:18.752-04:002011-06-28T14:26:18.752-04:00I'm not surprised by the child in the elevator...I'm not surprised by the child in the elevator and you are right, he didn't learn that by himself at 8. As a teacher I get a chance to talk about adoption and race all the time. Simply by using skin colors isn't talking about race - but explaining that the human construction of racism helps students and parents understand lots. Most of us didn't grow up in a racially diverse society and even if we did talking about race and racism wasn't a part of the dialogue. As we get closer to the place where it might be possible to have a post-racial America the topic should come up more and more. I really work in my classroom and with my girls for them to not just see the skin color, for what it is, skin color and not a limitation, stereotype or beauty division.

Great post!norahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-87487559378742022772011-06-28T14:21:46.006-04:002011-06-28T14:21:46.006-04:00Great writing as always. Grace would have popped ...Great writing as always. Grace would have popped the boy. She is very protective of Haven. Thankfully neither of them are dealing with the ugliness of racisim yet. Haven is brown, Grace is yellow (her term, not ours) and they seem content with that. However, Grace is totally obsessed with the classic white beauty standard of Cinderella and Rapunzel. She waffles between wanting "long beautiful hair" and "little hair" like Haven's. Hope she grows into loving her gorgeous Asian beauty.Carriehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-6796573722155933152011-06-28T13:13:20.454-04:002011-06-28T13:13:20.454-04:00Great post Megan - thanks!Great post Megan - thanks!Johttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-16760590963671746572011-06-28T13:12:45.314-04:002011-06-28T13:12:45.314-04:00Megan - great post! I have long struggled with th...Megan - great post! I have long struggled with this concept. Partly because we live in a very very white area. It is rare you find peopel of color. The books Jack brings home from school have more color than what he is surrounded by. So I struggle with finding learning opportunities. And I too have "blown it" when those chances do come up. Instead, I a now trying to not panic, slow down and think through the right reaction.

Not sure if you have seen this study that Anderson Cooper highlights but found it fasinating. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/kids-test-answers-on-race-brings-mother-to-tears/Carolinehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-6299263581202029622011-06-28T11:47:39.264-04:002011-06-28T11:47:39.264-04:00Thanks for always writing candidly and honestly. ...Thanks for always writing candidly and honestly. What stood out to me in a video we watched as part of a training was the woman saying "Just because race is not an issue for you doesn't mean it won't be an issue for your child. He/She will know they are different and you need to be ready to discuss these feelings"

I also loved this "We have worried so much about being politically correct that we have neglected to teach our children that unique looks and cultures are something to celebrate!" Very true.Tessyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-22804958702108505182011-06-28T11:46:53.653-04:002011-06-28T11:46:53.653-04:00Thanks for this great post! I have two biological ...Thanks for this great post! I have two biological daughters ages 12 and 9 and an adopted black son who is 5. I am ALWAYS interested in hearing about how people talk to their children about race as it is an open discussion in our house. I just found your blog a few weeks ago and really enjoy your posts. Thanks, JillJill email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-74749498750790909392011-06-28T10:11:38.332-04:002011-06-28T10:11:38.332-04:00Right now, we've only dealt with looks. Which ...Right now, we've only dealt with looks. Which is easy to ignore especially since the kids don't understand them. I am not anxious for the day when we have to hear the words that go along with those looks. Thanks for calling all of us to think about what we're teaching our children!Suzannehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-8814466170844117602011-06-28T09:52:06.507-04:002011-06-28T09:52:06.507-04:00Great points everyone. And believe me- if I hadn&...Great points everyone. And believe me- if I hadn't been so in shock over the comment, I probably would have "popped" him :-)

I'm so glad that those of you who are in positions to talk to groups of kids about this are doing it. Thank God for awesome teachers!!!!Meganhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-49679261933099949782011-06-28T09:44:52.929-04:002011-06-28T09:44:52.929-04:00okay, your comment to the mom via the daughter abo...okay, your comment to the mom via the daughter about being 'real' was AWESOME. So great to think on your feet and do it so politely (instead of popping the mom - as Sadie would have suggested! hahaha!) you rock, girl!grumpy chicken's mommyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-35376802415930384452011-06-28T09:43:38.976-04:002011-06-28T09:43:38.976-04:00I LOVE your insight! I appreciate you feeling tha...I LOVE your insight! I appreciate you feeling that way and can promise that I teach diversity in my classroom everyday. As we build community at the beginning of the year I stress the importance of everyone bringing different qualities to our classroom family and how that makes us unique. I remind them of it throughout the year. I believe we're blessed to be the "melting pot" we are. So, AMEN to you!lsampleshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-1796239266555604102011-06-28T09:38:21.218-04:002011-06-28T09:38:21.218-04:00I think this is an awesome post! I have many times...I think this is an awesome post! I have many times when I need to read this over and over. Like the time my own daughter asked me why she wasn't white. We deal with this alot. Thank you for those words. I may link you later if you don't mind!
alot more people need to read this!

Awesome!!! i love it!Just the Two of UShttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-84400990121369998462011-06-28T09:26:58.074-04:002011-06-28T09:26:58.074-04:00It is really good that I was not in that elevator....It is really good that I was not in that elevator. It would not have been pretty to witness. I admire you even more than I already did for not saying or doing anything, but not sure I could have managed to keep my composure. I'm so sorry that you and the kids had to go through that. Love you all!Kennethiahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959924903705805464.post-20140315408059446522011-06-28T09:08:35.409-04:002011-06-28T09:08:35.409-04:00I can only say OMG and Sadie's comment is pric...I can only say OMG and Sadie's comment is priceless. I am sorry that you encountered the boy in the elevator. Thanks for sharing and giving me some good topics of discussion for not only my family, but for me 7th and 8th graders.Jonetthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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10 Best Movies In French
When it comes to naming the 10 best movies in French, every fan has an opinion. However, the following ten films currently rank among the most popular French movies. Running the gamut from romantic comedies to historical dramas, crime stories to war movies, and even a famous children's film--here are ten must-see movies in French.
"The Red Balloon." "The Red Balloon," originally titled "Le ballon rouge," is a 1956 French short film. An award-winning family movie, it follows the adventures of a young Parisian boy and a red balloon with a life of its own. Directed by Albert Lamorisse, the film stars his children, Pascal and Sabine.
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"Manon Of The Spring." "Manon Of The Spring," originally titled "Manon des sources," is a 1986 romantic drama. Also based on a Pagnol novel, this critically-acclaimed movie is the sequel to "Jean de Florette." It tells the story of a beautiful shepherdess who plots vengeance against the greedy conspirators who caused her father's death. Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand star in the film.
"A Heart In Winter." "A Heart In Winter," originally titled "Un Coeur en Hiver," is a 1992 romantic drama. Set in contemporary Paris, the story revolves around three people (a beautiful violin virtuoso, her husband, and his friend) caught in a love triangle. Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, and André Dussollier star in this film.
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"I went to drop the kids off the other day and we couldn't get across the road.
"If you try to go into the school, up the driveway, you get wrong.
"Between 8.20am and 8.30am, is particularly bad just because it's so busy then, there's parked cars on both sides of the road."
Peter Lawson, head of the primary section of the school, today urged people to come forward to take up the post in a bid to improve the situation.
He added: "In the meantime, we would ask people driving along Pennywell Road to be extra vigilant and alert.
"We are also trying to encourage the community police officers to have an occasional presence in the area."
Mr Lawson admitted that even if a suitable candidate for the job was found, the crossing guard was unlikely to be in post before September.
The school has also investigated the possibility of getting a zebra or pelican crossing located at the site.
The Echo understands 11 possible applicants were given interviews for crossing patrol posts across the city during the first week of April, but only three candidates bothered to turn up.
Since then council bosses have worked hard to fill positions, with more interviews due in the coming weeks.
Councillor Paul Watson, leader of Sunderland City Council, said: "The council looks to continually recruit for school crossing patrols.
"We currently have seven vacancies and three candidates are now in the process of being appointed.
"Unfortunately, there are no applicants living near enough to cover the position at Grindon Hall and getting enough applicants at the sites we need filling is an ongoing problem.
"However, we are in discussions with the school regarding the use of existing school staff or parent/carer volunteers.
"We are urging parents and carers to exercise additional care when dropping off and collecting children from school.
"And, as with other school crossing patrol sites, we are looking to see if there are other measures we can take which will improve safety when the patrol is not present."
According to online jobs adverts for the Sunderland posts, a city crossing guard can be paid about £237 per month for 10 hours work each week.
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Irving did not travel with the team to New York so he could be fitted with the mask, but was expected to join the team in time for tonight's game against the Knicks.
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It was simply too dangerous, too unthinkable, in the atomic age—unless the most vital of U.S. interests were at stake.
Jaffe was the Candace Bushnell of the atomic age, painting a picture of the life of single working women in New York City.
Several Provoke photographers were children during World War II and were obviously influenced by the atomic age.
A haunting new exhibition at SFMOMA surveys the effects of the atomic age on a generation of daring Japanese photographers.
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The "death" of matter has been the "birth" of an atomic age.
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Cousin claims Dundon told him he ordered Roy Collins' killing
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A man serving a life sentence for murder has told the Special Criminal Court that his first cousin Wayne Dundon told him he ordered the killing of Limerick businessman Roy Collins.
Anthony "Noddy" McCarthy today gave evidence in the trial of Wayne Dundon (aged 36), of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect and Nathan Killeen (aged 24) of Hyde Road, Prospect who have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 35-year-old Roy Collins at Coin Castle Amusements, Roxboro Road Shopping Centre on April 9, 2009.
McCarthy (aged 32), who is a first cousin of Wayne Dundon, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Kieran Keane in Limerick in January 2003. His brother Christopher McCarthy (aged 31) gave evidence at the trial last week.
Anthony McCarthy told counsel for the prosecution, Mr Michael O'Higgins SC, that he knew the Dundons going back a long time and spent summer holidays with them when they were growing up in Hackney in London during the 1990s.
McCarthy agreed that he continues to challenge his conviction and told the court that he has appealed it all the way to the European Court of Human Rights, which he said was "kind of the last stop".
He told Mr O'Higgins that he was in Wheatfield Prison from 2005 to 2010, where he was in the same "paint party" with Wayne Dundon and his brothers John Dundon and Dessie Dundon. The witness said that a paint party is tasked with painting and touching up paint in the prison and that he would see the Dundons "all the time".
McCarthy said that sometime after 9:30am on the day Roy Collins was murdered, he heard Wayne Dundon "roaring" from a cell right across from his own, which belonged to a Lebanese man.
He told the court that he walked in to the cell and saw Wayne Dundon on a mobile phone shouting and screaming: "You'd better do this, you never do nothing for our family, you'd better do this or you'll be sorry".
McCarthy said he heard Wayne Dundon say: "If you don't do it then you and your mother are going to be sorry".
The witness described Wayne Dundon as being "hyper".
He said after Wayne Dundon had hung up on the call he asked him "what's up?", to which the accused man told him he had "ordered James Dillon to go kill Roy Collins".
McCarthy said he told Wayne Dundon that he should not talk to James Dillon like that as he was "only a young fella", was his cousin and was not involved in violence. He told the court he was disgusted as at the time there were ongoing peace talks to end family feuding as part of the Limerick regeneration project.
He said he then heard Wayne Dundon say to his brother Dessie "that f**king muppet Gareth Collins wouldn't drive the car neither".
McCarthy said he then returned to his own cell, where he was "very stressed out" and "very angry" about what had occurred. "I didn't want it to happen, I was trying to figure out ways to stop it", McCarthy said.
He said he thought the best way to do this was to talk to Dessie Dundon and tell him there had been a big outcry over the murder of Shane Geoghegan and for "something like this" there was going to an even bigger outcry.
McCarthy also asked Mr O'Higgins to be allowed tell the court that he planned to contact a member of his family to in turn contact a member of Steve Collins' family to tell them the Dundons "were up to something". Steve Collins is the father of the deceased Roy Collins.
However, McCarthy agreed that he did neither of those things.
The witness said he later checked the "teletext" service and saw that a man had been shot in a pub in Limerick. McCarthy said he knew then this was Roy Collins, but he was initially happy as the thought the report stated the man had been shot in the leg, which he believed in the worst case would result in hospitalisation for a couple of weeks.
McCarthy said that sometime after 2pm on April 9 he met Wayne Dundon on the top of the prison landing and told him he had seen from teletext that a man had gotten shot in the leg. He told Mr O'Higgins that Wayne Dundon said "Steve Collins didn't believe me when I did that in court". The witness gestured by tapping the wristband of his watch hand while saying this to the court.
He told Mr O'Higgins that he asked Wayne Dundon if the man was shot in the leg, to which Wayne Dundon replied "as for him being shot in the leg, he's dead" and "I warned James Dillon to kill him".
Asked by Mr O'Higgins who "him" referred to, Mr McCarthy replied "Roy Collins".
Mr McCarthy agreed that he had made a statement to gardaí on September 3, 2013 and wrote to gardaí on April 5, 2011 where he described everything he had made a statement about.


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Thanks for putting up with me while I learn to understand this entity...he's slowly revealing himself through words but, like I said, he's really scared about being seen because he doesn't think many people would understand.
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3/10/2007 8:14pm, #1
How Many Belts are Enuf?
At my TKD dojang we have 10 belt ranks from white to black. My son and I were looking into the window of a Karate dojo at a nearby town while killing some time and saw that they had 10 colored belts on the wall too. Holy freakin crap! How many belts are enuf? I thought that TKD was the only belt factory MA!
I thought that the origin of the black belt was that it was a white belt that'd been worn so much that it got darker with age?
Anway, what's the MA with the least amount of belts? Or is it just Moo Ty that doesn't have belts, just ass whoopins?
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The local Judo place has white/green/brown/black.
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You only need one belt to hold your pants up.
It would cool if a school only had one belt, and you had to kick the teachers ass to get it.
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we use strips for each belt to keep the costs down. You only pay $10 for your belt and test.
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I like the Japanese judo system of white, brown, black.
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Actually different stripes would be a really nice way to do it, but most people are happier with $40 belts than with lame-looking stripes.
I have a standard TKD system:
white, yellow, OJ, green, blue, purple, brown, red, advanced red. then we have a bodan belt (red on top, black on bottom), during which time you take free stripe tests and basically go up through the entire curriculum again, albeit much faster and hopefully at a higher level. Then of course there's black belt. We don't really count the bodans as "color belts," so I'd say we have nine.
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At the Muay Thai gym I train at, not belts. Show up and train. Same goes for the place I train Baji Kung Fu.


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1946 Mercury Sportsman. Photo by Drew Shipley, courtesy Auctions America.
Looking to produce a postwar halo car, and inspired by a one-off woodie convertible created for Henry Ford II, designer E.T. "Bob" Gregorie and illustrator Ross Cousins created the Sportsman convertibles that debuted for both Ford and Mercury in 1946. Ford sold 723 Sportsman convertibles in 1946, but sales of the higher-priced Mercury were disappointing, prompting Ford to discontinue the model after a mere 205 were built. Last weekend, a 1946 Mercury Sportsman convertible crossed the auction stage in Burbank, California, where it achieved a fee-inclusive selling price of $236,500.
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There was far more to the Mercury Sportsman than maple spars and mahogany inserts, and the added bulk of the wooden products necessitated the use of larger fenders from a 1941 sedan delivery. That car gave up its taillamps as well, but most other Sportsman components (such as the top, grille, hood and front fenders) were shared with the standard Mercury convertible. Power came from a 239.4-cu.in. flathead V-8 rated at 100 horsepower and mated to a three-speed manual transmission.
Photo by Drew Shipley, courtesy Auctions America.
In the cabin, the Mercury Sportsman featured leather-faced seats in the buyer's choice of tan or red, complete with French stitching. Amenities like power windows were standard, though, surprisingly, the Liquamatic Drive automatic transmission was no longer an available option. With a price tag of $2,209, the Sportsman convertible was the most expensive vehicle in Mercury's 1947 lineup, selling for nearly $600 more than the painted Mercury convertible (and $227 more than the Ford Sportsman woodie convertible).
Photo by Drew Shipley, courtesy Auctions America.
The example that crossed the block in Burbank was reportedly fresh from an extensive restoration, completed earlier this year. Finished in Botsford Blue paint with a tan interior, the Sportsman came complete with the optional foot-controlled radio and heater, and even included a Columbia two-speed axle for comfortable highway driving. Though the $236,500 price realized fell short of the $368,500 realized by RM Auctions for a comparable example at Monterey in 2009, it was still sufficient to put the Mercury into the sale's top-10.
1958 Porsche 356A Speedster. Photo courtesy Auctions America.
Other cars in the sale's top-10 included a 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster, which sold for $1,155,000; a 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa by Pinin Farina, which sold for $1,017,500; a 1990 Ferrari F40, once owned by Rod Stewart, which sold for $990,000; a 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra, which sold for $962,500; a 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC; which sold for $759,000; a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT, which sold for $385,000; a 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster, which sold for $302,500; a 2005 Ford GT, which sold for $275,000; and a 1984 Ferrari 512 BBi, which sold for $253,000.
1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country station wagon. Photo courtesy Auctions America
More affordable lots of interest included a 1949 Crosley Super Sport roadster, which sold for $9,900; a 1971 GMC Three-Door Suburban, which sold for $9,625; a 1967 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, which sold for $9,350; a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside pickup, which sold for $9,240; a 1948 Crosley Station Wagon, which sold for $8,580; a 1965 Mercedes-Benz "Fintail" sedan, which sold for $7,700; a 1967 Solyto Break Camping, which sold for $7,425; a 1967 Saab 95 station wagon, which sold for $6,600; a 1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country station wagon, which sold for $6,600; and a 1968 AMC Javelin SST, which sold for $6,050.
For complete results from Burbank, visit Auctions America.com.
Although I am not a fan of most woodies, this one is really cool. I remember when many vehicles came without a heater from the factory and it was added in by the dealer. I have had several "old cars & trucks" all the way into the late 50's that had Arvin heaters added.
Not sure about the Mercury, but the Ford Sportsman of that year had a "heater" that was perched on the exhaust manifold. It was Not a hot-water heater with fan.
Some years ago, Richard D Olsen, a history teacher in Fargonordakoda, had a Pair (!) of Ford woodies — a station wagon that had been an ambulance in a small town, and a Ford Sportsman convertible.
The station wagon had been painted white and the seats taken out and stored under a tarp in a city shed. When it was sold, Dick bought it and was preparing to drive it home when a city official asked if he would like to have the Original seats.
You know the answer to that one.
As for the convertible, he found that and restored it in the same color as the Mercury above. But it had a Mercury flathead in it — apparently it had been replaced sometime around 1956 or so.
He got a rumor the switch had been done in a barn near Devils Lake, ND, so one day we hooked up a trailer to his car and just drove up there and started looking around asking about it. After 8-10 tries along a specific country road, the local farmer said he recalled hearing about that being done, and gave us a location to check.
We went there and asked if Maybe there was an old Ford engine in the barn. There was. When we checked to see if it was still loose, it was. And the guy said there was some "sheet metal" nearby, so we checked that out and there was the original manifold heater!
Had the flathead rebuilt so the numbers matched, and for a while there he had a Unique pair of woodies in the region.
Finally sold them both — his real love was Olde English Cars, and he used the cash to get back into that with a vengeance.
He's been retired long since, and I haven't seen him in years. As a teacher, he was one of my top three. As a Car Guy he was tied for first with several others.
If I ever get back, I'll have to look him up. I think that his son is going to inherit the Jaguar MkV salon. He was going to sell the two MGs — TD and Magnette.
Whoever got Any of his cars at Any price got a great deal. They were all in good condition and running when he sold them. A genuine craftsman.
a local well driller I know had a merc convert and sold it a few years ago. it was a project car and needed a lot of work,but George got good money for it. this looks to be a very nice car.
Wow, what a group of great vehicles a person could have gotten for $50,000 at the bottom of the list! The Crosley and Saab.. fun stuff.
Very nice '46 Merc convertible.
My father had a '41 Mercury convertible, just the regular model. He had it, during the 1940's, before I born. I believe it was cream coloured.
He's gone now, but I recall showing him an advert for a '41 Merc convertible…back in the '80's, maybe the 90's…where a restored one was selling for $ 29,000.00 USD.
He was both tickled and amazed when he saw that ad, that a '41 Merc convertible would of been worth 29 grand.
If he were still here, I think 236.5 Grand for a '46 Merc convert, even a rare model, would amaze him further.
The Sportsman sure brings back memories. Some time in the late 40's or early 50's I remember seeing a Ford Sportsman with a clear plexiglas top. That was in a little town of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Being a Mercury man, I've always found the `46 Sportsman fascinating. The slight styling touches that set it apart from the Ford version were nice, especially the sedan-delivery rear fenders. That extra inch or so in length helped to accentuate the rear flanks.
I've been lucky enough to actually see one once at the Eyes On Classic Design car show in MI. at the Dodge estate.
Thank you Kurt, the Mercury is certainly a beauty and the Town and Country was a bargain.
On the 46 Merc, too much money, but what a chic little cutie she would have been in 46, any upwardly mobile suburbanites Dream! 🙂
The neighbor across the street from us in the 1960s had the twin of the red Porsche Speeders except I believe it was a 1959 model. He was a Major in the Army and had just returned to America after a 3 year stint in Germany.
On the very best days of my childhood he'd take us kids for a ride. I'm sorry he's not around today to see how much his little toy is worth now.
I remember a red 356 "bathtub" in rough, but complete and running condition. The guy sold it for $600 so's he could move to Arizona. The buyer then DROVE it to California and sold it for five grand!
I'll bet both wish they had it back.
And, as usual, the real fun cars are at the bottom. No real steals, but decently priced.
The woodie is sharp, but a quarter mil???
John, it's less painful if you think of it as "2009 pricing, with a $132,000 rebate."
The GMC looks nice and it can carry that strange looking Solyto around as a lifeboat.
The "Sportsman" is one of the most absolutely beautiful cars ever in my opinion, and this one is just stunning ! When I look at these, I can feel my blood pressure rising….not a good thing. And sorry to the Hot Rod and custom car folks….This is how time and energy should be spent on classic cars…just one man's opinion. Regarding the Porsche. I live across the street from a widow who is in her 80's. She has one of these speedsters that belonged to her late husband sitting in the garage. It was restored back in the 80's and hasn't run since. She sold other cars from his collection….Ferrari, 930 turbo, 66′ Mustang, Datsun 510, etc but say's she's keeping this one as it was his favorite. ……Someday….dream,dream.
Very interesting that the Sportsman had power windows standard. In '46. At that point they were not common even as an option on Cadillacs, Packards etc.
The windows were hydraulic, like GM used in those years. Ford went to electric power windows in `52, and GM in `49.
I wonder if Jay Leno was there?
Jay was an on air commentator during the NBC Sports broadcast along with Barry Weiss from Storage Wars.
I'm liking that Caddy, that Saab and that Javelin very much!
I remember the new 1946 Mercury and Ford sportsman cars, the thing that I noticed first was the Lincoln power windows. I had a Ford and Mercury sportsman cars in the 1990's and sold them both to the same person for $6000. If I had them now they would still be unrestored. I glad some one got them to restore. I have a 1948 Mercury convertible, a very good California car but it has a flat tire and a dented hubcap which is more than the average restorer of today can handle
After several dealings with Babb it's safe to say he doesn't leave a restorer much money to finish the project
I live a couple of blocks away from where they parked all the cars, and WOW, what a selection. There was a '53 Hudson Hornet with Twin-H power I would have given my eye teeth for, but it was kind of pricey at 26 grand.
Around 2006 when I was looking for a classic car, a nice Hornet went for around seven grand. My that old inflation thing has even hit classic cars!
I saw a couple of the Ford Sportsman models, one in a museum, and another in a private collection in Santa Fe, and they are stunning. Although I favor Buick wood wagons, these rare Ford-built cars are my favorite woodies. And the Merc is even rarer. Too bad these were only made for a very short time. No wonder they command a high price.
The woodies were, and remain even now, Very high-maintenance cars if one tried to drive them in weather for any length of time.
My late stepfather, Martin Mickelson, in Fargonordakoda had a shop that was one of the few recommended to repair wood on woodies in the Upper Midwest. I think his father was the progenitor of the facility.
I recall watching him work on several of them. The jointwork between the strong pieces was formidable and exact.
The woodies went out of vogue because repair/replacement costs were so high to a large degree. There just weren't any more people around who could do that sort of work as time and technology changed.
The most interesting woody I ever discovered in that area was a 40's era Nash 4-door sedan in a junk yard outside of Dilworth. I wanted to buy it, but my stepfather said not to bother. "It'd cost more than it's worth to fix the wood."
So I didn't.
I'm not disappointed. He was probably correct.
Have never seen another one, or even heard of one being shown anywhere.
Still highly underloved, the '68 Javelin for 6K is a steal. Now that's a car a "Thrift-minded Collector" will enjoy………
The Woodie is nice but like most here I find the 10K cars more interesting.
In 1966 at the Portland Oregon swap meet, A guy from Boise showed up with one of these convertibles with no engine and no front clip but the remainder of the car was there and in outstanding condition right down to the upholstery.
The car sold for $275 with clear title… I have always wondered where that car went. Any ideas?
Thanks all
Richard Lawrence
Oregon coast
Back in 1953 I saw a rough Ford Sportsman going down the road with no decklid . The rear license plate was hanging by a wire back of the seat. They did not hold up to well in the Pacific Northwest. Could have probably picked that car up for a song; they weren't worth much then.
If they hadn't disappeared, they'd not be worth much now.
I'm always grateful that a lot of interesting cars got thrown away. If they hadn't been, no one would be bothering to fix the few remaining examples now.
Yes it has been rumored that Babb actually dug up his mother's grave to extract gold from her tooth.
What is the little brown box/cabinet under the dash?
that is the heater
at 15 years old in 1956 in LA, I bought a Ford Sportsman for $50 that didn't run and was missing the trunk lid. I basically didn't know what I was doing when trying to restore the wood and the car, but did my best. I worked as a box boy at a market, saved up the money and I bought a used engine. A local garage took me under their wing and helped me installed it and get it running (they hired me when I turned 16.) Anyway, I found a old deck lid in a local wrecking yard for $15. Tried to install it, but it turns out they were not exactly a like–like it was a bit too narrow and didn't fit the curves.. Eventually, even though I was too young to drive, my older brother took it on a road trip to SF area–I never checked the oil on the trip and we blew the engine up in Ventura. After a friend of his helped us tow it home using a chain…well I sold the car for $100 (I think). In the 60's I owned a 46 Merc woodie I fixed it up and loved it for several years. Today I just restored a '46 Merc Coupe–the flathead runs great–planning a big road trip with the wife…enough..


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The Expedition 32 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station Monday continued preparations for an upcoming spacewalk and worked with a variety of science and health experiments from around the world.
Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko gathered equipment and completed some initial preparation work on their Russian Orlan spacesuits for a spacewalk they will conduct on Aug. 20 to prepare the Pirs docking compartment for its upcoming undocking and disposal. During the spacewalk, the cosmonauts will relocate the Strela-2 hand-operated crane from Pirs to the Zarya module. They also are scheduled to deploy a small satellite, retrieve exposure experiments and install some micrometeoroid debris shields on the exterior of the Russian segment.
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba deployed and loaded software on a laptop computer for EXPRESS Rack 7 and performed some maintenance on the Total Organic Carbon Analyzer which is necessary for checking drinking water quality aboard the orbital complex.
Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide replaced a hard drive in the Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack Laptop and gathered trash for stowage and disposal in the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 cargo craft.
Flight Engineer Suni Williams performed some maintenance in the Columbus laboratory, replacing the air interface in the Kubik drawer.
Acaba, Hoshide and Williams also were involved in a number of health experiments throughout the day, including the Sprint experiment. Sprint involves taking ground-directed self-scans of the leg to measure the effectiveness of high-intensity, low-volume exercise training in minimizing the loss of muscle mass and bone density that occurs during long-term exposure to weightlessness.
Flight Engineer Sergei Revin worked in the Russian segment of the station, performing a variety of routine maintenance duties and monitoring its life-support systems. He also worked with the Russian Bar experiment, which looks at methods and instruments for detecting the location of a loss of pressure aboard the station.


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UC Irvine Guard Darren Moore Gets Full Spiderman Chest Tattoo
There is no bigger Spider-Man fan on the planet than yours truly.
I have been collecting Spider-Man comics since I was 9 years old and I have over 325 comics and graphic novels. I have a full size cut out of Spidey in my man cave.
Big fan of all the movies (except Spider-Man 3 which was a train wreck).
With that being said, I can't see myself getting a full Spider-man tattoo on my chest.
Whoever was the tattoo artist, should get a medal or something because that isn't an easy tat to do.
Darren Moore is no stranger to ink as you can see— I wonder what was his thought process was about making sure that Spidey will be with him for life.
Maybe he has a thing for red heads?
Actually here is what he had to say:
"When I was younger I was really into art," Moore said. "And the only thing I could draw in great detail was Spider-Man. When I got into tattoos, I thought it'd be great to get a Spider-Man tattoo, but I wanted to do something different."
Just remember Darren with great power comes great responsibility.


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"the fountain lay before her, the lakes, the temple and, far away on the last spur, a glittering obelisk"
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Temple of the Four Winds, Castle Howard - Credit: Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons
The Obelisk at Castle Howard - Credit: Roger Gilbertson, Wikimedia Commons
The Atlas Fountain, Castle Howard - Credit: roger geach, Wikimedia Commons
All the features mentioned here can be found at Castle Howard.
There are, in fact, two fountains at Castle Howard: the well known Atlas Fountain and The Prince of Wales Fountain.
The temple at Castle Howard is known as the Temple of the Four Winds.
An obelisk is a tall, usually four-sided tapering structure, which may or may not have an interior space.


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Rim fire footprint would encompass Valley's 5 largest cities
The Rim fire is winding down, now 92% contained at a cost of more than $125 million. But it's the physical size of the fire that continues to capture the imagination — what does 257,135 acres look like?
Mono Lake, on the east side of the Sierra, has a footprint of 45,000 acres. Lake Tahoe is about 122,000 acres. That's not a bad comparison if you've seen those lakes.
Fellow reporters have resorted to all kinds of comparisons. I recently heard a network news anchor refer to it as a third the size of Rhode Island. Others compare it to the area of Los Angeles or San Francisco.
So this is my attempt at putting the San Joaquin Valley into this picture. I wondered if the fire footprint was big enough to encompass the Valley's major cities, including Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto and Visalia.
Yes, they would all fit within that footprint.
Bakersfield had the largest physical footprint I found. It is 146.6 square miles, according to the U.S. Census. Fresno, which has a bigger population than Bakersfield, is only 112.3 square miles.
The Rim fire is 402 square miles. And any way you look at it, this is the third largest fire on record in California.


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LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - A JP Morgan technology expert who fell to his death from the U.S. bank's 33-storey tower in London's Canary Wharf financial district had a high level of alcohol in his system before he died, an inquest heard on Tuesday.
Gabriel Magee, 39, a vice president with JP Morgan's corporate and investment bank technology arm, plunged from the building in January, hitting a lower, 9th-floor roof where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The inquest heard written evidence from a senior toxicologist that Magee, from the United States, was found to have had an alcohol level nearly three times the legal driving limit.
Mark Gibbons, a friend and colleague, said that although he had seemed happy at the time of his death, there had been a previous incident in New York where Magee had sent an email along the lines that he "couldn't handle this" before disappearing for a short while.
However, when he re-appeared he seemed fine, the inquest heard. (Reporting By Costas Pitas; editing by Stephen Addison)


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Big worries over the increasing power of GoogleSoft (formed in the year 2015 by the merger of
The Unconventional Wisdom
The Mac will still have 3% market share. And Mac users will still think world domination is just around the corner.
The Misplaced Assumption
Most people seem to think that the world will be melting and we'll all be living under five feet of water. I think things won't be much different from what they are today.
The Watch List
The people who will be making news in 2017 are all in the sixth and seventh grade right now. That makes me feel old. Oh wait. I am old.
The Bold Prediction
President Hillary Clinton will serve out her second term ending in 2016 and then will be elected to a third term for the sake of continuity as the war in the Middle East spreads to other parts of the planet.


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March 19, 2003
Major conversions for Keppel Shipyard
The preferred shipyard for SBM in the Far East, Keppel Shipyard has completed four similar fast track projects for SBM since 2000. These projects include FPSO Espadarte, Yetagun FSO, FPSO Falcon, and FPSO Brasil.
"Fast track projects are very challenging both for the owners and the shipyard," commented Tong Chong Heong, managing director and COO of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), the parent company of Keppel Shipyard. He noted that a special challenge was ensuring that a high standard of work was achieved without compromising safety and cost management.
Keppel Shipyard has achieved Accident Frequency Rate (FR) of 0.96 and 0.88 accidents per million man-hours of working for FPSO Falcon and FPSO Brasil compaerd with a general marine industry FR of 3.2 for year 2002. Overall, Keppel Shipyard achieved an FR of 1.72 for year 2002, which is 46.25% lower than the Marine Industry's average.
"Fast track projects require engineering, fabrication and assembly works to be carried out in parallel and little room for errors is allowed," noted SBM COO Dick van der Zee. "Expertise and flexibility on the part of the shipyard is absolutely necessary. Keppel Shipyard has demonstrated time and again what it takes to perform such demanding work."
The 270,000 dwt FPSO Marlim Sul is scheduled to arrive in Keppel Shipyard in March/April 2003. The work is expected to be completed in 11 months, after which the unit will be leased for nearly eight years to Petrobras to be deployed in the Marlim Sul field off Brazil.
The upgrade on the trailing suction hopper dredge for Jan de Nul involves modification of the ship structure for a deep dredging system that is able to dredge up to 135 m deep, installation of suction pipe inlet (130 tons new steel), installation of trunnion gantry/service frame, pump cradle/winch/gantry, 135m/80m suction pipe assembly and inboard dredging pipe/jet pipe and electrical and hydraulic system.
When completed Vasco da Gama will become the world's largest dredge of its class.


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App Con's: Expensive, complex app isn't easy for the average user
Conclusion: Using a virtual machine on your computer is one of the best ways to use incompatible applications. It also makes it easy to keep your PC free from poorly written apps or apps that don't uninstall cleanly. VMware wrote the book on virtual machines and is one of the BEST ways to accomplish these tasks.
The biggest problems with VMware are that its expensive and complicated to setup and use. At $250 for a single workstation license, you need to make sure you take advantage of its 30 day trial before you buy. Its also a very complicated application to setup and configure. Many consumer users will need to either seek assistance from the help file, printed documentation or support forums to insure that they get the best performance out of the app. Please note that I've given this app a low usability rating because of its level of complexity.
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