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Nov 2nd, 2017 – Odunlade Adekola Marks Wife, Ruth Adekola's Birthday With Beautiful Photos & Lovely Message
All secret admirers will have to move over as the owner of the house has just arrived.
Meet newly branded Mrs Ruth Abosede Adekola, the wife of Nollywood hottest actor, Odunlade Jonathan Adekola.
The UNILAG undergraduate took to the social media early this morning to shower praise on his wife and the mother of his 4 handsome boys as she marks her 39th birthday.
Check out the beautiful message the actor wrote for his wife aka Mummy D4 on his official Instagram page today.
See photos from her official birthday shoot.
Though she is not a social media person, close colleagues of the actor believe she is his support system.
May you live long to fulfill your destiny in grand style.
Happy Birthday Mrs Ruth Adekola.

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More in from "A Diary of Injustice in Scotland" by Peter Cherbi at http://petercherbi.blogspot.com
MSP in rent row to stand down amid calls for reform of Scottish Parliament expenses gravy train
The Herald newspaper is reporting today that John Home Robertson MSP, who was caught claiming £7000 from the taxpayer to live in a £73,000 flat bought by his 17-year old son, with no mortgage, days before he became an MSP in 1999, will not seek reelection at next year's Holyrood elections. Too bad then, but there should be a full investigation into this matter .. hope someone has lodged complaints !
However, fear not readers .. as it seems Home Robertson is going off to the House of Lords .. where no doubt, the hard habit of milking one's expenses account will be a tough one to break .. and with the possibility of lucrative directorships of companies doing business with the Government of the day, as several lords have already taken up ... I'm sure we won't have heard the last of Home Robertson's activities by way of the gravy train.
Someone emailed me asking why I had covered the article here : Scottish Labour Politician rents his own son's flat for £7000 a year, charging it up to taxpayers ... and if I had anything against JHR. I don't. I don't even know him personally, but I know of him of course, as I know of a lot of the other msps ... and I do know he's one of those at Holyrood who have stood by from time to time and not done everything he should have for constituents .. so that lets me in to make a comment, or more, on it.
Today's Scotsman newspaper is also reporting calls for the MSPs' mortgage allowance to be reviewed .. although there certainly needs to be a much greater review than just the mortgage allowance ... with more immediate action than the laughable proposition from the Parliament's Speaker, who, the Scotsman are reporting wants any action on this to be delayed until the next parliament is formed.
"But he [George Reid] stressed nothing would be done before the election and any changes would have to be discussed by the new parliament elected next May."
That is a joke, right ?
Would anyone in their right mind, even a sober man, come out with such a ridiculous explanation in the wake of the recent media attention on our milking msps & the calls for action on this matter ?
How's his own expenses doing I wonder ? or those of his party colleagues ? and is this delay also to give time to the many msps who haven't declared everything they should ? ... amid fears that someone knows something and is about to publish .... but such information would be better saved for nearer the elections, wouldn't it ? much more impact around that time ... might knock the voters around a bit .. and serve some people right for not helping those who need it.
Anyway, Reid's delay, via the infamous Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, should give everyone time to milk as much as they can .. better get the mortgages paid up as much as possible then and get the properties sold off for big profits before any action after March 2007 does come on this one, if at all.
Looking through the Scotsman board on Monday's report on this issue .. which you can read here Calls to scrap allowance as MSP claims £979 a month for mortgage .. there were several good postings on just who was claiming what as an MSP ... which I have known for awhile anyway .. but how about we have the full list published in the papers ?
Every political party in Scotland has people who are milking the expenses .. but they made the rules so they could do that, and.. it's not just Labour, sadly
As the sole msp giving comment on this matter attacking the allowances scheme shows - Tommy Sheridan (who probably thinks he's landed on the moon on this one) that means there's too much to hide for everyone else to speak .. what is it ? Party orders from the whips not to condemn the allowance scheme ? or is it just that there's no one brave enough or clean enough left at Holyrood to tell the truth & tackle the issue ? .. I suspect it's the latter.. sadly.
Another whitewash from the whitewash of whitewashes to be expected .. but the dirt still flows, and more revelations on the cards, and thanks for the tip on the Wishaw matter, whoever gave it... seems to be checking out ...
Read on for the Herald & Scotsman articles, links to follow
John Home Robertson to stand down from Holyrood
CATHERINE MACLEOD November 08 2006
John Home Robertson, MSP for East Lothian, will not seek reselection for next year's Scottish parliamentary elections.
Mr Home Robertson, who has represented the Scottish parliamentary constituency since 1999, will tell the East Lothian Constituency Labour Party tomorrow night that he intends to stand down.
The MSP's decision to announce his intentions at this time triggered speculation within Labour's ranks. While he was not expected to fight the election, he was not expected to make his intentions clear until next spring.
One Scottish colleague claimed last night that he was standing down because of recent adverse publicity over his expenses – it is understood he claimed £7000 from the taxpayer to live in a flat bought by his 17-year old son days before he became an MSP – but last night Labour sources denied he was standing down for any other reason but to give the party plenty of time to select another candidate.
As speculation at Westminster suggests Mr Home Robertson will be bound for the House of Lords next year, a senior Labour figure insisted he was standing down now to avoid any suggestion of a Labour Party fix. The party is expecting the vacancy to attract interest from more than a handful of aspiring candidates. Iain Gray, a former Scottish Executive minister and now special adviser to Douglas Alexander, is almost certain to put his hat in the ring.
Mr Home Robertson, a favoured colleague of the late Donald Dewar, represented Westminster constituencies of Berwick and East Lothian, and later East Lothian since 1983, before electing to stand for the first Holyrood elections in 1999.
In the early years of the Scottish Parliament he was the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, and in 2001 he took on convenership of the Holyrood Progress Group, which had responsibility for overseeing the completion of the new Parliament Building Project. He opposed calls to cap expenditure on the project.
And the version from today's Scotsman newspaper :
MSPs' mortgage allowance to be reviewed
HAMISH MACDONELL SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR (firstname.lastname@example.com)
HOLYROOD managers are to review the controversial housing system which allows MSPs to claim back mortgage payments from the taxpayer, it emerged last night.
George Reid, the Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer, announced that officials would investigate the system and suggest possible reforms.
But he stressed nothing would be done before the election and any changes would have to be discussed by the new parliament elected next May.
MSPs can claim the Edinburgh Housing Allowance to cover interest-only mortgages on properties in the capital if they live too far away to commute to Edinburgh. They can also claim back the cost of utility bills and council tax on these properties.
The system has come in for intense criticism, particularly because some MSPs have bought properties using the scheme then sold them later for substantial profits which they have been able to keep for themselves.
The scheme came under the spotlight again earlier this week when it emerged that Tavish Scott, the transport minister and MSP for Shetland, has been claiming £979 a month from the taxpayer to cover the costs of a mortgage and other bills on a big house in the city's Morningside area.
Tommy Sheridan, the Solidarity MSP, has been a vociferous critic of the scheme and has called for it to be scrapped as soon as possible.
Jack McConnell has also expressed his reservations about the scheme and has called on the Scottish Parliament's Corporate Body (SPCB) to review it.
Yesterday the corporate body met and decided the scheme should be reviewed - but not until after the election.
Mr Reid said: "The current system of allowances was brought in by unanimous vote of parliament in June 2001. The Corporate Body has no authority to alter that system. It can be changed only after further debate and vote of parliament.
"We acknowledge that there are issues to be addressed, but they are complex and have to be addressed in total."
And he added: "It is the SPCB's intention to have all the arguments delineated by March 2007 for determination by our successors after the elections in May."
The review of the Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance will be part of a broader investigation into the allowances system for MSPs.
Officials will be asked to find out whether there is any realistic alternative, either for the parliament to purchase a block of flats for MSPs or to put them all up in hotels, or whether there is any way of preventing the MSPs from making a profit, while keeping the system broadly the same as it is now.
Other parts of the system have come in for criticism, particularly as all MSPs get access to the same resources, whether or not they are constituency MSPs with constituency workloads, or regional list MSPs with a much broader remit.
Other changes which could come about as a result of the review are:
• Changes to the pay and conditions of MSPs' staff. At the moment researchers and secretaries are paid out of each individual MSP's allowance, but this could be changed to make them direct employees of the parliament.
• Changes to the office system, setting down different requirements for constituency and regional list MSPs.
Mr Sheridan said last night the review was "long overdue" but "welcome none the less". He said: "The Edinburgh accommodation scheme is not only discredited, it's unacceptable. No individual MSP should be allowed to personally profit from an accommodation scheme in the future and any changes must take effect immediately
"In addition, MSPs' salaries should be reduced to reflect the average wage of skilled workers in Scotland and all parliamentary staff should become proper paid employees with trade union rights and conditions instead of being employed directly by individual MSPs," he added.
Taxpayer picks up the property tab
TAVISH Scott, right, is the latest MSP to become embroiled in controversy over the Edinburgh accommodation allowance after it emerged earlier this week that he was charging the taxpayer nearly £1,000 a month to cover his costs for a £380,000 house in Edinburgh.
Mr Scott, the transport minister and MSP for Shetland, is claiming £979 a month to pay a mortgage and other bills on a home in the Morningside area.
Mr Scott has already made £36,000 on an Edinburgh flat he bought with the public purse and traded up to the bigger property with the help of the allowance.
The allowance is supposed to provide MSPs with accommodation for the days they stay in Edinburgh. Most have invested in small city-centre flats, but Mr Scott is the only one to have used the scheme to buy a big, family house.
Mr Scott has not broken any rules, but his use of the allowance to purchase such a big property fuelled demands for change.
THE Labour MSP John Home Robertson was criticised after it was revealed last month he was claiming £7,000 a year of taxpayers' money to live in his son's Edinburgh flat.
He charges Holyrood £600 a month to rent a property bought in the name of his son Patrick days before the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Mr Home Robertson, the MSP for East Lothian, was able to make the claim as his home in the Borders is classed as beyond daily commuting distance.


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It's been a crazy month for me, so I wanted a bit of a pick-me-up sewing project. This pencil skirt was perfect. I saw this silk and cotton graphic print at Mood Fabrics online (no longer available, but I think these silk twills from Mood might be similar) and just had to have it. At first I was envisioning a mini skirt, something like Vogue V1247 (previously made here). But, even though I'd swatched the fabric, I was still surprised by how big the print was when it arrived. It would have been nearly impossible to get a full flower burst into the skirt I had in mind.
Draping the fabric on my dress form convinced me that I should keep thinking narrow skirt, but in a longer length – a pencil skirt instead of a mini skirt. My go-to pencil skirt has always been BurdaStyle's Jenny basic skirt (previously made here and here), but this time I wanted to try something new. I started digging through my pattern stash and came up with Vogue V1093 from the Donna Karan Collection. I liked how the slanted side seams hid little pockets in what I imagined was a much more natural position for my hands than the typical straight-up-and-down side seam pockets.
See how the side seam starts farther forward at the top and then angles backward as it moves down? The look was even more dramatic before I chopped off quite a few inches from the length after deciding I wanted the skirt hem to fall right below the knee, not mid-calf as per the pattern.
The fabric sewed and pressed nicely. Well, everywhere except for the seam allowances right around the pocket. They did not want to stay pressed open. I was about ready to cut out the pockets in the hopes that that would help when I realized the problem could be solved by just pressing all of the side seam allowances towards the back and top stitching them down. I used my edge stitch foot in order to get an even line of stitching, and voilà! I became the proud owner of two smooth side seams. The pattern actually called for lots of top stitching, but I omitted it everywhere else since the little bit at the side seam is hardly even noticeable amidst all of that crazy print.
The back closes with a perfectly-inserted-the-first-time-around invisible zipper. I'll admit that I usually get a weird little bubble at the bottom of my zipper after inserting it by machine, which I then go in and fix by hand. This time I took my time and followed the instructions to a T, and I may have done a tiny little happy dance when I realized how well it came out. It's the small things, right?!
There's also a back vent. And, even though it added a bit of hand work, I opted to line the skirt. Since the skirt wasn't intended to be lined, it didn't come with any extra pattern pieces. So, I just cut identical front and back pattern pieces out of my lining fabric (the same silk crepe de chine I used to make this top, which, by the way, I finally got unwrinkled by accidentally drying it in the clothes dryer), converted the darts to pleats and sewed the side seams at 3/8″ for a little extra wiggle room, and then hand sewed the center back seam to the main fashion fabric to keep the zipper and vent functional and the lining in place.
I may have had a slight slip of the scissors when trimming the lining, which you can see on the right side of the left photo above, losing about a half an inch. It'll still do its job though, so I didn't lose any sleep over it!
I sewed a bit of hem lace to the bottom of the skirt, turned it up, and catch stitched it into place. Oh! That reminds me. When you catch stitch a hem, do you grab tiny bites of fabric from the wrong side of the hem and the wrong side of the skirt, both below the top of the hem, so the hand stitching doesn't show from either side? Or, do you grab tiny bites of fabric from the right side of the hem and the wrong side of the skirt, reaching up above the hem with the latter, so the hand stitching shows from the inside? Do my descriptions even make sense?! I do the former, but this month during the #bpsewvember Instagram challenge (which, sadly, I knew I just couldn't keep up right now), I saw many pictures of the latter, so I figured I'd ask. I can't remember where I learned the method I use, so perhaps I've gotten it wrong?!
I stabilized the waistband with a bit of horsehair canvas from Joann Fabrics. Finally, to close the top of the skirt, I went for a hidden button. I picked up the button at a fabric, patterns, and notions giveaway here in Seattle the very day I was hoping to finish up the skirt. I wanted to put something from the giveaway to use right away, and this button seemed just the thing. When the waistband is closed, you can't see the button since I sewed it so it faces inside. It's a little secret that will always remind me of the generosity of this community.
Here's to many more successful pick-me-up projects! And, happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US!


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This spring/summer has been a little busy for the Goyers. (Of course you know that!)
- We've had a wedding in Europe and a reception in Arkansas
- I wrote novel
- My son and his family moved to Hawaii
- We're in the process of adopting four kids and our house has gotten even busier!
Then, all of a sudden it's almost the end of June and I realize my new book Prayers that Changed History releases June 30th! Oh my!!
I haven't had very many brain cells left to think about book promotion. (Like NONE!) That's why I need your help! I would love to have you share about this book, and I've made it easy for you!
Here are links to share:
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There's even a FREE printable color sheet for kids!
Finally, I want to end with WHY this book is so important to me! Prayer is important, and this is something I want kids to understand!
Why I Wrote Prayers That Changed History
I first got the idea for this book in 1999, and it's been simmering ever since. As a homeschooling mom and a Christian, I kept coming across these great stories of prayer, and I loved them! They encouraged my own prayer life, and I wished there was a resource for my own kids. I believe in prayer with all of my heart. I believe prayer changes history. Sometimes the answered prayers are small. Sometimes they are huge.
The Bible is filled with amazing stories of what happens when people pray: the sun standing still, the walls of Jericho falling, the mouths of lions closing. We know those are answers to prayer because the Bible gives us an eternal perspective. We see these events from God's perspective and sometimes we can get other glimpses of prayer-at-work through historical stories and figures. (That is my desire for this book!)
I wrote this book to:
- highlight a historical person and a moment of prayer;
- to teach children how to pray;
- and to discuss prayers through the very words of the people highlighted. (We do not have God's point of view in these stories, but we have the view point of the people [or nation] who prayed, and in their eyes miracles did happen.)
As readers of faith, you and I believe in the value and the power of prayer. This is the lens through which we see historical events. This is how the people who prayed saw them. We view history in the way we see the Bible–as a platform for God to do is great work, starting first in the hearts of men and women and then through events and circumstances.
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Author: Cara Lynn Shultz
Rating: ★★★ 1/2
Synopsis: Paige Kelly is used to weird–in fact, she probably corners the market on weird, considering that her best friend, Dottie, has been dead since the 1950s. But when a fire demon attacks Paige in detention, she has to admit that things have gotten out of her league. Luckily, the cute new boy in school, Logan Bradley, is a practiced demon slayer-and he isn't fazed by Paige's propensity to chat with the dead. Suddenly, Paige is smack in the middle of a centuries-old battle between warlocks and demons, learning to fight with a magic sword so that she can defend herself. And if she makes one wrong move, she'll be pulled into the Dark World, an alternate version of our world that's overrun by demons-and she might never make it home.
Huge thank you to Harlequin Teen and Netgalley for this ARC!
River's Review:
So I liked this book a lot more than I expected to! The blurb sounds a bit meh, but I was intrigued by the ghost aspect (and the cover is gorgeous!) so I thought I'd give it a shot. I LOVED Paige. I love sassy-smart girls and she fit the bill! Paige can see ghosts so when she stars talking to squirrels (who are standing near ghosts in the park) her parents freak and she gets help (drugs, therapy, etc) and labeled the school weird-o. But this doesn't really deter Paige, she just deals with it, puts herself above the petty girls and boys that mock her, and sticks to her guns. Sure she doesn't let her parents know that she's talking to ghosts, but she doesn't let it stop her from chatting with her ghosty BFF in the girls bathroom.
This all comes to a head when some new kids show up… and they turn out to be demons. This was a really cool part of the story that I didn't expect and was happy to have. I thought that Paige was going to get caught up in a love triangle with the funny-cute new boy (Logan) and the dark sexy new boy (Aiden) but nope! That didn't happen. I loved that there was no love triangle at all. Even Ajax had potential for it, but nope. Didn't happen. And the romance between Logan and Paige was really well done. Slow, sweet, and it felt real.
Anyway, Paige turns out to be an important key to the war between the Dark World and Our World and the demons want her. Logan, who's a demon hunter, vows to protect Paige and even teachers her how to fight and protect herself. She gets her own magic sword! I really liked this too. Often the girl doesn't really learn how to fight, or if she does she's not very good at it. So I really liked that Paige not only learned how to fight but she got her own weapon.
I liked the demons in this story. I love it when an author makes the demons creative. The demons in this world are all attached to elements or strong emotions and they look like people (or can make themselves look like people) and they bleed different colors, have different abilities depend on their element, and when they die… they "go" in different ways…
The only problem I really had with this was that it felt too long. I found myself falling into lulls at times and I'd start to skim a bit before I found something that caught my attention and then I was sucked back in. I also didn't really FEEL anything when the big revels happened. Like, I knew I was supposed to be feeling something but I didn't. So that fell a bit short.
Overall this was good though, and Paige was a great MC. If you like paranormal or demon books then this will be right up your alley!


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A variety of physical processes involving scattering and
interference phenomena cause color in a variety of minerals.
Thin films of a material with an index of refraction which differs from the host mineral cause the color of some minerals. The sequence of colors has long been recognized as Newtons colors, the same colors seen in an oil slick on water. The following examples are representative.
Regularly spaced layers of minerals with different indices of
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There's the Zürich Festival going on in Zürich this weekend. It's an event that takes place only every few years but practically it's just a big street fair. Nevertheless, it's really lovely to see so many happy people out in the streets, lots of delicious food and hear music all around!!!
The Zoo
I also visited the Zürich Zoo this weekend. I'm not a big fan of zoos, I just always find animals in captivity really depressing even though I know that good zoos are now more and more concerned about conservation rather than entertainment. Still, especially apes, are always so sad looking.
On the other hand, the Masoala Rainforest in the zoo was quite amazing! And the project is working closely with the people living near Masoala National Park in Madagascar to promote sustainable living and wildlife conservation in the area. The replica of the rainforest is present in 11,000m2 area in the zoo and has 60 different animal and 700 plant species in it.
One animal that I was excited in seeing at the zoo (not that I think it should be there…) was a shoebill, which captured my attention the first time when I saw Africa documentary by the BBC.
Sorry, but I think the video bellow is only available in UK but I would definitely suggest seeing the Africa documentary (the shoebill is in episode 2) for everyone!


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Hi all! I am CB and I have been a dressage aficionado for 30+ years. One of these days, I'll dig up some old photos and we can really roll down memory lane. Or not. We'll see. My first lessons were on Fjord Horses (technically, I think they were ponies, but they seemed huge to me). And then it was on to horses. The bigger the better.
Last fall my Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) flared up pretty severely. I was no longer strong enough to ride or handle my beloved (and rather troublesome) mare, Olivia. She found a new strong owner in the spring. It was pretty much looking like I was never going to have a horse of my own again. Some days I have trouble walking, or maybe I can't use my hands well. I certainly cannot ride everyday and keep a horse going in full training. So an end to owning horses came for me.
Nobody said anything about PONIES, though.
A friend of mine had this cute pony. About a month or so ago, another friend (I'm looking at you SB) suggested we go look at the pony, because looking never hurt anything. So they set up a date for me to meet the pony, no doubt knowing full well it would be love at first sight.
They were not wrong. And then friend number one made me a deal I couldn't refuse. So, now I HAVE A PONY. And there is nothing worse than a born again pony fan.
Santos is currently 2 years old. He is a German Riding Pony and is still a stallion. He is the kindest, gentlest, sweetest
horse pony I have ever been around. I am seriously like an 8 year old whenever I am around him. I can't wait to get him ALL THE OUTFITS!
I am looking forward to spending the next couple of years getting him started just right. (while sporting spiffy outfits and ribbons in his mane and tail, more than likely. He just moved in to my neighbors place 4 days ago, so it is convenient for me to see him every day now. We will start with a structured routine (as long as my body cooperates) in a week or so. Right now, he needs time to adjust to his new surroundings, his new friend Charlie Horse, and his new routine.
There is nothing better than a tiny pony, I am coming to understand. I look forward to have a gentle and kind
horse pony to help me keep riding even when my body is not cooperating. For now the future looks bright for Santos and me. I know there will be bumps in the road, and that it won't always be easy, but for now it is heaven.
Until next time.


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Feeling a little dry and spent? Needing to spend some intentional time digging deeper with God? Needing stretching or a new challenge?
DNA could be just what you are looking for! There is something for everyone in this tailor made year, whatever age, stage or type of work you are in. Every year we have trainees spend a year or 6 months in with God, going deeper and peeling back new layers of who they are and what they are being called into!
Meet Sue Jolly, she did DNA 2017/18 after feeling God calling her to take some time out and just be for a season. Here she tells us about her year and how DNA served her in her sabbatical.


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A simple ecological principle that applies as well to building as it does to everyday life is to source locally. Unfortunately it's not easy to follow in our topsy-turvy world where it's cheaper to source almost everything – food, clothes, building materials – from the other side of the world than from our own back yard.
This idea was important to the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement whose interest in vernacular buildings and traditional methods of construction inevitably turned their gaze towards the local materials that had shaped these methods. Like many eco-builders today, they wanted both to challenge the values of mass house-building and to reclaim the quality and character of site-sensitive construction.
Although I'm keen to follow this principle too for both ecological and aesthetic reasons it's a bit difficult to realise in the middle of south London where I cannot nip down to the local wood, quarry or kiln. Nonetheless I have a large pile of thick logs from a diseased and subsequently felled sycamore that grew at the front of the site plus a single three metre long log pruned from a mulberry tree on my allotment. So I can make a symbolic gesture towards the principle of local sourcing, even if most of my materials will come from a little further afield.
Sycamore and mulberry are both attractive hardwoods. The latter is very rare so I am hoping to use it as a veneer for a prominent wall. The sycamore is destined to become bookshelves in our double-height library. But that's all a long way off. First the wood has to be cut and dried, so it's time to load it all into the back of a van and drive it to a wood yard located just off the A13 near the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel.
I meet Danny, the woodsman who runs Citywood Services, who promptly gets into his Landrover and asks me to follow him deeper into the urban forest, like Hansel following the Sandman. We eventually emerge at an old, deserted dry dock filled with rubbish. Here, as storm clouds build above us, the great toothed beast that we had been hunting appears in the gloom: a giant milling machine that can turn logs into one inch planks.
We load the logs one-by-one onto the machine and Danny runs them through with the enormous sliding, circulating saw. The planks soon start piling up, the sycamore revealing the dark blooms of the fungal infection that killed it. The patterns are striking, reminding me of highly-prized Dutch tulips, their petals shot through with the dazzling work of a hidden fungus.
We finished the job just as the rain begins to fall and I followed Danny out of the forest and back onto the broad concrete highways of London Docklands. I waved good-bye and was soon back in the deep south where I unloaded our planks and stacked them carefully in our narrow but well-ventilated garage. It will be at least a year before they will be ready to use – one year of drying for every inch thickness, plus a bit, is the rule of thumb – so for now all I can do is admire the patterns, dream up schemes for how best to use them and breathe in the thick, musty smell of drying timber.


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"The Reluctant Fundamentalist," Mira Nair (U.S., Qatar)
"To the Wonder," Terrence Malick (U.S.)
"Something in the Air," Olivier Assayas (France)
"Outrage: Beyond," Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
"Fill The Void," Rama Bursztyn and Yigal Bursztyn (Israel)
"Pieta," Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
"Dormant Beauty," Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
"E' stato il figlio," Daniele Cipri (Italy)
"At Any Price," Ramin Bahrani (U.S., U.K.)
"La cinquieme saison," Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Netherlands, France)
"Un giorno speciale, " Francesca Comencini (Italy)
"Passion," Brian De Palma (France, Germany)
"Superstar, " Xavier Giannoli (France, Belgium)
"Spring Breakers," Harmony Korine (U.S.)
"Thy Womb," Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
"Linhas de Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento (Portugal, France)
"Paradise: Faith," Ulrich Seidl (Austria, France, Germany)
"Betrayal," Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
"L'homme qui rit," Jean-Pierre Ameris (France)
"Love Is All You Need," Susanne Bier (Denmark/Sweden)
"Cherchez Hortense," Pascal Bonitzer (France)
"Sur un fil," Simon Brook (France/Italy)
"Enzo Avitabile Music Life," Jonathan Demme (documentary) (Italy/U.S.)
"Tai Chi 0," Stephen Fung (China)
"Lullaby to My Father," Amos Gitai (Israel/France)
"Shokuzai" (Penance), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
"Bad 25," Spike Lee (documentary) (U.S.)
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist," Mira Nair (India/Pakistan/U.S.)
"O Gebo e a Sombra," Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal/France)
"The Company You Keep," Robert Redford (U.S.)
"Shark (Bait 3D)," Kimble Rendall (China)
"Disconnect," Henry-Alex Rubin (U.S.)
"The Iceman," Ariel Vromen (U.S.)
OUT OF COMPETITION -- Special Events
"Anton tut ryadom" (Anton's Right Here), Lyubov Arkus (documentary) (Russia)
"Ya Man Aach" (It Was Better Tomorrow), Hinde Boujemaa (documentary) (Italy)
"Sfiorando il muro," Silvia Giralucci & Luca Ricciardi (documentary) (Italy)
"Carmel," Amos Gitai (Israel/France/Italy)
"El impenetrable," Daniele Incalcaterra & Fausta Quattrini (documentary) (Argentina/France)
"Witness: Libya," Michael Mann (documentary) (U.S.)
"Medici con l'Africa," Carlo Mazzacurati (documentary) (Italy)
"La nave dolce," Daniele Vicari (documentary) (Italy/Albania)
"Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour (Germany)
"Khanéh Pedari" (The Paternal House), Kianoosh Ayari (Iran)
"Ja Tozhe Hochu" (I Also Want It), Alexey Balabanov (Russia)
"Gli equilibristi," Ivano De Matteo (Italy)
"L'intervallo," Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy/Switzerland/Germany)
"El Sheita Elli Fat" (Winter of Discontent), Ibrahim El Batout (Egypt)
"Tango Libre," Frédéric Fonteyne (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
"Menatek Ha-Maim" (The Cutoff Man), Idan Hubel (Israel)
"Gaosu tamen, wo cheng baihe qu le" (Fly with the Crane), Li Ruijun (China)
"Kapringen" (A Hijacking), Tobias Lindholm (Denmark)
"Leones," Jazmin Lopez (Argentina/France/Netherlands)
"Bellas Mariposas," Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
"Low Tide," Roberto Minervini (U.S./Italy/Belgium)
"Boxing Day," Bernard Rose (Great Britain/U.S.)
"Yema," Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria/France)
"Araf" (Araf - Somewhere in Between), Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey/France/Germany)
"Sennen no Yuraku" (The Millennial Rapture), Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
"San Zi Mei" (Three Sisters), Wang Bing (documentary) (France/Hong Kong-China)
"Las manos limpias," Carlos Armella (Mexico)
"Bansulli" (The Flute), Min Bham (Nepal)
"O Afinador," Fernando Camargo & Matheus Parizi (Brazil)
"Resistente," Renate Costa & Salla Sorri (Denmark/Finland/Paraguay)
"La sala," Alessio Giannone (Italy)
"Marla," Nick King (Australia)
"Miracle Boy," Jake Mahaffy (U.S.)
"Living Still Life," Bertrand Mandico (France/Belgium/Germany)
"Frank-Étienne vers la béatitude," Constance Meyer (France)
"I'm the One," Paola Morabito (Australia)
"Luisa no está en casa," Celia Rico Clavellino (Spain)
"Cargo," Carlo Sironi (Italy)
Cho-De" (Invitation), Yoo Min-young (South Korea)
"Titloi Telous" (Out of Frame), Yorgos Zois (Greece)
"Diamond Sutra," Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei)
"L'homme qui rit," Jean-Pierre Ameris (France


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Boston Herald
Jason Mastrodonato: 89-73, AL Wild Card.
The Red Sox can't get any worse production out of left field, first base and third base than they did last year. The additions of David Price and Craig Kimbrel add a half-dozen wins to the projection.
Michael Silverman: 83-79, 3rd place, miss playoffs
There's no way (right?) they finish in last place once more but it's real difficult to look at their lack of slam-dunk rotation depth and believe it's good enough to lead them into October baseball.
Ron Borges: 88-74, AL Wild Card
The pitching comes through better than expected but the batting order has more holes than we expected.
Steve Buckley: 82-80, miss playoffs
Price is right. The rest of the rotation isn't.
Evan Drellich: 90-72, Win AL East
The division will be close, but with the team in contention from the get-go and a go-for it mindset, a starting pitcher pick-up at the deadline gives Sox a needed boost.
Boston Globe
Peter Abraham
AL East: Blue Jays — Marcus Stroman will offset the departures of David Price and Mark Buehrle.
AL Wild Card: Royals and Astros — The defending champions are still potent and Houston has the transcendent Carlos Correa.
ALCS: Astros over the Blue Jays — Houston wins its first pennant since 2005, takes out Toronto in six games.
World Series: Cubs over Astros in five games: An outraged President Trump refuses to invite the Ricketts family to the White House.
AL Cy Young: David Price, Red Sox — The Sox fall short of the postseason, but at least they have a legitimate ace again.
Nick Cafardo
AL East: Blue Jays — Marcus Stroman becomes an ace, Aaron Sanchez has breakout season and offense continues to crush.
AL Wild Card: Yankees and Astros — The Yankees have enough in their starting rotation to get them to their fantasy bullpen, and the Astros' younger players get better.
ALCS: Rangers over Tigers — Rangers' lineup comes up big vs. Tigers' pitching.
World Series: Cubs over Rangers in six — Cubs break 108-year curse with Theo Epstein at the helm.
AL Cy Young: David Price, Red Sox: Every bit as advertised and completely dominant over 33 starts with 20 wins.
Dan Shaughnessy
AL East: Blue Jays — Bat-flipping their way to the World Series.
AL Wild Card: Indians and Red Sox — Tito's Tribe beats Sox in one-game playoff at Fenway.
ALCS: Blue Jays over Astros — A hockey town over a football town.
World Series: Cubs over Blue Jays in seven — Lester MVP. Bob Lobel says, "Why can't we get a pitcher and GM like that?"
AL Cy Young: Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays — The next baseball megastar.
Alex Speier
AL East: Blue Jays — I'm proudly shooting for nine straight years of getting this division wrong.
AL Wild Card: Indians and Red Sox — Cory Snyder and Joe Carter are finally ready to help Cleveland make the leap.
ALCS: Indians and Astros — I was wrong about the Indians last year, and I'll probably be wrong about them this year.
World Series: Nationals over Indians in 6: Bryce Harper will wake up the game.
AL Cy Young: Chris Sale, White Sox — He hasn't given up a homer to a lefty since Sept. 2, 2012.
Chad Finn
AL East: Blue Jays — Donaldson/Bautista/Encarnacion combine to mash 100-plus homers for East beasts.
AL Wild Card: Red Sox and Angels — David Ortiz's storied career gets one more October chapter; Mike Trout locks down another MVP
ALCS: Astros over Blue Jays in 7: Winning AL crown will finally stop us from still thinking of the Astros as an NL team.
World Series: Cubs over Astros in 5 — Hey, Theo Epstein does know a thing or two on how to properly end a curse.
AL Cy Young: Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays — 24-year-old righthander and former David Price understudy is 15-6 with 3.31 ERA in young career.
Christopher L. Gasper
AL East: Yankees — The Empire strikes back with a power bullpen. Chapman, Miller and Betances are a relievers Murderers' Row.
AL Wild Card: Blue Jays and Indians — The Blue Jays bash and bat-flip their way to back-to-back postseasons; the Indians soothe LeBron's departure.
ALCS: Royals over Yankees in 6 — KC wins the battle of the bullpens and radar guns.
World Series: Cubs over Royals in 7 — In Theo I trust.
AL Cy Young: Chris Archer, Rays — One of David Price's prized apprentices masters AL batters.
Sons of Sam Horn
Rob Bradford and John Tomase both predict the Red Sox to finish third, behind the Blue Jays and Yankees.
CBS Sports
The Guardian (UK)
AL East championTwo of the writers pick Boston to lose in the ALCS.
DL: David Price is in Boston, but now the Jays have a healthy Marcus Stroman. They also have power, pen, and, now, real dirt base paths! So it seems like Toronto, but this division is a basket case. Can I switch in July?
DG: The Blue Jays went for it all last year and came up short, but they still have a potent lineup in place that could be the difference in a competitive division.
LC: Picking up David Price was huge. Craig Kimbrell is an overpowering closer who will thrive in Boston. The lineup remains strong, Mookie Betts will finally break out and the Red Sox will benefit from seeing the Good Hanley Ramirez.
JB: The Boston Red Sox. Turns out hiring a GM who understands you're a big market team and acts like it turns a roster around quick.


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I showed my 11 year old how to look at card prices yesterday. This is what I found on my work table this morning. I think I've created a card dealing kidpreneur.
(I have no idea what "N/A" means here)
Looks like some YuGiOh cards will join the MTG cards over at my TCGplayer shop soon.


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|June 2, 2010
|How BP's "Beyond Petroleum" Branding Strategy Became an Epic Failure
|By: Jim Gregory
Jim Gregory is founder and CEO of CoreBrand, a global brand strategy and communications firm based in Stamford, Connecticut with offices in New York, New York and Tokyo, Japan. With 30 years of experience in advertising and branding, Jim is a leading expert on brand management and credited with developing pioneering and innovative tools for measuring the power of brands and their impact on a corporation's financial performance. Among the tools Jim has developed is the Corporate Branding Index (CBI) -- a research vehicle that has continuously tracked the reputation and financial performance of over 1200 publicly traded companies in 47 industries since 1990.
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Whitney Port is in Miami for Mercedes-Benz Swim Fashion Week, but that didn't mean she didn't have some free time to throw on a swimsuit and hit the waves. Whit sported this white bikini as she palled around with a girlfriend and a mystery man (new boyfriend?) in on South Beach.
Click here to see more photos of Whitney in Miami
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~Kelli at Hills Freak


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'USFK Commander Gen. Walter Sharp shares words of encouragement with South Korean soldiers at a dock on Baeknyeong Island, April 7.'
USFK commander voices opposition about loudspeaker broadcasts
: U.S. experts have noted that the broadcasts may cause a rift with the U.S.
Posted on : Jul.7,2010 12:13 KST Modified on : Jul.7,2010 14:44 KST
By Lee Jae-hoon
United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Walter Sharp has reportedly expressed his virtual opposition to the South Korean Army's plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts at the DMZ aimed at North Korea. Sharp reportedly expressed this view when he met with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Lee Sang-eui after the Lee Myung-bak administration's announcement on May 24 of measures pertaining to the sinking of the Cheonan.
Multiple military sources connected to South Korea-U.S. relations said Tuesday that Sharp had doubts as to the aim and effectiveness of the loudspeaker broadcasts, and asked if there was a contingency plan should a firefight erupt between North Korean and South Korean troops. The sources said Sharp's expressed opinion has been interpreted as opposition to the restart of propaganda broadcasts. Sharp reportedly expressed his opinion during a breakfast meeting with Lee in early June.
The military sources also said Sharpe expressed regret that South Korean military authorities did not confer with the UN Command, a party by international law to matters pertaining to the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), prior to the announcement of plans to restart the loudspeaker broadcasts.
Military authorities installed loudspeakers at 11 locations along the MDL after announcing a plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts as part of the measures aimed at North Korea announced by the Lee administration on May 24. Actual broadcasts have thus far not restarted, and the plan to operate LED screens for psychological warfare use has been virtually canceled. A military source said cooperation between the United States and South Korean military authorities regarding psychological warfare operations has not been smooth.
North Korea has responded to South Korea's plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts through repeated threats. The head of North Korea's delegation for inter-Korean military talks issued a threat to fire on the loudspeakers on May 26, and the North Korean military's general staff threatened to launch a full-scale war and turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" on June 12.
Appearing before a parliamentary special committee on the sinking of the Cheonan on June 11, Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said in regards to the loudspeaker broadcasts that the ministry had decided to delay as both South Korea and the United States felt it would be best to start them after the UN Security Council finishes taking measures against North Korea. It appears the South Korea's military's reserved attitude on the matter was greatly influenced by the negative attitude of the United States.
In response, Donald Gross, Asia policy advisor to Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, stated through a column in the Hankyoreh on June 21 that the South Korean army's psychological warfare operation could ignite a wide-ranging military conflict on the Korean Peninsula of which the end would be impossible to accurately predict. Cautioning that it would have the unintended effect of causing a fissure in the South Korea-U.S. alliance, Gross called for the plan to be indefinitely postponed or scrapped all together.
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) was established as a statutory body by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998. Its main function is to ensure that food produced, distributed or marketed in Ireland meets the highest standards of food safety and hygiene reasonably available and to ensure that food complies with legal requirements and recognised codes of good practice.
Food legislation is enforced on behalf of the FSAI by a network of official agencies working under service contract to the FSAI.
Main activities of the FSAI
The main activities of the FSAI are:
- Co-ordinating food safety control programmes.
- Inspecting, approving, licensing and registering premises involved in food production and distribution at manufacturing, wholesale and retail levels.
- Auditing food safety activities in Ireland to ensure best practices are being observed.
- Linking up with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to gather relevant data on human and animal infections. This is to identify the current public health priorities and emerging problems so that control measures can be targeted appropriately.
- Providing education and advice for all, from primary producers to consumers, on how to prevent foodborne illness.
- Linking with the Department of Health's Health Promotion Unit and existing bodies in the area, to provide advice on matters such as nutrition, food technology, industrial practices, the cultivation of food plants and animals, food labelling and packaging and on improving systems for the communication of information to the public on food safety and hygiene in the home.
Service contracts
The FSAI may exercise its authority directly or by service contracts with other agencies. It has entered into service contracts with: the local authorities; the HSE; the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; The Marine Institute; The National Standards Authority of Ireland; and The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority.
Each service contract includes the targets and objectives that the Authority wishes the agency to meet and the timeframe within which these must be achieved. The Authority has published details of the contracts and has a system of monitoring to ensure the contracts are being adhered to.
The FSAI has a Memorandum of Understanding with Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Revenue's Customs Service, and the Loughs Agency.
Enforcement of food safety standards
The Authority has the power to carry out the following in order to determine compliance with food legislation:
- The inspection, approval, licensing or registration of premises and equipment, including premises or equipment used in connection with the manufacture, processing, disposal, transport and storage of food
- The inspection, sampling, and analysis of food and food including food ingredients
- The inspection and analysis of food labelling
The FSAI carries out its enforcement role by means of service contracts with the official agencies.
In order to maintain full traceability, the Authority's remit includes farms, other places of primary production, water treatment plants and any other source of materials used in food production.
The authority has a wide ranging power to seek reports from any State body on a matter that, in its opinion, impinges on food safety and to report to the Minister for Health.
Authorised officers
The Authority has authorised officers who have extensive powers to enter and inspect food premises, to secure these premises for later inspection, to inspect and, if necessary, remove records. These officers may take samples of food or related materials and have these samples analysed and it is an offence for any person to obstruct an officer in carrying out this duty.
The authorised officers are the staff of the various agencies involved in food safety, including Environmental Health Officers from the Health Service Executive (HSE).
Improvement notices
Where an authorised officer is of the view that any premises or activity poses a threat to public health, he/she has the power to set out the action required to remedy the situation and set a time limit for its completion. The officer may serve an improvement notice, which is binding on the recipient. Improvement notices are used where there is clear need for some remedial action but where a complete shut-down of operations may not be warranted. Where an improvement notice is not complied with, the officer may seek an order from the District Court to force compliance – this is known as an improvement order.
Closure order
In more serious cases, where the officer believes there is an immediate and grave threat to public health, a closure order may be made. This means that the operation must cease until the problem has been remedied.
Prohibition order
In cases where unsafe products or product batches have been distributed by the producer and are on the market, authorised officers may insist on the withdrawal, recall, detention and supervised destruction of products posing a threat to public health – they issue prohibition orders in these cases.
Breaches of the food safety laws may be prosecuted by the FSAI or any of the agencies involved.
Promotion of food safety
The FSAI provides information and advice on a whole range of food safety issues, including foodborne diseases and risks and how to prevent food poisoning. Information is available from the address below or from the FSAI website. That site also has details of Alert Notifications and product recalls as well as Codes of Practice that have been agreed with various food producers. There are also guidance notes for retailers on the food safety laws and advice for consumers and the food industry.
Food safety assurance schemes
The Authority may, either on its own initiative or in co-operation with food producers' representatives, establish schemes to protect consumer interests. These food safety assurance schemes cover the promotion of best practice and preparation of guidelines on raw materials, processing, packaging, preparation, storage and handling.
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In my previous post, I discussed the creation of my digital library, the development of a Collection and Content Policy and the issues I encountered when creating metadata for the collection. The final part of this assignment for our Digital Libraries (IS40560) class was to create a poster or exhibit about the collection, either as an online presentation in Omeka or as a paper-based poster. I created an exhibit called Cables and Lace. Below is the essay I submitted detailing the visual choices made as well as challenges and issues related to information presentation.
For my exhibition I decided to focus on two different knitting techniques that serve a similar function but in very different ways. I hope that my exhibition will inspire users to consider different knitting techniques and how that can enhance the overall knitted items well as motivating users to consider how these techniques can be used in non-traditional ways. The exhibition also serves as a marketing tool to draw in new users to the library by using strong visual elements. Items in the exhibition are taken from a range of collections within the digital library to encourage users to further explore the digital library as a whole rather than focusing on individual collections.
Exhibition inspiration
Cables and Lace, as explained in the introduction to the exhibition, are two means of adding texture and visual interest to a knitted item in very different ways. Cables use crossed stitches to add density to the knitted fabric while lace techniques open up the fabric by using various increase and decrease stitches.
The exhibition also aspires to inspiring users to consider non-traditional ways of using these techniques. For example, within the Cables section of the exhibition the example is given of a knitted necklace designed to give the illusion of a cable. Similarly, the girl's dress in the lace section of the exhibition shows how use of lace techniques can add interesting detail to garments. A blanket is also featured in both sections of the exhibition, showing how lace and cables can be used together with interesting effect.
The exhibition also serves as a marketing tool for users who may still consider knitting as something their Granny does. I hope to dispel the myth that knitting is only for older ladies who knit Aran jumpers for their families. The examples used within the exhibition show that knitting can produce beautiful, modern and versatile pieces.
Exhibition Design
The design of the exhibition uses the same theme as the whole digital library. This should give impression that it fits seamlessly into the library, rather than feeling like a separate website. It is designed to give context to the wider collections and as such function as part of the library.
Adding two distinct sections – cables and lace – to the exhibition allows the user to compare and contrast the two techniques while the addition of the blanket to both sections serves as a link between them. Within each section I chose a highly visual layout that highlighted the images of the items. I hope that this is not only aesthetically pleasing to me but I hope this would also appeal to my users.
Similar to challenges faced with Omeka, my main frustration was the limitation in control over how things display. For example Omkea asks the digital librarian to create an exhibition, then to create sections within that exhibition and finally to create pages within each section. While I can see the logic of this within a larger exhibition, for a smaller exhibition such as Cables and Lace this adds a lot of redundancy for the end user. I would have preferred the option to simply add my content directly to the different sections rather than having to create additional pages within each section.
From an aesthetic point of view I would have preferred the option to add a logo or selected images within the collection to the front page of the exhibition, however this is not possible. We live in a society with a limited attention span and the addition of visual interest to the front page of the exhibition would give the opportunity to entice users through our virtual doors.


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Camp Lejeune
The following meals will be served at Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools for the week of Oct. 1:
Monday: Cereal, toast, fruit, and juice.
Tuesday: Cereal, toast and juice.
Wednesday: Pancakes, cereal, applesauce and juice.
Thursday: Poptart, cereal and juice.
Friday: French toast sticks, cereal, and juice.
Monday: Corndog nuggets, green beans, corn, and fresh fruit.
Tuesday: Cheeseburger, baked beans, broccoli and peaches.
Wednesday: Cheese pizza, corn, green beans and fresh fruit.
Thursday: Spaghetti with meat sauce with roll, romaine/spinach salad, mixed vegetables and mixed fruit.
Friday: Chicken nuggets, romaine/spinach salad, baby carrots and fresh fruit.
All meals served with choice of milk.
Carteret County
The following meals will be served at Carteret County Schools for the week of Oct. 1 will be manager's choice.


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Got this Navy gun out of my vault and shot some jpegs of it recently. It shipped to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office in CA. in May of 1934. Note that is has a horizontal foregrip on it, marked S.B. CO. #8047. The serial number on the weapon is 10819. Buttstock is marked "SB. Co" as well as the grip. Weapon is also marked "S.B. CO." on the bottom of the receiver just behind the grip mount. Any RKI's have thoughts about the horizontal grip?
SBCO Navy Gun w/ Horizontal Grip
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I was pretty sure it was a Colt grip. I only have two weapons (Colt's) that have horizontals, so not much to compare it to. No markings on the Colt grip (except for property tag). The grip next to it came off a WWII M1. It is marked with an "M". The Colt grip is more rounded and has a smoother internal finish. Note that the sling swivel inlet is not as deep as the WWII grip. Overall the weapon is pretty nice and was tastefully marked SBCO. Anyone know how rare a Colt horizontal grip is? Not sure if I posted this on the right section of the forum or not.
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Posted 28 March 2018 - 12:36 PM
A great piece. I have an S.B. Co. marked Reising M50 and Winchester 94. Both are marked with the same stock brands and brass inventory # plaque.
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A great piece. I have an S.B. Co. marked Reising M50 and Winchester 94. Both are marked with the same stock brands and brass inventory # plaque.
It would be great if you could post photos of your S.B. Co. items and brass plaques here for comparison.
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Winchester 94 .30WCF with a production date in the early 40's I believe.
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In my opinion the grip is absolutely correct for a Colt Navy. Notice the sling swivel is offset to the right side. GI Jive - What is your opinion?
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Posted 05 April 2018 - 09:03 PM
In my opinion the grip is absolutely correct for a Colt Navy. Notice the sling swivel is offset to the right side. GI Jive - What is your opinion?
Yes, totally correct early horizontal grip made for the 1928 Navy Models offered in 1928. Correct Enfield swivel as well. Not so sure about the buttstock though, it has the later Springfield type swivel and base. May have gotten switched with another Savage gun. The buttstock hardware would have to be removed to make the determination if it is an original Colt/Remington buttstock.
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Posted 18 April 2018 - 01:00 PM
May 11, 2004
Lance Pugmire Times Staff Writer
Floyd Tidwell, the former sheriff of San Bernardino County, pleaded guilty Monday to four felony counts of concealing stolen property as investigators said he took at least 523 guns from evidence rooms during his eight-year tenure.
During his terms, from 1983 to 1991, Tidwell would walk through evidence rooms "as if shopping, to take his pick of weapons," one sheriff's official said. Among the weapons was a military M-2 carbine, a fully automatic assault weapon banned under state and federal gun control laws.
Under a plea agreement with the San Bernardino County district attorney's office, Tidwell will pay a $10,000 fine and cooperate with investigators who are trying to recover the firearms. He will not serve any time in jail.
According to G.H. the three S.B.C.S.D. Colt TSMGs are on a Form 10 which doesn't make sense as there have been several subsequent private party owners for each Colt that the department legally sold/transferred. Interesting that two of the three Colt TSMGs purchased in 1934 by the S.B.C.S.D. were still in the department's armory during Sheriff Tidwell's tenure. Luckily for Nick, the Sheriff didn't appropriate #10819 for his private collection.
That the Colt has #8047 and the Winchester has #8795 signify that the department accounted for every piece of property in the station with a recorded number? They must have anticipated a sticky-fingered employee.
BTW: Agree with hawksnest and Chuck on the Colt horizontal wood.
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Wayne Rooney walked away twice from his boyhood club and the supporters who loved him and were desperate to see him succeed. What would you have done to pull on that royal blue jersey?
In my opinion, more than 12 players need to go and the sooner this process begins, the better.
"When I think back to growing up, and my life living with the enemy, I smile. It was great living with them, I wouldn't have changed it for all the world."
If we are going to sign someone, they should be better than what we have – which hasn't always been the case. So there possess the question: Where can we improve? We desperately need a left-back, a centre-back, a dominating, mobile box-to-box midfielder & last in-line, a winger that would make the starting line up.
Silva is a pragmatist and he's not scared to experiment tactically. But he's not predictable.
"This is just meant as a one off as I've spent the day utterly bored got a bee in my bonnet about something Everton related. Who else am I going to bang on about it to?"
"I believe in Evertonians. The passion and commitment is undoubtable and there is no shortage of opinion; but can we turn that enthusiasm and desire into something that will help us move the club forward?"
"Time for my annual transfer piece. Look away now all those who roll their eyes at such speculative 'football manager' nonsense. Those who devour every piece of tabloid garbage, then look up the player and their stats and their videos; come on in."
As the second attempt at a Dutch revolution at Everton, Marcel Brands promises to bring a slicker Continental approach to a Director of Football role that failed to function as billed under his predecessor.
With Sam Allardyce leaving, it's for Farhad Moshiri to put the necessary pieces in place from the top down to deliver success to Everton
Apart from a freak 4-0 win against Manchester City last season and November's 4-0 victory against West Ham, can any of you truthfully remember any other notable game in the whole of the last two seasons?
"Sam Allardyce is not the People's Choice. He is the Accountants' Choice. That's the state we are in." Arguing that Everton's major shareholder and de facto owner may hedge this summer with the longer-term goal of the stadium in mind.
Between now and the end of the season, there is little to play for so, the likes of Klaassen, Vlasic, Funes Mori and Niasse should be given a chance. Beyond the end of the season, it is difficult to know what we need in terms of transfers in and out for next season.
The 1960-61 season saw Everton finishing in 5th position, and playing the best football that we of that generation had witnessed. Johnny Carey had lain the foundations of a highly attractive and effective team and Harry Catterick, with a couple of adjustments, led them to the League title in 1962-63.
Assuming I'm the new manager, I have convinced Moshiri to give me the job, and in doing so I promised I did not need more than £50m transfer kitty.
Time to return to the present, and to continue the theme of my favourite players. My choice for the outside left position is Tommy Eglington.
Congrats, Sam — you have killed our enjoyment of Football. You have killed our hope, our ambition, our pride. The restoration of these cannot begin until you have gone.
A few weeks ago my Dad, a true Blue of '95, was recovering from illness in the geriatric ward at one of our hospitals...
As this horrible season comes to a close and with Everton set to play it's 1000th Premier League game at West Ham in May, it is as good a time as any to assess where we are as a football club and what direction we may take in the coming years.
The club since Mr Moshiri effectively took over has been an object lesson in the mis-management of people.
What happens on the pitch matters most of all so there is an important question the club needs to address before making its next managerial appointment – what is our identity? In other words, how do we want to play? What should an Everton team be all about?
It's time to hold my hands up. I unashamedly supported the appointment of Sam Allardyce as our Manager. I was even prepared to see how this season went with a view to retaining him.
Staying up is not good enough if the heartbeat of your club gives you no reason to think that it will get better next season without a radical rethink and restructure throughout the club.
Making the trip from Devon, an account of Everton 3 - 1 Palace
Continuing the theme of my favourite players, my selection for inside left is Roy Vernon.
What can make a 550-mile round trip to Goodison worthwhile for a long-time Blue? Some simple entertainment, some goals and an Everton win, of course!
A closer look at the players we have bought in over the last couple of years, especially the ones we have paid decent money for, and maybe even consider one or two alternatives that we might have opted for.
I am writing this post on a Sunday morning after the 5-1 defeat at Arsenal and I am sitting here with a cup of tea wondering how many weekends have been ruined since your Chairmanship started at Everton.
Continuing the theme of my favourite players, my selection for the centre forward position is Alex Young.
Liverpool City Council is proposing to loan Everton Football Club £280 million towards the £500 million it will cost to build a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
I am genuinely confused about how we have transformed from a successful powerful club on the verge of challenging the European elites into a shambolic enterprise that turns to Sam Allardyce for salvation.
Always an avid fan of all sports, I got on the train at Euston to head North last Saturday ready to watch my first match of Dyceball.
Continuing the theme of my favourite players, my selection for the inside right position is Bobby Collins.
We have an unbalanced squad with a risk averse manager and a hierarchy that haven't covered themselves in glory over the past couple of years. At the moment, there aren't a huge number of reasons to be positive. This coming summer will be no more important than any other in terms of the development of the club.
The point of this article is in response to the two threads this weekend. One with regards to Allardyce blaming the players' mentality for yet another miserable performance on Saturday against west Brom.
The Premier League title is ultimately decided these days by how the top 6 teams perform against each other. And that position will continue to be entrenched. So, what is the future for Everton? I'm genuinely interested in what it is the best Evertonians really hope for any more.
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Favourites aren't always the best, Part 7
John McFarlane Snr : 16/01/2018
Continuing the theme of my favourite players, my selection for the outside right position is Alex Scott.
There is a missing left side to the squad and the worry is that the erratic Moshiri may be unwilling to rebuild this.
Everton last beat Liverpool at Anfield back in 1999. In fact, with the FA Cup 3rd Round loss at Anfield, the dismal record is 16 games without a single win against them.
Continuing the theme of my favourite players, my selection for the left-half position is Brian Harris
A fan comes across a note he wrote himself when his dad passed away
Allardyce is what he is. A discussion of where Everton are under the new manager.
I was pleased with Sam's appointment, us being in the bottom three, whilst having reservations as to whether he could produce the type of football we want and I am guessing that the board had similar reservations with the short contract they gave him.
A depressingly desperate decomposition of our current managerial situation under Sam Allardyce.
We are not facing a relegation fight; we will not qualify for Champions League football, and we will not win the FA Cup playing like this, so why on earth do we play the way we do?
In his fifth installment, John McFarlane Sr names Brian Labone as the centre-half in his team of all-time favourites
My selection for the right-half position in my "Favourite Team" is Peter Farrell. I have no standout memory of Peter other than that momentous night in Oldham, when Everton won promotion in 1954. What I can remember is, an inspirational captain who always gave 100% for the cause.
Third in the series of the favourite Everton players he has seen, John McFarlane Snr describes left back, Jock Lindsay
I've read Paul Traill's excellent report on his trip to Cyprus, but I thought I would give a report on my own experiences.
Next in the series of the best Everton players he has seen, John McFarlane Snr describes right back, Alex Parker
The case for appointing Sam Allardyce, a manager who has seen it all and done a lot of it in the Premier League for many years
Remembering Gordon West, Everton's larger-than-life goalkeeping legend of the 1960s and early 1970s
History will show that Ronald Koeman was an absolute disaster for Everton, and that, conservatively, he's probably put the club back at least two years
Unsworth deserves his chance. Will he be the one to deliver us, in keeping with heroes in the great bard's rousingly penned victories? Will he make sure, eventually, that all's well that ends well?
A fan reminisces his childhood devotion to Wally Fielding who represented Everton for over a decade between 1946 and 1958
It might all seem like we are in the midst of a stark winter, but one or two rose-buds are already showing, and spring is around the corner
Although we can never really know what is discussed behind closed doors, it seems to me that the last three managerial appointments have all been a good fit for the job description as it stood at that moment in time.
Since Bill Kenwright took over, we have had nothing but at best a frustrating time. Every managerial appointment has been sub-standard and possibly worse each time. And I haven't forgotten our two or three skirmishes with relegation under Moyes and all the depressing Anfield defeats, other hammerings and abysmal cup exits.
So the trip to the third largest city in France panned out pretty much as we all expected it to.
I know my memory is fading fast, but I had to look up the results and stats of seasons before Lukaku started his journey to becoming a goal scoring power house.
It is often said that our off-field leadership leaves a lot to be desired, but now, more than ever, that leadership needs to show a level of decisiveness that has previously been conspicuous in its absence. This one's yours, Farhad. Our future depends on it.
Is it really that simple to put this down to stick with Koeman or twist and find someone new? Interesting to read forums and see the mixed opinions of those who feel Koeman's time is done and those prepared to stick a little longer.
Koeman comes across as a stubborn man, but surely he's not stupid; he must change. It must change or the club will change him.
In recent years we have been stuck; our 'love' puts on some new makeup and we all shout with joy thinking that the glory years are just around the corner... only the corner never comes
Does the director-of-football model cause more problems than it solves?
Add everything up and, under Koeman, it seems to total something nearing what my Grandad, who rarely wasted words, used to say during matches in the Smith era: a "load of shite".
Business is about confidence and we have none that I can see. To all concerned: please start living up to the high expectations of your loyal fans and stop the nonsense before it is too late.
I think Koeman is the "fall guy" for those who are pulling the strings – mostly Bill Kenwright but Farhad Moshiri cannot be exempt from blame.
Much of the criticism aimed at Ronald Koeman over the past few weeks has centred on his perceived negativity and intransigence in terms of sticking with the same slow possession-based football that fails to yield any real attacking threat and is a throwback to the Martinezesque style of a few seasons ago, but without the odd gung-ho attacking foray.
This is no Kendall-esque evolution and it cannot be allowed to continue. Time for Ronald to shape up, or be shipped out.
Now the transfer window has shut and the dust has settled, somewhat, it is time to focus on things as they are and look at the season ahead.
What does Steve Walsh do, what has he done this window, what is he doing today, what was the Italian jaunt for?
Koeman seems to be implementing a plan – focus on getting the defence sorted out first and then improve the attacking side of our game – but it takes time
One fan's account of the visit to Split where Everton beat Hajduk in thew Europa League and the travelling fans largely avoided the trouble that was feared from local ultras
Despite the fact that we got a lot of our transfer business done amazingly early, any optimism that was generated is now dissipating and it looks as though we are in danger of leaving things too late... yet again.
The organization was formed on a train journey from Birmingham to Cambridge – after a football tournament. The name NSF was agreed – slight reference to NLF – National Liberation Front – from the Vietnam War. I don't recall that we ever added the CU in our day. Meetings were then held in Trinity College bar and were surprisingly formal – minutes from the previous meeting, motions passed etc.
Everton are looking pretty strong
Koeman's project is not clearly defined. We assume it's about winning something, but really it is just another way of saying we will pay him a lot of money to achieve a goal, and that goal appears to be Champions League football.
Often we talk about what we need and first IXs, but football is a squad game nowadays, and hopefully this season will see us challenge for the top-4, while also making serious tilts to the 3 cup competitions. How is our squad prepared for this challenge?
It is looking increasingly like a done deal, but I really do not want him back. Here are not one but 15 reasons why we should not even be considering his return.
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XIV International Congress on Project Engineering
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On the 2nd of july, GEASYT received a prize for the paper presented at the XIV International Congress on Project Engineering organized by AEIPRO.
The paper on "Efficiency of the Fluid-Dynamics Simulation for HVAC of the Salón de la Villa del Palacio de Telecomunicaciones", presented by GEASYT, obtained the consolation prize from the General Board of the Industrial Engineering Association.
The paper presents the fluid-dynamics simulation process used for the design and evaluation of the HVAC system designed for the Patio de la Villa, the 24 metre high glass-covered courtyard in Madrid's new Town Hall (read more).
For the complete version of the paper in English (pdf) click here.
In addition, GEASYT presented its work on "Seasonal Storage of Solar Energy in combination with High Efficiency Systems. Artificial Geothermics" in which the bases for seasonal storage systems are presented, in order to mitigate the time lag between solar energy generation and consumption.
For the complete version of the paper in English (pdf) click here.