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Of all the ignominies heaped upon me as a child, the occasional – extremely occasional – slap from the parents was the least of them.
Usually it was for doing something unsafe. Children on a farm are a walking hazard, to themselves and to others. I was the kind of kid who used to like exploring, and I'd occasionally wander off and see what the creek, or the bull paddock, or some similar thing, was like. Even – perhaps especially – if I'd been told not to go there.
I was also rather a dreamy kid. Dreamy kids and farms are accidents waiting to happen.
I also liked shiny levers. Especially the shiny levers on the hydraulic jacks at the garage which fixed our car and farm equipment.
I well remember getting bored with waiting for Dad and going exploring around the garage. On this occasion I spotted a jack all hoisted up. I knew what happened when you squeezed the shiny hand grasp – the jack came down. I always thought this was neat.
I don't recall the young apprentice mechanic who was under the car giving his views on shiny levers. Perhaps he was never given the opportunity. I certainly wasn't allowed to hang around to ask him. Fortunately he was quick witted enough to roll out before the car fully descended but I think he may have needed something to calm his nerves afterwards.
My father was not impressed. Another lesson learned.
Apart from that, and the odd swipe with the wooden spoon, my early days were relatively whack-free at home.
School was slightly different. I worked out by the time I was six that full frontal defiance was the route to a thumping, and that quietly doing your own thing would usually go unnoticed. This was probably the most important lesson from my first year at school and one which I have never forgotton.
I did get the strap at the age of six, for reasons which now escape me. I'm not a softie on corporal punishment but I do think six is a little young to be strapping kids.
Senior school – standard 3 to form two – had a thing called the "Green Bag". This bag held the strap and those who got "six of the best" got their names written on it.
In retrospect, it added a certain mystique to the whole thing, but it was also kind of warped. Someone, somewhere, was getting their jollies out of all this, of that I'm now sure.
I copped it twice, but never six of the best. The first time – again – I can't recall why, but the teacher was certifiable anyway (seriously: the guy had a breakdown on us), as well as being a drunk, and it didn't hurt very much.
The second time arose out of a drama lesson in Form II. We were told to form groups, grab some costumers from the store available, and make up a little play to go with the costumes.
I was with a bunch of mates and we were all fascinated by stories from World War II We made a beeline for a bunch of Roman Soldier uniforms.
Brandishing cardboard swords, we trooped onto stage, and at the cry of "Advance like Italian Soldiers!!" we marched offstage.
That got us one strap each for being racist little sods. It was worth it.
We had failed to notice a culture change in the school. The previous head teacher – a returned soldier who had been at Salerno – would have loved it. Also, although he was not afraid to brandish the green bag – he strapped a bunch of kids in front of assembly one time for bullying, and he was genuinely angry about it – mostly he didn't need to. Like a lot of blokes from that generation, he could fry you with a look and that was usually enough.
When the new head teacher – who was more what we would now call PC – took over the number of strappings must have doubled. No air of authority, and kids smell that sort of thing a mile off. He was forever whacking kids, with an increasing air of desperation.
But even with all that crap, none of it did any harm. The worst torture of all was inflicted pretty much every year of primary school supposedly for educational purposes.
Folk Dancing. This was part of the bloody curriculum, for crying out loud.
I mean, why? What the hell was this meant to teach us? It was the most seriously warped thing I ever had inflicted on me in my childhood and for, so far as I can see, no useful purpose.
One year we even had a joint school folk dancing day, on the footie field. To add insult to injury, it was the day of the Ali-Foreman fight in 1974. And I mean it when I say "injury" because I sprained my right ankle that day and it has never been the same since.
So sod the odd whack or two: this was the true crime. A crime with many victims, no obvious motive and no real reason behind it. Bizarre.


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Chevrolet Cobalt Recall, Pontiac G5, Solstice, Saturn Ion, Sky Recall.
Update – November 17th, 2014:
Deadline Extended for G.M. Accident Claims
The New York Times is reporting the families of people killed or injured in crashes involving General Motors cars that had a deadly ignition switch defect will have an extra month to submit claims for payment under G.M.'s victim compensation program. Read the New York Times News Article.
Kenneth R. Feinberg, who administers the compensation fund, has decided to extend the deadline to Jan. 31 to give more time to families who might not be aware of the program.
The extension comes a week after The New York Times revealed the identity of Jean P. Averill, who was killed in a 2003 crash of a Saturn Ion at the age of 81. Hers was the earliest fatality G.M. connected with the ignition defect. Until informed by The Times, the family had not known of the company's compensation program or that it was eligible to receive a minimum of $1 million from the fund. At that time, the family said it had never been contacted by the automaker.
If you or a loved one has been injured due to faulty GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today. (800) 888-8888
Update – July 16th, 2014:
Check if your car is on the GM Ignition Switch Recall list.
- 1997-2005 Chevrolet Malibu
- 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue
- 1999-2004 Oldsmobile Alero
- 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am
- 2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo
- 2004-2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
- 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS
- 2004-2006 Cadillac SRX
- 2011-2014 Chevrolet Cruze; 2012-14 Chevrolet Sonic
- 2013-2014 Chevrolet Trax, Buick Encore and Verano
- 2014 Chevrolet Camaro and Impala, Buick Regal, Cadillac XTS
- 2007-2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD, GMC Sierra HD equipped with an auxiliary battery
- 2005-2007 Buick Rainier, Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Isuzu Ascender, Saab 9-7x
- 2006 Chevrolet TrailBlazer EXT, GMC Envoy XL
For the entire list please check here.
If you or a loved one has been injured due to faulty GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today. 800-888-8888
Update – June 30th, 2014:
GM compensation fund will pay millions to switch-defect victims.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting General Motors announced a fund that will pay up to millions of dollars to victims of its defective key switch in this 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt and other small cars. Read the Los Angeles Times News Article.
A special victims-compensation consultant hired by General Motors announced the details of a sweeping program to pay for the deaths and injuries caused by faulty ignition switches in millions of the automaker's small cars.
Attorney Kenneth Feinberg said Monday that he will begin evaluating victims claims starting Aug. 1 and will start to pay damages from a GM fund within 90 to 180 days from when a claim is submitted.
The program provides a sliding scale of payments depending on the severity of injuries or whether a person was killed in a crash that is linked to the defective switch. It will range from $20,000 for someone who is slightly hurt to more than $5 million for a 25-year-old who was married with two children and earned $75,000 annually.
"We will work closely with all individual claimants and their lawyers in evaluating individual claims and reaching a determination as to eligibility and value as soon as possible," Feinberg said.
If you or a loved one has been injured due to faulty GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today. 800-1-(800)
GM filed 2,004 injury reports tied to recalls, the group says.
Driving news site is reporting General Motors Co. (GM) filed 2,004 reports on injuries and deaths stemming from accidents in cars that have been recalled for ignition-related defects, the Center for Auto Safety said. Read the News Article.
"The defective ignition switch in the recalled Delta platform vehicles goes beyond the airbag failing to deploy," said the center, referring to the 2.59 million cars called in for switch repairs. "The vehicle loses the electric power steering and power brakes, which can lead to loss of control resulting in a crash."
All of the ignition-switch victims must be found before they can be compensated, the safety group said in a letter yesterday to Kenneth Feinberg, a lawyer hired by GM to advise it on helping victims of accidents tied to the defect. The letter to Feinberg comes the same week as a report by Anton Valukas, hired by GM to probe its handling of the defect, is due.
If you or a loved one has been injured due to faulty GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today. 1-(800) 888-8888
Update – March 12th, 2014:
General Motors (GM) is being pulled into Congress to see if they delayed the recall resulting in more injuries.
The New York Times is reporting a House committee has started an investigation into the delayed response by General Motors and federal safety regulators to complaints about faulty ignition switches that have been linked to 13 deaths. Read the New York Times Article.
Fred Upton who is the committee's chairman has looked into the issue of unheeded consumer complaints about defective cars before. Mr. Upton led a subcommittee in 2000 that investigated the rollovers of Ford Explorers with Firestone tires; this problem was eventually linked to 271 deaths.
"Here we are over a decade later, faced with accidents and tragedies, and significant questions need to be answered," he said. "Did the company or regulators miss something that could have flagged these problems sooner?"
If you or a loved one has been injured due to faulty GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today. 800-888-8888
February 25th, 2014:
GM Recalling 1.6 Million Vehicles Linked to Fatal Crashes.
CBS News is reporting General Motors (GM) doubled the number of small cars it is recalling to 1.6 million to fix faulty ignition switches linked to multiple fatal crashes.
General Motors now says it knows of at least 13 deaths and 31 crashes that may have been caused by the problem according to CBS News.
"The chronology shows that the process employed to examine this phenomenon was not as robust as it should have been," GM North America President Alan Batey said in a statement. "We are deeply sorry, and we are working to address this issue as quickly as we can."
GM previously announced the recall of more than 780,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s. GM is now adding 842,000 Saturn Ion compacts, Chevrolet HHR SUVs and Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars. Read the CBS News article.
The GM vehicles being recalled include Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s from the model years 2005 through 2007; Saturn Ion compacts from 2003 through 2007; and Chevrolet HHR SUVs and Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars from 2006 and 2007. The majority of the cars were sold in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
"They knew by 2007 they had 10 incidents where the airbag didn't deploy in this type of crash," said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Center for Auto Safety. "This is a case where both GM and NHTSA should be held accountable for doing a recall no later than the spring of 2007."
If you or a loved one has been injured due to defective GM ignition switches, contact Cellino & Barnes today at (800) 888-8888.

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On Tuesday, World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch awarded the inaugural Tim Hetherington Grant to Stephen Ferry, an American photojournalist, for his project "Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict." Established in honor of Hetherington, a photojournalist and filmmaker who died this April while covering the war in Libya, the €20,000 grant is given to help a photographer complete an existing project that focuses on human rights issues.
"Violentology" was chosen among a field of 222 applicants from 56 countries. The project examines the history of the guerilla war in Colombia and encompasses a decade of Ferry's images from the conflict-torn nation. As part of the grant—and in a fitting tribute to Hetherington's multimedia platforms—Ferry's project will be shown as an exhibition and book, with selected chapters available for free download as a PDF.
Stephen Ferry is a Colombia-based photojournalist whose work has received numerous honors from World Press and Magnum Foundation among others. See more of his work here and more about "Violentology" here.


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Dear devotees and friends,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. For your consideration I offer the following explanation of the recent events of my life.
The Veda Purana says in Kali-yuga, disciples will become so antagonistic, envious and ungrateful that they will even kill their own Guru. Recently, a few disciples have accused me of improper behavior with a female devotee, and that was publicized worldwide.
Contrary to the thousands of false statements, distorted facts, wild exaggerated stories and complete lies, I have never had any illicit relations with a woman or man during my entire devotional life. Of course, this is only possible by the mercy of my Gurudeva Srila Prabhupada, Lord Gauranga and Sri Krishna's Holy Names. And in no way have I left my eternal divine holy master Srila Prabhupada, and ran away with a woman or some other Guru.
Why did I resign from ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness? By the 15th of June 2013, I observed that some antagonistic disciples had formed a conspiracy, and then forcefully spread slanderous allegations and completely false stories about my character to the disciples, and then throughout India and overseas. Not only was my name, reputation, disciple sanga, and preaching platform destroyed, but so to was all the wonderful preaching being done by the disciples. Seeing that permanent damage was already done, and feeling that the situation was hopeless, I accepted it as Bhagavan Sri Krishna's sweet will.
Now it seems that time had come to change the focus, and concentrate on my personal internal spiritual development. At this time, I suddenly remembered some important siksha Srila Prabhupada gave in 1972.
In that year, my Gurudeva Srila Prabhupada said, "Preach while you are young. When you are old, retire to Vrndavana and chant Hare Krishna. If you have preached sufficiently, you can retire to chant Hare Krishna." (Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol 5 pg. 94: 1983 ed.)
I am sixty-three years old, and have spent the last forty years of my life in ISKCON actively preaching and publishing books to spread the science of Krishna
Consciousness around the world. Feeling that I have preached sufficiently, I thought now I can follow my Gurudeva's siksha to retire in Vrndavana and chant Hare Krishna.
Thus, I resigned from the glorious preaching campaign of ISKCON to spend the balance of my life at Radha Kunda in Sridhama Vrndavana, chanting the sweet Holy Names of Sri Krishna, with the hope of someday attaining the most cherished goal of Radha-Krishna prema, pure love of God.
In closing, I want to take this opportunity to humbly beg forgiveness from any Vaisnava whom I may have offended during this most difficult time of my life. Also, I want to it to be clearly understood that I will always love and serve my eternal Gurudeva Srila Prabhupada, and maintain the deepest respect and gratitude toward ISKCON and all the devotees.
And if Bhagavan Sri Krishna blesses me, then in the future I may receive the good fortune to render a little service for the pleasure of the Vaisnavas.
Jai Jai Sri Radhe!
mahanidhi swami august 13, 2013


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Hey folks, just wanted to let you know that I have finally a really working internet access in my new so far current but anyhow just temporary home, so that you can expect new stuff to come more or less pretty soon - finally some new stuff.
But, to be honest, currently I am thinking about calling it a day up here and moving on to new shores and starting sort of a new project, a modification of this blog here or name it however you want to name it - fresh it up after sort of five years again... we will see as time will tell us, I'll keep you posted.
That's it so far and for now, stay tuned.
Cheers & Oi! Oi! Oi! /// Andy


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I just browsed a post on "The Black Sentinel" titled "What is wrong with Blacks?" I thought I'd chime in on this topic.
After a life of ranting on the issue, at 40 I think I have a more mature, refined vantage point on what ails our people versus my rants of the past. This is just a short take on the topic.
For starters, it is apparent that we have lost a purpose as a people. During the civil rights movement as well as the 70's, we had a purpose as a people to "OVERCOME" our oppression. I've read books that cite statements from white opponents of civil rights for blacks in this country that referred to the lack of "maturity amongst blacks" that could lead them to not be able to handle their freedoms. As I cringed every time I come across such a statement, it leads me to a perspective that Dr. Frances Cress Welsing conveyed in her book "The Isis Papers". That an infant state of mind exists within the black community. Until we address this issue, Our plight is lost.
The way she mentioned how black men greet each other with "What up Boy" or calling their home the 'crib" among other quotes really struck home with me. I met Dr. Welsing at Fisk University sometime back in 1994 and at the time I owned a record store. I remember observing my customers behavior in my store after my meeting her and being astonished at how accurate she was in this assesment.
Years later, I still believe this is a major issue within the black community. During the civil rights movement as well as throughout the 70's, a sizable percentage of the black male population I believe had a mature mindset. Fast forward to today and this is not the case.
From Jay-Z's 30's are the new 20's mindset, comes a plethora of "I aint ever growing up" based entertainment figures that have inspired a generation to sport long white T's as a fashion statements that influences them to stare me up and down while we're in line at Wal-Mart ridiculing me in their minds because I've got on slacks and a dress shirt.
They view me as sell-out. I got a damn mortgage. I gotta pay college tuition next year for my daughter. I'm doing what people died for, marched for during the 50's and 60's. And your looking down on me?
Lucky for me I know how to give the "don't let the slacks fool you" look, just to keep em straight.
We no longer as a people have any sense of family or purpose. Hell I think these fools think that ballin is overcoming. YOUR DOING THE WORK OF YOUR OPPRESSOR YOU DUMB ASS. (Not that you'd be logged on to wordpress and reading this) Basically, our homes are broken.
The young black male today doesn't see a future for themselves in any corporate structure within their community. The skilled labor jobs have gone to illegal aliens in their respective communities so if a guy wanted to do right, their just isn't any path to doing right available for them. To that extent, I do understand. Being from Gary, I gotta understand this.
But it doesn't help that Plies and these other ignorant ass rappers are constantly in these young brothers ears talkin bout, "get yo hustle on mane".
One of my co-workers has worked long and hard as a single mother to raise her two children in a way so they could go to college. The son has constantly given her headaches. He just wants to chill and get women. She got him into school at Winston Salem St and he is close to flunking out.
Essentially, he'd rather work his job at the commissary on a military installation bagging groceries and getting tax free tips while living with mom rent free. His dad is a buster who really had no involvement in his upbringing.
The problem with this scenario is that there are much older black men who have the same mentality as this 20 year old. I won't even go into how black women play into this. Let's just say I have a constant daily interaction with their "I don't give a shit bout a black guy" personality whenever I visit the gas station, Wal-mart, department store, or local restaurant. They are/have been affected by the broken home syndrome as much as the black male has.
Basically, we need to grow up as a people or we will be left behind.


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Lancet Overlook
About This Piece
B10 Overlook edition 192 of 250
The Lancet 'Overlook' features a mesmerizing frame in 24K gold Koftgari (the ancient Indian technique of inlaying gold and/or sterling silver in tool-steel), inlaid with snakewood. The blade is hand-forged 'Raindrop' Damascus by Mike Norris; the one-hand button lock and the thumb stud are set with white topaz.
Sleek, elegant, refined, and comfortable in the hand and to the eye, the Lancet defines the essential gentleman's folder in the modern world.
The 'Overlook' features some of the exotic materials, artistry and hand-forged metals that are the hallmark of William Henry's collections; a timeless heirloom to be proudly worn and used for a lifetime before being handed-down to another generation.
- One-hand button lock system
- Leather carrying case
- Shipped in an elegant wood presentation box
- Dimensions:
Blade 2.75″ (69.9mm)
Handle 3.63″ (92.2mm)
Overall open 6.38″ (162mm)
Koftgari is the name for fine gold (and/or silver) patterns inlayed into parkerized steel. This ancient Indian technique, done entirely by hand, involves creating a very fine cross-hatch grid in the steel and then burnishing 24K gold (and/or silver) into a pattern that is bound by the cross-hatch. Parkerizing involves soaking the steel in a boiling solution of salts to oxidize the steel a deep brown/blue. Beautiful and timeless, koftgari is nearly a lost art.
William Henry's koftgari comes from 2 small villages in India, home of the very few Indian artisans that still master this technique. For more with Koftgari see our Cabernet Spiral rollerball pen.
The name "snake wood" was clearly inspired by the snakeskin-like markings that decorate this exotic wood originally found in Western Australia. Extremely hard and heavy, it is one of the most expensive woods in the world. We use only the finest snakewood, responsibly sourced from Suriname, chosen for outstanding color and pattern. All William Henry's snakewood is resin-stabilized for durability.
Topaz is a rare, extremely hard gemstone with an exceptionally wide color range that, besides brown, includes various tones and saturations of blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple.
The ancient Greeks believed that topaz gave them strength. In Europe during the Renaissance (the period from the 1300s to the 1600s) people thought that topaz could break magic spells and dispel anger. For centuries, many people in India have believed that topaz worn above the heart assures long life, beauty, and intelligence.
Today, topaz is one of the US birthstones for November, while blue topaz is a birthstone for December.


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This is my entry for this months Berry71Bleu challenge - Autumn colours mood board shown above. I dont usually make layouts without a photo in mind but my friend and I decided to do a couple of challenges together and I dont have any printed photos to match the theme! Im sure Ill find some soon though... I had several great items to use for the challenge including DCWV's photoreal seasons stack, Graphic 45 Place in time papers and Inkido flowers.
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VIENNA – The fruits of a university project some years ago, for which designers Patrycja Domanska and Tanja Lightfoot teamed up, was the concrete tile collection Edgy – as featured in our product design book Goods 2 – is made up of modular tiles that can be used to compose a multitude of patterns and shapes, creating a sound-absorbing material, decorative accent or an integral architectural element.
There are two basic forms; first, a 3D tile shape is made up of asymmetrical surfaces that fold onto one plane, forming a hexagonal base. Through an intricate play with concave and convex planes, which accentuate one another, the tile creates an optical illusion, visually pulling the user towards it. Its asymmetry means that it can be positioned in a number of ways to achieve different effects. There are also '2.5D' tiles, which forms the side surfaces to imitate the latter, giving it a playful character, despite the flat top surface.
When the designers first teamed up for a university project at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, the form was developed to be folded out of one piece of cardboard as an acoustic and decorative element for the home. Realising that their lively, geometric design required a new material that responded to the needs of the market, the pair started experimenting by moulding pigmented porcelain, before deciding that concrete should be the material of choice.
Five years later, the duo began working with KAZA Concrete, and over time – although its function changed dramatically – the shape and modularity principle of Edgy remained characteristic. Conceived as a decorative wall tile to cover interior walls partially or entirely, it can also be put to use in other areas, such as facade cladding. An important aspect for the design team was to keep this product as a modular system, so that the end-user can be part of the design process by choosing colours and the final composition of the acoustic cloud.
Photography courtesy of Patrycja Domanska and Tanja Lightfoot.
This product features in Goods 2, with a full description of the manufacturing process by KAZA Concrete for this unique tile system. To discover other similar products, check out our forthcoming book Sound Materials, which details over 100 sound absorbing materials for architectural and design applications. From 1 November, this title is available to pre-order at 20% discount at: http://store.frameweb.com/frame-publishers-sound-materials.html


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Celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year, the Wilderness Trace Community Foundation (WTCF) is a tax-exempt, charitable foundation providing resources for a broad range of needs in Boyle, Mercer, Garrard, and Lincoln Counties. The Foundation enables the charitable wishes of individuals and cooperates with each county, community, agency, and nonprofit organization to build endowments to enhance their long-term financial stability and services.
Wilderness Trace operates as an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Louisville, and like all community foundations is overseen by a volunteer board of citizens with expertise in identifying and funding community needs. The Board's current Chairman, Pete Chiericozzi, has served the Foundation since 2008.
Chiericozzi, who was recruited to be the business leader at Wausau Paper Bay West in Harrodsburg, moved with his wife Barbara from Atlanta in 2003 and bought 115 acres in Mercer County overlooking the Kentucky River. They built a house that Barbara designed, purchased nearly 100 cattle and named their new homestead Bella Vista Farm. Chiericozzi committed five years to his position at Wausau Paper and joined the Mercer County Hospital Board, Industrial Development Board, served as President of the Ragged Edge Community Theatre and volunteered with the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation.
Carol Conover, one of Wilderness Trace Community Foundation's founding members, noticed the Chiericozzi's participation in community activities and invited Pete to join. "I didn't have a lot of experience with community foundations at that time," he said. "But after learning more and speaking at length with Carol, I started to believe that Wilderness Trace could truly help the local area. Most people don't understand how money set aside today can benefit generation after generation. It was what I like to call a BFO – a blinding flash of the obvious – and I wanted to help."
"WTCF began in 2002 with no assets, but today has $2.9 million in committed assets," said Chiericozzi. "Donors over the past ten years have provided grants exceeding $733,000, mostly from the earnings of endowment funds, which means the sources of the grants remain and principal balances increase, further advancing the granting capacity of the funds."
This growth is due much in part to initial gifts from the Conover family. Carol Conover's father, the late Mr. C.B. Rowland, established The Rowland Family Scholarship Fund and The Rowland Family Charitable Fund.
"WTCF's last fiscal year provided 127 grants totaling $135,779, benefiting over 25 non-profit organizations and providing scholarships in the last year to 30 students," said Chiericozzi.
Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts is counted among the organizations benefiting from this growth, through a recent grant to its Norton Center A.C.T.S. (Arts for the Classroom Ticket Subsidy) program. The program, established by the Center in 2011, makes available a number of free or deeply discounted tickets, based on qualifying criteria, to public schools in Kentucky, providing access for students to attend and engage in high quality and professional performing arts programs presented on its stages. A.C.T.S. helps to maximize attendance and provide access to these crucial life-enhancing experiences for Kentucky youth by greatly reducing financial or geographic barriers. Thanks to a gift from WTCF, the A.C.T.S. program is now available to public schools in Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer County as well as Burgin and Danville Independent Schools.
The number of A.C.T.S. tickets provided for each county is determined by the number of students within that service area who participate in the free/reduced lunch program. Public school teachers in these areas may apply to receive an $8 subsidy per ticket, making Norton Center Student Matinee ticket prices completely free or just $2 per student depending on the performance.
The generosity of WTCF has made 1,500 A.C.T.S. tickets available to these counties for the 2012-13 school year and area classrooms have already claimed over 1,000 for this, the pilot season of the program.
"We're very happy to be involved with this program," Chiericozzi said. "It is exactly the type of program we welcome, and we look forward to further opportunities to become involved in initiatives that will improve the quality of life in our area."
The Chiericozzi's also provided the seed money to help kick start the new Mercer County Community Endowment. Beginning with a $10,000 gift in January 2012, through continued donations from Mercer County citizens, the Endowment has grown in just 11 months to $83,000. This success spawned a recent press conference held at the Norton Center on October 22, 2012 where Judge Executives from Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, and Mercer Counties united to endorse the establishment of county foundation endowments for the other areas of the Wilderness Trace Community Foundation region.
In looking forward, Chiericozzi has a few recommendations: "I think the most important thing is that, individually, we look at what our role in society should be. How do we become more active? How do we collectively work together so that we're not stuck in our own individual charters? How do we build bridges?"
His is a hopeful and earnest resolution that bodes well for the future of our communities.
The 2012 Wilderness Trace Community Foundation Board also includes:
Vice Chairman Stephen Dexter, who will take over as Chairman in 2013; Board Secretary James Bushnell; Paul Elwyn, Flem Messer, and Tom Poland from Boyle County; Judge Milward Dedman, Carol Conover and Pamela Sims from Mercer County; Joe Brown, Billy Lanham and Steve Manning from Garrard County; and Jonathan Baker and Jerome Flynn as representatives from Lincoln County.
To learn more about the Wilderness Trace Community Foundation, please visit www.wildernesstrace.org.
For information on the Norton Center A.C.T.S. program, visit www.nortoncenter.com/norton-center-acts


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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Guest Puncher - Annette McKillop (Mechanic card) and I got a gift!
10 comments:
- Sharon Field / Inky A*Muse-ment said...
Very cute!! I love how she punched out the letters and put them along the side of the card... perfectly shaped like socket wrench openings!
- January 30, 2010 at 4:58 AM
- Veronica said...
Great card! I love your work and like that you share other's work, too. And that supply holder is too cute! Any idea how she made it?
- January 30, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Queenie Jeannie said...
- January 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Carey said...
What a great card and present. Roscoe said if you don't want some of the eggrolls he would be happy to help you out. He is such a giving doggie isn't he? I think he loves egg rolls (oops I meant any food) almost as much as munching on a piece of cardstock.
aka Roscoe's mommy
- January 30, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Carolyn Sharkas said...
Hey, the mechanic is cool! I am impressed! You do inspire people, and that's a very good thing. Love the little gift, oh punch queen, lol.
- January 30, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Ellen Kemper said...
Veronica, I think the holder is something she bought and just added the paper.
- January 30, 2010 at 11:36 PM
- Jayne Stenstrom said...
Do you know where she got the holder or who makes it? (I know that she covered it with paper, but I've been looking for something just about that size for my desk without any luck so far.) TIA!
~Jayne S.
- February 5, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Ellen Kemper said...
I am sorry, Jayne. I do not know.
Eileen if you read this can you help her out?
- February 5, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- Ellen Kemper said...
Eileen says Doodlebug Designs
hope that helps!
- February 7, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Jayne Stenstrom said...
Thanks! I am going to check out their website right now.
- February 9, 2010 at 12:06 PM


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My favorite Thai food is the most delicious Thai Red Curry Soup with their lunch specials. Like most lunch special soups, there's not much to it–broth and usually 4-5 cubes of tofu, about the same number of sliced mushrooms, and a scant teaspoon of thinly sliced scallions. But that's okay, because the best part is the broth anyway. It's a little bit spicy, a tiny bit sweet, and incredibly fragrant from the combination of coconut milk and red curry paste.
I've made a soup similar to this with summer veggies and green curry paste in the past, and I thought I could switch out the green curry with red and I'd get something pretty close to the Thai restaurant Red Curry Soup. It was really close, but the missing piece of the puzzle was a little bit of brown sugar. If you choose not to use the brown sugar, this recipe is still good, don't get me wrong! But the sugar adds just a touch of sweetness that mimics the red curry broth in restaurant soups.
- 6 c. vegetable broth
- 1-inch ginger, peeled and cut into slices
- 8 oz. white mushrooms, sliced
- 14 oz. firm tofu, cut into bite-sized cubes
- 1-13.5 oz. can lite coconut milk
- 3 tbsp. red curry paste
- 2-3 tsp. brown sugar
- sliced green onions, cilantro & basil leaves, and lime wedges for serving
- Bring broth and ginger to a boil over high heat. Once broth has come to a boil, use a slotted spoon to remove ginger. Add mushrooms and tofu and reduce heat to medium-low; cook about 5 minutes, or until mushrooms are softened.
- Stir in coconut milk, curry paste, and brown sugar. Remove from heat and ladle into bowls; serve with green onions, cilantro, basil, and lime wedges.
You can use just about any vegetables in this soup–sweet potatoes, winter or summer squash, green beans, etc. Whatever is in season! Just adjust the cooking time accordingly. Winter squash and potatoes take a longer time to cook, while greens need less time. Rice noodles are a great addition to this soup too.


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Monday, February 15, 2010
Happy Lunar New Year!
I apologize for being away from the blog for so long. I've been focusing on grad school applications so I basically spent the last few weeks studying for the tests or lurking around blogs via Google Reader.
Saturday (just before New Year) I finally managed to get my hair cut. I kinda didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted so the end result wasn't quite to my liking. The length was what I wanted but I think next time I would ask for the back to be shorter relative to the sides.
Used Too Faced Smurfette lip gloss and Bourjois Ambre d'Or blush that day.
Sunday for Chinese New Year we had hotpot at home. I decided to wear gold themed eyeshadow in line with the occasion:
All colours were from the Maybelline Amber Adventure quad, one of my first ever quads when I started getting into makeup. Haven't used it in ages so it was nice to find it again in my stash. The bottom lashline (very faint, I know) had a little bit of gold liner on the outer 1/2 (MAC Brassy Fluidline).
Anyway next weekend is the beauty blogger meetup in Toronto hosted by the lovely Farah, and I'm super excited for it! Hope your week goes well :)
20 comments:
- izumi said...
oooo pretty makeup :)
love your hair! i think it looks pretty :) but yea whenever i get mine cut, i always ask for it to be "a-lined".. shorter in back than in front. just makes my life easier.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:15 PM
- Bijin Blair said...
Happy Lunar New Year!
I like your haircut, it frames your face perfectly :)
- February 16, 2010 at 3:11 AM
- chelle said...
I love this look! The colours look so pretty together.
I think your new haircut suits you. I guess it just takes time to get used to.
- February 16, 2010 at 4:02 AM
- Unknown said...
ooooh pretty hair!! Love the LOTD too.
- February 16, 2010 at 4:04 AM
- Haru said...
happy Lunar new year! I think your haircut looks great actually. Suits your face shape very well.
Best of luck with the grad school applications!
- February 16, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- Jenn @ So Very Fabulous said...
I think your hair looks great! I'm in desperate need of a hair cut but I always put it off because I never know what to do with it. I really like your cut! :)
- February 16, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- AskMeWhats said...
the hair cut is gorgeous! I like it! Happy Chinese New Year to you too! :)
- February 16, 2010 at 10:12 AM
cute haircut! it really suits you ^^ A very up-to-date bob.. you should try to wave it ! as you know i cut mine back in Aug! No regrets... I cant wait to go back to my mid-lenght/long hair soon tho!
- February 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM
I kinda envy people who can go really short. Myself, it cannot go past my shoulders, otherwise I feel...ugh. I blame it on the horrible bobs that I was kinda forced to wear as a kid (cause my mom thought it looked cute on me).
Anyway...make sure to take pics at the Blogger meet up! I can't be there, but at least I can live through you guys right :D
& Happy New Year :P
- February 16, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Halifax @ Sparkled Beauty said...
Oh wow, you went with a lot shorter hair than what I saw last time we met :-) Have fun at the meetup!
- February 16, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- mayaari said...
the bronze/gold eye is pretty :)
haha i always end up getting the same sort of haircut - like izumi, an A-line bob...even after one stylist told me she didn't want to give me an A-line bob, that's what I got! (though she did a really good job with the angles)
hope you get into the grad school at the top of your list - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you :)
- February 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- sugabum said...
I think your hair would look awesome a tad shorter. If you're going to go short, go all the way! =) You are so brave to cut it so short.
- February 16, 2010 at 10:29 PM
- izumi said...
i actually wasn't wearing a bra with the dress xD hahaa. i want to find a low cut one but it'd also have to have a super low cut back.. and i don't wear that dress often enough for me to want to buy a whole new bra, especially at VS prices.. but yea, i was looking at a few on VS when i first got the dress. i'm sure you could find other ones that worked just as well at other stores.
either way, they look like they'd feel super awkward to wear. but hey, anything beats looking super flat :P
let me know if you do find one :)
- February 17, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Iyah Love said...
pretty FOTD! I really love your skin! VEry very flawless! :)
- February 17, 2010 at 4:04 AM
- Catherine said...
Pretty new haircut and lovely CNY FOTD! Duuuude, I didn't know you were applying too! I just finished my interviews. Good luck with your applications!!
- February 17, 2010 at 5:59 AM
Very pretty look!
- February 17, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Katie Hayward said...
Your hair looks great :)
lots of love,
- February 19, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Jess said...
A belated Happy Chinese New Year to you too!
I love your look a lot! The gold themed eyeshadow look so beautiful on you! And your new haircut is gorgeous too! Makes you look so fresh!
Btw, we had hot pot at home (well, at the bf's restaurant) too on Chinese New Year, hehe...
- February 19, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Rae // theNotice said...
Well hello there, cute hair ;) Have fun at the meetup -- I'm jealous!
- February 19, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Shop N' Chomp said...
Happy Lunar New Year! Hope yours is off to a great start. =D Your new haircut is so purty!
- February 20, 2010 at 12:08 PM


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Oh, race car drivers.
People complain about NFL players off the field, but there may be no sport with more absurd fighting than NASCAR.
The sport's dark side reared its ugly head again on Saturday night when Matt Kenseth jumped Brad Keselowski after the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rarely have we seen as ugly an off-track incident as you'll watch above.
Kenseth, who is a 31-time race winner and the 2003 season champion, literally jumped Keselowski, the 2012 Sprint Cup champion, in the garage area after the two got into an in-car spat on pit lane following the race. The pit crews pulled the two drivers apart before it could get too ugly, though.
Keselowski had rammed into Kenseth's car on pit road after the two made contact on the track during the race's final caution. Keselowski blamed Kenseth for that contact; Kenseth, of course, blamed Keselowski.
But the anger at Keselowski after the race was almost universal.
Kenseth had already removed his seat belt and neck restraint on pit road when Keselowski rammed him.
"It was really the safety. He was doing something with [Denny] Hamlin, I had my seatbelt off, my [head-and-neck restraint] off and he clobbers me," Kenseth said. "The race is over; come back to pit road. If you want to talk about it like a man, go do that. But if you want to wreck somebody on the racetrack with people standing around, that's just inexcusable."
Hamlin was also rammed by Keselowski on pit road and the two confronted each other outside their cars.
Anyway, Kevin Harvick won the race. He was probably laughing at all the chaos.
This gives me as good a chance as any to include the greatest fight in NASCAR history though — Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough trading blows on the backstretch at the 1979 Daytona 500.
Follow Metro New York Sports Editor Mark Osborne on Twitter @MetroNYSports. He promises not to punch anyone in the face today.


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Bentleigh Greens won the Dockerty Cup for the second time in three seasons with a 2-0 triumph against Heidelberg United in the final at Jack Edwards Reserve on Tuesday July 10.
The Greens denied Heidelberg United back-to-back cup wins as an early Steven Pace own goal and late strike from James Xydias sealed the match.
Bentleigh midfielder Tyson Holmes was recognised for his performance by being named the Jimmy Mackay Medalist as best afield.
Full galleries from the match will be shared to the NPL Victoria Facebook page in the coming days.
Watch a full replay of the match here:
2018 Dockerty Cup Final
Proudly presented by Mitre
Heidelberg United 0 Bentleigh Greens 2 (Pace OG 12', Xydias 90+1) at Jack Edwards Reserve, Tuesday July 10, 2018
Jimmy Mackay Medal: Tyson Holmes (Bentleigh Greens)
Heidelberg United: 1. THEODORIDIS Chris, 2. WILKINS Josh, 3. DOUMBALIS Les, 6. HALL Lewis, 7. WAY Reuben, 9. ZAHRA Adrian (8. CARTANOS Andrew 62'), 13. BYLES Luke, 14. NOON Harry, 16. CAHILL Tom (21. OFLI Atilla 76'), 17. PACE Steven, 19. ELLIS Sean
Unused subs: 23. PAVLIDIS Christian, 12. READ Harvey, 18. TSALIKIDIS George
Cautions: None
Red card: Ellis 86'
Bentleigh Greens: 1. SCOTT Ryan, 3. ALEXANDER Jacob, 5. WEBSTER Jack, 6. TAYLOR Brody (17. HATZIMOURATIS Dimitri 89'), 8. THOMPSON Blake, 10. HOLMES Tyson, 12. GAGE Ethan, 13. XYDIAS James, 14. JANKOVIC Marko, 18. THURTELL Matt (9. LUCAS Chris 70'), 23. MITROVIC Velibor (19. KELLY James 61')
Unused subs: 20. COE Nathan, 4. FRY Charlie
Cautions: None
Red card: Jankovic 87'


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Brazilian tech rumor site Zumo seem pretty sure they've got the inside scoop on the stats for Dell's new
mini-note netbook, the Dell E. The price point of the E has been widely rumored to be $299 and Zumo sticks with that, so what will you be getting for your triplicate of jowled Benjamins?
A lot more than you're getting in most competing netbooks, it seems. Zumo claims that the E will feature a 1.6GHz Intel Atom, 1GB of RAM, an Intel 945 Express Graphics Chipset, 8GB SSD, Wi-Fi, a memory card reader (mais natch) and an implausible 1240x600 (probably 1024x600) resolution. It will also run an unspecified version of Linux... hopefully Ubuntu, but that's just my own speculation-slash-wishful-thinking based on Dell's healthy relationship with Canonical.
Those $299 specs are a backboard breaking slam dunk for Dell in the netbook market if true. But also interesting is that Zumo claims the Dell E is now née: it will be shipped as the Mini Inspiron. Yes, it's a typical Dell name — utterly bereft of imagination — but anything was better than E, short of the Dell Fff.
Dell Mini Inspiron specs [Zumo via Gizmodo]
* - I still rather like the term "mini-notebooks" to refer to Eee-class machines, but the rest of gadget blogdom seems to have gravitated to "netbook" and I've finally been dragged kicking and screaming and sliding floor splinters under my fingernails into the new Newspeak.


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MissMikaylaG: Grapevine Community Spotlight
Have you heard of the YouTube sensation MissMikaylaG? Her bubbly personality shines throughout her channel and we've become addicted to her amazing content. Recently, we had a chance to catch up with her and she is nothing less than a giant ball of energy! Let's get to know MissMikalyaG in this week's Community Spotlight.
What inspired you to get into YouTube?
I've been watching YouTube videos for over five years now and I honestly just became addicted. Addicted to watching videos as well as makeup, and I just decided one day that I wanted to create my own channel. I already had basic editing and filming skills as well as tons of on camera experience so it just felt like the right thing to do!
How do you balance other responsibilities and running a YouTube channel?
When I was in college it was pretty hard to balance everything, but having a schedule kept me very focused. Even now I think having a schedule and setting goals for yourself is really important. I like to plan my content well in advance in case other things pop-up that need to take priority. I just like to be safe and plan ahead!
How has your content changed since you started your YouTube channel?
My content has changed quite drastically. I used to create full-on "OG beauty guru videos" but over the past four years times have changed and I've had to adapt. Now I incorporate more lifestyle, DIYs, life hacks and food testing videos into the mix but I think beauty videos will always be my favorite to film!
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Do it yesterday! There are so many content creators out there now and I think the one thing I wish I could change about my channel is that I started earlier. Also, be consistent! I think thats super important too.
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|44 Weeks
|45 Weeks
|46 Weeks
|47 Weeks
*We officially have our 2 bottom teeth!! I was beginning to think we were toothless! Haha!
*He loves to crawl and get places on his own. If we try to hold his hands and help him walk, he will bend his knees and collapse so he can just crawl.
*He is finally saying "mama"! BEST SOUND IN THE WORLD!
*He would rather play with tupperware or cups in the cabinet than most toys. Although, if he plays with toys he always goes for the cars/trucks/vehicles of some sort.
*We have cut him down to 2 bottles, one in the morning and one before bed, but other than that he just gets table food. He likes about anything we put in front of him! I'm so thankful to not have a picky eater on my hands...yet!
We had a fun filled month...here is our life in pictures:
|Enjoying life on land
|Brooks found out he is going to have a baby BROTHER!
|May 4th
|Soon to be BIG BROTHER!
|We traveled to Kansas to visit GG and Great Grandpa. You can read about that trip here.
|He's never slept with us before, but since we got to Kansas around 3am, we let him crash with us the rest of the night.
|10 Months 7 Days: Little guy had a rough nap day. Sometimes you just do what you gotta do!
|He LOVED shrimp and veggies.
|Helping me make some of his birthday decor.
|10 Months 10 Days
|We love being outside.
|Rooster Day Parade
|MY FIRST MOTHERS DAY!!! Pregnant-the day he was born-now
|Obligatory Mother's Day Photo :)
|You can read about my amazing Mother's Day here.
|10 Months 14 Days
|Playdate...for the mamas! :)
Brooks: 10 Months 16 Days
Ryder: 3 Months 3 Days
Alec: 5 Days
|Mayest with friends
|10 Months 17 Days
|I am so in love with this tiny human!
|Funny faces
|Brooks is excited to be the big brother! 20 Weeks pregnant!
|Little dude just can't stay awake in the stroller!
|Uncle Wes and Aunt Katy came to visit!!
|Eating rocks.
|These towel pictures are MY FAV!!! :)
|Best dad award goes to this guy!!!
|Somedays you need your dad to take a nap!
|You can read about our fun Memorial Day here!
|We love pasta!
|Drillers Game with our LifeGroup!
|I <3 My Family! 10 Months 29 Days
|Our first time in the pool this year! I'd say it was a success!!!!
|This one was taken last August!
|Fun times with cousins!


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DWP Denies Urging Staff To Vote 'No' In Scottish Independence Referendum
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied urging civil servants to vote 'No' in the Scottish Independence referendum in September.
A memo written by the permanent secretary Robert Devereux sent to DWP staff reads:
"This is because the UK government has a clear position to maintain the Union and so it is legitimate and necessary for UK civil servants to support the government in this objective."
A DWP spokesman said the memo set out guidance to staff on how to communicate referendum information to the public. However, the PCS said it was "poorly written, ill-judged and patronising".
PCS Scottish Secretary Lynn Henderson said:
"This is a very sensitive issue north of the border and one in which civil servants are all too aware of from both the UK and Scottish governments' respective positions on independence. They remain bound by the civil service code.
"The wording of this memo is not only clumsy but it also seeks to blame lower-graded civil servants for not understanding the instruction on how to conduct themselves as civil servants, rather than as voting citizens in a democracy. I suspect that the intent may have backfired somewhat."
Source – Welfare News Service, 20 Aug 2014


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St. Patrick's Day was a dry holiday in Ireland until 1970. Irish law, from 1903 to 1970, declared St. Patrick's Day a religious observance for the entire country meaning that all pubs were shut down for the day. That meant no hard liquor, for public celebrants. The law was overturned in 1970, when St. Patrick's was reclassified as a national holiday – allowing pubs to once again be open for the holiday.
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1971 Plymouth Roadrunner NASCAR tribute
1971 Plymouth Road Runner NASCAR
Technical specifications of Plymouth Road Runner 1971
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If this classic has you flashing back to the 70's you obviously spent allot of your time at the speedway! This car was built for promotional purposes by the owner of Micro Sleeve Corporation. Originally designed to also race the car in the "Silver State" highway run!
In 2000 with the aide of archival pictures and technical details, Sputnik Motor Sports began building this vintage NASCAR clone like none you've ever seen! With detailed NASCAR references, they were able to put together a very accurate chassis, roll cage and suspension combination. The ten point cage is made utilizing 1-5/8"/.134 wall steel tubing that extends from the front of the frame rails all the way to the bright chrome front and rear bumpers. It wouldn't be a NASCAR clone if it had stock suspension. All this work included adding heavy 1.1" torsion bars, heavy duty front and rear sway bars, moving the rear springs, using all polyurethane bushings, and adding dual heavy duty racing shocks over each wheel. The rear end is a 742 casting 8-3/4 unit and in true stock car style utilizing 12" Chrysler drum brakes all around. It rides on a set of 15x10" Bart Racing wheels with never run one year old 275x12x15 Goodyear Eagle tires! If you're trying to recall the team that ran with Orange and White you won't come up with anything. In fact, it was a conscious effort to avoid any colours that were used on circle track cars during this era. It makes the car much more of a tribute to the sport than to a specific driver.
Following the plan of the original racers the same body modifications were done to this car. The side marker lights were covered, door handles and mirrors removed, front wheel openings opened up, gas filler port fabricated, plus the headlights and taillights removed. Pop the hood and you will see a 440 block with low hours. Underneath the custom NASCAR style cowl induction air box is a Holley intake with a 850 cfm Holley double pumper. The Mopar Performance transistor ignition system utilizes dual cockpit mounted modules which was standard practice for stock car racers. An old school custom aluminium shroud covers the Griffin four core radiator with dual cooling fans. Since the car was intended to be driven off the track as well, a Torque Flite transmission was used with a manual valve body. A stock clutch pedal is in place and the vintage Hurst manual shifter has custom linkage to power the transmission.
The interior is finished out in matching orange with custom aluminium panelling that finishes it very nicely. Black faced gauges line the dash with a polished tach on top. The racing steering column was custom fabricated and is topped with a removable stock car padded steering wheel. The original side quarter windows were fitted with Lexan replacements. Retaining straps are in place to reinforce the stock front and rear window glass. The single NHRA Kirken racing seat utilizes a five point racing safety harness that is approximately a year old and window safety net. This is a professionally built, thoroughly researched and planned, rotisserie restored race car tribute with receipts to prove it! This car would do well in any car show and would make an amazing addition to any private or museum collection! Or if you are not into only showing it, put it back on the street or track where this car will really shine!
No racing log book.
This beauty is currently licensed (Non-Op) in the state of California with a clean title.
Technical and Build Specifications:
· Full cage made of 1 5/8" x .134 tubing. It is attached under the hood, in the cockpit, and in the trunk. It is also covered with padded foam.
· No inner fenders.
· Fenders Radiused for wider front wheel openings.
· Firewall has been smoothed to a flat piece.
· All lights have been covered, horn, lights and wipers removed, etc.
· The doors are not welded shut they actually have electronic poppers; driver's side has locking swing bar on roll cage.
· It has a Kirken all aluminum racing seat, Simpson 5 point belt, and a window net.
· Windshield and rear window safety hold-down straps.
· Aluminum covers inside front bumpers and tail lights.
· Air foil on the rear deck lid and a 4" air dam across the front.
· The battery is custom installed on the left side in the trunk.
· Period correct 22 gal. fuel cell, with an over-flow can and steel tubing surround.
· Dry brake with fuel filler neck that comes from the same supplier who provides the parts to current NASCAR teams.
· Bright chrome bumpers, front and rear.
· Plexiglass ¼ windows.
· Roll up side windows, which can easily be removed.
· Stretched rear wheel openings.
· Exhaust fan for the cockpit that also cools the transmission.
· Three pins hold the hood and two hold the trunk.
· Aluminum air flow panels under the hood, windshield post, rear windows and the rear bumper.
· The front has tubular upper A frames and std. lower control arms.
· Two shocks per wheel.
· HD hemi torsion bars.
· HD Rear leaf springs.
· Pan hard bar.
· HD anti-roll bars, front and rear.
· 15" x 10" Boyd race wheels -steel.
· Tires are NASCAR 12â€Goodyear's
· 8 ¾" Chrysler rear end with 2.94-1 gears.
· 1968 Roadrunner 12â€drum brakes in the front and 12" police drum brakes in the rear.
· STD, 1971 B-body front spindles.
· Power Steering.
· Shaft and U-joints type of steering column with a removable steering wheel.
· Dual reservoir master cylinders with heat shields.
· 440 engine.
· Four row radiator with high flow water pump.
· Custom "NASCAR" air cleaner. (metal)
· Hooker coated headers.
· 3" pipe, 2 chamber Flowmaster mufflers & tail pipes that exit in front of rear wheels.
· 727 automatic with a shift kit and a Hurst 4 speed type shifter handle.
· Clutch Peddles installed so car can be converted to a 4 speed with tunnel opening installed.
· Interior oil cooler behind the driver's seat. This system pulls air out of the cockpit and cools the automatic transmission fluid.
· Acrylic enamel was used in the engine compartment, cockpit and trunk.
· DuPont base/clear was used on the exterior of the car.
· Graphics such as Plymouth, 426 ci, 007 are stuck on units with clear shot over graphics.


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Mortgages, electric bills, new windows -- it seems as soon as you get a paycheck, it's spent on home expenses. Creating a budget has three purposes, according to CNN Money. It identifies how you are currently spending your money, set goals based on your long-term financial objectives and tracks your spending to ensure it will meet those goals. Watching where your money goes can help you save for large home expenses, such as new living room furniture, and unexpected home expenses, like repairing the hot-water heater.
Find a computer software program to create your budget. A budget can be done with pencil and paper, but computer programs make it easier to draw it up, according to CNN Money. The programs allow you to separate expenses into categories and draw up reports. Many also have automatic budget-creation features that analyze your previous spending to estimate how much you'll spend in the future.
List your current expenses. Go through your checking, savings and credit card statements from the past three months, as well as any receipts you have saved. List expenses in categories. Within categories, list subcategories such as dividing "house" into "mortgage," "homeowners insurance" and "property taxes."
Track undocumented expenses. When you're done listing recordable current expenses, you might have money gone that's undocumented. This is the money you withdraw in cash. Take four weeks to journal each cent you spend on day-to-day needs and use those results to figure out how much you would spend throughout the rest of the year if you continue at the same pace.
Find where you can cut back. The only way to save more is to spend less, and plenty of people can spend less. Many families making $50,000 or less are spending more money each year than they bring in, according to CNN Money. If your spending exceeds your income, then examine what categories can be reduced.
Even if your spending doesn't exceed your income, examine your monetary priorities. If your goal is to build a nest egg for unexpected home expenses, then it might be wise to cut back on your grocery and entertainment budgets.
Set aside money for household expenses. In general, direct at least 10 percent of your earnings toward savings, says Bankrate.com. Part of these savings can go toward household expenses, while the rest of it can go to other savings purposes, such as retirement and vacations.
Revise your budget, if necessary. Your first budget might not work for your lifestyle. After making a concerted effort to stick to the numbers for at least two weeks to a month, sit down and look over the budget again. Does your career require you to invest more in clothing than in gas money? Rearrange your funds to make it work while still sticking to your goals.
Items you will need
- Budgeting software
- Receipts
- Pay stubs
- Calculator
- Consider budgeting using the "the 60 percent solution." This entails that your "essential" spending comes from the first 60 percent of your total, pretax income, according to MSN Money. The rest of it is divided into 10 percent chunks: Retirement savings, emergency savings (or debt repayment), short-term expenses and fun money.
- Look out for luxuries that you have deemed necessities. If you're spending more than you earn, then it's likely you have been spending that money on luxuries, even if you think it's something you need.
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New York – We live in an age of global access that our bubbies' bubbies wouldn't have dreamed of. Today, we can "visit" the Kosel via a 24/7 live broadcast; frum web sites make limud Torah a "click-to-download" away; and matchmakers are online, reuniting neshamas who last saw each other at Sinai. Now, in the spirit of online convenience, making Shabbos plans will be easier than ever before with www.seeyouonshabbos.com: an innovative new site that will match Shabbos hosts and their guests and put a hands-on kiruv opportunity within the reach of every frum family.
The seeds of this ambitious project were planted when Rabbi Benzion Klatzko, the site's founder, realized the scope of the Shabbos placement problem. "Originally, the thought was, 'We want to inspire people to keep Shabbos, but there are 52 shabbosim a year and if they don't have places to go, then keeping Shabbos is not a practical option.'" In the end, he knew that a concerted effort was needed in order to link individuals to families. "We the Jewish people have many, many resources, but we're not always as organized as we could be. Everyone has good intentions, so if we can take everyone's good intentions and put them on one web site as a resource that everyone can use, we would have a tremendous amount of power."
Geared primarily towards the newly religious and the hundreds of students around the world who are interested in learning more about Yiddishkeit, www.seeyouonshabbos.com is a revolutionary service that will provide Shabbos placement for any Jew, anywhere.. The site offers a number of features: "Search for hosts in your area," view "A host's profile," and "Book a Shabbos," to name a few. Using location and other criteria like pet or food allergies, a registered guest can select a host family that best fits their needs. There is even a link called "Shabbos Facts" which serves an informative, "Shabbos-101" tool for first-timers. For registered hosts, the site outlines five security measures (like viewing a guest's profile) that will help protect the families who partake in this amazing chesed.
Rabbi Klatzko has been working on the front lines of kiruv and rabbonus for 21 years. As one of the initiators of kiruv on the West Coast, and currently a director for college outreach for North America, he has seen the need first-hand for this type of database. "Hundreds of people are becoming frum each year and many hundreds more are interested in learning about yiddishkeit. But the community is not organized enough to be a resource for them," Rabbi Klatzko says. "All in all, it is almost impossible to arrange Shabbos while trying to maintain momentum on the front lines of kiruv." A site like this, Klatzko envisioned, would serve the dual purpose of enabling a sustained path of growth through students' connections to frum families and other like-minded individuals, "while eliminating much of the time and energy expended in order to place them for Shabbos."
For kiruv professionals, who may have 100 students to place, the site will serve as a networking gold-mine.
Identifying the Shabbos placement problem was easy; creating the web site has been a lot more difficult. As one could imagine, there is a lot of grass-roots networking needed to implement a project of this magnitude."We have been working on the project for 14 months, with a staff of 12 working full or part-time on the logistics," Klatzko says. He needed each one of them because, "The logic behind how to create booking, add friends, and allow guests to confirm their plans, were all very difficult to create."
Starting the site has involved a lot of brainstorming, Klatzko admits. After all, several key factors would affect the success of the site in achieving his objectives. The "See You On Shabbos" team discussed the following: "How do we give enough information that a guest will feel comfortable enough to go to a host without compromising the host's security?"; "How do we create a design that is pleasing to the eye, and a simple user interface that wouldn't be daunting to the average user?"; "How will we ensure that every Jew, regardless of their background and denomination, will want to use the site?" The issues are complex, and behind the scenes, combining them into a seamless web site has been a challenge.
Students who have heard of the site are thrilled about the prospect of finding Shabbos hosts more easily. "'See you on Shabbos' reflects the genuine desire of Jewish people all across the world to welcome other Jews into their homes," says Sammie Goodman, from Merrick, NY, an alumna of Neve Yerushalayim seminary. "I think that this site will help create beautiful Shabbos experiences, connect people, and help to build Klal Yisrael. "As a ba'alas teshuvah who needs a place to spend Shabbos each week, the outpouring of people looking to host guests is very meaningful," Goodman says.
The site will prove to be more of a long-awaited resource than many non-kiruv-professionals might think. "One of the hardest things about becoming frum is connecting to frum families," says Marnie Kruschen of L.A. "As a ba'alas teshuva myself, I can remember the days when I felt too embarrassed and shy to call families I didn't know to invite myself to their home. If I could have used 'seeyouonshabbos.com', my life would have been much easier. It would have taken the awkwardness out of calling families because I would have known [that since] they were on the sight, they wanted me!"
"Seeyouonshabbos.com" will also be an unparalleled resource for those returning from ba'al teshuvah seminaries or yeshivas in Israel, who may not have any personal contacts in frum communities in America. "Being newly frum, you live a dichotomous life that involves trying to shed the negatives of your past and embrace the positives of your future," Kruschen says. "This website acknowledges that dichotomy and eases your way into your new frum lifestlye."
Rabbi Klatzko's vision for "See You On Shabbos" does not end at Shabbos placements. "Ultimately, I am looking at this site becoming the epicenter of the Jewish worldwide web, where a person can go on and find places for Shabbos–shuls, kosher eateries, shidduchim, and eventually, jobs as well."
There is a lot of work to be done before www.seeyouonshabbos.com's potential is realized. In its first month nearly fourteen hundred people signed up on the site, from countries as diverse as Sweden, Germany and Belgium. Its founders are hopeful that the efforts of those who hear about this exciting project in its early stages will help spread the word, register themselves as guests or hosts, and expand the resource base quickly.
Families who are thinking of participating should know how much the gesture of hosting one Shabbos meal can affect a Jewish neshama. "Shabbos is a time where an individual can get one-on-one time with inspirational individuals, get a taste for the beauty of Shabbos first-hand, and experience a life of honesty, spirituality, and purity," says Kruschen. "Hosting individuals for shabbos is the single most impactful thing you can do for kiruv."
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7 Jun 2017
DIS choose Hey Colossus's 'Englishman' as a soundtrack for the election
It says:
Hey Colossus
Soooooo I might be from the US, but I get how the UK severed itself from the EU. Our Dixie flag-flyers and MAGA cultists wish for the same "pure" (read: all white) state that your extreme nationalists want – and they're the ones who jumped with both feet into the most backwards elections that both of our countries have ever endured in ages. But English nationalism is even further entrenched - and to a degree, even more absurd, as Hey Colossus so righteously point out: "Whoops the empire slipped between the cracks / The stuff of legend and it's never coming back". Those that hold onto this archaic ideal, they assert, are pathetic waifs that deserve to be crushed – and that's exactly what "Englishman" does. Well, in a conceptual sense. But fuck me, how sweet is the sound of that squelch right now, eh?
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What do I do if my electricity bill is higher than expected?
If you receive a power bill that is higher than normal, or more than what you would usually expect, you may have some questions. Firstly, you will need to know if there have been any changes affecting your usage, so you can alter your behaviours or budget for differences.
Here are some of the common factors that could lead to higher or lower electricity prices.
Seasonal difference
When you are comparing your electricity bills, make sure you are taking an apples-to-apples approach - bills can change from summer to winter, as you begin to use different appliances.
For example, your winter heater may be less efficient than your summer air conditioning unit, meaning your bills will be higher.
A cold snap or heat wave could also have an impact as you could be more reliant on appliances to beat the temperatures. When you get your bill, think over your overall billing cycle and see if you can remember any changes in temperature that could have seen you ramp up your energy usage.
Rates change
One other reason for a difference in the amount sent to you on your bill could be a change in the rates your electricity supplier is charging you.
You may have received a letter warning you of this change and when it was likely to take effect. If you do get any correspondence such as this in the mail, it is wise to make note of the dates when such changes will occur, so you won't be surprised and can budget ahead if necessary.
A change in rates could be another incentive to do an electricity comparison to see if you would be better off with another power company that could perhaps provide lower rates.
Change in household
Have you added a new housemate to the mix? Any change to the number of people living in your house, including house guests, has the potential to change your usage patterns.
Another explanation for a higher than usual bill could be that you have invested in new appliances. These may have the potential to suck up more power off the grid than you had expected. Small measures such as turning them off when not in use could help you reduce the next power bill.
Estimate rather than actual bill
Sometimes your electricity company may give you an estimate of what your bill is likely to be, rather than an actual reading. This is based on your usage from the previous year, so if you have recently made changes around the home to be more energy efficient they may not be reflected in your bill.
However, this will be balanced by your next bill which should be lower again to compensate for this.
What else?
If the change in your bills can not be explained by any of these factors, it might be worth chatting to your electricity supplier to ensure you are being charged the correct rates and there are no problems with your bill.
Posted by Liam Tunney.


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Middle East is more diverse than Arabs and Muslims
Regarding the July 22 article, "Barack who? Arabs weigh in.": I believe that the reaction of other parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, to American elections is extremely relevant material for journalists. However, I feel that this description of the Middle East and of Arabs in general is not really accurate or fair. For instance, the article explains that there are numbers of Arabs, Iranians, and Jews, but neglects to mention the Christians and Kurds who form minorities that further complicate Middle Eastern affairs.
The Christian minority in Lebanon is a major part of that ongoing conflict, while Kurdish ethnosecessionism is a major bone of contention for Turkey.
Although Arabs are a very large component of the Middle East, they are not the only part, and I think that it is a disservice to those who read this article not to include at least a few non-Arab points of view.
It is important for Americans not to have their views of the Middle East, Arabs, and Islam oversimplified as they go to the polls this November, as many of us will try to cast a vote for the best chance of peace in the Middle East.
Megan Jones
Bridgewater, N.J.
The benefits of organic, domestic food
Regarding the July 15 article, "New pressures drive US farmers south of the border": I read that these farmers are moving to Mexico and Brazil to escape tougher environmental and safety regulations and employ below-minimum-wage labor now that immigration laws have tightened. This is all the more reason to buy shares in local organic farming, which maintains quality and safety practices and stems the flood of labor moving to other countries.
Katy Michel
Portland, Ore.
Fed, not oil prices, causes inflation
In response to the July 17 article, "Inflation surge puts Fed in a quandary": As Milton Friedman taught, "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." The only way inflation can surge is if the central bank creates more money than an economy needs.
The article blames inflation on high oil prices filtering through to the rest of the economy. This ill-advised logic is a classic example of using partial equilibrium analysis to explain the general nature of the economy. While the partial analysis explaining that high oil prices filter through to other goods and services is true, the part that is left out is that the high oil prices are a result of an expansion in the money supply.
Mike Wickerham
Macomb, Mich.
E-Verify is subject to abuse
In response to the July 7 article, "With E-Verify, too many errors to expand its use?": The narrative included in the story about E-Verify appalls me. It describes the way in which a naturalized citizen was immediately fired for coming up as a tentative nonconfirmation – and barred from returning to the plant to show his Social Security documentation.
This is patently against the rules of the memorandum of understanding that every employer has to agree to when enrolling in E-Verify.
Employees are supposed to have a set period of time to contest their nonconfirmation before they are terminated. Not only did the meatpacking business likely violate laws against discrimination, but they also violated the terms of E-Verify itself!
It just serves to highlight the potential for illegal abuses of the E-Verify system – abuses by the employers, not by the workers.
Elizabeth Venable
Los Angeles
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Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, and Molina, a gay window-dresser, share a prison cell for six months. Molina passes the time by telling Valentin stories from his favourite movies. At first a reluctant listener, Valentin eventually becomes enthralled with the stories, as he becomes emotionally drawn to Molina. Over the course of their confinement, the two men fall in love and ultimately become lovers. But how far will Molina go to support Valentin's cause and show his love?
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As you all know, I, along with thousands of other students out there are feeling the crunch of the recession as well as trying to feed their beauty addiction! So I decided to interview fellow student Ella Turner from Edinburgh, who like me, loves everything beauty, to see if her beloved beauty products would be taking a backseat now she's a broke student at university…. listen in and let's see! Thanks to Ella for taking some time out of her busy (cough cough wink wink) revision schedule to have a quick chat with me!
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Praxair Declares Dividend in Third Quarter 2014
July 23, 2014
DANBURY, Conn., July 23, 2014 – The board of directors of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has declared a quarterly dividend of 65 cents per share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2014, to shareholders of record on September 8, 2014.
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Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company with 2013 sales of $12 billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and many others. More information about Praxair, Inc. is available at www.praxair.com.
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Momentum Builds for Ocean Change
There's been a recent spate of good news about people dealing with the global problem of ocean acidification at the local level. Over the past month, the Maryland Ocean Acidification Task Force and Maine Ocean Acidification Commission have reported on what ocean acidification means for their states, and what each state can do to protect its local ocean. These are the first comprehensive state reports on the east coast to put forth suggested actions addressing acidification.
Both commissions included scientists, fishermen, shellfish farmers, state agencies, elected representatives and community groups who are especially concerned about their shellfish farms and wild fisheries, especially blue crabs and American lobsters. I attended the Maryland Task Force meetings too.
During the meetings over the summer, we heard of shellfish farmers in Maryland seeing lower baby oyster production levels. Even though the cause has remained a mystery, no one could rule out ocean acidification. This lower amount of oyster seed still remains unexplained, but everyone agreed that the marine resources and coastal communities of the state are too important to be left in such uncertain conditions. In fact, the Maryland report includes recommendations for increasing ocean acidification research and monitoring so the state can understand just what is happening.
I've met with a few of the Maine commissioners, and they're trying to reduce the uncertainty too. This week the commission co-chair, Representative Mick Devin, emphasized why more information is needed: "It isn't just valuable shellfisheries that are at risk, but other parts of our economy like tourism. No one visits the Maine coast looking for a chicken sandwich. Let's make sure visitors can have a lobster roll, a bowl of clam chowder, a bucket of steamers or a platter of Damariscotta River oysters on the half shell when they come to Maine." Among other recommendations, the state commission emphasized the need for more research and monitoring of acidification, but this requires funding, science and collaboration with others.
While these individual states fight for their local economies and coastal cultures, they recognize that this issue is not simply a problem for a few scattered states or a region, but rather a growing concern for the whole US, and more help is needed.
I am also glad to report that the federal government is listening to these states, industry, scientists and others and has responded by recently proposing an increase in ocean acidification research and monitoring funding from $8.5 million to $30 million through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This additional funding would provide for water quality sensors, research vessel operations, scientific experiments, and allow for greater collaboration between the states, federal government, and international efforts to address acidification.
This added federal attention and increased concern is great news for Maryland, Maine, and the people who depend on the sea for their livelihoods. By increasing the knowledge of what acidification does to marine life, tracking where and when it occurs, and working with others to reduce carbon pollution and runoff pollution, these states will limit future damages to important ecosystems, economies, and cultures. We at Ocean Conservancy look forward to hearing more from these states and regions (and beyond!), because as we all know, the ocean doesn't stop at state borders, and ocean acidification has the potential to reach all our shores.