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This is something you charge an applicant for checking their rental application. Many state Landlord/Tenant Laws are specific about how much you can charge and when you can charge it.
In a nutshell, you can charge a "screening fee," but only in an amount that covers your costs or is equal to what a tenant screening service would charge.
You have some leeway, but not much.
A fee of $25 to $35 is probably the maximum you want to charge.
Application fees are not meant to be a profit center. The fact that some landlords used application fees as profit centers resulted in the legislature adding this piece to the Landlord/Tenant Laws of many states
Charge the fee and you undertake a number of responsibilities to the applicant.
1. You have to tell them what you are going to check.
2. You have to inform them of their rights to dispute any information you uncover.
3. You have to tell them the name of the screening service or credit reporting agency.
4. Even if you don't charge an application fee, but you reject them as tenants because of information you received from a credit agency or tenant screening service, you have to tell the applicant that you rejected him or her because of the information you received, and give him or her the name and address of the service or agency.
5. You need not tell applicants the specific results of the credit report or screening report, only that it caused you to reject them. They need to contact the agency for the specifics. You can, however, give them a copy of their "consumer report," as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
6. You may not charge a fee unless you actually have a unit available to rent at that moment or expect one within a reasonable length of time.
7. If you charge an application fee but never screen the applicant, you have to give the money back "within a reasonable time."
You have three excellent reasons for charging an application fee:
First and foremost, it pays for your time and expense of screening an applicant.
Your time is worth something. When you applied for the mortgage loan on the property you now own the lender undoubtedly charged you a fee for the credit report and the appraisal. They also charged you "points" to pay for the loan officer and possibly even a "document preparation fee" to pay for the cost of putting the loan documents together. They did that because they are in business to make a profit. So are you. Charge an application fee.
Second, and almost as foremost, it cuts down on the number of unqualified applicants you will get.
If a bad tenant knows you are going to pull a credit report and look for court records that would show evictions and felony convictions for drug dealing, he may not even bother to fill out the application. Bad tenants count on you not checking on them. Even so, some people don't think that you will discover all their dirty secrets. They will fill out the application and pay the fee anyway. (Nobody said they were smart.) In that case, you have at least been paid for your time.
Third, it sends a message to your prospective tenant from the beginning that you run your rental business as a business.
That sets the tone immediately, telling them that you are not their best buddy, you are not an easy mark, but you are providing a service for them, are happy to do it, but expect them to keep up their end of the bargain.
Copyright Cain Publications, Inc., used by permission.
Robert Cain is a nationally-recognized speaker and writer on property management and real estate issues. For a free sample copy of the Rental Property Reporter call 800-654-5456 or visit their web site at www.rentalprop.com.
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text: Show Hide image Politics 25 March 2011 What are we protesting for? The Power of the People's Assembly! Sign-up George Monbiot recently wrote that the creative groups mobilising for March 26th need to become "propositional" and not just oppositional. He is right about this, yet he misses the main point. For many of us, the fight against austerity is about far more than merely resisting job losses and reduced services, and calling for state reform. Fundamentally, it is an opportunity to bring into being a new political model based on the power of democratic structures, or what some of us call people's assemblies. Therefore, our proposition is not to the state, but to our fellow marchers and the wider public. To sum it up, here is our simple manifesto: 1) We are fighting for a new model of democracy, and not for mere state reforms. 2) As was shown with the Iraq invasion, we cannot defeat the cuts with marches from A to B. 3) We want to go beyond defence of the welfare state and organise to liberate people. By way of a common politics of constitutional change, community welfare or 'common-fare'. 4) These aims cannot be achieved by old political structures such as parties, unions and sectarian pressure groups. 5) They can be achieved only through new forms of political organisation. 6) We are calling these new, common organisational forms People's Assemblies. PAs are a non-sectarian, strategic organizing tool which, when joined up have the potential to transform society everywhere. 7) In Canada the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly is building a movement of trade unionists, workers, students, and social movements which cuts across the usual sectarian lines. And there are many other examples worldwide of Popular Assemblies springing up in recent years. It is clear that Assemblies have the potential to build a movement to peacefully transform the way that services are owned and run locally and nationally, but also internationally too. 8) After the march on Saturday, we should like to see People's Assemblies spring up in cities and rural locations across the country and further afield. 9) During last December's UK student protests, campus-based assemblies of students and local anti-cuts campaigners temporarily appeared across the country, with over 300 in attendance at Cambridge University and a regular Student Assembly established in London. 10) More recently, anti-cuts campaigners occupied Lambeth Town Hall and declared themselves to be a People's Assembly in solidarity with the movement. 11) At the recent National Educational Assembly and the European Assembly in Paris last February students and workers voted for the formation of campus-based and city-wide assemblies across the UK and Europe 12) On March 24th-26th in addition to actions in the UK, there will also be international demonstrations against austerity and the financialisation of human life. Many of these actions have been organised by Popular Assemblies across Europe and world-wide. 13) After the march this Saturday, we plan to camp the night in Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square. 14) On Sunday, we are inviting everyone to participate in a National Constituent Assembly in Hyde Park, from around 11am to plan future strategy together, and in particular to commit to building permanent People's Assemblies in their local communities so that we can begin the process of democratic revolution here in the UK, Europe and world-wide. 15) It is possible to imagine, and collectively build a world in which everything gets properly looked after through commonly owned and run public services working alongside the best of the services we already have. This is our dream, to perfect democracy and the political economy of public service provision so everyone can live in dignity, and be empowered to shape our culture together as equals. The key to making this great dream a reality is the developement of new structures, working People's Assemblies and the embrace of a new local to global politics of the common. 16) Thomas Paine said it far better than we can: "we have it in our power to build the world anew". 17) For more information, have a look at the People's Assemblies web-site, and help us make the Network grow. Better still, join us on Saturday night and on Sunday morning in the park! Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! SUBSCRIBE More


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A correspondent of the New York Daily Ad vertiser says:
"He denounces the House for arresting Mr. Houston—it has no power to do so—that it is a high handed act of aristocracy—aad that Mr. Sünberry has received nothing more than he deserved. He makes the proceedingt of the House a standing theme for declamation. A clergyman, a friend, and an acquaintance of his, lately visited him in company with a lady, and so strong were the President's expressions, that the clergyman felt bound to admonish him at his own house, or rather at the house of the nation, for the imprudence of his remarks. This is the man whom Mr. Jefferson said "one might as well make a sailor of a cock, or a soldier of a goosn, as a President of him."
Will the Globe deny that this statement is substantially correct.
The Culpepper Gazette contains the follow ing notice, signed by Richard Field, Saml., A. Stortow, William Green, Jeremiah Strother, William Major, George Freeman, Henry Shac. kleford, William Hurt, W. J. Manifee, Martin Slaughter, and Daniel Brown, Jun.
.."NOTICE.-A Convention of Delegates will assemble at Charlottesville on the 12th day of June next, to nominate a ticket of electors pledged to support ANDREW JACKSON as President of the United States, and PHILIP P. BARBOUR as Vice President of the same, at the ensuing election. A meeting of the citi. zens of Culpepper, for the appointment of delegates to represent the county in the abovenamed Convention, will take place at the court house on the 1st day of the next (May) court."
Weinser, to-lay, the report of the Senate's committee on the apportionment of the Repre*ntatives of the several States. The indica. tons given out by the Globe, and the Albany Agus, would justify the supposition that the bill, as it passed the Senate, will not receive
* Executive sanction. If such should be its *, the question will assume much more imPortance than we have heretofore supposed; audit will become the duty of all to investigate and understand the principles involved in the report.
... Wehave been permitted to copy the follow.
"Dean Sin: By the same mail with this you will receive a Port Gibson Correspondent, which contains the proceedings of a meeting held in this place, on the 31st ultimo. It is hoped, Sir, you will find in them the consolation, that you are not deserted in Missi-sippi, nothwithstanding the recent attempts made by your personal enemies and dishonest politicians, to impose a belief on yourself and the public, that that very public censured your course. Although your enemies are active, and descend so far beneath the gentleman in the vileness and coarseness of the epithets which they em. ploy in censuring you; yet you may look with confidence to the support of the candid, the honest, and the sober-minded of all parties; and rely upon it, your services, and your capa. cities still for rendering them, will always receive in Mississippi the high appreciation which they deserve."
Ma. WAN BUREN, MR. Ritch iE, AND "The TARIF or 1828.-It is really amusing to see the tricks and juggling by which Mr. Ritchie is attempting to palm his favorite upon the good and honest people of Virginia. He knows their deep aversion to the "bill of abominations," which has impoverished the State. He knows that Mr. Van Buren supported that bill. The difficulty is to reconcile Virginia to a course so contradictory as the support of a man who supported the bill to which the people of that State are so grievously opposed. The cunning fox knows, that were he to undertake to excuse the tariff, he would but destroy the confidence which the people of Virginia so strangely repose in him. He takes precisely the opposite course, in order to maintain his told on them. He denounces the tariff in the strongest terms, and calls a rally to arms to put it down. But this would seem to be fatal to Mr. Van Buren, by whose management the tariff was fixed upon the country. . At this point he displays all his skill and adroitness. To cover his favorite, he asserts that he voted under instructions of the legislature of New York. The history of these instructions forms an interesting item in the political management of Mr. Ritchie's fa. vorite.
Mr. Wright, the present comptroller of New York, and the most influen'ial of Mr. Van Buren's partisans, was one of the committee who reported and carried the bill through the House of Representatives It was well understood that the whole matter was an effort to enlist the tariff with the presidential question, by the two parties who placed that question beyond all others; and each of these was desirous to throw upon the other the responsibility of defeating it. Besides these there were two other parties in the House; on: earnestly in favor of the increase of duties and the other decidedly opposed to it. It wo, j certained that the manufacturers were opposed to the project as matured by Mr. Wright, and
"8 otract from a letter, dated Port Gibson, as clearly understood that it that bill were sent
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to the Senate, it would be rejected by the aid of the votes of the New England Senators. It is remembered by all that the bill as it passed the House was most strenuously opposed by New England members, and it is this bill which Mr. Webster denominated the "bill of abominations." Mr. Van Buren pledged himself to
event all amendments to the #. and pretended that the instructions of the N.Y. legislature were got up for that purpose. The bill was sent to the Senate on the 23:l of April, and on the 9th of May, 1828, "Mr. Van Buren presented resolutions of the legislature of New York, instruct. ing the Senators and requesting the Represen tatives from that State, in Congress, to use every proper exertion to effect such a revision of the tariff as will afford a sufficient protection to the growers of wool, hemp, and flax, and the manufacture of iron, woollens, and every other article, so far as the same may be connected with the interests of manufactures, agriculture, and commerce; and declaring, as the sense of the legislature, that the provisions of the woollens bill which passed the House of Representatives at the last session of Congress, whatever advan. tages they may have promised to the manufacturers of woollen goods, did not afford adequate encouragement to the agriculturist and the growers of wool."
We have quoted from the Senate Journal, and it will be seen that the instructions were framed with a view to cover the bill which Mr. Wright, "by the advice and consent" of Mr. Van Buren and the party, had passed through the House. Mr. Van Buren had pledged himself to vote against the amendments, without which it was well known that Mr. Webster and his friends would assume the responsibility of rejecting the bill. Yet, by the violation of his pledge, he voted for the amendments, and after. wards for the bill itself. And yet Mr. Ritchie is prepared to sustain him for for Vice Presi. dent, and then for President.
But it will be seen that the instructions did not require Mr. Van Buren to vote for the bill as it passed. They bear upon their face the purpose for which they were got up, and the renort of the Secretary of the Treasury, is an. other link in the chain of deception, played off upon the south. It was not then, nor is it now, the interest or policy of Mr. Van Buren to quiet the country. All parties now admit that the act of 1828, was most unwise, even as a measure of protection. It has greatly increased the difficulty of an adjustment of the question, consequent upon the payment of the national debt; to the south is unjust and oppressive, while it was to the manufacturers themselves, illusory and ruinous. Mr. Van Buren, however, had an interest already established in the South. He had already secured Mr. Crawford and Mr. Ritchie, as his authorities, and relying upon their influence in denouncing Mr. Calhoun, he hoped to keep the south divided, whilst he would come in on the tariff interest as the favorite of the northern section, for he did not doubt that both Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams, would be laid aside by the Presidential election, then decided in the public opinion, in favor of General Jackson.
The report of Mr. McLane—the "judicious tariff" of the present-Executive is another step in this system of political management ; but it is too late—the eyes of the people are opened, and even the hypocritical Thomas Ritchie will be compelled to abjure the fraud. We are gravely told that the Secretary consulted intelligent gentlemen, north of the Potomac and in the State of Ohio ! And why did he not consult intelligent gentlemen south of the Potomac Was there no intelligence in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Louisiana? Or were they all at the disposal of Thomas Ritchie Mr. McLane tells us why he did not consult them. They were to be bribed in, by a permission to buy negro cloth at a duty of ten per cent. How considerate the Secretary is, to take upon himself so great a responsibility ! How can we refuse to make Mr. Wan Buren President, after so great a concession Up with your cap, Mr. R.—huzza for Mr. Van Buren and his "judicious tariff."
THE GLOBE AND M R. A. DAMS. The Globe of yesterday claims Mr. Adams as the advocate of the measures of the administration. Who could have believed that General Jackson would have purchased the eulogies of an insolvent partisan of Henry Clay, or that he would have been reduced to a dependance upon the support of John Q. Adams? So far from citing Mr. Adams's speech as a justification, General Jackson should read in in that speech his own condemnation. Mr. Adams did no more than insist for that construction of the powers of the Executive for which he himself had contended when in office, and which had been denied to him then, and to General Jackson now, by the Senate. . Who does not see that the object of the ex-President is to vindicate himself? It is a poor compliment, indeed, to Gen. Jackson, who promised to reform the abuses of the last administration, to find him resting on the precedents of that administration as an excuse for a violation of his pledges! But a word to Mr. Adams. Any one conver. sant with the principles of human action, must know that his chief solicitude is to counteract the effect which the late presidential canvass might have had on his reputation. For this purpose, he came into Congress, and it was early foreseen that he would not permithiunself to be considered as a partisan of Mr. Clay. By refus. ing to become a partisan of Mr. Clay, he may counteract, to some extent, the impression that there was an obligation, implied or expressed, to do so; by entering the lists in defence of the abuses of this administration, he can do no more than satisfy the public that we have gained but little in principle by the change; but he runs the risk of bringing upon himself a heavy responsibility for the abuses of both, without redeeming himself from the odium which justly a taches to the last. For ourselves, we were not disposed to consider him as a combatant, but he who enters the lists as a champion, must expect to be dealt with accordingly,
Securtamr McLane vs. GEN. Jackson. Our correspondent, "Another Citizen of Delaware," handles the amiable Secretary secundemarlem, and promises to furnish, other and further extracts from the writings of the Secre. tary; but what he now gives, shows how hollow and false is the pretension upon which General Jackson has made war upon his old friend, who defended him in the day and hour of trial against those enemies whom he now hugs to his bosom. Let the reader peruse the following extract from the pen of Mr. McLane, andlask himself why is it that this man is now the confidential and bosom friend of Andrew Jackson, while he is the sworn and bitter enemy of the Vice President. It speaks a volume and needs no Comment,
Sin: The recent defence, by the Globe, of the political history of the Secretary of the Treasury, would seem to demand a passing notice. I shall, however, content myself for the present, with a brief retrospect of his character * Professions; and endeavor to substantiate my statement by a few passages from his own lutobtations, which appeared in the "Delaware Gazette," in 1824. ..'To accomplish the objects of his ambition, it **nown and admitted in his native state, that * Louis McLane is not fastidious in the selecof his means. With party principles hangigloosely about him, and a subservient press *::clusively at his command, he availed himself * his advantageous position in the House of *Presentatives, in 1824, to inculcate upon his *ituents such doctrines, as, in his opinion, would best promote his own aspiring views Regardless of former sentiments, and of former shends, this "Federalist of the old School" Permitted no one to escape the censure of his Goette, who hesitated unconditionally to sub* to unprincipled plans for his elevation. Hence, by referring to a file of the Delaware Gazette, which I shall embrace the earliest opPortunity to transmit to the office of the Telegraph, you will find denouncing Mr. Adams for *Postatizing from the federal party, and, at the *me time, advocating the democratic caucus
nomination of 1824! At this period, contrary to his usual custom of employing the editorial department of his paper, Mr. McLane addressed to the members of the Legislature three letters under the signature of "A Citizen of Delaware" in relation to the then approaching election of a President of the United States. It has never been doubted, or denied, that he is the author of those letters. And the friends of Mr. Crawford, at the time, were exceedingly active in giving currency to the fact; for they expected much from the authority of his name. Their expectations were realized; and although the Assembly of Delaware was not in favor of Mr. Crawford, yet two electors were chosen favorable to him. I shall not here enlarge upon the extraordinary measures adopted to effect this cbject; but will barely remark, that they are unbecoming the character of a high-minded and upright politician. Mr. McLane's preference of Mr. Crawford over Gen. Jackson, for the Presidency, was not merely because Mr. C. was his especial favorite, but that the General was utterly unfit for the exalted station. Indeed, if sincere in his protestations, as set forth in the following extract from one of his letters, signed "a Citizen of Delaware," Mr. McLane cannot now believe General Jackson qualified for civil rule. Here it 18. "It is presumed, however, that the federalists of Delaware, in selecting a Chief Magistrate for this great republic, will deem vi tue and morality necessary ingredients in his character.— They will not elevate to that distinguished place a military despot, who deliberately be. lieves he has authority to hang distinguished citizens of the United States under a military law, applicable only to foreigners, and who has actually shot six militia men WITHOUT TRIAL!" This grave and solemn address by Mr. McLane to the Legislature of Delaware, must have proceeded from the deliberate conviction of his heart; or he must have attempted to prac. tice an unworthy delusion upon the members of that Legislature. . His friends may choose for him the horn of the dilemma. Again, we extract from the Delaware Gazette, of January, 1824: "A reference to the conduct of the General in the cause of Arbuthnot and Ambrister, ma serve to show in what estimation H E holds the decision of a court martial, as well as the of. ficers of our civil court, WHEN THEY COME IN CONTACT witH HIS PURPOSEs, and that the failure of such a tribunal to give sentence against an object of displeasure, is No PREVEN TATIVE AGAINST THEIR PU. NISH MENT, when General Jackson possesses the power, and entertains a wish to inflict it." The fact is well known to the citizens of Delaware, that the pliant successor to the late talented editor of the Baltimore Republican, Mr. Wilson, was then, as he is now, the mere nouthpiece of Mr. McLane; that nothing of a political bearing, either editorial or otherwise,
appeared in the "Gazette" without the direc:
tion or approbation of Mr. McLane, and that its Editor was notoriously incompetent to conduct the paper unaided by auxiliary advice. The Baltimore Republican, of which Mr. Harker is now the ostensible Editor, is become the organ of the Treasury Department, and, as in duty bound, will adopt or reject the policy of the hour with a single eye to the future advance. ment of its immediate patron. On this subject you may hear from me again; but, in the mean time, I expect the allegation. Mr. McLane, the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, is the author of the letters signed "A Citizen of Delaware," and published in the "Delaware Gazette" in 1824, and challenge an authorised denial of the charge. At my leisure I may furnish you with additional extracts from those precious epithets, and call upon the people of the country to decide whether Gen eral Jackson has frankly avowed the cause of his personal difference with Mr. Calhoun; whether it be possible that he can impart his entire confidence and affection to a man who, he has reason to know, has entertained and expressed opinions of him like those contained in the letters of "A Citizen of Delaware;" and yet find abundant grounds for his implacable resentment against Mr. Calhoun for a manly difference of opinion in the construction of a military order. Credal Judeas appella, &c. ANOTHER citizen of DELAwarE.
FOR THE UNITED states Telegraph.
Governor Poindexter's letter to his constituents.
This document having attracted general notice, and obtained a wide circulation throughout the Union, has been subjected in the Globe to a criticism which deserves to be corrected. So far as they deal in "surmise and general abuse," of the honorable Senator whose letter has thrown the kitchen cabinet into hysterics, their offspring merits and receives his unmingled contempt. They assume to speak for the President, and labor to create a belief that the materials of which the article is composed, throughout all its ramifications, is drawn from his resources. We take the occasion to admonish those who abuse his name and influence, that, although they can, without a blush, calumniate and denounce the friends who sustained his cause in the hour of adversity, and cast their hopes on the successful issue of the great struggle which brought him into power, he ought to be cautious how he indulges in the repetition of State calumnies, repudiated under his own signature; first invented for the common purpose of party strife, and consigned to the tomb of oblivion by the indignant voice of the people on whom they were designed to operate:
Who could have believed when 'General Jackson was elevsted to the Executive Chair, that he would have used his vast patronage to corrupt the press, and to purchase an insolvent from the ranks of his rival, whose journal is almost exclusively appropriated to the fulmination of opprobrious epithets, and unmeasured abuse of the members of both Houses of the
of all those distinguished patriotic men who stood in the breach, and nobly defended his fame, there is not one who does not hang his head in grief and disappointment, when,he hears repeated from the lips of the President, and finds in the columns of the Globe, the indecent and unbecoming language which is applied to every Senator and Representative who dares to act on the independent convictions of his own mind, The offensive and indecorous terms, "slanderous"—"drunken Senate"—"corrupt coalition"—and the like, are said to be daily uttered by the Chief Magistrate of the nation, while speaking of that body; and both Houses of Congress are, with as little ceremony or respect, denounced as a 'school for scandal, "and as being no longer a deliberative legislative body." The elements of social intercourse are annihilated, and the law of force and personal violence is openly recommended as necessary to check the freedom of debate, and to protect speculation and fraud on the national treasury from exposure and merited reprehension, a "hickory" club for each House, with appropriate labels, deposited with the doorkeeper, to be used "five or six times" to punish refactory members, is given out as the mode of effectually "reforming" the wicked practice of scrutinizing the measures of his administration, and of testing the purity of those who constitute, the elite of his corps of letter writers and gladiators. This, at a distance, may sound like fiction, because of its novelty and reckless daring, but here every one must see and know toat, substantially, it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of an honest jury in a court of justice. Such is the attitude assumed by the Executive, in his relations with the Senators and Representatives of the people, and the evi. dent object of the "official paper," is to lessen their influence among their constituents, to guard the popularity of Gen. Jackson against truths which they may deem it their duty to communicate to the people in the recess of Congress. - - Pursuing this object with unceasing vigi: lance, the whole machinery of a pension press is put in motion from Maine to Mississio pi, to cry down every man, however pure his character and conduct, who is unwilling, like * fawning mastiff, to wear a collar on which is inscribed the name of his owner. The Sena: tor from Mississippi, whose mind could not be brought to this state of subserviency, either by flattery or menace, is destined to encounter the revilings and denunciations which can be poured forth on him by the mouthpiece of the President. We know full well with what ineffable scorn and contempt he contemplates the impotent efforts which are now making to distort his political conduct, and to bring on him the censure of the State, whose interest: he represents with a "lofty bearing," which excites the malignant envy of the palace, while it commands the approbation of the candid, enlightened then of all parties.
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RICHARI) COULT Elt.
The spirit and ability displayed by this Representative of Pennsylvania, in the proceed." ing before Congress relative to Gen. Houston, has called forth commendations from his fellow citizens of all political complexions in his native State; indeed our exchange papers, tha have undertaken to speak on the subject, are unanimous in that way, Mr. Coulter, on this occasion, has by no means exceeded the exPectations of those who know him as an able and searless man, calculated to serve his country in a crisis, rather than bustle when the ele. ments are calm, and compile speeches with a ** to his own political advancement.—Har
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portrait of Gen. Washington, if it can be had on reasonable terms. Mr. Dallas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which the petition on the subject had been referred, reported a bill for the relief of the representatives of the late General William McPherson, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Dallas presented a memorial of the legislature of Pennsylvania, praying legislative interference in behalf of the Cherokee Indians. The apportionment bill was taken up, and after a few remarks from Mr. Poi No oxten, read the second time and passed. The Senate, at an early hour, went into the consideration of Executive business, and sat with closed doors until its adjournment.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE8. Mox DAY, APRIL 23, 1832.
In the Senate, yesterday, after the usual oming's business, the general appropriation blood the bill for vaccinating the indians, **erally read the third time and passed. 0nmotion of Mr. Webster, the bill for the apPotoment of the representatives among the ***es, according to the 5th censis, as **ed by the select committee to which it had been relemed, was on up for considera*...*, Winston, after explaining and ad. *ating the amendment, proposed for the pur* of tying the principle to take the questo the amendment without filling the ***ing the number of member of the House, and the number of Representatives to tersome remarks from Messrs. Dallas, Curtos, Dickenson, and Hill, the question was taken on the amendment, and it Wood to yeas.22, nays 22, the vice Pre. ident giving the casting vote in the affirmative. * Hoo: then moved to fill the blank for the *or of members of the house with 21i. Mr. Curton named 256, and Mr. Websten ...i.ach gentleman supporting hismo. *With a few remarks. After a debate, the **taken, first on 256, the largest ornamed in theist, yeasio, hays 23, the *was then taken on Mr. wenstein's *to fill the blank with 251, and carried, **, nays 14. Mr. wenson then moved to fill the other blanks with the number of re*sentatives for each State, according to the *Ple asumed in the amendment. This motion having been carried, the bill was ordertd to a thirdreading, yeas 33, nays 20.
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Benton pre** memorial from a number of citizens of *gh, adverse to the renewal of the char. "ofthe Bank of the United States. The *morial was read, and, on motion of Mr. B., ordered to be printed. Mr. Fuelinghuysex *bmitted a resolution proposing an inquiry into the expediency of purchasing Peale's original
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McDonald's Happy Meals healthier - not healthy
Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers' questions in this monthly column written exclusively for The Chronicle. E-mail your questions to email@example.com, with "Marion Nestle" in the subject line.
Q:Wouldn't it be the best form of activism to encourage people to buy McDonald's slightly-less-bad-for-you Happy Meals? If the new formulation flops, do you really think McDonald's will take more baby steps in the same direction? Aren't you letting perfect be the enemy of the good?
A: The question, for those of you ignoring national media, refers to McDonald's announcement that it plans to restructure its Happy Meals for kids by adding fruit, downsizing the fries and reducing calories by 20 percent and sodium by 15 percent.
Skeptic that I am, I took a look at McDonald's lengthy press release. The company does not claim to be making healthier changes. It says it is offering customers improved nutrition choices. This is something quite different.
At issue is the default meal - the one that gets handed to you without your having to ask for anything. Plenty of research shows that although customers can request other options, most take the default. So the default is what counts.
McDonald's says its new default will include a quarter cup of apple slices (how many slices can that be?), less sodium and 1 ounce less of french fries (thereby reducing calories and fat). These are steps in the right direction, but tiny baby steps.
The rest is up to you: hamburger, cheeseburger or McNuggets.
As for beverage, the press release says, "McDonald's will automatically include produce or a low-fat dairy option in every Happy Meal."
This sounds great. "Automatically" makes me think the default Happy Meal will come with low-fat milk. No such luck. It's up to you to choose from soda or low-fat chocolate or plain milk.
Want something healthy? You have to ask for it. And the meal still comes with a toy, although the meal isn't healthy enough to qualify for a toy under the San Francisco's nutrition standards, which are scheduled to go into effect in December.
The McNuggets meal meets the San Francisco standard for sodium, overall calories and for saturated fat - if you choose low-fat white milk. It fails the other criteria. Fat provides about 40 percent of the calories (the standard is 35 percent), and fruit misses the mark by 50 percent. The hamburger and cheeseburger meals fare worse. And even if french fries count as a vegetable, they don't reach the three-quarter-cup standard. Sodas, of course, have too much sugar.
No toy for you, San Francisco kids.
So let's get back to the underlying question: Isn't perfect the enemy of the good? Aren't baby steps like these in the right direction and, therefore, deserving of support?
I don't think so. McDonald's proposed changes are a reason to ask a different question: Is a better-for-you Happy Meal a good choice? Wouldn't your child be better off eating something healthy, not just slightly healthier?
Couldn't McDonald's, the largest fast-food maker in the world, come up with something genuinely healthy that also tastes good?
"Better for you" is a marketing ploy, and McDonald's must need help. Although its annual sales are $24 billion from its 14,000 outlets in the United States, Happy Meals have not been doing well.
Business analysts attribute declining sales since 2003 to the unsophisticated toys. Toys are the only reason kids want Happy Meals, but more parents are ordering adult meals and splitting them with the kids. But what if Happy Meals appear healthier?
Let's be clear: McDonald's is not a social service agency. It is a business. Its business interests come first. This means selling more food to more people more often, viewing food choice exclusively as a matter of personal responsibility and pretending that the company's $1.3 billion annual marketing expenditure has no effect on consumer choice.
I suspect McDonald's actions are attempts to appease Michelle Obama's healthy eating campaign and perhaps to attract health-minded families to its outlets.
But surely the changes are also part of a calculated public relations effort to discourage other communities from enacting nutrition standards like those in San Francisco.
What McDonald's actions make clear is the need for federal action to make it easier for people to make healthier choices for their kids. This means putting some curbs on marketing below-standard foods to kids and insisting that default kids menus be healthy.
If McDonald's were serious about promoting kids' health, it would offer default Happy Meals that meet San Francisco's nutrition standards and advertise them to the hilt. Until the company does that, I'm reserving applause.
Marion Nestle is the author of "Food Politics," among other books, and is a professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at New York University. E-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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At the forefront of this movement, which has gained a lot of momentum of late, is my friend and fellow beer blogger, Ashley Routson -- she's known as the Beer Wench by most. As she tells it, beer cocktails have become what they are today because of the the intersection of the craft beer movement and the craft cocktail movement.
"The foundation, the reason for [the craft beer movement's] evolution and rapid growth has been and continues to be innovation," Ashley said. "Mixing beer into craft cocktails only seems like the next logical step on the path of brewing innovation."
I'm game! So, I asked Ashley to share some of her favorite beer cocktail recipes with me. She did and I gave them a whirl -- in my own special way. My husband and a friend acted as my unbiased judges.


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Will Mano recognize me? The train began to slow down. Rama watched anxiously through the windows, her shoulders once again tense. Yes! There was a nun and a small figure next to her. It was Mano. Thank God! I'm home at last.
As soon as Rama's feet hit the platform, Mano ran to her mother. Rama knelt to catch the child. The two created a single unit for several minutes. Rama leaned back.
"Let me look at you." Rama stroked Mano's dark hair away from her eyes. Mano jumped away and grabbed Rama's hand.
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Several years ago in college, I shook hands with then governor of Texas — George W. Bush. He came to my school around the time he was campaigning and had a very blanket speech about vocational jobs of all things. It was cookie cutter. It was dry. And he was surrounded by his "yes" men as you would expect, controlling our questions.
But he still had to do the whole "kissing babies" routine so when he got to me I had my question ready. Back then I was a huge non-supporter of capital punishment. I have mixed feelings about it today, though. But at that time, it was a very passionate topic for me. I don't really remember the exact question but all W. gave me was a very glazed over face and a fake smile and sputtered, "Well, I am a capital punishment governor," and then he shook my hand and that was that.
Now I don't know if you follow the USA Network, but good old 1980s geek turned hottie Anthony Michael Hall plays a psychic named Johnny Smith on The Dead Zone. The show is based on the old movie with Christopher Walken in the lead role which was an adaptation of the book by Stephen King.
Smith can see the future and the past by touching things — or people and after shaking the hand of a to-be president named Greg Stillson, Smith sees the end of the world, literally. Now I know I'm reaching well around to make a point and I'm sure not saying I'm psychic but I have to admit that I had such a Johnny Smith moment when I shook Bush's hand. It's hard to explain. I just got a bad vibe and a chill …
Whether or not you are a democrat, or republican, there is no denying the severe left turn the War on Terror has been steering down for quite some time. I claim no side. I've always voted for who I thought was the best person for the job — no matter the affiliation. But what are we doing here? And what happens, and it will happen, when the torch passes on to the new president? Campaign runs are a funny thing. You hear every day all kinds of promises from the candidates. The media does it's take, covers the story, opens up the forum for discussion. Some instances like CNN take it a little further with some of their biased coverage. But overall we have the ultimate say about who deserves the job.
However I worry that the situation in Iraq will be like putting together a jigsaw puzzle without having the box with the picture on it to reference how it is all supposed to fit. Ultimately, whoever gets into office, where the hell do they start?!
And why didn't I write to Washington when I had my Johnny moment? 🙂


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Sunday, February 28, 2010
A New Magazine
Monday, February 22, 2010
Guiding Work Takes Shape
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The agile Speckled Piculet
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Speckled Piculet
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunset over Goa
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Greater Flameback Work
A female Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus hacked this hole in a tree right outside one of the tents in our camp in India. It made 3 visits, each about 2 minutes long, and this was the result. Despite the fact that the tree was fairly rotten, that is quick and impressive work.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Curry... and more curry
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Goa Woodpecker Result
Black-rumped Flameback)were common and easy to find others rare and hard work (eg.
Lesser Yellownape). Here is the list of those seen: Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus malayorum,
Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente,
Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus cinereigula,
Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus chlorigaster,
Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense puncticolle,
White-naped Woodpecker (Flameback) Chrysocolaptes festivus,
Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus socialis (a male in the photo here) and White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis hodgsonii.
White-bellied Woodpecker was the number one target of my fellow woodpecker-searching companion Simon, and I really wanted to see that species, too, due to it being a close relative of Black Woodpecker. We spent many hours trying to track it down, heard it drumming, saw the signs, and wondered where they where. Then we finally found 2 males, on the final two days. It was well worth the hard work we put in.


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Since 2012, the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has grown exponentially. We have been tested with the fires and floods of 2013 and 2015. We have been challenged with the merging of three different entities from different departments while responding and recovering from one of the worst disasters in the State's history. We have shown our own resiliency by rising to the challenge and meeting our Department's vision of "Creating safer and more resilient communities across Colorado".
Today, the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, has three Offices — Office of Emergency Management, Colorado Information Analysis Center, and Office of Preparedness — and is an agency within Colorado Department of Public Safety. The division follows the five mission areas of emergency management: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery.
The Division leads the State's response to emergencies and disasters while providing for the safety and welfare of its citizens. We support Colorado communities through a comprehensive, consolidated, and coordinated program of mitigating hazards, preparing for emergencies, preventing attacks, and responding and recovering from events that occur without regard to cause. We unite Colorado's preparedness and response capabilities across multiple agencies and jurisdictions to ensure the safety and welfare of our residents. When necessary, the division serves as the conduit for assistance from the Federal government. We also lead state agencies and coordinate with local agencies to ensure that resources are available to protect lives, property, and the environment from all hazards both intentional and unintentional events.
While our roles may be different, our goal is the same in each Office — Office of Emergency Management, Colorado Information Analysis Center and Office of Preparedness — collectively and individually play an integral role in supporting and keeping Colorado communities safe.
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First Marikana massacre memorial lecture to be held in Joburg
Rustenburg - The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will on Wednesday, host the inaugural memorial lecture for of slain Marikana mineworkers in Johannesburg.
The memorial lecture would be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 8:30am to noon, and Western Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe was expected to deliver the lecture.
The lecture is part of activities lined up ahead of the sixth anniversary of Marikana massacre commemoration on Thursday in Marikana near Rustenburg, North West.
Thirty-four mineworkers were killed on August 16, 2012 at Lonmin Marikana operations, when the police shot them at a koppie (a small hill in a generally flat area) near Nkaneng informal settlement, 78 injured and hundreds arrested.
The workers led by rock drill operators (RDOs) had waged a week-long wildcat strike demanding a minimum monthly salary of R12 500.
They rejected the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the dominant union at the time and elected a workers committee to represent them in putting their demands to Lonmin.
In total 44 people were killed during the violent strike, 10 people including two Lonmin security officers and two policemen were killed few days earlier.
The Marikana Support Campaign, Right2Know Campaign and Socio Economic Rights Institute also lined up activities leading to August 16, including the release of Institute for Security Studies (ISS) report which details what happened on the small koppie, or Scene 2.
The report would be released in Pretoria on Wednesday, a book launch is also planned in Parktown, Johannesburg on Wednesday afternoon.
A silent demonstration is planned at a venue, to be announced, while a candlelight memorial will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Braamfontein, in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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The 115th Street library in Harlem is being named after singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
"I grew up in this very space. I lived on 114th Street and Manhattan Avenue. I used to go to Manhattan Park to hang out and do mischief. But this library and this community did a lot to shape my life," Belafonte said. "I've done a lot in my life, but this particular ceremony has deeper resonance and deeper meaning than I think many of you would realize."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made it official.
"Imagine the young Harry in this building in the 1930's and 1940's learning and growing and imagining a world that could be. In here was nurtured a conscience that touched all of our lives and people all over the world," de Blasio said.
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We work to build the capacity and commitment of urban leaders across sectors to advance equitable climate resilience.
Focus Area Overview
For communities across the U.S. to make progress toward equitable climate resilience, leaders from government, the private and nonprofit sectors, and community-based organizations must recognize the need to act and understand the array of approaches they might pursue. Through this focus area, we work to:
- Strengthen the leadership and capacity of equity-focused, community-based nonprofit organizations to influence local and regional climate-resilience planning, policy development, and implementation; we do this primarily through our Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative.
- Build competency in racial equity among local government officials and nonprofit organizations active in climate-resilience work.
- Support cross-sector and cross-jurisdictional climate-resilience efforts in particular communities.
- Deepen the engagement of professional disciplines and networks in advancing climate-resilience work by their members; we currently are focused on the public health community's engagement on climate change.
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The Environment Program does not accept unsolicited proposals, and much of our current budget for this focus area is committed through multiyear grants made in prior years.
We occasionally invite applications for specific initiatives through a request for proposal process. When available, grant opportunities are listed on the Environment focus area pages, linked above, and on the Current Grant Opportunities page.
To apply in response to an invitation or review an existing application, visit The Kresge Foundation Fluxx portal.
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Instructions for creating an account and for installing Chrome are available in "Fluxx Portal Instructions and Helpful Tips" found in the Library section of this website. That document also is available once you enter the portal for easy reference.
Below are eligibility requirements for Environment Program grant opportunities. In certain situations, criteria are added for specific grant opportunities.
Who is eligible?
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- How Philanthropy Can Meet the Moment: The Vital Importance of Trust
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QUALITY ACCESSORIES AT LOWER PRICES: Since we were established in 1981 we have developed a unique expertise which is reflected in our superb range of great value accessories. We offer a wide choice of durable roof coverings, high performance floor and roof insulation and heavy duty relocatable base kits. Each kit includes suitable materials and fixings in sufficient quantities with detailed instructions. We offer quality components at very competitive prices. This service is only available to customers who buy one of our buildings and our accessories are not available separately.
CEDAR ROOF SHINGLES: Attractive and durable, cedar shingles make the ideal roof for high specification log cabins. These genuine cedar roof shingles are traditionally made from Western Red Cedar. The individual cedar shingles are laid over a felted solid pine inner roof. Each individual cedar tile is a known as a shingle. Cedar shingles have long been a popular roofing material for domestic and public buildings in large parts of North America where cedar shingles have a reputation for warmth and longevity. Cedar has an unrivalled reputation for durability and cedar shingles often last for many decades. We use only the highest grade of shingles which are 100% heartwood, 100% free from defects and 100% edge grain. Heartwood edge grain is the densest possible cut which ensures maximum durability. All fixings are covered by the next row of felt tiles, partly to ensure a neat appearance with concealed fixings but mainly to protect the fixing holes from any possible moisture.
DECORATIVE FELT TILES: Mineral coated bitumen felt tiles are an attractive and durable roofing material which is far more hardwearing than standard roofing felt. Traditionally used for small buildings only in the UK, felt tiles are used much more in Scandinavia and North America where they are used widely in general housebuilding. The sophisticated design features a strip of almost dry bitumen adhesive. This ensures that every tile is stuck to the tile below within a few days for improved waterproofing and windproofing. All fixings are covered by the next row of felt tiles, partly to ensure a neat appearance with concealed fixings but mainly to protect the fixing holes from any possible moisture. Mineral felt tiles are made using asphalt with a bitumen binder and an external covering of durable and attractive natural stone chips. Mineral felt tiles are often described as felt shingles because the design resembles traditional cedar shingles.
UNTEARABLE ROOF FELT: This untearable mineral coated bitumen roofing felt is more durable than standard roofing felt. Standard felt is paper backed or fibreglass backed, both of which are very easy to tear or puncture. This weakness makes standard felt vulnerable to wind damage. Although our untearable roofing felt looks and feels the same it includes a concealed plastic membrane which makes it far stronger. The most common cause of damage to a standard felt roof is a gust of wind getting under the felt and tearing it. Once the felt is torn it is quickly ruined. Standard felt can be torn very easily but our untearable felt cannot be torn by hand without a cutting edge. Even aggressive attempts to tear the felt by hand will only wrinkle the edges as the hidden membrane is stretched.
UNDERFLOOR INSULATION: The underfloor insulation is designed to suit our timber floor. The rigid insulation boards are suspended between the floor joists and above the ground. The top face of the insulation is just below the floorboards. The solidity of the floor is unaffected by this design. The internal appearance is also unchanged with attractive and durable tongued and grooved boards. Sufficient fixings are supplied to ensure that the insulation is suspended at the optimum height. Detailed instructions are supplied. The floor insulation used is 25mm thick polystyrene which is certified by the British Board of Agrement.
ROOF INSULATION: Our roof insulation is 50mm thick polyurethane foam with reflective silver alloy laminate facings on both sides. It is certified by the British Board of Agrement. The roof insulation is laid over the roof boards and below the roof covering. This ensures that the internal appearance is unchanged with attractive tongued and grooved boards. No internal lining boards are required. The kit features rigid foam boards which are lightweight and easy to install. If your order includes roofing felt or felt tiles longer nails are included for fixing through the insulation. If your order includes cedar shingles or granular steel tiles additional decking boards are supplied which are laid over the insulation to provide a suitable surface for fixing the tiles. Detailed instructions are supplied.
RECYCLED PLASTIC BASE KITS: Our durable eco-grid and eco-paving base kits are an affordable alternative to slabs or concrete. Lightweight and easy to install within a few minutes, these 100% recycled polypropylene pavers simply click together with no fixings needed. Designed to spread weight these lightweight pavers are stronger and longer lasting than a timber floor. Extensive preparation is not normally required - just level the soil and lay the pavers directly on the soil. No sand or shingle is required. Weed membranes are not needed below timber floors. The pavers interlock for greater rigidity. Unlike paving or concrete our plastic bases are self draining and fully relocatable. Where space permits the base is normally laid full size but if required in a tight location the pavers can be cut to size with no loss of structural integrity. The base is normally a few inches larger than your building. Fast delivery within 3-5 days ensures that you can start work quickly.
ECO-GRID BASE KITS: Our eco-grid plastic bases can support up to 150 tonnes per square metre. Each eco-grid paver is 472mm x 472mm and 40mm thick with an immensely strong 60mm hexagonal cell structure. Eco-grids can be laid on soil or shingle. Integral pegs on the underside help to level the base grids more easily. If the sub-base is concrete or a similar hard surface we recommend our eco-paving which features a flat underside.
ECO-PAVING BASE KITS: Our eco-paving is stronger, less brittle and more difficult to damage than concrete paving slabs. The pavers have a strong grid structure underneath and the surface looks similar to concrete slabs. We recommend eco-paving bases for larger sheds and workshops, log cabins, commercial use and any other heavy duty applications. It is also recommended if the sub-base is concrete or a similar hard surface, because the pavers feature a flat and level underside. Eco-paving can also be laid on soil or shingle. Supporting up to 200 tonnes per square metre, each eco-grid paver is 385mm x 385mm and 40mm thick.
MICROPOROUS PRESERVATIVE - DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR: Our quality microporous preservatives are impervious to water but not to water vapour. This allows the wood to breathe. You can order up to 3 separate colours if required. At least two coats are normally required with a further coat at periodic intervals.
Our 3 star preservative is practical and affordable with a choice of 4 colours. It covers around 10 square metres per litre and normally lasts 1-2 years before a further coat is required. COVID-19 latest: Due to a shortage of containers, our 3 star preservative is currently only available in 25 litre quantities.
Our 4 star preservative is a high quality preservative which covers around 9 square metres per litre and normally lasts 2-5 years before a further coat is required. It is available with a choice of 12 colours.
Our 5 star preservative is a deluxe high build preservative which can be used to achieve a stunning finish. Each extra coat increases the colour and sheen. It covers around 8 square metres per litre and normally lasts 2-5 years before a further coat is required. It is available with a choice of 12 colours.
Based on average coverage five litres of our 4 star preservative is enough for two coats on an 8'x10' shed or an 8'x8' log cabin. Ten litres is enough for three coats on a 10'x16' shed or a 12'x10' log cabin. Coverage varies according to the smoothness of the surface and the porosity of the timber. We recommend that you order more than you need to be sure that you have easily enough. All of these preservatives are safe for use with children and pets. These microporous preservatives are only available when you purchase a Summer garden building or if you purchased a Summer building in the past. Prices include free mainland delivery to England, Wales and southern Scotland. Colours are only as accurate as reproductive techniques allow.
WATERPROOF COLOUR SEAL - DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR: This advanced water-based microprous timber treatment uses the latest high-tech nanotechnology to create a long-lasting waterproof wood coating that is environmentally friendly. It is suitable for use on all softwood and hardwood products and is especially recommended for use on pressure treated timber, including sheds, summerhouses, gazebos, fencing and garden furniture. This timber treatment will colour, protect and enhance your exterior wood. It contains a mould inhibitor to protect the coating and can be used on all outside and inside timber. It gives a traditional matt wood stain finish in a range of natural colours. It can easily be applied by sprayer, brush or roller. It is recommended that the second coat is applied as soon as the first coat is touch dry. We advise for ultimate performance the timber has a wood preservative pre-treatment. For the first treatment, two coats are recommended and will give a traditional wood stain finish that is long lasting. A further coat is recommended every 2-5 years. One litre covers approximately 10-12 square metres. Coverage varies according to the smoothness of the surface and the porosity of the timber. On average five litres covers a 12x8 shed with two coats and ten litres covers a 10x20 with three coats. It is recommended that 2 coats be applied. We recommend that you order more than you need to be sure that you have easily enough. Colours are only as accurate as reproductive techniques allow. Prices include free mainland delivery to England, Wales and southern Scotland.
WATERPROOF CLEAR SEAL - DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR: Our hardwearing clear seal is ideal as a clear varnish for bare timber or as a waterproof top coat for painted wood and pressure treated timber. It is also ideal as a waterproof floor varnish, especially the polyurethane clear seal. The smooth and shiny finished surface is waterproof and easy to clean. Available in a choice of acrylic or polyurethane, these colourless water based coatings are almost odourless and recommended for smooth planed timber only. One coat is normally required as a sealing top coat on painted or treated timber. A minimum of two coats are normally required on untreated wood. Up to three coats may be required for floors. An unsealed timber floor quickly shows muddy boot marks and other dirt. For best results a floor should be treated at the earliest opportunity while the timber is new and clean. On average five litres of our 5 star clear seal is enough for three coats on a 12'x12' floor, two coats on the walls of an 8'x8' log cabin or one coat on the walls of a 12'x16' log cabin. We recommend that you order more than you need to be sure that you have easily enough. The price includes free mainland delivery to England, Wales and southern Scotland.
NATURAL WOOD OIL - DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR: Our traditional wood oil preservative is linseed oil based and provides a natural ecologically friendly alternative to modern alkyd based preservatives. Wood oil combines the waterproofing qualities of a paint finish with the high absorption rate of woodstain. The natural oiliness provides a highly water repellent surface which protects the wood from moisture. The oil also penetrates deep into the wood and emphasizes the grain. The high elasticity of wood oil allows it to expand and contract with the wood as climatic conditions vary. Three coats are recommended with a further coat after 1-3 years. One litre covers approximately 12 to 16 square metres. Coverage varies according to the smoothness and porosity of the timber so you should order more than you need. On average five litres covers a 10x8 log cabin with three coats and ten litres covers a 20x13 log cabin with 3 coats. Colours are only as accurate as reproductive techniques allow. Prices include free mainland delivery to England, Wales and southern Scotland.
BURGLAR ALARM: This simple and effective battery operated burglar alarm kit is easy to install in any wooden garden building. The main panel features a digital keypad and a powerful built-in siren. Two pre-wired door contacts are also included complete with a length of cable which plugs into the main panel. A 9 volt PP3 alkaline battery is required, which is not supplied with the kit. The alarm is easy to set using the digital keypad. A delay allows plenty of time to enter or leave the building after setting the alarm. Once the alarm has been armed it will be triggered by opening the door or tampering with the wiring. When the alarm is activated the siren emits a powerful and unpleasant sound to deter intruders.
EXTRA COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION: This popular product is in stock now and we can deliver within a few days.
- Our normal next day delivery may be around a week slower at present due to unprecedented demand.
- On the busiest days when our capacity is reached it is no longer possible to select that day for delivery. If so the next weekday is the earliest day available.
- If you do not select a delivery day while ordering please email us with your requirements as soon as possible afterwards.
- Please read on for full details of the delivery service for this product:
- FREE NEXT DAY DELIVERY or delay the delivery until you are ready then YOU TELL US WHICH DAY TO DELIVER
- We normally have this log cabin in stock so we can normally despatch your order immediately.
- Delivery within 7-10 weeks if your size is not in stock.
- Please provide at least one DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER where the driver can contact you on the day of delivery if needed.
- Delivery is by appointment and the driver can phone you 30 or 60 minutes before arriving.
- Standard next day delivery by appointment is included in the price. This ensures fast delivery and the lowest possible price for this popular log cabin but it requires two fit and strong people to unload by hand. Normally the delivery is arranged by appointment with your base layers or fitters.
- Crane offload is available as a low cost option in many areas. No assistance is required with unloading.
- Crane delivery within 2-4 weeks if your size is in stock.
- Crane delivery within 7-10 weeks if your size is not in stock.
- Crane offload is recommended if you are paying for professional installation, because at most sites you can avoid handling the log cabin yourself. When organizing the delivery remember to allow a delay until the professional installer is available. Most installers require typically around 3 to 4 weeks notice. We recommend delaying delivery until a few days before the installer is due to arrive.
- If your log cabin requires a base to be constructed remember to allow a delay until the base is completed when organizing the delivery. The builder may be able to unload and/or move your log cabin for you.
- Some sizes are always in stock but other sizes are not. To see which sizes are in stock now please refer to the product details or click here to see a full list of all of our STOCK CABINS WITH NEXT DAY DELIVERY
- This log cabin is delivered as a single pack several metres long, one metre wide, one metre high and weighing around 500-700 kilogrammes.
TELL US WHICH DAY: You need to tell us which day to deliver so we need to hear from you. If you want fast delivery you should contact us soon after you order by phone or email or you can request delivery later.
NEXT DAY DELIVERY: Next day delivery is included throughout mainland England, Wales, southern Scotland and central Scotland. We deliver on the next working day if requested before 10.00am. For example, to request delivery on Monday just contact us before 10.00am on Friday.
DELAYED DELIVERY: You can request a delivery day weeks in advance or you can wait to choose a delivery day later. We can deliver on any weekday of your choice, just contact us before 10.00am on the working day before.
- All log cabin prices include VAT.
- Pay only 30% deposit when you order this log cabin by phone or online.
ORDER ONLINE: You can pay with a debit or credit card. We also accept password protected online payments using Verified by VISA or Mastercard SecureCode. You can pay in full or pay a deposit only. You can pay a minimum 30% deposit with order or pay a bigger deposit if you prefer.
METHODS OF PAYMENT: We accept most major credit cards and debit cards including VISA, MasterCard, VISA Delta, VISA Debit, MasterCard Debit, Electron, Solo, Switch, Maestro and UK Maestro. We also accept secure online payments using Verified by VISA or MasterCard SecureCode. We do not accept American Express or Diners Club cards at present.
SCHOOLS, COUNCILS AND BUSINESSES: We supply many schools, local councils and businesses both large and small. The prices and terms are the same so you can order online if you wish. If you want to pay by BACS transfer or company cheque please email us.
- Low cost installation is available in most areas
- Low fixed rates
- Payment on completion
THOUSANDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS: Since we were established in 1981 we have fitted buildings for thousands of customers at unbeatable prices. Our specialist fitters have agreed to fit buildings in your area at low fixed rates in return for regular work. Payment is due on completion. To order online just add your chosen fitting option to your shopping basket before you proceed to the checkout.
LOW PRICES FOR BASELAYING AND INSTALLATION: Our unique low cost installation service is available in most areas. To see the prices in your local area just enter the first half of your postcode at the top of every page or CLICK HERE. If available our installation service is offered alongside the building prices. To see the prices just click on the blue "i" symbol next to each fitter.
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Thank you for your very helpful email.
The handle store site is very good and I am sure I will find a replacement.
The summerhouse is looking as good as new, I am particularly pleased with the shingle roof.
Wish I had space for another one! The manufacture of the summer house was so good I made up a saying "if it don't fit you have got the wrong bit".
PS. The phone works I am too slow in answering!
Robert, Bebington, Wirral, CH63, 10x10 Corner Log Cabin 030, 5th July 2018
On 4 July 2018 Summer Garden Buildings wrote:
I've tried phoning your mobile but I don't think it works.
Regrettably we have no spare handles from that time ourselves, however we have found two good websites, one of which we have used in the past. They are handlestore.com and ironmongerydirect.co.uk.
You will need to search for a lever handle on a back plate with a cut out for a cylinder lock (also known as a eurolock). Hope this helps.
Sorry we cannot help more.
Summer Garden Buildings
On 31 May 2018 Robert wrote:
I have one of your log cabins for some years. The door handle is rusted badly and I am having difficulty finding a replacement. I am looking for a brass replacement.
The log cabin was delivered many years ago. Can you help?
Many thanks for your help. Just wanted to say how pleased I am with the work (INSTALLER 254) has done to complete our project.
Elizabeth, Micheldever, Winchester, SO21, 10x10 Corner Log Cabin 030, 19th June 2016
This building was fitted by Installer 254
Just to let you know the summerhouse has been built and is now being painted. Construction was straightforward and we are all very pleased with the result. It is a great addition to the garden
Yours faithfully
Barbara, Chelsham Common, Warlingham, CR6, 10x10 Corner Log Cabin 030, 24th October 2015


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As I start a New Year, I am reminded of the words of the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews, "Therefore,
since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside
every weight and the sin that clings so closely,* and let us run with
perseverance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our
faith..." (Hebrews 12:1-2a NRSV). A lot of people who have gone before me have helped me and inspired me to reach this point in my pilgrimage. They have cheered me on and still do. The journey continues into the future. Jesus Christ, the pioneer who set out before me is the One who calls me forward toward fulfilment. I'll lay aside the weights and all that clings to me and slows me down so that I can run with perseverance. At such a moment in his life a half-century ago, Malcolm Boyd asked, "Are you runing with me, Jesus?" I've thought about that prayer for a long time and have decided that it is a good one to offer from time to time. If he's not running with me, I may be on the wrong track!
God, help me stay on the right track this year!


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Rudbeckia Hirta on top-name colleges
This is typical of the applicants to your most prestigious name-brand colleges.
On the other hand, the university where I teach will accept just about anyone with a pulse. I run into a lot of students whose SAT scores are alarmingly low and who had two-point-something GPAs in high school. You can get a damn good education here -- if you choose your degree program and courses well.
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Thanks you, Rudbeckia. The excellent education is indeed available at a much broader range of colleges/universities than the top 25. And the range of personality types is certainly much wider -- plus the presence of students who are very talented at one subject but terrible at another. I know quite a number of PhD's whose undergraduate work was at third-tier colleges because they couldn't learn foreign languages, or hated the available extracurrucular activities, or were busy earning money to help out the family budget.
- January 21, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Allison said...
Sorry to be a broken record, but people don't send their children to top tier colleges because of the education. They send them because of the sorting mechanism of the elite school.
elite schools simply aren't that good at providing an education to bother wasting 25-40k a year.
They send them because they want better grandchildren. They think (correctly) that their child has a better chance of marrying well, of landing a job on the right career path, of using that credential. When the President of the US changes the current administration, there are thousands of jobs to fill. They are filled by the alumni network of the elite schools, not by personal connections, because *no one knows* that many people. But your school is a proxy for many things, and that you have the right attitudes, values, taste, as well as basic reading, writing and analytic skills is not questioned. This is true at the major banks, major industrial companies, the high tech firms. You want to work at Google and your ring says MIT? You're in. You're the top from Iowa State and have a master's from Univ of Illinois Chicago? No one reads your resume.
People will continue to want to get their kid into the elite schools for those reasons. Until those colleges are completely discredited, it will continue. Even if they teach nothing at all, that they sort for the best in the first place will make them stay elite.
- January 21, 2010 at 2:17 PM
I don't disagree, Allison. Guess the point of my post was that unless parents are fixated on their children rising to the very top (which should in any case be the child's choice, not the parent's), they should feel free to ignore the stampede to get into the top 25. And, I would add, in plenty of fields it is not a deal-breaker to have graduated from less competitive schools.
- January 22, 2010 at 6:10 AM