text: 'The Burning of a Flag' by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 30, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 17 Comments by Eric Awesud Ble Adolfo Martinez, a man who hails from Ames, Iowa, was sentenced sixteen jailed-years for the burning of a flag. The thirty-year-old man purloined a raindow-coloured flag that hung upon a church, and lit that rag, that cloth on fire. So obviously a thoughtcrime, he had to pay the price, unlike so many burning US flags protesting ICE, unlike Antifa members burning flags all of the time, as well as once a Secret Service agent—no jail time. Good God, I feel I'm falling back, back in the darC old War. How strange it is to feel one's back, back in US…SR. NOTE: The Society considers this page, where your poetry resides, to be your residence as well, where you may invite family, friends, and others to visit. Feel free to treat this page as your home and remove anyone here who disrespects you. Simply send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Put "Remove Comment" in the subject line and list which comments you would like removed. The Society does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or comments and reserves the right to remove any comments to maintain the decorum of this website and the integrity of the Society. Please see our Comments Policy here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) 17 Responses James A. Tweedie December 30, 2019 Bruce, As a social comment I commend you for this post. As a poem, however, I'm not exactly sure what to make of it. There appears to be a half-hearted attempt to approximate meter and somewhat less of an attempt to approximate rhyme. For me, the lack of form made this far less effective than if you had taken the time to package it properly. Reply Monty December 31, 2019 Have you done this on purpose, Bruce? Did you intentionally write a non-poem for your own amusement? Or maybe to give others a chuckle? If so, I admire your sense of adventure. Reply Joe Tessitore December 31, 2019 I looked up Mr. Martinez and read that there was more to it than "the burning of a flag." His flag-burning earned him a felony-arson conviction, which is his third felony conviction. As a repeat offender, Iowa state sentencing guidelines allowed the judge to triple his sentence for this current offense. Reply David Paul Behrens December 31, 2019 Flag burning, in itself, should not be thought of as a crime, as long as it is done safely. If it does not cause a danger to anyone, it should be considered free speech, no matter which flag is involved. Of course, if the flag was hanging on a church, it might be considered theft or vandalism. Reply Christina December 31, 2019 If it was hanging on a church it was desecration. Reply Eric Awesud Ble December 31, 2019 A Vile Action: the Burning of a Flag of Pride by Eric Awesud Ble "It was an honor to do that. It was a blessing from the Lord." —Adolpho Martinez The action was improper. It was packaged slovenly. How dare one say such things and strike out so unlovingly. Amusement, or a chuckle? some adventure thrown in too? Perhaps the burning of a flag is something not to do. O, no, it's worse than that, you see. It was a felony. Martinez was a ruthless dude destroying property. As a repeat offender—three-time felon—off to jail. The judge could triple sentencing for hate beyond the pale. No sanctuary for this fellow. Justice reigns supreme. This was an act of desecration. Hang him from a beam. Reply James A. Tweedie January 1, 2020 Bruce, Good to see that rhyme and rhythm are back in your vocabulary again! I suppose that at one level, the take-away is this: If you are irrationally angry and hateful towards something to the degree that you feel compelled to burn a flag that represents what you hate, then burn your own flag. Burning someone else's flag (ie. property) can be charged as arson, which is a felony offense. As a bonus, directing your hate (and arson) against a "protected" group can double the sentence. As far as this particular case is concerned I have no comment except to say that I thought the "three strikes and you're out" laws were declared unconstitutional by federal courts a long time ago? Reply Christina January 1, 2020 Mr. Ble, happy New Year to you and all. Please don't misunderstand me. It was not the arsonist who desecrated the church, but whoever placed a flag celebrating the whole homosexual agenda upon a church. That the burning of such a symbol has almost universally and legally come to be regarded as an act of 'hate' reveals how easily, swiftly and completely a vociferous and well-funded minority can manipulate public opinion. If I understood your poem correctly, to express sympathy with this particular flag-burner, then I agree with those sentiments, but don't think flag-burning will help modern society to get out of the slough it wallows in. Joe Tessitore January 1, 2020 For me, the take-away is how susceptible we all are, even the best and brightest among us, to being manipulated by "the news". By leaving out a few very critical details, the story becomes "you can burn American flags with impunity, but steer clear of rainbow flags". Reply Joe Tessitore January 1, 2020 I have long believed that the powers that be want us at each other's throats, and that the manipulation of the news is one of their most potent weapons. Can there be any doubt as we enter the New Year that they've achieved their goal? Reply Joseph S. Salemi January 1, 2020 It is interesting to compare this incident with the recent events in Rome, where two brave Austrian Catholics entered a major church, seized several degrading and desecrating idols of the earth-goddess Pachamama, and flung them unceremoniously into the Tiber. They did this both as a protest against Bergoglian apostasy, and as an attempt to cleanse God's house of jungle filth. Reply Joe Tessitore January 2, 2020 Your reaction to Pope Francis is powerful. Perhaps you could channel it into a poem: The shepherd of a divided flock That some revere and others mock. Inspiring hope, provoking rage, Symbolic of a fractured age. Just a thought. I believe yours would be well worth the effort. I know it would be well worth reading. Reply Joseph S. Salemi January 2, 2020 OK, I'll submit one to Mr. Mantyk next month. Eric Awesud Ble January 2, 2020 1. To begin with, I don't claim much for "The Burning of a Flag". Of the over 500 poems I wrote in 2019, it is nowhere near the top. To a certain degree it was bland, for it was written in a semi-rhymed balland verse, unrhymed iambic heptameters. Like the Elizabethans, I too am striving for a malleable adaptable line, like blank verse. 2. But also as an American, having gone through Modernist and Postmodernist poetry, not only do I write free verse and unrhymed verse, I am not averse to crashing the two togather [sic]. If nothing else, the Realists, like Whitman, and the Modernists, like Pound and Eliot, showed us the possibilities of English poetic power, even if on many levels they were unsuccessful. 3. Of course, Mr. Tweedie would prefer the second poem, because, like many, I suppose, he prefers smoother verse; I cannot say I do not do so myself. But I actually like that awkwardness as well, that Donne presented and others, like Milton, perfected. That jarring, those flats and sharps suggest additional meaning. But I would also note, the variations of pronunciation that both Mr. Tweedie and Mr. Salemi discussed on an earlier strand. I take words, like "hails" or "jailed", and give them two syllables, or one, depending on the case at hand. In a recent, better poem, "America 2019", Ms. Cook noted "sealed", which I also took as two syllables. 4. So what to make of "The Burning of a Flag"? Not much. Written by my Orwellian charichord (Eric Awesud Ble, which I pronounce Bleh) I naturally use the term thoughtcrime to suggest jurisprudent insipidity; the central theme is unequal justice (sixteen years for burning a flag; no time for burning a man); the final couplet echoes Wordsworth and the Beatles. The Beatles' allusion did not really work, because a dactylic phrase, like "back in the U-S-S-R" doesn't neatly dovetail into an iambic meter. But then again I rarely allow the meter to have power over the ideas. 5. One of the important functions of poetry is its memorializing; and I thought, in my rather hurried way, that Mr. Martinez deserved remembering (even better than I have done). As Mr. Tessitore has pointed out there is so much beneath the surface of this story, many things I omitted and that Mr. Tessitore omits as well; but I have to admit that I am not that interested in this example of justice gone awry in the duration of the prison time; so it is limited to a tennos. 6. The second poem came about in connection with the comments of Mr. Tweedie, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Tessitore, Mr. Behrens, and Ms. Lang. I simply used their words and shuffled them in to ideas surrounding Mr. Martinez. It is at this point that Mr. Phillips is closest to the mark, when he says, "Did you intentionally write a non-poem?…If so I admire your sense of adventure." Reply Monty January 2, 2020 My comment couldn't possibly have helped to influence your decision to write the second piece, 'coz I never once referred to the subject-matter of the first piece. I couldn't possibly. It's said that there are 7-odd billion humans on this planet; d'you think I care if ANY one human out of 7 billion.. from ANY country.. burns ANY flag.. ANYWHERE on the planet? Such inanities are never allowed to enter my psyche, Bruce; hence you won't find anyone less aware than me of all that type of rubbish . . I'm far to occupied with real life! My comment was made only to convey my assumption that you must've wrote the first piece with the sole intention of rendering a badly-written non-poem. . . just for a laugh, maybe; or to see what sort of reaction it might provoke. I now realise that it was a genuine attempt at a poem; but how was I supposed to know that if.. a/ I had no knowledge of the subject.. b/ Practically every line contained what appeared to be intentional errors: L1 and L3.. You already told us in L1 that he's a 'man'; you didn't need to tell us again in L3. L2.. It should be "sentenced TO sixteen.." . . and tell me: who says, or ever has said, "jailed-years"? Anyone? L2 and L3.. "flag/flag? L3.. "raindow" L4.. "lit that rag, that cloth on fire" . . can diction get any worse than that? L5.. Missing a hyphen in "thought-crime". L7.. The word "of" is redundant; unnecessarily inserted just to fit the meter. L7 and L8.. time/time? L9.. I saw what you were trying to do.. amalgamating "dark" into "Cold War", but come on, Bruce: can't you see how ugly "darC" looks on the page. Where's your respect for the written-word? L10.. US…SR, why? Would you write US…A? See? 'Twas all too much for me . . that's why I thought you were just jesting. Reply Eric Awesud Ble January 2, 2020 1. Though some have taken umbrage at his comments, like Mr. Sale and Salemi, and though he nearly always takes my poetry to task, I appreciate Mr. Phillips' responses. When he reads my poetry, I'm always interested to see what he most dislikes. 2. Even though he is sure his comment couldn't have influenced my poem, I would have him look at L3, and then note the nearly invisible metaphor I used, which is why I say specifically Mr. Phillips was "closest to the mark" when he said, "Did you intentionally write a non-poem." 3. O, I believe Mr. Martinez is definitely "occupied with real life". 4. You are right about the "intentional" errors. 5. I wouldn't be surprised if I was the first to use the "kenning" jailed-years in a poem. I do like to do things that have never been done before…"darC old War". 6. L2 and L3, "flag/flag" is intentional; and what will offend many (if not most) readers @ SCP is that the first "flag" slant-rhymes with "Iowa", and the second slant-rhymes with "fire", and rhymes with "rag" in the following line. It is a stylistic device I have used ever since my studies of Dickinson, et. al. One of my wildest ideas, that perhaps only I could ever take seriously, is my occasional belief that all words rhyme with each other. 7. You did catch one typo: "raindow", and I appreciate that, so I can fix it for my poems of 2019. I won't go into my theory of errors (typos, etc.) here on this strand. 8. I can easily see the diction of L4 offending readers. I do like the monosyllabic phrase, however; it is a recent voice and verbal structure I had not known before. 9. I do not want a hyphen in thoughtcrime; it is pure Orwellian. 10. In L7 the word "of" fits the meter. True. 11. "Time/time" echoes "flag/flag" rhetorically. It is a purposeful repetition. As I mentioned to Mr. Phillips in a previous strand, the best of American poets have used the device, like Dickinson, as well as others, like Robinson and Frost. In England, both Shakespeare and Blake have used it to some purpose. 12. As Mr. Phillips has noted in an earlier strand, he does not like playing with "his" language; and he is averse to writers, like Dickinson and Cummings, who are among my favourites "of" American poets. 13. Why would the Beatles sing "Back in the US, back in the US, back in the USSR"? I would suggest a "typical" English equivalence. Reply Gregory Spicer January 8, 2020 It's tough to give a damn about anybody's idiotic flag when one realizes that even skinheads and meth dealing gangsters have them for their groups as well. Monty is so right to put real life first. Never the less the poem demonstrates linguistic cleverness pressed into a shape admirably close to a traditional sonnet. How could I not like that? I also like the detached perspective that calls into question the nature of judicial decisions on these matters. Am I wrong to think of that perspective as something akin to honorable Whiggery? Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


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Oral Evidence
Report on the oral evidence of AIRF before the VI CPC, held on 6-7.2.2007 in Kolkata(SER)
Oral evidence of AIRF before the VI CPC started in Kolkata on 6th February, 2007 and concluded on 7th February, 2007. The internal meeting of AIRF was held on 5th and 6th February in J.M. Biswas Bhawan, Garden Reach, Kolkata(S.E. Railway).
In all the 5 groups, viz. (i) Loco and Traffic Running staff, (ii) Technicians of various departments, (iii) Technical Supervisors etc., (iv) Signal, Telecommunication, Electrical & Mechanical departments' staff, (v) Transportation/Operating Staff, the following representatives participated in the meeting and thereafter they appeared before the VI CPC for oral evidence:-
1. On behalf of Loco and Traffic Running Staff
(i) Coms. Salil Lawrence/Sr. Pass. Guard/ Sr.DOM/NGP/SECR,
(ii) N. Haridasan/Loco Pilot/DRM CST/CR,
(iii) P. Ganesan/ Motorman/ CCC/MMC/MAS/SR,
(iv) Nagbhushan/Motorman/CCG/DRM BCT/WR
participated in the oral evidence before the VI CPC. The delegation was led by Com. Rakhal Das Gupta/AGS/AIRF.
The Commission heard with rapt attention, the problems of the Loco and Traffic Running Staff. The discussion lasted for 45 minutes.
2. Technicians of various departments, including Bride, Tie Temping and Printing Press, of the Indian Railways also participated in the oral evidence before the VI CPC in which (i) Coms. A.M. D'cruz/C&W Tech.-I/UBL/SWR, (ii) S.K. Bose/Tech. II/CWM/MTN/CR, (iii) N. Srinivasan/Tech. Gr-I/SSE/ AC/DLX/CEWE/PER/SR, (iv) Prakash Morwal, MCF(DSL)/ABR/ DRM (E)/AII/NWR participated. The delegation was led by Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra/AGS/ AIRF.
1. Technical Supervisors of all departments, including Bridge and Track Machine Organisation, participated in the oral evidence before the VI CPC and on their behalf (i) Coms. S.G. Mishra/AGS/AIRF (ii) S.K. Gupta/SSE(P.Way) under AEN/SWM/KTT/WCR, (iii) R.N. Roy/S.E.(Sig.)/Kharagpur/ SER, (iv) Subhendu Mukherjee, WCM/AIRF participated. The delegation was led by Com. L.N. Pathak/SSE(Mech. Insp.) under CWM/CB/LKO/NR.
2. The Technicians of the Signal, Telecommunication, Electrical and Mechanical departments also gave oral evidence before the VI CPC. The delegation was led by Com. Rakhal Das Gupta/AGS/AIRF. Other members of the delegation were (i) Coms. T.J. Jose/SSE/ELS/ LGD/SCR, (ii) Amit Kumar Ghosh/Tech.-I/Ele./Ranaghat/ER, (iii) K.Ramesh Babu/SSE(C&W)/ ECoR/VSKP, (iv) B.L. Misra/SM/Bhusawal/CR
3. Transportation(Operating) staff of all the categories gave oral evidence before the VI CPC under the leadership of Com. J.R. Bhosale/Treasurer/AIRF. Other members of the delegation were (i) Coms. N.K. Gupta/SM/BIM/DRM/BCT/WR, (ii) Arun Gupta/Dy. Controller/ Ajmer/NWR, (iii) Bibhas Jorder/SSM/Alipurduar Jn./NFR, (iv) K.G.P. Singh/YM/Jamalpur/ER (v) S. Raghunathan/SM-I/Chennai Bench/SR.
The Pay Commission gave patient hearing.
The GS/AIRF had briefed each delegation in J.M. Biswas Bhawan, Garden Reach, Kolkata before they were sent for oral evidence before the VI CPC.
Next oral evidence will take place in March 2007 at Chennai and thereafter at Bangalore in April 2007.
The Pay Commission will meet the Standing Committee of NC/JCM in New Delhi in the month of April 2007.


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1 med stalk of fresh thyme
1/2 stalk rosemary
1 small clove garlic minced
4 tbsp butter
1/4 cup cream (or to taste)
low sodium chicken stock
carmelize onions until desired colour…i like them dark! in butter. add thyme and rosemary and garlic. add potatoes and brown just a bit. add chicken stock, season to taste. add cream off heat. puree with hand blender to desired consistency….and voila! easy onion and potato soup.
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What perpetuates my faith?
Drawing on what is unseen, comforts
like soaking in sun,
after illness confined
one to bed for a week.
I put a crown on reason, left
my intuition a pauper, despaired
each time that tiny voice was right,
displaced its wisdom for a condition
parallel with my malady,
and discouraged it
from speaking to those robbed
of spiritual awakening.
I included
myself in that
ignorant group,
to dissuade the fire from burning
into vivid nightmares,
and mindless daydream,
unsteered by conscious knowing.
I say all of this to remind you:
I don't know why I do it, myself.
This voice no longer whispers,
but screams above reason's cutting
stirs those small embers,
such notion un-predisposed,
univited, by any calculation,
to assert that chaos
overrides linear judgements.
I have seen my intuition beat medical
faith removed of religious
practice, feigning casualty at
being questioned.
Piety is unquestioned when
the matter is self-belief,
and to that end,
we risk challenging
modern mindset: we are nothing, can
become nothing, and will be forgotten
as quickly. This is a lie.
Despite insecure
claims that tell us not to strive
for the impossible,
we are not chained to
fate. If given foresight,
we are to believe it,
learn not to trust logic
above self-truth.


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Common Fallacies: Faulty Evidence
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Select two reliable source news articles that illustrate at least two of the "Common Fallacies: Faulty Evidence" and two reliable source news articles that illustrate at least two of "Common Fallacies: Faulty Reasoning" for a total of four articles. Submit the link to each article and a brief explanation of which fallacies are being illuminated.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com June 4, 2020, 5:09 am ad1c9bdddf
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Common Fallacies in Law-Related Consumer Research. Academic Journal By: RICHARDS, JEF I. Journal of Consumer Affairs. Spring2009, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p174-180. 7p. Abstract:
In this article, the researchers chose to view the vantage point of faulty reasoning from a perspective that was predicated upon the investigation of different law-related consumer research journals that sought to gain insight into how special training in law impacted the how the process was handled by different lawyers involved in consumer research. The article was a hypothesis by the researcher wherein he utilized his own experiences to gain a familiarity and understanding ...
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This solution discusses common fallacies and faulty evidence.


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Should You Hire an Architect or a Designer?
The best answer is to choose the professional that best fits your needs, your budget and who you feel most comfortable with. The person's title does not mean they are any better or worse
What is the Difference?
In the world of residential building, both an Architect & Home Designer can perform the same role. They both can be experts in maximizing design opportunities for your home, your site and your budget. They both can be specialists in documentation and delivery. The main difference is licensing and project type. Architects are required to have an Architectural degree, and be nationally tested. Many Designer do have Architectural degrees, but have simply chosen not to sit for the testing. Typically, Architects are required for large commercial projects, or buildings over 10,000 sf.
What is a Home Designer?
A Home Designer (building designer) is typically doing the exact same job as an Architect. We are involved in every aspect of the architecture of a building, from the site to the roof. In Texas, a Designer is allowed, by law, to design up to 10,000 sf of architecture. Foundations, Landscapes, Trusses and other engineered or specialty systems must designed by the appropriate licenced consultants. (The engineering is true for designers and architects.)
The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners has this flowchart to help illustrate when you need an Architect, and when it's legal to hire a Designer:
What are Annilee's qualifications?
I'm not technically an Architect, however, I have studied architectural history, theory, design and construction through my Fine Arts and Interior Design degrees, on the job training, and yearly continuing education courses. I have been nationally tested for Interior Design, through the NCIDQ, and will soon be nationally tested to become a Certified Building Designer. I have been drafting for construction for over 10 years, and designing full houses for over 7 years. See all about me here.
As Defined by The American Institute of Building Design
A Building Designer is, first and foremost, a professional familiar with all facets of the building trade, whose plans and designs represent the particular needs, style and budget of the client. A Building Designer may offer a complete array of professional services to you as the client and may consist of:
- Residential Design, both single and multi-family, and commercial structures as permitted by the architectural statutes of each state.
- Conferring with you to ascertain type, size, and ultimate usage of the structure during the initial planning stage.
- Approaching any design problem based on the practical, functional and economical solutions that will best fulfill your requirements, while translating these factors into a concept that is both aesthetic and utilitarian.
- Offering recommendations regarding the site, interior and exterior layout, materials to be used, and architectural and exterior treatments.
- Furnishing you preliminary and detailed designs for the proposed structure, ranging from the initial concept to complete working drawings and specifications that will comply with all applicable building codes and regulations.
- When the conceptual designs are accepted by you, the building designer may present a contract detailing the extent of the services to be furnished and outline the related responsibilities, fees, and structural, mechanical and electrical considerations.
- Helping you select contractors and overseeing construction. You may retain a Building Designer to provide all or any part of the planning, design, and construction process as you desire. These services are subject to the policies and services of the individual designer you select.
- When retained to do so, he may assist you by preparing and publishing bid proposals for construction, and may also interpret and explain bid proposals to you with any recommendations.
- As your agent, he may as allowed by some states to conduct on-site inspections or observations of your construction, ensuring that all work meets the recognized standards.


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Medich family, Dan Sr., Martha, Dan Jr., and Nicole have relocated Eclections, a destination store, to an intimate corner
complex in Fenton - a short distance East of US 23 on the South side of Silver
Lake Road.
Earlier in the history of this fine
Fenton family, Dan Medich Sr., with his successful retail roots, set the renown
Imperial Sports chain in motion. Dan is the energy behind everything and what
keeps all of us going. Said Martha, his wife. He and Martha built Imperial
Sports to the exciting and impressive size of 47 stores located in 4 states!
They sold the business in the late 80s and retired. But, that retail passion gene could not stay dormant
for long and emerged the
next generation in their daughter, Nicole Bergeron. Although Nicole had practiced as a
dietitian and holds a Masters Degree in Exercise & Health Studies, she said, We all have that
thing that we were made to do and when it clicks, it just clicks! When we go to
market and carefully choose something new, then come home and our Fenton
customers buy the rack out I feel so gratified!
began Eclections on
Fentons Silver Parkway in May of 2007. She started with a photography studio
in the back and a small boutique in the front of the store to sort of pay
the bills. Before we knew it, both took off and skyrocketed, said Martha. That made it necessary to choose just
one business to concentrate on and the family chose the boutique! Dan Jr. joined in to help in April of 2008, so the
whole family was involved. Since then, Elections has added square footage in order to satisfy its
customers needs many times. At this
juncture, their new site gives them 4700 square
feet of retail space and much more storage, both of which are a total plus and
a real need.
is our home and we have our business here because we want to stay close, said Martha. Nicole appreciates their
customers loyalty and said, We feel so fortunate that Fenton supports
us and that they choose to come to us rather than the mall. We wouldnt be here
if it werent for them! Martha added, Customer service is number one and so our
customers have become our friends! We have certainly fallen in love with them!
In fact, all of the people who work in the store were customers first.
providing a shopping
experience without having to travel very far for the local customers, Eclections offers
additional, helpful services for free that one rarely finds at
any other retail store. Eclections
will wrap your gift with special care and when you purchase jeans or slacks,
they will hem them for you, all of the time not just during a special
promotion! These are just two of the services we offer because of listening to
our customers and what they want, explained Martha.
for Eclections to
make the new complex their own in the next few months with a variety of
improvements including new metal awnings outside and new décor inside. One
cannot help but notice the excellent brands immediately upon entering Eclections
like Miss Me, Vera Bradley, Lego Watches for the kids, Brighton, and much more. With all
of this fine taste and
the dedication of the Medich family, Eclections promises to become one of the premier corners in Fenton. Visit


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Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.
Link the nominees within your post.
Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blogs.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
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Inking in RED ... I love RED!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Hello Office Friend
Here is my card for the WT today. Below is my DGS Jake, who is spending the day. We'll be playing with the star wars stuff we gave him for his B'day, and watching Indiana Jones movies. No time to check in with you today. Have a great one.
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Shows 'N Tunes: Movie, Music, and Game Reviews
Taylor Swift is back with her seventh album: Lover! If Reputation was Taylor changing her style and going more in a pop direction, Lover is a bit of a course correction. The new album feels like a combination of her upbeat pop anthems from 1989 and Reputation, but with the beautifully written, emotionally honest ballads from Red and her earlier work.
Some of my favorites are "Paper Rings" and "The Archer." "The Man" is incredibly enjoyable and a refreshing push back against the media's portrayal of Taylor and her music, pointing out that what she is vilified for is exactly what earns her male contemporaries praise. Some songs, such as "I Forgot That You Existed" are good, but grow on you with each consecutive listen. Overall, there's something enjoyable for everyone here and at least for the next couple of weeks, Lover (2019) will be on constant rotation in my home.
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I'm hoping for some advice with how to approach a friend who is apparently self harming. Said friend is currently on a break with her long-term boyfriend.
The boyfriend (who is not a jerk) approached one of our mutual friends to let them know that she is cutting - he is worried but due to their relationship status feels limited in helping and contacting her (I believe this is her request). The mutual friend has messaged her and she wasn't replying to him. The mutual (who has very little to do with me these days) is not good at keeping his mouth shut about... well, anything tbh, and told my close friend A. A messaged me to ask for advice as he knows I have self harmed in the past and we both care a lot for this friend. I said I would try and get her to meet me and judge what I can or can't do to help. I messaged her telling her I am buying her dinner (mentioning nothing about all of this) and she replied to me. We are meeting for dinner next week.
Background: my friend suffers from OCD (of which I have no experience other than listening to her experience of it). She has also been having anxiety and depression issues for some years. She has had CBT in the past. She also has quite a stressful (and pretty new) job.
I am not sure how to approach her on this. She's generally quite an open person regarding her life and mental health, and she is also fully aware of my experience with depression, anxiety and self harm. So she would know that I would understand. But, when I was in the habit of self harming, I know I was extremely private about it and clammed up if anyone mentioned it. Not to mention that no matter how much the people involved had their hearts in the right place, it could feel like a betrayal that this was passed on and discussed without her.
I am generally fine for experience, resources on the issue, and mental health knowledge except to some extent OCD. I'm really looking for how to approach this, without backing her into a corner, and ideally without hurting her trust in those who passed this information on as they are people she trusts. Self harm is a cycle I found myself stuck in for years and have so many regrets about, I hate to think of her being in the same position. I understand that my help is limited to what she is willing to accept, but I'd like to make the best possibe attempt here at helping rather than hurting her.
Due to my timezone, if you respond I may not come back to you until tomorrow - it's getting late here.
EDIT: Thanks for the responses. I also linked this to a friend with OCD who does not know any of the people mentioned to get her input on that side of things. The consensus is definitely a softly softly approach. I'll take it all on board and see what she shares when we catch up on her life. Will take it from there.


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I'm glad to be a part of this ranch gate build. My customer contacted me with a picture of her husband standing on a horse that she wanted to have recreated into a silhouette metal cut out. She had someone build the gate and do the install, she just needed the art for the center of the gate. The entire entrance turned out absolutely beautiful!
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This ranch is located in the TX panhandle near Amarillo. The sign was shipped in multiple pieces, welded in place on location and painted. The antlers measure about 4 foot X 8 foot so bracing was added to the backside to counteract the high winds that they get in that part of the country. I love the colors they chose. It should really stand out.
Classic ranch sign design that was sent to Washington. If you have access to a welder, you can easly weld the pieces together on location. This allows you to have the size sign you want without spending a small fortune on shipping. (Kinda looks like "The Ranch" entrance sign on Netflix)
This is a classic South Texas scene that I shipped to a customer in Michigan. Cut from 3/16" steel, sand blasted and powder coated in black. Two chain links welded on each side for hanging.
Texas welcome sign was cut from 1/8", sand blasted and powder coated. Small mounting holes easily attaches the sign to a will with some outdoor grade screws.
My customer said that his father had to high fence his garden to keep unwanted critters out. They nicknamed his garden "Okratraz". He must have done a great job beefing up the security.
Easy to see why they named their Farm "Golden Sunset" in East Hampton, Connecticut. This sign was cut from 3/16" steel. Bracing was added to the back side for rigidity. Sand blasted, powder coated black, crated and shipped.
Here is one way to truely protect your sign. Hot dip galvanized steel is the ultimate in metal protection and it looks great at Camp Bobaloo.
This sign was cut from 3/16". My customer had the sign galvanized after he had recieved it.
This ranch sign is 46" wide and features a Texas sized Lone Star with the couples names, date of their marriage and their college logo. This sign was sand blasted and powder coated black however the only picture I have is prior to the powder coating.
Rancho Padre Viejo (Old Father Ranch). Great Ranch name and very fitting for my customers last name. These two bucks were copies of 2 of the largest buck taken off this ranch. My customer emailed pictures of each buck. I was able to copy and reproduce them on this metal ranch sign.
Papalote is the spanish word for windmill. This sign was around 10 foot long. Some bracing was welded on the back side and it was shipped raw steel. My customer was going to have it hot dip galvanized since it was going to the Texas coastal area.
Two of the best things in life, golfing and fishing. Mosty fishing. This sign was cut from 1/8" steel, sand blasted and powder coated.
The Zimmerman Ranch is located in the North Dakota area. This sign was cut from 3/16" steel, sand blasted and powder coated black. I love when I get a picture
My customer had a farily wide ranch entrance. In order to save shipping cost we decided to create the sign in 3 different pieces that could be spaced out across the entrance. Cut from 3/16" steel, heavy duty chain links welded on top, sand blasted and powder coated in black.
"Thanks Jerry for being a part of the family. Hope to see y'all soon, cold beer is waiting for you, cheers."
This sign was cut from 3/16" steel, bracing welded to the backside along with pipe sleeves to slide over the uprights in the ground.
This sign was cut from 3/16" steel, hanging links welded on the top and finished in a hammered paint finish. Sign is haning on a beautiful ranch in Montana.
Here is a pic I just recieved from customer.
My wife was in tears she was so happy.
Thanks so much for the great work!
Simple design that looks great mounted on a large rock at the entrance. Cut from 3/16", sand blasted and powder coated black. Installed by the owner using stainless steel hardware.
This is a really neat piece that was made for a customer in California. They are a music group that travels around in the California area playing older Rock-N-Roll. He needed the sign to fit within a frame that he had made by a local fab shop. The idea is that it's moble and can easily be moved from one preformance to next.
"Just a short note to say thanks again. The Songbirds Sign was a great hit at the senior facility where they play. Put a lot of smiles on a lot of faces. Your help in accomplishing this was greatly appreciated"
This project turned out great, despite the low quality image I have. I fabricated the gate, side panels and art work. To add a touch of personalization, I took a somewhat side profile of my customer and used him in place of the Davy Crockett cut out featured in the top center of the sign. The shape of the gate resembles the Alamo and the other artwork represents the wildlife and landscape found on the ranch. Pics below are screen shots from the design phase of this project.
**All pieces and rock colums were installed by a 3rd party company.
This was a retirement gift for a customer who was retiring from the Corpus Christi divions in his company. Cut from 1/8".
Custom pieces that were cut for a friend who makes custom tables with metal base with mesquite tops.
Custom fireplace screen. The art was cut from 3/16" steel, frame was make from square tubing and a heavy wire screen stretched arcoss.
A customer came to me and aked if I could create something out of an old windmill from the family ranch. I framed out the original piece, then attached it to a circular farm sign to simulate a windmill shape.
I love these kinds of projects. A customer asked me if I could replicate their Grandad from the side profile they had. What a great way to remember a special someone.
A customer aked me to create some western art that can be welded to a table that he is making that will feature a beautiful mesquite top. I'll up date with pics once the table is complete. Both pieces are cut from 3/16" steel.
This Twin Oaks Estates sign was cut from 3/16" plate. 4 small tabs were welded on the back side so that it can be bolted to some wooden uprights on the left and right side. It was finished off with a glossy green powder coat.
Barbwire circling around the Lone Star state of Texas. The land owners brand and an established date. Mounting holes are nested in the barbwire for easy mounting.
Dandee Acres is located in Tennessee. This farm sign was cut from 3/16" steel, sand blasted and finished with a black finish that will last many years.
Raine Creek Ranch Sign in west Texas was cut from 3/16" steel, sand blasted and powder coated. Mounting holes were provided so the sign could be easily mounting onto the limestone rock at the ranch entrance.
Edgen Murray (Oil Field & Natural Gas Industry) asked me to recreate their logo for one of their South Texas locations. The metal was cut from 1/8" steel and coated with a tough automotive paint to withstand the blazing hot Texas sun.
Here is a simple tractor hat rack design that was cut from 3/16 plate, painted then hooks were added for hat or coat hanging.
Another Colorado sign that I did a while back but I'm just getting the picture posted. It's cut from 3/16" steel plate and installed by the customer.
4D Big Horn Ranch is located in Colorado. Both signs were cut from 3/16" thick metal and installed by the customer. The overhead entrance sign in the background is kind of hard to make out so I'm including a pic of the layout that I created for the customer while in the design stage.
JNL Ranch is located on the Frio River just outside of Leakey, TX. If you're ever looking for a beautiful place to relax with the family on the Frio River be sure to look them up.
This ranch gate entrance sign was cut from 1/8" steel and mounted to their gate.
"Hi Jerry, well we finally built our entry gate up to our heaven. The sign you had previously constructed so very well for us initially hung out by our roadway gate. But now it is moved closer to our home at the foot of our advent up to our cabin. Again, thanks so very much. The sign is still like new and will have many looks from our visitors. Great work!! Take care my friend."
Blackland Prairie Ranch located jin the Central TX area. I worked with the customer to make sure that all of the wildlife and plants displayed on the sign are native to the land that her ranch sits on. 2 piece metal sign cut from 3/16" steel.
36" tall Scottish Thistle was cut from 1/8" plate, sand blasted and powder coated in a texture black. I've never seen one of these before this project but it sure is a beautiful creation.
A customer came to me with an idea for her brother. He was 70 years old and had always wanted to do a 500 mile hike across Spain. He made it, and she brought me a picture of him on the trail. I was able to pull a silhouette of him from the pic and create this metal sign to last a life time.
Here is a sign that I did for a customer in which I didn't know the full story behind the name. Below is from my customer after the metal sign was installed.
"Hi Jerry,
Sorry for the delay in getting back with you. Crazy week or so. I had the sign installed last Thursday in time for our housewarming party on Saturday. Not only was my wife blown away by how amazing it looks (she was moved to tears), we also received a lot of compliments on how cool it is from our friends at the party..........
A Customer from Austin purchased a ranch South of Uvalde and wanted a custom overhead entrance. The man resting under the tree was copied from a photograph of the owner. The rabbit represents a life lesson that was passed on to him. "It's no fun when the bunny has the gun".......
I don't usually tackle these kinds of projects but a previous customer from the Rockin Armadillo Ranch asked me if I could make a 3D Armadillo like his logo for his ranch. First I framed out the basic shape with square tubing, then added the exterior pieces made up of 1/8" and 3/16" thick plate. Finally it was sand blasted and powder coated. I sure got a lot of looks while pulling this down the road.....
Here is a great looking sign for a farm in Virgina. 36 inch diameter circle, cut from 3/16" plate with a chain link welded on to each side to hang the sign from.
This photo is an update from a previous post back in May, 2017. A customer in Colorado had me make the overhead entrance sign for is Ranch. He recently asked me to design and cut the artwork to be added to his gates. It looks like the project is about finished up and it looks absolutely beautiful.
See previous post here and read about how this ranch was named "Sure Shot Ranch".
Previously I posted a pic of the Thompson Hunting Lodge sign that was freshly cut. They sent me a pic of the installed sign and I'm thrilled about how nicely their entrance looks.
Rockin Armadillo ranch sign was cut from 3/16" plate steel, finished in black paint and installed on a South Texas Ranch.
Jesusa Rose with a hungry humming bird. Freshly cut from 3/16" inch plate steel, ready for finish work.
I think I made this sign over 20 years ago. My customer brought it back to me recently and asked if I could clean it up with a fresh paint job. What I like to call a "liquid overhaul".
The Redneck Riviera (Cast and Stay) is a great place to stay when your looking to unwind along the Baffin Bay. Great accomodations and access to a 300 foot lighted pier is just outside the back door. Boat ramp is just around the corner.
Cast and Stay lodge in Riviera, TX
This sign was cut from 3/16" plate and painted in a bold red to stand out against the weather wood overlooking the bay.
Hawk Creek Farm is located in the Houston Area. The gate frame was constructed with 2 inch square tubing, backed with cattle panel and the metal art is cut from 3/16" plate steel.
Mcbroom Farms ordered this metal sign cut from 3/16" plate. Mounting holes have been drilled, it just needs a few coats of piant and to be shipped off.. I hope to get a picture from the owners once its been installed.
A gal called me and asked me to make a gift for her father who ownes the Giddings Tilapia Fish Farm. Together we came up with this design. Cut from 3/16" plate, finished with an industrial black paint.
Here is a nice Colorado mountain scene address sign that I made for a customer in Colorado. Each corner has a hole for easy mounting with a basic screw. Cut from 3/16" plate.
This is one of my favorite roping scenes. This one is cut from 3/16" plate. I cut the metal art scene and my customer welded it into the gate that he was building.
Thompson Hunting Lodge sign, cut from 3/16 plate steel. Still hot from the torch.
I love the way this sign reflects the mountain range located on this ranch in California. It measures 8 foot wide and cut from a heavy duty 3/16" plate, it should last a lifetime and then some.
Triple Ranch is this way! Great way to show your guest how to get to your ranch along with the game that can be found there.
Farm sign showing how long they have been established wih an Oak tree showcasing the sign. Cut from 3/16" plate steel that will last a lifetime.
This lettering is for a Catholic Church just a few miles away in Poteet, TX. I always love the black metal contrasting against the white limestone.
A side note, when mounting letters like this you, need to be cautious of how the shadows between the metal letters and white rock might affect your ability to read the letters at a distance. The best way to fix this is mount the letters close to the rock or whatever your mounting them to so that a shadow can't get behind the letters very easily. Looks like the installer did a good job on this install.
I cut this sign back in July and have been waiting to post the pic since it was a wedding gift. Can't risk ruining the surprise. A customer contacted me about cutting out a silhouette of this couple forming a heart with their hands to be given as a wedding gift. It came out great and I really enjoy doing these unique items for people. This sign was shipped out to San Diego, CA. Click the "Continue Reading" link to see the image the customer first sent me.
Seems like just a few days after shipping this overhead ranch sign off to Missouri, I recieved these pics of the install. They certainly wasted no time getting their ranch sign installed. As usual, it is cut from 3/16" plate and braced on the back side for added strength.
Here is a simple wedding gift for a couple that was cut from 3/16" plate steel. It should last them a lifetime.
A friend who owns a gate and entrance business orderd some art to install on one of their custom gate builds. I frequently get orders like this where someone would like to add some art or lettering to an existing gate or they are having a gate built but need some art or lettering to be added. This piece will be welded in place, then painted.
Grace Bible Chapel needed some new lettering on their entrance sign. The letters were cut from 3/16" new plate steel and painted with an industral black paint.
This piece was ordered to go above the family fireplace. It is a Family Crest for Gallbraith name and says "Stronger When Oppressed".
It was cut from 3/16" new plate steel and will be painted dark bronze.
Click "Continue Reading" link to see picture of this piece mounted above the fireplace.
This 20 foot Oak Tree spans across this ranch gate and stands 9 foot tall. It is a fairly complex design with so much detail in the many branchs and leaves. The tree is cut from 3/16" plate and welded to the gate which I also made. The owner had a crew install the gate on location.
This unique overhead ranch sign belongs to the new ower of a ranch near George West, TX. The customer furnised his logo of a rocking armadillo which was cut from 3/16" plate steel. Braces on the back side with strap steel for added strength.
Stoddard Construction of San Antonio has been rebuilding some of the Freer ISD buildings. They wanted to give the school district this logo as a token of their appreciation for the contract. The circle is 10 gauge steel and 60" in diameter. The Buckaroo is cut from 3/16 plate. Colors are school colors.
The Oaks At Heavenly is a beautiful wedding venue in Helotes, TX. They needed to block a view on their property and requested a metal panel with a reverse Oak tree cut out. The 3 panels that make up the tree measure 7 foot tall by 10 foot wide. They also added a blank panel that forms a 90 degee turn that measures 7 foot tall by 8 foot wide. The panels are finished in a rust colored paint and mounted to 4x4 inch square tubing post. The art features 2 doves "leaving the nest" and symbolizes new "Love Connections". The tree panels will also feature back lighting for a wonderful glow in the evenings. This project turned out beautiful and I'm glad that I got to be a part of it.
A close friend wanted to give her husband a gift for their 50th wedding annivesary. This plaque hangs above their fireplace mantle and displays the four family brands that they have used in the past and present. The plaque is cut from 10 guage (1/8") to keep weight down and painted with a Rustoleum "Hammered" finish.
Vet. clinic in Jacksonville, Florida originally had me make his logo for the outside of the clinic building but recently requested a similar piece be made for the inside. Each piece is welded to the round circle and ground to a shinny finish. Clear coated for protection.
The art that is shown has been sand blasted and painted with a two part paint. The pieces have 3/8" threaded bolts welded to the back side and anchored into the masonry wall. The Texas painted in Texas flag colors is 36" wide. Cut out of 3/16" plate steel. Beautiful South Texas entrance and I am proud to be part of it.
This is about the best story to go with any picture that I have ever posted on this blog. The customer called me and wanted a sign for his ranch in Colorado. It seems that he and his partner were trying to come to a buy out price on the ranch that they co-owned. It was suggested that they have a shoot off using their beloved lever action rifles. The partner that now owns the ranch achieved his lower buy out price with a "Sure Shot". Now that is the Cowboy way to settle an argument
When I was young, a good friend and his dad would always have a shoot off in the back yard to see who had to wash dishes when mom and sister were not home. They always shot until they had a tie.....so the dirty dishes where still there when mom and sis returned. That is the Texas Way!
I had an order from Florida for a marlin to be placed above the outdoor grill. Upon receiving the unpainted fish, the customer found a local artist who ground the metal down to a shinny finish and then airbrushed the detail of the fish. Once the colors were added, several coats of clear coat where applied. The finished product is amazing.
Customer ordered a two door fireplace screen to mount in the opening he has for his fireplace. Doors are made from 1' square tubing with 1"x3/16" flat bar rolled in scrolls. A heavy screen wire is welded on the back side of the doors. The frame was made first and the customer tried the frame in the opening to mark the holes for mounting and verify the size was correct. The top picture is unpainted in my shop and the second is furnished by the customer after he installed it.
Little girl loves wolves and this wall rack with hooks was ordered for her. The piece is unpainted. Has chrome hooks for hanging whatever. Cut from 3/16" plate.
Gift for young boy who is playing baseball. This will give him a place to hang his baseball items. Cut from 3/16" and hooks are made from chrome plated steel. This item has not been painted.
Had a request for a saquaro cactus from a new Texan from California. This cactus requires very little water and had a Texas roadrunner enjoying the small shade. Welcome to Texas!
Windy Hill Ranch is owned by some very nice Lousana people who own and operate a shimping business. They bought this East Texas ranch and did a great job of building a nice entrance with the help of Torchcraft. Who says Cajuns don't have good taste?
There is a new barn in the brush country with some art on the side that really looks good. The customer asked for part of the pieces to be tempered and then they were painted and clear coated with a powder coating finish. Very nice effect. Very nice customer to work with.
This recent sign was sent to Colorado and is hanging on some really nice large wooden poles. Cut from 3/16" plate and is about 10 feet wide.
This is not a recent creation. I made this cross quite some time ago and noticed the picture the other day so I decided to publish it again. This cross was copied from a photograph of a cross that the Oblates had erected in France in the 1800's. It now overlooks the lake at a new Catholic church in Ausin, Texas.
This is just something that I made recenty and I am not finished with it. I plan on placing some glass lamp lens along the front to hold candles. For now, I am publishing the coyote The arch is .75" square tubing that has been rolled in an arch. Bottom is same tubing.
This is a new twist. Customer built a 5 foot box out of 3/16" plate steel. I cut the name in the face of the box and he has installed lights inside the box so the name is visible at night. Very nice approach to a ranch entrance.
The Torchcraft Difference....
Torchcraft cuts most outdoor signs from 3/16-inch (7 gauge) new plate steel. Indoor signs may be cut from 1/8-inch steel. It's easy to see from the photo the difference in thickness of Torchcraft steel vs the "other guys". Most other artist cut from a flimsy 14 gauge steel such as the one pictured above that I picked up from a local art show. When you think about your metal sign, do you want one as thick as a paper clip or as thick as 4 dimes? Thats an 82% difference.


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The smuggler's shack is an unmarked location in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout. It is located on a small island, directly south of the Point Lookout Lighthouse.
The shack is an open, rusty, red metal structure, with a bed pressed up against the north wall. A rock forms a windbreak on the west side, with the south and east sides open.
The shack is inhabited by one respawning smuggler of random appearance, armed with a sniper rifle.
- Similar to Arkansas, the lone smuggler will snipe at the surrounding islands with reckless abandon if the player character walks up on them, even if they are undetected in sneak mode.
- Should the player character approach the shack while sneaking, a scripted frag grenade will be thrown at you.
- If the player character approaches the island (by swimming) from the rear side, the smuggler will not shoot them, because there is no line of sight between the smuggler and the player. This allows you to sneak up on the smuggler without taking any damage and to kill him/her with a sneak attack.
- Watch out when leaving the underground lab through the hatch; the smuggler will instantly shoot at you from the shack, making you a sitting duck.
The smuggler's shack appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.
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December 2012
So, what happened in 2012? The design for the landscape at Cecilia Makiwane hospital near East London has metamorphised, the works at Natalspruit hospital have started, those at Zola hospital in Soweto are nearly complete and a clinic in Phalaborwa was completed . The landscape of the next phase of the project at the Houghton golf course has been lovingly detailed and construction is well under way. Work on the memorial projects in Boipatong and for June 16th in Soweto has delayed, but progresses. Also delayed was the Botswana Innovation Hub project in Gabarone, but that too has come back to life. In terms of new projects, some head office refurbishments have come our way, as have exciting projects for UNISA and the University of Pretoria. New projects in Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya have kept Anton on the run. He has recently posted some of the graphic work for those projects. There is also a link to photographer Johann Ryno de Wet's website and six striking images from his last three exhibitions. And the last post is for a …. mmm, difficult to say – a pillow/eyemask thing. Goodnight. Thank-you to our clients and friends, we wish you everything good during the break and we'll see you in 2013.


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From a 3D design service to full creation of your product, Impossible Creations offer the complete package.
Do you want to test aerodynamics of a new car design and create small scale prototype or are you looking to create a scale model of a new housing build to show your clients? At Impossible Creations, we provide a full 3D design and creation process. Using your original sketches or an existing object, we can create a CAD design, either traditionally or using our 3D scanner to replicate an object in our 3D design software. Once we have the 3D design, we are then able to manipulate it in any way you need.
The Process
From your sketch, photograph or original item a CAD model is created which, after your approval, is 'printed' on a 3D printer. 3D printing technology manufactures the model layer by layer in ABS plastic, a robust and commonly used material which can then be finished by sanding, painting, gluing etc., or even metallicised to create a chrome, gold or bronze effect – all at a realistic end cost.
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In non-organic chemistry (that chemistry not involving carbon based molecules) there are only two basic types of chemical reactions: oxidation and reduction. An oxidation reaction removes negative charge by removing electrons. A reduction reaction adds negative charge by adding electrons. Whether a reaction is reductive or oxidative depends on one's point of view.
For example, when iron and oxygen react together iron is the reducing agent and oxygen is the oxidizing agent. So if you are studying iron the reaction is an oxidation reaction (electrons have been removed by the oxygen). If you are studying oxygen the reaction is a reduction reaction (electron have been added by the iron). In reality this is a reduction/oxidation, or redox reaction.
Iron + Oxygen (with electrons to contribute) = Iron reacted with to Oxygen (electrons contributed to Iron)
This reaction can also be expressed in chemical shorthand as the following:
5Fe++ + 302 + 2H20 = Fe304 + 2Fe(OH)2
Iron reacted with oxygen is known as rust and Iron is changed into something entirely different through this redox reaction with oxygen. Iron is an Industrially useful substance. From iron steel can be made. No one has yet found a decent use for rust.
This demonstrates the power of oxygen. Oxygen has the ability to take electrons from other atoms thus combining with these other atoms forming a compound. Oxygen can have this action on many different elements and molecules. (Molecules are made from more than one atom.) Anywhere oxygen comes into contact with an atom or molecule which has electrons to contribute (that is they are not tightly bound in the atom or molecule) oxygen will strip out those available electrons and transform that atom or molecule into a compound called an oxide.
This fact is the foundation of bio-oxidative medicine. Bio-oxidative medicine is the addition of oxygen directly to the tissues of the body in the form of singlet oxygen (one lone oxygen atom), which is in a highly reactive state.
In living systems oxygen (as O2) is transported by hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells. This is a highly efficient way of conducting oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body and insuring that it does not react with anything-along the way. Because it is bound by hemoglobin it is unable to react to anything else until it is released by the hemoglobin (which then picks up carbon dioxide and transports it to the lungs).
In bio-oxidative medicine oxygen is introduced directly into the body as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or as ozone (O). Although ozone is used safely and with great benefit throughout Europe and in many other parts of the world, the medical establishment in the United States refuses to recognize it as a valid therapy and actively persecutes doctors who use it. Fortunately, hydrogen peroxide is not treated in this way, even though it is an equally powerful oxidative approach as ozone.
The chemical reaction looks like this:
This is chemical shorthand to indicate that in the body hydrogen peroxide is converted to water and singlet oxygen. This singlet oxygen located at the end of this reaction is a powerful oxidizing agent it is the active agent in hydrogen peroxide therapy.
Hydrogen peroxide is infused into the circulatory system through a vein in the arm. It drips in over a 90-minute period. 2.5 cc of pharmaceutical grade 3% hydrogen peroxide are put in 250 cc of 5% dextrose in water as a carrier solution. Two grams of magnesium chloride is added to prevent vein sclerosis.
In the blood it encounters two enzymes: catalase and cytochrome-C. Catalase drives the above reaction to completion immediately. That part of the hydrogen peroxide, which binds with cytochrome-C however, is not allowed to become water and singlet oxygen for a period of 40 minutes. After forty minutes of being bound to cytochrome-C this enzyme begins to act like catalase and breaks down the hydrogen peroxide to water and singlet oxygen. By this time the hydrogen peroxide/cytochrome-C complex has been spread throughout the body. In this way the benefits of hydrogen peroxide are made available to all the cells of the body.
The effect of singlet oxygen in the human body is two-fold. It kills, or severely inhibits the growth of, anaerobic organisms (bacteria and viruses which use carbon dioxide for fuel and leave oxygen as a by-product). This action is immediate, on contact with the anaerobic organism. Anaerobic bacteria are pathogens, the organisms that cause disease. All viruses are anaerobic.
Aerobic bacteria (those which bum oxygen for fuel and leave carbon dioxide as a by-product – as humans do) found in the human intestine are friendly bacteria, which aid in digestion. These organisms thrive In the presence of hydrogen peroxide.
The second effect of hydrogen peroxide is that it provides singlet oxygen, which in turn transforms biological waste products and industrial toxins into inert substances by oxidizing them. This makes them easy to handle for the kidneys and liver. It doubles the rate of enzymatic metabolism in the mitochondria within each cell thus enabling the body to cleanse itself of toxins and still have plenty of energy to handle the business of firing from moment to moment This increase in metabolism probably accounts for some of the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral effects of hydrogen peroxide.
The fact is hydrogen peroxide is a part of normal metabolism. Your body produces it constantly. There are units in certain white blood cells called peroxisomes, which produce H2O2. These white cells then engulf bacteria, which cause disease and mix them together with these peroxisomes. They both then disappear as the singlet oxygen from H2O2 destroys the bacteria or virus. This happens naturally, without any help from outside sources of hydrogen peroxide.
When an infective disease becomes obvious to the person who has the infection the hydrogen peroxide defense mechanism has already been overwhelmed by the number of viruses or bacteria involved and the immune system is into its secondary line of defense; the tedious process of analyzing the invading organism and making antibiotics which deal specifically with that organism. The invention of man-made antibiotics, beginning in the 1920s was a revolution in science. However as a strategy for fighting infection it is clearly second best, as the body itself demonstrates. When the body is challenged with an infection it first turns to hydrogen peroxide. Only when this fails does it turn to antibiotic production.
Therefore, conditions which can be treated with H202 are those conditions which can be treated with antibiotics, but without the serious toxicity often associated with laboratory produced synthetic antibiotics. Some of these conditions are candidiasis (yeast), viral infections, influenza, the common cold, sinus infection, Epstein-Barr, and gangrene.
Hydrogen peroxide has also been found to dissolve cholesterol and calcium deposits associated with atherosclerosis. Therefore it is a good treatment for vascular disorders. This can result in lessening or disappearance of angina, leg pain, and transient ischemic attacks to the brain, which causes dizziness. It can also help reverse some of the damage left over by a stroke if treatment is instituted early enough.
Research in the 1960s at Baylor University showed conclusively that intra-arterial hydrogen peroxide dissolved plaque in large arteries. This makes H2O2 a wonderful complement to EDTA in the treatment of vascular disease as EDTA has been shown to clear small vessels and create collateral circulation around large vessel blockages. This combination is called Chelox Therapy.
It also clears the lungs in cases of emphysema by producing oxygen bubbles in the alveoli (tiny air sacs in the lungs) and literally lifting the mucus deposits out so they can be coughed out.
Hydrogen peroxide has a remarkable clearing effect on the skin. After only a few intravenous treatments the skin takes on a translucent clarity usually seen only in children. In addition hydrogen peroxide benefits asthma, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, degenerative spinal disc disease, and high blood pressure. It is particularly effective with asthma, arthritis, and back disorders.
All of these illnesses have a component of toxicity from accumulated pesticides, preservatives, and organic industrial pollutants. Often the clearing of these toxins is enough to allow the body to heal, or at least partially repair, itself. Obviously where there is anatomic change such as in disc disease, this anatomic change will not be altered. However what the person with disc disease, arthritis, and other such illnesses is interested in is the disappearance of pain and the return of function. This is often possible with hydrogen peroxide.
Some doctors believe that aids and cancer can be helped and perhaps cured in some cases with hydrogen peroxide. The theory which explains benefits enjoyed by people with these conditions is that the cancer cell and the aids virus are both anaerobic and do not do well when exposed to singlet oxygen supplied by the hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen reaction.
Much more research needs to be done in this area. Claims of cure should not be made unless they can be rigorously substantiated with cause and effect proven beyond any reasonable doubt At the present time we can only say that the oxidative therapies are valuable, arresting disease processes, but not necessarily curative.
Who will make use of hydrogen peroxide and who will write it off as a hoax and pay for far more expensive, less effective, perhaps even damaging therapies? I saw a bumper sticker on a car at my son's school a few days ago which said 'DO YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE? TRY IGNORANCE. People who will benefit from any of the therapies which are simple, effective, and yet downplayed by the medical establishment, are those people who have taken the time to educate themselves.
Those who refuse to educate themselves, never read, never try anything out of the mainstream of thought, and insist on thoughtlessly following the 'expert's advise' will pay through the nose for therapies which drain their resources and deliver half-baked results. It may be that there is a segment of the population, which is capable of nothing more. God bless those folks. Here is this doctors advice: think for yourself.
If hydrogen peroxide is so effective why isn't d made use of in 'modern' medicine. The reason is simple. Hydrogen peroxide cannot be patented. It is present in the ocean, it is present in rainwater, it is present in vegetables, it is present in every cell of your body right now. It must be classified as a food because it is part of all fresh food of plant origin. Because it is produced in the human body, it is undeniably safe. The FDA would be laughed out of town it they claimed H2O2 to be unsafe. Since it is a food and cannot be patented there is no big profit to be made on it.
So how does hydrogen peroxide work? How can something so simple and so common as H202 be responsible for the outlandish claims made for it and the outrageous results reported by people suffering from such diverse disorders.
There has been much written about the possible benefits of shark cartilage in the treatment of cancer recently. The reasoning goes that because sharks do not get cancer they must have a secret, which may be contained in their cartilage. It is conveniently overlooked that whales don't get cancer, dolphins don't get cancer, starfish don't get cancer, and octopi don't get cancer. In fact, none of the creatures of the sea (except those living in polluted water) get cancer. There may be something to shark cartilage. Sharks can live in polluted water and are still cancer resistant. The most common denominator is that all these creatures swim in sea water which is rich In H2O2.
Were it not for industrial pollutants, herbicides, pesticides, and food additives we might be able to add 'and human beings do not get cancer.' However, even if we stopped polluting the environment and ourselves right now we would still have environmental contaminants in our air and food chains for hundreds of years, so the diseases caused by these things are likely to be around for hundreds of years at least The task now is to see if we can find some means of treatment and protection from this disaster until we can finally clean up our planet.
The most fundamental feature of a cancer cell is that it is relatively anaerobic. It needs 60% less oxygen than a normal healthy cell. It does very poorly in the presence of excess oxygen. All of this points toward the oxidative therapies as a decent treatment for cancer and a decent preventative measure as well. Apparently cancer is the cell's attempt to survive under conditions of a low supply of oxygen. If your cells are well oxygenated they have no reason to transform into cancer cells. It may be that the way toxins promote cancer is by interfering with the use of oxygen by the cell.
Most diseases we assume inherent to being human are In fact results of the polluted chemical soup we all five in during this modem industrial age. Anything, which allows the body to cleanse itself of these toxins, will deliver you to the pristine condition of health you were meant to enjoy. Fasting will help, a pure diet of plant origin will help, vitamin supplementation will help, EDTA will help, intestinal cleanse programs and colon therapy will help, and so will hydrogen peroxide. Any of these approaches will help cleanse your body of toxins such as pesticides and preservatives, which are laced into the food you buy off the grocery store shelf.
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When toxins are released from the cells of the body they must cross the space between those cells and the outside. Ultimately they exit the body through the lungs, the liver, the kidneys, and the pores of the skin. Detoxification is a cure, which feels temporarily worse than the disease. It may be accompanied by headache, fatigue, grouchiness, insomnia, and body pains for days or even, in very diseased states, weeks. Hydrogen peroxide is no exception. Be prepared for these kinds of results on your trip to a clear state of health.
People have been traveling to the baths at Lourdes, in southwest France at the base of the Pyrenees Mountains since 1858 when a girl is said to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary there. The waters at the baths in Lourdes are believed by many people to have miracle healing powers. Perhaps it is no coincidence that these waters are loaded with, you guessed it, hydrogen peroxide. People go there and bath in the water and drink the water.
How does one take hydrogen peroxide? You can go to Lourdes or you can go to the a good organic grocery store and buy a bottle of food grade (35%) hydrogen peroxide, dilute it and drink it, or bath in it. If you go to Lourdes be prepared to shell out thousands of dollars. If you go to the grocery store be prepared to pay a few dollars. Be sure to dilute it because the 35% solution will cause burning of the skin on application or internal damage if you try to drink it.
If you take it orally you should dilute it approximately 10 drops in an eight ounce glass of water two or three times each day on an empty stomach (three hours after your last meal). If you take ft with food in your stomach the hydrogen peroxide will read with the food and you will not get the benefit from it Even if you take it on an empty stomach it reacts to the cells of the stomach wall as well as whatever food fragments are still present and you receive not only hydrogen peroxide into your circulation but also oxidation products of H2O2 + sluffed off cells from the lining of your stomach and miscellaneous food.
Because of these considerations I cannot, and I do not, recommend that you take H2O2 by mouth. I believe intravenous H10, to be far superior to the oral route of administration. However because people do report good results with the oral route I cannot recommend that you absolutely do not take it by mouth. This is a gray area.
To benefit your body the H2O2 must reach your circulation where it can be broken down by catalase and bound by cytochrome-C for distribution throughout your body in the following 40 minutes. You should not eat anything for at least 20 minutes after taking the H2O2.
You will notice that hydrogen peroxide, even in this very dilute state, tastes terrible. It makes many people nauseated. You may be able to mask this effect by taking it will fresh lemon or berry juice or with aloe vera juice.
You can also bath in hydrogen peroxide by putting a pint in your bath water. Be sure to stir it up well before getting in to avoid burning your skin. Many people with arthritis swear by this treatment.
If you are confronting a serious illness, or if oral and topical application is not getting the job done, then you can turn to intravenous infusion of hydrogen peroxide. Intravenous H2O2 is far more powerful than the oral ingestion or topical application. For this form of treatment you must find a physician who is familiar with the proper preparation of pharmaceutical grade H2O2 in a bottle of sterile, isotonic intravenous fluid.
The infusion lasts 90 minutes. You will notice a warm feeling during treatment but not much more. The main effect of hydrogen peroxide infusions is that you regain your health. Treatments are one to three times per week, occasionally five times per week for an acute illness, and just as with chelation therapy with EDTA the number of treatments depends on the nature of the illness you are dealing with. From 10 to 50 treatments will get the job done in most cases and you should be able to maintain on oral hydrogen peroxide or the occasional intravenous infusion after that.
As I alluded to above there is an exciting new development in the treatment of vascular disease called Chelox Therapy with involves the combination of treatment with EDTA and H202 not in the same infusion or even on the same day for that matter, but separated by several days. These two therapies work in different ways and cross-react. The combination of these two therapies, given correctly, has been found to be more powerful than either one used alone.
Many fine doctors offer hydrogen peroxide therapy in the U. S. and Canada. However most of the alterative approaches in medicine have a particular champion who assumes the responsibility to spread the information to other doctors. The late Dr. Charles Farr, M. D. of Oklahoma was such a champion for hydrogen peroxide therapy. He established the International Bio-oxidative Medicine Society. If you want to locate a doctor who offers hydrogen peroxide therapy write for a referral to:
The International Bio-oxidative Medicine Society P. 0. Box 891954 Oklahoma City, OK 731
Dr. Mark Sircus
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Relaxing Of China's One-Child Policy Could Have Long-Term Effects On Demographics, Economy
In a Foreign Policy opinion piece, Daniel Altman, a teacher of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business and chief economist of Big Think, examines how the relaxing of China's one-child policy might affect the demographic and economic projections in the country. He discusses China's aging population, the possibility of an increase in unemployment, the potential for declines in health indicators, and other potential changes. "Early reports suggest that the transition will be gradual, so some of these risks might be finessed," Altman writes, concluding, "But even if the eventual abandonment of China's limits on childbearing led to an additional 10 million births a year, as the government's own estimates have suggested it might, the long-term effects on the economy would be decidedly mixed" (11/18).


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PARIS (REUTERS) - Defending champion Maria Sharapova moved easily into the third round of the French Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko on Wednesday.
The world No. 2, wearing a long-sleeved top despite the warm temperatures on Court Philippe Chatrier possibly due to the cold she has been suffering from, took a while to get into her stride but romped away from her 91st-ranked opponent.
Sharapova, who has won two of the last three French Opens and was beaten by Serena Williams in the 2013 final, broke serve in the first game but a double fault gifted Diatchenko a break back to 2-2.
Diatchenko then coughed up two double faults in the next game to hand the advantage back to Sharapova and another double fault brought a lukewarm first set to a conclusion.
Sharapova then powered through the second set in 35 minutes, offering up few errors.
Things will toughen up for the five-times Grand Slam champion in the next round when she faces Australia's Samantha Stosur, the runner-up in 2010 and twice a semi-finalist, who she beat in the fourth round last year.


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Perth Convention Centre - June 2005
8 June 2005
To Whom it May Concern
Perth Convention Centre
We acknowledge that we have had dealings with Galvin Engineering for a number of years and have found their products and service to be exceptional.
As hydraulic designers and specifiers, we seek products that are able to provide quality and flexibility to best suit the requirements and needs of our clients.
Galvin Engineering was able to meet the specific requirements the new Perth Convention Centre for products such as Variable Height Floor Drauns and Fire Fighting Equipment.
Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this project or any of our experiences with Galvin Engineeting, please don not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Ian Cordingley
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The C'est Moi Interview With The Office of Special Counsel
The Office of Special Counsel has recently launched an investigation surrounding the U.S. Attorney firings and specific GSA activity with regard to possible executive violations of both USERRA and the Hatch Act.
L. SMITH: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is an independent watchdog agency established in the late 70's as part of the post-Watergate reforms. We have four main areas of statutory responsibility involving federal employees and applicants.
1) safeguarding and facilitating whistleblower disclosures,
2) investigating and prosecuting certain employment complaints known as Prohibited Personnel Practices, with a special focus on whistleblower reprisal,
3) enforcing the civilian job rights of military service members under a law known as USERRA, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and
4) enforcing the Hatch Act, the law that restricts certain political activity by government employees.
M. DONOVAN: Can you explain exactly what the Hatch Act is? Who is it primarily meant to protect?
L. SMITH: The Hatch Act is a law enacted in 1939 to prevent the machinery of government from being used for partisan political purposes. It is designed to protect taxpayers, including federal workers, from having their government resources used to advocate in partisan elections.
L. SMITH: Essentially, yes. Regarding the second investigation, it would be more precise to say that we're investigating that event at GSA, including the comments made by GSA Administrator Lurita Doan. I must also add that we have other matters, not yet public, that dovetail with these two investigations and contributed to the determination to initiate the broader investigations.
L. SMITH: Mr. Iglesias filed with our agency on April 3rd, alleging violations of both USERRA and the Hatch Act. In the GSA matter, we also received a complaint.
L. SMITH: It became apparent that OSC would be shirking its responsibilities under the Hatch Act if we failed to examine the possibility that unlawful political activity was occurring elsewhere within the executive branch. As to the focal points, everyone within the executive branch is covered by the Hatch Act save the President and the Vice President, but mainly we are focused on Mr. Iglesias' complaint and the events surrounding the briefings by the White House Office of Political Affairs. It would be premature for us to say we are targeting individuals at this point.
L. SMITH: OSC is autonomous, although we depend on Congress and the President for our annual appropriations. Under the Hatch Act, we have the authority to investigate any allegation of wrongdoing as defined by the statute. Then, if we believe we can substantiate a violation, we file for disciplinary action with the Merit Systems Protection Board. The presumptive penalty under the Hatch Act is removal, although that could be lessened to a suspension.
An exception is the category of individuals who have received Senate confirmation, known as PAS – Presidentially-Appointed, Senate-confirmed. This would include cabinet heads as well as many agency heads, including that of GSA. In these cases, OSC would still investigate, but rather than filing with MSPB, we would send a letter with our Report of Investigation to the President informing him of our findings and recommendations.
In either category (PAS or non-PAS), if we find coercion of federal employees with regard to political activity (see title 18, section 610 of the US Code), we could also refer the case to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
L. SMITH: We do have subpoena power, although we hope to avoid issuing subpoenas by receiving positive and timely responses to our initial information requests. Regarding the timeline, I cannot comment – both due to the sensitive nature and the unpredictable nature of such investigations.
M. DONOVAN: How is testimony to the OSC handled? Is this deposition style sworn testimony?
L. SMITH: Generally, statements are taken under oath.
L. SMITH: OSC is the agency charged with enforcing the Hatch Act – as I mentioned before, we would be derelict if we failed to perform these investigations. The OPM Inspector General investigation is an unrelated matter; however, it is worth noting that the task force we have created to investigate this matter is led by a career employee, and is composed entirely of career employees.
L. SMITH: Yes. Please note that our investigation is independent and not coordinated with any other investigation of these matters.
To his previous response:
L. SMITH: Mr. Iglesias filed with our agency on April 3rd, alleging violations of both USERRA and the Hatch Act. In the GSA matter, we also received a complaint.
M. DONOVAN: (AS A FOLLOW UP): Are you able to tell us who filed the complaint regarding the GSA matter?
L. SMITH: No - OSC almost never comments on the identities of those who file with our agency. Mr. Iglesias is an exception because he released OSC from our obligations under the Privacy Act.
To his previous response:
L. SMITH: We do have subpoena power, although we hope to avoid issuing subpoenas by receiving positive and timely responses to our initial information requests. Regarding the timeline, I cannot comment – both due to the sensitive nature and the unpredictable nature of such investigations.
M. DONOVAN: (AS A FOLLOW UP): Are you able to tell us if any such requests for information have been made to date?
L. SMITH: In general, we won't be issuing comment on specific details of the investigation, including the status of information requests.
We extend our appreciation to Mr. Loren Smith for his candor and for being so generous with his time.
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Wurtsboro � A trucking company that hauls for Kohl�s announced it is hiring 75 truck drivers in the greater Mamakating area.
Sources say Kohl�s is also expanding its operations at the distribution center on Route 209 near Wurtsboro.
Schneider National, one of the nation�s largest trucking companies, announced the hirings this week. It didn�t name Kohl�s, saying only that the new drivers mostly would serve one client, �an area distribution center for a national retailer� in Mamakating. Kohl�s is the only such distribution center.
�This is a new account for us,� said Rob Reich, vice president for enterprise recruiting.
Kohl�s wouldn�t talk about its plans yesterday, and would only say it has �not announced any plans to expand the Mamakating, N.Y., distribution center.�
Sources said that the retail giant plans to hire more full-time and part-time employees as the center ramps up to ship merchandise to 20 more stores for a total of 150 stores.
Schneider will host a job fair next month in Middletown.
The jobs will pay an average of $39,300 to $47,300 in the first year for people with no experience, and up to $52,500 annually for experienced drivers. Drivers would also receive a $1,000 or $2,000 signing bonus, depending on experience.
�Great news,� said Marc Baez, president for the Partnership of Economic Development, noting that the salaries are well above average for Sullivan and Orange.
Schneider will hold a job fair Aug. 2 and 4 at the Hampton Inn in the Town of Wallkill and accept applications online at www.schneiderjobs.com or by phone at 800-447-7433. Applicants must be 21 or older and have a clean driving record. Training is provided.


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Forest officials held a youth who was transporting a dugong poached for its meat in Periapattinam in Ramanathapuram district on Tuesday night.
Keelakarai forest range office received a tip-off about the poaching of a dugong in Periapattinam seashore. The forest department team led by Keezhakarai ranger, S Jayaraman intercepted an autorickshaw on suspicion. They found that two people were taking the dugong after slicing the mammal into three pieces. While one managed to give a slip, the officials caught hold of J Askar Ali (32) from Periapattinam on poaching charges. He was produced before the Ramanathapuram judicial magistrate and was remanded under schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
Dugong is a flagship animal of Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (GoMMNP). Once in abundance, the mammal is now threatened due to habitat loss and poaching, worldwide. The exhaustive fishing activities, especially ecologically destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling destroys the seabed and the sea grass on which the dugong feeds. Though the number of poaching incidents has come down, few pockets in the district around Keezhakarai are notorious for poaching dugong for its meat. "They poach the dugongs for meat and it is priced Rs 600 per kg," a forest official said.
Jayaraman said that they intercepted two people in an autorickshaw carrying the mammal. "We estimated that it could be a three-year-old dugong but the gender of the animal could not be ascertained since the poachers have sliced the entire animal into three pieces. After the investigation, three people are booked in this case including the one remanded and we are looking out for two more people who are absconding," he said.
The forest officials speculated that the dugong could have been caught in the fishing gear but the poachers instead of releasing it back in the sea killed the mammal and sliced into pieces. There is also intentional poaching in the region other than the incidents of the dugongs caught in the fishing gear and killed for meat later, forest department sources said.


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Elegant sky blue wrap-over dress for a 6 months old baby.
Blue wrapover baby dress bordered with white edging around neckline and at the bottom of the dress. The dress is fastened at the front with an inside button and a button on the left hand side. Size: 6 months old.
Available at the Duchesse Or Ange store!


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