The Grand Rapids New Car Dealers Association has honored Cascade
Engineering with its 2013 Celebration of Innovation: Automotive Supplier
of the Year award, presented Jan. 30 at the Michigan International Auto
Show at DeVos Place.
The car dealers selected Cascade
Engineering for its development of lighter automotive parts to keep down
overall vehicle weight, therefore increasing fuel efficiency. Another
plus is that Cascade’s parts are made out of plastic, which is
completely recyclable — a strong environmental advantage.
In
particular, the car dealers association cited Cascade Engineering’s
injection molded dash silencer. According to Cascade Vice President Bob
Rosenbach, the company has been making “different generations of this
for almost 20 years.” Rosenbach is in his 28th year with Cascade.
“We
are the originators of the injection-molded dash mat,” he added. Dash
mat is another name often used by engineers when referring to a dash
silencer. It is currently going into the Ford Taurus and Chrysler 300,We
are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India. and Rosenbach said Honda will begin using it soon.
Cascade
uses an injection-molding process that allows a precision-made dash
silencer with varying thicknesses, which is more efficient and effective
than what can be done by thermoforming.
The dash silencer is a
plastic mat attached to the sheet metal that separates the engine
compartment from the passenger compartment. Another layer of
sound-absorbing material made of polyester or polypropylene is attached
to the plastic mat, so the finished silencer, when in place, reduces
engine noise and road noise by deflecting and absorbing it.
Cascade
does the basic R&D on its dash silencer product line and provides
automakers with specifics on a product’s acoustic capabilities, which
the automakers confirm in their own tests.
Rosenbach mentioned
that some dash silencers are designed to allow some noise into the car —
those would be in sportier car models, whose owners want to be able to
hear some of that horsepower for which they are paying.
“This
dash silencer is 100 percent recyclable,” said Rosenbach, and a
significant portion of the raw materials Cascade uses have been recycled
and reprocessed. One example is the polypropylene, which comes from old
car battery cases. Rosenbach noted that Cascade Engineering’s founder.
While
mobile advertising is still a somewhat nascent format, it’s growing
quickly, and a rising number of marketers are integrating more
sophisticated data into their mobile campaigns.
According to a
February report from Econsultancy, 27% of companies worldwide planned to
implement location-based marketing in 2013, and 34% intended to invest
in mobile advertising.
Verve Mobile, a location-based mobile ad
platform, studied over 2,500 US mobile ad campaigns served across its
platform and found that the percentage of campaigns using geofencing or
geoaware targeting had more than doubled, from 17% in 2011 to 36% in
2012.
Geoaware campaigns use real-time location data to deliver specific,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic
decorated pieces. often dynamic, messages to the user based on their
distance from the nearest retail location or proximity to a particular
location. Geofencing campaigns target users based on a set distance from
a location of interest such as a store or physical site where the user
is known to frequently visit.
Designated market area (DMA) and
audience data were still the most popular mobile location-based
targeting types,Parkeasy Electronics are dedicated to provide Car park management system.
presumably in part because they are easier to use, incorporating less
sophisticated, more static information on who consumers are and where
they are typically located.
For many verticals, a mobile
campaign must include the use of location data of some kind—otherwise
why serve on mobile? Verve Mobile found that 100% of the studied mobile
campaigns in the grocery, political, healthcare, lottery, real estate
and education industries used location info of some sort.
For
geoaware and geofencing in particular, the restaurant industry served
the highest percentage of ads using this data (43%), presumably in an
effort to target restaurant-seekers out and about, and trying to find
their next meal. Looking up restaurants is one of the primary mobile
local search activities users conduct.
In addition, retail and
consumer goods each incorporated geolocation and geoaware data into 32%
and 30% of their campaigns, respectively. As emarketer Inc. said, for
these two industries,Shop for bobblehead
dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection
for your home or office. targeting consumers in the midst of their daily
errands has a major upside. The travel industry also used real-time
mobile location data in 30% of its campaigns, presumably to reach
consumers who are making mobile in-destination plans and bookings.
According to Verve Mobile’s findings,A car parking system
is a mechanical device that multiplies parking capacity inside a
parking lot. using geoaware and geofence data to target campaigns led to
higher clickthrough rates than any of the other location-based methods.
As advertisers and marketers learn more about how to harness and
implement the data, more sophisticated geotargeting is likely to get
greater attention from verticals.
2013年2月5日星期二
Alleged Massive Construction Defects
The current housing market resurgence in Dublin, CA has reminded some
residents of what happened in the previous new home construction boom.
Between 2004 and 2007, homebuilders like Toll Brothers, Standard
Pacific, and Pinn Brothers cranked out new homes in response to a
booming economy, aggressive home buyers, and easy financing. In that
frenzy to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for new housing, some
builders may have cut corners and rushed construction while the City of
Dublin allegedly looked the other way. Residents at some of the
condominium developments along Dublin Boulevard must now deal with the
massive construction defects on their own.
The homeowner association of one particular multi-level condominium project with elevators in East Dublin has actually been contemplating a Title 7 lawsuit against the builder. Signed into law by former governor Gray Davis, Title 7 consists of a lengthy and complex set of rules that applies to all new residential homes purchased on or after January 1, 2003. Specifically, Title 7 sets forth extensive procedures for homeowners who are seeking to recover damages for building and construction defects.
The main purpose of Title 7 is to provide affordable housing to Californians by minimizing the amount of lawsuits that are filed against homebuilders. Title 7 attempts to achieve this goal by requiring homeowners who find evidence of a construction defect, such as a roof leak, to allow the builder to fix the defect before the homeowner can file a lawsuit. Although this concept sounds simple, the actual process of identifying a particular defect, notifying the builder, and making sure the defect is fixed by the builder in a timely and proper fashion is full of the legal technicalities of Title 7.
Homeowners at this particular luxury condo community in Dublin have reported that the building fa?ade facing Dublin Boulevard is actually peeling away from the main structure. Other complaints include monstrous garage vibration issues, cracking in walls and granite countertops, and defective HVAC and plumbing infrastructure. The issues all seem to be the results of rushed construction on the expansive soils of East Dublin by the builders.
Expansive soils expand when wet and shrink when dry. This continual change in soil volume can cause homes built on this soil to move unevenly and crack. Each year in the United States, expansive soils cause $2.3 billion in damage to houses, other buildings, roads,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. pipelines, and other structures. This figure is more than twice the damage from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes combined.
While the homeowners association for this community is likely to move forward with the Title 7 action,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. the homeowners are very unlikely to receive any compensation for the construction defects from the builders. One homeowner close to the situation shared that this community, based on the most recent reserve study, appears to have insufficient funds for replacing and repairing common area property. The bad news does not stop there for homeowners at this unfortunate community. The community’s Board of Directors had apparently approved placing reserve funds in very high risk certificates of deposit and lost a significant chunk of the homeowners’ money.
Another multi-level condominium project, also in East Dublin, has had a rash of complaints related to water intrusion and mold issues. Given the development has only been around for five years, the severity of these construction defects is surprising.
The City of Dublin did conduct site reviews and signed off on the building plans for both of these projects, but homeowners at these two multi-level condominium projects can forget about suing the City. “Nobody wants to sue the City of Dublin because if they lost they would have to pay for the City’s legal fees.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. What contingency lawyer would want to take that risk?” shared a homeowner at one of these projects.
For these homeowners, the possibility of a special assessment imposed to cover the cost of these massive defects and damages now looks all but inevitable. For the prospective new homebuyers looking to get into the housing market, let the cautionary tale of what happened to these unfortunate homeowners in East Dublin be a solemn reminder to beware and think twice before buying a new home on expansive soils.
Beware of the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Coach Travis Ford has Okie State playing its best basketball of the season — evidenced by their thrilling win in Lawrence, Kan. this past weekend against then-ranked No. 2 Kansas. The win for OSU was the Cowboys’ first in Lawrence since 1989 and its’ first against a top-five team on the road since 1958.
Ford was a high school freshman in Madisonville, Ky. when I was a senior in Owensboro, Ky. His father, Eddie Ford, has been a huge influence in many young players basketball careers in the state of Kentucky for the past 30 years or so — mine included. I remember young Travis following myself and a bumch of teammates around Europe when Travis was an eighth grader and was just headed into my senior season as Ford’s father Eddie took an all-star team of high school Juniors from around the state to tour Europe and play a handful of exhibition games while doing so. It was one of the great experiences of my young life. But little, scrawny Travis was like a fly on the wall during that trip. He tried practicing with us all of the time, getting beat up on regularly — but always coming back for more. Quitting is something I know Travis Ford will never do.
Smart is some kind of basketball player. The more I watch this kid play the more enamored with the kid I become. Smart not only stuffs a stat-sheet much like my former teammate and great friend Jason Kidd has done for the past what seems like 50 years — but also like J-Kidd, Smart is a WINNER. Check out Smart’s line from Saturday in Lawrence:
38 minutes, 25 points , 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals, 9-of-11 from the free-throw line. Keep an eye on Smart. He’s a special kind of player.
Markel Brown leads the Cowboys balanced attack with 14.9 ppg. Smart and Le’Bryan Nash are chipping-in with 14 and 13 ppg respectively and the unsung hero of this Cowboys team is sophomore guard Phil Forte. He’s averaging just shy of 12 ppg.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. Forte is a player much in the mold of his head coach Travis Ford. At 5-foot-11 and very much an overachiever. And man, is this kid one tough dude. Forte is not only tough, but as one of my favorite coaches and people of all-time, John Thompson would say, “Phil Forte has STOMACH.” Evidenced by his game-cinching free-throws with mere seconds left,With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. up-one, on the road against the No. 2 team in the country, in a building your team has left with its tail placed squarely between its legs each and every time it has played there. Forte has stomach for sure — along with being a 90-percent free-throw shooter.
I think that I may have liked most about OSU’s win on Saturday against Kansas was that after Forte made his two freebies to put the Cowboys’ up by three with 7.9 seconds remaining, Kansas inbounded the ball to the player they wanted — Elijah Johnson, and as he dribbled past mid-court and went to free himself off the dribble before attempting a game-tying 3-pointer — Marcus Smart stuck his hand squarely between the legs of Johnson as he attempted a crossover and picked the Jayhawks’ PG as cleanly as he could have possibly done so. Ball game. THOSE are the kinds of things I watched Jason Kidd do time and time again as his backcourt mate for five seasons. I mean, come on, the other team doesn’t even get a look at the basket to attempt to tie-up the game? Come on — those types of things are big-time.
The homeowner association of one particular multi-level condominium project with elevators in East Dublin has actually been contemplating a Title 7 lawsuit against the builder. Signed into law by former governor Gray Davis, Title 7 consists of a lengthy and complex set of rules that applies to all new residential homes purchased on or after January 1, 2003. Specifically, Title 7 sets forth extensive procedures for homeowners who are seeking to recover damages for building and construction defects.
The main purpose of Title 7 is to provide affordable housing to Californians by minimizing the amount of lawsuits that are filed against homebuilders. Title 7 attempts to achieve this goal by requiring homeowners who find evidence of a construction defect, such as a roof leak, to allow the builder to fix the defect before the homeowner can file a lawsuit. Although this concept sounds simple, the actual process of identifying a particular defect, notifying the builder, and making sure the defect is fixed by the builder in a timely and proper fashion is full of the legal technicalities of Title 7.
Homeowners at this particular luxury condo community in Dublin have reported that the building fa?ade facing Dublin Boulevard is actually peeling away from the main structure. Other complaints include monstrous garage vibration issues, cracking in walls and granite countertops, and defective HVAC and plumbing infrastructure. The issues all seem to be the results of rushed construction on the expansive soils of East Dublin by the builders.
Expansive soils expand when wet and shrink when dry. This continual change in soil volume can cause homes built on this soil to move unevenly and crack. Each year in the United States, expansive soils cause $2.3 billion in damage to houses, other buildings, roads,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. pipelines, and other structures. This figure is more than twice the damage from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes combined.
While the homeowners association for this community is likely to move forward with the Title 7 action,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. the homeowners are very unlikely to receive any compensation for the construction defects from the builders. One homeowner close to the situation shared that this community, based on the most recent reserve study, appears to have insufficient funds for replacing and repairing common area property. The bad news does not stop there for homeowners at this unfortunate community. The community’s Board of Directors had apparently approved placing reserve funds in very high risk certificates of deposit and lost a significant chunk of the homeowners’ money.
Another multi-level condominium project, also in East Dublin, has had a rash of complaints related to water intrusion and mold issues. Given the development has only been around for five years, the severity of these construction defects is surprising.
The City of Dublin did conduct site reviews and signed off on the building plans for both of these projects, but homeowners at these two multi-level condominium projects can forget about suing the City. “Nobody wants to sue the City of Dublin because if they lost they would have to pay for the City’s legal fees.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. What contingency lawyer would want to take that risk?” shared a homeowner at one of these projects.
For these homeowners, the possibility of a special assessment imposed to cover the cost of these massive defects and damages now looks all but inevitable. For the prospective new homebuyers looking to get into the housing market, let the cautionary tale of what happened to these unfortunate homeowners in East Dublin be a solemn reminder to beware and think twice before buying a new home on expansive soils.
Beware of the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Coach Travis Ford has Okie State playing its best basketball of the season — evidenced by their thrilling win in Lawrence, Kan. this past weekend against then-ranked No. 2 Kansas. The win for OSU was the Cowboys’ first in Lawrence since 1989 and its’ first against a top-five team on the road since 1958.
Ford was a high school freshman in Madisonville, Ky. when I was a senior in Owensboro, Ky. His father, Eddie Ford, has been a huge influence in many young players basketball careers in the state of Kentucky for the past 30 years or so — mine included. I remember young Travis following myself and a bumch of teammates around Europe when Travis was an eighth grader and was just headed into my senior season as Ford’s father Eddie took an all-star team of high school Juniors from around the state to tour Europe and play a handful of exhibition games while doing so. It was one of the great experiences of my young life. But little, scrawny Travis was like a fly on the wall during that trip. He tried practicing with us all of the time, getting beat up on regularly — but always coming back for more. Quitting is something I know Travis Ford will never do.
Smart is some kind of basketball player. The more I watch this kid play the more enamored with the kid I become. Smart not only stuffs a stat-sheet much like my former teammate and great friend Jason Kidd has done for the past what seems like 50 years — but also like J-Kidd, Smart is a WINNER. Check out Smart’s line from Saturday in Lawrence:
38 minutes, 25 points , 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals, 9-of-11 from the free-throw line. Keep an eye on Smart. He’s a special kind of player.
Markel Brown leads the Cowboys balanced attack with 14.9 ppg. Smart and Le’Bryan Nash are chipping-in with 14 and 13 ppg respectively and the unsung hero of this Cowboys team is sophomore guard Phil Forte. He’s averaging just shy of 12 ppg.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. Forte is a player much in the mold of his head coach Travis Ford. At 5-foot-11 and very much an overachiever. And man, is this kid one tough dude. Forte is not only tough, but as one of my favorite coaches and people of all-time, John Thompson would say, “Phil Forte has STOMACH.” Evidenced by his game-cinching free-throws with mere seconds left,With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. up-one, on the road against the No. 2 team in the country, in a building your team has left with its tail placed squarely between its legs each and every time it has played there. Forte has stomach for sure — along with being a 90-percent free-throw shooter.
I think that I may have liked most about OSU’s win on Saturday against Kansas was that after Forte made his two freebies to put the Cowboys’ up by three with 7.9 seconds remaining, Kansas inbounded the ball to the player they wanted — Elijah Johnson, and as he dribbled past mid-court and went to free himself off the dribble before attempting a game-tying 3-pointer — Marcus Smart stuck his hand squarely between the legs of Johnson as he attempted a crossover and picked the Jayhawks’ PG as cleanly as he could have possibly done so. Ball game. THOSE are the kinds of things I watched Jason Kidd do time and time again as his backcourt mate for five seasons. I mean, come on, the other team doesn’t even get a look at the basket to attempt to tie-up the game? Come on — those types of things are big-time.
Bartelt Wins Two Regional Contractor of the Year Awards
The Remodeling Resource, a premier, family-owned remodeling firm
specializing in residential and commercial design and construction, was
named Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) by the National Association
of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) for the Residential Bath over $60,000
and Residential Addition $100,000 – $250,000 categories.Learn how an
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"We are honored to be named the 2013 Regional Contractor of the Year in these categories," said Rick Bartelt,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. owner. "These awards are the result of the creativity and dedication of the entire team, including our designers, carpenters, production staff, trade partners, and customers."
Bartelt was selected as the winner of Region 3, an area that includes contractors from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. and Wisconsin. Contractors from seven regions around the country vie for CotY Awards on an annual
basis, and all regional winners will now be eligible for the National CotY Awards. National winners will be honored at NARI's Evening of Excellence on Friday, April 12, 2013, at the Intercontinental Kansas City at the Plaza.
The winning Bartelt projects each had unique components. The master bathroom remodel transformed a generic bathroom into a dynamic, spa-like space, improving its layout and expanding its footprint. The bathroom features an oval soaking tub and shower with granite and porcelain- and marble-filled mosaic tiles, a custom, furniture-style vanity, and quality fixtures.
The sunroom addition offers the homeowners more space for entertaining family and friends. It is a warm, inviting room that features a bar area, fireplace, hydronic heating in the floor, wine storage, large windows to showcase the outside views, and a vaulted ceiling and cupola to add architectural interest.
Competing projects were completed between July 1, 2011, and November 30, 2012, and were not submitted in prior NARI National contests. An impartial panel of judges, who are experts within the industry and associated fields, selected winners based on each entrant’s binders, which include “\"before and after" photography and project descriptions. Judging focused on problem solving,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. functionality, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty, and entry presentation.
To be considered for a CotY Award, a company must be a NARI member in good standing. NARI members represent an elite group of the approximately 800,000 companies and individuals in the U.S. identifying themselves as remodelers.
Founded in 1984, Bartelt. The Remodeling Resource has won local, regional, and national industry awards, including 2012 and 2013 Regional "Contractor of the Year" (CotY) awards presented by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). With in-house designers, production staff, and expert carpenters, Bartelt is a member of the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council, Inc. and Metropolitan Builders Association.
The two-storey library will span over 12,000-square feet. EGA consulted extensively with the medical centre’s executives and the librarian in order to develop a list of functions to be accommodated within the space. In addition to research stations, the library will include meeting and presentation areas designed in a manner that would not disturb the regular library operations.
The renovated library’s first floor will house a checkout counter, a lounge area for eight people, 24 individual study stations, a librarian’s office, and restrooms. The second floor will feature an open shelving section, four study group rooms that will accommodate up to six people, and two conference rooms designed for groups of up to 12 and 20, respectively. Both the study group and conference rooms will be enclosed with modular Steelcase glass wall systems to eliminate a noise impact while providing the feeling of an open space and inclusion. They will be equipped with interactive white boards as well as video conferencing and remote learning capabilities.
The second floor features a large opening in the floor, which creates the library’s atrium. The handrails around the atrium, as well as along the stair leading to the second floor, will be replaced with a glass and brushed aluminum railing system.
The new finishes will include acoustical tile and drywall soffit ceilings, Shaw Floors carpet flooring in the “Embellished” pattern, fabric and vinyl wallcoverings, new millwork shelving, refurbished wooden book stacks, and American Olean “St. Germain” wall and floor porcelain tiles in the bathrooms.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. All new materials and paints are low VOC in order to eliminate indoor air pollution. The new sprinkler and HVAC systems will match the revised ceiling and floor layouts of the renovated library.
The space will feature energy-efficient lighting fixtures, including Selux NEOS linear fluorescent pendants; Advent Reo wall sconces; Aerion 1' X 4' recessed fluorescent FAR14fixtures; and Vode four-foot,wall mounted, fluorescent light rail fixtures.
New air-conditioning equipment will be installed on the building’s roof, including a RenewAire RD4XRT 2,000-CFM energy recovery unit and a Carrier 38AUDB12 one-ton condenser. This will require reinforcing the roof structure with two 10-foot steel beams and connecting steel channel members.
The new library supports the patient care, biomedical research and graduate medical education information needs of the medical staff, faculty and affiliated students. It also serves the larger Long Island community as an information resource for professionals.
"We are honored to be named the 2013 Regional Contractor of the Year in these categories," said Rick Bartelt,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. owner. "These awards are the result of the creativity and dedication of the entire team, including our designers, carpenters, production staff, trade partners, and customers."
Bartelt was selected as the winner of Region 3, an area that includes contractors from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. and Wisconsin. Contractors from seven regions around the country vie for CotY Awards on an annual
basis, and all regional winners will now be eligible for the National CotY Awards. National winners will be honored at NARI's Evening of Excellence on Friday, April 12, 2013, at the Intercontinental Kansas City at the Plaza.
The winning Bartelt projects each had unique components. The master bathroom remodel transformed a generic bathroom into a dynamic, spa-like space, improving its layout and expanding its footprint. The bathroom features an oval soaking tub and shower with granite and porcelain- and marble-filled mosaic tiles, a custom, furniture-style vanity, and quality fixtures.
The sunroom addition offers the homeowners more space for entertaining family and friends. It is a warm, inviting room that features a bar area, fireplace, hydronic heating in the floor, wine storage, large windows to showcase the outside views, and a vaulted ceiling and cupola to add architectural interest.
Competing projects were completed between July 1, 2011, and November 30, 2012, and were not submitted in prior NARI National contests. An impartial panel of judges, who are experts within the industry and associated fields, selected winners based on each entrant’s binders, which include “\"before and after" photography and project descriptions. Judging focused on problem solving,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. functionality, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty, and entry presentation.
To be considered for a CotY Award, a company must be a NARI member in good standing. NARI members represent an elite group of the approximately 800,000 companies and individuals in the U.S. identifying themselves as remodelers.
Founded in 1984, Bartelt. The Remodeling Resource has won local, regional, and national industry awards, including 2012 and 2013 Regional "Contractor of the Year" (CotY) awards presented by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). With in-house designers, production staff, and expert carpenters, Bartelt is a member of the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council, Inc. and Metropolitan Builders Association.
The two-storey library will span over 12,000-square feet. EGA consulted extensively with the medical centre’s executives and the librarian in order to develop a list of functions to be accommodated within the space. In addition to research stations, the library will include meeting and presentation areas designed in a manner that would not disturb the regular library operations.
The renovated library’s first floor will house a checkout counter, a lounge area for eight people, 24 individual study stations, a librarian’s office, and restrooms. The second floor will feature an open shelving section, four study group rooms that will accommodate up to six people, and two conference rooms designed for groups of up to 12 and 20, respectively. Both the study group and conference rooms will be enclosed with modular Steelcase glass wall systems to eliminate a noise impact while providing the feeling of an open space and inclusion. They will be equipped with interactive white boards as well as video conferencing and remote learning capabilities.
The second floor features a large opening in the floor, which creates the library’s atrium. The handrails around the atrium, as well as along the stair leading to the second floor, will be replaced with a glass and brushed aluminum railing system.
The new finishes will include acoustical tile and drywall soffit ceilings, Shaw Floors carpet flooring in the “Embellished” pattern, fabric and vinyl wallcoverings, new millwork shelving, refurbished wooden book stacks, and American Olean “St. Germain” wall and floor porcelain tiles in the bathrooms.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. All new materials and paints are low VOC in order to eliminate indoor air pollution. The new sprinkler and HVAC systems will match the revised ceiling and floor layouts of the renovated library.
The space will feature energy-efficient lighting fixtures, including Selux NEOS linear fluorescent pendants; Advent Reo wall sconces; Aerion 1' X 4' recessed fluorescent FAR14fixtures; and Vode four-foot,wall mounted, fluorescent light rail fixtures.
New air-conditioning equipment will be installed on the building’s roof, including a RenewAire RD4XRT 2,000-CFM energy recovery unit and a Carrier 38AUDB12 one-ton condenser. This will require reinforcing the roof structure with two 10-foot steel beams and connecting steel channel members.
The new library supports the patient care, biomedical research and graduate medical education information needs of the medical staff, faculty and affiliated students. It also serves the larger Long Island community as an information resource for professionals.
Chinese Technique, Applied to a Western Canvas
When Fabienne Verdier headed to China almost 30 years ago, she was
hoping to escape the confines of a Eurocentric art education.
“They didn’t teach me a lot of things in French art schools,” said the 50-year-old Parisian, who now lives in the countryside near the French capital.
In translated Chinese literature, she found a sensibility she could relate to. “Art is about human beings walking in harmony with the universe. That is why I went to China when I was very young, to try and learn this harmony,” she said.
Today,Virtual parking management system logo Verano Place logo. Ms. Verdier is one of the few Westerners known for her work in a Chinese medium—in this case, ink painting. Her work sells for as much as $200,000 and has been shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Palazzo Torlonia in Rome. In 2003, her book “Passenger of Silence: Ten Years of Initiation in China,” was a surprise best-seller in France.
Her painting has rarely shown in Asia, though that changed with the opening of a solo exhibition at Singapore’s Art Plural Gallery last month. The 60 works explore abstract geometric shapes as well as the Norwegian coastal landscape. While the themes are not overtly Chinese, the impact of her training is apparent.
In 1984, Ms. Verdier enrolled at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, but the Asian influence she sought was not immediately accessible. The Cultural Revolution a recent memory, the school had developed a curriculum around Soviet realism. “It was forbidden to study traditional ink-based painting or poetry,” she said. “They said that traditional culture was bad culture.”
There were other obstacles. When Ms. Verdier first encountered Huang Yuan, the Sichuan calligraphy master and landscape painter who eventually became her mentor, he was reluctant to instruct her.
According to him, “women never practice calligraphy,” Ms. Verdier said. What’s more, although she had studied Mandarin in France before arriving in China, Mr. Huang spoke only the Sichuan dialect.
After months of persistence, during which she studied Sichuanese and left completed calligraphy exercise scrolls at his door,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. Mr. Huang relented. She worked as his apprentice for 10 years.
In her “Memories of Norway” series, for which Ms. Verdier spent three weeks traveling by boat along the Norwegian coast,The Wagan Wireless Rear Parking assist system help you be safe while parking. the broad, black strokes contrast with the tinted, deckle-edged paper. These haunting natural scenes, which comprise roughly a quarter of the Singapore exhibition, could easily be mistaken for shuimo, or Chinese ink-wash, paintings.
Why use Chinese techniques to paint abstract Scandinavian landscapes?
“Every day in Norway, I was moving along a coastline and had a new trajectory,” Ms. Verdier said. She was taken by the continuity and constant motion of the scenery, and thought that calligraphy offered her a way of recreating the form of it.
While in China, Ms. Verdier also learned to make brushes with animal hair and other utilitarian materials. Since then, she has created many of her own paintbrushes, which are hooked up to a pulley system and can weigh up to 150 pounds. The system allows her to paint her larger works—one of the Norway coastal paintings is a twelve-by-six-foot polyptych, or paneled painting, by manipulating the brush while standing on the canvas itself.
“With the pulley, she avoids the heaviness of the paint and the brushes and can paint in one flowing motion,” said Carole de Senarclens, Art Plural’s director. “It’s just like with calligraphy.”
Ms. Verdier’s repertoire isn’t limited to Asian-influenced art.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. For the past four years, she has been looking to her fellow Europeans for inspiration, particularly 15th-century Flemish painters such as Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. Based on her studies of their work, she will this spring present an exhibition at Belgium’s Groeningemuseum. Ms. Verdier will be the first contemporary artist to be housed in the permanent collection of the Bruges-based museum, best known for its “Flemish Primitives” art collection.
Viewers who can’t make it to Bruges can glimpse this recent influence in Ms. Verdier’s Singapore show, where her “Circles” series features bold splashes of color absent from the otherwise somber pieces on display.
Within an eruv enclosure observant Jews can carry keys, push a baby carriage or hold a baby, or bring food to someone's home. Moreover, an eruv makes it possible for observant Jews both to follow Sabbath laws and to enjoy the Sabbath, one of the requirements for correct Sabbath observance.
It can be easy to perceive the eruv as an eccentric, if not conceptually dubious, artifact of Judaism. A March 2011 story on "The Daily Show" about a proposed eruv in eastern Long Island defined the concept as coming from the Hebrew word for loophole, and as real (or imaginary) as Mr. Snuffleupagus. Yet, beyond that understandable reaction, the eruv embodies one of the most beautiful qualities of Judaism and Jewish history: how Jews have adapted the places in which they live to accommodate Sabbath practice.
The concept is central to Rabbinic Judaism, which dedicates one of the longest books in the Talmud to the topic. Eruv is one of the few concepts whose literature has its own visual culture. Printed discussions on eruvs feature dozens of distinct schematics that help the reader understand the complex descriptions of types of spaces appearing in the text.
Today, most Orthodox Jewish communities construct eruvs. These enclosures are usually made out of string or wire stretched on top of or on telephone or light poles. In the present, and historically, eruvs are virtually invisible, using existing structures in the landscape. From 1907-1952, the Third Avenue Elevated Train Tracks running the length of Manhattan, from South Ferry to Harlem, constituted the western border of the island's eruv.
In Roman Palestine, where most Jews lived around communal courtyards, an eruv made it possible to enjoy the Sabbath with their neighbors. Eruvs around Jewish neighborhoods in pre-modern towns in Europe allowed their residents to carry food from communal ovens, as well as spend the Sabbath together out of doors. As Jews migrated in the 19th and 20th centuries, they established eruvs that meshed with the emerging landscapes that they found in the increasingly complex cities in Europe and the United States. Like the 1907 Manhattan eruv, Jews in St. Louis and Odessa at the end of the 19th century "constructed" their eruv from new technological structures rising around them: telephone and telegraph wires.
Historically and presently, eruvs have revealed various religious, social and even economic schisms. Similar to Krakow in the 19th century, cities around the world have faced a series of challenges brought by municipalities around the right of a growing orthodox community to establish an eruv with public infrastructure.
Since the 1990s, a handful of non-Orthodox groups have fought the establishment of eruvs in Tenafly, N.J., and in the Hamptons based on worries that an influx of Orthodox Jews would change the local business landscape, skew the makeup of local schools and fuel a rise in real-estate prices by Jews seeking homes within an eruv.
I am personally not an eruv user, and, until this exhibition, knew little about the concept. A year after beginning work on this exhibition, a year spent immersed in the philosophical and social dimensions of eruvs, especially those in the Tri-State area,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. I find myself with a more nuanced regard of the centrality of the Sabbath for Orthodox Jews. More to the point, though, the eruv reveals something broader about Jewish tradition today: the Sabbath as an anchor for community; and the eruv vividly demonstrates the dynamism of Judaism through the Jews' steady re-interpretation and adaptation of their tradition in harmony with the world around them.
“They didn’t teach me a lot of things in French art schools,” said the 50-year-old Parisian, who now lives in the countryside near the French capital.
In translated Chinese literature, she found a sensibility she could relate to. “Art is about human beings walking in harmony with the universe. That is why I went to China when I was very young, to try and learn this harmony,” she said.
Today,Virtual parking management system logo Verano Place logo. Ms. Verdier is one of the few Westerners known for her work in a Chinese medium—in this case, ink painting. Her work sells for as much as $200,000 and has been shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Palazzo Torlonia in Rome. In 2003, her book “Passenger of Silence: Ten Years of Initiation in China,” was a surprise best-seller in France.
Her painting has rarely shown in Asia, though that changed with the opening of a solo exhibition at Singapore’s Art Plural Gallery last month. The 60 works explore abstract geometric shapes as well as the Norwegian coastal landscape. While the themes are not overtly Chinese, the impact of her training is apparent.
In 1984, Ms. Verdier enrolled at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, but the Asian influence she sought was not immediately accessible. The Cultural Revolution a recent memory, the school had developed a curriculum around Soviet realism. “It was forbidden to study traditional ink-based painting or poetry,” she said. “They said that traditional culture was bad culture.”
There were other obstacles. When Ms. Verdier first encountered Huang Yuan, the Sichuan calligraphy master and landscape painter who eventually became her mentor, he was reluctant to instruct her.
According to him, “women never practice calligraphy,” Ms. Verdier said. What’s more, although she had studied Mandarin in France before arriving in China, Mr. Huang spoke only the Sichuan dialect.
After months of persistence, during which she studied Sichuanese and left completed calligraphy exercise scrolls at his door,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. Mr. Huang relented. She worked as his apprentice for 10 years.
In her “Memories of Norway” series, for which Ms. Verdier spent three weeks traveling by boat along the Norwegian coast,The Wagan Wireless Rear Parking assist system help you be safe while parking. the broad, black strokes contrast with the tinted, deckle-edged paper. These haunting natural scenes, which comprise roughly a quarter of the Singapore exhibition, could easily be mistaken for shuimo, or Chinese ink-wash, paintings.
Why use Chinese techniques to paint abstract Scandinavian landscapes?
“Every day in Norway, I was moving along a coastline and had a new trajectory,” Ms. Verdier said. She was taken by the continuity and constant motion of the scenery, and thought that calligraphy offered her a way of recreating the form of it.
While in China, Ms. Verdier also learned to make brushes with animal hair and other utilitarian materials. Since then, she has created many of her own paintbrushes, which are hooked up to a pulley system and can weigh up to 150 pounds. The system allows her to paint her larger works—one of the Norway coastal paintings is a twelve-by-six-foot polyptych, or paneled painting, by manipulating the brush while standing on the canvas itself.
“With the pulley, she avoids the heaviness of the paint and the brushes and can paint in one flowing motion,” said Carole de Senarclens, Art Plural’s director. “It’s just like with calligraphy.”
Ms. Verdier’s repertoire isn’t limited to Asian-influenced art.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. For the past four years, she has been looking to her fellow Europeans for inspiration, particularly 15th-century Flemish painters such as Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. Based on her studies of their work, she will this spring present an exhibition at Belgium’s Groeningemuseum. Ms. Verdier will be the first contemporary artist to be housed in the permanent collection of the Bruges-based museum, best known for its “Flemish Primitives” art collection.
Viewers who can’t make it to Bruges can glimpse this recent influence in Ms. Verdier’s Singapore show, where her “Circles” series features bold splashes of color absent from the otherwise somber pieces on display.
Within an eruv enclosure observant Jews can carry keys, push a baby carriage or hold a baby, or bring food to someone's home. Moreover, an eruv makes it possible for observant Jews both to follow Sabbath laws and to enjoy the Sabbath, one of the requirements for correct Sabbath observance.
It can be easy to perceive the eruv as an eccentric, if not conceptually dubious, artifact of Judaism. A March 2011 story on "The Daily Show" about a proposed eruv in eastern Long Island defined the concept as coming from the Hebrew word for loophole, and as real (or imaginary) as Mr. Snuffleupagus. Yet, beyond that understandable reaction, the eruv embodies one of the most beautiful qualities of Judaism and Jewish history: how Jews have adapted the places in which they live to accommodate Sabbath practice.
The concept is central to Rabbinic Judaism, which dedicates one of the longest books in the Talmud to the topic. Eruv is one of the few concepts whose literature has its own visual culture. Printed discussions on eruvs feature dozens of distinct schematics that help the reader understand the complex descriptions of types of spaces appearing in the text.
Today, most Orthodox Jewish communities construct eruvs. These enclosures are usually made out of string or wire stretched on top of or on telephone or light poles. In the present, and historically, eruvs are virtually invisible, using existing structures in the landscape. From 1907-1952, the Third Avenue Elevated Train Tracks running the length of Manhattan, from South Ferry to Harlem, constituted the western border of the island's eruv.
In Roman Palestine, where most Jews lived around communal courtyards, an eruv made it possible to enjoy the Sabbath with their neighbors. Eruvs around Jewish neighborhoods in pre-modern towns in Europe allowed their residents to carry food from communal ovens, as well as spend the Sabbath together out of doors. As Jews migrated in the 19th and 20th centuries, they established eruvs that meshed with the emerging landscapes that they found in the increasingly complex cities in Europe and the United States. Like the 1907 Manhattan eruv, Jews in St. Louis and Odessa at the end of the 19th century "constructed" their eruv from new technological structures rising around them: telephone and telegraph wires.
Historically and presently, eruvs have revealed various religious, social and even economic schisms. Similar to Krakow in the 19th century, cities around the world have faced a series of challenges brought by municipalities around the right of a growing orthodox community to establish an eruv with public infrastructure.
Since the 1990s, a handful of non-Orthodox groups have fought the establishment of eruvs in Tenafly, N.J., and in the Hamptons based on worries that an influx of Orthodox Jews would change the local business landscape, skew the makeup of local schools and fuel a rise in real-estate prices by Jews seeking homes within an eruv.
I am personally not an eruv user, and, until this exhibition, knew little about the concept. A year after beginning work on this exhibition, a year spent immersed in the philosophical and social dimensions of eruvs, especially those in the Tri-State area,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. I find myself with a more nuanced regard of the centrality of the Sabbath for Orthodox Jews. More to the point, though, the eruv reveals something broader about Jewish tradition today: the Sabbath as an anchor for community; and the eruv vividly demonstrates the dynamism of Judaism through the Jews' steady re-interpretation and adaptation of their tradition in harmony with the world around them.
Robertsdale Yacht Club delivers cannons to Texas
A few months ago, The Robertsdale Yacht Club, the only land-locked
yacht club in lower Alabama, was sent a request for quote to produce six
replica 17th century naval cannons by a group in Palacios, Texas. This
group, which has no name, had heard of the infamous (nefarious?) RYC
whose reputation has spread throughout the nautical community.
Just so you know, being landlocked, the RYC has become hugely popular with boaters who suffer from aquaphobia.
Quickly responding to the RFQ the RYC organized a new division, the Naval Ordinance Division to design, test, and manufacture the replica cannons. The “unnamed group” quickly issued a contract and fabrication commenced.
The cannons will be used on a replica of The La Belle captained by LaSalle in 1685 on a voyage from France to Mississippi. He missed Mississippi and hit Texas. I guess it was close enough. LaSalle set up a colony at present day Palacios. Things did not go well. The La Belle sank in the bay. The crew was somewhat miffed with LaSalle. So much so they killed him. Lesson learned: do not get French sailors miffed.Virtual parking management system logo Verano Place logo. Later, the local population became somewhat miffed with the sailors. So much so they killed the sailors. Lesson learned: don’t miff the locals.
Some years later on Matagorda Bay, allegedly, a local fisherman (reportedly of mixed French and Indian ancestry) had his shrimp net snag on what appeared to be a very old piece of timber. The local fisherman was overheard to say “This appears to be a very old piece of timber.” Actually, divers from R.V. Anomaly of The Texas Historical Commission were sent to the bottom to investigate. Upon surfacing, one diver held what appeared to be a very old piece of timber. He was heard commentating “This appears to be a very old piece of timber” and promptly took the timber to be examined. It turned out to be part of a very old ship, The La Belle.
A coffer dam was built around the ship which was eventually salvaged, preserved, and displayed at a local museum - the ship, not the coffer dam. The original cannons were also found along with human remains. The human remains have been nick-named “Dead Bob.” The La Belle will soon be displayed at an Austin, Texas, museum.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces.
The loss, discovery, salvage, and display detailed in “From a Watery Grave” by James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner makes one think Clive Cussler had a hand in it.
The replica Pettit Belle is nearing completion and was launched in early December of 2012. The RYC NOD produced cannons will be aboard. In all likelihood, it will soon be recognized that the cannons are the highlight of the entire construction effort.
Having technically not previously built large bore 17th century naval weapons; we investigated the age old, tried and true methods of fabricating cannons and settled on the traditional materials. We used PVC pipe. Why LaSalle did not use this material for his cannons is still under investigation.
A later requirement from the “unnamed group” was for the cannons to actually fire. Considering that the local law enforcement community would probably take a dim view of us hurling cannon balls around Robertsdale, we decided to make carbide cannons.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. After developing the necessary tooling, fabrication commenced. The first cannon turned out better than expected. No snickering please. After a fashion,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. the ignition system performed flawlessly. These cannons are VERY LOUD! Even Dead Bob sat up and said “Dude, those cannons are VERY LOUD!”
As word leaked out that we had developed successful 17th century carbide cannons, other members of the “unnamed group” made inquiries to obtain cannons of their own. We suspect the arming of vessels other than The Pettit Belle. The RYC is not responsible for how the weapons are used. Remember, it’s not the cannons that make the VERY LOUD noises; it’s my partner putting too much carbide in that does it.
This just in: the “unnamed group” does have a name now, it’s The Palacios Area Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas.
This organization is responsible for the design and construction of the replica, The Pettit Belle. This will make a fine addition to Madagorda Bay and develop an increased awareness and appreciation of the local history and a fitting tribute to Roberta Ripke who inspired the construction of The Pettit Belle.
Casual observers at the RYC have noticed an eerie similarity in the names of Ted Riccio, one of the founding members of the RYC and Ted Riccio, part-time boat builder of Palacios, Texas. This may only be a coincidence, or it could be something we can blow completely out of proportion. We will keep you posted on any further developments.
Word has leaked of the delivery of the six cannons and people from far and wide have flocked to the Palacios area to see and hear the famous cannons of the RYC NOD. Dead Bob, ever the entrepreneur, suggested charging admission. He was over-ruled. Dead Bob has since been enrolled in the Alcoholics Anonymous for the Walking Dead. Sad story, that.The Wagan Wireless Rear Parking assist system help you be safe while parking.
Being the enterprising lot that we are, the RYC has organized a new division to take full advantage of the newly developed naval ordinance. The new division will be known as The Pirates of Robertsdale.
Being the only land-locked yacht club in lower Alabama, we have taken a lot of flak from other yacht clubs that have water. The POR will be chartered to pillage and lay waste to all snooty yacht clubs that have water. The cannons will be mounted on Capt. Dana Hall’s and Capt. Ted Riccio’s ships in preparation to unleash devastating one gun broadsides against said snooty yacht clubs. We would have had more cannons, but the coin-drop on Route 59 did not go well. These ships-of-the-line will be trailered to local yacht clubs with destructive fire being rained down upon the hapless victims.
Destruction will begin promptly at 9 a.m. A lunch break will commence at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be comprised of cucumber sandwiches and sparkling water with lime. There will be a meet and greet with the swashbuckling captains at 12:30 p.m. The cannonades will recommence at 1 p.m. The daily activities will end at 4 p.m. sharp. However, as time and weather permits, the taking of wenches will take place.
Just so you know, being landlocked, the RYC has become hugely popular with boaters who suffer from aquaphobia.
Quickly responding to the RFQ the RYC organized a new division, the Naval Ordinance Division to design, test, and manufacture the replica cannons. The “unnamed group” quickly issued a contract and fabrication commenced.
The cannons will be used on a replica of The La Belle captained by LaSalle in 1685 on a voyage from France to Mississippi. He missed Mississippi and hit Texas. I guess it was close enough. LaSalle set up a colony at present day Palacios. Things did not go well. The La Belle sank in the bay. The crew was somewhat miffed with LaSalle. So much so they killed him. Lesson learned: do not get French sailors miffed.Virtual parking management system logo Verano Place logo. Later, the local population became somewhat miffed with the sailors. So much so they killed the sailors. Lesson learned: don’t miff the locals.
Some years later on Matagorda Bay, allegedly, a local fisherman (reportedly of mixed French and Indian ancestry) had his shrimp net snag on what appeared to be a very old piece of timber. The local fisherman was overheard to say “This appears to be a very old piece of timber.” Actually, divers from R.V. Anomaly of The Texas Historical Commission were sent to the bottom to investigate. Upon surfacing, one diver held what appeared to be a very old piece of timber. He was heard commentating “This appears to be a very old piece of timber” and promptly took the timber to be examined. It turned out to be part of a very old ship, The La Belle.
A coffer dam was built around the ship which was eventually salvaged, preserved, and displayed at a local museum - the ship, not the coffer dam. The original cannons were also found along with human remains. The human remains have been nick-named “Dead Bob.” The La Belle will soon be displayed at an Austin, Texas, museum.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces.
The loss, discovery, salvage, and display detailed in “From a Watery Grave” by James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner makes one think Clive Cussler had a hand in it.
The replica Pettit Belle is nearing completion and was launched in early December of 2012. The RYC NOD produced cannons will be aboard. In all likelihood, it will soon be recognized that the cannons are the highlight of the entire construction effort.
Having technically not previously built large bore 17th century naval weapons; we investigated the age old, tried and true methods of fabricating cannons and settled on the traditional materials. We used PVC pipe. Why LaSalle did not use this material for his cannons is still under investigation.
A later requirement from the “unnamed group” was for the cannons to actually fire. Considering that the local law enforcement community would probably take a dim view of us hurling cannon balls around Robertsdale, we decided to make carbide cannons.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other solar light products. After developing the necessary tooling, fabrication commenced. The first cannon turned out better than expected. No snickering please. After a fashion,Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. the ignition system performed flawlessly. These cannons are VERY LOUD! Even Dead Bob sat up and said “Dude, those cannons are VERY LOUD!”
As word leaked out that we had developed successful 17th century carbide cannons, other members of the “unnamed group” made inquiries to obtain cannons of their own. We suspect the arming of vessels other than The Pettit Belle. The RYC is not responsible for how the weapons are used. Remember, it’s not the cannons that make the VERY LOUD noises; it’s my partner putting too much carbide in that does it.
This just in: the “unnamed group” does have a name now, it’s The Palacios Area Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas.
This organization is responsible for the design and construction of the replica, The Pettit Belle. This will make a fine addition to Madagorda Bay and develop an increased awareness and appreciation of the local history and a fitting tribute to Roberta Ripke who inspired the construction of The Pettit Belle.
Casual observers at the RYC have noticed an eerie similarity in the names of Ted Riccio, one of the founding members of the RYC and Ted Riccio, part-time boat builder of Palacios, Texas. This may only be a coincidence, or it could be something we can blow completely out of proportion. We will keep you posted on any further developments.
Word has leaked of the delivery of the six cannons and people from far and wide have flocked to the Palacios area to see and hear the famous cannons of the RYC NOD. Dead Bob, ever the entrepreneur, suggested charging admission. He was over-ruled. Dead Bob has since been enrolled in the Alcoholics Anonymous for the Walking Dead. Sad story, that.The Wagan Wireless Rear Parking assist system help you be safe while parking.
Being the enterprising lot that we are, the RYC has organized a new division to take full advantage of the newly developed naval ordinance. The new division will be known as The Pirates of Robertsdale.
Being the only land-locked yacht club in lower Alabama, we have taken a lot of flak from other yacht clubs that have water. The POR will be chartered to pillage and lay waste to all snooty yacht clubs that have water. The cannons will be mounted on Capt. Dana Hall’s and Capt. Ted Riccio’s ships in preparation to unleash devastating one gun broadsides against said snooty yacht clubs. We would have had more cannons, but the coin-drop on Route 59 did not go well. These ships-of-the-line will be trailered to local yacht clubs with destructive fire being rained down upon the hapless victims.
Destruction will begin promptly at 9 a.m. A lunch break will commence at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be comprised of cucumber sandwiches and sparkling water with lime. There will be a meet and greet with the swashbuckling captains at 12:30 p.m. The cannonades will recommence at 1 p.m. The daily activities will end at 4 p.m. sharp. However, as time and weather permits, the taking of wenches will take place.
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Why does the US remain distant on Syria?
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius sounded sincere when he said
that the West had “failed” in its estimations about the endurance of the
Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. France has been one of the most active
members of the NATO alliance, together with Turkey, to help the Syrian
opposition organize a formation that could be a viable alternative to
the Baathist regime in Damascus.Compare prices and buy all brands of solar panel
for home power systems and by the pallet. That is a disappointment for
both Fabius and Davuto?lu, too. The two ministers had their last talk on
the evening of Jan. 26 and made a rendezvous Feb.Ein innovativer und
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He was supposed to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to talk about Syria (in addition to Turkey’s EU matters and Mali), but that failed too. Davuto?lu was a bit late due to a security meeting in Istanbul on the Kurdish issue chaired by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdo?an and Fabius had to rush to Mali to escort French President Francois Hollande; Syria was no longer the top priority for the two.
A major source of disappointment for them is the U.S. U.S. President Barack Obama openly put the brakes on when he launched his campaign for November 2012. That created some hope among allies, including Turkey and France, that Obama might take a tougher stance once he was re-elected. He did not. At the Munich Conference, new Secretary of State John Kerry, who replaced Hillary Clinton, was not there. Vice President Joe Biden was there but Davuto?lu, who was sitting right nexta to him during the official dinner, seemed not to convince him of much. Three days ago, on Jan. 30, Israel had hit Syrian targets – under the knowledge of the U.S. – in a kiss of life to Assad and a blow to the unity of the Syrian opposition, which was already starting to fall to shambles. Davuto?lu had already reacted strongly to the indifference of the West.
The Munich conference, on the other hand, witnessed another interesting development about Syria. That was the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with the head of the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz al-Khatib. It was the first official meeting of Russians as the most relevant supporter of the Syrian government with Assad’s rival; a clear move to force Assad in a power transition as smooth as possible under the circumstances.
The circumstances are harsh. The number of Syrians killed in the civil war of almost two years now has exceeded 60,000. An estimated 750,000 Syrians seek refuge in neighboring countries and around 200,000 are in Turkey, which shares a joint border 910 kilometers long.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon. Parts of important cities in the country have been ruined along with infrastructure and people have very little access to basic services. Almost a quarter of the army has escaped and some of them joined forces with the opposing Free Syrian Army.
But the core of the Army is there, with all its missiles and chemical weapons capabilities, perhaps the strongest reason for the U.S. not to take the strong action it did in Libya and Egypt.
One ranking American source made this simple yet clear analysis to me: “The threat that could be posed to world security if Assad’s arsenal was in the hands of terrorists of all kinds when he is toppled would be much more then the continuation of war, despite the tragic loss of life and refugees.”
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A portion of the donation will be used for the construction of two new state-of-the-art heart and vascular laboratories. Money also will be used to continue funding the Vassar Eyecare Center at the hospital with a dedicated outreach coordinator, free screenings, educational programs, access to community resources through the Taking Care of New Jersey mobile health unit, new technologies and aides for the vision impaired, as well as an internship that will provide students with hands-on experience working with patients with disabilities, including the blind and vision impaired.
“Mrs. Vassar’s gift supports our vision to continually advance care at Bayshore,” said Timothy J. Hogan, regional president of Bayshore Community Hospital and Riverview Medical Center, “and marks the beginning of a project that will change the landscape of cardiovascular care in our community.”
“This gift touches so many things that are dear to my heart,” Vassar said. “Through my gift to Meridian Health, I am able to create an ongoing resource for the vision impaired and, in memory of my beloved brother Ashby, I am able to be a part of Bayshore’s exciting future and help my hospital provide the best cardiac services to our community.”
He was supposed to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to talk about Syria (in addition to Turkey’s EU matters and Mali), but that failed too. Davuto?lu was a bit late due to a security meeting in Istanbul on the Kurdish issue chaired by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdo?an and Fabius had to rush to Mali to escort French President Francois Hollande; Syria was no longer the top priority for the two.
A major source of disappointment for them is the U.S. U.S. President Barack Obama openly put the brakes on when he launched his campaign for November 2012. That created some hope among allies, including Turkey and France, that Obama might take a tougher stance once he was re-elected. He did not. At the Munich Conference, new Secretary of State John Kerry, who replaced Hillary Clinton, was not there. Vice President Joe Biden was there but Davuto?lu, who was sitting right nexta to him during the official dinner, seemed not to convince him of much. Three days ago, on Jan. 30, Israel had hit Syrian targets – under the knowledge of the U.S. – in a kiss of life to Assad and a blow to the unity of the Syrian opposition, which was already starting to fall to shambles. Davuto?lu had already reacted strongly to the indifference of the West.
The Munich conference, on the other hand, witnessed another interesting development about Syria. That was the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with the head of the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz al-Khatib. It was the first official meeting of Russians as the most relevant supporter of the Syrian government with Assad’s rival; a clear move to force Assad in a power transition as smooth as possible under the circumstances.
The circumstances are harsh. The number of Syrians killed in the civil war of almost two years now has exceeded 60,000. An estimated 750,000 Syrians seek refuge in neighboring countries and around 200,000 are in Turkey, which shares a joint border 910 kilometers long.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon. Parts of important cities in the country have been ruined along with infrastructure and people have very little access to basic services. Almost a quarter of the army has escaped and some of them joined forces with the opposing Free Syrian Army.
But the core of the Army is there, with all its missiles and chemical weapons capabilities, perhaps the strongest reason for the U.S. not to take the strong action it did in Libya and Egypt.
One ranking American source made this simple yet clear analysis to me: “The threat that could be posed to world security if Assad’s arsenal was in the hands of terrorists of all kinds when he is toppled would be much more then the continuation of war, despite the tragic loss of life and refugees.”
Sprint Nextel Corporation offers wireless and wireline communications products and services to consumers,Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. businesses, and government users in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics.S. Virgin Islands. Its Wireless segment provides wireless mobile voice and data transmission services on networks that utilize CDMA and iDEN technologies, as well as offers fourth generation wireless services. Its wireless data communications services comprise Internet access and messaging, email services, wireless photo and video offerings, and mobile entertainment applications, as well as asset and fleet management, dispatch services, and navigation tools; and wireless voice communications services include basic local and long distance wireless voice services, voicemail, call waiting, three way calling, caller identification, directory assistance, call forwarding, speakerphone, and push-to-talk services, as well as roaming services. This segment sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, and battery chargers, as well as devices and accessories to agents and other third-party distributors for resale. In addition, it markets its post-paid services under the Sprint and Nextel names; prepaid services under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless names. The company’s Wireline segment provides wireline voice and data communications services, including domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as multiprotocol label switching technologies, Internet protocol (IP), asynchronous transfer mode, IP-based frame relay, managed network services, voice over IP, and traditional voice services. It also offers wide-area network and long distance services, as well as operates an all-digital long distance and Tier 1 IP network. Sprint Nextel was founded in Y 1899 and is HQ’d in Overland Park, Kansas.
A portion of the donation will be used for the construction of two new state-of-the-art heart and vascular laboratories. Money also will be used to continue funding the Vassar Eyecare Center at the hospital with a dedicated outreach coordinator, free screenings, educational programs, access to community resources through the Taking Care of New Jersey mobile health unit, new technologies and aides for the vision impaired, as well as an internship that will provide students with hands-on experience working with patients with disabilities, including the blind and vision impaired.
“Mrs. Vassar’s gift supports our vision to continually advance care at Bayshore,” said Timothy J. Hogan, regional president of Bayshore Community Hospital and Riverview Medical Center, “and marks the beginning of a project that will change the landscape of cardiovascular care in our community.”
“This gift touches so many things that are dear to my heart,” Vassar said. “Through my gift to Meridian Health, I am able to create an ongoing resource for the vision impaired and, in memory of my beloved brother Ashby, I am able to be a part of Bayshore’s exciting future and help my hospital provide the best cardiac services to our community.”
Instituting the Income Tax
Americans think of Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Lincoln’s
and Washington’s Birthday, and Groundhog Day. But February of 2013 is
especially significant, as this month is the 100th anniversary of the
ratification of the 16th Amendment empowering Congress to impose the
federal income tax. For Americans in 2013, the federal income tax,
automatic withholding, the IRS,How cheaply can I build a solar power systems?
and filing tax forms by April 15 are just a way of life. In fact, it is
likely that most Americans are unaware that prior to 100 years ago,
there was no federal income tax, with the exception of a short period
when an income tax was used to help finance the Civil War.
Prior to 1913, the U.S. government was much smaller than today, and the taxes it collected through means other than an income tax were sufficient to finance federal government operations. For example, tariffs were placed on imports and excise taxes (similar to our modern sales tax) were placed on the sale of certain items such as horses and carriages, etc. “Indirect” taxes such as these were taxes on consumption rather than income, offering the citizen the option of controlling his tax burden by limiting his purchases. According to Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, any type of “direct” tax, i.e., on a person directly, which could arguably include a person’s income, had to be apportioned among the states on a per-capita basis:
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included in this union, according to their respective number, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to servitude of a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons.
So clearly any federal taxes on income would have to be applied uniformly, with each state contributing an amount proportionate to its population. That was the limitation the Constitution placed on direct taxes collected by the federal government. This limitation prevented the U.S.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. government from making first claim to the wealth of the people, effectively deciding how much income the people would be allowed to keep. On the other hand, as noted above, with the indirect taxes — particularly tariffs — that were the principal means for financing the federal government prior to the advent of the income tax, the people could to a large extent escape or limit the tax via their buying habits, and a government dependent upon tariffs and other indirect taxes for revenue could only raise the taxes so high without defeating the revenue purpose of the tax. Alexander Hamilton in 1787 expressed this eloquently in The Federalist, No. 21:
It is a signal advantage of taxes on articles of consumption, that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit; which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end proposed, that is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that, “in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.” If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.
In 1848, Karl Marx declared in his Communist Manifesto that a progressive tax on personal income was one of the 10 essential measures to ensure a communist revolution in an advanced country in order to bring about his fabled “classless society.” Socialist and communist ideas gained momentum in many parts of Europe, and it wasn’t long before they reached America. Various attempts to impose a progressive federal income tax — making the rich pay a higher percentage than the poor — soon appeared in this country.wind turbine The Revenue Act of 1861 was a federal income tax used to raise revenue to fund the Civil War. It was a flat tax of three percent on annual income above $800. The following year, this was replaced with a graduated (progressive) tax from three to five percent on income above $600 in the Revenue Act of 1862, which ended in 1866.
Even these temporary income taxes were unconstitutional, as they were a percentage of income rather than being apportioned. But the movement to impose a progressive federal income tax didn’t stop.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. The Socialist Labor Party advocated a graduated income tax in 1887, and the Populist Party demanded the same in its 1892 platform. The Populist Party, led by central-bank proponent William Jennings Bryan, advocated the income-tax law passed by a Democratic-led Congress in 1894.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. This was the first peacetime income tax, with a rate of two percent on income over $4,000, an amount that few people made in those days. The following year (1895) the Supreme Court ruled this tax unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company.
In order to enact a progressive federal income tax in America — a socialist idea — the citizens and the legislature had to be convinced that it was in the best interest of the people. This was not overly difficult considering the prevailing political ideas of the time. The year 1913 was part of the Progressive era in our nation’s history. Populists and Progressives (essentially socialists) feared the concentration of wealth and power into a few private hands, a concern that eclipsed the earlier fear of the Founders of too much wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a central government. Even before Teddy Roosevelt’s “Progressive Party” of the 1912 election, there were progressives in both the Republican and Democratic Party who ostensibly wanted to put more power into the hands of the people, acting through their representative government, by taking it away from the “robber barons” and other “malefactors of great wealth.” For by this point in time, vast fortunes had been amassed by the titans of industry, such as the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts. Wealth and power were being concentrated into the hands of fewer and fewer people at the top. This offered a perfect excuse to institute a progressive tax with the idea that it would “soak the rich.”
Prior to 1913, the U.S. government was much smaller than today, and the taxes it collected through means other than an income tax were sufficient to finance federal government operations. For example, tariffs were placed on imports and excise taxes (similar to our modern sales tax) were placed on the sale of certain items such as horses and carriages, etc. “Indirect” taxes such as these were taxes on consumption rather than income, offering the citizen the option of controlling his tax burden by limiting his purchases. According to Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, any type of “direct” tax, i.e., on a person directly, which could arguably include a person’s income, had to be apportioned among the states on a per-capita basis:
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included in this union, according to their respective number, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to servitude of a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons.
So clearly any federal taxes on income would have to be applied uniformly, with each state contributing an amount proportionate to its population. That was the limitation the Constitution placed on direct taxes collected by the federal government. This limitation prevented the U.S.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. government from making first claim to the wealth of the people, effectively deciding how much income the people would be allowed to keep. On the other hand, as noted above, with the indirect taxes — particularly tariffs — that were the principal means for financing the federal government prior to the advent of the income tax, the people could to a large extent escape or limit the tax via their buying habits, and a government dependent upon tariffs and other indirect taxes for revenue could only raise the taxes so high without defeating the revenue purpose of the tax. Alexander Hamilton in 1787 expressed this eloquently in The Federalist, No. 21:
It is a signal advantage of taxes on articles of consumption, that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit; which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end proposed, that is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that, “in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.” If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.
In 1848, Karl Marx declared in his Communist Manifesto that a progressive tax on personal income was one of the 10 essential measures to ensure a communist revolution in an advanced country in order to bring about his fabled “classless society.” Socialist and communist ideas gained momentum in many parts of Europe, and it wasn’t long before they reached America. Various attempts to impose a progressive federal income tax — making the rich pay a higher percentage than the poor — soon appeared in this country.wind turbine The Revenue Act of 1861 was a federal income tax used to raise revenue to fund the Civil War. It was a flat tax of three percent on annual income above $800. The following year, this was replaced with a graduated (progressive) tax from three to five percent on income above $600 in the Revenue Act of 1862, which ended in 1866.
Even these temporary income taxes were unconstitutional, as they were a percentage of income rather than being apportioned. But the movement to impose a progressive federal income tax didn’t stop.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. The Socialist Labor Party advocated a graduated income tax in 1887, and the Populist Party demanded the same in its 1892 platform. The Populist Party, led by central-bank proponent William Jennings Bryan, advocated the income-tax law passed by a Democratic-led Congress in 1894.I thought it would be fun to show you the inspiration behind the broken china-mosaics. This was the first peacetime income tax, with a rate of two percent on income over $4,000, an amount that few people made in those days. The following year (1895) the Supreme Court ruled this tax unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company.
In order to enact a progressive federal income tax in America — a socialist idea — the citizens and the legislature had to be convinced that it was in the best interest of the people. This was not overly difficult considering the prevailing political ideas of the time. The year 1913 was part of the Progressive era in our nation’s history. Populists and Progressives (essentially socialists) feared the concentration of wealth and power into a few private hands, a concern that eclipsed the earlier fear of the Founders of too much wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a central government. Even before Teddy Roosevelt’s “Progressive Party” of the 1912 election, there were progressives in both the Republican and Democratic Party who ostensibly wanted to put more power into the hands of the people, acting through their representative government, by taking it away from the “robber barons” and other “malefactors of great wealth.” For by this point in time, vast fortunes had been amassed by the titans of industry, such as the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts. Wealth and power were being concentrated into the hands of fewer and fewer people at the top. This offered a perfect excuse to institute a progressive tax with the idea that it would “soak the rich.”
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