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Appearing in "Skeletons, Part 4"
Featured Characters:
- Peter Draven (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Sam Burke (appears in both flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Seamus Halloran (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Bobby Kellerman
- Gwen the secretary (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Ambrosia the Hooker (First Appearance)
- New York City Police Department
- Chief Tommy
- Gordy Quincy (Mentioned only)
- Senator Sean Halloran (appears in both flashback and main story)
- New York City
- New York City Police Headquarters
- Whisleton Prepatory Academy (flashback only)
Plot Synopsis for "Skeletons, Part 4"
Seamus Halloran greases the wheels with Chief Tommy to let his man, Bobby Kellerman, walk. Twitch Williams rushes to grab the cigarette that Kellerman threw in the trash earlier. He sends it out for DNA matching to Gordy.
23 years ago, Sam Burke returned to his dorm room. Peter Draven left as they had an awkward exchange of not talking about the homosexual discovery and the payoff offer from Seamus. Sam stares at his money and wonders what to do with it.
In the present, Seamus accosts Kellerman for his sloppy work. He orders him to hurry up and kill Sam and Pete to clean up loose ends.
At Sam's apartment, Pete hears Sam and Twitch enter the room. They tell him he's in danger as Kellerman has been released and they'll probably figure out the connection and come looking for him next. Twitch hands him a cell phone so that he can contact them if anything goes wrong. Twitch drives him to a place he describes as the last place on earth anyone will search for him. He drops him off with Ambrosia, a local hooker and told to lay low.
Elsewhere, Sam bursts into Seamus office unannounced. Sam drops a $25,000 payment to a gay charity as repayment for when Seamus attempted to buy his silence. After Sam leaves, Seamus calls Kellerman and orders him to kill Sam.
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After all the fireworks have come and gone, join us at Double Door (1572 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago) for a night of great music and good good times…with our friends Souljunky, along with Rob Scallon, Foolish, and J.B. Little. This will be part of the $1 Tuesdays series at DD, so no reason not to come get festive with us! Tickets available here and in-advance drink specials here. MH/SOL will start promptly at 11:15pm. And if you can't make it out, join us for the live broadcast on Gigity.TV.
As part of Radio DePaul's ROCK THE CLOCK On-Air Marathon, tonight between 6:00 and 7:00pm Mark will be performing "Blessing" and "Shine" off of the upcoming An Echo of You album.
Looking forward to another intimate show with some new friends. We'll be trying some things we've never done before – and strings will be in the mix. Chris Paquette on percussion, Antonio Carella on electric guitar, Brian O'Quinn on drums, Alex Blomarz on sax, Zara Zaharieva on violin, and Amanda Rogers on cello.
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On Monday, April 2nd, Mark and Antonio had an in-studio performance on the radio station of their alma mater, Radio DePaul. They performed the classic 'Seed' along with a new favorite off of the upcoming album called 'Lately.' Click here to listen to the audio.
A song off of the upcoming album, from our show in February at The Elbo Room. Shot by Ashley Koehn, Shereen Mohammad, and Eileen Sears. Featuring Antonio Carella on electric guitar and Chris Paquette on percussion.
One of my favorite songs, from our show back in February at The Elbo Room. Shot by Ashley Koehn, Shereen Mohammad, and Eileen Sears. With Antonio Carella on electric guitar and Chris Paquette on percussion.
Check out images here from our show on April 6th, 2012 at the Elbo Room, accompanied by the stellar creative interpretations of Jabberwocky Marionettes.
At 8:00pm on Monday April 2nd, Mark Hetzel and Antonio Carella will be doing an in-studio performance of "Seed" and the new "Lately" on Dan Peterson's Mondays Suck. Go to Radio DePaul and click "Listen Now" when the time is right. Hope to meet you in cyperspace!
HIPPIE/CLOWN/ALTER-EGO or FREAK!!!
Come help me celebrate my birthday with some of my best friends from the Summer of Love crew. The show will be full-band…actually bigger than we've seen in years: Antonio Carella on electric guitar, Brian O'Quinn on drums, Chris Paquette on percussion, Peter Murray on bass, and Kurt Festge on keys. Alex Blomarz will be joining us on sax for a few…
This will be a COSTUME-FRIENDLY EVENT…so dust off your favorite tie-dyes and hula hoops, your wigs and wings, or your lonely Halloween costumes for that matter! Sorry, no bongos. But of course, in the noble and time-tested spirit of openness, ALL ARE WELCOME!
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JABBERWOCKY MARIONETTES will be bringing their biking frogs and snakes for your enjoyment…
Hope to celebrate with you, old school/Shakedown-style(look it up, kids:)…
No acid for gifts please. Actually no gifts at all.
$5 cover before 9, 21 and over, $3 Jameson shots all night long (actually always at Elbo – benefits of an Irish owner)
Friday, February 10th
The Elbo Room
2871 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
Join Chris Paquette of the Frank Catalano Sextet and too many other awesome projects to remember, Antonio Carella of his own burning L'Orchestre Super Vitesse and Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, and little old me for a set of stripped-down Lovesongs both old and new. We'll be digging deep into the vault so help us blow the dust away!
Had a great full-moon weekend in August at Chrome Attic studio in Crystal Lake, IL with Kurt Festge at the helm (later to join on keyboards). Antonio Carella (electric guitar), John Vander Weit (bass), and Brian O'Quinn (drums) were in the house. An Echo of You is on its way… Still have plenty of work to go but can't wait to sew this one up and bring the new tunes to your ears!
Scenes from AEOY session at Chrome Attic:
Come join us for another evening at the Nest, 2500 N. Southport, Chicago. Here's the full band show we've been looking forward to. Digging deeper into Lovesongs and polishing up a few new ones. Look forward to seeing you there!

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"To be honest the tonner was supposed to be a burnout car," he said. "But after I did Drag Challenge with Alon Vella last year I thought: 'Screw that!' I rang my engine builder from Calder on the last day and said: 'Stop what you're doing; it's all changing!'"
After doing the trip last year, Steve had a fair idea of what he needed to chew up those long drives – a streetable big-block with plenty of power. Built by Kelvin at CDA Engine Reconditioning in Dee Why, the 632-cube big-block produces 970hp, which helped push the Holden trayback to an easy 9.42@144mph best at Drag Challenge and take out the Mothers Outlaw Aspirated class.
Built with the help of Steve's mate Shaun, who also came along for the ride, the HQ isn't exactly light at 3720lb (with driver). Because it was getting built for frying tyres, the whole back end is made out of 3mm sheet metal, but it does help put some weight over the rear end so the four-link can plant the tyres.
"I chose to run an 11.5-inch slick to put me in the Outlaw class so I wouldn't be competing against my mate Alon," Steve said. "But next year I think we might go for steeper gears and a Gear Vendors, and maybe some more horsepower."
As it was a new combo, the guys didn't have much time to sort things out; they ran a 9.30 in testing at Sydney Dragway and melted the dizzy cap.
"I'm glad it did that," Steve said. "I thought I better grab some spares so I went to Rocket and bought another six caps. Good thing I did, because I melted one every day of Drag Challenge; I haven't even looked at what the problem is yet."
Other than that, the tonner ran flawlessly, running on pump 98-octane on the street and using MS109 at the track. "We'd go up five jet sizes at the track and then back it down again for the street," Steve said.
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We would like to invite you to the inspiration evening with Linda Štucbartová. She will be next guest at Lídrárna where are invited interesting speakers who share their experience and insights on leadership.
Linda will focus on networking, its importance and various networking styles. You will draw your own network map and analyze how efficient you are in using it. Come to discuss a skill that is essential, yet mastered by only a few…
- Do personal contacts and connections play bigger or smaller role in the 21st century?
- How many business cards should you bring from a social event?
- Is there one effective way how to create network?
About Linda
Linda Štucbartová is a partner at ATAIRU, an international leadership development company that guides leaders to activating their uniqueness through authentic leadership. As a Chief Interviewer for Czech and Slovak Leaders Magazine, she has written more than fifty interviews with prominent Czech and CEE leaders. Moreover, she also occupies Board positions at Charles University Council for Commercialization and at Minerva 21, the personal development initiative. Finally, she is the author of the book Ambassadors Without a Diplomatic Passport. Previously, she held management positions in business, public administration, and academia.
Join Lídrárna
- When: Wednesday 18th October 2017, 18:00
- Where: Anglo-Amarican University, Letenská 120/5, Praha 1. Room 207
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Some of the adult language programs offered for newcomers and immigrants are also offered to learners who hold a visitor's visa issued by Citizenship & Immigration Canada.
Eligible learners must be at least 18 years of age.
All participating students must meet the eligibility guidelines.
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Please contact the office Monday to Friday between 8:00 am – 3:30 pm.


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Birding Experts
Locations flexible, can be from home
Time commitment and days are flexible
Okay, we know that birders are exceedingly humble and will never admit to being experts, but we're still hoping that some of the more "experienced" birders out there will be willing to admit they know a thing or two and share it with our other volunteers and the online community. Don't worry, we won't publicly call you an "expert" (unless you say it's okay!)
If this opportunity intrigues you please email Lauren Miheli, email@example.com and share a little about your love of birds and why you are interested in volunteering with us.


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LiftMaster Garage Door Openers
One of the most recognizable brands of garage door openers is LiftMaster. The company is actually part of the Chamberlain Group, a garage door technology firm that operates several different brands including:
- Chamberlain
- LiftMaster
- Craftsman
LiftMaster carries a variety of high quality and long-lasting openers that can be purchased through CSS Garage Doors or at a local hardware store. If you purchase a LiftMaster unit in-store or online, you can still call CSS Garage Door technician to install it for you!
Chamberlain Group Models
Current Liftmaster and Chamberlain models come in both belt-drives and chain-drives depending on the weight of your garage door and frequency of use. Their new ?product line, the Elite Series, comes with added features like Security+ 2.0? (to guarantee randomized codes from your clicker) and MyQ? Technology for home automation. Their current models include:
- LiftMaster 8500 Wall Mount
- LiftMaster 8550 Opener with Battery Backup
- LiftMaster 8557 Belt Drive ? HP Opener
- LiftMaster 8587 Chain Drive ? HP Opener
Even if you own an older model LiftMaster garage door opener, then CSS Garage Door technicians can still do a full service repair.
If you buy a Chamberlain opener, you are getting a lot of the same technology packed into a different brand. Chamberlain carries a larger variety of products for the perfect fit for your home. As a general rule of thumb, belt drives are slightly more expensive and utilize patented Whisper technology for ultra quiet use. Chain drives often come at a lower price and can be purchase in both ? HP and ? HP models.
Installing Your LiftMaster Unit
LiftMaster and Craftsman products can be easily purchased at hardware stores in your area, but when it comes to installing it, you want the peace of mind that it?s being installed by professionals. Our technicians can help guarantee that you get the full worth of your LiftMaster or Craftsman product for years of reliable use.
For any questions about your current LiftMaster garage door or for recommendations on purchasing a new one, simply call CSS Garage Doors today at 678-884-9466!


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Our vision, mission and values
Our Vision:
Making a difference by providing and promoting quality palliative care for enhanced quality of life.
Our Mission:
To enhance the quality of life for people living with life-threatening illnesses through the provision and promotion of palliative care and enabling them to die with dignity.
Our Values:
As family of St Luke's Combined Hospices, we honour palliative care as the reason for our commitment.
- We commit ourselves to professional, loyal, honest, responsible and respectful behaviour that engenders trust and values diversity.
- We strive for ethical practices that are reflective and therapeutic and we recognise and acknowledge positive outcomes.
- We will be guided by policies and procedures that create an environment of excellence.
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Puerto Vallarta Condo 3 Bedroom
Beachfront Gay Vacation Rental, the Molino de Agua 601 - Ref. MDA-61
MDA-601 - Los Muertos Beach Condo - Located in the luxurious and prestigious Molino de Agua complex in Old Town Vallarta, just at the river mouth of the historical Rio Cuale. This magnificent and tastefully decorated three bedroom, three bath, luxury beachfront Puerto Vallarta vacation rental accommodates up to six (6) guests, and it occupies the whole beachfront sixth floor on Tower #1, with its gorgeous panoramic views of the Puerto Vallarta downtown, Banderas (Flags) Bay and Los Muertos beach. This lovely vacation condo for rent has a total of approximately 3,680 square feet or 342 square meters.
Condominium features: Bedrooms each with king bed and private bath, balcony with city and bay views, cable television and radio, blue-ray DVD, high speed wireless internet, iPod docking stations, three plasma high definition televisions (2 of which are in the bedrooms and the other TV is in the living room), modern custom designed furniture, computer with fax, printer and scanner, telephone with free local calls as well as free US and Canada phone calls, individual room controlled air conditioning, washer and dryer, safe in unit, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, and a fully equipped gourmet kitchen with dishwasher, disposal, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, blender and bottled water. Maid service three times per week (additional service may be available for extra; no service on Sundays or Mexican holidays). Kid friendly. A non-smoking unit; pets are not allowed. Year round minimum of seven (7) nights stay. Refundable security deposit of $750 due with final payment.
Among the condo amenities, this luxury vacation rental is reached by semi-private elevator that serves only two units per floor. The living space, with marble floors throughout, is designed with a large living-dining area and open-concept kitchen. Floor to ceiling sliding glass windows are the hallmark of this living space and provide the stunning views that will remain etched in your mind. The glass windows retract almost fully, providing an open-air feeling to the condo. Leading off of the dining room, a hallway takes you to the 2 guest bedrooms and 1 master bedroom. Each bedroom has sliding glass doors that open directly to the balcony overlooking Los Muertos beach, providing stunning 180 degree views. Bedrooms are appointed with king beds and have en suite bathrooms to ensure the ultimate privacy from other guests. The master bedroom additionally has a large glass shower and two-person jacuzzi bathtub with window views to the beach.
The Residencias Molino condominium complex offers parking, a gated entry, and a common grounds area with a spacious heated infinity swimming pool and sun deck terrace with chaise lounges, wet bar area, beach chairs and table for guests. A river-side garden area and an elevated sandy beach with sunning area combine with easy walking access to all Puerto Vallarta attractions including fun shopping and fine art galleries, the lively and diverse gay clubs and bars, the Guadalupe cathedral, Los Arcos amphitheater, the downtown & malecon and more local things to see and do. The Vallarta gay beach at the Blue and Green chairs is a short 10-11 minute stroll through the charming Romantic Zone or along Los Muertos beach.
Inquiries: For further info or to make a reservation, contact via email email@example.com or phone from the United States or Canada: 011-52-322-222-6918.
Note: For this Molino de Agua 601 condo, there is a refundable security deposit of $750 due with the final payment which is held for clients in case of damages and sent back within a 7-10 days of departure. A 50% deposit is due within five to seven (5-7) days of your confirmed reservation to hold your booking. The final payment/balance is due at 35-45 days before arrival, except for holidays when it's due at 65-70 days before arrival.
Condo rates: Winter: Nov 1-Dec 20 and Jan 2-Apr 30, $645 per night, except holidays; Summer: May 1-Oct 31, $445 per night; Thanksgiving week, $745 per night; Holidays: Christmas and New Years weeks, Dec 17-Jan 1, $795 per night. As with many Molino units there is a seven (7) night minimum. (Condominium prices as of March 2016, and all details and tariffs on this website are subject to change without notice, or until the reservation is confirmed)
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Implementation Strategies
View a selection of implementation strategies from educators who are successfully using ALEKS to achieve dramatic learning outcomes.
Conway Middle School, Jefferson County Public Schools
Louisville, KY
Grade(s): 6 - 8
Scenario: Computers in Classroom
Purpose: RtI, Enrichment/Gifted and Talented, Improve State Test Scores, At-Risk Students
ALEKS Portion of Curriculum: 100%
Time Spent in ALEKS: 5 hours per week, 30 hours per term
ALEKS Course: RtI 6, RtI 7, RtI 8, MS RtI Tier 3, Middle School Math Course 2, Middle School Math Course 3
Jim Boneck, Teacher
ALEKS is great. I love that it reaches each student at their own level. Additionally, ALEKS frees me to assist students precisely when they really need help. Students like having control of which topic to work on. As they proceed at their own pace, students learn math confidence and math skills.
What challenges did the class or school face in math prior to using ALEKS?
Many students were more than one grade level behind their peers in math skills.
How many days per week is class time dedicated to ALEKS?
5 days per week.
What is the average length of a class period when ALEKS is used?
50 minutes.
How do you implement ALEKS?
I refurbished old laptops that were too slow for the newest district software and connected the laptops to the Internet. We assign students to use ALEKS based on their last state mandated math test. Those who failed the state test spend 18 weeks working with me. Additionally, I work with students who have failed their current math class for course recovery.
Do you cover ALEKS concepts in a particular order?
Students select their own topics.
How do you structure your class period with ALEKS?
Students come to my classroom for 50 minutes a day, five days a week.
How did you modify your regular teaching approach as a result of ALEKS?
I have more time to spend building relationships. Once I have built that relationship, and students trust me, they are more willing to work with me.
How often are students required or encouraged to work on ALEKS at home?
Students are not required to work at home, but it is encouraged.
How do you cultivate parental involvement and support for ALEKS?
I email or call parents to tell them about ALEKS and ask them to monitor their students' progress using the reports in ALEKS. I ask them to encourage their student to use ALEKS at home, especially if they stay home sick.
Is ALEKS assigned to your students as all or part of their homework responsibilities? If so, what part of the total homework load is it?
How do you incorporate ALEKS into your grading system?
My course grade is made up of four parts: 25 percent test, 25 percent homework, 25 percent classwork, 25 percent participation. I use the number of ALEKS topics mastered as a classwork grade. The goal for each student is to master five topics per day, with 20 topics or more per week earning an A grade. The improvement from one ALEKS assessment to the next is the basis for my course test grade, with any improvement over nine percent earning an A grade. Homework and participation are graded outside of ALEKS.
Do you require students to make regular amounts of progress in ALEKS?
Five mastered topics a day.
Learning Outcomes
Since using ALEKS, please describe the learning outcomes or progress you have seen.
Students think ALEKS is great. They feel more confident about their ability to do math and love to see the pie fill in! Every student I have put on ALEKS who has tried, even a little, has learned math and has increased their test scores.
Best Practices
Are there any best practices you would like to share with other teachers implementing ALEKS?
It is important to start students in the correct ALEKS course. For instance, I once began a student in Middle School Math Course 3 when they needed RtI 8. The student made almost no progress and hated the class. Once I moved the student to RtI 8, however, the student performed better, could see their progress, and actually worked more.


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Today, a modern bedroom cupboard in the interior of any space is not only very convenient and practical, but it is also trendy! In this article, we offer to get acquainted with the types of such furniture. And also see a variety of options on the bedroom wardrobe ideas.
As a rule, there are such variations as:
Angle and diagonal angles
Standing apart
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|modern bedroom wardrobe design ideas 2019
Kinds of modern wardrobe design:As we have said above, in modern life very few people represent their housing without a closet in the interior. After all, this furniture is incredibly roomy, comfortable, takes up minimal space, their design is quite comfortable and practical, and besides, they look harmonious in any interior. With him, your room will be neat and concise. If the model is chosen and designed correctly, you can fit literally anything into it!
As a rule, there are such variations as:
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Tom Waits interviews Tom Waits. Brilliant.
An excerpt:
Q: What remarkable things have you found in unexpected places?
1. Real beauty: oil stains left by cars in a parking lot.
2. Shoeshine stand that looked like thrones in Brazil made of scrap wood.
3. False teeth in pawnshop windows in Reno, Nevada.
4. Great acoustics: in jail.
5. Best food: Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
6. Most gift shops: Fatima, Portugal.
8. Most unlikely location for a Chicano crowd: A Morrissey concert.
9. Most poverty: Washington, D.C.
10 A homeless man with a beautiful operatic voice singing the word "Bacteria" in an empty dumpster in Chinatown.
11. A Chinese man with a Texas accent in Scotland.
12. Best nights sleep: in a dry riverbed in Arizona.
13. Most people who wear red pants: St. Louis.
14. Most beautiful horses: New York City.
15. A judge in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1890 presided over a trial where a man who was accused of murder and was guilty -- convicted by a jury of his peers -- was let go, when the judge said to him at the end of the trial, "You are guilty, sir... but I cannot put in jail an innocent man." You see, the murderer was a Siamese twin.
16. Largest penis (in proportion to its body): The Barnacle
Q: What are some sounds you like?
1. An asymmetrical airline carousel creating a high-pitched haunted voice brought on by the friction of rubbing; it sounds like a big wet finger circling the rim of a gigantic wine glass.
2. Street corner evangelists
3. Pile drivers in Manhattan
4. My wife's singing voice
5. Horses coming/trains coming
6. Children when school's out
7. Hungry crows
8. Orchestra tuning up
9. Saloon pianos in old westerns
10. Rollercoaster
11. Headlights hit by a shotgun
12. Ice melting
13. Printing presses
14. Ball game on a transistor radio
15. Piano lessons coming from an apartment window
16. Old cash registers/Ca Ching
17. Muscle cars
18. Tap dancers
19. Soccer crowds in Argentina
20. Beatboxing
21. Fog horns
22. A busy restaurant kitchen
23. Newsrooms in old movies
24. Elephants stampeding
25. Bacon frying
26. Marching bands
27. Clarinet lessons
28. Victrola
29. A fight bell
30. Chinese arguments
31. Pinball machines
32. Children's orchestras
33. Trolley bell
34. Firecrackers
35. A Zippo lighter
36. Calliopes
37. Bass steel drums
38. Tractors
39. Stroh Violin
40. Muted trumpet
41. Tobacco auctioneers
42. Musical saw
43. Theremin
44. Pigeons
45. Seagulls
46. Owls
47. Mockingbirds
48. Doves


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How to get started with a website?
How to create a website? In todays advanced technology world if you don't have a website of your business then you are seriously losing out your customers. Think as a business owner – the most important thing is who your consumers are and what exactly they want. Having general idea but confused on how to […]Read More »


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Pontac Manor Hotel and Restaurant
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Pontac Manor Hotel and Restaurant
Pontac Manor Hotel and Restaurant
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22 rooms, including and up to 54 beds. These include: 9 double rooms in the Manor House, 5 double rooms in the Victorian Cottage, 5 double rooms with microwave & refrigerator in the Pool Annexe, 2 suites or family rooms in the Garden Suites, 1 Honeymoon Suite.
2 well-equipped conference rooms. These include: The Conference Room with a maximum of 45 seats and The Board Room with a maximum of 30 seats. Day and Full conference packages available. Wheelchair accessible facility.
Guest Facilities:
2 lounges (both with fireplace), 1 bar, veranda, various garden seating areas. Victorian Cottage features own lounge and kitchenette. The Manor Shoppe for gifts & curios, a guest service centre for tourist info & PC use with internet access.
On site: 2 swimming pools, spacious gardens with oak trees, fountains, rose garden
Near vicinity: horse riding, golfing, mountain walks, wine tasting, health and fitness studio.
Dining & Functions:
1 restaurant (with patio and 2 separate function rooms), Cafe du Pontac in Manor House dining room and Victorian veranda (breakfast, light meals, beverages served throughout the day), outdoor braai courtyard. Garden marquees erected upon request. All venues available for private functions also.
Special Wedding Planning Service.
Special Feature:
Antique horse-carriage available for use free of charge (Horse-hire and driver at own cost.)
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Amid a series of embarrassing reports suggesting that John Kelly, among other top-ranking members of the White House, had been blindsided by President Donald Trump's immigration ban, the secretary of Homeland Security held a press conference Tuesday to allay the impression of administrative ineptitude. Kelly and officials from Customs and Border Protection maintained that Trump's executive order barring Syrian refugees and most travel from seven majority-Muslim countries was handled "professionally" and denied there were any major issues with order's implementation, though Kelly granted that communication had been lacking. Department officials also offered a new set of figures that vastly expanded the White House estimate of the number of individuals affected by the ban, which has sparked dozens of mass protests across the country in the days since Trump signed the order Friday night.
"I kept being asked about 'chaos' at the ports of entry," Kelly said. "As I said to many, many members of Congress, our officers, who are at the counter, so to speak, the only chaos they saw was at other points of the airport." At least 20 G.O.P. lawmakers, dozens of Democrats, and attorneys general from 15 states have criticized the travel ban, and 1,000 State Department employees signed a letter condemning the measure and its implementation.
Kelly's use of "chaos" likely referred to protests and ad-hoc legal-aid services set up in terminals throughout the country. But while the federal government was dogged by confusion and disarray, an advocacy movement grew organized and efficient at airports around the country.
At Los Angeles's L.A.X., Chicago's O'Hare, and New York's J.F.K., volunteer translators and lawyers worked around the clock. Similar efforts took shape Monday at San Francisco's S.F.O. and Virginia's Dulles airports. Iranian-Americans at LAX provided feedback for lawyers on how to re-write their signs, so as to avoid intimidating Iranian family members of detained individuals. At J.F.K., 24 hours' worth of shifts were organized not just for immigration lawyers and translators, but also for communications and social-media experts. On Tuesday, a law firm picked up the tab at the Central Diner in J.F.K.'s Terminal 4, where technology-minded folks spoke of creating the simplest possible "tech stack" to assist the lawyers in their work. Signs advertising free legal help were written in English, Persian, and Arabic, and teams of lawyers and translators were dispatched according to the expected need at various terminals.
"Throughout all of this, people who were entering our country were treated the way they're always treated, with dignity and respect," Kelly said on Tuesday. Dignity and respect, however, were likely not the words that have come to mind for the hundreds of people who have been caught up in the Trump administration's immigration dragnet. On Friday, an Iraqi translator who worked alongside American troops and government agents for more than 10 years was detained overnight and handcuffed in New York before being released amid increased media glare and in-person pressure from multiple members of Congress. On Saturday, cameras captured the emotional reunion of an Iranian mother and her five-year-old son, who had been detained for hours at Dulles International Airport. Other visa and green-card holders were blocked from visiting sick relatives, prevented from attending school or returning to their jobs in America, The New York Times reported. Some were reportedly denied medical assistance or encouraged to sign away their rights to permanent residency.
On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Jordanian visa holder entered his fourth day of detention by federal authorities. According to his family's attorneys, Mohammad Abu Khadra, a Houston-area high-school student, had traveled home to renew his visa. When he landed on Friday, he was detained at George Bush Intercontinental Airport until Monday, at which point he was sent to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. His lawyers say no reason has been given for his detention. Jordan is not one of the seven countries restricted in the executive order. (A government source told the Hive Khadra's detention is not related to the executive order. "Due to the Privacy Act, we cannot comment on specific cases," a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said. We've also reached out to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.)


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Car insurance tips for stolen, Panic Of course you will experience a conscious compilation of private cars that are usually ridden not in place and have certainly changed hands to irresponsible parties alias stolen, sad reason Did you know that the lost car has not paid off its credit payment, worried the reason for fear of not being able to claim, indeed entered reasonable but calm because usually in every leasing company, four-wheeled vehicles that have not paid off the installments are still approved by the premiums and can be a solution if you fix a disaster like this.
released from the coverage insurance magazine, the initial step must also be done immediately is to report to the lender of the incident also or exclusively contact the insurance provider of your four-wheeled vehicle, try to within three X 24 hours after canceling the theft, so as not to is a disruption in the premium claim process. to make the process of filing a claim easier using an official letter of Presence of the police, the reason for the police agency is that the only institution that submitted it was to declare the status of missing a four-wheeled vehicle that was stolen.
After receiving a police letter, prepare important documents such as the Motor Vehicle premium policy, photocopy of vehicle registration, and SIM included in one report to the four-wheeled vehicle premium company. after the document submission process is complete, the police will also cover the costs of the coverage that befell you, make sure the validity of the incident. If it is proven to be synchronous using the clause as well as the resolution of the origin of the theft victim (PSAKBI and KUHP reference), then the total lost claim is stolen can be processed. You become the owner of a four-wheeled vehicle, will be given a letter of introduction from the premium to help make the vehicle registration letter from the local police
General insurance claims can be disbursed since 14 days or 21 days The presence of the event day, when the documents needed to support the claim have passed. however, if the four-wheeled vehicle was found within a period of 60 days, you can change the type of claim, as long as the total lost is stolen to a partial loss. agar Damage that occurs during the destruction process can be compensated by the insurance contribution.


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Guest Information
NO tickets are required for the Weinberg College Convocation/diploma ceremony. Graduates have no limits on the number of guests they invite.
The University provides a continual, complimentary shuttle service between the campus and the Ryan Field/McGaw Memorial Hall area. Guests are urged to park in campus lots and to use the shuttle service. Parking in the area will be very limited; please see the map indicating campus parking lots and the shuttle bus route. The worst congestion is between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., as this is when the McCormick vehicles are departing the area while the Weinberg College vehicles are arriving.
Refreshment stands serving complimentary water will be located in the Ryan Field area. Concession stands will be open in the stadium.
Services for guests with disabilities
Handicapped Parking
Handicapped parking is available in all campus parking lots, and a fully accessible bus is available at all shuttle stops. Limited parking for vehicles displaying a valid handicapped tag as well as a drop-off site for persons with disabilities is available at the stadium. Wheelchairs will be available.
Seating for guests in wheelchairs
Guests in wheelchairs may be accompanied by one companion in designated seating sections. No advance reservations are required for seating in this special area. If you do not have your own wheelchair, our staff will be gathered near Gate K with University wheelchairs to escort you to the special seating area. At the conclusion of the ceremony, staff will escort guests in University wheelchairs back to their vehicles. No reservation required.
Closed captioning
Closed captioning can be viewed on mobile devices by following the link to our live stream.
Alternative viewing options
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I hope some of you visited your local quilt store on Saturday for the national LQS Saturday. I did my part at Pine Grove. I got fabric for my daughter's tote bag and some great grey for putting together crumbs.
On Friday, I helped my friend, Jan, continue on learning to quilt. We have been working on a dog themed quilt based on the free pattern Patience Corners from http://jellyrollfabric.net/ The plastic guide I bought from Nova Montgomery is a huge help for Jan to keep the seams even; it works much better than the foot with the blade. Here are the blocks on the wall ready to sew.
|Blue tape show order of blocks for sewing
|Not in any order, just for pinning
|All pinned for sewing
|Needs three more rows
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The Best of Birding in Central America – Which Country is Right for You?
January 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join ABAS President and Sabrewing Nature Tours owner, Rob Ripma, as he explains what factors you should consider when deciding which country in Central America you want to visit. From birding and experiencing the culture of Guatemala to discovering the remote and exciting Darién province in Panama, Rob will help you explore all the best birding options in this incredible region!


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The new-build dwelling in Kent, which has been entered in AJ Small Projects 2019, was built for £140,000
Hurley and Hughes Architects' house replaces and sits within the compact footprint of a former stable, due to being built in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its design seeks to retain the agricultural character of the former building while creating a light, flexible home, capturing far-reaching views over the High Weald, framed by a crescent of oak trees.
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Accommodation is spread over two floors with the upper level set in from the external walls, creating a tall circulation route around the perimeter, which opens into a double-height living room with a dramatic first floor cantilever. Designed in collaboration with Akera Engineers, it projects into the void and gradually reveals views of the landscape to the north. Private spaces are contained within a lower, ceilinged central zone, with a bedroom and study at first floor accessed by a generously proportioned oak stair at the centre of the plan.
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The building form and selected materials were designed to sit quietly within its agricultural setting and reflect the character of vernacular livestock shelters in the wider area. As such, original clay roof tiles were reused, while narrow vertical cedar boards with horizontal breaks, which will grey over time, were selected to reflect the corrugated cladding on the surrounding agricultural buildings. A projecting bay south of the plan lights the primary circulation route, while also providing an oak-lined window seat framing a striking view of the adjacent Oast House.
Careful interior planning ensured only a small increase to the volume of the existing shelter, minimising the visual impact on the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, while the simplicity of the layout and robust detailing enabled the 85m² building and landscape to be delivered to a modest budget.
Project data
Start on site Sep 2016
Completion April 2018
Total cost £140,000
Procurement Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design
Architect Hurley and Hughes Architects
Client Private
Structural engineer Akera Engineers
Main contractor THP Carpentry
AJ Small Projects
The AJ Small Projects Awards celebrate completed projects with a contract value of £250,000 and under. The much-loved fixture of the architectural calendar has been sponsored for the eighth year by Marley.
Click here to view a selection of over 130 projects already entered into the 2019 awards. You can submit entries until the extended deadline of 1 February 2019. Good luck!
Readers' comments (4)
In no way should my comment be regarded as a criticism of this rather charming project; but as a concern over the inadequacy of the outdated and convoluted Building Regulations to address modern standards of construction and safety.
Those winding stairs!!!! Absolutely hazardous! Essentially creating a three riser drop just where Granny is most likely to tread when unsteadily clambering down for breakfast.
True, the Building Regulations require a minimum tread of two inches in such a condition; the much more clear and comprehensive IBC/IRC require six inches, and thus provides yet more evidence of the need to adopt this modern and comprehensive code.
To be fair, at 45 degrees the winder seems to be generously planned - perhaps Granny would be more concerned at the apparent lack of any handrail, unless it's just out of shot.
And the younger generation might find it difficult to maintain the walls in good decorative condition at tread level - but at least this stair does have walls, with no unprotected drop on one side.
So much wasted space...
Some might call it wasted space, while others would call it architecture; the typical cross section of this form of 'storey and a half' house has a long and surely distinguished pedigree, from those prefabricated Danish designs typical of small communities on the Greenland coast to the more recent development of the idea in Scotland (predominantly the more remote areas).
The internal planning provides scope for both ingenious use of space and creation of space, within an affordable envelope..
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Smart Partners Consulting Limited – Our client in the Oil & Gas (Upstream) sector, is recruiting to fill the position below:
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I started today with a 45 min easy run while I waited for the polls to open. After running and voting I walked home and made some oats:
I was unsatisfied when I got to work and wasn't sure if I was truly hungry or not. I am still figuring out how to gage my hunger since I have spent so much of my adult life overriding it.
On the way home from the Farmer's Mark (that's not a misspelling, that's what I can it) I ate a plum. They are so good!
I made a quick grilled cheese this morning to take for lunch because I need to eat this cheese and can't afford to waste anything at this point. It was nothing fancy, cheese and tomatos. I like stuff burnt sometimes so it worked out.
My greek yogurt and pumpkin butter got all mixed up and was just okay since the yogurt just diluted the Pumpkin B.
Everyone at work had the anxiety munchies because of the election. We were all crowded around eachother's computers stressing about electoral votes. Everyone was eating candy since we had so much Halloween candy left. I ate a piece and then realized how everyone was just mindlessly eating and I was too so I stopped after that. I was still feeling munchy so I made some popcorn.
I came home to a freshly made pot of beans:
So I made a HUGE salad with a bunch of veggies, beans, guac, cheese and a ton of baked chips. I also made a veggie burger on the side since I felt like I needed more protein.
I had been wanting a Vita Top all day and finally broke down and ate one:
I also ate the chocolate off of these, I don't really like macadamia nuts.
I knew I was going to keep snacking all night so I made some sugar free hot chocolate to fill me up.
Overall I had way too many snacks today. Boo to that, but tomorrow is a new day.


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The DC Council is considering legislation that would prohibit fully-insured "large group" association health plans (AHPs) from operating in the nation's capital. The bill, titled the "Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act of 2018," is largely in response to new rules from the Department of Labor that expand association health plans and short-term health plans as… Read more »
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So, up to this point, there have been ways to create expressions and ways to filter out the incorrect ones, but in the past week, I've implemented a couple of ways to actually do things with them. I just finished talking about
CumulativeExpressionValidator, so now I present to you
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator. As with
CumulativeExpressionValidator, I'm not so sure that the interface is very good, but I'll show you what I have.
CumulativeExpressionValidator attempts to make validator creation feel like function declaration, then
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator attempts to make evaluator creation feel like function definition. I know, I know, if it's so much like normal programming, why not just define your own Groovy functions and use them instead? Well, you could, and it's actually not at all difficult for simpler evaluators, but the goal of
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator is to help specify the behavior of an evaluator object one piece at a time so that it can be passed around different parts of a program and have features added to it and removed from it over time. If you have to whip that up on the spot, you'll probably want to put it in its own class at some point, and you'll probably call that class something like… oh, "
Anyway, once I was ready to move on from
CumulativeExpressionValidator, I realized that if that class could let its "validation" result in something other than a boolean
true or
false, then it could work as an evaluator. So I've essentially reworked its interface for that purpose. Here's an example:
import static org.codehaus.groovy.science.ConstantOperator.* import static org.codehaus.groovy.science.CumulativeExpressionEvaluator.* def numericConstantFolder = new CumulativeExpressionEvaluator(); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( ConstantOperator ), [], { it } ); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( OverloadableOperators.Plus ), [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], withArgs( inCon { a, b -> a + b } ) );
Here's the same example without the helper functions:
def numericConstantFolder = new CumulativeExpressionEvaluator(); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { it in ConstantOperator ? it : null }, [], { it } ); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { it in OverloadableOperators.Plus ? it : null }, [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], { new SymbolicExpression( new ConstantOperator( it.argumentList[ 0 ].operator.value + it.argumentList[ 1 ].operator.value ), [] ) } );
This evaluator will transform any
SymbolicExpression that is a sum of constant values into another
SymbolicExpression that is a single constant value representing the calculated sum. Presenting it with any expression more complicated than that (for instance, an expression that uses an operator other than
ConstantOperator or
Plus) will result in
Static helper methods in
ConstantOperator help in the creation and manipulation of constant values. By statically importing the helper methods
con and
unCon, we can write the expression
unCon( numericConstantFolder( con( 1 ) + con( 2 ) ) ) and expect to get the value
3. The method
inCon, as used in the example above, changes something like
{ a, b -> a + b } into something like
{ a, b -> con( unCon( a ) + unCon( b ) ) }. It is used to make any "normal" Groovy closure into a closure that "works inside" of
SymbolicExpressions that represent constant values.
The first behavior given in the example determines whether the operator is a
ConstantOperator and whether the argument list is empty, and if so, it simply returns a
SymbolicExpression that is equivalent to the one it recieved. If the operator is something else, or if the argument list is not empty, no behavior is specified, and the default behavior (which, so far, is to return
null) is used.
The second behavior determines whether the operator is
OverloadableOperators.Plus (the operator that is used in the resulting
SymbolicExpression when the Groovy operator
+ is applied to two
SymbolicExpression objects), whether there are two arguments, and whether
numericConstantFolder maps those arguments to non-
null values, and if so, it returns a new
SymbolicExpression that represents the constant value that results from adding the constant values represented by the
SymbolicExpressions returned by
numericConstantFolder for those arguments.
*takes a deep breath* I might have been better off starting with a simpler example….
I'll try explaining this again with a different approach. If you already understand what I'm getting at, sorry for dumbing it down now; if you don't, sorry for being so cryptic the first time through, and thanks for staying with me for this long!
Let's say a "fixer" is a function that takes a single value and either returns the fixed value (if it can fix it) or
null (if it can't). A
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator is a fixer for
SymbolicExpressions, and its selling point is that it can be built up from other fixers, one at a time. Whenever a new fixer is added to the
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator, it essentially overwrites all of the others, except when it returns
null. Using just this idea, we can implement the above example as follows:
import static org.codehaus.groovy.science.ConstantOperator.con import static org.codehaus.groovy.science.ConstantOperator.unCon def numericConstantFolder = new CumulativeExpressionEvaluator(); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { expression -> ( if ( !( (expression.operator in ConstantOperator) && expression.argumentList.isEmpty() ) ) return null; return expression; ) } ); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { expression -> if ( !( (expression.operator in OverloadableOperators.Plus) && (expression.argumentList.size() == 2) ) ) return null; def a = numericConstantFolder( expression.argumentList[ 0 ] ); if ( a == null ) return null; def b = numericConstantFolder( expression.argumentList[ 1 ] ); if ( b == null ) return null; return con( unCon( a ) + unCon( b ) ); } );
Specifying things this way is still perfectly possible, but notice that a full half of the second behavior deals just with getting the arguments into the shape we'd like them to be in. I'd much rather specify this recursion using something like
[ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], like we did with
CumulativeExpressionValidator. Since that list is a list of fixers, I've overloaded setBehavior so that you can specify an operator fixer and a list of argument fixers to apply to an expression before applying the "actual" behavior. That lets us shorten the
setBehavior calls to the following:
numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { (it in ConstantOperator) ? it : null }, [], { it } ); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( { (it in OverloadableOperators.Plus) ? it : null }, [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], { expression -> con( unCon( expression.argumentList[ 0 ] ) + unCon( expression.argumentList[ 1 ] ) ); } } );
By statically importing
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator.filter, we can specify simple fixers like
{ (it in ConstantOperator) ? it : null } using the form
filter( ConstantOperator ). This leaves us with the following code:
numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( ConstantOperator ), [], { it } ); numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( OverloadableOperators.Plus ), [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], { expression -> con( unCon( expression.argumentList[ 0 ] ) + unCon( expression.argumentList[ 1 ] ) ); } );
(Personally, I don't really like seeing the calls to
filter there. For that reason, I've implemented
setBehaviorCase methods that work essentialy the same as the
setBehavior methods except that
filter is called implicitly. That takes away the chance to use something like
[ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], though, so I'm still not happy with those, and I won't bother using them here. I'll probably end up redesigning the interface in the near future.)
The first
setBehavior call is about as abstract as I expect it to get. In fact, it looks at least a little bit arcane without the more complicated setBehavior calls there to give the
[] and
{ it } meaning. That said, that kind of thing happens all the time with empty brackets and null values in programming lanugages already, so I don't think it's an issue that this library needs to solve. If it's a big deal for you, I suggest defining a well-named convenience method/closure or monkey patching a new method onto the
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator meta class to help reduce the clutter. Or, you know, commenting.
In any case, we had to explicitly say "
expression.argumentList[ 0 ]" and "
expression.argumentList[ 1 ]," but that's something we can abstract away. I expect that processing the arguments of the expression will be very common (and that calculations involving the operator will be somewhat more uncommon), so I've provided the utility method
CumulativeExpressionEvaluator.withArgs that converts a closure into another closure that takes a
SymbolicExpression and calls the original closure with the expression's arguments. If we statically import the
withArgs method, we can shorten the second
setBehavior call to this:
numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( OverloadableOperators.Plus ), [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], withArgs { a, b -> con( unCon( a ) + unCon( b ) }; } );
ConstantOperator.inCon, that simplifies to this:
numericConstantFolder.setBehavior( filter( OverloadableOperators.Plus ), [ numericConstantFolder, numericConstantFolder ], withArgs( inCon { a, b -> a + b } ); } );
And this is exactly the overcomplicated example I gave at the beginning.
Just so you know, there are more ways to call
setBehavior that I purposefully neglected to go over until now. Just as you can provide a "preemptive" fixer for the operator and each of the arguments, you can instead provide just a fixer for the operator and a fixer for the argument list as a whole, or you can provide a single preemptive fixer for the entire expression. The last combination seems a bit silly to me—you fix the expression before you fix the expression—but it might turn out to be especially convenient when composing multiple existing
Make sure to tune in next time. I hope to talk about the pattern search-and-replace functionality I've provided so far. Then again, I think I might push the blog aside again for a bit so that I have a more feature-complete pattern-matching system in place to show you. At this point, I can only match patterns that completely encompass their subject expressions, and I'd really rather match all applicable subexpressions one by one.


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10/14/11 Pleasantly off Kilter from 1-2 pm
AND WE'RE ON THE AIR. Elena is back from the Twin Cities and forcing Kyle to listen to her ridiculous music!
Flathead by the Fratellis
Island in the Sun by Weezer
Perfume by Old 97's
Potential Breakup Song by Aly and AJ
God Help the Girl by God Help the Girl
This Fire by Franz Ferdinand
Dixon's Girl by Dessa
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Colorful by Rocco DeLuca and the Burden
If It Were Up to Me by Rooney
Walking with the Ghost by Tegan and Sara
Shark in the Water by V V Brown
Wasted Daylight by Stars
Boom Boom by Donora
Kiss With a Fist by Florence + The Machine
Dress and Tie (feat. Darren Criss) by Charlene Kaye
Because Fall Break falls over our next show, we will be back again the 28th of October!


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My Buddy's Forge Died
mpc posted a topic in Gas ForgesHe's looking to buy because he doesn't have the time to build. He's looking at the Chiliforge and Majestic 3 burner forges. Is the Chiliforge worth 2x the price?
Fire brick or other top for forge cart?
mpc posted a topic in Gas ForgesNot really a "forge" question but it's forge related: I want to put my forge on a rolling cart. I'll probably just grab a "Steel Service Cart" from HF. That way I can put my propane tank on the bottom shelf and just wheel the whole thing out as a unit. Here's my question... Do I need to put something extra on the top shelf to protect or insulate it? I keep thinking I need to put something under the forge across the top of the cart. I have this vision of hot or molten things falling out of the forge, dripping down to my propane tank, and causing an explosion that somehow destroys the entire Northwestern US. But, my own mental issues aside... Is it a good idea to put something on there? Maybe just to make it a little more sturdy? I was thinking maybe some cheap fire brick but, even the crappy 1/2 cut stuff would cost about $80. I don't think plywood is a good idea. I was thinking maybe some cement backer board? Does anybody have any suggestions?
How to tell if tongs can be resizedI'm shopping for some tongs. I've seen dozens of websites offering all sorts of tongs for blacksmiths and a few of them mention that their tongs can or can not be adjusted for size. My question is, what should you look for to know you're getting a solid pair of tongs that you can continue to use and resize for a good long life? Is if the size of stock they came from? Is it the metal they're made of? Is it the size of the boss or the rivet?
Atlas forge does not reach forge welding heat
DevanMcDavitt posted a topic in Gas ForgesI purchased an atlas prototype v4 forge a few months back and no matter what I do, I cannot seem to get this thing to heat up to a welding heat. If I block it up too much with fire brick, the burner sputters, if I leave it open enough for a consistent flame, I reach an orange heat at best. This is the second burner they sent me after the first one would not consistently keep a flame and would constantly fail sending a flame out of the pressure reader thing. Does Atlas make bad forges and I was dumb enough to buy one? or am I likely doing something wrong? I run the burner off a typical 20lb propane tank.
Can I save my anvil base?
mpc posted a topic in Stands for Anvils, Swage Blocks, etcThis is my anvil and base. The base is a big ol' pine log. Pine was not my first choice (or 2nd or 3rd) but when you live in an area with no trees, you take what you can get. As expected, the log is splitting. I'm wondering if it would be worth it to try to forge some straps to go around the log to keep it together. How would you go about forging such a thing? I was thinking I'd put a 90° bend about an inch from each end of a long piece of 1" wide weld steel, drill holes in the 1" tabs, bang the weld steel to shape right on the log, then tighten it down with a bolt through the holes.
It won't forge weld
mpc posted a topic in Knife MakingThis was cleaned up REALLY well, placed in the forge and heated to a dark red, fluxed (Borax), heated more, fluxed again, then left to heat until it looked (to me) like a bright yellow. Then I banged on it enough to make sure both sides were making good contact. I let it cool to black, then I put it in some water (so I could touch it), ground the edges to see how it looked, and then tested it by banging a screwdriver into the V to see how quick it would split. I've had a pistachio give me more trouble coming apart than this.
Getting Ready to Re-Line My Forge
mpc posted a topic in Insulation and RefractoriesI'm making plans to pull the old lining out of my forge and re-line it. The attached diagram is the basic layout. I'll do 2" of ceramic fiber and then I figured I'd coat the inside with about 1/4" of Satanite or something similar. The big question I have is about the floor. Right now, there are a couple of fire bricks sitting in there. This works well as it brings the floor up to almost level with the openings in the front and back of the forge. But, when I do anything with flux, it runs off of or between the bricks and gets into my forge lining. So here are my ideas: 1- Make a floor out of a castable. Unfortunately, this will not be easily replaceable AND with it being about 2" thick there are issues with it sucking heat. 2- Just use bricks (like I have been doing) but use a castable/refractory that will resist flux for the 1/4" coating. 3- Use bricks and a flux-resistant coating AND put a layer of kitty litter or sand or something in the bottom to "soak up" flux and then sweep that out occasionally. I'm particularly curious about # 3. I keep hearing about people with vertical forges having "kitty litter" in the bottom. Why wouldn't this work in a horizontal forge? I would think it would also help to keep my fire bricks level and in place (not that they move much now). Please share your thoughts or advice. Thanks!
Howdy! I'm new to the sport, and my dad just revealed he had this awesome Trenton 135lb farriers anvil. It had been sitting out open to the weather (but not in the weather) for probably the last 15 years- covered in a layer of greenish moss and rust. We immediately got it indoors, and I took a wire brush to the moss/rust coat. Took steel wool to the face. I'm trying to figure out how to remove all the rust, so I can get it properly dry and coated in oil/wax and keep it from rusting further. Long term, I will need to store this in my dad's barn, which isn't completely enclosed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I believe this anvil was made in 1911, and has been passed down. I really don't want to ruin it!
Pacific North West Help
Willem posted a topic in Introduce YourselfI'm a young kid (15) looking to get into blacksmithing. The issue is that I lack the instruction to do so, as well as a forge. I'm wondering if there is anyone in South West Washington or the greater Pacific Northwest that would be willing to help me out. I have most of the materials to fabricate a forge using a 20 lb propane bottle following Wayne Coe's instructions (excluding the burner (requires welding) and burner parts), however, I'm severely limited by my tools, lacking both a welder, and a plasma cutter as well as a shop of any sort. If there is any way in which someone would be willing to lend me a hand and help me fabricate a forge (I will of course pay for materials costs as well as time) that would be greatly appreciated. General advice or apprenticing of any shape is of course more than welcome. I'm happy to pay in cash or barter (my families owns a creamery) for any services that could be provided, whichever is preferable. My apologies if this is in the wrong directory I'm still very new to the forum. Thanks, -Will
Screwdriver Materials Advice
zizari posted a topic in Tools, general discussionI am looking to cut my teeth on making some household tools, starting with a simple flathead screwdriver. I was considering getting some tool steel rods as the material (O1 or S7), but I was just wondering if it's strictly necessary and worth it to use fancy steels. Would mild (1018) work for a screwdriver head just as well? I have gone and searched for information on what material is used in professional (ie, craftsman, ect) and searched the forum to no avail. Just looking for opinions/advice. Thanks for looking! Carpe Frigus Finem!
I use Coors Light as my quenching medium...
AggieBlacksmith posted a topic in Shop Tips n' TricksWhat tips/tricks/advice have you learned as a blacksmith and made your own? (anything from "I drizzle Yankee Candle wax over my coke so my forge smells good" to "Coors light is the best quenching medium")
Need Anvil Repair Advice
KiraLach posted a topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and MandrelsHowdy! I'll attach a couple photos of an anvil my grandpa recovered from an abandoned farm. It's a smaller, 25lb (though she comes out to 22 and a half) anvil, very well used. The top is in pretty decent condition, actually. Not many divets or dents. One of the edges is in terrible shape, very big chunks taken out from it, and one side has what looks like fairly deep pock marks in the main body. The horn is in great shape, as are the hardy and pritchell holes. And, if anyone knows what kind of anvil this is, certainly wouldn't hate to have it identified! Much thanks in advance, and I'm pretty proud of her even if she is a bit beat up, as she's my first proper anvil. I'll include a picture of what I "worked" on before, just for giggles.
What would this be worth?
zeno posted a topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and MandrelsHi All! Wanting to buy an anvil, and found on on our local dutch craigslist alternative. Anvil weight: 130 kilogram (286 pounds) Anvil weight including mount 250 kilogram (551 lbs) Height of anvil 33cm (13 inch) Length of anvil 76cm ( 29 inch ) Width of face 14cm (5.5 inch) Link removed What do you guys think this is worth? what would you pay for it?
Anvil Restoration
Knifeguy posted a topic in Repairing and Modification to AnvilsI am new to black smithing and just purchased my first anvil. It is a Peter Wright 101 that needs some work. I have cleaned it with a wire brush and there are some large chips along the face edges. I am not sure how to repair this and am looking for some advice. Thanks!
My first anvil
Forgehermet posted a topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and MandrelsI'm a beggining 14 year old smith and I have finally acquired the last piece needed to complete my forge. My mother and I took a long trip to multiple flea markets and antique stores looking for an anvil. We found multiple but many were outrageously high. We found one 200+ pound anvil but it was 500 and I simply didn't have the funds. Near it was a 50-60 pound small anvil for 200. Eventually after viewing another small one of similar price we found a slightly damaged 100 pound Vulcan anvil for just over 200$. The very end of the horn was broken off and the edges were slightly chipped but the face was smooth. Was I right to purchase this one? It also had a five on the heel of the anvil and I am curious as to what this is for. P.S. I know about the thin faceplate being brittle.
Advice On Materials
CalebB posted a topic in Gas ForgesOk, I'm just now starting out with blacksmithing but I've been trying to learn and study for a couple of years now. I want to build my own forge, but I have limited funds. I already have a soupcan forge but it isn't putting out the kind of heat and isn't big enough for the knives I'm working on. My question is, what kind of material would be best for me to make my forge out of? I already have a plan but I just don't have the know-how to know what kind of metal or material to make my furnace chamber out of. (Picture is of the first knife I made.)
I Want To Get Into Smithing But I Have Questions
Cyrilak posted a topic in Gas ForgesHello all, new to this forum and I was hoping I could get some advice. I am really interested in Smithing and I would like to pick up this hobby, and I have some questions. I am going to start building my forge. I was thinking about welding two 20 pound propane tanks together. I plan on making knives and small swords/machetes and the likes. I plan on lining it with 2 inches of kaowool with firebrick on the bottom and adding a door and all that. It is going to be a propane forge. My first question is will this forge need 2 burners? Or just one? I know there are different kinds of burners. Am I going overkill on size? Should I just use one 20 pound tank? What size anvil should I be looking for? And I am aware that a belt grinder is the best tool for grinding the blades, but I'm trying to save money because I'm buying a pistol soon. Would a bench grinder suffice if I use a softer stone? Sorry for all of the questions I just want to do things right.
Why I stopped listening to experts
rookieironman posted a topic in Blacksmithing, General DiscussionAwhile back I thought I'd start hammering. Now that was more years ago than I'd care to divulge, but over the years I've acquired some knowledge about hammering metal. And I've learned a few things about places where experts hold forth. I've learned that the quickest to comment with an opinion often writes so much that there is obviously very little time spent at the anvil. Unless you call a keyboard your anvil. I have learned that engineering facts about heat transfer, thermodynamics, and material dynamics are areas of knowledge generally misunderstood by those who hold forth as experts on those subjects in these threads. I've learned to hold my counsel as I have been vigorously told that the facts I learned acquiring my degrees in engineering and years of work in the steel industry were wrong and misguided and foolhardy. And after all that I was graciously told it would never work the way I thought it would...by experts who don't understand that, although they claim to have experience, that doesn't mean that experience has done them any good. Sitting in front of a keyboard spewing misinformation with an authority based on little besides self aggrandizement is apparently what is now considered "expert" . I have stopped listening to "experts". Except, of course, when I feel like a laugh and want to read something truly ridiculous. "Inelastic rebound" indeed ha ha ha ha ha.
Hey guys, I'm pretty new here, but I have been fiddling with metal for a few years now. Anyways, I'm looking into making a graphite electrode arc furnace, using a 115/230V 160amp stick welder as a power supply (65% duty cycle). I primarily want to use it to melt metals like copper and bronze (steel being a stretch goal with more experience) for casting. And I'd like to hear advice for this little project before I really get started; safety, things to look out for, etc. Suggestions on reading material would also be greatly appreciated. Currently my prospective setup is like this: Outside (fume ventilation is not something I want to deal with as much) 230V dryer plug for power (to allow most efficient use of my welder) PPE: leather apron polycarbonate safety glasses face shield (or welding mask/ #5 goggles, depending on how bright things get) respirator (using NIOSH P100 filters) welding gloves I'm probably going to buy some soft refactory brick for the inner chamber, with a welded steel frame to hold it together sand casting Bronze and copper at first, with experience and a lot more knowledge, I might try steel at some point. I don't have much interest in brass, especially with the hazards of zinc I mostly want to do cast works, things like reproduction bronze age swords and art pieces. I have no intent to try to use this as a forge. I have a bit of experience with coal/charcoal forges and I've done a bit of small casting with that, but it's not very efficient, so I want to make an upgrade (and give myself a good project for winter break) I don't know how much of you guys have dabbled with arc furnaces, but I figured it was worth a shot.
Homemade castable refractory and ITC 100
woody15 posted a topic in Insulation and RefractoriesSorry if this is already posted somewhere. I've searched and can't seem to find what I'm lookin for... Question/situation is that I live close to a ceramics/pottery supply place which carries all different raw materials i.e. Alumina Hydrate, Kaolin, kiln wash, zircopax, sodium silicate, fire clay etc. literally 75-100 different raw materials. Building another forge and instead of paying small fortune shipping a bag of refractory (ideally castable) or buying ITC 100, is there a way to make a homemade batch of this stuff? I understand ITC 100 is gonna be tough to beat but even if I could make something that would be half as good that would offset the price to buy and ship online. Forge I'm building is just a small portable propane forge, lined with 2" of Kaowool. Also , talked to someone at this pottery place few times and they didn't even know what ITC 100 was ... Haha Thanks!
Brand new to smithing
TheNewbieForger posted a topic in Solid Fuel ForgesHello, I am brand new to smithing and I am excited to start the craft. I have a makeshift forge and i am in the process of building a anvil stand. (Pics of the forge below) I am looking for any tips/tricks that you guys/girls would be wiling to provide. I will post update pictures as I progress.
Hi, I'm joe, and I have it...
Joe the Destroyer posted a topic in Introduce YourselfHello everyone, I hope this is not a "throwing myself to the wolves" kind of thing, but even if it is, I'm used to learning the hard way. Anyway I'll get straight to the point, all I have ever wanted is to have my own woodshop. Now don't get me wrong, I love and admire the blacksmith, the trade as well as the man, however, wood grows on trees, and metal lives in the earth. I do have one problem though, and it's got a lot to do with liking to make things. I've tried 'smithing, it is just a little too expensive and I have had trouble securing a decent anvil, and a forge, which is pretty much the whole thing in a nutshell. But before I go dig a hole in my backyard and fill it up with coal and rig up a shop - vacuum and drive the neighbors crazy, I wanted to ask if anyone would please share any experience they had making wood chisels. I know they can't be the most difficult item to forge, I just have found about zero videos of people doing it. I'm talking no bigger than 1"x6-8" most smaller than that. If I knew a smithy I would just ask him to show me or let me work in his shop. I'm just tired of buying cheap Chinese crap worthless chisels. I want my own, and I'll forge em if I have to. Any information you have on this subject would be gratefully appreciated. Ornate whittling is something my grandfather taught me but woodcarving is my next step and I've gone through some chisels in the process. That is all. JTD
New project and new to the trade
Chase N. posted a topic in Member ProjectsHello all, I've browsed through the the stickies and its information and found some insightful work! Everyone on here is so nice and I'm eager to pursue this hobby. I wish to create armor and weapons for me and my friends for their SCA battles (likely not using said weapons). I have experience in welding, receiving a certificate in gas metal arc welding. I'm following up on some leads to get an anvil for free or cheap. And I have a barn of tools, I also have a large deep tractor rim that I can use as the forge. Any recommendations for a novice at black smithing? I am eager to hear advice
dont have a vice. substitutions?
Puck posted a topic in Problem SolvingHelp! I don't have a vice. I am looking for a stump vise (don't want to buy one off eBay) but in the mean time, I have this railspike knife I'm making. So far it's coming out great but I want to add details to the doghead I'm putting on the handle. Any ideas on how I can do this without a vice (or a welder if that matters any)? I have one of those small 55lb blue anvils from harbor freight. I was thinking that somehow the hardy hole might be able to help. But I'm afraid the edge of the hole will put creases in the metal.
striking anvil advice
Ethan the blacksmith posted a topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and MandrelsHello my name is Ethan and I am a 13 year old blacksmith with ambitious plans! I mostly do traditional blacksmithing and I really enjoy working with a striker. I received a 3 1/2lbs rounding hammer from Alec Steele and am enjoying it beyond description. I am slowly making the tools to make a hammer following the Brian Brazeal's tools to make tools curriculum. Eventually I would like to make a striking anvil and if anyone is open with advice on striking anvils or making rounding hammers please let me know. Ethan


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'Don't be lukewarm!' Mathis tells Fruitland...
Pastor Greg Mathis challenged graduates of Fruitland Baptist Bible College during winter commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 15. [more]
Theologians unite for Reformation panel
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'52 Sundays' promotes prayer for missionaries
Thanks to a free resource called "52 Sundays," churches can pray for missionaries serving all around the world every week of the year.[more]
Consider the Christ of Christmas
N.C. Baptist leader Milton Hollifield reflects on Isaiah 9:6 and what this one verse of Scripture teaches us about the Christ whose birth we celebrate at Christmas.[more]
Training, equipping focus of 2018...
The annual Disciple-Making Conference will feature a special emphasis on training and equipping in practical aspects of disciple-making in the realms of the home, church and world.[more]
Coats open doors for Jesus in New York
The seventh annual Coats for the City event was described by one pastor as "an opportunity for us not just to give them a coat, but also to confess our hope in who Jesus is."[more]
Churches take gospel to college campuses
The churches of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina reached a major milestone in September by engaging an unprecedented 50 college campuses with the gospel of Jesus Christ.[more]
Merry authentic Christmas
While Christmas is considered a time to be merry and full of good cheer, many experience more grief than joy during this season. Yana Conner shares three ways to have an authentic Christmas.[more]
Creative ways to focus on Christ this Christmas
Christmas is a special time of year that affords families the opportunity to use creative ways to point children and others to Christ. [more]
Lottie Moon support makes eternal difference
The national goal for this year's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is $160 million, and 100 percent of everything given goes directly to support the missionaries serving all around the world.[more]
Top 5 resources for December
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Will you stand against racism?
N.C. Baptist leader Milton A. Hollifield Jr. shares his personal thoughts, beliefs and convictions regarding the issue of race in this guest column.[more]
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Triad churches distribute thousands of coats
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Māori excellence celebrated at 2019 Matariki Awards
Māori excellence was celebrated last night at the 2019 Matariki Awards. There were 10 winners across 11 categories recognised for their outstanding achievement and contributions to Te Ao Māori.
Matariki Awards 2019, Saturday 29 June
Live from Eden Park, Auckland, join us for the prestigious annual awards ceremony celebrating Māori talent and achievement. Hosted by Stacey Morrison and Mātai Smith.
Whale Watch Kaikoura dive in for the win at Matariki Awards
The Māori owned business won two awards at the Matariki Awards, including the top Supreme Award.
Legendary Māori country singer honoured for contribution to music
New Zealand's top Māori country singer Dennis Marsh has been honoured at the 2019 Matariki Awards as the winner of the Te Mata o te Ariki special award for his outstanding contribution to music.
Matariki Awards 2019- Supreme Award
Presented by Hon. Minister Nanaia Mahuta. Te Tohu Tiketike o Matariki Supreme Award will be presented to an individual who has made a significant and lasting impact on Aotearoa.
Matariki Awards 2019- Community Winner
Presented by Piripi Taylor and Wikitoria Day.
Matariki Awards 2019- Community Award
Hiwa i te Rangi Award for Community is special recognition of the outstanding contribution and achievements of community programmes, projects and/or initiatives.
Wahine tech entrepreneur wins Matariki young achievers award
Kendall Flutey of Ngāi Tahu is the winner of the Te Whetū Maiangi Award for Young Achievers at the 2019 Matariki Awards for her work in creating Banquer, a programme that teaches financial management in schools.
Matariki Awards 2019- Health and Science Winner
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Red setter club member Loren Spiotta-DiMare sent these two scans of her red setter Celtic's Woodland Sunrise. The portrait was a surprise birthday gift from Jerilyn Weber, a professional animal artist and good friend. Loren says "it really was a complete surprise and the painting is superb." She also sent an actual picture of "Woody"... as Loren said, Jerilyn sure did capture the smart looks and intensity of this fine looking red setter! Great work Jerilyn Weber... I'm sure this portrait is hanging in a special place in Loren's home.
If you would like to see more of Jerilyn's work, visit her website at
If you would like to see more of Jerilyn's work, visit her website at
Also, Woody's portrait is available on note cards!
Sounds like a great gift for that red setter friend...