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Joins us on election night for this special work-in-progress performance of a new piece of theatre by Live at LICA Associate Artist Andy Smith.
The Preston Bill tells a story from The North. The story of a life. The story of our lives.
It’s a story that reflects on the changing socio-political landscape of the last 80 years. It’s the perfect way to spend an evening as the country goes to the polls.
Andy Smith has been making solo works for theatre since 2004, most recently All That Is Solid Melts Into Air and Commonwealth. During this time he has also collaborated as a co-director on the plays of Tim Crouch. In 2013 they also wrote and performed What Happens To The Hope At The End Of The Evening together.
Supported and produced by Fuel
Presented as part of OPEN 2015: What Is A 21st Century Arts Centre? Artists Week.


AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
House panel OKs health bill, industry groups say 'no'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP health care drive.
After nearly 18 hours of debate and over two dozen party-line votes, Republicans pushed legislation through the Ways and Means Committee abolishing the tax penalty Obama's statute imposes on people who don't purchase insurance and reshaping how millions of Americans buy medical care.
"That's what this whole bill was about, kicking people who weren't politically popular," Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said of Obama's overhaul.
It was a victory of high symbolism because Obama's so-called individual mandate is perhaps the part of the statute that Republicans most detest.
Even so, the White House and Republican leaders confront a GOP and outside groups badly divided over the party's high-stakes overhaul crusade.
Hawaii becomes 1st state to sue over Trump's new travel ban
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students.
Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government Wednesday in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump's initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country.
The revised executive order, which goes into effect March 16, bars new visas for people from six predominantly Muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the U.S. refugee program. It doesn't apply to travelers who already have visas.
"Hawaii is special in that it has always been non-discriminatory in both its history and constitution," Attorney General Douglas Chin said. "Twenty percent of the people are foreign-born, 100,000 are non-citizens and 20 percent of the labor force is foreign-born."
Chin, who noted the state has budgeted about $150,000 for an outside law firm to help with the lawsuit, said people in Hawaii find the idea of a travel ban based on nationality distasteful because they remember when Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. Hawaii was the site of one of the camps.
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. HOUSE PANEL SCORES INITIAL TRIUMPH ON HEALTH BILL
Republicans on a House committee use a pre-dawn vote to abolish the tax penalty "Obamacare" imposes on people who don't purchase insurance.
2. CIA SILENT ABOUT WIKILEAKS DUMP
The anti-secrecy group, meanwhile, raises the prospect of providing technology companies additional sensitive details it says it has about the agency's hacking tools.
CIA won't discuss breach; Will WikiLeaks help tech firms?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA has gone dark about the WikiLeaks dump of nearly 9,000 pages of purported U.S. intelligence files, even as the anti-secrecy group raised the prospect of providing technology companies additional sensitive details it says it has about the agency's hacking tools.
The CIA wouldn't confirm Wednesday that the material came from its files, although no one is doubting they did. The CIA wouldn't talk about whether there was any investigation underway to figure out how the material ended up on the internet for all to see. And the agency wouldn't say whether it suspects that a mole lurking inside the CIA secretly spirited the material to WikiLeaks, or whether the CIA could have been the victim of a hack.
Still, without acknowledging any breach, the CIA warned: "The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries. Such disclosures not only jeopardize U.S. personnel and operations, but also equip our adversaries with tools and information to do us harm."
It was the same message at the White House. "It is our policy as a government not to confirm the authenticity of any kind of disclosure or hack," said press secretary Sean Spicer.
Outside political circles, the fallout and damage to U.S. intelligence operations was still being assessed, but causing alarm nonetheless.
At least 22 dead as fire ravages youth shelter in Guatemala
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala (AP) -- The trouble started with a mass escape. Dozens of teens held in an overcrowded state-run shelter on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital flooded through the gates Tuesday evening, most only to be caught and locked down in their dorms.
On Wednesday morning someone set fire to mattresses in the girls' section of the rural campus, authorities said. The blaze quickly spread through two dorms, killing at least 22 girls and injuring dozens more, most with second- and third-degree burns.
Distraught parents scribbled their children's names on pieces of paper to pass to shelter staff begging for information. They went to the two local hospitals and the morgue.
Authorities worked to identify victims, but said DNA tests might be necessary for some remains. At Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. Marco Antonio Barrientos asked parents waiting outside for information to come back with photographs, dental records and details about tattoos or other distinctive features.
Piedad Estrada, a street vendor, arrived at the hospital with a photograph of her 16-year-old daughter. She said the teen was pregnant and had been at the shelter for nine days because she ran away from home.
From grave to lab, she throws science, passion at cold cases
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Dr. Erin Kimmerle stands at the head of an open, watery grave and peers down.
It's a sweltering fall day in Tampa, and here's what she knows about what's below: It's the grave of a murder victim.
The woman's body was found in a patch of scrub brush used as an unauthorized trash dump in 1985 just outside downtown Tampa. Detectives never discovered her name. DNA wasn't analyzed at the time. They weren't sure how she was slain, when, or why.
Back then, there was little hope of solving the case. Heavy caseloads, a lack of money and no relatives coming forward all meant that police moved on to the next corpse. The woman lay in this pauper's grave in a city cemetery for more than 30 years.
Now, Kimmerle -- a former United Nations International Criminal Tribunal investigator, an anthropology professor and a 44-year-old married mother of two -- might be the woman's only chance for justice.
A look at S. Korea looming presidential impeachment verdict
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye finds out Friday whether a court will remove her from office over a corruption scandal or allow her to complete her term.
A look at the consequences of both possible decisions ahead of the Constitutional Court's ruling:
IF PARK IS BOOTED
Following weeks of protests that saw millions take to the streets, South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach Park in December amid suspicions that she colluded with a confidante to filch from companies and allowed the friend to secretly manipulate state affairs.
After lengthy mission, UN peacekeeper pullout looms in Haiti
CITE SOLEIL, Haiti (AP) -- A few dozen Brazilian troops wearing the blue helmets of the U.N. military force stroll through a dense warren of shacks in Haiti's most notorious slum, facing no greater threat than a few barking dogs along some of the same streets where pitched gunbattles between gangs and peacekeepers used to be a daily occurrence.
Years of easygoing patrols like the one on this recent afternoon in the steamy seaside district of Cite Soleil is a clear sign to many both in Haiti and around the world that it's time to wrap up a U.N. force that has been cycling through this Caribbean country since a 2004 rebellion engulfed Haiti in violence.
"We have a secure and stable environment," Col. Luis Antonio Ferreira Marques Ramos, deputy commander of the Brazilian peacekeeper contingent, told The Associated Press. "The important thing is to leave in a good way."
With a steady downsizing of Haiti peacekeeping operations in recent years and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump pushing for cutbacks, the U.N. is looking at sending home 2,358 soldiers from 19 contributing countries, perhaps within months. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said during a recent trip to Haiti that the military component "is likely to disappear in the relatively near future," though officials have not spoken publicly about the roughly 2,200 foreign police who accompany them.
Washington, the Haiti mission's main check-writer, is also applying pressure as it reviews all 16 U.N. peacekeeping missions. A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the conversations were private, has told the AP that the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has spoken about winding up the Haiti peacekeeping operation, which is known by its French acronym, MINUSTAH.
IRS strikes back as agents make big dent in identity theft
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The IRS strikes back: The tax agency reports that the number of identity theft victims plummeted last year after agents struggled for years to combat what has become a multibillion-dollar industry.
The number of victims dropped by 46 percent, to 376,000, the IRS said. These taxpayers had their identities stolen by criminals who used their Social Security numbers and birthdates to obtain fraudulent tax refunds.
The IRS stopped nearly 1 million fraudulent refunds from being issued last year. They totaled almost $6.6 billion, the agency said.
"It's a much more challenging time for the cybercrooks," said Mark Ciaramitaro, vice president for retail tax products and services at H&R Block. "All of the easy paths have been closed."
Identity theft exploded from 2010 to 2012, and "for a time overwhelmed law enforcement and the IRS," said John Dalrymple, deputy IRS commissioner for services and enforcement.
Hidden beneath paint, a famed artist's wall decorations
CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) -- Not only did Thomas Cole paint the lush mountain landscapes that inspired the Hudson River School art movement of the 19th century, he also painted on the walls of his home.
Lost beneath layers of paint for more than a century, the patterned borders below the ceilings were rediscovered several years ago and are now revealed in their semi-faded glory.
The stylized depictions of drapery and fabric, painstakingly recovered by conservators, will be fully displayed when the Thomas Cole National Historic Site opens for the season in May. While not exactly lost masterworks, they offer new insight into one of America's most influential painters.
"His choice of designs ... are his way of expressing his personality, the way he wanted people to see him and the way he wanted people to see his art," said Elizabeth Jacks, executive director of the site. "It tells us a lot of what was going on in the mind of this person at the time in his life when he was creating these incredible art works."
Cole is believed to have painted the borders around the time he moved into the house in 1836 to provide a sort of frame for paintings displayed on the parlor walls. One sunny parlor features abstract folds of a fabric in blue and green; the other features a more elaborate pattern depicting drapery swags.


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Pacha Lounge Chair Armrests- new
Pacha Lounge Chair with Armrests by Pierre Paulin for Gubi in gold-peach velvet.
“Curvaceous, soft and low-slung, the Pacha Lounge Chair is a joyfully modernist creation which embraces both extreme comfort and effortless versatility. Iconic designer Pierre Paulin’s vision was to create a sensation of ‘sitting on clouds’. A littleahead of its time in 1975, the modular Pacha Collection is finally coming into its own today. While the overall feel is organic and hyper-relaxed, Paulin’s obsession for ergonomic precision and craftsmanship can only be fully appreciated by sitting in one of his striking creations…” -text: Gubi.
black swivel base with auto-return;
gold-peach velvet with 2 fabrication flaws, see photos;
overstuffed, full, rounded, curvaceous, soft and low-slung;
“sitting on clouds”
vintage, retro, space age, 70s, 1970s, seventies, armchair, easy, seating,
NamePacha Lounge Chair Armrests
Conditionnew out of the box
Materialswood; foam; fabric

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What’s wrong with the country?
First it was British Airways, then it was postal workers, and now the tube workers have joined in the strike wave. Any more strikes?
Maybe someday, MPs will also declare strike for being unfairly treated in their expenses scandal.
What is wrong with this country?

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Fox News Channel's Trump-less debate had 12.5 million viewers between 9 and 11 p.m. Eastern, according to Nielsen.By comparison, two of the cable channels that showed parts of Trump's event, CNN and MSNBC, had about 2.7 million viewers combined.So Trump's rivals clearly came out ahead in the raw ratings.
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Globally recognized thought leader on cloud computing, cloud security, IT security, and IT risk.

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Why did my card decline when there are funds in my account?
This could happen for one of three reasons.
1.) There is a pending deposit that is yet to post.
2.) The transaction amount is exceeding the daily point of sale limit.
3.) The merchant may be blocked if they are originally based out-of-state.
Extraco’s customer service Relationship Bankers have the ability to remove merchant blocks over the phone and can also temporarily increase debit card point of sale limits if needed.

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board on Tuesday approved a $1 billion extension of its stock repurchase program kicked off in September.
The insurance giant said in a statement released after the market's close that the company can begin repurchasing stock under the new program after it spends the remaining $61 million on the earlier $1 billion repurchase program.
Since hitting a 52-week high of $71.23 on Oct.5, the stock has lost nearly 16%. It closed down fractionally to $59.86 Tuesday. In after-hours trading following news of the stock repurchase program, it was gaining 2.7% to $61.50.
MetLife's board also set April 22 as the date of its annual shareholders meeting. Shareholders of record as of Feb. 28 are eligible to vote at the meeting.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.


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Three Injured After Car Hits Tractor-Trailer Along I-95 In Nash County
Posted August 8, 2003 7:09 a.m. EDT
NASH COUNTY, N.C. — Three people were injured after a wreck involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Nash County Thursday.
Authorities said the wreck happened at 5:50 p.m. at mile marker 142 when the driver of the car failed to slow down as he merged with traffic, rear-ending the tractor-trailer.
Front-seat passenger Amanda Long, of Columbus, Ga., was airlifted to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville. She is listed in critical condition.
The driver, Daniel Jennings, 22, and passenger Ashley Page, 17, were transported to Nash General Hospital. Their conditions are known.
Jennings was charged with careless and reckless driving.

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My home city of Bristol, captured in last night's fog.
Alt Üst: Cevdet Erek I was very excited to see Spike Island’s latest exhibition - Alt Üst, from the Istanbul based artist, Cevdet Erek. This excitement was prompted by my recent trip to Turkey’s cultural capital; a bustling, pulsing, changeable and exhilarating city. Arriving in Taksim square, navigating the hectic Istiklal street to my apartment, … Continue reading Is it Istanbul or Constantinople, or Spike Island?
To celebrate 400 years of Bristol libraries, and to coincide with national libraries day, Bristol Central Library hosted a ‘behind the scenes’ tour at their beautiful building on College Green. Rusty Squid’s animatronic ‘Book Hive’ (discussed in previous post, ABC: Art, Books and Curious Cats) was still fluttering, shimmering and swarming in the entrance foyer, … Continue reading This is all owned by you – Exploring Bristol Library
'Design and Use' at Arnolfini. Yesterday, Wednesday 5th February, Arnolfini hosted the first of their Art and Design talks for the new year - 'Design and Use'. The panel consisted of Jeremy Hutchison, a London based artist who 'designs situations that interrupt the circulation of objects through industrial production and consumer ideology', and Emily Pethick, … Continue reading THE BRIEF IS ALWAYS WRONG – Artist talks at Arnolfini
Yesterday morning, on a whim of curiosity, my boyfriend and I attended the 'I am making art' morning at Spike Island - with Howling Owl Records. This was the first time, in a very long time, that I have put pen/charcoal/paint/rollers to paper, and it was a lot of fun. The aim was to get … Continue reading A B C: art, books and curious cats


|Publication number||US5403128 A|
|Application number||US 07/944,832|
|Publication date||Apr 4, 1995|
|Filing date||Sep 14, 1992|
|Priority date||Sep 14, 1992|
|Publication number||07944832, 944832, US 5403128 A, US 5403128A, US-A-5403128, US5403128 A, US5403128A|
|Original Assignee||Thomas; Bruce|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (10), Referenced by (64), Classifications (19), Legal Events (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates to an apparatus for spraying insulation material. More particularly, it relates to a system for spraying insulation material which collects process waste and reintegrates it into the spraying process for more efficient and ecologically sound use of the insulation material.
Blown insulation is commonly used in the construction industry for insulating building walls, floors and attics. Insulating materials such as fiberglass, rock wool and cellulose fibers are pneumatically blown into open cavities in the building structure to provide thermal insulation. A number of systems have been devised for pneumatically conveying insulation materials for this purpose. Blown insulation is limited in its application to closed cavities or horizontal surfaces because there is nothing other than gravity to hold the insulation in place.
A more recent variation on the blown insulation process is sprayed insulation. Water or an adhesive is added to the insulation material as it is blown into the wall cavity to make it adhere to vertical or overhanging surfaces. With this process, insulation can be quickly and efficiently applied to the framed walls of a newly constructed or renovated building before the wallboard is nailed in place. When the insulation is sprayed into the open wall cavity, it fills in between the wall studs. To make sure that the wall cavity is completely filled, the spray insulation installer typically oversprays the insulation so that it builds up a half inch or an inch beyond the plane of the wallboard. Then, the excess is smoothed off even with the studs using a motorized shaver. This excess insulation is considered process waste and is usually gathered up and disposed of. This wasted insulation material can sometimes account for up to 20% of the insulation used. Careful control of the spraying process can cut down on the overspray to reduce the amount of waste, but this does not come without a price. The increased labor cost of slowing down the spraying process for more control can outweigh the cost of the material saved, and the delay slows down the whole construction project.
Certain spray insulation installers have taken measures to combat the inefficient use of material by gathering up the waste insulation and reintroducing it into the spraying process. This is typically done by shoveling up the insulation shavings with a snow shovel and putting them directly into the main feed hopper or an auxiliary feed hopper of the spraying machine. This process has a number of drawbacks. First, it requires additional labor to gather up the shavings and feed them back into the hopper. Second, the wet lumps of recycled insulation can disrupt material flow in the spraying system. Third, the amount of recycled material added to the virgin insulation is sporadic and inconsistent which can compromise the quality and consistency of the insulation application.
In keeping with the foregoing discussion, the object of the present invention is to provide a system for spraying building insulation material. Another object of the invention is to provide an insulation spraying system with a means for gathering waste insulation material and reintegrating it into the spraying process. The system should accomplish these objectives in a manner that enhances the quality, consistency and efficiency of the insulation spraying process. A concurrent objective of the present invention is to provide an insulation spraying system which is easily transportable to a construction site and which is easily set up, operated and stored again to increase the overall efficiency, and consequently the profitability, of the insulation spraying process.
In keeping with these objectives, the present invention takes the form of a fully integrated insulation spraying system which can be mounted on a truck for transportation to a construction site. The system includes components for conditioning the fiber insulation and conveying it to the spraying head where moisture is added to promote adhesion of the insulation. The system also includes a pneumatically powered shaver for smoothing off the sprayed insulation even with the inside face of the wall studs. The recycling side of the system includes a vacuum powered pickup for gathering the waste insulation that is shaved off, as well as components for separating the waste insulation from the incoming airstream and metering it back into the insulation sprayer. The entire system is powered by a self contained power unit which increases the portability and efficiency of the system. The power unit operates the air pumps, water pump and mechanical components of the system.
Other objects and advantages of the insulation spraying system of the present invention will become apparent upon reading and understanding the following detailed description along with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the insulation spraying system.
FIG. 2 shows a side view of the hopper/conveyer subsystem.
FIG. 3 shows a top view of the hopper/conveyer subsystem.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the insulation spraying system is 10. In the preferred embodiment, the system 10 is mounted on a truck 11 so that it is entirely self-contained and portable to the construction site. It should be understood that the system could equally well be mounted on a trailer, on one or more truck-transportable skids or installed in a stationary location for some applications. The truck 11 is arranged with three separate rooms 12, 13, 14. In the first room 12 is the power unit 15 that supplies the power to drive the entire system, as well as the hose storage reels 22, 23, 24, 25. The second room 13 contains the recycling subsystem 30 and the pressure side of the insulation spraying subsystem 40. The third room 14 contains the main feed hopper 42 for the insulation spraying subsystem 40, the water supply tank 51 and storage space for the insulation material 60.
Looking now in more detail at the power room 12, in the preferred embodiment, the power unit 15 is driven by a V-4 gasoline engine 16. In other embodiments, the gasoline engine 16 may be substituted with a diesel engine, an electric motor, a power-take-off driven by the truck s engine, or any other power source. The engine 16 drives a water pump 17, an air blower 18, a vacuum pump 19, a 120 VAC alternator 26, a 12 VDC generator 20, and an air compressor 21. All of these accessories are connected to the engine drive shaft by a drive train of V-belts and pulleys or other standard drive components (not shown). Power from the engine 16 is also transferred to the mechanical components in the second and third rooms 13, 14 by a drive train, including a gear reduction 83, a torque-limiting shear sprocket and a drive chain which transfers power to a drive shaft (not shown). Other drive train components such as V-belts, chain drives, gears, or hydraulic or pneumatic drives may be used in is alternate embodiments of the system. Above the power unit 16, are mounted four hose storage reels: the spray hose storage reel 25, the waste hose storage reel 22, the air hose storage reel 23, and the water hose storage reel 24.
In the second room 13, is found the fiber recovery subsystem 30 of the insulation spraying system 10. The waste insulation 70 is drawn into the waste pickup 38 and through the waste hose 37 by a vacuum from the vacuum pump 19. The airstream carrying the waste insulation enters a cyclone separator 31 which separates the bulk of the insulation fibers from the airstream. The insulation drops into a standby chamber 32 where an airlock 33 meters the recycled fibers back into the airstream from the air blower 18 before it enters the insulation spraying subsystem 40. After the cyclone separator 31, the airstream is passed through the primary filter 35 and then through a secondary filter (not shown) to filter out the remaining insulation fibers before the airstream enters the vacuum pump 19 and is exhausted to the atmosphere. Periodically, the small amount of waste insulation that gathers in the primary filter 35 can be reintroduced into the spraying process by opening a waste gate 36 at the bottom of the filter housing 35 which leads into the main hopper 42 of the insulation spraying subsystem 40. At the end of each duty cycle, the filter element in the secondary filter is cleaned off with a blast of compressed air from the air compressor 21 which is directed obliquely at the surface of the filter element to keep it clear and free flowing.
The insulation spraying subsystem 40 straddles the dividing wall 41 between the second and third rooms 13, 14 of the truck 11. The insulation spraying subsystem 40 can be seen in more detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. Bales of compressed insulation fiber 60 are fed into the main hopper 42, up to twenty-five bales at a time. At the bottom of the hopper 42 is a rotary conveyor 43 which is driven by the conveyor drive train 9 which connects to the engine 16 in the power unit 15, or a separate drive motor may be used. The rotary conveyor 43 has a plurality of radial impellers 47 which condition the insulation by fluffing it up and decompressing it. A plurality of vanes or paddies 48 may be added to the impellers 47 to increase their effectiveness, and braces 49 may be added to increase the structural rigidity of the conveyor 43. The conveyor 43 conducts the conditioned insulation from the main hopper 42 under the dividing wall 41 and into the dry insulation standby chamber 45. Optionally, the height of the dividing wall 41 from the floor of the hopper 42 may be made adjustable to regulate the flow rate of insulation into the standby chamber 45. A rotating agitator 44 prevents the insulation from building up or bridging where it passes from the main hopper 42 into the standby chamber 45. The rotation of the agitator 44 also assists in conditioning the insulation fibers. The agitator 44 may be driven off of the conveyor drive train 9, or a separate drive motor may be used.
The insulation in the dry insulation standby chamber 45 moves by gravity through a gated opening 52 into an airlock 50 which introduces the insulation fibers into an airstream supplied by the air blower 18. The dry insulation standby chamber 45 is an important feature of the present invention. In prior art insulation spraying systems, the insulation fibers moved from the main hopper directly into an airlock. The rate at which the insulation entered the airlock and its state of conditioning were highly dependent on how full the hopper was. When the hopper was first filled, more insulation could enter the airlock, but the weight of the insulation in the hopper would prevent the fibers from properly decompressing. When is the hopper was less full, the fibers were allowed to fully decompress, but the delivery rate into the airlock would have decreased. Thus, the delivery rate of insulation fibers by the prior art systems was inconsistent and they did not always condition the fibers for the maximum insulation benefit. The standby chamber 45 overcomes this problem by providing an unweighted space for the insulation fibers to expand into before they enter the airlock 50. No matter how full the main hopper 42 becomes, the insulation in the standby chamber 45 is allowed to optimally expand for maximum insulation properties, and the insulation is always delivered into the airlock 50 at a steady and predictable rate. The rate can be adjusted by opening or closing the gated opening 52 into the airlock 50.
The system is electrically controlled to operate in three possible modes: 1) dry blown insulation mode for insulating attics; 2) wet sprayed insulation without recycling, also for attic insulation, and 3) wet sprayed insulation with the insulation shaver, vacuum waste pickup and fiber recycling for insulating wails. The system's electrical controls have a number of other important features. For easier starting, a time delay relay disconnects the vacuum pump 19 from the engine 16 by means of an electric clutch whenever the starter switch for the engine 16 is engaged. Likewise, any one of the other power accessories driven off of the engine may be disconnected by means of an electric clutch. The fiber recovery subsystem 30 is protected by a vacuum sensing switch that will shut down the entire system if it detects excessive vacuum, indicating that there is a blockage or other problem in the vacuum lines. The fiber recovery subsystem 30 also has a photocell with a sending unit 80 and a receiving unit 81 mounted on the waste fiber standby chamber 32 which will temporarily disconnect the clutch to the vacuum pump 19 when the level of fibers in the standby chamber 32 exceeds a predetermined level. This prevents the fiber recovery subsystem 30 from being overwhelmed by an excess of waste fibers. The receiving unit 81 of the photocell has an adjustment for sensitivity and time delay. These allow the photocell to be tuned so that it is not sensitive to the moving fibers passing the photocell during normal operation and will only shut off the vacuum when the level of fibers exceeds the maximum level for a certain time. Another time delay relay allows the level of fibers to drop below the maximum level before the clutch to the vacuum pump 19 is reengaged.
The insulation spraying subsystem 40 and the fiber recovery subsystem 30 can be remotely controlled by the spray insulation installer with a portable radio control unit. This reduces the crew needed to operate the system to two operators. After the two operators load the hopper and start the system, one operator can control the system from inside the building while spraying insulation, and the second operator can alternately operate the insulation shaver and the vacuum pickup.
In practice, the insulation spraying system 10 is transported to the construction site and positioned as close as practicable to the building to be insulated. The insulation hose 53 is unwound from its storage reel 25 and connected to a fitting on the main airlock 50. The other end of the insulation hose 53 is then connected to the insulation spray head 58. A sufficient length of water hose 54 is unreeled from its storage reel 24 where it is connected to the water pump 17 by a rotating fitting. The end of the water hose 54 is then connected to a fitting on the insulation spray head 58. The waste hose 37 is unwound from its storage reel 22, one end is connected to the waste pickup 38 and the other end is connected to a is fitting on the cyclone separator 31. A sufficient length of air hose 55 is unreeled from its storage reel 23 where it is connected to the air compressor 21 by a rotating fitting, and the end of the air hose 55 is connected to a fitting on the insulation shaver 56. Sandbags or specially shaped hose weights 82 may be placed over the hoses to hold them down and prevent the hoses from moving when they are pressurized. Lastly, the engine 16 is started to supply power to the insulation spraying system 10. The entire setup process can be completed in a matter of a few minutes, and there is absolutely no heavy equipment that needs to be moved by hand. The ease of setup, by itself, is a major improvement over all the known prior art.
To begin the spraying operation, bales of compressed insulation fiber 60, preferably reprocessed cellulose fiber, are unwrapped and fed into the main hopper 42, up to twenty-five bales at a time. The hopper design eliminates the need to have a worker constantly feeding bales of insulation s into the spraying system, thereby freeing up a worker for other activities. The rotating conveyor 43 and the agitator 44 break up the bales and decompress the fibers to condition them for the maximum insulation benefit. The conveyor 43 carries a certain amount of insulation past the dividing wall 41 and into the standby chamber 45 where it is allowed to expand without the weight of the insulation in the hopper 42 to compress it. The insulation falls through the gated opening 52 into the main airlock 50. The air blower 18, which should be a low pressure, high volume compressor such as a roots-type compressor, creates an airstream which passes first through the recycled fiber airlock 33, then through the main airlock 50. The main airlock 50 introduces the insulation fibers into the airstream which carries them through the insulation spray hose 53 to the insulation spray head 58. As the insulation exits the insulation nozzle 59, water or a liquid adhesive is sprayed onto the insulation by two or more water jets 61. The moistened insulation is sprayed onto the walls of the building until a layer of the desired thickness is achieved.
After the walls have been sprayed with insulation to the desired thickness, any overspray or unevenness in the insulation layer is smoothed out with a motorized insulation shaver 56. In the preferred embodiment, the insulation shaver 56 is driven with a pneumatic motor 57 powered by compressed air from the high pressure air compressor 21. This has advantages over the prior art electric powered insulation shavers. The pneumatic powered shaver is lighter than its electric counterpart, it has higher startup torque so it is less likely to stall and if it does stall there is no damage to the pneumatic motor, unlike an electric motor, so it has a longer service life and it eliminates the danger of electrical shock.
The damp insulation which is shaved off of the walls and any loose s insulation which falls to the floor are vacuumed up with the waste pickup 38. A vacuum control vent 39 is built into the tubular body of the pickup 38. Since the insulation shaving step and the waste pickup step are much less time consuming than the insulation spraying process, one operator can perform both tasks, while a second operator controls the spraying. This results in a very efficient use of the work crew and a significant labor savings compared to the prior art method of sweeping up and shoveling the waste insulation for disposal or recycling. Further labor savings could be realized by combining the pneumatic shaver 56 with the waste pickup 38 into one device so that the operations can be carried out simultaneously.
After it is picked up, the damp waste insulation moves through the waste hose 37 to the cyclone separator 31 which uses centrifugal force to separate the insulation fibers from the airstream. The insulation fibers fall into the standby chamber 32 where they are held until the recycled fiber airlock 33 meters them into the airstream from the air blower 18. The airstream with the recycled fibers suspended in it passes through an airduct 34 into the main airlock 50 where dry insulation fibers are added to the recycled fibers. This mixture of new and recycled fibers is sprayed onto the walls in the normal manner as describe above.
To keep the ratio of new to recycled fibers as consistent as possible the recycled fiber airlock 33 should be sized to deliver about twenty percent of the volume of insulation into the airstream as the main airlock 50. This ratio may be made adjustable by using gated openings into one or both of the airlocks as described above or by varying the drive speed of one airlock with respect to the other. Using two separate airlocks to meter the new and recycled fibers into the airstream gives a number of s advantages over the prior art systems. It provides optimum use of the recycled fibers because the waste is reintroduced into the process at the same rate it is produced. Unlike shoveling the waste back into the hopper with the new fibers, the two airlock system ensures a steady rate of recycled fibers introduced into the airstream so that there are never any large lumps of damp material that could clog the spraying system. Likewise, the composition of the sprayed insulation layer is always consistent and of a high quality. There is no danger of spraying whole sections of the wall with too high a percentage of recycled fibers as there is with prior art systems that reuse process waste.
Thus, it can be seen that the insulation spraying system of the present invention provides a transportable, self-contained insulation spraying system that results in higher quality sprayed insulation, greater efficiency, reduced labor costs, and nearly one hundred percent utilization of the insulation material. Because the system reintroduces normally wasted insulation back into the spraying process, spray insulation installers will no longer be faced with the tradeoff between work speed and efficient use of the raw material. The entire spraying operation can be speeded up with no compromise in quality or material waste, resulting in even greater efficiency and reduced labor costs.
Although the examples given include many specificities, they are intended as illustrative of only one possible embodiment of the invention. Other embodiments and modifications will, no doubt, occur to those skilled in the art. For instance, one modification contemplated by the inventor is to use one air compressor to provide both the low pressure air and the vacuum for the system. By using the inlet of the compressor for the vacuum and the outlet for the air blower, the user could realize some savings on equipment costs, as well as energy costs for running the system. Also, the system could easily be arranged in one or two or more rooms instead of the three room arrangement described. Thus, the examples given should only be interpreted as illustrations of some of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and the full scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
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Everyone knows that carbonated drinks contain a lot of sugar and it contributes to obesity in kids. The other reason to avoid soda which is consistently publicized by health fanatics is that it causes dental problem, especially with children because such carbonated drinks contain acids that can corrode our teeth.
However, a latest research released by the consumer reports and center for livable future at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, your topmost reason for avoiding soda should be to avoid Cancer. The main concern regarding soda being a carcinogenic agent found is because it contains the caramel-looking compound 4-methylimidazole (4-MeI), a substance used to make colas and other food items brown in color.
“Every day, more than half of Americans between the ages of 6 and 64 typically drink soda in amounts that could expose them to enough 4-MeI to increase their cancer risk,” state the Consumer Reports findings. “We looked at 110 samples of colas and other soft drinks purchased in California and the New York metropolitan region. Excluding a clear soda used as a control, we found that average 4-MeI levels in the samples we tested ranged from 3.4 to 352.5 micrograms (mcg) per 12-ounce bottle or can.”
Despite marketing blitz in our age of consumerism that targets children as the main market for soda that is often associated with many hip-hop and sport personalities to catch the children’s interest, soda is still an unhealthy drink and a main concern for cancer, according to this public health report as reported by LaOpinion.
4-MeI is not a new carcinogen. This compound has been on the danger list for a number of years, and has been a known ingredient in certain pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, dyes and pigments, cleaning and agricultural chemicals, rubber products, and food items. According to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), studies from the federal government’s National Toxicology Program showed that long-term exposure to 4-MEL resulted in increases in lung cancer in male and female mice, and high concentrations were reported to irritate the lungs or burn the eyes and skin.
Unfortunately, 4-MeI is not unique to just cola. OEHHA notes the carcinogen is naturally created through certain cooking processes, and cooking, roasting, or other food processing, such as the roasting of coffee beans, may also lead to formation of 4-MEI.


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You should learn how to use motorcycle wheel stands as soon as you get your first motorcycle, or even before you get your first bike. Learning how is fairly easy, and it sure beats using your kickstands when you are trying to work on your bike. Using your motorcycle stands allows you the ability to work on your bike and maneuver around it without fear that it’s going to topple over on you.
1. Install the rear stand: The first step is to install the rear stand. It supports the bike through the use of a swingarm. If your bike has spools on both sides of the swingarm, simply place the rear stand below these spools to support it. If not, place the rear stand under the swing arm directly.
2. To secure the stand, hold the bike vertically, supporting it so it doesn’t fall over. Place the stand on the bike so the spools or bottom of the swingarm are on the stand.
3. Once positioned properly, press the handle on the rear stand to lift up your bike. For support, make sure the handle is pressed to the ground. Now you can remove the wheel or perform motorcycle maintenance or work without worrying about the bike falling.
4. To use a front stand, after securing the rear, lift your bike using the head or the underside of the forks.
5. Be careful trying to move your bike when it’s on the stands. Instead, remove the stands, move your bike, and then resecure the stands.
6. When you are finished working on your bike, lift up the handle from the ground and support your motorcycle as you remove the stand.
It really is that simple. Don’t try to complete work on your motorcycle using your kickstand. Not only is it potentially dangerous, it also is a real nuisance. Instead, take a few moments to use the stands. It will make performing your maintenance and repair work easier and safer.
For a free legal consultation,
At Kass & Moses, we believe in simplifying the complicated. There’s no need for you to wrestle with a motorcycle when you are trying to work on it. And there’s no need for you to wrestle with insurance companies when it comes to compensating you after a crash. Instead, hire an experienced team of motorcycle crash attorneys like the folks at Kass & Moses. When you call 1-800-MOTORCYCLE, you put the stress and worry in the hands of others. You can focus on your recovery while the experienced motorcycle crash attorneys at Kass & Moses work tirelessly to get you the compensation you deserve!

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The Pirates are currently 8-13 in the month of August, losers of three straight, and 11 of their last 16 games. They've fallen out of the wild card for the first time since June, one game back from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Here we go again? Not yet.
Despite a multitude of issues -Andrew McCutchen in a slump, the starting pitching struggling, the bullpen melting down- the season is far from over. While these are certainly causes for concern, there may be hope on the horizon.
Consider this: the San Diego Padres are 22-4 in their last 26 games against the Pirates and the Dodgers have had similar success against Pittsburgh since 2009. Stuck in the middle of those dreadful games were the St. Louis Cardinals, from whom the Pirates took two out of three on the road last weekend.
There's the hope. Despite winning just one of seven games against a team from southern California, the Pirates were still able to win a critical series on the road. Is it possible that their losses stem from playing against two teams that have owned them over the last three seasons?
If that's the case, there should be optimism that the Pirates can right the ship before the season ends in October. The remainder of their season is against beatable teams. The Brewers have been up and down (mostly down) all year. The Cubs are 4-17 in August, the Mets are 11-27 since the All-Star break, and the Astros are 7-43 in their last 50 games.
The Pirates will play 26 of their final 38 games against those teams.
Conversely, the St. Louis Cardinals will face the Washington Nationals seven times and the Dodgers in a three game set. The Cardinals and Pirates will both face the Cincinnati Reds; the Pirates for six games, the Cardinals for three.
To turn things around, Andrew McCutchen and AJ Burnett need to turn things around. Just like it was unrealistic to believe McCutchen could keep up his July pace of .446 with seven home runs, it is unrealistic to believe McCutchen will continue to hit .253 in August, September and October.
Pirates fans should be worried over the performance of their team in August; it hasn't been good. But this team is not last year's team. Their pitching staff is deeper, they've gotten over playing at Miller Park and they've survived a 19 inning marathon. They are better than last year's team and they have time to turn things around and clinch a playoff spot.


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Are you having trouble trying to use Console Command when you are playing Starfield?
Many players have reported recently that Console Commands are not working in Starfield.
Sometimes they were not able to open it at all and other times even when they were typing the item ID they weren’t able to receive the items.
This can be a hassle when you are trying to enjoy the game as you want.
We understand and that is why we are here to help you solve this issue!
Starfield is a role-playing action-packed game that is published by Bethesda which is an original setting after the Elder Scrolls.
However, being a new game it has problems and issues that can confuse and frustrate its players.
In this article, we will be looking at the reasons why you aren’t able yto use Console Command in Starfield and how you can fix that issue easily!
Why Is Starfield Console Command Not Working?
There can be several reasons why your Starfield Console Command is not working.
One of the major reasons could be that the Console Command Key that you are using does not work in Starfield even though it worked in other games.
The item ID that you are using is incorrect or you have used the parenthesis wrong.
In case there are bugs and glitches in the Starfield game then also will not be able to use the Console Command.
Whatever the reason is we are here to help you as we will be showing you the fixes in the section below.
How To Fix Starfield Console Command Not Working?
To fix the Console Command not working in Starfield make sure that you are using the correct Command key, putting the ID of items correctly and the game should not have any glitches or bugs while running.
Below we have discussed the fixes in detail for your convenience.
1. Use The Correct Console Command Key
Different games have different console command keys working for them.
If you are trying to use the console command key of Skyrim in Starfield then you will not be able to use the console commands of Starfield as those kets will not work.
In Starfield you will have to use “@” when you are trying to access the Console Command keys.
Also, you should keep in mind that in case you are not using an English keyboard you might have difficulty finding the command key as it can be different from @.
For example, when you are using a Norwegian keyboard you will have to press the “Ø” key.
If you do not know what is the console com and key for your keyboard we advise that you use an English keyboard and use @ to use Console Command in Starfield.
2. Check The Item Name You Have Typed
Make sure that you have typed the items that you want correctly in the Console Command.
Check to make sure that all the letters and numbers are correct.
The item ID should look like this “player.additem 0000000f 999999” when you are playing Starfield.
Check and see whether you have used the format shown above and then change the format of your item ID in case you haven’t.
3. Rename The Saved Files
The next fix that you can try is to rename the saved files and then load the game again.
Now use the console command and see whether you can make it work.
Some players have reported that they were able to use the console command after they had renamed their save files.
You can also try that and see whether you are able to use it now.
4. Restart Starfield
As an alternative fix, you can exit the game and then restart it after awesome time has passed.
If the game had glitched somehow or you aren’t able to use the Console command due to some bug in the game itself then doing a restart after closing the game should solve the issue.
5. Uninstall And Reinstall Starfield
The last fix that you can try is to uninstall Starfirlfd and then reinstall it again after some time has passed.
To uninstall it you will have to go to Contol Panel >> Uninstall a Program >> Starfield >> Uninstall.
Now reinstall it again from where you have bought the game, such as Steam or EPIC store.
Now open and play it while using Console Commands and you should not have any issues.


The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) has awarded the Leadership Johnson County at Franklin College (LJC) “Booker T. Washington Community Center Rededication Project” with a 2021 Founders Day Award in the category of Outstanding Collaborative Project.
The category recognizes exceptional projects by a historical or heritage organization with one or more partners implemented during the past year, particularly for projects that share county or regional history.
Leadership Johnson County at Franklin College is a nine-month community leadership training program that focuses on community awareness and leadership development. Participants of the program are tasked with completing a community service project of their choosing. For this particular award, the project group DREAM Team (Diversity in Recreation for Education, Alliance and Motivation) Class of 2021’s project was to highlight a local history that was not previously well-known – the history of the Booker T. Washington School in the city of Franklin and the in-depth stories of the former students and educators. They coordinated the renaming of the center and a rededication of the newly-named Booker T. Washington Community Center.
“Hoosiers have a wonderful appreciation and respect for their history,” said Jody Blankenship, president and CEO of the IHS. “I am constantly amazed by the incredible dedication and work that happens across Indiana by local historical societies and individuals—from Evansville to Fort Wayne and Richmond to Gary.”
“The LJC staff and board members are proud of the work the DREAM team did to honor the history associated with the site of the Booker T. Washington School in Franklin,” said Tandy Shuck, executive director for LJC. “Their project was a great display of honoring history, collaborating with key community stakeholders and using leadership skills to move a project to completion.”
Each year, the Founders Day Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on local, regional and statewide levels. To see the entire list of awardees, visit the IHS website, www.indianahistory.org.
For more information, contact the Franklin College Office of Communications at (317) 738-8185.
POSTED Nov 3, 2021


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Girls will you be in school years 3-12 from September 2020. Do you enjoy playing football and would like to be part of a team? Then the Anchorians Angels are looking for players for season 20/21. All abilities are welcome, as we are a club that prides itself on the girls enjoying the game and having FUN!
We are the biggest female club in the Country, the National Charter Standard Club of 2018 & a FA Charter Standard Community Club, with over 80 FA qualified coaches & the Kent FA's Charter Standard Community Club of the year for 2018, 2017, 2015 & 2013 & Medway's Sports Club of 2018/19 & Medway's Junior Sports Club of 2016/17.
If you are interested being part of a team, make friends and have fun & enjoyment, then please contact Leigh Willis 07789501160 Email:email@example.com
Based in Gillingham
We are an FA Charter Standard Club and play our home games in Canterbury.
Building on the foundations of the current U12 Girls team, Canterbury Youth are now looking to start a second girls team at the U10 age group for the 2020-2021 season. This will be for girls in year 4 and 5 from September 2020 with the intention to build as a development squad and then start in the KGLFL in early 2021.
We are also looking for a coach/coaches to support this team and work closely with the existing coaches at the U12 age group.
We train on Wednesday evenings from 6.30-7.30 at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
If you have an interest in joining this new team as a player or coach or require further information please email Richard Adams at firstname.lastname@example.org
Based in Canterbury
Castle Colts are a chartered standard club and have been running girls teams for over 20 years. The following teams are looking to add players to their current playing squads.
Manager: Kevin Tydeman Mob: 07889 257793 Email: email@example.com
Manager: Ryan Charman Mob: 07719 850155 Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
Based in Maidstone
Chipstead Junior Girls are looking for more players to join their u13 team for next season.
We are based near Sevenoaks and play in div 3 on Sundays with training Thursday evenings.
If you are going to be year 7 or 8 and have played previously do get in touch.
We are also looking for a goalkeeper and can provide specialised GK coaching.
We’d also be interested to hear from girls in years 9 & 10 to join our squad.
If we can get new players we’ll look to create a team. Otherwise we’ll play regular friendly games.
Please contact: ChipsteadGirls@gmail.com – 07943 001350.
Danson Sports U15s are looking for a goal keeper to finalize the squad.
Goal keeper training is offered alongside team training at our club
Training takes place at our FIFA approved 4g facility.
Coaches are all FA Level 2 qualified.
For further information please contact Dave Kelly 07838 132465 or email Dave.email@example.com
Based in Bexley
Based in Dartford
Hayden Youth Girls U12 Season 2021/22
Hayden Youth are looking for players, current year 7 to join our team. We are looking for players in all positions to play alongside a team which includes district players.
Based in Wilmington near Dartford with our own pitches and 3G training facility we are a family friendly team who love our football.
If interested please contact Alan Corner
Hayden Youth are looking for girls in years 2 and 3 wanting to join our new under 8s team.
Based in Wilmington, near Dartford and Bexley we are are a FA Accredited club. If interested and want to join in in a fund and enjoyable environment just come along Monday’s at 5pm for our free girls only coaching.
Please contact Andy on 07866111106 or Andyfirstname.lastname@example.org for further details.
Based in Wilmington near Dartford with our own pitches and 3G training facility we are a fun friendly team who love our football.
If interested please contact Andy Munday
Based in Bexley
Junior Reds Girls/Ladies – a London FA Charter Standard Community Club - based in South East London – invite players to join our practice sessions and if interested our teams for season 2021/22. We are a friendly Club and welcome girls of ALL abilities - starters to experienced players. Simply come along as we are open to all. We have teams in the following age groups: -
* Under 7s & 8s - School Years 2 & 3 – Contact Yusuf on 07748 679 605
* Under 9s - School Year 4 in September – Contact Clive on 07504 264 157
* Under 10s - School Year 5 in September – Contact Bob on 07908 472 266
* Under 12s - School Year 7 in September – Contact Tre-Shaun on 07814 606 175
* Under 13s - School Year 8 in September – Contact Jake on 07732 883 871
* Under 14s - School Year 9 in September – Contact Ian on 07866 373 969
* Under 15s - School Year 10 in September – Contact Stephanie on 07515 109 751
* Under 16s - School Year 11 in September - Contact Canturk on 07903 089 141
* Under 17/ 18 (2 teams) - open to all girls from age 16 – mainly School Years 12 – 13 – Contact Sam on 07946 587 405 and Clive on 07504 264 157
Junior Reds have two Ladies teams to provide a pathway into the Adult game.
Most teams meet at Bexleyheath Academy, Graham Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7DA, on Saturday mornings. Some teams also meet in addition or instead for an hour midweek. Matches are played at various venues in Bexley and Eltham.
Further information can be obtained from Club Secretary, Clive Chivers, on 07504 264 157 or email email@example.com
Based in Dartford
Kent Football United has seen a massive rise in female participation with now 70 players aged 5 to seniors. An FA Charter Standard Club with our Ladies in the FA Womens National League- this your chance to be part of something big and growing.
We are recruiting girls both new and experienced to join our youth section. If your daughter or a friend loves football and wants a place to develop their skills whilst keeping a smile on their face look no further.
We are recruiting for
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Kings Hill FC
Kings Hill Hurricanes Girls Team U11 are looking for new players for the new season starting in September 2021, ideally players starting Year 7 but we will consider Year 6s.
We have a great group of girls who enjoy being part of an amazing team and club who have played together for a number of seasons now.
Experienced or not, we welcome all players to come and try us out and experience the fun and laughter in our training sessions and games. We train every Tuesday 530pm – 7pm at the Kings Hill Sports Park and play our games every Sunday.
For an informal conversation, please contact Rob MacGregor on 07738 313784 or firstname.lastname@example.org
Kings Hill Hurricanes Girls Team U10 are looking for new players for the new season starting in September 2021,(School Year 6 from September).
Further information can be found on this Flyer
Based in Maidstone
Players needed for U15 (Years 9 & 10) Orpington FC Girls Team for 21/22 Season.
Friendly and talented team playing in the 2nd division of the Kent Girls and Ladies Football League.
For more information please contact Andrew
Based in Orpington
Parkwood Ranger FC - U14s girls (school year 8/9) are looking for a strong defensive player with experience to join our successful team….if you want to have fun, always have a smile on your face and increase your football skills with a great group of girls at a club that has a massive future with excellent opportunities please contact Phil on 07872171888 or email@example.com
Parkwood Rangers FC
Based in Bromley
Teviot Rangers FC U14 Girls (School year 8 & 9) are looking for an experienced Midfielder to join their strong Division 1 team. If interested please contact Craig on 07305988099 or Email firstname.lastname@example.org
Experienced players preferred but not essential. If your daughter is interested for more details please ring Craig on 07305988099 or email email@example.com
Teviot Rangers FC
Based in Plumstead
A.P.D Girls Academies
APD Girls, 6th form & college football ACADEMIES
APD runs 6th form & college football educational academies across Kent, For further information please click on the flyer or use the details below.
Charlton Athletic Community Trust
Charlton Athletic Community Trust are looking for u16 girls who wish to further their education alongside a football academy, which is in partnership with CAFC women.
Further information can be found here


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Holidays at Metropolis
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre offers holiday fare for varied tastes with its annual production of "A Christmas Carol," a play with music directed by Brad Dunn and starring Joshua K. Harris as Scrooge, and Second City's annual "Holidays in the Heights," which skewers assorted holiday traditions.
Both shows start previews Friday, Nov. 23, at 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $15.50-$34.50. For a list of times and dates see metropolisarts.com or call (847) 577-2121.
'Life' in Crystal Lake
Williams Street Repertory presents its radio play version of "It's A Wonderful Life" following Crystal Lake's Festival of Lights Parade. The company promises to put an original spin on WSR's production by revealing some of the chaotic moments that may have unfolded during a 1949 radio broadcast.
9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Raue Center, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. $22-$28. For a list of other times and dates see rauecenter.org or (815) 356-9212.
Scrooge and Santa
Drury Lane Theatre invites audiences to enjoy a breakfast or dinner buffet with Santa Claus on select performance dates of its family-friendly production of "A Christmas Carol" starring Michael Joseph Mitchell as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Show opens at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 23, at 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. The first breakfast buffets are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Show tickets are $12; breakfast, $22, $25; dinner $27, $35. For additional times and dates see drurylaneoakbrook.com or (630) 530-0111.
The "50 Shades of Grey" parody "50 Shades! The Musical" comes to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Baby Wants Candy performs the adults-only show, which centers on a ladies book club's interpretation of the steamy novel.
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, and Saturday, Nov. 24, at 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $20. (847) 673-6300 or northshorecenter.org.
-- Barbara Vitello

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This is the Jesus we need
But not the one we deserve I guess. I'm sad.
Cana story rewritten with a Nordic twist.
Give me a few weeks and some other supplies, and so can I!
Truly the greatest power of all.
I can turn beer into water...
He should leave some contact...
Vennen at vi alle ønske på
Hes not the Messiah ...hes a brewer. I can see why that line didnt make the Life of Brian
He just needs some grains, yeast, and hops and some time.
Anyone can brew beer! I have made water into beer hundreds of times.
That might actually come from the "Heliand", a 9th-century Old Saxon poem that "reimagines" the story of Christ in a Germanic setting familiar to the intended audience...

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Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins
Right out of the oven, these muffins are light and berry-filled with a melt in your mouth taste! A bit of a crunch on top and tender in the middle, bite into juicy blueberries, which are filled with antioxidants and fiber.
Rich and delicious, these Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins are so right for a breakfast, side for a brunch and for that mid morning snack.
The muffins freeze well—so make some extra—family and friends will love them.
Quite frankly, the whole thing didn’t make sense. “It doesn’t make sense that a fairy tale can be real,” Nana says to their Elvan guide Elf Finecano. How can elves be real, magic be bestowed on her, her husband and her two grandchildren? How can they be moved through the shimmery veil between parallel worlds?
William Stuart, the author, has the grandfather say to his grandson, “I can’t protect you forever. I can only hope to teach you how to make good decisions and hope when the time comes, you will remember what I taught you so you will make the right decisions.” Whether through magic or real life, that is their quest.


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Well, not so new, but I’ve been keeping it on the down-low. I’m the Assistant Budget Director for the City of Durham.
Bonfield’s budget request cuts 3.1%
By Ray Gronberg : The Herald-Sun
May 19, 2009
DURHAM — City Manager Tom Bonfield’s fiscal 2009-10 budget request cuts overall spending by 3.1 percent, with most of the cuts targeting the parts of city government funded by property taxes.
As directed by the City Council, the request holds the line on Durham’s property tax rate, keeping it at 54 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Bonfield’s proposal would slash overall spending to $344.4 million, about $11.1 million below what the council authorized last year in the closing months of former City Manager Patrick Baker’s tenure.
All but about $1.8 million of that comes from the city’s tax-fortified “general fund,” which pays for most of its day-to-day operations aside from those of the Water Management Department and the Durham Area Transit Authority.
Much of the savings comes from a proposed staffing cut that would do away with 113 of the 2,425 city jobs the 2008-09 budget authorized. A majority of the targeted jobs are vacant, but 35 workers will have to find new positions on the city payroll or face being laid off.
The job cuts by themselves will save nearly $6.6 million and roll back nearly two years’ worth of growth in city staffing. The reduction in general-fund spending is the city’s first since 1996.
The proposed cuts come because revenues are lagging because of the recession at a time when the city has to raise spending for long-promised initiatives like the Holton Career and Resource Center and the Walltown Recreation Center. Those two projects by themselves are adding $816,258 to the budget.
Bonfield also acknowledged that the city was unable this year to draw money from its savings to help balance its spending plan.
The City Council last year told Baker and his staff to allow savings levels to drop below a key benchmark, 12 percent of annual appropriations, so it could cap the 2008-09 tax rate at 54 cents per $100 of assessed value.
The 12 percent mark is supposed to assure banks and credit watchdogs agencies that Durham can repay its debts and merits a AAA bond rating. Waiving it was the single most controversial decision the council made in the 2008-09 budget debate and led to a split, 4-3 vote on passage of that spending plan.
The resulting $4.5 million dip into savings “basically used up any surplus that was available” to help in the upcoming fiscal year, Bonfield said.
Spending cuts and somewhat better-than-expected revenue collections have the city’s fiscal 2008-09 general fund running $1.4 million in the black. Bonfield is not, however, proposing that the city spend that money on continuing expenses like salaries.
Instead, he said officials should use it only on one-time moves like pushing savings back up to the 12-percent level, dealing with a $2 million deficit in DATA’s operating fund, and catching up with deferred maintenance.
Applying it to day-to-day expenses is a bad idea because the city faces continued “economic uncertainties,” Bonfield said.
He added that it’s not clear the state and local economy has hit bottom.
Even if it has, “I don’t think any of us know how long we’re going to stay where we are,” he said. “And staying even is not a great option. Things need to get better, or we will probably have more unpleasant discussions going forward.”
The budget cuts won’t require the elimination of programs, but the city will have to scale some back. It won’t accept new applications for streetlight and traffic-calming installations, and will cut operating hours at some recreation centers.
Bonfield’s spending request also assumes that the Solid Waste Management Department goes with the planned cancellation of a privatized weekly curbside-recycling contract and moves to handle those pickups with its own laborers every other week.
That change is also tied to plans to end city-provided pickups of business and apartment-complex Dumpsters. The changes at Solid Waste Management all told will save $434,000 a year, officials said.
They remain on track even though the current recycling contractor, Tidewater Fibre Corp. is trying to head off the cancellation of its deal. It’s made a counteroffer, but its terms don’t seem likely to save as much money as Solid Waste Management Director Donald Long’s plan, Bonfield said.

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So this weekend we stocked up on all the baking essential and I asked Cati what she wanted me to bake her and she, surprisingly, said "brownies." We have a song for cookies and cupcakes so I was expecting one of those two, but I was more than happy to make her some brownies. I made my go-to brownies and really kicked it up a notch by also make a fudge sauce. This sauce is truly amazing and could you really doubt a recipe that came from Smitten Kitchen? It was so easy to make and everyone in the house was eating it like it was their job. Because this was a dessert Cati requested, no dessert is complete without sprinkles.
Hot Fudge Sauce
Source: Smitten Kitchen
Yields 2 1/2 cups
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3 tablespoons butter, unsalted
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
6 tablespoons corn syrup
Pinch of salt
Melt the chocolate and butter very slowly in a double boiler or in the microwave, stirring frequently until combined.
Meanwhile, heat the water to boiling in the small, heavy saucepan.
When the butter and chocolate have melted, stir the mixture into the boiling water. Add the sugar, corn syrup and salt and mix until smooth.
Turn the heat up and stir until mixture starts to boil; adjust heat so that sauce is just maintained at the boiling point, stirring occasionally. Allow sauce to boil for nine minutes (mine was good to go after about 5-6 minutes).
Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.
PS although the blog is quiet, there's lots of pictures on Instagram (@confessionscityeater)!

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At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka and Shariatpur on Friday and Saturday.
The bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Shariatpur Sadar Hospital for autopsies.
Mohsin Habib Mridha, sub-inspector of Paltan police station, said the bus hit him when he was crossing the road, leaving him seriously injured. He was rushed to DMCH where doctors declared him dead around 9:45am.
Early on Saturday, another man was killed as a truck hit him in front of Underground Market at Gulistan under the same police station area.
Quoting locals, police said that Sabbir and Shakil, two children, rescued the victim from the spot and took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead 2:30am.
The identity of the victim could not be known immediately.
Officer-in-Charge of Paltan Model Police Station said they were trying to arrest the bus and truck drivers.
Police said Khokon was injured when a motorcycle hit him. Commuters rescued him and rushed to National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital from where he was shifted to DMCH where he succumbed to his injuries around 10:00pm.
Khokon hailing from Atoa Hazipara under Uzirpur upazila in Barishal lived with his family at a room at Shahid’s Tek Slum in Agargaon. In Jatarabari, a youth, Siddque Ali, 34, was run over by a truck at Matuail on Friday.
After being hit by the truck, he was injured seriously and he was taken to DMCH where he breathed his last.
An auto-rickshaw slammed Amena Begum, 80, at Nandipara in Khilgaon on Friday, leaving her injured.
She was rushed to Mugda General Hospital where she died.
In Shariatpur, a microbus turned turtle after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway at Naodoba in Zajira around 2:45pm on Saturday, leaving one killed and 15 injured.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Haque Molla, 60, of Chagaia village at Aganagar under Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj.
Passengers of the microbus said some 80 people of Bhairab by seven microbuses came to see Padma Bridge.
They first went to Bhanga from Kishoreganj and returned to their district.
A bus from Patuakhali hit a microbus, they said. Sujon Haque, inspector (investigation) of Padma Bridge South Police Station, confirmed it.


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"[Elizabeth David] is to me probably the greatest food writer we have."-- James Beard"It can be said that Elizabeth David's discovery of Italy changed foreverthe serious cooks conception of Italian cuisine." -- Julia Child"Elizabeth David stood for: excellence of ingredients, simplicity of preparation, respect for tradition. She stood against: fuss, overdecoration, pretentiousness.... [She] wrote as she, cooked: with simplicity purity, color, [and] self-effacing authority."-- Julian Barnes, "The New Yorker""At last we have this vivid portrait of Elizabeth David by Artemis Cooper, who not only writes like an angel, but has done her research with great skill and obvious enjoyment."-- "Sunday Times" (London)Vom Verlag:
Elizabeth David was born into a upper-class family and pursued a rebellious and bohemian life as a student of art and then an actress in Paris, before running off with a married man to Greece and then settling in Cairo, where she worked for the British government. After the Second World War, she returned to England, where she was shocked by poor food into writing first articles, then books on Meditteranean cooking. A Book of Mediterranean Food was published in 1950, inspiring a cookery revolution, bringing new flavours and ingredients to the drab, post-war British diet. Over the next few years, David was to become a major influence on British cooking, yet her classic cookery books show little of the colourful personality behind the public persona. Artermis Cooper, in this refreshing biography, reveals an adventurous and uncompromising personality - a woman with a passion for food, life and men. This is the whole story: of her strong friendships, her failed marriage, tempestuous affairs and the greatest love of her life, told with extensive refererence to David's private papers and letters.
'In this wonderful and creative book, Cooper has brought David to life... she not only writes like an angel, but has done her research with great skill and obvious enjoyment.' Derek Cooper, Sunday Times
'Engagingly well-written, thoroughly researched and documented. One of the delights of Artemis Cooper's book is that it makes you go back, time and again, to the source. And suddenly I will find that I have whiled away the afternoon re-reading, for the sheer pleasure of it, half of Spices or An Omlette and a Glass of Wine.' Frances Bissell, The Times
'Fluent, engaging and astonishingly readable.' Clarissa Dickson Wright, Mail on Sunday
'Artemis Cooper is skilled and wise enough to handle the contradictory sides of David's character without being either censorious or sensational.' Arabella Boxer, The Times Literary Supplement
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KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actor Ernest Borgnine, famous for his honest, every man roles in films in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 95. His manager, Lynda Bensky, said Borgnine died of kidney failure Sunday afternoon. His wife, Tova, and children...
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Hartford CourantErnest Borginine died Sunday at the age of 95. Here is my interview with the Hamden-born, Connecticut-raised actor in 2010. By FRANK RIZZO Ernest Borgnine, who turns 94 in January, is having the time of his life. With a new film out this month...
Company TownThe Bruce Willis action-comedy "Red" was the most rented DVD of 2011 but wasn't even close to the top of the sales charts. In fact, new data released by Rentrak Corp., the media measurement firm that tracks DVD sales and rentals, shows that only one of...
Culture Monster"Glee" actor Jonathan Groff will appear opposite Alfred Molina in the L.A. premiere of John Logan's two-person play "Red," at the Mark Taper Forum beginning August....
RedEye movie critic**1/2 (out of four) Sure, in 1997 Rachel (Helen Mirren) celebrates the release of her daughter’s book about when Rachel and other Israeli agents took down a Nazi war criminal. However, let’s go to some 30-year-old flashbacks in Berlin...
New theaters. Renovated playhouses. Hot dramas. Nervous new artistic directors. Stephen Sondheim and his “Follies.” A celebration of Stephen Schwartz, a dissection of Mark Rothko, and a look at the tragedy that befell the Amish of...
As we bid farewell to the Summer of Swelter, it's a grand time for pulling up the appointment app on your smart phone (or pulling out the day planner, if you're a traditionalist) and setting aside some play dates with the hottest shows in town. BIG DEALS...
Live and local The Columbia Village Centers Courtyard concert series continues with the Mudbugs, who play Cajun and Zydeco Thursday, July 14, 6 p.m., at the Dorsey's Search Village Center. Turner, Dean of Magic will perform amazing feats July 15, 6 p.m.,...
In the span of about two weeks, "The King's Speech" has gone from Oscar underdog to front-runner. The World War II-era British drama took the Screen Actors Guild's top honor Sunday evening, winning the movie ensemble acting award and essentially...
Suzanne Perez's picks for best and worst movies of 2010: Favorite Films 1. "The Social Network" — A real-life geek inherits the Earth. Aaron Sorkin's quicksilver dialogue and Jesse Eisenberg's acting delivery are superb. 2. "The Kids Are...
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Imbalances of the essential trace elements magnesium (Mg) and zinc (Zn) have recently been reported to play a role in disorders of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and microalbuminuria. The present study was performed to investigate the distribution and reference of serum values Mg and Zn and the ratios of urinary Mg to creatinine (Mg/Cre), urinary Zn to creatinine (Zn/Cre), albumin to creatinine (ACR) in spot morning urine, as well as the estimated daily dietary consumption of Mg (D-Mg) and Zn (D-Zn) among 156 older community dwellers (96 males, 60 females) with a mean age of 65.1±6.7 y.o., ranging from 40 to 74 years. The relationships between Mg/Cre and ACR, Zn/Cre and ACR, Mg/Cre and D-Mg and Zn/Cre and D-Zn were also determined. Serum Zn and D-Zn showed normal distribution. Serum Mg, Mg/Cre, Zn/Cre and D-Mg showed positive skewed leptokurtic distribution. ACR showed logarithmic normal distribution. There were weak positive significant relationship between log-transformed ACR and Zn/Cre (r=0.203, p<0.05) and ultra-weak positive significant relationship between D-Mg and Mg/Cre (r=0.158, p<0.05). The results suggest that Zn can leak into urine at the early stage of microalbuminuria, associated with logarithmic ACR value. The homeostatic regulation of Mg/Cre was disturbed by the degree of early-stage microalbuminuria. Although there is a concomitant increase of urinary Mg excretion with D-Mg, the same was not observed for Zn excretion. These findings will update the urinary Mg and Zn information of older community dwellers of the National Health Insurance System through the Health Checkups and Healthcare Advice Focusing on Metabolic Syndrome (Tokutei Kenshin Hokenshido) program in Japan, and will contribute to further research into the relation between their disturbance and microalbuminuria associated with metabolic syndrome.
Several plant species, such as Brassicaceae plants have the ability to effectively accumulate selenium (Se) in salubrious chemical forms. Here we investigated the beneficial effects of selenium as a micronutrient in broccoli sprout with a particular focus on its defense system against oxidative stress. We first generated a Se-enriched type of broccoli sprout by cultivating the plant in seleniferous medium. The Se-enriched plants showed a tendency to growth stimulation and significantly accumulated selenite, selenocysteine, Se-methylselenocysteine, andγ-glutamyl Se-methylselenocysteine, which were not detected in the plants grown without Se. Se-enriched plants also contained larger amounts of glutathione compared with Se-untreated plants, but otherwise the two types of plants appear to be comparable with respect to antioxidative potential under normal growth conditions. By contrast, Se-enriched plants developed a clearer predominance over Se-untreated ones in the tolerance to oxidative stress when exposed to paraquat such that generation of malondialdehyde and superoxide radical, a molecular readout of oxidative damage, was attenuated and conversely dehydroascobate reductase and glutathione reductase were upregulated along with increase in glutathione content. In addition, production of Se-methylselenocysteine and γ-glutamyl Se-methylselenocysteine were found to be promoted in response to the paraquat treatment. Our present results indicate that a Se-dependent antioxidation network including glutathione and antioxidative enzymes drives the protective mechanism counteracting oxidative stress in broccoli sprout, in which the two seleno-amino acid derivatives may act as newly identified participants.
Objective: The aim of this study is to establish a simple sample preparation method for analysis of fluoride in biological materials with headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (HS GC-MS).Methods: Urine samples were introduced into headspace glass vials with hydrochloric acid, trimethylchlorosilane and acetaldehyde as the internal standard. Trimethylfluorosilane (TMFS), a derivatized fluoride, was analyzed with HS GC-MS.Results: The calibration curve of TMFS was linear in the investigated range from 0.01 to 15 µg/mL. TMFS showed a constant peak area at pH lower than 3.Conclusion: A simple sample preparation and selective analytical method was established for analysis of fluoride in human urine. This method can be carried out without extraction and reduces solvent consumption.
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Comfort food was something I never imagined I could have again once turning vegan. Foods I remember from childhood: Meatloaf, creamy casseroles, chili, thick stews, mac & cheese, grilled cheese, ohhhhhhh... I thought some dishes would never be vegan friendly. I was wrong. I've prepared ever so many comforting meals that made everything all right in the world. Here are some photos.
Chili really doesn't need meat to be warm, hearty and filling. This Sweet Potato and Veggie Chili really hits the spot. Recipe can be found here.
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy. Oh yes. This is a really good tofu/veggie loaf that I make often. It's perfect with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy (in this pic, a white bean gravy - recipe from Vegan With A Vengeance). You can find the loaf recipe here. (I omit the egg in this recipe.)
I love getting out my crockpot in winter time. I love getting out my crockpot in summer time too. It doesn't matter what the weather is like; if I want comfort food I am going to have it! This beautiful Lentil and 'Sausage' soup was sooo good. I adapted this recipe by switching out the meat kielbasa for Tofurkey brand tomato and basil vegetarian sausage. This soup thickens into a stew the longer it sits which is pretty damn awesome.
I used to love chicken pot pie. Now I love chickpea pot pie. This one is just like the pot pies I remember. I used Vegan Dad's pot pie recipe because he's such an awesome cook! For the crust, I used this fantastic "Cheezy Quackers" recipe from this great blog.
I once craved the tuna casseroles that my mom used to make for me when I was little. She would use egg noodles, cream of mushroom soup and slices of Kraft singles melted on top. None of these things fit my diet so I had to improvise. What I came up with was this creamy, mushroomy casserole with crushed chips and french fried onions on top. I've added mashed chickpeas to fill in for the tuna as well as provide the protein. This dish is great and well loved by all when I take it to potlucks. I've posted my recipe here.
I call this 'Meat Eating Husbands Love This Shepherds Pie". I adapted a recipe that my friend Becky made for her meat eating husband. He loved it so I thought my meat eating husband would love it too. He did. This one's a winner. It's got broccoli, carrots and potatoes in a rich mushroom gravy. The french fried onions on top was Becky's brilliant idea. I've since used them in other recipes like the casserole above. I've posted my adapted recipe here.
I had to save the best for last. Grilled cheese. While this doesn't taste like dairy cheese it's an awesome equivalent. It's gooey, rich and creamy and so very tasty. I used the Colby Chedda " block cheese" recipe from The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook. It has a cashew and pimento or roasted red pepper base.
I'd just like to add that I have made several mac and cheese recipes which were wonderful. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of them. I'll get shots of them next time. Hope all these dishes inspire you to make your own veggie comfort foods!


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Kushner reaches tentative deal with LNR to save 666 Fifth
Jared Kushner and 666 Fifth Avenue
Developer Jared Kushner of Kushner Companies has come to a tentative deal to rescue his investment in 666 Fifth Avenue, which he bought for $1.8 billion in 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kushner reached a possible agreement with LNR Property, a firm specializing in restructuring troubled debt and which oversees the mortgage, that would allow him to retain control of the tower by modifying the terms of the $1.2 billion mortgage tied to the office portion of the building.
As The Real Deal reported last month, Kushner is also turning to office giant Vornado Realty which may buy a 50 percent stake in the building. Vornado would pay an undefined “nine-figure” sum (meaning something between $100 million and $999 million), a source told The Real Deal at the time, for a piece of the building.
The office portion of 666 Fifth began encountering problems after multiple tenants failed to renew leases after the crash. Kushner funded the shortfall on monthly debt payments out of a reserve account but that account ran dry last month, according to the Journal, leaving Kushner open to default.
Under the terms of the agreement, those monthly debt payments would be lowered, sources said. [WSJ]