How do you Hang a heavy mantle without cleats or corbels?
The only other way to hang a heavy mantle, unsupported otherwise elsewhere than at the ends, is to fix it with the help of suitable anchor fasteners available for several reliable makes like Hilti, Fischer, etc.
The structure to be hung must be fixed with suitably designed end plates in structural steel, which then can be anchored on to the receiving surfaces (ends).
The structure to be hung must be fixed with suitably designed end plates in structural steel, which then can be anchored on to the receiving surfaces (ends).
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If the wall is made of drywall/sheetrock/gypsum wallboard, use one or more screw anchors. This is a plastic cone that comes with a screw. You drill a hole, push in the plastic cone, and use a screw driver to thread the screw into the anchor. Typically the instructions are on the package of screw anc…hors.. Larger anchors will hold more weight, but the size of screw anchor you can use is limited by the thickness of the drywall, so the thickness of the drywall limits the weight it will support. It might be possible to use multiple anchors, but that might require some calculation and planning.. If the wall is not drywall but plaster and lathe, you can use a lag bolt. This is a long threaded rod with a spring-loaded folding wing-like thing that threads on the end. To use it you drill a hole large enough to accommodate the folded wing. Push it through the hole, and the wings expand and grip the inside of the wall. Turn the screw to pull it up tight.. For a brick or stone wall, there are special masonry drill bits to drill a hole, and anchors of plastic or metal that go in the hole. These expand to grip the wall when a matching screw is driven in. If the wall is not too thick, you could use a lag bolt like above.. For a wood wall, simple wood screws should work. For smooth tile or glass, consider any epoxy adhesive. ( Full Answer )
How can you ruin an adobe wall by drilling a small hole in it an inch or so and putting in a brad or finish nail to hang a picture? The wall can be easily patched if you need to take out the nail. It's adobe, which is about as close to dried mud as you can get. There is no way to "drive" anything in…to an adobe wall without chipping or spalling material off the wall. And that makes a mess and damages a larger area of the wall than will be affected by drilling a hole. Leave your hammer in the tool box and get a drill for this job. It will be worth it in the long run.. Answer . The easier thing to do is to get a cement nail and put it into the cement. It is less likely to chip or become a larger hole like it would with the adobe brick. Also, repairing the hole will be quicker and less noticeable if you should later change your mind. ( Full Answer )
Answer . To properly support any size of plant, some hole is going to be required. To merely glue a hook to the ceiling just won't hold up to the weight
\n. \nYes. Heavy bleeding is just one of many signs or symptoms of endometriosis. Actually, many women with endometriosis have none of the usual symptoms and would never know it without an exploratory surgery (or if the doctor noticed it during caesarian delivery), because endometriosis doesn't …appear on ultrasounds, blood tests, MRI, or XRay.\n. \nFor more info check out:\nhttp://www.womenanswers.org/womenshealth/womenanswers-org-a2-1136.html ( Full Answer )
What is the best way to hang a 3 ft wide heavy Mexican sun clay sun with spot welded bronze rays without any obvious attachment points?
Answer . Make sure you are using the correct type of screws if you're attaching it to concrete. If drywall, make sure you are attaching it to a stud inside the wall. Try to get an approximate weight, go to your local hardware store, and ask them to assist you in finding anchors that won't tear t…he wall, etc. You may have to drill small holes in the back of the artwork, so make sure you use the correct drill bit. ( Full Answer )
Cleats are specialized athlete shoe with studs at bottom of sole.This helps athletes increase agility and control of movement on thefield.
the story told to me is so the stockings could dry by the fire. small gifts were put in them as a reward for chores done at the Christmas time
I think a pine tree like Pinus leucodermis is strong enough to hang large heavy ornaments.. We used to have such a Christmastree . This tree doesn't have too many branches like the traditional American Xmas tree but there is room for big ornaments.. pictures can be viewed at the following URLs:. …http://www.gartencenter-shop24.de/product_info.php?cPath=24_29&products_id=1358. http://www.robsplants.com/plants/PinusLeuco.php ( Full Answer )
cleates are things that you wear in sports to get more traction when you are running
What is the quickest and most profitable manner to price and sell a set of Mickey Mantle memorabilia comprising a ball a card a glove and a cleat with each individually signed and authenticated?
Sell to the Highest Bidder . If you sell your memorabilia to a dealer you will only get about half the market value, more or less depending on the popularity of the item, and the length of time the dealer thinks it would take to resell the item. You would want to sell to a collector to get the fu…ll market value. Auction houses are great place to sell valuable pieces of memorabilia. They will get you the most exposure to targeted collectors, and that will translate to a higher selling price. eBay is also a good venue for selling collectibles. You can do just as well but must be good at describing the item thoroughly, use good pictures to show the item, and having a good reputation as a seller will help get more value. There are plenty of hard core collectors shopping on eBay, and spending big money. Shop around on line for a few Auction houses like Heritage Auctions (ha.com), or robertedwardauctions.com and see who offers you the most for your needs. With a little work you could do just as well on eBay, and keep in mind to charge proper packing and shipping cost.. For more information on Mickey Mantle memorabilia, visit the link I left below. ( Full Answer )
Small VelcroÂ® Dots, you can get them at the drug store.. But then you would have to sew the other half of the dot to the flag.. I hung a WW2 Army Air Corps flag by threading a pole through its loops and hanging it vertically with the pole.
How do you hang out with a guy without your parents knowing cause your not allowed to hang out with guys?
Try meeting at the Library or a reading room. It's a safe place, you won't get into any real trouble, and you might also learn to spell you're and allowed correctly.
yes, in fact, he does rock hard, unless he's playing bluegrass, which i suppose you'd say he bluegrasses hard.
A corbeled bay window is an upper floor only bay window that is supported on corbels or brackets. It is called an oriel.
put on three or four pairs but then it feels awful! it takes away the enjoyment and makes it a lot more painful
The earth is like an egg, with different layers. The mantle is under the crust, like the egg white is under the shell.
Cleats are shoes with spikes or spokes at the bottom. They are designed to keep you from slipping and sliding in snowy or rainy weather or the type of field you play on.
Suggestions: . If you are allowed and are sure you want to there are drills that will drill brick and concrete, with wall anchors to go with it. Even a quite large heavy picture will not require a large hole. . If you can not damage the wall do hang your picture, there are removable adhesives th…at can attach a bracket or hook. . Or as I did in one apartment I built a small book case and created a back behind the artwork and painted the support off the book case to match the wall. ( Full Answer )
The best way is to use an anchoring system. Now which one you should use depends on what you are hanging on the wall. For small things like pictures, plastic anchors work well. For larger, heavier things something like a molly or "butterfly" bolt system should be used.
1985 Topps Circle K Mickey Mantle baseball card number 6 . A 1985 Topps Circle K Mickey Mantle baseball card number 6 has a book value of about $1.50 in near/mint -mint condition. Professionally graded cards will sell for more money than a non-graded card in the same condition. With the value of t…his card it will pay to have the card graded. It could double the value or more depending on the grade given. Condition is important. Common flaws with baseball cards include: rounded edges, creases, off centered, and faded color. Any or all flaws will devalue the card significantly. ( Full Answer )
because it needs some milk from its mom or they can drink canned milk it will. help the breath better so u have to watch them real good in order for them to survive. the mist heat
That's pretty hard. You would probably have to call a professional unless you don't mind getting stung a few times. Personally, I would go ahead and kill the wasps. That would be the safest method. You could hit the wasp nest down and capture it under a bucket or container (preferably clear so you c…an see if they wasps are dead or alive) in order for them to suffocate and eventually die under the bucket. ( Full Answer )
Technically this is illegal (a breach of copyright) - but if an author objected he would merely be entitled to ask you to 'cease and desist' (take it down). As long as you take it down when (if) you are asked - no problem. Most authors would be happy to give you permission to hang their poem, if …you asked them. Why not email the author in question and ask? ( Full Answer )
Try to get her attention and smile when she looks at you, and grinning then turning away will always leave her flattered and want to get to know you more. If you continue this routine for about a week, then I am sure she will approach you and want to get to know you, and if she doesnt, then try hard…er by introducing yourself and getting to know her, because you actually havent gotten to know her and she may not be the girl you are looking for, remember, looks arent everything. And like what most people say, dont judge a book by its cover, so dont judge this girl by her looks. ( Full Answer )
Heavy, thick curtains absorb sound waves, in auditoriums or large halls, this can keep the echoing to a minimum and decrease the noise level/ background noise
ofcourse you can play without soccer shoes.but make sure you have a shoe that is flat at the front part and try using shoes like nike, Adidas etc
They make adhesive picture hangers; that is one good way. The other way would be with a regular picture hanger, but drill a very small hole first.
There are still studs beneath the plaster and laths they are just harder to find than a modern built wall.
Just tell him if he would like to go bowling or get something to eat with friends, and you can talk to him to get to know him better and then start a relation ship together and the you go out the more you know so you don't look like a fool
for any heavy item use zbar hanger which it comes with holes every 4" and easy to install and safe also you will have gap only 1/4" between art and wall is safe for supper heavy art or mirror ,cabinet and panel. it comes in any size. zbarhanger.com carry it
You can use a special glue or 3D mounting hanging things that havea strong sticker thing on the back that hold shelves.
I bat has a type of claw or talon that allows it to suspend its self in midair.
if you want to do a hanging wedgie tie a rope through your pant holes and then tie it to a tree you climb an d lower youself in to posision but have an escape plan and dont jump wedgies hurt but mot anything perminant unless you do a melven dont do a melven... have fun sencierley Wedgielover
This is impossible. But if you would like to know how to be in a hanging wedgie for a long period of time before it breaks, here's how: Make sure you have an elliptical machine or something tall with a round soft point. Before you hook your underwear over the top of the object that will hold you up,… make sure you are wear BRIEFS. (This technique doesn't work with boxers/boxer briefs). Wear you briefs backwards. The reason why is because there is more fabric there which makes much more durable. Then hook the front (as it is on backwards) to the soft pointed object. Take your feet off and your suspended for a good while. P.S. if you want to get down before it breaks, leave the chair there until needed. That way you just have to throw the pair of underwear in the washer and they're ready for another wedgie. ( Full Answer )
No, the bottom is very hard and will slip on smooth hard surfaces like wood or tile floors.
Heavy gauge wall brackets mounted directly to studs in the wall. However depending on the weight of the plate, and the type of wall in question. It may be simply unfeasible without shelling out a lot of money.
There's a lot of ways to do this. The biggest impacts will be items like area rugs or lamps. An area rug will cost you a good amount of money if you get something nice but will make a very big difference. A room can't have enough vases too. If you look at vases at wholesale prices you'll find that t…hey are extremely inexpensive and you can decorate them however you like. Think BIG, large vases that really stand out, people think these cost a fortune when they can be anywhere from twenty to thirty dollars (or a fortune for some of them). ( Full Answer )
The statutory weight limit before a CDL is required is 26,000 lbs. for a single vehicle, or 36,000 lbs. for a combination truck and trailer, provided that the power unit does not have a GVWR in excess of 26,000 lbs. and the trailer does not have a GVWR in excess of 10,000 lbs. Now, if you operate un…der certain exemptions and the conditions to which those exemptions apply (e.g., farm vehicle, emergency vehicle, military vehicle), then there isn't a statutory weight. ( Full Answer )
Corbels are not features of castles but are found in churches of the 12th and 13th centuries. Norman architects knew that rainwater draining from a large roof down the stone walls of a building would be absorbed by the stones, leading to damp entering the building through the walls, and to prev…ent this the roofs were constructed to overhang the walls by quite some distance. A series of corbels (supporting stones) would be placed along the top of the wall to support a projecting course which in turn supported the eaves of the roof, meaning that the runoff of water would be clear of the walls. These corbels offered great opportunities for masons to use their imaginations in carving grotesque faces, mythical animals and comical scenes. These carvings served no useful purpose, they simply decorated the corbels. See links below for images: ( Full Answer )
um.... well you can make it with cream, and other ingrediants, so no i guess
The surface area of the glider counteracts the force of gravity - slowing the persons descent.
Get a poster board to the size you need. Or if have a picture trace it using a flashlight and a glass table, make sure the poster is see through if you do it that way.
Yes, it is a solid with the uncommon characteristic of plasticity.It is a solid with the ability to flow like a liquid, but themantle moves slowly. If you could kick it, you would stub your toe.
You can hang posters without damaging them by going to your local craft store etc. and purchasing the blue adhesive putty tape. This allows you to stick on the back of your posters therefore does not rip nor tear the poster after use.
Corbels are a type of bracket that is used as a support system for an exterior wall of a building. Part of the corbel extends past the exterior wall, and is covered with a cap, called a console. The consoles are usually made of stone and usually have some kind of decorative design etched into them.
In architecture a corbel is a type of bracket or weight within the wall of a building usually around the corners. A console is similar but is attached to the wall rather than being built into it.
One can purchase decorative wood corbels online from numerous websites. Decorative wood corbels can also be purchased from a local home improvement store such as Home Depot.
In order to hang a clock on a wall without ruining the wallpaper, utilising command strips would be your best bet. Alternatively, you could utilise monkey or hurricane hooks.
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A visit to the Alamut Castle in the Alamut Valley in photos, and some information on how to get to the Alamut Castle from Qazvin, Iran.
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A long, long time ago, in a valley far, far away, there lived a mysterious band of mercenaries atop a mountain.
The mercenaries would occasionally descend into the towns below, kidnapping and/or murdering important people of their day and age. Their leader, Hassan-e Sabah, motivated his merry band of mercenaries with promises of future paradise.
To trick even the most suspicious of minds into believing his claims of paradise, Sabbah would bring his followers to lush gardens filled with dazzling young virgin girls… while they were high as balls on hashish.
Thus, his followers became known as the hashish-iyun, assassins.
The Castles of the Assassins
So the story goes, anyway. Though it’s likely just a myth, these days the Alamut Castle (also called Castles of the Assassins) are mostly dilapidated ruins scattered throughout the Alamut Valley in northern Iran.
Don’t let the lack of remaining splendor deter you, though—the Castles’ architects had a serious eye for real estate, and the ruins are located among some of the most epic landscapes in northern Iran. If you’re staying in the city of Qazvin or Rasht, the Alamut Valley is well worth a day (or three) of hiking.
The road from Qazvin to and through the Avalley and towards to Alamut Castle twists and turns, traversing mountains blanketed with cherry trees and winding through stark gorges of red rocks.
Small, sleepy towns make periodic appearances along the road, and the occasional farmer could be seen picking at the ground, preparing for the planting season.
Otherwise, there were not many people in sight as we wove our way through shrubbery and sparse trees to explore the gorges lining the road.
Exploring Iran? Don’t miss the list of our favorite off the beaten track highlights of Iran!
After a longer and snowier winter than usual, it was refreshing to see signs of spring blossoming from the tree branches.
Eventually, the road led out of the canyon of gorges up to the base of a mountain–the foundation for the ruins of Alamut Castle. The steep pathway to the top zigzags up a side of the mountain invisible to the road. It’s quite fitting for an Assassins’ haven.
Though the remnants of the Alamut Castle are covered in scaffolding for restoration (estimated completion date: who knows when?)…
… the views from the top of the Alamut Castle assuredly make up for it.
We can’t say that we endorse killing and kidnapping for money, but we’ve got to hand it to the assassins–they have excellent taste in real estate. The location of the Alamut Castle is absolutely out of this world.
If you’re ever in Iran, don’t miss the Alamut Valley and the Castle of the Assasins. It’s 4-5 hours of driving from Tehran, and it’s so, so worth it.
How to get to Alamut Castle?
Public transportation and shared taxis
It’s possible to visit the Alamut Valley from Qazvin using a mixture of public transportation and taxis, but if you want to visit multiple sites in the valley in one day, it’ll take a lot of luck with timing and/or a lot of money for shared taxis. NomadExpress has a good post on exploring the Alamut Valley using a combination of shared taxis and hitchhiking.
Hiring a taxi and local guide
If you’re with a group of people, it’s better to pool resources and hire a taxi for the day. We went with a group of 4, and it cost $70 in total, or about $18 a person–not bad for a day that involved several hundred kilometers of driving and lasts nearly 12 hours!
Our guide, Yousef, was incredibly friendly, an excellent conversationalist and his English was superb. We enjoyed the conversation too much to notice how much time we had to spend in the car. Needless to say, we can’t recommend him enough. If you’re interested in getting a ride out to the Alamut Valley, you can:
- Call Yousef at +989191807076
- Email Yousef at [email protected]
- Check out the website of his new tour company, Alamutism
Let him know we recommended him, so he understands why he’s being emailed by random foreigners.
Where to sleep?
Qazvin is the main base from where to explore the Alamut area. There are several budget hotels in Qazvin, such as the Telighani Inn and the Alborz Hotel, but it’s also possible to stay in a converted traditional Iranian house. If you plan to hike in the valley it’s possible to camp. There are also a handful of guesthouses in the valley.
You can book hotels in Qazvin and the Alamut Valley online using 1StQuest (use the code LWP-QST to get a 5% discount).
And there it is, a complete guide on visiting the Alamut Valley and Alamut Castle. Let us know in the comments if you had any additions.
Disclaimer: This post and recommendation is based on personal experience, and every traveler’s experience is different. Always use caution and discretion when organizing travels and interacting with locals.
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Allow me to mention some historical points about “hashashin”
They where a religious cult with some ties to an ancient persian religion . at front they where a branch of shiat Muslims called “Ismhaelieh” and believed in 8 imams . their 8th Imam was Ishmael descendent of Mohammad (Muslims prophet). but historians say that behind the curtains they weren’t Muslim . this is the reason their other nickname was “Bateni” .means someone who has a inner & concealed
Their main goal was fighting Suni regime that was loyal to khalifa .they were nationalist terrorists !
About the name :
The word “hashash” means “drug maker” in arabic .people called them Hashashin because their main occupation and source income was making and selling medicinal drug. and one of these drugs was hashish (back then considers medicinal)
you probably saw a lot of herbs around alamut .locals harvest and sell them at the gate .these are remaining of their operation
they were a cult and was willing to put their lives on the line for what they believes. as strange as it sounds middle east people did not need drugs to sacrificing themselves
marco polo probably misunderstood or maybe it was lost intranslation
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IRAN Qazvin ALAMUT Local guide Yousef Shariat / Shariatkhoo.
Hi, I am a Victim of Love Swindler Yousef Shariat / Shariatkhoo.
Yousef Shariat told me : I Love you very much, 3 days after our first Email, he asked me to advertise him on Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor.
Yousef Shariat grabbed me 3 times from the car and pushed me to the ground, he hit me on my head, he threatened me with a knife. The Hotel manager in Shiraz IRAN witnessed all.
The last time I saw Yousef Shariat, he took US$2100. from me.
I swear to God what I am telling you are facts.
Please feel free to contact me anytime.
Anita September 3, 2019
never seen such a bad explanation & story for Assassins!!!
please read more or ask someone who knows Iran’s history!
Agreed with Laleh this is a terrible and inaccurate historical depiction, you should be ashamed for such pointless xenophobia.

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An unsecured storage server belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities exposed millions of files, containing personal data, systems credentials and internal commission documents as well as communications meant for the Oklahoma Securities Commission.
The server, discovered by the UpGuard Data Breach Research team, has since been secured, the researchers said in a blog post.
While UpGuard doesn’t know how long the server was open to the public – the Shodan search engine first found it to be publicly available on Nov. 30, 2018 – the data it housed “was generated over decades, with the oldest data originating in 1986 and the most recent modified in 2016,” the researchers wrote of the exposure, which they said could have a “severe impact” on the department’s network integrity. “The data was exposed via an unsecured rsync service at an IP address registered to the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, allowing any user from any IP address to download all the files stored on the server.”
Noting that “administrative and management errors” exposed nearly three terabytes of data at the commission, worsened because “most of the data across these many millions of files were not encrypted,” CipherCloud CEO Pravin Kothari, said that if data is encrypted, even when exposed, it’s not, by definition, considered breached.
“Sensitive data is often shared in vulnerable places, so Oklahoma’s potential breach of 3TB of FBI data isn’t especially shocking,” said Kevin Bocek, vice president, security strategy and threat intelligence at Venafi. “However, if we examine securities.ok.gov, it appears that the state is not using trusted machine identities, like TLS keys and certificates.”
UpGuard said “the scale of the data makes it impractical to perform any kind of exhaustive documentation of the exposed information” so researchers instead scrutinized the types of digital artifacts – stored emails and virtual machine disk images – and types of data they contained, including personal information, system credentials and business data.
While the department failed to maintain control over its data stores, the researchers wrote, “the good news is that, while the contents of the server extended over years, the known period of exposure was quite short.”


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Here's a swell party trick. Mix up some dough, watch the dough rise, then plop it on the outdoor grill. Within two hours, you've got yourself some pizza.
If that sounds too hard, buy some Boboli pizza shells at the supermarket, put the shells on the grill and you've got yourself some pizza.Grilling is hot, probably a reflection of a turn toward alternative cooking methods as Americans move away from high-fat sauces and deep frying for flavor. Too, grilling is easy, often involving more than one cook in the family, a good chance for everyone to get in on the meal process.
Pizza, although it may not at first appear so, is a natural for the grill. Pizza is normally cooked in a high-heat oven, and the outdoor grill offers the same option. Plus, you can add wood chips (hickory or pecan are nice) if you'd like the crust to have a little California spin.
Don't limit yourself on pizza toppings. Look in your pantry and the refrigerator to see what items are on hand. Here are some suggestions:
- Jarred olives
- Pepperoni from the supermarket
- Crumbled sausage, cooked for three to four minutes in the microwave
- Peeled shrimp, precooked on the grill for two to three minutes
- Bacon, cooked three to four minutes in the microwave
- Leftover chicken, shredded and mixed with barbecue sauce
Here's how to do it, with recipes adapted from "The El Paso Chile Company's Burning Desires" by W. Park Kerr (Morrow, $15). If substituting a pre-made crust for the homemade version, simply top pizza with desired toppings and place on cool zone of grill and cover. Watch carefully; all brands and thicknesses cook differently.
1 1/2 cups warm (105- to 115-degree) water
1 package dry yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 cup olive oil, plus oil for the bowl
4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
Whisk together water and yeast and let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk in salt, garlic powder and olive oil. Stir in about 31/2 to 33/4 cups of the flour or until soft dough forms.
Sprinkle work surface with remaining flour. Knead dough until smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Lightly oil large bowl. Put in dough, turn to coat it with oil and cover with towel. Let dough rise until puffy and light, about 2 hours.
Punch dough down and divide into fourths.
Roll each fourth into a 12-inch pizza shell.
(Yields 4 12-inch pizzas)
ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER AND EGGPLANT PIZZAS
3 large red bell peppers
2 medium eggplants, about 13/4 pounds total, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices
Olive oil for brushing
1 batch pizza dough (see preceding recipe)
1 1/3 cups commercial pizza sauce or plain tomato sauce or even prepared pesto sauce
1 pound grated jalapeno Jack cheese
On preheated gas or charcoal grill, roast the red peppers, turning often, until peels are evenly charred. In closed paper bag, steam peppers until cool. Rub off burned peel, remove stems, ribs and seeds and cut peppers into julienne strips.
Brush eggplant slices generously with olive oil.
Place eggplant slices on grill. Cover and cook, turning once, until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer slices to a plate.
To create a cool zone on your grill, rake charcoal to one side of grill; if using a gas grill, shut off one or two burners.
On work surface, roll or pat one piece of pizza dough into a rough round about 12 inches in diameter and no more than 1/4-inch thick. Using a wooden pizza peel, transfer the dough to the grill, placing it on the cool zone. (Pizza peels are the large paddlelike shovels used in pizza parlors; they are available at cookware stores.) Cover grill and cook dough until puffed on top and lightly marked by the grill but not at all crisp on the bottom, 4 to 5 minutes.
Using the peel, transfer crust to work surface and flip it over. Spread 1/3 cup of tomato sauce over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Scatter one fourth of the cheese over the tomato sauce. Place one fourth of the eggplant slices over the cheese. Scatter one fourth of the julienned red pepper over the eggplant.
Return pizza to grill, cover and bake, rotating it once or twice to ensure even browning, until the cheese is melted and bubbling, the eggplant and peppers are heated, and crust is cooked through and lightly crisped or even charred a bit, 8 to 10 minutes.
Transfer pizza to cutting board and let stand for 5 minutes before cutting. Repeat with remaining ingredients. (Turn up burners and rake in additional coals if grill becomes too cool for the third and fourth pizzas.)
(Serves 8 or more)

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Highlights this week…
The museum carrying the artist's name, in Barcelona, presents a revealing exhibition of his self-portraits.
The best known of its wines is Txacoli. Try it in the land where it is made, along with a "pinxto" snack, and you will understand why.
More so than ever in July, when the renowned Guitar Festival is held there.
There are slides and games for the children to have fun, and how good it feels to cool down when it's hot!
The island is a haven of peace and unspoiled nature, perfect for bird watching.
Terraces, "chiringuitos" (outdoor bar-restaurants), promenades and squares are at the centre of things at this time.

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Tag Morgridge Center for Public Service
Wendy Hoang has been honored for creating a high school outreach program for Madison East High School that helps first-generation college students and students of color.
The Capital Times’ charitable arm, The Evjue Foundation, is awarding $322,500 in grants to 30 different programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The Committee on Honorary Degrees looks to sustained and characteristic activity as its warrant: uncommonly meritorious activity exhibiting values that are esteemed by UW–Madison.
On Dec. 12, members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s first Philanthropy Lab class will award $10,000 each to five local nonprofits, in the culmination of a new semester-long course that offered an innovative learning opportunity in philanthropic giving.
What: The first ever “Force for Positive Change” awards ceremony and event, with a slate of national speakers in addition to four Wisconsin-based organizations taking home…
The following University of Wisconsin–Madison experts are available to speak with reporters covering the upcoming presidential debates. The first of three debates is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y.
UW's Jacquelyn Moss was part of a group of college students who came up with a list of questions they hope are asked in the first presidential debate on Tuesday, between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The event reaffirmed the value of the connections that keep the doors open between the university and the community in and around it.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Morgridge Center for Public Service celebrates 20 years of campus-community collaboration.

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Halloween is less than 2 1/2 weeks away,
a perfect time to share my Vintage Halloween Cookie tutorial.
For these cookies I used soft consistency icing to ice the cookies.
I will show you to achieve a lovely smooth iced cookie
with dimension using this thicker consistency.
I find using soft consistency icing dries faster and remains soft!
Supplies Need to Decorate Vintage Halloween Cookies
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Spiced Gingerbread Cookie Dough Recipe recipe: http://bit.ly/2yh2x19
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Royal Icing Consistencies:
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Supervisor: Bart Cammaerts
Research topic: Radical & Community Printshops (UK), 1970s-1990s
The potential of contemporary accessible media technologies for the fostering of radical, contestatory discourses and actions is currently a source of much discussion and analysis, both within the academic field of media studies and beyond. Jess Baines’s research however, focuses on a previous historical phenomenon, absent from the literature of media studies; the network of radical and community printshops that proliferated across the UK (and elsewhere) between the late 1960s and early 1980s. These collectively run workshops attempted to mobilise ‘accessible’ printing technology both to generate critical and cultural media for progressive social movements and community activists and to challenge the forms and practices of ‘mainstream’ media production and ownership. The almost wholesale disappearance of these printshops by the early 1990s — before internet based technologies had become widely adopted by UK-based activist media — raises a series of questions, relating to both the internal practices of the printshops and the wider fields (e.g. social movement, printing industry) in which they operated.
Research interests: social movements, alternative & radical media practices (especially with regard to print media), aesthetics and politics, alternative organisational structures, work/labour, co-operatives.
Jess Baines holds an MA in 20th Century Art History & Theory (2003) from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Since 2003 she has been a lecturer in the Faculty of Design at London College of Communications (LCC). She was a production worker (printer and/or pre-press) in various radical printing collectives over a period of 12 years, including Calverts Press, one of the few that survives with its egalitarian structure intact, albeit with a somewhat different user base. She initiated and administers the open wiki radicalprintshops.org
Baines, J (2012) Experiments in Democratic Participation: feminist printshop collectives. Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research 6: 29-51
Baines, J (2010) Free Radicals Afterall Online http://www.afterall.org/online/radical.printmaking
Baines, J (2009) The Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those who Control the Press: The Emergence of Radical and Community Printshops in 1970s London. In N. Carpentier, P. Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, R. Kilborn, T. Olsson, H. Nieminen, E. Sundin and K. Nordenstreng (eds) Communicative Approaches to Politics and Ethics in Europe Tartu: Tartu University Press, pp113-127 http://www.ecrea.eu/news/article/id/73

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On July 18, 1899, New York newsboys went on strike over the big newspaper companies forcing them to pay for their unsold papers. The Newsies Strike got national attention, both because of its target and for exposing the terrible poverty of the young boys forced to sell papers.
The rise of the newspaper industry in the late 19th century is well known. Newspaper moguls such as William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer took the old newspaper business, dominated by local concerns and appealing to relatively small and targeted audiences, and made it national. They created huge newspaper empires and were as concerned about making the news as reporting it. The most notorious act of this was the “yellow journalism” after 1895 that told lurid stories about the Spanish occupation of Cuba to promote American intervention and then imperialism, leading to the Spanish-American War. These papers became must read for millions of Americans around the nation.
At the same time, the poverty of the American working class was very real. That was especially true in the immigrant populations of the rapidly expanding cities. Millions of people poured into cities such as New York and Chicago and smaller populations went throughout the nation. Success for these immigrants was a mixed bag, to say the least. People died young and often their children had nowhere to go. In other cases, abuse led children to the streets. Quite often, families were so poor that they put small children to work doing whatever they could until they got old enough to contribute to the family economy through a more official job.
One of the jobs that the poorest of the poor kids held was selling newspapers. This is the classic image, one that probably comes straight to your mind, that you have seen in so many old movies of kids shouting out the latest headlines in order to sell papers. Then the character in the movie comes over and buys the paper off the kid. This wasn’t that far from the truth in how it operated, except that a lot of times, the children didn’t really sell the papers they had bought and were stuck with them.
See, Pulitzer and Hearst and others had developed a real profitable scheme for selling the papers. They forced the kids to buy the papers themselves, at a cost of 50 cents per hundred papers. They then sold the papers for 1 cent. So for every paper they sold, they earned a half-cent. The problem was that if they didn’t sell the papers, the kids had to eat the cost of the papers. So you have the poorest of the poor–and I don’t use that as hyperbole, this really was a considered work for kids who had no other options–and forced the burden of profit down upon them.
Sending correspondents to Cuba for to cover the Spanish-American War wasn’t cheap. Pulitzer and Hearst most certainly had no interest in dipping into their profits to cover it. So they raised the price for the kids from 50 cents to 60 cents. The justification to them is that they would be selling so many papers that it wouldn’t matter. Well, it did matter. After the war ended, most of the smaller papers reduced the price back to 50 cents. But not Pulitzer or Hearst. Greed ruled their minds.
On July 18, 1899, an outraged group of newsies overturned a distribution truck of Hearst’s New York Journal and declared a strike against selling the papers of he or Pulitzer until they reduced the cost back to 50 cents. Hearst was furious. The irony was that Hearst, a fake populist if there ever was one, had made his name in part of championing the causes of the poor. But not when it was him oppressing the poor. The papers tried to hire men to sell the papers instead–it was after all an era where it wasn’t hard to find people to work a bad job. But the kids managed to distract people enough that it didn’t really go anywhere, especially when 15 kids could attack some scab at once. The cops agreed to protect the scabs (of course!) but it wasn’t hard for the kids to distract that cops by harassing them.
For a very brief moment, this became the labor cause of the nation’s largest city. Unions got involved to help. It was a principle thing. On July 24, there was a large rally with more than 7,000 newsies from around the city, union leaders, and even state senators and other politicians. Two days later, things got weird. The papers had bought off the strike leader, Kid Blink as he was known. His fellow newsies were furious. He denied it, but it was probably true and he all of a sudden had a lot nicer clothes. Well, this isn’t too surprising. The strike was in trouble. It wasn’t going to be that hard to buy off kids who had literally nothing.
However, on August 1, the papers made a reasonable offer. It kept the prices at 60 cents. But it agreed to buy back any unsold papers. The newsies accepted the deal.
This didn’t lead to any massive changes in American life or anything. There was no long-lasting union out of this. These were more street gangs than class conscious young radicals. Most of the leaders disappeared back into the obscurity of the working classes. Blink probably ended up as a mob enforcer, before dying at the age of 32 of tuberculosis. But there were later newsies strikes in other cities, including one in Butte, Montana in 1914 and one in Louisville in the 1920s. Moreover, this is just one of those of those moments that make the class dynamics clear for everyone. They may not happen often, but they can be powerful when they do.
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In the late 1800s, Theophilus van Kannel supposedly designed a revolving door because he hated chivalry. He didn’t like to parry with other men over who should enter or exit a door first. Even worse, he hated to open doors for women.
|Large revolving door with a central display case (counter-clockwise rotation). Revolving door is flanked on both sides by conventional doors with arrows pointing inward towards the preferred entry. (Image: Wikipedia)|
Improving upon German inventor H. Bockhacker’s patent for a “door without draft of air,” Theophilus van Kannel received a patent for a “storm-door structure,” later called a “revolving door,” in 1888.
|Patent drawing by Theophilus Van Kannel for a “storm-door structure”, 1888.|
|H. Bockhacker’s patent in Berlin for a “Thür ohne Luftzug” (“draftless door”).|
He set up his own company, the Van Kannel Revolving Door Co., to manufacture his product. In 1907, Van Kannel sold it to International Steel (known today as the International Revolving Door Co.)
Although not much is known about Van Kannel’s life, there’s an interesting rumor concerning the inspiration behind his invention: He disliked the chivalrous act of holding open doors so ladies could pass through them. Thus, he spent most of his adult life focused on the invention, improvement and installation of revolving doors.
|1875 photograph of Theophilus Van Kannel with his wife Amanda and daughter Lulu.|
Van Kannel was recognized for his invention both during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1889, he received Philadelphia’s John Scott Medal for his invention’s usefulness to society. In 2007, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The revolving door is not Van Kannel’s only claim to fame. He also invented the Witching Waves ride at Coney Island. The ride, which was installed in 1907, featured two-person seats that moved along an undulating metal floor.
|Undated photograph of Theophilus Van Kannel.|
Van Kannel died in 1919 at age 78, but his revolving doors live on. Today, the doors have been paired with metal- and chemical-detection technology, and have become an important security feature in airports and detention centers. Some revolving doors even feature facial-recognition surveillance systems.


Annual Review of Jazz Studies 6: 1993
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BeschreibungIncludes articles on the seminal guitarist Charlie Christian, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Taylor, and a proposed standard method of notating melodic elements of jazz performance which are inadequately represented by standard notation.
PortraitLewis Porter is a jazz pianist, composer, and author. He has served as professor of music at Rutgers University in Newark since 1986, and he is the university's founder and director of the Master's Program in Jazz History and Research since 1997.
PressestimmenFor academic libraries and comprehensive collections in public libraries. Library Journal
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: SCARECROW PRESS INC
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 1993
Seitenanzahl: 314 Seiten


Orbital couples: 'Pas de deux' in the Solar System and the Milky Way
Start date: 11 Oct 2011
Address: Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
This workshop is dedicated to orbit determinations in all kinds of multiple systems. Binary systems are ubiquitous and they offer the best way to determine masses. Multi-epoch missions such as Gaia offer the prospect of a large number of new mass determinations whether for binary stars, exoplanets or binary Solar System objects. The workshop will bring together these three different communities to share insights about orbit determinations.


Station Papa Time Series: Insights into Ecosystem Dynamics
Author: Harrison, P.J.
Source: Journal of Oceanography, Volume 58, Number 2, 2002 , pp. 259-264(6)
Abstract:The Northeast Pacific has one of the longest time series of any open ocean station, primarily as a result of the weathership station at Station P from the 1950s to 1981. This review summarizes our understanding of the plankton ecosystem for this station and examines interannual variability for the primary producers. The weathership era characterized a period of high temporal sampling resolution with a limited number of parameters being measured. In contrast, the post-weathership period focussed on seasonal sampling (usually three times per year), but a wider range of parameters were measured and sediment traps were deployed to estimate carbon and opal flux rates. The mixed layer depth is shallow compared to the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from 40 to 120 m in late summer and winter respectively. Nitrate, silicate and phosphate are saturating year round with only a few exceptions in the 1970s. Winter and summer Si:N ratios are the same (1.5:1). Ammonium and urea are 0.5 uM in winter and near detection limits (∼0.1 uM) in late summer. Iron is limiting (∼0.05 nM) in late spring and summer for the growth of large diatoms, but iron is co-limiting with irradiance in winter. Chlorophyll and primary productivity are low and show little seasonal variation (about 2 times). Summer chl is about 20 mg m^−2 while primary productivity ranges from 400–850 mg C m^−2d^−1. The f-ratio of 0.25 does not vary with seasons and indicates that primary productivity is fueled by regenerated nitrogen (e.g. NH_4 and urea). Small cells (<5 um) are normally abundant and they utilize regenerated nitrogen produced by the micrograzers; they do not appear to be Fe-limited, but rather controlled by the micrograzers. Shipboard carboy experiments indicate that large diatoms become dominant when iron is added. Therefore top down control is exerted by the micrograzers on the small cells, while there is bottom up control of the large phytoplankton due to low Fe concentrations.
Document Type: Regular Paper
Affiliations: Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.org
Publication date: January 1, 2002


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- Leland resident still feeling effects of Hurricane Florence more than 5 years on
- Gov. Abbott says state emergency response resources will be ready to handle severe weather issues today
- Recapping the 2023 hurricane season on final day of season
- Hail, tornadoes a potential in Houston-area storms Thursday
- Severe weather in Houston (Nov. 30, 2023)
A week after Hurricane Florence arrived on shore, large swaths of North Carolina remain underwater.
Florence is responsible for the deaths of 32 people in North Carolina. The storm also caused flooding that’s submerged roads, homes and businesses, killed thousands of livestock animals and is possibly carrying waste into the state’s rivers.
The storm “has deeply wounded our state, wounds that will not heal soon. So many people are still hurting,” Gov. Roy Cooper said in a press conference Saturday morning.
“Many storm victims still need a place to call home for weeks or months,” he added.
As of Saturday morning, here’s a look at the situation.
Flooding: The Cape Fear, Lumber, Neuse and Trent rivers are overflowing and continue to cause major flooding across nine counties in southeastern North Carolina, officials said.
People impacted: 32 North Carolinians have died as a result of Florence and 2,800 are living in shelters — down from a peak of about 20,000 earlier this week, Cooper said. There have been nearly 5,000 water rescues, he said, adding that FEMA on Monday is launching a transitional housing assistance program in nine NC counties.
Recovery: About 69,000 people have registered for federal financial assistance through FEMA, Cooper said. And FEMA has already approved more than $12 million in relief for North Carolinians affected by Florence, said Albie Lewis, the local FEMA directing officer. Authorities are also opening 10 mass feeding kitchens, said Mike Sprayberry, director of N.C. Emergency Management.
Power outages: About 2,900 outages remain, down from about 8,000 Friday and 632,500 last Sunday.
Roads: Parts of Interstates 40 and 95 remain underwater, while more than 500 roads remain closed statewide. People shouldn’t drive on any of the roads east of I-95 or south of U.S. 70.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is still waiting for flood waters to subside in several areas, DOT leader Jim Trogdon said.
“The road you plan to drive on may not exist anymore,” Cooper said.
Pollution: Duke Energy and state environmental regulators said Friday that flooding could be causing coal ash to spill out from a pond near Wilmington into the Cape River. Flood waters need to lower before authorities can send inspectors to determine the extent of spills, Michael Regan, leader of the state’s environmental agency, said in Saturday’s press conference.
Agriculture: The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services earlier this week that Florence killed 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs, as the N&O’s John Murawski reported Tuesday.
Virginia Bridges and John Murawski contributed.
This is a developing story.


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Bush "has a way of falling back on the hazy memory to protect himself from potential political embarrassment. In other words, being evasive is not the same as lying in Bush's mind … It would not be the last time Bush mishandled potential controversy. But the cases to come would involve the public trust, and the failure to deal with them early, directly and head-on would lead to far greater suspicion and far more destructive partisan warfare."
McClellan writes that he was sincerely defending President Bush through his three years as the White House press secretary but that he was misled following the CIA leak case involving Valerie Plame.
The "jumping-off point" for the book, he writes, was in 2003, when the CIA officer's name was revealed to reporters.
McClellan says he was duped into officially denying that any members of the administration were involved in the leak.
He says he unwittingly took part in defending Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the vice president's former chief of staff.
"I spoke with those individuals, as I pointed out," McClellan said to the press on Oct. 10, 2003. "And those individuals assured me they were not involved in this — and that's where it stands."
McClellan characterizes the White House denials as a "deception," claiming he was told Rove and Libby were innocent.
McClellan said that when his words were exposed as false, "I was constrained by my duties and loyalty to the president and unable to comment."
Now, he said that he was "at best misled" by Rove and Libby.
McClellan also condemned the administration's delayed response to Hurricane Katrina, saying the White House "spent most of the first week in a state of denial" and "allowed our institutional response to go on autopilot."
Some of his harshest criticism is reserved for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for being "sometimes too accommodating" in her first term roll as national security adviser. He writes that she made an effort not to offend anyone and carefully worked to protect her own reputation.
"No matter what went wrong, she was somehow able to keep her hands clean," McClellan writes. "She knew how to adapt to potential trouble, dismiss brooding problems, and come out looking like a star."
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As the media started to publish reports on the increasing shortages of materials and stock in UK it seems that the political narrative has changed.
Last week there were a number of reports from various retailers and distributors regarding shortages. These reports were warning that shortages are continuing and would possibly affect the Christmas celebrations. The main causes for these distribution problems were proclaimed to be Brexit and the Covid pandemic.
The Covid pandemic has been a major reason that a high number of staff in both retail and distributions centres have been absent from work. The increase in case numbers has led in turn to an increase in those being advised to isolate. These increases have meant many businesses are running short staffed.
Brexit has been a major reason that many European HGV drivers who were working in the UK have decided it is no longer financially viable for them to do so. Now with extra paperwork and often extended delays entering the UK many have decided to stay within EU borders.
The number of reports in various media outlets started to increase and the upcoming problems were mentioned on most of the main television news bulletins.
Within 36 hours there seemed to be a new headline.
Now the main media focus is on social care and how it is going to be paid for in the future.
This is obviously a very important subject and one that has been the focus of media attention on many occasions. Especially when you take into account the statement from current Prime Minister Boris Johnson that no one should have to sell their home to pay for care.
It is however a subject that the UK Government has tried to avoid on multiple occasions over recent years.
It seems amazing to see that for reasons known only to themselves that the UK Government has now made the future of Social Care front and centre of their media campaign.
Could this be to deflect from the very immediate supply chain problems, to save them having to admit that they have no answers?

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It has come to light that former caretaker ministers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) still retain possession of the official luxury vehicles allotted to them during their tenure within the recent caretaker administration.
Sources indicate that numerous members of the former caretaker cabinet of KP continue to utilize government-owned vehicles more than a week after their resignation. As per official records, not only has the former Excise Minister, Manzoor Afridi, continued to employ the official vehicles, but other ministers have also not yet returned their respective government-issued vehicles.
In accordance with available documentation, the ex-caretaker Transport Minister, Shahid Khattak, currently maintains possession of 13 vehicles that belong to two distinct departments, and these vehicles have not been surrendered as of now. This collection of vehicles comprises a Toyota Fortuner, a Honda Civic, four Hiluxes, two Vigos, and a Suzuki Cultus.
Reports suggest that the Transport Department has corresponded with former Minister Shahid Khattak, formally requesting the return of the government vehicles. However, no response has been received from the former minister in this regard.
Transport department insiders assert that no minister is authorized to utilize 13 official vehicles, and it is obligatory to return these vehicles to the relevant department upon leaving the ministerial post.
Meanwhile, within the Excise Department, it has been noted that former caretaker provincial minister Manzoor Afridi possesses four official luxury vehicles. This collection includes a V8, two Prados, and a Corolla.
According to Akmal Khattak, Director-General of Excise, a communication has been dispatched to the former Excise Minister, urging the prompt return of the vehicles. However, no response has been forthcoming from the minister.
Manzoor Khan Afridi, the Excise Minister in question, asserts that he is not currently using any official vehicles and assures that efforts will be undertaken to trace and recover the vehicles in possession of those who retain them. The vehicles will subsequently be restored to the Excise Department.


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To all of my beloved readers, both homo- and heterosexual, I hope you are all still massively celebrating the Supreme Court’s historic decision on Friday, 26 June 2015. I would just like to leave these beautiful words that none of us will ever forget…
Happiness to All!!!
I am thrilled to bring this news to you. There are so many real criminals in Mozambique that steal or bring harm to another or even murder. Our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters only want the right to love wherever they live. Once again, Love Wins!!!
The revised code, in force from Wednesday, drops a colonial-era clause outlawing “vices against nature”.
There were no prosecutions under that clause but rights activists have said this change is a symbolic victory.
It comes as other African countries have moved to tighten anti-gay laws.
In Nigeria, a law that came into force last year banned same-sex public displays of affection and introduced a possible 14-year prison sentence for gay sex.
A study released on Tuesday found that 87% of Nigerians supported a ban on same-sex relations.
In Uganda, the government has pledged to introduce a new restrictive law after the last law which criminalised homosexuality was successfully challenged in the constitutional court.
I’m just going to leave this short video here for all to enjoy.
Come on Australia! Jump in the equality pool!! The water is colorful!! <3
Two Liberal Party backbenchers appear to be forcing a conscience vote on marriage equality, with August 18 set aside for the government to decide the issue.
Sky News political editor David Speers broke the news on Wednesday afternoon, revealing Warren Entsch and Teresa Gambaro would co-sponsor a marriage equality bill that will be introduced on August 11.
I don’t like peas so all y’all need to quit enjoying peas! Lol
Like many people on Friday, Clinton Lee, a photographer from St. Petersburg, Florida, donned rainbows to show his support for marriage equality.
Clinton also made a post saying he would be happy to photograph any same-sex weddings over the weekend. “All we see is love,” he wrote.
Good Morning Everyone!
Perhaps it’s just me, but I feel that there’s been a sudden rise in the number of outright LGBT flavored commercials or ones where LGBT is included along with straight people. You will recall from 27 April of this year the commercial for Wells Fargo Bank involving the Lesbian couple nervously learning sign language in anticipation of the older girl they are adopting and I’ve noticed a few new ones cropping up. Mayyybe they’ve been around longer than I imagine they have, but I only noticed them this weekend because of where the National focus has been. I’m glad companies are showing their support of us. So here’s the Tylenol commercial I’ve noticed.
On the radio I heard a new AT&T commercial about what constitutes a family under their Family Plan for their mobile phones.
So are there any I’m missing? Have you seen something I’ve not? Please share!!
Grab your wife, grab your husband, grab anyone who supports GAY MARRIAGE and give them a huge hug because today….

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Didier Drogba, Claude Makelele To Join Frank Lampard At Chelsea
Frank Lampard is set for an emotional return to Chelsea, as the club prepare to formally offer him the manager’s job and will bring some of his former team-mates, SportsMail reports.
Derby County will not stand in Lampard’s way, provided Chelsea are respectful in their pursuit and pay a £4million compensation.
Negotiations between Chelsea and their all-time leading goalscorer to become Maurizio Sarri’s successor, will take place once permission is granted by the Championship side.
Lampard’s imminent return has seen a growing determination at Stamford Bridge, to bring back more of the club’s legends.
Petr Cech is set to return in a technical role, although no final decision will be made until his Arsenal contract expires on June 30.
There is also a long-standing desire to bring Didier Drogba back to the club in some capacity, while former midfielder Claude Makelele, who quit as manager of Belgian side Eupen on Friday, has also been linked with a return.
Lampard would bring Chelsea academy graduate Jody Morris and former coach Chris Jones with him from Derby.


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Gilroy Police chief Scot Smithee said the gunman who shot more than 15 people and killed three victims at California’s Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28, has been killed.
No information about the suspect has been released, Gilroy Dispatch reported Monday.
Smithee told a press conference at the Gavilan College in southwest Gilroy that police were still looking for a second suspect who may have been involved in the shooting at Christmas Hill Park.
He said the suspect who killed three people cut a hole through a perimeter fence surrounding the Garlic Festival grounds, thus entering the crowded festival without passing through security checkpoints.
The suspect used a rifle to shoot the victims, though Smithee told reporters he did not now the specific kind of firearm used by the gunman.
The suspect was shot and killed by Gilroy police within less than a minute of the first reports of gunshots, Smithee said.
A spokeswoman for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center said one of the shooting victims died at Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.
Three shooting victims remain at SLRH in serious condition, while two other patients were transferred from the Gilroy hospital to Valley Med.
In addition, five gunshot victims, ranging in condition from critical to fair, were transported directly to Valley Med from the scene.
That makes a total of 11 shooting victims treated at county hospitals in relation to the incident, which was reported to emergency dispatchers as an active shooter situation about 5:30pm Sunday at Christmas Hill Park.