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The Ron and Ngaire Gale Photographic collection: Treasure collection of the John Oxley Library
By Tom Jordan, Queensland Memory | 29 November 2021
In 1980, International trade and Public Relations consultant Ron Gale and his wife Ngaire left their Sydney lifestyle to retire in the heat and tropical humidity of North Queensland.
But when they got there, Ron and Ngaire found the beauty and vibrancy of the Far North too compelling to spend their days relaxing, gardening, and playing lawn bowls as one may do after a busy career.
Instead, the couple developed an interest in recording the dazzling whites and greys of the harsh saltpans in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the lush greens of the rainforests, the rich reds and rusty browns of the dry outback, and the brilliant peacock-blues of the Great barrier Reef. To do this they taught themselves the art of landscape photography- a practice neither had much interest in before moving up North.
Ron and Ngaire Gale, 1986
Ron and Ngaire Gale pose with a 35mm and a medium format camera, 1986
Ron Gale, born in Gunnedah, New South Wales in 1928, met Ngaire in Wellington, New Zealand. They were married in Sydney in 1950. After a brief stint in Adelaide, and 25 years based in Sydney, they travelled extensively to China and South Korea through Ron's work as a trade and public relations consultant. According to an article in The Daily Sun in 1985, Ron was the first person to organise a tourism television commercial featuring the Great Wall of China.
The couple moved up from Sydney after Ngaire was advised by her doctor that she should live in a warmer climate. By the time they arrived in Cairns around 1980, Far North Queensland was entering into an international tourism boom. The Far North Queensland Promotion Bureau had been formed in 1978, signifying a change in focus from the agriculture and forestry sector to the tourism sector and destination marketing. The Cairns International Airport, completed in 1984, allowed overseas travellers to bypass Brisbane and fly direct into North Queensland. Serious investment in tourism infrastructure was led by Japanese investors who built hotels and expanded the reef boat fleet.
Aerial view of Airlie Beach, 1985
As experienced business-savvy PR professionals, Ron and Ngaire recognised opportunity early on. Armed with 35mm and medium-format cameras, a keen sense of adventure, and a natural flair for entertaining and informative travel writing, the Gales began working on their contribution to this new, tourism-focussed Far North.
The result was three publications highlighting the best that Far North Queensland had to offer: Cairns, Cape York and The Gulf; Townsville: Gateway to the Tropical North; and Australia's Whitsundays, all published in 1986.
Ron and Ngaire Gale tourism books trilogy
The project was all-consuming for Ron and Ngaire. Over a period of five years starting in the early to mid-1980s, they took approximately 50, 000 photographs in their quest to capture on film the unique and visually exciting contrasts of Tropical Queensland. A significant portion of the photographs make up the bulk of the Ron and Ngaire Gale collection held at State Library.
For Ron and Ngaire, it wasn't only the 'steak' of the photo they were looking to capture. They were also motivated by the 'sizzle', combining the beauty, and the magical qualities of light, mood, and charisma of each scene. Their photos captured the unique aspects of each region and highlighted the contrasts and diversity in each environment.
Cairns to Port Douglas Road, Queensland, 1985.
Incredible blue skies above the road 80 kilometers from Cloncurry, 1986.
Panoramic views of the Herbert River flowing along the Herbert Gorge 1986
Panoramic views of the Herbert River flowing along the Herbert Gorge, 1986.
Ron described his photography as attempting to capture the light at the split second that it could not be repeated.
The majority of our shots are one-offs simply because you can go back the next day with all the same conditions but the exact picture you wanted will be gone.
Ron Gale, Whitsunday Times, 1990.
This quest for the perfect picture where ever they went led to the large amount of photographs they took.
Sunrise over Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, 1984.
The Gale collection also includes images Ron and Ngaire captured for other projects. Several photographic slides were taken during an archaeological dig in a remote area of the Gulf. Ron and Ngaire were attached as photojournalists.
The newspaper clippings and files included in the collection (7965) provide context. Among the images are photos of an RAAF Iroqious Helicopter transporting rocks containing fossils to and from the dig site. A single image of the inside of a Flying Doctor Service aircraft may seem mysterious until one reads that Ron sustained a head injury on the dig, prompting an emergency airlift to Mt Isa hospital.
Royal Australian Air Force helicopter assists in the collection of fossils, Inside a Flying Doctor Service of Australia aircraft
Royal Australian Air Force helicopter assists in the collection of fossilbearing rocks at Riversleigh Plateau in the Gulflands, 1985; Inside the Flying Doctor Service of Australia aircraft at Mount Isa, 1985
Other images include the Aboriginal dance festival in Laura, rough transits between locations over creeks and bulldust in a muddy 4X4, and Australian fauna one invariably encounters when travelling through North Queensland.
The Cape York road, Eminent Cassowary in Cardwell shire, crocodiles at Wild World Tropical Zoo
The Cape York road, Eminent Cassowary in Cardwell Shire, crocodiles at Wild World Tropical Zoo.
Even a particularly thirsty horse was photographed outside a pub in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Chestnut horse drinking from a bottle of beer Gulf of Carpentaria, 1989.
Referred to as the 'Albe Mangels of the older generation' by the press, and as 'latter day hippies' by their children, Ron and Ngaire left North Queensland in the early 2000s to move closer to family. Ngaire passed away some years ago, but Ron now lives on the Sunshine Coast near Caloundra in 2021.
The contrasts and diversity that are apparent in the Ron and Ngaire Gale collection perfectly encapsulate the landscape and environment that Far North Queensland offers. The collection which is made up of thousands of slides is an important and valuable resource documenting Queensland regional areas at a time when large-scale tourism was just taking off.
Through their images, one can experience the moving stillness of the rainforests and the awesome silence of the lonely outback plains that Ron and Ngaire experienced in their quest for the perfect 'sizzle.' Nearly 1000 of their photographs are digitised and available to look through on the catalogue One Search.
7435 Ron and Ngaire Gale Collection ca. 1980s
7965 Ron and Ngaire Gale Collection – Scanned images, newspaper Clippings, and documents relating to the Gales
6463 Ron and Ngaire Gale (Stock photos) Collection 1980-1990
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Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Islands
Johnstone Gallery Archive
Archibald Meston Papers
Mary Watson diaries
Central Queensland Separation League Petition
(I'm) Stranded : No Time, The Saints
Real estate maps collection
Portrait of an Australian Artists' Book
John Watts Necklace
Stable collection 1917 - 1991
Tony Fitzgerald Collection 1984 - 2009
Tindale Genealogical Collection 1928-1960
Charles Seymour Papers 1880-1924
Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children's Art Archive 1990-2020
Bennett Family Films 1956 – 1988
Storylines Q150 digital stories
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Far North Queensland (8)
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"The Islamabad High Court reserved on Tuesday judgment in the juvenile housemaid's case who was allegedly tortured at the residence of a judge by his wife.
Justice Aamer Farooq reserved judgement after the Islamabad Advocate General Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, who has recently replaced Mian Abdul Rauf, and defence counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi and Raja Farooq concluded their arguments in the case.
The Additional District & Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen Zafar, were booked and had later been charged for allegedly assaulting, confining, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning, harming and injuring the minor housemaid.
They have been accused of keeping the girl in wrongful confinement, burning her hand, beating her with a ladle, detaining her in a storeroom, and threatening her with even worse. The couple had pleaded 'not guilty' after they were indicted and stood trial.
On December 29, 2016, 10-year-old maid's case was registered and she was still awaiting justice as her trial was being conducted at the IHC. The police probe into the incident involving brutal torture on the child maid points out violence and abuse meted out to the victim by the wife of the sessions judge, who himself has been accused of employing the minor as maid in the first place.
The gruesome story of the juvenile maid had revealed the cruel relationship between 'masters and servants' and government's cosmetic measures to protect children.
It had unearthed the way two judges of district court and a lawyer worked at breakneck pace to clear the judge and his wife of allegations of mistreating the child maid. The fact that the maximum penalty for pledging the labour of a child is only Rs250 [£1.50GBP / $2.1USD] in Pakistan had also emerged through the case.
On January 3, two ADSJs, Atta Rabbani and Raja Asif Mehmood, and the lawyer Raja Zahoorul Hassan had tried to steer the couple out of trouble. Lawyer Hassan had mocked the reporters standing outside the courtroom, telling them to "recite Fateha over the case".
Later on, the Supreme Court took suo moto notice, voiced serious concerns at the loopholes in the 'compromise' reached under questionable circumstances, hasty handover of the child maid and the suspicious role of the counsel for her guardians.
SC while declaring it a "sordid incident" had overruled the pardon granted to the couple by girl's parents in the name of God.
Human rights lawyer Sharafat Chaudhry talking to The Express Tribune had earlier said that ICT Child Protection Bill, 2017, has yet to be imposed as opposed to other provinces where similar legislations have already been imposed.
He had added that the bill has yet to be tabled before the national assembly and senate contrary to some passed "overnight".
Apart from the SC's notice and her trial at the IHC to ensure transparency, one good thing happened to her – she started studying. In one of her court appearances, she told Justice Kayani that she sat English and Maths exams the other day.
Next, she sat her toughest examination – cross-examination in court by the defence counsel. The bad news for the child was that her mother passed away. In his statement before the IHC, minor's father Azam had revealed that his wife passed away on Muharram 13, adding he was unaware about the calendar date.
At one point, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani during the hearing of the case had remarked that he had concluded a separate inquiry and found the judge to be guilty while suggesting "major punishment".
To this, judge's counsel had raised objection and the case was later placed before Justice Aamer Farooq, who reserved judgment on Tuesday.
It had unearthed the way two judges of district court and a lawyer worked at breakneck pace to clear the judge and his wife of allegations of mistreating the child maid. The fact that the maximum penalty for pledging the labour of a child is only Rs250 in Pakistan had also emerged through the case.


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Madame Tussaud's had hitherto held pleasant memories for Mrs. Bunting.
In the days when she and Bunting were courting they often spent there
part of their afternoon-out.
The butler had an acquaintance, a man named Hopkins, who was one of
the waxworks staff, and this man had sometimes given him passes for
"self and lady." But this was the first time Mrs. Bunting had been
inside the place since she had come to live almost next door, as it
were, to the big building.
They walked in silence to the familiar entrance, and then, after
the ill-assorted trio had gone up the great staircase and into the
first gallery, Mr. Sleuth suddenly stopped short. The presence of
those curious, still, waxen figures which suggest so strangely death
in life, seemed to surprise and affright him.
Daisy took quick advantage of the lodger's hesitation and unease.
"Oh, Ellen," she cried, "do let us begin by going into the Chamber
of Horrors! I've never been in there. Old Aunt made father promise
he wouldn't take me the only time I've ever been here. But now that
I'm eighteen I can do just as I like; besides, Old Aunt will never
know."
Mr. Sleuth looked down at her, and a smile passed for a moment over
his worn, gaunt face.
"Yes," he said, "let us go into the Chamber of Horrors; that's a
good idea, Miss Bunting. I've always wanted to see the Chamber of
Horrors."
They turned into the great room in which the Napoleonic relics were
then kept, and which led into the curious, vault-like chamber where
waxen effigies of dead criminals stand grouped in wooden docks.
Mrs. Bunting was at once disturbed and relieved to see her husband's
old acquaintance, Mr. Hopkins, in charge of the turnstile admitting
the public to the Chamber of Horrors.
"Well, you are a stranger," the man observed genially. "I do believe
that this is the very first time I've seen you in here, Mrs. Bunting,
since you was married!"
"Yes," she said, "that is so. And this is my husband's daughter,
Daisy; I expect you've heard of her, Mr. Hopkins. And this" — she
hesitated a moment — "is our lodger, Mr. Sleuth."
But Mr. Sleuth frowned and shuffled away. Daisy, leaving her
stepmother's side, joined him.
Two, as all the world knows, is company, three is none. Mrs.
Bunting put down three sixpences.
"Wait a minute," said Hopkins; "you can't go into the Chamber of
Horrors just yet. But you won't have to wait more than four or
five minutes, Mrs. Bunting. It's this way, you see; our boss is
in there, showing a party round." He lowered his voice. "It's
Sir John Burney — I suppose you know who Sir John Burney is?"
"No," she answered indifferently, "I don't know that I ever heard
of him."
She felt slightly — oh, very sightly — uneasy about Daisy. She
would have liked her stepdaughter to keep well within sight and
sound, but Mr. Sleuth was now taking the girl down to the other
end of the room.
"Well, I hope you never will know him — not in any personal sense,
Mrs. Bunting." The man chuckled. "He's the Commissioner of Police
— the new one — that's what Sir John Burney is. One of the
gentlemen he's showing round our place is the Paris Police boss —
whose job is on all fours, so to speak, with Sir John's. The
Frenchy has brought his daughter with him, and there are several
other ladies. Ladies always likes horrors, Mrs. Bunting; that's
our experience here. 'Oh, take me to the Chamber of Horrors' —
that's what they say the minute they gets into this here building!"
Mrs. Bunting looked at him thoughtfully. It occurred to Mr. Hopkins
that she was very wan and tired; she used to look better in the old
days, when she was still in service, before Bunting married her.
"Yes," she said; "that's just what my stepdaughter said just now.
'Oh, take me to the Chamber of Horrors' — that's exactly what she
did say when we got upstairs."
A group of people, all talking and laughing together; were advancing,
from within the wooden barrier, toward the turnstile.
Mrs. Bunting stared at them nervously. She wondered which of them
was the gentleman with whom Mr. Hopkins had hoped she would never be
brought into personal contact; she thought she could pick him out
among the others. He was a tall, powerful, handsome gentleman, with
a military appearance.
Just now he was smiling down into the face of a young lady.
"Monsieur Barberoux is quite right," he was saying in a loud,
cheerful voice, "our English law is too kind to the criminal,
especially to the murderer. If we conducted our trials in the
French fashion, the place we have just left would be very much
fuller than it is to-day. A man of whose guilt we are absolutely
assured is oftener than not acquitted, and then the public taunt
us with 'another undiscovered crime!'"
"D'you mean, Sir John, that murderers sometimes escape scot-free?
Take the man who has been committing all these awful murders this
last month? I suppose there's no doubt he'll be hanged — if he's
ever caught, that is!"
Her girlish voice rang out, and Mrs. Bunting could hear every word
that was said.
The whole party gathered round, listening eagerly. "Well, no."
He spoke very deliberately. "I doubt if that particular murderer
ever will be hanged."
"You mean that you'll never catch him?" the girl spoke with a touch
of airy impertinence in her clear voice.
"I think we shall end by catching him — because" — he waited a moment,
then added in a lower voice — "now don't give me away to a newspaper
fellow, Miss Rose — because now I think we do know who the murderer
in question is — "
Several of those standing near by uttered expressions of surprise and
incredulity.
"Then why don't you catch him?" cried the girl indignantly.
"I didn't say we knew where he was; I only said we knew who he was,
or, rather, perhaps I ought to say that I personally have a very
strong suspicion of his identity."
Sir John's French colleague looked up quickly. "De Leipsic and
Liverpool man?" he said interrogatively.
The other nodded. "Yes, I suppose you've had the case turned up?"
Then, speaking very quickly, as if he wished to dismiss the subject
from his own mind, and from that of his auditors, he went on:
"Four murders of the kind were committed eight years ago — two in
Leipsic, the others, just afterwards, in Liverpool, — and there were
certain peculiarities connected with the crimes which made it clear
they were committed by the same hand. The perpetrator was caught,
fortunately for us, red-handed, just as he was leaving the house of
his last victim, for in Liverpool the murder was committed in a
house. I myself saw the unhappy man — I say unhappy, for there is
no doubt at all that he was mad" — he hesitated, and added in a
lower tone — "suffering from an acute form of religious mania.
I myself saw him, as I say, at some length. But now comes the really
interesting point. I have just been informed that a month ago this
criminal lunatic, as we must of course regard him, made his escape
from the asylum where he was confined. He arranged the whole
thing with extraordinary cunning and intelligence, and we should
probably have caught him long ago, were it not that he managed, when
on his way out of the place, to annex a considerable sum of money
in gold, with which the wages of the asylum staff were about to be
paid. It is owing to that fact that his escape was, very wrongly,
concealed — "
He stopped abruptly, as if sorry he had said so much, and a moment
later the party were walking in Indian file through the turnstile,
Sir John Burney leading the way.
Mrs. Bunting looked straight before her. She felt — so she
expressed it to her husband later — as if she had been turned to
Even had she wished to do so, she had neither the time nor the power
to warn her lodger of his danger, for Daisy and her companion were
now coming down the room, bearing straight for the Commissioner of
Police. In another moment Mrs. Bunting's lodger and Sir John Burney
were face to face.
Mr. Sleuth swerved to one side; there came a terrible change over
his pale, narrow face; it became discomposed, livid with rage and
But, to Mrs. Bunting's relief — yes, to her inexpressible relief
— Sir John Burney and his friends swept on. They passed Mr. Sleuth
and the girl by his side, unaware, or so it seemed to her, that
there was anyone else in the room but themselves.
"Hurry up, Mrs. Bunting," said the turnstile-keeper; "you and your
friends will have the place all to yourselves for a bit." From an
official he had become a man, and it was the man in Mr. Hopkins that
gallantly addressed pretty Daisy Bunting: "It seems strange that a
young lady like you should want to go in and see all those 'orrible
frights," he said jestingly.
"Mrs. Bunting, may I trouble you to come over here for a moment?"
The words were hissed rather than spoken by Mr. Sleuth's lips.
His landlady took a doubtful step towards him.
"A last word with you, Mrs. Bunting." The lodger's face was still
distorted with fear and passion. "Do not think to escape the
consequences of your hideous treachery. I trusted you, Mrs. Bunting,
and you betrayed me! Put I am protected by a higher power, for
I still have much to do." Then, his voice sinking to a whisper, he
hissed out "Your end will be bitter as wormwood and sharp as a
two-edged sword. Your feet shall go down to death, and your steps
take hold on hell."
Even while Mr. Sleuth was muttering these strange, dreadful words,
he was looking round, glancing this way and that, seeking a way of
At last his eyes became fixed on a small placard placed above a
curtain. "Emergency Exit" was written there. Mrs. Bunting thought
he was going to make a dash for the place; but Mr. Sleuth did
something very different. Leaving his landlady's side, he walked
over to the turnstile, he fumbled in his pocket for a moment, and
then touched the man on the arm. "I feel ill," he said, speaking
very rapidly; "very ill indeed! It is the atmosphere of this place.
I want you to let me out by the quickest way. It would be a pity
for me to faint here — especially with ladies about."
His left hand shot out and placed what he had been fumbling for in
his pocket on the other's bare palm. "I see there's an emergency
exit over there. Would it be possible for me to get out that way?"
"Well, yes, sir; I think so."
The man hesitated; he felt a slight, a very sight, feeling of
misgiving. He looked at Daisy, flushed and smiling, happy and
unconcerned, and then at Mrs. Bunting. She was very pale; but
surely her lodger's sudden seizure was enough to make her feel
worried. Hopkins felt the half-sovereign pleasantly tickling his
palm. The Paris Prefect of Police had given him only half-a-crown
— mean, shabby foreigner!
"Yes, sir; I can let you out that way," he said at last, "and p'raps
when you're standing out in the air, on the iron balcony, you'll feel
better. But then, you know, sir, you'll have to come round to the
front if you wants to come in again, for those emergency doors only
open outward."
"Yes, yes," said Mr. Sleuth hurriedly. "I quite understand! If I
feel better I'll come in by the front way, and pay another shilling
— that's only fair."
"You needn't do that if you'll just explain what happened here."
The man went and pulled the curtain aside, and put his shoulder
against the door. It burst open, and the light, for a moment,
blinded Mr. Sleuth.
He passed his hand over his eyes. "Thank you," he muttered, "thank
you. I shall get all right out there."
An iron stairway led down into a small stable yard, of which the
door opened into a side street.
Mr. Sleuth looked round once more; he really did feel very ill —
ill and dazed. How pleasant it would be to take a flying leap over
the balcony railing and find rest, eternal rest, below.
But no — he thrust the thought, the temptation, from him. Again a
convulsive look of rage came over his face. He had remembered his
landlady. How could the woman whom he had treated so generously have
betrayed him to his arch-enemy? — to the official, that is, who had
entered into a conspiracy years ago to have him confined — him, an
absolutely sane man with a great avenging work to do in the world —
in a lunatic asylum.
He stepped out into the open air, and the curtain, falling-to behind
him, blotted out the tall, thin figure from the little group of
people who had watched him disappear.
Even Daisy felt a little scared. "He did look bad, didn't he, now?"
she turned appealingly to Mr. Hopkins.
"Yes, that he did, poor gentleman — your lodger, too?" he looked
sympathetically at Mrs. Bunting.
She moistened her lips with her tongue. "Yes," she repeated dully,
"my lodger."
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It's that time of year again as the air turns crisp, pumpkin explodes into everything, and apples are begging to be picked! Our Fall family tradition has become picking apples as well as choosing pumpkins and mums for the front porch and my kids are already asking when we get to head to the farm! We love the local fall festivals and Triple B Farms has stayed at the top of our list. Ride a wagon to the pumpkin patch to view Storybook Pumpkinland, pick apples from the trees at kid height, slide down the Liberty Tube, munch on apple cider donuts + much more!
The Fall Festival opens the last weekend in September (9/26-27) and runs each weekend through the end of October. Open Saturday/Sunday, 10am-6pm. Beginning Oct. 7th, they will also be open W-F, 4-7pm. A wristband gets you unlimited access to all activities! Adults: $8 / Kids: $12. Face painting + pony rides are $4 each.
A hayride to the pumpkin patch takes you through Storybook Pumpkinland where your kids will delight to identify 250 storybook characters from nursery rhymes and children's movies.
The corn maze, bounce houses, duck derby, farm animals and wooden play structures are just a few places around the farm that you will want to stop!
These slides are one of the highlights of our visit for my kiddos! Grab a burlap sack, chug up the hill and get ready to take on the Liberty Tubeslide.
Nothing beats a freshly picked sack of apples and we have a hard time making sure we come home with a full sack. :) The dwarf apple trees are at perfect kid-height, so parents can sit back and let them do the work!
The food barn has been known to hold such treats such as apple cider donuts and pumpkin fries with caramel dip. I don't know for sure what they have planned for this year, but I have no doubt it will be tasty!
There are plenty of beautiful options for your front porch pumpkin display! My kids can't wait to pick their special pumpkin. Orange, blue, white or gnarly.....we love them all.
Oct. 12: COLUMBUS DAY. ALL Activities Open 12-6pm. Extra Day of Fall Fun!
Oct. 17: Special Music Presentation.
Oct. 31: Treats for Children ALL Day! Happy Halloween!
Nov. 1: LAST Day Savings! Stock Up for Winter! Call for details. 724.258.3557.
This post sponsored by Triple B Farms. All opinions remain my own.
We would be most excited to take our 1 year old on her first hayride and let her pick a pumpkin.
Our family would be most excited seeing our 2 year daughter picking her pumpkin and enjoying the activities. She has never been on a hayride yet!
Storybook pumpkinland is the best!
My husband and I were just talking about how much fun we all had last year here. Would loooove to win this giveaway, how awesome! Thanks for the opportunity!
Although I'm pretty sure my daughter will enjoy everything there, I think she would really like picking apples. And picking out pumpkins to decorate our home.
We would love the storybook pumpkinland! Have a 2yr old that loves storytime! Also we'd love to do the corn maze! A new fun experience!
This would be a great first for my family!! I think the liberty slides would be the most anticipated activity!
This will be our first year checking out this farm and we are so excited!
Very excited to check this out! We always go to attach but this looks like it may be even more fun!
Excited for donuts and to see all the pumpkins!
We love Triple B! It is a fall tradition for our family.
I'm so excited to take my two year old. It will be her first hayride, corn maze, and apple picking.
My older two would love the slides and my toddler would enjoy a hayride!
Can't wait to bring the kids out to the farm! Pumpkins,apples,apple cider,corn maze! Great family memories! So much fun!
I am most excited about the apple cider and we are hoping for a hayride.
This would be a great first visit for my family.
We haven't been to Triple B in a few years! We would love to go back now that we have a little one!
i'd love to try the apple cider donuts!
My daughter would love the pony rides!
Have been wanting to take our boys there - I've heard great things!
Nothing says fall lime a trip to Triple B! My trio loves everything about the fall festival!
I've heard lots of good things about this place. Can't wait to visit!!
I'd love to be able to take my kids for the fall festivities at Triple B! Their farm is fabulous!
The kids would love the hydride and pumpkin picking!
This would be our first time to this farm! It looks like there is so much to do and so fun! We'd love it!
We love picking apples, but the slides, pumpkins, and hay rides are all so much fun too!
We have never been, but have always heard good things. Our go to is Simmons, but always up for something new!
We weren't able to take our son last year. Winning these would be great !
We will love to visit this farm. It looks fun.
My boys are most likely excited about the slides!!


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Gildea is a surname.

Although spelled "Gildea", the name is pronounced "gill-day", rhyming with the Irish surname "O'Shea".

Notable people with the surname include:

Damien Gildea, (born 1969), Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer
the Gildea Glacier is named after him
Harry Gildea (1890–1917), Scottish footballer
James Gildea, (1838–1920), British Army officer and philanthropist
James H. Gildea, (1890–1988), American newspaperman and Democratic member of the US House of Representatives
John Gildea, Irish Gaelic footballer
Johnny Gildea, (1910–79), American football player
Lorie Skjerven Gildea, (born 1961), attorney and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Peter Gildea (1883–1940), Scottish footballer
Robert Gildea, (born 1952), professor of Modern History at Oxford University
Tom Gildea, (born 1939), Irish independent politician
Willie Gildea, (born 1888), Scottish footballer

See also
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 Kildee

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Organizations Come Together to Serve Up Mentoring Opportunities with Local Deaf Youth and Professionals
Erin Souza-Rezendes, Director of Communications
Mentor Recruitment Campaign Comes to Washington, D.C. to Amplify Inclusive Relationships
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To engage the local community and expose professionals and young people to the possibilities of mentoring, Starbucks, LinkedIn, and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership hosted an evening of relationship-building, career mentoring, and inspiration as part of the 10,000 Connections mentor recruitment campaign on Tuesday. The event, hosted at the Starbucks Washington, D.C. Signing Store, engaged Deaf and hard of hearing youth and mentors, in partnership with Partners for Youth with Disabilities, the National Disability Mentoring Coalition, and Gallaudet University.
According to The Power of Relationships, the largest-ever survey on adults' views, participation, and investment in mentoring, mentoring is bringing people together. Mentoring is gaining greater attention and momentum across communities, sparking connections and expanding opportunities for young people and adults alike. Adults from all walks of life are giving their time and resources to support young people, with more than two-thirds of adults saying they are mentoring or willing to consider it. Americans are overwhelmingly crossing racial, economic, and other bridges to mentor young people outside their families.
Last night's event at Starbucks showed those connections sparked in real life, with local professionals and students engaging in mini career mentoring sessions using sign language. Starbucks Signing Store Manger Matthew Gilsbach kicked off the evening and highlighted the power of relationships to expand access to opportunities and career pathways.
"Investing in Deaf leaders of the future by connecting them with successful Deaf mentors will inspire them to take action and see that they too can be successful in anything. I would not be where I am today without inspiration and guidance of my mentors," shared Matthew.
Gallaudet University's first Deaf President, Dr. I. King Jordan, and current President Roberta Cordano both participated in the event. They were joined by career mentors Kirsten Poston (Disability Program Manager at the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation), Michelle Sherbondy (Program Analyst and Contracting Officer's Representation at the TARGET Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Fred Weiner (Director of the Real Estate Foundation and D.C. Government Relations at Gallaudet University).
In March 2018, LinkedIn and Starbucks joined forces with MENTOR to launch a nationwide campaign designed to connect more than 10,000 mentors and mentees across the U.S. The goal is to support even more opportunities for those looking to jumpstart or grow their careers. The campaign has hosted 26 events across 16 cities, many hosted by MENTOR's local Affiliates and in Starbucks stores, to engage potential volunteer mentors. Event participants and the public can search for volunteer mentoring opportunities in their communities at www.mentoring.org/10kConnections and engage on social media using #10kConnections.
About MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership is the unifying champion for quality youth mentoring in the United States. MENTOR's mission is to close the mentoring gap and ensure our nation's young people have the support they need through quality mentoring relationships to succeed at home, school, and ultimately, work. To achieve this, MENTOR collaborates with its Affiliates and works to drive the investment of time and money into high-impact mentoring programs and advance quality mentoring through the development and delivery of standards, cutting-edge research, and state-of-the-art tools.
For any press or media inquiries, please contact Erin Souza-Rezendes, Director of Communications, at esouza@mentoring.org or 774-644-0176.


As I'm sure some of you will have noticed by now that this year I'm splitting my time between the UK and Switzerland (where we lived for a few years). This got me thinking. The World Wide Web is SO big how do you find great blogs to read?
I discovered quite a few fabulous Swiss based bloggers during our time in Zurich so decided I'd like to share them with you. All of their blogs are either written in German and English OR they have a translate button.
Some of these bloggers are going to form part of my new series called 'Meet the Swiss Based Blogger' which will be starting next Tuesday (hashtag #MTSBB). I know its a rather long title but it tells you exactly what the posts are going to be about!
For now all thats left to say is go check out their links and have a read.
Yay! I feel so honored to be on that list, hee hee :-) Can't wait for the series!


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Bernie Sanders's Rider Invokes a Vermont Senior Citizen's Dream: Freezing Hotel Rooms, Green Tea, Nuts
Ashley Reese
Image: Sarah Silbiger (Getty Images)
Let's get one thing out of the way right now: Despite the New York Post's claim that Senator Bernie Sanders's comfort memo, which sets specifications for his travel, makes him a "demanding hotel guest whose requirements would make even the most pampered celebrity blush" is nonsense. Not when, say, Mariah Carrey's backstage demands included a person whose only job was to dispose of her used gum.
But that doesn't mean Sanders is devoid of particularities. The Post came to their (exaggerated) conclusion from an excerpt from Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump, a book by The Atlantic's Edward-Isaac Dovere. In it, Sanders's hotel specifications were revealed and they're not so much demanding as they are... typical of the elderly and opinionated.
From the New York Post, emphasis ours:
According to Dovere, Sanders preferred suites with bathtubs and a king-size bed "which had to have a down comforter or another blanket in the closet. He preferred that the extra blanket be dark blue, and made of cotton."
Sanders, 79, required that his room be kept at 60 degrees even if it meant opening a window in winter or manually overriding the hotel's climate control system. Dovere recounts one incident on a trip to California when a hotel worker tried and failed to get the room to the required coolness.
"So, Chloe," Dovere writes an "annoyed" Sanders told the employee. "You don't want me to sleep tonight?"
The book adds that Sanders would preserve his man-of-the-people bona fides by turning down room upgrades, occasionally swapping with aides and telling them, "if there's a bomb in there, it's yours tonight."
His comfort memo also required hotel rooms be stocked with green tea with honey, Gatorade, and assorted nuts.
Who doesn't want a king-size bed or a fancy bathtub at a hotel (or assorted nuts for that matter)? And on the temperature front, while we can all hope that Sanders was polite to the hotel employee through his frustration... hot hotel rooms are uncomfortable. I, for one, am a big fan of cold-room-cozy-and-warm-and-snuggly-underneath-the-blankets, so I don't blame Sanders for being picky. But 60 degrees? Sixty degrees of all-American degrees Fahrenheit? Now that's just showing off.
We get it, Peepaw, you live in Vermont, you can wear a light jacket at inauguration and feel fine. You don't have to prove yourself anymore, man. It's okay.
The only truly controversial nugget in the excerpt was Sanders's reluctant affinity for his chartered campaign plane, as opposed to taking regular shitty domestic flights like the rest of us mere mortals. Given Sanders's concern about climate change, the preference is a bit of an ethical pickle. But even Sanders's requirements on that front—"Couldn't be too cramped. Couldn't get too bumpy"—don't exactly scream diva.
As someone who just took a cross-country flight from New York City to Los Angeles and was stuck in a middle seat, I, too, dream of non-cramped travel. But I can skip the private plane, I'll settle for one day having the disposable income to fork over an extra $60 for additional legroom without dying a little inside.


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Everton put up for sale by Farhad Moshiri with asking price of over £500m
Owner open to minority or majority sale of struggling club
Number of potential buyers express interest in Everton
Everton's current home Goodison Park. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
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Tue 24 Jan 2023 14.41 EST Last modified on Tue 24 Jan 2023 18.06 EST
Everton have been put up for sale by Farhad Moshiri, who is looking for offers of more than £500m for the Premier League club.
In recent months Moshiri has sought outside investment but he has finally put Everton on the market, and would consider a minority or majority sale. A number of potential buyers have expressed interest.
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Moshiri would like to recoup the money he has invested in the new stadium being built at Bramley-Moore Dock. It is understood that Deloitte has been instructed to handle the sale of the club, who are in the Premier League relegation zone. Deloitte offered no comment when approached by the Guardian.
The British-Iranian billionaire's attempt to sell can be revealed on a day when Everton were dealt a double setback with Marcelo Bielsa expressing doubts over replacing Frank Lampard as manager and Tottenham hijacking their move for Arnaut Danjuma.
Moshiri and his fellow board members have been fiercely criticised by Everton fans over recent weeks, with widespread calls for the owner to sell after almost seven years and for the directors to go.
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About £700m has been spent on more than 50 players in the Moshiri era, with just over £400m recouped in sales. The attempted sale comes at a perilous moment for Everton with the stadium under construction at a cost of at least £550m, the club's last three available set of accounts showing combined losses of £372.6m and lucrative commercial ties cut with companies owned by the oligarch Alisher Usmanov after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Moshiri has funded the construction costs of the stadium so far but has been seeking the additional investment required to complete the project. In a video posted on Everton's website on Tuesday that is believed to have been filmed last week, Moshiri insisted he was not planning to sell the club. "The club is not for sale but I've been talking to top investors, real quality, to bridge the gap on the stadium," he said. "I can do it myself and the reason I want to do it is to bring top sport investors into Everton for some of the reasons that the fans want improvement, more talent, and we are close to having a deal done."


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Hans Joachim Morgenthau (Coburg, 17 februari 1904 – New York 19 juli 1980) was een Amerikaans politicoloog van Duits-Joodse oorsprong, gespecialiseerd in het veld van de internationale betrekkingen. Hij wordt gezien als een van de belangrijkste politicologen van de 20e eeuw. Hij heeft veel bijdragen geleverd aan de studie van internationale wetten. Zijn boek, Politics Among Nations, was in de Verenigde Staten decennialang een van de belangrijkste politieke tekstboeken op universiteiten.

Biografie
Morgenthau werd geboren in een Joodse familie in Coburg, Duitsland. Hij studeerde aan de Casimirianum. Van 1923 tot 1927 studeerde hij onder andere filosofie en rechten aan de universiteiten van Berlijn, Frankfurt en München.

In 1932 verliet Morgenthau Duitsland en werd privédocent aan de Universiteit van Genève. Vanwege het antisemitistische beleid dat Zwitserland ging voeren, verloor Morgenthau in 1933 zijn baan. In 1935 werd hij aangenomen bij de Complutense-universiteit van Madrid. Hij trouwde toen ook met zijn vriendin Irma Thormann. Vanwege de opkomst van het nationaalsocialisme keerde hij niet meer naar Duitsland terug. In 1937 emigreerde Morgenthau naar de Verenigde Staten. Hij gaf in de Verenigde Staten jarenlang les aan de Universiteit van Chicago.

Morgenthau hield contact met veel intellectuelen en schrijvers van zijn tijd, zoals Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, en Hannah Arendt. Tijdens de beginperiode van de Koude Oorlog was hij raadgever voor de U.S. State Department. Gedurende het grootste gedeelte van zijn carrière was Morgenthau academisch criticus op het gebied van het Amerikaanse beleid tegenover het buitenland. Zo sprak hij zich openlijk uit tegen Amerika's deelname aan de Vietnamoorlog. Hij overleed in 1980 na een kort ziekbed.

Morgenthau wordt gezien als een van de oprichters van de 20e-eeuwse scholen gebaseerd rondom realisme, Hij drong aan op het belang van "het nationale belang". Hij wordt tegenwoordig vaak als een klassiek realist gezien en daarmee tegenover het structureel realisme van Kenneth Waltz geplaatst.

Morgenthau's politiek realisme
De belangrijkste aannames van het realisme in de internationale betrekkingen zijn dat staten de belangrijkste actoren zijn die als unitair en rationeel kunnen worden beschouwd. In zijn boek Politics Among Nations zet Morgenthau in het openingshoofdstuk de 'Zes Principes van Politiek Realisme' uiteen.
 Politiek realisme gelooft dat de politiek wordt geregeerd door objectieve wetten die wortelen in de menselijke aard.
 Belangen van actoren worden gedefinieerd in termen van macht.
 De invulling van de belangen in termen van macht zijn afhankelijk van de politieke en culturele context.
 Er is een spanning tussen het morele gebod en de vereisten voor succesvol politiek handelen.
 Politiek realisme weigert de morele aspiraties van specifieke landen te identificeren.
 Politiek realisme gaat uit van de autonomie van de politieke sfeer.

Bibliografie
 Scientific Man versus Power Politics (1946) Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
 Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace (1948) New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
 In Defense of the National Interest (1951) New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
 The Purpose of American Politics (1960) New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
 Crossroad Papers: A Look Into the American Future (ed.) (1965) New York, NY: Norton.
 Truth and Power: Essays of a Decade, 1960-70 (1970) New York, NY: Praeger.
 Coauthor with David Hein. Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics. (1983) Lanham, MD: Univ. Press of America for the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the Univ. of Virginia.

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Арістіпп I (д/н — 252/251 до н. е.) — тиран Аргоса від 272 до 252/251 року до н. е. Походив з аристократичної родини. Встановив династію місцевих тиранів.

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Походив із заможної та знатної родини. Її представники мали значний вплив у місті, а також гарні стосунки з Афінською республікою. Предки Арістіппа у 300 році до н. е. надали значні послуги Афінам. Скориставшись цим Арістіпп вирішив захопити владу в Аргосі, віднявши її у тирана Арістея.

У 273—272 роках розгорнулася боротьба між прихильниками Арістіппа та Арістея. Останній запросив на допомогу Пірра, царя Епірського. Арістіпп вирішив спиратися на допомогу Антигона Гоната, який перед цим затвердився як цар Македонії. В результаті численних сутичок Пірр загинув в Аргосі, доля ж Арістея залишилась невідома — він або був вбитий, або втік з міста. З цього моменту — 272 року — Арістіпп став новим тираном Аргосу.

У своїх діях Арістіпп спирався на македонську військову потугу, тому не зважав на спротив громадян. Втім, за його правління він не був занадто сильним. При цьому за правління Арістіппа встановився деякий лад — юрба була придушена, аристократії забезпечені майнові (але не політичні) привілеї.

У 252 або 251 році, вмираючи, Арістіпп I передав владу синові Арістомахові.

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 Helmut Berve: Die Tyrannis bei den Griechen. München 1967

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David C. Shonka, Jr., MD is a fellowship-trained head and neck endocrine and oncologic surgeon at the University of Virginia. He specializes in the surgical treatment of endocrine disorders of the head and neck including thyroid cancer and hyperparathyroidism. He completed his undergraduate, medical and residency training at the University of Virginia from 1996 to 2009 followed by a clinical fellowship in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery at the prestigious University of Iowa. He returned to the University of Virginia in 2010 and has advanced to Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr Shonka's clinical practice has focused on surgical treatment of endocrine disorders of the head and neck and treatment of head and neck malignancies. Dr Shonka is involved on a national level as a member of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS), American Thyroid Association (ATA), American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). He is a Board Member of the Endocrine Section of the AHNS and also serves on the Endocrine Committee of the AAO-HNS and Surgical Affairs Committee of the ATA. He often serves as a course instructor for ATA and ACS Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Courses.


A picturesque small country called Bulgaria has existed for more than 13 centuries in Europe, linking East and West. Bulgaria remembers ancient civilizations and great people that wrote its turbulent history. Situated in Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria occupies the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria is very popular place to buy property.
Located in the Balkan Peninsula, in the South East part of Europe, Bulgaria borders five other countries, Romania to the north (mostly along the Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south. The territory of the Republic of Bulgaria is divided into 278 municipalities and 28 regions.
Bulgaria comprises of three classical regions - Macedonia, Moesia and Thrace. The southwest of the country is mountainous, with the Balkan range of mountains running west to east down the centre of the country. Hill country and plains are found in the southeast, along the Black Sea coast in the east, and along Bulgaria's main river, the Danube in the north. Other major rivers include the Struma and the Maritsa river in the south. Find property for sale in Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria is a beautiful mountainous country, with tourism opportunities being one of its biggest assets. The modern ski resorts as Bansko, Borovets, Pamporovo and Vitosha attract attention of lots of foreign tourists.
Bulgaria possesses beautiful landscapes and beaches, and is becoming a real resort paradise. The Black Sea Coast on its East border is famous for its fine-sanded beaches, and perfect temperatures of water and air. There are plenty of sea resorts (Albena, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, Elenite, etc.) and sea towns and villages (Varna, Bourgas, Balchik, Nessebur, Sozopol, etc.) that give opportunity for great sea holidays.
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Magazine - Brian Tyree Henry on Causeway: "I Needed to Present One other Facet of Me"
Brian Tyree Henry on Causeway: "I Needed to Present One other Facet of Me"
One thing that I believe is so attention-grabbing concerning the movie, and particularly these two performances on the heart of it's you guys are in a position to say quite a bit with out saying quite a bit, there's a number of quietness to the film. And what's that wish to deal with as an actor. I imply, you have finished enormous Marvel tasks, you have finished theater, and now this small, intimate, impartial movie. Do you must shift your method to the complete craft, or is it simply plucking a distinct string?
I believe it is nearly focusing and honing in on the place that character is, what the atmosphere is. It is one factor to do a movie that is a rushing prepare and many explosions and blood and issues like that. After which switching to an precise human connection between one other individual, the stillness of it, which I truly yearn for. I've finished a number of completely different genres. I've finished comedy and all these various things, and I wished to indicate one other aspect of me. And that actually was only a area of an individual residing and making an attempt to make a reference to another person. What it was like to really drop the veneer of masking up what grief is like and what ache is like, and truly exposing what a human connection seems like on the opposite aspect. The best factor about Causeway is that the script wasn't extremely sophisticated, wasn't a script that got here with an enormous climax, this enormous battle that is going to occur right here and twist and turns right here.
It was only a piece of two folks present, and I actually wished that. I believe that I wanted that on the time, and I simply wished to indicate, I believe we wished to indicate actually what an sincere friendship and constructing of a friendship appear like, what it is wish to navigate grief and trauma. Most of the time, most individuals haven't got the phrases for that. Most of the time, folks aren't actually readily have the phrases available to say, That is what I am feeling, that is the way it seems, that is what it's. As a result of it is completely different for everyone. And I believe Causeway served in a spot to simply present two folks navigating their very own private traumas, and likewise getting on the opposite aspect of it.
A mission as intimate as this, the place it is actually a two-hander, a minimum of. You guys are simply in so many scenes, simply the 2 of you collectively. Clearly, that has to rely an important deal on the script on the director, but additionally on a chemistry between the 2 actors. So I am curious, did you and Jennifer Lawrence need to do a number of work to construct to that, or did it come naturally?
Each, truly, however for probably the most half, it was actually what was taking place in between takes that knowledgeable the place these characters would go, as a result of Jen is actually, she's been at this recreation means longer than I've. She is so highly effective and so mesmerizing in her performances. And to see her come again to a film like this the place she's enjoying this character with this weight and this ache that's simply looking for a method to get by, it is one thing that she does so nicely, and that is bringing the humanness to the floor of her characters.
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The artwork depicted on the cover of this documentation is St. Jerome at His Study, an engraving by Albrecht Durer (b. 1471 - d. 1528). In this engraving, St. Jerome is shown working at a writing desk that sits upon a trestle table. The original construction was done as an Arts & Sciences entry and was later adoped and adapted by the Grand Company of the Peacock for the use of the company. The plans herein put forward reflect the original construction but notes on alternate construction techniques are included in the back. The picture to the right shows the tables as built by the company.
2: Legs (2) - in the case of St. Jerome's table these appear to be cut out from a single width of wood. This is not necessarily the case however.
4: Wedges (4) - These are driven through a "through mortise" cut into the tennon at the end of each stretcher. The shape of the wedges used has a certain practical function that will be discussed later.
Cost and Availability: It is a readily available wood that is priced within the budget of the average member of the SCA. In addition, as many of our "accessories" are used in outdoor camping situations, I wanted something that could take "moving abuse" without causing emotional trauma.
Weight: Fir is significantly lighter than most hardwoods. This is critical for making a table that is actually usable and transportable.
The base of the table (legs, stretchers and wedges) are constructed as closely to the table depicted in the engraving as possible. The legs of the the table are, however, made of joined 2" x 12" and 2" x 10" material.
The table top is made of 1" x 12" clear pine. The top is the approximate length and width of that depicted in the engraving but is a clear example of the "period adaptive" concept. It is doubtful that, during Durer's time, a carpenter would have made a table top composed of three interlocking boards that could be lifted from the table in the manner the table top on my table comes apart... yet Durer's people did not have to try to put a 3 foot by 4 foot table top in the truck of a sub-compact car! To this end, I have adapted a table top that, when assembled appears to be a joined top that has been doweled unto the legs of the trestle table. This provides stability and safety yet allows the table top to be stored in a much smaller area than a single piece table top would require.
10 feet of 2"x4" pine - These will be used to make the stretchers between the legs. Pieces of waste from these boards will also be used to make the wedges used for the table.
10 feet of 2"x12" fir and 5 feet of 2"x10" fir (this last piece saves a few cents.) - These will be used for the construction of the legs of the table.
Incidentals include glue, stain or some form of sealing agent. In additon, 3/4" doweling and 3/8" doweling was also used.
Cut the 2"x12" and 2"x10" material into 30" lengths. Using either a jack plane or a jointer, joint the edges of each of these boards to ensure a square and smooth edge for glueing up. Lay out the boards according to Figure 1.
While just gluing and clamping the boards together may result in a satisfactory bond, I recommend reenfocing the glue joints by the use of either dowels or the more modern variation of "biscuts". Either of these will help to ensure a very strong glue joint between the boards.
After the boards have been jointed, doweled and glued... use pipe clamps to ensure that a firm bond has been made betwen the boards. Do not over over glue or over tighten the clamps... the glue should be applied with a disposable brush and should be a smooth even thin coat on all glue surfaces.... you should tighten the clamp just enough to see the glue rise a bit in the joint. Once the boards are glued up and clamped, leave them to dry for at least 24 hours.
Cut your 2"x4" material into 2 pieces 41" long each (you may decide to do something a bit different but these are the measurements I used for my table....).
Figure 2 shows the construction details of the stretcher pieces... make 2 of these.
A note on the curve at the top of the wedges... at first look, it would seem that the rounded top of the wedges is a purely decorative element. In fact, there is a structural purpose to this design element. If you notice the grain of your material, it runs the length of the wedge.... This means that along one side of the wedge, where the wood is cut on an angle, the run of the grain is shorter near the top of the wedge. As the wedges are normally set with the use of a mallet of some sort, this short run of wood creates a weak area that, if struck, would shear away from the rest of the wedge... by rounding the top of the wedge, it insures that when the wedge is struck by a mallet, the force of the blow will run down the full length of the wedge and the shearing will not occur.
A close examination of the tennons and wedges used in Durer's engraving of St. Jeromes table (see figure 4) shows that wedges of this type were employed on the illustration... this type of attention to detail can be used to help establish the authentic character of the portrayed object.
At this point the table top can be started... Take the 1"x12" material and cut from it three pieces that are 48" to 50" long (depending on your choice...). Using a jack plane or a modern jointer, smooth the edges of the boards.
(24 hours has passed and your glue joints are now thoroughly dry....) Take a large sheet of paper and lay one of your layed up leg blanks on it..... Trace the shape of the leg blank on the paper and then set the leg blank aside... Using a rule, find the vertical (top to bottom) centerline of the outline and draw it on the paper. Then, using the example offered or an origional design... draw your leg pattern on one half of the paper.
Use scissors or a craft knife to cut out the profile and then, laying the pattern on the leg blank, trace the profile unto the blank. Flip the pattern over to copy the pattern to the other side of the centerline thereby completing the pattern.
NOTE: The dark square near the top of the leg is a through mortise where the tennon end of the stretcher is inserted. This should be cut just slightly larger (no more than 1/16th of an inch around) than the tennon itself. Care should be taken to accurately measure the tennon before laying out the through mortise.
When the pattern has been transfered to the leg blanks, use a bandsaw (or turning saw if you want do do this step by hand....) to follow the pattern lines and cut out the legs.
Use a chisle and mallet to cut the through mortises. To help protect the chisel edge and to help avoid split out and splintering of the edges of the mortise, put a waste piece of wood under your work and make sure the the leg piece lays flat on top of it while you work.
Assemble the legs/stretchers. Check the wedges to make sure that they fit their mortises properly... the wedges should set firmly when struck on top with a mallet but should remove easily when tapped on the bottom with a mallet. They should not bind on the through mortise sides.
You may now sand, relieve edges, stain, seal or otherwise embellish your table.
As was noted at the beginning of these plans, over time certain design modifications and improvements have evolved that you might find appealing in your own efforts. They are presented here for your consideration.
An alternate method of securing the top of the table to the base is by the use of cleats. These are pieces of 1"x2" material that is fastend to the underside of the top with wood screws and then fastened to the legs of the table by dowels passed through holes in the cleat and the leg. The benefit of this method of securing the table top is that the alignment of the fastening points is less affected by humidty (goes on and comes off easier...) and the table may be picked up by the top when it affixed to the base.
The next illustration shows the location of the cleat and its relation to the table.
To resolve this (and increase the overall srenght of the hold even more...) the mortise was angled at the same angle as the wedge. As you can see from the illustration, the wedge will still draw tight because the mortise extends past the edge of the leg... however, this design allows more of the surface of the wedge to contact the mortise and is therefore stronger and allows for less wear and tear on the wedge itself.
Note... the upper end of the mortise is the same size in both the original and modified mortises.


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Izu Oshima Is the Quiet Day Trip You Need to Add to Your Tokyo Itinerary
Mother Nature at her best.
While a lot of tourists like going to Tokyo, there are many other areas near it that are also worth exploring. One of them is Izu Oshima, the largest of the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean, just one hour and 45 minutes away from central Tokyo by high-speed ferry.
Tokyo Municipal Oshima Park's zoo has no entrance fee and is built on a hillside overlooking the sea.
The adventure starts when you arrive at Oshima pier. From there, take a bus to Tokyo Municipal Oshima Park, where you can find a zoo. What's interesting about the zoo is that it makes uses of its natural environment, such as a lava field, to make a home for the animals.
Tokyo Municipal Oshima Park is located at 2 Fukushige, Isumizu, Oshima Town, Tokyo. Contact them at +081-049-922-9111.
The black desert is about 10 minutes by foot from the park gate, its sands stretching out as far as the eye could see.
Next, you should go to Ura-sabaku, a nice quiet spot for hiking. The black desert on the foothills of Mt. Mihara provides a grand backdrop for your IG photos. If you lie on the ground, you might even feel the energy of the earth pulsing along with your heart beat.
After visiting Ura-sabaku, drop by Senzu no Kiritoshi, where you can find a giant rock covered with moss. With big roots and even bigger trees trailing over the rocks, it's easy to feel like you're about to step into a Studio Ghibli world.
The beach of Noda Hama faces the Izu Peninsula beyond the sea. You'll never get tired of looking out at the blue water shimmering in the sun.
To end the trip on a perfect note, go on a bicycle ride along the coast using one of the rental bikes in the neighborhood. After a light workout, drop your bike off and head into Buratto House, a direct sales store for agricultural products from a local farm to savor a gelato (¥220) made from locally sourced products.
Buratto House is located at Shinkai, Okada, Oshima Town, Tokyo. Contact them at +081-049-922-9233.
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Spotify Makes It Easier to Block Other Users
Spotify makes it easier to block other users. Spotify is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to more easily block others on the platform. Previously, users had to contact customer support to block someone, but now the feature is easier to find on a user profile.
According to the verge, block a user, go to their Spotify profile. Under their username and photo, above their public playlists and next to the "follow" button, click the three dots menu and choose "block," or on mobile, "block user."
Now that user won't be able to access your listening activity, your page, or any public playlists. You also can unblock a user you've previously blocked at any time.
"At Spotify, we're committed to delivering the best possible listening experience to our users," a company spokesperson said in an email to The Verge.
"Privacy is something that is, and always will be, enormously important to us and our block feature, which gives users more control, is the latest step towards that commitment."
The company introduced a "block artist" feature in 2019, but users have been asking for a way to block other users for the past several years.
In 2018, BuzzFeed News did an in-depth report on Spotify users who were stalked and harassed by other users but who were unable to prevent the harassers from viewing their activity on the platform.
At the time, Spotify said it was putting the introduction of a block user capability "under consideration." Spotify says the change should be available to users this week.
Spotify is a digital music, podcast, and video service that gives you access to millions of songs and other content from creators all over the world. Basic functions such as playing music are totally free, but you can also choose to upgrade to Spotify Premium.
It's a streaming music service, meaning you play tunes from the Web instead of your personal hard drive or phone. Premium subscribers can download songs, but Spotify has gotten so much buzz in part because it offers a robust service free. Its catalog of music is among the largest, with 15 million songs.
You can use Spotify for free, but its features are limited. On the free plan, music can be played in shuffle mode and you can skip up to six times per hour, every hour. With the Spotify free plan, you can access all playlists, discover new music and share tunes with friends.
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Double Japanese glory at Rotorua Marathon
6 May, 2017 01:05 AM 4 minutes to read
Japanese runner Saeki Makino crosses the line at the end of today's Rotorua Marathon. PHOTO: BEN FRASER
By: Stuart Whitaker
Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Times
stuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
Japanese runners have carried out a smash-and-grab raid at the Rotorua Marathon.
Both men's race winner Saeki Makino and women's marathon gold medallist Yuki Ogawa arrived in New Zealand on Friday ahead of Saturday's race.
Makino, who has already won marathons this year in Japan and Taipei and has a personal best of 2hr 15m, set out with the express goal of finishing inside 2hr 20m and ran solo for virtually the whole race.
Yuki Ogawa took the women's title. Photo/Ben Fraser
"I'm very tired. The course is very hard [with] very strong wind and hills," he said.
"My plan [was] the 2hr 20m cut so I missed my plan, but I am very happy that I won this race."
For much of the race it seemed his target would be met, but he faded slightly late on, suffering from a stomach ache, and finished just inside 2hr 22m, one of the fastest times since 2001.
Palmerston North's Chris Sanson had to settle for the runner-up spot for the second Rotorua Marathon in a row, but sliced almost a minute off his personal best of 2hr 28m 10s set at last year's event.
"At the start [Makino] came up to me and I said 'what do you want to run?' and he said 2hr 20m and I just said 'okay, you go for it, that's too quick for me'.
"I stuck to 2hr 25m pace and I was on form for that, but just blew up a bit in the last 10km."
Sanson was already down by a minute at the 10km mark and the gap grew from there.
"I took my time on the hills and was a little bit cautious because I know what it's like in the second half if you've gone too hard, but it was definitely a good day for me."
#WATCH: Japan has taken out the men's and women's titles at the Rotorua Marathon!
Posted by Rotorua Daily Post on Friday, 5 May 2017
Despite less than ideal preparation, Ogawa won in 2hr 54m 14s, pushing Rotorua favourite Johanna Ottosson back into second by 1m 43s.
Ottosson admitted she was disappointed.
"I'm glad I was quicker than last year, but perhaps I was expecting a bit more, but on the day everything has to come together."
She headed Ogawa for a while and the pair then ran together until around the 19km mark when Ogawa made the telling break.
"Towards the end I managed to keep my pace and push myself a little bit more and I knew I was bringing her back again," Ottosson said.
Image 1 of 32: Start of the Rotorua marathon.
Third places in the men's and women's races went to Aucklanders Jonathan Jackson and Katie Wyrill.
Makino will fly back to Japan tomorrow.
He said the Rotorua Marathon held a lot of prestige in Japan, and, being run on a Saturday, it meant he was able to get home in time for work on Monday.
While Ogawa will stay in New Zealand a little longer, she arrived in Auckland only to find her flight to Rotorua had been cancelled so was forced to make the journey by bus.
Makino was the third Japanese runner to win in Rotorua, and having a runner of his obvious class in the field was exciting for race director Murray Fleming. He said Makino's entry was a little bit of a surprise, although the fact he did enter served to underline the Rotorua marathon's prestige.
"It's good to have surprises, it adds an extra element and a lot of excitement to the event and to have the first male and female from Japan is absolutely spectacular."
One of the pre-race marathon favourites, Melbourne-based Kiwi, Josh Maisey dropped down to, and won, the half marathon, with one eye on the Gold Coast Marathon, while the women's half was won by Auckland's Olivia Burne.
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Het Arresthuis prison as a luxury hotel
The Netherlands. Known since 1862 as a prison of the 19th century, Het Arresthuis prison as a luxury hotel
Converted into a luxury hotel, the building of Het Arresthuis demonstrates a modern style with a touch of glamour, though with the preservation of its history. Thanks to the sauna and fitness center, staying in such a comfortable prison becomes even more enjoyable. The prison previously housed 150 cells, but now there are 45 rooms, including suites with themed titles, such as "Director", "Warden", "lawyer" and "judge." The hotel also has a bar and a restaurant. So, the employees joke that it offers much more than bread and water.
Het Arresthuis prison in The Netherlands transformed from a detention center into a luxury destination with complimentary parking, a stylish restaurant, a cocktail bar and a terrace, as well as a fitness room and a sauna
Het Arresthuis prison
A nineteenth century Het Arresthuis prison in The Netherlands converted into a boutique hotel where guests enjoy a bar and a restaurant
Opened as a jail in 1863 and closed in 2007, in order to reopen a few years later as a luxury hotel
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Former jail in The Netherlands converted into a luxury hotel. Room service, cots and extra beds are available on request
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Three gTLD Community Objections rejected
Kevin Murphy, October 30, 2013, 09:50:05 (UTC), Domain Registries
International Chamber of Commerce panelists have recently rejected three Community Objections against new gTLD applications.
The dismissals include objections to the controversial Turkey-based bids for .islam and .halal, filed by Asia Green IT System, which had raised the ire of the United Arab Emirates' telecommunications regulator.
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority — also the operator of its ccTLDs — said it was representing the wider Islamic community under orders from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
But ICC panelist Bernardo Cremades ruled, based on a close reading of the OIC's letter to the TRA and other member states, that the OIC had not formally backed the objection.
While there were over 100 public comments objecting to .islam and over 70 to .halal, because the TRA merely referred to them rather than submitting copies as evidence, the panelist chose to ignore them completely.
He also noted that only the UAE has chosen to file a formal objection.
So Cremades ruled that there was no "substantial opposition" to the applications, which is one of the things objectors need to prove in order to win an objection.
The TRA also failed to persuade the panelist that there was "a likelihood of any material detriment" to the Muslim community if Asia Green's gTLDs were to be delegated, writing:
The Objector has certainly not provided any evidence that the Respondent is not acting or does not intend to act in accordance with the interests of the Muslim community.
So the TRA's objections were dismissed and the applicant can proceed to the next phase of the new gTLD program.
Also dismissed recently was Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft's objection to Donuts' application for .reisen ("travel" in German).
BTW, a German travel industry association, is associated with a competing bid for .reise. Weirdly, it did not file a String Confusion Objection against Donuts' .reisen.
It had argued among other things that German speakers would expect .reisen to conform to German and European consumer protection laws, while Donuts is planning an open and unrestricted gTLD.
The ICC panelist didn't buy that argument, noting that a hotel in Argentina could market itself as German-speaking without having to abide by, say, European data protection law.
He also ruled that BTW showed substantial opposition from the commercial sector of German-language travel agents, but not from other sections of the community such as individual travelers.
Finally, he ruled that Donuts had promised to put enough protection mechanisms in place to mean there was unlikely to be a detriment to the .reisen community.
The objection was dismissed.
First three Community Objections decided: DotGay and Google win but Donuts loses
First three new gTLD objections thrown out
LRO roundup: six more new gTLD objections rejected
Tagged: .halal, .islam, .reisen, asia green, community objection, donuts, ICANN, new gTLDs, tra


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You can be a seasoned race organizer with a plan in place for every conceivable mishap, but when Mother Nature enters the picture, all bets are off. And just like Hurricane Sandy dampened the hopes of thousands of New York City Marathon runners in 2012, Hurricane Joaquin is threatening to do the same.
The Fine Print - Make sure you've clearly communicated to participants during and after their registration process what the race rules are, especially around weather and cancellations.
Gear Up - Never underestimate the power of a good rain poncho! Ordering weather-related supplies beforehand (and having them readily accessible for both volunteers and participants) can make or break event day if you choose to proceed even in less-than-ideal conditions.
Eye On The Sky - Keep close tabs on the National Weather Service leading up to event day - even an advisory should make you take a serious look at your event day plans. If the NWS upgrades to a warning, it's time to assess whether or not to cancel your race.
To Cancel Or To Postpone - Most likely you've already sunk costs (60-70%) beforehand, from t-shirts to medals to traffic control, but ultimately safety for your participants, volunteers, and workers must prevail.
Never Too Much Information - Keep your participants up-to-date on conditions leading up to the event. Communication via email, social media, and your website is key to clearing up any confusion. The last thing you want is for your participants to be on social media answering each others questions - this can be avoided by being proactive every time the situation changes and communicating regularly.


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Swansea City have joined Burnley in the race to sign Hull City midfielder Sam Clucas.
In a week that has seen Burnley fail with a second offer of £10m for Clucas, it is understood Swansea have now made an enquiry to officials at the KCOM Stadium.
It remains to be seen when the Swans will follow that up with a firm bid but the 26-year-old has been included on Paul Clement's list of targets ahead of the transfer window closing in a fortnight.
Swansea banked £45m when selling Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton this week and are eager to sign three new players with those funds.
Clement was asked about an interest in Clucas in his pre-match media duties ahead of hosting Manchester United on Saturday but declined to comment. "I can neither confirm nor deny that one," said the Swansea boss.
Hull City's Abel Hernandez says surgery on his Achilles injury has been a "success"
City are desperate to keep hold of Clucas this summer but mounting interest from the Premier League has left Leonid Slutsky feeling "nervous" ahead of the transfer deadline on August 31.
Burnley's bids of £5m and £10m have been rejected by the Tigers, with one national newspaper suggesting that City valued Clucas at £20m. The former Mansfield and Chesterfield man is under contract until 2019.
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Govs showcase scoring prowess in blowout
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay addressed its needs for better point production from the bench by adding size and experience.
But even second-year coach Matt Figger might've been been surprised with the production the Govs received when their backups hit the floor in the season opener.
Austin Peay had 60 points from its reserves, with four players scoring in double figures in a 114-53 win over Oakland City at the Dunn Center Tuesday.
Terry Taylor scored a team-high 21 points to go along with nine rebounds and made his presence known in only 20 minutes on the floor.
The Govs had seven players score in double figures and held a decisive 63-16 scoring edge in the paint.
"I don't think scoring is going to be a problem for this team, my whole concern is how committed are we going to be on the defensive side of the ball night-in and night-out," Govs coach Matt Figger said.
"Right now, I have a hard job, which I like, I don't think there's a separation on our team from the guys that played."
The Govs overwhelmed Oakland City in the second half, outscoring the Mighty Oaks 52-14.
"I'm excited with how this team is looking," Taylor said. "We're much different than last year. We're more versatile and we can play many different ways. It was exciting to see all of the guys sharing the ball and being happy for one another scoring.
"It shows our team is going to be really special this year if we keep doing the things we are doing and trust what coach Fig (Figger) has in store for us."
Zach Glotta made five 3-pointers, helping the Govs hit on 12 of 25 3-point attempts.
Austin Peay shot 59 percent from the floor and outrebounded Oakland City 49-26.
Austin Peay had 29 fast-break points and trailed only briefly at 2-0 before building a 62-39 halftime lead.
"I think we have a lot of weapons on offense and I think we showcased that tonight," Glotta said.
Gumm's double-double
Dayton Gumm finished with a double-double, adding 10 assists to his 11 points. Gumm became the first Gov since DJ Wright to have a double-double in points and assists. Wright had his double-double against Murray State on Jan. 31, 2008.
Gumm had no turnovers and three steals.
"I like the fact that we are unselfish," Figger said. "He didn't turn the ball over. He played a game like he's a kid that's been through it."
Freshman in the lineup
Last season, the Govs started Taylor and Gumm as true freshmen. Against Oakland City, freshman point guard Antwuan Butler made his first start and had four assists and two points in 15 minutes. The 6-foot Butler played at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Philadelphia.
Lopsided difference
The Govs' 61-point win was the largest margin since beating Fontbonne 112-52 on Dec. 11, 2010.
McGhee's debut
Austin Peay graduate transfer Jabari McGhee made his debut scoring eight points while grabbing five rebounds in 14 minutes. McGhee started his time in college at Tennessee before finishing up at Western Kentucky.
For the first time in the program's history, the Govs had a pair of 7-footer on the floor at the same time. Matheus Silveira and Ivan Cucak combined for 17 points, shooting a combined 8-for-10 from the floor. Cucak was responsible for one of the Govs' 3-pointers. They also combined for 12 rebounds.
Silveira had dealt with injuries during the preseason but was cleared to play five hours before tip-off.
"Ivan is taking strides," Taylor said. "Last year he was hurt a lot and he couldn't get going, but this year he came in, he's healthy now and Zoe (Silveira) got cleared today and we were happy that he got to play. He's been itching to play, and he came out and played well."
Hitting the road
Austin Peay will begin a seven-game road stretch when it plays at Mississippi State Friday. It's the first of a seven-game road trip that will witness Austin Peay playing in the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic. The Govs won't return home until playing Calvary on Dec. 5.
Jimmy Trodglen, editor, Twitter@Tnsports360
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