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The Pan-London Housing Reciprocal:
Three Years On.
Three years on from the launch of the Pan-London Housing Reciprocal, we're looking back at what we've learnt. To inform how we work and influence those we work with, in order to better support individuals and families affected by violence.
The Pan-London Housing Reciprocal is a unique and innovative scheme that offers long-term and affordable housing for social tenants fleeing domestic abuse and other forms of violence. So often those who are at risk of violence who have a social tenancy are forced to make a difficult choice – they can either stay at risk or become homeless. The Reciprocal offers a third choice, one that helps them find a safe and secure home which they can afford.
We've learnt a lot over the past three years.
We've coordinated hundreds of referrals sent to us from all across London, for individuals and families who need to move out of borough for their safety. This has provided us with a unique insight of the issues across the whole city. We are now sharing that insight and key findings in our latest report: The Pan-London Housing Reciprocal: Three Years On.
Since the beginning of the scheme we've circulated 700 property requests for women, men, young Londoners and families at risk of violence where they live. Almost 300 people have been able to move to a place of safety. This is a great achievement. However, there are still many people waiting, trapped between violence and homelessness.
The report highlights the need for more partnership working and commitment from landlords across London.
The foundation of the Reciprocal is built on partnership working with local authorities and housing associations. Over the years these partnerships have grown to cover all London boroughs and include over 50 housing associations.
Going forward, we want to build on these partnerships and work more closely with landlords to identify achievable property targets that each landlord can commit to, based on their use of the scheme, so that the system remains fair and transparent.
The report also highlights the need for partnership working between housing providers and specialist support organisations. This includes working with Violence Against Women and Girls organisations, including those for Black and minoritised women, as well as LGBTQ+ support organisations and youth charities, to ensure tenants are supported while moving or waiting for a move.
You can watch the video which highlights the report findings, our action plan and recommendations. As well as hear the direct impact the scheme has had for individuals and families fleeing violence.
The timing of this report could not be more symbolic. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed to us all how vital safe housing is.
Recent investigation found that for the majority of those in an abusive relationship, lockdown resulted in an increase in violence and since lockdown eased, domestic abuse services keep receiving increased demands for help.
Since lockdown, the lack of living space at home has been further revealed as an indicator of social inequality, and has been found to be linked with higher rates of Covid-19.
The Covid-19 pandemic is a great challenge but also a unique opportunity for Government to create a one-in-a-generation investment in social housing to help the country come out of the crisis, as outlined in the National's Housing Federation's campaign.
In a time when the need for housing support for those fleeing violence has never been as high, collaborative schemes such as the Pan-London Housing Reciprocal are vital. to provide an alternative route to safe and sustainable housing for those who need it.
Clementine Traynard
Domestic Abuse, Housing and Policy Manager
Read The Pan London Housing Reciprocal: Three Years On
Find out more about the Pan London Housing Reciprocal
You can watch the individual success stories below
Thank you to our partners Solace Women's Aid, Galop and Hearthstone Domestic Violence Advice and Support Center; as well as our commissioner the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, for their contributions.
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Beautiful imagery in this poem. The last line in particular is inspiring, as you look to attain what you have been searching for. Keep up the wonderful writing.
Pakiza, your vision for what Afghanistan could be like one day is inspiring. The imagery you used to describe your thoughts was beautiful. I hope that your dream for the future of Afghanistan comes true.
Pakiza, this poem is truly beautiful. Your hope for the future and the imagery associated is so inspiring. Hopefully someday strong women like you will make the Afghanistan you describe a reality. I truly hope that your dream comes true. Keep up the good work. You are so talented!
Dear Pakiza, extraordinary words yours! You have so many beautiful and inspiring hopes … I can see it comes from the essence of someone extremely generous that want a better life not only to you, but all Afghan women! You will get there, I am sure! Remember, if you want it very very hard, you will reach your goal. Don't let anybody intimidate you. Believe in you, no matter what!
You will be successful bcz you ARE already successful by being this so amazing person!
Thank you Pakiza for being you and making me proud of being a woman!
A very big hug to you who I want to call my friend from now on.
Pakiza, thank you so much for your message. What a wonderful surprise! 🙂 I felt so touched and so close to you. I really appreciate your gesture! Count on my as your audience, admirer, and friend.
This is so beautiful. Keep on writing, dear friend!
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Thank you for sharing your story- so brave.
Beautiful. I love this poem. I want to share it with my students.


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The trailer of 'Akira' was released recently and the action scenes were commendable. The buxom seductress turned slim hottie has the other day posted a picture on social media showing the injury she sustained while shooting for 'Akira'. Sonakshi added that the injury is a sweet reminder for the hard work she put in for Akira.
Directed by sensational director AR Murugadoss, Akira has Sonakshi playing the heroine, who kicks villains left and right. Sonakshi seems to have worked hard on her physique to impress the audiences as an action star.
It may be noted that Murugadoss has earlier directed Sonakshi Sinha in 'Holiday,' which had Akshay Kumar playing an army officer.


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Got Questions? I've got Answers by Regge : Playoff Race and Alessandro Nesta
As it can taste the MLS playoffs, the Montreal Impact can seal the deal with a win against Toronto FC. Probably without Alessandro Nesta, Montreal take on the Reds at BMO field. Taking about Nesta, was an extra year for Sandro too much for the legend?
By Regge Oct 22, 2013, 1:02pm EDT
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The playoffs are 3 points away, or less, for the Montreal Impact as it gets ready to face Toronto FC , at BMO field. With Alessandro Nesta injured, Les Bleus prepare the biggest game of its season , without the Legend. Can the Impact afford not to win at Toronto?
Potential Playoff Adversaries: Just Talking
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x - New York Red Bulls
x - Sporting Kansas City
As it sits in 3rd in the Eastern Conference, the Impact finds itself at the best position for many reasons. With the club's and players' current form, Montreal has to avoid the do-or-die game between the 4th and 5th seeded teams. Whoever survives that deathmatch faces off against the New York Red Bulls.
Since joining the MLS in 2012, the Impact have a record of 2 wins and 4 losses against Thierry Henry and co. That also includes 14 conceded goals and 8 goals for. May I suggest to avoid the Red Bulls, especially if you are playing as the 4th or 5th seed in the East.
If the playoffs started today, as we speak, as the 3rd seed, Montreal plays against Sporting KC, who in my opinion, has been the most consistent team in the Eastern conference. Always in the top 3, all year long, KC did not find it easy against the Impact: ask Blake Smith.
Conclusion: By finishing 3rd in the East, Montreal has a better chance to be successful in the playoffs , while being the Cinderella story for the 2013 MLS playoffs.
Should fans be worried one game away the playoffs?
To be honest, i'm a bit concerned about the Impact's form lately. For the entire season, we have not figured out what kind of football the Impact is playing.
All we know is that ,at the beginning of the season, Troy Perkins and the back four were solid and perfect, while Marco Di Viao was a scoring machine. The problem still stands:
if the future 2013 MLS MVP doesn't score, can the Impact win?
In the last 10 games, since that 4-2 win over the New England Revolution, the Impact has a record of 3 wins, 1 tie and 6 losses. With a total of 11 goals scored and 16 goals conceded, the scoring chart was as follows
2 Goals have come during the CCL game against C.D. Heredia.
2 Goals were scored by Academy graduates, Maxime Tissot and Karl W. Ouimette
2 Goals came via Patrice Bernier on penalty kicks
5 Goals from Marco Di Vaio, just under 50% of the goals scored.
In other terms, if Marco Di Viao doesn't score, the Impact will not win, and that is starting to become a trademark. Especially when you look back at the last 2 home games, the energy displayed was poor, in front of your own fans.
Knowing the importance of those last 2 games, it was slightly disappointing. Against the Union, every time Di Vaio touched the ball close to the 18-yrad box, the crowd was on its feet, knowing that it's Italian Designated Player could make things happen.
Conclusion: Some players will have to step up the same way Davy Arnaud did against Philadelphia , if the Impact wants to succeed, especially against Toronto FC.
Nesta and the 2013 season : One too many?
A lot of people will say that he has had a great career but he might have played one year too many.
He has lost a lot of speed over the years and has been caught up by many injuries. But what people seems to forget is that, the young guns of the Impact defense (Tissot, Ouimette and Lefevre) will have Nesta helping them out during their developement.
Even older players , like Hassoun Camara and Jeb Brovsky, took advantage of the presence of such a legend. Of course, he's far from the form he had a couple of years ago, but he has been a guide and a leader for the young players throughout the season.
I think Nesta had a good time playing in Montreal thanks to the passion of the fans and the professionalism of the organization. Maybe after Nesta and Di Vaio, the Impact can get more ex-legends and ex-stars that can help the club right away and the future. There is nothing better than word of mouth marketing.
Conclusion: In my opinion, it's a honor that the city of Montreal had such a legend like Alessandro Nesta and that he retired here in Montreal. Grazie Nesta ! Ciao Sandro

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Q: 'Ghostscript.NET.GhostscriptLibraryNotInstalledException' in Ghostscript.NET.dll in IIS I have Ghostscript installed on my machine(with windows 10) and it is working properly with visual studio IIS Express, but after hosting application on same machine Local IIS, it throws exception GhostscriptLibraryNotInstalledException. Please help me to find issue, thanks in advance.

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there is Ghostscript.NET.dll on hosted bin directory

This is not enough, Ghostscript.NET.dll is not the ghostscript dll. ghostscript is under a certain licensing and is not distributed with Ghostscript.NET, you need gsdll32.dll or gsdll64.dll in your published bin directory or have it installed in such a way that your IIS can find it
I personally, (to make it easy) just publish with the dll included

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Turn That Noise Down - The Orb
1991, Music, MusicReview, Review, Susan Omand, TurnThatNoiseDown
So many well-known albums turn 30 this year and Steve Taylor-Bryant and Susan Omand travel back to 1991 to revisit some of the sounds of their youth that made parents shout "Turn that noise down!" This week, Susan has Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld...
I liked The Orb before ever I knew of the connection with the KLF and the genius of Jimmy Cauty. The double album Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld was my introduction to their work (although, ironically, Cauty had left by then and this album was mostly the work of Alex Paterson) and the single from it, Little Fluffy Clouds, was my gateway aural drug of choice.
And drug it is… or was… or would be. I had never heard anything like it before; this was ambient sampling at its finest. From the cock crow at the start of Little Fluffy Clouds, the aeroplane noises and Rickie Lee Jones explaining about the skies when she was young, the opening track is a psychedelic melange of sound that took my breath away. This seamlessly warps into Earth (Gaia) with a marvellous Ming the Merciless quote from the 1980 Flash Gordon film with bird calls, an ominous low drone, beeps, bloops and whistles, leading into a biblical quote (Amos 9 14 if you're interested). All the time, there's drumpads and synth sounds and a plane somewhere in the background. It's all a bit surreal; it doesn't really build or go anywhere, it just "is" and is utterly fascinating for almost 10 minutes of track time. The distorted thunderclouds (with added Flash Gordon spaceship noises) at the end of the song lead into a rocket countdown, sampled from the Apollo missions and we get Supernova at the End of the Universe. The echoing voices, insistent drums and snatched glissandi sparkle under a synth soundscape for almost 12 minutes [no this isn't an album you put on random shuffle on a playlist – Ed] and it gets under your skin as the sounds move round your head thanks to incredible stereo effects which is definitely best appreciated through good headphones. But this isn't the longest of the tracks, oh no. The 14-minute Back Side of the Moon and 15 minute Spanish Castles in Space come next and take up the whole of side 2 of the double album. The stunning start of Back Side sounds very like KLFs Justified and Ancient but it isn't one of the credited samples, most of which are, again, moon landing related. Well, apart from the Sex Pistols bit just to keep you on your toes. Spanish Castles is a complete change of pace, going from Apollo to Spartacus, via a Russian commentary about fish, in a highly disturbing way. The bendy guitar in this (I know what I mean), coupled with the arpeggiating piano and very jazz-like walking double bass is absolutely stunning and make the birds, sheep and train noises near the end make perfect sense. Kind of.
Side three starts with Perpetual Dawn and another robotic countdown, this time coupled with native chanting and dub reggae. As you do. I love the burbly laughter in this one too and the percussion is fascinating. Into the Fourth Dimension is next and we're back among sparkly space noises, this time sampled with the gorgeous canto of Allegri's Miserere in a highly disconcerting concerto. Add in some Vivaldi, some Depeche Mode and some random Russian monologue over an industrial drum n bass beat and you have no idea where you are, which, I guess, is the idea of four dimensions. Outlands rounds out Side 3 and we step into a thunderstorm again. The aeroplane is also back, as is Rickie Lee Jones, this time accompanied by a Kraftwerk hook. It's all very horror B-movie this one and the slightly off the beat percussion just adds to the discombobulation of it. Side four starts with Star 6&789 and a "once upon a time" intro before the annoying fly kicks in. And it is SERIOUSLY annoying but it doesn't last long before the birds eat it and a Paul Simon-esque guitar kicks in which, when added to a bassline that reminds me of The Police, and the birds and a ticky snare, transports you to the heat of the African desert – or it does me at any rate. The immense [in stature and time at 18 minutes – Ed] A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld [nothing like a snappy title – Ed] finishes off the album in superlative style, with vocal samples as diverse as Minnie Ripperton and Grace Jones adding richness to weirdness as static waves bubble under a repetitive riff that slowly changes and evolves; the drumbeats don't even kick in until 5 minutes in. Then there's cockerels, synthy echoes, choral sounds, jets, ocean waves and even church bells, you name it, you'll find a noise for it in here I bet. And then it… just stops.
And you're left abandoned - sitting on the floor in stunned silence, wearing headphones, and wondering what the hell just happened.


Last Wednesday Little Dude went in for his yearly check-up. We did have a few issues, but all in all, it went well.
He's grown 4 inches in the past year and weighs a solid 50 pounds. I'd beg to differ with that number. Try picking this kid up and you'll see what mean!
While we were there I had a few dietary matters to discuss. There are certain foods that seem to give the little guy the runs. I think I've narrowed down that list of foods and most of them appear to be milk related.
The doctor wrote us a prescription to have blood work done. Yuck!
Let's go and not get this done with!
Poor kid! But we needed to know!
Yesterday the pediatrician finally called with the results. Little Dude has a very slight, nothing to worry about allergy to egg whites.
Excuse me? The boy who had dippy eggs for dinner the night before with no adverse reactions is allergic to egg whites?!
I'm not saying the doctors are wrong, but this kid eats eggs and things with eggs quite often. I guess I could really start to pay attention to what he eats that may contain the culprit, but milk is not on that list. I guess I'll have to bring this topic up when I take GG in for her appointment in a few weeks.
Does anyone have a kid with an egg white allergy? Is there something I am missing and need to pay more attention to?
I don't know anything about egg white allergies. I'm sure there has to be info available though.
My Nephew has a similar issue. He is sensitive to Milk but actually allergic to egg whites. So we avoid milk products and cook his eggs well. He takes some kind of medication not sure if it's prescription or over the counter, I know I can sub Benadryl when he visits and they forget it.
He takes the meds when we eat pizza or mac and cheese....but we avoid them as much as possible.
Little Dude may not be *allergic* to milk, but he could be slightly lactose intolerant.
Buddy has both egg white and egg yolk allergies. We have recently introduced them back into his diet. It mostly manifests as pink cheeks, with dry ezcema-like rashes around his mouth. He will sometimes get super hyper too.
I have a whole slew of food allergies, some I knew about before I was tested (like when I eat raw fruits or veggies and my throat swells) and some I didn't because I've never noticed any adverse reactions to them. Hopefully they can get everything figured out soon for him (and you)!
I do not know anything about your problem. I am so sorry I can't help.. Skype is so easy. You just need a camera mine is built into my lap top and then you get the program for free and you are off. Have a great day..
That does sound odd! Good luck and be sure to press the issue and get the answers you want and need!!! Hugs!


Today we celebrate St. Paul Miki, a Jesuit seminarian martyred in sixteenth century Japan. Like many other martyrs throughout the centuries, accounts of his death tell of St. Paul Miki forgiving his executioners, praying for them, and preaching about Jesus even as he was brutally killed. Surely his heart was moved with pity for others, much like Jesus' pity for the crowds following him and the apostles. Both Jesus and St. Paul Miki saw the spiritual poverty and earnest seeking among those drawn to them. Both upset the established status quo of their respective cultures. Both were compassionate and genuine in sharing the truth with love.
Who are the "sheep without a shepherd" in our communities today? When I strive to live out my faith, do I witness with joy and empathy? Is my heart compassionate like the heart of Christ, and moved with pity for the forgotten or marginalized?


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San Carlos, Negros Occidental
Title: San Carlos, Negros Occidental
Subject: Bago, Negros Occidental, Bacolod, Escalante, Negros Occidental, Cadiz, Negros Occidental, Victorias
Collection: 1898 Establishments in the Philippines, Cities in Negros Occidental, Populated Places Established in 1898, Port Cities and Towns in the Philippines
Component City
Port of San Carlos
Motto: " Vamos, San Carlos! "
Map of Negros Occidental showing the location of San Carlos City
Location within the Philippines
Negros Island Region (NIR/Region XVIII)
1st district of Negros Occidental
Cityhood
Gerardo P. Valmayor Jr.
• Vice-mayor
Edgardo B. Quisumbing
• Congressman
Julio "Jules" A. Ledesma IV
451.50 km2 (174.33 sq mi)
San Carloseño (masculine), San Carloseña (feminine)
PHT (UTC+8)
Income class
2nd class; urban
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San Carlos, officially City of San Carlos, is a second class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. The town gained city status on July 1, 1960, per Republic Act 2643. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 129,981 people.[3]
Barangays 1.2
Pre-Spanish and Spanish colonization 2.1
American colonization 2.2
World War II 2.3
Notable people and events 7
Local government 8
List of former mayors 8.1
Located along the coast of Tañon Strait, the city is located at the crossroads of four major cities in the Visayas: Cebu City, Bacolod City, Iloilo City and Dumaguete City. It has a 40 km coastline of which some parts are covered with mangroves. The city has a deep natural harbor protected from inclement weather by Refugio Island (also known as Sipaway Island). Due to these aspects, the Philippine Ports Authority has chosen the San Carlos City port from among other ports in the province for its expansion program in 1998 which include the reclamation of four hectares of sea to accommodate various port buildings, facilities and container vans, an extension on the east side for two RO-RO vessels and the extension of the length of the port to 242.5 meters.
San Carlos City has two pronounced seasons, wet and dry. The rainy season is from May to January with heavy rains occurring during the months of August and September. Dry season lasts from February to April. December and January are the coldest months while April is the hottest.
San Carlos City is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.[2]
Bagonbon
Buluangan
Codcod
Nataban
Palampas
Barangay I (Pob.)
Barangay II (Pob.)
Barangay III (Pob.)
Barangay IV (Pob.)
Barangay V (Pob.)
Barangay VI (Pob.)
Punao
San Juan (Sipaway)
Pre-Spanish and Spanish colonization
San Carlos City was formerly named "Nabingkalan", deriving its name from Nabingka, a beautiful daughter of a chieftain of the Negrito settlement in the area, who ruled the barrio during the early part in the 17th century. She was famous for her loveliness and mental and physical prowess. After her death, the people mourned for two years, and to perpetuate her memory, named the barrio Nabingkalan. The settlement was later bought by Carlos Apurado from Badian, Cebu, who, with the help of fellow pioneers, developed the settlement into a thriving Christian village. Fragments of written history show that in 1856, the Island of Buglas (Negros), as a politico-military province under Spain, was divided into two provinces, West Negros under Iloilo and East Negros under Cebu. The barrio of Nabingkalan under Calatrava, was under the jurisdiction of Iloilo. Señor Don Emilio Saravia, the first political-military governor in the island during the Spanish era, renamed the place and established it as a pueblo.
San Carlos prospered through the years, however, the village lost its pueblo category, and in 1890, when Negros Island was divided into Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, San Carlos was recorded as an arrabal or barrio of Calatrava (Hilub-ang). On October 16, 1898, a parish priest of Calatrava, then the township under which jurisdiction Nabingkalan, was a barrio, visited the place. He found it more prosperous than the town proper. So he assembled the cabezas de barangay and after a short conference, decided to name the new town San Carlos, in honor of the Patron Saint of the barrio, Saint Carlos Borromeo, whose feast day was November 4, and on that same day, the seat of the town was transferred to San Carlos.
American colonization
During the first years of the American occupation of the Philippines, the economic and social pace of the activities of the people were gauged on the movements of the big landholders and Spaniards in the lowlands. In 1903, the political arena was a hot place, it being the first taste of the Filipinos to elect their own leaders. In 1912, when a sugar central was constructed, the economic life of the people was greatly enhanced. The political activities, however, was closely woven with that of Calatrava, until 1925, when Calatrava was organized into a municipality.
The First World War encouraged the people of San Carlos to produce more sugar-producing crops. After the armistice in 1917, the planters who produced more sugar had their wealth greatly increased because of the new price of sugar never before enjoyed by the planters. During World War I, many sons of San Carlos volunteered to fight for the United States, but a few months later, were sent back home because of the armistice.
San Carlos was actively involved on the war efforts against Imperial Japan during The Second World War (World War II). A month after the surrender of Negros to the Japanese Imperial Forces, the Guerrilla Movement began in San Carlos and Calatrava. As early as June 15, 1942, Guerilla Units under the leadership of Capt. Eugenio Antonio,Jr., Lt. Leonardo Marane and Lt. Alfredo Valdivia assisted by the Philippine Commonwealth Military Troops began operations against the enemy. Pitched battles were fought within the environs of the "poblacion". Despite the presence of the U.S. forces under Maj. Edward McClenahan, separate Guerrilla Units were scattered in the area under different Commanders as they were not able to establish a formal chain-of-command among the different Guerilla Factions effectively.
Upon the return of some local USAFFE officers to San Carlos, the guerrilla movement was formally organized into fighting units under USAFFE Capts. Catalino D. Rivera, Eugenio Antonio, Jr. and Loreto Y. Apuhin, together with Lts. Florencio C. Yap and Andres L. Arrogante, the bands of roving guerrillas in San Carlos were consolidated under one command. Young men in their early teens (just barely enough to carry rifles) joined the ranks and fought bravely face-to-face against the Japanese.
In March 1945, the Philippine Commonwealth forces under the 7th, 71st and 72nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, 7th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary and local guerrilla units under the command of Col. Ernesto S. Mata, attacked the Japanese garrison in the compound of San Carlos Milling Company and succeeded in driving away the Japanese Army, at the cost of the life of Lt. Alfredo Valdivia.
The first post-war election found the town with a Liberal government. In 1953, the Nacionalista wrested the power from the Liberals. By Virtue of R.A. No. 2643, the Municipality of San Carlos was converted into the City of San Carlos on July 1, 1960. The City inherited from the Municipality numerous improvements hitherto unprecedented in the history of the town. The improvements were introduced by the last municipal administration under Mayor Sofronio Carmona. The usual experience of a new city during the transition period was fraught with crisis. The new City of San Carlos excepted from this rule. The effort exerted by Mayor Carmona in meeting the obligations of the city in the form of salaries of newly created offices and the implementation of WAPCO increases of the intermediate school teachers were overcome.
Cebuano is the major language of San Carlos City. English, Hiligaynon, and Tagalog are also widely spoken and understood, especially in the urban areas.
Paseo de Flores
The Pintaflores Festival was born out of the city's search for a cultural identity and tradition. In 1992. After successfully holding two activities, the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival and the Dances of Flowers as highlights of the city fiesta, the idea of blending the two concepts to come up with a presentation that could be considered the city's very own started what today is one of the most popular street dancing festivals in the region, the Pintaflores Festival.
Pintaflores is coined from the words pintados ("painted ones"), the concept behind the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival, and flores, the Spanish word for "flowers" that dominated the theme of the Dances of Flowers. The Pintaflores street dancing and ritual competition highlights the annual Pintaflores Festival every November 3–5.
It features rhythmic dances and dance dramas of life and death and the triumph of good against evil that depict the people's thanksgiving and merriment, abundant blessings and success. As part of the Pintados tradition, the faces, arms, bodies and legs of the dancers are painted with flowers to express gratitude to man and his environment.
The street dancing is culminated by a dance ritual performed at the City auditorium. Different dance steps and musical accompaniment add to the thrill of the competition. The human flower formation is another impressive part of the dance ritual which are products of the ingenuity and skill of the choreographers and dancers.
Colegio de Sto. Tomas - Recoletos high school students, bested seasoned contestants to land third place in the free interpretation category in the heavily competed Sinulog festival in Cebu City in January 1993. In April of the same year, the group won the championship in Panaad Sa Negros '93, to province-wide cultural festival in Negros Occidental.
Represented by Barangays II and Quezon, the Pintaflores street dancing contingent emerged first prize in Panaad Sa Negros in 1996. The same group with the participation of Barangay Ermita secured again the championship in Panaad Sa Negros 1997 and the fifth prize in Sinulog festival '98.
In Panaad sa Negros '98, the Pintaflores group composed of dancers from Barangays Punao and Palampas and the City Hospital graced the fiesta presentation as guest performers. In Panaad '99 the Pintaflores represented this time by elementary school children, once again proved its unbeatable streak by emerging champions, consequently reaping the Hall of Fame award for topping the fiesta presentation event in four consecutive years.
Having established a name in street dancing, Pintaflores danced performers in such places as Iloilo City (1996) and the Roxas City (1997) as among the best of the best in the region, and in Canlaon City and Victorias in 1999 as the best in the province.
Pintaflores has evolved as a new breed of dancers emerged with the launching of Pintaflores Bata or Pinta Bata in 1996. A street dancing and ritual competition among elementary school children. Pinta Bata thrills one with the children's pleasing gracefulness and versatility that promises a crop of excellent dancers in the years to come.
After five years and many awards, including the Hall of Fame awards in street dancing in the Panaad sa Negros, the word Pintaflores, like "Daan Sa Kaunlaran" and Homelot program, now has become another byword of the creativity of San Carloseños.
Pedicabs and Motorized tricycles are common mode of transport. Buses and jeepneys provide service for inter-town travel.
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Julio Ledesma National High School
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Tañon College
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Notable people and events
Another historical milestone in the life of the city is the cabinet meeting of President Fidel V. Ramos in the city on August 27, 1996 making San Carlos the first component city to be made the venue of a Presidential cabinet meeting. Famous Philippine icons brought San Carlos City renown in Negros. Sexy starlet turned award-winning actress, Assunta de Rossi, graced the city when she married congressman Jules Ledesma. Gerry Peñalosa, a well-known boxer hails from the city. Romeo Villalva Tabuena, an internationally well-known artist and included in the "Who's Who" in American arts, and has had works featured in publications like the "American Artists", "Diplomat", "Literary Review" and the "Reporter", also has family roots from San Carlos. Elizabeth Ramsey, a well-known comedienne and the mother of singer Jaya, and Dr. Gerry H. Tan, Chairman on the Division of Endocrinology at Cebu Doctors' College of Medicine - Cebu Doctors University Hospital from 1999 to present, also hails from the city. Reiven Bulado, an actor who played Ibo on an MMFF film Panaghoy sa Suba was born in San Carlos and studied highschool at Colegio de Santo Tomas – Recoletos.[5]
Mayor: Gerardo P. Valmayor, Jr.
Vice-Mayor: Edgardo B. Quisumbing
Rommel T. Debulgado
Christopher Paul S. Carmona
Filped A. Maisog (Philip Gerard B. Maisog)
Hernan V. Antonio
Victoriana C. Cabili
Fleur de Lis V. Mascuñana
Gregorio A. Santillan
Eddie L. Apuhin
Dickson N. Yu
Jonie S. Uy
ABC President: Mark E. Cui
SK Federation President: Kayezelle E. Durano
List of former mayors
From 1899 to the last days of the administration of the municipality of San Carlos, the following persons have served as presidentes and mayors:
Agustin Ylagan (4 terms)
Bernardino Lazanas
Domingo Medina (2 terms)
Eugenio Antonio, Jr.
Fausto Caballero
Jose Cervantes
Juan P. Broce (2 terms)
Pelagio Carbajosa
Vicente Atienza
Vicente Flores
Antonio Azcona (in the occupied area)
Anacleto Factoran (in the free area)
Juan P. Broce
Constancio Rabacal (2 Terms)
Constancio Rabacal (Appointed)
Dominador Zaragoza (Appointed)
Eugenio Antonio, Jr. (Appointed)
Gregorio R. Reonisto (OIC-1987)
Sofronio C. Carmona
Rogelio "Roger" Debulgado (3 Terms)1992-2001
Eugenio "Bong" Lacson
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^ a b "Province: Negros Occidental". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ a b c "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "Province of Negros Occidental". Municipality Population Data. LWUA Research Division. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
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PUBLISHED: January 19, 2015 at 8:46 a.m. | UPDATED: April 21, 2018 at 6:35 a.m.
BOSTON (AP) — Jury selection in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is going slower than expected. Here's what you need to know as the trial enters its third week:
THE CASE:
Tsarnaev, 21, is charged in a deadly terror attack on the 2013 Boston Marathon. Two pressure-cooker bombs placed near the finish line killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and injured more than 260. Prosecutors say Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, planted and detonated the bombs in retaliation for U.S. wars in Muslim countries. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police several days after the bombings.
JURY SELECTION:
Individual questioning of prospective jurors began last week, and Judge George O'Toole Jr. originally said he would question 40 people each day. But only 34 people were questioned during the first two days. More than 1,350 people have filled out juror questionnaires.
Prospective jurors are called into the courtroom in groups of about 20 and given initial instructions from the judge. O'Toole has told potential jurors that they will decide whether Tsarnaev lives or dies. Seventeen of the 30 charges against Tsarnaev are capital crimes punishable by death. Tsarnaev sits at a large table, surrounded by his lawyers and across the table from prosecutors. The judge sits near the prospective jurors and does most of the questioning. The judge has been allowing prosecutors and Tsarnaev's lawyers to ask follow-up questions.
THE DEFENDANT:
Tsarnaev's curly hair was long and unkempt during the first phase of jury selection. He also had a scruffy beard. When individual questioning started, Tsarnaev had a haircut, and his beard was neatly trimmed. He spent much of the time looking down and drawing on a legal pad and occasionally looked at jurors as they were questioned.
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Many of the 34 people questioned so far do not appear likely to be picked for the jury. Some have expressed strong opposition to the death penalty and said they could not impose it under any circumstances. Others have said the predicted three- to four-month trial would be a serious financial hardship. Still others said they have not formed an opinion about Tsarnaev's guilt and would be willing to consider both life in prison or the death penalty if he is convicted.
Some people had poignant responses that could keep them off the jury. One woman choked back tears when she spoke of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed in the attack. A man said his wife is an intensive care nurse who treated people injured in the bombing. A woman said her husband is a state trooper and she would find it difficult to be impartial, given that Tsarnaev is also accused of killing an Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer.
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On Tuesday, the judge will bring in another group of prospective jurors for individual questioning. The process will continue each day until a group of 60 to 70 people have been qualified as potential jurors. After that, Tsarnaev's lawyers and prosecutors will be allowed to eliminate some people from juror consideration without stating a reason. A panel of 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen. The judge has said he hopes to begin testimony on Jan. 26.
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A ballooning roll at Liberton Christian School in Dunedin has again forced the board of trustees to apply to the Ministry of Education for a roll-cap increase to meet demand.
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Studies of heroic romanticism, training and leadership, and combat morale are briefly discussed and the literature in the field is outlined succinctly.
The method of reseach is described and impresses the reader. The authors used 450 diaries and letter collections from 160 regiments and batteries that had not seen combat until Shiloh. Of the 450 soldiers' papers, Reaves and Frank retained 381 soldiers' works that contained enough information to be placed in a data set. Of course, the material was inchoate, spread among letters, diaries and reminiences.
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At the very beginning, the authors set aside "one-dimensional approaches emphasizing, for example, a Victorian heroic ethos or a single factors such as comradship." Reaves, a National Park Ranger serving at Shiloh National Battlefield Park, and Frank, a academic historian, offer an exemplary work of history.
Protecting the Flank: The Battles for Brinkerhoff's Ridge and East Cavalry Field, Wittenberg, Eric J., 201 pp., softcover, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, Ironclad Publishing, 2002.
Three and a half miles east from the main Gettsyburg battlefield park is another portion of the park, one that did not contain the huge number of casualites that the main park has. Neverless, the importance of these battles are recognized when the Baltimore Pike is less than three miles away. As many have begun to realize, the eastern portions of the battle: Culp's Hill, East Cemetery Hill, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, and the Rummel Farm may have been more crucial to the outcome of the battle than Pickett's Charge.
The fight on Brinkerhoff's Ridge was between a portion of the Stonewall Brigade of Johnson's Division (CSA) and McIntosh's Brigade of Gregg's Divison of Federal cavalry. This book furthers the agruement in favor of Ewell's decision to use a portion of his infantry on the evening of July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to cover his left flank due to the constant rumor that Federal troops were coming up the Hanover Road that runs straight through the cavalry actions of July 3rd.
The fight on the Rummel Farm was between three brigades of CSA cavalry and parts of three brigades of Federal cavalry. Chambliss', Lee's, and Hampton's brigades were to be the rope in the snare set for the Federal cavalry. Fortunately for Gregg's division, the commander sniffed a trap, triggered the bait, and then attacked those CSA troops that were advance to capture the Union force.
In dramatic fashion, Wittenberg combines descriptions of personalities with strategy, of hand-to-hand combat with tactics, and of heroism with fighting. The author balances the human element and the tactical element on the battlefield. He uses the soldiers words to both advance the story and bring the action to the climax.
Wittenberg handles the Custer anecdotes even handedly with the Hampton stories, the Wolverines tales with the Palmetto heroics.
The last third of the book is a driving/walking tour of these two cavalry battlefields, illustrated by 20 modern photographs, the majority of which are well composed. There are those several that are covered in shadows and do not give a clear idea of the monument.
The maps are informative and clear; the captions under the portaits include unit in which the officer served. The appendices are the Federal and Confederate order of battle of those units that served on the field that day.
This book is a welcomed addition to the body of literature on the Battle of Gettysburg. Well written and easy to use as a guide, this book is both informative and entertaining.
301 pages, paperbound, endnotes, bibliography, index, Ironclad Press, 2006.
Paying close attention to the physical terrain of the battlefield, Schultz and Wieck offer an important re-visitation to familar material regarding the 'close run thing' of the Union center between 5:00 and 7:00pm on July 2nd 1863. A great amount of detail is offered and succesfully puts into context the charge of the 1st Minnesota, which in popular treatments of the battle, is second only to the 20th Maine's heroics on Little Round Top.
The authors make clear that the glory the 1st Minnesota gained during the charge was with the aid of the 111th New York infantry, commanded by Colonel Clinton MacDougall and the 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery C, commanded by Lt. Evan Thomas. The flanks of the 1st Minnesota were aided by artillery on the right, and on the left by a infantry charge immediately before the Minnesotans effort. The 111th New York was one of the three regiments that was unfairly lableled as the 'Harper's Ferry Cowards' stemming from an unfortunate command decision during the Sharpsburg Campaign of 1862.
The personality and presence of Winfield S. Hancock is a recurring theme in every chapter. He is the single most decisive element in the preservation of the Federal center along Cemetery Ridge. Lacking from the discussion is a description of Hancock's staff, which in this micro-history, would have been enlightening and enjoyable. This reader finished the the book thinking that Hancock was unaccompanied by couriers, advisors, and aides as he rode between the farmslanes during the afternoon of July 2nd.
Yet, there are some difficulties with this book. The size of the type font must be 18 point or larger. Initially I thought the publisher had sent me the Large Print edition for the visually impaired. There was a period of adjustment for my eyes to accommodate such large text. Also, some printer/publisher proofreading needed to be done before setting this book between its covers. The pages listed for the maps in the table of contents does not match with the actual page locations of the maps in the book. Also, the maps do not have the farmsteads labled which is a curious thing for a book that has the word 'farmlanes' in its title. Only one map, Tour Stop # 5, has a farm building labled. The maps have on them only the modern park roads and not the 1863 farmlanes. Furthermore, it would have been convienent for the reader if the publisher put a few maps in the first section of the book that describes the 1863 fighting. All the maps are in the second section of the book that describes the modern driving and walking tour.
In addition, the portaits of officers do not have their units in the captions. Lacking is a picture of Colonel William J. Colville (1st Minnesota) though it is located in the Library of Congress. At times the writing style doesn't carry the narrative consistenly forward. A favorite expression of the authors is 'by the time . . .' but there is very few statements of time in the book. Of course, given the fact that the book covers about two hours of fighting, the reader does not expect a minute by minute account, but an estimation of the range time, such as the phrase '. . .about 3:30pm . . .' or ' . . . probably sometime between 4:00pm and 4:30pm . . .' would have helped.
From the bibliography is missing Richard Moe's highly regarded 'The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers.' Missing from the book are appendices at the end of the book; especially helpful would have been an Union and Confederate order of battle of those units on the field at the Union center. There is an appendix which offers an essay on measuring the ground on which the fight occurred; the appendix is located in the middle of the book, between the narrative and the tour.
Though mechanically the book has its flaws, overall the discussion it offers is enlightening and clearly presented.


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August Jungstedt, född Carl August Torgny Jungstedt 21 april 1849 i Norrköping, död 2 november 1915 i Halmstad, var en svensk tullförvaltare i Halmstad och porträttmålare.

Han var son till tullinspektören Johan Nikolaus Jungstedt och Mathilda Sundius samt gift med Sophie Barthelson och bror till konstnären Axel Jungstedt.
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Sopore residents protest against dilapidated conditions on link road
Sopore, Sep 08 : Residents of Amberpora Tarzoo in North Kashmir Baramulla District Wednesday protested against Roads and Buildings department for failing to macadamize and repair roads from the past six years.
According to the reports, residents have alleged that authorities never pay interest into their requests.
The residents of the village said that the road is in dilapidated conditions as the stretch has not been repaired since long.
"We took to the streets a number of times to press for our demands but all in vain as the concerned failed to take any step in this regard," the locals said, adding that they also approached the concerned authorities several times in the past but no steps were taken to redress their demands.
"Locals apprised the R&B department about the bad condition of these roads but they did nothing," they said.
However, concerned AEE when contacted told, that a tender in this regard has been already issued and assured that the work on the said road will be started within days.
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The Boogey Man (The Bogey Man) (1980)
I really wasnt expecting much from "The Bogey man" when I first put it on. The Video Nasties craze of the 1980s was a very sporadic period in the UK with dozens of titles being caught up in the frothing fever of trying to "ban the filth" and this meant that a few titles that really shouldnt have been listed as "Nasties" somehow got sweapt up in the hoopla.
I dont subscribe to the belief that the 1984 video recordings act was in anyway a good thing, I think it heavily censored creativity and drove the interest in these movies into the hands of the underground market where prices ran rampant and quality control was non existent. even if I did accept the act in some capacity (Which I most definitely do not) the consistency was all over the place, with films like "Cannibal Holocaust" and "Maniac Cop" being perfect examples of movies that quite reasonably could justify this act to a degree (They're both very hard watches that are purposefully designed to be uncomfortable and shocking) through to movies like "The Evil Dead" and "Zombie Flesh Eaters" which while pushing the envelope a bit, were hardly going to "Corrupt the youth". Conservative drive and a Newspaper driven campaign, only spurred on by the Mary whitehouse brigade only led to further confusion and unwarrented restrictions.
Arguably the most famous being a recurring issue in which police officers would repeatedly seize copies of "The Littlest Whorehouse in Texas" which is a PG comedy movie and copies of "Apocalypse now" which were passed by the BBFC being seized because it sounded too much like a Cannibal movie…only spurring things on and causing a rise in panic, incidents like "The Hungerford massacre" or the "James Bulger" case were sensationalised in the tabloids as being indisputable proof that violent films were corrupting people. In these incidents Hungerfords massacre happened because the killer watched "Rambo 3" (There was no proof of this…The only evidence given was that he'd worn a bandana when he committed the killings), and in the latter "Childs Play 3" was put to blame (Despite the fact that again there was no proof of this and the only evidence was that the killers father had rented the movie, not watched it, and returned it 2 days later) it was this incident that led to one of the "Last hurrah" moments of the Video nasty movement when the Sun ran with the sensationalist front page title "For the sake of ALL our kids Burn your video nasties"
Today barring a few seconds of animal cruelty here and there almost all of the original banned video nasties have not only been released but have been released officially multiple times both in standard and High definition. Theres only one video nasty that remains thats still been denied a classification, that's "Love Camp 7" but a majority have now been released uncut. And being able to see these films for what they are and realise that a majority of them were purely on the list because of histeria is both eye opening and distressing to me.
The Boogey man is the perfect example of this. This movie has 2 graphic moments in it pretty much, and quite honestly theres much much worse out there. This shouldnt have been on the video nasties list and yet both this and the movies sequel (Which im told is a total and utter raging toxic sludge of a movie) were on the banned list with litte to no justification.
And its a pretty okay movie to boot!, its no masterpiece but I was really genuinely surprised by just how high quality it was when compared with some of the shinola on the banned list. it made it to my "Shelf of interest" as a quirky and slightly unusual oddity. One I'd reccommend you look out for.
(The Posters misleading as well…there are windows, women and shadowy figures in the movie…but not necessarily all at once)
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A trip to the guitar hospital
By j45nick, March 19 in Gibson Acoustic
j45nick 290
LocationSouth Florida
I took a day away from the computer and hit the road, finally taking my "new" 1950 J-45 to my favorite guitar medic for a physical and required repairs. It's not necessarily an easy trip--over 200 miles each way, on crowded highways full of typical Florida nutcase drivers. Incidentally, you never flip off bad drivers down here unless you want to face the very real possibility of the other driver pulling out a Glock and turning your SUV (if not yourself) into a well-ventilated piece of Swiss cheese. I kid you not.
Anyway, it turned into a relatively uneventful drive to the Asylum for Needy Vintage Guitars, and their equally vintage and needy owners.
The good news is that he found nothing that I had not already identified as a potential problem, and was un-bothered by what I considered an excessive amount of dome in the top. We all know flat tops are not flat-topped, but this one has a bit more than is typical. He surmised it was built that way, as there wasn't anything loose in the top, the dome was virtually symmetrical both longitudinally and transversely, and the underside of the bridge was carved to that top radius when the guitar was built. That dome may be one reason this seems like an exceptionally loud J-45, as it has a bit more box volume than most. Anyhow, it didn't bother him, which is fine with me.
No other surprises. One comment he made was that most bridgeplate damage he sees is from ball ends of the strings pulling up through the slots in the pins and wedging in the plate. He recommended turning slotted pins around so that the slots faced away from the strings, or using un-slotted pins. This does require a slight mod to the bridgeplate to cut a small slot for the string from the top of the bridge through the plate. (You may remember there was a guy here a couple of years ago who was big on using unslotted pins, but was a also a bit of a "my way or the highway" type of guy, and didn't really have much good to say about Gibsons in general compared to his Martins.)
Then he wanted me to play so he could see what I was doing these days to determine how to set up the guitar, so he pointed to a guitar on the stand next to the bench and asked me to play that one, since he said it was nicely set up for my style. (I had also mentioned I had been looking at 1950's D-28's before buying the J-45, so I think this was a bit of a tease.)
That guitar wasn't a D-28, and it wasn't a J-45. But it had a little bit of those two guitars in it: the D from the Martin, and the 45 from the Gibson.
It was a 1938 D-45, the last one built with snowflake board inlays rather than hexagon inlays.
The guitar was in excellent condition, and had just been re-appraised by George Gruhn at $400,000. But it was a player, not a museum piece. Same owner for more than 20 years. When you get one of those, you don't let go.
I have never heard or played anything like it. It may sound trite to say that the guitar practically played itself, but even with my sloppy fretting, every note rang true. It was stunning. I have never, ever, picked up a guitar that was so easy to play, and had such ringing tone.
Then he asked me to look at the top bracing inside a 1938 00-45 he had on the bench. ZW and I have joked here about Gibson top brace scalloping in the past (not talking about modern Bozeman Gibsons, which have beautifully-carved top bracing) looking like it was carved by eye using a sharpened spoon after too many drinks, but it's true. By comparison, the Martin top bracing was delicate, tapered and scalloped, and a work of art as fine as the exterior of the guitar. Granted, this was a 45 model, not something off-the-shelf.
Incidentally, he specializes in both vintage Gibsons and vintage Martins, so he has no particular axe to grind.
Somewhere along the way, I made the observation that there's nothing like old wood when it comes to guitar tone. He didn't disagree, but also had a lot to say about torrefied wood. Specifically, he felt you could get about 95% of the effect of aged wood by the torrefaction process, based on his analysis and experience.
Granted, tone is in the ear of the hearer, but when a guy who specializes in vintage guitars but builds new ones says that, you listen.
All in all, it was better than a day at the office. And I know my new old girl is in the best possible hands.
Now, as ZW says, we wait...
Edited March 20 by j45nick
TomPhx 4
Sounds like a great way to spend the day, and you got to play a 1938 D45!! Awesome! Glad there were no unexpected problems with your J45.
Edited March 19 by TomPhx
tpbiii 39
Wow -- 38 D-45. There were 9 made that year -- 3 in 36 and 3 in 37. The 36 and 37 guitars would have been forward braced, as would have been some of the ones in 38 -- did you check? If not, go back and check.
When dealing with Martin (trash?), that would be a good as it gets. Martins IME are all clean and fine finished inside -- Gibsons not so much.
If you live in Key West and get your guitar work done in Pensacola, you have to drive 830+ miles and not leave FL -- so I would say 200 is nothing.
Let's pick,
Edited March 20 by tpbiii
E-minor7 135
Seems as if your journey was worth every mile and only will lead further down or up the right path.
This old 1950er should be in safe hands, OK - no time to waste on misunderstandings or mistakes now.
Some say waiting time is the best time. You hereby have the opportunity to check that theory out.
Thx for the report - look forward to chapter II.
Oouhh, , , and that snowflake-Mart must have been quite something.
BluesKing777 132
Great story, but ...no photos! :unsure:
What are you getting done?
BluesKing777.
Get the phone camera out next time! Like these visit to mine - oh joy!
Photographing other people's guitars in the shop without their permission is generally a no-no.
General scope of work:
neck re-set
fret dress
Re-glue several loose back braces
Bridge plate repair and re-drill holes
New saddle
Replace tuner buttons (originals are badly shrunken)
Anything else he finds...
The guitar is generally very solid and in very good+ to excellent condition. No breaks, no cracks, no modifications, no previous repairs. Only things non-original at this point are endpin, bridge pins, and strings. Truss rod works fine. Pickguard is a tiny bit warped on one edge but he says keep an eye on it and leave it alone.
I've already cleaned it inside and out, and hand-polished back and sides only. Cleaned, scraped, and oiled fretboard. Removed and overhauled tuners.
And now we wait. The good thing is I have plenty of other guitars to play in the meantime.
OldCowboy 123
LocationIndiana - Texas - sometimes Lost
Sounds more like a fun vacation than a trip to the luthier! My cousin, rest his soul, was a long haul trucker who swore (prodigiously - about nearly everything) that the only safe way to navigate Florida was in a semi. Guess you just reinforced his notion. Nothing like a hands-on visit with a legendary guitar, Martin notwithstanding😂 Keep the information flowing! I once owned a 1950 J-50 that exhibited the high dome you mentioned - wonder how many like that came through during '50.
kidblast 749
LocationCentral Mass (U.S.A.)
400 mile round trip for a luthier visit!!?? makes me feel like a dork for moaning about a 35 mile one way trip to one of the shops I use occasionally.
The Martin must have been quite the experience. $400,000. I'd have been afraid to stand to close to it never mind play it.
Long day trip.
I'm only about 170 miles from Gruhns, but I have to pass all the way through Kentucky.
I once owned a 1950 J-50 that exhibited the high dome you mentioned - wonder how many like that came through during '50.
Good question. My other '50 J-45 was re-topped by Gibson in 1968, so it's useless as a reference. I believe Jedzep here has a 1950 that is literally the next FON batch to my original one, so maybe he will comment on his.
The construction plan for the J-45 (which is based on a 1957 guitar) has about 3/16" of top dome transversely and longitudinally. That's pretty consistent with my modern '43 SJ re-issue as well. My "new" 1950 has about twice that amount of dome, but everything is good under the hood, with nothing in the top loose or distorted. The saddle on the "new" 1950 J-45 is about half the height of that on my SJ, but there is no sign that saddle has ever been cut down, and the original owner certainly didn't remember it being cut down. He never took the guitar to a tech for anything. Never did anything but change the strings in 68 years of ownership.
I suspect that for whatever reason, this guitar was built with a lot of top dome. The back, incidentally, has exactly the amount shown on the plans.
I think those full-size J-45 plans are still available from Stewmac. While the bracing plan only shows the un-scalloped late 1950's top braces, it shows all the bridge and pickguard configurations over time. If you're a slope-J fan, it's a great resource.
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I'm looking forward to the updated post when this "new",'50, J45 comes back from the doc. Any hints as to how it will sound Nick? Scalloped bracing and emphasized top radius should make for a punchy, loud guitar. The early '50s seemed to favor those with a lighter touch, the later '50s tall tapered bracing for chord chuggers. Obviously neck reset and brace repairs will change it some but it should still be true to itself.
Interesting his observations on the torrefied wood. With some of the builders (Greven, Mcknight, Huss and Dalton, Pre-War, Bourgeois) using it and hearing a difference, I think there is something to it. I played an Adi topped Bourgeois that was impressive, although I have been on the fence with the Gibson models. If it can tame a new Adi top that's saying a lot to me. Of course there is so much to building a guitar to pin it on one thing.
Glad you made it and back in one piece!
I'm looking forward to the updated post when this "new",'50, J45 comes back from the doc. Any hints as to how it will sound Nick? Scalloped bracing and emphasized top radius should make for a punchy, loud guitar.
It is quite loud and punchy. I played it a lot for a couple of weeks before taking it to the luthier, even though it was a challenge with the bass-side action at about .15"(3.8mm, 10/64"). It was fine to play up through the first four frets, increasingly difficult to impossible above that. Of course, lowering the action height may reduce the volume a bit.
The volume and tonal balance may be completely different after the work, but we'll see. In any case, it should (I hope) be a keeper.
dhanners623 37
Looking forward to hearing about it (and hearing it) when it returns from the shop.
And a two-hour drive to a quality repair shop is something I can only dream about. My closest repair shop is an hour and a half away -- by plane. there isn't a single one in all of Kuwait, but there's a guy in Dubai I've heard good things about....
Talked to the guy working on my 1950 J-45 yesterday. He told me my guitar was now in two pieces. Neck is off and awaiting re-set while he works on the inside of the guitar, re-gluing a couple of braces and repairing the bridgeplate.
Also made the final decision to replace the shrunken tuner buttons. I had originally given him a set of Stewmac ivory buttons, but then found the Antique Acoustics exact replica vintage tuner buttons, which are also ivory in color but are slightly smaller, more oblong, and have pronounced concave sides like vintage Kluson buttons.
Also going against the grain a bit by installing a set of Antique Acoustics black plastic unslotted repro Gibson bridgepins, instead of bone. I'll see if I can get Bob Colosi to make me a set of near-black custom unslotted bone pins for the future. I know he will do those in buffalo horn, but I'd like to see what he can come up with in bone, but as near to black as possible.
This guitar is completely original, and I'm trying to keep it that way as much as possible. Although some J45's in that era had white pins, this one came with the original black pins in the case, although they were too shrunken to re-use.
It's like waiting for Christmas, only better.
Dave F 97
Plain Old Member
LocationKY
My J45 legend came with the black plastic pins.
When the '42 LG1 got fixed up I bought some black plastic pins and a set of ebony pins. I kept the ebony ones. They have an old dried out look to them that compliments the guitar. The white buttons also got replaced.
While I can't help with advice on some of those matters, I can give a really good tip....
When you go to pick the guitar up when it is finished, don't rush around - check everything twice.
Even though my luthier is close, I found a fret problem on the patient around the 7-8 1st string when I was playing it last night and will now have to go back to the luthier! Oh yeah, that would be good for Nick's little drive to his luthier. :mellow:
I will take that advice, for sure.
livemusic 17
Have Gibson, will travel
LocationLouisiana, USA
Amazing story about the Martin d45. Holy cow, not many people can say they played something like that.
As for the road rage potential, I know a guy who went nuts and killed a guy in a road rage. Shot him dead right there on the main drag. He's still in prison.
Just got a call from the luthier that my "new" J-45 is ready. Headed up there Tuesday to pick her up.
In the three weeks he's had this one, I've been on a bit of a 'hog slope-J tear, swapping daily between my 2006 Fuller's 1943 SJ and my re-topped "old" 1950 J-45.
These two guitars have necks that are as different as chalk and cheese. The SJ has the wide, fairly shallow Luthier's choice neck, 1.78" at the nut and just under 2 3/16" (2.19")spacing at the pins.
The re-topped J-45 is only 1.56" (1 9/16") at the nut, with 2 1/8" pin spacing (2.125"). The neck is unusual in that the "new" narrow 1968 board (top also dates from 1968) is on the original, deep-C shaped neck from 1950, so the guitar (fortunately) plays nothing like the typical late-60's Gibson acoustic with the narrow nut and the "backless" neck (as ZW calls it).
Gibson obviously re-shaped the neck slightly to accommodate the narrow board, but they fortunately did not turn it onto a "backless" wonder.
The interesting thing is that while the substantially wider modern neck and slightly wider pin spacing on the SJ are more forgiving when it comes to fret-hand finger placement and fingerpicking, the old J-45 is actually a slightly easier guitar to play in the flatpicking style I primarily use. Yes, left-hand finger placement is unforgiving, but the conscious effort required for that seems to be making me a better player. I've always been sloppy with my left hand, but you can't get away with that with the narrow-nut guitars.
Go figure: they both play well.
Tonally? With the same strings (Sunbeams), the scalloped-braced modern SJ is more balanced than the straight-braced J-45, which has more pronounced bottom and trebles. Even the "new" top on the J-45 is now more than 50 years old, so "new" is a relative term. It's well-aged.
All of this slope-J frenzy has been part of the waiting process for the "new" 1950 J-45 to come back from the doctor. With a nut width of just over 1.70" and pin spacing of 2 3/16", I am hoping that it is going to bring the best playing properties of those other two together in one package. Plus, it looks really, really nice, with just the right amount of wear. (pictures when it comes back, I promise)
We'll see.
A good idea to dig into the other 2 before the new one arrives.
That way you'll really know what you get home on Tuesday.
The width might be the most obvious difference, , , from there investigating sound'n'soul is ready for entertainment all summer.
Look forward to HQ-pics - also of The Three Graces. No, , , that's a wrong term for slope shouldered folk-guitars. Anyways. .
That was quick! Don't forget to give him a gift......
1.70" nut is do-able almost for me....surely most 50s are not like that? Can I have it?
Guitar teach: "Arch those fingers!" (Whack)....
There is little rhyme and reason to what works, nut size and spacing-wise, but obviously for my fingerpicking, I prefer the older small bodies with the 1 3/4 nut and big V, and their newer versions ala Waterloo as the stock of old L-00s for sale seems to be pretty junky at the mo.
BUT....the BK is 1.72 and can mostly get it done. The LG3 is 1 11/16" and can almost get it done. My Matons are 1.736" with a fat C neck and work very well.....etc, etc..... so 2 small and quick tests at a shop can guide me to the "light". (If I can live with it!). Disappointing beyond belief with that nice guitar in hand at the shop that you can buy but realise after a little test that it won't be staying - here it is- play a stock standard cowboy C cleanly, sometimes just that is a challenge on narrow necks, then add the pinky to the C chord on the first string, third fret. (Move the bass note to the sixth string and we have Gary Davis C). On most nuts narrower than 1 3/4" it is fairly impossible to play the notes cleanly together on the first and second string. Not always depending on the nut spacing!
The other test I do is a few bars of something like the plain old A7 chord with 2 fingers and the 3rd string open.....but then add the pinky to the third fret first string and play while moving it between the second and open then third again. Can't do it - guitar and I have a tearful departure because I can research and narrow down a possible guitar but this A7 chord in real life there and now in your hands.... is the cruncher. For example, there will NEVER be a full fingerpicking version of St Louis Blues - on the wrong necks, the notes in the A7 segment can only be played one string at a time.....
There you go, a quick fingerpicker's version of playing various necks. Now, someone please explain to me the advantage of 1 5/8" nuts on 60s guitars for flatpicking....is it easier with the strings close together one note at a time, I assume?
BluesKing777....desperately wanting Nick's 1950 J45.....
Edited April 6 by BluesKing777
jedzep 97
LocationCrankytown, Upstate NY
Yeah, a nice little grouping of vintage gold we've been treated to in the last couple of weeks. Can't get over the flaming on Zomboid's L1 top though.
I have nothing to report, JZ, but I DID have to go play something old and out came the 44 Martin 0-17...and everything I said in the previous post doesn't apply, inexplicable really, as the nut is 1 11/16" and the neck medium C but I can play the Davis C on it and St Louis Blues. AND, the people I told in another forum that my only pickup that fits this guitar, Fishman Rare Earth Blend with no adjustable pole pieces, is wrong, wrong in that fir some reason the 1 and 2 strings ARE not too loud like every other guitar I put the pickup in..... :mellow: Figure that all out and give me my birth year J45 ......
Haha. Sometimes you (I mean my) hands just settle in like a glove on any given day and play OK. Your playing is in that upper echelon so your hands know where to go, and I trust your ear and any analysis of gear. I wish I was born earlier so my birth year J50 would have a rectangular bridge, but I ain't complaining. Mine is actually 2 years before my birth year.
Keep up the good work on the attempt at making us vintage nerds feel special.
Edited April 7 by jedzep
Now, someone please explain to me the advantage of 1 5/8" nuts on 60s guitars for flatpicking....is it easier with the strings close together one note at a time, I assume?
Maybe like a mandolin in that regard. (Not serious about that.)
It may be the way the guitar is set up, or something else. My old J-45 just plays really, really easily, despite the narrow nut and its accompanying frustrations and demands on the left hand.
The thing is, where you pick, there is virtually no difference in string spacing based on the nut width. It's all about the string spacing at the bridge for the picking hand itself. But if you only have a couple of fretting fingers on the strings at one time when flat-picking, like in single-note runs, it's not about squeezing a lot of fingers on your fretting hand into tight places to make chords, either.
The old ones like the L-OO, with 2 3/8" pin spacing and 1 3/4" nut width, really are a lot easier to finger-pick, and more forgiving of a clumsy left hand like mine.