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Lafayette City Council approves two ordinances…
Lafayette City Council approves two ordinances regarding prairie dogs
Lafayette City Council approved two ordinances regarding prairie dogs. (Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer)
By Kristina Pritchett | kpritchett@prairiemountainmedia.com |
PUBLISHED: January 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm | UPDATED: January 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Lafayette City Council this week voted in favor of ordinances related to prairie dogs.
Getting the nod were a prairie dog permitting process ordinance and an extension of the city's moratorium on removing, relocating and using lethal control measures on prairie dogs. The approvals, which came at Council's Tuesday meeting, were on first and second reading, respectively.
Council unanimously approved extending the moratorium, for three months, which means it will expire in April. This will allow Council to fully consider and amend, if necessary, a revised permitting ordinance, which on Tuesday was approved 5-2.
Council in November received a presentation regarding the permits, and directed staff and the City Attorney's Office to review Boulder's policy and permit process and to draft a revised, more restrictive prairie dog permitting process for Lafayette. The policy would require the control of prairie dogs on all properties in the city to be done through a prairie dog control permit issued by the Planning Department.
As outlined now, the process would restrict permit holders from using an animal recovery program for prairie dog removal. They also must agree to a potential on-site review or evaluation of proposed control activity, must pay applicable administrative fees or habitat restoration fees, provide a plan to protect non-prairie dog wildlife, document steps followed to avoid lethal control, and create a plan designed to prevent reentry of prairie dogs.
There will be a 60-day public comment period on applications for prairie dog control permits, according to a staff report.
"The city may delay issuance of a prairie dog control permit for up to 12 months if the director determines reasonable relocation alternatives exist," according to the report.
Mayor Pro Tem Stephanie Walton said the length of time concerns her.
"I'm hoping this is the worst-case scenario," Walton said. "We've been very diligent and spending a lot of time on this. I certainly don't want to slow this down. But, I want a resident of Lafayette to have an experience where they come in and they're educated, they find out about this process and it isn't a big hassle … and be able to move through this pretty expeditiously."
A permit will not be required for airport facilities, dam or ditch operations, public or utility-related construction projects, law enforcement or Colorado Division of Wildlife or special permit holders.
Councilmembers voiced concern over the violation fee of up to $2,650. Fine amounts would be determined by how many days illegal activity took place.
"I'm stuck on this isn't much of a deterrent if they do this all in one day," said Mayor Jamie Harkins. "But, I don't have a better suggestion right now."
Harkins asked city attorneys if Boulder's fee structure was the same and if it was the same amount. City attorneys responded it was and they could look into a change for the second reading.
Councilmembers Chelsea Behanna and Tonya Briggs voted against the measure. Behanna said she would not be voting for the ordinance until the second reading.
A concern Walton voiced was how residents would learn about permitting and receive information about the process.
Behanna said the Lafayette Prairie Dog Advisory Working Group, a group for which she is the council liaison, could potentially create a pamphlet with information about the process, and reasons why the city opted not to animal recovery programs.
"I think having an explanation somewhere for folks (is important) so they understand our reasoning behind it," Behanna said. "It would give us an opportunity to share (information) about the other lethal options that have broader effects."
The second reading of the permit process ordinance could occur during the Jan. 21 Council meeting.
For more information on the ordinances, visit bit.ly/2QmrKAi.
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Marilyn Nelson Waniek, Poet, and Educator born
Marilyn Nelson Waniek
*Marilyn Nelson Waniek was born on this date in 1946. She is a Black poet, writer, and educator.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Marilyn Nelson Waniek is the daughter of Melvin M. (in the U.S. Air Force) and Johnnie (a teacher) Nelson. She got her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis, in 1968; her M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970; her University of Minnesota Ph.D. 1978. She was married to Erdmann F. Waniek (1970 - 1979); Roger R. Wilkenfeld (1979 - 1998), and children: in (second marriage) Jacob and Dora.
Going by the last name Nelson since 1995, she is the author of several collections of poems, including For the Body, The Cat Walked Through the Casserole and Other Poems for Children, and The Homeplace, which was a Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award. Marilyn Hacker described The Homeplace as a "book whose good humor, grace and dignity clothe the naked body of truth-telling. Waniek limns her characters, who are also her foremothers and forefathers, with a novelist's sleight of hand and a poet's precision and music."
Waniek is a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Another collection of poems is Magnificat, published in 1994. The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems (Louisiana State University Press) won the 1998 Poets' Prize and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award.
Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2012, the Poetry Society of America awarded her the Frost Medal. In 2013, Nelson was elected chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
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April 1 - Sarah Ashlock
FIRST THOUGHT: People Pleasing
Do you say yes to something when you know you want to decline? Do you tend to lessen an uncomfortable situation by appeasing others? Does it drive you crazy if someone dislikes you? Do you take on someone else's emotions as your own? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be a people pleaser. Only recently did I realize I fit that category, and honestly, I think a lot of women fall into this trap, too. Ending your people-pleasing habits is an arduous process, but start it off by saying no when you want to say no. It's that simple, but it's so, so hard for people pleasers. Say it with me: n-o-o-o-o-o-o-o.
WOMEN IN NUMBERS: 90 Percent
I'm often the person who wants everyone to just get along, so I'll let a friend never pay me back, a colleague forget to put my name on a project, a stranger's dog lick my legs for a disturbingly long amount of time. So, while I'm working on standing up for myself, I have no qualms about clapping back when others are wronged. Almost 90 percent of the world still has gender-based legal restrictions on property ownership and prohibition of signing contracts. Oh, hell no.
WOMAN TO WATCH: Christine Lagarde, First Female Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Christine Lagarde's parents were both professors: Her father taught English literature and her mother taught French, Latin and ancient Greek. Born in Paris, Christine pursued higher education, too: first law and then political science. Now, she's the 11th managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the first woman to hold the position.
The International Monetary Fund is kind of a last resort for countries. The organization was created in 1945 and now consists of 189 countries. The goal is to keep the global marketplace secure so that there's economic security in even developing countries.
Christine's responsibilities as the managing director are immense. She's head of the staff and is the chairman of the executive board made up of representatives from each country. It's been eight years since Christine started her post, and she's since been reelected. There are a lot of challenges ahead for Christine, like the huge bailout of Greece. The IMF has been both revered and criticized for its $1.8 billion conditional loan for the country.
Christine isn't immune to criticisms, either, and like all of us, she has her flaws. In fact, during her tenure at IMF, she was found guilty of negligence regarding a financial payout, but the IMF stuck by her. Admittedly, the public prosecutor was surprised by the verdict, considering his "weak" evidence. (Thanks, I guess?)
There's much to be done as an influencer in the global economy. Forbes listed Christine as #3 in its 2018 List of the World's Most Powerful Women, right behind Angela Merkel and Theresa May.
A woman at the helm has the potential for radical worldwide change. A decade after the 2008 financial crisis, Christine boldly cited one cause: groupthink and called for gender reform in the sector. The idea that a male-dominated industry should stay male-dominated is so 2008.
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Christine Lagarde said:
"For women to get to the top you need skin as thick as a crocodile."
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Story: Celebrating young freelancers in Dadaab refugee camp
In Dadaab, young graduates are smiling proudly, eager to hear their names being called out so that they can walk up to the stage and receive their certificates for completing the training programme under the Refugee Employment and Skills Initiative (RESI). These young people live in and around one of the oldest refugee camps in the world, Dadaab in Garissa County by the Somali border in the Eastern part of Kenya.
The RESI programme in Dadaab, Kenya is holding its first graduation ceremony since 2019. Since the outbreak, around 200 youth have completed the training programme in online freelancing life skills, digital entrepreneurship, and digital skills, but due to movement restrictions in and around the camps the graduation ceremony had to be pushed.
The daily routines of the trainees quickly changed when Covid-19 hit. They suddenly had to follow their classes and other activities online and complete work from home. The project had to switch its delivery method to allow students to continue the programme without any significant disruptions, delivering online trainings and switching the hybrid mentorship programme to delivering remotely.
The RESI programme was initially designed to allow youth who face movement restrictions, to work from inside refugee camps or remote areas like Garissa County where Dadaab is located. The need for such flexibility became even more evident with the pandemic, highlighting the importance of building economic resilience in ways that makes it possible to adapt to shocks and other external influences.
Ashish Shah, Director of Country Programmes at the International Trade Centre (ITC), congratulated the graduates during the ceremony: "Adapting to virtual learning and remote engagement is not easy but all graduated did a remarkable job to adapt to the situation and succeeded in such large numbers in completing this programme."
Neil Turner, Kenya Country Director at the Norwegian Refugee Council thanked the staff for their delivery during the difficult times during the pandemic: "They needed to completely change the way that the skills development programme was offered. Rather than focusing on themselves they just rolled up their sleeves and got to work."
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The graduation only marks the beginning. The graduates will continue participating in the RESI mentorship programme, which offers follow-up support to build careers, for example through events, internships and personal coaching. The programme is also planning to offer study tours to Nairobi in August and September for top performing graduates to gain face-to-face exposure and market connections.
RESI freelancers also get the opportunity to become members of the Dadaab Collective, an online freelancing agency formed with previous RESI graduates. The agency allows freelancers to work together to deliver services for clients across the world as a support structure to the freelancers.
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At G8 Business Summit, USCIB Chairman Urges Governments to Avoid Investment Protectionism
Joint statement by business federation heads also presses for Doha Round's completion
USCIB Chairman William G. Parrett (second from left) joined other top business chiefs at the first-ever G-8 Business Summit in Berlin (Photo: BDI).
Berlin, April 25, 2007 – At today's first-ever G-8 Business Summit, the chairman of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB), William G. Parrett, also CEO of Deloitte, urged the leaders of the Group of Eight nations to maintain their commitment to the open flow of international investment across borders, realizing countries still need to address local issues such as national security.
"Governments need to take action at the highest level to avoid investment protectionism if we want to encourage the free flow and benefits of international investment," said Mr. Parrett, who represented the United States in the G-8 business preparatory meeting, which was organized by the Federation of German Industries (BDI). "They need to affirm, in word and practice, their commitment to open, cross-border investment."
The Berlin summit brought together the heads of top business federations from Germany, which hosts this year's G-8 leaders summit in Heiligendamm this June, and the other G-8 nations along with the trans-European business federation Business Europe. The business leaders signed a joint G-8 Business Declaration that will be presented to the G-8 government leaders, urging completion of the WTO's Doha Round "as a matter of urgency and top priority," and proposing ways to address related trade and investment issues, innovation challenges such as intellectual property rights, and climate protection. They were scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel later today.
Investment protectionism has been on the rise both in the G-8 nations and elsewhere, and curtailing such measures was among the top priorities spelled out by the business leaders in a joint statement. Mr. Parrett pointed to a number of recent measures that he said needlessly interfered with foreign mergers, acquisitions and greenfield investment under the guise of security concerns.
Mr. Parrett said business recognized that the world had changed dramatically since 9/11, and that governments must pay more attention to national security issues. "But a legitimate concern for national security needs to be balanced against the benefits of allowing foreign investment," he said. "Blocking a foreign takeover for reasons of national security should be an extremely rare occurrence, and should be taken as a measure of last resort, only when all other rules or tools that are designed to protect national security are not adequate or effective. Further, blocking international investment should not be used as a means to give unreasonable commercial advantage for domestic businesses."
Mr. Parrett called upon the G-8 governments to support annual updates by the OECD of measures to restrict investment on grounds of national security, and the extension of this study to the issue of informal barriers to investment. He urged that the business community be fully engaged in helping identify such informal barriers.
The business leaders focused on a number of other issues they said required attention by their governments at the Heiligendamm summit. These included completion of the WTO's Doha Round, fostering intellectual property rights, enhancing efficient capital markets, strengthening environmentally friendly technologies and facilitating private-sector participation in African development.
Peter M. Robinson, president of USCIB, who was also in Berlin, drew attention to the need for immediate action by the G-8 governments to protect intellectual property rights and stamp out product piracy. "The issue has moved far beyond movies and music," he said. "Nowadays no industry, and no country, is immune from counterfeiting and piracy. Government action is urgently needed at the highest levels to stamp out this scourge."
The United States Council for International Business promotes an open system of global commerce in which business can flourish and contribute to economic growth, human welfare and protection of the environment. Its membership includes more than 300 leading U.S. companies, professional services firms and associations whose combined annual revenues exceed $3.5 trillion. As the American affiliate of several leading global business groups, USCIB provides business views to policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide, and works to facilitate international trade. More information is available at www.uscib.org.
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Nothing better than tomatoes in summer! Now I just wish I had a garden, or a farmers market close by. Such a delicious looking collection of recipes!
What a great round up of tomato recipes. There is nothing like fresh picked tomatoes from the garden and having lots of ways to eat them is great.
What an amazing round up! I have to admit, I like the simple things - the tomato chips, summer tomato jam and classic tomato soup really caught my attention!
What a fantastic collection! Each and every is a must-try!
Perfect timing - our garden tomatoes are starting to ripen - and you've given me lots of ideas to use them up! Thanks for including our tomato juice recipe in this collection!
This will be perfect for all my garden tomatoes! I love having a variety of ways to use them. Pining for later!
Interesting recipes, i love dishes from tomatoes. Fantastic idea for tomato jam.


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American Activism
This piece is about why activism is important to American culture and the overall American identity. It explores how older and more recent movements have impacted American history and how they represent American ideals.
By Abigail B. from Royal Oak High School in Michigan
The United States of America has a very influential identity and culture that is very recognizable, but we find it very difficult when trying to actually define it. What does it mean to be American? You could say some of the more basic answers, like our undying devotion to freedom, the everlasting opportunity of prosperity and the "American Dream", equality or capitalism, but the way we define things is always changing. As we grow as a nation our beliefs and values change slightly with the times, and activism is a good reminder of the shifting ideals.
Activism has been an important part of the changing American identity, even going back to its independence. Since then, there have been many movements in America that have changed the landscape of our identity for the better. The idea of fighting for what you believe in has always been a key principle in America's identity. In the 1800's, the woman's suffrage movements activists promoted and pushed the idea of equality. On the National Parks Service's website, the section on Susan B Anthony talks about her activism to change the way America worked. Her activism included campaigning, speaking at meetings, collecting signatures for petitions, and lobbying the state legislature. This is just one of the many activist movements in American history where people took action to make a change. Other campaigns like the civil rights movement promoted equality, a value that didn't always have a place in America's identity, but was fought for by many different groups, including students. The CNN article," We Wouldn't be America Without Student Activists," talks about the history of student activism and how it is a crucial part of history. He also talks about Martin Luther King Jr. recognizing the importance of the students work, "He identified the young people risking violence to promote citizenship and American democracy as the most dedicated of patriots, courageous enough to speak truth to power in the face of powerful odds." This quote about Martin Luther King Jr. is another example from history where activism played an important role in changing history to better represent the values of America.
Activism still plays a large part in the American identity, today. There will always be improvements and adaptations that need to be made as the country grows, and with that comes the push to take action from these movements. Usually large events, laws or other disruptions serve as a catalyst for these movements to arise. For example, The March For Our Lives movement was sparked by a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, which left 17 kids dead and many more injured. Obviously, there was massive outrage that a horrific event like this keeps happening, many referring back to other incidents like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, and the Virginia Tech shooting. This mass shooting sparked a push to protect students and enact gun reform. And with that came results, including a ban on bump stocks, a bill aimed at improving the national background check system, "red flag" legislation and a higher legal age to buy a gun. But this was not the extent of it, according to 7 Ways America Has Changed Since the March For Our Lives, an article by Giffords, "Voter turnout among young people ages 18–29 rose to 31% in the 2018 election, which marked the highest youth turnout in years." This was 10% more than in 2014. This activist movement spread awareness about gun control and gun violence, and empowered youth to make changes in America.
Activism has always had a strong connection to the American identity. These movements have pushed for improvements within our culture multiple times, with significant results. But still some people argue that activism is useless, that it doesn't actually solve anything and that it becomes less effective with each time new movement. While there are always going to be small movements that don't create massive change, they do all raise some level of awareness and conversation around the issue. According to Glenn Omatsu, the author of Student Activism Resource Handbook, "Activism is essentially about raising awareness and promoting education to help liberate and empower our communities." While some activism may not directly create new laws or implement new rules, it does fuel the conversation around change. Raising awareness and educating people on new ideas does create change and enables new ways of thinking to solve problems. Activism movements haven't slowed down and are not going to anytime soon. According to the Crowd Counting Consortium, an organization who tracks attendance at protests, the four largest protests in American history have been in the last two years, including the Women's March and March For Our Lives. With all of the controversies and increasing problems in America, it doesn't look like movements like these are slowing down any time soon.
In the wake of school shootings killing students, sexual assault allegations, the increasingly concerning state of our climate and the controversial Trump presidency, people have spoken up and taken action just like always. Activism has always been an important part of American history and continues to change the culture and display the power citizens have. Activism has and will always be crucial in defining the American Creed.
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Experiences Shaping Americans
Ones own idea of their American Creed is greatly shaped on their community and family and, most of all, experiences. Experiences shape each individual in different ways and below you will see a few specific contrasting factors that shape certain individuals as American's.
Food and the American Creed
How food represents the American Creed and its values and how food is symbolic of something greater than just a basic human need. Food can represent a culture's values and history.
The American Creed as Seen Through Family and Community
This is a 7-page picture book about my personal experiences with the American Creed, and how others can relate to it.
Immigration Travel Processes
Immigration has changed since Ellis Island travelers first started coming over to America. Today immigrants risk everything to find a safe place to stay. When Ellis Island travelers came over they came for work and to live the American dream.
Participating for Change
Understanding how citizen participation in politics has changed American society, and its impact on current American issues.
Progress By Criticism
Exploring how artists can incite change through art, criticism, and freedom of expression.
Symbols that represent American Creed
American creed can be symbolized by different words/ symbols. Everyone has their own sense of what they think American Creed is and how it can affect them.
Value of Community regarding the American Creed
Analyzation of the sense of community that drives people to help others around them, specifically in the case of Detroit neighborhoods and downtown area.
The World is Changing, We Need to Change With it
The older generation is the largest percent of the voter turnout but the younger voters need help. People need to be willing and able to change their views of freedom to adapt to the ever changing world we live in.
The Aspect of Community
I interviewed people I know to find out how a person's community affects their understanding of the American Creed.
United Women of America
Ever wonder what challenges women face in America? How about minority women? In this website I will do an analysis of the beliefs of six very different women and sum up their personal experiences and in short essay.
Expressing American Creed
How does music express the thoughts of diverse Americans on what it means to be American?
A Diverse Perspective on the American Creed
Analysis of the American Creed from the eyes of diverse Americans, and how they involve the American Creed within their lives.
Opportunity for Immigrants in America
Gives an outlook of the opportunities that immigrants have in America.
The American Creed of Diverse Americans As Expressed Through Art
This essay is about how diverse Americans and Americans whose demographic have a history of oppression understand the American Creed. I investigated this question specifically by looking at pieces of art that were created by and on the topic of diverse Americans.
Our Struggle
This describes my family's ethnic origins and the struggles they faced that define my american creed. This uses evidence from interviews to illustrate how our American creed is formed from our family's struggles and hardships in life in America.
The way in which life in America has positively influenced the opportunities available to my family and the surrounding community.
Family and an American Identity
An exploration of the relationship between family values and how those values influence who we are as Americans.
Do Sports Help Shape Your Identity?
Knowing who you are is important to self development and discovery. I believe that anything people are a part of helps to shape their identity one way or another.
Immigrants and their Role in the American Creed
The United States has been called a "country of immigrants." Immigrants play a major role in our life as Americans and they have shaped our country over the past hundreds of years.
The Falsity of The American Creed
This argument highlights and explains the way that diverse Americans (particularly immigrants) may view the false or fake ideas promised by the American Creed. The argument will delve into issues of incarceration and racism seen in America.
How Mental Health Affects the American Creed
This essay discusses the lack of mental health care available to Americans, and why it is vital for the American Governmental systems to provide adequate services to help all Americans, no matter how diverse.
Rebuilding Detroit
For years, Detroit was one of the lowest economic ranking cities in the U.S. Now, it's on the rise and it's giving many Americans hope for growth in the community.
My essay is argues that american values can never be the same for all american citizens. In this essay I look at why these values become so diverse and how that plays a role in our country.
Being an Immigrant American
This writing piece is about how first generation immigrants view living in America, versus second generation immigrants and some of the struggles they go through to really feel American. You will see these peoples experiences and perspectives of what being American means to them.
Overcoming the American Struggle
The Creed of American's is the struggle that they endure and then overcome. In our nation there's multiple roadblocks to success, such as struggle to afford education and mental health issues. Overcoming these struggles proves the strength and drive of Americans.
Diversity and Tolerance in America
Diversity is debated in America. This essay shows the validity of those who support and don't support diversity, and how diversity creates tolerance.
Identity In America
In this piece I expose the ideas of identity in America and how it reflects American values.
Critiquing The White American Creed
This piece is about how many white Americans believe that being American means you have to be white and you have to promote certain cultural values. This can be shown by the political actions of the U.S. in the past and in the present.
Illegal Immigration and the American Creed
Do illegal immigrants deserve to fulfill their American Creed?
The Italian Perspective
The Italian way of immigration. Through family experiences and other perspectives of Italians. What they went through and how they faced them and let it shape them to be who they are.
Mental Creed
How my family and community history has affected my journey for a healthy mindset and personal growth.
An Immigrant's Journey
The story of my grandparent's journeys to America and the freedom they found here.
Same Motivations, Different Century
How our own history shapes our ability to understand others and create an accepting American creed
More letters from Royal Oak High School
The story of how risk is essential for the American Dream.
America and the Fourth of July
Here is an essay for reasoning behind why Americans should think of the people that have progressed America forward and have supported it for the future.
Biological Family? Perhaps not
What do you believe in? I believe in a sense of community. In this article I will be talking about how my community has helped me become the person I am today.
On the Promise of Stability in America
This piece picks apart the promise of stability in America, exposes the shortcomings of this promise, and elaborates on the actions taken by people to make the promise a reality and their impact on the people around them.
In this piece, I talk about what it means to be American and providing evidence and reasoning to back up my claim.
What being american means to me and others.
What is the Real American Dream?
More letters from Michigan
Creating Understanding, One Story At a Time
Political polarization has become a huge issue in our country and by telling our own personal stories we can help to create a greater level of understanding to combat this issue.
Becoming a U.S. Citizen
This passage is about the process of becoming a U.S. citizen and a specific perspective of that process from the eyes of my parents.
Supporting America
A major part of being American is that you don't have to support America. In fact, this helps the country grow and change.
A Legacy of Honor
My family has a history of serving in the military and it has engraved in me a high sense of patriotism. Each stanza in the poem is directed to a specific audience, friends and family, government, and fellow soldiers; also each photo relates in someway to each stanza.
This work is a narrative describing the story of my Great Grandpa Lewis J. Minor and how he and his family came to America from Ireland in order to live the American Dream.
African American Creed
My piece is about how American creed has nothing to do with the lives of African American people or other minorites, it only applies to white patriots. Black people don't have a true identity in this country, we are just statistics.
Discussion on Midterms and other subjects
7 friends have a discussion around the recent midterm elections and their effects on the US moving forward
What our group talked about was what it meant to be an American. We talked about our personal experiences, past history, and we also had to reflect off of what one another said.
American Teamwork
Our piece talks about teamwork in America, unity, and how it should be more valued in our country
More letters about "beliefs", "creed", "culture", "identity", and "protest"
My project represents how my Hispanic ethnicity from my parents influences myself as an American and my story of who I am.
American Creed Project: Leadership
My American Creed Project is about Leadership. Leadership is about encouraging others to move along on the right path, mentoring them to achieve their full potential, and creating an inviting environment around themselves.
Your American Creed is up to you to determine.
How does your American creed depend on where your going in life? It depends on how you determine your american creed and how you live up to it. Many people through out the United States. The liberty you have in your life a fundamental base for your own creed.
American Creed - Diversity
My American creed is to be a real American, one needs to live to their full potential and strive to be the greatest they can be. My interview with my parents, about their different cultures, helps me understand how they are the American they are today.
The Lost Dream
The United States has lost its common luster known as the American Dream. Through my essay, I explain the problems caused by the parts of the American Dream that have been lost and how those parts affects the American people today.
Being an individual that is quite diverse, I have been profoundly influenced by my parents' experiences.
Give Back To Freedom
This letter highlights different perspectives and strories about what it means to give back. In my short lifetime, I have learned the incredible value of freedom and the sacrifices made in order to achieve it.
I discuss my personal American Creed and how the position I have been born into has affected that outlook
My American Creed.
Living in America, gives everyone the privilege to earn an education. Taking your education seriously, can lead you to prosperity and achieving your American dreams.
How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?
My Paper outlines my families history and how their experiences have impacted me or how I hope they will end up impacting me, And how their different journies have affected me.
America is built on immigration, and these people that move here all have their own stories, that's what America is all about.
Equal Access to Education
Schools in the United States should have equal access to education, regardless of where the school is located.
My thoughts on being an American.
This is a presentation that I created that describes what makes me an American.
America is a nation that was created to thrive in greatness, from the day it was deemed a country they had one goal, to give freedom to those who don't have it.
American Creed Interviews
For my American Creed project I interviewed people of different races and genders about the issues that America is having today. I made sure to ask everyone the same questions, so I could see the difference in answer. I turned these interviews into a scrapbook:


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Washington University first North American member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road
Xi'an Jiaotong University named a McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner institution
By Jessica Martin April 12, 2016 April 12, 2016
Dr. Wang Shuguo, president of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton lead the procession into the opening of the 120th anniversary celebration of XJTU.
Chancellor Wrighton delivers a keynote address during the opening ceremony of Xi'an Jiaotong University's 120th anniversary celebration. Wrighton joined academic leaders from around the world and government representatives in the opening ceremony.
As part of Xi'an Jiaotong University's 120th anniversary celebration, Chancellor Wrighton moderated a panel of academic leaders on the mission of universities.
Washington University is the first North American member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road.
Xi'an Jiaotong University is the newest McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner institution.
Guy M. Genin, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University and in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the School of Medicine speaks to a student during the World Class Universities Expo in Xi'an. Genin serves as the McDonnell Academy Ambassador to Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Leaders from top global universities gathered at Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in China for a World Class Universities Expo and Conference April 7-10. The events, held in honor of the 120th anniversary of XJTU, included lectures by Nobel Prize winners and university presidents, as well as meetings on collaborative opportunities in higher education.
During the event, XJTU installed Washington University in St. Louis as the first North American member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR). Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, plenary speaker for the anniversary conference, accepted the honor for the university in a signing ceremony and joined the UASR executive committee.
"Strong collaborations with top research universities like Washington University are important not only for our university, but the future of the world," said Wang Shuguo, president of XJTU. "The UASR allows us to offer more opportunities for the young generation to understand different backgrounds and make important connections to help improve quality of life for all."
The UASR is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization aimed at openness and international cooperation in higher education.
"The Silk Road was the ancient world's most important conduit of information and technology," Wrighton said, "and today Xi'an Jiaotong University is bringing universities from around the world to build one of the world's great collaborative programs, one that will contribute to the development of human civilization.
"Xi'an Jiaotong University has taken a major leadership step to launch the University Alliance of the Silk Road. This initiative sets the University apart, and will contribute significantly to a brighter future," Wrighton said.
UASR is focused on building a platform of higher education cooperation and promotion of regional openness and development. The alliance is fostering exchanges and collaboration among universities from countries and regions along the Silk Road and beyond, in the areas of talent training, research, cultural communication, policy studies and medical service.
New McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner
During the 120th anniversary celebration, XJTU also formally joined the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, Washington University's lead global education and collaboration initiative.
The McDonnell Academy is a partnership of 31 premier universities from around the world.
"The University Alliance of the Silk Road complements the mission of the McDonnell Scholars Academy," said James V. Wertsch, director of the academy and vice chancellor for international affairs at Washington University. "Through international research and education partnerships, universities play a significant role in addressing global challenges. This new partnership strengthens our shared ability to have an impact and extends our networks.
"We are proud to welcome Xi'an Jiaotong University as a member of the McDonnell Academy," Wertsch said.
The academy is an international scholarship program designed to attract the world's best students from partner universities to obtain graduate education at Washington University.
The unique platform provided by this network of partner institutions also is being harnessed to foster collaborative research on issues such as energy and sustainability, aging, international understanding and public health.
Guy M. Genin, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University, and in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, serves as the McDonnell Academy Ambassador to Xi'an Jiaotong University.
"Xi'an Jiaotong is a great match for Washington University, with unique strengths in energy, materials, public health, and biotechnologies," Genin said.
"These strengths, combined with the resources of the UASR, will be tremendous assets as researchers in McDonnell Academy institutions continue to address some of the world's most pressing challenges."
The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China recently named Genin a Yangtze River Scholar. As part of this prestigious award, Genin is the Yangtze River Chaired Professor at XJTU.
About Xi'an Jiaotong University
XJTU is a C-9 League university with special strengths in energy, materials and public health. Founded in Shanghai in 1896 as the Nanyang Public College, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China. It is a comprehensive research-oriented university focusing on science and engineering.
XJTU's faculty includes 16 members of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as members of the American Academy of Engineering, the British Royal Academy and the Third-World Academy of Science. For more information, visit xjtu.edu.cn.
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Think about the last time you were at a store buying a microwave or some other appliance, like a refrigerator or a dryer. The sales associate probably rattled off a bunch of the product's features. They probably demonstrated what it could do, talked about pricing and upgrades, and leaned on their usual talking points.
Our technologically advanced day and age has filled our lives with a bunch of equipment with functionality that most of us probably couldn't begin to explain in any kind of detail. Sure, we can thumb around on our iPhone's apps and show our grandmothers how Instagram and FaceTime work, but could we ever explain the device's technological makeup?


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Pennsylvania has received more than 1.65 million claims for unemployment benefits, including 107,000 from the self-employed and gig workers
By Laura Olson
Pennsylvania's surging unemployment claims now tally more than 1.65 million, with 107,000 claims processed so far from those who are self-employed or gig workers, state Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak said Monday.
The state's unemployment compensation system has paid out $3.5 billion in benefits since mid-March, when Gov. Tom Wolf ordered nonessential businesses to close to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Of that figure, roughly $2.6 billion has been for standard unemployment claims, and another $900 million on the extra $600 per week provided in the federal coronavirus relief legislation.
Those who most recently became eligible for assistance — the self-employed or gig workers who previously weren't able to seek unemployment benefits — haven't started to receive payments yet.
While claim applications are being accepted for that new federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, the system for those claims is not yet fully operational, Oleksiak said, adding that they aim to begin distributing those benefits "by early May."
Another piece of the expanded federal unemployment compensation program, providing an additional 13 weeks of benefits to those who have exhausted their 26 weeks of standard benefits, also is not yet available, according to Benefits Policy Director Susan Dickinson. She did not give a timeline for when those will be available, adding that the agency was resurrecting a similar program used when the federal government extended benefits in response to the financial crisis a decade ago.
The updated figures on benefit claims and payments were released during Labor & Industry's weekly teleconference with reporters Monday afternoon.
Leading up to the surge in pandemic-related benefits claims, Pennsylvania saw 40,000 claims during in the three weeks before March 15. Since then, people applying for unemployment compensation have been frustrated by clogged telephone lines and long waits for information needed to file claims.
Calls Monday afternoon to the statewide service center's phone number gave a busy signal. A tally on the contact page for the state's UC system said Monday that it's taking 26 calendar days to receive a response via email, and that staffers responded to 6,763 emails over the weekend.
L&I officials say they're attempting to respond as quickly as possible, and have hired new employees, brought back retired unemployment compensation staffers, borrowed employees from other state agencies, and enlisted artificial intelligence software as calls and emails have spiked.
The agency also is relying on aging technology that is set to be replaced later this year. One quirk of that system, which Dickinson referenced Monday, is that wages over $100,000 require manual processing because it was designed for fewer than six digits.
Washington correspondent Laura Olson can be reached at 202-780-9540 or lolson@mcall.com.
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The Muse card at the moment is of a super die cut butterfly.
I decided to use a piece of card which I had coloured by squishing some flowers through my Cuttlebug. In fact, in the piece I used, you can actually see the shape of the petunia which met its end this way!
From this, I die-cut the butterfly and then from the remaining piece die-cut the rectangle to surround it.
I stamped the sentiment from LOTV in a sympathetic colour and twinkled the butterfly with a little Glamour Dust. I like the contrast in texture between the hammered card base and the flat coloured piece.
I made a second card with a slightly different method, colouring a piece of card with Aqua Tint inks and then stamping some foliage in black and embossing it in gold. The butterfly is merely die-cut and attached over the panel.
Here the sentiment is from a Tattered Lace die.
The butterfly is from Memory Box.
Your cards are beautiful. I've never heard of the squishy flower technique. What have I missed?
Beautiful cards and wonderful background techniques. Great ideas - thanks for sharing.
Hola chrissie, fantastic cards!, but the first one is wonderful, the colours are gorgeous,great work, as always.
That poor petunia gave it's life for a fantastic card, Chrissie. What makes that hammered background? It adds just that little extra something to the card. And embossing gold over black. What a great idea! Love both cards.
I buy the card with the hammered finish from a store in the UK Bobby, I don't know if you can get it on your side of the pond!
Christie both cards are amazing but the one the petunia gave up its life for is simply brilliant. The technique of squashing flowers is new to me, I might just have to try it!
Wow that takes me back several years to when I squished flowers - didn't half make a mess tho! I learned to use watercolour paper and several layers of kitchen towel after the first couple. I absolutely love both techniques that you've used here, and can't wait to try them myself, now that my Aquatints have arrived.
Beautiful cards, Chrissie - I love how you've demonstrated the different feelings that you can create with different techniques (love the petunia!!) and colours! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!
WOW! Awesome as always Chrissie. Love how you've created the background on the first one and the second card just pops with those warm colours.
Beautiful cards, I especially love the first one with the squished flowers! The hammered finish on the card looks very similar to Bazzill Orange Peel Texture.


XRP has a market cap of $14,794,204,277 USD with a max supply for 100,000,000,000 XRP. The current volume is $499,819,686 USD. The total supply is 99,991,738,974 XRP and the circulating supply is at 40,794,121,066 XRP. The value of the XRP at the time of reporting was at -1.23% at $0.36 USD.
XRP is back to the $0.36 USD mark after a short-term rally. In order to overtake Ethereum XRP should improve by $1 billion dollars.
The sideways trend has been broken and therefore indicative of a lot of volatility per the one-hour XRP chart. The uptrends fluctuated between $0.36 and $0.37. The downtrend extended from $0.39 to $0.38. Strong resistance is seen at $0.37; however, it was broken multiple times. A very strong support is seen at $0.35 for multiple times.
Aroon lines indicate that the cryptocurrency is undergoing a stage of consolidation.
The Chaikin Money Flow is trending a lot below the zero line, which indicates that the money is going out of the XRP market.
The Relative Strength Index is indicative of the XRP buying momentum which in turn equaled with the selling momentum.
The Parabolic SAR indicates there is a bearish price pressure for XRP.
The MACD lines are close to each other; however, they are not signifying a definite crossover.
The Awesome Oscillator has bars above the zero line. The bars were indicating that the momentum has been decreasing for XRP; therefore prices are decreasing as well. Though overall there is a neutral trend for XRP, the one-day chart shows a bearish outlook for XRP.
XRP is considered to be important in developing advanced payment solutions. Being the natural digital asset of Ripple, which does not entail any kind of counterparty risk, the redemption of XRP is not dependent upon any third parties.
Japan has the most expectation for Ripple and XRP.
Takeshi Fujimaki in his twitter thread stated that XRP nodes are spread throughout the world. He raised concerns that Japan should actively be involved in advancing its financial systems by integrating XRP and other encryption currencies.
Fujimaki further opined that Japan would be lagging if Japan does not involve in such advanced fields. He stated, "Japan's technology is amazing." However, the numbers of nodes in Japan are less when compared to the rest of the world. Japan according to him is still in the paper society politics.
By studying the use of XRP, he further opined that if XRP represented the use of cryptocurrency, then there is a possibility that the cryptocurrency will develop explosively in the future.
Yet another twitter user stated that the government should understand the importance of cryptocurrency without referring to XRP or any specific encryption currency.


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FORKLIFT LICENSE Online - Play Forklift License for Free at Poki.com!
Showcase your skills as a forklift operator in a warehouse! You can drive around and pick up boxes to place them in the required spots. Line up your industrial machine to grab the boxes and transport them carefully. Use the lift and other tools to complete your goal! Forklift License is one of our selected Friv Games.


This bib is made with high quality soft and strong 100% cotton fabric. This sweet and durable baby bib is great for catching all messes from your little ones. Cotton fabric on the front side of the bib and terry cloth fabric on the reverse for a quick and easy clean up (impermeable on the inside). Ribbon tie-up closure for easy access and its suitable for both babies and toddlers. Measures 8×7,5 in. Original ilustration by PinkNounou.
Babete para bebé feito em tecido de qualidade 100% algodão - macio mas resistente. Este babete é perfeito para impedir que o seu pequenito se suje. Tecido de algodão na parte da frente e turco plastificado no avesso impedem que a sujidade chegue à roupa. Mede 20×19 cm aproximadamente (mais as fitas para apertar). Ilustrações originais de PinkNounou.


When we embark on this Lenten season of prayer, contemplation, and almsgiving, we're given an opportunity to step back from the daily grind, to see where God might be calling us. We're given a chance to meditate on what it means to act as the hands and feet of Christ. We're given space to pray to discern our response to God's call in each of our lives - and to consider how to put God's call into action.
Today on the Good Shepherd Podcast, we hear how The Beatles' sentimental and nostalgic hit "In My Life" speaks to the experience of reflecting on the shape and direction of our lives - and shows that our lives are always part of God's ongoing story.


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Q: Javascript transform a WEBTT file into a json File .vtt:
WEBVTT

00:00:00.039 --> 00:00:25.968
VINCENZO Cassano!

00:00:26.044 --> 00:00:26.961
Damn it.

00:01:23.434 --> 00:01:24.894
Mr. Vincenzo Cassano.

00:01:24.978 --> 00:01:27.814
You're under arrest
for the murder of Mr. Oh Jeong-bae.

00:01:43.913 --> 00:01:44.956
Hands up,

00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:46.708
or I'll fire.

00:01:51.504 --> 00:01:52.964
I didn't do it.

Transformed into json:
[
   {
      "from":"00:00:00.039",
      "to":"00:00:25.968",
      "timeString":"00:00:00.039 --> 00:00:25.968",
      "text":"VINCENZO Cassano!"
   },
....,
   {
      "from":"00:01:24.978",
      "to":"00:01:27.814",
      "timeString":"00:01:24.978 --> 00:01:27.814",
      "text":"You're under arrest\nfor the murder of Mr. Oh Jeong-bae."<- Multi line,i assume it's a \n??
   }
]

Result:

I have a .vtt file, for subtitles, I have to make sure to create a json array as seen above, also considering the multi line.
I wrote this, which should remove the leading WEBVTT and the double spaces, but I can't remove the leading space as seen in the image below, index 0(maybe this problem I managed to fix it by adding .replace('\n', ''))
const v = enc.decode(text).replace('WEBVTT', '').replace(/[\r\n]{2,}/g, '\n').replace('\n', '');
const lines = v.split('\n');
lines.map((el, i) => console.log(`${i} - ${el}`));

const test = new RegExp('\\b(\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2})\\.(\\d{3})\\b').test(el);
<-- expression to check if the string is of the type 00:00:00.039

Can you give me a hand?

A: Might I suggest SRT/VTT Parser? It's output would get you part way there and then you just have to do a little reformatting within your code.
You could also have a look at this answer, which uses another paser, Node VTT.

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Hawk De Havilland Comet IV BOAC with Interior - and Ground Support, 1/153, 507-98
Rare. Great hardbox kit from 1958 with interior and Bill Campbell artwork. The fuselage has a long flip-up panel to show full interior with all seats, bulkheads and even passengers. Also includes detailed landing gear, scale fuel truck, air conditioner truck and airport transport bus as well as full color BOAC decals and Mobilgas decals for the truck. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
SIG Beechcraft Staggerwing 1/2 A Gas Powered Profile 18 Inch Wingspan Control Line, CL-17
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
The box has wear but the kit inside is in factory-new condition. A nice flying model featuring completely shaped and cut airfoil wings, cleanly die-cut fuselage, horizontal & vertical stabilizers, wing struts and many other parts, light-weight fuel-proof plastic engine cowling, fully formed metal wire torsion bar landing gear struts, rubber wheels, die-cut plywood firewall, other factory-shaped and cut wooden parts, elevator hinge material, full hardware package, a large, beautiful and extensive decal sheet, detailed instructions and more. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Harrier GR-7 - RAF 4 Sqd Night Attack / US Marines MVA-214 Black Sheep - (BaE GR7), 1/72, 04039
Still factory sealed. Dated 1991 and features 102 parts. Very nicely detailed and molded. Features good cockpit, intakes and exhaust, optional position landing gear, numerous pylons with weapons loadout and decals for both air forces.
Orange Crush-Revell 1915 Ford Model T, 1/32
Very rare kit with a fascinating history. Around 1958/59, Orange Crush of Mexico offered a promotion. They offered free, colorful, plastic model cars if you collected correctly-marked Orange Crush bottle caps. The models are 1/32 scale Revell Highway Pioneer series - although there is no mention of Revell or Lodela anywhere on the box. Orange Crush had the boxes and even the instructions specially made for them with no mention of a manufacturer. They were never given numbers. The boxes were very thin and fragile cardboard. This has contributed to wear and you must be very cautious with them. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and the instructions are sealed in the bag as well. You could redeem your caps two ways - at the Orange Crush truck and at a Modelandia Hobby House. The box sides show the 18 cars in the series. Orange Crush also released two full-color booklets and a complete paint set for the cars. A colorful cardboard box held 7 colors of paint in glass bottles, complete with 'Orange Crush' screw-on caps! The entire promotion was done in coordination with Modelandia Hobby House which had up to 19 stores. Modelandia's name appears on each of the boxes and the paint as well. Robina S.A. was the bottler or distributor of Orange Crush in Mexico at that time. The box side lists the other 18 kits with small color pictures of each and shows three sizes of OC - Family Size (Familiar), Grand (Grande) and Normal. You could also obtain models with Titan bottle caps. Titan was also bottled by Robina and came in large (Titan) and smaller (Titancito) sizes and apparently more than one flavor. We do not know how Orange Crush had access to the plastic kits or who sealed the internal bags with the Crush instructions inside them. We can assume that it may have been Lodela, since they would have had access to the Revell molds. It is not know for how long the promotion lasted, but Orange Crush was one of the most dominant soft drinks in Mexico at that time. Here is one clue: some boxes claim that Modelandia had 13 locations; other boxes, which obviously came later on, claim 19 locations. This may indicate that this promotion went on for a significant amount of time.
Easy Built Models Fairchild PT-19 Trainer - 35 inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, FF-6
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
Large-scale big wingspan issue. High quality modern kit made in the finest tradition of the stick and tissue flyers. Features high quality printed balsa, strip wood, plastic propeller, rubber motor, clear windshield material, full sized plans, instructions, covering tissue and other accessories. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Easy Built was a Canadian manufacturer who made original designed and excellent reproductions of classic flying designs from the 1930 and 1940s.
Easy Built Models Bolton Paul Defiant - 30 inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, FF-74
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
Quality modern kit made in the finest tradition of the stick and tissue kits from the 1930s-1950s. Kit contains high quality printed balsa, strip wood, plastic propeller, rubber, full sized plans and other accessories. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Aurora F-86D Sabre Jet Brooklyn - Famous Fighters of All Nations, 1/48, 77-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
First issue early 1950s U-Ma-Kit from Brooklyn factory. Kit is completely correct for the first issue. Molded in high-gloss gray, no rivet detail, no landing gear/missiles (the rivets and gear/missiles did not come till later issues) and correct instructions/decals. Also includes correct Brooklyn stand and original packing tissue paper. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Lindberg Mc Donnell Voodoo F-88, 1/48, 543-98
1950s first issue with classic Ray Gaedke art. Features movable control surfaces, pilot and ejection seat, scale jet engines with opening inspection hatch, full landing gear, optional tip tanks or 'clean' wings and colorful decals for the box art aircraft. Molded in silver and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: the front (short) windshield is cleanly broken in two. Both halves are present and fit back together perfectly. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Lindberg Boeing Trainer PT-17 Kaydet - (ex-Varney / ex-O-Lin), 1/48, 508-98
Rare 1950s hardbox issue with colorful Ray Gaedke boxart. This kit has a long and interesting history. These molds were originally created by Varney in the 1940s - please see the article on this website about this. The Varney PT-17 was one of the first injection molded plastic aircraft kits produced in the USA. O-Lin, of which Paul Lindberg was one-half of, purchased the Varney molds and released the kit after slight mold modifications. When O-Lin became Lindberg, the kit was released once - this kit - with the minimally modified molds. After this release, the molds were modified more significantly. Molded in glossy yellow, black and clear. The model has not been started. It is complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The parts are the correct early issue. The box displays better than the 'fair' rating but is graded a such to due to heavy wear at the right side of the box top and missing litho along the entire right short side.
American Model Builders Three Skid Shacks Long-Bell Lumber Company Or Tourist Cabins - HO Scale Craftsman, 1/87, 710
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
Still factory sealed. Excellent, 100% laser cut wood kit with metal accessories, layered, peel & stick windows and doors & more. Can also make perfect roadside tourist cabins, miner's cabins and can be modeled with or without skids. Each shack is 2.5" long x 1.75" wide and 1.5" high.
Pro Resin Avro 707C - British Fighter, 1/72, R72-029
Very highly detailed resin kit. Finely molded. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
CM HMS Campbeltown (St. Nazaire Raid), 1/350
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit. Museum quality high definition resin castings. Complete kit with all parts needed for assembly. Some kits include photo-etched details and decals if required -email for details on a certain kit. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is 2 to 3 weeks.
Pegasus Albatros D-III - German And OAW, 1/72, 1028
Limited run kit with only 2000 produced. Very cleanly molded. The main parts are all injection molded, with many metal detail parts. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes full decals and instructions.
JV Models Two Bunkhouses John Rendall Scale Model Division - HO Scale Craftsman Model, 1/87, 2001
Nicely detailed wooden kit with plastic details and other materials as well. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including instructions.
Heller Pinta with Sails - Columbus' Voyage of Discovery, 1/72, 80816
Very nicely detailed and molded kit with 113 parts. Full hull model with display base, rigging diagrams, vacuform billowing sails, colorful flag sheet and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including flags and instructions.
Otaki Panzer IV German Tank Motorized With Working Gun - (Type IV), 1/45, OV-22
Very, very rare. From the early 1960s. Has the unique combination of motorized drive wheels and flexible treads and a firing gun. The gun fires a plastic bullet via a spring and trigger hidden in and below the barrel. The box is the high-gloss early style with attractive artwork. It is in excellent condition with like new color and gloss, no price tags or tape and no marks from either, four solid corners, no tears and no fading. The flaws are light shelf wear and light creasing. A very nicely detailed kit for that time and appears to be well engineered. Features a factory sealed bag of hardware including all-metal gear box, wire, motor mount, switches, battery racks, shafts, spring, screws and more. Please note that Otaki did not furnish the motor, which is recommended to be the common TKK Mabuchi RE-14. The tank is molded in dark olive drab and has the drive on the rear drive wheels which moves the caterpillar treads. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Amazingly, the treads are 100% intact, completely flexible and are still bound by the factory rubber bands! NOTE: this kit must be shipped insured.
CM CGN-35 USS Truxtun (1985), 1/350
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit including all parts needed for assembly. Features high quality resin castings and photoetched details. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is 2 to 3 weeks.
AMT 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Promo With Original Box And Tissue Paper, 1/25
Very, very rare promotional model, especially in this condition and with the original box. The box is stamped "CORVETTE CONV. 1736 SILVER PEARL." This is a one-owner model that was obtained new on November 5, 1965 in Lexington KY. It has never been displayed and has been stored in the original box and tissue since it left the factory. It is 100% complete and original with zero repairs or touch-ups. The paint and chrome are in factory-new condition. There is zero body warp and the clear is in 'mint' condition. I would grade this one 9.5 out of 10 with 10 flawless. The deduction is because there is a closed split (fits back perfectly) at the drivers side vent frame and the A pillar. Nothing is broken off, and the crack closes perfectly (it is invisible), so this is completely repairable; but I'll leave that to the new owner. Even includes the original factory packing paper. The box is complete with all flaps and solid but has wear as shown and age foxing.
Aurora Convair 880 SuperJet TWA, 1/103, 384-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
Still factory sealed. Dated 1961. The Convair 880 and it's near sister 990 were very high performance airliners. Unfortunately they did not find favor with commercial operators. Only 65 880s were produced from 1959 to 1962. The aircraft was designed to be smaller and faster than the DC-8 and 707 - this market did not develop, however, and if it did it could have been served with less expensive designs. The 990 was a larger and faster (mach .91) airliner, but it failed to meet it's range criteria for east to west crossings of the USA. As a result, only 37 were made. Interestingly enough, several 990s continued to be operated by private owners and NASA operated two 990s for decades after the last 990 was phased out of commercial service.
Hasegawa Mig-21 Fishbed - USSR / Czech / North Vietnamese / Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, 1/72, JS012-250
Rare first logo issue from the 1960s. This was an excellent model for that time and came with markings for all three air forces, a centerline supersonic drop tank and two Atoll missiles. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
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подскажите, пожалуйста, почему у меня проблема с пробелами решается заданием в селекторе
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