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Duct Tape Redux
It's been difficult to avoid the media attention in the past few months on the inability of duct tape to seal ducts. You may have seen articles in Time magazine and The New York Times, or watched feature stories on any one of several television networks. The Canadian Broadcasting Company had extensive coverage--and feedback--and even The Times of London picked up the story. But for readers of Home Energy magazine, none of this news was news because they already had the inside scoop.
The current spate of media reports on duct tape grew out of a press release from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about scientist Max Sherman's research. His findings were no surprise to readers of Home Energy because we published a detailed article about the research of Sherman and Iain Walker in our July/August issue. But that article wasn't Home Energy readers' introduction to the topic of duct tape deficiencies. Home Energy has covered the problem of ineffective duct tape for several years. Even as far back as 1993 we devoted an entire special issue to leaky ducts.
Since our most recent article preceded the Berkeley Lab press release, Sherman listed the Home Energy Web site in the release and our Web version of his article as a source of additional information. Thousands of curious people visited www.homeenergy.org to learn more. Demand was so heavy that it crashed our Web server!
The big differences between the media fanfare over duct tape failures and Home Energy's version of the story is that we tell our readers how to measure the severity of the problem (with blower doors) and we offer techniques on how to properly seal ducts (with mastic). We've printed at least six articles carefully describing the proper procedures for identifying leaks and applying mastic. Just as important, readers know where to get the equipment and materials because the vendors advertise in Home Energy.
The effect of this hullabaloo about duct tape should not be underestimated. We expect that the media attention will convince many code authorities to finally prohibit duct tape (and require mastic) and will prompt others to seriously enforce existing regulations restricting duct tape use. This is also the opportunity of a lifetime for the building performance industry. Tens of millions of people have now been sensitized to a building performance issue. Armed with this knowledge, they will be much more likely to seek out and hire contractors prepared to offer duct tape alternatives.
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BOSTON — Rep. Michael Moran, a Brighton Democrat, said he often jokes that his district is the "Eighteenth Suffolk Employment Agency" because all of the constituents who reach out to him for work.
"A lot of people ask you if you can help them gain employment, at least in my district they do," Moran testified Wednesday in the trial of three former probation officials accused of rigging hiring in the public safety agency so that applicants backed by lawmakers would receive work regardless of whether they were most qualified.
Moran was third in a stream of four current and former House members who testified Wednesday in one of the final days of the prosecution's case against former Probation Commissioner John O'Brien and two of his former deputies, Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke III.
Much of the testimony has involved Speaker Robert DeLeo, who has forcefully rejected the theory presented by prosecutors, that O'Brien gave him probation jobs to dispense to shore up support for his ultimately successful bid for speaker.
"And again, let me just be very, very clear. Any statements or any innuendos that there were any quid pro quo in terms of jobs or money or whatever is false and untrue. And anyone who says that knows it's untrue," DeLeo told reporters Wednesday at the State House. Asked about the phone calls some House members say they received from his office about probation jobs, DeLeo said, "There has not been one lawmaker who's stated that they were promised a job for a vote, okay?"
>>> For video of DeLeo's press availability, go to: http://statehousenews.com/video/14-07-09deleo/ <<<
In the spring of 2008, after speaking to DeLeo's former aide, Leonard Mirasolo about a job opportunity in the probation department, Moran said, he connected his friend and sometime campaign helper Kenneth Weiand, who was given a job two days after he applied.
Prosecutors contend that O'Brien gave the jobs to DeLeo to dole out to House Democrats to help DeLeo in his ultimately successful run for speaker. Moran said he originally backed Rep. Ron Mariano, but in December 2007 the Quincy pol dropped out of the running and "a large group of us that were Ron supporters went to Bob DeLeo."
DeLeo rejected the notion that his work on the budget was part of a "quid pro quo" with O'Brien, as prosecutors have contended.
"I will tell you that during the recession probation probably was treated just like everyone else," DeLeo told reporters Wednesday. He said, "It was just kept in mind that the public safety and the constituents of the Commonwealth were always my main concern and nothing further."
After releasing a blistering statement rejecting "scurrilous" claims Wednesday, DeLeo spoke with reporters after a nearly two-hour caucus about pending gun legislation. Representatives said the probation trial did not come up.
"As I stated in my statement today, there was never a quid pro quo, whether it's for jobs, for hiring, you know, for anything, quite frankly," DeLeo said. "And I'm calling upon whether it's the federal prosecutors or anyone else who would make such a statement to cease to make those types of statements, because they're untrue."
DeLeo said he was not called before a grand jury, and when asked if he would like to testify in the trial DeLeo said he has not been called as a witness, and then said he cooperated with the investigation into probation hiring by independent counsel Paul Ware.
On Wednesday, former House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Murphy gave a somewhat muddled account of how the probation department was treated in the midst of the fiscal crisis. Murphy, who had just been granted the chairmanship by the new speaker, DeLeo, in early 2009, presented his budget proposal to DeLeo and said he was told not to cut money out of the probation budget.
Murphy, who was pushed out of leadership in 2011 and now works for a Dorchester health agency, said the only line item he recalls DeLeo telling him to preserve in that discussion was the probation department.
Revenues had collapsed with the nationwide recession, and Murphy said he had proposed cutting the probation budget about 10 percent along with other cuts throughout the budget.
When defense attorney William Fick showed Murphy other budget documents, however, he acknowledged the House Ways and Means proposal that was submitted to members included a 12 percent cut to probation, larger than the one he said DeLeo had previously rejected.
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On Wednesday, DeLeo said he had "no memory" of telling Murphy not to cut probation.
In 2011 DeLeo showed Murphy the door, moving him to majority whip and then pressuring him to resign from that position after the Burlington Democrat spoke privately about his desire to one day seek the speakership.
Murphy said he had originally supported Mariano for the speakership, and after Mariano dropped out he joined a clutch of 10 lawmakers who met weekly seeking to tie up votes for DeLeo.
"You know who the reps are, and it's easy math," Murphy said. He also threw some cold water on the notion DeLeo offered jobs in exchange for votes, saying the strategy meetings "never involved any discussion about jobs available at probation."
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Rep. Kevin Honan, a Brighton Democrat, testified that he also received a call from Mirasolo in the spring of 2008, after he had already committed to DeLeo, asking him if he knew of anyone who wanted to work in the electronic monitoring program.
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The testimony from the lawmakers was limited to O'Brien and could not be used against the other two defendants, Judge William Young instructed.
Both Moran and Honan are being represented during their testimony by Tom Kiley, who represented former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi in the bribery trial that resulted in a conviction and an eight-year federal prison sentence.


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NEW YORK — Doc Rivers' phone rang sometime around 6 a.m. Friday, a concerned Boston Celtics owner calling to check on his coach and team. The Celtics were already safely in New York, but forgive Steve Pagliuca for forgetting. This is a sad, confusing and chaotic time in Boston, and nobody is thinking about basketball first. But the Celtics have a game to play Saturday, the opener of their playoff series against the Knicks, and if they can provide a boost to their struggling city with some postseason success, that gives them even more motivation in their rare role as an underdog. "I think when you go through tragedy as a city you kind of look for something to cling on, and really I believe that the city of Boston lives and dies with our sports teams and they're going to be watching closely," longtime Celtics star Paul Pierce said. "And you know there's just a sense of pride about the city and a sense of pride about this team to go out there and kind of play well and to do the best we can for the city in the wake of the tragedy." The Celtics' final home game of the regular season was to be Tuesday night, but that was canceled after three people were killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. They played at Toronto on Wednesday night and then came to New York, watching news reports Friday morning that showed their city being virtually shut down while authorities hunted for one of the suspects. Many people might switch away from the news coverage Saturday looking for a diversion, and the Celtics know their performance might make a difference to some of them. "I know it doesn't hurt. I don't know it if helps or not," Rivers said. "Listen, for some people a basketball game's not going to matter. Some people, just the joy of the sport and, you know, the victory and that, will help people. It'll help people heal." The Knicks know all about playing for a hurting city. They opened their season days after SuperStorm Sandy devastated the New York area, and their emotionally charged 104-84 rout of Miami at Madison Square Garden jump-started them on the way to their first Atlantic Division title since 1993-94. "I don't even know how to put it into words, but you just wish those families nothing but the best," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "But you know Boston has always been a sports town, so they'll rally around it and try to figure it out as they move up the road." The Celtics swept the Knicks in a first-round series two years ago. This time, New York is the No. 2 seed after ending Boston's five-year reign as division champion and won three of the four meetings in the regular season. Rivers downplayed the regular-season results, noting the Celtics dominated Atlanta during the 2007-08 season, only to be forced to seven games in the first round. But the Knicks clearly have gained confidence as they try to win a postseason series for the first time since 2000. "It's not going to be an easy series, we know that, but at the same time it's a series that we're going to win," point guard Raymond Felton said. "We've got home-court advantage, so we've got to take advantage of it." With NBA scoring champion Carmelo Anthony and top sixth-man candidate J.R. Smith, the Knicks have been able to crack Boston's once-stout defense. But a couple of those Knicks victories came when Kevin Garnett rested, so they expect to see a better Boston team. But even if forced to play without starting guard Pablo Prigioni, who sprained his ankle in the regular-season finale, the Knicks believe they're stronger than their teams Boston had been beating up on for years, especially knowing they get to start at Madison Square Garden. "That was our goal to lock down home court and we did that, and now we have the opportunity to do something special, protect our home court," Anthony said. "It won't be easy, but we're up for that challenge. We're willing to take that challenge and it starts Saturday." The Boston-New York rivalry is one of the fiercest in sports, and the teams had their heated moment in the first meeting this season, when Anthony was suspended a game by the NBA for following Garnett to the Celtics' team bus to confront him after they exchanged words during the game. Pierce loves to hit big shots in New York and taunt the crowd after. The Celtics don't expect anything to change Saturday, no matter how much support their city is getting. "You know, I played here. I know how crazy, the mindset of a New Yorker," said Rivers, a former Knicks player who heard 'Hey Doc, we love Boston' at the team hotel. "But I know what they mean," he said. "They mean the city. They ain't meaning the Celtics." Garnett expects only one type of reception at Madison Square Garden, no matter what's happening back home. "Terrible," he said. "We're on the road, period. Playoff time, on the road, Boston-New York." The Knicks will also host Game 2 on Tuesday night before the Celtics get to play in front of the home fans next Friday night.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.
Republicans in Congress are livid with the IRS over its systematic scrutiny of conservative groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections. Democrats agree that something must be done. President Barack Obama also isn't at all happy with the tax collectors.
That kind of commonality in Washington is about as rare as a budget surplus. So expect a bumpy ride for the IRS, unloved in the best of times, as a Justice Department criminal investigation and multiple congressional inquiries try to get to the bottom of it all.
A look at the matter: IN BRIEF
The central issue is whether IRS agents who determine whether nonprofit organizations must pay federal income taxes played political favorites or even broke the law when they subjected tea party groups and other conservative organizations to special scrutiny.
Also foremost in the concerns of Congress: Why senior IRS officials, for many months, did not disclose what they had learned about the actions of lower-level employees despite persistent questions from Republican lawmakers and howls from aggrieved organizations.
— WHY IT MATTERS The IRS is expected to be pesky, even intimidating, to miscreants, but at all times politically neutral. Nonpartisanship is the coin of its realm, perhaps more so than in any other part of government.
'I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives,' Obama said in ousting the agency's acting chief, Steven T. Miller.
On Thursday, on the eve of House hearings at which Miller has been called to testify, the president named Daniel Werfel, a senior White House budget official, to take charge of the agency temporarily.
IRS actions in the period covering the 2010 congressional elections and the early going of the 2012 presidential campaign have tattered the perception that the agency is clean of political leanings. Whether that was also the reality remains to be discovered.
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Any effort from top levels of the administration or political operatives to manipulate the IRS for campaign purposes would put the scandal in the realm of Nixonian skullduggery.
The public record as it is known does not show interference.
No ties to anyone outside the IRS have been discovered. At the same time, early IRS assurances that high-level people inside the agency did not know what was going on have been contradicted by evidence that the head of the agency's tax-exemption operation and later its deputy commissioner were briefed about it, and did not tell Congress.
— RED-FLAG WORDS To qualify for exemption from federal income taxes, organizations must show they are not too political in nature to meet the standard. In the cases in question, applications that raised eyebrows were referred to a team of specialists who took a much closer look at a group's operations. That's normal.
But in early 2010, IRS agents in the Determinations Unit began paying special attention to tax-exempt applications from groups associated with the tea party or with certain words or phrases in their materials, according to the IRS inspector general's report. That's not normal.
The red-flag keywords came to include 'Patriots,' 'Take Back the Country' and 'We the People.'
That August, agents were given an explicit 'be on the lookout' directive for 'various local organizations in the Tea Party movement' that are seeking tax-exempt status. Such organizations saw their applications languish except when they were hit with lots of questions, some of which the IRS was not entitled to ask, such as the names of donors.
In June 2011, after the congressional elections, Lois G. Lerner, in charge of overseeing tax-exempt organizations, learned of the flagging and ordered the criteria to be changed right away, the inspector general said. The new guidance was more generic and stripped of any explicit partisan freight. But it did not last.
In January 2012, the screening was modified again, this time to watch for references to the Constitution or Bill of Rights, and for 'political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding government.'
The Constitution and Bill of Rights are touchstones for liberals, too. But in modern politics, they've been appropriated as rallying cries of conservatives and libertarians. Finally, that May, such flagging ended.
Altogether, specialists reviewed a variety of potentially too-political applications, presumably covering the liberal-conservative spectrum. But fully one-third of the cases were of the tea party-patriot variety. During the height of the flagging, the inspector general says, all applications fitting the conservative-focused criteria went to the specialists while others that should have stirred concern did not.
In short, if you were with the tea party, you were guaranteed a close second look and almost certainly months more of delay. If you were leading a liberal activist group, maybe yes, maybe no.
— ON THE RECEIVING END 'Dealing with this was like dealing with tax day every day for 2 1/2 years,' says Laurence Nordvig, executive director of the Richmond Tea Party in Virginia. 'Like your worst audit nightmare.'
His group applied for tax-exempt status in December 2009 and finally got it in July 2012.
Tom Zawistowski applied for the tax exemption for his group, the Ohio Liberty Coalition, in June 2010 when the flagging was gathering steam. He got it in December 2012, after the presidential election.
The IRS asked him for the identity of the group's members, times and location of group activities, printouts of its website and Facebook pages, contents of speeches and the names and credentials of speakers at forums. He said the IRS also audited his personal finances and his wife's.
'The intent of this was to hurt the ability of tea party groups to function in an election year,' he said.
An Associated Press analysis of 93 'tea party' or 'patriot' groups found that most were shoestring operations, with only two dozen raising more than $20,000 a year.
— FIVE-OH WHAT? If the IRS merely rolled over and played dead when it got an application for a tax exemption, the government would be even more broke than it is and big money would have an even more pernicious grip on campaigns.
The IRS knows better than most that politically driven organizations, out to elect and defeat candidates, can masquerade as 'social welfare' or other charitable entities under the tax-exempting articles of Section 501 (c) of the tax code.
Or they can align themselves with one, allowing unlimited donations to be raised and the identities of the contributors to stay secret as long as the nonprofit entities don't go too far in overt politicking.
In recent years, advocacy groups have paired their nonprofit arms with 'super' political action committees, moves that took hold after a series of court rulings – including the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision – loosened the rules on money in politics.
The rulings gave rise to such pairings as the American Crossroads super PAC with its Crossroads GPS nonprofit on behalf of Republicans in the 2012 campaign, and the Priorities USA Action super PAC with its own nonprofit arm, for Obama's benefit.
Section 501 (c) (3) can be the most lucrative financially for organizations because in addition to conferring tax-exempt status, it allows donations to qualifying groups to be tax deductible.
Section 501 (c) (4) doesn't permit tax-deductible donations but gives groups more latitude to lobby and to dabble more directly in political campaigns as long as 'social welfare' remains their primary mission. They can also keep their donors secret, a big benefit over more blatantly political super PACs.
It's all complex, squishy and in some ways subjective, so it might not come as a shock that the IRS would look for shortcuts such as political buzzwords and slogans when deciding what a group is really up to. But the record as yet known does not show that the scrutiny cut both ways.
In congressional testimony about the discredited IRS actions, Attorney General Eric Holder said there is good reason to take a skeptical look at some Section 501 applications but 'it has to be done in a way that does not depend on the political persuasion of the group.'
— BY THE NUMBERS The inspector general's office reviewed 296 tax-exempt applications that had been flagged as potentially too political. Of them, 108 were ultimately approved, 28 were withdrawn by the applicant, none had been rejected and 160 were still open in December 2012, some languishing for more than three years.
— STONEWALLING? Hearing complaints of IRS harassment from constituents, lawmakers began asking a lot of questions of the agency starting in mid-2011. They got a lot of answers – just not answers revealing what was going on.
In multiple letters, some as long as 45 pages, as well as in meetings and congressional hearings, senior IRS officials laid out in painstaking detail the process of checking tax-exempt applications but did not disclose what they had come to learn of the flagging.
Miller, for example, was told by staff in May 2012 about the inappropriate screening but did not pass that on in communications with inquiring members of Congress or in his appearance two months later with the House panel most concerned about the reports.
Lois G. Lerner, in charge of overseeing tax-exempt organizations at the IRS, was briefed about the screening a year earlier and ordered an end to explicit tea party-type flagging. But she did not tell lawmakers about that when asked about the constituent complaints.
— ABOUT THAT SKULLDUGGERY A number of presidents or their operatives have tried to twist the IRS against 'dissidents' or political opponents. Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy are among them.
President Richard Nixon, though, surely takes the cake here.
The Senate Judiciary Committee cited his IRS manipulations, including his pursuit of those on his 'enemies list,' in the articles of impeachment accusing the president of high crimes and misdemeanors in the Watergate scandal and of actions 'subversive of constitutional government.'
Article 2, Abuse of Power, said: 'He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposes not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.'
Nixon resigned after it became clear that a Senate impeachment trial would drive him from office.
— Associated Press writers Stephen Braun and Stephen Ohlemacher contributed to this report.


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text: Daniel T. Snyder 2012 Upper Klamath Basin Landsat Image for October 29, 2006: Path 45 Rows 30 and 31 remote-sensing image Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?l5045030_03120061029_klamath_nad83 This image is a mosaic of Landsat-5 images of the upper Klamath Basin. The original images were obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS). EROS is responsible for archive management and distribution of Landsat data products. The Landsat-5 satellite is part of an ongoing mission to provide quality remote sensing data in support of research and applications activities. The launch of Landsat-5 on March 1, 1984 marks the addition of the fifth satellite to the Landsat series. The Landsat-5 satellite carries the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor. More information on the Landsat program can be found online at http://landsat.usgs.gov/. This image was used to estimate evapotranspiration for the upper Klamath Basin. This dataset was developed as part of the study described in the following report: Snyder, D.T., Risley, J.C., and Haynes, J.V., 2012, Hydrological information products for the Off-Project Water Program of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1199, 17 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1199. 20061029 ground condition Complete None planned -123.382600 -120.601579 43.492919 41.991760 USGS Thesaurus inlandWaters Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Landsat ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation inlandWaters environment Geographic Names Information System Upper Klamath Basin Sprague River Basin Wood River Basin Williamson River Basin Oregon None The U.S. Geological Survey should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data. Daniel T. 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Add holiday cheer and sparkle to your porch, deck or yard with our ideas for easy outdoor decorating.
Ice luminaria
Minnesota ice wrangler Jennifer Shea Hedberg crafts luminaria wonderlands—and teaches others to do the same. Her tools? Buckets, balloons, water and a little help from Old Man Winter. Read more about how to make ice lumaria here.
Wheelbarrow container
This vintage wheelbarrow, which holds annual flowers during the summer, gets a wintry update with branches of noble fir, Port Orford cedar, dried eucalyptus and winterberry holly.
Tip Though wind, ice and snow are formidable enemies, many arrangements can last all winter. To be safe, insert plastic liner pots that are one inch smaller than your container to prevent the chance of it cracking as temperatures fluctuate.
Twinkling porch
Twinkling lights and flickering candles illuminate a front porch for seasonal sparkle. Add grapevine accents, evergreen clippings and pops of silver to create a warm holiday welcome. Read more about this porch.
Chill time
Just because the garden has gone dormant, doesn't mean a birdbath can't still add to the look.
Sign of the time
Create a welcoming entrance with this DIY Christmas project.
Start with an old wooden picture frame. Take out the glass and paint the frame white. Lightly sand the dried paint for a rustic look. Paint one side of the glass with bright red glass paint. Let dry and repeat until completely covered. Using white chalk, sketch out your design before filling it in. A damp paper towel will remove mistakes. When done, spray with clear sealer to set the design.
Spikes and berries
Cardinal dogwood spikes tower about a Fraser fir and winterberry holly pairing.
The layered look
Glass vases, available in a variety of heights at crafts supply stores, are the perfect vehicles to showcase layers of items. Vary the materials and colors according to your own decorating scheme. (Silver and gold ornaments? Red berries?) Put a coarse texture next to a smooth one, and try using contrasting colors, such as green next to red.
This square glass vase has layers of black river stones, evergreens, moss and pinecones. A sprig of winterberries tops it off. Other ideas for layers: rocks, colored glass ovals (found at crafts supply stores), magnolia leaves and dogwood sticks.
Lovely luminarias
The layered look also works for luminarias. Be sure the materials you choose cannot catch fire if candle wax or flames touch them (or use battery-powered candles for an extra measure of safety). To make these luminarias in glass vases, place fat white candles on top of half of the river rocks you wish to use. Continue placing black rocks inside to anchor the candle. Magnolia leaves and a sprinkling of red winterberries complete the look. Don't use holly; in cold weather, it turns black.
For impact, make many luminarias to circle your home or line your porch or entryway stairs.
Elegant urn
Caspia (Limonium latifolium) and pinecones wired to wood picks accent spruce and cedar branches tucked into florist foam.
Tip Pack tightly so you can remove branches past their prime and still have a full arrangement all season.
Sled display
Lean a vintage sled next to your front door and decorate with fresh greenery, pinecones, ornaments and bows.
Festive evergreen
Make a potted (or cut) Fraser fir merry with dried artichokes and pear gourds, dyed eucalyptus, caspia, astilbe seedpods, dried hydrangea blooms and a pinecone garland.
Glowing poinsettias
Votive candles flicker inside a container of ice and poinsettias. Clip a fresh poinsettia bloom and place in a large plastic cup. Pour distilled water in the cup until it is one-third full. Place a smaller container in the cup, weighing it down with rocks to create a hollow center in the mold. Freeze until solid, then thaw the ice slightly so you can slide out the plastic cups and add a candle.
Magical mix
Textures abound from spruce, silver fir, Port Orford cedar, juniper and 'Stoneham gold' cedar branches accented by orange-hue eucalyptus, caspia and Southern magnolia leaves.
Winter window box
For a holiday window box, mix dwarf conifers and other cold-hardy evergreens. Our box is trimmed with white birch branches and decorated with pinecones and arborvitae cuttings.
Antique illusion
Give bargain glass vases the lustrous look of mercury glass with a spray-on mirror finish. We used Krylon's Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint. Lightly spray water inside clean vases, then spray the same area with mirror finish. (Paint should run, creating an aged, crackled effect.) Turn upside down to dry. For a heavier finish, repeat. Remember, don't leave lit candles unattended.
Instant hospitality
A no-fuss pairing of Port Orford cedar and winterberry holly stems provides a festive touch to a front entry.
Tip Expecting holiday houseguests? A front porch container overflowing with evergreens and plant materials from your garden provides an instant welcome.
Frozen color
Based on a French floral design technique called pavé, this one-dimensional winter arrangement is composed of natural ingredients squeezed close together, then frozen in place with water. In this example, Minneapolis garden designer Scott Endres used kumquats, polished stones, cranberries and pepper berries.
Dress up a bench
Sure, it might be too cold to sit outside-but you can still put a bench to good use. Add holiday greenery, pinecones and ornaments; spray with a dusting of fake snow if you don't have the real stuff!
Spruce up a pot
A small Alberta spruce in an outdoor urn anchors this miniature winter woodland scene. Add sheet moss, snowflake lights and cross sections cut from large branches to complete the presentation.
Decorate with nature
Decorate an outdoor tree or bush with natural materials. We used dehydrated orange slices, pepperberry clusters and dried pitcher flowers (Sarracenia leucophylla). If you don't have items in your home, look for inspirations at a garden center or florist.
Frosty wheelbarrow
For a super-simple yard decoration, stand a small evergreen in a wheelbarrow. Wrap with a string of lights to glow at night.
Red-and-green pot
Spikes of cardinal dogwood brighten Fraser fir, white pine, Scotch pine, winterberry holly, dyed eucalyptus and caspia.
Add sparkle to baskets
Keep hanging baskets sparkling all winter long. Start with a coiled vine basket without a liner and wrap a 100-bulb string of outdoor pearl lights inside, pushing the lights from inside to out. If you like, add ornaments as filler.
Simple beauty
Containers don't need to be complicated to be beautiful. White pine branches spilling out of a window box are simple yet elegant with a fresh coat of snow.
Bursts of color
This multihued arrangement sings with gold and orange accents. Rose hips, yellow dogwood branches, dried astilbe, goldenrod and bittersweet combine with Fraser fir, juniper and 'Stoneham gold' cedar branches.
Tip Mist berries beforehand with a commercially available wax spray (check with your local florist) to lock in moisture and keep them on their branches throughout the season.
Basket of cheer
For a festive outdoor decoration without the upkeep of a plant, try placing items like pine branches, ornaments and pinecones in an extra basket. Keep it on your porch when the weather is nice but make sure to move it indoors if it gets windy.
Branch beauty
Branches of corkscrew willow and yellow dogwood shoot out of a pot filled with bittersweet, cedar, Southern magnolia, eucalyptus and dried hydrangea.
Tip Holiday containers needn't stick to a red-and-green color scheme. For different combos, try birch branches, corkscrew willow, yellow dogwood, bittersweet, goldenrod, dried 'Autumn Joy' sedum, tree bark and lichen.
Pretty planters
Fill planters with evergreen boughs and colorful oversized ornaments for a pop of color guaranteed to brighten up any winter day.
Cone power
A container doesn't need a lot of different materials to have big impact. This grouping gets its punch from sugar pinecones-10 to 20 inches long. In the largest pot, thick stems of red-stained curly willow add height. Use several greens: boxwood, cedar and white pine.
Start by placing floral foam inside the pot to secure materials. Wire the cones together, and tuck them into the foam. Instead of the boughs, you could use an evergreen wreath to form a collar around the edge of the pot.
Snow globe
Add a little glow to your porch by placing an indoor lamp globe and a nest of pine branches in a silver hanging basket. Glue on snowflakes and place battery-powered string lights inside the globe to add light to your winter wonderland.


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I've told y'all about Portable North Pole and the Santa videos and calls your child can receive. There are several different styles of videos and calls and they can all be personalized with your childs name or nickname, family photos and personal text and events. It is all really fun. This year, they have added a new feature called PNP Reaction Recorder that allows your webcam to capture your childs reaction to their video from Santa!
Once you've gone through and personalized your video, it will appear in your PNP console/dashboard. There will be icons next to each of your creations that allow you to download, record their reactions, edit the video or delete it. You can see in the videos I made today, I've circled the PNP Reaction Recorder icon.
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I love how much personalization you can add to the videos. My favorite part, this year, was seeing, at the end of the video, if we made it onto the nice list. We did! It lit up green so we're good for this year.
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Coquette Kandi 3024Regular price $149.00
Trending slinback version of a popular, sophisticated ballet flat with an updated almond-toe cut. The only flat you'll need for dress and casual wear
Please feel free to contact us with your sizing inquiries so we can guide you to the proper size for you. Please use this chart to convert your US size to European sizing when you see the product listed in European sizing. See below for the correct manner to measure your shoe size.
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Some Sizing and Fit Suggestions
- Keep in mind that your feet expand over the course of the day. Try your shoes with this in mind.
- It is fairly common to have different length feet and therefore try to accommodate the larger foot and insert insoles or tongue pads in the shoe of the smaller foot.
- Many times, a shoe feels small, but while there actually is enough length the toe box may be a bit shallow and press down on the toes. Having the toe box stretched or lifted for even a few minutes can alleviate that.
The Brannock Device is the standard foot measuring tool for the international footwear industry.
To measure your feet without any devices:
- Put on stockings or socks similar to those you plan to wear with the shoes you're purchasing.
- Tape a piece of paper that is larger than your foot down to the floor.
- Sit on a chair and plant one foot firmly on the paper, with your leg bent slightly forward so that your knee is just in front of your ankle.
- Trace the outline of your foot- ideally have someone else do the tracing- by holding the pen upright and straight above the paper. Don't hold it at an angle: You'll end up tracing under your foot and will get an inaccurate measurement. Make sure the pen is aligned firmly against your foot as you trace.
- Use your pen to mark the widest and longest parts of your feet.
- Repeat for the other foot. (It is fairly common to have feet with two different lengths or widths)
- Use a measuring tape or ruler to measure the length of your foot outline. Find the closest mark that you can on your ruler; for inches, use the closest 1/16th mark. Don't round up or down too drastically.
- Use our size guide to assist you in figuring out the correct size to purchase using the measurement of your foot tracing.
Hi there and thanks for shopping at Soletto Shoes. Your satisfaction and seamless shopping experience is our priority.
Please enjoy your web shopping experience and note our full RETURN/ EXCHANGE POLICY along with the following guidelines to make it a smooth and easy return process.
We accept returns of unworn merchandise within 7 days of delivery, (Item needs to be scanned by the shipping carrier within 7 days from when you receive your order). All sale purchases (discounts of 20% or greater) are FINAL SALE (No exchanges or store credits; no exceptions).
Please read our full policy first and click here to begin a return
Once your return is approved, a return shipping label will automatically be sent to the email address associated with your order. It may take up to 2 business days to receive your return label. WE DO NOT ACCEPT DROP-OFF RETURNS at our warehouse. All returns must be made via Soletto return shipping labels at the customer's expense. You will receive an email confirmation or refund within 2-10 business days of receipt of your return. Returns of 3 or more pairs per order will incur a restocking fee of $3 per pair returned.
International Purchases: Customs and duties are the sole responsibility of the customer and all purchases shipped internationally are final sale.
If you want a different size or color of the style you purchased, or a different style shoe, please immediately place a new order for the style you would like to have to ensure it will still be in stock. Click here to begin a return for the shoes you are returning. The shoe being returned for exchange must follow all guidelines and criteria for shoes being returned. Please note that we offer one complimentary shipping label/exchange per order and customer must email us for free shipping code for an exchange. Exchanges after 14 days will not be accepted.
- Only try leather-soled shoes on carpet, as tile or hardwood flooring will scratch the sole and render the shoe worn.
- Please include the box and all packaging in the return, or we will have to charge a 15% restocking fee if any packaging is missing or damaged.
- Products will be returned to the buyer and buyer will be charged shipping back to their home if items are returned with any signs of wear.
- Sale or Discounted Items are final sale. Discount codes cannot be applied after checkout.
- If shoes are returned after the 7 day return window, refund will be issued as a store credit. Returns received after 21 days from order date won't be accepted and will be shipped back to the buyer at their expense.
- Since we offer free exchanges, if you would like to return an exchange, the restocking fee is $15.
- Due to the nature of web orders and inventory tracking, your order is only confirmed once you receive a confirmation email that your order is being processed and/or out for delivery. The initial order confirmation just means we have received your order. It is not a guarantee that the product is in stock and will ship. Thank you for your understanding and we appreciate your patronage.
- Soletto Shoes is not responsible for lost or stolen parcels.
- While we will do our best to ensure you are satisfied with your purchase,
We are not responsible for wear and tear, loss of ornaments or accessories, metallic leathers as they easily scratch, nor waterproof footwear. Due to the delicate nature of ornaments, chains and stones, we cannot take responsibility for loss or damages. Defective merchandise must be reported within 14 days of receipt of the product.


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I digress.
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Good thing the weekend cometh. There's a cider or three with my name on it.


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Images are for illustration purposes and to be used as a guide only.
Earth tones
Close to the Thames Path and the Oval cricket ground, Hansom Mews has a very natural palette. Entering into the sitting room, there's room for four at the dining table's turquoise chairs, and on the right you'll find a blue chaise longue facing a white chair. Earthy walls complement the brown leather Chesterfield sofa, while French windows lead out to a garden with ivied walls and an outdoor dining table. Straight ahead from the entrance, the kitchen has dark-blue walls, lacquered cabinets and its own set of garden-facing French windows.
Up the stairs in the sitting room you'll come to the bedrooms. To the left, there's a skylight above the master bedroom's double bed, and you'll find the ensuite bathroom opposite. To the right, the bathroom is contemporary too, and straight ahead, the second bedroom has a double bed and a collection of designer furniture.
2 Double bed
1 Shower, 1 Bath with integrated shower, 3 Toilets
The rates in the table below are guide prices and may differ from the actual prices quoted to you upon enquiry.
To achieve the maximum guests in some apartments extra configurations will apply at an extra cost. Please keep this in mind when making an enquiry.
Rates at this property are considerably higher during peak seasons and special London events e.g. Summer, Christmas/ New Year, World Holidays, etc. Please keep this in mind when making an enquiry for stays across these dates. If unsure please confirm with your agent.
One lovable cat lives at this home. He'll remain in the home during your stay, so this home may not be suitable for people with allergies. A neighbour will visit to feed him.
This home accepts babies and children, but does not accept toddlers.
This home doesn't have air conditioning. Between June and September, we'll place fans in each bedroom. Please let us know if you'd like fans outside the summer period.
There is no wardrobe in the second bedroom so we will provide a hanging rail for storage.
The lead guest must be at least 25 years of age.
Cancellation Policy
For our Standard and Flexible cancellation policies please see below. Some homes' cancel- lation terms differ, and where our standard rates do not apply it is mentioned in the Policies section on the home listing page. Our Agents will make sure you're aware of the home's cancellation policy when you book.
Standard & flexible cancellation policies
We offer two different rates. If you'd like to change or cancel any aspect of your stay, a flexi ble rate is available for purchase at the time of booking. Otherwise, standard rates apply.
Standard rate cancellation policy
For bookings made more than 7 days before guests arrive, we offer a 24-hour period from the time of booking during which you can cancel and receive a full refund.
After the 24-hour period, we refund 50% of the booking value, up to 14 days before guests arrive. If you cancel within 14 days of arrival, the booking is non-refundable.
Bookings made within 7 days of arrival are non-refundable.
Flexible rate cancellation policy
Available for purchase on bookings less than $15k / £10k / €12.5k
If you've selected the flexible rate you can cancel your booking fully, or make one partial cancellation, at any point up to 48 hours before the start of the stay and receive a full refund, less the flexible fee.
Within 48 hours of the start of the stay, we cannot refund the booking.
For more details on home policies, please read the London FAQ's by clicking here.
Terms & Conditions
We offer an unprecedented level of service for stays in the finest homes. If you've never experienced onefinestay before, we recommend you read this to get familiar. And, as you'll hear, we're always available to answer any questions you have.
Cancellation policies
You can read our cancellation policy in full above.
We carefully clean and prepare each home before you arrive and after you depart, and we'll clean weekly during your stay. More frequent Housekeeping services can be arranged on request, subject to availability and a charge (see 4. Extra services).
As part of booking with onefinestay, our guests agree to report any accidents or damage. When you arrive we secure a £1,000 hold on your credit or debit card (see 25. Pre-authorisation), and we do a thorough check of the home after each stay. If we do find damage, we'll get in touch with you.
Extra services
We can arrange additional services to make your journey and stay with us in London exceptional. Find out more here.
Guest Services team
Unlike all those home-booking platforms, we have a local Guest Services team in London, available by phone or email 24/7 during your stay. Reach us on +44 20 3588 0600 or [email protected]
Our Housekeeping team traverse London cleaning and preparing homes before and after stays. We'll clean weekly during your stay, and more frequent Housekeeping services can be arranged on request, subject to availability and a charge (see 4. Extra services).
You'll get two sets of keys from your Meet & Greeter, along with instructions on locking up when you go out.
Lead guest
The lead guest must be at least 25 years of age.
We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express, and bank transfers for stays with at least 7 days' notice.
Travel Advisors
Our Travel Advisors know our cities and neighbourhoods back-to-front, and they're available around the clock to help you find a home that suits.
London homes
Each home listed with onefinestay is unique, and belongs to a onefinestay homeowner – whether they live there most of the year or for just a few weeks.
We've visited each home in person to take accurate photographs, detailed room configurations and home truths, so you can book with the same confidence you have in the best hotel brands. Our Travel Advisors are available 24/7 to help you choose a home that suits.
London's weather is mild and most homeowners choose not to install air-conditioning. The majority of onefinestay homes in London do not have A/C, however between June and September we place fans in each bedroom for your comfort.
Bathroom electrical sockets
Many visitors to London find themselves, hairdryer in hand, searching fruitlessly for an electrical socket in the bathroom. Forgetful architects are not to blame – in fact British building regulations prohibit electrical sockets in bathrooms for safety reasons. We've provided hairdryers with extra long leads for your convenience.
Hobs & kettles
One of the quirks that often surprise visitors to London – in Britain the word 'hob' describes a 'cooktop', 'stove top' or 'hotplate'. Most kettles in Britain are electric and need to be plugged in via the plastic base – never placed on the hob.
Home truths
Because every onefinestay home is unique, we highlight any 'home truths' on the listing and make sure you're aware of them when you book.
House rules
When you arrive you'll be given a copy of the House Rules, requests made by the homeowner, that we ask all guests to abide by when they're in the home.
For security reasons, we show only the approximate location of homes on our website. You'll be provided with the full address (along with detailed directions) once your booking has been confirmed.
Guests are not permitted to smoke inside any onefinestay home.
Stairs and accessibility
If you're travelling with young or elderly guests, it's important to make sure any accessibility needs are discussed with your onefinestay Travel Advisor before you book. Most onefinestay homes in London have at least a few steps, and many have internal stairs without elevators.
Tamper tape
When we're readying a home for your stay we seal off some drawers, cupboards and (in some cases) spare rooms, for storing away the homeowners' personal effects. Your Meet & Greeter will point out these places which are sealed with red 'tamper-tape', and we ask that you respect these private areas during your stay. Of course, we make sure there is plenty of storage space available for your things.
Your arrival to London
Travelling to an address in a city you're not familiar with can be daunting. While onefinestay doesn't have a hotel front desk or a big flashy sign, we have put a lot of thought and care into making your arrival as seamless as possible. And we're always available at +44 20 3588 0600 or [email protected]
Check-in and check-out
We'll meet you at the home at your convenience any time after 4pm on your arrival date, and our standard check-out time is 11am. Early check-in and late check-out can be arranged in advance with your onefinestay Travel Advisor, subject to availability and a charge. At the end of your stay, checking out is simple – you'll have instructions on locking up and safely depositing keys (you don't need to meet anyone from our team) and we'll arrive later in the day to clean and prepare for the homeowner's return.
I.D. check and card authorisation
We'll check the lead guest's I.D. and secure a £1,000 hold on a matching credit or debit card which will be released once we confirm no damage was caused during your stay (see 25. Pre-authorisation for more details).
Luggage storage
If you are arriving between 12.30pm–4pm, you can choose to drop your bags at the home. We'll arrange for your Meet & Greeter to welcome you, however please be aware that the home will not be available until check-in at 4pm. If you're arriving much earlier, or you'd prefer not to carry your luggage from the airport, we highly recommend using our partners AirPortr. You can find more information here.
Meet & greet
One of our Meet & Greeters will be at the home to welcome you. If you're going to be running late or early, please let us know as soon as you can so that we can reschedule your arrival appointment.
When you arrive we secure a £1,000 hold on your credit or debit card. The amount is held by your bank until we confirm that no damage was caused during your stay. We will release the hold within five days after your departure, but it can take your bank longer to process the request from the credit or debit card company. If you do damage anything it's always best to let us know before you leave. And once you depart, if we find any damage, we'll get in touch immediately.
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I have found the strings that feel perfect for me. Technifibre 16g multi-feel. Only one problem. They last me about 3 days max! By the third day the multifilament strings have frayed to the point of control and overall feel sacrifice.
The construction of this string is: 985 Composite multifilaments (60% of the total volume of the string) surround one Central Monofilament (20%) and string is immersed in Polyurethane (20%). Features a Anti-Abrasion Coating of Silicone Pyrogene Lubritec.
By the time the top 20% polyurethane layer has worn off, I can begin to feel the decline.
I have used other strings such as Prince synthetic gut, Head FXP control multifilament, Luxillon Big Banger Pentagon shaped, and a few others. Of those, the Head FXP strings seemed the best next to Technifibre.
Help needed here
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