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Solid Wood Bunk Bed w Angle Ladder, Slide and Curtain - Modular Design - Panel - 61" H - Single - Purple/Light Blue/Hot Pink - Natural
ID# MX-LAUGH27-P-NModular Collection
Solid Wood Bunk Bed w Angle Ladder, Slide and Curtain - Modular Design - Panel - 61" H - Single - Purple/Light Blue/Hot Pink - Natural
Solid Wood Bunk Bed w Angle Ladder, Slide and Curtain - Modular Design - Panel - 61" H - Single - Purple/Light Blue/Hot Pink - Natural
ID# MX-LAUGH27-P-NModular Collection
Length: 80Width: 105.5Height: 61.5
Weight & Dimensions
Features & Specifications
|Knot-free Solid Birch, Maple, or Aspen.
|Weight capacity
|Rated for 400 lb, tested for up to 800 lb. Lower bunk is not rated.
|Warranty Note
|1 year
|Entry styles are reversible and can be positioned on either side of the bed.
|Country of Manufacture
Bunk Bed with Curtains
Modular design solid wood bunk bed with angle ladder and curtain and slide is available in two heights, three colors, three styles of headboards, and two sizes.
This bunk bed is part of our Modular Collection. The name is for the fact that bunk is made of many building blocks so you have a lot of choices.
The modular design means you have zillions of options before your purchase and lots of possibilities in the future. This is because you can obtain parts and convert your item to something else. This is our only collection which we sell as a whole or by pieces.
Made of either birch, maple, or aspen premium knot free solid hardwood. You can not choose your wood type, the factory does it.
This bunk bed with curtains and slide is great for one or two kids. Use it as your everyday bed for one child with one extra spare bed for sleepovers or for two kids. Angle ladder with a metal handlebar makes climbing up and down very safe and easy.
Curtains covering front and one side and available in many colors. We also have matching bolsters and pillows to go with them to enhance the look and function. You can easily add or remove the curtain for wash or when your child outgrows it. We use simple velcro to attach the curtain to the frame.
Slide is a lovely add-on piece. It does take extra space, but sure worth it.
You can use our modular design bunk bed for kids, teens or adults since they are well made and very sturdy. That is, use the slide and curtains when kids are young, and remove them when they are teens, and keep the bunk for guests or make two beds out of it.
Price Includes:
One bunk bed frame with options in 2 heights and 2 sizes with an angle ladder and 3 different styles of headboards in 3 colors. Please note that the Curve headboard is 4" taller than the rest.
Two curtains, one for front and one for a side. Matching bolsters and pillows are also available.
And one slide which is made of solid hardwood and MDF surface for easy sliding. You can install the slide on the left or right hand side. It comes with two sturdy metal hooks so it is possible for you to remove the slide. There are two safety pieces that go over those hooks so you do not remove the slide accidently
Under Bed Storage
There are a variety of under-bed storage solutions for this collection. You can add a storage trundle, or under-bed dresser, or two independent and large roll-in-out drawers under this bunk bed.
Modular design bunk is rated for 400 lb distributed weight on the upper deck and it is fair to say the lower deck can also hold just as much.
There are 4 metal pings, purpose built Rocklocks, which locks the upper to lower headboards.
Slats are made of knotty solid pine wood. They are 2.5" wide and 2.5" apart from each other.
This bunk comes with one thick and sturdy ladder. Each rung is almost 3" wide with anti slip grooves. Angled ladder versions come with metal handle bars to assist.
Assembly of Modular Design bunk is reasonably simple. No need to assemble the headboards. You need to assemble the ladder, the guard rails, connect mattress rails, and slats. The tricky bit is installing the Rocklock.
Standard size mattress fits this bunk bed just fine. For the upper bunk, you can use a maximum 6" thick mattress. For the lower bunk, depending on which height you are going to choose, use a mattress between 6 to 8" thick.
- Part of our Modular Design collection.
- The design allows you to modify your furniture as your need evolves.
- Made from knot-free premium solid hardwood.
- Converts into two beds or loft with additional pieces.
- Includes bunk bed Frame and curtains and slide.
- Install the ladder on the left or right side.
- Solid wood slats.
- Non-toxic low VOC finish.
- Add under bed storage to maximize space saving
Shipping Box Dimensions
|Box ID
|L x W x H (inch)
|Weight (lbs)
|Box 1
|43.3 x 32.5 x 5.5
|Box 2
|43.3 x 32.5 x 5.5
|Box 3
|40.2 x 6.1 x 5.5
|Box 4
|40.2 x 6.1 x 5.5
|Box 5
|75.6 x 5.9 x 3.5
|Box 6
|75.6 x 5.9 x 3.5
|Box 7
|77.6 x 5.1 x 2.4
|Box 8
|48.6 x 18.9 x 4.5
|Box 9
|54.5 x 5.1 x 4.5
|Box 10
|51.2 x 15 x 1.8
|Box 11
|88.6 x 15.2 x 2.6
|Box 12
|13 x 15 x 0.8
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We offer curbside delivery to cities of the following provinces:
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.
For cities in remote areas such as small islands or townships or rural communities (cities with ~5k population) we may have to ship to the nearest depot for you to pick up from. We do not ship to PO Boxes.
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|Shipping Cost
*Till the end of November, we are offering FREE Shipping on orders over $1000.
We also offer Free Warehouse Pickup for Lower Mainland residence.
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For Atlantic Canada and Territories, please contact us for the shipping rate.
Our products are bulky and heavy. Shipping is a significant portion of the total cost. Normally, shipping rate can cost anywhere from %10 to %30 of actual products. For the time being, we can not offer a flat rate to Atlantic and Territories.
Our shipping rate is for basic door to door, or curbside, delivery. Curbside means the driver is not entering inside the premise of your house, apartment, or property.
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Welp. We all here in the Carreyverse hope that Mr. Carrey and family and friends had a wonderful holiday. And we hope their New Year is even better.
I have chatted with some folks and got the official skinny. Jim Carrey will begin filming "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" in mid-January, 2003. This will keep him awfully busy. But, as dutiful as we are, we'll keep an eye on it.
We will also keep track of what's happening with the promo stuff for "Bruce Almighty." (Remember, this has a U.S. release in May, 2003.) We can't quite figure out yet how Jim's gonna juggle all of this, but we leave this holy task in the hands of his very capable people. Just remember, Jim, pace yourself. Just pretend you're running that half-marathon again. (Just thinking about all this makes me tired!)
Let's see, what else... Oh yes. Another rumor. According to the rumor, Jim was supposed to be a guest star sometime during this ninth season of NBC's top rated show, "Friends." If you remember correctly, TWO of the shows main cast (Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston) have now co-starred with Mr. Carrey in films (Cox in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and Aniston in the upcoming "Bruce Almighty"). I am sorry to report, however, that Jim will not be appearing on "Friends." *insert groans here* "Those Who Know" told me so. Why? Again, it's that little film production and promotion thing. Sorry. BUT, if anything changes, we'll let you know far enough in advance so you can set your VCRs.
Lastly, but certainly VERY important. A certain "god" is going to be having a birthday coming up in January! It'll be number 41! (Need the date again? JANUARY 17, 1962.) Don't set off the fire alarm with all the candles, Jim. hehe. And don't bogart the cake!
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By: John Eggerton, Multichannel News
Bernstein Research says the cable and satellite industries face a "new normal" of years, perhaps decades, of reduced discretionary consumer spending--at least compared to the boom times that preceded the economic meltdown. That could make price increases for cable and satellite service problematic.
In a weekend report, senior analyst Craig Moffett pointed to the recent finding that pay subs had declined for the first time in recorded history and said that it was likely more than just the downturn in new housing.
"Perhaps the most consistent theme in our research over the past two years has been the widening disconnect between flat-to-declining consumer disposable income, particularly in the bottom two quintiles of household income, and the rising price of media and telecommunications services," he wrote.
Moffett indicated that the price of programming and retransmission-consent have helped boost the cost of expanded basic to $60 "at a time when the average family in the bottom quintile spends just $50 per month on all media."
Spending on traditional cable and satellite service --not including Internet access and phone -- has grown from 0.5% of all discretionary income 25 years ago to 1.4% today. But with incomes falling, savings rates rising and necessities "crowding out" discretionary items, "where exactly will the money come from?" he asked, but did not answer.
"The media industry is "intractably addicted to price increases," he argued. He said efforts, like Time Warner Cable's, to create smaller, less expensive, packages makes sense, but that economic models are based on ubiquity of channels.
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But isn't that just the question Moffett's memo is raising? "More or less, yes," he said.
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Source: http://www.multichannel.com/article/456918-Moffett_Where_Will_Money_Come_From_For_Pay_TV_Price_Increases_.php?rssid=20061


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Very Steep climb up from road to North to summit marked with a trig pillar
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From Banc y Garig follow ridge with a small drop to this summit marked with some stones
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It's a juvenile snowy owl! Spotted Wednesday lunchtime, November 25th right on top of the hill.
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From the village of Cwrt y Cadno head along road North East until you see track on left hand side. Follow this track nearly all the way to unmarked summit
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Park in the delightful village of Cwrt Y Cadno head south east over small river and follow track which leads over Cefn Y Bryn and Esgair Ferchon than at edge of forest plunge into heather and bogg...
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Parked at old church in Talley and followed track in early morning mist to summit marked by a trig pillar
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Parked at Llanaswell opposite church graveyard there is a permissive path. This runs most of the way to hill and a short turn off to south leads you to summit with trig pillar
Mynydd Figyn: One metre walk !
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One hundred metres North of Crossroads Cross fence and you have done it ! Unmarked summit
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Parked on narrow lane to north and followed wall by cleared forest to brow and cross wall where it is knocked down. Than follow wall to east and trig pillar is summit.
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Park at gate to west and quick walk up to trig pillar
Banc y Garreg: Forest tracks and than short push through
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Park to east at entrance to forest and follow tracks to near the summit. Than a push through deciduous forest for around 200 metres to unmarked summit. As push throughs go not the worst !
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Park to west and follow tracks through forest to brow than cross into field for top which is a short distance from the trig pillar
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Sawel, 678m
Maximum height for area: 678 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres,
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Barnes Top 456m
Benbradagh 465m
Bessy Bell 420m
Bohilbreaga 478m
Boviel Top 454m
Carn Hill 448m
Carnanelly 562m
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Gortmonly Hill 218m
Knockanbane Mountain 441m
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Learmount Mountain 489m
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Meenard Mtn W Top 480m
Moneyoran Hill 414m
Mullaghaneany 627m
Mullaghash 480m
Mullaghasturrakeen 581m
Mullaghbane 467m
Mullaghbolig 442m
Mullaghcarbatagh 517m
Mullaghcarn 542m
Mullaghcarn South Top 525m
Mullaghclogha 635m
Mullaghclogher 572m
Mullaghcroy 242m
Mullaghdoo 568m
Mullaghmeash Hill 244m
Mullaghmore 550m
Mullaghsallagh 485m
Mullaghturk 416m
Oughtmore 569m
Oughtmore 382m
Owenreagh Hill 400m
Sawel 678m
Slieve Gallion 528m
Slieve Gallion NE Top 496m
Slieveboy 259m
Slievekirk 370m
Spaltindoagh 420m
Spelhoagh 568m
Straid Hill 303m
White Mountain 537m
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Slieve Gallion
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Longitude: -6.76038, Latitude: 54.732043
, Easting: 279873, Northing: 387810
Prominence: 333m
, Isolation: 2.3km
, Has trig pillar
, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slv528, 10 char: SlvGln 528
Bedrock type: Basalt, (Basalt - andesite, tuff & shale)
Slieve Gallion is an isolated outlier of the Sperrins which dominates the western shore of Lough Neagh. The earliest reference to it is in AD 670 in the Book of Armagh where it is called Collunt Patricii, 'the height of St. Patrick'. There is a traditional song called Slieve Gallion's Braes. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 150-52) for details of the festive assembly on Slieve Gallion. The names Tintagh Mountain and Glenarudda Mountain seem to refer to areas of mountain pasture on Slieve Gallion's slopes rather than separate peaks. Slieve Gallion is the 479th highest place in Ireland.
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Simple, unremarkable top
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 30 Jan 2014
Taking the A29 north from Moneymore, after a few hundred metres you will see the Tullynagee road on the left, signposted for S. Gallion. This road continues almost all the way to the summit of S. Gallion NE Top, but about 500m before you reach this, there are a couple of tracks leading off at a sharp bend in the road (Point
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), and room to park one car. Take the track heading SW, which is waterlogged in parts in winter. It meanders quite a bit but will take you almost all the way to the summit. It is also marked with posts along the way, which are a useful guide in mist. The summit is marked with a well-worn, 'leaning tower of Pisa' trig pillar. There is a memorial nearby to a walker called Ronnie Magwood, who passed away in the Sperrins in 2005. From car to summit takes less than thirty minutes.
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Picture from slemish : The trig pillar on top of Slieve Gallion
The trig pillar on top of Slieve Gallion
30 May 2010
I had heard before that the views from this mountain were great on a clear day. So with excellent visibility today I decided to set out for Slieve Gallion following mcna's route up the Tullynagee road from Moneymore and parked at a little lay-by near the top of the mountain (
). You are already at an altitude of 450m at this point. Follow the track south-west over gently sloping ground up towards the trig pillar which is visible from the parking spot. Thanks to the recent good weather the ascent was dry which was a bonus as I was wearing trainers. There is one fence to negotiate before reaching the trig pillar at 528m which was looking fairly weatherbeaten. Despite being at such a high altitude there was almost no wind to speak of. It was warm and incredibly calm and peaceful at the summit so I lingered for a good twenty minutes drinking in the views. And what views! I could go on for some time listing the various summits which are visible on a day like today but instead all I will say is you can see practically the whole of Northern Ireland. In fact, mountains in seven different counties were visible as I could clearly make out the Donegal Bluestacks. To the north-east I could just glimpse the hills of Islay through the haze. I would suggest that this mountain has some of the longest views in Ireland. Couple that with the easy climb and it makes Slieve Gallion a must to bag if in the area. Do the NE top as well because it's even easier. Total trip up and down from the car - about 40 minutes.
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Picture from gerrym : memorial stone at summit
memorial stone at summit
Eastern promise in the Sperrins
11 Feb 2014
Slieve Gallion is the most easterly of the Sperrins giving definition to what is beyond for all those who gaze across Lough Neagh from the populous east. A dusting of snow on its top heralds the joys of winter there and beyond. It is a very accessible hill and one which has proved to be worth going back to time and again.
Park at entrance to Iniscarn Forest (
) where there is room for several cars. Follow the forest track for a short distance and then the marked walk (right) through broadleaved trees, mainly beech and holly. This rejoins the forest track where an eye needs to be kept for a crossing point over stream on right. This leads to the forest boundary and a concrete water tank. Cross the fence and the steep NE flank of Slieve Gallion is straight ahead.
A fence heads straight for the top, initially with forest for company. There is a good 600 ft of steep climbing and the views grow with every footstep! This slope has given me great pleasure in kicking steps in deep drifts and in sliding on my bum for 200 feet for a quick descent.
The fence is crossed just before a large cairn on the NE top. Views stretch out over Lough Neagh to the Antrim Hills, Belfast Hills and the Mournes. Make way down past communication masts and along their service road. Most days there is no other soul up here but on some it is full of paragilders or sunday drivers - either day is good.
Follow the road for 10 minutes and then take the track off to the R which heads for the main summit. Views are dominated by the higher hills of the Sperrins to the W. Yellow topped marker poles guide the way at even intervals but not too obtrusively. The track is quite wet in places and eventually peters out at an old aluminium shipping container marked with "Belfast Steamship Co Container Service". This is a great place for lunch, especially on days with howling winds, rain or snow.
A fence is crossed courtesy of a milk crate either side and a sign welcomes walkers but promotes responsibility. Further makers bring the trig point in short time, 1.75 hours after starting. A memorial is erected here to Ronnie Magwood - I suppose there is no more fitting a place with vast views in all directions, the Bluestacks and Culcaigh being added to those already mentioned - the whole of Ulster basically.
The waymakers continue to Lough Fea, this would be a good traverse of the entire mountain for those with additional transport. There are a number of options for returning to Iniscarn. A straightforward retracing of steps is very satisying, especially if there is snow on the steep slopes. Following the service road further downhill and taking a series of beautiful and peaceful farmtracks. I have also followed the way to Lough Fea for a distance to reach the high and lonely road going through the 'Gap' which i walked back to the forest.
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Picture from gerrym : Trig point looking west to higher tops
Trig point looking west to higher tops
gerrym on Slieve Gallion, 2010
2 Jan 2010
Climbed 12.3.05 parking on grass verge on a high road opposite Cruckandun Loughs (
). Walk back a short distance and follow a fir lined lane leading to a red barn, climb gate and cross fence for open hill. Head nearly due east for boundary of Mobuy Wood over fairly good but wet ground. A farm track follows the forest boundary uphill and when it ends head NE for the higher ground. The summit area is quite expansive and could be confusing in poor weather, number of fences and wet areas to cross before reaching the trig point at 528 m (one of the few in the Sperrins). Extensive views E as I tracked hail showers making their way over the Lough Neagh basin and W into the rest of the Sperrin range.
Continue NE and drop down to pick up a rough farm track which leads to the tarmac road servicing the communications mast on the northern top. After 2.5 km reach what is not a very asthetically pleasing area of tarmac beside the transmitter, the easy access attracting off roaders to further erode the environment. There is a ruined cairn a little further to the N and the same quality views. Drop down W where rocky bluffs and ravines provided shelter from the howling wind and hail showers for lunch. Continue down towards the road and will pick up an old raised bog road which makes for pleasant walking. This reachs the road proper and a very quiet walk back to the car. It is worth while having a walk around Crockandun Loughs which are the result of sand and gravel extraction, with areas of the workings still being restored. Also worth visiting Lough Fea which is only a few minutes away and has a walk around its shores.
Can also approach from the NE at Iniscarn Forest which has some delightful walking through broadleaf trees and then pines as height is gained. The views open out spectacularily as follow forest tracks steeply uphill onto open hillside. There is a short but pretty steep haul to the top following a fenceline. Reach a large cairn and even larger views covering all of Lough Neagh, the whole range of the Antrim Hills and across to the hills of Newry & Mourne. Pass the communication mast and can use the road for a stretch as outlined above. The return is down the road and back to the forest.
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Picture from mcna : View across summit
View across summit
mcna on Slieve Gallion, 2007
5 Mar 2007
I walked Slieve Gallion yesterday (Saturday) and what a day! The weather was perfect, the views amazing and the mountain, in general, was just beautiful! Coming from Omagh, we drove to Moneymore and about 200m outside the town there is a sign on the right hand side for Slieve Gallion 4 miles. I took this road to a cross roads and the road straight in front is the road up the mountain. There are a few houses on the road but I think the road's main purpose is to service the telecommunications mast at the top. I had planned to start the walk from a viewpoint up this road so we drove up and parked at the picnic area and the views were spectacular when we emerged from the car! We followed the road to the first summit with the masts, meeting a lovely couple from Magherafelt on the way. We past the masts and over to the cairn and I stood in awe of the amazing views. I have heard that Slieve Gallion is good for views but this was unbelievable! The clouds threw animated shadows over the high and central Sperrins. Lough Neagh in its entirety was in view. The Antrim hills, Blue stacks – all visible! I managed to tear myself away and walked down the road again – point of note. The litter along this top part of the road after the cattle grid is a disgrace. Obviously caused by those who drive to the top and think its fine to eject their litter through the window. I had a plastic bag and collected as much that would fit and stuck it in my rucksack! It really makes me angry at the thoughtlessness of some people! We then left the road at the track Gerrym has mentioned and walked to the main summit. This is an easy enough walk on a dry day and we were very lucky. We kept an eye on the rain storms moving over the high Sperrins but they bypassed us. From the trig point we had spectacular views and since it was a good day we thought we'd take the "scenic" route back to the car. Instead of going back to the road which we should have done, since we only intended to have a short walk - we set off down along the fence - Very steep with some dangerous outcrops. Great care required in places. We walked east, traversing the slope and from the map we had two rivers to cross – unfortunately we met at least 6 fast flowing streams that were set, deeply into gully's we spent A LOT of time looking for safe crossing points, with the result we had to keep dropping height, which was taking us further away from the car park. Anyway, after endless barbed wire fences and stream crossings we eventually hit the road and then had a 15 minute uphill walk up the car. Great walk, great day but we added an extra 2 hours onto our journey by coming back the way we did. It would have been better to park at Carndaisy forest, walk up the road and just drop down straight off the main summit without the hassle of crossing the deeply gullied streams! We live and learn and we had some laugh trying to get over the barbed wire fences without injury!
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"Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" takes place July 30 at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The main card, including a Fedor Emelianenko vs. Dan Henderson headliner, airs on Showtime.
Strikeforce brass did not announce if Kennedy vs. Lawler will be part of the main card, but the high-profile matchup seems a certainty to feature on some form of broadcast.
Kennedy looks to build on the strength of a March win over Melvin Manhoef. Kennedy has won five of his past six fights, with the lone loss coming to current Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
A UFC, PRIDE and EliteXC veteran, Lawler fights for the sixth time under the Strikeforce banner. The potent striker owns first-round knockout wins over Manhoef and Matt Lindland, though he's currently looking to rebound from a submission loss in a failed attempt to unseat Souza.
For more on the "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson"event, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
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THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it's been a strange year, you'd know Christmas is on the way.
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Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
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1. having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
2. complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make:
Anyone who has stopped to take a photograph of a single, perfect flower, a cluster of buds or a fallen leaf will know how intricate are these small marvels of nature.
We humans are dependent on plants –for food, medicine, shelter and fuel –as well as less tangible things, like the calming scent of lavender, or the sheer joy of being given a bouquet of roses.
Over time, the properties of plants have come to be ascribed deeper meanings and significance. 'Floriography' — the language of flowers — may be less well-known today than in its Victorian heyday, but we still associate roses with romance and lilies with funerals. White violets apparently mean "let's take a chance on happiness."
In Victorian times, floriography was widespread; with dictionaries available to help people navigate this intricate language and send the "right" messages through their choice of foliage.
On occasions where I've chosen flowers for bouquets and arrangements, I've tended to do so on a purely aesthetic basis. I wonder now, what anyone familiar with floriography might have made of my choices? Perhaps:
"Respect! You're a wonderful friend. I'm sincere" and "Could you pick up some bread on the way home?"
This post was written for the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: intricate.


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According to a report on Russian news site Fontanka, prominent eSports personality Dmitry Smilyanets has been arrested in Amsterdam.
Smilyanets is the owner and leader of successful eSports outfit Moscow Five, who are big on the League of Legends, DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike scenes.
While the charges haven't been made public, Fontanka understands he was nabbed as part of a global operation by the FBI's Cyber Crimes unit, and that he stands accused of being involved in an enormous, worldwide criminal network involving online credit card fraud.
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Yep, y'all heard correctly: everyone's favourite crusty politicisers, The Levellers, have released a live DVD.
It's called Chaos Theory - see, that title made even more sense than you thought! – and is in shops right now, even as you read these words. What do you get for your hard-earned? Why, two whole discs, one of which features a whole concert recorded in 5.1 surround sound and in stereo, and the other of which contains some acoustic show highlights at Buxton Opera House, an encore they did back in 2005 and, oh, loads of other stuff. Apparently, it's also more professionally done than you'd expect. If you have professional expectations at all, that is. I know I don't.
They're also hitting the road this winter – a move which has been cunningly dubbed the Chaos Theory Tour. If you live in mainland Europe, go here to see if they're playing your homeland. If you live in Britain, why, just look below…
28 Bristol Colston Hall
29 Nottingham Rock City
30 Sheffield Octagon
1 Glasgow ABC
2 Manchester Academy
3 Southampton Guildhall
5 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
6 Norwich UEA
7 Bradford St Georges Hall
8 Birmingham Academy
9 Stoke Victoria Hall
10 London Shepherds Bush Empire


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Release Date: 2012 |
Album Rating: 5.0In which I drop the names of 7 classic records in one paragraph
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offlol
Album Rating: 4.0fuck me hip hop is just dominating this year
another 5 though? too good to be true
Digging: Scarypoolparty - Doom Hologram
Album Rating: 3.0nick diamonds, nice. although i think he stopped going by that stage name
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offsoby has wet dreams of el-p
Album Rating: 5.0
nick diamonds, nice. although i think he stopped going by that stage name
Album Rating: 5.0Probably this right now. But I go through cycles every now and then when all I listen to is FanDam or ISWYD
liked this a lot more than R.A.P. still but yeah really nice.
Album Rating: 4.0god damn, this really rules so far
don't know if i like this better than RAP music but i'm feeling 4.5s for both
Album Rating: 4.0man drones has a nasty beat
Album Rating: 5.0Tuned Mass Damper, Deep Space 9mm, Dr Hellno, Tazmanian Pain Coaster, Up All Night, Overly Dramatic Truth, Flyentology.
Yeah Can Ox and Co Flow are both classics for me too. They're all close for me.
Album Rating: 5.0do it, all your 5s are belong to el-p
cold vein's cool but its not that cool nahmsayin
this album however, luv how industrial it gets sometimes
*insert enormous hyperbole
would ask what they are but dont care LOL
Album Rating: 5.0i gotta wake up soon, ugh
Album Rating: 5.0Fucking love El-P. The only album I ever remembered to rate was I'll Sleep When You're Dead, when I got into him
But yeah, at least you weren't hesitant rating this a 5 rather than a 4.5 just because of Killer Mike. If an album deserves it, that's about it.
Album Rating: 4.5Probably best thing about El-P is that he always lets the beats breathe
Didn't like Killer Mike all that much, and after hearing samples of this, I can safely say this is not my kind of hip-hop.
Good review though
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Toxic chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and ethylene glycol (antifreeze) are among those pumped underground to help release natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, according to a database operated by the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission.
Environment Canada wants gas companies to fully disclose what fluids they inject deep underground during fracking, a process that fractures shale rock with tonnes of sand, water and chemicals injected at high pressure to get the gas out.
Disclosure is voluntary and the database FracFocus.ca reveals some of the fluids used. However, it doesn't list quantities, and types of chemicals vary from site to site.
In correspondence obtained by the Vancouver Sun, Environment Canada's top official told the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers -- the main Canadian oil and gas lobby group -- that the government needs more information about the fracking process.
While both industry and government regulators claim that the depths at which fracking occurs — up to two kilometres — prevent pollution of surface water, there is growing evidence in the U.S. that fracking does affect groundwater supplies, according to Ben Parfitt, a resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
"We are seeing contamination of groundwater that is used by people," he said in a phone interview.
"There is evidence in Colorado and Wyoming where tests have been done of signatures of gas showing up in drinking water supply. The troubling thing about these findings is that the gas originates in very deep zones.
"There is an unquestionable link with water contamination in some states in the United States as a result of fracking activities."
The non-profit ProPublica newsroom has reported water contamination in almost 1,000 rural water wells in regions where drilling is taking place. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the link between hydraulic fracturing and water contamination and expects to release its report next year.
On FracFocus.ca, oil and gas companies drilling in B.C. list some of the fluids injected deep into the ground at high pressure. Suncor Energy well #27583 in Peace River North, for example, is listed as using more than 30 ingredients, including hydrochloric acid, xylene, light aromatic naphtha, polyethylene glycol and kerosene.
The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission said there are no documented cases of groundwater in B.C. being contaminated by either the fluid used in hydraulic fracking or by natural gas released through fracking.
"In B.C., any produced fluids must be either recycled, meaning they are used again in the production of natural gas, or disposed of at an approved disposal facility or deep underground in a licensed disposal well, approved by the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission," Hardy Friedrich, communications manager for the commission, said by email.
Geoff Morrison, manager of B.C. operations for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said fracking doesn't contaminate groundwater either through the release of natural gas or through the use of fracking fluids.
Fracking fluid is isolated from surrounding surface and groundwater by layers of steel and concrete, he noted. As well, fracking in B.C. takes place far below where groundwater is found. In B.C., he said, groundwater is 80 to 300 metres below the surface while fracking drills down 2,500 to 3,000 metres.
"Anything that goes in the pipe, stays in the pipe," Morrison said by phone. "When it gets down to its destination, two or three kilometres down — that's when it enters the formation where it would be isolated from any drinking water."
He said the industry has been successfully fracking in Canada for 50 years.
"We have had 175,000 wells hydraulically fracked without an impact on drinking water."
Parfitt said there's no easy answer on the extent of the health hazard from the chemicals used in fracking.
Last year, more than 800 deficiencies were found during 4,223 inspections conducted in the oil and gas industry by the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission. Of those, 80 resulted in charges, mainly under the provincial Water Act for the non-reporting of water volumes. Other charges included violations under the provincial Environmental Management Act.
Neither details of the violations nor the names of the companies responsible are available because the commission wouldn't release that information.
Chemicals are added for numerous reasons, including reducing friction to lower resistance as the fracking fluid moves down the well and to prevent bacterial growth so the flow of gas isn't inhibited.
"Some of those chemicals are clearly carcinogenic," Parfitt said. "It depends on the chemicals being used. It depends on the combination. It depends on the concentrations of those chemicals as to what kind of public health threat they could pose."
In 2010, Parfitt wrote a report on the effects of fracking on water called Fracture Lines: Will Canada's Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas? He quoted the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, which said about 40 per cent of injected water remains in the ground. The other 60 per cent flows back within the first four months following fracturing.
"The water is contaminated with chemicals and, more importantly, anything that water has come in contact with," Parfitt said, citing heavy metals and minerals. Depending on the geological formations it comes in contact with, the water can also come back five times saltier than ocean water.
Some of the 60 per cent of water that flows back can be used again as fracking fluid. Eventually, he said, the fracking fluid becomes too contaminated even to be used for fracking any longer.
"At that point, the only 'treatment' in quotation marks in B.C. is to inject that highly toxic water deep underground for what they call permanent disposal," he said.
But Parfitt said that in the U.S., evidence is showing that deep-well injecting is being linked to the occurrence of earthquakes.
The amount of water used in fracking operations is staggering. Parfitt's report cites what has been called the world's biggest frack northwest of Fort Nelson at Two Island Lake. That frack used an estimated 445,000 cubic metres of contaminated flow-back water — enough to bury a soccer field under 15.6 metres of water.
Parfitt suggests that what is needed are industrial-sized waste water treatment plants near fracking operations. He estimates that treating waste water would cost between $10 and $15 a cubic metre.
"But the cost must be weighed against what is gained," he said. "For starters, with waste water treatment the industry will be able to recover half of the water it uses, meaning it will save the cost of accessing that much new water.
"Second, the cost of disposing of the water by trucking or piping it to disposal well sites and then pumping it back underground is saved as well."
Where the parties stand
B.C. Liberals
In a section on its policies on liquefied natural gas, the Liberals say they are committed to innovation and supporting the use of the best hydraulic fracturing techniques to supply LNG projects with natural gas. As well, they say they will require annual reporting on water issues arising from fracking to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission.
New Democratic Party
Also in a section on liquefied natural gas, the NDP says it will ensure best practices around LNG and fracking. The New Democrats go on to say that they will undertake an independent expert-led public review of fracking and the impact of oil and gas development.
B.C. Greens
In its Green Book 2013, the Green's extensive policies include requiring full disclosure of all chemicals used in fracking, putting in place an immediate moratorium on all exploration permits and land tenure agreements, mandating detailed reclamation plans, implementing long-term monitoring of spent water and capped well sites, and ending all subsidies to the oil and gas industry.
B.C. Conservatives
The Conservatives don't mention fracking but do say that the party believes in developing the province's natural resource wealth for the benefit of all British Columbians.


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by Mary Logan
A wide variety of blogposts roll across my Google Reader on a daily basis. There have been some great articles on Environmentalism lately, most notably one by Paul Kingsnorth in Orion magazine. The goal here is to add to that discussion by exposing the assumptions that underlie our beliefs about growth and to locate various groups on a continuum of growth beliefs.
Understanding the nature of our energy basis is critical to understanding where we are headed as a civilization. Unless people have received unusual education to break their conditioning to expect and desire growth, most people are so schooled and immersed in the growth story that they do not realize that there may be other possible futures, especially in the US where growth has been so consistent and rapid. In this period of global resource transition, peoples' beliefs are separating into a growth continuum of three general belief systems or world views that inform our lives and trace a trajectory for our future. I have attempted to categorize some prominent growth-related groups below as examples of each category—with the qualifications that these categorizations are my opinion, and that a person in one group may host a range of beliefs, often contradictory! Some of the categorizations are self evident, with the group's name as a description of where the group stands on the issue of growth. Other groups such as the Resilience Alliance are more obscure in their stance; perhaps so that they can provide a larger umbrella as a scientific group.
We will continue to grow, and we can maintain Business as Usual (BAU) into the foreseeable future because resources are infinite, or because our society has grown successfully for so long, or by leveraging technology. The growth premise of this group is either that market demand creates energy, or that technology is the same as power, or that money drives the economy rather than energy. This group consists of capitalists, economists, and resource extractors as exemplars who seek wealth and economic progress as a primary goal. This group also consists of most consumers, especially in the US where resource consumption is very high. Most consumers rarely think about growth issues; they have been conditioned to consider growth as a positive, natural and enduring part of reality. Perhaps some modern
environmentalists who believe in sustainable development also reside here, as Kloor suggests, especially those who are pro-growth, pro-tech, pro-city, and pro-nuclear. Kathy McMahon further subdivides this category in a humorous post describing Panglossian Disorder.
- We must stop growing, but we can keep what we've got now
by making some Green changes in how we live by leveraging renewable energy using technology. The fundamental energetic premise here is that alternative fuel sources such as nuclear, wind and solar can replace fossil fuels. Another perspective of those in this category is a view of the pulsing cycle from a smaller scale of time that suggests that systems can be frozen at the climax phase of pulsing. Many in this group believe that there is room for both social justice and environmental justice. Steady Staters, Zero growth advocates, environmentalists, sustainability enthusiasts, and single-issue advocates such as climate change proponents reside here. The Resilience Alliance, with its emphasis on "retaining the same controls and function" in reaction to systemic change, is probably primarily in this category?
Our economies will contract to match declines in resources, and we must adapt proactively if that decline is to be orderly. This group generally believes that the current economic/political system will need to be reorganized more locally in reaction to resource decline. The main premise for descent is an energetic systems perspective, including the concept of net energy/emergy. This category holds the belief that we will not be able to provide technological solutions for continued exponential growth or even for a steady state when resources are declining. Descent, Research & Degrowth, Permaculture, Transition, and the Prosperous Way Down groups have this world view. Perspectives on economic collapse vary within groups.
- There may even be a fourth, smaller, more extreme category, of those who believe that we should bring the current industrial economic extremes to a slower pace or a halt by actively slowing the flow of fossil fuels. Very few people fall into this category—I am one of them. Some in this small group worry about the environmental base for our diverse planet, and others take the position that a system in extreme overshoot is more likely to crash precipitously. Systems modeling shows us that the further our exponential growth carries us into overshoot, the more likely a complete or fast collapse becomes.
Where do you fit on the continuum above, and why do you hold these beliefs? The world views that we hold frame our beliefs and theories about how the world works. Our assumptions dictate who we can talk to, who we go silent with, and who we end up talking past. For example, when I hear an announcement for a talk with the word climate change in the title, I make an assumption that the content of the talk will be narrowly focused on market or geoengineering solutions within the framework of BAU, without an energetic systems framework. HT Odum was called an environmentalist occasionally, but he was wont to bristle up when that happened, suggesting that environmentalists were people who thought they could keep their entitled lifestyle while walling off a token, symbolic piece of nature as wilderness in recompense. People are slowly diffusing down the continuum, with more environmentalists such as Kingsnorth shifting away from green environmentalism towards descent/degrowth perspectives, and perhaps more consumers are becoming environmentalists, as they become disenchanted with the current economic/political state. I see that transition as a hopeful, positive shift in public opinion. Rogers (1962) suggests that diffusion of innovation requires that the new ideas be better than the old in terms of relative advantage, compatibility with an individual's life, simplicity, trialability, and observability. As the economy worsens, politics becomes more extreme, and the corporation becomes more powerful, simple, frugal, cooperative living may become more advantageous, especially when the simple living behaviors are role modeled by peers. The Occupy Innovators are probably the first significantly large group of visible role models for this change for a complete shift in world views and behaviors.
It is important to question the assumptions that we make in order to identify with a certain world view. The answers to some of the questions below define what you believe, what you know, and where you stand on these issues of growth, energy, the environment, and the economy.
- What is your belief about growth based on—which group do you fall into? Can we grow forever? If not, what is our limit? How long can we sustain our exponential rate of growth? Can our population be sustained or continue to grow, or must it contract?
- If you belong ideologically to a group, does your group have distinct, stated beliefs about growth and energy, or are the beliefs implied?
- Do you believe that resources are limited, and what is the role of technology in possible limits? Is technology the same as power? Is technology positive, or negative, or does technology have mixed benefits and problems? Are resources always used to the fullest extent possible? Can existing systems operate without continuous flow of energy?
- If there is a universal tendency to entropy in the universe (the 2nd thermodynamic law), then why did our complex civilization occur? Is there a scientific principle that explains this emergence or self-organization?
Are there any systems that do not pulse? How do pulses at different scales of time, territory, and transformity affect growth patterns? Does our economic system pulse, and if so, how? This question is probably the most important question, and it deserves more discussion later. While we view civilization as consistently growing over time, if we expand the view through our macroscope to the larger scale, there have actually been many, many civilizations over time, rising and falling as they grow and descend over time. Is there a difference between the organization and behavior of individuals and communities in different phases of growth and contraction?
- In order to fit within the natural hierarchy, natural systems are required to recycle everything and eventually stop growing—why is man different? What is the nature of feedback over time—what limits the growth of expanding systems?
- What has allowed us to build densely urban metro areas in the last century? Is the footprint of a resident of Tokyo larger or smaller than a footprint of someone on a rural farm in Ohio, and why? Do cities need Nature in order to exist? If so, how much Nature do they need?
- Can we understand and fix global problems with specialized science by breaking things down through analysis and then piecing them back together with policies?
- Is there always somewhere where we can dispense with pollution—is the solution to pollution dilution? Will there always be a "there" to throw things away to? What about materials—when they are used what happens to them as they are used in a system, over time?
- What is the relationship between efficiency and power? Is the effort to obtain different resources such as energy the same? How does that effort change over time?
- How does energy differ at lower scales (photosynthesis?) versus higher, more complex scales (computers?) in terms of quality and quantity? How do different forms of energy interact? What is embodied in your laptop, and how do you value it? Is there any energy in a Tweet? How much energy is in an electric car, and how do you measure it?
- What is complexity and how do we define it? What are the drivers of complexity, and how do we maintain it?
- Money values our work and our wealth; if you woke up tomorrow and your paper money was worthless, would you value your work, your resources, and your life any differently? Mother Nature doesn't deal in currencies; does she get a say in how we run things, and if so, how?
No matter what your beliefs on these issues are, it is important to ask yourself these questions regarding energy in our growth-focused economy. How we view energy and growth is either a non-issue, or it is a political campaign issue, or it is the fundamental question for our time, depending on our perspectives, our understanding of systems, and the assumptions we make. These three or four potential futures are radically different from each other; the outcome will probably be dictated by thermodynamic laws. Understanding the pulsing, hierarchical nature of systems can help us to parse our future. And if you don't like the category you're in, perhaps it's time to move your thumbtack further down the spectrum on the bulletin board of growth beliefs?


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Normally, cutting yourself on a sharp object isn't a cause for celebration. But these adhesive bandages add a bright side to your blood and pain. You can mail in your blood sample and have yourself added to the Bone Marrow Registry — and perhaps save someone's life.
Only about half of the people who need life-saving bone marrow transplants receive one, but the more people who are placed on the Bone Marrow Registry, the better the odds. Graham Douglas, who works with the ad agency Droga5, came up with a solution that makes it easier for prospective donors to register: include cotton swabs and a self-addressed stamped envelop with packages of adhesive bandages. That way, when you pull out a bandage to deal with a sliced finger or scraped knee, you're ready to collect a blood sample that you can send off for testing.
Help in Need, a company that already deals in unique packaging for consumer over-the-counter medical supplies, has brought those packages to life. Now you can purchase their "Help, I've cut myself and I want to save a life" adhesive bandages, which come with a marrow registry kit. Help in Need has partnered with marrow registry DKMS, which agreed to accept the bloody swabs. At $4, the kits cost the same amount as Help in Need's existing bandage packages, and the company hopes that the addition of the tests will mean both increased sales of their product and more people included in the registry.
The Next Time You Cut Your Finger, Save a Life [Good via mental_floss]


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SIMnext, LLC will begin offering 3D medical simulation courses as part of its new SIMnext Academy. The announcement was made this week at the 2017 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), hosted by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, Florida.
The SIMnext Academy will include exclusive distribution of the mySmartHealthcare® course library, developed by mySmartSimulations, Inc.
The Academy joins Health Scholars, the company's mobile platform for nursing education, which enables nurses working on hospital floors to complete required regulatory, patient safety, and clinical education courses.
OSF HealthCare has deployed the SIMnext learning solution throughout its organization. The Peoria-based system has 115 locations, including 11 hospitals. "The SIMnext reporting infrastructure provides the ability to track users, groups of users, and export data, regardless of where anyone is physically located," said Lori Wiegand, DNP NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for OSF HealthCare.
With an initial focus on nursing education and patient safety, SIMnext Academy is delivering high-quality, simulation-based clinical education and training to its users through online courses and downloadable mobile content. 3D and haptic (touch) technologies provide learners with realistic virtual experiences that enhance understanding and produce muscle memory.
About SIMnext
SIMnext is built on a culture of open, agile exploration with partners that enable a team of medical, engineering, and business experts to aggressively pursue answers to complex health care simulation-based education and training problems. Through this model, SIMnext is able to offer fully tested, nuanced products that are key to improving patient outcomes as well as efficiencies within the health care industry.
About OSF HealthCare
OSF HealthCare, headquartered in Peoria, IL, is owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. OSF HealthCare has 11 hospitals throughout Illinois and Michigan as well as two colleges of nursing. The system partnered with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria in 2013 to open the Jump Simulation & Education Center. One of the largest centers of its kind, Jump Simulation has provided more than 65,000 unique learning experiences to date. For more information, visit www.osfhealthcare.org.


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