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NewsWorks Exclusive: Delay possible in plan to demolish historic Roxborough house
A deal could be in the works to avoid, or at least delay for a month, the planned demolition of a 19th-century Roxborough house at the center of a burgeoning neighborhood preservation effort, NewsWorks has confirmed.
At a meeting held Monday afternoon, owners Frank and Anthony Giovannone agreed to consider putting off for 30 days the demolition of 5901 Ridge Ave., at the corner of Roxborough Avenue, said Josh Cohen, aide to Fourth District Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.
"It was a fairly productive meeting, and the owners have agreed to at least consider staying the demolition," Cohen said last night. "I'm hopeful that we can at least get a 30-day stay."
Also attending the hour-long meeting, held at the office of the Roxborough Development Corp., were RDC executive director Bernard Guet, Central Roxborough Civic Association President Ed Hotham, and Kevin Smith, a Roxborough resident who is also president of the Manayunk Neighborhood Council.
Cohen said the Giovannones did not give a definitive answer, but were to check with their other business partners and are expected to make a decision Tuesday. At the same time, he said, Guet offered to work with the property owners -- who also own, and are planning to demolish, buildings at 5905, 5907 and 5909 Ridge Ave. -- to possibly find a tenant or tenants to take on 5901 Ridge and possibly keep it from the wrecking ball.
A community's preservation initiative
The ownership group, operating as 5901 Ridge LLC, secured demolition permits for the four properties on Sept. 6 and have permission to raze the properties as of Sept. 27 , but community interest in saving at least the corner building has exploded in recent days. A petition posted on the Change.org site on Monday had gathered more than 280 supporters as of last night, and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia posted an item on their blog calling on people to save the property.
Complicating the issue is the fact that while the property at 5901 Ridge Ave. is old -- built in the 1880s and reportedly once owned by Dr. Ross Bunting, a trustee of the Roxborough Home for Indigent Women -- neither the corner property nor the others are listed on the city's register of historic properties.
Cohen said the Councilman's office confirmed with the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections that the demolition permits were appropriately secured, and only a court injunction could legally halt the demolition.
Developers in decision mode
Right now, all four of the properties are empty of tenants, and the owners had claimed the corner property, until recently home to the Erb Law Firm, was structurally unsound. According to those who were at the Monday meeting, the owners may be backing off that assertion now, indicating that at least 5901 Ridge could be renovated enough to be attractive to tenants.
Smith said he thinks the property owners are feeling the pressure of a mounting community campaign to preserve 5901 Ridge Ave., but also come at it as businessmen looking to develop their land.
"As developers and property owners, I think they're a little put off by the fact that now everybody wants to tell them what they can do," Smith said.
The four parcels are zoned CMX-2, a base district that allows mixed uses, often ground-floor retail with residential above. The zone is meant to encourage pedestrian-friendly uses, with some restrictions, and prohibits things like tattoo parlors and gun shops. For a complete list of allowed uses in CMX-2 districts, see the table here.
Unclear plans for the site
In 2008, before the Giovannones bought the properties, the previous owner had secured zoning approval to demolish the sites and put up six four-story homes, though that plan never came to fruition. Cohen and Smith said the current property owners did not express a specific plan for what they would do with the lots once cleared.
There seemed to be less discussion at the meeting about saving the other three buildings, and while some have expressed dismay at seeing a stretch of busy Ridge Avenue razed, Smith said he understands why the owners might be reluctant to save the corner property alone. Though to him, having the attractive stone house on the corner would enhance the rest of any future development on the other lots.
"My thought is that whatever is built is going to look better with that house there," Smith said. "If you have to give something to get something, I'll take the corner [property]."
Cohen said contrary to the belief expressed by some neighbors on the Philadelphia Speaks message board, where the impending demolition has been a hot topic, the district council person doesn't have the power to simply put a halt to a legally-obtained demolition permit. The role for Jones' office in this, he said, is to put the relevant parties together and try to come up with a solution that works for everyone.
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God of War III released in the United Kingdom with great success for the franchise as it quickly became the fastest selling installment in the series. This is despite the fact that the PlayStation 3's install base is only a fraction of what the PlayStation 2's install base was upon release of the original two.
Compared to its predecessor, God of War III sold at a ratio of 2.61:1 better than God of War II. That sales increase is phenomenal given the amounts of units available and has allowed Sony to double its 2009 total for top selling software titles in the UK for 2010. This is pretty funny considering we're only three months in and still have yet to see releases of Gran Turismo, ModNation Racers (potential sleeper) and the Q4 lineup that has yet to be announced.
In case some of you are curious, Heavy Rain was the first Sony exclusive this year to top the charts. Let's hope the success continues for Sony's software division which often receives slack for a lack of sales.


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I haven't sanded a stock in over 20 years, unless it needed a repair or gouge hidden.
I've long learned that the easiest way (I'm lazy) is to chemically strip the stock first (I use Formby's Furniture Refinisher from Home Cheapo, following the can directions).
After the wood's dried at least overnite, I then stain it with Johnson's MinWax Black Walnut (no matter the wood's color), to even out the wood's appearance - and let the stain also dry overnite.
I like to apply several coats of TruOil, one each day, via rubbing in & expanding a small spot of finger-dipped TO from one end of the stock to the other, letting it dry overnite, then rubbing it down with a new pad of OOOO steel wool & then a magnet (to remove steel wool dust) just before applying the next coat.
For a glossy finish, just omit rubbing down the final coat.
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Some World War Z casting news for you today: Matthew Fox and Ed Harris are both reportedly cast in the film, which has been in development as long as we can remember, which is a nice way of saying 'since 2007.' According to Bloody Disgusting, Fox is all set to play 'Parajumper,' which is either the coolest last name ever or his occupation. Ed Harris has also apparently been attached to the production, although his role is unknown. They're set to join Brad Pitt and The Killing's Mireille Enos in the cast for director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland).
Based on the novel by Max Brooks, World War Z tells the story of a civilization still suffering 10 years after the initial zombie outbreak. J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Carnahan have written the script for the film, which is being produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment.
After six seasons of Lost, Fox took a bit of a break from the acting spotlight, but with World War Z and the serial killer role in Lionsgate's new reboot I, Alex Cross he seems set for a comeback. Luckily for him, the zombie fad doesn't seem to be dying (undying?) any time soon, and serial killers never go out of vogue.
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Discussion in 'Purchasing DVC' started by your friend, Apr 6, 2012.
My family plans on vacationing during November. What would be a good use year for us?
June, Sept or October would probably work best for you at this point in time. With any of these, you could have a Nov trip planned that needs to be cancelled for some reason, and you would still be able to bank the points. That is providing, of course, that you cancel more than 31 days prior to arrival.
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that's what i was thinkin about doing, if i could get that large of an increase......although, i will add that card #4's APR is only 9.9%.....BoA's is 10% so basically even and not an issue when deciding on whether or not to transfer that 6K balance. my income is 65K and one thing i left out (oops) that may be of importance is that this is a joint account with my father....
First ask BoA if it can give you a 12 month promo rate of between 0% & 3.99% for a $6,000 BT. Ask for a BT fee cap of $75. Then ask for a CLI to $10,000-$12,000 as a total credit limit. Because your father will also be on the hook for the $6,000 you might get the deal.
You do realize that your father's credit score will suffer somewhat for utilization. You do know that doing an Egyptian dance right before applying for a mortgage is a little risky. I myself would simply pay $3,000 of the balance on card #4. Then again I wouldn't apply for a mortgage If I had any debt at all. I would wait until I could pay off all revolving debt.
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CreditAble -- Thanks. All of the possibilities of what could happen are making me shy away a little from doing ANYTHING until I buy my home. With the CLI I would have ZERO intention of using it. I haven't used the BoA card once since the end of 2006...
txjohn -- I'm aware of the difference; it's JOINT. Although now that it's at a zero balance dad is thinking about removing his name off of the account altogether since he doesn't use it. I'm advising him against it as it's his first major credit card also and will drastically lower his "length" of credit history without it....
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I haven't used the BoA card once since the end of 2006...
Use the card immediately for one ore two hundred dollars, let the statement drop so the balance shows in your credit files. Once the balance reports PIF before the next statement drops. You can then sock drawer the card until you obtain your mortgage.
You might get a small FICO ding until the next statement reports a $0 balance. On the other hand you might get a FICO bump by using an inactive card especially if the CL is not being factored into your utilization.
You may not at present be receiving the full value of the BoA card for FICO scorning since it might fall into an "Inactive" category. The card might also be in danger of being closed for inactivity.
Once you use the card, BoA might even offer you some kind of "Luv" to use the card some more.
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it's JOINT. Although now that it's at a zero balance dad is thinking about removing his name off of the account altogether since he doesn't use it. I'm advising him against it as it's his first major credit card also and will drastically lower his "length" of credit history without it....
Keep in mind that Bank of America is one of the few banks which will allow a (primary) joint holder to remove himself from a credit card account without closing it. Of course your credit profile (soft pull) would have to be approved by BoA to be worthy enough to assume sole responsibility for the account. I wouldn't take that step until your other balances are substantially paid down or off. Although BoA probably won't pull a hard inquiry for the conversion, anything is possible. Definitely don't rock that boat until after obtaining the mortgage.
If you decide to do the sole responsibility conversion in the future, you may simply add your father as an AU afterwards. Taking that step would allow you to add or remove him from the account as his credit needs might change even later in life.
It you are going to avoid asking for CLIs until you get the mortgage, can you find an extra $3,000 to pay on card #4? Perhaps a family member might provide a 6-12 month term loan? After 6 months of a mortgage reporting and paying down your credit card balances, you might get a decent CLI and low teaser rate on the BoA card.
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[Video] SHINee and 2NE1's Sandara Park Become Living Dolls for 'Etude House'
The SHINee members and 2NE1's Sandara Park are promoting cosmetics brand Etude House's mascara in a humorous and unique new short movie.
Transforming into living dolls, the Don't Believe the Eyelash Girl short movie was released on August 20 on Etude House's official YouTube featuring the brand's spokesmodels, SHINee and 2NE1's Sandara Park.
The three-part short movie shows the various members of SHINee after they've encountered Sandara Park and her lovely eye lashes in three different concepts of 'innocence', 'lovely' and 'sly'.
The video ends with a short clip of the CM song, Dol l Doll Cara sung by SHINee and Sandara Park.
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BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- Apple ( AAPL), Marathon Oil ( MRO) and CBS ( CBS) made Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's list of top stocks for 2012 and may help investors beat the market next year by a wide margin.Bank of America/Merrill Lynch strategist Savita Subramanian compiled the firm's favorite stock ideas for 2012, plucking one name from each of the 10 sectors of the S&P 500. Subramanian says the stock picks align with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's investment themes for the year ahead.
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I'm fond of Glendale Unified School District. It endured me for several years as a misbegotten youth. I learned computers on Commodores and later Apples stamped with G.U.S.D. that my mom would bring home for the summer to do school district work. She worked there for thirty years as a teacher and vice-principal and principal and head of the gifted education program. District schools did an excellent job with my two older kids, notwithstanding the occasional head injury and total lack of common sense.
But this is an extremely creepy development.
Glendale school officials have hired a Hermosa Beach company to monitor and analyze public social media posts, saying the service will help them step in when students are in danger of harming themselves or others.
After collecting information from students' posts on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, Geo Listening will provide Glendale school officials with a daily report that categorizes posts by their frequency and how they relate to cyber-bullying, harm, hate, despair, substance abuse, vandalism and truancy.
Quoth one official:
"People are always looking to see what we're doing to ensure that their kids are safe. This just gives us another opportunity to ensure the kids are safe at all times," he said.
But kids are never going to be "safe at all times." That's an unreachable goal, and when you set it, it justifies any and all intrusion into the lives of kids and their families. Moreover, the school is responsible for kids' safety when kids are at school. "At all times" is none of their damn business.
I can see a reason for schools to search public social media in response to specified threats or as part of specific investigations. But sucking up all the public data kids leave out there and hiring companies to data-mine it? That's a thoroughly creepy increase in government surveillance.
Fortunately, it's also an excellent opportunity to teach kids a lesson. Hey kids: (1) things you do on the internet are public unless you take sufficient steps to make them private; (2) the government will spy on everything you do if you let it; (3) your government feels entitled to know about everything you do; (4) your government feels entitled to have a say about everything you do; (5) your government is not to be trusted.
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Many people in this world do not take enough time to consider the things that they are putting in their body. This can cause you to lose a great deal of energy and can cause long-term damage to your body. Getting the most out of your food is not as difficult as many people think, and if you follow these tips, it can be easier than you ever thought.
Replace your white breads and pastas with whole-grain options. Whole grains and whole wheat baked goods have more protein and more fiber than those made of processed wheat. While helping to lower your cholesterol levels, the whole grains will also


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Xbox 720: All The Next-Gen Rumours So Far (Updated)
Kinect 2, IllumiRoom and Wii U-style Smartglass 2 – while PS4 has been grabbing all the attention, Microsoft's next-gen Xbox 720 is set to pack plenty of surprises. We pick through all the internet rumblings to bring you a go-to list of what we might have to look forward to…
TV Tuner & Subscription Models
Analysts are currently suggesting the next-gen Xbox 720 will pack in a TV Tuner as standard, allowing owners to use it as a cable or Sky box in their living rooms.
This was something several analysts including Michael Pachter predicted at the recent SXSW Conference in Texas.
The idea would be that families could use the box as an all-in-one living room device to watch TV and play games, and it would allow Microsoft to sell the console at a lower price on a monthly subscription.
Analyst Pachter also predicted Xbox 720 will win the next-generation thanks to this subscription/TV approach.
Compulsory Kinect & Controller
A new version of Kinect is no surprise – Microsoft has been pushing its body-tracking camera tech hard since its launch in 2010.
Apparently, Kotaku says the new camera will be shipped with every Xbox 720 and Microsoft is pushing studios to take advantage of it, integrated into all titles.
The camera's tracking is said to have been sharpened to the point where it can even recognise individual players – meaning signing into your account could be as simple as standing in front of the TV.
Slightly more worryingly, the camera is said to be able to track up to six people at a time and charge users based on who is watching what, according to a patent (though that's not to say the patent would definitely be used).
The Kinect 2.0 can also track thumbs separately to fingers and can determine whether your hand is open or closed, as well as read your facial expression to determine your current emotions, apparently.
It looks like the newly-improved Kinect will play a vital role at the core of Xbox 720's games and services.
There will also be a refreshed standard controller, although this apparently will change very little – except that it will allegedly use a 'new wireless technology' rendering older Xbox 360 controllers incompatible with the new machine (cheers, then).
Apps & Multi-tasking
Current-gen consoles are old now. The 720 will apparently have a much-streamlined interface.
Much like a smartphone, the new console is likely to be able to run multiple apps simultaneously – multiple apps and even multiple games.
Similar to a Vita, the Xbox 720 is said to be able to 'suspend' games and hold them in a suspended state while launching and playing another, before allowing the player to zip back to the original game on the fly.
Every Xbox 720 will launch with a 500GB hard drive, rumours suggest.
However, games could need to be installed to the hard disk to be played, as the machine can't play straight from the disc (reported to be a Blu-ray drive).
The good news is games will be playable straight away, as the installs are divided into packets, meaning the game can be launched while the data installs in the background – spelling the end of long installation waits.
Wii U-style Smartglass 2.0
Rather than packing in a third type of controller (after Kinect and the New Standard Controller), it seems Microsoft is looking to get players to use their existing smartphones/tablets to get the 'touchscreen/motion sensing' (i.e., Nintendo-esque) capabilities tick-box checked.
A new companion app will take the Smartglass idea to the next level, apparently. The app will be able to tap into touch screen and gyroscope capabilities of smartphones and be used to control a game, similar to the Wii U.
Specs for the new machine have surfaced almost constantly across the interweb.
Apparently, these are the latest (and final) specs of the machine. As usual, prepare your sodium granules.
-8 core, 64-bit CPU clocked at 1.6GHz
-800MHz DirectX 11.x GPU
-50GB 6x speed Blu-ray
-1080p 3D output
-Built-in 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi & Ethernet
Always-Online, Blocks Used Games
A rumour started by Edge Online suggested the Xbox 720 will require an 'always-online' connection to play games, thus blocking second-hand games from working.
The rumour has been discussed across the internet, with devs talking to NowGamer calling it 'awful' and 'stupid' as an idea.
There have since been counter-rumours suggesting it won't happen after all. We put together a piece on Four Reasons Blocking Second Hand Won't Happen – take a read of that. Simply put, it's possible, but unlikely.
New IPs
A smattering of recent Microsoft trademark leaks have suggested a pile of new IPs could be heading to Xbox 720.
We reported earlier this month that the company has trademarked Marlow Briggs, Fusion: Sentient and Gunpowder.
Along with rumours of a new racer which could be PGR5 and 343's Halo 5 (though that's unlikely to make launch) it looks like Xbox 720 will launch alongside a slew of new and returning game series.
Not really a 'rumour', Microsoft has already shown off its exciting IllumiRoom concept. The fact it's been revealed already suggests it won't form part of the new console off the bat, but perhaps is in its early stages and could make its way to the new machine later in its life – like how Kinect launched in 2010 for the Xbox 360.
The new product could launch a few years into the console's cycle, refreshing it with new capabilities.
Multiple SKUs
Rumours a while back pointed to Microsoft considering two options for the Xbox 720; a hardcore, premium package and a set-top box running casual titles and streaming video services and apps, paid for with a subscription.
Truth is, Microsoft is almost certainly considering its options for the next console and may still be undecided on its pricepoint and marketing plans.
2013 Release
Every rumour suggests third-parties are gearing up for a 2013 Xbox 720 release. PS4 is also set to drop in 2013, and looks set to release first.
However, if you're living in the UK, it's almost certain the Xbox will arrive first – rumours suggest PS4 will launch in Japan and the US in 2013, but Europe will have to wait until March.
Given Microsoft's Western focus, it's more likely the 720 will launch in the US and Europe simultaneously, meaning in Europeland, Xbox 720 looks set to drop first.
On Tuesday, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director Jean Guesdon suggested the console (and PS4) will be out by November because the next-gen version of the game will ship at the same time as the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions – read that story here.
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Weston Cage married girlfriend Nikki Williams back in late April, but the two aren't exactly nesting. According to TMZ, the newlyweds were out in Hollywood last night, with Nikki saying that marriage was "tough, but wonderful" and that "communication was key." Back at their Lake Hollywood apartment, Weston and Nikki got into an altercation that led to both being arrested for felony domestic abuse charges. Witnesses say that Nikki cut Weston's arm with a broken bottle, punched him like a nut and then threatened to throw herself off the balcony.
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"Aggressive behavior", "Behavioral problem": these are labels that are often given to a person with dementia. Now I am no stranger to the reality these phrases seek to describe. For nine months, during my training for chaplaincy, I was assigned as the unit chaplain for the Behavioral Unit that used to be housed on 4West at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg. We had residents come to us with some pretty difficult issues and for the most part, usually after a considerable amount of trial and error, the team figured out how to care for the person in a way that enabled them to be comfortable and pleasant.
Nursing homes all over Manitoba would send residents to this unit to be "managed". In reality, the team worked hard to understand the origins of the behaviors and develop a care plan that was considerate of the special needs that these residents came to us with. The vast majority of time the care plan sent back to the facility with the resident taught the staff better ways to relate to and approach each resident that would prevent or minimize the behavior that were of concern.
Recently I was reading an article from OHS Canada – Canada's Occupational Health and Safety Magazine. In the December 2010 edition there was an article titled "Take Care" by Emily Landau. In the article she speaks of these "aggressive behaviors" as "responsive behaviors". I think we should think very hard about using this kind of description as opposed to "aggressive behavior" or "behavioral problem" labels that are commonly used. Let me explain my reasoning.
First, a person with dementia experiences an altered ability to interpret the things happening around them. This diminished capacity to understand accurately the things happening to them or around them is often the stimulus for a behavior that might be called "aggressive" or "a problem". However, when we label a person as manifesting "aggressive behavior" or being a "behavioral problem" we are in essence saying something about that person's identity; when we speak about another's "identity" it opens the door to a lot of misunderstanding, prejudice and the possibly mistreatment.
One of the times that these responsive behaviors arise is when health care staff are providing personal, private care to a resident who is no longer able to do this for him/herself. Sometimes the responses to providing this care are pushing, hitting, hair pulling, biting and others. These responses can cause injury to the staff members providing care. They can also result in injuries to the resident. Such situations certainly are of concern for the safety of both the resident and the staff are of utmost importance.
It certainly isn't easy to care for a person who is responding to care in these ways. But think about it. If you didn't know what was happening and couldn't process the words that were being used to address you and someone began touching you in private areas, how would you respond?
Recently in Manitoba a training program called P.I.E.C.E.S. has been introduced. It began in Ontario and now a number of provinces have embraced the training for the benefits it holds for staffing Long Term care. Manitoba Health encourages staff in all nursing homes to take the training. At the very foundation of this training is the belief that people with Alzheimer's and other dementias need to be approached and cared for with new and different understanding. Part of that new approach and understanding is using a new language when talking about the challenges that arise in caring for people with dementia.
Some of the insights that I have learned from this training are worth sharing. If you visit in a nursing home or have a family member or friends that has been diagnosed with dementia of some kind; these insights might be helpful to making your interactions with this friend or family member more rewarding for everyone.
"Think before entering the person's personal space." Because dementia alters perception, when we approach a person with dementia we need to be aware that we don't startle them. We should approach a person with dementia from the front, so that they are not surprised or startled.
When coning to visit, consider yourself "the entertainer or host". Come with things to talk about, to look at or to show. Think about how in the visit you can stimulate the person's senses: flowers to smell, cookies to eat, and pictures to look at and hold are all important things we can bring with us to make the visit pleasurable for all involved.
Monitor your own emotions and stress. People with dementia may not be able to process language, but they are very keen in picking up on our emotions. If we are stressed, or angry, or frustrated or sad, the person we visit may quickly mirror our emotion.
Be attentive to "nonverbal/verbal triggers that escalate anxiety and distress" for the person with dementia. If you visit regularly and are attentive, you will begin to understand what kinds of stimuli cause anxiety or distress for the one with dementia. Remember these and avoid them. For instance one of our residents regularly asks where her husband is. Now he has been dead for a number of years, but she doesn't remember his death. The temptation is to "be honest" and tell her that her husband is dead; however, doing so thrusts her back into grief repeatedly. It is better to avoid the subject and respond with something like, "My he is a busy man, I haven't seen him around all morning."
When concluding your visit, avoid saying things like, "I have to go home now." The person with dementia rarely is able to perceive the Long Term care facility as their home. If you talk about home, the people with dementia will in almost all cases want to go with you. This may make leaving very difficult and traumatic for the person with dementia. Instead, it is better to say something like, "I have to go see Henry, and we agreed to meet this afternoon." By avoiding the "HOME" word, a word that carries powerful connections long into the dementia process, you will save the person much upset. If leaving is problematic, enlist members of the staff to distract the person you are visiting while you leave.
People with dementia "respond" to us differently, because they perceive their environments differently. As we care for them, we need to work hard to understand their responses and what stimulates them, avoiding the stimuli that call forth painful and difficult responses and effectively use the stimuli that call forth hopeful, positive responses.
When caring for a person with dementia, it is our responsibility to make the adjustments, because this disease makes it unreasonable for us to expect them to make the adjustments. Don't be afraid of a person with dementia; just prepare yourself to get to know that person in a whole new way. Some of my most pleasurable relationships are with the people I serve that have dementia.
Chaplain's Corner is written by Bethesda Place chaplain Larry Hirst. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely that of the writer and do not represent the views or opinions of people, institutions or organizations that the writer may be associated with professionally.


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Yesterday, Sylvia Carter wrote up Wang Shim Kee, a
Korean restaurant which sounds very unusual. Amongst
other things, it features game on the grill -- boar,
pheasant, venison, rabbit. (Last time I had such stuff
was in 1986 at a place in downtown flushing whose name
I have unfortunately forgotten -- temporary amnesia
induced by the fumes from the charcoal hibachis and
poor ventilation -- but the food was wonderful.)
Has anyone been to Wang Shim Kee? If anyone wants to
try, it is at 77-08 Woodside Ave,m Elmhurts, near the
Roosevelt Ave / Jackson Heights stop of the E/F train .
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(04/02/01) -- Human Rights Watch today charged that the Russian response to the discovery of more than fifty bodies in a village close to the main Russian military base in Chechnya has been absolutely inadequate. Evidence gathered from the mass grave confirms that detainees were summarily executed and often tortured.
"The discovery of over fifty bodies right outside a Russian military base should have prompted an immediate and exhaustive investigation by the Russian prosecutor's office," said Holly Cartner, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. "To date, that investigation has been a charade. The Russian government has focused its energy on denying any responsibility for the deaths, rather than on ensuring a meaningful investigation. As a result, a lot of important evidence has now been lost."
On February 21, 2001, relatives of three Chechen men who had "disappeared" in the custody of Russian soldiers in December 2000 discovered a large number of bodies, including those of their loved ones, in a cottage village in the immediate vicinity of the main Russian military base at Khankala. After reporting this discovery to the authorities, procuracy investigators closed off the area for civilians and started to recover the-reportedly often mined-bodies. In subsequent weeks, Russian law enforcement officials said they found another forty-eight bodies from the village.
The bodies were taken to a Ministry of Emergency Situations base and the October district police precinct in Grozny, where relatives of missing people had an opportunity to search for their loved ones. By March 13, 2001, fourteen of the forty-eight bodies had been identified and were taken away by relatives for burial. The remaining thirty-four bodies were buried in a village outside Grozny on March 10, 2001.
Immediately after news of the grave was first reported, Russian government officials denied responsibility for the bodies. They claimed the bodies were either those of Chechen rebel fighters who had been killed in battle or belonged to civilians who had been killed by Chechen rebel fighters and dumped in the village. On March 2, the Russian prosecutor overseeing the investigations in Chechnya went so far as to make the absurd suggestion that the fact that many of the dead people had worn Turkish underwear-worn by millions of people around Russia-was evidence that the dead had been rebel fighters. He also said that most of the dead men were wearing camouflage uniforms, which is not confirmed by photo and video footage of the bodies. The government failed to mention that the area in which the grave was found had been under Russian control since December 1999, long before the vast majority of the bodies were deposited there.
The government has failed utterly to conduct a credible investigation. No comprehensive forensic examinations were conducted before the bodies were reburied. As a result, important evidence has been lost. Human Rights Watch has obtained undisputable evidence that in many cases even a full description of the condition of the bodies was not made. Human Rights Watch reviewed photographs of bodies taken from the grave site that reveal that, at the time of their burial on March 10, 2001, the corpses had not been undressed nor had their arms been untied from behind their backs. Thus it is highly unlikely that forensic examiners and investigators could have examined the bodies thoroughly. During visits to the Ministry of Emergency Situations base in Grozny, researchers for Memorial Human Rights Center also learned that only a single forensic expert-who had no other equipment than rubber gloves and a scalpel-was conducting these examinations and that there was no equipment to cool the bodies for a longer period of time at the base.
Human Rights Watch also criticized the international community for failing to react appropriately to the discovery of the grave. "Instead of forcefully demanding a full investigation of the mass grave and offering to provide technical and expert assistance in doing so, the international community silently stood by while the Russian government botched the investigation," Cartner said. "This negligence is yet another example of the international community's utter failure to hold Russia to its international obligations during this conflict."
European governments and the U.S., along with most international organizations, failed even to respond publicly to the news of the grave, thus signaling to Russian officials that there would be no consequences for failing to conduct a proper investigation. The Council of Europe human rights commissioner did raise the need for a full investigation with the Russian authorities during a February 2001 trip to Russia and Chechnya, but inexplicably failed to visit the mass grave or view the sixteen bodies that had been recovered at the time. As far as Human Rights Watch is aware, no international organization or individual government offered the Russian government technical assistance or expert staff to investigate the grave.
Meanwhile, human rights organizations have been able to establish that almost all of the bodies identified were of people who had previously "disappeared" in the custody of Russian troops. On March 13, 2001, Chechen procurator V. Chernov stated that a total of seventeen bodies (including those of the first three who were recovered before the procuracy stepped in) had been identified.
As of this writing, Human Rights Watch has confirmed that twelve of the seventeen identified victims had previously "disappeared" in the custody of Russian troops. Memorial has received information identifying another four victims. All of the victims apparently had execution-style bullet wounds and at least some of the bodies bore clear signs of torture, including stab wounds, broken bones, scalped body parts, and cut off ears. These human rights organizations have also collected photo and video materials that leave no doubt that the majority of the remaining thirty-four people whose bodies were found at the Dachny village had been summarily executed, and that many had been tortured. Many had had their hands tied behind their backs and had been blindfolded, and also showed signs of multiple bullet and stab wounds.


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Hi Kathy,
Sometimes pre teens and teens can be impulsive with what they say. I have two myself and sometimes it is shocking what comes out of their mouths. They do not mean harm, they just don't know how to balance their hormones, adult feelings and child behaviors. They also don't have the ability to think things through like adults do.
The best thing to do if you feel hurt by something your daughter says is walk away for a few minutes. Get your bearings then return and let her know you feel hurt by whatever it is she said. Tell her calmly and gently. Kids usually feel bad once you let them know how you feel. It can turn out to be a way to bond when you talk about how you feel with your daughter.
I am a little surprised your therapist did not want to see your collage. I would think that it would help her help you with how you feel. Although she may have originally meant for you to do the collage at home for yourself, sharing it with her could only help. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding on her part.
I hope she responds well to your letter. You have given her a heads up about it so that should help. But be prepared for however she may react. What if she does react with indifference? How will you feel? What if she wants to discuss it at length? Think through all the possibilities so you are prepared. That will help you.
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The growing popularity of tablets and the release of the touch-centric Windows 8 last year changed the world of laptop design, ushering in hybrids like the HP Envy x2 and the Dell XPS 12 Convertible. Desktops also started adapting and one trend picking up steam today is the all-in-one (AIO) computer, where the CPU, RAM and other components are designed into a single, sleek unit with the monitor.
AIOs have been around for a while, the iMac was an early success for the design, but these PCs haven't really been viable propositions. The value they offer has been going up, however, and recently, HP, Dell and Acer have all released Windows 8-based AIOs. Lenovo, one of the first PC brands to adopt the design, recently refreshed its AIO line, expanding it to 18 models, from bare-bones budget computers to a top-end dream machine.
One reason why these machines are gaining in popularity is because their power consumption has been declining steadily. According to Lenovo, the power consumption on its latest AIOs is nearly three times lower than what a similarly configured desktop would need, which is also useful in case of a power cut—the computer can run for almost an hour on a UPS, compared to around 20 minutes for a standard desktop. You're still paying a premium for looks, as it's possible to get a similar computer for less money if you opt for a standard desktop design, but the gap is fairly slim now, and if you're looking to buy a new computer, then an AIO might be a good idea.
IdeaCentre A720
The IdeaCentre A720 is the top-end AIO that Lenovo has on offer, and despite the astronomical price, there's a lot to love about it. The 27-inch screen runs a 1,080p HD display, and supports 10-point multi-touch. It's also under an inch thick, and looks fairly unique. Unlike most AIOs, the CPU and other components aren't integrated in the screen—instead, they're a part of the supporting base. This makes it easy to connect the peripherals and use the Blu-Ray drive that comes with the system.
The A720 has a "frameless" monitor design which makes it look like a giant tablet. This is reinforced by the fact that it supports 10-point multi-touch inputs. It can also be leaned back flat against the table, making it seem more like a giant tablet.
There's a lot of potential for board-game night with one of these—imagine a game of Risk where you didn't need an hour to unpack the pieces each time you wanted to play, but you were still sitting with the board between the players, moving your armies around with your hands.
It's also got a lot of power—an Intel core i7 processor, 6 GB of DDR3 RAM, 1 TB of storage and a 2 GB NVIDIA graphics card give you a machine that will be good for everything from gaming to watching HD movies, to running high-end software like Photoshop.
The A720 ticks most of the boxes for a dream machine. It's stylish, powerful, and comes with a lot of bells and whistles. But at Rs.115,990, it's also expensive, and many of the features you're paying for, such as the touch input and the Blu-Ray drive, will be of limited use.
IdeaCentre C440
While the A720 is a dream machine, the C440 is the real deal. Lenovo launched several new models, but aside from the A720, the one that really seems to offer the most value is the C440. Its 2-inch depth makes it seem bulky after the A720, and Lenovo's "book" design isn't exciting, but the C440 offers good performance and a functional look, without forcing you to empty your bank account.
The C-series is Lenovo's budget range, starting from a Celeron-based machine for as little as Rs.21,990. But if you're looking for a little more out of your computer, then the C440 is a smart choice. It has a 21.5-inch HD LED screen along with Dolby audio. It also has an option for a TV tuner card.
The C440 is powered by a third-generation Core i5 processor, and 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, along with a 2 GB NVIDIA graphics card, so it should be good enough for most video games as well. It comes with 500 GB of built-in storage.
The C440 has all the components built into the screen itself, and isn't meant to be leaned back the way the A720 is. Instead, it's meant to be used more like a traditional computer, and its size, features and pricing all reflect this. It's available from Rs.43,990 onwards, and if you're interested in moving to an AIO from a standard desktop, then this is a good value-for-money option.
The best of the rest
Other brands too have released some good AIOs in recent times. Our picks:
If you're in the market for an AIO then there are a number of good options available today. Since the Windows 8 launch in October, most brands have launched their own AIO models. We picked out three models, in a varying price range, which are only a couple of months old:
HP ENVY 23 TouchSmart All-in-One PC
It is the most expensive AIO but it is also one of the best-looking ones. At 23 inches with full HD, the screen is huge, and great for watching movies or playing video games. It comes on a "floating" stand and can be pushed back easily, so it's really convenient to use the touch interface. It falters in the audio department, however.
CPU: Third-generation Intel Core i5 2.9 GHz
Screen: 23-inch full HD
Storage: 1 TB HDD
Price: Rs.71,990
This 21.5-inch AIO is a good budget option if looks are not too important. While the screen resolution is high, the design looks blocky. But if you're looking for a good feature-set at a low price, then Acer is the best option—it uses a Pentium Dual core processor, whose performance is similar to that of a Core i3, and includes two USB 3.0 ports.
CPU: Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
Screen: 21.5-inch full HD
Storage: 500 GB HDD
Price: Rs.29,990
All-in-One Desktop touch
The Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One Desktop Touch is a little more expensive than Lenovo's C440, but includes a Blu-Ray writer. It's also got USB 3.0 ports for faster backup of data.
CPU: Third-generation Intel Core i5
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The Romney campaign releases his birth certificate. So, now we have definitive proof that Mitt Romney was born in America but his father was born in Mexico. Um, isn't there a terrible double standard on Obama's father being born in Kenya and all the mess that he isn't a natural born American? How could I forget. Obama is biracial and Mitt Romney is white, so the black guy is always in the wrong.
It is also ironic that the campaign released the birth certificate to Reuters (but Romney won't releases his tax records) just hours before his fundraiser with carnival barker Donald Trump. Um, is this the long form birth certificate and where's the proof that this is valid?
Mitt Romney and his team didn't release this just because it's the right thing to do. They released it to continue to appeal to the birther movement and the fringe in the Republican Party who believe Obama was born in Kenya. Despite all his lies, I would have given Mitt Romney a second look as a viable presidential contender, but getting down in the muck is unbecoming. So, is Mitt Romney really a birther or just another political hypocrite?


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According to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com, the Jacksonville Jaguars are the most likely destination for Matt Flynn to end up if he's traded this offseason. The Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills are also expressing interest.
New Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley is familiar with Flynn as he served as the Seahawks defensive coordinator prior to being hired in Jacksonville. Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was with Flynn in Green Bay and is aware of his abilities as well. Buffalo traded for another Seahawks quarterback last year in Tarvaris Jackson late in the preseason to serve as backup to Ryan Fitzpatrick.


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"Welcome to 2014 everyone," said the tweet. "Remember: pot is now legal and lightbulbs aren't."
Russ, the tweet's author, was referring to Colorado's new law allowing recreational marijuana use, and the federal ban on 60 and 40 watt incandescent lightbulbs. Both laws went into effect on January 1st. The ban was part of a 2007 law that eliminated 100 watt incandescents on January 1, 2012, and 75 watt bulbs exactly one year later.
This was a lot different from the 1970s, where we had been frightened by anti-drug films, but used incandescents like they grew on trees. Now, nearly four decades later, everything had been turned on its head. You could buy marijuana for recreational use, but we were about to start a War On Bulbs that could make the War On Drugs look like a slap fight.
I called one of my more disreputable friends who knew about such matters, to see if he could help me find someone to interview for this column. Two hours later, he texted me back, directing me to a greasy diner, with a few more details.
I waited at my table, pushing around some scrambled eggs and underdone hash browns for 20 minutes, but it didn't look like my guy was going to show. I was just getting up when a man who had been sitting two tables away came over and sat down.
"You the guy looking for candy?" he said.
"No, I just ate," I said.
He shook his head. "No, candy. Lightbulbs. In-CAN-descents. Can-dee."
"Um, sure?"
He sighed. "You're the journalist, right?"
"Are you Corky's friend?" I asked. The man nodded silently.
"What's your name?" I said.
"Uh-uh. No real names."
"What should I call you then?"
"Willis Whitney," said the man.
"You mean the guy from 'Breaking Bad?'"
"No, that's Walter White. Willis Whitney invented a treatment for lightbulb filaments to improve its performance in 1903. I took his name as my street name."
"So not the 'Breaking Bad' guy?"
"What if I made jokes about 'Breaking Bulb?'"
"I'd shank you."
We stood up and I threw some bills on the table. Whitney was taking me to a bulb dealer's house so I could get a better understanding of how the incandescent black market worked. As we drove, Whitney told me a few basics.
"Candy costs anywhere from 10 to 20 bucks apiece, depending on the wattage. The brighter the bulb, the more it costs."
"Why do people even want incandescents?" I asked. "Aren't there plenty of alternatives."
"Some people just don't like the CFLs. They get headaches. And a lot of seniors have trouble reading by them. Some people can even get seizures from the flickering."
"And LEDs?"
"Too cold, too institutional. They don't have the warmth or romance of a glowing incandescent." Willis Whitney may have been a lightbulb dealer, but he had the soul of a poet.
"You're in luck," Whitney said. "This place we're headed is moving soon. We got word the DOE is getting ready to crack down on us, so my guy is going to lay low for a while."
"DOE? Do you mean the DEA?" I asked.
"Nope. Department of Energy." We pulled up to an innocuous-looking house. We walked in and saw a man at a kitchen table, nursing a cup of coffee.
"Who's this dude?" said the man. "Whitney, you know you can't be bringing strangers to the house. The Dimmers are coming."
"Dimmers?" I asked.
"DOE," said Whitney. "They're trying to dim our light. It's cool, Swanny. This is that journalist dude Corky told us about."
Swanny — Joseph Wilson Swan, I found out later, took his name from the English physicist who first devised a long-lasting electric light — said, "So you doing some kind of Geraldo Rivera piece on the well-lit underbelly of the illegal lightbulb market?" He chuckled at his own joke.
I explained what I was looking for, and over the next two hours, Swanny and Whitney educated me on the world of black market incandescent lightbulbs. I learned about Frosties and Clears, Globes and Pears, and a whole assortment of bulbs I didn't even know existed. I learned the demand for incandescents was filled by dealers and "light houses" all over the city, but the dealers were generally hard to pin down, since the DOE hadn't yet trained bulb-sniffing dogs. I learned how the dealers all operated independently, but the Hiram Maxim lightbulb cartel out of Maine had already begun ruthlessly organizing the Northeast.
When we finally stopped, and I had filled up several pages of my notebook — and we had interrupted our conversation so Swanny could dispense several cases of 60 watt incandescents to nervous suburbanites — Whitney drove me back to my car.
"So what made you get into this life? What drove you into the candy black market?" I asked, as I got out.
"Same as everyone else. It's all about the Edisons, baby," said Whitney. "It's all about the Edisons."
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- I have been looking for a new laptop for two years now given my current 12″ i-Book is a hand me down from my wife. It's got only 512megs of RAM, a 20 gig hard drive, a sticky space bar, and is slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter!
- My wife, on the otherhand, has a shiny 1-year old Macbook I bought her for Christmas. Clearly, I am a little bit envious.
- I walked down aisle 7 at Walgreens and a Loreal shampoo bottle told me, "Because you're worth it!"
- Nobody really buys me anything for my birthday and the holidays except for my wife. I take it back. My mom got me a nifty plastic cube with a clam in it last winter. I think she found it in an old cubbard. So who's going to buy me anything? Cue the violins!
- Furthermore, $1,450 really isn't $1,450 once I get my $230 rebate in the mail for my i-Touch. I can then sell the darn thing on Craigslist for $199 and bring my total outlay down to $1,051!
- Besides, how am I supposed to be a prolific personal finance writer on such old equipment anyway? I can barely do any editing on my 12-inch screen. Oh, the justifications of spending come spouting out now, and I can't help it.


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Dunedin considers brand advertising expense
Dunedin city commissioners on Thursday will consider partnering with local tourism group Visit Dunedin on a $36,000 campaign to promote the city and one of its new city slogans, "Dun Our Way," at the airport, at hotels and online.
If the city chips in $5,000, Visit Dunedin says it would raise the remaining $13,000 needed to match an $18,000 grant opportunity from the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The money would pay for a year's worth of ads on 16 electronic screens at the Tampa International Airport baggage claim; promotion of the tourism group's new VisitDunedinFL.com website to all TripAdvisor.com users who do Tampa Bay-related travel searches; and a new brochure that would be distributed via the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center, City Hall and local hotels.
The measures represent the second phase of a branding campaign city officials launched in 2011 to promote Dunedin around the globe.
The commission will also consider contracts to install an irrigation system at Edgewater Linear Park and to add sidewalks, handicap curb ramps and improved crosswalks along south Douglas Avenue between Union and Lexington streets.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 542 Main St. Get a copy of the full agenda at Dunedingov.com.


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I might want a divorce
I have been with my wife for over almost a decade and we got married a few years ago. And I think I want a divorce, I just don't know what to do.
There has not been any one big fight or one big issue. And without question there are times where there is no one I would rather be with. But there are times when I feel, even on good days, that we just very good roommates. And there are times that seem to be occurring with more frequency, where I just wish I was by myself. I had always thought of myself as a relatively even-tempered person, usually in a good mood. But she can put me in a bad mood. There are times when I think that she is in a bad mood (perhaps incorrectly at times), which puts me in a bad mood, and that leads to tension.
I feel as if my wife is not happy, but I am not entirely sure why. I know she feels stressed all the time because of her job, but I think there is more (and I will admit I am not the best communicator and that it isn't easy for me to ask what else is bothering her … perhaps I am afraid she will say I am the problem). When we got married and when we were dating, we both had discussed how we did not want children. I have found that I am warming up to the idea but still am not ready, but suddenly she keeps talking about wanting them now. I also think that when she wants to, she looks for a reason to be unhappy and clings to it.
There are also money issues. I used to have a job that paid very well, but I hated it. It was not what I wanted to do. So I took a step back in my career, received additional training, which then allowed me to pursue what I really think is my dream job, which I have now. The problem is that this job does not pay much (about 50% of the job that I hated). This has definitely limited what we can do, where we can go, where we can live. And it definitely impacts our ability to afford children. There are some similar jobs that pay better, but those are very difficult to get. And if I could get one of those jobs I would; but she wants me to move on to something, anything, that pays better and that makes me feel stuck. If I stay in my current job, we will continue to have money issues (we can pay our bills, live a simple life, but nothing else). If I leave for a job that pays more because she wants me to, I know I will just resent her for it.
I just feel as too often I am not happy at the end of the day. But with student loans and my current job, I don't know that I can afford to be single (my wife makes more money than I do). There is also just the shame I think I would feel in getting divorced. Most, if not all, of my friends really like my wife. Our wedding was a great time and everyone honestly always talks about it still. I just don't know if I could do it, and I don't even know where to begin. I know communication would help, but I also am scared at what might come out.
– Not sure about my marriage, Boston
"I know communication would help." That's the understatement of the month, NSAMM.
You don't know what your wife is thinking. You don't ask. You make guesses about why she's angry. You make assumptions about what she might say if you talked to her about your problems.
You're not allowed to plan a divorce until you know that you need one. You don't know anything right now. And seriously, your wife deserves to know what's going on in your head. She's probably anxious because you're obviously unhappy. She's working like crazy -- at her job and at home -- and you've done little to explain your plan for your personal and professional future.
The kid thing is huge. The money thing is huge. You give incredibly mixed signals. (You might want a divorce ... but you're warming up to the idea of having kids with your wife? How does that work?)
I'm not blaming you for any of this, but you need to stop running away from honest discussion. If you're a better writer than talker, email your wife. Tell her that you're confused about what you want. Tell her that you'd like to see her happy again. Tell her that you're ready for the truth.
Again, you can't rev up for a divorce until you understand your own relationship. Think about what you want for your marriage and then talk (or write) to your wife about making it happen. Please don't wait.
Readers? Should he be talking about divorce? Can you empathize with the wife? What about the job? And that last paragraph ... with the friends and the wedding? What does that tell you? Help.
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Hi, I'm Denise from House at Forest Manor and I'm so happy to be guest blogging here at Laura's blog, Decor To Adore. Laura is one of my favorite bloggers; I enjoy everything about her blog.
Today I'm sharing five of my favorite Irish things, in honor of the month of March and St. Patrick's Day. For starters, one of my favorite things is Ireland itself; it is truly a beautiful country.
I was fortunate to be able to travel to Ireland with my husband when he was there on business in 1999. You can read about that trip Here and Here.
Keep reading to see more of Denise's Irish themed favorites. She saved some of the best for last!
A second favorite of mine is Irish linen. The people of Ireland make such beautiful linen and lace goods. This table runner that my in-laws brought me from Ireland is a real treasure. I love the embroidered shamrocks at each corner and the hem stitching, which gives it such a classic look.
More hem stitching here. These are linen napkins given to me by a friend. Her mother had purchased them many years ago on a trip to Ireland. The orange and green napkins represent the colors of the Irish flag, and the white napkin is one I already owned (not Irish).
Another of my favorites is Irish china and crystal. Waterford crystal is world-renowned for its beauty and quality, and I love the delicate look of Belleek china.
I don't own any Waterford crystal, but I did manage to acquire three small pieces of Belleek. The little round box with lid on the right I found in Dublin when I was there. On a later trip, my husband bought the Christmas ornament for me (center). The bell in the back is one I found at an antiques shop in South Carolina several years ago.
This Royal Tara china bell is one that I brought back to my grandmother from our trip in 1999. I put together an Irish tablescape for St. Patrick's Day Here.
A fourth favorite Irish thing is Irish tea. 🙂
I found this cute "tea for one" set at HomeGoods last year. I love HomeGoods; if they were Irish, I'd have to say they were one of my favorite Irish things. 😉
I especially like Irish Breakfast Tea and Irish Cream Tea. I almost always start my day with coffee; it really helps me get going. But, if I'm ever sick with a cold or just feeling a little under the weather, tea tastes much better to me. I like Irish Breakfast Tea in the morning because it packs a nice punch — almost like coffee. Irish Cream Tea is just a good, all around tea to drink any time of day.
There's a tea shop in our town that carries a selection of teas imported from England and Ireland. That's where these came from. I love the little wooden tea caddies, and inside, the bags are packaged in foil to keep them extra fresh.
The tea shop also carries gift items and tea accessories, including some Irish linen goods.
I found this pretty shamrock tray cloth there, as well — love the Celtic knot pattern around the border.
My fifth favorite Irish thing is the wonderful Irish Shamrock plant.
Did you know that shamrocks are bulbs? They are — you can plant them outside and they look really lovely. They die down in the fall when it gets cold out, and then they come back in spring and grow and bloom all summer.
I put together a tablescape for St. Patrick's Day Here.
Oh Denise thank you so very much for a lovely and informative post! I have to add in that there is one more super cute reason to visit Denise's blog. They just added a new member to the family~ Duncan, the darling Scottish terrier.
I am truly in the mood to dance an Irish jig now.


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Review on STROM im Atlantic Hotel Bremerhaven
You will find the STROM restaurant in the ATLANTIC Hotel, SAIL City in the heart of the tourist resort of the old and new harbour in Bremerhaven. It is situated directly on the embankment of the Weser River, with spectacular views over the surrounding countryside of the Weser region and the Bremerhaven Dike. The panoramic restaurant STROM, offers numerous fresh delicacies taken from regional cuisine, yet merged with selections of international cuisine to make something really exceptional for its diners. The menu offers surprising new creations and regional classics, such as North German Bouillabaisse (fish soup) with pale mussels and North Sea fish, slices of pork fillet, with truffled spring onions and wild field mushrooms, or Espresso crème brûlée, with sunflower crunch and white chocolate sauce. The lunch time menu, or Sunday brunch in the Captain's Lounge make for an interesting change, and in the Davidoff Lounge you can sit back, relax and enjoy exquisite cigars in an amazing atmosphere. Whilst outside you can take a boat trip on the Weser River, enjoy the hustle and bustle on the river bank promenade, or you can relax and unwind in the STROM and enjoy the unique view alongside the delicacies from the kitchen.Rate this Restaurant
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Performance Testing
Performance is the key to the success of any organization involved in the IT industry. But performance is often difficult to judge before newly installed systems are actually operational. Any problems discovered later can be difficult to resolve. This is where we come into the picture with our Performance Testing Services.
At iSpace, our objective is to demonstrate that the system meets the performance criteria. We help in determining the scope, complexity and size of the load, and the test architecture used for test execution. We also serve to validate and verify other quality attributes of the system, such as scalability, reliability and resource usage.
Our Performance and Load Testing solution helps organizations avoid the catastrophic effects of application performance failures. We focus on the proper functioning of applications under load, on the response time and on meeting the performance requirements. Years of experience in performance testing enables us to give our clients services that fully cover their requirements in this field.
iSpace's approach:
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- End to end consulting from defining a performance testing approach, identification of appropriate tools and methodologies, setting up test infrastructure, test analysis, reporting and maintenance of performance test assets
- Process oriented deliverables to the end customer
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Beautiful interface. Good editing tools and effects. Photo organization helpers. Share on Facebook. Journals let you create and share attractive photo scrapbooks.
Limited adjustments and effects compared with Snapseed and Photoshop Touch.
Bottom Line
Apple's iPhoto app brings remarkable photo editing and sharing possibilities to the small screen, in a gorgeous interface.
Effects and Brushes
Both the Effects and Brushes tools open up a nifty-looking selection control that corresponds to their function. Brushes sprouts up realistic-looking paint brush images, while Effects, which we'll discuss first, brings up a fan-like set of color swatch sticks. You really have to check out the slideshow to see how slick these tools look.
Effects are in seven groups: Ink, Warm & Cool, Duotone, Black & White, Vintage, and Artistic. Let's look at the last first, since it sounds interesting. Each effect can be adjusted with some kind of touch gesture. For example, the vignette effect lets you use two fingers to control the center point and extent of the darkening effect, while gradient effects let me swipe one finger up or down to position it. Unfortunately, there's only dark-edge vignetting; fading to white at the edges would be nice to have, too.
The oil paint and water color effects were just on or off, but they did a pretty impressive job nevertheless. Since my last look at the iPad version of the app, the tilt shift has been impoved now letting you change the angle of the focus bar with a two-finger gesture, the way Snapseed works. Aura was a cool effect, making a picture look nearly black and white except for the strongest colors. The Vintage options were effective but limited compared to what you get in Snapseed or Aviary.
Apple's iPhoto for iPhone offers local edit brushes for repairing blemishes, red eye, saturation, desaturation, lightening, darkening, sharpening, and softening. These are incredibly simple to use and the blemish and soften tools in particular produced excellent effects, but I had trouble getting the red-eye removal to work. By comparison, iPhoto on the Mac removed red eye automatically in the same test photo. The edge-detection option for the brushes is a big help, and it's something not offered by Snapseed. Photoshop Touch's brushes do have an edge aware mode, but that product completely lacks red-eye removal. One disappointment with iPhoto was that some of these corrections, such as sharpening, were only available in brushes, and not as a whole-photo adjustment.
Journals and Sharing
Once your photo's all dolled up how you want it, you can share it directly to Facebook, as well as to Twitter, email, and Flickr. You can also send your work to any other app on the phone that supports JPG files—on mine, the SkyDrive, DropBox, and Photoshop Touch apps were all ready and willing to accept the test photo file.
But a couple of unique sharing options are also on the table: You can directly "beam" a photo to another iOS device in the vicinity, or you can build an appealing "Journal." There's a good how-to for iPhoto beaming on our sister site Geek.com. The keys to getting beaming to work is that both iOS devices need to be running iPhoto and need to be on the same Wi-Fi network (or in Bluetooth proximity), and you need to enable photo location in iPhoto's settings. After an initial delay, a beamed photo successfully arrived in my iPad's Camera Roll.
Six designs get you started with the attractive Journal photo collections, with varying light and dark backgrounds and borders. But not only can you use mosaics of photos in your Journals, but you can add text, notes, a calendar, maps and even a weather tile with date and location taken automatically from the photo. You can edit where and how big the photos appear with click-and-dragging and pinch gestures. Journals are a lot of fun to build and enhance, but I did run into some trouble when trying to move photos between multiple pages.
When you're done, you can share them over a Web-based iCloud page, and send email invitations for your contacts to view the Journal on the Web. The online albums are as well-designed and navigable as any you'll see anywhere. From your Journal home page, you can share multiple Journals. One caveat: I couldn't edit a Journal create on one device on another, even though both were signed into the same iCloud account.
A final note on performance: I was mightily impressed with the responsiveness of this photo-editing app even on the iPhone 4S—I never had to wait for an effect to take place or the image to be updated.
Photo Editing the Apple Way
iPhoto is certainly one of the most stylish, easy to use, and impressive iPhone photo apps around. For consumers who want to organize, correct, and enhance their photos, and then share them in a variety of ways, iPhoto for iPhone is a great option. It doesn't offer quite as many image enhancements as Snapseed, our other Editors' Choice among iPhone photo editing apps, and iPhoto's ultra-beautiful interface can sometimes get in the way, compared with Snapseed's more utilitarian but still very touch-friendly one. Still, iPhoto is a great app for the iPhone, and well worthy of our top award.


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so did i! but i got mine from my dad. Happy Christmas 5/5!


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Allawah Cottage
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Voted The Best Town in Australia by Australian Travellers Magazine, Yamba's most exclusive heritage beach home, Allawah, is now open for holiday tenure to a discerning clientele, who like the owners, value and appreciate quality of life.
This executive appointed two-storey residence with its traditional beach house design is located south of Yambas iconic 150 year old lighthouse. Overlooking secluded Convent Beach, Lovers Point and Pippi Beach, each level has expansive views of the Pacific Ocean.
Circa 1907, Allawah was tastefully renovated by its owners a few years ago and further complimented with pavilion linked verandas, protected courtyards and open decks to incorporate inside outside living.
Casual and stylish with a design based environmental backdrop and the extensive use of quality timber are the key elements of Allawah that attracted the attention of NSW premier lifestyle magazine North Coast Living to feature this classic four bedroom beach home in their magazine.
Old-world charm furnishings comfortably hold their own alongside contemporary and multimedia appliances creating an unobtrusive ambience throughout the beach house. This same ambience is amplified for families who need or want separate areas of indulgence at arms length from their kids.
Down time or holidays are not about spending all your time snuggled up in a bed wrapped in quality linen and listening to the oceans lullaby
From Allawah it is a two minute walk to the beach. The north side of Lovers Point at Convent Beach is protected where you can stroll, swim, snorkel or investigate the rock pools. The south side of Lovers Point is an open beach where you can pick any spot for a surf.
Lovers Point is an ideal place to watch migratory whales May to September and resident dolphins at play.
Yamba is famous not only for its weather and award winning restaurants but its combined offshore and estuary fishing fleets are the largest supplier of fresh seafood to the Sydney Fish Markets.
You can either taste your own fresh Yamba prawns straight from the trawlers, fine dine at a number of local restaurants who specialise in creating seafood temptations. Alternatively you can employ our highly recommended personal chef to delight your culinary senses or impress your guests at your special dinner party at home.
Yamba is very fortunate to be nestled by two of the most significant eco systems in NSW, the Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks. Both offer well maintained coastal walking tracks where you can be one with nature and experience unique flora and fauna found know where else in the world.
Holidaying at Allawah in Yamba is about making use of the natural elements with a stylish beach house specifically created for a living environment that is unique, open, vibrant and alive.
Feature List
Fully self-contained
Sleeps nine
Air conditioning- downstairs lounge room only
Egyptian linen
Clothes dryer
Washing Machine
Stereo and DVD player
Just imagine it, champagne brunch on the sand at nearby Convent or Pippi Beach, or choose from any of the other beautiful beaches in Yamba -Lovers Point, Main Beach, Turners and Whiting Beach, or a little further out is Angourie with Green Point, Blue Pools, Spooky's Beach & Back Beach. Or choose from fishing and water sports in the Clarence River or Lake Wooloweyah. Park the car and walk to the gift stores, boutiques, grocerystores or cafes, bars and restaurantsin Yamba's Main Street, less than 800m away, or take in a meal and entertainment at the Golf or Bowling Clubs. For those rainy or lazy days, you could catch at movie at Yamba Cinema which is also located just above the main street in Yamba. It is all so close. If you don't feel like walking, there's always the courtesy buses, which are run by both clubs, plus the Yamba Shores Tavern if you feel like a meal and a drink on the river.
Yamba's largest shopping centre, Yamba Shopping Fair is located on the way into town on Yamba Road, approximately 4.5kms away, or 9 mins drive. This facility includes a Coles, Target Country, Reject Shop, Priceline, and other specialty stores. Outside this complex in Treelands Drive, arecafes and takeaway restaurants, as well as other specialty stores servicing the area.
Exploring the wonders of the Clarence Valley is a must whilst you are visiting. Maclean is a short 20 minute drive away from Yamba, and has wonderful ethnic Scottish elements for visitors to explore, including tartan painted power poles, recipes for traditional scottish feast displayed in the main street, the Scottish Shop, plus plenty of bagpipes. Iluka is accessible by car, 45-50 mins, or take the ferry from the end of River St and cruise across to Iluka, and wander up Iluka's main street towards cafes, gift stores, the Bowling Club,Sedgers Reef Hotel and the Fishermans Co-op.
Major towns of Ballina and Grafton are within an hour's drive, both with airports, larger shopping facilities.
Allawah Cottage, 60 Clarence St, Yamba is Fully Self Contained. Linen is Provided. Sleeps 9. Beds - 2K, 5S.
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The new NFL league year begins with free-agency and then the NFL draft over the next few months. Listed below are the biggest needs to fill for each of the teams in the AFC East.
Buffalo Bills
Pass Rusher – The Bills are reportedly going to switch from the 3-4 to a 4-3 defense, and in a 4-3 the pass rushing responsibilities fall more on the shoulders of the defensive ends. Buffalo needs to either sign a few DE's or move a 3-4 linebacker or two down to the D-line
Wide Receiver – This all depends on Steve Johnson. If the Bills keep Johnson, they need a big possession receiver opposite him. If they lose Johnson, they need to get a #1 guy
Offensive Tackle – What Buffalo does here depends on if they think that Erik Pears and Chris Hairston are the answer on the bookends. Hairston played last year, but primarily as a backup
Miami Dolphins
Quarterback – Nobody believes that Matt Moore is the answer and Chad Henne is as good as gone. I think this is the most likely landing spot for Packer backup Matt Flynn
Defensive End – What kind of DE the Dolphins go after depends on if this team stays with the 3-4 or switches to the 4-3.
Right Tackle/Guard – Miami doesn't have a true Guard on the right side and their options at Right Tackle aren't that great either, especially compared to LT Jake Long.
New England Patriots
Outside Linebacker/Defensive End – Most of the Patriots' outside guys are getting up there in age and are more suited as 4-3 DE's. Since the Pats run a hybrid defense that's OK, except they need guys who are more suited to play Linebacker in a 3-4 or players that fit the hybrid role.
Wide Receiver – With the emergence of TE's Gronkowski and Hernandez, the WR position has been overshadowed. But Tom Brady needs a speedy player that can stretch the field opposite Wes Welker.
Defensive Back – New England had one of the worst pass defenses in the league last year and are likely to clean house at Safety and need to upgrade or develop their current group of Cornerbacks.
Interior Line – New England needs a true Center and a Guard to play opposite Logan Mankins.
New York Jets
Outside Linebacker – There is nobody on the Jets roster that scares you as a pass rusher. This team needs someone you just tell to go get the quarterback and they go do it. Calvin Pace had only 4.5 sacks last year, that's not acceptable for a 3-4 OLB.
Safety – The Jets have two or three solid Cornerbacks but their Safeties are suspect. Jim Leonhard is adequate but has injury issues and New York needs someone to play opposite of Leonhard who is better in coverage.
Right Tackle/Guard – This team needs better Guards if they expect to run the ball better and Quarterback Mark Sanchez gets harassed constantly from the right side. An upgrade is needed at Right Tackle.
Running Back – Shonn Green is serviceable, but the Jets' running game needs someone more explosive. Joe McKnight is a scatback at best.
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New York City -- Luxury, high-end jewelry and e-commerce enjoyed strong growth in May, as did the restaurant category, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, which tracks national retail and services sales. Apparel also continued to show gains, the report found, while housing-related sectors such as furniture, electronics and appliances all saw sales decline compared with the same period in 2010.
"Because the late Easter holiday boosted April's year-over-year comparisons in some sectors, the May growth rates can look flattened by comparison, especially in apparel, luxury, and groceries where the growth rates were only about half what they were in April," said Michael McNamara, VP research and analysis for MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.
At the same time, McNamara added, jewelry had its best year/year rate in 2011, and unlike the mixed results in April, every sub-category of restaurants showed year-over-year growth in May."
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Pretty much everyone on here would like to see the Pacers make multiple moves or a move involving multiple players to fix our problems. The reality is that we will be lucky to make one move.
So here's my question. If the Pacers only make one move..and not a move involving a lot of players, what should they do? You can be as specific or general as you like.
In my opinion, we need to move Stuckey and bring in a PF that can guard the 3 point line and rebound decently. I don't care if he is a starter or come off the bench. I don't know who would fit that description that we could get though.


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Effect of Discontinuation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages
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