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So we have all been hyped up all off season about our teams and the start of the football season.
Brett Favre is back... again
Revis Island is set to be a lonely place again....
and The Baltimore Ravens are looking to cover their weakness on defense(funny right) with something that actually resembles a POTENT offense...
This leads me to what hasnt been talked about much the surprise teams in the league and boy are their a few I can think of.
1. Washington Redskins- Mike Shannahan and Donovan McNabb. Two winners getting together to rebuild a Redskins team a few pieces away from playoff or maybe even division leader status. The Redskins boast a top ten defense the last 3 years being ranked as high as 6. They have young fast db's including the monster at safety Laron Landry and a young pass rushing LB in Orakpo look for them to continue their top 10 trend. Mike Shannahan changing their defense to a 3-4 team wont hurt at all if any and adding Donovan is a huge upgrade for this offense. You have to go all the way back to 1999 to find the last time Donovan wasnt a winner. I'm going to catch flak for this much like i did at work(and home lol) but i wont be surprised at all to see the redskins in a NFC championship game or even the Superbowl
2. The Oakland Raiders- Superbowl...NO, Division winner... possibly, a winning record? I would be surprised IF THEY DONT HAVE ONE. The Raiders boast a good offensive line, a power back in Michael Bush and a home run hitter In Darren Mcfadden. They have one of the top tight ends in the league and have upgraded their Qb from a 85 ford taurus wagon to a 2009 honda accord. That wagon got you around but your not sure how and if it would even work, now you have a reliable car that still isnt going to be flashy but will at least get the job done. The raiders secondary is amazing... amazing i say because you have one side of the field that does not even exist(revis island is a place but Nnamdi Asomugha creates a black hole where receivers enter and dont return until the 4th qtr clock reaches 00:00). With Richard Seymour and the addition of John Henderson look for the Raiders defense to improve drastically. Im thinking with denver not being as strong this year, the chiefs being the chiefs, and San Diego having major issues with some of its top performers the Raiders can easily sneak into a division leading role.
3. A surprise to some but not to most, The San Fransisco 49ers. This is a team who came on very strong late last year, Vernon Davis has emerged as one of the top tight ends in the nfl and is a matchup nightmare. Michael Crabtree looked every bit the part of what was expected of the rookie once he finally put the pads on and with a full camp and preason combined with last years experience look for him to put up decent numbers being option 2 for Alex Smith. The running game is still solid and Patrick Willis is... Patrick Willis. They have some concerns in the secondary but they also have another advantage, The Arizona Cardinals are no longer a serious factor. Im looking for this division to be ran away with by the 49ers and anything less is unacceptable.
4. My favorite surprise pick... Miami Dolphins. Yall finish laughing yet? With them being in the same exact conference as the super power Patriots and the loaded J-e-t-s jets jets jets jets its easy to overlook the Dolphins. They followed a 1-15 season with a 10-5 season. They finished a 10-5 season with a 7-9 season, but keep in mind this was 7-9 with their 2nd and 3rd string Qb's as the starters. Chad Henne stepped in for Pennington and made Dolphins fans believe in the young qb, the addition of Brandon Marshall to the Dolphins and its easy to see why they could upset their divison. Lets be serious if he can make Kyle Orton look amazing imagine what he can do with a mobile strong arm Qb like Henne running the show. In a division aging fast and the young talent spread between the Dolphins and Jets i can see these two teams fighting for playoff spots for the next 3-4 years.
5. My final surprise pick and my favorite team. Before anyone says this is personal bias it actually isnt. After watching the first game of the season i realized the Chicago Bears arent that bad off. Yes our offensive line is questionable, our franchise Qb "punted" the ball 26 times last year, yes our starting db's would most likely be number 2's and nickel backs on most other teams, and yeah Lovie(love you to death) is holding on to a system that everyone has figured out... but with all that said I see hope. The Bears are running a Mike Martz offense. Martz was let go as offensive coordinator after San Francisco ranked 23rd in points scored, 24th in total yards, 13th in passing yards per game and 22nd in net passing yards per attempt, which represents an improvement over 2007 (when SF ranked dead last in all 3 categories). That means the 49ers under Martz moved up 8 spots in total yards, 19... yes 19 spots in passing yard, and 10 spots in passing yards per attempt. This year the Bears are 23rd, 17, and 20 respectively. So following Martz 49ers trend the Bears are looking at 15 in total yards, 1 in passing yards, and 10th in yards per attempt what is their not to be optimistic about our offense. Defense was ranked 17th last year and if we at least match or beat that rank this season i could see the bears going 9-7 easily with a possibility to finish 10-6.
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Magic Carpet
Our dream house didn't have dreamy carpet. Oh no, no. It was more like a nightmare. Like a nightmare on Sucky Design Street. Every bedroom upstairs had a crazy non-neutral color that somehow matched and clashed with the walls all at the same time.
The guest bedroom has muted teal walls and the carpet was teal…but not so muted. Oh and did I mention the stains? Yeah. The weird brown stains with unidentifiable sources?…they were there.
The stains matched the ones on the teal carpet in the master bedroom.
Apparently the previous owners had a thing for teal. A very BIG thing.
The stains and color aside, the carpet was well worn in some areas. Sorry I don't have a photo of it…but the carpet definitely was "well-loved". The tread marks were in all the right spots…around the bed, down the hall, doorways, and the closets.
In fact, the only carpet that wasn't noticably old was the blue carpet in the "Jack" room…after I vacuumed it, I told my darlin' boyfriend that we should definitely save it for any of our future random carpet needs.
Of course the blue Jack room didn't hold a candle to the carpet in the Jill room (aka the Will room). Seriously…someone was chuggin' the crazy juice when they chose this carpet.
Crazy juice and wacky crackers. Who picks out lavender carpet? I didn't even know they made it in this color.
Jeremy & I decided that the best time to replace the carpet would be before we moved in. That way we wouldn't have to remove any furniture or repaint (in case the carpet we chose didn't look good with a room we already painted). And since we already had a move date, that meant we only had a week to get the carpet picked, ordered and installed.
After many phone calls and shopping trips, we decided on the Martha Stewart carpet in the Winterthur design. It looks like a trellis pattern and it was pretty much the only design that both Jeremy & I could agree on.
We found out that Martha Stewart carpet (which is only available under that name through Home Depot) is actually created by Shaw Industries. Shaw Industries is a vast creator of carpets and they are sold all over the place (Lowes, Home Depot, etc). Since we live within a couple hours of one of the largest carpet hubs in the world, we even gave Shaw a call to see if we could get it at a wholesale price. We were even quoted a lower price than Home Depot offered but then came the bad news…we would have no way of getting the old out and the new in within our time deadline. AND there would be an even higher installation cost if we used our own contractor (vs. paying Home Depot installers the flat rate of $97 for all five rooms & six closets). So because the overall cost would be pretty much the same and using Home Depot meant that we would stay within our timeline, we decided to buy directly from HD.
All of our rooms totaled to roughly 1551 square feet. That's a lot of carpet. And in order to get the warranties through Home Depot it meant that we would also need to replace the carpet pad. We had already planned to replace that…who knows how moist it got with those brown spots! Plus, we learned that a good carpet pad can actually extend the life of the carpet and make the carpet much softer (which is great for little knees).
Since Jeremy removed the blue Jack room carpet (because I am uber cheap and thrifty like that), we actually reduced the cost of the removal and haul away by $45 (hey…it's like the gift that keeps on giving…free carpet for random future carpet needs and an extra forty-five bones). And we figured out that the local dump would have charged more for us to get rid of the old stuff anyway (they charge per pound) so the overall cost of $110 was a great steal. It was like we got the removal labor for free!
The carpet pad actually was a much harder choice for us than the carpet itself. We learned that the 8lb carpet pads were priced only a couple pennies a square foot more than the 6lb carpet pads so we immediately gravitated toward them. Plus, we wanted something recommended for our patterned carpet. Then we heard the magic words "lifetime pad warranty"…they described the Nike Grind carpet pad. The cool thing about this pad is that it is environmentally friendly. Nike sends all their shoe scraps to the foam company who then creates this recycled carpet cushion. We generally aren't wooed by all-things-green but in this case, we were oddly excited that we were helping out just a smidge in keeping a little less outta the landfills. Here's a link if you are interested in the carpet pad info available at Home Depot.
Yes, that is an installer's ba-dunk-a-dunk puttin out the carpeting vibe.
When it came to installation, it actually took all four guys well over 8 hours to get the old out and the new in. They used our front circle drive as the layout space for cutting and prepping.
I thought it was so interesting that they had to trim the edges before they cut it for our rooms. I don't have any clue why that is interesting…but to a girl who ain't never seen carpet installed….it just was.
Each room required a seam. This was one of the MANY reasons that we did not attempt to install the carpet ourselves. We actually considered it (being avid DIYers and total cheapskates) but in the end, we knew that attempting to seam carpet together was one thing that we would have not felt comfortable doing. We like to categorize things in brackets…there are $10 mistakes and there are $50 mistakes. Ruining a bunch of carpet with bad seams would have been a $1000 mistake. That's when we slapped down our credit card and said "Wewillpayforproperinstallationthankyouverymuch."
The carpet color is actually something that turned out to be my third choice. At first, I was attracted to a much lighter, almost white color. Most of you know that I like white. I have a white couch, white dishes and towels…heck, I even have a white baby. But I can't bleach carpet like I can with all my other white stuff (baby not included). And being a very dirty girl (heehee) I knew that we needed the rug to hide any future dirt smudges. So I changed my choice to go with a darker more green based brown. It was very similar to this color but the undertones were a little more olive. Then I got to thinking about future paint colors. And I decided that the green undertones weren't as neutral as I may like. That is when I chose this – it's called Ash Bark.
I love that it is a beige with gray undertones. Not too warm…definitely not too pink. Just right for my whole go-with-anything&hide-dirt idea.
And here it is after it was fully installed (you can see we had immediately brought furniture up into these rooms…that's how tight our deadline was!):
From the angle above, you can see where the seam is…but I promise that after the carpet was vacuumed, it pretty much disappeared.
The other great thing about the neutral infusion was that it actually made the crazy teal rooms a little less crazy. In fact, if I had a bucket of touch up paint, I would totally keep them this color forever.
Obviously there are some paint colors that just need to die though.
And yes, I let my baby sleep in this room. I am hoping that it doesn't scar him for life. If he has nightmares as an adult about getting trapped inside a can of salmon, we'll know why.
This photo is probably the closest representation of the actual color…not too shabby, huh?!
Plus – it is soft. OH so soft. Like sometimes I lay down on it just to rub my face on the carpet. That is not a joke. It actually happens.
Okay – and now for the detail info…for anyone who is in the market for new carpet:
Carpet – Martha Stewart's Winterthur in Ash Bark
Carpet Pad – Nike Step Ahead Carpet pad
Cost Breakdown:
CARPET 172.33 square yards (1551 square feet) x $16.70 per square yard ($1.86 per square foot) = $2877.91
PAD 172.33 square yards (1551 square feet) x $6.21 per square yard ($.69 per square foot) = $1070.17
REMOVAL / HAUL AWAY 1105 square feet x .10 per square foot = $110.50
Ouch. That number still hurts. But in the end, I am so glad that we went ahead and got it done. It would have truly been a pain in the furniture-haulin-forearms to have to move everything in each room. Plus now Jeremy doesn't complain about any smells (he has this hyper-active nose that drives me crazy) and I don't have to worry about whether or not it was a brown spot from Will or one from a previous owner.
So that's the whats-what when it comes to our new carpet! Looks good, right?
March 9, 2011
I bet you were scared to walk barefoot on those old carpets….I have a little one and I can't imagine him crawling around on the old rugs.
The new carpet is FABULOUS!
Sometimes…I wonder what people are thinking when they paint walls! CRAZY!
March 9, 2011
I love the new carpet!! It looks so great with the wall color in the master. Love the new page design btw.
March 9, 2011
Katie – Did the install of the carpet scuff up your baseboards? When we had carpet installed, we had to repaint ALL of our baseboards which was a lot of work. Just curious if that is common?
March 9, 2011
That is some really great looking carpet! I love the color, too; it's light and neutral enough to go with any wall color, but it's still warm and cozy looking. How does Will like it? Hoes he rub his face on it, too?
March 9, 2011
What would you have done if you didn't have a large circle driveway?? I wonder that since lots of people live in the city or have no driveway.
Emily permalinkMarch 9, 2011
I know it never works, but it might be possible to color match to the existing wall and save painting it. Just a thought.
Addie permalinkMarch 9, 2011
Love the carpets!!! Looks great!!! But this is a random question-We are currently searching for a PB couch. I was just wondering what color and fabric yours is? There are so many to choose from!
Nicole permalinkMarch 9, 2011
Ok. Please post more pictures of your brother. He is just oh so nice to look at! I may or may not have been scrolling through to find the one of you squeezin his cheeks. Oh dont get me wrong, I love your blog and read it every day:) Its just a little distraction is always nice…
March 9, 2011
Wow, the new carpet made a huge difference! Great color choice. I did wonder about the salmon explosion room…is there a teal cast around the baseboards on the right and left wall or do I just need to adjust my monitor? Or perhaps teal is just burned into my retinas…
March 9, 2011
Too bad you don't have the touch-up paint- you're right the color is really great with the new carpet. The pattern on the carpet adds a lot of texture to the room too!
Cait permalinkMarch 9, 2011
Hi there – the carpet looks great! You have great taste!
This is off topic, but what version of Photoshop do you use? I'm thinking of giving it a shot and want a suggestion on where to start. I don't want to just get Elements if the full version will be more useful later! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
carrie permalinkMarch 9, 2011
Katie, Nice choice on the carpet. I want to reiterate what some others have said. Thank you for posting a price breakdown. As someone who has recently moved into a new house and has many projects ahead of her, it helps to have some idea of costs. Contacting people for estimates can be tiring and tedious. I appreciate that you posted this! When you go into the stores you forget about the cost of padding, and haul away. Anyway, looking forward to your future renovations and tweaks. Enjoy your blog!!
March 10, 2011
It looks great – new carpet is the best!
March 10, 2011
I think it's so kick butt that your carpet pad was made from recycled tennis shoes!! I want to do that in my next house!!! Everything is looking so much better with a blanket of nice neutral new carpet! Congrats on your new place!
Michael permalinkMarch 11, 2011
Wow, too funny…I was looking at HD carpet the other night and picked out this exact same one. I will need to have it seamed also. I was trying to limit myself to carpet that came in 15 foot widths to avoid a seam, but in the end, I kept coming back to the Winterthur
Yours turned out beautifully! I'm glad to hear you had a good experience with HD (I was worried about using them.) Please keep us updated on how it holds up.
Katie permalinkMarch 18, 2011
Hi Katie! I love your site (and your name!)
I loved that you had such a great Home Depot carpet experience. So much that I went there two days after you posted it to look for carpet for a house I recently purchased (first time homebuyer!). I must say though, my experience was FAR from your's.
It started out great – but then took a dramatic turn and tonight I'm returning to battle for my money back so I can go elsewhere (which really stinks because I loved the carpet I found). My Home Depot was great to start, and then here at the end they've been very sneaky and unwilling to help. They wanted to push out my installation to 6-7 weeks after telling me to go ahead and tear out my carpet (being that the previous owner's pets soiled the stuff that was in there, I was going to have to tear it up myself). With that timeframe, it would be 3 months before I'd be able to live in my house.
I hope I can find something great wherever I end up going for my carpet, and I hope your other readers don't have the same woes if they choose Home Depot as their carpet destination. I'm sure my situation was pretty isolated, but this experience has really tainted the way I feel about HD
March 21, 2011
Did you replace the carpet on the stairs too? I've heard that can be tricky, but I suppose easier than making the whole stairway hardwood. Seems safer, too.
May 19, 2011
Hi Katie!! Do you guys have pets? I just ordered this exact same carpet for our basement and I'm a little concerned that our dogs' toenails could pick at the little loops in the middle of the pattern… am I being crazy??! I just couldn't go the "traditional cut pile" carpet route. And I hear the pattern is definitely better than burbur… any thoughts? Have you seen yours loops get picked at all?? Thanks!
September 28, 2011
Hi Katie,
I love your Martha carpet and am so pleased to find a real life review of it. My husband and I are considering the Lindenwald II carpet by Martha. It retails for approx. $2.40 per square foot at our HD and is one of the least costly in the Martha line. Questions for you: (a) Do you still like your carpet? and (b) How did you get such a great price of $1.86 per square foot?
Thanks in advance for your opinion and help. You have such a beautiful home!
laurel permalinkJanuary 16, 2012
It looks great. Can I use some of your photos for illustrating seams in a power point presentation? It is almost impossible to find photos with seams that are well done but still slightly visible any your photos look great and fit the bill exactly.
katie permalinkApril 11, 2012
hi! I read your blog all the time. my mom is looking for carpet and told me to go check out your blog! funny since she had no idea I read here. she found you on a google search.
but anyways. can you see the seams in the carpet now a year out? we want this carpet for our main living areas but there would have to be seams and we are just not sure about seams and how low to the ground the carpet is.
thanks for your time reading this.
Toni permalinkJuly 15, 2012
I found this post by Googling "Nike Grind carpet pad reviews"… how have you liked that pad? I also didn't know HD could use your existing carped pad! Thanks for sharing that!
tracy permalinkAugust 6, 2012
oops – sorry, just saw that your previous response was from July, 2012. I first thought it was from 2011, hence why I was curious for an update. Sounds like it is doing well, even 1.5 years after installation. Thanks so much!
Sue Ireland permalinkFebruary 7, 2013
Hey there, just saw your remarks on the Nike Step Ahead Padding. Over a year plus later, are you still happy with your choice? is there anything you would do differently? i have to order the padding and am completely confused by the padding. all comments would be great.
thanks! Looks great by the way!
March 1, 2013
Hi there, here we are a year later, can you tell me how the carpet is wearing? Any words of wisdom for us?
We are thinking about installing the same thing. TIA!!
Grace permalinkJanuary 31, 2014
Hi Katie, we are doing the same thing with our house and I found a few reviews on HD website about cracking noise with the Niki step ahead padding. Did you notice anything like that with the pad you installed? Also, did the installed remove the old tack strip when they install your carpet or they used existing ones?


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MIAMI – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that he is appointing Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera as Lieutenant Governor. Governor Scott said Lopez-Cantera would use the next few weeks to transition from his current role and begin serving as Lieutenant Governor of Florida on February 3, 2014.
Governor Scott said, "Carlos Lopez-Cantera will be a major part of our agenda to build an opportunity economy in Florida. Carlos has two daughters, like I do, and he is focused on how we can transform our economy so we aren't just creating jobs, we are creating careers and opportunities that will be here for our children and our children's children. I am confident that we took the right amount of time to find the right person to serve as Florida's Lieutenant Governor. Carlos' leadership experience will make him a vital part of ensuring the passage of our $500 million tax cut package this year. And his business experience and expertise in cutting taxes and government regulations will support small business growth and success."
Carlos Lopez-Cantera said, "I am honored to have been chosen by Governor Scott to serve Floridians as their Lieutenant Governor. I look forward to leveraging my experience with small businesses and government tax reform to help further Governor Scott's mission of economic growth and job creation."
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After struggling offensively in Games 3 and 4, the Indiana Pacers turned to their frontcourt in a pivotal Game 5 at home against the Atlanta Hawks. David West, Roy Hibbert and Paul George delivered, setting the tone early and helping the Pacers nab a 106-83 victory and a 3-2 series lead.
West scored 24 points on 11-16 shooting and Hibbert had 18 points, with the two big men combining for 30 in the first half alone. Hibbert did a lot of his damage from the free-throw line, making 12-14 from the charity stripe. George had 21 points on 7-8 shooting while also grabbing 10 rebounds. The Pacers shot 50.7 percent from the field and also dominated the glass, winning the rebounding battle 51-28.
Josh Smith and Al Horford both had 14 points to lead the Hawks, who shot just 33.3 percent from the field. Smith battled foul trouble all game long and went just 5-16 in 26 minutes. Jeff Teague also struggled mightily after turning an ankle in the first quarter, finishing with just seven points on 3-16 shooting. Atlanta was able to stay within striking distance for a good portion of the game thanks to free throws, as they went 30-37 from the foul line. But the Hawks were never able to seriously threaten and the Pacers wound up taking just two fewer free throws.
Both teams actually got off to strong offensive starts, with the Pacers coming out of the gates especially hot. Indiana made seven of their first eight shots from the field, and George was on triple-double watch with five points, three rebounds and three assists midway through the first quarter.
The Hawks were able to stay close with a 6-of-10 start, and they were able to make a bit of a run once the Pacers cooled off. Indiana missed missed their last eight shots of the quarter and had some issues taking care of the ball, coughing it up eight times. Atlanta capitalized with eight points off those turnovers, taking a 22-21 lead after one despite 10 points and five rebounds from Hibbert and a serious disadvantage on the glass.
The second quarter started out as a back-and-forth affair, and the Hawks held a slim lead when Smith went to the bench with two fouls with 6:48 left in the half. That's when West went to work, taking over the game down low and helping the Pacers take control of the game. West scored 10 straight for the Pacers at one point and had 12 overall in the quarter.
Hawks coach Larry Drew gambled by leaving his star on the bench for the remainder of the half, as Smith had 11 points and was somewhat effective guarding West. While the Pacers never stretched their lead to double digits, they were able to go up by as many as nine before settling on a 50-43 lead at the break.
The Pacers carried over their momentum from the end of the second quarter to the third quarter, pushing their lead out to 13 within the first few minutes. Smith picked up three more fouls in the process, going to the bench with five with just over seven minutes left in the quarter. The Indiana lead ballooned to 20 with Smith on the bench as Atlanta went cold from the field. Things also got a bit chippy, with the Hawks picking up two technicals and the Pacers picking up one as well.
The Hawks were able to close the 20-point gap to 12 at one point thanks to their ability to get to the line, as they went 16-19 from the charity stripe in the third quarter. However, Atlanta just could not get enough stops, going into the fourth quarter down 14. George Hill had 11 points in the quarter for Indiana.
The Pacers cruised to victory in the fourth, setting up a potential clincher in Atlanta on Friday. The home team has won every game in the series, so Indiana will look to buck that trend in order to avoid a Game 7.
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Buffalo Bills RB Fred Jackson is over 100 total yards for the third straight week, with a touchdown for the fourth straight. The majority of his yards have come on receptions. Pittsburgh Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall is having a good game of his own, with 84 yards and a touchdown already. With a whole quarter to go, Mendenhall could have his first 100-yard day since week three against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
QB Ben Roethlisberger and QB Ryan Fitzpatrick also have a nice duel going, with Big Ben's 195 yards trumped so far by Fitzpatrick's 203 and a touchdown. WR Hines Ward is playing well again after missing a game in week 10 and only grabbing a few passes against the Oakland Raiders. WR Emmanuel Sanders, thought to be just a temporary replacement for Ward, is again a small part of the Steelers offense with a couple catches today.
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Mike Miko are a fun live band, so they wisely made a fun live video for We Be Xuxa's "I Got A Lot (New New New)." Speaking of which: Much of the current DIY or lo-fi or "shitgaze" (or whatever) crop is peddling something downcast ("thoughtful") a la Blank Dogs and Dum Dum Girls and the cross-breeding Mayfair Set, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, and post-implosion Wavves, etc., so it's good to sit back and see folks with smiles on their faces. Simplistic thinking, maybe, but refreshing even if you do dig all the aforementioned. Speaking of smiles, the video was directed by No Age's Randy Randall with Lana Kim.
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Missing From Media Coverage: Obama's Historically Dismal Record on Full- and Part-Time Employment
During the 1980s, despite data which even then was telling them they were wrong, it became a mantra of a desperate establishment press that the booming economy under Ronald Reagan really wasn't that impressive because so many of the new jobs created were part-time or temporary.
The data was not then readily available for temps, but it certainly was for part-time vs. full-time employment. It comes from to the Household Survey performed by Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics on a monthly basis to determine the unemployment rate. What follows is a graph comparing the growth in employment in those two categories during the 35 post-recession months under Reagan to the analogous 35 months since the most recent recession's official end in June 2009. It will make you wonder how the press can claim objectivity when it has barely touched on the contrast you will see, or even on the poor performance itself without historical comparisons.
Here it is (a percentage of workforce growth version is here; all figures presented in this post are seasonally adjusted):
The part-time numbers are pretty bunched up, so here they are: Part-time jobs added under Obama -- 527,000; Part-time jobs added under Reagan -- 304,000.
Even if you give Team Obama the (totally undeserved) benefit of the doubt and begin the race six months later (the yellow tick marks in the above graph), the economy added 7.876 million jobs on Reagan's watch (8.617 million minus 741,000), the workforce equivalent of well over 10 million today, and has only added 3.704 million under Obama. Oh, and if you're curious -- The economy under George W. Bush added 2.054 full-time jobs in the first 35 months after last decade's recession officially ended in November 2001 -- and just shy of 6 million more during the next 24.
If the past two months' downward slide in full-time employment represents a trend, it may have peaked two months ago.
Since the recession ended, the economy has added 737,000 jobs at temporary help firms, representing 29% of all employment growth according to the Establishment Survey during that time.
If the kind of full-time vs. part-time and temporary employment results we're seeing under Obama were occurring during a Republican or conservative presidential administration, the matter would be getting constant press attention.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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Again, thanks, Tom
Submitted by needle on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 11:04pm.
Again, thanks, Tom
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Of course, Tom!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 7:37am.
You know that Republican presidents are to blame, but when it's a Democrat, they are "saddled" with a lousy economy, and "presidents have no control over the economy."
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There is no way the Liberals can candy coat the jobs data.
Submitted by acaiguana on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 8:20am.
Constantly showing the factual data as you do Tom will pound the point home by November.
What most don't really get is that the statistical numbers represent real people out of work and working beneath their potential. These people will vote for Romney or stay home in November.
Obama will have (and is currently) lost them.
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Don't confuse them with the facts
Submitted by ohio granny on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 9:40am.
Don't confuse the media with facts. They absolutely MUST defend Obama and destroy any republican they can in the process. The MSM will never cover anything negative about the Obama administration.
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There's more bad news for JC Penney.
The retailer said it will close 33 stores and lay off 2,000 people as it continues to struggle with poor sales.
One of the stores closing is at the Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale.
JC Penney said the moves will save it $65 million next year.
The 33 stores are expected to close by early May.
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3 steps to delete client from SCC5, SAP Basis
To safely delete SAP client, it's strongly advice to use t-code SCC5, Delete Client.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
10 things that drove me out of IT (as technical support)
After six years of working as a remote support tech for a managed service provider, Jack Wallen threw in the towel. If you've ever been tempted to quit IT, his reasons may sound familiar.
Some people assume that the world of PC support is a glamorous, Sheila E sort of life. After all, it's technology, geeking out all day long. What's not to love?
Famous last words.
For what seemed like an eternity, I served as a support tech for a managed service provider (MSP). Starting the job, I had no idea what I was getting into. As the saying goes, "If I knew then what I know now…." Would I have stepped foot into the world of remote support? It's hard to say. What is not so hard to say is why I eventually gave up being a support technician. In fact, I can give you 10 reasons why.
1: StressThis is the number one reason why I left. If you've never experienced the levels of stress associated with managed service providers, you're in for a real treat. You have (possibly) hundreds of clients calling in all day to report their computers "aren't working." The queue lines up with people who can't get their work done because "you haven't fixed their problems." It's disaster management and triage all day and it never lets up.
2: PayThe pay for an MSP engineer is not what you'd think it would be. I nearly exploded with laughter every time I heard a client say, "That's why you get paid the big bucks." I wanted to say, "You probably get paid more than I." But I refrained. Every time. The truth is, the pay just wasn't enough to offset the high levels of stress and frustration. It made more sense to move on.
3: PrintersNearly half of what I did all day was fix printers. That's how I came to the conclusion that the very foundation of printing is broken. I never signed up to be a printer technician and would feel my blood boil every time I saw a support request come through that said, "My printers stopped printing!"
4: IgnoranceI hate to be one of "those people," even momentarily. Still, the levels of ignorance I dealt with on a daily basis were staggering. I was always professional, and I tried to be patient and kind. But fielding the same questions over and over — things as basic as, "What's a web browser?" — eventually wore me down.
5: MicromanagingAs a contract company, MSPs need their engineers working at 150 percent all day, every day, and each second must be accounted for and billed. So it's not surprising that they tend to micromanage the staff. Some people can handle this management technique. But it drove me mad to have someone breathing down my neck all day. There was also an avalanche of paperwork we had to do to ensure that we'd be covered in case of a disaster.
6: The paceThe world of PC support (especially of the remote flavor) can be boiled down to this: You have way too much to do, not enough time to do it, and not enough help to get it done. And as that workload piles up, you have angry clients who can't get their own work done. To accommodate this, you have to work at a pace you can't maintain for any length of time (which leads us back to #1: stress).
7: WindowsI've always been upfront about my opinion that Microsoft Windows is the reason tech support is so busy. I mentioned that half of my job was fixing printers. The other half seemed to be malware and viruses. Every day I fought the urge to blurt out, "If you used Linux or Mac, you wouldn't have these problems and you'd save a ton of money!" But I refrained. Every time. If you've experienced the stability and reliability of "the other platforms," you get this. You don't want to spend your day supporting Windows. You'd rather spend a portion of your day training users on another platform and watching them work happily ever after.
8: Multitasking madnessI am a multitasker. I often have two to three major tasks running at once. I'll be writing a tech piece, a work of fiction, and getting intense on social media. But the problem with working directly in IT is that you get your head buried in something you've been told is critical... only to be yanked from that task to do something like fix a printer for a CEO. You come back to the original task(s) and find your flow completely ruined and you're back to square one. This happens more often than not, and you lose a lot of work as a result.
9: The love of technologyIt can be tricky when your work intersects with something you're passionate about. For me, technology is one such passion. But having to deal with tech issues (often caused by user-error or platform inadequacies) day in and day out was starting to ruin it. I even began to hate it. That caused serious problems for me, as I had to go home and toil away in front of a computer to create works of fiction, which is something that usually brings me great joy. It wasn't until I left the support industry that I regained my love for technology.
10: BurnoutThere is no avoiding this. You will burn out. The pace and stress tend to remain neck and neck in the race to subvert your sanity. Working support will eventually take you down. And (at least for me), you'll find yourself carrying that stress home with you. You'll go through periods where that stress doesn't seem to want to wash down the drain and it turns you inside out. For me, that was too big a price to pay.
The last straw
Not every company and not every person is cut from the same cloth. There are those out there who will gladly tolerate what, in the end, sent me packing. I am also not pointing any fingers at any one company. Ultimately, the killing blow was my own lack of resilience and my inability to keep up with the choking pace of the managed service provider industry.
Related post: Top 10 reasons to stay in IT
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
What is the difference between SAP Update and Upgrade
During SAP upgrade from ECC6 R3 to ECC6 EHP5, there is a question: "What is the difference between update vs upgrade?"
Updating SAP products is for applying support packs, patches or hotfixes. Upgrade term is used exclusively when product release is changed.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
4 things you shouldn't do as an IT
Thousand ways to Rome
That proverb applicable also to work in IT field. Higher pay salary, flexible time hours (for some position), get extra facilities (especially in techno), high demand jobs, and other things become magnets to work in IT.
But, some (or most) IT professional trapped on their job! They just realized after 30s or 40s, which is harden to move freely as before. Or some create wrong step, that blocked their future opportunity. Here are 4 things you shouldn't do as an IT.
1. Work for MoneyNot just in IT, but also other field. If you work for money, in certain step it will get boredom to the max. Work for passion/strength that you good at!
If you really love IT, give all you got to this job seriously. Serve the customer 110%, respond all problems ASAP, read IT articles more frequent, update your skill with seminars, etc.
2. Become GeneralistThis is a debatable topic for fresh graduate, "should I become specialist or generalist?"
Most seniors will say be specialist! Some people say that CIO won't handle technical things, it's true! But if they know one or two specific areas, they can communicate better with the subordinate (and earn respect easier).
- If you're still in colleagues, start take specific topic that you like most, and stick with it.
- If you just employed, see what specific area you can take in current office. If you can't find any, move to other company as soon as possible!
- If you're 30s now, find a credible course for specific subject. Don't wait, time flies! You might be start your career from bottom, recalculate with the acceleration and job security
- If you're 40s above, take your future step carefully. If there's a good opportunity to become specialist, take it. But if you can't, create strategy for higher position directly as manager, IT GM, or CIO.
3. Think you're an expert already
IT is one of fastest growing industry. If you think that you're an expert already & stop learning, you'll die pretty soon! Never stop learning, period.
4. My customer is computer
If you think your only partner is computer, you completely wrong! IT professional never work alone.
Each day you might see computers, servers, routers; but it doesn't mean you no need others. User, vendor, management, colleague, boss, all of them are the resources we have to worked with.
Soft Skill vs Technical Skill for CIO/IT Manager
Q: Which skill needed by IT Managers, technical or soft skill?
A: Of course both of them needed by IT Managers.
Q: But, which one is more important?
A: This answer can be various from one IT Manager to another. Sometimes its depend on company industry, company culture or customers he should handle for. But in my own experience, soft skill can eat larger portion instead of technical one.
Q: Interesting, can you elaborate more why Soft skill is more important, since non-IT will think twice to take your position?
A: I didn't say that technical things not important, but soft skill is more important one. Why soft skill is important, because IT serve human/people, not computer. To communicate with other people, you will need to have soft skill, to ensure that message between you can delivered perfectly.
Q: Give me an example?
A: For an example, when the computer system is down, IT team responsible to solve the problem ASAP. Soft skill to explain to user re the condition take an important role. During black out period, user should be informed about what is the problem, how long, impact of the problem, etc. If manager fail to do so, the network problem can become personal problem.
Q: I see, and technical skill use to solve the problem?
A: Exactly! Without technical skill, the manager will be difficult to find the root cause of the problem and solution. So again, technical and soft skill needed by IT Manager.
Q: So, can you wrapped up, what is the role of IT Manager?
A: IT should serve customer through technology. Don't ever say that IT work with technology, period.
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Chad Hurley was one of the co-founders of YouTube. He left Google back in 2010 and we are now hearing reports of a new venture that would launch next month.
Hurley is working on another project based on online video. This one is focused on collaboration rather than just sharing.
He said that the new product is not aimed at taking on YouTube but is designed to give people the flexibility to create innovative videos together.
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McMINNVILLE, Tenn. - The parents of two young girls killed in an apartment fire last month in McMinnville have been charged in their deaths.
A grand jury indicted 28-year-old Mitchell Carl Stone and 22-year-old Rose Ann Stone on first-degree murder and aggravated child neglect charges Tuesday.
Three-year-old Kayndace and one-year-old Keely died in the May 13 fire in the family's home in the Asbury Park Apartments on Vinewood Road.
Mitchell Stone's father, Robert Stone, told News 2 his family is in disbelief over the charges.
"It's killing me," said Vicki Stone, the suspect's mother-in-law. "It hurt me when I found out they arrested him."
For police investigators, it's been a tough couple of weeks.
"I've been in this work roughly 23 years," McMinnville Police Captain Derwin Adcock told News 2, "and it doesn't really get any easier, dealing with cases like this."
He said as detectives investigated the early morning fire further, the case against Mitchell and Rose Stone shaped up quickly.
"Based on the other information we were getting and what they were saying, things didn't add up," he continued.
Officials said at first, the couple said they were inside the apartment when the fire broke out but weren't able to get to their children.
Police now say that is not what happened.
"We found that the parents had left the children there alone, they were alone during the fire," Captain Adcock said. "I try not to imagine. It's really hard to imagine what they were thinking and what they went through."
Robert Stone said his son is not a murderer but a grief-stricken father, still trying to cope with the loss of his daughters.
Fire officials said a hot plate left on in the kitchen may have sparked the blaze.
The girls likely died from smoke inhalation.
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Abigail Phillips gets it right in this article on leading through change.
She goes on to highlight a simple but useful roadmap:
Couldn't agree more ...
The random musings of a Canadian entrepreneur
Abigail Phillips gets it right in this article on leading through change.
She goes on to highlight a simple but useful roadmap:
Couldn't agree more ...
This time, done completely away from the studio, using BitWig Studios, a MacBook Pro, an xKey and a Novation Launchpad S.
And here is an image of the bigwig project ...
With the advent of HomeKit, it is clear that Apple wants to play a role in defining standards for the internet of things. Not surprising, therefore, that the internet of things is so prominently featured in its newest ad.
Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends Report is a must watch/read ...
The full report can be seen below:
Mark makes a strong argument that sampling isn't and has never been about copying music, but rather adding to the ongoing narrative of it. It isn't about "hijacking nostalgia wholesale," but rather "about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song while also pushing that story forward."
Worth a watch, including his beautifully executed mashup of 15 TED Talks.
If you are interested in other TED talks related to music, you can find the full list here.
Spent a few hours on Easter Sunday re-mixing Plumb's beautiful song, Cut.
This is tough material to work with, and it was particularly challenging to respect both the content and the spirit of the song. I started by using Traktor to cleanly break apart the original song, then used Bitwig studio to re-arrange the parts (the first pass of which was triggered by a Launchpad S session). I then added new elements (piano, strings, etc. played in from a Novation Impulse) leveraging both Bitwig's stock instruments and some Kontakt 5 sounds. Needs lots of work still ... and is a very basic mix at this stage ... but was a fun project to work on, and (the original at least) is a beautiful piece of music to work with.
For those of you who have not heard the original, here it is.
Bitwig Studio has been in the works for some time. In fact, it seems as though we have been waiting forever for what has been touted as the next generation in music creation software.
It does not disappoint. In many ways, it is a cross between Ableton and Logic ... offering the best of both worlds. Simple, intuitive and fun ...
I played around for a few hours today, and here's a quick snippet of the tool in action ...
Over the past couple of years heading up Wonga in Canada, I've had the opportunity to work on 3 TV commercials with the amazing team at SID LEE.
In over 15 years as a startup tech entrepreneur, I've never really considered TV as part of our customer acquisition toolkit, so it's been very interesting to explore the power of this medium, especially as it pertains to rapidly establishing a new brand in a competitive space.
When building the ads for Canada, we tried to find a balance between amusing/engaging and educating the audience. In this case, we were introducing a fundamentally different short term loan (faster and on-line, simpler and more transparent, materially less expensive and far more flexible) than those already on the market. We wanted to deliver a serious message in an amusing and engaging manner.
Although we were able to leverage some stock footage from the UK, we had to remake the commercials for a very different market stage, a different product offering and a subtly different sense of humour. They were completely re-scripted.
In the first spot "The New Intern" , we introduced the three Wongies (Betty, Earl and Joyce), establishing a humorous tone for the company, and beginning to flesh out the characters ... in this case, Betty's fascination ("he's hotter than a teapot") with Earl (the new intern).
In the second spot, we introduced Joyce, the (seemingly) more serious of the bunch, who revealed the potential of a more vibrant side ("this beat makes me want to crumpet"). We'll hopefully have some fun with Joyce over time.
In the most recent commercial "Saucy Devil", which started airing this week, we continued the Betty and Earl storyline, with Earl finally revealing his feelings for Betty. We were left with Betty's somewhat ambiguous response.
In each ad, we tried to end with a memorable line, one that hopefully would drive some social media pickup. For weeks after each release, we were encouraged to see "he's hotter than a teapot" and "this beat make me want to crumpet" playfully picked up in Tweets and Posts on-line. We're hoping "saucy devil" will have the same take-up.
Of course ... there is a message embedded in each of these ads ... the storyline is just there to provide an engaging experience.
What's next? A torrid affair? Stay tuned ...
Recently I have been experimenting with remixing music, as a sabbatical of sorts from making my own. This activity is fundamentally different from passively consuming music, as it forces you to really get inside the mind of the original artist, to explore what they were trying to achieve, to break apart the musical elements they brought together to make the piece, and to imagine how these might be brought together in different ways to create something new that embraces and yet extends or even re-imagines what they have done.
Creating something new from the work of others is not trivial ... it's quite different from creating something of your own ... but it's no less complicated. In fact, to do it really well, may actually be more complicated.
In many respects (if you permit me to digress for a second) it's very similar to the challenges you face as the leader of a startup. You are seeking to mould something fresh and compelling from the creativity and capabilities of an entire team of people ... each with their own ideas, experiences, perspectives and skill-sets. Running a startup is NOT about gathering a bunch of people together to blindly implement what is solely YOUR vision. You'll get beaten by companies who know how to leverage a chorus of individual voices every time. People working effectively together have the capability to create something that is far greater than sum of the parts.
Anyone who has ever been in an orchestra, a band, quartet, or a choir of any kind knows that moment when things just click ... when you are all in complete musical sync ... that moment when you are all aware of each other, and are seamlessly complementing and building off each other ... blending and creating a new voice from the discrete voices of all participants. It's much more than just musical harmony ... and it's almost impossible to describe unless you have been part of it ... but boy, when it happens, it makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. It's magic ... and you don't want it to stop.
Great startups are a bit like this .... there is something fundamental that happens when the team is in sync, working seamlessly together, and building off each other.
Anyway, digression over ... back to re-mixing.
With little or no experience in this area, I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of excellent tools available that reduce the learning curve, and let you stretch your inner creativity ... from iPad apps such as TraktorDJ (which are great for exploring ideas on the go) to the more full featured special purpose applications such as Traktor Pro
Of course, this space is a toy-lovers dream (see right). In fact, the software I have mentioned above, when equipped with hardware such as the Traktor Kontrol S4 and the Traktor Kontrol F1 can be a ridiculously amusing way to pass the time.
At any rate, this phenomenon is part of the overall democratization of creativity that is happening across all forms of media including music, photography, film making ... and even (with the invention of 3D printers) physical objects. Tools are lowering the bar for people to create without the time, resource or capital investment that was often required before.
I haven't acquired much (if any) skill in this area as yet, but the technology has allowed me to begin to explore a whole new area of creativity ... and to have fun doing it.
Here's a work in progress project. It is a remix of Manvel Ter-Pogosyan's Fallen In Too Deep using Traktor DJ on the iPad to create the core remix (essentially folding parts of the song on itself) and then Logic Pro X to add the additional string voices in order to create a more cinematic feel. It doesn't massively restructure the piece, it just subtly re-works it at the beginning, and later gets a bit more ambitious as I take parts of the original piece and fold them on top of each other to create a deeper soundscape.
The remix was done live, in one pass, and captured before then adding the strings on top in Logic. Harder that I ever thought ...
The next mix was done live, end-end, in one pass, using TraktorDJ on an iPad. It uses about 8 cue points (some loops) to restructure Mia Martina's Go Crazy. The challenge when doing this stuff live (i.e. without the safety net of a DAW), is that you need a pretty clear sense of how you want the remix to work before you begin the session. Given that a song can be 5-6 minutes long, it's easy to forget exactly what you were planning in any region, and so you sometimes have to ad-lib to recover. Well, a lot like startup pivots in a way :-)
Steve Jobs joined Atari in 1973. On his very first day, he walked into founder Nolan Bushnell's office and said "I think you have a really awesome company. I think that everything is pretty good, but I've seen your soldering connections and they're really crappy." to which, although somewhat taken aback, Nolan Bushnell replied, "Well, let's fix them." and Jobs did.
So what made Atari a company so attractive to Steve Jobs that he actually walked in off the street and demanded a job?
Recently Bushnell, in his book called "Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent", describes the culture and the allure that was so critical to hiring and keeping creative talent like Jobs.
Don't forget that many of the famous entrepreneurs of our time all started out working for someone in the beginning.
How are you going to attract this sort of talent? Below is a great interview with Nolan Bushnell that's worth a watch.
Hi, I'm Mark Ruddock, I'm a Canadian entrepreneur with two successful exits and over 10 years of experience at the helm of VC backed technology startups.
I'm currently CEO of Wonga Canada. Prior to that I was the CEO of Viigo, which became one of the most highly downloaded Blackberry apps of all time before being acquired by RIM (Blackberry) in 2010.
Before that I was the founder & CEO of INEA, an enterprise software company focused on the financial services industry, which was acquired by Cartesis in 2005, and is now part of SAP.
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Greenville Police are investigating an armed robbery at the UPS store at 1140 Woodruff Road, next to Whole Foods in the Market Point shopping center.
Officers said the robbery happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Cash was stolen, and no one was injured, officers said.
Police are not yet releasing the number of suspects involved or descriptions.
Officers said they are in the early stages of the investigation.
The UPS store offers mail, shipping and printing services. Each store is individually owned and operated.
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Some friends and I made a trip to Lost T over the weekend. Paul Deagle was pretty stoked on it and wanted to check it out and convinced us to come check it out. After a goregous hike in, we were presented with some incredible cracks and beautiful lines. Later, as local crews started showing up we were lucky enough to share ropes with some genuinely nice people. No hesitation to share top roping, encouragement, or conversation. It's awesome to go to new places and have a positive local scene experience so thank you all for that. Finally, thank you so much to Gary T. After meeting you briefly with my wife and dog, I had no idea that you had put so much work into Lost T and were very responsible for it's birth onto the climbing scene. Your friends spoke of you very highly and told us about what you had done to help Lost T grow. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. I'm looking forward to coming back sometime and trying more routes. Great trip!
Agree that its a nice crag with some really good routes. Wish it was closer for me. And a good scene too... I see a lot more hairy eyeballs at the crags in VT than I do in the Dacks. Basically never met an Adirondack climber who wasn't cool. There's gotta be more good rock in the Adirondacks than anywhere else in the east (it just needs a solid cleaning).
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Home Sweet Home: Blacktip Sharks Welcomed To New Exhibit At National Aquarium
A new exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore comes to life. It's the world's largest reproduction of a Pacific coral reef, and features some shark-toothed friends.
Patapsco Dam To Become Oyster Reef
Concrete from a dam removed from the Patapsco River in Ellicott City is heading to the mouth of the Chester River.
Ship Sank For Reef Ripped Up By Irene
No one's complaining about another casualty from Hurricane Irene.
Navy Destroyer Heading To Bottom To Become Reef
Contractors are busy preparing a former Navy destroyer for its second life as an artificial reef off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
Navy Ship Still Heading To Bottom To Become Reef
A Delaware official says Navy plans to recycle rather than sink four retired warships won't affect plans to scuttle a destroyer off the coast of Maryland.
Md. Yacht Club Using Fake Reefs To Calm Waters
A yacht club in Annapolis has an unusual solution to the problem of rough waters: artificial reefs for oysters.


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Interstate 65 is clear after several wrecks this morning.
Birmingham police tells ABC 33/40 multiple accidents are being worked on Interstate 65.
Interstate 65 N. at Greensprings is partially blocked because of a multi-vehicle accident. There are no injuries in this wreck, but one lane of the interstate is closed.
Interstate 65 coming into Shelby Co. is seeing delays due to an accident as well as Interstate 65 coming into Shades Mountain.
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By Jennifer Frazer | August 31st, 2014 |
In the comments of the following video on Youtube, a viewer asks, "Is that a real video ? Or Cgi ?" What you will see in this video is very much real, but I can see why someone might get confused. The serene, fuzzy, and vaguely sparkly pink tube you just saw is both profoundly [...]Keep reading »
By Jennifer Frazer | August 21st, 2014 |
Until relatively recently, the fungus Malassezia was thought to have one favorite home: us. As the dominant fungus on human skin and sometimes-cause of dandruff, the yeast Malassezia was thought to live a simple if sometimes irritating domestic existence humbly mooching off the oils we exude. No more. Thanks to the efforts of scientists over [...]Keep reading »
By Jennifer Frazer | August 15th, 2014 |
People who lack the gardening bug often regard flowers like fashion models: pretty but boring. Jens Petersen, the man who gave us the groundbreaking photographs of fungi in "The Kingdom of Fungi", which I reviewed here in March, has a new book of photographs (still available only in Danish, unfortunately, and called Blomsterliv — "Flower [...]Keep reading »
By Jennifer Frazer | August 14th, 2014 |
Note: James Cameron's National Geographic film "Deepsea Challenge 3D" documenting his trip to Challenger Deep at the bottom of the Mariana Trench has been released at last — to about 300 "select theaters" on August 8. So far, critics' reviews have been mixed, with some saying that the movie is long on Cameron and short [...]Keep reading »
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The most complicated fungal cell known to science belongs to a parasite called Haptoglossa mirabilis first lured into a rotifer-baited trap in the soil of a tropical greenhouse in a Toronto suburb on October 7, 1979. Inside that trap lay a cell so intricate and finely tuned it gives jellyfish stinging cells a run for their money.Keep reading »
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Covering 133 square miles, Portland, Oregon, offers access to the Pacific Ocean and the Tualatin Valley farming region, giving it a strategic location that spurred its growth as a port city during the 19th century. Today, the community of approximately 600,000 people continues to tap the abundant surrounding landscape, including the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, nearby farmlands and forests. An established arts community contributes to a well-balanced tapestry of things to do in Portland that spans outdoor activities, cultural attractions, and innovative food and drink.
The foothills and Willamette River Valley divide Portland into five areas (Northwest, North Portland, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest), with a dense downtown at their center. Nob Hill is a cosmopolitan Northwest neighborhood drawing shoppers to the boutiques and antique shops along its streets, many lined with Victorian-era homes. Downtown's Pearl District is known for fashionably renovated industrial buildings and a polished lineup of clothing shops and galleries. Powell's City of Books, spanning a city block in the district, is a top destination for bibliophiles.
Leading attractions in Portland typically involve nature and outdoor recreation. Prominent on the northwest side is the expansive, 5,000-plus-acre Forest Park. A network of trails cross the lush natural Douglas fir and cedar preserve that includes creeks and links to other parks in the city.
While at Washington Park, on the hillside west of downtown, visitors can tour the Oregon Zoo or meander along the trails of Hoyt Arboretum, which is filled with trees and plants from around the world. One of most popular Portland attractions in the park is the International Rose Test Garden, which has more than 10,000 rose plants covering its colorful four-and-a-half acres. Portland's "Rose City" designation comes alive from June to October, when roses typically bloom throughout the city.
Performance and fine art thrive in the Cultural District, a section of downtown Portland where visitors can tour the impressive Portland Art Museum. Founded over a century ago, the museum displays Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Ox-Cart," and counts Native American, Asian and European art among the 40,000-plus pieces in its permanent collection.
The city continues to thrive as a leading culinary destination in the Pacific Northwest, enhancing any visitor's list of things to do in Portland. Upscale restaurants, clustered in Nob Hill and the Pearl District, emphasize organic and regionally sourced foods, seasonal ingredients and fresh seafood. Visitors can pair local cuisine with fine Oregon wine or handcrafted beers and ales produced by a growing number of Portland microbreweries.
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High altitude climbing. And the highest mountain peak in all the park. For the most part it isn't that hard of climbing as most is class 3-4 however there is a little class 5 stuff no harder than 5.8+.
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A good way to spend time up high in Yosemite. About four miles of this traverse is at 12,000 ft.From the Toulumne Lodge, hike the trail toward Mt. Lyell. Walk past the turn off to Vogelsang before turning off the trail and heading toward Mammoth Peak. Cross the river and scramble up the peak's northwest side.From the top of Mammoth Peak, traverse south (2nd class) hitting apprx. seven high points.The crux is a sawtooth section linking the Kuna Crest and Kuna Peak. The rock is dangerous here,...[more] Browse More Classics in CA
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Study: ABC, CBS and NBC Morning Shows Join Al Gore's Climate Crusade
It's impossible to imagine the big TV networks actually accepting an edict from a conservative politician to report only their side of a major public policy issue, but a new Media Research Center study of ABC, CBS and NBC's global warming coverage finds the networks are giving Gore practically everything he demanded. Not only does nearly every global warming story exclude any contrary voices, but the coverage of Al Gore personally has been exceptionally positive as well.
MRC analysts examined all 115 news stories that dealt with global warming from January 1 through April 15 on NBC's Today, ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's The Early Show. These morning news programs had a combined audience of more than 13 million during the first three months of 2007. Unlike the networks' evening newscasts, the two- and three-hour morning shows have longer segments that should (in theory) make it easier to include multiple points of view on controversial topics. But MRC's analysts found just four stories out of 115 (just over 3%) contained any mention of dissent from Gore's approach to global warming — and even those stories were heavily stacked in favor of his "climate crisis" position.
The fact is, the global warming debate is not settled. The regulatory remedies that Gore and company propose could have a crippling effect on future economic prosperity. Money spent today to prevent environmental problems in 2050 or 2100 would be money unavailable for a host of other social needs. Much disagreement remains over whether the today's science is certain enough to justify such drastic action, and whether the environmental benefits would actually outweigh the enormous economic costs.
Despite the huge stakes, MRC analysts found TV ignored the economic debate while pretending the scientific debate is over. Just 12 stories (10%) even mentioned new regulatory proposals, and none of these dealt with the potential costs or consequences. Most references were extremely brief and presented new policies as logical common sense, such as on March 22 when ABC's Chris Cuomo summarized Gore's testimony from the day before: "Mr. Gore says if we start now, by the year 2050 greenhouse gases could be significantly reduced," never explaining what Gore had proposed.
While sidestepping the debate over new regulations, journalists helped hype a variety of dire global warming scenarios. Just under half the stories (56) presented alarming predictions of life in a warmer world, with practically all of these stories (97%) excluding any mention that many scientists disagree with the doomsday scenarios.
On the January 31 Good Morning America ABC's Sam Champion trumpeted a UN report predicting water and food shortages, as an on-screen graphic blared: "Will Billions Die from Global Warming?" The next day, CBS's Harry Smith was in Miami in advance of the Super Bowl. He asked a local columnist, "Do people here know that very likely in the next several decades all of this is going to be under water?"
After a warm day in January, NBC's Meredith Vieira recounted how she was "running in the park on Saturday, in shorts, thinking this is great, but are we all gonna die?" On January 31, her co-host Matt Lauer referred to climate change as "a controversy over...what literally could be the end of the world as we know it."
The morning shows cited myriad left-wing activists to make the case that global warming is a real and imminent threat. ABC on April 6 quoted Brenda Ekwurzel of the left-wing Union of Concerned Scientists: "The evidence is quite strong, and the time for action is now." NBC's Today treated liberal activist (and An Inconvenient Truth producer) Laurie David to an interview on February 3. "It's now the time where we have to put the debate clearly behind us and we have to have action," David claimed.
Out of 90 soundbites and comments in interviews, nearly all (96%) came from liberal activists or those arguing the "climate crisis" position. Three of the skeptical soundbites came in stories on ABC and CBS recounting Gore's congressional testimony, showing Republicans Joe Barton and James Inhofe doubting Gore's science. On ABC, reporter Chris Cuomo quickly told viewers that the GOP doubts were unfounded: "Most mainstream scientists agree global warming is happening, and humans are the cause."
Only one story, reported by Anne Thompson on NBC's Today on April 7, actually quoted an expert dissenting from Gore's line on global warming. After detailing the array of disasters global warming will supposedly cause, Thompson offered a brief glimpse of the other side, citing one of the top U.S. meteorologists: "Hurricane forecaster William Gray disputes any link between man-made global warming and more hurricane activity." Gray then was shown saying: "We think that's been exaggerated tremendously." Those 11 seconds marked the only instance when a non-alarmist climate expert was cited by any network morning show.
Discussing Gore himself, the network journalists were cheering the ex-Vice President even as they discussed how his media-driven celebrity might be the basis for a future presidential campaign. On February 9, CBS's Harry Smith heralded Gore's partnership with Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson, suggesting the two were "teaming up to save the planet." Smith cast Gore's contributions in a biblical light, asking Branson: "Is Al Gore a prophet?" A couple of weeks later, CBS's Gloria Borger praised Gore as "an environmental evangelist....now considered ahead of his time."
Previewing that night's Academy Awards, ABC's Kate Snow narrated a gooey profile of Gore, "a former Vice President on a mission" whose "road show on global warming sold out as fast as a boy band would." Snow made time for the ubiquitous Laurie David to extol Gore's virtues: "He's our modern day Paul Revere."
One-fourth of all global warming stories focused on Gore himself, and nearly all of those (91%) contained no suggestion of disagreement with Gore's position. Even stories that contained a hint of debate were still lopsided in Gore's favor. After touting how "supporters say this is a new Al Gore, more confident than ever....a man with a mission," NBC's Andrea Mitchell quickly admitted: "Some scientists complained recently that Gore's documentary exaggerated some of its claims. Still, no one questions that Al Gore is helping shape the debate over global warming."
Back in 1989, NBC's Mitchell admitted the networks' global warming coverage had crossed the line "where you'd have to call it advocacy." Nearly 18 years later, the networks have grown even more censorious. Writing in Newsweek's April 16 International edition, MIT climate expert Dr. Richard Lindzen outlined the side of the story the broadcast networks have suppressed: "Recently many people have said that the Earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we've seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe."
Fair and balanced journalism would include Lindzen's expert perspective, whether Gore likes it or not. Unfortunately, the broadcast networks have obviously chosen the path of advocacy, not professionalism.
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Dio Ruled in Every Rock Decade [RARE AUDIO]
Okay, we all know Ronnie James Dio for such classics as "Rainbow In The Dark" and "Holy Diver". Bigger fans also appreciate his time in Black Sabbath and Rainbow beyond his illustrious career as a solo artist. Did you know that Dio's mark on rock history stretches way back to the early days of rock-n-roll?


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Resident discussion continues in Walton County over proposed changes to the current fire assessment fee.
Commissioners want to raise the fee by 75 dollars a year per residence and charge per vacant land parcel in unincorporated Walton County for all fire services that total over 4 million dollars.
It was a standing room only crowd Tuesday afternoon as, one by one, residents approached the commissioners to voice their concerns.
The meeting was a continuation of last week's public hearing on the same issue.
A county ordered fire assessment study conducted in may proposes recommended the fee increase to 379 dollars in order to stand on it's own to fund fire services.
The County wants to avoid this for now.
Currently, the fee is proposed to go from 25 to 95 dollars a year per residential dwelling. The county said that fee increases are possible in subsequent years should this be voted in.
Tuesday, residents were hoping for a board vote on the issue, offering potential solutions to the hotly debated issue.
"I think this commission needs to look at saving the taxpayers money, saving the money back for a rainy day, and not gauge into people of this county," said one resident.
"Rather than raise the rates on anybody, perhaps take a look at what the subsidy per capita has been and average it out and simply offer that same dollar amount dollar figure subsidy to South Walton Fire and this is a moot point," said another.
Commissioner Kenneth Pridgen suggested a one cent sales tax to pay for the needs, saying that would be fair for everyone.
Commissioner Sara Comander said the residents in south Walton already pay for their fire service. She said the money collected south of the bay could be used to lower their fire assessment or for other needs.
Commissioner Bill Chapman suggested raising the fee to $50 and adjusting the commercial
A vote never came.
Ultimately the issue was continued by Commissioner Sara Comander, a vote will occur next Tuesday at 9am at the regularly scheduled commission meeting in DeFuniak Springs.
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Chicken 'n Pea Salad
When my grandmother was in her late eighties I lived with her awhile. It ended up being a fairly short time as she was in need of 24 hour company and I could not provide that. She was more than willing to give up cooking duty and I was happy to take it over. At some point she had lost interest in food and after 80 years of cooking (she started as a child helping to prepare meals) she was ready to give it up. Don't get me wrong, she complained bitterly if I baked pie or cake or some other goodie and didn't leave her any. She just wasn't hungry for most meals. She had also become quite picky.
Chicken 'n Pea Salad was one of the things I could routinely serve that she would eat. It's also something that you can whip up quick after working all day. You can use up leftover chicken or defrost and grill up some (breaded tenders would be quite tasty). There always seems to be a bag of peas in the freezer (it feels empty without them) and some pasta sitting in the cupboard waiting to be used up. I'm not sure it's allowed not to have ranch dressing in the fridge, at least not with my family. You can make it as basic or fancy as your audiences taste buds will allow, throw in some diced onion or shredded carrots. I normally use shell shaped pasta but I didn't have any, the macaroni works just as well. Continue reading →
Spinach Tortellini Salad
Most of the time I have no idea why pasta salads are called salads. Really they should just be called cold pasta. I say this because most pasta salads are devoid of what I usually associate salads with, vegetables or even fruit. There's no reason for this, just pack more veggies in! So that's what I did.
You could substitute other veggies for the spinach, I've made this recipe with broccoli or even mixed frozen veggies. But spinach is what I had that needed to be used up so spinach it was! If you substitute, make sure you cook the veg at least a little. With broccoli I just throw it in with the tortellini, frozen veg you just need to defrost. I used a bowl with a lid with the spinach so that when I threw in the tortellini I could close it up and steam the spinach a bit. Continue reading →


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Jennifer Lopez Reports for Duty to "Adrenalina" Music Video Set
Kicking off the work week, Jennifer Lopez showed up to shoot a music video for the single "Adrenalina" in Miami, Florida today (February 10).
The "Waiting For Tonight" singer looked a bit sleepy as she headed into the studio for the project which also stars Wisin y Yandel and Ricky Martin.
And given that J. Lo's ex-husband Marc Anthony just broke up with Chloe Green, it's interesting that Lopez recently told Glamour that she still loves him.
Jennifer confessed, "I do. I love him as the father of my children and as my friend. That doesn't mean that we were meant to be in a marriage forever though… He's my biggest fan and I'm his."


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Jeter to move to CF... in 2010?
Can anyone imagine the Yankees without The Captain -- Derek Jeter -- at shortstop. We may have to get used to it sooner than we think. Longtime New York Daily News national baseball writer Bill Madden says Jeter has lost range to his left (sound familiar, Rangers' fans?) and may face the inevitable move to center field as soon as the 2010 season, at least partially because of the emergence of 23-year-old defensive whiz Ramiro Pena this spring. "When I first saw him three years ago, you could knock the bat out of his hands," a veteran scout told Madden. "But he was a magician with the glove and that made him someone to keep an eye on. Now that he's gained a little weight, put on a little muscle, he's no longer an 'out.' He can handle the bat. I always felt his glove would get him to the big leagues, but now I can see him as an everyday shortstop." Michael Young a third baseman? Derek Jeter a centerfielder? Sounds like a changing of the guard to me.


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The Potter Family Christmas Show for Friday, November 23, at the Journey Museum in Rapid City has been canceled.
Friday's show is canceled because one of the female singers has laryngitis. The remaining shows are still set to occur as scheduled.
For those who have purchased ticket(s) for Friday night's concert can ask for a refund, or use those tickets for one of the remaining nine shows.
The remaining shows are November 24, November 30, December 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22. For refunds or to reschedule call 605-394-6923.