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For the first time ever, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation (NOAA) scientists measured the average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide at 400 parts per million in Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
"We have now crossed a dangerous line in the global build up of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gas concentrations have moved from the pre-Industrial Revolution level that never exceeded 280 parts per million (ppm) to a new daily average of 400 ppm. Over a period of the last million years, CO2 never exceeded 280 ppm . The last time greenhouse gases reached 400 ppm was three million years ago. Put simply, humanity has now changed the chemistry of our atmosphere to replicate pre-historic levels -- a time when no humans existed." +Elizabeth May
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---- — There are certain offenses for which the suspension of a driver's license makes sense, drunken driving chief among them.
There are others, however, for which suspension of driving privileges seems unreasonable and counterproductive – namely the dozens of non-traffic related crimes such as unpaid child support that currently result in an automatic suspension.
More than a half-million of Indiana's 5 million drivers have had their licenses suspended. Without any way to monitor compliance, most keep driving, preferring to chance getting caught than to lose a job because they couldn't get to work. And many do get caught – so many that driving with a suspended license is the most common charged offense in the state. Violators face mounting, often to the point of unpayable, fines for each offense.
A bill awaiting Gov. Mike Pence's signature will unburden thousands of Indiana drivers while making it easier to monitor those who face suspension for driving-related offenses. It eliminates the automatic license suspension penalty for most non-traffic offenses and gives judges more leeway in how the restriction is used. The bill also created a "special use" license that employs technology to monitor when drivers get behind the wheel. It does not take authority away from judges to suspend the licenses of drivers who might be a danger on the road.
Removing these automatic suspensions is the right move for Indiana, where public transportation and jobs are equally hard to come by. Such penalties are an unfair burden on those who live in rural communities where taking the bus or a taxi just isn't an option. They also create a mountain of fines those living in poverty have little hope of ever paying, giving them even less hope of ever driving legally again.
It's also important to keep those who are truly dangerous and have a history of traffic violations from having unrestricted access to the roads. Giving judges the power to order violators to use ignition-interlock devices that test for sobriety and track drivers' movements goes far in protecting everyone else on the road.
In summary Suspension of driving privileges seems unreasonable and counterproductive for non-traffic related offenses.


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Rachel N. White, 32, of the 700 block of Main Street, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Thursday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
n Barrett L. Jones, 32, of the 800 block of South 23rd Street, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Thursday on charges of manufacture/delivery of heroin, failure to report annually, and failure to register as a sex offender.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- I don't remember how old I was, nor what gifts I received. For a writer, not remembering is a nuisance. And occasionally, a gift.It was Christmas night. The excitement had passed. The gifts had been given. Brothers and sister were scattered to corners to play. The grown-ups, I imagine, were sitting around, telling each other that they'd overdone it, that they could return what didn't fit, remembering.I do know that I warmed up one of my two basketballs by the wood stove until it was stretched to the point of bursting. Maybe I warmed myself, too, as I sometimes did before slipping out the lengthy back hallway and out toward the barn.Watch the boy, stepping through the clear night with pregame purpose, trailed by clouds of his breathing. See him pull open a side door, climb up an enclosed feed trough and click on a drop-cord light, revealing a basketball rim and net, hung above the wide, shut, double barn doors.There were several goals at our house. The main one was out in the side yard. My first goal.My dad had gotten the idea to fix up a backboard and hoop on an old, out-of-use telephone pole on the property and plant it in a patch of ground beside the house.So he set to work with the post-hole diggers. He went into town and bought the goal, braced it to the pole, and several of us steadied the unbearably heavy contraption against the closed tailgate of his pale yellow pickup.The plan, as I remember it, was to back the truck up while pushing the pole and steadying it so that it would nestle down into the hole.But when we tried to hoist the pole, we lost it, and it slid sideways and crashed to the ground, the fiberglass backboard breaking in half. Sometimes, remembering the scene, I can almost imagine Garrison Keillor narrating it, his voice now lilting to almost a whisper, describing the fall, pausing for the audience to laugh.My dad had no choice, it seemed, but to go buy another one. On the second try, we got it right, and it became my home court for the next eight seasons or so, until I left for college.The broken goal hung, too, glued together, above the door of a small wooden shed, about six feet off the ground. I played on it when I wanted to pretend to be tall, until the walnuts ripened overhead and started falling in bunches.The goal in the barn was reserved for rainy days or winter nights. There was no scoreboard, but the clock certainly was ticking. After about 15 minutes on a cold night, the ball no longer would bounce.I can't remember the specifics of that Christmas. I can remember taking off my jacket and bouncing the ball in a playing space not much wider than a free-throw lane, bordered on one side by a stall for a calf and another on the other for storage. The bare light bulb threw off fierce shadows, and a beam in the ceiling meant that shooting arc had to be at a minimum.The boards of the barn floor were loose and uneven, except for one. How is it that I cannot remember the highlights of a holiday, but I remember a lone board in a barn floor, driven solid by a nail, on which I bounced the ball to shoot free throws?I couldn't have stayed very long, but certainly long enough to satisfy one of those bursts of boyhood basketball energy, long enough to feel the cold in my bones, because shooting ball in a winter coat was no way to play. Making the last shot, or maybe several last shots, I flung myself back over into the stall, climbed up and clicked off the light, and headed back to the house.It's possible I never even was missed. The clicking off of that light, it seems, is the shutting off of my memory.But it doesn't take light to illuminate such a moment, even years later.As a child, I was focused on the game. The bounce of the ball, the sound of the net. As a man, the camera widens, the light softens, the scene pans and there's a boy, on Christmas night, in a barn, next to a trough for feeding animals. We never called it a manger. But all these years later, it calls to me.In a lifetime of keeping my eye on the ball, it wouldn't be the last time I would wander straight through the Nativity without noticing. Thankfully, each year presents us a new chance to stop, be still and quiet, and find it again before the ball stops bouncing.Copyright 2013 WDRB News. All Rights Reserved.
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LEWISTON — Housing developments can avoid most trouble by screening would-be tenants, Nathan Szanton said.
Szanton, a managing partner of Maine Workforce Housing, held a community meeting June 16 at DaVinci's to answer neighbors' questions about The Lofts at Bates Mill, 52 apartments that would mix low-income and market-rate units in Bates Mill No. 2.
The Lofts would be that company's sixth housing project.
"We screen the heck out of all our tenants, market rate and affordable tenants," Szanton told the small group. "It's bad business, and bad for your reputation, to have bad tenants."
Renters need references from three landlords and must agree to credit and criminal background checks.
"If there's any criminal history, we reject them, flat out," he said.
Once in, there's no smoking, no animals except for declawed cats and quiet time after 10 p.m., all of which are enforced.
In all four properties currently rented out, only one person's been asked to leave for smoking, he said, and only one evicted for illegal activity, dealing drugs from their apartment.
As he's done in the past, The Lofts would look the same inside for both market and low-income renters, Szanton said.
"Nobody knows who's affordable and who's market rate in our projects," he said.
Plans call for buying 40 percent of mill No. 2 on floors two through five. Bricks would be repointed, all the windows replaced and a heavy sound-proofing wall added so whomever occupies the rest of the mill won't bother the renters, Szanton said.
Tenants would have on-site laundry, access to a community room with computers, fitness and media rooms and free wi-fi. There's also a food court planned for levels one and two.
Each unit would come with one parking spot in a nearby city garage.
Szanton said 35 of the units would be one-bedroom (18 of them at market rate, renting at $640 per month; 11 at $483 for those earning half of the area median income; and six more, tentatively, as project-based Section 8, renting at $576). Ten units would be two-bedrooms and seven three-bedrooms.
He's asked the Lewiston Housing Authority to give the project 13 Section 8 vouchers.
Asked by someone in the audience whether he could have more market rate units (currently 18) and fewer low-income (34), Szanton said it wasn't possible.
"Without the subsidies that come along with low-income housing, we wouldn't have the capital, there wouldn't be any housing there," he said.
Lincoln Jeffers, assistant to the Lewiston city administrator, said Bates Mill had so far been unique in that its turnaround involved all commercial opportunities and no housing. He said he felt the project would support downtown businesses.
Steve Myers, development coordinator at Platz Associates, owner of mill No. 2, said Tom Platz had always thought housing would be good for the mix.
"The deal is, we're really not housing people," he said.
Platz has been approached over the years, but nothing ever worked out until he met Szanton and his partner.
"We were a little skeptical when they started talking about workforce housing, mixed (income) housing," Myers said. "Tom, especially, did not want to do anything to jeopardize his investment in the Bates Mill."
Platz toured Maine Workforce Housing's Portland projects and came away impressed with the way they looked and were run, Myers said.
The Lofts are due before the city planning board at the end of June and the Lewiston Historic Preservation Board July 15. Szanton said he'll apply for the Maine State Housing Authority's low-income housing tax credits in October and expects to hear back in December.
He'll also approach the city about a 15-year tax agreement to return some future property taxes.
Szanton said he'd like to begin construction on the $9.6 million project in June 2011 and open for occupancy in March 2012.


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- 1 8-ounce round of Camembert (sold in a wooden box)
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- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- bread or crackers, for serving
- Heat oven to 375º F. Remove the Camembert from its paper or plastic wrapping, return it to the wooden box (discard the lid), and place on a baking sheet.
- Top with the sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, and thyme. Drizzle with the oil and bake until soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve immediately with the bread or crackers.
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- Fat 10g
- Sat Fat 5g
- Cholesterol 20mg
- Sodium 337mg
- Protein 8g
- Carbohydrate 13g
- Fiber 1g
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I'll admit it…
I don't get this one…
Way above head and pay grade!
totally feeling this one
i'd rather make copies :)
I'm trying for guru but keep getting stuck making copies…
Leader = valor
Makes copies = discretion
Guru = incumbent
I guess a guy a kinkos made a smart comment?
I make copies all day while my superiors in the office make all the important decisions – and mess things up.
Suppose it makes a difference where you make copies.
I always think of the copier place people as just being the office worker version of McDonald's employees.
Shouldn't guru be to the left of leader? Unless we're talking about the pretension to wisdom- gurus do that all the time.
I was trying to imagine what is in the quadrant in opposite place of guru. (That is quadrant three for you fans of the Cartesian plane.) The best I could come up with was Fannie Mae Exec or Freddie Mac…or Congress.
well i don't pretend to know the intentions of the author of the comic. i will venture to say, that guru implies mastery. while many will claim to be a guru few actualy accomplish such a lofty reality. on that same note, many people are leaders and it takes a diversity of qualities to become one, wisdom is not inherent to being a leader.
though i wonder at why one who is wise on the scale of a guru, does not have many followers. i would venture to believe profound level of wisdom has its own internal gravity to followers. but what do i know, ive never really met any wise masters. don't know if they exist.
ty fischer,
that is still the 1st quadrant.
go Descartes!!
that said I still don't get it…
Imagine that we are graduated from college, and a couple years afterward your alma mater contacts we and says, Sorry, you didn't graduate from college. In fact, wehave five weeks to drop everything that we're doing–quit your job, get out of your lease, put all your stuff in storage, cancel your Netflix, etc.
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I suppose it takes wisdom to have a mundane job and have no followers?
So is it that wise people with no followers decide to make copies, or people who make copies are wise because they have no followers?
I'm with steve
I suppose there's some sort of wisdom in finding a niche in an industry that is now almost totally automated but that somehow manages to employ more people than ever before.
I've heard that the best leaders aren't afraid to make their own copies. Does that make them gurus?
Hm, not quite getting this "makes copies" coordinate.
So, a "leader" doesn't have a lot of wisdom, but has a lot of followers? And someone who has a lot of wisdom, but no followers, is the guy stuck following the leader? Down in the copy room making copies, maybe?
I guess its another way of saying the poeple in charge don't know what they're doing and the people who know what to do, nobody listens to.
Which makes the "guru" coordinate a bit of a red herring.
This is how I see it…
Leader = G.W. Bush
Guru = Mahatma Gandhi
Makes Copies = Makes copies of the evidence for when the shit hits the fan or Makes copies for backups for safekeeping (depending on your current level of cynicism)
A leader is not wise, but has followers. A person who makes copies is wise but lacks followers. A guru is both wise and has followers.
Where "leader", I'd put "bad manager", and could interchange "leader" and/or "guru".
In line with suzie bee's comment, I'd rather people ask why I was making copies, than why I'm a manager or leader…
GREAT stuff – thanks for sharing!
I interpreted "makes copies" as "making copies of themselves"… since they have few followers, one option for those who "make copies" is to assimilate others. Well, either that, or to procreate.
Does that make sense? =)
Could it be that the Wise w/o Followers make copies of their writings so future generations can benefit, even though the person is not appreciated or known at present? Anon D.
if you have lots of followers, you are a leader (but it doesn't mean you are wise).
If you have lots of wisdom, but no followers, you make copies, because people (leaders or followers) don't like wise people who don't have the people skills to inspire others to follow.
Only if you have people skills to share what you have with other people does wisdom do any good (in which case it does lots of good).
Something to the effect that wisdom is wasted on misanthropes. Or that philosophers are poor, and beg for change in the street.
One must be a philosopher, AND a leader in battle to be a good king, or in this case, guru.
The flip side is that it makes the point that just because you're a leader, doesn't mean you're a good one.
"Makin Copies…. He's The Copy Meister… Makin' Some Copies…"
Funnily enough, because I read it from top left to bottom right, at first glance I took "makes copies" to mean "creates clones".
Ho hum.


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Multiple ambulances were called to a Gold Coast neighborhood nursing home Thursday morning when a car fire was accompanied by heavy smoke and triggered the building's sprinkler system.
An EMS Plan I response, which brings at least five ambulances, was called for the home at 66 W. Oak St. about 8:15 a.m. The building is the Warren Barr Pavilion.
A car in a lower-level parking garage was on fire, according to Fire Media Affairs.
The 9-story nursing home's sprinkler system was activated and firefighters walked through each floor and stairwell to make sure that no one was injured, according to Fire Media.
Within minutes, the fire was out but announcements were made to the residents to remain where they were as the smoke cleared out.
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The CTA's No. 22 northbound Clark buses were temporarily rerouted around the fire scene, according to the CTA. The No. 22 southbound buses were not affected.
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Police in Kings Mountain are looking for two men who they say kicked in the door of a home and demanded money. One of the men fired a gun.Officers were called Saturday at about 1:21 a.m. in reference to a suspicious subject in the area of 700 block of Katherine Avenue. When officers got there, they discovered two men had kicked in a side door of a home, and demanded money from the three people inside. One of the suspects shot at one of the victim, and police say there were several gunshots in the home. No one was hurt. Police say the men were described as follows:Suspect One: black male, 6'0"-6'2", tall, skinny build, wearing a full face black in color clown mask with all black clothes, armed with a silver and gray in color semi-automatic pistol (possibly Ruger P89 9mm)Suspect Two: light skinned black male, 6'1"-6'3", tall, skinny build, short hair, wearing a black in color strap around his facial area and black coat, armed with a black in color semi-automatic pistolThe incident is under investigation. If you know anything about it, please contact Det. Cpl. K.L. Hamrick with the Kings Mountain Police Department at 704.734.0444.Copyright 2013 WBTV. All rights reserved.
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Students at a Kirkwood charter school now have a new imaginative playground.Dozens of volunteers from Verint Systems joined parents of Ivy Preparatory Academies to build the playground as part of a community outreach program.It's a playspace concept that has giant tinker toys. Kids can change to design their own environment. It also features swings and slides.Crews designed the new playground based on students' drawings.Verint Systems donated nearly $100,000 to make it happen.
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SOHH teamed up with ReverbNation to select 20 unsigned rappers with "True Grit" --that rough, authentic swagger and determination to win at all costs. After weeks of deliberations and debates reviewing hundreds of worthy (and simply wack) contenders, the SOHH.com team countsdown the top 20 grittiest rappers on ReverbNation with a hustle so hard and rhymes so raw, they can't go unnoticed.
The SOHH True Grit Artist #17: "TY BRU", ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Saddle up for the next artist on SOHH's "True Grit" Top 20 list as we buckle on down to Asheboro, North Carolina for Ty Bru. Don't let his baggy pants and shades fool you though, this rapper ain't all that meets the eyes. Running things as an indie artist for a decade and holding on to his 2005 Appalachian State University graduation certificate with degrees in International Business, Communication, Marketing Journalism and Management, his hustle is on a higher level than most emcees -- literally.
It's Ty's ability to rub up on rap as someone with a grit that's deeper than raw rhymes. His rap hustle has allowed this feller to travel to Europe, hitting France, Ireland, Switzerland, England and a bunch of other countries the average Joe can't even pronounce. Even if you tied a lasso to this rap spittin' boy you couldn't stop him from having performed on live stages next to Chuck D, Andre 3000, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bubba Sparxxx and the Ying Yang Twinz.
He's also got a posse over 3,000 deep on MySpace and although his fan demographic of fans spills into the over-40 generation, this ain't no easy listenin' music. Check him wax gritty on tracks like "Brown Bag", where he demonstrates that he's not the one to spar with (You got my money, bring it to me in the brown bag/You got my 40 oz, put it in the brown bag/I split the dutch, spill the guts in the brown bag/It's Ty Bru, and Phillie Phresh/80 Ruger, straight through your bulletproof vest/Expect nothing less, than a couple of boots to the chest/We better than the best/Ain't got no time to be waiting on the rest/I used to push pills and narcotics like CVS!).
Performing almost on a weekly basis, you can catch this fella unleashing his wrath with shows booked all the way to June. His buzz is growing fast, like the winds of a Dusty Bowl tornado. With Petey Pablo's current legal woes and Little Brother indefinitely split, it's time to pave way for some fresh NC blood. No College Dropout here.
Check out Ty Bru's "True Grit" on his Reverb Nation page.
Check back tomorrow for SOHH True Grit Artist #16.


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Perhaps you were clued in by the openly-reminiscent, misty-eyed Verne and Danielson yesterday. Or, perhaps Tracy Wolfson's eye black gave it away. In any event, this is going to be a long, long week filled with over-the-top fauning, maudlin displays of Tebowlove (tm), and ridiculous pronouncements on all things Tebow.
Today, comes the beginning. From Mr. Forde at ESPN
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He said afterward that he wants the fans to remember him for "how much I cared." The fact is, fans have never cared so much about a player before.
"I've never seen anything like it," Florida coach Urban Meyer said. "… He's made unselfish kind of a cool thing."
None of us has seen anything like it. What makes Tebow unique in the 140-year history of this game is not just his unquenchable spirit. It's his generosity of spirit. (-emphasis, mine)
This is just the first, but by no means the last, awkward mawkish thing written this week.
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Want everybody to gather at your place for the big game?
Design your floor plan to fit your fantasy football crowd. Here are 11 designs with wide open floor plans, leveraged for entertainment.
Give your guests more options, with a Game Room that's got Big Screen space – as well as a Great Room designed for lots of interaction.
The Harwood floor plan, a 5200 sq ft design by Alan Mascord, features a second floor game room with private staricase.
The Harwood game room is designed for game day gatherings, with:
- A floor plan designed for a TV wall and plenty of seating space
- A wet bar with sink and refrigerator
- Private secondary staricase
Click here to see full floor plans for this home.
Request a price for this new home in the Raleigh, NC area.
Do it big, in this 4700 sq ft plan with an open layout with no interference to everything you want to do.
This floor plan idea features a family room in reach of the curved kitchen island with serving bar.
Request a price for this custom home in the Raleigh, NC area.
This 4500 sq ft plan is designed for outside stretches – with front and rear porches that accommodate wide receivers.
Inside, the High Country Farmhouse by Max Fulbright offers three opportunities for a game day room:
- First floor family room
- Second floor bonus room
- Basement game room and recreation room
This 4200 sq ft home spotlights the game in a Great Room that takes center stage – and grabs attention.
Spread out in the Marlow, an Alan Mascord design.
The Marlow features:
- A 19x21 great room
- Kitchen seating bar
- Arched entrances and an open, inviting design
The Peay, a Stanton Homes design, features an oversized 14x30 great room.
This 3500 sq ft home also has a two story foyer overlook to the great room and an open island kitchen.
The Peay, a version of the Dugan, is one of the most requested new custom homes in Raleigh designed by Stanton Homes:
This custom designed home features a full wall of storage with a built-in wide screen TV center.
The TV location was designed for universal visibility - from the kitchen, dining, and great room.
Enjoy a game day with tons of good food set out on the wrap-around serving bar.
The Treehouse, a Stanton Homes custom design, is a mountain house plan designed to fit a wooded hillside lot.
Two features were designed to make this Raleigh home game day ready:
First, The kitchen island was rotated to face the two story great room - so the sous chefs will never miss out on the action.
2. The great room entertainment center was custom designed and hand-built to incorporate a wide screen TV center with storage shelving below.
See more unique entertainment centers we've included in custom homes in Raleigh NC.
The Mastrosimone, another custom Stanton Homes floor plan design, offers your pick of four game rooms to choose from on game day:
Game Day Room One: first floor great room
Game Day Room Two: first floor keeping room
Game Day Room Three: second story game room
Game Day Room Four: second story bonus room
Click here to request a floor plan and price for this popular option among custom homes in Raleigh NC.
Custom homes in Raleigh NC with a basement floor plan are highly requested, but difficult to find unless you build a custom home especially designed to fit your lifestyle and your lot.
The Penelope, a Stanton Homes custom design, includes a walk-out basement with "man cave" game room.
Learn more about basement home constuction in the Raleigh area
You'll feel like a winner in any of these Raleigh floor plans with a basement game room:
The Summerlyn - full basement custom home
The Treehouse - Walk-out basement with game room
The Country Manor - basement with game room
The Maple Lane leverages a classic floor plan layout, with the kitchen, breakfast, and family room all close at hand.
This version of the Maple Lane leaves a large wall open for an entertainment center separate from the fireplace wall.
See a photo gallery of a version of the Maple Lane - click here.
In this version of the Remington, a design by Living Concepts by Frank Snodgrass, the homeowners added a few custom modifications.
Stanton Homes was able to re-arrange the floor plan to accomodate game day festivities:
The keeping room fireplace was moved into the breakfast room - opening up space for a wide screen TV wall instead.
And the island was converted and rotated, to allow bar seating in view of the TV wall.
The design team at Stanton Homes works closely with you to create an extraordinary custom home, with everything just the way you want it - read more about our architectural design team here and more about your personal design consultant here.
Here is the modified Remington with island kitchen and keeping room
This kitchen is a perfect game day setting, with:
- Island seating bar
- Wine and beer frige
- Built-in TV center
- Vaulted, angled keeping room, fit for a game table
See a full photo gallery of this custom home in Raleigh NC.
The Cannon, one of Stanton Homes' newest and most requested custom home plans in Raleigh NC, is a wide open floor plan designed for friends and family to interact, especially on game days.
The Cannon is 2,971 sq ft with four bedrooms and three and a half baths.
There are two great locations for a TV entertainment center in this floor plan: the nook wall and the great room wall. Each location is large and open.
The second story "play room" could also act as a more private bonus or game room.
In this version of the Cannon, the homeowners chose to include a second island in the kitchen.
The second island added:
- A full height seating bar for serving drinks and appetizers
- Built-in storage cubbies on both ends
- Almost double the counter space, creating the ability to spread out
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Your fireplace and entertainment centers don't need to compete - a design and build custom builder can give you a lot of great ideas for integrating placement.
Fireplaces and TV centers offer different types of entertainment, which often depends on the season (winter versus summer), time of day (early afternoon or late evening), and event (casual dinner at home versus hosting a Superbowl party).
Here are six design ideas to consider when deciding where to place your fireplace and your TV or entertainment center, as you plan the layout for your new custom home.
New home fireplace design #1: Fireplace with TV above, matching molding in the surround and mantle
When placing a TV directly above the fireplace, using the same wood molding or stone surround can create more cohesion in the room.
This fireplace design can be ideal for home buyers who plan to use these two forms of entertainment equally.
New home fireplace design #2: Fireplace with TV above, carrying a stone surround to the ceiling
Even a full-height stone fireplace surround can accommodate a TV entertainment center, depending on what fits your personal interests.
Tip: Another reason to keep the TV directly above the fireplace is to keep other walls in the room open for furniture placement.
New home fireplace design #3: Fireplace with TV above, built-in electronic plugs
Less is more in great rooms with centerpiece design features - such as these curved windows.
Adding a TV above the fireplace keeps the room feeling functional and beautiful, without adding molding or stone that may detract from the window design.
Another way to maintain an emphasis on natural lighting is to place the fireplace and TV center on a secondary wall.
While this option may restrict furniture placement, the view it opens up is worth the trade-off.
New home fireplace design #4: When the TV is wider than the fireplace
If you're set on an extra wide TV, consider adding off-center shelving next to your fireplace.
This will keep the room symmetrical overall, while allowing your TV to be much wider than the fireplace below.
And you'll love the benefits of built-in storage.
Tip: Adding an accent color to one wall is another way to keep your fireplace and entertainment center cohesive.
New home fireplace design #5: Placing the fireplace and TV on different walls
Placing the fireplace and TV center on different walls is the best way to create completely distinct entertainment areas (within the same room).
While this TV wall is visible from the kitchen and breakfast nook, the fireplace is visible only from the entry and great room, giving it a more intimate feel.
Tip: Consider your options for adding built-in shelving - and decide which area could use it more, the entertainment center wall or fireplace wall.
New home fireplace design #6: Placing the fireplace and TV in different rooms
Some transitional style homes can integrate an entertainment center in the kitchen or keeping room, instead of the grand room.
This two-sided fireplace is visible from the grand room (which is maintained as a formal space) as well as the kitchen.
The TV center is placed in the keeping room, visible from the opposite side of the kitchen fireplace.
Fireplace design tips
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Kitchen trends in today's custom homes center on practical features that make everything easy and fun.
Take a look through these top ten design trends, for ideas you can use in your own new kitchen.
Kitchen Design Trend #10: Raised bars for seating
When you don't want to deal with a meal at the table, a raised seating bar is the perfect solution.
Kitchens with raised eating/serving bars are designed to supplement alternative casual eating areas – in addition to more formal dining choices.
For example, in this home, the dining area is designed to be open and causal - alongside the kitchen bar.
Kitchen Design Trend #9: Special spaces that add flexibility
Secondary sinks can make cooking easy, all over the kitchen.
Whether you add one to the bar as a prep sink or over the stove as a pot filler, serious cooks love secondary sinks.
Ask your builder what it would take to upgrade the kitchen with a small, extra sink - it's on a lot of today's kitchen wish-lists.
But keep in mind the overall size and maneuverability of your kitchen, to determine usability.
Kitchen Design Trend #8: Tile backsplashes
From glass mosaics to custom inlay designs, back splashes are a top design trend in new home kitchens.
Backsplashes are great for:
- easy clean up
- a splash of personality
- a way to coordinate the room's decor
- the artistic touch of a texture or pattern
Create some spark, with color!
Make your back splash a focal point of the room, or a backdrop that blends features. Grays can pick up other colors - giving more dimension to blues and greens. And metalics can draw the eye quickly.
Kitchen Design Trend #7: Granite or Quartz countertops
Every granite countertop is unique, hand-picked by our homebuyers with the help of their personal interior design expert provided by Stanton Homes.
Granite countertops can be chosen to blend into or contrast with tile back splashes and kitchen cabinets.
Check out what granite counter tops cost and what they add. Click here to learn more about adding granite to a 2013 kitchen.
Kitchen Design Trend #6: Built in Beverage Coolers and racks
Specialty beverage centers that are cropping up in new homes include:
- Wine racks
- Wine refrigerators
- Beer and soda refrigerators
Built-in beverage centers can be bold centerpieces of the kitchen, or discrete storage areas tucked around the corner in a butler's pantry or hallway.
Kitchen Design Trend #5: Built-in Storage
Convenient storage solutions are cropping up all over new kitchens.
Tucked-away spaces can be found under, over and inside every countertop in the room.
With just a small extension of the existing space, the ability to put things away underneath the serving bar, eating bar area, or island has become an important plus when considering storage centers.
Kitchen Design Trend #4: Oversized Islands
Larger kitchens make way for oversized islands and that's an attractive alternative to other counter space.
Oversized islands can be designed to fit your lifestyle and the amount of seating and storage you require, like these examples:
- Large seating area on one side, which can be raised or kept the same height
- Kitchen desk area
- Separate range top and cooking center
- Preparation area with vegetable sink
Accents like display shelves, corbels, and "furniture" posts can be added.
3. Built-in Banquettes
A built-in seating area near the kitchen can maximize space and storage.
Built-in seats are flush against the wall, and can be placed under windows to save space and allow for casual seating.
Banquettes can range in size, and storage can be built into the bench areas, like the setting in this photo.
2. Contrasting Kitchen Cabinetry
Multiple finishes and styles of cabinetry make your Kitchen stand out with contrasting features and colors.
The dramatic influence of opposing color schemes can add classic appeal to decorative range hoods, islands, and eating bar areas.
One of today's most common cabinetry combinations is white with espresso.
Read more about kitchen color trends that combine dark and light cabinets.
1. Open Kitchens
The integration of kitchens with family living space (also called "Great Rooms") is another growing trend in 2013 new homes.
As home spaces become more casual, big, open spaces offer tremendous flexibility and a feeling of open spaciousness.
An island or peninsula can help divide two spaces into distinct areas, while allowing for open traffic flow.
You may also be interested in these other Raleigh new home articles with top tips from a new home builder.
Top 10 Dos and Donts for Kitchen Cabinets
Tub Surround Tile Ideas - Photos and Tips
Top 5 Ways to Save Money - Family Room
Built in Bookcases - Ideas and Trends
Formal Dining Rooms - Disappearing, or Here to Stay?
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We've all heard numerous times that the average new home size is getting smaller.
But is today's new home smaller than the one you grew up in? Or is it just better planned and built than homes a few years ago? Let's take a look at what's really been going on with new home sizes over the past 40 years or so!
In 1973, the average new home in the United States was only 1,660 square feet. That's average - meaning many homes were much smaller.
If you grew up in the 70s, you probably remember sharing a much smaller home than the one you're currently living in, probably with a couple of siblings!
After peaking at 2,521 square feet in 2007, the average new home stayed constant in 2008, decreased in size in 2009 and 2010, but bounced back up in 2011. The average new home size in 2011 was 2,480 square feet.
New homes have made some incredible gains in size over the past 40 years or so.
The average new home in 2010 was:
Why is today's new home smaller than it was a few years ago?
More New Home Size Trend Topics:
New Home Size Trends - What's Happened over 40 Years?
2012 New Home Trends - Homes 1799 Square Feet and Smaller
2012 New Home Trends - Trends in Homes from 1800 to 2399 Square Feet
2012 New Home Trends - Trends in Homes from 2400 to 2999 Square Feet
2012 New Home Trends - Trends in Homes from 3000 to 3999 Square Feet
2012 New Home Trends - Trends in Homes 4000+ Square Feet
What master bath features are most important to this year's new homebuyers? The top 10 master bath trends for 2013 include all the sought-after features you love, with luxury, comfort, and convenience in mind.
In 2013, new home master baths will find ways to add extra storage and de-clutter counters, such as adding:
- Floor-to-ceiling cabinets
- Open shelving
- Angled upper cabinets
- Wrap-around cabinets
See photos of more master bath storage ideas - click here
Master bathrooms built in 2013 will include more oversized tubs - with many special requests for extended lengths as more men are enjoying pampering soaks.
New homeowners are looking for a place to relax - and a large bubble bath makes the top of their list.
While some 2013 master bath tubs are expanding in size, others are being replaced with oversized showers.
Custom home master bath showers will include specialty features such as tile benches, dual shower heads, and built in niches.
At Stanton Homes, we can enlarged or rearrange a master bathroom floor plan to accomodate an oversized shower.
Master baths in 2013 new homes will include more premium tile selections such as marble and glass.
The custom home pictured here, a version of the Lowery, features a glass mosaic tub surround.
While master baths will continue to feature large mirrors with beveled edges, we anticipate more requests for framed mirror styles for a more contemporary feel.
The custom home pictured here, a version of the Carwile, includes wood framed mirros in espresso.
Plant shelves and vaulted ceilings go hand-in-hand in 2013 custom home designs.
Plant shelves are a subtle way to add elegance and detail to any master bathroom.
See more photos of plant shelves on Pinterest - click here.
And vaulted ceilings add greater dimension and depth.
Get ideas for your 2013 custom master bath in these vaulted ceiling photos.
Heated flooring will continue to be a luxury add-on for 2013 master baths.
Heated flooring can make winter mornings more comfortable. While not as popular in mild North Carolina, heated floors will stay in high demand in colder climates.
2013 Master baths will include more upscale designed details, such as arched openings and alcoves.
The custom home pictured here, a version of the Summerlyn, features a rectangular tub with arched entrance and TWO arched alcoves, one on each end of teh tub. Lights are tucked into each alcove and above the tub.
A "his-and-hers" master bathroom setup will continue to be popular in 2013 new homes.
While separate vanities can be integrated into one long countertop, even more popular is a separate countertop design.
Completely separate countertops, sinks, and storage give a true his-and-hers feeling.
The his-and-hers concept will also be used when designing two seperate master closets.
Watch video tours of recently completed North Carolina custom homes that include these top 10 master bath trends for 2013:
Contact Stanton Homes about your Raleigh custom home.
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Girly Things Thursday is back!
I had a bit of a brain block for ideas, but thanks to some great comments and e-mails I have some great topics. Over the next few weeks I'll talk about hair, make up tricks and tips, picking a great moisturizer and try to tackle some nail designs.
One of my new favorite products I'm in LOVE with is a serum I got in my Birchbox recently and I just had to share. The serum is from a company called Sunday Riley and thank goodness I got to try the sample size. I'm not sure what I'm going to use when it's out since it's really expensive, but it's done wonders.
I know what you're thinking, what is a serum? A serum is a skin care product that has a higher concentration of active ingredients, usually comes in a gel or creamy gel form and is meant for use under a moisturizer or mask. Serums should be used when you feel like your skin is in a rut and you're not getting the results with your basic products.
Because serums are water based they are great for all skin types and especially help with hydrating in the colder months when you feel your moisturizer just isn't enough. When you look for a serum it's important to look at the ingredients for SD Alcohol 40 or Denatured Alcohol. These ingredients are dehydrating which will encourage dry skin cell build up.
When you use a serum make sure to use it under your moisturizer to get better results. To really benefit your skin if it's in dire need of moisture keep your moisturizer in the refrigerator. When moisturizer is applied cold, it pushes blood away from the skin and in the process it creates a vacuum effect to pull the potent serum ingredients deeper within the skin.
But don't forget that a little goes a long way. Many people think that if they use more, they'll get better results. False! Your skin acts as a sponge and takes in all that it can and the rest may not absorb allowing for product waste. A dime size is all you need.
When I'm done with my sample size I'll get a less expensive serum and have had my eye on the one from Philoshophy.
It's still high in price, but will last forever since I don't need a bunch. It's worth the money and a must have in my book!


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Predictive accuracy gain from disaggregate sampling in ARIMA models
AbstractWe compare the forecast accuracy of autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models based on data observed with high and low frequency, respectively. We discuss how, for instance, a quarterly model can be used or predict one quarter ahead even if only annual data are available, and we compare the variance of the prediction error in this case with the variance if quarterly observations were indeed available. Results on the expected information gain are presented for a number of ARIMA models including models that describe the seasonally adjusted gross national product (GNP) series in the Netherlands. Disaggregation from annual to quarterly GNP data has reduced the variance of short-run forecast errors considerably, but furter disaggregation from quarterly to monthly data is found to hardly improve the accuracy of monthly forecasts.
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- Nijman, Theo E & Palm, Franz C, 1990. "Predictive Accuracy Gain from Disaggregate Sampling in ARIMA Models," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 8(4), pages 405-15, October.
- Nijman, T.E. & Palm, F.C., 1987. "Predictive accuracy gain from disaggregate sampling in ARIMA-models," Research Memorandum 273, Tilburg University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
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Bean Creek from Santa Cruz was named Best Bluegrass Band at the 2014 Northern California Bluegrass Awards held in Redwood City on January 25. The 7th annual ceremony was presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society as part of the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival.
The Bean Creek band's lead singer Billy Pitrone (Santa Cruz) won Best Male Vocalist and band members Pete Hicks (Aromas) and Rob Horgan (Santa Cruz) won Best Mandolin Player and Best Banjo Player, respectively. Hicks also performs with The Central Valley Boys, while Horgan is also a member of Sidesaddle & Co.
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Lifetime Achievement Honors were bestowed upon four longtime music teachers: Bill Evans of Richmond, Steve Palazzo of Santa Cruz, Jack Tuttle of Palo Alto, and Lee Anne Welch of Saratoga.
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A family-friendly experience has hit the pavement in east Nashville this summer.Riff's Food Truck Jam takes place every Friday night in the parking lot of 400 Main Street.The event features at least 15 food trucks, live music, a Yazoo beer tent and even a kids zone."Food trucks are a part of so many different events. We thought, 'It's time food trucks have their own event!' and we figured, why not be the ones to start it?" said B.J. Lofback, event organizer, owner of Riffs Fine Street Food, and president of Nashville Food Truck Association.It is held in a wide, open space for attendees to roam around, and is also close to ample parking.The music is provided by local and emerging bands and songwriters from around the city.A rotating line-up of Nashville Food Truck Association members will offer a variety of food for purchase as well.
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Another republican is on the ballot for U.S. Senate.
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Date: October 22, 2012
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The Lakewood Ranch YMCA will begin offering golf programs Oct. 29.
The sessions will be held at 7 p.m. Mondays for children and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays for adults.
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Georgia Laverne Wright Tucker went to be with our Lord on April 19, 2013.
She was born Aug. 23, 1919, to George and Mary Bertha Wright in Guymon, Okla. She was the fifth of eight children and preferred to go by "Laverne." She spoke often of her times in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and how she would jump from tumbleweed to tumbleweed to keep the barren ground from burning her feet. The family moved back to Illinois because the Dust Bowl was so bad and they gave up their family homesteading farm.
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Laverne and Bob had two daughters, Karen Lynn Acord Pierce, husband James Pierce, of Boone County; and Debra Elaine Sauter, husband William M. Sauter. Laverne was a honorary member of Jobs Daughters and PTA member. She was a leader of Blue Birds and Campfire Girls and enjoyed camping and traveling in her RV. Her hobbies included oil painting, sewing, crocheting, quilting, and embroidery. She loved the outdoors and enjoyed working in her flower beds even into old age.
After the death of Bob, she married Herbert Russell in 1992, and they enjoyed each other's company for five years before he preceded her in death. Dancing was a favorite activity for them. She was a member of Indianapolis Senior Citizens, the Continental Club and Scottish Rite Cathedral.
After Herbs' death, she devoted most of her time to helping at Chapel Rock Church and spending time with her grandchildren. She has four grandchildren, Gordon (Melinda) Acord, William J. Sauter, Nicholas R. (Kristine) Sauter and Trenton M. Sauter. There are four great-grandchildren, Aaron Acord, William R. Sauter, Katelyn R. Sauter, and Allison D. Sauter. She also had two stepsons, Gary Russell and Steven Russell, one step-great-grandson, John (Felicia) Hunt, and one step-great-great granddaughter, Stephanie Hunt.
She was preceded in death by her father, George Wright; and mother, Bertha Weber Wright; her husband, Robert Wilson Tucker; brother, Ralph Wright; sister, Louise Wright Cummings; sister, Marie Wright Johnson; sister, June Wright Johnson; and brother, George Wright, Jr. Two sisters survive her, Esther Wright Blanford and Bertha Wright Carter.
She has requested that any donations be made to the American Cancer Society, 6030 W. 62nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278, or Chapel Rock Christian Church.
A funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 22, in Conkle Funeral Home Speedway Chapel. Visitation will be there from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 21, Burial in Washington Park North Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at: conklefuneralhome.com.


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Perez eyes supporting, closer roles
Reliever takes aim at starring on TV, in the ninth inning
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Chris Perez has his eyes on a role he feels he was born to play.The closing role with the Indians? Well, sure, that's definitely a role the hard-throwing young reliever is interested in. But for now, Perez's more modest hope is to land a cameo role on the HBO comedy show "Eastbound and Down." After all, he feels he bears a physical resemblance to the show's fictional main character, Kenny Powers, a former Major Leaguer adjusting to life outside of professional ball and trying to get back in. Ever since the show debuted a year ago, people have been telling Perez he has a doppelganger in Danny McBride, the actor who plays Powers. "I did a Google search of him," Perez said, "and my picture was like the third thing that came up." The connection even runs from resemblance to representation, as the two belong to Creative Artists Agency. "We actually reached out to his agent about getting me a cameo," said Perez, who has no previous acting experience. "Maybe I could be his competition. I could play the young guy who takes his job." Alas, the second season of the show has already been shot, so Perez will have to wait at least another year. In the meantime, he just might reach that other goal. If the Indians do follow the industry speculation and trade Kerry Wood at some point this season, Perez is Wood's heir apparent in the ninth-inning role.
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Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.