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Fenagh, County Leitrim
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Fenagh (Irish: Fiodhnach) is a village in County Leitrim, northwest Ireland. It is on the R202, between Ballinamore and Mohill.
The area was the site of the battle of Fidhnacha in 1094.[1]
Fenagh Abbey is one of the oldest monastic sites in Ireland, believed to date back to the earliest period of Celtic monasticism. The founder was St. Caillín, thought to have arrived in Fenagh from Dunmore in County Galway in the 5th century (according to the Book of Fenagh). The Abbey had a monastic school; the Annals of the Four Masters states that the monastery at Fenagh was "celebrated for its divinity school, which was resorted to by students from every part of Europe".
Magnus, son of Muirchertach Muimnech (from the Annals of Connacht), wrote in 1244:
Fedlimid mac Cathail Chrobdeirg made an immense hosting eastwards into Brefne against O Raigillig, to avenge his fosterson and kinsman, Tadc O Conchobair. They encamped for a night at Fenagh. At that time there was no roof on the church of Fenagh, and the coarb was away that night. And as he was not present, the common soldiers of the host burned the huts and tents which were inside the church, without permission of their leaders, and the coarb's foster-child, God's gift, was suffocated. Now learned men relate that the coarb received this foster-child by finding him on a large stone which stood in that place, and [the people] never knew of his having either mother or father; and the coarb loved him and gave him, as it is said, milk from his own breasts. Next day he came to them in anger and indignation at the death of the boy, requiring O Conchobair to pay the blood-fine for his foster-child, and O Conchobair said he could choose what fine he pleased. 'I choose' said he 'the best man among you, as compensation for the child of God whom you have burnt.' 'That' said O Conchobair 'is Magnus, the son of Muirchertach Muimnech.' 'Nay, not so,' said Magnus 'but he who is leader of the host.' 'I will not go from you so' said the coarb 'until I get the fine for my foster-child.' After this the host departed from that place, and the coarb followed them to Ath na Cuirre on the Yellow River, which was flowing over its banks, so that they could not cross it till they broke up the spital-house of John the Baptist, which stood beside the ford, and used its materials to bridge the river for the host to pass across. Magnus son of Muirchertach Muimnech and Conchobar son of Cormac Mac Diarmata went into the house, and Magnus spoke to a man who was above him, at work on the house-breaking; 'That' said he, pointing upwards with the chape of his sword, 'is the nail which keeps the house from falling.' As he spoke, a rafter(?) fell on his head and smashed it to pieces on the spot. He was buried outside the doorway of the church of Fenagh, and thrice the capacity of the Bell of the Kings of silver and thirty horses were given as an offering with him. Thus, then, did the coarb of St. Caillin at last recover compensation for his fosterling of God from them. A beautiful monument of carved stone with an excellently wrought stone cross was afterwards made [and set up] over him, but after a while the Ui Ruairc in their enmity demolished it.
Notable residents[edit]
- The writer John McGahern lived, wrote and farmed in Fenagh for the last 30 years of his life. Much of his inspiration for Amongst Women, That they May Face the Rising Sun and Memoir comes from the area.
- John Ellis, politician
Rail transport[edit]
The Fenagh railway station opened on 24 October 1887 and closed on 1 April 1959.[2] It was part of the narrow-gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway.
Fenagh Abbey[edit]
At Fenagh, two church ruins stand on the site of an earlier monastery founded by St. Caillin in the 6th century. The main ruins of the Gothic church have (among other features) an east window of unusual design and a relief-carved 17th-century penal cross. A number of standing stones in the vicinity represent the petrified bodies of druids who tried to expel St. Caillin from Fenagh. There are a number of other prehistoric remains located in or near the village. A portal tomb at the north of the village is said to be the burial place of King Conall Gulban. 19 Gaelic kings are said to be buried in the graveyard. There was also a divinity school at Fenagh. It is believed that community life continued until 1652, when Cromwellian soldiers sacked it. It was damaged by cannon fire during the Williamite wars in 1690, and the last service was said in 1729. The site is on the northern shore of Fenagh Lough.[3]
Book of Fenagh[edit]
The Book of Fenagh was completed at the monastery in 1516, and a copy is now kept at the Royal Irish Academy. It contains a verse and prose "life" of St Caillin of Fenagh and additional poems from the lost Old Book of St. Caillin which are believed to be relevant to the politics of 11th- to 13th-century Tyrconnell; however, it is thought that they date from an earlier period than the rest of the manuscript.[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ O'Rourke Family Genealogy and History
- ^ "Fenagh station". Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ Churches of St Callin Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Simms, Katharine, Trinity College Dublin. "The Donegal Poems in the Book of Fenagh", Royal Irish Academy Retrieved 2011-06-04.


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For the better part of the next two weeks I'll be out of town.
That's a wedding cake topper. Yes, it's mine. Yes, it's awesome.
But fret not, you won't have to go cold turkey because there'll still be new posts around these parts. BeerControlOffense is working on something special for everyone, and I wrote a couple of posts last week that are scheduled to be published while I'm away. Everyone else is invited to contribute their thoughts too. All you need to is register an account to comment, post in the forums and write blog posts. The site has been updated with a WYSIWYG editor, so now you don't have to worry about HTML formatting when writing blog posts. I'll be keeping an eye out for any user contributions to bump to the frontpage.
Thank you to everyone who spends their time here, you make TKP what it is.
I have taken to calling this wedding "Hokiepalooza". Congrats to Joe and the soon to be Mrs Joe. See you all down there!
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Congratulations to you both. Great cake topper.
For all the love everyone!
Excellent wedding. For those
Excellent wedding.
For those that were wondering, Joe and Mrs. Joe entered the reception to Enter Sandman, with the wedding party jumping up and down.
I hope you had a fantastic time :)

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|You say, 'Hail, Saemey Wirewhisker'
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'Welcome to Kejek friend. I am the seer of this village for I have been gifted by the spirits with an affinity for their realm. The barrier between the spirit and physical realms is thin in these lands. The heretics know this and must be prevented from committing [atrocities] similar to those that have been committed in the past.
You say, 'What sort of atrocities?'
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'Long ago when our noble ancestors the Vah Shir were destroyed by an explosion that devastated the warring Heretic and Erudin armies an evil creature by the name of Tserrina Syl'Tor was attracted to the sudden abundance of new spirits in these lands. Tserrina was capable of capturing these spirits before they were able to cross over beyond the mortal realm and through her dark magic transformed them into a [crystalline shadow] substance.
You say, 'What crystalline shadow substance?'
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'The crystalline shadow substance was used as building blocks for Tserrina's tower on an Island near the frozen lands to the south as well as fashioned into armor and weapons for her mindless servants. Emylie Steelclaws has developed a means to purify the armor and weapons using the special properties of our Kejek forge and a smithy hammer blessed by the Titan Spirits. The purifying process transfers the imprisoned spirits into [soul orbs]. Ask Emylie about the purification process.
You say, 'What are soul orbs?'
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'I have perfected a ritual that will free the imprisoned spirits within the soul orbs. I simply require some kejek [spirit powder] to scrawl the proper sigils and a soul orb upon which to perform the ceremony. My apprentice will perform the ceremony on fading soul orbs. Simply bring him a fading soul orb and some kejek spirit powder.
You say, 'What is kejek spirit powder?'
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'The spirit power of which I speak is composed of ground spiritling stones. I will grind some powder for you if you would bring me a Valley Spiritling Stone, a Jungle Spiritling Stone, and a Mountain Spiritling Stone. Collecting the stones does not truly harm the spiritlings for when slain in this realm their essence simply disperses until it eventually reforms into a new spiritling.
Approach Emylie in the same fort.
You say, 'Hail, Emylie Steelclaws'
Emylie Steelclaws says 'Shalom friend. My mate Kalaaro is the primary blacksmith of our village. I mostly create his tools, do touch ups and refurbishes, and maintain the [kejek forge].
You say, 'What kejek forge?'
Emylie Steelclaws says 'Our forge has received the blessings of the Titan Spirits to burn with a supernatural flame! This flame has many beneficial properties but most importantly it can aid in freeing the spirits that have been imprisoned in materials by evil sorcerers.
You say, 'What about the purification process?'
Emylie Steelclaws says 'The crystalline shadow must be purified in the kejek forge using a special hammer blessed by the Titan Spirits. I will craft a hammer for you to take to the Titans for their blessings if you bring me a Large Brick of High Quality Ore and an Oak Shaft. Once the hammer is blessed you may use it in the kejek forge to purify the crystalline shadow and transfer the spirits contained within it to a Soul Orb that must be taken to our village seer.
Give Emylie a Large Brick of High Quality Ore and an Oak Shaft.
Emylie Steelclaws takes the supplies and begins to work on the hammer. She works swiftly and efficiently then cools the finished hammer and hands it to you.
You receive a Kejekan Smithy Hammer.
Locate a giant ape by the name of Giang Yin in Stonebrunt Mountains.
You say, 'Hail, Giang Yin'
Giang Yin looks down upon the creature standing beneath him and speaks. 'You are brave to approach a titan such as Giang Yin. I pray that the spirits have granted you honor and respect as well as courage.'
Give him the Kejekan Smithy Hammer.
Giang Yin says 'Freeing long imprisoned spirits is a noble cause. Your hammer has our blessing to free the souls from their crystalline shadow tombs.
You gain experience!!
You receive a Soulforge Hammer.
Place the Soulforge Hammer and one Crystallized Shadow or Faded Shadow item into the Kejek Forge and hit combine. The trivial for all combines is 15 (no-fail).
-A Faded Shadow weapon results in the Purified weapon and a Fading Soul Orb.
-A Cyrstalized Shadow weapon results in a Purified Crystal weapon and a Soul Orb.
-A Cyrstalized Shadow armor piece results in a Purified Crystal armor piece and a Soul Orb.
From here, collect the Valley, Jungle, and Mountain Spiritling Stones and give them to Saemey Wirewhisker.
Saemey Wirewhisker grinds the spiritling stones in a mortar and pestle with foreign runes scratched into the ceramic. 'This powder will assist in matters concerning the contacting or freeing of spirits.'
You receive two Kejek Spirit Powders. Give one Kejek Spirit Powder and a Soul Orb to Saemey Wirewhisker:
Saemey Wirewhisker says 'I require a Soul Orb and Kejek Spirit Dust in order to perform the ritual that will free the imprisoned souls. Saemey Wirewhisker scrawls an arcane symbol on the ground with an odd powder and places the orb in its center. He then begins reciting an incantation and waving his arms over the symbol and orb. Moments later the orb shatters and an apparition appears.
You receive a Shattered Soul Orb.
Giving one Kejek Spirit Powder and a Fading Soul Orb (from purifying either the Fading Shadow Rapier or the Fading Shadow Spear) to Mrowro Wirewhisker results in:
Mrowro Wirewhisker says 'I require a Fading Soul Orb and Kejek Spirit Dust in order to perform the ritual that will free the imprisoned souls. Mrowro Wirewhisker scrawls an arcane symbol on the ground with an odd powder and places the orb in its center. He then begins reciting an incantation and waving his arms over the symbol and orb. Moments later the orb shatters and an apparition appears.
You receive a Shattered Fading Soul Orb.
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Croft: Injury put me in "dark places"
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January 8, 2013
Tom Croft played 50 minutes in his comeback game against Worcester last week © PA Photos
Leicester and England flanker Tom Croft has admitted he had to negotiate some "dark place" on his nine-month recovery from a neck injury.
The 27-year-old made his comeback for Leicester in their 31-26 Aviva Premiership victory over Worcester on Friday after undergoing neck surgery last April.
It followed a protracted recovery period for the flanker, which saw him miss England's summer tour to South Africa as well as their autumn internationals against Fiji, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
"In all honesty, I have thought no further than Worcester," he told the Leicester Mercury. "It was just about getting through the game unscathed. I have been back and forth to dark places the last nine months, especially in the early months, and then coming back from recovery and thinking about playing.
"The last two-to-three months, I have just been thinking about this first game. Firstly, will I survive it? I've ticked that box - and, secondly, getting back to how I was playing before I got injured. So my thoughts haven't really gone further than that.
"It's a broken bone at the end of the day, and all you can do is as your told medically. You give it rest when it needs rest and, when you can start to build things up again, you can. I was hoping to be back November-December time, but scans showed otherwise.
"That was probably the most frustrating thing. The first sixth months you kind of accept, in terms of the severity of the injury, the last two months you are just saying 'am I ready, am I ready?' and you just keep getting pulled back.
"So it was nice to finally go over that threshold and play the game and come through."
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill has already played down the prospect of Croft featuring for England in their Six Nations campaign, which starts on February 2. And the Tigers flanker is happy to adhere to his coach's plans for his comeback.
"It's down to Cockers in terms of selection," he said. "We have got two massive games coming up. It's up to the coaches where they think I'm at. I trust their judgement. Obviously, there is still room to improve fitness."
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Beef 'O' Brady's is where you go to eat when you don't want something as fancy as Applebee's. So you can see why this bowl is the perfect Tampa bowl. Tampa is where you go to vacation when you don't want to go to Orlando or Miami.
The Beef 'O' Brady's bowl is at 2PM East on a Monday a couple days before Christmas. So the target audience here is college kids who are home for the holidays and have literally nothing else to do. Of course it will also get viewers like me who have begun to come to the dark realization that football season is coming to a close and will want to soak up every last moment of joy left before a long dark winter.
East Carolina used to be coached by Lou Holtz son. That's what I knew about East Carolina before writing this article. East Carolina did beat North Carolina this year, and I know they are ACC and all but still. East Carolina also faced and defeated the might UAB and Southern Mississippi. (See it's funny cause they suck.)
Ohio on the other hand beat one out of the two directional Michigan schools it faced, so it's a tough call. I guess I have to go with East Carolina because you always want to support Lou Holtz's family's former employers right?
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Princess Sumaya University for Technology Receives Delegation from Oman
As part of its plans to strengthen ties with different educational entities operating within the region, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) recently received a delegation from the Committee of the Higher Education and Culture at the Consultative Council of Oman. The delegation, which was received by the President of PSUT Professor Hisham Ghassib, toured the university campus, and held talks with the University's Council of Deans.
Through the talks held, the visiting delegation strove to benefit from all the educational experiences and expertise offered by PSUT, especially given that PSUT is the only learning institution in the region to specialize in offering educational programs pertaining to the fields of Information Technology and Communications. Members of the visiting delegation also discussed with the university's Council of Deans the different benefits that graduates gain upon obtaining a degree from PSUT, and how these benefits make PSUT's graduates an asset to the Job markets they operate within.
It is important to note that, the delegation's came as part of an educational study they were conducting. The study was aimed to shed light on the role played by private universities and colleges in fostering educational development in Oman, and on the role played by these institutions in raising the level of productivity seen within the Omani Job market.
About Princess Sumaya University for Technology: Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), established in 1991, is a specialized, nongovernmental, nonprofit, Jordanian university, owned by the leading applied research centre in Jordan, the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). PSUT's area of specialization is IT, Communications and Electronics. As a nonprofit institution, PSUT embraces both the public and private sectors, but while akin to public universities in its mission, it is more aligned to the private sector in drive and spirit. From the day of its inauguration, PSUT has committed itself equally to both local development and modernization plans and to global development.
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Clipse feat. Pharrell Williams – I'm Good (Behind the Scenes)
Following up on the video for I'm Good, Clipse takes us on a behind the scenes look at their music video shoot. The backdrop is definitely recognizable, taking place in Los Angeles with several iconic spots being showcased in the process. Check it out!
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text: My motivation lately has been giving myself something to focus on to fight pre-natal fatigue. By the time I get home from a long commute I'm not terribly inspired to just cook dinner so I made it a fun project by challenging myself to tackle an entire cooking manuscript and redact all the recipes. There are 135 recipes in this source, and I've been trying to work on them in order, but that has proven to be somewhat challenging either due to logistics or difficulty in obtaining ingredients (Wild Boar being the current hold up). I've also jumped ahead and been working on a largess project for Pennsic. It's a set of three spice mixes from this same manuscript, each in a 1 tbsp glass bottle sealed with a cork, handmade label and sealing wax, and a booklet with the recipes for the spice mixes as well as recipes from the same source for ideas on how to use them. Here's the blog where I've been tracking my progress and documenting each recipe. http://allvenicechannel.dreamwidth.org/ This project has helped me get better at writing things down, which had been one of my long-time hurdles in recreating historical recipes. It's been lots of fun, even when my beloved won't try it because it's got fish in it. ;) In joyous service, Raffaella --- On Tue, 6/15/10, Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at hotmail.com> > Subject: [Sca-cooks] Non-SCA food passions? > To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org> > Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 2:14 PM > > I have to admit that I haven't been too involved with pure > > historical food lately. I think I got a bit fried in my > push to > > get my Laurel. But that doesn't mean I've given up on > food. > > > > After living in apartments for most of my life we finally > have a > > house with a decent backyard. So I now have a garden that > > is my pride and joy. I never thought I'd have so much fun > > puttering around in the garden, trimming, replanting, > weeding, > > watering, etc... But it is great to watch the stuff I > planted > > grow and produce edibles. So far the harvest has been a > bit > > weak, just some tomatoes, cucumbers and Apache Peppers, > > but the plants are growing and things are looking good for > > the future. It's amazing the stuff I have planted in a > 4'x4' > > raised bed. > > > > My other big passion right now is charcuterie. The > preservation > > of meat, mainly pork products. But I'm really into making > my > > own bacon, sausages, confit, terrines and such. It will > help > > once I get the really groovy smoker I've been saving my > > pennies for. But I just put 5 1/2 lbs of pork belly in the > fridge > > to cure, most of it is a maple cure but I have about 2 lbs > > curing with garlic, black pepper and bay leaf for lardons > and > > salt pork. > > > > I'm still advising in cookery and cooking for gatherings > (this > > weekend I'll be doing homemade grilled pizzas and I'm > planning > > the food for a Tiki party we plan for sometime in July) > and > > even teaching. But right now my cooking passions are lying > > outside of period. > > > > So, what is your current foodie passion? SCA or otherwise? > > > > Gunthar > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple > calendars with Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > _______________________________________________ > Sca-cooks mailing list > Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org >


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Well, Houston has lost another top-notch musician, and this time the Music Awards jinx can't be blamed. Mary Cutrufello -- who, believe it or not, never won a single one of our awards -- failed to return from her usual winter sojourn on the Minnesota tundra this year and has all but closed the door on ever moving back down to her summer digs here on the bayou.
"I'm a rambler," she says. "There's no plan. Permanent and me don't go very well together. I may come back, I may never come back. I don't know. And I'm happy with that. If I come back, I'll know exactly why."
She is coming back temporarily, and true to her word, she does know exactly why. She wants to show off her new band to Texas and Texas to her new band. On September 19, she'll be back at her old Rudyard's stomping ground for an early show. "I put a band together the week before I went to South By Southwest, which is why I went to South By," she says. "I was telling people, 'Watch me when I come back,' 'cause I already knew what I had."
By then she already knew what she had had enough of, too, and that was what she deems is Houston's faltering music scene. "I love Houston as a town," she says. "It's not my home, but I spent almost a third of my life there. I love the town as a town. As a music town -- it isn't one. Bits and pieces are there, but it never seems to have congealed. It's too bad -- the city's so huge. For me personally, though, I needed a breath of fresh air for my musical reality, and I needed to leave town to make that happen."
Keep in mind that Cutrufello left town in January, though she's been back a couple of times since. Things were bleak then. Houston had just come out of one of the most traumatic years in its history, and the clubs were suffering. Cutrufello missed out on Pam Robinson's single-handed Washington Avenue revitalization, the success of Hands Up Houston in bringing more and better bands to town, and the continued development of many of our young acts and new venues.
But there's no getting around the fact that with regard to pop/rock over the past 20 years, the lake-ringed quasi-Scandinavian metropolis has us beat. "I've traveled around the country and been to virtually every market of consequence," she says, "and Minneapolis had hands down the best, the most professional and the most vibrant music scene There are people who make a living as cartage guys here, for God's sake. I'd never heard of cartage guys outside of New York, L.A. and Nashville."
Right about now you're probably about as flummoxed as Racket about what a cartage guy does. No such animal exists here. Apparently, they make a living humping amps and instruments from musicians' homes to their recording studios. Say you're Jeff Beck and you have 45 guitars and a skyscraper of 128 amps, and you figure you're gonna need every last one of them, not to mention your djembe drum and the ten-foot gong you picked up the last time you were debauching in Bangkok, to express your muse. You can't possibly take them all to the studio yourself, ergo cartage guys, the road-less roadies of the studio.
One suspects that a small army of cartage guys could subsist on working for Prince alone, so often does the pint-sized velveteen Valentino log studio time. But Cutrufello is quick to point out that Minneapolis has produced many more artists: Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, Semisonic and Soul Asylum come to mind in quick succession.
"There are so many bands that have come out of here and made it to the next level in the past 20 years. What that does to a scene is make people suddenly think that going to the next level is not something that other people do. Any one of us could be the next person to write 'Closing Time' or 'Runaway Train' or 'Purple Rain' or whatever it may be. I think that really makes a difference in the way a scene perceives itself."
Allow Racket, if you will, to slip into rant mode.
That's it exactly: the way a scene perceives itself. Houston's rock scene has a poor self-image, because no band has made it big in a long time. The examples of ZZ Top and (to a lesser extent) King's X can only drive the hopes of local musicians for so long, and that time has passed. The prevailing idea out there now is that no one gets out of here alive without moving to Austin or L.A. And can anyone tell Racket when that formula worked for a Houston band as well as staying home has for ZZ Top? Has moving to Austin or California ever worked for anyone from Houston at all?
Right now the labels are looking for something, anything, to get them out of their doldrums. They want a new sound; they want a city to name the next big thing. Houston's very much in the news right now, but mostly for all the wrong reasons. We are the fattest, ugliest, most polluted, most humid, most bankrupt, psycho-killingest, cough-syrup-swillingest city in America. When people think of Houston music, they come up with a series of fractured images of Urban Cowboys, Geto Boys, codeine and smash-hit R&B divas.


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Jakarta's Traffic Jam Issue. Academic Writing II Assignment
Jakarta's traffic jam are beyond crazy. I've experienced one of the craziest traffic gridlock on December 2012. Can you imagine from Pondok Indah Mall to Metro Kencana Street (near Bukit Golf) you have sit in a car for 3 hours??!! Usually from PIM to my house it only take 5-15 minu
Living in this city, you have to be wise and clever enough deciding where you want to go, at what time are you leaving and going home, which route should you take and many consideration to avoid Jakarta's nightmare.. the traffic.
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I think the cal-color coding bid isn't really effective. I think what the government should do is to fasten the Monorail Jakarta Project (because I think this new transportation are very fresh, so it attracts many people) and build more flyover (such as Antasari Flyover) also re-new the Busway buses and build new station and add new routes.


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HDTVs have come a long way in recent years. The big bulky things that did nothing more exciting than display your cable channels have transitioned into slim, stylish entertainment appliances capable of displaying digital media including home videos and images streamed across a home network. Some even deliver basic Internet access.
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Today our focus is primarily on sub-$500 active sound bars designed to improve TV audio for broadcast television, gaming, movies and music. We've gathered four different sound bars from Boston Acoustics, Panasonic, Sony and Vizio to evaluate and decide which sound bar is the ideal companion for enhancing TV audio.
The quartet of sound bars includes the Sony HT-CT350, Boston Acoustics TVee Model 20, Vizio VHT210 and Panasonic SC-HTB10 systems. Each sound bar has different features and uses, but each manufacturer intended its sound bar to improve the TV audio experience. We'll be the judge of that.
The criteria used for judging the sound bars is purely subjective. We selected a variety of content that we believe is a good representation of what our readers would watch and used it in our tests. For TV content, we watched only HD video from a Tivo HD with Comcast cable and flipped through a variety of channels to get a wide variety of live television audio sampling including sitcoms, movies and news. We conducted Blu-ray movie playback using a PS3slim and Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen – the PS3 audio mode was changed to accommodate each sound bar's capabilities. Game performance was tested using an Xbox 360 with "Red Dead Redemption" using optical or HDMI connectivity, depending on the sound bar tested. All sources were connected to a Samsung PN50B560 plasma TV.
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0hardcore_gamer , July 31, 2010 7:53 AMnice review
0Anonymous , July 31, 2010 10:25 PMShould have included yamaha's sound projector in the review. They are the king of the mountain for sound bar/sound projector
0rpgplayer , August 1, 2010 3:37 PMin the article you gave the sony a score of 3 on connectivity, but in the conclusion you gave it a score of 5.
0rpgplayer , August 1, 2010 3:39 PMwhich of course would change the overall score to 19 ending as a tie with Vizio's offering
2BlackPearl , August 2, 2010 12:31 PMThe Boston Acoustics soundbar with its "fantastic, full-range sound quality unmatched by the other competitors" is gets next to last place because it doesn't do fake surround?
1tuanies , August 2, 2010 7:31 PM@rpgplayer the score in the conclusion is correct. Thanks for pointing that out, we've fixed it.
@BlackPearl - we've fixed the math, the Boston and Vizio should be tied.
0pender21 , August 2, 2010 8:08 PMNot even one Yamaha YSP was reviewed. It would have been nice because they are available everywhere.
1tuanies , August 2, 2010 8:11 PMWe were focusing on new sub-$500 sound bars. The cheapest Yamaha sound projector starts at $1400 while the Air Surround YAS-71 starts at $600.
0Anonymous , August 2, 2010 8:18 PMWhen you do get around to the higher-end bars, please try to include a Niro system. The sound quality is fantastic.
2jeroly , August 2, 2010 9:33 PMI'm definitely with BlackPearl on this one. This has to be the STUPIDEST review I've ever seen on Tom's. The most important quality of a speaker is sound quality, and it's given equal weight with the least important quality. Moreover, I have to question any review of any feature of a Sony product that gives it high marks as I haven't seen a high-quality Sony product in about 20 years including the ones I've been fooled into buying.
1tuanies , August 2, 2010 9:41 PMUsually I would agree with you, but the target market for the sound bars are not audiophiles and just your average end user who wants to use it to watch TV and movies.
Yes they can spend a lot of money on a high-end system, but not everyone can have a 5.1 system or desire to run the wires associated with it. The sound bars present an alternative, that improves sound for the tasks they desire.
The Boston excels in audio quality, which is why we gave it 5's across the board. The Sony is just a better all-in-one solution that does everything.
And in the end it is all about value, all the sound bars in the round up are sub-$500, and the Sony can even be had for under $350. When you want convenience, features with a huge improvement over TV speakers with little hassle, you can't really go wrong with a sound bar.
1noware , August 5, 2010 3:18 AMI normally don't comment on these things BUT you should have had a ZVOX unit or two in the review. They have a few that are under $500 and would blow the sound quality and surround function of any of the reviewed items out of theater. I'm talking first hand seeing as I have compared the ZVOX and a Vizio unit and there is no comparison. Save your self some time and just buy a ZVOX. Real speakers in a real wood enclosure for real sound.
0noware , August 5, 2010 3:19 AMI normally don't comment on these things BUT you should have had a ZVOX unit or two in the review. They have a few that are under $500 and would blow the sound quality and surround function of any of the reviewed items out of theater. I'm talking first hand seeing as I have compared the ZVOX and a Vizio unit and there is no comparison. Save your self some time and just buy a ZVOX. Real speakers in a real wood enclosure for real sound.
0mdeland , August 5, 2010 5:45 PMI agree. ZVOX makes great products that these picks cannot hold a candle too. What a faux pas!
0GearUp , August 13, 2010 5:51 PMUnless space is a consideration, a real 2.0 or 2.1 system at this cost would be better. Extra speakers and connectivity have increased real costs so add $200 to what you spent for a receiver 20 years ago. Otherwise you get one offering 2-room capability that can't do it.
0Anonymous , August 15, 2010 2:37 AMAgreed on Zvox, makes the article a "don't bother reading" piece when they miss the best bang-for-the-buck on the market. I own Bose and Zvox and, while Bose is great, the latter is the better value by far.
I recommend Zvox to everyone I know.
0Anonymous , September 7, 2010 8:34 PMI just want a review on the Panasonic SC-HTB10. Thought that was what I was supposed to get here?


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American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
American Student Dental Association (ASDA)
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Bridging the Gap (BTG)
Ethics and Professionalism Club
Harvard Medical Language Initiatives (HMLI)
Healthcare Management Club
HMS Association of Women Surgeons
HMS Chamber Music Society (HMS-‐CMS)
HMS Entrepreneurial Society (HMSES)
HMS Global Oncology Initiative
HMS Heartbeats
HMS/HSDM African Health and Advocacy Group
HMS/HSDM International Student Organization (ISO)
HMS Students for Global Health (HMS SGH)
Leadership and Teamwork in Medicine (LTM)
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Philos Society
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Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Interest Group (QIPS)
Spirituality, Healing, and the Mind Student Interest Group
Students for Environmental Awareness in Medicine (SEAM)
Students for Medicine and Art (SMA)
Students for Nutrition (SFN)
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American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
Catholic Students Organization (CSO)
Christian Medical Dental Association (CMDA)
HMS Military Medicine and Dentistry Society
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So our built-in wall-to-wall desk already made some good progress this week with the painting and making-taller of our cabinets. But something was missing…
Yes, we were devoid a counter (aka, the desk top). John and I were actually quite indecisive about what to do when it came to that part. And whatever we did, we needed about thirteen feet of it (a length that we learned most kitchen counter suppliers wouldn't even deliver since 12 feet was usually the max before you ended up with a seam). At first we considered ordering a legit kitchen counter top (maybe butcher block, maybe silestone, maybe this from Ikea – although they would all have a seam). I think after having saved so much with our $6 cabinets we thought that maybe the top could be our splurge.
But, then again, we're not very good splurgers. Also, I was leaning towards something white (to keep things light, and to tie into the top of the nearby built-ins in the dining room) but John was Mr. Hesitant about white overload (and worried that the white tone of the counter could clash with the white of the cabinet). I know, it's shocking to hear a guy worry about clashing white tones (especially when he usually can't tell one white paint chip from another) but he can own it. In short, we were stuck.
But after seeing this DIY-ed desk that Aubrey and Lindsay built,
John won we both realized that wood was the way to go.
We've always loved the combo of white and deep wood (we did something similar but flipped when it came to refinishing Clara's dresser), so why not? And rather than "matching" a white counter to the tops of the built-ins in the dining room, we thought referencing the rich wood tabletop in there could really look great.
So with the "rich wood finish" decision made, we tracked down our materials. We wanted something thicker than the 3/4″ console table top (just to stay proportionate with the four chunky cabinets below and the thirteen foot length), so we picked up some 2 x 10″ untreated framing lumber. It was as thick as one of those jumbo cutting boards and I walked around the store talking lovingly to it, which was completely embarrassing but I could. not. help. it.
While there we had the guy at Home Depot cut a bunch of eight foot pieces in half so we could fit them in the car (it would also make maneuvering them at home much easier). And this is the most exciting thing. Total cost: $27.30. Yup, it came to less than a dollar a square foot (which is a heckova lot cheaper than most other countertop options, even butcher block or laminate from Ikea).
So with everything home, we did a rough layout on the floor of our basement workshop to figure out which pieces had the nicest edges (for the front lip) and which ones should be hidden in the back. We didn't have 13 feet of floor space to work with, hence the overlapped look.
Since I was going to do the staining, John helped me label the back of each piece with clear directions so I didn't end up staining the wrong side. The X meant "don't stain this side" and STAIN FRONT meant, well, "stain the front edge" since it would show on the outer boards if it was a front board.
John's duty (besides cutting a few end pieces to size) was sanding (since I still had memories of my vibrating hand from sanding the cabinets in the priming step of the process). John used the same cheerful little mouse sander to go over each piece thoroughly with some coarse 60 grit sandpaper first (to smooth out any big imperfections) and then went over things again with some finer 150 grit paper afterwards – just to give it an even smoother finish.
One potential challenge with lumber like this is the prints and stamps that come on them. We ended up using only the sides without marks, but if that weren't the case we could've just used some extra sanding elbow grease to buff out the ink. But thankfully the other sides were just fine.
With everything sanded, we brought the boards into the sealed-off sunroom so I could stain them. We decided to use stain we already had on hand (leftover from the console project, actually I think it was from another project before that one) and ultimately decided to use the dark walnut and not mix in any of the ebony this time. Although we had done a combo of the two for the console, we weren't really going for that same weathered / distressed look. Instead, we were trying emulate the deep, rich finish of our dining table.
So as usual, I brushed on a coat of the stain with a paintbrush (and a mysterious gloved hand)…
…and then wiped it off with a rag after letting it soak in a for about a minute.
Once they dried overnight, we were left with these beauts (I did the staining at night and shot these after photos in the morning, hence the different look/undertones – you'll see the actual finished look later in the post though).
John's original plan for building the counter was to recreate his process for the console top, just on a larger scale. That meant using his beloved Kreg jig to screw the boards into one another side-by-side so they became larger sections that he could then piece together on top of the base cabinets. But after going to town with his jig on a few boards, he realized these heftier boards weren't gonna jive with that plan – especially when he had a seam straddling two cabinets. You can't tell from this picture, but this set up was a bit wobbly. And a wobbly desktop (or something uneven that made our laptops wobbly) wasn't the goal.
So he adjusted his approach to focus on screwing the boards to the cabinets first, and then to each other wherever necessary (for added support). It wasn't a bad alternative, it just meant a lot more cramming his body into the base cabinets to drill screws up into the bottom of the counter planks while I leaned on things to keep them in place from above.
True to form, wherever he could, John used his pre-drilled pocket holes to secure the pieces to one another for added strength (did I mention the man loves his jig?).
Perhaps our favorite discovery of the day was realizing that our camera tripod could double as a great jack-substitute to keep the boards level while John screwed them together (this was a lot more precise than me standing there and trying to hold them at a consistent height). They make a good counter-building team, John and his trusty tripod.
The brevity at which I'm recounting this process makes it seem like it was fast and easy. It wasn't. You know we like to keep it real, so the counter install (not counting a few hours of sanding/staining) took us the better part of an evening – maybe around four hours? And it was relatively exhausting, especially to poor John who was doing the bulk of the lifting and contorting himself into the base cabinets to drill. The most frustrating part was realizing that our boards, like most, weren't all perfectly straight. So we had to do our best to counteract/deal with the whole slightly warped thing (once we screwed them down/together in a few places they seemed to level out, but it took some finessing to make sure the tops stayed level as we went).
But eventually it got done. Though it did teach us a lesson in staining: be sure to stain about a centimeter over each edge, even if you don't think it'll be visible, since some of the tiny cracks between where the boards met revealed slivers of unstained wood. Luckily it was nothing a little stain touch-up with a small brush couldn't fix (I dabbed it in there and then wiped the seam with a rag to blend it).
With the touch-ups dry, I later added three thin coats of our favorite non-toxic low-VOC poly alternative (Safecoat Acrlacq). This is the can that we originally bought for our bathroom vanity project over a year and a half ago and it's still going strong (we use it for almost everything).
The Safecoat seal will not only protect the finish and add lots of long-tern durability, but it also gives the wood a richer glossy look – just like our nearby dining table.
Once we'd given the whole thing 24 hours to dry, it was time to take her for a spin. This is what our new desktop looked like empty…
…and here she is with some "styling" (come on, do you know me at all? I love to put a bunch of stuff on newly completed projects – just to help us get a sense of what it might look like when it's in use). Of course everything was just shoved there in four minutes so it's safe to say that nothing is permanent and I obviously want some larger art to actually hang on the wall (which we still have to paint, hence the swatches) and a bunch of other things will likely change/evolve as we actually get into using our new desk.
And yes, I borrowed the lamps from the console table in the living room and added some fun shades that I spotted at Target (they still have the wrapping on them, which is why they're so shiny). But eventually we'll have to grab two more lamp bases for in here (where we might keep the two-toned shades – we'll see).
We're so happy with how the office looks from the dining room. The wood top ties right into the wood table and doesn't look weird with the white topped built-ins in the foreground. Whew.
And the chunky wood top is such a rich counterpart to the white cabinets, we really couldn't be happier. Oh and see that vintage green library box (found for $4 at a thrift store a while back)? That's our new drawer system for pens, pencils, tape, and scissors – so the file cabinets are full of larger things (like the shredder, some storage boxes, etc). So far it's all really functional- so I owe you a photo of the insides of those cabinets once we're more settled in.
Oh and as for writing things down atop a wood plank counter, there are a few seams, but they're four feet apart and the boards are nice and thick. We also generally use notebooks and notepads anyway, so getting bumps and lines when we write isn't an issue. In fact in the square foot of counter space to the right of each of our laptops there's not a single seam cutting through – so any pad or piece of paper could be written on easily without any seam-conflicts. Which is a nice accident because we just laid the boards in a staggered zig-zag pattern and they happened to fall without any seams to the right of our computers. Holla.
Overall, the current setup (although the "styling" is ever so un-permanent)…
… is definitely an update from the old office setup (you can read more about the floor-planning process here). Only now do we realize how cramped that desk really was:
Of course we're not 100% done with things. We still want to put some sort of molding around the bottom and sides of the cabs to give them a more built-in look. Plus we're still not sure if we're gonna stick with the shiny silver hardware finish that came with the cabinets (of course I've thought about ORB, but don't know if that'll look too matchy with the black glass pulls on the file cabinet nearby- I'll keep you posted though). Even with those little things still on the to-do list, our budget's looking pretty darn good for the ol' wall to wall built-in desk project:
- Cabinets (from Habitat For Humanity ReStore): $6.30
- Kilz Clean Start No-VOC Primer$0 (leftover from painting the kitchen paneling, but it would be around $20 to buy for those wondering)
- Electric sander & sandpaper: $0 (already owned, but would be around $25 to buy)
- Benjamin Moore Advance paint (in Decorators White, satin): $40 (thanks to 10% off haggling/begging)
- Pre-primed & unprimed wood to build up cabinets (from Home Depot): $51
- Framing lumber for counter (from Home Depot): $27.30
- Stain & poly for top: $0 (already owned, but would be about $8 and $20 respectively if you didn't have any)
We're psyched, especially since a white laminate counter from Ikea that would span the 13′ length would be around $125 on its own (not counting any cabinetry, paint, etc). But of course just like any upgrade, our new desk is making the rest of the room look terrible. Haha. We need wall paint. And window treatments. And to actually update the chipped navy chairs that we grabbed for $35 a while back. And art. And a chair for the corner. And a lighting upgrade. And about a million other things. But thinking about everything at once gives me hives. One step at a time is the mantra these days.
Has anyone else out there gone with a wood topped something (be it a desk, dresser, kitchen counter, etc)? Do you do things backwards (like build a desk before you paint the walls)? Do you find it hard to resist stroking and talking lovingly to lumber at the home improvement center? I gotta get a handle on that.
Psst- To follow our desk makeove from the beginning, here's the post about office floor planning, the post about finding our $6 cabinets, the one about other places we looked, the post about sanding and priming the cabinets, and the post about painting and building up the cabinets before adding the countertop.
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I know you said that you put safecoat on it. Will that protect from writing marks? I've seen some pretty soft kitchen tables that you can't write on because it will transfer through the paper and etch into the top of the table. Does safecoat protect better than regular poly?
It's awesome! I would love to tackle a project like this, but my office is much, much smaller. I am afraid that built-in anything would make it feel even smaller and less open. But I love the look of a "finished" office! Any suggestions?
I am loving it so far! Ooh, what if you did a roman shade in Imperial Trellis like the inspiration pic?! Talk about a budget buster! I'm way too cheap for that and I'm guessing you guys are too :) Any plans for the old desk?
Tonic Home makes cool and "cheaper" fabrics if you're looking online.
I had to go back and check out your floor plan to remember if the office opened to the kitchen. It is so cool that you have such an open floor plan. Also, I was wondering how often you use your dining room? Or do you mostly eat in the kitchen?
Just finished a desk of my own made out of a scavenged filing cabinet and ugly countertop. A little spraypaint made everything look a lot better, and my favorite brainstorm was to use chalkboard paint on the filing cabinet so I can write what's in the drawers, or just just draw on them. It's not designed to be as permanent as yours but it'll do the trick for a few years until we get around to doing the rest of the room! http://53masonstreet.blogspot.com/2011/08/fancy-new-desk-10.html
it's gorgeous, you guys! well done!
i know the chandelier is on it's way out (i bet it threatens john's noggin all the time), but i kind of like the look of it in there…
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME! I love how it looks and it is so functional! I'm incredibly jealous but happy you guys figured out such an affordable solution! My hubby and I are trying to make a desk area in our bedroom since we don't have space anywhere else. I posted about it on my blog – we went with a cheap long Ikea desktop and cheap legs, and then added a skirt to the desk to spiff it up a bit. I have lots of other plans for it, but since we are in an apartment, there are lots of limitations to what we can do. I can't wait until we have a house so we can really get our DIY fix!
You two always amaze me — this looks great! What color are you going to paint the chairs? The navy looks like black in the pictures, but if it's a true navy I think they'll be great, or maybe another color from Sue? That deep purple should go somewhere.
Absolutely fantastic. LOVE IT! Great job Team Petersik!
Ha! About a month ago I stained my desk just like that!
Man, you guys are so handy! I love the dark walnut stain and actually just finished staining a bench and a dresser with it. Love the solution to the desktop – I have a thin desk with a gross laminate top I need to do something with. It's your typical love the bottom, hate the top kind of relationship that I think this type of solution could fix.
Thanks for the post!
Change of Scenery
Is it weird that I kind of love the chandelier that's already there? I'm sure it's a perfect height for head-whacking though.
I love the symmetry. You would never know the cabinets weren't originally white. Great job!
Love it!!! I love the way the grain looks with the dark stain.
I LOVE the view from the diningroom into the study!
Thats a whole load of different color swatches on the wall – do you guys have a preference for which color to use on the wall yet? :)
I'm really impressed that you finished that desk so quickly! Great job!
I think you might want to do 2 several holes on each side of the countertop so you can pass your computer cables so you can plug them into the light, like regular desks have.
It looks great by the way!
Because I have a pine table I have a word of caution. When writing on paper placed on the desktop, be sure to pad underneath the paper, and don't press too hard or you'll leave imprints in the soft wood. You don't want to sand and refinish too often.
Desk looks really awesome. Just curious – howcome you guys always use the sun room for painting/staining and not the backyard/driveway?
Also, please tell me I'm not the only one that saw the smiley dude in John's jig:
I am so impressed! Your new desk looks awesome and super functional. Way to go!
That's amazing! Nice work.
What a great job and for such great price. What about some fabric covered bulletin boards for the walls next to the window. It would give you the opportunity to use a colorful fabric and they would be useful.
Wow. It looks so good and definitely more expensive than what you spent (always a bonus). I like how the two rooms are starting to tie together. It makes it look so cohesive but not cookie-cutter. Great job per usual.
First of all, it's gorgeous, and I KNEW you guys were going to do a nice rich wood top over those white cabinets. It's like a reverse of your dresser for Clara's room!
What I think you need, to combat those wonky planks messing things up, is a planer. Whenever woodworkers use planks they always run them through a planer which evens out the uneven-ness and also sands the surface all at once. Store-bought wood is never consistent and is always knotty and uneven. A planer is a big piece of equipment, though. I have a feeling that you might be able to take the wood to a shop somewhere and have them plane it for you? Maybe look into it for future building projects? Because if you're going to put so much time in DIY furniture, you want it to come out right, no?
Keep up the beautiful work, and we'll keep on ogling it like eye candy! <3
Thats the exact color combo i just painted my kitchen island, white base with dark stain. It looks awesome! Great job!
I'm stealing parts of this for our computer area! I love the poly idea on the top to protect it, and give it the glossy look. Can you dust the computer top with pledge to make it shiny again? I have to be able to dust my stuff due to allergies.
Wow. Now I'm curious. Are those navy chairs comfortable? I'm stuck with a dining chair as a desk chair, and it seems to be a little less comfy than I would prefer. I wonder how you guys, who surely spend a good amount sitting there, handle that over an office chair or a standing desk lol.
I love the room overall, and the artwork you propped up with the lampshades. Plus, I love the cocoa/khaki toned swatches on the wall in the office. I'll be excited to see what your finished product is.
Looks great! I really like the richness of the wood top.
Really lovely! Wish my home office looked like that, ha. I'm really itching to see what color you paint the walls.
Job very well done. You will be loving the space to work as well as the way the office settles down – the desk anchors the room and the view from the front door/dining room. Doubt if you could have been more thrifty on this project. Congrats.
Amazing as always!
Love it! One question: did you drill holes in the back to allow for cord-age (yes, I just made up that word) from lamps, computers, etc.? Or is the fact that the top is slide-able (yep, did it again) enough to help with that? Just curious about the functionality of the desk space itself. Thanks!
Wow! This looks amazing!!!!
Just a thought: I know you guys are lovers of green and yellow, but from a girl who loves her blue, I've gotta say I think the wall with swatches needs a light blue!
I follow every day. Thanks for all the inspiration to fix my old/new first home :)
I have been thinking of DIYing some hand-me-down furniture from my Grandparents with white on the bottom (to cover the current hunter green paint) and the same dark walnut stain on the top. This definitely gives me confirmation the two will look great together!!! And now I know the perfect white paint to purchase!
I keep saying that you guys are artists but now I am wondering if you are actually magicians?!
Or are you both? Are you "magartists"?!
Oh and here is another thought I would love your opinion on. The chairs are currently woodtone should I paint them white or sand and restain to match the dark walnut stain? (Sorry for the double message!)
Ahh wood tops are totally my cup of tea. It works so well in that room. Poor Amazon John trying to get into all those nooks and crannies trying to get it all put together. He may have won the battle, but you won the…I don't know, but at least you didn't have to install the entire thing. <3
Looks pretty amazing if you ask me. You'd think the two of you were carpenters! :)
So what did you end up doing with the couch that was in the room? Are you bringing back any seating other than a chair in the corner? Just curious.
Seriously gorgeous! Looking to build a homework/art zone
for our kids. This would be perfect! Thanks for the step by step and spanning it over a few days. It seems like now the hubby and I could tackle this in small chunks with a 1, 2, and 3 year old in the house! :)
I love how this looks. If I didn't live in a Brooklyn apt, this would be mine.
You guys are amazing! This project was so creative. I can't wait to see how you finish this room!
Looks so great! Have you seen the Sept. Better Homes and Gardens? They have chairs almost identical to yours in their desk/craft space. I believe they're painted glossy white, but paired with kelly green parsons desks. In any case, I love the look and will be keeping out for some for myself!
Have you given any thought to electrical outlet access? Otherwise how will you plug in lamps or your computers without a mess of cords?
We have a built in desk that has large circular holes through the work surface tucked into the corners. You can buy access covers at Home Depot that allow cords to pass through the hole, while still allowing a neat appearance. Find the covers first, and then drill your holes so the diameters match.
This looks flippin' awesome and is probably my favourite thing you guys have done so far!
I wonder if it would be possible to fill in the cracks if you did have an issue with writing on the desk over them as someone commented above. Maybe some matching coloured wood filler in the cracks before the seal coat?
First time commenter here! I'm wondering where you got the two matted prints that you used for styling. I apologize if you've already mentioned it and I missed it!
Nice! Looks great and such a lovely space to work.
wow! gorgeous! but then…. i had no doubt it would be! you are YHL, after all!!!!!
This looks awesome! We are actually in the process of doing a very similar-looking thing to our dining room table (aka painted white legs & chairs with a deep dark wood tabletop).
However, we are finding that our stain is not going on very even! The tabletop is oak which we have sanded thoroughly (and then re-sanded 3 times because we haven't liked the turnout). I actually don't mind the bit of inconsistency in the wood because I think it looks a bit more rustic, BUT do you know if applying another coat of stain will help even things out? Or, will it just make the darker spots even darker?
Try applying a wood conditioner before staining. Sand it down really well and try the conditioner, then stain.
Sounds like you need wood conditioner – it's a product sold near the wood stains, etc that helps even out your application. You may need to sand one more time to even out the existing coat of stain before applying the conditioner, and then proceed with your stain job.
It looks fabulous! Are the seams in the boards & the wood grain going to be difficult to write on?
I'd probably put down a piece of glass over the immediate work area so that I could write easily. Love it!
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Arts | Entertainment | Music
Portland band "The Slants" Takes Trademark Case to Court
OPB | Oct. 24, 2013 12:40 p.m. | Updated: Oct. 24, 2013 2:11 p.m.
Portlander Simon Tam, founder of the Asian-American dance rock band The Slants, says the application to trademark the band name started in 2009 as "just an ordinary process that many bands go through." Four months later, they found out their application had been denied because the term 'slant' had been deemed "offensive to persons of Asian descent." Tam says he was "shocked." He believes that they were denied because the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made an assumption about the intent of their band's name, which it would not have made if The Slants were white.
According to Tam, The Slants have been embraced by the Asian-American community and they've never received any complaints about their name. In fact, says Tam, they received a glowing front-page write up in The Asian Reporter after their very first show.
After a series of resubmissions and denials, The Slants are taking their case to the federal court of appeals.
We talk with Tam and a lawyer who specializes in trademark strategy.
- Simon Tam: Founder and bassist of The Slants
- Mike Heilbronner: Trademark attorney and adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Law School


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Babes In Toyland Reunion Is On
Minneapolis punks Babes In Toyland, significant players in the early '90s alternative rock boom, haven't played a show since 2001, and they haven't released an album since 1995′s Nemesisters. But they've been a frequent name-drop lately, particularly in White Lung reviews (including our own). The timing seems right for a reunion, and a reunion is what we're getting. In an interview with Lancer Radio at Pasadena College yesterday, Kat Bjelland and Maureen Herman confirmed that they're getting back together to write new material and play shows.
They expect the first gig to be a benefit for Lady Parts Justice in Minneapolis, but no date has been specified yet.
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