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Electroluminescent (EL) lighting technology is commonly used in car dashboards, cell phones, and pagers. When manufactured in strips, EL light sources are capable of high brightness under intense conditions. Unlike traditional lamps, EL strips can withstand shock, vibration, and short-term moisture exposure.
EL technology is also bright enough to be seen in lighter ambient conditions. In standard egress applications, EL technology is typically nine times brighter than photoluminescent materials.
EL technology draws little power, so a standard back-up battery system is sufficient to power it through a crisis. The light strips can be installed easily and economically, with standard electrical fixtures and mounted on walls or around doorways.
Smoke fills the room. The lights go out. Fear takes hold. Confusion follows. Even people familiar with their surroundings are inclined to panic. What to do next? Where do they go? How do they get out?
To aid end-users in exiting their buildings safely, Trumbull, CT-based Egress Marking Systems Inc. has installed egress lighting systems at Madison Middle School, Trumbull, CT, and Nathan Hale Elementary School, New Haven, CT. Current codes and standards, such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code and UL 1994 Standard for Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems, recognize the light strips as a means of egress marking pathways.
"The lower-level path lighting is consistent with what we've always learned about exiting a room in the case of a fire: We get on the floor and crawl out," says Robert Pescatore, fire marshal, Town of Trumbull. The egress lighting system selected provides an uninterrupted line of floor-level light that can be installed around corners, down hallways and stairwells, and lead a path of safety in case of a fire or power outage. Electroluminescent (EL) light strips installed on or near the floor are easily visible in smoke-filled rooms at a considerable distance; maintain a low-level, blue-green light; and can run on battery for extended periods of time.
In the 2-story Nathan Hale Elementary School, sections of the main hallway on both floors and a handicapped-accessible library ramp have been equipped with the lighting system. In addition to safety concerns, Madison Middle School will test the next generation of controls in its auditorium for use during theatrical performances.
"We are building and renovating schools to prepare New Haven's children for the 21st century. The emergency egress lighting system has been implemented to advance technology and to incorporate new, state-of-the-art safety measures in our schools," says John DeStefano, mayor, New Haven, CT. The City of New Haven has made pathway lighting systems part of its own building standards and plans to install electroluminescent technology in 26 additional buildings that will be erected for the city over the next 8 years.
The installation at the schools is part of a larger lobbying effort by the EL industry to have building codes that include low-level emergency lighting systems visible through smoke. Current codes dictate that exit signs should be located near a room's ceiling. However, once a room fills with smoke, those signs can be rendered useless.
Recent catastrophic events have prompted several of New York City's building owners to evaluate their emergency egress systems. Pending legislation will dictate that office buildings more than 100 feet tall and higher than 9 stories be equipped with exit path markings by the beginning of 2007.
"The City of New Haven is strongly invested in its children, and I am proud to say that our city will lead the way in fire safety," says DeStefano.
Lauren Kaufman is the public relations account manager for Mascola, a public relations firm in New Haven, CT.
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Chris Forbrich takes on Mary Alice Cisneros in a testy District 1 race
Published: 3/11/2009
Colin Strother picks his political battles pretty carefully. Strother, the former campaign manager and chief of staff for Congressman Henry Cuellar, knows that incumbent Councilmembers rarely lose elections in San Antonio (or any other city, for that matter), and tilting at windmills is not among his favorite pastimes.
So when Strother cold-called District 1 challenger Chris Forbrich to inquire about working on Forbrichs campaign against incumbent Mary Alice Cisneros, he says he was driven not only by principle but by a close examination of the races political calculus.
Theres a saying in baseball that you cant teach speed, Strother says. Well, you cant teach effort either, and I see a lot of good things in Chris. Hes got good instincts and good values.
Strother recalls that people told him he was crazy in 2007 for choosing to manage Justin Rodriguezs District 7 campaign against incumbent Elena Guajardo, but Rodriguez wound up winning the race in a rout.
That anecdote surely gives Forbrich loyalists cause for hope, but the two races have some key differences. Although Rodriguez was a first-time Council candidate in 2007, hed already built a strong reputation as an Assistant District Attorney, school-board member, and neighborhood-association president. By comparison, the 25-year-old Forbrich, owner of a small computer-consulting business, is an unknown quantity. Also, Rodriguezs opponent did not carry the near-mythical power of the Cisneros name, with its echoes of the popular mayoral reign of Mary Alices husband, Henry, and its Clintonian hold on the imaginations of SA voters.
If Forbrichs insurgent, shoestring effort recalls any recent San Antonio political figure, its Chip Haass, who scored a District 10 upset victory in 2003, as a 25-year-old school teacher promising to sweep away City Hall corruption. As with Haass, Forbrichs political innocence, his thin résumé, is not only his biggest political weakness, its also his clearest asset.
Fairly or unfairly, in the two years since she took office, Cisneros has acquired a reputation for being detached and disengaged from her constituents concerns. Forbrich, a San Antonio native who moved into the Sprucewood Lane home of his grandmother two years ago, says that even before he became a candidate, he got a first-hand sense of how Cisneros relates to District 1 voters, and the experience was disappointing.
Forbrich says he worried that many children in his neighborhood live in homes with lead paint and asbestos. I wrote 10 letters and made two phone calls to Mary Alices office over the course of six months, he recalls. Within that time, the only response I got to any of my communication my phone calls didnt even get answered, and they were during business hours was after one letter, when she had her secretary call me and say she would love to write me back. I said, Great, my address is at the top of the letter. Please do. And I never got a letter back from her.
In his letters, Forbrich proposed that the City adopt rebate or loan-forgiveness programs to safely remove lead paint and asbestos from homes where children resided. He subsequently found that such local programs already exist. It came down to simply communicating that with me, he says. And I could have shared those concerns with those people that I saw. So I think it was regrettable that there wasnt communication and diligence at the District 1 office to get that information out.
Forbrichs focus on health issues can probably be traced to his familys history in the health-care industry. His mother, Rebecca Gremmel, is a nurse, and his younger sister, Jennifer, is currently studying nursing at San Antonio College. Forbrich himself graduated from Health Careers High School (a Northside magnet school) in 2001. He ultimately received a degree in Information Systems from the UTSA College of Business, and set up his own company, Forbrich & Associates, in 2007. When asked about his familys role in his campaign, he says, with a rare laugh, Politics isnt really their game. So Im on my own with that one.
In conversation, he comes off shy but determined, relentlessly serious and careful in his choice of words. For Forbrich, municipal government isnt about ideology as much as practical problem solving. At one point, looking for a connection between his business self and the public official he hopes to become, he says: I troubleshoot things for a living. It only seems second nature to me. Youre just shifting the subject matter, but its still the same process.
He says hes long been interested in politics and his decision to make a run for the District 1 seat came not from a single epiphany but from a gradual sense of dissatisfaction in the community.
In my time campaigning since last July, before I even knew if the incumbent was going to run again, I was out there talking and I heard the same story from everyone: We feel forgotten, no ones listening to us, no ones getting back to us, no ones showing up to help us. And I think thats really important. At the end of the day, that office is there to listen and do whatever it can to try to help.
If anything, Strother is more vehement in his critique of Cisneros.
Mary Alice has a reputation for being AWOL, he says. She has a reputation for not showing up, for not returning phone calls, for turning over staff, and for not being reliable.
Forbrich and Strother point to a March 3 meeting of the Los Angeles Heights/Keystone Neighborhood Association, only a few days after two fatal shootings and a stabbing occurred at neighborhood bars. An estimated 100 residents and representatives of the San Antonio Police Department attended the meeting, but Cisneros failed to show up.
Patricia Doria, president of the neighborhood association, says that Cisneros has never made it to an association meeting and calls the situation extremely frustrating. But she adds, I cant say that Chris would make a better candidate because we dont know that much about his record yet.
Until recently, apathy was the strongest knock on Cisneros. Over the last few months, however, shes also taken public hits over her integrity. She raised eyebrows last year by privately pushing for a change in the Citys towing contract, and last month reportedly offered a closed-door plan for the City to sell Market Square and La Villita to the Cortez family, owners of downtown mainstay Mi Tierra. Cisneros subsequently denied that she had advocated such a sale.
Strother says the Market Square/La Villita controversy convinced him to join the Forbrich campaign. We certainly agree that Mary Alice is a nice person, he says. Her husband did this city and our country a great service back in the day. But shes making bad decisions over and over and over, and those bad decisions are hurting the district. When she gets caught, shes less than forthcoming and less than honest.
While Forbrich says hes had little trouble raising money, he nonetheless faces a huge financial disadvantage in the race. Between July 1 and December 31 of last year, he raised $3,859. Over that same period, Cisneros raised nearly nine times as much: $33, 795. Forbrich has generated some backing in the local arts scene, and he received a $300 contribution (one of his biggest) from gallery owner Joan Grona. As an out-of-the-closet gay man, hes also received support from the LGBT community, but hes quick to downplay the importance of his sexuality on the campaign.
If theres anything Ive learned about the LGBT community, its that they advocate people to be fair-minded, Forbrich says. So if theyve instilled anything in me, its to not look at any issue with bias, and to come at it with a fair mind and an equal opportunity for everyone.
While most of Forbrichs emphasis is on better delivery of fundamental City services to his district, he does propose one notable procedural reform. He argues that City Council meetings should be moved to weekends (or evenings) to enable more citizens to attend. As for his own political prospects, even a surprise win over Cisneros might not convince him to make government service a long-term career.
At the end of my first term, if I dont think Ive done just a stellar job, I will be my own biggest critic there, as I always am, he says. I would never want to be in politics so long that I dont think I can contribute.


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In this still image taken from an undated video released by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, an image created through medical imaging technology shows an X-ray-like image of 2-year-old Jesus Rodriguez, prior to having a benign tumor removed from his body. Mexican doctors successfully removed a 33 pound (15 kg) benign tumor protruding from the boy's right side, connected to the body from the armpit to the hip, and weighed more than Jesus. (AP Photo/IMSS)
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Dr. Gustavo Hernandez says the tumor was heavier than the child who at the time of the June 14 surgery weighed 26 pounds.
Hernandez said Tuesday the child from the northern state of Durango was born with a lump that eventually covered the right side of his body from his armpit to his hip.
Hernandez says it took doctors at the La Raza Medical Center in Mexico City 10 hours to remove the tumor. Hernandez is the director of pediatrics at La Raza hospital.
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That's weighty fare for a summer blockbuster, and it's the biggest risk to public acceptance of The Dark Knight. No one wants a lecture during their chosen popcorn flick, and if a film is going to push buttons related to the War on Terror, it's guaranteed to divide audiences. It's a tribute, then, to Nolan, who also co-wrote The Dark Knight, that this potentially heavy material balances strong moral condemnation of terrorism with a cold examination of motives and tactics that have unintended consequences. And all this in an entertaining package, albeit a relentlessly dark one.
Driven by a strong performance by Heath Ledger and excellent support from Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight strengthens the franchise's reputation under Nolan, who took the Batman saga back to its origins in Batman Begins and now moves it forward with another solid effort, laying a strong foundation for future films in the series. The main drawback to the film is that, just as the public has entered into a period of "war fatigue," The Dark Knight stretches and tests the patience of its audience. By the time the film reaches its final half-hour, viewers may begin to wonder if, to borrow a title from a well received documentary about the current war, there's "no end in sight."
It's a trade-off worth making: a final half hour of sound and fury that don't amount to much, against two full hours of absorbing drama and action that precede those 30 minutes. If nothing else—if the war parallels and social commentary aren't your thing—Ledger's final screen performance (he died soon after filming was completed) will stay with you. It's the highlight of an all-around strong, if overlong, entry in the superhero genre.
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Can Christians Use Birth Control?
- Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Seventh, it is argued by some Protestants and many Catholic theologians that birth control is forbidden based upon Genesis 38:10. The hillbilly redneck soap opera of Jacob's family takes a very daytime-television, trash-talk-show turn in Genesis 38. There, both Abraham and Isaac dreaded the thought of their sons intermarrying with Canaanite women because it would cause them to wander from God.17 Nevertheless, Judah did just that and had three sons named Er, Onan, and Shelah. Er then married a woman named Tamar and, without fanfare or details, we are told that Er was a wicked man whom God killed. It was customary in that time for a widow to marry her husband's brother, who would care for her, protect her, and give her sons to ensure she had a stake in the family's inheritance and to look after her in her old age.18 The duty to care for Tamar fell on the next son, Onan. Onan was happy to have sex with Tamar but refused to meet his obligation of impregnating and caring for her. So, he practiced coitus interruptus, pulling out of Tamar at the moment of ejaculation, in an effort to not impregnate her, like so many teenagers do in our own day.31
Nonetheless, Onan's sin was disobeying God and dishonoring Tamar by having sex without wanting to be obligated in any way or care for her, or, as Genesis 38:8 says, to "perform the duty of a brother-in-law." In short, Onan got whacked for treating Tamar like a booty call and not a bride.
The false understanding of Onanism as a condemnation of all forms of birth control is based on the early church father Augustine (AD 354–430), who said of Onan, "Intercourse even with ones [sic] legitimate wife is unlawful and wicked where the conception of the offspring is prevented. Onan, the son of Judah, did this and the Lord killed him for it."32
Augustine was part of the Manichaean cult prior to his conversion to Jesus at age twenty-nine. That cult favored contraceptive drugs and discouraged procreation.33 Augustine overreacted to his background and said that to be pure from sin marital sex had to have procreation in view.34 He went on to say that the use of any contraceptive method turned "the bridal chamber into a brothel."35
Eighth, and perhaps most bizarrely, it is argued by some that sex in marriage is solely for the purpose of procreation. Thus, for sex not to be sinful, it needs to be done with the possibility of conception occurring. On this point House writes, "In the postapostolic period marriage was generally viewed as being for procreation. Clement of Alexandria [AD 150–215] expresses this attitude when he says, 'Intercourse performed licitly is an occasion of sin, unless done purely to beget children.'"36 C. W. Scudder writes, "Such fathers as Clement viewed the sexual union between husband and wife as a sign of moral imperfection. Celibacy and continence within marriage were made the spiritual goal to which Christians should aspire. This self-denial was considered preparation for the life to come (in contrast to the 'worldly' act of sex)."37
In addition, Mary Pride says, "The Bible teaches us that sex is only legitimate within marriage. It further teaches, as we have seen, that the natural purpose of marital sex is (1) physical oneness and (2) fruitfulness. Nowhere does the Bible say that the purpose of marital sex is climax, much much [sic] less climax at the expense of fruitfulness and oneness."38
Practically, this would mean that apart from the fertile days a woman experiences each month, sexual intercourse in marriage would be sinful. Furthermore, this would mean that intercourse with an infertile wife or sex with a postmenopausal wife would also be sinful. All of this is incredibly nonsensical and unbiblical for many reasons. A woman's clitoris is a nerve center created by God with only one purpose: pleasure, not reproduction. God also made women multi-orgasmic for the joy of sexual pleasure in marriage. Proverbs 5:19 reveals that a wife's breasts are not solely for baby food but also for husband fun: "Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight."
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Our Basic Needs
Every individual is a beautiful and unique creation, complete with needs and desires specific to his or her own life. Some needs, however, are "universal." That is, all people experience them their lives.
The first is a sense of belonging. Everyone feels the need to "fit in" somewhere. The joy you feel when surrounded by intimate friends and family is powerful evidence of this truth. The discomfort associated with moving to a job or home where no one knows you also reveals how powerful this need is in our lives.
Another universal need is a sense of worth. It's important for all of us to be able to say, "I matter." Yet, many people are not convinced this is true. They're overcome by a horribly disfigured self-image that's stealing the joy of the Lord from their lives.
A third universal need is a sense of competence. We need to know for certain that we can accomplish what God puts before us. A lack of confidence in His power and provision in our lives can be devastating.
God responded to every one of these universal needs at the cross. We belong because our heavenly Father called us into His holy family. We have worth because Jesus paid such a great price for our salvation. And, we are competent because God has sent His Holy Spirit to indwell and empower us. A breakdown in any one of these areas will have a tremendous impact on your spiritual growth.
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The adequacy with which brief cognitive tests suitable for telephone administration can assess cognitive decline due to aging and Alzheimer's disease is uncertain. The authors examined these issues with data from the Religious Orders Study, which involves annual clinical evaluations and brain donation at death. Participants are 996 older Catholic clergy members. Analyses focused on seven cognitive tests which can be administered in person or by telephone in less than 15 min. Composite measures of global cognition and of episodic, semantic and working memory were formed. During a mean of 5.8 years of follow-up, performance on each composite measure declined in persons with and without dementia at baseline. Among those without dementia, possession of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele was associated with more rapid cognitive decline, especially in episodic and working memory. Level of performance on each cognitive measure proximate to death was inversely related to the level of cortical plaques and tangles in the brain. In a subset of persons who were given the tests by telephone, there was no evidence that performance differed from in-person administration. The results suggest that briefly assessing cognition with tests amenable to telephone administration may prove useful in longitudinal epidemiologic studies of older persons.
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File under the category: The Show Must Go On. As a fashion icon collapsed and died at a show during New York fashion week, the runway models didn't miss a step as they pranced past her.
TMZ obtained footage from the Joanna Mastroianni Autumn/Winter 2012 show on Feb. 15 ... which shows three men rushing to Zelda Kaplan's aid after she lapsed into unconsciousness in her front row seat.
Some of the lights were turned on ... and people can be seen crossing over the runway to help out ... but the ultra-focused models continue their walks without ever breaking stride.
Eventually, Zelda was carried out by 4 people and taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
FYI -- models are usually given strict orders to ignore EVERYTHING that happens in the crowd when they're on the runway. Clearly, these models took their instructions to heart.
"FYI -- models are usually given strict orders to ignore EVERYTHING that happens in the crowd when they're on the runway."
Because cloth is more important that human life, hell it's more important that a model eating healthily, so of course it's more important that human life.
Absolutely idiotic.
we are literally live in a jungle,no more compassion for dead or ill poeple ,they are like throwing her out !
A microcosm of the callous, greedy world we live in. I don't necessarily blame the models here. The designer in the back was probably telling them to keep going.
The world is sick all what counts is MONEY .
But why should the Model stop ? They didn't know if she faint or got sick of something . I doubt the people around knew automaticly that she was death . people faint at a concert all the time and the artist won't stop because security pull them out every minute and its mostly nothing serious . I am not sure what reaction TMZ expected when the Models didn't know what was going on . I doubt that a policeman went backstage and told them somebody died and they can't freak out because somwthing is going on in the crowed without knowing what happened
you should have called out the people who were sitting next to Zelda for no reaction at all not the models who are focused on their walk and have a bright light shining into their face and the camara flashes at the end of the runway
This is so sad
That's because most of those chicks are malnutrition suffering robots.
Has anyone notified Link yet?
LMFAO!! This is too funny for words! She died in the front row and yet the show goes on as her lifeless body is carried past the camera LOL! Priceless!
Rip Zelda!
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Clothes aren't that important. even if she did died doing what she possibly loved.
Even professional sports stop during an injury.
According to your own reportage, she was doing exactly what she was supposed to do.
So, why the blaring headline about her being UNFAZED, as if she'd done something so cold-blooded it was newsworthy?
This way to the egress...
another irrelevant story that no one has ever heard of the person involved in the story...
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This late 1920s buffet made by Berkey & Gay has just enough presence to fit in almost any décor and can be found at a very reasonable price.
The definition of an antique, like many other definitions we have long been comfortable with, has been under pressure for a number of years. What was once considered "junk" is now highly sought after as "collectibles." Second-hand or used furniture has become "vintage" and anything older than a black-&-white television set is considered to be "antique" . . . by some. And that "some" has the potential to become a major factor in the older and antique furniture business in the future. It's just a matter of perspective.
For an old Baby Boomer" like me, antiques were made in the 19th century or before, and the stuff our grandparents had was "really old," while our parents' furniture was just plain embarrassing. To our children, whose earliest reference point is Big Bird and the Cookie Monster, the 1950s and 1960s were the dark ages and there was nothing worth mentioning before that. But now, those kids are pretty much grown up. They own houses, make car payments and hopefully by now have enough loose spending money to broaden their horizons by doing a little "antiquing."
But in many cases, antiquing to them is not the quest of a precious piece of a lost past style or art form. It is the search for something that predates them but also has a functional role to play in their crowded lives. Whatever the object, it must fit into their already crowded lifestyle without too many compromises. In other words, the "antique" chair must still be able to be used as seating and the chest of drawers had better work well on a daily basis.
This is not an antique by any definition but it is a most useful piece for almost anybody, especially if crowded for space. Here is a desk, a wardrobe and a chest of drawers all in one. It is called a chifferobe.
Under those restrictions, almost no piece of 18th-century furniture fit, and very few 19th-century pieces do, either. What really works for them, at least in the beginning, is some piece of 20th-century furniture that has a style and flavor totally at odds with most of the rest of their contemporary possessions but is well-enough made to function in today's lifestyle. And the price tag is realistic enough to afford on their budget. The average 30-something buyer with some newly discovered disposable income and an emerging interest in older and antique furniture probably is not confident enough (yet) or interested enough to spring for $5,000 for a period highboy. But they will shell out $350 at the local antique mall for a nifty looking 1930s chifforette for the guest room. Don't know what a chifforette is? Perhaps it's time to brush up on your 20th-century furniture terminology. Don't forget the old definitions, like armoire, dry sink, banquet table and davenport desk, but add a few new ones to the inventory, like priscilla, oriental walnut and borax.
In previous columns I have mentioned a number of good reference books on 20th-century forms and styles, including "Furniture of the Depression Era" by Swedberg, Collector Books; "Colonial Revival Furniture" by Lindquist/Warren, Wallace Homestead Books; and "American Manufactured Furniture" by Don Fredgant, Schiffer, among others. But there are several more that would be excellent additions to a furniture library in the area of 20th century furniture.
Traditionally styled dining sets like this one never go out of style and an can be acquired at a very reasonable price in today's market.
There are two good books out on the Heywood-Wakefield phenomenon of mid century. One is by Steve and Roger Rouland titled "Heywood-Wakefield Modern Furniture – Identification and Value Guide", Collector Books, and the other is "Heywood-Wakefiled – With Price Guide" by Harris Gertz, Schiffer. Both will go a long way toward sorting out the sometimes confusing array of Heywood-Wakefield modern pieces.
If early century wooden chairs are your flavor, take a look at "American Wooden Chairs 1895-1908" edited by Tina Skinner, Schiffer. This is a reprint of the Phoenix Chair Company 1908 catalog with current prices, original catalog numbers and the wood and finish of each chair. Good background reference material.
An Art Moderne style set like this by the famous maker Karges will hold its value over many generations.
For the arty and crafty folks, there are many good publications on the subject but two that will give you a broad look at the furniture of the period without bogging you down in the philosophy that generated it are "Furniture of the Arts and Crafts Period –With Prices" edited and published by L-W Book Sales. It includes examples by Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft and others. The other is "Stickley Brothers Furniture Identification and Value Guide" by Larry Koon, Collector Books. The color photos, many from David Rago Auctions, and the comprehensive descriptions make identification of Stickley material much easier.
To get a handle on what Larkin actually had in the way of furniture, check out "Larkin Oak" by Walter Ayars, published by Echo publishing in Summerdle, Pa.. It is reprints of the Larkin furniture catalog with original prices from 1901 to 1922. The companion volume of "Larkin China" also by Ayars, traces the development of Buffalo Pottery and the imported china offered by Larkin.
Modern designs from Heywood-Wakefield from the 1930s to the 1950s are always in demand.
Phillip Kennedy has a self-published book about nothing but the 20th century kitchen monster known as the Hoosier cabinet. He traces the evolution of the form and sorts out the variations produced by Hoosier Manufacturing Co., Sellers, Napanee, McDougall, Boone and others. If the kitchen is your territory, this is a must have book.
One final overview of good quality furniture of the period can be found in "Popular Furniture of the 1920s and 1930s – From Modern to Traditional," published by Schiffer. It is a reproduction of the 1920s and 1930s catalog of the Elgin A. Simonds Company, part of the Dent Furniture Company consortium of the Great Depression era. It includes current prices and contains lots of examples you have probably seen before but couldn't quite identify.
While you may not find exactly the piece you are looking for in any of the publications, they will give you an idea of what things from the period generally looked like and where they may have originated. It's a good start.
Fred Taylor is a antique furniture Worthologist who specializes in American furniture from the Late Classicism period (1830-1850).
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Fred and Gail Taylor's DVD, "Identification of Older & Antique Furniture," ($17 + $3 S&H) and a bound compilation of the first 60 columns of "Common Sense Antiques," by Fred Taylor ($25 + $3 S&H) are also available at the same address. For more information call 800-387-6377, fax 352-563-2916, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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With the unfortunate passing of Whitney Houston casting a dark cloud over the 2012 Grammy Awards, many of tonight's stars are pressing on and showing off their wild Grammys garb.
I've seen better dresses at WalMart
WTF is that red getup? She looks like psycho red riding hood.
When Kathy Griffin is the best-dressed person at an event... the end may be nigh?
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Katy Perry looking like a dumb bimbo like always.
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Rihanna is smoking
It doesn't seem like any of them care that Whitney died. What a bunch of cold hearted losers! They are all selfish...IMO,
Grammys should have been postponed at least a week, and the party last night should not have happened. Very disrespectful.
Wow..Lady CACA and Minaj disgust me. Especially Minaj...shame on you for wearing that!! Ooooh and RiRi looks like she hittin' that pipe hard! Alicia Keys, Adele,Carrie Underwwod, Miranda Lambert...now those are some classy ladies!
Bruno Mars...best dressed male. He has more talent in his little finger than all the others put together.
Nicki is trying to be GaGa, not working. Stick with being Black Barbie, it's your thing.
Nicki Garbaj looks stupid as usual. You can tell this poor girl has no control over her career. She is not even allowed to dress her self.
Nicki Minaj just tries too hard to get noticed. Her and Lady Gaga come across as pathetic not creative when they do stupid stuff like this and the egg thing last year just so people will talk about them.
And Katy Perry needs to quit it with the blue hair or at least get a better hair stylist because she looked awful.
niki looks stupid, it's not even cutting edge like gaga - just stupid!
Who are these people and why are they all dressed in Halloween costumes in February?


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How old is the oldest chemical what you have?
This bottle of sodium-nitrite is a little more than 100 year old, and as good as an other bottle of NaNO2 what we got from Sigma 2 month ago.
I should find this out when I'm back in the trenches.
Also, I appreciate the latin.
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The Story of Kabosu, the Shiba Inu Behind the Doge Meme
that^ was fun to read
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Homeless Youth Alliance center closing because of high rent -
The mayor, real estate agents and tech companies will say this is good for us, good for our city, hell - that it is good for America. For the 45 to 150 kids a day who rely on the nonjudgmental services, access to therapy and support, warmth, food and sense of place that the alliance has provided for the past 12 years, gentrification of the Haight and San Francisco in general means a lot of things. Law enforcement officers, who already actively harass and degrade the homeless kids, will feel pressured to get even meaner to chase them away. The owners could change their mind and decide that the health and well-being of people who desperately need the space they own has a value that can't be measured in dollars and cents. Or someone with access to the mayor could convince him that multimillions of dollars in tax breaks for businesses needs to be coupled with funding to ensure the health and well-being of people. Paul Boden is the executive director for the Western Regional Advocacy Project, an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocate for change in governmental housing policies.
Christmas day and a homeless shelter gets evicted. Any angels get their wings? No bells?
so much for the "if you can't pronounce the ingredients you shouldn't eat it" thing am i right?
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The Night to Make Crystals -
'Twas the night to make crystals, and all through the hood
Compounds were reacting; I'd hoped that they would.
The hood door I closed with greatest of care,
To keep noxious vapours from fouling the air.
The reflux condenser was hooked to the tap,
And the high vacuum pump had a freshly filled trap.
I patiently waited to finish my task,
While boiling chips merrily danced in the flask.
Then from the pump there arose such a clatter
That I sprang from my chair to see what was the matter.
Away with the fume hood! Up with the door!
And half of my product foamed out on the floor
Then what to my watering eyes should appear,
But a viscous black oil which had once been so clear.
I turned the pump off in a terrible rush,
And the oil that sucked back filled the line with mush.
The ether boiled out of the flask with a splash,
And hitting the mantle went off with a flash.
My nose turned quite ruddy, my eyebrows were bare,
The blast had singed off nearly half of my hair.
I shut the hood door with a violent wrench,
As acid ate holes in the floor and the bench.
I flushed it with water, and to my dismay,
Found sodium hydride had spilled in the fray.
And then e'er the fire got way out of hand,
I managed to quench it with buckets of sand.
Then shoveled up seven big buckets of mud.
I extracted the slurry again and again
With ether and then with dichloromethane.
Chromatographic techniques were applied
Several times 'til the product had been purified.
I finally viewed with a satisfied smile,
One half gram in a shiny new vial.
I mailed the yield report to my boss,
Ninety percent (allowing for loss).
"Good work," said the boss in the answering mail,
"Use same conditions on preparative scale."
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Fitness & Exercise
Simple Workouts to Stay Fit on the Road
What to Do When Time Doesn't Fly continued...
A few airports offer exercise facilities right in the terminal. Pittsburgh International Airport runs a center in conjunction with Airport Fitness, and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport has a 24-hour fitness center complete with kickboxing and indoor cycling classes.
Even a half-hour wait can be turned into an aerobic workout: Just walk briskly through the terminal.
Once you board the plane, you often scrunch into a seat and then sit so long you fear your muscles could atrophy. But that doesn't have to be the case.
JetBlue Airways and Crunch Fitness teamed up to create Airplane Yoga and Airplane Pilates cards, which illustrate activities you can do without leaving your seat. And of course, you can always stretch and take walks up and own the aisle.
Get Out of Your Exercise Rut
Once you arrive at your destination, look at it as a chance to get some variety in your workouts -- especially if you're an outdoor exerciser. A change of scenery can be just what you need to add life to your fitness regimen.
When print and broadcast journalist Stephanie Stephens travels, she likes to jog or ride a rental bike through residential neighborhoods. "I get a sense of the people, meet their pets, and enjoy the architecture," she says.
A resident of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Cambridge, New Zealand, Stephens is committed to exercising wherever she is. She always takes workout clothes and jogging shoes on the road. Even on Thanksgiving, she'll do her workout -- first thing in the morning. "Then I'll be good to go and can eat whatever I want," she says.
Hotels Warm Up to Fitness
The hotel fitness center with one squeaky exercise bike and rickety treadmill are so yesterday. Well, maybe not. Depends on where you are.
"I was just in Alice Springs, the only town of any size in central Australia, and the only gym consisted of one marginally usable stationary bike, some prehistoric weight machines, and a single dumbbell," says Schlosberg. "It pays to have a repertoire of exercises so that when you come across a situation like this, you can still create a decent workout."
Back in the U.S., there's a trend in the hospitality industry to upgrade fitness centers and pamper guests, says Lisa Ianucci, author of Healthy Travel, to be published in the spring.
Some hotels provide "fitness kits" for yoga, strength training, or Pilates. At Westin hotels, you can tune the TV to a yoga channel. "Some hotels, like Don Shula's Hotel in Florida, even have a fitness concierge who creates workshops and exercise classes for guests," says Ianucci.
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In her book, Schlosberg presents some workouts you can do without any equipment in the space of a hotel room or guest bedroom. Here's an example:
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Wii U Games to cost $100???
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I'm really hoping that this is a placeholder price but if it is not then I think the Wii U will have a difficult time getting off the ground.
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If you're in a family business owned by your father or mother, you may be in the midst of turmoil. Things are not going right, either with the family or the business, and you think Dad (we'll just use fathers in the article for the sake of brevity) is the problem. He may be – but surprisingly enough, he's just as frustrated as you are.
I spoke to Tom Hubler, the LaManna Alliance's family business specialist, about frustration being a two-way street in family businesses.
He said the emotions you're dealing with are not uncommon. As the child of a family business owner, you may feel like you're languishing in the background, your hands more or less tied behind your back.
No, it hasn't been easy for you, being the boss's child. No one seems to give you much respect, even though you've worked hard to build your skills and prove your worth. You're still just the boss's kid, even in the eyes of your parent.
Frustrating, isn't it? Especially now that you see the writing on the wall.
Your father isn't getting any younger. Either he's started to lose touch with current management trends, or he's wielding such a tight grip that when the day of transition inevitably comes, you and the rest of your siblings will have a lot of details to uncover in terms of management and processes.
Yes, you're frustrated, but what Tom Hubler points out is that your father might be equally as frustrated.
While you complain about a lack of respect, he's feeling a lack of gratitude. Most patriarchs don't believe their offspring give thanks for the business they've built. "They want their kids to recognize what they've done," Hubler said. "They're looking for validation."
Both parties are taking each other for granted, and the business is, or soon will be, careening wildly out of control. What will happen if you don't deal with these simmering emotions?
The business will suffer through an awkward transition. Without a clear strategic transition in place, when your father moves on to either another role within the company or retirement, there will be a struggle for power in the vacuum he's left behind.
The family will also suffer. With so much emotional strife in the workplace, the long-established traditions and relationships of the family will feel the stress.
Ultimately, your father's legacy will be tarnished. Like a pro athlete that either doesn't know when to quit, or signs with another team and betrays the fans, your father risks ruining the legacy he worked so hard to leave behind.
A Solution is in the Plans
Not only has Tom Hubler seen this happen time after time, but I've experienced this myself with my own family. When my father sold his business, the transition was a bumpy ride, and still is to this day.
What can help your business through the generational transition? The answer lies in the critical areas of family business planning. Essentially, you'll need the following plans in place:
1. Ownership Plan. In previous posts, I've touched on the need for a formalized structure that will allow you to separate business matters from family matters. A leadership transition requires this most of all. You need a Succession Plan, Estate Plan, and to clearly establish governance once your father has either retired or assumed a new post within the family.
2. Management Leadership Plan. The family needs to establish who will run the company, and the future role for your father. If he wants to retire with no strings attached, that's one thing. Most patriarchs, however, want to play a role in the business. One highly successful solution is to have the patriarch work as the architect of the new management structure, and transition the business from the older generation to the younger one. He can also lead the company's philanthropic pursuits.
3. Business Plan. If your family business is dysfunctional, it's likely due to the fact that you don't have a formalized business plan in place. There's no shame in that; most entrepreneurs don't.
However, with a new management team in place, it's critical that you establish where you're heading and how you want to get there. It allows for buy-in from the entire management team, and will allow you to provide clear communication to the company as you move forward.
4. Family Plan. We've been focusing solely on the business end of the issue, but you can't overlook the need for a Family Plan. It's extremely helpful to create a plan that will help you establish family equity while you're also building business equity. This includes the traditions and rituals that strengthen the family bond and maintain those emotional relationships. Remember, a cohesive family outperforms Fortune 500 companies when there is cohesiveness within the unit. Don't overlook the Family Plan.5. Cash-Flow Analysis. Not to be overlooked is a cash-flow analysis, so you have a solid sense of where your money is being spent, and where your profitability lies. This can add a formalizing structure to your planning, which is critical to prevent familial emotions from overlapping with business fundamentals.
These four plans and the cash-flow analysis are all essential to help the family move through the transition. Reading this post, you'll probably agree it all sounds incredibly logical and ideal for your situation.
Even though you're aware of the problem, getting out of this situation isn't easy, due to a number of factors:
These are the barriers that block progress and could ultimately lead to the demise of your business. It's mission-critical that you find a way to move past them.
Getting Off the Dime
The two major pitfalls of any family business are avoidance and a failure to have a plan. We've touched on the types of plans you need to have. Now let's focus on how to overcome avoidance, or your family's denial of a problem.
Educate the family. Your family might not realize there is a problem simply because they haven't read anything regarding issues that can affect a family business. Enlighten them. Without passing judgment, simply start sharing articles like this one and see if they generate a spark. Tom Hubler's website includes a number of insightful articles.
Appeal to your father's loving intentions. No matter how grumpy or difficult your father might be, he ultimately wants to see the family succeed, both emotionally and financially. Let him know that taking action is in the best interest of all involved.
Recruit mom for the job. If you don't feel comfortable approaching your father, enlist mom in the process. A spouse will not sit idly by while a family tears itself apart. Your mother may also have additional leverage especially if she is not involved in the day-to-day business.
Take baby-steps. No one has to jump right into the four critical plans mentioned above. Instead, just meet with a family business professional and get an initial evaluation of your situation.
Even if you're feeling frustrated, you should be proud of yourself. The fact that you're thinking about the dysfunction in your family means you're concerned. Now it's up to you to take the next step to ensure your father's legacy, the business's success, and the family's long-term well-being. Photo by:hang_in_there.
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"He chewed up my face. He plucked out my eyes. Basically that's all there is to say about it."That's what Miami cannibal victim Ronald Poppo told police about the vicious May attack that left him blind and without a face.Interviews Poppo gave to police after he was mauled by deceased cannibal Rudy E ... More >>
There's good news today for anyone who doesn't want their face chewed off by some bath-salt fueled cannibal: bath salts are now officially illegal in New York.Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced that the New York State Department of Health has issued new regulations to crack down on bath-salt abuse ... More >>
For any brides-to-be looking to potentially turn their special day into a fucking blood bath, you're in luck...As was brought to our attention by a friend who's about to walk down the aisle -- under the subject "Just found a winner for our wedding favors. Let's get weird...," -- several companies of ... More >>
And just as we thought the ongoing zombie/bath salt apocalypse was starting to lose steam, a naked Georgia man threatened to eat a cop -- but that was only after going berserk at a driving range (again, while naked) and rambling about Biggie and Tupac.As you may have guessed, the would-be cannibal w ... More >>
It turns out the "Miami Cannibal" who ate a homeless man's face in Florida last month wasn't under the influence of bath salts at the time of the attack. In fact, the only drug the medical examiner found in his system was marijuana, according to a report released today.This, in our humble opinion, m ... More >>
Straight from the "what the fuck" files, we bring you the latest yarn from the ongoing Zombie Apocalypse. Today's installment comes from the great state of Texas, where police say a man ate the family dog after smoking synthetic marijuana.Go ahead and let that sink in for a minute.Michael Daniel, 22 ... More >>
It's official: snorting bath salts makes you want to eat people.Full disclosure: we've never done it. But there's a reason -- snorting bath salts apparently makes you want to fucking eat people!The latest bath salt-inspired cannibal is a fellow New Yorker from Utica, who -- after attempting to eat a ... More >>
Happy Friday! The sun is shining, it's hot as balls outside, and there's a brand new cannibal zombie story coming out of Florida.For the second time in less than a month, a Florida man is accused of stripping completely naked before dining on the flesh of another human being. Per usual, bath salts a ... More >>
About two weeks after his face was gnawed off by a crazed Miami cannibal, Ronald Poppo is "slowly recovering" from the traumatic injuries to his face. Surgeons have done their best to restore what was left of it, and photos of his new mug have hit the web.The Voice's sister paper in Miami, the Miami ... More >>
Yesterday, we published some pretty horrific photos that supposedly are of the "face" of "Miami Zombie" victim Ronald Poppo. They are, quite frankly, some of the most vomit-inducing images we've ever seen.Poppo is in critical condition and is reportedly expected to survive -- despite having much of ... More >>
If you ever want to smile again/don't want to throw up, we advise that you stop reading right now -- the alleged photos of the face (or lack thereof) of the victim of a Miami cannibal's vicious attack have hit the web, and they are, without question, one of the more disturbing things you will ever s ... More >>


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EAST SANDWICH — The first phone call was an easy choice for David DeConto after learning the state Senate included $500,000 in its budget for a stadium project in his brother's memory.
"I called my mother," DeConto said Wednesday. "I could tell she was crying. It's been a long road."
Senate President Therese Murray has stories to tell from her 22 years in office and she intends to share them in a book.
In February, Murray, a Plymouth Democrat, announced she doesn't plan to run for re-election after her term as Senate President expires. That has ignited a race for her seat between Plymouth Republican state Rep. Vinny deMacedo and former Democratic state Rep. Matthew Patrick of Falmouth.
During an interview with Mindy Todd on WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station, Murray revealed her desire to write a book once she is out of office.
In an interview with the Times later in the day, Murray said she was first prodded to write a book about efforts to block a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in the Bay State.
She took notes at the time and has an outline, but never pursued it further.
The book will feature some of her political tales and what it was like to be the first woman to rise to a top leadership position in the Legislature on Beacon Hill, Murray said.
"It's about my political career and the years leading up to it," she said.
As for whether she intends to tell all about behind-the-scenes politics or arm twisting, she laughed, "Arm twisting?"
Murray does not yet have a publisher for the book or a deal in place and, thus far, is working on it alone.
"I don't think anyone should be worried," Murray said. "I hope people will be interested. Who knows, maybe it will be a best seller."
- George Brennan
Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, included the money in the budget to pay for a synthetic turf field for the Capt. Gerald F. "Jerry" DeConto Veterans Memorial Stadium at Sandwich High School — the final piece of a vision created in 2006 as a tribute to the U.S. Navy officer killed in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.
Murray's office reached out to the town two weeks after a $500,000 Proposition 2� capital exclusion to pay for the turf failed in a townwide election, Town Manager George "Bud" Dunham said. Murray wanted to include the money in the state budget but needed the information quickly, he said.
Patricia DeConto, mother of the former Sandwich High soccer star, said she was overcome with emotion by Murray's efforts.
"It brings tears to my eyes," she said. "It's been a very difficult time for me. I lost a dear friend last week, the news about Gitmo releasing those prisoners, and the defeat of the turf before that. We were due for some good news."
Murray, who was guest speaker at the first road race held in memory of Jerry DeConto, said it was an easy call to include the funding.
"There should be a memorial for him," Murray said. "There should be something that recognizes the sacrifice that his family has given."
David DeConto described Murray as the white knight and angel he sought in the aftermath of last month's townwide vote, but Murray said it's not about being a savior. The loss of DeConto was personal for her, she said, because he was one of three people from her Senate district killed on 9/11.
"I'm just glad I'm in the position to be helpful to the community and the family," Murray said. "This field should be completed and, most importantly, people should not forget."
After kicking off what the DeConto family hoped would be a private fundraising campaign in 2006 with a $250,000 family donation, the stadium project languished until 2011 when the town gave Community Preservation Fund money for the first time to repair the high school's dilapidated and condemned track.
The family and its supporters have sold memorial bricks, gotten corporate sponsorships and solicited in-kind donations from contractors, but money from the Community Preservation Fund has in large part made the project possible. In May, town meeting approved spending $1.3 million to add bleachers, lights and a press box, but that money cannot be used for the artificial surface.
The stadium committee is in the final stages of reviewing bids for the bleachers and lights, David DeConto said. He and town leaders hope to award the contract soon and have the field ready by early fall.
"I think the school department feels like that (synthetic) field will increase the ability for students to play on it without ruining the grass," Dunham said. "It's been talked about a long time. This is a huge help to try to get that done."
Sandwich schools Superintendent C. Richard Canfield, a proponent of the synthetic turf field, said it would be especially useful with seventh- and eighth-grade students being added to the athletic mix at the high school in September.
"It's more hopeful," Canfield said of Senate approval. "If it happens, I would be thrilled for those who have worked so hard to have this dream become a reality."
The $500,000 still has to survive the conference committee process, in which a contingent of legislators hashes out differences between the House and Senate budgets. Both legislative branches must then approve the compromise budget before sending it to Gov. Deval Patrick for approval.
"I'm hoping it will survive conference committee and then it's up to governor not to veto it," Murray said. "I'm hoping he will not."
For now, it's a win for the DeConto stadium project. "I'm getting choked up myself — there have been a lot of ups and downs," David DeConto said. "I'm just excited to get started."
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Opt for the simple life at Kurt Geiger
I'm really craving simplicity in my footwear at the moment, partly to match up with the clean lines and pared-down elegance that's such an important element of the rest of our summer wardrobes. Kurt Geiger has really nailed the look, bringing out a line of super simple flat sandals in a range of leather finishes:
Kurt Geiger 'Match' sandal in metallic pink >>
What's intriguing about these shoes if the complete lack of anything unnecessary: I really don't think there is anything else the designers could have taken out to make them more fuss-free. This is footwear at its most basic, and there's something quite appealing in that. This completely pared-down aesthetic is also the reason why they look so great in a crazy finish like metallic pink: it provides that essential little bit of interest that stops simple from morphing into dull.
Priced at £45, the 'Match' sandal is available in a range of different colour ways and is available to buy now. I would love to wear these with some of the season's embellished jump suits or shift dresses - but you really could match it with anything you might find lurking in your summer wardrobe. Perhaps that's why they've called it 'Match'!


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It's all those who moved left that has put this country in the state that it is in, sully. It's time you grew up and moved out of mommy's basement, and tried to make it on your own.
"I'm not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren't gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don't want to be around them." -- Josh Marshall
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." -- Sigmund Freud
Sorry, but your Second Amendment rights no longer apply because liberals like Josh Marshall tinkle on themselves...