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For a lot of people, camping means a wonderful, relaxing time to enjoy the outdoors. To go camping, a place and some information is all that is needed. In this article, you can figure out how to camp once you get there. Continue on to learn more!
Bring a large trash bag for dirtied laundry, and keep it in a central location, suitable for everyone in your party. Let them pack their clothing individually, as this makes it much easier to find than if you pile it all in a community storage box or bag. Toss in a dryer sheet to any bag you want smelling fresh.
Before you head out on your long-awaited camping trip, make sure the area where you plan to camp doesn't require a camping permit. If you happen to camp in a place that does require one and you didn't get one, then you could be facing quite a hefty ticket or fine from a local forest ranger.
Pack a few shovels if there are children with you on your trip. Kids love nothing better than digging in the dirt, and having the right accessories is crucial. If you have room, bring a bucket too. The children will happily entertain themselves in the dirt while you unpack, set up camp and do everything that you need to do.
When you decide to go camping you want to make sure that you bring a flashlight with some batteries. You want to be able to see in the middle of the night just in case you have to get up and go to the bathroom, or just to move around.
If you relax and know what to do, camping can be very fun. Camping is a great way to learn about yourself. Use the tips in this article to prepare yourself for a fun, exciting camping experience that you can remember for years to come.


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I'm trying to grow some fruits in pots. What would you suggest for fertilizer and schedule for these fruits? 1) Blueberries 2) Plums 3) Sweet Cherries 4) Mulberries 5) Blackberries 6) gooseberries Thanks |
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Sorry, I should have mentioned I live in Northern Ohio, Usually listed as zone 5, sometimes zone 6 |
An easy to find, affordable, and effective option for blueberries is Miracle Gro's Miracid. It provides all of the necessary macro and micronutrients with the exception of calcium, sulfur, and magnesium, which can be easily supplemented with gypsum (incorporate 1 tbsp per gallon when you prepare the potting mix) and epsom salts (dissolve 1/4 tsp per gallon for weekly watering or 1/2 tsp per gallon for less frequent watering). For everything else, you might want to consider Dyna-Gro's Foliage Pro 9-3-6. I use 1/4 tsp per gallon at every watering. I also supplement with Dyna-Gro's Pro-Tekt. For more info about Foliage Pro and a superb overview of fertilizing potted plants, take a look at the link I've provided below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fertilizing Containerized Plants
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Mon, Sep 20, 10 at 11:14
I haven't used Caladiums in years and now I remember why. Just about the time there's hope for cooler weather (now) the leaves begin to flop. We had a brief cooler spell, but that just meant the temps dropped to the 70's, high 60's at night for a few days which, from what I've read, is not cool enough to make the leaves fall down. I always buy my Caladiums already growing in pots in the late spring and use them as potted plants for accent throughout the summer. They did fine in June/July/August, and have gotten plenty of water. But come September it's almost as if they just poop out. What gives?.....Maryl |
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- Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8 MS (My Page) on Wed, Sep 22, 10 at 22:54
That's a puzzle. If they're in pots, maybe the soil is depleted of nutrients? Have you tried giving them a liquid fertilizer boost? The temperatures you describe should be GOOD for them, not cause them to flop. |
They get what I think is adequate additional fertilizer to what they come planted with (Miracid or Rose Miracle Gro 1/2 strength every 3 weeks or so). Do you (or anyone) grow them and they stay upright until cold weather moves in? Since it seems to happen no matter where I've had them placed, I don't think it is shifting sunlight. But obviously I really don't have a clue about what's happening, just that throughout the years it seems to always be the same. A lot like Hostas. They start looking like poo about the same time as the Caladiums. I now know that with Hostas that's basically the nature of the beast...Thanks Donna...Maryl |
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Hi. I'm new to this forum and I am usually in the Canadian Exchange Forum. What exactly is wintersowing?
I've been starting seeds indoors in March to plant out each summer. I grow them in the spring after the Canada Blooms Show where I usually get all my seeds. Then I set up my grow lights and go to town in March/April depending on how many weeks it says to start them ahead of time indoors. Then i harden them off outside gradually and then plant them in the garden. Is that wintersowing or am I missing out on a whole other way to grow plants? If this is the same as wintersowing can anyone tell me how to get my poppies from growing spindly little necks and then flopping over? I keep them so close to the lights and gradually move them downwards so they are not craning their necks to get to the light but nothing seems to work. I end up plunking them in the ground, flopped over and they eventually grow nicely and bloom but it's still so frustrating at first. Also, any ideas on how to fatten up my sweetpeas? i keep pinching them off to try and get them bushier but to no avail. They are long and spindly and usually fry and die out in the sun. |
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Oh Trillium, you just don't know what you've been missing! The link below is to the main Winter Sowing site and the Frequently Asked Questions that lay it all out. Basically, Winter Sowing is sowing your seeds outdoors in late winter. Different from direct sowing, you use covered containers (see posting re containers) that act like a mini greenhouse. It's a little stressful to see your containers sitting in the yard, covered in snow, but it works! The theory is that the seeds anticipate spring and start developing a root system before you see any activity on the surface. Then, when they know it's time, they start growing towards the surface. So by the time you see any movement, they've got a healthy root system that will send them ahead of seeds started indoors that sprout in the warmth but don't have a good foundation. You totally avoid hardening off, grow lights, spindly seedlings, floppy poppies, a kitchen full of seedling trays, all your windowsills covered in pots, damping off, etc. Plus, you can buy soil & seeds now on sale, and keep them until you start sowing in January. Start saving containers now. Though, if you have an addictive personality, you might want to forget all of this and go read some improving literature instead. "Hi. I'm Cangrow and it's been two weeks since I bought flower seeds..." |
Here is a link that might be useful: Winter Sowing FAQs
- Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 3:52
"Hi. I'm Cangrow and it's been two weeks since I bought flower seeds..." LOL!!! Hi Trillium, yes, for sure, lots of good reading at the WS FAQ page. It will explain everything you want to know. I too still indoor sow but I use that precious space now for my tenders. The rest are all WS'd outdoors. Poppies are a great candidate for WS'ing, I'm sure you'll be very pleased with the results compared to sowing them indoors. You can also direct sow them early spring, but you'll have much better control where you want them planted if you WS. Once they get established, they will pretty well self-seed every year for you. Sweet Peas like cool conditions, perfect conditions here in zone 2 ;) Sharon |
- Posted by northerner_on z4 ONCanada (My Page) on Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 7:15
Hi Trillium: You will never use another grow-light after you've tried winter sowing. I hated doing all that basement stuff, but mostly I hated hardening off. I lost many plants by forgetting them outside when hardening off. I had thought about it for several years, but I tried doing the planting in situ, which mostly did not work. I learned what I needed to do when I came across this article, which I suggest you read: http://gardengal.net/page104.html This will give you some ideas from the 'Mother' of winter sowing, Trudi. Also some ideas on containers. For all other winter sowers, I got my McConnel Fall catalogue last week, and to my surprise, whereas Fall catalogues usually only have bulbs and perennials, there's a section callled "Early Starter Seeds". The catalogue has only a few offerings: petunias, impatiens, Eustoma, some herbs, but there is bold notice to 'Check website for additional varieties'. So we may have changed the face of the industry: providing seeds in the Fall for the Winter Sowers. Northerner. |
The Pumpkin Nook also has a great selection of inexpensive seeds and they ship to Canada. I've provided the link below. Here are some of the containers I used last winter. These are salad containers from catered luncheons at work. I also used those big plastic see-thru containers lettuce comes in. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pumpkin Nook
- Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on Thu, Jul 20, 06 at 4:11
Yes Northerner, I noticed that too that McConnel are selling early starter seeds, I guess they're catching on too ;) Sharon |
Well let me add my 2 cents as well. Before wintersowing I never grew anything from seed other than veggies. Never had the money or time to invest in a grow light system but when I discovered the main wintersowing forum 4 years ago I thought to myself I could do this. I started small with about 50 containers. Most of my friends and family thought I had lost my mind but I really believed that it would work. That spring I could not believe my success and had wished I had done alot more. The plants that I now have in my garden thanks to wintersowing is fantastic. The past 2 years I have also been doing some annuals and this year I am preplanning my containers and windowboxes with wintersowing. As everyone has said you will absolutely love this method and we will all be here to help you out with any questions and to scream with you when you see your very first sprout and then when you transplant out and when the first one blooms. So welcome to wintersowing hope you give it a whirl! Michelle |
- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 20, 06 at 16:16
Hi Trillium! Welcome to winter sowing at it's best! And say goodbye to spindly plants. I've been doing it for four years and loving every minute of it. Have fun this winter! |
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In Greek myth, Pandora is the character that set loose chaos on the world.
In the DC Comics Universe, Pandora was the character charged with the guardianship of a supposedly magic box which instead turned out to be the DC-equivalent of a portkey that allowed the Crime Syndicate–villains from an alternate world–to invade the DC Earth, thus kicking off the big Forever Evil event in the DC Universe.
The box/portkey has been opened, the villains loosed have wrecked chaos but Pandora is now determined to stop it. In this preview of issue #4 of her series, Pandora makes a visit to the Syndicate's world and encounters an evil version of a DC hero: the Martian Manhunter. More importantly to the plot of the Forever Evil, Pandora finds the pieces of her box and begins her new job of putting chaos back where it belongs.
I'm not entirely sold on the Forever Evil event–DC seems to be already too full of gloom and doom–but Pandora appears to be playing a similar part as Harbringer did all those years ago in Crisis on Infinite Earths, as the catalyst and possible wild card in saving the Earth.
Written by Ray Fawkes and drawn by Francis Portela, Trinity of Sin: Pandora #4 will be available in comic stores on Wednesday and available digitally via Comixology.
Writer, Mom, Geek and Superhero. Content Director of GeekMom and fiction author of six novels of superhero and alternate history romances that can be found at www.corrina-lawson.com


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1 In the same way, wives, submit to your husbands; so that even if some of them do not believe the Word, they will be won over by your conduct, without your saying anything, | 1 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, |
2 as they see your respectful and pure behavior. | 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. |
3 Your beauty should not consist in externals such as fancy hairstyles, gold jewelry or what you wear; | 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. |
4 rather, let it be the inner character of your heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit. In God's sight this is of great value. | 4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. |
5 This is how the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves and submit to their husbands, | 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, |
6 the way Sarah obeyed Avraham, honoring him as her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not succumb to fear. | 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. |
7 You husbands, likewise, conduct your married lives with understanding. Although your wife may be weaker physically, you should respect her as a fellow-heir of the gift of Life. If you don't, your prayers will be blocked. | 7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. |
8 Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded, | 8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. |
9 not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing. | 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. |
10 For "Whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit, | 10 For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. |
11 turn from evil and do good, seek peace and chase after it. | 11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. |
12 For ADONAI keeps his eyes on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of ADONAI is against those who do evil things." | 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." |
13 For who will hurt you if you become zealots for what is good? | 13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? |
14 But even if you do suffer for being righteous, you are blessed! Moreover, don't fear what they fear or be disturbed, | 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." |
15 but treat the Messiah as holy, as Lord in your hearts;s while remaining always ready to give a reasoned answer to anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you - yet with humility and fear, | 15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, |
16 keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are spoken against, those who abuse the good behavior flowing from your union with the Messiah may be put to shame. | 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. |
17 For if God has in fact willed that you should suffer, it is better that you suffer for doing what is good than for doing what is evil. | 17 It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. |
18 For the Messiah himself died for sins, once and for all, a righteous person on behalf of unrighteous people, so that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but brought to life by the Spirit; | 18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, |
19 and in this form he went and made a proclamation to the imprisoned spirits, | 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison |
20 to those who were disobedient long ago, in the days of Noach, when God waited patiently during the building of the ark, in which a few people - to be specific, eight - were delivered by means of water. | 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, |
21 This also prefigures what delivers us now, the water of immersion, which is not the removal of dirt from the body, but one's pledge to keep a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. | 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
22 He has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities and powers subject to him. | 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. |
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Demon Hunter Build Solo Inferno Patch 1.0.4 – Demon Hunter Tank
Level Required: 58
Build Thanks To: Alex Fakh
Who said you need a sword and shield to tank? The Diablo 3 Demon Hunter might be a squishy class but the pre patch 1.0.4 tank build proved otherwise. Unfortunately, that classic build was nerfed in Diablo 3 patch 1.0.4 but an alternative setup has emerged.
It makes it possible once more to have a Demon Hunter Inferno Tank build, providing enough survivability for the character to stand still in the middle of a mob pack. No more kiting, no more dodging melee attacks. We have a new build that makes the Diablo 3 Demon Hunter almost a melee class. Sounds too good to be true? Have a look at the build and try it out for yourself.
Let's begin with a quick look at the Demon Hunter build before moving to on to the mechanics.
Left Mouse Button – Grenades with the Cluster Grenades rune
Right Mouse Button – Hungering Arrow with the Spray of Teeth rune
Action Key 1 – Shadow Power with the Gloom rune
Action Key 2 – Smoke Screen with the Lingering Fog rune
Action Key 3 – Preparation with the Backup Plan rune
Action Key 4 – Cluster Arrow with the Loaded for Bear rune
Passive Skill 1: Night Stalker
Passive Skill 2: Grenadier
Passive Skill 3: Archery
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The Mechanics of the Build
The key element of this build is Shadow Power. It should be kept up all the time. Not only that it provides a 20% life regen from all damage dealt but it also reduced the incoming damage by 65%. This damage mitigation is huge and it can literally turn the Demon Hunter into a genuine tank. Keeping Shadow Power up all the time might prove to be a bit challenging. However it can be done with the aid of Preparation and Night Stalker. Preparation with the Backup Plan makes it possible to have one out of three usages without triggering a cooldown. This counts as extra Discipline. Additionally, a high enough critical hit chance will generate sufficient Discipline with the aid of a high attack speed skill such as Grenades. Also, using Hand Crossbows should provide an additional 10% critical hit chance on top of the bonus from the gear.
In terms of Hatred spenders, we have Cluster Arrow as the main damage dealer. It might be a bit expensive but having a skill that can deal 304% weapon damage will prove to be extremely useful against elites. Hungering Arrow should only be used to generate some Hatred but this should not be much of a concern.
Difficult situations call for Smoke Screen. Sometimes 1.5 seconds of invulnerability are enough to recover from a bad beat.
The gear itself will require a more tank-like approach. In order to make this Inferno Demon Hunter Build work, we need a decent HP pool and resistances. The user that posted the build is running around with 70k HP. This ensures survivability so that he will not get killed when a pack of mobs surround him. Having some passive life on hit is also handy. Shadow Power should be sufficient but with some extra life regen, the usage of Smoke Screen should be significantly reduced.


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Jefferson County judge Michael Villano, who as the presiding judge at Francisco's trial sits on this panel, had been right on target at the March sentencing of government witness Sammy "Zig Zag" Quintana Jr., when he noted that this crime had forever altered the lives of many people. Not just Brandy and her family, or even the young men and their families. The judge also included the attorneys and court personnel, including himself, and particularly the jurors, who had been yanked out of their unsuspecting, everyday lives and forced to listen to tales of atrocities that brought many of them to tears.
To do what she is doing now required a lot of soul-searching for Bakke. As a young prosecutor in the division that deals with crimes against children, she'd convinced herself that she could ask for the death penalty without batting an eyelash. But that was before she'd been assigned to her first capital murder case. This case.
Suddenly, she'd realized she didn't know where she stood on the death penalty. In the nearly two years she'd worked on the case, Bakke had gone back and forth; she hadn't really resolved the issue until shortly before Danny's sentencing. But as she assembled the so-called aggravators--those particularly cruel or unusual aspects of the murder that the government uses to spell out the need for a lethal injection--with her two colleagues, she came to believe that the punishment fit the crime.
By the time she wrote the opening for Danny's sentencing, Bakke saw little difference between Francisco and Danny. Like everyone else, she initially had been caught up in the "co-conspirator" issue: Was Danny as culpable--and therefore as deserving of death--as Francisco, the man who'd actually inflicted the fatal wounds?
But no more. Ultimately, Bakke realized that whatever he'd derived from the crime, Danny's participation was simply different from Pancho's. The words came from her colleague Mark Randall, spoken during a meeting to coordinate her opening with his closing, but she agreed that comparing Danny to Francisco was like looking at "different shades of black."
Still, she'd told friends, it gave her a strange feeling when she wrote down the last line of her opening: "The People respectfully request that you sentence Danny Martinez Jr. to death." And though she'd felt comfortable delivering that line, there was no joy in the asking.
The three deputy DAs--Bakke, Randall and Hal Sargent--were worn out from the workload, particularly keeping up with the several hundred motions filed by Francisco's lawyers, more than ten times the number filed by Danny's. Most of the motions contested the constitutionality of the three-judge panels, attacking from every conceivable angle the 1995 Colorado statute that had established them. Others seemed frivolous, such as one motion concerned with any "known side effects" of the drugs used for lethal injection and whether those drugs had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The defense won perhaps half a dozen of its motions, although none that challenged the panel's authority or greatly affected the prosecution's strategy. Yet each issue had to be researched and answered. The prosecution's workdays had begun at six in the morning and continued until ten at night. There was never any downtime; another hearing or trial or sentencing always loomed just a week or two away. None of them had taken a real vacation in nearly two years. Even weekends were spent working.
The emotional demands were just as wearing. The lineup of three trials and many other hearings brought the prosecutors closer to the victim's family than they normally would have been. It was hard trying to keep the family's spirits up while working to stay focused.
The prosecutors had all had dreams and nightmares about the case. The crime. The people. The testimony. All of it looping through their minds on automatic rewind.
Doing what needed to be done had grown progressively harder. Just looking at the photographs of Brandy's mangled body brought back all the horrors.
The case had even changed the way some people looked at them. Bakke noticed that defense lawyers she'd once been friendly with were going out of their way to avoid talking to her. She and her partners had crossed some line from adversary to enemy.
They all have their own devils to deal with.
But now Bakke puts them aside as she tells the judges that the state will be trying to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, five aggravators. They are the same five it attempted to prove for Danny: that Francisco caused the death of Brandy "in the course of or in furtherance of or flight therefrom" a felony--in this case, assault, sexual assault and sexual assault on a child using force; that Francisco intentionally killed a kidnapped person; that Francisco was party to an agreement to kill Brandy; that Francisco killed Brandy to avoid lawful arrest or prosecution; and that the murder of Brandy was "especially heinous, cruel or depraved."
Then she outlines the atrocities the state will lay specifically at Francisco's feet. It was Pancho who removed Brandy's clothes, picked her up and carried her to the back bedroom after she was "delivered" to 3165 Hawthorne. It was Pancho who sexually assaulted her with a beer bottle. It was Pancho who tried to get Danny's uncle to participate. "Want some head, Uncle Joe?" Bakke mimics the man sitting twelve feet to her right.


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Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Takashi Miike, The Dardenne Brothers & Lynne Ramsay; Also In Line-Up; 'Pirates 4,' 'Kung Fu Panda 2' & 'The Beaver' To Play Out Of CompetitionThis morning brought one of the moments on the calendar that every serious film lover awaits with bated breath: the announcement of the line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival, still the most prestigious on the circuit. Year after year, some of the world's best directors hold off to debut their new films on the Croisette, and virtually every year brings at least one stone-cold classic -- along, of course, with the famous Cannes bombs. With last year's selection generall...
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November 18, 2010
A first look at the nursery
So, the last two months have been a flurry of getting the rest of the house ready so that when Mom and Dad visited in November, I could use all of Mom's great decorating powers to help me figure out what to do with the nursery. I had been thinking about royal blue, lime green and brown, but other than that, and the fact that I would need a crib, I didn't know what the heck I would do.
So, Mom and Dad were here for an extended weekend last weekend, and we got right down to business. The biggest part of their visit was a trip to IKEA on Sunday, where we spent six and a half hours shopping for all kinds of things — new kitchen table and chairs; new office furniture, because I was moving my computer and books out of the nursery; dressers and a for the guest bedroom, to replace the removed closet (photos of that once the drywall is repaired and painted); and nursery furniture. It was a long day — my pedometer measured more than 3.5 miles by the time we got in the truck.
But we found adorable fabrics and a pillow to build the nursery around. It's the Barnslig pattern, and Mom will make a wall hanging out of the fabric with the white background and curtains out of the one with the stripes.
We also bought the Mammut crib, a cute, kind of cartoony crib with big feet and rounded edges. They don't show it on their website, so I can't link to it, and I haven't assembled it, so photos will come later. It converts to a toddler bed when the time is right, so I hope it will last a while. Here's a link to other Mammut products, so you can get a feel for the style.
I happened to be in Lowe's the other day and saw some great fabric baskets, covered in lime green and royal blue! Perfect for diapers, changing supplies, burp cloths, etc.
Now that I've picked fabric, I won't be using brown as an accent color; I'm going to paint the walls a light gray and the built-in bookcases will be returned to their original white. (Painting over the brown should be loads of fun. Not.)
And, while at IKEA, I picked out this chair. It's not really a rocker, but it does have a little bounce to it, so it will be good for midnight feedings and, later, bedtime stories.
Most of the home repairs are almost done, so I hope to focus on the nursery in December and be all set by the time I get too big to want to do any manual labor. Then I have to figure out what I need to put on my registry! I hope my sister and I will be able to work on that a little bit over Thanksgiving. My nieces are three and one, so she knows what moms can't live without! If you have any ideas, or want to share the tools/furniture/etc. that you couldn't live without, let me know!
November 8, 2010
We don't need no stinkin' closet
So, in talking with Mom about a month ago, she revealed her secret plan for the guest bedroom where she and Dad stay when they are in town. Since I hope they'll be spending more time here with me and Buster, I certainly want them to be comfortable. Her thought was to rip out the closet, which would give them much more floor space, which would allow for small dressers/nightstands on either side of the bed. Then, we'd also add an armoire on the wall opposite the bed for some hanging space. That seemed perfectly practical and do-able — nevermind that it had to be done before the new carpet installation (scheduled for November 10), or that I was four months pregnant.
I am surrounded by wonderful friends and Andrew was quick to offer his assistance. After hearing about the week he had had, I think I was doing him a service to give him the chance for some demolition therapy.
The closet is basically a box attached to the corner of the room, so it was relatively easy to rip out the corner bead, drywall and 2 by 4s. (I say relatively easy, since Andrew and his tools of destruction did most of the work and I just picked up pieces and put them in garbage bags.) It took us about two and a half hours, including a break for dinner. I'd say that the self-satisfied smirk on his face is from a job well done, but he pretty much smirks like that all the time. (Love ya, Andrew!)
Because I loathe drywall repair, I'm hiring my handyman to do the patching and repair where the walls and ceilings are exposed. And then with a little bit of paint and some new baseboard, we'll be all set for a shopping trip to IKEA for furniture. Mom and Dad will be here for Thanksgiving, and we're planning a trip for nursery and guest bedroom furniture.
November 5, 2010
Feathering my nest
There's been a flurry of activity at my house lately. Some would say it's nesting, but it's actually a long chain reaction of events. It all began with Tazzy, the cat who peed all over the living room. Once she moved on to greener pastures in July, I needed to replace the carpet in the living room/dining room.
And if I was going to do that, I should replace the carpet on the stairs.
And if I did that, based on the width of the carpet stock, I was buying enough carpet to do the upstairs hallway (which is sporting a nice iron-shaped blemish from where I dropped, well, and iron.)
And if I'm going to do the hallway, I might as well do the four bedrooms upstairs so I don't have a seam where the two different types of carpeting meet up.
I also had to treat and seal the concrete slab under the living room carpet so that any residual cat pee smells would not permeate the new carpet. So, for the last couple of weeks, I've had a very industrial-style living room, with exposed concrete floors.
Then, there was a list of things that should be done before the new carpeting goes in. For the last six years, I have been meaning to paint the stair balusters and handrails to match the paint color I've used on the rest of the trim in the house, but painting around the carpeting posed a bit of a problem.
Then Mom suggested that I replace the colonial balusters and newel posts with something more sleek and modern. Okay, so I'll tear that out and have the handyman rebuild it (doing repairs and painting myself).
Then, she also suggested that we (and by "we," she meant me) tear out the closet in the guest bedroom, patch the drywall and instead use small dressers as nightstands and an armoire for hanging clothes. Great idea! But that had to be done before the carpet, so the new carpet could fill in holes where the closet was removed. That means new baseboards in the guest bedroom.
My mother is my enabler. And don't worry, I have plenty of great friends who have helped me with the heavy work.
I printed out two months' worth of weekly calendars and filled in all my social and work obligations, and then started planning the cascade effect of what needed to be done. It's been going pretty much on schedule, except that Home Depot is now five days late on their promise to have the new balusters and newel posts. I'm now under the gun to get them painted since the handyman arrives at 7 a.m. on Monday to start the staircase project. And today and tomorrow are tied up with the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon — so I think I have to squeeze in a late night or early morning to get the first coat on.
So, watch for some posts with photos and details soon! I've been meaning to write for a while now, but I've (understandably) been a little wiped out lately! I'm tired just reading the list!


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There were way more than these. Majority turned out pretty crap though. Fritz flash let me down. Dammit.
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This week's Roto-Relevant Research is not actually about research. It's about the new custom filters at FanGraphs which should allow fantasy players to find good comparisons for the most interesting players on their waiver wires.
Take Travis Snider. The Pirates did.
He's a 24-year old with more than 500 plate appearances, an ISO under .200 (.181 for Snider), a walk rate under 8% (7.6% for Snider), and a 25+% (27.2% for Snider) strikeout rate so far — just to describe him in a way that will make for easy filtering. That search gives you 16 players since 1974. Once you take out the center fielders (Cameron Maybin, Austin Jackson and the like), the middle infielders (Benji Gil and Danny Espinosa for example), and the catchers (John Buck and Jarrod Saltalamacchia) and try to focus on outfielders that won't add much defensive value, the list of comparative players whittles all the way down to …
Laynce Nix, Wladimir Balentien, and Chad Hermansen. Uh-oh.
In Philadelphia, a group of trades have left 24-year-old Domonic Brown with a starting spot, finally. Brown's a little different than Snider, even if he's also a young guy with some tarnish to his formerly shiny prospect status. He doesn't have the same power, so let's set the ISO as <.160 (Brown has a career .146 ISO) and the walk rate over 9% (his is 10.7%). Strikeout rate here is tricky — Brown has a 21% career strikeout rate, and 20% is the league average most years. Let's go 10% up and down and set the strikeout rate between 18-22%. Oh and since Brown has 281 PAs, we'll set the cutoff at 250.
Brown's group of outfielders is not as terrible as Snider's. Dexter Fowler, Cliff Floyd and Roger Cedeno offer a believable group of interesting players that define his upside. On the downside, you have flameouts and backups like Rich Becker, Peter Bergeron, Pepe Mangual, John Hale, and Brad Komminsk. Looks like Brown's chances are a little less than 50/50, although it's worth noting that his ISO was actually the best of the group, and that the only others with ISOs over .140 in the group were Floyd and Fowler. If those two are this true comps, he has a fighter's chance at relevancy yet.
It doesn't have to be all doom and gloom with these things. You could use it to estimate the chance of a breakout, too.
For example, Starlin Castro. He's likely to break personal records in home runs and stolen bases this year, and the idea that he could go 30/30 one year has been bandied about. Defining Castro, we have a 22-year-old shortstop who has put up an ISO over .100 (.125 for Castro) and a strikeout rate below 16% (14.2% for Castro). The walk rate being under 6% (4.8% for Castro) seems important, too — he needs to get on base to steal. Castro has over 1600 PAs so far, but that might kill our pool. Let's set the over at 1000.
You get two players with this search: Garry Templeton and Jose Reyes.
Templeton's first three years actually looked a lot like Castro's, and he peaked in his fourth year: .314 batting average, 19 homers, 26 stolen bases in 1979. He was never that powerful again. We know Jose Reyes, of course, but it's worth remembering that Reyes hit 19 home runs in his fourth season, which is a career-high to this date.
If you lower the threshold to 600 PAs, you get two interesting new names: Nomar Garciaparra and Ray Quinones. Nomar's fourth season was probably his best fantasy season too: He hit .357 with 27 home runs and 14 stolen bases that year (1999). Quinones? He only lasted four seasons. Doesn't seem a likely scenario for Castro. Since Reyes had more speed, and Nomar more power, Templeton really seems like the best comp for Castro, and he was good while he was young.
All of these players have had some health and/or longevity issues. It's possible that Castro may peak soon, and that all that early play will take its toll on him.
Then again, we're only comparing him to four players. Four like players, but four players. And that's the trick with these things — you do your best to find comparison players, you try to set your thresholds right, and you will find that you get similar players back. But, as we've been taught since preschool, each of us is as unique as a snowflake. All these comps can do is give you a general idea of how similar snowflakes have performed in the past.


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Monday, January 13th - 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Ten years ago, Code Check's lead author, Douglas Hansen, wrote what was called "The best book ever written on electrical inspections for home inspectors." Electrical Inspections of Existing Dwelling has been completely re-written. Over twice the original size, it has been updated to the 2011 NEC and is packed with information to help inspectors through all aspects of an electrical inspection.
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Cardiff University Hosts Legend of Welsh Animation and Creator of Super Ted, Mike Young, Friday 24 October
Welsh Studio Founder Will Discuss Conquering Hollywood and Offer Insights into the Future of Animation in Wales and Ireland in the Global Digital Age
The creator of Super Ted and producer of S4C's new pre-school cartoon favourite Dive Olly Dive! is in Cardiff to discuss how Wales and Ireland can compete in the international animation trade.
Emmy and BAFTA-award winning animator Mike Young returns home to Wales this Friday, 24 October, to give a free public lecture: Taking on the Mouse: Ireland, Wales and the Animation Trade.
Mike's career began in Wales more than 30 years ago when he began telling his four year-old son tales about a crime-fighting teddy bear. The legend that was to become Super Ted was born. The cartoon hero went on to become a hit on S4C and was later broadcast on America's Disney Channel.
Mike's company, Mike Young Productions now operates from a digital production factory in Los Angeles and an international production studio in Merthyr Mawr - a 500-year-old barn which has been converted into the state-of-the-art digital studio. His many other cartoon hits include Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in which Piggley Winks tells his grandchildren tales of growing up as a young pig in 1950s Ireland.
Mike's lecture, hosted at Cardiff University, will tell the story of how he built his business in Hollywood. He will also discuss the future of animation in Wales and Ireland in the global digital age.
The talk is a highlight of a two-day conference "Ireland and Wales: Romantic Nations," organised by the Ireland-Wales Research network, which develops greater awareness of the overlapping histories and cultures of the two nations. It is organised by members of Cardiff University's School of English, Communication and Philosophy and the School of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University.
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"This is going to be a very important area for human-computer interaction - having systems that can respond in a more social way and more intuitive fashion," says Reid Simmons, a professor at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. "It makes the interaction more enjoyable if they have a personality." If a robot cart is delivering office mail, he says, it'd be great if once in a while it cracked a joke or gave you a friendly "hi."
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This was outstanding. A total hit at our Thanksgiving holiday party. In place of the sage I added thyme and basil and it was great. In order to avoid a soft crust I increased the temp by 25 degree and let it in the oven for an additional 10 minutes.
A huge hit at Thanksgiving. I used a food processor to slice the onions, frozen filo tarts - two boxes, about 30 or so total. Finally, I used dried sage (half of fresh).
These are DELICIOUS. Foolproof and pretty, too! I must admit I cheated and used tiny phyllo cups, because I wanted individual appetizers to serve for a party. They worked WONDERFULLY. I sliced the onions a bit thinner than the recipe suggested so that they would fit neatly in the cups. It worked great...I'm going to make them again for a Christmas party in a couple of weeks. You can't go wrong with this recipe; it will make you look like a total pro!! :)
loved making the tart, made it for a family dinner and had to give everyone the recipe. my one brothers wife had to amek for dinner every night for a week staight!! it's always reqested for all the family dinners now!! we love it thought I did start adding guyre cheese.
Was running out of time before my party so I used pre-packaged fillo tart shells. The result was still excellent. I will make this again trying the pastry recipe. Although I liked the bite-sized tarts using the fillo, I would recommend chopping the onions a little more to get them into the shells more easily. My husband cruised through the kitchen & snuck several bites of the caramalized onions mid-preparation!
I made this to along with my Thanksgiving dinner, as one of my guests particularly enjoys an onion dish that I don't make. She ( and everyone else in attendance)thought this was just delicious! We used it as a side dish and it was just FABULOUS! The onions took some time to cook though, so plan ahead.Make those in advance.
Excellent recipe. The crust was incredibly flakey and good. I would definitely recommend this one.
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Delicious and fairly easy to make. My family loved it too. I'll definitly make this again soon. I used a non-stick pot the first time, next time I'll try steel as it took about 15 minutes longer for the onions to carmelize completely. The pastry was easy to make too -- I really liked that I didn't need to have special pans or forms on hand.


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Does anyone have experience with Rubus - Creeping Raspberry? (positive or negative)
I am looking for a ground cover for a steep hill on the northside of my house, and this has been suggested. Can it be successfully contained? Thanks, |
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Neat looking plant~ It is not aggressive either. |
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Creeping rubus is one of my favorite groundcovers for a smei-shade location. Evergreen, layers densely so is an effective weed supressing GC, and easily managed. I have never found it to be overly aggressive. Plus it turns an attractive bronze color in winter. |
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I planted Rubus calycnoides - Creeping Raspberry, I didn't find this one aggressive at all, in fact would have perferred it to be a little more than what it is. Hoping the 2nd year will be a little better. |
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It was just awarded Georgia Gold Medal for groundcover, and written up in the paper here, I have been hearing lots of possitives, although I confess the pots I saw were not impressive looking. I may still try some as I need something to hold the base of a nasty slope that keeps washing away. |
A little late to reply but hopefully you're still keeping track. I planted some last spring to fill in a small area that I wanted to break up and couldn't think of anything to do with. I also put in gaura siskiyou pink and the combo is great. The raspberry spreads readily and roots onto the ground but is so easily managed. It grows up to the edge of the landscape and stops where the edge is with regular lawn upkeep (mowing and weedeating, edging). The rest of it is growing along the ground in the perennial bed and not choking anything out. Looks great with everything. |
I have it in full sun around some Mugho pines. It has spread well but doesn't totally block out weed grasses from invading. I'm thinking I could cover it in winter to shade out the grass and it would be fine in spring but haven't tried it yet. |
- Posted by kathy_naturescape 7 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 22, 09 at 22:59
I am just learning about this plant and have read that is produces an edible raspberry and other readings say it doesn't. Can anyone tell me based on their experience with this plant, is it a plant that can produce edible berries. |
Yes, it is edible, but not as flavorful as a regular raspberry. Mine doesn't fruit much but I recently saw one planted in a parking lot strip that was just covered with berries. I don't know if the difference is varieties or just more water and fertilizer in the parking lot one, since I don't water mine- it is very tough. |
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Processing visual information is a complex task – it takes up a relatively large portion of the brain compared to other senses. This is because your brain performs several tasks to make images 'easier' to see. One, of course, is combining the two images, which is helped by the corpus callosum, the tiny part of your brain which joins the two big hemispheres. The other part is handled in the optic part of your brain itself, and part of its job is to make images right-side-up. It does this because your brain is so USED to seeing things upside-down that it eventually adjusts to it. After all, it's a lot easier to flip the image over than it is to try and coordinate your hands and legs with an upside-down world! As a result, though, it is believed that for the first few days, babies see everything upside-down. This is because they have not become used to vision.
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I agree that you don't want the car in Paris. Use it beforehand, drop it at the airport, and take the train into town. (PACK LIGHT - 1 suitcase per person, preferably on wheels). My sister and I went almost two years ago, and stayed at the Hotel Observetoire-Luxembourg, in the 6th arrondisement, right across from the Luxembourg gardens. It was a lovely hotel, but a bit pricey. I loved it, though. We splurged because I had just gotten out of the hospital and my sister had a small baby. Here is the URL for a list of "charm hotels" in Paris. Some look fairly inexpensive, and you might find something there. Have a great time - I can't wait to go back! |
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