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MINNEAPOLIS-Still recovering from the effects of the breach into credit-card data of millions of its customers, Target reported a 45.9 percent drop in fourth-quarter net income, to $520 million. For its fiscal year, which ended on Feb. 1, Target's net fell 34.3 percent to $2 billion.
Net sales in the quarter totaled $21.5 billion, down 3.8 percent and including a 2.5 percent decline in U.S. same-store sales. Gregg Steinhafel, Target's chairman, president and CEO, said because of the data breach (which Target revealed on Dec. 19), "results softened meaningfully" for the rest of the quarter. Net sales for the year increased 0.9 percent to $72.6 million, including a pickup of 0.4 percent in same-store sales.
Gross margin in the quarter fell 195 basis points to 26.9 percent. Selling, general and administrative expenses were essentially flat on a dollar basis, compared to last year's quarter, but rose 107 basis points as a percentage of sales to 19.7 percent.
For fiscal 2014, Steinhafel said Target will strive to regain the consumers' confidence in the wake of the data breach. "As we plan for the new fiscal year, we will continue to work tirelessly to win back the confidence of our guests and deliver irresistible merchandise and offers, and we are encouraged that sales trends have improved in recent weeks," he said.

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The inner clock
May 24, 2013 in Health
We pay less and less attention to our natural body rhythms – and our bodies hate us for it!
I felt this deeply and personally after getting on a plane at 5.30 in the morning recently. Every cell in my body screamed "where's my bed?" Then, closed up in a conference room with no windows on the world for the next day or two, I was running to catch up with which meal I was on, whether it was light outside or not – and mostly, whether it was really nap time or just felt like it.
We ignore our natural rhythms daily. Research shows that our societal tendency to stay up late and get less sleep is physically messing with our body chemistry and may contribute to obesity. Other ailments such as heart attacks and depression have also been shown to be affected by our natural bodily ebb and flow – called circadian rhythms.
But our bodies don't get fooled forever. I feel it most when I am on holiday: given the opportunity, my body falls into a fairly reliable rhythm of going to bed at around midnight, waking up at around 7 – and supplementing with a gorgeous afternoon nap, preferably in a shady spot under a large tree.
What's your natural sleep and waking cycle? Do you think we have strayed too far from our natural circadian rhythms?


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You may still remember this box? Inside are some goodies for the winner of Monthly Contest - February:
Let's take a look inside, shall we?
- Manhattan Nail Polish 66G (Party Glam LE)
- Manhattan Nail Polish 47T (Party Glam LE)
- Manhattan Shine & Care Nail Polish
- Essence Colour & Go Nail Polish in Glisten Up!
- Essence Multi Dimension Nail Polish in Trendsetter (these two make great layering couple!)
- Konad Image Plate m80
- Oriflame Nail Butter
- Pair of earrings
- Key chain (both made by me)
- Set of various samples
- Oriflame Giordani Gold Eye Pencil in Midnight Blue (my favourite blue eye pencil)
And who gets all this stuff, you ask?
Congrats, Alaina! I hope you like the prize you won. :D
I'll send you an e-mail asap.
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Joseph and Efren Boglio grew up in a Northern Italian town near Torino, raised by a mother locally renowned for her cooking abilities. Although the brothers loved the double-crusted, ricotta-stuffed pizza that she made every Easter, it wasn't until they moved across the ocean to Chicago that they realized just how special it was. Unable to find an equivalent after eating their way through local pizzerias and hunting pizzas in the wild, they opened Giordano's in 1974 with the goal of recreating the savory pie from their childhood. They've adapted their style over the years, but the concept has stayed the same: thick layers of mozzarella submerged in rich tomato sauce and served in a shallow bowl of golden dough. Diners can add ingredients such as spinach, sausage, or shrimp. Even though the Giordano's deep-dish empire has expanded to Florida, its menu retains its old-country stamp with cuisine such as juicy italian beef and housemade meatballs.
Domino's recently reformulated its pizza recipe, which puts the buyer in command of a plentitude of pie-personalizing possibilities. Take those new flavors for a test drive with two large one-topping pizzas, selecting from an array of tasty cheese crowns that stretch into infinity like a taffy pull in a black hole.
Supporting one's friends and neighbors is a theme at Brick & Fire Pizza Express, a neighborhood pizza joint that uses locally sourced ingredients as often as a moth kisses a lamp—whenever possible. For instance, to craft their one-of-a-kind housemade pizza dough, they mix in a batch of Orlando Brewing's Organic Red Ale. Local ingredients such as these equate to maximum freshness and flavorful brick-fired pizzas and calzones. To adorn those pizzas, the menu features more than 20 fresh toppings, including grilled ripe plantains, capicola, and meatballs.
Not every pizza place has a Wall of Fame, let alone a Wall of Shame. Pizza Xtreme, however, entreats customers with a dare that echoes its name: eat all 7 pounds of a one-topping, jumbo pie with the help of just one friend, and you've won the 28" Challenge. The rules demand that you get it all down in less than an hour, though, and as the Wall of Shame and pile of half-eaten pies testifies, this is no easy feat.
The kitchen team accommodates the more gastronomically reserved by making single servings of hand-tossed pizza, which it decorates with toppings such as italian sausage, grilled chicken, smoked gouda, and crumbled eggs. Chefs also bake specialty pies and non-pizza goodness, such as calzones, cube-shaped tomatoes, customizable pasta dishes, and oven-baked ciabatta sandwiches such as the pesto-strewn turkey artichoke. Pizza Xtreme's staff also pours out a selection of wine and beer to complement the food.
CiCi's Pizza combines the variety of a buffet with the thrill of bottomless pizza. Each pie is crafted with dough made from scratch daily and then slathered with homemade marinara and showered with toppings ranging from traditional pepperoni and Italian-style sausage to creative combinations including buffalo chicken and mac 'n' cheese. The buffet is stocked with a plethora of fresh pastas, as well as signature salads with the option to put tossing talents to the test at the salad bar. After they've feasted on savory options, diners can revisit the buffet for dessert including freshly baked brownies, slices of apple pizza, and cinnamon rolls drizzled with icing—or they can eat dessert first, thereby tearing an irreparable hole in the space-time continuum.
Jointly owned by Italian and Brazilian chefs, Francesco's Pizzeria divides its menu up according to the national origin of each dish. For a taste of Italy, diners can sink teeth into a traditional margherita pizza or Capricciosa pizza with calabrese sausage, while unique toppings of heart of palm, cinnamon, and guava denote a Brazilian pizza's tropical roots.
Enormous front windows flood the brick-lined restaurant with light, illuminating plates covered in five styles of wings and hearty baked pastas. When not occupied chewing through a sub, guests can study the dining room's irreverent framed pictures of cartoon vegetables dancing on cutting boards, lounging by the pool, and doing one another's taxes.


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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentleman Farmers by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
The Bucolic Plague is the story of two long-time partners and Manhattanites, Josh and Brent. Josh works for an advertising agencies, and is starting to feel disalusioned with the ad game and accounts that seem to drag on forever. Brent gave up a practice to be a resident Dr. on the Martha Stewart show. During a trip to upstate New York for the apple season, they get lost and discover Beekman Mansion, a 1802 estate that has gone to ruin. Immediately, they are drawn to the stately building, call a real estate agent, and faster than it seems possible, they've bought the Beekman as a weekend home.
Their fantasy of become gentleman farmers quickly becomes an obsessive, consuming job as they try to rehabilitate the grounds, start heirloom gardens and pasture sheep, and restore a house is serious disrepair. All while making the 4-hour commute back to their tiny Manhattan apartment for the work week. A surfeit of goat milk and a partnership with a local upstate soap maker becomes first a handmade Christmas gift for Martha, which becomes a spot on the show, which becomes a demand almost impossible to meet. The economic crash appears out of nowhere, and suddenly Josh has lost his ad job, and within weeks Brent has "dropped" from Martha Stewart. Though Josh had dreamed of making the farm a full-time reality, profit suddenly becomes a necessity. They throw themselves into perfecting the farm in obscene ways, and suddenly their different natures - Josh considers himself to be the "Oprah" who only want to live his best possible life while Brent is the "Martha," who is happy with nothing less than perfection - drives a wedge into their relationship. I won't ruin the end of for you. Do they make it through the winter with almost no heat? Can their skills in marketing make the farm profitable? Will they ever get over the Oprah / Martha dichotomy?
This is a story about a farm, but also about the love of architecture and beauty and an obsession with a house and it's land. It's about taking skills you have, and learning how to use them differently, and learning the skills you don't. It's about how connections to a larger economic system can help to save the economy of a small town. The Oprah / Martha comparisons get a little old, but if you can look past the gimmick, The Bucolic Plague is an engaging tale about how much work it can take to realize a dream.
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Lifeguard rescues child from Kedron pool
An alert lifeguard helped save the life of a 9-year-old girl who became incapacitated and fell underwater at the Kedron large pool Thursday afternoon.
The victim was reportedly in stable condition in intensive care at Scottish Rite children's hospital following the incident, The Citizen has learned.
The lifeguard immediately left her stand after spotting the victim, getting the young girl out of the pool in seconds, said Kedron facility manager Scott McCord. CPR was then initiated while 911 was dialed to summon emergency medical crews, who took over when they arrived, he said.
The Kedron staff also used an AED on the victim, McCord said.
When paramedics arrived, the victim was breathing but unresponsive, said Peachtree City Fire Marshal David Williamson. The paramedics stabilized the victim and took her to a medical helicopter for transport to Atlanta, officials said.
A video of the incident showed that the victim became incapacitated somehow and the lifeguard noticed it right away, Williamson said.
"The staff at Kedron and USA Pools did a great job," Williamson said. "The lifeguard was very observant and reacted immediately, removing the child from the water and beginning emergency procedures."
From the time the call was dispatched, it took about five minutes for the first emergency medical unit to arrive, Williamson said.
There were two lifeguards on duty at the large Kedron pool at the time of the incident, McCord said.
this young lady and for the one that couldn't be saved.
PTC lost a 9 year old yesterday on the Chattahoochee.
See the AJC article: "Girl, 9, pulled from Chattahoochee River dies"
Our prayers are with her and her family as well.
I won't post her name on here but it's in the article.
and you people have nothing better to do then bitch about light bulbs.
You people will @#$%^ at the most mundane things like light bulbs and who did or didn't get busted driving a golf cart while having a glass of wine or whether or not Mike King got Obama's quotes right.
Many of you paid belated respects to Mr. Garlock's near tragedy only after you learned of it thru gossip of some form or another yet say nothing of the child that was lost to us Friday.
I'll sleep well knowing that your light bulb buying decisions are the most important thing on your minds.
And you wonder why city council and county commissioners think most of you are fools.
It is so wonderful to know that there can be a good outcome from such a horrible experience
I am sooo happy to hear that Kristen is doing well.
Blessings to everyone involved!
I'm so happy to know she is progressing as well as she is. Will we ever learn the identity of the quick-thinking lifeguard who rescued her?
.....said that the teenage life guards did nothing---didn't even see the kid until someone told them someone was on the bottom, didn't do CPR, didn't call anyone!
If rumors, they need to be stopped!
Does the City employ these life guards? Or does a contractor run the pool?
OK Roundup, so you say some others (not further identified) say that Fire Marshal Williamson is lying about what action was taken and when, and by whom--that right? In effect, what you are doing is perpetuating this hearsay talk and to what purpose? Leave it alone, be thankful that the end result is fantastic and Kirsten will soon return home.
I said that the rumors need to be stopped, I didn't say I personally knew what happened.
However I did listen to someone who was there and they said what I said!
Was Fire Marshall Williamson there when it happened?
Afraid I am not familiar with Mr.Williamson or of a fire marshall!
I do hope he is correct however and no cover up exists!
I can say no more on this because I know no more at this time.
To all our friends who have given Kristen their best wishes and prayers, we want you to know she is doing well. Someone sent her balloons with a journal and pen, and she wrote just one thing – "I want food!" She hasn't been able to have food or drink, ICU nourishment by IV.
This morning she gets to eat, she even gets to call the kitchen when they open at 7am, and she is patiently waiting while she watches a movie, the first since she's been here since she felt so punk she just dozed. What she decided to order from the menu is her secret.
She just had her hundredth chest x-ray, and while I haven't talked to the doc yet, I think as soon as her lungs look clear she will get her escape ticket home, just not sure when that will be yet. She will be happy to walk out to freedom and will ask to go directly to a Mexican restaurant where she can order rice and beans, cheese dip and guacamole, maybe a cheese enchilada and definitely a coke in a big glass like the parents, no kid glasses, thank you. She might wait to arrive back in PTC to go to her favorite place – El Ranchero – but I doubt she can wait that long and I will likely make a stop in Marietta at Papacitos, the very same place we stopped the last time she escaped from Childrens Hospital, because dad promised.
How is Kristen doing? Can you give us all an update, we haven't forgotten her and hope she has made a complete recover.
Just back from a long distant trip and read this, what a great story and ending.
Hoping and praying for her complete recovery.
Best wishes from PTCO
Can't say that I blame you after what she (and you and her mother) has gone through I would be giving her whatever she wanted also! So wonderful to have such a story turn out so positive.
Glad to see she's doing well and "ready to escape" and have some Mexican food, that's a good sign.
You are gonna make her spoiled and fat!
Have at it! I once had a child who got 100 or more teddy bears, one or more every day. (not all from us)
She is middle age now, not fat, and fine.
A parent's worst nightmare is seeing your child unconscious, unresponsive, searching for a pulse and breath while undergoing CPR. Many thanks to all at the Kedron Aquatic center, and the EMT, police and fire pros who responded and got Kristen hustled to Childrens Hospital at Scottish Rites. She is in pediatric ICU with more IVs, tubes and electrodes than a kid should have, Doc says she has pneumonia from inhaling some of her own aspiration. Julie and I trade off to be with her around the clock, however long it takes.
Prayers sent.
Horrifying event to happen and I'm glad she got the best attention possible when it happened and our people came through when it was most needed. Best wishes to her and to your family during this time.
Prayers are coming your way.
as I am sure is the case with many more people on this site and elsewhere. This has to be the scarest thing that can happen to a parent. I will be praying.
Good thoughts to Kristen and her parents. She's in good hands at Scottish Rite -- they do tremendous work. Hang in there...
For all those involved in the complete recovery of Kristen.


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Google Launched Voice Actions Service For European Android Users
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Susan Biondo-Hench shared her thoughts on receiving the first Shakespeare Steward Award at a Folger event at the English Speaking Union in New York on November 16, 2007.
I remember sitting with the other teachers in the theater at the Folger, freezing to death, on the first day of the first Teaching Shakespeare Institute in 1984. I remember Peggy O'Brien, her glasses on top of her head, looking out at all of us and saying, "Teachers do the most important work in the world," magic words that teachers hear all too infrequently. I remember Stephen Booth, asking us to visualize two imaginary blackboards on stage, one saying "He who hesitates is lost" and the other saying "Look before you leap," before launching into a lecture on ambiguity in Shakespeare. I also remember thinking that I was extraordinarily lucky to be at the Folger that summer and that I had been given a gift.
I was also given a mission: to return to my school district and share what had been given to me about Shakespeare and performance philosophy and teaching. I had been asked to spread the "net," so I began to experiment with performance and to collaborate with my students and Shakespeare, and as I did so, I began to realize that I had been changed. I began to see individual words, especially Shakespeare's words, as layered, subversive, transcendent, and alive, and I realized that I wanted and needed to continue to be a student myself. That gift changed me, and the more it continues to change me, the more I want to give that gift to students.
Sharing Shakespeare and the Folger philosophy and materials with my students and with other teachers is a joy. Like the Folger, I put Shakespeare into their hands, step back, and let the collaboration begin. My favorite example is the annual Student-Directed Shakespeare Festival. This fall over 100 students were involved, and on Tuesday afternoons, our rehearsal day, I loved walking down the halls of Carlisle High School between 3:00 and 5:00 and hearing young voices reciting Shakespeare in history, math, science, and English classrooms.
The more these students work with Shakespeare and performance, the more they want to continue to do so. This year the festival had a dozen scenes from eleven different plays, some from our favorite plays—Midsummer and Hamlet—and some from plays we'd never staged before—Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, and Henry IV. part 2. Even our principal was involved as the ghost in Hamlet. He stopped me in the hall one afternoon on the way to a meeting, and he asked me to relay a meeting to his directors. "Tell them I understand what they mean about the ghost's voice, and tell them I'm working on it!"
On the first Thursday after Thanksgiving, my students then shared their scenes with the community. As the members of the troupe processed into the packed auditorium to the sound of a trumpet fanfare, I was, as I am every year, overwhelmed by their diversity. It is astonishing to me that so many different kinds of teenagers continue to find themselves in Shakespeare. The students are in grades 9 through 12. They are all academic ability levels, backgrounds, ethnicities, and experiences, yet Shakespeare unifies them all. That evening is the single most powerful night of my school year, and the influence of the Folger community and Shakespeare are palpable.
Knowing that Shakespeare and the Folger programs have been responsible for some of the most meaningful professional and personal experiences of my life, I am touched and honored to receive the Shakespeare Steward Award. I feel as though I have been given a gift in 2007 for a gift that the Folger already gave me in 1984, and I am most grateful.


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Hi everyone I am new to this site. I have painted a photo album for a friend but I have no idea what to seal it with. It was painted with folk art acrylics. I would hate to have the paint scratched off.
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Jenn, I normally use the spray on sealer. You can get it in matte, semi gloss, or triple thick gloss. Just depends on the look you want. A couple good coats should protect it. You could also use the brush on sealer as well. Welcome to the forum, please join in on any posts here, and we'd love to have you post pics of your painted projects as well. Luvs |
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On my job late in the afternoon Monday (yesterday) I saw a very forlorn plant in an office doorway. The clerk showed up I inquired she answerd I'm throwing it out I went on vacation noone waterd it, want it take it!We enjoy rescuing plants too so I was happy and excited. Have waterd the palm. My honey saw it and commented to cut off all the "branches" so it can begin again. ALL but two are as wilted as a "weeping willow" tree. Is she correct? To help this dwarf Palm along again do I cut off the wilted branches OR do I be patient see if they grow back vertical again??? |
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by dwarf palm i assume you mean pygmy date palm? do not cut any branches off unless they are brown and completely dead. the palm needs the nutrients still in the leaves to keep growing especially if it is as stressed as you describe. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 17:04
VERY grateful! AH HAH: I just looked again at the label on the pot: "pygmy date palm" The branches/leaves what ever they are called are not brown but definetly wilted over and definetly a sad shade of green. It is out of the air conditioned but well lit office and outside in the humid air which I think I read is what they "like" humidity and this heat wave. We wont cut anything off it then and keep it moist. IF it does return I'll replant into a larger pot! Be a NICE JOY if it returns. I guess it can go either way: I'll lose it OR it'll come back. |
- Posted by tropicalzone7 7b (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 17:18
Pygmy palms are not great indoor palms, they do a lot better outside. Dont give it full sun because of all the time it spent indoors, and they like lots of water when it's hot out -Alex |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 18:05
Grateful Alex! thank you!! I'm sure you wish us good luck! |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 12:19
I'll simply use some courtesy 1st: I hope I'm not being a nuisance: correct or wrong n bad: I decided I would compensate my pygmie palm NOT being waterd by keeping it..........well the palm is in the same original pot as when it was purchased. There are 3 drain holes to the pot I lowerd the pygmie palm in its pot into the large feed/water bowl of the large dog we once had.I then poured enough water into the bowl that the water rose up to and coverd over the drain holes to make sure that poor dry pygmie palm can get its water. good or bad and over kill please? |
- Posted by ericthehurdler NOR CAL 9a (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:00
BAD IDEA those palms like good drainage and hate sitting in water. just water it from above let it drain and put it outside. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:08
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:13
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:53
HI hi uhm you would laugh at me if you knew/saw what this one I have inherited looks like. the branches droop like a weeping willow. when I hold them all vertical I wonder if the whole plant measures maybe 3 feet total. I saw a photo of one similar to my "rescue palm" will try to post it! |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:56
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 13:58
What my "rescue" palm is supposed to look like, this HAS to be what I have I'm also SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION HERE!! |
- Posted by ericthehurdler NOR CAL 9a (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 14:00
majesty palm? |
The photo you posted looks like a Majesty palm, Ravenea rivularis. Does your palm have spines at the base of the fronds? If yes, it's a Pygmy Date. If no, probably it's a Majesty. Ravenea rivularis loves water, lots of water. These are often sold as houseplants where they get underwatered and die. I suggest the wilted fronds will not recover, and are getting stressed trying to rehydrate, which won't happen. You might as well remove them. Locate the emerging spear and mark it with a marker pen. Keep your eye on that mark over the next couple of weeks, to be sure the spear continues to push out new growth. If you get 3 inches of new growth, your palm is a survivor. I would put it outdoors in dappled shade or early morning sun with shade the rest of the day. It will need time to adapt to life in the sun. It will burn if you put it in full sun. Then your palm will be toast. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 14:22
this is very terrific info! the employee left the tag on the pot the tag reads pygmie date palm. never had one before so not sure what a spine is or looks like. theee difference between what I have and this photo is that the "branches" are wilted/bowed way down to the floor and a sad looking shade of green. I guess I will cut off all those wilted "branches at thier base watch and hope for new growth??? await your reply please. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 14:35
as follow up: I brought the "palm" home monday 7/23 right after work and have really waterd it! I set in a pan pf water over night tuesday till today wednesday 25th (new Jersey) sighhhhh no worse anyway.......do I be patient give it the week see if the "branches" rehydrate and erect ...OR cut them all off now? OOOOOPS forgot have not brought the palm in at all it is on cement outside shaded porch. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 15:21
I keep busy when I have a day off fortunatly so far its a fun busy. To whom ever is following this...I will call it dramatic, I regard any rescue seriously, uhm serious fun(?) I cut every branch off the 3 uhm "things" sticking out of the dirt. Wowch those needle things hurt! Its discouraging but we'll see if this is a "survivor pygmie" or not. I brought home a forsaken Norfolk island spruce some years ago, "Charlie" tree is now flourishing as is the miniature rose I got for honey last Valentine's day. It got away from us or me I think it went dry I waterd kept kept it in sunlight sigh its still struggling. well "here's to my Pigmie date palm"! |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Thu, Jul 26, 12 at 7:42
well I was getting good instructions where'd you all go? something I said?? |
- Posted by don_licuala 10a (My Page) on Thu, Jul 26, 12 at 13:34
Brian, On ALL Phoenix species, the lower leaflets degenerate into spines. If yours has them there will be no doubt in your mind. Pigmy Dates are better indoor palms than Majesties; it's just a matter of care. Try potting it up and soaking it twice a week. Be sure the pot has drainage holes. Set the pot outside in light shade. That means under a tree but not in the deep forest. |
- Posted by tropicalzone7 7b (My Page) on Thu, Jul 26, 12 at 13:42
Definitely sounds like a Pygmy palm to me as well. I have had bad luck with them indoors, but they are better than Majesty palms (for most people at least). Majesty palms need a lot more water than Pygmy palms, but Pygmy palms do like to stay moist in hot weather and shouldnt completely dry out ever. Good luck! -Alex |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Thu, Jul 26, 12 at 18:26
Ah hello and thank you to those who replied. back to work today thursday i saw again the employee who gave me the "palm". she only bought it about the 1st week of July at a GOOD grocery store for 10.00. and as I seriously/really came to think: she "occaisionally" gave it a spash of water. then days later went on vaction about 5 days and nobody waterd the palm, well how could she expect anyone to with the door/office locked??!! she returned it was wilted so likely there wasnt even light on in her little office. a bit DUMB and thoughtless for who she is! SO I have the plant in intensive care....I'm making sure it has water now and it stays outside shaded in this heat wave.......doing all I can do i guess??!! grateful to all of you PLEASE stay close wouldja please??? THANK YOU!! |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 13:33
mention was made about a pic of the palm and I imediatly felt the misery of that:1. the sickness in the house S.O. has had both hips replaced she is but in bed with complications. 2.working at repairs so as to sell present "diggins to sell and relocate. 3. attend to my job everyday. 4. UGH the tiny little camera I do have somewhere if i find it how do i get ti working again? hours and hours and hours later I hope here is "whats left" of the "pygmie date palm" that is in intensive care. Upon presenting this I'm embarased enough, please be gentle.thank you all! |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 14:17
UGH what I forgot to mention in the frustration of creating the photo is that: over the days I have been troubled by the fact that the POT the palm is in....concerns me; its drain holes are 3 inches from the bottom at the sides which tells me it cant drain well. unless the pot is tilted which i have done water remains and has remained in that pot. friday evening I got the idea I put a box cutter blade to each hole and cut each side of each hole down TO the bottom and cut that "tab" off...NOW the roots can breath good i would say and when there isNO more water in the pan the only remaining moisture is in the dirt, the roots arent drowning, the roots shouldnt be drowning.now I or we hurry up and wait and see! Oh I will add I am amazed that I did manage to get that photo! camera still works wow what computor effort and time.....and that gets me to acknowledge the amount of time that can be wasted/used in working a computor! Or am i that illiterate??? |
- Posted by tropicalzone7 7b (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 16:17
unfortunately your pygmy palm looks dead to me. I did have a pygmy palm a few years back that was severely underwatered and it looked just like yours, but after giving it a good pot and soil and bringing it outdoors for the summer (with water), it did amazingly enough come back to life! But if you keep it indoors I dont think it will have a chance, when they are that severely damaged it's going to take sun, heat, and water (and good drainage so the soil doesnt stay too moist) for it to come back. Hope it makes it for you! -Alex |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 16:40
Alex hi! hi! Ahhhhh I been watching for a reply BUT NOW I'M NOT HOLLERING I'M TYPING IN CAPITALS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SEEN: THE PALM IS NO LONGER IN HER OFFICE I HAVE IT HERE AT MY APARTMENT O U T S I D E AND VERY WATERD. AGAIN I'M NOT HOLLERING I have been typing large to make sure it is seen that it is outside. The coworker gave it to me Monday july 23 I have had it thus only 4 days. I did see instructions to cut off its wilted branches. I cant afford to invest in potting soil yet I did give it a little potting soil I had to just top off the top of the dirt. SO I need to calm down "I have had it only 4 days. IT IS OUTSIDE IN THIS HEAT WAVE not a lot of sun and not drowning BUT plenty of water heh heh I hope this helps! THANK YOU ALEX!!! |
- Posted by ericthehurdler NOR CAL 9a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 18:06
throw it away......sorry but its dead. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 18:30
well that is gentle and honest of you. I agree it looks "interesting/discouraging". I am grateful that you replied. I'd rather have your input even if its sad rather than to have nothing at all!. it cost me nothing, it will cost me nothing. I feel proud that i have upgraded its environment, it has a much better chance and oooooops others have encouraged me. I have till the weather gets cold and even then IF it comes back .........well one winter i decided to have some fun.I arranged a fluorecent tube over a long planter of "Shamrocks". Honey repeatedly reassured me they wont come up "remember your disapointment level dont get your hopes up".heh heh heh and a Muah ha ha ha later I had Shamrocks! Really, sincerely I am grateful to you for sharing! |
Even if it isn't dead, you should throw it away and spend a few dollars on a healthy palm. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 21:23
And to think I typed earlier that"I would rather have input than have nothing at all". Talk about "watch what you wish for you might just get it" YOUR words I dont appreciate, explain WHY I should "throw it away and buy new even if it isnt dead". WHEW!! |
- Posted by ericthehurdler NOR CAL 9a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 23:26
well it would be a waste of time and resources to even attempt to bring a dead palm back too life. Even if it wasn't dead it would take a few YEARS to get it back to normal. And if you buy a new palm you can start from scratch and have a healthy beautiful palm to enjoy :) |
What eric said. Enjoy a healthy palm now. :-) Think of this as a learning experience. Now you know what a Pygmy Date Palm is. :-) |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 10:51
"it would be a waste of time and resources" we'll review this: A plant, a tree that somone else "forsook" they gave it away to a better home, it is now sitting in "intensive" care with assurances what kind of resources/how much resources gets "wasted", giving it a look at every now and then? "Could require a long time??? I am cheap thrifty and frugal,mostly because we are quite impoverished we CANt just "run out and buy". and if this is the case more animals would die rather than BE RESCUED. I have some kind of time. There are times when my 56 years feels like the end, right now I bet I have enough years to give this palm a chance/try. Uhm THANK YOU to everyone who has encouraged I'll take it from here "enjoy" to those who discourage. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 13:39
hours later: actually, rethinking I will post again that the palm survived, returned, came back OR heavan forbid that I discarded it. |
Have to agree with everyone else.. .such a plant is very cheap to replace and this one looks far beyond any hope of saving. Having killed my share of palms, I can recognize one that is lifeless, sadly. Nice of you to try to save it, though. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 12 at 18:27
IN particular "nice of you to try to save it though" THATS what I like to see! It is amazing how fast this palm "went down" in not even 4 weeks from the time of purchase. Well I'm not giving up on it yet. Uhm "such a plant is very cheap to replace" with the illness in the family noone knows how much we are hurting financially.so no we cannot just run right out and buy something on a "whim", "we'd like to have that it, would be fun". well one day at a time! |
a plant that size at Home Depot should run around $12. |
- Posted by brianradomski none (My Page) on Sat, Aug 4, 12 at 13:33
Ahh I happened to wind up back here today saturday I s ee this new comment: "roll" your eyes if you like but 12.00 dollars is................if an expense isnt for n e c e s s i t y we have to ignore it. count your blessings if this frustrates you. |
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The vratha is performed by married Hindu ladies on the Friday just before the full moon day in the month of "Shravana'' - July/August according to Hindu calendar.
Usually, on the day pooja is performed by married Hindu women to seek the blessings of goddess Mahalakshmi, wife of Lord Vishnu, who is considered to be the abode of wealth and prosperity.
Those who cannot perform it on that day, can do it on any other Friday in that month,'' says Subrahmanya Tantri of Urva Marigudi who performed the rituals in connection with the vrata.
He says that it is not a popular religious event here. People who have migrated from old Mysore regions to this part are those who observe it traditionally. As far the people in the coast are concerned, they just visit the temples on that auspicious day and perform pooja and sahasranamarchane,'' he said. This trend has been seen only in the last 15 years or so, he added.
On Friday many temples a kalasha symbolically representing Goddess Lakshmi was placed and women did kumkumarchane to lamp posts seeking Goddess Laxmi's blessings. Tantri says at Urva, there were 10 lamp posts so there may be 40,000-50,000 kumkumarchane performed. The number of lamp posts if increased to 25, we may have achieved laksha kumkumarchane,'' he said adding that pooja was performed to the kalasha also.
At Mangaladevi temple thousands of women took part in this vratha. At Kalikamba Vinayaka Temple near Car Street, the silver mask of Goddess Lakshmi was installed on the kalasha and pooja was performed.
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Hello, I just recently purchased a short sale home...I discovered this parquet flooring after pulling up the 80's "shag style" orange carpeting...my first thought was to save money and just repair/refinish the floor and then restain an different color, although im not sure if i shoudl go darker or lighter with a bleaching solution. The floor seemed to be good quality (at one time), with 1 inch think strips of red oak individually laid pieces. Any advise you could give would be appreciated. |
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You should never bleach any floor unless you are prepared to never have it be a natural color ever again. This floor looks and chances are its a red oak species. Red oak is EXTREMELY easy to stain any color. Bleaching just seems like an unnecessary option. If it was my floor i would sand and stain a medium brown color. That color is just a color i like. You can go whatever color you choose. Keep in mind the darker you stain the more difficult it is to keep looking nice. (Dust will show up virtually right after cleaning) Other than that nice find!! |
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Parquet is a wonderful floor and very very forgiving. Water can sit on it and you just dry it up. I have parquet in kitchen from 35+ years ago. I wish it was in my entire down floor and I would just refinish. Its a real floor. Spend the money to refinish and put a light stain on it. Its a beautiful floor and in my mind timeless. Carol |
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Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 73°58′45″W / 40.658894°N 73.979058°W
Windsor Terrace is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park to the east and Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark, to the west. Its southern boundary is Caton Avenue, while to the north it is bordered by 8th Avenue. It is between the neighborhoods of Park Slope to the northeast and Kensington to the south.[1][2][3][4]
Description and history[edit]
Windsor Terrace straddles the line between the original Dutch Colonial Brooklyn towns of Brooklyn and Flatbush. This border lies approximately east-west along what has now become Terrace Place, with south Brooklyn located to the north in the direction of 11th Avenue, and the Town of Flatbush to the south, located in the direction of Seeley Street. The grid of old Brooklyn which is tilted at an angle, is adjacent to the Flatbush grid, which is roughly aligned with the cardinal directions, at this juncture. The only other still-extant nuances of this ancient Dutch boundary is the legacy of original Catholic Parish boundaries, which are between Holy Name and Immaculate Heart, and ZIP codes applied much later (11215 to the north and 11218 to the south, which run roughly along the same boundary). Otherwise, the two halves have peacefully and organically grown into the quiet enclave of Windsor Terrace over the past 160-odd years, which to this day maintains a small-town ambience with a sense of neighborliness rarely found in big cities.
The neighborhood is nine blocks wide.[5] The village of Windsor Terrace, developed by William Bell, was built and incorporated in 1851.[5]
Largely residential, Windsor Terrace is home to mainly Irish-, German-, Polish-, and Italian-American families, many having settled in its brick row houses and wood-frame houses when the neighborhood was first developed beginning in 1849, and throughout the first half of the Twentieth Century.
The overwhelming majority of residents—many of whom can trace their family histories in Windsor Terrace back four or five generations— were traditionally affiliated with either Holy Name Church and School on 9th Avenue (now known as Prospect Park West) or Immaculate Heart of Mary on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Windsor Terrace's southeasternmost reaches. Other smaller Protestant denominations have been neighborhood anchors as well, such as the Memorial Baptist Church at 16th Street and 8th Avenue, and Holy Apostles Episcopal on Greenwood Avenue. Over time, Windsor Terrace has become increasingly diverse, including Greek and Hispanic residents, in addition to a small minority of Syrians, Maronite Lebanese and Jewish-Americans. More recently, an influx of Park Slope and Manhattan refugees seeking good family housing has pushed property prices up. The neighborhood public schools, P.S. 154 and P.S. 130, are well regarded.[6] They are some of the primary attractions of the neighborhood. Each school feature a number of special enrichment programs for students, such as chess and journalism. Both public schools received "A" grades in the 2010-11 New York City Department of Education Progress Reports.[7][8] A new, private school has opened in 2012, St Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy, a consolidation of Holy Name of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary's elementary schools into Holy Name's existing infrastructure on 9th Avenue, offering Pre-K(3) to 8th Grade, including Honors Classes and after school programs.
The subway arrived in 1933 with the building of the New York City Subway's IND Culver Line (F G trains), which includes the 15th Street – Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway stations.
Like elsewhere in Brooklyn, trolley service, operated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, ran in the neighborhood well into the 1950s and early 60s as evidenced by the construction of Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School (situated between Greenwood Cemetery and the Prospect Expressway) in 1962 on the site of a former trolley barn built originally for the Brooklyn and Coney Island lines.
The Prospect Expressway, built between 1953 and 1962, runs through the middle of the neighborhood, effectively separating it into two halves. Some neighborhood streets, such as Greenwood Avenue and Vanderbilt Street, were bisected by the expressway and remain so, while others, such as Seeley Street, 11th Avenue/Terrace Place, and Prospect Park West, are bridged over the highway. Windsor Terrace is patrolled by the NYPD's 72nd Precinct.[9]
Kensington Stables[edit]
Kensington Stables is the only remaining stable near Prospect Park. The barn was built in 1930 as the last extension of the riding academy at 11 Ocean Parkway, 57 Caton Place (1917). The original riding academy closed in 1937 and is now a warehouse. Kensington Stables gives lessons in The Shoe in Prospect Park. Kensington Stables now exists on the Windsor Terrace side of the border between Kensington and Windsor Terrace.[10]
Notable residents[edit]
Windsor Terrace lays claim to several writers of note, including Pete Hamill and brother Denis Hamill. Paul Auster, perhaps Brooklyn's current favorite laureate, lives nearby. Isaac Asimov lived in Windsor Terrace when his father ran a small candy store on Windsor Place. It is believed Asimov wrote his famous short story Nightfall in his bedroom in the family home across the street.[11]
In popular culture[edit]
- Most of the 1975 Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon was filmed on Prospect Park West between 17th Street and 18th Street in Windsor Terrace.
- Director Wayne Wang's sister movies Smoke and Blue in the Face were filmed at the former Post Office location at the corner of 16th Street and Prospect Park West in 1995, in conjunction with well-known local writer Paul Auster.
- 1997's As Good as It Gets shows Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt walking through the streetscapes of Prospect Park West and past the row houses that characterize the neighborhood.
- Farrell's Bar & Grill, also at 16th Street and Prospect Park West, is an old and noted institution seen in the film Pollock with Ed Harris, and used as a standard bar backdrop in many other film sequences.
- Scenes from Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Neil Simon), Pete Hamill's The Gift and Denis Hamill's Turk 182 were all shot in Windsor Terrace.
- The Darren Aronofsky movie π has several subway shots made in the 15th Street-Prospect Park station.
- The opening scene in the Geena Davis movie Angie was also shot in Windsor Terrace, on Fuller Place (one street up from Howard Place where Helen Hunt's character lived in As Good as It Gets).
- Alanis Morissette filmed the music video for "Hand In My Pocket" from her album Jagged Little Pill on Prospect Park West between Windsor Place and 16th Street during August 1995.
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) also shot scenes on Fuller Place.[12]
- ^ NYPD Precinct Maps, Retrieved 2011-9-30
- ^ Brooklyn Community Boards Map, Retrieved 2011-9-30
- ^ NYC Department of City Planning Neighborhoods Map, Retrieved 2011-9-30
- ^ Jackson, Kenneth T. The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Second Edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, pp. 212-214, ISBN 978-0-300-10310-6
- ^ a b Jackson, Kenneth T., and John B. Manbeck. The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn. New York: Citizens Committee for New York City, 1998. ISBN 0300103107
- ^ Hemphill, Clara New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parent's Guide, Third Edition, Teacher's College Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8077-4613-4
- ^ NYC Department of Education 2010-2011 Progress Report for P.S. 154, Retrieved 2011-9-30
- ^ NYC Department of Education 2010-2011 Progress Report for P.S. 130, Retrieved 2011-9-30
- ^ 72nd Precinct, NYPD
- ^ Per NYC.gov:
- [Kensington Stables Horseback Riding, NYC Parks]
- Kensington Real Estate, NYC.gov
- ^ Asimov FAQ
- ^ Pesce, Nicole Lyn (July 2, 2012). "'The Amazing Spider-Man' brings the Big Apple to the big screen: From Broadway to Brooklyn". Daily News (New York City). Retrieved July 3, 2012. Print edition: July 3, 2012, pp. 40-41
External links[edit]
- Media related to Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn at Wikimedia Commons


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Last month I had great success with stripping and refinishing some wooden tables and stools, so I was eager to finish the refinishing job on a little nightstand that I had been working on. It had about 4 layers of paint, which too forever to get out of all the little decorative carvings in the piece. I finally finished sanding it on Saturday, and was excited to see how it would look stained. LOL It looked terrible. So now I'm just going to sand it a little to give it some "tooth" and paint it again. |
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- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 07 at 14:56
Many old pieces were painted because they were nothing special to begin with. Many have veeners rather than high grade wood thru out. Several years ago I curb picked a dresser that someone had started to strip only to realize it wasn't a high grade wood all the way thru. the veener was missing in completely on some drawers. I brought it home as was. Sanded it, primed it then painted it using several shades of blue. It's now one of my favorite pieces. sometimes it's not always the finsh product that we learn stuff from, sometimes it's the process and what it take to get to where it's really ours. |
- Posted by thrift_shop_romantic (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 07 at 8:11
Carol, that is so very true! And while stain is wonderful in many cases, some pieces really benefit from paint. Veneer pieces are a good example of that. Peg, I hope you find the look you want with it. Based on the level of detail of the piece you describe, it sounds marvelous. And like a bit of paint in those nooks and crannies will bring out the detailing nicely. Best of luck to you!! --Jenn |
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I was thinking about using a different color of paint in those nooks and crannies to highlight them. My mind is already racing with the possibilities of colors, or maybe even using a bit of wallpaper on the drawer. |
- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 07 at 12:23
You can use fabric on the flat surfaces too. There was a magazine not too long ago that had a dresser where they painted it a base color and the on each drawer used a different fabric print. It was absolutely stunning. Highlighting with a contrasting color is a good idea too. Just go easy on the hioghlight color when you put it on....almost a dry brush approach works best. |
Fabric on the drawer front is a great idea too!! I guess i need to decide if this is a piece i want to keep,and if so, where do i want to use it. If i'm just going to sell it, then i can paint or use whatever colors i want. |
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text: Set in the Paris where people live, not the Hollywood confection, Love After Love is a quintessential French romance, which means it's about love as a painful situation for which there's never a happy resolution although there's always hope for revenge. Such is the case with Lola (Isabelle Huppert), a novelist caught between two men. In director Diane Kurys' own small act of revenge, the guys are characters who range from jerk to dope, but despite their tendency to maltreat Lola, the indomitable Frenchwoman manages to get her satisfaction, and we can say the same. A-


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I have received 2 bids, and want to make sure i am not being taken advantage of. I am in Dallas, TX, in 1 story home, with roughly 2300 sq ft of livable space, and insulated attic.
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- Posted by A1_Universal_Tech (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 0:28
I would recommend that you continue to take in a few more bids, unless you're really in a hurry. Is this an upgrade to an existing system, or a complete overhaul? Another point I wanted to make is this: for every 400 sqft of space you need, you will need 1 ton of air; unless you are planning on installing zoning. For example, a 4 ton system will be effective for ~ 1600 sqft. You'll want to make sure that whoever you do choose to go with will set you up with good quality, name brands (like: Rheem, Ruud, Lennox is good, York, Carrier) who will still give you an affordable price. For example, my company (based in L.A.) would most likely bid such a job for around $8,000. |
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A1 Thanks for responding. I have actually gotten several bids, and even though these are the 2 highest bids, i question the quality of the other companies who have provided bids. The system is for a complete overhaul. My existing unit is 19 years old, thus needing to get a whole new system that is code compliant. You indicated that Lennox is good. Is it much better than the other brands you mentioned? |
- Posted by stephen_knight (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 2:10
i would tend to lean more towards lennox now since over the past 5 or so years now . i have had good results with the installations over the past few years. those bids are rather high .i can only assume its due to a high over head. example 3/8 - 7/8 line set would only run you around 225 - 275 dollars why the high increase in price? 800 dollars?? and what else would be so high in price.are these companies large outfits? and are they giving you some type of payment plan..i hope so. |
- Posted by neohioheatpump (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 9:03
Lots of companies make good equipment these days. If your interested in saving money get some generalized over the phone quotes. There is only a few brands I would stay away from. |
What brands would you stay away from? I have heard that Tranes quality has decreased recently. Have you noticed the same? |
- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 9:43
robno correct sizing is important both heating and AC. what size are you replacing? I find your pricing absurd. I would not waste my time on phone quotes. IMO |
Don't know size of furnace, but AC is 5 ton. I know old rule was 1 ton per 500 sqft, but I was told that isn't that accurate these days due to different types of windows, insulation, etc. |
- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 10:45
request a professionally performed load calculation for accurate sizing to be certain. takes about 2-3 hrs to complete if done correctly. IMO |
Beaware of contractors who use a rule of thumb to size your equipment, or would give you a quote without inspecting the current plant and duct work. You need a proper load calulation. I know it is hot in Texas, but 5 tons seems oversized. The 110,000 BTU furnace also seems oversized. I image the furnace was picked in order to match the fan to the 5 ton condenser. |
correct, the furnace was picked based on AC unit. and yes, the BTU is a bit overkill. |
You may get short cycling in summer and winter. If your ducts cannot handle the air flow, it will be noisy. You are looking at spending a lot a money, and in the end you will not be happy. I am a fan of Carrier equipment, but not if it is not sized properly. Talk to more contractors who will size the equipment properly. |
My current AC is a 19 y/o 5 ton Lennox. I will be getting a second load calc tomorrow nite, so will have better idea if 4 or 5 ton is the correct size. Are there smaller furnaces (less than 100000BTU) that can properly fit a 4 or 5 ton AC unit, that will keep the total at least 16 SEER? |
- Posted by techboo(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Apr 19, 11 at 16:18
Hi, just had a complete system installed yesterday. I live in N.dallas where cooling means more than heating. cost 7k even for everything. here is a list of what was installed for a single story 2000 sqft house. Trane XR13 4 ton AC condenser - 13seer, 14seer with matching system. This new system is so much cooler and has better airflow than the old one and should be more efficient. I really wanted the sheet metal plenums with EXTERIOR insulation and the manual dampers. This should really pay off in the long run for comfort and health. Next time I should just have to replace the AC condenser. Furnace later. All in all I think I got a good deal and I'm pretty sure the work is A+. I paid a little extra for the plenums, dampers and for Trane products. One reason I went with this contractor instead of the others is, this contractor continually offered top notch material, construction and products without me having to ask. The others would match the packages and price only after asking for the better stuff. This really spoke about the quality of work I could expect, and the contractors doing the work matter more than the brand name. But since I could get the best brand name products with top notch quality workmanship, it really was a no brainer. I actually spent just a little more for this company than the slightly cheaper one for the same work. |
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Southwest Native - Wildflower Mix
Annuals and Perennials Open Pollinated. A blend of native wildflowers designed for the arid Southwest. Contains: Arroyo Lupine, Indian Blanket, Five Spot, California Poppy, Tidy Tips, Prairie Aster, White Evening Primrose and more. Pack covers approximately 10 sq ft if broadcast. Thin to 1" between seedlings when they are 3" tall.
Flowers: Colorful Mix. Blooms spring to late summer
Attracts: Attracts bees and butterflies
Soil: Adaptable to various soil types
Native: North America
USDA Zone: 3-10
Plant In: Fall or Spring
Planting Depth: 1/8"
Days to Germinate: 20-45 Days
Height At Maturity: 12"-36"
Sun/Shade Requirements: Full Sun
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Bloom Season: Spring/Summer/Fall Height: 12-36 Quantities of Specie Type Annual: 9 Perennial: 3 Biennial: 0 Native: 12 Imported: 0 Ingredients: Common Name-Life Color Ht Blm Season Origin % by Wt Arroyo Lupine- A Blue 36 Spr/Sum N 25% Five Spot- A Purple/White 12 Spr/Sum N 15% Indian Blanket- A Red/Yellow 26 Sum/Fall N 10% California Poppy- A Orange 18 Spr/Sum N 9% Pigmy-leaf Lupine- A Blue 16 Spring N 9% Prairie Aster- A Blue 24 Spr/Sum N 6% California Blue Bell- A Blue 24 Spr/Sum N 5% White Evening Primrose- P White 16 Sum N 5% Tidy Tips- A Yellow/White 12 Spr N 4% Desert Marigold- P Yellow 24 Spr/Fall N 3% Mexican Hat- P Red/Yellow 36 Sum/Fall N 3% Mountain Garland- A Pink/White 36 Spr/Sum N 2% Bird's Eyes- A Purple/White 20 Summer N 2% Showy Evening Primrose- P Pk/Wh 18 Spr/Sum/Fa N 2% Seeding Rate: Use 125 seeds/sq ft (~2696 seeds/pack)


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Rhonda Carr, Vice President of Sales and Education for Advanced Mineral Makeup, has been the spokeswoman for numerous recognizable cosmetic companies throughout her career. As the National Spokesperson for Merle Norman Cosmetics, a Los Angeles, California-based franchise, Rhonda Carr also moonlighted as a Regional Sales Manager, Regional Training Director, and National Training Manager.
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For Iredale Mineral Cosmetics, Ltd., Rhonda Carr performed various tasks as the Director of Education and Regional Sales Manager. In a critical role to the organization, Rhonda Carr would step in for founder Jane Iredale to perform trade show speeches and platform trainings whenever necessary. Rhonda Carr was also asked to step in and train the owner of Rosewood Hotels and Resorts L.L.C. during a speaking engagement in Cabo San Lucas.
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Notice to the Habersham County Property Owners and OccupantsThe office of the Board of Tax Assessors maintains records of all properties within the county, the property owners and the fair market value of the property. This Board directs a staff of appraisers and appraisal clerks to obtain and manage these records. The appraisal staff obtains information from building permits and other sources, then visits the properties where improvements have been made or for verification of incorrect information. The appraisal staff is also instructed to review all characteristics of each property within the county to insure the accuracy of the property record. In addition to establishing values for real and personal property, the Board is ordered by the Georgia state law to submit a tax digest (a compilation of all property values, motor vehicle values, timber values, and exemption amounts) to the State Revenue Commissioner at the Department of Revenue. The Habersham County Board of Tax Assessors is also designated to receive property tax returns for real and personal property and applications for various homestead exemptions, conservation use valuation, preferential agricultural assessment, conservation use assessment of residential transitional property, freeport exemption, and applications for exempt property. It is the duty of the Board to determine the eligibility of these applications. The following information from the county appointment policy further details the role of this board. PURPOSE The Board of Tax Assessors was developed to serve in the following capacities:
BACKGROUND The Board of Assessors began in 1968 as a three member board until the County Commissioners designated the board to become a five member board beginning January 1, 1990. Two additional members were appointed for tax year 1990. BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS DUTIES (illustrative only – not all inclusive)
The Chief Appraiser may appoint an assistant (currently Stephanie Walker) and may delegate his/her authority in writing to the assistant. The Chief Appraiser may be a member of the county Board of Tax Assessors. MEETINGS The Board of Tax ASssessors meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. Meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. and last until all business is finished (meetings are usually completed by noon., however, according to the time of year, some meetings may break for lunch and resume afterwards for an unknown amount of time) CURRENT MEMBERS
RESTRICTIONS A member of the BOA cannot be related to a member of the county governing authority in one or more of the following degrees:
No member of a county board of tax assessors shall be eligible to hold any state, county, or municipal office during the time he holds such office, COMPENSATION $70.00 per day for services.TERM: 3 years, staggered. TIME REQUIRED Members, if desired, assist a property appraiser on one to two work days each week. This assistance is usually driving the county vehicle to various properties within the county, walking property as necessary, helping to measure structures on properties, and noting detailed information needed to maintain photograph records. General work days for assisting property appraisers normally extend from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Meeting time is usually 6 or more hours per month. For more information about the appeals process CLICK HERE. Contact InformationMailing Address: 555 Monroe Street, Unit 26 Box 5, Clarkesville, GA 30523Location: 115 Beaver Dam Rd, Clarkesville, GA 30523 Handicapped Parking/Deliveries: 6257 State Hwy. 115, Clarkesville, GA 30523 Phone: 706-839-0100 Fax: 706-754-8079 Email: email@example.com Joan Church, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com |


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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 33
By Mark Frauenfelder
Publisher: O'Reilly Media / Make
Released: January 2013
Pages: 160
Make magazine is always a favorite publication to read. Featured projects and articles span a wide range of interests. The publisher does an excellent job of keeping things balanced and interesting. Makers have a large collective skill set. Some are more comfortable with a soldering iron while others may make sawdust fly or manipulate pixels at the keyboard. Others may dabble in multiple fields. Make is the community that bridges the divide and keeps everyone entertained and inspired.
Make Volume 33 contained several articles I would rate as favorites. For the joy of reading, I liked 'Victorian Microtech' an article about restoring antique pocket watches. The cover article, 'Hack the Track' a story about modifying and racing battery powered toy vehicles was very entertaining. The racing event looks like it would be a great way to enjoy a sunny day. As a woodworker, I liked the articles on CNC panel joinery and laser cutting plywood.
There a many more projects and articles in Volume 33. I would recommend this publication to all who enjoy creating things. You can learn more at Make: Technology on Your Time, Volume 33, O'Reilly Media. It is also available from Amazon.com.
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From Green Right Now Reports
The job market has been blowing in a positive direction when it comes to wind energy, with power companies building turbines, hiring technicians and pushing grid improvements to reach more consumers.
In 2008, wind energy created 35,000 jobs and accounted for 42 percent of new energy production installed in that year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). That burst was part of an upward trajectory begun a few years before.
But after the economic implosion of late 2008, the picture didn't look so bright. By 2009 even wind development took a hit from negative gusts in the economy. The downturn idled some wind projects, among other green programs, all vulnerable because of their dependence on investment capital.
Today, though, the AWEA is again reporting positive news, saying that prospects for wind projects are better because the federal government has begun issuing renewable energy grants. The grants replace tax credits which weren't working in a stationary economy to get the blades spinning.
The US grants will provide nearly $500 million to 10 wind projects in Maine, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas.
"For these grantees and many other projects that are preparing their applications, we are seeing business activity picking up and turbine and parts orders being sent all the way up the value chain," said AWEA Senior Vice President for Public Policy Rob Gramlich.
"That activity had all but dried up and it is very encouraging to see this turnaround underway. Time will tell if that market signal is strong enough to keep the 85,000 people (the total employed) working in the wind industry employed for the next couple of years."


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9 And the word of the LORD came to me: | 9 The word of the LORD came to me: |
10 "Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobi'jah, and Jedai'ah, who have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josi'ah, the son of Zephani'ah. | 10 "Take [silver and gold] from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. |
11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua, the son of Jehoz'adak, the high priest; | 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak. |
12 and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall grow up in his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD. | 12 Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the LORD. |
13 It is he who shall build the temple of the LORD, and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. And there shall be a priest by his throne, and peaceful understanding shall be between them both."' | 13 It is he who will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.' |
14 And the crown shall be in the temple of the LORD as a reminder to Heldai, Tobi'jah, Jedai'ah, and Josi'ah the son of Zephani'ah. | 14 The crown will be given to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the LORD. |
15 "And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the LORD; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God." | 15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the LORD your God." |
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The Muir Disconnect
Seen from nearly any angle, Mount Muir's East Buttress would seem to be self-evidently unskiable.
And then, from atop Thor Peak last April, Dave Braun and I saw what appeared to be a continuous thread of snow connecting the mountain's south shoulder to the base of the buttress (more…)
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Yes, there is down (as in feathers) in Exped's DownMat-series sleeping pads, which include the DownMat 7 and the DownMat 9, in lengths from short to long. Putting feathers inside your sleeping pad may sound a little strange, but it works out to have exactly the same effect as putting feathers in your jacket: it makes it warmer without making it heavier (more…)
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Of Lightness and Darkness
This it seems to me is the ultimate tribute to Kim Jong Il, the recently departed Dear Leader of North Korea—a satellite image of North Korea at Night.
Ezra Klein writes: "That, right there, is Kim Jong Il's legacy. In a world that had long ago found light, he managed to keep 24 million human beings in the dark."
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The Return of the Quiver
In the good old days you needed two or three pairs of skis, depending on how serious you wanted to be on the race course. You would either tilt GS or Slalom, and ride those as your go-to board, and then typically you'd keep an old pair as rock skis for the early season, and those rock skis usually doubled as your powder skis, because they'd soften up over time and get sweeter in the deep (more…)
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How good is Bethesda Studios' new role-playing game, Skyrim? It's so good I'm afraid to open the box.
That's right, instead of opening it up and loading it on my machine, when UPS delivered my copy I instead carefully wrapped the box in Christmas paper and put a label on it saying To Andy from Santa (more…)
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Canon XF100
I understand that Canon's XF100 is currently one of the very hottest items in the compact professional camcorder market, and I understand why. But to my eye, the XF100 is compromised by the inescapable limitations of its sensor, and that compromise overshadows the XF100's otherwise-outstanding features. What's good about the Canon XF100? Well, it's hard to know where to begin (more…)
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Dressing High vs. Low
One of the things I pride myself on is belated insight—meaning, I do have good ideas, but they tend to occur to me a little bit late.
That was definitely the case going up the Mount Whitney Trail last weekend. We knew we'd be facing weather somewhere between 0-20°F, and we knew we'd be climbing fast (more…)
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Scarpa Charmoz GTX
Scarpa's Charmoz GTX is a light Alpine/Mountaineering boot in the same class as the very popular La Sportiva Trango S EVO. On my scale the two boots are almost identical. The Charmoz weighs three pounds, five ounces per pair (size 42.5), exactly 0.5 ounces lighter than the Trango S. Both boots are lightly insulated, waterproof (more…)


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Do: Blaze a Trail
Caston estimates that she's created around 800 outfits for Sue over the course of the last five seasons, which averages out to 8 costume changes per episode. "In the beginning, it was hard to find her clothes…. Now, for some reason, it's much easier," the designer said of looks like a sleeveless boys' vintage shirt — customized for Sue with a DIY appliqué, natch — seen in the season four episode "Last Whiff of Summer." Has Sue Heck become a style icon? Not exactly, said Caston. "There's a new wave in fashion now, I call it 'hyper Americana.' It's straight-forward and colorful, and the lines are very clean. That's what I'm looking for."
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I only recently completed my secondary studies and it has suddenly occured to me that I have absolutely no clue of the career route i'm going to choose. I have always been a "straight A" student, but now that I have endured several months in the real world, I feel that I have been focusing too much on unreachable goals. I feel it's come to a point where i'm goint to have to seek out some kind of career help or something of that nature to guide me in the right direction. Has anyone here gone through an ordeal like this?
Edubuntu – Special Ubuntu OS for Students, Kids and for Education
Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distribution and Edubuntu is specially designed, customized Ubuntu for educational purposes. Edubutnu's features makes it perfect for students, children, kids, School, Parents, Teachers etc. It comes with pre loaded software for educational purposes. Here is the complete list of Pre-loaded Software in Edubuntu.
Edubuntu 9.10 Applications
- Atomix - Puzzle games to build molecules out of isolated atoms
- Dia - Diagram Editor
- GCompris - Educational Games for small children
- Gobby - Collaborative Text Editor
- GNU Paint - A small easy to use Paint program
- Inkscape - Vector based diagram program
- iTalc master interface - Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers
- Kalgebra - Algebraic graphing calculator for KDE 4
- Kalzium - Periodic table and chemistry tools for KDE 4
- Kanagram - Jumble word puzzle for KDE 4
- Kbruch - Fraction learning aid
- Khangman - Hangman word puzzle
- Kig - Interactive geometry tool for KDE 4
- Kmplot - Mathematical function plotter for KDE 4
- Kpercentage - Percentage calculation learning aid for KDE 4
- Kstars - Desktop planetarium for KDE 4
- Ktouch - Touch typing tutor for KDE 4
- Kturtle - Logo educational programming environment for KDE 4
- Ktuberling (Potato Guy) - Stamp drawing toy for KDE 4
- Kwordquiz - Flashcard learning program for KDE 4
- Kino - Non-linear editor for Digital Video data
- Liferea - Feed aggregator for GNOME
- Marble - Marble globe and map widget
- Parley - Vocabulary trainer for KDE 4
- Qcad - A professional CAD System
- Screem - A GNOME website development environment
- Scribus - Open Source Desktop Page Layout
- Step - Interactive physics simulator
- Tomboy - Desktop note taking program using Wiki style links
- Tuxmath - Math game for kids with Tux
- Tuxpaint - A paint program for young children
- Tuxtype - Educational Typing Tutor Game Starring Tux
- Xaos – Fractal Zoomer - Real-time interactive fractal zoomer
Edubuntu is 100% free OS as Ubuntu and the community has already promised that it will be free forever. It is available to download in different formats. you can download the .ISO file and start the installation or you can burn DVD/USB Flash Drive as well. Here are the links for torrent as well as for burning a blank DVD or USB Flash Stick.
Update: Edubuntu 9.10 has been released and ready to download.
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Wed, Nov 29, 06 at 23:30
Dog chewed up my wires on headphones (same one who used to eat my homrwork). One ear still worked but when I strip wires and put together it does not repair it. I even cut the working ear but could not reattach and make it work. Wires are very fine and not certain but looks like one set of conductors on one side and two on other. Seems like must have two conductors to each ear. Some strands are very fine copper and other strand looks more like a fine non-conductor fider. How can I reconnect?
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