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Today, March 6th it is 69 degrees here! Almost all snow is gone. I even opened the front door and bedroom door for fresh air. It is warmer outside than inside the house!
Makes me want to go out and start cleaning up the garden, but good sense tells me this will not last, it is just too early! |
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- Posted by lavender_lass WA zone 4 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 6, 12 at 22:00
Wow! That is almost unbelievable! And too early...we're expecting low 50's later this week, but that won't last, either. Nice for a while, though :) |
- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 7:58
We're still waiting for the warm front the weatherman promised us. We're supposed to hit the 60s tomorrow. You wouldn't know it from the temps this morning though. |
- Posted by gottagarden z5 western NY (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 8:28
Supposed to be 55 today! I'm heading out the door now! |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 10:27
It's suppose to get up to 62 here today. Right now at 10:23a it's 51. Too early for me to get into Spring cleaning but I do need to drive the riding mower around back and give it a good bath before taking it to the shop for it's annual check up. Yeah, I know I could leave it as is but.. ha. Last Fall I spiffed it all up to be put away for the season but afterwards I decided to mow down the weed and wildflower patch in the orchard. Well, you can imagine what it looked like afterwards and I put it away just like that. |
yeah way too warm on my side of the border too. However it's way too early to do any serious clean ups. Don't remove last year's mulch yet. Or clean up fallen leaves. We have to keep the beds' temperatures steady because before you know it, there's a deep freeze again and those poor emerging plants could suffer. |
- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 12 at 14:36
I have a dog, so what I get to clean up isn't nearly as fun as the garden beds. But it needs to be done and the more I get done now, the less there will be later. Once it stays warm, I can keep up with it daily. It is absolutely gorgeous out there. The crocuses are up and the Daffs are starting to show themselves. The downside is all the mud. We had a substantial bit of snow melt all at once. This morning, my front yard was still over half snow, now it's all gone. |
- Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on Thu, Mar 8, 12 at 17:03
I is a glorius day here also. Sunny and about 60 degrees. Feels like spring which is fine by me. |
- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 9, 12 at 7:20
Well, that didn't last long. The high today is supposed to be 42. Another cool one tomorrow, then nice again for a couple of days. Once again, New England's weather shows its reputation is not exaggerated. I did get the yard cleaned up yeaterday, from the dog's winter mess. I'm planning a new bed for my son, so I am going to try to get out there and lay some newspaper and cover it with some lovely half-done compost. I'm also going to try to do a thin layer where we put our table so that I can (hopefully) lay the pavers later without having to pull weeds first. The weeds are healthy and green out there when I'm barely getting my Crocuses and Daffs up, so I think I should do this sooner rather than later. |
- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 8:04
We have a dusting of snow this morning. High today is supposed to be 37. Tomorrow is supposed to be back in the 50s. Then low 60s for the next two days. I did get started on laying the newspaper and compost for the bed for my son, (about half done. I don't enjoy being out when it's chilly.) Hopefully, I can get it finished on Sunday. If I can come out ahead of even a small percentage of the weeds I usually have to deal with, then I'll be better off this year. I'm itching to start really cleaning the existing beds, but I'm forcing myself to wait. At least the current projects get me outside and working in the yard. It'll hold me over until I can get started on some serious work out there. |
Still having nice weather. Had 2 days where it cooled off a little, but nice again today. 63 right now. The forecast is for continued warm and by Wednesday of next week we are supposed to be in the mid 70's. Hard to believe in mid-March that we are having these temps! |
It's 46 here now, after really warm weather earlier, a nice soft rain falling through tomorrow, with temps in the high 70's next week. Time to start weeding next week for sure! We didn't get any cold weather at all this winter; I sure don't like that, but we take what we get... Gosh, my new Nascar flag arrived yesterday, and it's just too darn wet to hang it out front. I know, weird, but I'm a Nascar Grannie, thought it was the most boring thing I'd ever watched until my sons took me to a race; what an experience, like nothing I'd ever seen before. My tightly permed proper older sister in law also went, and we were both hooked! There were some "rednecks" sitting behind us drinking beer and partying, we had fun with them! Life is strange... |
- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 ATL (My Page) on Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 12:44
We haven't had any winter at all. Since January we've had many days that reach 80 in the afternoon. The sun is noticeably stronger. |
Mid sixties here and will be all next week. I borrowed the neighbors grass trimmer. It is amazing. Instead of string or plastic bits, it has a saw type blade. My son whacked everything I pointed out and then some (no one will notice the little chip in the cement angel, will they? LOL) This saved me HOURS of work and bending. Next week I can rake it all up. If I had waited, the new plants would have been up too tall and I would have had to cut them off by hand. The recycling center has mulch left, so next week he'll start bringing that home. I've never had my garden done this early...ever. I hope me don't have a hard freeze so my Star Magnolia will bloom white blossoms, instead of brown. I planted it last fall and can't wait for its first season. lgrose...life is full of surprises, or should be. Makes you wonder what you will get up to next, doesn't it? |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 16:59
It's 64 here and still sunny and pleasant at 5pm. Had a notion to cut back the butterfly bushes and the Bush Clover this afternoon but got lazy and just sat and enjoyed the sun on my face. I see so much work ahead of me. ugh. But I'm ready. |
warm again today. I've just heard a songbird just outside of my office window. Lovely! |
Boy I am really starting to think I may have to uncover the beds this weekend. This week the temps are supposed to be in the mid 70's reaching the low to mid 80's by Friday! Wisconsin in March!! This coming weekend is the boys basketball tournaments in Madison and we almost always have a winter snow storm that weekend. Well not this year I guess. I looked at the daylily bed this past weekend and they are coming up through the leaves. :-( |
I was out transplanting bulbs from my old house to the new yesterday. We just put the old house up for sale this weekend, so I went over and took shovels-full of anything that was peeking out. I was also able to get up all the piles left by the dogs. Fortunately, we had many days with no snow this winter, so I was able to stay ahead of that job more than most years. Now I've got sticks to pick up that have been blown down by the wind. I have about 20 tall, old oaks that have dying branches up too high to reach. So, they shed twigs like a dog sheds fur. Too bad I'm not allowed to burn. We could have a nice bonfire some cool evening. I'd love to start a lasagna bed out front by the road, but I only have oak leaves for mulch. The road is busy and cars go by pretty fast, so I'm afraid the leaves will blow off the bed. Maybe I could get out the lawn mower and shred them before I put them down. Thanks for letting me ramble. I hope everyone continues to enjoy the great weather while it lasts. We're supposed to have a 40% chance of rain today, which we need, so I might have to get some office work done. Doesn't sound nearly as fun. Martha |
Yep - I am in WI too, close to Minneapolis. It was 73 here yesterday. I did spend a little time cleaning beds, and am going to do more today. In my raised beds the soil is still frozen about 4 inches down, but I bet by the end of the week it will be ready for amendments. With a new septic system last year - my yard is a mess. Plus street construction happening this summer means I have 10 shrubs and a big patch of daylillies and iris to move (or lose). The amount of work is daunting, but if this weather keeps up for a while, I'll be able to get it done before summer kicks in. |
- Posted by gardeningmusician (My Page) on Thu, Mar 15, 12 at 8:55
Here in southwest Michigan it was 80 yesterday and predicted to be mid-70's today and the next several days. My daffodils on the south side of the house are open already; I love this weather but am also concerned the spring-flowering bulbs will have short cycles because of the unusually-warm temperatures. I can recall a few very cold and snowy St. Patrick's Days in past years. |
- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Thu, Mar 15, 12 at 10:52
62 here right now, but had lightning and thunder early this morning around 4:30am. then it rained some. I'm going back out to the garden and putter around, mostly try to sweep up dead leaves and sticks. I thought it wasn't suppose to rain until this afternoon so the job will be a bit more difficult with everything being wet. mandolls, that sounds like alot of work. Hope you have someone to help you. docmom, I used to dread that daily pickup after the dogs esp. when the snow melted and here lay all these surprises you missed. No dogs right now after my last - a 17yr.old -passed away in November. |
Hi mandolls! Winter is usually a little longer up where you are than down here. I lived in Eau Claire for 20 years and gardened there. Now we are in southwestern Wisconsin and find that it is almost a full zone warmer. Love that I can now grow things that I was unable to in EC. Sounds like you have a very busy gardening spring/summer ahead. docmom, we had dogs for years and that is one thing I must say that I do not miss now, but do miss the dogs. They were so much company. gardeningmusician, yes some springs are so cold. Last year my roses were a full 2 weeks late blooming. schoolhouse, we could use some of that rain. Currently we are under a burning ban as it is actually quite dry. Everything would really green up fast if we got some rain. Have a great weekend gardening everyone! Hard to believe I am saying that in March! (I didn't put the leaves around my roses until the first week of January!) |
Well, right or wrong...good or bad, the leaves are gone from the gardens. We spent all day Saturday and Sunday raking out the leaves. One trailer load to the compost site and 16 more 55-gallon bags waiting to go next week. I couldn't believe how far up some of the plants are already. The roses are leafing out and even the clematis too. |
- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 16:18
After I finish my "work week", I'm going on a cleaning frenzy! Crocus, Daffs, Hyacinth, and cute unidentified blue flowers are out. The garden looks so inviting right now. And I know that everything else is not far behind. The draw back to the mild winter is that I now have grass in all of my flower beds. Grrr. Kinda feels like I'm starting all over again. Happy spring! |
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I am building a new home just outside of Portland Oregon, home will be about 2,700-3,200 sq feet and we are finalizing plans this week. I own an HVAC company in Portland so will be doing a variable capacity WaterFurnace 7 series ground source heat pump with ground source water heating for the home. Windows will probably be in the .25 U-Value range(so an R4). House will probably have 4KW solar system but that is undecided as of yet. I am not looking for fastest payback, but if after the additional cost of the insulation added to the mortgage saves as much as it adds its a no brainer to do since energy is only going up. My biggest questions are about insulation since I don't have much experience beyond what my customers tell me about their home. So far I am leaning towards damp/wet applied cellulose because of its air sealing properties and sound deadening and overall insulation value along with 2" rigid foam board on the outside taped at all seals. Quotes are roughly $1.50-$2.00 per sq foot for this(not counting rigid board) Other options would be a flash and batt, so 1" of spray foam then batts to fill the cavity with the same rigid foam outside. Are there any other options I should consider? What would be the pros and cons of each of these insulations? Let me know if you need any additional information. |
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- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 17:20
I'm all for the foam board on exterior of walls. conventional insulation in walls. air tight drywall approach to interior of walls. what for attic insulation? best of luck. |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 17:54
Re solar PV, all I can think of was my visit to Ft. Clatsop where the poor Lewis and Clark guys didn't see anything but rain the entire time they were there. You should check a solar insolation map to make sure your area will provide enough sunshine to make the solar pay off.... Everything we read on going green said to put your money first into insulation as, no matter how you generate a btu, the longer you can hang onto it, the better. |
Have you looked into ICF? Over at greenbuildingtalk.com they have a forum on ICF. You'll be able to reduce the tonnage of the HVAC considerably for ICF and have a very well insulated house. |
celluose does not have air sealing abilities. Sound deadening, yes, but not air sealing. The only insulation product that seals air is open and closed. Your are certainly right on track with the 2" exterior foam though, good move. After you get an EXTERIOR AIR BARRIER set in place (I highly recommend making your air barrier plane the sheathing plane and not the foam plane) then you can fill the stud bays with whatever you want and it will perform much better (or actually close to manufactors claims rather). Steps to put your money: Air seal first. walls, floors, ceilings, even basement slab if you have. Your house as 6 sides. Insulate- it will pay you back, and its cheap to increase. You have the labor to get it there to begin with, adding a few more inches, especially in the attic, is min. dollars. Shoot for r55-60 in your attic as an example. I recommend blown fiberglass instead of cellulose for various reasons. Thermal bridge elimination: You are already on this path. 2" of XPS is a great move. Caulk/tape your sheathing plane, then tape your XPS foam. Provide a furring drainage plane and you are good to go. Window and door selection and design: solar design should be taken into acount, correct glass tuning. Consider using triple pane glazing, but probably hold off on that upgrade as one of the last things, if at all. A good dual pane hitting aroudn u .28 in your claim will do pretty well. Look at fiberglass products. NOW you can start to upgrade your HVAC. The above items are not moving, minimal to no maintanence things for your house. Hvac systems are expensive (as you know!), need serviced, and can break down. They can also be reduced by the above items. For example, my home is 3600 sqft total conditioned in cold zone 6 with 7800 HDD. My home only calls for about a 2ton system to heat it. check out my blog for more information, pictures, and additional tips along with nerdy reasons for the madness. |
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celluose does not have air sealing abilities Dense pack cellulose does not eliminate the need for an air barrier material in new construction, but it can be so tight in retrofit as part of the air barrier assembly that it "comes pretty close", according to Dr. Lstiburek of Building Science Corp. based on the results of extensive testing. Incidentally, you can get the same air sealing benefits from dense pack fiberglass. What is often confused is that you don't just have one air barrier in a well-built home, but several. It's not as if you seal the exterior and say the rest doesn't count. |
- Posted by Brian_Knight (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 10:14
Great comments. Would like to reiterate the air-sealing goals of the project. What is your blower door test target? The blower door test results usually have a bigger impact on energy efficiency than insulation options. Good results usually come from well sealed sheathing, but more importantly; transitions (concrete to bottom sill plate, top plate to roof etc). The air-sealing effects of cavity insulation is practically mute in comparison. ICFs are rarely a cost-effective path to energy efficiency. Most ICFs barely meet the new minimum energy codes. I would recommend pre-cast concrete panels and SIPS way before ICFs in most situations. |
- Posted by TravisinHV (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 13:25
You have to remember the heating system is not up for discussing, that IS what is going in. The home will be also a bit of a showroom because we sell so many ground source heat pumps(we are on track for 40+ systems this year) I want to have a home that I can bring people to show how they work. The 7 Series is the highest efficiency system and most comfortable forced air system in my opinion on the market. They only come in 3, 4 and 5 ton sizes but since they are a full variable capacity they are up to a 5.3 COP and 41 EER at 50% of capacity. So HVAC aside I am mostly just asking, what others are doing to get their numbers low in the first place. I have been hearing conflicting information on the cellulose. Many say it air seals pretty well when damp applied and nobody in this thread has mentioned damp applied cellulose, everybody seems to be talking about blown in which is a different process and different result unless I am mistaken somehow. I have heard the damp/wet applied cellulose is not as air sealed as foam but close to it and if I add the foam outside with tape it should be about the same but with a recycled product, with higher fire retardant and sound deadening. |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 16:58
In my post I mentioned that cellulose slows air flow. this comment was to address your post of wet blown cellulose, sorry I didn't specify. with foam sheathing on exterior, any conventional if you tape the seams of the foam sheathing, next comes the holes we cut into our walls... once you foam sheath the walls, insulate, ADA , on the attic floor/celing of living space we make a lot knowing what you plan to use in attic...configuration you are on the right track with foam sheathing walls... best of luck. |
Brian, I think you need to educate yourself about ICF. |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 9:59
I perfer SIP's but that is my prefrence. OP won't gain anything btw, just got this link in an email yesterday. excerpts: and: Implications â– best of luck OP |
- Posted by Brian_Knight (My Page) on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 11:46
It still seems OP is concentrating on the air infiltration characterisitics of the cavity insulation which is wasted effort for the most part. I agree with EnergyRater's comments and would add that between the window frames and framing is a place we see measurable infiltration despite being meticulous with canned spray foam to stop it there. We are currently using a combination of backing rod, caulk, tape and spray foam to improve this vulnerable location. Iam no expert in ICFs but do consider myself well educated with their benefits and drawbacks. According to Oak Ridge National Labs, ICFs generally have an effective R value of 12. This doesnt meet minimum energy codes (worst performance allowed by law) for much of the country. Reward has a new slip in panel that boosts Rvalue but you have to increase the wall thicknesses to painful levels to allow for more concrete. ICFs are fairly airtight in the wall areas, but not more so than well sealed sheathing. Many ICF homes have considerably higher air infiltration which is probably due to the increased difficulty of air sealing wall to ceiling/roof transitions and irregular window framing. Traditional formed concrete walls with exterior foam sheathing will perform better than ICFs as the Thermal Mass is completely inside the building envelope. Labor costs are a big factor with ICFs and one of the many reasons I usually prefer pre-cast concrete panels in below grade applications. In Southern parts of the US where the relatively low R-value isnt a big deal, termite vulnerability is the major issue. |
a friend of mine just insulated his attic with some white stuff that he was all proud of. he took my husband up to his "igloo attic" i was in the kitchen with the ladies, so didn't check it out. he's a genius, literally, so i'm guessing he made an informed decision when he chose this white foam stuff for his attic. just throwing this out there |
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This weekend I shall head to the Mothership. I heard via the awesome personal shopper Michelle (hey woman!) that some mighty fine Pilcro colored denim has arrived. I shall scope. I shan't try on….dear me, no…..my regular size might get up to my knees, but not past them. And that's just too darn depressing for words. I'll just pet them for now. You'll for sure find me in the back of the store, checking out this loungey number:
Don't you think this would be an excellent post-pushin' piece to slip into? I've never owned a silk robe, and I'll be darned if this isn't just the perfect excuse to buy one. I also like this one, but it's dry clean only, whereas the Thistledown Robe is hand wash approved. In my closet, ease of fabric care always wins. I also have to return the Bento Box Top that arrived from a charge send, because…well, I'm not feeling it. It's too short to wear right now as I was planning, and later on, after I've deflated, I still fear it will be too short for the silhouette I'd like with skinny jeans and boots. No worries….I'll just put it towards my Chies fund. I'm also hoping next week's markdowns will make me want to do a cheer move, herkie style, by seeing the Calliope and the Million Pleats Midi finally make the cut, so I could use a store credit to help me out there. (I was actually pretty good at Herkies back in the days of my JV cheerleading career. The last time I attempted a herkie was on the trampoline with my kiddos and was devastated to learn that my bladder ain't what it used to be). Don't you think it should be the law of the universe or something that the more children you grow and birth from your very own loins, the prettier, perkier, tighter, and nicer you automatically become? In the United States of Molly, that's the way it would work. All of my readers have immediate citizenship, by the way. We'd all be able to perform perfect herkies. Free soft pretzels are also handed out on every street corner, and Anthropologie stores magically appear right outside your door when you click your heels together 3 times. The United States of Molly ain't too shabby, eh?
I've been horrible about taking outfit photos this week. I indeed HAVE been clothed….it's just been hectic, and the usual time I take photos, (like when the sun isn't burning a dang whole in my head) we've been at the pool. I only go outside for bodies of water these days. Otherwise, you'll find me worshiping the air conditioner inside.
I have a WHOLE SLOUGH of Anthrofied DIY projects to get going on. The heat is messing with my motivation. The belly is too. I finished one project last weekend that involved some of this with a canvas, hot glue, the sun, and a hairdryer:
I'll show you the completed project once it's hung. It was a project I did for the playroom or possibly the kids' bathroom. It's quirky and fun, Anthro-kids style. Other projects coming up?
A bunch of these for my kids reading corner:
And a bunch of these, for my daughter's room.
If I finish these in the coming week, I may want to do some more herkies. But perhaps I'll use visualization techniques, imagine the Russian judge giving me a perfect 10 for my herkie, and call it good.
Any of you seen the Lepidoptera Dress in stores yet? I know it's out already, cause I've seen two reviews online. I want your impressions. I'm hoping it's there in my store when I pop in for a vizzy, but otherwise, those of you, my readers, those without belly hotels going on, who I appreciate and love, please try the dang thing on and tell me how it fits! I'm sure the sash is removable. It will be if I get it! Take some photos and send them my way! I'd love to see and post pics of you doing what I can't do for myself right now.
Happy weekend to you all!
xoxo Molly
P.S. Bumpies-don't forget to send me your photos. It's been kinda quiet. I've had two submission thus far. C'mon, ladies. Let your bump so shine….


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I just started vermicomposing by digging up some worms and putting them into my prepared bin. But I'm not sure if I got red wrigglers, and I heard other types of worms don't do so well on fresh kitchen scraps. Would someone be able to describe or post pictures of how I can tell them apart? |
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Between the lines of Peachtree City Tennis Center's 24 courts, expert instructors lead aspiring athletes through structured lessons and drills. Commit groundstroke adjustments to muscle memory with a fast-feed drill session, reduce both unforced errors and calories in a cardio-tennis session, or poach your opponent's weak returns and unguarded Gatorades while tending the net during a two-hour round-robin doubles session.
A setting sun isn't enough to halt play on the Hit Atlanta Tennis Center's 14 courts. Floodlights on each court allow director Scott Rose and his team of teaching pros to build love between their students and the game of tennis. Clinics for adults and juniors?split into groups according to skill level and age?form the backbone of the curriculum. As adults advance from beginner to intermediate clinics, they learn how to apply basic shots and scoring skills into the realm of pressure play and volleying. The junior academy starts kids out on sized-down equipment before graduating them to championship-quality gear when they?re deemed ready. The center sets itself apart from most tennis facilities by offering both hard and clay courts, whereas most feature hard courts that reveal a soft clay heart after you get to know them.
Founded in 1995 with one location at Chattahoochee Plantation, Universal Tennis Academy has since grown to include seven other locations located throughout the Atlanta area. At the Joseph D. McGhee Tennis Center and Washington Park Tennis Center, tennis pros help developing players hone their skills with focused drills, match play, and challenge ladders, focusing on attitude and work ethic as well as technique. Eight of McGhee's nine hard courts and all eight of Washington Park's courts stay lit in the evening, allowing competitors to play their unresolved matches in the dark without lighting the ball on fire.
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One of the most powerful black holes in the observable universe has been revealed by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
Its root cause still undetermined, a huge X-ray flare from the Milky Way's center has made NASA scientists sit up and take notice.
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While we typically think of black holes as death pits from which nothing can escape, recent studies suggest black holes play a pivotal role in creating stars. Could one have created our sun?
Astronomers use the Very Large Telescope to reveal a space drama involving two unique stars in the Ara constellation.
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Hodgson K et al. – Based on the small, published literature, this study supports some nonpharmacological interventions for ADHD, and indicates directions for more evaluation research into psychological treatments.
Methods- A total of 14 controlled treatment studies conducted post-1994—evaluating behavior modification, neurofeedback therapy, multimodal psychosocial treatment, school-based programs, working memory training, parent training, and self-monitoring—were identified, primarily by searching electronic English-language databases.
- The results were meta-analyzed: mean-weighted effect sizes for the treatment outcomes of 625 participants (382 treatment, 243 controls) were calculated, and moderator analyses examined contributions of gender, ADHD subtype, and treatment "dosage" to outcome.
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Video TranscriptTHE CLOUDS ALONE WERE BAD ENOUGH IN BLAIR TONIGHT... THEN CAME THE RAIN. AND IT SPOTS, AFTER A DARK COUPLE OF DAYS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S JEREMY MASKEL REPORTS. THANKFULLY THE SKIES CLEARED HERE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT SEEING ANOTHER ROUND OF OMINOUS CLOUDS COME THROUGH WAS ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR MANY PEOPLE.WITH THE RIDE'S LIGHTS ON - THE CARNIVAL READY FOR CUSTOMERS... THE LAST THING BLAIR NEBRASKA NEEDED THURSDAY - "I'm like yes, that sounds like so much fun."FUN OR NOT IT FELL, FAST: A LITTLE MORE THAN 48 HOURS AFTER HAIL TORE MUCH OF THIS TOWN APART.INSIDE THE PERFECT STAY- INN AND SUITES, MANAGERS RACED TO SEAL A DOZEN WINDOWS WRECKED ON TUESDAY."Oh not again! I can't do this again"THE DEBRIS - LEADING TO "And I was pulling up the you grab, and it just broke off and there was a jagged piece of glass right there."LOOKING OUTSIDE - THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE HERE DESCRIBE IT: IS INSULT, TO INJURY. "Yeah, that's a good way to describe it actually."NOW - PEOPLE HERE PRAY FOR MOTHER NATURE'S PARDON...PUTTING IN THEIR REQUEST - FOR MORE CLEANUP-FRIENDLY WEATHER "some sun. not too hot, but some sun to dry it out would be nice." AND WHILE THURSDAY'S RAIN WILL DELAY THINGS DRYING OUT, WEATHER WAS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANOTHER ROUND OF IN BLAIR, JEREMY MASKEL KETV NW7.
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Monday, officers dressed in hazardous materials gear searched her family's home. Tuesday, a memorial developed outside.
Family members say 6-year-old Lluvia Espinoza died suddenly Monday morning. The cause remains unknown, but it was preceded by a high fever.
"She was so sweet, her beautiful eyes," said Rigo Holguin, the girl's uncle. "She was a happy little girl, always active, always playing around."
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French-Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin was found guilty Thursday of stalking and harassing "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail, plus 30 more days for contempt of court.
Sabourin had repeatedly interrupted the case, including her own attorney, and after several warnings Wednesday the judge sentenced her to 30 days in jail. She was taken to Rikers Island jail.
After the contempt citing, AP reports Sabourin began crying, telling the judge, "I am stressed. I am shaking. They've vilified me in the press. I would never hurt anyone in my entire life. I've been abused."
Judge Robert Mendelbaum dismissed her comments, saying, "You have been treated in this courtroom with respect… like every other person in this courthouse you are not permitted to scream out loud."
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Since 1860 Storey County has been served by a Volunteer Fire Department function. Although the County now has the dedicated service of a core of career staff Firefighters and Paramedics located in three of the four county stations, the Fire Department/Emergency Medical functions must still be backed up with the Volunteer Firefighter system to be able to get the job done. The 16 career personnel are a bare minimum for staffing the three stations on a 24/7 basis. The two entities work very well together. The Storey County Volunteer Fire Department had always consisted of one station located on C Street in Virginia City until 2001 when the County took formal oversight of the Volunteer fire stations located in the Virginia City Highlands, Lockwood and Six Mile Canyon (Mark Twain Estates) areas. These autonomous volunteer stations had been established in the 1970's or before but had been under the Nevada Division of Forestry oversight. Although they retained autonomy the County ensure that adequate and sufficient equipment and operating materials are situated in each of the four stations. Today, each District still maintains it's autonomous Volunteer Fire Department and personnel to provide backup and initial response to fire, medical and all hazard events occurring within their respective districts. The Storey County Volunteer Fire Department system is a very progressive, effective, and respected organization throughout the state. They train together, work together and have interactive social events together. On a given incident the citizen would never know who is a volunteer and who is a career person. We have both male and female firefighters. Being an active member of a Volunteer Fire Department is of great importance to your community or county. Participation in helping to protect your own neighborhoods and communities is heavy with personal satisfaction and instills pride and a sense of accomplishment. Volunteer fire departments outnumber career fire departments in America by a three to one margin. It is a civic responsibility for those able and willing. Volunteer members are highly regarded in their communities and so they should be.
Membership Membership in any of these volunteer fire departments is overseen on both a centralized basis by the Storey County Fire Department and on a localized basis by the individual Volunteer Fire Department. They cooperate and work together to accomplish the overall goal of protecting Storey County through the combined career/volunteer functions. Membership is based on a comprehensive application and background investigation basis. Both men and women are currently members and serve proudly and effectively within the program. Being in good health and physically fit is important. Members are required to undergo annual physical medical examinations to ensure fitness for duty.
VFD members from any or all stations will respond on all emergencies for which they are specifically notified to respond. Structure fires, wildland fires, out of district wildland fire assignments (often to other states -- for which they are paid), motor vehicle accidents, natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, emergency medical events, man made disasters, and general rescues are but a sampling of the types of events Volunteer personnel are tasked to respond to and work together to mitigate. The Volunteer Fire Departments function under a common Constitution and largely similar By-laws. They are autonomous Nevada non-profit corpor-ations in and of themselves and maintain their own identity. They each have their own identifying patch and logos yet function within a common environment under the auspices of the Storey County Fire Department…the sanctioning county department, if you will. Storey County provides for all of the apparatus (fire trucks) and specialized equipment needed to make each station fully functional. The individual Vol. Fire Departments often purchase various types of equipment to help equip their own districts through fund raising efforts they put on. Special events within the County, such as car and motorcycle races, provide opportunities for the individual departments to earn a few dollars for either their own treasuries or for the individual members of those departments. Training
Training for Volunteers is coordinated by a career fire Captain and training is extensive and can be intensive. Each volunteer has most of the same training requirements as that of a career firefighter. Volunteers are each issued protective equipment and associated items that are valued at about $5,000.00, or more, for which they expected to take care of. Classroom training, field training and live fire burn training is a regular function of the department. Fire Fighter 1 classes are held at least once a year as well as Basic or Intermediate Emergency Medical Technician classes. All personnel are required to attend the FF 1 level training. Hazardous Materials, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and WMD Awareness are also required training classes. Higher level medical classes or other specialized Hazmat classes are optional. Continued monthly training.
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In this work with 15 roses(Old Garden and David Austin Roses with a few others tucked in) I used mostly pink as the primary color. The roses I used are Antoine Mouton, Belle Isis(1/2 open), Blanchefeur, Brother Cadfel, Quietness(Thanks to Seil for use of this pic), England's Rose, Harlow Carr, Lady Salisbury, Red Eden, Ferdinand Pichard, Cordelia, Corvedale, Heather Austin and last Skylark.--Ron
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I know many of you have given me suggestions/direction on where to go with my dining room. I have picked up the hutch and here it is!! I love how it brightens up the open concept. (Eventually the walls will be painted but it's open concept with Kitchen and living room so that will come much later). You see the large chairs at the island/counter? Well, those will be changed out with saddle stools. I'm trying to decide on black or antique white like the hutch. Also, I am in search of a table still. I'm in love with barnwood or farmhouse style tables. I'm thinking a trestle style table in a med/dark stain. Regular table height, not counter height like the table I have in there right now. Thoughts so far? :) (FYI...I'm working on this sort of fast because I at least want the table and chairs before Easter (held at our house). |
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Given the hutch, I could see painted legs + a wood top for a table. Or, painted chairs. It would sort of tie the two together. I would rather see the painted element there vs. the island area. Beautiful home! |
- Posted by Mommy4Life (My Page) on Mon, Mar 11, 13 at 12:48
The island is there to stay. Painted chairs at the island? Or painted chairs at a barnwood table in the dining? I found antique white wood chairs at a local store that match the color of the hutch. Maybe those would tie in good with a dark table and then upholstered chairs at each end? I think I will tie in color/pattern into a rug underneath the table & chairs instead of getting a print on the "head of the table" upholstered chairs. ??? |
The hutch looks great in your home! I bet you will have a lot of fun filling it. That will be another way to bring color/pattern to the room. I think anele meant she'd rather not see painted saddle stools at the island, not that she'd rather not see an island in the kitchen. I agree. I'd rather see the black saddle stools at the island. It sounds like the chairs you found at a local store would be a nice addition to your dining room. I like your idea of the painted chairs, dark table and upholstered chairs at each end of the table. |
Something like this would look great, note the white chairs and I'd do white at the counter too. |
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Mommy4life, sorry for the confusion! Bac is right-- I didn't mean I'd change the island. I love it! I just meant if you are going to use something painted, I'd keep it in the DR, near the hutch. I like your chair ideas a lot. I think something with some curves at the top might be a good choice, to soften up the area a bit. :) Pretty table, Yaya! |
- Posted by nosoccermom (My Page) on Sun, Mar 17, 13 at 10:59
I was just thinking of your DR when I came across the latest Apartment Therapy newsletter. The example of different all white chairs may work for you, especially with the rustic barn table you were envisioning. |
Here is a link that might be useful: paint for dining room chairs
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I've been thinking about this for a little while. Some RPGs I've been playing, mainly World of Darkness games, don't have 'money' as such, instead having a resources score which gives an abstract value of wealth. Has anyone thought about introducing this into WFRP? Obviously you need to take into account that the adventurers are wandering around in the wilderness at times but there are obviously points where if they tried they would be able to earn a steady wage. I think this game would be able to work with a system like this, especially with the way wealth is determined at character creation and the 'social tiers' aspect in the game. I've also just today got the Black Fire Pass set and quickly glancing at the rules for runesmithing see it has a cost (though can be negated). I haven't been handing out large amounts of cash to my players (We are doing the Witch's Song adventure and there isn't a great deal of money in Fauligmere) and though the dwarf player seemed interested in runesmith as a career he was a little put off by the cost. I think a resources stat could over come something like this, and just limit how often he could do it. Has anyone else thought about something like this?
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Posted on Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 2:02 pm:
I never met the man, but I saw his interviews and read all his books, and enjoyed each one with the exception of Sight Unseen. This certain woman who co authored the book with Budd, Carol Rainey, tried to scientifically explain aspects of the abduction phenomenon that are not scientifically explainable. I realized Budd passed sometime in August, so I started googling and coming up with youtube material.
First, I read the official statement from those who were at his deathbed. June 15, 1931 – August 21, 2011
I'm very sad to announce that Budd Hopkins died today, August 21, at 1:35 pm. Budd had been under hospice care for about three weeks, at his home in New York. The combination of liver cancer and pneumonia led to his death. His daughter Grace Hopkins-Lisle and I were with him almost continuously during these past weeks. He was not in any pain throughout any of the process, and he received the best possible care and loving support from those closest to him. Today he gradually slipped away, and simply quietly stopped breathing. He died peacefully and without any struggle, with Grace, Grace's husband Andrew, and me by his side.
Thanks to all of you for being such strong supporters of this extraordinary man, who has contributed so much to our lives, in so many different ways.
- Leslie Kean
I was saddened to read about his demise again, as Budd seemed like everybody's friend, but I couldn't help but notice that this witch, Carol Rainey was not at his bedside when he succumbed to cancer.
Come to find out, Budd made the mistake of marrying this witch and obviously there was some bad blood there, as she know seems to be devoting her life to debunking all this man's hard work.
It's easy to stab a dead person in the back, but the lows that people will sink to. You can hear the venom in her voice and she makes these copy righted "documentaries" and tries to say the whole thing is a scam, that all these people are being misled using hypnosis, etc. She talks about having been raised in a fundamentalist family. Figures. Those people want to believe that humans are the center of the universe and the only intelligent life forms. Trying to profit or being vindictive because your marriage went bad. How low people will sink.
I am with Budd all the way.
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Posted on Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 5:01 pm:
I hope he is in a better place now.
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Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 4:22 pm:
Missing Time, Intruders, Witnessed. Then we lost the late Dr John Mack, whose book Abduction had a profound influence on my view of this whole thing. Thank goodness we still have Whitley, Ray Fowler, and Dr Jacobs around, although Fowler hasn't published anything new and the last I read, Jacobs was under attack. I hope these pioneering men do not allow motivated debunkers and the "it can't be, therefore it isn't" types hinder their work
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I might criticize Jacobs for his extremely negative view of contact experiences, but who would want to attack him?
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 5:15 pm:
Michael, I think is more along the line of innocense....THEY would never do that, so the thought that someone else would..is un thinkable.
Mark, ? Think about it.
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 12:56 am:
The Internet is filled with flamers and some extremely dangerous people, too. I used to deal with them regularly back when I worked for AOL in the early-middle 1990s. Some people attack others because they have nothing better to do with their lives.
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Dear Michael Smith:
Google Search is your friend. Put aside the hero worship for a second and actually research what you're "upset" about vis-a-vis Hopkins and especially Jacobs. Look into the facts, not what you heard someone say or what you want to be the case because you think these men are infallible or good researchers.
It doesn't take a debunker to see through these men.
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Posted on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 2:41 pm:
Vaeni is a zealot. Just as he spent years engaged in pissing contests with the hosts of "The Paracast" (about as worthless an endeavor as you can imagine), he's turned his sights on Hopkins and Jacobs in a similar spirit of self-righteous antagonism. While there are flaws in portions of their work (Linda Cortile's hoaxing in the case of Hopkins; sniffing panties in the case of Jacobs), Vaeni takes this on with the grandeur of the Inquisitor to claim that *all* of their work is to be discarded, that none of it is true or has any value. And yet, he himself is a kind of follower, advancing the work of Krishnamurti at different times as some sort of unique avenue to truth. Also, he's tried to erect a kind of counter-orthodoxy in which Jacques Vallee figures prominently, though Vallee's work, while ahead of its time, is far less provocative than it might appear (to UFO partisans). For example, what might be called the ethnological approach in Vallee is easily predictable within the broader context of Mauss, Levi-Strauss, and other French thinkers in anthropology and sociology. Vallee's decision to examine cultural history in pursuit of the truth of 'UFOs' is less original than it appears, and is squarely within an established tradition of French intellectual thought, even a cultural tendency.
I remember some years back when Vaeni took certain people on his forum to task for 'casting seeds of doubt' (in him) when they suggested that there might be some redeemable qualities to the Disclosure Project, despite the megalomania of Steven Greer. To me, that suggests the usual type of UFO-nuttiness, whatever Vaeni's attempts to portray himself as a kind of laughing Italian buddha with an ironic sense of humor, applying (and getting rejected) for a position as "The Daily Show" writer, etc. It is basically garbage to be a UFO partisan who takes arbitrary, questionable stands in the lunatic field that is the UFO world (contra-"Paracast", contra-Hopkins and Jacobs) and yet also present oneself as some sort of affable, self-effacing paragon of *real* reason on account of that. While mouth-breathers might take Hopkins and Jacobs as heroes and never scrutinize their work, the counter-movement against them in the form of various tirades by Vaeni in UFO Magazine and elsewhere are only more of the same: half-hysterical posturing by UFO partisans trying control members of their pathetic flock and point them one way or another.
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Posted on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 4:58 pm:
Was the Cortile case found to all be a hoax? I found it amazing that a woman was seen by others to float out her window, but it also doesn't seem impossible for that to happen once out of thousands/millions of abductions.
Observation convinces me that there are beings of intelligence higher than human and that the only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such Beings.Crowley
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 12:36 pm:
If you watch clips of Carol Rainey's documentary online, the handwriting evidence seems pretty persuasive that Cortile hoaxed at least part of her story. The question then is how much of her story is true. Some would say the whole story is a hoax. But it's not out of the question that she was a person who was having some genuine experiences, but who also on account of some odd personality make-up needed to hoax details as well, perhaps to lay it on thick and get even more attention. The same might be said of Billy Meier: some think he had some genuine experiences, yet some of his photos are clearly fakes.
It sort of comes down to what a person decides to do with a complicated mess of details like the UFO phenomenon. Whether lurching back and forth between extremes like a staggering drunk is the right way to go. You hear some declaring now that nothing obtained through hypnosis is valid on account of the fact that *sometimes* amateur investigators ask leading questions which might cause the witness to confabulate. I think I've heard Vaeni say things in the past, in fact, to that effect, though he's not alone. Wouldn't a wiser course simply be to reject any memories obtained through hypnosis when the questioner is clearly leading the witness? Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is what you see all across this so-called field now as each successive aspect gets heavily politicized. One reason for my comment above is that it seems that on every forum I visit, whenever Hopkins or Jacobs comes up, Vaeni seems to appear, or worse, Emma Woods of panties fame shows up (probably invited by Vaeni) to threadjack. Their position seems to be that everything ever done by Hopkins and Jacobs needs to be thrown out entirely.
Now, I have no special affection for Hopkins and Jacobs, don't consider them "heroes", and am not in the slightest surprised that Hopkins would cut corners to gain credibility, or that Jacobs would know a good S&M shop. But anyone can see that it's now the logic of the pogrom urging they be purged from historical memory. How much of Hopkins' work is bunk? How much is legit? The only way to answer that is to patiently examine all of his published cases, see how faithfully he represented the "reality" of each person's case, see whether he relied on answers elicited through leading questions during hypnosis. In other words -- actual work. The whole of Hopkins' work might be total B.S. It might not. We don't know until somebody does the work. Same goes with Jacobs. The public campaign against him seems to base itself on the idea he's a dirty pervert who was just using his quasi-therapeutic relationship with quasi-patients to get sexual thrills, asking for their panties, and so on. It is also said that he then became abusive. But Jacob's pathological streak might be just as bad but in a different way: he might be so "all in" on his alien invasion/evil alien thesis that he actually *wanted* those panties for forensic testing without any concept of how that might sound. In its own way, that would also be sign of a man both obsessed and unhinged. But the public presentation of the "facts" regarding Jacobs has been merged with more than a little of the righteous crusade. It's as if all we poor third-party observers get is dogma and pogrom with very little thought in between.
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"It's as if all we poor third-party observers get is dogma and pogrom with very little thought in between."
Sounds about right most of the time, sadly.
Observation convinces me that there are beings of intelligence higher than human and that the only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such Beings.Crowley
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