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Some of you may remember from last year that I have a secret passion for white Christmas trees. Of course, my husband and daughter are die-hard about having the traditional evergreen from our local tree farmer. Of course, I would never want to pass up that wonderful family tradition. I love getting all bundled up to go cut our own tree, huddling by the farm's wood stove and eating candy canes as we wait for our tree to come back up to us by way of tractor. We'll be heading out this weekend to do all that, but in the meantime, and since it is white Wednesday, I will continue to dream about a white tree just like this one from Coastal Living.
P.S. Don't forget to visit Faded Charm for more white Wednesday goodies.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
4 comments:
- Rebecca said...
I know what you mean about the white trees-everyone is using them and the ornaments seem to just pop out on them-but your tradition about the evergreen sounds wonderful!
- December 1, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- Jen on the Edge said...
I've never had a white tree, but I do think they're gorgeous.
- December 1, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Heaven's Walk - said...
How about flocking your green tree? That way everyone will be happy! :)
xoxo laurie - December 1, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- red ticking said...
LOVE white trees... i have 2 in my store and i am just loving them.... have a wonderful holiday season....
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Baby makes three - and no more. China's one-child policy cuts population growth; but does it produce `little emperors'?
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HOW to raise up a child in the way he (or she) should go? The old question has new urgency in China. With a national policy that generally permits only one child per family, Chinese society is entering unknown social terrain. Now 8 out of 10 first-graders are only-children. By the year 2000, most Chinese 20-year-olds will be from single-child families, writes Chinese Youth magazine.
``What will be the impact of these brotherless and sisterless people on China's development?'' the magazine asked in its June issue.
Will they be more secure, better educated, and more independent, as some people hope? Or will they be self-indulgent, egocentric, and overbearing, as others think?
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Just finished reading some threads/posts so I decided to go ahead and post my experience. Just a little over 8 months ago now, literally the day before my second daughter was delivered, my oldest boy came into my office/dining room (no jokes please) with a grin like the Grinch on his face. He wanted me to buy one of those digital filters. He always has me paying $50 for his wrestling WWF stuff and I've also been known to watch a good boxing match every once in a while. Long story short, I got one of those cable filters for my Motorola DVR box in the living room WITHOUT, telling the kids or the old lady ;). I still make the kids ask to order stuff but when the bill comes there's no sign of anything, heh. Every month I squeeze about 30 PPV's out of it without having to clear the memory on the box. If I only order like 20-25 ppvs in a month, then I don't need to clear the box because it clears on its own every 30 days. I figured if it didn't work I'd just get my money back since they have like a year guarantee or somethin like that (had to check my bookmarks www.cableboxfilters.com).
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It is sad this is the replacement for E-Ride nights. I would rather have E-Ride Nights back.
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It is sad this is the replacement for E-Ride nights. I would rather have E-Ride Nights back.
Right now they are saying this is just a test and are not getting rid of E-Rides **cough**. The plan listed above seems very complicated. I can't see the evening plan working for Epcot.
It might be neat to see the safari at night at Animal Kingdom though
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They haven't done E-ride or any possible relacement for it in over 9 months. Test? I agree ---mumble cough mumble---.Originally Posted by tiggerguy
No kidding. and the time and money wasted on getting those wristbands. They took away E-ride once and got a ton of complaints. Looks like this is round two for them. Why not leave it alone? It works fine as E-Ride!Originally Posted by tiggerguy
I agree. This seems like it would be a logistical nightmare trying to get rid of regular guests while keeping "extra hour" guests and keeping the attractions open just for them. With E-Ride nights there is more time to play with it and make it happen. do you just stop letting non-extra hour guests get into the cues at a certain time? I don't understand how this is going to work. I understand the idea, more guests would take advantage of staying late as opposed to getting up early on their vacation, but the logistics just seem like a total nightmare. I really enjoyed the one E-Ride Night I got to go to.
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Respawn Entertainment's long-in-development science fiction project is a multiplayer-centric, always-online shooter with mechs, according to multiple Kotaku sources. It's also said to be an Xbox 360 and next generation Xbox exclusive, echoing a CVG rumour to that effect. A mighty blow struck for the boys and girls in Redmond, possibly.
"The source describes the game as a battle of Davids and Goliaths," reads the report. "The Davids are heavily-armed foot soldiers. The Goliaths are the giant exosekeltons-Titans-that these soldiers can pilot. These Titans are big mech-style walkers that move with an agility not seen in games like Mechwarrior or Steel Battalions.
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Respawn recently trademarked "Titan", "Titanfall", "Machine", "Redeye" and "Fracture" in reference to videogame software - the terminology certainly suits a game built around honking great robots, doesn't it? The new shooter allegedly runs on Valve's Source Engine, supports 16 player matches, and features a faction system whereby personal progress feeds into the overall balance of power.
While there's no traditional, linear single player component, it's possible you'll be able to play it against bots, who will also appear during skirmishes with other players. As for release dates, the game will be "playable" if not shippable by next year at the earliest. Respawn isn't working on the Xbox 360 version, we're told.
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12th January Many thanks to the parents who completed the questionnaire, the results were sent out today.
7th January New newsletter out today including dates for this term.
School reopens on Monday 5th January 2015.
Wednesday 17th December - Congratulations to all of the children and staff responsible for our Nativity Plays and Carol Service.
Wednesday 3rd December
Well done to Grace, Grace and Alex who are keen to introduce Boccia into the school after representing the school so well in a tournament today.
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Congratulation to our indoor athletes who came away with bronze medals from their competition today.
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Monday 3rd November - Nativity Date Change
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PGL photo slide show will be running in the hall from 3.30 onwards.
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The 2014-15 school year begins on Thursday 4th September. All children return that day. Foundation Stage children attend for only one session on Thursday and Friday.
Thursday 10th July -Leavers' Mass 10.00
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International Art Gallery - Thanks to all of the parents who came to Class 5's World of Colour Art Exhibition on Friday 23rd. Photos of the artwork have been forwarded to our friends in Anguilla.
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Monday 19th May - Thank you to all of the families who sent in flowers for our May procession.
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Monday 3rd November – Friday 19th December
Monday 5th January – Thursday 12th February
Monday 23rd February – Friday 27th March
Monday 13th April – Friday 22nd May (Bank Holiday Mon 4th May)
Monday 1st June – Tuesday 21st July
12th May - SATs begin today
Friends of St Joseph's meeting at 2.45 - all welcome.
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year 6 SATs week is approaching the tests start on May 12th
22nd April - Return to school.
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20th March - St Joseph's Day Inter House Football Tournament. Starting with the younger children at 1.30pm. Special guests from Plymouth Argyle will be in attendance. Parents welcome.
19th March is St Joseph's Day. We will celebrate Mass at 10.00.
5th March - Ash Wednesday Mass will start at 11.30
27th February - New newsletter out today including reminder for parents evening next week and mufti for Mardi Gras Day plus pancake race on Tuesday.
13th February - Last day of the school term today. back to school on Monday 24th February.
11th February is Safer Internet Day - Please check out the advice for parents from the 'ThinkUKnow' website on our safeguarding page under Important Information.
7th February - Sadly today is the day that we say goodbye to Mr Wilson. Good luck in Australia.
5th February - Our hockey players retained the Devonport Schools Trophy.
29th January - New newsletter out today
28th January - Congratulations to our footballers. They won their league today and have qualified to compete against the top ten schools in Plymouth tomorrow.
15th January - Football match postponed until next Wednesday
6th January - Back to School. Swimming for years 3 & 4. Bus leaves school at 8.50.
19th December - Christmas Party Day - Mufti for all
18th December - International Christmas Fair 2.30pm - Thanks very much to those who attended £313.13 was taken which will mean we will have great resources for our next big International Event - Mardi Gras
13th December- new newsletter out today. In the school performance tables we came second out of all the schools in Plymouth.
6th December - St Nicholas's Day Mufti to raise funds for an orphanage in Jordan. £88.01 raised thank you
5th December - Football - Cup match at home v Stowford all support welcome
2nd December- New newsletter out today including Nativity Play ticket request form
28th November - Military Wives Choir at St Joseph's. We were very lucky today to be visited by 7 members of the Military Wives Choir. Thanks to our HMS Heroes group fro inviting them.
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I'm going for a second look at a property tomorrow, but one major thing holding us back from this house is the one next door appears it's being let go, with the grass about a foot high, the siding visibly dirty and drooping, etc. This is on an otherwise great street of impeccably kept homes.
I've asked our agent if she can find out what the situation is with this house, if it's an elderly person who just needs extra help maintaining the property or if it's a less forgiveable situation we don't want to be "stuck" with. She said this man had his house on the market before, priced too high, and took it off. Would you ever even consider a house next to such a property? And would you go so far as to knock on this person's door and ask a question about the neighborhood, to get a peek at what they're like? Or should we already be moving on? For what it's worth, I love the location otherwise. |
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Maybe the house is vacant and in foreclosure now? If that is the case it would hopefully be cleaned up when it gets sold. |
No, I wouldn't. Based on what I have observed with neighbors and friends, these properties are often indicative of the neighbor being a little nutty as well. We have a friend who has such a house next door to them it and has been a fiasco. The yard is a mess, the kids are unruly, the husband is a nutcase, etc. |
No, find another home - there are plenty of other homes out there. |
No. Never. If their house is an eyesore when their neighbor is trying to sell they are going to be trouble. One way or another. |
- Posted by nancylouise (My Page) on Wed, Jun 4, 08 at 7:41
No, wouldn't do it. Neighbors with messy houses/yards usually have other bad traits too. NancyLouise |
either they don't care or can't afford to maintain property, or its in foreclosure...Either scenario would make me look elsewhere |
If you are serious about buying the house and the price is right...investigage further. Knock on some *other* doors in the neighborhood to get the scoop. Check RE tax records for liens and back taxes. Is the house a rental? Is it occupied? Ask the police if they are 'familiar' with the address. (They may or may not comment.) (You would have to be serious about buying to put this much effort into detective work.) |
But I'm thinking if you are able find out it is a temporary situation, you may be able to get a bargain if you buy now. I agree with the investigate further advice. |
It would scare me away! My next door neighbor is bad about upkeep. She is otherwise a nice person and we are friendly with her. We trim her trees and shrubs. I know if we put our house on the market we would have to edge and mow her lawn or it would scare people away. |
- Posted by siobhanny5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 4, 08 at 11:57
Checked out the house again and there are a couple of other issues with it, so moving on. Thanks for the advice about the house next door. It looked the same today: unmowed grass, overgrown shrubs, grungy exterior, etc. The listing agent didn't get back to my agent about what the story is, so have to assume that means he's not going anywhere anytime soon. |
If the house is empty the owners could mow and edge the lawn. It would be the smart thing to do because I am sure it is costing them sales. |
- Posted by terrig_2007 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 4, 08 at 14:38
The first house I bought was next door to an unkempt property. The house was brick and looked OK. The double garage with old dirty doors sat behind the house and beside it was a very rusty shed which I saw every time I looked out my kitchen window. There also was trash and junk sitting between the house and garage. The owners mowed their grass once about every four times I mowed mine! The yard was also quite weedy. But they were good neighbors...never once bothered me in any way. Funny thing, since I sold it and moved, they have cleaned up the property! They put on new garage doors, torn down and hauled away the rusty shed, hauled away all the old junk, etc. |
I've been there, and I wouldn't do it again. Our neighbor (oh, the irony) worked for home depot. Never did a thing to his house. One day a tree fell on the roof and it took him about a month to get the roof repaired. He hired such cheap guys to do the work that they kicked over his fireplace and roofed over it. There were always dead cars, etc. I thought when I bought the house I could get trees to screen him because I loved the house I bought, but looking at his house every day for five years, and then having it be such a turnoff to buyers when I was trying to sell, has put me firmly in the "run like hell" camp. I actually waited until he was at work one day and went over and hid all the trash in his backyard behind his (falling down) garage. It's no fun to look at everyday, let me tell you... |
NO WAY~~~ Location, location, location....first rule in buying real estate. This would lower the value of yours. |
- Posted by seasonedseller (My Page) on Wed, Jun 4, 08 at 22:35
NO WAY~~~ Location, location, location....first rule in buying real estate. This would lower the value of yours. Ditto here. |
No way. It would hurt your chances to sell. |
- Posted by siobhanny5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 5, 08 at 7:53
We passed on the house. |
My parents once knew someone who lived in a messy house and apparently the inside was immaculate, with woodwork in the dining room and a marble floor in the porch. In other words they spent more time on the interior than the exterior.. |
Never~~ Location, location, location. |
Glad this surfaced or I would never have seen it - would appreciate suggestions on what to when it comes time for us to sell. We live next door to a messy house. It was a bit tired looking when we moved in but has steadily gone downhill - way down. It's not abandoned, not in foreclosure, we (and another adjacent neighbor) have tried working with the owners to find solutions but have had no success. We've lived here 22 years, the messy owners have been here quite a bit longer than that. They are elderly but that is not the reason for the mess and disrepair and it does not appear financial resources are a problem - money is spent in other areas that are known to us, but not on the home. There is obviously some degree of mental illness, but nothing that would warrant intervention by an agency. The city has known about this forever. Periodically we and the adjacent neighbor have pushed the city to take action and some issues do get addressed, minimally. But the messy neighbor is a retired lawyer and fights the city endlessly on code verbiage, finding other homes with similar 'violations' that have not been cited. As an example, he finds homes with parkway plantings that are technically against city ordinance as evidence that he should not be cited or fined. His example home will have a grass parkway with city planted trees and owner planted flowers in a bed around the trees. Messy neighbor's parkway has no grass, weeds and invasive ivy overgrowing the sidewalk, multiple owner planted trees that create safety issues seeing oncoming traffic on street and sidewalk. The city limbs up the trees when we complain, the owner plants more each spring and it goes round and round. He has the time and mental acuity to fight the city - it costs him nothing and *seems* to be somewhat of a game. The city has other places to spend money and will not push this as a result. There is no doubt in my mind it would cost a fortune, result in very negative press and PR and likely get nowhere if it actually ended up in court. We always thought we'd outlast them, they would move to a condo or retirement home of some sort and new owners would clean things up before we would need/want to sell. But that has not happened and we are planning to market our home in the near future. The housing market is what it is and we'd have to deal with that regardless, but this neighbor adds to the difficulty. Any ideas??? |
- Posted by solitudeisfine (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 19:34
Hell to the Effin NO! I moved into a house with a property next door just as you described, the person next door turned out to be the biggest redneck you could ever possibly imagine. Just to give you a list of things we had to endure: -Riding quad on a 1/2 acre property, round and round and round, up and down the block. We ended up taking these people to court, and spent over 10k in attorney fees. We had a beautiful house, I mean the curtest little house you could imagine. We had to move while they stayed there with their crappy yard and garbage. We were able to sell our house in less than 30 days. Don't do it. Don't knock on doors. Don't ask questions, just put the car in drive and get the hell out of there now!!! |
I know this is an old thread, and no longer an issue for the OP--but just for those who may have interest and read it... Some years back, there was a messy house ACROSS the street from us--my next door neighbor had a lot of trouble selling because of it--people were outspoken about the fact that they wouldn't buy her house, because of the one across. She ended up dropping her price about 20% (mind you, this was back in the days when the market here was GOOD). Now, we knew we'd be listing our house this winter. Unfortunately, the house next door was recently abandoned because of a family split-up. No one over there had cut the grass, raked leaves or done any other outside maintenance since last July. So last fall, every time I did our leaves, I did theirs. DH mowed their (foot-long) grass when he did ours for the last time. Sure enough, our agent was concerned that the next door property was vacant (he is another neighbor), when we listed in January. We assured him that we'd keep up the outside, while ours was on the market--we've already mowed once, and will continue to do so until settlement, in May. I do think it makes a difference if the there's a really unkempt house in the vicinity. It can turn potential buyers off, or force you to lower your price, and no one will ever know how many people take a swing by to see YOUR house, and then decide not to even book a showing if they don't like how the neighborhood looks. |
Azzalea, what will happen in July, 2 months after your buyers move in, they notice the vacant house is getting unkept and they then find out that you (and your agent) knew there was an issue and you were personally doing the upkeep. Won't they feel cheated? Did you disclose the messy vacant property? |
I don't think it's going to be a problem--hopefully. We weren't asked anything like that (by the buyers, nor on the disclosure form). Also, the fellow on the other side of the empty house may mow the lawn (he already mows the lawn for a truly abandoned, horrible house on the other side of his). Thing is, this is a recent split up. The owners are planning on selling the house, they just haven't listed it quite yet. By the time we make settlement, it should be on the market (about a week ago, the owner was asking me for my agent's name & #). But the bottom line is? We're doing what we can now to keep our house and the vicinity presentable. Once we sell? It's out of our hands. We're not driving back, an hour+ each way, to cut the lawn next door--LOL! And our buyers are ONLY buying 'our' house and property. Hey, as long as the next door house is empty, our new owners get a bonus--they don't have to worry about sharing the common driveway! |
If your buyers are going to be sharing a driveway and they didn't ask questions about the owners or go over and meet them themselves then any issues are on them. As the saying goes - Buyer beware! |
Exactly! |
This is a great thread. I bought a tiny fixer upper next door to a messy house. It was also across the street from a pack rat's house, in a poorly maintained neighborhod. I got a great price for Los Angeles, $89,500. but was not able to sell it when I tried, (twice,) and I have had terrible problems with the neighbors. I put in a potager garden in front, and planted an orchard and vegetable garden in back. I've had to take the neighbors on one side to court for harrassment, threatening an animal, and nuisance. I had to turn the neighbors on the other side in to Building and Safety for smuggling in illegal aliens and building four free standing buildings on the property without permits. It was a nightmare. Things have finally settled down, and someone had Building and Safety get the packrat house across the street cleaned up, but I learned my lesson. It's a psychic drain to have people like that close by, and turns out this block is full of drug dealers. I was a first time home buyer, I had on rose colored glasses, and didn't see the signs. I loved the horses, goats, and chickens. In the future, if I move, I will look for a neighborhood with beautiful gardens. We have had some good neighbors move in, and that has made a difference. But, there are still pockets of negativity. |
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Let's go ahead and add this to the list of Vampire Diaries episodes that made us misty. And gave us chills. As I said in my instant react, we all knew Elena would complete her transition and become a vampire, so this episode had to deliver in emotion what it couldn't offer in suspense. And for me, the goodbye scene between Stefan and Elena did. It's funny, I've already read comments from some people saying they felt too much was crammed into the hour and others saying it felt too repetitive. I think four things happened here:
1. They really wanted to make this episode accessible for new fans. By doing so, they had to keep rehashing themes diehards are very familiar with in dialogue, like Stefan will always respect Elena's choice and Damon won't if he thinks it's one that will cause him to lose her. The goal, I assume, was to do it in a clever way that felt like a payoff for longtime viewers and not a rerun. It may not have always worked.
2. We've been so Original and love-triangle focused that seeing all those different faces on the Council members may have felt... off. We had this intense little world last season, and opening it up left some air out of it. For now. After we meet this new vampire hunter arriving in next week's episode and begin to learn his story -- which will add to the mythology of the show and give us a direction for the season -- I think we'll feel more at home.
3. They knew they couldn't drag out Elena's decision on transitioning for more than one episode, so a lot did have to go on at the same time in this hour -- which meant a lot of cutting back and forth between story lines.
4. Delena fans don't like being reminded that Elena chose Stefan and watching her reaffirm that decision multiple times. (Reminder: I am Switzerland. Exhibit A. Exhibit B.)
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Diehards will have already seen the opening scene, which was released online. It played out as you'd expect: Damon wanted Elena to feed immediately; Stefan didn't. He wanted to give Bonnie time to ask the witch spirits, who'd helped her bring Jeremy back to life at the end of season 2, if they could make Elena human again. Elena never wanted to become a vampire, so that was her preferred plan, too. "You're choice, Elena. As always," Damon said. He was pissed at Stefan for saving Matt first, as Elena had requested. "And now the world has one more quarterback. Bravo, brother," Damon told Stefan. "I made a choice that I will regret for the rest of my life. Now let me try to fix it," Stefan said.
Even though we know Jeremy's history with vampires, and that Elena is the only family he has left, I still found the words he used when he told her he couldn't lose her -- "I need my sister, not another one of them" -- jarring. That worries me. Jeremy's in need of a new story line. He wouldn't turn on Elena, right? But what about the other vampires?
Over to Bonnie, the deal Bonnie made with Klaus in the season 3 finale was that he'd leave Tyler's body and jump into someone else's. But that was when he thought he'd be a pile of ash. Fate, oxygen, and viewers' love of Joseph Morgan's devilish smile, accent, and soft eyes when Klaus feels alone and cries, intervened. Now Klaus wanted back in his own body, especially because Tyler and Caroline had been outed to the Council. Bonnie told him she couldn't do it right now -- she had to focus on Elena's problem first. Bonnie's excellent at talking when someone is strangling her: She convinced Klaus to move to the back of the line by reminding him that if she keeps Elena human, he still has his blood supply to make hybrids. In exchange, Klaus told her no one could know it was him in Tyler's body.
Speaking of the Council, Pastor Young showed up at the hospital to let Meredith know that the Council was cracking down on vampires and those who are friendly toward them. He told Meredith she should look for a new job and sent men to secure the blood bank and check the rooms. Caroline was in a room with Matt, who sadly had already put his T-shirt back on after presumably changing out of a hospital gown. Damn his layering. He felt guilty for Elena being a vampire, and Caroline felt lost because her plan to run away with Tyler had died with him. They heard a Council member coming, and Caroline was nowhere to be seen when he burst into the room. We never found out where she'd gone. The guy did a piss poor job searching the place, so she could have just hid under the bed or behind the curtain. As Sheriff Forbes and Mayor Lockwood were taken into custody for questioning and shut out of their offices, Caroline was at home packing her bags. Liz called her to make sure she'd left town and overheard her getting vervained.
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Tools used for construction and repair.
The tools are required to complete the Cyrus's Ghost sidequest. They can be obtained by first speaking to the Carpenter in 600 A.D., then to his descendant in 1000 A.D., and finally to the descendant's wife. They are subsequently employed to fix the Northern Ruins.
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A Hollywood Classic
The creator of Will & Grace updates a 1930s Tudor house in Beverly Hills for his family, mixing eclectic antiques, contemporary ease, and a dash of West Coast glamour
By Ian Phillips
The inside of the house was another story. "It didn't function very well," says architectural designer Tim Campbell, who handled the renovation. He removed two staff bedrooms, a staircase, and a corridor to create a family room that's adjacent to a spectacular sunroom—a covered porch that was enclosed by the Samprases and retains its original brick flooring.
Brightening up the place was their main concern. "It was dark and heavy looking," says Hyman. "We wanted a light, crisp, urban home—a little edgy but comfortable." Campbell's solution was simple: He painted the dark walnut paneling white.
When it came to the decor, there was never a question of work- ing with anyone but Ritz. Neither she nor Mutchnick can remember just how many houses they've done together (six or seven). Their first meeting was in 1996, when Ritz interviewed for the position of set decorator on Mutchnick's debut sitcom, Boston Common. Since then, she's worked on almost every TV show he's produced. "Melinda and I understand each other to the point where we don't have to say much. I trust her implicitly," says Mutchnick. "She always gets it right."
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TMP baseball splits with Colby
By NICK MCQUEEN
By NICK MCQUEEN
The Thomas More Prep-Marian High School baseball team had already wrapped up the top seed for next week's Class 3A regional when it took the field Thursday for senior day at TMP Field.
So the Monarchs were hoping to treat their doubleheader against .500 Colby as a tune-up before taking the field for the regional semifinals next Tuesday.
Instead, what head coach Brian Schumacher saw in a doubleheader split with the Eagles, is the Monarchs have some things they need to shore up before next week if they are hoping to return to the Class 3A state tourney.
"We got a win, but we've got to get some things figured out before Tuesday," said Schumacher, whose club lost the opener 8-6, then won 6-5 in the nightcap. "To be able to come out of (the regional), we'll have to play a lot better ball than what we did today."
The Monarchs committed four errors through the first three innings of the opener Thursday, leading to a 6-4 lead early for the Eagles. TMP (15-5) had three errors that led to the 2-0 lead.
If that weren't enough, Schumacher said his club struggled offensively against Game 1 starter Luke Cox, and Game 2 starter Casey Quagliano.
"If anything, this should have been a preparation for next week — come in focused mentally," Schumacher said. "It's not like we're facing better pitching. That's the frustrating part of it."
After falling down 6-4, the Monarchs did rally to tie the game at six heading into the seventh inning. Cameron Brin drove in a run in the fourth, then Justin Pfeifer scored on an error in the sixth to tie things up. But Brin gave up four straight singles to the Eagles in the seventh, before retiring three straight to end the inning, but the damage had already been done with two Colby runs. Cox (5-2) allowed two singles in the final inning, but got Braiden Werth to ground into a double play to erase a leadoff single for the Monarchs.
TMP had six hits in the opener, and left six runners stranded. Ryan Schippers finished 2 for 4. Brin (3-3) took the loss in the complete game. He allowed eight runs on 11 hits with three strikeouts and three walks.
In the nightcap, the Monarchs' offense wasn't much better, Schumacher said. The Monarchs again fell into a 2-0 hole, then had to battle back. The Monarchs' bright spot for the doubleheader, Liam Stults, led off the third with a triple, then scored on a balk against Quagliano (4-3). It ws the first of three hits for Stults in the nine hole.
"Liam did a nice job, and fortunately hit the ball well for us in that second game," Schumacher said. "We did have some nice hits."
Taylor Wasinger hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning that gave the Monarchs their first lead, then Stults added an RBI single for TMP's final run. All of the runs came in the bottom of the order for TMP. The first four batters were a collective 0 for 11 with four walks.
"If we were facing someone that was really strong or a tough pitcher, I could see it," Schumacher said of the struggles. "We put up six runs against decent, at best, pitching.
"One through nine has the capability to do really well," the coach added. "It's just a matter of being prepared when the time comes."
Ricky Hockett and Werth each recorded two hits. Werth got the win on the mound. He gave up five runs on 12 hits with three strikeouts and two walks. The Monarchs did have seven hits, but left 10 runners stranded. TMP will await the winner between Monday's game between Holcomb (9-9) and Haven (3-13). The Monarchs will play either team at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Colby is the No. 2 seed for the Class 4A Division II regional in Scott City, and will play Goodland (4-12) on Monday at 4:30 p.m.


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The sound of train horns — considered nostalgic by some but an irritant to others — will mostly be a thing of the past north of Broadway Road in Tempe starting Jan. 25. That's when a so-called quiet zone will go into effect for trains on the Union Pacific Railroad line. In the zone, conductors are prohibited from using the horn except for safety concerns such as pedestrians, bicyclists or motorists getting too close to the tracks.
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Chicken Broth?
Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:37 PM
I am looking for chicken broth that is W30 compliant. I looked at about 6 brands today in 2 different stores and they all have sugar or honey or potato starch or something they shouldn't. Anyone know of a brand that is okay, and also where to find that brand?
Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 06:50 PM
Before I started making my own chicken broth, I used the Imagine brand of ORGANIC broth. The Imagine broth that was not organic had cane juice (sugar). Whole Foods always has the Imagine organic and I found one other brand there once. I never found broth without sugar at a regular grocery store.
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Posted 20 January 2014 - 09:25 PM
The broth topic is very frustrating for me....
I use a LOT of broth in my weekly cook-ups. Easily one-half gallon or more. I'm feeding a lot of mouths, while also trying to build my freezer stock for those weekends that cooking doesn't work out.
As you said Tom, the local groceries in my area do not carry a compliant version. There is a Whole Foods in driving distance, but that is also frustrating. I live in the suburbs of Houston and it takes at least 25-35 minutes each way (with little to no traffic) on the weekends. The visit to Whole Foods typically takes 2+ hours round-trip.
My issue with making broth at home is the volume of chicken parts (and the cooking time) required. In general, I tend to stick to deconstructed chicken because it is easier and much faster to cook. So, I don't often end up with carcasses/ feet/ necks.
Can anyone recommend an easier way?
Posted 22 January 2014 - 07:30 PM
Sadly, it appears the Imagine Organic chicken broth lists safflower oil in the ingredients. It's one of the vegetable oils that is listed as "reluctanty allowed" on the Whole30, and specifically not to be used at home (only for "emergency" restaurant dining.) If folks are using as much chicken broth as they say they are, I'd be wary of even that brand, even though it seems "better" than the rest.
Guess I'll go to the local asian market and pick up some chicken feet to make broth out of. They're cheap, and you will not believe the amazing flavor it has!
Posted 22 January 2014 - 08:03 PM
@MrsKT I've used this method to get a lot of broth out of one chicken/beef bones
Posted 22 January 2014 - 08:12 PM
If you have a Meijer, they have a compliant brand: http://www.meijer.co...2-oz/_/R-118103
Also, Costo's organic brand is compliant.
Posted 22 January 2014 - 09:00 PM
@MrsKT I've used this method to get a lot of broth out of one chicken/beef bones
Yes this is what I would suggest as well! If you can buy the odd bits you only need about 2 lbs of bones. I've gotten good broth from a frozen package of chicken necks and great broth from a frozen package of chicken feet. You can also save bones from your meals and bone in meat tends to be more cost effective than boneless.
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Posted 24 January 2014 - 03:32 AM
I always use my roast chicken bones
Some butchers will even give you bones for free when they're frozen (they can only fit so many in the freezer).
All the compliant broth I've found is very expensive and pretty crappy, doesn't gel or contain much gelatin.
A big slow cooker makes it really easy, I bought a large one specially for making bone broth. If you can't afford one, check if family and friends have old cookers they don't want. Lots of people have spare ones hiding in cupboards that they'd gladly give away.
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Posted 06 February 2014 - 11:28 PM
I think I finally just found a grocery-store brand of chicken stock that looks compliant!
Medford Farms Homestyle Chicken Stock - All Natural
The label says "All Natural, Gluten Free, Lactose Free & Soy Free. No Fillers, No Artificial Colors or Flavors, No Preservatives"
Ingredients: chicken stock, mirepoix stock (made of carrots, celery and onion stocks), sea salt, gelatin, chicken fat, chicken, chicken skin, tapioca starch.
I was worried about the tapioca starch, but when I Google "Whole30 tapioca starch" I get two links. One to Facebook where the "Whole30 Administrator" says its fine to use as a thickener, but not in baked goods, and another link to the forums where one of the mods says it would be an okay substitute for arrowroot powder for thickening.
So.... think it's a safe bet?
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yes, the ingredients you list are fine. That said, no boxed broth beats homemade bone broth from a nutrition standpoint.
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A Model Muslim City (Politically): Hamtramck, Michigan
October 14, 2010 by TMO
By Nargis Rahman, TMO Foundation
TMO Editor's Note: This is a research project, one of three sponsored by the TMO Foundation, a not-for-profit organization.
This is a research report by Ms. Nargis Rahman, a journalism student at Wayne State University, which considers the political progress made in Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit–an exemplary city, a model for other cities where the Muslim population is substantial.
Dearborn, Michigan is often known as the Muslim capital of the United States. Just beyond the former home to Henry Ford who led the automobile industry, there's a growing population of Muslims who have set an example in community and political involvement.
Hamtramck, Michigan is a small 2.1 sq. mile city nestled between Detroit and Highland Park, cities which have both gone through economic hurdles long before the national economic downfall.
Once a thriving Polish town, housing nearly three times as many people in the early 1920s, it has now become an international town with 20,512 people of Bosnian, Arabic, Bangladeshi, Polish, and other origins.
Historian Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski of the Piast Institute, a national center for Polish and Polish-American studies, said Polish immigrants came to pursue a better life in the United States since the early 1900s.
"Polish immigrants came to the U.S. because of hunger, poverty, foreign oppression, and religious persecution and to make a better life," he said.
Many of the first Polish Americans died in Hamtramck, after building an "institutionally complete community," he said.
This community attracted immigrant populations, including the Bangladeshi community in the late 1990s during the second migration, from Queens, New York.
According to the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, the first migration took place in the 1960s when Bangladeshis fled the country to avoid political and religious persecution before the country's independence from Pakistan.
The growth in populations lead to building institutions, which indicates a population will stick around said Dr. Radzilowski.
Institutions, such as places of worship, have increased in Hamtramck in the last decade with four mosques in Hamtramck: Al Islah Islamic Center, the Bosnian American Center, Masjid Imam Algazali, and Islamic Center of Hamtramck, which cater to the city's Bangladeshi, Bosnian and Yemeni Muslims.
The Islamic Center of North Detroit (Masjid Al-Falah), Masjidun-Nur, Baitul Mukarram Masjid, Masjid Mu'ath Bin Jabal in Detroit border Hamtramck, attracting much of Hamtramck's Muslim population, while the Muslim Center in Detroit is just minutes away.
There are nearly 20 churches, according to the Hamtramck Library website.
There is also one Buddhist ashram and a Hindu temple in Hamtramck, said Dr. Radzilowski.
A scent of Hamtramck
Visitors will soon be immersed in the scents of traditional foods from more than 20 ethnicities, voices of people with over 80 languages and welcomed by close-knit neighborhoods.
According to Dr. Radzilowski, Hamtramck is nearly half Muslim, with 44-47% Muslims, 46-54% of combined Christian groups, and less than 1 percent Jewish people. There is about 4-6% of the population with no professed religious group.
He said the numbers come from a combination of studying the 2000 Census and the ancestry of immigrants who tend to be from certain religious groups, as part of the Piast Institute, which doubles as a Census information center.
The Census does not directly calculate religions.
'Do to others as you would want them to do'
In a city where residents can walk out onto their front porches and are almost guaranteed to see someone who doesn't look like them on their street – religion isn't always a major factor.
Sharon Buttry of Ministry of Missions at Acts 29 Fellowship, a Christina non-profit group, said the three major religious groups come together under the umbrella of the golden rule: Do to others as you would want them to do.
This extends into righteous acts; care for the poor, widows, orphans, and the needy, Buttry said.
"You look through two things: the golden rule and bring about community spirit of respect, despite differences," she said.
Such a moment came when the city was divided between the Call to prayer, the right to announce prayer times on public speakers for Muslim prayer times, in April 2004 by a noise ordinance.
The Call to Prayer, Adhan
Issued by Al-Islah Islamic Center through Councilmember Shahab Ahmed, the Call to Prayer, or adhan, became a major reason to divide the city just six years ago.
In a nutshell, the Call to prayer amended the noise ordinance in April 2004, allowing prayer calls to be made by Hamtramck mosques for prayers that fall between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., "for a duration not to exceed five minutes."
The city council unanimously voted to pass the ordinance. The voting then went to the public. The ordinance passed by a 55 percent majority, according to the Associated Press.
Citizens of Hamtramck were torn apart.
Ahmed said the ordinance gave power to the people to vote on how the prayer calls should be made, in terms of times and noise level.
"If someone makes a complaint, it could change the noise ordinance," he said.
Non-Muslims believed it was unconstitutional to allow mosques to broadcast their faith to citizens, who were not all Muslims.
Neighbors in Hamtramck said the Call to Prayer woke them up and they didn't understand what was being said in Arabic.
The mosque passed out flyers that translated and explained the Call to prayer.
That wasn't enough.
Abdul Motlib, president of Al-Islah Islamic Center said, the City Hall was full of protesters in the public hearing for the ordinance in a video about the ordinance, for the Building Islam in Detroit project.
Motlib didn't think it was a big deal, as Muslims traditionally heard these prayer calls "for [the past] 1400 years."
Muslims said the Call to prayer is like the Church bells heard from a handful of churches around the city.
Former city councilman Abdul Algazali said, the issue was nothing personal against Churches.
He said all Muslims have to believe in Jesus Christ – but as a Prophet rather than God or son of God – in order to have faith.
"To complete religion, one must believe in Jesus," said Algazali, referring to his respect for Christianity.
Council members Catrina Stackpoole and Tom Jankowski believe the issue still rubs people the wrong way.
Stackpoole said there is no uniformity on the issue.
Some people do not mind the diversity in town and say 'What's another ethnic group,' while others are afraid of letting the minority become majority, said Stackpoole.
"It's intruding on people's lives but people are still not interested in 'war,'" said Stackpoole, of citizens who oppose the Call to prayer.
"It's not going to help the city if we have an ethnic-religious conflict," she said.
Jankowski, who was Mayor at the time of the conflict, said non-Muslims don't like the Call to prayer.
He said, at the time community leaders from the Muslim community said, "We don't need this," referring to the point of contempt.
"There was a small group that pushed and a city council who wanted to be re-elected, insisted it was the way to go. It caused a lot of problems and bad press," Jankowski said.
He said the situation wasn't handled right, pushing away from people visiting Hamtramck.
Although the issue was never challenged in court, Jankowski said it goes on.
Looking back, Jankowski asks himself "Was it worth the fight?"
"There's some people who resent it; who hear it and cringe," he said.
Secretary of Al-Islah, Masud Khan, told the New York Times he understood the insecurity felt by the people in 2004.
''It's human nature," he said.
''You feel an invasion. It could happen to me also."
The story was picked up by national newspapers including the New York Times, USAToday.com, CBS News and the newswire service, Associated Press.
Councilmember Ahmed, who was the only Muslim on the board at the time, had to persuade the city council to okay the ordinance. He said it was like political suicide to try and convince political opponents on a religious matter. But he did it anyway.
"Politicians want to stay away from religion," he said.
Mayor of Hamtramck, Karen Majewski, who was city council president at the time, said the council unanimously voted in total to allow the controversial prayer calls.
Majewski said any time an immigrant population comes into the city, changes are bound to happen. Not everyone will like them.
According to the Bringing Islam in Detroit (BIID) program, Researcher and Assistant Professor of history at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, Sally Howell, said Detroit mosques have been broadcasting the call to prayer since the 1970s. Dearborn has broadcasted the adhan since the 1980s.
Imam Hamood of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn said, although the city's mosques can say the adhan on loudspeaker, not all do.
Like in Hamtramck, prayer calls can be put to a halt if neighbors complain.
Similarly Masjid Al-Falah in Detroit does not have the authority to recite the adhan, due to neighbors' complaints.
Imam Abdul Latif of Masjid Al-Falah said having the prayer call on loudspeaker does not significantly increase mosque membership, although membership increases gradually on its own.
"They [people] don't come to the masjid because of the adhan," he said.
"If we start giving adhan non-Muslims will leave from this community and that's not good," Latif said.
He said one particular neighbor said she felt safe among the Muslims, although she is against the loudspeaker calls.
"We don't want to bother them," he said, referring to keeping unity among interfaith groups.
Unity is just what was lacking when the call to prayer created tension in the Hamtramck community.
Ahmed, who is serving his third time on the Hamtramck City Council, needed FBI protection from April-November 2004 from anonymous callers and threats, which flooded his driving school and law office, Shondhan Enterprise Inc. in Hamtramck.
"What does he look like? What is his car model? When does he come and go?" his secretaries were asked, Ahmed said.
The tension topped-off the November 2001 elections when Ahmed lost in the city council elections after the 9/11 attacks.
With a grim face, Ahmed remembered the hatred spread in the community in the forms of flyers "with made up stories" about him. He said his supporters' windows were messed up.
This time (after the call to prayer threats) Ahmed called the FBI in Detroit.
"They came within minutes. They had been watching the whole time," he said.
The protection ended seven months after the ordinance was in action.
Looking ahead, Ahmed said the battle paved a path for other Muslims and Bangladeshis on board.
"It should get better for the community if it doesn't divide. I was alone then, now I don't have to explain myself," he said, referring to the time on the board when he was the only Muslim and Bangladeshi member.
Buttry, a resident of Hamtramck, said religious freedom was healthy for the city.
"I promoted the Call to prayer and have respect for religious liberty of different faiths other than mine," said Buttry, a Baptist Christian.
"When I lived on Holbrook Street, I could hear the Call to prayer from three mosques," she said.
Ahmed enjoys the prayer calls, which can usually be heard all five times during longer summer days, and sometimes in Ramadan.
"People hear the Call to prayer during fasting [Ramadan] to break fast or stop eating to begin fast," he said with a smile.


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So glad to hear you can freeze the unbaked dough. Do you freeze the rolls after they are shaped and before they rise? Also, about how long does it take for the dough to come to room temp? I can't wait to try these!
I have frozen them after shaped and before the final rising. As for how long it takes to bring to room temp, that will at least partly depend on the size of them, but for me it's taken a couple hours. Then do a final rise and bake these puppies off! I've now gotten motivated to make them again Sunday and freeze them for Christmas when we'll have a lot of family visiting. Thanks for the motivation!
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