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For the second year running Paul Abbott and Shameless have picked up a host of nominations at the Royal Television Society Awards.
Abbott is once again up for the Best Writer acolade – the award he won last year. The second series of his hit Channel 4 show set on a Manchester estate is up for Best Drama Series along with Doctor Who and Bodies. Anne Marie Duff, who played Fiona Gallagher in the show, has been nominated for Best Actress and faces competition from Julie Walters for her role in ITV1 drama Ahead of the Class and Lesley Sharp for her part in Afterlife. David Threlfall is nominated in the Best Actor category for his performances both in Shameless and in Channel 4′s The Queen's Sister, Doc Martin star Martin Clunes and Bleak House's Charles Dance also feature.
The Dickens adaptation is also up for Best Drama Serial along with Channel 4′s drama Elizabeth I and BBC2′s take on William Golding's To the Ends of the Earth. Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale are all battling it out for Best Soap, while the nominations for Best Single Drama are BBC4′s A Waste of Shame, ITV's Ahead of the Class and Channel 4′s The Government Inspector.
The writing teams behind BBC4′s The Thick of It are up against Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, who penned Channel 4′s Peep Show for the Best Writer: Comedy gong and the two productions will go head to head in the Best Sitcom and Comedy Drama category.
The awards will be host by Phillip Schofield and RTS chair Ricard Freudenstein will present the gongs at the ceremony, which is on March 14 at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
These are the nominations in full:
Best Female Actor: Lesley Sharp – Afterlife, Anne Marie Duff – Shameless, Julie Walters – Ahead of the Class.
Best Male Actor: Charles Dance – Bleak House, Martin Clunes – Doc Martin, David Threlfall – Shameless and The Queen's Sister.
Arts: Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz, A Picture of Britain: The Mystical West, DV8 – The Cost of Living.
Breakthrough Award – Behind the Screen: Finn McGough – Country Strife, Justin Chadwick – Bleak House, Jonathan Smith – Make Me Normal.
Breakthrough Award – On Screen: Phil Beadle – The Unteachables, Zoe Tapper – Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Bruce Parry – Tribe.
Children's Drama: My Parents are Aliens, Tracy Beaker, Last Rights.
Children's Programme: Sticks and Stones, Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy & I will not go to bed", Serious Arctic.
Comedy Performance: David Walliams and Matt Lucas – Little Britain, Peter Capaldi – The Thick of It, Catherine Tate – The Catherine Tate Show.
Daytime Programme: Beaten, Deal Or No Deal, Coach Trip.
Digital Channel Programme Award: The Match, Brainiac, The House of Tiny Tearaways.
Documentary Series (General): Tribe, Cocaine, Jamie's School Dinners.
Drama Serial: Elizabeth I, To the Ends of the Earth, Bleak House.
Drama Series: Doctor Who, Shameless, Bodies.
Entertainment: The Catherine Tate Show, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, The X Factor.
Entertainment Performance: Derren Brown – Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind, Ant and Dec – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Paul O'Grady – Paul O'Grady Show.
Features and Factual Entertainment: Dragon's Den, Rock School, Springwatch with Bill Oddie.
History: The Year London Blew Up; 1974, Trafalgar Battle Surgeon, Israel and The Arabs: Elusive Peace.
International Award: Weeds, Lost, Desperate Housewives.
Nations and Regions Presenter: Carol Malia – BBC Look North, Emily Maitlis – BBC London News, Stephen Nolan – Nolan Live.
Nations and Regions Programme: New Found Land: IM, New Found Land: Elephant Boy, Belfast to Dachau.
Presenter: Lorraine Kelly – LK Today, Jeremy Clarkson – Top Gear, Bruce Parry – Tribe.
Science and Natural History: Anatomy for Beginners, Life Before Birth, The Boy with the Incredible Brain: Extraordinary People.
Single Documentary (General): Make Me Normal, Children of Beslan, Taxidermy: Stuff the World.
Single Drama: The Government Inspector, A Waste of Shame, Ahead of the Class.
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama: The Thick of It, Much Ado About Nothing, Peep Show.
Soap: Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders.
Writer (Comedy): Brian Dooley – The Smoking Room, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong – Peep Show, The Thick of It Writing Team – The Thick of It.
Writer (Drama): Paul Abbott – Shameless, Andrew Davies – Bleak House, Jed Mercurio – Bodies.
Judges' Award: This award will be announced on the evening.


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Facts about Gobi
- Breed: Hemingway/Polydactyl
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- Age: Kitten
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with cats.
Gobi is an adorable, playful boy. He is very playful and loves to chase all sorts of toys around the room. He's very sweet, doesn't mind being held, and is good with kids. Gobi's Mom recently went to Petsmart, and 3 stray kittens came to his foster home. He has really started to change! Gobi is as relaxed as a yogi master when being held, even on his back; loves to be petted; very "maternal" with the younger kittens; amazingly so. He is also VERY playful with the younger kittens.
Gobi's Mama was taped in a box and left at a shelter after it closed. An employee opened the box to find an agressive cat, and she was schedueled for euthanasia. The next day, they opened the box to euthanise her, and she was delivering the 3rd of her kittens. She was given a cage to recouperate in. Our rescue picked her up the next day. Gobi, his siblings, and Mom have been living in the foster home. They were raised with children.
Gobi has been raised in foster care and currently lives in Gilbert. He can be seen by appointment only. His adoption donation is $95 and fully refundable within 30 days. He is neutered, FeLV/FIV tested negative, reveived a 4-in-1 vaccine and and FeLV vaccine.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Gobi, a Mesa Hemingway/Polydactyl kitten was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Hemingway/Polydactyl for sale in Mesa, or seeking a Hemingway/Polydactyl kitten from a breeder in Mesa.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Mesa already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Mesa breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Hemingway/Polydactyl breeders who help with Hemingway/Polydactyl rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Mesa paves the way for another one to be saved.

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Why is My Email Strategy Underperforming?
Your list could be the culprit. Consider penny candy—that eclectic mixture of gummy this and sugar-coated that, with inedible plastic lips and sour patch kids masquerading as gummy watermelons.
Now imagine only getting the pieces of candy you really like. No surprises, just the good stuff. That's what a quality email program and, most important, a quality list can do for your audience. Deliver only the best because b2b email marketing is better than penny candy.
The source of your list is everything. Ideally, you've had your well-oiled email machine running through various solicitation funnels. You should have your customer relationship management (CRM) and website sign-ups...
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So "nipplegate" continues. The chairman of the FCC, Michael Powell, is outraged. He tells the broadcast media to "clean up their rooms." Well, you know what really is an outrage? This whole hullabaloo (nice word, huh) over JJ's bodice. Who do they think they're kidding? The Superbowl is all about SEX. Big bulky jocks in tight football uniforms (yeah, look at those tight ends!!) and perky, bubbly cheerleaders shaking their pom-poms and whatever else they've got. Commercials selling whatever they're selling with sex (oh yeah, and drugs). Sometimes I wonder about our culture. Let's just hope that none of my tax dollars go into an inquiry about the wardrobe malfunction.
Birdie, I'm completely with you on this on!We go running off to a war of choice, kill thousands of foreigners, let our own people die by the hundreds and wounded by the thousands. The orignal rationale is shown to be false. The effect (so far) is a collective yawn.Every year, TV, Movies, and music pour forth tremendous amounts of violent images. You can watch dozens of simulated murders and rapes a day if you're so inclined. The effect? Not even a collective yawn.But let one singer of questionable judgement and taste expose her breast for 10 seconds, it's time to bring on the inquisitors!Thanks for pointing out the real outrage.
Did you see today's comic? Very well critiqued.
Good one, thanks for sharing Anna.
...if you're interested in the values of US broadcasters and government guidelines for same, you've got to read this article: from the Seattle Times


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WBIR-TV in Knoxville is reporting that Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton will resign at 11am ET this morning. Hamilton has been UT's AD since 2003 and has been in hot water since his hiring of Lane Kiffin went South in January of 2010.
While Hamilton has been a whipping boy in the state of Tennessee and around the nation, his undoing was certainly aided by other men:
* Had Phillip Fulmer not had two losing seasons in four years and Neyland Stadium not seen massive attendance drops, Hamilton would not have had to replace him.
* Had Lane Kiffin not left for his "dream job" at Southern Cal just one year into his Tennessee tenure, Vol fans would be rallying around their coach as he prepared for a date with the NCAA this weekend…
Read more of "Hamilton To Resign At Tennessee" on MrSEC.com


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RE: War weariness
Released on 2012-10-19 08:00 GMT
Email-ID | 3645497 |
Date | 2008-08-26 07:36:00 |
From | email@example.com |
To | email@example.com, email@example.com |
time until Nov - barring something REALLY hot. As it is they really don't
do much on foreign affairs unless there's a war. So for the general
reader that wants our take on "the news," there's not going to be any
global news for us to provide a take on. That's the "discovery function"
of the newspapers that I described in my Weekly.
But as I discussed with Meredith this afternoon, there's still plenty of
opportunity for us in industry publications that deal with topics where
we're germaine. We're not relevant to the US election drama, but we're
still very relevant in other venues. So Platts is still going to be
publishing on the energy business, and we're still extremely relevant to
the energy business. Seeking Alpha is still going to be writing for hedge
funds, and we're certainly interesting to global macro funds. Bloomberg
customers are still going to be focused on market-moving events, which are
our bread and butter.
Another interesting question which we're not in a position to answer.
We're making foreign sales, but we don't know why. It could well be that
these foreigners are reading the NYT, WSJ, and watching CNN. We know they
live overseas, but we don't know what marketing works to attract them.
It's entirely possible that the PR work we're currently doing is getting a
global audience already. Not sure there's any way to find this out.
Not saying we shouldn't build on our relationships with foreign media, but
if we're going to be hiring an Inst sales person targeting Energy, we
really ought to concentrate on getting our Marketing efforts providing
support for our Sales efforts in the same areas. It's identical to the
synergy between Mauldin and the Barron's write-up. Let's see how much
progress we can make by building on our existing strengths. Logistically
it's easier to work with journalists in Houston than Karachi. Our
speaking engagements have created awareness. Our CIS projects let us know
what outfits like NOV and Valero are interested in knowing about. We
currently have precisely one person to build/cultivate relationships with
media people. Etc.
Thinking further about the mini-crisis strategy.... The difficulty is
that the crisis will always be moving to some new place in the world. And
we'll be playing catch up. Alternatively if we continue to build
reputation with leading publications that come back to us over and again,
we'll hit the same people multiple times, which any advertising person
will tell you is the key to getting your message through. If we go deep
instead of broad, we'll be more successful. And that means concentrating
our efforts towards publications that will always find us interesting
rather than just occasionally. We always have something of interest to
Bloomberg, WSJ, Platts, Oil & Gas Journal, etc.
No question that the only mass market question about foreign policy for
the next 3 months is, "What do you think of McCain's/Obama's plan for
xxxx?" That's not our best venue. But plenty of industry-specific titles
with global reach won't be any more interested in the elections than we
are. Until the news hole opens up in January, we should concentrate our
efforts on these globally-read industry publications.
Aaric S. Eisenstein
SVP Publishing
700 Lavaca St., Suite 900
Austin, TX 78701
512-744-4334 fax
From: George Friedman [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:38 PM
To: 'Exec'
Subject: War weariness
Numbers and email responses indicate a weariness with Georgia. So this is
our test of how well we do this week under the worst conditions:
1: market used up--those interested in us have bought.
2: Sign ups slumping
3: Burning issue tired, no new issue on the list, Convention sucking up
4: Media totally on convention and will stay there until after Republican
convention, then we are in Presidential race.
The test will not be how well we do this week. We won't do that well. It
will be how badly we do. That will be a test of a baseline bench strength.
We did 10k of Forrest Gump shit today, with three k in renewals and
recharges. The four horsemen delivered I think about 7k. Now horrible.
If the 4H give us 30k by the end of the week I'll be pleased with its
bench strength.
But I just realized we are moving into a new environment with the
campaign. However, other countries are not effected and new crises can be
expected. And I'm quite serious about this. If there is ever a time to
test overseas selling strategies, it's now.
Clearly breaking out but lets be cautious on plateau vs inflection until
we see what the second week of September looks like.
George Friedman
Chief Executive Officer
512.744.4319 phone
512.744.4335 fax
Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
700 Lavaca St
Suite 900
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On Tuesday I showed how easy it is to make gifts using cabochons and blanks. Presentation is everything (right?) so a special gift deserves special packaging.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
DIY Stamped Wooden Gift Tags
On Tuesday I showed how easy it is to make gifts using cabochons and blanks. Presentation is everything (right?) so a special gift deserves special packaging.
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DIY Gift Idea: Stamped Metal Guitar Pick
It's hard to craft for guys. But here's an idea he might like: a personalized guitar pick key chain.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Make Your Own Rusted Metal Wall Sign
I have a "thing" for all things retro, especially metal wall art. Unfortunately, I'm too cheap frugal to splurge on the real deal, so I made my own.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Teach Me: DIY Crackle Paint with Glue
There are lots of products on the market that can help you create a painted crackle finish. But what if you're on a budget, snowed in, or just trying to de-stash? Here's a frugal solution.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
DIY Tinted Glass Mug with Monogram
I stumbled upon an insanely easy way to "tint" glass, that takes minutes to do and dries in seconds!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Crafting with Kids: How to Make Shrinky Dink Pendants
I got to enjoy some bonus craft time with my children over the holiday break. Using Shrinky Dink made me feel like a kid again!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
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Painted Glass Paper Weight: Martha Stewart Glass Paint
I used Martha Stewart glass paints and stencils to transform a plain Dollar Tree paperweight. This project takes minutes to do, but looks professional!
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Check out what happens when you bring together the two biggest Lomography releases of the year: the Petzval and LomoChrome Purple film.
We got a sample of the Petval Lens in this week for an upcoming feature that will be very cool (stay tuned)! Before handing the lens over, we thought it would be fun to take a few cheeky pictures. Just as we were saying to ourselves that it would be epic to test the Petzval on some LomoChrome, Lomo favourite, Huge came by with his beautiful Nikon loaded with LomoChrome 35mm.
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On Mar 24, 3:38*pm, maxine in ri <weed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While shopping this afternoon, I checked the reduced rack in the
> produce section. *For $2, I found the strangest bag of veggies I've
> ever seen, so had to buy it.
> What would you do for a dinner with: (slightly less after paring off
> the sad parts)
> 3lb ruby sweet potatoes
> 3/4lb turnips
> 1 tiny onion
> a hand sized bit of endive
> 1 small fist-sized raddichio
> I also have some scrod, lemon juice, the whole spice cabinet, and
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Library Reminders for Downtown Los Angeles Library
This fall the Chicago School in Los Angeles has seen an increase in the student body as we continue to grow our programs and campus community. With more students in Los Angeles and additional students from Westwood and Irvine campus' using the resources in the LA library, we have encountered higher concentrations of students using our facilities at any given time. The library staff wishes to provide the highest possible service to our campus community to the best of our ability. With the increased use of the library, we ask that library patrons be respectful of resources available and other students who might need those resources as well.
We would like to ask students to be mindful of the needs of other students during periods of heavy activity and courteously to share computer access when possible. Our campus peak times are usually around the lunch time break period.
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I've released v1.0.0 of IDs, please. Get social network IDs or screen names from links to social network accounts.
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Share some love to our buddies rubyists! github.com
Please check my idea about how we can share more love and motivation to all that great developers, who help us to make our projects happen by their work and their gems. share_some_love
I've released a new version of my gem Gon (currently 4.0.0) recently, so I've decided to make some examples of it's features in use. Here is my blog post.
Talks v0.4.0 is out! New options made it more cool. Useful example for talks and autotesting coffee by @kossnocorp
New option (:need_type) and fixes for old ones with small refactoring, soon there will be convenient wiki instead of long README.
I just added new functionality to talks gem for working with different notifiers (like Growl, Kdialog, etc). And from previous version talks perfectly works not only on MacOS X ;)
If you want to hear some response from your code or long tasks - use talks gem. Or just for fun :)
I just finished refactoring and updating of my gon gem and now it can rock from any part of your application with Gon.global feature.
If you need some opportunity in creation of github pages (or if you just lazy a little) - check this gem out
I just created gon-sinatra. The same idea as gon, but for Sinatra
Introducing gon gem. From the beginning it was just a funny gem which allowed to throw controller variables to js global namespace without data attributes in view. Now integrated with rabl it's really useful tool making getting JS start data for your application easy.
You can throw your rails variables in your JS files with easy way without data attributes with Gon gem.
My experiment is Spik. I experimented with literate programming abilities of Ruby and Rails. I want to talk with Rails in English. Without {}, (), [], @, +, -, = etc.


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Here are the things I was thinking of doing so far, but I am just stuck, not sure if I am on the right track. I have seen homes with smooth stucco and the use of stone/rock around the bottom of the house and was thinking of a putting in a faux wood garage door. The house has wood siding and the paint color is too cool for me, I want something warm. If anyone has recommendations on which stone/rock to use and a color? I was also thinking of breaking down the block wall on the left of the photo and adding an entry gate made with a wood door and pillars or matching stone/rock to the left of the house because my front door is actually in the back of the home, through the black gate. We are in the suburbs of LA but feels like a mountain community, lots of trees and wildlife and we are hoping to create a modern lodge feel to the home but don't know how to. If anyone has ANY suggestions, I would love to hear it. Btw, I removed everything in the planter, this is an old photo. |
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This is the back side of the house, the white security gate is where my "front door" is located, which needs to be replaced also. My deck is getting replaced and adding cable railing. What type of trim do you think I should install around the windows? Do I bother with stone on this side of the house? |
I don't know if you would like the look, but there is a bank in my town with Hardi plank siding, painted medium tan with a brown glaze over it. At least that's what it looks like up close. From a few feet away it looks just like wood. I am pretty sure it was all sprayed as I never saw anyone doing any glazing by hand. It looks great and I can see something like that at your house. |
Oh, and they have limestone on the lower 4' of the building. |
- Posted by EATREALFOOD (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 21:51
"with Hardi plank siding, painted medium tan with a brown glaze over it" marti-I am amazed that you could identify that. Uh I know brick or stone or aluminum siding ....:) LOL |
I like the siding on your house -- it's appropriate to the style. However,that diagonal bit to the right of the windows over the garage looks dated to me, especially since it is not mirrored on the left. I think you could get a warm look by changing the color of the wood to something richer and warmer, rather than replacing with stone. However, the garage door is probably the largest obstacle to making your house look better. That top section appears to have been put in upside down. It's the wrong look for your home, even right-side up. Consider changing the whole door for something with rectangular windows and painting the whole thing a slightly darker shade of the color you put on the house. You might also be able to change just the window panel, which would be a lot less of a commitment! The planter adds greenery to a spot where you need it. Could you incorporate it into the entrance you want? Maybe with a pergola over it, to make it obvious to guests where the entry is? |
- Posted by marymarymaryk (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 0:52
I don't think I would do the stone. I like the idea of a fresh coat of tan paint. That little spot above the garage door with the diagonal siding, do you think you could replace just that little area with siding that matches? I also like the idea of switching out the garage door with something that blends in a little more. |
It looks like the "front" (view) side has vertical siding. Is that the same as the "back" side? So that the horizontal and little bits of diagonal siding are only on the gabled ends? If so, I'd consider swapping out the siding on the garage end (and the far end, possibly, if it matters) to be vertical siding that matches the long sides. The funny bits of white trim can go, and I would also lose the contrasting corner trim (paint it to match the body of the house). If you don't need the light from the two windows above the garage, consider losing those as well. Maybe replace with a simple vent. If you're wanting to reside completely, I think a vertical board-and-batten looks great on a California ranch. Here's a thread from another board that shows a ranch with original B&B siding. If you scroll down you'll see a photoshop where someone has made the garage door B&B as well, so it all blends together. And way toward the bottom you'll see it painted in a dark gray. I think this type of siding works well with darker colors. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Board and Batten ranch.
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 17:05
I would not do the waterline of stone...it will make the house look even more squat. The windows in the garage door are upside down and not attractive...square windows would look better. You may be able to do that by simply removing the plastic grill shapes in the window. I agree with the others about blending in the door and removing the odd angled siding. Adding something intentional to the left to indicate the way to the front door would be very helpful. Do you need to worry about fires? Not sure but a cementatious material may be helpful. Go to houzz.com and see if you can find some ideas from a lodge look home. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:01
LOL I guess I should not answer this but I think your house is lovely just as it is. If the garage door windows are upside down I love them that way. More interest. I would not change anything. We do have the hardi plank siding and it is fine but I think what you already have looks better. |
I like the idea adding new windows in the garage door and painting the door, great input, thank you! We do live in a fire hazard zone and have had termites when we first bought the house so we thought to do stucco for those reasons. Hardi Plank might be an idea, but have to get my husband on board, he thinks the house looks like a mobile home with the siding. The stucco guy just stopped by to give us an estimate, so we'll see about the price, if it fits into our budget or not. I have been to houzz and found a couple of houses that are close to my style, but you might be right about the stone making the house look more squat. The links below are close to my style. http://www.houzz.com/photos/345785/Los-Altos--CA-contemporary-exterior-san-francisco http://www.houzz.com/photos/297045/West-Coast-Contemporary-Exterior-modern-exterior-calgary |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Thu, Nov 1, 12 at 3:21
Those houses are much taller than yours. You might post this on home decor...lots of good idea folks there... |
Your house really reminds me of 1970's version of mid century modern. I found this photo by search houzz for mid century modern lodge |
Marti8- the same house is in my ideabook and its located a few miles away from me too. |
I do like the way the house looks, but we talked about it last night and we still want more pop and character. We are seriously considering the hardi plank now and the bank design looks like an interesting idea for our area. Thanks for posting. Since the earth moves a lot out here, stucco may not be the right choice. The stucco guy said we would have to repaint in 3 years because of cracks. |
Our ground moves too. We have hardi plank and it doesn't flex as much as wood siding. We have a couple of cracks I've noticed. |
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Saturday is my favorite day. Not only because it's the weekend, but also because it's Farmers Market Day—where chatting with the growers who hand-picked the berries I buy is almost as sweet as the fruit itself. The economic and environmental benefits of eating locally from family-run farms are endless, but have you ever given much thought to whether you're drinking locally?
My husband Ben and I recently made a day of imbibing in Hood River, 65 miles outside of Portland. We started at a picturesque winery, then enjoyed some local brews (made with locally grown hops), then stopped by a cozy neighborhood coffee shop for a latte made from coffee roasted in Portland. (Unless you live in a coffee-growing region, coffee travels a long way to our cups, but small roasters and retailers are big on paying fair prices that offer opportunity to coffee growers around the world.)
Chances are, wherever you live, you're within an hour of a brewer, winery, distiller or coffee roaster who'd love to share their stories and drinks with you. Get out there and see what's in your neck of the woods—it's a great way to discover and support local food and drink artisans. Then share your favorite locally-inspired sips & stories! — Siobhan Crosby
Welcome to Imbibe Magazine's between-issues look at liquid culture with drink recipes, news and more. From coffee to cocktails, Imbibe celebrates your world in a glass.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Drink Locally
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Pinot Days
On July 1, Pinot Days will roll out its 3rd Annual Grand Festival showcasing more than 150 pinot noir producers from around the world. This is one of our favorite wine events. It's in a great location (San Francisco's Fort Mason), it draws a fun crowd, and it offers a well-rounded cross-section of top-notch pinots. Additional tasting events begin on June 29, but they're already sold out, so be sure to get your last-minute tickets for the grand tasting on Sunday. Tickets are $50.
Sunday, July 1, 1–5 p.m.
Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Hanging Loose with Chartreuse
Inspired by our story on classic cocktail ingredients and liqueurs coming up in the July/August issue (subscribers, start stalking your mail carrier this week), I brought a bottle of Chartreuse Green to a friend's barbeque. A sweet, earthy, warming liqueur may not seem like an obvious choice for a casual summer party, but we used it to create a light, thirst-quenching cocktail perfect for a hot day. Mixed with fresh lime juice, simple syrup, fresh mint and club soda, the Chartreuse was less priests-in-a-crypt and more blooming-summer-garden. Look for our liqueurs round-up on page 34 of the new issue. —Shoshanna Cohen
Garden Party
This recipe is for 4 servings. (For a party I like to mix enough to pour a few drinks at once; if you want to make one serving, just divide the ratios by 4.)
6 oz. Chartreuse Green
1 oz. simple syrup
2 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice (about 2 limes)
15-20 fresh mint leaves
10 oz. club soda
Ice cubes
Tools: muddler or long-handled spoon, cocktail shaker
Glass: highball
Garnish: mint sprig, paper umbrella
Muddle first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice. Pour into ice-filled glasses (don't strain). Top with club soda. Garnish.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Hop Leaf
While visiting family in Chicago last weekend, I was introduced by my beer-fanatic uncle to Hop Leaf, a Belgian-influenced bar and restaurant with a mind-boggling array of suds and a respectable kitchen. In addition to the wide assortment of Belgians, Hop Leaf features Belgian-style domestics from a bevy of microbrews, like regionals Two Brothers and Goose Island. But if intense, high-alcohol beers aren't your thing, there are pages of other choices in the encyclopedic menu. The beer list has extensive tasting notes, too, which makes trying something adventurous less of a gamble. Zaydeh (that's Yiddish for grandpa) tried the Clausthaler, a non-alcoholic German, and I had a peach lambic. The dinner menu is also vaguely Belgian-inspired and includes mussels and frites, one of my absolute favorite things to eat with beer. The back dining room, where we ate, is good for family dinners (no kids allowed, though), while the front area has more of a pub-like atmosphere, fun for nights out with friends. (5148 N. Clark St., 773-334-9851) —Shoshanna Cohen


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How do you sleep at night?
I'm not asking because I think you did something terrible and I can't believe you can live with yourself. (But I do know what you did and it's disgusting.) I'm just curious what kind of sleeper you are — the posture, how quickly you fall asleep, the number of hours, what you wear, your blanket situation — and I want you to break it down in the comments.
And maybe you think it's weird that I am asking, but basically I just want to know if you are better at sleeping than Kevin Love. Because Kevin Love might not be that good at sleeping. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
Kevin Love's going to need a bigger bed.
The Timberwolves' two-time All-Star along with starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko missed Saturday's preseason return to Target Center — an 82-75 victory over the Chicago Bulls — because of a suddenly sore right elbow.
Love didn't bang it or hyperextend it while playing only the first quarter Friday in Indianapolis. No, he instead slept with his right arm extended off his bed all night Friday and when he awoke Saturday morning, he said he could barely lift a basketball.
"I couldn't shoot it 10 feet," he said. [...]
Love, however, had no strength in that arm. Maybe he needs to get a bed like the one Jefferson, his former teammate, recently ordered in Salt Lake City: A 10-foot-by-12-foot one that cost more than $23,000.
"My bed's big enough," Love said. "Just a fluke thing. I'm pretty sure it's just a 24-hour deal."
So basically, Kevin Love had a dead arm from sleeping, putting him in the same league as famous hurt-in-bed athletes such as Derrick Rose, Glenallen Hill and Sammy Sosa (cool beds work from a bunch of Chicago athletes). But since it happened in the preseason, it's not a big deal. Just get that arm in place and have a nice night's sleep and it's fine. No need to worry.
The worry, however, comes from the way Kevin Love was sleeping. From his description, it sounds like he was in the Yearner position. According to a BBC study, 13 percent of people sleep like that, so Kevin Love is not alone. The problem is what the Yearner means and how it relates to Kevin Love's place within the organization. From the BBC:
The yearner (13%): People who sleep on their side with both arms out in front are said to have an open nature, but can be suspicious, cynical. They are slow to make up their minds, but once they have taken a decision, they are unlikely ever to change it.
Well, that certainly sounds like Kevin Love. He definitely has an open nature (the reigning Mr. Jokes of Minnesota) but he is also suspicious and cynical ("If I don't make the playoffs next year I don't know what will happen"). And since those two things are true, everything else must be too. That means the Timberwolves need to make the playoffs if they're going to keep Kevin Love happy. He'll give them a year, as Yearners are "slow to make up their minds," but that also means the Wolves basically have this season to make Kevin Love happy or else he's going to decide to leave and will then be "unlikely ever to change it."
Of course, these omens of doom are based solely on the mystical studies of sleep postures, so take it with a buckwheat hull that fell out of your special pillow you bought from an infomercial. As long as Kevin Love keeps his arms under control when he's sleeping, everything else should be fine. I'm not sure how he feels about swaddling, but that's something to consider. Anything to keep Kevin Love happy.
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References: 1. Hill JC. Slow-release artificial tear inserts in the treatment of dry eyes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Ophthalmol. 1989;73(2):151-154. 2. Katz JI, Kaufman HE, Breslin C, Katz IM. Slow-release artificial tears and the treatment of keratitis sicca. Ophthalmology. 1978;85(8):787-793.
3. Werblin TP, Rheinstrom SD, Kaufman HE. The use of slow-release artificial tears in the long-term management of keratitis sicca. Ophthalmology. 1981;88(1):78-81. 4. Lacrisert [prescribing information]. Lawrenceville, NJ: Aton Pharma, Inc; 2007. 5. Data on File. Aton Pharma, Inc. 6. Breslin CW, Katz J, Kaufman HE, Katz I. Slow release artificial tears. In: Leopold IH, Burns RP, eds. Symposium on Ocular Therapy. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1977;10:77-83. 7. Høvding G, Aasved H. Slow-release artificial tears (SRAT) in dry eye disease: report of a preliminary clinical trial. Acta Ophthalmol. 1981;59:842-846.
8. Lacrisert Clinical White Paper. Available at: http://www.lacrisert.com/attachments/LacrisertClinicalWhitePaper.pdf. Accessed January 5, 2009. 9. Bartlett JD, Jaanus SD, eds. Clinical Ocular Pharmacology. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann;2001:325.


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Peter Wyatt Wood
Peter Wood is an anthropologist and former provost. He was appointed president of the NAS in January 2009. Before that he served as NAS's executive director (2007-2008), and as provost of The King's College in New York City (2005-2007).
Dr. Wood was a tenured member of the Anthropology Department at Boston University, where he also held a variety of administrative positions, including associate provost and president's chief of staff. He also oversaw the university's scholarly publications and served as acting university librarian.
He received his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1987 from the University of Rochester. His dissertation, Quoting Heaven, examined the emergence of an American folk religion and pilgrimage center in rural Wisconsin. His undergraduate degree is from Haverford College (1975) and he has a master's degree in library science from Rutgers University (1977).
Dr. Wood is the author of A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now (Encounter Books, 2007) and of Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (Encounter Books, 2003) which won the Caldwell Award for Leadership in Higher Education from the John Locke Foundation. These books extend his anthropological interest in examining emergent themes in modern American culture.
In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Wood has published several hundred articles in print and online journals, such as Partisan Review and National Review Online, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Ashley Thorne
Executive Director
Ashley joined the NAS staff as director of communications in 2008, became director of the Center for the Study of the Curriculum in 2012, and became executive director in 2014. She received her master's degree in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2014, and her undergraduate degree in politics, philosophy, and economics from The King's College in 2007. In 2010 she published a chapter, "Ducking the Coffins: How I Became an Edu-Con," in an anthology edited by Jonah Goldberg, Proud to Be Right.
Director of Research Projects
Michael Toscano joined the NAS staff in 2012 as Director of Research Projects after working as a research fellow on the "What Does Bowdoin Teach?" project. He received his bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from The King's College in 2008. Prior to working at NAS, he helped develop the curriculum for a two-semester Western Civilization sequence at The King's College.
Glenn M. Ricketts
Public Affairs Director
Public Affairs Director Glenn Ricketts joined the NAS staff in 1989. He was the founding president of the NAS New Jersey state affiliate, and served for 20 years on the NAS board of directors. A graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, he received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He is also professor of political science and U.S. history at Raritan Valley Community College in Somerville New Jersey, where he has taught since 1982.
Rachelle Peterson
Research Associate
Rachelle Peterson joined NAS in 2013 as a research associate analyzing the campus sustainability movement. She graduated from The King's College in May 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.
Carol Iannone
Editor-at-Large, Academic Questions
Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
Managing Editor, Academic Questions
Felicia Sanzari Chernesky returned to the position of managing editor of Academic Questions in October 2007. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English, majoring in American poetry, with a minor in French literature and a concentration in Latin. She began working for the National Association of Scholars in 1987, and served as an assistant director, editor of the NAS newsletter, NAS Update, and managing editor of Academic Questions. In 1993 she left full-time employment to begin raising a family. While remaining an independent consultant to the NAS, she also freelanced as an editor and writer. A published poet, she is pursuing an MFA in Poetry with an Emphasis in Formal Verse at Western State College of Colorado. She is also active in the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and is represented by The Bent Agency.
Wanda Cooley
Operations Director
Wanda Cooley has over twenty years of experience as an administrative assistant, working within both private and public sectors. She received her associate's degree in business administration from Meadows Draughn College. Wanda became a citizen of New Jersey after leaving her native city, New Orleans, due to Hurricane Katrina. She joined the National Association of Scholars as Secretary in November 2005 and became Director of Operations in 2011.
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Herbert I. London is president of the London Center for Policy Research and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is the former president of the Hudson Institute. He is professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University. He was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. This school was organized to promote the study of "great books" and classic texts. Herbert London is a graduate of Columbia University, 1960, and the recipient of a Ph.D. from New York University, 1966.
Stephen H. Balch is director of The Institute for the Study of Western Civilization at Texas Tech University. He previously served for twenty-five years as the founding president and then the chairman of the National Association of Scholars. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley and was for fourteen years a member of the faculty of the Department of Government and Public Administration of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York. In 2007 he received the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award from the American Conservative Union Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Professor of Music, University of Arizona, whose compositions include five symphonies, an opera, and numerous other works.
Associate Professor of English and former director of Jewish Studies, Towson State University.
Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University, whose research focuses on modern Russian history.
Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he chairs the National Security and Law Task Force.
Managing Director, Cathedral Consulting Group, which provides business management consulting to small to midsized private companies; Adjunct Professor of Business, Rutgers University, Masters in Accounting Program; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business, The King's College, New York.
Founder and President of the American Civil Rights Institute, former President and CEO of Connerly & Associates, Inc., a land developing consulting firm, and a former Regent of the University of California.
Founder, Committee for the Free World, and widely published writer.
Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, where he is the Associate Director of the Law School's Center for Business Law and Regulation.
Regent, Ave Maria University; member of advisory boards of FIRE, the Independent Women's Forum, the International Institute of Classical Humanities, and the Cardinal Newman Society; former trustee of SUNY and member of Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Professor of History, City University of New York, where he focuses on the economic history of France and French investments in East Asia.
Professor of Law, University of San Diego and member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
Founder and Principal of Cohen Klingenstein LLC, a New York City investment firm; Chairman of Claremont Institute; and playwright.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, where he specializes in the application of logic to metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion.
Professor of Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, who has published widely on criminal procedure, the death penalty, and the history of crime.
Former president of Shimer College, and former provost of the University of Dallas, Director of the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and former deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. His research focuses on Aristotle's teaching on the relation between education and democracy in the Politics.
Former journalist and Wall Street businessman who worked at Lehman Brothers for 17 years as a Senior Vice President in the bond department and later as a managing director with Guggenheim Capital Markets. He has taught at Lehigh University, Temple University, and Villanova University.
Co-Founder and President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which protects liberal arts education and high academic standards.
Associate Professor of Political Science, College of New Rochelle, focusing his research in the foundations of American constitutionalism.
Founder and former CEO of Rabbit Semiconductor, a California manufacturer of embedded microprocessors and software for embedded programming; volunteer senior policy advisor, The Heartland Institute, Chicago. He writes about global warming from a skeptical point of view.
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo and Director, National Center for Ontological Research.
Chair, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas and nationally-known expert in English language arts content standards.
Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Ohio University; founder, Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
Department Chair, Philip M. McKenna Professor of Politics, and Co-Director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA.
Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, and an expert in civil procedure, appellate litigation, social welfare law and policy, and the law and economics of work and family.
Founding Associate, Wise Counsel Research Associates; formerly a philosophy professor, Boston College, and writing instructor, Boston University.
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The Build and Finished Product
If the wiring on the right side wasn't trying to poke out you would never assume the PSU and the DVD drive are installed. Even with the case now ready to test, the front of the PC-V700-B looks exactly the same as when we started, nice and sleek.
I am glad I didn't get the windowed version honestly. I tried to cable manage in this case and the lack of room behind the tray and the lack of any real places to tie up wiring, things are left sort of hanging as they will on the inside.
The back of the chassis I have issues with. As you notice there isn't a card in the top slot. This is because the slots cut in the tray that accepts the tabs on the card will not allow a card to go in at the top. As much as I tried and adjusted my cards, I could not get one to install in the top two slots.
I was able to do a bit of wire managing with the front I/O wiring at the bottom and all the fans going to one power source, even tied a bit of wiring up behind the hard drive bays, but as for behind the motherboard tray, space was too limited for a 24-pin or multiple GPU power leads.
After getting everything back in place, mostly replacing the side panels by simply snapping them into place, we are now ready to power this case up and see what sort of noise or issues arise.
Once power was applied to the PC-V700-B the chassis comes to life with the blue LED glowing behind the power button and the occasional flash of the red LED for the hard drive activity. With all four fans receiving 12V from the PSU, they were audible at this distance, which is near three feet away from the chassis.


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Item 16454
Title: Men in fishing dory, Southwest Harbor, 1890
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library
Date: 1890
Location: Southwest Harbor
Media: Photograph
Item 12907
Title: Howard Cail and Doris Day, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1950
Location: Portland
Media: Photographic print
Item 61871
Title: Four men line fishing from a dory, Swan's Island, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Swan's Island Educational Society
Date: circa 1910
Location: Swan's Island
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William H. Larkin, who dates his residence in Racine from 1914, is now a partner in the Racine Welding & Cutting Company, in which undertaking he is associated with William P. Heckel. He was born in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago. April 5. 1890, and obtained his early education in the public schools there, after which he entered the Lewis Institute of Chicago and was graduated in 1909 on the completion of a course in electrical engineering. He received mechanical training also and for two years was employed by the American Can Company of Chicago at their factory in Maywood. He later went to Janesville, Wisconsin, where for three years he engaged in the produce business, and in 1914 came to Racine. Here he entered the employ of the Siverkrop Engine Company, with which he continued until February 3, 1916, when he joined William P. Heckel in organizing the Racine Welding & Cutting Company. In this business he has since engaged and the growth of their trade is now indicated by the fact that they employ four skilled workmen. They do acetylene welding and cutting and among their patrons are many of the factories of the city.
Biographical Sketch of William H. Larkin
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Racine County Wisconsin History: Racine Belle City of the lakes and Racine County Wisconsin a record of settlement organization progress and achievement. SJ Clarke Pub Co. Chicago. 1916. 1216 pgs. AccessGenealogy.com. Web. 28 January 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/wisconsin/biographical-sketch-of-william-h-larkin.htm - Last updated on Aug 13th, 2012Contribute to the Conversation!
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My name is Anthony Summers and I am a NBA Handicapper. I go by the name "SweetJones55″ on the Sports Betting Forums on the Internet. You can also find me and my NBA plays for free on Twitter. I am 24 years old, recently graduated from the University of Miami (FL), and have been handicapping the NBA now for seven years.
The NBA is a big passion of mine and I have had a lot of success the last few years betting NBA. My NBA record last year was 182-120-6 (60.26%) with over 308 plays, all tracked online. Billy Walters, widely considered as the best sports gambler on the planet, on his best year hit 60% for a full season. He was betting over $100,000 on games at this hit rate and the enormity of his success at 60% almost landed him in jail as no one could believe he was making this much money betting on sports.
This year, thus far in the NBA, I am currently 54-34 (61%) and I have already hit my game of the year on Orlando at home vs. Miami. With over 80 plays in the NBA this year, there is no one hitting the percentage that I am that tracks their plays online.
So let's make some money …
This is a big revenge game for the Bulls having gotten beat at home by the Knicks in their first matchup in a game that was nationally televised. The game was never even close with the Knicks jumping out to a double-digit lead and winning the game by eight. Carlos Boozer is back now for the Bulls and he has been very good for them as of late tallying up four double doubles in his last five games. The Bulls are now 9-1 their last 10 games while the Knicks are 6-4 their last 10 games, but just 1-3 their last four games. I thought the injury to Noah would hurt the Bulls, but so far they have been able to adjust.
This game seems pretty even from a matchup stand point. Rose should have his way with Raymond Felton. Landry Fields has been playing great this year and should have an edge over Keith Bogans who has been struggling. Amar'e will obviously dominate Kurt Thomas. Boozer will score at will on Gallinari but Gallinari will be able to stretch Chicago's defense with his three-point shooting. Deng and Chandler should cancel each other out. I think there are a lot of big offensive mismatches on the floor and as a betting man I think I would have to play the OVER 204.5 points if I had to make a play on this game. They scored 232 points last game so even if they score 25 points less that would still go OVER the posted total. I think Chicago's bench is much better than the Knicks, and that may tilt the game in their favor if I had to play a side.
Boston will be traveling to Orlando to play the Magic in the second game of the Christmas Day schedule. Boston has been rolling this year and are currently 23-4 and on a 14 game winning streak. Orlando has been the polar opposite this year struggling to a 17-12 record and winners of two of their last 10 games. Magic are coming off a nice win against the Spurs, but SA was in a very bad spot in this game having coming off a big win against Denver in a game that they had to give everything they had in the second half. It was going to be very tough for SA to beat Orlando the very next night in a game the Magic were desperate for.
Here is why I like Boston and why I am liking them enough to go big on them. Stan Van Gundy said something to this effect at the end of the third quarter in the SA win, "We have to get out in transition because we just aren't an effective half court team right now". Orlando's own coach is saying that they are not good in the half-court and need to get easy fast break points to win right now. This may have been easy for them against a tired San Antonio team playing on back to back who rank 19th in defensive NBA Team Opponent Fastbreak Points Per Game but it will be very hard for them against Boston who are ranked No. 1 in NBA Team Opponent Fastbreak Points Per Game and will have had a full two days rest for this game. Now I know what a lot of you are thinking, what if Orlando shoots the lights from the three-point land like they did against SA? SA is the worst team in the NBA defending three pointers. Boston is 5th best in the league at defending three pointers. Another concern may be Rajon Rondo being out, but the Celtics actually have a better winning percentage this year with Nate Robinson starting.
Boston only has four losses this year and three of the losses can be attributed to lack of focus, which won't be a concern on Christmas, on the road. The Celtics lost to OKC without Durant, at Toronto, and at Cleveland the night after beating Miami. Those were just three bad teams that Boston slept on and came out and surprised them. Their other loss was in Dallas but they covered that game. The Celtics are 4-1 ATS their last five games in Orlando. Last Christmas, Boston traveled to Orlando and beat them outright as a 5.5 point underdog. This was when Boston had been really struggling during the regular season and Orlando was rolling. If Orlando struggled to beat Boston when they had a team with great chemistry, I don't see how a newly assembled Orlando team that has only been together a week can beat a well-polished machine like the Celtics.
The C's line opened up at +1.5. This is the least the Celtics have ever been favored playing in Orlando in years. Why would Dallas be +4 and SA +2.5 playing in Orlando and when Orlando finally wins a game by double digits they are now favored less than both those games against Boston? I think that's the sportsbooks calling for a Boston.
Heat vs. Lakers, 5p ET
The Lakers have had plenty of rest for this game having not played since 12/21 — a full two days more of rest than Miami. I'm leaning Lakers on this game and my explanation is pretty simple. The Heat are just 1-5 vs. the top teams in the NBA this year. Their only big win was against Orlando in Miami. I think the Heat were just so pumped up with it being the first game at home that the talent and energy just willed 'em to that big win. Also, how good were the Magic this year if their GM decided to trade away the whole team? Since that Magic win the Heat have really struggled, losing easily to Dallas twice, Boston twice, and in Orlando. None of the games came down to the last possession.
The Lakers are one of the best teams when it comes to responding to a loss, especially when at home. They are 7-1 their last eight home games when coming off a home loss. The only loss was a few years ago against Portland in a meaningless end of season game where they were already getting ready for a playoff run. I just think the Lakers have an all around better team with Kobe, Gasol, Odom, Artest, Fisher, Bynum, Blake, and Brown. All of those guys are very capable of having a big game while the Heat really just rely on their three superstars. Lakers matchup very well with Miami by having Artest guard LeBron, Kobe guard Wade, and Gasol guard Bosh. The Lakers will make the Heat beat them with the likes of Carlos Arroyo, James Jones, Zydrunas Illgauskus, Joel Anthony, and Erick Dampier. Benches usually don't travel well in the NBA.
(Note: Just so everyone knows, I am a die-hard Heat fan so there is no bias at all in my analysis. I've actually hit about 80% of the games when betting against or on the Heat so far this season.)
So there you have it, my analysis on the three big Christmas Day games. A quick recap:
Celtics +1.5 (5 units)
Lakers ML (1 unit)
Bulls/Knicks OVER 204.5 (1 unit)
Thank you The Jones for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on the big games. Again, you can find me, and all my plays, on my Twitter page at www.twitter.com/sweetjones55. I also post my plays with all my writeup's and analysis at The Sharp Group Sports Handicapping Forum and SBRForum under the user name sweetjones55. Go Celtics, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!


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We have a 6ft X 44in curbless shower. The door will be on the 6ft side. Question is should I do a sliding door or a door that swings in? My elderly mother will use this bathroom and sometime in the future, I may need to factor in a walker or a wheelchair possibly. Please help me understand the pros and cons.
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For a roll-in shower you're going to want a 36" wide doorway at a minimum. That's a big slab of glass to be swung on one set of hinges. It could be broken up into two doors, like saloon doors. For hinging, you don't want the door to just swing in to the shower. A bather could become incapacitated, fall, and block entry to the shower if the door can only swing inwards. Same thing if this bathroom has a toilet closet. Use an outward swinging door for the same reason. Doors need to swing out, or swing both ways, in and out. Again, like saloon doors. Or a sliding door would suffice. For any sort of ADA shower, I always recommend NOT adding a built-in bench inside the shower. Use a moveable seat or stool. Much more flexibility. Consider having your shower controls just inside the entry so that the water can be turned on without the bather having to fully enter the shower, or be in the stream of water, when the shower is turned on. You'll want a handheld shower (plus other heads should you chose to go bigger). It'll help with washing down the walls in a large shower now, and it'll help with wheelchair bathing later. Just a few things to think over. |
Thanks Mongo. You are one of the best things about GW forums. You advised me on this before and based on your advice, I did a folding ADA rated seat as opposed to building with tiles. I also did the shower controls near the seat with a handshower with a longish hose to help the bath as well as washing down the walls. With the doors, My concern is the potential for leakage in the bottom. The curblessness does not have enough of a drop to the drain level. I would like to minimize puddles or potentially flooding. The shower side is one end of the 6ft and the door is at the other end. I wanted to make sure the door type helps with preventing water seepage. If I do sliding doors to make the opening larger, should the moving part be on the inside of the shower or outside? |
- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Sat, Oct 20, 12 at 11:29
I would have to ask what you mean by, "The curblessness does not have enough of a drop to the drain level." If the shower isn't built correctly, then you are going to have water issues that no type of door can contain. |
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Hi... I've had difficulty understanding what you're asking. Difficult to describe problems isn't it... it's possibly the hardest bit.
Generally, all swf's default to play automatically so you have to tell it to not do that. In your first frame you need a bit of ActionScript:
This stops the movie from playing automatically. There are other ways of stopping a movie from playing straight away, but this is a really simple direct way.
Hope this helps, best of luck.


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Behind the Wire
KRISTEN - Mother to Greta and Maria
FRIEDRICH - Husband to Kristen. Father of Greta and Maria.
GRETA - youngest daughter
MARIA - oldest daughter
MARGOT - a Jewish girl
KLARA - friend of Kristen
MARTHA - friend of Kristen
The casting is suitable for exam purposes with Greta doubling with Klara and Maria doubling with Martha. The roles of Klara and Martha are not sufficiently long for exam purposes.
For a smaller number of players, it is possible for Kristen to double with Margot.
The cast numbers are thus 3F and 1M, or 4F, 1M.
The running time is about 30 minutes.
Since this play is about a labour camp, it might be useful to set the scene by showing some archive pictures. The most suitable would be those that show people behind a wire fence.
If doing this play for A level, you could create some ensemble scenes at the beginning [and elsewhere], using the whole cast. For suggestions, see the Notes accompanying this play.
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Extract 1
The family home of Friedrich, who is in command of a concentration camp.
Kristen is sitting at a table writing letters. Another part of the stage, possibly a little raised up on a platform, represents Friedrich's office. He is writing diligently throughout this first sequence.
It is quiet. After a few moments, Greta runs in, obviously excited.
GRETA Mummy, I've seen some children. Lots of children. And there's this girl with dark hair, who ...
KRISTEN Hush, Greta. Your father is in the study and you mustn't disturb him. You know how important his work is.
GRETA But I like her, Mummy. She's my friend.
KRISTEN absently That's lovely, darling. Run outside and play, there's a good girl.
GRETA I'm going to find my new friend and ask her to play on my swing.
She runs out as Maria enters.
MARIA Greta, be careful! You nearly knocked me over!
GRETA from off-stage Sorry!
MARIA That girl is quite wild, Mother. She runs round the compound like a little savage and everyone just smiles and lets her do exactly as she wants!
KRISTEN She is full of imagination and fun. Let her have her pleasure while she is still young, Maria. Youth does not last for long.
MARIA She is old enough to learn discipline, Mother. Father has been teaching me about discipline; he has told me how to be an asset to my family. He's teaching me many things. [Proudly.] He says I would be a worthy son if ...
KRISTEN You are a worthy daughter, Maria. Never forget that.
MARIA But Father so wanted ...
KRISTEN A son, I know. But we do not always get what we want, Maria. You are his daughter and nothing can change that. Your father loves you and Greta, both of you, equally. He has no regrets and is proud of his daughters. [Reaches out to embrace Maria.] We both are.
They freeze as the telephone rings on Friedrich's desk and he answers it.
FRIEDRICH Commandant speaking. Yes ... Quite convenient. I will take the call. [He appears to tidy himself up and sits up straight.] Herr F ührer. This is a great honour. I .. Of course ... That is so. ... Of course, Herr F ührer. It shall be done. [He replaces the telephone, frowning. After a few seconds, he picks up the phone again.] Hello. Get me 73271. [A pause.] Kurt. It is Friedrich. The F ührer has called me and the meeting goes ahead in eighteen days. [A pause.] Yes, it is indeed. And Kurt, if Paul would like to accompany me, I would be delighted ... Please do. [Smiles.] Good afternoon, Paul. And how is my favourite nephew? [Smiles.] My only nephew. Yes. And how would you like to accompany me to the capital? [Listens.] There is every likelihood that you will meet Herr Hitler, who has done me the honour of making a personal call. Yes, it is indeed a great privilege. [Listens.] That is settled. You shall accompany me, Paul. I will make all the necessary arrangements with your father. Goodbye.
He replaces the receiver, then stands and calls. As he does so, Maria leaves the stage. Kristen enters the study.
Excerpt 2. From a flashback.
Klara and Martha run in laughing and Klara pins a flower into Kristen's hair.
KLARA Who is it, Kristen? Who sent the flower? We're your best friends, Kristen, so it's clearly your duty to tell us.
KRISTEN No one. [A pause while they wait expectantly.] It's none of your business. I'm busy.
MARTHA Busy? [Looks at Klara.] She's too busy for us, Klara.
KLARA Oh dear. Funny, she doesn't look terribly busy. Do you think there's something she isn't telling us?
MARTHA There must be ...
KRISTEN Look! I know you two will never be satisfied until you know who sent me the flower. I'll tell you everything tomorrow - I promise on my life - but I don't have time now. I have to - to meet somebody.
MARTHA to Klara She has to meet somebody. [To Kristen.] It must be someone we know. We know everybody in this town.
KRISTEN He isn't from this town. His father works with my father and we met when their family came to dinner, if you must know. Now, if you two would just leave me to ...
KLARA Mm. Somebody we don't know. A friend of father's. Sounds interesting. And judging by her impatience it has to be somebody rather more than a family friend. Don't you agree?
She and Martha exchange looks as Friedrich enters.
KLARA her voice lowered And it looks like the important family friend just walked in.
Excerpt 3. Still from a flashback
Kristen enters wearing a bridal veil as the time changes again. She stands alone in the centre of the stage and the wedding march begins to play. Friedrich joins her and so do Klara and Martha, wearing wreaths of flowers on their heads. They all pose for a photograph and there is a flash. The three girls remain frozen as Friedrich steps forward and addresses the audience as if they are wedding guests.
FRIEDRICH And finally, I would like to thank all of you for joining us on this happy occasion, helping to make it so special for both of us. But before we begin the feast I have a further announcement to make. This is news which even my wife does not yet know. I have saved the surprise for our wedding day. I hope you will all share in our happiness at our good fortune. I have obtained a position in the government and Kristen and I will shortly be moving to Berlin so that I can take up the post. We leave in two weeks time. Herr Hitler has given me a junior position in his advisory team. It is a great honour.
Kristin looks visibly shocked. Klara and Martha take the veil from Kristen and the flowers from their own hair and walk forward as Friedrich returns to Kristen and they engage in a mimed conversation which shows that he is trying to convince her they will be happy.
MARTHA And that was it. As soon as the honeymoon was over they moved away - many miles - to Berlin. We were sad because we'd lost our friend and we were not sure that she wanted to leave behind everything which was important to her, and everyone she knew.
KLARA And when we went to see her ...
The scene changes. Friedrich hangs back while Kristen comes forward and embraces her friends, who look around, clearly impressed by where she lives.
KLARA Oh Kristen, it's such a lovely house!
MARTHA So big! And the ceilings are so high.
KLARA So many rooms!
KRISTEN shyly Well - we shall be needing another room very soon. A nursery.
Excerpt 4
Greta and Margot face each other with the wire between them. The barrier is imagined, but their hands are held out, almost touching.
GRETA What is your name?
MARGOT Margot. [Looking behind her.] But we mustn't speak so loud. The guard will hear us.
GRETA I don't care about the guards. Father tells them what to do and they do it straightaway. Sometimes he shouts at them and they are frightened.
MARGOT Your father? It must be wonderful to be with your father every day. My father was taken away before we arrived here. All the men went in one direction and all the women stayed together. Father called out that he would come back to find us. I don't know where Father is now, but Mother says he'll keep his promise and that we will surely meet again before too long. What is your name?
GRETA Greta.
MARGOT You are free. You shouldn't come here. You'll get into trouble. And I'll be in trouble too.
GRETA No I won't. And you won't. I'll tell Father and he'll tell them to leave me alone. Everybody has to do as Father tells them.
MARGOT Then you're lucky, Greta.


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My old flip phone has finally died, so I have to get a new cell. But I don't use it too much, so I have no idea which one to buy! This is what I need: no contract, no frills, games, etc. I would like to make and receive calls, text and maybe a camera, but that's not a necessity. My sister has a smart phone and she says it costs her a whopping $900 a year - I sure don't want that! Any suggestions? |
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If you have a Radio Shack where you live, check out the different phones and carriers they have available to get you started on your quest. I've had different cell phones and carriers for 21-years and I like my TracPhone the best and have used them for 11-years. I was so glad to go to pre-paid service and get out of the crummy contracts. I saved sooooooooo much money. I purchase the airtime cards at Sam's Club because they are less expensive there. I'm not a big phone user and my annual cost for my cell phone is less than $100. I've never used all the minutes on my 1-year card purchase,and the minutes roll over. If you make and receive a lot of calls, pre-paid may not be cost effective for you. If you call out of the country, make sure you get a carrier that allows you to do that. -Grainlady |
I have T Mobile To Go, no frills, voice mail and text if you want. It usually costs me $100 a year for 1,000 minutes which roll over. No contract. It suits me. |
I would suggest Tracfone also. Had to move up a model from my original flip phone because the charger is no longer made and mine died. Watch for sales for the phone on their website. NetZero is the same company but Tracfone seems to have for me the usages that I use. |
- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 7:32
I rarely use my cell phone too so an expensive phone is just not practical. So I have a "Go Phone" from ATT. I pay $2 a day only on the days I use it. And since I only use it when I'm away from home, I load it only when I need it. And the phone was free. |
I got my Motorla flip phone at the T Moble to go site. It was a $135. but by buying it online I got it for $35. and lots of extra minutes. |
If considering an AT&T GoPhone, be sure to check the map at their web site for the area it covers. -Grainlady |
- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Sun, Oct 6, 13 at 7:07
I live in rural Vermont and it covers everyplace I go. And that's all that matters to me. |
- Posted by dreamgarden (My Page) on Mon, Oct 7, 13 at 10:14
"I live in rural Vermont and it covers everyplace I go. And that's all that matters to me." It is helpful to know which phones work best in rural areas. I find having good reception and a good battery at least as important as price. So many phones I've owned have needed to be recharged after only one or two calls. Very annoying. |
- Posted by chitownkat (My Page) on Tue, Oct 8, 13 at 12:18
my husband and I both have phones and service from virgin Mobile. I pay $20 each every 90 days, or more if I use the phone more. Hubby uses it more but it is still only about $300 per year or less for both phones. Can text and take photos Works for us. |
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 2:49
chitownkat - what model is your phone? |
- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 7:54
Dreamgarden, I had to check what brand of phone I have. It's a Motorola. It holds a charge I imagine just like any other phone. It was obviously the cheapest one ATT had at the time because like I said, it was free. I've had it for about 3 years now and it does exactly what I need a phone to do. |
Motorola is what I bought when I signed up for T Moble to go. It will text and has voice mail in case I am gone from home. I bought it in 2008 and no problems. No more than I use it, I just charge it every Sunday. I use it like a land line, never carry it with me except for trips. |
My phone came from Dollar General where I buy my mins also, its a Net 10, I think I paid $15 for it, buy 300 mins every 60 days for $30. I text and get voice mail, no camera though. they do have them with a camera. |
I'm contemplating between Cellular One ($15/mo) and TracPhone. |
I am going back to a land line, I am tired of worrying about the safety of cells when someone calls and keeps me on the thing for an hour. I am not even going for cordless. I will drag out my Kermit and Mickey Mouse wired phones and connect them. Cox Cable is my server and I got their best phone service for $9 a month plus $5. for taxes. It is a 2 year promotion, no contract and at the end of the two years I will go back to basic phone service. |
- Posted by chitownkat (My Page) on Thu, Nov 21, 13 at 9:52
scarlett2001, sorry for not responding sooner. I have one of the basic flip phones from the virginmobileusa.com website. They have Android and Iphones too. Mine might be called the Oyster phone but they seem to change their models often so it may not be available anymore. I got it maybe 2 years ago. The phone was $20 |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 19:46
For basic service it's hard to beat piggy-backing off someone else's account, if you have that option. My parents have unlimited talk and text for $10 a month plus taxes because I tacked them onto my plan. |
And be sure to check out the newest (January 2014) issue of Consumer Reports for a big story about cell phones and plans. Excellent reporting about both phones and plans and companies. |
mr. money mustache has a discussion of cell service that might be helpful. his website has some interesting topics. |
Here is a link that might be useful: mr. money mustache
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