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Hangzhou Hengfang Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. has been engaged in manufacturing sanitary equipment for more than 20 years. After several...
Hangzhou Hengfang Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. has been engaged in manufacturing sanitary equipment for more than 20 years. After several years' development, we have grown up as one of the leading sanitary companies comprising the technology and design center, production base and foreign trading business.
Our production base is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province and we enjoy convenient transportation, which is only 15km far from Hangzhou International Airport and express way. Hengfang Sanitary production base occupies 40,000 square meters with more than 300 workers. The experienced engineers and designers take 20% in total members. We have full sets of machines and tools to meet the quality requirements of different clients, and guarantee the delivery on time. Our product line includes bathroom series (such as steam bathrooms), bath tub series (such as massage bath tubs, acrylic bath tubs), toilet cabinets (materials can be available: raw wool, glass, stainless steel, raw stone, plastic stone), and sanitary accessories (such as mixtures, faucets, towel racks). We have exported our products to France, Germany, Romania and Spain, Japan, the Philippine, the UAE and Pakistan. We hold the idea of "living and growing base on quality", "sincerity and being reliable to our clients". We would like to cooperate with you to achieve the result of mutual benefits with our excellent products, with excellent designs and excellent services. |
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Does anyone have wool carpet and pets? I've heard and read that it doesn't stain as easily. My biggest concern is if there's a pet accident on the carpet, have you been able to clean it up fully? Is the wool carpet soft and amazing? The sample I felt was and I'd really love to have it, but we have 3 Chihuahuas and 1 cat (also grandsons!) so I'm concerned. Thanks! |
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If you clean up any issues right away - actually, even if it's NOT right away (I use Spot Shot, that stuff is like miracle cleaner) - you'll be fine. LOVE wool carpet, if you're going to do carpet. :) I've had 3 cats and a dog! |
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No problem! What color are you thinking of going with? I have a pale creamy yellow with a pattern texture. It is light enough to show dirt and stains...obviously the lighter you go, the more will show. But again, it's not that hard to keep clean and I got an anti-stain application when I bought it which helps surely...but it's been so long that I don't remember what application they used.... |
Light blue or light gray. The ones I love are kind of a print. And yes, they will probably show stains! I'm thinking of trying it in our bedroom first. The dogs sleep with us, but they are too little to jump off the bed, so they are never really on our bedroom carpet. Maybe see how that goes, and later try it in the living room too. What about up the stairs? That gets a lot of wear and dirt. Would that be a waste? I'm not thrilled about carpet not matching though. |
Deb, I have a darker color on my entryway staircase. Once you reach the living room, it's the lighter yellow I mentioned previously, and, that same light yellow on the 2nd stairway going up to the bedroom level. There's nothing awkward about the color difference, the way I did it. But it sounds to me like you'll be fine, just have it cleaned now and then. Your dogs sound easy....mine is a big English Lab who plays in the dirt and goes swimming! |
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As Westword's Ask the Bartender columnist, I've talked with many bartenders for Cafe Society's "Behind the Bar" series, posing numerous questions to Denver's top bartenders...and often receiving the same answers: "I love chartreuse," or "I'm really into smoked cocktails/barrel aging/bottled cocktails."
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Some time ago, a Facebook friend posted 25 things about himself that most people weren't aware of -- and then he tagged me in the post, at which point I was supposed to do the same: rattle off 25 little-known facts about myself and ask someone else to follow suit. Instead, I'm asking Denver's bartenders to get up and close with Westword readers and share 25 lesser known tidbits about themselves -- and then name the next bartender that I should interview.
Come March, the Matchbox, which I think is RiNo's best bar, will celebrate its third anniversary. On any given night, you'll find an eclectic crew of local musicians, bike messengers, hipsters and bar flies ordering drinks from bartender Michael Reilly, who works the crowd with ease. And in this edition of "25 Things," Reilly reveals that he has a naked picture of himself hanging in his home, warns you to leave him alone during the day and shares his dream of being a water park critic.
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"This doesn't feel like Africa." At the beginning this was a common sentiment but has since been absorbed into the increasing acceptance of the western nature of Stellenbosch. It is easy though, to loose track of where you are when walking past the white Afrikaners pulling their Mercedes up to the gate of the residence hall complex to drive the four blocks to the university.
"Lazy bastards" says Walter, my half-German, half-Mexican neighbor in the mostly-international residence hall, Concordia. The one thing that needs no reminder is the fact that South Africa has the second widest income gap in the world between the very rich and the very poor – the economic resonance left behind from its racially segregated, Apartheid past.
Just on the edge of town is Kayamundi, a 'township', or better known in the west as a slum, which overlooks the red-roofed grandeur of the city. Rows of houses constructed from roofing materials line tight, unsanitary streets where children play soccer or chase cars. All over we see abandoned buildings striped down to concrete and rubble.
"What happened here?" I ask Indipe, a young, black athlete who lives in Kayamundi and coaches after-school programs for the severely disadvantaged youth.
"When a building becomes abandoned," he tells me "it is like a free market for anything you need to make your house. You need a roof? You need a window frame? You come take it."
This is shockingly reasonable, I think to myself. At times the resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of people here surprises me. Mzoli's is a great example of this. In a township outside of Cape Town there is a restaurant that only serves meat… and beer. They have two rooms cooking dedicated to cooking meat on the braai – the South African version of barbeque – and a section of street that gets taken over by customers. They come from the township itself and from towns miles away, not for the meat (which is delicious) but for the party.
Last Saturday I made the mistake of telling a giant Namibian that, if I was going to chug a beer, he had to chug one too. This inevitably turned into a contest, which I lost in roughly 1 ½ seconds. The next morning I get a phone call at 11:00 am. It's the Namibians from the bar last night and they tell me they're at Concordia to pick me up to go to Mzoli's. There, still half asleep, I indulge in the party that rages from 11:30 am to 7:00 pm. When they finally wake me up after having spent the car ride home unconscious, I am informed that we are back in Stellenbosch… at the bar.
Climbing into my bed to sleep off the excitement fatigue from today, I think about what I have seen in the past week. Despite the divisions that are responsible for both the economic and political polarization, South Africans seem to be united by a pride for their country and themselves, and by a new sentiment that is becoming increasingly appropriate: "T.I.A." – This Is Africa.
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Cardigan: one, two, three
White Button Up: one, two, three
Chambray: one, two, three
Boyfriend Blazer: one, two, three
White V Neck: Honestly, I like Hanes the best
Maxi Skirt: one, two, three
Pencil Skirt: one, two, three
Wide Leg Jeans: one, two, three
A-line skirt: one, two, three
Classic boot: one, two, three
Flats: one, two, three
Simple sandals: one, two, three
Nude Pumps: one, two, three
Gold Watch: one, two, three
Skinny Belts: Most of the time, I try to buy my belts at thrift stores. There are TONS.
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I like how it is so neat. Everything is so needed for a clean look. And a life saver. Greatness Sydney!
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Definitely helpful : ) It's cool to have seen how you've used these different pieces, too. I'm loving this, please continue to share for the fashionably challenged like me!
Great list - I might add a jean jacket or trench coat as a basic. Can be worn all year round, and come in so handy. :)
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Immediately i saw the title of the post, i knew chambray would be there and i was spot on :)
I love this post as i am trying to fix up my wardrobe. Could you do one for Autumn/Winter as it is Autumn here in Australia
xo Stephanie
I'm good on the tops and accessories, need some work on bottoms... Thanks for the great tips!
I love this. It's very helpful. I love that polls dot skirt.
Great advice! I recently had to start over with a wardrobe (moving from the us to europe and back to the us in a few weeks) and I wasn't so smart when I bought my first few things.
Hi There! Thanks for posting about wardrobe basics! I'm trying to plan for a month long getaway, and this post has given me ideas for how to pack. You're the best! Hope to see you in G-town!
Love seeing someone else's wardrobe basics. There are NO button-down shirts in my entire wardrobe, because my chest is so big that they either don't fit right or they make me feel extra self-conscious and matronly. You're inspiring me to go out and try to find the right button-down!
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Thanks for sharing..!! I love your post .. I am looking more post like this one on
this blog .. this post proves really helpful for me .
i love the idea of getting belts at thrift! such a great idea! f21 ones are pretty cheap too!!
Just ordered those brown sandals last night! Chambray, v-neck t-shirts and A-line skirts are definitely a must for this lady. Thanks for including those links! I have been searching for an inexpensive watch for a while now, and I found the perfect one with your guidance :)
Great essentials! I think I own most of those, however would like to include the missing ones!!! xoxo A-
Great basics for any wardrobe! I'm looking through to see how many I can check off or what I "need" to buy :)
I definitely agree with you on most of those basics and have them all myself. Except for a chambray shirt. I need t get one!
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Hey Sydney!
So happy I started following your blog! I'm loving your list. Those nude pumps are just too perfect. Happy Wednesday to you!
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is it sad that i'm pining over someone's 'basics'? i have staples that i definitely wear over and over but they aren't nearly as sweet as these! wanna share a closet? i'm guessing you might say no, i'm thinking it might be a one-sided 'share'. :)
I consider many of these my basics too! I recently stocked my wardrobe with button-ups! I am however, missing a chambray top. Skinny jeans and black pumps are also included in my essentials. Thank you for sharing, Sydney!!
Really good post! I don't have 'true basics' and don't invest in them. Should do though. I love to see all your new combinations with (e.g.) your boyfriend blazer :)
Love this! I totally agree with all your choices minus the green boots. Lol. I live in FL and there's just no use for them. I absolutely adore your polka dot skirt. Its so adorable!
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gahhhhhh i NEED those green boots!!! also loving the maxi skirt ;)
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I love your style! And your hair!
I know you did a hair tutorial a while ago on how you get your curls, but I was wondering if you could do an updated one, now that your hair is longer? It seems more "wavy" now than curly, and I'm wondering how you get that look every day!!!
love it all. i could wear rain boots every single day. definitely need to invest in some hunters. my green rain boots are "gardening boots" from target. they work, but they're not hunters.
I have a lot of these in my wardrobe too! They are so essential. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much!!! Love ur wardrobe tips which is very helpful! but right now I am having a baby, i have a hard time finding the right clothes. Can ya give me the wardrobe tip for pregnant woman like me? :D
Sydney! I miss your posts like this! This is definitely helpful and I also enjoy your posts at the Washingtonian.
I had a question for ya - I just cleaned out my closet (donated, sold some items) and now need to update it with some staples.
What would your spring/summer must haves list look like?
I love this posts, I always struggle to get some good basics in my closet and I've vowed to only buy basics until I am fully stocked.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh how I wish I could all those items (and more!) of your wardrobe. I especially love the belt and watch, have seen them many times in your outfit posts and always loved them. Thanks for sharing!
awesome list, I have a similar wardrobe, except skinny jeans are also a part of mine :) as will be a new denim jacket this season
total agreement...but I also need my skinny jeans :)
I've been following your blog for a while but just had to comment on this awesome post--I just started a new job and after staring at my closet for hours every morning, I've decided it's time I update my basics. This was super helpful!
I admire your sense of style. The other thing I like about you is because you looks really stylish even without trying to get/have really expensive wardrobe.
I love your basics! And I consider a polka dot item to be a very necessary basic in my closet. :)
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I love how you've pared down to the absolute essentials. It's posts like these that make me remember that style and fashion doesn't have to be flashy or expensive. I love the clean lined outfits you put together without getting too crazy. Plus, I would love to see a post about all the mix-n-match outfits that you could make with these pieces for further inspiration!!!
i've been loving that blazer and polka dot skirt for a while now! -miken
Great post! Thanks for sharing! These items are definitely the perfect basics to have!
hey sydney! love your taste and style... i always have a hard time styling the classic rain boot. i just feel like they look clumpy and frumpy, but your outfits w/ the rain boot don't. do you think you could do a post on styling a rain boot? :)
Nice list of basics!
I just invested in my first EVER chambray shirt and I've already thought of about one million ways I can style it. Now I just have to refrain from trying out every pairing in the same week, as people would probably find that sort of gross...
Thanks for opening up your closet for our inspiration! :)
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Great post- I absolutely agree with them all! I would personally add in a striped tee as well :)
oh this is so inspiring! I've been reading a lot of closet basic thingies, and this really helps me :D Thank you.
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YES thank you so much for this!! I remember that blazer from some of your old posts! Nice to see that it's still a staple in your wardrobe.
This looks like a neat set for spring time.
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Great post! Love the polka dot skirt and the Hunter boots. ;)
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Chambray is the one 80's trend I welcomed back with opened arms. It's so versatile!
this is super. i try to build my wardrobe around staples but sometimes i get drawn toward the wrong things.
What a great post! I rarely comment on your blog but I enjoy reading it so much. You are such an honest writer and I appreciate that so much. And I love your style posts :)
love the thought of getting belts at thrift stores! I hadn't thought of that before!
You should open your own store. I have a feeling you'd be a great merchandiser.
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Ah! love these... I am pretty proud I have almost all these basics! :)
I really love this post idea! I even recognize the items from your outfits. I have to say this list is pretty good.
i really love those kind of posts from you sydney :-) also i loooove a+a thursday and the ootd..
maybe you could do a new video :-) just about a normal day or so!!
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Syd are your white Hanes vneck mens or women's? Are they individually sold or packages? I never can find the Hanes ones!
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I have been recently following your blog and I love it! I love how you use all different types of brands.. expensive and inexpensive brands and put your outfits together! but most of all I love how you talk about life and share your journey with your readers. :)
Great post! These are the fundamentals of style, and so much more relevant to your audience than the edgey, expensive stuff you style for the Washingtonian.
I agree, these are also some of my go to's!
Thank you for the tips. One thing though. What you call an A-line skirt is really a full skirt (gathered skirt with a waistband) or a dirndl (a nod to its German peasant folksy origins). An A-line technically has no gathers. It is a flat front skirt with little fullness (possibly one or two pleats)and style lines that angle outward towards the hem. So much for making a long story short. Love your blog, a' course. Danielle
The polka dot skirt needs to be in my wardrobe! I to swear by my hunters! I tagged you for an award on my blog.
This is awesome, I've been trying to sort out my wardrobe lately, have to narrow down my basics too.
Love all these pieces, so many possibilities!!
You should consider doing a 30 for 30! I know you've done it before, but it seems like your style has changed since then and I'd love to see what you come up with again! :)
Definitely love the pieces that you chose, they have substantial weight in any wardrobe.
Really love this. I've been trying to get back to basics in my closet. I have too much stuff! It's nice to just wear a white tee and jeans. Yes, Hanes are the best! I'm wearing one right now. :)
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Such a great set of pieces.
I've been working on bringing some nice new basics into my closet. Next step: a chambray shirt.
What a fantastic list! I totally agree with you. There are still some staples I need in my wardrobe. Thank you for the inspiration.
I agree, great basics throw in a LBD and it's pretty much the same in my closet. I like the way you showcased them.
These are great pieces! I'm pretty sure I just saw that mustard cardigan at the J. Crew outlet today!
Oo Oo Oo! I have almost all of the above, so I think I'm getting there for staples! I just love your blog! Thanks for inspiring me every day!
Love the blazer and the button down!
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I'm currently getting ready to move, and this is SO helpful to minimize my wardrobe!
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I am so in love with maxi skirts these days. So essential for every wardrobe!
New to your blog and I really love it. You hit the essentials on the head. Love the polka dot skirt!
This was really helpful. I'm trying to pack for a trip and am swamped with choices, so I'm glad you posted this!
Awesome post!! Thanks so much for sharing! I just purchased that skirt... I think... if it is J.Crew. I think it will be an awesome, versatile piece all season long. If you have a moment, I would love to invite you to hop on over to the Queen City Style. I've been going at my new hobby for about 5 months since becoming a stay at home mom with baby boy #2. I want to thank you for your inspiration as I work to get my newest baby off the ground. You provide me with a lot of it!
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This was super helpful! I'm slowly, (very slowly), but surely getting all of these basics into my wardrobe. Thanks for sharing!
Great basics! Always fun to see what staples people pick. My faves are a lot of the same but also include some casual cuffed jeans for spring/summer.
The polka dot skirt you have isn't actually an "a-line" skirt because of the gathers--that makes it a basic gathered skirt. The first two you linked to are also basic full-ish pleated skirts, and only the third is a true a-line skirt because it's smooth from the waistband.
I'm amazed at how little you picked as basics!Yet they make for numerous combinations!
This is a great post! Isn't it funny how no matter how much stuff you cram into your wardrobe, those essentials just keep getting worn again and again?
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great post! I love getting insight into how you style things so well :)
I love seeing your essentials laid out like that- great photos!
I love all your picks- but am surprised you didn't do skinny jeans. I live in my skinny's!
Great post! I'm in the process of down-sizing as I move into my first condo. It's really helpful to see your essentials. I'll definitely be referencing this post as I prep my closet for the move! Thanks x
The polkadotskirt is sooooo cut, i really need more basics too
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Jul 1st 2011 11:15PM Some Definitions for us all:
Cheat: Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.
Exploit: To take advantage of (a person, situation, etc), esp unethically or unjustly for one's own ends.
So I don't think people are quite understanding the point I was making. In my opinion Stars did nothing that Blizzard did not facilitate. Stars paid Blizzard to switch factions with REAL money for a service that Blizzard provides every single player. I feel like Blizzard being the corporation that they are should have seen this sort of thing coming a mile away. It was bound to happen eventually, because with every system or service there are imperfections. They did not hack, they did not 'cheat' their way into the new content. As far as I know as of right now Stars is not being penalized for what they did, and this could change in the future. I don't see it as an exploit, I see it as them being competitive and if this is considered an exploit.. anyone who has changed factions and then done a raid they were already saved to has been a part of this 'exploit'. I have a hard time believing that anyone responding to this is a member of Stars and if so my hat is off to you. I don't think that they would do something that they thought would get them banned. They are in the competitive raiding world, why would they do something that would take them out of the game? I think they wanted to be first, and they found a legal way to do it. Faulting them for that is unjust.
Power to Stars and whoever decided to lead the faction change. It was smart. My question to Blizzard would be, Why was the heroic content even available in the first week? In my opinion, if you don't want people to do the heroic content in the first week, don't make it available. Stars was not dishonest about what they were doing, I highly doubt that Blizzard didn't see what was happening, and using a legal service that Blizzard has made available to everyone is not an exploit.
This is not the same as what happened on the Lich King, it is not a bug, it was a service that yes, may not have been used in the same way most people would have used it, so what.
Congrats to Stars for getting there first, I am sure it was an exciting experience for all of them.
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Patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 1 {WoW}
Jul 1st 2011 8:46PM I don't think what they did should be considered "cheating". I feel that this time around the fault goes to Blizzard for not being prepared for some guild out there to do this. All they did was use a paid service that every single player has available to them at any time. I have no sympathy for Blizzard in this case. Blizzard should know their hardcore player bast after almost 7 years.. Lets use some common sense. Derp on you Blizzard, Derp on you.


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On very humid spring r summer days the best friend you have will be the humidity thermometer as you may need to run your incubator dry for a day or two. Only during the daylight hours though!
Feeding It is far easier to buy a chicken crumble or starter mix rations than to make one, most manufactured feeds are uniform in size and protein levels. The advantage is the coccidiosis formula in the feeds as standard. Unfortunately even though we try for all organic production it is not always achievable with the poultry flocks. Some precautions are taken with the feed additives and drenches as birds fall of a perch from illness faster than our four legged animals.
Chicken Health All chickens are kept in the brooding shed away from any adult or older birds, the chickens are never tended if I clean pens or catch older birds. This is in an attempt to limit the chicken's amount of exposure to worms, mites and other conditions normally found in poultry.
Hen Health Keep the hen happy with plenty of scraps from the veggie patch and all the weeds you can find while weeding. Feed her and the rooster a variety of grains and pellets, some of which can be soaked in a diluted solution of seaweed for animals and an occasional cup of molasses. Dry feed is good for the auto feeder so they never go hungry for any time during the day when breeding. A feeder that restricts the rooster from eating too much good food is a good idea if you can find or build one.
Free ranging the hens is not always possible and not really recommended for high fertility of eggs as the hens can stay away from the rooster if they don't like him. Once or twice a week is just as good as they are so excited to get out they start scratching straight away. Have the nest filled with clean straw or hay as it helps to keep the eggs clean and the hen will stay clean as she lays her eggs.
Having a clean pen is also of paramount importance as dust and mites can build up quickly, it also stops the hen scratching in the manure witch will cause reinfestation of worm eggs. Drenching should be undertaken at regular intervals during the year and not missed at all during the breeding season. Drenching must be done carefully and to the manufacturers specifications as over drenching can cause some chicks not to fully develop in the egg. I find a pour on drench much more effective and easier to control the administration of quantity.
FOR SALE Eggs Fertile eggs are for sale for all breeds with availability dictated by demand during the breeding season. When hens are drenched all eggs for 48hrs are not put up for sale or incubated.
Chickens Day old chickens are kept in the incubator for a minimum of 12 hours before being placed under the brooders. It is only after the chickens have reached 12 hours of age that they are allowed access to water. There is no benefit to giving chicks water less than this age as they often are not stable on their feet and can rarely tell they are sleeping in or against water dispensers.
Point Of Lay Point of lay pullets are sold at the point of lay age for that breed, this can vary a lot between egg laying small breeds to the bigger breeds of meat birds. Most are all given the chance to free range where possible which helps to give them a chance to scratch and mix with older birds but can get away if they feel the need.
Layers Occasionally we have layers for sale if they are excess to needs; this happens from keeping more pullets than needed each season to make sure I have the required numbers of hens each new breeding season. Older hens that are still laying sometimes come up for sale but often go so quickly I rarely list them for sale.
Season Eggs and Chickens = July – March Pullets and Cockerels all year depending on supply Prices
Show birds Eggs $65.00/dozen Day Olds $12.00 each Unsexed Pure breeds Eggs $35.00 / dozen Day Olds $8.00 each Unsexed Layer Breeds Eggs $25.00 / Dozen Day Olds $5.00 each Unsexed For each week of age add $1.00
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The engineers at Google labs have been preparing stuff in their awesome cauldron. We already have so much cool stuff from Google like Google Maps, Google Reader, and Google Trends. There are other applications as well (many of them in experimental phase). Here are some things that are currently cooking in there.
Android App Inventor
You want to impress girls? Get an iPhone. Want to impress nerds? Get Android. But there is one step cooler than that… make your own apps using Android App inventor. You can make apps even if you don't know how to code, or even if you don't have an Android! It's still in experimental stage in Google labs.
Google Fast Flip
If you don't have much time to search and you only want the best results, then Fast Flip will be the right thing for you. It will show snapshots of recent and popular articles from all across the web. With just one click, you will have the most popular content from the internet. You can even customize Fast Flip to get the kind of content you want.
You have a question in your mind, and you can't find an answer for it. It's really frustrating. But with Aardvark, you can get an answer really soon. It's still brewing in Google labs, and will soon be ready. You might post it on Facebook and wait for your friends to answer it. Or you can post it on Aardvark and get almost instantaneous answers. And if you don't have a question to ask, let Aardvark ask a question from you… pretty neat.
Google Goggles
OCR is a great technology. With the recognition of optical characters, digital images containing text can be converted to actual text. Google Goggles is a product of Google labs and is in its early stages, and yet it is quite powerful. You can take a pic of an unidentifiable object and Goggles will tell you what that is. It also works on business cards and converts names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Just take a pic and your image will be converted to text. It's really cool.
Google Shopper
Google Shopper is a step ahead Google Goggles where Android users can take pics of objects and look for their reviews. Picture this: you are walking in a store, and you like an item. Instead of simply buying it, you take a pic from your Android phone and look for its reviews and prices. You get to know it's an awesome product, and is available for less at the neighboring store. It makes life so much easier.
Know more unfinished stuff from Google Labs? Let us know.


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Ready Check: Tiered raid progression vs. raid accessibility {WoW}
Feb 12th 2012 1:43PM I agree that the old system sucked: I was a raid leader during BC, and managing three tiers' worth of weekly raids to provide a progression path for new players was awful. And yes, the "feeder guild" thing really was a problem.
But the new system, catapulting new players into endgame content in just two weeks of 5-mans, goes too far. I think the progression path should be changed, so that 5-man gear only provides gear *two* tiers back from endgame. So right now, for instance, we'd have an ilvl 359 5-man, but you'd still have to raid Firelands (LFR and normal) to get into Dragon Soul.
Raid Rx: Can healing be diversified further? {WoW}
Feb 12th 2012 1:16PM Downranking exists, it's just not called that. As a druid, I choose between Nourish (weak heal, low mana) and Healing Touch (heavy heal, high mana) all the time. I'm sure other classes do the same.
Raid Rx: Higher-level healing starts with your mind {WoW}
Jan 21st 2012 1:31PM The only way to learn is to just *do* it. Don't listen to the critics.
Run heroics. You'll cause wipes, you'll piss people off, but remind yourself that just by queueing as a healer and doing your best, you're doing *far* more to help the heroic than the uber leet rogue who's insulting you. If it weren't for you, he'd still be in the queue. Run LFR. You'll be near the bottom of the meters and you might get kicked, but you're still making the raid happen. Plus as a healer you can requeue almost instantly, so a kick doesn't hurt you.
Same goes for tanking.
Think of yourself as that kid who bothers the whole neighborhood by practicing on his drum set. Someday that kid will grow up to be Neil Peart, and the whole neighborhood will want his autograph.
The Queue: I understand my own sleep schedule {WoW}
Jan 21st 2012 1:09PM "Because of the fact that there was less raid tiers and more loot planning means Blizzard has dodged the bullet this time."
This sentence should be taken out and shot.
Gold Capped: Dealing with Neutral Auction House sniping {WoW}
Aug 19th 2011 5:29PM If you're spending an extra $15 a month to avoid a 15% auction house fee, you have serious problems.
Gold Capped: Dealing with Neutral Auction House sniping {WoW}
Aug 19th 2011 12:02PM As the old saying goes, you can't cheat an honest man.
Auction house sniping only works because people are trying to cheat the auction house cut. The way to avoid auction house sniping is simple: list your items for fair market value, and pay your damn 15% like a big boy. Nobody will snipe your Obsidium Cleaver, and if they do you've got 30K gold to buy a new one.
I totally disagree with the philosophy that "Blizzard should change the rules to allow people to do stuff that they're doing anyway." Games have rules for a reason.
What's the reason in this case? The Horde and Alliance are supposed to be enemies, so their economies can't be too tightly linked. And besides, it's run by goblins, and you know how they are.
Transmogrification and the dismissal of the silhouette theory {WoW}
Aug 18th 2011 11:25AM Most of you are missing the point of the "silhouette theory": it was never intended to tell friend from foe (name color does that) or to give details about gear level (too hard to spot at a distance). The point of silhouette is to indicate the *class type*. In PvP I can recognize a holy pally, a couple of plate DPS, and a cloth caster from the other side of the battlefield. The pally's got a shield, the plate DPS have two-handers as tall as I am, and I can probably tell whether the cloth caster is a mage or a priest based on the color of his hands. I might not be able to tell a warrior from a ret pally right away, but I know I don't want to get into melee range of them.
This works even when I don't have them targeted, at a range where Tidy Plates is useless.
So long as a DK can't transmogrify his gear to look like a priest, the silhouette principle is alive and well and working fine.
Drama Mamas: The case of the gold-selling guildie {WoW}
Jan 14th 2011 3:59PM I don't believe anyone has the responsibility to report *minor* crimes to the authorities. If my friends want to smoke pot, I won't join 'em, but I'm not calling the cops on 'em either. (Marijuana is just an example: If you think it should be legal, substitute your own favorite misdemeanor.)
Same goes with gold selling. As I read them, Blizzard's terms of service do not require you to turn in your friends. However, the guild leader does have the responsibility to protect their innocent guildmembers, and to protect the guild from legal consequences, just like I would have a responsibility to protect my kids from my pot-smoking friends.
So here's what you do.
1) Protect your guildmembers by announcing to all of them in your forums what your gold-selling guildie is doing. If they want to give him their cooldowns, that's up to them, but they can't be in the dark.
2) Protect your guild bank by removing his access to it.
3) Cover your ass by having him write you an *in-game* mail describing his activities and stating that he understands that you and your guild have no part in them. Make a copy of it in-game and keep it. If Blizzard ever punishes him and comes looking to you as an accomplice, show 'em the letter, they should be able to check its authenticity.
4) If he won't agree to this terms, kick him from the guild.
Officers' Quarters: How a guild dies {WoW}
Jan 10th 2011 5:24PM I'm a member of a guild that has been around continuously since launch. We've gone through at least three rounds of mass exodus, but we're still going strong. The key?
"A bad guild is like a person. If it loses its head, it dies. A good guild is like a starfish. All the arms are equal, and if one is lost, the others work fine until a new one regrows." -- Me
The Maelstrom is probably epic enough for you now {WoW}
Jul 30th 2010 3:30PM Pff. No ninjas, no pirates, and only barely zombies. So close and yet so far.


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M-Saunders (706738) writes Linux Voice, the crowdfunded GNU/Linux magazine that Slashdot has covered previously, had two goals at its launch: to give 50% of its profits back to the community after one year, and release each issue's contents under the Creative Commons after nine months. Well, it's been nine months since issue 1, so the whole thing is now online and free to share. Readers and supporters have also made audio versions of articles, for listening to on the commute to work.
62 comments | about 2 months ago
jones_supa writes: Former Valve engineer Rich Geldreich has written up a blog post about the state of Linux Gaming. It's an interesting read, that's for sure. When talking about recent bigger game ports, his take is that the developers doing these ports just aren't doing their best to optimize these releases for Linux and/or OpenGL. He points out how it took significant resources from Valve to properly optimize Source engine for Linux, but that other game studios are not walking the last mile. About drivers, he asks "Valve is still paying LunarG to find and fix silly perf bugs in Intel's slow open source driver. Surely this can't be a sustainable way of developing a working driver?" He ends his post by agreeing with a Slashdot comment where someone is basically saying that SteamOS is done, and that we will never get our hands on the Steam Controller.
265 comments | about 3 months ago
darthcamaro (735685) writes Since November of 2001, Brian Stevens has been the CTO of Red Hat. As of August 28, that's no longer the case. Under Stevens' tenure, Red Hat transformed its business, adding Red Hat Enterprise Linux, acquiring JBoss, Qumranet, Gluster and Ceph as well as joining (and now leading) the OpenStack Foundation. So why did he leave? No official word, but apparently it is to pursue a new opportunity that Stevens just could not pass up.
39 comments | about 4 months ago
ashshy (40594) writes Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst likes to post "state of the union" addresses at the end of every year. Last December, he said that open source innovation is going mainstream in 2014. In an interview with The Motley Fool, Whitehurst matches up his expectations against mid-year progress. Spoiler alert: It's mostly good news.
65 comments | about 6 months ago
ectoman (594315) writes Opensource.com has a summary of an interview with Michael Tiemann, co-founder of Cygnus Solutions and one of the world's first open source entrepreneurs. Now VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat, Tiemann offers an historical perspective on what makes open source businesses successful, and shares how he dealt with the open source movement's early skeptics. "A lot of the skepticism is a response to the abstract; it's a response to the unknown," Tiemann says, "And when you bring a concrete success story with just absolutely stellar credentials that doesn't just outperform the field, but embarrasses the field, then the skeptics begin to look like they're on the wrong side." The full audio interview on Hacker Public radio (~1 hour).
41 comments | about 6 months ago
An anonymous reader writes "Valve left many OEMs hanging when they delayed Steam machines until sometime next year to work out their controller issues. Many of these companies excitedly showed off new Steam machine hardware that they cannot ship, so Alienware has been the first to re-purpose its Debian-based Steam machine to be a Windows-based Steam machine bundled with an Xbox controller. While Windows 8.x has not been particularly well-received it does support a lot more games than Linux and when configured to boot straight into Steam Big Picture mode the influence of the underlying OS is visible only in the larger game library."
173 comments | about 8 months ago
darthcamaro (735685) writes "Barely a week after Robyn Bergeron announced her intention to step down, Red Hat today announced that Matthew Miller is now the new Fedora Project Leader. Miller is the guy that came up with the whole Fedora.next proposal which is now reshaping Red Hat's community Linux project. Miller has a clear view of how his leadership will work in the cat-herding world of open source: 'As the FPL, you've got the responsibility, but no actual authority to tell anyone to do things,' Miller said. 'So you have to find people that have an interest and are aligned with the direction you want to go.'"
24 comments | about 8 months ago
colinneagle (2544914) writes "The Wall Street Journal recently reported that, based on documents it reviewed, Red Hat "has chosen not to provide support to its commercial Linux customers if they use rival versions of OpenStack." But the big question is: Why would customers have expected that in the first place? Gartner analyst Lydia Leong told Network World that Red Hat isn't really doing anything wrong here. Customers shouldn't have an expectation that Red Hat would support competitors' software. "The norm would be to expect that non-Red Hat software is treated like any other third-party software," Leong says. If Red Hat has done anything wrong, it's that it has not clearly articulated its positioning and support for non-Red Hat OpenStack distros. Red Hat did not immediately respond to a question asking for a clarification on its support policy. The complication in all this comes from the fact that OpenStack is an open source project and there are misconceived notions that all OpenStack clouds are interoperable with one another. But Leong says just because OpenStack is open source doesn't change the expectations around vendors supporting competitors' products."
111 comments | about 8 months ago
DeviceGuru (1136715) writes "Raytheon is switching its UAV control system from Solaris to Linux for U.S. military drones, starting with a Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter. Earlier this month Raytheon entered into a $15.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy to upgrade Raytheon's control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to a recent Avionics Intelligence report. The overhaul is designed to implement more modern controls to help ground-based personnel control UAVs. Raytheon's tuxified version of its Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle Tactical Control System (TCS) will also implement universal UAV control qualities. As a result the TCS can be used in in all U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps UAVs that weigh at least 20 pounds. By providing an open standard, the common Linux-based platform is expected to reduce costs by limiting the types of UAV control systems that need to be built and maintained for each craft."
197 comments | about 9 months ago
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat announced their pending acquisition of Inktank this morning. Sage Weil and a team of researchers at University of California Santa Cruz first published the architecture in 2007. Sage joined DreamHost after college and continued development on Ceph until DreamHost spun off a Inktank, a company focused solely on Ceph. In Sage's blog post on the acquisition, he says 'In particular, joining forces with the Red Hat team will improve our ability to address problems at all layers of the storage stack, including in the kernel.' Sage goes on to announce that Inktank's proprietary management tools for Ceph will now be open sourced, citing Red Hat's pure open source development and business models.
Ceph has seen wide adoption in OpenStack customer deployments, alongside Red Hat's existing Gluster system."
Ceph looks pretty cool if you're doing serious storage: CERN has a 3 Petabyte "prototype" cluster in use now (Only tangentially related, but still interesting, is how CERN does storage in general).
18 comments | about 9 months ago
This is an interview with Graham Morrison, who is one of four people behind the shiny-new Linux Voice magazine, which is printed on (gasp) paper. Yes, paper, even though it's 2014 and a lot of people believe the idea of publishing a physical newspaper or magazine is dead. But, Graham says, when you have a tight community (like Linux users and developers) you have an opportunity to make a successful magazine for that community. This is a crowdfunded venture, through Indiegogo, where they hoped to raise £90,000 -- but ended up with £127,603, which is approximately $214,288 as of this video's publishing date. So they have a little capital to work with. Also note: these are not publishing neophytes. All four of the main people behind Linux Voice used to work on the well-regarded Linux Format magazine. Graham says they're getting subscribers and newsstand sales at a healthy rate, so they're happily optimistic about their magazine's future. (Here's an alternate video link)
72 comments | about 9 months ago
In addition to sponsoring the work of Linus Torvalds, The Linux Foundation supports and promotes a wide variety of resources and services for Linux. Their recently released 2014 Linux Jobs Report surveyed more than 1,000 managers and corporations, finding in part, that the demand for "Linux Professionals" was up 70% from last year. Jim Zemlin is the Executive Director of the Linux Foundation and he has agreed to answer any questions that you have about the report and the state of Linux in general. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.
58 comments | about a year ago
cold fjord writes with news that Red Flag Software, makers of China's Red Hat derivative Red Flag Linux, has halted operations. From the article: "Once the world's second-largest Linux distributor, Red Flag Software has shuttered reportedly due to mismanagement and after owing employees months in unpaid wages. China's state-funded answer to global software giants like Microsoft ... filed for liquidation over the weekend and terminated all employee contracts. Set up in late-1999 amid the dot-com boom, Red Flag was touted as an alternative to Windows ... It thrived in the early days, inking deals with partners such as Oracle and Dell which products were certified to support and shipped with Red Flag Software. The Beijing-based vendor was primarily funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Software Research, and later received additional funding from state-owned Shanghai NewMargin Venture Capital and the Ministry of Information Industry's VC arm ... 'A lack of brand awareness and sustained investments, coupled with the rise of rivals including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise, led to its downfall,' Eric Peng, Beijing-based research manager with IDC, said ... Peng noted that, during its hey days, Red Flag had enjoyed high adoption among government agencies, state-owned organizations, and schools.""
92 comments | about a year ago
rjmarvin writes "Karanbir Singh and a handful of other CentOS developers are now full-time Red Hat employees, working in-house on the CentOS distribution with more transparent processes and methods. None of the CentOS developers will be working on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The CentOS project would become another distribution and community cared for by Red Hat, like Fedora, and Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens says the company is planning its future around OpenStack, not just Linux."
91 comments | about a year ago
monkeyhybrid writes "Following a tweet from the developer of Maia (a cross platform game soon to hit Steam) that Linux was bringing him more game sales than OS X. Gaming On Linux decided to investigate further by reaching out to multiple developers for platform sales statistics. Although the findings and developer comments show Linux sales to still be sitting in third place, behind those of OS X and Windows, they are showing promise. Developer feedback certainly appears to be positive about the platform's future. With Steam OS on its way, surely leading to more big title releases making their way to the Linux platform, could Linux gaming be set to take the number two spot from Apple?"
281 comments | about a year ago
darthcamaro writes "What follows in the footsteps of Heisenbug, Spherical Cow and Beefy Miracle? Apparently the answer is 'null' as is nothing. Fedora Linux 21 could well have no funky new name as its past predecessors have all had, thanks to a recent vote by the Fedora board to move away from the existing naming practices. Fedora 21 itself will not be out in the first half of 2014 either, instead the plan is now for a release sometime around August. A delayed release however doesn't mean something is wrong as Red Hat's community Linux distro aims to re-invent itself."
128 comments | 1 year,14 days
An anonymous reader writes with news that Red Hat and the CentOS project are "joining forces" to develop the next version of CentOS. For years, CentOS has been a popular choice for users who want to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux without having to pay for it. Some of the CentOS developers are moving to Red Hat, but they won't be working on RHEL — they say the "firewall" between the two distros will remain in place. CentOS Project Chair Karanbir Singh said, 'The changes we make are going to be community inclusive, and promoted, proposed, formalised, and actioned in an open community centric manner on the centos-devel mailing list. And I highly encourage everyone to come along and participate.'
186 comments | 1 year,20 days
dryriver writes with an except from Polygon's interview with DICE creative directory Lars Gustavsson, who says it would only take one "killer" game for Linux to break into mainstream gaming (something some would argue it already has): "We strongly want to get into Linux for a reason," Gustavsson said. "It took Halo for the first Xbox to kick off and go crazy — usually, it takes one killer app or game and then people are more than willing [to adopt it] — it is not hard to get your hands on Linux, for example, it only takes one game that motivates you to go there." "I think, even then, customers are getting more and more convenient, so you really need to convince them how can they marry it into their daily lives and make an integral part of their lives," he explained, sharing that the studio has used Linux servers because it was a "superior operating system to do so." Valve's recently announced Steam OS and Steam Machines are healthy for the console market, Gustavsson said when asked for his opinion on Valve's recent announcements."
410 comments | about a year ago
jones_supa writes "France's National Gendarmerie — the national law enforcement agency — is now running 37,000 desktop PCs with a custom distribution of Linux, and by summer of 2014, the agency plans to switch over all 72,000 of its desktop machines. The agency claims that the TCO of open source software is about 40 percent less than proprietary software from Microsoft, referring to their article published by EU's Interoperability Solutions for Public Administrations. Initially Gendarmerie has moved to Windows versions of cross-platform OSS applications such as OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. Now they are completing the process by changing the OS. This is one of the largest known government deployments of Linux on the desktop."
183 comments | about a year ago
An anonymous reader writes "Best Buy and Barnes and Noble have a problem with showrooming — shoppers checking out the merchandise in their stores and then proceeding to order the goods at a discounted prices online. And Red Hat might have a similar problem with people (not just college kids and software professionals boning up on their skills at home, either) using the free-as-in-beer CentOS rather than licensing Red Hat Enterprise Linux and paying support fees. But according to CEO Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat's competitive position may actually be helped by CentOS in the same way that counterfeit Windows products sold on the streets in the Far East may have helped Microsoft — by cementing their position as the technology standard, in a marketplace that also includes entrants from SuSE, Debian, Oracle, and Ubuntu, just among Linux-based entrants. Who does Whitehurst consider to be Red Hat's most direct threat? VMWare."
182 comments | about a year and a half ago


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FedEx Express launches new Taipei route
FedEx Express has commenced five-times-weekly Boeing 777F service from its Memphis International Airport hub to Taipei's Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. In addition to boosting the carrier's coverage of the Taiwanese market, this move will extend by two hours cutoff times for U.S.-bound shipments from Taiwan.
"By extending the cutoff time to 7 p.m. in major cities and industrial zones throughout Taiwan, we're providing our customers more time to prepare and manage their exports and supply chains," FedEx Services' Raj Subramaniam said in a statement. "With the new direct 777F service, FedEx customers will benefit from the later cutoff time for both FedEx International Priority and deferred International Economy shipments."
In a press release, FedEx Express explained that surging trade levels between the U.S. and Taiwan propelled the demand for the new route. Last year, in fact, Taiwanese exports to the U.S. swelled 15.6 percent, year-over-year, while bilateral trade between the two nations reached $67 billion.
The addition of this new service brings the total number of FedEx 777F routes connecting the Asia Pacific to the U.S and Europe to nine, according to the news release.


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I'm writing this post-rec hockey game with my regular collection of consumables nearby – a grape G2, a bag of pepper Spitz, and a water for when I house this G2 in a second, and I'm wondering what our team could have done to make the evening go a little smoother.
Don't get me wrong: we won by roughly a thousand. They stopped putting goals up on the board in the middle of the second period. But it wasn't fun.
The thing is, we didn't play a bad team, we played a team shy on warm bodies. It was playoffs, and somehow they only managed to have five guys turnout.
I know playing without a single change sounds ridiculous to people who play rec hockey in other places, but this is Phoenix rec hockey – there isn't a huge pool of players to draw from, so it's not all that uncommon. Our team has won with five before. But our side had eight guys, and last night was never close.
SO: What's appropriate blowout etiquette in rec hockey? What are you supposed to do when your team is so much better than the other team and the game is just for fun? You paid to get to play hockey, sure, but you don't want to be a dick.
For me, the question comes down to two options for the inferior team: what's more embarrassing:
A) If your opponent keeps taking their opportunities (not pushing for them, just taking them) and "runs up the score." Or,
B) If they play keep-away without pressing, dump it in the corner on breakaways, and lets your team score?
It's has to be the first latter doesn't it?
Our opponent last night gave up on playing defense after being down a handful, and just kept trying to hit homeruns. As most smart hockey people know, that risk-taking leads to opportunities going the other way. I found myself, on multiple occasions, knowing it was getting ugly, knowing I'm not supposed to try all that hard anyway (not to be a dick, but the hockey isn't great), on a breakaway or semi-breakaway unsure of what to do, socially. A few times I tried to pass from a shooting spot, but that just feels condescending. The times I did score, it feels bad…but not as bad as missing. I'm competitive. If I'm shooting, I'm shooting.
So at the end of the game, one of our defenseman who rarely takes a risk (in rec hockey, that concept blows my mind) got the puck and went for it. He beat a couple guys, and was driving through the neutral zone.
I was smiling, until I heard one of their disgruntled players yell "Yeah, go for it, run it up some more!"
I totally get that point. I totally get it's shitty to cash in on a group that just can't hang, when the game is over. But it's tough to know what to do.
If we can't try, why are we playing at all? If you spend good money (my league was $350 for three months, one game a week), and during those 12 games you're on the ice for 20 minutes, and you get the puck, eff you if that guy is supposed to dump it in out of respect because your team didn't show.
So then: a few concessions I think the team on the winning end should make:
1) Close puck races that can be dangerous? Throttle back, Turbo. If you can tell it will be close, let's avoid a scene.
2) Defensive pressure: dial it back a smidge. If your opponent makes a great play and beats you, kudos, old chap. Most of the time this shell actually works in your favour when you're up, so don't go running at people.
3) Don't drive wide. The type of "good Canadian plays" that get rugged goals that coaches love…stop it. It's time to try for the perfect play. Those battle plays are for when it's close. Try to Sedin a few home.
4) Don't argue with the ref or beg for calls. I mean, come on.
5) Don't celebrate your goals aside from a knuckle-bump with a teammate or two.
Basically, just be respectful, but take your chances when they come.
Other than the points about safety, let's be honest: if you don't want to lose by 15, don't start cherry picking when you're down five. If you consider the game out of reach unless you start doing that, well then, consider the game out of reach. Don't be mad at people for pulling the trigger when they have an open look.
Just because one team has a big lead in rec hockey doesn't mean it has to get ugly. Be fair to your opponent when you're up as best you can, but when you're down, don't expect your opponent to dump the puck in every time they touch it. That's not fun for anyone.


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I thought the same as you when I first saw it: What the heck is that, tile?
Nope. It's KML22, a series of interlocking rings with no parting lines/joints/links or, as the inventing company Kaynemaile calls it, a "seamless polycarbonate mesh." The revolutionary production method it springs from, which is proprietary, brings to mind those wooden chain-links carved by craftsmen, but on a much larger scale.
At first glance the benefits of the material are not obvious; it seems like it might make a neat decorative partition at a nightclub or something your avant garde friend Helmut has hanging on the wall of his loft in Berlin. And while Kaynemaile is indeed initially targeting architects and designers with the material, they believe future applications will be much broader, encompassing everything from body armor, aquaculture, water filtration, vehicle drivetrains, conveyor belts, and even artifical ski slopes.
Depending on what material you choose to inject into the mix--plastics, rubbers, ceramics, etc.--you get super-strength, low friction, easily-cleanable membranes, chemically-relevant levels of capillary action, and more. And oh, yeah, it's 100% recyclable.
via 3 rings


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Hi folks.. Was just over at AbeBooks.com looking for a text book for daughter, and did a search for 'Houseplants' 7634 of them came up, and reading through the first five pages, saw most of them are in the $3.50 area with Free shipping. I figure that will keep a few of you up til the wee hours! :-) Since I'm 'computer challenged', I cant post a link, but have fun! Charlie |
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- Posted by FlowerPotTipper 6 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 30, 12 at 2:00
That's alot of books on houseplants, and I would love to collect them all lol. I think I have somewhere around 50 houseplant books, not including books on succulents and orchids. I don't plan on stop collecting, but I will soon need a bigger shelf for them... -FPT |
The book I return to, year after year, is the Reader's Digest Success with House Plants. First published in 1976, but more recently updated. Again and again. Not a huge fan of the hand drawn illustrations, but the remainder of the information is complete in regards to: I busted the spine on my copy years ago, and just recently took it in to work. |
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