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Landon Hanging Pendant
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- Summary
Taking a style cue from vintage lodge fixtures, our pendant exudes the warmth and artisanal character of aged iron. The unique design features a caged paper shade, which hangs from the canopy by four iron rings.
- Crafted from solid iron with an aged rust finish.
- Sealed and protected with natural wax.
- Natural-colored paper shade.
- A 12' steel chain lets you adjust the hanging length to suit your ceiling height.
- Hardwire only; professional installation recommended.
- Overall: 19 3/4" diam., 7'9" long.
- Dimensions & More Info
- Overall: 19 3/4" diam. x 7'9" long.
- Shade: 19 3/4" diam., 20 3/4" high.
- 12' chain adjusts from 1'9" to 7'9".
- 17 lb.
- Uses four standard candelabra bulbs, Type C, up to 60W each (not included).
- UL-certified.
- This product is intended for use in the United States and Canada and is built to United States electrical standards.
- Made in China.
- Use & Care
- Dust with a clean, dry cloth. Avoid any harsh abrasives or chemicals as they may damage the finish of this item.
- Do not use ammonia-based cleaners, as these will damage the finish of the metal components.
- Shipping
Shipping Information
This item is shipped from our warehouse by UPS to arrive within five business days of our receiving your order.
Shipping Rates
The shipping rate varies depending on your order total and shipping destination. View Shipping Options and Charges.
Next Day Delivery
For an additional charge of $17.50 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
Orders recieved by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday thorugh Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
Return Policy
At Williams-Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.
If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, custom upholstery, items shipped direct from the vendor, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. Final sale items ending in .97 or .99 cannot be returned.
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We're in the fixtures selection phase of our build.
No offense but our local ferguson's doesn't strike us as an effective use of our allowance. Can the gw.com community suggests some on-line resources with good selection, price & service please?
So far - we know about faucet.com but where else can we go to do some great shopping? Thanks in advance! |
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Signaturehardware.com - Great prices on faucets and tubs - especially if you like the "old house" look. I got all my faucets and a gorgeous cast-iron clawfoot tub from them. They're not selling the "brand names" but every single faucet I got was solid heavy brass and beautifully made. No plastic parts in any of it. Plumber said it was all as nice as anything he'd ever installed. SignatureHardware had great service too. When one faucet arrived with a scratch despite their packing efforts (the outer box everything came in had been totally CRUSHED by the shipper but only this one faucet had any damage), they just had me email them a picture of the damage and then they shipped a replacement part right out. I had it within just a few days. Told me not to bother to ship back the scratched part as they couldn't resell it anyway. SignatureHardware also carries a lot of other things besides bath fixtures but prices on other items tend to be closer to prices you'll find at local stores. LightingDirect.com - I bought about a dozen light fixtures and several Hunter ceiling fans from them. No problems at all. Everything arrived on time and well packaged. Lighting Direct tells you the name of the manufacturer so you can easily compare prices with local stores and/or other on line sellers. Overstock.com. You never know what they'll have in stock but it never hurts to look. And they will price match if you find something you like cheaper at another online vendor whose reputation may be a bit questionable. I got some great deals on Tiffany style mini-pendant lights for my kitchen. ($29.95 each). Overstock.com sometimes doesn't tell you the brand names when you shop but my pendant lights turned out to be Kichler lights that had been discontinued. They were still in their original Kichler boxes and had Kichler warranty cards enclosed. After getting mine I found a very similar Kichler fixture (slightly different Tiffany glass design but otherwise identical - same size, same pendant holder, etc.) at a local light shop for almost $200! Craigslist.com. I know it sounds funny but sometimes people are selling brand new building supplies on Craigslist. Maybe they ordered something for their homes and then changed their minds. You just have to keep an eye out and be ready to jump on it when you see something you like and can use. I got three brand-new Blanco Silgranite sinks via Criagslist, each for about 1/3rd of the suggested retail price! You do want to carefully inspect anything you're thinking of purchasing from a Craigslist seller because you don't get any warranties. |
Wow - bevangel - didn't know you & others are so resourceful. I thought I was the only willing to dig through the 'bargain bin sites'! thanks for the data. |
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I turned the pool valves to Spa operation just to check out things but it had been about 2-3 months since last done. When I turned pool switch back on - the governer plug completely blew out of the side housing ! - not good. I'm concerned the valves did not turn properly perhaps - causing a massive pressure backup ? Ordered the new parts already - hoping the housing threads aren't stripped (hard thermoplastic in black). Any analysis ? Tks - |
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Looks like the manifold header threads are stripped - big bummer. Will have a pro install this as it looks detailed along with gas operation, etc...too much to leave in my hands. Can a HVAC (my air conditioner) contractor do this work ? |
Contractor showed me all the rusted out parts (1999 install) and we tried to remove the header - the bolts are rusted out...typical planned obsolesence i guess. Decided to go with a new Pentair Mastertemp 400 (natural gas non-cupro)...prolly should get cupro HD but selling home next year. $3K installed..not happy. |
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Only one hosta purchase today - PEWTERWARE! One I have been looking for since last year. YAY! And since I saw them in person, I got the one with the most reddish glow...
Alexa |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 16:00
where did you grab it.. and should you really be bragging about it.. maybe he thought it was a little to personal ???? good to see you back on the GW .. ken |
LOL Ken! You are the reason I am back ;-) I had to get a big dose of your sense of humor LOLOLOL! And I grabbed it at a local hosta nursery :-) And loaded up on herbs while I was there LOLOLOL! Alexa |
Looks like Purple Haze to me. went to HL and looked up Pewterware and it says nothing about having purple in it? Gary |
Hmmmm. you may be right. I will need to talk to the nursery owner tomorrow. Alexa |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 23:27
What color of sunshades were you wearing anyway? :) If you've wanted it for a long time, seeing it in a purple haze when you've loaded up on herbs doesn't count and won't be held against you. :) |
Okay - in my defense (besides that I am blonde and a mommy) is that after looking at thousands of hostas, this is the one that I liked the look of most. I was at a local wholesale place where I know the owner and we had been talking about all sorts of plants. AND it seems it was on my list froma few years ago - just had the name wrong.... I had even commented on that in the linked post! Anyway, I like it a lot :-) Alexa |
Here is a link that might be useful: purple haze link from a few years ago.
Alexa, don't feel bad. I thought it looked like Purple Haze when I first saw your post so I took Pewterware off my list since I already had Purple Haze.... never crossed my mind that it wasn't Pewterware. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Fri, May 4, 12 at 1:13
Duhhhh, I just made the connection to the purple in the leaf of Purple Haze. Actually not in this thread, but in the HL profile of the PURPLE plant names (looking for HostaLes). And that's when I saw IT. I guess its taking spot #4 on next year's list. But if I got it this fall, it would wake up at home next spring, ready to grow...... |
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Re: [OS] US/EGYPT-Office Of The Directo�marks On Muslim Brotherhood
Released on 2012-10-18 17:00 GMT
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Date | 2011-02-11 02:40:28 |
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like it wants the caliphate, etc.
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Subject: Re: [OS] US/EGYPT-Office Of The Directo**marks O n Muslim
So the group that you always say is an Islamist group is "largely
On 2/10/11 7:36 PM, Kamran Bokhari wrote:
I can understand the fears surrounding the MB. Frankly, I wouldn't want
anyone to come between me and my Shiraz. But Woolsey's remarks on the MB
reflect his ignorance and/or bias.
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Subject: Re: [OS] US/EGYPT-Office Of The Director Of National
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Woolsey just gave a really good interview on CNN and, when asked about
these Clapper statements, said that Clapper had "taken those words back"
towards the end of the interview, and clarified that he was actually
referring to the main segment of Egyptian society as a whole
On 2/10/11 7:13 PM, Bayless Parsley wrote:
Clapper calling the MB "largely secular"?
Hmmm. Really? I mean you can say it: "Islamist." It's not the worst
thing in the world.
On 2/10/11 6:37 PM, Reginald Thompson wrote:
Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence "Clarifies" Remarks On Muslim
The director of the Office of National Intelligence James Clapper
today told a House Intelligence Committee hearing that the Egyptian
branch of the Muslim Brotherhood - which seeks Egypt to become an
Islamic state ruled by sharia law - is "a very heterogeneous group,
largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al
Qaeda as a perversion of Islam."
The Muslim Brotherhood is quite obviously not a secular
Jamie Smith, director of the office of public affairs for the Office
of the Director of National Intelligence later said in a statement
to ABC News: "To clarify Director Clapper's point - in Egypt the
Muslim Brotherhood makes efforts to work through a political system
that has been, under Mubarak's rule, one that is largely secular in
its orientation - he is well aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is
not a secular organization."
How much the Muslim Brotherhood has eschewed violence and decried al
Qaeda is subject to debate. Critics of the group point to its ties
with Hamas, a terrorist organization according to the US State
Department, for instance.
A Council on Foreign Relations background on the Muslim Brotherhood
recently stated that "like other mass social movements, Egypt's
Muslim Brotherhood is hardly a monolith; it comprises hardliners,
reformers, and centrists, notes terrorism expert Lydia Khalil. And
some hardline leaders have voiced support for al-Qaeda or use of
violent jihad. For instance, as recently as 2006, Khalil points out,
a member of Brotherhood elected to parliament, Ragib Hilal Hamida,
voiced support for terrorism in the face of Western occupation.
Instances like these raise questions over the group's commitment to
In December Clapper raised eyebrows when he couldn't answer a
question from ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer about the arrests of 12
suspected terrorists in London hours before.
After initially claiming Sawyer's question was too "ambiguous," the
Obama administration acknowledged that the retired Air Force Lt.
General had not been briefed about the arrests at the time of the
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Performance Scholarships
Music scholarships are available to music majors and those applying to become music majors. Awards are offered to students who demonstrate outstanding talent in voice, strings, winds, percussion, keyboard and composition.
For scholarship consideration, students must complete a Department of Music application, submit one written letter of recommendation, and perform a live audition.
Audition Requirements
Please complete and submit your Music
Admission Application or print off a paper application and mail to:
University of Minnesota Duluth
C/o Dee Charles
Department of Music
206 Chester Park Building
31 W. College Street
Duluth, MN 55812
Students must pass a performance audition in order to be accepted into any music degree program. At the time of the audition, students must also complete diagnostic examinations in theory/aural/keyboard skills and an interview with the department head or an appointed designee. Any student who receives provisional acceptance into a degree program must pass a review (usually at the end of the first semester) to receive full acceptance. That review includes recommendations of major instructors and successful completion of an applied jury.
Audition and Admitted Student Day Dates
Auditions for the 2014-2015 academic year will be held on the following dates;
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Please call 218-726-7890 or email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions regarding the application or scholarship audition process.
Music Scholarships
The following music scholarships are available to undergraduate students:
• Ann Carlson Anderson Symphonic String Scholarship – Full-time music and/or music education students studying one of the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, or string bass. Must demonstrate advanced proficiency as determined by UMD String Faculty. 3.0 GPA. Open to incoming and returning students. Renewable.
• Nyda Elizabeth Swanson Music Scholarship – To support the financial need of UMD students majoring in Music with a particular focus on Music Education students.
• UMD Billy Barnard Jazz Scholarship – This scholarship is awarded to UMD jazz studies students who are presently or show promise of contributing to the improvisational jazz community.
• UMD C. Lindsley Edson Music Scholarship – This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to a UMD student interested in pursuing a career in music. Student must be entering their junior or senior year of study at UMD. Student must be full-time, with a 3.0 GPA or better.
• UMD E. Bernie Bernstein Music Scholarship – Recipient must be a student who plays a musical instrument, is majoring in music- preferably jazz studies- and who will be a sophomore, junior, or senior in the next academic year. Selection shall be based on musical ability and academic achievement. Not required to demonstrate financial need. Renewable.
• UMD Eric Tobias Johnson Music Scholarship – Students must be pursuing a degree in music at UMD. Must be full-time and in good academic standing. Preference is given to a deserving student(s) in the jazz studies program. If there are none during that particular year, the scholarship may be given to a deserving student majoring in music. A student may reapply for consecutive years. This scholarship may be combined with other awards the student may receive. A committee of 3-5 music/jazz faculty selected by the department head will choose a deserving student who is highly motivated and serious about music. The committee has the discretion as to how to identify and select candidates.
• UMD Frank P. Comella Memorial Scholarship – Awarded to a Music Education Major, and may be used at the undergraduate or graduate level. The scholarship is intended to award a student or students who have demonstrated a firm commitment to pursue a degree in Music Education in the areas of Band, Orchestra, Vocal/Choral, or Elementary Music Education. (It may be necessary to award the scholarship to an upperclassman to meet this requirement.) Financial need required.
• UMD Gendein Memorial Scholarship – Must be enrolled as a full-time music major, with a minimum of 3.0 GPA during the year prior to applying for the scholarship. The recipient(s) must have graduated from a high school located in the state of Minnesota. Scholarships shall be based upon merit and potential as well as need. Renewable.
• UMD Gerald A. Singer Family Scholarship – Full-time Music Majors in good academic standing. Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• UMD Gregg Johnson Music Scholarship – This scholarship provides scholarships to music students at UMD.
• UMD Joyce R. Nordstrom Music Scholarship – Given through the estate of Joyce R. Nordstrom, this purpose of this scholarship is to allow students majoring in music to achieve their academic goals. Disbursement at the discretion of the Department of Music Head.
• UMD Lynn Mitchell (Mitch) Rand Scholarship – Students must be full-time music majors in good academic standing. GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• UMD Mark Faricy Memorial Scholarship – Awarded to a student entering the senior year who best exemplifies the following attributes: outstanding artistic musicianship, dedication and commitment to a career in music, intelligence and academic aptitude, service to the Music Department, and admirable personal qualities. The scholarship shall be awarded to a student maintaining at least a B average in music courses with preference given to a trumpet major. If no trumpet major meets the stated qualifications, then next consideration shall be given to a brass player, and finally to a performer on any other instrument. In the unlikely event that there is no individual worthy of the scholarship, the scholarship shall not be awarded that year.
• UMD Mary Ann and Ronald W Weber Scholarship – Intended to attract and retain talented performers in classical piano and jazz keyboard. Students must be of outstanding ability and have financial need. Renewable up to 4 years.
• UMD Omnibus Music Scholarship – Fund will provide scholarships to music students at UMD.
• UMD Orchestra Music Scholarship – Funds are to be used to provide scholarships for orchestra students at the discretion of the orchestra director in consultation with the head of the Music Department.
• UMD Piano Music Scholarship – Students majoring in Music with piano as a primary instrument. May be an undergraduate entering sophomore, junior, or senior year. Graduate students qualify
• UMD Retta and Henry Ehlers Scholarship – Music major in good academic standing. Factors that should be considered are potential, need, and character.
• UMD The James R. Murphy Memorial Scholarship – Family, friends, and former students of James R. Murphy have established this scholarship to assist full-time undergraduate students who are members of the UMD Concert Band and/or Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Students may be a music major, or a non-music major.
• UMD Jean Nord Music Education Scholarship (Demand and Endowment) – Full-time undergraduate Music Education Majors or minors with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Must be in junior or senior year of study, with a preference given to those who demonstrate financial need.
• UMD Robert & Carolyn Flood Scholarship – To provide funding for tuition assistance to UMD music majors enrolled in the Department of Music. Recipients should be in good academic standing.
• UMD Kathryn A. Martin Scholarship for Theatre, Jazz and Women's Ice Hockey – Students must be in good standing, with some demonstrated financial need. Renewable. Transfer students are eligible. One of each theater, jazz, and women's ice hockey students are to receive this scholarship each year.
• UMD Isaac and Rose Gershgol Scholarship Fund – Undergraduates in Fine Arts who have financial need and who are outstanding as students and performers.
• UMD Olive Anna Tezla Scholarship – UMD students who are juniors in Art, Music, or Theater for his/her senior year at UMD. Students must have a GPS of at least 2.8 overall and 3.0 in the major.
• Dean's Talent Scholarship – Talent Scholarships are awarded to attract talented freshmen, improve academic quality, achieve desired programmatic balance, and empower individual faculty members to recruit the finest students to their programs. (May also be awarded to transfer students.) Criteria: audition and/or portfolio review, recommendation by individual faculty member, approved by Dept. Heads, awarded through Dean's Office, full-time. May be renewable with a maintained 2.5 GPA, and a high standard of service and role modeling within a program.
Academic Scholarships and Need Based Aid
The University of Minnesota Duluth offers a number of academic scholarships:
Visit www.d.umn.edu/admissions/meritschol.html
for incoming freshmen. Under the University of Minnesota Promise Scholarship (U Promise), (upromise.umn.edu) eligible new Minnesota resident undergraduates with a family income of up to $100,000, who enroll at any of the University's five campuses, will be guaranteed a U Promise Scholarship.
For Further Information
C/o Dee Charles
Department of Music
206 Chester Park Building
31 W. College Street
Duluth, MN 55812
For Information about music department programs and upcoming concerts, please call 218-726-8877


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The hard work of some Allan Hancock College students are paying off, as they are presenting their findings in the field of Science.
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Celebrating The Holidays In Sheboygan County
Visiting Sheboygan County in the winter can get chilly, but that doesn't mean there aren't still plenty of things to do. The county puts together many different activities to take part in during the months of November through January. Here are a few of the activities you can try while visiting. Stay at the Inn on Hillwind with whirlpools, fireplaces and a warm breakfast every day. After a day out taking part in different activities, you can come back, relax and enjoy a nice whirlpool to wind down in.
November 15-December 16
Making Spirits Bright
Brought to you by Sheboygan Rotary Clubs, twenty-four nights of a spectacular drive-thru holiday lights display in Sheboygan's beautiful Evergreen Park. Admission price of a non-perishable food item. 5-9 pm nightly.
Visit www.VisitSheboygan.com
November 22-January 1
Holiday Memories Light Display
Enjoy a drive-thru lights display on the beautiful grounds of the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice.Admission is free; however, donations for the Patient Care Fund are welcome in the red mailbox near the Holiday Gatehouse. For directions, visit the events page at www.ssrhospicehome.org.
Saturday, December 1, 8 and 15
Breakfast with Santa, Holiday Workshops & Hayrides at The Osthoff Resort
Enjoy a knee-high breakfast buffet, Christmas caroling and a special gift from Santa Claus, cookie decorating and ornament making workshops for children assisted by Mrs. Claus. Enjoy a horse-drawn hay wagon ride through charming Elkhart Lake while singing Christmas carols, then warm up with a cup of hot chocolate. Please call 855-662-8144 for cost, times, registration or more information. Visit www.osthoff.com
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Thank you for the beautiful picture. I am a decendent of the Zierleyn family.
Caroline Zick Zierleyn is my great great grandmother. Her daughter was Augusta Caroline Zierleyn. Augusta married Warren Chapman Smith. Their daughter (only child) was Isabelle Smith Ward (I don't have her middle name), this is my grandmother. She married James Raymond Ward. They had 10 children, one of which is my mother. Isabelle Smith Ward and James Raymond Ward are buried in St. Joseph City cemetary in St. Joseph MI.
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I have found her obit and have posted it. It is full of information.
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I have sent you some updates which are not yet completed. Maybe you are not aware of the new way that Find A Grave handles some updates? If not, go to your profile page; in the upper right corner is a new edit tab; click that and then approve updates.
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I am NOT related to this family. I do newspaper research of obituaries and try to link families together with the help of Ancestry.com, also.
Thanks for all you do to promote family genealogies.
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Ralphs parents are Pearl Jacquay 18290654 and Russel Jacquay 92807199. Who do you have listed as his parents? It might by his grandparents or a duplicate findagrave posting.
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Yep you go to his page and click Transfer and put in my number 47384556. Thank you so much!
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I forgot to add that Russel and Pearl is my Husband's Grandparents on his Mothers side.
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Hi there. I was wondering if I could have the memorial #43961297 Ralph Allen Jacquay. He is the son of Russell #92807199 and Pearl Jacquay #18290654 . Pearl's maiden name was Koeller so she must have buried him in her families plot. Thank you for your time and Happy Holidays!
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1 The Lord says, "Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes. | 1 This is what the LORD says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. |
2 "Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water. | 2 When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. |
3 I can make the sky turn dark, as if it were in mourning for the dead." | 3 I clothe the sky with darkness and make sackcloth its covering." |
4 The Sovereign Lord has taught me what to say, so that I can strengthen the weary. Every morning he makes me eager to hear what he is going to teach me. | 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. |
5 The Lord has given me understanding, and I have not rebelled or turned away from him. | 5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. |
6 I bared my back to those who beat me. I did not stop them when they insulted me, when they pulled out the hairs of my beard and spit in my face. | 6 I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. |
7 But their insults cannot hurt me because the Sovereign Lord gives me help. I brace myself to endure them. I know that I will not be disgraced, | 7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. |
8 for God is near, and he will prove me innocent. Does anyone dare bring charges against me? Let us go to court together! Let him bring his accusation! | 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me! |
9 The Sovereign Lord himself defends me - who, then, can prove me guilty? All my accusers will disappear; they will vanish like moth-eaten cloth. | 9 It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up. |
10 All of you that honor the Lord and obey the words of his servant, the path you walk may be dark indeed, but trust in the Lord, rely on your God. | 10 Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. |
11 All of you that plot to destroy others will be destroyed by your own plots. The Lord himself will make this happen; you will suffer a miserable fate. | 11 But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. |
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I woke up extra early this morning for some reason yet to be discovered. It was around 4:30am, so I turned on Channel 14 to watch their early morning news. Stretched out in the recliner, I promptly fell fast asleep (and probably snored!) As the morning progressed, I remember some strange dreams but didn't wake up at all. I think I heard the sirens, and dreamed that ambulances were on the road. I dreamed I saw Jeff Lyons on TV - but he was actually on this morning because of the storm. So I missed all of it. As far as I can tell I didn't lose any tree limbs, roof shingles or Z's from this storm.


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Snow levels overnight drop to 4,500 feet, with Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Tombstone, Sonoita and Pearce possibly seeing a light coating of snow by Friday morning. Mt. Lemmon, Mt. Graham, the Huachucas, Chiricahuas & Santa Ritas could see 2-5" snow above 7,000 feet.
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We decided recently that we wanted to replace windows. It started with , we have to replace patio doors and then went on to windows. We moved from Chicago, but our current home in Marietta,GA feels lot colder than the one we have in Chicago, at the same indoor temperature. So figured we blame the huge, oversized windows and patio doors. The current ones we have are made by peachtree doors, and are mostly sliding, and was installed I think in 1986. After reading some of the forums here, I decided to get quotes for Sunrise, SOft-lite, and a couple other vendors my realtor suggested. We have a total of 18 oversized windows (if they did DH, they said they will have to put 2 windows for most of them, as they are more than 48 inches in length). 2 patio doors. For Slocomb windows + Alside patio doors I got a quote of about 11500$ When I showed the Slocomb product that I was promised to other vendors, they said a U of .22 seems like a scam. For Vytex-Georgetown I have got a quote of about 11700$ - offerred upgrade of 3 E coating, and a U of .26 I am in the process of getting quotes for Sunrise and Soft-lite, will update the forum as I get all of them by Monday. Any thoughts on what might be better product. Also if you have previously used a vendor in Marietta/Atlanta area and have found them to be good, please do not hesitate to suggest |
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- Posted by HomeSealed (My Page) on Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 13:31
I can't say that I know much about the Slocumb product, but it is pretty easy to tell if the quoted ratings are a "scam" or not. Simply get the CDP # of the window and plug it in at NFRC.org, which lists the total unit u-values in their Certified Product Directory. Sunrise and Softlite are very good choices that I think you will like. |
It's not a scam, it is a Ufactor of .22 with a big HOWEVER.. They are using a Hard Coat LowE coating on the most inner pane which is never a good idea. Why? It causes the Condensation Resistance number ( CR ) to go down alot. in fact, ask the salesman to show you what the CR number is. it should be AT LEAST 57 on double pane glass no lower. Hard coat lowE can also scratch, it can collect dust, and you can and will probably get a glare. These are some of the reasons why many companies refuse to use it. Best bet is triple pane glass if you want a very low Ufactor. |
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Thanks folks. I had posted this in reply to another forum, but I am sure the audience is different. Please bear with me, if you read this on another one. i started this process about 3 days back, I am still a little dicey. Here are my window dimensions, 4 windows are tempered glass, either because they are near bath tub or are too near to the ground. I got 14300$ [11175$ for windows and 3500$ for patio] , for Sunrise (Ultra Plus 12) Softlite Elements for (13,500$ for windows) and about 4K for Patio. Softlite Bainbridge windows for about 10,500 (I didn't really like the looks that much). Any thoughts? |
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Nobody that far down there just yet. |
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Nat Geo WILD Series "Alpha Dogs" Premieres Friday, February 8, 2013, at 9 & 9:30 PM ET
Friday night picks for us include Nat Geo WILD's "Alpha Dogs' docuseries that follows Ken Licklider and his trainers as they work tirelessly to produce working dogs for police and military personnel across the world.
Each episode will chronicle the methods behind training both these dogs and soldiers, who in the end lead elite forces across the globe. With lives on the line, Vohne Liche Kennels works tirelessly to make sure every dog and person that leaves VLK is the best of the best.
Interesting to note that Jack Osbourne and Rob Worsoff are the EP's of the series. At the recent television critics' press tour this past winter in Pasadena, Osbourne said, "One of the most amazing things about the show is watching these dogs do what they do, episode by episode. So its cool because you got to see one little example of it. If you watch the show, youll see that theyre able to track cell phones in prisons. Theyre able to track from 200 meters away, an IED thats buried in the ground and its I mean, Im not a dog person. Obviously, I wasnt before the show. Its amazing to see."
Indianas Vohne Liche Kennels, one of the largest police dog training facilities in the country, has trained dogs to serve in police departments and the Secret Service and every branch of the military.
They hail from Europe, and respond to commands in their native tongue; they are members of every branch of the military, the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies worldwide; they have helped take down some of the most infamous terrorists in history; and they are suckers for a tennis ball. And under the guidance of some of the industrys best trainers, many with top security clearances, the dogs learn to detect drugs, weapons, and improvised explosives. These alpha dogs have jumped from helicopters to capture some of our most wanted, and now we have exclusive access to follow their stories from first bite to finding the bomb.
Beginning Friday, Feb. 8, at 9 & 9:30 p.m. ET (and airing weekly Fridays at 9 & 9:30 p.m. ET), Nat Geo WILDs cameras go behind the scenes with exclusive access to VLKs elite trainers at their headquarters in rural Indiana, as they work around the clock to train these Alpha Dogs in the art of detection and assault. They do it all with one goal: serving our country.
The training approach is intense: Any mistakes the dogs makemissing a bomb, letting an enemy escape or not detecting weaponscould cost lives. Join the VLK team as they teach handlers and dogs to leap from helicopters, rappel down buildings, search buildings and cars for explosives and drugs, and chase down human targets.
The dogs can even be trained to find illicit cell phones in prison cells and money being brought through airports as part of laundering schemes. Training these K-9/human tandems in real-world situations, like staying focused on a bad guy while live gunfire is occurring around them, is critical. The VLK team will go to whatever lengths necessary, be it live explosives or real drugs, to make sure no dog or handler graduates from their program unprepared.
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The trainers at VLK possess extensive experience serving on the front lines in military and law enforcement agencies, and many carry top secret clearance. Led by owner and founder Kenny Licklider, a retired senior master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, each member of the team is an alpha male in his own right:
· Danny, head of police training, is the toughest guy with a mullet that youve ever met.
· Bobby, head of military operations, is cool under pressure, and has never seen a deadline he cant meet.
· Luther, lead instructor for the kennels Tactical Explosive Detector Dog (T.E.D.D.) program, is the teams most outgoing personality.
· K.C. isnt just the bosss son but also one of the best up-and-coming trainers at the facility.
The K-9s youll meet in Alpha Dogs are serious animals, a perfect combination of muscle and smarts, trained at the highest level, says executive producer Jack Osbourne. If you met Kenny and team on the street, youd never expect that this group of beer-drinking, motorcycle-driving, tattoo-covered guys from small-town Indiana would be some of the worlds finest law enforcement trainers. From the moment I met them and saw their operation, they blew me away.
Fellow executive producer Rob Worsoff adds, I think people are going to love this show. It has everything: awesome characters, funny moments, awesome dogs, explosions, tears and tons of tension. Its an action-packed show.
Dogs: Life and Death
Premieres Friday, February 8, 2013, at 9 PM ET
Meet Kenny, Danny, Bobby, Luther and K.C. owner and staff at Vohne Liche Kennels (VLK), one of the most elite K-9 dog training facilities in the world. Together they train not just the dogs sent to the field to detect drugs, weapons and bombs and attack aggressors, but also the handlers who will work with them on a daily basis. In the premiere episode, its almost graduation for a team from Special Ops forces, and Kenny and Bobby are worried when one trainee struggles with controlling his dog.
Any delay in their graduation costs the kennel money, but they cant risk graduating a dog or human without being fully confident in their skills to transition between taking down an enemy and finding the bomb. Later, Kenny joins Danny, Luther and his son K.C. as they travel to a training seminar commemorating a fallen officer and former VLK student.
Together they take the officers through exercises similar to what their fallen colleague encountered the night he was killed, including a rappelling challenge that causes one VLK trainer to confront his fears and sends another to a hospital.
Alpha Dogs: Bite Me
Premieres Friday, February 8, at 9:30 PM ET
The team at VLK has been working hard, and Kenny wants to take them turtling over the weekend as a reward; but they have a lot of work to get done before they can go. First, Danny and Kenny visit the police department in Terre Haute, Ind., to test a group of dogs reactions to live gunfire.
One of the animals becomes anxious, and when his handler tries to subdue him incorrectly, he winds up with a vicious bite. The guys have to take the dog back to the kennel to determine if the dog has issues, or if the real issue was poor handling. Meanwhile, Luther has four dogs who he must teach to detect explosive odors in only a few short days before a new Tactical Explosive Detector Dog (T.E.D.D.) class. If he cant get the job done theyll have to work through the weekend, which means no turtling. The pressure is on!
Alpha Dogs: Rodney & Bullwinkle
Premieres Friday, February 15, at 9 PM ET
A new client, Rodney, arrives from Afghanistan looking for a new cadaver dog, which can be used to find mass burial sites and body parts. Rodney is used to using strapping Belgian Malinois, but Bobby and Luther are convinced the right dog for the job is a cocker spaniel named Bullwinkle.
Rodney is skeptical, even after Bullwinkle shines in the indoor test, detecting the odor of body decomposition in a target box, and again outdoors finding a PVC pipe with real human remains.
To really sell Rodney, theyll have to test the dog to find an intact human foot theyve buried which will also test their squeamish stomachs. Over in Logansport, Ind., Kenny and Danny have been invited to participate in the police departments drug interdiction detail, where theyll attempt to catch cars using a side road to avoid a drug checkpoint, and then bring in dogs to search for drugs. Kenny and Danny are excited to be out on the streets, and hoping their dogs can make the grade..
Alpha Dogs: Blow Up
Premieres Friday, February 15, 2013, at 9:30 PM ET
VLK is welcoming a new group of T.E.D.D. handlers who need pairing up with dogs. This program trains K-9s to detect improvised explosive devices and trains the handlers to use the animals skills to save the lives of their fellow soldiers. Once Kenny and Luther have made the pairings, they set the duos to work in a bomb-sniffing exercise that features live gunfire and explosions.
One of the dogs, who, like the rest in this class, has already served time in Afghanistan or Iraq, shows signs of resistance at the first sound of explosions, and its up to the guys from VLK to determine if she is capable of seeing combat again. Danny is dealing with a different kind of personnel problem: K.C., the bosss son, is perpetually showing up late and missing work. His young age and lack of real-life experience make it difficult for him to earn the respect he thinks he deserves: not only from overzealous trainees but also from his own dad.
Alpha Dogs: Busted
Premieres Friday, February 22, 2013, at 9 PM ET
Kenny has high hopes to become the exclusive dog provider for K9s4Cops, a charitable organization that buys police dogs for departments across the country that cant afford them.
The leaders of the charity visit VLK with an officer who is to receive a K-9 from the charity, but after he makes his selection, Bobby and Kenny are shocked to learn the dog needs to be comfortable working in and around water. If these two cant get the dog up to speed, it could affect the relationship with K9s4Cops and cost the kennel thousands of dollars in new business.
In nearby Kokomo, Ind., Kenny and Danny work with a group of police officers to build their dogs confidence in taking out a bad guy. One handler shines bright, so Kenny and Danny invite him along on a real drug bust to give him a taste for real-world detection. Will he falter in the face of adversity, or continue to show potential?


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Submitted on Nie, 08/31/2014 - 12:52pm
On Labor Day - Monday, Sept. 1st - workers at a Jimmy Johns franchise in Baltimore, Maryland are taking action with their union - the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union! They will be flyering outside of their store today in order to press for their demands. Lets give their action a little more oomph and show the bosses that we union members stick together! We will be in front of the store from noon (12:00) EST until 2:00 EST, lets keep the phones ringing! A couple of ground rules: no threatening, try to avoid profanity, and most importantly call often!
Here are the numbers to call:
Mike Gillett (franchise owner): 410-404-5684 Daniel Dolch (franchise owner): 443-797-2472
And here is what you should say (feel free to add more though!):
Submitted on Wto, 08/26/2014 - 8:46am
Please sign and share our petition calling on Starbucks to provide fair schedules for their employees!
The IWW Starbucks Workers Union (SWU) has been working with the media since August 10th to bring attention to scheduling practices in the Food and Retail Industry, and Starbucks in particular.
Submitted on Nie, 08/24/2014 - 4:37pm
By the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union
BALTIMORE, MD- On Friday morning, August 22nd, Jimmy John's workers at Pratt Street engaged in a short work stoppage and marched on the boss to demand the right to organize without retaliation. They gathered in front of the store at approximately 10:30 AM. Workers and supporters made speeches outside of the store. The workers told stories of their working conditions and retaliation for organizing.
Submitted on Wto, 08/12/2014 - 4:55pm
By the IWW Starbucks Workers Union
Company Enriches Shareholders While Maintaining Inadequate Working Conditions
NEW YORK, NY - The Industrial Workers of the World, Starbucks Workers Union released a report today, "Low Wages and Grande Profits at Starbucks" with an analysis of company performance over the last decade. The report describes how Starbucks has dramatically improved profitability at the company since the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and that the company has enriched shareholders at the expense of its nearly 200,000 workers.
Submitted on Nie, 08/10/2014 - 1:06pm
BALTIMORE, MD - Workers at Jimmy Johns have announced their membership in the IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union and have asked management to recognize their union and negotiate. This decision was prompted by the actions of Mike Gillett and Danny Dolch, owners of the Jimmy Johns franchise, who have targeted workers for their desire to have a more fair workplace.
Workers and supporters leafleted the Pratt Street location and presented demands this morning, declaring their membership in the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union.
The demands of the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union include union recognition and wage parity with their landlord hotel, the Hilton. Wage parity would bring Driver's wages to $10.75 an hour, In-shop wages to $11.34 an hour, and Persons In Charge wages to $12.34 an hour. They are also demanding that wage parity with the Hilton be maintained.


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St. Paul's national convention in 2008 was so much fun, Minneapolis now wants a turn
Minneapolis is bidding to get the 2012 Democratic National Convention, reports the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.
The city's convention and visitors bureau will make the official pitch, using Target Center, the Metrodome, TCF Bank Stadium and the Minneapolis Convention Center as reasons for the Democrats to come here for what should be a "four-more-years" love-fest for President Obama.
Minneapolis was quite involved with the 2008 Republican National Convention — held at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. Many delegates stayed in Minneapolis hotels and attended dinners and parties in the Mill City, after riding buses back and forth to St. Paul.
Both cities were very involved in security aspects, too. And you can bet protesters will be back again in force, if Minneapolis gets the bid.
Says the Business Journal:
Denver hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The event attracted more than 50,000 visitors, generating an estimated economic impact of $266.1 million to Denver metro area.
The 2008 Republican National Convention, meanwhile, generated an estimated economic impact of $170 million, according to a study conducted by Dave Brennan, co director of the Institute for Retailing Excellence at the University of St. Thomas.
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I wonder if Minneapolis will promise to miltarize the police and have the riot gear ready, too. It was a scary place, downtown, during the St. Paul convention. Not from the radicals, but from the cops.
I agree with Mike; downtown St. Paul was a creepy police state during the RNC.
It's interesting that Denver made a lot more money from the Democrats coming to town then we did from the Repubs. One would think the Republicans would be a wealthier bunch. (Perhaps a bit tighter fisted? Scrooge McDuck comes to mind here.) Maybe the next time the GOP comes to town they'll take a page from Sarah Palin's playbook and go on Denny Hecker-sized shopping trips to the MOA.
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WASHINGTON, January 4, 2014 – Hollywood News Flash: Nicolas Cage celebrates his 50th birthday on Tuesday, January 7. It's currently fashionable in at least some critical circles to disparage Cage for making his recent propensity to choose less than ideal scripts. But such naysayers neglect to remember this talented American actor's best work.
The versatile Cage, in fact, is best known for his wide range of roles in notable films such as "National Treasure," "Face/Off," and "Leaving Las Vegas," the latter of which earned him an Oscar for Best Actor.
Cage was previously married to actress Patricia Arquette and Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie. He is also nephew of legendary director Francis Coppola. This week, the List of Ten takes a look at his top films.
10. City of Angels (1998) - This picturesque fantasy about supernatural romance, is derived from the German film "Wings of Desire," whose story line is transposed from Berlin to Los Angeles. Cage plays an angel-in-waiting, moved by the sorrow of Meg Ryan, a surgeon whose loses a patient. He and his heavenly hosts are garbed in long coats and gather on the beach at sunset. It is a brooding and thoughtful film.
9. World Trade Center (2006) - This surprisingly good docudrama, directed by Oliver Stone, won rave reviews. Cage and Michael Peña play Port Authority cops who are among the last people rescued from the smoldering debris at Ground Zero.
8. Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) - In this witty and charming nuptial chase film, Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker play private detective Jack Singer and schoolteacher Betsy Nolan, who take a marriage trip to Las Vegas. Their marriage plans are sabotaged by a notorious gambler, Tommy Korman, played to the hilt by James Caan who finds Parker to be an irresistible double for his late wife. Caan lures Cage into a high-stakes poker game and inevitable complications ensue. Film locations range from New York City to Las Vegas to Hawaii.
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7. Moonstruck (1987) - Cage stars as a sweet, doe-eyed opera lover in this old-fashioned romance that stars Cher in perhaps her best film performance. In this poignant, feel-good flick, Cher is married to Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello). But after he flies off to visit his sick mother in Sicily, she falls for Johnny's estranged younger brother, Ronny, earnestly played by Cage.
6. It Could Happen To You (1994) - In this delightful romantic comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, New York cop Nicolas Cage splits his winning lottery ticket with waitress Bridget Fonda, much to his wife Rosie Perez's chagrin. Cage portrays the patient, passive spouse in a classic ethnic and temperamental mismatch with his Puerto Rican wife.
5. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - You may find yourself tumbling into a state of profound depression as you watch Cage drain his umpteenth glass of alcohol in this fatalistic down-and-out odyssey, but his acting skills here are amazing to behold. Cage plays a disgraced, terminally alcoholic screenwriter named Ben, who has already lost his family to drink as well as being fired from a lucrative job before the movie even begins.
After scrounging enough money to finance his reduced personal needs, Ben abandons his Los Angeles stomping grounds and spends the last sad weeks of his ruined life in Vegas, drinking himself to death. This is a great film. But you likely won't be able to bear watching it twice.
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4. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) - Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner), who is newly separated from her TV pitchman husband (Nicholas Cage), is reluctant to attend her 25-year high school reunion in this bittersweet time-travel romance directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
The pair of actors apparently didn't get on very well while making this film. In her 2008 book, Turner claimed that Cage was busted twice for DUI and once for stealing a dog. Cage responded by stating, "The reason why you've never seen a mugshot of me is because it does not exist." He went on to win a libel suit against Turner in a London court.
3. Face/Off (1997) - In this suspense thriller directed by John Woo, John Travolta's FBI agent Sean Archer is so determined to foil villain Castor Troy, played by Cage, that he acquires a facsimile of Troy's appearance via plastic surgery when going undercover in a federal prison. While complex, the film is a real nail-biter.
2. Raising Arizona (1987) - Cage and Holly Hunter portray an odd, hillbilly couple longing to be parents in this cult-famous and quirky film directed by brothers Ethan and Joel Coen. Cage's deadpan narration warms you to his character. He plays a convenience store robber named "Hi," who's married to prison warder Hunter ("Ed"). When the couple discover they are unable to have children, they set out to kidnap a baby from the richest man in town whose wife has given birth to quintuplets. It's a classic chase film involving a pair of escaped idiot convicts (John Goodman and William Forstythe) and a motor-bike riding bounty hunter from hell.
1. Red Rock West (1993) - This suspense thriller starring Cage, Dennis Hopper and Sherilyn Fenn, turned out to be one of the best noir films to come along in quite a while. In the nondescript ranching town of Red Rock, Wyoming, Cage is mistaken for a hit man arriving a week late for his assignment, and finds it tempting to take the money and run. But surprising romantic complications cause the plot to thicken.
This excellent film defied conventional marketing wisdom by enjoying theatrical success after having been shown on cable TV and released in stores as a rental. Directed by John Dahl, the film is exceptionally clever and witty. The audience identifies with Cage who portrays a well-meaning, resilient out-of-towner who finds himself stuck in a bleak, dead-end town surrounded by an unexpected nest of vipers.
− Compiled by John Haydon
Sources: Associated Press, The Washington Times movie reviews, The Evening Standard (London)
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Oct 22, 2013 6:19 PM by April Hansen, KSBY
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward with an ordinance that would ban plastic bags in certain areas of the county.
The board requested that a permanent draft be written and brought back in the spring for a final vote.
The ordinance would affect the unincorporated parts of the county, including Orcutt and Los Alamos, and means businesses wouldn't be allowed to give customers plastic bags, only recycled paper bags or reusable.
"Do you want paper or plastic?"
It's a choice shoppers at Spencer's Fresh Market may not have next year.
Spencer's is one of 74 businesses in the county that would have to put away the plastic.
"I wouldn't like it. I've done it before where you have to put everything loose in your basket and get it to your car and then it rolls all over your car," said Steven Hess.
It would affect stores that are at least 10,000 square feet and sell dry groceries and canned goods, including drug stores, pharmacies and grocery stores.
"I didn't approve of it because people in my district feel it's a little big brother intrusion," said Fifth District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino.
Several communities on the Central Coast have already adopted a plastic bag ban.
Shoppers in San Luis Obispo County are charged 10 cents for a paper bag if they don't have a reusable shopping bag.
Santa Barbara's ban goes into effect in April 2014.
"The ordinance will come back to us in about six months and probably in about six months to a year the ordinance would be implemented," said Lavagnino.
He says that should give residents time to adjust and get used to shopping with their own bags.
"I have a few of them, but never use them. They never end up in the car," said Hess.
"If you forewarn them and that it's going to happen. They need to be forewarned, not just all of a sudden it happens and you're not prepared," said Peggy Hendry.
This plastic bag ban would also charge shoppers 10 cents if they do not bring their own bags.
It would not apply to restaurants, department stores and wine tasting rooms.
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In a way, the slow machinations of justice had given her something to keep her going. There was always another hearing, another trial, another sentencing--another step as she fought to keep her head above the still-rising tide of her grief. She had no idea what would happen when the last of the legal proceedings was finished and there were no more steps.
Nor did she care.
Angela had no illusions that it would soon "be over." It would never be over. Some members of her family talked about getting on with their lives once Francisco was sentenced and urged her to do the same. She had her friends and family who loved her. And there was her new grandson, Brandon, named after the murdered aunt he would never know.
She loved them all and knew they meant well. But they weren't Brandy. Nor could they lift the enormous weight of guilt she felt. Discussion about what Angela should do "when this is over" had led to arguments, and she'd withdrawn even further into her shell. She came out only when she was called back to court.
At prosecutor Sargent's bidding, Angela now rises from the pew where she'd been sitting with her family. Once again, she'll try to explain the impact of a never-ending nightmare. She doesn't care what decision the judges reach. She hadn't been disappointed with the panel's decision to spare Danny; such things were in God's hands. And she feels for both of the mothers on the other side of the courtroom.
Either way--life without parole or a lethal injection--Francisco will not be hurting any more little girls. But Sargent, whom she trusts implicitly, has told her it's important. One last time.
As she stands trembling next to Sargent at the podium, Angela clutches the paper on which she's written what she wants to say. It will soon be two years since Brandy was killed. Sometimes it seems like a long time ago, but in May, the last month of Brandy's life, it always seems like yesterday.
Angela keeps her eyes on the judges. The prosecutors have told her not to state what penalty she thinks is appropriate or to address Francisco personally. But avoiding Francisco won't be difficult: He isn't here. Instead, Francisco is represented by three lawyers and an empty chair.
Angela doesn't want Brandy to become just another victim in one of those textbook cases the lawyers are so fond of spitting back and forth at each other. She doesn't want them to forget that Brandy was once a real little girl.
Already she can feel the tears, never more than a memory away, waiting to spill over. So she begins while she still can. "I want to tell you a little bit about Brandy," she says, looking up at the row of impassive judges.
"She was fourteen years old, and she was a shy person."
This is the only good thing about testifying: It gives Angela an opportunity to talk about the little girl she knew. The good student. The athlete. The teenager who was still shy about her body.
"And now I go to the mountain where she died," Angela says. "I pick up the rocks that have dried blood on them, and I put them in my yard, because I don't want them up there. I don't want people seeing them or walking on them or driving on them.
"And I have there to go, and I have her grave to go to and just sit there and talk to her, and I don't get to hear her calling me 'Mom' anymore, hear her voice or see her or hug her or...," she wraps her arms around herself and weeps, "Oh, God, she had the best touch."
With an effort, Angela moves on to thank God that the last words she and her daughter said to each other were words of love. "She loved me a lot. That girl loved me a lot, and I could feel it, and now I don't feel it no more. And now I don't even care about life. I don't care about nothing."
Her husband has had to suffer the loss of both his wife and stepdaughter. "I look at him and his boys," Angela says, "and I think, 'Why? Why do you get your kids?' Why does he get them, and I don't get mine? What did I do? She didn't do nothin'. She's just a little girl. And how come everybody else gets their kids, and I don't get to see mine, or touch mine, or tell her I love her?"
Failure eats at her every day. Parents are supposed to keep their children safe, and she didn't. "Everyone knows that that's the way it is...But I couldn't save her. I couldn't help her. I couldn't comfort her."
Maybe, she says, if she's good, there'll be a chance to atone in the future. "If I'm lucky enough, I'll be with her again, because I know she's in a good place, and I got to work real hard so I can be with her, and that's the only thing I think that keeps me going...that I get to see her again.


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Since the 9/11 attacks, no book has provided a satisfactory answer as to WHY the attacks occurred and who was ultimately responsible for carrying them out - until now.
Of course they are! Nothing more than badly trained dogs (of war, or course). No heroims to be found here. Filthly, filthly dogs. Thats all. And no, that's nothing to be proud of either. It's the best you can get under the circumstances (ignorance is bliss and stupid, stupid public).
I was tortured for almost 3 years by the FBI and their friends only
because 85 years old man, Roland Sibens(chicago) convinced them that I
am a terrorist. I was tortured for working on my prosthetic legs in
the basement. I done absolutely nothing illegal or wrong. They thought
that in theory it is possible to hide bomb in them. They saw an
opportunity to get famous, so they were trying to torture me till I
sign their insane story. They tortured me using more than 100
different torturing methods and trust to me waterboarding is not how
they torture nowadays. I dont know where to find justice.
I think that after 9/11 things got out of control. Freedom fighters
became tyrants. In 1945, most Germans had an opportunity to learn about Nazis death
camps. I hope that one day American citizens will get chance to learn about people
like me, who were tortured with no reason for years.


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Release Date: 2005 | Tracklist
Scott M. Baldwin (3)SOAD's least focused album, but it's still listenable....Will C. (3.5)S.O.A.D. have matured a lot since their times of "Steal This Album". Their sound has calme...vanderb0b (4)System of a Down goes mainstream without losing any of their quality (surprisingly)....David Driver (4.5)Stylized, high-quality metal that has a resounding element of fun, fun, fun....
TheTanMan (4.5)Quite possibly the pinnacle of System Of A Down's musical career, Mezmerize is an experien...grungekicksmetalsass (2)...John weathered old reviewer Hanson STAFF (3)...k4t4lyst (4)...
Ian (2.5)...barosjn (3.5)...Luke M. Jenkins (Confessed) (4.5)...bass31 (4)...
mranti (3.5)...Clumpy (3.5)...Fox83 (4.5)...
Album Rating: 2.5please leave a comment telling me what you thought of the album/review!
Album Rating: 3.5hi
Digging: Bjork - Vulnicura
Album Rating: 3.5Review wasn't that bad, could be better. I actually liked Old School Hollywood ahaha...
Album Rating: 2.5yeah I'm a rookie, still getting used to this whole thing. I just think it's so different from the rest of the album, I don't feel like it fits.
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah I guess that's true aha. For your next review I would definitely cut out the Pro/Con section of the review.
YoYoMancuso Congrats, mate. youre getting better with each review. have a POS. I havent listened to System Of A Down in such a long time. I discovered them in America when i was 12, it was my favorite album for a while.
Album Rating: 4.0I didn't read in full, but I completely agree with that summary.
Album Rating: 3.5Definitely, I used to like this a lot more when it came out, Hypnotize was always meh to me
Album Rating: 2.0zzzzzZZZZzzZZZzzzz...
People need to realise that Steal This Album was simply a b-sides comp
Album Rating: 3.5I know right
Album Rating: 2.0
this was the first record i ever hated
Digging: Robert Hood - Internal Empire
Album Rating: 2.0I prefer Steal This Album to everything else they've done, excluding s/t.
i like everything up to this
once Daron got more creative control their albums started sucking.
well this was a terrible fucking review, so i guess it kind of fits
drumming is ridiculously simple but complex
Album Rating: 3.5I agree that this is a little better than hypnotize, but imo there isn't a big difference. I've got both @ 3.5
Album Rating: 2.5sucks!
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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by David Simpson
This article describes real-world examples for using LiveCode to develop code generator apps for a variety of software development languages.
You might have a situation in which it is necessary to write the same types of applications on a routine basis. If there are commonly used features you need within an application there is no reason to write that code manually for each application. Of course, commonly used routines can be put into a library files for most development languages. However a static library is not going to be the best fit for every situation. Sometimes it may be better to custom generate code and use variables within the code generator to substitute changes you desire to make throughout the app.
At other times, it may be helpful to take code from one programming language and convert it into a different programming language. An automated code conversion process might be the first step to take when converting a large IT system from one development environment to another.
There is no reason to manually re-type all of the code when doing a conversion like this. Building even a simple code generator can save a lot of typing, reduce errors, and provide the developer with a sense of accomplishment. Sometimes, one of the biggest hurdles to performing a large-scale conversion project is just overcoming the inertia of starting the task.
LiveCode is very well designed for text processing, reading, and generating files. Furthermore, LiveCode can build your application as a standalone app for multiple operating systems and mobile devices. This is the route I have followed during the development of FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition.
LiveCode is a great development environment for quickly building little utilities to help you with your development projects. This tool is one of the first I created to help generate LiveCode scripts from other languages. Now, just because the title is "XML to LiveCode Converter" doesn't mean a whole lot. This little utility will take any source text and turn it into a series of PUT statements which you can paste into the LiveCode IDE script editor.
This annotated screenshot shows the how to use this little stack.
The source text is converted into lines of PUT statements, written into the LiveCode field which is also put onto the clipboard.
Here is what the code looks like within the button:
It is just a matter of looping thru the lines of code copied from the source field into the tSourceCode variable, and processing each line. The simple bit of processing being done here is the replacement of embedded quote characters with the quote constant surrounded by concatenation characters. This is followed by adding a PUT statement before the text, followed by the ending of the statement which substitutes the supplied variable name.
Following the processing of all of the lines of code in the source field, the output code is written into the output field and then copied to the clipboard using the copy command on line 20.
The result may be dozens or hundreds of lines of LiveCode code which is ready for pasting directly into the IDE. From this point onward I usually will perform my own variable substitution within the generated code. As a result of using this simple little utility, I immediately have blocks of syntactically correct code for my project. This process results in a great reduction in typing errors, syntax errors and overall frustration.
5 Part LiveCode Conversion Article
One of the unique features built into LiveCode is the storage of custom properties within stack files. This feature is immediately useful when generating LiveCode stack files from databases. FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition internally stores a binary copy of a template stack file which FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition populates with cards created from the layouts of a source database (FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Access and Visual FoxPro).
The contents of Custom Properties do not get modified by LiveCode when opening a stack on different platforms. However the contents of regular fields are modified with the correct line endings for the platform upon which the stack has been opened. This feature insures that if you put a binary file within a Custom Property, its contents won't be unexpectedly changed.
In addition to creating the objects on each card (graphic objects, fields, vector graphics and text objects), FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition writes customized handlers onto each card for reading the data from the database file into the stack fields. Scripts from the source database are also converted into LiveCode instructions, and written into a text file.
As was shown in the LiveCode example, I make use of custom properties to store a variety of source files for a CakePHP website. First, I store the entire CakePHP distribution as a zip file and unzip the file to create the entire CakePHP project directory.
The entire directory structure within the app1 directory, has been created by writing out a custom property having the CakePHP application directory within a zip file. Then the zip file is expanded to the directory structure shown in the screenshot.
This little bit of code writes out the zip file (#590), opens the zip archive (#592), then loops thru each of the items within the archive to extract the contents (#600 - 614). The features of this code have been turned into a function for use in multiple places, but this example shows how the function works as well.
This is an example I wrote myself as a commercial application sold through the Mac App Store. Yes, you can make applications that convert code that are very sellable software products. Don't feel limited by the code examples here - just about any language will work, using the same principles here.
The VFP Code Converter incorporates a more sophisticated code conversion technique. This utility reads Visual FoxPro .PRG files, and converts them into server-side JavaScript code for use within the Servoy application server. However this technique can also be applied to doing conversions for other languages as well.
Another valuable result is the list of conversion statistics showing the estimated conversion percentage, including coverage of commented lines, unsupported lines, and the unprocessed keywords list. If the unprocessed keywords list shows a high incidence of certain keywords getting missed during processing, then it represents a good feedback statistic for future enhancements.
The Database to LiveCode Conversion feature built into FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition enables LiveCode developers to quickly convert popular database files into full-featured LiveCode database front end applications, revLets or even mobile apps (IOS, Android). A working application can be created in seconds, without manual coding for commonly requested database features. SQL Yoga is used as the database API for generated LiveCode stack files - and SQL Yoga is also included in OmegaBundle 2012.
For the OmegaBundle, FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition includes license keys for the following features:
David Simpson is the president of .com Solutions Inc., and a LiveCode developer of database applications since 2001.