text:
I feel like I've received an education in Shaker cabinets here, over the last few months. I always bookmarked white kitchens, but didn't realize that 99.9% of them were Shaker cabinets! So I'm curious... If your kitchen has Shaker cabinets, does the rest of your house? Baths, built-ins, etc.? What got me thinking about this is the "Something's Gotta' Give House" - it has Shaker kitchen cabinets, but the built-ins in the dining room are not Shaker. Just curious how you make it all "blend"... Mind-blowing, this building a kitchen from ground up! ;) |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by wi-sailorgirl (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 12:10
Nope. Our cabinetry is all over the place. We're just about to install modified Shaker cabinetry in the kitchen. The downstairs bathroom has the same raised panel cabinetry that we're removing from the kitchen and we'll leave that. Upstairs, where we built a new (previously non-existing) bathroom a couple years ago we did a slab stained door. Our contractor and the cabinet maker on that job fought us on it (I will never understand that, by the way, why in the world would they care what is in our house), saying it didn't relate to what else is going on in the house, but to us, it made perfect sense. We have kind of a coastal cottage with nautical accents vibe going on. I tend to prefer slightly more modern bathrooms and kitchens because I think it's a cleaner look and those are two spaces where I appreciate clean and uncluttered, and by bringing what I consider to be modern nautical, I think it all works. And despite the concerns of the contractor and cabinet maker, we've never had someone walk into it and say they thought it looked out of place. It's a really small bathroom so I have to show two pictures for you to get a feel for it: |
Other than wall color, trim, and flooring, nothing in my house matches or is coordinated. It's not a theme park. |
We have white shaker cabinets in our kitchen but although our bathroom cabinets are also shaker style they are in natural maple. Counter tops are different between kitchen and bathroom as well which to me makes sense. However none of our buffets or other furniture storage is shaker style. |
- Posted by momand3boys (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 12:39
Our kitchen is stained medium cherry shaker. Our attached dining set is not but a dark cherry color. Tv console thing is cherry modified shaker. Upstairs we have cherry THomasville furniture. I don't think its shaker but straight lines. DS#1 has great grandma's mahogany set that he has just about shot to death. And DS#2 has cherry color set, not sure why, he's denting and scratching it up. Meanwhile, everything shows dust. Why did I do that?? But our style is straight lines and more of a modern feel. |
- Posted by may_flowers (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 13:14
We have natural cherry Shaker kitchen cabinets. I wanted clean and simple. I'm planning the bathroom remodel now, and I want to use a little fancier door style. I prefer a recessed door panel, and I'll use either a darker stained wood or paint. Small house, so we're trying to have a little consistency in the permanent cabinetry. |
We just bought this place and it was built in 1926. Kitchen cabinets seem to be original and have mostly shaker doors with slab front drawers (which is common with shaker doors) and slab doors on the sink cabinet. The hall bath vanity appears to be a 1960s addition and has slab doors. The master bath vanity was obviously replaced for resale and has shaker. If you can't see the rooms from each other, I don't think they need to match, although I would not be likely to combine super shiny modern slab white doors and shaker cherry doors in the same house, for example. If you can see them at the same time (in a great room type situation, for example) I would want them to relate to each other in some way, but I still wouldn't feel compelled to have them be exactly the same. |
Kitchens were utilitarian rooms using utilitarian materials and construction techniques. Cabinets had shaker doors because that was the simplest way to keep a door functional and rigid--no one would waste money on ornamenting cabinetry in a kitchen. Later plywood became more widely available and its quality improved, and kitchen cabinets moved on to slab doors. The same house with Shaker or slab doors in the kitchen would usually have much more finely constructed and decorated doors in the rest of the house. Bathroom vanities were uncommon, so the only other built-in cabinetry would likely have been in the dining or living rooms. Shaker doors are currently trendy. They give a contemporary feel because they are simple. There is no need to match cabinet door styles throughout a house, but there is always a need to make design choices deliberately. Is the house formal or casual? Is the kitchen seen from the LR or FR in an open concept space? etc. |
- Posted by cloud_swift (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 21:24
- Posted by Mizinformation (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 22:13
My two cents: Don't worry about matching. Go with themes that please you and seem to flow, but don't stress about everything being the same. We intend to do simple recessed panel Shaker cabinets (slab top drawer, panel lower drawers) in our kitchen remodel. We have a 1911 Craftsman with no original cabs in the kitchen (all dark 1970s pecan with orange formica counters), but all the built-ins throughout the rest of the house have the very dark Arts & Crafts wood Shaker-style recessed doors, and slab drawers with tarnished bronze hardware. The slab drawers are rounded more on the edges and corners than the contemporary ones. Not everything in the house is matchy-matchy; the original doors in the less-formal upstairs, kitchen and basement are 5-panel raised panel painted doors, and there are more formal-looking 1-over-3 raised panel doors in the first-floor entry, living room, downstairs bath, parlor and dining room. Built-ins with the Shaker style doors include a linen closet, window seat drawers, drawers in an inglenook bench, and glass bookcase built below the wrap-around of a fireplace mantle. It's a simple, clean look, and luckily it makes it easy for us to choose kitchen cabinets that happen to be one of the cheaper styles now available. That said, we're not going to stress about matching the wood tones or exact proportions in the kitchen -- budget, availability of recycled materials and whimsy will trump historic verisimilitude. |
Our house sounds pretty much the same as Mizinformation's--1915 Arts and Crafts house, so the cabinetry throughout the house was already Shaker-style doors with partial overlay slab drawers. (In our area, most houses built in the 1910s-1930s had the same Shaker-style cabinetry throughout; the main difference was that it would be painted with solid doors in the kitchen and bath, while the "public rooms" would have stained wood cabinetry built of nicer woods with glass doors.) We did the same style in the kitchen, except we also used Shaker-style drawer fronts on our frameless cabinetry to mimic the look of inset (and we have one wall of inset, which uses slab inset drawers). We did choose the cabinet style to match the other cabinetry in the house, but I wouldn't have worried about it with a newer house or one that didn't already have some consistency throughout it. I think it can read contemporary or transitional in a house with a blend of finishes and styles. |
- Posted by Artichokey (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 14:13
Similar to what marcolo, Mizinformation, and artemis78 said, my kitchen has white painted Shaker cabinets and the dining room has fancier stained cabinetry with glass doors. The kitchen and dining room are essentially closed to each other. (The original swinging door was removed by a previous owner so there's a standard-sized open doorway between the two rooms, but the doorway is off to the side so you can't see into the kitchen.) As marcolo said, public spaces in this style of house have money spent on decoration; private spaces are very utilitarian. Your house may have a different style, especially if there is less separation between public and private space. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Kitchens Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
Blog | Comments |
WoW | 5 Comments |
Recent Comments:
Win a pony from WoW.com {WoW}
Apr 15th 2010 7:44PM I'll take one!
Breakfast Topic: World PvP {WoW}
Apr 8th 2010 8:28AM Getting the For the Alliance! achievement was probably the most fun I've ever had playing WoW. I was level 62 on my hunter when we did it, shortly after WotLK was released. A level 80 friend and I setup a website and recruited people for about a week beforehand. We gathered up in Rachet and recruited more from our guilds and then went to work. We knocked out all 4 cities in about 3 hours and I think I died less than 5 times.
Win more maintenance day loot {WoW}
Mar 23rd 2010 10:32AM Would be cool to win one of these.
Ghostcrawler: If you're 80, you're hardcore {WoW}
Dec 5th 2008 2:36PM God forbid we learn to spell.
Ghostcrawler: If you're 80, you're hardcore {WoW}
Dec 5th 2008 2:13PM @TonyMotorola
I totally agree with you. With TBC, endgame content was but a dream to me as I worked my way toward 70. No one on my server ever even downed a boss in Sunwell and very few downed bosses in the raids leading up to that.
With the changes Blizzard has brought with the expansion, I'm excited to get to 80 so I can experience the endgame content without devoting days on end to playing WoW (something my soon-to-be wife would not be happy with at all).

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The biggest sports weekend of the year just got bigger with the first ever, live 3D broadcast of a UFC Pay-Per-View event.
Don't miss a second of the action when UFC brings its highly anticipated February 4th event to more than 100 theaters across the nation.
This 3D event will be the first of four annual Pay-Per-View cards planned in 3D for theatres via the partnership between UFC and Cinedigm Digital Cinema.
Sign up to be the first to know when theatre locations are announced and tickets are available.
Sign up for the latest news, event, and ticket info, and
we'll keep you posted about our 2012 UFC Live 3D events.


text:
The 2013 Red Burgundies
Stephen Tanzer, January 2015
Brovia – Barolo Rocche di Castiglione: 1982-2010
Antonio Galloni, January 2015
In the Shadow of Mount Fuji
Joel B. Payne, January 2015
Soldera – Case Basse: Brunello di Montalcino 1981-2006
Antonio Galloni, January 2015
More Articles →
Vinous Table
Restaurant La Galottière, Loire
Joel B. Payne, January 2015
L'Angolo d'Abruzzo, L'Aquila
Ian D'Agata, January 2015
Bar Boulud, New York
Antonio Galloni, December 2014
Miramonti l'Altro, Lombardy, Italy
Ian D'Agata, December 2014
More Vinous Table →
Vinous Favorites
2013 Jos. Christoffel Jun. Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett, 92 points
Karl-Joseph Christoffel's 2013 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett is the Mosel at its finest: pure, finely chiseled and unbelievable elegant! It is a tribute to how Riesling blossoms on slate soils. Delicately off-dry, it is my top value pick for Germany in 2013. (JP)


text:
Only time will tell if Sunday will grow up to look like Nicole or Keith Urban, but we can get a sneak peek into the future thanks to the magic of Photoshop.
Is this what newborn Sunday Rose will look like in the coming months?:
Judging by this artist's impression it looks like Sunday will take after mum in the "deathly pale skin tone" department!


text:
Showing 1-24 of 254 items
- Sort by:
Bull Moose Bar & Grille - Culinary Champion!
Winner of the Aurora Area's Best Burger Competition Bull Moose offers an inventive menu, with fresh, quality ingredients offered at affordable prices. The Bull Moose has taken on a Cheers-type atmosphere, becoming the local meeting place in town. The spectacular bar provides a great place for afternoon drinks or late night partying. •Award-winning Burgers •Unique Sandwiches •An array of Appetizers •Steaks & Ribs and other delicious entrees •Homemade Soups & Desserts •Great place for both Lunch & Dinner •A Full-service Bar & an Outdoor Patio •Wireless Internet & an ATM •Daily Specials & a NEW Lunch Specials Menu •Dine-In & Carry-Out
CITY: Sandwich
Bull Moose Bar & Grille
At the Bull Moose Bar & Grille, their culture is driven by the cheerful, enthusiastic, dedicated staff. They provide a historic setting incorporating a 1893 Pullman Palace Car Company dining car used by President Roosevelt in his 1912 political campaign. They offer an inventive menu, with fresh, quality ingredients offered at affordable prices. The Bull Moose has taken on a Cheers-type atmosphere, becoming the local meeting place in town. The spectacular bar provides a great place for afternoon drinks or late night partying.
CITY: Sandwich
Stone Mill Museum
A four-floor large museum located in a former stone mill, including items from the area and a room dedicated to Native America artifacts. A 24' long mural depicts the different eras of Indians and a buffalo hide nearby showing life of an Indian tribe. Open Sundays 1-4 pm from April to October. Tours by appointment.
CITY: Sandwich
Gene's Carry Out
Breakfast– offered all day long! Lunch– lunch and daily specials available every day! Dinner– ask about the chicken specials for families and parties! Coffee– fresh brewed regular and decaf and they also serve hot chocolate and cappuccino!
CITY: Sandwich
Knuckle Hedz
Great food, casual atmosphere and fun crowd. CLOSED MONDAY, open at 2 pm on TUESDAY, otherwise open daily at 11:30 am and serving lunch.
CITY: Sandwich
Marie Louise Olmstead Memorial Museum
Tours by appointment Some describe this museum as a "hidden gem" because of their display of local, cultural, natural and prehistoric history for lower DeKalb and upper LaSalle Counties.
CITY: Somonauk
Santa Fe Restaurant
A family owned and operated restaurant since 1981, with locations in Glen Ellyn and Sandwich, Illinois. They specialize in delicious, authentic Mexican food, and our Margaritas have been voted the best Margaritas in DuPage county for almost 30 years!
CITY: Sandwich
Brenda's Frozen Custard
Frozen Custard, Burgers, Dinners, Fast Food, Hot Dogs and Sandwiches
CITY: Sandwich
21 - 22
Pipe Dreams Organ Concert
Visitors will be treated to the remarkable sounds of unique pipe organs as they attend concerts daily at Streator churches. Locations to be determined. There is no charge for the concerts, but a free will offering will be taken, with proceeds going to a local charity. For more information call 888-485-9895 or visit www.streator.org.
CITY: Streator
Cotton Patch Gospel
Phil Kaufman brings to life the Book of Matthew in this one-man show which was originally written by Tom Key and adapted by singer/songwriter Harry Chapin. Kaufman plays more than two instruments at one time and over 20 characters! 100% of show proceeds donated to world hunger organizations worldwide. Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
Gonzo's Pizzeria
Gonzo's has been open since December of 2007 in Sandwich, IL. Offering the 50 year old recipe of Gary "Gario" Schaefer the ONE and ONLY Gario!! Offering Carry out, dine in and Delivery service to surrounding areas.
CITY: Sandwich
Nel's Catering
Family owned and operated since 1982, Nel's Catering is known locally for it's excellent food at fair prices. Nel's Catering is known for their potato salad and Italian Beef Sandwiches, but they carry a large variety of salads and meat choices in the deli. They will cater to your needs and ideas. No job is too big or too small. They can create menus to match your tastes and themes.
CITY: Somonauk
22 - 24
Fabulous Vegas Guys
Sit back and enjoy all that Las Vegas has (and had) to offer with The Fabulous Vegas Guys! From the Rat Pack and Elvis to Neil Diamond and everything in between! Mixing comedy, great music and dead-on impressions, this is truly a must see show! Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. Evening shows include wine tasting, dinner and show at $37.00 per person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
Legacy Girls - 50's, 60's Review
Take a trip back to the '50s & 60s and get ready to rock the songs that shaped the decades! From the Supremes to the Chordettes and the Beatles to Elvis Presley, The Legacy Girls will bring their own sassy style to all of your favorites. Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
BBQ Express
Started as a Trolley Trailer, now moved into a permanent location in Somonauk. 30 years in the food and beverage industry has provided them with the experience needed to offer excellent service and an undeniably mouth-watering menu using the freshest ingredients and a 4th generation BBQ recipe! everything from our famous Pulled Pork BBQ down to the handmade Creamy Coleslaw. Come experience their flavors that are BBQ Express!
CITY: Somonauk
Teddy Bear Tea
Grandmothers, mothers and children! Grab your favorite teddy bear and join us for cookies and tea at the Lodge! Plus enjoy "bear stories" by Trish Kelly and activities! Take home a complimentary specialty tea cup! Reservation required. $17.00 per person. For more information or to make reservations, please call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
11 - 12
Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
Enjoy all the great songs Bobby Darin made famous including Mack the Knife, Splish Splash & Beyond the Sea along with When I Fall in Love. On the surface Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee had the perfect life. The life of Dream Lovers. But there was so much more to their incredible lives! Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. Evening shows include wine tasting, dinner and show at $37.00 per person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
Winter Drum Circle
Move to the beat with local musician Dave Peterson as he leads an interactive drum circle featuring African Percussion and Native American flutes. It's an experience for all ages and ability levels. An energetic and fun way to create in the moment music with percussion instruments. Drums provided!
CITY: Utica
6 - 7
Retreat to the Rock
This event was founded in 1989 by Roseann Rossi and Pat Picco, two Christian women in the Illinois Valley who had a desire to use our beautiful Starved Rock State Park for the glory of God. They invited several women from various Christian churches to pray for guidance and come to meetings in their homes if they felt led to be involved in forming an interdenominational Christian women's retreat. Thus, Retreat to the "Rock" was birthed. Twelve ladies from various churches and backgrounds prayed, visited other retreats and called upon Winsome Women retreat from Winona Lake, Indiana to help them get started. Ethel Anderson, an officer from that retreat, was the first speaker for Retreat to the "Rock". Judy Dagraedt, a local woman with a beautiful music ministry led the music. The twelve founding members of the Retreat to the "Rock" board met and prayed fervently for the retreat, placing ten dollars a meeting in an offering to get the group started. From this humble beginning, God has used this retreat for years to proclaim His Word, bring salvation to the lost, and encourage and comfort His people. The retreat offers Bible based teaching, a variety of workshops, praise and worship, a prayer room, warm fellowship, an abundance of delicious food, and the wonderful ambiance and luxury of Starved Rock Lodge. Many women return year after year, using the retreat for a reunion of friendships, girls' night out or just good old fashioned R&R. All leave blessed.
CITY: Utica
Brother's Restaurant and Lounge
Brother's has been a community icon for over forty years. "The Home of the Beef Roll!"
CITY: Sandwich
30 - 31
Rock Around the Clock (Patty Waszak)
Direct from her Smokey Mountain theater in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee: we present Patty Waszak. Patty combines a wide variety of music along with comedy and audience participation. She is a singer, comedienne, musician. Enjoy all of those upbeat toe tappers people know and love! Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
Join us in the Great Hall of the Lodge at 8:30am for a breakfast buffet followed by Magic by Cory and an "egg"citing egg hunt at Fox Ridge plus a visit from the Easter Bunny himself. Reservations are required. There is only one seating time for this event. Adults: $13.50, Children 10 and under: $9.95. For more information and to make reservations, call 815-220-7386.
CITY: Utica


text:
The big knot with a narrow spread collar is probably why he looks weird. He would get ribbed if he posted that in some of threads on here. I imagine it has more to do with the big knot being associated with 'big timers', and the collar is more of a blunder than an intentional choice. You might want to do some searching on the crap people write about so called 'power dressing'.
Think about their hair (head and face) and even the fact that he's wearing a three piece suit (and the other guy isn't) as well.


text:
- Aeropostale Women's Arrive Late T-Shirt for $1.79 ($28 off)
Aeropostale Men's Camo Sunglasses for
$8$6.40 (pictured, $12 off)
Aeropostale via eBay takes up to 93% off select men's and women's T-shirts, with prices starting from $1.50 $1.79. It also takes up to 89% off select men's and women's accessories, with prices starting from $2. Shipping adds $7. A couple best bets:


text:
2. Your Favorite Revamped Restaurant: Fog City Diner
We dig old school San Francisco institutions, but Fog City Diner is infinitely more enjoyable with tan leather booths and an insanely delicious new menu from Bruce Hill. With a hip updated design and cool cocktails, what's not to love?
Click here for the full article.


text:
Wow. I guess there are more than 8 of you reading this blog! Either that or everybody googled Mountain Colors at once.
My birthday is coming up soon, so Mars took me to the museum yesterday for the preview of the Yves St-Laurent retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. I really wish I could have taken more photographs – the exhibition catalogue looks good but there are no close up shots in any of it, and I often find the details more interesting than the whole. Some of these were just amazing – a beaded jacket made to look like a knitted cardigan, a dress whose abundant ruffles were neatly edged with a narrow zigzag stitches, a brightly wedding jacket suit with insets proclaiming 'love me forever'… Mesmerizing. The wedding dress above was one of the few knitted items in the collection, but I still think visiting it is worthwhile to anyone interested construction and embellishment. I'm going back next week with my daughter, when there will be a screening of a documentary about YSL.
By the way, are any of you planning to attend TNNA? If so, please drop by the R&M West Coast Enterprises booth (# 100) on Saturday at 11 am. I'll be signing copies of KCS and would love to say hi!
8 Comments
I'm sure there are more than 8 of us reading! But not always commenting. I thought that wedding dress was a Pharaoh suit at first! But wow, the show sounds amazing.
Of course there are more than 8 of us reading! You are a famous sweater designer. My google reader says that 138 people subscribe to your blog feed.
Ok, I just de-lurked to say that:)
yep, I usually lurk more than comment, too–
And I don't use Google Reader, so might that add to the number?
Hmmmm, maybe I should try that yarn give away thing…
Unfortunately, no TNNA this year, but definitely next year. Have fun, and you and C. give each other hugs from me. -
Wow, that's a wedding dress? It's nice to know that someone's paying attention.
It looks terribly snuggly, that dress ~x~
It is kind of weird reading this today, as he died today. He was such a huge influence in fashion and now he is gone. I hope you enjoy the TNNA!
What a stunning exhibition! Thank you for sharing a pic of it.


text:
Blog | Comments |
WoW | 18 Comments |
Recent Comments:
Varian Wrynn hates the Horde {WoW}
Nov 26th 2008 11:35AM Hellscream is young and he is looked to as a leader. Thrall has to give him a chance, but obviously he dosnt trust him completely because he sent Saurfang to watch him. Hellscream did not experience the felblood or the things that transpired after the taint. But he is looked to by Orcs as a future leader and Thrall wants to make him a great leader but I am sure if he begins to step too far out of line then its cleave city.
Varian Wrynn hates the Horde {WoW}
Nov 25th 2008 5:59PM If I undestand the previous quests up to Wrathgate correctly. I am inclined to think those times we encountered quests that led to the betrayal of Putress ( i.e. those in Tarren Mill and Swamp of Sorrows )where it becomes evident that a plan exists to destroy all but the forsaken, that these were all precursors of Putress and the Apothecaries plot to create the Blight. I dont believe Sylvanus had any intention to wipe out her allies, I believe she just wanted to make Scourge pay. I may be wrong but it was Putress who added everyone else to the list of those to be destroyed. His betrayal has been brewing since WoW started and it comes to a head in Wrath. Thrall accepts others that the alliance would normally shun. Usually after a fall and notice when they join the horde they eventually redeme themselves. They merely needed allies to protect them while they worked some stuff out. Look at the bloodelves. Once members of the alliance. Where once they syphoned and used the light of a corrupt Naaru, they eventually shunned their prince who led them down the path then procured a natural and good source of the light in the new and improved Sunwell. And now Sylvanus and the Forsaken have purged thmselves of an evil element that had been festering for sometime in the undercity. It appears they are on a path to redemption. So in short Thrall takes in the troubled and gives them the support they need. And notice in their acceptance they tend to become better. The Orcs genuinely regret what they did and as we see with the toughest among them it occupies their thoughts. Hellscream is a jackass that if he remains unchecked he could undo some of the good Thrall has done. Luckily Sauerfang has got him in his sites so if he goes too far he might have a cleave in his future. Even more dangerous is Varian to the alliance. If they sit idle and let Varian do what he seems to desire to do, he will make the alliance capable of the atrocities commited by the demon blood orcs and find themselves in the same state of regret.
So anyway all I am saying is this is a good article but allies need to appreciate the fact that the Horde is not the one Varian thinks it is. Victory or Death, as it would be in common. For the Horde.
Countdown to Wrath giveaway: Day 2 - Razer DeathAdder mouse {WoW}
Nov 11th 2008 5:11PM I want lewtz.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - 60-day game time card {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 4:45PM Here please.
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - BlizzCon Polar Bear Mounts {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 2:22PM I want one please.
Caption This! {WoW}
Oct 21st 2008 12:06PM Stampi always knew that it didn't add up. He couldn't dance to Deathmetal like Ma and Pa. He didn't sound or move like them. One day he his thermos and his lamp would set out to find his roots and his destiny. Little did he know that fate would make him Thunder Bluffs premier Auctioneer.
Scattered Shots: What we didn't get {WoW}
Oct 9th 2008 6:06PM Totally agree they undermined the reasons SV hunters became SV hunters. We wanted to be a raid utility focused more on the success of the raid and not with us pwning dps charts. Now we are totally ruined and forced to Spec BM or MM if we want to help the raid.
Caption This! {WoW}
Oct 7th 2008 6:42PM Bow chicka WoW WoW!!!


text:
How long does it take to assemble a fine piece of automotive art? Aston Martin says some 200 man-hours. And the Gaydon, Warwickshire-based automaker of premium vehicles will spend those 200 hours bringing the new Virage back from the great beyond.
In its day, the original Virage was heralded as the next great Aston, a daring project that took a bold step away from the V8s of the time. Today, there's little pressure on the new model. It will stand well on its own, slotted between the DB9 and DBS, and presumably earn a high amount of automotive respect.
The very first Virage came off the line more than 20 years ago, and offered a five-speed manual or a three-speed automatic. Version 1.0 appeared at the 1988 Birmingham Motor Show in England, and the Virage Volante followed with a 1990 debut. Production ran from 1988 to 1995. As viewed through our modern eyes, the Virage wasn't particularly powerful--the 5.4-liter V-8 pushed out 330 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque as a coupe, and 300 horsepower as a convertible. Each weighed a tad over 3900 pounds and was fitted with de Dion rear axles with trailing-arm suspensions out back, simplistic parts that would be an unusual sight on today's sports cars. In 1992, a more powerful 6.3-liter V-8 entered the mix, eventually hitting 465 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. Even more incredibly, 1992 was the first time in Aston Martin's history that the now-ubiquitous ABS was offered. The Virage cost well over $200,000, similar to today's base price.


text:
Events &
Events & Ticketing | Calendar of Events | Box Office Information | Seating Chart | Spreckels Ticket Policy
Entertaining! Effervescent! Exciting! Extraordinary! Elegant! Energizing!
For 100 years the historic Spreckels Theatre has delivered all that and more! The Spreckels Theatre offers a wide array of live performances from the world's stages to satisfy the varied tastes of San Diego's diverse population.
Come see the best of theatre, classical concerts, rock and roll, jazz, variety, opera, dance, family entertainment, and much more. The Spreckels Theatre is guided by its dedication to present excellence in theatre arts programming, as it has done for the last 100 years. Purchase your tickets, come to the theatre, and enjoy the show!
Ticket prices vary for each show, and often vary by seating section in the theatre. Check the pricing structure for the show of your choice when you visit our Calendar of Events, before you click on "Buy Tickets."


text:
This is a syndicated post from The Daily Register. [Read the original article...]
By TITO EDWARDS |
Fr. Z Asks Your Help For Daniel Mitsui via Fr. Z's Blog – BigPulpit.com
5 Steps to Better Parenting – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™
Sandro Magister on Popes Francis, Benedict and John Paul II – Donald R. McClarey JD,… (332)


text:
Peyton Manning, the National Football League's only five-time MVP and a 13-time Pro Bowl selection, completed his 16th NFL season in 2013.
Manning owns the second-most wins (167), passing yards (64,964), touchdown passes (491), completions (5,532) and attempts (8,452) by a quarterback in NFL history. His 13 postseason appearances rank first by a quarterback in league annals along with his 84 career 300-yard passing games.
In two seasons with Denver, Manning has led the Broncos to consecutive 13-win seasons and No. 1 conference seeds while throwing for an NFL-best 100 touchdowns in the regular season and playoffs.
He compiled the best statistical season by a quarterback in NFL history during the 2013 campaign, setting single-season records for passing yards (5,477) and touchdown passes (55). Manning helped the Broncos become the most prolific offense in NFL history, setting a league single-season record for points scored (606), while extending his NFL record with his fifth Most Valuable Player Award from the Associated Press.
His 2013 season ended with a trip to Super Bowl XLVIII, making him only the third quarterback in NFL history to lead multiple teams to a Super Bowl.
In his first year with the Broncos in 2012—and after missing the entire 2011 campaign with a neck injury—Manning finished as runner-up for the league's MVP award and was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
During his first 14 NFL seasons with Indianapolis, Manning set club records in nearly every career passing category. He led the franchise to its first World Championship in 36 years, earning MVP honors in the Colts' 29-17 win over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI.
Manning was selected by the Colts with the No. 1 overall selection in the 1998 NFL Draft from the University of Tennessee, where he left the Volunteers with 33 school records, eight Southeastern Conference marks and two NCAA standards. He led Tennessee to an SEC Championship as a senior in 1997 and earned consensus All-America honors. Manning attended Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, where he was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player of the Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player of the Year as a senior.
The recipient of the Byron "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award as well as the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2005, Manning serves as a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet, National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Advisory Board, The Pat Summitt Foundation and the Board of Visitors of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee.
He formed the PeyBack Foundation in 1999 to promote future success of disadvantaged youth through various youth programs in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana and Tennessee. The Foundation has distributed more than $6.5 million to youth based organizations through its grants and programs, including over $581,000 in the spring of 2013 through its annual grant program.
Manning continues to maintain a strong relationship with St. Vincent's Children's Hospital (Indianapolis), which in 2007 was renamed the "Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent."
Manning's father, Archie, was an All-America quarterback at the University of Mississippi in 1969 and 1970 and had a 14-year playing career in the NFL?with New Orleans (1971-82), Houston (1982-83) and Minnesota (1983-84). His brother, Eli, also attended Ole Miss and was named MVP of Super Bowls XLII?and XLVI as a quarterback for the New York Giants.
Manning and his wife, Ashley, have twins: a boy and a girl, Marshall Williams and Mosley Thompson.


text:
Name: Mio Soul
Age: 27
Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Singer/Songwriter
Style: Urban Chic
Beauty Fave I Can't Live Without: My 7-inch heels
Inspired By: Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Aaliyah
A Vixen is…
A Vixen is someone with a style that is original and unique. She is undeniably gorgeous with inspiring qualities. Her appeal is such that many aspire to be like her — be it her fashion, attitude, actions and/or performance.
Want to be a Vixen of the Day? Click to submit now!


text:
Facebook Invite All Friends is used to invite friends to start using an application without requiring for manual selection in step 50 by 50. It is implemented in 3 forms: as a button, as a link or as an image, on which user has to click to open the request dialog. There is also an option to open it automatically on page load.
Facebook Invite All Friends Image
Following image represents the Facebook Invite All Friends. Names are hidden, because of privacy protection.
PHP Example
The example shows default Facebook Invite All Friends, which is shown on picture above. The example shows the code of whole page, but important content is highlighted: required includes and initialization for any page with brown color, and working with Facebook Request Dialog PHP class with blue color.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"> <head> <title>Facebook Invite All Friends PHP Example</title> </head> <body> <?php require_once 'facebook.php'; require_once 'faceconn/faceconn.php'; UseGraphAPI(); $invite = new InviteAllFriends(); $invite->SetMessage("Try Facebook Connect PHP Toolkit"); $invite->Render(); ?> </body> </html>
Configuration of the Invite All Friends PHP class is done through calls of the setter methods, which in turn set the private properties. For Facebook Invite All Friends PHP class, there is one required property to set and others are optional. All you have to do is to create new instance of the class, set the message, and call Render() method.


text:
Brian Austin Green (born Brian Green; July 15, 1973) is an American actor and rapper best known for his portrayal of David Silver on the television series, Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000). Green has also had series regular roles in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (as Derek Reese), Freddie, Wedding Band, and Anger Management, as well as guest starring roles on Smallville (as Metallo) and Desperate Housewives, playing the love interest of Bree Van de Kamp. In 2010, Green married actress Megan Fox, with whom he is raising three sons, one from a previous relationship and two with Fox.
Register to update information, save favorites, post photos, news stories and comments.


text:
Seriously, I've been waiting patiently and you disable him? Damn you riot.
Junior Member
now i just gotta get 6300 ip....
Rewind The Time
omg..... was in game new patch comes while I'm in game.. dc's every one... GG WP Riot D:
Your thresh cost me the game. Two of our players disconnected for 15-20 minutes when we were winning. I want compensation for what happened... at least I shouldn't lose rating points for that
Senior Member
i love when ppl dont read **** and then start to QQ ... yes 7800!!!!!! READ THE POST...... and all the oldest post talking about it....
ok, why are the new champs coming out to be 7800 ip for the first week? is this lilke the whole "are you goign to pay 30-40 bucks for a skin" thing?
oh heeeeaaaallllll yea wait.whaaaaa disabled. riot whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
So I am rather upset about the timing of the release... Roomie decides to unplug router mid game i gotta log back in, oh wait patch, finally download patch, game is over and I lost, Thank you Riot.... I WANT MY ELOS BACK PLZ (but seriously i want them)
downvoted cuz 7800 ip its like 70 games that takes an hour, that means 70 hours of playing for a champion.


text:
The Global Intelligence Files,
files released so far...
Index pages
by Date of Document
Our Partners
Al Akhbar - Lebanon
Al Masry Al Youm - Egypt
Asia Sentinel - Hong Kong
Bivol - Bulgaria
Carta Capital - Brazil
CIPER - Chile
Dawn Media - Pakistan
L'Espresso - Italy
La Repubblica - Italy
La Jornada - Mexico
La Nacion - Costa Rica
Malaysia Today - Malaysia
McClatchy - United States
Nawaat - Tunisia
NDR/ARD - Germany
Owni - France
Pagina 12 - Argentina
Philip Dorling - Fairfax media contributor - Australia
Plaza Publica - Guatemala
Publica - Brazil
Publico.es - Spain
Rolling Stone - United States
Russian Reporter - Russia
Ta Nea - Greece
Taraf - Turkey
The Hindu - India
The Yes Men - Bhopal Activists
Sunday Star-Times - New Zealand
Community resources
courage is contagious
The Global Intelligence Files
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.
[OS] US/CZECH REPUBLIC/MIL/ 07/13 - US Lockheed Martin interested in Czech tender for fighters-server
Released on 2012-10-17 17:00 GMT
Email-ID | 3077974 |
Date | 2011-07-14 12:01:26 |
From | email@example.com |
To | email@example.com |
List-Name | firstname.lastname@example.com |
CTK National News Wire
July 13, 2011
The U.S. Lockheed Martin arms concern has confirmed its interest in a
tender for fighters for the Czech military worth billions of crowns and it
would probably offer its F-16 aircraft, the Ekonom.cz server has reported.
However, F-16 is rather an old type and it failed in 1999 when the Czech
Republic was considering purchasing supersonic fighters for the first
time. At the end, the government decided to lease the Swedish-made Jas-39
Gripen fighters.
The lease expires in 2015. This is why the Defence Ministry asked France,
the United States, Sweden and the Eurofighter consortium in December for a
preliminary bid of supersonic fighters for the Czech military.
Lockheed is the second arms maker to publicly announce its interest in the
tender, after the Swedish Saab that would like the Czech Republic to keep
Gripens, Ekonom.cz writes.
If the Czech government decided to upgrade its air force, Lockheed Martin
is prepared ho help with it, company spokeswoman Laura Siebert told the
Ekonom weekly.
The server wrote that the concern would probably again offer F-16s that
are used, for instance, in the neighbouring Poland, in Belgium and
Denmark. However, they would probably not succeed in the tender.
"If we sought a new quality, we would definitely not speak about F-16,"
the server quotes Czech fighter wing commander Jaroslav Mika as saying
Lockheed might also offer its new stealth aircraft F-35. But they are
still being developed and on top of that, they would be too expensive for
the Czech Republic, the server writes.
Five companies bid for the order in 1999 preliminarily: U.S.
McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing (F/A-18 plane) and Lockheed Martin (F-16), French
Dassault Aviation (Mirage 2000-5), EADS (Eurofighter) consortium and the
British-Swedish BAE Systems/Saab consortium (Jas-39 Gripen).
The Czech Republic originally planned to buy the Gripen ultrasonic
fighters. The contract of purchase worth 60.2 billion crowns was approved
by the Social Democrat (CSSD) cabinet of Milos Zeman in April 2002, but it
was not passed by parliament.
The Czech military in the end leased 14 Gripens for 19.6 billion crowns in
Information on the alleged corruption accompanying the planned purchase of
Gripens emerged in Swedish media in 2007.


text: Tomorrow morning is the last chance for local smelt dippers to get out there, and if there indicators can be believed, they may have some success. Fish and Wildlife officials say that the prospects are "fair to good" for tomorrow morning, with large amounts of smelt just downstream of the Cowlitz River mouth. Seabird activity is picking up on the river, indicating that some of those fish are moving upstream. Dipping will be allowed from 6 am until noon on Saturday, with a ten-pound limit per person. No license is required.


text:
TennisThe Department of Parks and Recreation operates three indoor tennis facilities in Prince George's County. All are located in beautiful, regional park settings. In addition, there are many outdoor tennis courts in M-NCPPC parks throughout the county, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis.Cosca Regional Park Tennis Bubble Hours of OperationMondays-Fridays: 8:30 am-11 pmSaturdays & Sundays: 8 am-7 pm Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day The Cosca Regional Park Tennis Bubble features four indoor tennis hard courts and offers seasonal contract time and spot time; Saturday night party rentals; private and group instruction for juniors, adults, and seniors; leagues for all ages. Location/DirectionsThe tennis bubble is located in Clinton, five miles south of Andrews Air Force Base.From the Capital Beltway (I-495), take Exit 7 (Branch Avenue, Route 5) South toward Waldorf. Proceed four miles and make a right onto Woodyard Road Exit (Route 223) West. Proceed one mile and turn left onto Brandywine Road. Proceed two miles and turn right onto Thrift Road. Turn right at the first Cosca Regional Park entrance and proceed to tennis facility. From Route 301, turn left on Frank Tippett Road. Turn left on Surratts Road. After crossing Branch Avenue (Route 5), turn left on Brandywine Road. Turn right on Thrift Road. Turn right at the first Cosca Regional Park entrance and proceed to tennis facility. Fairland Tennis Bubble13950 Old Gunpowder RoadLaurel, MD 20707 301-362-6060; TTY 301-362-6070 Hours of OperationMondays-Fridays: 6 am-9 pmSaturdays & Sundays: 8 am-4 pm Fairland Tennis Bubble is one of the components of the Fairland Sports and Aquatics Complex and includes six indoor tennis courts, lockers and shower facilities. Contract and spot time and tennis instruction is available; please call the facility to arrange your date and time. The facility also offers developmental and competitive youth tennis programs. Saturday Night Tennis PartiesFor a fun evening, rent all 6 courts in our indoor tennis bubble with a $100 non-refundable deposit. Fee includes use of the lobby and entire bubble. Please call 301-362-6060 to make arrangements. 7-11 pm Resident $345; Non-Resident $414
7 pm-12 am Resident $391; Non-Resident $469 Location/DirectionsThe complex is located in Laurel, Maryland, on Old Gunpowder Road between Powder Mill Road and Route 198.From the Capital Beltway (I-495), take 95 North toward Baltimore. Take Exit 29A (Beltsville-Route 212). At the first light, make a left onto Old Gunpowder Road. Go approximately 2.5 miles to the complex on the left. From Baltimore/Washington Parkway, go North toward Baltimore. Take Powder Mill Road Exit. Make a left off the exit and travel through the Agricultural Center. Take Powder Mill Road across Route 1. Make a right onto Old Gunpowder Road. Go approximately 2.5 miles to the complex on the left. Watkins Regional Park Tennis Bubble301 Watkins Park DriveUpper Marlboro, MD 20774 301-218-6870; TTY 301-446-6802 Hours of OperationMondays-Fridays: 8 am-11 pm The Watkins Tennis Bubble is known for its five indoor tennis hard courts. The air-conditioned bubble allows comfortable, indoor, year-round play. The facility offers contract and spot time; Saturday night party rentals; private and group instruction for juniors, adults and seniors; leagues for all ages. Discounts are available for juniors (17 & under) and senior citizens (60 & over). Special EventsLocation/DirectionsFrom the Capital Beltway (I-495), take Exit 15A (Central Avenue) east. Continue for approximately three miles. Turn right onto Watkins Park Drive (Route 193) and follow the park signs to the facility.From Route 301, turn onto Central Avenue (Route 214) west. Continue for approximately three miles (past Six Flags America). Turn left onto Watkins Park Drive and follow to the park entrance on the right. Need a Ride? |
Click. Pick. Play. Find a Class/Activity |


text:
Results 1 to 4 of 4
- 12-13-2012, 08:28 PM Thread Author #1
Transfer Google Play Books to Kindle Fire HD?
I've got a handful of books purchased from Google Play. Is there a way to transfer those books to my Kindle Fire HD?
Re: Transfer Google Play Books to Kindle Fire HD?
I believe if you sideload the play books app you can then do this, however I haven't tried this myself yet.
The first thing I'd try (assuming you have another generic android device). I do not know if this works and I am not responsible if this causes problems for you. Please proceed with caution. I have personally not had a problem from testing things like this that I couldn't solve without simply uninstalling the things that I tried installing... but your mileage may vary!
1. Download the play books app and the play services on your other android device
2. Download the EFS file explorer app on the other android device
3. Backup the play books app on the other device, you may also need the Google Play Services piece
4. Copy the files over to you computer, and then plug you fire into the computer and copy the files on the fire
5. In configuration of the fire change the switch to allow loading of apps from other sources (if you haven't already)
6. install both files and see if it now works. I use EFS File explorer on my fire to run the files I copied onto the fire. I'm sure there are other ways... - 12-14-2012, 01:16 PM Thread Author #3
Re: Transfer Google Play Books to Kindle Fire HD?
Thanks.....I'll give that a whirl.
My first thought was to sideload the Google Play Books on the Kindle Fire HD then just get my books from Google Play. However sideloading Google Play Books wasn't clean. Just got a blank screen with the just a small icon in the upper left corner. No menu items available to function. So that didn't seem to be the answer. - 01-10-2013, 12:26 PM #4
Similar Threads
Google Play Books OR Kindle Amazon Books?
By LadiJae in forum Samsung Galaxy S3Replies: 47Last Post: 10-27-2013, 11:41 AM -
Transfer .apk files from android tablet to Kindle Fire HD?
By Larry Pager in forum Amazon Kindle Fire HDReplies: 2Last Post: 12-30-2012, 03:27 PM -
Searching Google Play apps on Kindle Fire
By spillover in forum Amazon Kindle FireReplies: 0Last Post: 12-13-2012, 05:36 PM -
Availabilty of free books with Kindle Fire Hd
By salzinia in forum Amazon Kindle Fire HDReplies: 2Last Post: 11-30-2012, 06:40 AM -
I played with the Kindle Fire HD and didn't get burned!
By Kevin Michaluk in forum Amazon Kindle Fire HDReplies: 24Last Post: 09-13-2012, 05:24 PM


text:
Welcome Home!
We'd love to hear any ideas you have about how to make this site better. Our goal is to give Homeowners easy access to information about the neighborhood. This site will be updated regularly, so stop by often. While you're here, be sure to take a look at the links below for important information or to let your voice be heard.
2014 Meetings:
February 6th, 2014
April 10th
July 17th
October 16th
@7 pm
The Fire Station
on Warriors way
Henceforth: All homeowners dues to be paid
by October 15th each year.
Do you need a copy of the neighborhood restrictions?
Do you have any photos you'd like to share with your neighbors? Send them to email@example.com


text:
Over half a century ago, a fledgling art museum mounted its first major exhibition: Rembrandt and His Pupils. Near the end of his remarkable career, a towering figure in the history of American museums and scholarship, W. R. Valentiner, its first director, exerted his vision on shaping a collection, and in a short time the institution was on its way from infancy to becoming a major art museum.
We are reminded of the story of our beginning at the North Carolina Museum of Art today as we open Rembrandt in America 55 years after that first exhibition. With nearly 30 paintings by the master himself, the show assembles the largest number of authentic Rembrandt paintings from American collections ever.
I believe the genius of Rembrandt is readily apparent in this exhibition. It's the miracle of the human being that begins to be communicated with a sense of the soul, the artistic expression of not only the body but of the soul. It's easy for us to engage with that, and to come away with an elevated soul of our own after experiencing this stunning collection.
This exhibition represents our Museum at its finest. Our own Dennis Weller, curator of Northern European Art, co-curated the exhibition as well as co-authored the catalogue, also titled Rembrandt in America. Museums and private collectors all over the country have lent works to this important exhibition that has been years in the making.
Rembrandt in America is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you simply must not miss. I invite you to come early and return often. When you visit, take your time, study the details, and feel the awe of being in the presence of one of the greatest Old Masters—right here at the NCMA.


text:
Blog | Comments |
WoW | 77 Comments |
Recent Comments:
Breakfast Topic: How would you redesign the old character models? {WoW}
Mar 29th 2012 1:08PM Wawi gave a picture of the fat male model, but here's a better picture of the fat male and female Human models from the ModelViewer:
They like chips.
Breakfast Topic: How would you redesign the old character models? {WoW}
Mar 29th 2012 8:38AM Last I checked, there are a set of "fat" (obese, actually) human models still in the WoW game files. I've never seen them used in the actual game (I'd guess they're left over from an old Vanilla beta build), but you can view them using WoW ModelViewer.
Might make you think twice about wanting overweight models...
Breakfast Topic: How would you redesign the old character models? {WoW}
Mar 29th 2012 8:20AM I really like the appearance and body proportions of my female Night Elf, but like others here, I would appreciate higher-resolution textures and more detail. Namely, an actual mouth cavity and teeth would be nice.
And of course more hairstyles and extra options, like earrings and the ability to choose tattoo color independently of the hair color would be cool to have.
Overall, I think female Night Elves are by far one of the better-off Vanilla race models. I'd really like to see just extra detail and options for them, instead of a ground-up rework with a different body shape (please, please, PLEASE don't turn my beloved character into a purple Blood Elf, Blizzard).
The Queue: Look at me, Drek'thar {WoW}
Nov 4th 2011 11:23AM There are globes in-game that show the relative positions of the known continents on Azeroth, so no attempt to work this information out indirectly would be necessary.
The time in-game is just one of many examples of simplification to benefit gameplay. Imagine trying to schedule a raid in a game world with time zones....
BlizzCon 2011: Mega Bloks Thrall figure and more {WoW}
Oct 19th 2011 4:18PM I was a massive LEGO collector as a kid, and as such, I received quite a few Mega-Blocks kits from well-meaning but misinformed friends and relatives. I can confirm that Mega Blocks have indeed made a variety of original kits. I've been out of the game for a while so I don't know what their current product lines are, but 15-20 years ago there were many Mega-Blocks products that were not tie-ins of any kind.
The Daily Quest: It's a quest! {WoW}
Oct 3rd 2011 10:17PM Am I the only one who read that bit to the tune of "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast?
Patch 4.2: Avengers of Hyjal reputation rings {WoW}
May 14th 2011 1:03AM And the comment system strikes again. Thought that was getting fixed at some point....
Patch 4.2: Avengers of Hyjal reputation rings {WoW}
May 14th 2011 1:02AM I find it very interesting that while the Ashen Verdict rings were unique, these rings are unique-equipped. Depending on how players obtain these rings, this could suggest that it would be possible to obtain more than one of these rings, possibly even two of the same type.
This is pure speculation at this point, but as a dual PvE specced feral-feral; I would be very happy if this proved to be the case.
Gold Capped: How to profit from every single new patch {WoW}
May 13th 2011 2:22PM Metas do tend to drop off a while after a patch comes out, but if you can be prepared to supply the initial jump in demand, you can do real well off them. Just have a lot of uncut metas ready, and keep a supply of the popular cuts (especially the world drop designs) posted. Even after the initial demand surge drops off, metas are a good way to make money, and are a market a lot of people seem to overlook.
WoW Insider's Weekly Webcomic: Safe Passage {WoW}
May 11th 2011 9:37AM Yes, Night Elves have fangs, that's what I said.
I believe Draenei also have fangs, or at least sharp canines.


text:
L'Oreal Telescopic Clean Definition
Average Rating 3.6/5 |
Review by mzlovely
Bomb. By itself not a winner, but I haven't found a mascara that is ... Lol I combine this with lash blast and it's reaaaaallly beautiful. It isn't clumpy & gives a ton of length! I wore it all day and it def is NOT flaky. I have this in blackest black and wowwww my eyes were poppin today! Loved my eyes today. I paid 3.34$! Rite Aid was having a 75% discount on this so I said what the heck! And for the most part am pleased with this purchase of mine. =)


text:
Video: Shaquille Johnson's Ridiculous Senior Year Mixtape
It's been a year now since we first heard about Shaquille Johnson, and not a week has gone by since when we weren't checking for his videos. He's probably one of the five greatest high school dunkers we've ever seen, and only seems to get better and better. Our friends at Hoopmixtape have released a tape of his entire senior year, and the footage is jaw-dropping. Read More »


text:
Your cart is empty.
Write A Review
This 6" bait is dynamite for topwater worming when fished weightless and twitched slowly. Hook it Texas style.
Separate tags with spaces. Wrap multi-word tags in single quotes. Example: 'New York' Manhattan
Only registered users can write reviews. Please log in or register
This product has not been reviewed. You could write the first review.


text:
Christmas is just one day away and I am in a very very good mood. I refuse to be sucked into pesimistic feelings and I intend to live my Christmas fairytale to the end. I give you all a big kiss and I wish that you will spend the holidays with people you love and feelings you cherish.
This outfit is kind of preppy-rock, since nirvana and my leather jacket work together with a grey pencil skirt, highliting the contradictions.
Needless to say that I still believe in Santa.
Yours trully,


text:
I've been casually composting for the last 2 years (throwing in an entire apple, didn't have all of the facts). Just recently, I've gotten serious about chopping/shredding things, aerating and mixing, browns and greens--the whole bit. I decided yesterday that I was going to clear out the finished compost and take some of the stuff off of the top to start in a lasagna-style bed on the side of the house.
As I dug through the finished compost, I saw a smooth golden "rock" tumble out and thought, "Hmm. That's an unusual color for a rock!" A few more, easily pierced with my shovel! I discovered about a dozen baby potatoes growing in my finished compost! It made my day to see these cute little things that'd grown independent of any of my efforts! My cantaloupe seeds started sprouting the other day as well. I'm curious whether anyone else has had experiences with interesting things growing in your compost bin?! |
Follow-Up Postings:
I've had some potato volunteers myself, made me smile too. |
- Posted by grayentropy 5b (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 22:20
I composted under my apple tree last fall and had acorn squash and a pumpkin plant sprout this spring. I'm glad my wife stopped me from pulling them out. Both are doing great and add a nice feature to an otherwise boring mulching area. The pumpkin plant is only feed away from a light post that I decorate every year. Considering vining the pumpkin patch to this area f I can get over killing the grass to do so. |
- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 07 at 10:00
Potatoes and squash are common growers out of my pile. |
Tomatoes, sunflowers, potatoes and onions commonly grow in mine. It is fun to see them growing so far from soil. |
We didn't have the heart to pull the sunflower although it had probably sucked a lot of nutrients out of the pile by the time it got this big. We started digging out compost around it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: sunflower
- Posted by watboy (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Aug 16, 07 at 13:53
ok that picture is awesome |
- Posted by nursejenny USDA Hardiness Zone (My Page) on Fri, Aug 17, 07 at 11:48
Wow. That sunflower is pretty impressive! I'm curious, Steve (I'm marking myself as a newbie), about the onions. They've grown from chunks of onion thrown into the compost or flowered onion stalks that you've thrown in there? |
nursejenny, I planted 600 onion plants in February. Earlier in the year, I would just pull 6 or 10 to carry into work, along with other veggies. I don't trim them in any way, so if unused they get tossed on the compost pile. Next day, I would gather more by flashlight before heading to work. I like veggies fresh, but the unused settled right in and completed their life cycle on the pile. Needless to say, everyone in my neighborhood + co-workers, friends and family had plenty and my compost missed their trimmings - darn it. |
I've had a tomatoes grow out of mine. My husband won't stop throwing the bad tomatoes in there. I also collect my neighbors oak leaves for composting. They come with lots of acorns and they often sprout in there, too. Karen |
There's something funny about these volunteers - like the compost pile is making a pun. The bush-sunflowers seem to come from letting store-bought sunflower-seed plants cross-pollinate in the garden. We haven't planted sunflowers anywhere for a couple of years but they keep coming up, often very bushy. They're partly descended from bird-seed sunflowers. |
Not my pile really but it might as well be. Community lawn and yard refuse dump. In the couple years that I've been helping myself to the black gold, have never seen anyone here. Can't wait for these melons to ripen. Next year I think I'll scatter some seeds. Bill Hill |
Jumbo watermelons - wow. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Soil Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
November 2004 Click on article titles to download FREE PDFs.
Pay for Performance: the CFO's Stake By Mark Rishell and Walt Becker This Blue Cross Blue Shield company recognized the importance of its employees to its continued success and profitability, so it established a Performance Accountability System. Based on a close partnership between the HR director and CFO, this system transformed the company by aligning operational goals and individual performance expectations with strategic and financial objectives, motivating employees with performance-based rewards and consequences, and managing and developing talent.
The Management Accountant's Role in Six Sigma By Frank Rudisill, CPIM, and Diana Clary, CMA A powerful and effective methodology, Six Sigma has helped many companies improve their processes, save money, and delight customers. Management accountants and financial analysts should be involved not only in overseeing the integrity of the financial and cost data but also in identifying potential projects that could benefit from the Six Sigma investment and result in substantial payback.
Adding Value with Analytics By Kelvin Holbrook With today's analytic tools, CFOs can become, in effect, proactive strategic partners. Sophisticated analytics software permits financial managers to gather data from multiple entities across different platforms and to integrate this information into the big picture, thus providing corporate executives with a comprehensive view of the global operation in real time. So, like airplane pilots, they not only can see how fast they're going but in what direction as well.
Corporate Greed vs. IMA's Ethics Code By M. Elizabeth Haywood, CMA, CPA, and Donald E. Wygal Enron, WorldCom, and other recent business scandals gave accounting and accountants a black eye - and challenged the accounting profession to restore its integrity. The ethical failures by corporate executives are seen in perspective when measured against the IMA Standards of Ethical Conduct, which can serve as a guide for executives faced with ethical dilemmas.
Stock Options: This Time It's Going to Be Different By Joseph D. Beams, CPA Congress prevented the Financial Accounting Standards Board from requiring the expensing of stock options back in the 1980s and 1990s, but the recent collapse of Enron and scandals at a number of companies have led to a renewed FASB effort to achieve this goal. The fact that major companies like Coca-Cola and Microsoft voluntarily have shifted to expensing of stock options also has added pressure to this drive.
PERSPECTIVES Management accountants and enterprise risk management.
BEST PRACTICES One good insight deserves another. . .
CAREERS Increasing your visibility at work.
TAXES Qualified electric car credit.
ETHICS CEOs set ethics priorities; ordinary citizens define ethics broadly.
XBRL SEC wants XBRL Filers.
STREETWISE What constitutes a successful balanced scorecard? Julie Erhardt named at SEC Corporate accounting problems turn up in PCAOB review Books: Creating a strong control environment for SOX
TOOLS OF THE TRADE Photos from camera to album to disc.
TECH FORUM How we read web pages.
TRENDS IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT How to manage risk - enterprise-wide.
STRATEGIC FINANCE QUIZ Successfully answer 70% or more of the questions based on selected articles from this month's issue, and you will earn three CPE credits.
END NOTE The big picture.
Start receiving the value enjoyed by more than 70,000 accounting professionals worldwide. Join now.
If you are already an IMA member, please log in now.
Print copies of Strategic Finance are available for $18 for nonmembers.
Back Issues Order Form


text:
Hawaiian Ambrosia
Hawaiian Ambrosia
Recipe Summary
Preparation time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Number of servings: 8
- 1 20-oz can pineapple chunks
- 1 17-oz can fruit cocktail
- 1 11-oz can mandarin oranges
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup plain non-fat yogurt or sour cream
- 1 cup miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup pecans
Drain canned fruit well. Add coconut, yogurt or sour cream, marshmallows, raisins, and nuts. Mix well, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
| Diabetic Exchange**
** Diabetic exchanges are calculated based on the American Diabetes Association Exchange System. This site rounds exchanges up or down to equal whole numbers. Therefore, partial exchanges are not included.
Reproduced from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Used with permission. This recipe is provided as a service of Walgreens.com. Walgreens.com makes no representations, nor assumes any responsibility, concerning same. Recipes that are "low fat," "low calorie," low cholesterol," and/or "low sodium" conform to the relevant criteria from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. |


text:
Lamium and Calathea Zebrina
Calathea variegata coming out of dormancy
Better quit for now. I love this time of year in the garden. Tina |
Follow-Up Postings:
Tina: Thanks for taking us along on your garden walk. The plants look so healthy and happy. If I had to pick a fav, it would be the first picture - the lamium and calathea zebrina. It's an especially attractive combo. - June |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 10:54
Beautiful. I didn't think I liked lamium, but now I'm having to reconsider that. |
- Posted by thonotorose FL 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 12:53
Just beautiful, Tina. |
OOOOoooohhhh.......Pretty! Where'd you get the black magic? I'd like to get some. The other Tina. :) |
I love it! I really like your Calathea Zebrina. I have some and it doesn't look nearly as nice as yours! Great job |
- Posted by aroidgardener 9b (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 15:48
Tina....I got Black Magic years ago in a trade when I started collecting Aroids. I will have babies soon if you're close to Plant City. Thanks June and Veronica. Writersblock....I tried Lamium last year and it was a mess planted in the ground. This year it is in a pot will super draining soil and it's doing well. Ariel.....I love Zebrina. Of all of the Calatheas, it is the least fussy. It comes back every year and literally gives me no problems. I use it as a border. I am still filling this in and going all the way around this bed with it. Tina |
- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 16:25
Tina, your knot garden made with the edging blocks is brilliant! I love it. I can picture bigger versions of it for a veggie garden. You're so smart! Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
Tina, I absolutely love all your plants. The brug is spectacular. Is it planted in ground or in a pot? Also love the alocasia collection and the calathea zebrina. Your individual shots were beautiful, but I really love the garden shots and seeing how you have arranged everything. Nice bench. Anna |
- Posted by fl_southpaw 10 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 17:35
Tina, That is magical. Love the combinations. Thanks for posting these. The use of the edging in last picture is very clever! Julie in WPB |
- Posted by starryrider (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 11 at 17:58
Great pictures. I love seeing everyones gardens and ideas. |
does your Zebrina bloom??? saw it blooming brilliant blue at leu gardens, mine has never flowered????? love seeing your garden! alot of the alocasia, calatheas, and stuff like that are really hurting here with the lack of rain. got my water bill yesterday, yikes! |
- Posted by aroidgardener 9b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 13, 11 at 7:01
Thanks everyone! Sherry and Julie.......I got a bunch of the straight and curved edging pieces for free and while I had a project in mind for the straight ones, I had no idea what to do with the curved. I asked on GW and someone gave me the idea. It fits perfectly there splitting the path up the three ways it goes. Anna....my brug is in the ground. It dies all the way back every winter and comes back. I have multiple other brugs in varying light conditions but this is the only one I get to bloom....in full sun. Starryrider....I love seeing everyone's pics too. Everyone has such unique ideas!! Wallisadi.....My Zebrina does bloom....pretty purple/blue ginger type flowers. I have collected plants from the Aroid family for years, Alocasias being my favorite. With age my collection has dwindled to the Aroid plants that will survive here on their own without me lugging them in and out of the house each winter. Lol. I do still have my favorites I won't let go. I'll post more pictures when some of them get bigger. |
Tina, it is just gorgeous! I've never had much luck with brugs. I don't do well with watering things in pots, and when I've tried them in the ground, the nematodes found them quickly. Congrats. Anna |
Every thing so beautiful... I love the variegated plants, we don't have variegated Alocaisa here but only the regular green ones which become invasive if put in ground .. your Brug is lovely, I have two grown from seeds gifted by a gardener in Florida, they grew very well in winters but now they are an easy target for pests like red mites and mealy bugs, I keep on cleaning them and used pesticides as well but they keep on attacking my precious Brugs after a week or so from spray... that fresh bloom on Lavender Simplicity rose is just awesome... |
- Posted by goldenpond Vero.Beach FL 9b% (My Page) on Thu, Jun 16, 11 at 13:24
I love your colors. Green and white are truly prettier than the yellows alot of foiiage have. Everything looks SO healthy and happy |
Beautiful Thank you for taking us along. Kathy |
- Posted by irma_stpete z9 FL (My Page) on Sun, Aug 7, 11 at 19:51
Yes, thank you for taking us along from within my air conditioned house. It's the only way to go, today! |
- Posted by amberroses 9b-Pinellas Co. (My Page) on Sun, Aug 7, 11 at 19:57
Love the roses :) |
- Posted by hester_2009 9a/b Sarasota (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 11 at 7:46
How nice to wake up this morning with a walk through your garden! I'm with Anna, I can't grow brugs in the ground so I need your beautiful pics. thanks, Hester |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Florida Gardening Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
As the Chairman of Citigroup, a position he's held since February 2009, Dick Parsons sticks out a bit by comparison. Whereas Citi has at times been the world's largest bloated, lumbering, diversified cathouse where, for a good while, nothing could go right, a highly flammable entity prone to one chaotic moment of shit hitting the fan after the next, that few wanted to get within 100 feet of Parsons is calm. Cool. "Flat-out smooth," as BusinessWeek describes him (which is why he was hired to be the one to go make nice with Washington, according to Vikram Pandit). The magazine recently accompanied Dick to a jazz club where they got to know him a little better, on a personal level. Here's what we've learned about DP:
* He thinks the city smoking ban sucks: "Michael E. Novogratz, a director of Fortress Investment Group, a New York hedge fund, gives Parsons a hug and presents him with a Montecristo cigar. Parsons looks pleased. "Oh man," he says, "I wish we could light these up in here."
* If you've lost ass-ton of money, he's the guy you turn to for a pick-me-up: Novogratz and Parsons exchange condolences about the market, which is zig-zagging with the turmoil in the Middle East. "I lost more money this week than I did in any week in 2008," Novogratz laments. Parsons tells him not to be so hard on himself. "Nobody knows what's going on," he says.
* Charm like this doesn't need an undergraduate degree: He went to the University of Hawaii, where he partied more than he studied. After four years, he still needed six credits to get his diploma, but he discovered that if he aced his pre-law exams he could get into law school in New York state without a college degree. He did well on the test and was accepted to Albany Law School, where he graduated at the top of his class. Read more »


text:
At Classic Car Funds, LLC, we believe concerns about inflation and a weakening U.S. dollar will continue increasing the demand for collectibles, such as cars, art, and wine, because hard assets traditionally maintain their value even as prices rise and the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar falls. While one might think of collecting Classic Cars as more of a hobby than an investment, we believe that investing in Classic Cars is worth serious consideration by anyone seeking return potential, diversification, and non-correlated investment returns. Our philosophy is underpinned by pursuing investment grade collector cars that embody rarity, importance, and originality, attracting buyers that are motivated by more than financial considerations. |
Copyright © Classic Car Funds, LLC. All rights reserved. NOTICE: Entrance to this site is restricted to persons who haves received a unique user name and password. The information |


text:
Summary: Now featured in a Classics Edition with a new Foreword by Donald Boch, The Expanded Family Life Cycle integrates theory and current research with clinical guidelines and cases by two of the most-respected authors, teachers, and clinicians in the field of family therapyaCarter and Monica McGoldrick.This classic Family Therapy text provides ''and more comprehensive way to think about human development And The life cycle,'' reflecting changes in society away from orientation toward the ...show morenuclear family, toward a more diverse and inclusive definition of ''family.''This expanded view of the family includes the impact of issues at multiple levels of the human system: The individual, family households, The extended family, The community, The cultural group, And The larger society. The text features a ground-breaking integration of individual male and female development in systemic context; our increasing racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity; the emergence of men's movements and issues; the growing visibility of lesbian and gay families; And The neglected area of social class. ...show less
Edition/Copyright: 4TH 11Free Shipping
Get Free Shipping on orders over $25 (not including Rental and Marketplace). Order arrives in 5-10 business days.
Need it faster?
We offer fast, flat-rate expedited shipping options.
Sell it back by: | ||||
Guaranteed cash back: | ||||
Cost of this book after cash back: |
Take advantage of Guaranteed Cash Back. Send your book to us in good condition before the end of the buyback period, we'll send YOU a check, and you'll pay less for your textbooks!
When you're done with this book, sell it back to Textbooks.com. In addition to the best possible buyback price, you'll get an extra 10% cash back just for being a customer.
We buy good-condition used textbooks year 'round, 24/7. No matter where you bought it, Textbooks.com will buy your textbooks for the most cash.
Being online is not required for reading an eTextbook after successfully downloading it. You must only be connected to the Internet duringthe download process.
Minimum Requirements:
What is the Marketplace?
It's another way for you to get the right price on the books you need. We approved every Marketplace vendor to sell their books on Textbooks.com, so you know they're all reliable.
What are Marketplace shipping options?
Marketplace items do not qualify for free shipping. When ordering from the Marketplace, please specify whether you want the seller to send your book Standard ($3.99/item) or Express ($6.99/item). To get free shipping over $25, just order directly from Textbooks.com instead of through the Marketplace.
FREE UPS 2nd Day Air Terms
Rental and Marketplace items are excluded. Offer is valid from 1/21/2013 12:00PM to 1/23/2013 11:59AM CST. Your order must be placed by 12 Noon CST to be processed on the same day. Minimum order value is $100.00 excluding Rental and Marketplace items. To redeem this offer, select "FREE UPS 2ND DAY AIR" at checkout. Offer not is not valid on previous orders.Close | ||


text:
NEWTON's HOME PAGE
Privacy Policy
Venus Fly Trap
Name: Jon Catoe Status: N/A Age: N/A Location: N/A Country: N/A Date: N/A
Hi my name is Jon Catoe and I am a seventh grader. I am currently involved in a science research project. My topic is the Venus's Fly Trap, for which I have completed a report. My question is since there is a time of growth where the trap is not able to gather insects, how does the Venus Fly Trap receive its nitrogen supplement?
Jon, I don't have any written information on this, but from what I recall the Venus fly trap is able to grow as a regular plant and acquire nutrition from the soil. Consuming an unfortunate fly is supplementary. You might consult your library for a book on exotic houseplants. They also sell a variety of plant care books at your local bookstore. Ask the clerk or librarian for assistance if you have a hard time locating the information you are seeking. Thanks for using NEWTON!
Ric (rickru)
Click here to return to the Biology Archives
NEWTON is an electronic community for Science, Math, and Computer Science K-12 Educators, sponsored and operated by
Argonne National Laboratory
Educational Programs
, Andrew Skipor, Ph.D., Head of Educational Programs.
For assistance with NEWTON contact a
System Operator (email@example.com)
, or at Argonne's
Educational Programs
Educational Programs
Building 360
9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne, Illinois
Update: June 2012


text: DJ Dave Dolla - 14 I'm Not You By DJ Dave Dolla Posted Oct 28, 2013 at 01:29 AM 0 0 0Comments 1 Views Share Tweet gplus thumblr pinterest 1 14 I'm Not You DJ Dave Dolla Follow Artist Embed Me To Playlist Download Songs Mixtapes Videos 0 0 0 1 Powered By HOTNEWHIPHOPhotnewhiphop.com Edit Colors Full Player Simple Player Embed Script Copy Short Link Copy Iframe Copy Preview Full Player Simple Player Embed Code Copy NOTE: Minimum player width is 370 pixels, height is 50 pixels. Back Full Player Simple Player NOTE: Player width is 450 pixels, height is 50 pixels. Title Artist Back 01:23 04:56 Embed Code Copy


text:
Recent Articles by League Unlimited Media
Tale of Two Halves but Melbourne Triumph
A Cameron Smith field goal in extra time has sealed a win for the Melbourne Storm over the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval tonight.
Gutsy Broncos Outlast Bulldogs
THE Brisbane Broncos have put together a gutsy performance, to beat the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-12 at ANZ Stadium.
Wayne Bennett to coach Newcastle in 2012
WAYNE Bennett has today ended months of speculation, with the Tinkler Sports Group announcing he will be joining the Newcastle Knights for a four year deal rumoured to be worth $5 million.


text:
How to Open Up a Small Kitchen
By Norman Kolpas
Farm Fresh
Candice Olson and her crew crafted the 8x3½-foot dark-chocolate-stained walnut island to evoke "the look of a harvest table in an old farmhouse," complete with turned legs and a brown-flecked granite top that balance cream-toned wall cabinets with honed-quartz counters. Bentwood bar stools adjust via chromed hydraulic lifts. On the walls, 1x2-inch iridescent glass tiles in caramel, cream, and blue harmonize with the colors of the kitchen and its views.
Disappearing Act
Above the island, following the line of a wall that previously separated the kitchen from the family room, the Divine Design team installed a beam to support the home's upper floor. Encasing it is a 2-foot-wide bulkhead that extends 10 inches down from the 8-foot ceiling and encloses new plumbing for an upstairs bath as well as the recessed fixtures and wiring for the fluted-glass pendant lights. On the opposite wall, above the five-burner stainless steel gas cooktop, is a 3-foot-wide chimney-style vent hood, which Candice Olson selected because "its relatively low profile doesn't dominate the space."
Hot Spot
An 8x5 ½-foot alcove previously occupied by a cramped breakfast table and an awkward-to-access pantry became an ideal place to group the refrigerator, at far right, disguised by wood paneling to match the cabinetry, along with stacked double ovens and a warming drawer—plus a microwave oven tucked snugly underneath the counter. Open cookbook shelving atop the ovens, and a pair of glass cupboard doors offering a glimpse of white china serving pieces above the microwave, "help to break up the expanse of painted-wood cabinetry and give the kitchen a more varied look," says Olson.
Sociably Open
Sociably Open
Sociably Open
Sewing pro Terry Briceland shows Olson the cushion fabric for the nearby family room; the gold-checked pattern complements the kitchen's backsplash tiles.
Design this Room!
Love the look of this Kitchen? Then get it with Design My Room. Click here to rate, edit, or lift this Candice Olson look.
Formerly, a wall blocked off the kitchen from the adjoining family room and views to the backyard.
Dated appliances and cabinets crowded the once walled-off kitchen.


text:
Fishing for Compliments in the Nissan GT-R
While I was in Los Angeles recently, I was given the opportunity to spend a week in the company of the Nissan GT-R (a.k.a. Carp-zilla, a.k.a. The Snorting Beast From the East, a.k.a. Hiroshima's Blowback), a two-ton wedge of mental illness with more power than a week's worth of new Chinese coal plants, an exterior that looks to have been drawn by Peter Eisenman on four piles of crushed Adderall, and a demeanor somewhere between minatory and Ahmadinejad. This is what is known in the industry as a "halo" vehicle, a low-volume, high-dollar, tech-crammed, and ruthlessly-vigorous vehicle that is meant to cast a golden glow over the rest of the marque's range, so when you buy a plebian car like the Nissan Versa (a.k.a. The Rollerskate, a.k.a. Cinderella's Slipper, a.k.a. Inhale and You'll Fit), you imagine yourself basking in a refracted bit of this high-falutin' luminescence. It's similar to what high fashion companies do with their accessories—you may not be able to afford a Chanel couture gown, but you can buy a can of No. 5 air freshener and still feel swanky—or what furniture store owners are thinking when they invite the relatives of professional athletes to their ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Of course, this concept is predicated on the idea that the object at the pinnacle will sufficiently impress, so I set out to see whose greedy eyes the GT-R caught.Since I was in town for the L.A. Auto Show, and since I've done my time in the world of market research, I started with what I assumed would be the product's sweet spot: it's core target audience of automotive journalists. But upon talking to people (and by people, I mean men) in this world, I found less testosterone-fueled passion than one might expect when exposing car hacks to an over-boosted, 'roided-out, mega-machine. Instead of spontaneous emissions of praise, they offered an array of middling responses that ranged from grudging acceptance ("It's certainly powerful") to outright antipathy ("I fucking hate the car with a passion"). What was the problem? My first impulse was to chalk it up to jealousy: mine was bigger, wider, and more technically sophisticated than theirs. But these traits turned out to be precisely the ones that were working against the GT-R. While everyone admitted that the car was airborne-mammal-guano lunacy in the speed department, the journalists complained that it was also too porky by a half-ton, over-extended by a half-foot in every dimension (a blanket complaint I will never make), and underwhelming in terms of its driving involvement. Too much Johnny Socko's Giant Robot, not enough nimble (and silver-sultry) Ultraman. Brutal, but disengaged, like your second-favorite grandfather.
Verdict: Wee Halo.
I proceeded to my next target audience: my homosexual friends. I was hoping it would bedazzle them with its awesome prowess, or at least terrify them with it, as it had me, when a fat stab of the gas pedal during a merging maneuver on the 110 Freeway had resulted in a vector that could only be described as Quarkedly Oblique (or Fuckin' Sideways). This worked. When I floored the GT-R for the third time on Sunset Boulevard, and the turbochargers spooled up, and the exhaust roared like an elephant whose nuts had just been twisted, and the car felt like it was attempting to launch out from under our (toned) asses like one of Wile E. Coyote's 4,000 sticks of ACME dynamite-powered wooden rockets, leaving us crispy and besooted (or projected brainwise into the facade of the Vista Theatre), my friend Wash produced a gurgled, breath-swallowing shriek, gripped tight to the Oh Shit handle above the window, locked his legs against the firewall, and closed his eyes like a kid attempting to ward off Darth Vader (or someone awaiting imminent impact with an Art Deco masterpiece). When our velocity drifted back down to human range, I turned to him. "Do you want me to stop doing that?" He nodded indeterminately, but his eyes said, "No."
Verdict: Significant Halo.
Wash and I ended up at a party at the home of a 45-year-old homosexual filmmaker, who turned out to be someone with whom I went to college but hadn't seen in 20 years. There were bale-sized piles of weed, a real live drumming circle in the living room, gay hippies in moronic hats and costumes, a group playing a piano in the garage while eucalyptus twigs burned in a metal mixing bowl, people spilling drinks, a huge bar, too much incense (any amount is too much), and a strange patio perched on a retaining wall up a crumbling staircase that I kept referring to as "where the unicorn lives." There were also three hybrids in the driveway and a few others right in front of the house. "We should probably park some distance from here so we don't alienate anyone," Wash suggested.
Verdict: Zero Halo.
Next stop, valet parkers. In L.A., these guys are some of the core arbiters of social status, getting to decide whose wicked classy whip gets parked in the customers' sightlines out front, and whose hoopty gets tucked deep in the rear. Valeting is not just reserved for the upscaly restaurants and clubs out west; I believe I was valet parked at a bookstore in L.A. once. But the hotel I stayed at downtown, the compliant and comfortable Hilton Checkers, definitely had this service, and the servants that served it had nothing but wide eyes and praise for my borrowed sled. "Very powerful car." "Very nice. Very fast." "You let me take?" Would that their professional skills were as sharply honed as their command of English superlatives. When I got into the GT-R after I'd checked out, I was stunned to find that they'd left the fancy auto-manual transmission in reverse. I was lucky the car hadn't gone plummeting backwards down the ramp, and plowed deep into the Whittier fault, which runs pretty close beneath Olive Street. We would have triggered the big one for sure.
Verdict: Significant Halo
I ended my halo hunt with my friends Ian and Sylvia's kids, Malcolm, 7 and Sadie, 4. You may remember them from a couple recent Stick Shift columns here or here, reflections of my mantra: When You're Stuck, Use Kids. These two are big fans of my job here, and love to take advantage of the perks nearly as much as I do. "Is this car fast?" Malcolm asked as he ran clumsily toward the vehicle. "Yes," I said. "Is it really, really, really, really, really, really, really fast?" I nodded again. "Is it one of the fastest in the world?" I unlocked the doors and let him try to figure out how to work the trick handles (which require you to push them in before you pull them out—pure silliness, and nearly impossible to do one-handed, which is sort of a requisite feature for a handle). "Yes," I said. "It's one of the fastest cars in the world." We started up the engine, and the boy clambered onto my lap, wormed his leg between mine, and floored the accelerator. Oranges rolled off nearby citrus trees, birds fell out of the sky, a coyote howled once and died, and neighbors came to their windows brandishing shotguns. Sadie covered her ears. Malcolm smiled like he'd just chugged a gallon of Hershey's syrup, and washed it down with a quart of Eggnog and a few hundred Skittles. "I love it most," he said.
Verdict: Herculean Halo
TWITTER!!! Stick Shift is now Twit-enabled. Follow us.
Brett Berk is a Detroit native, a life-long car nut, a Gay, and the author of The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting. Visit him at www.brettberk.com


text:
Available formats: epub mobi pdf rtf lrf pdb txt html
I am British, living in Entebbe, Uganda, with my wife and two kids, and currently work in as a security consultant.
As a Freelance writer I have been published in several UK and African magazines, including BBC Wildlife magazine, Soldier magazine, Combat & Survival magazine, SCUBA magazine, Church of England Newspaper, African Travel Review magazine, Land Rover World magazine, Your Dog magazine, Travel News and Lifestyle magazine (Kenya), What's Happening in Dar (Tanzania), The Dar Guide (Tanzania), Daily Mail newspaper (UK), and others.
My true story, 'The Nomads of Sabalon' was included in the 2002 edition of "Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul"(USA), and my fiction story 'The Revengeful Mistress' was included in the 1999 anthology "After Dark", a collection of horror fiction by Neil Miller Publishing (UK).
Two of my short paranormal stories were published in the June 2011 issue of Twisted Dreams magazine (USA)


text:
login / sign up / content filter is: on
Bikes > runtime's Garage
M –48 Lethbridge, AlbertaCanada
Permanent Link to runtime's Garage:
No bike information available.
— Profile last updated: Jun 17, 2007
Log in to post comments.
No comments have been posted on runtime's garage.
runtime has no bikes.
runtime has no boats.
runtime has no planes.
Print your passion at Motortopia.com (http://www.motortopia.com)


text:
Item: EGEMGSASA81W
Back in the early 1980's someone got the idea of putting a humbucker in the bridge position of a Strat and the idea caught on with guitar manufacturers. It makes sense if you want one guitar to fulfill both single coil and humbucking tones. EMG has perfected this setup with their outstanding active SA Strat pickups combined with the hotter EMG81 humbucker, all factory pre-wired and ready to slap into your guitar. EMG invented the active electric guitar pickup systems and this SA/SA/81 set sounds awesome.
List price: $299.00
You Save: $100.00 (33%)
EGEMGSASA81W - SA/SA/81 Active HSS Strat Pickup SetPrice $199.00
Your Name*
Email Address*
Daytime Phone*
What is 9 plus 4 *


text:
Golf outing in Flossmoor a lift for blind veterans
BY Ginger Brashinger Correspondent June 17, 2013 12:40PM
Marvin Higdon, a Navy veteran from the Vietnam era, gets ready to tee off at Idlewild Country Club during a golf outing for legally blind veterans. | Ginger Brashinger~For Sun-Times Media
Article Extras
Updated: July 17, 2013 6:58AM
Soldiering on just as they did in military life, nine legally blind U.S. veterans gave it their best shot at Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor on Friday morning for as many rounds of golf as they cared to play.
The veterans, from all over the Midwest, came from the Hines Hospital Central Blind Rehabilitation Center for one of 14 golf outings planned in the northern Illinois area.
"Idlewild's a regular (participant of the program)," said Pat Douglass, the Blind Vet Swing Club coordinator. "They've been doing it for years. It's been great."
For many of the veterans, just seeing the golf ball at their feet was difficult, if not impossible, but the camaraderie they shared with a dozen volunteers and several young caddies and the veterans' positive attitudes made managing the course an enjoyable experience.
"I just love it. It's the best thing that ever happened to me," Vietnam War veteran Marvin Higdon said.
Higdon, 62, who served in the Navy, said his macular degeneration may have begun because of chemicals he was exposed to during the Vietnam War. He said his condition cannot be corrected but his time at the blind center has made a difference in his quality of life.
"I live in a rural area (Peru, Ind.) and I couldn't do this, and I couldn't do that," Higdon said. "They brought me up here and they taught me to do everything."
That includes resuming his beloved golf game. Higdon said he began caddying at age 8 and always loved golf. He loves nothing better now than to get on the course with the vets and volunteers.
"I have no depth perception, but if somebody tells me the distance, I can (get the ball there)," Higdon said.
Pat McLaughlin, of Palos Park, who acted as Higdon's volunteer partner, said he decided to volunteer when he saw a flyer at Idlewild looking for members to help.
"It didn't make a difference what I was going to do as long as I was helping the veterans," McLaughlin said. "I certainly appreciate everything they did."
Douglass instructed about a dozen volunteers prior to the vets' morning arrival, outlining a special set of rules designed to enhance the golfers' experiences.
Douglass told the volunteers to tee up each shot on the fairway after the vet took a practice swing. Once the golfer reached the green, she said they could "pace it off to the hole" and someone should rattle the flag to guide the golfer via sound.
Douglass wasn't surprised that the expected group of 16 turned out to be a smaller group of nine veterans, saying that many times older veterans aren't feeling well enough to attend events they signed up for days ahead of time.
Those who arrived were excited just to be there.
Some had no expectations at all. Cyril George, 85, of Sioux Falls, S.D., said his only plan for the day was "to have a good time."
George, who said he "never golfed — first time," suffers from a genetic eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa, and has only partial sight.
George and Harold Rees, 81, a Korean War veteran from Des Moines, Iowa, hoped to use the golfing lessons given at the blind center to at least hit the ball, they said.
"This is my first time," Rees said. "I've never golfed. I'm going to do my best."
Scores weren't kept, so the outing resulted in nothing but winners on the course. All things considered, Douglass said, there's nothing like a day of golf to make everything the veterans are taught at Hines come together.
"One of the instructors said the outings are probably as important as one day at the center," she said.