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Hawaii Tribune Herald- 08/08/12 - by Yisa Var - A second chance can change a life. As I sat and listened to Carol Ignacio speak about forgiveness and second chances at a recent fundraiser for the Going Home Consortium, part of HIWEDO, which helps prison inmates reintegrate into society, I could not help but be moved by her words. Carol's life's work, as evidence by those who shared their own experiences of the many programs she has pioneered, has been to open her heart and find ways to create programs that help the poor, the hungry, the homeless and now those who want to change their lives around after serving jail time.
Having had my home burglarized last year and my parent's home robbed, with my dad held at gunpoint, two years before that, forgiveness for criminals was not high on my to-do list. Drugs seemed to be the motivation behind the crimes against us — the criminals were most likely addicts and willing to do harm to others to feed their own monsters. Having been somewhat of a rule follower my whole life — I never got in trouble in school, I got good grades, never broke the law and certainly never intentionally hurt others — I didn't quite understand the criminal mind, that is, until I receive a crash course in crime victim 101.
But here I was, in a room filled with political officials, successful businessmen and women, and convicted felons and past drug addicts. Everyone had come together to raise money for a program that is changing lives and helping to create opportunities for people who are willing to work hard and make a new life for themselves beyond the prison bars. It was obvious to me in that moment that it was time to open my mind and heart and give forgiveness a chance.
As each person spoke throughout the evening's event, I learned more about the Hawaii Island Workforce and Economic Development Ohana (HIWEDO), the Going Home program and the Hope Services, as they called it, which is helping to get people who have been recently released from prison back on their feet with rent deposits, help with finding a job, job training and much more. People who have been through the program offered up emotional testimonials as to its success in allowing them that second chance to stay clean and sober, find ways to be self-sufficient and productive members of society and begin putting the pieces of their lives back together. It was inspiring!
With the state of prisons being so overcrowded and the accommodations not as conducive to rehabilitation as they probably should be at many facilities, it's no wonder that people are struggling upon release. How can you expect someone to change when they are going in with the mindset that it is somehow okay to hurt others, steal from others, and break the law, in order to meet their own personal agenda? Putting them in a box for a few months or a few years in an environment that is not peaceful, not educational and not safe is setting them up to fail in the real world. I have never been to jail myself, but it isn't hard to imagine the conditions of a crowded jail cell and how things could go terribly wrong in such close quarters with people who are used to fighting for what they want or just taking in.
It is because I don't fully understand what inmates go through that makes me want to forgive and support that second chance — third and fourth chances, probably not so much! But I have been given many second chances in my life, do-overs, or a chance to make a better decision, not just for me, but also for my entire family and everyone who cares about me. Going Home Consortium is actually going into the facilities and connecting with inmates and making this happen. I tip my hat to their valiant efforts and wish them much success, as through their work, they are also keeping my family and me safe in the long run.
There is no overall solution and not everyone can be helped or rehabilitated, but at least someone is out there trying — one inmate at a time.
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Yisa Var. "Ka `ikena - A second chance can change a life" Big Island Weekly, 08 Aig. 2012.http://bigislandweekly.com/news/ka-ikena-73.html


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Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Gen Con Indy is an enormous convention devoted to hobby gaming and its fans. Fantasy Flight Games has attended this illustrious event for the past 17 years, and each experience has been uniquely exciting and accompanied by extensive preparations. We strongly believe in the Gen Con Indy motto of "the best four days in gaming," and we continually focus every aspect of our interactions toward providing attendees the most exciting experience possible.
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Editorial: Michigan's Right to Work Legislation Signed into Law. Class Warfare Fueled Comments
Most Press reports present the matter as a struggle between those who support collective bargaining rights and those who do not. That is simply not true. The legislation the Big Union leaders oppose gives both government and private sector workers the right to make up their own mind about joining a union and having their union dues deducted from their paychecks. It does not outlaw collective bargaining. Continue Reading
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2 years ago
fire...It is truely sad that you have such disdain and disrespect for a Bishop of the Church or for that matter the other Bishops that were in solidarity with him, no matter his or their thoughts and feelings on the topic...
2 years ago
David, is this the same infallible bishop Gumbleton that is committed to a foux pax that B16 recently spoke of? Is this the same bishop that is not in solidarity with his own union boss? The key to it all, David is on the shoulders of his union boss. Listen and learn about true solidarity from him. You are only fooling yourself, and bringing others along for the ride.
2 years ago
firefighter, Grey and the rest of you, I read the opinion page in the Grand Rapids Press. In it was an opionion by a retired bishop from the Archdiocese of Detroit about RTW, read on... Oh and Grey, why is it so hard for you to think that I won't pray for you and the others?BY BISHOP THOMAS GUMBLETON
"We firmly oppose organized efforts, such as those regrettably now seen in this country, to break existing unions and prevent workers for organizing."
My brother bishops and I wrote that more than a quarter-century ago in our 1986 letter "Economic Justice for All." Regrettably, it rings true still today.
The right-to-work legislation that was passed by the House and the Senate in Michigan just this month is designed to break unions. It is designed to prevent workers from organizing. And we must oppose it as firmly as we did during the 1980s.
As Catholics, we believe that if the dignity of work is to remain protected, then the basic rights of workers must be protected -- fair wages, freedom from discrimination and the right to organize and join unions. We believe in justice. We believe in the common good.
Right-to-work laws go against everything we believe.
.Economists tell us that right-to-work laws devastate economic justice. They lower wages for all workers. They lessen benefits for all workers. They increase poverty for all people.
Workers tell us that these laws decrease cooperation, collaboration, love and solidarity.
This legislation should not just offend Catholics, but all Christians and members of all faith traditions. At the core of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and all great religions are the values of dignity and respect, values from which economic justice and the right to organize can never be separated.
Gov. Rick Snyder's Presbyterian tradition "affirms the rights of labor organization and collective bargaining as minimum demands of justice." Similar statements have been made by the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, the Union for Reform Judaism and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, to name but a few.
However, we do not need statements from on high to understand what we know to be true on the ground. Right-to-work laws do not help the least among us. Rather, they profit those who already hold more power and wealth than is their fair share. They foster extreme inequality, inequality that can only lead to extreme disparities and extreme division.
In the book of Isaiah, the prophet proclaims, "Woe to those who make unjust laws." Indeed, woe to those in the Michigan state legislature who voted in favor of these laws. Woe to Gov. Snyder whose pen is at the ready to sign these bills.
Just as Catholic bishops united in 1986 to speak against organized efforts to break unions, it is now time for Michigan citizens of all faiths to unite against an unjust law, passed in great haste, which will do great damage to our state. Each of us must take responsibility for speaking out and taking action to prevent a terrible injustice from occurring in Michigan.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton is a retired auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.
2 years ago
WoW! This board indeed is a place for public opinion! Stephanie, American Firefighter, Bob, Larry, to name a few. My thoughts are out there with you. I certainly have not hooked up with the borg as yet! Nor does this Independent voter's Catholic Social Justice thinking intend too either! Blessings...
2 years ago
The actions of union leaders and workers in MI and WI for that matter are beyond acceptable. Destruction of property, assaulting those with opposing views, and verbal threats of, "Civil War", are the actions of thugs.
No wonder people want to opt out of paying union dues. I would not want my money going to support such behavior. -
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My Friends,
This struggle, unfortunately, is not about workers freedom of associations. Nor is it about anti-union legislation. This is about one thing: Money and you my friends are being played. States like this law because it lessens the big internationals grip on labor. Open shop states are more cost effective. Ergo businesses like to relocate to these states since they are more profitable. More profitable companies tend to pay their workers more just to keep unions out. For both of these reasons states tax revenues climb. Unions hate it because union dues are the only real source( at least on the surface) of revenue they have. And money has a way of becoming personal which is why you see outside union activities usually bused in from any where in the country. The bottom line is if unions are an attractive proposition to the workers, the workers will gladly join. From the looks of it unions act they don't have very strong case. -
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This is long overdue. The Marxist Democrat Party has received Billions of dollars from dues money to finance their campaigns and elections. This has been a 'Money Laundering' racket. Time to end it.
2 years ago
The bible talks about a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. How does a Catholic and Catholic Online ignore that?? "Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven" (Colossians 4:1). "A worker's wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due" (Romans 4:4). "Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days. Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.(James 5:1-4)
AMarek, the unions did not pick up the steel industry and move it overseas. The unions did not pick up the other factory jobs and move them overseas. The unions did not destroy the auto industry; in fact American Auto industry is doing quite well. You want to blame unions but the middle class in this country grew from the 1930's to 1980 and why? Unions provided families the means to escape the cities into the suburbs by making sure dad had decent salary so he could afford the house with the white picket fence and the new Edsel. Unless you built your own home, most likely a union carpenter and union electrician worked on it. Your streets were built by union workers. The car you are driving, even the gas it uses produced by a union worker. If you that anti union, take a stab at using something not made by a union worker.
2 years ago
Unions used to be great things 100 years ago because they would protect workers' rights. Now we have laws against unsafe work conditions, minimum wage requirements, employers are required to pay on time, child labor laws, etc. Unions are no longer needed because we have reformed our legal system.
The real reason they're upset is because that means no more free money for the Democratic Party. People are required to join unions as a condition of being hired and then the unions use the dues to donate to far-left causes. Now if you look at the last election, 30% of America voted for Obama, 29% voted for Romney, and 40% disliked both candidates and parties so much that they did not vote at all. Time to stop the theft donating to causes that only 30% of the people support. Now I can understand a blue state where 60% of the votes went to Obama. But I heard that (in California) 98% of union dues go to the Democratic Party. Obama did not get 98% of the vote, and the 60% that went to Obama doesn't count the people who didn't vote at all. -
2 years ago
...how come they only throw around the phrase, "Class Warfare" when the working class starts standing up for itself?
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I love this color! It goes with all my clothing and is great to wear day and night. Looks amazing paired with something gold.
A deep, creamy, smooth, berry red! I consider it to be a neutral! It goes on like a dream and wears well. A beautiful, classy, non garish color!
I actually got this color during a manicure at a local nail salon. I wanted something modest but bright enough to lighten my mood in a place where it rains about 80% of the year (can you guess yet? Yup, Seattle!)
I fell in love with it. It looks especially amazing with a shellac manicure. Everyone said it matched my pale skintone really well and it was perfect for the work place. It also paired well with the summery mood Seattle is slowly but surely coming into recently.
Usually I'm not a fan of red; I sometimes find it very 'old and too mature' for my taste. But this is a perfect darker red that is great for someone my age (22).
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I have been searching for this polish for months and finally found it - so sad it is being discontinued :( It goes on smoothly and you only need one coat, although I tend to use two just to perfect everything. It's a rich berry colour that isn't too red or too purple. It has a bit more of a brown tint on the nail than in the bottle but it is still absolutely beautiful and rich. Love this polish!
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I got this NP in a set at Marshall's and I adore it. It is like a beautiful, delicious raspberry. It's not too red, too pink, or too purple. It's perfect for days when red is too much but pink isn't enough. It's deep but not vampy and it applies like a dream. Very smooth, self-leveling, and opaque in two coats. I used BL base coat and Poshe top coat and it wears very well. Very highly recommended.
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This is a gorgeous colour. Dramatic, but a bit more interesting and subdued than a basic red. It's become my daily polish.
From the OPI Spain collection 2009. I got this in a set with Suzi skis the Pyrenees.
I like the colour it reminds me of a raspberry lollipop. A raspberry based red. Creamy application that glides onto the nail like a dream.
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A lovely rich berry in the bottle, this can easily lean red (remarkably close to Edin-Burgundy) in certain artificial light. Most of the day, though, it should look true to the bottle. Great for high summer, fall, and winter.
I'm on the fence about this polish because it's a gorgeous color that I think could be wearable all year long but it's also not the color I saw in the color (which was more of a magenta then a deep red). I thought it was maybe the artificial light that was making the color look on the redder side but in the sunlight it looks like that as well. Still, it is a gorgeous color and has a creamy finish.
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NYC Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Services (updated 4/24/14 to include Appendix F) - The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) announces the availability of up to $15.7 million annually for alcohol and substance abuse prevention services to serve youth within the five boroughs of New York City (NYC). Alcohol and substance abuse prevention services in NYC, currently funded by OASAS through contracts that expire June 30, 2014, will now be awarded through a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process, with the exception of the prevention contract with the NYC Department of Education which receives a specific appropriation in the budget. This is in alignment with the Governor's goal to make all state agencies' procurement processes more transparent and competitive.
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Opioid Treatment Access and Dosage Registry - Through this Request for Proposal (RFP), OASAS is seeking an experienced, responsive, responsible and financially sound organization that is qualified to establish and maintain an Opioid Treatment Access & Dosage Registry (known as "Registry") for opioid treatment programs (OTPs) throughout New York State. The successful bidder will be expected to acquire its own source of funds through charges to OTP programs to provide the services expected, such that this RFP will result in a no-cost contract to the State.
The purposes and objectives of the Registry function are to ascertain whether a patient was previously known to the system; to admit new patients into the registry; to collect pertinent information and assign unique registry identification numbers; to re-admit previously discharged patients who are eligible for re-admission; to discharge patients from active status; to transfer patients between eligible programs; to update and correct previously entered information to capture appropriate dosage information; and to facilitate disaster management. |
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NY/NY III Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless Families – Round Three OASAS has released an RFP for $1.75 million that will support at least 70 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless families in New York City where the head of household has a substance use disorder. This RFP is another component of the New York/New York III Agreement that has brought together many State and City agencies and departments in a multi-year effort to address homelessness. OASAS previously awarded applicants for Round One and Round Two in 2012, resulting in a total of 135 units of family housing, valued at $3.375 Million. Applicants are reminded that funding to support the operation of these programs is contingent upon continued availability of State appropriations. Awards for family apartment units beyond the Round Three will be based on future appropriations received by OASAS, if any, to expand services. |
3/22/13 |
2013 Planning Supplement – Young Adult Residential Treatment - OASAS intends through this supplement, to award two 25 bed Capital projects, one in Long Island and one in Western New York, to address the problem of increasing opiate dependency in the 18 to 25 year old young adult population. These two areas of the State are showing the worst effects of this problem. Proposals will be scored on a capital and programmatic scale. Providers must demonstrate the ability to provide the appropriate residential services and complete the capital project in a timely manner. It is anticipated that awards will be made by Mid April 2013.


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Mon, May 28, 12 at 16:31
Gutted the two baths and kitchen this weekend of the 1979 built ranch I closed on last Monday.
Found the tiles below on the master bath floor under a layer of linoleum. I have demo'd a lot of house and never seen tile like this so I thought some other GW'ers might enjoy them. Sorry for the picture quality, forgot to take my good camera over there.
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 17:07
It would be great to clean it up and restore it! |
No question at all! Just sharing some of the more interesting things you find peeling back the layers! Tile on the main bathroom floor wasn't half as interesting but definitely not a shape found today. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 17:51
I haven't seen those shapes in a midcentury tile. It would be nice to preserve some of them in some way. |
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That looks like Korean Porcelain Mosaics. back in the mid- 80's it was as common as glass tile is now. |
Cool! I've done wallpaper archeology, but never flooring. You now have higher ceilings. |
Thanks Bill! I knew someone would have seen it before. I really like it but I do not like that amount of grout on my bathroom floor. I haven't made any effort to clean it up but I think the grout was put down approximately that color. That is the same color as the 4X4 wall tiles in the 60" shower. |
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Grout color can always be changed with colorant, if that's the problem |
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Front room at The Omni Hut in Smyrna
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A charming tiki restaurant, where employees and customers alike are treated like family. The Omni Huts creator, Jim Walls, started the Omni Hut after taking up cooking as a hobby and second job while stationed in Honolulu as a pilot before World War II. The military took him all over the world, and he picked up culinary tricks wherever he went, and it when it came time to retire, he decided to open a restaurant. He chose this location in Smyrna, near Ft. Stuart, and opened a restaurant called "Chinese Cuisine," which soon became the Omni Hut. Walls also owned the nearby Mahi Mahi for a short time. The Omni Hut suffered a fire in 2000, but luckily the restaurant has been able to reopen with the decor largely intact. The Omni Hut does not have a liquor license, but customers are encouraged to spike their own drinks -- the Omni Hut has a "Hawaiian Tea" drink that is perfect with a little rum added.
To celebrate 50 years in business, the Omni Hut had two special souvenir mugs created by Tiki Farm, and they can be purchased at the restaurant (their special teriyaki sauce, too!). November 22, 2011, 9:14 AM
My wife and I have lived in Nashville, TN for 14 years..but didn't discover this Tiki legend til 2009. Owner Polly doesn't do much advertizing except in Tiki Magazine, but when you've been in buisness for 51 years, there's a ton of 'word of mouth' and life-time regulars to fill the place every night.
We sure have made up for lost time though! The Omni Hut reminds us of a Tiki spot in San Francisco long gone...South Pacific. It has all the great Tiki items you'd expect...great Tiki Gods, tapas, neat light fixtures, the whole nine yards. You can easily forget you're land-locked in TN really fast when you step into the atmosphere of the Omni Hut. We normally dive into the Bora Bora (bacon wrapped pineapple chunks), and the incredible Tahitian Tid Bits ( little rib pieces cooked in the Omni Hut's own teriyaki sauce which you can buy...we take home the gallon size...no kidding!). Then you get a great salad, soup, bread,and a nice entree that comes with a baked potato and veggies. I promise you won't go home hungry! It's a ton of food and the pace is nice and relaxing...they do 2 setting a night...so service is very good and paced, so you can enjoy the meal and the awesome piped in Hawaiian and Exotica music. Polly is the best hostess, too...an evening visit to the Omni Hut is a step back in time, and a fantastic dining experience, too. I think I'll make a reservation right now! Tiki D is a regular at The Omni Hut, and is usually there as much as I can.
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This place is Awesome!!!! the food was great, I went there with one of my friends for a holiday meal and it was amazing decor, food, service.
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Sunday Chef did it again. Do you remember Sunday Chef? It is the name I have given my husband, Dennis, who cooks each Sunday. Years ago, with the kitchen TV turned to a sports channel, he starting teaching himself to cook. He has chopped and stirred his way to some delicious meals through many professional sporting events. Recently he put together another winning recipe that I have named Sunday Football Chicken. The vegetables make the dish moist and flavorful, the chicken tender. The family gave it a high score. Try it and see what score you think it deserves.
RECIPE: Sunday Football Chicken
1 (3 1/2 lb) chicken cut into 8 pieces, rinsed and patted dry
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups diced carrots
2 cups diced onion
2 cups diced celery
2 minced garlic cloves
1 tablespoon herbes de Provence
Chicken broth
2 tablespoons minced parsley for garnish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat butter and olive oil in a large, ovenproof pan over medium heat. Brown the chicken in batches until golden brown. Remove to plate when browned. When all of chicken is browned, reduce heat to medium-low. Add carrots, onion, celery, garlic and herbes de Provence; cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until vegetables are lightly sautéed. Return the chicken and any juices to the pan, arranging chicken on top of the vegetables. Add enough chicken broth to just cover the vegetables. Cover pan and bake in the oven for 2 hours. Chicken should be fork tender. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately with either mashed potatoes or noodles.
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Unless you or your team played against them, I have a hard time understanding how anyone could not love Hines Ward and Derrick Mason. Pound-for-pound, they were the two toughest receivers of the first decade of the 21st century.
And now it appears they're both ready to hang up the cleats.
Mason made it official on Monday, announcing his retirement after 15 seasons, most of which flew far under the radar.
And while there's still some uncertainty surrounding Ward's future, teammates expect him to retire as well after the Steelers were eliminated from the playoffs this weekend.
Pro-football-reference has this nifty little feature that lists players "similar" to each other. Most similar to Mason? Ward. Most similar to Ward? Mason.
That's mainly based on the statistics, but it also goes beyond that. First, the glaringly similar facts:
Mason (98th overall pick in 1997)
172 starts, 943 REC, 12,061 YDS, 66 TD, 12.8 YPC
Ward (92nd overall pick in 1998)
190 starts, 1,000 REC, 12,083 YDS, 85 TD, 12.1 YPC
What the numbers don't reveal is that both were sure-handed safety valves who were heavily relied upon in crunch time. They were a quarterback's best friend. And despite a lack of size (especially in the case of Mason) they didn't shy away from both delivering and taking big hits.
In fact, I'd argue that Ward was also the best blocking receiver in the game for much of his prime.
Mason got off to a slower start as a receiver, which is probably why he has significantly fewer starts and touchdowns than Ward (it also didn't help that Ward played in a much more productive offense over the course of his career), but when he wasn't delivering as a top receiving option early in his career he was one of the most productive return men in the game.
In fact, he held the NFL record for single-season all-purpose yards (2,659) for 11 years before Darren Sproles broke it by six yards this season.
Mason actually finished with more 1,000-yard seasons (eight for him, five for Ward) despite playing in four different cities and catching passes from 11 different starting quarterbacks (Ward played for only one team and had just six quarterbacks throw passes to him).
Yet while the Ward Canton debate has been raging for several years, you rarely hear Mason's name connected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A crowded line of receivers awaiting Hall of Fame admission probably means both players will have to wait quite a while before getting a fair look from those in position to decide their fate, but when that day comes, here's hoping that we have distanced ourselves from the advantage of the spotlight that helped boost Ward's rep over Mason's. Playing for the Steelers for 14 years will do that.
Ward was also Dancing with the Stars and flashing that smile while crossing over into the mainstream, which will help. But ultimately, Ward scored more and won more. He has two rings; Mason has none.
Still Mason was an All-Pro (Ward never was) and won only three fewer playoff games than Ward.
The point is that it's closer to a toss-up than many would believe. And in both cases, the quantifiable statistics don't do justice to what Mason and Ward did on the football field.
There are very few players like them nowadays. And whether they make the Canton cut or not, I'll never forget how much I enjoyed watching both play football.


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Hope to start a small bath renovation this year ... probably be done in stages. First step will be wallpaper removal and painting, followed by a new finish (maybe paint) on the vanity with a granite or quartz counter and white sink. All plumbing fixtures are currently gray. Later we'll get a new white tub and toilet. Need to replace garden window with casement or French casement. And somewhere in the middle will be vinyl floor redo. I originally wanted to use the same pinwheel tile (white w/black) that we have in the other bath, but I'm really leaning away from tile. Don't care for the hardness factor, but I'm stuck for a reliable replacement. Any suggestions? |
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I have duraceramic in my bathroom and really like it. I installed it with no grout lines. Give a tile look, but it's not hard or cold like real tile. Very easy to install. |
- Posted by lukkiirish (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 13:40
Cork makes for a great flooring in a bathroom and kitchen. It's pretty cool looking too. |
Macy, I read a thread about Duraceramic on the Flooring forum. Too many cons for me to feel comfortable. Lukk, I thought about cork, but there's the staining and moisture issue. |
I picked up some samples of Forbo marmoleum yesterday. I like the idea of a cushioned, seamless surface in the small bath I'm doing. (you can also get tiles). But I'm not committed yet. |
- Posted by lukkiirish (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 16:34
Hadn't heard about that, sorry. The other option we're considering for when we do our guest bathroom floor are the vinyl tiles that can be grouted. I saw them at Home Depot and loved the way they looked like real tile but didn't come with that hardness factor. The ones they carry I believe are Armstrong which sells the special grout as well, they're water resistant and easy to clean. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Groutable vinyl tiles
Anyone familiar with Amtico? I remember seeing it about 6 years ago when we visited a local kitchen showroom. It looked like wood, but it's vinyl. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Amtico
Lukk, our bath is small and I'm afraid those tiles would be too big. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 16:42
Natal I have hardwood in one bathroom and will be installing wood in my other bath soon. |
- Posted by nosoccermom (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 12 at 18:49
Rubber tiles? Link below. Or something like this, which is quite common in Europe, http://www.therubberflooringcompany.co.uk |
Here is a link that might be useful: rubber tiles
One of my family members had an Amtico floor in her last house. I'm not generally a fan of faux, but her floor was beautiful, nice to stand on, and easy to take care of. She also had marmoleum in baths. It was also lovely, comfortable, and functional, but she found that the dark color she chose in one of the baths really showed water spots. |
How about slate tile? I think it's warmer looking than ceramic tile. We have slate tile with plum/gray tones in our little half bath. |
I thought we would go cork...but on the flooring site they are saying on the cork info it specifically says not for Kitchens/bathrooms. Water is an issue with them. I am with you natal so confused, and w/o options. I DO NOT want a hard surface!! |
I bought a vinyl from Lowe's that has a foam backing. It was a higher end brand and in the most beautiful muted cream pattern so subtle that it just looks warm and inviting. They installed it and it's fab. Much warmer on the feet than my old ceramic and it's texture is almost an anti skid. That was important to me as I'm getting older. On that note I also got a tub with the anti skid on the floor of it. No need for bath mats, yay! |
Sue, slate would present the same hardness issue. We're going to take a look at Amtico. After talking to dh last night we're now thinking seriously about no tub. A walkin shower makes so much more sense for the way we live. When it comes time to sell we can give a tub allowance if that's a deal breaker. More than likely the absence of a master bath en suite would be the real issue, not the lack of a tub in the bath across the hall. |
- Posted by maureeninmd (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 21:11
I LOVE the linoleum we had installed in our heavily used bath a few months ago. I like how it feels underfoot, the beautiful swirly colors, and its anti-static properties. While it doesn't smell like anything now, pre-install it had the nicest piney scent. |
- Posted by lukkiirish (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 21:39
Natal, it's the reverse. Not having a tub in the master as long as there's one in the house is usually okay. But depending on the size of your house and if the buyers in your area are mostly families (with kids) having a tub only in the master suite is less preferred. That's because parents typically like to have that space to themselves. I understand making the space so it fits your lifestyle, but if resale is in the picture at all, please know that offering an allowance to put one back in could hurt you as well, there are a lot of buyers who just aren't prepared for that much of a renovation. |
Lukk, we have two baths. Currently the master has a tub. That's the one we're considering eliminating. Resale is not an issue. I can't see living my life for the next 20 years to appeal to a market that may or may not care one way or the other when we do get ready to sell. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 23:12
Natal, I also am going to be removing a tub and installing just a shower in my bath. Currently have a tub/shower combo, will be tearing it out and replacing with a shower only. I very seldom use the tub. We are 60 and 65 and showers just makes more sense for us. DH already has a 48"shower in his bath; I am thinking about a 60" (same size as unit I will be removing). That should accomodate a small handicap shower chair should the need arise. You just never know. Will let the next generation worry about a tub. Didn't mean to imply that we are too old for tubs now :)...just thinking ahead. |
- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Sun, Apr 1, 12 at 6:55
yayagal - can you post a pic of you vinyl floor? I'm thinking of vinyl too for my bathrooms. I do remember seeing a good brand in a creamy color at one of our lowe's. When I looked at another lowe's, they didn't have it! do you know the color name? brand? the one I saw was Armstrong. I'd rather not have any breaks in flooring - like tile even if vinyl. no grout lines to worry about or allow water to seep thru. |
Natal here's the info on the flooring, it's all one piece, no lines in it and yummy. They don't show a pic of it online but this is all you need when you go to Lowes. This will get you started. Everyone who sees the bathroom first remarks on the floor and how they love it. It has a matte finish. IVC 13'2"W Cream/Beige/Almond Stone Finish Sheet Vinyl |
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I misunderstood you post, I thought it was the main bath but if it's the master, then sure it won't be an issue; that's what we did too. |
Lukk, I call it the master, but at one time it was the main bath. Now that we have a second bathroom, dh & I are the only ones you use the main one. If we make the switch it will mean two baths with showers only. Tuesday, those are the same reasons we're considering the switch. We never use the tub. It's a pain to clean. Would be so nice to have a built-in seat (we did that in the other bath) ... and room, should the need ever arise, for a shower chair. My dad and then my mom had to use one for many years. It was a major hassle for them climbing into a tub. |
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My sister got beautiful slate-look vinyl tile for her bath from Lowe's. You cannot tell it is not stone other than the softness. |
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Gears of War Xbox One! It's in development at Black Tusk Studios, as you hopefully already know. According to Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer, the new game won't just continue the series but "reignite" and "grow" it - a tacit admission, perhaps, that last year's Gears of War: Judgment wasn't quite the big seller it could have been.
@TheRealDemons Still working through plan. I can say first original GoW from BT has to reignite franchise and grow it, won't be a quick turn— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 19, 2014
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Everyday at Black Tusk I walk past this boob at the office. pic.twitter.com/AFhK0O2pyy— Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) February 19, 2014
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*TOP REVIEWER* ayngemac on 11/19/2010 6:21:00 AM more reviews by ayngemac
Age: 30-35 Skin: Oily, Olive, Cool Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
I bought this without realizing it was sheer. I got the fuschia and intended to use it as a matte lipcolor, but it's basically lipgloss in a pencil. What a dumb idea. Plus you have to sharpen it after each use.
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foxieq on 6/25/2010 12:28:00 AM more reviews by foxieq
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Brown
I'm not gonna lie, I'm no expert on lipliners. I could wear a full face of makeup and would still put on a tinted lip balm at the most. I have this on bonzai and it applies really evenly, a bit dark on my lips, but I layer a light pink gloss (Amazemint in freedom of peach) on it and it becomes extremely flattering.
It works well as a gel liner and leaves a nice tint when my lip makeup rubs off
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micka686 on 4/28/2009 10:37:00 AM more reviews by micka686
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
This is a useless product for my complexion. I have it in Honeysuckle. I am brunett with olive skin and it does not show on my lips. It might be more suitable for pale skin gals.
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sabrinafabbott on 4/18/2009 10:17:00 PM more reviews by sabrinafabbott
Age: 30-35 Skin: Very Dry, Fair Hair: Red Eyes: Green
I love this lip liner so much. I purchased it in Banyan, and it's perfect for my pale skin. I bought it on clearance for around a buck, and went back and bought the rest of them, along with three other colors.
It glides on so smooth, without the harsh line lip liners usually give, but it stays on like a regular lip liner. I use it under gloss, every day, and couldn't be happier. I only wish it was still stocked in stores. Does anyone know of a product like this, that will still be available? If so, please message me!
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stormynights24 on 4/18/2009 10:00:00 PM more reviews by stormynights24
Age: 30-35 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool Hair: Other, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Blue
Fortunately I only paid around $1.50 when it was on clearance at Walgreens because this product is useless as a lipliner. It's like lipgloss in pencil form so it's not only slippy and slidy-it's sheer. What good can this do as a lipliner, I ask you?
Not only that, the end of the liner twists to dispense more product but mine must be defective because it does nothing when I twist it. *shakes fist*
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*TOP REVIEWER* MakeUpJunkiee on 3/27/2009 12:04:00 PM more reviews by MakeUpJunkiee
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I came across this liner while buying unnecessary makeup in Rite Aid (although im usually a sephora kinda gal!) I bought it in honeysuckle because i need a fleshtone liner that wouldnt be obvious. I tried it and LOVED it. If worn alone it can be kind of greyish tint so i apply lip balm to my lips dab a dot or two of red lipstick and apply this on my entire lip and i get the perfect nude (but not dead) color. Went to buy another as a backup!
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*TOP REVIEWER* jrm1862 on 2/9/2009 8:33:00 PM more reviews by jrm1862
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Tan, Neutral Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
I got this in Honeysuckle. I was pleasantly surprised how nice and smooth this goes on; it does not pull or tug like some lip pencils. This color is so natural and neutral that it goes with any colored lipstick or lipgloss. I use this with my lipglosses and it makes the staying power much longer. This is such a great high quality product and I can't believe how cheap it is.
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*TOP REVIEWER* renemy on 12/17/2008 12:14:00 AM more reviews by renemy
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
I love gloss liners. They're like the discontinued Rimmel Vinyl Jelly gloss liners. I originally got the Honeysuckle because of the stellar reviews. However, I found it way too gray on me. It seems to work on a lot of people here but I am super, super warm/yellow and it didn't work for me. I also got the Lily color, which is a bright but sheer strawberry pink. I want to try the Banyan or Bonzai next as neither of these colors are working for me, but I love their texture and pigmentation.
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ajh96 on 8/17/2008 10:05:00 PM more reviews by ajh96
Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
I have this in honeysuckle and it is a really beautiful nude colour not too brown, orange or pinky. The formula is great and the pricing is very affordable.
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loliemoo on 6/1/2008 1:55:00 AM more reviews by loliemoo
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
ooh i like this. I have this in calla, which is a bright pink color. I use this to lightly line and fill in my lips and then top with a lip balm. This gives me a natural pink lip color that really brightens up my face. :]
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Immersive Videoconferencing and Digital Signage at the NHL, Part 1
Apr 8, 2010 2:21 PM, By Bennett Liles
All right, so you had to install computers and run DVI cable to all those monitors everywhere. Are they wall mounted?
Yeah, the monitors are wall-mounted. What we did is we had an AV room constructed for us, which is about 50ft. away from the actual monitors, so we didn't want to run DVI cable that distance. What we used were extenders for the DVI signal—they were Cat-5e extenders that had transmitters at the backside—and also receivers behind each monitor. [Timestamp: 7:59]
OK, yeah, I was wondering about the distance on the DVI but…
Yeah, because the extenders are available, it just made a lot simpler choice. The DVI signal was just going to be rich and robust, and the fact that we were able to extend it beyond 50ft. to upwards over 100ft. over Cat-5 made this the obvious choice. [Timestamp: 8:17]
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OK, so you had to get power to all those things too. Where are they located, like behind the wall somewhere?
Yeah, actually there's a false wall behind each monitor so we had about 6in. of depth, and that's where all of the receivers are located. Power for the TVs, obviously, is fed local, right behind the TV, but for the extenders, we ran the Cat-5 for the video extending and also a separate line to feed global to power to each of the receivers so all of the power supplies are located inside of the rack—makes trouble shooting a lot easier. You don't have to go out behind the monitors to get to trouble. In case of trouble with a power supply, you can just service it all in the AV room. [Timestamp: 8:53]
Yeah, that would really come in handy. I mean you don't have to tear into anything while actually people are there or anything.
Yeah, that was one of the other key elements of it too was minimizing the service interaction in the space itself because those conference rooms and that hallway is very active. Not only is the NHL using it, but obviously also they're also bringing in sponsors and people that are trying to walk through the space. The last thing that you want is someone out there working on the power supply. Not that it happens a lot, but something may break at some time, and if it's going to happen, when's it going to happen? The day that they have a bunch of people there. So we designed it so that it can be serviceable. It could be all done in the AV room as much as possible and we can get them back up and running real fast. [Timestamp: 9:33]
OK, and I guess that stuff looped--it just plays continuously?
Yes, what we did was we connected a two-way Crestron system and the control system gives them a touchscreen page where they're able to run it on a timer. They can keep looping the same video if they want. They can create a schedule. So for an hour, it will run this one; for the next hour, it will run that one; [it'll] turn the system on at a certain time; turn the system off at a certain time, so it's quite versatile in that manner and that's something that we custom wrote for them. [Timestamp: 10:03]
OK, so you got Crestron touchpanels in there. Where are the touchpanels located? Are they somewhere away from the public area?
Well, what we did, we didn't actually use a touchpanel for that area. In the AV room, again, with the control PC that's running the Watchout software, we put an e-Control panel from Crestron on the computer itself and it simulates an actual touchpanel. So rather than having to walk around and use a touchpanel because it's a corridor area, they actually run the panel simulator on the computer and it has the look and feel of a regular touchscreen. [Timestamp: 10:35]
Oh, that's neat.
All right, and I believe, if I am not mistaken here, you've got hockey clips projected on an NEC NP2000 somewhere?
Yeah, that's the projector that's inside of the shield that I mentioned before.Yeah, there as you walk into the lobby. Yeah, that's the NP200, and that's what's projected in front of the shield. It's actually mounted inside the back of the shield, let's call it, because as you walk in from the lobby into the reception area you see the face of the shield and behind it, that is where the projector is installed—within the shield itself, and then there is about 8ft. of space between the back of the shield and a curved wall, and within that 8ft. of space we projected a 120in. diagonal image in front of the shield. [Timestamp: 11:21]
Wow, so you've got video and sound going everywhere when you walk in that place.
Yeah, yeah, they've got a few things going on, which was the theme. As you walk in, you've got the new shield, you've got the vintage hockey going, and as you walk around, you're able to see from the Samsung monitors all the new things that are happening today in NHL whether it's games, the Stanley Cup playoffs, when they do their New Year's hockey game they play outside. They could have clips of that running out there. They have video games going out there, so it's quite an experience and all this is happening right around the area where they have all their conference rooms. [Timestamp: 11:57]
Yeah, I was going to say, it's not all entertainment. I mean there's work to be done and the conference tables were fairly sophisticated as well, weren't they?
Yeah, they were. The main reason for this area was for the conference center, which is the conference rooms that go around the perimeter of the space that we were just talking about, and the rooms vary in size from a six-person all the way up to a 20-person seating area, and all the tables have microphones inside of them with Extron cable cubbies so that they can plug in laptops. They can also plug in a keyboard and mouse that'll run the room PC, which is located in the rack closet within the room. [Timestamp: 12:39]
OK, and I think they're ClockAudio boundary mics that they were using in there?
Yep, the ClockAudio cardioid boundary microphones that were custom installed in the table, and there was quite a bit of coordination going on there between making sure that the cable covers were going to fit, making sure that they fit over a leg and not over a support brace and likewise with the microphones. It took quite a bit to make sure that was coordinated because you wanted to place microphones in a location where their pick up pattern is going to be effective, but at the same time, you have to be kind of listening in. [For example,] they needed to put structured beams in there to put these tables together, so we worked very closely with the furniture manufacturer to get that done. [Timestamp: 13:19]
And how's all that controlled? I mean, they've got a control station, obviously, somewhere nearby.
Yep, the room is equipped with a Crestron control system and with the Crestron control system is a Crestron TPMC-8X touchpanel, which has a docking station, and they can either set the touchpanel down on the docking station and use it or pick it up and walk around the room and use it. And it runs the order of system, which consists of surround sound within the room. It has, obviously, an audioconference system in it so that they can make calls out to an outside bridge, bring in other callers, and have a teleconference meeting. Also we installed in the rooms projectors and 50in. plasma screens so that they have the choice either they can have a very large presentation coming from the projector or they can have something a little bit smaller with a smaller group and just put it up on the flatscreen. [Timestamp: 14:13]
OK. Those are all phantom powered mics, I guess? where are they powered from?
Those are phantom powered microphones, and they run off of a ClearOne system. [Timestamp: 14:23]
OK. That's the ClearOne 880T?
OK, so that's controlled essentially by the Crestron system?
Crestron system, right.
OK, so they've got table boxes; they've got Extron cable cubbies with VGA connectors, I guess?
Right, they've got VGA connectors, a 3.5mm audio connector, USB connection, and data jacks inside the cable covers along with power as well. [Timestamp: 14:45]
Any challenges as far as making those fit or getting those in or any changes that had to be done?
We knew the size of the cable cover needed based on the connectors we were going to place inside of them, and we just paid attention and coordinated with the furniture manufacturer to make sure that they knew exactly what the specifications where and we worked with them on how to get it to fit. [Timestamp: 15:09]
It's all in the planning.
You can't erase a cut whole anywhere so…
No, no, that's why we paid attention to everything that everybody was doing. We double checked, sent emails back and forth, shop terms back and forth, and it all came together. [Timestamp: 15:21]
Joe, thanks for being here for the NHL headquarters installation and in part two I want to get more into the big screen video part of it and kind of see how you did that, but for now, thanks for being here, and I really enjoyed it.
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text: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass By Stephen King Donald M. Grant; 792 pages; $45 It's been six years since the last installment of Stephen King's epic fantasy saga, "The Dark Tower." "Volume Three: The Wastelands" ended in a cliffhanger and left King's fans champing at the bit for the further adventures of Roland, the haunted gunslinger who journeys across a desolate world in search of a mystical edifice that may hold the answers to every question about the universe. Now "The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass" is available in a limited hardcover edition and will be offered as a trade paperback by NAL in November. Though twice as long as the average popular novel and written with a good deal of style and feeling, this volume isn't likely to satisfy the appetites of readers eager to learn the resolution of King's grand literary experiment, the first volume of which was published more than fifteen years ago. "Wizard and Glass" begins with Roland of Gilead and his four traveling companions -- ex-junkie Eddie Dean, schoolboy Jake Chambers, wheelchair-bound Odetta Susannah Holmes and four-legged, furry "billybumbler" Oy-- still in the clutches of Blaine, a high-speed monorail with an artificial intelligence system driven mad by time and circumstance. Blaine loves riddles, and he promises not to smash his hapless passengers to pudding if they can beat him in a riddling contest before they arrive at their final stop. Roland and his friends do get the best of the insane locomotive, and they wind up in a version of Kansas familiar to anyone who has read King's one-volume fantasy epic, "The Stand." But before they go very far, Roland decides to reveal a bit more about his mysterious past. As they settle around the campfire, he says to his companions, "I'm not sure you need to hear, but I think I need to tell. Our future is the Tower, and to go toward it with a whole heart, I must put my past to rest as best I may. There's no way I could tell you all of it -- in my world even the past is in motion, rearranging itself in many vital ways -- but this one story may stand for all the rest." The narrative then flashes back to Roland's first mission as a full-fledged gunslinger, when he and two friends, none more than fourteen, found themselves in a small town riddled with corruption and sorcery. Roland fell in love for the first time, with a girl he was forbidden to have, and wound up losing her, killing a lot of people and very nearly forfeiting his own soul. It's a daring authorial gambit. Just as the plot is gaining momentum, King stops the main story, the one his loyal readers have been impatiently following since 1982, dead in its tracks and indulges in what at first feels very much like a 550-page digression. The centerpiece of "Wizard and Glass" proves to be more than that, however. Taken on its own terms, it's a well-crafted romantic adventure, albeit one that could benefit from being shortened by about a third. What makes the flashback so frustrating is that, even as it illuminates interesting new nuances of Roland's character, it ultimately seems like one more detour on a journey that's already taken far longer than it should. What makes "The Dark Tower" saga so compelling is that it clearly springs from the heart of King's imagination. It's a hodge-podge of incidents, characters and conventions that really shouldn't work together but that mostly do, mainly through the sheer, stubborn force of the author's storytelling prowess. This epic obviously means something important to King, and he's going to tell it whatever way he pleases. Readers can either go along for the ride or get the heck out of the way. (c) 1997 by Michael Berry |