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I would really like some input on this floor plan before we finalize it. I'm largely happy with it, but think the laundry/bathroom can likely be made better. We bought the original plan and made several modifications, most importantly widening the kitchen and master BR to fit two bedrooms for our two kids upstairs. The original laundry room was made into a mudroom, and the half-bath and master WIC was sacrificed for a large laundry room with ability to hang-dry clothes. The in-law suite above the garage will be used for frequent guests. The basement will be a walk-out, and will contain an office, movie room and storage (layout not yet determined) The south-facing deck will be screened, but the two other windows plus a smaller window over the deck (vaulted living room) will make it bright enough (I think...). I've minimized the north-facing windows, and kept the garage-doors towards the east due to cold climate and lots of wind. |
Here is a link that might be useful: original house plan
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The open area on the second floor will be used for the kids' stuff (currently toys, but later I'm assuming a computer and a sitting area). Does this plan flow well, or are there any improvements you can find without doing any major changes to the exterior walls? Thanks!!! |
I'm confused. I am not seeing a closet in the master bedroom. And is there no master bathroom but rather one large hall bathroom? |
I understand why the hall exists between the stairs and the laundry and bath area as the plan is today. It really seems like wasted space to me that could be incorporated into the laundry and bath in a way that would allow for a powder room. I would not want guests using my master bath. People never think they will need to sell in the future, but stuff happens. If you should need to sell ever, buyers will complain about the lack of the powder room. Without dimensions, it seems there is a lot of under utilized space in the laundry room. If it were my home I would eliminate some of that space and get the powder room back. BTW--it's unclear, where is the master closet now? |
- Posted by redheadeddaughter (My Page) on Sun, Jan 26, 14 at 14:19
Good idea to plan floor space for toys and kids stuff... it always seems to migrate into the walking paths otherwise. :) Can you explain what is going on with (what I assume to be) the master area? It looks like the bathroom is not en suite, so you will be using it as a powder room as well? Also, I'm not sure how I would feel about looking right into the master bed from the island in my kitchen. I'm wondering if you squared off the corners in that area if you could get a pocket door entrance to the bathroom from the bedroom? Just a thought. The kids rooms upstairs (or guest rooms) look wonderful with an area between. Are those built in desks in there? |
DH managed to talk me out of a WIC for a wardrobe wall with a window seat on the south wall (something like the picture below). I'm not ecstatic about it, but I understand that it makes more sense (and I actually get way more storage this way) As for the one bathroom in the hallway, I personally don't care if I have to share it with visitors (my current tiny house only has one bathroom). The new house will have another bathroom upstairs (mainly used for the kids -both girls), and overnight guests will have their own in the suite. A pocket door to our bedroom would be nice though, especially since the door is in straight view to the kitchen. Good point on that one. The kids will have a closet on the sloped wall right inside the door, and a built-in desk by the window. |
- Posted by Goat_Girl1 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 26, 14 at 15:33
Hi Juline, Just curious- are you committed to this plan already through permitting and I am assuming that you have 'purchased' the plans? Are you editing them yourselves, or have you hired someone? I clicked on your link, and noticed a few things- First- the '8 copies of blueprints' are about double the cost of the prints themselves... that doesn't allow much profit, but there are a lot of unemployed (Ar)chitects right now that might do a quick floor plan without charging much. It sounds like you are not getting what you need from this plan, and want many changes. (It did just occur to me that you are committed to this plan because it is part of a housing development? in which case, ignore everything I say!) ...but if you are doing this independently, you might benefit from hiring someone to help- not that you would loose the 'purchase' of these floorplans, you could hand them over to an experienced draftsman or Architect, and say "I like this... but not this..." and that person could very efficiently make plans that suit your needs, and neither compromise what your family wants, not what is 'appropriate' for a house in case you ever sell it. That being said, I would imagine it would be nice to have a door halfway down the hallway to the master bedroom, to close off the bedroom and the bathroom from the kitchen to make it more proper. It seems unusual that the laundry room in in the center of the house, but to change this seems like it would require many other changes. (For example, many people would prefer a kitchen in about the location of the stairs, open to the living/ dining area, this would allow both the master bath and the laundry to share the same plumbing wall (and eliminating the hall), and the master bedroom could be accessed from the great-room, with two doors on the bathroom allowing for entrance from both the master room and a short hallway perpendicular to the existing hall. Just some thoughts! hopefully not too many! |
Thank you so much for all of your input! This house has been in the plans for a couple of years, but I only recently discovered GW:) We looked at a "zillion" house plans, and finally settled on this one since it seemed the closest to what we wanted. We got the CAD plans as DH is a drafter and we could make all of the necessary changes ourselves. I did mention the bathroom pocket door yesterday, and hopefully he can get that to work soon. I'll also take a look at the hallway, but I would like to keep some way to get to the basement without having to go through the living room. |
- Posted by okpokesfan (My Page) on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 15:09
Are you planning on resale of this house? If I were looking and walked into your master, I would walk right back out and scratch you off the list because of the built-in wardrobes. I would feel like I was in a cruise-ship room rather than a house. |
This is planned to be our "forever" house. However, that being said, would it be more functional with closet? I might be able to fit a standard closet on the right wall, with a pocket door to the bathroom on the bottom wall. What do you think? |
I think you are in Canada. If built-in wardrobes are not too uncommon where you live, I'd prefer more storage over a wic. |
It's an unusual house, for sure. I like all the windows in the living /dining area. Where's the front door? I'm thinking it's next to the mudroom. That's not very inviting. People enter, and they're in a little hallway and must pass the kitchen to reach the living areas. Nothing inviting. I would want the garage door entrance to pass through the mudroom. Otherwise people (kids especially) will never go in there, and the whole point is lost. Stairs, stairs everywhere. So many stairs. The laundry is really oversized. Since it's near the kitchen, I could see half of it becoming a really nice-sized pantry. Or a small seating area open to the entry. The bathroom space, too, could be better utilized, and I'd move the toilet away from the tub. The tub appears to be seriously oversized -- be aware that these take forever to fill and don't stay hot. If you really want this thing, be sure you install an oversized hot water heater. I'm neutral on the built-ins in place of a closet. For resale, I don't think they'd affect you either way. I would strongly prefer, though, to have a bathroom that opens directly from my bedroom. The kitchen's really long. You'll get a good workout every day traipsing from one end to the other. |
Thank you MrsPete for all those points. Just one question though; why would you move the toilet away from the tub? We worked on revising drawings last night, adding a door to the bedroom, however, I can't seem to find a better spot for the toilet without compromising privacy. I would really like to avoid a full view of the toilet from either door. I suggested downsizing the tub, or even eliminating it in favour of a larger steam shower, but that was a rather unpopular suggestion to say the least. *I* thought it was a great idea though;) We also looked at the possibility of a U-shaped stairs, with both upstairs and basement entrance near the kitchen, while eliminating the hallway and adding a pantry. This option looked more messy than anything I've done before I'm afraid...lol Any other ideas? |
I think you'll need some elbow room next to the laundry sink. Do you have any plans for the empty wall in the laundry? If not, maybe you can try to fit W/D next to the sink, move the bottom wall 1-1,5 ' and have storage on the hall side. |
I incorporated some of your suggestions regarding the bathroom and laundry into this revised plan; there's a separate door to the bedroom, and a tall cabinet hides the toilet from both doors (although it's still by the tub -not sure if/how I can change that). I also added a large pantry into the laundry space (which now has more elbow space at the sink -thanks Sena!). I will still have space to hang-dry my clothes by the door in the winter, and if I get a cover for the sink I should have enough space to fold the clothes as well. How does this look? As for the rest of the house, I agree that it's not the most inviting layout to have guests enter a hallway and pass the kitchen in order to get the the living room, however, it I think it's perfect for us as as a family. The kitchen is the first room I usually go to, and everything DH and I need is on the main level while the kids and guests have their own space (granted, by using stairs...) |
I think, both the toilet, and the hall door locations are better in your original layout. |
I think your plans look very nice and very unique. After looking at so many plans I think you should feel very confident that this is what YOU want and go with your little changes here and there and start worrying about finishes :) I'd like to see the elevation pictures. It kind of reminds me of the HGTV Lake Tahoe Dream Home. Very unique. |
Thanks for the burst of confidence - I find it is too easy to start with the self-doubt in this planning process. Unfortunately I only have the original house elevation (DH refuses to do any more changes until I settle on ONE plan...lol), however, the final result will be very similar (just a bit expanded with different window locations) We haven't settled on the outside look of the house; shingles vs tin roof, and for siding materials, we were thinking mainly stucco (for durability reasons). I do love the look of accent stone too, but I'm unsure how it would look on this house (and I can just imagine those of you with an architectural eye cringing right about now...lol). Any thoughts would be highly appreciated! |
- Posted by zone4newby (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 9:45
I'm going to be blunt-- I think the house is awkward. Generally you want rooms to flow from the most public rooms, near the front door, to more private spaces, and then the most private spaces. You have the front door open into the mudroom, which is a moderately private space, then move into the kitchen, which is also not a space typically for family and close friends, and then the more public spaces of the great room, and off of there, you have the master bedroom and bath-- generally the most private spaces in the house. In apartments and very small homes, the public and private spaces get mixed up because there's no way to avoid it, but usually not this thoroughly. The house you're building is not very small. You can do better than this, and it will make the house more comfortable. I don't understand having the master bedroom and bath open to the kitchen the way you do. Given that you have guests regularly, do you want to run into them in between your shower and getting dressed in the morning? |
I think the fact that it isn't TYPICAL is what I like most about it. Like I said, it reminds of the modern, mountain HGTV Dream Home this year and their kitchen is directly off the entry as well. I am super private when it comes to my master bedroom and I don't want anything around it but if you aren't that way then you will be fine. Having a mudroom more visible would only make me keep it more organized which is a good thing. The outside of the house could go a lot of directions depending on the finishes you choose. So much to think about. Good luck! |
- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 10:49
Yeah, you can do SO much better. It's a lot easier to start over on paper than it is to stop the build during the framing stage to correct things. Overall, its like the house is backwards more than anything else. And the master isn't salvageable. It's just too dysfunctional. Maybe put it behiind the garage in a competely different shape, then flip the whole rest of the house front to back so tbat the entry actually works to cary people where they need to go, and the master achieves some privacy. |
- Posted by littlebug5 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 13:33
I was waiting for some more people to chime in that DON'T like it cause I didn't want to be the only one. I don't like it. AT ALL. It's just weird. Are you sure, absolutely sure, you want to spend your $$$ on a house that's so unusual? It may work for you and your family, but unusual houses are a real BEAR to unload when you have to. Ask me how I know. We bought an unusual house (though not as bad as yours) after it had been on the market for 2 years. It took us FOUR YEARS to sell it. |
- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 15:30
Tweaks are one thing. The entire flow and organization of the home is less than optimum. It will not live well at all. |
This post was edited by juline17 on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 18:24
Your new floor plan is not showing up. |
Thanks Dekeoboe. Should work now |
- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 18:45
Getting MUCH MUCH better flow. But I'd do a powder room in that mud room area, and rework the master bath layout. |
@live_wire_oak something like this? although the kitchen and bathroom layout both need to be reworked of course |
- Posted by littlebug5 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 20:27
I kind of like the last plan you posted. It's too open for me - living, dining, and kitchen, but maybe that's what you want. However, something about the scale of the kitchen seems off. Are the counters/appliances/etc., to scale? They seem tiny as compared to, for example, the dining room table. I think you might be able to steal some space from the master closet to make the mudroom just a bit bigger. The master closet looks to be almost the same size as your kitchen + island. |
- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 8:48
Yeah, that keeps the people entering zoned into the public spaces, and the master more private. The first plan felt like something an exhibitionist would want to own, wandering the hallways naked with no kids around. And yeah, the kitchen will be a really nice feature like thiat, on the back with all of that light. |
I truly appreciate all of your input -it has helped me tremendously! Here is my latest proposal, which I will attempt to "sell" to DH tonight. I'll work on an actual CAD drawing tonight (provided it doesn't get completely shut down at home...), but in the meantime, please feel free to rip it apart. Thanks!!! |
I should probably mention that I got the idea from the plan attached below. The garage was way too small and I wanted a mud room, so I increased the width of the house and decreased the length to (hopefully) keep the area reasonable. In addition to layout issues in my original plan, the second reason why I'm so eager to switch designs is that I got a builder's quote on Monday for my previous design; it was over $600,000!!! I'm thinking that he added a large PITA fee for the unusual build. My hopes is that that this one will be much cheaper. |
Here is a link that might be useful: New house idea
- Posted by chicagoans (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 10:01
I like your second to last design the best (posted on Saturday.) I like the mudroom off the garage better than your last version, where the front door view is straight into the mudroom (if that's what that long hall area is.) I like both of your last two revisions way better than the first couple of plans with the differently-shaped master bedroom and no closet. |
Thank you chicagoans. I'll start a new thread, as we redesigned the house last night and this post is getting pretty messy, however, the mudrum remained by the main entry. Like you, I would prefer it further back for aesthetics reasons, but practically, it works so much better near the front. Now the kids can dress and go straight out the door, instead of tracking dirt through the house or squeeze past the cars in the garage to get out. |
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WLVT: Can't Turn off your Brain? Try Yoga
As a full-time, work-at-home freelancer, it's tough to set boundaries between my work life and my home life. In fact, it's so hard I often have trouble turning off my brain at night. Instead, I toss and turn for hours before finally falling asleep, and inevitably wake up still tired.
With so many meditation classes and restorative workshops on the schedule for Wanderlust, my mission for the weekend was clear: figure out how to quiet the mental chatter and fall asleep at night.
I started with Steven Leonard's Friday afternoon class at the Quiet Place, a mix of both seated and walking meditation. As he began, he said people often told him they were bad meditators because they couldn't quiet their minds. He assured us, however, that switching off our brains wasn't the point. "The practice is to become more sensitive to what's happening," he said. He told us to be aware of the things we were feeling and hearing and noticing as we rooted down into our comfortable seated positions, and as we transitioned into our slow motion walk around our tent. "If we're really aware," he said, "all of life can be a meditation. Let awareness itself be the point."
I tried my darndest. As I sat on a meditation cushion, I noticed the breeze brushing my shoulder blades and the air conditioners whirring in the background. When we switched to walking meditation, I became absorbed in the way the grass felt under my feet and in the deliberateness of my stride. I thought to myself, maybe walking meditation is the perfect meditation for me!
But with this thought came a barrage of others: OMG. Am I going too slow for the person behind me? I can see their shadow. Am I going too quickly for the person in front of me? I seem to be catching up to them. I wonder if 15 minutes is almost up. Is 15 minutes almost up? And by the way, Steven Leonard looks sorta like Hugh Dancy. Hot. But am I failing at meditation if I'm meditating upon how attractive the teacher is? Argh! My brain's running wild again! Fail!
I finally cut myself some slack because I managed to keep my meditative cool — instead of flailing and screaming and causing a scene, as is my usual behavior — when confronted by a bee.
Final assessment: Walking meditation may not have been the answer I was looking for.
The next day, I kept things pretty active. After a morning talk at the Speakeasy, I took Seane Corne's Detox Flow. Then, in the afternoon, I tried out hoop vinyasa. (Observation: Yoga is hard. Hoop dancing is hard. Both of them together are harder.) Finally, after a quick wardrobe change, I got somewhat drunk at Winederlust. Almost without even noticing, I spent my day so focused on these various practices that my mind remained pretty quiet. At the end of the day, I passed out, no problem.
Still, Sunday was dedicated, once again, to my ultimate mission: inner calm. I kicked things off with a hip-opening restorative class with Jason Lawner. Which ended up being pretty atypical, as far as restorative classes go. "Something that can help settle us more," said Lawner, "is being more active." He then had us work up a sweat with numerous humble warriors and thigh-burning goddess poses. It began to dawn on me that the active work I'd been doing the day before had been closer to what I was seeking than I realized.
After that, I hurried over to Suzanne Sterling's "Sing Yourself Awake" class. I know. It sounds counterintuitive. But I had been curious about Sterling's work for awhile, and just had to check it out before my 12 p.m. meditation. It was only meant to be a blip on the way to what I was truly seeking.
Sterling started us out with some voice exercises to warm up the vocal cords, followed by some gentle vinyasa to warm up the body. Then, when she had us firmly planted in child's pose, she had us stretch our arms forward... and roll up our mats.
What followed was much like what I imagine a gospel revival to be. Actually, I'd go so far as to say that what transpired defied proper explanation or description. All I know is that, after an hour and a half of dancing, clapping, full-throated singing, and joyful prayer — with Sterling at the center of it all, banging gaily on her drum — I felt broken down, opened up, and fully focused on the present moment. As I wiped long strands of sweat-soaked hair off my cheeks, I realized I had actually been crying.
Afterward, I made my way, in a daze, to Jeannine Dietz's sound healing meditation class. During our time there, she used crystal singing bowls and gongs to balance our chakras as we lay back on our mats, propped up on bolsters. Near the end, she played the bowls over our bodies, allowing us to feel their vibrations. The whole session had me feeling as if I was being slowly rocked to sleep.
Still, Dietz said something that made me think back to the focus and freedom I'd found during Sterling's class, the intensity with which I'd moved through Seane Corn's Detox Flow, the deliberation with which I'd attempted my walking meditation.
"The past is history," she said. "The future is a mystery. The present is a gift."
I remembered how Leonard had said that all of life can be a meditation. That we had only to be aware of what we were experiencing in the present moment.
Yoga nidra. Singing bowls. Mala beads. I didn't need any of it.
I had to find the quiet inside of me.
~ Steph Auteri is a freelance writer, editor, and vinyasa yoga instructor. You can learn more about her at her two sites — stephauteri.com andyoga.stephauteri.com, follow her on her OMmygod Tumblr, or stalk her on Twitter.


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Step 1 You will need five timber panels to create your bike rack. Your panel sizes will depend on the size of your bike frame. For our dimensions, see "Project" credits below. Measure and cut timber to size. You could do this yourself or ask at your local hardware store to cut it for you.
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[311] Pathological Evaluation of Endomyocardial Biopsies from Transplanted Hearts – Utilization of Automated Whole Slide Imaging for Quality Assurance.
Lise AM Matzke, Avi J Ostry, Bruce M McManus, Michael F Allard. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background: Modern automated whole slide imaging (WSI) systems have great potential as clinical, educational and research tools in pathology. One potential benefit is the use of such systems in telepathology. Prior to widespread usage of WSI systems for telepathology, the impact of this technology must be evaluated with respect to quality assurance (QA) of diagnoses rendered from samples evaluated. In this project, we examined the use of automated WSI systems for surgical pathology with regard to QA for the pathological evaluation of endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) from heart allografts.
Design: Sixty EMB from transplanted hearts that were previously examined by a pathologist using traditional light microscopy (LM) were selected randomly from all EMB accessioned between 2009 and early 2010. A diagnosis based on the 2006 ISHLT scoring system was previously rendered on each case by one of three pathologists (AO, BM, MA) with training and expertise in cardiovascular and transplantation pathology. The sixty cases (20 for each pathologist) were blinded and automated WSI capture was performed on an Aperio ScanScope XT Scanner (Aperio Technologies, Vista, CA) located at St. Paul's Hospital. WSI for each case were produced and each pathologist re-evaluated their 20 cases and rendered a new diagnosis. These results were compared to an earlier intra-observer evaluation study comparing score concordance based solely on LM (2 pathologists; evaluating 4 and 5 cases respectively).
Results: Concordance rates based on LM versus WSI methods ranged from 14/20, 18/20 to 20/20 cases. Weighted Kappa score evaluation was applied to calculate intra-observer variation between the two diagnostic methods, the results of which correspond to moderate to very good agreement. Concordance rates based solely on LM ranged from 3/4 to 4/5 cases, both corresponding to good agreement. Following the case analyses, all pathologists were asked to critically comment on the benefits, drawbacks and challenges in using the two methodologies.
Conclusions: This study evaluated quantitative and qualitative QA aspects using WSI technology for pathological evaluation of EMB suggesting that, with further consideration, the WSI approach has the potential in enabling telepathology as an important tool in the remote pathological evaluation of cardiac specimens as well as for QA and consultation purposes. Such utility will ultimately lead to more effective, quickly available patient care.
Category: Cardiovascular
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1 You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it's obvious that you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the Cross was certainly set before you clearly enough. | 1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. |
2 Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God's Message to you? | 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? |
3 Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren't smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it? | 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? |
4 Did you go through this whole painful learning process for nothing? It is not yet a total loss, but it certainly will be if you keep this up! | 4 Have you suffered so much for nothing--if it really was for nothing? |
5 Answer this question: Does the God who lavishly provides you with his own presence, his Holy Spirit, working things in your lives you could never do for yourselves, does he do these things because of your strenuous moral striving or because you trust him to do them in you? | 5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? |
6 Don't these things happen among you just as they happened with Abraham? He believed God, and that act of belief was turned into a life that was right with God. | 6 Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." |
7 Is it not obvious to you that persons who put their trust in Christ (not persons who put their trust in the law!) are like Abraham: children of faith? | 7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. |
8 It was all laid out beforehand in Scripture that God would set things right with non-Jews by faith. Scripture anticipated this in the promise to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed in you." | 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." |
9 So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith - this is no new doctrine! | 9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. |
10 And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law." | 10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." |
11 The obvious impossibility of carrying out such a moral program should make it plain that no one can sustain a relationship with God that way. The person who lives in right relationship with God does it by embracing what God arranges for him. Doing things for God is the opposite of entering into what God does for you. Habakkuk had it right: "The person who believes God, is set right by God - and that's the real life." | 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." |
12 Rule-keeping does not naturally evolve into living by faith, but only perpetuates itself in more and more rule-keeping, a fact observed in Scripture: "The one who does these things [rule-keeping]continues to live by them." | 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." |
13 Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the Cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. | 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." |
14 And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham's blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God's life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing - just the way Abraham received it. | 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. |
15 Friends, let me give you an example from everyday affairs of the free life I am talking about. Once a person's will has been ratified, no one else can annul it or add to it. | 15 Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. |
16 Now, the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. You will observe that Scripture, in the careful language of a legal document, does not say "to descendants," referring to everybody in general, but "to your descendant" (the noun, note, is singular), referring to Christ. | 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ. |
17 This is the way I interpret this: A will, earlier ratified by God, is not annulled by an addendum attached 430 years later, thereby negating the promise of the will. | 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. |
18 No, this addendum, with its instructions and regulations, has nothing to do with the promised inheritance in the will. | 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. |
19 The purpose of the law was to keep a sinful people in the way of salvation until Christ (the descendant) came, inheriting the promises and distributing them to us. Obviously this law was not a firsthand encounter with God. It was arranged by angelic messengers through a middleman, Moses. | 19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator. |
20 But if there is a middleman as there was at Sinai, then the people are not dealing directly with God, are they? But the original promise is the direct blessing of God, received by faith. | 20 A mediator, however, does not represent just one party; but God is one. |
21 If such is the case, is the law, then, an anti-promise, a negation of God's will for us? Not at all. Its purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time. | 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. |
22 | 22 But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. |
23 Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law. | 23 Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. |
24 The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for. | 24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. |
25 But now you have arrived at your destination: | 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. |
26 By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. | 26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, |
27 Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe - Christ's life, the fulfillment of God's original promise. | 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
28 In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. | 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. |
29 Also, since you are Christ's family, then you are Abraham's famous "descendant," heirs according to the covenant promises. | 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. |
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Ballin: LeBron James put up 37 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, two steals and four turnovers while being named Finals MVP and becoming only the third player ever — alongside NBA nobodies Bill Russell and Michael Jordan — to win back-to-back MVPs and titles in the same years, so probably him. Kind of concerned about the no blocks though. Might need to work on that this summer.
Not so much: This amazing NBA season is over. We all lost just a little bit.
Got it: I wouldn't say this LeBron James jumper iced the game for the Heat since some more wacky stuff was still to come, but it definitely put the Spurs on life support, which is shockingly not a "those guys are old" joke.
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1. How do you think the Jazz ended up with D-Will?
2. That playoff run sure taught D-Will and Boozer how to win more playoff games.
3. #8 GSW beat Dallas.
4. I hope we lose tonight.
5. Continual tanking is fool proof actually -- 5 of the top 7 picks in 2006 were Bargnani, Adam Morrison, Randy Foye, Sheldon Williams, & Tyrus Thomas. Obviously the Jazz should have tanked D-Will's rookie season and drafted the 2nd piece of their multi-championship duo.
Tanking is demoralizing to a team and its fan base. The lottery hasn't helped charlotte or wizards much. Honestly it's no fun being a fan of a team that you know is tanking. Warriors playoff run against Dallas was a super exciting time.. overcoming odds is what makes good memories and good movies. Jazz still have all the pieces, we are just still getting it all put together. It will come together soon enough.
Silence is golden, and gold is up these days, so silence is a solid investment.
― Jarod Kintz
While I still wish we have nabbed Leonard instead of Burks- I think it is really premature to want Vucevic over Kanter.
One positive sign in Kanter's favor is Vucevic is averaging 4.7 FGM and 9.7 FGA per game. Kanter makes 2.5 FGM and attempts 4.6 shots per game.
In other words Vucevic shots about 48% and Kanter is shooting 54%.
Subjectively Kanter seems to create in the post better than Vucevic and his IMO Kanter's jumper is better.
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There was never much doubt Vuc was going to be a serviceable center. His ceiling is just about 4 stories lower than Kanter's. By the time Kanter is 22 and a starter, I think we all agree he can put up 10 and 8 with his eyes closed.
Are you talking about tanking on purpose? That would be horrible, and I would stop following the Jazz. I have no interest in a team with a **** culture. However, losing while trying to win is great. The more losses the better. Hopefully we lose enough games to ensure Corbin is gone, and land a lottery pick and a coach that has the balls to develop it.
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Sean Elliott spent most of Spurs-Jazz talking about Gobert as if he were Godzilla. And he wasn't really wrong.
Magic are easy to beat if you match their intensity, but the Jazz will not.
If we lose at home to the Magic, Favors' importance will be even more evident. Sadly, Corbin still won't get it.
Are you watching this pregame segment about the Jazz opting to visit hospitalized veterans instead of kids? That's so like them!
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It might be good if it worked properly as it has a good set of features. At least this new version didn't cause any BSODs like the previous version (although perhaps that was because it didn't stay on my PC for more than an hour).
Stopped IE & Firefox from working. Wouldn't let me set up parental controls alerts. Networking only worked intermittently. Online backup refused to work at all.
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1 Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee. | 1 Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. |
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Neurofeedback and Children
Clinical research shows that neurofeedback training has an 85% success rate in reducing symptoms of ADHD. Other studies show increases from 10-23 points in IQ scores in groups of children with ADHD. Research using neurofeedback with Autism shows promising results, such as some students improving sufficiently to be moved into regular classes.
In cases such as behavioral problems in children (temper tantrums, aggression, etc), neurofeedback can help children learn to control their impulsive behaviors. For depression, a gradual lifting of mood and increased energy can occur. In cases of anxiety, individuals may experience a calming mind with decreased frequency and intensity of anxiety. For migraines, there's a reduction of intensity, duration and frequency, even for people resistant to medication.
According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, "Neurofeedback meets criteria for Clinical Guidelines for the treatment of ADHD, seizures disorders, anxiety ( e.g., Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, phobias), depression, reading disabilities, and addictive disorders...This finding suggests that Neurofeedback always should be considered as an intervention for these disorders by the clinician..." With regard to its effectiveness for ADHD, "Neurofeedback...will apply in approximately 75% of the time...is the treatment of choice when stimulant medication fails or is complicated by side effects..." (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2005)
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27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? | 27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build his nest on high? |
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Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, 8/31/12 - 9/2/12
Eric Gruneisen Phish's Trey Anastasio at Dick's Sporting Goods Park this past weekend.
Telluride '88, Red Rocks '94 and Denver '97 -- these aren't just places and years to Phish fans. They're monuments, pivotal parts of Phish's Colorado legacy. Out of nearly eighty concerts that the band has played in the Centennial state and more than 1,578 shows in all, they represent high points of the band's career and various peaks of their musical eras. This past weekend, Phish showed over three nights that after nearly 24 years touring in Colorado, they still have the stuff of legend.
See also:
- Photos: Phish parking lot
- Review: Trey Anastasio at Boettcher Concert Hall with the Colorado Symphony
- Ten most collectable Phish pins
- Local fans share their best Phish stories
Whereas the opener of a show is often like an icebreaker, Phish's choice of "First Tube" on Friday night was like kicking in the door of a party with a megaphone screaming, "I'M FUCKING HERE!" Not that it was a clue as to what was to come in terms of the setlist, but the band certainly laid down the foundation for the rest of the night stretching the tune to a lengthy nine minute buildup to the screaming feedback and loop outro.
Not letting the energy drop at all, guitarist Trey Anastasio blasted into one of only two cover songs for the night, Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen." Bluegrass in Colorado is never a bad idea, obviously. It began to sink in about halfway through the fourteen-minute "Carini," as the band moved from one of their most metal, power-chord arena rocker to a beautiful, spacey and jam that completely left the original crunchy structure: The first letters of the first three songs are F-U-C.
Eric Gruneisen Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park this past weekend.
Are they doing it again? Fuck me! They are. Nearly a year after starting out the Denver run with an entirely "S" set of songs, the band was once again in on a joke and it was up to us to figure it out. "Kill Devil Falls" sealed the deal. It was fucking on, whatever it was. And so was the band, who, like most people observed, hadn't played like this in years. Though the song selection was somewhat erratic, the group was in a constant groove all night with drummer Jon Fishman really pushing the rhythms and forcing the band to create around him, as opposed to dropping off early into spacey cymbals.
If you weren't in on the joke at this point, McConnell made it clear when he thanked the crowd and said how happy they were to be back for a second year in a row: "We love Dick's. We do." Anastasio's rolling lead into a "You Enjoy Myself" that spanned nineteen minutes (!) and went into a vocal jam that showcased how goofy this band can be. Anastasio started it out with, "I love Dick's, you love Dick's, we love Dicks's," and the rest of the band quickly caught on in singing the praises of Dick's until finally cracking one another up repeating "Trey loves Dick's."
Guesses began to float around as to what the band was spelling out. There were a few other random ideas, like "Fuck your Signs", in relation to the people holding up signs for the last few years for songs; "Fuck your Dicks," for the obvious juvenile humor; and even "Fuck you Mitt Romney" -- seriously overheard from some guy a few rows up.
Eric Gruneisen The scene at Dick's this past weekend during Phish's three-night stand in Commerce City.
But the two most realistic ideas: It was either going to be tonge-in-cheeck Fuck You to someone in particular, or (more likely) the band was going to spell out a very rare and old Phish song, "Fuck Your Face." The tune was captured on the band's White Tape demo from the early '80s. By most accounts, it was only played once in April of 1987, before being shelved for 23 years, until it resurfaced in 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina of all places.
And so for the second year in a row, the rest of the show became a guessing game. But instead of only "What song will they pull out next that starts with this letter?" but now: "What letter will it be? Some songs were easier to pick than others, like "Ocelot" and "Undermind" to round out the "YOU" and the rest of the first set.
But they weren't just filler, both were face-fuckingly long versions of two relatively new songs (in the grand scheme of things). "Undermind," in particular, took off about seven minutes in and became something completely outside of itself for another seven or eight minutes until Anastasio thanked the crowd and the band bowed out to end a fucking awesome first set.
The selection for second-set openers - if the "Fuck Your Face" thing were to pan out - was narrow. Was it going to be "Reba" or "Ramble on" or "Ride Captain Ride"? Or maybe "Rip this Joint" or "Rock and Roll" or "Rift" or "Roggae" or what about "Run Like an Antelope"? Nope. How about a sizzling, twenty-minute "Runaway Jim" instead? Fucking-a, right.
Two words down, one to go.
"Farmhouse" wouldn't have been anyone's top choice for the next song - maybe a "Fluffhead" or a "Funky Bitch" or a rare "Fly Famous Mockingbird" without "Col. Forbin's" in front of it. But "Farmhouse" it was, and fuck you if you don't like it, they were going to play it - and jam it the fuck out in one of the more creative musical moments of the evening.
Eric Gruneisen Phish bassist Mike Gordon at Dick's Sporting Goods Park this past weekend.
In ten minutes, they went from Anastasio's Vermont country crooner about cluster flies and northern lights to the rumbling spaceship takeoff formations of "2001," a cover of a (classical) cover which is technically titled "Also Sprach Zarathustra." Bassist Mike Gordon picked up on it and began thundering on the low end and even cuing light director (and so-called fifth member of the band) Chris Kuroda to crank the fog machines and kick the lights into hyperdrive.
But in a good-natured "fuck that" to what was becoming the obvious direction for the next song, Anastasio turned to the talk-back mike behind him around the time when Fishman would begin the signature funky beat to "2001," said something to the band with a wicked smile, and then completely changed directions into "Alaska".
"Chalkdust Torture" has been a fuck you song forever and only made sense as their choice for the "C" song. "Can't this wait 'till I'm old, can't I live while I'm young?" has taken on a different slant as the band grows older - but as long as they play like they did last night, they keep the music fresh and young even for those of us seeing them for fifteen years or more. The band began to abandon the song about five or six minutes in, with Gordon thumping out what sounded like teases for "Slave to the Traffic Light" at one point and a few teases from McConnell and Anastasio for "Esther" - the most likely choice for the next song.
But fuck your expectations. Phish threw them all out of the window for the last three hours, why would you have expected anything different now? Instead, the band kicked out the Rolling Stones' "Emotional Rescue" for only the fifth time since Hampton 1997 to complete the "Fuck Your Face" spelling (and theme of the night). Gordon's falsetto Mick Jagger went perfectly over the classic, thick opening bass line for the short but sweet second of two covers for the night.
Eric Gruneisen Trey Anastasio of Phish this past weekend at Dick's.
And finally, "Fuck Your Face." A song about Gordon's desire to fuck your face with his guitar. Seriously. With a Sailing the Seas of Cheese-era Primus-like feel to it, the song rips, and while it's cool to have a few songs kept on the shelf and rare - it wouldn't kill us all to hear this strange tune played more often. It didn't make the most bombastic set-ender, and Anastasio just simply yelled "Thank you" before building the band up to a final, "Day In the Life"-like finish and walking off stage.
Walking back out for encore, McConnell made a small reference to the "S" set last year, thanking the audience for putting up with the band's "shenanigans" on stage. They weren't done, though. One last bit of dirty humor for the night: They ended a show about face fucking with the appropriately titled "Grind" and "Meatstick."
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And I do mean woods–some of which were apparently harvested from the family farm to construct this unusual custom timber framed home. I've never noticed it nestled between the four story retirement home, condos and little cottages that surround it. It's one of those in-the-wrong-location houses that belongs on a rolling hill.
Its biggest quirks? One: Refrigerator drawers. Four of them. And two: the second bedroom is big enough to accommodate a small corporation. But the extensive use of ash hardwood flooring, burnished copper concrete, and slate will probably appeal to the right buyer. Well-built no doubt, this place looks split-able into a duplex since you can only access the downstairs by going outside. The harbor view location itself is going to be worth a bundle because it's down in what they are now calling "the marina district". A big plus: the two coolest venues on the island are at the bottom of your driveway: Pegasus Coffee House where you can get your coffees and your teas and your sandwiches, and even catch a local music open mike hosted by the island's favorite handy man/guitarist, Rick Barrenger, and the Harbor Pub–only the best food on the island complete with heated outdoor deck and and the funnest atmosphere going. (Snaps for the pub!). Interesting potential for a creative buyer as long as the area keeps appreciating. (Knock on wood.)
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I am new to this forum and was wondering if anyone has any feedback about his or her experiences using LED based plant lighting. About a year ago, I ran into a new product announcement called the "SolarOasis Ruby": www.solaroasis.com, in The Growing Edge magazine. Since I was not able to find much information about this product I just purchased it. My experiences so far have been very successful with minis, with blooms opening several times a year and lasting for months. The blooms are tight, full, and being grown indoors are free from bug and wind damage. I love to hear any feedback that you have had using this or similar products. Therese |
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I just found your post. This fall I was looking at lights so I could winter over some minis. I need to force them for my daughters wedding this coming June. I could never find anything that wasn't really expensive for my purpose. The lights you ordered look fantastic. What did you pay for them? Thanks |
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Apple and the Market Share Myth
April 16th, 2014Some believe that Macs were the most popular personal computers on the planet before Microsoft and Windows took over. But that was never true, not even at the beginning. In the old days, "real PCs" used MS-DOS and many were actually made by IBM. Sure, Macs were popular among certain classes of PC users, particularly those involved in content creation, but for many the Mac was just a fancy, overpriced toy that would never do real work.
When Windows became dominant, Apple's minority market share really shrank. The success of Windows 95 convinced some to give up on Macs completely, since Microsoft and Windows were, to them, just as good, had more apps, and more users.
Indeed, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple as the result of the decision to buy NeXT, the company he co-founded wasn't in very good shape. Some suggested it came to a point where bankruptcy was close, but Jobs made the right moves to cut expenses and discontinue non-performing products. The rest is history.
It is true that the iPod became the most popular digital music player on the planet, and even in the twilight of that era, the situation hasn't changed, except that Apple and the competition are chasing a smaller number of sales.
Besides, isn't the best iPod found in the iPhone?
The theory has it that the iPhone took over the market, and Apple soon lost share to Android, particularly Android handsets made by Samsung. That was never true. The iPhone never held a majority position worldwide.
Although the iPhone is a minority product, Apple controls the high end. Most of Samsung's success comes from cheap handsets, where meager profits are being made. No wonder Samsung's profits have been flagging of late, although that singular fact doesn't get near as much attention as Apple's presumed problems, real or otherwise.
These days, the iPhone is the number one smartphone in some countries, though, particularly in the U.S. where the both the iPhone 5s and that alleged failure, the iPhone 5c, routinely occupy two of the top three spots.
Things get a little screwy when it comes to tablets. The iPad took off real fast, coming to dominate a market that had gone nowhere before Apple got into the game. These days, surveys that claim to report tablet sales report that the iPad's share is slipping, and the combined total of other tablets covers a growing majority of the market.
If you can believe them.
So it was revealed as part of the documents released during the latest Apple versus Samsung patent trial that Samsung's own figures about tablet sales have been faked. An example is an alleged "top secret" document from the company that revealed sales of the Galaxy Tab tablet in 2011 were in the range of one million. This is quite a bit less than the data reported by such analytics firms as Strategy Analytics and even IDC.
Samsung's gambit was to tout the number of units shipped into the channel, not actual sales, although you'd think the chickens would come home to roost eventually when dealers were left saddled with loads of unsold inventory.
An even larger number of tablets fit into the "white box" category, no-name gear sold, or at least shipped, mostly in Asia, for extremely low prices. But if you check the tablet offerings at dealers selling consumer electronics gear here in the U.S., you'll find loads of cheap models from unknown manufacturers from which to choose — if you're looking for junk. Just a quick run through of Best Buy's online catalog revealed products from such unknown makers as Digital2 (or D2) or Visual Land beginning at a mere $59.99.
Does anyone actually buy that garbage? And if they do, what percentage of those tablets are returned because they just don't work very well?
This explains why some 85% of the tablets recorded online are iPads. Sure, the iPad doesn't command 85% of the market, or even close to it. I'm not about to suggest that all those cheap tablets do not exist, or that people aren't buying them. But they clearly aren't getting much use, for why aren't they showing up in those online surveys?
Members of the media, however, will continue to pretend there is an honest-to-goodness tablet market, rather than an iPad market with lots of cheap competitors that few buy or, if they buy them, actually use on a regular basis even for email and browsing.
True, some of those cheap tablets do seem to get favorable customer reviews, although I did catch this comment about the $59.99 D2 (Digital2), "I had called the company no one answer."
Why am I not surprised?
To be sure, I am not suggesting that the iPad's real market share is over 50%. But it may well be that a lot of the sales attributed to other brands amount to channel flooding and number fudging. Or maybe people do buy them, turn them on once, and put them away, realizing that you get what you paid for, and what they got was a hunk of junk.
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Congratulations! You have been accepted to LIU Post. We welcome you to the LIU Post family and we know that your college experience here is going to be both exciting and rewarding! Great academics, exciting activities and a breathtaking campus are just a few of the things you have to look forward to at LIU Post. We want to make sure that you enjoy your college experience and that you get the most out of your education. So, now that you have received a formal offer of acceptance, we ask that you please follow the steps below to complete the registration process that will confirm your status as an enrolled student. We very much look forward to you becoming a part of our campus community.
Download and complete the Admitted Student Response Form. Mail the form along with a nonrefundable $200 tuition deposit made payable by credit card, check or money order to: Bursar's Office, LIU Post, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548-1300. Please include your student I.D. number on the memo portion of the check or money order. Your 9-digit LIU Post student I.D. number can be found on your acceptance letter. If you do not know your I.D. number, please contact the Admissions Office at 516-299-2900.
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If these dates have passed, the deposit deadline is two weeks after the receipt of the letter of admission.
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Now that you have been admitted to LIU Post, you'll probably want to become more familiar with your new surroundings. You can take a campus tour, speak to an admissions representative, or attend an admissions information session or open house. Visit the Campus Tours & Events link on the left-side of this page or call 516-299-2900. The Admissions Office is open Monday through Saturday during the school year.
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BURLINGTON The prospective owner of a mall in downtown Burlington has some big plans to bring some big-name retailers to town.
Devonwood Investors of New York City is set to close on the Burlington Town Center mall next week.
The Burlington Free Press reported that Devonwood plans to add a new anchor tenant, such as L.L. Bean, to draw more shoppers to the area.
Formerly confidential records obtained by the newspaper also make mention of expanding the mall to accommodate a big-box store and names Target as an example.
In its memo filed with the city, Devonwood also says it is contemplating a hotel with meeting and conference facilities.
The closing is scheduled for Dec. 16.
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The Berea Plant Swap (2nd Annual) will take place on June 11, 2011, at my house. Event will start at 10am and a putluck lunch will commence at noon. Veteran and newbie traders welcome; if you do not have plants or other garden things to swap, bring food and take some plants. There is always enough to go around. Post here that you are attending and I will send you directions to the swap. Follow the link below to another thread where you can pre-arrange special trades. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Berea Swap: pre-arranged trades
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If you will be attending, make sure that you set up your member pages and fill in your Have and Want lists. Use the link below for help with that. This helps folks to know what to bring. (When faced with needing to choose which things to dig up, a veteran will cruise the newbies' lists and notice what things seem to be more popular on the wants lists and will prioritize digging those that are wanted instead of those most folks already have.) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Set-up assistance: Newbie member pages, Have & Want Lists
Generally, we just bring plants and swap away! No need to pre-arrange -- you can just show up with plants. (The link above is just in case folks want to do specific trading for certain extra special plants.) Generally, just come and have fun! |
Note -- this swap was run as a "local" swap (no listing online here) last year. Coworkers, neighbors, and local Berea people came. This year I decided to list here, so no worries if there aren't many posts here --- there will still be swapping going on with a bunch on non-Gardenweb people. Don't be shy or hesitant about posting :) |
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Will the swapping start at 10? |
You betcha! Folks just set plants out as they arrive and mull around til the plants are gone. Then we eat. |
- Posted by christine00 6 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 10, 11 at 13:00
hi! me and my sister willl be attending with a truck full of plants... |
Hi christine00, I sent you the address just now -- see you at 10am tomorrow! |
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Frankfort's Fall Festival closes out summer
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Carter, Addison, and dad Casey Ceveland from Indianapolis, Indiana, wait patiently for the start of the Frankfort Fall Festival parade, Sunday, September 1, 2013. | Allen Cunningham/For Sun-Times Media
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Labor Day weekend in Frankfort is fairly predictable.
Expect an influx of hundreds of thousands of people over three days and a downtown transformed into a haven for art and craft collectors.
Over the last 45 years, the village's Fall Festival, which is put on by the Frankfort Chamber of Commerce, has become part of the fabric of the community.
Sunday morning, before the festival opened for business at 10 a.m., chairs, tents, even spectators were lined up along downtown curbs in anticipation of the fest's annual parade.
"We start with breakfast, then we come here," said Laura Acevedo, of Manhattan, who sat on a bale of hay on White Street Sunday morning, waiting for the rest of her crew — Jackie Lang, of Manhattan, Eve Haupt, of Mokena, Marge Fremouw, of Matteson, Teri Aver, of Homewood, Gail McCormick, of Countryside and Cheryl O'Brien, of South Elgin.
The group makes the Fall Festival an annual date.
"We leave the kids at home, leave the husbands at home. Come and shop. Sometimes with an agenda, sometimes without," Acevedo said.
"This year I have no agenda, and I have four booths to go pick up stuff (already purchased)," Fremouw said.
Regulars make Frankfort's Fall Festival what it is today — a massive arts and craft show and carnival that draws 300,000 people to the small town each Labor Day weekend.
Even a downpour Saturday didn't stop people from shopping, said Corielle Heath, the festival's public relations chairwoman.
"That speaks to the loyalty of the people who visit the fest," she said.
This year's theme, "Fright Festival ... It's a Thriller," follows fest chairwoman Colleen Mora's vision of the event as summer's last hurrah.
"When I see Fall Fest, I see a change of season and a fresh start," Mora said. "It's kind of saying goodbye to summer and hello fall."
The show is sought-after by crafters, too. This year close to 700 artisans applied for the roughly 400 booths available at the fall fest.
As part of the application, artists must submit photos and descriptions of their creative process to prove their product is handmade.
Dave and Jen Tubbin, of Viroqua, Wis., have had a booth for their business, Second Nature By Hand, for eight years.
The Tubbins make decorative signs from tobacco lath, decorative letters and handbags from old books.
"It's a great show. Probably the best-run show in the country," Dave Tubbin said. "The sales are always huge. People love to spend money here."
This year, the village closed a portion of White Street near the festival, which made it easier for people to walk over to the carnival, Mora said.
The parade, which stepped off at 1 p.m. Sunday, had its first child grand marshal — Cole Cunningham, of Frankfort.
Cunningham, an eighth-grader at Hickory Creek Middle School, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in sixth grade.
He is now officially in remission, Mora said.
"This kid is courageous, he's humble, and a great example of how to be strong," she said.
The Fall Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.


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"Wow, I had cocktail olives, golden raisins and strawberry balsamic in the pantry. Who knew such a combination would turn pot roast into such a delicious and classy dish. I used Hunts diced tomatoes instead of tomato juice. I started with a 2.3 lb pot roast rubbed with the salt/pepper/cumin browned in a cast iron dutch oven. I transferred it to the..."