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"There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes" is an important adage for parents to remember in winter. With the cold weather upon us, many of us dread going outside, and we have passed that feeling along to our children. Yet children truly revel in fresh snowfall, making snow angels and snowmen. With a well-chosen winter wardrobe of layered clothing and breaks to warm up, you can make your child's outdoor playtime in winter a comfortable and enjoyable experience.
Many parents had the opportunity for outdoor playtime when they were children, but it has evaporated from the lives of many children today. Whether pulled by TV, video games, or scheduled activities, children no longer have free-range childhoods where they learn social skills and critical thinking by discovering the world outside, without adult intervention. The average North American child spends less than 15 minutes a day outside, but up to five hours a day indoors playing video games or watching TV. We tend to be even more sedentary in winter and are less likely to go out into the cold and inclement weather. That leaves many of us to pack on the pounds. With childhood obesity on the rise, doctors are urging parents to get their children outside, stressing the importance of doing so in the winter months.
Besides, we are more likely to catch germs when we stay in small spaces indoors. While common belief is that exposure to chilly, wintry air can cause colds or the flu, fresh air is actually one of nature's best medicines.
An added benefit is the learning that takes place outside, especially in winter. Children use gross motor and art skills as they build snowmen and make igloos. Observation skills are refined as they look closely at snowflakes or footprints in the snow. Their sense of hearing and touch are heightened as they experience the silence of snow or how it feels as it melts into water on their skin. Social skills improve as children work collaboratively when building a snow fort or having a friendly snowball fight. Children develop self-confidence as they make their own rules and enforce them when others don't play by those rules. All this can happen without parental intervention.
Other ideas for having fun outside in winter are to:
• Take a hike. Bring the binoculars and look at the birds or hanging icicles. Take a magnifying glass and prove that there are no two snow crystals exactly alike. See how many different evergreens you can find. Start a species library at home throughout the winter. Get a good stroller workout with the baby. Take a walk with the dog. Look for different animal tracks in the snow.
Go to the playground. There are probably few others there and the equipment may be used in new ways. Besides, the landing is so much softer in the snow.
• Build snow sculptures.Go beyond snowmen to building, cars, animals, or team logos. Add food coloring to water, put it in a spray bottle and paint the sculptures. Instead of snowballs, put water in ice cube trays, muffin tins or old yogurt cups. Add food coloring and freeze them in the freezer or outside. Then take them outside and build something wacky and wonderful.
• Play new games.Have a game of bowling with snow balls. Play horseshoes by burying a water bottle in the snow so the neck sticks out and throw some horseshoes around it. Have a "dog sled race" where children load up their sleds with toys, sticks or rocks and see who can pull them the fastest. Try a polar bear "swim" where each child gets a bag of swim goggles, a towel, an adult swimsuit and maybe flippers; see how fast they can pull on all the swim gear over their outer clothes, throw the towel around their necks, and pretend to "swim" around a tree. Put the items back in the bag and let two more children have a swim race. Give each swimmer a medal, like a pinecone on a string.
Some safety tips to keep in mind: Wear the right clothes, especially over hands, feet and head; put Vaseline on cheeks to prevent them from turning too red; and always stay hydrated. Bring water (yes, even in the cold) or hot chocolate or cider to warm up. Most importantly, bring a smile outside, where it is healthier and more fun than staying cooped up inside during the winter months.
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Communipaw is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey west of Liberty State Park and east of Bergen Hill,[1][2] and the site of one of the earliest European settlements in North America. It gives its name to the historic avenue which runs from its eastern end near LSP Station through the neighborhoods of Bergen-Lafayette and the West Side that then becomes the Lincoln Highway. Communipaw Junction, or simply, The Junction, is an intersection where Communipaw, Summit Avenue, Garfield Avenue, and Grand Street meet, and where the toll house for the Bergen Point Plank Road was situated. Communipaw Cove at Upper New York Bay, is part of the 36-acre (150,000 m2) state nature preserve in the park and one of the few remaining tidal salt marshes in the Husdon River estuary.
Communipaw was part of Bergen City, New Jersey during its brief incarnation between 1855-1870 before merging with Jersey City, and was urbanized during the late half of the 19th century. Some streets of the neighborhood are part of the Communipaw-Lafayette Historic District.[3] Lafayette Park is likely named for the Marquis de Lafayette, who was stationed in Bergen in 1799,[4] and later re-visited in 1824[5][6][7] A city square similar to Van Vorst Park and Hamilton Park the buildings surrounding it were constructed in different periods. Whitlock Cordage[8] is an intact complex of industrial buildings built in the Lafayette section along the long ago filled Morris Canal.[9][10] The Housing Trust of America purchased the property to preserve the structures as affordable housing. The section near Johnston Avenue was the site of stop on the Underground Railroad and African-American burial ground.[11] Ficken's Warehouse, once site of Bergen City's main post office, is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey. Berry Lane Park was formerly industrial industrial area.
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At the time of European settlement in the 17th century, Communipaw was the site of the summer encampament and counsel fire of the Hackensack Indians.[12] a phratry of the Lenape. They, along with the Raritan, Tappan, Wecquaesgeek, Canarsee and other groups who circulated in the region were collectively known as the River Indians by the immigrating population.
It is likely that the name is based in the Algonquian language Lenape. Earlier spellings are numerous and have included Gamoenapa,[12] Gemonepan,[13] Gemoenepaen,[13] Gamenepaw, Comounepaw, Comounepan [14] Communipau,[15] Goneuipan[16] There are a variety of interpretations of the meaning, though most sources relate it to being from gamunk, on the other side of the river, and pe-auke, water-land, meaning big landing-place from the other side of the river.[17] (Current: gamuck meaning other side of the water or otherside of the river[18] or landing place at the side of a river [19]).
New Netherland[edit]
Henry Hudson, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, anchored along the shore at Communipaw in 1609 during his explorations of the Upper New York Bay, North River (Hudson River) and Hudson Valley. [20] On September 12 he sailed up to Communipaw, where Robert Juet, his mate, wrote in the log that it was "...a very good land to fall in with, and a pleasant land to see." [21] In 1634 one of the first "bouweries", or homesteads, in the colony of New Netherland was built at Communipaw as part of Pavonia, a patroonship of Amsterdam businessman Michael Pauw. (Some have suggested that the name comes from Community of Pauw, which likely is more a coincidence than a fact.[22][23][24][25]) For a time it bore the name of the Dutchman who settled there, Jan Everts Bout.,[26] and was called Jan de Lacher's Hoeck.,[27] or Jan the Laugher's Point, apparently in reference to his boisterous character. Plantations, worked by enslaved Africans, spread across the low-lying areas between the shoreline and the hill.[28] It was here that Tappan and Wecquaesgeek fleeing dominant tribes from the north had taken refuge in 1643. They were attacked in the incident known as the Pavonia Massacre, subsequently leading to Kieft's War.[29]
Originally, the village of Communipaw was part of the colony under the jurisdiction to the Dutch West India Company. In 1653, became part of the Commonality of New Amsterdam,[30] (which included all the settlements at Pavonia, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island), a separate village in 1658,[31][32][33] under the jurisdiction of the Bergen, established at contemporary Bergen Square. By 1669, regulated ferry service to New Amsterdam was established.[34][35] After the last English takeover of New Netherland in 1674 it became part of the Province of New Jersey, in the county of Bergen, though it retained its Dutch character for hundreds of years. Washington Irving visited it often (at least once with future US president Martin van Buren) for inspiration. Writing in the early 19th century, he often referred to Communipaw as being the stronghold of traditional Dutch culture.[36] John Quidor, an American Romantic painter, created works inspired the village: Embarkation from Communipaw and The Voyage from Communipaw to Hell Gate. Suydam Street, which can translate as south dam runs for one block south of Communipaw Avenue is taken early Dutch family, whose descendent, Rev. J. Howard Suydam, D.D, was member and historian of the Holland Society of New York.[37]
Originally, the waters of the Upper New York Bay facing the village (situated near the site of today's Liberty Science Center) hosted vast oyster beds that were harvested well into the 19th century.[38] As it was industrialized, first with the construction of ports and later with rail infrastructure, the shoreline was expanded with landfill, notably by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Communipaw Terminal, officially known as the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, was the waterfront terminus. The monument, along with the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island recalls the period of massive emigration to the United States. The cove just to the south of the station is sometimes still called Communipaw Cove. The railroad also maintained a Communipaw Station in the neighborhood farther inland along the right of way now used by the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. Johnston Avenue is named for an early president of the company.
Buses traveling southbound through The Junction are the R&T 4,[39] NJT 4,[40] NJT 81[41] through Greenville to Curries Woods, with the 81 continuing to Bayonne. On some trips the NJT6 alternates its routes along the Lafayette Loop. Northbound the NJT6 travels to Journal Square, while the R&T4 and the NJT81 travel through Downtown Jersey City to Exchange Place. The nearest stations of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail are located along the southern periphery of the neighborhood at Garfield Avenue in Claremont and at LSP.
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See also[edit]
- Bergen
- Achter Col.
- Harsimus
- Pavonia
- Vriessendael
- English Neighborhood
- List of neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Etymologies of place names in Hudson County, New Jersey
- ^ · HC areas map
- ^ [1] Map
- ^ NJ State Register of Historic Places in Hudson County
- ^ Battle with British
- ^ Aplple Tree House
- ^ Harriet Phillips Eaton, Jersey City And Its Historic Sites, 1899:
- ^ Grundy, J. Owen (1975). The History of Jersey City (1609 - 1976). Jersey City: Walter E. Knight; Progress Printing Company.
- ^ "Jersey City History: The Whitlock Cordage". The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-24.[dead link]
- ^ [2]
- ^ JC Online
- ^ Underground Railroad in JC
- ^ a b Edward Manning Ruttenber (1992-07-01). Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: To 1700. North Country Books. ISBN 978-0-910746-98-4.
- ^ a b Joan Doherty Lovero (March 1986). Hudson County: The Left Bank. ISBN 978-0-89781-172-9.
- ^ New Jersey Colonial Records, East Jersey Records: Part 1-Volume 21, Calendar of Records 1664-1702
- ^ http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/oldberg/chapter15.shtml
- ^ http://www.nj.gov/state/darm/links/pdf/pasevensettledtowns.pdf
- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/fourchaptersofpa00shri/fourchaptersofpa00shri_djvu.txt
- ^ The Lenape/English Dictionary http://www.gilwell.com/lenape
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/general_info/indian.htm
- ^ http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jc_history.htm
- ^ [3] JC Online]
- ^ http://members.home.nl/pushkar/oranje11.html#1626
- ^ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/y/e/Ron-C-Myers/GENE31-0099.html
- ^ Gannett, Ganett, Henry, The Origin of Certain Place Names in The United States
- ^ Writers' Program (U.S.) New Jersey. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names Trenton , NJ, New Jersey Public Library Commission, 1945. ... www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Digidox7.php
- ^ Jan Evertsen Bout at Pavonia
- ^ Communipaw
- ^ Hodges, Graham Rusell (1999). "Free People and Slaves, 1613-1664". Dutch New York:Roots and Branch:African Americans in New York and East Jersey. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-8078-4778-X.
- ^ http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/ROOTVIEW/HTML/i0770nt.htm
- ^ Russell Shorto (2005-04-12). The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America. Random House. ISBN 1-4000-7867-9.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycoloni/annals.html
- ^ JC History
- ^ http://www.gutenberg.lib.md.us/2/3/2/5/23258/23258-h/23258-h.htm#Page_82
- ^ Arthur G. Adams (1996-04-01). The Hudson River Through the Years. Fordham University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8232-1677-2.
- ^ william a. whitehead (1856). contributions to the early history of perth amboy. p. 272.
- ^ http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knickerbocker%27s_History_of_New_York/Book_II/Chapter_II
- ^ Vookles, Laura (2009-06-12). Roger Panetta, ed. Dutch New York The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture. Yonkers, New York: Hudson River Museum. pp. 275, 279. ISBN 978-0-8232-3039-6.
- ^ Mark Kurlansky (2007-01-09). The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-345-47639-5.
- ^ Route 4 schedule
- ^ NJT bus 6 schedule
- ^ NJT 81 schedule
External links[edit]
- 1860 Map
- Communipaw by Washington Irving
- A Legend of Communipaw by Washington Irving
- Lafayette Gardens site map
- NJ Churchscape: Lafayette Reformed
- Good_Ship_Pride_of_Communipaw_Flats

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Nissan North America +43%
Nissan grabbed more market share in March, even in the face of a resurgent Toyota. Infiniti helped as well.
Nissan +44%
The Versa (+105%) continues to do well, although it had some rather unexpected company this month, with the Armada (+171%), the Frontier (+129%), and the Maxima (+93%) also making headlines. Only the sports cars disappointed, the 370Z (-33%) and the GTR (-37%).
Infiniti + 37%
The new M (+62%) did well, as did the G (+45%), while the EX (-20%) and the FX (-14%) declined, and the QX56 (+242%) confounded.
Chrysler Group -8%
After reporting the tiniest of year-over-year sales increases in February, Chrysler resumed its declining ways in March, with total sales 8% below March 2009. Chrysler is still putting lots of cars into fleets, but it has reduced incentive spending from the pay-anything year-ago levels.
Chrysler +1%
The Town & Country (+30%) and Sebring (+69%) offset the PT Cruiser (-70%) and the 300 (-20%).
Jeep +3%
The Compass (+27%), Patriot (+26%), Grand Cherokee (+32%), and Commander (+29%) overcame weakness in the Wrangler (-16%) and the Liberty (-11%).
Dodge -19%
Challenger (+36%) was the only bright spot among grim stats for the Avenger (-31%), Caravan (-32%), and Caliber (-12%).
Ram -11%
Hyundai/Kia +19%
Hyundai was not as hot as might have been expected, trailing the overall market. Like Honda, Hyundai likely suffered as a result of Toyota's incentive spending. Kia's year-over-year sales growth outpaced Hyundai's in March, a situation that is likely to continue this year, as Kia rolls out its new Sportage this summer and Optima this fall.
Hyundai +15%
The redesigned Tucson (+129%) and Sonata (+53%) led the charge for Hyundai; the company claimed that, counting only retail sales, the Sonata captured third place among mid-size sedans.
Kia +24%
Kia's surging models expressed their gains in multiples of year-prior sales: Optima (2x), Sorrento (3x), and Soul (4x). No surprise, then, that the brand had its best ever March.
VW Group +39%
The Volkswagen Group had another strong month in March, with VW leading the way but Audi close behind.
Volkswagen +41 %
The good news was everywhere at VW: Golf/GTI (+152%), Tiguan (+42%), Jetta (+24%), Passat (+73%), Touareg (+90%); everywhere except the CC (-15%).
Audi +34%
Audi looked strong across the board, but standout gains came from the A5 (+155%, thanks to the addition of the Cabriolet), the A3 (+100%, with half of those TDIs), and the A6 (+98%).
Subaru +46%
Of all the manufacturers who posted increased sales in March, Subaru's was most impressive, because it was just about the only nameplate that is actually coming off a good 2009. Its 2010 sales, in fact, are the company's best ever for the month of March.
The new Legacy (+124%) and Outback (+111%) lead the way, naturally, but the Forester (+24%) and Impreza (+7%) helped too. Only the Tribeca (-57%) continues to disappoint.


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Look polished, even when you're barefaced: Sweep powder that's a shade darker than your hair on brows, using tiny upward strokes at 45-degree angles. Finish by combing clear mascara from inner to outer edges.
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Tuesday, January 27
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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Mo Williams posted a career-high with 43 points, and LeBron James notched his third triple-double of the season, as the Cavaliers remained unbeaten at home with a 117-110 triumph over the road- struggling Sacramento Kings.
Williams, who shot 15-of-24 from the field, also had eight rebounds and 11 assists. He went 7-of-12 from three-point range, as Cleveland pushed its record to 21-0 at Quicken Loans Arena this season.
"It's extremely fun," said Williams. "You have fun on the floor and you feel like you are shooting into the ocean. You feel like when you get it off, it has the opportunity to go in. The good thing about it tonight is that it did."
James had 23 points, 15 boards and 11 assists for his 20th career triple- double, as the Cavs won their fourth in a row overall. His stats were helped out by the play of Williams.
"He's meant a lot," said James of Williams. "He's a guy that can create for me, create for himself, create for others. On the court, teams know they just can't load on me."
Cleveland is the first team to win at least its first 21 home games in a season since the Chicago Bulls (37 games) and the Orlando Magic (33 games) accomplished the feat in the 1995-96 season. The Cavs are also the first team since the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (22 games) to win 21 straight home games to begin a season, each by a margin of at least four points.
Kevin Martin had 35 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Kings, who have lost six in a row overall and fell to 3-21 on the road. John Salmons added 21 points and Jason Thompson scored 16 in defeat.
"You don't see too many quiet triple-doubles and that's what he (LeBron James) did tonight," said Martin. "Then, Mo Williams was unbelievable with his shot. His shot selection was great and it was falling, so you really can't do too much about that."
Ahead by six to begin the fourth quarter, the Cavs started to pull away. Daniel Gibson was fouled on a three-point try and made all three free throws to start the period. Three-pointers by Gibson and Tarence Kinsey highlighted a 19-5 spurt as the Cavs stretched the margin to 107-87 with seven minutes left.
The closest the Kings got was the final score.
The Kings battled from a seven-point deficit and held a 27-26 lead after one quarter, and the visitors pushed that advantage to nine early in the second as Bobby Brown's three-ball moved the score to 40-31. Francisco Garcia followed with a jumper for an 11-point difference, but the Cavs rallied for the next nine points, with James capping the spurt with a pair of foul shots.
Cleveland went to the half with a 60-56 lead, and although it remained tight in the third, Williams had 39 by the end of the period, as Cleveland carried an 88-82 edge to the fourth.
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Ahuzzath [N]
(possesions ) one of the friends of the Philistine king Abimelech, who accompanied him at his interview with Isaac. ( Genesis 26:26 ) (B.C. about 1877.)
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A "friend" perhaps a minister, of Abimelech, king of Gerar. He together with Phicol, commander of the army, accompanied their sovereign to Beersheba to make a covenant with Isaac (Genesis 26:26). The termination "-ath" reminds us of Philistine proper names, such as Gath, Goliath, etc. Compare \Genubath\ (1 Kings 11:20).
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Neverland Valley Ranch (formerly the Sycamore Valley Ranch)[1] is a developed property in Santa Barbara County, California, located at 5225 Figueroa Mountain Rd Los Olivos, CA 93441, most famous for being the home of American entertainer Michael Jackson from 1988 to 2005.[2] Jackson named the property after Neverland, the fantasy island in the story of Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up. The ranch is located about five miles (8 km) north of unincorporated Los Olivos, and about eight miles (13 km) north of the town of Santa Ynez.
The Chamberlin Ranch is to the west, and the rugged La Laguna Ranch, where the Zaca Fire began, is to the north. The Santa Barbara County Assessor's office says the ranch is approximately 3,000 acres (12,14 hectares).[3] It is currently owned by the Sycamore Valley Ranch Company, LLC.[1]
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Jackson purchased the property from golf course entrepreneur William Bone in 1988[4] for a sum variously reported to be 16.5 to 30 million US dollars.[5] It was Jackson's home as well as his private amusement park and it contained a floral clock, numerous statues of children, and a petting zoo. The amusement park included two railroads: one 36" (914 mm) gauge with a steam locomotive (Crown 4-4-0 (2B), built 1973, with two coaches) and the other a 24-inch (610 mm) gauge amusement train ride-type, and also a Ferris wheel, Carousel, Zipper, Octopus, Pirate Ship, Wave Swinger, Super Slide, dragon wagon kiddie roller coaster and bumper cars, and an amusement arcade. Michael Jackson was also an avid art collector. According to Yves Gautier in the book, "Michael Jackson, Backdoor to Neverland": "Though few know about it, Michael Jackson is a voracious reader and there is a 10,000-volume library in the Neverland Ranch, that focuses on art, psychology and poetry."
Jackson said in 2003 that he would not return to the property, saying that he no longer considered the ranch a home, feeling the 70 police officers had "violated" it in their searches.[6] In 2006, the facilities were closed and most of the staff were dismissed, with a spokesperson stating that this was the reflection of the fact that Jackson no longer lived there.
Jackson sold this property in November 2008 to Sycamore Valley Ranch Inc, a real estate company that he owned in part.[7]
Foreclosure proceedings commenced against Neverland Ranch on October 22, 2007.[8][9] However, a spokesperson for Jackson said that the loan was merely being refinanced.[10]
On February 25, 2008, Jackson received word from Financial Title Company, the trustee, that unless he paid off $24,525,906.61 by March 19, a public auction would go forward of the land, buildings, and other items such as the rides, trains, and art.[11][12] On March 13, 2008, Jackson's lawyer L. Londell McMillan announced that a private agreement had been reached with the private investment group, Fortress Investment, to save Jackson's ownership of the ranch.[13] Before the agreement, Jackson owed three months' arrears on the property.[13] McMillan did not reveal the details of the deal.
On May 12, 2008, a foreclosure auction for the ranch was canceled after an investment company, Colony Capital LLC, purchased the loan, which was in default.[14] In a press release, Jackson stated, "I am pleased with recent developments involving Neverland Ranch and I am in discussions with Colony and Tom Barrack with regard to the Ranch and other matters that would allow me to focus on the future."[15][16]
On November 10, 2008, Jackson transferred the title to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company, LLC, and neighbors reported immediate activity on the property, including the amusement rides being trucked along the highway.[1] Jackson still owned an unknown stake in the property, since Sycamore Valley Ranch was a joint venture between Jackson (represented by McMillan) and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC (an investment company run by billionaire Tom Barrack).[17][18][19][20] The Santa Barbara County Assessor's Office stated Jackson sold an unknown proportion of his property rights for $35 million.[21][22]
Kyle Forsyth, Colony's project manager, describes the estate's Tudor-style buildings and savannah-like grasslands as "English country manor meets Kenya." Eventually, Colony hopes to sell the ranch, located in Santa Barbara County, in its entirety. Subdividing it, says Mr. Forsyth, "would destroy it."[23]
Since 2009, the Neverland Ranch rides Balloon Samba, Jeeps, Wave Swinger and Dinos have been featured attractions at the California State Fair.[24]
Following Jackson's death, press reports during June 28–29, 2009 claimed that his family intended to bury him at the Neverland Ranch, eventually turning it into a place of pilgrimage for his fans, similar to how Graceland has become a destination for fans of Elvis Presley.[25][26] However, the singer's father Joseph Jackson later denied the reports.[27][28] Construction equipment and gardeners entered the grounds on July 1, prompting speculation that preparations were being made for something related to Jackson's death, but local officials stated that a burial there would be only allowed if the owners of the ranch would go through a permitting process with county and state government before establishing a cemetery at the site. Jackson's 2002 will gives his entire estate to a family trust.[29]
The ranch was the setting for two media appearances on July 2, 2009. Jermaine Jackson took The Today Show's Matt Lauer on a tour of the main house, and he was interviewed on the grounds of the house by Larry King for his show.
In July 2010, California Assemblyman Mike Davis floated the idea of California acquiring the property and running it as a state park. This idea has been introduced before, as such a park could attract thousands of Jackson fans from around the world, bringing in revenue for the state and local area. However, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had called for the closure of many state parks due to lack of funding, and local residents oppose the idea because of the traffic congestion and other problems that a major tourist attraction would bring to this rural area.[citation needed]
In October 2010, reports came out that Michael Jackson's children intended to buy the property. [30]
In January 2013, singer Lady Gaga announced her willingness to help Jackson's children in keeping the ranch by investing in the property. [31]
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Adelaide Strikers became the first team to win batting first in the BBL this summer, though another limp display by the Sydney Thunder left plenty of room to doubt the reliability of the match as an indicator that sending the opposition in will no longer be quite so fashionable.
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Zampa delivered an exemplary, economical first three overs for a wicket but had his analysis disfigured when called on to bowl to Reardon in full flight. Boyce defeated Chris Rogers with a delectable googly and also spun his leg break nicely, providing a helpful contrast to the speed of Tait and Richardson. Together, they were far too much for the Thunder.
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Ten Alternative Spaces for Live Music in South Florida
With all the fuss that's circulated over Churchill's Pub switching of hands, coupled with the closing of the Broward County staple the Talent Farm, we at County Grind got to thinking about location. More specifically, venues. After watching what seems like the whole music scene have an emotional collapse at the thought of one integral venue changing in any way shape or form, we got to wondering whether or not we, in the tri-county area, are putting all our eggs in one basket. That can be a seriously dangerous thing for a music scene.
So, we asked ourselves: Where else could we throw wild punk shows or freaky noise nights around these parts? What follows are ten places -- a few more practical than others -- that we think would make the coolest alternative venues in South Florida.
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Stopped by our new house on Tuesday and found that the transition between the hardwood and tile in all areas is not flush. The tile is noticibly (~1/4") lower than the hardwood. Given this is new construction, I assumed it not rocket science for the two surfaces to be flush. I immediately emailed our realtor to point this out and was told that the developers PM would check it out the next day. Last evening I received an email stating that the PM agreed this was not right and both the hardwood flooring company and the tiler would be spoken to and it would be resolved. Short of tearing up the tile (which had just been grouted on Tuesday), what are the options? My husband thinks if they bevel the hardwood, that might work. What I don't want is a threshold between the two. |
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That is an expensive PIA upgrade that has to be done atthe DESIGN phase with all floring materials selected in advance so the architect can specify the different subfloor heights. At this stage, you're going to have transitions. It's too late for anything else. |
They could have done a mortar bed below the tile to build it up to the hardwood height. If over a basement, then the floor should have been designed to account for this weight. We ripped out thick ugly Saltillo tile and put in a much thinner porcelain. The tile guys had no problem doing a mortar base and perfectly leveling to match the hardwood floor. It is NOT rocket science, really! Inexcusable in a new house. |
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Our last house had a smooth transition between tile and hardwood. It was built with the flooring in mind. I'm not sure how they did it but it looked great. Our current house has had the flooring redone in rooms by the previous owners. There's a noticeable transition between the tile and hardwood. I can't wait for it to be replaced with all hardwood. It seems inexcusable in a brand new house. Hopefully something can be done. |
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