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A landing functions essentially as a large step that interrupts a tall stairway. For the builder, the landing provides a convenient spot from which to change the direction of the stairway. For the homeowner, the landing provides a spot to catch your breath momentarily while climbing.
Designing and building a stairway with a landing can be one of the most challenging elements of a deck project. Precision is crucial, since building codes have very exact standards for stairway construction. To ensure that the steps for both the top and bottom staircases have the same vertical rise and tread depth, the landing must be set at the right position and height.Even for professional builders, designing a stairway layout is a process of trial and revision. Begin by creating a preliminary layout that fits your situation, but as you plan and diagram the project, be prepared to revise the layout to satisfy code requirements and the demands of your building site. Measure your site carefully, and work out all the details on paper before you begin any work. Accuracy and meticulous planning will help ensure that your steps are level and uniform in size.Remember that local building codes may require handrails for any stairway with three or more risers.Stairway BasicsThe goal of any stairway is to allow people to move easily and safely from one level to another. When designing a deck stairway, the builder must consider the vertical drop—the vertical distance from the surface of the deck to the ending point; and the span—the horizontal distance from the starting point to the end of the stairway.During the planning stage, the vertical drop is divided into a series of equal-size steps, called rises. Similarly, the horizontal span is divided into a series of equal-size runs. On a stairway with a landing, there are two span measurements to consider: the distance from the deck to the edge of the landing, and from the landing to the end point on the ground. In general, the combined horizontal span of the staircases, not counting the landing, should be 40% to 60% more than the total vertical drop.For safety and comfort, the components of a stairway must be built according to clearly prescribed guidelines, as listed in 'Anatomy of a Stair with Landing'. Anatomy of a Stair with LandingThe challenge when planning a stairway is adjusting the preliminary layout and the step dimensions as needed to ensure that the stairway fits the building site and is comfortable to use.Rises must be no less than 4" and no more than 8" high.Runs, the horizontal depth of each step, must be at least 10". The number of runs in a staircase is always one less than the number of rises.Combined sum of the step rise and run should be about 18" to 20". Steps built to this guideline are the most comfortable to use.Variation between the largest and smallest rise or run measurement can be no more than 3⁄8".Stair width must be at least 36" so two people can comfortably pass one another.Stringers should be spaced no more than 36" apart. For added support, a center stringer is recommended for any staircase with more than three steps.Landings serve as oversized steps; their height must be set as precisely as the risers for the other steps in the stairway. Landings should be at least 36" square, or as wide as the staircase itself. U-shaped stairways should have oversized landings, at least 1 ft. wider than the combined width of the two staircases. Landings very often require reinforcement with diagonal cross braces between the support posts.Concrete footings should support all stringers resting on the ground.
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Lay out stringers on 2 x 12 lumber using a carpenter's square. Trim off the waste sections with a circular saw, finishing the notched cuts with a handsaw. In the following illustrations, the waste sections are left unshaded. In standard deck construction, the outside stringers are fitted with metal tread supports that are attached to the inside faces of the stringers. The middle stringer in each flight of stairs is notched to create surfaces that support the stair treads—when cut, these surfaces must align with the tops of the metal tread supports. For the upper staircase stringers, notches are cut at the bottom, front edges to fit over a 2 x 4 cleat that is attached to the landing. The top of each notch should lie below the nose of the bottom tread by a distance equal to one rise plus the thickness of a decking board.
Begin construction by building the landing. On a flat surface, build the landing frame from 2 x 6 lumber. Join the corners with 3" deck screws, then check for square by measuring diagonals. Adjust the frame until the diagonals are equal, then tack braces across the corners to hold the frame square.
Using your plan drawing, find the exact position of the landing on the ground, then set the frame in position and adjust it for level. Drive stakes to mark locations for the landing posts, using a plumb bob as a guide. Install the footings and posts for the landing.
From the top of the deck, measure down a distance equal to the vertical drop for the upper staircase. Attach a 2 x 4 reference board across the deck posts at this height. Position a straightedge on the reference board and against the landing posts so it is level, and mark the posts at this height. Measure down a distance equal to the thickness of the decking boards, and mark reference lines to indicate where the top of the landing frame will rest.
Attach the landing frame to the posts at the reference lines. Make sure the landing is level, then secure it with joist ties attached to the posts with 5⁄8" x 3" lag screws. Cut off the posts flush with the top of the landing frame, using a reciprocating saw.
Remove the diagonal braces from the top of the landing frame, then cut and install joists. (For a diagonal decking pattern, space the joists every 12".) Attach the decking boards, and trim them to the edge of the frame.
For extra support and to help prevent sway, create permanent cross braces by attaching 2 x 4 boards diagonally from the bottoms of the posts to the inside of the landing frame. Brace at least two sides of the landing. Remove the temporary braces and stakes holding the posts.
Lay out and cut all stringers for both the upper and lower staircases. For the center stringers only, cut notches where the treads will rest. Start the notches with a circular saw, then finish the cuts with a handsaw. Measure and cut all tread boards.
Use 3⁄4"-long lag screws to attach angle brackets to the stringers where the treads will rest, then turn the stringers upside down and attach the treads with lag screws. Gaps between tread boards should be no more than 3⁄8".
Dig and pour a concrete footing to support each stringer for the lower staircase. Make sure the footings are level and are the proper height in relation to the landing. Install a metal J-bolt in each footing while the concrete is wet, positioning the bolts so they will be offset about 2" from the stringers. After the concrete dries, cut 2 x 4 footing cleats, drill holes in them, and attach them to the J-bolts using nuts.
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Technology has changed our lives, mostly for the better. But what happens when our inventions get the better of us? The results can be devastating.
Technology has changed our lives, mostly for the better. But what happens when our inventions get the better of us? The results can be devastating.
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Amazon is now a part of the Federal Trade Commission's investigations into technology corporations with mobile application marketplaces unlawfully billing parents for in-app-purchases. Both Apple and Google have been tangled in the allegations with Apple settling earlier this year and Apple telling the FTC to investigate Google. The FTC today announced it is filing a complaint against Amazon, saying that children have been able to buy goods and extras within apps without the consent of parents. The full release from the FTC can be found below:
Google fights to have iPhone privacy case dismissed from UK courts
Google, which was fined $22.5M by the FTC for illegal use of tracking cookies on iPhones even when the user had set Safari to reject them, is asking the UK's High Court to reject a claim for compensation from a group of British iPhone owners, reports The Guardian.
Google is arguing that any case should be held in the U.S., and that UK courts have no jurisdiction in the matter. It also observes that a similar claim in the USA was dismissed two months ago.
Google has been called "arrogant and immoral" for arguing that a privacy claim brought by internet users in the UK should not be heard by the British legal system […]
In the first group claim brought against Google in the UK, the internet firm has insisted that the lawsuit must be brought in California, where it is based, instead of a British courtroom … Read more
Google cites $30B in patent privateering losses in campaign against patent trolls
Google today announced in a blog post on its Public Policy Blog that it has asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to investigate and take a stronger stance against patent privateering and patent assertion entities, aka patent trolls. Google linked to a document submitted to the government agencies mentioned above and noted that BlackBerry, Earthlink and RedHat are among other companies backing the request.
Within its post, Google's Senior Competition Counsel Matthew Bye cited losses of nearly $30 billion a year in the U.S. due to patent trolls and urged companies to help Google create "cooperative licensing agreements that can help curb privateering."
Trolls use the patents they receive to sue with impunity—since they don't make anything, they can't be countersued. The transferring company hides behind the troll to shield itself from litigation, and sometimes even arranges to get a cut of the money extracted by troll lawsuits and licenses.
Google described patent privateering as companies selling "patents to trolls with the goal of waging asymmetric warfare against its competitors." While it didn't name any companies specifically in its blog post or document submitted to the FTC, it did link to an article on Bloomberg that mentions Microsoft, Nokia, and Alcatel-Lucent as companies linked to patent privateering.
In the document submitted to the FTC, Google outlined its stance on patent trolls and recommended the FTC initiate an investigation into patent assertion entities and or expand its broader inquiry to include a number of important areas specifically related to patent privateering: Read more
FTC recommends Google, Apple, BlackBerry, Microsoft, & app devs improve mobile privacy disclosures
The Federal Trade Commission released a report today that recommends how owners of mobile platforms can better inform consumers about how their data is being handled. The FTC named a number of companies in its report, including: Amazon, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, and Microsoft, as well as "application (app) developers, advertising networks and analytics companies, and app developer trade associations."
The recommendations follow the FTC updating its online child privacy law to require parental consent before collecting data from children under the age of 13. It also came as Path agreed to pay an $800,000 settlement to the FTC over last year's privacy controversy.
In the report, titled "Mobile Privacy Disclosures, Building Trust Through Transparency," the FTC issued a number of recommendations. The FTC recommended that all platform owners "Provide just-in-time disclosures to consumers and obtain their affirmative express consent before allowing apps to access sensitive content like geolocation." It recommended app developers take the same measures in addition to having "a privacy policy and make sure it is easily accessible through the app stores." The report also suggested that companies implement a " a one-stop "dashboard" into their operating systems so consumers can easily view how their data is being handled by specific apps.
Other recommendations the FTC asked Apple and others to implement include new icons that "depict the transmission of user data" and a "Do Not Track" option for users to easily opt out of their data being sent to third parties.
"FTC staff strongly encourages companies in the mobile ecosystem to work expeditiously to implement the recommendations in this report. Doing so likely will result in enhancing the consumer trust that is so vital to companies operating in the mobile environment. Moving forward, as the mobile landscape evolves, the FTC will continue to closely monitor developments in this space and consider additional ways it can help businesses effectively provide privacy information to consumers," the report states.
A full list of the recommendations made by the FTC for mobile platform owners, advertising agencies, and app developers is below:
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FTC antitrust investigation into Google ruling reportedly pushed back until 2013
If you're like us, you just can't wait to hear the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's final ruling over Google's antitrust case that has spanned more than two years. Recent reports tipped the ruling to come in as early as this week. However, Bloomberg reported this evening that the ruling has been delayed until next year. We presumed the settlement talks are continuing, resulting in a delay, as Google tries to skirt any formal settlement or lawsuit and rather provide "voluntary concessions." The report earlier this week mentioned that the debacle, centered on antitrust litigation and allegations, is said to end with Google coming out relatively unaffected. Read more
Colorado Dem Rep cautions FTC to rethink antitrust suit against Google
U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials supposedly want to bring an antitrust case against Google due to complaints about it suppressing competition in the market, but Colorado Rep. Jared Polis cautioned the regulatory body in a letter last week that such a lawsuit would be a "woefully misguided step."
Many Internet businesses, such as Yelp and Nextag, have criticized Google at open hearings in Congress, asserting Google unjustly applies its search dominance to give web sites lower-quality rankings in search results. The effect would essentially push Internet users toward Google products that provide similar services.
Google has continually rebuffed any wrongdoing, and the Vice President of Engineering Amit Singhal even came to his employer's defense on the Google Public Policy Blog earlier this summer —in an aggressive tactic not usually taken by the Mountain View, Calif.-based company—to spearhead the rumor-mill accusations in a "claim vs. fact" format.
Democrat Polis specifically wrote in his letter that an anti-trust lawsuit by the FTC would "threaten the very integrity of our anti-trust system, and could ultimately lead to Congressional action resulting in a reduction in the ability of the FTC to enforce critical anti-trust protections in industries where markets are being distorted by monopolies or oligopolies."
Political newspaper The Hill, which first reported on the letter, further noted that Polis said the market for online search remains adequately competitive despite antitrust complaints:
He noted that customers search Amazon for shopping results, iTunes for music and movies, Facebook for social networking and Yelp for local businesses.
"To even discuss applying anti-trust in this kind of hyper-competitive environment defies all logic and the very underpinnings of anti-trust law itself," Polis wrote.
Report: FTC officials 'convinced' Google illegally used dominance to stifle competition, eyes antitrust case
A Reuters report (via CNBC) from this afternoon claimed top U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials want to bring an antitrust case against Google over numerous complaints about it abusing search dominance to suppress competition in the market.
The FTC announced earlier this year that Washington lawyer Beth Wilkinson is leading its investigation, while FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said last month they would reach a decision by 2013. If found guilty, the FTC and Google could enter settlement talks to resolve the matter or duke it out in court.
Reuters cited "three people familiar with the matter," and it indicated Google could soon face the gristly negotiation process:
Four of the FTC commissioners have become convinced after more than a year of investigation that Google illegally used its dominance of the search market to hurt its rivals, while one commissioner is skeptical, the sources said. All three declined to be named to protect working relationships. Two of the sources said a decision on how to proceed could come in late November or early December. A long list of companies has been complaining to the FTC, arguing that the agency should crack down on Google.
Yelp and Nextag have both criticized Google at open hearings in Congress, according to Reuters, asserting Google unjustly gives "their web sites low quality rankings in search results to steer Internet users away from their websites and toward Google products that provide similar services."
Google has continually rebuffed any lawlessness or partial practices, and the search engine's vice president of engineering, Amit Singhal, even stormed to the Google Public Policy Blog earlier this summer, in an aggressive tactic not usually taken by the Mountain View, Calif.-based company, to address the antitrust accusations in a "claim vs. fact" format.
Google could soon face big fines over iOS Safari privacy controversy in FTC investigation
In February, the story broke that Google and other advertising companies were bypassing iOS Safari's privacy settings and continuing to track users without their consent. Google quickly disabled its code responsible for the tracking after a story from The Wall Street Journal published, and Apple then claimed it was "working to put a stop" to the issue.
Now, a new report from Mercury News claimed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to fine Google over the incident. The decision is expected in the next 30 days:
The Federal Trade Commission is deep into an investigation of Google's actions in bypassing the default privacy settings of Apple's (AAPL) Safari browser for Google users, according to sources familiar with ongoing negotiations between the company and the government… Within the next 30 days, the FTC could order the Mountain View search giant to pay an even larger fine in the Safari case than the penalty the Federal Communications Commission hit Google with Friday, say the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The report is referring to Google being recently fined $25,000 by the FCC after it allegedly "deliberately impeded and delayed" an investigation related to Street View cars. The heart of the Safari bypassing investigation is whether the company is violating a previous privacy agreement made with the FTC following controversy over the failed "Buzz" service. The report claimed Google could face up to $16,000 per violation per day for violating the agreement. Google said to Mercury News today it would "cooperate with any officials who have questions" and explained making its +1 compatible on mobile Safari created the issue:
US Federal Trade Commission subpoena Apple in Google antitrust probe over iPhone search
According to a report from Bloomberg (via AllThingsD), the U.S. Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple as part of its antitrust investigation of Google. There are not many details currently, but the report claimed the FTC is interested in Apple's agreement with the company to use Google as its primary default search engine on iOS devices.
The agency's request for documents includes the agreements that made Google the preferred search engine on Apple's mobile devices, said the people, who weren't authorized to speak publicly and declined to be identified. Google rivals such as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have criticized these agreements as anticompetitive.
Google: 2/3rds of our mobile search comes from Apple's iOS
As part of the Senate Judiciary hearings today, former former FTC official (and new Google employee) Suzanne Michel, testified under oath today that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo all bid to become the default search engine on iOS's Mobile Safari Web Browser. As we know, Google won, and as we can infer, Apple get's some revenue from Google for making it its default search engine. As we know from Apple being Apple, the quality of the search results was probably as big a part of the decision as the relatively small bits of revenue.
But as part of the testimony, Michel said briefly (before she was cut off) that 2/3rds of mobile search comes from Apple iOS devices. That's pretty interesting considering the share of Android devices in the market. But not altogether surprising considering the web browser market share which includes those millions and millions of iPads.
FTC includes Android in anti-trust probe of Google
The Federal Trade Commission began an anti-trust probe of various Google services six weeks ago after serving the company with a number of "broad subpoenas". Today, sources familiar with the proceedings report the probe is now extending to Android and Google's endeavours in the mobile space.
The WSJ explains:
Six weeks after serving Google with broad subpoenas, FTC lawyers, in conjunction with several state attorneys general, have been asking whether Google prevents smartphone manufacturers that use its Android operating system from using competitors' services, these people said.
They also have inquired whether Google grants preferential placement on its website to its own products, such as Google's "Places" business listings, its "Shopping results" or Google Finance services above most other results.
This wouldn't be the first time government has targeted a technology company expanding into areas other than what they've been known for, and it certainly wont be the last. Despite that, Google doesn't seem to be worried… a Google spokesperson had this to say about the probe:
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Influence of sample location and livestock numbers on Sporormiella concentrations and accumulation rates in surface sediments of Lake Allos, French Alps
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- Pierre Sabatier,
- Jean-Louis Reyss,
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Spores of coprophilous fungi, especially Sporormiella, are often well preserved in lake sediment cores. It has been hypothesized that such spores can be used to quantify past livestock abundance. The quantitative relationship between fungal spore abundance and livestock populations, however, is not well established, nor are the mechanisms of spore transport and deposition in lacustrine systems. Multiple cores from Lake Allos, a large high-elevation lake in the French Alps, were used to map the modern abundance of Sordaria and Sporormiella spores throughout the lake. We observed high spatial heterogeneity with respect to spore numbers. No correlation with the distance from shoreline was found. There was, however, a relation with distance from the two main lake inlets. These results were used to select two fungi-rich sediment cores to investigate grazing pressure over the last two centuries. Comparisons were made between spore influx and historic data on livestock densities in the catchment. A sharp decrease in Sporormiella influx ca. 1894–1895 was associated with a reported reduction in sheep in the Allos catchment at that time. Mean influx of Sporormiella decreased by a factor of three between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reflecting a reduction in the reported number of animals in the Lake Allos catchment, from 6,000 to 2,000. This study confirmed that Sporormiella spore abundance in lake sediments can be used as a proxy for catchment herbivore numbers in paleoecological reconstructions. Nevertheless, our data indicate that before spore accumulation can be used to infer past domestic herbivore density, one must understand the processes of coprophilous spore transfer from the catchment to the lake and the influence of core location on spore numbers in the sediment.
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- Title
- Influence of sample location and livestock numbers on Sporormiella concentrations and accumulation rates in surface sediments of Lake Allos, French Alps
- Journal
Journal of Paleolimnology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , pp 117-127
- Cover Date
- 2013-02-01
- 10.1007/s10933-012-9646-x
- Print ISSN
- 0921-2728
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0417
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Sporormiella
- Sordaria
- Coprophilous fungi
- Grazing reconstruction
- Modern sediment
- French Alps
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- David Etienne (1) (2)
- Bruno Wilhelm (3)
- Pierre Sabatier (3)
- Jean-Louis Reyss (4)
- Fabien Arnaud (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Chrono-environment Laboratory, UMR 6249, Université de Franche-Comté-CNRS, 16 Route de Gray, 25001, Besançon Cedex, France
- 2. CARRTEL Laboratory, Université de Savoie, Campus scientifique, 73376, Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France
- 3. EDYTEM Laboratory, UMR 5204, Université de Savoie-CNRS, Pôle Montagne, Campus scientifique, 73376, Le Bourget du Lac, France
- 4. LSCE Laboratory, UMR 8212, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin CEA-CNRS, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France


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Calories | 570 |
Total Fat | 21g |
Saturated Fat | 8g |
Cholesterol | 215mg |
Sodium | 995mg |
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On July 4 at the Hung Hum train station, a member of the Association brandished a large knife in front of a New Tang Dynasty TV reporter who was filming the Association's activities. Police were called, but were not interested in seeing video of the incident and chose to do nothing.
Wincy Chan said the harassment by the Association has an ulterior motive.
"These people try to create a situation where practitioners will involuntarily defend themselves—a situation where they can accuse the practitioners of breaking the law or beating them up," Chan said. "Because we cultivate truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance we avoid having any kind of conflict with them."
The police have told practitioners that there is no legal basis for stopping the Association from putting up its banners. According to Mandy Liu, the police have said, "both sides have the right to speak, if there is no conflict this situation has nothing to do with us." Recently the police told practitioners they are "gathering evidence."
A request for comment from the Service Information Office of the Police Public Relations Bureau in Hong Kong had not been answered at press time.
Some of Hong Kong's netizens say the police refuse to defend the practitioners because of the Association's CCP connections.
The practitioners say they should be protected under the Hong Kong Basic Law, whose Public Order Ordinance states in part, "Any person who at any public gathering acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the public gathering was called together or incites others so to act shall be guilty of an offence."
Hong Kong is also a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which states that "any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law."
With the police refusing to protect them, the Hong Kong practitioners are investigating gaining redress through the courts.
The Hong Kong Youth Care Association could not be reached for comment by press time.
Public Opinion
In November 2012, the Association's campaign spread from the information sites to Hong Kong's streets. Hundreds, if not thousands, of its banners now line Hong Kong's busiest and most chic thoroughfares.
Social media and blogs in Hong Kong are filled with complaints: The banners have destroyed Hong Kong's cityscape; they're a traffic hazard; they disrupt city life; and they're an embarrassment.
In December, stickers started appearing on the banners saying, "Not From HK People." An organization called Hong Kong Citizens Attending to the Falun Gong Issue was formed.
When someone destroyed a number of the Association's banners, netizens cheered. A message posted to Mini forum.net, Hong Kong bulletin board, said: "The government is offering shelter to the communist thugs, and the citizens are acting on behalf of heaven. From Mon Kok to Nathan Road, some banners and nearly 70 posters destroyed."
Several members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council have called on the police to protect the rights of Falun Gong practitioners, but the sympathetic Legco members are powerless to help. They are the minority in a body dominated by CCP allies.
Chow Wai Tung, the district councilor of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, told The Epoch Times for a previous report, "The CCP thinks that Jiang Zemin and his like can just do whatever they please in Hong Kong, and this Youth Care Association was established just at this time, and right after it's set up it goes and specifically targets Falun Gong and does all these wicked and shady things."
"Falun Gong is the conscience of Hong Kong, a kind of moral compass of Hong Kong; it's the most law abiding, kindest group of people," Chow said. "If even they are attacked, then no group, and no individual in Hong Kong is safe."
With reporting by Zhou Meihua
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Temperance Baldwin Lane Kelley (Mrs. Oliver H. Kelley), c.1860.
Participants in a patriotic pageant held at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, c.1939.
Photograph of the exterior of Temple Israel in Duluth. Photographed by Phillip Prowse c.2010.
Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis, 1963. The building was completed in 1928, having been built on top of a Temple House that had served as a location for meetings and classrooms.
Temple Israel at its Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue South location in Minneapolis. Photographed in 1890. The building was constructed in 1888 after the land lease on a previous building expired.
Photograph of the third building used by Temple Israel in Minneapolis taken c.1916. The building stood at the corner of Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue. It was built on the same site as the previous Temple Israel building, which was made of wood and burned to the ground in a fire in 1902. The new stone structure pictured was completed the next year, in 1903. This would serve as Temple Israel's home until the dedication of a fourth building in 1928.
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The Dasmels of Dorkington are traveling across the country, making new videos, and recording new songs. But we need your help! Read more
The Dasmels of Dorkington are traveling across the country, making new videos, and recording new songs. But we need your help!
About this project
Who are The Damsels of Dorkington?
We are a 4-person comedy group with big goals we want to achieve with your help! We perform at conventions all across the country doing improvisational comedy, and spreading "Dork Pride" wherever we go! You can also find us posting silly videos on YouTube that range from sketch comedy to song parodies. Or just us doing the dorky things we love to do.
Why do The Damsels need a Kickstarter?
Little known fact: Comedy is expensive! We are traveling to various conventions all across the country, and we typically don't get much help (if any) from the conventions themselves. That leaves us stuck with pricey airline tickets, rental cars, and hotel fees. We want to continue coming to your cities (and hopefully others!) to make you laugh and discuss all things nerdy, but we need your help to do that!
We are placing our goal at $4,000, which will help us get to Seattle in March and Indianapolis in August. Anything we earn beyond that will be put to the creation of sketch videos, and recording costs for upcoming songs. If we earn enough, we would also like to apply to perform at other conventions around the country that were previously not an option to us due to travel costs!
Isn't this what you guys do for a living?
Nope! We wish that were the case, but unfortunately, it isn't. The Damsels of Dorkington is a hobby for 4 people who love to make others laugh, and we all have day jobs so that we can pay our personal bills. We typically don't get much money from the conventions themselves, but what we make from donations and merchandise goes directly back to funding the next trip or video shoot.
What conventions are you attending?
Right now our schedule looks like this:
March 16 - 18 - All-Con, Dallas
March 24 - 25 - Planet Comicon, Kansas City
March 30 - April 1 - Emerald City Comicon, Seattle
May 5 - New World Comics, Oklahoma City
August 3 - 5 - GlitchCon, Bentonville
August 16 - 19 - GenCon, Indianapolis
October 6 - 7 - G.A.M.E., Springfield, MO
We'd love to add more conventions to this list if we raise MORE than our goal!!
Why is there a guy in a group called Damsels?
Because he's the only one willing to put on a dress!
Is Rissy on drugs?
We can neither confirm nor deny these allegations...
We appreciate any amount you are willing to give, as anything helps! Also, please pass this Kickstarter along to anyone you know that enjoys comedy and the pursuit of all thinks nerd!! ...Also, poop jokes.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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5 backers
Public "thank you" on our website. Be Immortalized Forever on www.DorkPride.com!
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All of the above, plus get early access to all videos released in 2012! Each video released will be listed "Private" on YouTube for at least 48 hours before it is released to the public. We will add all donators at this level (and higher) to the list of those who can see our videos while they are private!
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All of the above, plus 1 BRAND NEW "Dork Pride" window / computer decal (white).
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All of the above, plus we will change the profile picture for our Facebook Fanpage to a picture of us with you for at least 1 week! Don't have a picture with us yet? Photoshop can make it happen! Don't know how to use Photoshop? We know a guy!!!!
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All of the above, plus a video game night with at least 1 of the Damsels, via Xbox LIVE!
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All of the above, plus front row seats to ANY 2012 show! Let us know which show(s) you're going to attend, and you'll have reserved front row seating for at least 2 people!
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All of the above, plus a round of drinks on us, when we are in your town!
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All of the above, plus 1 hour "Ask us ANYTHING" session on Google Hangout. We promise to honestly answer any questions you have!
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All of the above, plus a VIP merch pack including 1 t-shirt, 1 8x10 signed photo, 1 photo magnet, 1 "Dork Pride" magnet, and 1 EXCLUSIVE poster of The Damsels - Cartoonified!
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All of the above, plus help us design at least 1 element of our Superhero improv show! For this show, we draw cards that dictate our superhero names, villains, scenarios, etc. You will get to choose at least one of the things written on a card!
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All of the above, plus personalized postcards in each city we visit! We will be traveling the country, and you will receive one postcard with a personalized message from each city we perform in during 2012!
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All of the above, plus a drunken commentary track! You pick the movie, we will get intoxicated, and record a commentary track just for you!
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All of the above, plus the opportunity to be our official Damsel consultant via Skype during 1 Damsel planning meeting. You will get to sit in on a meeting, give feedback, ideas, and generally help us make choices about costuming, shows, props, etc!
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All of the above, plus a cameo in one of our videos! You will be responsible for your own travel expenses.
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All of the above, plus choose the subject of our next parody. Whether you want us to write a parody about broccoli (blech!) or Vader crying "NOOOO!" (double blech!), we'll make it happen!
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All of the above, plus a weekend with the Damsels in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, or Kansas City. We will spend an entire weekend touring one of these fine cities with you! Please consider travel costs when donating.
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Samantha Bilby - 04/04/2001
Absolutely Brilliant!
borg72 - 19/03/2001
Love it - such a simple dance that fits so well, I'm torn between this and 'paradise!'
Linda - 10/03/2001
A nice easy dance to lovely music.
vicky - 09/03/2001
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Whiny About The Heat, Yet Gardening
I don't like to complain, BUT...it feels like August. Humid and 92 and I am melt-ing.
And yet I carry on with my gardening as a good gardener should. Every morning and every evening, you will find me up at my small plot of land, doing extensive weeding. I exaggerate. It takes maybe two minutes. But I like to act as though I am doing a whole lot more than what I am.
Even though *I* am unhappy with all this heat and humidity, the veggies are thriving!
(the garden just a couple of hours ago...)
Snowpeas (from seeds!), cukes and green peppers...
Watermelon (From seeds!)...
Basil (from seeds!)...
Red Onion (from bulbs or whatever you call them!)...
Can you tell I haven't planted 'from seed' before?
Mmmmm...I can almost taste the salads that shall be made!
7 comments:
- Ninny said...
Fresh homegrown veggies...much better than those shipped up here from south of the border. Enjoy!
Liz - May 29, 2010
- ismoyo said...
Jealous! I wish i had a garden in which i could grow my own veggies! Living in NY a garden will be just a beautiful dream!
- May 29, 2010
- glenda said...
Yay for you...isn't it fun.
Planting from seed is so much fun.
your garden is so pretty.
happy sweating, ugh!!!
glenda - May 29, 2010
- C. Dianne Zweig said...
Stopping by to say hello....happy gardening.
kitsch n Stuff - May 30, 2010
- Shelley Germann said...
It is amazing how quickly the garden can turn around. I've been watering religiously because I don't want to chance losing anything! I see you're doing "square foot" gardening...that's the only way to go!
- June 04, 2010
You may need to thin some of those seedlings - especially the basil ones. It hurts to nip those tender leaves off...but it will help the plant in the long run. See what your seed packet says - and don't pay too much attention to the rows...but the distance between plants. If it says 3 inches between plants, just make sure there are 3 inches between plants.
- June 08, 2010
- Sonya --Dime Store Thrift said...
I thinned the basil yesterday and it WAS painful to do it...but I am sure it will be better for them. Thanks for the advice!
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Saw Palmetto, taken orally, has been shown to block the production of DHT, and also to block DHT receptor sites on cells in hair follicles. Does saw palmetto shampoo work in the same way?
First, some background.
DHT is produced when an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase converts some of the testosterone in our bodies into dihydrotestosterone, or DHT for short. DHT has two primary negative effects in men. It can build up in the prostate glands of older men, and is associated with enlarged prostates, and all the problems that can come with it.
DHT also builds up in hair follicles, causing them to shrink. The shrunken follicles can no longer properly nourish the hair roots, the hair falls out, and a new hair doesn't grow.
DHT blockers such as saw palmetto and a number of other herbs interfere with the enzyme, so less DHT is produced, and/or they block the uptake of the DHT that is produced. Propecia, the only DHT-blocker approved by the FDA to treat hair loss, works the same way.
Saw Palmetto Shampoo
It makes sense that a saw palmetto shampoo or a saw palmetto conditioner might work in the same way, and there are plenty of saw palmetto shampoos on the market. Unfortunately, there isn't any good evidence that a saw palmetto shampoo actually does work, or that if it does work, that it was the saw palmetto and not some other ingredient that did the job.
Hair loss can be a complex issue, and nutrition, stress levels, hormone balance, and many other things can cause it, so it can be really difficult to know what works and what doesn't—and of course, what works beautifully for one person can fail completely for another.
Nevertheless, if you're experiencing the symptoms of male pattern baldness, and you can find a good saw palmetto shampoo that makes your hair look and feel the way you want, it could be worth a try.
There is a product called Provillus that may be a better idea. It's a two-part system. Part one is a blend of saw palmetto, stinging nettle, pumpkin seed, and several other natural DHT blockers, along with vitamins and minerals known to support healthy hair. You take two capsules a day. Part two is a solution of Minoxidil, an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of hair loss, which you rub into the affected area twice a day.
The Provillus website has much more information, including written and video testimonials from happy users. It's well worth a visit. It just may do the trick for you, as it has for so many others.