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Photoshop Elements has long been synonymous with image editing on PCs and Macs. In fact, if you ask most average consumers, they'll say they use "Photoshop" on their computers, when what they really mean is Photoshop Elements. Adobe launched a refresh of the software late last year with new features for Photoshop Elements 9 ($79.99). Let's take a closer look at this latest update.
Despite the affordable price, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 is a surprisingly complete photo editing solution with a number of new features to help spark your creativity. The new, easy-to-use interface and tools promise to make your life easier whether you're performing a complex photo edit or simply sharing your family photos on Facebook. Here is a quick overview of the newest features:
Organizer and Content-Aware Fill
For starters, the new Organizer application truly is a major part of what sells Photoshop Elements 9. The old, cumbersome photo browsing and cataloguing tools in Adobe Bridge have finally been replaced with a simple user interface. You can add keywords (tags) to your photos to make searching for images easier, you can create albums and even locate all photos with a specific person in them thanks to the new facial recognition software that Adobe calls "People Recognition."
The newest version of Photoshop Elements genuinely seems to be aware of everything in your photo library. Not only does the Organizer make it easy to locate the photos you want, but the updated Spot Healing Brush now takes full advantage of Adobe's new content-aware technology (formerly seen in Photoshop CS5). The old Spot Healing Brush did an okay job of covering blemishes or fixing dust spots, but the new content-aware Spot Healing Brush fills in the area with matching details, textures, and colors from the surrounding area.
As you can see in the images below, the content-aware fill sometimes has a hard time perfectly matching a complex background when filling a large area, but it does a surprisingly good job and you can always use the clone stamp tool to massage the final details when you fill in a giant area of your photo. Bottom line, Elements 9 is great for removing telephone wires, blotting out bystanders, or simply erasing any unwanted objects from your photos as if they were never there.
Photomerge and Recompose
One of my favorite new tools in Photoshop Elements 9 is the Photomerge Style Match tool. This simple interface allows you to select any photo (including a few provided by Adobe) and use that as a "style template" for other images. Simply drag and drop the images that you want to edit and BAM! The color, contrast, saturation and even the exposure of your image is changed to match the image you selected.
The style match isn't always perfect at the default settings, but I was amazed how often the Photomerge Style Match tool made it easy to replicate the "look" of another photo simply by dragging and dropping the photos into place. These are the type of edits that would typically take quite a while, but you can now do them in a few seconds.
Photomerge Panorama now features enhanced blending capabilities (again, thanks to the "content aware" functionality within Elements 9) to fill in jagged edges as it automatically stitches together multiple horizontal or vertical photos. In short, it's easier than ever to make panoramic scenes even if you didn't take your photos perfectly side by side using a tripod.
Photomerge will automatically stitch your photos together in a panorama and the "Clean Edges" dialog box will open asking you if you would like to automatically fill in the missing content in your panorama. Where previously you would have had to crop down to a smaller photo, now Photoshop Elements 9 analyzes the new panorama and fills in the missing content for you.
Along the same lines of complex photo editing made easy, the Recompose tool lets you change the size of a picture without changing the proportions of the key subjects. Why would you want to do this? Well, if you have a photo with several people in it, but they are standing too far apart, the Recompose tool will shrink the space between them without seriously distorting the people in the photo. If the default settings don't work exactly right then you can "paint" over the subjects you want to protect before you use the tool.
If you found any of these edits difficult, or want to learn about other photo editing methods, the "Guided Edit" mode gives you an easy introduction to image editing with step-by-step text instructions and videos. You can learn about using layer masks to apply effects to only a small portion of your photo, make "out of bounds" photos with objects that jump out of the edge of the photo, or learn to combine multiple photos to make an HDR image.
At the end of the day Adobe Photoshop Elements remains one of the best easy-to-use image editing applications for PCs and Macs. The overwhelming majority of casual photographers won't notice the technical limitations of Photoshop Elements 9 compared to the much more expensive Photoshop CS5. In fact, most consumers will probably appreciate the fact that Photoshop Elements 9 is MUCH easier to use than standard Photoshop CS5.
The new Organizer, integration with Facebook and other online image sharing sites, and the many easy-to-use editing tools that take advantage of content-aware fill make Photoshop Elements 9 a true Editors' Choice.


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Register for weekly showtimes from us.
Our Weekend film is Shaun The Sheep Movie (u) - Showing on Sat 28th & Sun 1st March at 12.30 & 5.15
If you would like to receive our FREE Weekly SHOW TIMES mailing list, you can register for this, by simply entering you email address details in the 'SHOWTIMES' box which is situated on the left hand side of this page...
To see what is currently showing, please click on the "FILMS SHOWING NOW" tab, which is on the left hand side of this page, this will then show you the whole list of current and future films, please be advised that this list is not always in date order, so please scroll down the list as the film you are looking for may well be listed further down...
Bolshoi Ballet - London Theatre Series
Wed 4th Mar - 7pm - R.S.C. Live - Love's Labour's Won - Book HERE
Sun 8th Mar - 3pm - BOLSHOI BALLET Encore - Romeo & Juliet - Book HERE
Wed 11th Mar - 7.30 - E.N.O. Live - La Traviata - Book HERE
Thu 12th Mar - 7pm - N.T. Live - Behind The Beautiful Flowers - Book HERE
Tue 17th Mar - 7.15 - R.O.H. Live - Royal Ballet - SWAN LAKE - Book HERE
Thu 26th Mar - 7pm - N.T. Live - A View From The Bridge - Book HERE
Wed 1st Apr - 7.15 - R.O.H. Live - Rise and Fall of the city of Mahagonny - Book HERE
Thu 16th Apr - 7pm - N. T. Live - The Hard Problem - Book HERE
Sun 19th Apr - 4pm - BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE - Ivan Le Terrible - Book HERE
Tue 19th May - 7.30 - E.N.O. Live - The Pirates of Penzance - Book HERE
Tue 5th May - 7.15 - R.O.H. Live - The Royal Ballet - La Fille Mal Gardee - Book HERE
Thu 28th May - 7pm - N.T. (encore) - Man And Superman - Book HERE
Wed 10th Jun 15 - 7.15 - R.O.H. Live - Royal Opera - La Boheme - Book HERE
Wed 1st Jul - 7.30 - E.N.O. Live - CARMEN - Book HERE
Sun 5th Jul 15 - 2.45 - R.O.H. Live - Royal Opera - Guillaume Tell / William Tell - Book HERE
Thu 16th July - 7pm - N.T. Live - EVERYMAN - Book HERE
Wed 22nd Jul - 7pm - R.S.C. Live - The Merchant of Venice - Book HERE
Wed 26th Aug - 7pm - R.S.C. Live - OTHELLO - Book HERE
Wed 21st Oct - 7pm - R.S.C. Live - HENRY V - Book HERE
Tickets for our 'Live' shows are priced between £10.50 and £13.50 depending on the promoter of the event - Concession Tickets are available - Tickets can be pre-booked in advance on this website
simply click the book 'HERE' button for the performance that you require... you may also purchase tickets in person at the cinema box office (not by Telephone) during our normal opening hours.
The Wellesley was built in 1937, in the traditional Art Deco style of that period, the large undivided auditorium seats 385 people on two levels, 235 downstairs in the "STALLS" and 150 upstairs in the "CIRCLE" which has raked stadium seating and provides a little more comfort and leg-room, the circle is restricted to persons over the age of 18, unless part of a family group.
Many improvements have been carried out over the years, including the installation of the latest Digital Projector, Sound System and of course 3D!
Our Venue also has full stage facilities, and often includes Live Stage Shows, including the highly acclaimed WAA Pantomime and the WAA Op Soc Musical Productions.
We have an induction loop system in the Circle area.
Disabled Access There are five steps with handrail to the main foyer which gives access to the Box Office and Main Kiosk, Stalls seating, and a Unisex Disabled person Toilet.
Our foyer has a well stocked concessions kiosk, offering a large range of confectionery, popcorn, ice cream, cold and hot drinks, a Licensed Bar service is also provided on many performances, and a Circle Bar is normally available on many of our Live Stage Shows.
Customers are requested NOT to bring their own food and drink in to the
Cinema building, Smoking is NOT permitted, Mobile Phones MUST be completely switched OFF and not used inside the auditorium, this includes SMS text messages!
Customers are advised that a cinema is Licensed Premises and The Management reserves the right to refuse admission without giving a reason.
For 3D Films
We do not charge a SUPPLEMENT For 3D Films... The USE of the special 3D Glasses are not charged, The Glasses MUST be returned at the end of the film They are NOT suitable as Sunglasses and they will NOT work at other cinemas
PLEASE NOTE The CIRCLE is only available to persons
OVER the Age of 18 UNLESS part of a Family Group
Babies in arms are not admitted, all other children must have an admission ticket
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Welcome to the Student Nurses' Association!
Welcome to the University of Northern Colorado's Student Nurses' Association. This site serves as a resource for undergraduate students interesting in pursuing a Nursing Degree as well as for students already in the program. Our goal is to bring all students together to strengthen our school, community, and the nursing profession as a whole.
We lead several events throughout the school year designed to give back to the community. These events promote unity among the nursing students by promoting preventative health in school and the community and by giving aid to the sick and underprivileged members of our community.
The Student Nursing Association sponsors Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and NCLEX review classes. Don't miss out on these great oppurtunities. Please see the the events web page for times and location.
- The BLS certification is required for all School Of Nursing students.
- The NCLEX review classes prepares students for the state licensing exams. This is a great way to improve your knowledge for your present classes. Open to all levels of Nursing students.


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Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?
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New tracking devices seem to be introduced every day, but here are some of the most popular.
GPS-EQUIPPED CELL PHONES Almost every service provider sells equipment with Global Positioning System receivers that can track a user's location and download that information onto a home computer. Some, such as Sprint Family Locator (prices for each handset up to $180 after rebate, $10 monthly fee), will even send a text message to parents' cell phones when their kids leave a designated area. Another option for families is Disney Mobile's Family Locator phone (handsets from $149 to $199, monthly plans from $40 to $170). And Wherify Wireless's Wherifone ($100 handset, monthly plans from $20 to $47) is designed for kids ages 6 to 10 and allows parents to control whom their child can call and who can call in.
CAR-TRACKING DEVICES There are two kinds. Devices that attach under the dashboard, such as the CarChip ($139; davisnet.com), record distance, speed, and hard braking. Parents can then download this data to their computer to see (after the fact) how well their children have been driving. Another service, called Teen Arrive Alive (starting at $15 per month; teenarrivealive.com), uses a GPS-equipped cell phone to track the speed of a car in real time. Parents can log on to a Web site to locate their child and check the speed of the car in which he or she is traveling (whether or not their child is at the wheel).
COMPUTER-MONITORING SOFTWARE Packages such as SpectorSoft's eBlaster ($100; eblaster.com) and PC Tattletale ($50; pctattletale.com) let parents review their children's e-mails, instant messages and chat room conversations; they also report which Internet sites kids are visiting.
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Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA) is a non-governmental organization devoted to promote the socio-economic conditions of the poorer section of the community in Bangladesh since its inception in 1991. BASA works in diversified fields of sustainable development. Major focus area of works are Microfinance, Water and sanitation, Renewable energy, Carbon Reduction and Generation of Green Energy, Climate change and environment, Bi-product recycling, Waste management, Education, Promotion of local honey, Capacity building for disadvantaged communities through IGA training, Empowerment of poor, especially women through the provision of diversified microfinance products. After years of dedicated development actions, the programmes are now expanded more than twenty districts of the country. The program area of BASA is expanding day by day due to its innovative and exploring potentialities in new dimensions of development as well as capability to smoothly run the projects .The year 2011 brought new opportunities for BASA to work in a wider areas of development sector, especially for urban development. ,BASA started its work in two Mega city corporations of Dhaka and Chittagong. Simultaneously it expanded its area of work in two other most climate victim districts of Bangladesh named Bagerhat and Satkhira under the support of an International alliance named BWA funded by Dutch Government. It also opens the door of BASA to work in three other coastal districts of Bangladesh as its project area.
It is estimated that more than 75000 beneficiaries of BASA is now getting benefits from different development program. BASA maintains it's Head Office in Dhaka while fifty five (55) local offices are spread across the Upazillas of working areas. Five hundred and fifty (550) dedicated and committed staff is currently working in the Head and Branch offices.
BASA is governed by Executive Committee that is elected by a General Council of twenty five members. The Executive Committee is comprised of reputed NGO leaders, Academicians, Experts of different sector who bring with them many years of professionals experiences. The board meets every quarter to provide strategic decisions and policy supports in the operation of BASA. A separate Advisory Council composed of individuals having varied backgrounds provides expert Advisory support to the organization as and when needed.
Since the beginning of its operations, BASA has established links with various government agencies and international partners such as CIDA, ADB,UNDP, DFID,BWA, Department of environment, PKSF, APS- Italy, Practical Action, ITDG, Water Aid, WSP-World Bank, WASTE The Netherlands and SUSANA, GTZ, SWEDEN and NGO Forum, VSO, DAP- Australian High Commission, European Commission and World Bank. BASA also has a number of Government- NGO projects. Through the years, BASA has maintained an excellent track record with the donor community, enabling it to access resources for its future development projects.
From Last Six year's BASA emphasizes on environment related projects, which are directly linked to climate change issues. solid waste management, ecological sanitation, improved cook stove, carbon reduction Bio-gas plant etc.


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Downing Pomona College Faculty Exchange
This is to announce a call for proposals for the Downing College/Pomona College Faculty Exchange. The Downing/Pomona exchange is funded by an endowment given to Pomona College for the purpose of exchange between the two institutions. Since 1998 we have offered a short-term faculty exchange program in addition to the also highly successful student exchange program. Pomona receives one pre-matriculated Downing student to attend Pomona for a year, and Downing receives one Pomona graduate to pursue a one-year M.Phil. program.
Located in Cambridge, England, Downing is a medium-sized college within the University of Cambridge system. The college has a spacious and attractive campus, situated close in the city center. There are about 50 Fellows, 200 graduate students, and about 430 undergraduates.
Under the faculty exchange program, Pomona sends one member of our faculty to visit Cambridge University for approximately three weeks. In affiliation with a particular department at Downing College, the visitor pursues a program of research at Cambridge. The Pomona Research Committee reviews proposals and nominates a candidate. Final approval is made in consultation with the Senior Tutor at Downing College.
Each applicant should submit a fully-developed proposal, which
- suitably utilizes the resources of the University of Cambridge and engages the visitor in meaningful interaction with the Downing College community,
- includes dates for the proposed visit,
- provides a proposed budget to include trans-Atlantic transportation, local transportation, room and board, and research expenses
- and includes a current C.V.
Downing will make arrangements for library privileges at the University of Cambridge, including appropriate college and faculty libraries and provide computer facilities if necessary. The Pomona College visitor will have Senior Common Room and college dining privileges. Depending on availability, housing will be provided at the special rate for academic visitors in a flat in the College or exceptionally in a flat in the city of Cambridge.
The best time to visit would be after Pomona's graduation in May. Because of the University's schedule, the final three weeks in June are an optimal time to be in Cambridge. Cambridge is in session until mid-June. Of course, faculty on sabbatical may propose to visit at any time, although it is best to visit during one of the three Cambridge terms.
Amount of award
The award stipend of $10,000 may be paid to the visitor in one payment or the Dean's Office can make arrangements for a portion of the stipend to be paid directly to Downing for housing expenses. The support should be used to cover trans-Atlantic transportation, room and board, and research expenses. Any remaining funds are kept by the visitor as a stipend.
Deadline for Proposals
Proposals should be submitted to Associate Dean Mary Paster, Alexander Hall, Office of the VP and Dean of the College.
The recipient will be notified in mid-January.
Normally, Pomona faculty members on tenure track or rolling contract may apply. Faculty members are eligible for the award not more than once in any three year period.
If you have any questions about this exchange, please contact Malkiat Johal, the Downing Exchange Adviser, or Sandra Fenton, Grants Administrator, who provides administrative support for the faculty exchange. You may also wish to talk to previous recipients of the Fellowship including Roberto Garza-Lopez, Richard Mawhorter, Bryan Penprase, Helena Wall, Dwight Whitaker, Malkiat Johal, Mary Paster, Robert Gaines, and Richard McKirahan.
Information is available on the following web sites:
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University of Kansas graduate students are running a scholarship fundraiser in honor of their former professor & former athletics director, Dr. Bob Frederick. A Paul Kariya autographed jersey was an item donated to our auction. More information about the fundraiser can be found here: http://www.sportkc.org/livealifethatmatters .
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Thursday, March 3, 6:30 pm
A professor of psychology at Cornell University, James E. Cutting has published over 100 scientific articles. For 30 years he studied the perception of visual space and motion in the laboratory, and used computer graphics to present possible and impossible environments for people to observe. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday, March 4, 6:30 pm (doors open at 6)
Music critic Richard Scheinin describes 25-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez as "the way (Thelonious) Monk might have sounded if he had been born in Chick Corea's body and raised on a diet of Bach, Chopin and Stravinsky in a Havana conservatory." His debut CD is set to be released early this year on Qwest Records.
Click HERE to buy tickets online or call 330.376.9186 x268 to purchase over the phone.
Sunday, March 6, 11 am - 5 pm
Enjoy free admission into the collection galleries on the first Sunday of every month, including entrance to the exhibitions Sarah Kabot: Unfolding Space and All-Star Jazz: The Photographs of Herman Leonard, as part of Sunday Sampler (a joint initiative between the museum, downtown library and Summit Artspace). Admission is required to view M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities.
The Akron-Summit County Public Library will be open from 1 – 5 pm. In the Special Collections Department, the Getting Started in Family History exhibit will be on display. There will also be Crafts to Go in the 3rd floor Teen Division, as well as Story Time Sampler in the Children's Library at 2 pm. For more information visit www.akronlibrary.org or call 330.643.9000.
Summit Artspace will be open from 12 – 5 pm and will feature an exhibition of paintings and artwork by Artists of Rubber City members. Artist demonstrations will also take place between 12 – 3 pm. For more information visit www.summitartspace.org or call 330.376.8480.
Saturday, March 12, 12 - 4 pm
Are you mystified by the work of M.C. Escher? From endless staircases to morphing animals, Escher's work can be positively puzzling. If you're wondering "how did he do that?" join us for this drop-in day to find the answers. Activities are free and take place in the museum's lobby. Please register online HERE. Gallery admission not included. For more information call 330.376.9186 x247.
Thursday, March 24, 6:30 pm
Jean Bergeron's documentary addresses one of the great mysteries of Escher's work - a strange blank space that Escher left in the middle of his famous piece, Print Gallery. First-come, first-served seating available.
Opens March 25 - Closes April 1, 2011
Works by 75 international and regional artists will be silently auctioned throughout the week, concluding in a vodka tasting party on Friday, April 1. Proceeds benefit the Akron Art Museum.
Items up for auction can be previewed on the gallery's website beginning March 25.
For more information call 330.867.7600 or e-mail email@example.com.
Did you know that you can stay up-to-date with the latest museum happenings by becoming our friend on Facebook or follower on Twitter? Visit www.AkronArtMuseum.org/connect today and join in the conversation!
Join online anytime at www.AkronArtMuseum.org/join or call 330.376.9186 x222.
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On View through May 29, 2011
The museum has already welcomed nearly 5,000 visitors to the M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities exhibition since it opened several weeks ago - our biggest numbers since Rockwell!
To accommodate the exhibition's popularity, the museum will remain open until 9 pm on Friday, March 4 for an Extra Escher Evening. Regular gallery admission charges apply.
Impossible Realities provides the opportunity to survey the breadth of Escher's career from the 1920s to the 1960s, showcasing 130 of the artist's finest works. The show begins with his early book plates, then moves on to landscapes, tessellations and impossible worlds, concluding with his very last print, Snakes (1969).
On View through June 11, 2011
Cleveland artist Sarah Kabot creates installations that toy with human perception. "[My work] encourages the viewer to question his or her own perceptions," says Kabot. "The meaning, significance and even location of objects are not fixed. Potentially, everything could be different."
To achieve what she refers to as an "intervention," Kabot used foamcore to replicate the lights, floorboards and wall surfaces of the Isroff Gallery. "By design, the objects I choose to recreate are intended to go unnoticed," says Kabot. "Through re-creation, I draw viewers' attention to the size and contour of the object and to details like buttons and screws. The things I create become almost like caricatures of the manufactured object—exaggerations or simplifications occur inadvertently, and they create a provocative relationship between the original and the reproduction."
On View March 5 - July 10, 2011 Often credited with creating the visual archetype of the jazz musician, Herman Leonard photographed his subjects during performances, rehearsals, recording sessions and backstage gatherings to create a visual diary of post-war jazz. All Star Jazz presents some of Leonard's finest photographs and offers an intimate view of countless jazz legends and the nocturnal world in which they thrived.
Leonard's aim was always to preserve the image and lives of the musicians he so admired. Capturing the essence of jazz music and culture, his photographs offer generations to come a unique opportunity to explore this now historic world. When asked to reflect on his photographs, Leonard stated, "It is amazing how an image can revive the feeling of the moment. The thrill of actually being there has never left me."
Friday, March 11, 6 - 9 pm
Art and Ale returns to the Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby on Friday, March 11, offering guests the opportunity to enjoy delicious, handcrafted brews from local Ohio brew makers, scrumptious snacks and access to a world-renowned collection of artwork.
Brew makers include: * Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus * Hoppin' Frog Brewery * House of LaRose * Indigo Imp Brewery Ltd * Main Street Grille & Brewing Company * Ohio Brewing Company * Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
The evening will also feature food tastings from regional producers, like cheeses from the Lucky Penny Farm Creamery and Mayfield Road creameries, and offerings from Devitis Italian Market & Deli, Or Derv Foods, Posh Perogies and Sandridge Foods.
Prizes will be awarded and beer-making demonstrations will take place. $25 for members, $50 non-members (one year "green" membership included). Click HERE to buy your tickets online or call 330.376.9186 x222.
If you haven't had a chance to come see Monet's Wisteria in the C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Gallery, it's not too late - its time on view has been extended to March 20!
On loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, the painting hangs amongst other Impressionist masterpieces, including two Frederick Frieseke works located on the adjoining wall.
Don't miss your chance to see Monet in Akron!
Image Credit: Claude Monet, Wisteria (Glycines), ca. 1919-20, oil on canvas, 59 x 78 7/8 in., R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1960 AMAM 1960.5


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Haunted/Weird Feelings
This seems like the perfect place to bring up...haunted houses! Because most of the time, it's old houses that are haunted, not new ones. And not only are they haunted, but they give off "weird" or "bad" vibes sometimes, especially to people who are sensitive.
I'm not sure about our old house. The original part was built around the civil war and there had been several add-ons. It had been in the family, and the Grandmother was the last one to live there, and then we moved in. We still have the house, and are debating tearing it down, remodeling, building a new house, etc.
Anyhoo, my partner always thought it was haunted. A couple times he woke up and there was a "figure" standing above him while he was in bed. He would also scream in his sleep sometimes. He also said he saw "spirits", but he never would elaborate. I'm not a huge ghost person, but there were a lot of woods out there, and I was conVINCED there were aliens out there!!!!!
And in any event, both of us just had weird/not so good feelings in that house sometimes. It's hard to describe. We got a bad vibe, especially from the older parts of the house. Every once in a while at exactly 230 AM we'd here this scratching in the basement, never did figure it out. I know sometimes when I woke up at night and went to the bathroom I was afraid to leave the bedroom, not sure why.
It's a nice house and all, but the one we're in now has a much better "feel". We don't fight as much, and we seem happier. I feel that there are no spirits or entities or anything unusual here.
What are your guys thoughts/experiences on this? I thought this would be an interesting thread.
We've had threads like this before, so you certainly aren't an exception. Some people are adamant that it's imagination. Some are just as sure it's not.
The house in which we live now is very friendly and gives off warm feelings of welcome and protection. I know many people have lived and died here as it's been occupied for nearly two centuries and I have even read old newspaper clippings about one child laying in state in our living room. I also have connected to a family who is descended from the original occupants and know that some of his family died here from smallpox. But there are no bad auras here.
I don't even want to talk about two other houses I lived in. One was a very old house in Europe located on the sea. There was seldom a dull moment. And the next was a large old Edwardian......the very next house we lived in. My boyfriend was a 'disbeliever' and he got the cr*p scared out of him. He never would tell us what he saw or experienced, but had come over to visit and let himself in. When I got home he was sitting on the front porch and would never go back in alone.
I think that you really just need to connect with the house. Regardless if you believe in ghosts or think it's imagination, if you don't feel the home is yours, it will feel spooky. There are people who have lived in homes that believe they are haunted but think the extraterrestrial activity is harmless or welcomes them. Our own home, which is 110 years old felt a little creepy until we had our own things up and decorated.
I would caution against tearing the house down. It would be a huge loss of history for your family and in many cases the materials used are unparalleled today. Most houses you see built today will not last for over 100 years. Plus, if you do believe in ghosts, there are many that say they are as tied to the land. So you could potentially have a new house as filled with ghosts as the old one.
Regardless, I think your real answer is to find a way to love and appreciate the house. Hope it goes well.
I grew up in a haunted house. No doubt about it in my mind, or the minds of much of my family.
My Grandparents (Mom's parents) would NEVER stay there after dark.
I never felt threatened in the house, but I also never felt alone.
Oddly enough, my current home is completely and totally devoid of any presences. It's almost lonely.
Here's an excellent website I think you would like. She also has s funny video about a haunted house. Spend some time there. It is an excellent site even if you have no interest in WI, MN or FL homes. I had frequented the site almost since it was established and never felt the need to click on the haunted house category until recently.
Would help of I posted the link wouldn't it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Historic Homes of Minnesota
Krycek- Was anything valuable stored in the basement? Was anyone ever trapped down there?
My grandmother lived in a house many years ago (when my mom was little) that had some strange noises. There was no ladder to the attic, but she swore she heard something being dragged around up there. Finally, she got her brother (who was on leave during WWII) to get a ladder for her and there in the middle of the attic was a small trunk. There was dust all around it, but there it was. Inside were some papers that had belonged to the deceased previous owner, who apparently wanted someone to find them. Makes you think :)
Lavender, that's so interesting! I'll have my partner take a look down there next time we're out there. The area where we heard the scraping and all was in a crawl space so it might be gross but who knows.
My partner says that supposedly his Grandpa said there was money hidden in the house somewhere but....who knows!
My DH is a believer in ghosts, and when we were house hunting years ago we visited an old house. When we visited the upstairs, "half story" space, I can tell you that he felt something he described as cold and dark and unwelcoming; he wanted out of there and there was no way we were going to consider that house.
I didn't feel that "presence", but the house we eventually bought had been in DH's family for years and years. It is almost 100 years old and DH lived there from age 10 to about age 22. He related many childhood anecdotes about growing up there and the house's "ghost". Slamming doors with no one near, objects moving and, like your parter, waking up to a dark figure standing over him.
I was a bit skeptical, but there were some things that occured that convinced me - and even convinced my mom and dad, who were VERY skeptical - that our house had a "ghost". Our old house creaks when people walk through it. At least once, I heard the creaking of footsteps going the length of the upstairs when I was alone in the house. Another time, Dad was visiting and got up one morning every early. He was sitting in the dark in the den and he swears the lights came on - the switch was across the room. During another visit from Mom & Dad, I was upstairs in a 1/2 bath and the door had always had a frozen door knob... I got locked in! They had to remove the door to get me out! And I always felt a bit uneasy going upstairs in the dark. DH swears one evening when he was alone upstairs and deconstructing walls, he was removing nails from boards and tossing them into an empty paint can. He'd toss a nail toward the can and in mid-trajectory it would abruptly change direction, like someone swatted it! Anyhow, the "ghost" in our old home was not scary, it was just present and it let us know it was there.
When we eventually deconstructed the poorly finished "half story" in our house we found a number of personal items under the floorboards and behind the walls. My DMIL actually knew a descendent of one of the original owners of the house. Long story short, we boxed up all the personal effects we found, and returned them to their family. The upstairs is all newly refinished now, and we've not felt nor had any evidence of the "ghost" since the demolition was finished and the items were removed.
OK, so many people won't believe such stories, or will find other plausible explanations. If you do believe in ghosts, my advice is to trust how the house "feels" to you. If you will be comfortable there, living with whatever spirit you might believe is present, then don't worry. If you are uncomfortable, then you'll have to decide what to do, but I always hate to see an old home torn down. Maybe you can make peace with it.
(Sorry my post was so long, but this is a fun topic!)
Being a new owner of an antique home, I have to admit that the thought of ghosts has crossed my mind. Our home is over 230 years old and I cen't help but think that at least one person has likely died in the home--especially long ago when it was common to die in your home.
Still, I only get warm vibes from our house. If we share the house with a ghost, that is perfectly fine with me, so long as it's a nice ghost. Maybe the ghost could point me in the direction of some valuable artwork or something hidden behind the walls :)
That being said, our first night in the house was a little creepy, haha. Our fire alarm kept going off for no reason at all. The thing is, our bedroom is actually an addition, so it was only built 10 years ago. Figures the creepy activity was in the new part of the house!
It's interesting, our current house was built in 1910. It's very old, of course, so I expected to at least have "feelings" here about presences or the spiritual "echoes" of previous generations, but nothing!
The house I grew up in was built in the 20's and it never ever had a "bad" feeling but I sometimes didn't necessarily feel "alone". It just felt lived in and that.
Of course above I've written about my next house that I lived in with my partner. Yuck. Definitely wasn't evil, but not good, either.
This house is almost...sterile, I guess. I feel absolutely no presence or spirits here. 0. A large part if it could be that it experienced an extensive rehab (all of the plaster was taken down replaced with drywall, brand new kitchen, reconfigured master suite), so maybe that's it. But I dunno. "Sterile" would definitely be the word I'd use for the presence inside this house. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it is nice after always being afraid in the other house. I'm not even scared to go in the basement at night.
The people across the street lived in this house for like 35 years so they were able to tell us all kinds of stuff about the house, what it used to be like, who has lived there, etc. Interesting stuff.
But, like I said, it is nice that when I wake up in the middle of the night for a glass of water, etc., I am not scared of shadow people/aliens/unseen beings! It is very relieving, it feels so much better!
Shadow people are the worst. I've never seen one (or any ghost for that matter)but I think my partner has and the idea of them scares me the worst. That and aliens lol. I'm pretty sensitive to the feeling/emotional side of old houses, as far as spirits and other entitities go, but i have absolutely no ability to "see" them, or auras, etc. I guess that's because I'm an INFJ (Introverted intuitive feeling judging) on the Myers Brigg scale and am very sensitive to "emotions" and "intuition" of the world around me.
Kimkitchy, it's fascinating to me, the story about the wall being torn out and nails deflected from the bucket! I've heard, (as have we all?), of strange things happening when changes are made... Like someone "protesting" - as though it's still their home, and "who do you think YOU are, messing it up"?, lol. (Not saying that you all were!).Those are the tales I hear that send tingles and seem more real than most to me! (None here, if anyone is still around, I guess they know we didn't do the major damage - lol!).
Maybe off topic, maybe not! Before this house, I was NOT into green as paint color. I'm talking about sage tones, & darker chalkboard shades, etc. After a few years, I painted several rooms - & most recently the stairs & stairwell walls shades of old-school green. I thought I'd just revised my personal taste, probably true reason, but... When my DS knocked something against a piece of door trim, chips came off & the very OLD paint was exposed - an identical match to my "randomly" chosen wall color several years before!
Makes you wonder, are we influenced by someone or something we can't see - without even realizing it? I'd painted 2 rooms in shades of this green, & the stairs & stairwell - perhaps it was someones favorite long ago? It's the last color type I would have chosen before, but now I love it, & when people come into the house it's the 1st thing they notice & rave about. As though it just feels right, somehow?
Or just a coincidence, which seems more likely I suppose.
(Listen to imaginary Twilight Zone music, here...) Lol!
I'm not sensitive to ghosts, apparently. I've always lived in the country, in very old houses with lots of history. Good energy in them all. My nieces are scared silly to stay here but they were raised in a classic housing track with neighbors on top of each other. They miss the house out the window and all the street lights.
Looking back, situations in my life have affected how I've felt about a house that may not be all good. I think it had more to do with me and my life situation at the time than the house itself.
My house is definately haunted and they certainly do voice their opinions about restorations.
When we first moved in there were alot of "things" that ran super fast up and down the stairs, my shop vac was constantly turned off, and plants moved around the house as if to protest the renovations and placement of the plants.
I had a plant in a newly purchased decorative pot on a plant stand (all the other plants were in vintage and antique decorative pots) and very late at night we heard a crash - found the plant stand upright, the plant upright and about 3-4 feet away from the stand, but the new decorative pot smashed to bits all over the floor.
My sister in law stayed in the house one night a week after we moved in and in the morning said a woman with blonde hair and a 50's skirt outfit stood watching her all night.
One of the POs said that a man resides on the third floor and many friends are "creeped out" when they go to the third floor, but so far no other evidence of him.
The blonde woman shows up pretty often, shes been seen three times and talks to a number of friends who come here. shes even "warned" us about a bad neighbor.
We have since found out that the blonde woman was a resident of the house in the 50s and was a botanist (I guess she didnt like that new decorative plant pot). She hasnt been protesting any more of the restorations - oddly, the green I chose for the dining room is very similar to the original green it was painted. a "sensitive" friend of our most recently saw her sitting in the sun porch watching a small party we had in the backyard. I think shes happy here.
My first house in Orange County Ca. Had a ghost. The house was only about 50. One Sunday afternoon I was napping in the master bedroom when I felt something lay down on the bed. I though maybe a cat. I looked, nothing. Sometime later a neighbor asked if I knew there was a ghost in the house. I didn't share my experience with him. He told me a previous owner died while smoking in bed in the master bedroom, and there had been a ghost ever since. He didn't cause a problem, was willing to share and so was I.
I often look at the old colors that rooms were once painted because previous owners also struggled to choose the right colors for rooms--why not consider their choices? Some choices were garish, but sometimes the oldest few layers of paint can show similar choices to mine.
As for ghosts, while I neither believe nor disbelieve in them, I like to ask myself a few questions when I sense a presence. What exactly did I just hear or feel? Through which senses? At my beloved parents' home, after my mother died, I sometimes "felt" her come out to the living room to check on me late at night just as she would have when alive. I asked my myself--what "input" am I interpreting? It turned out that it was the wood floors shifting, as they would do either underfoot or as the house cooled down at night. That beautiful house always had made some noises with shifts in temperature and humidity--had something to do with how it was built on its lot, with what kinds of wood, laid in what layers at which angles to the joists, and perhaps something about the foundation, or the plaster walls, or how everything was put together plus how the house was exposed to the western sun during the daytime. It wasn't mom's footfall, as much as that would have pleased me--it was the house "settling" at night. It just sounded the same.
I also suspect that certain humans are far more sensitive to the presence of metallic objects (pipes, furnaces, etc), water, and perhaps even some of the other things in houses or on their lots/sites than we realize. Smells, breezes from lousy doors and windows, god knows what all. Our minds have to come up with explanations for our reactions to things we only barely perceive consciously, or perceive but are not conscious of--and the net effect of lots of barely perceived things is "feel", as in the "feel of a house". Any dark, breezy, creaking house would feel rather haunted to me, and any light, open, sunny, strongly built house less so, or at least it ghosts would "feel" more friendly. A sunless but white-painted, fluorescent bulb-lit and uncreaking house, with drywall walls and perhaps the wrong chemicals in it, would feel sterile. (Most people like plaster walls and do not know why exactly, nor even realize that they prefer them. Especially those of us who grew up with them. Drywall somehow looks sterile.)
So if I bought a "haunted" house, I would try increasing the sunniness with skylights, light colored paints, decreasing airflow with storm windows, putting lots and lots of structural supports, to see if maybe the perception of ghosts was caused by aspects of the fabric of the house itself, as was the case at my deceased parents' gorgeous house. (Which had always sounded as though it were inhabited by more than us. But we called it "the house settling".)
It might not be incidental that as folks remodel old houses, the ghosts tend to leave, or at least grow quieter. Add a layer of plywood to your distintegrating bathroom and kitchen subfloors, and you will decrease some of the creaking in the house. Open up small, cramped space or brighten up the rooms and one's mind does not have to be so "on alert" at a subconscious level.
None of which is to discount the blonde woman, or the chest in the attic--nor the man on the bed, the latter of which is an entirely different phenomenon. (Perhaps similar to the incubus phenomenon, but a far sweeter version of it.) I have had that experience--I once distinctly felt my cat jump up onto the bed but she was in fact nowhere to be seen. However, when it occurred, I was sleepy and took comfort in the fact that so long as she was not there, then it was just something else, and I could roll over freely.
To my mind, our belief in ghosts is at the very least a reflection of our recognition that others have trodden here before us. They have indeed done so--we do well to recognize their lives, their choices, their labor, and that aspects of their / our houses caused them joy and hardship just as they now cause us joy and hardship.
I'm not sure how I feel about hauntings and haunted houses. I personally have never had a compelling enough experience to say yes or no affirmatively. My partner however claims to be much more sensitive to such things (he's native american so who knows?) and he's claimed he's seen shadow people, someone above him when he wakes up in the middle of the night, etc. And it all stopped when we moved. Who knows?
The house naturally feels kind of creepy because of the low ceilings and the scary basement, but I've thought through it, and I'm fairly certain some entity or spiritual residue is there.
Now, see, my thing is aliens...I'm absolutely terrified of aliens! Don't make fun!
And the woods surrounded the old house so I had an irrational fear that aliens would come for us. What scares me most about the aliens is you have no control over them....
For ghosts and spirits I've read that often times all you have to do is have a short conversation with the spirit that they are not welcome in the home, or that they are welcome in the home as long as they don't cause trouble, and the trouble stops/they leave.
As far as I know you can't do that with aliens...they don't care if you don't want them or not...they'll still come and take you!
I know, crazy, and irrational, and yes, I promise I'm not a weirdo, I'm an upstanding member of society! LOL.
Please don't make fun!
Our house has "people" in it (as I refer to them!) but they are not creepy at all. Our house has a really happy, warm, vibe to it, which is one of the reasons we fell in love with it, and perhaps that's why the "people" don't scare me. All the families who have owned the house before I did lived in the house a long time,especially the family who was there from 1947-1994. They brought the house back from the brink of demolition, made some beautiful and historically sensitive renovations and additions to the house, and even had pictorial about their work on the house in "Better Homes and Gardens" in the 1960s. So, I don't blame them at all for sticking around to make sure that we, the new owners, are taking good care of things! It's silly, but every time I fix or restore something around the house, I like to think that we're making the past owners proud.
They were most active when we first moved in - I'd see flashes of light frequently, and a female voice actually said "bless", loudly and clear as a bell, after I sneezed when I was home alone. Once I made a joke about a certain fan being a fire hazard that would burn the house down, and less than 60 seconds later the fan switched itself off, which it has never done before or since. (I don't make jokes like that anymore!) Only once, I saw a woman sitting up on the guest room bed. Very long dark hair down around her shoulders, wearing a white shirt or maybe a dress, and that's all I saw. She was only there a couple seconds and again, incredibly, she didn't scare me.
"The Exorcist" and creepy TV shows about hauntings always scare the heck out of me, so I am thankful that the "people" in my house are the polite kind that bless me when I sneeze, instead of the creepy kind that stare at me while I sleep or something! The way I see it, they're just people and as long as they don't start doing weird or scary things, then I don't really mind. Sorry if that sounds dumb...I know lots of people don't believe in ghosts and would think what I'm saying is stupid!
No ghosts in my 100 year old home (yet) but I do have a color story. When I moved in the PO's had skim coated the plaster so the master bedroom was white. I debated for months about what color to paint it. I leaned this way and that, and kept leaning toward a muted grayish blue (although I typically never like blue). Then for the life of me I couldn't find exactly the kind of grayish blue in my mind. I looked at lots and lots of samples, and finally ended up having a paint chip color tweaked by the store until they got it right. I brought the paint home and started to clean out/tape up the room for painting. As I took off the electical outlet cover I found the original color of the room: exactly--and I mean exactly!!--the grayish blue color I had bought!
Ok, now this in one of those threads that ends up making me sound crazy, but so be it. My great grandfather was a native american, and maybe that is why I am so sensitive, but maternal grandmother wasn't and she was sensitive, too. When I was 11 my parents bought a house that was damaged in a fire. We lived in a mobile home until the renovations were done, but when we moved in things got weird. I felt something in the house and even though others in my family felt something, it was never the kind of stuff I dealt with. We had windows that would not stay open, even with a nail or board holding it open. We had doors that never stayed closed, even when you would put heavy things in front of them. I frequently heard footsteps upstairs and was "pushed" down the stairs once when I was home alone. Broke 3 toes with that deal. Ouch! I spent some time as an exchange student when I was in high school and when I came home my mom switched my bedroom. She put me in the "old" part of the house. I wasn't there 3 months and was desperate to move out. One night I had my blankets ripped off of me and laid on an antique dresser on the opposite side of the room, folded accordian style.
All I can say is that I feel vibes in some homes. I wouldn't live in a house that I feel creeped out in. Most of the time, I don't think spirits can really hurt us, but with that kind of stress, it has to affect our moods and relationships.
Sorry, if I sound crazy.... but I would rather live somewhere I feel "welcome". Just an opinion.
Krycek- Maybe your ghosts will help keep the aliens away.
Seriously, if you feel protected in a home, I don't think the aliens will be able to get you. I don't think it has anything to do with how far from town you live. If you have cats, keep them with you in the house at night. Cats sense lots of things people don't and will probably be able to sense your ghosts and any possible aliens.
If the house you're talking about is the one that belongs to your partner's family, then the ghosts are going to be happy you are both living in the house and taking care of it. Ghosts probably stay, partially because they're concerned about the house and want to make sure it isn't torn down. If you do fix it up and decide to keep it, I don't think you'll have any problems.
There are many ways to keep positive energy in your home, no matter how old it is. Planting a garden, having animals, sharing happy times with loved ones, I firmly believe these all bring good feelings to a house. Since your partner is native-american, he should have some good ideas, too.
As for aliens, I think you need to stop reading these scary stories. Most aliens are probably friendly, or we would have had a lot more problems by now. Also, aliens are probably scared of the woods around your house, too. The only alien I ever saw hang out in the woods was ET and he was a good guy.
I'm going to admit it--I believe in ghosts. I worked in a mid-Victorian house museum for years, and heard (and saw) too much to deny the existence of ghosts. The "party line" at the museum was that there were no ghosts, but sometimes an entire tour group would very clearly hear the sound of footsteps crossing a room and going through a wall. The amazing thing was that we later discovered a doorway hidden inside the wall at that very spot!
As for my house, it's not actively haunted, but we were "checked on" when we first moved in. A couple of times, I saw a man sitting in the dining room, and once I awoke to a woman at the foot of the bed. It made sense to me, though, and was not intimidating in any way because I know that the original owner who bought the house in 1929 lived in it until 1999--I would be checking on my house, too, if I had lived there so long!
Nothing has happened since then, except we can tell that the house gets irritated when it's messy or dirty. This is a house that LOVES to be cleaned and tidy.
Hmm, this turned into a hot post!
I like to tell myself I don't REALLY believe in ghosts, but I'm just not sure. Same with DH... (However, we both decided we weren't going to say so out loud in the house, "just in case", lol - no reason to tempt anyone to prove themselves to us, right?). I admit, also, to getting a bit addicted to "Ghost Hunters" & being "spooked" ;-) a time or 2 by the footage they've gotten. Is it real? I haven't decided, but it sure is fun.
Also, if so many people don't take the possibility seriously, why do some states have disclosure laws regarding suspected spirit activity when selling?
I thinks if there are really ghosts, we have them and they like us. Throughout our work on the house, there have been times when I just couldn't get something done, after trying for hours, I would just give up. When I returned to the project, I immediately was able to fix it. It was like the ghosts wanted the work done and were helping me along.
We have a 1987 addition at the back of the original house. When sitting in the addition, I often see something moving by in the old part of the house. I never feel ill at ease; in fact, I always feel safe and calm in this house.
I guess I tend to be on the "spirit sensitive" side and have encountered all sorts of activity.
The earliest I remember was when I was 4 or 5, on Christmas Eve at my grandmother's old house. The room seemed full of people rustling and whispering and one woman even sat on the bed and sort of "petted" me. I stormed into the living room where the grownups were and complained that "the people" were keeping me from falling asleep and that they would ruin everything because Santa wouldn't come if I were awake. Of course, the grown-ups chuckled and advised me to go back to bed. It was quiet when I returned and I learned later that Grandmother's house had been the town funeral home and that my room was where the bodies were laid out for viewing. Visitation, indeed!
As a teenager, I saw a young girl in that room with her back to me, who seemed to be unaware I was watching her. Suddenly, and I mean so fast it wasn't human, she whirled around and rushed up to me, glaring and then glided through the closet door. Yikes! Note to self: don't sneak up on ghosts. They don't like being spied upon.
I lived alone in an old apartment with a disagreeable, mischievous spirit. In the sunroom, I would tie all the matchstick blinds the same length and come in the next day to find they had been rolled up and down at different heights, all re-tied. Things were always disappearing and reappearing in other locations, if at all. A friend of mine named the ghost "Lucinda Huggins" to sort of keep things light while I tried to be patient with the tricks and mild hostility I was sensing. I pretty much let Lucinda have the sun room--it got too uncomfortable to hang out in there. One time I did a calligraphy project for a friend's birthday and I left it out to dry overnight before erasing the lines. The next morning, I found that Lucinda had poured ink over the whole project and screwed the lid of the ink bottle back on. Dang! After I left that place, I was chatting with a client and learned she had lived in that same apartment. She looked at me strangely, "So....did you have any encounters with the.... little spirit?"
The next old house I moved to (it would probably be helpful if I didn't keep living in old houses, lol) was full of action, all mostly harmless. There was "someone" in the living room but he/she seemed warm and inviting to me. The most active "The Boot Ghost" who walked up and down the upstairs hall very loudly. Never saw anyone, but it was nerve-wracking when you were alone downstairs wondering if it was the sound of an intruder. Then there was the "Squeezing Ghost" which was like the Old Hag Phenomenon. You'd just about drift to sleep when suddenly you were being hugged tightly by something dark and awful and...knowing. Terrifying. Got me twice and my husband 3 times, one of which he found his feet being lifted.
We moved from there to a 100-year-old house around the corner and I keep my antennae pricked for any presences and there are none. Like kframe19, it feels so odd and lonely! Been here for 7 years and the only strange activity seems to be a ghost cat, which will rub against your legs if you're sitting at a table and jumps on the bed and walks across you. Infrequently I'll see a little cat-sized shadow pass by a doorway. But that's it.
Alas, I have no spirits in my house, or in any others I've been in to my knowledge...but when I bought my house I found some curtain rods in the attic, a genealogical chart for one of the previous owners, and a suit (pinstripe from the 30s) which fit me like it was made for me--I'm 6'1 and weigh 200lbs. I don't know if that would be called fate or what!
I will always regret not getting my original house built in 1890 or so. I didn't know they had shown it before that, and would have offered right then if they'd mentioned it; the owners were the elderly children of the original owner, and NOTHING had been changed in that house since day one! It even had tassels hiding the chains for the light fixtures!
The annoying part is I can walk by it any time since I live one block down and one west of that house!
Something I've given a lot of thought to reading mostly the kitchen and bathroom forums.... there has been ONE remodel showing an orb. I would have expected lots. Are any of you finding "rain spots" in your photos? If you aren't familiar with orbs just do a google.
Well first ,I read books about people hearing soldiers in thier attics,If yuou have a metal roof its the roof expanding,we heard it the first week we moved in.
Now our home is 1700 were near the battlefield.Things happened a lot when we first moved in ,not so much now.
My jr dogs look at my open stairs and they stare,I look but never see anything.
When we first moved in my daughter and I were in the basement .It sounded like someone came in walked through the house.I said oh it must be dad I better see if he needs something.I went up no one, doors were locked.
About 2 weeks later my son was in the basement with 2 labs he said it sounded like siomeone ran through the house.The dogs ran up the steps barking.He opened the door the dogs went nuts.Door was locked.No one was here.
I think I may have seen what looked like the top of an elderly woman once but hubby says I was dreaming.It was in the middle of the night I could see back into back bedroom.They say sometimes you only see the top half.If I close my eyes I can see her.dream???They say listen to your instincts its usually right.
I like to think I was in a house that had a poltergeist. The town was settled in the 1680s; the house, built in the 17th century, originally had been a small bank house, with a large and deep walk-in fireplace in one of the rooms on the lower level. The fireplace mantel was an enormous beam, and there were various items on it: I recall there was an old lantern, and there was also a rectangular piece of wood onto which someone who'd owned (and badly renovated) the house in the 1950s had attached one of the original door handles and latch. This thing was propped against the stone of the fireplace, as it had been for all the many months I'd ever visited this house. I was in the house alone one night, upstairs. It was a perfectly calm night, not a trace of wind. I heard a loud crash from the room below me. When I went down to check, I saw that the piece of wood was inside the fireplace, almost to the very back. Even assuming it could somehow have suddenly fallen off the mantel, I could not figure out how it could have landed where it did.
We took the wood, with the hardware, when we moved. Now, years later, we still have it. In fact, it's on a small picture stand here in my office. In all the places it went and with all the many ways it was displayed, that was the only time it...got thrown?
Krycek1984 said, "I'm pretty sensitive to the feeling/emotional side of old houses, as far as spirits and other entitities go, but i have absolutely no ability to "see" them, or auras, etc. I guess that's because I'm an INFJ (Introverted intuitive feeling judging) on the Myers Brigg scale and am very sensitive to "emotions" and "intuition" of the world around me."
Me too!!!
I've had stuff mysteriously disappearing around my house.... was honestly wondering what was going on.....friends were telling me I had ghosts. Come to find out, my 20 year old was pretty much just helping himself to whatever he needed/wanted at the moment. I think I'd rather it have been a ghost!


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The taut, well-scaled buildings of this sustainably designed townhouse complex won high praise from the jury.
"New York is just one big case of mixed-use integration," says Caleb Crawford, LEED AP. And thus, this conversion of a former manufacturing warehouse into a duplex simply followed a natural progression.
Developers are often accused of myopia—of ignoring how their projects relate to the community at large. Geoffrey T. Prentiss, AIA, was not about to make that mistake for this small residential/commercial project near downtown Seattle, in the largely resid
Chattanooga, Tenn., has attracted global attention for its ongoing downtown revitalization. Support from the local political, business, and nonprofit communities has helped fuel the city's turnaround. But small infill buildings like this artists' studio,
You'd be surprised where and what you can build when you think on top, between, and inside the boxes.
Who says you can't build spectacular multifamily housing in a dense, urban environment?
The jury dubbed this apartment building "dynamic and elegant." For architect Stephen Kanner, FAIA, the challenge was to enliven and liberate the typical hermitically-sealed multifamily box.


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United Kingdom, 2009, 104 Minute Running Time Genre/Subjects: Crime, Detective/Mystery, Film Noir, Foreign, ThrillerLanguage: English
MUST END Thursday, March 18! 35mm presentation - Red Riding: 1983 is the third entry in an ambitious, dark and thrilling trilogy of interlinking films set in Northern England in the 1970s and '80s. In 1983, another young girl has disappeared and Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson (David Morrissey) recognizes some alarming similarities to the abductions in 1974, forcing him to come to terms with the fact that he may have helped convict the wrong man as being the Yorkshire Ripper. When local solicitor John Piggott (Mark Addy) is persuaded to fight this miscarriage of justice he finds himself slowly uncovering a catalogue of cover ups. Also starring Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, Shaun Dooley, Lisa Howard, Jim Carter, Sean Harris and Michelle Dockery. Directed by Anand Tucker (When Did You Last See Your Father?, Hilary and Jackie).
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No. Cats are carnivores and dogs are generally thought to be omnivores. Cats need higher levels of protein and fat from meat than dogs do and can't use vegetable sources to make vitamin A, so must get it from meat. They're also sensitive to thiamine, taurine and arginine deficiencies. And cats are less able to process carbohydrates due to the shorter length of their long intestine.
Dogs and cats don't need milk as they get their calcium from bones and pet food, but if your pet likes drinking milk, that's fine. Some pets (like some humans) can't tolerate milk and may suffer from diarrhoea. Special reduced-lactose cat and dog milks are available but they're expensive and usually unnecessary.
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Nobody knows for sure, but it's believed that some dogs and cats chew grass when they feel nauseous. Others may do it out of boredom or they may just like it. Eating grass isn't harmful and is no cause for alarm.
Animals are mostly concerned about meeting their energy needs rather than variety. But if you do feed your pet the same thing every day you may find them reluctant to eat anything else. So variety could be the best approach to avoid creating problems for yourself.
In dietary terms, AAFCO recognises that animals go through three life stages. The first is growth: kittens and puppies have extra nutrient needs and special food is recommended. The second is when a mother is nursing: special foods are recommended for a lactating dog or cat. The third stage is simply adulthood: animals need to maintain their 'complete and balanced' nutrient intake. In most cases, older pets usually don't need special foods.
It used to, but manufacturers have altered the pH level of their formulations. Cats fed on a well-formulated dry-food diet don't run a higher risk of urinary tract disease if they're drinking enough water. If your cat doesn't, it's a good idea to feed it a canned-food diet, which has a higher water content.
However, a link has been made between a soft-food diet and gum disease, which is common in dogs and cats. Most gum disease starts with a build-up of plaque on the teeth - the result of eating a soft-food diet. Before commercial pet foods were available though, dogs and cats developed tooth disease due to the low calcium-content of their meat-based diets. Periodontal disease, the most common form of gum disease, destroys the gums and tissue that supports the teeth and has also been associated with liver, kidney and heart disease. While a study published in the Journal of Nutrition claims daily brushing of your pet's teeth is the most effective prevention, an easier way is to supplement your pet's diet with a regular supply of bones. Bones require considerable gnawing and chewing, which scrapes their teeth and prevents the build-up of plaque. Giving your cat or small dog raw chicken wings and a bigger dog meaty bones several times a week will benefit their dental hygiene tremendously. But never give pets cooked bones as they can splinter and get stuck either in the mouth or in the digestive system. There are also some dry pet foods that make the claims to aid dental health, such as ROYAL CANIN Oral Sensitive range. It's packet says "kibble shape and flexible texture produce a mechanical brushing effect," but these specialised products are more expensive.


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"Oh… 'elaborate'… I know that word… I'm elaborately fine!" The end of a funny exchange between Kristin Hersh and the audience, which began with her asking how we were doing, which was turned back to her, which resulted in a short answer – "fine" – to which someone else asked her to elaborate… There was a bit of chit chat between songs throughout the show, including a reference to a recent dog bite that nearly caused this short West Coast run of Throwing Muses dates to be canceled. But the trio of Kristin Hersh, David Narcizo, and Bernard Georges did indeed show up at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco last night to play to a sold out crowd of enthusiastic fans. While Kristin founded the band way back in 1980, and has produced a wealth of albums and songs over the years, the set list was heavy with their latest book/CD combo, Purgatory/Paradise, which was their first new studio release in a decade. They put on an electric show with great intensity, and I'm sure all in attendance felt fortunate to catch a rare appearance of the band that is legendary to those who have paid attention to music for the past 30 years.
Throwing Muses at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Noise Pop 2014) | San Francisco, California | 2/28/2014 (Concert Review + Photos)
Throwing Muses to Play Rare Dates at Noise Pop in San Francisco, in the Pacific Northwest, and Multiple Dates with Tanya Donelly in NY & MA
Alternative rock pioneers Throwing Muses will be playing a handful of rare dates in the next few weeks, starting with shows in the Pacific Northwest and San Francisco (at Noise Pop) as well as a growing collection of shows in New York and Massachusetts featuring former Muses singer-songerwriter Tanya Donelly playing along with her step sister Kristin Hersch. With the release of new material in the form of book/album Purgatory / Paradise (the first new album in a decade), it should prove to be an interesting set of shows for fans of the innovative band. [Read more…]
Coldplay at Jimmy Kimmel Live! Block Party | Hollywood, California | 2/9/2012 (Concert Review)
Following last night's Coldplay iHeartRadio benefit concert at Club Nokia, I was lucky enough to share a pair of tickets with another Coldplay fan who won them from The World Famous KROQ for a special Jimmy Kimmel Live! outdoor mini-concert / block party (or "bloq" party) behind the El Capitan Theater, where the regular show is shot in studio. Some of the songs performed at this concert will be broadcast on a special post Academy Award special of the JKL! show, following the Oscars telecast. This concert was originally scheduled for February 7, 2012, and rescheduled for tonight, February 9th.
Coldplay iHeart Radio at Club Nokia | Los Angeles, California | 2/8/2012 (Concert Review)
I was fortunate enough to attend a very special Coldplay benefit concert tonight, which took place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, in collaboration with iHeartRadio and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Los Angeles radio stations KIIS FM, 98-7FM and MYFM. The proceeds of the show benefit two charities – A Place Called Home and Youth Mentoring Connection. [Read more…]
Coldplay at Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy | Paris, France | 12/14/2011 (Concert Review)
This is the fifth in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight's performance was Coldplay, which took place at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris, France on December 14th, 2011. [Read more…]
Coldplay at the O2 Arena | London, England | 12/09/2011 (Concert Review)
This is the first in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight's performance was Coldplay, which took place at the O2 Arena in London, England on December 9th, 2011. [Read more…]
Coldplay "Unstaged" at Plaza de Toros | Madrid, Spain | 10/26/2011 (Concert Review)
This article shares my impressions and experiences with having the opportunity to travel to Madrid, Spain last week to see Coldplay's American Express "Unstaged" live concert performance on October 26th, directed by Anton Corbijn. [Read more…]


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Koncept has released a new series of their I-Tower LED floor lamps. It's good to see LED floor lamps becoming widely available. These lamps use the latest generation of high-power LEDs, which means they are brighter than the older I-Tower lamps, but they actually uses less power (8.8 watts). There are two models: a daylight […]
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The Geobulb is an 8 watt LED light that replaces a 60 watt incandescent bulb. It generates 800 lumens of light to be exact — either warm white light or cool white. This bulb has a sleeker design than some of the LED lights I've seen — check out that aesthetically pleasing heat sink.
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I've been testing the battery-powered Tri-L LED work light by Altus Lumen. I have to admit that this light has become one of my favorite gadgets. The design of the Tri-L shows great attention to detail. The metal housing is made out of 85% recycled magnesium which is lighter than aluminum, so the Tri-L feels […]
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Last year, Philips showed off their LivingColor lamps at a media event. Each compact light can illuminate 16 million unique colors, all of which can be controlled via an included wireless RF remote. You can set any remote to control up to six fixtures simultaneously, keeping their colors in synchronization for a dramatic effect. Since […]
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It's called the GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall, and with 2,292 individual color LEDs, comparable to a 24,000 sq. ft. monitor screen, it's said to be the largest color LED display in the world. The wall is solar-powered too — photovoltaics are integrated into the wall's glass curtain, and it harvests power during the day, […]
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Photo feud escalates between Instagram, Twitter
A social media feud between Twitter and Instagram has escalated as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service made it impossible for Internet users to integrate images from tweets. ...
A social media feud between Twitter and Instagram has escalated as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service made it impossible for Internet users to integrate images from tweets. ...
It's been an especially fruitful week for rueful lamentations about "kids today." Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the text message. Along with it came the predictable chorus of bellyaching about the demise of literacy, ...
The smartphone app Instagram turned off a feature Wednesday that allowed easier photo viewing for Twitter users, in a move that pushes the two popular tech platforms farther apart.
Australian airline Qantas's trial of in-flight Internet access has been shelved due to a lack of interest from passengers who prefer to sleep or enjoy a rare break from the online world while flying.
The British software engineer who sent the world's first text message 20 years ago said on Monday that he is amazed at how the technology has developed.
(Phys.org)—By reorganizing the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words, Mao-era Chinese typists solved problems that cell phones only came to recently.
A 29-year-old Indian inventor on Tuesday won $50,000 to help him make a new low-cost mobile phone for the blind that uses a Braille display.
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Joe Kelso and his wife, Teresa, were out for pizza in Chesterfield earlier this year when they noticed a family of six sitting nearby in complete silence.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde urged the Philippines on Friday to tax mobile phone messages to shore up state funds in a country sometimes called the world's text message capital.
Twitter introduced a new feature to the globally popular one-to-many text messaging service—the ability to email "Tweets" directly from the message stream.
Some people logging onto Twitter on Thursday were greeted with word that their passwords were reset due to concerns their accounts may have been breached by hackers.
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The Westminster Blue Jays (15-8, 12-5 SLIAC) completed the three game sweep of the Greenville College Panthers Friday and Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 win Friday night, a 14-4 win in game one of the doubleheader Saturday and 9-8 victory in game two. The Blue Jays improve their win streak to eight games, all conference play.
The Blue Jays grabbed the lead Friday night, breaking the 0-0 tie, in the top of the sixth when Tyler Branneky hit an RBI single to score Cam Backes. The Blue Jays grabbed another run when Andy Pichler scored on a passed ball, bringing the Blue Jays up 2-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth.
The Blue Jays scored another run in the top of the seventh on a RBI double by Backes scoring A.C. Long, taking the 3-0 lead. The Panthers were able to score one run in the bottom half of the seventh inning, making it 3-1. The Panthers got two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth, but Tyler Ten Eyck was able to get a pop up to Backes at second base to secure the 3-1 victory.
Ten Eyck was the winning pitcher, pitching nine innings and giving up one earned run. The Blue Jays' offense was led by Branneky with three hits and one RBI.
In game one of Saturday's doubleheader, Westminster's bats were on fire as they totaled 17 hits and scored at least one run in all seven innings.
Kevin Moritz was the winning pitcher; he pitched four innings, gave up three earned runs on three hits, and struck out four. Pichler, Branneky, Danton Hughes, Matt Mallette and Deion Hughes all had two hits. Branneky also added a two run home run.
In game two of the doubleheader, the Blue Jays were tied at 8-8 going into the top of the ninth inning. Mallette lead off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Two pitches later, Deion Hughes singled up the middle, advancing Mallette to third base. Next up was Tim Chambliss, with the go ahead run on third, and once again Chambliss came up clutch for the Blue Jays as he hit a deep sacrifice fly to center, scoring Mallette and putting the Blue Jays up 9-8.
Tommy Bohnert set down the Panthers in order in the bottom of the ninth to secure the 9-8 victory.
The Blue Jays bats were hot again as they totaled 16 hits in game two.
Bohnert was the winning pitcher; he pitched five and two-thirds innings in relief, gave up no runs and allowed just one hit. Every starter had at least one hit for the Blue Jays. Chambliss was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and Mallette was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
The Blue Jays will host Fontbonne University Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m.


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Champlain Point
Pointe au Baril
A stunning 2,937 square foot main cottage designed by renowned Toronto Architect, Gordon Ridgely. Like all of his work, meticulous attention to detail and materials is demonstrated throughout this stunning 2 storey cottage. The main cottage is surrounded by expansive decks and a screen porch enabling the perfect outdoor space any time of day.
Two 2 bedroom sleeping cottages complete with living space, bathrooms and outdoor showers round this offering out as the perfect family compound with an adjacent lot for future family expansion plans.
Asking Price $2,300,000
Anchor Island
Pointe au Baril
Anchor Island embodies every element of the Georgian Bay dream island. A rare large 15 acre island with 13 acres of Crown Land, exposed granite shoreline, ample tree cover and undulating topography. It also has a sheltered harbour for boats and swimming.
The modern 2,400 square foot architecturally designed cottage is situated in the ideal building site on the crest of the island capturing expansive views of Shawanaga Bay. It is complemented by a second "original" cottage with a kitchen, 2 sleeping cabins and a dry boathouse. Anchor Island has the best of both worlds – ultimate privacy and less than a 15 minute boat ride to the Ojibway Club.
Asking Price $1,995,000
Kishkadena Island
Pointe au Baril
Kishkadena's outer island location, smooth Granite topography and unobstructed open water and sunset views make it unquestionably one of the finest islands in Pointe au Baril.
The 5,000 square foot cottage designed by Stark Ireland truly has it all; 4 bedrooms each with its own ensuite and the master encompassing a full wing of the cottage. As luxury kitchen complete with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, a two sided stone fireplace to enjoy indoors and out, a stone floored breezeway and screen porch for entertaining, which rolls out onto an expansive deck complete with a firepit, hot tub and outdoor grill and wet bar. The property itself is impeccable kept and boasts mix of flat granite and generous tree cover. The large beach rounds out this offering perfectly. Kishkadena truly has it all, to learn more click the link below.
Asking Price $4,295,000
Whipperwill North
Pointe au Baril
Enjoy one of the finest open water and sunset views from this stunning 4.19 acre +/- property.
The undulating exposed granite shoreline has two inlets that separate the 3 bedroom 1,196 square foot Normerica main cottage from the modern 550 square foot 2 bedroom guest cottage and 2 original sleeping cabins.
Whipperwill North offers refined design, unbeatable views and is just 7 minutes to the Ojibway Club.
Asking Price $1,495,000
Trim Tree Island North
Pointe au Baril
This spectacular island offers privacy, sunset views and is surrounded by Crown Land. The 4 bedroom, open concept main cottage is situated perfectly to capture views of both Shawanaga Bay and the quiet back bay looking onto the Crown Land.
It is anchored by an impressive stone fireplace has vaulted ceilings, wide plank hardwood floors and sliding glass doors on both sides flowing out onto a deck on one side and a screened in porch on the other.
Two sleeping cabins each with its own living room, deck and bathroom round out the package perfectly. In total the property offers 7 bedrooms plus a sleeping loft making it an ideal place for entertaining.
Asking Price $1,195,000
Champlain Island
Pointe au Baril
Champlain Island is ideally situated just 2 minutesfrom the revered Ojibway Club and offers both southern exposure and western views. The property boasts 1,234 feet of shoreline and a sheltered bay, which is an ideal spot to moor a floatplane or enjoy a dip in the Bay.
The main cottage is largely open concept with a large stone fireplace anchoring the living room and dining room. These roll out into a large screen porch, which is the perfect spot to catch the sunset. Two - 2 bedroom sleeping cabins and an original log cabin allow this family retreat to sleep between 12 – 14 people comfortably.
The property comes complete with all the amenities you need including hydro, an updated septic system and also offers an adjacent 4.36 acre lot for sale with 1,374 feet of frontage with frontage on two separate bays.
Asking Price: $995,000
Asking Price Adjacent Lot: $575,000
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