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Type | Private |
Industry | Mail order, retail |
Founded | 1949 |
Headquarters | Hillsboro, Oregon, USA 45°32′30″N 122°53′26″W / 45.5416455°N 122.8906846°WCoordinates: 45°32′30″N 122°53′26″W / 45.5416455°N 122.8906846°W |
Key people | Martin McClanan, president and CEO[1] |
Revenue | $85.6 million USD (2008)[1] |
Employees | 500 (2008)[1] |
Parent | Orchard Brands[2] |
Website | www.normthompson.com |
Type | Private |
Industry | Mail order, retail |
Founded | 1949 |
Headquarters | Hillsboro, Oregon, USA 45°32′30″N 122°53′26″W / 45.5416455°N 122.8906846°WCoordinates: 45°32′30″N 122°53′26″W / 45.5416455°N 122.8906846°W |
Key people | Martin McClanan, president and CEO[1] |
Revenue | $85.6 million USD (2008)[1] |
Employees | 500 (2008)[1] |
Parent | Orchard Brands[2] |
Website | www.normthompson.com |
Norm Thompson Outfitters is a privately owned catalog and internet retailer based in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1949 by Norman A. (Norm) Thompson as a mail order business, it grew to annual sales of $200 million before it was sold to Golden Gate Capital Partners in 2006. The company sells clothing, gadgets, furniture, kitchen items, and gift items from its namesake catalog as well as from its Solutions and Sahalie brands. John Difrancesco serves as president and chief executive of the 500 employee company.
The company was founded by namesake Norman Anchor Thompson, Sr. in 1949 as a way to sell his homemade flies for fly-fishing.[3][4] An immigrant from Britain, he had settled in Salt Lake City before fighting for Canada in World War I.[4] After the war he lived briefly in Los Angeles before settling in Portland where he owned seven pipe shops and later two nightclubs during World War II.[4] Thompson retired after the war as owner of the nightclubs and tobacco shops.[3]
He started the new business as a mail order only business by placing an advertisement in Field & Stream,[5] and around 1951 handed it over to Peter Alport, his son-in-law.[3][4] Alport was in advertising in New York City where he owned Parma Advertising.[3] He worked to expand the company's product offerings beyond fly-fishing items and into clothing and other outdoor merchandise, plus he developed the company's slogan of Escape from the ordinary.[3] During his tenure, Norm Thompson opened its first retail store in 1959, located in Northwest Portland.[3] Namesake Norm Thompson died in 1968 from complications related to his exposure to mustard gas during his World War I military service in Europe.[4]
In 1973, Alport sold the business to Parker Pen Company, who opened a retail store at the Portland International Airport in 1975 and discontinued selling fly fishing items in 1977.[3] Parker then sold the entire business to John Emrick in 1981 through a leveraged buyout.[3] Solutions, a home and garden catalog, was purchased by Norm Thompson Outfitters in 1986, followed by Sahalie in 1990.[5] In July 1988, the company opened an outlet store near the main store in Portland, naming it Cracker Barrel.[6]
By 1989 the company had grown to annual sales of $50 million, with 80 percent coming from the mail order business.[3] At that time the company's headquarters and distribution center were in Beaverton, Oregon, along the Sunset Highway at Murray Boulevard.[3] Growth came from creating new catalogs and through acquisitions such as the purchase of Seattle based Early Winters.[3] Products ranged from upscale clothing to gourmet food to gadgets and other unusual gift items.[3] Ron Decker took over as president of the company in 1989, as Emrick retained the titles of chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).[7]
Norm Thompson Outfitters also conducted a once a year warehouse sale in June that brought in around $1 million in revenue through selling closeout type items.[6] In October 1990, the company opened a new outlet location in Lake Oswego, Oregon.[8] A Norm Thompson's catalog was named the 1990 Catalog of the Year by the National Direct Mail Marketing Association.[9] Sales grew to around $70 million in 1991.[9] A downtown Portland retail store was added in May 1993 across from the Pioneer Place shopping center on Fourth Avenue at a cost of $1 million.[10][11] The 7,200-square-foot (670 m2) store was unprofitable and closed in 1996.[10][11]
Also in May 1993, the company announced it would relocate the Oregon distribution center to the eastern U.S. to be closer to the majority of its customers.[12] That October Norm Thompson selected a site in Jefferson County, West Virginia for a new 173,000-square-foot (16,100 m2), $7.5 million distribution facility.[13] At that time, 80 percent of the company's sales were east of the Mississippi River.[13] Norm Thompson closed the Oregon distribution center in July 1994,[14] and sold the site to Home Depot to become a home improvement store.[15] The building had also served as company headquarters, with the business moving to temporary offices near Tektronix's then headquarters while they planned a new permanent headquarters in the Portland metropolitan area.[16][17] In 1994, sales had grown to $100 million annually, and the company had around 350 full-time, permanent employees.[14]
Construction began on the new headquarters in Hillsboro in February 1995 where the company would lease a 54,500-square-foot (5,060 m2) building that would cost $6 million to build.[17] Located in the Tanasbourne neighborhood, the two-story building was to house around 200 employees, with an adjacent call center for 150 employees.[17] Designed by Sienna Architects and developed by the Trammell Crow Company, the new building was constructed using some recycled materials.[18] The plan used many energy efficient designs and technology to create a building 40 percent more efficient than what Oregon law required.[18]
Norm Thompson grew to sales of $110 million and 400 employees for 1995, but had to cut back the next year when they closed the downtown Portland store along with shutting down The Primary Layer catalog.[11] Cuts were made due to poor economic conditions.[11] At the time catalog sales represented 90 percent of revenues, and the closed catalog only contributed around 7 percent.[11] After the closures, they still had two Portland stores and three outlet locations in Oregon.[7] Also in 1996, Rebecca Jewett took over as president of the company while John Emrick retained his titles as chairman and CEO.[7] The city of Portland gave the company a Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow award for energy efficiency in 1997.[19] Following the 2001 anthrax attacks, Norm Thompson stopped using corn starch in the catalog printing process to avoid the appearance of any powdery substance on the catalogs.[20]
Due to environmentally friendly practices, including using recycled paper in catalogs, the Center for a New American Dream inducted the company into the Green Mail Hall of Fame in 2004.[21] The company expanded their headquarters in 2005 by leasing an adjacent building.[22] In March 2006, the company closed its original store in northwest Portland, leaving two outlet stores and the location at the Portland Airport as their only retail locations.[23] At that time sales at the company had grown to approximately $200 million annually, with the Sahalie and Solutions brands as the largest divisions.[23] Sahalie had previously been the Early Winters brand and catalog.[22]
That same month Golden Gate Capital Partners' Catalog Holdings subsidiary purchased Norm Thompson.[5][24] Catalog Holdings already owned brands such as Spiegel and Newport News.[5] Neale Attenborough took over as CEO from Emrick after the sale.[25] The Hillsboro call center was closed in 2007 with those operations consolidated with a sister company's operations in Pennsylvania, while the headquarters remained in Hillsboro with 150 employees.[26] By 2008, the store at the Portland Airport had closed to be replaced by a Columbia Sportswear store.[27]
Norm Thompson Outfitters is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, west of Portland, while the distribution center is in Irvine, Pennsylvania.[28] The company operates three retail outlet stores, two in Oregon and one in North Conway, New Hampshire.[28] They sell high-end items ranging from men's and women's apparel to shoes, food, gift items. Furniture, and kitchenware among other products.[5] More than 80 percent of customers are women.[5] The Solutions brand is the biggest seller followed by the main Norm Thompson catalog and Sahalie.[23]


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YOOX S.p.A. Via Nannetti 1 Zola Predosa, BO 40069 Italy - Map Website: http://www.yooxgroup.com
YOOX S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an Internet retailing partner for fashion and design brands. It offers clothing, footwear, fashion accessories, vintage garments, capsule collections, books, and special editions for men and women through its yoox.com, thecorner.com, and shoescribe.com, as well as online Mono-brand stores, such as armani.com and zegna.com. As of December 31, 2013, it operated 37 mono-brand online stores. The company also provides consulting, Web design, and Web marketing investment management services. It primarily operates in Europe, the United States, Japan, China, and Hong Kong and delivers its services to approximately 100 countries worldwide. The company is headquartered in Zola Predosa, Italy.

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Source: Associated Press
BATON ROUGE- First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending May 19 increased from the previous week's total.
The state labor department figures released Friday show the initial claims increased to 3,547 from the previous week's total of 3,394. The figure was lower than it was for the comparable week a year earlier, when there were 4,432 initial claims.
The four-week moving average, which is a less volatile measure of claims, increase to 3,342 from the previous week's total of 3,224.
Continued unemployment claims claimed for the week ending May 19 totaled 31,959, an increase from 31,691 the previous week. The four-week moving average for such claims decreased to 32,065 from 32,333.


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Ministry Medical Group is looking for dedicated Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants to provide patient care for the Urgent Care or Emergency Departments at several of our locations. You will have the opportunity to build and shape yourself and the community in which you work.
Our Emergency Rooms are staffed twenty-four hours a day with physicians, APC's, and nurses specially trained to handle major trauma emergencies. X-ray and laboratory services are available for immediate diagnosis. Critical care situations such as cardiac arrest, stroke, fractures, burns, lacerations, and others are met with only the highest standards of care.
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I don't know if this is any help or not, but in my Southall database (now online again & linked from this page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/southall/southall.html), I show a Charles Morton Southall, born ca 1863, who married Ida Mae Hester. According to my info, this Charles Morton Southall was the son of William Henry Southall and Mary Evaline Thacker. I currently only have one of their children listed: James Morton Southall (don't know if there were more children). I have more info in other databases that I haven't compiled to put online yet, if you want to post more identifying info that you know about your family -- names/dates/places that I can use to see if I have any records on them, I'll be glad to check it when I get a chance. Susan :) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sassytazzy/southall/southall.html Notify Administrator about this message?
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP) issued its 2005 request for proposals for SEP Special Projects. This year there are funding opportunities in 17 categories, including 6 types of projects for DOE's Clean Cities. Only state energy offices are eligible to participate, and the deadline for all proposals is May 6, 2005.
All applications forms are now handled online through the DOE Financial Opportunities Web site called IIPS. Specific deadlines for applications for specific catgories and contacts for more information are also available from IIPS.


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This is a wonderful, rich cream that softens my skin and keeps it moisturized. Works perfeclty as part of my skin care routine of Loreal scrub and light moisturizer, and Cetaphil cleanser. I have been using this nightly for 3 months and haven't had any reactions, despite the thickness and heavy scent. With caution, I can use this on the corners of my undereyes but be very careful because this stuff will burn your eyeballs out. Wash your hands with soap immediately after application.
Pros: Reduced lines, no dry patches, overall soft skin, consistent skin improvement
Con: The scent is astoundingly strong; it's as if there's triple concentrated perfume infused in every molecule of this cream. I love scents, so it's not a general sensitivity. I wish Olay would tone it down on this cream :(
Bought this because of the enthusiastic reviews here. I use Dr. Hauschka skincare almost exclusively, but I just can't live with the Dr. H. "no night cream" rule. This is a solid product that does the job--nothing fancy but no bad effects either. Nice scent, absorbs well, my skin looks nice in the morning, no breakouts, and I think my skin is just a bit better overall--more even and smooth with cleaner pores--since I've been using it for a few months now. I see there are a few other Olay night creams and I'm not sure what's different about each of them but I might look into it when this jar runs out.
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great for oily, acne prone skin w/ early signs of aging. I ´ve been using this cream for about 6 months, every night after I wash my face, very light, perfumy but does not cause break out my skin, a little goes a long way.
paid about 10 bucks
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I bought this because of all the excellent reviews! I notice that mine doesn't have the word "replenishing" in the name but it is the same cream. I checked with Olay and they are just calling it Age Defying Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream now.
So I've only used this once but I am admittedly a little disappointed! I have normal skin but was hoping for something more deeply moisturizing and heavy to soak in overnight. This cream felt sort of lightweight and was completely absorbed (to a matte finish!!!) within a minute or two. I couldn't even tell I had moisturizer on! I guess this product would be ideal for someone with oily or acne prone skin, or for day use under make up, for that reason.
Also... The smell. THE SMELL. It is so strong and cloying. Almost annoying. I know it is going to make me dread putting it on. :-(
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This product is amazing!!!! It incorporates all the best skin ingredients. Olay products are the best and this is definitely one of Olay's finest. I agree with the other reviewer....this goes against Paula's advice, but I realize she knows nothing about other product lines because she is too busy trying to promote her own line..... This product is much better than anything she has....
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This goes against sage advice from Paula Begoun that I typically follow (avoid jar packaging, no added fragrance) but I don't care, because it works!!!
My skin is oily/combo, not much acne but I do have blackheads on my nose and noticeable pores with some early signs of aging and redness in cheeks. After I use this product, my skin feels soft but not greasy, perfectly balanced and smooth with a natural matte finish.
The scent is a soft, peach/floral, it's kind of nice actually. I don't use products with added scent on my face, but this is the exception. It does not make my skin itch or cause redness.
it's cheap-under $13 for an oil-free night cream that leaves a natural finish and yet makes your skin feel super soft!! Even if the additional anti-oxidants do lose their potency b/c of the jar packing, you are still getting a great moisturizer for normal/combo skin especially for winter time when you need something a bit richer but don't want oil based cream. I had some really bad peeling skin due to a lip wax gone wrong and it completely healed it within 2 days using this cream.
It has a form of BHA exfoliant (good for oily skin, shrinking pore size) and a gentler form of retinol (wrinkles, helps w/collagen,etc) along with vitamin E and niacinamide. If you have oily/combo skin and early signs of aging, this would be something good to try since a lot of retinol products can be harsh or really thick/creamy.
I will definitely purchase this again, I feel like my skin just looks bright and youthful when I use this, I may try to find a way to transfer it into a pump to keep it more "potent" but I definitely recommend this!
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I swear by this cream. I've been using it since I was about 15, so for 5 years now, give or take a little. I struggle with dry skin, especially on my face, and especially during the winter. I get patches of very dry skin on my cheeks and forehead, which obviously is unattractive and not fun.
This cream is meant to be used as a night cream, but I use it in the morning after washing my face and before applying makeup, and then again at night after washing my face.
It smells wonderful, my boyfriend loves the scent. It's a nice thick cream, but it goes on easily. Leaves my skin feeling super soft and deals with any dry skin I have really well.
Love, love, love it!
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I am late 30's and "look good for my age" I've been told, but wanted to keep it that way so wanted something to put on my face that wasn't going to break me out (I struggle with acne and have cleared it up with spironolactone)...
I haven't broken out AT ALL from using this, it feels great on my skin, and when I wake up in my morning my face doesn't look so...ugh as it used to. I'm no great beauty queen but when I wake up now my face looks and feels refreshed, rather than someone who 'just woke up'.
I also think the smell is terrific...I don't understand how anybody could have an issue with it as it's not strong and it goes away within 5 minutes. But I happen to find it very soothing.
I will tell you of two very flattering incidents that have happened since using this cream:
1) My husband looked over at me one early morning when I sat up in bed and said "damn, you're beautiful...I mean, look at your face, it's glowing!" (my husband always compliments me but this is the first time in 15 years he has complimented me LIKE THAT after I just woke up)
2) The custodian at my school said "hey...most people get older as time goes by. You just keep getting younger and younger! The numbers are supposed to go UP! With you, the numbers go down...30, 29, 28..."
Nuff said. :) So yeah, I think I'll keep using it! ;)
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I am writing this review as a person in my 20s with no noticeable wrinkles or skin tone issues (yet!), who is concerned with wrinkle and aging prevention. After researching different over-the-counter face moisturizers, I came across this Olay Age Defying Anti-Wrinkle Replenishing Night Cream.
After a few weeks of use, my skin was so much more even-toned and clear, and because I already had good skin prior to using this product, it just made my skin look even better and like porcelain! My usual nightly routine is applying a small amount of Pond's cold cream and wiping it off with a tissue, then applying Olay toner on a cotton ball and swiping all over my face and neck, followed by the Olay anti-wrinkle night cream on my face and neck. I love the light fragrance and smooth texture of the cream, and it absorbs very well. In the colder winter months when my skin needs a little more moisture, I mix it with a thicker moisturizer. Definitely incorporate a healthy diet and exercise regimen to gain the maximum benefits from using this product - it works wonderfully but like anything it's not a miracle product all on its own!
***UPDATE 5/23/14: Nearly three years later I am still using this moisturizer, and my skin just keeps looking better and better!
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Thread: Asking for referrals?
03-06-2006, 02:30 PM #1Advancing Webmaster
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Asking for referrals from clients?
Any idea's for a quote I can add as a signature to an email regarding referrals?
I don't know how to ask for a referral in person either.
I don't want to come off begging for referrals, and I'm sure there is a polite way to ask?
Any ideas?
AshleyLast edited by ashley6943; 03-06-2006 at 02:48 PM.
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Re: Asking for referrals?
The greatest compliment you can give is a referral - I'm in Naperville Il
(This is one I have seen, I think it is an REW client, but others use it as well)
You arent begging, we are all professionals here and realize the benefit of referrals and I would venture most of us partake in some type of referral system. Besides with referrals you are paying a commission to the referrer so it is a business transaction, not a handout.Have you liked REW yet? Want good karma? Share REW with friends
03-06-2006, 05:00 PM #3Advancing Webmaster
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Re: Asking for referrals?
I am talking about referrals from clients, family, friends, not other real estate agents. Thanks- Ashley
Re: Asking for referrals?
On my monthly newsletter I switch up the "begging for referrals" verbiage. Last month (Feb.-Valentine's Day), I used the free logo I found somewhere that says I Love Referrals but instead of the word Love it's a heart. I then go on to explain how referrals are a large part of my business so if you know of anyone that is looking to buy and/or sell real estate please give them my information.
This month I wrote how most people don't realize that I can refer business anywhere in the United States or the world because of my extensive networking. So if you know of anyone looking to buy anywhere...(blah, blah, blah), tell them to call me first.
A basic request might start out with: Although you might not be in the market to buy or sell real estate right now, maybe you know someone that is. Please give them my information...
I hope I'm giving you some ideas. I think changing it up once in a while might finally make someone understand you need & would really appreciate referrals from them. So many people just don't think about this.Money Magazine says that Orland Park real estate is one of the best places to live in the U.S. Check out Homer Glen homes if you're interested in living in the newest Chicago suburb. Next door, Lemont homes are the priciest in the southwest suburbs and have held their value, even appreciating while prices in other areas have gone down.
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Re: Asking for referrals?
Originally Posted by ashley6943
03-06-2006, 06:36 PM #6HMiller Guest
Re: Asking for referrals?
Also forgot to mention that keeping in touch with your past customers with personal phone calls and visits gets you invited to alot of cool barbeques and parties where besides fun and free food & drink you have an excellent opportunity to network in the presence of one of your satisfied clients
07-23-2008, 04:50 PM #7New real estate webmaster
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While we're on the business of asking for referrals, I would like to offer a generous portion of my Centex Home referral fee (I am a home owner) to any real estate agent who will list me (Kelly Carter in Brentwood, TN) as their client's referrer when signing any Centex home contract. It's a super-easy $500! Contact me for info: 615-419-6616.
Re: Asking for referrals?
All of these are very good ideas. When it comes down to it you just have to be confident in your self and ask them for the business. Most people are reasonable and don't mind.
Re: Asking for referrals?
you could consider putting a quote on your business card that says something about referrals, which could also be used as your email footer quote.
another thing i used to do is work the referral into my sales presentations, like "I work on serving you best so that you'll want to tell all your friends about me". it worked very well because of my delivery and the way i built rapport with my customers. it may not work for everyone and can come across as cheeky if they don't know you. but with the right smile, it can be kinda fun to do - and can really break the ice for you!
Re: Asking for referrals?
I have this in my auto signature on outgoing e-mail:
"Know anyone looking to buy or sell Real Estate we would be happy to help in any way we can just let us know". It's real simple but IMO simple is always the answer, don't worry to much...as the web master said:
You aren't begging, we are all professionals here and realize the benefit of referrals and I would venture most of us partake in some type of referral system. Besides with referrals you are paying a commission to the referrer so it is a business transaction, not a handout.
All of these are very good ideas. When it comes down to it you just have to be confident in your self and ask them for the business. Most people are reasonable and don't mind.Derrick Monroe
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I screwed up - kitchen floor and cabinets clash - island
Mix of kitchen floor, island countertop, lower wood cabinets too busy? Tone mismatch between floor and cabinets I think. Not sure best option for me right now.
kitchen remodel is slowly in progress. I have no GC so I have luxury of dragging this remodel out which seems to be my style. Oh well. I'm not DIY but I currently have some good workers to call on. This mismatch is my biggest mistake so far. Guess I may be lucky that it has taken this long but I'm definitely not happy.
Right now I'm stuck on what kind of countertop for the island. I had originally thought of butcher block with Waterlox finish. But now that the wood plank porcelain oak floor tile is installed and I can see how the floor herringbone striations don't blend with the lower cabinets (kitchen is two toned with upper as white and gray/beige Sofieunder Ikea cabs below). I'm worried striations from butcher block will add another element of busy-ness which will put it over the top.
I know that this isn't really enough info but in case anyone has had results that they regret mixing butcher block with other elements in kitchen that have wood striations, I would like to hear their opinions (or anyones).
I had planned on pale gray Silestone (almost solid except for tinydots).
I'm thinking of going on the safe side right now with the pale gray Silestone peripheral countertop as well as Island countertop. But I hate that there will be so much of the same countertop. I don't like "matchy matchy".
Had hoped we could have the butcher block counter on island to "warm" things up a bit given the modern Ikea. Thoughts/opinions? What kind of countertop would you put in? Options:
1. butcherblock - maple for island and pale gray for peripheral countertops
2. quartz Silestone - pale gray for both island and for peripheral countertops
3. quartz Silestone - white for both island and for peripherals
4. dark gray for island countertop, pale gray for peripheral countertop
5. Maybe driftwood stain on island butcherblock with pale gray peripheral counters (but I don't really think this is an option).
6. other
Here is floor plan
Here is picture of Ikea Sofieunder in two tone similar to what ours will have - wish I had this floor.
And here is large segment before skeleton of island or window or drywall installed.
p.s. And in case anyone is wondering, I took a sample of the Sofieunder cabinet with me when I shopped for the floor tiles. Looked good then. That is one reason I think the real problem is the busy herringbone pattern and not the difference in color tone between floor and lower cabinets. or it could be just too many striations or it could be colors don't blend. Thoughts??
I love the floor tiles. Not seeing the cabinets and flooring together makes it difficult to imagine what the problem might be, but I would think perhaps it is the diagonal lines on the floor together with the texture of the bottom cupboards. I don't think I would go with more wood though for the island counter. I can't advise on the quartz colours, but definitely I would go for something with very little pattern or variation.
Seems to me there might be a problem with both color and pattern. The colors mix cool and warm (judging from the pictures). The patterns are too much for me. Perhaps if the color tones matched it would be fine. I am not sure that a neutral, plain counter of any color would rescue it. Hopefully someone who can do a mock -up photo will chime in, then we can see the total effect of counters.
I think too many different pattern. I agree with lwo change to their black/brown colors then go with the butcher block.
Since it is just the fronts and not the whole cabinets you should be able to make the exchange assuming you haven't installed it already.
I know it looks horrible. I do cringe when I see these picturs so I'm sure everyone else does too. The only possible saving grace is that because of the island and the aisles, the floor is a tiny bit hidden by cabinets. Sad thing is that I LOVE the floor and I LOVE the cabinets (which are all installed). Classic NEWBIE problem, right?
#1 Logical thing would be for me to replace cabinet doors but I'm fighting that.
#2Next would be for me to somehow have the floor painted.
#3 would be to ignore and keep on trucking with very minimal countertop on the island.
We need to put this post somewhere for people to see who are their own GC and own Kitchen Designer. (But even given the predicament I'm in right now, don't think I would change those decisions. Gosh, I'm more stubborn than I thought.)
FYI - cabinets all installed, no dishwasher installed yet, still some final plumbing needs a little work, not much, and no countertops yet. Some lighting still remains.
Well I'm calming down a bit and think that maybe I can do the "replace cabinet doors" thing. Here's some Ikea black cabinets that would work, I think. Do you agree?
If I went with this color, would you recommend butcher block on the island or would that still be too busy with the floor?
Do the darker cabinets that you show, and then do the dyed butcherblock so that it's dark like those cabinets. The floors are a really strong color and pattern, and everything else has to be a lot quieter, and you've got to limit the colors and patterns or it'll be overload.
sas95 - I assume you mean change either "cabinets or the floor" rather than "counters or the floor"?
Besides the black cabinets I could possibly go with this one:
(Obviously need to make sure it blends with the floor). I like the black better than this but right now, I'm starting to feel much more "conservative" in making choices and this would be the most conservative. Though I wonder if it would clash with the Ikea abstract upper white cabinets?
I'm starting to think that color/tone of the tiles have changed over time - maybe because of a seal or wash or something? The first picture above taken several weeks before the herringbone fully installed is a lot more muted without the orange tone so much. Wonder if there is something that could "mute it back" to how it looks in the first picture?
Yet, this could also be a result of more lights. A large window was installed since the floor tile and cabinets were purchased.
Yes, elphaba, I meant the cabinets or the floor.
From what I see on my monitor I'd prefer the dark cabinets. The mid-toned ones you just posted are too close, and you will likely end up with either a monotone looking kitchen or another clash.
The difference in color could well have to do with the light in your kitchen. The tile we installed in our master bath looked nothing like it did in the showroom, and presented an unpleasant surprise when installed that I had to work around. It was definitely the light in our bathroom, because when I took the tile to other parts of our house it looked totally different.
I can't tell what the floor composition is - is there no choice of re-staining the floors? (We have cabinets that are remarkably similar to yours, but our floors are closer to the color of the floors in the first picture - a coffee brown - and we're going with ceasarstone Organic White for all counters).
My brain is moving fast and I now think the black would be fine. One of my design iterations a while back was black cabinets and white countertops and uppers.
Hollyspring - Not sure about a "dyed butcher block top" that would match the dark cabinets. Would you think that would be better than white silestone?
I'm currently thinking solid white silestone countertops everywhere on the island and peripherals. The pantry cabinets and other upper cabinets are already white. That would leave the floor as the "star of the show".
I just need to move fast before Ikea eliminates the black cabinets as a choice. That is the biggest drawback with them, they change way too often so you better buy enough cause you can't go back later (usually).
I'm starting to feel some relief. Thanks everyone for veryifying my instincts that this is pretty bad. I'm going to need some support when I tell my husband we need to buy more cabinets, LOL. But actually, the list isn't that long of cabinet doors and drawer panels that I need to replace.
- 15 drawer panels and 4 cabinet doors. (plus or minus) Seems like just the drawer panels and doors need to be removed and replaced. Not great but I think it is doable. (oh and I guess I shouldn't forget toekicks..)
The black fronts would look really nice. New fronts seem like a big "aaargh" but is the simplest way to guarantee a good result without further muddling. I wouldn't even consider a different wood tone like that last one you posted, nor should you add butcher block into the equation.
Your floors are so unique and gorgeous--please don't paint them!! The bleached grayish cabinets are currently trendy, but hard to match if you have warmer woods elsewhere. (Restoration Hardware is bleaching their way to oblivion....)
I think the Gnosjo cabs would be a great way to keep what you liked about the Sofielund while looking better with your floor. I also think they would like nicer than the adel MB with your abstrakt uppers (although I have seen those combined nicely as well).
I love looking at the IKEA fronts all together. Wish I could have one of each
Personally I think white or speckled white counters would look super nice with the black-brown lowers and white uppers.
This post was edited by robotropolis on Mon, Jan 13, 14 at 18:13
With lighter floors -- but a similar idea
Contemporary Kitchen by Sunnyvale Architects & Designers Jon+Aud Design
With darker floors, but I think I'd prefer a quieter counter with your floors (and no speckled toekick)
from Ikeainsallations.com
Thank you robotropolis! The picture with the black lower cabinets and white countertop and white upper cabs you posted is a great inspiration picture for me. (I agree about no speckled toekicks or countertop). Some form of muted white (or total white) countertops everywhere.
I didn't originally want it that modern (because the rest of our house is not so modern) but that is definitely the best way to save this disaster waiting to happen, i.e. a situation where everytime I would walk into my newly remodeled kitchen, I cringe because it "doesn't work". I'll just have to add more modern touches to the rest of the house. Could be fun.
Here's one with a dark counter--maybe even dark BB?
Contemporary Kitchen by Toronto Architects & Designers Affecting Spaces
And another -- looks like custom cherry cabs with abstrakt fronts maybe. I think the dark countertop does make it look less modern.
Contemporary Kitchen by Louisville Architects & Designers Rock Paper Hammer
What about the Rockhammar fronts? or would those be too traditional with the uppers? I think that the color of them can make the transition, though. Be careful with the black Gnosjo, seems it has the background grayness that is still too cool? I hope that you are near enough to an Ikea to pick up pieces to trial.
"I'm starting to think that color/tone of the tiles have changed over time - maybe because of a seal or wash or something? The first picture above taken several weeks before the herringbone fully installed is a lot more muted without the orange tone so much. Wonder if there is something that could "mute it back" to how it looks in the first picture?
Yet, this could also be a result of more lights. A large window was installed since the floor tile and cabinets were purchased. "
Yes, the difference that you see is because of the lighting. When I was looking at the pictures earlier, would venture that your first photo was taken with lighting from inside, likely a warm white incandescent (or it could be another type of bulb that is made to "read" as a warm white incandescent.) Your second photo shows as more of a natural light or possibly with flash...regardless, the light is coming more from the front in the second photo than in the first and the direction of where light hits will change coloration as well.
Anyway, I think that the dark IKEA cabinet fronts are a great idea. I think they will work well with the flooring since it's not very likely that you'll want to change that.
Romy - I think you may have nailed it. Though I like the Gnosjo better, it has some striations. The Ramsjo would be very "clean". Plus with the "shaker style" trim, it moves it a tiny bit closer to a more traditional look IMO. Another option is the dark gray Abstrakt but I'm not liking it that much. Samples will resolve this soon.
I plan to get samples definitely this week. Luckily Ikea is very close, about 45 minutes away. Other than the hit on the budget, I'm feeling so much better.
One thing about being your own GC, someone said on this forum that it has the advantage of allowing you to go slow to live with your design (if you want) at each step so if you do screw up, you have an option to backup a step. Guess that definitely applies here. I did try to live with the floor/cabinet mis-match but just couldn't do it. Wish I could have come out of denial while they were being installed initially but better later than never.


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I woild like to find traditional Danish foods to compare with the past such as Kringle, Medisterpølse, Pumpernickel bread, Frikadellen and Aebleskiver. Being raised in Racine, Wisconsin, USA which was predominantly Danish 100 years ago, and lived with my Danish grandparents, I want to compare what little we can get in Racine today with what is truely Danish. We can still buy fresh baked Kringle and Medisterpølse (though frozen) and just want to see how close it is to triditional. Please recommend restaurants near the city center. Also looking to find a good micro brewery. All input is greatly appreciated.
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By ANN McFEATTERS
A day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is an eye-opener — about our soldiers, our government generally and the Bush administration.
I visited the renowned hospital complex after The Washington Post ran a series of articles exposing serious problems at the center, where as many as one-fourth of our injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are treated. The halls are swarming with the wounded and their families. Residential facilities for recuperating soldiers and their spouses have a long waiting list.
The Post reported that soldiers are housed in deteriorated conditions of mold, mice infestations, disrepair and inadequate facilities for amputees. Depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome are often overlooked. Nightmarish paperwork stymies even the most aggressive.
What I saw was not a lack of caring or quality medical care. But I found a soldier without his legs sent in four different directions for four forms over the course of a day. His exhausted wife, near tears, was pushing him in a wheelchair through ice.
I talked with a woman whose husband has been in and out of Walter Reed for nearly two years after losing his face in war. He sat calmly waiting for yet another surgery attempting to craft features such as a nose and a lip. His wife had nothing but praise for his plastic surgeons. But she said Walter Reed's bureaucratic morass is unbelievable.
I saw the family of a soldier whose helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. He has badly broken legs, a cracked pelvis, a broken jaw, a collapsed lung and a punctured eardrum. Six of his teammates hovered near him, caring for his family, who had flown across the country, including his wheelchair-bound father.
His fellow soldiers said he described the pain as "intolerable" after his first surgery, but that he was more concerned about the fate of his friends. Eight did not survive. Eager to help, one of his comrades went looking for a video-game console to give him something to do. "At least his hands are OK," he said.
There are many volunteers at Walter Reed. From Operation First Response to the Wounded Warrior Project, hundreds of people care. I saw one man wheeling a cart of new CD players and DVD players around the hospital. Volunteers say most soldiers and spouses are resilient, brave, cheerful, patriotic and optimistic.
In recent days, the commander at Walter Reed, Maj. Gen. George Weightman, and the Army's surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, have been all over TV, saying the problems at the facility are being fixed and that they are "extremely proud" of the work their staffs are doing.
But the point is that crumbling infrastructure, inhumane bureaucracy and inadequate treatment for mental disorders have been known about for years and have been permitted to continue.
The month before The Post's series ran, a conference on "quality of life" problems faced by soldiers, their families and civilian staff at Walter Reed found a long list of "issues." They included: inadequate convalescent-leave paperwork, resulting in soldiers not getting benefits to travel as scheduled; lack of direction for emergency family care; unequal benefits based on the locale where a soldier is injured and not on the extent of injuries; and no overall plan to help wounded warriors through their convalescence.
Other problems involved the lack of childcare, uniforms, military housing, parking, laundry facilities, recreational activities and cleanliness.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., defender of President Bush's strategy in Iraq, nonetheless has called former defense chief Donald Rumsfeld "one of the worst secretaries of defense in history." When Rumsfeld visited Walter Reed, did he never seek to find out what was really going on there? On Bush's trips there to shake hands with a few soldiers, wasn't he ever curious? When Rumsfeld and Bush were planning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, did they never think to determine how the wounded would be helped?
Did they not know that today's injured soldiers are dealing with far more horrific injuries than in the past because battlefield medicine keeps more of them alive?
Walter Reed is supposed to be shut down in 2011. But facilities to handle its patients have not been built, renovated or expanded. Funds may not be scarce for cool new weapons on the design board — even "Star Wars" missile-defense technology — but they are exceedingly scarce for real soldiers.
If the Army is broken, as many believe, Rumsfeld and Bush broke it. And fixing it is proving more difficult than fixing the courageous soldiers the administration sent to war and who returned home broken.
(Scripps Howard columnist Ann McFeatters has covered the White House and national politics since 1986. E-mail amcfeatters(at)hotmail.com. For more stories visit scrippsnews.com.)
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This is truly horrendous beyond words. People getting all messed up just so Bush and Cheney and the rest of the neocons can do their evilness routine.
When will this country and its congress wake up and impeach that son of a bitch fuck head (george w bush) and his idiot cohart cheney. He is nothing but a criminal. Cheney has made several comments about Iran over the last several days, no surprise what will happen soon. People these men are evil uncarring bastards, so nothing should shock us as we read article after article of the hell this monster has caused and continues to do so. This country is now only a shadow of its former self. I truely believe that only God can help us now. God bless you all for seeing the truth. Pleas excuse my language, I am just angry and need to vent. All those innocent lives murdered on BOTH sides.
I read this article and these comments and then I see Bush making his big speal about how he was gonna make sure our troops in Iraq would have the best equipment and best of everything. He was putting on his best bleeding heart act as if he really had sincere feelings for those soldiers. He was just lying as usual. What an asshole. He couldn't care less about those who he puts in harms way. He is like a snake in a wagon wheel rut. About as low as he can get
Ray, he doesn't give a dang about anyone making less than $10,000,000 per year. The rest, are but mere slaves and suckers to him. He sleeps good at night, too.
Yet another case of what goes on behind the scenes. Hawks of both parties love to have a war so they can cheer the folks in uniform and have those oh-so-necessary photo shoots. But when it comes to the necessary details like insuring veterans get the care they so justly deserve, those same glad-handing politicians are nowhere to be found!
Why is the most impeachable President in history NOT getting impeached?
The Democrats claim it would just take too much time and effort. They just want to weaken him until the end of his term. Can you imagine the damage this administration could do when becoming a weakened caged animal for almost 2 years?
From what I remember, it only took a week to impeach Clinton, and the whole Richard Nixon debacle only lasted a couple of months from start to finish.
Need to add, since the Dems have only a single vote majority in the Senate, it would be difficult to go through with. Those a-holes in the Senate like Mitch McConnell would do ANYTHING to protect their robot leader. Then Lieberman would switch parties (or not; doesn't matter) and torpedo the vote.
The HOUSE would be a piece of cake.
This whole thing is a perfect example of why JFK, Martin Luther, RFK, John Lenon were gunned down, but this nazi leader we have now hasn't even had any attempt made against him. Strange that the most hated man in the wold walks around with no worry, when the most respected do-gooders got wasted by some mind controlled patsy that never tried to get away. It is very plain to see who has been killing the good guys, is it not? One in a 100 would likely take a shot at GW but one in ten million would have never wished harm on those fallen. Obviously the turd at the top has no worry about tomarrow. Its the ones like him who deal the death sentence.
Ladies and Gentlemen, fear is a powerful weapon and the Reich effectively utilizes it. The real reason for the wiretaps and spying on Americans is likely to be for ferreting out assassination plots against the head of the beast, not looking for terror plots. Sound far-fetched? Maybe, but, I have my suspicions. The state of current affairs in America in the 21st century almost mirrors that in Nazi Germany in WWII; Hitler had the Reichstag fire and the 'Enabling Act', Bush has 9-11 and the 'Patriot Act'. Do the math folks, it's getting mighty interesting out there.
No its not far fetched, it is exactly what is happening. The patriot act, the military commissions act, are all about establishing centralized control. The neocon mentality is centered on one common theme and that is dictatorship. Featuring "The Decider". Who, in his all mighty position takes it upon himself to vindictively remove your right to privacy, free speech,habeous corpus, speedy trial, even a phone call after violating illegal search and siezure laws. He can, at his whim, order soldiers to occupy our homes and conduct police business under martial law. KBR building or remodling existing structures into human detention centers all over the country. He will soon be forcing mandatory nation ID micro chip RF implant for everyone, thats if you want to drive a car or buy any goods or get on a plane. In other words, we'll be forced to take the mark or be unable to function in the society. The beast you know is the new babylon, amerika. Yep Jennifer D, yer suspicions are dead on the money. Don't be surprised if the couple months brings an event that will be the excuse to bomb Iran. Bu$$co is desparate under pressure to withdraw and he's running out of time to make his life goal of starting WW111. Three battle groups in the gulf is not for a bluff. We don't need to bluff anyone, all the world knows that a madman is on the loose with the biggest gun in the world. He fully intends to use that nuclear toy on Tehran. Cheney mentions it almost dailey now, that all options are on the table now. If youall got some things to do, I'd suggest ya getter done soon. The really ugly thing is that americans are walking right into the lions mouth asleep in bananaland, like under some spell that removes all intelligent thought, replaced with sawdust or fantasy dreams of "our government would'nt do that". Hey, wanna buy a bridge? Our great leaders participated in orchastrating 911 simply to instill fear so americans would do exactly what the germans did when Hitler burned the Riechstad, Give up thier freedoms and privacy in the name of war on terror. When all the sheeples who scoff and call others conspiracy whakos realize they were had, it will be way too late. You will either be with them, or you'll be the enemy. And now they can torture you and if you die, tough shit you terrorist!
Welcome to Amerika Land of the Slaves.
See how the elites are getting more and the sheeples are getting the shaft? Even our soldiers, who WE MUST SUPPORT are getting the shaft. I'll support em, bring them the hell home and go fight your own friggin battles, GEORGE!
I am of two minds about this. And they aren't contradictory. First, I am outraged that those disabled vets, doing the will of the government who sent them in harm's way, are not getting appropriate care and made to suffer even more from the bureaocracy. Our government owes them so much more.
But, they also volunteered and most of them still support the "mission", at least if they are willing to comment. So, I don't feel sorry for their condition, only that it isn't being properly treated.
Another poster wondered why there have been no assassination attempts on Bush/Cheney. Have you been to D.C.? There are black helicopters flying over the WH, black snipers with guns on rooftops on the WH and surrounding buildings. You think they are there to protect the pres. from terrorists? I think not. Methinks it's to protect him from the citizens of this country and others around the world who hate what has happened to the U.S. on his watch and see no end other than impeachment or assassination.
Supporting our troops means more that placing obtuse slogans on your SUV. It means either donating money or your time. Bush could give a damn about out troops just as you fools who ride around with your stupid slogans on your cars and neither donate time or money could care less. How many of you have taken any real action to support out troops. You are all a bunch of phony bastards. Our brave young troops deserve much more than trite slogans put on your cars. It doesn't make you patriotic just jerks who don't know the meaning of patriotism. The hell with you all. How many of you have been willing to die for your Country. I bet none of you with these insipid stickers on your cars. How many of you ducked the Vietnam War? I bet the majority. Real patriots don't rely on posting slogans on their cars, they take action. Volunteer for service or get rid of your ridiculous stickers and join in ending this war now.
When JFK was hit, his security team had been sent on some other assignment. The similar thing happened at more than just one or two events. It's not coincedence that these breakdowns in security seem to happen when in reality, it would be the most improbable result simply because the focus of protecting the pres, or the pentagon, or DC is priority. Not something that just happens to malfunction. That is fantasy. So when you see no body guards hanging close to a leader, he is likely a target. But I also find it amazing that all ATF People just happened to be out of thier office when the Murray Building was bombed. And Bomb Squads were near by. Like FEMA arriving at the WTC the day before the attacks to train for airplanes hitting buildings. How the air force was sent in all directions for training drills ( so they say ) and were so inept to leave ungarded airspace over Washington DC and the Pentagon? Give me a break. If NORAD was under Cheney's command, you can only imagine what mr evil was up to. The evidence, the truth, the scam, is so visible. All needed is to open thyne eyes and see. Understand that good principals, honor to country, honest leaders, are not being applied by this administration R's and D's alike. The biggest secrets the world has been denied are soon to be told. This will happen soon because the world is reaching critical mass very quickly in many ways, so events will gain pace ever increasing. It is coming to a break point where something must give, kinda like revelations fortells. Beasts, famine, fire, stuff like whats going on in Palastine, Lebonon, and Iraq. Oh, almost forgot Afganastan. The big show is coming soon. Wake up peoples. See. awaken that logic chip and use it. A duck will walk like a duck, so it has to be a duck. A Politician will walk like a man so he must be a man? Then why do they not look like a Rat. If it looks like a Rat but walks like a Man, is it then Lieberman? I think it so.
…"but this nazi leader we have now hasn't even had any attempt made against him".
Actually, quite a few various fruits & vegetables were hurled onto his limousine during his 2001 inaugural parade. That's the closest that I know of! (footage of this event was shown in the movie Fahrenheit 911)
The decider is just a poppet being run by the NEW WORLD ORDER.
Yep the shit will hit the fan very soon.
And theres' more of us then there are of them.
The bastards are a little afraid to make there move because of all the gun owners.
Getting back on track the stories remind me of the movie Born on the 4th of July.
Interesting that in Illinois (where I lived last year) the Democratic challenger for Henry Hyde's old seat in NW suburban Chicago, Tammy Duckworth, ran for office mostly because of problems she saw in veteran's medical care, and lost.
She was a veteran of the Iraq war who lost her legs when the helicopter she was in was shot down.
Due to questionable medical care she saw in the VA medical system and bad/indifferent treatment she got from a U.S. Congressional committee she testified in front of (she was testifying in support of more funding for veterans that lose limbs, prostheses), she decided to run for office herself to get the job done. I heard her explain that numerous times on the radio and TV. When she testified to Congress, one or more Republicans on the committee told her what she was "going to say", a weaker stand than she had. She refused to go along with it. So during her testimony, the Committee treated her with disrespect and questioned her motives, etc. She found out that even though they "ACTED" like they were going to add more funding for veterans' prostheses/treatment they actually CUT funding in secret later.
A right-winger I worked with up there (that listens to Rush Limbaugh EVERY day while at work (yep, unproductive)) was told by Rush that SHE WAS A DANG LIB'RAL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND HAD TO BE DEFEATED. All the Limbots were in line. You should have seen all the horrible negative ads about her on TV in the Chicago area during the election cycle. One after another. Just awful, dire, depressing, grotesque ads (with unflattering photos). She lost the election. (now I realize there was some question as to where she lived in Hoffman Estates, etc., but I'm staying on message)
After the election (she lost) I was out to lunch with the Limbots from work. They were mortified for weeks after the election; their a$$es were handed to them; good thing rest of us didn't rub it in; kept it cool. At this particular lunch, Supreme Limbot brought up he was SO GLAD that THAT TAMMY DUCKWORTH DIDN'T WIN. I calmly asked him "what was so wrong with Tammy Duckworth, anyway?". He just got quiet, changed the subject, and never brought it up again. HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW!
My point is, THE LIMBOTS will do anything for their master, even if veterans are being denied medical care. They claim to be so "patriotic" and "support the troops" but don't think for themselves when it comes to action.
I can't wait to hear the spin from the White House on this one. They'll question the PATRIOTISM of all their critics again, and deny any culpability or reality. No accountability.
I am NOT a Democrat, nor a registered Illinois voter, so I have no links to Duckworth (pre-empting the Limbot attack). I'm just telling what I saw and heard with my own eyes and ears.
Just another example of Rummy's "war on the cheap." With the advances in medical technology, many soldiers who would have previously died on the "battlefield" are now saved, only to be sent home for reconstructive surgeries and other treatments. If only they had the decency to die like they were supposed to, the government wouldn't have found themselves in an embarassing situation such as this. If BUSHCO could only figure out a way to privatize their treatment and generate profits for their cronies, this wouldn't be frontpage news.
Let's put an end to this travesty now. The final answer isn't better facilities for the crippled, maimed, and brain damaged, but to get the troops out of the middle of yet another middle eastern civil war.
Same Old, Same Old, only perhaps a bit worse. I am an 85 Yr. Old WWII Vet. who lost hearing in both ears due to infection from the vacinations, perhaps a defect or mercury in one or more of them, but the results cost me both ear drums and the middle ear bones, enough bone in the right side one that they had to use skin from my right arm to grow in the area to protect my brain. A ruling of 40% for the loss on each ear was then combined bringing 80% down to 50%. So go figure. The VA is still just as bad. Have to drive or ride a bus 25 Miles to have a dumb ass Supposed to be Dr. tell me, since that day very little infection showed up in the worst ear, that I didn't need any ear meds. Keep cotten in it so the wind and infection causing air born virus don't get in. Ha. I would have to stop breathing to keep air born infection out due to MAN having a EUSATION tube connection to the area of the middle ear from the back of the Nasal cavity and sure enough within about a week I had it. A later visit did get me the ear Meds. needed to care for it but I had to fuss to get the later visit and the trouble to go for it. Like I said Same Old, Same Old. I could cry for these at DC now.
Mike Barnicle said yesterday on Hardball that this mess is a result of not having a complete plan from the White House when we entered this war in Iraq. No one thought there would be casualties or the number of disabled vets coming home. There were no plans made to increase the services for our own troops.
The Congress also never gave any thought to what we were to do with our injured vets. Where the hell were McCain and Lieberman when our boys came home in pieces? They seem determined to expland the war all over the Middle East without any discussion of how we are to take care of our heroes.
I'm worried that Bush and the neoconservatives like Lieberman and McCain will not stop until 3,000 more of our troops are to be buried. Our men are not equipped to win and apparently not fully equipped to even survive.
Our Constitution gives the Congress authority to declare war and to stop it if necessary. Why don't they?
Same Old, Same Old, only perhaps a bit worse. I am an 85 Yr. Old WWII Vet. who lost hearing in both ears due to infection from the vacinations, perhaps a defect or mercury in one or more of them, but the results cost me both ear drums and the middle ear bones, enough bone in the right side one that they had to use skin from my right arm to grow in the area to protect my brain. A ruling of 40% for the loss on each ear was then combined bringing 80% down to 50%. So go figure. The VA is still just as bad. Have to drive or ride a bus 25 Miles to have a dumb ass Supposed to be Dr. tell me, since that day very little infection showed up in the worst ear, that I didn't need any ear meds. Keep cotten in it so the wind and infection causing air born virus don't get in. Ha. I would have to stop breathing to keep air born infection out due to MAN having a EUSATION tube connection to the area of the middle ear from the back of the Nasal cavity and sure enough within about a week I had it. A later visit did get me the ear Meds. needed to care for it but I had to fuss to get the later visit and the trouble to go for it. Like I said Same Old, Same Old. I could cry for these at DC.
So now I know what happened when MAJ Duckworth ran for office! I'm a war vet myself, but, fortunate not to be a seriously disabled one. Now I know what I'm going to be up against when I retire this year and make my bid for public office. Unreal how some folks lack the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing; especially if it goes against what 'the master' says. In doing that, they've sacrificed their self-respect and moral conscience. Time for the patriots (the real ones, not the brainwashed ones) to take charge.
Being the widow of a 100% disabled vietnam war vet who passed away in 1998 and had been subjected to the VA hospital morass of paperwork, long lines, lack of services, crumbling buildings etc., in West Haven, CT VA hospital while he was alive, am not at all surprised but what I've read here.
My late husband had a severe heart condition due to improper radiation treatment given him by Army doctors in the 60's and 70's. He was routinely subjected to standing in long, long lines for hours with other disabled vets for check-ups at the VA hospital in order to verify that he was still, in fact disabled. The man had less than 30% use of his heart! Walking across a 10 ft. room was a life or death proposition. When he could no longer stand, I took his place in line. Moments later, his medical files (more than 6″ thick w/28+ years of history which we were made to walk from one end of the complex to the other to get, was ripped from my hands by a VA worker who screamed at me that I should not have the file (even though we were instructed to go get it on the other side of the complex) and that I could not stand in line for my husband.
Before I could respond, she had walked away.
Most of the personnel I have encountered who work for the VA are kind, considerate, hardworking and will do all that they can to help the veterans. The facilities, conditions and red tape paperwork is what's wrong with the picture – along with the occassional worker who feels it is her/his right to bully those who served there country, are disabled because of it and unable to defend themselves.
I am getting so tired of the "The great Ronny fixed it, evil Bill broke it again" crowd. So, will we continue to tolerate anything that "our guys" do, or frame this as a common sense issue that the most jaded of them will accept? I really am getting tired of it.
After the initial treatment at Walter Reed veterans should be able to get all the medical attention they need close to home. If we had a universal healthcare system that would be possible.
The problems we see now are not new it seems to happen in every war we get involved in.
Will anyone be held accountable? I don't think so, maybe some little


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Charles Byrnes has ruled out bringing Solwhit back in the spring and is looking forward to next season with his champion staying hurdler.
The winner of last season's Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham was forced to miss his intended first run of the winter at Leopardstown over Christmas due to a fetlock injury.
Cheltenham in March was deemed off the radar earlier this month, but while the injury is not serious, Byrnes is resisting the temptation to get the eight-times Grade One winner ready for Aintree or Punchestown.
"He's fine, but I'd say we have no plans really to run again him this season. We'll save him for next year," said the County Limerick trainer.
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Brian Kearns, president, Laborinc.ca, announced the opening of a new Canadian installation and dismantling company, specializing in tradeshow and architectural millwork installations.
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Global Experience Specialists (GES), a global full service provider for live events, announced that its widely popular annual Trend Tracker (TT) report has expanded into a movement and marketers are invited to participate.
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Mario Batali Joins Anthony Bourdain and Tom Colicchio as a Simpsons Character
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First, we told you abour Anthony Bourdain and Tom Colicchio guest starring on the Season Premiere this Sunday, September 25th.
Now, we found out that Mario Batali is getting the same cartoon treatment. The Batali announcement was leaked out the same way as the Anthony Bourdain information - Simpsons Executive Producer Matt Selman sent out a Tweet!
We can't wait to see how this season turns out....we're predicting (hoping) a Paula Deen/Anthony Bourdain death match with the loser being force-fed Krispy Kreme Donuts or Pho (depending on the victor, of course).
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Mar 05 2009
For months the crows have been loud and obnoxious while red-tailed hawks have been present but not particularly noticeable. This month they switch roles. It's courtship time.
Birds have many courtship rituals. Some species sing, some dance, some display their feathers and some display their flying skills. Prairie-nesting songbirds, such as bobolinks, sing while hovering above their territory. Hawks and falcons soar and chase in powerful flight displays.
That's why we're seeing a lot of red-tailed hawks lately. In winter they don't care to be noticed but now they're conspicuous, soaring to claim their territories and court their mates.
Red-tails' courtship and territory displays are very similar. You may see a pair soaring together, then one drops his legs to show his talons. Sometimes one of the pair performs an undulating flight like a woodpecker, repeatedly diving down with wings closed, then flying up. You know the pair is courting if the two stay together when the flight is over instead of one leaving in a rush.
Merely flying is not enough for red-tailed hawks. At this time of year they scream to attract attention. Their sound is so blood-curdling that foley editors sometimes use it – incorrectly! – as the voice of the bald eagle on videos. This bad coupling of sound to picture drives me nuts.
When hawks and falcons are a mated pair, they soar together. Red-tail pairs wheel in the same patch of sky, peregrines fly a powerful ballet. In both cases one of the pair will often fold its wings and make a beeline for the nest area. The other mate usually follows to continue courting there. Peregrines then bow at the nest; red-tailed hawks often mate there.
Meanwhile the crows go silent. It's hard to believe but there will be a day when you just won't notice crows any more. As soon as they nest they become very secretive, switching from obnoxious to oblique behavior. You will see them but you won't hear them.
Will you notice when the crows change their ways? It usually takes me a while. Noticing an absence is a lot harder than noticing an arrival.
(photo by Chuck Tague)
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# Carlaon 05 Mar 2009 at 4:30 pm
The gulls are back at the Northern Lights shopping center in Baden, PA. I thought I read an article about where they come from and why the show up there just about every year. Was it on your site?
# Kate St. Johnon 05 Mar 2009 at 4:51 pm
Though I've mentioned gull migration in my January & February phenology blogs they were only one-liners. Perhaps you saw it on Chuck Tague's blog? If you find the spot, let me know. I'm interested too.
# Cory DeSteinon 28 Mar 2009 at 7:53 pm
My little list in my head of red tailed hawk nests is up to 5 local red tailed hawk nests, sadly 2 from last year were cut down….One near the Allegheny County Airport the other in Castle Shannon…..Its a shame for those 2 but the other 5(especially the two above Rt. 28 are thriving!!!) And I was suprised two years ago to discover the nest above 367 at the Edgewood Swissvale Exit!!
# Tracion 20 May 2009 at 10:06 am
Kate –
This morning I was walking on Stanton Avenue, which runs along the Allegheny Cemetary border. I always look for Hawks and generally see one high, high up, circling. But today, I saw a huge bird, with a white head and sort of non-descript brownish body flying very low, over the houses toward the Shop and Save on Butler.It was gliding, slowly. I normally carry my camera but didn't have it.
What do you think it was? It seemed too big to be a hawk and it was flying so low I could see it's legs and talons!! Was it some sort of vulture?
I'm going to carry my camera the rest of the week, in the hopes I see it again.
# Kate St. Johnon 20 May 2009 at 10:14 am
hmmm.. What color was its tail?
# Tracion 20 May 2009 at 10:53 am
The sun was glaring and the bird was right in that glare – so the body seemed pretty non-descript! A brownish…in my mind's eye right now I want to say I saw some black on the tail? I remember the head was white or paler than the body and I thought, "That can not be an eagle." It's feet were bright in comparison…the talon part.
I'm going to carry the old digital and hope I see it again. I have never seen a hawk fly that low and it was a big bird. The cemetary hosts lots of deer and geese, racoon, possum…could it have been some sort of vulture? Curiosity is going to drive me crazy!!
# Kate St. Johnon 20 May 2009 at 10:59 am
I can't tell. I hope you get a picture.
# Tracion 21 May 2009 at 12:25 pm
No luck this morning – but I did find a small fledgling of a bird (which turned out to be a Starling) during my walk. His belly looked like he'd been drug under a car I couldn't find a nest (he was on the sidewalk of Stanton) and his belly was a mass of red encrusted something…so I carried him the mile home. I'm shocked he didn't die from the stress.
I took him to the Wildlife Center where they identified him as Starling (and another person arrived with another one!!). The woman there said she thought the bird's head, I saw, only appeared white because I was looking up under it. She said Redtailed Hawk were common in this area (Lawrenceville/Verona) – so maybe that was it. I hope to see it again one day.


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View of Lake Pepin is worth a million bucks
LAKE CITY -- It costs about $15 to pitch a tent at Hok-Si-La park.
At that rate, Steve Prigge figures he's gotten his money's worth, considering the park's stunning campsite views of Lake Pepin.
For 34 years, the Winona man and a group of relatives and friends have congregated at the same campsite each Memorial Day weekend.
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