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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has championed cost-cutting during his administration, and rejected federal efforts to advance high speed rail in the Sunshine State. But Scott has allowed SunRail regional rail service to advance in the Orlando metropolitan area, and now seems willing to assist Fort Lauderdale's efforts to establish streetcar service.
Figures released Friday by the Surface Transportation Board show Class I railroads employed 162,043 people in mid-January 2013, up 1.2% from December 2012, though down 0.37%, or 609 employees, from December 2012.
ABB said Friday it has received a contract from Toronto-based electrical contractor Ozz Electric, Inc. to supply and commission rail traction power equipment for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
Carloads of crude oil on U.S. Class I railroads set a record in 2012, up 256% from crude carloads in 2011, modestly helping to offset declines in other freight carload categories last year, according to results released by the Association of American Railroads Thursday. Crude oil in 2012 represented 0.8% of all U.S. Class I rail carloads, up from 0.2% in 2011. AAR reports crude-only carloading data on a quarterly basis.
Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation said Thursday New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has signed an agreement to use GE's software applications for railroad transportation management and railcar repair and maintenance.
St. Charles, Mo.-based American Railcar Industries late Wednesday reported record fourth-quarter earnings of $24.4 million, up from $5.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Revenue for the quarter was $207.7 million, up 6% from revenue in the year-ago quarter and the highest since the third quarter of 2008, the company said.
Trinity Industries announced Wednesday that Rail Group orders for 5,620 new railcars during the fourth quarter pushed its backlog to 31,990 units valued at $3.7 billion. The Rail Group shipped 4,960 railcars during the fourth quarter and 19,360 during the full year.
MTA Metro-North Railroad could make access to Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station an official priority in its next five-year capital construction program to be released in 2014, despite decades of obstructions confronting the railroad.
FreightCar America, Inc. late Tuesday reported a net loss of $1 million, or 8 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $116.6 million in the fourth quarter, compared with net income of $8.5 million, or 71 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $187.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Wabtec Corp. said Tuesday record fourth-quarter earnings per diluted share of $1.34, 40% above EPS in the fourth quarter of 2011 and topping Wall Street analyst consensus estimates of $1.31. Sales also notched a record, at $610 million, just short of analyst estimates of $611 million, and driven by the company's Transit Group.
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Lexington, Mass.-based RailRunner, N.A., Inc. said Tuesday Wolfgang Graff, vice president and chief operating and technology officer, will return to Germany next month to oversee European responsibilities for the company.
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Sharp rise in spending on A&E locum doctors
Spending on locum doctors to plug the gaps in A&E units in England has risen by 60% in three years, figures show.
The data obtained by Labour under the Freedom of Information Act showed £83.3m was spent last year, up from £52m in 2009-10.
Employing locum doctors can cost £1,500 a shift, four times as much as filling a shift with permanent staff.
A government spokeswoman said retaining A&E doctors was a long-standing problem in the NHS.
It may look like a bit of a blame game.
Labour point their finger at the Tories for taking their eye off the ball over A&E because they were too obsessed with their plans for NHS re-organisation.
The Coalition blame Labour for ignoring warnings over staffing levels in A&E first raised in 2004.
And yet, away from the argy bargy both sides agree there is perhaps a less partisan explanation for many of the difficulties in A&E.
It's just an incredibly difficult and stressful place to work.
In other words many young doctors are choosing to work elsewhere in the NHS to avoid the pressures and demands of A and E.
So why this political bust up? Well because when it comes to the NHS - it is such a key issue for voters - any difficulty is always destined to turn into a bout of political fisticuffs.
Labour received data from 108 trusts - three-quarters of the ones that run A&E units.
It covered all grades of doctors and suggested these temporary staff were now being employed for nearly one in 10 consultant shifts and up to one in six for more junior posts.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said the rise in spending was linked to the "disastrous" reorganisation of the NHS carried out by the Coalition government.
"This government is guilty of gross mismanagement of the NHS.
"They are paying more for an A&E service which is getting worse by the week," he said.
Dr Cliff Mann, of the College of Emergency Medicine, said: "This sort of spending is very unwise.
"It is not an efficient way of spending NHS money and can be damaging for morale when doctors work alongside other, sometimes less qualified doctors, who are earning much more.
"But this has really been building for the past decade. There has been a lack of job planning and it is now very hard to attract doctors to this speciality."
Flexible workingResearch by the college has suggested half of trainee posts are going unfilled.
It believes the unsocial hours and pressures on A&E departments have made it less attractive than other areas of medicine.
The college has recently worked with Health Education England to draw up plans to tackle the problem, including more flexible working patterns, extra holidays and more training opportunities.
Conservative MP Dr Dan Poulter, a health minister who works part-time as a doctor, said: "There has been for many years a problem.
"It was first flagged up in 2004 under the previous government about recruiting doctors into A&E and it takes six years to train A&E doctors, so this well pre-dates the current government."
He said is it was important that improving the work-life balance of A&E doctors was part of the the government's plans when re-negotiating its contract with doctors.


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I have inputs that are text logs and I wrote a Cassandra OutputFormat, the reducers read the old values from their respective column families, increment the counts and write back the new values. Since all of the writes are done by the hadoop jobs and we're not running multiple jobs concurrently, the writes aren't clobbering any values except the ones from the prior hadoop run. If/when atomic increments are available, we'd be able to run concurrent log processing jobs for but for now, this seems to work. I think the biggest risk is that a reduce task fails, hadoop restarts it and the replacement task re-increments the values. We're going to wait and see to determine how much of a problem this is in practice.
I have a situation where I need to accumulate values in Cassandra on an ongoing basis. ĀAtomic increments are still in the works apparently (seeĀhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-721) so for the time being I'll be using Hadoop, and attempting to feed in both the existing values and the new values to a M/R process where they can be combined together and written back out to Cassandra.The approach I'm taking is to use Hadoop's CombineFileInputFormat to blend the existing data (using Cassandra's ColumnFamilyInputFormat) with the newly incoming data (using something like Hadoop's SequenceFileInputFormat).I was just wondering, has anyone here tried this, and were there issues? ĀI'm worried because theĀCombineFileInputFormat has restrictions around splits being from different pools so I don't know how this will play out with data from both Cassandra and HDFS. ĀThe other option, I suppose, is to use a separate M/R process to replicate the data onto HDFS first, but I'd rather avoid the extra step and duplication of storage.Also, if you've tackled a similar situation in the past using a different approach, I'd be keen to hear about it...ThanksMark


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WASHINGTON – City living has been a blessing for Tim Nelson.
The Phoenix lawyer moved downtown a few months ago into a new $389,000 townhouse with a warehouse-style floor plan, a Jacuzzi tub and kitchen counters made of Caesarstone quartz. His favorite coffee spot is three blocks away. When the Arizona Diamondbacks play Friday nights, he can watch postgame fireworks from his deck.
"I like the views," said Nelson, 50. "My commute is almost nonexistent."
Nelson has plenty of company.
Americans increasingly say they prefer to live near the centers of cities and towns, where commutes are typically shorter and culture, restaurants and entertainment close by. It marks a shift away from the yearning for open suburban space that drove U.S. home construction for decades.
But it carries a costly trade-off: Land in many cities has surged in price. And fewer Americans can now afford newly built homes in the walkable neighborhoods they desire.
The average price of a newly built home nationwide has reached $320,100 – a 20.5 percent jump since 2012 began. That puts a typical new home out of reach for two-thirds of Americans, according to government data. Yet many builders have made a calculated bet: Better to sell fewer new homes at higher prices than build more and charge less.
Their calculation is partly a consequence of the growing wealth gap in the United States. Average inflation-adjusted income has declined by 9 percent for the bottom 40 percent of households since 2007, while incomes for the top 5 percent exceed where they were when the recession began that year, according to the Census Bureau.
The high prices and sparse construction are no help for a still-subpar U.S. economy. The economy remains 1.49 million construction jobs shy of its total in December 2007, when the Great Recession began.
Polls show that more Americans want out of long commutes. Stuck with pay that's barely budging, many face a tough choice: Keep renting. Pile up huge mortgage debt to buy a home near their job. Or buy a cheaper home that requires a lengthy commute. "Middle-class Americans are squeezed out," said John McIlwain, of the Urban Land Institute.
About 40 percent of Americans still live in a suburb "where most people drive to most places," according to a new poll by the American Planning Association, a trade group for community planners. But just 7 percent say they hope to stay in car-dominated neighborhoods.


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Melbourne airport blackout grounds some flights
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Melbourne Airport has suffered a blackout, grounding some flights and bringing customs processing to a standstill.
The airport grounded some flights from its three terminals when the outage hit at 9.20am (AEDT) on Wednesday, and while power is progressively being restored, it's unclear when operations will return to normal, an airport spokeswoman says.
"People should expect some delays because we are holding all flights across the board," she said.
It was not clear what caused the blackout, the spokeswoman said.
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A Qantas spokeswoman said the carrier's passengers have not been affected.
Virgin Australia tweeted that it was recommencing flights and there would be some delays.
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Customs Australia says a "complete power outage" has plunged its processing centre into darkness and left passengers stranded.
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Waiver lifted for road salt drivers
HARRISBURG — As another storm is threatening the state, PennDOT accelerated deliveries of road salt this week. At the direction of Governor Corbett, a temporary waiver has been extended on certain restrictions on commercial drivers to allow for continued smooth delivery of road salt supplies.
"Though we are entering March, the forecasts call for more winter weather and extending the waiver for drivers of salt trucks will help us overcome the challenges a huge surge in salt demand has placed on the delivery systems," said PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch.
The waiver extends the limits on hours of service for salt delivery drivers. Drivers usually must take a mandatory rest period after 11 hours behind the wheel — they now have 14 hours. The waiver has now been extended through March 31.
This week PennDOT sent 60 dump trucks to pick up 20,000 tons from a vendor in Delaware to be taken to the Philadelphia, Allentown and Harrisburg regions. The round-the-clock deliveries were expected to be completed Saturday. (Codi Jade/AP)
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NEW YORK ( ETF Expert) -- What happened to the benefit of diversifying across different types of assets? Shouldn't it be beneficial to own a mix of foreign stocks, U.S. stocks, foreign bonds, U.S. bonds and commodities (e.g., gold, oil, etc.)?
Here's a quick look at what has transpired over the last three months:
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U.S. Stocks via S&P 500 SPDR Trust (SPY) | 2.4% | |||||
Europe/Far East Stocks via iShares MSCI EAFE (EAFE) | -2.8% | |||||
U.S. Bonds via Vanguard Total Bond (BND) | -3.1% | |||||
Foreign Bonds via Powershares Int'l Corporate (PICB) | -4.3% | |||||
Commodities via PowerShares DB Commodity (DBC) | -8.0% | |||||
Emerging Market Stocks via iShares MSCI Emerging (EEM) | -10.0% | |||||
The current pattern brings into question traditional investing principles like diversification. The greater the exposure to U.S. common stocks alone, the more an investor has prospered. Meanwhile, every other asset grouping has dragged on overall performance.
Granted, three months does not establish a pattern. On the other hand, non-U.S. equity underperformance can be traced back to eurozone collapse fears in 2010. Many will remember that U.S. stocks fared far worse than foreign developed stocks or emerging market stocks in the previous decade. The massive amount of money printing and subsequent rate manipulation by the U.S. Federal Reserve in the current decade, however, has created a certain level of euphoria for U.S. stocks, U.S., bonds and domestic real estate.
Nowhere is the trend more disappointing than with emerging market equities. Specifically, an exceptionally low annual correlation between SPY and EEM (0.2) is supposed to be the "money-making" free lunch that helps you sleep better at night. In the case of the MSCI Emerging Market Index tracker, though, ownership has been an intermediate-term exercise in dissatisfaction; lately, EEM has not been a safer haven nor an alternative pathway to gains. Obviously, the buy-n-hold advocate would address 10-year time horizons for an asset with a current price-to-earnings ratio of 10. Yet, valuations for EEM have been attractive for years and it has traded at an unusually large discount to developed world stock ETFs for years as well. What's more, P/Es can always get cheaper. I would hardly consider myself bearish on emerging market equities. Yet there are plenty of macro-economic reasons to suspect that murkier depths may lie ahead. I would only wade into an emerging market ETF if the current price is holding above a 50-day moving average; I would employ a trailing stop-limit loss order for protection. At the moment, there are few emerging market investments that fit the bill. PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter China Portfolio (PGJ) could be a surprising winner. Its 50-day trendline remains above its 200-day trendline, suggesting that its uptrend is intact. Moreover, the fund has consistently hit "higher lows" over the last 12 months. If you're really adventurous, you could consider a trip that is further out on the frontier. Market Vectors Gulf States (MES) has quietly managed to hold onto an impressive year-long uptrend with its exposure to Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. With a 60% weighting to financial companies, there may be a sense that the banks in the region are "safer" than those in Europe. Indeed, some would maintain that investing in developed world funds representing Europe or Japan should be scarier. Yet, the markets have decided that extraordinary amounts of conventional and unconventional central bank stimulus act as a powerful backstop against flailing economies, teetering financial institutions and unsustainable debt loads. Someday, broad-based emerging market ETFs will win back the confidence of the global investment community. For the time being, though, it may be slim pickings. Follow @etfexpert This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Two online travel leaders, HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) and Expedia.com, today announced an agreement intended to expand online travel accommodation options by surfacing HomeAway vacation rental properties on Expedia.com. The pilot – expected to launch early next year – will include properties throughout the U.S. and Mexico, and expands upon the current relationship with BedandBreakfast.com also operated by HomeAway.
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You know we have this thread here that shows who was work(ed)out, who was interviewed, who visited... http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/showthread.php?t=79351&page=7 Senechal/ sebman & others have done a great job keeping it up to date. Do you have any new news? Links?
Not sure any of those would warrant a 7th pick...I do like Cherilus but think if he's drafted it will be later in the first round OR teh second round...Hawkins also is a soilid pick..but later in teh draft NOT at one. I like Avril more than Mayo..both more 3nd round picks than first...would be VERY surprised if Mayo was grabbed at 7....Like Flowers and Jackson more than Scandrick...but I think many are possible later in the draft..Of the 3 I think Jackson would be a good fit...
I didn't say they'd draft any of them at #7 or even in the first round. They may trade down or they may draft some later, or not at all. Just in general, they're interested in those guys. AS well as others.
A guy I think everyone is overlooking is Jarod Mayo. SEC player, great size, speed, and very physical. Most likely a little early for him at #7 but he would be a great grab after a move back in the 9-14 range and is actually my pick for the Patriots in the first round. Check out this highlight clip (yes I realize its highlights) but pay attention to the LSU game about 2/3 of the way through in which he completely dominates. Ugh can't paste links due to insufficient post count. But go to youtube and search Tennessee Volunteer Jerod Mayo- its a seven minute clip.


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The reconstructed face of Simon of Sudbury. Courtesy of Adrienne Barker.
The face of a 14th-century former Archbishop of Canterbury has been revealed 630 years after he was beheaded by angry peasants.
Resembling a character out of a science fiction movie, the medieval cleric Simon of Sudbury now stares at visitors in St. Gregory's Church at Sudbury in Suffolk, where the 3-D model is on permanent display alongside the original skull.
"There was a gasp when people saw what he looked like as his sculpture was unveiled. He was compared to characters such as Spock and Shrek, and some were surprised by the size of him. Indeed, he is quite a big guy," forensic artist Adrienne Barker from the University of Dundee told Discovery News.
Simon of Sudbury, who was Chancellor of Salisbury and Bishop of London before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury in 1375, crowned King Richard II at Westminster Abbey in 1377.
Named Lord Chancellor of England three years later, the mild and gentle archbishop soon became the target of the peasants' hatred.
Seen as responsible for introducing the third poll tax, Simon met a grisly end when insurgents stormed the Tower of London during the Peasants' Revolt, or the Great Rising of 1381. They dragged him from his chamber to Tower Hill, struck off his head and placed it on a spike on Tower Bridge.
It is believed that the gruesome trophy was spotted by a man from Sudbury, who grabbed it in the middle of the night and brought it back to his hometown in a barrel of brine.
While the archbishop's body was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, the head has been kept at St. Gregory's Church at Sudbury in Suffolk ever since.
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"The CT images showed evidence of only one blow, which would have cut through the neck tissue at least halfway and would have severed the cervical spinal nerve 4, causing respiratory arrest," Barker said.
"This is not to say that there weren't more blows; however these would have occurred to tissues we no longer had access to," she added.
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When shutting off the engine the cooling fan stays running. If this is not noticed it will run until the battery dies and then the vehicle will need jumped. As I was researching on the internet it looks like there are issues with relays in kia's from 2003 to 2006. This problem happens at least once a month sometimes more. This time the battery had to be disconnected to get the fan to shut off. . This is a safety issue that needs to be researched farther in regards to how often this happens. I have not taken my kia to a mechanic yet due to the fact it is very costly to track an electrical problem. This problem does not happen all the time but if you are unaware of this problem you may go to start your car and it does not run. There are a high and low fan on this kia. Both of the fans are running but the high fan is almost silent. If this problem has been going on for at least four years there should be some way to hold the manufacturer responsible. Thank you for your time. .
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Over the last 4 years I have replaced the battery 3 times. Each time, the car had been sitting for a day or 2 and when I attempted to use it, the car/battery was dead. I have seen on line that the tccu (transfer case control unit) is probably the culprit and it is almost impossible to identify because the computer will show no history of it. Evidently, on rare occasions the computer will begin running diagnostics on the tccu when the car is being shut off. The drain on the system is enough to wipe out the battery. I have contacted kia - they do not acknowledge the problem and all they want to do is run a diagnostics test which will tell them nothing and will cost me more money. The cost of a new tccu is about $1500, probably why kia has no interest in replacing it.
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BASEL, Switzerland and NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) inaugurated today the Translational and Clinical Research Center (TCRC) at the prestigious Alexandria Center for Life Science in Manhattan's East Side Medical Corridor by hosting New York officials and dignitaries as well as life science leaders from institutions across the U.S. The Roche TCRC is part of the Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) organization, and will serve as the hub for pRED activities in North America, underscoring the center's importance to pRED and Roche. The TCRC staff is comprised of some 250 highly experienced drug developers who are focused on early clinical development of Roche drug candidates. In addition to advancing Roche's existing portfolio, the TCRC experts will aim to access external innovation by identifying collaborations ranging from very early discovery platforms through advanced stage molecules. The Roche TCRC staff will officially move into the Alexandria Center for Life Science on January 2, 2014.
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quote:7. Rainier. This is on the sweet side of mediocre, but it's a bright, clean kind of sugar that tells soothing lies about freshness and purity.
quote:PBR and Corona are my two go-to beers when I'm just at a random bar drinking cheap.
quote:12. Coors Light. I would have this ranked way up the list. I haven't had it since college but I always thought it was nasty
quote:I wouldn't call Corona cheap while in a bar as it's often priced at a premium the same as most imports. PBR is usually priced at a discount compared to most.


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Shopping & Thrifting
Something Old, New, Borrowed, & Blue
Our office continues to creep towards the finish line (tortoise style) with the addition of an overhead light…
… and new desk chairs.
You might recognize the light because it's none other than the one we used to have hanging in our kitchen (loosely meeting both the "old" and "borrowed" criteria from this post's title). We loved the light itself, but mentioned a few times in the comments that after living with it for a little while, we weren't sure we loved it as much as we initially thought we would in the kitchen. So we figured we'd try it in the office.
The second it was up, we were sold. It feels polished and traditional to us, so it's a nice mix with the clean-lined furnishings and colorful art (the more modern counterparts of the room) and the paned bay window and thick crown molding (the other more traditional elements that are already present). Functionally speaking, it's nice and bright (it's a two-bulb fixture) and we're both soaking up the luxury of finally having a ceiling fixture to flick on when we enter the room. We've even talked about going to a glass place (or a lighting place) and having them cut a quatrefoil-shaped diffuser to fit it, so we'll keep you posted if we get around to that.
Of course now that we stole that light from the kitchen we just have a bare bulb dangling in there, but we're glad to have found our big quatrefoil shade a more permanent home.
Now for the chairs. Don't you remember them from our kitchen too?
Just kidding, they're new. And blue.
It all started when a reader named Sabrina tipped me off to a big sale going on at PB Teen and mentioned they had some pretty nice stuff. Lately I've noticed a bunch of designers using stuff from PB Teen in adult spaces. In other words, don't let the name scare you. Oh and check out PB Kids too (they have some gorgeous lights right now). In fact, Real Simple had an awesome living room a few months back and the thing I loved most and swore was probably super expensive ended up being like $150 at PB Teen.
But I digress. These chairs caught my eye the second I headed over to the site – especially because of the awesome button tufting and curved arms (traditional) and those sleek legs with wheels (the more modern counterpart). Although the light gray and teal one were completely charming, the navy one screamed my name the loudest (less worry about stains, and a nice dark/rich color to ground our light and airy office) so I showed John and held my breath. John is somewhat of a chair diva. He wanted our new office chairs to be adjustable (check), have arms (check), be on wheels (check), and not have a ton of cumbersome levers and handles under them (we looked at a lot of prior chair options looked like an oversized eight-armed spider lived under them). These actually checked all of his chair diva boxes. BIIIIIG SIGH. He was in.
Actually, I loved them enough to pull the trigger, but it wasn't until I called a local Pottery Barn store to check if we could return them there (instead of having to pay to ship them back if we didn't like them) that Practical John was completely with me on the whole "add to cart" step. They still weren't cheap, but we certainly appreciated that they were marked down by $50 each and their friends & family sale got us 20% off on top of that (we ended up saving $118 per chair).
We did that obligatory worrying thing until they arrived on our doorstep. Would they be comfy? Would they tilt at a weird angle? Would they feel scratchy? Would they come with a nicely labeled empty box in the packaging? Turns out they did.
The good news is that they're also comfy, they adjust so we both can have them at the height we like, the wheels glide like butter, and the sloped arms are really nice. You're probably wondering "how does it feel to breastfeed in this desk chair?" Well, I can tell you in all sincerity that it's quite cozy indeed.
The fabric feels almost identical to what's on the armchair in Teddy's room, which has lived through both food-related abuse (remember it was in the corner of our last house's kitchen by the fireplace for a few years?) and baby-related projectiles, so we have high hopes for their durability.
Our only slight surprise was that they looked a little less blue in real life to us (they're definitely navy, but the website photo looked almost cobalt, so we expected a little more intensity I think). But the art, the plant, and the items on the bookshelf in the office are pretty colorful, so we figure some handsome tufted navy chairs are nice classic "foundation" pieces to ground the room and balance out all the light/modern/happy stuff. Since they're not these super bright focal points we figure that frees us up to have fun with curtains or a rug in a bolder color or pattern if we want. So although they look a little whoa-those-are-dark-chairs-in-a-light-room now, I think they'll make more sense when we bring in those other items.
Maybe something like this? Depends on what we find. But this is a good example of how something that might look out of place in an unfinished room (the cream color of the light or the deep tone of the chairs) can sort of "gel" more as the room fills in (the tone of the light is also in the West Elm rug, and the dark curtain rod and bold curtains seem to balance out the deep color of the chairs).
So our few remaining items on the office list are those aforementioned window treatments and a rug along with getting a frame for Clara's monster and possibly adding that diffuser to the light along with a desk lamp or two and then we should be finished in here.
It's pretty exciting to be creeping towards a mostly-completed space since the only other rooms that are worthy of that description might be Teddy's room and Clara's room along with our sunroom-turned-veranda. The funny thing is that I'd bet the laundry room will be a pretty finished-looking space in a few more weeks, which is hilarious since it came out of nowhere while some other rooms we've been slowly upgrading for over a year still feel SO FAR from being done. Houses like to keep you on your toes like that I think.
Anniversary Art
As of Monday, John and I have been married for seven years. Or a hand and two fingers, as Clara likes to joke ("what's seven?… A HAND AND TWO FINGERS!" *maniacal laughter*).
As you can imagine, when you get married on 7/7/07, your seventh anniversary feels like a special one. The golden birthday of anniversaries, if you will. We went to Hawaii for our fifth anniversary, and have always thought we'd end up going somewhere awesome for our seventh (Australia is the ultimate dream – maybe for our tenth – but for lucky seven we were thinking about somewhere in the Caribbean). But as this summer approached we realized the last thing we wanted to do was load everyone up on an airplane. We're definitely still adjusting to life with two kids, so we decided to save some of our trip money for next year when we'll hopefully feel more settled/brave/wanderlusty, and we bought a painting with the rest of it.
At $850 it was a HUGE splurge for us, but we figured getting a painting that we both loved (of the beach no less) as an anniversary gift to ourselves was sort of a nod to taking a vacation without loading up the pack & play and pacing the aisle of the plane waiting for someone to fall asleep. And we hope to have it forever. Heck, maybe it'll hang on the walls of Clara's house someday.
It's a 30 x 30″ painting by Teil Duncan, whom we've been giant geeky fans of for a while. We resisted our initial instinct to get a smaller (less expensive) print, and decided that our first large original painting would be the best seventh anniversary present we could think of. And when it arrived, it was even more glorious in person than it was online. We had it up on the wall in about five minutes. Really, these photos can't capture half the magic of an in-person stare-session.
It looks great next to our blue front door, and it's one of those scenes that you can look at for hours.
Every time I walk by I notice something else. We even caught Clara admiring it ("I like that pink chair! We need a pink beach chair!") and Teddy's eyes catch it over my shoulder when I carry him up the stairs sometimes. Burger hasn't shown any interest yet, but there's still time…
The funny thing about hanging it in our foyer is that we realized we have two other paintings in there too.
Remember these smaller ones by our friend Lesli? They all have those soft blues and bright whites that make them feel related, but not too matchy. And they're all of things we love: the beach, John's Granny's house, and Burgdorf Goodman himself.
You might remember that we originally hung our Samantha French print in the hall next to the door, so we carried that into the office and held it up over the desk. We actually tried our anniversary painting there first, but ended up liking it better in the hall, so that switch was pretty simple to make. It's nice to have some art on that wall of the office too.
While hanging that over the desk, we realized we have a few more small paintings on the shelves in there (one of our last house, one of a pear that I found for $4 at an estate sale, one of two bees from Etsy). We always hoped to slowly amass some "real" art, so it's nice to realize that over time you can inch up the ol' collection, both with inexpensive finds and a splurge or two, and suddenly you have a hand and two fingers worth of it.
And of course we have all of Clara's creations on the cork board over her desk. Priceless.
I think no matter how easy you know nail holes are to spackle (so easy! we've done it a thousand times!) there's this instinct in a new house or a freshly painted room to hold off on hanging art for a while. I don't know what that phenomenon is (Nail Hole Neurosis?) but we definitely aren't immune. This is a very real issue people. Just kidding, but really, it took us TEN MONTHS to add some nail holes after painting our bedroom!
It's weird that we hold back on the whole art-hanging thing when we know how much it can take a room from house to home (our bedroom feels 100% more us than it did with blank walls). I'm certainly inspired to get some stuff hung in our upstairs hallway and a few other walls of our bedroom now. What the heck are we waiting for?
And to all of you other 7/7 anniversary peeps, hope it was a happy one!


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Alfred N'Diaye says he has joined Sunderland to score goals.
Alfred N'Diaye: "In one season I scored eight goals (for Bursaspor).
"In France I didn't score many because my team was set up differently, so I can do it.
"In Turkey we played good football and I had more opportunities to get forward, so I scored more.
"We played 4-2-3-1 and in my first year I played alongside a holding midfielder who was more defensive than me so I played box-to-box. Sometimes I'd hold, but sometimes I'd be able to get forward."
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Bit pricy. Too many wavesIn full: The price (profits) deters people from entering.Routes a bit dull, should include somewhere like Ecclesall Rd where there is more support and better scenery.I think there are too many waves with too much time between them. Are waves necessary? It feels as if there is more than one race going on – ending up with a series of small ones, rather than one big race.Do comments get passed onto the organisers?However, still enjoyable and something to look forward to.Date of review: September 11, 2008
In short: Good EventIn full: A bit warm in places but much easier (and faster) than 2005. Good to see extra drink stations.Hopefully, if the numbers increase could run on the road across the bridge.Date of review: June 27, 2006
In short: Mildly undulating. Situated in a housing estate but ok,Date of review: March 20, 2006
In short: A good run. Convenient changing facilities at sports centre (as long as not too crowded)Date of review: February 6, 2006
In short: Bridge only seems to be uphill - in both directions! One taxing hill - just about keep running.Date of review: December 21, 2004
In short: Lovely colours in the woods - helped my a marvelloous sunny day. A few gradients but nothing to worry about.Date of review: December 21, 2004


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Tag: Network World
A look at 18 notable Apple Alumni
Network World has a slideshow article that showcases 18 notable Apple alumni. These are folks who spent some time at Apple and saw continued success in their career when they left Cupertino. Some of the people on the list, like Andy Rubin, are known for their roots at Apple, while others like L...
Image of an early iPad prototype surfaces
While digging through pages of legal documents in the design lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, Yoni Heisler of Network World made a surprising discovery. Buried in the back and forth bantering of the legal team were several images of a prototype iPad that was created in the early 2000s. Duri...
How Apple tests product packaging
We all know just how obsessive Apple is about the little things. Scott Forstall, Apple's VP of iOS software, has mentioned that he uses a photographer's loupe to make sure that every pixel on the iOS interface is "just right." Now an upcoming book opens the door on a secret room at Apple HQ where ...
Four out of ten IT professionals would buy a tablet, but would you?
Macworld is reporting that their partner Network World recently did a poll and came up with the figure of four out of ten Network World readers willing to buy a tablet on day one sight unseen. That's an interesting result (and it's not the only one seen along those lines), but I want to know what...
Network World and Computerworld: Mac OS X love in IT/SMB markets
Last week was a good week for Mac press in the IT weekly trades. Over at ComputerWorld, Ryan Fass chimed in with an opinion piece on how OS X is ideal for small business.Meanwhile, John Fontana in Network World had a long article about how IT pros are beginning to "discover Mac platforms that are...
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1 country \ 13 days \ from US$2165 per person
If you were going to make a Greek island your holiday destination, you'd be faced with the tough decision of which one to choose, so we've put together a holiday that combines three of the best! Mykonos, Santorini and Ios are at your disposal and with three nights on each, you have plenty of time to shop, dine, relax or party. There's also time for wining, dining and sightseeing in the capital, Athens, at the beginning and end of your island stay. The perfect combination of culture, relaxation and partying, Greek style!
Costa Rica Unplugged
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This tiny country is a haven for discovery, so get ready to go in-depth on this 12 day trip. From jungles & rainforests, to volcanoes, beaches, cool coffee plantations & even cooler locals, it's the perfect way to uncover amazing Costa Rica.
Peru Uncovered
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Experience the best of Peru on this adventure into the country's ultimate hotspots. From ancient Inca culture, the Andes & Amazon jungle to awesome locals, Peru has it all. See the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, the cultural-hub of Cusco, the Colca Canyon & our highlight, Machu Picchu. When you're done, sit back & re-live the memories over a perfect Pisco Sour. You can choose to either trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, or take it easy & go by train.
The Big Tiki (Auckland to Christchurch - Until October 2014)
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Get ready for stunning natural surroundings, chilled out Kiwi culture & an adrenaline rush! In Paihia, try 'sand duning' & blackwater rafting in Waitomo's caves. In Rotorua 'Zorb' or luge & end your day relaxing in a thermal pool! Taste a hāngi, cruise Lake Taupo & head to the land of the Lord of the Rings, Wellington, before it's on to Queenstown. Ever tried bungy jumping, sky diving, 4-wheel driving? Now's the time!
Berlin to Budapest
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This tour encompasses the big 4 of eastern Europe - Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Having two or three nights in each city will mean you have a chance to really discover the cities in depth. You'll also pop in to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, for lunch!
Eastern Road
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This is Eastern Europe at its best! From Berlin to Warsaw, the history and beauty of each country will captivate the imagination. Additional stops in Dresden, a city devastated by fire bombing in World War II, Banska Bystrica in Slovakia and an unforgettable visit to the Auschwitz memorial all combine to make this a holiday with a distinct difference. Want to end your trip in Berlin? Feel free to jump on board the coach as it returns to Berlin.
Andes & Amazon Highlights
1 country \ 8 days \ from US$2095 per person
Let the good times roll as you go deep into some of Peru's ultimate spots on this 8 day adventure. Get your culture fix at Machu Picchu, with its unbeatable views & ancient Inca history. Feel an adrenalin rush in Cusco, with rafting & mountain biking at the ready, before heading to the mighty Amazon. Try fishing for piranha, spotting Amazonian Caiman & sleeping at a luscious lodge in the rainforest. You can choose to either trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, or take it easy & go by train.


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Linkpost | 07.20.2012
[Note: Dwight Silverman is on vacation. Peter Hughes of Technology Bytes is handling the linkposts while he's away.] • Phishing Websites Reach All-time High The number of phishing websites detected reached an all-time high earlier this year, a sign that making fake websites spoofing real ones is still a lucrative trade for cybercriminals. • Microsoft […]
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Viruses and spyware can be devastating to a Windows-based PC, sometimes mucking it up so badly that it won't boot. Advanced PC users know there are ways around this, such as booting from a Linux-based CD or USB flash drive with antivirus software installed. This technique is effective, but it's daunting for the less technically […]
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Updated 5:11 p.m. • Motorola Mobility Says $12.5B Google Deal To Close Tuesday Or Wednesday. Layoffs Coming? – All regulatory challenges have been met, so Google's ready to close the sale. • Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sends brochure to Cupertino neighbors inviting feedback on new 'Campus 2′ – Apple's seeking reaction from neighbors who live […]
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• Nielsen: Smartphones Used By 50.4% Of U.S. Consumers, Android 48.5% Of Them – Nielsen joins a growing number of research firms who say more than half of mobile phone users now have smartphones. Also Smartphones top computers for U.S. Facebook time • Google: AT&T's CEO doesn't understand how Android phones get updated – Google […]
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Updated 10:13 a.m. • Amazon.com agrees to begin collecting Texas sales taxes – In an agreement with the Texas Comptroller, Amazon.com will begin collecting Texas sales tax from residents on July 1, ending a longstanding dispute with the state. Original post • The House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168 – The […]
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• Google to Sell Tablets on Its Own This Year – The Wall Street Journal adds to rumors from as early as December that Google will sell its own branded tablet with word that it will have its own online tablet store. Google tried that with its Nexus One phone, without much success. • Google's […]
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Updated 3:08 p.m. • Exclusive: Hipstamatic, Instagram To Unveil Photo-Sharing Partnership – Two giants of mobile photo-sharing are getting together. • Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP for $200 Million – As was rumored, Zynga is indeed buying the developer of the popular Draw Something app. • FreedomPop's New iPhone Case Promises Users Free Wireless Data – […]
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Updated 11:15 a.m. " Anonymous: Operation V – Anonymous declares war on the U.S. Government. "We don't want to destroy government. We want to fix it." Still, this video describes it as a call to arms. Original post • Why Windows 8 is Microsoft's most vital launch in years – Win8 is Microsoft's shot at […]
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• Kindle Fire could be hotter than iPad this holiday season, study finds – Retrevo finds higher interest in the Fire than the iPad. But also note that the same percentage of respondents who said they'd consider a Fire also said they didn't know enough about the tablet to make a decision. • People Now […]
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