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Here are 2 pics as promised. I found 2 tiny baby BST cats today and one Monarch baby just hatched. I am down to 3 Luna babies too small for pics yet. I am trying other leaves. As for the Monarchs, one has attached himself to the plastic ceiling in my butterfly habitat. I have a great branch in there but he would not use it. Will attaching to plastic hurt him? I have the others just ready to hang, too. Thanks!!!
The Lunas are not doing at all. They chose to starve to death rather than eat the black walnut leaves. That is all I have on our property of the preferred list. It looks like I lost two more and so am down to 1 and he will probably go to. It's really sad. I was so excited to raise Lunas because I love them and have never done so.


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A plane developed by Solar Impulse landed Thursday morning after a 26-hour flight that was entirely powered by solar energy. Pilot André Borschberg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project said, "I have just flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without causing any pollution!."
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Endorsing the confident on alternative energy can be used to run our planet for another longer time.
Congratulations for this great invention! Give a decade and this will be the standard plane. Well done.
Its not new that solar power could be the driving force behind mans need for energy.. My question is why did it take so long.. to be realized.. I also have a great flying invention i hope one day i maybe asked to share my invention...
the HUMAN powered flight? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Daedalus
Yes ! Yes this type of information giving the hope to all human that environment may improve in future and future is bright for human with new invention with out disturbing nature. Sanjay Kumar Dixit MOB:09450068505
So how fast was the plane able to fly, what altitudes, what did it cost to manufacture, will the FAA certify the aircraft as airworthy for commercial production and will this technology ever be reliable enough for commercial operation (Part 135)? Logn way to go. But still cool. Makes flying affordable since most small aircraft single engine planes burn fuel at a rate of at least 10 gallons per hour (@ about $6 per gallon, at 135 mph)
Congratulation Solar Impulse and Pilot Andr? for developing solar plane and its successful flight. WE hope it will be plane of near future. Wishing its bright future as low cost transport as well as pollution free earth.
I would like to see that scaled up to a 400 passenger plane. Bill
The surface area needed to gather the solar energy could be increased greatly and the ability to stay aloft un or low powered improved by applying the technology to blimps! IF one could build low weight high pressure vessels, some of the solar energy gathered above current day-light needs could be put into compressing air that could later be used to power the blimp when the sun went down. That could be more efficient / less weight than battery storage?
As the previous post mentions... we have to count the polution of creating a solar plane with loads of batteries and composite materials that are not all easily recycled. Trucking raw materials around to factories that create motors, solar panels and batteries does not equal "no polution". I still like it, though. I wonder if he rode his bike or drove the UofM solar car to the airport.
Well how about all the energy and toxic chemicals used to make the plane? I am all for this and other fuel use, however lets not be hypocritical, aren't we just shifting were the pollution is coming from? Granted hopefully its less. Lithium battery disposal, etc
waoh!! fantastic. great hope to the human kind this coming decade. Can I volunteer to be a passenger in the first passenger flight!!
The flight did not use a drop of fuel and no pollution. Speculation about pollution generated during the solar planes manufacture only underlines the benefits of the solar plane versus fossil fuel power planes and pollution created to manuafacture and fly them and fly them and fly them. A speciifc amount of pollution generated once compared to fuel and pollution generated and used over and over and over...I like the solar option.


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Not being aware of the Fancy French technique, I've always poured Champagne like this (ok, "sparkling wine" since "real champagne" is too spendy). Precisely because it doesn't froth up like mad, just like pouring beer.
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Of course, this brings up the debate of which is the correct champagne glass -- the flute, or the wide/shallow one? It seems to have changed over the last several decades -- at least, in movies and the like.
Of course, this brings up the debate of which is the correct champagne glass -- the flute, or the wide/shallow one?
Neither. Drink it out of a styrofoam cup.
Neither. Drink it out of a styrofoam cup.
*laugh* At that point, shouldn't I just leave the bottle in the paper bag?
Ya, i also pour my prosecco like beer. If you want to maximize bubbliness this is the right way to pour. If you want fewer bubbles, pour straight down.
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Fans of NBC's "Community" will be heading to the web to watch the newly-launched three-part animated web series, "Abed's Master Key," set to debut on Hulu Wednesday, March 7.
Now in it's ninth year, the Annual Pre-NAB Panel Discussion and gripe fest will be held Friday, March 30th beginning at 6:30 pm.
Aardman Animation has teamed up with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment to create DC's World's Funnest, a series of original animated shorts that will be a part of DC Nation, a full hour of exclusive kid's programming and shorts based on DC Comics characters.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Marvel Animation to release the IRON MAN ANIME and X-MEN ANIME DVDs April 24th, each with 12 episodes and bonus features.
Dr. Toon dives into the intersection of young children's animation with society, psychology, and economics.
SIGGRAPH 2012 seeks cutting-edge Real-Time Live! content to be presented as part of this year's prestigious Computer Animation Festival.
Washington, D.C.-based Pixeldust Studios created a three-minute web video for the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA) to reach out to U.S. hospices with the message about the need for additional partners.
Special Guest: OIAF Animators' Picnic 2011 - Part 1
Joel and Alan bother legends of international animation as they try to eat, drink, and be wary at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011.
Dolby Digital in San Francisco and Karl Cohen hosted the last Bay Area Oscar Tour screening for ASIFA San Francisco members. The filmmakers greeted ASIFA members in the lobby and talk about their films before the screening began. Marcy Page, producer of Wild Life, joined us for the evening.
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg's "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" won the award for Best Animated Short at the 84th Academy Awards.


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I used to think that if the first day of the New Year didn't go well, it was a sign that the rest of the year would suck. I also have had many a therapist tell me that what is wrong with me is that I am a "disaster planner" or in other words, a typical New York Jew.
All this week, I have been sick. Exhausted mostly, but coughing enough that I have lost my voice, pretty much, and have felt it necessary to sleep with a humidifier by my bed. I have also been on my own, as my daughter has been with her father since our return from the greatest city in the world, New York, my hometown and the love of my life.
I have watched every documentary worth watching. I am now planning on trying out for Jeapordy (is that even still on?) being that I believe I now know a little bit about everything. I am addicted to the aptly named game"Trivia Crack", and have made some headway this week into what I need to do to finally get back to where I was prior to telling my then husband he needed to leave, pronto.
Why after all these months am I posting? Because I feel strong today. I feel empowered and I wanted to shout it out to the world. Will it last? I believe so. Why? Well, I began to take my power back, if you will, last month and the feeling that came from that made me realize that I can do this thing called, "life", I just have to continue to push forward despite the fears and the doubts, that I am as good, if not better, than enough people at what I do or want to do, and that it's time to move on from all the anger and the bitterness.
Easier said than done, you bet. It's a conscious choice, one I have to make daily, at this point, but when I do, I win and after feeling like I've lost and been losing so much these past few years, it has become clear to me, again, that if you want something that badly, you need to move mountains to get it and I'm ready.
Happy New Year.]]>
Three years ago, on the second day of the school year, I went onto FB and saw all these postings from women saying how sorry they were to a woman named, Anna Whiston Donaldson. After only a few minutes of digging further, I found out why. On that day, Anna's 12 year-old son, Jack, had drowned in a freak accident, during a tropical rainstorm.
I went to Anna's blog, and the first thing I saw was her latest post, which included a picture of Jack and his sister, on their first day of school, each one holding up a card indicating their ages and what grade they had just started. Anna's post was, as usual, light and funny, and as she was prone to be, somewhat self-deprecating, which is why I loved this gal so much.
As I sat there, trying to wrap my head around the fact that this scene had taken place only twenty-four hours prior, my mind just kept saying, "This isn't possible. Not this kid. This kid is alive and healthy, he has to be, LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, IT'S RIGHT THERE, "HAPPY AND HEALTHY"! It was as clear as day. This kid wasn't gone. This kid wasn't taken from the earth. That can't be. There were too many others who deserved to meet this kind of fate. They were unkind, and dishonest, immoral, evil, call it whatever you want, but in the line of who should leave this earth first, I had a list a mile long and THIS KID was not on it.
So WTF?
As I write this, I can still feel that same sense of disbelief but I know, in my head and heart, it is real. Jack is gone. I'm now going to interrupt this post to stand up and scream F**K!!! as loud as I can but I will return momentarily…..
Okay, I'm back.
This month, Anna's book entitled, "A Rare Bird" will launch to what, I hope, will result in a huge crowd of people wanting to read her story. I did. I had to. Why? Because I needed to know how the hell does a mother survive such a loss. I've been through divorce and it took me to some very dark places in my mind. I had moments, many moments, of thinking I couldn't go on, that I just couldn't bare the pain anymore and yet, here was Anna, still living, still breathing…..
Anna is also a woman who deeply believes in God and is a faithful churchgoer. I, on the other hand, am a deep believer that there cannot be any God out there, if he/she allows an innocent child to be taken from us, ever. I knew by the time I'd received this book that Anna was still, very much, a practicing Christian, and I had always been curious to understand how she could continue to be a believer after all that had happened.
I confess, I expected to be overwhelmed with page after page of bible quotes and paragraphs of how "it was God's will" and "meant to be" et al. To be honest, I envisioned myself rolling my eyes and putting down the book by page ten, because here was another person, spouting quotes from Luke, and John and all the other fellas, and never actually mentioning how perhaps they might just be a tad angry at their God for letting this happen to them.
Oh how wrong I was. I finished this book in two days. I couldn't put it down and I don't say that lightly. This woman ripped open her heart and told her true story. She let us see how much she struggled with her God, her faith, her husband and all those around her. She showed parts of her that she wasn't proud of, she laid it on the line as it really was and although there were those quotes that I dreaded reading, in this scenario, they had to be shared because Jack was a big believer, like his mom, and it was a big part of who he was as a person and a major source of inspiration to him as to how he chose to live his life.
I had zero plans on writing a post like this. This blog is humor-based, but like most of us, I'm growing and so is my blog. I stopped writing, even posting at all, for two months because I believe I had my own crisis of faith. I still am not a "believer", per se, never will be. The faith I had lost, was the faith in me, in the world of blogging over all. I had lost my sense of purpose but today, I would say, I have found it. This "brand" of mine is humor-based, but from here on in, it shall be about whatever is in my heart and what is in my heart isn't always funny.
Ah, the gift of growing older. You trust that others will follow you on your journey and if they don't, it's really okay. You understand that we all have our choices to make and this is mine.]]>
Next week is Phoebe's first day of fifth grade. I'm nervous because apparently things (read: homework) are going to get very ramped up and I haven't finished my master's degree in Math or Philosophy, or Science, so I will again, be unable to assist her. This stuff is going to be hardcore and I guess I'm not feeling very confident because (fill in the blank) is not my strong suit. Maybe if math equations were drawn with pretty colors and tasted like candy, you know if I could LICK the fraction, I might be able to or want to be able to understand it better. History? My version of "history" is remembering at 10am what I accomplished at 9:00am. That is history. Since I had Phoebe, English has become more like my second language. I now speak in movements such as yawning, cutting the crusts off a piece toast I just made for myself because I forgot the toast is FOR ME, not my daughter, closing a lunch box, opening a lunch box, standing with my mouth hanging open with a WTF? expression on my face while my eyes are popping out of my head, because I am a parent of an 11 year-old girl.
At this point, I must address the subject of "Art" and how it is I deal with that. My kid comes home and says she has a project due that involves glue, markers, clothing that she wouldn't normally wear, cutting, pasting, sewing, etc. I, in turn, pick up my cell phone and call her father to tell him about the project and wish him the best of luck on completing the assignment. We than gather up all her materials, put them in her knapsack, and ship her off to his house. I then reward myself with a nice, big bowl of ice-cream.
However, this is not to say, I have nothing to offer my child. I mean I wasn't exactly raised by wolves, you know.
Recess, lunch. My kid wants to figure out how to navigate her way around the handball court or end up with a lunch that consists mainly of someone else's cookies, look no further my darling daughter, mommy's right here. Re-reading that last sentence makes me sound like I've done "time", so before the rumors start flying, just know that, I have. I was married, remember? High-five.
Wish me luck.]]>
Welcome to Part 2 of Female Moments! Today's moment stars Christine Lakin from the hit series "Step by Step" and VH-1's "Big Morning Buzz" which is hosted by Nick Lachey. If you have ever considered a home wax on your bikini line, I would say, watch this "PSA". You might just change your mind.]]>
Based on the tragedy that occurred this week in Santa Barbara, I wanted to share a quick story.
Many years ago, I was trained to be a rape-crisis counselor. I spent sixty hours in the offices of ELAWC, learning everything from how to deal with a rape victim from the moment she arrives at the hospital, to how to handle the situation when the woman called their hotline. However, the one lesson I remember most was when one of the counselors shared with us the following:
When men go out at night and park their car, their biggest concern is often how far they need to walk to their destination or if their car will get bumped (read scratched) by the persons parked in front or behind them. Sometimes they might worry that their car will be broken into or worse yet, stolen.
When a woman goes out at night and parks her car, the first thing she will do is look around and take in her surroundings. She will either spend a moment or two, or longer, depending on the neighborhood, wondering if it's worth the gamble of being raped and possibly killed, to avoid paying a valet or driving around and around for God knows how long before she finds a spot closer to where she is going. She will often ask someone to walk her back to her car because she doesn't feel comfortable going on her own, especially if it's very late in evening. If she does venture back to her car on her own, she will often look around her the entire walk, hoping to see others walking around as well. Many will have their car key between their fingers, ready to be used as a weapon, as they were taught to do, at some point, in their younger life. There are times she will be frightened because she heard something and is afraid to look behind her, all the while wondering if she is about to be attacked. When the woman finally gets into her car a feeling of relief will wash over her because she knows she is safe.
The most interesting part of the story was at the end, when the counselor told us that women go through all of this and yet, are completely unaware that we do it. She told us that sadly, it is instinctual.
Ever since I heard that story, I have noticed that that is exactly what I do, and have done, since I can remember. Sadly, my daughter, her daughter and her daughter's daughter will likely have to follow the same pattern because as long as people continue to shame women, they won't have a choice.]]>
How do you know when the relationship is over? When you realize that if you aren't going to have sex you're not sure why it is you're both still standing in the same room.
The problem with getting older is you tend to really like spending time with yourself much more so than with other people.
I recently ended a relationship with a guy I'd been dating for about six months. One night after dinner, as I loaded the last plate into the dishwasher, I looked up at him sitting at my kitchen table and thought, "If we're going to spend the rest of this night sitting in front of the TV, then I want to be alone." It was as simple as that. I would get to pick what I wanted to watch and I wouldn't have to worry he'd interrupt me by sharing something about himself that either he'd already told me or could have waited to tell me at another point in time or, in his case, never.
Listen, I'm no charm to live with. I've got terrible ADD, I disaster plan better than the director of FEMA and I'm constantly leaving the cupboard doors and drawers wide open as it seems I have a fear of running low on Raisin Brand or worse, clean coffee mugs. I get irritated quickly, especially if your being in my life causes me to do more work, not less. I already have a child and do not desire another one so if you can't fix shit around the house or your idea of cooking is watching me do it, thanks a bunch but you need to pack it up and go. I've been doing it on my own for nine years and the last thing I want to is to add more stuff to my "to do" list especially when it comes to someone who should already be able to do it anyway.
I want love, I want to be in love, I don't want to be alone for the rest of my life. I can't be. I hate cats. I don't want someone who's perfect. Why would I? Can you imagine waking up every day next to that person? "Morning. Great, you're still hotter than me."
What's the solution? You have your place and I have mine? Some say there is nothing like being in a relationship where you have the option to say "bye" every once in a while and not just "I'm going to bed, are you coming?" Sounds good to me or is that because I have yet to find the one person in the world who to whom I have no desire to ever say "bye".
Every one has their litmus test for love and they are never what you think they would be. For example, one of mine is, if I don't develop violent tendencies when it comes to my attention that you ate the entire fruit salad that took me twenty minutes to make and never even offered me a bite, well, then I love you, no doubt about it.
If listening to the sound of you eating an apple while talking to me about your mother doesn't have me chanting to myself, "breathe, just breath, it will all be over soon", you're the one for me.
For now, I've decided to just focus on my work, on making more money and a better life for myself. This, in case you're curious, is "single person speak" for, "Oh my f**king God, I cannot believe I have to start dating again."
Now, if you don't mind, could you please pass the remote oh and don't let the door hit you on the way out.


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For all new drivers, here's the 411 on Speeding In 1998, speeding was a contributing factor in 30% of all fatal crashes, and 12,477 lives were lost in speeding-related crashes. In 1998, 37% of the male drivers 15 to 20 years old who were involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash. Of the 935 total traffic fatalities in Virginia in 1998, appro ximately 21% were speeding-related. Speeding reduces a driver's ability to steer safely around curves or ob- jects in the roadway, extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle, and increases the distance a vehicle travels while the driver re- acts to a dangerous situation. - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration In 1998, speeding was a factor in: ♦ 28% of fatal crashes that occurred on dry roads ♦ 32% of fatal crashes that occurred on wet roads ♦ 55% of fatal crashes that occurred on snow-covered or slushy roads ♦ 60% of fatal crashes that occurred on icy roads All information provided by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1998. Prepared by George Mason University's Center for the Advancement of Public Health with a grant from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. For all new drivers, here's the 411 on Motorcycle Safety During 1998, 196 young motorcycle drivers (15 to 20 years old) were killed and an additional 6,000 were injured. During 1998, 53% of the motorcycle drivers between 15 and 20 years old who were fatally injured in crashes were not wearing helmets. In 1998, there were 2,284 motorcyclist fatalities and 49,000 motorcyclist injuries. WHY SHOULD YOU WEAR A HELMET? ♦ The state of Virginia requires helmet use by all motorcycle opera- tors and passengers. ♦ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that helmets saved 500 m otorcyclists' lives in 1998, and that 307 more could have been saved if all motorcyclists had worn helmets. ♦ Helmets are estimated to be 29% effective in preventing fatalities and 67% effective in preventing brain injuries. ♦ No matter what the speed, unhelmeted riders are 3 times more likely to die from head injuries than are riders who are wearing helmets at the time of the crash. The state of Virginia requires helmet use by all motorcycle operators and pas- sengers. All information provided by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1998. Prepared by George Mason University's Center for the Advancement of Public Health with a grant from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. For all new drivers, here's the 411 on Safety Belts In 1998, 42% of passenger car occupants and 48% of light truck occupants who were not wearing their safety belts at the time of the crash were killed. In 1998, 80% of the young drivers who had been drinking and were killed in crashes were not wearing their safety belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 11,088 lives were saved in 1998 by the use of safety belts. WHY SHOULD YOU WEAR A SAFETY BELT? ♦ When safety belts are used correctly they reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passengers by 45% and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50%. ♦ A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that the average inpatient costs for crash victims who were not wearing safety belts were 55% higher than for those who were belted. ♦ Safety belts protect you as well as other passengers in the vehicle. "In a 55 mile per hour crash, an unbelted back seat passenger of average size would fly forward with a force of 3,000 pounds — enough to seriously injure or even kill other passengers." - Janet Dewey, Executive Director of the Air Bag Safety Campaign, 1997. ATTENTION PARENTS If you want to help your teenage son or daughter be safe behind the wheel, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety recommends the following: ∗ When you drive, set a good example for your teenager. Remember, "Actions speak louder than words." ∗ Give your child as much adult supervised driving time as possible, even after they get their license. ∗ Expose your teenager to many different driving conditions (wet roads, two lane roads, interstates, rural roads, etc.) ∗ Be aware of the high risk when 16-year-old drivers and their peers travel together without adults. Make new drivers wait to go out with friends until they have received plenty of supervised driving time. ∗ With or without a curfew law, prohibit late night driving that is unsupervised. ∗ Insist that seat belts be worn at all times. ∗ Choose safe cars. Generally, large ones are safer than small ones, and airbags enhance safety. ATTENTION PARENTS For all new drivers, here's the 411 on Drinking and Driving According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, male teenage drivers with blood alcohol concentrations in the 0.05-0.10 percent range are 18 times more likely than sober teenagers to be killed in single -vehicle crashes. The corresponding comparison for females is 54 times more likely. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approxi- mately 3 in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. In Virginia, it is against the law for drivers under the age of 21 to drive with any alcohol in their system. How can you help prevent drunk driving? ♦ Do not consume alcohol or use illicit drugs. It is against the law to consume alcohol if you are under 21 years of age and illicit drugs are illegal no matter what your age. ♦ Focus activities on something other than alcohol. ♦ If you do consume alcohol, never get behind the wheel of a car. If the person you rode with consumes alcohol, find a ride home from someone who is sober, call a taxi, or call a friend who can pick you up. Information provided by: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 1998 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1998 Prepared by George Mason University's Center for the Advancement of Public Health with a grant from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles NEW DRIVER CHECKLIST FOR PARENTS Driver's Education is a good first step in teaching young people to drive, but a parent's role in teaching is crucial. Below is a checklist developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that parents can use to help a student learn safe driving skills. Student Driver… Never Sometimes Always • Knows location of instruments, gauges and safety devices and checks them before driving • Adjust mirrors and seat properly • Wears safety belts without being reminded • Works to maintain a safe following distance • Demonstrates correct hand position on the steering wheel • Demonstrates the "two-second" rule – you can count "1 – 1000, 2 – 1000" between the time the back of a car in front of you passes a stationary object and the time the front of your car reaches the same spot • Is aware of other driver's blind spots • Checks blind spots before changing lanes • Is aware of tailgaters and knows how to deal with them • Anticipates changing traffic lights • Checks mirrors frequently • Uses horn appropriately • Signals before turns and lane changes • Anticipates possible braking situations • Appears relaxed and comfortable while driving • Is comfortable driving at night • Uses high and low beams appropriately • Adjusts speed to road, traffic and weather conditions • Works to maintain a space cushion or buffer zone on all four sides of the car • Checks intersections carefully and pauses before entering an intersection Student Driver… Never Sometimes Always • Sets emergency brake or parking brake before leaving vehicle • Demonstrates good, smooth movements and coordination during and after turns • Demonstrates good scanning habits at all times • Obeys traffic laws – including speed limits For further information, please contact: Give young drivers the 411 and help prevent a George Mason University Center for the Advancement of Public Health 911 MS 1F5 For all new Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 ________________________________ (703) 993-3697 FAX (703) 993-3763 drivers, While young drivers (age 15 to 20) account for approximately 7% Check out our safety web site at: here's the of the U.S. population, they www.safety.gmu.edu represent 14% of the drivers in 411 fatal crashes. Reasons for the high crash-rate include: For local information, please contact: ♦ Inexperience Your local Police Department ♦ Risk-taking behavior or Sheriff's Office (speeding and improper passing) ♦ High-risk situations Northern Virginia: ♦ (nighttime driving) Inattentiveness Bob Weakley Community Transportation Safety Program on traffic ♦ Alcohol use 6308 Grovedale Drive Alexandria, VA 22310 safety. ♦ Illegal drug use (703) 313-9443 ♦ Failure to wear a seat belt Shenandoah Valley: Doug Stader Community Transportation Safety Program Transportation Safety Services 3281 Peoples Drive According to the Insurance Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Institute for Highway (540) 801-0374 Safety, more teenage passenger deaths occur when a 16-year-old is driving than when a person Funded by a grant from of any other age is at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles wheel. IMPAIRED DRIVING SAFETY BELTS SPEEDING ________________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ According to the National Highway Speeding plays a dominant role in Traffic Safety Administration: According to the young driver crashes. According to National Highway the National Highway Traffic Safety ♦ In 1998, there were 15,935 fatalities Traffic Safety Administration: in alcohol-related crashes – an Administration: average of one alcohol-related Fatal crashes involving teen fatality every 33 minutes. drivers are more likely to be ♦ Nearly two- single-vehicle crashes and are ♦ Among young drivers 15-20 years thirds of passenger vehicle occu- old, 25% of young male drivers and pants killed in traffic crashes are more likely to involve speeding 12% of young female drivers unrestrained. than fatal crashes involving involved in fatal crashes in 1998 had older drivers. been drinking. Drivers are less likely to use restraints when they have been ♦ In 1998, 37% of male drivers 15 ♦ In 1998, 21% of the young drivers drinking. to 20 years old involved in fatal (15-20 years old) who were killed in crashes were speeding. motor vehicle crashes were ♦ In 1998, 71% of the young drivers intoxicated. of motor vehicles involved in fa- ♦ The 1998 costs of all speeding- tal crashes who had been drinking related crashes were estimated to were unrestrained. be $27.7 billion – $52,607 per minute or $877 per second. ♦ Of the young drivers who had been drinking and were killed in crashes in 1998, 80% were unrestrained. In Virginia it is illegal for drivers ♦ In 1998, only 39% of speeding under the age of 21 to drive with passenger vehicle drivers under 21 years old who were involved any amount of alcohol in their in fatal crashes were wearing bodies. safety belts at the time of the
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On September 14, 1901, an anxious Theodore Roosevelt stood in the library of a friend's home in Buffalo, NY. Hours earlier, President William McKinley had died of an assassin's bullet. Roosevelt had been in the vice-presidency for barely six months and had privately feared that his political career was ended with his election to a largely powerless office. At 3:32pm, Roosevelt took an oath and rose to the highest office in the land.
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How To Install Crown Molding Yourself
We've successfully added crown molding to Clara's bedroom and I'm feeling quite proud. *pats self on back*
My last attempt at installing crown was a bit of a rough ride. It still turned out just fine, but a combination of factors (being tired from book shoots, being short on materials, it being my first time, etc, etc) nearly made me swear off installing crown molding ever again. But I'm glad I didn't because this time it went much more smoothly and the results are well worth the effort.
So let me back up, tell you how I did it, and explain why crown molding went from one of my most dreaded projects to one I'll surely be doing again.
First, I purchased my materials and let them sit in our house for a week so the wood could acclimate to our home (the key is letting it expand or contract before it's on the wall, since if you nail it in and then it contracts or expands on the wall you're left with cracked or bowed molding). I bought the standard 3 5/8″ crown from Lowe's because it appears to be what the previous owners installed in our other rooms (every room except for the guest bedroom, playroom, and Clara's room have crown already – so we thought finishing off those spaces would make the whole house feel equally upgraded).
Each 8ft, pre-primed piece was about $9.50 so, including a couple of extras to cover my butt, my total material cost was $72 (I ended up getting to return some, but I'll get to that soon enough).
The other thing I bought at Lowe's was the Kreg Crown-Pro. I had read great reviews of it and considering my love of the Kreg Jig, I figured it was worth the $30 price tag to give it a go. Spoiler alert: I love this thing (perhaps it and my Jig can be sister wives or something). And no, they haven't twisted my arm to say this. They don't even know I bought it yet.
Once assembled (which takes all of five minutes) it looks like this. It's basically a platform on an adjustable angle so you can cut your crown molding at the same angle that it will sit against the wall. Sounds simple, and it is, but this is a huge help when it comes to cutting crown (it was getting my wood to stay at this angle while cutting it last time that gave me hours of trouble).
To find the angle the cutting guide should be set at Kreg includes an Angle-Finder tool so you can determine the "spring angle" – or the angle at which the crown tips away from your wall. Apparently most moldings sit at either 38°, 45° or 52°. Mine was 38°.
Then you just use the red guide on the underside of the Crown Pro to match. Now the cutting guide is ready to help you cut.
But to get my saw ready to cut, I had to figure out the angles on my walls because – as anyone who has looked carefully at their walls before knows – not every corner is exactly 90°. And these not-quite-right angles can mess you up if you're not careful. Thankfully the Kreg kit also comes with a handy little Angle-Finder tool.
So after measuring and recording every angle, I could figure out how my miter saw should be turned to give me the right cuts. Luckily most of my corners were very close to 90°, so I could set my saw at 45° (half of 90°) for pretty much everything. For the non-so-perfect corners there was a bit of extra math involved that I won't get into here because it depends on how your particular saw is labeled, but the instruction booklet that came with the Kreg has a great illustration for this.
And while I was on a roll, Sherry helped me take precise length measurements from corner-to-corner along each wall of the room using a tape measure (this went MUCH faster with an extra set of hands, btw). So definitely try to recruit someone else to help you measure from corner to corner along the ceiling line (as opposed to measuring along the floor and assuming the ceiling's the same, since often times it's not).
Another thing that I was constantly getting mixed up last time I tried to tackle crown molding was exactly which direction I should be cutting the wood. Which way does my saw go? Which side of the blade do I put the wood on? For some reason my brain doesn't visualize it very well, especially when having to mentally toggle between cutting inside corners and outside corners (of which Clara's room has both, gah!).
Luckily, the Kreg tool helped me out there too. Right on the guide there are some little stickers that show how your blade should be angled and where you should place your wood to get each of the four most popular cuts. Life saver.
The other important thing I was reminded from the Kreg instruction book is that when cutting a piece of crown molding you have to turn it upside down, so that the bottom (the part that sits against the wall) faces up. I totally would've forgotten this had I not read the instructions.
So with my measurements all taken, my Crown Pro all set up, and my saw blade angled I was finally ready to get cracking, er, crowning (er, nevermind, that sounds like I was giving birth – and I'm pretty sure birth doesn't involve this much sawdust).
In addition to my Kreg taking the guess work out of cutting, the other thing that made this crown project ten billion times easier was having my nail gun (the one we bought to install board & batten last week). I can't even begin to describe how long it took me to hammer in all of the nails by hand for our last crown installation adventure, so just going pop-pop-pop with the nail gun was the best feeling in the world.
I think it took me just about 2 hours to get all of the molding cut and nailed in place this time. Which is a miracle considering last time it took me two hours just to figure out how to make my first cut. And all-in-all, things turned out quite nicely in my opinion. Here's an un-caulked corner for your viewing pleasure.
One shortcoming of the Kreg tool is that it doesn't really address scarf joints – the ones where two pieces of crown meet along a straightaway, not at a corner. This happens when your wall is longer than your piece of molding and – since I could only fit eight foot pieces in my car – I had three of these joints in the room. Luckily I was able to figure it out on my own pretty quickly, but I did screw up a couple of pieces because the Kreg guides hadn't made that part as dummy-proof as the rest of it.
Since the actual installation didn't take me nearly as long as I thought, we even had time before Clara needed her room back (for the ever-important nap) that we could get our caulking done. We just used white paintable Dap caulk (made for windows, doors, and moldings) to fill all of the seams (like those pictured above) along with nail holes. We also ended up caulking the line where the molding meets the ceiling (even if though there wasn't a noticeable gap, it made it look a lot more seamless to do that around the entire room).
See, much better. And the stuff isn't even painted yet!
So yeah, I do still have to paint it – since there are some parts where the primer is pretty scuffed up – but even still, we're very happy with the results and, as Clara would say after she uses the potty successfully, "I'm so proud."
Oh yeah, and since I didn't need all eight of the pieces that I purchased (I only had to cut into one of my back-up pieces for that confusing-at-first scarf joint) our material cost ended up being $67. Add the cost of the Kreg Crown Pro ($30) put my total project cost at just $97. Not bad! We've seen enough house listings that say "crown molding throughout" to know that it's a nice selling point – and now we're one room closer to a fully crowned house.
With my new found crown-fidence (see what I did there?) I'm gonna tackle Clara's big girl room, the guest room, and even our freshly board & battened hallway so that every room in the house (except for closets, bathrooms, and our little laundry nook) will have crown molding. And who knows, I might just go crazy and do those at some point if I'm craving some quality nail gun time. Well, probably not the closets…
Does anyone have any tricks to their crown molding installations that they'd like to pass on? Or have you had a similarly discouraging first experience with crown, only to crack the crown molding code on your second attempt?
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A few weeks ago I installed crown molding in my master bathroom and I decided if I ever try it again I will definitely be buying a miter saw and that angle finder! Trying to use the miter box was such a pain. But I finished it and it looks great. I thought the hardest part was goig to be installing it, but that wasn't too bad (I did it by myself using a hammer and nails!)
Clara's room looks great!
Looks great. I didn't know what crown molding was but now I realise it's what we call 'coving' in England. We like to be different :)
you guys are seriously real professionals now–you tackle such tough projects with ease, i'm so impressed! i wouldn't have thought to let the wood pieces acclimate to the climate of your home for a week, thats a really great tip. i tried to do some floor trim that needed replacing in our tiny pantry at our old place, and those angled cuts in the corner did me in, i never got it right. this room is looking great!
I had no idea you could do a whole room for under $100. Looks like crown molding is getting added to our to-do list!
I love it! I went out and bought the same nail gun since you guys loved it so much. We have ZERO crown moulding, but that's about to change. We also are going to replacing our base moulding in pretty much the entire house except one room. I wish I had the nail gun for when we did board and batten in our bathroom. Hammering in the boards really stinks!
I am so impressed! This project still scares me but your handy dandy tool there does seem to simplify it. It looks so good! Maybe one day in my house…all of which is molding free. :(
Lovely job…as always. I thought crown molding would be way more expensive…now you've got me thinking…
Question! I saw your nail gun in your previous post…did you already have the air compressor? Where did you get that? Details?
Thanks as always!
Great job on the crown! I had to smile at "probably not the closets"… I'm working on removing popcorn ceilings in my house, one room at a time. I did my master bath and bedroom recently, and my mom (who was helping me) pointed out that I'll still have the popcorn in the closet. I decided this: I hope I always have more important things to do in my life than spend a weekend working on my closet ceiling! The popcorn on the ceiling in my closet will always be a reminder to me of the many blessings that fill my life!
Just a quick question. When we had crown moulding installed by a contractor he first put a 1×2 (or something like that) behind the moulding. Is that something you came across when researching installation?
I replied on the wrong post! Easier to install backer board to studs and then moulding to backer board.
I'e heard of it. Its called a cleat. You put it behind the moulding so you have something more hefty to nail into. And that way, you can secure the cleat to some studs or something.
I don't get it. Why can't you just lay the crown pieces flat on the jig and saw straight down at whatever length you need? I'm hopeless at understanding this kind of stuff :/
Oh! Thanks, I was confused. Good thing y'all did this tutorial because if I ever tried this I never would have know until it was too late!
I love crown molding, but it totally intimidates me. Thanks for the tips so it's not as scary!
Looks great!!! I am curious to know why you chose not cope this time around. I am finishing up my bathroom and didnt cope either, but I saw that you coped in the kitchen. Also, what compressor do you have?
We were doing this just last night in our powder room which I gutted and am almost done. Frustrating, but the tutorial you posted should render positive results! Thanks!
I have a pile of crown molding in a house I'm renovating right now that my previous "trim-guy" had installed upside down and attached with the flat part right on the wall, not even angled at the ceiling! I had him take it all down because obviously, he'd never installed crown before. I keep telling myself I'm just going to learn how to do it on my own but every video or home show I've watched scares me out of it. I'm feeling inspired to try it now that I know there's a special tool out there! Great post!
Crown molding looks great! A little off topic here, but I was wondering if you guys were still composting with your pallet system, and if you've had better luck with that or the original plastic bin system you used. Thanks for all the lovely posts!
We're installing quarter round next weekend, so this post is right on time! Kind of off topic, but have you considered using a curtain rod and a floor-to-ceiling length panel for the reading nook/closet, just to balance out the drapes on the other side of the room? Just noticed that the tension rod was sagging a little (like they ALL do over time).
Okay, I did some googling. Main reason: easier to find studs when first nailing up a backer board. Then, the crown moulding is nailed to the backer board, not studs and joists.
Ah, that was supposed to be a reply to my post. iPhone fail!
The crown molding looks fantastic – congratulations on the second-time-around success! My favorite part of this post though is the proof that we both have great taste in pens. Yay Pilot Precise V5! Best pens ever!
Crown always makes a big difference. We just put it up in our family room and the technique that helped us the most was to cope the corners. Essentially you do a straight cut and a regular right inside corner cut. Then you use a coping saw to cut the back of the right side out so it fits perfectly regardless of if your corners are 90 deg or not. We wrote about it in more detail on our blog here: http://www.softpuppywarmhouse.com/2013/02/25/adding-the-crown/
Looks perfect!!
Have to show this post to my husband. We have been talking about putting crown molding in our bedrooms, but he is kind of dreading the project. With your great instructions and handy tools it should be much easier. Thanks for the info on the nail gun. My hubby has been wanting one for a long time and I seem to be unable to find the right one. Can't wait to get started.
Beautiful! COOL tools rule!
I can relate to the flip-flop-which-angle crown-nundrum.
I liken it to the time-zone-daylight-savings conversion mind bend. Ouch!
Since John looks so sexy in his reading glasses, I can imagine that Sherry is looking for every oportunity to give him a new tool just so he has to read the instruction manual :)
After reading your post last week about your nail gun I ordered one on Thursday and it arrived on Friday just in time for us to install trim in the kitchen. My husband loves it and is very happy that it made the job go by so much quicker. I am going to use it this week myself and install trim and baseboard in the bathroom, I can't wait to try it.
Crown molding looks great! Where is the cute cow art from?
I vote for putting crown in the laundry area! Bathrooms and closets seem good to skip, but i think it'd really finish off that cute little nook nicely, especially since it's right at the kitchen and office which both have molding too. Plus, it's so little, it'd be cheap!
Great post, guys! I would love to add crown molding throughout our house, but we have textured ceilings. Has anyone had any experience with this who could offer any tips?
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Fear fans can sink their teeth into two kinds of TV terror
Well, this much is certain: no one is going to say that the producers of HBO's True Blood tiptoed timidly into their sixth season.
Indeed, the TV adaptation of Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novel series returns with a frenzied, blood-soaked, action-packed vengeance this weekend (Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO Canada), offering its followers very little opportunity to take a breath and consider what last season's finale had set up for the current campaign (though the sixth-season opener is preceded by a quick overview of past events and a behind-the-scenes "live from the set" special).
It's full scream ahead, right from the opening moments, as Sookie (Anna Paquin), Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsg*rd) and others scramble to make sense of just what the heck is going on with powerfully reincarnated Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) -- is he still Bill? Is he Lilith? Is he some sort of abominable and, perhaps, indestructible "Billith" hybrid?
Whatever the case, he's sure to be big, big trouble as the storyline unfolds.
And he's not the only problem facing Louisiana's vampire population -- in the wake of a wave of vampire attacks on humans during a shortage of Tru Blood, state governor Truman Burrell (Arliss Howard) has pretty much declared open season on the blood-feasting set, declaring a dusk-to-dawn curfew for vampires and calling for a state-imposed shutdown of all vampire-owned businesses.
By comparison, things are going pretty well for the werewolf population, though newly installed pack master Alcide (Joe Manganiello) is having a few problems figuring out how to balance the jobs perks against its potential pitfalls.
And back in Bon Temps, Sheriff Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer), is receiving a crash course from friends on how to handle being single dad to a quartet of newborn human-faerie hybrids.
As is always the case with True Blood, there's an awful lot going on, and the densely layered storylines are delivered with the familiar deft mix of horror and humour.
If you haven't been with True Blood since the beginning, it might be a bit late to jump aboard. But if you're a fan, you're probably going to come away from this premi®re feeling that the series has a sharper bite than it has had in at least a couple of seasons.
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One bad turn precedes another: As scary as True Blood can be when it's at its neck-biting best, it simply can't compete for the title of this week's most white-knuckle-inducing, terrifying television.
Nope, that nod goes to another series on a very different channel. If you really want to experience fright, tune in to Discovery on Monday night for the debut of Don't Drive Here, which is undoubtedly one of the most stressful hours of prime-time programming you'll encounter this or any other season.
This new six-part series features Andrew Younghusband -- best known as the mocking host of Canada's Worst Driver -- on an around-the-world journey in search of the planet's most dangerous and harrowing driving environments.
If he thought eight seasons of wrangling and teasing incompetent Canadian motorists under controlled, test-track conditions might have prepared him for this new project, well ... let's just say the premi®re episode of Don't Drive Here, which takes Younghusband to Delhi, India, proves to be something of an eye-opener for the suddenly-not-so-smart-alecky Canuck.
As it turns out, Canada's bad drivers are mostly a rather benign bunch, either lacking in skills or brimming with behind-the-wheel arrogance. Drivers in India aren't just inept; they're terrible on purpose, driving like maniacs just so they'll fit in with the death-wish-driven attitude that rules that country's roads.
Younghusband assigns himself a number of challenges during his short stay in Delhi: he takes driving lessons from an Indian instructor (when the Canadian shoulder-checks before changing lanes, the instructor admonishes him with, "Don't ever do that") in preparation for a local driver's-licence test (which most Indians don't bother to take, opting instead to bribe their way to a driver's permit); he chauffeurs a Delhi family home from a dealership in their brand new car (which the father is afraid to drive); and later, he drives a large cargo truck (which lacks such luxuries as turn signals, side-view mirrors or a horn, but does have a sticky accelerator pedal) on India's deadliest highway at night.
If you want real, squirm-inducing, wide-eyed TV terror, check out the look on Younghusband's face while he's careening down a pitch-dark Indian highway with oncoming traffic approaching in his lane.
True Blood? Scary? Let's put Bill Compton behind the wheel of a downtown Delhi taxicab and see who's afraid of what.
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