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We're a couple of weeks removed and the marketing machine is still running. And why not? "Man Of Steel" has super-punched its way to over $500 million worldwide, with more international territories still to open. So it's safe to say it's a success, and now that the veil has been lifted and the Nolan...Read More »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How long have you known Elena would end season 3 in transition to become a vampire?
JULIE PLEC: The ending had been in the works for about two years. In the first series of books, that's what happens to her. When Kevin [Williamson] and I first came on the show, we said, "Well, it can't happen to her the way it happens in the books," which is on, like, page 200 of the first book. [Laughs] That felt obviously too soon, and rushed, and we didn't want to make a show about a teenage girl who instantly becomes a vampire. But we always knew that her journey would take her there eventually, and we just kept riding the wave of when it felt right. You've got a girl who just sorta lost her last adult living family member when Aunt Jenna died last year, so when we started this season, what we really wanted to do was begin this relationship with Alaric as her guardian and mentor, and then tear that away from her at the end leaving her and her brother with nobody. It felt like now was the time — when you're left with no grownup, no adult supervision, no parent, no guardian — for Elena to experience the next evolution of her journey. All the stuff that we did with having her get stronger over the course of the year, training and getting in touch with her physical self, and all the grief and all the emotion that she went through, all the compassion that she has for everybody, it will all play into next year and what kind of person and vampire she will actually be — if she should choose to see the transition through.
Obviously, she will transition.
There will be a discussion to be had about it at the beginning, but the road we're going down is pretty balls out.
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We're pretty notorious for being willing to go there and do radical things that other people wouldn't necessarily feel good about doing, so there was a sense of fun in that moment. People were gonna be thinking, poor Matt, he's such a goner, and mourning him in that moment and not even thinking ultimately that Elena was in any kind of jeopardy. So when that happened, it's just like, Oh s—!
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Many students who enter college planning to study science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) change their plans during the course of a college career. A study designed to determine the relative importance of factors contributing to career choice and persistence in undergraduate education obtained information from students who "switched out" of SME majors and students who did not switch majors on seven college campuses (Seymour and Hewitt 1994). A total of 23 factors were identified by the students. Despite many shared concerns about their academic programs, there were substantial differences between men and women, suggesting that men and women approach college education with different goals and experience their undergraduate education differently.
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What stage is this?
I don't raise butterflies indoors. I have alot of milkweed on my property, but I don't get to see some things up close very often. So I'm sort of ignorant of the different instars, etc.
I've been watching this monarch cat for a couple days. Today it looked like this. Can you tell me anything about it? I hope it's not dead.
The more images I look at online, makes me think something has killed it? (a parasite?) I took this pic around 11a.m. I went back out around 7p.m., and it was gone. Can shedding the skin and then eating eat, then moving away happen within 8 hours?
Caterpillars in the wild die more than 90% of the time. They succumb to predators, disease, starvation, weather extremes and all kinds of other challenges. That is why many of us enjoy bringing the eggs or caterpillars inside to raise where they are protected from most of the dangers. This increases their chances of living to adulthood dramatically, and allows them a chance to mate and lay more eggs. Simply providing sources of nectar and host plants in our gardens can also help tremendously, but they will have frequent run-ins with predators, etc.
Sadly this also happened to the first monarch cat I found and brought in this year. It was already a 2nd or 3rd instar and when it appeared to be preparing to molt it was still for over a day and then finally looked just like this before falling off the leaf and turning to goo. Thankfully today I found 20 eggs to bring in and raise. Last year I didn't get to raise any.
I don't have nearly as much success raising found caterpillars as found eggs. Many cats seem to be already infected with something before I bring them in. I also have never found a butterfly chrysalis outside. Granted they are well camouflaged, but I have still never found one. I have found quite a few buried pupae that were probably moths while digging in soil though. They are probably more protected from predators down there.
Sorry catherinet, I have a friend that loves to watch them. I set up a container for her with a potted plant. She just sent me a picture of two of the three eggs that I gave her. Now they are chrysalis. Even in a container, not all the Monarchs live.
If you decide you want to give it a try, I have posted "Monarch Rearing Tips" below. Don't bother trying to log on to the Monarch Watch Forum. You will get better info here.
Take care and happy butterflying.
The caterpillar looks to be second to third instar. It is probably dead and it could be a predator or disease. That is part of the natural world. Only about 10% of the eggs laid will make it to adult.
Here is a link that might be useful: Monarch Rearing Tips
Thanks everyone.
I tend to let nature do its thing without me. But I've been wondering.......do you think raising butterflies indoors does anything to them that would make living in the "real world" more difficult?
I feel that nature is much smarter than me and knows how to keep things balanced. But..........mankind has sure upset that balance.
I live in the middle of farmland. I sure hope that doesn't put all the butterflies at risk. Fortunately, my immediate neighbor farmer is trying to do more natural farming.
Our 35 acres has really become a jungle.......and I love it! Many of the animals/birds/insects are doing great. But the butterflies have been dwindling. I think its like the canaries in the mines. :(
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BACKGROUND: Literature on the socio-economic 'gradient' in health often asserts that income is associated with better health not only for the very poor, but also across the entire income distribution. In addition, changes in the shape of the association between incomes during a period of increasing economic inequality have not been previously studied. The goal of the current study was to estimate and compare the shape of the relationship between income and mortality in the USA for the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s.
METHODS: Using income and mortality data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for respondents aged 35-64 years, we used a Bayesian Cox Model with regression splines to model the risk of mortality over three 10-year follow-up periods. To identify whether income was more strongly associated with mortality at different parts of the income distribution, we treated income as a linear spline with an unknown knot location.
RESULTS: The shape of the association between income and mortality was quite non-linear, with a much stronger association at lower levels of income. The relationship between income and mortality in the USA was also not invariant across time, with the increased risk of death associated with lower income applying to an increasing proportion of the US population over time (9th percentile of income in 1970-79, 20th percentile in 1980-89 and 32nd percentile in 1990-99).
CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses do not support the claim that income is associated with mortality throughout the income distribution, nor is the association between income and mortality the same across periods. Based on our analyses, a focus on the bottom 30% of the income distribution would seem to return the greatest benefits in reducing socio-economic inequalities in health.
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Government jobs are still viable only if you are a 30% or more diabled Vet. I am a disabled vet (only 10%) with a successful track record and skills commensurate with my resume words; however, the last two positions I applied for were marked for 30% or more disabled Vets...I was told up front I presented an excellent resume with the skills they are looking for but my disability pref was not high enough, Are you scratching your head now.
Bill,I agree with your description of DoE and EPA. But this is not a flaw. It is a survey of perception. If these college students have never worked in the DoE or Google environment, they don't really know what to expect, especially as entry-level. I tend to agree w/ Kelman that this is a positive for Fed service. But, the Fed ability to hire and give these young people interesting work will be key in keeping them.
This survey has a fundamental flaw. They didn't adequately describe the types of jobs at each agency. I know as an engineer, that many people hear of very interesting tasks that DOE performs. What they don't know is that those jobs are performed by contractors to DOE. A large number of DOE jobs are contract oversight. As a DOE employee, you aren't doing the science or engineering. You are doing contract management. EPA has a system where they create regulations of which many are overseen by the states in agreement with EPA. EPA isn't doing the actual work, they write rules. Underpaid state employees do the real work. I wonder how interested the students would be if the actual jobs were described.
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Anyone Out There Growing a Soursop?
I was at the local big box in St. Pete this weekend, which will remain nameless (rhymes with "gnome repo"), and was perusing their fruit tree selection when I spotted a soursop for sale. The picture on the tag looked kinda neat and, not knowing much about it (if anything), I did what any red-blooded gardener would do: I pulled out my credit card and bought it.
It's home in a container; no room in the yard. Does anyone know if a soursop will fruit from a container? I've seen several references on the internet that it "may" fruit from container but haven't seen anything from someone who has been successful at it.
Hi Bill, you might want to post this in the Tropical Fruits forum. Many of the Florida Tropical Fruits growers/experts frequent it and have experience with fruiting soursop.
I currently have one plant in container. It's a recent purchase so there will be no signs of fruiting for a while. But it seems to grow fast. It's probably best to leave it in the container if you're not zone 10B-11. It's ultra tropical and must be protected from sub 40 F temps in the winter. Unfortunately, I'm 9b. My plant will be container grown. Hope it grows well for you.
Here is a link that might be useful: Tropical Fruits Forum
I just bought mine about a month ago and is only 1-2 ft tall. I also have one from seed but is less than 1 ft tall.
I did my reasearch and found a discussion in the tropicalfruits forum that says that it can product fruit and referenced an article about it but I never found such article. Here is the discussion: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0813284731130.html?15
I think you need to grow it in pots anyway as it is very cold sensitive. I plan to have mine in pot and keep it outside most of the year but bring it indoors as soon as temperature drops to 50.
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Wow, this is an impressive loophole that the NSA and BND have found. The BND can't spy on Germans, and the NSA can't spy on Americans, but they CAN spy on each other, and then share whatever they find.
The sharing doesn't even have to be official, the BND and NSA could just claim that the information was "leaked" to them by some anonymous 3rd party, allowing them to gain all the intelligence they wanted on their own citizens without actually spying on them directly.
Except for the little detail about the NSA not being allowed to spy Americans indirectly either.
The problem is not that they find creative ways to bend the law, it's that they didn't really need to. It's been proven over and over again that even in the cases where they did break the law without any loophole or excuse, nothing happened anyway.
The problem is reality itself. The reality that since the beginning of times governing people requires spying that same people. We've gotten much more civilized in that
The problem is reality itself. The reality that since the beginning of times governing people requires spying that same people. We've gotten much more civilized in that now we make an effort of keeping that people in ignorance, so they are a bit happier; but the spying continues.
The government needs spies as it needs assassins and torturers and all kinds of evil agents. If the people keep pushing to reveal the truth, the result won't be the disappearance of evil agents but the removal of the pink veil.
At some point, if the kid insists enough, the parent's patience ends and he replies "because I say so, now shut up."
Yes, look how well that turned out for East Germany and the Stasi.
The only reason to spy on your own citizens is to take advantage of them - benefit for a few in power at the expense of the many.
Are you suggesting this is where the US of A is heading to (/already is)?
Oh noes... but
The reality that since the beginning of times governing people requires spying that same people.
The government needs spies as it needs assassins and torturers and all kinds of evil agents. If the people keep pushing to reveal the truth, the result won't be the disappearance of evil agents but the removal of the pink veil.
At some point, if the kid insists enough, the parent's patience ends and he replies "because I say so, now shut up."
At "the beginning of times" governments used targetted spying. They couldn't tap intercontinental fibreoptic communication cables, run the output through face recognition algorithms and automatically build huge databases of everyone's correspondance.
As an analogy, I accept that police and handcuffs are necessary evils. What I don't accept is that we may as well have everyone wear electromagnetic bracelets, which police can remotely switch into a pair of handcuffs.
What you call an impressive loophole seems to be modus operandi for these allied intel agencies. How is this any different than what has been revealed about cooperation revealed in the last year between the British GCHQ and the NSA?
I'm not sure it is a loophole. Sigint has been participating in schemes like this since the cold war. I think project echelon and project magic lantern grew out of one of these efforts.
When you hear about inteligence communities cooperating and that's how we found a bad guy or foiled some sinister plot, it was likely something like this. The real difference is the scope and the ability to process the communications.
Wow, this is an impressive loophole that the NSA and BND have found. The BND can't spy on Germans, and the NSA can't spy on Americans, but they CAN spy on each other, and then share whatever they find.
There is no loophole there, it is strictly illegal for both parties to participate in this. The means used to acquire the information is irrelevant.
Legally there is no difference between NSA planting a bug in your house or having someone else to do it for them.
The loophole is in that not everyone gets punished when they break the law.
Wow, this is an impressive loophole that the NSA and BND have found. The BND can't spy on Germans, and the NSA can't spy on Americans, but they CAN spy on each other, and then share whatever they find.
That is supposed to no longer be the case [intelnews.org], but you know how that goes
Its not really as big a problem as you're making it, though. Everyone already knows that foreign agencies will try to spy on us, and honestly I'd rather the NSA have that info than not, if someone else already has it. At least the NSA is more "on our side" than the BND is.
The reason domestic spying is such a problem is because the NSA has huge leverage and access that the BND does not. A US company is going to have a pretty easy time securing itself from foreign agencies if it uses a bit of common sense
The BND can't spy on Germans, and the NSA can't spy on Americans, but they CAN spy on each other
Except that it is illegal for anyone to spy on Germans, the NSA CAN'T do that from anywhere in the world without violating the German constitution. When they do it on German soil the Germans have the legal authority to arrest the criminals and they should do so. Not doing so is to disobey their laws and law enforcement duties. When the crimes against their citizens are committed from other countries, the appropriate thing to do would be to ask for the criminals extradition.
It is the BND's job to keep their
Sadly, this kind of stuff has been modus operandi for Germany for two decades now. You see, there's a whole generation that was raised on the concept of "our american friends". And that generation is in power now.
You see it in Merkel, who is basically a lapdog to America.
You see it in our financial industry, which was basically sold bridges by "our american friends" - guess who sent 400 million to Lehman Brothers literally (not metaphorically, literally) the day before they collapsed? Correct, a german bank.
And you see it in your secret services, which are basically a laughing stock the world over, but try to pretend they can play with the big boys. When in fact they can't even convince our own government members to actually use the cryptophones that they developed for them. *facepalm*
We are doing some really cool stuff over here, but our people in charge are idiots.
By two decades, don't you mean six? It's not like it started recently; what do you think Adenauer was doing?
No, I mean 2 decades. Adenauer was before my time, what I know about him is from history books and I don't trust them on the details.
But we also had Brand and Schmidt, for example. We had Kohl who, even though I massively disliked him, cannot be said to have been anyones pet. And SchrÃder was... not exactly great, but he did have the guts to stand up to Bush and tell him that his war in Iraq is stupid and we will have no part in it.
In what way exactly is Merkel an american lapdog? Or is that just a fancy way of saying "you dont like her"?
No, if I want to say I don't like her, I will say I don't like her.
I don't like her.
She is an american lapdog in many ways. In her entire time as chancellor, I cannot remember one time where she stood up for the interest of her country (that she swore an oath to protect) when it was in opposition to american interests. When it was discovered that the NSA had tapped her phone, which quite frankly should be a major diplomatic incident, her reaction was a stern phone call with Obama. She has brought the IWF in
It seems inconceivable that a country where half the citizens cowered under the Stasi, would ever consider rolling over and asking the NSA for a tummy rub.
Worldwide cooperation with NSA seems rather extensive, does it not?
The German spy organization BND isn't so much related to the Stasi as it is a descendant of the Nazi regime and grandfathered in by the US: The predecessor of the BND was called "Organisation Gehlen" [wikipedia.org], named after Reinhard Gehlen [wikipedia.org], later the first president of the BND.
Yep. Even worse, the Verfassungsschutz (interior "security" agency, created by the USA after the war by recruiting former nazis) is even more implied in (neo)nazi affairs from '45 until today. They basically fund the neonazi party by having half the party being "undercover agents" (thus paid by the government)
There's only one way to deal with it : close the BND and the Verfassungsschutz.
East Germany had about 16 million citizen, West Germany about 70.
So it's more like 20% who had experience with the Stasi.
Just saying.
He's an American. Just knowing that there used to be two Germanies puts him in the top 5%.
The other 60M experienced the Verfassungsschutz, which had (has) the same practices, but on a "smaller" scale
Now try to say Federal Intelligence Service. In German they drop the spaces between nouns that form a new whole, but you have similar syntax in spoken English, you just put spaces between the nouns when you write them.
These people are doing the same things that were the very basis of oppression of any and all freedoms on German soil in these two regimes. It is like these cretins _want_ that state of affairs back.
The traumas are still unhealed and they are passed on to the next generations, so the world has become a giant festival of self whipping. To avoid talking about the issues huge defenses are erected along with complex system of hierarchy. The totality is nonetheless based on a fragile illusion of power, which can be penetrated by anyone regardless of the applied conditioning - like what Snowden did for example. As long as people believe the illusion it stays together, but it's also possible to voluntarily ch
The terms were dictated by the US. They are part of the agreements that regulate(d) the occupation of Germany (see Truppenstationierungsabkommen).
These people are doing the same things that were the very basis of oppression of any and all freedoms on German soil in these two regimes. It is like these cretins _want_ that state of affairs back.
They want that level of power, but since it's *them* this time, they'll only use it for "good" (ie. what *they* want).
Of course, they neglect to realise that's exactly what the Nazi's thought.
Indeed. "Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen" (roughly: "German nature will cure the ills of the world"). The Nazis though that the wold was corrupt and weak, and that they were doing something to fix that because they believed they had found out how to be better human beings. Kind of like the US portrays itself these days. Of course, the Nazis also though that some could not be "cured" and should therefore be just exterminated. But this feeling of ultimate superiority is a slippery slope and Gitmo, m
Joint NSA + BND operations have been known about since the Cold War, and the white "Radomes" in Bad Aibling and elsewhere in Germany have been well-known surveillance sites since at least the 1980ies. Also, the ECHELON program has been known about since at least those days. Numerous newspaper articles appeared back then, and The Spiegel seems to have forgotten about its own articles from that time. With ECHELON, it was possible to monitor the entire radio and phone communication of Europe and especially, Ea
When that limitation was lifted, everybody knew the NSA can now decrypt all standard encryption algorithms
That has never been substantiated. Everything released by Snowden so far heavily suggests that the NSA focuses a lot on things like implants, software vulnerabilities, and other forms of endpoint attacking so that the data can be seen before it is encrypted or after it is decrypted.
The reason why strong encryption is exportable is because it became a moot point as the knowledge and technology existed an
She was so mad about her phone being wiretapped. And yet, she was playing along with the American surveillance machine the whole time. Serves her right.
>> our prime minister Rutte (in NL) got mad about his phone not being tapped
That, sir, is impossible. We monitor everything ! We record every phone call !
An official not being listened to ? I call BS.
Serves her right.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Bring 800ccs of faux outrage, stat!
Didn't Lewis Carroll mention them in Jabberwocky? I seem to recall in the second stanza:
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
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A while back I posted about my lighting plan for the kitchen which included a mishegoss of way too many types of lights. Thankfully you all helped me edit it down and we have it mostly in. That thread is too old to revive apparently, but I wanted to post an update. We don't have the center pendant in as we're waiting for floors, cabinets and countertops before I put a (what I'm assuming to be) ridiculously easy to break glass ball on a chain in the middle of the room.
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Sink wall with 3 lights. Again thanks to caoh for the inspiration and exact light recommendation.
Better shot of the track lights. Ignore the scrap on the wall, it's just a flesh wound. Installing beams is hard y'all.
Looking out towards the living room dining room where the "beam" goes "through" the wall.
Our beams are pieced together hollow beams that came unfinished from Virtual Timbers. They are in the hand hewn finish and we love them. We stained them with one coat of Provincial by Minwax left on for 15 minutes and wiped off. We ended up paying less for these than some of the foam beams we priced out and seriously could not be happier with them. Both before and after staining you could not see the seam at the corner where to sides meet. They do a wonderful job and I would heartily recommend them to anyone or use them again for another project.
We did have some issues installing them but that was mostly due to us not realizing that the sheetrock tape in the corner of the wall caused the distance at the top of the beam to be tighter than the distance at the bottom of the beam by up to 1/2" inch. My contractor (who did not install them, we did) later told me he has a special tool to scribe the ends just so when he does it ... of course he does. Oh well, we can patch the walls and the gaps at the bottom of some beams (maybe 3 beams out of 7 have gaps on the bottom on one end or both) will get patched and painted if it continues to bug us, or maybe some moulding if we get desperate. The actual putting up of bracing, and nailing / screwing the beams to it was very straight forward and only required 3 guys for the one 16' beam. The cutting and measuring would have been probably fine too if I knew ahead of time to scribe or if I had checked the corner for square.
The beams are great - and so is the track lighting. I wish the old thread could be resurrected, as I am going to have similar questions at some point here. I like the idea of a track across the run - is that a smaller track with a single light over to the left? What did you use?
I'm still in the initial stages and trying to pick out a layout, but I have a feeling I am going to have lighting questions galore at some point here. Might as well start a file now... lol
The track lights on the beam is one 60" track light from Pottery Barn with 3 Gallery spotlights in 'bronze'. It's actually a kind of grey-ish brown color IRL. We bought it off ebay because we didn't know if we were going to love it or not. My wife and I are both psyched with it so far, hopefully even more so once there is a peninsula underneath.
It's attached to two remodeling boxes that I drilled into the beam and wired to support pendants (ie wires even in the dummy suport for the track) in case we want to switch the track for pendants later. I only mention it because the track supports didn't cover the remodel boxes so there was an obnoxious blue ring around the support which annoyed me to no end. But it turns out those little Glidden sampler things in Walnut Bark make a pretty good little cover up solution.
The 3 lights on the beam over the sink are the Essen Dark Sky 6" Short light in Rust. It's very close to black, more like charcoal. I don't know why that's called Rust. It messes with my color blind head when color names don't mean what I assume they mean.
The light in the center is a super-chic porcelain fixture, trendy hipster faux vintage industrial $1.50 temporary thing. It will be replace by the PB Calhoun pendant eventually.
If that doesn't work (not enough light, too low, too blinding, etc.) then our plan B is to cry about it. And who knows maybe our gorgeous sleek minimalist industrial piece will make a come back.
Those beams are amazing looking! And your color choice is beautiful, too. You've inspired me to run out and get some Provincial stain and give it a try. I wish I'd heard of Virtual Timbers before our ceiling details started going in.
I look forward to seeing all your lighting choices in place.
Nutherookie- We're doing planning to do Provincial for our floors (two coats on oak) and we liked it so much we did the beams to.
Marcolo- Honestly I can't tell they're not solid. My GC kept getting his face as close to a corner as possible to try and see the joint and the way they miter them and sand it, it makes it nearly impossible to see or feel.
I was nervous when we stained them because one beam has a very different grain pattern, like it might be another type of wood. But once they're up I have hard time even remembering which one that was.
The only place you can tell they are fake is at the gaps at the wall. If we had installed before sheetrock it would have been perfect, or if I had done a better job of coping it, maybe. As it is we have some ideas to camouflage the one or two gaps that are noticeable. We might try to fill with shims and then spackle it and paint it to match the wall. If that doesn't work, we could do molding, iron brackets or someone even suggested wrapping it with thick rope.
Brickton I love your Beams!!
Not to hijack your thread, but any way you could explain how you installed those? I am installing beams that I built, in my dining room, and was curious how you attached them to the ceiling joists. Or, if you could point me to where I might find that info, I'd be very grateful!
Not a hijack at all oldhousegal. We ripped 2x8s and 2x6s to fit into the channel of the beams. The larger beams are 8" x 8" exterior with an inner channel of 6.5", the smaller beams are 4"h x 6"w with an inner channel of 4.5". We screwed these to the ceiling joists through the finished sheetrock using 3" deck screws (I double heart Scorpion brand screws). We then cut the beams to length, making sure to cut both ends as they come with uneven ends (ie one side longer than the other two). We then slid the beams up over the 2xs and screwed in from the side to the 2xs. We used maybe 2 screws just to hold the beam and then 2" finish nails shot through the side into the 2x. Some people recommended PL/Liquid Nails but we had a hard enough time getting the beams in place, I shudder to think where the glue might have ended up.
I figure I would toss up a couple more update photos as things slowly chug along with the house. All of the hardwood is in in the house (woot!) and has been stained (or in some cases stained, found to have a huge mysterious circular scratch, resanded and stained again) and is getting finished this week.
The floors for the kitchen (DR & LR) is rustic white oak 6", 7" and 8" stained again with Minwax Provincial.
And shelf support mockup for my wife. We're going to go with a mix of these two corbel options (only 1x behind, not ontop and behind like on the left). And it will all be painted white.
I'm reminiscing about one of my abandoned plans. We had a big old tree go down and I so much wanted to use it somehow--under an arm of the peninsula if nothing else. Seeing your ceiling makes me nostalgic for what could have been.
Nice work.
Am also impressed by your avoidance of recessed lights. Much more interesting. More personality. You and your spouse have a good eye (each of you) and a good vision (both of you).
The beams are fabulous. Are they all totally aesthetic or are any of them structural and you wanted to duplicate the look to keep one from being lonely? (This might be part of your original post or design creation threads but I am new around here.) I ask b/c we have to do a structural beam and I am wondering if I could/should add some more to keep them company. I can't wait to see your kitchen totally finished.
The beams look fantastic! Thanks for sharing this company! I currently have beams in my home that are very obviously 3 pieces of wood wrapped around something and then painted brown. While we love the architectural detail of beams, we really wish they looked more like real beams (real stained wood, beautiful mitered corners, etc). I had been wondering if I could hire a true carpenter to build something, but this looks like it could be an even better option! I don't see a selection of wood species (just "texture"). Can you select the wood species? If not, do you happen to know what wood they are made out of? Thank you for sharing your fabulous beams.
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Florantha, my wife and I thoroughly enjoy getting to design each and every part.
NewSouthernBelle- They are entirely aesthetic. They were applied over the finished sheetrock after it was taped, primed and painted. I'm all for making structural elements less lonely though.
pricklypearcactus- I don't know what type of wood they are. I would guess Douglas Fir, but it's just a guess. I'm sure if you contact Luke at VT he'll let you know. They were really great about communicating back and forth with me during the whole process. One thing to note is that the grain on some of the beams is very prominent and with a lighter stain, it might have stood out more than some would like.
Hey Brickton and wife :o)...it looks amazing! I am new to GW kitchens and I don't know what the "before" looked like, but you all have done a great job. I love how you have both done so much of it on your own! I am going to let my husband see the pics and your explanation of install...we are building a home and we have put in three 20' hewn barn beams across the vaulted ceiling in our great room (the real ones)...darn it! I wish I knew about your connection about a month ago..:o) I will wax them once the sheetrock is hung, etc. They will look very similar to yours. Did you all follow the directions to leave it on for 15 minutes before wiping off? Just curious. Keep posting pictures so we can see your progress...btw, I like the make-shift light..
Capegirl- There is no before actually.. unless you count a semi-empty field. This is new construction. We had considered doing full beams but getting the right length, dealing with supporting the weight, etc was more than we wanted to do. We applied the stain with foam brushes and then wiped it off after 15 minutes. Make sure you don't leave pools or drips as the stain will stay tacky and collect dust and other bits. It can be buffed off but it's a pain to deal with.
alabamamommy- Considering your fabulous kitchen, it's a high compliment that you would ever consider being somewhere else. Thanks.
I love those beams and lights.
Can you please tell me the height of your ceiling?
We have the ?standard? 8ft (almost 8ft) high ceiling and am wondering if beam would make the room feel shorter.
I've always seen beams in rooms w/ high ceiling, so you'd look up in awe :)
thank you,
Brickton, your lighting, floors, and beams look great! I also really like the corbels for your shelves. I love that they're not overly fancy/embellished, but a bit on the understated side. May I ask where you bought them? I'm thinking about putting some open shelving in my prep area but haven't found any shelf brackets I like. Thanks!
A very exclusive giant orange box store carries the corbel/brackets in stock actually. You can check local stock via the website ... except now I can't find the exact one on the website. We were psyched to find something that we could look at before buying without going to a custom shop. They are 9-3/4" by 2".


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I know the names but lost the pictures! What color are they?!
I started lots of dahlias indoors. I am ready to plant them out this weekend. I put tags in each pot with the name and the height. I had "saved" the wrappers with the pictures but now canÂt find them in the file where I normally keep such things (memory problems, darn). For most of the 12 varieties I remember what color/form they are, so placing them is not a huge problem. (OK, for "Red Pygmy" I do have a clue, lol...)
But these four I donÂt even remember buying! Must have done it after the inhibitions came down (once youÂve started 40-50 dahlias, whatÂs a dozen or so more?). It's my handwriting on the tags, so dahlia santa did not drop them off at my house. I have a feeling many are some shade of red.
But... Single? Double? Flower size? cactus? lacinated? I googled but got inconsistent pictures, and none at all for E & I.
This is all I wrote on each stick in the pots:
EBONY AND IVORY, 24-28" (I think this is a dark purple to ivory mix)
Thanks for the help...feeling embarrassed by this.
Red Pigmy :http://www.shilohdahlias.com/tubers5.htm
Star's Favorite: http://www.dahliasuppliers.com/accent/gallery/images/Stars%20Favorite_270_jpg.jpg
Firebird : http://www.highdesertdahlias.com/Firebird.htm
Ebony & Ivory is not listed.
Here is a link that might be useful: The Big List


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Little Rock, AR -- The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC), in collaboration with Arkansas Children's Hospital and Girl Scout-Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas will host the fifth annual Camp iRock, an all-girl fitness and nutrition camp. The camp takes place Sunday, June 14th through Saturday, June 20th at C.A. Vines 4-H Camp.
Camp iRock, a fitness and nutrition camp for girls in sixth, seventh and eighth grade, will consist of a week filled with educational activities, workshops and exercises aimed at promoting physical activity, healthy lifestyles, and building self-confidence in young girls. Campers will be equipped with the necessary tools and support to help them achieve and maintain optimum fitness and nutrition in their daily lives.
Forty girls from around the state of Arkansas will attend the camp free of charge. Applications are available on line at www.campirock.com .
According to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, Arkansas public school students is overweight or at risk for becoming overweight. These children have a higher risk of developing diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases.
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The mission of The Arkansas Minority Health Commission is to ensure all minority Arkansans access to health care that is equal to the care provided to other citizens of the state and to seek ways to provide education, address issues and prevent diseases and conditions that are prevalent among minority populations. To learn more about the Arkansas Minority Health Commission visit arminorityhealth.com. To get more details about Camp iRock visit campirock.com.
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Little Rock, AR --The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (Commission) recognizes that improving minority health in Arkansas and the nation requires collaboration across many organizations. It is our intent to collaborate with community-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations and others to address the health problems that effect minorities in the state of Arkansas. In an effort to facilitate the development of new and innovative approaches to promote health and prevent disease in these communities, the Commission is offering up to $2,000.00 per organization in sponsorship, cost-reimbursement funding in a competitive application process.
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Helianthus salicifolius 'Table Mountain'
This one really caught my eye even though I swore off Helianthus because of past aphid problems. Is anyone growing it and is it as cool as it looks?
From what I've read, it was developed in New Zealand in 1993 from a cross between Helianthus 'Golden Pyramid' and 'Autumn Queen' and only grows to about 16 inches tall. Zone hardiness is a bit confusing depending on what website you look at - anywhere from zone 4, 5 or 6 and up.
Take a look at the video in the link below. It's short.
Hmmmmm.... Just noticed, it sure looks a lot taller than 16 inches in that video.
Here is a link that might be useful: Helianthus
This post was edited by aachenelf on Sun, Jan 19, 14 at 12:28
16inches!!!! 16feet is more my understanding of these.
Years ago, I was persuaded to give the willow-leaved sunflower a go and was, in fact, bitterly disappointed in the vast swathe of foliage with a few minuscule flowers somewhere miles out of view at the top (I am a short woman). Have pretty much sworn off these prairie stalwarts since my soil is too dry and thin to really have an attempt at prairie plantings - shame because they would look good, I think, on my sunny, flat and open allotment. The whole prairie garden was a harsh lesson in putting the right plants in the right place - an epic fail en masse but I still manage to sneak in a few of these toughies in a less ambitious scheme.
From the Missouri Botanical Garden website:
Helianthus salicifolius is native to prairie regions of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. It typically grows to 5-8' tall. 'Table Mountain' is a cultivar that is primarily distinguished from species plants by its compact, flat-topped habit. It typically grows to only 16" tall and as wide. It is the result of a controlled cross-pollination that took place in Auckland, New Zealand in 1993 between Helianthus 'Golden Pyramid' (female) and Helianthus 'Autumn Queen' (male). Foliage is covered in late summer to early fall with a profuse bloom of 1.5-2" diameter sunflowers with golden yellow rays and brown center disks. Narrow, linear, rich green leaves (each to 3-4â long and to 3/8" wide) form an attractive foliage clump. U.S. Plant Patent Applied For (PPAF).
I can only speak to the species. I have to mostly agree with the English lady?, the flowers on the species are quite small and unless grown in harsh conditions, very large and floppy plant.
It's really hard to believe someone made a pretty little plant out of it...but I see blogs and Missourri Botanical Garden entries that seem to imply they did.
I love the species and have not been able to overwinter the hybrid. Helianthus salicifolius looks like a giant ornamental grass until it takes on its few daisies as late as November here. It blooms just before the snows come. It's certainly not suitable for the front of the border, but in a mixed grass bed, the back of the border or the shrubbery, it's really a fun plant. The daisies are not huge, and are not incredibly conspicuous, but then, most grasses don't have grand inflorescences anyway. It's spreading, though it does not self-seed here. It's also easy to control.
It is also a stand-up plant. Despite it's great height, it seems sturdy enough in all weather. We get a lot of requests for this plant for its foliage alone.
However, I've had no luck with any of the shorter hybrids.
Yeah, I mainly grew it for the foliage and the screening value.....but it was just a monster, almost as overweening as bamboo. It didn't fall over but was essentially.....boring.
Course, if I was planting on acreage, I might reconsider.....but, in truth, I have become less enamoured of many of these sunflower, rudbeckia and yellow daisy things. I find myself going back in time, through the taste and style lexicon.....and landing somewhere in the late 70's, with a burgeoning interest in shrubs and conifers.
It's all cyclical, hey?
nina - Thanks for telling me about your experience with some of these "shorter" hybrids. To be honest, I was even aware there any out there until I stumbled upon this plant.
There are a few images out there for 'Table Mountain' if anyone cares to Google the plant. Yes, it does appear to actually exist and no it is not 8 or more feet tall. In some of the photos it does appear to be maybe 16 or less inches tall, but in that video (if anyone watched it), it sure looks to be at least a 2 footer, but still not a monster by any means.
I wonder if salicifolius is less prone to the aphid problem? That's my biggest concern.
Hello, Kevin. How did this plant do in your garden?
I believe it's similar to one I've been trying to ID for a for a few months. The tag was lost when I planted it earlier in the season. I may have 'First Light', though. It is loaded with buds but only two are showing bits of golden color. It has deep green shiny foliage (densely branched) and is between 3-4' tall.
The one I have may be from NZ.
This must be the thread you mentioned in the other one. Sorry I didn't get back to you.
The plant I received this spring was very small - one of those tubes from Forest Farm. It grew, but didn't flower this year. In fact, now that you mention it, I haven't taken a look at it in a while. I'll try to do that tomorrow and report back.
Well, here it is.
I was surprised at how much it has grown since I last saw it. It's probably round 18 inches tall, but the nearby mums are kind of swallowing it up (must move them next year). I particularly like the leaves on this one. Next year I think this is going to be a very attractive plant.
It's even developing flower buds, but I have a feeling the first frost will come before they have time to do anything.
Thank you Kevin! It looks pretty! Great texture with your mums!
The foliage looks very similar to the plant I have, except the size and leaf color is a bit different at this stage.
Mine is finally blooming. The blooms aren't that big--maybe 2 to 2-1/2 " across and are that yellowy-orange Rudbeckia color. Will take a pic for posterity but am unsure when I could post it.
Thanks again for helping narrow it down!
You know...photos that used to be there and aren't anymore...are kinda annoying.
Maybe GW should archive the thread and pull down the images after some idle time?
I came back to this thread because I wanted to report seeing a municipality that planted a native bed (oddlty), and one of the current centerpieces was a H. salicifolius, the straight species. It was a pretty large clump, so it did make a statement, but due to the excessive height, it tended to arc in different directions, and the small flowers were lost in the height.
The pics of 'Table Mountain' looked a lot better, as I recall them from my memory.
You know...photos that used to be there and aren't anymore...are kinda annoying.
Definitely does take away from the usefulness of the forum; just another example of GW being very much behind the times. I would imagine that Kevin had these photos stored at one of umpteen various picture storage sites and if he deletes the photo there it breaks the link here. GW should be able to provide picture hosting space (as do all other forums I frequent). That way the photos are available to be viewed within each thread "forever".


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Cannibal Christmas
Sat, December 1, 2012
7:00 pm
The Riot Room
Kansas City, MO
This event is 21 and overhttp://www.theriotroom.com/event/180975/
Marasmus was born in late 2007 from the lack of real DeathMetal in the Kansas City scene. It grew out of other bands that were friends for years, since then those bands have faded into memory and Marasmus started writing. With new breath and new killer ideas the band came to life in an attempt to bring the genre back to the city without breakdowns and without compromise.Even at the bands inception they had offers to tour with national acts and had already played their first show with Death Metal giants Drawn and Quartered. Little did they know at the time, in the near future they would share the stage with bands like Nile, Origin, Lecherous Nocturne, Hour of Penance, The Black Dahlia Murder, All Shall Perish, Cannabis Corpse, Overkill, Master and many others. Marasmus has no remorse and no quit in their blood. All that matters is the unrelenting guttural mayhem that they have created as artists and as a lifestyle. Not one member is trying to conform to any traditions or any fads, just the uncompromising brutality that is the beast of metal disease known as Marasmus.
Gornograpy was formed in late 2004 from 3 guys that were disapointed in the Kansas/Missouri local music scene. Gornography has now gained respect for playing the kind of music that is very scarce in the midwest scene. Gornography has played with the following national acts. .. NILE.. VITAL REMAINS.. MONSTROSITY.. DRAWN AND QUARTERED.. UNMERCIFUL.. DISKREET.. and others
Torn The Fuck Apart
Since the formation of Kansas City's Torn The Fuck Apart in late 2004, the band has been busy ripping people's faces off with a relentless onslaught of brutality. With the release of their EP, "Skinned Alive" in 2006 and consistently playing shows in and around Kansas City, the band began to build a steady following. In July of 2009 they released their next self recorded album, "Gods of Gore" and embarked on a North American tour with metal veterans Monstrosity in support of it. April 2012 saw the release of "...The Dissection of Christ", their first full length studio effort. The band continued to grow their fan base by playing both locally and regionally in support of their new record. In the course of their campaign to get their brand of death metal to the masses, they have had the honor to share the stage with such acts as: Morbid Angel, Deicide, Six Feet Under, Master, Malevolent Creation, Jungle Rot, Vader, Embalmer, Monstrosity, Broken Hope, Vital Remains, and many more. Currently they are recording their latest album which will be entitled, "Sexually Transmitted Torture", and is set to be released in June of 2014 on Ossuary Industries. Keep checking out Torn The Fuck Apart online for more updates and to see when you can catch them devastate a stage near you!
The story starts about five years before the Koktopus was birthed. At a time when the four of us would get together and, over many drinks, kick around the idea of starting a metal band. We got together a few times over at the Crain Domain and jammed some cover tunes that we all knew but nothing ever came of it due everyones fucked up schedules. Then one night late in 2006, after a night of beer drinking and Jagermeister shots at the Longbranch, Big Dave & Adam resurrected the idea of forming a brutal heavy metal band. The next day Big Dave rolled with the idea and contacted Fletch about the idea of getting together again and playing some metal. Now with Big Dave on guitar, Adam on drums, and Fletch on vocals we began to jam some of our favorite cover tunes again. After a few weeks of getting back in the groove of things we began to write some songs of our own. With some time passing we were all pretty impressed with what we had accomplished and wanted to move on to the next step and find the missing piece of the band. We had brought a few different friends in to jam with us but nothing really seemed to come of it. Then one night on a whim we called Nick and left him a message wondering if he wanted to come over, check out the songs we had, and possibly sit in on bass with us. Within the next few practices Nick had learned all the songs we had and also brought with him the exact presence the band was looking for. With the joining of these four individuals came the the birth of the KOKTOPUS. From that point on we've been dedicated to making Heavy Metal music that not only we love but Metal fans all over the place can bang their fucking heads to.
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Royal Caribbean cruises break new ground in Europe in 2012
Royal Caribbean will be placing 12 ships, including two Freedom Class ground-breakers, in Europe for its 2012 cruise and cruisetour season.
Highlights for the 2012 Europe season include:
The FlowRider is just one of the exciting activities on Independence of the Seas
For the third consecutive year, Independence of the Seas will be positioned year-round in Southampton, primarily operating on an alternating series of 14-night Mediterranean Treasures and Italian Mediterranean programmes.
Three ten and 11-night Canary Islands itineraries will be available in October and November. Independence of the Seas will also offer one three-night sailing, overnighting in Paris (LeHavre, France) in May; and a four-night cruise spending the night in Cork (Ireland).
Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas will offer guests onboard features such as the FlowRider surf simulator, the H20 Zone water park, a boxing ring, whirlpools, and the four-bedroom, four-bathroom Presidential Family Suite that sleeps up to 14.
In addition to the 12 homeports, Royal Caribbean International is also offering eight "interports" – where guests can board itineraries en route – creating 20 options for embarkation and disembarkation, including Toulon, Marseille and LeHavre, France; Genoa, Messina (Sicily), and Bari, Italy; Valencia, Spain; and Kusadasi (Ephesus) Turkey.
Serenade of the Seas will be making her debut in Europe in 2012
Further highlights include:
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Charity never sounded this loud
Weekly series of motorcycle rallies roars into Ocala's Harley-Davidson dealership.
Published: Sunday, July 9, 2006 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 9, 2006 at 12:00 a.m.
WHAT: All events are rain or shine.
WHERE: Harley-Davidson Ocala, 5331 N. U.S. Hwy 441
July 15
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Bikes, Blues & BBQ
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Blues Busters
2-4 p.m. Neeto Lane. "Show What You Got"
Dyno Shootout with prizes
Food by Rondo's
Rondo's Angels Bike Wash
July 22
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sock Hop
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Golden Oldies by The Faze Band
Car Show 50-cent hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream
July 29 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Christmas in July Toy Run. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. First bike out at 11 a.m. from Harley-Davidson. Last bike in at 1 p.m.
$1,500 in cash prizes Live music by One Flite Up Food and beverages available Please bring unwrapped new toys only Call (888) 811-2453, 732-2488 or go to www.hdocala.com for information.
"Very fun," said Roman, minutes after emerging from the cold water. "We're just having a little fun before things get started."
The two young men were among six others from Miami hired by Luna Entertainment to run the rides and man the booths as part of Dunk the Dealer Carnival Days sponsored by Harley-Davidson of Ocala on Saturday.
The event was the second of five being held each Saturday at the dealership at 5331 N. U.S. 441 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the month of July.
Organizers decided to hold the weekly bike rallies after plans to expand the Ocala Sturgis Custom Bike Show fell through because the city of Ocala declined to close downtown streets for the event scheduled for July 29 on the downtown square.
The rally, named for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, benefits charities such as the New Horizon School for Autistic Children, Kimberly's Cottage and Sheltering Arms Home for Children.
Ray Barnett, general manager of Harley-Davidson of Ocala, who rides a black Road Glide that retails for $31,000, said more than 800 people attended the "Show Your Patriotism" event last week, which included food and music.
In addition to the dunking booth, Saturday's mini-carnival featured midway games, live music by the Remnants, face painting, a rock-climbing wall, ring toss, child tattoos and an assortment of food including Italian sausages, jambalaya, gumbo, snow cones, cotton candy, lemonade and a variety of ice cream snacks.
It took brothers, Calvin, 6, and Lucas Michaelis, 4, dozens of tries before one of the balls finally hit the bulls-eye, this time plunging Lopez into the chilly water. The youngsters were attending the carnival with their mother, Janel Michaelis.
Dozens of spectators watched as the Ocala Shrine Club Motorcycle Drill Team performed drills during the event, including Wheel to Wheel, Ducks in a Row, 360 Degrees and Fly By.
The group - which consists of bikers Ron Malone, Larry Marcum, Bud Davison, Jimmy Westervelt, Ricky Sparkman and Dennis Miller - is part of the Ocala Shrine Club Motorcycle Unit and placed first in the International Association of Shrine Motor Corps Competition in Tampa last week. The group competed against 50 other teams from around the country.
"It's very rewarding," said Larry Marcum's wife, Laura, who snapped pictures during the demonstration. "I've been watching these guys since they started practicing for (the competition) in February."
Barnett invited the group to perform at the event.
The bikers all ride identical Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic 1600 series bikes, which cost about $30,000.
Ron Malone, captain of the team, said riding is all about teamwork.
"It brings everybody together as a close team," said Malone, who's been riding for 20 years. He said the team practices together two to three times a week.
Keith Chischester, a technician at Harley-Davidson, spent his day off enjoying the event with his two daughters, 4-year-old Sarah and 8-year-old Amanda.
Chischester stood on the sidelines as the girls yelled to him occasionally while riding one of the rides at the carnival.
"It's fun. I like the rides," Sarah said, sporting an alien tattoo she had painted on her right wrist.
"I want to go rock climbing. Can we go now, daddy?" asked Amanda, who had a motorcycle tattooed on her arm.
By noon, a few hundred people had arrived. Most sat under a big white tent seeking temporary relief from the beaming sun.
"The fundraisers are always a great thing," said Barnett, who said he expected another large turnout. "It's something that we do to support the community. We love doing that."
____ Monica Bryant may be reached at monica.bryant@starbanner.
com or (352) 867-4131.
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