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When it comes to keeping guns out of the hands of those who clearly should not have them, strengthening background checks is not the gold standard. It is the absolute bare minimum. Yet the U.S. Senate has now balked at even that.
It's unconscionable. How many more gun deaths will it take before our federal representatives understand that doing nothing is not an option?
It's bad enough that good measures that were once on the books - such as a ban on certain assault weapons - have expired and Congress can't muster the political will to renew those regulations. But surely the majority of Americans expected Congress to do something in the wake of the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut late last year.
Bolstering background checks - particularly by having a strong national standard - makes abundant sense. Improving the system would not have infringed upon on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. Indeed, it would have been the best way to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental illnesses or who have criminal records that bar them from owning guns. As is, there is a hodgepodge of state laws, and some states are incredibly lax about submitting certain records to the federal background database, especially concerning mental illness.
It's absurd that such practices are allowed to continue. The federal government has set up the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It ought to be true to its name. Pertinent information must be shared in real time through this database. And loopholes should be closed.
Background checks now apply only to purchases handled by licensed firearms dealers. It's incredible they are not going to be extended to firearms sales at gun shows and purchases online.
President Barack Obama outlined several good gun-control proposals in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, including stronger background checks and a ban on military-style assault weapons and on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Senate Republicans, joined by a few Democrats, have wrongly squelched those plans.
What an utter disgrace for the country.


text: Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger Business 03 December 12 by Brandon Keim Flick.com/jonny2love Financial giant Barclays is considering an end to food speculation, a controversial practice linked to sudden, dangerous spikes in global food prices.Rich Ricci, head of Barclays' corporate and investment banking arm, told British lawmakers on 28 November that public disapproval of food speculation may push his bank, the world's third-largest, to stop altogether."Market speculation is playing a role in global hunger. Now that science has made this clear, speculation should be unacceptable," said Yaneer Bar-Yam, president of the New England Complex Systems Institute.Speculation -- investors betting on food prices -- has existed for decades, but until the late 1990s was restricted to farmers and food producers, who have direct market interests and used bets to offset their risks.Deregulation allowed anyone to bet, and after the financial crisis began in 2007, panicked investors pulled trillions of dollars out of the stock market and put them into markets for commodities, including food. Not long afterwards, the price of staple foods surged, nearly doubling in the space of a few months and setting off a global wave of food riots. Prices came down, but twice spiked again, reaching record levels last year. Economists argued about the reasons. Three possible causes took centre stage: demand for corn-based biofuels, crop-disrupting weather, and speculation. The latter came under particular scrutiny. Many experts argue that excessive speculation alters the underlying properties of markets, making them prone to wild volatility.NECSI's own work supports that notion: In a series of white papers, they've used network theory to model speculation's effects, finding precisely the sort of spikes that have characterised the last five years of food price wildness.Though governmental attempts at regulating commodity speculation anew have been blocked in the United States, several banks, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, have cut back on food speculation.If Barclay's follows through, it would mark the most significant such decision to date.According to NECSI's models, a failure to cut back on food speculation could result in another price spike in 2013.Source: Wired.comImage: Flickr.com/jonny2live/CC BY 2.0 Edited by Olivia Solon Comments Notice that the "experts" gloss over the obvious culprits of biofuel usage and bad weather to blame speculation. Because apparently it isn't (couldn't possibly be) the fault of US subsidization that corn prices have consistently increasd over the last seventy years. Moreover the mass consumption of corn into inefficient biofuel that gives a tank of gas a 10% knock in its efficiency could have nothing to do with the recent sortages of edible corn in the world market. No, indeed the reason that the prices are going up is because someone is willing to bet their money that market pressures will lead to shortages in supply and that prices will increase along with the corresponding higher demand. Because me betting that other two hypothetical parties will charge and pay a certain price means that I've directly caused them to pay that price. What a lot of nonsense. Prices have gone up because corn and other grains are being wasted. This entire position of speculators being culprits is aimed at demagoguery, and allowing government to implement price ceilings to score political points with voters. Once that happens the food shortages will be in the UK and the US and other large countries. The only reason to avoid the free market price detemination, which is evidenced to exist in part by the presence of speculation, is to create price controls in the hands of government. Dictated prices always cause shortages whether they are rent controlled housing in New York city, or food shortages in Soviet Russia. Have no illusions, the end of food speculation will cause the steadying of prices and the end of supply. And so a loaf of bread may stick at the same price for thirty years, but there will be no bread in the store beacuse it is in no ones interest to supply bread (or anything else) at a loss.It is the speculators and those who put their own skin in the game that allow otherwise inefficient and/or stagnant markets to operate, and who bring needed and/or desired goods to consumers. Someone has to have it be worth their whie to get food to those who would eat it, and petrolium to those who would drive their automobiles, not just because it makes them popular with the public, but because they will personally rise or fall with the level of success and the sustainability of the results. Governments are not entities capable of running markets, because they are not held to the standard of a free business. Government does not have to create a product and then covince the public to purchase it, it is afforded the use of force and coersion. Business must earn every dollar that the public pays to it, so it has the interest of getting needed and desired products to every place where they might be profitable. Government cannot function this way, they function in the opposite way, they distribute products, if at all, to places where they think it would be a good idea, and since they are not required to earn the money that they use for these projects they reek havoc on markets as a result having no counter balnce to set right what they lay asunder. And for all of their benevolent speeches, and promises of what people want to hear, there is not a politician anywhere who can or ever will, deliver benificial market results through use of government regulation or intervention. John Mcgurk Dec 4th 2012 In reply to John Mcgurk Apart from listing the influence of short-sighted allocation of corn for biofuel, what a load of Randian drivel by John McGurk.Neither the article nor the bank are calling for government control of food distribution from field to shelf, which is what you are intimating with straw man comparisons to Soviet Russia. The article (and the referenced study) is merely pointing out that since the removal in 2007 of regulation preventing parties not involved in food production from speculating on food prices, there have been severe spikes in food prices. If you follow through on the link, this began almost immediately and occurs even when modelling takes into account drought.I agree on free markets, but to wilfully ignore that business (particularly big business monopolies) can also have force and coercion through restriction of competition, marketing and moneyed manipulation of legislature is a bit deceitful.Lastly, banks rarely put their own skin in the game. With what little they do, they aren't really taking a risk. Haven't the bailouts taught you anything? Luke Dec 4th 2012 In reply to Luke Apart from agreeing that biofuel from corn in an inefficient use of resources, Luke is unaware, or unwilling to admit, that the allocation of grain is controlled by government policy, which is why there is ethanol in gasoline in the first place. Ethanol is overly expensive as a fuel, and is only used in fuel because of 70+ years of subsidization with tax dollars and 25 years of misguided green initiatives to give a non food outlet to one of the most abundant food sources on the planet. The corn used to produce a gallon of fuel grade ethanol can feed a person for over six days, but instead it is subsidized with other peoples money at a cost of $8, when the same grain would sell for under $4 in the global market. However $6.50 of that inflated cost is hidden as the ethanol is sold at a discount in a closed market so that it can be touted as efficient. Once the corn starts in the ethanol program it does not get diverted or sold outside te US, it is designated solely for use as a fuel additive. But of course its the fault of speculation that there are shortages of food, and NOT the fault of the US government that passed the Energy Independance and Security Act, passed in (you guessed it) 2007, that mandated the increased usage of ethanol in gasoline to 15,000,000,000 when it already stood at 6,500,000,000 gallons of ethanol which were comprised of at least 169.5 billion pounds of corn, all to be traded in a closed market at a discount after being boosted in cost by subsidy, to then be burned as an inefficient substitute for gasoline instead of feeding the starving people of the world. The presence of speculators in the food market is the biggest blessing that the starving people have, beause it allows corn and other food stuffs to be sold profitaly to them instead of being wasted by foolish government policy which is now set to more than double in the next 10 years. "Corporate monopolies" like the Cargil corporation, or entities in China shut out competitors through regulation, not through free market competition, and they recieve subsidies in the bargain. Every free market company has to compete and inovate its way to the top. It is the regulation, not the free market speculation that drives the prices up, because regulations cause this misallocation of goods, and cause scarsity. Subsidization is the cause of price increases in corn, wheat, soybeans, and rice, and government regulation and interference is responsible for the presence of subsidy and the problem of food shortage. If there were not a shortage of food, then price speculators would quickly adjust their positions on food prices.Banks got bailouts because government regulation guaranteed subprime mortgages and crashed the housing market. The government regulaton caused the problem, and then they paid for it with other peoples money. The bailouts showed how bad it is when the government decides to subsidize private industry. It does not show what happens when private industry does its job away from the meddling of government.The persons quoted in this article want more regulation and less speculation, so they are for price controls, and against free markets. The examples of rent control and price ceilings are accurate, Luke just doesn't like the implications. It is the fault of government that people are starving, not because enterprising investors have made money by betting correctly that the bad policy of government has bad effects. Speculation makes the effects of government policy more apparent, however there are always a plethora of shills waiting to blame capitalism for the failures of government, so in the end the issues can always remain polorized, and the listeners can remain divided. John Mcgurk Dec 5th 2012 All very eloquently put; but isn't there something morally/ethically wrong with making money out of (and causing) other people's hardship? It stinks to me. Phil Rassell Dec 5th 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk

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The Littlest Prisoner, the latest from critically-hailed singer, violinist, composer and arranger Jenny Scheinman, will be released May 6 on Sony Masterworks. Her eighth studio album, The Littlest Prisoner follows Scheinman's 2012 release Mischief & Mayhem, which All About Jazz called "a near-flawless package of musical craftsmanship." Scheinman, whom The New York Times has called "full of playful ideas" and "a soulful, generous improviser," will play several upcoming dates with Ani DiFranco.
Mixed by Grammy-nominated producer, Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Neko Case, My Morning Jacket and Sufjan Stevens), the album was recorded in just three days of studio tracking in Martine's Flora Studio in Portland, Oregon.
Of the album, Scheinman says that she "had always imagined that this album would have a sort of Buddy Miller acoustic Americana sound," however, "as fate would have it I ended up bringing the material into the ethereal, moody, stripped down world of my trio with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade. This added a sense of newness, risk and adventure to the process, which was extremely exciting."
As for the lyrics, Scheinman says "I attempted to look directly at love and all its ugly beauty through the eyes of mothers, inmates, wives, artists, and children. What amazes me about the album is that all the tough stuff of life is stuck in the middle of such a beautiful band sound."
In addition to her eight solo records, Scheinman has collaborated with Rodney Crowell, Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Bruce Cockburn, Madeleine Peyroux, Todd Sickafoose, Nels Cline and many others. She has also earned great acclaim for her high-profile arrangements for artists like Lucinda Williams, Bono, Lou Reed, Metallica and Sean Lennon.
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Guitar explorer NELS CLINE is best known these days as the lead guitarist in the band Wilco. His recording and performing career – spanning jazz, rock, punk, and experimental – is well into its fourth decade, with over 160 recordings, including at least 30 for which he is leader. Born in Los Angeles in 1956, Cline has received many accolades including Rolling Stone anointing him as both one of 20 "new guitar gods" and one of the top 100 guitarists of all time.
Beyond Wilco, he leads The Nels Cline Singers (featuring Scott Amendola and bassist Trevor Dunn), and plays with Fig (a collaboration with Yuka Honda), BB&C (a collective with Time Berne & Jim Black), Pillow Wand (duo with guitarist Thurston Moore), and a new duo project with jazz guitar prodigy Julian Lage. A few of the other musicians with whom he has performed and/or recorded include: Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Yoko Ono, Jeff Gauthier, Mike Watt, Carla Bozulich, Vinny Golia, Marc Ribot, Tinariwen, Julius Hemphill, Charlie Haden, Wadada Leo Smith, Lydia Lunch, and Lee Ranaldo.
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Jim Black is at the forefront of a new generation of musicians bringing jazz into the 21st century. In addition to being one of the most influential drummers of our time, he is also the leader of one of the world's most forward-thinking bands, AlasNoAxis, featuring his longtime collaborators Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson and Skúli Sverrisson. Based on the foundation of his virtuosic but highly personal approach to jazz drumming, Black's aesthetic has expanded to include Balkan rhythms, rock songcraft and laptop soundscapes. Though he is revered worldwide for his limitless technique and futuristic concepts, what many listeners treasure in most Jim Black's work is the relentless feeling of joy and invention he brings to his performances. Jim Black's smiling, kinetic, unpredictable presence has enthralled and inspired audiences worldwide for over twenty years.
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JENNY SCHEINMAN * violin
BEN GOLDBERG * clarinet
KIRK KNUFFKE * cornet
ERIK DEUTSCH * piano
ADAM LEVY * guitar
ROB REICH * accordion
ALLISON MILLER * drums
TODD SICKAFOOSE * bass
A Bay Area native, Sickafoose spent some years in Los Angeles studying bass with Charlie Haden and composition with the great, late Mel Powell. Since then, he's been recording and performing with a ton of innovative folks and genre benders including Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird, Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Ron Miles, Trey Anastasio, Yoko Ono, Myra Melford, Tin Hat Trio, Adam Levy, Skerik, Allison Miller, Stanton Moore, Bobby Previte, Scott Amendola, Will Bernard, Stebmo, Jessica Lurie, Shane Endsley, Erin McKeown, Anaïs Mitchell, Gina Leishman, Carla Bozulich, Noe Venable, Etienne de Rocher, James Carney, Erik Deutsch, Tony Furtado, and Darol Anger.
The consistency of his personal voice within wildly diverse collaborations prompted the LA Weekly in 2004 to call Todd "one of the most comprehensive musical minds of this coast". Since 2005, Todd has been living in Brooklyn, NY.
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Following his Grammy-nominated 2009 debut Sounding Point, virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage returns with the evocative and finely wrought Gladwell – the second effort by his offbeat, eclectic group with cellist Aristides Rivas, percussionist Tupac Mantilla, bassist Jorge Roeder and saxophonist Dan Blake.
The album unfolds according to a fanciful and story-driven plan, as Lage explains: "We began playing with the idea of creating a story we could use as a guiding light in our writing process…. The result was the development of an imaginary and forgotten town known as Gladwell…. As a metaphor, Gladwell presented us with a clear architecture, to compose songs that evoke feelings of people and places we hold dear."
Sweeping, colorful and thrillingly executed, the album opens with "233 Butler," named for the Brooklyn street address of vintage instrument shop, Musurgia. Here and throughout, Lage showcases his group's highly developed rapport and varied, refreshing approach to orchestration, with originals pieces that bring to life the fictional sights and sounds of Gladwell: the train station ("Listening Walk"), the church ("Cocoon," featuring Blake on melodica – channeling sounds that could be likened to the artsy streets of Paris), the bazaar ("Iowa Taken"). "Some songs specifically identify with particular parts of the town," writes Lage, "while other pieces simply fit into the overall concept and musical direction. The intention of the music is to encourage the listener, at every turn, to take a step towards the unknown…."
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If applicants are not current members, Zonar will also cover the cost of NAPT membership. Any person who is currently employed by an organization that provides pupil transportation services is eligible to apply. Priority will be given to applicants who justify the scholarship as a determining factor in their ability to attend the summit.
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BOSTON -- Injured Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has not been ruled out for a Game 2 appearance Tuesday night.
"As far as Bergeron is concerned, if he is in, I think you will see him in warm-ups," Boston coach Claude Julien said after Tuesday's morning preparations for Game 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Asked if he knew if Bergeron was playing and was withholding that information for competitive advantage, Julien refused comment.
Bergeron has not played since last Friday's Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, suffering a concussion on a hit by Claude Giroux. But he has skated each of the past four days with no reported setbacks.
Tuesday morning, Bergeron took part in the optional morning skate, doing line rushes and other drills. As is usually the case with morning skates, however, there were no contact drills. Bergeron has yet to take part in contact drills during his recuperation process.
Monday, Bergeron skated for almost an hour -- his longest workout yet -- including some power-play work at the start of practice. He also remained for first part of the full practice, although he left just before the team started some battle drills and down-low work in the offensive zone.
While Bergeron skated on Tuesday, Milan Lucic was one of the few forwards not to take the morning skate. There was some concern that Lucic was injured in Monday's practice, taking a slap shot off the foot.
Julien dismissed that notion immediately.
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Does anybody have the content of the course? It sound very interesting way to learn about OpenBSD, and being able to contribute code.
The contributions weren't that significant. IIRC, you'd write a keyboard driver and add a system call that computes an MD5 digest, stuff like that. A good place to learn, but nothing worth contributing in and of itself.
They don't teach it with OpenBSD anymore. They don't seem to have figured out the new way they want to do it. When I took that course last year, it was half Java. And the prof (a new one) couldn't see the race condition when I gave him line numbers and specifics. I hear they're using some simulated OS called "Inferno" now.
To summarize, I'm glad this degree isn't the only thing on my resume.


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TAMPA, Fla. — It's a good thing the NCAA Tournament seeding committee considers only "bad losses" and not "bad halves."
Pitt, which had lost two of its past three games, overcame another sluggish start to dispose of South Florida, 66-50, on Wednesday at a half-empty Sun Dome to remain one game ahead of second-place Notre Dame in the Big East standings.
The No. 4 Panthers (26-4, 14-3), who trailed, 27-24, at halftime, scored 25 of the first 32 points in a red-hot second half to put away USF (9-21, 3-14).
"We know we needed this win," senior center Gary McGhee said. "In the second half, we just came out and played with everything we have."
Pitt hit 11 of its first 12 field-goal attempts in the second half, building a 49-34 lead on Ashton Gibbs' 3-pointer — his third in a 2:19 span — with 11 minutes to play. Pitt, down by five points late in the first half, led by as many as 21 in the second half.
"They came out a different team," USF senior Jarrid Famous said. "They came out more aggressive. We should have come out stronger."
With the win, Pitt has clinched at least a share of the Big East regular-season title.
"It's the toughest conference in the country, and we are the champs of it," coach Jamie Dixon said. "Nobody has been a champion of a conference with 11 NCAA Tournament bids ... (or) nine NCAA Tournament bids. That puts it in perspective right there. No one has had to beat as many good people as we have in any conference before."
USF coach Stan Heath, who beat Pitt in the 2002 NCAA Sweet Sixteen while at Kent State, said Pitt could make a deep run into March — or get beat early.
"It certainly is a team that could go very far," he said. "It's also a team that could stumble. It just depends on the matchups and who they go against."
Only slumping Villanova, on Saturday at Petersen Events Center, stands between Pitt and the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament for only the third time since the Panthers joined the conference 28 years ago (1988 and 2004 were the others).
And despite Pitt's recent first-half woes, it will also mean a near-certain No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
"We feel good," said Nasir Robinson, who had 18 points and 10 rebounds. "We're going to play this last game against 'Nova and we're not going to worry about the No. 1 seeds. We're going to play hard and, hopefully, things work out good."
Pitt, which lost on a buzzer-beater (St. John's) and in overtime (Louisville) in its past two road games, trailed at halftime for the sixth time in their past nine games. But Pitt shot 61 percent from the field in the second half (17 for 28), while outrebounding USF, 20-10.
Gibbs scored 13 of his 16 in the second half, making all three 3-point attempts, as Dixon broke the all-time NCAA Division I record for most wins (214) after eight seasons as a head coach.
Famous recorded a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in the first half, but finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds for USF.
Pitt outrebounded USF, 20-10 in the second half, allowing the Panthers to push the tempo.
"We thought we could beat them in transition," Dixon said. "It's hard to run and get out and go when you can't get a rebound."
• Note: Wanamaker, who finished with seven points, seven rebounds and seven assists, became only the second Pitt player to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists in his career.
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Mike McClelland of Bella Vista, Ark., had no way of predicting his future, but the foundation of his bass fishing future was built at Table Rock Lake, beginning when he was 9 or 10 years old, when he was "fishing with people who knew what they were doing."
That included an uncle who worked as a guide on Table Rock.
"I remember we threw a Wiggle Wart (crankbait) or a spinnerbait or a plastic worm," said the 46-year-old McClelland. "In the spring, during prespawn, it was just two baits, a Wiggle Wart and a spinnerbait.
"My uncle wouldn't start guiding each year until the water temperature hit 52 degrees."
That generally was the water surface temperature at Table Rock Lake when the Bassmasters Elite Series arrived last week.
Rather than reminiscing about past experiences here, Mark Davis of Mt. Ida, Ark., was thinking of the future. As part of the Strike King pro staff, Davis gets to use some lures that haven't made it to market yet, as well as everything else in the Strike King catalog. One that isn't on the market – the Strike King River Bug – a soft-plastic with a Beaver type body and a couple of long, flat crawfish-type appendages, had been Davis' main weapon on the spawning bass at both Lake Seminole and the St. Johns River, where Davis opened he season with two third-place finishes.
"I caught a bunch of fish on it," Davis said.
McClelland had a few more lures, in addition to the Wiggle Wart, in his tacklebox last week during the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament on Table Rock. His list of lures included, of course, one of his signature baits – a SPRO McStick jerkbait. But the Storm Wiggle Wart crankbait remained a key for McClelland and just about everyone else in the field.


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Brunello Cucinelli Spring/Summer 2012 Lookbook
Beauty will Save the World is Brunello Cucinelli's belief. When you take a look at their Spring Summer 2012 lookbook you will see why. You can take a look at their full collection that has dropped online and will be available for purchase at fine retailers over the course of the next month. As always, with a new collection comes a new lookbook, which in Cucinelli's case usually doesn't disappoint in terms of artistic merit and styling choices.


text: The Cygnet City Car might not be what you expect when you think of an Aston Martin, and to be honest, its the type of car you can probably only get away with in Paris, but that makes this collaboration all the more fitting. colette have collaborated with numerous brands over the years, but Aston Martin has to be one of the more impressive, with this City Car. colette are behind the aesthetic make up of the car using Lightning Silver with colette Blue for the paint job and a Bitter Chocolate leather interior inspired by colette's own Labrador, Oscar. The car will be limited to just 14 retailing at €48,995 EUR (approximately $71,000 USD).


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Kate Middleton Wedding Dress: Tim Gunn Calls Kate 'Ravishing'Michelle Lamar
Kate Middleton wedding dress is winning raves from around the world! Fashion guru Tim Gunn called Kate Middleton 'Ravishing' and Gunn had high praise for Kate Middleton's wedding dress. In an interview with ABC News, Tim Gunn told Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters he thought the wedding dress was "absolutely ravishing!"
The comparison between Kate's dress and the wedding dress of Princess Grace is easy to see! The wedding dress of Princess Grace, as she became the Princess Grace of Monaco, just had to be part of the inspiration for designer Sarah Burton!
In a recent interview, before the wedding, Tim Gunn praised Kate Middleton's fashion sense:
"She is so fashion savvy and forward…it will be exciting to see."
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|The plantations along the James River are not to be missed either, IMHO.
My favorite is Shirley Plantaion, home of the Cater family. Robert E. Lee's parents were married in the parlor. The collection of ancestral silver has to be seen to believe it. Seem at the beginning of the war the family neglected to send it to the bank in Richmond for safekeeping, and ended up burying it instead, thus saving it from being melted down when Richmond caught fire.
Other interesting stops are Harrison's Landing (ancestral home of 2 US presidents, and the site where "Taps" was compsed after the Seven Days Battles, as well as the site where the first Thanksgiving dinner was held in the New World.)
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Probable next stop: the hyper-intensive football atmosphere of the Southeastern Conference, a move that could produce more falling dominoes in college realignment.
A&M took a key step Thursday toward severing its existing conference relationship and long-standing rivalries with Texas and Baylor. School President R. Bowen Loftin wrote to Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe that the Aggies "were exploring their options."
"If Texas A&M withdraws from the conference, we want to do so in a way that complies with the bylaws and is supportive of your efforts to seek a new member of the conference," Loftin's letter read. "We would appreciate your conferring with the other member institutions and outlining for us the process to be followed by Texas A&M should it withdraw from the conference."
The Big 12 board of governors has scheduled a Saturday morning teleconference to discuss the letter. Loftin is expected to participate.
"It remains our strong desire for Texas A&M to continue as a member of the Big 12, and we are working toward that end," Beebe said in a statement. "However, if it is decided otherwise, the conference is poised to move aggressively with options."
Sources involved with the process suggested three possible Big 12 responses:
A nuclear option. The Big 12 could point to the recently signed $1.17 billion cable TV rights deal with Fox Sports Media Group and could threaten legal proceedings against A&M and the SEC. It could also cite the pledge made by A&M and the league's other nine members in the summer of 2010 after the departure of Nebraska and Colorado.
By the book. Another option includes a possible response that would cite Big 12 bylaws and note a buyout that some have estimated as high as $28 million.
A quick parting. A&M has expressed serious reservations about the Big 12's stability, in part because of Texas' startup Longhorn Network. In the process, the Aggies' SEC flirtation has grated on other Big 12 members. The two parties could decide to part as quickly as possible with negotiated buyout fees.
In fact, the A&M letter mirrors the strategy used by Nebraska during its June 2010 departure. After a similar letter, Nebraska was gone within two weeks. The only difference is that the Cornhuskers requested withdrawal contingent on Big Ten membership. A&M did not specify the SEC by design, sources said, because of legal questions.
"They have to unencumber themselves from the Big 12," an SEC official told The New York Times in Thursday's editions.
Regardless of the strategy and acrimony, the Aggies will almost certainly find a home in the SEC.
"I think A&M is on their timetable and nobody else's," ESPN analyst Chris Spielman said.
One source indicated that A&M was fully aware of the seriousness of its actions and how it had positioned itself. The Aggies hope to begin SEC play as early as 2012, a source said.
"We would love to see A&M in the conference," Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said of the Big 12. "If they feel they have to go, we wish them the very best."
Expect the Big 12, which could lose its third team in 14 months, to quickly address any concerns about conference stability. The conference rule that allows teams to operate a school network could fuel expansion.
The Big 12 will probably pursue Notre Dame, which has long prized its football independence. The Irish would be allowed to keep their current TV agreement with NBC, which pays the school a reported $15 million annually.
Brigham Young, another football independent with a school network, will also be high on the Big 12's list.
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Rienzi Family Service Counselor Rae Nell Halbur said, "Donations to projects like this preserve the beauty and assists with the longevity of Rienzi." This is one of many community service activities the Taft 23 4-H Club performs within the Eden and surrounding area.
Those members who participated were Katie Muck, Alex, Nathan and Zack Seefeld, Josie and Emma O'Brien, Brook Meinert, Ryan and Alex Costello, Nathan Abel, and Alexis Albrecht.
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701437
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Advanced Functional Materials
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Cong, H. and Pan, T. (2008), Photopatternable Conductive PDMS Materials for Microfabrication. Adv. Funct. Mater., 18: 1912–1921. doi: 10.1002/adfm.200701437
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Conductive photodefinable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites that provide both high electrical conductivity and photopatternability have been developed. The photosensitive composite materials, which consist of a photosensitive component, a conductive filler, and a PDMS pre-polymer, can be used as a negative photoresist or a positive photoresist with an additional curing agent. A standard photolithographic approach has been used to fabricate conductive elastomeric microstructures. Feature sizes of 60 µm in the positive photoresist and 10 µm in the negative photoresist have been successfully achieved. Moreover, as the conductive filler, silver powders significantly improve the electrical conductivity of the PDMS polymer, but also provide enhanced mechanical and thermal properties as well as interesting biological properties. The combined electrical, mechanical, thermal, and biological properties along with photopatternability make the PDMS-Ag composite an excellent processable and structural material for various microfabrication applications.


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There are questions this world may never answer. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? What actually goes on in Area 51? Is Paul dead? And why do boys have an irrational aversion to cleanliness?
The Kennedy assassination was before my time, Area 51 is across the country, and the Beatles were revolutionary regardless. But being the parent of two boys gives me a vested interest in this cleanliness issue.
Last week, we had two days of slushy, winter melting. It was a perfect opportunity for boys with cabin fever to shoot baskets. The driveway was covered with snow, water, road salt, and sand - a half-inch layer of the stuff caked in your car's wheel wells. The ball was plastered with it.
We didn't realize what the ball did to the boys' hands until they both lifted hamburgers to their mouths with gritty paws. My wife nearly fainted. "Why didn't you wash before dinner?"
"We, uh ? well, we wiped them off, anyway."
Yes, they did. On their pants.
Four pant-legs, each branded with nearly identical slush-brown hand prints, and four hands, drier but no cleaner.
On those rare days when boys make it to bedtime without spaghetti stains, grass stains or mud stains, watch them or they're likely to fall into bed fully dressed. After nine hours of drooling and grappling with blankets, they often wake the next morning thinking they're ready to meet the day. "Hey, look at that. Already dressed."
Speaking of meeting the day, boys, brush your teeth! Teeth are white for a reason: so parents can tell when boys haven't brushed. Please tell me our house isn't the only one with conversations like this:
Mom: Did you brush your teeth?
Boy: Yes.
Mom: Are you sure?
Boy: Yes.
Mom: I mean today. This morning. Did YOU brush THOSE teeth while in THAT bathroom?
Boy: Um. Yeah, I think so.
Mom: You think so? I can still see Cocoa Puffs in there. Go back and brush.
Boy: Aw, Mom!
Then he stomps back into the bathroom, incensed that this oppressive dictator would issue such an unjust decree. How can she demand cleanliness and minty-fresh breath?
She's Mom. That's her job.
Bathrooms aren't only about brushing teeth. Shower time is an activity centered on cleanliness, but again, keep a close eye, parents. Has the shampoo bottle moved? What about the soap? A dry washcloth? All suspicious. Thankfully the knees, elbows and neck reveal the truth.
Now, after the shower, assuming he has washed, what's the next concern?
Clean underwear.
Why will boys put clean clothes over used undies? Is there any logical reason to exit the shower and reach for yesterday's balled-up skivvies on the floor?
It can't even be laziness. Mom can put the brightest of tighty-whities on the counter, unfolded, fly up, waistband facing the tub and boys will still bend down and unknot the wadded up streakers on the rug.
Yet there's hope. These are my boys, and I do my best to teach them. My wife assures me that my personal hygiene, while maybe not stellar, at least meets or exceeds socially accepted norms. Until maturity (or a wife) influences their habits, we'll keep reminding them.
And keep checking behind their ears.


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Ever scroll through your facebook feed and feel slightly worse than you felt before? I've developed this horrible habit of reading my feed first thing each morning. It makes me WANT. Want pets, want cupcakes, want weddings, want babies! (ok, not really on the last one. Not quite ready for munchkins). But mostly it makes me want to travel. It seems everyone I know is on some kind of European sojourn this summer, or is surfing in Santa Monica waters or baby-mooning in Hawaii.
Don't get me wrong. I am genuinely happy for all my friends (and, acquaintances) and I want them to vacate as much as possible. And I'm glad I get to see what they are up to and discover new places through them (virtually). But I still can't help thinking, Man, I would love to go on an island vacation. One day....I can't help feeling what we're not supposed to feel...a little, teeny-tiny bit of...jealousy. Damn Facebook!
I used to travel quite a bit. After living in India for a couple years in middle and high school, I decided I needed to one day see the whole world. So I took the opportunity to live in London for a year during undergrad. While there, I traveled western Europe for the first time. Ah, Paris!
When I started working, I took the 26 days of vacation my employer doled out each year and used them to travel to exotic places like Costa Rica and Peru.My wanderlust went unquenched during business school -- while my classmates took every opportunity to travel the world, I visited my fiance in Seattle (not complaining - Seattle is now one of my favorite places!) and tried to save money for the upcoming entrepreneurial ad-venture.
Being a bootstrapping entrepreneur is often an over-glorified occupation. When I tell folks I run my own company, they are all, "mad props!," "that is so awesome!", "you're living the dream!". And it is awesome. I wouldn't want to be doing anything else with my time. But if living the dream means not getting paid to work 80-100hr weeks and never having time or money to take a vacation, and not being able to pick a wedding date because you are so preoccupied with your work...then the dream is a bit messed up. Or maybe not... maybe all we really want is to spend our time doing what we love. I'm lucky to say that I do that. But the inescapable reality is that there's a steep price to pay for it. My wanderlust remains unquenched.
I chose this path aware of the trade offs I would have to make. And despite those morning post-Facebook moments of jealousy that creep up on me, I have to say that I am pretty happy. The mister-to-be and I have found creative ways to have fun on the cheap -- often by cooking up some amazing meals that take us to far away places. This is one such meal. While eating this, sip a margarita and imagine yourself looking over clear blue ocean waters. Vacations can be everywhere you are -- you just have to will yourself to vacate for a few moments.
Seared Mahi Mahi Tacos with Mango Pineapple Salsa (Serves 3) (Adapted from Williams-Sonoma)
- 2 filets mahi mahi
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 mango
- 1/2 pineapple
- 3 tbsp red onion
- 1 serrano chili
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- handful of fresh mint (optional)
- 6 tortillas
- Preheat the oven to 250. Wrap the tortilla stack in foil and bake until warmed.
- Finely dice the mango, pineapple, red onion, chili (seeded or with seeds depending how much heat you like - I used the whole thing), cilantro, and mint. Combine in a bowl with the orange juice and lime juice and some salt. Stir to combine flavors and let it stand for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the fish by sprinkling salt and fresh ground pepper onto the non-skin side. Add oil to a pan and place the filets in there over medium heat. Cook roughly 3 minutes per side (maybe more depending how thick your filets are), until the fish is just opaque and bounces back upon touch.
- Chop up the fish. In a tortilla, layer some fish and lots of mango/pineapple salsa. Really don't need anything else.


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Corktowns Mercury Burger & Bar has quietly begun serving breakfast, featuring an appealing menu of original specialty dishes as well as more traditional choices, says co-owner Dave Steinke.
We dont want to be a real high-end joint, but we dont want to be the $2.99 greasy spoon, either, he said Monday.
From the time he opened last March, Steinke had planned to offer breakfast at Mercury, making it an alternative to expensive downtown breakfast places with pricey, scarce parking.
In contrast, theres plenty of on-street parking on Michigan Avenue in the morning, and the paved, attended lot behind the Mercury costs only $2.
The new morning menu includes a breakfast salad with arugula, pumpernickel, bacon and an over-easy egg; sweet potato hash with sweet potatoes, corned beef, kale, eggs and toast; and the dish Steinke calls his personal favorite, the Belgian Waffle Corndog a pork sausage from Detroit Sausage Co., dipped in waffle batter and deep-fried.
Its kind of light and flavorful, and we serve it with a little maple syrup.
Its one of those things I cant have every day, but boy, Id like to, he joked. Theres a riff on huevos rancheros featuring chorizo gravy, and some Southern flavor in the form of cathead biscuits with gravy. Catheads, as theyre called, get their name from their size as big as a cats head. Omelets and traditional eggs-potatoes-and-meat choices are also available.
And were working on some more things, he added. Well have a fruit plate and some yogurt, and were throwing some waffle ideas around, he said. Breakfast entrees run $6.50 to $8.50; most sides are $3-$4.
The restaurant and bar including a biergarten opened in March with a menu of creative, hand-patted, fresh-ground burgers and burger alternatives, along with sandwiches, salads, hot dogs and shakes. Its at 2163 Michigan, across the street from Slows Bar BQ at 14th Street and Roosevelt Park.
Breakfast hours are 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. seven days a week and later on weekends, Steinke said. (313- 964-5000)
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Local business owners say less expensive tavern gaming licenses will not be enough to bring the surge of applications the state hoped for when it first allowed them to hold small games of chance earlier this year.
Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill this year that allows tavern owners to apply for licenses to hold pull tabs, daily drawings and raffles. The move was expected to raise millions of dollars in tax revenue, but only 21 taverns statewide had received the licenses as of July 30. Three recipients are in York County, and five more are in adjoining counties.
To build interest, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board lowered the cost of a small gaming license from $2,000 to $500 last week, a change allowed by new legislation. But businesses still have to pay $2,000 in application fees and background checks and $1,000 to renew the license each year.
The cost is only part of what has kept taverns from pursuing the licenses.
"If you have a gambling violation, it's tied to your liquor license," said Ronda Zeigler, co-owner of Midway Tavern in Conewago Township and Franklin House Tavern in Hanover. "And our liquor license is our bread and butter."
Zeigler said many tavern owners she has spoken with about gaming licenses are primarily concerned that an error in gaming paperwork could mean losing their ability to sell alcohol because of the way the legislation works.
Costs: That concern did not stop Zeigler and her husband, Barry, from securing gaming licenses for both establishments.
Including the cost of equipment, Zeigler said, she and her husband spent $11,000 to bring gaming to their two taverns, and they do not anticipate coming out ahead soon. For each of the games, businesses may only keep 35 percent of the profits, which is then subject to income tax.
However, Amy Christie, executive director of the Pennsylvania Licensed Beverage and Tavern Association, said she thinks the decreased license cost should make gaming less prohibitively expensive. She said her association has lobbied for tavern gaming for 20 years.
"The total fee to get into the game was too high for mom and pop," Christie said. "We think that this is definitely going to make it more attractive to small business owners that want to be able to offer their patrons some kind of entertainment."
She added that despite the changes, taverns still might not profit much.
"These games aren't going to make licensees rich, by far, but it does help people stay (at the business) a little bit longer," Christie said.
Other sites: The Conewago Inn near Manchester and Goofy's Eatery & Spirits near Spring Grove also have gaming licenses.
Tom Roberts, owner of the Conewago Inn, said he purchased the license because he believes the state will eventually expand the definition of "small games" to allow him to install video poker machines. So far, he said he has made a net total of about $500.
"Let's just say I'm not buying a home in Bermuda," Roberts said.
A representative for Goofy's could not be reached for comment.
Not interested: Some tavern owners are still uninterested in gaming licenses. Tracy Marquette, co-owner of Coombs Tavern in York, said she and her husband, Ron, chuckled when they saw the price of licenses had dropped. They don't plan to pursue one, nor do many of the tavern owners they know, she said.
"I just think that it would be more of a headache than an asset, and that's not what our business is about," Marquette said. "Our business is about serving great food and having a relaxing atmosphere."
She said the licenses just seem like a way for the state to drain more money from mom-and-pop businesses.
Zeigler said her taverns, open only to adults 21 and older, are ideally suited for gaming.
"You're always going to have people who prefer private clubs, but for people who don't belong to private clubs or who don't enjoy the private club environment, this is an alternative," Zeigler said.
Ongoing effort: Additional legislation is in the works to further encourage tavern gaming statewide.
State Sen. Richard Alloway, whose district includes a portion of York County, is sponsoring a bill that would stop gaming violations from having any bearing on a business's liquor license. He hopes to forward the bill to a vote in the fall.
"To get the small games (legislation) done was an extremely long process, and unfortunately it doesn't always come out perfect, so we've been making some of these tweaks to help members participate," Alloway said.
In the coming fiscal year, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue expects to make about $1 million from small games, according to press secretary Elizabeth Brassell. When the bill allowing taverns to apply for small games of chance licenses passed, state officials said the move could eventually generate $150 million per year in tax revenue.


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Many years ago I was in an area that was all elderly clients.
My oldest client "Bill" was in his 90's. Every time I showed up at his property I would always ring the bell or go looking for Bill.
His neighbors, friends and family were always concerned about Bill. He refused to go into a nursing home and wanted to do everything himself. Bill hated the fact that he had to pay someone to cut his lawn; he wasn't used to paying anyone to do anything.
One day I showed up and went looking for Bill. He didn't answer the door and wasn't in the garage. As a walked around the back of the property, I saw bill lying on the ground in 100 degree heat and he was lifeless.
I immediately went to my truck and got on my cell phone (mounted in the truck of course, we didn't have any other phone at that time) and called 911. I went next door and got the neighbor, she too called 911. I was horrified that I had found my old friend in this condition. As the Rescue team showed up within minutes I couldn't bear to see my old buddy so I stayed at the neighbor's house.
About two minutes later the paramedics came walking around the corner....... and Bill was with them! He was walking as well.. I ran over and asked what had happened. Bill explained that he was enjoying the sun and taking a small nap, and that I was just like his family. I should quit worrying about him.
I really felt like an idiot at the time! Bill was the best customer I ever had and I sure do miss him. Looking back.... I can laugh about it..
I maintain a plantation style home with around 20 acres, the owners are a really nice couple in their early 60s. Over the years I have become very good acquaintances with them. One day they asked me to check on some special plants because they were having a hard time growing. Turns out they had around 15 weed plants with a spidermite problem. fixed it for them for free just because I thought it was really cool that someone would trust me like that. Needless to say he tried tipping me with some devils letus but I've never really been a big fan so I grabbed a beer instead and headed back to work
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Just before thanksgiving I had the start of the worst day ever. To start, the first two yards of the day needed cutting and leaves removed. They both got run over to pick up leaves and as the mower was near the street and I was walking in the driveway, a neighbor walking his dog passed by and told me my mower had a flat. No big deal, it's a Walker and the mower was near the trailer. After a minute, I looked at it and it was not one, but both of the rear tailwheels. Both flat as could be and off the rims. Thought I had felt it acting funny while I was cutting!
I go back to the shop and grab another to keep going. When I finished all of the cutting I loaded it back on the trailer. As I'm navigating through the mowers on the trailer I rip a big gash in my pants on the front of my thigh--pretty. I hung my pants on the torn up edge of one of my garbage cans we carry with us for clippings.
Doing a minor repair, smashed my finger with a hammer--nice. That sucked, but being a trooper, I push on to the next one.
In the middle of the third yard, I have to pee really bad and decide the best option is the woods around the corner from where I'm working. I have prostate problems and it makes me have to urgently go take a whiz. Long story short, walking into the woods requires me to walk near a house. I had waved to the homeowner several times and she did not wave back. Nor could I understand what she was saying because of a difference of ethnicity(white-black). Didn't know if she was talking to me or her kid. I go in the woods where I can't see the house or the road and pee. I come out of woods in a different spot and my housekeeper passes as I'm coming out and calls me to see if I was alright. Told her what was going on and that the homeowner was on the phone in her driveway and sure enough, here come the police. They detain me briefly, run my info., and quicky realize what was going on since I was near my stuff when they found me. The best part is, I grew up two streets away and mom and dad still live there. There have been a lot of break-ins in that area lately, so I could understand her concern----just didn't look right! Told the cop that I didn't mean to cause trouble, just had to pee, I know that he's probably going to write me a ticket. He wasn't concerned with that, just glad I'm a good guy.
Did I mention that all this was before 9:30 a.m.? Did a couple more yards and decided I'd had enough and I'd start fresh the next day! No more bad stuff for the day.
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This is definitely NOT the Air Jordan II that Michael Jordan wore back in '86. For the Air Jordan II 2.0, Jordan Brand used the same upper design of the original, but put it on top of a ultra comfortable 360 Max Air Unit. Gone is the black midsole associated with Air Jordan II, and in its place is a striking visible red Air-Sole unit. This contemporary take also features a mesh tongue (instead of leather), round athletic laces (instead of flat), and patent leather side panels (instead of textured leather).
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Nintendo Network official, Wii U gets NFC support
updated 11:50 pm EST, Thu January 26, 2012
Nintendo Network to accompany 3DS and Wii U
Nintendo's Friday briefing in the wake of its tough quarterly results has confirmed that it plans to at last go head-to-head with Microsoft and Sony in a persistent online gaming network. Just called Nintendo Network, it will let gamers download chat and play with each other without needing friend codes in addition to getting game add-ons. On the Wii U, gamers will have personal accounts, presumably letting them transport their Mii, downloads, and other preferences across systems.
The Japanese console maker already expects the 3DS to support the Nintendo Network and notes that downloadable content in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and the community aspect of Mario Kart 7 have traces of the service's ultimate direction.
No definite start date exists as of yet for Nintendo Network. The company has already committed to shipping the Wii U before the end of 2012, though, and may use that as an internal deadline.
The lack of of a consistent, always-up gaming network has been considered a liability for Nintendo, which couldn't always offer the same multiplayer and community features as on the Xbox 360 or PS3. Along with much more performance, the Wii U combined with the Nintendo Network may let developers port games more directly from competing platforms without having to sacrifice content.
Among the mentions was word that the Wii U's tablet-like controller will include NFC. Its version will work with formats like FeliCa, often used for sign-ins and payments in Japan. It could be used for micropayments, but it should also be used for exchanging data with "figurines" and other gaming possibilities. [via Joystiq]


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Buying Guide for Bathroom Faucets
Often, your faucet is at the center of your vanity space. It is a small thing, but it can pack a big punch when it comes to style and functionality. No matter how clean your counter top and sink are, if your faucet is grimy or spotty, the area does not appear to be maintained. Likewise, if the faucet does not fit the style or space, then you run the risk of creating a mish-mash look. In order to make sure you can enjoy the elegance and functionality of your faucet, it is important to make the right fixture selection.
Length of Spout
Length of spout is very important when choosing a faucet. First, you must ensure that the length of the spout is appropriate for your area and sink choice. If you have a large mirror that hangs right above the sink, then a tall spout may not be the right choice. Tall spouts are also not the best choice for small, shallow sink situations, as the water can splash out of the basin. Short spouts do not always work with a vessel sink, especially if it is top mounted. In addition to functionality, you also need to think about style. An elegant and curved longneck spout provides a completely different image than a shorter, more traditional bathroom sink fixture.
Next to spout comes configuration. No matter how much you fall in love with a fixture, if it will not fit your sink or vanity, then it does you no good. If your sink calls for a side mount faucet, then you should not select a center faucet. To ensure that your faucet fits your sink, you need to match up the number of holes in the sink or vanity to the fixture configuration. A faucet that fits a single hole configuration usually has a single mounting point. The spout is mounted to the sink and the water control valves, handles or knobs are attached to the spout. Often, single-lever faucets come with this type of configuration. Alternatively, a faucet that comes with a spout and two separate water controls fits a three hole configuration.
With a three hole configuration, spread is important. Spread is the distance from the water control handle or knobs to the faucet. If the fixture comes with completely separate knobs, then spread is less important. However, if the spout and two knobs are mounted on the same base, then matching spread is essential for a functional installation.
No bathroom selection would be complete without considering finish and color. After all, if you purchased a vanity or sink, you must have thought about what color you wanted. The same holds true with fixtures. Our faucets are available in a variety of finishes, including antique brass and high polished chrome. You should consider your overall design and the finish on any other fixtures within your bathroom. Most people do like all their fixtures to match, so you may want to avoid selecting a chrome faucet if your other fixtures are oil rubbed bronze.


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about me
We only get one chance at life,enjoy it while we can.
I am confident, have an outgoing personality and have a good sense of humour.
I am an inquisitive person and curious with all that life has to offer. I have a sense of adventure. I am very relaxed and comfortable with who I am. I am an honest fun loving person...am family orientated, enjoy good time with friends, good food and wine.... enjoy the outdoors but also enjoy the quiet times at home.
I appreciate the things I have and have learnt from my past the things I do want and the things I dont need to be happy.
I can definitely laugh at myself and I am passionate about the things I do, I'm a non smoker,social drinker.I like who I am.We don't have to have everything in common, I'm open to be introduced to your interests and would like to think you would be interested in mine.
At a glance
|kinetic's details
|kinetic's ideal partner
|62 years old
|50 - 62 yrs old
Sydney - Northern Suburbs, NSW
(inner west Ryde)
|Within 25km of his
|Body type
|Average, Slim
|5'10/177 cm
|5'3/160 cm - 5'10/177 cm
|Smoking habits
|Don't smoke
|Trying to quit, Don't smoke
|Relationship status
|Divorced, Separated, Single, Widowed
|Have children
Yes, have children who don't live at home
|Yes, have children living at home
|Wants children
|Don't want any (more) of my own but yours are fine
|Don't want any (more) of my own but yours are fine
|Very Social
|Eye colour
|Hair colour
|Ethnic/cultural background
|South European
|East European, Asian, Mixed Race, Hispanic / Latino, South European, Indian, North European, Middle Eastern, Black / African, Other Caucasian
|Catholic, Other Christian
|Political persuasion
|Swinging voter
|Sign of the Zodiac
|Cancer Check compatibility »
|Drinking habits
|Occasionally / socially
|Occasionally / socially
|No special diet
|No special diet
|Have pets
|No, like pets but do not have any
|No, like pets but do not have any, Yes, have pets
|Education level
|High School
|High School, Some college
|Trades / Services
|Job role
|Management, Tradesperson
What I'm looking for
Someone who is able to communicate,without it we have nothing.after all looks fade.willing to compromise but not let go of what they believe.caring, kind and attractive to me with personality, a sense of who they are, a sense of fun and not afraid to laugh at themselves now and then.
- Female, for a relationship or dating
My interests
- Music
- love most music rock, pop ,classical oldies but goldies ac/dc.(dont like heavy metal) music makes me feel good.it brings people together
- Reading
- news papers magazines self help books astrology and the lotto numbers.no luck there.
- Movies & TV
- Action,comedy,feel good movies,drama,scary movies(but not on my own) love the crime and investigation channel.
- Sport
- I go walking at least 3 times a week.
- Other Interests
- My children my family and friends,trying to be happy. Good food, good company, good conversation and good coffee.News and current affairs, I like to know what is going on in the world.I enjoy renovating and fixing things that are in need of repair.I am handy to have around.:-) :-)
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