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A dog can be a great companion and has been called "man's best friend." Many people are happy with a wonderful mixed breed dog adopted from a reputable animal shelter, not a pet store where pet breeding and lineage are very questionable. Many pet store animals are products of horrible "puppy mills" and should be avoided due to health and legal issues.
For many people, obtaining a pure breed dog is the way to go. But how does a potential pet parent know if a breeder is reputable, responsible, and has the best interest of the dogs at heart? What constitutes doing due diligence to ensure that a pet comes from a responsible, reputable breeder? Woofipedia shared these American Kennel Club tips on how to find a responsible breeder.
Visit the breeder's home or kennel and see at least one of the puppy's parents. Some online research and a call to your vet can put you in touch with local breeders in your area. Most people can find a breed they want nearby. Pricey, rarer breed dogs are best left to the elite dog crowd who can afford the high end costs of care and other expenses. They are usually show dogs owned by professional dog people. Local breeders need to uphold their business reputation in your area and responsible ones will be well own.
Pay attention to the parent's temperament and appearance to get a sense of what a puppy may be like. Carefully observe the premises. Is the house/kennel clean? Is it odor free? Dogs and puppies should be clean, well fed, lively, and friendly.
Look for signs of malnutrition (like protruding rib cages) or such signs of illness as runny nose and eyes, coughing, lethargy, and sores. Responsible breeders will not offer any dog for sale that is less than 100% healthy.
Does the breeder appear to genuinely care for the dogs? The puppies should not shy away from the breeder and should be outgoing with strangers. Interact with the pups. Spend play time with them and determine a dog's personality before choosing one that fits with you.
Breeders should care about health of your puppy and its parents. They should be informative and honest about a breed's physical and temperamental traits. And they should speak knowledgeably about genetic diseases that might affect their breed.
A toy-dog breeder should not market "teacup" varieties. This is not an actual size classification and is usually attained through breeding runts. So-called teacup dogs often come with a host of health problems.
The breeder should be friendly and willing to establish a good rapport with you. A good breeder will be an excellent resource and breed mentor for you throughout the life of your puppy, and encourage you to call if your dog has a crisis at any stage of its life.
A responsible breeder may ask you to sign a contract indicating that if you fail to meet specified conditions of care, or you become unable to keep the puppy, the breeder will reclaim it.
The breeder should not allow you to bring home the puppy until it's 8 to 12 weeks old. You may sign a contract for a specific dog that you will get when the time is right. Puppies need ample time to mature and socialize with its mother and littermates.
Breeders should be willing to answer any questions you have, and they should ask many of you as well. Breeders will want to make sure their puppies are going to good homes, with people who know what to expect and have made all the necessary preparations.
Not sure yet of the breed that's best for you? Try the AKC's Matchmaker Tool here.
Find breeders at the American Kennel Club's Online Breeder Classifieds.
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Nov. 27, 2007
While the meet with defending national champion Georgia isn't until Sunday, January 13, Stanford Women's Gymnastics has provided two opportunities to meet the 2008 team before the season begins.
On Sunday, December 2 the team will participate in an intrasquad scrimmage against San Jose State at the Ford Center. This intrasquad will take place at 1:00 with warmups to begin, and the scrimmage will start at 2:30 p.m. The event will run until 5:00 p.m and there will be no charge. This will be the first time to see Stanford All-American's Tabitha Yim, Carly Janiga, Nicole Ourada, Liz Tricase, Kelly Fee, Blair Ryland along with the rest of the 2008 Cardinal compete before the regular season begins. The team retained all of its players from last season and added three talented freshmen from last year's "Super Six" appearance.
Stanford will also be having a "Parent's Night Out" on Friday, December 21 at Burnham Pavilion. This event will run from 3:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m and will consist of a variety of events. The Stanford Women's Gymnastics Team will show off their talents in a two hour structured scrimmage from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. In the second half of the evening, your child will be able to interact with the team and play in the 15,000 square foot training facility. Stanford will provide pizza, snacks and drinks a game and movie time, which will run from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
The cost of the event is $30 per person and fans can pay at the event. Only check and cash are accepted.
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Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) was a member of the punk rock group The Sex Pistols. They came from England and tried to conquer the States as other British bands had done in the past. Malcolm McLaren (David Hayman) was in way over his head and when the Pistols came to America, they died in America.
The drug use among the band members and the lack of professionalism couldn't keep the tour going. In other words you can only be so obnoxious as to make an audience believe that you are worth a shit.
Sid loved his heroin. Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) was no better herself with baggage out the wazoo. When you mixed the two together what you got was one drug crazed tragedy. The two together were a sad pair. When the Pistols broke and McLaren was no longer manager of Sid, Nancy stepped in.
Nancy Spungen as a manager of a band or anything else was a joke. The two would eventually have one last drug crazed night and when Sid woke up the next morning Nancy was dead. She had been stabbed and Sid was arrested for her murder.
This is a movie to be looked at for what it was. A time when for some of us back in the 70's and 80's life was nothing and the high was all it was. This is a tragedy from the start. It is a look back at thank God we survived. For some it's a by the grace of God there go I.
Director Alex Cox brings a tale of two lost souls who forever will search the cosmos for the ultimate high because even in death they could not achieve that which in life they so wanted, immortality. In Sid's own warped way enjoy my death you fucking twit.


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ADC: Playground award is a chance worth taking
With regard to Eleftheria Parpis' column on the ADC Annual Awards' new Playground category for unproduced work ["Very Faint Praise," A&C, Jan. 24], it should be noted that we did weigh the concerns she cited before introducing it. In its 84 years, the Art Directors Annual has continually evolved to reflect the vitality of our industry. A few years ago, when student work became eligible, it added a new level of excitement to the competition. Last year we introduced a MultiChannel category to recognize integrated campaigns, and we've succeeded that with our Hybrid category. In each case, the judging became even more rigorous, and the same can be expected for entries in Playground.
Ms. Parpis worries that it might further motivate writers and art directors to produce ads merely to win medals. We believe the role of the ADC Annual Awards is to provide appropriate channels to recognize and present original thinking and fresh ideas, the efforts of the most determined scammers notwithstanding. Playground is just an extension of this commitment. Comparing it to The One Club's "Night of the Living Dead" exhibition, as Ms. Parpis does, is not entirely fair. The "Living Dead" work was not vigorously judged, while Playground entries will be. We will not include work in the Annual that could embarrass clients or that appears off target or questionable.
As with the student entries, we don't expect many Playground entries will make it into the Annual. But the ADC will continue to find ways to expose fresh, new thinking, as long as it is intelligently and realistically evaluated by our juries. They'll be looking for work that embodies our standard of what constitutes "visual fuel." If Playground manages to elicit more of this for our energy-hungry industry, it will justify us taking this chance.
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Modern life is full of stress and anxiety. It's no wonder that many people seek out ways to bring calm and quiet into their lives. Meditation provides an opportunity for clearing the mind of daily troubles and distractions to achieve mindfulness, focus, or true silence and relaxation. The problem is finding time in a jam-packed day to devote to meditation. Some people are turning to their daily commute as an opportune time for meditation.
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In Greek mythology, a centaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse. It guards it's forests and keeps an eye out for troublesome humans. I've been inspired a little bit by J.K. Rowling's centaurs.
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I have a collection iso images that all mount on an imac running snow leopard but not on my 2011 MBP with Lion. They are formatted iso 9660, but I don't know at what level.
When I mount them with disk utility on lion, I get "No mountable filesystems"
When I mount them with Toast Titanium, I get Result Code 192.
On the snow leopard Machine, I'm able to mount them and convert them to DMGs, but these DMGs still do not work on my Lion machine.
I am able to burn these images w/ the Lion machine, but the DVD's will not load on finder.
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Jim Borgman started developing his drawing skills by watching his dad paint signs for a living. He loved his identity as the kid who could draw.
After graduating from Kenyon College in 1976, he was hired by his hometown newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, to draw six editorial cartoons a week, which he continued to do for the next 32 years. He was voted Best Editorial Cartoonist in America five times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1991. Borgman's cartoons have hung in the Smithsonian, the National Archives, various presidential libraries, and even a bathroom in the Clinton White House.
In the mid-1990s, he met Jerry Scott, who later had an idea to start a comic strip about a teenager. After Scott saw how Borgman drew teenagers, lanky and draped over furniture, something clicked and together the two launched Zits in 1997.
For the next 12 years, Borgman drew both editorial cartoons and Zits. During this period, he and his wife, Suzanne, had five teenagers at home. As an embedded cartoonist, he observed every nuance of teenage life parading right before his home drawing board. Although Zits is created from imaginations, Borgman's kids get some credit for supporting the family business. Zits has been voted Best Comic Strip of the Year three times in the United States, has received other international awards, and currently appears in 1,700 newspapers all over the world.
Borgman splits his time between Ohio and Colorado, drawing Zits and writing. The first illustrated Zits novel will be published this summer. He is proudest of having once dogsledded across northern Alaska with Susan Butcher, but that's another story.


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I have been trying to install Windows 7 on my PC since last night but I keep getting this error code:
Windows cannot install the required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070017
I searched Google for some answers and found these.
I was able to finish the installation twice before. In those instances, the error code appeared, and I just restarted my PC and did things over again, each time doing a clean install.
Is it a faulty DVD or perhaps my optical drive? Or something else?
The reason I keep reinstalling is because I can't get the Ubuntu dual-boot install right--GRUB issues. But that will go in a different thread.


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Dear Friends-
Mondays can be a double edged sword. For many, Monday's are a dreaded day where we leave the weekend behind and start another long week of work. For me, I have been lucky enough to be given the immense honor and opportunity to represent approximately 40,000 people in Central Minnesota as well as the whole state. I have always loved Monday's when I had to pack up and head to our state Capitol and work in a beautiful building with some of the best and most inspiring individuals I have ever met. Mondays were the start to great possibilities and working towards making our state better. Mondays were full of potential, opportunity and genuine excitement. I have been so lucky to be able to serve the last seven years where Mondays were great…
At the start of this year's legislative session I dropped off my 16 mos. old son Gavin at daycare and brought my 4 1/2 year old son Garrett to school. When I said goodbye to Garrett and told him that I will miss him when I'm gone for the week something different happened to me than in the years past. Like normal, I choked up (I'm a sap like that), but this time Garrett also shed a tear. Unfortunately lately my Mondays are a repeat of this event and no longer do they consist of the excitement I once experienced. I truly do love my job and the responsibility that has been granted to me by the citizens of Central Minnesota. However I love my family more and feel that today is the right time to step aside and declare my intention that I will not seek re-election in 2012.
Twelve years ago, I took a journey that I never dreamed of taking. I first ran for Mayor of St. Joseph at the young age of 21 and to many people's surprise, including my own, I won. I was elected under a (deserved) cloud of concern for some, and guarded optimism for others. I quickly learned that my unexpected path into electoral politics was one that I enjoyed, and hopefully was good at.
Along my side from day one was my then girlfriend, Holly. Holly and I made St. Joseph our home. Holly and I became engaged in the St. Joe 4th. of July parade, I was re-elected Mayor, I completed my Masters Degree, and in 2004 with Holly's support I ran for state Representative and together we were successful. We married in 2005 at St. John's on a beautiful fall day, and have since had two wonderful children.
Holly has supported me through six elections, close to 100 parades, hundreds of days of being away from home, and hundreds of days and weekends spent campaigning. My children have yet to watch a parade from the curbside where they can run after candy being thrown their way. It is time to take a break from electoral politics and focus on catching candy…my family, summer weekends, volunteering in the community, going to local school events, and other things that I desperately want to do that I simply do not have the time to do now.
During my time in elected politics, my hardest day has always been the day following the election. How in the world can I adequately express my thanks and appreciation to those who gave me the phenomenal responsibility to represent our area? How could I express in words the appreciation towards my family, supporters and volunteers who themselves so unselfishly gave of their own time, family, and money in order to support me? Today, I find the inadequacy of my words to express my sincere thanks is even more amplified. I can't thank you enough for the absolute honor that has been given to me. Being at the winning end of 6 elections was not made possible by me, but made possible by all those around me and who believed in me. It is this realization that I feel that I am disappointing many of you by not running for re-election, and if that is the case, I truly am sorry.
With all my ramblings aside, I can tell you one thing for certain…I am not done fighting!!! I just need to find a different way to fight the fight. I will still be working to be a voice for the poor, marginalized, disenfranchised, intimidated, elderly, disabled, young, and all those who need a voice. Thank you for allowing me the honor to represent you, for the trust you have given me, and for the support you have shown me and my family. It will never be forgotten and will be cherished for my entire life.
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Dr. Wallach starts the show discussing children's health. Asserting that the growing problem of childhood obestiy and weight gain is due to nutritional deficiencies. Outlining several of the Yougevity products that can be used to insure good health in children.
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Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news story regarding a research study on food advertising to children. The study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 40% of the food ads seen on TV by children were for candies, snacks and fast food. Some children seeing over 7600 snack and fast food ads every year.
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If you are looking for a safe Halloween experience for Thursday night for your family, the Delta Cultural Center and the local Civil War re-enactors will host a trick-or-treating event at Fort Curtis from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Trick-or-treaters will be given candy and other goodies. Fort Curtis is located at the corner of Columbia and York Streets in downtown Helena. This event if free to the public. If the weather does not cooperate this year, there will be an inside "truck-or-treat" at DeSoto School on North 4th Ave. in West Helena from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. DeSoto students' admission is free while there is a small admission for adults. There will be a haunted house in the middle school break room. Concessions will be available. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminds us that Halloween is a fun event for children of all ages. The CDC has released some safety tips to help make the festivities as fun and safe as possible simply by remembering: S.A.F.E. H.A.L.L.O.W.E.E.N.: S: Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be short, soft, and flexible. A: Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult. F: Fasten reflective tape to costumes and bags to help drivers see you. E: Examine all treats for choking hazards and tampering before eating them. Limit the amount of treats you eat. H: Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you see and others see you. Always WALK and don't run from house to house. A: Always test make-up in small area first. Remove it before bedtime to prevent possible skin and eye irritation. L: Look both ways before crossing the street. Use established crosswalks wherever possible. L: Lower your risk for serious eye injury by not wearing decorative contact lenses O: Only walk on sidewalks whenever possible, or on the far edge of the road facing traffic to stay safe. W: Wear well-fitting masks, costumes, and shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips, and falls. E: Eat only factory-wrapped treats. Avoid eating homemade treats made by strangers. E: Enter homes only if you're with a trusted adult. Only visit well-lit houses. Don't stop at dark houses. Never accept rides from strangers. N: Never walk near lit candles or luminaries. Be sure to wear flame-resistant costumes. Source: http://www.CDC.gov/family/halloween
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Launched with grants from the Rockefeller and the Mellon foundations in the 1990s, this research agenda explores economic restructuring, demographic shifts, political trends and cultural dynamics that pose both challenges and opportunities to the American South. The research draws in a diverse group of scholars, policy makers, practitioners, community and corporate and labor leaders.
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It seems that I drive by the scallop draggers tied up by the Annapolis Royal Causeway at least twice a day but, rarely do I take the opportunity to stop and take a picture. I frequently see tourists snapping pictures from this vantage point. They hop out of their car and dodge the oncoming traffic as they attempt to get to the waterfront. Since I am usually on my way somewhere I don't tend to stop to admire the view although I do slow down for the visiting photographers. As I was crossing the causeway this evening, I saw the sun setting over Granville Ferry with the boats in the foreground and figured this would be a good opportunity to stop.
Most of these boats are still part of the active Bay of Fundy scallop fishing fleet. They travel up the Annapolis Basin and through the Digby Gut to get to their fishing grounds. During the winter they will often return to this location to shuck their scallops in the relative tranquility of the Basin. This is a peaceful scene for some very hardworking boats.
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Woodland has reinstated a one-year program city officials believe could bolster development in the city by reducing the upfront costs builders pay before breaking ground.
But just how much of an uptick in new construction the city will see as a result of the program is a question mark, said Carolyn Johnson, Woodland's community development director. A prior version of the program was never used, despite being around for about two years.
"These programs are being put in place as a way to spur development," Johnson said. "Whether we will see that is questionable."
Questions aside, Woodland wants to try impact-fee deferrals again in earnest.
The program gives developers and builders the opportunity to defer impact fees they pay to support fire, school and park services. Deferment applies to residential, commercial and industrial projects, giving developers the ability to lease or sell their buildings before paying thousands of dollars in fees.
Under Woodland's municipal code, developers of single-family residences pay $5,396 in impact fees when the city issues the project a building permit. The code calls for developers of commercial or industrial properties to pay fire impact fees at a rate of 51 cents per square foot.
The practice has become an attractive tool in development-hungry small cities following the collapse of the real estate market in 2008 and the resulting downturn in the construction industry.
Originally approved in 2009, Woodland's first iteration of the program expired at the beginning of the year. City leaders approved an extension of the program through December 2013, and it went into effect Oct. 15.
Officials say they've taken steps to ensure builders eventually pay the fees, even if projects go belly up once built.
Instead of paying impact fees, builders will sign an agreement with the city, allowing the city to place a lien on the property for the amount of the suspended fees. The agreement locks in the terms of the fee when the document is signed.
The developer is responsible for an upfront $230, the cost of processing paperwork and reporting lien fees.
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Elsewhere, impact-fee deferrals have been a mixed bag.
• In 2010, Washougal launched a three-year pilot program, which also gave developers the option of deferring the fees until buildings were occupied. Since then, only a handful of developers have used the program.
• La Center also has a fee deferral program, which has no expiration date. One developer is currently using that program.
• Ridgefield doesn't have a citywide program, but it has entered into developer agreements covering two subdivisions.
When Woodland's program expires at the end of 2013, city officials will again re-evaluate whether to extend it for another year, said Woodland Mayor Grover Laseke.
That decision will partially depend on the state of the economy and whether new construction starts have shown signs of improvement.
"I guess I won't know how popular or successful the program will be until it gets out there," Laseke said.
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Guide to Choosing Indoor Plants
Adding Plants To Your Decor Can Make A Big Difference
Are you looking to add some life to your home decor? Plants can do the trick for you. "But I haven't really grown any indoor plants and we don't have any space" you say. Or maybe you have tried but the effort wasn't successful. Whatever the case, here are a few basics to rejuvenate your effort to grow indoor plants.
How much time can you devote to your plants? A plant has "needs," so ask yourself if you will be able to take care of the plant before you commit to it. Some plants require a lot of attention, and some flourish with almost no attention at all. Cacti and evergreens need very little attention, but an African violet needs almost daily attention.
When you buy your house plants, first check the label in the pot and see if you have adequate lighting to match. Where do you want to place your plants? Plants that do well with partial or full shade can go just about anywhere, with the exception of east or west facing windows. Plants that require direct sunlight need to be placed near those windows.
Choose plants that match your space requirements and decor. A small space could easily be overwhelmed with a fichus tree in the corner of the room, but small flowering cacti on a tiered plant stand or three sizes of braided bamboo on a coffee table would be perfect. Consider their foliage, color, and blooming cycles to blend with the room.
Temperature is another consideration. Some plants like cool temps and others like toasty warm. This information will be listed on the label as well – you don't want to waste heating or cooling costs just for your plants.
Labels will also give you basic information on fertilizing and watering. Fertilizing generally is every two weeks during active growth time; but in the winter, when plants slow down their growth and rest, only fertilize once a month.
Proper watering is very important and I can't stress that enough. Some people think that more is better or that if a plant looks droopy, it needs water. This is not necessarily true. Plants get their nutrients and oxygen through the soil. Overwatering does the same thing to a plant as no water at all – it starves them. Water plants when the soil is almost dry. Don't flood your plants; think of what they would take if they were outdoors in their natural environment, when it rains on and off. Use a turkey baster to get a slow, even watering. You can also water from the bottom. Set your plant into a saucer of water (I use the bath tub) and let the soil soak it up from the bottom to the top. You'll know when it has had enough when the top soil is damp. Don't let your plants stand in water.
Now I have some favorite plants that are perfect and almost kill proof for the beginner. They are: Golden pothos vine (Epipremnum pinnatum 'aureum'), Spider plant (Chlorophytum), Lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana), Succulents and Cacti. Check them out and see how you do. These choices will fit right in with most decors. Let us know how they work out for you. I hope the guide helps, and if you need more advice or guidance, go to Indoor Plant; it's free.
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This is my very first book to actually be completed (I've started many). "A Boyd Banquet" is a collection of my most favorite recipes, the core to my cooking. These are the dishes that you can be sure to you be served if you come to my house to eat, at least one of the recipes for sure. It is an eclectic collection of dishes but most have an Italian or Mediteranean style to them. All are really easy to make and most don't take much time at all. Enjoy!!
Artist: Heather Boyd Boyd Hollow Designs boydhollow.etsy.com Heather is a self taught artist working in many different mediums, but specializes in recycled materials including altered art jewelry, woven handbags made of recycled grocery bags, looms that you can weave your own plastic bags on and "Toppurs", which are knitted hats that convert into purses. She also creates one of a kind silver pieces as well as glass and semi-precious stone beaded jewelry. Heather has been doing art of one kind or another for most of her life but has been showing her work since 2003, attending many art and craft shows in Upstate New York as well as offering her wares in a select few boutiques in and around the Adirondack Mountains. Heather has recently relocated to Valdosta, Georgia and is working on a few new lines including the Recycled plastic hand bags, woven rugs, the looms to weave them on, as well as one of a kind quilts and of course, this book.
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Upon reading both Judy Cuevas' and Patricia Gaffney's Quickies, Jo Beverley weighed in with her opinion. Since I've admitted in Readers Respond that I am admittedly apparently dense about this particular discussion, I asked Jo additional questions. Here is our correspondence:
Jo Beverley: I agree wholeheartedly that it is the execution of a story or scene that matters. However, I'm disturbed by the concept that simply being outrageous -- which I think we can say is a synonym for breaking the boundaries -- is of itself praiseworthy. Being outrageous is ridiculously easy. In fact, at the lowest level it's a real cheap shot. Execution, as Judy Cuevas said, is everything.
I'm not sure if there was any intent in any of the posts (by Cuevas or Gaffney) to criticize readers for saying that they don't like particular books, or storylines, or scenes, but I think that's way out of line. Readers are surely free to share their opinions on the books they buy. They certainly aren't obliged to be reverent just because a writer has been courageous.
My main point is in reference to Pat Gaffney's post. I don't see that breaking the boundaries is good in itself. It's only good if it works - which is what Judy Cuevas was talking about, as I see it. The execution.
I'm curious as to how much most readers want the boundaries broken. Gently stretched, yes. But broken? What do you think?
LLB: I'm putting together the page of reader responses to the Quickies you wrote in about. As someone who always comes down on the side of the reader, I'm just not picking up on what you and the others who wrote about it are getting at! I thought both Judy and Pat's comments made a lot of sense and didn't think they were talking about being outrageous just to be outrageous.
Here's a question for you - you are someone who has definitely written books that would mark you as outrageous. First you stretched the Regency boundary. Then you wrote a romance that many didn't even call a romance - The Shattered Rose. Do you recognize yourself in the category Judy and Pat are talking about, as one who doesn't listen to moralizers?
I'm really interested in your response because I don't get it this time!
Jo Beverley: Please don't make it sound as if I'm accusing Judy and Pat of being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous! That's not what I meant at all. I was merely reacting to what I took to be Pat Gaffney's comment that anyone who takes risks and breaks boundaries is to be praised. My point is that it's easy to do that, so the judgement has to be on the quality not the act.
For example, anyone could write a "romance" about a mentally ill man who lives at the Salvation Army and an alcoholic tennis player whose career is on the skids, within which they decide to ritually sacrifice his two children and her cat, then end by deciding they're bad for each other and she'll join a convent. Coming up with the idea is easy. Writing it wouldn't be that big a strain if I could stomach it. Making it work would be the trick.
If I'm outrageous, I see myself as doing it from within the genre. I love romance. I love stories that are about people falling in love and making relationships work. I love books where the couple are admirable, and where they spend most of the pages together. I want a sexy book (though there doesn't have to be sex). And I want a happy ending, which means one in which I can believe that these two people are going to be as happy as humans can be, and able to deal with the knocks life is bound to send them with grace, charity, and humor.
Within that, I'll break rules if the characters and story call for it. Sometimes some readers think I've gone too far. That's the risk we take when we break rules and I accept it. I don't grouch at readers for their valid opinion. However, I never think I've broken out of romance, or I wouldn't sell it as romance. That, to me, would be like selling peanut butter cookies in a bag labeled chocolate chip.
A genre has to have limits or it isn't a genre. We can stretch it, but we have to know when we've wandered into something entirely different. A genre is defined by the readers not the writers, but writers are free to choose what genre they write in. And they can often take readers along as they stretch the limits of any particular genre. But the readership may not accept the new dimensions, in which case the boundaries will stay where they are.
All, as ever, in my opinion. Debate is the life blood of art.
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Is it wrong that I don't agree with everything Christians are supposed to..
If you're a new Christian, the best thing for you to do is to read your Bible and learn about your faith. Over time, God will convict your heart in different areas of your life, changing you and making you more like Christ through your experiences.
This is not about what you feel, but what He felt to forgive you, and what He felt to make you loved...
It is essential because as Christians we are called to speak for the outcasts, the undesirable. For there to be an "us" there will always be an "other" & right now Christians use gays as the "other." When was the last time you heard. "A divorced neighbor just moved in - what should I do? I don't want my children exposed to that lifestyle!", when Jesus actually spoke against
WIllsmom- I don't have to support a lifestyle choice to be loving towards someone. Of course the bible has been used to support public sentiment, but the scriptures were being twisted and used out of context. You can't say the same about homosexuality. It is a sin. I agree with your entire second paragraph however.
The Christian refrain of "I don't hate gays - I just don't agree with their lifestyle" is tiresome. If you don't believe someone has the same rights to marriage, adoption, and benefits as you do, that is not love. I
Is it a full moon tonight? Seriously?
(I'm watching this thread...)
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I completely disagree with you. We are all biologically inclined to sin. It doesn't mean we have a green like to act according to our sinful nature. I also never stated anything about my position on gay rights. I don't believe as a Christian I should impose my beliefs on anyone. People should be afforded every right that our government sees fit to give them and I don't have any desire to get in the way of that.
Being loving does not mean agreeing that whatever anyone thinks is right is just because they think so. There is an ultimate authority on right and wrong. It's the bible. I think I can be a respectful and loving person towards anyone even if I don't agree with their decisions.
Dee- I don't think Willsmom and I are saying anything out of line. I realize we are debating back and forth. I do think we have maintained a level of respect towards one another.
Didn't read all the other responses, but these are my thoughts
First--PP verses about women not speaking in churches and remaining covered. They are very much in the bible
1 Cor 14:34
women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says
1 Cor 11:15
But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head
But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head
Figured, I'd address the OP in a separate thread
My feelings on homesexuality (and ex out of marriage and divorce) is that it's between that couple and God.
The Bible is very clear on God's feelings on homosexuality, but I have not anywhere in the Bible where it says that homosexuality is a bigger sin than any other sin that is committed.
My marriage is farm from being biblical. Yes, we are married, yes we love each other dearly, yes we refrained from sex until marriage, yes he is the head of our household, but there are still so many things that we do that is wrong, so many sins that we committ everyday. Just because those sins are done in a marriage between a male and female doesn't make my me less of a sinner.
I think if we all sat down and really thought about it, we could easily name 10-15 sins that we willingly committ each day. Doesn't make that okay, but I think of this verse
John 8:7
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.â€
The whole story
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?†6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.†8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?â€
11"No one, sir,†she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you,†Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin.â€
Mommy Kendra- All good points and you are certainly correct, a homosexual relationship is not a greater sin than any other. I believe that whole heartedly. But I am stumped on the "knowingly and willingly" comitting sin thing. I know that I am a sinner and I make mistakes daily. But I don't want to make them and if I do I don't want to continue to make them. That's having a heart of repentence, wanting very badly to please God while knowing you are not perfect. Anyone who just says, well "God's grace covers my sin so therefore I can keep sinning" doesn't understand the gift of grace that has been given to them. Perhaps they have not truly received the gift of grace at all. That would result in evidence of a changed heart. When we committ our lives to Christ we affirm that we no longer want to live a life unpleasing to God. So anyone who wants to continue to live a life that they feel is right for themselves, but is clearly according to scripture against God's will is not living for Him.
I just think it's a mistake to tip toe around sin in order to win a heart for Christ. Love is what draws someone to Jesus, but in order to truly know him one must surrender to the conviction placed on them by the Holy Spirit. That doesn't happen unless they understand that they have done wrong.
I feel like I've been able to maintain healthy respectul and loving friendships with non-believers who see things very differently than I do. I also feel like I've been able to do this without compromising the truth.


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The Maine men's basketball team comes home to the Cross Insurance center for a home contest against Hartford on Feb. 12. The Black Bears look to even the season series at 1-1, after falling to the Hawks on Jan. 9, as they take on their America East foe at 7 p.m.
The Black Bears received inspired efforts from Till Gloger and Troy Reid-Knight as the pair set new career-highs in points but the Black Bears fell to Binghamton, 73-58 at the Binghamton Events Center on Saturday afternoon. The Black Bears now drops to 5-18 and 3-8 in America East play while Binghamton improves to 5-19 and 2-9 in the conference.
Both Gloger and Reid-Knight paced the Black Bear offense with 15 points apiece as Maine shot its lowest field goal percentage since its loss to Vermont on Jan. 16, hitting on just 35 percent from the field.
Jordan Reed, who scored 20 points against the Black Bears, sparked Binghamton's offense. It's the second time this season that Reed has scored 20 against the squad from Orono, Maine. Binghamton shot 43 percent as a team and had two other players' record double-figure points, as Roland Brown and Yosef Yacob had 17 and 15, respectively.
The Bearcats won the rebounding margin, something they didn't do in the first meeting between these two squads, taking down 48 boards to Maine's 33.
The Hawks come to Bangor, Maine having just snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the Albany Great Danes, 67-54 at home on Feb. 8. The Hawks had been mired in a three-game slump losing to UMBC on Jan. 25 (60-58), Vermont on Jan. 29 (67-60), and Stony Brook on Feb. 1 (56-52).
Hartford is paced by its star forward Mark Nwakamma who averages 14.9 points per game, 5.8 rebounds per contest and 2.2 assists per game. Yolonzo Moore II also averages double-figure points as he scores 10.2 points per game.
Nwakamma's 5.8 rebounding mark leads the team while both Oren Faulk and Moore II both average around two rebounds a game with a 2.4 and 2.9 mark, respectively. The Hawks spread the assists around as three players average around two assists per game, as Moore II averages 2.6 helpers, Nwakamma averages 2.2 and Nate Sikma dishes out 2.0.
Like the Black Bears the Hawks suffer from a negative scoring margin as they've averaged 64.0 points per game while allowing 66.0. While rebounds and turnovers have also been a slight issue for the Hawks as they hold a negative margin in those categories as well, getting outrebounded 31.9-27.6 and have turned it over to the tune of 14.4-12.8.
The Black Bears and Hawks get ready for the 66th meeting between the two squads as Hartford currently holds a 37-28 advantage over Maine. This season the Hawks also hold a 1-0 record over Maine, winning a contest that really was a tail of two halves. The Black Bears did a nice job against Hartford in the first half, edging the Hawks 31-30 in points and limiting big-game player Mark Nwakamma to just two points in the first half as he shot 1-of-11. Nwakamma and his Hawks exploded for 50 points in the second frame as the squad defeated the Black Bears 80-65 in Hartford, Conn.
Recent history hasn't been too kind to the Black Bears either, as the Hawks have won eight of the last 10 meetings between the two schools. Maine did record a victory at home last season, defeating Hartford, 66-64 in Orono, Maine in 2013, which snapped a seven-game losing streak that spanned 2011-2013.
RANKING THE BLACK BEARS (As of Feb. 9)
NCAA Rankings
• Shaun Lawton is now ranked 52nd in the nation in steals per game with a 1.97 mark.
• Lawton is ranked 66th in the country in total steals with 43.
• Lawton is also ranked 116th in assists per game averaging 4.3.
• Zarko Valjarevic is nationally ranked in most 3-point categories:
• 3-pointers per game – 78st (2.48)
• Total 3-pointers made – 83rd (57)
• Maine is now 47th in the country in steals per game with 7.6 per contest.
• Maine is 69th in the country in the assists per game category with 14.4.
• Black Bears are 67th in Division I basketball in total steals with 175.
America East Rankings
• Maine is the No. 1 in scoring offense in the conference with 72.7 points per game.
• Lawton is both 2nd in the AE in assists per game (4.3) and first in steals per contest (1.9).
• Valjarevic is the conference's deadliest 3-point shooter ranking second in 3-pointers per game, and 3-pointers made.
Team Quick Hit Rankings:
• 1st in assists per game (14.4)
• 1st in total assists (331)
• 2nd in steals per game (7.6)
• 2nd in total steals (175)
• 3rd 3-point field goals per game (6.7)
• 3rd in assist turnover ratio (0.98)
BK Jekabpils forward Troy Barnies was named the Most Valuable Player of the month in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) after putting up stellar performances throughout January. The 24-year-old Maine alum, has been enjoying a great season, while Jekabpils is in good position to make the BBL Playoffs, as they currently sit in fourth position in Group A, with three crucial games remaining. During the three games in January, Barnies averaged 19.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals, while shooting a solid 52percent from the field.
His best performance came in a huge 89-47 victory against Tyco Rapla on Jan. 3, when the player recorded an impressive double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds in 29 minutes of action.
While the standard NCAA basketball game takes at least 40 minutes to play, Maine men's basketball fans can play the role of fortuneteller by looking at the field goal percentage numbers at any point during the contest to see how it will play out. The Black Bears have only lost one game this year when it's had a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. Maine is 3-0 in conference when outgunning their America East foe and are 5-1 overall in that same circumstance.
The Maine Black Bear offense has excelled this season and it has been due, in large part, to its strong shooting percentage. The Black Bears are ranked fourth in the conference in shooting percentage, with a 45 percent mark. Coming into the week, not only were the Black Bears ranked amongst the elite of their conference peers but also it ranked fairly highly in the nation, coming in at 164th in the nation.
Xavier Pollard, who is currently the leading scorer in the America East conference, added one more accolade to his resume as Collegehoopsdaily.com, an independent sports blog, named Pollard part of their America East All-Conference team. Pollard joins, UMass-Lowell's Akeem Williams and Binghamton's Jordan Reed as guards while forwards, Jameel Warney from Stony Brook and Mark Nwakamma from Hatford were named as forwards. Warney was named the Collegehoopsdialy.com's Player of the Year.


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Dec. 17, 2012
UCLA defensive back Dalton Hilliard is the subject of Monday's UCLABruins.com Holiday Bowl feature, as the senior from Hawai'i answers 11 questions on some of his favorite things.
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My Favorite Things With Dalton Hilliard
Childhood memory: Driving cross-country with my family from New York to Los Angeles when I was 11
TV show: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Movie: A Goofy Movie
Color: Blue (of course)
Food: Country Fried Steak
Day of the Week: Game Day
Month of the Year: December
Spot on Campus: The top of Drake Stadium
Class at UCLA: Sociology 133 - Collective Behavior
Stadium to play in: The Rose Bowl
Vacation spot: Home (Hawai'i)


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Mower Blade SharpeningDoes your grass look like it was cut with an axe? Mower not cutting or not cutting smoothly? Bring it on in and we will sharpen and balance the blades so it cuts like a pro. Your lawn will thank you for it.
Chainsaw SharpeningHow 'bout your chainsaw. A dull chainsaw is prone to dangerous kickbacks. Remember, a sharp saw is a safe saw. Let us sharpen the chain for you.
Lawn & Garden Tool SharpeningShears not shearing? Trimmers not trimming? Lopers not lopping? No need to buy new ones. We can sharpen them all.
Scissor & Knife SharpeningWe can keep your scissors and knives razor sharp. If it's something that's supposed to cut then it should be sharp and we can sharpen it.
Pressure Cooker TestingGot a pressure cooker that you want to use but not sure it's safe? Bring it in and we will pressure check it for you replacing all worn or defective seals and gromets. Momma's pot roast never tasted so good. And Tender....Mmm Mmm.
Our Story
In 1940 Ardell Lanier was working in a small hardware store on 2nd Street. It was owned and operated by his brother-in-law. The store was not doing so well and Mr. Laniers brother-in-law was going to close up shop when Mr. Lanier at the age of 20 asked to buy him out and take over the business all by himself. After Mr. Lanier and his wife Edna Davis Lanier gathered up the money with a little help from Mrs. Laniers mother and Lanier Hardware was born.
The first thing Mr. Lanier started doing was stocking his shelves with whatever he did not have and whatever a customer asked for. Even a couple of thing-u-mug-gigs. Mr. Lanier has had a long running slogan: "If we dont have it and we cant get it, you dont need it" (Lexington Dispatch, 1979). Before long with the growing inventory the store had to be expanded. So he bought the shop next door and expanded into it. He would repeat this a couple of more times before moving to the present location on South Main Street. Even at this new location some type of expansion or renovation has occurred every several years. Now as a sign of the times the little hardware store on South Main has expand to the internet.
By 1945 Laniers had doubled in size from its original 1,600 square feet by adding sporting goods and a hobby department. During those first couple of years Mr. Lanier and one part-time employee ran the store. However, with the expansion in 45 Mrs. Lanier came on to manage the books. She would often work at home taking care of the paperwork and their two children Gail and Ann. The additions in 1945 I guess one could say were brought about mostly because of Mr. Laniers sons interest. "Daddy said, "I think we need to be in the wholesale business for that stuff (models), if were going to spend so much money on it," Gail said (Dispatch, 1993.) By 1950 a housewares department was added along with an additional 1,600 square feet and soon the first of many family employees would join his parents.
Gail started working at the age of 12 in the sporting goods and hobby shop and well that is where you will find the now president of the family business today. Even at this young age Gail was in charge of ordering for the sports and hobbies. The stores inventory continued to grow and by 1955 another 1,600 square feet was added with more housewares. Shortly after this expansion Gails sister Ann Lanier Easter started coming up to the store and assisting her mother. Ann says, "Getting into the family business was just natural. We grew up in it. Wed come up to the store with mother, and Id help her count change and run a register" (Dispatch, 1993.) As the payroll continued to grow so did the stores inventory. So much so that in 1962 Laniers moved to its current location on South Main Street. This move meant that the Laniers could own the building that their growing family business was now in. Something Mr. Lanier prides himself on today. During this time in 1965 Laniers became part of the True Value chain. Here again staying ahead of any competition from smaller hardware stores with the buying power of the largest Hardware wholesaler, Cotter and Company. Right around this time one of the single most important additions happened for Laniers. The family acquired the property behind the store and turned it into a parking lot. Ardell knew street front parking was not going to be enough for the Main Street Store. "That (the parking lot) was thanks to Daddys foresight," Gail said (Dispatch, 93.) I know it sounds simple, but who in 1965 thought that shopping centers would dominate our landscape and cause demise to small towns all over the United States. As simple as it may sound this parking lot has been one of the main reasons for the stores success through the years. Oh! and inventory.
The store would continue to grow in this new location. With an added second floor in 1968 and then they added onto the back of the store in 1973. In 1978 they added a Third Avenue wing and moved sporting goods there, which coincidentally shaped the layout of the stores floor into a L. In 1988 a second story was added to the Third Avenue wing and a new entrance on State Street was completed.
Through the years all of this expansion has been to accommodate the stores vast inventory. So, your probably asking who keeps up with all the inventory. Well for years Mr. Lanier keep it in his head. He has said, "Its like your things at home. You know where you keep your toothbrush, and if someone doesnt move it, it will be there when you go to get it" (Dispatch, 1993.) After a little pushing from Gail, Ann and other family members the store computerized in 1988. By now two more family members joined the force. Gails daughter Natalie Lanier Taylor and her husband Greg Taylor started working at the store shortly after their college graduations. Natalie would work in the office alongside her grandmother and Aunt with accounts receivable, where as Greg would start work on converting the hardware store into computer data.
One might imagine this to be an arduous task. Well, it has been 11 years now and there is still merchandise waiting to become inventory data. Like I said earlier this store has got some inventory. At present today the little hardware store has grown to 85,000 square feet of stock rooms, offices, and showroom floor and it has not stopped growing yet. In 1989 Gails two twin sons Stanley and Stewart Lanier came on board to assist in the family business. Stewart joining his dad in sporting goods and Stanley joining his grandfather in hardware.
In the 90s not much has changed for Laniers. The family continues to grow as well as the business. In 1998 Laniers added a service known as Just Ask Rental to its inventory and now they are expanded into cyberspace with their first Web Page and e-mail address. The rental service is an expansion of Tru*serv, what Cotter & Co. is know as today. Who knows what is in store for the new millennium. With 3 generations working and the 4th up and growing anything is possible.
June of 2006 marks 66 years for Laniers and it continues to go strong. It has grown but the family and the employees continue to wait on customers with the friendly feel of the corner store. Now the store has gained local legendary status. With the occasional tour bus dropping in to see the local hardware store with all the inventory and just as he has for 65 years Mr. Lanier will probably be there to show them his store full of: Anvils, bolts, Christmas decorations, dolls, electrical tape, fireplaces, guns, hats, ink, jackets, keys, ladders, mouse traps, nails, ovens, potbellied stoves, quik dry cement, rope, saddles, towels, umbrellas, vents, wheelbarrels, xerox copies, yellow paint, and zinc oxide just to name a few.
Customer Comments
I have spent my whole life going
to that place, 41 years old now. You name it, they've got it. Even if I don't need anything, I will sometimes go in there. It brings back some very good memories of when my Dad and I used to go in there and browse around looking at everything from gas powered model airplanes, guns, hunting and camping supplies, lawnmowers, whatever. I have fond memories of it and still do most of my hardware shopping there to this day.
Only 4 stars????
This place is one of the best hardware stores I have ever visited. Ever! Anywhere! The only possible exception is the hardware department in the lower level of the BHV store on Rue de Rivoli in Paris but seeing as that hardware section isn't what it once was, Lanier's is inching into the lead. Where else can you purchase an electric hoist and brioche molds at the same time? I love this place.
THE BIG so called home improvement stores will send you to LANIERS HARDWARE they know LANIER has everything and if you cant find what you need the professionals at LANIERS are very crafty they will invent something that will fit your need. I am so glad they didnt let the big home improvement store cause them to shut down. all that square feet the big stores have and laniers carry more great stuff even back in the day stuff. Try LANIERS today you wont regret it.
Great for plumbing and nuts & bolts!
Bubba G.
I'm a plumber in Lexington. I like Lanier's True Value Hardware a lot. They now have more varied selection of plumbing than the local plumbing supply house since the local place was bought out by a big chain store. I find myself in there more and more buying parts I would have bought at the other place. I (like most plumbers and contractors) prefer to avoid those big box stores/warehouses. At Lanier's I can get in, get what I need, and get out a lot faster than at the home improvement centers, and the quality is a lot better as well. The big box stores sell more Chinese made junk. My only gripe is there is NO discount for contractors on items we buy every day for our jobs as there is at the other place. So I use both equally and like both. The workers are usually friendly, and very knowledgeable, and they treat me like like a special person, and not just like a number. I also like the HUGE nuts & bolts section as well.
Homey atmosphere
Lanier Hardware is a great old-town hardware store that hasn't been run out of business. Besides from what you expect from the typical hardware store, they have hard to find parts as well. They also carry dishes, cookware, cake decorating supplies, party supplies, sportswear, fishing equipment, etc. There is something for everybody here! There is an entrance on Main St, with parking at the meters. We park at the back where there's a good-size parking lot. There is a lot of staff available to assist you if needed. The prices are competitive. I recommend this place.
Great Store
Jessica B.
Wow! you can find just about anything you need in this store! It has a wide variety of items. Staff is very friendly and helpful! Some things are a little overpriced, but for the most part things are priced well.
Great Place!
Great place to go they have everything. from electric trains to renting jack hammers to lights and even just getting a key made. (cheaper then most places) great parking area good customer service.
Lanier's true value hardware store
Carolyn E.
What a find this store is. You can find just about anything in this place. It has items from nuts and bolts to hard to find kid toys. It now has an emporium upstairs that has wonderful handmade stain glass windows, benches with inset of stain glass, craft items and a host of hard to find items. Remember start you journey here for those hard to find things.
You need it, they probably have it
You need it, they probably have it: I can just about 100% guarntee you that if you need something that Wal Mart doesnt have.... It is at Lanier's. Growing up, if my daddy couldnt find something, he would have momma call Lanier's and then we would go get it. Yes, you may pay a couple bucks more for it... but I can guarantee that you will find things in there that Wal Mart, Target, or KMart will never carry. You name it.... they have it. Anything from Cake decorating to that little bolt to fit grandpa's old tractor.
Lanier True Value Hardware - they have EVERYTHING!!
Susan K.
There is a saying in Lexington, 'If you need something and they don't have it a Lanier Hardware...then you didn't really need it!' This is a place where you can find absolutely anything you need for anything you need to fix! And if they don't have it, they will get it. I don't care if you need a washer or bolt for a mower you bought 20 years ago.... you can probably find it there. And they are not just a hardware store. They are much more than that. They have everything from Pfaltzgraff dishes, a wedding registry, a stationary and home office section, small home appliances, sporting goods, all of your standard hardware store selections and many, many more! The best part is that the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. It's hard to find that these days. You can hardly walk by any row in any department without someone asking you if they can help you. And if you do ask for help, they actually know the answer or find it out for you. Lanier Hardware is still family owned and operated and a rare find in todays mega-store society!
Contact Us
There's lots of ways to contact us but the very best way is to come on in to our store and visit us in person. Our friendly staff are home repair experts with over 200 years of combined experience, ready to answer any question you may have.
We are located in the heart of the downtown Lexington, North Carolina. You can park at the front of the store on Main Street or in our large parking lot at the rear of the store on State Street.
Saturday 7:30am to 5:30pm
* Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Please check our facebook page for special holiday hours
or changes to our store hours due to local events.
Lexington, North Carolina 27292


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Bennett, M., & Wellman, H. (1989). The role of second-order belief-understanding and social context in children's self-attribution of social emotions. Social Development, 9, 126-130.
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Banerjee 2002
Bennett 1989
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Since 1994 Michigan Metrology has been providing high-volume inspection services and solving problems related to surface roughness, wear, texture, finish, flatness and more. Using advanced 3D surface roughness measurement and analysis techniques, state-of-the-art equipment and expert understanding of 3D surface metrology we have helped thousands of customers.
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AMD calls time on Mantle, halts future optimisations
Graphics card specialist AMD looks to be giving up on its PC gaming API Mantle.
Battlefield 4 Mantle update is live
AMD graphics card owners are now able to play the Mantle version of Battlefield 4.
AMD claims Mantle offers up to 45% performance boost over DirectX
Upcoming PC API Mantle could offer even bigger performance gains over DirectX than previously thought.
AMD's Mantle misses 2013 release
As is now clearly apparent, AMD's supposedly game-changing PC API Mantle has missed its 2013 release.
Eidos Montreal and Star Citizen pledge AMD Mantle support
AMD's new PC graphics API Mantle has received the backing of two new game developers.
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Eric Brady
Oct. 6, 2013
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina men's golf team travels to Raleigh to compete in the 2013 Wolfpack Intercollegiate at the par-72, 7,358-yard Lonnie Poole Golf Course Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7-8.
Teams are slated to play the first and second rounds on Monday, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The second round will begin immediately after completion of the opening round. Tuesday's third and final round will also begin at 8 a.m.
The Pirates' lineup includes seniors Eric Brady and Ryan Eibner along with sophomores Al Dickens, Jacob Hicks and George Kilgore. ECU placed second behind North Carolina in last season's Wolfpack Intercollegiate. Three members of the Pirates' 2013 lineup played in the tournament with Brady tying for fourth-place individually at 1-under-par and Eibner tying for ninth at even-par. Dickens also competed in last year's event and finished at 9-over.
Sophomore Wes Conover, who was a member of NC State's club golf team last season, will play as an individual.
East Carolina, which is ranked No. 52 in the last GolfStat rankings, will be competing alongside Arkansas-Little Rock, Boston College, Campbell, Drexel, East Tennessee State, Idaho, Jacksonville State, Maryland, Navy, Rutgers, Temple, UNCG, UNC Wilmington and Western Carolina in addition to the host Wolfpack.
The Pirates are coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2013 Rees Jones Invitational in Daufuskie Island, S.C. Dickens tied for 11th-place individually to earn the best finish of his career as well as for ECU, while Eibner placed 16th and Brady and Hicks tied for 19th.


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Multiplayer Awards: Leading Bots question
In the singleplayer, it looks like your able to have up to four bots follow you. Are you able to do this on a multiplayer server with awards? I don't plan on staying long enough on a single server to gain 300 medals though.
lol that would be a long game
When ever I do follow me, I usaly get 2 bots
i cant get one to follow me in multiplayer :cry6: :cry6: :cry6:
try aiming at a bot and pressing F4 when i first tried i was aiming at human characters lol
thanks i was doing the same thing
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|Seniors come up big
MOSCOW, Idaho – Senior Night was for the seniors Saturday night as Kyle Barone and Mike McChristian powered the University of Idaho Vandals past Seattle University, 76-72, before a spirited crowd at the Cowan Spectrum.
After a disjointed first half, the Vandals came out in the second with a sense of defensive purpose that fueled a shooting display by McChristian and sophomore Connor Hill rarely seen. The barrage, ignited by Hill, began with the Vandals trailing 34-31 with 17:25 to go. By the time it ended, Hill had four 3s, McChristian had six and the Vandals were leading 62-50.
"That's in. That's in. That's in," said Barone, who had his 16th double-double of the season with 27 points and 12 rebounds. "That was one of the best shooting performances since I've been here."
McChristian's effort not only included a career-best 26 points but he had seven assists and four steals without a single turnover during his 37 minutes of play.
Coach Don Verlin could do nothing but applaud his seniors.
"Those two guys had as good of performances as I think I've ever had seniors have," said Verlin, whose Idaho teams are a perfect 5-0 on Senior Nights.
Verlin said he used the emotion of sending four seniors – Wendell Faines and Mansa Habeeb also played their final game at the Spectrum, off on a winning note to gain his team's attention at halftime with the Vandals trailing 32-25.
"We needed to send them out the right way," he said. "The guys did a good job of that."
Hill's contribution was 18 points while a slightly under-the-weather Stephen Madison had four points and four rebounds.
"We had some good looks in the first half," Verlin said. "We just had to keep moving the ball. I knew we were going to knock some down – and we did. That was the difference in the ball game."
McChristian agreed that it only was a matter of time before the shots that Verlin said were the right looks in the first half began to fall in the second.
"We got a couple to start falling and everything else seemed to go in tune with that," said McChristian, whose mother surprised him before the game by arriving just in time for the Senior Night Festivities. "It seemed like whatever we were shooting went it. It was a pretty good stretch for us."
The Redhawks did manage a comeback but a free throw by McChristian with 16 seconds remaining put the finishing touch on the decision.


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In an interview a while ago for a .NET position the interviewer asked me "what would you use a private interface for?".
I asked him did he mean the difference between implicit vs explicit interface implementation to which he answered no.
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John McCain gave the greatest concession speech in American political history in 2008. That was his plan all along it seems. McCain never did actually campaign to win the election. He even said Obama would make a fine President. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, is fighting to win. He hits back at the Obama regime without mercy and has rattled them. Polls show the election as a neck and neck race. Clearly the Romney campaign plans to run the opposite of McCain's campaign.
Mitt Romney and his top aides are building a strategy, partly by design and partly because of circumstance, around what they consider John McCain's disastrously run campaign in 2008.
The strategy: whatever McCain did, do the opposite.
Many of the current strategy discussions are centered on not falling into the traps McCain did: looking wobbly as a leader and weak on the economy in the final weeks of the campaign. The private discussions include ruling out any vice presidential possibilities who could be seen as even remotely risky or unprepared; wrapping the entire campaign around economic issues, knowing this topic alone will swing undecided voters in the final days; and, slowly but steadily, building up Romney as a safe and competent alternative to President Barack Obama.
McCain, according to Romney advisers, blew it on all three scores. And of the three, the most conscious effort by Romney's team to do things differently will be in the V.P. selection process. One Republican official familiar with the campaign's thinking said it will be designed to produce a pick who is safe and, by design, unexciting – a deliberate anti-Palin. The prized pick, said this official: an "incredibly boring white guy."
Whereas McCain was often disdainful of the money chase, Romney seems to delight in it. McCain got his clock cleaned on fundraising ($750 million to $450 million), and his lifelong opposition to big money in politics made outside groups dubious about helping him. Romney and his outside allies such as American Crossroads could match or beat Obama.
Charlie Black, an outside adviser to the Romney campaign, said the biggest lesson to learn from 2008 is, "Do whatever it takes not to get outspent." Much of the Romney money is being invested heavily early to eat into Democratic strengths, especially with technology. By the time Romney finishes his current hiring spree, about one-fourth of his 400 staffers will be on the digital team — fundraising, communications and organizing.
This is another smart move by Mitt Romney. John McCain ran one of the worst campaigns in American political history. He refused to take the fight to Obama. Romney, on the other hand, is giving Obama the fight of his life. Keep it up Mitt!


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There are exactly two things surprising about the reported track listing for David Guetta's August 29 album Nothing but the Beat, which surfaced on Idolator. One, that we got what appears to be the whole thing, instead of in a slow drip of five-character teasers. Two, a few of the names therein.
Guetta's album is full of guest vocalists–no surprise, he's not much lately on the singing. There are 17 guests total on this list. Some you can probably guess. Some you probably would have guessed and would have been wrong on–no Kelly Rowland or Kelis? To a lesser degree, no Rihanna? But some have no business being on a David Guetta album, ever. Who's who? We do the work! Below are all the guest vocals, ranked for "Guettaness" (factors considered: previous Guetta appearances, similarity in music style to his 4/4 stomp, willing to guest on damn near anything); after you've taken this in, keep reading for the tracklisting.
will.i.am — his post-The E.N.D. electro owes as much to Guetta as anyone else; see also "I Gotta Feeling," the template for all subsequent Guetta hits.
Akon — the guy from "Sexy
Bitch Chick" and "Angel," which we Stockholm-syndrome prefer to "Still a Survivor." Yes, even "Angel."
Flo Rida — the guy from "Club Can't Handle Me" and "Where Them Girls At" who has found a musical purpose again thanks to Guetta. Take that as you will.
Afrojack — Guetta's producer buddy, who is having a moment thanks to "Look At Me Now" and stealth No. 1 "Give Me Everything."
Avicii — another Guetta producer buddy, who is s having a scrap of a moment thanks to being ripped off.
Usher — newly Guetta-fied thanks to his will.i.am- and Max Martin-assisted comeback. This was only a matter of time.
Chris Brown — newly Guetta-fied thanks to his PR-assisted comeback. Tied with Usher, really.
Taio Cruz — Electro-anodyne in much the same way as Guetta.
Ludacris — will guest on anything.
Lil Wayne — will also guest on anything.
Snoop Dogg — will sign off on anything.
Jessie J — might guest on anything, especially if it'll help her U.S. breakout be longer than your typical "Price Tag."
Nicki Minaj — will guest on almost anything, even though she hardly needs to these days. Coasting.
Jennifer Hudson — wants to replicate Kelly Rowland or Kelis's success being the voice above the beats, we guess? At least she's got the pipes.
Dev — guest vocalist du jour, albeit mostly on twistier Cataracs productions. Has been remixed by Guetta.
Timbaland — creator of twistier productions than David Guetta, but whatever he makes will be better than "Carry Out."
Sia — WTF? "Clap Your Hands" was closer to Guetta than most of her work, but please, stick to The Voice and writing introspective Christina songs! You're so good at that!
Disc 1
1. Where Them Girls At (featuring Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida)
2. Little Bad Girl (featuring Taio Cruz & Ludacris)
3. Turn Me On (featuring Nicki Minaj)
4. Sweat (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta)
5. Without U (featuring Usher)
6. Nothing Really Matters (featuring will.i.am)
7. I Can Only Imagine (featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne)
8. Crank It Up (featuring Akon)
9. I Just Wanna F*ck (featuring Timbaland & Dev)
10. Night Of Your Life (featuring Jennifer Hudson)
11. Repeat (featuring Jessie J)
12. Titanium (featuring Sia)
Disc 2
1. The Alphabet
2. Lunar (David Guetta & Afrojack)
3. Sunshine (David Guetta & Avicii)
4. Little Bad Girl (Instrumental Version)
5. Metro Music
6. Toy Story
7. The Future
8. Dreams
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After my initial freakout with getting tomcat sorted I have moved onto something a bit simpler and so far (from what little I know of sysadmin'ing) I've managed to get vsftpd and nginx installed and working.
I have setup a subdomain (as a test) for sandbox.ourcompany.com and I had it correctly being picked up and served by nginx as a virtual host.
My goal was to create a user account for user "ourcompany", let them login and upload files to /var/www/vhosts/ourcompany.com/sandbox/public. I thought I'd try it with my account (davidsf) first.
But I fear I have messed up the permissions.
Just to recap, I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, nginx and vsftpd from the repository. I am logging in as my account that is also apart of (I think this is right) the www-data group.
I uploaded a text file to the above path, but I get forbidden by nginx.
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K 2010-07-09 21:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K 2010-07-09 21:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-07-09 21:35 logs
drwxrwx--x 2 www-data www-data 4.0K 2010-07-09 21:39 public
This is my permissions:
How do I make it so if I create a site, I add a non-shell user that they can access the FTP server and manage their files easily? I'm not able to install any control panels unfortunately.


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What's the result of this two sequences ?
$$\frac{1}{n} + \frac{1}{n+1} + \frac{1}{n+2} + ... + \frac{1}{n+C}$$ $$\frac{\log(n)}{n} + \frac{\log(n+1)}{n+1}+\frac{\log(n+2)}{n+2} + ... + \frac{\log(n+C)}{n+C}$$
EDIT: I mean $\sum_{i=1}^{C} \frac{1}{n+i}$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{C} \frac{log(n+i)}{n+i}$, and yes C is a constant. And what I want is expressions for this sums, whithout iterating over i.