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In an interesting new piece, the Huffington Post tries to determine if it's really tougher for Millennials than it was for Boomers as part of their Asking Y series.
Certainly lots of things have changed since the 1970s: gas has gotten more expensive, electronics have become dramatically less expensive and cars cost about the same.
But one thing's for sure, life has gotten a whole lot riskier -- thanks, in large measure, to governments and corporations, which have been intent on offloading all kinds of risk onto regular Canadians.
For Canadians who are down on their luck, this is certainly true. When you fall, the safety net is much more frayed than it used to be. For instance, government cuts to Employment Insurance (EI) means that half as many laid off Canadians get EI benefits compared to the early 1990s.
But the risks have grown for everyone in the middle class, not just the unemployed.
Tuition is a great example of this risk shift. Beginning in the 1990s, provincial governments of all political stripes started hiking tuition fees, forcing young Canadians to take on deeper levels of debt in order to get the education they need to succeed.
It took on steam towards the end of the 1990s. Today, the minimum wage summer job that used to pay for tuition isn't enough. Debt is now the standard fill in for rising fees. In provinces like Alberta and Ontario, tuition fees have risen so high that student debt has become a mainstream concern.
Although the "average" student makes more with a university degree, plenty of university graduates find themselves stuck in dead-end jobs pouring coffee or working in the mall. Of course, this is one of life's big risks: Do I take four years off to go to university or do I go to work right away?
Boomers and Millennials have faced the same life choice. But for Boomers, choosing post-secondary education didn't mean taking out a debt the size of a house downpayment. For Millennials, if the education gamble doesn't work out, they now also have a sizeable debt hanging around their neck.
For anyone graduating at the wrong time -- basically at any point after 2008 -- or graduating from the wrong program -- say, autoparts design -- the roll of the post-secondary dice can prove devastating.
Obviously, education costs are front of mind for Millennials, but increasingly the dream of retirement is proving to be a risk for anyone 30 or younger. Boomers commonly received what is becoming a rare find: a company pension plan. The boomers' company pension agreed to pay a certain amount a month in retirement (otherwise known as a "defined benefit" plan). If some of the pension plan's investments didn't pan out, the original company was often called upon to increase their contribution. In essence, the workers and the company shared the retirement risk. Not so today.
Unless you work in a unionized workplace (and even then, not necessarily), this type of retirement risk-sharing is becoming exceedingly rare. If young workers get a retirement plan at all, it's in the form of RRSPs. Under the RRSP route, the risk is entirely shifted to the worker. Now, in addition to raising a family and holding down a job, young workers are expected to come home every night to beat the stock market, crossing their fingers that the market doesn't crash and melt away their retirement investment.
This doesn't even begin to touch on the steep risks inherent in buying a home today. Average mortgage payments haven't changed dramatically since the time boomers entered the buyer's market. What has changed is the cost of buying a house: that has ballooned over the past 12 years in Canada.
More house for lower payments means that anyone buying a house is heavily leveraged and is vulnerable to fluctuating mortgage rates. There has yet to be a major housing price collapse in Canada, despite the fact that debt ratios are now worse in Canada than they were in the U.S. before its crash. However, the risk of a reversal falls squarely on new home buyers -- read: Gen X and Millennials.
The risks may be higher, but for a select few, so are the rewards. For the richest 10 per cent of Canadians, this riskier world has paid off handsomely. The rewards of having the right parents, of graduating in the right program in the right year, of getting into a house at the right time and buying RRSPs in the right market can be significant. Those rewards are magnified by lowered income taxes and halving of corporate tax rates.
If the past 20 years has shown us anything, it is that after the dice has come up enough times in your favour, wealth becomes self-perpetuating. But the door has been closed on the generations coming up behind the Boomers. For the first time since the post-war era, Canadians are beginning to question whether their children and grandchildren will do better than their parents.
That's not some baseless fear, as corporations and governments relentlessly shift risk from the collective to the individual. And it's Canada's Millennials who may end up paying the stiffest price.
The Huffington Post Canada and Abacus Data surveyed 1,004 Canadian millennials from across the country on a variety of issues. Here's what we found:
We asked 1,004 Canadian millennials to rank the biggest challenges facing their generation.
2% rank the decriminalization of marijuana as No. 1 or 2.
5% of millennials rank internet regulation and online privacy as one of their top two issues.
7% rank bullying as the first or second biggest challenge.
8% of millennials rank retirement security No. 1 or 2.
11% of millennials say access to quality health care is one of the generation's top two challenges
20% of millennials rank pollution and environmental protection as No. 1 or 2 of the biggest challenges faced by this generation.
20% say affordable housing is in the top two.
24% of millennials peg the cost of education as their first or second choice for the generation's biggest challenge.
27% say the cost of food, gas and consumer goods are in the top two.
32% of millennials chose "student debt and personal debt" as the first or second biggest challenge.
We asked 1,004 millennials between the ages of 18-30 what it takes to be a good Canadian citizen.
15% of millennials say it takes being active in political parties...
28% of millennials say donating money to charity makes a good citizen..
35% of millennials say that being active in social organizations is important to citizenship..
63% of millennials say being informed about current events is important..
64% of millennials say being able to fluently speak one official language is important..
74% of millennials say a good citizen is someone who always votes in elections.
81% of millennials say good citizens honestly pay their taxes.
43% of millennials rank the availability of quality jobs as their first or second choice.
We asked 1,004 Canadian millennials what were their generation's biggest health challenges
3% say pollution
4% say sexually transmitted infections
7% say disease
11% say poor nutrition
16% say obesity
17% say addiction
19% say mental health
26% say lack of physical activity
Some views from 1,004 Canadian millennials on marriage and family..
18% of millennials are in a common law relationship
66% of millennials are single
15% of millennials are married
63% of unmarried millennials say yes 13% say no 24% say they are unsure
65% of unmarried women say yes 13% say no 22% say they are unsure
61% of unmarried men say yes 13% say no 26% say they are unsure
33% agree 67% disagree
12% of millennials surveyed have children 88% do not
64% of millennials say yes 12% say no 24% are unsure
Huffington Post Canada's series on millennials, Asking Y. Visit it here.
-- Abacus Data has focused research on the Canadian Millennial. Read more here.
What do you think about this story? Join the conversation below or tweet us @HuffPostCanada with the #AskingY tag. We may feature your comments in an upcoming post. You can also check out our Tumblr, and our dedicated page for more from the Asking Y series.


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it's a shame you're not bringing this to London this time, we could have had a very small teen titans group haha.
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Oh I am! xD I'll actually be doing this on Saturday, then a different (and slightly weird) version on Sunday evening. ^w^ I'm also going there with an Argent, Madame Rouge and Beast Boy (plus I know of a Kid Flash that's going). :D
What day will you be doing Robin? (at least, I assume that's who you're doing, lol.)
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Fish are aquatic vertebrates that live in the sea and fresh water. Most fish have highly developed senses with excellent taste, smell and colour vision. They also have a 'lateral line system' of receptors that can detect the motion of currents, nearby fish and prey.
They are capable of feeling pain, fear and psychological stress. Scientific evidence is also revealing that fish are far more intelligent than they appear. They have long-term memories, social structures and problem solving abilities, some have even been seen using tools.
Fish are an important source of food for people around the world, either caught wild or farmed, known as aquaculture.
Where do farmed fish come from?
Humans have been catching fish for tens of thousands of years, since the age of hunter-gatherers. Fish were farmed as early as around 3500 BC in China, where fish, mainly carp, were held in artificial ponds after river floods. Some species like salmon and trout have been selectively bred specifically for fish-farming.
Fish farming today
As wild fishing stocks collapse through over-fishing, fish farming is growing rapidly. In 1970 only around 5 per cent of the fish we ate came from farms. Today half of the fish we eat is farmed. Some scientists have predicted that by 2048, stocks of all species of sea fish will have collapsed, forcing us to rely almost exclusively on farmed fish.
The species raised in fish farms include salmon, trout, cod, carp, catfish, sea bass, tilapia, and others. Today the vast majority of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are farmed intensively in fish farms.
Fish in fish farms are reared in large numbers in densely stocked tanks or enclosures in rivers, lakes or at sea in sea-cages.
Many farmed fish are fed largely on wild fish. To produce farmed fish such as salmon it takes about three times the weight of wild caught fish. This is not only unsustainable but adds to the serious welfare concerns about how wild fish are caught and slaughtered.
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Martin wanted a late foul called on Cyclones
AMES, Iowa — Frank Martin didn't necessarily cry foul, but the Kansas State head coach would have liked to have seen a few more whistled on Iowa State on Tuesday night.
"We lead our conference in free throws attempted," Martin said. "We don't do that because we shoot 3-point shots. Coming down the stretch, we kept throwing it in there, never shot a free throw. Every time we took a deep breath on the other side Iowa State shot free throws."
"Still, you've got to buckle down and guard them and we didn't do that."
The Wildcats went on to lose to the Cyclones 72-70, and in close games decided late, a questionable call typically sticks out more.
With 1:07 remaining and K-State leading by one, the Wildcats' Rodney McGruder penetrated into the lane and pulled up for a short jumper. Martin wanted a foul on Iowa State's Royce White, but there was no whistle. Eighteen seconds later, McGruder was whistled at the other end for a hand-check that sent Chris Babb to the foul line for the game-tying free throw, which eventually turned into the game-winning possession.
"Rodney, bless his soul, he's earned the right to be a big-time player in this league," said Martin, who typically comes to the defense of officials when speaking with the media. "He tried to attack that rim and post. For him to not shoot free throws is a joke - just an absolute joke."
McGruder, who has shot 72 free throws this season, didn't attempt any shots from the charity stripe against the Cyclones. But there was an effort to get him to the line and others, including Thomas Gipson, who scored 13 points and had seven rebounds in the loss.
"We were trying to go to (Gipson) down the stretch there," Martin said. "We ran the same plays back-to-back times. Rodney catches it, they grab him nine times, he throws it into Thomas and Thomas scores. Then we ran the same play again. It's a one-point game, Rodney curled it into the paint, got hit again, but got treated like he's some inferior kid. Instead of him shooting two free throws to put us up three, he missed the shot and we don't get the rebound."
K-State was 7-of-11 from the foul line on Tuesday, while Iowa State finished 17-of-26 from the line.
Wildcats battling the flu
K-State has been battling the flu bug, which began with Thomas Gipson the night before last Saturday's game against Oklahoma. Since then, it has laid claim to three other Wildcats.
"We've got three other guys up all night (on Monday) leaving trash cans full of stuff in their hotel rooms," Martin said.
Jamar Samuels, Angel Rodriguez and Jordan Henriquez were the three suffering from the sickness. Samuels played 18 minutes, scoring 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, while Henriquez saw the floor for just three minutes. Rodriguez played 18 minutes before fouling out on a charge with 3:47 remaining.
Game notes
• Will Spradling and Rodriguez each had five assists to just one turnover on Tuesday.
• Spradling hit his first 3-pointer since Jan. 18 against Texas.
• Iowa State averages 23.6 3-point attempts per game, but shot just 11 against K-State, making five of them.
• Iowa State was 0-4 when trailing at halftime entering Tuesday, but overcame a 36-29 deficit at the break to win. The Cyclones were 0-5 on the season when trailing with five minutes or less to play, and 1-6 when trailing with less than a minute to play.
• The loss snapped K-State's five-game winning streak in Ames. Martin is now 7-2 against the Cyclones as the K-State head coach.
• White's 10 field-goal makes for Iowa State tied a career high.


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Arsène Wenger insists nobody will leave Arsenal during the transfer window.
Speculation about possible coming and goings at Emirates Stadium has been rife since well before the turn of the year but, at the moment, Wenger thinks the equation is a simple one.
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Size does not matter, as the saying goes. It only means that people should not judge others for their size. There are small things that mean a lot and there are big things that aren't even significant. There are small people with big hearts while the big ones don't have a heart at all. And there are big dogs that know a lot of tricks, but that doesn't mean a small dog can't learn the same.
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The Chihuahua is a tiny dog with a length longer than its height. It has a well-rounded head in the shape of an apple, and its muzzle has a pointed tip. Its eyes are enormous and are dark or ruby in color. Its tail is long and curls on its back or to its side. The coat of the Chihuahua may vary from short, long, and wavy. It comes in various colors of brown, black, white, silver, and other hues close to these. There are many other colors that its coat may display because a lot of variations in the breeds are present, but the classic color of the Chihuahua is fawn.
As little as they are, Chihuahuas are very lively and energetic. They love to play and explore, and they also love to be cared for. They are easily attached to their human masters and they can be easily trained under proper leadership.
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Like most dogs, Chihuahuas need to be groomed. The best way to do so is by brushing the little fellow's coat gently using a soft brush and wiping it over with a damp cloth. Chihuahuas do not need frequent bathing. A bath once a month is good for their soft coats. Their nails need trimming and their ears need cleaning as well.
In order to keep such a fragile little creature healthy and happy, a person should take good care of his Chihuahua like a real child. Discipline is also important to create a stable dog-and-master relationship. There are many other dogs in the world but the uniqueness of the Chihuahua makes it extra special. And if you want to share your love for this cute dog, then buying Chihuahua checks is a great way to do that. But like everyone else, it needs genuine love and care in order to survive.


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JAMES ROLLINS is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known for unveiling unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets, Rollins' knack for breakneck pacing and stunning originality has been hailed by critics and embraced by scores of millions of readers around the world.
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The New York Times says that his "roguish charm comes from his efforts to persuade readers the story is credible [through] real-life sources for his novel's science, history and geography." Rollins' rare blend of action, suspense, and knowledge was also mentioned by the Huffington Post, which stated that "After Crichton passed away in 2008 he clearly passed the baton to James Rollins, who like Crichton, is a renaissance man."
NPR calls his work "adventurous and enormously engrossing..." and the New York Journal of Books had this to say: "If you're a fan of smart, entertaining adventure fiction, this is your summer beach read writ large....All the science, all the history, and all the locations are masterfully intertwined. The characters are multi-dimensional. And the story is, well, a corker."
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As a boy immersed in the scientific adventures of Doc Savage, the wonders of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and pulps such as The Shadow, The Spider, and The Avenger, James Rollins decided he wanted to be a writer. He honed his storytelling skills early, spinning elaborate tales that were often at the heart of pranks played on his brothers and sisters.
Before he would set heroes and villains on harrowing adventures, Rollins embarked on a career in veterinary medicine, graduating from the University of Missouri and establishing a successful veterinary practice. This hands-on knowledge of medicine and science helps shape the research and scientific speculation that set James Rollins books apart.
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The exotic locales of James Rollins novels have emerged as a hybrid between imagination, research, and his extensive travels throughout the United States and Europe, as well as New Zealand, the South Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America. Recent jaunts include book tours and stops across the country and several European nations to give talks, seminars, and media interviews. In recent years, much of James' travel has involved meeting readers in small and large groups, at writing and fan conferences, and even aboard seagoing "seminars." James' mentoring and coaching skills have made him a sought after writing instructor and guest speaker for workshops, symposia, conventions, and other forums throughout the country.
James Rollins is the author of nine thrillers in the bestselling Sigma Force series (Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Devil Colony, Bloodline, and The Eye of God); six individual adventure thrillers; and the Jake Ransom middle grade series (Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow, Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx.)
At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in St. Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. The three murders on three continents bear a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned into their flesh.
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I just received 3 condor magnetic stove thermometers. So of course I threw them on the stove..
I put the stove temp on the cast iron feed door close to the coals. It reads 450F.
I put one stack temp about a foot away from where the stove exhaust exits. It reads about 275F.
I put my other stack temp a number of feet away, a bit after the barometric damper, very close to where it enters into the brick chimney. It reads about 170F.
My living room is 70-71 F depending on where I go. It's about 10F outside.
My units are designed for wood stoves and have creosote indicators, though I suppose that isn't as critical with coal (though I read lignite can produce some creosote?). They give ideal stove operating temp guidelines and I'm about 50 degrees F inside the ideal stove operating range as suggested by condor. Are those guidelines valid for coal as well?


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Dubai: Pakistan recorded their first-ever whitewash against England on Monday after a 71-run victory in the third Test sealed a crushing 3-0 series win over the world's top-ranked team.
England - chasing an imposing 324-run target - were dismissed for 252 on the fourth day of the final Test with fast bowler Umar Gul grabbing 4-61 and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal 4-67.
Matt Prior delayed the inevitable with an unbeaten 49 off 58 balls before he ran out of partners as last man Monty Panesar was lbw by left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman.
Pakistan won the first Test by 10 wickets and the second by 72 runs when they bowled out England for 72 while chasing 145 runs.
The whitewash has now put England in danger of missing out on the ICC's annual jackpot of $175,000 which is awarded to the top Test team in the rankings by the April 1 cut-off date - a position they could lose if second-placed South Africa beat New Zealand 3-0 in March.
"Wonderful performance," said Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who has lost only one of the 15 Test matches since being appointed captain in 2010. "The victory means a lot to us because not many people gave us a chance after we were bowled out for less than 100 in the first innings."
England's struggle against Pakistan's top spinner Ajmal and Rehman continued throughout the series as they ended up with bulk of wickets with 24 and 19 scalps, respectively.
"We have to learn important lessons from the series - most importantly to put runs on the board and how to play spinners," England captain Andrew Strauss said. "Whenever Pakistan had their noses in front they never allowed us to make a comeback throughout the series."
Ajmal struck in his successive overs after lunch, triggering the England collapse when he ended Alastair Cook's four-hour knock of 49, with Younis Khan taking a brilliant two-handed diving catch to his left in the slips.
A sorry series for Kevin Pietersen (18) in which he scored only 66 runs in six innings ended with Ajmal's brilliant delivery that went between bat and pad.
Gul also rattled the middle order in the space of four deliveries by removing Ian Bell (10) and Eoin Morgan (31) that brought Pakistan closer to a historic win by tea - for 173-6.
Gul, the lanky right-arm fast bowler, had Stuart Broad caught at long off when he returned with the second new ball soon after the break before Graeme Swann scooped a catch to Asad Shafiq.
Pietersen lofted Rehman over the head for a four and a six in one over, but it was the only brief highlight in an otherwise struggling England on a wearing wicket.
Earlier, Pakistan fielders had a scratchy morning after England resumed at the overnight score of 36-0.
Cook, who was dropped on 4 on Sunday evening, survived again on 28 when Gul misjudged a top-edged sweep in the deep that went for a boundary.
Pakistan wasted their last DRS referral when Ajmal thought he had Cook lbw on 37, but the television replays clearly showed that the ball pitched outside the line of leg-stump, much to the disappointment of Pakistan captain Misbah.
Strauss and Cook resumed England's pursuit of the 324-run target with some confidence before Gul found the outside edge of the England skipper's bat, but wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal dropped a regulation catch.
Strauss was out soon after when he was trapped lbw by Rehman off a delivery that spun back sharply from the rough.
Even the DRS referral couldn't help Strauss and he began the long walk after replays showed the ball would have hit the top of middle stump. Trott then swept high to Rehman in the deep off Ajmal as England went to lunch at 89-2.
Along with completing Pakistan's first Test series whitewash of England, it was also the first time for 105 years that a team had won a Test match after being dismissed for less than 100 runs in their first innings.
Pakistan had been bowled out for 99.
The victory feat was last achieved by England, who defeated South Africa by 53 runs at Headingley in 1907 after being bowled out for 76.
The 3-0 triumph is also the latest step in Pakistan's transformation under Misbah, who was appointed captain after a spot-fixing scandal in 2010 in England that led to three Pakistan players eventually being sentenced to jail in London. His team has only lost one Test match since then, to the West Indies.
England and Pakistan will now compete in four one-day internationals, starting February 13 in Abu Dhabi, and then three Twenty20 games.


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Bowen, Alex, Brewer, D. and Mayhew, Karen (1990) Incentives for the low-paid: setting the scene. In: Bowen, Alex and Mayhew, Karen, (eds.) Improving Incentives for the Low Paid. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333525456
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Paint Flashing Problems Due to Spackling
Hey all, thanks in advance for any help that can be offered. I recently speckled a fair large hole in my wall due to snaking a multitude of wires for a flatscreen TV. I have watched my dad who is a fairly well versed and knowledgable DIY'er and many many youtube videos on the proper application and finishing touches when it comes to a proper spackle job. Before painting with primer I repeatedly made sure that there where no bumps or ripples in the wall and that it layer totally flat with the untouched area of the wall. However a few hours later after applying the first coat of paint you can see in the picture provided the paint clearly shoes in the light where the spackle was applied due to the flashing effect. I did everything that nearly every site tells you to do and i am fairly confident my spackle application was done correctly. The primer is the first thin coat I applied and it is benjamin moore fresh start primer. Before I proceed with a second coat of primer I am looking for any help or suggestions to remove this effect. I am currently planning on now applying a second coat of primer to the entire wall and finish up with benjamin moore regal select color paint application to match the rest of the room, perhaps two coats as well. Thanks for the help guys!
A few things to think about.
- You don't really gain anything by applying a second coat of primer (unless your first coat went on too thin due to the wrong nap roller cover or something) but you won't hurt anything hitting it twice if you want. And doing the entire wall should give you a uniform surface.
- Make sure you have a thick enough nap roller cover. 3/8 would be the absolute minimum for just about anything. 1/2 is better and some use 3/4 on a somewhat regular basis and especially for walls with any degree of texture. Obviously you would go to yet a heavier nap for heavy texture, brick, etc.
- It is very hard even for those of us who have been (or were) at this for ages to feather in a repaired spot so we usually just do the entire involved wall if at all possible. So you are on the right track with your new approach.
- Don't race drying times of your materials!
- You need two coats of finish over the primer to ensure a nice paint film thickness, improve colorfastness and set a uniform sheen.
- Remember that waterbased paints take 30 days to cure and this is especially noticeable the further away from flat you choose for your finish.
- Surface variations become more noticeable as you raise the sheen of the finish.
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Usually if I'm using spackle, I allow it to dry good.......it takes a long time to dry! Sand well, wipe off excess dust and apply a DRYWALL primer that will soak into the patch. Allow to dry thoroughly. Then I hit the spots with the roller and the paint and allow this to dry. Then I apply a full 2 coats on the wall. So, in essence, I am priming and applying 3 coats to the patches and 2 coats to the rest of the wall. Rarely have I had any flashing using this method.
Your saying the first thin coat, I sure hope you did not really mean the first coat of primer was thined, as in you added water to it.
For some reason I can't pull up the photo but are you sure your touch-up paint is the same sheen as the original. and if you do try another coat of primer try a little thicker.
I was able to pull up the picture and it does indeed look like flashing. I would coat those flashed areas once, allow it to dry and then apply a full coat to the whole wall.
Once would be too many for me:laughing:
As stated you need 3 coats over any patchwork/joint compound. Preferably the first coat being an actual primer and then 2 finish coats. Only thin your paint or primer if it is too thick and won't allow good penetration. Thin too much and you will have bonding and coverage issues.
I noticed that OP didn't spec, nor did anyone ask him, what sheen of paint he applied. From the picture, if you look closely, it looks as if the haze occupies a two by four foot sqaure area. And that's only the first coat of finish. To me it looks like wisps of white showing through an inadequately covering first coat. Besides, I'm fairly confident that two coats of Regal Select, even without primer, would not leave a flash that heinous.
Business was brisk for a while, but we were also at the height of the political season, and I'm not happy. I'm very political.
I missed participating, and I'm planning so far to be back regularly. It's good to see the regular stalwarts are here and working hard. Good to be back among good company, even you JoeCaption:laughing:
[quote=jsheridan;1055180]Thanks guys, all of you. I've been checking in from time to time, mostly lurking. The forum is in good hands without me :mad:, lol.
Business was brisk for a while, but we were also at the height of the political season, and I'm not happy. I'm very political.
I missed participating, and I'm planning so far to be back regularly. It's good to see the regular stalwarts are here and working hard. Good to be back among good company, even you JoeCaption:laughing:[/quote]
I believe Joe Caption set the unofficial DIYChatroom record for getting to 10,000 posts in the shortest amount of time.......I believe 38 days which smashed the old record of 66 days.
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SCARECROWS AND SWASTIKAS; DOG YEARS. By Gunter Grass. Translated by Ralph Manheim from the German, "Hundejahre." A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. 570 pp. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. $6.95.
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GUNTER GRASS'S third novel, "Dog Years," is a huge, rambling, rich, dense story in which scarecrows, dogs and fantastic characters are sent wandering through the landscape and towns of Germany (particularly the country at the mouth of the Vistula) during the period from 1920 to the 1950's.
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Park is very large and outwardly appears clean and well kept. We stayed in the 'D' Loop. It was difficult to find an acceptable site as the assigned site was far too small with the neighbors encroaching into it. The bathhouse was old and dingy at best. The sink has a permanent leak that is rigged with PVC pipe to drain into a floor drain. It was not a very appealing bathhouse to use. There are no fire rings at any site - they have 3 throughout the campgrounds - I find this a bit ridiculous for their prices. Overall OK park, but I won't go back unless I have no other options.
Date of Stay: September, 2013
This is a very nice park. It was quite clean and well kept. There are falls a short distance away that provide beautiful scenery and hiking trails (we didn't have time to hike this trip). There is a well used public park adjacent to the campground - horseshoes, pavillions, kids playground, mini golf. I only have 2 complaints to lodge. 1) I do not like the fact that you cannot reserve specific sites. If you are a late arrival, as we were, you get whatever site remains. We were stuck directly across from the Campground Host and the bathroom (too much traffic for me and that is a personal preference), and 2) there is no dump station at the Lake Side campground. You must drive up the road and down a very steep, winding road across the street to the River Campground to use the dump station. It is a bit sketchy of a drive. Aside from those 2 items we will return - enjoyed our stay.
Date of Stay: September, 2013
Great park - tons of hiking, wildlife spotting, canoe/kayak/trolling motor lakes, fishing docks as well. A very clean park - restrooms at campground were immaculate. Biggest negative was NO SHADE and no hope of trees growing around any camp site. Bring your own shade and you'll have a nice, relaxing time. This park is a definite do-over for us. Happy Camping!


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Some uneducated, ridiculous, pathetic person with too much time on their hands made the previous report that forced me to correct the false accusation the Dexter had passed away. They claimed to be Audra (myself) by creating a false account using my name in attempts to ruin Gravetown reputation.
I had written in April about a puppy we brought home from Gravestown Boxers and how wonderful he was and how I would go back to this breeder over and over again. This statement does not change. Dexter is now just over 1 years old and is BEAUTIFUL and healthy!
Dexter's blood line is not only impressive and proved in the show ring by his parents, but everywhere we go Dexter gets complimented on how gorgeous he is, that they've never seen a boxer this handsome. (One of his many qualities that makes me a proud momma:))
Dexter is so intelligent he makes training actually enjoyable! He is so quick to learn and is eager to please you and obey the commands gieven to him. He impresses me every day with what he understands and learns. This is a quality in a dog that is desired by EVERYONE. My favorite thing about Dex is that he's not only smart but he has a kick a*s personality. He is so fun to be around and his mannerisms and playful tactics are so human like and silly it just makes me laugh.
All in all he has such a wonderful demeanor and is absolutely the best dog I've ever owned. Dexter is very playful and has friends of all sizes, his best buddy being only 6 lbs. He's gentle and kind. I have him around children often and I have heard time and time again how great he is with people and especially children. He is attentive to them and will sit and watch protectively over them. They tug on his tail poke and prod, push and tease, and Dexter shows no aggression or short temperament.
I have said this before; I would recommend ANYONE and EVERYONE to Gravestown Boxers. They breed smart, well behaved, and beautiful boxers. If you're looking for quality you will no doubt find it at Gravestown!
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Did every single cybersecurity professional on the Internet go on vacation this week? We're starting to wonder, because not 36 hours after breaches at LinkedIn and eHarmony comes word of another at Last.fm. Can't we trust anyone to keep our information secure? Apparently not.
Earlier today, Last.fm alerted users that the company was "investigating the leak of some Last.fm user passwords." From the phrasing, we can't tell whether it's connected to the LinkedIn and eHarmony hacks, or just a really unfortunate coincidence: "This follows recent password leaks on other sites, as well as information posted online. As a precautionary measure, we're asking all our users to change their passwords immediately." Well, at least they preempted.
The LinkedIn and eHarmony breachers were connected–same hacker–so the obvious question is whether Last.fm is the third victim of a cybercriminal having a really great week. But this isn't entirely out of the blue, as it sounds like Last.fm has been having some issues with user information lately. This post from Knapster01 (a customer support manager for the company) indicates that as far back as May 16, someone unsavory had gotten ahold of users' email addresses, as Last.fm was investigating a flood of sketchy spam from gambling sites. He wrote:
We've had reports from the community that a few of you are seeing spam from gambling sites. We want to make one thing very clear: We never give or sell your address to third parties without your explicit consent for a specific purpose.
We are investigating this matter urgently, running a security audit and looking at alternative ways the spamming of Last.fm users might have occurred.
We take this abuse of our community very seriously and we appreciate your understanding and support as we work out what's going on and put things right again.
But as of Tuesday, users were still kicking up a fuss about the spam.
We've reached out to Last.fm regarding the leak and will update if we hear anything.


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An Artforum critic's pick: Amy Sillman and Lisa Robertson, in Paris! Mara Hoberman writes in her review:
The centerpiece of Amy Sillman's first solo exhibition in France is a six-minute digital animation comprising 2,000 drawings, which Sillman made on an iPad, accompanied by a voice-over of the artist reading a 2009 poem by Lisa Robertson. Draft of a voice-over for split screen video loop (all works 2012) reprises Sillman's signature mix of abstract and representational imagery as well as her luscious candy-colored palette—proving that her skill and style as a painter are well adapted to the new technology of digital finger painting. Marrying two of her preferred subjects—language and sexuality—Sillman's animation illustrates the complexities of expressing (or denying) femininity when language itself is a gendered construct.
Robertson's poem underscores this paradox, pairing lines like "Her pronoun is sedition unrecognized as such" with images of Sillman's female figures talking, crying, eating, aging, raging, and morphing in and out of recognition. Sillman, who at one point thought she might become a linguist or a translator, has long since created her own visual language—which here finds a verbal counterpart in Robertson's work.
The animation reveals a typically concealed—but critical—aspect of Sillman's process. She reworks compositions as she paints, often covering original imagery completely—a practice that is obscured in a finished painting. In Draft of a voice-over for split screen video loop, however, the additive/reductive evolution is exploited to create the animation….
Read the full review here. What a great collaboration!
[Image above from the Artforum site. Amy Sillman, Untitled (01′21, right), 2012, ink-jet print on rice paper, 44 1/8 x 61″.]
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Vicki Thomas, Ph.D, and chief of the Restoration and Resilience Center at Fort Bliss, has been astounded by the suffering the Soldier-patients have brought to her facility.
"Part of the success in treating the Soldiers is sticking with them long enough to get them to know and stay in touch with the causes of their anxiety until it lessens and becomes tolerable; if not, they back off, hide out and leave," Thomas said.
The center was established in 2005 by Dr. John Fortunato, a Vietnam veteran, Benedictine monk and clinical psychologist who was instrumental in founding the center and was succeeded by Thomas.
He worked with Soldiers returning from Afghanistan who did not want to be labeled as unfit for duty, but had no other options. His goal according to Thomas was to "see if we could come up with a program to get Soldiers back to 'fit for duty' status."
Money was available to fight the global war on terror, so other programs and resources were available for examination to determine what might work. Many ideas were generated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
"Fortunato had some of the practices in place to develop the center," said Thomas, who went back and looked at other possible program approaches through a large body of literature. Currently, treatments from the Eastern hemisphere include reiki, acupuncture and massage therapy. Thomas emphasizes that Eastern medicine is neither new nor un-researched.
"They're just new to the westerners," Thomas said. "It's really only been in the last few years that we've had people from the Mexican, Columbian, Canadian and German military who are also open to alternative treatments, and they've all come on site."
Thomas cited one way Reiki, a method of healing using touch, could be used by the Soldiers.
"Reiki doesn't always involve touch," said Thomas. "It's a way to take your physiological processes and learn to manage them yourself naturally rather than taking medication. With bio-feedback one takes his or her physiological processes and learns how to manage them through calming other physiological systems. The center has both group and one-on-one meetings."
Thomas recommends group therapy as an effective means of combating the invisible wounds of battle.
"[Post-traumatic stress disorder] can make a Soldier feel very alone and very confused," said Thomas. "But, when they're in a room full of other Soldiers and see an NCO they look up to and respect going through the same thing, it makes it more acceptable. More importantly, it makes it more understandable. Group is so powerful," she said.
A routine day involves building relationships. Soldiers attend morning formation at 7:30 a.m. and follow their schedules to 3:30 p.m. Some appointments may be as late as 6:30 p.m. They attend talk/ therapy sessions with a psychologist and attend group therapy and massage sessions.
"Every Soldier has a partner he can talk with, because it's almost impossible to go along without having stress in life today, no matter the cause," Thomas said. "The goal of the program is to get Soldiers to take skills they are relearning outside the building and make sure they are adapting to the outside environment and not the one in the building. Staff takes them to a busy department store or amusement park, where they are outside their comfort zone.
"Staff goes along to get to know the Soldier on a different level," continued Thomas. "We could get Soldiers comfortable in this building so they function very well, but that's not our goal. It is to get them to take those skills they learned in the building outside and apply them."
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Embarkation: Honolulu
We found the crew to be hard working, professional, and upbeat. Not much different really than a crew on a ship that is not American-flagged. In fact, it was nice to be able to chat with crew members from the USA, it was different than what we have found on other ships, but not in a bad way. We also appreciated the willingness of the ship's officers to visit with cruise critic members at the meet and greet, and the officers impressed us with their earnestness and interest in making the cruise a wonderful one.
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Doubts dog art auctions as North Jersey sellers cite Madoff links
For decades, itinerant auctioneers — some legitimate, some less so — have worked hotel ballrooms and meeting halls across the country, advertising the opportunity to buy art by Picasso, Dali and other masters. By claiming that the pieces had suddenly come onto the market because of an "estate sale," a "bankruptcy sale" or a divorce, they at once spelled out how such troves had become available at one time, explained why they were real rather than fraudulent and implied that there were bargains to be had.
Over the past few years, from Colorado to Orlando, Fla., to Manhattan and Demarest, some auctioneers have invoked something fresher to attest to the sales' credibility: Bernard Madoff.
In advertisements and mailings, they have explained that the art is being put up by the families of Madoff victims, or was once owned by the Ponzi-scheming scoundrel himself.
If auctions earlier this year at Demarest's Alpine Country Club and the Trump Hotel Soho in Manhattan are an indication, they are attracting bidders by the score, even though the auctioneer at both had been cited by authorities for engaging in a serious deception in making the Madoff connection.
The auctioneer was Hackensack business owner Dominic Briscoe, 48, who has conducted estate and divorce auctions for years.
Briscoe says he's strictly on the up and up: "I am not doing anything wrong."
But a look into his operations raises doubts about this and provides a window into a maze-like world where strong assertions often prove to be illusory.
Except for some pieces of jewelry, for instance, it's unclear whether any of the artwork he's auctioned off recently is related to Madoff or the disgraced financier's victims. The man who authenticates many of the works Briscoe sells validates hundreds of art items a week. And Briscoe and his family have repeatedly run afoul of authorities, and angry buyers who claim they paid thousands of dollars for artwork that was — like Madoff's profits — fake.
Regulators in several states and Canada have revoked or suspended Briscoe's auctioneer's license and fined him and his family members thousands of dollars over the years for violations ranging from deceptive advertising to misrepresentation. He and his family have been sued by buyers who claim they paid tens of thousands of dollars for items that were basically worthless.
Last year, a Queens doctor who says he paid $74,500 for a Willem de Kooning charcoal drawing in 2007 sued Briscoe, claiming the work was a "fraudulent representation" of "negligible value."
Briscoe shrugs it all off.
"Unfortunately, as an auctioneer, I am in front of the public and the target of any dissatisfaction," Briscoe said earlier this year.
"These people go home and have buyer's remorse and cannot take it out on me so they make all sorts of allegations and claims," he said, adding that he would often rather deal with complaints by saying, 'Here is your money back, give me my goods back. And get lost.' And that's not an admission of guilt. It's getting rid of a problem."
The lawsuit in the de Kooning case does not say whether the artwork was accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Briscoe says he believes the artwork is authentic. But he failed to show up in court to defend himself.
After a brief interview with The Record, Briscoe said he would answer questions only by email, saying he had been misquoted in the past.
The Madoff connection came under fire in 2009 – five months after Madoff started a 150-year prison sentence – when then-Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal suggested that Briscoe and Northeast Galleries, the Leonia company that retained him and his father to run three auctions, had engaged in "serious and repetitive deceptive and misleading conduct" by claiming the auctions would mostly feature items formerly owned by Madoff, and for holding the auctions without a license. Blumenthal threatened to sue the auction organizers if two upcoming Madoff auctions in his state were not canceled, which they were.
Asked about the incident, Briscoe provided The Record with receipts for 18 pieces of Madoff's jewelry purchased at a U.S. Marshals auction and available at the Connecticut auctions. He said Blumenthal, now a U.S. senator from Connecticut, "acted irresponsibly" by issuing his threat before Northeast Galleries could provide him with evidence of the purchases.
The problems in Connecticut did not deter Briscoe from holding more Madoff-related events.
Both the Demarest and Manhattan auctions offered a "huge portfolio of blue chip art" supposedly belonging to a Madoff victim, and both were promoted with similar postcards listing the same 21 artists. But Briscoe declined to identify any victim.
He said the art came from a "very large extended family" of Madoff victims from New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Yet at least three works advertised in a postcard promoting the Demarest auction appeared in a similar postcard touting a "divorce auction" held at the Clinton Inn Hotel in Tenafly last October.
Briscoe acknowledged that some of the originals, lithographs, signed prints and sketches displayed in antique-like frames in those auctions had nothing to do with Madoff victims. He said that "both auctions included some art from elsewhere," and some art remaining unsold at one auction was carried forward to a later auction. Among them, he said, were works left from a previous auction in Tenafly six months earlier of art owned by a divorcing Cresskill couple.
The auctions have incensed actual Madoff victims. Nancy Barrie-Chivian, a Livingston resident who lost money in the Ponzi scheme, said she was so angry when she received a postcard advertising an auction of art from someone "victimized by the Bernie Madoff scam" in a Summit hotel in September 2009, that she went to see the auction.
"It just enraged me that somebody was exploiting our horrible experience" to make financial gains, said Barrie-Chivian.
The postcard, which she supplied to The Record, shows the auction was organized by DB Trading Inc., a Leonia company owned by Briscoe.
DB Trading is one piece of a nexus of local companies to which Briscoe has been attached. He said he has spent most of his career working as an auctioneer for hire while running his own company, National Estate Marketing in Hackensack.
Until a year ago, Briscoe said, he worked for U.S. Auction Corp., a Leonia company owned by Asher Milchman, who also co-owned Northeast Galleries, which organized the Connecticut Madoff auctions in 2009.
It turns out that Milchman had his own problems. In 2007, he, family members and his companies paid $25,000 to settle a suit by the Los Angeles city attorney alleging that he, his wife and his son sold thousands of dollars of "phony art." Six "Chagall" prints, which the family sold for more than $19,000, were later determined to be cheap, unauthorized reproductions, the suit alleged. Milchman could not be reached for comment.
Now Briscoe works with Daniel Nathan Isen, the owner of the I. Brewster Gallery in Philadelphia's museum district.
While artwork is generally authenticated by specialists who focus on one or a few artists, a sample of about 100 works by a wide array of artists at each of Briscoe's auctions this year showed that the vast majority carried a certificate of authenticity by the same person: Isen, whose son assists Briscoe at his auctions.
Interviewed at his gallery Isen, one of three authors of a book on etchings by the artist Louis Icart, said estates, auctions, divorce sales and other art owners from around the world send art to him to be certified. "We do a couple of hundred a week," he said.
Isen said that although he sends work by some artists to galleries or foundations that specialize in their works, he is able to certify works by many others himself because he is a "print expert" after 30 years in the business, with extensive knowledge of paper, watermarks and other elements of a print.
Isen also makes money off the sales.
A bill of sale shown to The Record by a buyer at the New York auction states that the auction was "being conducted on behalf" of I. Brewster. The buyer, who asked to remain anonymous, said the seller's telephone number that appeared on his credit card statement was that of Isen's gallery in Philadelphia.
Isen said he sometimes buys art and sends it to Briscoe because that's the easiest way to make a sale, and that's why the credit card sale would have gone to his company. Isen said there is nothing wrong with him playing two roles – authenticating and selling art. It's unclear whether Isen sells art that he also authenticates.
Some art industry experts said it's unusual for one person to authenticate works by numerous artists.
"If they were all by the same artist, I guess you could do 200 [prints] in a week, perhaps, you would have to be working longish days and if you were working on the weekend," said Mark Winter, director of Art Experts Inc., a Daytona Beach, Fla.-based company that authenticates art. "If it was split between three or four artists, it would be difficult to accomplish that many in a week. And if they were by 25 different people or more, you are stretching the limits near the point of impossibility because it takes time to get the information."
Winter added that it's not common, but possible, that the same person would be able to authenticate a wide variety of artists, providing the artwork was prints.
Some experts said it is also unusual for an outside authenticator to help sell art as well as certify its authenticity.
Sharon Flescher, executive director of New York-based International Foundation for Art Research, a 43-year-old non-profit organization, said the foundation authenticates art, but never buys or sells.
"We want it to be clear that we have no vested interest in the outcome" of the authentication, she said.
But other experts said that although the ideal is for authentication and sales to be separate, some galleries or dealers do both, especially those that specialize and are experts in a particular artist.
Buying art is always risky because it's often tough, even for experts, to determine what is authentic and what isn't – especially when the works are prints that can be easily reproduced with high-quality scanners and printers. Art experts say fake art includes works hand-painted in Cuba or China, and prints produced on fine-art ink jet printers, from digital scans of the original work or a copy. Fake limited-edition prints are sometimes made by forging the artists signature on the print, experts say.
"The problem with estate auctions, is you're on the spot to buy right now," said Dan Twyman, senior art consultant for The Salvador Dali Society, a Redondo Beach, Calif., dealer that specializes in work by the artist. "And if you buy, the auction is gone, you can't go back to the gallery. So you have to be able to track down the company later."
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A few weeks ago I attended a small dinner party at a friend's house where the hosts mentioned that they'd been experimenting in making their own salad dressings. The first mixture they offered to us was a low-fat ranch alternative. I had to try this concoction, and of course it was delicious. So I started contemplating creating my own homemade dressings for the summer season.
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