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Konecto Flooring
I "highly recommend" it!
( I need to learn to spell check before posting)
I just wanted to start a positive thread since the good replies about Konecto are showing up out on the net under a negative banner.
We have sold over 55,000 ft of Konecto across the USA with no problems or customer complaints in just the past few months.
It pains me when I google Konecto and see a negative thread de-promote this innovative concept.
I have researched as many complaints as the offended customers will allow and found many issues that led to thier floor failure,are install related.
These errors are as follows:
1, No acclimation. This is big one, the floor must be acclimated!
2, No expansion. Very big as well, the floor must be able to expand and contract with tempature changes. If it is bound down it will fail.
3, No rolling, during, after or while installing, this is a must.
I tell all my customers these three sacred rules.To date (knock on wood) we have not had one compliant I sell hand rollers with every job that the customer wills.
I even had only older gal on a budget purchase only 300ft and she called me and told me she rolled it with a rolling pin.
She said" I put my full wieght on the rolling pin.I have not used that rolling pin in years"
Good for her! She rolled the floor!
If you follow these simple procedures the floor is warrantied, if it fails you have full manufacture warranty.
Please feel free to post your positive comments here.
I will stop in and bring it to the top form time to time.
Thank you I look forward to your inputs.
thanks for the balance check....
good info
I can add to the positive.
* months ago a really big seafood restaurant chain here in New England decided to give Konnecto a shot in an area.I put in in over a mosaic type tile floor
Was a sweet job, 1600 ft in one room. They like it so much I was back 2 months ago to do the bar area and was told that the main dining area would be done this winter ( drool- its over 3000 ft). They also have about ten other buildings.
Looked good considering the amount of traffic it has seen
I followed all of the rules and installed about 600 sqft of it. I am very happy with Konecto and would be pleased to recommend it to anyone.
I was very careful and attentive with the installation process. I ran about 4% waste.
I just did a Home Depot Trafficmaster griplock floor, which I think is made by the same company as Konnecto. It took me about 9 hours to lay our 600 square foot dining room -- a room with 8 sides and NO right angles. Home Depot rents floor rollers, which I did. We are *really* happy with it. I am probably going to do the kitchen with it too, using one of the stone-look patterns.
Moment of truth will be this winter. That room gets chilly in winter. (55 F at times) I'm slightly worried that it will open up as the tiles shrink with cooler temps.
It is made by Konecto under the private label Halstead. It is thinner than all to good stuff.:eek:
Three jobs sold over wood flooring for me
One was a nursing home
no problems
One job done so far over concrete
It's failed twice
Going to replace it with a full spread wood planks
btw my samples for Metro flor products are in the dumpster
too much bad publicity
Mine could not have turned out better. And the wife absolutely loves it! Good information here:thumbup:
product acclimated for 6 days both instances
100lb roller, hand roller
both times
Vinyl installer w/25 years experience who did the job both times
The floor failed
You just wanna prance around these issues because you are the "konecto guy"
Why would you want to bad mouth a product you promote up the ying yang on this board
Above grade install with Konecto, I approve of
Over concrete is a death wish, based on HUNDREDS of complaints which even you cannot deny.
I find it curious that you had to start a "positive" thread on a product that will probably go into the top five in defects,for this decade.
We all know your agenda
To push and sell Konecto
So is this due to moisture in the concrete or is it a temperature issue due to a cold slab?
Could a vapor barrier be used or the Konecto underlayment be used to solve the problem is this is a moisture related issue?
What else could it be that is different about the concrete that is causing the product to fail there, but not on other surfaces.
Please ignore him,I am.
I am working now to see if your batch was included in the bad batch that metroflor recieved. many of my contacts have been offline due to the Hurricane Ike. We are running on generators at our home office and have been delayed getting our responses out as well.
As soon as I get info I will forward it to this thread.
We have sold over 60,000 ft with no problems but all my clients are well informed about proper installation procedures.
There are a few rogue persons that are unaware of cause and effect issues with flooring, we try to help them and teach them if possible so they do not make the same mistakes twice.
Some will learn some will not.
I sell Kardean, Metro-flor, Konecto and dura ceramic vinyl planks. All vinyl planks.
The writing is on the wall with Konecto
Is it a great wearing product (prestige)
It is utter garbage, and a disaster applying it over a concrete floor due to hydrostatic pressure.
No Matter how you slice and dice it my friend.
Like I stated earlier ,above grade (over wood subfloor,I'm 100% for this product.
Google "Konecto failure" people
Do your OWN research
Not from someone who pushes the product down everyones throats on here.
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Georgia had the most selections with six players chosen, including wide receiver A.J. Green, who was named SEC Freshman of the Year.
Durst, Pybus, Vanderbilt linebacker Chris Marve and Georgia center Ben Jones were the unanimous selections to the team.
Durst, a walk-on from Destin, Fla., who had never played football prior to this season, averaged 42.1 yards on 70 punts after winning the starting job over returning starter, Ryan Shoemaker.
Neiko Thorpe returns an interception vs. Arkansas.
Thorpe, who is from Tucker, Ga., High School, intercepted two passes and returned them for 101 yards. He also deflected four passes and finished the season with 20 solos and nine assists.
Spencer Pybus played linebacker and on special teams this season.
Pybus, who is from Northview High in Dothan, finished the season with seven solo tackles, seven assists and he recovered a fumble.
Earlier this week, the coaches named junior defensive end Antonio Coleman to the All-SEC while another Tiger, defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks, was a second team all-league selection.
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OL Cordy Glenn Georgia 6-5 331 Riverdale, Ga.
OL John Michael Boswell Alabama 6-5 300 Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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OL Kyle Fischer Vanderbilt 6-6 300 Columbia, S.C.
OL Quentin Saulsberry Miss. State 6-3 293 Independence, Miss.
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WR A.J. Green Georgia 6-4 200 Summerville, S.C.
WR Julio Jones Alabama 6-4 210 Foley, Ala.
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RB Jeffery Demps Florida 5-8 176 Winter Garden, Fla.
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Miss Universe Resists Peanut Butter, Jelly Cravings; Sticks to Low Carb High Protein Diet for Pageant
- Kristyan Morgan , Design & Trend
- Dec, 21, 2012, 01:44 AM
Miss Universe Olivia Culpo is just like the rest of us. She has constant junk food cravings and likes anything sweet. But when she is competing she keeps her diet in check to stay in shape.
Speaking to People magazine, Culpo revealed that she stuck to a low carb, high protein diet during the pageant. "It's important to keep your metabolism up, so I eat breakfast, then I'll have a snack of almonds or something. Then [I eat] a lunch of high protein, low carb [food], then another snack of fruit – and then dinner."
Dinner usually consists of chicken and vegetables and she hits the gym "extra hard" to work off additional fat, Culpo said.
And for that extra protein Culpo also recommends Special K bars. "I like the meal replacement bars the best. No offense to the 90-calorie ones, but they just don't do it for me! There's more protein in the meal bars, and I think a high-protein diet with low carbs is a great choice," Culpo told Shape.
But for her victory meal, she went for a high carb meal. According to TMZ, Culpo stuffed herself with actual food after winning the title, and the meal consisted of one giant portion of penne pasta with chicken and red sauce, some bread and half a cupcake.
However, she didn't indulge in her craving for peanut butter and jelly, which has been a constant throughout the pageant. "This is such a random craving, but all throughout the pageant I was craving peanut butter and jelly! Oh my goodness, it is so good. I could live off of it," she told Shape.


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I checked the games with large file sizes, and they are automatically stored in SDCard, and I can't find a way to store them on external storage
hi garuhh n tnks 4 concern..
i've did evrything- wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe wipe media partition..and after that it seem run well.
then if i shut off and reboot after for charging it happen again and again..huhuhu
"so i put in an external SDCard" that mean i cannot install my fav game?? bcoz as i know the data must be in internal SD.
using 0517 root n market i9100 fingerprint.
now im otw flahing cabrom 2.0- let c what will happen??
So I guess there's really no option but to still use the internal SDCard.
Although I've flashed again the 0605 ROM, installed the official google patch, copied the XML files to /system/etc/permissions, and edited the /system/build.prop, and so far haven't experienced the "SDCard checking for errors" issue..for 2days continuously. I'll try to fill the 16GB space later, and see if it happens again.


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Trouver un exemplaire dans la bibliothèque
Recherche de bibliothèques qui possèdent cet ouvrage...
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|Children's films
Juvenile works
Adventure films
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|Type d'ouvrage :
|Public jeunesse, Videorecording
|Format :
|Matériel visuel
|Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs :
Graham Greene; Farley Mowat; Atlantis Films.; Muddy River Films.; Feature Films for Families.
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|Produced by Atlantis Films & Muddy River Films.
Based on a novel written by Farley Mowat.
Written by Keith Ross Leckie ; executive producers, Michael MacMillan, Michael Scott ; producers, Derek Mazur, Joan Scott, Seaton McLean ; director, Michael Scott.
|Crédits :
|Director of photography, Ian Elkin ; art director, Kim Forrest ; production design, Andrew Deskin ; editor, Robert Lower ; music, Randolph Peters.
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|Description :
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Résumé :
Jamie, an orphan who must leave his upper-class boarding school to live with an uncle in the wilderness of Manitoba, Canada, has no idea of the incredible adventure that awaits him. During a hunting trip, he and Awasis, a Native American Indian boy, become separated from the group. Finding themselves lost and alone in the icy and dreaded wilderness called The Barrens, their struggle to survive against impending doom strips away their prejudice toward one another's cultures, and demands from them more courage, determination and trust than they ever thought they could muster.
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He believes the Celts can fly... plus more outlandish Holley recreations and people hate on Big Schill some more.
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Solitaire Castle offers a hauntingly good time on Facebook
While a game about ghosts and a spooky castle might be better suited to play around Halloween, MegaZebra's Solitaire Castle on Facebook is perfect to play any time of year, offering the now standard Pyramid-style solitaire gameplay found in other recently popular games (like PopCap's Solitaire Blitz, for one) in a level-based setup that makes the game more complex as you go along.
In Solitaire Castle, you'll help a friendly purple ghost explore the many levels of this spooky castle, completing levels that each contain three overall goals. These goals normally revolve around removing all of the cards from the board, earning a specific number of points or completing a combo (that is, playing a specific number of cards before having to draw another from the deck). Each level comes with a different card layout, or simply a different number of cards that must be removed from the board, so each level may also be more or less challenging than the last.
Each stage comes with is own leaderboard, allowing you to compare your score with that of your friends, but you'll unfortunately be limited to five lives that recharge over time. These lives are used as you complete levels, and are unfortunately used even if you successfully complete a stage. It would have been understandable to see a life wasted if we failed to remove all of the cards from the board, but here, you're "penalized" either way.
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As of this writing, there are seven different areas of the castle to explore, but you'll need to earn a certain number of stars (by completing each stage's goals) to unlock anything outside of the Entrance Hall. You can replay levels if you need to earn more stars, but some stars are locked entirely at first, requiring you to ask your friends for help in unlocking access to even earning them. Technically, this makes the experience more social, but it's another design choice I could have done without.
All of that being said, Solitaire Castle is a polished card game that's really fun to play, even if you only do so while waiting for your energy to recharge in other games of the same type. The card layouts offer some real challenge, and even offer elements of strategy as you combine both the "luck of the draw" with your own decisions in which card to play next. If you like the more popular games in this genre, like Solitaire Blitz on Facebook or Fairway Solitaire on iOS, make sure to give this one a try as well.
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- 03-28-13 07:13 PM #166Cadillac Owners Enthusiast
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Well, I'd never heard of that Cor, either , but you're right, that's probably what Ry was referring to. I'd be frickin' livid if I was the owner of that Mustang! Certainly seems as though Cor is speaking out of both sides of their mouth on that one.
With that said, that Cor design doesn't exactly scream, "I am designed for track use!" at me. Regardless of what their website said, that very open design with narrow spokes just wouldn't give me much confidence. For the same reason I wouldn't be inclined to track my LC Venetos, but I would feel OK tracking the LC855s. Nothing scientific about it, just gut feel.'05 Stealth Grey CTS-V, 19x8.5/10" CCW T140s with Toyo Proxes T1 Sports (summer), black Team Dynamics ProRace 1.2 wheels with 275/35-18 R-compounds (track), Hyperblack Rota Torques (winter), KW Variant3s, V2 front brakes, Hotchkis rear sway bar, EPS cam, TEA-ported 243 heads, FAST92 intake w/LS2 TB, JBA Camaro/G8 1-3/4" shorty headers w/JBA cat pipes, Corsa exhaust, UUC motor and tranny mounts, UUC shifter, MAPerformance trailing arms, Specter cradle bushings, etc...
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Cool I was just looking for some track experiences on these. The biggest thing for me was size. The 19 forge stars are too big for wheel selections for what I want. but that just comes down to personal preference really. I was looking at these or the team dynamics cuz they are both 18 inchers.
I totally understand that my skepticism is kinda retarded but I seriously just passed that mustang like 3 corners before this happened. Just opened my eyes a bit lol really wide.
Fast forward to like 19 minutes if you don't wanna watch the whole thing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP6d...e_gdata_player
Aaaand I just saw your other posts lol. Didn't see em on the mobile app facepalm.
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Has anyone run 285s or 295s on the linea corse wheels without rub?
My car has aftermarket trailing arms (forget brand) to provide more room and is lowered.
In the market for summer tires...
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Winners of the Webby Awards announced
May 3, 2005 at 8:55 AM
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The winners of this year's Webby Awards have been announced. The site is getting hammered by a lot of traffic today, but among the winners are; the National Cancer Institute (a project Peter Morville had worked on), Boing Boing, 43 Things, and Skype. There were several sites I wish had won such as Creative Commons, Flickr, and hicksdesign. It was good to be both a reviewing judge as well as a finalist judge this year.
Hmmm ... I wonder what it says to the web-standards community, when a table-based web site (National Cancer Institute) wins such a major design award?
According to the Webby Awards' site, they award the best in "design, creativity, usability, and functionality" -- so the code is only part of it. I think cancer.gov's award relates directly to this week's DWM article about Web 2.0 and how useful, findable content, in the end, trumps visual design.
The Webbys have always gone heavy on design over functionality. Accessiblity on many of these site is horrible. I don't believe they take how the site was built (W3C compliance) into their final decision.
Trust me, if I could pick the sites that get entered, I would... but as a judge I can only vote aginst the bad ones (or rather, vote for the better ones).


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Three of Australia's top amateurs will go head-to-head in the Riversdale Cup next month.
In the men's section, Nick Flanagan, winner of last year's US amateur championship, his Newcastle compatriot James Nitties and Victoria's top amateur Luke Hickmott have entered the event, which is one of the nation's top amateur titles.
Just a couple of months ago the trio were on the national team that contested the Southern Cross Cup in South Africa.
Flanagan had an outstanding Heineken Classic, where his five-under-par total earned him a share of 32nd place.
Similarly, Nitties was equal eighth in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale before Christmas.
Defending champion Kurt Barnes has turned professional and hence will not be playing.
The women's defending champion, Sarah Kemp of NSW, is returning to defend her crown.
Kemp assumed celebrity status when she holed-in-one the first hole at Riversdale on two successive days of last year's tournament, but she will face a strong challenge this year from Australian amateur champion Katy Jarochowicz, among others.
The Riversdale Cup has been running for 109 years, with past winners including the likes of Robert Allenby, Jarrod Moseley, Aaron Baddeley and Michelle Ellis.
The women's event runs from February 23-25, and the men's from March 4-8 at Riversdale's course in Mount Waverley.
Revamp for Master of the Amateurs
Next year's Master of the Ama-teurs has been revamped, with qualifying rounds to be held in three states.
From 2006, qualifying will take place in every state.
The tournament, over 72 holes at Yarra Yarra, is set down to start on January 24 next year, with NEC coming in as major sponsor.
Doak tips Gunnamatta for top 100
Famed golf course architect Tom Doak is visiting his new courses on the Mornington Peninsula this week.
Doak is predicting that the Gunnamatta Course at the Golf Club St Andrews Beach complex will rank inside the world top 100 soon after opening next summer.
St Andrews Beach will have two 18-hole courses that will be combined into a composite lay-out for championship play.
The Gunnamatta course, now under construction, measures 6090 metres with a par of 70. The par-72 west course is 6175 metres long.
A selection of the best holes then make up the composite course, which is of 6450 metres playing to a par of 71.
The courses are being built by Golf Club Properties Ltd, the same company that created the highly rated new course at Ken-nedy Bay in Western Australia.
The Gunnamatta course is scheduled for completion by April 2004 and will be open for limited play by late 2004.
The west course is scheduled for construction within two years.
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By now you'll have heard all about Office 2007, and you'll hopefully heard about what it does, perhaps seen it, and you may even have used it. One question I'm asked is "What does it mean for schools?"
In addition to the main UK Education website's section on Office 2007, there's also now a new brochure (below), which includes an overview of how it helps from both a teaching & learning and administration & coordination perspective. My favourite section is the middle-page spread which contains screenshots showing what some of the main new features can do – like easy colour coding of spreadsheet cells, and the new SmartArt. And it also contains a case study from Stoke College in Essex – the first school in Europe to use Office 2007 across all of their systems.
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The School of Social Work held pre-commencement pinning and hooding ceremonies last week at the Trent Lott Center. Following is part of my address to the graduates:
Do we – does the state of Miss, does the U.S. of A., does the world – need social workers today? You bet! In fact, the need for social workers fired by the mission to change the world for the better, and armed with the tools to do it, has never been greater. The challenges facing us are – without exaggeration – enormous. Poverty rates are soaring, unemployment remains far, far too high, homelessness and hunger are widespread. The wealth inequality gap in the U.S. is greater today than any time since the 1890s. In Mississippi, fully 1/3 of our children – disproportionately children of color – live in poverty. Hundreds of thousands of our citizens go without accessible and affordable health care, with strong political resistance to taking advantage of opportunities to extend it to the poor and the near-poor. "Safety net" services have been cut, cut, and cut again, as the result of a long-running public budget crisis. Individuals, families, and communities are stressed as available support and resources diminish. And politicians pushing for "austerity" measures would further shred our already tattered social safety net.
That's the bad news. But fortunately there is good news too . The good news is that across the country (and the world), we see progressive movement and reaction, even resistance, to much of the bad stuff happening. We see challenges to cuts that hurt the poor and disadvantaged. We hear new criticisms of "corporate welfare," and calls for Wall Street bank accountability. We see demonstrations against destruction of the environment, new and well organized efforts to raise the minimum wage, to extend unemployment benefits, to increase health care access. We even see very innovative and creative efforts to "reinvent" community and political economy – to form housing cooperatives, for example, and self-reliant economic arrangements of various sorts, to establish democratically run worker-owned businesses, to repossess public land for common purposes, to produce food and energy on a localized basis so that communities can "go green" on their own.
This is all good, and social workers need to be involved, deeply involved. Social work needs to be part of progressive movements to democratize, to share wealth, to re-include and empower the excluded, to save the planet from ecological degradation. Indeed, why shouldn't social workers go beyond just being involved, to take the lead in movements to build a more fair, just, and sustainable world? It is our heritage and our responsibility to do so, is it not?
Graduates, this is your charge, to stand up and stand out, to lead in making progressive change. It is a heavy charge, but I have no doubt you are up to the task. Why, otherwise, would you have chosen this profession to start with? And why, just as importantly, would the profession have chosen you? Yes, I say chosen you – because social work is not so much a job as it is a vocation, and that is how it is with vocations – they choose you as much you choose them; they issue the call, and you decide only to answer or not. Clearly, social work – the greatest profession – has called you, and you have chosen to answer; you would not, otherwise, be here tonight, prepared to "commence" to the next phase of your professional life.


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Piperton, Tennessee
Lawn Care for Piperton Residents
Guarding the health of your lawn is an important part of taking care of your home. Not only can regular maintenance enhance curb appeal, it also protects the home's structure from experiencing water or pest damage. With trim grass, healthy soil, and neat edges, good lawn care can add value to your property and to the neighborhood.
Because new problems can arise every season, it's important to regularly practice lawn care. Finding help through professional lawn care in Piperton can be worth it, especially with the amount of tools and equipment required to keep lawns in spotless condition. This helps establish a new and revived appearance for your lawn, as well as more time to enjoy it throughout the year. Read on to learn more about common lawn care practices used by professionals and homeowners alike:
Mowing— Mowing at the incorrect height is one of the most common mistakes in lawn care. Some grass types require a different mowing schedule, depending on the season and climate. Mowing your grass too low can cause scalping, which destroys the roots and stems. To avoid lawn damage, grass should be cut to the appropriate height for the season.
Watering— Even though plants need plenty of water to grow, overwatering could limit grass growth. This may lead to lawns becoming exposed to weeds and diseases. Nevertheless, watering is essential, especially during seasons of drought. For the most part, lawns are best watered in a deep and infrequent cycle rather than a single flooding.
Fertilizing— Fertilizing your lawn is a major part of growing strong and healthy grass. There are some things to consider when fertilizing, such as the climate, grass type, and grade of fertilizer. Fertilizers can be organic or synthetic, composed of food compost or created with nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus nutrients. Despite popular belief, adding more fertilizer does not mean grass will grow faster. In fact, over-fertilizing should be avoided at all costs.
Aerating— Aeration may be commonly used on lawns with compacted soil, but even healthy ones can still benefit from having it done. In loosening the soil, more air can reach the roots of plants, in addition to more nutrients and water. If your lawn is in a region that experiences heavy rain or foot traffic on lawns, it's likely you will need to aerate the soil at some point.
More about Lawn Care in Southern Cities
In most areas, including Piperton, lawn care methods and schedules change based on the season and type of grass you have. For most Southern states, the prevalence of warm-season grass types entail frequent maintenance in the spring and summer and low maintenance in the fall and winter. Among the most common grass types found in the South are:
In order to maintain a healthy lawn year round, a mixture of watering, fertilizing, herbicides, and other lawn care techniques should be implemented.
- Bermuda
- Bahia
- Centipede
- Zoysia
- St. Augustine
In the South, spring provides an optimal time to build a new lawn and strengthen it before summer arrives. The combination of warm temperatures, humidity, and occasional rain all contribute to healthy grass.
Lawns that have been overseeded with a mixture of cool-season grass seeds should grow them all out before restarting a mowing schedule for the spring. If your lawn hasn't been overseeded, use a spring fertilizer treatment to encourage growth.
Establish a mowing schedule once the fertilizer has been applied and the weather warms.
Before it gets too hot, apply pre-emergent herbicide if you need. Applying it under hot temperatures could actually damage the plants.
Test drive the lawn mower and make any maintenance tweaks to prepare it for the summer growth season.
Summer is the time for Southern lawns to grow and flourish. Be prepared to mow more frequently and combat pests and diseases. Consider performing overhaul tasks such as aeration, dethatching, and fertilization to strengthen grass against the summer heat.
Because of the heat, a regular watering schedule is crucial to the survival of lawns in the South. Implement an irrigation system or use a garden hose to distribute water in the mornings so that it can evaporate over the entire day.
Lower the lawn mower blades so that it cuts more grass at once. Be ready to mow at least twice a week. Lower grass helps deter pests and weeds, effectively reducing the need for weed and pest control.
Compacted soil can occur in two instances: when there is too much water and when there is not enough water. To fix this, aerate the soil from time to time to allow the water and oxygen to reach the roots.
If you see any bald patches, overseed late in the summer before temperatures turn cool. In order for warm-season grass seeds to root, warm temperatures are needed.
Fall lawn care in Piperton should mostly be spent preparing for colder temperatures. Apply the last bit of pre-emergent herbicide and switch to using fall fertilizers. To further strengthen your lawn against the cold, mix in cool-season grass seeds while overseeding. Annual ryegrass is commonly used.
Scale back any watering to around 10 minutes twice a day to allow the new seeds to grow. Avoid mowing more than once a week or growth will be hindered.
Stop all watering if your lawn has gone dormant and wait for the grass to grow and strengthen. Dormant lawns can still be mowed, but scalping should be avoided.
Most lawns in the South will turn brown as the season grows colder and the grass goes dormant. As spring approaches, it will begin to turn back to green.
Water once a week to keep lawns hydrated during dry winters. Even dormant lawns need some water to keep from dying.
Avoid mowing a non-overseeded lawn during the winter, while mowing slightly on overseeded lawns. Reduce the rate of watering especially when frost arrives. Take advantage of the downtime to service and maintain your lawn mower.
Weeds can sometimes sprout in the winter. Dig them up manually or apply spot-spray to keep them from spreading. For taller weed varieties, a lawn mower will have to be used to get rid of them. This is the only time you should use a lawn mower in the winter.
For the most part, winter lawns in the South should remain as untouched as possible. Due to the slowed growth of the grass, any foot traffic could cause damage and have difficulty recovering.
Professional Lawn Care Can Help!
Doing lawn care on your own can be rewarding, but it also involves a lot of work. Lawn can be time consuming, especially on top of other household priorities. This could lead to lawn deterioration, a drop in property value, and overall disrepair.
Avoid this by seeking help from a Piperton lawn care expert. Allowing a professional lawn care company to take care of your lawn can help save valuable time and money spent on lawn care. You'll also save on costly damages by preventing them early on. What are you waiting for? Contact a Piperton lawn care company today and get started on a healthy, green lawn now!


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It's a measure of how far out of touch the New Zealand Rugby Union is that it could announce the four-game suspension of trouble-prone winger Zac Guildford with what seemed to be a corporate straight face.
Guildford was handed the suspension this week for a drunken rampage in the Cook Islands in November in which he burst into a popular bar, naked and bleeding, and assaulted two of the patrons.
It was the fourth time in 18 months that he had engaged in an inappropriate alcohol-fuelled act.
The NZRU's general manager of professional rugby, Neil Sorensen, tried to make the sanction sound serious. "Taking players out of rugby is not something we do lightly," he said, adding the almost comically mild observation that "with regard to alcohol-related behaviour, Zac does not have an exemplary record".
But three of the four games concerned are pre-season fixtures - only one is a Super 15 match.
As punishments go, it puts one in mind of an assault with the proverbial wet bus ticket. There's no significant financial penalty, other than $4000 in foregone income.
The local newspaper editor in Rarotonga suggested that Guildford might head back there to apologise and do some community work to make amends but no one seemed to see any merit in such old-fashioned courtesy.
The leniency displayed by the top brass at NZRU HQ suggests that they see a lot of promise in Guildford. Certainly if Sorenson is working on a "three strikes and you're out" policy, he has a bit of trouble counting.
Subjecting the young man to more pain and humiliation than he has already visited on himself is not the point of the exercise, of course. But the Rugby Union's ambivalent and equivocal reaction points out the problematic relationship it has with alcohol.
It doesn't help when one of your major sponsors is a big brewer. The alcohol industry has always had deep pockets because sponsorship counters the bad publicity caused by the association of their products with violent assaults and carnage on the roads. And associating themselves with sporting heroes gives them the chance to cultivate an image of youthful vigour and to reach their target audience when it's happy.
Little wonder that rugby union spokesmen like Sorenson use such anodyne phrases as "alcohol-related behaviour". Terminology such as "binge-drinking" and "alcohol abuse" tend to take the lustre off the carefully burnished image that spin doctors like to impart.
Rugby - and indeed most of the male sporting codes - seem to regard alcohol abuse as a fact of life. The Breakers' Corey Webster was sacked for failing a drugs test - he had traces of an otherwise legal high available in dairies; meanwhile his basketball teammate BJ Anthony's second drink-driving offence seems to have been regarded by team management as a matter for the courts.
Likewise, the Rugby Union seems to regard what went on with Guildford as primarily an employment matter. The same attitude seems to have applied to the boozy tribulations of Cory Jane, Jimmy Cowan, Norm Hewitt and others. Until Guildford's suspension, a bit of finger-wagging behind closed doors followed by a tearful press conference in which a lot of people were mentioned as having been let down seemed to be about the size of it.
Unwilling though we are to acknowledge it, our society is saturated by alcohol. The flood of recent bad news notwithstanding, the current crop of All Blacks is probably the most disciplined in terms of drinking for some time. But that owes much to several of the senior players.
In particular captain Richie McCaw established and enforced a culture of abstention during preparations for matches and players - like his opponents - know that it's not a good idea to get on the wrong side of Richie. Post-match celebrations, however, too often turn into the kind of binge-drinking that is lamentably common in society at large.
The announcement on Friday of the appointment of Steve Hansen as the new All Black coach prompts us to look forward as far as 2015 and the possibility of an unprecedented defence of the Rugby World Cup. But at the same time, it is to be hoped that some searching scrutiny is being applied to rugby's battle with the bottle.
It is simply not enough to represent it as the waywardness of indisciplined youth. Young players coming up through the ranks are products of our drinking culture and victims of it as well. The union, not just as an employer of some vulnerable and troubled young men, but as stewards of members of a celebrity culture, owes it to the players and the public to take a firmer grasp of the matter.


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I am currently ranked #3 in the leaderboards for a particular song. Yet I do not have gold stars. I have five stars, but they are not gold. Is this unusual? Has anyone experienced problems with not getting gold stars?
For comparison, I have gold stars in Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," and I am ranked #72.


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With the future of his NBC comedy still in doubt, Dan Harmon is guaranteed to have at least one show on next season. Adult Swim has picked up the Community creator's Rick And Morty for Season 2. The animated half-hour, created and exec produced by Harmon and Justin Roiland, centers on a sociopathic scientist who drags his dim grandson on adventures across the universe. Roiland voices both roles. Rick And Morty, one of Adult Swim's first original primetime shows, airs at 10:30 PM Mondays. "I'm relieved to be in a time slot of no strategic value to CBS," Harmon said in a statement.
Dan Harmon's 'Rick And Morty' Gets Second Season On Adult Swim
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Rick and Morty is great. Glad to see they renewed it.
i love community,
and I HATE THIS SCRAMBLED MESS OF A CARTOON.
you just have to accept that new shows are being introduced and it is all about someones view of a tv show. south park started this way and this show can potentially be very popular i know im interested in it.
This is hilarious. It is a "real" take on Dr. Who. It is the Fourth best animated show on TV after Archer/Venture Brothers, and then South Park.
Loved the quote. If NBC were not committed to its Maginot Line(up of Thursday sitcoms) then Community would be a stable show with legs.
Rick and Morty is just a plain, all-around, smart show. Glad to see it get picked up for another season. Congrats Harmon.
"Hey Morty! Six seasons and a movie, alright Morty? Morty?!?"
I watched the NY ComiCon panel with Harmon and the other creator and NOT ONCE WAS BTTF MENTIONED as an inspiration for the show or in any questions asked. I felt like I was in crazy land. The moderator brought up the Munsters grandpa and grandson as a possible influence!?!? WTF? And the two creators mention Hitchiker's Ford Prefect and some others but not once DOC or MARTY MCFLY!?!?!
Was it for some legal reason? For God's sake, one characters name is Morty! The other is a DOCTOR who can travel in time and space and wears a white labcoat and has a shock of white hair standing up.
How can you hate this show it is witty and hilarious. I believe it is 10x better than community
FRIGGIN LOVE RICK AND MORTY, great show!!!! very clever and witty
I absolutely love rick and Morty. Genius cartoon
I've never seen anything like it!! I love it!! Can't wait for season 2. Don't know how they can top S01E06 but that one sealed it for me. This show just hit the top of my favorites list! :-D


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Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, approved the $87.5 billion President George W. Bush wanted for Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush says the money will help bring stability and democracy to both countries, and he's expected to sign the bill soon.
But as the Senate prepared to give final congressional approval to the supplemental spending bill, critics weighed in, too. A member of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee said the Bush administration's policy of preemption is costing the United States the support of potential allies overseas.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said although the United States clearly has the military capability to protect America's interests around the globe, the question increasingly looms as to whether current policies and rhetoric are making or losing friends and respect worldwide.
"Unilateralism and preemption and an over-reliance on the military dimension of U.S. power may well be leading us in a direction that weakens rather than strengthens our ability to meet the challenges of the new asymmetric world," Feinstein told policymakers at a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations.
"This is a world where traditional armies are not well suited to deal in the hidden shadows of the terrorist and where the enormous goodwill generated after 9/11 has dissipated and been replaced by growing antagonism toward our country," Feinstein said.
Sixteen U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when a Chinook helicopter was brought down by a man-portable anti-aircraft missile in the deadliest single attack against U.S. forces since the war began March 20. Another 20 soldiers were wounded in the action outside the town of Amiryah near the Baathist stronghold of Fallujah.
U.S. military commanders have noted that attacks on troops in Iraq have grown more sophisticated in recent weeks.
But Feinstein said that regardless of how the United States got into Iraq, it was critical that America should stay and win the peace. A premature pullout would likely result in a civil war with the Sunni Baathist Party returning to power, she said.
Commenting on the Bush administration policy, Feinstein noted that preemption in response to a direct and specific threat is legitimate under international law.
The most recent addition of the Department of Defense manual on international law defines a specific threat as "incontrovertible evidence that an enemy attack is imminent," said Feinstein, who was one of 77 senators who voted to authorize the use of force against Saddam Hussein.
Based on a review of intelligence, and as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feinstein said she saw no incontrovertible evidence that an imminent threat has been found in the case of the war in Iraq, with the exception of missiles with ranges in excess of 150 kilometers, which violated U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Key judgments by intelligence analysts in the unclassified version of the National Intelligence Estimate last year deemed that Iraq had continued its weapons of mass destruction program in defiance of United Nations resolutions and restrictions, Feinstein said.
Analysts found that Baghdad had chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of the United Nations restrictions. If left unchecked, the Iraqis were expected to have a nuclear weapon during the decade, Feinstein said.
The analysts also assessed that Baghdad had begun renewed production of banned biological agents, although they noted Iraq's capability probably was more limited than at the time of the Gulf War, Feinstein said.
The Bush administration judged that all key aspects of Iraq's offensive biological weapons program were active and that most elements were in fact larger and more advanced than they were before the Gulf War.
However, neither the military examination of more than 1,000 priority sites in Iraq nor the interim findings of Dr. David Kay have produced evidence of weapons of mass destruction, Feinstein said.
"To date the most likely pre-war judgments of intelligence analysts have not been borne out. Of course this may change, but so far it has not," Feinstein said.
Without the imminent threat of weapons of mass destruction - or evidence of a clear threat - Iraq appears not to have been a preemptive war to prevent an attack by the government of Iraq against either America or American interests. "Rather, it was America's first preventive war, the purpose of which was to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein."
"Preventive war, targeted against speculative threats, is not legitimate under international law," said Feinstein, who also is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But regardless of how the United States got into Iraq, Feinstein said it was critical that we win the peace, "as rocky as that road might be and is."
A premature pullout from Iraq would likely result in a civil war with the Sunni Baathist Party returning to power. "Beyond Iraq, the impact of a pullout could well destabilize the Middle East further with consequences for Israel, America, and the entire globe," Feinstein said.
In a legislative victory for President Bush's Iraq policies, the Senate voted its final approval Monday for $87 billion for U.S. military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This package is in addition to a $79 billion package enacted in April, including $62 billion for the war in Iraq.
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VISTA (CNS) - A Vista man accused of stabbing his wife, then fleeing with two of their children, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a pair of felony domestic violence charges.
Juan Manuel Gonzalez, 38, was ordered held on $120,000 bail.
Gonzalez was arrested Tuesday morning in Riverside County. The two children, 1 and 3 years old, were unharmed and taken into protective custody.
San Diego County sheriff's deputies said an argument turned violent late Sunday afternoon, and Gonzalez allegedly took two of their four children.
About an hour later, the suspect's wife found him and the children in a pickup truck outside a church in the 1400 block of Foothill Drive, police Sgt. Dwain Washington said. When she approached him, he got out of the vehicle and allegedly stabbed her several times with a pocket knife, then drove off.
Paramedics took the woman to Palomar Medical Center. The couple's other two children were put into protective custody.
Detectives and members of a fugitive task force found Gonzalez in Menifee about 7 a.m. Tuesday, along with the two missing children. Deputies took them to a shelter in San Diego.
Gonzalez faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted of domestic battery causing great bodily injury and domestic violence. He will be back in court Aug. 29 for a readiness conference and Sept. 3 for a preliminary hearing.


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Broad Channel Man Cheats Workers' Comp: District Attorney
A Broad Channel man who allegedly worked as a limousine driver while claiming to be completely disabled and unable to sit for more than two hours - while collecting thousands of dollars in workers' compensation - was recently snared with nine others in a fraud investigation, according to an announcement last week.
Vincent Jefferes, 44, is charged with third degree grand larceny and falsifying business records for allegedly collecting thousands in worker's comp dollars while also claiming that he was "totally disabled" by a back injury he suffered on August 31, 2001, according to information provided by Queens District Richard A. Brown.
Investigators obtained a copy of Jefferes' medical records in which he told Dr. James Sarno that, after being injured while working as an elevator repairman for the New York City Housing Authority, he was unable to sit down for more than an hour and-a -half to two hours without discomfort.
What Jefferes allegedly kept secret was that he was working as a driver for Atlantis Limousine in Massapequa. Investigators say they watched Jefferes on July 5, 2006, when he drove a GMC stretch SUV from his home at 1202 Cross Bay Boulevard to Suffolk County to pick up a couple - load their luggage - and then drop them off at JFK International Airport. He was to be classified "totally disabled" by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board at a hearing five days later.
Jefferes lawyer, Francisco Knipping, called the case against his client a "travesty of justice" and told The Wave Jefferes worked as a limo driver once, lifted one bag and was in so much pain from it that he never worked again.
Richard Marotte, who owned the limo company at the time, told investigators he knew Jefferes only as "Vin Man" and that he worked for him, earning $15 to $20 an hour, on weekends for about six months. He collected about $8,000 in workers' compensation - about $400 a week - from August 2001 to July, 2006.
Jefferes was one of 10 people indicted recently for allegedly defrauding the workers' comp system out of more than $110,000. District Attorney Brown was joined in announcing the indictments last Friday by New York Sate Insurance Fund Executive Director David P. Wehner, State Insurance Department Superintendent-Designate Eric Dinello and State Workers' Compensation Board Chair Donna Ferrara.
"Those who commit such frauds should know that they face serious prison time and fines for their actions," said Brown. "My office will continue to aggressively pursue and prosecute individuals who abuse the system for their own benefit."
Jefferes was released on his own recognizance at his arraignment on January 23. He is due back in court on February 6.


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Amanda Caig is the Group Sales Manager for the Toledo Zoo. Amanda's primary responsibilities are to establish business clients and corporations in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan, develop and market consignment and advanced sales, collaborate with various departments for catered events, picnics, business meetings and after-hours events and parties, as well as showcase the Zoo to the motor coach and tour industry as a premier destination stop and prepare the annual budget for the department. Previously, Amanda was the Catering Sales Manager for AVI Foodsystems, Inc. at the SeaGate Convention Centre and Huntington Center and the Marketing and Sales Coordinator for Internet Payment Exchange, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Amanda graduated with her master's degree in business education in 2012 from Bowling Green State University and her bachelor's degree in business administration in 2008 from the University of Toledo. She also earned her associate's degree in pre-business administration from Owens in 2006. Amanda coached varsity volleyball at Genoa High School from 2007 to 2012 and travel volleyball teams for eight years. She has volunteered for Junior Achievement and Race for the Cure. Amanda is married to Joe and they have a son, Brady. She enjoys creating unique crafts, playing tennis and spending time with her family.


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I've about decided to carry my full-size PX 4 .45 concealed.
Based on weights, dimensions, and capacities of smaller compacts I've been considering, it occurs to me that several folks on this forum carry 1911s and similar sized weapons. I'm 6' 2", 230--so I don't think a larger weapon would be out of bounds. I'm intending to use the Crossbreed Super Tuck, and I generally wear loose, un-tucked, short-sleeved dress shirts year round, anyway. And at work, a chef's coat.
Do any of you prefer larger-framed handguns for concealed? Thoughts? Advice?
Thanks in advance!
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- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Pool
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|Neerim Rd, 3163 Murrumbeena, Melbourne, Australia
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I HAVE FOUR OTHER ROOMS IN THE SAME HOUSE, PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS if this room is booked or for other room configurations.
Short term or Guest House accomodation, fully furnished 5 bedroom family home with swimming pool, central heating, air conditioning, two very large living areas, entertainment complex with Billiard Pool table, fully equipped office to share with international travellers male IT professional, border collie dog. Beautiful garden in lovely area with parks.
Train 20 minutes to Melbourne City and Entertainment and beach , 4 minutes to Hughesdale station on the Dandenong line, next to bike track to city, beautiful parks 100 metres away. Close to Biggest shopping mall in southern hemisphere Chadstone. Rent includes bicycle, linen, computer, printer, wireless internet, cable TV, telephone local & VOIP, all bills and breakfast and some basic foodstuffs
Grab this lovely house and let it be filled with your happy vacation memories with your family. Very unique, ideal for those who are longing for a sweet vacation, Convenient and accessible to the beach and entertainment areas! You'' never run out of things to do once your here!
House rulesHOW to GET HERE. Arrival by air from melbourne airport. Just before you go outside from the airport you should buy a Optus or Vodaphone Australian low cost SIM or a more expensive best coverageTelstra sim if you intend to travel a lot in the country but check you bring an unlocked phone. We are on the opposite side of the city from the airport and industrial area so a taxi cost of $90- is required but the best way is take the Skybus $16- which leaves from the footpath outside the baggage area to Southern Cross train station and buy a MYKI transport card (used for all types of transport) and take the train $3.80 to our train station Hughesdale which is after the Murrumbeena station on the Dandenong and Cranbourne Packenham line and ring me on the way if you would like me to meet you at the train station. The house is just around the corner. I normally would meet you but If there is no one at home when you come or you forget your key there is a keysafe and I can tell you the code. After booked you should receive an email "Booking successfully accepted" so you must print this as it is the only place you will find our address and it also has detailed info on how to get here described under house rules. Peter
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Martha and Peter made me feel welcome any time. They are lovely persons, willing to help in every situation. I love their shared-house philosophy and staying at their place feels like having found a second family !! Moreover, my heart belongs to Fletcher - their adorable and clever dog, which I used to take for walks & to the beach. Thank you so much !!
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Thank peter and Mathe. I enjoyed to stay in Melbourne. I hope I can see Peter and Mathe in Japan.
Peter and Martha are absolutely great hosts wanting you to feel just like home, very friendly, helpful, with lots of useful information.
I really enjoyed my stay (and Australian Open!:)) and would definitely book with them again on my next visit.
Melbourne is one of the best cities I've visited, many thanks for a nice stay!;)
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Here, it s the house of happiness. Peter and Martha are such lovely people always in a good mood and very dynamic.
There are everything you need for cooking and their house is very close from all amenities including train station.
Here, you would find everything you need and they are always willing to help you.
We are thoroughly grateful for all the help given.
Christian and Nora.
We had a lovely time with Peter, Martha and Fletcher in Melbourne. Peter was very helpful and nice and he showed us the way to Chadstone on our first day. We could even bake a cake and celebrate my boyfriend's birthday at the house. Martha can be very direct, which might be irritating for some people, but we got along with her just fine. Overall the experience we had in Melbourne was great!
Great place to stay, very helpful, has been a good experience here :) we will be back
Super Unterkunft , sehr hilfsbereit , hat uns gut gefallen hier :) wir kommen wieder
Peter and Martha are passionate hosts and Fletcher is extremely friendly.
We enjoy our stay with you all though we don't spend much time in house!
Thanks for letting us host our friends for Shabbat Dinner with short notice and they enjoy the spacial dinning room much!
Thanks for Peter picking us to airport which is highly appreciated!
Cozy home with gracious hosts. Near a huge shopping center. Nearby station to get to the City. The presence of other tenants makes the friendly atmosphere and gives this home the feel of a "potluck" ... Australia!
Maison chaleureuse avec des hôtes charmants. Tout près d'un immense centre commercial. Gare à proximité pour se rendre à la City. La présence d'autres locataires rend l'atmosphère conviviale et donne à cette maison la sensation d'une "auberge espagnole"... en Australie !
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Saving energy was one of the original purposes of Daylight Savings Time. With the days being longer, it's thought that you use less energy to light your home. Well, that's one way to save energy in your home, but according to Energy Star, lighting generally only accounts for about 12% of your energy bill. I don't know about you, but I could use some other ideas! With my spring project list expanding, I would really love it if my BGE bill would lighten up ($50 off my BGE bill = $50 towards my new deck).
1. According to Energy Star, heating and cooling accounts for close to half of the average household's total energy use. Keep your thermostat set at 68 degrees or lower in the winter and 78 degrees or higher in the summer to see your energy bill decrease.
2. As we finish out the winter season, open your blinds during the day to let the sun in. As the weather gets warmer, you got it – do just the opposite and keep the blinds closed.
3. Wash your clothes using cold water, and run your washing machine and dishwasher at night to take advantage of off-peak hours. Some newer dishwashers have timers that you can set to run at night.
4. Take shorter, cooler showers. Besides saving energy, this is also a refreshing way to cool off on hot summer days. If you can't live without your hot showers, keep reading – we've got you covered.
5. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. While they cost a little bit more than conventional incandescent bulbs, they are a huge energy saver. According to The Home Depot, compact fluorescent bulbs use approximately 75% less electricity than incandescent bulbs and last about ten times longer.
You can get a more detailed guide to saving energy in your home from BGE Home's Energy Saving Center.Be sure to click on the Energy Saving Tips link, and download this brochure.The tip that was screaming at me? Stop waiting for warm water (before your shower, washing your hands and face, etc.). Waiting for warm water can waste thousands of gallons a year. A hot water circulator pump and timer can provide instant hot water and help reduce your overall water usage.Looks like I need to look into one of these hot water circulator pumps!What are you going to do to save energy in your home?
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Dynaste, whose trainer David Pipe has opted for the two-and-a-half-mile Jewson rather than the three-mile RSA Chase, is hard to get away from.
We know from his hurdling days – he is officially rated 161 over smaller obstacles – that the Nicholashayne grey has plenty under the bonnet.
But he is promising to go to an even higher level over fences, after gaining three comfortable successes from his first three outings in the sphere.
First time up, he tackled top-level hurdler Fingal Bay over two and a half miles at the Open meeting here in November, and gave a polish round of jumping to score by four and a half lengths.
He had the same margin in hand of Court In Motion at Newbury at the end of November before taking in the Grade 1 Feltham Novices' Chase on Kempton's King George VI Chase undercard at Christmas.
Again clearing the obstacles with panache, Tom Scudamore's mount justified odds-on favouritism by nine lengths from Hadrian's Approach, and has more than enough speed to cope with the step back in trip.
Captain Conan is unbeaten in three starts over fences, including victories in the Grade 1 Henry VIII and Scilly Isles Novices' Chases at Sandown on his last two outings.
It was a close-run thing when he collared Third Intention to win by a neck over this trip last time, but Nicky Henderson is adamant is man is a lot better than that.
Tom George's Module looks promising, while Aupcharlie can improve his jumping.
Sam Winner, rated his best chance of a winner at Cheltenham 2013 by trainer Paul Nicholls, can justify his position at the head of the market.
Two years ago, punters made the French import the 4-1 favourite for the Triumph Hurdle, only to see him get going too late as Ruby Walsh's mount surged up the hill to take fourth to stablemate Zarkandar.
Last winter Nicholls sent the six-year-old chasing but it's fair to say the results weren't what he would have hoped for.
In a three-runner race at Exeter in November 2011, Sam Winner was gifted the race by the fall of Menorah at the second-last fence, only to crumple on landing at the final obstacle, and he was going well when coming to grief three out behind Solix here the following month.
Off course for a year and back over hurdles, Sam Winner tried two miles and six at Sandown in a qualifier for today, and the way he stayed on into fifth behind Araldur suggested three miles would be right up his street.
A jumpers' bumper defeat of Peddlers Cross at Kempton at the end of January has kept him ticking over, fitness-wise, and a handicap mark of 140 underestimates him.
Shutthefrontdoor is progressing with every run this winter and is already on the winners' board at Uttoxeter, Wincanton and Carlisle this winter, with the near-certainty of more to come.
Ballybough Pat and Top Of The Range are just two more to mention in a race of endless possibilities.
Cue Card, hero of the 2010 Champion Bumper, looks ripe for a second Cheltenham Festival triumph.
After one season over hurdles, Colin Tizzard sent his gelded son of King's Theatre novice chasing last season.
That first campaign yielded two victories from five starts but, considering two defeats were at the hands of Sprinter Sacre and Bobs Worth, Cue Card emerged from it with plenty of credit.
He has continued his upward curve this winter, starting with a facile 26-length triumph in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter in November.
After failing to stay three miles in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, the seven-year-old was back in the winner's enclosure after the two-mile, five-furlong Ascot Chase in the middle of last month with a six-length call over Captain Chris, admittedly aided by a howler the runner-up made at the penultimate obstacle.
But it's arguable Cue Card would still have won, as jockey Joe Tizzard had yet to go for everything, and he is preferred to First Lieutenant.
Owner Michael O'Leary has won a battle of wills with trainer Mouse Morris to run the eight-year-old in the race he sponsors, and First Lieutenant won over this trip when landing the Neptune Novices' Hurdle two years ago.
Last year's winner Riverside Theatre has seen his form dip as a result of ulcers but is now reportedly clear of them.
Albertas Run has won this twice before but is now in the veteran stage, while Champion Court must raise his game after a shock defeat at Kempton last time.
Bog Warrior rates a real threat to market leaders Oscar Whisky and Reve De Sivola.
An examination of his CV shows that, in 11 career outings over obstacles, the Tony Martin trainee has suffered just four defeats.
Three of those were the result of falls – two over fences, the other on his hurdling bow – and the other came via a third place in a Naas novice chase, won by Flemenstar, last March.
Needless to say, Bog Warrior's career over larger obstacles didn't endure – after a final-obstacle fall at Down Royal in November, Martin decided to bring his man back to timber.
Just like four-time, and sadly absent, World Hurdle hero Big Buck's – who embarked on his historic run of success after capsizing in the 2008 Hennessy Gold Cup – the son of Strategic Choice has thrived for the transition.
An eight-length scorer at Fairyhouse at the start of December, Davy Russell's mount followed up from this afternoon's rival Solwhit at level weights at Punchestown on New Year's Eve.
Bog Warrior tried three miles for the first time in the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park at the end of January, and dished out a comfortable beating to Zaidpour.
The runner-up opposes on revised terms here, but Bog Warrior had plenty in reserve and his versatility, ground-wise, is another big plus.
Hock-deep mud would favour Reve De Sivola, who thrived under the conditions when winning the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot three days before Christmas, and when grinding to a neck call over Oscar Whisky in the Cleeve Hurdle here in January.
Oscar Whisky, meanwhile, put up a much better effort at the trip than when a well-beaten fifth to Big Buck's in 2012, and a reproduction of that puts him in the mix, even if he is better over shorter.
Peddlers Cross still looks shy of the form that saw him run second in the 2011 Champion Hurdle, Wonderful Charm is promising but steps up in class, and Oscara Dara bombed, admittedly on bottomless ground, last time out.
A bigger danger to the principals could be rookie three-miler Get Me Out Of Here, out of sorts on winter ground before Christmas but coming here with a good record – three seconds, including defeat in two photo-finishes – at the Cheltenham Festival.
Vino Griego has been a reformed character of late, and is fancied to continue his rehabilitation.
Going into Cheltenham's trials card at the end of January, even the eight-year-old's most ardent supporter would struggle to counter the argument that he was one of jump racing's under-achievers.
Despite flattering to deceive on numerous previous occasions, the son of 1988 Derby hero Kahyasi had the distinctly unflattering record of no wins from 17 outings.
As a result, he was largely overlooked by punters for the valuable Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase over course and distance, starting at 25-1.
But Jamie Moore's visored partner laughed in the face of those odds by thumping his opponents, coming home 19 lengths to the good of Renard D'Irlande.
Raised 10lb as a result, my selection followed up in determined style over three miles at Ascot and, now he's turned over a new leaf, a further 7lb on his back may not stop him from completing the hat-trick.
David Pipe took his time mulling over the six Festival entries made for Ballynagour – the average conclave is rash by comparison – before nominating this race as French import's target.
Ballynagour sluiced in by 19 lengths, landing a punt in the process, at Warwick on his British debut, and the third horse, Golden Chieftain, won here on Tuesday.
He will be hard to keep out of the shake-up despite a 20lb rise in the weights, while Cantlow and Kapga De Cerisy are others who make appeal.
Becauseicouldntsee, due a change of luck after finishing second at the last two Cheltenham Festivals, should give a good account at a working man's price.
In 2010, Noel Glynn ran an excellent race under Nina Carberry to finish second to Poker De Sivola in the four-mile National Hunt Chase.
Becauseicouldntsee didn't make it to Cheltenham in 2011 but 12 months ago he once more performed with great credit in this race for today's pilot Robbie McNamara, finishing a four-and-a-half-length runner-up to subsequent Grand National second Sunnyhillboy.
The 10-year-old's form since then has been nothing to write home about – he has failed to complete three of his six races, and was a distant fourth to Art Of Logistics over hurdles at Fairyhouse at the end of last month.
But every cloud has a silver lining, and Becauseicouldntsee's handicap mark, which rose to 145, is now back to last year's figure of 140.
Despite his record here, Becauseicouldntsee has been overlooked by the layers, and is expected to outrun his odds.
Stand-out favourite Super Duty has to shoulder joint top-weight, but has earned the burden by following an upward curve in four outings over fences, including a win here in December.
His trainer Donald McCain has won two of the last six runnings of this event, so Derek O'Connor's ride is entitled to go well.
Alfie Sherrin won the JLT Specialty Chase here in 2012 and that brings him into calculations, while the hat-trick-seeking No Secrets, the partner of Katie Walsh, is another to throw into the melting pot.
Outlaw Pete, a winner over course and distance back in December, is taken to lead home an Irish challenge that accounts for 10 of the 16 runners in a contest originally scheduled for Tuesday.
Formerly trained by cross-country king Enda Bolger, Outlaw Pete has progressed since his move to Fethard handler John Halley just over a year ago.
Halley gave the son of Witness Box his first experience of Cheltenham's banks and hedges at the Open meeting in November, when Outlaw Pete came back in third to Uncle Junior.
Outlaw Pete did not impress with his jumping on his course debut, but there was more polish to that aspect of his game when he won a handicap event at Cheltenham's International fixture the following month.
Given a cool ride by the trainer's son, amateur Josh Halley, the nine-year-old led at the final obstacle and stretched clear to beat Jessie Harrington's 2011 RSA Chase hero Bostons Angel by seven lengths, with Leac An Scail third, Double Dizzy fourth, Shakervilz sixth and A New Storyseventh.
Both Uncle Junior and Arabella Boy failed to complete.
Back to the cross-country discipline after two runs over regulation fences, Outlaw Pete can stay ahead of his rivals despite a turnaround in the weights.
A clean-sweep for Irish runners could well be on the cards, with Bolger's No 1 hope Arabella Boy and Bostons Angel taken to join their compatriot on the podium.


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And hot on the heels of the Nexus Tablet rumors comes more interesting Android Tablet news.
Acer have unveiled their Iconia A110 7″ Tablet. Which looks similar to a number of others on the market. But they claim to be targetting a price below $200.
This is what I predicted and have been waiting for since the iPad came out. It has taken a year or so longer than I anticipated, but Amazon's Kindle Fire was clearly the tipping point.
Oh for those who prefer the 10″ size, there is an Iconia A210 though it will no doubt be a bit more expensive.
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text: I keep getting a code when driving on the highway... I think it is p0302 off the top of my head. Whether or not I remembered the correct number, it is a code for cylinder number two misfire. So, I went through all the obvious maintenance: changed plugs, wires and rotor/distributor. The truck runs MUCH better, but I'm still getting the code while driving around 60-65mph on the highway. What am I missing?!?


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i am 43 overweight and i have gone out today and did my first walk run bit. I cant believe how out of shape i am? This is from a person who did a last half marathon about 22 years ago. So if i can start to get back on the road i am sure you can as well, i used to love running in the light rain and the early morning runs and the longish runs on sunday morning, but with a job family i did i admit let it slid by? So any trainging tips help please send me a email or thread, i am now looking at getting a new pair of trainers i dont think there is much life in the old swaety smelly set looking at them lol.
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Hi everyone,what a great forum!
I have just purchased a new treadmill and had my first session on it.I am 36 and over weight by about 21 pounds! I used to be very fit and into middle distance running but now find myself struggling! Great tips on here and i ran/walked for 30mins today and oh did i feel it afterwards! Funny in my head i still feel i can run like i used to but i realise that it takes alot of time to build things along slowly so i can reach my goals i the correct manor.Just one question,when i run is it best to have a slight incline on the treadmill to compensate the movement of the belt?
Thanks Ro
Wow, amazing, Roger; I can't help you, but I think that's brilliant!


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TORRINGTON -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy toured the Seitz LLC offices and manufacturing plant Thursday, touting the precision-engineered production, claiming similar companies all throughout Connecticut and the United States now have a hand up on Chinese manufacturers.
Seitz was the recipient of Connecticut Insurance Reinvestment Fund dollars, funneled through Stonehenge Capital and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), allowing the Torrington-based company to stay in business and cling to most of its jobs.
Although Seitz has a branch of its operations in Changzhou, China, Malloy assured tour-goers that Connecticut, Torrington and companies such as Seitz can compete in a global market with manufacturing powerhouse China.
"We understand that we're now more competitive -- particularly with European manufacturing on the precision side -- than we were before, or at least within the last 50 years," he said. "We're seeing a lot of work start to come back to the United States as was previously being done elsewhere. Now, we can compete with China. This facility, with high value added, can beat China, and as people come to understand that, more and more work is going to come back here. There's a level of manufacturing going on in the United States that no one would have predicted five years ago."
Five years ago, companies such as Seitz were layered with turmoil and facing economic disturbances. But Seitz was able to push through to the other side.
Seitz was purchased in October, 2011 by Andlinger & Company, a New York-based private investment and management firm, after 62 years of continuous work in the Torrington area. The industrial complex acknowledges programs such as the DECD's Insurance Reinvestment Fund as a key player in its survival and growth.
"Seitz clearly is proof that the Insurance Reinvestment Fund is working in Connecticut," Seitz President and CEO Michael Sullivan said.
"In 2008, 2009, we pursued on and survived," said Seitz Vice President of Operations Mark Polinsky. "When we came out the other side of that, we knew we had made it."
Seitz designs, produces and assembles proprietary custom thermoplastic devices, components and tools, and provides injection molding services and contract manufacturing services. According to Polinsky, 20 percent of manufactured Seitz products include medical supplies and 18 percent goes to the food and beverage industry.
And in a global economy, the decision-makers believe Seitz and Connecticut have what it takes to compete.
"We'd love that that would be the case in certain industries, and certainly Seitz has been able to do that -- both in China and in the United States in Torrington," said Torrington Mayor Ryan Bingham. "We want these types of models of success to be replicated. We want our companies in Torrington to grow, and we want to do anything we can to help that happen."
The public-private partnership of the Insurance Reinvestment Fund is one instance of governmental officials plugging the program designed to provide access to capital for "a wide spectrum of Connecticut employers unable to obtain traditional financing."
"To come here and see that it's being spent -- and being spent wisely -- modernizing facilities, making them competitive with China and elsewhere is really exciting," Malloy said. "We know that precision manufacturing, high value added, is Connecticut's sweet spot. It's great to see it come true right here."
The fund has nearly $200 million raised from insurance companies doing business in Connecticut. Insurers earn a credit over a 10-year period, equal to their investment, on insurance-premium taxes.
Stonehenge Capital and Enhanced Capital Partners, both of Stamford, are two managers of the fund. Avon's Ironwood Capital is another.
Malloy said the fund, dedicated to competing with China, will be around for a while.
"That's the whole idea. For too long, Connecticut failed to invest in its small businesses," he said. "My administration is absolutely focused on small business and new business, because that's where job growth occurs in this country and that's why we want it to be."
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2677Re: [solectria_ev] Radio interference.
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- May 1 6:45 AMMy Force also has had this problem since it was new. Here is what
I've found:
1) The interference is radiative. A portable radio experiences the
interference when in the car's vicinity.
2) It affects the FM band as well. I live in a fringe area where the
stations I want to hear are 50 miles away.
3) The FM interference occurs whenever the motor is turning and is
manifested as a hiss that partially or completely masks the audio.
When the motor is not turning and the accelerator is not depressed,
the hiss is gone, which is to be expected since the AC motor doesn't
need a rotating field when stationary.
4) I checked the grounding of the antenna lead and tried various
arrangements of the mesh shielding. No improvement. In fact, the
interference is no worse with the mesh zipper jacket removed from the
RGB connector. So I leave it off.
5) The RFI drops off rapidly with distance from the car, so you are
probably not bothering the reception in nearby cars.
6) Probably the easiest solution would be to mount a vertical antenna
on the rear fender of the car (vertical being the best orientation
for FM reception). Unfortunately, this would change the looks of the
--Gordon Stallings--
> I hear a lot of radio static except when the car is stopped. The
> Faraday shield on the 3 phase motor connector is in place. Are there
> any other areas to check as a source of radio noise?
> Thanks
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No need to risk life and limb hurtling down a mountainside ! From the comfort of your own armchair it is now possible to take part in a series of winter sports events : alpine and cross country skiing, bobsleigh, ski jumping, biathlon and Nordic combined. Winter Challenge offers several modes of play and all are easily accessible. "Single Event" mode allows for a one-off event; "Winter Challenge" mode sees the gamer take control of a national team during an international competition and "Career" mode lets the player guide a single competitor from amateur to international level.
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text: As the title states, are all the automotive LEDs available on the market dimmable? I'm looking to replace all my dash lights with LEDs, but I need to retain the ability to use the dimmer to dim the lights when I'm in very dark conditions. I'm also looking to redo all my lights with LEDs. While I'm on the subject of dash LEDs, I'm guessing I need LEDs that are set up in arrays to provide 360 degree light since the old chevy dash lights light indirectly. Am I right in this assumption? Finally, I'm looking for a good, reliable supplier of LEDs. I don't happen to know of any and do not want to go through ebay for various reasons. Thanks for any help!