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2. When he was young, he dreamt of becoming a police officer and actor
3. Previously had a gf who was 2 years older than him
4. He used to fart during practice
5. He wore braces before
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9. He used to skip meals for praticising
10. He can beatbox
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Mar 10, 2006 at 1:15 pm #1217999
Scott PetersonMember
@scottalanpLocale: Northern California
After reading the print article in the latest edition of BPL, as well as on-line content I am kind of confused as how best to approach my own foot issues.
I tend to hike in warmer conditions with little water. I have switched from a mid-weight Asolo boot to a Vasque trail-runner. I will continue to use Smartwool mid-weight socks as those seem to wick very well. The Asolo was lined with Goretex and I think this contributed greatly to wetness and skin degredation and blistering. I think the increased ventilation of the trail runner should help a great deal.
The questions I have are: Is it smarter to use a lubricating product like Sportslick on my toe area, where I sometimes get blisters from the toes rubbing…or anti-perspirant? Additionally, I have gotten a black toe on my larger foot the last few trips and I think the smaller toe box on the Asolo contributed to this, but I also sense a blood flow issue where the toe gets increased pressure as my weight rolls over the top of it…mainly at the end of a day. Has anyone had this issue or know of resources on how to correct?
Thanks for any help.Mar 10, 2006 at 1:29 pm #1352274
Adam McFarrenMember
If your toes are rubbing and blistering you might check out the Injinji socks. I have the same problem and those socks completely solve the blistering.
You could also try taping your toes, but if you start down this route, you may have to tape all 10 piggies to keep the tape from blistering the un-taped adjacent toes.
Lube or anti-perspirant? You'll probably have to sort that out after experimenting. I generally don't do either, but some people benefit from one or the other. I do use hydropel (a silcone based lube) on wet days which I think delays the time it takes my feet to prune up.
For the black toe, look for longer shoes or shoes with larger toe boxes. After a black toe experience I've stuck mainly with New Balance shoes which have a generous toe box.
I'd highly recommend the Fixing Your Feet book too.
-adamMar 10, 2006 at 3:31 pm #1352277
Douglas FrickBPL Member
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>For the black toe, look for longer shoes or shoes with larger toe boxes.
That was my solution, too: different shoes. Montrails are a perfect fit for me, no blisters or black toes ever (Torre GTX, Kalahari, Vitesse, and Susitna). My Lowa trail shoes went into the yard-work box.Mar 10, 2006 at 3:40 pm #1352278
MarkBPL Member
@mlarsonLocale: Southeast USA
You might find a switch to thinner socks will give your toes more room. Thinner socks will also absorb less moisture and dry more quickly, which means that your feet won't wallow in the moisture as much. Either that or shoes with a better toebox for your feet. Or maybe a supportive insole could help keep your footparts aligned and in good order.
The anti-perspirant thing hasn't worked for me, but it's worth a try. Something like SportSlick or HydroPel could keep things lubed and prevent the foot skin from staying wet. Feet have more sweat glands than anywhere else, I think, so I try not to fight it. My goal is to keep moisture moving out and away from the foot. For me this means thin socks changed often, and a well-fitting well-ventilated shoe. With those basics covered, I can generally avoid taping, gooping, etc.
-MarkMar 10, 2006 at 4:45 pm #1352280
Scott PetersonMember
@scottalanpLocale: Northern California
Mark, interesting point regarding thin socks. But I am wondering if thin socks "dry quicker". I suppose if you are changing your socks frequently, and then hanging on your pack, they would dry quickly…but on the converse side, if you have a little more material for the moisture to wick up into, then your feet stay dryer longer while wearing that particular sock. I have kids in diapers, and have noted that thinner ones load quicker and place moisture next to the skin, while the thicker ones keep the moisture away from the skin longer. I suppose trail and error are going to come into play, as with goop and my new Vasque trail runners. If I have issue with the Vasques after trying different socks and goop, then I may try the New Balance or Montrails.
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I love debate, and so I hate debating.
In theory, the idea of debate is beautiful. Fencing for people who are weak, uncoordinated pansies. Carefully dancing around defenses, looking for openings. Occasionally goading your opponent into making a poorly considered attack. Emotions come into play, but the point is not to get infuriated. Winning isn't the point. The form is the point. Debate is a whetstone for your beliefs. You may not change the other person's mind, but both of you will have honed your opinions.
In practice, people suck at debating. I think this is largely because people think the point of a debate is to win it, or to convince the other person they are wrong. And so as soon as an attack comes in that challenges one of their preciously held beliefs, they start responding with a mixture of stupidity and maliciousness that ruins the fun for everyone.
The Internet has codified poor debate strategy in the minds of millions. The first real forum of conversation online was Usenet, and a cursory glance through any long thread will show you what I'm talking about. They start with a half dozen interesting, reasoned posts that go back and forth on a subject. And then someone comes in and kicks the damn table over and lights it on fire.
I'm discounting the truly odious trolls here, the ones who say insulting things about your mother's anus or the lack of limits in your relationship with your dog. It's simple to ignore the violently abusive posters, since their only desire is to get some attention. People like this are why all modern social networks come with a "block" button. Use them.
No, the people of which I speak are the ones who wade into the center of a debate and derail the proceedings out of sheer obstinace. They begin with slightly logical sounding points that are in direct contention with whatever the most popular view is, but mix in a few poison pills in the process.
It might be taking someone's argument and expanding it well beyond the point they intended to make. If someone says they disagree with the idea of using DRM in media, the stealth troll will respond as if you had said there is never, ever a point for DRM and those who wish to use it are cretins. If you suggest you prefer OS X over Linux, they will paint it as if you are saying Linux is a bug ridden, trash heap of an operating system and then take you to task for your lack of knowledge.
They might "correct" you endlessly, nitpicking minute details of what you said to force you into a position of defending things sentence by sentence instead of addressing the larger point. This is a tactic perfected online, made simple by allowing people to quote you verbatim while editing out pieces that don't support their point. All it takes is a ">" followed by some of your text and they're off to the races. Once this starts, it's almost impossible to stop. Your first desire is to correct them, because you loath to see your words taken out of context. But even if you don't take the bait, you'll never get things back on track again.
Or perhaps they'll demonstrate their knowledge of Latin words describing logical fallacies. Not of the actual fallacies, mind you. Just the words. Sometimes they won't even know the words themselves, but they'll have a grasp on a handful of the words that make up the definition. Instead of addressing the topic at hand, they simply start crying foul, citing poorly understood rules that sound important. You could call this the "plea for sanity" defense, used when an argument has gone outside of their ability to easily control. You could also call this "whining."
They may also use half-truths, or simply lie. Often, they'll mix the two to confuse you. This tactic has unfortunately become very common of late due, I think, to the fact that this form of discourse is now accepted on national television. If you can stomach it, watch a television news talk show. See if anyone is ever challenged on any data they provide, even when you and everyone involved know it's not true. This makes debate impossible.
The very nature of debate relies on there being some kind of standard for factual information. Debate is, in my mind, about the rhetorical manipulation of facts to make some kind of point. Once you start mixing in untruth to make your case, and when challenged simply cite more imaginary facts, you've done your job. You've killed it.
Not that formal debate is any better at this point. Yikes.


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HIBS boss Mixu Paatelainen will spend the weekend pondering on whether to offer Moroccan goalkeeper Khalid Sinouh a contract after watching him play in a closed doors match against Livingston.
The 33-year-old has now returned to Holland to consider his own position with Paatelainen likely to reveal on Monday whether or not Sinouh will be joining his Easter Road squad.
Paatelainen has been seeking a new goalkeeper for the past few months, with New Zealander Phil Imray and Lamine Meite from the Ivory Coast just two of many trialists he has looked at without taking matters any further.
Amsterdam-born Sinouh could be signed outwith the transfer window being a free agent after his last club, Turkish outfit Kasimpasa, failed to pay his wages and were forced to release him because of that breach of contract. Sinouh, who trained with Falkirk during their pre-season tour of Holland but could not agree a move, has been with Hibs over the past fortnight to allow Paatelainen and goalkeeping coach Gordon Marshall to conduct a full assessment of his abilities.
The trial period concluded with that closed doors match at Almondvale yesterday, a game which Hibs won 3-1 and now both Paatelainen and Sinouh, who played for Dutch clubs Haarlem, Heerenveen and RKC Waalwijk before joining Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus and then returning to Holland to play for AZ Alkmaar, will consider their positions over the weekend.
Paatelainen said: "Khalid has done okay and played the full 90 minutes against Livingston. He has a bit more experience than the goalkeepers we have but he's now gone back to Holland to see his family as he's been away from them for a fortnight."
While revealing he'd expect the issue to be resolved one way or the other early next week, Paatelainen added: "There's no point in speculating. We have had plenty of trialists most of whom have gone unnoticed.
"This time it's become public and that's why there's been so much interest. We'll let everyone know when the time is right as to what the outcome is to be."
Whether or not Sinouh joins Hibs, Paatelainen has made it clear it wouldn't mean the end for either Yves Ma-Kalambay, who has won back the gloves since returning from Olympic Games action with Belgium, or Andy McNeil, insisting he simply wants further competition for the goalkeeping position.
He said: "I feel we have to strengthen in that area but if we bring in another goalkeeper it doesn't mean he's going to be No.1 straight away, we already have two very good goalkeepers."
Paatelainen fielded a mixed team against the First Division club. He said: "We played some players and told them to put an emphasis on some of the stuff they need to do a bit more of. We had a mix of first-team players and youngsters and some younger players came off the bench. It was a worthwhile exercise."


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The Russian connection: See all our coverage | Read about our investigation
If you visited our News and Politics page today -- or just about any news outlet on the web -- you know that the latest National Intelligence Estimate is out. The NIE represents the best work and most solid info from the intelligence community, and is supposed to be created in a timely fashion whenever Congress or the White House asks. This NIE took about six months to create, fueling speculation -- well-founded, considering the hijinks that were involved in the production of the pre-war NIE -- that the delay was intended to give Bush time to make his decision on what to do with Iraq and then make his case to the American public.
Taking a look at the declassified key judgments [PDF], it's impossible to miss how grim the thing is:
Iraqi society's growing polarization, the persistent weakness of the security forces
and the state in general, and all sides' ready recourse to violence are collectively driving an increase in communal and insurgent violence and political extremism. Unless efforts to reverse these conditions show measurable progress during the term of this Estimate, the coming 12 to 18 months, we assess that the overall security situation will continue to deteriorate at rates comparable to the latter part of 2006.
Nevertheless, even if violence is diminished, given the current winner-take-all attitude and sectarian animosities infecting the political scene, Iraqi leaders will be hard pressed to achieve sustained political reconciliation in the time frame of this Estimate.
On the Shiites (they don't trust the Sunnis, the U.S., or the idea of a reconciled three-party state):
Decades of subordination to Sunni political, social, and economic domination have
made the Shia deeply insecure about their hold on power. This insecurity leads the Shia to mistrust US efforts to reconcile Iraqi sects and reinforces their unwillingness to engage with the Sunnis on a variety of issues, including adjusting the structure of Iraq's federal system, reining in Shia militias, and easing de-Bathification.
On the Sunnis (they don't trust the Shiites, and don't want to get slaughtered):
Many Sunni Arabs remain unwilling to accept their minority status, believe the
central government is illegitimate and incompetent, and are convinced that Shia dominance will increase Iranian influence over Iraq, in ways that erode the state's Arab character and increase Sunni repression.
On withdrawal (it will be bad. Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia will likely intervene, a refugee crisis would be probable):
Coalition capabilities, including force levels, resources, and operations, remain an
essential stabilizing element in Iraq. If Coalition forces were withdrawn rapidly during the term of this Estimate, we judge that this almost certainly would lead to a significant increase in the scale and scope of sectarian conflict in Iraq, intensify Sunni resistance to the Iraqi Government, and have adverse consequences for national reconciliation.
If such a rapid withdrawal were to take place, we judge that the ISF would be
unlikely to survive as a non-sectarian national institution; neighboring countriesinvited by Iraqi factions or unilaterallymight intervene openly in the conflict; massive civilian casualties and forced population displacement would be probable...
Rebuking Bush's posturing about Iran:
Iraq's neighbors influence, and are influenced by, events within Iraq, but the
involvement of these outside actors is not likely to be a major driver of violence or the prospects for stability because of the self-sustaining character of Iraq's internal sectarian dynamics.
The NIE says there are three possible outcomes if democracy fails, which seems fairly certain at this point. (1) A rapid deterioration of the country's central government and an effective split into three sect-based semi-autonomous regions. This would not be good: "Collapse of this magnitude would generate fierce violence for at least several years," says the NIE. (2) Emergence of a Shia strongman, which would be the ultimate irony, topped only if we support him for a while and then lead an ill-advised invasion to depose him in twenty years. (3) Chaos. "The emergence of a checkered pattern of local control would present the greatest potential for instability, mixing extreme ethnosectarian violence with debilitating intra-group clashes."
As Spencer Ackerman put it in his thoughts at TPM Cafe, happy Friday!


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I'm having trouble trading the direction when I'm getting seemingly ideal bars on every 4HR bar.
I took a trade on GBPJPY yesterday that set up a short trade. It bobbed about most of the day around the entry, then overnight it got stopped out. Price was still on the weekly open again.
I have been using the ATR Indicator that was kindly uploaded by Pilinger for some time now.
However as of roughly the week starting 12.01.09, I have found that the 100 period figure at the top of the screen has stopped displaying.
A quick video on where and how to download the period converter indicator for Metatrader 4, to adjust the timeframes to your chosen ones.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZbFheg7E0
I made a little checklist for myself for the trade systems that I have used.
They are for the Fib set up, and the Breakout set up. I have found these helpful because I can check off each stage of the set up to make sure it is valid.
If they can be of any help to you, feel free to use them, or adjust them for your own purposes if you want.
Ok, while I've been a little quiet today due to my head not really being with it for some reason, I decided to write a little guide on how to set up the chart window view for Metatrader users.
Feel free to follow it or ignore it, but due to my OCD I couldn't stand just using a 15M chart on my screen any more, and continuosly clicking different timeframes.


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Sean Foster published this short yet sweet video at the beginning of the month, but it has only gone viral over the past weekend, quickly amassing over half a million views.
The video, entitled Duigs, killin it, starts with a stumbling party goer who apparently had too much to drink. Just as Bangarang which is playing in the background drops the bass, so does the drunk.
He falls to the ground, but instead of laying there unconscious, he quickly turns his fall into a perfect worm dance maneuver. Viewers quickly realize he was never drunk as he jumps up and throws a smile towards the camera.


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State authorities arrest six in two recycling fraud schemes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Department of Justice officials arrested six people in two different cases for importing empty beverage containers from Washington State to California and then illegally redeeming them for California refund value.
State officials estimate the amount of fraud in the two cases totaled approximately $425,000.
"Fraud against the Beverage Container Recycling Fund is theft from the people of California," said CalRecycle Director Caroll Mortensen. "We have instituted new regulations and procedures to protect the fund, and we will work with the DOJ to have those who steal from the fund prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
In the first case, DOJ investigators found that Mario Morales Nolasco regularly traveled to Shelton, Washington and returned to California with loads of empty beverage containers weighing as much as 1,800 pounds. Those were then illegally redeemed for California Refund Value.
Nolasco, an Oakland resident, was certified by CalRecycle to operate a collection program, which either serves businesses such as bars and restaurants by hauling away their CRV materials or operates collection bins in central areas.
Maria Garcia Nicasio, Saul Chavez and Francisco Reyes-Barrios, all of Shelton, were identified as Nolasco's co-conspirators.
DOJ investigators say that on Jan. 26, Nicasio, Chavez and Reyes-Barrios arrived at a certified processing facility with two trucks and met Nolasco there. Using his certification as cover, they then sold 9,000 pounds of aluminum beverage containers for $13,320. DOJ agents followed the suspects to Oakland and arrested them. All four were booked into Alameda County Jail on suspicion of conspiracy, grand theft and recycling fraud.
Based upon the investigation and CalRecycle records, they are suspected to have defrauded the state's recycling fund of approximately $329,887.
Nolasco and Nicasio pleaded no contest last month to felonies. Chavez and Reyes-Barrios pleaded no contest to misdemeanors.
Nolasco will be sentenced this week to 178 days in jail and five years of probation. His collection program certification was reveoked and he will be ordered to pay $146,000 in restitution to CalRecycle.
Nicasio also will be sentenced this week to 120 days in jail and five years of probation. She'll have to pay $9,999 in restitution.
Chavez and Reyes-Barrios previously were sentenced to 76 days in jail and three years of probation, with restitution orders set at $8,000 and $4,000, respectively.
In the second case, Bulmaro Elias Martinez of Yakima, Washington was observed regularly buying empty beverage containers from the public in his home state. He'd then sort, crush and re-bag them before transporting the material to California in a rented commercial truck. DOJ investigators say he was then giving it to Ray Montalvo Campos, who would sell the cans in small batches to Modesto-area recycling centers for CRV. They're suspected of defrauding the state of $95,000.
Martinez was arrested in January and is being held in the Yakima County Jail, awaiting extradition to Stanislaus County to face charges of conspiracy, grand theft and recycling fraud.
Campos was arrested in February and later pleaded no contest to a felony. He was ordered to pay $11,000 in restitution and serve 120 days in jail followed by three years of probation.
California's CRV applies only to beverages purchased in California. CalRecycle is undertaking a major and multipronged effort to protect the recycling fund, including new approaches to curb fraud.


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Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 11.
Fitzgerald was born in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He lived in Rockaway for 32 years coming from Brooklyn, New York. Fitzgerald served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1949 to 1952. He later went on to own and operate several restaurants and taverns in Brooklyn, New York.
Fitzgerald was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel; brothers, John and Gerald; sisters, Mary Cahillan, Joan Edwards and Kitty Flitsch.
He is survived by his wife, Winifred Horgan-Fitzgerald; children, Lynn O'Donnell (Charlie), Patricia Scanlon (George), Joan Thompson (Gary), Kevin Fitzgerald (Liz) and Karen Potter (Brian); 17 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Denis S. O'Connor Funeral Home, Rockaway Beach. A funeral mass took place at St. Francis de Sales Church, Belle Harbor. Interment followed at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.


text: Oma first spoke up at the doctor's office in 2013. It was an offhand comment during an annual checkup with her neurologist, something along the lines of what Mom and I would continue to hear for years to come: "It is hard to be happy when so much around you has become bleak." Her doctor expressed concern, contacting her nursing home and requesting that a psychologist see her. Afraid she might be hospitalized — Oma, like many others her age, had misconceptions about mental illness and assumed she would "end up in the nuthouse" — she feigned happiness and wrote her symptoms off as a sad spell. The psychologist never returned. Her mood did not improve.


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ALBANY, N.Y., Sunday—The dinner in Utica on Friday night was like old home week in some respects. We saw many familiar faces but remembering as we did the women's meetings of many years ago in Utica this one took my breath away. Thirteen hundred people for the most part women jammed every eating space the hotel could provide. I do not underestimate of course, the natural interest we all have in the person who happens to be the wife of the President, still the women's organizations in Utica must have increased in both influence and numbers during the past few years. It is gratifying to find women so interested in civic questions, and it means, I think an increase in action along certain lines. I believe women once they are informed are more sensitive to certain conditions than men and more apt to translate their knowledge into practical action.
Two quiet days in the country with only a moderate amount of mail following me from Washington have given me a chance to catch up on sleep and to reread a book which I read in snatches to my son John when he was home with a slight attack of flu last week. We had much fun over it, for I would read a chapter and then the usher would appear at the door and say, "Your next appointment is waiting" or "The tea guests have arrived" and I would drop the book and return to my official duties. When I came back to John he would have read two or more chapters and new characters would be mentioned which he would have to explain to me. Not a very satisfactory way of reading a novel but it was such a good one that I had to read it again. It is called "The Street of the Fishing Cat" by Jolan Foldes. The picture of the life of the refugees in Paris, thrown together in a strange country because of revolution or oppression in their own country, coming from different walks of life, but drawn together by a common misfortune is moving and appealing. The educated Russian so kind and interested in every member of the poor Hungarian workman's family, the beautiful character of the boy who seemed almost like God to some of them because by his little acts of thoughtfulness he made life interesting and colorful by bringing into it something unexpected again. The whole story is a vivid picture of human beings, I feel that I know Anna and Klari and Jani and I care enough about them to thrill with their joys and suffer with their sorrows and frustrastions. Above all I like the under lying theme that life is all of a piece. I may have more than you have today, but a turn of the wheel of fortune and I may be where you are and my life will not be really changed for I will feel just as I felt before and just as you do now. If we could always this we would not find it so hard to understand a variety of situations which life is at apt to bring us.


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- The definition of summary is a statement presenting the main points.
An example of summary is a type of review of what happened at a meeting.
- Summary is defined as a quick or short review of what happened.
An example of summary is the explanation of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" told in under two minutes.
- that presents the substance or general idea in brief form; summarizing; concise; condensed
- prompt and without formality; expeditious: summary punishment
- hasty and arbitrary: a summary dismissal
Origin of summaryMiddle English ; from Medieval Latin summarius ; from Classical Latin summa, sum
pl. -·ries
a brief statement or account covering the substance or main points; digest; abridgment; compendium
Origin of summaryL summarium: see summarythe
nounpl. sum·ma·ries
A brief statement mentioning the main points of something: a summary of our findings.
- Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
- Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.
Origin of summaryMiddle English, from Medieval Latin summarius, of or concerning the sum, from Latin summa, sum; see sum.
Related Forms:
- sum·mar′i·ly
- sum′ma·ri·ness
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(plural summaries)
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Pay GC to construct home and finish it myself? L O N G . . .
Lately I've been seriously considering the cost of new construction vs. the cost of buying a home and I've been tossing a few ideas around. After looking at a few designs online and evaluating their rough cost estimates, I was thinking "why not build new?" For example, this Cape Cod is exactly what my fiancee and I would be looking for. It is just over 1000 SF with two bedrooms on the ground floor and space to put two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. We have no desire for a large house or a huge piece of property, etc... Just a house with room enough for ourselves and two kids (well, one day), that's well built and comfortable. If we wanted to go bigger we could always add on once our income allowed. The plan estimates a rough cost of anywhere between $90,000 and $100,000 to construct including labor in the Northeast region of the U.S. First off-are these prices realistic?
If they are, then my next question is, how much lower could the price get if my fiancee and I did all of the finish work ourselves? I'll try to be as specific as possible here. I am proposing hiring a GC to do the following:
Obviously we know that it won't all be fun and games, its not as easy as it looks on HGTV, and there will be weekends/nights when we're tired of working on the house, but we both feel that it will pay off with a lower mortgage payment and a home built exactly to our specifications. My parents did something similar when they built their log home, but my father really took over the project once the outer shell was completed and did all of the electrical, plumbing, HVAC, etc...himself. It also took him about 3 years to complete the house, not to mention that the "fine" work continued for at least another year and a half after we moved in. However, my parents paid the home off in 17 years and love what they've created.
All of that being said, let's get down to brass tacks:
Would I be able to find a GC who would be willing to take on the project? Would it be "too small" of a job?
If the total construction cost mentioned above ($100,000-high end) is accurate, would it be realistic to assume that I could have the house built for $70,000-$80,000 if I finish it myself?
Has anyone else here constructed a home in a similar manner?
One last question and I'll shut up. With regard to the original stated cost of $100,000, is it safe to say that it probably assumes "middle of the road" materials? If so, how much of a hike would that price take if I specified the following from the GC:
(From the top down)
Owens Corning Berkshire shingles
Ice shield underlayment
3/4" sheathing throughout (Not OSB)
Tyvek housewrap
Owens Corning vinyl siding
Anderson windows and doors (Tne sliding glass door units, double hung vinyl clad tilt in windows throughout)
Owens Corning R-21 insulation in exterior walls
Owens Corning R-38 insulation in attic
3/4" T&G subfloor
Silent floor I-beam joists
200 amp service
Wiring for a ceiling fan in every room plus two on the front porch, at least four outlets per room (two GFIs in each bathroom), at least one light fixture per room, at least two lights on each exterior wall, and one GFI on each exterior wall.
Water spigot on front and rear walls
Copper/PVC plumbing throughout
Bosch tankless hot water heater
Trane HVAC units (single zone forced air/gas heat)
I'm hoping that the price won't get too out of control since the home is small, but I don't know enough to estimate the costs accurately. I'm not trying to be a snob, but I'd rather have a really well built small home than a poorly built large one. In any event, the more guidance I can get here the better. For now I've shifted my house hunting to land hunting, which is still tricky here in NJ, but I'm hoping one of two things will happen: Either I'll find a nice site that's off the beaten path a bit and will need a well and septic, or I can find a derelict home in a residential area that I can knock down, utilizing the existing water, gas, and sewer lines.
In short...Please help!
P.S. Would it be cheaper, more expensive, or just about the same to go with ICFs for the foundation/exterior first floor walls?
It seems low cost-wise
But then, there is a big difference in NE labor
(think Boston vs. North Adams)
Also, living in an unfinished house is a huge stress maker
And you do realize that you'll need $1000 + extra every month over your mortgage to finish this
If you wait "until you have the money" you will live in an unfinished house forever
Then there is the time thing if you both have jobs
Not saying it's a bad idea, just you'll want your eyes wide open on this
Buying a fixer-upper/finisher can be great if you have the skills, and time and money every week...not just "when I can"
Your numbers sound low to me. Does that $100,000 estimate you looked up include installing septic and drilling a well? I think you'll pay $30,000-40,000 for those two ALONE won't you?
As far as the other areas you listed; again, please realize that for your 'team' (you and your wife) to do the work, it is going to essentially take 10X the amount of time normally required to do the work, and it generally won't be complete to the same quality level that a professional (who does it for a living) would complete it at.
If you have the time, the patience, self discipline, the physical strength, the nerves, and can live with some imperfect work, then you can give it a try.
As you mentioned below, the other work could take many, many years to actually complete. It's a fact that once people actually move into a home, all the other planned projects take a (much needed) mental and physical break....
The above responses said it all, and I will add this: Trimming out what electricians have done is NOT a DIY task....plumbing can be a bit easier, but still something that should be left to the plumber.
With the walk out basement you mentioned, I would seriously doubt 100k will get close to your level of completion. Although I would not advocate anyone to buy from Jim Walter Homes, they typically will build a frame home to 80-90% completion on a customers lot. The positive is they carry the mortgage, and you save 10-20% of the cost of a finished home. The bad is limited floor plans, definately not the best construction, and it will be plain vanilla unless you throw a lot of extras into it after the fact.
As advised above, gather some opinions from reputable builders/contractors...and see what their take is on what you are doing. You might ask around the lumber yards and see if you can find a retired, or semi-retired builder who would be your GC for a small fee, and has the know how to build your home to the level you want.....BTW, except for the trim outs, the level of completion you are wanting is what we would call 95% done. Trim, paint, and floors are the end of the project.
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Would you consider a modular house. I imagine the price should be lower than stick built.
Re: Your pick list.
Make sure you spec model numbers on all the items.
For example, there are several different models of Andersen windows.
Bosch makes a few different tankless water heaters make sure you spec one that will meet your family's needs. Be as specific as possible or can be sure that the contractor will spec the least expenisive to get to your target price.
There's no way the state of NJ will allow you to live in a house without a Certificate of Occupancy. Doubtful they will allow you to do the electric or plumbing. You would need to be licensed to even pull the permits.
perhaps avoiding a basement all together will save you some cash in the excavation? Look for a ranch on a slab maybe?
Do you already own some land? Out here you have to have a minimum of 1acre to have a well AND septic... cheap land will still be $20k and up I imagine?
you've gotten some good advice from a few pros above... don't be that "one guy that knows more than everyone else"... heed the advice. You COULD be the GC... but a GC is a fulltime job, literally. So unless you want to quit your job....
If you're just getting out of credit card debt, you know how the 'ol "i'll have money later" theory goes...
If I were you, I'd pick the house you want, and skimp on absolutely everything you can inside (that the GC/builder will allow)... as years go by, you can upgrade.
get cheap carpet, the $99 bathroom vanity, the cheapest closet doors, etc. that's how people I know have done it on a budget.
that's what I am doing, except I am the GC. The state of Michigan allows me to pull permits as a homeowner.
I don't think your estimate of $100K is realistic. You might be able to build the house for close to $100K, but figure at least $25K more for site preperation, utility connections, permits, title fees, closing costs, etc.
If you are the homeowner and doing the electrical/plumbing yourself NJ will allow you to pull the permit's.
I did an 18x18 2 story addition. Had a GC do a "shell" wich was basically getting it weather proffed (siding, window's, door's, roof). I then did or subbed out all the rest.
In the end, the cost came to about $100 per sq. ft. It took a lot of time and was a HUGE inconveinence as some of the existing house was disrupted and we were living in it.
So, having an entire house in this condition will be a big mess.
Last year we were looking at building a new house and me doing this again (my builder do the "shell" and I do the rest. I then looked at Modular and fell in love with them. Cost was about the same, but DONE. I would look that route.
$100,000 is low especially with needing to do all the "other work" PLUS building the house and finishing it (ie:septic, water, etc...).
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YOUTH OF THE MONTH: Ashley Karlinsey
The Purchase Line Evergreen Boys and Girls Club High School Youth of the Month for December is Ashley Karlinsey.
Ashley, daughter of John and Penny Karlinsey, is a junior at Purchase Line High School. Her favorite subject is accounting and her favorite activity at the club is playing Dutch Blitz. Her hobbies include reading and editing pictures.
This is Ashley's first year in the Evergreen Club.
Her career plans are to become an ultrasound technician.


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Southwest Airlines and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Open Travel Program for College Students
16 Mar, 2010, 11:23 ET from Southwest Airlines
DALLAS, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), announced today the opening of "Dandole Alas a Tu Exito/Giving Flight to Your Success," its annual education travel award program. Online applications will be accepted through April 30, 2010, at www.hacu.net. A panel of judges comprised of college professors and education advocates from coast to coast will gather this summer to select students who will receive free travel to their colleges and universities.
Each student is eligible to receive between one and four tickets for use by the student or immediate family to travel to/from a college or university. The tickets are awarded to undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students with socio-economic needs who journey away from home to pursue higher education. All of the participants must submit an essay explaining why they deserve the travel award and what inspires them to pursue a college degree. To view the criteria for the 2010 award program, please visit: http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/development/Lanzate/2010Criteria.pdf
"HACU's partnership with Southwest Airlines Lanzate Award has provided hundreds of students with travel over the past six years," said Antonio R. Flores, HACU President and CEO. "For students who left home to pursue a higher education, a visit with family often is the tipping point for success. HACU is proud to partner with Southwest Airlines to help so many students on their educational journey."
With more than 1,500 applicants in the last five years, this is a successful educational program that serves underprivileged students, providing free travel for them and their families to maximize their potential and create opportunities for growth.
"The Lanzate/Take Off travel award provides travel to students who, for example, might not get to go home during Christmas break. It can also give parents an opportunity to see their kids through their proudest moments, like moving into a dorm or graduation day," said Christine Ortega, Southwest Airlines Community Affairs & Grassroots Manager. "This contact removes barriers and gives each student more confidence to pursue the dream of higher education without worrying about economic hardships."
HACU, which has its national headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, represents approximately 450 colleges and universities, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), which collectively serve more than two-thirds of all Hispanic higher education students in the United States and Puerto Rico. HACU's international membership includes leading higher education institutions in Latin America and Europe.
After more than 38 years of service, Southwest Airlines, the nation's leading low fare carrier, continues to stand above other airlines—offering a reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the most productive airline in the sky and offers Customers a comfortable traveling experience with all premium leather seats and plenty of legroom. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), the nation's largest carrier in terms of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 68 cities in 35 states. Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,200 flights a day and has nearly 35,000 Employees systemwide.
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About Ra Ra Riot's T-Shirt
This is a t-shirt where beautiful, mystical, and musical pumpkins come to play. A design so fitting for the season that we're not only cheering, we're out right rioting. Give a rowdy round of applause for Ra Ra Riot's fall embrace. Like Cinderella, this pumpkin also transforms. So whether you trick or you treat, YBP encourages you to Halloween Suit up!
About The Band
Ra Ra Riot is an indie rock band from Syracuse, New York. The band is made up of of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Gabriel Duquette. Their debut album 'The Rhumb Line' (released via Barsuk) is hailed as one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2008. They have toured with the Editors, Tokyo Police Club, and most recently Death Cab for Cutie.
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Trekstock supports the practical, everyday needs of young adults living with cancer through support, age appropriate information and health and wellbeing interventions. With your help, no young adult will have to face cancer alone.
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Clove Hitch tying using Half HitchesForm a loop in the working end of the rope. Place it over the post. Form a second loop identical to the first. Place it over the post and tighten.
Clove Hitch using Half Hitches Details
Alternatives: In addition to tying it Using Half Hitches, the Clove Hitch can also be tied by Threading the End and by Using Stacked Loops
Caution: The Clove Hitch (ABOK # 1245, p 224) was, originally, included here with the intention of condemning it. It does have two giant faults: it slips and, paradoxically, can also bind. It should be deeply distrusted when used by itself.
Uses: As shown in this animation, the Clove Hitch can make a quick hitch. Only two Half Hitches were used. To make the hitch secure, additional Half Hitches must be added in the same manner. The Clove Hitch has various applications. For example, in the theater it is used to adjust the height of stage curtains hanging from a bar; and in boating it can be used to initially position a fender hanging from a rail. Both are described in the section about the Clove Hitch tied by Threading the End.
Dangers: As stated above, the Clove Hitch's problems are slipping and binding:
Alternatives: There are good alternatives available:
Temporary whipping for a frayed rope end
Paradox: When you tie this round turn and two Half Hitches, in the process you actually create a clove hitch round the standing end!
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Jocelyn Jackson Honored With Award
BINGHMAN COUNTY, Idaho - Academics may be a major focus of high school, but having fun can also be part of the experience.
At least that's what United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award winner, Jocelyn Jackson thinks. The Snake River High School student has a supporting role the school's production of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
"It has been super fun," Jocelyn said. "The cast is super close together and it's just a fun play as it is -- there's lots of dancing and singing -- it's really fun."
Jocelyn has appeared in five school and community plays. She's also the President of Chambers Choir, as well as president of FCCLA - Family Career and Community Leaders of America. She's already a certified nursing assistant and has her future planned out.
"I hope to go to college and get a degree in special education and hopefully sign language and hopefully help the special needs kids," Jocelyn said.
In her distinguished student nomination letter, play director, Jana McBride, wrote that Jocelyn goes beyond expectations, staying to clean up after rehearsals and helping with props. She goes on to say that Jocelyn is kind to everyone and makes the play more fun, just because she is there. Jocelyn says students should enjoy their high school experience.
"Don't be afraid to have fun," Jocely said. "Take every opportunity that you have to enjoy it with your friends. It is so worth it. Pick great friends. Don't be afraid to be a little bit dorky because it's worth it in the end. You will not look back and be disappointed. It's worth it every step of the way."


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Wears It Well: Nicole Richie At QVC's FFANY Event
Per usual, everything on Nicole Richie worked last night (October 13th). From the perfect highlights and clean bangs to her flawlessly applied makeup, right down to her leopard booties-It all worked.
Pairing a sheer Helmut Lang LBD with House Of Harlow Natalia haircalf booties ($295), Richie showed her support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by attending the 18th Annual QVC 'FFANY Shoes On Sale' at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The event was held to raise money for research and education through the sale of fabulous shoes.
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Lexington Bethel Baptist Church
Lexington Bethel Baptist Church began as a mission under the authority of Grace Baptist Church in Georgetown, KY in 1971. We held our first services as an independent body of baptized believers in 1972.
God has preserved His church to this day in that we endeavor to preach and teach the infallible and inerrant Word of God; Faithfully serve in the Lord's local, visible church and obeying His commands to His church. That is, to go out and reach everyone we can with the Good News of Salvation, baptizing believers and then teaching and edifiying His people to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded.
What a joy and blessing it is to come to His house to worship and have fellowship together with fellow saints.
What We Believe
HOLY BIBLE: we believe in the authority and inerrancy of the scriptures as the verbal, plenary inspired word of God.
GOD: we believe there is only one true and living God, infinite and holy, the maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth, and worthy of all confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
CREATION: was accomplished in six literal days and man was a direct creative act of God.
FALL OF MAN: we believe all men fell in Adam and are totally depraved therefore has no merit or power to save himself from the condemnation of sin; salvation is by the grace of God through faith in Christ, who, on the cross, paid the price of redemption for His sheep.
VIRGIN BIRTH: Christ was super-naturally conceived in the womb of a virgin being both God and man, yet without sin.
ATONEMENT FOR SIN: we believe that Christ laid down His life for His sheep bearing our sins in His own body making a full and satisfactory payment to appease the demands of a Just and Holy God.
NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH: we believe the Lord started His Church during His earthly ministry giving it only the authority to evangelize, baptize, and administer the Lord's Supper. The church is always local never invisible, a body of believers assembled together by like faith in Christ as savior and in obedience to Him as the head of the body. Scriptural officers being a pastor and deacons, the purpose of the church is to preach the gospel and disciple the believers.
BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER: we believe scriptural water baptism is the immersion, in water, of a saved person, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, by the authority of a New Testament church to show in a solemn emblem our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior. Baptism is a prerequisite to church membership and the Lord's Supper in which the local church, by the use of the fruit of the vine and bread, commemorates the death of Christ until He comes.
CHRIST'S RETURN: we believe it to be as literal as His ascension, and is imminent. He will gather all believers unto Himself and judge them for rewards, giving unto them their inheritance in the Lord. The unbelievers will be judged and will be cast into the "lake of fire and brimstone" where they will be punished forever and ever.
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In June of 2010, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park opened for business at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL … to massive success. In the wake of that success, the decision has been made to open a second Wizarding World theme park at Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA. Altho the park won't be operational until 2015, Harry Potter fans on the West Coast of the US (like me) now have a new exciting theme park to look forward to! Click below for all the known deets about this new Harry Potter park.
Hollywood is getting its own version of "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter." Universal Studios and Warner Bros. have agreed to pony up around $200 million to build a second version of the theme-park attraction that opened June 18, 2010, at Islands of Adventure in Orlando. The themed area has turned into a top draw not only for Universal but the Orlando area, with tourists flocking to Islands of Adventure, boosting ticket and merchandise sales. NBCUniversal now wants its Hollywood park to benefit from a similar attraction just as Disneyland is about to open "Cars Land" next summer. Because of "Wizarding World's" instant success, the first question was when Universal would expand the park in Florida, given the amount of land the company owns there. The attraction features replicas of Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmeade village as seen in the films and includes rides like "Flight of the Hippogriff" and "Dragon Challenge." Instead, Universal and WB chose to build a second "Wizarding World" in Hollywood. Where, exactly, the attraction will be housed, is a key question. Universal Studios Hollywood is much smaller than Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Orlando, limiting designers on just where new attractions can be added. The Hollywood park is currently building a 3D ride based on Paramount's "Transformers" franchise that will open next spring on its lower lot, replacing the former "Backdraft" attraction. Older attractions would likely have to be cleared out to make room for the new Potter attraction. Universal spent as much as $265 million to build "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter." A 2015 opening date is being eyed for the Hollywood version … Universal had already been eyeing its other overseas parks for a new "Wizarding World," including a planned park in South Korea. The timing of the Potter park expansion, which requires approval from J.K. Rowling, comes as WB recently released its eight-film collection of all of the "Harry Potter" films on Blu-ray.
This is fantastic news! I've been DYING to get my buns to Florida to visit The Wizarding World in Orlando but I've yet to make the trip. Yes, 2015 seems like a lifetime away but I am thrilled to know that a West Coast version of the park is headed our way … JK Rowling better approve the deal :) After all, I'm sure she could use a few more MILLIONS to add to her bank account. David and I have *tentative* plans to make our way to Florida early next year and Harry Potter land is top on my list of must see attractions. But, yes, I will be very happy to have a Harry Potter world in my own backyard :D


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One Eyed Wilma(VLF160) was born into the Lazuli Mob on September 24, 2009. Her mother was Calvinia and her father was an unknown rover. Her litter-mates were her three sisters O'Toolie(VLF161), Shallot(VLF162) and Sossusvlei(VLF163). A few days before One Eyed Wilma was born, her grandmother Young had given birth to Brea, Griene Tsiis and Grutte Pier around the same time. The Lazuli were a large mob so there were many helpers to care for the pups. Young allowed the subordinate litter to remain in the group. Soon the pups started foraging. When One Eyed Wilma was months old Young gave birth to another litter. One Eyed Wilma and her litter survived to adulthood. Calivia was evicted and disappeared from the group. Young started to evict One Eyed Wilma whenever she was pregnant. In October 2010, Sossuvlei disappeared along with another female named Sammy Jo. In early 2012 One Eyed Wilma became pregnant along with Shallot and Mayer. All three females gave birth to a mix litter of three pups Bandersnatch, JubJub Bird and TumTumTree in March 2012. The three pups survived however a drought was going on and few pups were born after. One Eyed Wilma stayed in the group and didn't become pregnant again, however she was often evicted. In February Young died and One Eye Wilma competed for dominance. She was ousted by Christiana, her aunt, and was evicted soon after along with Morgana and TumTumTree. One Eyed Wilma was Last Seen in February 2013.


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Kids need clothes. Kids need food. Kids tend to ruin their clothes when they eat food. I confess to making my toddler eat spaghetti in the nude on more than one occasion because I didn't want her outfit trashed.
Naked spaghetti night wouldn't be such a big deal if it only happened at home – but food happens everywhere, multiple times a day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, bedtime snack…I can't have two naked kids for all those eating times – and I can't just stay home or refuse to let them eat blueberries or tomato products whenever we go out to eat!
I was therefore ready to test the heck out of the new Bummis Best-Ever Bib. Bummis is one of the premiere cloth diaper manufacturers and is known for excellent quality, so I had high hopes for this bib. After all, a good cloth diaper is waterproof and releases stains – qualities I'd like in a bib, also!
For the first bib-test, I gave my 7-month old son two mesh teethers worth of banana-chunks. This is the bib when it was still clean:
Cute pattern, isn't it? I loved the bright colors of the animals. It felt like the fabric on an outer shell of a cloth diaper (which seemed very appropriate, given who made the bib).
And, this is the bib a few minutes later… there was a decent goo-layer on there:
I'm not sure my camera picked up just how much banana is on there. I KNOW my camera didn't pick up just how pukey and obnoxious the SMELL of bananas are (I didn't always think that – but I didn't always have messy, banana-loving kids).
Following this feeding, I just rinsed the bib in the sink. Yes, it's washer and dryer friendly, but I prefer bibs I can use more than once before washing. Score! All the banana-goo rinsed right off, and I was able to just dry it on my dish rack until the next meal.
I next allowed my toddler to attempt to destroy it. I think she got close – she had a smoothie containing some cocoa powder with her lunch.
She's still working on her spoon-skills.
There was plenty of discoloration from the chocolate on the bib when the meal was over. I again rinsed it in hot water, and most of it came out. Some faint cocoa-spots lingered, but I was able to scrub those out with a bottle brush in just a few seconds.
I really appreciated the pocket on the bib. It caught the chocolate drips that otherwise would have meant she needed to change her pants.
This bib worked great – durably constructed, easy to clean, and designed to keep kids cleaner!
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David Walliams: Simon Cowell, when did you first hear music?
Simon Cowell: In my parents' house. My mum used to play records, always on a Saturday morning. Things like Sacha Distel, Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Charles Aznavour. I love those songs now but, interestingly, I hated them so much when I was about five or six that I scratched all of her records. And then I heard The Beatles for the first time and "She Loves You" was the first single that I bought. I loved buying records; records were what I used to spend my pocket money on.
DW: Did you ever think you could make music?
SC: No. I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12 but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a liquorice toffee but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face and he sort of beat me up. And that was the last guitar lesson I had. That was the turning point, David, when I decided I needed to be behind the scenes and not a musician.
DW: But you don't have any regrets that you're not on stage playing guitar?
SC: No!
DW: What were your aspirations when you were at school?
SC: I didn't have any aspirations other than drinking, smoking and that's all I really cared about.
DW: When did you discover girls?
SC: About seven. I had a crush on Dusty Springfield. Also, Raquel Welch. I had the One Million Years B.C. poster. But my first crush was a girl called Tara Miller and we snogged at the bottom of my garden.
DW: What did your parents want you to do when you grew up?
SC: We never really discussed it much because I was so terrible at school and I was always getting into trouble.
DW: What were you worst at?
SC: Woodwork, metalwork, chemistry.
DW: I hated those. My metalwork teacher used to pay me to be quiet in the lessons. What about things like English?
SC: English I was good at. Although every story which I was given to write, no matter what the subject was, I used to write it as a horror story. There was a series called Pan Horror Stories, which I used to love and I just ripped them all off.
DW: Did you ever have to write poems?
SC: Yeah, I was rubbish at poems. I hate poetry. I'm allergic.
DW: Have you never tried to write lyrics?
SC: No, funnily enough it's only this year that I've started to even listen to lyrics for the first time. Swear to God. For me, they were like wallpaper. I never took any notice of them.
DW: A lot of songwriters I know say that that's the hardest part.
SC: Now I'm starting to understand them. You know when we were doing Britain's Got Talent this year? I found that a way of making people's own compositions interesting was by asking them what the song was about. Because normally I would just listen to them as a wave of sound and nothing registered.
DW: But so few people actually interpret the lyrics because so many people in talent shows are replicating someone else's performance, especially young people. We had little boys of 11 or 12 singing "Someone Like You"... "I heard that you're settled down, that you found a girl and you're married now". Like, really?
SC: Yeah, I don't think they quite got it. But that's what I would have been like. To me, they're just words.
DW: One thing that struck me when we were doing Britain's Got Talent is that it's strangely quite gruelling sitting through auditions. So how have you gotten through the last decade listening to so many people singing, most of them terrible?
SC: By being optimistic. There are some countries that have made these shows and every year it's like someone winning Big Brother; in other words – nothing happens. You never hear from them again. With me, year one, I got lucky with Will Young and Gareth Gates as they both sold millions of records. Year one on American Idol we found Kelly Clarkson. Year one on Britain's Got Talent we had Paul Potts. So over the years we have found people who have become stars.
DW: So what's more important to you? The show or what happens afterwards?
SC: Both really. When I started I would have said it was what happened afterwards because Pop Idol was only intended as a marketing exercise to find artists. It was very cynical. The show was a process and then over the years, because people enjoyed the show so much, I then paid equal attention the show and to make it as entertaining as possible; and obviously try and find artists off the back of it as well.
DW: Who's the person you're proudest of finding?
SC: I would say One Direction because they didn't exist before the show.
DW: I remember watching the show at home and thinking, "This is a masterstroke" because you had created the youngest boyband, and if you're a 12-year-old girl, you can much more easily relate to a 16- or 17-year-old-boy than you can to Westlife or someone, who are now in their thirties.
SC: Well, I wasn't thinking quite as cynically as that.
DW: So you're less cynical than I am!
SC: Yes, I am actually. No, at the time there were a couple of people, Harry and Liam, who were really good on their first auditions and we were really disappointed that, for whatever reason, they didn't make the cut on the second round. As they went I said, "I think there's five guys here who we should consider putting into a group", and it literally took 10, 15 minutes to make that decision. And now this week they've debuted at number one on the American album chart, which is the first time that's ever happened with a British group.
DW: And how have you broken them in America?
SC: Mainly through social media. It wasn't a hype or over promotion thing.
DW: So do you have a long-term plan for a band like that?
SC: Well, you take it week by week. There's definitely a future for them. They've been signed up by Nickelodeon, they have a movie deal on offer. There's something special about these boys so I am proud of that because, and I've got to be honest with you, I'm 52 years old and there does come a point when you're on one of these shows and you have to wonder if your opinion is relevant anymore. Are you going to sound like an old fart? Or can you actually talk to people much younger than you and have them trust you and relate to you?
DW: Will you ever retire?
SC: Yes, if I got to the point where I was completely out of touch and I genuinely didn't know what I was talking about.
DW: What do you think your legacy will be? That you once worked with David Walliams?
SC: No, actually, David. I don't think we've hit that point yet. This is a very, very important time for me. Last year didn't feel like it but I think this is the time where I feel we're either going to be like disco in the Seventies, where it just ended, or we're going be like Madonna and we can reinvent ourselves from 2012 to 2020. I would hate to think that we've hit the peak. That would be really depressing. I'd rather fall off a cliff than death from a thousand cuts.
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Independent Superstars Allen Karl and Donna Cunningham have taken this Country Classic hit and made it a #1 hit all over again as "Storms Never Last" moves all the way up to the #1 position on this Top 30 chart. Allen and Donna are very popular worldwide and have had so many hits in the past, individually and as a Duo. It is therefore not surprising that this song has found its way to the #1 spot this April.
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Instead of the Nimbys, the Not In My Back Yard brigade, the Te Papa Auckland debate has stirred up greedy Simbys, who think all public cultural attractions should be Solely in their own backyards, and not in anybody else's. To them, I say: Don't be a Te Papa hater, be a Te Papa congratulater!
We're finally getting a piece of the national museum? Brilliant. In Manukau, it'll be adding to a hub of regional attractions, as it's sited opposite Rainbow's End, near the Vodafone Events Centre and down the road from Auckland Botanic Gardens - not to mention being right beside the local magnet of a large shopping mall. And - for those old school Aucklanders unmoved by the train station proximity - Te Papa will be in the elbow connection of our two beloved motorways.
The debate about whether Te Papa should be by Auckland Harbour Bridge is misguided, conflating two things. Item one: a lovely dream of a tourist-attracting castle by the water, like Sydney's Opera House, only bigger and better.
Building it will take over $100 million (the Auckland Art Gallery refurbishment cost $121 million) and it won't be ready for a generation, not least because the Wynyard Point tank farm site isn't available yet.
Item two: according to Mayor Len Brown, Te Papa in Manukau will be finished within four years for $30-$40 million. That's quick fire and bargain basement, only four times the price of the Cloud on Queen's Wharf. So why are we comparing apples with orange fluff Guggenheim-style extravaganzas, and complaining our breakfast isn't what we want for evening dessert? If we want, we can have both. Those of us hoping for an eye-catching icon on the waterfront - we can keep hoping. Nothing has changed.
Te Papa could open a second branch in the nation's largest metropolis.
Or perhaps we could stop pretending that the job of the waterfront icon is to house something, and just make it a building-size piece of avant-garde sculpture instead.
The postcards won't know the difference, and we can charge tourists to climb on it.
Back in Manukau, a greenfield site for a museum is an exciting design proposition, particularly in the middle of an archive and display revolution. But here, the as-yet unrevealed details are vital. Its expected budget and timing don't seem to match its wide ambitions. Even Manukau's Vodafone Events Centre cost $50 million. And Te Papa wants to provide specialist storage, exhibitions and education facilities attracting everyone from toddlers to researchers. (It worries me that "storage" always comes first on their list.)
At best, the Manukau site is a wonderful, bold message: this project prioritises the cultural well-being of New Zealanders over the economic benefits of tourist traps. At worst, it's where the Government thinks it can get away with underfunding an important regional facility. This thing has to be damn good. It's time to take the game to the naysayers, produce something to make them eat their words, and show them who's Te Papa.


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When compared to the roughhousing of the Thunder Stocks, the first Gladiator race of 2011 was a very calm affair, but Sammy Dale served notice that his machine was capable of running in front except for an intermittent engine problem that slowed him in the feature. The win went to none other than Casey Feaster, who will again be out to get an Ocala championship trophy to display with the one that he collected from across the forest last season. Feaster had to outrun a determined Kyle Morse and Robert Graham in order to get to Victory Lane, so look for this week's race to feature even more side-by-side drama and tight competition.
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Four pedestrians have been killed in the last eight months by vehicles and their drivers in San Rafael, prompting people to question where it is safe to walk in the city.
The latest fatality occurred Tuesday when an 81-year-old Larkspur woman was hit by a cargo van at Third and Irwin streets, a heavily traveled area with drivers heading to and from Highway 101.
On Jan. 3, a Novato woman was killed and another person critically injured after being hit by a dump truck near the San Rafael Transit Center. Less than a month prior, on Dec. 12, a Nevada City man and former Marin resident was killed after being hit by a plumbing van near the Marin County Civic Center. And on Oct. 4, a Terra Linda man was killed after being hit by a car on Devon Drive.
San Rafael police Chief Diana Bishop said her department is painfully aware the city has had more than its fair share of pedestrian versus vehicle fatalities. She said officers are trying to educate the public about being aware of their surroundings.
"It is very worrisome for us," Bishop said. "A lot of it is really inattention by drivers and pedestrians assuming someone sees you."
She said the latest fatality occurred in one of the most traffic impacted areas in the county — a reality that can't easily be altered.
"It's a lot of cars in a small area and probably in an area not designed for that much traffic," Bishop said. "People just need to be very aware."
With fatal incidents piling up, the police department plans to use grant funding this fall to embark on a pedestrian safety campaign. Bishop said officers will soon start holding pedestrian safety stings to get people's attention, nabbing those not following the law or paying attention.
Locals who regularly ride the bus and use the San Rafael Transit Center in the heart of downtown San Rafael said they have seen their fair share of close calls and near misses between cars and pedestrians.
Ryan Teel, a Novato resident, said he is always extra careful at the intersection of Third and Heatherton streets because cars will turn in front of him as he is in the crosswalk.
"It's important for me to look both ways before crossing the street," Teel said. "People have really got to watch out for pedestrians."
Vivianne Peterson, also a Novato resident, said she has the same problem with cars darting through crosswalks.
"When it's green for us to go, the cars go and they just zoom out in front of us," Peterson said. "That happens all the time."
Bus driver Joab Hamilton, a Santa Rosa resident, said part of the problem is many people jaywalk in San Rafael, especially on Fourth Street. He said it wouldn't hurt the city to erect signs alerting drivers to be on the lookout for pedestrians and paint more crosswalks.
"I see a lot of near misses in the area," Hamilton said.
Marin resident Marion Scott said he believes the turf war between cars and pedestrians is a nationwide one where walkers must learn to dodge traffic or face injury. He said people without cars are viewed as lower class citizens and left in the dust by drivers.
"Pedestrians don't have the right of way anymore. Pedestrian traffic is no longer respected," Scott said.
As far as the city is concerned, officials said not much more can be done to lessen the hazards without an influx of funding. Before the economic downturn, Bishop said the police department employed seven to eight motorcycle cops focused on traffic-related enforcement. Now the city has two.
"I could put more people in our traffic unit, but other than that there's not much more the city can do," Bishop said.
Councilwoman Maribeth Bushey said she's well aware of the recent deaths and has had constituents reach out to her to discuss the issue. She said she's alerted the city manager's office and Public Works Department to see what can be done to alleviate the problem, and not create more trouble when the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train rolls through downtown.
"We're working with public works to take a hard look at this and see if it's just coincidence or if there is something we could do, and think about, as we go forward with the SMART rail station," Bushey said.
The SMART train is scheduled to make a stop in downtown San Rafael right in front of the Whistlestop senior center on Tamalpais Avenue. Bushey said the city needs to evaluate its existing and potential infrastructure for pedestrian safety before the train arrives.
"The train being there is a significant transportation event, but a crossing there and more people coming and going is huge," Bushey said.
But no matter what the city does, Bishop said it's up to both drivers and pedestrians to ensure their own safety.
"You really have to make that eye contact and make sure you're seen in the roadway," Bishop said.
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Bon-Ton Stores Inc.'sboard of directors has elected the top employee of Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc. to its vacant position.
The company said Friday that Steven Silverstein, 53, president and CEO of Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc., took over the spot effective immediately.
Silverstein, a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has been president of the company since 2003, according to a Bon-Ton news release. The company operates Spencer Gifts and its 600 locations in North America, including five mall stores in the midstate. It also operates Spirit Halloween, which has more than 1,000 Halloween stores, with eight in the midstate.
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"We are very pleased to welcome Steven as a member of our board of directors," said Tim Grumbacher, chairman of Bon-Ton's board of directors. "Steven possesses extraordinary experience in the retail and apparel industries and I believe his expertise and vast knowledge will be invaluable to Bon-Ton."
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Self-funded retirees with millions of dollars worth of assets will be among the big winners from the redistribution of carbon tax revenue when they receive the same cash compensation next year as age pensioners.
Some self-funded retirees who still earn money from work and investments could receive compensation worth more than 450 per cent of the cost of living rise.
But National Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O'Neil said 285,000 self-funded retirees without a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card would get no compensation.
Retirees who qualify for the health card will receive the same government assistance as age pensioners who will receive a lump sum of up to $380 per household from May next year to prepare for the introduction of the carbon tax.
About 280,000 self-funded retirees and 3.4 million pensioners, who receive age pensions, disability support pensions, carer payments, service pensions and seniors supplements, will be eligible for the government assistance.
Self-funded pensioners who earn less than $50,000 in adjusted taxable income a year, or $80,000 a year for a couple, currently qualify for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
They will be among those to receive a buffer of at least 20 per cent over and above their expected average price impact from the carbon price. They will get an annual increase of up to $338 for singles and $510 a year for couples and will be paid the first nine months of the assistance as a lump-sum in advance.
Self-funded retirees may also receive tax cuts from any income up to $80,000 earned from work or investments. Super income is already tax free and is not included in the means testing for access to the assistance.
Self-managed super funds often have far higher average balances than other super funds, according to Australian Taxation Office figures. About 220,000 self-managed funds have assets of more than $1 million and 85,000 have between $2 million and $10 million. Almost a quarter of all self-managed funds have one member.
According to the government's scenarios, a senior couple earning $80,000 could receive up to $2289 in government assistance through $510 in increased government payments and $1779 in tax cuts.
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