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By Air
General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), 6 miles south of downtown via I–94, is served by several domestic and international carriers. 5300 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI. 414/747–5300.
Flying time is 4 hours from New York and 9 hours from London.
Air Canada. 888/247–2262.
America West. 800/433–7300 or 800/235–9292.
Continental. 800/525–0280.
Delta. 800/221–1212.
Northwest. 800/225–2525.
United. 800/241–6522.
US Airways. 800/428–4322.
From the U.K.
American. 0345/789–789.
British Airways. 0345/222–111.
Delta. 0800/414–767.
United. 0800/888–555.
Virgin Atlantic. 01293/747–747.
Transfers Between the Airport and Town
By Bus
Milwaukee County Transit System operates buses to and from the airport; fare is $1.35, and exact change is required. 414/344–6711.
By Car
To reach downtown Milwaukee from the airport take I-94 north about 6 miles.
By Taxi
Taxis between the airport and downtown take about 20 minutes; fare runs from $20 to $22. Taxis can be ordered by phone; try
Yellow Cab or 414/271–1800.
City Veteran. 414/291–8900.


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Replacing Roof Boards
When my roofing contractors does my roof he said he will be replacing any bad boards with particle board. Should he be using plywood or CDX plywood? Which is best? I have been on the roof and it is very very soft in many spots. I almost want to replace all the boards. The house was built in 1968 and I have trusses with 22" between each. I don't know if the current board are 3/8",1/2" 0r 5/8. Can anyone give me good advice? Thanks
For what its worth if it were mine, i would have it all resheated with 5/8 OSB, if im gonna have to repair parts of it and everything else is going to be torn off and replaced i would do it all.:) Also possibly add some more strenghtening to trusses
I do not ever use OSB. I dont like it. IT absorbs water like a sponge and then rots through in short order, from what I seen while doing repair work.
Sometimes you will feel soft and spongy simply because you have 3/8" plywood on 24" centers. I have torn these off on occasion and resheethed the whole roof pretty cost effectively, because we planned to do the whole thing this way.
Thanks. I did find that the boards are de-laminating and cracked when I was in the attic yesterday. If I have the whole thing re-sheathed, what type of board do you recommend. 5/8 Plywood or 5/8 CDX which is about $35 a sheet.
Where are you located? cdx is plywood. grade cgrade exterior sheething.
Are you taking out the wood and replacing or are you sheathing over old boards? If going over, 7/16" is plenty good, even 15/32" if it's cheaper. I wouldn't waste money on plywood. It is strong at first, but it bends. bows, delaminates, unless it is 16" OC rafters or H clips are used. 5/8 over 3/4" boards is a waste. Put 7/16" OSB on, use drip edge, I&W, Tarpaper, and shingle it. 7/16 OSB is less than $9 a sheat.
CDX OSB is the red stuff, sometimes cheaper.
CDX is C grade pine plywood on one side, D grade on the other and exterior grade glue is used in manufacture. Plywood has 4x8' solid sheets alternated with strips of sheeting with the grain running crossways from the solid sheets.
OSB is Oriented Strand Board made from compressed hardwood with exterior grade glue, and supposedly is cheaper and stronger than plywood. It is o.k. to use for roofing, but as mentioned, if it absorbs water, it's like a sponge.
Around here, many of the roofers use OSB in the roof sheathing field and plywood on the edges. The fact of the matter is, both need to be kept dry or they will warp, rot, etc.
If you're on 24" centers, I would definately go with 5/8".
Good luck!
I agree to use at least 1/2" or 5/8" on rafters 24"OC and H clips.
This old of a house probably has 1x6 boards and hand framed. 7/16" sheathing goes on over this to make a clean surface to start with.
It is okay to go over the top of the old boards. I thought the best way would be to remove them and start over. But if no harm done, and the weight is ok them maybe it will be cheaper to 7/16" OSB over the top and go from there.
In My Opinion, sorry.
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Great bib but...
I love this bib and it's made from super soft cotton but the velcro closure was disappointing. After one wash it started to detach and by 2 or 3 washes had completely fell off... I sewed it back on because I wanted to continue to use the bib but still bummed about it.
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Some cool Disney images:
The Magic of Disney
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If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my HDR Tutorial. I hope it gives you some new tricks!
This was taken this evening at MGM Studios in Disney World before we went to go see the big fireworks show. The only problem with making your family and 6-year-old son (he is now 8) stand around while you set up your tripod and take a bunch of shots is that it gives them ample opportunity to see little toys they cannot live without.
I took so long to nail this shot that we ended up buying two things that lit up in garish colors and made a lot of racket.
This is a 5 exposure HDR shot at 100 ISO. Whenever there is anything like streaming lights, sun rays, search lights, and the like, the HDR process always makes them pop a bit.
from my daily photo blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Disney – Cinderella (Explored)
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Looks like you are having a great time. Be careful and be aware of your surroundings while you are on your own. Tampa misses you!! Have fun and be safe!!!!
Can't get enough of Vail
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But the grand canyon was awesome, and running/biking trails has still been exhilarating on my own. There were no campsites available at the Grand Canyon, but I was lucky enough to get a camping spot in Zion National Park. Zion was amazing. There was a younger crowd, tons of trails, and the scenery was soooo awesome. I met a couple of girls from England and a couple from Pasedena who were extremely nice. We bathed in the stream and roasted marshmellows together. If anyone can remember my entry on Nederland, Co and my sleeping conditions, then believe me now when I say Zion was the complete opposite. Instead of 35 degree sleeping, it was 100 degrees sleeping. I am torn between which is worse. For $16 and new friends, I will have to go with Zion.
I am now back in Vail, Co with a wonderful host and friend, Katye. The weather is perfect and the people are friendly. I wouldn't mind living in Vail at all. Between some relaxation, the World Cup finals, and buying a CD in a CD store (yeah! I didn't know they still existed either), I am enjoying my time here. I am hunting for challenging off road trails, strenuous hikes, and extreme mountain biking trails for the next couple of days then it is off to Denver. Hope all is well!


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There are times when an owner may want to sell their real property during a construction project. As an owner, what are the key issues you should consider? As the general contractor, what is likely to be requested by the owner and by the buyer's lender? This blog post addresses some of the larger issues that will need to be resolved in the transaction and should provide a general roadmap of how to structure the process.
Voters in a Kansas City, Missouri special district recently approved funding for a $100 million streetcar system in the downtown area. The two-mile streetcar system will run from the River Market to Union Station. Supporters such as Mayor Sly James hope this investment will generate further development along the streetcar corridor and ultimately result in new streetcar lines throughout the metro area.
A recent decision from the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District examined a couple of interesting items in the world of Missouri mechanic's liens. Of interest to Midwest Construction Law Blog readers are two items: (1) what does a contractor need to prove in a breach of contract claim; and (2) how can a misstatement in a mechanic's lien invalidate the entire lien? In R.K. Matthew Investment, Inc. v. Beulhah Mae Housing, LLC, the Court of Appeals offered us some guidance on these two important topics.
On any construction project, bonds should be considered as part of the owner's or general contractor's strategy for risk management or risk allocation. Bonds are separate from the types of insurance generally found on the construction projects (builder's risk insurance, commercial general liability, workers' compensation/employer's liability, and umbrella coverage), but nonetheless they can be equally as important to the success and failure of any project.


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300 miles may not seem like very far to our American friends, but in England, it is from the top to the bottom of our country! And that was the distance that separated us. We would never have met if it hadn't been for the wonders of modern technology in the form of this marvelous Catholic Match website, or for the influence of our American Rose, or for Heavenly help.
Far down in the South of England, back in April 2006, my mother was terminally ill with cancer. She regretted little in her life, except that she hadn't seen me happily married. She promised me that when she got to Heaven she would send me a man, "a ray of sunshine". Up in the far north of England, a man's wife was dying of cancer. She made him promise that he would remarry, and that someone would sweep him off his feet. On the day of my mum's funeral, his wife died.
Back down in Sunny Sussex in June, I met up with an American Lady on holiday in the UK who was very upset. We chatted, and immediately became friends. Both being single parents, we couldn't afford the cost of international phone calls, so she suggested I register on the Catholic Match site, so we could continue to chat online in the chat room. I did just that, but was not brave enough or clever enough to put a photo on the site.
On the 30th June the CM site sent me "matches". I was intrigued, so I clicked on the first person, not realising that he would be aware of my interest. That same evening, the day of his wife's birthday, he sent me a message welcoming me onto the site. He sounded polite and safe, and so it began. Harmless, chatty emails, each finding out more about each other. He was off to Lourdes for a few weeks, and said he wouldn't be doing much till his return, so again I felt safe. But our feelings grew for each other–he even managed to persuade me to put my photo on the site, and surprised me by not being put off by it!
His name was Ray, just as my mum had promised. My Ray of Sunshine. We both had four children and were both devout Catholics. But before we agreed to meet, we checked out references on each other. My Parish Priest and Sister wrote references on me. And his wife's best friend wrote one to me, and his priest wrote one to my parish priest. All was well, so we agreed to meet. He spent six hours on the train travelling to Sussex, and picked me up in his arms when we met on the station platform. He says he knew then, that I was to be his wife. Being held in his arms was the most amazing feeling, and I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this perfect man.
We met several more times, either with him travelling by train to the south, or by me driving up north in the car. In August he proposed online. And then again in person in September. Of course I said yes. This was a marriage made in Heaven in every way possible.
So, on the 6th July 2007, at Lancaster Cathedral we were married, in front of 140 friends and family. My parish priest came up to marry us, as did many of my friends and family. The week before the wedding it poured with rain. The day of the wedding was forecast with more heavy rain. But my sister assured me that if my mum had anything to do with it the sun would shine. I would have been happy with just the absence of rain! But at the consecration during the mass, a beam of sunlight came flooding through the stain glass windows and surrounded us on the altar. We came out of the church to glorious sunshine, and it continued throughout the week of our honeymoon.
Ray is my ray of sunshine. He brightens up every moment of my life. I am so blessed in this miracle, and thankful to our angels in Heaven. "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." We share so much. We both believe in trust, we both believe in honesty and of course we both believe in love. But we both know that "a good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things…It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once each day, It is never going to sleep angry. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together and facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right person, it is being the right partner.
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5 ETFs Influenced By Global Banking Regulations
Recently, global regulators pushed through increased world banking regulations which will force financial institutions to increase reserves protecting against unexpected losses, with the effects influencing iShares S&P Global Financials (IXG), SPDR S&P International Financial Sector (IPF), the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Financials Index (AXFN), the Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) and the Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH).
More specifically, the new rules are designed to rein in the kinds of risky activities that aided in bringing down the global financial system. The primary focus of these new rules is the amount of capital that financial institutions are forced to hold. More specifically, regulators agreed to require banks to hold a specific level of a basic type of capital known as common equity, which is considered the most effective type of capital because it is used to directly absorb losses. Furthermore, officials agreed large, internationally active banks will have to hold levels of common equity equal to at least 7% of their assets, much higher than the roughly 2% international standard or 4% standard for large U.S. banks. Read More…
Financials Could Pose Opportunity
By Kevin Grewal
The global financial sector was at the epicenter of the worldwide economic meltdown, but as economies start to recover and show signs of economic expansion, the financial sector is likely to reap the benefits.
Some positive forces that are likely to bolster the financials include an improved housing market, a boost in consumer confidence, an increase in consumer spending, fiscal stimulus initiatives funded by the federal government, an increase in business investment and healthier credit markets. Read More…


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by Brett Larner
Former Chuo University standout Yuichiro Ueno, an Olympic-class runner who joined Team S&B in April after his graduation and promptly disappeared with injuries, marked his true professional debut with a 29:13 victory in perfect conditions at the Nov. 23 Ohtawara 10 km road race in Tochigi Prefecture. Ueno had a wide margin of victory over Norihito Watanabe (Team Yanagawa Seiki), 2nd in 30:22, and, in a rare road appearance, 1000 m, 1500 m and 2000 m national record holder Fumikazu Kobayashi (Team NTN) who finished 3rd in 31:07.
In the women's race Yumiko Kinoshita (Second Wind AC), teammate of last week's Tokyo International Women's Marathon runner-up Yuri Kano, outclassed the rest of the field, running 34:50 to finish over 2 1/2 minutes ahead of two-time Mt. Fuji Mountain Race winner Yuri Kanbara (Namban Rengo AC), who clocked 37:31.
The Ohtawara 10 km is held every Nov. 23 in conjunction with the amateur-level Ohtawara Marathon. Complete results are available in Japanese here.
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ONSLOW COUNTY - Three men are accused of assaulting a Sneads Ferry man with a knife, a baseball bat, and their hands, that's according to court documents. The arrest warrants state that the men also stole the victim's cell phone.
Robin Edens, 30, of Sneads Ferry, Michael Jones, 24, of Holly Ridge, James Bowman, 45, of Sneads Ferry, were charged Friday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office with felony conspiracy, first-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon serious injury.
The incident happened on November 26th.
Two other men, who have not yet been charged, are also accused of conspiring to kidnap and terrorize the victim.
Bond for Edens and Jones was set at $400,000 each. Bond for Bowman was set at more than $300,000. The men are scheduled to appear before an Onslow County Judge on Monday.


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Plasma Blue Pearl with Black Interior.
No Accidents, No Modifications.
Excellent Condition and Very Clean.
I don't drive it much and need to sell quickly.
Approximately 3700 miles, just had it serviced with OE Subaru Synthetic Oil and Filter.
Just had tires balanced, rotated and aligned. OE Dunlop SP600 tires with virtually no wear.
Asking $31,000 or best offer
Vehicle is located in Greenville, South Carolina
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Fresh and Local Sunday May 12th
12/05/2013 , 12:37 PM by Alice Wood
Make you mum a Quince and Chocolate Torte for Mothers Day. Here's the recipe, in Alistair's own words:
137g butter
300g caster sugar
1 pinch of salt
2 eggs
50g cocoa
7g bicarbonate soda
225g plain flour
200ml buttermilk
- Beat the butter and sugar till light
- Emulsify in the eggs, one at a time
- Sift dry ingredients and add alternately to the butter mixture with the buttermilk
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180c in a 6 inch cake pan, until a skewer comes out clean (approx 20/25
- Cool
- Slice and slap each layer with frosting and some slices of quince
- As buddy would say, dirty ice and place in the chiller
- Pull out and cover with ganache and chocolate shavings
- Serve to your mum. If she is not happy, take it next door and they will adopt you and care for you lovingly ever after .


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It's amazing what you can read in Guidebooks, if you bother to read them. Just before crossing into Rwanda I read that their ATMs are not hooked up to the international network. This means that you need to bring cash dollars, traveller's Checks, or get Credit Card advances. This put me in a quandry. I tried to contact David and Nicola before they left Kampala to make sure that they bring lots of cash with them, but I failed miserably to do this.
The next day was Friday. I got an email from them saying that they'd managed to book to see the Mountain Gorillas on the same day as me, and they would indeed be in Rwanda one day later than me
However, The thing is, David and Nicola would be arriving on a Friday night, with a weekend of bank closers to look forward to. My Credit Card probably couldn't handle much more abuse and I didn't know if they had a Mastercard, or visa (which couldn't be used) credit card. This spelt potential problems.
What I had to do was cash in most of my emergency Traveller's Checks (now leaving a very small emergency amount) and take out a cash advance up to what I thought my credit card limit might be. With associated charges and a poor exchange rate when they forceably changed my dollars into Rwandan Francs, I felt very very sore on leaving the bank. I also felt a little unsafe with about $700 worth of Francs and $200 in US currency stuffed into my money belt.
Of course the reason that I did this was because David and Nicola may not have had any cash, or access to cash. The money that I took out would cover their Gorilla permits and give us a little cash to see us through the weekend.
Sure enough they turned up that evening, I went down to the station for them arriving. Straight away David asked "Are there any ATMs here for me to get some money?"
"We don't have any cash, what are we going to do?"
"Let's not talk about something as crude as cash just now", I replied.
What I really meant was, "Shut up, I don't want to explain to you that I have about $900 in my money belt right now, not considering how busy it is here". He took the hint, but I also had to poke him in the eye first to make him shut up.
As it turned out they had a Mastercard credit card, meaning that they could pay for their Gorilla permit on their own. However, they did come to the bank of Ron for some spending money, I did give them a little allowance. In fact, we turned out to be more than a little flush and could have painted the town red if we'd wanted.
There isn't much to actually do in Kigali, but we did a great job of wandering around aimlessly. The people are friendly here on the most part, but they do have a bad habit. Quite often after saying hello they'll turn to their friends, say something in Rwandese and then start laughing. They're so obviously talking about you that it's embarrasing. I wish they'd stop it.
On the Saturday evening we visited the only Ethiopian restaurant (La Lalibela) in town with a random called Claire that we'd picked up along the way. They had the most amazing buffet on, and I had to resist going up too many times, otherwise I'd have needed to roll home. I recommend to anyone that's in town to get themselves down there on a Saturday night.
Sunday was a much harder day. We visited the 1994 Genocide Remembrance Center. It was horrific, it truely was. It gave the details that lead to the Genocide, perhaps unsurprising one of the main factors was the state of affairs left here by the Europeans that colonised Rwanda for a while. Also, The UN ignored warnings from those in Rwanda about what could potentially happen.
Of course no-one could have predicted, and now can't believe the true horrors of what happened here. The Remembrance Center doesn't pull any punches. Just as you think you've seen enough, you're invited upstairs. Here you're presented with a gallary of children's picures. Underneath each one there is a short section of information which reads something like:
Name: John
Favourite Pastime: Football
Favourite Subject at School: Maths
Best Friend: Big Sister
Cause of Death: Hacked by Machette
There is also a section covering the other major genocides of the 20th centuary, Albanians, The Holocost, Cambodia.
We left the center individually, we didn't feel like talking, it took a while for us to properly do so again. The center is important, it's important that people visit, it's important that we remember what happened, and it's important that we don't let it happen again.
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|Barry Pederson on D&C: Bruins 'are going to be a good team for a long time'
|06.25.13 at 10:05 am ET
NESN analyst Barry Pederson, in an interview on the Dennis & Callahan show, identified a number of roster decisions that now face the Bruins following their elimination in a Game 6 loss to the Blackhawks. Still, Pederson suggested that the team's long-term outlook remains excellent.
With a number of young, still-improving talents like Tyler Seguin, Matt Bartkowski and Dougie Hamilton, Pederson suggested that if Boston can re-sign restricted free agent Tuukka Rask and lock up Patrice Bergeron — who now has one year left in his contract — to an extension, the team has the core to continue to build upon its run of two Stanley Cup Finals and one championship in the last three years.
He emphasized the need for players like Tyler Seguin, Carl Soderberg and Jordan Caron to get stronger to help carry the Bruins through a 2013-14 season that starts in 13 weeks, but overall, Pederson pointed to a sunny outlook for a team that just endured a devastating defeat. Read the rest of this entry »
|Andy Brickley on M&M: 'Surprised' to see Andrew Ference play over Matt Bartkowski in Game 1
|06.03.13 at 1:58 pm ET
NESN Bruins analyst Andy Brickley, in an interview with Mut & Merloni on Friday, talked about the Bruins' win over the Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals and previewed Monday night's Game 2.
Brickley said that the end result of the game was what impressed him most about the Bruins on Saturday night, because they did not start the game very well. Pittsburgh outshot Boston 22-17 through the first two periods.
'The way they played the first 40 minutes was not Bruins hockey,' Brickley said. 'They played real strong, they looked more like the team and their identity in the third period. I liked the way they played in the third, the neutral zone was a lot better, fewer turnovers. Once they had that 1-0 lead and were able to extend that lead they got real comfortable in that third period playing the style that they wanted to play. They are going to need a better start tonight because that could have easily been 3-1, 4-1, 5-1 after the first 40 minutes.'
One thing that surprised Brickley on Saturday night was that Andrew Ference returned to the lineup in place of Matt Bartkowski. Bartkowski, a Pittsburgh native, played more than 19 minutes in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Rangers before sitting Game 1 against the Penguins.
'Yeah, [I was] a little surprised to be honest with you,' Brickley said. 'I know it was a very difficult decision. The minute you get clearance from team doctors and you're ready to go, it is a tough decision. Bartkowski being a Pittsburgh kid, he was instrumental in advancing in that five-game series against the Rangers. He gave a different element to the Bruins back line with his speed, his ability to pinch down the wall, make key plays in the offensive zone, the quick ups. He was a good match for the Rangers because the Rangers don't have a ton of team speed so he had more time and space.
'But Andrew Ference is a guy that shouldn't lose his job to injury. He is a veteran guy, he plays real well in the postseason, he is a leader and he is a good match for the Pittsburgh Penguins when you talk about their high-end talent. I was a little surprised. I thought they would go with the same lineup that you saw in Game 5 against the Rangers, but it was a good decision because Ference played real well.' Read the rest of this entry »
|Matt Bartkowski on going home to Pittsburgh: 'Everyone's calling in their favors' for tickets
|05.29.13 at 5:45 pm ET
WILMINGTON — Going home again has its drawbacks. Just ask Matt Bartkowski.
The Bruins' 24-year-old defenseman is headed back to where it all began for him and he couldn't be more excited. But the homecoming for the native of nearby Mt. Lebanon, Pa., does have some obligations to fill.
"The last few years it's been close [to] playing Pittsburgh in the playoffs and now it's finally happening," he said after practice on Wednesday. "I'm stoked up, pumped up and ready to go, and I'm sure the rest of these guys are. Everybody's calling in their favors, this and that and all that crap. It just pumps us up and we're ready to go."
The homecoming was made possible the moment the Bruins beat the Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Penguins eliminated the Senators, also in five games.
"You can't believe how many times I've been asked that," Bartkowski said of being asked about heading home. "It's going to be awesome. I can't think of any other way of it happening. Playing a role on the team now, and it's playoff hockey. We've been looking at this match up for a while, especially me. It's going to be awesome."
When Bartkowski was growing up, his current teammate Jaromir Jagr was helping Mario Lemieux win back-to-back Cups in 1991 and '92. The Penguins then went through a down period in the early 2000s before Sidney Crosby was drafted in 2005. Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers and Pirates, once again had the hockey bug.
"It died down for four years or so until Crosby got drafted," Bartkowski said. "It's the same thing with Jagr-Lemieux era. Now it's the Crosby-Malkin era. Every time they get big players in Pittsburgh, it seems to jump-start all the little kids playing. It's good for the area.
"With the Pirates doing [great], what do even you say about them? It's pretty unfortunate. Every year they have a chance at the playoffs and then they kind of blow it. Once football season is over, it's a hockey town. And especially with the talent they have now, it's a hockey town once football season is over."
His coach isn't worried about Bartkowski being overwhelmed with it all.
"No, I don't think so," Claude Julien said. "I think it all depends how you approach it. He seems pretty excited, he's looking forward to it. I think at the end of the day, he knows who he's playing for. He wants to do well for his team. The better he does, the better he looks in everybody's eyes, whether it's his hometown that's rooting for the other team or whether it's us. I don't see an issue with that; if anything, it's a positive, it's exciting. You know that he's going to be ready to play."
What's interesting is that, as a defenseman, his idol didn't play for the Penguins.
"Actually, it was [Scott Stevens] on the Devils," Bartkowski recalled. "Any chance I got to watch a Devils game, I would. I remember in '95, they played the Penguins in the playoffs."
Reminded that it was Stevens who carved a reputation by laying out star players of other teams, like Eric Lindros in the 2000 playoffs, Bartkowski conceded, "Yeah, I don't think you'd get away with those hits now. We talk about that sometimes."
When Bartkowski, who was paired Wednesday with Dennis Seidenberg, gets on the ice, he won't be worried about the fans, tickets or his hometown. The only names he'll be concerned with are Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Jarome Iginla and the roster of the Penguins.
"I don't know if many adjustments," Bartkowski said. "Just making sure you're hard on the puck and playing as physical as you can in every situation that you can. Don't get yourself out of position but be as physical as you can."
|Matt Bartkowski on M&M: 'It's not my call' who suits up for Bruins
|05.28.13 at 2:16 pm ET
Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski checked in with Mut & Merloni on Tuesday afternoon to chat about the upcoming Eastern Conference finals against the Penguins.
Bartkowski and fellow call-up Torey Krug have played well since joining the team in the postseason following injuries to veteran blueliners. With Andrew Ference and Wade Redden back skating with the team, coach Claude Julien might soon have to make a roster decision.
"I don't really think about it too much," Bartkowski said. "I'm just trying to keep playing and assuming that I am going to play in the games. It's not my call once it comes down it, who plays. All I can really do is put my best foot forward and see what happens."
Bartkowski said the fact that he started the postseason playing in the AHL rather than sitting in Boston has played to his advantage.
"I think it was key that I went back down to play in Providence," he said. "I think if I was just sitting up here and riding the bike, I don't think I could have played the way I have. We were playing playoff hockey in Providence. It's not the same level or speed or anything like that, but all in all, it's still playoff hockey and you've got to bring the same intensity. That made a world of difference in being able to prepare for the role I've assumed up here."
A Pittsburgh native who grew up a fan of the Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr-led Penguins of the 1990s, Bartkowski knows the Bruins will have their hands full with this edition of the Pens.
"Pittsburgh, you don't want to call them an All-Star team, but they've got a lot of high-end talent," he said. "I guess they're more of a risk-reward team [than the Rangers]. I think it will be a pretty good matchup. We're pretty defensively sound and we're a strong team. It will be a fun series to play in."
Hours after the Bruins' 5-2 victory over the Rangers last Sunday, the TD Garden sat still and empty.
The boisterous crowd had long since departed after Boston took care of business, holding serve on home ice, supplying the team with a 2-0 series lead in its Stanley Cup playoff conference semifinal series. The players and coaches trickled steadily out of the building, the janitorial crew had finished cleaning. Hours after the final whistle, Jaromir Jagr returned, alone, to the ice.
'Hockey is who he is,' said Mark Recchi, Jagr's former Penguins teammate. Last seen in a Bruins sweater hoisting the Stanley Cup, Recchi now is a hockey operations advisor with the Stars, the team that dealt Jagr to the Bruins. 'That's his life. He's passionate about it, he works hard at it, and he still wants to be a great player. He does whatever it takes to stay at that level.'
In front of 17,565 empty golden seats, the 41-year-old Jagr skated. Using every inch of his 6-foot-3, 240 pound frame, the forward from Kladno pushed himself, feeling the burn in his thickly muscled thighs. Living over 3,900 miles from his family in the Czech Republic, Jagr needed to be back on the ice, back home. The man with such phenomenal balance on skates then skated some more.
'This is playoffs,' reminded Jagr. 'Any player will find out. It doesn't matter if you're on the first, second line or third. It's tight checking. It's harder to score.'
Jagr began his NHL career with the Penguins but now is looking to end Pittsburgh's season. His playoff resume includes 78 playoff goals, though none have come recently. Amidst the longest scoring drought of his career, Jagr has not scored in 21 consecutive playoff games (his last playoff goal came against the Penguins in 2012). Though he has accumulated 193 playoff points over the course of his career, Jagr has registered just four points in 12 games during the Bruins' 2013 postseason run.
'It's harder to score for me, and it's harder to score for anybody else," he said. "Unless you the best player in the world.'
Jagr would know better than most, considering, once upon a time, he was the best in the world.
Just like Jagr can't fathom the idea of leaving the rink after a game (he is on record stating his desire for the NHL to begin playing doubleheaders), the concept of life without hockey is far removed from his mind. The offensive dervish entered the National Hockey League at the age of 18. Since then, every imaginable part of his life — and the world — has changed. His identity as a hockey player has evolved over the past 23 years, but his profession remains unchanged. Jaromir Jagr, all these years later, is still a hockey player.
'I don't think he'll ever change,' said Craig Patrick, general manager of the Penguins from 1989-2006. 'He was built this way.'
|Ed Olczyk on M&M: Jaromir Jagr 'always looking for that edge'
|05.21.13 at 6:30 pm ET
Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story, Olczyk was quoted as guaranteeing a Bruins series victory, but the quote was mistakenly taken out of context.
NBC Sports hockey analyst Ed Olczyk joined Mut & Merloni on Tuesday, prior to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Bruins and Rangers.
Olczyk, who played for six NHL clubs during his 16-year career that ended in the 1999-2000 season and coached the Penguins for a season and a half (2003-04 and part of '04-05), has a personal connection to Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski, as he coached the Pittsburgh native when Bartkowski was a youngster.
"I just knew that he had the natural ability. It was just whether or not he would take advantage of the opportunities that were presented," Olczyk said. "I couldn't be happier for Bart. He's a terrific young guy. I don't think he's really hit his full complement of his ability. He's only played maybe 20 games in the NHL, whatever the number is. He's getting a great taste of what it is to be a pro. I think he's handled the situation very well.
"He has that great ability to skate you out of trouble. He's poised with the puck. And I think there's still an opportunity for him to continue to push the pace. And there's something [to be said] for that, to have a guy back there that can be strong but also can skate you out of trouble. The game isn't just about off the glass, get in to the neutral zone. Sometimes that's the only play for a defenseman, sometimes that's the best play. But for me, I think he's got a lot of upside. I couldn't be happier for him and his family. He's playing obviously in one of the greats sports towns in the world, and playing for a great organization, for the Boston Bruins.
"He's stepped in here very well, and it looks like he's a seasoned veteran from watching him play. Is he going to make mistakes? Absolutely, those are going to happen. But when you put in [Torey] Krug, and you have [Dougie] Hamilton there, and you have the leadership of a guy like Zdeno Chara on the back end, I think it really makes those guys feel really comfortable.
"I'm not surprised, particularly with Matt Bartkowski, because I know him very well, but when you do put three young guys in there with not a lot of experience in the second round of the playoffs, more times than not you're going to have a little bit more trouble, but the Bruins have been able to overcome that. And these guys and the organization could much better off because these guys have gotten this opportunity. '¦ There is something [to be said] for experience, but the experience these guys are getting right now is just so valuable, not only for tomorrow or today, but for down the road."
|Matt Bartkowski on M&M: 'It's a great opportunity'
|05.17.13 at 1:59 pm ET
Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski, during an appearance on the Mut & Merloni show Friday, talked about jumping into the Bruins lineup and contributing to the team's postseason success.
Bartkowski, 24, was called up from AHL Providence last week following injuries on the Boston blue line and has appeared in three playoff games since.
"It's a great opportunity," Bartkowski said. "It's what you dream of as a player, being able to step in in the playoffs and hopefully perform and then help the team win. It's what you want to show everybody in the hockey world and the organization that you can do. It's just a great opportunity for me."
Bartkowski played almost 27 minutes in Thursday night's Game 1 win over the Rangers, as he and fellow call-up Torey Krug were forced into a regular role due to injuries to Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden.
"Before the game the coaches talked to us and said we're going to be playing a lot of minutes," he said. "I knew I'd be playing with Johnny [Boychuk] against the [Ryan] Callahan line. So I figured I'd be playing quite a bit."
In Game 7 against the Maple Leafs on Monday night, Bartkowski opened the scoring with a first-period goal. He said that helped him mentally, although he never felt out of place.
"I felt pretty in control. The more I played, the more comfortable I got," he said. "Being able to score that goal pretty early kind of settled me down. It just gave me an opportunity to play my game."
Bartkowski grew up outside Pittsburgh as a fan of the Penguins when Jaromir Jagr was in his prime in the 1990s. Now the two are teammates in Boston.
"I remember growing up watching him play," Bartkowski said. "Then, I don't know what year it was [2001], but him going away from the Pens and it was like this heartbreak for the city. I just every year remember watching him do something different every game. It was pretty amazing. And now being able to play with him, it's pretty cool."
To hear the interview, go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
GlitterDaze Goddess Collection Swatches/Review
Aphrodite is Valentine's Day in a bottle, consisting of shards of pink and red glitter and pink glitter hearts as well. This is two coats over Nicole by OPI Keeping Up With Santa.
Selene is a mixture of midnight blue, black, and silver glitter, along with silver holographic moons. I layered two coats over Nicole by OPI Deck the Dolls.
La Santa Muerte is a really interesting combination of glitter, including a bunch of different sizes and some hearts and flowers as well. I had a bit of a problem getting a bunch of glitter out of the bottle here, but this is two coats over a sheer pink.
Iris is a very feminine mix of pink, yellow, and iridescent glitter. This is two coats over OPI Skull and Glossbones.
Last but not least is Aurora, a shimmery iridescent beauty with tons of shimmer and flakies. This is two coats over black.
Once again, to get more information about GlitterDaze nail polish, please visit the GlitterDaze blog and Facebook page. Polishes can be purchased at www.GlitterDazeNP.com and when you make an account there, you will earn reward points for every polish that you purchase! Do you love glitter toppers as much as I do?
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Aphrodite is BEAUTIFUL! So are the rest of them but I think that one stood out the most. Great swatches :)ReplyDelete
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Ooh my favorite is Selene. I wonder how it would look over a lighter blue creme?ReplyDelete
Fantastic and unreal beauty! Most of all I like the first two and the last one mani. Just great!ReplyDelete
They all look great and festive.ReplyDelete
Aphrodite is so cute :)ReplyDelete
Ahhh, Aurora ♥. The others look pretty too but so does everything you swatch!ReplyDelete
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Modernism, Romance and the Fin de Siecle
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BeschreibungNicholas Daly explores the popular fiction of the "romance revival" of the late Victorian and Edwardian years, focusing on authors such as Bram Stoker, H. Rider Haggard and Arthur Conan Doyle. Drawing on recent work in cultural studies, Daly argues that these adventure narratives provided a narrative of cultural change at a time when Britain was trying to accommodate the "new imperialism." The presence of a genre such as romance within modernism, he claims, should force a questioning of the usual distinction between high and popular culture.
InhaltsverzeichnisAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Incorporated bodies: Dracula and professionalism; 2. The imperial treasure hunt: The Snake's Pass and the limits of romance; 3. 'Mummie is become merchandise': the mummy story as commodity theory; 4. Across the great divide: modernism, popular fiction and the primitive; Afterword: the long goodbye; Notes; Index.
Pressestimmen"...a first-rate and much-needed model for work on the genre for years to come...While thus offering a highly original reading of modernism, Daly's book is nonetheless at its most impressive when tracing the intricate ideological maneuvers of the only apparently thin-whitted romances of Stoker and his peers...Daly both sets a new standard for work on this genre and requires that those working elsewhere-on domestic fiction, modernism, the history of the middle classes-reconsider it." Victorian Studies "I nonetheless find The Spectale of Intimacy a stimulating and satisfying book... One of the satisfying qualities of The Spectale of Intimacy is that it preserves a nice balance between the general and the specific enough but not too much of either- that nicely replicates the very method of their exploration of the relationship between the public and the private in Victorian society." Studies in the Novel
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Florida has had a bit of a bad wrap over the past few years. It's certainly been a couple of decades of turmoil and challenge for the sunshine state. Storms including devastating hurricanes ravaged many parts of the state sending insurance and property taxes soaring. Then the real estate bubble burst and the media seemed to take particular delight sharing daily reports about Florida foreclosures and how the state had become a bargain basement deal – perhaps one of the cheapest places to live in America.
Part of that may be true. There are some great deals to be had in Florida but the image of down trodden, crumbling cities is a complete fantasy. Florida still is the Sunshine State and it always will be. It's truly one of the most beautiful places in the United States and a great place to live. Florida and it's diverse selection of cities and rural communities will always be a darling to most Americans.
Historically this state of beaches, canals and cruise ships was thought of as a place to visit – a place where 'kids of all ages' could come to play. And a place for those who where ready to transition to the permanent playground we all call retirement would come to live. Imagines of mobile home parks or for those few who were fortunate and wealthy enough – a beach side condo.
But those are images from decades past. Over the past 30 years or more Florida has grown into a state that has something for everyone. Young and old – working or retired. There are still mobile home parks offering low cost options for retirees but there are also some of the most expensive and most luxurious high-rise condos in the country.
When it comes to finding the best places to live in Florida variety and diversity is one of this states greatest strengths. Truly there is a pace and a space for everyone. That multi-national executive may call a Miami high rise their best place while a beach combing retired golfer may want for nothing more in the Pan Handles Panama City Beach. Whatever the lifestyle or interest there is always a place in Florida for someone to call home.


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Week 4 of my new regimen, and things aren't going well. Here's the breakdown:
Pre-diet (just quitting the wine and evening snacking): 7 pounds lost.
- Week 1: 2 pounds lost.
- Week 2: 2 pounds lost.
- Week 3: No pounds lost.
- Week 4: 1 pound gained.
- Diet total: 3 pounds.
- Scheduled target: 8 pounds.
- Total suckitude: 5 pounds behind schedule.
Clearly, I need to either get a new scale or get more exercise. Diet alone isn't going to get me there. The good news is that I am down 10 pounds total and actually fit into my running shorts now.
The bad news is that I didn't go running after I tried them on.
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It comes to something when the most important factor in Vodafone's half-yearly trading update is actually something that is outside its own management's control.
The overnight news was that Verizon Wireless, in which Vodafone is the 45% minority shareholder, is paying an $8.5 billion (£5.4 billion) dividend next month to follow up on the first-ever payout of $10 billion, which it made in January.
The irony is that Verizon Communications, the majority 55% owner, is the one that really needs this money, simply to be able to keep paying dividends to its own shareholders.
By contrast, Vodafone is able to use most of the money to launch another huge share buyback.
Today, it showed a mixed picture, with operating profits driving ahead at above the rate most observers expected — but then came a nasty £5.9 billion writedown on its Spanish and Italian operations.
Now, part of this is the usual jiggery-pokery of accountants, and does not affect Vodafone's cash flows. But at the same time, it is yet another reminder that mobile has become one of those utilities most affected by people's spending power. While they cannot really slash their energy bills further, people can still shop around for the best mobile tariffs, and seem to do so with increasing frequency.
It is such a cut-throat market out there that Vodafone has to match its rivals in order not to lose market share.
Chief executive Vittorio Colao is managing the decline with care, and constantly finding new cost savings. At some stage, he will have to address the Verizon question again. But for the time being, it is not Vodafone that is the forced seller so he can afford to hold out for a very good price.
Rate-fix fallout will haunt banks for a long time yet
Credit rating agency Moody's has today produced a major tome on banks and Libor fixing that has serious implications for the banking sector.
It points out that the scale of fines or settlements with the regulators could well be mere peanuts when set against the potential costs of litigation.
It divides the outcomes into regulatory fines and penalties, litigation settlements and others such as reputational damage, management upheaval and strategic changes.
The first of these, Moody's reckons, will not damage banks' credit ratings. But the latter two — with fines prompting changes — could well. In particular, there could be a major fallout if the legal cases uncover even greater unidentified risk management or control failures.
Given the scale of the management shake-up we saw at Barclays after it was hit with £290 million of fines and penalties from either side of the Atlantic, it is conceivable that other banks' chiefs could suffer a similar fate. Some of the "newer" UK bank chief executives were in place while Libor rigging was still going on.
Meanwhile, American and British authorities are moving in on specific bankers at places such as Royal Bank of Scotland. Criminal action is still a high possibility.
Moody's says, quite rightly, that it is far too early even to begin to have a stab at the scale of fines and litigation, but even back-of-an-envelope scribbling runs to figures in the billions.
More worryingly, Moody's points out: "The largest Libor panel banks have more earnings and capital with which to absorb potential losses. However, those banks are not necessarily less vulnerable than the smaller banks, especially if higher absolute transaction levels associated with the larger banks lead to larger litigation losses."
Libor is going to hang over the banks for much longer than they might have hoped.
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Brad tries to talk to Katie about Craig but she refuses. He gets suspicious that she keeps cutting him off every time Craig's name comes up.
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Most Popular Photo Last Year: May 24, 20122013-05-24 3 5 Share Tweet
I believe this shot captivated plenty of Lomographic eyes in our Community. Well who wouldn't notice such exquisite work right?
Taken by none other than hodachrome, these tulips captured using cross processed film revealed such intense, lovely colors. And not to mention his cool multiple exposure trick that made it even more impressive. No wonder this was last year's most popular photo! A round of applause to you, genius!
Photo taken with Lomo LC-A loaded with Kodak EBX (35mm) film.
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RadarOnline Stirs BOGUS Blake Shelton and Lindsey Sporrer Cheating Speculation
"Blake Shelton Parties With Hot Blonde Who's NOT His Wife, Miranda Lambert," shrieks a headline on RadarOnline, which is going to great lengths to create a scandal.
The webloid's sister outlet, the National Enquirer, has regularly embarrassed itself with phony stories about the couple's alleged problems, and now RadarOnline apparently wants in on the action.
According to the blog, Shelton "cozied up to a hot blonde actress" during Usher's 35th birthday party at Bootsy Bellows in Los Angeles on Monday. "Shelton spent time chatting and posing for pics with blonde actress Lindsey Sporrer as the party raged around them," reports RadarOnline. "In fact, the couple spent so much together that Usher even posted a pic of the two of them on his own Instagram!"
Sporrer also posted a picture with Shelton (see above). That's pretty much it. They talked at a party, in front of lots of people, and it was so OBVIOUSLY NON-ROMANTIC that Sporrer and Usher didn't think twice about posting pictures. Oh, and Shelton left the party alone. But that didn't stop RadarOnline from implying that more might be going on between them with its headline — "Blake Shelton Parties With Hot Blonde Who's NOT His Wife" — and closing with the line, "Shelton and Lambert have faced rumors of trouble in their marriage for several months, with some reports claiming that Lambert has strayed, and other [sic] blaming Shelton's wandering eye for the couple's tension." THIS is where those bogus "rumors of trouble" start. A source close to Shelton tells Gossip Cop the story is all "lies."


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text: I just joined the forum and have read a ton on the forums already. It is very entertaining reading all the thoughts members have on potential draft picks and off-season movement. My name is Michael. I am 24 years old. I have been a fan of the Cowboys all my life. I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas but live in Bellevue, Nebraska. I am a SSgt in the United States Air Force, stationed at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. I have been in the the Air Force for almost 7 years. I am married with soon-to-be 2 children. I say soon-to-be because my wife, Stephanie, is 6 months pregnant with my little girl, Emmelyn Grace. We have a 4 year old son named Landon James. I love watching and playing all sports and if I am not at work or sleeping, I am either spending time with my family or working out. Anything else, just ask. I'm an open book and more than happy to strike up a conversation with anybody interested.


text: My Italian mother has through her actions and words told her daughters that we were "silver" and her son "gold." Girls tarnished like silver, whereas gold always stayed bright and shiny. I realize now in adulthood that no matter what I do, I will never be on the same playing field as my brother. No matter how much he continues to ignore her, not invite her over to see the grandkids, never inviting her to his home for the holidays, she will not hold that against him. However, if I say the slightest thing about it, she doesn't speak to me. She even went as far as putting her house in joint ownership with her son, who has proved himself to be selfish and when our dad died, emptied out his bank account for himself since the account was held jointly in his name. So, through her actions AND words, she let us know just where her daughters (females) stand. Supposedly many Italians feel that sons are more valuable/cherished than their daughters.


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Criminal Comes Face To Face With 'John Wayne' Granny Who Was Packin' [Video]
The below video is hilarious and at the same time, makes you want to pump your fist in the air and yell…"You go granny!!" A lone criminal recently made the mistake of walking into 64-year-old Karen Granvilles's back yard uninvited. Glanville is a big John Wayne fan and has a gun permit and she greeted the intruder with with her two best friends…Smith and Wesson! Needless to say the bad guy stopped dead in his tracks and was almost relieved when the cops showed to take him away. See for yourself…Clint Eastwood has nothing on this woman!


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1 lb. Pappardelle's Whole Wheat Lemon Chive Spaghetti
4 chicken breast tenders, diced ¾ x ¾" thick
½ cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. pepper
¼ lb. Pancetta, sliced 1/8" thick, roughly chopped
1 cup frozen peas
2-3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
2 whole eggs
3 egg yolks
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus additional for garnish
1. Season flour with salt and 1 tsp. pepper. Dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture and shake off the excess. Heat a medium size sauté pan to medium-high heat. Sear the chicken until golden brown and an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Set aside.
2. In the same sauté pan, cook the pancetta for about 2 mins. Add the frozen peas and garlic and sauté until the peas are tender and the pancetta is crispy. Remove from heat. Toss together with the chicken. Reserve.
3. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, and ½ tsp. pepper until well combined.
4. Meanwhile, bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta until al dente, about 8-10 minutes. Drain over a pot to catch the cooking liquid. IMMEDIATELY, while tossing the pasta, SLOWLY drizzle in a small amount of the egg mixture until the pasta is well coated in the egg mixture and a smooth sauce is formed. If the pasta mixture looks dry, drizzle in a small amount of the reserved cooking liquid until the desired consistency is reached.
5. In a large serving bowl, toss the spaghetti carbonara mixture with the chicken, peas, and pancetta. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with desired Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.


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Received mine last week, installed in my SRX in a minute or so. I ordered a holster for my 1911, I already have a nylon holster for my FNP40 w/TLR2. Easy swap out, takes all of five minutes at most. The weight of the grip causes it to droop slightly allowing for perfect access when you reach for the weapon. The holster comes with a thumb break, it is not very tight snap so the draw is fluid without even thinking of the break. Just took a long road trip, this thing solves sitting on a holster all day (which by the way the grip is wearing the seat leather which is not good). I was worried when first installed it would look like it would interfere with my legs but plenty of clearance. I wear a shoulder holster in cooler temps with a shirt or vest but this is the hot weather solution.
I will post picks when I get back but I highly recommend this product to anyone who has to do a lot of car time.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Woo Media Sold To Zoosk
Woo Media, the operator of the online dating site WooMe.com, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Zoosk, the company said Thursday. Woo Media--which had offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London--did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Woo Media was venture backed by Atomico Investments, Index Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners, Klaus Hommels and Oliver Jung.


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I am using Lion Brand Organic Cotton. What is the trick to undoing it. It's not wrapped in a typical skein. My first skein took me a day to untangle, lol. Im hoping to avoid this with the next skein. Here's a link to what the skein looks like...http://cache.lionbrand.com//yarns/organiccotton.html
Thanks for the help.
That's called a hank. It will open up into a really large open circle of yarn. The easiest way is to put it on a swift and wind it that way, but you can also put it over your knees, the backs of chairs, have someone hold it on their hands, etc.
LOL, I remember when I was younger, my Mom made us hold it. And we all used to HATE it and it was so boring.But yeah, just put each end over both your knees and try and go around and around. Make sure you have both ends and see which end seems to come off the hank the easiest.If you are really getting into knitting, I would invest in a yarn swift and ball winder. It is an investment, but well worth it.Good luck!
I'll have to look into one of those things you suggested. Im really enjoying creating things.
Thanks again.
You don't need a swift or winder, I've seen people have all sorts of trouble with them. With yarn packaged like that, I open up the circle and drape it over the arm of a chair or couch (a wooden chair back works too) and wind by hand.
If you buy your yarn from your LYS (local yarn store)they should be happy to wind it for you. Our Michaels will do that,also, I was very surprised to find out recently.
Otherwise, save yourself $90.00 and wind them by hand.
I drape the skein over the back of a dining chair and wind it by hand.
I learned to do it from here:http://www.morehousefarm.com/Knitting/Tips/
I have found that my DH gets too bored to hold it for me so I put it between two knobs on my upper kitchen cabinets and wind it from there.


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