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One of the most exciting tournaments in hockey will be start in just a few weeks, while Canada's roster hasn't been announced yet we all have a pretty good idea who's going to make the roster but there still a few spots that we aren't sure and I'm sure that Yzerman his asking himself the same questions. The biggest one is probably about Steven Stamkos, with the broken leg injury that he suffered on November 11th everyone thought he would miss the Sochi Olympics. But we the quick progress that he his doing his name is back in the mix, but will he be able to play before the team is announced on January 7th?
I'm sure Stamkos his dying to play at the Olympics, after being cut from the team when he was 20 years old he's now the best goal scorer in the league without a doubt and would be a BIG, BIG part of team Canada's run to the gold medal.
February 6th Update
Martin St-Louis will be taking Stamkos' spot.
February 5th Update
Stamkos wasn't clear by the Tampa Bay staff to play.
February 4th Update
The team is hoping to have Steven Stamkos play on Saturday night, last game before the Olympics
January 16th Update
Stamkos was part of his first morning skate today with is team mates since he broke his tibia.
Fast Healer
Stamkos was already walking without crutches 10 days after getting a metal pin install in his leg to fix that broken tibia and he was doing basic drills on the ice just a few weeks after. So this brings up a question, will Yzerman add him to the roster on January 7th taking a chance that he won't be ready to play? In my opinion it's worth the risk because Yzerman has to give a 25 men roster so this allows him to have a few spare players during the tournament in case of injuries or to decide on the line-up for the medal round. Even if Stamkos can't play, team Canada will still be packed with offensive players that will be able to deliver on his behalf.
Stamkos' Return
If everything goes according to the plans, which for now it's going even better than planned, Stamkos should play a few game with Tampa Bay before going to Russia. Great news, because he'll be rusty after missing so much of the action.
So if he's planning to get a few NHL games before the Olympics tournament he'll probably be coming back by the end of January or early, very early February.
What It Could Be
Imagine this, Stamkos, Crosby and Sharp on the first line. AMAZING!!! right?


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God beliggenhet, fint utgangspunkt for turer i natur og til seværdigheter.
Very good value for money, most obliging staff and a wonderful view.
The location is excellent, both for the station and for the city centre; the staff were helpful and friendly. I'm not sure Audrey Hepburn would have approved of the breakfasts. Havig said that they were serviceable and adequate.
The bike rentals, the staff, the complementary breakfast, clean and modern rooms.
Extremly good service, pleasant atmosphere and good value for money. Hotel is located in prime place of Bornholm island. Staff is helpful and kind.
I like the fact that I was close to sea and could easily rent a bike and go visiting country side on bike. I like the wellness center No
The hotel staff was always polite and service minded, excellent service.
The breakfast and hotel dinner was very good The hotel needs a total redo. Also on a major two lane highway. You pay extra for the view but you get noise all night. Spa.. it must be neighborhood club and they all check in at the front desk. Major cob webs in the shower. Also the front desk should have offer to make dinner reservations at the Ronne rest., we had a very hard time finding any place to eat. The front desk very nice but not helpful.
The spa was great. Dinner wasn't that great.
Pleasant, low key, relaxed, clean, easy access to the bicycling paths and ocean, very good breakfast buffet
Very nice breakfast. Close to city centre and amazing SPA with free coffee, soft drinks and fruit. But opening hours for SPA are very limited (Monday = closed, Tuesday = 16-20, Wednesday = 16-20, Thursday = 16-20, Friday = 16-20, Saturday = 10-20, Sunday = 10-16). Children under 16 years are not allowed to use SPA. Dark and dusty rooms, at least our room with city view (not see view) and very uncomfortable pillows.
Warm welcome, spotlessly clean room, excellent breakfast with plenty of fresh fruit and a large selection of breads, meats, cheeses, salads, etc. They will also serve large pots of coffee and tea and home-made cake at any time during the day or evening. Excellent location, easy walk to beach and many good local restaurants. Try the scenic 2 hour walk from the hotel around the north tip of the island.
Breakfast was delicious (fresh fruit, nice choice) and we enjoyed the location next to one of the cutest beach on the island. Hotel staff was friend, efficient and flexible (they let us keep our room for a few hours after check-out time at no charge so we could keep our luggage there before departure). The bathroom was a bit small and there was no shampoo and no soap (you have to bring your own).
very pleasent, sympatethic, nice old facility, very kind family leading, quiet location, very helpfull family, close to the harbor and beach. Every thing was OK
The accommodation was of a very high standard. The setting was delightful. The staff were very helpful. No.
We got very warm welcome by the landlord of the pension and it was comfortable staying there. There are variety of restaurants just within the walking distance of the pension and if you are good in shape and don`t hate walking in nature, the famous ancient ruin in that region, Hammerhus, is not so far. We managed to walk there with my 78 years old father in law. Well, nothing to complain.
There were only few travelers since it was not during the high season so it was very calm and quiet. The hotel is close to nature so you can go on some of the nicest walks on the island without driving anywhere. The room was simple but quite cosy and had everything I needed. I could see the sea from my window. Also, there were two beds in the room so it is possible that they upgraded me to a twin room, which was very nice. The village was very small but nice, but during summer it would be better to stay there when other restaurants and shops are open. Hitch hiking is well possible on Bornholm so even if there are no busses you usually get home reasonably fast. I was not overwhelmed by the food and at that time of the year everything was closed in the little village and public transport was not so frequent.
The staff was very friendly and accomodating. Nice, quiet room. It smelt a little stale in the rooms and the terrace was not clean.

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Two Bulls Chosen to Play in Elite Event
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TAMPA - Two Bulls have the honor of representing the USF women's tennis program in the biggest national event of the fall season.
Katie Vasenina and Loreto Alonso Martinez have been selected to participate in the main doubles draw at the Riviera All-American Championships starting Sept. 29 in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Vasenina will pull double duty after being chosen to play in the singles qualifier rounds.
"This is as big of a tournament as the NCAA Championships. It is the fall tournament and all the best players go there," USF head coach Agustin Moreno said.
Moreno called being chosen for the main doubles draw a "huge achievement" for his top pair of players that excelled on the court together last season, posting 18 wins out of 28 matches. Moreno said what makes the combination of Vasenina and Alonso Martinez special is how each player complements the other on the court.
"Loreto hits the ball very hard. She's very tall and physical. Katie is more finesse," he said. "The good thing is they've played together for a long time and they know how to position themselves."
Vasenina is ranked No. 29 in the nation heading into the fall after the senior went 26-10 last season. The All-Big East selection ended her season playing in the NCAA Championships.
"Her hard work is paying off. It's a great achievement for her to be considered as one of the top players in the nation," Moreno said.
Vasenina and Alonso Martinez will tune up for the All-American Championships when they join the rest of USF women's tennis team to play in the Georgia State Invitational Sept. 22-24 in Atlanta.


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Being on the bottom rung of the range ladder, the SC-BTT262 lacks several features found on the step-up SC-BTT362. There's no Skype, built-in Wi-Fi or HDMI inputs, and all of the network-related features – Viera Cast, media streaming, BD Live – can only be accessed by connecting to your router via Ethernet, as there's no support for a Wi-Fi USB dongle.
Those cost-cutting omissions aside, there's still a lot to play with. Despite the lack of Skype, you still get access to the rest of Viera Cast's web applications, including YouTube, Picasa, Twitter and Bloomberg.
But as we found on the standalone players, the current content isn't hugely compelling, with the exception of YouTube perhaps. With the addition of BBC iPlayer and other catch up TV services (as found on Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video) it could be a killer feature, which we're hoping will be the case when Viera Cast's successor, Viera Connect, makes its way to the Blu-ray range.
The SC-BTT262 is DLNA certified and supports streaming of DivX HD, WMV, MP3, JPEG, AVCHD from Windows 7 PCs, as well as recordings stored on networked Panasonic DIGA recorders. That's a great feature if you've recorded something on the DMR-BW880 in the living room, for example, and want to watch it in bed.
You can also play back DivX HD, MKV, MP3 and JPEG from USB devices (up to 2TB) plugged into the front-mounted port, as well as MPEG-2 SD Video, AVCHD and JPEG from SD, SDHC and SDXC cards.
The SC-BTT262 shares the same 3D effect controls found on the standalone players, allowing you to find a 3D image that your eyes are comfortable with. You can alter the depth of the 3D picture, change the way the left- and right-eye images are aligned (round or flat), or add a frame around the picture to soften the hard edges of the bezel – something Panasonic thinks is problematic for some people.
Most Panasonic Blu-ray systems come with a range of sound modes to play around with and the SC-BTT262 is no exception. There's 7.1CH Virtual Surround that attempts to reproduce multichannel sound from 2.1 speakers, plus a range of Equalizer settings – Flat, Heavy, Clear, Soft – and a couple of bass boosters, Subwoofer Level and H. Bass.
Digital Tube Sound is also found here, injecting music playback with an extra element of warmth like a vacuum tube amp. And under one of the many onscreen displays you'll find a hidden cluster of picture enhancements including Chroma Process, Detail Clarity and Super Resolution.
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I wrote the following post QUITE awhile ago about our Master Bathroom remodel but never posted it.... hope you enjoy. I added some pics of the finished product as well.
It has been quite awhile since I posted about the decrepit state of our master bathroom. I started calling it the "hillbilly bathroom" with it's three-level plywood patched floor and all. Well, we finally decided to do something about it this Spring.
Now mind you we have had PLENTY of time to discuss the plans on how we were going to redesign the space and like most home improvement jobs the plans changed frequently from day to day and even from minute to minute. It switched from walk-in tiled shower to pre-made corner shower unit to claw-foot tub. Bottom line was that I wanted the floor to be LEVEL! Not too much to ask huh?
The choice was made to gut the entire room down to wall studs and floor joists since there was quite a bit of repair work that had to be done from past water damage. It always seems to me that demo takes that longest time. The one that I think enjoyed this part the most was our dog Bindi who quite thoroughly enjoyed being able to get up under the house and come visit us while we were working because of the huge whole in the floor. After repairing the floor joists and sub-floor, our attention moved to the walls. We had decided to install a claw-foot tub and fore-go the shower all-together. In place of the shower my personal choice was being put in it's place, a linen closet! I never thought I would be so excited at what some people might consider such a trivial addition but until you've lived in a house with 7 people without one, you have no idea how excited one might be to have one.
Overall the final product has been VERY satisfying and enjoyable. Going from shambles to what I consider a luxurious retreat has been truly a blessing. My son Adam enjoys his baths at night in that great big tub! I can also say Mommy thoroughly loves her long baths too! Kudos to the hubby John who I think did a tremendous job even though he will be the first to declare that he totally DISLIKES anything to do with home improvement. Thanks honey!
Friday, May 4, 2012
No More Hillbilly Bathroom........
Posted by Danell at 10:33 PM
3 comments:
- Xem Phim said...
Wow nice
- December 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM
- Jesica Smith said...
- February 5, 2016 at 8:19 AM
- Benson Chapman said...
Claw foot tub is a clever idea. That way there is no hassle of putting up walls to support the bath tub and creating pipe work for the shower and faucets. But yeah, water damage is the worst. Any mistakes with plumbing can cost you a fortune. That's why its always best to have a professional plumber supervise you on all bathroom remodeling projects.
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Flash Player 10.1 for Android is now released to partners; requires Android 2.2 or higher
Adobe has released Flash Player 10.1 for Android to its partners. The player will run once certain Android phones get to upgrade to the 2.2 (Froyo) build which is expected to happen on the following 8 handsets (in no particular order)-the Motorola DROID, Dell Streak, Google Nexus One, Motorola MILESTONE, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC Desire and the Samsung Galaxy S. Flash Player 10.1 was also released to partners whose cellphones use other platforms such as BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone7 and the Symbian OS among others. David Wadwhani, GM and VP of platform business at Adobe said, "We are thrilled that more than three million Flash designers and developers are now able to unleash their creativity on the world of smart phones, tablets, netbooks, televisions and other consumer electronics."
source: Adobe, MarketWatch
source: Adobe, MarketWatch
16 Comments
posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47 0
1. SamTime (Posts: 253; Member since: 07 Nov 2009)
Figure out a way to block out flash ads and only give me the valuable flash content I want like videos and I'll start jumping on Steve job's back about omitting flash. Until then I'll live without flash
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 07:47 0
3. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
i have adobe flash 10.1 and i don't get ads because i have popup blocker enabled. now that i have it, i don't know how i lived without it.
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 08:06 0
8. Legacystar (Posts: 131; Member since: 31 Dec 2009)
you can choose to only load what flash content you want
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 02:38 0
2. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
And -1 for the closed minded village idiot. Ads, although annoying, are a necessity so things can be available to general public for free. Such as Hulu, are you going to tell me your with Steve jobs not watching Hulu, ok....that's dumb. What about flash content games? Ebaumsworld? Hulu? Porn? Common deny your self the ultimate eases and pleasures in life to deny ads. Good riddans to you then. I'm not sure Id want to know a simple minded boring person like you. Have fun on your iPhone. I'm sure it helps to diss awesome features because your god (Steve jobs) refuses to implement real breakthroughs in technology.
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 07:56 0
4. Hallucinator (Posts: 387; Member since: 24 May 2010)
In the process of calling SamTime an idiot, you made yourself sound like one yourself. Not everyone who owns or likes the iphone looks to stevey as a god. Android users like to call iphone users fanboys and sheep. However most of the ridiculously angry post are from people such as yourself. I'm pretty sure you need to get a life if you choose not to associate with people because they don't want flash on their cell phone....lol. You just sound pathetic
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 07:58 0
5. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
with a username like that... :-?
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 08:04 0
6. Hallucinator (Posts: 387; Member since: 24 May 2010)
When I got the nickname I was young.....I'm not proud ;)
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 11:15 0
11. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
Thats great you had a burst of intelligence, you should save you energy for the drive through menu at Mickey D's. The guy is obviously being perposefully condisending regarding the most anticipated feature on phones since the internal antenna. This is the sliced bread of Advanced device featurettes. To slam it is merely a cry for attention, so people will dispute him and argue with village idiot girl freinds i.e. Hallucinator (great name, fail).
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 15:42 0
14. Hallucinator (Posts: 387; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Yes..PapaJay224 is very inovative..lol
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 08:06 0
7. Hallucinator (Posts: 387; Member since: 24 May 2010)
On a serious note. I just don't get it. I really enjoy technology. I like all os phones. I've owned the N1, HD2, Iphones etc. Something nice about all of them. Why get upset because someone has a preference?
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 08:40 0
9. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
because some people choose to buy a phone for all the wrong reasons.
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 08:46 0
10. Hallucinator (Posts: 387; Member since: 24 May 2010)
The fact that you think you know the right and wrong reasons for someone else to buy anything is a joke
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 13:10 0
12. android#1 (Posts: 74; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
it is obvious that MOST or SOME people who get an iphone get it for the wrong reasons because technologically savvy people are better off wit better phones. Iphones are for girls who cant figure anything out. An ipod for instance became very popular because of its ease of use. iphone is popular because its a trend, there are better phones out there, apple is just a trend. Even ipods have become commodities, they are in vending machines in department stores, "dont forget your ipod on the way out" the sad thing is now, mp3 players are referred to as ipods because of its popularity in the mp3 market. if i dont make sense too bad! going off on tangents is what i like to do.
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 13:36 0
13. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
And it has nothing to do with the OS or whatever phone, it has to do with disgus up there being a sally little prick about flash 10.1 . It's finally out on phones and he said some smart ass BS like blah blah blah who cares Steve jobs ads and I love Steve jobs. It's like shut up...don't support the idiot who limits your iPhone but makeing a just cause statement. That's a girl whiney batch statement. Yeah, I said batch.
posted on 22 Jun 2010, 19:30 0
15. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I have the HTC ARIA and unlike iphone my browser lets me watch embedded videos without this update - can't wait for 2.2, though. Or, I can sideload SKYFIRE 2.0 beta...
posted on 16 Nov 2010, 17:36 0
16. burnzboy2 (unregistered)
I have an Aria also. There is a leaked update for 2.2 for it. It works perfect.
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A true slice of nostalgia from Colorado's early skiing days, the Nordic Inn now represents a special part of Mt. Crested Butte history.
The Inn is the county's oldest operating lodge. It was owned and managed over the past 40 years by Allen and Judy Cox, who have become known for their sense of humor, genuine hospitality and personal connection with their guests—a culture and tradition the present owners continue today. Beautiful renovations combined with the original hotel's charm make the Inn an unforgettable experience. Our beautiful location completes each stay: our guests are surrounded on three sides by the Gunnison National Forest, one of the finest year-round recreational playgrounds in North America.
We invite you to begin each morning in the warmth of the Breakfast Room, where a wholesome continental breakfast is ready to start your mountain adventure. After a day in the great outdoors, we welcome you back to a roaring fire in the Inn's Great Room where you can relax, socialize, play games or just take in our amazing views of Mt. Crested Butte.
These are the features that make the Nordic Inn one of the finest hotels in Crested Butte: a perfect location to enjoy everything special about the area in summer or winter. Our staff members are all experienced skiers, snowboarders and outdoor enthusiasts. They're happy to help you find the right mountain bike ride or hiking trail, and can set up any activity or adventure you'd like. We can also provide local insight on dining, shopping and information about the Crested Butte area.
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Delaware has been flying under the radar this fall following a 5-10 season that saw the Blue Hens finish 1-5 in the CAA.
But coach Bob Shillinglaw is excited about this year's squad.
"We're eager to show people we're back," Shillinglaw said, noting his team has fed off the lack of attention. "We've been much better with the blue-collar approach."
First reason for excitement: Delaware has made a ton of improvements to its athletics facilities, and to the on-campus student facilities. Shillinglaw showed me around the Delaware campus to see the impressive on-campus gym improvements for students at the Carpenter Sports Building.
In addition, the Bob Carpenter Center, which houses most of the athletics facilities, has undergone renovation with state-of-the-art film rooms, and much more. The women's basketball team was practicing while associate head coach Greg Caroll showed me around; the men's and women's basketball offices are especially cool, overlooking the practice courts.
Most impactful for the lacrosse team, though, are the improvements to the Delaware Field House. It has been resurfaced with artificial turf, and the addition of new lights and heating/AC has made it a great spot for the team to use in inclement weather.
The Blue Hens have a number of options to practice. They were playing on the practice field behind the Field House as I visited their intrasquad scrimmage a few Fridays ago, right next to the women's lacrosse team's practice. They can use the Field House for bad weather, and there's also an Astroturf field available to the Hens. An interesting note: They order shoes specially for that field and practice on it just the week ahead of the UMass game to prepare for the infamous Garber Field. This of course is in addition to the football stadium, where the Hens host their home games.
Now, the reasons on the field for excitement.
When I visited for Fallball All-Access the team was in its final day of the on-field portion of the fall. They were having a scrimmage in which captains split up and drafted players for a game that was extremely hard-fought and competitive for an intrasquad game. They were excited: Captains had laminated scouting reports made up, and there was plenty of chirping and trash talk as the teams took the field. The team opted to stay local for the fall, forgoing scrimmages against other teams, so this was the Hens' centerpiece event.
The Blue team would end up victorious with a 13-7 win in front of a gathering of parents tailgating.
Shillinglaw said that a number of players have "turned the corner," and reached their full potential. As an experienced coach, he said, there have been few years where so many players' projected talent reached their actual talent. Last season was plagued by injuries, so Shillinglaw is hoping that if injury problems don't hurt the Hens this year, they'll have five or six solid players at each position
Some highlights of the team and from my conversations with the coaching staff:
— Attackman Beau Jones looked smooth behind the net. He had at least a hat trick in the game, and he and freshman attackman Paul Major made a lot of things happen with the two-man game.
— Speaking of freshmen, one to watch is Logan Aunon. He's more physically developed than most of the upperclassman. He uses his body well at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds. He's a great shooter and could definitely see a lot of minutes as a freshman. His brother, Tyler Aunon, was tenacious on the ride and a big-hitter.
— Ian Roberson is a great distributor of the ball. He distributes well and looks to be the team's quarterback.
— The strength of this team lies in the midfield, with lots of transition and speed. Redshirt junior Brian Kormondy has a first step that not many in DI possess. He would often initiate up top and dodge, using pure speed to get around his defender. He also had a knack for extending his dodge even when the defender caught up to him; he'll be one to watch in the CAA this year.
— Senior midfielder Connor McRoy is a tall shooter who seems to be running things from the midfield. Shillinglaw praised his leadership. He also pointed out that this season more than last, the team seems to have leaders who will get that extra goal or two out of the Hens. Redshirt freshman Steve Delargy could be a first-line midfielder; he's battled injuries in the past but has added a lot to the middle of the field this fall.
— SSDM Elijah Conte, a redshirt sophomore, impressed with his physical play. He had many big hits in the open field and runs extremely hard.
— Defensively the team was missing some key players. Junior Brandon Worrall has been out with a knee injury, SSDM Garrett Johnson had knee surgery, and Trip Ashley was out with a banged-up shoulder. Senior James Connelly had an impressive scrimmage and looks to be the No. 1 cover option for Delaware.
— In the net, sophomore Conor Peaks saw time as a freshman and appears to be the No. 1 option. He kept the potent Blue team scoreless for a quarter and had some nice saves.
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QUESTION: Two years ago we had a lovely Tigerwood floor installed in our kitchen. Overall, we love it. We bought it from a dealer in Niverville. They were wonderful to deal with, except for the information we received after installation. At the end of the job we were told, almost as an afterthought, "the warranty is void if you fail to maintain the humidity between 35 and 55 per cent." Apparently if it gets too dry, the wood will shrink and form gaps, or if it gets too moist in summer, it will expand and buckle. That disappointed us somewhat, for had we known that earlier, we might have chosen an engineered product or something else entirely.
So we bought a humidifier, and in winter we carefully pay attention to humidity and turn the machine on whenever it drops to the mid-30s. Not a big deal, but a bit of a nuisance. In summer, we do the reverse. If humidity climbs into the 50 per cent range, we turn on the dehumidifier downstairs.
Are we being too fussy? Does such wood ever "season" enough to not need this extra attention? Our house, built in 1969, has other hardwood throughout the main floor and it never seemed to have had a problem when humidity dropped below 30 per cent before we added the Tigerwood.
-- Walter Kroeker
ANSWER: Unfortunately, some manufacturers of building products have unreasonable stipulations attached to their warranties, mainly to avoid honouring them. That is why I always advise my clients that warranties are not to be relied upon too heavily when making decisions about product purchases. There are many examples of this, from flooring to shingles, and yours is another case in point.
There is a lot of information, much of it without scientific basis, about the need to maintain certain conditions for many building materials installed in homes. Some of this information is gained from experiences from homeowners, installers, and manufacturers of various products and should be treated with respect. Other information, such as that you received about maintaining proper relative humidity (RH) in your home to keep your wood floor in good condition, is unreliable and likely thought up by some shrewd lawyer to protect their client when problems occur. In our climate, interior RH levels change with the weather and maintaining artificially high humidity for this purpose can cause other negative effects. Also, how can you prove that you did maintain these "proper" RH levels if a flooring problem develops? It appears that this may be an excuse for manufacturers to blame defects in their products on less-sophisticated homeowners.
As you have stated, older hardwood flooring in your home has been in place for over four decades and has not become damaged from the fluctuating RH in all that time. Why would newly installed hardwood have different needs? If the material is an exotic wood, like yours, it may have different properties than the traditional oak or maple originally installed in your home. Regardless, numerous types of hardwood are very commonly used for flooring because they are very durable and adapt to environmental changes as well or better than most building materials. If the type of wood is not suited to changes in RH common in our area, then it should not be installed in our homes.
The majority of problems that occur with wood flooring in homes is due to the material itself or the conditions around the time of installation. After cutting and milling, wood flooring has to be dried, often in huge kilns with tightly controlled heat and moisture, to reach a fairly low moisture content. This is critical to prevent further shrinkage if the wood were to excessively dry out after being nailed down in your home. If the wood is not properly seasoned, gaps opening between individual planks is a strong possibility. Conversely, if the hardwood has a proper moisture content but the inside of the home is too wet as the wood is being installed or afterwards, buckling can occur as it absorbs this ambient moisture. This is most common in newly built homes, as the RH can be excessively high from drying of recently installed materials. For this reason, any wood flooring product should be stored inside the building it is to be installed in for several days or weeks prior. This will allow the material to acclimatize to the current RH, preventing dramatic shrinkage or swelling after being nailed down. This critical step has been adopted by flooring contractors for decades due to their experience and is a very probable cause of floor issues if missed.
Maintaining an RH close to 50 per cent in the heating season in our climate can cause excessive damage to the home. This will cause excessive condensation on windows and possibly other areas such as foundations, which can lead to moisture damage and mould growth. An RH at the bottom end of the recommended range near 35 per cent, at normal room temperatures, may cause some sweating windows in cold weather but may be all right if good air circulation is promoted. If the RH drops below 30 per cent inside your home on very cold days, which is quite common, that should not create any undue problems for the home or flooring but may feel dry to the occupants. Adding artificial moisture to the house air to raise the RH above the recommended level just to benefit the hardwood flooring may cause the same mould and condensation issues in areas with poor air circulation or on outside walls or windows. In the summer months and in many areas near lakes or oceans, the RH inside a home can easily exceed 50 per cent. While air conditioning should lower this to acceptable levels, moderate days when windows are open and air circulation is good should have little effect on your flooring if the humidity rises.
Having heard the requirements you have stated from many homeowners, and reading similar recommendations on various websites, including those of hardwood manufacturer associations, I am still at a loss to see any real proof of the need for these measures. As you and millions of other homeowners with older houses have observed, properly seasoned and installed hardwood flooring adapts well to seasonal climatic conditions, and defects should not be blamed on the home or its occupants.
Ari Marantz is the owner of Trained Eye Home Inspection Ltd. and president of the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors-Manitoba (www.cahpi.mb.ca). Questions can be emailed to the address below. Ari can be reached at 204-291-5358 or check out his website at www.trainedeye.ca


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Unleashing Leviticus: Religious Right Rants Over Change In Military's DADT Policy
On Saturday, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that banned openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the armed forces. The Religious Right is not pleased.
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Location: Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On AgingTitle: Metabolically healthy obesity: origins and implications Author
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Submitted to: Molecular Aspects of Medicine
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2012
Publication Date: 2/1/2013
Citation: Denis, G.V., Obin, M.S. 2013. Metabolically healthy obesity: origins and implications. Molecular Aspects of Medicine . 34(1):59-70. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: When humans eat more and exercise less, they tend to become obese and unhealthy. The molecular pathways that link obesity to serious diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease have become a subject of intensive scientific investigation because the exploding prevalence of obesity worldwide represents a grave new threat to the health of hundreds of millions of people. However, obesity is not always destiny. Two important clinical populations have been valuable to understand the mechanisms behind this conundrum: individuals who exhibit metabolic dysfunction, diabetes and elevated cardiovascular disease risk despite a lean body type, and individuals who are relatively protected from these dangers despite significant obesity. Study of this second group of 'metabolically healthy obese' people in particular has been revealing because such individuals exhibit specific, identifiable, anatomic, cellular and molecular features that set them apart from the rest of us who suffer declining health with increasing weight. Here, we examine some of these features, including some mouse models that are informative of mechanism, and suggest hypotheses for further study, including the possibility that genes and pathways of the immune system might offer new diagnostic or therapeutic targets.


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The Damage And Long Term Effects
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The terrifying events that unfolded in Japan put what we do in perspective. Our job is to survey the world of consumer technology and tell you what's worth spending your hard-earned money on, but it's often all-too easy to forget to look behind the curtain and consider the hundreds of thousands of people who work on these products worldwide.
The damage
Japan is home to the headquarters of many of the biggest names in tech. Sony, Canon, Olympus and Nikon are all based in Tokyo, Panasonic in Osaka - and all have been severely affected by the earthquake and ensuing tsunami of 11 March. Sony has closed seven plants, Canon three locations involved in the manufacture of screens, lenses and printers; Sharp's LED panel-making facility in Sakai has been closed down and Panasonic's EV Energy plant, involved in the manufacture of batteries for electric cars, has reportedly been destroyed. Hitachi's six factories in the afflicted area have all closed down and Texas Instruments has had to close two plants. Toshiba has announced that an assembly line making small LCDs will halt production for a month and Lenovo is worried about disruption to its production in next quarter.
Although these closures represent merely a fraction of the terrible destruction Japan has suffered, they could have knock-on effects that severely affect the tech market in general - and Japan's economy. The multi-stage process involved in the manufacture of consumer technology means that the closure of a component factory can have serious effects on many different products further down the line.
Japan produces around 40 per cent of the world's flash memory chips and 20 per cent of all semiconductors, and in anticipation of oncoming component shortages, the price of NAND memory chips has already shot up by 20 per cent. Used in scores of devices including the just-released iPad 2, the possible ramifications of component shortages like this are brought into sharp focus.
The long-term effects
How quickly Japan's production will recover is unclear, but the task of securing each plant in isolation isn't the only factor involved. Rolling power blackouts are in effect across Japan, and many factories not halted directly by the earthquake and tsunami have stopped production voluntarily in order to preserve power, on the advice of the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO).
Nuclear power provides approximately 30 per cent of Japan's energy, and at least 20 per cent of its nuclear network has been knocked out following the earthquake. Naturally, vital public amenities like hospitals will take precedence over a plant producing memory chips.
TEPCO officials have said that these power outages will continue at least until the end of April - so this stop-gap solution to the power shortage is not going to be all that brief. The production of Japan's technology factories is likely to be significantly affected for the duration of these measures. Businesses and schools have also been advised to reduce power consumption as much as possible to reduce the load on the power network.


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Python Introduction, Resources and FAQs
Python is a high-level, general purpose, interpreted scripting language. The language's design has a strong emphasis on code readability, as well as flexibility and ease of use.
Like most similar languages (Ruby and Perl, for example), Python can be used for anything, for any type of application. There are a handful of web apps built using Python, and some excellent web development frameworks. With tools like Py2Exe, you can package Python scripts as stand-alone desktop applications.
But where Python really shines, and where it gets most of its use, is as a tool for data analysis, number crunching, scientific research, hacking, scripting, and task automation. Python is used by scientists, mathematicians, penetration testers, spies, cryptographers, musicians, stock brokers, and network administrators for a wide range of applications.
If you want to learn how to build nice web applications, you probably want to start with Ruby or (if you're into WordPress), PHP. But if you want to learn how to use computers to do interesting new things, Python is the language for you.
Online Python Resources
There is a lot of Python material on the web — some of it free, some of it paid. These are some of the best resources for learning Python.
Learning Python
Recommended Courses and Tutorials
- The official Python site
- Beginner's Guide to Python — The official place to start learning.
- Learn Python the Hard Way — An excellent Python course for people who want to really learn the language without taking any shortcuts.
- Google's Python Class — Google uses Python for a number of projects. Want to learn it the way they teach it? You can.
- Guide to the Standard Library
- Python Koans — An amazing, philosophical approach to Python programming and thinking like a developer, through the use of Test Driven Development.
Other Great Python Tutorials and Learning Resources
Here are some very good resources for learning Python that almost made it into the above "Recommended" list. Everyone has a different learning style, so maybe one of these will suit you better than the tutorials above.
- Python Videos — Huge list of videos about all sorts of Python Topics
- Python Programming for Beginners — Bare bones tutorial from Linux Journal.
- A Python Book — An in-depth online book that covers beginning Python, advanced topics, and mny exercises.
- Python Course — A free and extensive set of tutorials for Python.
- Building Skills in Python — 42 chapters of Python exercises designed
- Lark's Tongue Guide to Python — A set of simple project-based tutorials on Python concepts.
- Python 101 — An introduction to Python.
- Python 201 — Intermediate Python.
- Learn Python in 10 Minutes — Very quick introduction to the language.
- Checkio — Learn to improve your code with a game. Playing a game, not writing one.
- Python Programming Wiki Book
Additional Python Tutorials
These are "Honorable Mention" tutorials on beginning Python. We didn't find them quite up to our (very high) standards, but they are all fairly popular — so maybe one of them will work well for you.
Python Development Tools
Libraries, Plugins, and Add-ons
A big part of the strength of Python is the ecosystem of excellent tools for accomplishing a number of different types of tasks in the language. From graphics processing to mathematical analysis, there's probably a Python module for just about any domain you are working in.
- Shrapnel — Python Library for high-volume concurrency.
- MatPlotLib — Graphics and data visualization.
- Mako — Web templating engine.
- PIL — Python Imaging Library
- Pillow — Fork of PIL. (PIL seems to have ceased active development. Pillow is picking up the slack on this popular project.)
- Pyx — Python Graphics package
- Beautiful Soup — Tools for screen scaping and then handling the parse-tree and content.
- Scrappy — Web scraping tools.
- Gooey — Tools for providing a GUI for command-line Python programs.
- Peewee — A minimalist SQL ORM for connecting a Python application to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.
- SQL Alchemy — A more fully-featured SQL ORM.
- PyGame — Platform for building video games in Python.
- SciPy — Science and math tools for Python; very important to for scientific computing.
- Pandas — Data analysis tools.
- sh — Library for calling other programs from within Python scripts.
The Python wiki also maintains a list of some of the most useful and popular Python modules.
An IDE is an Integrated Development Environment, a tool for managing the development of a large or complex application. Most Python users tend to work in a simple code editor, but a number of excellent Python-focused IDEs are available for those using Python for larger projects.
- PyDev — Python IDE for Eclipse.
- Komodo — Python IDE
- PyCharm — Python IDE
- Wing IDE — Commercial Python IDE.
- Spyder — Python IDE for Science and Mathematics.
- NetBeans
- PyScripter
- µ.dev — Microdev, a weird little IDE from Sakura studio.
Also see this list of Python editors.
Refactoring and Code Checking
Python developers have a culture that tends to prefer clean and efficient code. At the same time, they also value speed, and often plunge into coding quickly in order to solve immediate problems. A number of tools have developed to help Python programmers automate the task of checking code and making it more efficient.
- PyChecker — Code checker (linter).
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Build Tools
Python excels at task automation, so it should be no surprise that there are a number of tools for doing just that, and for speeding up build and deploy cycles.
Also included in this list are specialized development tools that are used for packaging and distributing Python apps.
- Invoke - Tasks execution and scripting tool.
- Microbuild — Lightweight build tool.
- Paver — Task scripting.
- Pynt — Build tool.
- VirtualEnv — Tool for building isolated Python environments.
- Bitten — Continuous integration tool for Python and Trac.
- iPython — Interactive Python shell and development library; too many cool features to list.
- Py2Exe — Compiles Python scripts into Windows executables.
Web Frameworks
If you want to use Python to build a web application, there are a number of low-level tasks you'll need to take care of first — or you could just start from step 10 and use a web application development framework.
- Django — By far, the most popular web application framework for Python. It is conceptually similar to Ruby on Rails. see our Django intro
- Python Paste — Not a framework, but a "framework for frameworks." Provides low-level tools for building Python web frameworks.
- CherryPy — Minimalist Python web framework.
- TurboGears
- Web2Py
- CubicWeb
- Giotto
- Reahl
- Wheezy
Applications Built in Python
Python is used by a lot of people, for a lot of different tasks and purposes, but is not hugely popular for building apps to be distributed as code to consumers and end users (the way, for example, PHP is). Still, it is sometimes used for this purpose. Here are some examples of some applications built in Python.
- SchoolTool — Student information system.
Content Management Systems
- Plone — The most popular Python-based CMS.
- Django CMS — Not as popular as Plone for CMS, but built on top of the most popular Python framework.
- MoinMoin — Python wiki-engine that powers the Python wiki. (For other Python-based Wiki CMSes, see this page.)
- Silva
Online Python Reference
These are some of the most important single-source Python reference sites, which you should probably bookmark.
Beginning Python
If you prefer to learn using a printed book, there is no shortage of excellent ones available. Here are some of the best Python books for beginners. If you don't prefer books (or don't prefer paying for things) scroll down to the Online Resources section for a list of excellent online (and mostly free) tutorials.
- Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code
- Python for Kids
- Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
- Python Programming for Beginners: An Introduction to the Python Computer Language and Computer Programming
- Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
- Learning Python
- Hello! Python
Many of the more advanced concepts in Python programming are not covered in online tutorials, and can only be found in printed books.
- Expert Python Programming
- Python High Performance Programming
- Python Parallel Programming Cookbook
- Python in Practice: Create Better Programs Using Concurrency, Libraries, and Patterns
- Advanced Python 3 Programming Techniques
- Mastering Object-oriented Python
- Effective Python: 59 Specific Ways to Write Better Python
- Python Machine Learning
- Think Python
- Python: Learn Python Regular Expressions FAST!
- Professional Python
- High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans
- Web Scraping with Python: Collecting Data from the Modern Web
- Test-Driven Development with Python
- Fluent Python
- Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer
- Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python
- Guide To: Learning Iteration and Generators in Python
Python for Math, Science, and Data
Python is widely used in math and science for a at least a couple of reasons: - There are great math and science tools for the language, such as the SciPy and NumPy. - The language lends itself well to quick programming tasks, so it is easy to use Python for ad hoc data analysis without building fully-featured apps.
As with general Advanced topics, if you are looking for information on specialized topics in advanced Python programming, you will find a lot more excellent books than free websites and online tutorials.
- Doing Math with Python
- Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython
- Python Data Science Essentials
- Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python
- Learning Data Mining with Python
- Advanced Python for Biologists
- Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data
- Data Structure and Algorithmic Thinking with Python: Data Structure and Algorithmic Puzzles
- Python for Informatics: Exploring Information
- Derivatives Analytics with Python
- ArcPy and ArcGIS: Geospatial Analysis with Python
- Learning Pandas - Python Data Discovery and Analysis Made Easy
- Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python
- Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy: A Practical Python Guide for the Analysis of Survey Data
Python for Hacking
Because of its suitability for ad hoc programming, and for task automation, Python also gets used quite a bit by people who like to break into things, and also by the people who try to stop them. (We assume you are one of the good guys, of course.)
- Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers
- Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
- Python for Secret Agents
Here are a few great desk references for Python, for people who like that sort of thing. While some of the advanced topics mentioned above are book-only, most of the basic reference material here is easier to find online with a good search engine — but some people prefer to have hard copies.
Python FAQ
What does it mean that Python is a "scripting language"?
A scripting language is a language that is interpreted at run time, rather than compiled into a binary executable.
Some people use the phrase "scripting language" to indicate that the language is particularly good at writing short "scripts," or miniature ad hoc programs used to automate tasks.
Python fits both descriptions — it is an interpreted language, and it is also highly useful for writing short, ad hoc scripts.
Are scripting languages like Python good for writing full-scale applications?
There are some people who have a bias against the use of scripting/interpreted languages for entire applications. The wisdom of this bias is entirely up to individual context.
Scripting languages tend to run a little slower than compiled languages, and in some instances this difference in performance is a huge issue. In most contexts, though, it is a negligible concern.
Python is perfectly well suited for writing applications of all kinds. Using Django or another web framework allows you to build web-based applications. There is nothing deficient about Python in terms of the tools and capabilities needed to write full-scale applications. In fact, Python is arguably much better suited to such work than either PHP or JavaScript, both of which are frequently used for large, complex web applications.
Should I learn Python?
That depends on your goals.
If you are hoping to build typical web applications, you should probably learn PHP or Ruby (and Rails), along with with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. There's no reason you could not use Python for this work, but it is not typical to do so. PHP and Ruby would give you access to a lot more existing web applications, frameworks, and web development tools.
If you are looking to use programming skills to directly accomplish tasks, such automation or analysis, Python is an excellent language for that sort of work, and is where it gets most of its use.
If you are building apps that need to manipulate data in a a specialized field or domain — such as math, science, finance, music, or cryptography — Python is an excellent language for these sorts of projects as well.


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BlackBerry PlayBook owners, we bring you good news. It looks like the recently launched PlayBook OS 2.0 will not be the last major update that the tablet is going to be treated to. That is because the PlayBook will be getting an update to BlackBerry 10 at some point. And this is no rumor we are dealing with here. Word comes straight from RIM Vice President of product management Rob Orr, who stated that the new software will be pushed to BlackBerry PlayBook tablets after the launch of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
However, don't get too excited just yet as it will be quite a while before you get a taste of the new and improved platform. The first BlackBerry 10 smartphone is expected to hit the market "towards the end of 2012," meaning that the new software might make its way to PlayBook tablets no sooner than next year. And that RIM likes to take its time when releasing software updates does not make things any better.
Orr did not go into details and did not give any clues regarding RIM's upcoming devices. What kind of improvements the new platform will bring is not totally clear either. On the other hand, it is said that BlackBerry 10 will support Android applications, and we kind of know what its interface might look like.


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I do one body part a day (legs, shoulders, arms, chest, and back) We do half an hour of abs twice a week--not on leg day!! LOL
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what a riot, funny stuff man! the guy sounds a little bit like Dane Cook?
Oh man, that's hilarious!!
Did you notice the subject he's talking about. . . then when he scrolls thru his list of pictures he's got a bunch of pictures of guns?? :lol :lol I was cracking up.
. . . Oh. . man. . .. just watched tutorials #2 and #3. . . cant breathe. . .laughing :lol :lol :lol :lol
very dane cookish. funny vid.
You guys gotta watch part 2 and 3...
Yea it sounds like Dane.. Plus there's pics of him in the cat vid..
There's a #4 too in case you guys missed it.. Funny :lol
:lol in #4 the ebay description is "one used men's wedding band. maybe it won't ruin your life too"
I lost it when he said the cat's name in #2... Bridget Jones! :)
it sounds like a different guy for each episode???
"Working on taxes" ... WOW!:lol
It is Dane Cook...and damn is it HILARIOUS. the cat in the bag part was what really killed me.
I actually used the path tool today hahaha. I knew you guys would love this.
I have to admit - I have never used photoshop....I know, I know - I need to get a copy one of these days!
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Understanding the concept of fairness is important for young people. From an early age, we begin to develop opinions about what is fair and what isn't. How many times have you heard a toddler yelling, "that's not fair" when he doesn't get his way? As we get older, our perceptions of fairness change, but they continue to be based on personal perception. This creates many teachable moments for students. What is fair to one student may seem unfair to another. And what seems unfair to many, may offer opportunities to create school-wide, local or national change. It is important to teach children from a young age the importance of fairness in applying rules and laws, fighting for changes in rules, laws, behavior or current issues and treating others with respect and tolerance at all times.
Additional Resources
- F is for Fair guides students through their human right to education and helps them evaluate how well the world is doing when it comes to providing a free, equal, quality education to our youth.
- In That's Not Fair! students experience the effects of unequal resources on student achievement, share their thoughts about educational disparities and take action to bring about change.
- This is Our House, by Michael Rosen. George does not allow girls, twins, short people or children with glasses in his cardboard abode. But one day everybody jumps into the house when George is away. They decide to exclude people with red hair. This turn-about/fair-play action traumatizes red-haired George. He is relieved—and enlightened—when the children eventually let him enter.
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The per diem you are speaking about would be taxable, but you could deduct of course your expenses incurred such as mileage, meals with a business purpose, business travel, etc
You will need to verify that the amount is not showing up on your 1099, and then add that to your gross receipts on your schedule C
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Per diems are taxable when a flat amount is given, but no expense report is required.
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I'll be able to deduct my gas as part of my expense? Can you give me an idea what else I can deduct as part of being an idependent contractor?
You can either deduct the actual cost of keeping your vehicle up, or the standard mileage rate. Over time, the standard mileage rate will give you a larger deduction.
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You cannot deduct your meals, unless they have a business purpose. Grabbing lunch between clients would not be a business purpose, but taking a client out would be
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She's done playing Elena on "The Vampire Diaries" and Nina Dobrev posted a heartwarming photograph via Twitter to mark the occasion of the Season Finale last night (May 14).
The beautiful actress shared a shot of herself with Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley and added the caption, "It's finally that time EAST COAST ... The finale begins now. #TVD."
It's the end of an era for Nina Dobrev, and as she wraps things up on the set of "The Vampire Diaries" things are getting pretty teary.
The 26-year-old star has been sharing photos from her final scenes via social media, letting fans have an inside look at what she's going through. Nina shared, "Ok, Officially a mess. No hiding it anymore. Today has been a day filled with farewells. I still have 2 more days of shooting before I wrap TVD. But it's officially a wrap on Caroline&Elena&Bonnie. Finished filming with these two beautiful, funny, sweet, sassy, amazingly talented and lovely ladies.... @candiceaccola @katgrahampics. Love you with all my heart and soul forever and always... #TVDFamily."
Just one night before the Oscars take over town, stars flocked to the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards on the Santa Monica Beach on Saturday (February 21).
Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell joined forces for co-hosting duties and put on a fabulous show as actors and actresses including Scarlett Johansson, Ethan Hawke, Jessica Chastain, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Emma Stone turned up to lend their star power to the IFC airing ceremony.
Giving the fans what they so desperately want, the cast of "The Vampire Diaries" converged at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday evening (July 26).
Hunky costars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley provided plenty of man candy while Nina Dobrev and Kat Graham brought the feminine flair.
Celebrating their successful shows, stars from The CW attended the network's 2014 Upfront event in New York City this afternoon (May 15).
"The Vampire Diaries" beauty Nina Dobrev showed off her figure in a sparkly black dress and joined her co-star Paul Wesley on the red carpet.
Keeping up with the crazy SXSW schedule, Emmy Rossum and Paul Wesley showed up at the official cast dinner for "Before I Disappear" on Monday night (March 10).
The "Shameless" starlet looked lovely as she posed with the "Vampire Diaries" hunk at the Samsung Galaxy Experience venue prior to the delicious feast.
Getting a chilly start to the day, Paul Wesley exited the Trump SoHo Hotel on Tuesday (January 21) and attempted to hail a cab.
The "Killer Movie" hunk bundled up in a black wool coat as he braved the snowy conditions, likely missing the warmer SoCal temperatures to which he's accustomed.
He got divorced earlier this summer and already Paul Wesley is back in the dating game with none other than former "Vampire Diaries" costar Phoebe Tonkin.
The "Killer Movie" hunk reportedly couldn't keep his hands off of his new squeeze while out at the SoHo House on Saturday (September 21).
It's almost time for another installment of "The Vampire Diaries," and the CW has just released a new teaser for season five!
In the promo clip starring Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, Damon and Elena declare their love for each other and Katherine confronts Damon while Jeremy gets into a fight at school.
After their two-year marriage, Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto are calling it quits.
The "Vampire Diaries" star's rep told People, the pair "have decided to amicably split. They will continue to remain good friends."
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Pregnancy discrimination is unlawful under California and federal law.
FEDERAL RIGHTS: In 1978, Congress amended the Civil Right Act of 1964, Title VII 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e–17, by passing the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, "discrimination" means to treat a pregnant employee differently from non-pregnant employees, and adversely. The employee must be able to make a connection between the discriminatory treatment and the protected status (being pregnant). In other words, the employee will have to show that her pregnancy is reason the employer is treating her adversely. There are various ways to do this. Negative comments from supervisors or management; a sudden change in treatment (for the worse) as soon as or shortly after the employer learns about the pregnancy or the effects of pregnancy; or other incriminating conduct.
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Under federal law, leave taken for an employee's incapacity due to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions is governed by the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. section 2101 et seq. (FMLA), just like leave for any other "serious health condition" of an employee. See my Avvo guide to the FMLA for more information: https://www.avvo.com/pages/show?category\_id=6&permalink=family-and-medical-leave-fmla-summary-of-key-provisions.
CALIFORNIA RIGHTS: California employers must comply with federal law, as above, and also must comply with state law. The California pregnancy disability leave law, Government Code section 12945(a) (PDLL), is part of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Government Code sections 12900, et seq. (FEHA). The PDLL requires employers to provide employees up to four months of unpaid leave for disability caused by pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical conditions.
Under some circumstances, an employer may be required to transfer an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions to a different job.
California has its own family and medical leave law, the California Family Rights Act, Government Code section 12945.2 (CFRA). It is substantially similar to the FMLA, but an employee's incapacity due to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition is not included in the definition of "serious health condition." This is usually beneficial to the employee because CFRA leave and pregnancy disability leave are two separate and distinct rights under California law. They do NOT run concurrently, as they do under the FMLA. Instead, an employee in California may take four months of PDLL plus 12 weeks of family leave, provided of course that the employee meets the other conditions of these laws.
Discrimination cases are complex and time-consuming. You may wish to speak with an experienced plaintiffs employment attorney.
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Vaughans Schoolhouse Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) was a rural mission under the Virginia Mennonite Conference, located 3 miles west of Lost River, a post office in Hardy County, West Virginia. Services were held here for a number of years, probably 1875-1925. In the late 1950s services were held twice a month in a Brethren church near by. This congregation was a part of the Salem congregation, which is located three miles to the north.
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Residential support level I for adult males. Six-month program, psychosocial model integrated with 12-Step. Program offers group therapy, life skills, relapse prevention, positive peer culture, one-to-one counselling. Maximum six months. Residence and admin located in same building.
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Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen, in coorperation with the Mental Health Association of Maryland, the Parity Implementation Coalition and numerous local organizations, will host a Congressional Forum in Chevy Chase to hear testimony on local, state and federal efforts to equalize mental health and addiction benefits with other health care benefits, referred to as parity.
"Both common sense and simple fairness dictate that mental health diseases be treated on an equal footing with other health conditions," said Congressman Chris Van Hollen. "As the original supporters of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, my colleagues and I look forward to hearing from local constituents on how the law is impacting them."
The Congressional Forum on MentalHealth & Addiction Parity will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Village of Friendship Heights Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815.
This event is open to the public and no RSVP is required to attend.
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Is there some sort of central list we can look at to see who's actually updated or updating their addons? Every time XBMC does an update fancy enough to have a subtitle, damn near everything stops working even though they seemingly had a year or more to make sure that didn't happen.
Upgrade to Eden, lose anything outside of core functionality, revert to the previous version, lose air play (though I never even found the option to do it so whatever) and everything magically works again
Damn near everything outside of a content scraper returns a 'script failed' error that becomes oh so familiar in every major release.
Anyway, I'm not interested in troubleshooting since it's a waste of time. I'm just interested in seeing if there's any particular place to look for compatibility lists or if there's a master list of 'things that actually work inside Eden'. Otherwise I'll just give it another test in a few months and if things still aren't working without any effort on my part I'll just stick with the previous version because everything works with it.
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Everything available in the add-on browser in XBMC should be compatible, if its not you need to report it. If you want to browse the repo outside of XBMC you can look at the online repo - http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/eden/
As for add-ons not being maintained / updated / compatible, theres not much we can don about that. Add-ons are typically not maintained by the Team - if they need updating you need to chase the authors of the add-on.
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CSS INDUSTRIES, INC. (the "COMPANY")
(As adopted December 16, 2003 and amended effective July 1, 2013)
- Mission Statement
The Human Resources Committee ("Committee") of the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Company oversees the development and implementation of compensation and benefit policies, plans and programs designed to encourage enhancement of the Company's profitability, and consequently stockholder value. The Committee evaluates the compensation of the senior management of the Company and its affiliates and seeks to assure that they are compensated in a manner designed to attract, retain and reward them consistent with the compensation strategy of the Company, internal equity considerations, competitive practice, and the requirements of the appropriate regulatory bodies and other duties relating to human resources matters as requested by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or as otherwise deemed appropriate. The Committee also shall communicate to stockholders regarding the Company's compensation policies and the reasoning behind such policies as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.
- Membership and Qualification
The Committee shall consist of at least three members of the Board who satisfy the independence requirement of the New York Stock Exchange ("Independent Directors"). The Committee members shall be elected annually by the Board for terms of one year, or until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. A Committee Chair shall be designated by the Board.
In addition to satisfying the requirements necessary to be Independent Directors, each member of the Committee also shall satisfy all requirements necessary from time to time to be "disinterested directors" under SEC Rule 16b-3 and qualified "outside directors" under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations, all as amended from time to time.
3. Meetings and Other Actions
(a) The Committee will meet at such times as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities. Meetings may be called by the Chair of the Committee, the Chairman of the Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. All meetings of and other actions by the Committee shall be held and taken pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company. Minutes will be kept of each meeting of the Committee. Reports of meetings of and actions taken at meetings or by consent by the Committee shall be made by or on behalf of the Committee Chair.
(b) The Committee shall conduct an annual self-evaluation in such manner as determined by the Board.
4. Goals, Responsibilities and Authority
In carrying out its mission, the Committee shall have the following responsibilities and authority (it being understood that the Committee may condition its approval of any compensation on Board ratification to the extent so required to comply with applicable tax law such as Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Service):
- Review from time to time, modify if necessary, and approve: (a) the Company's corporate goals and objectives relevant to executive compensation, including, but not limited to, those relevant to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and (b) the structure of the Company's executive compensation to ensure that such structure is appropriate to achieve the Company's objectives of rewarding each member of senior management and other management personnel of the Company and of its affiliates appropriately for their contributions to the Company's growth and profitability and the Company's other goals and linking the interests of the senior management of the Company and of its affiliates to the long-term interests of the Company's stockholders through long and short term incentives and features that include downside risk as well as upside potential.
- Annually evaluate the compensation (and performance relative to compensation) of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and determine the amounts and individual elements of total compensation for the Chief Executive Officer consistent with the Company's corporate goals and objectives and communicate in the annual Committee Report to the stockholders of the Company the factors and criteria on which the Chief Executive Officer's compensation for the then last fiscal year was based, including the relationship of the Company's performance to the Chief Executive Officer's compensation. In determining the long-term incentive component of the Chief Executive Officer's compensation, the Committee should consider the Company's performance and relative stockholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to Chief Executive Officers at comparable companies, and the awards given to the Company's Chief Executive Officer in prior years.
- Annually evaluate (in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer) and approve the compensation (and performance relative to compensation) of the other executive officers and members of the senior management of the Company and of its affiliates, approve the individual elements of total compensation for each such person and communicate in the annual Committee Report to stockholders contained in the Proxy Statement the specific relationship of the Company's performance to executive compensation.
- Periodically evaluate compensation policies for officers and senior management other than the Chief Executive Officer and evaluate and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the terms and administration of the Company's annual and long-term incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans to assure that they are structured and administered in a manner consistent with the Company's goals and objectives as to participation in such plans, target annual incentive awards, corporate financial goals, actual awards paid to the Company's executive officers and other members of the senior management of the Company and its affiliates and total funds reserved for payment under the compensation plans.
- Approve revisions to the Company's executive salary range structure, annual salary increase guidelines, and discuss all such compensation arrangements with the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
- Periodically evaluate the employee benefit programs of the Company and those of its affiliates and approve any significant changes therein and determine when it is necessary (based on advice of counsel) or otherwise desirable to submit any such changes to a vote of the full Board and/or the Company's stockholders.
- Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to the Committee, from time to time by the Board of the Company or as designated in any compensation or other benefit plan document.
- Produce the aforementioned Committee Report on executive compensation as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be included in the Company's annual proxy statement or annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
- Conduct an annual self-evaluation in such manner as determined by the Board.
- Evaluate whether any compensation consultants, independent legal counsel and other advisers (collectively, compensation advisers) retained or to be retained by the Committee has any conflict of interest in accordance with Item 407(e)(3)(iv) of Regulation S-K. In retaining compensation advisers, the Committee shall consider the compensation adviser's independence from management by considering the factors specified in New York Stock Exchange Rule 303A.05(c).
5. Additional Resources
The Committee shall have the right to use reasonable amounts of time of the Company's internal audit staff and independent auditors, internal legal counsel and other internal staff to assist and advise the Committee in connection with its responsibilities. Additionally, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of compensation advisers. The Committee shall be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any compensation advisers retained by the Committee. The Company shall provide appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of compensation to any compensation advisers retained by the Committee. The Committee shall keep the Company's Chief Financial Officer advised as to the general range of anticipated expenses for such compensation advisers.


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May 26, 2014 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports EditorIn coach Dan Howlett's final season, Lander lost just three times -- all to Jackson.
JACKSON -- An era came to a close for coach Dan Howlett after Jackson defeated the Lander Valley High School boys soccer team 3-1 in the Class 3-A state boys championship game Saturday afternoon.
The second half of the game was played in the rain. There was a 30-minute lightning delay six minutes into the second half.
In the last seven minutes, lightning returned, but officials decided to finish the game.
Big win in semis
Lander dominated the Powell Panthers 5-2 on Friday in the state semifinals to secure the spot in the championship bout. Lander has never won a state soccer title.
The title game Saturday was the first one ever for Howlett. The longtime LVHS coach is retiring after 29 years on the job.
"As I told the team after the game, I couldn't be prouder of the boys that I worked with," Howlett said.
"In all the teams that I have coached. this is a wonderful group to go out with. They are just great leaders and great teammates. If you are going to go, this is a good time to go out."
Jackson finished the season undefeated. Lander's only three losses were to Jackson. The Tigers fell 4-2 and 2-0 to the No. 1 team during the regular season.
"We played them strong the last two years," Howlett said.
Howlett felt the rain delay didn't affect the game
"I have done this about six times when you are in a big game and have to go sit on a bus," Howlett said. "It was good that it was a state tournament, because other times they would have sent you home."
Jackson 3, Lander 1
Jackson struck quickly in the title match on a Will Horstman goal. The forward received a perfect cross and booted it right in.
Before the half was up, Daniel Lobera deadlocked it for Landerat 1-1. Lobera had five goals in the state tournament.
"That was probably as many as anybody in the state tournament," Howlett said. "Daniel is just a real aggressive player. He goes after the ball."
Horstman scored his second goal before intermission for the one-goal advantage.
The rain turned out to be the story in the second half as it created a hard playing surface. Right after delay, Jackson scored to set the final margin.
Lander 5, Powell 2
The scoring machine of Kyle Leemon and Lobera was in full force Friday night in the semifinals.
Leemon and Lobera had two goals each to keep Powell chasing down the lead.
Casey Winger added the other goal.
"We were so close in busting it open so I could play a lot of subs," Howlett said. "They just kept on battling back. "
Lander was ahead 3-0 in the first half when Powell put its first goal in with four seconds left. Powell scored a minute into the second half.
Howlett used the final five minutes playing reserves in a state tournament atmosphere.
Lander 3, Star Valley 1
"It was a good solid win for us," Howlett said. "It was a hard, physical game."
Lobera came alive in the scoring column in his first state tournament game.
He tallied the first goal eight minutes left in the first half. Winger had the assist on the play.
One minute into the second half, Lobera registered his second goal for a 2-0 advantage for the Tigers.
One minute latter, Star Valley dug into the lead at 2-1.
The cushion was extended by Eli Lowham with just over a half of soccer to play.
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Harry Morgan, Age 96, Wonderful Actor, Wonderful Life.
I know that Frank Capra's eternal Hollywood classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is about a guy named George Bailey as impersonated by Jimmy Stewart, but this week, after reading about the passing of actor Harry Morgan at the age of 96, I couldn't help but wonder if it shouldn't have been about him.
Even Morgan understood what kind of life he had led as a working actor, not of the Jimmy Stewart star standing, but of the every-day-working-kind, who periodically sparkled a little larger than life, especially late in his life
That's when Morgan, a thin-faced jack-of-all-roles who appeared in over 100 films and numerous television series, got a gift that merely made him a forever memory. From 1975 to 1983, he played the part of Colonel Sherman Potter, the last commander of the irreverent Korean War combat medical unit in the long-running series "MASH, joining Alan Alda and Mike Ferrell and other stalwarts of the hugely popular sitcom .
Potter, as MASH commanders went, was endearing, a life-time military officer who knew he was out of his element among the crassly irreverent surgeons and noncoms of this unit, operating in a war nobody understood except that they always had work patching up and trying to save the many wounded and not always succeeding.
Morgan's Potter was old-school, he rode a horse, he had empathy and humor and took his values, but not himself, seriously. Potter, as played by Morgan, was always funny, but he had a gift, he managed to maintain his dignity and grace in the middle of a chaotic, violent, messy environment.
As an actor, he could play just about anybody, and probably had, going back to the 1943 western classic "The Ox Bow Incident." Much much later, he would be remembered as the stoic sheriff in a changing Colorado town visited by a dying gunfighter played by John Wayne in "The Shootist", Wayne's last film. Jimmy Stewart was also in and a young 'un named Ron Howard. Morgan was also Jack Webb's sidekick in a color revival of the popular cop procedural "Dragnet."
According to one story, when they finished with the last episode of MASH, which became the most watched episode on television ever, Morgan cried. He said that the show made him "a better person."
In the Archive of American Television, referenced in a Dawn.com story on Morgan, he's quoted as saying "I'd like to be remembered for being a fairly pleasant person and for having gotten along for the most part with a lot of the people I've worked with
"And for having a wonderful life and for having enjoyed practically every minute of it. I think I'm one of the luckiest people in the world."
Exeunt Colonel Potter, age 96, wonderful actor, wonderful life.


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Trane Thermostat Replacement
I currently have a Trane heat pump system (model number will be posted as soon as I get home) at my residence. I want to upgrade my thermostat to a new touchscreen. I just purchased a new Pro1 IAQ T905 programmable thermostat to take the place of the older trane. When looking over the diagram I really do not know which wires from the trane will be the correct ones to connect to the new thermostat and I do not want to break anything. Heres what is on the Trane: I will state the letter abbreviation that is on the thermostat and the color of the wire hooked into the screw.
B (has a blue wire hooked in)
G (has a green wire hooked in)
0 (has an orange wire hooked in)
x2 (has 2 white wires hooked in- ONE OF THESE JUMPS TO THE W SCREW)
Y (has a yellow wire hooked in)
T (has a brown wire hooked in)
R (has a red wire hooked in)
W (has the white wire jumped from x2)
This is how the trane is currently hooked up. The new Pro1 IAQ has different colors to hook iwres into and I am not sure which ones to hook up and where. Heres the description of the new thermostat wire blocks:
Any help on how to connect this new thermostat would be great. Thanks!
Your new stat will not support your multistage heat pump.
RH jumper from factory with RC connect red wire
G green
Y yrellow
C blue
O orange
B not used (should be one terminal O/B would be configured in configuration mode to reversing valve energized in cooling)
W white
Make sure you turn power off to the inside unit before changing wires or you could damage the low voltage transformer.
Make sure your new tstat is for heat pump with electric backup heat. By your list of terminal I cant be sure. Usually would have more terminals on heat pump tstat such a E.
That thermostat doesn't energize the Y terminal on a heat call. It requires a jumper from W to Y to run the compressor. Which is why it can't be used on a heat pump with aux heat. Since there is no way to bring on the aux heat.
Well I guess this thermostat will not work. Thanks for the input. So I need to look for one that will run a heat pump with aux heat? Do you guys have any recommendations of a thermostat that will work that is similar to the one I bought?
This one will:
I don't know anything about these thermostats, so cannot comment on whether it's the right one for your SYSTEM - but it will control a multistage heat pump.
Buy a Honeywell 5000 for non programable or a 6000 for programable. Box will say if it works for heat pump with Aux heat.
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This week's operatic offering from Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin goes out as a request. Our Own Camille asked for (and got) a little Mercadante in the mix, so here's a live performance of I briganti from 2012. Read more »
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Of course they'll build guns with this set, but wouldn't you rather they use their imaginations then some out-of-the-box realistic plastic thing? These toys are so simple and sturdy but, like LEGOs, provide hours of endless possibilities.
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I bought the Classic Jumbo set for the express purpose of building a yarn swift. It was a super thrifty alternative for the casual knitter and yarn ball winder such as myself!
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