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LONDON (Reuters) - Former banker Andrew Field has just the thing for British towns fighting a losing battle against downtown rot: colorful "skins" that cover storefronts and keep shoppers' eyes off the empty shops behind.
Streetskins, the company he founded in June 2008 after quitting his job at a major British bank, offers a quick fix to councils with one too many black eyes on their high streets at a time when more shops are going bust due to the recession.
"I was on my way home on the bus one day and noticed how many shops were shut with very ugly steel shutters," he told Reuters.
"In a place like London where space is at such a premium, I thought there's got to be a better use for them," he said.
After experimenting with vinyl printing -- no good on the corrugated iron of store shutters, he said -- Field developed and patented a spring-loaded mechanism for displaying images.
The idea appealed to retailers and commercial landlords who wanted to supplement their income by advertising during closing hours, generating 25-40 percent of total revenue, Field said.
So far he has dressed 16 sites with "skins" featuring adverts or bright lifestyle imagery, and said many councils had expressed interest in papering over their empty shops.
Croydon, south-west of London, with many vacant stores, is among the councils considering using skins as a foil to the "ghost town" syndrome of darkened storefronts. Continued...


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I opened up one and was checking out the brood pattern I noticed numerous queen cups in this one particular hive. There was probably 10-15 queen cups (no capped queen cells). this is a strong hive but they have plenty of room left in the honey super and there is plenty of capped brood, larva and eggs to show me that they are not queenless. Is it common to find numerous queen cups in a hive? or should I consider splitting this hive soon?
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Hi guys, I'm about to get quotes for having a website designed to advertise my services as a media composer, I need to decide on what pages/sub pages to include, I'm thinking: Home/bio, Portfolio (could include AudioJungle tracks or not, any thoughts?, Clients (could include video of custom work I've scored, or maybe this could come under another heading of "Media"?), Terms and Conditions?, Blog, Downloads ( I'd like to include some free tracks/sample sets for download), Buy( I'd like to license tracks exclusively from my own site) Contact, Links.
Any ideas/feedback? What pages have you included on your own sites? What do you feel are the best titles for each page? Also, do you think it is best to name the site as a personal portfolio site eg. "Fred Bloggs Composer" or more like a business eg. "Bloggsmultimedia"? Or perhaps use my own name "Andy Slatter" (joke )
Hi Andy,
Feel free to take a look at mine www.miksmusic.com
The pages are: About (home page), News, Services, Albums and Singles, Royalty-Free Music Catalog, Licensing Information, Free Downloads, Client Testimonials, Contact. The news headlines are in the sidebar and social icons are on the front page.
Presently it's geared towards promoting my stock tracks but I'm about to redesign it with more emphasis on completed custom music projects. I didn't have many to show when I set up the site initially but now I do
Also contemplating moving away from the dark theme to more of a Web 2.0 design. I certainly will be downsizing the site with less pages and content to make it more like a hub to various social sites rather than trying to consolidate everything in one place. My most radical idea so far was just to keep the demo roll (with videos) and the contact page
Hope that helps. If you have any technical questions don't hesitate to ask.
Cheers, M
SlattsMusic® rocks. I'd use plenty of imagery depicting all the instruments you use. Definitely stress your acoustic talents. Def establish cred with past clients. Good luck and kick us a link when you have it up. I'll send people to see it.
As I've looked at lots and lots of composers' websites, I noticed that they have all these in common as well as these are the most popular titles they use:
- CREDITS (this can be within the Bio page if you want)
- MUSIC (this is where your music player goes or a depiction of all your albums and whatnot)
- CLIENT LOG -IN / CLIENT AREA (i would personally create a set up a multi-user upload & download client area page, since, in my opinion, this will show that you're professional and know how to handle your clients)
And make sure you include lots of social network links if you have any!
As for your name, I personally would use a real name, to add a touch of human closure, rather than a business company.
I don't think I addressed all of your questions, but hopefully what I wrote might help.
Thanks guys for your input so far, I appreciate this.
This is in a completely random order, but here goes. Apologies if it comes across as blunt, a lot of this was advice that was given to me.
1. If you're going to have a 'News' section, make sure it's interesting and relevant and that you update it regularly. Most composers' News sections bore me to death (no offense to anyone, I'm just being a realist). The reason people come to your website is to listen to your music and find out more about you. If you are going to have a news section, I'd recommend it read more like a blog. You really have to be very dedicated to it. The only composer that does this truly well is Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary.http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/
That website though is a LOT of work, and I know for a fact that he employs one person whose sole job is to type and prepare all of that.
2. 'Services' pages are a bit redundant. You're a composer, isn't it obvious? You make s**t happen with music .
3. Testimonials generally mean absolutely nothing. A word-of-mouth recommendation is the only one that really counts in this industry. For me, testimonials are cheesy. Again, no-one is really there to read them. If they like your music, and they like YOU , they will get in touch with you.
List your clients by all means (though I'd include that in your bio). Don't list all of them. If you really want, make a full credits list available by PDF (much like Gorfaine and Schwartz do on their composer agency website), but don't force it on your viewer.
If you do feel the need to have testimonials, include them in your bio.
4. In your bio, AVOID buzzwords and phrases like
- cutting edge - next generation - unique voice in the industry
comes across as cheesy and pretentious. And also show that you don't really have the ability to come up with anything original for your bio!
Here is a good example of a composer biography.http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/wiedmann.php
5. Having a client log-in area is good, but you want to make it as easy as possible for your client. The most professional way of all is just to give them a direct secure link to view/listen/download the work. No log-in, just one hyperlink.
I have a business account with Box.net for this. Particularly useful if you're doing lots of collaborating.
There are multiple solutions for how to handle your clients, but basically you want to make it as easy as possible.
6. Amazingly Slats, you mentioned all the sub-pages except the one that actually matters.
There's nothing funnier than going to a composer website and not being able to find a page called 'Music'.
7. Finally, I'd recommend deciding on what you want to 'sell' on your website. Do you want to market yourself as a composer who provides custom services, or do you want to go all-in and sell royalty-free stuff?
It probably is possible to do both, but I think you could end up confusing your potential clients. If it were me, it should be your custom services you provide first and foremost as they are what have the highest margins. Much like the cosmetics industry, you use your royalty-free stuff to get people in the door, and then point them to your custom work.
There's no correct answer though, this is just my advice. My own website (http://www.gareth-coker.net )is definitely not the best example, but in terms of content, there's not much there apart from the essentials. If someone doesn't like what I have on there, then chances are they're not going to bother contacting me at all.
No matter how brilliant your music is, people are not going to spend that long on your website so keep it simple. Think how long you spend on your favourite websites before you switch to another page. It's really not that long, so…. keep it simple.
Heres my website, I actually just launched it todayhttp://www.thesecessionstudios.com/
I used a template from theme forest and I had literally zero website design knowledge when I bought it. Its still a bit of a work in progress but its about 90% there! The royalty free section also has the audiojungle flash players which I think are super awesome
Good luck in your endeavor!
Nice website. But where's the music page?
garethcoker said
Amazingly Slats, you mentioned all the sub-pages except the one that actually matters.
Well, only because I hadn't particularly decided on what the pages would be called, but if you are saying that you think it is important to have a page named MUSIC I think it's a good point, thanks for your insights here Gareth I will definitely spend some time thinking about all this.
Im torn 50/50 between naming the button portfolio or music lol!


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(CNSNews.com) – A Swiss referendum narrowly supporting immigration quotas is being welcomed by "euroskeptic" political parties hoping to ride a wave of discontent over European Union policies and perform strongly in the forthcoming E.U. parliament elections.
Switzerland is not a member of the 28-member union, but in line with agreements with Brussels, it has followed E.U. policies promoting free movement of people and jobs. Following Sunday's referendum, its government now has until 2018 to reimpose strict quotas on immigration from E.U. countries.
Senior E.U. figures warned that the Swiss may be harming their own interests, since they have benefited significantly from free trade with Europe. The E.U.'s single market is based on free movement of workers, goods, capital and services, and Switzerland could not pick and choose among them, they said.
But several euroskeptic parties that are expected to do well in the European Parliament elections in May welcomed the Swiss vote.
"It is becoming more and more obvious to people across Europe that unfettered free movement from the poorest countries on the continent into the more advanced ones with higher living standards and welfare entitlements is unsustainable," said Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's U.K Independence Party (UKIP).
"Were the British people to be given their own referendum on this issue then the result would be the same – but by a landslide."
Farage noted that the Swiss will be able to set their own immigration rules because their country is not a member of the E.U.
UKIP, which is campaigning for tighter immigration laws and for Britain to leave the E.U., saw its popular support rocket in British local elections last year, capturing 23 percent of the vote compared to just three percent in national elections in 2010.
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Concerns about free movement have been highlighted recently because with effect from January 1 this year – seven years after their countries joined the E.U. – citizens of Romania and Bulgaria are free to live and work anywhere in the union.
In countries like Britain critics warned that a predicted influx from the poorer eastern European nations would reduce job opportunities for locals and put pressure on public services.
An opinion poll by Ipsos MORI late last week found that 62 percent of Britons are "dissatisfied" with their government's handling of immigration and asylum issues, including 34 percent who are "very dissatisfied."
UKIP's popularity and pressure from euroskeptics inside his Conservative Party prompted Prime Minister David Cameron last year to promise to hold a referendum on E.U. membership in 2017, if he is still in office.
A Downing Street spokesman said Monday the Swiss vote was a sign of "growing concern around the impact that free movement [across E.U. borders] can have."
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In a veiled swipe at Cameron, the E.U.'s employment commissioner Laszlo Andor in a speech in western England on Monday warned European politicians not to "pander to prejudice, or in the worst cases, xenophobia" over the issue of free movement.
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In our upcoming theme we are thinking about displaying a "Theme Update" notification in the WP Dashboard home screen at the top. It is already working now.
Buyers…what do you think about this? Also for customers who use these themes for clients would you want a way to deactivate this notification?
Just looking for a little feedback and trying to make updates easier.
Authors. Have you already done something similar?
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Care to share the code for this neat update notification?
Assuming you're checking a version number somewhere on a remote server and comparing it with the current version? If that's the case be sure that if the server is unavailable for any reason the user can still use the backend normally
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Yep.. that is the exact script.
Just recently implemented something similar in my themes, checks against an XML file on my server:
Based it off some code Unisphere had graciously provided.
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Just recently implemented something similar in my themes:
Based it off some code Unisphere had graciously provided.
This method looks way better.. mind sharing!
What kind of feedback if any have you received from buyers?
Cool !
Chris, please please share
Chris feel free to share the email and file I sent you with the Update Notifier code
And by the way, it's indeed checking a remote server but it's caching its result in the DB and it only checks the remote server in a time frame you specify, in other words, if the remote server is down the WordPress backend isn't affected


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CHICAGO Dec 17 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd's $27 billion bid for Norfolk Southern Corp risks coming unstuck due to regulatory scrutiny of its impact on the U.S. rail market, in particular the possibility it could spark competition-crushing rival deals, according to former regulators and analysts.
Led by enigmatic, septuagenarian railroad legend Hunter Harrison, Canadian Pacific has assured investors that what it proposes - especially putting the transaction in a voting trust - has been approved in the past.
Canadian Pacific made its first bid for Norfolk Southern last month, arguing that it would improve competition and boost its target's performance that has flagged recently due to declining coal volumes.
But assuming the hostile bid makes it through a long and nasty proxy fight - "If this is going to be a street fight, so be it," Harrison said on Wednesday - the Canadian railroad would be in uncharted territory.
This would the first deal judged by the Surface Transportation Board, the U.S. rail regulator, since the regulator rewrote the merger rules in 2001.
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STB's chief concern at that time was that the number of major railroads in North America had dwindled to just seven from 35. The most controversial part of the new rules was the board had to "look around the corner" at what any proposed merger would mean for whole sector, Clyburn said.
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That's why I don't have one - I can get 2 new guns for that price.looking to spend up to $1500.
looking to get my first .45. been reading mag's, forums and asking people. i have not seen any threads on a Sig 1911, here anyhow. more spicifically, i am really interested in a GSR 1911 which is one of the newer models i believe. i have seen two mag articles that praise it right out of the box. first(?) all american design/manufacture for a Sig to boot. if not a Sig, then thinking of a Kimber.
looking to spend up to $1500. i am hoping to get into range shooting a bit. perhaps some compitition shooting in the future. trying not to make the mistake of "i whish i had known that". any words of wisdom?
That's why I don't have one - I can get 2 new guns for that price.looking to spend up to $1500.
One of the things I like about the GSR line is that the parts are top notch and they are pretty much loaded up with everything you could want in a 1911.
What I don't like about the GSR line is that on the full size models, the bottom of the main spring housing is a little sharp and needs to be more rounded off. They just don't sit comfortably in my hand, but that's an easy fix that would take less than 10 minutes to replace the MSH with something else in my liking.
If I could ever find a GSR Carry in black Nitron I'd be all over it, but I have yet to see one in a store...ANYWHERE. PA, VA, IA, CT, WI, MI...everywhere I've been since those things came out...
There is also a possible issue with the differnce in slide profile of the GSR which may not allow it to fit in some holsters, note I SAID SOME. There are plenty of holsters which should accomodate the GSR profield slide. After all I was able to Cram a Para 14-45 NiteTac (5" railed 1911) in a Glaco Royal Guard IWB and it worked well once the holster broke in enough to accomodate the gun.
Sig has a reputation that almost guarentees success, I don't think you could go wrong with any of their products.
Here's a picture of one of the older GSRs with the "manhole" cover:
And here's a newer model without:
Try and find a range that has one to shoot. I was seriously looking at a Sig 1911, then I shot one next to a Kimber and a Springfield, and it took the GSR out of the runnung for me. Just didn't feel as good.
If you're looking at spending up to $1500, you can get one hell of a 1911. Try narrowing it down based on price range and size. Are you set on a 5"?


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That may be all they need to shoot. Some are like that. Me? My skills decline to quickly. I shoot every week.
This is a discussion on How often and how much do you practice ? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Yesterday at the range I listened to people brag that they could keep 6 out of ten rounds of 9 mm on 18 by 18 ...
Yesterday at the range I listened to people brag that they could keep 6 out of ten rounds of 9 mm on 18 by 18 target at 15 yards like this made them expert shots or something , they all told me you only need to shoot once or twice a year. what say you ?
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That may be all they need to shoot. Some are like that. Me? My skills decline to quickly. I shoot every week.
Considering yourself to be defenseless is the first administrative step to becoming a victim.
I really think it depends on the individual. Late in May, I shot a CAS match which was the first time I had touched my CAS guns in over 7 months. The only shooting I had done was to break in a couple of new carry guns. I won my class and finished 15th overall in a field of 55 shooters which is about as good as I can do due to physical (bad knees, bad hips, arthritis) limitations. In 10 stages with a combination of rifle, handguns and shotgun and about 250 rounds fired, I had 8 misses shooting and moving as fast as I can go. BTW, I shoot duelist which, for you non CAS shooters, means my roughly 100 single action revolver rounds fired in the match were fired one-handed.
Basically, my shooting skills don't seem to deteriorate from lack of use. Fishing is a different story. If I haven't fished for quite some time, I spend the first couple of hours retrieving my lures from tree limbs as it takes me that long to get the "feel" down again. I know this thread isn't about fishing, I'm using it as an example of how different skills can deteriorate at different rates for the same individual.
The moral of the story is that it doesn't matter how much someone else practices. Each person should practice as much as they feel necessary to maximize their skills.
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Well, last month was once a week for us (my #1 and me). We did the local gun club's steel challenge match today, so we're starting the month off right. I figure we'll need to get the 22's out next time whilst I forage for more pistol ammo. We burned through about 400 rounds of 9mm today between the two of us.
For some that might be good enough. We all make ourown decisions factoring different priorities - money, time, skill-level. Not everyone can afford to spend 6-8 hours and $200 a week on developing their marksmanship.
For those who think that 60% "on target" is good enough, well, I certainly pray that it is.
*WARNING - I may or may not know what I am talking about.
I hit range at least 4 times a month.... granted the 4 times (minimum) I go, I should for free (60 rounds though each time). If/When I have more time I go more often... and then... the limit is my wallet ;) (on average I shoot 50 to 100 rounds when I go).
We are fortunate enough to be able to shoot here at home. I would say on average we shoot every other week, sometimes just one evening and sometimes two in a row. We usually run practice drills that would simulate more real life scenarios. I'd say all of our pistol shooting is done in 15 yards or less usually covering everything from right in your face to shooting and moving back or out to the 15 yard mark. I like to practice my draw when I shoot and be able to move backwards and side to side so I don't know that I'd be much interested in the range unless we were doing IDPA matches which we do one a month, two if we can make it. I'd say there are many personal factors that define how often one practices their skills. I'd love to be able to practice more often but right now we just can't.
I used to practice twice a month.
Haven't shot since last November -- bad winter, then the ammo shortage.
Once ammo becomes readily available and reasonably priced I'll be back to twice a month again.
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Every week. Last week: 64 rounds 45acp, 50 rounds 380acp, 200 rounds 22lr. Tomorrow I already have out 50 rounds 38spc, 50 round 380acp, 50 rounds 40 S&W, and 200 rounds 22lr. I usually pick 3 or 4 handguns and have at it, but sometimes I'll just burn a few hundred through only one.
Ain't no fun when the rabbit has a gun!
I like to practice every week but lately it seems more like once a month. But then I do dry fire and airsoft practice at least 3 times a week. That helps a lot to maintain my ability.
I am not a great shooter but 6 out of 10 at 15 yards on an 18 by 18 target is pretty crappy shooting! Some people are easily satisfied.
Unfortunately I don't get to the range as often as I would like. I have to qualify every six months for work and for the army, so usually at least once between qualifications I'll shoot a couple hundrend rounds. Before I deployed was qual scores were improving fairly steadily. I just picked up a Ruger Mark III so I can afford some more range time. I'd like to step it up to at least once a month.
Ain't no fun when the rabbit has a gun!
Normally I try to shoot for about an hour at least once a week.
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With conservatives in Britain blaming "black street culture" for the recent London riots, it's time to reconsider hip hop's power as a tool for social critique, writes sociologist Sujatha Fernandes—author of Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation—for the Huffington Post:
Five years ago, the American rapper Nas proclaimed that "Hip Hop is Dead." But while hip hop culture may have succumbed to the music industry in the U.S., four decades after its birth in the Bronx, rap music has become the soundtrack to the social unrest sweeping the globe from Tunisia to Libya and London.
English human rights solicitor and Dispatches from the Dark Side author Gareth Peirce joined Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, where she discussed recently uncovered files detailing ties between U.S. and British intelligence and the Gaddafi regime's torture of dissidents.
In response to Prime Minister Cameron and President Obama's rejection of investigations into torture and extraordinary rendition, Peirce says,
It is absolutely critical that this not be put to rest, it's critical that if it's investigated, it be done publicly. Every organization in the world that has experience in how to eradicate torture insists upon two essential ingredients: first, that all the data that reveals torture is publicly known and understood; and secondly, that those on whose watch it happened, who were responsible, be brought to account. And neither of those preconditions is in existence in the construct that is present in Britain at the moment.
On his whirlwind tour through the UK, McKenzie Wark (author of The Beach Beneath The Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International) has given a number of fascinating interviews on the contemporary relevance of Situationist thought and practice. In an interview with STIR, over a game of Guy Debord's own Game of War no less, Wark suggests revisiting the Situationist canon in order to make sense of the commodity form (both virtual and real) and resist the institutionalization of knowledge:
So, why look at this stuff again? Well, if you are interested in how to think critically about everyday life, how to think and act outside of institutionalized forms of knowledge, in ways of inventing practices that are at least partially outside of the commodity system, then they are great precursors for dozens of things happening now such as Copy Left and Creative Commons on one side and forms of autonomous organizations in the media on the other.
White Riot editors Stephen Duncombe and Maxwell Tremblay discussed punk, race and politics with Alexis Petridis for the Guardian Music Weekly podcast.
Going through the 'album' accompanying the book, the editors describe The Clash's 'White Riot' as
the quintessential articulation of radical whiteness ... It has all the complicated notions of the racial identity of punk rock - which is at one and the same time, a radical articulation of racial solidarity and anti-racist sentiment.
We purposely started the book with a non-punk piece, Norman Mailer's 'White Negro', because what we're trying to point out is that punk slips into a long line of bohemian cultural expressions of being able to and desiring to identify with the Other as a way of freeing oneself from white bourgeois restrictions; Patti Smith's 'Rock n Roll Nigger' is exactly within that tradition - and that haunts punk rock for 40 years.
For the full youtube playlist and commentary for White Riot - The Album, compiled by Stephen Dunmore and Maxwell Tremblay, see here.
Here's something for your ears from while you're perusing White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race: an 'album' of songs treated in the text, with commentary by yours truly. Bop along, enjoy - though not the Skrewdriver track, which is offered only in the interest of scholarly completeness - and hear how different punks have lived and negotiated racial identity.
1. The Clash: 'White Riot'
Composed after witnessing black youth fight back against police presence - at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival - "White Riot" calls for white youth to do the same, to have a "riot of [their] own." Its message of anti-racist solidarity with people of color is still, to this day, characteristic of most white punks, but it still problematically frames punk, at its inception, as an exclusively white phenomenon.


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Betty-Lou and Audrey are around 15-months pregnant
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - There are two expectant mothers at the Santa Barbara Zoo and it's all hands on deck to prepare for the big newborns.
Michael, Betty-Lou and Audrey are popular at the zoo.
"I like the giraffes so much, I like looking at them every day!" said 5-year-old Madison Walesko.
Very soon, babies will make five. Audrey and Betty-Lou are 14 1/2 to 15 months pregnant and are set to give birth any day.
Michael, the male Masai giraffe, has been busy with his ladies.
"We brought him in on purpose for that, breeding, and he did his job right away and we're really excited," said Sheri Horiszny, director of animal programs.
Both giraffe calves are expected around the same time, but this won't be the first giraffe birth at the zoo.
Last year, nobody realized Audrey was pregnant until she had Daniel. He only lived a year and a half.
"Everyone here at the zoo was extremely bonded to him. You could help but not be. His loss was extremely hard on everyone. So to now look forward to the new babies and give that joy back in the giraffe barn again is really exciting," said Wendy Anderson, senior mammal keeper.
Now, before the big day, zookeepers are busy. The barn is getting baby proofed with padding and hay bales. They are also keeping a close eye on the animals with round the clock giraffe cams.
Many of the zoo visitors are excited about the new additions. When NewsChannel 3 asked Bailey Ballinger how big she thought the calves would be, she answered, "Little tiny!" But her younger brother Jacob stretched his arms as wide as he could, thinking they might be a little bigger.
"A giraffe calf is about my size," said Horiszny. "A little lighter than me, 5 feet 9 inches up to 6 feet tall. They have to be that tall to reach the milk."
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World champions as recently as 2006, the famous club's liquidation was not just the result of a few months of off-field problems
Adam Cuthbertson pips Zak Hardaker to the unofficial player of the season award, but which was the best match, and who was the biggest flop?
Three weeks from the Super League season and the mood is buoyant in the face of an Ashes cricket summer and a rugby union World Cup in the autumn
Andy Wilson: From Jason Robinson whizzing home for Wigan to Rob Burrow scampering in for Leeds via Bradford's good and bad times and St Helens' mostly miserable record
Andy Wilson: St Helens get their feet under the table, Castleford and Leigh hit the high notes and an expanded World Club Challenge
Andy Wilson: The Bulls have picked up steam in recent weeks and hope a league panel will reinstate points vital to their fight for survival
Andy Wilson: Headingley will be emotional on Friday when the 36-year-old Leeds forward again puts his body on the line against Wakefield
Andy Wilson: Can Wigan retain their title? What can we expect from surprise package Salford? And what next for the crisis-hit Broncos? We mark your card for the season ahead
London Broncos to continue experiment with 'On the Road' home games after last year's successes at Leyton Orient and Gillingham
Andy Wilson: With no Danny McGuire, it is difficult to see the Rhinos beating Warrington to avoid setting a Challenge Cup final losing record
Andy Wilson: The atmosphere created by 50,000 crazy Queenslanders must make them favourites but New South Wales have a fighting chance in State of Origin decider
Andy Wilson: Wigan's demolition of Leeds showed the strength of the Warriors title challenge and the importance of – surely – this season's Man of Steel
The Magic Weekend is back taking place in May and there'll be sun and festival fun at the Etihad
David Conn: Rugby league has been self-sufficient since breaking away from union in 1895 and despite 10 of its 14 clubs posting losses last time, the salary cap is doing its job
Andy Wilson: The Catalan Dragons coach's ability to bark instructions in two languages is surely unique in the rugby league world
Andy Wilson: Leeds' World Club Challenge win in stark contrast with Bradford's decline; plus an Artie Beetson honour?
Andy Wilson: Our panel considers prospects for the season and while Warrington, St Helens and Wigan are all tipped to do well, it could be a grim campaign for the promoted Widnes
Andy Wilson: Why Steve Ganson was right to send off Gareth Raynor, Hull KR are better off without Willie Mason and this week's State of Origin
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Andy Wilson: Ratings for the signings and departures at all the Super League clubs
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Andy Wilson: After troubles with Bradford, England's ever-amiable new coach needs to toughen up to succeed in league's cut-throat world
Andy Wilson: This season's unpredictable Super League could feature as many as 11 teams battling it out for the major honours
The decade in sport: From Leeds to Melbourne via Catalan and New Zealand, Andy Wilson looks back on ten years at the rugby league coal-face
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Andy Wilson: Dave Halley's decision to ditch Wales for England is the final straw – the RFL needs to end the free-for-all and bring back the GB team
Andy Wilson: Tony Smith's England side will miss Gareth Hock but his Warrington team will have an easier route to Wembley because of the player's troubles
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Easter egg nature collages
These fun Easter collages are simple enough for even the smallest family members to make, and fun for the bigger kids, too. They can be as simple or elaborate as you like and you can include whatever natural goodies you can find in the garden.
Just because Easter doesn't happen during spring time here in the southern hemisphere doesn't mean you can't involve nature in your Easter crafting. For a simple Easter craft that uses items you can find in your back garden, try making an Easter egg nature collage.
You will need:
- paper or cardboard
- a permanent marker
- PVA glue in a container with a brush
- a collection of leaves, flowers, petals, etc.
Draw an egg shape on your paper or cardboard using a permanent marker (A regular water-based marker will run when the glue comes in contact with it.)
Take a container out the back yard and fill it with interesting leaves, flowers, petals, grass … whatever you can find.
Put some PVA glue into a container and using a large brush, brush the glue onto the egg shape.
Choose an item from your nature collection and glue it onto the egg. Make sure you have enough glue and press larger items down firmly to make sure they stick.
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What to do about this furnace?
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Hello Everyone! I am currently looking to buy a home on a tight budget. Said house has been unoccupied for about 6 years, meaning no heat, water, etc... anyway, I am trying to do basic remodeling on a budget, to make it liveable. Onto the HVAC...
Now, the furnace was installed in 1996, and only saw 11 years of use, leading me to believe it is feasable to be kept. However, it has sat unused for 6 years, so I am wondering if it is still possible to keep. I can keep blabbering all day, but I'll post a few pictures here to give you guys a better Idea. I was told it was working fine when it was last being used. I would guess it's an 80% efficiency, considering the chimney venting.
I really don't have money in the budget to buy a new furnace, seeing how a new furnace would cost MORE than twice what I am paying for the house, assuming a new furnace job would run about $2,500. Not to mention the lines were frozen, so I am probably looking at a new water heater. Do you guys think I can save this thing? The burners are clearly a little bit rusty. Can I scour them clean? What would I be able to do make this running again?
Other than checking the heat exchanger, what needs to be checked before it could be safely fired up again? I would plan on doing a through cleaning, checking the blower motor belt, and oiling the motor. I have minimal HVAC knowledge, so any info would help. Please don't tell me to hire a professional. I am an avid DIY'er, and I don't have extra money to spend on a professional.
Thanks for the help guys, much appriciated!
That unit is older than 1996. Try 1986.
I'd get it cleaned. I'd also make sure the wires are not in the way of the burners, that one looks like it has been melted.
Also, you do know that in order to check the heat exchanger that you will have to move the evaporator coil (if this thing has air conditioning) and/or possibly a snake camera.
BTW, I also love how the previous owner wrote down their life history on the ductwork. :laughing:
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This place, from my inspection, has 60 Amp Service, Gas dryer, Water heater, furnace, and stove. Two 60 Amp panels, one tied off of the other one. Lots of copper wiring missing, considering the cellar door was missing to the outside. The thing that scares me about the electric is the fact that where the standard 60 Amp fuse panel has three 15 amp fuses, and one 20 amp fuse, this panel has three 20 amp fuses, and one 30 amp fuse. Most, if not all, of the wires exiting it are 14 gauge.
Don't know where all the power is needed, considering the all gas appliances. Back to your original responce, there is no central air either. Again, why on earth do they need these 20 and 30 amp fuses? Elderly people lived here. In the pictures below, I think the first one (box with all of the lines cut) is the main service disconnect.
60 Amp Service seems a little limited for a house. I bet that is an old house. 14 amp seems a little too small gauge, but you should post that in the Electrical section of this site.
If the heat exchanger on that furnace is cracked, it will need to be replaced. That furnace is from the 1980's, probably very early 1990s at the newest. Maybe they wrote "finished" on the ductwork for finished the ductwork or something.
BTW, that house looks like it needs a lot of work. If it does need a new furnace, I found a Tempstar dealer that is right in East Liverpool.
It is a very old house. The kitchen and bathroom were built as a first floor extention, from the 1920's at the newest. The main house is a very old colonial, certainly mid-to-late 1800's. Two equal sized first-floor rooms and second floor rooms, small shared closet upstairs. Fireplace on either side, one of which was torn down. Place was donated to a church, and needs ALOT of work. I'm getting it for just a thousand dollars, and I'd rather put minimal money into it if possible.
I have not moved in, it certainly isn't liveable at the moment. But I plan on having everything up and running by next year, so this furnace has to work by next winter. No hurry at the moment.
Knob and Tube Wiring is very dangerous. I'm not no electrician (and not no HVAC tech either) but I do know my stuff when it comes to gas furnaces, especially at parts and stuff on them.
If you do have the money (and I know you said you was on a very tight budget) I'd upgrade to a new furnace. You could buy a Tempstar 80% by next May (after May you must purchase a 90%+ furnace in your area.) 80% furnaces are not very expensive (or not as expensive as 90% furnaces) so if you stick with something like the Tempstar PS80 you shouldn't have to pay over $2,000 unless you add air conditioning. Tempstar is a pretty inexpensive brand, plus it's a brand of ICP, a subsidiary of Carrier.
I'd say clean the blower, clean the flame sensor (although I honestly don't think it has one), and maybe clean out the ductwork a little bit, but that's a more professional job. It might also be a good idea to check the flue vent for blockages. Also, check the heat exchanger and burners.
I didn't know they even made 80%'s anymore. Sounds nice, because I don't want to do completely new exhaust and intake runs. What difference would it make if the furnace was purchased before or after May?
What is a flame sensor? Pardon my ignorance, but I have no clue. I know it has electronic ignition, no pilot light, if the two relate at all. Someone told me to shut off the gas, remove the burners, put lit tealites in the openings, and fire up the blower. If the flames flicker, then the heat exchanger might have a hole in it. Burners look rusty as well. I'm sure the flue and the whole chimney need swept, considering the amount of ash in the old clean-out, plus ash falling into the livingroom fireplace from around the metal plate they used to block-off the fireplace.
On May 1, 2014 80% furnaces are going to be "outlawed" in Northern States, including Ohio. A Flame sensor is something that senses the flame. I do know that furnace has a rollout switch that will detect a rollout caused by a cracked heat exchanger.
80% furnaces made even today (unless you get a Rheem or Ruud) don't require a intake pipe. They use the air surrounding the furnace as combustion air. You can use the existing metalbestos or metal flue pipe. However, 90%+ are a different story.
I'd also dust everything off. Make sure the safety controls work.
That's a gas furnace which means you have a gas supplier. There is the potential that the gas supplier may require the furnace to be checked and given a clean bill of health before they will turn the gas on. Not saying that's what will happen, just to keep the possibility in mind.
To check the furnace you will need to:
*Check the chimney to make sure that it is in good enough condition to contain the flue gases that will be passing through it. After that much time unoccupied I would be guess something has made a nest in it. Also a potential problem is moisture getting into and deteriorating the mortar.... assuming it's brick or block. Repair or install a recognized liner if needed.
*Check the galvanized pipe from the furnace to the chimney, make sure it's screwed together and that there are no signs of weakness, rust or holes. Replace if there's any question.
*Check the heat exchanger for any signs of cracks by any and all means you or your friends have at your disposal. This is priority #1 on these older furnaces.
These first three "should" eliminate most causes of carbon monoxide poisoning.
*Purchase a good carbon monoxide alarm and install it in the house before you start using any gas appliances.
*Make sure the furnace is on it's own electrical circuit (15amp) and that there is a switch at the furnace to allow the power to be shut off.
*Have the gas piping checked for leaks. This "should" be something that the gas supplier will do for little or no cost because of the situation.
*The burners can be cleaned, BUT, keep in mind that they are more than likely galvanized and any means you use to clean off rust will also remove the galvanized protection which will make them rust easier.... so clean easy and only as much as needed.
*The gas valve and controls will need to each be checked for proper operation to make sure that the safety functions of each are working PERFECTLY. Even if they show good, don't fully trust them until the furnace has operated without issues for a few weeks. The house being empty and the potential for lots of things to happen or affect these items can and does make their reliability questionable.
*The blower motor and bearings should be oiled sparingly at first. After things get moving then oil them a few times (minimally) during the heating months for the first year. The belt... just change it no matter how good it looks.
If I was to do all this for you, yes it would cost. Would I give you any guarantee? Yes, that it would work until I got to the end of the driveway. Why? Because of the age, how long it was out of service and all the above potential things that can hide for hours, days or weeks before showing themselves as problems.
With all of the foreclosed housing out there being sold I come across your situation almost weekly. A lot of people are in the same situation as you.... so much to do and so little money to do it. I tell them all the same thing. Make a priority list of thing(s) you absolutely can't live without being #1 and list everything else under that in descending order.
Good luck.
Yes. Like you said that thing is currently inhabitable. It sounds like a fire waiting to happen.
As old_squid said, make SURE that Robertshaw Ignition Control works and don't trust the safeties. A furnace that has been sitting for a long time (especially 6 years) is not good and can be dangerous.
A new furnace, if you can afford it, would be a nice way to go. The Tempstar PS80 I was talking about earlier would slide right in that furnace's place, with some modifications to the ductwork (the PS80 would be shorter than that Rheem.) The PS80 is also more efficient than that beast, not to mention probably more safer and reliable.
You need a HVAC Company to send a qualified HVAC mechanic to your house to do a complete inspection and startup and checkout of that heater.
60amp wow. I heard of 100 amp and 200 amp never 60. Way to small.
Not trying to turn this into an electrical issue but 35 years ago I ad 60 amp service---Electric range/oven, Central Air, electric dryer, micro wave, and many other electrical appliances ETC ETC. Never had a problem. It takes quite a few things to draw 60 amps at the same time of each leg.
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Just started my car this morning, went to back it out the driveway and on revving it up noticed a tick. Here's the video:
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The knock is very faint, but has the sound of rod knock. I looked at some other videos, especially this one:
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They have the same sound but mine is much quieter and is not always audible. I thought I'd get some more opinions.
Reply to the video here please, I'd like to separate WRX forum users from the typical Youtube mechanics. Any input is welcome, even if it's bad news.