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Editor's note: Today's guest blogger is Tyler Carr, Production Manager at Leon Speakers. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan and specializes in high-performance, on-wall loudspeakers. Find more info about Chromebooks and see what other organizations that have gone Google have to say.
Fifteen years ago, a few art and music graduates from the University of Michigan founded Leon Speakers because of their passion for art and audio, technology and design. Leon Speakers now has roughly 40 employees and we meticulously handcraft a full range of high-fidelity, elegant loudspeakers.
We devote the majority of our time to building great audio experiences, and so we have spent less time optimizing our processes. Although we had developed a custom software platform to manage orders, we were still using paper notes and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for much of our information exchange. Our production technicians on the floor created manual checklists to track projects and, at night, I'd print out dozens of updated lists for the next day's tasks. Even though we were able to produce custom speakers for hundreds of customers at breakneck speeds, for a cutting-edge audio company, our processes were pretty laborious and inefficient. And, as a rapidly growing company (it's our third year on the Inc. 500|5000 List), I knew we had to transform our approach to the manufacturing process.
We decided to make a leap into the future, rather than taking a few small steps. Our requirements were specialized. We're an assembly manufacturing shop – there is a lot of wood being cut and dust everywhere – and we have skilled craftsmen who may not have a lot of computer training. We knew that from a productivity standpoint, Google Apps would fit our needs. We would no longer have to pay constant licensing costs and wait for upgrades. Instead, we would get continual innovation and have virtually no upkeep. Google Drive would also be a great way to store and share our large 3D design files, which we typically create in CAD programs like SolidWorks. Plus, I could put the entire build schedule on a shared spreadsheet that could be updated in real time by all of my employees.
Then came the question of devices. We looked at Panasonic Toughbooks and several other hardware options, but couldn't justify the upfront costs and ongoing maintenance expense. Then we found Chromebooks. They were the perfect way for us to inexpensively deploy fast and easy-to-use laptops on the floor. We bought dozens of Chromebooks for our employees to share. It was a third of what we would pay for buying everyone an individual laptop due to the easy sharability factor.
The startup, resume and processing speed of Chromebooks has been phenomenal. It's very easy for technicians to view their tasks and get their jobs done faster by accessing their lists and tasks in Google Drive. The Chromebook Management Console allows us to push out our corporate websites and apps to the Chromebook app launcher, making it a no-brainer for anyone on staff to pull up job-relevant information. Not to mention the savings in paper and printing costs: everything is now virtual, and if I need to change something based on a customer request, it's as easy as hitting Enter.
As a production manager, I don't want to spend my time managing IT. Because Google Apps and Chromebooks are so easy to manage, I can spend less time as an IT administrator and more time doing what I love.


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The laboratory has broad interests in the genomics and epigenomics of phenotypic plasticity in health and disease. In addition to genetic variations, we study epigenetic variations such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and microRNAs and how they modulate genome function. Central to our research is the development of systems approaches for integration of multi-dimensional data and their application to epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) in cancer and other common diseases to advance translational, regenerative and personalized medicine. The Medical Genomics Group offers state-of-the-art facilities and a stimulating environment for graduate and post-doctoral training.
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We utilise and develop computational tools for the analysis of biological data, primarily obtained from studies of DNA methylation. The data predominantly comes from either second generation sequencing platforms or methylation arrays.
Epigenomics of Common Disease (pre-July 2015)
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a multitude of genetic variants associated with complex traits including common diseases. However, their effect sizes are modest and the majority of causality remains unexplained for most common diseases. The aim of this project is to integrate GWAS with epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) to gain a more complete picture of the aetiology of common diseases, including T1D, T2D and UC.
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The involvement of DNA methylation in health and disease is well established but not yet fully understood. The aim of this project is to develop novel experimental and computational methods for the analysis of 5-methyl-cytosine (5-mC) and 5-hydoxymethyl-cytosine (5-hmC).
MeDUSA is a computational pipeline bringing together numerous software packages to perform a full analysis of MeDIP-seq data, including sequence alignment, quality control (QC), and determination and annotation of DMRs.
Glioma Cancer Stem Cell Methylome
Gliomas are the most common form of primary brain tumours. Glioma cancer stem cells (CSC) are cells that possess characteristics associated with normal stem cells but are tumourigenic and can cause relapse and metastasis by giving rise to new tumours. Using methylome analysis, this project aims to characterize epigenetic changes that occur during the differentiation of glioma CSC to committed progenitor cells.
IT Future of Medicine (ITFoM) is one of six flagship pilot projects will take advantage of recent technological advances to produce computational models of individual patients - virtual patients! These models will follow each patient through their healthcare system enabling physicians to virtually test and optimise personalised treatments
Head and Neck Cancer Epigenome Project
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and increasingly caused by infection with human papilloma virus (HPV). The aim of this project is to analyse HPV and non HPV-associated HNSCC epigenomes for differences in DNA methylation and microRNA expression for translation into biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
EWAS - Ulcerative Colitis
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Nerve Sheath Tumour Methylome
Using comparative methylome analysis of benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), Feber et al. identified loss of DNA methylation at satellite repeats as candidate biomarker for disease progression and challenged the dogma of global hypomethylation in cancer.
ZooArray: Epigenetic Insights into Vertebrate Genomes
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The EU-FP7 funded HEROIC Project was conducted between 2005-2010 and provides a resource (Ensembl Projects) for functional studies into chromatin remodeling, mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation and regulation of the (epi)genome in general.
Human Epigenome Project
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The MHC Haplotype Project
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A few storms may fire along it this evening in an environment characterized by MUCAPE of 1000 J/kg before they reach a much more stable airmass further east across Minnesota mid evening. The other area will be across southeastern MN and into central WI late this evening with the development of a LLJ. Given where the nose of this LLJ is expected to be around 06Z tonight, over southern WI, the most concentrated activity will be across central and eastern WI - east of our CWA. Maintained chc PoPs for both these areas, and a dry forecast from southwest to east central MN. CAMs have consistently been showing this all day and believe the global models are way too overdone with developing convection locally, especially the GFS which shows widespread precip occurring across southwestern MN this afternoon. As the front sags south into South Dakota overnight, additional storms may develop as it encounters deeper moisture. This activity will spread east Thursday across central and southern MN behind the front. Forecast soundings are quite stable behind the boundary with poor lapse rates and a cool boundary layer. Further south across southern MN, the close proximity to the EML and deeper low level moisture/higher thetaE should allow for widespread thunderstorms by afternoon. A few of them may become severe with 50-60 kts in the mid levels, but the best probability will be south of I-90 where the quasi-stationary front should be for much of the day. .LONG TERM...(Thursday night through Wednesday) Issued at 332 PM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017 Overall the long term period will be cool and fairly quiet as we will be under northwest flow with the main jet to our south. Saturday will bring a chance for showers and isolated thunderstorms with an upper level shortwave moving through the region. A warming trend appears to be on tap for early to middle of next week, which could bring more thunderstorm chances to the region. By tomorrow evening, the thunderstorm activity across our area will be pushing to the east, with most of the area drying out in the evening. Storms could linger from south central Minnesota through parts of west central Wisconsin. A few of these could be strong but the main severe threat looks to be in the short term period (during the day). All storms should be east of the forecast area by the overnight period. Behind this activity, the flow becomes northwesterly as the cold air advection ensues from the northwest. 850H temps will fall during the day Friday down to around 5 to 8 degrees C. At the surface, expect highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. The cool northwest flow will continue through the weekend so highs will continue to be cooler than normal right through the weekend. On top of that, a compact shortwave will move through Saturday and spark showers and possible thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon. Continued to follow the GFS primarily for this evolution, but the ECMWF is slower and slightly farther north with this wave. The GFS and EC agree that the flow will become progressive next week and shift the west coast ridge to the east, displacing the deep longwave trough east of our area and beginning a warming trend into the middle of the week as southwest flow develops. With this, more low chances for thunderstorms are sprinkled into the forecast. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Thursday evening) Issued at 642 PM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017 Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move into west central MN this eve as a cold front approaches, and then sag into central MN and west central WI during the early morning hours. Prefer the latest HRRR run which shows showers and thunderstorms lingering across central MN/WI through the morning, with afternoon convective redevelopment occurring to the south/east of most TAF sites (with the exception of possibly KEAU). Storms could be severe up toward KAXN this eve, and again with the afternoon redevelopment on Thursday. MVFR cigs/vsbys are possible with thunderstorms, and also with/behind the frontal passage. Winds shift to the northwest behind the front. KMSP... Changes have been made to shower/ts timing based upon the latest trends of the HRRR model. -SHRA now look to affect the site from 10z through the morning, with isolated embedded thunder possible from 13-16z. First round of precip looks to end around 18-19z, with latest thinking that the afternoon TS development will be south/east of KMSP. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ Fri...VFR. Wind NW 10 kts. Sat...Mainly VFR. Slight chc -TSRA/MVFR. Wind NW 5-10 kts. Sun...Mainly VFR. Slight chc -TSRA/MVFR. 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I'm going through pretty much the same thing!! But i've always had curly hair, even as a kid. when i was really young, my mom used to always do my hair in braids and stuff so people couldn't tell i had such curly hair. She also hates my curly hair and says i need to "do something with it" and "make it look nice" and stuff, and i hate it! i used to straighten my hair almost every day so she'd get off my back, and now i have frizzy hair with really bad split ends. it's gotten to the point where half of my hair doesn't eve ncurl unless i scrunch, roll, use a curling iron, etc. on it. I'm fairly new to this site as well, and have learned some great ideas about how to get my curly hair healthy and she doesn't support me at all
in January i accidentally left my flat iron in Washington D.C. on a trip i went to and she got so mad!! It was horrible. She's also admitted to not liking my curly hair, and after months of no straightener and going curly all the time, I've finally told her that it doesn't matter what she thinks; it's my hair and my choices. Even though she makes me pay for my own curly hair products, she still understands that i need the freedom of doing my own hair the way I like it. (I'm 15 btw lol)


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|I didn't actually wear this - i just made it for one of my friends to wear for Amecon 2007. Everything was made from scratch asside from the trousers which are two different pairs modded and sewn together and the shoes. Checker pattern was put on using masking tape and a stencil brush. wig was styled using some particularly strong hair gel my friend owned and the little crystal thing was bought from the Isle of Whight glass making factory. It was a fun costume to make and it was nice take part in the masquerade with my friend in the Roxas costume and me in My kairi one.
That jacket is EPIC!
how on earth did you do the check so well?!
Thank you very much :D
I used masking tape to mask out the area's around the shirt so i could put on the chequer pattern which took a while because it had to go under the arms :s and i had to cut all the strips of tape to the right size. I used acrylic fabric paint and a stencil brush to do so then ironed it for about 5-10 minutes once it was dry and the tape removed to set the colour.
I'm really glad you like it :)
Wow i agree with Neko-Chan THATS THE BEST DARN CHECKING IVE SEEN 8D
If you dont mind telling me could you tell me where you got the coat :S?
But yeah AWSOME cosplay i bet your friend loves it ^.^
Thank you so much :D
The coat i put the chequered patter on? I made it by modding one of my mums old patterns from the 70's. I just altered it so that the front sections were in two pieces instead of one so it fit the design and did the same with the back. I don't know if that helps at all though :S
And my friend was really happy with it... I am too actually I didn't think it would turn out as well as it did or that people would make such nice comments about it.
Thanks again :)
awsomee jacket especially the checking im doin a roxas cosplay soon aswell although im borrowing the costume which isnt exactly good fora reputation because ive actually only made 1 costume so far :S but still awsome costume ^^
hey im in the middle of my roxas cosplay and im worried about the trousers..coz i dont wanna b like a roxas fail lol im making them from material not sewing one pair on top of the other lol what did you do for yours?
I actually got two pairs of trousers, cut and modified them then sewed them together, to be honest it's a lot harder than it looks. I do usually make my costumes with material and a pattern i make up as I go along but for these it was just easier and actually cheaper.It did involve having to unstitch all of the inside leg and re hem the others. (I did get lucky as they had trousers in the right colour in primark so i just had Kevlin try them on to get the right size then went from there.)
I have made other trousers and I'd probably say to get hold of a pattern from a fabric shop or haberdashery. If not then base them on a pattern for trousers that you already have. Hope this helps ^^


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Want to build something with sea shells - coffee table?
Have a couple bags of shells from our summer vacation that I'd like to incorporate into a xmas gift for my wife.
I was thinking maybe a coffee table for our basement. Or maybe an outdoor/sunporch table.
I could use the shells for the border..
Would I use thinset to attach them to the wood?
Just mulling over some ideas..
Any thoughts?
Thinset would work pretty well provided you had a good enough area on the shell to adhere to. If you are considering putting the table outside, you might think about putting hardiboard under it to deal with any potential moisture.
You might try a table with a recessed top, covered with a plastic or glass top. The recess would hold the shells. Next year you could put in something else.
my grandparents had this shells themed table
Glass on top
4 posts for legs [ I think it was pine wood]
A wood net or some sort of bamboo net underside - flattened out and nailed in underside
put the shells on the net - Easy come, easy go....
don't know why I didn't take the table when they went into a home:furious:
I was only 21 at the time.
The memory table is a great idea. It is like a shadow box with glass cover that can be lifted to replace items when your whimsy changes. It would be a fabulous gift. You can put photos, shells, any memorabilia depending on the depth you make the shadow box part. Vacation memories in a table, Great idea hubby!
Good ideas..Having a glass top over the display would be nice..but, thats also more work/$.
But that might be the best route to go.. The net idea would make it pretty easy.
Maybe this weekend I can get started..
Hardiebacker IS NOT for exterior use.:)
Here's a DIY network "how to" link regarding this. http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_box...270413,00.html If you get too hurried to build it, I also saw them at target. Not as nice as a homemade present. I saw another plan that just created the basiccoffee table with the glass top, then just added the a memory drawer- a lined drawer, with prefab drawere slides. Simple!
Small round table she could sit at might be nice or how about framing some photographs with the shells on a large backer board.
saw a Hammered or Man Caves show,and they made a octagon poker table with the top of poured clear polyurethane.they placed hands of cards around it beer coasters inside it,and then sealed it all in with sealer just figure how deep the lip needs to be.
Hey Mr. Biggles did you read the first post? It is a gift for his wife. Does she play poker? Is he gonna arrange the momento vacation shells around the poker cards? The point is beautiful hand made memories of their vacation! Don't get side-tracked Tommy2! You don't have to use my ideas but come on poker table! HMMMMph
Hmmm.. Sorta like when the kids club house project turns into your new tool shed? I'll try to avoid the temptation!
Well..Not sure if Im going to do it now.
More work goes into building a nice piece of furniture than I thought..
Especially when you have no specific plan to use/follow.
I think it would also add up to a few hundred $$ by the time its all said and done.
Might have to save this surprise for another time.
How about you buy a shadow box from Pottery barn or michaels crafts for your shells? That is a little work arranging the shells, or you bag the shells and other momentos likes some vacation pictures and give it to her that way, so she can arrange them how she likes? I, personally, would love a gift that way.
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This illustration appears in B B Pfeiffer's "Treasures of Taliesin." Eight years after she first contacted Wright about a house, Rand wrote to him in
1945. Pfeiffer quotes the letter thus:
' ". . .I don't want my choice of land to be rash, since that will be my permanent home. Are you still willing to grant me the exception of a
house designed ahead of the site ?" A week or so later, [! -- SR] Mr Wright wrote, "Dear Ayn Rand: We are sending on to you a scheme for a
compact dwelling for a writer who loves the idea of organic architecture and won't take less for a home. It can be built with a few minor changes
in Connecticut, Texas, Arizona or Florida." ' [In fact, it seems California, where she lived at the time, and Connecticut, were the states in
contention. She ended up residing in Manhattan, Pfeiffer tells us.]
As to the provenance of the drawing on display presently, the
LA Times
writer says, "Cella said the final drawing for Rand's cottage
studio is part of the holdings of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West, the campus he founded in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The preliminary rendering on view in L.A. is signed with the angular Wright "chop," with two initial Ls. (He was born Frank Lincoln Wright, but
his name was changed after his father, William Carey Wright, and mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones, divorced.) Olsberg said he would attribute the drawing
to Wright and John H. Howe, a draftsman with whom Wright worked."
So, the drawing above may be the "final drawing" mentioned, while the "preliminary rendering" (not shown) is the one that is available for sale
(for an undisclosed sum). Note the revisions -- corrections, probably in Wright's hasty hand and surely not intended to be displayed -- to the
drawing above. The most obvious is the reworking of the site condition, to fit the foundation to a steeper slope -- for a different client, after Rand
had moved on ? In addition, the top-most masonry mass has an indication (I believe) that it is to be lowered by a few courses -- Wright
perhaps didn't care for the coincidence of two masses aligning into one silhouette, in this view of the building. (My first impression was that the
chimney [?] had been added to, but closer inspection reveals that the present stonework is all of a piece, in one drafter's hand. So the change
indicated by the slightly off-kilter pencil line must be a removal of material, not an addition.) All of the details mentioned in the
piece are
present in this drawing as well.
Wright has also fussed with the awning-hung ribbon windows, apparently preferring a slightly more random placement of open and closed units,
which would be typical for him. And there is a hazy indication of foreground foliage to be added at upper left.
Incidentally, this drawing appears to be the work of a less skilled apprentice than the superlative Jack Howe. It does not include his
characteristic parallel-stroke texture in the ground or sky areas, for one thing. . .
In the foreword to his book, in 1985, Pfeiffer writes, "The actual process of design was a very swift one for Frank Lloyd Wright. He thought out a
new work entirely in his head before he touched pencil to paper. Once the design, including all the details, was clearly formulated, he would go to
the drafting room and start to draw. Those first sketches of his are, of course, the most priceless of all his architectural drawings. From them,
we, his apprentices, began to make more detailed drawings. First there were the renderings or presentation drawings, which Mr Wright colored
and worked on himself in preparation for showing to his client. . ."
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First, examining Frank Lloyd Wright's "chop" will show that the double L consists of one upper and one lower case, which is not "Lincoln Lloyd" nor "Lloyd Lincoln" but "Ll," the abbreviation for Lloyd, as "Llw" is for Llewellyn, "Wm" for William or "Th" for Thomas.
I thought the original drawing was in the Monographs, but it isn't. I can't think of where the origin of the Rand Project has been published, other than in the Spring 1997 issue of JTF, The Journal of Taliesin Fellows. We probably got unpublished drawings directly from Taliesin. The Rand Project is a redrawing of a triplex designed originally in 1937 as part of the All-Steel Houses for Los Angeles (1938, Mono 6, pp 98-99), which was to have been built in an area bounded by La Brea Ave., Slauson Ave. and Overhill Drive. The plan and elevation of the unit, a '37 sketch in FLW's hand, appear on page 14 of the journal. The vertically striated tower is a leftover from the original scheme, which was to have consisted of vertical steel channels 9" wide and up to 17' long, with light-weight concrete fill for insulation. These alternated with 9" x 17' windows, hinged at the top, opening outward. Crazy as it all sounds, that was the plan. I believe FLW was convinced Rand would not build, and so passed on a quick but handsome and elegant reworking of the project that wasn't even structurally possible (inspect the plan closely). This satisfied her, and he got paid. Rand eventually bought Neutra's Von Sternberg House.
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There is a post card booklet from Pomegranate that has the Rand Project in it.
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It appears to me that most of Wright's initialed signatures actually read
FLLW. It is only the convention that the second letter of any name is in
lower case, that drives the F.Ll.W. (or FLlW) usage, I believe -- as R Grant points out. I don't think FLlW reads as well as FLLW does.
Here is the All Steel material in Monograph 6. I'm grateful for the reference and the detailed information. I was wondering what that vertical siding was.
I don't see the Rand design here, exactly -- but I don't have the Journal (?) to see what is shown there. I like these designs, myself -- or maybe I just like the drawings ?
Wright's answer to the Los Angeles boys, Neutra in particular ?
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Incidentally, this drawing appears to be the work of a less skilled apprentice than the superlative Jack Howe. It does not include his
characteristic parallel-stroke texture in the ground or sky areas, for one thing. . .
Not sure about the structure, but the foliage looks very much like Wright's added touch (as he often did), as is the woman who looks similar to the girl with the yo-yo he added to a Guggenheim interior perspective.
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Very good guesses, I'd say. I was going to propose that Wright's edits to this drawing were confined to graphite pencil alone. The large scribbles at
the upper left (for a foreground tree ?) are the most visible, but there is also shadowing under the balcony foliage, the previously mentioned ribbon
window alterations, and also some redrawing of the vertical corners of the building. What do you make of those, by the way ?
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I dug up my files on All-Steel/Rand. They are a bunch of faxes from Taliesin which have never been published. Unfortunately, unless someone can get cleaner copies, many of them are too dark to read. And some that are legible are such poorly captioned sketches that it's next to impossible to determine what they are. Palli might be intrigued to know that it looks like there may have been perfs! I'm not sure, but that's what they look like.
The structural problem is at the lower two levels, where both "structural" stone walls are topped with clerestory windows that wrap all the way around, as is evident from the floor plan. Those massive concrete balconies would have to be cantilevered from the tower entirely, or the muntins between windows would have to be substantial steel supports, which they do not seem to be. On the ground floor, inside/outside the main room called the "entresol" is a 12' x 20' pool, extending 4' into the house, so that the folding glass doors would just skip across the top, making for, as I wrote, "a delightful, though litigious, extravagance for California, but an icy comtemplation for the East Coast." A later version lopped off the top floor, giving the perspective a more horizontal aspect.
As I've said before, I think the problems with this house are the result of FLW not believing Rand would actually build. A similar, though somewhat more modest project was designed for Clark Foreman (1942) in D.C. which was structurally possible. FLW seemed to like the elevation of that All-Steel project, however, since it is very similar to elevations for Elizabeth Noble Apartments (1929) for Los Angeles and one version of Point View Apartments (1953) for Pittsburgh.
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Before we are made aware of the spacial realities of Fallingwater, this elevation
could be taken for another of that group -- a sort of Lovell Health House East ?
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The resemblance is impossible to miss but easy to overstate. Toker points out in
Fallingwater Rising
that floors and balconies that look like cantilevers are actually suspended from the roof and that the piers below don't really hold anything up. He makes the novel suggestion that Wright set out to do honestly what Neutra was doing for show.
He also suggests Schindler's house for the same clients as a precursor for Fallingwater. Judith Scheine mentions Schindler's non-demolished Wolff house on Catalina. Wright had combined balconies and a downslope to dramatic effect at Taliesin and La Miniatura before any of these buildings.
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Toker is speaking about Fallingwater when he says the cantilevers are hung from the roof(s) ?
I will have to read what he says in this regard. It is clear to me from the section drawings that this could not be the case. With all due respect, it is
hard to see how "piers which do nothing" would reflact an "honest" approach !
"Merchant Prince and Master Builder," p 83. This drawing shows the bolsters and the single stone pier supporting the living room floor and
the terrace above. There are four steel posts in the living room window band (far left in the drawing) which connect it to the terrace/roof; it is
impossible to see how they could be in tension rather than compression. . .
Donald Hoffman, p 27. This drawing seems to derive from a sheet found in Monograph 5, though the LR fireplace differs.
Terence Riley, p 234.
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and also some redrawing of the vertical corners of the building. What do you make of those, by the way ? SDR
SDR- assuming they are touches from Wright, and in graphite as you mention, I would say the corner wall extensions are simply that; quickly sketched with no regard for them to be traced exactly over the existing. Most likely a purely aesthetic revision.
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So they are underdrawing, rather than editing ? Oddly, some of the concrete or stucco parapets above have these "comments" as well. Perhaps he assumed that the apprentice was going to be re-drawing this anyway, so random marks and instructions weren't spoiling a usable document ?
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Perhaps he assumed that the apprentice was going to be re-drawing this anyway, so random marks and instructions weren't spoiling a usable document ? SDR
Not sure if it was meant to be redrawn, but it's a fact he could not control himself from "editing" just about any of his drawings, if only to satisfy even a passing thought for a design. Howe tried to keep complete second sets of projects because Wright would erase and markup working drawings beyond salvation.... specifically spoiling usable documents!
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hi all
i am making a custom mando and am having trouble finding resources for it
in the UK, any help finding the following things would be appreciated
1 sintra or similar material
2 visor
3 boots
4 tackle twill or similar
hi all
i am making a custom mando and am having trouble finding resources for it
in the UK, any help finding the following things would be appreciated
1 sintra or similar material
2 visor
3 boots
4 tackle twill or similar
Hi dha'kad junn.
Sintra you need to search for foamboard, I know of a supplier that has depots across the country, you could start with them, Amari Plastics, but you may need a trade account, if so they may put you in touch with a supplier. Otherwise contact sing makers and ask for foam board, 3 of 5mm.
Visor you can use Bobamaker or buy a green visor for welding (which is the way I went).
Boots, what did you have in mind?
Tackle twill,I will dig out the link, but it is state side, you may want to opt for a cotton twill/drill which is more commonly available over here, try a search on eBay.
............stoopid double post!
I have an old SFP Jango girth belt if that is onf any use?
PM if interested.
Boots .... mate, I searched UK boots manufacturers for days and only came up with 1 boot (Magnum assault boot) that was semi-usefull, available from most militaria dealers in the UK.
Best best is searching for the Reinone boot signup thread on here.
As OJMT has already stated, your best and easiest bet for sintra here in the UK is Sign-Writers, over hear it's known as Foamex, Foamed PVC and foamboard but not sintra (unless you happen to go to a Sign-writers that has been on these boards and knows the American brand name!) You'll want 5mm for the armour and 3mm for raised details (if you are doing Jango style leg armour). Shouldn't cost you that much, especially as we can use old pieces of sintra that have lettering on them (dead easy to remove using hot water or a heat gun). I suggest ringing around local sign-writers first as some of them will have to order it in, others will have it in stock. What ever you do DO NOT get corrigated plastic card (the stuff they tend to make For Sale signs out of here), I've had one or two people offer it to me in the past, it's no good for armour at all.
For boots it really depends upon the style and look you are after. For Jango style boots SpaceScopie is right, you'll have a hard time of it and MAY end up having to order from the States to get the best boot. I wear a heavy duty walking boot with my armour, with armoured spats over the laces and added toe spikes. As you are not talking about doing Boba or Jango, you have a few more options available to you but just remember IF you go for a boot with laces, cover said laces over.
For visors Bobamaker is great, you can't go wrong there. What make is your helmet?
The same (sort of) advice for vests. Unless you are making a Boba vest you don't NEED tackle twill or cotton twill, and you don't NEED leather unless you are making a Jango vest. The basic requirement is a material that doesn't move or sag when you've finished making it - meaning no droopy armour syndrome. That said making a vest using leather or tackle twill will work. I'm just saying you have other material options out there.
This is my Custom Mando Boot
It is now sadly out of production, but I quite like the look of them and when weathered (even more) will look pretty good. They are my old pair of Adidas Badlander (high). Maybe that helps?
yes thanks
Another few questions;
where does everyone in the UK get thier gloves for thier costume?
and does anyone know what the best material for kama's and cloak's is?
For kama's and cloaks you want to use a heavy duty material. Kama's should be leather or leatherette, perhaps heavy weight cotton as it's leg armour of sorts, it's supposed to protect the rear of your legs. For cloaks you need to ensure it's of a suitable heavy weight material as you don't want it to flutter too wildly but still have movement. Boba's half cape is a heavy cotton material perhaps something similar would work for you. Birmingham's rag market would be a great place for you to look, I think there's a material barn too, lots of useful bits of cloth in there.
For gloves I actually wear Stormtrooper gloves as the longer material goes under the sleeve of my flightsuit and stops any flesh being seen between the glove and the gauntlet.
Orthar is pretty much right on the money with all that. I actually just bought some nice heavy black cotton material for my new full cloak today. Definitely want to stick with heavy fabrics. I use stormy gloves also, and they feel good. They aren't as durable as I'd have liked them to be though since we mando's are rough and tumble.
where's the best place to find stormtrooper gloves?
thanks again all you're great :thumbup
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Nursing the nursery
So out they went. Oh look. There were a couple of primrose behind them. Hmmm. Now they are going to be in blasting sun. I'll have to relocate them.
There. I like the iris not being there.
There again. I like having more terra cotta colored pots in the bed.
Some of you sharp-eyed followers may have also noticed that the Golden Jubilee agastache has had a preemptive hair cut. Last year what with all the rain, those plants topped out near 60". They were messy, tended to blow over, and totally blocked my view of the arbor bed from the deck.
This year they will (WILL!!) stay at the 2-foot mark.
Now, regards to the post title:
There is a little owner-operated corner nursery that sell annuals, perennials, occasional trees & shrubs and mulch. They also have a selection of local produce (the strawberries are in and they are heavenly!).
Thing is, Nancy (who's had the place for 33 years) is trying to run the place by herself! Waiting on customers, scheduling mulch orders, buying, maintaining the premises, watering. She's about at the end of her rope, since her daughter no longer wants to help her out.
A while ago, when Mom and I stopped to get her some annuals, I insisted on helping the owner. It was blasting hot and the wind was dry, so I got the hose and just started watering. I got about half the tables when her grandson came to help. Nancy loved the way I watered and asked if I'd show her grandson what I was doing. So I did. I also left my name and number with the owner if she needed any kind of help. Nancy tried to sell out last year, but the a$$hat she was dealing with left her high and dry with no final response, setting her back on getting things ordered for THIS season.
Anyway, the place is the FOUR SEASONs NURSERY just south of the intersection of Market Ave N. and Easton in North Canton. She's right across from the Market Ave. N. driveway into Walsh College parking lot. If you need some late plants, good produce, or some mulch, stop by and give Nancy your custom. She could sure use some visitors. Just not all at once. LOL She's spread pretty thin.
To that effect, even though I start all my own plants, I stopped at the nursery Wednesday and loaded up on a tray of annuals. (All 25% off right now.)
So, rather than planting up the new pots in the crabapple bed with my own Thumbelina zinnias, I just potted up from my new annuals. There. I've got three combo pots in the crab bed while the rest were planted around the birdbath.
Maybe I'll bump into you sometime. ;-D
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It looks like she knows how to grow plants.....I thought sure you were going to say you were going to help her out part time.ReplyDelete
Our local nursery was a total disappointment....she wasn't open at 9 am and after waiting for sometime, she still hadn't shown up so we went elsewhere. Some of her plants were pretty sorry looking too.
Iris are only good while in bloom and then I think they should be out of sight! I have ugly dwarfs I need to get rid of.
BTW, I made two pints of your refrigerator pickles...will blog about them tomorrow or soon.
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Glenda - I offered to help out, but she said there was no budget. I offered for free, but she declined, only allowing that if her grandson couldn't come to water when he goes on vacation that she might take me up on my offer. Her plants always look nice....Delete
Hey, hope you like the pickles. They are good the next day, but after a week or two they are great (but they don't seem to last that long...heh).
Good for you. I'm sure your country is loosing the small, independent nurseries as fast as we are. They have trouble competing with the pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap, and who cares if the stock is not suitable for this part of the world corporates. Olive trees at 56 degrees north, puuullleeeze???ReplyDelete
Interesting to read about the agastache, mine is about 5" high having been sown from seed at the end of April.Replies
Small independent anything is in jeopardy here. I HAVE to shop box stores because there just isn't any alternatives anymore. I'm kinda glad I'm not (probably) going to be here in 50 years when the last bit of land is paved over and everyone lives at Walmart.Delete
Which kind of agastache? Some, like the Blue Fortune will tower over 6'... The bees will thank you for the plants.
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Van der Wiel has found life in Paris difficult since his move from Ajax last season, struggling to find regular playing time under then coach Carlo Ancelotti and Laurent Blanc this season.
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The move would see Abate move in the other direction, as the Italian's contract is set to expire next summer and talks over an extension appear to have stalled.
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Daniel Radcliffe, who was in town for the Toronto premier of The Woman in Black, talks about his upcoming Alan Ginsberg role, his growing stature as a gay icon and The Trevor Project.
Daniel Radcliffe… Gay Icon?
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CuteSexyPetitePrettyTransvestite says:
brawnbear says:
Oh for pete's sake.. is EVERYONE a gay icon now who supports gay rights? Does that make me a gay icon?
foro says:
cmon, the kids nice but gay icon is a bit far? hes not even any sort of an icon except for the harry potter fans as far as im concerned..
god he looks weird though
charlie61 says:
I would do him
lookig04 says:
Seeing him in the nude in his stage play in London, not so much. Kinda like Patrick Harris. To each his own.
spankmycrank says:
i think its nice to see a young, high profile, hetrosexual guy showing strong support for a cause many on here probably don't give a whatsit for
jimgood says:
seems like such a nice guy. but my god, he's hyper
mikepat says:
not much of an icon. but he could park his shoes under my bed for a week end


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The H Tower designed as a mixed-use building where premium apartment hotel integrated with executive business hub and medical fascilities gives a unique atmosphere. H is the 8th letter in alphabet. Likewise, the letter H stands for 8 (eight) most significant elements for the business in serviced apartment and health center, which are summarized as follows :
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Computational Electromagnetism: Variational Formulations, Complementarity, Edge Elements
by Alain Bossavit
Publisher: Academic Press 1997
Number of pages: 352
Computational Electromagnetism refers to the modern concept of computer-aided analysis, and design, of virtually all electric devices such as motors, machines, transformers, etc., as well as of the equipment in the currently booming field of telecommunications, such as antennas, radars, etc. The present book is uniquely written to enable the reader -- be it a student, a scientist, or a practitioner -- to successfully perform important simulation techniques and to design efficient computer software for electromagnetic device analysis.
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April 16, 2001
THE NUMBERS: The Blazers ran through 92 plays - 56 passing, 36 rushing -- in just over one hour.? Senior quarterback Jeff Aaron took 45 snaps, while redshirt junior Thomas Cox took 47.?? There were 11 penalties (seven of which were either false starts by the offense or offside by the defense), three fumbles, and one interception.? The offensive units compiled 525 yards - 345 passing, 180 rushing.
AARON LOOKS STRONG AGAIN:? Aaron completed 13 of 29 passing attempts for 202 yards, and six rushing yards.?? Although touchdowns were not an official statistic in the scrimmage format, the junior from Montgomery (Jeff Davis HS) would have had two, both on completions to flanker Willie Quinnie.? Aaron has not thrown an interception in 53 passing attempts in the two scrimmages this spring.
FAVORITE TARGET:? Aaron has developed a habit of hooking up with junior flanker Willie Quinnie.?? The two connected seven times in Monday's scrimmage for 90 yards.? In last week's scrimmage, Aaron and Quinnie got together seven times for 147 yards.
RUSHING ATTACK IMPROVES:? One noticeable improvement in Monday's scrimmage was in the running game.?? The Blazer offensive units put up 180 rushing yards, led by junior Bernard Anderson with 64 yards on nine carries.? Last week, offense rushed for less than 100 yards total.??
WHO IS THAT?: ?One newcomer that drew attention Monday was walk-on reciever Josh Brown, a freshman from Homewood High School.? Brown caught four passes for 58 yards in the scrimmage, including one from Cox that went for 49 yards.
COACH BROWN'S COMMENTS:? Following Monday's scrimmage, Blazer coach Watson Brown expressed concern that the offensive - specifically the passing game - had regressed a bit since last week's surprisingly good performance.
"It just wasn't as good," he said.
"We had a lot of penalties.? I don't know if it's the fact that there are more things being put in and they have to think more, I just don't know.? We went backwards.? I was surprised how good it went last week, to tell you the truth, we didn't have as many penalties (six in the first scrimmage, 11 in the second).? Between the penalties and the dropped passes, it's hard to say how good it was.? I counted 11 drops in the scrimmage - and that counts both (the first and second) teams.? I think the first team offense dropped seven of those, and that's hard on your quarterback.?? You cannot put pressure on your quarterback like that.? He's got to have some plays.
The disappointment today was the dropped passes.? In the first scrimmage it didn't seem like we dropped any balls -- maybe one or two real early, but after that we caught everything.? Also the penalties.? Most of them offensive penalties.?
The one thing we did better today was we ran the ball much better.? And that disappoints me a little in terms of our defense.? But to take up for our defense, we play some of our better players about two series and then you don't see them again.? So it's a lot of young kids out there.?
Overall, I thought we went backwards a little bit today.
I thought both of the main running backs - Bernard Anderson and Dedric Hardrick - did better today.? It's hard to tell about the offensive line, but I thought there was some movement today and we didn't get any last time.? We were knocking people off the ball - it started in the middle of last week and carried over into today's scrimmage.? That was better.?
It's really hard to tell anything about the defense until you watch the tape.?
Again, I thought Jeff (Aaron) performed well, but I don't think his stats are going to be real good because when you throw six or seven drops in there, that's really tough.? When you're throwing passes in the mid-20s and six or seven of them are dropped, that's tough on your stats.? I didn't think he threw but one bad ball all day, that one could have been picked off, but they dropped it - even our defensive guys were dropping it today."
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:? Tuesday workout at 2:00 pm (shorts), Wednesday off, Thursday workout at 3:00 pm (full gear), Friday off.
BLAZER DAY SATURDAY:? The Blazers will hold their final scrimmage of the spring on Saturday, Apr. 21, at 2:00 pm at West Campus Field, as part of "Blazer Day 2001" festivities.? The scrimmage is free and open to the public.?? The UAB-Memphis baseball game will follow at 3:00 pm at Young Memorial Field.
STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM UAB FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE (4/16/01) #2 JEFF AARON (QB) Pass: 13-20, 202 yds., 0 int., Rush: 3-6 yds. #14 THOMAS COX (QB) Pass: 14-27, 143 yds. 1 int., Rush: 10-47 yds. #32 BERNARD ANDERSON (RB) Rush: 9-64 yds. #33 DEDRIC HARDRICK (RB) Rush: 8-38 yds., Rec.: 1-3 yds. #41 CORDELL DAVIS (RB) Rush: 5-15 yds. #5 WILLIE QUINNIE (FLK) Rec.: 7-90 yds. #10 JOSH BROWN (WR) Rec.: 4-58 yds. #7 KENNY BORDERS (WR) Rec.: 3-55 yds. #26 ANDRE OLLIE (WR) Rec.: 4-33 yds. #3 TRAVIS JOHNSON (SE) Rec.: 2-27 yds. #15 ANDREW KOPECKY (S) Interception


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While in the process of doing the next Buyer's Guide part, I realized I needed to talk a little bit about bullets separately from the actual choice of gun, otherwise it'd be a long single video. So, here it is. A not entirely comprehensive opinion on bullet choice for protection.
Oh, and if you didn't see it but wanted to, the other gun vlog is Over Yonder
P.S. ok gonholio...lets see if you can place THIS music! XD
Hint: It's on the Wii. (I don't think you're gonna get it. ) Oh, and it'll always be the start screen or whatever it happens to sit on after you first start up the game, just to simplify. XD


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Pattern of Excellence: Nike and UK to Unveil New Look for Hoops Team
Oct. 10, 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nike and the University of Kentucky will celebrate the state's great tradition on the hardwood this evening, while recognizing another tradition intertwined within the spirit, culture and history of the Bluegrass state.
With Lexington's historic Keeneland racetrack as the backdrop, representatives from Nike and UK will formally unveil new uniforms for the 2008-09 University of Kentucky men's basketball team. The updated look incorporates a multitude of performance innovations and a distinctive design that draws upon another rich Kentucky institution as ingrained in the state's lore as basketball - horse racing.
Inspiration from the Track
Across the rolling hills, from Keeneland to Churchill Downs, the echoes and influence of the thoroughbred are virtually omnipresent throughout the state of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky's new uniforms pay tribute to the state's long and prestigious horse racing tradition, as well as that of its men's basketball program, one that has garnered over 1900 wins and seven championships.
Inspired in part by the jockey silks that adorned the likes of Kentucky legends on the racetrack, the Wildcats' new shorts and jerseys each features elements of a royal blue and white checkerboard pattern. The checkered design subtly plays out on the front of the team's jerseys and shorts.
In addition, on Kentucky's white uniforms, a blue and white checkerboard swatch is centered on the waistband of their shorts and features eight individual "boxes." Emblazoned in seven of the eight squares are the numbers '48, '49, '51, '58, '78, '96 and '98, representing championship seasons for the Wildcats. The "empty" eighth quadrant serves as a reminder of the school's legacy and motivation for the current Wildcats to ensure another year is soon inscribed within it.
"Our hope was to use the uniform as a canvas to tell a bigger story of the championship spirit of the state of Kentucky and its basketball team," said Tracy Teague, Global Creative Director for Nike Basketball. "Additionally, we desired to create functional uniforms that allowed the players to display the athleticism, power, speed and strength critical for success on the court."
Performance Benefits for the Court
Kentucky's new uniforms incorporate several Nike innovations that were first introduced for the USA Basketball Men's National Team that captured gold this past August in Beijing. The jerseys take advantage of Nike Aerographics, an engineered mesh providing zoned cooling that reduces up to half the yarn, making it more lightweight and breathable. Specific adjustments in the waistband, shoulder seam and other areas, along with Nike Dri-FIT technology, provide increased comfort and thermoregulation to enable players to perform at their optimal level on the court.
"The University of Kentucky is honored to be selected as the first collegiate basketball team to incorporate Nike's new innovations," said Kentucky Head Coach Billy Gillispie. "The elements of the new uniforms featuring two of our greatest heroes are a reminder of the passion that the Bluegrass state has for its horse racing and Kentucky basketball."
Honoring a Kentucky Legend
In addition to design and performance enhancements, the Wildcats new look is special for another important reason. Each player's jersey includes a special call out to Kentucky legend Bill Keightley. In the Bluegrass state, and basketball circles around the world, Keightley was known simply as "Mr. Wildcat." He served as an equipment manager for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for more than 48 years and was a part of their '78, '96 and '98 championship teams.
An enthusiastic and ever-welcoming fixture of Wildcats basketball for nearly half a century, Keightley is one of only two non-players to have a jersey retired in Rupp Arena and in 2007 was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. He died earlier this year at the age of 81, and, in his honor, UK's new uniforms feature a black patch across the shoulder with "Mr. Wildcat" in script.
Midnight Madness Debut
The Wildcats will wear the new uniforms for the first time during the school's Midnight Madness festivities and throughout the 2008-09 season.
About Nike
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Oregon boys, 7 and 11, attempt armed robbery, police say | Fox News
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In a church parking lot. Who said nothing bad happens in churches?
I wonder why they were released? Isn't armed robbery a crime?
Ah, the joys of parenting.
Y'know.. when I was 7 or 11, if I did what these little punks did, my old man would have beaten me to within inches of my life.... and I would have deserved it.
These days just raising your voice to your kids results DHHS representatives, most of which have never been parents, investigating you for child abuse.
I'm not usually one to want or expect the government to handle anything, especially when it comes to parenting...but these kids could have killed someone.
Parents? Or, baby Momma? Either way..................................... Start the revolving door of justice and jail.
The kids did nothing wrong! It was obviously the gun's fault! Just ask Costas, or Whitlock!
The boys were apprehended by officers responding to reports of children with guns. When they arrived, the boys tried to run away.
After the boys were caught, officers returned the boys to their families, but the 11-year-old tried to escape his parents' house, police said. Officers later caught him.
They are so cute at that age.
If I had been one of those two kids, my mom would have blistered my butt sooooo bad. I surely would have walked the straight and narrow after that 'cause I couldn't have sat down!
Yeah... Some kids just need to be beaten.
I'm thinking those two kinda need it. A lot.
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Thursday, April 1
Rockford Historical Society—7 p.m. at Rockford Community Cabin, 220 N. Monroe St., with Ann Byl presenting "History of Plainfield Township." Janette Konkle will host.
Sunday, April 2
Kent Conservation District Tree Sale Deadline—Catalog is available online at www.kentconservation.org, under the "tree sale" tab at the top of the page.
Saturday, April 3
Easter Egg Hunt—10 to 11:30 a.m. a Blythefield Christian Reformed Church, 6350 Kuttshill Dr. NE, Rockford. Children ages 3-10 are invited to hunt for eggs, participate in games, make a craft and listen to the Easter story. Bring a basket and dress to go outside for the egg hunt! For more information call (616) 866-2962 or visit www.blythefieldcrc.
Breakfast with the Bunny—9:30 a.m. Enjoy the country setting of a horse farm, with activities indoors and out, at the Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding, 3777 Rector NE, Rockford (just off Summit, between 12 Mile and 13 Mile roads). Enjoy a petting zoo, live music, Easter egg hunt, arts and crafts for kids, horse-drawn wagon rides, Equest's equine bunny "Challenger," photos with the bunny, and a catered breakfast. Advance tickets are $8.50 for adults and $5.50 for kids 10 and under; at the door, tickets are $11 for adults and $8 for kids 10 and under. For tickets or more information, call (616) 866-3066 or visit www.equestcenter.org. All proceeds go to help Equest Center's kids.
Sunday, April 4
Swiss Steak Dinner—noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Rockford Masonic Lodge. Cost is $8 for adults; $3 for children under age 10. Dinner includes Swiss steak, vegetable, mashed potatoes with gravy, salad, dinner roll, dessert and beverage.
Blood Drive—3 to 7 p.m. at Bostwick Lake Congregational Church UCC, 7979 Belding Road, Rockford.
Monday, April 5
"What a Wonderful World" Day at the Library—2 p.m. at Krause Memorial Library, 140 E. Bridge St., Rockford. Louis Armstrong's song will come to life with crafts, activities and fun designed around the beautifully illustrated book by Ashley Bryan. This program is for children 6 and under. For more information, visit www.kdl.org or call the library (616) 647-3940.
Spring Break Scavenger Hunt—10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Howard Christensen Nature Center, 16190 Red Pine Dr., Kent City. Come to the Red Pine Interpretive Center to get your Scavenger Hunt form, and discover the mounted animal exhibits. Tables are available for your own indoor picnic lunch. After you complete the hunt, get a stamp on your Connecting Families with Nature passport. For more information, visit www.kentconservation.org/families, www.kentconservation.org/hcnc, or call (616) 675-3158 or (866) 675-3158, or e-mail email@example.com.
Tuesday, April 6
Country Music—9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at Rockford Ambulance Community Center, corner of 10 Mile Road and Shaner Avenue in Rockford. Music by the Rogue River Band. Enjoy free coffee, tea and snacks.
Mended Hearts Meeting—7 p.m. at Spectrum Health Fred & Lena Meijer Heart Center, 100 Michigan St., Grand Rapids, room 8815 on eighth floor. This nonprofit support group—affiliated with American Heart Association—offers hope, information and encouragement to heart patients, families and caregivers through those who have experienced heart disease. For more information, contact Jim Oldfield at (616) 891-9395.
North Kent Toastmasters Club Meeting—7 to 8:45 p.m. at Prudential Preferred Realtors, 502 Northland Dr., Rockford (at 11 Mile Rd.). Toastmasters helps you improve your communication, public speaking and leadership skills. For more information, call Angela at (616) 560-4726 or visit www.nkctm.org.
Wednesday, April 7
Business Counseling—Starting a new business or have questions about your existing business? The Rockford Chamber of Commerce and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) would like to help. SCORE is a nonprofit organization sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and is dedicated to helping the small-business community through no-fee mentoring, business counseling and low-cost workshops. A SCORE counselor will be at the Chamber starting at 9 a.m. Please call the Chamber at (616) 866-2000, Mon.–Fri. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., to schedule an appointment.
Thursday, April 8
Rockford Lions Club Meeting—6 p.m. social, 6:30 dinner and 7 p.m. meeting at the Community Cabin, 220 N. Monroe St., Rockford. Meetings held every second and fourth Thursday of each month.
Sunday, April 11
Breakfast—8 a.m. to noon at American Legion Post #102, 330 Rockford Park Drive, between 11 Mile and 12 Mile roads on Northland Dr.). Cost is $6.50 for adults, $5 for seniors over 70, and $3 for kids, which includes eggs, toast, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice.
Tuesday, April 13
Country Music—9:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at Rockford Ambulance Community Center, corner of 10 Mile Road and Shaner Avenue in Rockford. Music by the Rogue River Band. Enjoy free coffee, tea and snacks.
Sunday, April 18
Roast Beef Dinner—11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 3946, located at 4195 Thirteen Mile Road, Rockford. Cost is $8 for adults; $3 for children.
Monday, April 19
Free Food for Needy Families—5 p.m. at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 6070 Kuttshill Drive, Rockford, with a Mobile Food Pantry providing free food for needy families in the North Kent community. For more information, call the church at (616) 866-1556.


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Now I know the first things to ask: Does she have a UTI? Does she pee in her crate or her bed when she sleeps?
She had a UTI in the past, but she was on the meds for it and it cleared up right away. So as far as I can tell, she doesn't have another one. She has started to have accidents again in the house (two or three in the past couple months) so that might be a sign, but I'm not sure.
I've been checking her bed and her crate for pee spots, and they're all dry. She has slept in my parents' laps before and she hasn't peed on them.
She also peed on me when I had a blanket on me, and I can't find the pee spot on the blanket... And this is the second time this has happened.
So my conclusion is is that my dog magically pees through surfaces to pee on me. :/
Why does my dog pee on me in her sleep?


text: I have the silver done and I am ready to go on the colors, but I am on the fence about using rattle cans or breaking down and buying an airbrush. For those of you who use an airbrush and the Floquil and Polly Scale colors, since most of them are acrylic, are they still fairly durable once they are sprayed on and clear coated? If I go the airbrush route, I plan on sealing layers with a flat clear coat like Testors Dullcote or Krylon Flat. I have used both and never had issues with either on other projects. Just want to make sure the Floquil and Polly Scale acrylics are durable enough. Not planning on abusing the helmet of course, but I am hoping a simple fingernail nick won't remove paint either. Thanks!


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Hello all. Soon to purchase my first firearm.
I talked to a guy yesterday and explained to him that home defense/concealed carry are my two main concerns. He suggested the Taurus M380 .380ACP 5 Round Revolver. He described it as a good choice for concealed carry because of its size and weight. He also said they were easy to operate. That's also a main concern of mine because if I'm not home, I want my wife or 12 year old son to have the ability to easily operate the firearm as well.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this gun or any better alternatives?
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Hey all,
I'm Chad, a Marketing and Finance major attending the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, MN. I spend every weekend in the woods or on the lake in Northwestern, WI (God's Country). I love shooting, both with firearms and bow. I've trolled on here forever, and figured I might as well make a fool out of myself, and open my mouth on here.
I promise to:
- Make you all feel smart by asking dumb questions
- Post sarcastic comments that are bound to leave some shaking their heads
- Sing my love for 1911's, whilst owning zero of them
- Restore your faith in my generation with a fair share of common sense
My handgun collection is small but guaranteed to grow (to the dismay of the wife), and includes:
Smith and Wesson .38 Chief's Special
Sig P226 in .40
Colt Woodsman .22
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Hi and welcome, sounds like a quality collection to me........
Welcome I have a friend in St. Paul............done a lot of fishing on the St. Croix, and surrounding lakes....love Stillwater.
Hello Chad, welcome to the forum from Stone Mountain Georgia
Welcome. I had a good friend 33yrs ago that taught math at St Thomas. Col Robert Faus. I would imagine he is not there any more. I moved away from Eagan Mn in1979.