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Granite and wood countertop???
I'm pretty new to the whole diy thing...actually my experience is limited to painting and patching holes. Sooo...before I start my kitchen I'm going to make a rolling kitchen island from a base cabinet I got for free. I decided I wanted to make my own countertop, obviously as cheap as possible. But I also like to get creative. I was initially going to just used wood flooring for it, but then decided I wanted to have a 12x12 in granite square on it because it would look cool and I could have a place to put my hot pots. Is that doable? Would I put grout around the edges of the tile between the wood?
Also, I was going to buy some remnant unfinished wood, do I glue and nail to the plywood underneath? what about the edges, how do I finishe them? Any suggestions? Oh and I was also considering using cork flooring...I know there cork countertops, but could cork flooring also be used as a countertop?
Granite tiles are a good choice. Edge them with wood trim or purchased tile trim. Use a tiny grout line and unsanded grout.
I was going to suggest checking with a granite fabricator in your area. Sometimes they have small pieces for cheap, but on second thought that is not a good idea. With a rolling cart you don't want it to be top heavy and risk it tipping over on someone. Even with granite tiles this is something to consider.
Flooring is not recommended as a counter top. The gaps between the planks can absorb water, spills, etc. And it is difficult to clean thoroughly. Those gaps are a great place for bacteria to grow. I'd consider using it to cover the sides.
What kind of flooring you have on your floor. If you have a floating floor or soft vinyl floor be aware that a heavy rolling cart can leave dents in it.
I have tile floors so I think they're ok. I never thought about the weight of the granite for the cart. Hmmm..gives me something to think about. I've seen other people use flooring and seal it really well. You don't think that could work? I'm trying so hard to be creative and cheap. lol
What kind of flooring you have on your floor. If you have a floating floor or soft vinyl floor be aware that a heavy rolling cart can leave dents in it.[/quote]
Wood flooring would also have to have room to expand and contract.
I bought what was suppost to be a microwave stand at wall mart for about $45.00 that's on wheels, has a real wood butcher block top and real white oak sides, it also has a drawer and a two door cabinet under it.
I use it as a portable island just like what your looking for.
Just because you got the cabinet for free does not make it your best choise to try and repurpose. Your still going to have to reinforce the bottom so casters can be added, buy some casters, all the labor and materials to finish some form of top.
Just because you got the cabinet for free does not make it your best choise to try and repurpose. Your still going to have to reinforce the bottom so casters can be added, buy some casters, all the labor and materials to finish some form of top.[/quote]
And it may not have structure to support a heavy top.:wink:
Flooring is not a good choice for countertops. Bacteria will love the gaps. If you want wood, go with something like pressure laminated maple or red oak butcher block. Or laminated strand bamboo makes a stronger cutting board type surface. I've had replaceable plastic cutting board surfaces made as inlays for client countertops. They love them. When they get carved up, they order a new one every few years.
Not sure I would pick natural stone as a material for setting hot pots on. You will, just to start, destroy whatever sealer you put on it for protection in short order if, depending on the thickness of the stone, you do not crack or fissure it first. It will stain badly on you.
You do need to calculate how heavy this thing is going to be to determine what casters you fit under it. What are the dimensions of this cabinet? What is the dimension of the framing material?
You guys are killing me. Flooring is not recommended but butcher block is ok???:(
Is anyone aware of the fact that both are wood and both expand and contract. Either will work as long as you glue the flooring together.:yes:
Secondly, granite tile would not be that heavy on just a rolling cabinet, unless it is huge.
The part that is correct is you do need make the framing heavy enough to handle the castors. Make it heavy enough and it should work fine.:thumbsup:
No offense but the OP is thinking he can accomplish the same thing with a bottle of Guerrila Glue, leftover T&G flooring and some clamps? I don't think so. In fact I know so. You are asking for trouble suggesting you can just glue flooring together and make a countertop just because the flooring is maple, oak, bamboo or whatever! Suggesting it possible could make some people very, very sick when the bacteria catch on and move in to their new home! :no:
I guess you could seal it in epoxy for food safety but we are now talking more bucks than just buying a real countertop? He wants something to set hot pots on and stone, expoxy over wood flooring or even laminated hardwood butcher block or bamboo is not the answer.
What he need is a heatstone sort of insert. If, as we agree, this thing can structurally handle the weight of the countertop and has a place to put decent wheels under it. Let's not forget the live load to be added with whatever the OP plans to put in the thing. Two cans of tomatoe sauce, a couple pounds of dry pasta, 20 pound bag of rice, decent clad cookware, a four year old that finds it the perfect place to play hide-an-seek, etc.
Bull. As long as a proper finish is applied it will be fine.
Blazing sublime to absurd!!!! And very, very dangerous thinking.
Thank God restaurants at least are subject to health and food safety inspections. With what you suggest, home kitchens probably should be too!:furious:
wow...didn't mean to get everyone riled up! lol My friend has a bar, which is a public food establishment and the counters are made from reclaimed barn floor. They did apply some sort of expoxy over it, so if it works for them, I thought I could do it too. I thought granite tiles were also good because they are thin and not too heavy. Since these cabinets were used in a kitchen before I don't understand why they couldn't handle the weight. Why would the framing not hold it? I really need to know this stuff, because I assume if it held a counter than it would again. I'll defiitely check the castors and see how much weight they'd handle. Its not very big, but I don't want to buy a new counter just for it. I want this more for experience than anything before I do any other projects. I know I could buy something like the person recommended with the microwave stand, but I gotta learn somewhere. And trust me, I know nothing and have a ton of learning. Does anyone have any other good ideas that are very cheap? I checked on butch block and its expensive. Oh and I hate laminates. I want it to be creative!!!
Kvmommy, I understand where you're coming from. I do the same thing. Yeah, you could buy a rolling cart at Wal-mart, but what's the fun in that. It's creating something unique, and saying "I did it" that's the fun part. Not to mention you're re-purposing stuff which is good for the environment!
In your shoes, I would cover it in tile. I'd head on down to my local Habitat for Humanity re-store for supplies. Find some trim for the edges, and see what kind of tile they have. Granite squares would work, but with smaller tiles you may be able to minimize, or even eliminate, any cutting. Just be careful that it doesn't end up top heavy and "tippy".
Edited to add: We have some local discount tile places that have glass mosaic tile for as little as $10.00 a SF. Depending on how much area you have, that might be awesome too!
And as far as framing? You are going to need some woodblocks or something into which the wheels you want on this get bolted? You are on to a good ideas and I hope I do not come off suggesting not. You just need to think it through.
Granite and wood countertop??? / Cork Answer
Oh and I was also considering using cork flooring...I know there cork countertops, but could cork flooring also be used as a countertop?
I would not recommend using cork flooring on the counter tops because the density of the cork they use for flooring is not the same as the ones that they use for cork counters. Also the majority of the cork out there has a veneer so if you drop something on it or cut it with a knife you will see a different color underneath and it may separate.
One option you could try as a DIY project is get cork underlayment and glue it down to a board and then get butchers wax and give it multiple coats of wax to seal the surface and then test it out for awhile. You should be able to get the underlayment at one of the big hardware stores cheaply.
If you do the DIY project let me know how it goes and take photos. I'm sure our other followers will be interested in your opinion of it.
Wood countertops are becoming more popular in modern kitchens. Solid wood countertops are natural products made of wood from trees. Anyways Thanks for sharing the link Cork.
I have no problem building your own wood countertop, in fact I have built two in my time. I used sugar maple (sold as rock maple some places) because it is hard. Many butcher block surfaces are similarly made, if you look at them they consist of usually pretty thick (6 inches or more) maple slabs, typically about 1 inch wide, glued and often bolted together. Sometimes the surface is finished only with salad oil (food grade oil), sometimes the surface is finished with epoxy.
This may not be suitable as a food PREPARATION surface, since as has been pointed out bacteria can get into the cracks, but truth is that every surface in your house harbors millions of bacteria, even stainless steel will support a nice colony of bacteria on the surface, so if you are going to go OCD on bacteria, there is no surface on earth that will meet the strict test of zero bacteria. Myself, I learned to live with the bacteria many years ago, and I don't get too obsessed over it, but to each their own.
That said, certain woods are better for a countertop. You want a hard wood, so this leaves out species like pine, fir and all the other confers. You want a surface that has minimal pores, so this leaves out open grained wood like oak. I have seen countertops out of cherry, ash, maple, and some exotic tropical woods. If you plan to epoxy the surface, this expands the choices,since the epoxy is going to be very hard and effectively waterproof.
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Technical Abstract: An important step in the mass production of baculoviruses is the development of new insect cell lines capable of high production levels. Selected newly generated cell lines were evaluated for the production of 5 baculoviruses: alfalfa looper virus (AcMNPV), velvetbean caterpillar virus (AgMNPV), bollworm virus (HzSNPV), diamondback moth virus (PxMNPV), and beet armyworm virus (SeMNPV). Extracellular virus titers (ECV) and occlusion body (OB) production levels were determined. For AcMNPV production, 28 new lines were evaluated. Three of these lines produced high ECV titers (> or equal to 10*7 TCID-50/ml) and 11 produced OBs. For AgMNPV, 6 new lines were tested, 5 produced high ECV titers and all produced OBs. For HzSNPV, 7 new lines were tested, 2 produced only moderate ECV levels (10*6 TCID-50/ml) and none generated OBs. For PxMNPV, 14 new lines were tested, 8 generated high ECV levels and 12 produced OBs. For SeMNPV, 2 isolates were tested in 3 new cell lines. All of these line produced moderate to high ECV titers (10*6 to 10*7 TCID-50/ml) of one isolate and OB of both isolates. Thus, we found that numerous newly established cell lines were good baculovirus producers. These data will be used by researchers in government, academia and industry for selecting cell lines for the mass production of baculoviruses.


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Oktoberfest in Oklahoma
Celebrate 2017 with an Oktoberfest in Oklahoma festival. I never would have expected Oklahoma to have half a million residents of German descent. But it does. And it has one fine Oktoberfest celebration in Tulsa. Who could have predicted that something other than oil would be flowing freely in this state? Otherwise, I'd be a bit disappointed that the state only has five Oktoberfests.
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2016 Events
We update the list of dates and locations of these German festivals when they are announced throughout the year. Here is the current list:
Choctaw Oktoberfest – Choctaw, OK – September 2-10, 2016
More than 50,000 people attend this annual 9 day Oktoberfest organized by Old Germany Restaurant, the City of Choctaw and the Choctaw Chamber. Enjoy beer, food, dancing and live German music. German food includes grilled chicken, ham hocks, brats and apple strudel. Bands include The Alpenmusikanten, The Walburg Boys, Auf Geht's, Alex Meixner, Das Ist Lustig, Almrausch Dance Troop, The Geoff Scott Band and Justin Pruitt Trio. Admission is $5 per person with children 12 and under free. Location: Choctaw Creek Park, 14098 NE 21st St, Choctaw, OK 73020
Enid Oktoberfest – Enid, OK – October 7, 2016
A celebration of local Czech, Austrian, and German roots with Polka bands in downtown Enid on the first friday in October.
Location: Downtown Enid, Oklahoma 73701
Grove Oktoberfest – Grove, OK – Oct 7-8, 2016
It looks like the Oktoberfest has combined with the Pelican festival. Need additional details, sorry!
Vinita Oktoberfest – Vinita, OK – October 8, 2016
The Holy Ghost Catholic Church hosts the Vinita Oktoberfest on the second Saturday in October. Enjoy German brats, local entertainment, crafts, children's games, pony rides, and a silent auction. Location: 120 West Sequoyah, Vinita, OK 74301
Tulsa Oktoberfest – Tulsa, OK – October 20-23, 2016
This Oklahoma Oktoberfest has been running for more than 30 years. It's been ranked one of the top Oktoberfest celebrations in the United States by several different media outlets. The Dachshund Dash, bier barrel races, a 5K and stein carrying and holding contests. Two bands from Germany bringing the party live music. Location: 2100 S Jackson Ave, Tulsa, OK
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Fassler-OKC Oktoberfest – Sept 24-27, 2015
McNellie's OKC Oktoberfest – Oklahoma City, OK – October 3, 2015
They shut down Walker Street last year, pitched a beer tent and brought in a polka band for evening entertainment. Location: 1100 Classen Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
We hope you enjoy these festivals for Oktoberfest. Oklahoma residents: Let us know which one is your favorite!
We have just added these maps with the locations of each Oktoberfest. We may not have had the exact location for each Oktoberfest so in some instances we have placed the marker in the general vicinity of the Oktoberfest. Be sure to get specific directions from another source and do not solely rely on our map at the moment. We have also noticed that the markers may not show up on some mobile browsers. We will work to sort out this bug in the future.
Please confirm dates, locations and activities available at the Oktoberfest before going. That's one reason that we provide a website address when we find one. We attempt to ensure that the information for each Oktoberfest is accurate but there are bound to be a few errors. If you let us know when you find one, we will fix it. In some cases, we may link to the 2014 event when information for 2015 is not available. Do not be fooled.
The festivals listed range in size. Some events may have hundreds of thousands of attendees. Others may have only a handful. We're sorry that we don't have more information about attendance numbers at the moment. We will do our best to add this information as time goes on.
Professionalism varies as well. Some Oktoberfests are professional operations with large budgets. Others are local operations run by volunteers. Do your due diligence before making plans to attend so that you know what to expect. We will happily publish information about your experience with any Oktoberfest so that our visitors will be better informed in the future.
Some Oktoberfests are more family friendly than others. If you have small children, look for an Oktoberfest that has activities for kids. Other events start out with family friendly activities and become more adult oriented as it becomes later in the evening.
Not all Oktoberfest celebrations will be authentic German festival experiences. Some may simply be an excuse to drink rather than celebrate German heritage. Some may call themselves Oktoberfest but provide local or seasonal beer rather than authentic German Oktoberfest beer. Be sure to consider the type of celebration that you are looking to attend when you pick your Oktoberfest.
Activities offered at each Oktoberfest varies. Some activities that you may find are parades, keg tapping ceremony, beer gardens, Miss Oktoberfest or costume contests, stein holding contests, bratwurst eating contest, chicken dance, wiener races, keg toss, live German bands and local entertainment, polka dancing and fairground games. Some Oktoberfest events will just have beer and brats.
Please don't drink and drive. We want everyone to get home safe. Use a designated driver or take public transportation.
Do you run one of the Oktoberfests listed? Feel free to send us additional information and we will add it. We apologize for any errors: send us corrections when you find them!
Some of these Oktoberfest parties outside Tulsa might be on the smaller side. Try my list of the largest festivals for Oktoberfest in the United States for the most popular and attended celebrations of German heritage. You should also peruse the lists of nearby states that celebrate Oktoberfest: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas.
Whether you have found a festival to enjoy or you will be celebrating from home, Funtober has some other resources that will help you prepare for Oktoberfest. Read about the history of Oktoberfest. Learn about Oktoberfest beer. Find the words to Oktoberfest music. Plan your Oktoberfest outfit. And try cooking some of these Oktoberfest recipes.
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I have a zine to trade if you still have copies of yours around.
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I think its about $3 each way, if that's cool? I'll send my ramblings to you too! :)
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Washington, DC, September 17, 2007 – To highlight the inadequacy of current food stamp benefits and to push for a strong nutrition title in the 2007 Farm Bill, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, pledged today to live on only $1 worth of food per meal—the average Food Stamp Program benefit level—from September 14 to 22.
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Rabbi Saperstein issued the following statement about his participation in the "Food Stamp Challenge:"
The Food Stamp Program is the country's single most important anti-hunger program. Yet at a time when 38 million Americans, including 13.9 million children, live in hunger or regularly face food insecurity, the program's effectiveness has been increasingly diluted. With the 2007 reauthorization of the Farm Bill upon us, Congress has the chance to strengthen the Food Stamp Program and help more families put food on the table in the richest country in the world.
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Boehner has lost control over his own party. Republicans are determined that a fiscal disaster is to their benefit because Americans will blame Democrats just as they blamed Obama for the rising national debt–one that was created by Republican politicians. Boehner no longer controls the party, Tea Party stalwarts do not control the party. Moderates no longer are in the party. So, who is left in the party?
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(Reuters) - A Detroit-area factory where "Rosie the Riveter" and other women built World War Two-era bombers has been saved from demolition by last-minute donations to help turn it into a museum, fundraisers said on Thursday.
The campaign to raise enough money to stop a wrecking ball from leveling the Willow Run bomber plant faced a May 1 deadline for raising $8 million but, as of Tuesday morning, fell $1 million dollars short, said fundraising spokesman Michael Montgomery. The deadline had already been extended three times.
Suddenly on Tuesday an infusion of $230,000 in donations - including $200,000 from a single undisclosed donor - poured in, convincing fundraisers they had enough to purchase the property in Ypsilanti Township, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Detroit.
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. For many years, we have heard that bowling is the World's Number One participatory sport so let's take a closer look at some insight into
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Bowling is certainly a very high participatory sport of any athletic endeavor in the world. With emergence of new
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in parts of the country and around the world, bowling is experiencing a boost once again popularity. Bowling is already a medal sport in the Asian and Commonwealth games and is expected to gain further recognition as a medal sport in the future. Bowling has always been a popular activity; the industry is constantly working to the goal of bowling become an Olympic Sport.
At the summer games in Seoul and Barcelona, international competitions of the world's best players took place in Atlanta, athletes from all over the globe sought relaxation and enjoyment in the Olympic Village's bowling center. Bowling is played in more than 80 countries located in all five Olympic Zones. With more than 100 million participants, 10 million competitors and 250 thousand bowling lanes it is one of the largest and best organized sports in the world.
Bowling is an event included in the following international and regional championships: Pan American Games; Asian Games; World Games; Commonwealth Games,. Central and South American Games; Caribbean Games, Bolivian Games, South East and Far East Asian Games; Maccabiah Games; Masters Games, Solidarity Games, and Ciss Games.
Bowling has a rich sporting history dating back to ancient Egypt in 5200 B.C. It was an Exhibition Sport in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In 1992 and 1996, a modern bowling facility was installed in the Athletes' Village at Barcelona and Atlanta where champion bowlers conducted exhibitions, competed, and offered instructional sessions for the benefit of Olympic athletes. Bowling supports and observes Olympic ideals.
Bowling's universal popularity can be attributed to the following:
- 100,000,000 plus participants
- 10,000,000 competitors
- 13,000 bowling centers
- 250,000 bowling lanes
- 250,000,000 annual exposures
- $6,000,000,000 annual industry
- Proven television track record
- Arena venues
- 40% - 50% Women competitors
- Many women outscore men on identical lane conditions
- Mental and physical precision
- Exceptional hand/eye coordination
For many years, the debate whether bowling is a recreation or a sport, or perhaps both, has raised interesting perspectives on the subject. In my opinion, bowling is both a recreational and a sport endeavor and its popularity is shared by all participants.
Academically, we can presume bowling fits the definition of a sport. It's an organized physical activity with membership, rules and regulations, and tiers of involvement. As with other sports, those who practice, stay in shape and master the finer points of the game have a distinct advantage over the casual performers.
Flexibility, balance, coordination and strength are key components to successful bowling. The majority of today's top players have highly developed wrists, forearms and shoulders and very strong legs that enable them to generate mega-revs on the ball and sustain control and accuracy for extended periods of time. Having one's legs in good condition is a prerequisite of any successful competitive player who frequently participates in tournament events, as example, requiring many games of bowling as part of the event format.
Of course, many people still look at bowling as a social activity played by beverage-drinking, chain-smoking men and women who demand or are spoiled by easy lane conditions to post scores above their realistic skills and abilities. These same people certainly reserve the right to compete in typical bowling leagues where the season can last upwards of 33 weeks during the fall and winter bowling season. Having fun and enjoying the company of others along with the competitive aspect of trying to win the league regardless of the pace of overall scores has been a staple of bowling for decades of time.
USBC Sport Bowling is an optional membership level that presents the chance to experience a new challenge and satisfy a bowler's competitive nature regardless of the bowler's skill. Conducted on challenging lane conditions, Sport Bowling Leagues and Tournaments emphasize the bowler's ability to deliver the bowling ball accurately and consistently, make necessary adjustments, read lanes, and convert spares — skills that will ultimately improve a bowler's game. Today, Sport Bowling is recognized as the competitive standard in bowling. Almost every premier bowling tournament is rolled on Sport Bowling lane conditions. The USBC deserves a great deal of credit for advancing bowling as a sport with the advent of sanctioned leagues and tournaments.
Of course, tournaments of all types such as ones dedicated to amateur players, both handicap and scratch players alike, are abundant at all corners of the globe where competitive bowling is contested. The professional organizations around the world showcase the finest talent in players competing for prizes and monies. For many years, organizations such as the Professional Bowlers Association host numerous tournament events each year with many being televised nationally where players from around the world have the opportunity to emerge victorious and be called "World Champions."
Bowling is different things to different people, however, and to some, it is a relaxing form of recreation. Toddlers and other youngsters may be introduced to bowling by means of a birthday party or by Mom and Dad. Teenagers find the bowling center a great place for that first date. Husbands and wives use their weekly league sessions to spend quality time together. Men and women view their weekly leagues as time to hang out with the "boys" or "girls" while fueling their strong need to compete.
This aspect of bowling is widely referred to as "recreational" and has a tremendous participation and following around the world as evidenced by the fact that at its most basic roots, bowling is a game played by people ages 8 to 80 and perhaps beyond. As an indoor activity, it is not restricted by weather. Outside conditions often help drive people to the sport – away from winter's blustery cold and from summer's unbearable heat and humidity.
We must not overlook the growing impact of Youth Bowling. In addition to youth leagues, proprietors work to familiarize kids in schools that bowling in afternoon "glow bowling with music" sessions can be fun and also serve as a worthwhile social function, then work to convert them into youth league bowlers. Twenty years ago when bumper bowling first emerged, the industry and many proprietors looked at it as a fad. Well, this fad is still around and is still a source of entertainment for the kids as well as money-makers for the proprietors.
Another source of entertainment for the kids who enjoy the competitive aspects of bowling is demonstrated by the Junior Gold bowling qualifying events and championship events which also act as incentive to keep the youth bowlers in America keen to remain in the sport. Other programs and tournaments which have been successful through the years dedicated to promoting youth bowling are high school leagues, youth tournaments such as YABA, Pepsi Junior Championships, state and county youth tournaments, and other such tournament events, all of which have been vehicles to promulgate the sport of bowling.
What all of this leads us to is the conclusion that bowling is one of the oldest and most popular sports and recreations in the world. It is enjoyed by more than 100 million people in more than 100 countries worldwide. About 70 million people in the United States bowl at least once each year. Nearly 50 million bowl at least twice a year. About three million compete regularly in league and tournament play, about 80 percent of which is certified by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) in Arlington, Texas, the sanctioning body for all of bowling which works closely with more than 3,000 local associations who directly serve those members while working directly with staff at more than 5,000 bowling centers nationwide.
The industry recognized formally at the 2010 International Bowl Expo Trade Show that not only is bowling a sport, it is a recreation as well. After years of arguing that it had to be one or the other, it was apparent to the thousands in attendance at the Trade Show that bowling indeed is all of them together which certainly seemed okay to the experts in attendance. "We promote bowling as a sport, entertainment and business," Brunswick President of Bowling Products told the Bowling Writers' Association of America. It's all three."
When we consider the magnitude of bowling popularity we have to look at all these aspects of the game and conclude that if you are part of the bowling experience, you are part of something universal and lasting. Long live bowling!
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I used my addressbook on my MAC Pro and stripped out all "'" "(" ")" "-" from names, suspecting a data compatibility problem. So now, the Mac addressbook reflects all of these edits, as so does the icloud, and my iPhone5 (rel 6.1.4). CUI properly relects these changes as well.
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The dealer, who spoke to an GM engineering type, told me to delete my iPhone5 (once paired with the XTS) from CUI. So the divorce took place. I remarried (paired) the "new" iPhone5 to the XTS. Contact list still omits the Octopus entries. So, at the advice of the dealership and GM engineer, I added to the iPhone5 a new entry. I waited 5 minutes. Nothing, no new entry!
So now the plan is for me to take my car back into the dealership with my iPhone5 and have their engineer talk to the GM engineer to debug the system. This is a bit unreal, for sure.
Does anyone using an iPhone5 have success in making additions? I have about 145 contacts. Any bright ideas?
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Martha Reid is the State Librarian of Vermont. She says although West Hartford and more than 100 other libraries across the state saw some storm damage, residents have continued to use them for disaster and social recovery.
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With first dates, missions, and travel to Jeju complete, the idols enjoyed a meal together... but now it's time to shake things up!
It's time for the Song Shuffle! After the girls are sequestered into different rooms, things seem to take a little longer than usual to begin- it's announced, eventually, that Simon seems to have come down with a bad case of food poisoning and as such he has been admitted to the best hospital in Jeju. This means that he's off the show, of course, and only three songs will be played for the Song Shuffle.
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What happens now is up to the active players. Would you like me to continue modding, even though there's only two males and one female, or would you just like to wing it? No offense taken at all if you'd like me to step back. I admit I likely had my hopes set a bit high for this PSL and idea, but I want to thank everyone for the interest!
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We still haven't heard back from Jinwoon at all, nor do we have Hyoyeon's shirt choice. Apologies for not posting this sooner, the crew seems to have come down with a bug of some sort. You both have until Thursday evening at 11:59pm EST to get back to us!
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Welcome to The Romantic & Idol!
Girls talked, and guys chatted before the application interviews. The men know the male half of the cast, likewise for the females. All that's left now is to start things off!
It's time for your first dates! Based on the way everyone ranked the love songs from OSTs, the crew has paired you up and given you a vague idea of where you might meet this very special someone. Here are further details! (Hover for who is meeting where! Please keep in mind that your muse won't know who their date is until they meet face to face for the first time.)
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It's time to take flight, hopefully Cupid has been helping you lovebirds out. You've known you were heading somewhere, but you didn't know where...
After a flight to Jeju and a rather long, possibly mind numbing drive to the southern side of the island with a stop at the grocery store on the way, you arrive at what can only be described as paradise. Welcome to Breakfast at Tiffany's. The room layout is as follows:
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On this date in 1913, Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He graduated from the City University of New York with a degree in business, and later decided to earn a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Columbia University. He graduated in 1947 and earned an M.A. in clinical psychology from Teachers College in 1943. Ellis worked as a psychotherapist, marriage and family counselor and sex therapist. He became chief psychologist of New Jersey in 1950.
Ellis initially practiced psychoanalysis, but in 1953 he declared it unscientific and became what he called a "rational therapist." In 1955, he invented Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a type of short-term Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which counsels patients to take action to improve their lives in the present, rather than focusing on past experiences. He founded the non-profit Albert Ellis Institute in 1964, which worked to promote REBT and make it accessible. REBT is still practiced today and was considered a revolutionary change in psychotherapy. In fact, a 1982 study found that Albert Ellis was considered more influential than such famous psychologists as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.
Ellis became a "firm atheist and anti-mystic" at the age of 12, according to his 2007 book Are Capitalism, Objectivism, and Libertarianism Religions? Yes!. In the book, he also called himself a "probabilistic atheist," meaning that he believed the probability of a god existing was very low. "We can have no certainty that God does or does not exist [but] we have an exceptionally high degree of probability that he or she doesn't," Ellis explained in his 2004 book, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: It Works For Me–It Can Work For You. Ellis wrote "Case Against Religion: A Psychotherapist's View and the Case Against Religiosity," which was first published in The Independent in 1980 and later published as a pamphlet. In the pamphlet, Ellis writes that religion's "absolutistic, perfectionistic thinking is the prime creator of the two most corroding of human emotions: anxiety and hostility." D. 2007.
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Diane, who received her lung transplant in October 2010, felt she had to tell her story.
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My tuxes are packed, the hotels are booked, and the limo is waiting outside. The Lear jet is fully fueled up and waiting for me at nearby Buchanan Field, the flight plan already filed. I am taking off for Europe today for a mix of business and pleasure.
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The Fourth of July will find me on a reader's mega yacht watching the fireworks near the Brooklyn Bridge. I hope to reconnect with many old friends at my New York strategy seminar on July 5. The next day I will enjoy the view from my penthouse suite on Cunard's Queen Mary II as we pass the Statue of Liberty outbound for Southampton, England. Hopefully, those who signed up for my Seminar at Sea are well stocked with motion sickness pills.
In London I'll catch William Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Globe Theater, spend an evening at the Royal Ballet, and visit the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. At least one morning you will find me catching an old fashioned straight razor shave at the Jermyn Street Barbers, and topping up my supply of business shirts at Turnbull & Asser. The cheese trolley at the Michelin restaurant is to die for.
For accommodations, I'll be staying at the ever reliable, if not spartan, British Navy Officers Club. You know, the place where Horatio Nelson used to hang out with his pals? After my July 16 London strategy luncheon it will be a race to St. Pancreas Station to catch the Eurostar under the English Channel to Paris.
I will spend the night at the French Army Officers Club. You know, the place where Napoleon killed time with his buddies? Last time I had dinner there, the table on my right saw a group packed with French Air Force officers planning the next NATO air strike on Libya, while the one on my left saw a group negotiating to sell an aircraft carrier to some Chinese admirals. My ears were ringing for a week.
Frankfurt is next on the agenda where I'll be hosting a strategy lunch on July 18, intermixed with meetings with the CEO's of major German industrial companies seeking how to navigate the global economy in the "new normal." After that, I am counting on my winter of polka instructions to pay off big time.
In the lead up to my July 27 strategy seminar in Zermatt, I'll be consulting with the representatives of some Middle Eastern royal families while they vacation in the Alps. One afternoon will be devoted to taking the paddle wheel steamer on Lake Geneva to the Chateau de Chillon in Montreux where Lord Byron used to live, sipping fine Swiss white wines along the way.
The high point of my trip, both literally and figuratively, will be my annual assault on the Matterhorn, which at 14,692 feet is higher than anything we have in the continental US. With another year of arduous training under my belt, it's now or never. I'll spend my evenings at public steam rooms where, afterwards, I roll around in the snow with the local fräuleins and beat myself with birch branches. It is invigorating, to say the least. Those Europeans are so open-minded.
The chalet that I have reserved has a granite boulder foundation, an outhouse, and high-speed broadband. I will be ducking out from my mountain hideout only to fly to London for the day from the nearby Swiss Air Force base at Sion on a client's private jet to attend the opening ceremony for the Olympics.
Next, it's on to Milan. If a new Brioni suit and pair of Gucci shoes throw themselves upon me while I stroll through the Galleria I may be unable to resist.
I will be traveling with my laptop and keeping touch with the markets. While 17th and 18th century Internet service is passable, it is unreliable. So unless I see something extraordinary, I will be issuing few new trade alerts. The remaining positions in the model portfolio are best left to ferment over a slow summer and profit from the time decay.
After grinding out more quality content than anyone else on the Internet and maintaining an average annualized 30% return, I deserve a break. The month of May alone saw me shoot out 28 trade alerts, 20 letters, 5 live webinars, and countless radio and TV interviews. I'm basically writing the equivalent of "War and Peace" every six months. It took Tolstoy ten years to pen his, but then he didn't have Microsoft Office. I need to spend some time alone on a mountain top, communing with the spirits, attempting to focus on long term financial trends through the smoke and dust.
While on the road, I will be re-running some of my favorite research pieces from the past, interspersed with some new pieces that I will write on the road. This is to expose my thousands of new subscribers to the golden oldies, and to remind the legacy readers who have since forgotten them. I'll return to my desk in San Francisco full time on August 8.
In the meantime, I shall be raising a glass of vintage Champagne to all of you at dinner as we pass over the Titanic on the 100th anniversary of its sinking, the loyal readers of the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader. Salut! Prost! And Cheers! I couldn't do all of this without you. Thank you for my great life!
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Hydrogen Peroxide. (I didn't read all of this thread so I don't know if anyone already mentioned this one). Back in the 80's I put it into my bangs and then baked out in the sun to turn them blonde. All it did was turn my normally DARK hair light orange...
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