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Need advice -home inspector pointed a problem - metallic pole not supporting beam
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Need advice -home inspector pointed a problem - metallic pole not supporting beam in the unfinished area of the basement.
The house is 10 years old - Pulte builder.
We are buying the house as 2nd owner, and home inspector pointed a structural problem in the unfinished area of the basement where the heater etc is present...
a iron pole not supporting the beam.
The pole is not aligned central to the beam, a metallic plate is fit under the beam and only 1/4th of the plate is resting on the pole. If it was a perfectly aligned the pole holes could be riveted to the beam holes. But this is not the case. Holes are just showing up.
Attached is the picture.
Please advice - whether it is serious and if so how it needs to be rectified. We are even doubting how it even passed through county inspection.
Thanks in advance
picture of bottom needed and full pic of poll.
What is the black material under that post bracket?
Do you have the original plans? It may be no more than a "fail safe" measure someone stuck in there, and not even a part of the requirements of the plans.
If there's been no problem for ten years........... It's doubtful you'll ever have one.
If, on the other hand, the post was stuck in there to "fix" a problem......... then it bears further scrutiny.
looks to me like lolly column needs welded to the beam. might need to remove some wood?
I am posting some more pictures..showing the entire pole
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Posting some other pictures..
the black one seen is the actual beam.
Those pictures are too fuzzy to make out what is going on. You either need a better flash unit, or put the camera on a tripod, or get a different camera. I can't even tell from the pictures if the lally column is supporting a wooden beam or a steel beam. The top of the lally column looks like a home made bracket, never seen one quite like it before.
clarification to Daniel Holzman's question.
The pole/column is supporting the dark iron beam.
The steel beam like structure is not a beam but the heating aluminium duct.
Also Daniel Holzman - please look at the first picture which is more clear..atta1.jpg. The dark part above the pole is the beam. Thanks
can one of these be put in place?
Can't speak for everywhere, but that column top is just a simple "tab" top that was extremely common here for many years. No longer legal on new construction, but certainly compliant on a home ten years old. The maleable steel "tabs" are simply bent over the beam to hold it in place until it's loaded. As for this column, It seems extremely odd that the floor masons didn't straighten it out before pouring the floor, that's pretty fundamental. Not real easy to fix now though, w/o removing a little concrete floor.
Jomama, interesting that you have seen such a tab top, I have never seen one. Are they supposed to be used by bending the tabs over the flange of the steel I-beam? That might make some sense as a mechanism to ensure positive engagement of the pole to the I-beam. What I see here, unless the photo deceives, is that the steel I beam is supported on the tops of the tabs, which looks totally wrong, and based on what you have seen, may not be the normal way to install the tab top.
The pictures do pretty much suck and someone did a rather wasteful job of framing in the bath and that whole wall under the beam but I think I can make out that the pole is pretty much under the beam bottom flange.
It looks like the tabs for the pole on the back side do not extend past the bottom flange but the center web of the beam is directly on the pole it self. Whether or not is on there "enough" I can't be sure but from what I am able to see it would probably last another few decades or more.
Just guessing though.
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To think it's not difficult to be nice to your children?(91 Posts)
Some of the threads/comments I've read this weekend have been horrid. People making their kids cry over April Fools 'jokes' have been the tamest.
Not only on here, but I was in Sainsburys on Friday and there was a mum absolutely screaming at her toddler dd, who was in tears. I wouldn't normally bat an eyelid at someone dishing out a bollocking, but she was almost out of control.
Seriously, is it the lighter evenings and shock of extra sunlight?!
I'm not the most patient of people by any means, but it's not hard to be nice.
My dad used to say horrible things to me:
"Shut up you little bitch"
"How are you so fucking stupid?"
"Get away from me"
"Stop eating or you'll end up as fat as your mother"
You never know what'll stay with your children and what won't.
ppeatfruit - thanks! But I really do worry I just made it worse for the poor girl I hope I gave the mother pause for thought, at least.
ppeatfruit don't shout at your children then, great, but I don't like some posts on here which imply that all you have to do is adopt a terribly nice but disapproving attitude and magically your children fall into line. I think if the worst behaviour the OP has ever encountered is a tantrum in a bath, then this is not really the gamut of defiant, difficult or upsetting children's behaviour and taking away a story isn't going to cut it when your child is a teenager and defies a curfew or you think they've been taking drugs.
I agree don't sweat the small stuff if you can help it, and calling names/abusing children is so unacceptable I don't even have to say this, but I'd rather shout occasionally but know my children always know they are forgiven (even before they are) and loved rather than have the sad face of emotional disapproval that I actually lived in fear of as a child. As you say, children are different and for one a shouty voice may be less intimidating than the subtle withdrawal of approval, the pursed lips, the sad face, the desperate need then to get the parent to forgive. To me, being genuine is very important, and sometimes this means being properly angry, just as my children are sometime properly angry with me (and are allowed to be so).
YY emotional blackmail is awful! Far worse then a shouty telling off.
I hate it! I've been out before and seen parents shouting at their kids "You little c*nt!" just horrible. There is defintely a line and we are all pushed, I've said before things like ooh your pushing me today or your being a right pain in the bum or you'll go straight to bed when we are home in public but I never ever use swear words or insults, I just find that horrible.
I don't think an 11 year old should know that adorabell. She's not mature enough or emotionally equipped to cope with that IMO.
I am sorry you are struggling .
I've seen a woman pushing a buggy (child looked under 3), stop, head to the front of the buggy and crouch and scream 'Oh why don't you just shut the fuck up you little cunt'. If I wasn't on a bus -yes you could hear it on the bus, she was that loud- I would have had to have said something.
It's shocking how disrespectful some people can be to their children.
I have had horrific PND and said some things I am not proud of, but I know everything I say will affect my children in some way.
I used to be a brilliant parent when it was just me and DS. I could reason with him; a stern look and counting to three pretty much did it. So I used to be all smug about other people losing control. Then I had my DD. And you know what? I discovered that how your kids behave is not 100% down to you. I have behaved badly since she was born - thanks to sleep deprivation, thanks to tantrums all day, every day, for three days at a time. Sure, I need to try and remove the buttons DD presses but I am no saint; there are times when I just can't cope. I feel like a bottle that is slowly filling up and up, and when it gets to the top I just can't be the patient, kind parent I used to be.
I hate myself for it but I am a human being. So guess what - I am a whole lot less judgey than I used to be. Sometimes it isn't all down to your own marvellous ability to be a great parent.
Not to say swearing at a child is ever OK (it's not and I never have), but I have spoken unkindly to both of mine, which I actually think is a whole lot worse. I have said things like "oh for god's sake, will you give it a rest?" or "I am just so sick of listening to you cry" - because it is sometimes so, so, so hard when your kids are not reasonable, when normal sanctions don't work, when they can scream and tantrum like nothing I've ever seen for two hours straight... I used to look at kids like my DD when they were having a massive tantrum and think "god, what shit parents" but when she did it for the first time -at 18 months, full on writhing around, hitting, screaming, puce in the face and for 45 minutes I couldn't even pick her up to get her to a safe place - it dawned on me then that first time around I had just been lucky.
So perhaps less of the judgement, eh? Some of us being unkind have just been pushed beyond our limits, and we love our kids to bits - I love the bones of mine and I say I am sorry when need to - but sometimes, yes, woo hoo, I am a complete and utter failure. I don't need some sniffy woman in the supermarket giving me evils to make me feel any worse.
Oh the joy of the mother whose go to response to her child not wanting a bedtime cuddle was along the lines of: "You'll be sorry when I drop down dead!" Actually, that was her answer to a lot of situations. I learnt never to fuss or cry as a child. Too afraid that DM would die because of me. Used to lie awake and worry for hours.
Well you may have terrified me at the time DM, but I was actually fine at your funeral...
Ullena I hope it wasn't inappropriate to laugh at that ending, what a strange (and horrible) threat to a child.
I guess all this reminds us is that we are in a real position of power in relation to our children, and so we should try to be as nice as we can, even if sometimes we fail and sometimes we don't even know what the 'nicest' thing would be to do.
I think it is very easy to judge, and you don't always know the back story.
A couple of weeks back I shouted at DD1 (nearly 4) that I would "look for your bloody hair clip in a minute". At the top of my voice. In public.
I had spent all week coping with a vomiting toddler, a flu ridden husband and she had asked me about 12 times in a minute. I had hardly slept for nights on end.
I don't think it did any lasting damage, although I'm not proud of it.
There's a big difference between that and day to day abuse.
DD2 is nearly two and throws massive tantrums. She is a smart cookie. She normally focuses the verbal aspect on "I need you Mummy, help me Mummy". I look like the worst mother in the world when I practice the normal 'ignore a tantrum' advice.
Mumsy, I was oddly the favourite child of four...she was an odd woman!
Agree, we all have bad days and it's only human to snap occasionally. But there are lines we ought not to cross, imo.
Machli no, she shouldn't know, but she's been pushing so far and being cocky about the state she leaves actually every room she uses, friend's Mum was giggling too and I lost it. Calmly explained the real scale of the problem. Still, she doesn't know that I'm avoiding food because of the Pain from acid and that I don't care if the injured dog comes back from the Vet or not. It's not like we need 4
fucking dogs OH
I've posted before about this so I won't write the whole thing again because it's long. But basically, I threw my DC toys in a bin on the M6 because they were being nightmares in the car. I did lots of stops. I gave them pens, books etc.
I was the only adult in the car.
On the M6 one of them threw something at the windscreen over my shoulder.
So after many warnings, ultimatums, I calmly stopped at the next service station, found a bin and dumped their toys.
People there probably thought "What a cow"
They might have thought "What a shame" if I crashed and wiped out the occupants of my car plus other innocent road users.
And the DC remember it and understand WHY.
YANBU!!! It is horrible to be a child having horrible or aggresive things being said to you, really really horrible.
There are ALWAYS better ways to deal with a childs behaviour. No excuses
and that horrible, horrible website where father christmas sends a video every day and parents can choose if the child is good or bad, if he is bad then father christmas says sorry, no presents for you, try again tomorrow and we will see if you have been good.
birdsnotbees That's true, its not just down to the parenting and, as you say when you're at the end of your tether you yell BUT you can afterwards cuddle and apologise and explain.
theodora That website sounds totally revolting but there is a tradition of being unkind to DCs think of "spare the rod spoil the child." I'll never forget one of my 'aunties' saying to me after picking up my crying 5 month old (who was sleeping in a strange house BTW) "you'll spoil her." She is unspoiled and very successful so it didn't did it?
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UPDATE 1-Osisko rejects Goldcorp's unsolicited takeover bid
By Euan Rocha
TORONTO Jan 20 (Reuters) - Osisko Mining Corp rejected on Monday an unsolicited C$2.6 billion ($2.37 billion) takeover bid from rival Goldcorp Inc, saying the offer was financially inadequate and not in the best interests of its shareholders.
The rejection, which sets the stage for a possibly bruising takeover battle between the two Canadian gold miners, came as no surprise. In its preliminary response to the bid last week, Osisko said the 15 percent premium being offered by Goldcorp was "very low".
"Goldcorp's offer significantly undervalues Osisko's world-class Canadian Malartic mine, and the rest of the company's portfolio of high-potential projects," the Montreal-based miner said in Monday's statement.
It also reported 2013 production results, which showed a 22 percent increase in gold output in the year, and an 11 percent decrease in cash costs.
Osisko said it expects its operating costs to continue to decline in 2014 as it is now able to access higher grade areas at the Malartic mine in northwestern Quebec. As most of its costs are denominated in Canadian dollars, the company said the weakening Canadian dollar is also likely to support its results.
The company said gold production in 2013 totaled 475,277 ounces at an estimated cash cost of C$760 an ounce, compared with 388,478 ounces at a cash cost of C$849 an ounce in 2012.
Osisko said that with the strong performance of the Malartic mine, the company was able to increase its cash balance last year and to reduce debt. As of Dec. 31, Osisko's cash balance was roughly C$210.5 million, up from C$155.5 million in 2012. Continued...


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Time to Change Paths
The expansion of the testing objective in the late 1970s signaled the rise of testing as a distinct, full-time occupation. We looked, quite naturally, at the advances taking place in the hardware quality movement led by Deming, Juran, and others, and we drew analogies. Unfortunately, most of these analogies were flawed, and still are. The barriers to productivity and profitability in software development are different than they are in hardware manufacturing. Following the path laid by our brethren in hardware will not lead us to the successes they found. We pursue the same goal, but we must take a different path.
That does not mean that our efforts at process improvement are wrong. They're not. We can point to process improvements in requirements management that decrease the probability that project costs will go out of control. We can point to process improvements using software test automation that improve software reliability by increasing test coverage. But we must face facts; in development, process improvements do not increase productivity or profitability. They provide insurance. Like any insurance, unless something goes wrong, the money spent on it simply adds cost. This is why focusing on process improvement has not increased the value and stature of our occupation.
For the software quality movement, success lies down a different path; one designed to address a different barrier than that addressed in hardware manufacturing. The barrier to improved productivity and profitability in software development is not process variability. It's knowledge. Knowledge not just of tools and processes, but knowledge of how our systems work, how they work together, and how the business uses them. And testing, not process improvement, will lead us to that knowledge. The solution lies in expanding the testing objective from "test to fail" to "test for knowledge." The expansion requires change both in what we say about testing and in what we do while testing. These changes will provide the basis for a new perception of software quality efforts and for achieving new levels of productivity; first within testing and then across the development process.
To change the business's perception of the value we provide, we need first to change how we talk about our objective. Today we say, "We test to find defects in the software." But "test to fail" gives the impression that we have an on/off, pass/fail view of things. That's not very business-like. Instead we should say, "We test to ensure the software and the documentation match. When they don't, we broker the discussion about which one to change. Change the software or change the documentation. When they match, we'll sign off." Our new job is to collect and disseminate knowledge; in this case, knowledge of whether or not the software and the documentation match. When they don't, we report it and make the business responsible for the cost decision. "How important are the specifics of this requirement to you? The software doesn't meet them all today. Do you want to spend more money to have the developers rework the software and have us check it again? Or would you rather modify the requirement?"
Next, we need to change what we do. To achieve the success we seek, we must demonstrate that our efforts improve productivity and, as a result, profitability. Automation plays an important part in improving productivity, in our case as in most others. Many of us use software test automation today. It allows us to do more testing in the same amount of time. We must expand the use of that automation-not to do more testing, but to gain knowledge that will let us do less. By driving trace utilities with our existing software test automation tools, we can discover the program modules executed by each user transaction with little or no additional effort or cost. Stored in a database, this knowledge can be queried from both directions. We can ask, "Which modules does transaction number 1 use?" and discover that it uses modules X, Y, and Z. We can also ask, "Which transactions use module X?" to discover that transaction numbers 1, 7, and 23, and only those transactions, use that code. When module X is modified, we can safely limit our testing to only those transactions. Contrast that approach to the fuller set of regression tests we typically run today based on our lack of knowledge of the system's inner workings. "Testing for knowledge" will allow us to safely do less testing in less time. That's quality and productivity improvement.
That same knowledge base can be used on subsequent projects involving that system to produce further cost improvements. The time the development group spends in the analysis and design phases to rediscover the system's inner workings can be reduced. This is typically a substantial component of the front-end effort on enhancement and maintenance projects. Part of those savings can be used to improve the requirements definition process. The knowledge can also be reused by the testing organization to decrease the cost of test planning. Test execution will enjoy even greater benefits than on the initial project, since the knowledge base already exists for the portion of the system not being modified. And if the requirements were improved, testing and rework will be reduced still further. That's continuous improvement.
"Testing for knowledge" addresses the real barrier to productivity improvement in software development: knowledge. It will allow us to deliver measurable productivity improvements "within the factory walls." It is difficult to overstate the importance of this. The quality movement in hardware manufacturing would not have succeeded in America had it not been able to demonstrate this. Downstream impacts like reductions in help desk calls or improvements in customer satisfaction are difficult to forecast and costly to measure. Business leaders are justifiably reluctant to make investments based on "iffy" forecasts. In software development, as it was in hardware manufacturing, they will make larger investments based on initial successes. Success for the quality movements in both hardware and software amounts to the same thing: delivering improved productivity and profitability for the business. The difference lies in who can deliver the initial successes. In hardware, it was the QA function that implemented process improvement. In software, it will be the QC function, "testing for knowledge."


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Seattle's 1st official baseball team for the blind: Tryouts June 1 & 2 in Walt Hundley Park, West Seattle
Last month the Robinson Newspapers' Highline Times featured Burien resident, Kevin Daniel, and the Seattle South King Sluggers blind beep baseball team he is helping to organize. You can read that article here.
Daniel is seeing impaired and works as a job recruiter for Lighthouse for the Blind in Seattle. However, they are not affiliated with the Sluggers.
After lining up sponsorships and a ball field, a tryout and first practice date has been set, and Daniel invites men and women in the seeing impaired community to try out, or just cheer on participants, Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Walt Hundley Park (Field #2), 6920 34th Av. SW. in West Seattle.
Metro route #21 services this area, and the ball field is a few blocks away.
For more information how to get involved, please contact:
Kevin Daniel
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Kevin Daniel said the June 2 & 3 event is primarily geared for the seeing impaired to attend. However, he is planning a community meet-and-greet toward the end of June where all are encouraged to attend.
About the Sluggers, offered by Kevin Daniel:
The Sluggers are composed of Blind and Visually Impaired men and women from the Seattle area who love to play beep baseball. The team will officially begin preparation for competitive play on May 18, 2013. The Sluggers are the newest members of the National Beep Baseball Association (NBBA); a league comprised of 28 teams from the U.S. and Taiwan all looking to be league champions.
What is beep baseball?
Beep Baseball also known as Beep Ball is similar to the traditional game of baseball, but has been slightly modified. Sixteen inch beeping balls and four foot tall buzzing bases are used during games. With these minor adaptations, visually impaired athletes can participate in highly competitive tournaments with teams across the country each year.
Beep baseball is a competitive sport: Just like regular baseball, beep ball is extremely competitive. In beep ball, good athletes can have batting averages above .500 (five hundred). Additionally, it is common to see players run the bases in six seconds or less in the effort to arrive before the blind outfielders stop the ball.
Beep Baseball helps build life skills: In addition to being an entertaining recreational sport, beep baseball helps players develop life skills. Beep baseball is one of few team activities available for the visually impaired. As such, Beep baseball enhances a players cooperation with others, perseverance, independence, confidence and leadership skills.
We'd Like Your Support! The game requires specially adapted equipment. For example, a 16" softball fitted with the rechargeable beeper costs $35, and depending on how hard it is hit may not last an entire game. A set of bases costs $375. Because we desire to be a competitive and winning team, we must travel to play in tournaments outside our area. These factors increase the cost for the players to participate.
Your help will make a big difference: Your participation will make it possible for the players to represent the Seattle area in 2013 regional and national tournaments. This year, please consider donating to the Seattle South King Sluggers Beep Baseball Team. Your support will help our players and team showcase ability as well as the competitive and winning spirit of persons who are blind.
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I'm not going anywhere today but to my kitchen.
I might even stay in sweatpants until noon.
But I did a little shopping last night while the kids were sleeping and have some shopping carts to empty and pay for sometime today. I just won't have to wait in any lines to do it.
I've been there before – in that line at Best Buy at 4 in the morning, even at some computer store at midnight on the way home from family Thanksgiving with a 6-month-old in a sling.
As I mentioned in my gift guide, I just don't like shopping.
For the record, I don't actually enjoy doing it online either, but like most American elections, I choose the lesser of two evils.
If you're itching to get some good deals without leaving the comfy computer chair you're sitting in – or perhaps you're standing in line shopping and doing some online shopping on your phone! Wow, that would be brilliant! – allow me to help you navigate some sales within the natural living niche.
Kitchen Stewardship eBooks
Read about all the offerings here at Kitchen Stewardship right HERE or go to each individual page for the most detailed info:
If you don't have any of them, now is the best opportunity ever: Use the code BFRIDAYHALF for half off any of the already reduced eBook bundles! That means you could get all 4 eBooks, over $33 value, for $12.50 with the super pack, expires Friday 11/23 at midnight EST.
If you have one or two eBooks already, you can always use the duplicates you purchase as gifts – put it on a thumb drive or CD and it makes a fun stocking stuffer, especially if you know you already enjoy them.
Special Everything Beans Buy
Since Smart Sweets and Healthy Snacks to Go are featured in the Healthy Living eBook sale, coming back on Monday for 48 hours only, I felt like the beans book was kind of left out. Here's your consolation deal:
- Use the code BFRIDAYBEANS for 60% off The Everything Beans Book – first 50 customers only, starting at 5:00 a.m. EST.
- When that's tapped out, use the code BFRIDAY2NDS for 40% off The Everything Beans Book, Healthy Snacks to Go, or Smart Sweets – good through midnight on Sunday, 11/25.
eBook Bundle Sale Returns with More Bonuses!
I'm seriously considering buying this package just to take advantage of the bonuses, even though I have all the eBooks already! I wouldn't be surprised if some folks who purchased the first time around buy it again and give the books away once they get their freebies.
For $29 on Monday and Tuesday only, you'll be able to get 34 eBooks for 87 cents each, plus $60 in free real food goods from Redmond Clay, Real Salt and Earthpaste; MadeOn Hard Lotion, Cultures for Health and Wise Choice Market, where they have stupendous real organic bone broth, fermented vegetables, and sprouted grain breads.
If you're doing the math, that's double the value in free stuff as you spend on the whole package. Crazy deal.
Read about all the eBooks involved and what I love about them HERE. I'll also be sharing more about the authors and resources on Twitter, Facebook, and the blog on Monday and Tuesday.
Speaking of Redmond, all their products, from Real Salt to Earthpaste, are on sale for 15% off all day for Black Friday – use the code R3DM0ND (that "zero" might be an "O" in the code; I can't be sure) at the online store.
MadeOn has free shipping on anything today, no code required! I already have some pocket lotions and lip balms on hand for teacher and friend gifts, but I'd better make sure I have enough…
Celebrate the Season
Truth in the Tinsel
Truth in the Tinsel is offering FREE printable ornaments on Black Friday with purchase of the ebook. The printable ornaments are $3.99 and the book is $7.99. Getting the ornaments for free is almost like getting the book for half price! (Do not add the ornaments to your cart or you will buy them full price. It comes automatically in the thank you email!)
A Simpler Season
This weekend in the Life as MOM estore, you can save $3 on any ebook purchase of $8 or more.
Just use the coupon code GOBBLE3 when you check out.
This is a great opportunity to snatch up one of these books to help life go a little more smoothly.
Promotion ends Monday, 11/26
A Natural Noel
All of Frugal Granola's eBooks are 50% off through the end of Saturday. Use the code THANK50 for 50% off any total purchase on both Friday, Nov. 23 & Saturday, Nov. 24.
A Natural Noel provides crafts and activities for the 12 days of Christmas, which happen after Christmas when your kids might be home from school looking for something to do.
Other eBooks
Real Food…Real Easy!
…quickly became one of my favorite e-cookbooks after I tried just a few recipes – 100% of which have become family favorites. (The photo above is one my husband made while I was working one Saturday morning. Now that's easy, for real!)
This collaboration between 9 different bloggers truly ensures the best of the best of each of their recipes. Get it for 50% off today with the code REALDEAL. A great deal!
Simple Scrubs to Make and Give
… is 30% off, using code THANKS. It expires on 11/26 a 11:59 pm PST. This one made my gift guide as a great resource for homemade, inexpensive and eco-friendly gifts.
Modern Alternative Mama's eBooks
…are all 50% off when you buy the complete collection (making each book only $4). Use the code HOLIDAYCOLLECTION35 today only. If you're fast, you can get individual books for 50% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY50, but only the first 50 purchases. The books will continue to be 30% off until the end of the day with the code BLACKFRIDAY30.
Your Custom Homestead
…use the code FRIDAY50 for 50% off for 48 hours, starting on Black Friday at midnight and ending Saturday at midnight.
Tax Talk and Tips
…a book for bloggers written by a blogging CPA, but also anyone wanting to learn a bit more about what they NEED to know for their personal books and their small business!
Usually $4.99 but today only a whopping $1! Yes, no mistake there, it is $1 on Black Friday! Offer expires midnight on Black Friday. Code: "BLACKDOLLAR".
That is over 60 pages of accounting advice for $1! Wow!
Nourished Baby
…by Mommypotamus – I can't tell you how much I learned reading this book! It's on sale for 40% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY through the end of Cyber Monday.
Cara's GAPS resources
…including What Can I Eat Now?, grain-free menu planner, and the grain-free freezer cooking guide are 40% off through Monday with the code BLACKFRIDAY.
Tell Your Time
…by Amy Lynn Andrews will be FREE ON AMAZON on Cyber Monday and Tuesday, November 26 & 27. Amy will be doing something special in January to kick start all of our organizational habits, so grab the book for free now and watch for that opportunity in 2013.
Lunch Gear
If you need something new to pack lunches in, here are a few of the eco-friendly items we use:
EcoLunchGear – One of our favs and the place I ordered more from, as they're local in Michigan, after I did a reusable sandwich bags review. Use the code earlybird for $5 off through tonight.
ECOlunchbox – We use the 3-in-one nearly every day, alternating with a LunchBot. All sales at ECOlunchbox over $15 during Black Friday weekend including Cyber Monday receive a FREE Snack Kit! ( $12 value)
Cleanwell – The kids have to have something to get clean with before they eat! Save 25% on all CleanWell orders with code SAVE25AA through 11/29/12.
Real Food, Real Fancy
Sometimes, you splurge on food. If that describes you but you'd rather splurge less splurge-ily, here are a few deals from the web:
Vital Choice 15% off all products through midnight PST on Cyber Monday with the code BFNV12.
Real Milk Cheese has a 15% off everything sale through the end of November, which can be paired with a free half pound of cheddar cheese with order totals of $65 or more, Friday only!
Natural Care Products
Tons of sales throughout the store at NaturOli, up to 40% off, from now through the end of "Small Business Saturday" tomorrow.
From natural soaps, to personal & hair care, to soap nuts, to household cleaning products, to fun & thoughtful gifts – there's something for everyone – & every budget!
Earth Mama Angel Baby has 25% off EVERYTHING through noon PST today! Then all day Sunday and Monday, use the code 2012SAVE for 20% off anything. Their pregnancy morning sickness teas, diaper cream, and baby wash are my favorite products.
Mom4Life has a rocking cyber sale category right now with up to 50% off certain items plus free shipping through Monday This is great stuff, for real: Bravado nursing bras and tanks, nursing covers, cloth diapers, Bumkins bibs (my favorite!), and more! Mom4Life is one of those shopping carts I'm filling and pondering…
Meal Planning Helps
EMeals is offering 30% off with the discount code CYBER. EMeals actually sends you meal plans with grocery lists and recipes, and they have a theme called "Clean Eating" that I previewed (but haven't had a chance to try actual recipes yet) and it looks pretty good, pretty whole foods.
They just launched their Paleo meal plans, which are hard to find! If you're starting the Paleo diet, now may be the time to give EMeals a try and see what you can learn about that style of diet.
Plan to Eat subscriptions are 50% off this weekend – PTE is totally different from a subscription like emeals, because PTE is the software that runs your meal planning, but you choose all your own recipes and plug them in, then you get a shopping list, pantry supply list, and week's meal plan.
Which one is right for you? How Type A are you?…
Random Stuff
Blendtec has a Black Friday special with $45 off the Designer Series through 12/7. The coupon code is DESIGNER and it is case sensitive.
All You and Cooking Light magazine – only $1 an issue for 6 months, ends Nov 30th – magazines are often great gifts!
The Lorax Movie is on sale at Amazon for a ridiculous $3.99. Seriously. I have to find $21.01 more to spend so I can get the free shipping. My son thinks this movie rocks (and I do, too) after we got to see it and write a Lorax Movie review last spring.
Want some more eco-friendly, real food helpful, clutter-free gift ideas? Check out the KS 2012 gift guide!
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The 2011 Linear Collider Workshop of the Americas (ALCPG11) is organized by the American Linear Collider Physics Group (ALCPG) and the ILC Global Design Effort (GDE), and hosted by the University of Oregon, Eugene. The meeting is being held on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon on March 19-23, 2011.
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Welcome to The Set List. Here you'll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a scene. Hey, it'll be like you were there. And if you like what you read, we'll even let you know where you can catch the artist on tour. Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know your concert experience. Oh, and rock on.
By Ramon Alvarez-Smikle
Over the past year, Chicago has proved to be a hotbed for emerging hip-hop artists. From Kids These Days to Chief Keef, the hip-hop buzz out of the Windy City has continued to grow. But the artist garnering arguably the most buzz is South Side Chicago native Chance The Rapper. Born Chancelor Bennett, Chance The Rapper's ability to mix storytelling with great, almost sneaky metaphors has him leading the charge in the resurgence of Chicago rap. And hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed second full-length mixtape, Acid Rap, Chance seems poised to make the jump to the next level of his career.
On May 25 eager fans packed inside the historic Metro Chicago for the first of two sold-out shows in Chance's hometown. The energy was electric as fans waited through a 30-minute set by rapper Mikey Rocks, formally of the Cool Kids. As Mikey Rocks exited the stage, the anticipation in the crowd grew stronger with each passing second. Chance's DJ Oreo spent the next 10 minutes hyping up the crowd, readying them for Chance's arrival.
Finally, at 8:45 p.m. Chance The Rapper took the stage to wild roars from the audience of 1,200 fans. He opened with "Brain Cells," a track from his debut mixtape 10 Day, a great way to ease the crowd into his high-energy 90-minute set, which took fans through some of his popular tracks.
The energy level of the crowd never ceased throughout the entire night as Chance weaved through "Pusha Man," "Smoke Again" and "Juice." Audience members' hands were in the air for the majority of the night as they excitedly rapped along with the songs, word for word.
The set ended with Chance bringing out his entire Save Money crew to perform an earlier early track, "F*** You Tahm Bout." Not a single hand was resting as Chance playfully danced onstage and ran across the first row, giving high fives to anyone who reached for one.
Obviously overwhelmed by the massive amount of support, Chance took a moment to thank the crowd for coming, and for all they have done for him. He exited the stage to cheers of "encore" from everyone in attendance. The lights dimmed and, once again, the crowd anxiously awaited his return to the stage.
Chance returned to perform four more songs, including "Interlude (That's Love)" and a live version of the Nosaj Thing-produced hidden track from Acid Rap, "Paranoia," which featured former Kids These Days members Nico Segal, Gregory Landflair and Macie Stewart.
It was a great way to end an energetic and fun-filled night, and an amazing first of two homecomings for one of Chicago's rising music stars.
To catch Chance The Rapper in a city near you, click here for tour dates.
Set List:
"Brain Cells"
"Acid Rain"
"Hey Ma"
"Pusha Man" (featuring Lili K.)
"Smoke Again"
"Everybody's Something"
"Favorite Song"
"Cocoa Butter Kisses" (featuring Vic Mensa)
"F*** You Tahm Bout"
"Interlude (That's Love)"
"Paranoia" (featuring Gregory Landflair, Nico Segal and Macie Steward)
"Chain Smoker"
(Ramon Alvarez-Smikle works as the GRAMMY U representative for The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter. He has interviewed artists such as M83, Toro Y Moi and Porter Robinson, among others. He has been published on many online blogs and websites over the past year, including GRAMMY.com.)


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Basement Pole wraps vs pillars
I am in the home stretch of finisihing my basement and i have a few final decisions to make.
I found online that they make pole wraps but they are less expensive then the nice pillars i can buy. It looks like the pole wraps are around 40 - 60 dollars depending the wood finish i choose. My question is what experience has everyone else had. I don't mind spending the extra money and getting pillars but i want to make sure they worth the money on both looks and quality. Also does anyone have any sites they can recomend??? I was thinking about calling the local lumber company but am afriad they will be too expensive.
Thanks in advance.
Not sure what a 'pole wrap' is, but I assume it is the same thing you could make yourself. A simple box around the pole is sufficient, or nothing. Use it for a decorative paint scheme.
I'm guessing this is the type of thing the OP is talking about.
Can't give any advice because I've never used it, but I'm also interested in the answer.
I used one of these on my last home. It was still nice when I sold it 4 years later. They also sell a kit that makes up a base and top crown that looks quite nice.
I did a nautical theme basement column in 3/4" rope....sorry no pics
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Quietly shot over 28 months in Sydney, The Lego Movie has become a surprise hit in the US - setting up a series that is expected to bring more animated work to Australia.
Directed by Americans Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, best known for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street, it took $US69.1 million ($76.7 million) on its opening weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Lego Movie is both one of the best-reviewed animated movies and an instant franchise for Warner Bros.
Made with digitally created Lego pieces, it centres on an unassuming Lego character called Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) who has to overthrow the tyrannical Lord Business (Will Ferrell) before he destroys the world. A crew of up to 300 created the movie at the animation studio and visual effects house Animal Logic, best known for Happy Feet and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, at Fox Studios.
''One of the key things for the directors was that it could look like a child had created it in their own basement at home,'' associate producer Amber Naismith said.
While most animations primarily appeal to families, Ms Naismith said the movie was also attracting what is known as the AFOL community - adult fans of Lego.
''Eighty per cent of the people on the first day were over 18,'' she said.
Co-editor Dave Burrows said there was initial cynicism about making a toy movie. ''Transformers was a success, Battleship was maybe not such a success,'' he said.
''But Phil and Chris took the toy very seriously.
''They really investigated what it is about the Lego toy that gives so much enjoyment and creative expression to people, and focused on that.''
The movie, which reputedly cost Warner Bros $US60 million, was made with federal and state government filmmaking incentives. Animal Logic managing director Zareh Nalbandian hopes to land the sequel.
''I hope it helps to demonstrate to the movie business the level of talent there is in Australia,'' he said from Los Angeles. ''The best way to make that statement is to have a big commercial success but we've got both a commercial success and a critical success.''
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Rant: Apparently my dog is the reason her dog has bad manners..
Apparently, someones dog jumps up on people, because my dog.. upsets her.. Clearly, since this happened before Zelda was around, and clearly because it happens also when Zelda isn't around. Its quite clear to me, my dog stresses her dog out to the point of jumping on people who are sitting on the couch, standing, or standing from a distance and for other reasons..
Or maybe.. Just perhaps maybe! Your dog is untrained. WOW what does that mean you might ask? Maybe you should train her to greet people without jumping, maybe teach her not to run and jump on people, to the point of almost knocking them over and with the mouth open and making their lip bleed! Maybe you need to work on manners and stop ASKING her to jump up on you! (Reinforcer much?!) Maybe you shouldn't get so worked up when i point out the fact that maybe you should train her to do something else than jump on people for greetings, or to jump on you when she is "nervous" or wanting to go out to go bathroom.. And not say, "Theresa (thats me) you dont know everything." WOW tell me something i dont already know! As if my dog is perfect? NO, anything but perfect. I don't blame your dog for Zelda's problems.. But when you said, "I noticed just now that my dog tends to jump on people when she is upset because of your dog." (who is barking at her dog to play. Okay.. well maybe that could be a partially true statement? But what about all the other times your dog jumps up on people? How does that fit in? But oh no she doesn't think it started until Zelda..
Apparently my dog also causes other dogs to have problems including jumping up on people in a very rude way (like a 70 pound dog shouldn't!), she probably uses a jedi mind trick, you know like when she is greeting people when my dog isn't around.
I wouldn't care so much about it all, and i wouldn't even have given her advice on training-if she didn't blame her dog jumping problem on my dog. Her dog also has the tendency to become a brick wall when you try to move her out of the way or push her off bed because she won't leave the bed by command. She also has to be in your face all the time and is very rude with food. Maybe they all have something in common? Lack of guidance/training? I'm sorry but my dog has enough problems, she doesn't also need the label of, "Dog that makes other dogs do rude things, like jumping on people with mouth open."
UGH! I just.. don't even care if you like my dog, just don't accuse her of things that are because of your laziness- and lack of training. :crazy:
Okay thanks for letting me rant, i feel better already :)
blahhh don't worry about it, people see things for what they really are and people will see her dog is the way it is because of her. Distance yourself from her and let her blame you or every one in the whole wide world if she wants - people will know it is her problem.
Yesterday I'm walking my 2 GSDs, they are calm, walking nicely, no problems. There is a lady walking ahead of us with a little white fluffy on lead the little white fluffy sees us and starts barking and lunching, the lady can't control her little white fluffy, my 2 GSDs couldn't care less, but the look I got off this woman was like - 'how dare you walk 2 GSDs behind us' LOL
Some people...........:rolleyes:
I know many people that will blame their dogs bad behavior on something else. Sad that it could be easily fixed with just a bit of training but I guess they would rather blame others.
Yep, it is always easier to blame someone or something else instead of pointing the finger at ourselves.
I have lost track of the stuff my dogs have gotten blamed for over the years. Global warming, world hunger.
op, why do you care what this person says or thinks.
OK thanks for the excuse I now have for why my 6 mo jumps and leaps and misbehaves. It is the OPs dog's fault! Got it!!!
Hey....it's always gotta be something with some folks....and passing the buck or blaming something else is always a good way to go.
Rationalizing one's shortcomings is certainly en vogue as culpability is a dying trait.
I'm sure this other person who blames you and your dog has a mantra which might sound something like this..." You are only as good as your next excuse".
Harry and Lola has it proper.
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"No place could be as loud as it was today unless it was a dome," wide receiver Corey Brown said. "Take our stadium and put a dome on it."
No matter the volume, the 14th-ranked Buckeyes plan to be prepared for a hostile environment when they head to Spartan Stadium, a venue Urban Meyer remembered as one that puts the fans on top of the action.
"When I was at Notre Dame we were there," he said referring to his time as a Fighting Irish assistant in the late 1990s. "I think they're right on you. I remember they're right there, and it's not the Buckeye fans who are on you. It wasn't the Irish fans, either."
Ohio State worked on using hand signals to communicate plays, and they hope to have their offense at full strength trying to decipher those Saturday.
That is thanks to the return of Carlos Hyde, the junior running back who has practice this week after missing two games with a knee injury. That would mean for the first time this season he will join Jordan Hall, a senior who missed the first two games while recovering from foot surgery.
"It means a lot," Meyer said of having his backfield fully stocked. "Especially with those two – those are two good players, and their attitude is fantastic. (Running backs coach) Stan Drayton has done a good job with them."
While the head coach of the Buckeyes joked he would not tell if he had installed any plays designed around the dual abilities of the 235-pound Hyde and 194-pound Hall – as he eluded to during his weekly press conference on Monday – Brown was a little more forthcoming.
"It's real exciting, especially seeing Carlos and Jordan in the backfield at the same time," Brown said. "A couple packages you guys won't see until Saturday."
The defense is getting healthier as well with the return of cornerback Bradley Roby, who could be joined by safety C.J. Barnett and lineman Michael Bennett. Meyer said Roby will play after missing the last game with a shoulder injury he suffered a week before. Barnett, who missed the same contest with an ankle problem, was declared "probable" while Bennett's status is to be determined. Bennett has missed all four of the Buckeyes' games so far because of a groin injury but will accompany the team north.
"Mike Bennett is not full speed yet, but he'll be cleared to play," Meyer said. "I don't know if he'll play or not. Barnett is still probable, and Roby will play."
With the Buckeyes set to begin their 100th season of Big Ten football, Meyer said his team continues to work on a variety of ways to improve.
"There's not just one area you have to get better," he said. "Shoring up the kicking game. Working on our punt unit, making sure we've got the right guys in there so that it's real sound. On defense, just tackling. We tackled Wednesday and (Tuesday), and then offense, just consistency and moving the ball. We had a really good day today."


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Exposure to hot and cold temperatures and ambulance attendances in Brisbane, Australia
Turner, Lyle, Connell, Des, & Tong, Shilu (2012) Exposure to hot and cold temperatures and ambulance attendances in Brisbane, Australia. In Population Health Congress 2012 : Population Health in a Changing World, 9-12 September 2012, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA. (Unpublished)
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Objectives: To investigate the effect of hot and cold temperatures on ambulance attendances.
Design: An ecological time series study.
Setting and participants: The study was conducted in Brisbane, Australia. We collected information on 783 935 daily ambulance attendances, along with data of associated meteorological variables and air pollutants, for the period of 2000–2007.
Outcome measures: The total number of ambulance attendances was examined, along with those related to cardiovascular, respiratory and other non-traumatic conditions. Generalised additive models were used to assess the relationship between daily mean temperature and the number of ambulance attendances.
Results: There were statistically significant relationships between mean temperature and ambulance attendances for all categories. Acute heat effects were found with a 1.17% (95% CI: 0.86%, 1.48%) increase in total attendances for 1 °C increase above threshold (0–1 days lag). Cold effects were delayed and longer lasting with a 1.30% (0.87%, 1.73%) increase in total attendances for a 1 °C decrease below the threshold (2–15 days lag). Harvesting was observed following initial acute periods of heat effects, but not for cold effects.
Conclusions: This study shows that both hot and cold temperatures led to increases in ambulance attendances for different medical conditions. Our findings support the notion that ambulance attendance records are a valid and timely source of data for use in the development of local weather/health early warning systems.
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About a year and a half ago, I closed the store and converted the site to an information site including offering free widgets. I'm ranking pretty well for the appropriate keywords, and PR does get assigned to the free widget category pages and specific free widget pages, but PR is kinda slow when it updates, and when it does, it's usually like PR1 or PR2. No biggie. I don't typically pay attention to it that often anyway since ranking is what I'm mainly concerned with.
A few months ago, I decided to add affiliate pages to offer gadgets again, the same type of gadgets that I used to sell directly on the site, but now I've got a category page with links to each specific gadget with description & affiliate link to the store that sells it.
I noticed that google has fallen in love with these pages. They were indexed very quickly. Some of them are ranking on the first and second page of the serps for the gadget name already. But the weirdest thing I noticed was that the gadget category page has the same PR as my home page and so do some of the deeper linked specific gadget pages.
I'm finding it surprising that google has assigned so much PR to these newer pages. I don't know if it's because the word gadget is in my domain name, or that google somehow remembers I used to sell these gadgets here (they ranked pretty well as products, too, but the urls are completely different now) or what...I dunno. I've added the same type of affiliate pages for widgets and have not seen the same kind of love. I have no backlinks yet, obviously, for these gadget pages, and tons of backlinks to the free widgets pages.
Not sure exactly what this information will do for anyone, but thought it strange enough to share.
It might lead more traffic to those pages more relevant to your domain, which might result eventually in more links. You say, though, that you don't have any backlinks for those pages yet. How have you checked this? The Google link: operator gives you only a random sampling of results. You're much better off checking with Yahoo's Site Explorer.
A more likely explanation would be PR distribution via your internal nav link structure. PageRank referred by a page is divided up among the links leaving that page. So (oversimplifying) a page with 10 outgoing links is sending 1/10 of its PR to each of the 10 pages it links to, whereas a page with 20 outgoing links is sending 1/20 of its PR to each of the 20 pages it links to.
If you've separated widgets and gadgets into two main categories, and had previously removed most of your gadgets pages but are now adding them back slowly, you may have more widgets pages than gadgets pages... and (depending on how you've set up your nav hierarchy) each of your gadgets pages might be getting more PR than each of your widgets pages.


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They exist even in a different realm from the Central Valley of California, just over the hills and a world away.
And some are both booming and busting, such as the wide gulf between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley in California.
Unemployment in some Central Valley towns tops 30 percent, and in cases even 40 percent.
The Central Valley and Visalia are in the most conservative part of California.
Puello contacted the Central Valley Baptist Church just two days after the Americans were arrested in Haiti.
The city lies in the center of the Central Valley and owing to its geographical situation it has become quite a busy town.
Even the Sioux feared the Sacs, the warriors of the Central Valley.
The growth of the city as well as of the other towns of the Central Valley is imperceptible.
The Central Valley has already been mentioned several times.
Next to Santiago and Talca it is the largest city in the Central Valley.


text: LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brad Sugars, the Founder and Chairman of ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching company, will present a free, live business coaching career opportunity event in Las Vegas at the JW Marriott Hotel Las Vegas on Thursday, January 17 th, 2013 from 4:30PM to 7:30PM. There is no cost to register for this recruitment and information event; however, due to the current demand for it, interested candidates will need to register for it by clicking on the link below: http://bethe1.eventbrite.com "Based on the success of our event in October last year, we are running another one this January. This will be our last event before we hit the road and hold similar events all over the country," Sugars said. At this event, Brad will show attendees why business coaching is a booming industry and how they can join ActionCOACH all the way from employment to business ownership. The company has a business coaching firm in Las Vegas and is also looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of business coaches within the firm. "Over the last 19 years we've led the business coaching industry, but right now, with the economy the way it is, we need more Business Coaches," he added. "Today, there are more business owners and CEOs needing coaching than ever before and we want to present this opportunity to local candidates." Sugars and his company, ActionCOACH, have won several major international business awards and he is also the author of 15 books on business. According to Sugars, "this event is for anyone seeking a career change, looking for a business opportunity in the professional business services industry, interested in learning more about the business coaching field and how they can become a part of it, looking at networking or just looking to do something with purpose in their lives." "Our top coaches bring their past experience and knowledge and use our proven, tested systems to help their clients succeed," he said.