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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Interstate 79 corridor will be dotted with four compressed natural gas filling stations by 2014, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced during a news conference Thursday.The announcement took place near the Spring Street Foodland, the site of the planned Charleston station.IGS Energy-CNG Services will build the four stations. The other three sites are near Jane Lew, Bridgeport and just across the Pennsylvania state line at Mount Morris.State Sen. Brooks McCabe, D-Kanawha, said that although IGS is an Ohio company, it chose to build the stations in West Virginia because state lawmakers were ready with legislation to make natural gas feasible. T.J. Meadows, West Virginia business manager for IGS Energy-CNG Services, and a West Virginia native, said the stations in Charleston and Bridgeport should be open and operating by fall.Meadows said using compressed natural gas as a vehicle fuel creates 30 percent less carbon dioxide than gasoline or diesel fuel, makes 75 percent less carbon monoxide and produces 95 percent less particulate matter. At the same time, natural gas is 30 percent to 50 percent cheaper than gasoline and diesel, with an average cost of about $2.10 for the equivalent of a gallon.But officials expect that cost to drop even further as the vast Marcellus Shale gas deposit is tapped. "With our abundance of natural gas resources, we have the opportunity to put thousands of people to work," Tomblin said. He also said tapping the state's gas reserves will provide "affordable" and "reliable" energy sources for the next 100 years. Tomblin and McCabe said state lawmakers passed tax incentives to help cover the costs for business owners and state residents to convert vehicles to natural gas and invest in natural gas infrastructure. The Legislature is expected to consider a bill soon creating tax credits for government, as well. The $10,000 to $15,000 cost of converting cars and trucks to natural gas has been a stumbling block for some government agencies.Federal and state governments made a push for natural gas-powered vehicles in the 1990s, but the idea petered out when gasoline prices dropped to a point where there was no longer a big advantage in switching to natural gas. But local officials say technology has improved since then, and natural gas prices should continue to stay low."It's a shame it didn't work then," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones. "Hopefully, it will work this time." He said city officials are in talks now about converting some vehicles to natural gas."[Natural gas] is almost half as cheap, but more importantly, it's ours," said Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper. "It's our jobs, and it's our gas."County officials already own one vehicle that will run on either gasoline or natural gas, and the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority has agreed to buy eight natural gas-powered buses.Meadows said all four compressed natural gas filling stations to be built under the $10 million IGS Energy proposal should be up and running by the beginning of 2014. The stations would allow someone to fill up with natural gas in Charleston and have refueling options all the way to Pittsburgh.Officials for three companies -- EQT Corp., Antero Resources and Chesapeake Energy -- have all agreed to convert sizable parts of their vehicle fleets to natural gas and to use the newly built filling stations. Phil Pfister, spokesman for Chesapeake Energy, said the company has already converted 2,000 of its 5,000 vehicles to the alternate fuel source."We want to have all 5,000 of them on natural gas," he said.Reach Rusty Marks at email@example.com or 304-348-1215.


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Young lovers Jennifer and posh toff Oliver Barrett IV manage to stay together through college despite family warfare and class differences, only to find that Jennifer can not have children...and is seriously ill.
Erich Segal's bestseller given the Big Time Treatment was a smash hit, very much of its time, and responsible for the grisly tenet "Love means never having to say you're sorry". He is Ryan O'Neal, she is Ali MacGraw, Rich Boy meets Poor Girl at Harvard, they marry, he is disinherited and they live on love and tuna fish sandwiches while she puts him through law school.
When the good times finally start to roll she succumbs to a fatal disease. MacGraw never could act her way out of a paper bag, but she dies very prettily, cuing Oscar winning violins and O'Neal's Big Scene. Older viewers may, however, bawl more at the ruin of once-handsome leading man Ray Milland as the mean, old, bald dad.
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Last week, while the 2012 DA14 meteor silently glided past the earth, a meteor crashed into Russia — the largest such object to hit the earth in more than a century. Upon impact, the 10,000-ton rock exploded and unleashed nearly 500 kilotons of energy. That's roughly more than 30 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Scientists have been able to recover smaller fragments of the stone, but larger ones remain elusive. That's set off a "meteor rush" in the nation.
Of course, Russia has much more to offer than bits of a historic rock. Russia — the red-headed step child of the BRIC nations — has been a less-than-ideal growth story. The nation has seen its fortunes wax and wane with energy prices, while it's hard to forget its history of corruption. However, the investment climate in the former-Soviet state continues to improve and foreign direct investment is growing.
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International Football | Everton 1- Chelsea 2
Lampard leads Chelsea's comeback against Everton
Two goals from the veteran midfielder saw Chelsea come back from behind against a spirited Everton side.
Rafael Benítez' Chelsea took all three points in their visit to Goodison Park. The side from London came back from a goal behind after Everton took an early lead.
Chelsea looked like they were still sitting around the Christmas dinner table as Everton started stronger and took the lead in the first minute through Steven Pienaar. The South African was the first to react to Anichebe's header, which rebounded off the post, to leave Cech stranded.
It was an early blow for Chelsea, who arrived on Merseyside on the back of a good run, as the Toffees dominated and were unlucky not to double their lead, particularly after Jelavic's sweetly taken free-kick came back off the post.
Interestingly, it was Frank Lampard, heavily criticised in recent weeks and a player the English press were touting as a possible transfer target in the January window, that pulled the Blues back into the game with a neat header into the corner.
After the break the game evened up as Chelsea replaced Cech with Turnbull in goal. Once again Chelsea rode their luck as Everton pressed and hit the wordwork after a fine header from Jelavic. But Lampard popped up again to secure the points for the London side as he turned in Mata's blocked shot in the 72nd minute.
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The mother of serial rapist Ishmael Simelane has pleaded with the Pretoria High Court not to send her son to jail, as she needs him to take care of her and his two young children.
Simelane, 27, of Hammanskraal, was described as an exceptionally friendly and polite man, before he turned violent and raped or sexually violated his victims.
He was convicted on 25 charges, ranging from rape and sexual assault to abduction and extortion. He also robbed his victims.
Simelane, who had fired his second lawyer and now represents himself, was to be sentenced on Thursday, but he called for a pre-sentencing report "as they (social workers) could give him counselling at the same time".
He also indicated that he was going to call his mother to the stand, to testify in mitigation of sentence.
His mother, Tryphina Simelane, was at court on Thursday, so Judge Jody Kollapen decided that she had to take the stand immediately.
This caught the small-built Simelane somewhat off-guard, and he said: "Eish, I am not prepared for this." His mother nevertheless told the judge that she was a sickly woman, who had to take care of Simelane's children – aged eight and nine – after their mother had abandoned them when they were toddlers.
"He is important at home. I am often in hospital and there is no one else to take care of the children."
She did receive social grants for both children and an old-age pension, but still struggled financially, she said. Simelane, who did not have a job, sometimes "got hold of some money" which he gave to her.
Seven women fell prey to Simelane during 2010. They all had the same tale to tell – how they fell for his polite offer to "obtain work for them".
They all believed the well-dressed man, but their lives soon turned into a nightmare.
While some of the women were raped – some twice – others were sexually assaulted. In nearly all the cases their attacker took their cellphones and phoned their family to demand a ransom for their safe return.
One woman testified in tears how Simelane instructed her to "scream when he severed her breasts or else the muti wouldn't work".
Simelane realised she was menstruating, so he told her he could "do nothing with her".
He told her to unbutton her shirt as he wanted to see her breasts. "He said he wanted to see how much they would go for and then told me he was going to cut them off."
This victim met Simelane earlier that day after she took a taxi to the library in the Pretoria CBD.
She believed him when he said he was going to get her a job and got into another taxi with him.
He took her to the outskirts of town, where he forced her into the bush and threatened to kill and rape her. He then phoned her mother and demanded a R5 000 ransom from her. After making her promise she would pay the money, Simelane gave the victim R30 to catch a taxi back to Pretoria.
Another woman, who also met Simelane near the library, said she believed the "smooth talker" when he offered her a job. They travelled to Mabopane by taxi to "finalise the paperwork for the job".
She was happy with the prospect of work, so she did not question him when they walked into the bush.
He suddenly turned aggressive and threatened to cut off her body parts unless she gave him money.
She said although he demanded she undress and he got on top of her, he did not rape her. He tied her up and left her there, but she managed to untie herself and escaped.
Another victim was rescued from an abandoned house, where police found her tied up on a bed. This was after her father called the police as Simelane extorted money from him earlier that day.
She too was raped.
She, as well as his other rape victims, identified him during an identification parade.
Simelane denied the rapes and said police "framed" him.
In the case of the woman found tied up in the house, he said they were in cahoots to con her family out of money and had consensual sex. Simelane once again blamed the police, who "must have tied her up before they took pictures".
The case was postponed to August 3.
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The past few weeks the temp reached around 50-60 F. The performance of the tire is even better. On highways it is neither soft nor hard but just right for a somewhat sport car. the road feeling is good and the sound on pavement sounds like nice music. The car seems more solid than ever.

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In my living room I have got an old industrial metal filing cabinet, beautifully polished by a local company. A perfect place to display magazines, visuals and objects. It stands against a large white wall. The styling goes on intuition, it's a collection that reflect a certain mood. It changes every few weeks, when I feel like it.
Set of found chairs
The story behind the chair series of illustrator and designer Maartje van den Noort made me smile. It's a card series of found chairs Maartje took home. I found this chair by the side of the street, now I sit on it. After she refurbished them Maartje has drawn the chairs to share them with us. In this way a dumped chair gets a new life in two different ways, I love the thought behind this design. The postcards are printed on ecological paper.
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Breezy's latest offense brings him in to rehab and out of an October 29 gig with the girl group.
Following a misdemeanor charge for allegedly assaulting a man in Washington D.C. over the weekend, R'n'B/hip-hop superstar Chris Brown pulls out of his New York concert with girl group Danity Kane scheduled for Tuesday, October 29. The 92.3 NOW FM Scream show slated to take place at the Roseland Ballroom would have served as Danity Kane's onstage reunion.
While fans who already bought tickets will be given a full refund, the same cannot be said for the effort already put in by Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex and Dawn Richard who had been rehearsing for weeks for the show where they intended to debut new music.
In a short apology video they recorded, the girl group expressed how they were "deeply distraught by the cancellation" as they "were so excited to share" new material with their fans. They reassure everyone though that they are already on the lookout for the next possible event where they finally put on the great show they've been preparing for.
With the cancellation of his October 29 gig, it looks like Brown's October 31 Halloween costume party at the Conga Room in Los Angeles will suffer the same fate. The "Fine China" singer has checked himself into rehab a day after he appeared in a Washington D.C. court over his latest offense, with the objective to "gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point."


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Fall seemed to have come and gone in a flash this year… It's mid November and we've already had our first snow! And yes, although I live in Canada we don't typically get snow until at least December sometimes even January and it only lasts a few days usually. About a month ago I "fall-ified" our house a bit and thought I'd share what I did (even though I've already moved onto a Christmas mindset/planning already).
For seasonal decorating, I like to pay extra close attention to our entry area partly because that's the first impression people have and partly because it's an area in our house that I don't have a set of "favourites" that I keep out year round. As you can see in our floor plans, our entry way is pretty small. But we've recently added a shoe storage piece from Ikea, the STÄLL shoe cabinet to be specific, which we LOVE. It holds about eight pairs of men's shoes (but in our case, four pairs of men's shoes and at least eight pairs of mine – gotta love how compact flats are!) and sits fairly flush against the wall – perfect for our tiny entry way. It also adds a nice little surface for some treasures!
For our anniversary last year, I gave the boyfriend some old letterpress printing blocks that spelled out the word Swoon (found on Etsy in Handmade by Alison's shop) in dark rich colours. And because the colours are so rich and warm, I thought they'd be perfect for fall. The shape the blocks made also led me to add a vintage, rusty old key I picked up from an adorable shop in Paris called Au Petit Bonheur La Chance back in May.
On the same shoe cabinet I also have my little iron Scotty dog that I picked up at a little local shop (behind him sits our jar of love notes that we write to each other).
Next to our entryway is our dining area, which is my favourite to dress up for a season. We have a few pyracantha bushes outside our patio with the most beautifully vibrant orange berries. Um, hello free table arrangement? Heck yes. All I did was snip a few sprigs of the same bush and added some of the orange pyracantha berries to the water in the vase. Shazzam! Instant fall decor.
And if you haven't already spotted it in the background of the previous photo, how could I resist adding a white ceramic pumpkin to the mix? Plus my beloved nest bowl (which is currently holding some ceramic nuts – more on that soon!)
And lastly, I always have some topical magazines sitting out in our living room area. Since we live in Canada, the magazines printed around our Thanksgiving usually aren't very autumny looking (our Thanksgiving falls in October), so I like to save magazines from previous years to display. Last year's Real Simple and Martha Stewart Living made it into the livingroom serving tray this year. It's kind of a big honour… Heehee.
And there you have it! Our place has been fallified. Now to get started on bringing a little holiday cheer to our place!
Get Craftin' or Dye Trying
So I mentioned the other day that I was feeling crafty and got inspired to decorate some Easter eggs. I rounded up a few Easter egg how-to's on MarthaStewart.com and got cracking. (Heck yes cornfest.) Anyway, I hit up our local Real Canadian Superstore and got all the necessary ingredients for natural dying: white eggs, spinach, red cabbage, and coffee (for green, blue, and brown eggs). I went with the cheapest options for all ingredients since I wouldn't actually be consuming them. Perhaps that was the problem…
The instructions tell you to chop up about 4 cups of the dye material (cabbage, spinach, etc.) and add 1 quart (approx a litre) of water and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar, bring to a boil, and then let simmer for 30 minutes. The cabbage seemed to be doing its thing just fine turning a deep purple as time went by, but the spinach… Well it definitely strengthened my feelings about cheap "produce" – granted it was frozen spinach, but I was still expecting it to be green! It ended up being a foamy, murky, putrid greenish colour. Not really what I was going for. But I though "Maybe it'll still work!" and kept trucking.
I strained the dye, popped my raw eggs in, brought them to a boil in the dye and then let them sit for 30 min according to the instructions. Not much colour there. Since the dark blue colour calls for an overnight soak, I figured I'd leave them be and went to bed.
For the "dark, rich brown" colour, Martha recommends using 1 quart of dark black coffee in place of water and using the cold-dipping method. So after letting them sit in the coffee for 30 min, they were lighter than regular old brown eggs… So they got the overnight treatment too.
After a solid 8 hours of rest, the eggs and I reunited:
I first took the blue eggs out of the cabbage solution. They have a bit of a film on them, which I scrubbed off of two of them (revealing a lighter blue) and left on the other three. I let them dry and the film seemed to set, giving me a rich, dark blue colour. Overall I'm pretty happy with the blue eggs.
The coffee eggs really didn't look like much, still! So I left the coffee eggs soaking for more than 24 hours. And they're still not even as dark as brown eggs, which I probably should have started with rather than trying to dye white eggs brown. Oh well. I ended up not using the "brown" ones.
Then I checked out the "green" eggs only to find that they weren't necessarily dyed… but were covered in a thick fuzzy film of guk (technical term). Not the look I was going for. So I took them out, scrubbed them off, and attempted to save the "green" eggs by using good ol' food colouring. I used 20 drops of food colouring (2 green + 18 yellow) and about 1 teaspoon of vinegar for every cup of hot water (use enough to cover the eggs in a bowl) and let them sit for about an hour while I got ready for work (stirring occasionally so I didn't end up with uneven colour).
Here are all three sets of finished eggs:
The blue's not bad. The brown isn't what I was hoping for at all. The green aren't exactly perfect, but I assume that has something to do with the nasty spinach treatment they received all night long. Oh well! I ditched the brown and arranged the rest in that perfect bowl I hinted at in my last post. I chose not to bother trying to hollow out any eggs to hang from the branches (the ones I already have are hard boiled so I couldn't use those ones even if I wanted to), but I'm quite happy with how the bowl looks! Now my nest has its own colourful little nest on the dining room table.
Happy Easter, everyone!
Some Eggcellent Ideas for Easter
Easter is fast approaching and although we don't have any kiddies running around this nest, I think I might actually do some decorating this year. Maybe a grown-up version of Easter? So I started looking around for some fun ideas on the interwebs and thought I'd share.
Of course I turned to Martha Stewart, who has an endless list of Easter crafts available on her website – some great ones and some a little too cutesy for my taste. I think my fav of the bunch has to be the Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs because of their beautifully rich colours and their green factor. They even offer an egg glossary, showing the different colours that can be achieved with different natural dye ingredients. I think my colour choices will be light blue (soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution, 30 minutes), royal blue (soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution overnight), dark rich brown (boil eggs in black coffee, 30 minutes), and chartreuse (soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30 minutes) or green (using spinach as suggested here).
I'm thinking I might display them in a bowl as a centerpiece on the dining room table (I have the perfect one in mind too… more on that later) and even string them from big vase of branches that sits nearby (taking inspiration from this Martha Stewart Easter egg tree). You can catch a sneak peek of the table/branches scene pre-eggs in my previous post on the dining room chairs makeover.
Another craft that caught my eye but seems way too ambitious for me right now is the pussy-willow wreath/balls. I have always loved how soft and shimmery pussy willows are – they seem so glamorous! However my current schedule doesn't have a lot of room in it for 5 hours of hot gluing.
I probably won't get to any of these ideas this year, but I'm keeping them in my back pocket for next year! First up, glittered eggs! Who said glittered ornaments had to be for Halloween or Christmas only? I think these eggs lend themselves perfectly to the glitzy glam.
Or how about these fun graphic dye techniques with letters and stripes, polka dots, typography, and plaid, or even faux cracks, all by Martha Stewart as well.
Not promising anything (it's a bit of a crazy week ahead of me), but I'll keep you posted on how far I get with these Easter crafts! Better hop to it! (Smirk.)
Sourcey Goodness: All photos from MarthaStewart.com
Sit on It
When the boyfriend and I moved in together, we were lucky enough to receive quite a few hand-me-down furniture pieces. Among this awesome collection of freebies was a teak dining table (yes, I said teak and freebie in the same sentence) and four chairs. The chairs are not teak, but that only meant I didn't feel guilty about painting them! So here's how it all went down.
First, a look at some lovely before/during shots. These chairs started out with a puke honey-coloured stain, not my cup of tea. (Sorry giver of said chairs, you know I love them now!) And what made them even more retrotastic was the orange surprise under those tie-on, floral seat covers. Holy vintage.
These chairs were pretty easy to makeover. First thing I did was take off the seat portion of each chair – a piece of plywood covered with foam and orange fabric that was attached to the chair frame with 4 screws underneath. One thing I must say when dealing with hand-me-down or thrift store finds like this is be careful with the screws! Older screws are definitely easier to strip and with the power of time on their side, they'll be impossible to get out if stripped. So make sure you have the right sized screwdriver for the job and be careful.
So once I had the seats off, I glued any joints that had loosened over time. For this I used some basic wood glue that you can pick up at any hardware store. I rocked the joints as far apart as I could, basically far enough to squeeze some glue deep enough into the cracks, clamped it all together, and then wiped up any extra glue with a damp cloth (make sure you do this before it dries!). These chairs have mortise and tenon joints, so with a bit of glue and some pressure a la gigantic clamps, these babies are now perdy sturdy.
Next up, sanding! If you're going to paint old furniture rather than stain, don't bother sanding to the point where there isn't a trace of the old stain left. Waste of time! Basically all you need to do is prep the surface so that the paint can stick to it. I used some medium grit sandpaper (what I had on hand, probably somewhere around a 60 grit) with an electric sander and went over all the chairs. I used a small mouse sander, a lot like this one but ours is by Jobmate, which is perfect for jobs like these where there are some tight corners that you need to squeeze into. Once I quickly went over the chairs with a medium grit paper, I then followed up with a finer grit (again whatever I had on hand, probably around a 120 to 180) just to make sure everything was nice and smooth. But again, don't spend a whole day doing this. You just need to rough up the surface.
After a thin primer coat (I used a Krylon spray primer) on each chair and some drying time, I finally broke out the paint. I wanted these chairs to go with whatever other furniture we'd end up with plus I hadn't actually picked out seat fabric yet (I usually recommend starting with fabric, then finding paint that goes with it – far more paint choices out there than fabric, especially if you're tinting paint rather than buying off the shelf). So I decided to paint these bad boys satin black, again with Krylon spray paint. I chose a satin finish because I wanted it to contrast the glossy pieces in our place, plus it still gives the illusion of a matte finish but without all the potential scratches and scuffs that a dining room chair would definitely collect in a short amount of time.
I ended up doing three to four very thin coats of paint on each chair. The thinner the coat, the less likely your paint will run and drip. So patience is key here! And in between coats I worked on the seat cushions. First you have to rip off the old stuff. Tools = pliers for ripping out staples + gloves to decrease the chances of scrapes or blisters + a TONNE of elbow grease. Then I picked up some cotton batting (used for quilting, etc.) from Fabricland for a few dollars thanks to sale and then dropped by our local recycling depot in search for some foam. And check it: I scored a big piece of what looked like brand new 2.5″ thick super squishy foam for $2. I had enough to make four seat cushions AND kept the rest as a double-wide foamy for guests or camping. Woot!
Basically I traced the shape of the plywood seat onto the foam (add about half an inch extra on each side to accommodate squishage – technical term) and then did the same with the cotton batting and fabric (add about 4 inches to each side to accommodate for the foam and wrapping). Then you make a seat sandwich! First lay out your cotton batting square and place your foam piece in the centre. Next, line up your plywood piece on the foam (make sure you're putting the squishy seat on the right side of the plywood, mine was curved so it could only go on one side). Next, wrap the extra cotton batting to the underside of the seat and secure in place using a staple gun. I always put one staple in the middle of each side (do one side then it's opposite side before moving onto an adjacent side). Now you've got a naked seat! Next, take your fabric square (making sure any patterns on the fabric are lined up or placed correctly) and repeat what you did with your cotton batting. The bottom doesn't have to look pretty or anything, because who's going to see them?
Even the little notches where the tops of the front legs fit weren't that hard. And again, not that attractive from the bottom, but look how neat and tidy it looks when in place. Screw the seats back on and voilà! C'est fini!
I think the black will go really well with the teak once I get around to refinishing it too. And gotta love that Stockholm Blad fabric from Ikea. I know it's everywhere these days, but I still love it. Plus I used the leftover material to sew a throw pillow cover for our living room couch.
Alright, here's the moment you've all been waiting for (hats off to you if you actually read through this entire wordy post – I'm just so jazzed about the chairs, it's hard to shut up about them!)… Ta-da! The finished product:
What's the Plan?
So I've mentioned that we're doing the condo thing right now, but I thought I'd give you a better idea of how everything is laid out. Not only is it neat to see how other people live (I'm kind of nosy like that), floor plans can be a super handy tool when organizing your own space. By laying out what goes where, you'll get a better idea whether the couch would work on a different wall or not on a wall at all without all the heavy lifting. So enough chit chat, here's the whole shebang!
So here's the first floor where we spend most of our waking hours. We're lucky enough to have found a new two-level condo with lots of windows and a loft layout. Our front door opens into an entryway where we've got a spot for shoes, a big mirror, and a "sit down to put your shoes on" chair that adds a punch of colour.
The loft style means lots of natural light and LOTS of room to breathe. However, it also means very little storage. The "coat closet" leaves you wanting more. That white box shown in the plan is actually a wire shelf that also functions as the hanging rod. Throw in all of our mixed recycling, shoes, coats, spray paint stash, scarves & mitts, workout gear, and a big bulky hot water tank and it's pretty hard to find anything in there.
I think our round teak table is the perfect size and shape for our tiny dining nook. We have a leaf for the table, but it doesn't come out very often. We actually use the three counter-height stools that tuck under our island more than we use the table. And our kitchen has a good layout for its size, something that our last place definitely could not boast about. I love having an island to stretch out all my baking or crafting projects across.
The living room has been a bit of a challenge because of the size of the furniture we have (yay hand-me-downs!) and the fact that we have to work around French doors that open onto the patio and an electric fireplace that juts out from the wall. Doesn't leave a whole lot of room for anything else. But we've made an effort to define that space with a grey graphic rug that we scored on sale.
The boyfriend's office is in the back corner of our place, so it's close enough to be our sound system (his computer) but separate enough from the living space that it doesn't feel like it intrudes on the entertaining areas of the house (dining/kitchen/living).
I don't think I drew that linen closet to size, because it's teeny. And I mean teeeeeny. We're talking four towels can fit on one shelf and there aren't many shelves. So right now it's
well organized crammed to the brim in order to fit an extra set of bedding and some towels (oh, and perhaps a small collection of board games because we're cool like that).
OK, back up and head up those stairs. It's time for level two!
As you can see, a good portion of our upstairs is open to below (those grey walls are actually half walls) and we don't actually have any "rooms" besides the two bathrooms. Everything is just open space with different functions, which can be challenging when it comes to containing messes, sounds, and light when you need to (in other words when I got up early this morning to make some delicious pumpkin bread, it made it rather hard for the boyfriend to sleep in – oops).
My office is located upstairs and doubles as a big closet. The one closet that's meant for our clothes doesn't even fit all of mine (and I'm really not that bad when it comes to clothes). So we have a dresser and cheap-o bamboo and linen armoire to house the rest of our clothes, linens, shoes, and tools (yes it's odd storage combo, but we don't have many choices). Add two bookshelves, a drying rack for our clothes, two laundry baskets, my desk, and a filing cabinet and you have one big mishmash of stuff. Hence the upstairs designation – out of sight when company comes calling.
One thing I definitely took for granted in past abodes was bathroom storage. And the fact that two vanity sinks with no counters/storage in either bathroom would be a problem didn't really cross my mind until after we moved in. You see, I'm a bargain shopper and that means I'm often stocking up on things. I mean, how can I turn down a BOGO event on shampoo? Seriously. Anyway, more to come on bathroom storage solutions in a future post.
Lastly we have our "bedroom" (the part of the big open room that our bed is in). When we first moved in we honestly thought we were going to put our bed in the now office/dressing area. That quickly changed after realizing that our bedroom would then be a fairly high-traffic area (I work from home, so every time I walk to my "office" I'd be walking through our bedroom).
Well, there you have it! Now I'll be able to link back to this post when pointing out where we're putting new furniture or hanging art. Like back when I installed my beloved Umbra Magnetter (magnetic key hanger/mail holder that mounts on the wall) that I got for Christmas! Check out where it lives:
Psst… If you're wondering how I made my floor plan, the short answer is that I'm crazy. I had the actual floor plan of our unit (a few changes happened during the building process though, so it wasn't exact) and actually created a Photoshop file that uses the real textures of each room (carpet on the stairs, etc.). I wanted my floor plan to look a bit different from the average, so I went a bit overboard. But you can do the same thing in way less time using a free site like Floorplanner.
I'm a Noodist.
Yup, you heard me. I love me some Nood (that's New Objects of Desire, so no need to shield your eyes from the photos below). And you know what I love even more than Nood? Nood on sale! I feel like streamers and balloons should be falling from my ceiling right now. I'm just that excited!
Nood is known for their mid-century?modern furniture reproductions and funky home accents/gadgets. And boy, do they know how to do a sale. We took a mini road trip down to Victoria, BC and stopped in to see if Nood was partaking in the Boxing Week madness – sure enough, just about EVERYTHING in the store was marked down. Sorry when I say marked down, I mean prices were brutally murdered and chopped to little bits with a gigantic axe. Too much? Hmm. Well, you get the point.
After two hours of looking through the store I walked away with an armload of goodies for the house and even some late Christmas presents for friends.
First I must share my strange love obsession with this white cotton blanket that regularly goes for $59.95, but I snagged for…(drum roll please)…EIGHT DOLLARS! Yup, that's a whopping 87% off! And it's been at the foot of our bed ever since. I see it being the perfect addition to a spare bedroom someday (like, when we actually have a spare room), but for now it's all mine. It's 100% cotton, quite thick, uber cozy, and is made with a simple weave (basket weave maybe?) that reminds me of a sunny beach cottage. Glorious. And I was pleasantly surprised to find out it fits quite nicely on our queen-size bed. Perfect timing too, since our cold, wet winter weather seems to have hit us at full strength this week.
One thing (among many) that Nood is really great for is kitchen gadgetry. Since we are currently living the condo life, I don't have a lot of room for kitchen gadgets that I will only use once a year. We have one (yes one) small kitchen drawer for all of our cutlery, serving utensils, and gadgets. We've made use of a tiny counter cranny and thrown some of our bigger pieces in a stainless canister, but for the most part it has to fit in the drawer or it's out the door. But there were two tools we actually "needed" several times a week and didn't own yet: a handheld juicer and zester. And I scored these bad boys for a mere $2 a pop. They work like a charm and have very sturdy handles on them. So if you're mid-use and need to set it down you can just stand them up on their handles – you don't need to lay the sticky business end on your nice clean counter.
Next up in the haul are these gloriously soft Bamboo Washers (or facecloths for us non-fancy folk) in a dusty eggplant colour. These babies exceeded my expectations by a long shot. They're so plush and wonderful and after a few washes they still look and feel brand new (way more than I can say for many other washcloths in that price range). I'm pretty sure they were $8 for the four pack on sale ($14.95 regular price), which works out to $2 a piece. Not bad for these purple clouds of joy!
I've been on the hunt for a glossy white cake stand that wasn't too fussy looking for months and months now. Well you can imagine the big cheesy grin that spread across my face when I spotted this gem on one of the tables. Of course I rushed right home, took it out of its packaging, and tossed the receipt, forgetting to jot down the price. And it's no longer available on the website so I can't scope out its regular price either. Oops. But I'm pretty sure I paid around $15-$20 for it. So not the craziest of bargains, but still worth it in my books. Check out that criss-crossy detail in the glossy glaze. Reminds me of a chocolate drizzle on a cake. Mmm!
And because the pre-Christmas season can be a total spazfest (a festive one though), we actually exchange gifts and get together with some of our friends after Christmas. Which means I can hold off on gift buying a bit longer and score really great things that I know my friends will love for a bargain. Shift your eyes thataway to Exhibit A: The Virgo Metal Wall Organizer. It's a big, white, glossy magnetic board with a few pegs for hanging keys and photo slots along the top. Regular price $59.95 and on sale for only $17.50! Seeing that the recipient of this sleek piece of organizational goodness is a list-making social butterfly, this seemed perfect. And I'm happy to report that it was a hit!
Another of my good friends teaches grade one and since we gave her boyfriend (a photographer) this snazzy Nikon lens travel mug (yes, it even zooms), it was only fitting that we give her a career-appropriate hot beverage vessel too! Thank noodness for this doodle mug, which comes complete with two pieces of white chalk. I took it out of the box and wrote a little personalized Christmas message. And that's about when I realized that the mug is definitely a novelty, not ranking so high on the practicality scale. In turning the mug over to continue my little note, I accidentally rubbed off the first half… So a few rewrites later, I quickly shoved it back in the box to avoid any further smudging. Oh well, I think she appreciated the cuteness of it!
And there you have it! The full Nood haul. Overall I think I saved about $130 – not bad when I only spent about $60!
Sourcey Goodness: Virgo Metal Wall Organizer & Doodle Mug from NoodDesign.ca (Silly me, I forgot to snap some photos before wrapping them up and giving them away!)
Santa, Baby…
That jolly old guy struck a home run this year and made this nester one very happy lady! Remember the sheer joy that unwrapping a new toy, putting it together, and playing with it all day long brought you back when you were just a wee thing? Well I was all squeals again this year.
The place we're renting right now is the first place that has really felt like home – a space that feels more and more like ours every day. It's a two-level, loft-style condo in a fairly new building (about two years old) right downtown. So the 20 vertical feet of windows and the openness of the whole unit is definitely something I dig (mmm airiness). Of course it comes with it challenges, but that's a topic for another day. Right now, it's all about goodies and gifts!
Our family has some newish additions to it (boyfriends, girlfriends, and the like) and so we've been doing our family dinners on Christmas Eve for a few years now. After all, spending time together is really what Christmas is about – no matter what day it is. Well, we do a small gift exchange after dinner between everyone and look what my brother's darling girlfriend gave me. Sigh! Never have I seen a more attractive alarm clock.
Almost makes waking up less painful? No, but close!
The boyfriend is definitely catchin' on to the fact that I love drooling over interior design mags and the like. So this Christmas I was very lucky to wake up to a deliciously crisp issue of Dwell in my stocking!
Highlight of the issue for me had to be the charming article about two photographers who converted an ancient schoolhouse into a modern masterpiece (with the help of their architects buds). Definitely fell in love with the "circles & lines" aluminum screen that acts as a divider between the staircase and kitchen area. What a beaut!
I also scored this delicate yet skookum glass decanter from Pier 1 Imports (ps If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm Canadian… But for the folks across the border, you can find it here!) That centre hole makes it appear so light, yet pick it up and it feels so solid in your hand. Plus the glass is quite thick so I think it might take a few drops before it sees a crack. Score one for balance and durability.
One of my big goals for 2011 is to get organized (original, I know). Well I guess someone noticed (or got sick of watching me search for my lost keys day after day) and gave me the Magnetter by Umbra! This snazzy key hanger slash letter holder has super clean lines and hidden magic… magnets!
Super simple to install, it comes ready with two screws and plastic drywall anchors. Just add
water, err, tools! So I hopped to it, measured out the distance between the two holes on the back of the Magnetter, made my necessary pencil marks on the wall next to our front door (making sure they were level of course), and drilled my holes for the drywall anchors (if you're brand new to the world of home improvement and wondering how that's done exactly, check out this WikiHow article). Time for the screws – cue action shot! DONE. Look at it in all its magnetty glory!
And last but most certainly not least, I am the lucky new owner of these peaceful and girly lotus tealight holders from Urban Barn. It's a well-known fact that I'm drawn to anything ceramic and white, so these babies fit the bill perfectly! I love how they add a feminine charm to the room without being frilly and over the top (read: offensive).
Tealightful! (Yes, I'm all about the puns.) Woo Santa! Call me Miss Grateful.
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Why I Read It: It was a teen favorite of mine.
Where I Got It: Own it.
Who I Recommend This To: Those who enjoy a strong female lead and a whirlwind adventure.
Publisher: TOR (1993)
Length: 576 pages
Series: The Halfblood Chronicles Book 1
Shana is a half-blood in a world where half-bloods are forbidden, and killed when discovered. Her mother was a human concubine to a powerful Elven lord. Shana was born in the desert to a dying mother who had no use or love for her in the presence of a camouflaged dragon, Alara, who becomes her foster mother. She was born into a world where humans have been enslaved for generations by the invading elves from another world. Their written language, history, and culture have been all but eradicated. The Dragons too are from another world, but have remained in hiding, in secluded colonies out of the way of both humans and elven kind. All three races have individuals with magical abilities. Hence the half-bloods often contain the strongest powers of both parents, and are very dangerous to the ruling elves.
When I was in my teens, I read this book and thought it was one of the best books I had ever read. So when SJ from Snobbery and I teamed up for a read along of it, I was quite thrilled to revisit it. The first half of the book is a very good lead into the world created by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton. We get to ride along as Shana grows up in a dragon colony (why can't I be that lucky!), as she explores her own magical abilities, and eventually as she learns that the dragon colony may not be for her.
However, then things drastically shift gear for the second half of the book as more and more new characters are introduced and Shana is thrown into ever increasing dangerous situations. In fact, the second half of the book became kind of muddled for me and I am pained to point out these flaws. I really wanted to love this book as much or more so as an adult. I think the major issue for me was that in the first half of the book we have pretty clear story rules about what the dragons could do magically, what the elves could do magically, and what the humans could do magically. Each had their own flavor of magic where certain things were possible and others things impossible. Then individuals within the race had varying strengths. Made sense. But the second half of the book kind of broke all those rules, or threw them out the window….was there a window or did they just smash against the wall and get all mixed together?
I could go on about the lesser flaws, but it's really unnecessary. One of the weaknesses and greatest strengths of the fantasy genre is that you can literally make anything happen to your story and your characters. However, it is then extra important for fantasy writers to stick to the rules they have created for said story. If you start breaking those rules for plot convenience, then you're going to loose the strength of your story, and your readers. I am not sure I will continue the series, even though I am itching a bit to see what happens to Shana in further adventures. She was very easy to get attached to, and to stay attached to.
What I Liked: The dragon colonies were real societies with their own cultures; Shana was an adventurous, strong, flawed character; Keman was my knight in shiny scale – the best friend and foster brother Shana could ever hope for; the history of the world with the past strife between humans, elves, and half-bloods gave the story depth.
What I Disliked: Somewhere around the mid point, lots of new characters were introduced; the delineated rules of the first half were tossed out the window in the second half; some characters did major things that were not in character; suddenly Shana is performing feats that no half-blood has successfully pulled off before.
Tis the Fantasy Season over at Stainless Steel Droppings, who is hosting the spring reading event Once Upon A Time. This is a celebration of all that is fantasy. Make sure to stop by and check it out.
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The Paparazzi Wrote 'I Love Rob' On The Hood of Kristen Stewart's Truck
Above is a video of Kristen Stewart walking out to her truck after the paparazzi decided to write "I Love Rob" on the hood. And normally I'm on the side of the paparazzi because without them we'd have no idea what Brandi Glanville's underwear looks like drunk, but this was a pretty dick move with absolutely zero payoff. (Personally I would've gone with, "Brakes For Pussy Licks," but I've always been something of an artist.) Yet somehow this was yesterday's most viral video despite the fact a more worthy contender was out there and should've been shoved in the face of young and old alike:
Prepare your mind for how perfectly this works. If that's even possible:
Granted, the lyrics are a little rapey, it helps if you pretend they're, "bozzum bizzum puddin' pops."
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MT. JULIET -- Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet for Mrs. Bowen, 94, of Mt. Juliet. She passed away Monday, Mar. 8, 2010. Visitation Wednesday from 12 Noon until time of service.
Services will be conducted by Brother Kenneth Bowen. Interment at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include: daughters Loretta B. Lane of Gladeville and Deloise Smith (William) Woodall of Hendersonville; grandchildren Eric and Michael Henry, Joe (Niki) Lane of Gladeville, Steve (Judi) Smith of Mt. Juliet, Julie (Scott) Terry of Essex Junction, VT.
Also surviving are 10 great-grandchildren; siblings Jean Montgomery Campbell of Hermitage, Christine Clinton and J. V. Walpole -- both of Lebanon; sister-in-law Pheleda Walpole of Mt. Juliet; and many special nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by husband Hooper Bowen; daughter Helen June Bowen; parents Horace and Sophia Price Walpole; siblings: Ruby Dickens, Edna Lockey, Horace "Buster" Walpole and Tillman "Buddy" Walpole. Pallbearers: Eric Henry, Michael Henry, Joe Lane, Steve Smith, Steven Henry and Jessie Henry.
Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet.


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A COMMUNITY litter pick has been organised in Halesowen for Sunday, February 23.
The clean up has been organised by Halesowen North UKIP campaigner Stuart Henley.
He said: "Residents need to start to take pride in the area, many moan about the state of it but we need to join together to make a start. Please come along and join in."
The litter pick will start at 11am outside the Age Concern building and continue until 2pm.
Mr Henley said: "Any time that people can give would be great as we will be meeting at the Age Concern building and finish there for a cuppa."
For more information phone Mr Henley on 07967 142 367 or email@example.com.


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A number of gaming companies have had decent 2006 performances. Ubisoft (EPA:UBI) is beginning to reverse their losing trend as is Infogrames (EPA:IFG); companies like THQ (THQI) are doing well and even GameStop (GME) is enjoying the success the publishing houses are. However, some analysts believe that this is going to be a temporary boost and publishers are going to have a weaker 2007.
DFC Intelligence has stated that 2007 will be a weaker year for game publishers (which contrasts other expectations). This decline is mainly because of the reduction of PS2 desirability as the system will be replaced by the next three consoles as well as a additive effect of third party publishers having had historically poor sales on Nintendo platforms. The hardest to be hit are expected to be Electronic Arts (ERTS) and Take Two (TTWO) as they are too heavily invested in Sony systems (one being in poor supply and the other expected to have declining software sales).
The trend is, however, just part of the console cycle. The year after the new batch of consoles launches has shown to be bad for the game creators. Current gen levels are still low and developers are cutting back on last-gen software development, giving the existing install base little to play. However, with major releases at the end of 2007 like Halo 3 and Final Fantasy XIII (which, ironically, are sequels of the titles that launched in 2001, the end of the second year after the PS2 launched), the slump will likely end there ... that is if poor third party success on a Nintendo console since the N64 doesn't persist.


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This article was published 5/8/2013 (1477 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A disturbing tale involving four kittens and a plastic bag had a happy ending on the weekend.
Sunday afternoon, a woman walking her dog along Selkirk Avenue came across the sound of kittens in distress.
Determining the cries were coming from a playground field, she investigated and found four, 10-day-old kittens stuffed into a plastic shopping bag, which was tied up tightly at the handles.
'They were left to die, basically. This happens more than you know'-- Lynne Scott, founder of Craig Street Cats. The rescued kittens (above, left) are being treated by the animal rescue centre.
After checking with the city's animal services agency and the Winnipeg Humane Society, which do not take in neonatal kittens, she went to Craig Street Cats, a feral-cat management and kitten rescue facility that helps control Winnipeg's wild feline population.
Craig Street Cats founder Lynne Scott filled in more details.
"They were left to die, basically," Scott said Monday afternoon. "This happens more than you know.
"I can tell you they're alive and we're doing our best to keep them that way."
Before the kittens were stuffed in the shopping bag and tossed away, Scott figures they were with their mother at some point Sunday, as they didn't show signs of malnourishment.
The biggest concern was getting them out of the cool air Sunday evening. Though the overnight low dipped to only 9.6 C in the city, the cold, damp air would have been enough to kill the kittens.
"They wouldn't have survived the night," Scott said.
Now for the "happy ending" part -- and the potential for an even happier ending.
Though the non-profit Craig Street Cats sees dozens of young and old cats come in every week, the shelter is not a permanent residence for the animals. The need for suitable adoptive homes is ongoing.
Scott is looking for an experienced foster home for the felines, with someone who knows how to bottle-feed kittens this young.
The bottle-feeding needs to last about two to three more weeks before the kittens can take solid food, she said.
If no one can step up and take the kittens at this stage, the rescue facility will put the kittens up for adoption once they are able to eat on their own.
For more information on the adoption process, contact Craig Street Cats at 204-421-1919.


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ESI International, a leading project management training company, recently announced the release of its top 10 trends in project management for 2013. The 2013 trends reveal that expert leadership is lacking in all areas of project management, portfolio management and program management.
"This year's trends bring a murky problem into specific light," said J. LeRoy Ward, Executive Vice President, ESI International. "Leadership skills are lacking within the project community, and until project managers learn how to properly lead teams and their projects, project execution will continue to be a problem."
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The wife of Josh Kelley laughs off rumors she adopted her baby daughter to be 'trendy', calling the report 'funny.'
Katherine Heigl has laughed off rumors she adopted her baby daughter to be "trendy" - calling accusations she wants to be a fashionable celebrity mother "funny". The "Knocked Up" star became a first-time mum last September, when she and her husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh from South Korea, and she recently fueled speculation of a possible second adoption by revealing she is desperate to help orphans in Haiti.
Heigl has since faced accusations she's joined the growing celebrity trend of taking in children from abroad, following in the footsteps of stars including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and Madonna. But Heigl, whose own sister, Meg, was adopted from Korea in the 1970s, isn't worried about the gossip.
She tells Britain's Metro newspaper, "It's so funny. My mum and I joke about it when people say 'You're just doing it because it's trendy'. My mum says 'Well, I'm trendier than everybody because I was doing it in the 1970s when I adopted your sister'."
"I'm very grateful for this little being in my life. I'm very grateful she's my daughter. I'm so grateful we found each other. It's not so much about her being adopted. I just wanted to be a mum and she needed one so here we are."


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Oval Rug by Lily / Sugar'n Cream
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Oval Rug
This pattern is available for free: instruction_154.pdf
- Main Color (MC) (Solids or Ombres)
- Contrast A (Solids or Ombres)
Yardage is not provided.
(The recommended yarn is discontinued)
Instructions are provided in English and French.
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July 31st, 2012
With little fanfare, and even less press coverage, House and Senate panels recently took yet another look at college prices. On July 18, the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing entitled "Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs." This was followed on July 19 by a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing entitled "Making College Affordability a Priority: Promising Practices and Strategies." While the former looked primarily at model state initiatives to contain college costs and the latter explored innovative institutional initiatives, both were generally positive, if subdued, looks at the issue. A flavor of the proceedings can be gleaned from from The Huffington Post's coverage of the Senate discussion. The hearings may provide a glimpse into the focus of the relevant committees as they look ahead to reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), which is due to occur next year. However, the last HEA reauthorization was several years overdue, and there are major pieces of expired education legislation, such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), in the cue for reauthorization ahead of HEA.


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Oxbow Hat and Scarf
The Connecticut River, the largest river in New England, has played a huge role in shaping our cities here in the Pioneer Valley. Its majestic wanderings through the old hills have fueled countless industries and inspired many great American artists. Near our store, it forms a strange but graceful loop referred to as an oxbow and was even the subject of a gorgeous Thomas Cole painting. The odd geography of the river so close by inspired the unusual cables in the Oxbow Hat and Scarf, which sync and alternate as they flow across the garments.
Finished Scarf Dimensions: 5 ½" x 60"
Finished Hat Circumference: 22"
Yarn: 2 skeins Valley Yarns Northampton, color Burgundy
Needles: straight and double pointed US 8
Gauge: approx. 6.25 sts = 1" in cable pattern.


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Winter Cables Hat & Scarf by Lisa Ellis
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Winter Cables Hat & Scarf
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Simple cables, 100% Alpaca, chunky weight yarn =
pure knitting pleasure!
Scarf is one size only 4 1/2" w x 62" long. Scarf is knit using 2 simple cables.
Hat comes in 2 sizes, child and adult and is a simple stocking cap style with 2 large cables worked in the front and back center of the cap.
Simple instructions, simple cable charts - fun to knit, gorgeous to wear!
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Chris Soghoian pointing fingers to the USA's NSA https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/National_Security_Agency for not pointing out the weakneses in the SSL/CA system (and probably silently using it).
"Had the US defense and intelligence community acted 10 years ago to protect the Internet, instead of exploiting this flaw, we would not be in the dire situation that we are currently in, waiting for the next hacked certificate authority, or the next man in the middle attack."
links for 2011-09-19Monday, September 19th, 2011
Dutch open source dictionaries used for OpenOffice and Mozilla products
links for 2011-09-14Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Brilliant idea, makes testing apps with subdomains on your local machine so much easier:
"Tired of having no choice but to add aliases for localhost to /etc/hosts every time you work on a site that uses subdomains? Me too. That's why I grabbed smackaho.st and made it a localhost wildcard, pointing *.smackaho.st at 127.0.0.1."
links for 2011-09-12Monday, September 12th, 2011
Comparison of LESS and SASS webdesign frameworks.
"If you're a fan of Ruby or HAML, then Sass might be right up your ally. For me, being a PHP and JavaScript geek, I tend to lean towards LESS for its ease of inclusion and access to JavaScript's expressions and document attributes."
"Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites. It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more. css-bootstrap-rails project integrates Bootstrap CSS toolkit for Rails 3 projects"
links for 2011-09-09Friday, September 9th, 2011
Computer science teacher puts his course on Github, hoping he'll get some help in updating it along with the fast-moving Rails 🙂
links for 2011-09-06Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The German online magazin Heise implemented social recommendation buttons that only load Twitter/GooglePlus and Facebook buttons (and tracking code) after the user "switches on" tracking.
links for 2011-09-01Thursday, September 1st, 2011
As it turns out, Diginotar also had issued several certificates for the TorProject… Guess who would be interested in that?!
Proposed protocol to remove certificate authorities out of the trust chain, replacing them with a number of (self-chosen) notaries that will check for you if a site produces the same certificate, seen from another point at the network.
See this video (1h Blackhat talk) for more explanation http://j.mp/n02qFX
"Convergence is a secure replacement for the Certificate Authority System. Rather than employing a traditionally hard-coded list of immutable CAs, Convergence allows you to configure a dynamic set of Notaries which use network perspective to validate your communication. "
links for 2011-08-26Friday, August 26th, 2011
"Blueprint placeholders is a collection of nearly 750 placeholder images, optimized for the Blueprint CSS grid, useful for quickly prototyping designs."
(The images follow a naming convention so by describing them you embed them in your page. Contains formats for ads and video too)
"More is a plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. It automatically parses your applications .less files through LESS and outputs CSS files."
CSS-generating framework, similar to SASS (more recent however, seems to capture more buzz).
The syntax is similar to Ruby. For a comparison of LESS and SASS, see: http://nex-3.com/posts/83-sass-and-less and http://www.quora.com/Which-one-is-best-for-writing-CSS-LESS-or-SASS
"CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your development time. It gives you a solid foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, useful plugins, and even a stylesheet for printing."
Short demo of the grid system at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLrEF9tHjw
Introduction to Blueprint and Compass
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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Gifford Woods State Park
Superstar Express Quad
Parking and location Room didn't have air conditioning
The atmosphere was all about service and customer satisfaction. We were always greeted with kindness and concern that our needs were being met. Parking was perfect and the hotel layout was easy to navigate and was well marked. The food was excellent. It would have been nice to get a newly updated room, but our room was clean and pleasant just the same. I would have spent more time in the common room had the fire been burning more frequently.
Very homy. Staff very personable. Jacuzzi. Less than 10 minutes away from the mountain. My room REEKED of weed; fresh weed. Not that I hate weed or anything, just didn't want to experience it to that moment. I'm sure if I brought it to the staffs attention I would have gotten a different room though. Didn't want to cause any trouble.
Friendly staff, self-baked waffles included with breakfast. Easy to find, quiet. TV is up high facing the bed. Ideally lower and facing the table and chairs in the corner for those staying up late to watch.
It was a little small and only had a community refrigerator but still very nice place to stay
Beautiful hotel with incredibly friendly staff willing to talk about great places to enjoy in the local area. Really authentic feel to the hotel. Community centered as microwave and refrigerator were in the main lobby. Beautiful woodwork and ATD :) Only downfall was the bed was a bit uncomfortable and lopsided.
The owners are clearly in love with the area and are very enthusiastic about sharing it. Very personable. Cute, cozy room.
Lovely bed and breakfast. Mike, Barb and their dog Burt were awesome hosts. They were very accommdating and wanted to make sure we were relaxed and had a good time. Like other bed and breakfasts, there's a shared bathroom. But you only share with one other guest room since they only two suites at any given night. The other room was empty, so we actually had the bathroom to ourselves.


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Oh, Great: Acne May Be Becoming Too Resistant to Antibiotics
I'd like to think that acne should just get a nice swift kick in the bum, and we'd all be done with it. Unfortunately, according to dermatologists, the bacteria responsible for causing acne, P. acnes, is getting more and more resistant to antibiotics. "The dangerous thing about putting zillions of folks on antibiotics is that this pressures bacteria to develop resistance methods," says Northwestern University dermatologist Dr. Peter Lio. So, if by chance you develop a life-threatening illness, it's then possible that antibiotics just won't work for you. Yikes.
This has changed the way doctors now treat acne. Instead of prescribing an antibiotic over a long span of time, dermatologists are often combining antibiotics with other treatments, like benzoyl peroxide, to help counteract resistance. Also, since acne is caused by more than just an overabundance of bacteria, doctors can employ other approaches, like treating the inflammation with retinoids and isotretinoin (Accutane). So, it looks like acne still gets that kick in the bum, after all. Whew.


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Group B round-up
By Simon Fudge
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
France defeated Georgia 3-0, but world champions Italy drew 1-1 with Lithuania.
France have started their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign in fine style with a 3-0 away win in Georgia.
The World Cup runners-up got off to a terrific start in Tbilisi when Florent Malouda struck after seven minutes for Les Bleus.
Manchester United striker Louis Saha doubled the visitors' advantage on the quarter-hour mark with a low drive after Arsenal captain Thierry Henry supplied him with a pass.
A minute after the break, Georgia defender Malkhaz Asatiani inadvertently knocked the ball into his own net to give France a three-goal lead.
The Eastern Europeans, currently managed by former Bayer Leverkusen boss Klaus Toppmoller, had no reply in the end, as France joined Group B rivals Scotland in winning their opening qualifying match.
The shock result of the night came in Naples, as world champions Italy were held to a 1-1 draw by Lithuania.
Tomas Danilevicius (21) gave the Baltic visitors the lead with a left-footed strike to Marius Stankevicius's cross from the right.
The Azzurri, however, needed only nine minutes to restore parity, as Filippo Inzaghi made it 1-1 after taking a pass from Antonio Cassano.
In the end, Italy had to settle for a very disappointing point to start their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
Click below for match summaries:
Georgia 0-3 France
Italy 1-1 Lithuania


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Here's the Song Taylor Swift Wrote with Lena Dunham's Boyfriend
If you felt a strange rustling in the trees this morning, a twinkle on the horizon, it's because America's favorite wood nymph Taylor Swift has released new music. Don't get too excited though, because the song doesn't mean there's new album coming, this single is for an upcoming movie.
"Sweeter Than Fiction" is co-written by Swift and fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, otherwise known as the boyfriend of Lena Dunham. It will be featured during the end credits of One Chance, about an opera singer who stole Britain's hearts after auditioning for Britain's Got Talent in 2007. Oi, there's a whole hell of a lot of twee in those last two sentences.


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Paul Harvey
Another brief intermission break to point you to an excellent interview about an outstanding new book: Daniel Silliman's interview with Matthew Sutton, over at Religion Dispatches, about his brand new book, just now coming out with Harvard University Press, American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism. Check it out. It's worth it for the book cover alone. There will be more extensive discussion of the work here in the future, but just as a preview, a brief excerpt from the interview:
My argument in a nutshell is that the apocalyptic theology that developed in the 1880s and 1890s led radical evangelicals to the conclusion that all nations are going to concede their power in the End Times to a totalitarian political leader who is going to be the Antichrist. If you believe you're living in the last days and you believe you're moving towards that event, you're going to be very suspicious and skeptical of anything that seems to undermine individual rights and individual liberties, and anything that is going to give more power to the state.
Check out the interview, and just read the book.
Sutton's Apocalypse
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WARNING: Don't read this late at night. Or alone. Or if you are sensitive to spirits who might be lurking over your shoulder. The Paranormal Activity franchise wants to feel real: the cameras are fuzzy, the houses are messy, and the actors look like people you've seen at the mall. But how realistic are the actual hauntings? Movies.com consulted Stephen Robinson, a cameraman who searched for spirits in 26 countries for the reality show Ghost Hunters International. He's an expert in how to shoot the supernatural—so does he think Paranormal Activity 4 gets it right?
Movies.com: Can cameras really record ghosts?
Stephen Robinson: Yes, cameras can record paranormal activity—it's hard to say "ghosts"—but paranormal activity for sure. You'll see faces, outlines of figures. Sometimes they'll seem well-defined, other times you'll see reflections and shadows, which is what they call "matrixing." Then there's orbs, but a lot of times those turn out to be dust. Full manifestations—moving and clearly defined—are very rare. I don't know anyone who's been able to catch a real and true ghost like the kind you'd think of, but they can catch unexplained things for sure.
Movies.com: There's a cat and a dog in the Paranormal 4 house, and at times they both seem freaked out. Are they susceptible to seeing spirits?
Robinson: Animals are just like children: they're more sensitive to paranormal activity. We've actually used dogs a few times. There's been situations where animals won't go into certain rooms—they'll sit there and bark. Dogs seem to be more sensitive than cats in my experience. Cats just aren't even tripping. Some lady said her bird just kept saying the name of someone who didn't live there, but I was like, "Is that really evidence?"
READ MORE of the conversation with cameraman Stephen Robinson here. Real or not, here's the trailer for Paranormal Activity 4. SEE IT


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MARIGOLD-Patent Lace Up Shoe
funky pink lace-up patent shoes. they look like they came right off of agyness deyn's feet.
super cute patent peep-toe sling back. black studs, off white. $125
These are uber cute. I can't get over how adorable they really are. I've been wanting a pair of these for a while.
i'm dressing up as a flapper for halloween and i really wish i had these. these t-strap pumps are very 1920s/1930s.
black and gold will always look great together. this is a great shoe to pair with a christmas party dress.


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Dance Company/Adv. IB Dance
This class is for students with more experience in dance that want to work on their movement technique and develop their own artistic voice. This class gives students the opportunity to work with guest choreographers(both local and national) and perform in a range of dance work. Modern dance is the basis for this class though other genres are included. Dance Composition and Improvisation as well as numerous performing opportunities make up the bulk of this course. The focus on Creating and Performing is strong and discipline and leadership are developed. The course can be taken for IB Standard or Higher level credit in the Arts.
*Fulfills Arts StandardCreate, Perform and Respond
(See IB Dance Guidelines on bottom of page)
Areas of Inquiry
•Creating Dance
•Performing Dance
•Dance Investigation/Inquiry
•Dance As Culture
Course Goals/Learning Objectives:
•Students will demonstrate increased confidence and ability to create personal movement statements/studies reflective of personal values or meaning.
•Students will know, apply and reflect on principles of choreographic structures and choreographic tools.
•Students will demonstrate knowledge of the "Elements of Dance" as they apply them to their performance in class, on stage and in the language of their written work.
•Students will increase their observational skills as they use artistic protocols during discussions and written assignments as they analyze dance work.
•Students will exhibit increased levels of tolerance of, and appreciation for, previously unencountered manifestations of dance in their own as well as other cultures.
•Understand and use improvisation as a tool for choreography
•Students will value a variety of movement approaches to increase body integration
In class work and outside assignments are weighted as follows:
Choreography Duet Assignment(Meaning and Choreographic Tools/Structures)(20%)
Dance Elements Project (15%)
Journal Entries(5%)
Performance in Classwork and Concerts(25%)
Class Readings
Dance Plagiarism
Copying someone else's work is stealing. That means all writing for this class if not your own, bus be referenced as such. Site your sources. In addition, taking fully developed or recognizable setions of choreography from video/DVD, television or other teachres/choreographers is also stealing. I am not referring to the inadvertend use of movement paterns that happens without our conscious awareness. However, consciously passing somthing off as your own is bad practice and often illegal.
Technology Use
Students must be able to access Dance Web Page on Ms. Callahan's Website for
some assignments. http://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/Adv_Dance_Co_IB.html
Also, phones must be silenced in class. There may be times you are asked to use them for curricular reasons, but your teacher will alert you to this.
Make Up Work
Dance is a physical art form that requires your physical presence to see progress. If for some legitimate reason you are absent, you will be able to make up that absence by doing a make up report(see information
Code of Conduct
In order to create an atmosphere of trust, risk and success, students must agree to and demonstrate the ability to hold sacred the work of others. This will be demonstrated by respectful behavior with peers. In addition all studens are expected to adhere to the SW HS and Mpls. District Citywide Discipline Policy.
Daily Points
You earn 5 points a day for class participation: 2 pts for active and engaged participation(this means working hard, positive attitude, not sitting down between combinations and working respectfully with others),
2 pts. proper attire(see below) and 1 pt for being on time(15% of your grade).
You will need:
1. Proper Attire means any of the following: sweat pants or biker shorts,
t-shirts, leotards or tights. Everyone must be able to have BARE FEET.
2. A journal/notebook that will be checked/graded every two weeks.
3. A lock for gym locker to store your clothes.
Proper Attire/Dance Clothes
Dance clothes are different than your sreet clothes no matter how comfortable or loose you may consider your street clothes to be. these are clothes thay you can roll around on the floor in, sweat in and are recognized a such by the teacher. They may take the form of sweat pants, gaucho pants, leggins(not jeggings!), biker shorts and t-shirts(that are not too bulky so alignment can be seen). Modesty is essential. Teacher will approach you if your clothes are inappropriate for a dance work setting. You must be prepared to dress ALL days of the week. If curriculum suggest a non-dress day, teacher will notify you.


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Longterm Observational Study in Subjects Treated With AA4500 in AUX-CC-854, 856, 857, 858 & 859
This study has been completed.
Endo Pharmaceuticals
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A good quality authentic Persian rug will never go out of style. Persian rugs are a timeless work of art and although styles are constantly evolving, you will always find a traditional vintage Oriental rug on a hardwood floor will ground your space and warm up your room.
Decorating with Worn Antiques
Recently there has been a new style gaining popularity involving worn antique rugs. Years ago, a customer would bring their antique rug to the local rug shop to be restored to it's original luster. However, now customers hunt for that worn and torn look that fits so well in their rustic and bohemian style homes.
Oriental Rug Styles
The type of Oriental rug on your floor says a lot about your character and style. Whether it is an antique Caucasian Kuba or a more modern Persian Kirman each rug sets the stage for your space.
This article on Houzz showcases several great tips on decorating with an Oriental rug including: Keep patterns in the same color family, decorate with neutral colors such as white paint on the walls to showcase the rug, and vary the scale of patterns in other sections of the space so that they are not competing.
While styles change, cabinets are replaced and walls are painted, the Oriental rug remains a timeless anchor in interior decorating.


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Iran resumes electricity supply to Nakhichevan
Iran has resumed supplying electricity to the autonomous Azerbaijani republic of Nakhichevan after Baku handed over the first part of its payment in arrears, the energy ministry said.
In a statement, it said Tehran began sending electricity on Friday evening after receiving three million of the 45 million dollars in back payments it is owed.
Iran, which supplies 60 percent of the enclaved republic's electricity, cut off the power several times over the past two months for non-payment but did switch it back on during legislative elections in October.
The two neighbors share Islamic and cultural affinities, but relations have been strained in recent years, particularly over the sharing of the resource-rich Caspian Sea.
Iran has also singled out Baku for its friendly relations with the United States and Israel.—AFP.
©--Agence France Presse.
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Kate Gosselin showed off her new hair extensions as she ran errands over the weekend in her Wernersville, Pa., hometown.
She debuted the look -- the work of celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson (known for tending to the tresses of Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway) -- last week.
The entire makeover took 20 hours; Gibson joked to RadarOnline.com that they spent 15 hours to convince her to cut her bangs. Gibson said Gosselin's cut would cost close to $7,000 at his salons in New York and Washington.
Kate's ex Jon -- who has a new 25-year-old girlfriend -- has yet to comment on his ex's new locks, but Jon's ex, Hailey Glassman, digs the 'do.
"I like it! It's a little shocking due to how short it was before," she tells Entertainment Tonight. "I think a new look is a new start and happier times. She's like fine wine. Better over time."


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Avoiding the possibility that he might shatter his knee after his anterior cruciate ligament was badly injured, has to calm down his wild performances down.
Hip-hop sensation Drake has calmed down his wild live performances because he doesn't want to aggravate his shattered knee. The "Best I Ever Had" hitmaker had to sit out of a tour in 2009 after badly injured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a stage fall - and he doesn't want to put himself through the pain again.
He says, "It's not gonna be the same Drake jumping on speakers and and running to each side of the stage... I'm gonna have to get a little Jay-Z influence on my performance style; hopefully my records will be powerful enough to carry the show."
But Drake, who performed with Eminem and Lil Wayne at Sunday's , January 31 Grammy Awards, admits he isn't bitter about having to sit out of his tour just as his career was taking off - he believes everything happens for a reason.
He tells Complex magazine, "I was going so hard that the only way I could have ever slowed down was for something extremely painful to happen. I'm just glad I only tore my ACL and didn't get shot or stabbed or anything."


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Salty Pinata- the given name to the act of having a man 'fuck' the mouth/throat of a girl (or guy) while their head dangles off of the bed/couch. The man's genitalia must also be sweating enough to visible notice, and the testicles must be slapping the partner in the face with every thrust. It is the combination of the salt and swinging, slapping testicles that make a salty pinata
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Rihanna may be making her film debut in Battleship which hits US theaters in just a few weeks but it looks like the music star has been bit by the acting bug signing on for a leading part in the sixth installment of the Fast and Furious hit action franchise.
Rihanna will be playing a villainous character alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Paul Walker and Vin diesel with the majority of her screen time being filmed in London. We're told that reality needn't actually have to audition for the role because producers were extremely impressed with her acting debut in the movie battleship. They have actually gone on record saying that she's perfect for the role and her character has plenty of bite and does not take any prisoners just like how Rihanna is in real life.
It doesn't look like her acting career will be ending anytime soon with other roles already opening up for Rihanna and even bigger starring opportunities are on the horizon depending on how her performance in The Fast and Furious 6 is received by critics and the general public.
I know it may not be a nice thing to say but I cannot hope they cast Chris Brown in this movie as well and let her character beat the crap out of them. I think I'd actually pay to watch that even if it was all scripted and staged.


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1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Openness to Experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness
marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat
-seen more frequently in females than males
marked by persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger
characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming a nicety that usually occurs suddenly and unexpectedly
Obsession is to compulsion as
Duringthe lecture on development, we discussed the dialectical processes ofinfluence. Which of the following words best represents the meaning of the word"dialectical" as it is used in this context?
1. Lastsemester, Valerie felt very down, said she felt totally worthless and was notinterested in doing any of the things she used to enjoy. Because of thosefeelings, she stopped going to her classes and ended up with a 1.50 GPA for thesemester. In this example, which would be labeled a problem?
Personalityis defined as a distinctive set of consistent traits. In this definition, whatdoes consistent mean?
Thebiological foundations of sexual desire create a continuum of possibilitiesthat is
dimensionalrather than categorical
Whichof the following is true of the continuum of sexual desire?
Interms of the development of sexual orientation, what is chosen?
Some people get anxious about speaking in public. Apsychologist says, "Self-efficacy may explain it. Some people feel that theyare not able to be good public speakers and such a belief about their lack ofability increases their anxiety." This proposedexplanation is most consistent with which perspective?
Studies of infant temperamentprovide evidence that
some aspects of personality are presentat birth
Ofthe disorders listed below, which one has the lowest prevalence?
Therule of thirds is about which aspect of psychological disorders?
Oneof the difficulties of interpreting heritability estimates is that they
Whichof the following statements is true about essentialism?
Aschema about the characteristics of a group of people is known as a(n)
Oneof the advantages of medication as a treatment of psychological disorders is
Whichof the following qualities is most predictive of a psychotherapist'seffectiveness?
Whichof the following statements is true regarding the diathesis-stress model ofdisorders?
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The folks at the Atwater's in Catonsville, the company's central bakery (formally known as Atwater's Natually Leavened Bread), have installed a seating area for customers on the second floor of its historic Frederick Avenue building.
In December, Atwater's began offering its customers a walk-in lunch option and has just recently added a Sunday brunch.
It's all done with tiffin boxes, those tiered containers popular in India and Pakistan. The tiffin boxes are just the thing for carrying an Atwater's soup up to the second floor, according to general manager Donna Grant.
The tiffin stack on weekdays includes a soup, a bread and a sweet and is limited to a few daily choices - typically one is vegetarian. The price range is $6.95 to $7.95.
Now, customers can come in for Sunday brunch, when there are more choices.
Tier 1 might be a choice of granola parfait, dilled potato salad, or a green salad; tier 2, a main course like baked ham-and-egg pie, vegetarian pot pie, or potato leek soup; and tier 3, a sweet or pastry.
Customers can purchase (and personalize) their very own tiffin box for $14.95, and when they do, they will have it filled with one complimentary lunch. (Alternately, if they give the tiffin box as a gift, it will include a voucher for the complimentary lunch.)
And each time a tiffin box is brought back in, 50 cents (the approximate savings for Atwater's) will be donated to charity.


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Singles: Lizzie Arey (S) def. Darci Perkins 8-3, Sarah Eastman (D) def. Tianah Johnson 8-4, Gabby Adam (D) def. Sequoia Johnson 8-0, doubles: Amy Jordan-Holly Libby (D) def. Julia Tardy-Hannah Fleming 8-0, Aleah Salsbury-Madison Provost (D) def. Brittany Pomeroy-Phoebe Harrington 8-5
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