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Your bathroom is more than a place for keeping personal hygiene. It can also be a place where you can relax and unwind after a long day, where you can allow yourself to be pampered with a nice soothing shower. Are you sick and tired of your dull and plain old bathroom? Then spruce up your bathroom with some bathroom accessories!
Usually the reason why bathroom accessories are needed in a room is to fulfill the lack of functions. If your bathroom looks gloomy or plain then you might need a colorful shower curtain to add life and shade. Or maybe you can look for bathroom scales so that you can still watch your weight any time of day.
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Bath products come in different colours, shapes and sizes. All you have to do is choose from this wide range of extensive collections. Besides serving an aesthetic purpose, bathroom accessories are also practical. They come in various forms and some of them serve more than one purpose. Some of stylish accessories you can choose from are towels, bath mats, soap dispensers, medicine cabinets, toothbrush holders, hangers and many more! So don't hesitate and brighten up your bathroom now with the latest accessories!
- Items: Functional accessories perfect for your home are soap dishes, dispensers, tissue box, toilet brush, tumblers, medicine cabinet, bathroom scales, holders, towel rails and many more!
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- Items: Decorative accessories are multi-colored shower curtains, curtain rails & rings, holders and hangers
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Bids, RFPs and RFQs
For Construction Bids visit Reno E-Plan Room
For all current and past bids, please visit the Reno E-Plan Room. Potential bidders are responsible for checking this section regularly to see if any addenda have been added.
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View the 2018 SOQ Forms
View the 2016 Consultant Lists
Application for Local Emerging Small Business (ESB) Certification through the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development.
The location to drop off your Bids and Request for Proposals is the Office of the City Clerk, unless otherwise indicated on the bid documents. Be sure and advise staff that you have documents that must be date and time stamped.
Current items are posted below.
2011-2012 On-Call Concrete Replacement
- Department:Public Works
- Category:Public Works
- Start Date:09/09/2011
- Close Date:09/27/2011 2:00 PM
Proposals Requested
Sealed Proposals will be received by the City of Reno at the office of the City Clerk, 2nd Floor, One East First Street, Reno, Nevada, until 2:00 P.M. Local Time on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, for Contract Number F400007A.
Said Proposal shall include all labor, tools, implements, machinery, materials, and any incidentals necessary to complete the work in the manner and time prescribed, and in strict conformity with the Contract Documents to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. In general, the major work items include:
Removal, replacement and/or retrofit of panels, sections, and segments of concrete sidewalk, concrete stamped colored sidewalk, concrete curb and gutter, concrete residential driveways, concrete commercial driveways, concrete stamped colored commercial driveways, concrete stamped colored pedestrian ramps, concrete mid-block pedestrian ramps, concrete stamped colored mid-block pedestrian ramps, truncated domes, sidewalk cross-drains, concrete alley way aprons and steel plate tree root mitigation; city wide, on an as-needed basis. All work shall include, but not be limited to saw cutting, traffic control, removal and disposal of concrete, subgrade preparation, compaction, placement and installation of aggregate base and new PCC concrete, sealing of new concrete, expansion joints, temporary asphalt patching and all labor, equipment, materials, and all incidentals necessary for a complete in place installation of all concrete structures as defined above. All quantities listed in the schedule of prices are only for the purposes of comparing bids and represent no guarantee of the quantities to be completed. The total contractual amount as submitted by the lowest responsible bidder will be subject to change at the discretion of the Engineer.
Contract Documents may be obtained by prospective bidders through the office of the City Engineer, 8th Floor, One East First Street, Reno, Nevada on or after 9:00 A.M. Local Time, Friday, September 2, 2011. Contract Documents may also be examined at the office of the City Engineer, 8th Floor, One East First Street, Reno Nevada; Reno Builders Exchange, 634 Ryland Street, Reno, Nevada; Rick's AEC Reprographics, 1909 Prosperity Street, Reno, Nevada; Sierra Contractor's Source, 500 Ryland St. #100, Reno, Nevada; Brownie's Digital Imaging, 3515 Airway Dr. #203, Reno, Nevada; and at Nevada Blue, 9738 South Virginia Street, Suite D, Reno, Nevada. Contract Documents will be furnished for Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each set; such payment will be non-refundable. Checks should be made out to the City of Reno. Contractors requesting this material by mail or phone must include their Federal Express number for expedited shipping.
The contact person for this project is Allen Tryon, P.E. Project Manager, with the City of Reno, and may be reached at (775) 334-3332.
All Proposals must be submitted on the City of Reno Proposal Forms provided in the Contract Documents, and must be accompanied by a bid bond, a certified check, a cashier's check, or cash in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid. All bidders shall appear on the official plan holder list.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.
The attention of Bidders is directed to the State Contractor's License Law (NRS Provision 624.700 as amended to date) and the City License Law that a Contractor hold a valid license with each agency.
Qualified bidders must hold a valid State of Nevada Contractor's License in one of the following classes at the time the Proposal is submitted to the City of Reno: Class A, General Engineering (NAC 624.140); Class AB, General Engineering & General Building (NAC 624.180); Class C-5, Concrete Contracting (NAC 624.230). Failure to possess the appropriate Contractor's license at the time the Proposal is submitted will result in the Proposal being rejected. Contractors will be required to indicate on the plan holders list what Contractor's license they are bidding this project.
For projects which are estimated to exceed $2.5 million in accordance with the engineers estimate, Bidders must be prequalified pursuant to NRS 338.1382(1)(a) to bid on the project. Bidders at the time of submission of the bid must be qualified by the State of Nevada Public Works Board and be on the State Public Works Board Qualified Bidder List. A bidder not prequalified is not an eligible bidder.
Minority and Women Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice, and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for and award of any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement. The City of Reno affirms its interest in and encourages the different contracting communities to actively pursue participation and utilization of Minority and Women Business Enterprises on City projects.
/s/ City Clerk - City of Reno
Adv. Reno Gazette-Journal – September 9, 2011 & September 16, 2011.
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Holidays are here and if you are like me you haven't bought any gifts yet. Well for me today and tomorrow will be the days and I decided to share with you some products that I think they are cool and would make any designer/nerd like me happy. From books to video-games you might find something that interests you. Braun Travel Alarm Clock Black Braun's legendary travel alarm clocks were loved by many even after production stopped. Starting around April 20, 2011, the new licensed production of these clocks are available. This is the equivalent to the AB1A, originally designed by Dietrich Lubs with Dieter Rams in 1994. A pared down, very small but reliable clock, the AB1A had no snooze function, but a clear crisp crescendo alarm, and ran on one AA battery, many say, for a solid year. Silent German movement. 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Timothy K. KuhnerAssociate Professor of Law
- Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Duke University School of Law
A.B., magna cum laude, Bowdoin College
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Comparative law
Campaign finance
International law
Human rights
Alternative dispute resolution
- Biography
Timothy K. Kuhner, associate professor of law, is currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Barcelona (Spain). He teaches courses on comparative law, foreign affairs, international law, human rights, campaign finance reform, and alternative dispute resolution. Kuhner's scholarship focuses on campaign finance, corruption, and democratic theory.
Kuhner has spoken about these topics at venues throughout Europe and the United States, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Transparency International UK, Common Cause, the Center for Responsive Politics, the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia (Barcelona), King's College (London), the International center for Democratic Transition (Budapest), the Harvard Coop, Columbia University Bookstore, the NYU Bookstore, and Amnesty International Czech Republic. He has been interviewed on NPR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Public Radio Exchange, the Daily Report, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Northeast Public Radio, the Majority Report, and a variety of other media.
Kuhner is the author of Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution (Stanford University Press 2014), a constitutional exposé on how Supreme Court case law has led to political and economic corruption. In articles published by law journals at Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Virginia, and Indiana University, he has addressed campaign finance reform from the standpoints of constitutional law, democratic and economic theory, comparative law, and international law. Kuhner has also written articles on the topics of globalization, human rights treaties, the war on terrorism, international criminal law and court-connected mediation.
Kuhner's scholarship has been cited in the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, Duke Law Journal, NYU Law Review and the American Journal of Comparative Law. His work has also been cited in a variety of international law journals, including those based at Stanford University, Harvard University, Emory University and the University of Michigan.
Since joining Georgia State Law in 2012, Kuhner has received the Patricia T. Morgan Award and the Provost's Faculty Fellowship Award. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked for three years as associate professor of Anglo-American Law at la Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
Kuhner also served as a visiting assistant professor at Duke University School of Law and a visiting lecturer at the Catholic University of Portugal. Kuhner's professional background includes clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, conducting field research on conflict resolution in Argentina, Ecuador and Costa Rica as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, working in an international negotiation firm and most recently, being approved as a court-connected mediator and mediation trainer by the Supreme Court of Georgia's Commission on Dispute Resolution.
Kuhner received his J.D. and LL.M., magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law in 2004. He graduated in the top 10 percent of his class and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College where he was awarded highest honors in sociology and the Romance Languages Prize.
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Mises Daily Articles
Fears of a "Brain Drain"
People in developing countries complain about the "brain drain" supposedly practiced by rich countries. This complaint surfaces even among Europeans with respect to the United States. The idea is that the US is stealing the most qualified talent from Europe in an unfair way.
It is certainly true that many well-qualified professionals from countries like mine, Romania, or neighboring Hungary leave their homeland for career opportunities in Western Europe or the United States. At the same time, people are leaving the US to work in emerging economies in Europe. This is something we can observe every day.
But is this bad and unfair, as most in these countries claim? Are "human capital" exports always bad and imports always good?
Browsing through the latest news on the European Union, I stumbled upon an interesting commentary by a Hungarian economist, Dr. Magdolna Csath. In her piece, Dr. Csath unfavorably evaluates the European membership of Hungary. The article has some excellent observations on the political side, but it's also full of economic fallacies. I will take up only one of them. She writes:
But what is particularly unfair is that almost every country encourages the migration of highly skilled professionals. Architects, accountants, engineers, nurses, doctors and IT [Information Technology] specialists are more than welcome to come and work in the majority of the original member states, among them Belgium.
IT specialists can also easily settle in Germany. This is actually a deliberate process of brain drain. People trained in Hungary are now strengthening the economies of the developed Western European countries, while Hungary is being deprived of the only strength it has: valuable human capital.
Free movement of capital, including human capital, is one of the pillars of prosperity. What explains this migration is not the political will of some evil western countries, but the price system that does an excellent job in directing capital where it can be the most productive. In this case, the price of human capital, in the form of wages, makes possible capital accumulation in places where this human capital can be the most efficient.
Dr. Csath hints at this when she mentions that "Young engineers, economists and other professionals are also forced to leave the country, because there are very few professional jobs available."
No government can produce this market process of capital reallocation, because it happens spontaneously. Government can only cripple it. Even if the United States is pursuing policies aimed to facilitate this migration — which is unlikely — that is not the main cause of it. Misplaced resentments towards foreign governments will not help us at all. We should be resentful towards our own governments and political elites with their social and protectionist agendas, which impede the market process and the creation of jobs within our borders.
It is also questionable that this migration of our skilled professionals is such an evil thing to those of us who remain here. Capital accumulation means that the conditions are created for new inventions and the production of new wealth.
Consider this: how many inventions that we use in our daily life have been made in our own countries? Some but not all, and maybe not most. The progress of technological innovation comes about where the conditions for capital accumulation are met.
It is true that in the short run we do not see the benefits of the professional activity of those who have "bailed out" and gone west, because it takes time for wealth to spread to less well-off places. Meanwhile, politicians and analysts decry the evils of free circulation of goods and capital. But denouncing the very process that leads to progress and wealth-creation will only make all of us less well off in the long run.
Let's look at some presuppositions that lurk behind the entire "brain drain" theory. First of all, it is a mistake to think in terms of "national economies" in competition with each other. Such concepts have nothing to do with sound economics and everything to do with nationalist ideology. The free market is a transnational affair and such artificial constructs as the Hungarian economy, the Romanian economy, or the US economy are misleading.
It is very true that on the global market there are parasite organizations, known as states, that exercise political monopoly over given territories and carve out a piece of the market that afterwards goes around by the name of national economy. These organizations then use their monopolistic powers on that given territory to extract revenue, regulate economic activities in the benefit of interest groups, subsidize what people in power consider worthy of being subsidized, and generally committing such a disruption of sound resource allocation that in some cases professionals need to go elsewhere in order to find a decent job.
It is seductive here in Eastern and Central Europe to invoke national sentiments, and national interest. But "national interest" is rarely more then a cover for some very private interests that can be realized only through state power. The so-called "brain drain" question is a problem only because a determined monopoly of organized political means (the state) loses resources to a wiser and less intrusive monopoly of organized political means. As a consequence, we see all the fuss in the media and in the streets about the evilness of the rich countries that are exploiting us.
After more then two hundred years of the very nationalist propaganda that helped create these hungry leviathans in Central and Eastern Europe, we still have not learned our lesson. We spend so much time caring for the interests of the national collective, supposedly represented by the nation-state, that our brains are hopelessly infused with statism.
Maybe that is why all those professionals are going away to the freer West. Maybe that is why in our countries it is so easy for private interests to use the state in crippling the market for their benefit in the name of national interest, making the rest of us poorer, but filled with national pride.
Is this "national economy" thing something worth defending? Well, there is an entire political and intellectual class that has every interest to convince you that it is. But whether we are speaking of the migration of goods or of minds, it is in the long-term interest of everyone that global movement proceed without hindrance of any sort.


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MacCracken and Innerst at Michael Kohn
The thing about group shows, especially in the long dog days of summer, is that they can drive you to distraction. While the art world in general has become a 365 days a year affair, many galleries still work on a "cultural season" of September through May. Summer group shows might not be the best venue to introduce a new artist. But if a show leaves you underwhelmed, it provides ample opportunity to ferret out something nonetheless.
Such was the experience at Michael Kohn Gallery last week when I scanned the offering which I admit to having left me cold. But two little aesthetic wonders offered themselves almost in a whisper.
In the far back room, reserved usually for often excellent secondary market material, was a signature sculpture by John MacCracken. I say signature only in the sense that I recognized the scale, gestalt and lean of the plank on display. But rather than the high gloss and sheen of a surface of polished fiberglass airbrushed to reflective perfection, here was a piece covered by lively brush strokes of pleasing colors. Layered Blues, Mauves, and Yellows danced a boogie woogie of all-over rhythm. The effect was like seeing a macro detail of a Monet Water Lily painting The sides and back of the Painting/sculpture were equally graced with this brushstroke beat. What to make of this? Then in a flash I thought of a recent visit to Ace Gallery Los Angeles where, in a gallery room that resembled a transformed closet, I saw a watercolor of similar rhythm that too was MacCraken. I was as bemused then as I was standing in front of the Kohn sculpture. Here was this scion of Minimal sculpture cutting loose but still well within the confines of his rigorous sculptural paradigms.
The other whisper occurred at the front desk cubical occupied by a graceful assistant who did in fact confirm the assumption that it was indeed a MacCracken in the back. Behind the desk, in low light and hung almost as an afterthought was a calm yet vibrant painting of an oil ship, maybe tanker in bright orange and red. Floating as it was in a sea of blue and green water the monochrome glow of the silhouetted ship was made even more vibrant. The scale and execution made me guess Mark Innerst. Correct again she confirmed and I moved in closer for a more thorough inspection. Innerst has mad painting skills. I've always thought so from the first time I stumbled upon his work at Curt Markus Gallery in the late Eighties or early Nineties. The subjects are often urban, mostly with a nostalgic veneer that never spills over into saccharine. The frames are also part of the piece and they compound an antiquarian flavor to the presentation.
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Governance in the energy transition: Practice of transition management in the Netherlands
A fundamental transformation of our current energy system in the future is inevitable. To this end, this paper presents a 'fresh' perspective on the Dutch energy field based on transition theory. From this perspective, a number of starting points are suggested for energy transition management in order to influence the speed and direction of the energy transition. In the second part of this paper, these principles are used to reflect upon the way the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs is currently applying transition management. As such, this paper itself is part of the ongoing co-production of knowledge between science and policy, that emerged over the past few years in the Netherlands with regard to transition management. Copyright
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Loorbach, D.A, van der Brugge, R, & Taanman, M. (2008). Governance in the energy transition: Practice of transition management in the Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (Vol. 9, pp. 294–315). doi:10.1504/IJETM.2008.019039


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Maintenance and repair: too big to ignore
Most models of aggregate economic activity, like the standard neoclassical growth model, ignore the fact that equipment and structures are maintained and repaired. Once physical capital is purchased in these models, there are typically no more decisions made regarding its use. The theme of this article is that there is evidence to suggest that incorporating expenditures on the maintenance and repair of physical capital into models of aggregate economic activity will change the quantitative answers to some key questions that have been addressed with these models. This evidence is primarily from a little-used economywide survey in Canada. The survey shows that the activity of maintaining and repairing equipment and structures is an activity that is generally both large relative to investment and a substitute for investment to some extent—and to a large extent during some episodes.
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The black marble fireplace surround and walnut overmantle in George Vanderbilt's impressive library are decorated with garlands made by the Biltmore floral staff during the holiday season.
During Candlelight Christmas Evenings, the Oak Sitting Room at Biltmore glows in the light from candles and matching fireplaces at either end of the room.
Biltmore's second floor living hall features a children's tree adorned with beaded garlands and toy ornaments.
The grand staircase is twined with live evergreen, filling the 250-room Biltmore House with the scent of Christmas.
Biltmore House's holiday centerpiece, a 34-foot Fraser fir, spends the holidays in the 72-foot high banquet hall, adorned with lights and surrounded by gifts.
Biltmore House is decked with dozens of trees, miles of evergreen roping, thousands of ornaments and a live 35-foot Fraser fir each year during Christmas.
Biltmore House is decked with dozens of trees, miles of evergreen roping, thousands of ornaments and a live 35-foot Fraser fir each year during Christmas.
Large-Scale Decorating
When it comes to decorating for the holidays, nobody does it better than Cathy Barnhardt and her team at Biltmore. Here's a look at what it takes to give America's largest home its holiday grandeur:
- 100+ Christmas trees
- 30,000 ornaments
- 20,000 feet of garland
- 1,600 Poinsettia plants
- 150+ candles burning throughout the house
- 500 ornaments and 500 gift boxes under the Banquet Hall Christmas tree
Create an Easy Centerpiece
One of Barnhardt's favorite decorations is simple, elegant and easy to make. She takes special ornaments and puts them together in a bowl as a centerpiece. To create a stunning visual, she chooses colors from clear blue to deep cobalt blue, mixed with oranges and deep reds. She adds a touch of nature with a few collected pinecones and pods.
A Bit about Biltmore
Originally built as a family home and country retreat, George and Edith Vanderbilt's 250-room abode was built by celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt over a six-year period. Hunt modeled the house on three châteaux built in 16th-century France.
America's largest home is situated on 8,000-acres and features:
- 4 acres of floor space
- 34 bedrooms
- 43 bathrooms
- 65 fireplaces
- An indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and bowling alley
Holiday Decorating Secrets from Biltmore
Timeless Christmas décor ideas from America's largest home.
- by Trisha McBride Ferguson
If you think it's hard to get inspired and keep your holiday décor looking fresh each year, try doing it for hundreds of thousands of guests. Christmas is the busiest time of year at Biltmore, America's largest home. Located in Asheville, N.C., the estate hosts more than 300,000 visitors from November to early January—most of whom come to see the 250-room house and surrounding grounds dressed in grand holiday splendor.
We asked Cathy Barnhardt, Biltmore's floral displays manager, to share some secrets from her 32years of decorating the country retreat built by George Vanderbilt in 1895. Here are her tips for creating a one-of-a-kind Christmas look in your home.
Pick the Perfect Theme
"Your theme is the thread that runs through all your elements and pulls them together," says Barnhardt. It can be as simple as a color or a specific element repeated throughout your home, and it's what helps tell your story, she explains. It should start at the front door and extend to your tabletop, tree, mantle and staircase.
One creative theme idea comes from Barnhardt's own home: As a new grandmother, she's using family photos as her theme and placing lots of little photographs of family members (including her new grandchild) around her house.
Make it Meaningful
Just as she invokes her family's personal history in her own home's décor, Barnhardt follows a similar strategy when decorating the grand estate. When it comes to holiday themes for the Biltmore, she and her staff reach back in time to choose a theme based on Vanderbilt history. This year's theme, A Gilded Age Christmas, draws its inspiration from events on the estate and ties them in with the mansion's recent opening of the Louis XV suite of rooms. For the décor, the theme translates into a very elegant look of deep, rich colors, with gilded touches and opulent arrangements.
The holidays have had a special meaning at Biltmore ever since George Vanderbilt first opened the home to friends and family on Christmas Eve 1895. To pay tribute to this tradition, Biltmore's 2010 holiday theme will be: A Vanderbilt Christmas Celebration. Inspired by the grand Christmas parties hosted by the Vanderbilts, the theme will incorporate many of the historical details of the home's lavish past holiday celebrations for family, friends and staff of the estate.
Go Natural
If your décor taste isn't as lavish as the Vanderbilts', go for a classic look that's inexpensive and brings in natural elements from the outside, suggests Barnhardt. In decorating Biltmore, she often draws from the natural beauty of its grounds. She has already received calls from guests raving about the dried hydrangeas she used in this year's décor. Gathered from across the estate, they're just one of the natural greenery elements she and her staff use for decoration. "We use white pine boughs, holly berries, pinecones and pods; the best part is they don't cost anything, and they mean something when they're from your own place."
Give it a Glow
During the holiday season, both the interior and exterior of Biltmore are aglow. Candle luminaries line the front walk and more than 150 candles are lit throughout the house. Illuminating such a large home makes Barnhardt an expert on stringing Christmas trees.
"First thing is usually to determine how many lights you need, and that's based on tree size," says Barnhardt. "As a rule, a 14-foot tree needs about 32 sets of lights, a 12-foot tree needs about 26 sets of lights and a 6-foot tree needs 8 to 10 sets of lights." She prefers white lights, specifically those that come in a 50-light strand. "They're easier to work with, and easier to take off."
Here are a few more tips she offers for working with Christmas tree lights:
- Start at the top of the tree and work your way down.
- Instead of wrapping the string of lights around each branch, pull the wires of the string apart (most have two wires twisted together) and slip them over the end of the branch.
- Think about depth and alternate the placement of the lights from close to the trunk to the tip of the branch.
- Work up and down the tree instead of around and around. This saves time going up and down the ladder.
- Squint your eyes and look for empty spaces or dark spots and then adjust your lights.
Use the Right Tools
With dozens of years' experience decorating around priceless heirlooms, Barnhardt has lots of practical advice for skillfully hanging decorations. For decorating the fireplace mantle without damaging it, she uses a piece of plywood that's been cut to the exact size of the mantle as a base and paints it to match the mantle. She attaches the garland and decorations to the plywood and then attaches the plywood securely to the mantle. This reduces the number of holes in the mantle, and protects it from scratches and candle wax—and once it's decorated, the board can't be seen.
For hanging garland on a staircase or at the top of a picture, the best tool is the simplest: a green chenille-covered wire (pipe cleaner). Flexible and inexpensive, these covered wires will do the trick in most any situation—without scratching your surfaces.


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This was my first instinct as soon as I opened the article. Yes, I think it would benefit greatly from this treatment. [[User:Djmattyg007|Djmattyg007]] ([[User talk:Djmattyg007|talk]]) 11:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
This was my first instinct as soon as I opened the article. Yes, I think it would benefit greatly from this treatment. [[User:Djmattyg007|Djmattyg007]] ([[User talk:Djmattyg007|talk]]) 11:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
:It's not really needed as the page isn't that long. You just need to scroll a bit and you already find yourself at the end. I, for one, think it's fine as it is. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 14:01, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
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I traded a pokemon not on the hoenn dex to saphire from emerald and saphire got the national dex. Darkmaster0 16:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Pokémon Saphire would do that,
but I'm not sure about Pokémon Sapphire..Scratch that, I remember trading with my old Ruby file (after beating the E4) with my sister's Emerald (not beaten the E4) and I got the National Dex. Tina δ♫ 17:01, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Should we move this to National Pokédex? --ニョロトノ666 00:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was just gonna mention that. "Dex" is surely an informal shortening, so it makes sense for the article to be at "National Pokédex", right? Cipher 20:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- And it's done! I'm Missingno. Master, and I approve this message. 21:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Not true!
Some events are called to be post-national (ergo, cannot be done/obtained without the national dex). However, in my copy of pokemon platinum, I've got the national dex, even tough i didn't beat Cynthia (I'm not the champion). As such I can't neither awaken Cresselia, nor go to the battle frontier, etc. Kamus, the kpo... 00:54, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
Hmm, that last paragraph doesn't quite make sense to me, can someone explain? Foorganders 15:14, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Crobat and Blissey
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, National Mode is acquired after the first defeat of the Elite Four, if the player has more than 60 Pokémon owned in the Kanto Pokédex. After this, the player can acquire Pokémon released in Generation II and Generation III via capture or evolution. This also allows Generation I Pokémon to evolve into their Generation II forms (such as Golbat being able to evolve into Crobat).
This doesnt make sense, Golbat evolves by happiness (Chansey too), so surely it would evolve regardless of whether the Nat Dex has been obtained or not? Or is a Pokemon's happiness 'locked' until the Nat dex has been obtained? XVuvuzela2010X 14:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
- That is correct. If you try and evolve a Golbat into a Crobat before you get the NDex, it will stop suddenly. There might be a picture somewhere... —darklordtrom 06:57, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Anyone know what the...
...GenV name of this dex ordering is? I doubt that it would still be 'national', as you likely are out of the nation represented in GenI-IV (Japan). Maybe "International Pokédex"? --TruePikachu 02:25, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Zorua/ Zoroark to complete BW NatDex?
can anyone confirm if Zorua and Zoroark are needed to complete the Pokédex? i know event-Pokémon are not required to, and since Zorua and Zoroark can only be obtained through events it might be possible they are excluded for completion. ---> AquaDragon 14:56, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
How are you supossed to see Dialga or Palkia in Pearl/Diamond without trading? Marked +-+-+ 16:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
- One of Cynthia's family members shows you an image of the opposite mascot. ★Jo the Marten★ ಠ_ಠ♥ 16:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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Would it be worth adding headings for each game? It would make it easier to find out about a certain game without having to look through the whole article - and it would look a lot neater. Cacnea7642 11:19, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
This was my first instinct as soon as I opened the article. Yes, I think it would benefit greatly from this treatment. Djmattyg007 (talk) 11:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


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England will face Ecuador on June 4 and Honduras on June 7.
England is set to train in Miami ahead of the tournament. The Three Lions open the World Cup against Italy on June 14 in Manaus, Brazil.
"Miami continues to be a premier soccer market in this country and we have no doubt that the area's fans will come out to watch England prepare for the 2014 World Cup against two teams that will also participate in Brazil," said Relevent Sports CEO Charlie Stillitano, who announced the games Thursday.
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½ cup dry white wine
½ cup chicken stock
1 tbsp garlic
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1 tablespoon chopped thyme
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Freshly ground pepper
Saute garlic. Add chicken stock and wine. Add the mint, thyme and lemon zest and let boil for about 5 - 7 minutes. Add the salt and pepper. Right before serving add the cream. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 2 - 3 minutes. Serve over grilled salmon.
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As the rains pelted the tarp, outfield and fans brave enough to endure the weather or dumb enough to disregard shelter, the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium flashed a highlight reel of Ken Griffey Jr.'s 600th home run. Fans cheered and applauded. Griffey sat in the dugout and saw the tribute.
"I was in there. I heard everything," said Junior, who gave the crowd a wave. "I didn't want to tip the cap or go out there and stir up some stuff. I just waved to thank everybody because I do appreciate it."
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"When you do well here, people appreciate it," Junior said after what likely – barring trade to the American League – was his last at-bat in baseball's most storied park. "When you're the visiting team, you get booed. Everybody knows that. But people here love their baseball and when they see somebody do something good, whether for their team or the other team, they're going to root for them. It was nice to see."
And a little surprising. On Friday, Griffey had claimed coming to The Bronx was no biggie, that he still had a chip on his shoulder the size of Ohio about being tossed from the Yankee locker room by Billy Martin as a kid. He even said his best memory of the Stadium was "leaving." Yesterday, after the Yanks' 4-1 series sweep-averting win, it was a kinder, gentler Junior.
"We lost, but it's always been fun," Griffey said of the weekend, when he admitted he took in last looks of the old joint and first peeks of the new Stadium blueprints. "I may pull people's chains here and there throughout the whole year, the month, the week, but when you come to New York, you're going to play better and you're going to have a lot of fun.
"No doubt about people here, the Stadium, the history. If you can't get hyped up here, you can't do it anywhere."
So Griffey went out with a bang, knocking his 34th career homer off the Yankees and 19th at the Stadium.


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OMG. Wonder how Nik is going to react to her big bro being made into S byotch?
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OMG. Wonder how Nik is going to react to her big bro being made into S byotch?
And yes, I have seen men act like this before. But they were all on OZ.
honestly, at this point in time, I don't think that Nik could really care what her brother does... she REALLY doesn't like him all that much.
Marvin was talking to (?) anyway, he called the two boys "cockadoos" they never give the girls a chance to use the mirror in the bathroom.
Jase/Will/Karen hanging on bed in HOH, but I didn't hear anything of importance.
Karen seems to suck up to the 4H a lot.
Wasn't it Scott who pulled CB's pants down a few days ago? Maybe he liked what he saw...:lolQuote:
I am sorry, but Scott definitely has a thing for CB.
Is it just me, or did I just see Will checking out Adria extremely closely in the Kitchen?
He was walking around as she was getting something together and he was eyeing her the whole time. He asked her some questions like was she going in the water. Then he stopped right in front of her looking closely at her face.
I also watched that on the live feeds. Will had an INCREDIBLY suspicious look on his face, staring intently on Adria and Karen in the kitchen... (the camera man also zoomed onto Will's crotch-region, for a "brief" second :lol )
Do you think Will is going to "out" Adria/Natalie only DAYS before they are due to enter?!
That would be great. I also wonder if the DR is now hinting at it to Will, or if they are trying to convince the houseguests that nothing is going on...?
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I think that because Adria/Natalie have basically secured their places in the house, maybe the DR is now going to let the ever-perceptive Will have a few hints.
That way during the reveal, Will can say something like "I almost figured it out!"
Maybe they are trying to get different reactions from HGs, rather than everyone being simply "surprised."
Or maybe Will is just smarter than the (mostly moronic) bunch and cunning enough to figure out the twist. Maybe even smarter than the producers!
I think this is the absolute only thing that's going on. Will is very smart, and starting with noticing the mole the other night.... he's putting it all together.Quote:
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The producers know that he's been starting to see differences. If they let him guess the twist today or tomorrow (which any hint could throw him over the edge), then they've blown their whole season.


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In 1741 opera composer George Frideric Handel was a failure. Bankrupted and in physical pain, it seemed his days of writing music were over. But when his friend Charles Jennens brought him a biblical text that needed orchestration, Handel was inspired. The man called "the German nincompoop" by many Englishmen would produce the greatest work of his life.
Unlike his fellow countryman and contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel, born in 1685, didn't grow up in a musical family. His father, a "surgeon-barber," decided Handel would be a lawyer. He did eventually study law, but after persuading his father to allow him to take music lessons, Handel found his true vocation. By age 12, Handel was substituting for his organ teacher and had written his first composition.
After his father's death, Handel pursued music in Germany and Italy before landing a job in England as composer for the Chapel Royal. There he indulged in his passion?writing operas. Handel's timing couldn't be worse. The musical form was falling out of fashion in England. The crowds were dwindling at the concert halls where his operas were being performed. Handel jokingly said to his worried friends that an empty venue has better acoustics.
Blasphemy on stage
In 1737 Handel's opera company went bankrupt, and he suffered a mild stroke. To make matters worse, his latest musical fascination?the oratorio (a composition for orchestra and voices telling a sacred story without costumes, scenery, or dramatic action)?was his most controversial yet. His first oratorio, Esther, the first of its kind in English, outraged the church. A Bible story was being told by common mummers, and even worse, the words of God were being spoken in the theater!
The bishop of London prohibited the oratorio from being performed. Handel proceeded anyway, and the royal family attended. The production was a success?but the church still protested.
In 1739 advertisements for Israel in Egypt were torn down by devout Christians, who also disrupted its performances. Handel, a devout Lutheran, was incensed, saying that he knew the Bible as well as any bishop. Financially, it did him little good. He was being threatened with debtor's prison.
Heaven's glory in music
At his lowest point, Handel was visited by his Anglican friend Charles Jennens. Jennens had written a libretto about the life of Christ and the work of redemption to challenge the deists. The text was completely taken from the Bible. Would Handel compose the music? The musician agreed, estimating it would take a year to complete.
But when a group of Dublin charities offered Handel a generous commission to compose a new work for a benefit performance to free men from debtor's prison, Handel didn't waste time. On August 22, 1741, he began composing Messiah, completing 260 pages in less than a month. When he finished writing what would become known as the Hallelujah Chorus, he said, "I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself."
Once again controversy surrounded the performance, but the benefit was a sensation. An over-capacity crowd of 700 people attended, raising enough money to release 142 men from prison. One reviewer called it "the most finished piece of music" ever written.
It took nearly a year for the oratorio, advertised as "A New Sacred Oratorio," to be presented in England. As the opening notes of the Hallelujah Chorus were played, the king stood to his feet. Some historians have suggested the gesture was not out of reverence but because he was partially deaf and mistook it for the national anthem. Whatever the truth, the tradition of standing for the Hallelujah Chorus has continued to this day.
Until his death in 1759, Handel conducted 30 performances of Messiah (none at Christmastime, for Handel considered it a Lenten piece), only one of which was in a church.
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In today's reality, advanced technology and good wifi has made it so that we can work from almost anywhere in the world. This work becomes more enjoyable working in the middle of paradise, like Costa Rica or Panama. But without all of the modern conveniences we've become used to, working abroad can feel like a slog and searching the internet becomes a painful chore.
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Selina Surf Club is our new new baby! We have decided to create something new, and different from everything that is offered by other competitors in this market.
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Tamarindo and Jaco, in Costa Rica, and Playa Venao, in Panama are the best places for beginner surfers. We are investing most of our efforts in surf camps (ranging from 5 to 14 days) for groups and individuals.
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– Why did you choose Playa Venao, in Panama to open the first club?
Playa Venao is my home since 2009. The area of Venao is very unique, and within a very short distance from place to place you can do Kite surfing in side shore wind (Pedasi), and after you just move 20 minutes drive to Venao, where you can score perfect waves (one of my favorite surf breaks) with offshore wind in the centre of the bay.
If you have a group of people that want to have surf lessons, you can easily walk to the side of the bay (in front of Selina), where the waves are smaller and make teaching much easier.
– What can people expect to experience when they join you? What type of activities do you offer?
The best service is the first thing that we want to give to our customers and let them feel that we care about them. We want them to feel safe in and out of the water. This is extremely important to us, and our instructors and team are all pros, most of them have lifeguard certification.
We provide excellent new and safe gear – we will supply always what you, the customer, need and will not give gear that is in poor condition!
– Can you tell us a little bit about your background and experiences?
My name is Gigi and I'm 35 years old. I was born and raised in Israel, in a small village on the Mediterranean ocean named 'Michmoret', a place where everybody surf or sail from a very young age.
Since I can remember, I was around water sports like wind surfing, wave surfing, and later on in my life, came across kite surfing (in '99). I went to the army in 2000 till 2003, which was the longest time I didn't surf. But when I ended my service in the army, I got back to surfing big time! I got my first kite, some boards and went to travel around the world: Australia , New Zealand, Seri Lanka and brazil, I have started working for Amit Inbar, my neighbour and one of the biggest surfers in israel, teaching kite-surfing in Sinai Desert, Egypt, and from there all around the country.
Managing the kite school activity, in 2009 I moved to Panama, traveled all around the region. With my girlfriend Eden and my partner Moshiko Levy, we opened our surf club in Playa Venao: Shokogi Surf School, which now is part of the Selina Surf Club.
We give full services of Surf, Kite and SUP lessons, rentals and a beautiful surf shop.
– Any inside tips?
Always smile and the waves will keep on coming to you. Be in love with the flow.
– Favourite Selina Club?
Selina Jaco! Jaco is the capital of surfing in Costa Rica. Playa Hermosa is only 5 minutes drive away and it's one of the best waves you will surf in your life. Around Jaco, you can find more than 15 spots of surfing for all levels for different swell directions and different tides, which means you can surf all day.
– How many people can join the Experiences? What is the level of the sessions?
We have huge capacity, more than 300 boards and big team of instructors in each locations. We can host up to 20 people in a surf camp. With that, all of our hostels have 150 beds or more.
– How many other Selina Surf Clubs are already opened?
At the moment we have 8: Playa Venao, Pedasi, Bocas del Toro, Red Frog, Puerto Viejo, Tamarindo, Santa Teresa and Jaco.
– Favourite experts?
Yorgena Urania – the best ever – find her in Selina Jaco and on the Goflow app!
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It's time to do what you always dreamed and now it's easy and more fun than ever. We are prepared to offer you an unforgettable Experience. Come to surf with us! Let's do it!


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I got a bit of time to glue the top skins on over the last couple of days. I used 24hr Araldite around all the edges, frames & stringers, with Shoo Goo on all the foam sections. This gave me plenty of time to get each section lined up & taped down. Then the weights were stragegicallly placed to keep the edges sealed. I should have used 1mm ply instead of 1.5 as there was a lot of resistance to the bending. Unfortunately I didn't tape the rear corner of the second skin down well enough & it lifted. You can see it in the pic. It won't push down with all that epoxy set there. Not sure whether to get a blade in there & cut the glue away & then re glue it , or just fill it & move on. The gap is about 3/32" on the corner. The other corner on the first skin lifted a smidge too, but not that much.
Before I glued the skins on, I epoxied in an extra bit of ply in the rear sections at a slight angle to give some support to the tongues of the fins when they are glued in. I also added some more thickness to the rear of the right sponson to take the turnfin bracket.
Total weight at this point is 2.7kg or 5.7 lbs in American speak. I don't know if that's heavy or light for a bare 42" hydro hull.
Here's some visuals. The decks still need to be trimmed & shaped yet. I'll do that today.
Thanks man.
The batteries will fit side by side in the very front of the centre section. The rear of the battery tray will be raised up so that the tops of the batteries will be flush with the hatch. This will allow the ESC to fit further forward partially under the batteries & thus allow the motor to be mounted further forward. I have to get as much weight forward as possible because the tail will be heavy once the fins & wing & hardware are added.
Hi Paul,
Your build is coming along very nice!
As the section that lifted isn't part of the running surface, I wouldn't bother too much and just fill it and sand it back into shape, no-one will notice it once the paint has been applied and the boat wizzes by at full throttle...
A little too late, but when I have a ply skin that is too stiff to force in place, I heat it with the paintstripper (or an electric stove) until the glue in the ply becomes soft, allowing me to bend the ply more easier.
Mind you, not all types of glue in the ply softens with heat...
Regards, Jan.
Thanks Jan. That's a trick to remember.
But I couldn't help myself. I had to fix it. It made the transom look as if it had a twist in it when viewed from the rear. So I cut the epoxy away with a fine saw blade & re glued it. That's the scale modeller in me.
That's encouraging. I was hoping that she was on the light side at this point.
I've weighed all the batteries, ESC Motor, rudder, driveline, cowling etc, & that comes to 2.9kg or about 6.5 lbs. Allowing another 3 lbs for incidentals, fins & wing, hatches, motormount & paint etc the total should be around 15lbs.
I think it should be about time for an update in this one unless you've been slackin' Paul.
You'rs sounds like it will be in the same weight range as Hugh's 1/8 scale and his is quite a bit faster than my 19+ lb Miller.
You've got it in one Bill. I've been slacking. By the time I get home from work after a 1 hr drive I'm just too stuffed to start work on it. But I will get something done next week as the overtime is being cut back a bit.
But while I have your attention, I do have a question for you, & anyone else that has set up a 1/8'' scale hydro.
The club has finalised the 'Electric Rules" One rule that remains from the Gas rules is that the drive dog must be under the transom. This means, as you know, that the strut must be mounted under the hull & enter the hull for adjustment. I've re read your thread on the Miss Miller concerning your set up & have no problem with doing that. Despite all the grief you received from a certain person about leakage. I'd forgotten about all that.
But I was wondering if anyone had set up a straight shaft drive & what depth of prop centre & what type of prop is best. Since there is no adjustment there must be a set of guidelines to follow to get it right first time.
Any info would be most welcome.
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with the Miller I changed the strut depth a couple of times and had to re-silicon the strut. Mine still gets water inside and the only thing I can figure out is it coming up the stuffing tube. I finally gave up and added an auto bailer that nobody in the FE crowd wants to use. (It works though)
Coming back to the other part, I finally hit the sweet spot (for mine) with about 1/8" of the prop tip (top side) above the bottom of the hull. For me the Octura X646/3 has worked out about the best overall. Hugh's boat that is considerably lighter seems to like a X450 2 blade. Not certain on what depth he's running his at though. Then, if you're planning to run a straight shaft that would be yet another variation where I don't have a clue of where it should be. I'd guess as shallow as possible so the surface drive prop can get there without lifting the tail too high.
Thanks for all that info bill. I thought I answered you when you posted it. But It seems I didn't. Has it really been nearly 4 months since I posted anything on this thing?
It's been sitting around doing nothing until a couple of weeks ago when I got the urge to do some work on it. I've built Up a Rigger, a small Hydro, an Osprey & a 25" Boogieman in the meantime. But I need to get this thing done for next year.
I've decided to go with a 1/4" flex drive with the adjustment in the hull.
Just recently I've fitted & shaped the leading edge of the main hull. Also shaped the fins & wing from some 4mm aircraft ply & fibre glass.
Then I had to trim out the deck of the centre section of the hull with some 1/4" basswood, to take the sub hatch.
Also the cowlings were cut to the shape of the deck. This meant that I had to add some extra decking at the front & rear of the centre section so that the sub hatch didn't extend out past the cowling where it tapered.
The slots at the rear of the hull were cut through the deck to accept the fins & the centre fin has been glued into the cowling. More bracing blocks will be added under the cowling to strengthen it later.
The shaft & tube has just arrived as has the strut. Once I get the motor mount, I'll set all that up.
Here's a few more pics.
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That's looking good Paul. You do some realy nice builds and should publish more of them here. The FE boating section here is getting pretty sparse with barely 3 pages of active threads showing.
Thanks Bill.
I did intend to post a few pics of those other builds, but just never found the time.
The little 26" hydro certainly deserves a spot because it is a great little runner. Once I get some video of it I'll put something together.
I agree with you that there isn't much build action happening here. The Christmas break should remedy that a bit.
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