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For about a year I have been thinking about redoing our stairs. Should I?Can I? Would I dare? Rip up carpet??
I just don't know. It would be the largest project I have ever done. The hubs was completely behind me." you can totally do that. It is just carpet. It the wood is bad we will deal with it. Go for it!"
So I did. And here is how it went down…. By the way, thanks for the support. It sure does make a girl feel good!!
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The project continues with a day of sanding and scraping up the paint and caulk that was on the stairs.
Putter has lost all patience with me by this point. Poor dog…if he could talk, he would be saying "could you please just put back the carpet and end this nonsense woman…" oh no….no carpet for you!
After stairs were all cleaned up good I could start painting. I primed the risers with a white primer.
Then I painted the treads with the brown. We loved the color Behr Sweet Molasses, it is a true chocolate color–rich and warm and has lots of character. I bought a quart or eggshell finish.
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Whorl drawing. :-) Any ideas for a better name for this one???
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super design, looks amazing. 5♥s
Could you imagine a laid-back, 70's hippie-type church with these groovy windows? I could. Can I get an 'Amen'? 5HC:)
Loved the textures.... well... i see an evil face there...hehe
WOW! This looks so amazng!
whoaaaaaa! this whorl is different! it's....it's..... PUFFY! i bet that if i would be able to touch it it would feel like silk!
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I guess your title is just perfect! Dont ask me about title, or i'll give you a crazy title such as " summer snow glittes" or " a light in your hearts" or " 3 worlds" or " who am i" xD well, overall, i think your whorls are just outstanding :) meow!
Very inspiring ;)
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BURBANK — Eager to begin defense of its CIF Southern Section Division VI championship, the members of the Bellarmine-Jefferson High softball team demonstrated Tuesday why they might be in good position to repeat.
Backed by a relentless offensive attack, top-seeded Bell-Jeff finished with 20 hits en route to a 21-2 home victory against Liberty Christian in a first-round game at Gross Park. The game was called in the top of the seventh inning after a Liberty Christian player suffered what appeared to be an ankle or leg injury while sliding safely into home plate.
"It was just a matter of time before we were going to get our offense going," said Bell-Jeff Coach Florencio Galindo, whose team improved to 14-4-2 and captured the Santa Cruz League championship. "That said, you can't go into any game taking the other team lightly.
"We were able to put together some good at-bats. They know how to win. Who knows? Maybe the next game will be closer."
Bell-Jeff will next face Alverno, which defeated California Lutheran, 13-3 on Tuesday, in a second-round game Thursday at a site to be determined. Liberty Christian finished 8-5.
Leading the surge for Bell-Jeff were Cristina Colon and Mia Acosta, both of whom hit inside-the-park home runs. Colon finished with three hits and four runs batted in. Acosta collected four hits and drove in six runs, including a grand slam in the fifth to give the Guards a 20-0 advantage.
In the circle, Acosta, a reigning All-Area selection, yielded six hits and struck out seven.
Colon, a third baseman, said the Guards looked for a breakthrough effort against Liberty Christian.
"As a team, we were looking for a fast start," said Colon, who had a run-scoring single in the first to make it 2-0 before hitting a three-run home run in the third to pad the lead, 11-0. "We have some very good hitters and we have a huge opportunity being the No. 1 seed."
Bell-Jeff also received a two-run home run from Samantha Casarez in the fourth to make it 13-0. In addition, the Guards received three hits from Tiffany Galindo,
Florencio Galindo praised Colon's offensive effort.
"She was impressive," Galindo said. "She came up huge for us several times and she's somebody who knows how to make contact at the right times."
The seventh inning proved to be uneventful and painful for Liberty Christian, which received an at-large berth after finishing second in the four-team San Joaquin League.
Liberty Christian lost a pair of players to injuries with the game already well out of reach. Lauren Burley led off with an infield single and sustained a shoulder injury while swinging. She was removed from the game and had her arm placed in a sling.
The game's final play occurred with Liberty Christian's Natalie Small suffering what appeared to be a left ankle or leg injury after she slid home safely to cap the scoring. Small remained on the ground in pain for several minutes before receiving medical treatment from paramedics and then being taken to an area hospital.
"You just hope and pray that she is well," Galindo said.
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just want to tell every1 , beta should start today (4th of July ) but they dont a specific time of it , so stay tuned.
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The event is known as "Purple Up!" and is held to support military families.
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Some of the pictures are tweaked in the interest of showing off the only scratch on the lens hood.
It is near the end and close to the very bottom of the hood.
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Used on a D80, D90, and then a D7000. Amazingly fast focus speed.
It was on my camera 99% of the time.
I have the original box, bag and manual with the front and rear
Nikon lens caps and all the original box's for everything else.
Plus receipt's for everything but the 500D.
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I had the screw version back in film days and liked it...
Digital may be a different ballgame; any one have opinion ot with FX and also whether the BIM version is a step backwards. (I seem to remember comments of stay away from the BIM version but not sure if that was talking about the 18-50 f2.8 model)
comments appreciated..esp if D600 related.
I have looked at the Sigma 24-70 f2.8 .. they do two different types of drive too !
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The BIM version is awful for focus accuracy and speed. Hunts a lot in low light. The one I had briefly also would not focus in live view. It would try, but never find focus. Very strange. The non-bim version I have now is quite good. Focus speed is snappy.
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'Faces of Baylor' reveals stories behind today's students
The current issue of Baylor Magazine includes a feature called "Faces of Baylor," in which the author talked to 10 current students from a variety of backgrounds about their experiences here at BU. Each had a different story to tell, but from reading their comments, it's easy to see how much they've enjoyed and benefited from their time at Baylor.
There really is a place for everyone at Baylor; here's a sampling of the students featured in this story:
* A Baptist minister's son from a large high school in San Antonio;
* A freshman who plans after graduation to return to her family's business in Vietnam;
* A future surgeon whose parents never attended college;
* A top student from a long line of Bears who found her ministry niche in Waco;
* A small-town native who is already helping other students find scholarships; and
* A 14-year Marine studying to become a park ranger (a WebExtra, not in the printed magazine).
Reading the stories from these students and all they had to say about Baylor — complimenting everything from their professors to student activities to the financial aid the University offers — reminded me of all that I love about Baylor, too.
Sic 'em, students!


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STOCKTON — Competing at the two-day CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet at Stockton Arena, eight combined Oak Ridge and Ponderosa wrestlers placed in the top seven to advance to the state wrestling championships this weekend at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
The Trojans send five and the Bruins three.
As a team, Oak Ridge finished fifth with 100.5 points; Ponderosa was eighth with 81; El Dorado, with three grapplers, was 44th with 18.5 points; and Union Mine was 87th with four points.
Trojan Brandon Claiborne (138 pounds) was the lone county participant in Saturday's finals. The sophomore lost to Modesto's Emilio Saavedra, who jumped out to an early lead for the 9-3 decision.
"He had a great tournament," said Oak Ridge head coach Casey Rhyan of Claiborne.
Behind 2-1 toward the end of the second period, Claiborne escaped to tie the match at 2-all. Saavedra's takedown gave him the lead and he outscored Claiborne 5-1 for the win.
For the second consecutive week, Ponderosa's Trae Providence (160) met Folsom's Connor Watson. Providence, a senior who took third at Masters, came out on top with a 3-1 decision to improve his record to 50-7.
Oak Ridge's Bishane Sagal (182) also took third after a 5-2 weekend. The Trojan senior had to go into double overtime to pull out a 5-4 decision over Central Valley's Adrian Vizcaino.
In the second OT period, Sagal trailed 4-3 but recorded a takedown with five seconds left.
"The first thing that came to my mind was that in practices, we work hard," Sagal said. "We are conditioned hard to be ready for that moment. They (coaches) are always pushing me to do it, and I want to do it for my teammates."
Another Trojan, Ryan Redhair (145) took fourth. The junior won his first three matches before losing a 6-1 decision. Redhair then recorded a pin but lost a thrilling 4-3 decision to Granite Bay's Matt Berry.
Bruin Colin Hustrulid (138) took fifth in the grueling tournament, winning his last match 13-4 for a major decision. Hustrulid, who defaulted his previous match, went 6-2 overall.
An intra-county match for fifth place at 170s never took place as Ponderosa's TJ Shamblin won by injury default over Oak Ridge's James Portilla. Both had reached the semifinals unscathed.
"He's such a tough kid," said Rhyan of Portilla, a senior. "To reach the semis (despite injury), he's about as tough as they come."
Oak Ridge's Sherman McVay (195) finalized the list with a seventh place finish. After winning his first by forfeit, McVay lost by pin but rattled off three consecutive wins, topped with pinning Granite Bay's Aaron Wiese in the second period.
In the heavyweight class, Ponderosa's Nathaniel Moody won his first two before the senior lost his third match by a narrow 3-2 decision. The loss sent Moody into the seventh place match but a pin left him a win short of Bakersfield.
El Dorado's Alex LeBaron (182) was also shy, losing a 12-0 major decision to finish eighth. LeBaron, a junior, went 4-2 with two pins.
Another who just missed the cut was Trojan Josh Ploke (106). Ploke, 4-3 on the weekend, lost his 7th/8th match 7-3.
Oak Ridge's Corbett Ralstin (152) won his first match with a 6-4 decision, but lost his second 5-4. In consolations, Ralstin fell 9-5 to El Dorado's Jeremiah Romero.
Romero, a senior, lost his first match Friday by pin but won his second match by a 16-1 technical fall. After defeating Ralstin, he was eliminated by a 14-7 decision.
El Dorado's Zachary Brazell (HWT) went 3-2 in the tournament. After losing his first, the sophomore won his next two by decision and topped off his fourth with a pin 30 seconds into the first period. His season ended on a first-period fall.
Ponderosa's Kyle Jennings (220) won his first two matches by decisions, both by the same scores of 2-1. The sophomore lost by a 16-0 technical fall and was eliminated by a 4-1 decision.
The Trojans' Patrick Irwin (220) lost his first match by a 4-3 decision, but won his next one by an 11-0 major decision. He was eliminated in his third match by a 3-1 decision.
Union Mine's lone representative, senior Hunter Cannon (170), won his first match by forfeit but lost his second match by pin and his third by a 9-4 decision.
Bruins who went 1-2 were Zach Miller (113), Pre Deitchman (120), Elan Tubbs (152) and Joe DelValle (195). Ponderosa's Austin Ward (106) went 0-2.


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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
I can't believe that these folks are still following Colton so blindly even after the tribe switch up. Yet another stupid move. Oh well, voting off their strongest means they'll be back in Tribal again, as long as the challenges are physical. I still can't believe they voted off the only person that managed to score a point. The only good thing of the night, Colton kept his mouth shut at Tribal.
Boob Wrinkles - it is not a myth
Compared to watching Colton and hearing his voice, Tarzan in his speedo is like seeing a photo of a beautiful rainbow over a sparkling waterfall.
I think the longer Colton stays in this game, the more gallons I will vomit on finale night.
I feel like this during so many of the recent reality tv shows, but this time it's serious. I honestly don't know if I can continue to watch the rest of this season.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
On thing, the 'nominal aphasia' that Tarzan has would certainly explain why he kept calling Jonas "Jason" last week.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
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I have a feeling that the other tribe may lose the next challenge on purpose to keep the numbers close in terms of males vs females.
seems like a weird season.
The promo for next week.... Colton looks like an even bigger clown.
I enjoy watching Colton and I am wondering when he will be seen clearly by the others and blindsided. He is definately the evil character this season! It should be interesting. I am rooting for Sabrina.
I also hope that The Bachelorette will remain unspoiled and sleuthing will be our only clue. Not here, on another board; I know this has become a non spoiler zone even for sleuthing. The detective in me loves to figure things out.
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Lazarus is the part of the missing puzzle that will allow you to
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WWW: http://www.lazarus-ide.org/
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-lcl-units/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install lazarus-lcl-units
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pkg install lazarus-lcl-units
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editors/lazarus* (5 ports): Upgrade version 1.4.2 => 1.6RC2
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FPC ecosystem: Upgrade version 2.6.4 => 3.0.0
This is the first major release of FreePascal in nearly four years.
There are a ton of new features, way more to list here. see:
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- Remove USE_FPC_RUN. It is not necessary here
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ROSENBERG, Texas - Rosenberg Police are trying to figure out what caused the death of a 4-month-old baby girl at a motel. They said her death was caused by some type of injury.
Police said a babysitter called officers Wednesday at 4:40 p.m. to say the baby had stopped breathing at the Woodlands Motel, 4814 Ave. H. Before paramedics arrived, Valerie Morales, who lives at the motel, said her boyfriend tried to revive the child. He had been called over by the babysitter, who was described as frantic.
"The lady was panicking. The baby wasn't breathing," says Morales. "He walked in and she was purple, laying on her back and he tried to do CPR on her. She still wouldn't breathe."
That's when paramedics showed up. They also tried to revive the baby, and transported her to a hospital in nearby Richmond, but they pronounced her dead about 30 minutes later.
No arrests have been made, but investigators are interviewing the sitter as well as the parents.
"The mother dropped the child off this morning and it's their regular caretaker," says Lt. Colin Davidson, a spokesman for the police department. "We're in the process of interviewing everyone that's involved."
"It's just heartbreaking," adds Rosa Sanchez, who lives and works at the motel. "It's hard to see something like that because you don't expect it to be right next door to you."
Police have not disclosed what kind of injuries the baby died from or the victim's name.
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Galileo Performance Explorer Enhances Storage MonitoringSRM with new charts, metrics, and hardware profiles
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on 2013.06.11
Created and supported by ATS Group, Galileo Performance Explorer, a cloud-based performance monitoring tool for server and storage systems, has introduced a series of enhancements that expand its scope of storage performance monitoring.
New reporting options increase by 28% the number of charts users can view to monitor their IBM SVC and V7000 system performance.
"The latest addition of 22 charts and 23 metrics expands Galileo's infrastructure monitoring options to 242 charts and 293 metrics across AIX, Linux, and Windows servers and SVC, V7000, and DS3/4/5K storage systems," says Tim Conley, co-founder and principal partner for the ATS Group. "Additional charting agents for IBM XIV, DS8K, SONAS and GPFS storage are scheduled for upcoming Galileo releases."
New built-in displays also put hardware configuration and storage capacity data at a user's fingertips without having to log into the storage controller/system interface. Configuration data includes hardware attributes, firmware/software revisions, disk configurations, and array layout and sizes. Storage capacity data includes total storage capacity, used capacity, available capacity, and over-allocation of storage (when using thin-provisioning).
A new graphic display management feature enables custom scaling of the Y-axis for all Galileo charts. Users are free to assign maximum Y-axis values and scale charts to eliminate skewed views that can occur as the result of a single data point or 'edge case.'
Both the new SVC/V7000 charts and the enhanced end-user interfaces are available for user evaluation via a free 30-day trial program.
Galileo Performance Explorer is a sponsor of the IBM Edge Conference that will held June 10-13 in Las Vegas, NE. In addition to demonstrating the Galileo's storage performance monitoring, Tim Conley will present a session on Exploiting Tier 0 and Storage Virtualization to offer storage performance management insights to attendees. Tim was a former IBM systems architect and engineer before co-founding ATS and Galileo.
About Galileo Performance Explorer
It improves IT utilization and capacity planning with cloud-based performance monitoring. Galileo delivers hundreds of analytical perspectives on server and storage hardware and virtualization environments for key decision makers. These insights go far beyond reactive alarms to support optimal performance of physical and virtual servers and storage, supporting IBM AIX, Linux, Windows, and IBM SVC, Storwize V7000, and DS3/4/5K storage. Built on a SaaS architecture, Galileo installs in minutes, without onsite data or expensive hardware requirements. Automatic collection of real-time data, with quick, easy, graphical reporting via an intuitive web interface, offers access to custom dashboards with full drilldown into data details, anywhere, anytime. Galileo empowers users from IT administrators to C-level management at mid-size to Fortune 100 companies, including in security-sensitive industries.


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Cristina Cuomo, wife of ABC News' Chris Cuomo, is the new editor-in-chief of Manhattan. Cuomo was most recently editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Plum Hamptons. She was previously group editor for Niche Media's regional publications and editor-in-chief of Gotham.
In related news, Manhattan's publisher, Modern Luxury, has named James Aguiar its national fashion director.
"We've seen tremendous growth in our luxury titles nationwide and are excited that Cristina will bring her editorial savvy and tremendous experience to Manhattan," said Michael Dickey, president of Modern Luxury. "Adding James to our leadership team on the national level is a sign of our commitment to providing readers with the best and most current fashion coverage."


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The kind of team Darrin Horn wants to have was at Colonial Life Arena on Saturday.
On the other bench.
Boston College used a balanced, disciplined, sharply executed offensive attack to blister South Carolina 85-70, showing the Gamecocks what can happen when a team stocked with experience clearly knows every niche of its game. The Eagles (11-3), a team that uses the 3-pointer to set itself up early and is flying miles higher than expected under first-year coach Steve Donahue, ran the same game plan they have used all season and began to roll.
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The Gamecocks (8-4), still learning how to maximize their individual talents into a team approach, stayed even for the first 10 minutes, then succumbed under a barrage of scorching shooting.
"We've got to learn how to play through those stretches," Horn said. "We knew we needed to defend the 3, and we did not do that."
The Eagles came into the game having shot 308 3-pointers, making 48 percent, and began their plan early. Speedy perimeter passing all around the Gamecocks' flustered defense yielded 16 looks and eight makes in the first half alone; USC kept pace for the first 25 seconds of a possession only to lose one step in the final 10.
Ramon Galloway swished a 3 to give the Gamecocks an 18-16 lead with 9:30 to play in the first half, giving the slim-pickings New Year's Day crowd something to cheer about, but USC's ability to hang with Boston College quickly petered out. The Eagles kept shooting and making; the Gamecocks disappeared.
The Eagles made nine of their final 10 shots in the first half, mixing inside and out and spreading the ball to Joe Trapani, Biko Paris and Reggie Jackson. So complete was their rout that center Josh Southern, normally reliable for around 10 points per game, was an afterthought (two points, two rebounds).
"Our team needs to be about defense and rebounding," Horn said. "(The Eagles) know what they can do. Veterans understand that. You just keep doing it."
USC got 21 points from Bruce Ellington, who drove to the basket for his early points and kept it up, mixing a few outside jumpers in; and 15 from Galloway, who displayed more of his fearless style but left a few wide-open looks on the rim. The Gamecocks otherwise slipped into their familiar-of-late trap -- outside of Ellington, they simply don't have a consistent scorer.
Brian Richardson, regarded as the team's best pure shooter, was a mere 1-of-9 from the field and scored five points, not finding the touch on several open looks from 3. Center Sam Muldrow, who simply has to be a presence every night if the Gamecocks are going to be successful, was a ghost.
The senior center played 18 minutes and had no points with one rebound. Offensively, the Gamecocks didn't go to him that often early, but gave him the ball during the middle of the game and hoped for the best. What they got were outside shots and an 0-for-6 showing from the field, and next to nothing on defense -- Trapani was matched up with Muldrow most of the afternoon and walked right around him for a game-high 23 points.
Jackson had 14, Paris had 18 (nine in the game's first seven minutes, all on 3-pointers) and Corey Raji had 16. The Eagles converted 13 of their 32 3s and shot 51.6 percent overall from the field, also out-rebounding the Gamecocks by 14.
The Gamecocks didn't give up, cutting a 27-point deficit to 20 and ultimately to 15 as BC emptied its bench. Lakeem Jackson (12) and Malik Cooke (13) joined Ellington and Galloway in double figures but it was too little, too late; the Gamecocks had seven fewer turnovers, three blocks and 11 steals but couldn't stop BC's shooting.
"That was supposed to be the game plan," Jackson said. "We were supposed to defend the 3. We didn't rotate the way we needed to, and it showed up on the scoreboard."
USC will host S.C. State at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in its final game before SEC play.
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Bulgarian Blogger Discovers Huge Trade of Facebook Data
Prominent Bulgaria blogger and digital rights activist, Bogomil Shopov, has discovered that information and data about a huge number of Facebook users can be purchased online for pocket change.
The news was reported by the site for investigative journalism Bivol.bg and later by the Bulgarian Trud (Labor) daily. Bivol write Shopov is on his way to make international headlines over the discovery.
The blogger has discovered the site Gigbucks and has managed to purchase 1 million Facebook data entries for USD 5. He found the names and the emails of users from the US, Canada, Great Britain and Europe, along with those of a number of his Facebook friends.
The list is in the form of an Excel table, containing email addresses, names and Facebook profiles.
Bivol reports that since Tuesday the information is being actively discussed on Twitter while Shopov's site has become inaccessible over the huge traffic.
The blogger, who is one of the founders of the Bulgarian Pirate Party, told Bivol that Facebook employees have already been in touch with him and asked to have a phone conversation.
He has added that the Gigbucks site has most likely originated in Turkey, while the data has been collected through a Facebook application where users inadvertently clicked without knowing information on them will be later sold.
According to Trud, Shopov, himself, sent the information to Facebook administrators and they told him they will contact him via Skype.
Bivol reminds that Facebook is subject to frequent criticism over security glitches in protecting users' data and its trade.
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Today we have a special treat: an article from Luke Stevens, author of The Truth About HTML5, that takes a critical look at the past, present and future of HTML5.
What is HTML5, really? How did it come about? Should we really be blindly following what we're told about it or is some critical thinking required? Read on to find out.
Two HTML5s
HTML5 has, in its most buzz-wordy form, taken the world by storm, but all that is claimed to be "HTML5" isn't. There is, in a sense, two "HTML5"s: the technical specification, and the collection of new and exciting technology that gets lumped in together as "HTML5".
On the one hand, there's the actual HTML5 specification — a lengthy technical document written largely for browser vendors that's often a strange world for those of us who actually mark up web pages day in, day out. This is "HTML5" in the technically correct sense. (And really, is there any other kind?)
On the other hand, there's HTML5 the buzzword — the collection of new (and not so new) technology that is often downright cool, but has little to do with the HTML5 specification or those who contribute to it. For example, have you seen the interactive, WebGL- powered music video for Danger Mouses' Rome project? It all happens natively in your browser (except IE due to security concerns), and will make your jaw drop.
WebGL is new and sexy, but even old standards are being dusted off and made new again. Did you see the incredible SVG Girl animation in IE9? Microsoft's hardware- accelerated support for the decade-old SVG standard has made things possible in SVG that we could only dream of ten years ago. And yes, that's Microsoft pushing web standards to new heights.
But SVG — once heralded as "The New Flash" — isn't HTML5 either.
What is HTML5?
HTML5, as a specification, is actually at its best when it's at its most boring. The HTML5 editor, Ian Hickson, has gone to great lengths over many years to get the HTML standard into shape, so browser makers can implement it in a consistent way. Implementation details for browser makers is hardly sexy stuff, but it does make all our lives easier in the long run, and for that we can be thankful.
HTML5: The Good Stuff
In fact, it's something of a small miracle that HTML5 exists at all. After declaring HTML 4.0 done and dusted way back in 1999, the W3C spent the first half of the 00s pursuing XHTML 2 — a dead end spec that Opera's HTML5 evangelist Bruce Lawson described as a "beautiful specification of philosophical purity that had absolutely no resemblance to the real world".
In 2004, a group working for browser vendors operating outside the W3C saw the future of HTML differently, and started working on evolving the HTML spec to better accommodate web apps, and released a position paper stating their intentions. After being rebuffed by the W3C, this group — the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, or WHATWG — went on to develop the Web Applications 1.0 and Web Forms 2.0 specifications, edited by Ian Hickson under the "benevolent dictator" model of specification development.
Long story short, the W3C eventually came to their senses and realized that XHTML 2 was a dead end; the WHATWG had the support of those who really mattered (the browser makers); and they didn't have much choice but to come on board and adopt the WHATWG's standards.
The good parts of HTML5 largely reflect this history. For example, HTML5 was in part born of Web Forms 2.0, and therefore HTML5 contains new forms features that add a variety of features to significantly simplify form development, including the handy placeholder attribute among many others. You can see more about HTML5 forms browser support in the excellent Wufoo HTML5 forms guide.
The HTML5 spec (and its forbearers) is edited*, as mentioned, by Ian Hickson. As Jeffrey Zeldman says:
"In reality, there is one 'decider' — the editor of HTML5, Ian Hickson. His decisions are final, he is under no obligation to explain his rationales, and he need not prioritize developer recommendations above a browser maker's — nor above a sandwich maker's, if it comes to that. By design, Hixie is a free agent according to the structure he himself created, and his browser maker end-users (masters?) like it that way."
Hickson is not just the editor — he has also been a very significant contributor to the spec he edits, for better and worse. For example, that WebGL demonstration we touched on earlier uses OpenGL-based technology running through the <anvas> element. The <canvas> element was something Apple invented internally for simple, scriptable 2D graphics in its OS X dashboard in 2004. Later, it was added to Safari. Hickson reverse engineered <canvas> and standardized it for other browsers.
Fast forward to 2012 and we have Microsoft sponsoring a browser-based version of the mobile hit Cut The Rope that uses — you guessed it — the <canvas> element for its 2D graphics. Web standards sometimes come about in strange ways.
HTML5, The Not So Good Stuff
But what about plain old HTML tags — what does HTML5 add there? Well, this is the not so good part. HTML5 includes contributions from its editor/contributor (as both player and referee) in the form of new elements too.
You're probably familiar with the new structural elements such as <article>, <section>, <aside> and <nav>, plus <footer> and <header>. The first four all do much the same thing — they create a new section in a document outline. But as far as web designers and developers go, no one much knows what a correct "document outline" is, or why one should be created (it's explained deep in the spec). In fact, my research suggests these new elements were seemingly drawn up on a whim by the HTML5 editor on a whiteboard in 2004 and, with a little feedback, finalised in the spec. Again, web standards sometimes come about in strange ways.
These elements may sound familiar, but the way they are specified is anything but familiar, and that has created a great deal of confusion. For example, if you look at the spec, you'll see an example which suggests we use <article> for comments, and
for the header of those <article>s… I mean comments. Footers for headers? Articles for comments? It's a bit of a mess.
Where do we go from here?
Over the last few years there's been a lot of buzz around technologies related to HTML5, and plenty of buzz for some of the new features included in the actual specification.
Hype often obscures scrutiny, however, and some of the most fundamental parts of HTML5 — such as how we're supposed to mark up a basic web page — have been poorly scrutinized and simply passed off as a fait accompli.
The Truth About HTML5
To my mind, that's not good enough, and that is, in part, why I wrote The Truth About HTML5. There are many books, blog posts, and articles that discuss what's in the HTML5 specification, but very few that discuss why it's in there, and whether and how we should use it.
Hype isn't a substitute for substance, and too often authors have just repeated what they've been told without digging deeper and asking the hard questions of the HTML5 specification. Therefore, I set about doing the research into the truth about HTML5, and came to some controversial positions along the way, particularly with regard to the new semantic elements, which I believe many designers and developers have unwittingly gotten horribly wrong.
I believe it's our responsibility to be as informed as possible about what the HTML5 specification is truly about, and how it came to be. After all, if we, the ones who work with HTML5 day in, day out, don't pay attention to what's in the standard we all use, who will?
Author's Note
*Ok, for those of you keeping up with the latest in W3C and WHATWG politics, the WHATWG declared their HTML5 specification to be a "living standard" called plain old HTML; and the W3C has stuck to their versioned, snapshot model of the more-or-less same specification, still calling it HTML5. (Confusing, huh?) Ian Hickson was editing both the W3C's HTML5, and the WHATWG's HTML "living standard", but has since stopped editing the W3C's version of HTML5 so others can cross the t's and dot the i's for the final W3C HTML5 snapshot, while he continues to work on the HTML living standard. In short, the future of HTML is still in one man's hands.


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I looked everywhere here and outside on the web and couldnt find an updated app\s. Does anyone know what I can do or all of the apps in homebrew borked for us Newer Wii folks?
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I looked everywhere here and outside on the web and couldnt find an updated app\s. Does anyone know what I can do or all of the apps in homebrew borked for us Newer Wii folks?
Which apps are not working for you? I think all of the apps (maybe not Neogamma) included in our App Pack (chapter 3 of softmod any wii guide) will work with newer remotes.
There are new versions of wiixplorer available, which will also work with the new remotes.
I am also unable to use wiixplorer or FTPii with my wiimote.Quote:
This "boot.dol" does in fact make NeoGamme UI functional with TR remote. (Model WIV Z-C4)
I had this .dol before I had to re-homebrew\hack my new box (I combined 2 other guides that didnt work) this one was complete in an hour (THANK YOU!)
Now that I haveNG working my new wii can't read [COLOR=#009900 !important]backup[/COLOR] discs haha!
I thought NG could load from USB but I'll have to use the cnf USB loader.
All is good and thank you for the information.
I have searched everywhere for a solution here and on the web but haven't had the google fu to find it. I just bought a 1T HDD and want to FTP to it but the apps in homebreww (Soft Mod Guide) don't have TR remote support (some).
Your help is greatly appreciated...
Let's keep things to one topic instead of spreading things too thin into unrelated threads.
Which version of WiiXplorer are you trying to run? Other than FTP software are you having any other apps with this issue?
I tried the apps downloaded off of the HomeBrew that I installed on my 4.3 - I assumed that they were the latest and greatest.
So far just these two and NG but I got the boot.dol here that fixed it.
NG (Now)
CFG loader
GX Loader
Don't work with remote:
HBB doesn't always have "latest and greatest". Often times new teams will take over the development of a project and they won't submit their apps to HBB.
Wiixplorer Version that I am having trouble with is r210
I deleted the FTPii (I preferred the WiiXplorer interface
That version is from Dec 2011, before the new dev kits with fixes for TR remotes was available.
The latest version of Wiixplorer is r259, and can be downloaded from here: http://code.google.com/p/wiixplorer/downloads/list
Here's a free tip about this program: from my thread here: http://www.wiihacks.com/general-home...shing-now.html


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The industry is bombarded with a new generation of planners. I think this is great, however, most of them are under the assumption that you ONLY need great organizational skills to call yourself a planner.
In fact a lot of brides, after planning their own wedding, love the process so much that they consider or think of themselves as planners. I think it takes much more than that.
This is one of the reasons I am involved with the Wedding Planning Institute. They have a very comprehensive class on wedding planning. (Yes folks, I admit I am self-promoting, but I am also trying to make a point.)
How much a planner charges is greatly affected by their area and expertise. However, I'll try to give you the different price structures I have encountered over the years:
1. A flat fee. This fee ranges and depends greatly on what people in your area are used to paying. However, you could also determine this fee by the amount of time you are putting into the event.
Big question: What is your hourly rate? If you do not have one, make one. For example: If you work four months on an event and work at least 50 hours a week on that event from start to finish, that is approximately 800 hours. If you charge $8,000, you are making $10 an hour–which is perfectly okay, if that is what you want.
2. Some planners charge a percentage of the total cost of the job. This could range from 10 to 20 percent, depending on your area. This means if a client spends $100,000 for everything (food, music, decor, etc) the planner could make anywhere from 10 to 20 thousand dollars, with the client's knowledge of course.
3. Some planners charge on an hourly basis. This is always a bit complicated, because most planners' minds are working 24 hours a day with ideas and concepts for their clients, so it can be tricky to also charge for that time.
4. Your clients are aware that you are charging your vendors 10 to 20 percent of the total cost of their bill for your payment. This is also a very tricky one. Lots of clients like this one because it does not cost them anything, or so they think. But in the long run, it does cost them by getting 10 to 20 percent less product. I have spoken to many beginners who use this model just to get started. However, I strongly recommend moving away from this practice quickly.
5. Charging a client a fee and also charging the vendors a commission without your client's knowledge. On this one, you are on your own. If you can actually do this and sleep at night? Bravo to you.
Event planning is still one of the most exciting and profitable businesses in our industry. However, like in any industry, it takes time, experience, integrity and talent before you can start charging the big bucks.
Are you having a difficult time charging for your planning services? Why? Is one of the only ways you can get jobs by paying commission? How do you feel about this?


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A councillor has spoken out against proposals which he says could have led to the closure of the recycling centre in Shipston-on-Stour.
Plans to close two of the seven recycling centres in Warwickshire were mooted by the minority Labour group on Warwickshire County Council in an amendment to the Conservative majority's budget proposals at a council meeting on February 5.
The amendment – although later voted down –proposed closing the centres to save an estimated £300,000, although it did not specify which centres would be shut.
Richard Cheney, Stratford-on-Avon district councillor for Shipston-on-Stour – who is also Labour – said he was "appalled" at the idea that councillors could even consider the closure of the Shipston Recycling Centre in Brailes Road .
"It's a well-used site where people can take their recycling and other waste they haven't managed to put out," he said.
"If this centre was closed the nearest site would be Stratford, which is 12 miles away, and so this would lead to a decline in recycling and an increase in fly tipping."
June Tandy, leader of the county council Labour group, said it was hoped the amendment would have saved money which could be diverted into protecting "front-line" services.


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Anyone want to let me try their CWB VIBE? i live in disco. Jason Callen?
so i am riding all weekend and going out around 4 tonight. im really want to try the Vibe out. I will give someone a pull if i can try their vibe. i know Jason has one, any other cwb guys? i dont want to pay for a demo program becasue if i dont like the vibe im just going to ride my old Double up.( im pulling it out the dust)
Jason has a 144 or 146...something like that.
I actually need to try one again. I'll see if I can pick up a demo and bring it out to disco this weekend. Text me at 5109319895 saturday morning if you haven;t found anything by then.
Thanks Jarrod, i should be going out tomorrow if you want to ride. i might need a second driver. i was going to ride tonight but this weather is killing me. hopefully it should calm down.
What time are you thinking in the morning i should get a hold of you before you come out this way?
If I was closer I'd let you use mine. I've got the 142 and think everyone should try the Vibe!
well thank you Stephen, how do you like the vibe?
Hows the wind in Disco right now? I'm heading up in a few hours
Call me in the morning. I'm going to try and pick one up .
the wind is alittle gusty right now.. usually when its gusty its not choppy in certain spots. im gonna head out and ride for a bit now. i will let you know how it was. cross your fingers. todays a gamble.
Thanks man i appreciate it. i will hit you up tomorrow morning
found some good water.. really on old river though... not really a fan though because it really narrow in some spots
Hey Michael. Sorry for the lag on response. We made the trek to Lake Nacimiento so I wasnt around to see this post but I would have gladly let you borrow it. Did you end up getting your hands on one? If not let me know when your out this way ridng again and Ill get you hooked up.
no problem man, i went out for a few friday and then just decided that i was over the wind and went to sac and then tahoe.. crazy weekend. so wednesday afternoon we are going out, would you like to come ride? more like after work. im working in oakland starting tomorrow and i dont exactly know what time i will be off, but hopefully be on the water by 5-6.
How do i get ahold of you? you want to go ride this afternoon?
I'm heading out to put the first set on my 142.
let me know how it rides. i really am trying to ride one and i know a bunch of people own them around me.
It took a bit of time to get used to it, but what a great board. It is a super fun board to press and slide on the water and great off the wake as well. It does ride just a tad loose, but you will adjust to it pretty fast. It was a late afternoon/evening set so we were just riding stock ballast, but I can't wait to ride a bigger wake.
At the end of my set, I caught my heelside edge, and got laid out, re-aggrevating my strained shoulder.
Highly recommend the Vibe.
could you compare the pop to any board? it sounds like fun. i started this season off riding the company recruit ad ever since i feel like i have been riding a ton of bricks with traditional boards. They just seem to clunky. have you tried any other flex boards? and if so does the vibe ride differently? like regular edging?
The only other flex board that I had rode previously was an older Roam. There were a couple of times yesterday when I got a bit squirrely , but I was able to ride out of it, that was one thing I noticed. I have been riding the Covin and a Lyman, so the Vibe isn't quite as fast as I am used to. I think the edging on the Vibe is good, if you have adequate technique. The fins offer a bit of aid in the edging. I feel that I can ollie a bit higher on the Vibe.
how was the pop compared to the lyman?
Not a huge difference, IMO. The Vibe has quite a bit of surface area which aids in the pop. It took me a couple of W2W jumps to get adjusted, but after that I didn't notice a significant difference.
sounds good to me. i started to like the recruit but it seemed alittle narrow. im a three stage kind of guy so i have a hard time finding a board tht will give me lofty pop, the flex i have noticed lets you ride up the wake instead of that bump feeling that normal boards give you. bad discription. i have still yet got to ride the vibe.
micheal > sorry for the lag dude. Been busy at work. email me at email@example.com. I'll be out riding all weekend this weekend. If your up this way let me know and I'll get that board to you. I have it set up with a pair of Marius boots so your more than welcome to try those at as well.
well i live in disco and your profile says you do to?
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i cannot find anywhere to change the layout properties for bbPress. It always shows a sidebar and this is terrible for a forums. It should be fullwidth, but I cannot find anywhere to change this setting. Even changing the default layout setting to fullwidth changes every page on the site except the forums. Please, this is absolutely necessary for my site to be proper and we can't go live without this. Thank you.
Please find forum.php and remove
//get the sidebar
Find this line of code
get_template_part( 'includes/loop', 'page' );
Change it to
get_template_part( 'includes/loop', 'forum' );
After that go to includes folder and duplicate loop-page.php. Rename the duplicated file to loop-forum.php. Edit it and find this code
<div class="<?php avia_layout_class('content'); ?> alpha units entry-content">
Replace it with

Hey there, did this solution work? I am having the same problem. Please see my forum at http://www.proteinsupermarket.com/forum. I have also tried to create a temple page for this but its this doesn't seem to work either. My forum base is 'forum', I create a page with the url /forum and create a template in the template builder and then link this template page in the /forum page settings, but again, it doesn't seem to work.
Hi proteinsuperm,
The template builder is unable to be used to hold pages that are created with plugins like bbpress or to have templates applied to them via the front end.
You'll need to modify the files themselves in order to change the layout.
Ah ha. Ok, thats a start. Thanks Devin. I'll get to work on modifying that then. Thanks Andy
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A strong woman doesn't have to have the body that only society wants.
A strong woman doesn't have to run a marathon.
A strong woman doesn't have to wear a size zero.
A strong woman doesn't have to have marvelous muscular masculine legs.
A strong woman doesn't have to bike up a mountain.
A strong woman doesn't have to work out for hours to make her tough.
A strong woman has the look of confidence written across her face.
A strong woman still stands tall when she is full of sorrow.
A strong woman does everything at a steady pace.
A strong woman won't be afraid.
A strong woman keeps her head held high.
A strong wouldn't care about what she weighed.
A strong woman never gives up.
A strong woman through hard times.
A strong woman is always tough.
Working long hours to make money,
She still makes time to ask,
"How was your day, honey?"
Instead of having a tall, strong stance,
She goes crazy
And she does the Carlton Dance.
She will turn your frown
Upside down.
She will always be there to help you-
For everything you go through.
She will have that shoulder to cry on.
Always- dusk until dawn.
She gives you the clothes on your back.
She gives you the food in your stomach.
She gives you the shelter above your head.
Even when she's hanging by a thread.
You may say your super-hero is Spiderman…
Or Superman…
But my hero is my mom…
Because my mom is a strong woman.
Copyright © Kimber James | Year Posted 2012
Life is not about seeking fame & fortune
life is beautiful in so many other ways
life is family 5 generations strong
sharing memories & stories from beyond
passing truth & love from a special bond
When you have family who stand strong
who are there for you in your storm
you have all the ritches in the world
golden treasures in eachother
all apart of one another..
Dedicated to Tracey & Melinda..
Copyright © kerry singleton | Year Posted 2013
I'm not sure how much more of this I can take,
At any given moment, I may break.
It's harder than I thought, to watch you die.
I say "I'm good", but it's just a lie.
Every visit, leaves me broken.
With every jumbled sentence spoken,
You fight so hard, to maintain your grip.
Even still, I watch you slip.
I'll laugh and smile, as long as I can,
But I am not as strong as you think I am
Copyright © Erica Gould | Year Posted 2011
Here I am
Just as myself
Never stepping down
Always in leadership
And I refuse to wear a frown
I've fluttered up from the bottom
Released my pessimistic views
Like a dove with broken wings
They have healed,
And away I flew
I can't be broken down
You will see me as a whole
The pieces held together
By my family pure as gold
I work to make my living
Sometimes it is so tough
But I wouldn't change a second
What is life without love?
In the place that I live
Not the nicest
Far from best
But we are working our way up
My family's stronger than the rest
Don't take me as a bragger
But my confidence is firm
If I can make it through a tragedy
Then surely,
I can make it through a storm
-Miranda Lambert-
*free verse
Copyright © Wandering Butterfly | Year Posted 2011
Strong woman
That woman
Who tears behind the mirror?
Made me who I am
My hardened heart she took
Tenderized it with love
Took my salty tears
Turned into joyful tears
That woman
Who sighs behind the mirror
Sighs in memory
Memories and feelings
Hardships she went through
To feed my whole stomach
That woman
The woman pulling back her mucors
Does so in fear
Fear that ill not be what she hoped
That teared woman
Crys in fast and prayer
Crys for my dark self
Cries for my future
That woman crying
Tears down her body fluids
Hopefully that her anger and disappointments
May atleast flow out with them
Her body almost running dry by now
That woman calls upon God
GOD atleast make him better
That woman cries for me
That woman cries for her lineage
That woman cries night and day
How I came to be
To be what I am
I don't know how
A slave of the world
A slave with one work song
A song entitled failure
The first stanza of calamity
The last stanza dead man where I am heading
Looking at her cry
Twists my brains
Is this what I am?
Is this my purpose to the world?
Is this the man the world wants?
Is this what God spent time Molding
Is this what the bible describes?
Just for her
Just for her I take my life back
Just for her God I stand strong
Just for her I say no
NO no no this is not me
Come mummy take this handkerchief
I don't wannna see those tears again
I love you mummy
Copyright © FRANCIS NZIOKI | Year Posted 2012
A beautiful man,
Strong at will,
Comforting those,
With more to spare,
A growth small,
Time will tell,
Walls of each cell,
Holding pain to fall,
History has lead,
The fact of death,
Given dates,
Marking with an X,
The heart keeps moving,
Promising a thin line,
Forming an answer,
Living or dying,
As he looks over,
The colors fade,
Moving slowly,
Squinting to see the shade,
His child kneels,
To pray for Dad,
The agony kills,
Expecting the bad,
Cold room,
Cold memories,
Many people in mind,
Pages listing,
Of information read,
Knowing what they could find,
Finding hope,
On each date to see,
The circle to know,
What's in store to dream?
We're not promised today,
But live like we are,
Know that some,
Just want to get far,
Cancer is sick,
The card not to pick,
Accepting new discoveries,
Remaining real is wealth,
Only promised this moment,
The rest is our health.
Copyright © Stacey Behal | Year Posted 2013
Many people dream of having what you share...
Love within
Each other!
Verisimilar love &
Enthusiastic promises of "Death Do Us Part"
Never-ending passion
Yearning of
Amatory of
Satisfaction of compromised love!
But only few stick together throughout the journey....
Copyright © constance johnson | Year Posted 2010
Stone, alone just rock.
Two stones perpetual kiss,
anchor endless walls.
Copyright © Adam Hapworth | Year Posted 2013
My Uncles' Hands Were Strong…
My uncles' hands were strong:
fathering children they never had.
My uncles' hands were strong;
yet gentle like the chiseled hands
of Michelangelo's Pieta:
strong saintly shooting hands
that touched tender souls with gentleness
only undying love could give.
On their bent backs
rose a Siamese nation
of oppressors and the oppressed:
a Janus nation whose face reflected
mockery of its supposed democracy.
My uncles' hands were strong;
strong like steel hammers and anvils:
strong fisted hands breaking chattel chains.
Yes, my uncles' hands were strong:
and the strong men just keep coming on…!
Copyright © millard lowe | Year Posted 2015
Daddy shut his eyes and cried,
each drop echoed in the waiting room,
the hollow halls echoed
babies crying.
Daddy shut his eyes and cried
his stern eyes looked away
and I asked him, "Daddy why are you crying?"
no reply.
Daddy shut his eyes and cried
not knowing what to do,
I danced in crinoline proper-pink,
first dress Daddy bought,
one I wore to see his smile.
Daddy shut his eyes and cried,
looked at me, smiled,
and gave me a bear-hug
"Your Mom's going to be okay"
Daddy shut his eyes and cried
the clock ticked twice,
out came mom in her wheelchair,
and Dad's eyes dried.
Copyright © Sarah Casey | Year Posted 2012
When I was young, I had no desire to grow roots.
Home happened where ever I kicked off my boots.
Now that I have traveled many lands,
I wish only to go back home.
To feel it, to see it, to hold it in my hands.
I wish no longer to roam.
Youth tends to be arrogant and blind.
Not knowing what I had, for home was mine.
Now it is the place for which I yearn.
The place from which I came, and wish to return.
The passing of time can have a strange effect on the heart.
After many wasted years, one wants to be back where we start.
Funny how being away for so long can change a soul.
Just as equally strange how coming home can make one whole.
This is where I will always belong,
For this is where my soul is at ease and my heart beats strong.
Sarah Comstock
Copyright © Sarah Comstock | Year Posted 2010
They break down and cry
I want us back
I want us together again
When is she coming home?
I want to give her a kiss
They are so young how would they understand?
Please don't wait for me don't cry for us
For one day you will see
That you are strong you can hold on
You can do this
I'm not saying you have to do this without me
Because I will always be there but be strong
I know you can
You have my blood in you
That's more than enough to convince me
Just keep this in your head
Stay strong
For these will be the words you need to learn to live by
I love you
Copyright © desiree lewis | Year Posted 2012
Let's Keep Marriage Strong!
In marriages, we often fail to
Be take time to communicate…
To be honest with each other…
Truthful and straight!
In each other… We need to look
for the BEST!
And not treat each other
like a "pest."
We don't need to speak words
that'll cause harm…
But to love each other with
an opened arm!
May we serve one another with
compassion and love!
Knowing we were brought together
from God above!
Just think about the first day
you were wed…
Remember the words; "I love you"
were often said!
We need to keep marriages together
no matter the cost!
Divorce leads to so much tragedy
and a huge loss!
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2012
To live and love,
is a blessing from above.
I watch my family grow everyday,
In every possible way.
My children are my life,
And soon I'll be his wife.
My love for my family continously grows,
And all the love they have for me really shows.
We have gone through so much together,
We'll fight side by side forever.
We are solid and strong,
And with that we'll never go wrong.
We fight everything that comes at us,
Nothing can take us down, not even a bus.
We are solid and strong,
And with that we'll never go wrong.
Copyright © Angela Nowell | Year Posted 2016
the first tree's get-go
that lovely good stem ago
oh! how very true
Copyright © Abdullah Alhemaidy | Year Posted 2017
I really miss my big strong man
and the way he touches me
with his big strong hands.
For now he has to be away from me,
but in 21 months, he will be free!!
He has his doubts, and I understand,
but only HE is my big strong man.
So until he is out and can be with his son & me,
I will wait until we two can be three.
We miss you daddy, and don't you forget,
because we DO remember, so don't you fret.
I think right now things are as they should be,
but don't ever forget that until the right time,
I will wait until my big strong man can hold me again
and walk a straight line!
Copyright © Holly Ivey Stubbs | Year Posted 2005
My family is a family
Of strong women
Of that there is no doubt
These women
Have withstood
The challenges of their times.
All of life's trials
The worst of the worst
History has not been kind
Deaths, rapes and murders
They have had to live with daily
Live with on their minds.
Unexpected circumstance
Have tested my ancestral women
And they somehow survived
And somehow they managed to live on
Sometimes all alone
And to go on and to thrive.
And now in the Halls of History
They can stand up and be counted
Among those women
Among the best of the best
Those who are still considered to be
Strong Women.
Copyright Christine A Kysely 2010 November 26, 2010
(c) Copyright 2010 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved
Copyright © christine a kysely | Year Posted 2010
So very strong, so very high and free on flying,
I am in love with you and keep in arms, we are not lying,
I feel this summer like one day where we are happy,
Smiling and far away from work and talk,
From cold and cheese now are dying:
Ice-cream no more!
Eat, this tomato-pomidor (or badenjano),
Was made from bold, many years milk was in cold
And dark place underground,
Eat now, please, my baby cheese, and I also try this piece,
It is the best restaurant that I found!
And when the sun would smell in the sky,
And we would together be like an ice with tonic, -
Kiss me and freeze by orange piece -
Our life is so supersonic!
This way is Music, not so grey,
It's very bright and merry day,
And people make this funny jazz
From sunny gas, yes, really on the way to the House
Of Singing and Dancing, hey-o-hey!
Let happy life be every day so sweet again
And merry music is always playing,
And I am flying,
And I am loving,
And I am praying!
Copyright © Atour Tamrazov | Year Posted 2006
I don't know how it started,
Not even how it all began.
But God created family,
Amd he gave us the grace to be part of the joy of a family.
The forever love of a family shows the great work of God,
To prevail, pass through, and to conquer over all our weakest of moments and times.
To give our time to mend a broken heart.
A family Is like a circle, the connection never ends,and even if at times it breaks, in time it always mends.
I was born into this race, when the rest of us were weak,
You have and shown courage at its highest pea, you are the true, define meaning of strength.
For we can all count on each other in both the good and bad moments of our life's.
We have each other's shoulder to cry on
Our ears to listen to our joy,
Our heart to live each other
And our hands to help out,
The love and support of a family is unconditional.
Copyright © Kelvin David Akhabue | Year Posted 2017


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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Bucharest and Bicycling: First Impressions
Never before have I seen such a head-spinning mix of old and new, big and small, restored and dilapidating - and yes, I've been to East Berlin and many formerly Soviet areas. Here is a gorgeous pre-War villa with wrap-around wrought iron balconies (notice the bicycle path, too).
And here is the view directly across the street.
Construction and renovation projects are everywhere, and it is clear that the city cares about preserving its unique historical buildings.
More variety.
Unusually shaped gables and towers; intricate art nouveau details.
Imposing facades stand "shoulder to shoulder" with tiny houses more characteristic of the countryside.
Wrought iron latticework is everywhere.
And grapevines.
But what about bicycles? Well, a few of the streets in the center do have bike paths. And I was pleased to see that the bicycle symbol in Bucharest comes with a full chaincase. But I do not see many actual bicycles on the streets, let alone any with a chaincase or other classic features.
The lack of cyclists is rather a mystery, because there are clearly some attempts at infrastructure and bike-friendliness going on - like these adorable bicycle racks at a local park.
And this bikeshare station, which appears to be sponsored by a mobile phone provider.
And this advert for a concert. Yet, hardly any any actual cyclists.
One reason for the lack of cycling could be the traffic patterns and the layout. Many streets in the center are wide, multiple-lane boulevards that go on forever and are gridlocked with cars. They do not look very inviting for cyclists. But I have no idea to what extent this is really the cause.
Another thing I am wondering about here, is the abundance of the telephone(?) wires. There are literally wads of wiring hanging off the poles. My colleagues who are traveling with me are all wondering about that.
Here is another view of the wires. Any ideas?
It is too bad that the cycling situation in Bucharest is so dire, because otherwise I like it here very much. It seems that a great deal of resources are being allocated towards keeping the city clean, improving urban infrastructure and transportation, renovating historical buildings, and supporting the arts. There are several sprawling parks here - all beautiful and meticulously well-kept. I have not used the subway yet, but the buses are shiny and new. Little convinience stores and kiosks sell water and ice cream on every corner. People are friendly and polite - no pushing on the streets, pleasant facial expressions, holding doors for each other. If you don't speak Romanian it should not be a problem, as a surprising number of people speaks very fluent English.
Being in Bucharest makes me wish I knew some locals and could get to know the place better; maybe even figure out the cycling mystery. I hope to have another occasion to come here in future.
26 comments:
I see you've been mainly in the center of the city.ReplyDelete
I travel approx 20 km per day in Bucharest, in my way to job and back. This town has now bike infrastructure. Those lines drawn on the ground are nothing but simple lines :)
Emillian - Yes, I cycle right on the roads in Boston and sometimes in Vienna, so in theory I agree. But I do not see many cyclists in Bucharest, on the road or otherwise. I am mainly in the center because not too much time to wander away from work. Where do you suggest I go? - I am here until Saturday.ReplyDelete
Velouria - beautiful photos! Maybe S. from Simply Bike can tell you more about biking there since she is originally from Romania :)ReplyDelete
I find Romania fascinating. It's one of my favorite places I've ever visited, and I would love to go back for more than a week. Will you get a chance to travel outside of Bucharest? The countryside is so, so beautiful.ReplyDelete
Hey,nice blog,nice to see u in bucharest.Not by far the most bike friendly city around,but things are looking bright and we have a lot of friendly cyclists;)ReplyDelete
We'd like to take u for a bike tour,if u have time..we can even lend u a nice bike if u need one.By "we" i mean www.frepets.ro and bikeblogbucuresti.blogspot.com and our friends(who all have lovely bikes)
How cool to be in Bucharest. It seems amazing, especially to explore by bike. That chaincase on the bikelane bike is classic.ReplyDelete
PS - That poster is for MIKA, a brit pop singer. It makes me very happy that MIKA hearts bikes.
bucharest seems nicer than i had imagined. then again, the conjured image that's been lodged in my mind dates back to the immediate post-soviet era, when romania was the poorest post-east bloc country, even by soviet standards.ReplyDelete
i'm guessing that membership in the EU has brought about a large influx of EU money for improving infrastructure and economy.
the architecture does look interesting, and there seem to be similarities to prague in the variety, in the sense that there is an integration (for better or worse) of old and new, along with soviet-era monolithic style thrown into the mix. in downtown prague, you can find find 1970s monolithic concrete buildings erected next door to 17th century baroque buildings.
Hey Velouria,ReplyDelete
how fun that you should be in my home country! Your observations are pretty spot on, it's what makes Bucharest so unique for me too - the very interesting juxtaposition of old and new; Communist era ugly and pre-Communist elaborate; the renovated and the falling apart....it's just such an eclectic city. But you're right - Romanians are very friendly and my husband, who's American and doesn't speak much Romanian, has always felt like lots of people made an effort to speak English with him and to make him feel welcome.
As for biking in Romania, I tried very hard to make it happen for us this past June when we were just there. Having successfully done a bike tour of Prague, we really wanted to rent bikes and even pay for a guided bike tour in some Romanian cities but couldn't really find any companies offering that. There are some multi-day Alps bike trips through Transylvania, but not really what we had in mind. I think the cycling culture in Romania is still a work in progress. But based on a number of Romanian based bike blogs I've come across, I think there is an interest there for sure.
As for your question of what to see... here are some tips although I don't know where you are and where you can go...
You should definitely check out the Parliament Building if you can. It was started by Ceausescu during the Communist era (and never finished) and it's the largest civilian admin. building in the world. It's really impressive and both sad when you think of how poor people where while all these resources were being spent on building it. After the revolution, people wanted to tear it down but it would cost more to destroy it than it does to maintain it, ha!
Another cool place is the rooftop terrace and bar/restaurant on top of the National Theater Building that is located at the "Piata Universitatii" (translation: University Square). The place is called "La Motoare":
Great beer and awesome graffiti art work.
And also a great evening spot to check out: This alley with cool bars and hookah cafes called "Valea Regilor" (translation: The King's Valley), located in the "Calea Victoriei" (Victoria's Path...something like that for the street name in English)..
Great outdoor seating and people watching and very unlike the rest of the eating spots in town...has much more of a Moroccan vibe than a European one.
Sorry for the very long comment, I was just so surprised to see you there and I wish you a wonderful stay in my home country :) If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an email.
This post in a lot of ways reminds me of Vilnius, Lithuania. It also has the language disparity, being from the Baltic language group (which it only shares with Latvia), in an area again mainly surrounded by slavic languages (or Finno-Ugric in the case of Estonia).ReplyDelete
One of the biggest things that struck us there was both the preservation of historic buildings, and the mix of old and new, large and small, and so many different styles of buildings. You have a church that was built in the 1300's, and re-decorated in the 1600's sitting next to this awful concrete soviet apartment building, and just down the block is a modern glass sky-scraper.
It makes for a very interesting cityscape.
I never rode a bike when I lived there, though looking back I think I could easily have done so, because the traffic was very light, and often restricted, especially in the center of the city and the old town.
We'll be back there in September, so I'm excited to see what has changed in the last 6-7 years.
somervillain - The "poorest country in Eastern Europe" was basically my pre-visit impression as well, based on things I had read and heard. The other thing I heard was "lots of new money and huge shiny SUVs". In reality? Okay, there is some visible poverty and some display of new money. But if you compare the atmosphere to say, Belgrade or Sofia, or even Moscow, I think Bucharest has much less of either, and there is generally a less materialistic feel to it. Also, I feel that Bucharest has chosen to use whatever money is coming in from the west in a way that more obviously benefits the city and its residents as a "community". In particular, the parks are so nice and so clean that I am stunned. Even the garbage containers are beautifully designed. The streets, at least in the center (and that's a pretty large area) are safe at night. People are dressed nicely, but any country's standards. I don't mean to make it sound like some shiny new paradise; it is not. But the atmosphere is open and positive without being hyper, for lack of better description - which I do not see in other Eastern European countries.ReplyDelete
Iulia - Thank you so much for the invitation; I will have to see what my work-schedule tomorrow is like and will try to get in touch!ReplyDelete
Simply Bike - Thank you for the suggestions! I have walked through most of the center now and have been to the Arcul de Triumf and Parcul Herastrau (where I finally rode a bike! - more on that later). I have not been to most of the other places you mentioned and will try to go tomorrow (my last full day). This is also the first time I hear about your website; will definitely stop by!
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Anonymous - thanks for the mention. I had no idea there were so many cycling blogs in Bucharest - I have been informed about 4 today already!ReplyDelete
Margo - I am pretty much chained to Bucharest while here. I have passed through the Romanian countryside when I was young and remember how beautiful it was.
Kara - This goes to show how out of touch with popular music I am!
portlandize - I have never been to Vilnius, though many of my friends have. I look forward to your report in September!
Hello Velouria :) How nice that you are in Bucharest. If you don't have time to see us, please let us know next time. It would be a pleasure to meet you.ReplyDelete
@ Simply Bike - If you want to discover some beautiful places in Romania I recommend you to check this: http://www.carpatbike.ro/index.htm You'll find a lot of information that might interest you. CarpatBike is offering fully supported cycling holidays in different regions of Romania :)
nice blog! living in this city my whole life and trying to bike in it, I agree with most of your post.ReplyDelete
from direct, personal experience I can tell you that there are very few cyclists that really bike in Bucharest. a lot of people attend cycling-related events, but very very few of them actually bike- during the summer it's too hot to cycle, winter is too cold and snowy, and spring and autumn are, of course, rainy :))
a lot of the wires are, I think, for internet- you probably noticed that we have very good internet speed- that comes with a price:-)
Velouria - can't wait to see the rest of your posts on Romania! (As for my blog, it's still in the baby stages, but I'd be thrilled to have you stop by!)ReplyDelete
Andreea - thanks for the tip! I would definitely love to do an extended bike tour of the Carpati or other parts of Romania at some point. Right now, my time there is always spent with family and friends so I was trying to find just one day bike trips to enjoy. I was surprised that places like Cluj or Brasov didn't have guided bike tours available, seeing how developed and modern they are. I only found a place in Sibiu where bike tours where available.
you could try biciclete Brompton, or Brompton fanclub by Veloteca. These folks are Brompton (folding bike) users. There are vids of their rides cycling and chatting as they glide through..I don't know what part of Romania. Bromptons are expensive, so these folks may not be typical.
I hadn't thought to associate the bunches of overhead cable with the internet. It used to be that in parts of Ireland you could see something similar, but this was because underground cable-routing was too expensive. Milo.
Oana - Yes, there is very good internet coverage here : )ReplyDelete
Milo - Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to compile all these local resources in my next post for anybody else interested, too.
Welcome to Bucharest, Velouria! :) Because I saw that you travel a lot, I hope that you'll have the occasion to come back again in Romania in order to complete your overview on our country, also with beautiful landscapes taken on country roads, wild nature, romanian customs...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Those overhead telephone lines (some may carry electricity)are 'remanents' from the past system - they are still in use in some eastern Euro and Asian towns.They would eventually be underground when the governments/city or town councils 'modernise'/refurbish infractures or when they adopt 'new technologies' - such as the use of optical cables, etc.ReplyDelete
Yes, many of east European towns and cities have extremely beautiful 'ancient' bulidings and the juxtaposition of such buildings and modern monstrous skysrapers (most are 'ugly' to me)is unfortunately unavoidable. What is/would be most regrettable is that a number of such architecturally unique & beautiful buildings 'might actually' be lost in the hands of 'undiscerning' city fathers who are wantonly (and 'irrationally' ... in some cases) exuberant in wanting to completely and speedily 'modernise' their countries (This is more so in Asia than in Europe).
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 5:05 AM
Oooops .... 'infractures' should read 'infrastructures' . Sorry, huh! :PReplyDelete
Romanians are a Latin race in a Slavic region. Their Dacian ancestors were conquered by the Romans and forcibly Romanized. The name of the country pays tribute to the Romans and Romanian is the nearest living descendant of Old Latin - if it had survived down to our day. Modern Bucharest has been referred to often as "Paris Of The Balkans." A visit amply confirms the judgment.ReplyDelete
Hello. Stumbled upon your article about your trip to bucharest and couldn't help myself from sharing a few words. I've been using my bike as my only means of transportation in bucharest for a while now and it's not exactly a picnic. Those bike lanes in the centre tend to be full of pedestrians and parked cars and they also begin and end quite abruptly - they're nowhere to be found if you venture away from km 0. Most people i know find it too scary to ride on the street and too inconvenient and slow to use the sidewalks. Pedestrians and drivers here both frown upon (or openly curse) passing cyclists. Our major problem is bike theft - from central locations, from blocks and balconies, from school courtyards, anywhere really.. and not only good and expensive ones, any kind of bikes, from last year and from 20 years ago, functional or otherwise. It's our infrastructure and the immense number of cars in Bucharest that make it virtually impossible to have a proper system of bike lanes - that's why it's not a popular means of transportation. You have to be able to appreciate a jolt of adrenaline once in a while if you take your bike into the streets and then again if you lock it somewhere not tried and tested. (mine was actually stolen from a church's courtyard). In this domain as in all others, our country needs education. I'll end my babble here. Ps - that girl you photographed is a childhood friend, you've made me realised i miss her - thank you! As for those cables, if they ever decide to bury them, bucharest is going to look bombarded for the countless years it would take to complete..ReplyDelete
The cables look like a part of some sort of mass-transit network for birds and squirrels.ReplyDelete
Your descriptions and photos of Bucharest are fascinating. I, too, have always had the impression that most people have had since the days just after the fall of the Soviet empire. (All empires fall after they meddle in Afghanistan.)
The photo with the traffic patterns is interesting: the wires form a kind of fence or halo, depending on how you look at them, around that building.
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2010 at 11:15 PM
All the phone wires remind me of Haiti, There it is the product of alot of handy/resourceful people picking up the slack from a utility system that can't keep up. Maybe some of this is freelance infrastructure as well.ReplyDelete
Bucharest as you show it does not agree with the John LeCarre novel inspired vision in my head(big surprise, huh). It sheds a little light on something I have wondered about sometimes when listening to Andre Codrescue(sp?)on N.P.R.,"How can he fit in so well down there in New Orleans?" Now I know. I love New Orleans and the vibe I get from your photos and prose is so like my memories of there that I understand how Brother Codrescue could slip right in.
Cracking post!
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2010 at 12:46 PM
you should visit it on bike in weekend because the traffic is very goodReplyDelete


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