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I'm sharing this thrifty end table makeover with you all today (done with Chalk Paint)
I recently painted another end table for my Family Room to use beside my couch.
It was a little thrifty end table too.
What else? ;)
You can see it in this post here. It's pictured beside my white Chalk Painted arm chair but I actually used it beside my couch.
Then I came across this one at the thrift store and couldn't pass it up.
I mean, how cute is this?
I liked that it had a drawer and a lower shelf. The other one didn't have the drawer.
The thing I liked about both tables is the height. Most end tables are too low for my liking.
These were both great in that regard.
But I felt the other table (in the link above) was a bit too plain and too porch-y. (and that's where it ended up, on my back screened porch)
This one felt more in line with the rest of the furniture in my Family Room
Kind of orange-y stained. I had originally planned to sand/restain/refinish the top but that plan didn't work out too well.
The wood underneath was not fabulous. ( I sanded )
So I decided to paint it in a two tone finish instead.
I used my Pure White/Old White blend (I talk a lot about this in my other posts…it's a favorite shade of mine)
I used a paled down blend of Duck Egg Blue for the shelf and the drawer front.
Ignore the Shop Vac in the background…it's there for the built in "bookshelf/cabinet wall" that will never be complete.
I fib…a little…it will be complete, some day. Life is busy, right?
It's hard to keep up with it all and complete all these projects we have going on.
And really, who doesn't live in a state of constant construction and DIY projects in their midst?
Oh, you don't? Okay, okay, it's not normal, I know. (and truth be told, it does drive me a little crazy at times!)
But it's finally warm and who wants to be inside working when we can be outside making the yard beautiful (and, um, starting new projects)?
I don't!
One day, my beautiful built in bookcase/cabinet will be done. It might be next winter…but it will get done.
So, as you can see above and below I decided to use some scrapbook paper for the drawer as a liner.
Or "drawer flair" as I decided to call it. What was that movie where they all had to wear the "flair" (pins) all over their shirts for work.
Office Space? I think that's it. Funny movie.
I have drawer flair. :)
The "drawer flair" would also include the painted sides (Scandinavian Pink Chalk Paint).
What a fun little surprise when you open the drawer, right?
And how about that cute as heck coaster my sister gave me …. "When all else fails, drink wine". Love that.
'Eh'…to ehhhhxtra special! :)
Lots of corny in this post today! ;)……. but I am loving my little table.
Much better, right?
Can't wait to finish this room and share it here. I showed you some of it in my Holiday Tour but I've changed/added some things since.
The Holiday Tour didn't show every angle of the room either.
I have lots in the works still!
Plus, and trust me on this, you don't want to miss all the "fabulous" before photos….and why we nicknamed this room "The Cave" when we moved in.
A little peek at one corner….leading to the entry/foyer.
I really, (really, really really!) want the IKEA white Ektorp slip covered furniture in this room.
Not loving the tan leather anymore (although it is quite comfy, I must admit)
But my dear, sweet husband is not quite on board with all white furniture……..yet. ;)
Silly man.
So another look at the before and after of this little thrifty end table turned re.loved treasure.
Like this thrifty end table makeover…with Chalk Paint? Pin it to save it!
By the way, the lamp is getting a makeover too.;)
I know some of you don't like all this painted furniture. I love it and it is very fitting for the coastal, casual (and very eclectic!) feel of my home.
I also love natural wood and wood grain, however, and have quite a few pieces with it.
At least one piece/top in each of my rooms.
I have even started to add small natural wood touches here and there (not necessarily furniture) for some depth, texture and contrast to my decor.
I adore different textures and contrast and find I end up with lots of both as I pick things out for my home.
Here are a few things to come….I painted my laundry room this weekend and will be sharing it as soon as I finish a few 'small' projects in there.
My guest bath downstairs is about complete. I'll be sharing it with you soon!
I just finished painting a "french-y" graphics cabinet for our Family room. (to house our cable box and such)
I have some fun stenciled night stands I finally completed.
I also have a review of Modern Masters Metallic paint coming on Monday.
….and a fun new beach-y sign AND shelf for my Family Room soon too! (told you, lots going on in there ;) )
And lastly…(well, not really, there is never a "lastly" concerning projects around here!!! ha!) I'm working on a flowered French print tray for a post I will be doing along with several of my blogger friends…that's coming next week too.
So, as always, stay tuned! Lots more to come!
Hope you all have a fabulous rest of the week and weekend!! :)
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Family, friends remember Jenna Erickson, who died Saturday
22-year-old was killed in a car accident near Steamboat
February 9, 2011
Memorial service
A memorial service and funeral are Friday and Saturday in Maryland. June Erickson said her family plans to visit Steamboat in spring for a memorial service at Fish Creek Falls. Donations can be made in Jenna Erickson's name to STARS, P.O. Box 770208, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, or by calling 970-870-1735.
Steamboat Springs — Friends, family and co-workers have no shortage of ways to describe Jenna Erickson.
Ask roommate Leigh Mastin and she'll say vibrant, bubbly, full of energy, spontaneous and extremely friendly. Ryan Simms, manager of Black Tie Ski Rentals, where Erickson worked full-time since November, said it was obvious she enjoyed life from the constant smile on her face.
And Erickson's mom, June, like any doting mother, could go on forever.
"She was fun-loving. She was funny. She was adventurous," June Erickson said. "She was very mature and level-headed, but she knew how to have a good time. She knew how to play the dumb blonde, but she wasn't a dumb blonde. She was the kid that any mother would want to have."
Erickson, 22, was killed in a car crash Saturday night on U.S. Highway 40 just west of Steamboat. The Crofton, Md., native would have turned 23 this weekend. Instead, her family will hold a funeral for her in Maryland.
According to the Colorado State Patrol, troopers were called at 7:33 p.m. to mile marker 129 on U.S. 40, near M&M Auto. Erickson was driving a 1994 Buick LeSabre eastbound on U.S. 40 when the car drifted across the snow-packed road into the westbound lane. It was struck on the passenger side by a 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup driven by 49-year-old David Moll, of Steamboat.
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Erickson, Moll and his passenger, 51-year-old Mary Ray, also of Steamboat, were taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center.
Doctors at YVMC worked for three hours to save Erickson, but the injuries to her abdomen, chest and head were too severe. Moll and Ray suffered minor injuries and were treated and released.
June Erickson said her daughter's love for the outdoors, skiing, hiking and kayaking attracted her to Steamboat during her first visit in January 2010. She moved to town by the end of the month, leaving the University of Maryland six credits shy of a degree in Japanese.
"She absolutely loved the Steamboat community," June Erickson said. "She loved the people there. She felt very welcome there. She felt very safe there. She made some wonderful friends from all walks of life."
It didn't take Erickson long to make an impact in Steamboat.
Mastin said Erickson would be missed by a lot of friends. Julie Taulman, executive director of Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports, where Erickson volunteered, said in an e-mail that she was a great asset to the success of the program that serves people with disabilities. Chris Ward, owner of Aloha's, a medical marijuana dispensary in Milner where Erickson worked part time, said she was part of the store's family.
Her boyfriend, Max Atwell, said everyone liked her.
"I just want her to know how much I miss her and how much I care about her and how much I love her," Atwell said Wednesday. "I just want everyone to know that the world is truly a lesser place without her."
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|July 19, 2009, 03:07 AM
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Im sure its been said, But Radio shack carries Greenies handheld. I had one. Its great fun, But you can easily blind yourself cause the light is intense. It probally wont permanatley damage your eyes, but You only see green for about 5 or 6 minutes. So it would be good to blind the target.
|July 19, 2009, 03:35 AM
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When I was in Iraq, we got issued 10 of these green lasers per platoon. Then we were yelled at for about 20 minutes because they were so expensive and we, and I quote, " Had better not lose or break them, because if you do you had better hope AIF gets you!" As quoted directly from my platoon sergeant. The were ridiculously expensive, apparently. So we rode around with them for a few months. They did excel at one thing. At night, they are WAAAAY more effective than warning shots! We would have cars that wouldn't see us at night, and they'd get lit up with greenbeams. Boy would you hear brakes squeal then! Mostly they were just tailgaters and curfew violators. Those things blind the hell out of you. We finally dumped them after the novelty wore off. I preferred my Surefire vertical foregrip/tac-light.
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|July 19, 2009, 07:10 PM
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Man am I glad this was asked. I was thinking of putting a laser on my AR. I will look at the green ones after hearing all of this. Thanks all.
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|July 21, 2009, 09:56 PM
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Any idea on the milliwats (mw) for those green lasers? I'm not sure a 5mw would be as effective....
|July 23, 2009, 01:39 PM
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Quick notes on the Viridian X5L (now that I've received it):
(1) regarding the DOT (end point of the beam only): in near complete darkness, INSIDE my house, the DOT is superbright and will light up the entire area it hits IF it hits a non-reflective surface (Hit something like a picture frame and it diffuses a bit); it is far far brighter than my Crimson Trace red lasers (in appearance to the human eye anyway)
-- with the above, there is NO WAY someone wearing normal clothes and in an enclosed environment (car or house) isn't going to notice the dot on themselves and the light spreading from it
(2) regarding the BEAM: in a DIMLY lit room, if you look very hard, you can see the beam if you are very close to it -- otherwise, it may as well not be visible; in a DARK room, you can more easily discern the beam, even from a distance (I could only go as far as 10' from it before hitting a wall); the BEAM itself does not scatter enough light to light up its path in any meaningful way; the tiny amount of particulate inside my house (i.e. dust) sparkled occasionally in the beam -- I imagine outside in remotely dusty environment and the beam would really put on a show (similar to what Viridian's own video shows on their website).
(3) DAYLIGHT -- in a brightly lit room (daylight through windows + overhead lights), picking up on the green dot remained near instantaneous (from the shooter's perspective) whereas the crimson trace dot could get lost if focused on a non-dark end point; both were still quite capable of being useful at the max distance I had a chance to try them (about 45 feet)
(4) NIGHT/DARK -- here's where it is interesting... where the Crimson Trace red dot is just as useful in targeting as it's green brethren, the one major difference here is that it ISN'T too bright to be a problem in tight quarters... while I understand you shouldn't go with constant on beams in a tactical situation, I would note that if you are in the dark and scanning a room with the green laser, if/as you lase over a nearby wall/door, the intensity of the green light may impact your own night vision; the red doesn't have the same impact... of couse, used properly, the extreme brightness in the dark of the green is a great weapon/deterrent in and of itself... splash it over someone's eyes at night and they'll be seeing spots [note: not tested nor recommended] I imagine the same thing would hold true for a flashlight... a super bright beam thrown down range is fine, but bounce that off of a wall 3 feet from your own face (in the dark) and it could be a problem.
The rifle I plan to mount this on is due in shortly. I'll follow up with a more hands-on range report once I get the chance to take 'er out. In case I opt for another laser for the rifle, I also bought a holster that can be used with this light mounted on my SigP226 (a Blackhawk Omega VI holster).
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|July 23, 2009, 02:26 PM
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Ah they're just toys to me. I could run the dog I used to have into the wall with it, but my new dog is too smart for that.
I did get to use mine as a deterrent one time. A group of "homies" were bothering my son and kept driving by or sitting in front of the house to intimidate him so I put the laser inside with them one time and voila' they wanted to leave and never saw them again for some reason???
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I like night sights. But, don't like lasers. Night sights are just there if you need them - no switches, no batteries, and nothing to give away your position. For home defense, I want to be as stealthy as possible and let the BG give away his position. That means no shotgun "cha-chink", no racking the slide, no lasers and no flashlights. Just me and my gun.
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I like night sights. But, don't like lasers. Night sights are just there if you need them - no switches, no batteries, and nothing to give away your position. To me, a handgun with lasers and/or flashlights is like a Harley with loud pipes. Great for letting people know you're there....but doesn't do a damn thing for getting the job done any faster.
For home defense, I want to be as stealthy as possible and let the BG give away his position. That means no shotgun "cha-chink", no racking the slide, no lasers and no flashlights. Just me and my gun.
|July 28, 2009, 01:21 PM
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now if only crimson trace would release green lasers i would be all over them!
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|July 29, 2009, 11:41 AM
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Obviously, a green laser company would have to call itself the Green Lantern Corps but then it would get sued by DC and Warner Brothers.
When I can hang a power ring on my AR - that will be something.
I wonder if folks suffer from gadet choice in a crisis? Makes sense from a human factors point - too many controls to choose from.
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|August 4, 2009, 06:17 PM
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I prefer the bright, white lasers....
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splash it over someone's eyes at night and they'll be seeing spots [note: not tested nor recommended] I imagine the same thing would hold true for a flashlight.
There is a real difference between the green laser and flashlight. I have the military version of the green laser, and with the flashlight you just loose night vision, with the green laser, you are blind for 5 to 20 minutes...nothing permanent, but it truly panics the heck out of your opponent.
Also in a very dark room, the "splatter" effect of the green laser, while putting it in the eyes of your target, it allows visibility to determine if he/she has an accomplice. Then a quick move to that smiling face, and you own the night.
Move quietly, and if you know any basic marshal arts, put them on the ground, (remember they are blind). If they have weapons, do not endanger yourself, unless you have the training. Remember the old saying...."Violence and sex, you can't enjoy one if you don't survive the other"
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A native of Franklin County, Mrs. Massey was a daughter of the late George and Alice Dove and was the widow of Levis Massey. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Pat Shipes and Farey Jean Massey. She was retired from the textile industry and was a member of Royston Baptist Church.
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AMHERST — Laurie Cogan can be relentless. She has high expectations for the Amherst program, and does not allow her players to settle for anything less.
That's a big reason why the Comets are playing in their seventh regional semifinal match in Cogan's 23 years in charge.
"On the court she can be your worst enemy… in your ear, chirping constantly, telling you what you're doing wrong and how to fix it," senior Mallory Sliman said. "Off the court she's your mother. She takes care of every one of us every day. On the court she nit-picks, but we know that's just to make us better."
Cogan's main concern is that her players do not settle for less than they could be. She calls "wasted potential" her pet peeve, and expects the same approach from those who suit up for her program.
"She sees things in a player other coaches might not notice, and she works as hard as she can to make sure you live up to that potential," said Olivia Sliman, who played for Cogan in 2008. "She will not sleep until she gets every ounce of ability out of you, and you can't help but to become a better volleyball player."
It all starts in junior high, when younger players in the district come to Cogan's volleyball camps. At the camps she is not only coaching, she is evaluating. She starts to pay close attention when the seventh-graders hit the floor, hoping to see what kind of players will be coming to Amherst in the near future.
"I can't look into a crystal ball and see who can and who cannot make it, but I usually don't miss on many kids," Cogan said with a grin.
Once those kids hit high school they join a program that most likely will be a part of their lives for a long time.
"She creates bonds with all the players she has," senior setter Riley Schenk said. "And she's dedicated to them. She really has a connection with everyone that has come through this program and maintains a relationship with all of them."
Her current and former players are extremely loyal to her and to the Comets program, mainly because Cogan has earned their respect. There is no real secret as to why — she is consistent and tells the truth.
"If you aren't living up to coach's standards, she'll let you know," Schenk said. "Wasted potential really bothers her, and I think that's why we really don't have very much of that here at Amherst. Everyone that comes through this program knows what it's about, knows what Coach expects and understands that she has made Amherst volleyball what it is. If you have potential, you aren't going to waste it with Coach Cogan."
Mallory Sliman agrees.
"She just wants everyone to perform at their best," she said. "She really inspires you because she wants everyone to be so good individually because that makes the team better. During the season it's all about the team, but you still work on your individual skills because you know you have to get better to help the team. Coach really stresses that.
"If you have a question you will get a straight answer from her. You might not always like it, but she will always tell you the truth. She'll tell you what you have to do to improve, how you have to do it and why you should do it. She gives you the exact answer, doesn't make you guess about anything."
This season Cogan has noticed something different about her team, a rare sense of unity that has made her job a lot easier than usual.
"This group loves each other. They are such a strong unit of girls," Cogan said. "They don't care who gets their name in the paper and they don't care about stats — they care about winning. They don't care about playing time or worry about what position they're playing. They root for each other. They care for each other and have each others backs.
"I've had some very close teams and this is one of the closest groups I've ever coached. When you see how much they enjoy each other it makes it so much fun for the coaches to come in here and be around that. It just spreads. They make my job easier and make coming to the gym a lot more enjoyable."
Though the conference championships and trips to the regional tournament are nice, Cogan has a clear goal every year when she embarks on yet another volleyball season.
"I've met a lot of wonderful young ladies," she said. "I hope in some way, shape or form I have impacted their lives somehow, some way in a positive direction. My goal is simple, if a player has the desire to play past high school, I want to make sure our program does not prevent that from happening. We want to actually help the player move on to the next level.
"I also want them to be proud of this program and know I care about each one of them, regardless of what they did on the court. This really is one big extended family."
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Amherst (22-3) vs. Strongsville (23-3)
WHEN: Tonight, 7:30
WHERE: Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, 6380 Mill Road, Broadview Heights.
AT STAKE: A berth in Saturday's regional final against the winner of the Kenston/St. Ursula Academy match.
DIRECTIONS: Take I-480 East to I-77 via Exit 20A-B toward Akron/Cleveland. Merge onto I-77 south via Exit 20B toward Akron. Take Wallings Road exit, Exit 151. Turn left onto Wallings Road. Take first right onto Mill Road. Travel 1.1 miles and the school will be on your right.
COLORS: Green and Gold
CONFERENCE: Southwestern Conference
COACH: Laurie Cogan
LAST REGIONAL APPEARANCE: Lost to Cincinnati St. Ursula in the 2010 regional final.
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Defeated Lorain 25-11, 25-6, 25-16. Defeated North Olmsted 25-11, 25-17, 18-25, 25-19. Defeated Elyria 18-25, 25-15, 20-25, 26-24, 18-16 to win the Grafton district championship.
FAST FACT: The Comets were able to complete their Southwestern Conference schedule with a perfect 12-0 record. Their final conference win of the season came on the same floor they will be playing on tonight.
TOP PLAYERS: Senior setter Riley Schenk, a Cleveland State signee, averages 9.1 assists per set. This season Schenk has handled the ball 1,902 times with just 11 errors. Senior hitter Mallory Sliman leads the Comets with 321 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Ashley Makruski was second on the team with 270 kills, while freshman libero Madison Cruzado led the way with 466 digs (5.9 digs per set).
COLORS: Green and While
CONFERENCE: Northeast Ohio Conference
COACH: Erick Sopata
LAST REGIONAL APPEARANCE: First appearance in regional tournament.
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Defeated Berea-Midpark 25-9, 25-11,
25-11. Defeated St. Joseph Academy 25-10, 25-14, 25-18. Defeated Magnificat 25-27, 22-25, 25-22, 25-9, 15-8.
FAST FACT: Strongsville is riding a 15-match winning streak and has not lost a best-of-five match this season. The Mustangs lost twice to St. Ursula and once to Lake Catholic in best-of-three matches.
TOP PLAYERS: Kelsey Bittinger, a 6-foot senior outside hitter, had 293 kills and 294 digs during the regular season. She had 30 digs and 20 kills in the Mustangs' five-set district final win over Magnificat. Jackie Fabec, a 5-11 senior middle/outside hitter, had 30 kills against Magnificat. She had 217 kills during the regular season. Senior setter Andi Mott led the Mustangs with 607 assists during the regular season. She handed out 60 assists in the Magnificat match.
SCOUTING REPORT: Both teams proved to be resilient, putting together stirring comebacks to win their respective district championships. Amherst was down 24-16 to Elyria, already down two games to one, before reeling off 10 straight points to come back. They then were able to win the fifth game, 18-16. Strongsville was down to Magnificat, 2-0 in sets before winning three straight to win the district crown. The Mustangs got stronger as the match wore on, outscoring Magnificat 40-17 in the final two sets.


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Clemson Univ. Extension has a publication about creating an inviting environment for hummingbirds, and I was able to bring copies of that, too.
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The craft that I hadn't seen before involved making little hummingbirds out of peanuts. They were super-cute! I was told that a lot of adults wanted to make these, too, but there weren't enough prepared peanut bodies for more than just the kids to make these.
The peanuts had been pre-painted with white paint, a toothpick had been stuck into a hole to be the beak, and little tulle wings had been tied with twine and hot-glued on. The kids needed to determine whether their bird would be male or female, and paint the peanut accordingly.
The very last picture in the set is included for my Mom, who needs to use her walker more. She has a hairline fracture in her lower leg that resulted from a fall a couple of weeks ago.
Several people made use of walkers at the event. They were well-prepared for the uneven ground and a morning outside in the August heat.


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Has anyone noticed that all of the Win32 documentation has something like this for each API:
Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is NO_ERROR.
If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.
Something about the ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER error
A system error code defined in WinError.h.
I can't think of the number of people who have complained about the last line in the table. Why on Earth can't Microsoft bother to document the errors returned from this API anyway? Are they being stupid or something?
Actually the answer's somewhat simpler. We've been burned by doing this in the past, and we're not willing to get burned again.
One of the pieces of memorabilia I have on my desk is a copy of the MS-DOS 2.0 reference manual (published by Microsoft in 1984). On page 1-143, near the description of the Create Handle API (the MS-DOS equivilant of open()). It indicates that the API has the following return values:
Carry set:
3 = Path not found
4 = Too many open files
5 = Access denied
That's it. Microsofts (and IBMs) documentation specified the complete set of errors returned by all the DOS APIs. We told all our customers that the ONLY error codes that the INT 21, 0x3DH API would return are errors 3, 4, and 5. And you know what? Our customers believed us, and they wrote their apps with that assumption.
Well, along came DOS 3.1, which added support for networking. And with that came a whole host of ways for the APIs to fail. Things like "Network path not found" (the file is on a server and the server's down). Or "Sharing Violation" (someone else has the file open and they're not letting you access the file).
Originally, the DOS developers just returned the new error codes, thinking that most app authors were smart enough to realize that there might be other error codes returned from the APIs in the future. And we started testing.
And we discovered just how wrong that assumption was. Apps crashed left and right. EVERYONE'S apps crashed. Why? Because Microsoft and IBM had told them that they would never see any errors other than 3, 4 or 5. And since RAM was at an absolute premium on these machines, they didn't waste valuable code space on useless features like error checking for errors that could never ever be generated. When your app is going to be running on a machine with 64K of RAM, then defensive programming becomes an optional feature.
So Microsoft invented the DOS error mapping table. It defined a mapping from all the new error codes into the DOS 2.0 set of error codes. To find the REAL error code, you called the "Get Extended Error" API which returned you the "real" reason for the failure.
This table still exists in the Longhorn source tree (just for grins, I looked it up the other day). It's in the NTVDM logic, so it's not a part of any of the Win32 logic, but the bottom line is that it's still there. And it's likely that we'll never be able to get rid of it (at a minimum, we're not going to be able to get rid of it until we get rid of the 16 bit DOS support, which isn't gonna happen anytime soon).
And ever since then, Microsoft has refused to completely document the error codes from its APIs. By not documenting the complete set of error codes possible, it moves the onus of handling new error codes from Microsoft to the application author, where it belongs.


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PV manufacturing equipment revenues should fall 50%+ in 2012
IMS Research suggests boom for photovoltaic panel construction may be over as capacity has grown too fast and prices fall.
The market for PV (photovoltaic) manufacturing equipment will more than halve in 2012 according to the latest quarterly-updated report from IMS Research. Significant decreases in new manufacturing capacity required and limited demand for upgrade or replacement of existing capacity will result in a projected market decline of over 55% in revenues in 2012 from 2011.
IMS contends that in recent years, makers of PV products have invested heavily in new manufacturing equipment and additional capacity in an effort to increase their market share and establish themselves as a credible high-volume suppliers. While this has fueled the recent boom in the PV equipment market, it has also caused the significant over-capacity for device manufacture that now exists.
IMS senior research analyst Tim Dawson says, "IMS Research estimates that the PV manufacturing equipment market, after a record year in 2011 ($12.8 billion revenues), will be worth just over $5.7 billion in 2012. Massive over-capacity, coupled with a reduction in demand, has led manufacturers either to postpone or, where possible, cancel orders for new manufacturing equipment, at least in the short term. Longer term, although a return to growth is inevitable for 2013, a strong V-shaped recovery has not been forecast. The PV manufacturing equipment market will instead steadily recover as companies look to invest once again in new equipment to remain competitive, improve their production processes, increase cell efficiencies, and reduce the cost per watt associated with the ultimate end product."
Nonetheless, the group says that PV generating capacity will continue to grow. Global solar PV installations will reach 24 GW in 2011, up from 19 GW in 2010.
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text: There were some problems getting DPH to work well with the changes in GHC 7. There is more info in this mail: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-ghc/2010-November/057574.html The short summary is that there will be a patch level release of GHC (7.0.2) that works well with DPH and the DPH packages will then be available for installation from Hackage. If you want to play with DPH now you can do so on GHC HEAD. -David On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jake McArthur wrote: > On 11/19/2010 05:24 PM, Gregory Propf wrote: >> I was hoping to play around with Data.Parallel.Haskell (dph) but noticed >> that it seems to have been exiled from ghc 7.0.1 which I just installed. >> It also doesn't seem to be in cabal. Anybody know how to use dph with >> 7.0.1 or has it been abandoned or something? > > It's not abandoned. The library components have been separated from GHC. I'm sure the intent is to put it on Hackage. > > - Jake > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe at haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >


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Publishing Online and in Print
Whenever you distribute or display information to the public as part of an Extension activity, you are publishing for Extension.
That includes printed materials (everything from letters to brochures, program handouts, and fact sheets), PowerPoint presentations, Web pages and videos. All of these materials represent Extension and reinforce our organizational identity.
This section of the style guide provides the guidelines and links to resources you need to publish Extension materials that give the public a consistent message in an attractive package.
Required Statements
Cost Statement
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Cooperating Statement
Certification Statement
ADA Accommodation Statement
Required Disclaimers
Short-form Disclaimer
Long-form Disclaimer
Using Photographs and Graphics
Respect Copyright Laws
Respect Privacy
Use High-quality Image Galleries
Acknowledge the Source
Use the Proper File Type
Follow Simple Rules of Photo Composition
Writing Text
Think Before You Write
Gather Information
Begin Writing
Edit Your Writing
News Writing and Releases
Miscellaneous Tips on AP Style
Requirements for Web Pages
Requirements for Videos
Requirements for Print
Requirements for PowerPoints
All materials distributed to the public either online, as a presentation, or in print should include the Extension logo in a prominent position. Guidance for logo placement is provided in the logo use section of this guide and in the templates provided for different kinds of publications in the Toolkit.
If your publication or presentation is produced in partnership with another organization, the Extension logo should be placed as directed in the co-branding section of this guide.
If a printed publication written, edited, or designed at N.C. State or N.C. A&T, the university logo should be included based on instructions in each university's logo use guidelines:
N.C. A&T State University style guide
N.C. State University graphic identification guide
University, College and Department Name Recognition Guides
Required Statements
Any publication printed by Cooperative Extension, other than those published for sale, is required to include a cost statement. The law (Statute 143-170(a)) applies to documents printed in quantities greater than 200. It applies to documents printed by professional printers, campus print shops and those printed in-house by county centers.
Campus Administration states that the funding source used to print a document is not a factor in determining whether the document should have a cost statement. This applies to county or federal funds. Once the funds are being used by Extension, a state agency, the funds are to be administered according to state policy.
The law defines printing costs to include "printing costs in the form of labor and materials, and other identifiable design, typesetting, and binding costs." To determine print costs for a job printed by an outside vendor or campus print shop, simply take the total cost of the job and divide it by the number of pieces printed for the per copy price.
There are two ways to calculate costs when you print in-house.
1. Contact the copier manufacturer and request the specifications for your printer. Ask for an average page count for a lot of toner. Divide the toner cost by the page count. Add the cost of paper (price per ream divided by pages in ream) to determine your total and per copy costs.
2. Contact your copier manufacturer and supply the model number. Ask them to tell you the average price per printed sheet. Not all representatives are well-informed, so you may need to ask around to find someone who can assist you. Once you have the cost, add the paper cost and use the total and per piece cost in the cost statement, which appears below.
English: (Number of copies) copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $_____, or $_____ per copy.
Spanish: Declaración de costos. Se imprimieron _____ copias de este documento público a un costo de $_____; es decir, $_____ por copia.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Use this statement on all printed and digital materials distributed to outside audiences. This includes informal brochures, program handouts, postcards and Web pages. This statement affirms that Extension adheres to the Equal Employment Opportunity Act mandate for organizations that receive federal funding.
English: North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation.
Spanish: La universidad N.C. State University y la universidad N.C. A&T State University se comprometen a llevar a cabo acciones positivas para asegurar la igualdad de oportunidades independientemente de la raza, el color de la piel, el credo, el origen nacional, la religión, el sexo, la edad, la condición de veterano de guerra, o la discapacidad de la persona. Además, las dos universidades acogen a toda persona independientemente de su orientación sexual.
Cooperating Statement
Use this statement on all stationery and newsletters. It includes the Equal Employment Opportunity statement plus a description of Extension as an organization that involves cooperation among federal, state, and local entities.
English: North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating.
Spanish: La universidad N.C. State University y la universidad N.C. A&T State University se comprometen a llevar a cabo acciones positivas para asegurar la igualdad de oportunidades independientemente de la raza, el color de la piel, el credo, el origen nacional, la religión, el sexo, la edad, la condición de veterano de guerra, o la discapacidad de la persona. Además, las dos universidades acogen a toda persona independientemente de su orientación sexual. N.C. State University, N.C. A&T State University, Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos y los gobiernos locales que cooperan.
The certification statement includes the cooperating statement plus a statement about Extension's congressional mandate. Use it on formal publications, such as formal reports and the official numbered publications produced by Extension specialists at N.C. State University and N.C. A&T State University and published in print or digitally.
English: Distributed in furtherance of the acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating.
Spanish: Se distribuye como respaldo de las leyes del Congreso del 8 de mayo y el 30 de junio de 1914. La universidad N.C. State University y la universidad N.C. A&T State University se comprometen a llevar a cabo acciones positivas para asegurar la igualdad de oportunidades independientemente de la raza, el color de la piel, el credo, el origen nacional, la religión, el sexo, la edad, la condición de veterano de guerra, o la discapacidad de la persona. Además, las dos universidades acogen a toda persona independientemente de su orientación sexual. N.C. State University, N.C. A&T State University, Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos y los gobiernos locales que cooperan.
ADA Accommodation Statement
This statement offers assistance to anyone who participates in a program or event and needs special accommodations. Use it whenever you invite the public to an event. For county events, the contact name should be someone in the county office. If you need assistance filling an accommodations request, contact Sheri Schwab, CALS Personnel, 919.515.1381.
English: For accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact ________________ at xxx.xxx.xxxx, ext. xxx, no later than five business days before the event.
Spanish: Para informarse sobre adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades, comuníquese con ___ ___ llamando al xxx.xxx.xxxx ext.xx a más tardar cinco días hábiles antes del evento.
Required Disclaimers
If commercial products or chemicals are mentioned in a publication, use one of the following disclaimers:
Short-form Disclaimer
When brand names but not agricultural chemicals are mentioned, use the short-form disclaimer.
English: The use of brand names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of the products or services named nor discrimination against similar products or services not mentioned.
Spanish: El uso de nombres de marcas comerciales en esta publicación no implica la aprobación de Carolina del Norte por el Servicio de Extensión Cooperativa de los productos o servicios nombrados ni discriminación contra productos o servicios similares no mencionados.
Long-form Disclaimer
When agricultural chemicals are mentioned, use the long-form disclaimer.
English: Recommendations for the use of agricultural chemicals are included in this publication as a convenience to the reader. The use of brand names and any mention or listing of commercial products or services in this publication does not imply endorsement by North Carolina Cooperative Extension nor discrimination against similar products or services not mentioned. Individuals who use agricultural chemicals are responsible for ensuring that the intended use complies with current regulations and conforms to the product label. Be sure to obtain current information about usage regulations and examine a current product label before applying any chemical. For assistance, contact your county Cooperative Extension agent.
Spanish: Recomendaciones para el uso de productos agroquímicos, se incluyen en esta publicación como una comodidad para el lector. El uso de nombres de marcas comerciales en esta publicación no implica la aprobación de Carolina del Norte por el Servicio de Extensión Cooperativa de los productos o servicios nombrados ni discriminación contra productos o servicios similares no mencionados. Los individuos quienes usan químicos agrícolas son responsables de asegurar que el uso propuesto cumple con las regulaciones actuales y conforma a la etiqueta del producto. Asegúrese de obtener información actual sobre las regulaciones del uso y que examine la etiqueta actual del producto antes de aplicar el químico. Para obtener asistencia, póngase en contacto con su agente de Extensión Cooperativa del condado.
Using Photographs and Graphics
Photographs and graphics can enliven digital and printed publications with attractive images that help to convey your message. Remember these guidelines when using them in Extension publications, Web sites and presentations.
- Respect copyright laws.
- Respect the privacy of people that you photograph.
- Take advantage of image galleries (link to in Marketing toolkit) to obtain copyright-free photographs for both online and printed publications.
- Acknowledge the source of the photograph or image.
- Use the proper file type for the medium—digital or printed.
- Follow rules of composition to improve the pictures you take.
Also remember that the N.C. Cooperative Extension logo should be one of the graphics you use on any publication to advertise or support Extension activities.
Obtain permission to use photographs and graphics from other sources. Unless the site or publication states that a graphic or photo is available for free use by the public, all photographs and graphics published online and in print are copyrighted. You must obtain permission for use from the site or publication owner.
Be sure to obtain permission via e-mail or in writing, and file the permission where you can retrieve it if needed. Approval by phone will not suffice if someone questions you about using an image.
- If you are using photographs that you take during Extension activities, be sure to obtain permission from those involved. The level of permission required depends on the subject's age: Obtain permission from parents or guardians to use photographs of minors. If you take a picture of someone under 18 for use in a printed or digital publication, be sure to obtain written permission from the minor's parents or guardian. (Note: Children participating in 4-H activities should be covered by a 4-H photo release.) The child's name or location should never be provided with a photograph on a Web site. When submitting photos for publication in a newspaper, include the child's name, parents' name and home town, but not street address.
- When shooting at an event, let your subjects know who you are and how you will use the photos. If an adult objects to their photo being taken, do not include that person in any photos that might be used for publication.
Use High-Quality Image Galleries
The Department of Communication Services online image gallery contains digital photographs for use by N.C. State University faculty and staff.
You will be asked for your Unity password and I.D. to enter the site. You can download free low-resolution images for digital publishing. High-resolution photographs are available by request.
Several federal agencies provide image galleries that you can use for free in educational materials. Each site stipulates the conditions of use. Usually an acknowledgement of the source or the photographer is required. Visit the photo galleries to find images you can use for free.
Acknowledge the source of any photographs or graphics used in your publication. This protects you and N.C. Cooperative Extension from charges of copyright infringement. It also maintains the copyright of photographs and graphics that you provided.
If you use a photograph provided by the Department of Communication Services, add a statement to acknowledge use:
- Acknowledge use at the end of the publication:
Example: Photo on page x courtesy of Communication Services at N.C. State
- Or use small print at the bottom or along the right side of the photograph:
Example: Communication Services, N.C. State
If you use a photograph from the U.S. Department of Agriculture or another agency, add a statement to acknowledge courtesy of use. If the owner provides no instructions for acknowledgement, use a standard statement:
- Acknowledge use at the end of the publication in an acknowledgements section: Example: Photograph on page x courtesy of the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
- Or use small print at the bottom or side:
Example: USDA Agricultural Research Service.
When submitting your own photos to news media, indicate that the photo source is N.C. Cooperative Extension. An employee name can also be provided, but it is not required unless the employee has copyrighted the photo by publishing it elsewhere.
In general, use medium-resolution JPEG files in Web pages, word processing files, and PDF files that will be viewed on-screen only and not printed for distribution. The acceptable resolution for on-screen viewing is 72 dpi.
Use high-resolution JPEG, TIFF, or EPS files in publications that will be printed for distribution using offset printing, digital printing, a laser printer or an inkjet printer. An image should have a resolution of 300 dpi at its print size. An image resolution of less than 300 dpi produces poor quality printing.
Use medium-resolution JPEG files for PowerPoint presentations. A resolution of 150 dpi will usually suffice.
Many Web sites about photography provide basic rules for taking effective photographs. Here are a few examples:
Digital Photography School's basic composition tips
Kodak's top 10 tips for taking photographs
FotoFinish: How to take better pictures
Whether you follow the rules or break them for effect, make sure you do the following:
- For digital photography, pay attention to file size. Make sure you create a file that's large enough to provide adequate resolution for the intended use: on-screen viewing or in print.
- Pay attention to lighting, and use a flash when needed.
- Avoid clutter around the photograph's primary image—the subject you want the viewer to notice.
Writing Text
Writing involves five steps: thinking about what you need to say, gathering information, writing, editing what you have written, and proofreading by someone other than the author. These steps usually don't occur in order. Sometimes we gather information, think a little, write, edit, think some more, go back to gather information to fill in gaps, and then write and edit some more.
Sometimes writing is easy. When you type a quick response to a specific e-mail inquiry, you read your message through to be sure it makes sense, perform a spell-check, and press send!
E-mails seem easy because you know exactly whom you are addressing (your audience), what they need to know, and what you want to say. If you can think about more difficult writing tasks in the same way, you will have a head start on the writing process.
Think Before You Write
Writing consists of a message (the content) and how it is delivered (the style). Think about content and style as you begin your writing project. These questions can help you to get started:
- What do you want to accomplish? Do you want to convince people to come to a program or event? Or do you want to give them information about how to complete a task that matters to their livelihood, like fertilizing a crop? Your information goal will help you to determine the best way to deliver your message. An invitation to participate in a program requires a brochure or handout. Detailed instructions for using a piece of equipment might work best in a printed handout, a PowerPoint, a Web page, or a video.
- Who is your audience? What are they likely to prefer? The marketing toolkit provides some demographic profiles (link to Marketing Kit profiles) of Extension audiences and the subjects they find most interesting based on survey data. Use the data to find out all you can about the people you want to reach with your message. Adapt your writing style to your target audience's age and education level.
- Why should they care about this information? What will get their attention? For example, if you are writing text for a brochure about your program on preventing diabetes, focus on the key benefits of good nutrition.
Gather Information
Remember those basic questions from grammar school? Who, what, when, where, and why? Collect the information you need to answer the basics in enough detail to give your audience what they need to know about an event or topic.
Highlight the most important points, and group related information under each. An outline can help you organize information under key topics and establish a structure for your brochure, newsletter, report, or Web page. As you think about structure, decide what information is likely to have the most importance for your audience. It should come first.
Begin Writing
Just write. You can edit, add more information, and polish your style later. Get something down to work with. These basic writing tips can help you create text that people want to read:
- Use short sentences of 15 to 20 words. They are easiest to comprehend. Use punctuation to break up longer sentences. Readers lose interest in long unpunctuated sentences.
- Use short paragraphs. Long paragraphs turn into a gray mass in print. Short paragraphs create visual breaks on a page.
- Avoid technical jargon unless you are writing for a technical audience that uses the same vocabulary. If you must use technical words when writing about science, explain each term when it is first used. Provide simple definitions, and compare the term's meaning with something familiar to your audience.
- Rely on the "you" approach. Imagine your typical readers and address your writing to them. Make it personal.
Edit Your Writing
- Editing is just as important as writing. This is the stage for polishing the words, organization, and style of your publication, whether it is digital or in print. Let your work sit for at least 24 hours before editing. You will view it with a fresh perspective.
- Read the text aloud for content and style. The ear often hears errors that your eye doesn't catch.
- Make sure your organization flows logically from one topic to another. Delete, substitute, rearrange, and insert text as needed. Keep related information about a key topic together. Use headings to organize information and direct the reader through the flow of topics.
- Get rid of words that don't add to the meaning. Adverbs (descriptive words that end in "ly") often can be removed unless they convey something essential about a verb or adjective. Prepositional phrases (phrases that begin with words such as of, in, by, to) often signal places where text can be rephrased to be more direct and active.
- Vary sentence and paragraph lengths. Keep some short to emphasize key points, and follow up with a longer sentence or paragraph. This will vary the rhythm and add interest.
- Check your work for accuracy. Verify all numbers, including phone numbers, and the spelling of all names and special terms. Use your word processing spelling and grammar feature and a dictionary. Access the Microsoft Word spelling and grammar feature by left-clicking the Tools pull-down menu and selecting "spelling and grammar." You can also press F7.
- Invest in a style guide. Style guides prescribe how to handle common matters of style, such as treatment of numbers, hyphenation of compound words, capitalization of geographical terms and punctuation.
The Associated Press Style Guide, often referred to as the "AP style guide," is available online and at most bookstores. AP style is the style guide used for Extension publications other than numbered publications. (link to miscellaneous tips on AP style)
The Chicago Manual of Style is the industry standard for book publishers if you have a question the AP guide doesn't answer. This style guide is used for numbered Extension publications.
The Elements of Style is one of many books about style that address common mishaps in word use and grammar.
- (If you are using photographs and graphics, make sure they support a key point and enhance its meaning. Check placement and captions.
- Ask a colleague to read the next draft. After your first edit, prepare a new draft and give it to a colleague for editing. A fresh reader will see things you have overlooked.
- Review once more before you print, publish online, or present.
News Writing and Releases
News releases require a special style of writing. Important information should go at the beginning of every news release, followed by information of lesser importance. In addition, be sure to answer the "five w's" – who, what, when, where and why – in your news release.
All news media use Associated Press style rules in determining how to write dates, what to capitalize and how to abbreviate names or terms. Some AP tips are provided below. To learn more, purchase a copy of the Associated Press Style Manual, available from most bookstores.
Each news release should begin with the date of distribution, followed by a media contact name (the person who wrote it) and contact information (e-mail address and phone number). Remember to include a cell phone number as a contact for an event that will take place away from your county center.
Be sure to find out how your local news media like to receive news. Most news outlets prefer e-mail messages. Many do not like to receive news as attachments because of the risk of corrupted files.
Get multiple uses out of your news releases. These news stories also can be incorporated into your county newsletters. Also, post news items to the "News" section of your county home page. If you alert your clients to subscribe to your RSS feeds (see the bottom link on county home pages), they will be alerted automatically through their RSS feed reader whenever you post a news item to your site. For more on RSS feeds,
See the template (link to template in Marketing Toolkit) for Cooperative Extension news releases. It includes instructions for use.
Miscellaneous Tips on AP Style
- Never start a sentence with a number. Spell out numbers below 10 and use numerals for other numbers.
- Spell out the word "percent" instead of using the symbol.
- Capitalize a job title used before names.
Example: Department Extension Leader Jane Doe
Use lowercase in titles that follow names. (The word "Extension" is always capitalized when it stands for North Carolina Cooperative Extension.)
Example: Jane Doe, department Extension leader
- Handouts are "fliers," not flyers. Flyers have wings!
- People are residents of a state, but citizens of a nation.
- Lowercase a.m. and p.m.; use periods after each letter.
- Precede dollar amounts with the dollar sign. Do not follow with the word dollar(s).
- Lowercase directions such as "west" or "southeast," unless they are part of a name (for example, the Southeast District).
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All county home pages use the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Web Site content management system developed by Extension Information Technology for the public state, district and county Web sites. The content management system allows counties flexibility in choosing a photo banner for the top of the page, creating one special "Extension Center" page for office-specific information, and adding content throughout the system.
On the home page, counties can add "Special Announcement," a customized message, image, and image caption. Counties can also choose to turn off the "Featured Content" on the home page. News articles entered using the "News" feature and Events entered into the Extension Calendar will also display on the home page and on specific topic pages. Counties can also customize the "About" and "FAQ" pages.
The "Special Announcement" banner should include no more than two short announcements at any time and should be no longer that 3-4 inches. Including too much information in the banner detracts from other features of the Web site. Counties are encouraged to use photos to illustrate announcements, rather than clip art.
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Information on the county Web pages can be found on the CES Web site or by contacting your local Area Information Management Agent.
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When you are writing text and putting together images and other content for a Web page, you must consider the needs of users who may have hearing or sight impairments. Official Web pages that are available to the general public and unauthenticated users must be created in an accessible format.
Web pages created for restricted distribution to a specific group must provide accessible content upon request to accommodate a person with a disability.
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If you need assistance with preparing accessible online files, these resources are available:
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The site includes information on software, training, and tutorials to help you create accessible content.
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The Department of Communication Services at N.C. State University has a video team that produces audio and video for an hourly fee. Contact the video team with your questions concerning video and audio production. Studio facilities and classroom facilities are available, as well as a video library and sales catalog.
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- If you link to videos produced elsewhere and published on Web sites not affiliated with N.C. State University or N.C. Cooperative Extension, you do not have to provide a captioned file. You cannot, however, create a video, post it on another site, link to it and thereby avoid synchronized captioning. If you or anyone involved with Extension produces the video footage, it must be captioned and the captions must be synchronized with the action in the video. This is a federal and state legal requirement.
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- Cull your mailing list. North Carolina law requires mailing list to be revised, corrected and updated on or before July 1 of each year. The easiest way to do this is to create a notice in the newsletter that appears on the opposite side of the page where the recipient's mailing address appears. The notice should state, "If you want to continue receiving this publication, please cut out and mail this notice to (insert address here). Please make any corrections to your address on the mailing label when you send it back."
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- Use the Extension templates for PowerPoint presentations. These templates take care of a basic design for you and convey the Extension look. Customize with your text and images.
- If you are not using a template, include the Extension logo on the first or last slide of each PowerPoint presentation.
- If you are not using a template, include the appropriate disclaimer if you mention product brand names or chemical names.
- Follow the guidelines for using photographs and graphics.
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- Check grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Refer to a dictionary and the Associated Press style guide if you are unsure about spelling, punctuation or word use.
- If an online version is provided, make sure that it meets accessibility standards. This legal requirement applies to all content on a Web site.


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Alums from "American Idol" and "Spring Awakening" are going into the Broadway cast of "Hair."
When the new cast of the Tony-winning musical revival takes over March 9, it will include Ace Young as Tribe leader Berger, Kyle Riabko (ree-AB'-ko) as good buddy Claude and Diana DeGarmo as Sheila.
Both Young and DeGarmo are "American Idol" finalists. Riabko starred as the thoughtful student heartthrob, Melchior (mel-KEY'-or), in both the Broadway and touring companies of "Spring Awakening."
On Tuesday, Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis (YOO'-stihs) said: "We've got a new Tribe - utterly unique, and just as talented and joyous as our first company."
The original revival cast will head to England where they begin performances April 1 in London.


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By Hayden Wright
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has launched a campaign urging Google to better compensate artists for music that appears on YouTube. Appealing to the company's "don't be evil" ethos, Sixx claims that artists are currently shut out of profits. With three major record labels renegotiating their contracts with YouTube over the summer, Sixx decided to advocate for better pay.
Related: Why Did It Take Taylor Swift to Get Apple Music to Change Its Tune?
"The idea behind that was to always compensate everybody," he said. "That motto has since changed to 'Do the right thing.' It's time to live up to your corporate mottos, Google… and invest in the future of music."
❌ Nikki Sixx ❌ (@NikkiSixx) April 25, 2016
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) highlighted an "alarming disparity" between consumption and revenue, largely due to free streaming services like YouTube. Streaming has been a contentious subject among artists, who earn the greatest margins of profit from touring and physical music sales.
Sixx told the BBC that YouTube pays the music industry roughly one-sixth of the revenue Spotify provides labels and artists. In response, Google said it is "engaged in productive conversations with the labels and publishers around increasing transparency on payouts," reported the BBC.


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I won't call it the "dreadmill".
It's a tool. It allows runners to get their miles in, safely.
It can work with you, if you don't fight it.
It is not my favorite surface to run on. Or my favorite place to run. But I run many places, and surfaces, that are not my favorite surfaces to run on.
You do have to be prepared. Find your shorts and running bra (if you are a female.) Since my tread is downstairs, I don't have to find a shirt. (Bonus! Less clothes to wash.) Get your shoes, bottle of water, and TV remote.
A good comment from Mark Zanker's blog, regarding treadmills:
" I hate running on a treadmill! And I'm not alone!
The point is, the reason we ALL hate a certain exercise, whether it be running on a treadmill, jogging down the road, or swimming laps of a pool, is because it's hard! And why is it hard? Because it stresses our body. And what happens when we stress our body? It repairs itself - fitter AND stronger!
And that is why I LOVE TREADMILLS. They are a punishing, mentally draining workout which not only builds your fitness and makes you sweat, but also gives you the mindset to cope when the going gets tough.
So next time you find yourself complaining about a certain session, or just whining about having to get off the couch and do some exercise, remember - It's good for you.
Let the mind games begin!
Love, play, train! "


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SEATTLE (AP) — The goats have returned to munch their way through the blackberry bushes, thistles, nettles and long grasses that thrive in many steep areas of downtown Seattle.
The Seattle Transportation Department hires the goat herd annually to help tidy up areas under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The department says the areas are too steep for human crews to access easily and using the goats avoids the need for herbicides.
The herd of 120 goats started work Thursday. After about 10 days at one location, they'll be moved to another.
Agency spokeswoman Marybeth Turner says the goats from Rent a Ruminant arrived in a trailer via ferry from their Vashon Island home.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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Topeka The Kansas House has tentatively approved a measure that would set a level fee for all telephone users to finance enhanced emergency services.
The bill was advanced on a voice vote Tuesday to set the fee at 55 cents for cell phones, prepaid telephones and traditional wire lines. The fee is collected to finance 911 emergency services statewide.
Supporters of the bill say that it levels the fee for all varieties of telephone users. It lowers the rate for traditional wire lines by 25 cents and increases it by 5 cents for cell phone users.
The fee is expected to generate about $19.4 million annually, slightly less than in previous years.
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As the Lakeland Police Advisory Commission met Friday to fine-tune its recommendations on the police scandals that have stretched the length of 2013.
As the Lakeland Police Advisory Commission met Friday to fine-tune its recommendations on the police scandals that have stretched the length of 2013, one constant was clear and confounding: The Advisory Commission limited its sources of information to those inside City Hall — the two bosses at ground zero of the scandals.
Part 1 of 2
Police Chief Lisa Womack and City Manager Doug Thomas — to whom she reports and with whom she acted in concurrence — made repeated appearances before the Police Advisory Commission and provided the bulk of information for it to consider.
The City Commission has been awaiting the Advisory Commission's final report, due Monday, before attempting to resolve the unfathomable: sexual acts by on-duty police officers; mistreatment of women during traffic stops; incompetent police investigations and testimony; arrest of an officer on charges of rape and stalking while on duty, in uniform and armed; and more.
One opportunity for the group to open its eyes wide and search for truth beyond walls of City Hall was swatted down by Advisory Commission Chairman Bruce Abels. In the group's Sept. 6 meeting, Abels addressed a request from Advisory Commissioner Paul Roberts to invite State Attorney Jerry Hill to speak to the advisers.
Hill was the official who made public many of the scandals. His office conducted in-depth investigations, questioning under oath those who were involved or had direct information.
Abels rejected Roberts' request to hear from Hill. He said such a meeting "potentially is pretty inflammatory." Further, Abels said, "I don't have any desire to be trying to be interviewing a state prosecutor."
Nonetheless, Abels dispatched Advisory Commissioner Dr. James D. Sewell to meet with Hill at the State Attorney's Office in Bartow on Sept. 20. Abels asked Sewell, a retired assistant commissioner for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who lives in of St. Petersburg, to return with a report.
"I had a discussion with the state attorney the day after Tiger Bay. He basically reiterated a lot of things he said during Tiger Bay," Sewell said to the Advisory Commission on Oct. 4.
On Sept. 19, Hill gave a speech and took questions at the Tiger Bay Club of Polk County, a nonpartisan political club.
"He has some grave concerns about the Police Department," Sewell said. "He has grave concerns about the leadership, all of which was covered in the article on Tiger Bay."
True, but members of the Advisory Commission never gave themselves a chance to ask Hill to explain the reasoning behind his criticism. As a result, they had no way to directly gauge the veracity of Hill's comments versus those of Womack and Thomas.
Those self-imposed limits are important because a majority of the City Commission has said for months that it would not act on the police scandals before Oct. 21 — the Monday morning City Commission meeting in which Abels is scheduled to present the Advisory Commission's report.
A draft of the report presented to the group Friday, and lightly revised during its meeting, may be read at www.theled.gr/Uq.
Among 21 recommendations in the report are conducting an independent survey of all city employees, repeated periodically; a 360-degree performance appraisal of the city manager and police chief, which would be a review by those whom they work for, with and supervise; and additional training of supervisors.
Such recommendations are useful. The advisory commissioners are smart, have been sincere and have volunteered great effort.
However, they will never have reason to be confident about their conclusions. Their mentors, Womack and Thomas, are the leaders who failed.
The danger is that, with this basis of uncertainty hidden, the City Commission will latch onto the Police Advisory Commission's report as a conclusive solution and march ahead to the next agenda item — problem solved.
In that case, the true solution — firing Thomas and Womack, and hiring effective top leaders — will be ignored.


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Another day, another awesome-looking Bluetooth speaker WHICH I TOTALLY WANT. Today's chunky rectangle of wireless audio goodness is the Switch from Native Union, and it has one distinguishing feature: a big round volume knob on one end.
Window-Sucking Lens Bag Skirts Around Reflections
It would take a long while to get through all the innuendo-laden jokes made possible by the LenSkirt. So I guess we'll just take things slow. But first let me tell you what it is: a black cloth bag which sticks to windows so you can shoot through glass without reflections. Now, let the schoolboy fun begin.


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Motorists are being advised of roadworks due to be carried out in Nutfield and Redhill next week.
The works, ongoing from Monday (February 10), will be taking place in the A25 High Street, Nutfield, and Earlswood Road and Brambletye Park Road, Redhill.
Traffic lights will be in operation at all of the sites.
The works are part of Sutton and East Surrey Water's on-going multi-million pound mains renewal and replacement rolling programme.


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The timing was off from 0:51 to 0:59 ever so slightly, but the idea is solid. you gonna finish this?
Hmm, that's odd. I think the beatbox sounds off because at that time in the track it isn't accompanied by the rhythm guitar, which... I don't know how they coalesced exactly, but the guitar has a huge effect on where the drums appear to be. I think. I'm not sure if I'll ever finish this, because I like chord progressions, and this thing has no chord progressions. I made this after I hadn't really made music for a long time, so I was just warming up with this. I don't know. Thanks for the review!


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|Re: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Lord of The Rings
Subject: Re: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Lord of The Rings
by Urulöké on 2007/2/19 14:01:25
I saw the same sellout then reappearance, I think that is why I just assumed it was a second (revised) printing. It seems odd that they would have unbound sheets of the one volume edition laying around, but certainly possible.
Has anyone bought the deluxe UK edition from a new retailer (Daeron's, Amazon, but not Rown's, all my copies are from the first wave) in the last seven months (and opened it) that can confirm if the copyright page says anything different?
It seems odd that a public company like HarperCollins (subsidiary of News Corp.) would hold on to books or sheets in some warehouse at some considerable cost for marketing purposes. Hard to justify to stockholders. If they weren't selling well, perhaps they stopped distributing for a while to build up demand again?


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From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of human kappa class glutathione transferase
Structural highlights
[GSTK1_HUMAN] Significant glutathione conjugating activity is found only with the model substrate, 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB).
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a superfamily of enzymes that play a vital functional role in the cellular detoxification process. They catalyze the conjugation of the thiol group of glutathione (GSH) to the electrophilic groups of a wide range of hydrophobic substrates, leading to an easier removal of the latter from the cells. The kappa class is the least studied one among various classes within the superfamily. We report here the expression, purification, and crystal structure of human kappa class GST (hGSTK), which has been determined by the multiple-isomorphous replacement method and refined to 1.93 A resolution. The overall structure of hGSTK is similar to the recently reported structure of kappa class GST from rat mitochondrion. Each subunit of the dimeric hGSTK contains a thioredoxin (TRX)-like domain and a helical domain. A molecule of glutathione sulfinate, an oxidized product of GSH, is found to bind at the G site of each monomer. One oxygen atom of the sulfino group of GSF forms a hydrogen bond with the hydroxyl group of the catalytic residue Ser16. The TRX-like domain of hGSTK shares 19% sequence identity and structure similarity with human theta class GST, suggesting that the kappa class of GST is more closely related to the theta class enzyme within the GST superfamily. The structure of the TRX-like domain of hGSTK is also similar to that of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), implying an evolutionary relationship between GST and GPx.
Thioredoxin-like domain of human kappa class glutathione transferase reveals sequence homology and structure similarity to the theta class enzyme.,Li J, Xia Z, Ding J Protein Sci. 2005 Sep;14(9):2361-9. Epub 2005 Aug 4. PMID:16081649[1]
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