text:
- Sam Ash Gift Guides
- Hot Deals
- Guitars
- Bass
- Accessories
- Live Sound
- Keyboards
- Microphones & Wireless
- Recording
- DJ & Lighting
- Drums
- Books/DVDs
- Band/Orchestra
To automatically re-order this item before you run out, select the recurring order option during checkout.
Buy Extended Service Plan ( What This? )
The James Hetfield Snakebyte is coiled and ready to strike. The modified EX body an all-mahogany and neck construction, ebony fretboard with 22 extra-jumbo frets, and venomous EMG active humbuckers. The metal logo headstock and fretboard snake inlay warn all who approach to tread lightly or be infected from an extremely heavy bite. It has a set-neck construction at 24.75" scale, with a mahogany body and neck, and an ebony fingerboard with 22 XJ frets. The Snakebyte comes with a bunch of high-end components, including ESP locking tuners, ESP straplocks, a Tonepros locking bridge/tailpiece, and EMG JH Het Set active pickups.
Your new ESP instrument is warranted to be free of any defects in materials and workmanship if used under normal operating conditions for the life of the original retail purchaser, subject to the limitations described below. This warranty is non-transferable and applies only to the original purchaser when product is purchased as NEW from an Authorized ESP Dealer. Electronic parts and guitar hardware are limited to a warranty period of one (1) year from date of purchase.


text:
from The Hat & I
PDF Digital Download
Have you made this pattern?
Share with the Craftsy community.
Crochet an owl with a message. They are fun to make and give away....spread the love, spread the joy!
Owls can be made different sizes by changing your yarn and hook. Pattern includes a guide for three different sizes. Pattern does not include a 'how to' for project ideas shown or reference any colors used.
Pattern is written in standard American terms with step-by-step instructions and photos to help guide your hook to completion.
Join me on Facebook! :o)
You are welcome to sell what you make using my patterns. Please include a link or reference to my shop (www.thehatandi.etsy.com) for the pattern. Pattern is copyright protected; it should not be reproduced, redistributed, or displayed publicly in any way.
Greetings! My name is Marken, and I love lots of yummy, fun, and wonderful things...one of which is crochet! It brings me a huge amount of happy every day. Here's hoping it does the same for you! :o)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
"I think if Blizzard moves a little more in that direction in the next expansion, making it so that all tanks can also DPS, and possibly making repairs on plate cheaper, we might see more people willing to pug."
They may very well improve repair costs, but for all Tanks improving their DPS ... well, it might increase marginally, but Blizzard has made it fairly clearly that they had a very specific "style" of Tanking in mind for each Tank class. Paladins are "AE Tanks,' Warriors are ... uh, I wanna say "Singular Tanks," but I don't remember right away what the exact term was that was used ... and Death Knights, upon the release of "Wrath," will be "DPS Tanks."


text:
Roasted Apple & Cheddar SaladFrom: EatingWell
Roasted apples and Cheddar cheese turn an ordinary mixed green salad into something extra-special. You can use pears for this recipe as well.
Servings: 6 servings, 1 1/2 cups each
Prep: 20 mins
Total: 40 mins
3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
2 tablespoons apple juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper , to taste
2 apples, preferably Fuji, peeled and cut into wedges
2 teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 sprigs fresh thyme, or 1/4 teaspoon dried
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 cups baby spinach, or torn spinach leaves
3 cups torn Boston lettuce
3 cups torn curly endive
2/3 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. To prepare dressing: Whisk vinegar, apple juice, 1 tablespoon oil, honey, mustard, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
3. To roast apples & prepare salad: Toss apples with 2 teaspoons oil and thyme in a medium bowl; spread evenly on a baking sheet. Roast, turning once or twice, until the apples are soft and golden, 25 to 30 minutes. Discard fresh thyme, if using. Let cool.
4. While the apples are roasting, toast walnuts in a small baking pan until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Let cool.
5. Just before serving, combine spinach, lettuce and endive in a large bowl; toss gently to mix. Divide the greens among 6 plates, drizzle with dressing and top with cheese, roasted apples and walnuts. Serve immediately.
MAKE AHEAD TIP: Cover and refrigerate dressing (Step 2) for up to 1 week.
MAKE AHEAD TIP: Cover and refrigerate dressing (Step 2) for up to 1 week.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 191, Total Fat 14 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Monounsaturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 13 mg, Sodium 173 mg, Carbohydrate 14 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 4 g, Potassium 230 mg. Daily Values: Vitamin A 40%. Exchanges: Fruit 1,High-Fat Meat 0.5,Fat 2.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet


text:
1. Celery
Due to peak consumer demand around Thanksgiving and Christmas, 75% of the crop grown is grown during the fall and winter, when rain and wind promote the growth of bacteria and fungal diseases. Because we eat the entire stalk, it must be sprayed repeatedly to ward off pests.
2. Peaches
Sweet and succulent, peaches can be just as alluring to insects as to people. Farmers may spray peaches every week or two from bloom to harvest — and peach fuzz can trap pesticides.
3. Strawberries
Strawberries are not only sweet and juicy but also delicate and prone to disease, including fungal attacks that can turn them to mush during transit and storage. With apples and peaches, a lot of spraying is cosmetic to get blemish-free fruits. With berries, they're just trying to get them across the finish line into the store before they go bad.
4. Apples
Apples are susceptible to more than 30 insects and at least 10 diseases. And fungicides and other chemicals are added after picking to prevent tiny blemishes that can accumulate during storage of up to 9 months.
5. Blueberries
Blueberries are new on the dirty dozen list — possibly because the USDA began testing them only 3 years ago, after large increases in production. The berries are targets for insects such as blueberry maggots and bagworms.
6. Nectarines
Nectarines differ from peaches only in the absence of fuzz— a trait that likely arose as a natural mutation of a peach tree — so it's no wonder they're susceptible to many of the same pests, including oriental fruit moths and peach twig borers. Thanks to their skin, they don't retain as many pesticides as peaches. On the other hand, they are more vulnerable to rot and scarring.
7. Bell peppers
Unlike cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, sweet bell peppers (which are technically fruits) have no bitter compounds serve as built-in insect repellents. They even lack the fiery taste of their cousins, the chile peppers. And the creases at their crowns may provide nooks for pesticides to accumulate.
8. Spinach
Spinach is a mere leaf that's crunched by a variety of insects, including grasshoppers. Spinach tens to pull persistent DDT residues out of the soil and into the leaf. These chemicals remain in the earth for decades after they were banned.
9. Kale
The outer leaves are not removed before sale, so any amount of damage will make it unmarketable. Even natural enemies of the pests that feed on kale can be considered contaminants in harvested produce, so farmers spray for all bugs, including the "good" ones.
10. Cherries
Because cherries are a naked fruit — without peel or protection — they're vulnerable to pests such as the western cherry fruit fly. If just one of its maggots is found in a shipment, the entire load of fruit must dumped, according to quarantine regulations, so growers spray out of fear of losing their crops.
11. Potatoes
New to the list, America's number one vegetable is spray 5 or more times throughout the growing season to protect against various pests — and to ensure a crop of uniform shape and size for fast-food outlets and potato chip producers. After harvesting, another round of spraying occurs in the packing shed to ward off mold and sprouting.
12. Imported grapes
During their long transit from the southern hemisphere, imported grapes are susceptible to Botrytis cinerea rot, which causes the fruits to split and leak. To prevent that, farmers spray aggressively with fungicides. (Domestic table grapes do not need the same spraying because most are grown in the dry desert climate of Southern California, where botrytis does not thrive.
1. Onions
Onions manufacture their own protective chemicals, a series of unpleasant-tasting sulfur compounds that discourage insect munching. Though farmers may spray early in the growing season, residues are removed when the dry outer layer of the bulb is shed during harvest.
2. Avocado
Most of the pesticides that are used to treat avocados accumulate on the peel.
3. Sweet Corn
Corn is husked before eating, eliminating residues on the outside.
4. Pineapple
Most spraying is done early in the growing season, so minimal residues remain after harvest. Those that do are removed with the thick rind.
5. Mangoes
Mangoes are grown in Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America, where the dry climate discourages fungus and hand weeding is a common alternative to herbicides. In addition mangoes are peeled before eating.
6. Sweet peas
They are protected by their pods.
7. Asparagus
The spears spring up so fast, there's little time for insects to attack
8. Kiwifruit
Lacewings and parasitic wasps help control the pests that like to feed on kiwis.
9. Cabbage
The plant is sprayed, but the outer leaves that absorb pesticides are discarded before sale.
10. Eggplant
The eggplant has a slick surface that shed chemicals easily
11. Cantaloupe
Though the melons are sprayed with insecticides, we don't ingest them because the fruit is cut out of the thick rind before eating.
12. Watermelon
Has a thick protective rind that is not eaten.
13. Grapefruit
Although farmers often use fungicides to control green mold, most of the residues remain on the peel.
14. Sweet potato
Has built-in defenses. If bitten, it oozes a milk-white sap that gums up insect mouthparts. Before they're sold, sweet potatoes are cured at warm temperatures and high humidity. This causes the skin to thicken, providing protection against damage and disease.
15. Honeydew melon
Honeydew may be washed in diluted chlorine during packing in order to ward off rot-inducing microbes. But—need we say it again? — you discard the rind before eating!
JUST REMEMBER that whether you opt for conventional or organic, you're better off eating more fruits and vegetables rather than less. And whatever produce you buy, wash or peel it before eating. (article source: prevention magazine)


text:
Categories > Celebrities > Panic! At The Disco > Sunshine In My Veins
ASDFGHJKL1 Reviews
Not... literally... but my laptop screen broke, so it was taken to the important people at Packard Bell, WITHOUT MY CONSENT. Anyway, I was okay - they were only supposed to be replacing the bracket...thing, BUT THEY REPLACED THE MOTHER TRUCKING HARD DRIVE! AND I LOST EVERYTHING.
Literally everything, my laptop is completely naked now, so new chapters will take much longer than expected, sorry D:
Sorry...again. :(


text:
ESO observation thought to show the birth of a giant planet
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been used to observe what is thought to be the formation of a gas giant similar to Jupiter. The candidate planet resides within a disk of dust and gas surrounding the young star HD 100546, located 335 light-years away. Read More
NASA's Kepler finds exoplanet smaller than Mercury
NASA's Kepler space probe has discovered the smallest planet yet orbiting a Sun-like star. Dubbed Kepler-37b, the exoplanet orbits the star Kepler-37 about 210 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. It's only one-third the size of Earth and smaller than Mercury, which makes it not only the smallest planet yet found outside the Solar System, but the smallest planet ever discovered. Read More
Super Earths may actually be mini-Neptunes
In the past couple of decades, nearly 900 planets have been identified outside of our Solar System with thousands more candidates to be considered. Among the most exciting of these exoplanets are the so-called "super-Earths" – planets somewhat larger than the Earth, yet some of which might be capable of supporting life. Unfortunately, a team led by Helmut Lammer at the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has produced new models that indicate some of these super-Earths may really be mini-Neptunes, with deep, hydrogen-rich envelopes covering a small rocky core. Read More
Researchers at Penn state have developed a new method for calculating the habitable zone around stars. The computer model based on new greenhouse gas databases provides a tool to better estimate which exoplanets with sufficient atmospheric pressure might be able to maintain liquid water on their surface. The new model indicates that some of the nearly 300 possible Earth-like planets previously identified might be too close to their stars to to be habitable. Read More
The latest analysis of data coming from NASA's Kepler telescope has revealed that nearly all the Sun-like stars in our galaxy appear to have planets orbiting them, and that at least 17 percent of them – about one in six – are hosting a planet the size of our own in close orbit. Because the Milky Way is estimated to contain some 100 billion stars, this means that our galaxy alone could have at least 17 billion Earth-sized planets, some of which may harbor the conditions for life. Read More
Our stellar neighborhood is becoming crowded courtesy of some newly discovered real estate. Astronomers have uncovered evidence buried in the noise of apparently empty data showing that five super-Earths are orbiting the nearby Tau Ceti – a star chosen as one of the targets in the pioneering 1960 Project OZMA search for extraterrestrial life because of its strong similarity to the Sun. Better yet, the two outermost of Tau Ceti's planets appear to be in the star's habitable zone, making them the closest known potentially habitable exoplanets. Read More
NASA: mission accomplished, Kepler – now look harder still
It's been more than three and a half years since the Kepler Space Telescope began its mission as humanity's watcher for Earth-like planets outside of the Solar System. In that time, Kepler has done exactly what was asked of it: provide the data to help identify more than 2,300 exoplanet candidates in other star systems. And so NASA has announced the "successful completion" of Kepler's prime mission. There's one nagging detail, though: we are yet to find a truly Earth-like planet. It's time to alter the parameters of the search. Read More
Due to the masterful efforts of an international team of astronomers, a new super-Earth planet has been discovered within the habitable zone of a star just 42 light years from Earth. Part of a six planetary system, the super-Earth known as HD 40307g has several promising attributes in terms of its ability to support life and because of its relative proximity, it may soon be possible to observe the planet optically. Read More
CHEOPS, the first ESA "small mission," will study super-Earths
The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to give existing orbiting probes, such as COROT and Kepler, a helping hand in studying super-Earths. Selected from 26 proposals, the CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) spacecraft is the first S-class ("small") mission in the ESA's Science Programme. A partnership between the ESA and the Swiss Space Office, CHEOPS will not seek out new exoplanets, but will instead target nearby, bright stars that are already known to have orbiting planets. Read More
European astronomers working from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile have discovered a planet slightly more massive than Earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri triple star system – the nearest stellar system to our planet. Alpha Centauri Bb (as the new exoplanet is called, the star being Alpha Centauri B) is the first Earth-sized body found orbiting a Sun-like star and was discovered by measuring the tiny wobbles of Alpha Centauri B as it moves in response to the gravitational pull of the orbiting planet. It is orbiting Alpha Centauri B every three days and six hours at an orbital radius of six million kilometers (3.7 million miles). The proximity to the star leads to a surface temperature of some 1,500º K (2,250º F/1,232º C) – hot enough to melt granite. Read More
- Features
- Reviews
- Aircraft
- Architecture
- Around The Home
- Automotive
- Bicycles
- Children
- Computers
- Digital Cameras
- Electronics
- Environment
- Games
- Good Thinking
- Health and Wellbeing
- Holiday Destinations
- Home Entertainment
- Inventors and Remarkable People
- Laptops
- Marine
- Medical
- Military
- Mobile Technology
- Motorcycles
- Music
- Outdoors
- Pets
- Robotics
- Science
- Space
- Sports
- Telecommunications
- Urban Transport
- Wearable Electronics


text:
Word: équivalent
Added on: 2010-06-26 Listened: 228 timesin: Add categories to équivalent
Pronunciation in French [fr] Back to French
- Pronunciation by vangel (Female from France)
0 votes
- Could you do it better? different accent? Pronounce équivalent in French
Accents & languages on maps
- Random word: Lacoste
by Wiktionary Phonetic spelling:
by Google Translate English translation:
équivalent = counterpart
Modify word:
· Add languages
· Add categories
Report word:
Is there anything wrong with this word?
Please report it here.


text:
Ask an expert: Gas prices going up or down?
MSN Money's Charley Blaine explains what's influencing what we end up paying at the pump.
In this video, MSN Money's Charley Blaine explains what's influencing gas prices and what to expect for the rest of the summer.
Oil prices have been falling in the past few days, pressured by a downbeat outlook for global crude demand as growth in China and elsewhere slows, and by evidence that U.S. crude supplies are rising. Does that mean we should expect lower prices at the pump this summer? Not necessarily.
Gas prices, says Blaine, are influenced largely by seasonal factors. When refiners make the more expensive gasoline for the driving season, typically in spring and early summer, prices tend to go up. But then they start making the cheaper winter gas, typically in late summer, prices tend to go down.
Blaine further discusses investment opportunities in the sector, especially regarding refiners such as Tesoro (TSO), Valero (VLO) and Chevron (CVX). He noted that as crude prices go down refiners' profit margins go up.
The discussion about gas prices and investing in this sector continues over in MSN Money's Facebook community.
MSN Money on Twitter and Facebook
Like us on Facebook: MSN Money and Top StocksFollow us on Twitter: @msn_money and @topstocksmsn
More from Top Stocks
Copyright © 2014 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Fundamental company data and historical chart data provided by Morningstar Inc. Real-time index quotes and delayed quotes supplied by Morningstar Inc. Quotes delayed by up to 15 minutes, except where indicated otherwise. Fund summary, fund performance and dividend data provided by Morningstar Inc. Analyst recommendations provided by Zacks Investment Research. StockScouter data provided by Verus Analytics. IPO data provided by Hoover's Inc. Index membership data provided by Morningstar Inc.
Longtime market bull Jeremy Siegel says investors could realize the market is behind the curve on interest rates.
Top Stocks provides analysis about the most noteworthy stocks in the market each day, combining some of the best content from around the MSN Money site and the rest of the Web.
Contributors include professional investors and journalists affiliated with MSN Money.
Follow us on Twitter @topstocksmsn.


text:
Cubie has secured USD1.1M in Series A funding from B Dash Ventures, NTT Investment Partners, BIGLOBE Capital, Gumi Ventures, Pinehurst, 500 Startups and Andrew Chen, reported TheNextWeb. The funds will be used for expansion into the United States and Japan. Within the syndicate, B Dash Ventures, NTT Investment Partners, BIGLOBE Capital, and Gumi Ventures are from Japan, while Pinehurst is from Taiwan and 500 Startups is from the US. Andrew Chen is a Bay Area based investor.
Use your < > keys to browse more stories


text:
Comment: Re:Where did this come from? (Score 1) 30
Thanks for the info - I think I'll give Braindump a go in the next few weeks (when they update their Ubuntu repo's)
Thanks for the info - I think I'll give Braindump a go in the next few weeks (when they update their Ubuntu repo's)
I've been aware of Planner for some time - but Braindump, Flow? These I've never heard of but they look great!
Anyone worked with Calligra? Compare Braindump to Freemind? Flow to Omnigraffle?
Yes, certainly if they are the invading force and they have lengthened supply lines anyway. Interesting actually, what will happen when global warming flips the switch and parts of the world are dropped into permanent winter; will the US be as dominant in the new ice age?
Kanye I actually 'dig' --- he's either a media puppet ("Kanye - go and p*** off some white people - it'll help album sales.") or a true loose cannon, fascinating study in modern media.
That's a good question about armies not fighting in the winter - I thought it was because of military strategy training that should surely point to the failures of the French and German armies when facing foes during the winter.
I think either the BBC article or the
In England the change over of Dr Who actors is now treated like a big celebrity event - it's in all the papers, TV, magazines. The BBC knows what it's doing - Eccleston taught them that lesson --- lots of publicity and celebrity news for what is a pretty weak show in many respects. Obviously Eccleston was the true inheritor of Tom Baker's mantle, but that's just for us to agree on...
Sadly, it'll never come back - all those generations of kids who won't look in wonder at smooth scrolling orange-on-black text user interfaces - I feel for them
You're right, some small things are wrong - but,again IMHO, I find it a good mix of Linux utility and Gnome Do productivity. Compared to Windows 7 (far too flashy), Windows 8 (odd) and Mac OSX (frustrating) it's by far the best UI I've used in the last few years.
I think it doesn't suit everyone, but it's not just newbies who like it - I'm no newbie myself and I've used vast numbers of systems (CP/M, DEC, AS400 thru to NeXT and Windows) and whilst I still long for the days of lovely orange screen character-only UIs, I actually have grown to love Unity.
Disagree - IMHO Unity is innovative and easy to use.
I think it is high time that Cory was referenced with the phrase normally reserved for XKCD
''Obligatory Doctorow story...'''
When I was 14 we put together electric circuits on a cheeseboard; the capacitor on mine blew up and a fragment would have hit my eye and blinded me if it wasn't for my sturdy NHS spectacles. Those were the grand days before we had sissy things like safety specs.
Of course I'm being a bit precious here - an eye patch for life would have been cool right?
"Of the ten or more creative ways to look at this situation, caveat emptor drives the hearse" - you lose, OP wins.
Most public domain software is free, at least at first glance.


text:
Online proceedings
Working Groups
Mailing Lists
Selected publications
PhD/MSc related work
Related sites
|PhD / MSc related work
Online dissertations:
Gabrilovich E. (2006). Feature Generation for Textual Information Retrieval Using World Knowledge. PhD Thesis, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, December 2006.
Beitzel S.M. (2006). On Understanding and Classifying Web Queries. PhD Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology. May 2006.
Jensen E.C. (2006). Repeatable Evaluation of Information Retrieval Effectiveness in Dynamic Environments. PhD Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology. May 2006.
Gulli A. (2006). On Two Web IR Boosting Tools: Clustering and Ranking. PhD Thesis, University of Pisa. May 2006.
Upstill T.G. (2005). Document ranking using web evidence. PhD Thesis, The Australian National University. August 2005.
Kraft R. (2005). Cost-Effective Creation of Specialized Search Engines. PhD Thesis, University of California Santa Cruz. March 2005.
Berberich K.L. (2004). Time-aware and trend-based authority ranking. Masters thesis, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany, November 2004.
Castillo C. (2004). Effective Web Crawling. PhD Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Chile. November 2004.
Silvestri F. (2004). High Performance Issues in Web Search Engines: Algorithms and Techniques. PhD Thesis, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit· di Pisa. May 2004.
Tsaparas P. (2004). Link Analysis Ranking. PhD Thesis, University of Toronto, March 2004.
Lempel R. (2002). Link-Structure Analysis and Query Results Caching. PhD Thesis, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, November 2002.
B. D. Davison. (2002). The Design and Evaluation of Web Prefetching and Caching Techniques. Ph.D. dissertation. Rutgers University, October 2002.
Yang K. (2002). Combining Text-, Link-, and Classification-based Retrieval Methods to Enhance Information Discovery on the Web. PhD thesis, University of North Carolina, May 2002.
Cho J. (2001). Crawling the Web: Discovery and Maintenance of a Large-Scale Web Data. Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, November 2001.
Glover E.J. (2001). Using Extra-Topical User Preferences to Improve Web-Based Metasearch, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, August, 2001.
Adamic L. (2001). Network Dynamics: The World Wide Web. PhD Thesis. Stanford University, June, 2001.
Amitay E. (2001). What Lays in the Layout: Using anchor-paragraph arrangements to extract descriptions of Web documents. PhD Thesis, Macquarie University, February, 2001.
Pinkerton B. (2000). WebCrawler: Finding what people want. PhD thesis, University of Washington, November 2000.
Lempel R. (1999). Finding Authoritative Sites on the WWW (and other hyperlinked media) by Analyzing the Web's Link-Structure. MSc Thesis, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, July 1999.
Selberg E.W. (1999). Towards Comprehensive Web Search. PhD Thesis, University of Washington, June 1999.
Zamir O.E. (1999). Clustering Web Documents: A Phrase-Based Method for Grouping Search Engine Results. PhD Thesis, University of Washington, 1999.
Blustein W.J. (1999). Hypertext Versions of Journal Articles: Computer-aided linking and realistic human-based evaluation. PhD thesis, University of Western Ontario, April 1999.
Mladenic D. (1998). Machine Learning on non-homogeneous, distributed text data. PhD Dissertation. University of Ljubljana, October 1998.
Balabanovic M. (1998). Learning to Surf: Multiagent Systems for Adaptive Web Page Recommendation. PhD Thesis, Stanford University Department of Computer Science. March 1998.
Spertus E. (1998). ParaSite: Mining the Structural Information on the World-Wide Web. PhD Thesis, Department of EECS, MIT, February 1998.
Baldonado M.Q.W. (1997) An Interactive, Structure-Mediated Approach to Exploring Information in a Heterogenous, Distributed Environment. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, December, 1997.
Amitay E. (1997). Hypertext - The importance of being different. MSc Dissertation, Edinburgh University, September 1997.
Gravano L. (1997). Querying multiple document collections across the Internet. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University ,August 1997.
Kushmerick N. (1997). Wrapper Induction for Information Extraction. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington. Technical Report UW-CSE-97-11-04.
Pitkow J. (1997). Characterizing World Wide Web Ecologies. Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, June 1997.
Green S.J. (1997). Automatically generating hypertext by computing semantic similarity. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1997.
Golovchinsky G. (1996). From Information Retrieval to Hypertext, and Back Again: The Role of Interaction in the Information Exploration Interface. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, November, 1996.
LaMacchia B.A. (1996). Internet Fish. Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge, MA. Also available as AI Technical Report 1579, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Allan J.(1995). Automatic Hypertext Construction. Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, January, 1995.
email comments to einat at webir.org


text:
Boost Your Street Art Photography with NX300's Rich Tones Feature
Graffiti art has been made famous by the likes of Banksy and OaKoAk, and it seems that every metropolitan city has at least one area sprinkled with the latest spray job. In San Francisco, the Mission District takes the cake for having delightfully surprising street art, and Clarion Alley is the cherry on top. Despite its central location, this narrow slit between Valencia and Mission St. still retains its hidden…
Life@SMARTCAMERA, Products, Talk News
An "NX Night" to Remember with Usain Bolt
On July 4th, Samsung Camera launched a 3-day event in Paris called NX Night. It was a place for the media, dealers, and bloggers from all parts of the world to come together to discover and experience the NX300 first-hand. Also present at NX Night were the winner of the Speed Pass event (held on Samsung Camera's Facebook page), members of the NX Community, and influencers from countries like England,…
Life@SMARTCAMERA, Products, Talk News
Introducing The Samsung WB110
Introducing the Samsung WB110 with 26x Optical Zoom, and Ultra Wide Angle for Capturing High Quality Images The Samsung WB110 is the most recent addition to the Samsung's WB series of long-zoom cameras, taking you closer to the action and delivering top quality imagery. Boasting a 26x optical zoom the WB110 lets you hone in on your subject matter from a remarkable distance to capture clear and bright images every…
The Era of The Connected Camera
Welcome to the era of visual communication. The Samsung GALAXY Camera is the world's first truly connected camera…
Back Up Pictures Wirelessly on a PC, the Web and Cloud Server (WB150F)
With its 18x Optical Zoom, amazing detail from approx. 14.2 Mega pixels and Full Manual Mode, the WB150F is also possible to upload and back up photos and videos by Wi-Fi. Let's enjoy taking smart and amusing photography with the WB150F. Below is a guideline to utilize auto backup function and cloud server wirelessly. Let's learn about how-to…
Highlights, Products, Smart Recipe
Travel smarter with the perfect companion, Samsung SMART CAMERA WB850F
Choose a high-performance camera that makes it easy to store and share your shots. The Samsung WB850F Smart Camera features built-in Wi-FI, so you can transfer images to online social networks and cloud services quickly. Multi-award winning Schneider-Kreuznach optics and a bright 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor let you capture memories with outstanding detail and clarity. With 21x Optical Zoom and 23mm wide-angle lens,
Photo Exhibition 'Insight' with Blind Students
Do you think it is possible for us to take photographs only with the eyes? Please make sure it's not always. Here are some students shooting photographs with their mind's eyes. As part of the campaign 'How to share smart', Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd held the photo exhibition 'Insight' with the students from Hanbit school for the blind in Seoul Yoo art space on Mar 6th.


text:
National Pension Partners (NationalPensions.com) is a nationwide network of pension specialists average over 15 years of experience and carry professional designations. Most third party administrators outsource paired defined benefit and defined contribution cases. We do not outsource; and we offer an experienced, bonded TPA that is comprised of on-staff Enrolled Actuaries, CPAs and Tax-attorneys.
Compliance and suitability are top priorities for NationalPensions.com. We actively provide NASBA approved CPE for CPAs and MCLE for tax-attorneys across the nation. Typically, in these 2 hour sessions our CEO and tax attorney, Nick Paleveda explains paired plans and the ever changing legislation governing qualified retirement plans.
The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act (WRERA), passed in Dec. of 2008, has brought positive changes to the qualified retirement plan landscape. Most significantly IRC 404(a)(7)! This new provision now allows business owners to deduct contributions to both a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan such as a 401(k)/profit sharing plan. Previously there were limits on the profit sharing contribution deduction if the plan was paired with a defined benefit plan. There is still a cap on defined contribution contributions as a percentage of payroll.
Our partner CPA firms and tax advisers bring significant value to their existing clients who qualify for such programs. In addition, many new clients have been generated for our partner CPA firms. A properly structured and funded pension plan will maximize tax-savings while building retirement benefits. Inversely, a poorly structured plan that is improperly funded can result in a less desirable outcome.
Recently passed legislation, such as PPA 2006, has increased the complexity of the funding requirements for defined benefit plans. Our team can help you address the new requirements to your best advantage. Utilizing our experience and bonding insures that you or your client will have a compliant and suitable plan, leaving all parties involved very happy and sleeping well at night.
Nick Paleveda, MBA, J.D., LL.M
National Pension Partners


text:
|« Prev
|Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
|Next »
Mallrats reference +1
"Can you frist it?" Nicholas asked.
Alexander looked at the first comment. "No."
Moral: Ain't no fool foolish enough for God to create better.
Lightening is electricity. Computers work on electricity. Electricity flows through wires. By greasing the pins, you effectively get greased lightening. That's what makes the PC so fast!
Nepotism is great for removing qualified people and injecting your own loyalists to build your fiefdom. It is sad, but often profitable.
i wish to complain about a sudden case of unicorninitis.
First mistake from Alexander was touching the desktop. Is this story of Alex the site owner?
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 09:00 • by Obvils (unregistered)
This but I expand. I believe it was the only mistake.
Sounds like good ol' Nick was very aware of his stupidity and the fact that he disliked Alexander make it pretty obvious that this was a setup.
Nah, that's normal round here. The clue is the appearance of the words "Remy Porter" in the byline.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 09:17 • by CaptainCorrection (unregistered)
"Lightening is electricity"
No, "lightening" is the act of making something lighter.
You mean "lightning".
Thank you!
Captain Correction
>Can you fix it?
The correct answer, is yes, absolutely it can be fixed. We'll simply need to purchase a new CPU and a new Motherboard. Once we replace those components it'll work like a champ.
I feel sorry for Nicholas' girlfriend (or boyfriend).
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 10:11 • by Joao Reis (unregistered)
Like greasing when is not needed!
Sorry folks, was very hard not to...
Nicholas looked expectantly at his urologist. "Can it be fixed?" he asked.
Most people these days buy computers pre-assembled; but I remember the old days when you built your own. I can totally believe this story. I wish, for once, that the competent guy in the story comes out on top. It seems that most of the stories of this ilk have the one guy who knows what he's doing, gets the blame then gets the boot.
Reminds me of a friend of mine who, when building his first computer, couldn't figure out what those little riser screws with the motherboard were for, so he just screwed the thing directly to the steel case...shorting out EVERYTHING and frying his motherboard.
Not that I was totally absent of stupid mistakes when I started building PCs...like when I discovered that, when shutting it down for a quick repair, if you get impatient and pull the CD drive power connector out too early the blue sparks look quite pretty inside the molex connector... unfortunately it also fried one of the IDE controllers...no big loss though, the motherboard was some cheap Chinese garbage, no more than $50...
So? Don't leave us in suspense like that!! What did he do?
I would laugh if I haven't seen this before, except this guy used the thermal on EVERY SOCKET he found:
AGP (video card fucked)
PCI (USB card fucked)
CPU (fucked)
RAM (fucked all four 500MB DIMM's)
He thought that it would protect all components from heat.
Man, I laughed and cried so hard.
Well, this one actually had a happy ending for a change.
So the "old days" were less than two years ago? That's when I last built a PC, two of them in fact, for home use. The last time I *bought* a PC was 2000 if you insist on counting laptops, or 1997 for desktop type machines.
Now I'm going to go off and cry, because I feel old.
You know that thermal paste is actually a good thermal insulator, right? You use it to make sure that there aren't air spaces between the CPU and the heatsink, because those air spaces are an even better insulator.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 10:58 • by doctor_of_ineptitude (unregistered)
You already know what he did. He ranted it off here.
But we've already learned he probably still lives with his mother.
Someone say Dunning-Kruger?
Ha ha! Everyone laugh at those whose areas of expertise do not exactly match our own, because they're hopeless morons! Ha ha!
Alexander had the chance to mold a new boss and develop major points by taking him under his wing and give him technical training, and he instead chose to throw it away by sighing and rolling his eyes every time the new boss asked for help... is that the real WTF?
In my experience, you can't help a self-professed expert, certainly not when he's your superior and a blood relative to someone much higher up the corporate ladder. Ego will always prevail.
Have you ever worked in a small-or-medium privately-owned company. Above poster is right; there is no changing these type of people.
Had an IT Manager at my last place who panicked when the files were in the wrong order in a Windows Explorer FTP site browser instance. No nepotism there, though, so I'm not sure how she got the job.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 11:48 • by Stark_ (unregistered)
You don't get it, the good guy did come out on top. What you don't realize is that Alex's old boss probably left because the executives he reported to were intolerable. Alex likely never knew because his boss was just that good at dealing with shit and not passing it along. If Alex had been promoted, he probably would have been shit on but felt too achieved to leave.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 11:55 • by Peter (unregistered)
Some of the more exotic "Arctic Silver Ice" thermal compounds are electrically conductive, making for even more fun. I suppose the .1 degC/Watt is worth the extra hassle. I just use the good ol' white stuff that doesn't come off your clothing...
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 11:57 • by Elron the Fantastic (unregistered)
Obvious troll is obvious. In any case, perhaps he should have simply brought the computer to the owner in question and demonstrated the issue himself. There's no reason that the jackass manager should have been the first one to talk to the boss.
And then he went to work for NASA...
Yea, I know. That is what duck tape is good for.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 12:12 • by fjf (unregistered)
Oh, it's PC assembly story time ...
In the 1990s I assembled a machine together with a friend. There were two ways the power supply plugs (AT) would fit and two ways the CPU would fit. We didn't have any manuals, but fortunately he was quite sure which way to put the power and I how to place the CPU. Needless to say, we got it right on our 4th attempt, but to our surprise, it still worked.
Lightening is a women getting close to going into labor.
Lightning is electricity.
But then again, most women approaching lightening would love a method of speeding up the remainder of the process.
Nope, it's not the real WTF. The real WTF is someone like that getting a position through the wonders of family ties.
Also, Nicholas seems to be the kind of person who knows better than seasoned gurus because he managed to plug the correct cable into the correct socket after a few tries and won't admit the horrible, horrible truth, that if it hadn't been for the wonders of nepotism he'd be assembling burgers at your local McDonald's at best. Please reread the text, Nicholas wasn't a smart person that could be instructed by someone, he was an ass. Upper management material.
I'm sure Alexander learned a valuable lesson from this experience...
Make sure the blame falls onto the right person who fucked it up.
I would have not touched it until the idiot owner came over and I showed him EXACTLY what his moronic cousin did.
After that if he blamed me I would tlel him to go fuck himself.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 12:20 • by Duke Nukem (unregistered)
I attended a relatively technical school (How to Run a Nuclear Reactor in 4200 easy steps). Several people at the school were the smartest people in the world. They told me so themselves. The laughter echoing down the halls when they failed out made jet engines seem like kittens purring.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 12:21 • by Cyn (unregistered)
I think you're looking for www.thedailyandeveryonelivedhappilyeverafter.com
That reminds me of a friend of mine, that bought a brand new shiny AGP video card, back when AGP was all the rage. So he called me that he put it on, but it didn't work. I went to check what his problem was and, lo and behold, his mainboard didn't have AGP slots. Only PCI. Nevertheless he had somehow managed to insert it.
"How. Did. You. Insert. That. Card. There." was all I could say
"Well... it was kinda hard and I had to use a hammer, but I finally got it in. Is that the problem?"
Anyway, we had to throw away the brand new shiny AGP card, and this PCI slot didn't work any more, but curiously everything else was fine, and he got to use that PC for at least a year more.
I don't feel old, and I still build my own computers. In fact, I've never *bought* a prebuilt desktop system. (Laptops, sure, because you can't really build those. But my first desktop PC and every one after that has been one I built. They work better that way. No crapware, etc.)
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 13:02 • by Sanhadrin (unregistered)
Uh, graphics cards and RAM don't heat up because of signal voltage (unless you want to get pedantic). They heat up because components on them generate heat. Thermal paste could be a perfect insulator, and it wouldn't protect components from heating up.
Same here. It's so easy to build one if you know what you're doing, and live within 100 miles of a Frys.
This guy did put the thermal between the CPU and the heatsink. The problem is he also put it on every single port he could find in the motherboard, including (as it happened to the poster) to the CPU socket.
And no, this is not a good idea.
Ahhh, nepotism...
While you will often get the "relative of the boss" who is a know-it-all, it is worse when the "relative of the boss" actually DOES know more than the boss. Then the "relative of the boss" has a difficult time persuading the boss that there ARE better ways of doing things.
Yes, there are bosses who won't even listen to their relatives. Usually the argument turns to something like "but that is the way I've always done it". Insert in your minds eye, the putting of a printout on the wooden desk and taking a picture of it then OCRing it to get it back into a spreadsheet (or something similar).
Been there, done that (*SIGH*). He is still a pretty good brother!
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 13:36 • by no laughing matter
The accumulated grease of all their CPUs and sockets will foam up on their fingers and all the cousins and bosses will look up and shout "Fix it!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No."
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 13:36 • by Old Fart (unregistered)
You don't know what the problem is until you look at it, so you can't "show" the idiot owner anything until AFTER you touched the machine.
Let's say you are psychic: You realize what happened without touching it. The idiot owner would not have come to look at the computer. He would have told you "do what your supervisor tells you, or you're fired".
Let's say you are psychic and very persuasive. The idiot owner comes over, does not know what he is looking at, and says "get back to work".
And in any scenario where you tell the idiot owner to go fuck himself, you get fired anyway.
Alexander was screwed no matter what.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 13:40 • by eric76 (unregistered)
You sure have that right.
I work for a family company. My next to the oldest brother was the owner until he passed away. He had some really crazy beliefs.
For example, since he had read that Macintoshes used ascii, he refused to believe that PCs used ascii. No amount of argument ever convinced him otherwise. He wasn't sure what PC's used, but it sure wasn't ascii.
Actually PCs use extended ASCII, not regular ASCII...
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 13:58 • by Martin (unregistered)
Because ISO-8859-1 is too standardized.
I wish I had fun computer building stories that went awry, but they've all turned out pretty good. I've been building computers for 16 years, and some people have had them for 8-10 years with no problems (other than technology obsolescence. Building by hand can yield quite a lot higher quality than the factory.
Re: The Sysadmin's PC
2013-01-24 14:17 • by the beholder (unregistered)
I didn't build my first computer. Instead my father paid one of his friends to do it. It was okay except for my feeling that we paid the price of a Ferrari and received a Prius, but I was only eleven and had zero computer skills back then, so that was alright.
I didn't build my second computer either. My older brother did it, he was already starting on the field while I was green behind my ears. But time passed and I bought two computers in the last two years. I did all the spec'ing and assemble myself. It is so much cheaper and easy that I see no reason to pay anyone to do it or come up with a very expensive pile of junk, at least until I'm very old (by then I hope my kids will be able to do it for me)
|« Prev
|Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
|Next »


text:
Next, you'll be asked to connect with Twitter. Rest assured, we will never send a tweet from your account
without your permission.
We will send you an email with an invite soon.
RT @drew: BREAKING: I will be stepping down as Pope to run JC Penney. Same gig basically.
The new Pope is... Patrick Bateman.
RT @samir: "Don't hate the prayer hate the game" - new pope
RT @cnnbrk: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran will eventually appear on St. Peter's Square balcony to announce the new pope.
The New Pope: @GroovyBruce ! ! ! !
RT @Reuters: Photo: White smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel chimney indicating new pope elected (via @reuterspictures)
RT @1938news: Forget the Pope. My source at Apple tells me the iWatch is real.
See what's Trending Now for @Brett
Follow @Brett on Twitter


text: I'm bored, and lonely right now..plus I can't sleep!! Just ended 2 friendships. funny how we were getting along earlier today, all of a sudden just..woosh! friendship down the drain. But its whatev's nawhmshayin?! Friends come & go..their lost, is someones gain! That's life, lifes unfair! -_- but for me, I'm the type who just forget about it, & let people leave if they wanna, all I know is that I will never forget them. They may have been a big impact in my life, maybe not? Whatever clevers. Two friendships ended in one night, whatta night! Its ridiculous how friends can hurt you so much, emotionally now. Friends can do so much damage in your life, more than your gf/bf could! Friends are friends, sometimes you have to realize how lucky you are to have them. Sometimes not so lucky to have them fake ones, those are the ones you have to be careful with. Trust nobody but YOURSELF. Unless you know yourself they won't say anything. Me? well I've learned my lesson, realllll good. That's what I hate bout myself, I trust to easily..I hate being miss nice girl, I hate being pushed overed! No miss nice girl anymore..but anyway, once your friendship ends with that someone you were friends with for such a while, your world will never be the same, ever..ever again. Just sayin'


text:
Hardly Workin' with Greg Burton
Weekdays 3p-6p
Your Host:
Greg Burton
Call: 804-345-0950, 233-7680 or 1-877-994-4950
Text: 804-638-9508
1:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. ET
There are no games scheduled for today.
Contact | About | Jobs & EEO Reports
©Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information/Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. All rights reserved.


text:
Next, you'll be asked to connect with Twitter. Rest assured, we will never send a tweet from your account
without your permission.
We will send you an email with an invite soon.
Actions vs. Words... Best when they work together. No to ambiguity!
"The oldest, shortest words – 'yes' and 'no', are those which require the most thought." ~ Pythagoras
"And I say these words... Every little thing you do...."
See what's Trending Now for @otegaogra
Follow @otegaogra on Twitter


text:
I have loved Brooks from the beginning. But I think he is gay
That comment is better than the show
Yes. I think Brooks is gay too!. This is why he can't get to the point of being in love with Des. It's just not in him to love a woman.
I have thought he was gay too. But I think Des is more in love with Brooks because he has NOT said he loves her. deep down it is always the chase for any man or woman. If Zak hadnt told her he loved her at hometown week he may not have gone home.
Anyone else see the complete irony. Des is completely devastated that Brooks waited this long to tell her of his uncertainty yet she has been doing the exact same thing (consciously at that) to the other two. Karma?
I hadn't thought about it but maybe Brooks is gay. My thought is that he will have second thoughts and show up after the other two go home. I think Des should pick Drew and settle into a sure thing. How about Zak or Juan Carlos for the next bachelor?
I don't think he's gay at all… He just doesn't have any chemistry with her… To me, i really didn't see them being together…they just didn't look right together, he's to handsome for her… She's cute but she's not a knock-out.
I agree, he is not gay. He's just not into her like that. Brook is being really honest about his feeling, just bcuz a guy isnt into you doesnt mean he is gay. He is hot tho, lol.
OMG!! Desiree, get over it! You have two other men who whorship you and that is not enough? Spare me. Get over your bruised ego and focus on the guys that are willing to propose and spend the rest of their lives loving you. You are about to break one of their hearts with little more than a sympathy pat on the back yet you expect Brooks to apologize for being man enough to not further lead you on. Your pathetic.
I have not watched in a couple of weeks and forgot how boring this show is.
It seems back words that the one that loves her the least, is the one that she loves the most. Could it be some psychological trick? Obviously the other's made their feelings towards her much more apparent, and she craved to feel that same love from Brooks, and she never did… and that's why she loved him the most, because she wanted something she knew she couldn't have… self fulfilling prophesy?
Now Brooks can go home to mommy. It is all good
All I can say is " PLEASE BE THE NEXT BACHELOR BROOKS"!!!
I think she deserve it as she thinks she is in love with him for weeks and play with others, I have other idea as show is boring they may change this as is
Brooke's isn't in live with her because he's gay. Go home cry baby!
where is my comment
What is wrong with her?? Move on, dang! Dont you have other men to deal with? She just liked Brooks
cuz he was nice looking and could give a dang about her thats how it always is but he can't help who he loves , she was just not his type.
Her weakness is just so unattractive
I agree.. I think Brooks is gay but still in the closet..
I think he is just after the 15 minutes of fame
Brooks is full of female energy.. it is so clear.. and so clear that he is still in the closet!
It tells a lot about Des… to be totally taken by a person that reflects 90% female energy and only shows indifference towards her..
This girl is not ready to have a healthy relationship.. she needs counselling… not a husband..
I hope one day the bachelorettes read up on covert narcissism before going on this show; it would save a whole lotta' tears and a whole lotta' time.
Chris was the right guy for her! Charming, sporty, and more down to earth. She would have had "real love" with Chris, I don't see what see ever saw in Brooks. Now SHE has to break two hearts.
I also think Juan Pablo or Zak should be the next bachelor!! I would probably watch next season if one of those two were the bachelor…..or even Chris, but I don't want to see Brooks on the show ever again.
I don't think the format used on these bachlorette programs .are tasteful. They don't work. Why don't you try the one program about the cowboy looking for a wife. Why do the couple's have to try on each other physically in the fantasy suite. Come on there's more toarelatioship then sex. Maybe you can have hereafter 70. Anyway it's time for change.
I watch this show with my wife, and she agrees, can Des be any more boring! So she's upset that she "loves" Brooks, and he doesn't feel the same. But yet now she is going to do the same thing to the other to schmucks. They should just cancel the Finale! Gonna be brutal!
This show is ridiculous. What is she going to do now pick one of the other two guys. She is not in love with any of them. That is why most choices on this show never work. It is not reality!!
Brooks did des wrong if he did not love her he should except the rose
I just do not get it…..why is she leading drew mad Chris on if she knows Brooke's is the one??
What a terrible episode, I have watched this show from the beginning, and picked Brooks from the start. I think he is madly in love with Des, and is scared. I think he is very real with his feelings, an also they are very much with each other. Good match, feel terrible to see Des cry and Brooks cry, he has real feelings for her. Cut the non-sense and Brooks do the right thing, GO BACK TO HER!!!!! Don't make the public think you are Gay!!!!!
This show sucks now. I can't even watch it any more. The only reason why these people go on this show is for the trips and the clothes. I have seen better acting with grade school kids. She was sucking face so much I am surprised she didn't get Mano ..Can't watch this show switched over during commercial & saw this talking with Chris and then the crying give me a friggin break. SHOW SUCKS.
Bring Zak back !
The pretense of the show is just not realistic…to put someone in the position of "loving" several guys at the same time is not right despite how genuine Desiree seems to be. I agree…I think Brooks loves her more than he thinks he does, and just needs to slow it down and let them grow their relationship in REAL life away from the cameras. I feel like it could happen that way…but I could of course be wrong. If Brooks is not feeling it…you can't MAKE someone love you! Every time I watch the shows , which I have done now for MANY seasons…I say "sure it's EASY to fall in love on all these great adventureous dates in beautiful places…." but maybe we need a show where they try to fall in love the NORMAL way…by experiencing day to day ups and downs…THAT'S the true test of love!! (I know, I know…it may? not make for great tv…)
The guys are buff and not too bright, the girls are beautiful simpletons. Please, WSJ, write about something relevant to real life?
This is all hype. They are going to have Brooks be the next bachelor!
Drew is the right one!!! Look how sweet he treats his sister. That is the sign of a true man
bring zach back he was the best for her
It seemed reasonable to me that the graphical representation of movement should be provided by a method update_display in class Creature.
brooks is going to realize how much he loves Desiree and they will bring him back to the show. She will propose to him and he will accept.
Who cares whom she chooses! Aentigua is unbelievably beautiful.
Speakeasy is a blog covering media, entertainment, celebrity and the arts. The publication is produced by Barbara Chai and Jonathan Welsh with contributions from the Wall Street Journal staff and others. Write to us at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow us on Twitter at @WSJSpeakeasy or individually @barbarachai.
Content engaging our readers now, with additional prominence accorded if the story is rapidly gaining attention. Our WSJ algorithm comprises 30% page views, 20% Facebook, 20% Twitter, 20% email shares and 10% comments.


text:
BBC1 The Paradise, on the other hand, is totally new and will go on for two weeks more. It has been recently announced that a second season has been commissioned after the rewarding viewing figures (average audience of 5.9 million viewers) for the first one. And I'm terribly happy to hear that. What has happened to me is that I've been won by the new BBC1 series loosely based on Zola 's "Au Bonheur des Dames" , by its different setting (a 19th century department store in London) and by its new characters. So, I started waiting for Tuesdays more eagerly than for Sundays. Mr Moray and his little champion Denise , Miss Audrey and Edmund Lovett, Pauline and Sam, Clara and Mr Dudley, Young Arthur and Mr Jonas have definitely conquered my heart. Did I forget anyone? Oh, yes, Miss Glendenning and her father. Maybe, it is not casual, since they are not exactly my best favorite characters, as you may have guessed.
My interest in the series has been growing episode after episode till the latest one, epidosode six. Why was it so special? Lots of things, actually.
Who can resist a dashing hero in a very elegant 19th suit, sitting in despair, his head in his hands and, especially, in shirt sleeves and his necktie gone? De ja vu? Maybe you're right but ... it worked!
And what about the Dickensian subplot of gloomy Mr Jonas scaring to death smart young orphan Arthur?
Not to mention the attempts of Miss Audrey to give heartfelt advice to daydreaming Denise.
I have to restrain myself not to reveal too much, not to spoil the pleasure of discovery for those who still have to see it. One thing is certain, if you love costume series, you won't be disappointed by this new BBC show.
Anyway, are you ready for tomorrow night? Ready to say goodbye to the many lovely, pleasurable moments Downton Abbey has given us so far? I only hope they leave us with a great, shining, memorable season finale. Then, it'll be Tuesday again. Thanks a lot, British TV, for your brilliant period drama series!


text:
With a full head of steam WMSR 734 roars by at Sunnyside
Western Maryland 734 rounding Helmsetters curve a scene 60 years ago would be common coming from the cow pasture.
Western Maryland 734 at Rt 40 bridge
Thanks Carl Frantz, WMSR CREW and all people who rode the train for a wonderful day of support and friendship for Mr Helmsetter.
Mountain Thunder charges through The Narrows on a cold fall morning. 1/45s Pan, Rods Down.
Western Maryland 734 arriving at Frostburg station after a hard climb
Western Maryland 734 leaves Ridgley WV and will cross into Maryland for the days trip.
Mountain Thunder lives up to her name as she pulls her seven car train up the grade and into the depot at Frostburg.
#734 plays the role of yard switcher, arranging her passenger cars for the day's trip to Frostburg
Its Opening Day on the Scenic! A perfect excuse to go shoot Mountain Thunder at Brush Tunnel!
#734 on a cold winter's night
#734 rests in at the station before pulling the Polar Express to Frostburg on a cold December evening.
Mountain Thunder crosses over the truss bridge at Route 40


text:
A big turnout Thursday at Vienna's City Council meeting, as members put in their final votes for the purchase of the old Johns Manville property.
It passed, but not without concerns for the future generations of Vienna.
Four citizens took the podium, addressing possible contamination and if the project's finances will come from taxpayers pockets.
"The city purchasing this property would be better because I feel like I can trust you as individuals to make the right decisions for us and for our community rather than somebody else," says Kasey Borkover, a Vienna resident.
"We did water samples core samples core drillings. Nothing throws up a red flag," says Mayor Randy Rapp.
Council unanimously approved the purchase.
The Department of Environmental Protection is overseeing the project to ensure all standards are followed.
Until a decision is made on what the property will become, an exact price tag for the city can't be placed.
Giving the power to the people.
Vienna City Council hosted a visionary meeting at the Jackson Community Building Wednesday night regarding the Johns Manville property.
Vienna community members were given maps to draw their own ideas for the property.
More than 65 people came to brainstorm.
One spokesperson with West Virginia Redevelopment Collaborative says recreation, a brewery, restaurants and local retail tend to be most of the ideas.
"We need a small civic center. We can do garage sales inside, car shows, trade shows and utilize the inside. I really think it'll increase property value," says Bill Terrell, a Vienna resident of 45 years.
Terrell adds more ideas, including fishing, a swimming area and place to load boats.
One more reading by council is required and that meeting is Thursday night.
Close to buying the old Johns Manville property.
Another step Wednesday night includes public opinion.
Wednesday a visionary meeting is being held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Vienna Community Building.
All for the public to discuss what they would like to see for the property.
One more reading by council is required and that meeting is Thursday night.
Another step toward new developments at the old Johns Manville site.
Vienna City Council approved an ordinance Thursday night, allowing the city to buy that property.
The council voted unanimously on the first reading to purchase the property.
But one more reading is required by council to complete the transaction.
That will be at next week's council meeting.
Also happening next week, there will be a visionary session next Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 at the Vienna Community Building.
All community members are invited to attend to discuss the property.
"We would like to bring them in, talk about the things that we've done up to this point. Explain to them where we would like to take this in the future and then answer any questions. Because you're going to have questions about something that's been there that long," says Mayor Randy Rapp.
Mayor Rapp says the city will bring experts to answer questions the community may have.
He adds that it's a big project that's going to be very good for the city.
Vienna City Council votes to purchase the former Johns Manville Plant Site.
The property on Second Ave. is owned by Structures Resources Incorporated, a Huntington development firm. It use to be home to the Manville Plant which closed eight years ago and recently torn down.
Mayor Randy Rapp says cleaning up the 39 acres in the center of town will be a great addition to Vienna.
He says the 15 acres in the back of the river will be made into a park and the remaining 19 acres of the industrial site will be developed into commercial property.
In Vienna a special city council meeting was held Monday night to discuss the old Johns Manville property.
Council spent nearly 40 minutes in executive session deciding what they want the next step to be when it comes to purchasing the property.
Once out of the session a motion was made to allow Mayor Randy Rapp to enter into an agreement with Eave's Recycling and continue to facilitate a purchase of the Manville property.
"The vote that we took this evening authorizes me to just finish another part of the puzzle so that we can get the whole package put together," says Mayor Rapp.
At Thursday's regular city council meeting the property is on the agenda and any public comments will be taken at the beginning of the meeting which starts at 7 p.m.
The old Johns Manville property in Vienna could be transferred to new owners Monday.
The only item on the agenda for a special Vienna City Council meeting calls for a transaction involving the 2nd Avenue site where the plant stood before it was torn down two years ago.
But Mayor Randy Rapp says that will be preceded by a closed-door meeting.
Any vote council takes on the transaction depends on the outcome of that executive session.
Rapp has said the city would like to use part of that property for recreational purposes.
The Manville plant closed eight years ago.
It's owned by a Huntington development firm.
People in Vienna will soon see some kind of a recreational facility at the old Johns Manville property.
The City of Vienna Council has authorized a resolution to do an environmental study on the vacant factory.
Vienna Mayor Randy Rapp says they're going to explore some options on what's going to be built at the 15 acre property.
Council members will also see what the actual condition of the ground is like there.
"It's a tremendous location. There's so much potential down there that could be done and it get's rid of an eyesore in a way of having an abandoned factory right in the middle of our town which is being demolished now," says Mayor Rapp.
City council members won't decide on what to do with the vacant factory until the environmental study is complete.


text:
Collection Civil War MapsShow Featured Items
Ideal map of Gettysburg battlefield
Scale ca. 1:18,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 353 Map of the battlefield over which has been drawn a series of squares and circles, the lines of which bear numbers, letters, ...
- Contributor: Wallace, George W.
- Original Format: Maps
- Date: 1907
Map of the battlefield of Gettysburg.
Scale ca. 1:23,700. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 352.8 In its Gettysburg in paragraph with map. Gettysburg, Jennie Wade Museum [19-?] Map indicates avenues, public roads, turnpikes, railroad, drainage, woodland, houses, ...
- Contributor: Wade (Jennie) Museum
- Original Format: Maps
- Date: 1900


text:
Is Painted Woodwork Something That Can Be Reversed?
Good Questions
Q: My husband and I own a 1940s Tudor style home. The interior is a lot of dark wood, as is much of our furniture. I want to paint some of the woodwork to lighten up the house, but hubby is vehemently against it, saying it will ruin the original design. At what point is it okay to change an interior, and is painting woodwork something that can be reversed?
Sent by Welmoed
Editor: Please share info and advice with Welmoed in the comments below - thanks!
• Got a question? Email yours with pic attachments here (those with pics get answered first)
Image: From Painted Woodwork, Yea or Nay?
44 Comments
Someone down the road is always going to lament some decision you made, whether it was faithfully restoring a feature they don't care for or altering one they do.
I personally am all for painting woodwork if you like the look (and yes, it's reversible. Time consuming, but paint can be stripped and wood can be refinished. I just toured a gorgeous bungalow where they have done just that very nicely.)
Is stripping the woodwork and just varnishing it an option? Some of the darkness may be coming from a dark stain on the wood. Stripping varnished/stained wood is fairly easy. Varnish alone will darken it some, but not nearly as dark as staining and varnishing.
My mother professionally refinished antiques and historical homes for 40 years in New Orleans. She would definitely recommend not painting it. It will need to be primed and that is very hard to strip as the previous person posted. Sometimes with not so desired results.
I helped her strip a entry way on Bourbon Street once. Our joke was that we were "the only Mother/Daughter strip team on Bourbon Street!"
Good luck!
Technically your husband is right. While the wood can be stripped and refinished, the original patina is lost.
This may seem a silly question... but why did you buy a historical home, with the design features intact, if you found it not to your liking?
I vote for painting, but this can be a pretty hot topic.
In every couple there seems to be one who wants to paint the woodwork and one who doesn't, just like there's one smooth and one crunchy peanut butter and one who's always on time and one who's always late etc.
I like painted woodwork (and furniture). My husband likes natural wood. Mostly I get to do what I want because I care more, but some furniture that I would love to paint has remained unpainted because it matters to him.
Maybe you could choose a less important room to experiment with, maybe a bedroom or a bathroom. Or maybe you can figure out a way to paint some of the woodwork that will have the most impact in adding light to the place. For example, woodwork around windows and muntins painted white really make a difference to the light in the room, other woodwork not as much.
Painting is reversible, though it's a lot of work to do it.
agree with 'anet500'..an old house with the original unpainted woodwork is becoming harder and harder to find.
if you appreciate older homes and their design and 'character', it shouldn't be something you want to cover up.
it's just going to make it look like every other new house that's trying to look old.
i don't recommend it.
I wouldn't paint the furniture. If you are not happy you can sell some of the items and for that money buy new pieces more to your liking.
I don't think that history should take precedence. I think that mistakes are made (and things are sometimes ruined), but that anything done with thought and proper execution is fine. No one should feel that they're only enduring their home for the sake of legacy.
But - relationships are about compromise...
Lighten up with furniture, drapes, good lighting. It will pop against the dark wood.
Get a great designer to help you with this if you need it. We used Burnham Design Instant Space for our 1929 Storybook Tudor in Atlanta.
Please, please don't paint it. Why undo 70+ years of history?
Your husband is right.
Anet500 is right. Painted wood can be stripped/refinished. But it will NEVER look the same. And wood that has been chemically stripped will always bear the signs of that process.
I recently toured a Craftsman bungalow with BLACK painted woodwork throughout. Despite the dark color, the house had the feel of a lightbox.
I'm not anti-paint, but I just don't think it is usually the right approach. Too often, white paint is just the easy and obvious approach.
There are sooo many other ways to lighten and modernize a space.
Try playing with these: Window coverings, wall color, furnishings, lighting, art, and accessories. If these are light and modern, the entire space will be light and modern. And the juxtaposition with your original woodwork will be much more interesting.
Do it.
I rented the upstairs of an old house in Mpls w/a lot of woodwork. Upstairs, the woodwork was painted white. Downstairs, where the owner and landlord lived, the woodword was freshly restored (to the tune of $40K, is what she told me).
I liked both looks equally. There's something pretty awesome about beautiful woodwork, but I say do what you want.
I'm on the don't paint team. I think the woodwork is part of the charm of your home. Do you have enough lighting in your home? You might be surprised how you feel if you up the wattage of your bulbs (within the fixture limits), use something like the GE Reveal bulbs and maybe add a mirror or something.
A 1940's Tudor is a Historic Treasure. Most, if not all, of the original woodwork will be old growth wood, a unique and valuable element in your home. If the wood is oak, maple, mahogany etc., painting it will lower the value home and the quality of the woodwork irreparably.
Newer/replacement woodwork or original woodwork done in cheaper woods like pine, fir, and poplar can often be painted without undue damage to the value of the historical home, especially if it's been previously or is currently painted.
Have you considered alternate means of "lightening" up the house? Fabric, Artwork, Lighting, etc. all be used to great effect. Over time the original varnish on wood may get unusually dark and dirty. If that applies here, sometimes it can be lightened if it's cleaned with denatured alcohol.
I recommend learning more about the history of your particular home/neighborhood before you consider painting.
There are numerous historical societies, the National Trust for the Preservation of Homes, the National Register of Historic Places, all with resources for learning about the uniqueness, scarcity, and value of owning and preserving a historical home like yours.
I wish you the best of luck in your journey to making this house the home you've always wanted.
Paint it. The wood work is nice, it ain't Versailles.
I always love when people mention how hard it is to find a house where the wood work hasn't been painted- that's because in a lot of those cases, the wood work looks better that way.
Live in your home the way you want to live in. Paint the wood work.
Instead of painting you can easily lighten up a room with a large white rug. Painting woodwork is difficult to reverse.
I don't hold wood trim sacred BUT if your husband is "vehemently against it" then why pursue it? Maybe as a compromise, if you agree to leave the wood trim he'll agree to some new, lighter furniture, window treatments or paint. Garrett22 is right, relationships are about compromise!
Make the choice recognizing the consequences. In my area, painted woodwork deflates the price of the house--people want and desire original finish wood work and once it has been painted it cannot be returned to original finish.
You have the right to make your choices, but I often wonder why people buy old houses with original features if they really don't want those features in the first place. There are LOTS of ways to lighten a house--painting wood work may or may not be one of them (I've seen many houses with painted woodwork that are very dark and heavy).
I am not a fan of painting woodwork but I agree with the kristin "it isn't Versailles". What I would do is some design research. You need to show your husband some successful paint jobs and he needs to be at least willing to look at them. And do consider other ways to lighten it up.
No one should feel that they're only enduring their home for the sake of legacy.
Paint it.
leave it. can you imagine the interior without the original woodwork? based on the picture, i cannot. as previous posts said, there are so many things you can do with paint, fabrics and window treatments that will brighten up your space, all the while emphasizing the natural, original (and unique!) woodwork...
I painted a whole room of (really bad condition) knotty pine, and recently defended the painting of brick or stone fireplaces even though I've stripped them. But I wouldn't paint that house, if that picture is of your place. It's just too perfectly perfect.
Oh Lord no don't paint it. I live in a 1930's Tudor with painted trim and I love light/airy and bright spaces. BUT, I wish all the time that our trim and doors had never been painted. We didn't do it, it was already painted when we bought it. When I go into other homes with unpainted trim, I am so jealous. There are so many colors that look so much nicer next to unpainted wood also.
I think you don't need to do anything to change it..You don't even have to paint it. Your home has a relaxing classical ambiance because of its wooden construction and it is something that makes your home unique and distinguished. Just add other timeless furniture that would enhance your area and other home decor.
As someone who respects the inherent value of old homes, I believe the formal spaces (the entry, living room, and dining room) in an historic home should be kept as original as possible. Any other woodwork I wouldn't feel guilty about painting.
But, as others have said, if your husband feels so strongly about it, he should probably win. It sounds like he'll regret it more than you'll like it. It it really worth a fight?
As Americans, we tend to believe that something that has lasted 70 years is "historic". Probably not. Unless your house is one of a kind, or someone famous lived there, you have no need to treat it like a historical relic. 1940 was NOT that long ago! Paint the wood if you can get your husband on board. If you can't, don't. The end.
Don't forget all the finger prints and marks that you have to constantly clean off white trim, yuck! I can't wait to have my own home with wood trim that doesn't get like that. But paint it if you want, it is reversible, though it will never look as good again.
i am in the same exact boat. my 1920's colonial feels a little dark with all the wood trim - allbeit beautiful. i'm debating painting it white in a year or so as well. unfortunately, the previous owner went polyurethane happy and put it all over the woodwork (not very neatly i might add), so it will be that easy of a job. good luck!
If the type of wood is of a relatively common species such as pine, fir, even oak (yes, I said oak) and it isn't quarter sawn or super special in any other way, then it would not be a crime to paint it.
If the home is from the 1940s, it wouldn't likely be old growth because all the old growth trees were chopped down by the 1920s.
I say go with what you love... Future owners wouldn't necessarily know you were the first ones to paint it... I don't believe that painted wood would really lower the value of the home as there are lots of people that don't like the look of dark finished wood against painted walls.
having purchased a 1913 craftsman home, I despise you trim painters, I've been stripping paint off windows, doors, trim, built ins for over a year and half now, it is extremely hard to do. if you don't like the color of the wood just sand it down and restain lighter. I personally love the dark stained wood.
If you do, I'll hate you forever.
Ok, sort of kidding, but given the amount of time and effort I've spent stripping crappy paint jobs off of wood trim, at least promise me you will do a good job, and not just slap the first white paint you see on it.
But the next person who owns your house?
Will definitely hate you forever.
It's your house.
You will be living in it.
You must be happy in it.
If the dark wood is oppressive, and it makes you unhappy, then for the love of all that is holy, paint it. It can be refinished. No, it will not have the original patina, but my guess is that the walls don't all have their original paint, and the carpet isn't original either. If you want to sell it down the road, and the seller wants the woodwork stained, then tell them you'll deduct the cost of having it refinished from the selling price.
And you can't live your life constantly worrying whether the next person who buys it will hate you. If you intend to live in the house for a long time, then do what you want to it.
You paid for the house. You have to live in it.
Make it yours.
architexas, I absolutely agree. Nicely said.
Welmoed, good luck. Hopefully you and your husband will reach a decision which makes you both happy.
It's your decision, but let me add this to the conversation, for thought.
I work in a Library and have been campaigning for years to get some additional shelving for our local history room. (Only) 20 years ago, the mahogany used for the existing shelves was nice and still affordable. I think it looks pretty bland and ok, but nothing special, when I see it. If it were in my house, I might have considered painting it.
BUT. The very persnickety carpenter who just added the new (extremely gorgeous) shelves told me that he was very sorry that he couldn't exactly match the mahogany veneer used 20 years ago. It now costs around $500 per sheet! (That's 4x8'). What he used, and his labor, cost us $4K, and THAT IS THE LOWER COST WOOD available now. (Which, by the way, has more pattern and looks better to my eye.) This for three bays of three shelves each. Beautifully constructed, worth the investment, will last through the next ice age. But still...
So. You might want to think about the devaluing thing and learn to love the wood if it's one of those rare hardwoods. I would get somebody who knows the wood to weigh in (in person) before doing something you might regret a lot later!
If you've never stripped paint from wood before, I suggest tacking a small project doing just that first. It's not fun. I'm in the process of stripping white paint from our 1928 window trim and staining it dark walnut. I stained the first window recently, only to find white paint embedded in the grain. I had deep brown with white streaks and sploches. Not to mention sanding dust everywhere.
I vote don't paint. But if you do, don't plan on stripping it. Just replace it.
I'm with your husband on this one. Don't paint! You shouldn't have bought the house if you didn't like that amazing wood.
Thanks for all the valuable comments! Here's the scoop. We've owned this house for 13 years but haven't lived there for the last 3 as we were downsizing and tried to sell it but foolishly bought another house before getting an ironclad contract. It is a unique home (do a Google search on "Redwall" and "Boyds" and you'll find it). So we're planning to move back. I think I will concentrate on using fabric and lighting first, and maybe use wallpaper to lighten up things like the built-in bookcases. We are going to modernize a few things, but it will never be a "remuddled" home, I promise!
I think you SHOULD be happy in your home but there are probably other ways to do it than paint the house's wood.
Whether or not you plan to sell, you should take your home's value into consideration. Will painting the wood devalue the property? (probably).
Sure, painting wood can be attractive when well-executed. It's also really trendy right now, but I doubt it's a lasting trend.
To brighten things up, why not start with the light fixtures and then move to other replaceable elements in the house, like furniture and decor.
Or if you have the budget for it, knock out some walls and bring in more natural light?
You can also position mirrors to catch natural light and redistribute it to other parts of the house.
I would try everything before touching the wooden house structure with a paint tipped brush.
I agree with your husband... Natural woodwork is beautiful and you should be happy that you don't have cheap trim that you HAVE to paint! Paint the walls instead! And maybe paint some of your furniture so that there is not so much wood if that is helps.
Have you considered simply replacing the untreated wood (which is worth a lot) with different paintable molding? You can hang onto your wood with it's antique patina so if you don't like the painted you can put it back up or you can replace it when you sell the house to up the value. I think it's less work than stripping anyway.
Paint the furniture.
I think either way would look beautiful, personally!
However, I would say such a permanent change that could devalue the home isn't worth doing when only 50% of the couple wants to. (If both of you wanted to paint I might be on board, but I can't justify such a huge permanent change when 1 of the owners is against it.)
I'd leave it as is (at least for now) and try to brighten the space up other ways, as previous commenters suggested.
Good luck! It's a really beautiful space.
wow that's alot of similar comments on a simple topic the simple options of which were covered by about the first 5 posters. i wonder if the question submitter read any more than i did of this? perhaps this caused such a great stir in their household that they are now divorcing and selling the house? :)
My husband and I rent a 1955 home which we have discussed purchasing from the owner in a couple of years. In the meantime, the landlord gave us permission to paint - apparently I misinterpreted this permission as including woodwork/trim/cabinets and within the last 14 months have painted several dark wood surfaces/trim a bright, crisp white (we have received nothing but compliments from people who see the change). Two weeks ago, I decided to do the kitchen. The landlord came over for something unrelated and sent us an email expressing his concern in being able to remove the white paint, indicated we were in violation of the lease, and estimated more than $3500.00 to replace all the kitchen cabinets. I have yet to find actual step-by-step instructions on how to make the woodwork look nice after stripping the white paint. We are now allowed to keep things as they are but he wants to start charging us $200.00 a month to be placed in an escrow account to cover damages if/when we move out. I did strip the white in the bathroom, but now what? Thanks for your help - it's desperately wanted/needed!


text:
I had a great time talking with Brian Hamlett from Becoming A Business Owner. Check out the interview to learn a little more about me and how I started my businesses. Live Giant, Shelia www.successfulwomentalk.com [...]
Your Business, Your Life: You Can Have It All
Are you living your calling? Doing the thing that makes you happy — makes you who you are. Doing what you were meant to do. Do you even know what that calling is? I've thought long and hard about my calling. It's teaching — helping other. This really isn't surprising since a majority of my [...] [...]
Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa


text:
According to a BabyCenter study, moms were 80 percent more likely to use social media compared to the general population at 55 percent. Moms were more likely to have more than 200 friends than the general population. They are also more likely to "like" brands on social media.
This mommy data indicates a target audience that brands do not want to miss. Even if your brand or product isn't a bullseye for moms, it is important to consider them in your branding strategy. As shown above, moms have more friends and are more likely to participate in social media. Attract the mommy audience and you can create relationships to be gossiped about.
For more information, visit eMarketer for the original article.


text:
March 23, 2004
PO Box 307
273 Main Street
Grahamsville, NY 12740
ext. 313
Official Facebook Page
To describe a fair, the dictionary tells us: a fair is visually appealing, free of clouds and rain, very pleasing to the eye, not excessive or extreme, and more than adequate in quality.
Put all those definitions together and what do you have? The Olde Time Fair, sponsored by the Time and the Valleys Museum. The fair is held each year at Bicentennial Park located on Route 55 in Grahamsville, right next to the Neversink Town Hall. The park is next to the Chestnut Creek which flows through town.
There are many exhibits for interactive fun. "From Fiber to Fabric" demonstrates how raw wool is spun, knitted and quilted.
A peek at pioneer life is on display inside the little log cabin exhibit.
Numerous activities are scheduled throughout the day for young and old.
Contests include:
Chestnut Creek Rapids Ball Race
Skillet Throwing for Women
Horeshoe Accuracy
Chestnut Creek Rapids Ball Race
Skillet Throwing for Women
Horeshoe Accuracy
A Pie Auction takes place mid-day
Live Entertainment
Picnic Area
Tractor Exhibit
Historical Exhibits
All proceeds support the Time and the Valleys Museum.
8:30 - 4:30
Monday - Friday
Open Archives Wednesdays 1 to 4
Open Archives by Appointment Only Fridays 1 to 4
By Appointment Only
Contact Town Historian
Please consider making a donation online using PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account in order to donate. Please click on the PayPal button to make your donation.


text:
Fall 2008
Band of Outsiders
January 31, 2008
Location: New York
Designer: Scott Sternberg
Founded: 2004, Los Angeles
Owned by: Private
History: Ohio-born Sternberg began his career as an agent at CAA, but the Ari Gold lifestyle wasn't for him. "I was always just a part of the team," he says, "and I'm not interested in anything less than running the team." Since launching in early 2004 with a collection of shrunken button-down shirts and narrow ties, Sternberg has steadily expanded his offerings and now produces a full men's line. In 2009 he was named menswear designer of the year by the CFDA.
The Look: French New Wave meets classic Americana. "Like what your dad wore," says Sternberg, "but reinterpreted for the future."
- New Arrivals: 11 Things We Want to Buy This Week
- Watch of the Week: Givenchy Seventeen Black & Gold Limited Edition
- ICYMI: BNMDA is Coming, Hannah Ferguson is a Bombshell, and 30 Trends You Should Know
- Your Daily Eye Queue: Sam Smith Dons Calvin Klein, Tony Bennet's Style Moves, and More...
- You Already Know You Like Trademark Fall-Winter 2014
- Levi's Wants You to Spend This Fall in the Nude (Leather)
News + Politics
- Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You
- The GQ+A: Travi$ Scott on Buying "the Grill That Is Going to Kill Pharrell"
- 10 Songs That Blew My Mind: Banks
- "Aint Nothing Shine Brighter Than That Bad Boy" The Inside Story of Hip-Hop's Most Notorious Label
- 10 Songs that Blew My Mind: Jon Batiste
- The Next Big All-American Bombshell: Hannah Ferguson
How To
Food + Travel
- David Chang's Kitchen: Don't Get All "Fresh" with Me
- David Chang's Kitchen: Your Idea of Bologna is Total Baloney
- Chart: The Family Tree of Bourbon Whiskey
- Recipe: Semi-Summer Salad - Chef Jeff Taibe of Oak + Almond
- The Great Franco-Italian Pasta Experiment
- How to Pick from an Overpriced Restaurant Wine List


text:
Cluttered Gypsy
Ask me anything Add to my clutter...
.Kailey Nicole.
- the california gypsy -
Welcome to my 3 ring circus. A museum of my mind if you will...
i am a collector...of photographs, antique keys, animal bones, agates, apothocary jars, teapots, sea glass, shells, specimen jars, sugar skulls, voodoo dolls, antique silverware, sacred hearts, dried flowers...anything that catches my eye or tickles my pickle so to speak.
My perfect day would consist of a picnic under an oak tree and if I could photograph one thing for the rest of my life it would be mushrooms. I love drinking tea[& or hot chocolate] on cold gloomy days and autumn is my favorite time of year. Seaglass and sugar skulls are worth their weight in gold to me and I would take patina and rust over something shiny any day of the week. My dream is to live in an old victorian house on a small piece of land outside the city and for work I would love to open up my own little shop to sell my odds and ends. When I die I want to be buried under an oak tree so then what is left of me can live on for years through the tree. This is just a spec of what is me.
the images that you will find here i collect from all over. most of them i find while browsing on http://weheartit.com or http://vi.sualize.us/ and while each one strikes a cord within me i must say that they are not my own and i take no credit for them. despite the occasional photo of myself the rest are posted mearly for inspiration and to help tell the story of who i am and what makes me...well..me.
- posted by:
- clutteredgypsy
- date:
- Sep 14, 2010 (a Tuesday)
- time:
- 6:34:23 (4 years ago)
There are 44 notes on this item.
- scooter313 likes this
- missspite likes this
- protege-moi likes this
- collect-your-courage reblogged this from lexmachina
- lexmachina reblogged this from clutteredgypsy
- witchgrotto likes this
- soupsan reblogged this from mysticm
- ladyfreshcigarettes reblogged this from ysvoice
- m0sca reblogged this from elkeringhausen
- 100undertones reblogged this from clutteredgypsy and added:
Unleash the light within.
- magicalnaturetour likes this
- unforgiving likes this
- karyatida likes this
- elkeringhausen reblogged this from mysticm
- abrahammx reblogged this from ysvoice
- abrahammx likes this
- redjeep likes this
- t-s-k-b likes this
- wadewilson4president likes this
- mysticm reblogged this from ysvoice
- kihachi reblogged this from ysvoice
- jetheart likes this
- ysvoice reblogged this from astonyen and added:
| ♕ | Beacon House
- ysvoice likes this
- astonyen reblogged this from clutteredgypsy
- astonyen likes this
- clingingtofairytales likes this
- ssleep likes this
- cosmicwolfmama reblogged this from clutteredgypsy
- rachelinezlane likes this
- circulatoryhoney likes this
- loupgarou likes this
- vincentblack likes this
- summerinohio reblogged this from clutteredgypsy
- ajnapix likes this
- nos0ul likes this
- clutteredgypsy posted this


text:
Awesome product already used once on my Dodge diesel. Worked wonderfully
2 - gauge 20' Jumper Cables
Item # WX2-155762
- Google+
This item cannot ship internationally.
- Details & Specs
Long, strong heavyweights! Big-rig-ready 2-gauge 20' Jumper Cables!
Professional service grade Jumper Cables that can even handle a semi! They'll get the job done, no matter what the vehicle, and they're here at the lowest price going, practically electrifying!The nuts & bolts:
- Thick 2-gauge cables, truly heavy-duty. Color-coded for easy polarity ID
- 20' long, for back-to-front hook-up for most "civilian" vehicles. Safer for highway use
- High-tension parrot-type clamps for post and side terminal batteries
- Vinyl coated for rust and corrosion prevention.
- Weigh 7 lbs., 9 ozs.
Don't settle for wimpy... get this high-voltage bargain ONLINE today!
- Reviews
Customer Reviews
I have check other places for good jumper cables to find your's is 100 fillers less.
Decent cables.
Love the jumper cable's. I think I will order all three of my kids a pair for their cars.
The cables are exactly as advertised. FIt well with my new truck.
These babies are well made, at a price no one else could beat. You could not make up a set yourself for the price.
Don't Forget
2-Pk. Erickson® 2"x20' 10,000-lb. Tow Straps with Forged Snap HooksBuyer's Club $22.49 Non-Members $24.99
6-Pk. of ORION® FlaresBuyer's Club $17.99 Non-Members $19.99
Auto Accident KitBuyer's Club $13.49 Non-Members $14.99
You May Also Like
Battery Tender® PlusBuyer's Club $53.99 Non-Members $59.99
Battery Tender Jr.Buyer's Club $26.99 Non-Members $29.99
Guide Gear® 5-in-1 Jumpstarter with Power Inverter and Air CompressorBuyer's Club $80.99 Non-Members $89.99


text:
Anxiety & Panic Disorders Health Center
Natural Anxiety Treatment May Work
Feb. 25, 2000 (Lake Tahoe, Calif.) -- Kava, an extract from the root of the pepper plant Piper methysticum, has come a long way from the South Pacific, where it has been a staple of traditional medicine for centuries. Today in the U.S., kava is an herbal best seller, often taken for its relaxing properties. Now a review of studies from Europe and the U.S. concludes that kava is relatively effective and safe.
Max H. Pittler and Edzard Ernst of the University of Exeter in England write in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology that many studies of kava extract may have overestimated its beneficial effects. So they reviewed published studies on kava and asked kava experts to submit their research for evaluation. Pittler and Ernst focused on seven of the more carefully designed studies, three of which compared kava's effects to those of a placebo. In all three trials, kava was more effective than the sugar pill in relieving symptoms of anxiety.
Five of the seven trials reported adverse effects such as stomach complaints, restlessness, drowsiness, tremor, headache, and tiredness. But the two studies that reported no adverse effects represented 31 percent of the total number of patients tested, the authors write.
The authors pointed out several shortcomings of their research: The European medical journals might be underrepresented in the literature they searched. Researchers tend not to publish trials with negative results, particularly in journals of complementary or alternative medicine. And the sample size in most of the trials was small.
The sample size is one of several concerns of Naresh Emmanuel, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, who reviewed the analysis for WebMD. He says none of the studies surveyed involved enough people to rule out the likelihood that the results were reached by chance.
Emmanuel also says that the range of anxiety symptoms in the study subjects was too diverse. "It's like saying, we'll take everybody with headaches. ... You're not looking at a unified sample," he tells WebMD.
Still, Emmanuel says, the bottom line is that the studies suggest kava is effective, and he occasionally suggests it to his patients. But he cautions people who take the supplement not to mix it with alcohol or other drugs that affect the brain, and not to do anything that requires being alert, such as driving. Also, if used for a long time, kava can cause scaling of the skin, he says.
- Kava is a popular herbal extract taken for its relaxing properties.
- A scientific review of several studies shows that taking kava is more effective than a placebo for the treatment of anxiety, and the herb is not associated with any serious side effects.
- One expert points out that more extensive studies are needed before researchers can be sure about the safety and effectiveness of kava.