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Southern Theatre
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The great Southern Theatre is the only remaining 19th Century theatre in Columbus. It opened on September 21, 1896 after close to three years of planning and construction (the adjoining Southern Hotel opened the following summer). It boasts the architectural influence of 19th Century geniuses Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. It was constructed of "fireproof" brick, tile, iron, concrete and steel (since most other theaters in the downtown had been previously destroyed by fire). Being a very modern structure, it was one of the first commercial buildings in Columbus to have electricity (which it produced itself).
In the early-1910's, a section of the upper balcony was removed to install a projection booth. It was used as a live performance and movie theater until 1931 when it became a full-time movie house. It stayed open until 1979 when years of neglect forced its closing.
The movement to restore the Ohio Theatre 30 years ago helped the Southern Theatre receive public support for its own restoration. After over a year of restoration, it reopened its doors on September 26, 1998 and now hosts a variety of performances.
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Lost Memory: I plan to make a trip to Columbus this summer so will take you up on that excellent trip suggestion. I always make a point of calling ahead so I can tour the theatre as someone is usually kind enough to meet me and the hubby.
This 1983 photo shows the entrance of the theater prior to renovation:
The Great Southern Theatre in Columbus is listed in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. The lessees were the Valentine Company; Lee M. Boda was Manager. Seating capacity was 1,900 and admission prices ranged from 25 cents to $1.50. There was both gas and electric illumination. The proscenium opening was 34 feet square, and the stage was 52 feet deep. The theatre was on the ground floor and there were 10 members of the house orchestra. Other roadshow theatres in Columbus in 1897 were the Grand Opera House and the High Street Theatre. There were 4 newspapers at the time and 7 hotels which catered to show people. The 1897 population of Columbus was 130,000. I visited the Southern Theatre with a THSA group in mid-2000 and it was very beautifully restored and well worth seeing.
I'm pretty sure I saw "Robinson Crusoe On Mars" at this theatre during a Saturday matinee on August 22, 1964 as listed in the Columbus Dispatch. It might be one of my first movie going memories. A great movie that my two older brothers took me to via the bus to downtown. I still remember waiting on that bus after the movie in Kreskie's (spell check) store and seeing/smelling that great pizza in their case that I couldn't afford! If I only had a time machine… zman
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The current seating in the Southern is 925, according to the CAPA website.
how did it get reduced by half?
If you live in or visit Columbus, this theatre boasts wonderful acoustics. I have seen various types of live performance here over the last 15 years: small-scale musicals, chamber music, full orchestras, rock music and was lucky enough to have seen the Lynn Redgrave performance in "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 2006. It is also a very beautiful theatre, perhaps the most tasteful and elegant in all of Columbus. Take someone you love to hear good music in a lovely setting!
Great history of this theatre,good to see it still open.
Attributed architects as Yost & Packard of Dayton
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The red jacket strikes again! The governor does ok with this choice, although I do think red jacket and red pants can be a lot for anyone. She does pull it off, mostly because she's slim. Her best colors are cool and more muted though. We also need to try to ignore the bright yellow lanyard that's covering up her lovely pearls...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Jennifer Granholm introduces Alan Mulally at NGA
Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan introduced Ford CEO Alan Mulally's remarks at the National Governors Association conference. She wore a red pantsuit:
Labels: Granholm, red jacket
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Melanne Verveer reports on the potential of Afghan women and girls
Ambassador-at-Large Melanne Verveer presented remarks on the diplomatic potential of Afghan women and girls before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week. She wore an evergreen jacket with the collar turned up:
If you ever wondered how to make the "popped collar" work for you in a professional environment, this is how. The turtleneck under the jacket is the same color and she accented with jewelry under the jacket, not outside or anywhere near the lapel. This can be a great look for women who have concerns about the neck and chin, provided your hair is no longer than chin-length.
Labels: collar, short hair, Verveer
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison campaigns in Arlington, TX
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is running for governor in Texas, made a campaign stop last week in Arlington. She wore green:
This grass green color is a good one for the Senator, but the styling of this jacket is giving us too much of a good thing. It's a lot of green, with buttons all the way up to the collar and no blouse to break up the color block or the line. A soft cream scarf over this jacket might have softened the look a little bit and brought our attention back to her face instead of the wall of green with bold black buttons.
This grass green color is a good one for the Senator, but the styling of this jacket is giving us too much of a good thing. It's a lot of green, with buttons all the way up to the collar and no blouse to break up the color block or the line. A soft cream scarf over this jacket might have softened the look a little bit and brought our attention back to her face instead of the wall of green with bold black buttons.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Kathleen Sebelius: A Color Comparison
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed health insurance reform last week. She wore magenta:
This is a lot of color for her. If you're not sure, give it the "attention" test. Where does your eye rest when you look at her? On her face, or down on her jacket? I see the jacket. The Secretary can wear saturated colors, but she does better when they are cool and more muted.
Look at this example, when she spoke at Hunter College recently on the H1N1 vaccine:
This cool blue/green color is much less distracting. It's not that we don't see the jacket, it's just that we don't focus on it. This is also a great example of how to wear color and still look winter-appropriate.
This is a lot of color for her. If you're not sure, give it the "attention" test. Where does your eye rest when you look at her? On her face, or down on her jacket? I see the jacket. The Secretary can wear saturated colors, but she does better when they are cool and more muted.
Look at this example, when she spoke at Hunter College recently on the H1N1 vaccine:
This cool blue/green color is much less distracting. It's not that we don't see the jacket, it's just that we don't focus on it. This is also a great example of how to wear color and still look winter-appropriate.
Labels: color comparison, Sebelius
Monday, February 22, 2010
Kirsten Gillibrand discusses Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Kirsten Gillibrand went on the Rachel Maddow show last week to discuss the proposed repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. She wore black:
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This outfit is rather similar to what we saw Kathleen Sebelius wear to the Senate last week, with one key difference. While the Secretary wore a pink top under her jacket, Senator Gillibrand went with black. For someone with such fair coloring, this is a lot of stark black at once. The pearls against her skin, above the neckline instead of on the fabric, helps to soften this look, as does pink hued makeup.
Labels: Gillibrand, jewelry
Friday, February 19, 2010
Blanche Lincoln on small business owners
Blanche Lincoln had a question for the president about small business owners at his recent remarks to the Senate Democratic Conference. She wore neutral colors:
The scarf provides a nice addition of pattern and color near her face, and the overall color palette keeps this look from being too busy. But scarf plus turtleneck plus blazer equals a lot of fabric up around the neck. If her sweater were a crew neck instead, this would be perfect.
Labels: accessories, Lincoln
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Hillary Clinton says Iran is becoming a military dictatorship
Hillary Clinton said Iran was moving toward a military dictatorship in a televised discussion with students at the Doha campus of Carnegie Mellon. She wore marine blue:
We already know that a deep vibrant blue is a strong color on her. What I want to discuss this time is her hair. The Secretary has a great hairstyle here. As her hair is getting a little bit longer, it looks great curled at the bottom and with just a little bit of volume at the crown. The curl helps to balance her face shape, but all of the styling is subtle enough that we careful observers are probably the only ones actively noticing it.
Here was can see the back as well as she greets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia:
Unfortunately, when Secretary Clinton's hair gets flat or limp, it makes her look tired, so the extra amount of style time she put into her hair for this event was worth it. She looks healthier and more powerful. Looking tired never projects confidence or conviction.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper discusses statutory pay-go
Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper spoke on the House floor about statutory pay-go legislation. She wore leopard print. Don't be alarmed:
It probably goes without saying that animal prints can be tricky to wear in the public realm. There are two reasons why this outfit works:
1. Scale. This is a large leopard print, which makes it a bit more abstract and moves away from looking like she's literally wearing an animal skin.
2. Proportion. The amount the print in her outfit is limited to less than a quarter of what we can see on camera, and less than 10% of her entire outfit.
You can do it, just be aware of scale and proportion, and keep the rest of your outfit very simple. Really. Don't be afraid.
Labels: animal print, Dahlkemper
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wearing patterns on television: Beware!
There are a lot of "rules" out there about what you should and shouldn't wear on television. In general, I don't like lists of rules. They rarely account for the individual, and everyone's look, style, and strengths are different.
You do have to be very careful about patterns, no matter who you are. This is not a question of whether something looks good on you (as we saw with Mary Landrieu's flowered scarf). Some patterns actually interact with the pixelization of your image as you move and create weird colors. For this reason, there are certain patterns you should avoid ever wearing on television:
Glen plaid
Chevron stripes, as Linda Murkowski did on the Senate floor recently:
Maybe eventually HD television will allow these patterns to re-enter our television appearance wardrobe, but for now, restrict them to office-only days!
(Glen plaid image by Kaushik Gopal, houndstooth image by Magnus Overengen)
Labels: Murkowski, patterns, television
Monday, February 15, 2010
Political fashion history: Bull Moose Party convention, 1912
Happy President's Day! Let's look at some historical women in politics today. Here is a group of delegates to the Bull Moose Party convention in Syracuse, some time between 1910 and 1915:
There's a lot to love in this photo. Let's look at the same-but-different jackets of the three ladies in front. One shawl collar, one sailor, one notched. One single breasted, one double breasted, one cord tie. Two dark color, one light. Two fabric hats, one straw. Was this look the "red jacket" of 1912?
For more on the party and their convention, have a look at the Theodore Roosevelt Association's website.
(Bain News Service photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Labels: history
Friday, February 12, 2010
Carly Fiorina: A color comparison
Senate candidate Carly Fiorina appeared on Glenn Beck's show recently. She wore red:
Here, we see her face very clearly, especially her eyes. Most people look good in a medium gray, but Ms. Fiorina looks great in all shades, especially this light one. This is so much better than that overwhelming red!
Although this is a red shirt and not a red jacket, I think it was probably chosen with the same goals in mind - to express power and patriotism in one broad swath of color. But when you see Ms. Fiorina on this show, do you look at her face or her shirt? All I can see is red because this color consumes her. She could be anyone. And an unadorned button down shirt is terribly unsophisticated for a woman as accomplished Fiorina. It's what we expect to see on an intern. Of course if you're going on Glenn Beck, the goal is approachability, not sophistication, so this is no time for a blazer and silk scarf. I would have gone for maybe a wool sweater in a fine gauge so as not to sweat too much under the studio lights. But our focus here is color...
She does so much better in cool, light colors, especially gray. Check out this discussion on health care:
Here, we see her face very clearly, especially her eyes. Most people look good in a medium gray, but Ms. Fiorina looks great in all shades, especially this light one. This is so much better than that overwhelming red!
Labels: color comparison, Fiorina, red jacket
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sebelius testifies on health care proposals in 2011 budget
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified before the Senate Finance Committee last week on the 2011 budget. She wore pinstripes:
The key to this outfit is the pink shell under her jacket. It warms up her face and keeps the pinstripes from looking too harsh. Pearls and a brooch also provide feminine influence.
Labels: Sebelius
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Kaptur questions Geithner on AIG bailout
Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio questioned Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the AIG bailout at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last month. She wore winter white:
The Congresswoman's outfit provides a good example of how to wear light colors in the winter. The key is fabric and texture. In this case, her jacket is quilted, giving it a seasonal look. This works much better than when we saw Michele Bachmann wear white in December.
Labels: Kaptur, winter white
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Ellen Tauscher on nuclear arms deal with Russia
Under Secretary of State for Arms and International Security Ellen Tauscher discussed a nuclear arms agreement with Russia at a news conference in Paris last week. She wore brick red:
Notice the placement of her brooch, high on the shoulder towards the outside. By keeping the size small and the placement off the lapel, it doesn't interfere with her bold necklace. I could do without the crooked name tag, but we'll live with it.
Her hair is well-styled, but her highlights are a bit too dramatic. She would do better with more brown and less honey blond mixed in.
Labels: highlights, jewelry, Tauscher
Monday, February 8, 2010
Nora Volkow discusses the Monitoring the Future Survey on drug abuse
Dr. Nora Volkow, who heads up the National Institute on Drug Abuse, went on camera to discuss the results of the Monitoring the Future Survey in 2009. She wore a taupe jacket:
We could talk about how Dr. Volkow would look better in some color, like a warm grass green. Or we could talk about how she has the opposite problem from Lisa P. Jackson - her brows are a bit under-groomed. But I would instead like to talk about a crucial step in dressing to go on camera: the last second check.
Presumably it goes without saying that when you know you're going on camera, you should take great care in getting dressed. But no matter how carefully you dressed in your bedroom or your office or the green room, you're not done until you take one more look in a mirror right before you go in front of the lens. If Dr. Volkow had done that, she would have noticed that her necklace is crooked and caught under her lapel, and that her hair is a little bit tangled on her forehead. It's also your chance to see lipstick on your teeth, bra straps peeking out and any other bits that can shift in the journey to the camera. It's not vain. It's absolutely necessary. These are small details that need to be fixed, but they're so distracting.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sarah Palin delivers keynote at National Tea Party Convention
Sarah Palin delivered the keynote speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville yesterday. She wore a black suit:
In fact, she wore all black - black skirt suit, sheer black hose and very high black platform heels. Those heels, along with a long rope necklace partially hidden under her lapel, remind me of the chic look she became known for during her 2008 Vice Presidential campaign. But this black monochrome color palette and the looser tailoring of the suit are clear (and successful) attempts to downplay her wardrobe choices which caused so much controversy. I'm almost certainly not the only one writing about what she wore yesterday, so she gave us very little to write about, which was a shrewd choice.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Nancy Pelosi advocates pay-as-you-go legislation
Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed pay-as-you-go legislation this week on the House floor. She wore a red dress:
It's somewhat surprising that given the popularity of dresses as work wear in the last five years that we don't see more dresses in Congress, so I like this choice. But my concern here is the fit. It looks too big. Her chest is completely lost, making the top look more like armor than clothing. And although the style of the dress has full sleeves, we're still seeing too much fabric up around the upper arms - see how it's bunching around the armpits? If it doesn't fit, it doesn't matter how great the style is.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Linda McMahon on her run for Senate
Linda McMahon appeared on local television last week to discuss her run for Senate this year. She wore boots!
Knee-high boots don't always work for a professional look, but in this case they do. First, they're brown, which is a bit less harsh than black. Secondly, her complete outfit is demure and not too formal. The autumn color palette keeps each element - dress, sweater, and boots - pulled together. The length of her skirt is so important here. If you sit down on the couch, it's important that your entire thigh is covered, lest you be mistaken for a starlet on Letterman.
I wish the boots fit her a little bit better, to avoid that bunching around the ankle, but overall this is a very effective outfit. If you remember all the, um, attention Condoleezza Rice got for wearing knee high boots a few years ago, I can understand if you're hesitant to try this, but you really can do it!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Hilary Clinton: A color comparison
Last week, Secretary Clinton made remarks on fighting Al-Queda in Yemen at a summit in London. She wore a bright purple blazer:
This color clearly overwhelms her. It's all we can see. The problem is actually that this is too warm for her, I think. It's certainly not that she can't wear saturated color. When she met with the Kurdistan Regional Government, she wore vibrant blue:
This suit looks great on her, even with the necklace in the same color, because it's the right color.
Labels: Clinton, color comparison
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Senator Murkowski reacts to the State of the Union
Senator Lisa Murkowski used the Senate television studio to film her reaction to the State of the Union address. She wore a turtleneck under a jacket:
Obviously, Senator Murkowski and her staff have not been reading this blog. Remember when we discussed how she looks so much better in blue? Still true. This color makes her complexion look ruddy and her skin blends into her hair.
Obviously, Senator Murkowski and her staff have not been reading this blog. Remember when we discussed how she looks so much better in blue? Still true. This color makes her complexion look ruddy and her skin blends into her hair.
Blues are better. She would look great in this navy blazer with contrast lapel by Tibi, for example.
Labels: color comparison, Murkowski
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Saw off the bottom of the door jambs and moldings. Use a scrap of the underlayment plywood to hold the saw blade the correct distance from the floor. Pick out the sawed-off pieces with a flat-blade screwdriver.
It all starts with careful floor prep. With the right preparation and adhesive, learning how to install vinyl flooring can be installed over almost any clean, dry surface. If you plan to install it over concrete, check for excess moisture by gluing down a 3 x 3-ft. piece of vinyl flooring and taping the edges. After 72 hours, try to pull up the vinyl. If it comes up easily, there's too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor. In some cases, vinyl can be glued directly to old vinyl, ceramic tile and wood floors, but special fillers and glue-down procedures are needed. Check with the manufacturer for specific instructions for these types of installations.
Start by removing the base shoe or baseboard molding and the threshold or carpet strips at the doorway. In a bathroom, remove the toilet and the sink if it's a pedestal (Photo 1). It's usually too much work to remove a vanity cabinet, which isn't hard to cut around anyway. Even if you're going over the old flooring with 1/4-in. underlayment, cut out or reattach loose vinyl and fill low spots with a hardening type of floor filler first so the underlayment will lie flat (Photo 3).
Photo 2 shows how to cut off the bottom of the door trim and jambs so the new vinyl flooring will slide under them. This is a lot easier than trying to cut the vinyl to fit around the moldings. When you make the template, slide the square under the jamb before you mark the paper (Photo 5).
Tape pieces of heavy paper together to create a template of the bathroom floor. To keep the template from shifting, tape it to the bathroom floor. Leave about 1 in. of the old floor showing around the perimeter. Cut out holes for the pipes and the toilet. Then transfer the shape of the floor onto the paper template by holding a straightedge against the baseboard while you draw a line along the inside edge.
Slide the square under the cutoff moldings and door jambs before marking the template.
Once the old floor is prepped and clean, you're ready to make the paper template and use it to mark both the new underlayment and the sheet vinyl for cutting. Any heavy paper will work for the template. We used red rosin paper, available at most home centers.
It's difficult to make an exact-sized template, so we're using a technique developed by floor installers to "scribe" the shape of the room onto the paper and then transfer it back to the flooring (Photos 4 and 11). It doesn't matter how wide your straightedge is or how far apart your compass points are set when you make the template, as long as you use the same straightedge and compass setting when you transfer the marks back to the underlayment and flooring.
Arrange the 1/4-in. underlayment on the floor in the approximate shape of the bathroom floor and tape the sheets together with duct tape. Then tape the paper template to the underlayment.
Transfer the shape of the bathroom floor to the underlayment by aligning the blade of the framing square with the reference line and drawing a line along the outside edge. Transfer the curved portions with the compass. Use a circular saw and jigsaw to cut out the plywood.
Staple the underlayment to the bathroom subfloor using a rented underlayment stapler loaded with 7/8-in. staples. Place staples 4 in. apart in the center of the sheet and 2 in. apart along seams and edges.
A perfectly smooth surface is essential for a great-looking floor installation, and the easiest and most foolproof method of accomplishing this on wood-framed floors is to install a layer of 1/4-in. plywood underlayment over the existing floor. Lauan plywood used to be the standard underlayment for vinyl floors, but the pros we talked with complained of unreliable quality. We used a special underlayment grade of 1/4-in. birch plywood that was more expensive, but it's better to pay a little more than to be disappointed by ugly seams or surface defects appearing through the vinyl a few months later. PTS (plugged and touch-sanded) plywood also is an acceptable underlayment. Make sure the plywood you use is underlayment grade specifically recommended for use under vinyl floors. Photos 7 & 9 show how to mark and staple down the new underlayment.
Many old vinyl floors and the adhesives used with them contain asbestos. Because asbestos can be hazardous if it's disturbed, it's best to cover old vinyl floors with 1/4-in. plywood underlayment rather than tear them out. In most cases, the additional height won't hurt anything, and at worst you may have to trim off the bottom of the doors, add an extension to the toilet flange or install a reducing threshold at the doorway. If you must tear out a vinyl floor, contact the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for information on testing for asbestos and guidelines for safe removal. Its website is at www.cpsc.gov.
Before you cut the underlayment, let it acclimate to the humidity in your house for a day or two. Then arrange the plywood sheets to the approximate shape of your floor and tape them together with duct tape before you tape down the pattern (Photo 7). Rough-cut pieces of underlayment to complete the shape if you must; just be sure to keep uncut factory edges together. Plan the installation so the underlayment seams are offset from the seams in the subfloor and are staggered from each other (Photo 10).
Rent an underlayment stapler with a mallet and staple the new 1/4-in. underlayment down with 7/8-in. staples (Photo 9). You'll need about 16 staples per sq. ft., spaced as shown in the photo. Consider renting a compressor and a pneumatic stapler for large areas like kitchens. Drag the flat edge of your trowel over the entire floor, listening for the "tick" of protruding staples. Use a hammer to pound in the offenders, and fill the hammer dents later. Don't use nails or screws to install the underlayment; any filler you use to cover the heads could pop out and cause a bump under the new vinyl floor.
Smoothing the surface of the new underlayment is the final step in preparing the floor for sheet vinyl. Photo 10 shows how to fill the underlayment. The goal is to create a smooth surface using the least amount of filler. If the underlayment sheets aren't level at the seams, sand the seams flush with a power sander before filling. Floor filler starts to harden in about five minutes, so don't mix too much at once and be sure to trowel it on quickly.
Read the label on the adhesive you're using. You may have to provide ventilation or use an approved respirator.
Unroll the vinyl flooring on a clean surface and tap the template to it. If the flooring has a pattern in it, align the template for the most desirable layout. Tape the template to the vinyl flooring and transfer the marks with the framing square and compass.
Cut out the vinyl flooring using a utility knife fitted with a hook blade.
Now that you've made the template and installed the underlayment, all that's left is cutting out the vinyl and gluing it down. If your vinyl has a symmetrical pattern like ours—simulated tile, for example—you'll have to decide how to position the template so the vinyl will have the most pleasing appearance when it's installed. If you have to join pieces of the flooring with a seam, first match up the patterns on the two pieces and temporarily tape them together. Then tape down the paper template, transfer the pattern, and cut out the vinyl (Photos 11 and 12).
Procedures for cutting, assembling and sealing seams vary depending on the type and brand of vinyl flooring you're using. In Photo 13 we've demonstrated a seaming technique called "double cutting," but check with the manufacturer or flooring supplier for instructions on seaming your floor.
Spread the adhesive with a notched trowel. Precisely position the vinyl flooring in the bathroom, then reroll one half of the piece. Use a notched trowel (1/16 x 1/16 x 3/32-in. notches) to spread the adhesive evenly over the floor. Roll back the second half of the floor and repeat the gluing process.
When you're done cutting out the sheet vinyl, loosely reroll it face in, brushing off any dirt or debris as you go. Unroll it in the room and check the fit. Trim if needed, reroll half of the piece and spread the glue (Photo 14). Then repeat the process for the other half, assemble the seam, and roll the floor (Photo 15).
Finish along the walls by reinstalling the moldings and puttying the nail holes. Then caulk along the bathtub and other edges not covered with moldings to seal them and keep water from getting under the vinyl floor (Photo 16).
Complete the job by reinstalling the toilet with a new wax gasket and reconnecting other plumbing fixtures. Because you raised the floor 1/4 in., you may have to get a longer toilet tank water supply tube. The braided stainless steel version works great.
If your vinyl floor abuts carpeting at the doorway, rent a carpet-stretching knee kicker to restretch and hook the carpet onto a new metal carpet threshold strip. Wood, carpet or tile floors require different types of thresholds. Ask your flooring supplier for help choosing the right one.
Now that you've got a great-looking new vinyl floor, here are a few tips to keep it that way. Use protective pads under table and chair legs, and avoid walking on the floor with high-heeled shoes. Put thin plywood down to protect the floor when you move heavy appliances over it. Clean up dirt and grit right away, and use the cleaner and sealer recommended by the manufacturer for routine cleaning and maintenance.
Vinyl flooring is available in either rotovinyl or inlay. Inlay vinyl is made by scattering a pattern of vinyl chips on a backing and melting them together. It's somewhat brittle and tough to cut and seam, and is therefore not recommended for do-it-yourselfers.
The other type, rotovinyl, is made by laminating a vinyl pattern between a backing sheet and a clear wear layer, and is much easier to install. Rotovinyl is available with either a felt or a vinyl backing. The felt-backed version that we're using requires you to spread glue over the entire floor, whereas the vinyl-backed flooring requires only a narrow band of adhesive around the perimeter and along the seams. We've chosen to demonstrate installation of felt-backed rotovinyl over a new layer of special 1/4-in. underlayment plywood. Installation procedures and adhesives differ for each type of vinyl flooring, and vary from one manufacturer to another, so be sure to get instructions for the type of flooring you choose.
Vinyl flooring is available in 6- and 12-ft. widths. You'll save half the cost or more by installing the vinyl yourself. Higher-priced flooring has a thicker wear layer and may have richer patterns, but even less-expensive flooring will last a decade. Compare the flexibility of different floors by bending a corner of the sample. If the backing breaks easily or the vinyl seems stiff, you'll have a hard time installing the flooring without tearing it.
Home centers and flooring retailers keep a few rolls of sheet vinyl flooring in stock. You'll also find samples of flooring that you can order. Take a dimensioned sketch of your room along and ask the salesperson for help figuring the quantity. Check the installation requirements and purchase the correct adhesive, seam sealer (if your installation requires a seam), trowel, floor filler and matching caulk.
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Tami Taylor I mean, Connie Britton, gets ready to play a country music doyenne in the new ABC drama Nashville, Vulture asked her some questions about the Friday Night Lights (script is written but schedules haven't aligned) and her concerns about having sex with a rubber dude on American Horror Story:
I was just coming off of Friday Night Lights and people really held that character in really high regard. This is kind of silly, but I was concerned about being a character in a marriage, playing a marriage, and in some way not living up to whatever those expectations were.
When Britton's character Vivien Harmon gave birth on the show, Britton (who has one adopted child and has not given birth herself) went to the co-star you'd expect for advice on screaming authentically in medias res of delivery:
I was grilling Jessica Lange on exactly what the pain is like in childbirth. She was trying to describe exactly what the pain was, the level of pain. It's just awful, basically. I wanted to be so specific, though. I didn't want to be cliché like [rolls her eyes back and makes a grunting noise]. I figured she knows. Jessica knows all.
Finally, she was asked if she saw Savages, the Oliver Stone sex-and-drugs extravaganza starring Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson and her former co-star Taylor Kitsch, with whom she keeps in touch.
I did, yes. I, um … I had to close my eyes a lot.
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Halak makes 19 saves, Blues beat Oilers
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Jaroslav Halak couldn't have asked for a better return in his first start in nearly two weeks.
Halak made 19 saves to record his third shutout of the season as the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Saturday night.
"It's always good to get back in action in a game," said Halak, who had only played in three of the Blues' previous 10 games and made his first start since March 10. "It's a big win for me and for the team. Looking at the shots it may have seemed easy, but if you ask any goalie around the league, they want to face more shots as they can. But I'll take it. A shutout is a shutout."
Chris Stewart, Alexander Steen and T.J. Oshie scored for the Blues, who have won six of their last eight games.
"We checked very well and managed the puck the right way," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We got better as the game went on, too. Our best period was our third period. We used four lines right to the end of the hockey game. It was a very effective game for us. We did a lot of very good things today."
The Oilers have lost three of their last four, although two of those went beyond regulation.
Edmonton head coach Ralph Krueger admitted it was not the kind of performance he wanted to see as his team fights to stay in the playoff hunt.
"It was definitely our weakest performance in a long time," he said. "It was very disappointing when you realize what we had here on the table and how we needed to compete against St Louis, to then end up coming out flat. We played into their hands. We didn't get any energy or compete into that first period."
The Blues took a 1-0 lead just over 3 minutes into the game as Stewart took advantage of a 3-on-2, beating Oilers starter Nikolai Khabibulin with a long wrist shot from the top of the circle for his 15th of the season.
There were very few other chances in a rather sedate first period as the Blues had six shots and the Oilers only four on Halak.
A scoreless second period didn't have much more action.
Khabibulin had to deal with the tougher chances of the two goalies, needing to make a kick save on a shot by Stewart and another on a tip by Oshie.
The Blues went up by two goals 3 minutes into the third period as Steen took a shot that went off the end boards, but was able to swat in his own rebound before Khabibulin could get back into position.
St. Louis made it 3-0 with 9 minutes remaining as Oshie took a pass in full flight in front of the net and made a nifty deke before scoring on the backhand.
The Blues are 11-1-1 in their last 13 games against Edmonton.
NOTES: It was the second of three meetings between the two teams. The Blues took the first 4-2 at the beginning of March. They conclude the series in St. Louis when the Oilers visit Tuesday night. ... The Blues are in a stretch of playing eight of 11 games on the road. ... Oshie returned to the St. Louis lineup from a rib injury. ... Oilers C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed his second straight game with the flu and may be forced to miss his team's two-game road trip. A decision will be made on Sunday morning. Fellow C Eric Belanger made his return to the lineup from a groin injury to take his place ...


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Yutaka Sone at David Zwirner
Artist: Yutaka Sone
Venue: David Zwirner, New York
Exhibition Title: Island
Date: September 20 – October 29, 2011
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David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by Yutaka Sone, on view at the gallery's 533 West 19th Street space. This will be the artist's fifth solo show since his first exhibition at the gallery in 1999.
Working in a wide range of media—predominantly sculpture but also painting, drawing, photography, video, and performance—Yutaka Sone's work revolves around a tension between realism and perfection. The artist originally trained as an architect and an almost obsessive attention to detail and its relationship to a larger whole underpin his practice at large.
Whether architectural or natural, landscapes occur throughout the artist's oeuvre, and he frequently picks his subjects from actual locations—Hong Kong Island, Los Angeles highway junctions, a mountain range, a section of a rainforest, ski resorts, and his own backyard—recreating these to scale in paint, marble, and crystal, or using organic materials such as plants and soil.
Whether using miniaturization or magnification, Sone's three-dimensional work conjures up an imaginary realm, which in turn forms part of a larger effort to extend the idea of sculpture to encompass landscape. In previous projects, including his reconstruction of an entertainment park rollercoaster in actual scale (Amusement Romana, 2002), Sone has invited spectators to actively participate in the artwork, thus offering an experience of movement implicit in much of his subject matter. In other works, he has used real snow and created micro-habitats with running rivers, blurring the distinction between natural and artificial construction.
This exhibition brings together marble sculptures and trees made predominantly from rattan, a natural plant fiber. The largest of the marble sculptures is the two-and-a-half ton Little Manhattan (2007-2009), which from a distance appears to present a large, weightless sheet of drapery, yet upon closer inspection reveals a detailed, intricately carved model of the island of Manhattan. Avenue by avenue, block by block, and building by building, Sone, aided by photographic reproductions, imagery from Google Earth, and several helicopter rides, has rendered the densely-populated metropolis to scale, showing the city's many skyscrapers as well as the intricate paths through Central Park and the bridges to the east and west. The artist's adept handling of his medium recalls the classical sculptures of antiquity and offers a commemorative portrait of the ever-changing island—a physical replica of its present formation and diverse architectural landscape.
Other marble works, including three works from 2010 that bear the title Light in between Trees, epitomize the tension within Sone's work between the natural and the man-made. Here, he has delicately carved out individual rays of light, giving explosive, concrete shape to the immaterial qualities of the sun's reflections. The result is a precarious balance between transience and stasis, or ephemerality and durability, which, more so than providing an illusory, trompe-l'oeil effect, creates a sense of enchantment.
The dialogue between natural and artificial structures is intensified by Sone's synthetic trees: six banana plants (2008-2010) and one so-called "traveler's palm" (2011), with its characteristic flat, fan-like shape. Made from rattan woven around a metal armature, the trees are meticulously crafted; leaves and stems have been carefully painted with acrylic paint and even include naturally occurring flaws in their pigmentation. From a distance, they look like their living counterparts, and their almost perfect mimesis offers a poignant counterpoint to the marble re-creations, which flaunt the notion of the handcrafted (Sone creates the sculptures in hands-on collaboration with marble artisans in a village in southwest China). Individually and collectively, they appear like self-contained environments.
The blurred line that exists within the artist's practice between organic and synthetic materials (and in turn between nature and architecture, jungle and city) brings to mind a century-old art historical debate between the relative virtues of (flawed) realism and (artificial) perfection, which most recently appeared in the context of Pop art and the clean hyper-realism of many of its manifestations. With their exquisite attention to detail, emphasis on finished contours and surfaces, and ability to capture light, Sone's sculptures transform their non-natural surroundings into illusory micro-landscapes, effectively embracing a genre typically associated with paintings, works on paper, and photographs.
Yutaka Sone was born in 1965 in Shizuoka, Japan, and studied at the Tokyo Geijutsu University. His work was recently the subject of two solo exhibitions in Tokyo: Yutaka Sone: Snow at Maison Hermès Le Forum in 2010 and Yutaka Sone: Perfect Moment at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in 2011. In 2009, Baby Banana Tree, the artist's 25-foot tall hand-painted sculpture, was installed as a major public artwork at the Boone Sculpture Garden, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California. Other recent solo exhibitions include the Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London (2007); Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Aspen Art Museum, Colorado; The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (all 2006); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2003). The artist represented Japan, along with Motohiko Odani, at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003).
Sone's work has been included in a number of group exhibitions in the United States and abroad and is currently featured in Glasstress 2011, which was organized as part of the 54th Venice Biennale, at the Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti (on view through November 27). Other group exhibitions include BadLands: New Horizons in Landscape, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts (2008); Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 25th São Paulo Biennial (2003); 7th Istanbul Biennial (2001); among others.
Work by the artist is held in international museum collections, including The Art Institute of Chicago; High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Tate Gallery, London. He lives and works in Los Angeles.


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Monster Hunter, the franchise that breathed life into the PSP, and arguably one of the biggest reasons that the 3DS outsells the DS in Japan. In the latest incarnation of the series, Monster Hunter 4 players will be able to wield not just one, but two new weapons with which to combat giant predators: The Insect Controlling Stick, and now, announced on the official Monster Hunter website, the Charge Axe.
Much like the Slash Axe from Monster Hunter 3, the Charge Axe is a form-changing weapon that combines the abilities of two different weapons into one. In the Sword and Shield mode, the weapon is geared for basic one-handed sword combat with the ability to block enemy attacks as well as the added ability to charge energy. By combining the shield with the sword, players can then use the Axe mode which sacrifices the guard and charge abilities for longer range and more powerful attacks. Energy that was charged in the Sword and Shield mode can be used in the Axe mode for crippling attacks to turn the tide of battle.
Coincidentally, Capcom was not the only company to announce a new weapon for one of their popular games this week. Namco Bandai has also announced via Famitsu.com the introduction of the new Charge Spear for their upcoming game, God Eater 2 (for those unfamiliar with the God Eater series, think "Monster Hunter with characters and plot"). Unlike Monster Hunter, where players pick a weapon type to hunt with, in God Hunter, players are given a single weapon that can transform into a bladed form for close range combat and a gun form for long range and support roles, depending on the situation. The new Charge Spear is an attachment for the bladed form that allows for unique attacks and special super attacks that are unavailable with the standard blade form.
As someone who has played both games, I can honestly say that at their core, both Monster Hunter and God Eater are basically cut from the same cloth. Both are games based on hunting and gathering quests, but take different paths in their execution. They each have their merits and drawbacks. Monster Hunter has a greater variety of enemies, a more down-to-earth gameplay feel, and for the most part it has no real ending. God Eater on the other hand has better plot and character development with flashier action. Whichever game tickles your fancy (or, if like me, you play both), both games will be heading to stores, charge weapons and all, next year.
Monster Hunter 4 is scheduled for release on the 3DS in Japan in March.
God Eater 2 is scheduled for release on both the PSP and the PS Vita with cross-console capability in Japan in 2013.
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Our Creature Couture stars, Louise Evans and Jonathan Edwards, never stop working. Currently showing at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff between now and 5 January is an all-new exhibition of Felt Mistress magic, called Hiber-Nation.
On two floors of the Wales Millennium Centre is an installation of new 3D felt, tweed and woollen creature pieces by Felt Mistress, plus the original drawings from which they were derived, in watercolour and pen & ink, by Jonathan Edwards. You can walk in and freely wander around the various creatures and pictures, sit in the foyer and gaze up at the magnificent queen, and then have a latte while you prepare for a face to face meeting with Felt Mistresses' biggest creation yet, who awaits you next to one of the ground floor entrances – just follow the footprints…
When you've finished cramming your eyes full of the intricate painting of Mr Edwards, it will be time for your other senses to take a turn and get interactive with a hug from a nine foot tall yeti. Who could resist? Just look at how happiness is filling that super talented artist Simon Gane!
It's Louise and Jonathan's first show in their native Wales and it's been a big hit. BBC Wales loved what they saw and the show also drew raves from Inkygoodness.
It's the perfect antidote to those winter blues. Dark days getting you down? We recommend a daytrip to smother your end-of-year ennui beneath the furry arms of a giant yeti. The welsh for "hug" is "cwtsh". Editor Bridget Hannigan is making the most of her yeti cwtsh moment. Don't you wish you could? You should!
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Tigers and Fun in West Michigan
There's no better way to spend your birthday than at the ballpark. This year my dad, the kids and I went to the Whitecaps game. We started off at Chuck E. Cheese's in Grand Rapids so the kids could expell some energy.
At the game, the rain held off and we had a beautifull night. They were playing the Peoria Chiefs again this time. Last year we got to meet Ryne Sandberg while he was managing there. This season former Tiger Barbaro Garbey was in town so he signed some cards for the kids. Garbey was on the Tigers 1984 World Series Championship team, and is currently the hitting coach for the Chiefs. It was also Tiger Friday, so John Wockenfuss was on hand to meet the fans and he signed some cards for the kids, too. They were also giving away bobbleheads to the first 1,000 fans. In the end, the 'Caps won 9-0 and we had a great time. I don't know if I'll be able to catch another game in West Michigan this year or not, but we'll be going to Appleton, WI next month to watch the Timber Rattlers.
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Ryne Sandberg is my idol. I tailored my game after him when I played.
I loved going to minor league games when I was younger. Haven't been to one in a while. I love the prices and the seats. Plus everybody is there to have a good time–no pressure.
Nice pics. Looks like you guys had fun.
The Minor Leagues are doing great here, glad to see the Whitecaps winning 9-0 in the game, what a fun way to celebrate a birthday.
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I am mad right now. I'm supposed to see TTAC tomorrow right so I go look for the times and the theaters close to me are not even playing it!!! Something's not right and then they show 8 mile and Ghost Ship preview too much. I think I'm about to0 . ARRGH!!! I'm about to cry
I'm afraid to see what number it is at Top Bx Office! I hate Hollywood sometimes. They didn't promote TTAC enough. Is it limited film or what!!
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I know what you mean Baby Junior. It is not playing in the cinema near where I live either. I wanted to see it but it looks like I may have to wait a while. There are a lot of dumb movies playing but not TTAC. I just don't understand.
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It's open wide. It's not POTA sized numbers, but it's not limited like The Yards. I live near SF, so I have quite a few theatres to choose from. Are you guys in a small town/city? I used to have problems seeing films I wanted to see when I was at University (it was in a small town). If so, I guess you have to get into the city to see it. Use Yahoo Movie and it should tell you the closest place for you to see Charlie.
Promotion is a bit low keyed compared to the other Universal films, but its there in a different media mix than what you may be used to.
This is what I see around my area. The malls have the poster up on the 'You are here' map holders. Had nearly a full sized ad in the paper today. Full sized color ads in the alternative papers. Demme was in town last week, did an interview (along with Park) with my ABC affilate and the SF Chronicle.
I'm beginning to think they're using a hybrid independent film marketing scheme with a slightly larger budget. If its true and Charlie does well this weekend, promotion should go up more the following week. And if it does really well, it might even pick up some theatres from Ghostship and Jacka**.
Both Thandie & Tim are on Carson Daly this week, so it would fit in to my thinking, The interviews have been scattered both before & after the film opens unlike POTA or RS which were concentrated on just before the film opened.
There's a bunch of other factors, but I don't want to bore you with them. Suffice to say they aren't putting all there money in one basket.
I actually kinda like this type of marketing as I much rather Mark's movie last in the theatres for more than 3 weeks. BN was one that stuck around for a long while - ran for months here. Another, more recent example is My Big Fat Greek Wedding. That movie has been out for ages and its still in the top 10 while the same movies that came out when it did are long gone and on video shelves.
Anyway, yeah you most likely will have to get someone to drive you to another city to see it. It'll be an adventure - Mark went to Paris, you to the big city to see his movie.
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Teacher Under Siege Over Planned Parenthood Debacle
Bill Diss has a passion for teaching young students. He has risked and sacrificed much of his life to make a difference in the lives of his students. Parents extol his efforts, youngsters cherish his role as a mentor in their lives. Yet school authorities are making a grandstand effort to tar and feather him. His teaching license is being challenged because he advises his students to make healthy choices which don't include the agenda being forced upon students by Planned Parenthood and other agencies who promote "free sex" and similar agendas.
Mr. Diss and indeed all teachers who genuinely care about teaching and empowering students with the ability to think, learn and live long and healthy, and productive lives need our help. If you live in the area, please attend the November 14, hearing where charges are being brought against him. If not, please call or write the authorities to demand justice for Bill and his students and their families who appreciate him.
One student wrote: "Mr. Diss has done a lot for me and my family and there is no way that we could ever repay him. I believe that the world is in desperate need of good, honest people. If Mr. Diss gets his teaching license revoked, then that will only take another good source of help from the students."
My friend Paul Rondeau, noted columnist and commentator writes in Washington Times:
"Bill Diss is an experienced, highly qualified and popular computer science teacher. On November 14, the Portland school district and Planned Parenthood will try to have him declared unfit to teach.
"Diss is the only teacher in Oregon to earn the distinction of being credentialed to teach computer science for college credit at the high school level. Diss is a highly qualified high school educator who has been teaching for more than a decade at a desperate public school that almost closed in 2010 — a school that serves a population which is 75 percent minority."
Read the story HERE.
Paul goes on to point out that, "Diss earned special recognitions for his work with at-risk black students and for helping to stop gang violence in Portland parks. But, because he refused to allow Planned Parenthood into his classroom, school administrators branded him "unfit to teach" and intend to end his career with Portland Public Schools on November 14.
"Parents and students alike are thankful for his dedication. One parent (who holds an M.Ed.) wrote, '[My daughter] found a teacher that achieved tremendous balance between high expectations and accommodating individual needs.'"
"Another mother who says Diss is a gem wrote, 'The highlight of [my son's] day however is his math class with Mr. Diss. … It seems he goes to great lengths to make himself available for any student who needs additional help. … Mr. Diss cares enough about his students to have firm boundaries and tell them the truth, even when it hurts.'"
So, my question is this: Why are school authorities trying to destroy Mr. Diss? Why was Planned Parenthood allowed to go in and audit Mr. Diss' classes?
Feedback to Paul's article is very telling as a hearty repartee ensues from readers:
Reader A writes, "Mr. Diss brought his religion into the classroom. Mr. Diss' religion belongs in his church."
Reader B writes, "There's a difference between you acting in accordance with your belief system, and you lecturing to a captive audience about it from a position of authority."
Responding to Reader B, Reader C comments, "You mean like exactly what the PP reps were going to do…without parents' knowledge? The PP people who make a profit by encouraging youngsters to engage in sex and then give them abortions when sex is not the carefree recreation they promote when things don't quite 'work out.'"
Reader B responds, "'[W]ere going to do' So, we're talking about something that didn't happen?
'profit by encouraging youngsters to engage in sex' Do PP do that? Or is it our hormones that do that, and PP is just trying to facilitate information."
Reader D then responds, "PP is trying to facilitate a market. Yes, choices that result only in 'the choice'.
I was a teacher in a Georgia college for 19 years. I often faced persecution similar to that Bill Diss is currently experiencing. I was ordered to stop telling the students the truth. I reminded my opposition that they couldn't pay me enough to deceive my students.
Please, let's pray for Bill Diss, his students and their families, and indeed all educators who are being attacked for exercising their constitutional rights of freedom of speech while their adversaries are being paid by our tax dollars to distribute condoms, easy access to abortions, harmful birth control products and deceptive propaganda that will stunt the intellectual and moral development of the generations to come.


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EDITORIAL: A better approach on student loans
Student loan interest rates are going to double in July. And, no, that's not nearly as terrible as it sounds.
Last year, President Obama promised to prevent such a scary-sounding outcome to whip up enthusiasm for his reelection campaign. In fact, only some rates were set to increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, and that would have been only on new loans, not existing ones. And even if certain rates had ratcheted up, the government still would have been giving students -- risky borrowers, that is -- a tremendous deal, and with very generous repayment terms to boot. Nevertheless, cowed lawmakers agreed to keep the lower rates in place for another year, cobbling together $6 billion to pay for it.
This year, the president is taking a more responsible approach, and it seems as though Congress might, too. If, that is, lawmakers can overcome the demagoguery that is almost certainly about to crop up as last year's rate extension approaches its expiration date.
Right now, Congress simply sets student loan interest rates in law, and they stay at that level for as long as lawmakers designate, regardless of how much it costs the government to borrow. That makes student loan rates excellent playthings for politicians in search of campaign gimmicks; the Democrats began campaigning on the 3.4 percent rates back in 2006.
But in his latest budget, Mr. Obama proposed to take that campaign cudgel off the table. He would peg student loan rates to the rate at which the government borrows, with a relatively modest markup to account for the risks taxpayers are taking. Since the government's borrowing rate is rock-bottom right now, the early years of the program would see rates lower than the 6.8 percent expected in July. But with normal interest-rate fluctuations over a 10-year window, however, the administration reckons the program would have no effect on the budget. It could even make money for the government.
The reform's primary attraction is that it would tie the amount students must pay to the real cost of borrowing and, therefore, to the real state of the economy. The program wouldn't cost more when the government's borrowing costs are higher. At the same time, the size of the subsidy the government offers to students wouldn't change with interest rates, as it does now. Combined with Mr. Obama's more generous, income-based repayment and forgiveness policies, students wouldn't have to face crushing loan payments after they graduate, even when interest rates rise.
Jason Delisle, the New America Foundation's higher-education maven, points out that there's still a lot more Congress and the White House have to fix. They could save billions, for example, by unifying the various loan terms the government offers to students who come from families of differing incomes. That would make sense if a generous income-based repayment program protects all after graduation. And, Mr. Delisle notes, Congress should remove certain incentives to borrow mountains of money for graduate studies that the government would probably never get back.
Still, the president has given lawmakers a proposal worth working on. They should take it up.
Editorial courtesy of the Washington Post, washingtonpost.com.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- NBC plans to spend the holidays with a new music competition series.
Network sources have confirmed "The Sing-Off," in which a cappella groups compete for a Sony Recording Contract, will premiere Monday, December 14 at 8:00/7:00c. Additional episodes (all at 8:00/7:00c) will also air Tuesday, December 15 and Wednesday, December 16 with the season finale on Monday, December 21. Each installment will run two hours.
Two years ago, the Peacock launched "Clash of the Choirs" in a similar December rollout strategy. Deb Newmyer, Joel Gallen and Sam Weisman are behind "Sing-Off," a co-production of Outlaw Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television and Tenth Planet Productions.
Meanwhile, NBC also plans to give its comedies an extra boost the week of December 28. Four episodes marathons (all starting at 8:00/7:00c) are set for "Community" (Monday, December 28), "Parks & Recreation" (Tuesday, December 29), "The Office" (Wednesday, December 30) and "30 Rock" (Thursday, December 31).


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Kbounce is a clone of the popular Jezzball game originally created by Microsoft. The game is very simple but it needs skill, timing and patience to finish it. You will win if you can fill at minimum 75% of the area with the bricks. You have to do it fast because you only have 90 seconds.
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install kbounce
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 174kB of archives.
After unpacking 586kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main kbounce 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1 [174kB]
Fetched 174kB in 2s (65.6kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package kbounce.
(Reading database … 157609 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kbounce (from …/kbounce_4%3a3.5.8-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) …
Setting up kbounce (4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1) …
How to play?
Open Applications > Games > Kbounce.
When you start the game, there are 2 balls that bounce off inside this square area.
All you have to do is click the cursor on any parts inside the square to create bricks partition (wall).
The bricks can be built horizontal and vertical. The default is horizontal.
To switch between Horizontal and Vertical use Right Mouse Button.
You have to count to the right time and position before you start to click the area because you only have one chance.
First time the ball hit your 'growing wall', the wall will be disappear starting the hit part.
Second time the ball hit your 'growing wall', you lose.


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A's to Use New Security Procedures for Remaining Home Games, Starting Thursday
Team Adheres to MLB League-Wide Mandate in Using Metal Detectors
Adhering to a new Major League Baseball league-wide mandate, the Oakland A's will begin using a walk-through metal detection system for fans entering O.co Coliseum for all remaining home games beginning Thursday night when the team hosts Minnesota at 7:05 p.m. MLB teams will implement a similar league-wide system that is currently in place for all NFL and NBA teams.
The A's recommend that ticket holders enter O.co Coliseum when stadium gates first open to allow ample time for this new security procedure. Gates will open at 5:35 p.m. Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Friday, and 11:05 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.
Similar to airport security, fans will have their bags searched and will need to empty pockets of keys, cell phones and other items before walking through a metal detector. The A's have not changed any of their current policies on carry-in items, as referenced in the "A-Z Guide" on the A's web site, www.oaklandathletics.com. However, it is suggested that fans minimize the amount of items they bring to the ballpark.
This new procedure will continue through any potential 2013 post-season games, and for all future regular season games.


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This past weekend, my kids decided to whip up their own Sunday afternoon snack via Google, and after some clicking away they found this cinnamon almond edible delight from Allrecipes.com. This concoction fit the bill because luckily we happened to have all of the ingredients stocked in the house. It gave me such pleasure to see them running around and grabbing ingredients, because even though the kitchen was stating to look like hurricane Sandy hit, at least the TV was not the focus of the morning.
We edited the recipe a drop and it was gobbled up!
Add this home made treat to your Hanukka gift giving list! Just wrap it up and add a Hanukkah gift tag!
Sweet and Crunchy Cinnamon Candied Almond Treats
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon cold water
- 3 cups whole almonds
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10×15 inch jellyroll pan.
- Beat the egg white, make sure its beaten totally. I used an immersion blender in a small cup to make sure it was beaten well. Add water, and beat until frothy but not stiff. Add the nuts, and stir until well coated. Mix the sugar, salt, vanilla and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the nuts. Toss to coat, and spread evenly on the prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until golden. Allow to cool, then store nuts in airtight containers.


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On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm two members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. One of those nominations was approved over the outspoken objection of Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, had two members confirmed on Tuesday. Cheryl LaFleur, acting chair of the Commission, was approved in a 90-7 vote. The vote for the second nominee, Norman Bay, had a much closer vote of 52-45. The vote on Bay's nomination fell along mostly partisan lines, though two Democrats did break ranks to vote with the Republican minority. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was one of the more vocal opponent's of Norman Bay's nomination. Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy committee, says that part of her reason for opposing the nomination has to do with President Barack Obama's intent to make Bay, a first time Commission member, the chairman of FERC.
Upper Valley residents may be familiar with FERC. It is the agency that, among other things, licenses hydroelectric projects like the proposed Susitna dam. That's far from all there is, however. Senator Murkowski explained in a floor speech on Tuesday what else FERC does.
"In the energy world, FERC regulates 'midstream everything.' The Chairman is its CEO. Under his or her leadership, FERC regulates: Interstate natural gas and oil pipelines; LNG import and export facilities; The sale of electricity at wholesale (and therefore the large and wholesale power markets that increasingly affect the affordability of all electric service, including at the retail level); The transmission of electricity in interstate commerce – basically the nation's bulk power system, practically speaking, its high voltage transmission networks; The reliability of that bulk power system; The licensing of hydroelectric facilities and the safety of dams; And the list goes on and on. "
Senator Murkowski contends that Norman Bay is not ready for the leadership role. Bay has worked as an employee of FERC for five years. Under a proposed compromise agreement, he would serve on the Commission for nine months before taking over as chair. In the meantime, acting chair Cheryl LaFleur would head the agency. Senator Murkowski says there isn't certainty at this time as to what exactly would actually take place, however.
"You have to ask the question: What are its terms? Will Acting Chair LaFleur have the opportunity to serve fully and completely as chair? Will it be clear that Mr. Bay is not a 'shadow chairman' or 'chairman-in-waiting' during this crucial period? At a minimum, before we make a choice about who should lead FERC, the president owes senators a clear timeline of who will be in charge, and what powers will be given to her or him."
Senator Murkowski also questioned the reason that Cheryl LaFleur, the Commission's only female member, would be "demoted" in favor of someone who has never served. She says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated it has to do with changes to policies put in place by former FERC chair Jon Wellinghoff.
""One hint came from our Majority Leader, Sen. Reid. He recently told the Wall Street Journal that Ms. LaFleur 'has done some stuff to do away with some of Wellinghoff's stuff' – without, of course, defining what 'stuff' that was, and without acknowledging that much of Mr. Wellinghoff's 'stuff' was either controversial or incapable of withstanding legal challenge."
Senator Murkowski also says that Norman Bay's tenure as the head of FERC's enforcement division has also raised questions. In the past, she has said that she would not necessarily oppose Bay's nomination were it not for President Obama's plan to promote him to chair. On Tuesday, however, she mentioned questions about Norman Bay's handling of enforcement for FERC. In the end, Bay's nomination was confirmed, albeit not by a large margin.
While Senator Murkowski says she does not always agree with Acting FERC Chair Cheryl LaFleur, she does support her nomination to continue on the Commission. Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Senator Murkowski, refers to LaFleur as a "liberal Democrat," but says that the Senator has been impressed by her ability to lead.
Who ultimately ends up as chair of FERC will be up to President Obama.