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I am replacing carpeting in my loft with solid hardwood floors. The process seems easy enough, but I have one part that I'm not sure how to handle. On one side of the room their is stair case and a banister which allows you to look down at the 1st floor. I am going to want my new flooring to come right up to this with any gaps so that it appears as if they were installed together. What is the proper way to connect these? | |||
It's doubtful that you will be able to get all your cuts tight enough so that there are no gaps, plus there will be future movement anyway. That leaves: 1. Taking up the railing base, notching it out so that the flooring will fit under the notch and then reinstalling the rail base so that the notch overlaps the floor. 2. Taking up the rail base, installing the floor, reinstalling the rail base on top of the floor and trimming the exposed edge underneath the stair-side of the rail base. 3. Keep the rail base in place, run your new floor up to it and add a shoe mold or other trim to cover any gaps. Remove the rail base, install the floor to the edge and trim. Get a good, clean cut at the floor to top of stair transition and reinstall the balusters directly into the floor.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Jaybee, Jaybee | ||||
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm uploading two more views of what I have going on as well. Are there any other methods that people have done successfully? My thought was to do something like this. Option 1 - Cut a groove (not sure with what) into the existing wood so that the new floor can connect right into it. Option 2 - Find out what techniques are used in the following pictures (randomly found on google). http://www.hardwoodinstaller.c...g-showroom300pix.jpg http://www.hardwoodinstaller.c.../end-block-floor.jpg | ||||
Your option #1 is similar to my option #1 only that I am assuming the groove is a rabbit that is 3/4" high so that the flooring can go underneath. (Note: Hard to tell from your pictures the dimensions of the existing baseplate of the rail system. If it's only 3/4" tall then this idea will not work) You wouldn't put a groove in the existing wood for several reasons. It would only work if you started your floor from this existing trim. But, if you started from there, you would have the tongue out, not in. If you started from the far side of the room and worked your way across, there is no way that the flooring would work out to exactly fit tight against the existing plate without ripping it. The inlays that you have pictures of are nailed in without the use of a full tongue and groove. Usually the long edge is still T&G but the ends are cut flush. Cuts must be very precisely cut - whenever I do this I measure to cut directly on each piece and forget using an inaccurate tape. Sometimes smaller pieces need to be face nailed or glued in place. This process will work in your case but will just require some very precise cutting. Jaybee | ||||
If I'm understanding your #1 correctly, than the floor would not be flush. Instead i would have a lip where the new floor and the baseplate meet. After reading your 1st post I started considering removing the baseplate altogether and running the floor right to the edge. Problem I see here is that it appears that the spindles are actually nailed into the banister, so I'm not sure how I could remove them without damaging the spindles and/or the banister. The new floors are exactly 3/4", and when i lay it on the subfloor it is flush with the baseplate. | ||||
OK, so you have 3/4" floors and a 3/4' baseplate. Since that baseplate already has a rounded edge to it, then there is no way you are going to get a seamless look of running the floor up to it. That means that the 'best' way will be to take the baluster system apart, remove the baseplate, run the floor all the way and reinstall the railing system in that area. Notice I said 'best' not 'easiest'. The only other thing I can think of would be to leave a small gap between the edge of the flooring and the baseplate, then cover it with a T-astrical type trim piece. But I think this would look a little strange at the top of the stairs. Jaybee | ||||
I just had hardwood stairs installed and hardwoods added to the second floor hallway. The top piece at my house was grooved to mate with the flooring. Everything was sanded smooth and there is no noticeable transition between the stair nosing and the field of the hallway flooring. You can see that the piece of wood that the banister pickets mount is up from the original nosing they had installed originally, the floor is flush with it on the other side. This is not a tripping hazard since you can't walk through the banister and saved having to redo the banister. If I were doing it from scratch the step down probably wouldn't be there. General Disclaimer Any advice given here is general in nature and is not necessarily valid for your given area. If in doubt check with your local codes enforcement department for what is required when doing electrical, plumbing or structural work on your house. Permits may or may not be required in your area and home owners may not be able to DIY some tasks. I have no way of knowing if you have the skills needed to complete the tasks you are asking about, when in doubt seek professional assistance. My advice may be worth exactly what you pay me for it. :-) For the record I did not stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. | ||||
The flooring installer had a router bit he could add a groove to a piece of flooring when he needed one after making a cut. They didn't need to do this often but I think they used it while weaving the new floor into the old on the first floor. General Disclaimer Any advice given here is general in nature and is not necessarily valid for your given area. If in doubt check with your local codes enforcement department for what is required when doing electrical, plumbing or structural work on your house. Permits may or may not be required in your area and home owners may not be able to DIY some tasks. I have no way of knowing if you have the skills needed to complete the tasks you are asking about, when in doubt seek professional assistance. My advice may be worth exactly what you pay me for it. :-) For the record I did not stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. | ||||
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The Lord of the Rings Online – Helm's Deep expansion goes live in November
The next expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online, Helm's Deep, will launch in November, Turbine and Warner have announced. It will contain a new level cap of 95 along with some changes to skill trees and various purchase options are available for it.
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep expansion set for fall
The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep will launch this fall. We will get to kill a bunch of orcs and save Rohan from those Uruk-hai bastards.
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LOTRO takes you on the Road to Rohan with mounted combat
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Mitrhil Edition for The Lord of the Rings Online released
Turbine has announced the Mitrhil Edition for The Lord of the Rings Online is now available through GameStop.
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The free to play revolution isn't killing premium subscriptions, Turbine believes, but it's forcing providers to give consumers flexibility.
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LOTRO's fall update to include mounted combat, level cap increase
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Quick Shots: LOTRO screens introduce you to The Prince of Rohan
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LOTRO is now officially free-to-play
Warner Bros. and Turbine opened the gates to Lord of the Rings Online yesterday in North America, making the game free-to-play for everyone.
Early access folks shouldn't feel so alone now.
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Lord of the Rings Online turns two, special discount in celebration
Turbine's lovely MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online turned two yesterday, and in celebration you can get the game at a discounted price of $9.99 a month.
This is a limited time offer running from now until June 30 so if you have been holding off on trying it, go get the trial version, play it, and lock in this cheap price.
"Our anniversary is a chance for us to celebrate with our past and present players and enjoy everything that is special about Middle-earth," said executive producer Jeffery Steefel. He also said this was a way to thank gamers for "their wonderful support with some special subscription options."
The special pricing is not all that's going on either.
In-game celebratory items include rare coins dropped from mobs which you can exchange for gift boxes containing various item, and current subscribers will receive a special in-game item called the Writ of Passage. It gives you 20 percent off when renting ponies – which can get a bit pricey.
Find out more on the official website.
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Turbine launches LOTRO in Korea and Russia
Turbine has announced the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online in Korea and Russia.
Through partnerships with NHN in Korea and ITT in Russia, Turbine's plans to spread The Lord of the Rings Online around the world is coming to fruition.
'Bout time someone else got frustrated with those damn hobbits.
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Northeast Mississippi Community College head baseball coach Kent Farris has added the tenth athlete to his 2013-14 recruiting class.
Northeast Mississippi Community College head baseball coach Kent Farris has a saying about results. "Winning is not a goal of ours," Farris said. "Winning is the result of doing things the right way." For Farris, doing things the right way has come in the form of a 144-141 overall record during his first six year as the head signal caller for Northeast after taking over for Ray Scott in 2007. During that time, Northeast has qualified for the playoffs in four of the veteran coach's six years in Booneville.
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From time to time I come to ideas of actions I'd like to have available in a menu which pops up when I right-click on files in Nautilus. How to add them there? Is there something like Thunar UCA plugin for Nautilus?
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If you want to be able to do something at any time, do like ulidtko says and use If you want to be able to customize when you see it, install the nautilus-actions package, then go to System->Preferences->Nautilus Actions Configuration. | ||||
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Use python nautilus extensions http://projects.gnome.org/nautilus-python/documentation/html/class-nautilus-python-menu-provider.html A simple example:
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Friday, September 16, 2011
How to Convert Date to String in Java with Example
Some times we need to convert java.util.Date to string in java may for displaying purpose I need it that while working on displaytag then I thought about this article to list down various way of converting this in various ways, after some reading I found that SimpleDateFormat makes this quite easy. To get the feel of Date API in java and to familiarize ourselves with these classes we will see different examples of converting date to String in our application. Both DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat class belongs java.text package and they are very powerful and you can use them for conversion. it also good for parsing string into date and can be used to show in various locale also.
Its very easy with the use of SimpleDateFormat, here are the exact steps:
2) Call format() method of SimpleDateFormat by passing Date object this will return String representation of date into specified date format.
Now let's see few examples of converting date to String in java:
//Creating Date in java with today's date.
Date dateNow = new Date();
//change date into string yyyyMMdd format example "20110914"
SimpleDateFormat dateformatyyyyMMdd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
String date_to_string = dateformatyyyyMMdd.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("date into yyyyMMdd format: " + date_to_string);
//converting date into ddMMyyyy format example "14092011"
SimpleDateFormat dateformatddMMyyyy = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyy");
date_to_string = dateformatddMMyyyy.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("Today's date into ddMMyyyy format: " + date_to_string);
//change date to string on dd-MM-yyyy format e.g. "14-09-2011"
SimpleDateFormat dateformatJava = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
date_to_string = dateformatJava.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("Today's date into dd-MM-yyyy format: " + date_to_string);
//converting date to string dd/MM/yyyy format for example "14/09/2011"
SimpleDateFormat formatDateJava = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
date_to_string = formatDateJava.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("Today's date into dd/MM/yyyy format: " + date_to_string);
//date to dd-MMM-yy format e.g. "14-Sep-11"
SimpleDateFormat ddMMMyyFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
date_to_string = ddMMMyyFormat.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("Today's date into dd-MMM-yy format: " + date_to_string);
//convert date to dd-MMMM-yy format e.g. "14-September-11"
SimpleDateFormat ddMMMMyyFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMMM-yy");
date_to_string = ddMMMMyyFormat.format(dateNow);
System.out.println("date into dd-MMMM-yy format: " + date_to_string);
For complete details on available symbols for date conversion you can check java doc of DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat class. Here are some important points about SimpleDateFormat which is worth remembering
1) Common point of confusion between "m" and "M" , small case "m" represent minutes while "M" represent Month Also "d" represent date in month while "D" represent Day of week. This is most common cause of error while converting String to date and back date to string. In shot ddMMyy is not equal to DDmmyy.
2) It's also worth noting that SimpleDateFormat are not thread-safe. They are not synchronized so its better you create separate DateFormat for each thread to avoid any race condition while parsing date in java.
It's very important for any java developer be it senior or junior to get familiarize himself with Date, Time and Calendar API. SimpleDateFormat is an excellent utility for converting String to Date and then Date to String but you just need to be little careful with format and thread-safety .
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- Jirka Pinkas said...
Nice! I'd like to add that you can find well arranged table with all permitted letters used in format patterns like yyyy.MM.dd in Javadoc API: http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/index.html?java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
And also you can choose not to use class SimpleDateFormat. There's a useful Java library that is more easier to work with: Joda-time http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/ - September 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Javin @ debugging in java said...
Thanks Jirka for Joda-time library, does it handle thread-safety limitation of SimpleDateFormat as well ?
- September 16, 2011 at 10:07 PM
- Jirka Pinkas said...
Some classes in Joda time are thread safe and some ar not, but formatting classes are all thread safe, so it does overcome this limitation of SimpleDateFormat.
- September 17, 2011 at 11:09 PM
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You would think that after cutting off the end of my finger, my story would come to an end. But it didn't!
During the last few weeks I have been reminiscing about my lifelong bumps, bruises, cuts and scars I have received. Last week I shared the gruesome story about the loss of the end of my finger to a boat lift.
My son and I were visiting Uncle Ed and Aunt Brenda for a weekend of fishing at Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas. We were several hours from home and in a place we had never stayed. It was at this location that a part of me will always remain. (Literally, not figuratively)
When the accident occurred, people around me jumped into action. A good group of people always hang around marinas and these folks really came to my rescue. I was seated in a chair near a picnic table and the remainder of my finger was placed in a bag of ice. We began our trip to Athens in an ambulance, with my son at my side and Uncle Ed following behind.
As I arrived at the hospital, the doctor began the process of numbing my finger and I must say the shot process was more painful than the actual accident. Once numbed and bandaged up I was released from the hospital with a prescription for pain pills.
"How long do I have before the numbness wears off Doc", I asked.
"About four to six hours," was his answer – and with that my son and I climbed into Uncle Ed's truck for a ride back to the lake.
As we drove down the road, I began to contemplate my situation. I am a man who enjoys the comfort of my own possessions. My own bed with my own sheets, my own pillow and my own shower. I guess you get my drift, but I knew that the pain would be hitting me in several hours and if I did not get home right away, I could be holed up in a fishing camp, sleeping in a travel trailer for two or three days.
I knew I would not want to make the trip home once the numbness wore off. Yes, I knew I had a pain prescription to take, but since my mind was clear and with no medicine in my system other than the multiple numbing shots in my finger, I made a firm decision to head home. I asked my son to go with me, as he gave me comfort knowing he could at least make a phone call if needed.
With my hand bandaged up, completely numb and a cell phone in hand, off we traveled from east Texas headed toward Hufsmith in my 1982 Chevy El Camino. It was supposed to be a three hour trip.
As we traveled down I-45 south my mind began to contemplate the next few days and then I started to realize how much my life may change.
I had never really looked at the injury and I thought at the time I had lost over half of my finger. I soon began to realize it may affect many aspects of my life from writing, typing, shooting, playing musical instruments, working with certain tools and all kinds of other things.
As my mind pondered on these things, the unexpected occurred again! A BLOW OUT! My right front tire suddenly gave up the ghost and there we sat on the southbound side of I-45 in one of those stretches where there wasn't a building in sight.
My son was about ten years old at the time and he was not experienced in mechanical issues, but as I sat there discussing with him what our task was about to be – the Good Lord is my witness – a large black thunder cloud developed within a few short minutes and dumped a massive amount of rain on us just as we were getting out of the car to start changing the flat!
I quickly wrapped my hand in a plastic bag and started giving my son step by step instructions on what to do.
I dared not strain myself or try to use my injured hand for fear of breaking the stitches open.
The story is still not over! More remains for next week!
- Clifford
Bumps, bruises, and battle scars. For some reason I have been pondering my accident filled boyhood of 60-plus years. Yes, I know I'm not a boy anymore, but I've been accused sometimes of acting like one. I must admit that I am still a risk taker when it comes to manual labor issues, but I have learned to act a little smarter. The truth is, that my childhood injuries were really never my fault per se – well, on the other hand, I guess part of them could have been avoided if I would have been more cautious.
During my days as a teenager, I enjoyed mechanic work. My friends and I had built several mechanical contraptions during our times and as a youngster, I became a fairly good mechanic.
I had pulled the motor from my Chevrolet Bellaire and was doing a complete overhaul. I had the motor broke down and all that remained was the block.
This particular motor was a six cylinder called a straight six. I had just completed honing out the cylinder walls and had cleaned up the top of the block getting ready to begin putting the thing back together.
For some reason I had the block laying on the floor upside down and needed to roll the block over. Of course, I felt I was strong enough to do this on my own, so I placed my hands around the block to pick it up. As I got the thing about halfway off the floor, the inside of my fingers were sliced from the sharp, smooth edge I had just created on top of the block. As I felt the pressure of the motor slice into my fingers it left me with only one of two choices. Either drop the motor and probably crush my foot or take the pain and slowly lower the motor back onto the floor. I chose the latter.
Several stitches later, I had eight sliced up fingers near my palm. I remember wishing I would have asked for help. I still carry these scars to this day.
Another scar I still carry is on my left index finger. It was near Christmas in the 70's and we had just placed our Christmas tree in the house. It seems like every time I get a tree my eyes are taller than the room and I always used to get a tree that was too tall. This time I had cut a tree that was only inches from fitting into the room. The top needed to be trimmed to leave room for the angel.
As usual, I was trying to cut corners, so instead of getting the proper tool such as a saw or clippers I went to the kitchen drawer and pulled out a serrated knife. I stood precariously perched on a ladder trying to lean over the top of the tree. I grabbed the top and began a vigorous sawing motion with this knife. It slipped and sliced a nice gash into my finger just below the nail. Once again, as with the other scars, I still can see it on my finger.
A scar I do not remember receiving is one on the back of my leg. According to my mom I tried to sit on one of those pointy little oil cans as a child. The can was one of those kind seen in the Wizard of Oz movie when Dorothy is oiling up the Tin Man. I have no idea why I thought I could sit on this can. I guess I was just tired and wanted to rest. The thing stuck in the top of my leg and my mom said the can stayed temporarily stuck in my leg as I stood up. It then just slipped out.
Another story told to me is that while crawling around on the floor as a baby, I stuck my finger under a rocking chair that was being occupied by one of my family members. I know the story is true because that scar still vividly appears on my left hand.
Unfortunately I have many more stories to share of my injuries. I still carry the scars in my leg from several dog bites while working as a meter reader, another scar in my arm from throwing a throw line over handed and getting hooked in the arm while setting some fishing lines and I also have a big toe that was cut so deep while swimming in Spring Creek that the muscle no longer functions.
Next week I will share with you the story of all stories about my injuries. It will carry a warning however, because it may be a little gross to some of you.
- Clifford
Somewhere in the Bible there is something written that states "your sins shall find you out". Now I know that I may have butchered this up somewhat and I also know that it wouldn't take two minutes to look the scripture up, but then I wouldn't have been able to fill up this paragraph with words. The truth of the matter is that I have started this story without the foggiest idea of where I'm headed. I kind of know what I would like to say, but I'm just not sure if it will come out all right so I'm just buying time for my mind to catch up with my typing fingers. (Scary thought huh!)
I know a lot of people who have gone on vacation or out of town and they forget to act like decent human beings and they get into trouble. They think if they go to Vegas that everything stays in Vegas, but you can rest assured if you happen to bump into your next door neighbor then everything you did in Vegas will get home before you do! Now somebody is already wondering how in the world Clifford is going to tie Vegas and The Bible into one story…well, I'm not..but kind of.
My wife and I went out of town during the Fourth of July many years ago. We are celebrating 29 years in business and to the best of my recollection we have never, ever closed the doors of our operation during a normal business day for a vacation. We have always kept the doors open with employees on staff. The problem with this however, is as a business owner you always worry about your staff back home and have to continuously mix business and pleasure. We decided this time to "shut 'er down" and we did! We closed the doors at 5 p.m. on July 3rd and were gone until the following Monday morning. We sent everybody home for time off.
We went to Colorado Springs, Colo. Nothing special. Just wanted to get away and see the mountains and smell the mountain air. We had a very, very nice trip and came back very happy and relaxed.
As I was sitting in a local IHOP on Saturday morning, we had commented to the waitress that we were from Texas. Actually my wife had made a comment, formally reserved for Yankees, which lead to the Texas issue. My wife was looking for something on the menu and she said "we're not from here and down in Texas our menus are different". I laughed inside at her comment as my thoughts told me the waitress probably could care less how things are done in Texas. That kind of talk used to gripe the snot out of me back in the day, when northern folk were moving into Texas trying to tell us how things were done up north! Who cares! But anyhow, the waitress took it well and as we were leaving she said "you guy's have a good trip back to Texas"
As she turned to walk away a man next to us kept turning around and looking at me. After about three times he finally got up his nerve and spoke up and said "what part of Texas are ya'll from?" I smiled and I said "well, we come from the south part of Texas, north of Houston. I actually live in a community called Hufsmith but we are near a place called Tomball." "Tomball", he said. "I know it well!" "You do", I exclaimed. "Yep, I live in Lubbock and I work for BJ Services. I have been to your town many times!"
So there you go. How did I tie all of this together, well, The Bible says your sins will find you out. An incident in a very far away place reminds me that somebody always knows somebody else and everybody is always watching you. Whether it be God or Man, Human or maybe an Angel, but our sins will always find us out. We all better behave. We are being watched.
- Clifford
I was thinking about my cousin Wayne the other day and it made me think about his dad. Wayne's wife recently retired and I guess he is about to move into another realm of life. I will have to watch how he handles having his wife around him all day long and see how he reacts to the probable long list of honey do's and harass… ahhh…the new full time togetherness .Just kidding! Congratulations to the two of you for the long love relationship and retirement!
Wayne's dad was of course my uncle. His first name was Freddie and to me all my life he was Uncle Freddie. Unfortunately Uncle Freddie passed away many years ago, but I still remember a story that I wrote about him several years ago.
Uncle Freddie, to me, was always a quiet man. I don't recall ever hearing him holler and I really don't ever recall him getting in too much of a hurry about much of anything, well at least until a few years ago!
I saw him, first hand, do two things that really showed me how much of a hurry he could get into! Uncle Freddie worked for a local funeral home.
Now I would really like to mention the name of this establishment, but I haven't talked to anyone over there and they may not want my type of comments mentioned in the paper. Knowing the family, I think they would all laugh, but I know comments about funerals and funeral homes are sometimes taken the wrong way, when a person is in bereavement.
Uncle Freddie was one of the persons responsible for assisting people with parking, amongst other duties. Many times I have driven by the funeral home and have observed these gentleman, all in proper suit and tie, directing traffic. Rain or shine, cold or heat they have stood for long periods of time working with all sorts of drivers. They stand vigilant at their job. A somber face, proper attire and a pleasant helpful attitude.
Some days, when I have driven by, each man seems lost in his own thoughts. They appear to be trying to reserve energy and not break into a sweat on hot days.
On one of those hot days several summers ago, I broke the silence of Uncle Freddie's day in a very unusual way.
I enjoy messing with honeybees. I've never had a real hive before, but I have enjoyed taking bees out of trees and bushes. The hives I've tried didn't last too long and simply flew away.
One day I received a phone call from a friend of mine who said he saw a swarm of bees in front of the then Church's Fried Chicken Place here in town. (It's now Popeye's) It was near my lunchtime, so I decided to leave the office and investigate.
I stopped in and talked to the manager who explained to me several of his customers were already in a panic and he would be real glad to have me remove the bees for him. As I investigated the hive, they were real deep into his shrubbery in front of his store and I explained to him I would have to cut out parts of his shrubs in order to remove the bees undisturbed. He gave his approval and I went to work.
After a few cuts with my hand saw I was able to retrieve the swarm tightly encased on one of the limbs. I cut the limb and placed the swarm, limb and all, into a cardboard box I had in the back of my truck.
At the time I retrieved this hive, I had no place to keep them and I thought of Uncle Freddie. I knew he had an empty hive next to his garden. I needed to talk to him right away and I knew he was working at the parking lot of the funeral home.
As I approached the lot there was Uncle Freddie in his usual somber stance passing away the moments in deep thought and concentration between cars coming in for the next funeral.
As I approached his area he began to approach my truck. I began to roll down my window to talk to him when he suddenly noticed the swarm of bees frantically flying around in the bed of my truck.
His forehead wrinkled, his eyes got big as his lips began to pulsate in and out when he said "good God boy, what you got in the back of that truck!" I began to laugh, as I had never seen Uncle Freddie show such emotion. I began to realize just how amazed a guy could really be! I mean face it! Here you are minding your own business at the parking lot of a funeral home, when this nut drives up to you with a load of angry honey bees flying around in an open cardboard box! I don't know what kind of reaction I expected from him, but I did get a kick out of his facial expressions.
I delivered the bees to his house, but after several months they decided to leave. I guess they made a beeline out of the county for fear of another truck ride in a cardboard box.
More on Uncle Freddie next week.
- Clifford
This is part two of a story I started last week named Confessions of an Altar Boy. I hope you had an opportunity to read last weeks article but in case you missed it I need to re-cap. I am describing actual events during my days as an altar boy in my childhood church.
Boys and lighter fluid are a dangerous mix. Our duties were designed to bring honor and dignity to the church service, but if the congregation only knew the number of little devils that were lighting their candles, they would have probably passed out.
We used lighter fluid to assist our efforts in lighting the wick on our candle lighters. These were the tools used to actually light the candles before our church service. They had a long wax candle that could be controlled by a slide on the tool. I'm sure there is some religious name for these things, but I know you have seen them. They have a wick on one end and a bell shaped cone on the opposite side to extinguish the candles.
One day while using the fluid, we found that lighter fluid burned fairly cool. Now I know fire is always hot, but some fluids burn hotter than others and lighter fluid burns cool.
We soon learned we could drop a little fluid on the floor in one spot and light the terrazzo floor, but not cause burn marks. It was really cool too! A small blue flame burning from concrete was very amazing to us guys. As time passed we learned the art of writing our names in lighter fluid. Talk about having your name in lights! As time passed our little flames grew to bigger and bigger flames, almost to the point of getting out of hand.
If we thought somebody was coming to check on us we would quickly stomp out the fires with our feet. If the puddle of burning lighter fluid was deep enough, you could slap your foot on the flames and cause the fluid to splash.
This splashing would create little fire droplets all across the room. It was really neat to see the series of little drops of fire. Occasionally we would have to slap the fire out with our hands if it hit the walls.
An odd thing occurred while stomping out one of the flames. We soon learned that the UN-burned lighter fluid would stick to the bottom of our Sunday shoes and we actually had a burning foot that really didn't burn. Our antics went from burning shoes to soaking our hand in lighter fluid and lighting our hand like the guys in the movies. We called ourselves stuntmen. Sword fighting with burning fingers was a good pastime.
I know a lot of my readers are wondering who in the world could have done such things. I'll never tell. Just remember, many of the male readers of this article can relate. I will simply say many of these guys are now holding different positions in different areas of the country. Some of them are Church Elders, a couple of Ministers, past sunday school superintendents and a vast array of job duties.
I can only imagine how many people in our congregation sat through church thinking they smelled singed hair. I guess they thought it was the candles that the sweet little angel altar boys had provided for them.
If only they really knew! I guess now they do!
- Clifford


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Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | 22:15 GMT
Metal Gear Online SCENE Expansion gets details and trailer
Konami's released a trailer showing off first game footage from SCENE Expansion, the latest Metal Gear Online booster pack.
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Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | 18:27 GMT
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Sounds as though it's going to be a worldwide thing.
The pack, named "Scene Expansion," adds Vamp and Raiden as new characters.
You'll get three new levels as well, in Hard House, Outer Outlet and Ravaged Riverfront.
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Michael and I woke up at 4 a.m. to make sure that we would be on the first bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu. It's only a half hour bus ride, but since Aguas Calientes is kind of the only town near Machu Picchu, there are a lot of people wanting seats on that first bus.
Our tour guide Ivan recommended getting there early so we could enjoy Machu Picchu without a ton of other people roaming around. He wasn't joking, there were already folks waiting at the bus stop when we got there a little before 5 a.m. and by the time the first bus left at 6 a.m., the line was down the street at least a couple hundred people deep. The weather up to this point had been lovely which was a blessing since it would have been miserable trying to hike 10+ miles a day in inclement weather. But the day we get to Machu Picchu, the skies started drizzling a bit. It was super foggy and misty when we first arrived and I worried that we wouldn't be able to see that breathtaking panoramic view.
I was forgetting that it was literally 6:30 a.m. and the sun hadn't had a chance to burn off any of that fog yet. Turns out I was concerned about nothing. Around 9 a.m. the skies were blue and beautiful. At 10 a.m., it was sunburning hot.
If I had known it was going to be foggy for a couple of hours in the morning, I would have rather slept in and just gone with the rest of the tourist crowds at 8 a.m.We did an early walk-through and Ivan told us about the history of Machu Picchu and its discoverer, Hiram Bingham, then broke for an early breakfast to wait for the sky to clear up. Apple pie = breakfast of a champion. Still probably healthier than Michael's burger.The sun came out and I could see for miles. The air was so clear. Machu Picchu is immense, at once secreted in the middle of a forest and secluded on a mountaintop, and also huge and open. It's an insane feeling to look around and know that the Incans built this structure. Incans created the floorplans and the dwellings over 600 years ago, and carried fertile earth to fill the terraces from far-away valleys. Ivan said that though Machu Picchu now is only 40% original ruins and 60% reconstructions, the ruins are still visible toward the treeline. I imagined Hiram Bingham discovering Machu Picchu amid a tangle of jungle and rock, covered and hidden among the greenery. Tingles.
And so ended our journey to Machu Picchu, one of the wonders of the world. In the past two years, Michael and I have seen the pyramids, the Taj Mahal, and now, Machu Picchu. I am the luckiest woman.
We spent the afternoon back in Aguas Calientes killing time until our 7 p.m. train ride back to Cusco. Michael and I even watched a very shaky bootlegged copy of Mission Impossible 3: Ghost Protocol at a weird little theater. Fun times.
Though the pyramids will probably forever remain my favorite wonder of the world, the Incan trail and Machu Picchu is a close second.


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FOR WANT OF A DUNE: Properties that lacked the protection of robust sand dunes suffered the worst effects of Superstorm Sandy.
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MANTOLOKING, N.J.—There's no light or heat on this strip of island shaped like a spaghetti strand six weeks after Superstorm Sandy sliced it into a string of shortened noodles with a burst of seawater that residents say hit their town (population 296) like a small tidal wave.
But other progress is happening fast, like changing people's minds about the need for a big sand wall to protect them from the ocean.
This small borough of cedar shake homes, many of them ruined, remains under an emergency evacuation order, and residents are able to cross a bridge from the mainland only after displaying a pass at a National Guard checkpoint. A roof, cars and whole houses are said to be somewhere at the bottom of the bay crossed by the bridge. Residents must leave the island every day before the sun drops behind the two-story piles of homes turned to sticks.
This middle point of the Jersey Shore sustained powerful winds during Sandy, but it was the bulging ocean that raked this quarter-mile-wide section of island. All the town's 562 buildings were damaged, and 134 homes will need to be bulldozed, according to Lt. John Barcas, a local police official. Those are the ones that still stand. An additional 60 homes and buildings disappeared during the storm, leaving "no evidence" of them, he said.
"The ones that survived had a decent dune in front of them," explained Barcas, who huddled on the top floor of a mainland business during Sandy with about 20 people he helped rescue from a flooded road. "The ones that didn't learned that they need a decent dune."
That sentiment might be the storm's one gift. Town officials, after facing years of opposition from oceanfront homeowners worried about protecting their views, are moving quickly to collect approval for the construction of a sand dune that many here believe would have prevented the most severe damage in late October.
The Army Corps of Engineers developed a plan about five years ago to fortify a long strip of the island with 15-foot dunes and other flood-prevention methods. But Mantoloking officials couldn't persuade every property owner on the water to sign easements allowing public access to the thin, private strand of sand between the ocean and their homes, a requirement of the corps. The project stalled.
"I think they're foolish not to" sign the easement, said Mantoloking Mayor George Nebel, who believes a federal dune could have prevented much of the damage caused by the surge of ocean water. Instead, the houses took the shock.
Do we protect our view, our beach or the island?
Now there's tension, and a dose of blame, from residents with property on the back side of the barrier island. Sandy created three breaches in Mantoloking. Suddenly, there were rivers crosscutting the island. Three or four homes might fit into the largest breach, but any structures in them when Sandy hit were washed into oblivion.
That tension revealed itself in a local meeting last week. Nebel forcefully prodded oceanfront homeowners in a packed room at the mainland library to finally sign the easements, saying Sandy is proof that their decision doesn't just affect ocean views and public access, but also the safety of every home in the island town.
"You want the sand or you don't," Nebel bellowed when the owner of a beach house worried that the state might build a boardwalk in front of his house.
Mantoloking tried to protect itself after the federal project stalled by using bulldozers to form berms with beach sand. But they were lower and poorly engineered compared with Army Corps dunes made of sand sucked out of the ocean. Mantoloking needs 127 signatures to complete the easements, and Nebel believes he'll have them by Christmas. That could mean the borough is able to take advantage of President Obama's disaster funding request of $60.4 billion, which includes money for unfinished corps projects.


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Theresa Borawski sat down heavily on a neighbor's porch, somewhere in between her front door and her good friend's driveway. The distance between the two was less than half a mile. It might as well have been 20.
She had already taken a break on a tree stump near the road. This was the last stop, she told herself as she stood up from the porch slowly. She was going to make it.
Reaching her friend's house was like reaching the finish line of a much longer race.
"I was just like I had run in a marathon," Borawski remembers. "It was the biggest moment in my life."
"He had to bring me home because I couldn't walk back," she laughs, "but ..."
But the victory was sweet for a woman who just six months before had primarily relied on a wheelchair to get around, a woman who had lived in her house for two years without walking to the mailbox.
At her heaviest in March 2011, Borawski weighed 428 pounds.
"I could no longer participate in life's activities and was forced to become a spectator while people around me lived their life," she wrote on iReport.com. "Today, I am 276 pounds lighter, 14 jean sizes smaller, and no longer need a wheelchair, walker or cane to get around. I am a walking, talking miracle and have been given a second chance at life."
Borawski's father died when she was 8. Friends and family showed their sympathy with food. The lunch lady at school put extra fries on her tray; the neighbors gave her more candy at Halloween. Her grandparents were caterers, and their extended family got together often for exorbitant meals.
"I learned at a very young age that food makes the happy times better and the sad times more bearable," she says.
She was heavy throughout high school and college but says her weight never really affected her life until 2003, when a series of setbacks sent her into a downward spiral.
Borawski lost her church job of 15 years and moved more than 200 miles to start anew. She lost her grandfather and best friend back-to-back a few months later. Then her new job was cut from the church's budget.
"All of a sudden I'm 42 years old, living alone, unemployed, no income whatsoever," she says.
So she comforted herself with food and decided to go back to college.
Professor Chuck Bowden wasn't surprised by Borawski's amazing transformation. She caught his attention right away as a student willing to work hard.
"I already knew she was dedicated," Bowden says. "I think starting over as a college freshman had to be a challenge -- almost just as impressive."
Over the next four years, Borawski gained weight steadily. Her doctor diagnosed her with rheumatoid arthritis, an extremely painful chronic disease that inflamed her joints. The extra pounds she was carrying only made the condition worse.
She used a walker or cane to get around. When she graduated from Mid Michigan Community College, she could barely walk across the stage to get her diploma.
By January 2011, "my life was in complete chaos," Borawski says. She was working at the college and traveled around campus in an electric wheelchair.
"I always heard her whirring down the hall," Bowden remembers. He and Borawski had become friends and chatted often about the future. "With the (arthritis) and the extra weight, I got very concerned that she might ... not be able to take care of herself."
His fears weren't far off.
Borawski had difficulty standing long enough in the shower to wash and condition her hair. She could only shop at stores that had mobile carts; it took her a week to carry in her groceries from the car because she could only carry one or two bags at a time. She was seriously considering moving into an assisted living facility.
"I could barely function," Borawski says. She got up, rode around in her wheelchair, popped painkillers, ate and went to bed every night at 7 p.m. "Every bit of energy I had went to just living."
Her wake-up call came on March 1, 2011. Her sister phoned to tell her she was getting bariatric surgery. Borawski pleaded with her not to -- she had heard horror stories about the procedure's aftereffects. When the sister hung up, Borawski went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of peach soda.
"Something just clicked in my head," she says. A quick calculation made Borawski realize she had been drinking nearly 7,000 calories a week in soda -- the equivalent of 2 pounds.


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Police officers uncovered an alleged drug operation inside the room of a Yazoo City hotel last weekend.
Henry Lee Williams, 21, Tara Hasty, 17, and Leah Hasty, 21, were all charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
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What is forest and landscape restoration?
Forest and landscape restoration turns barren or degraded areas of land into healthy, fertile, working landscapes where local communities, ecosystems and other stakeholders can cohabit, sustainably. To be successful, it needs to involve everyone with a stake in the landscape, to design the right solutions and build lasting relationships.
Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is not just about trees. Trying to put the forest back the way it was is one possible restoration strategy, but there are many others that sometimes have to be woven together to tailor a solution that's right for the setting and for all those with a stake in the forest.
The goal, in each case, is to revitalize the landscape so that it can meet the needs of people and the natural environment, sustainably.
The benefits of FLR can be felt immediately, through job creation and carbon sequestration. But there is no magical, one-size-fits-all blueprint. A restored landscape can accommodate a mosaic of different land uses, such as agriculture, protected wildlife reserves, ecological corridors, regenerated forests, managed plantations, agroforestry systems and river or lakeside plantings to protect waterways.
FLR only works on a scale that can accommodate a balanced package of forest functions. Only when large areas of landscape are treated as a whole can different interests be reconciled and issues such as biodiversity conservation and watershed management be tackled in a coordinated way. But the size and nature of the landscape can only be determined locally; it is whatever makes sense for generating the benefits that people need and for improving the integrity of the ecosystems.
Although the benefits can be felt immediately, FLR is not a short-term fix, either. It is a long-term solution requiring the commitment of communities, companies, landowners, administrators and politicians. Simply planting trees and crossing fingers doesn't work. The needs of forest stakeholders change over time, and solutions have to be adaptable and flexible enough to channel those needs towards sustainable practices that benefit all in the long-term.
Why restore degraded and deforested lands?
For economic reasons as well as the most pressing environmental ones, we should commit ourselves to forest and landscape restoration. Putting back lost forests and reviving landscapes can restore their vital functions, cool the planet, protect wildlife and rescue lives, sustainably and economically.
Some people might ask, isn't it enough to simply put the brakes on deforestation? Do we also need to actively restore cleared landscapes?
The damage has been done – but it can be reversed.
Everyone knows that deforestation has accelerated global warming; that having fewer trees and less forest has left more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and left our planet more exposed to the sun. Regenerating and revitalizing forests as part of landscape restoration projects would give us back some of that capacity to sequester carbon and slow down climate change.
But there are plenty of other reasons why we need to start reversing the spiral of loss and degradation. Healthy, fertile landscapes provide homes for wildlife and human life, providing food, clean water and materials for shelter. Sustainably cultivated and farmed woodlands yield biofuel and raw products that can be worked or processed for trade, stimulating local industry and creating jobs.
There are opportunities to grow new crops where trees once stood that can be harvested for agriculture. Trees in agricultural landscapes could improve soil moisture and fertility, and boost food production. And responsible tourism and other services can be developed as part of the rehabilitation mix. All of these forms of sustainable enterprise can inject new income and new life into threatened communities, relieving poverty and funding improvements in education.
The environmental rewards of landscape rehabilitation are huge. The economic rewards are just as great. It has been estimated that the restoration of 150 million hectares of former forest land around the world – as promised by the Bonn Challenge – would pump US$ 85billion a year into national and global economies.
It's an opportunity we can't afford to waste.