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What started off as a basic robbery attempt turned into a mortifying experience for one wannabe robber in Fukuoka Prefecture. Seriously, either the konbini gods were conspiring against him or he met his ultimate match in an old woman, but either way, his attempt at crime was completely foiled thanks to an unusual series of events.
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Digital-age robber epically owned by analog granny at convenience store in Fukuoka
Krista Rogers
Aug 2, 2014
- Japan
- (convenience store • fail • Fukuoka • old woman • robbery • smartphone)
What do this Japanese convenience store and Sierra Leone have in common?
Master Blaster
Jun 23, 2014
The convenience store racket in Japan is fierce business with many shops jockeying for the top spot. Perhaps this was only in my local area, but about one or two years ago one of Japan's biggest chains, FamilyMart, made an impressively bold Micheal Corleone-style house cleaning and began knocking off AM-PM and Sunkus outlets like modern-day Moe Greens and Emilio Barzinis and making them their own with a killer combination of great fried chicken and enthusiastic staff.
Now it's gotten to the point that seeing FamilyMart's green, blue and white signage is as common a sight as a traffic light when walking through the streets. It's become so popular, in fact. that people are beginning to see links to other things – things such as the Republic of Sierra Leone.
So, the Dalai Lama walks into a convenience store in rural Japan… 【Photos】
Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2014
Do you ever wonder what Teddy Roosevelt's favorite kind of juice was? It's hard to imagine the 26th President of the United States having to do anything as trivial as deciding between orange and apple, but after a long, hard day of riding moose and judo-tossing William Howard Taft, no amount of influence and respect is going to keep you from getting thirsty, and it's a choice that has to be made.
But while the late Teddy's fruit nectar preferences may be lost to antiquity, we can now say for certain which brand of tea the Dalai Lama reaches for when he visits a Japanese convenience store.
- Japan
- (convenience store • culture • Dalai Lama • funny • religeon)
I need gum, milk, and a verse of "Let It Go": Special karaoke convenience store to open
Philip Kendall
Apr 9, 2014
I've lost count of the number of times I've been buying beer, bread, or ice-cream at my local conbini and thought to myself, "If only I could scream a few lines of verse into a microphone without having to leave the building." In the past, the closest I could ever get to combining convenience store shopping with singing was choosing karaoke booths located immediately next door to a 7-Eleven, but now all that is about to change.
In a special collaboration between Japan's third-largest convenience store chain FamilyMart and nationwide operator Karaoke Club DAM, a one-of-a-kind conbini x karoke parlour will open its doors on April 17 in Tokyo.
Yes, thanks to Japan you can now shop and sing all in the same place.
- Japan
- (convenience store • Familymart • karaoke • music • shopping)
Little store managers take over FamilyMart in Taiwan, hilarity and tons of cute in store【Video】
Joan Coello
Mar 18, 2014
Help! Somebody shrunk the store managers at the FamilyMart convenience stores in Taiwan!
We kid you, but it's true that these adorable children were store managers at Taiwan's FamilyMart! The "Little Store Manager Experience Camp" run by the convenience store franchise chain allows children to experience a day as a store manager, and though they were pretty good at their one-day "job", they were even better at what kids do best – being irresistibly cute! Check out what the experience camp had in store for them after the jump!
- Taiwan
- (children • convenience store • cute • Familymart • funny • kids)
Have you ever loved something so much, you just had to shout it out to the whole world? Well these guys certainly know that feeling. A group of foreigners created this video for the one true love in their lives – Japanese convenience stores.
Tuesday is known as New Bento Day at major convenience stores across Japan. As we've highlighted before, convenience stores in the country put a lot of effort into their ready-to-eat creations. What's more is they cycle through new flavors on a weekly basis. This can be a double-edged sword as your favorite dish can disappear tragically fast, but you can also count on something equally good coming along as well.
As regular consumers of convenience store bento, the editorial department of RocketNews24 Japan has come together and ranked the top 5 new additions to 7-Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart for the week of 14 January, 2014. Please refer to it for your own convenient dining pleasure.
- Japan
- (bento • convenience store • ranking)
We try Häagen-Dazs' special edition Forêt Noire ice cream found only in convenience stores
Krista Rogers
Jan 7, 2014
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Especially for everyone's favorite, Häagen-Dazs. Even in the middle of winter, we can find happiness by eating ice cream in a warm room. We were curious what Häagen-Dazs' new, hard-to-pronounce flavor Forêt Noire tasted like, so we tried it ourselves. Prepare to be tantalized by the following enticing photographs.
5 reasons Japanese convenience stores rock
Scott R Dixon
Dec 23, 2013
You have probably noticed that we here at RocketNews24 are huge fans of Japanese convenience stores. And if you have ever lived in or visited Japan, odds are you too came to love these amazing places. But what exactly makes Japanese convenience stores so different and special compared to those overseas? Click below to see five reasons why we think these "conbini" totally live up to the hype!
The collaboration of our dreams: KFC crispy chicken flavored potato chips!
Krista Rogers
Dec 20, 2013
Following last year's wildly popular potato chips collaboration product, Calbee and KFC are back again to ring in the new year with round two. Introducing new Colonel Crispy Chicken flavored potato chips!
- Japan
- (Calbee • collaboration • convenience store • KFC)
Convenience stores play an integral part of life in Japan. The various chains themselves appear to have a life and ecosystem of their own sprouting up and dying off all over the urban landscape in fierce competition. Regardless of which one you choose, be it Lawson, Family Mart, 7-Eleven, Mini-Stop or one of the other countless chains, you can always expect to find some high quality stuff.
No one knows this better than our food reporter Kuzo who has sampled every form of junk food the nation's convenience stores have to offer. This time, however, he leaves the shores of Japan to test the wares of a remote branch of the famous Lawson Station chain in Hawaii.
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As the temperatures gradually sink into a chilly winter, convenience stores all across this great nation start to kick their oden pots into high gear. For those unacquainted with this Japanese dish, oden is basically any type of food soaked and simmered in a flavorful broth. The type of soup used varies by regions but is usually very savory.
Although not the only place to get oden, convenience stores are thought of as the first place to get it. That's why Japan's three biggest convenience stores – 7-Eleven, Family Mart, and Lawson – are all competing to find that perfect ingredient to simmer and sell to the hungry masses.
To help kick-off this year's oden season in Japan, Excite News has released the five most popular oden foods at each of the big three stores. First up is Lawson!
- Japan
- (convenience store • food • oden)
Short and silly tales from the conbini: The funniest tweets from convenience stores
Preston Phro
Oct 20, 2013
While joshi kosei (high school girls) may say a lot of silly things, they hardly have a monopoly on absurdity. And though everyone is bound to say something crazy eventually, hanging out in convenience stores, or "conbini" in Japanese, drastically increases the likelihood that you'll come across something hilarious.
But who has time to loiter in convenience stores day in and day out? Certainly not us! Fortunately, Twitter exists, so we don't have to spend all afternoon in FamilyMart waiting for someone to say something silly. Here are some of the best Japanese convenience store conversations found on Twitter, translated for your amusement. See how much we love you?
- Internet, Japan
- (conbini • convenience store • funny)
Walk into any convenience store in Japan and you'll see the staples: magazines, drinks, snacks, and the ubiquitous onigiri. And when it comes to onigiri, the world-famous rice ball wrapped in seaweed, one of the hands-down most popular is the salmon variety, with salty, sweet, succulent flakes of orange salmon at its centre.
So which convenience store sells the best salmon onigiri? We decided to conduct a taste test in our offices to declare a winner, pitting the top three – 7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart – against each other in a battle befitting the rice ball's feudal origins. With a set of scales, the slice of a knife and a merchant tester, we begin.
Earlier this hot and muggy month, ice cream fans were shocked at the reckless behaviour of one young man who dove inside a freezer at a Lawson convenience store to beat the heat, planting his sweaty body all over the ice cream in the process. Ahhh, ice cream—a much-loved staple of many people's diets. Look, I understand if you can't handle the Japanese summer, but get your ass off my precious Yukimi Daifuku mochi ice cream, sonny!
Now another incriminating photo has surfaced on Twitter. Has the original perp returned? Or has another guy realized the kind of instant infamy achievable by molesting a freezer of ice cream…
- Japan
- (convenience store • freezer • ice cream • Kyoto)
The country may not be especially well known for its confection and frozen treats, but you'd better believe that Japan loves its ice cream. Whatever the season, there are hundreds of varieties to choose from, and chain stores like Baskin Robbins and Ben & Jerry's attract enormous lines on a daily basis, constantly whipping up new flavours to appeal to the Japanese palate.
Today, we'd like to take you on a tour of the konbini aisu, or convenience store-bought ice cream, of Japan. They may not be quite as sophisticated as your top-of-the-range Häagen-Dazs offerings, but boy are they tasty, and since they're available for just a couple of hundred yen each you can afford to treat yourself pretty much every day this summer. We hope you're hungry!
Sometimes the heat here in Japan really does get too much, but this mystery guy's cool-down method seems to have backfired. Angry Japanese Netizens are up in arms at the possibility that the selfish iceman may have sullied precious ice-cream with his stinky sweat.
Convenience stores' room-temperature drinks get warm reception on hot days
Rachel Tackett
Jun 19, 2013
Whenever I'm forced to suffer the humid heat of Tokyo's hot and rainy summers, I'm grateful for the large number of vending machines and convenience stores, all ready to sell me a nice, cold drink. It seems that not everyone shares my excitement, however, as a large percentage of Japan's residents have shown distaste for chilled beverages. Some quote health reasons, while others just don't like cold drinks. Lucky for them, the convenience store, Daily Yamazaki, is ready to meet their call.
With a wealth of health information at our fingertips, most of us try to take good care of our bodies, getting our five fruit and veg a day and enjoying coffee and alcohol in moderation. It's not always easy to maintain a healthy lifestyle while holding down a job or taking care of a family, though, so foodstuffs like pre-cut vegetables or ready-made side dishes often find their way into our fridges. But despite carrying a healthy image, are the ready-to-eat vegetables and ready meals found at your local convenience store really as nutritional as they're thought to be?
If Japanese food specialist Kiyotaka Minami's latest book "The 19 Food Habits that are Bad for the Body" is to be believed, these pre-packed time-saving gems could actually be doing our bodies more harm than good.
On May 9, Akao Aluminum announced the release of the "Ice Cream Shovel," the latest in its ispoon series of implements specially created to enhance your frozen confectionary eating experience. Under the careful supervision of Convenience Store Ice Cream Mania über blogger and frozen treat critic, "Ice-man" Fukudome, this most recent addition to the lineup was specifically designed for use with the rock hard, wooden-spoon-snapping-and-thus-stress-inducing cups of ice cream sold at convenience stores. With a limited production run of only 100, and priced at just 2,520 yen (about US$25), the spoons are sure to sell out, ah,…sometime.
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Love 'em or loath 'em, The Beatles forever changed the pop music and culture when a flight from London to New York City brought them to American soil on February 9, 1964 for their first U.S. television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
"There will never be another Beatles," said Chad Clifford of regional band, The Crawpuppies, whose sound is owes much to The Beatles. "The fragmented, disposable structure of the music business, radio and media today has made another Beatles impossible. When there were only a few network channels and a few major radio stations, a group like the Beatles could have an impact. It was popular music's 'perfect storm' we will never see again."
Storm is a perfect word for it. "Beatlemania" as it came to be called hit American shores like a hurricane 50 years ago this month when four lovable Liverpudlians – John, Paul, George and Ringo -- in matching suits and sporting mop top haircuts enticed 73 million people to tune in CBS-TV to watch "The Ed Sullivan Show." That's 12 million more than had watched Elvis Presley's first performance on the same program just 8 years earlier.
"I watched Ed Sullivan that night," recalled Marty Mardirosian, drummer and co-founder of Chicago rock perennial, M&R Rush. "I was 7 years old and had just started playing drums. I remember wanting a drum set like Ringo, except blue. It took me 5 years to get it, but I finally did for my 8th grade graduation. My Dad being a jazz drummer said he (Ringo) was holding the drum sticks wrong (doing a match grip) and told me to keep holding them with a traditional grip. Now, 50 years later I still play using the traditional grip."
Scott Wielgos of the local band Got Issues was 9-years-old when he witnessed the Beatles TV debut. "I was immediately addicted," he said, adding he still includes early Beatles hits in both his band and solo performances. "They had a fresh new musical sound with melody and harmonies that grabbed you. The audience reaction was entertaining as well."
"My sister was a sophomore in high school in 1964 and had a party at our house a little while before the Beatles were on the Sullivan Show," recalled John Carpenter, guitarist of The Nomad Planets band and owner of Hammond's Thunderclap Recording Studio. "One of her friends brought 'Meet The Beatles' to our house and they played it over and over. I was 10 at the time and mesmerized. I stared at the high contrast black and white LP cover of their faces popping out of the black background while this exciting new music played. When the Beatles were on the Sullivan show a few weeks later I can remember vibrating with excitement and anticipation. It was the definitive beginning of how important music would become in my life."
"I was smitten. I thought they were fabulous," recalled Chicago pop icon Mimi Betinis of Pezband fame. "My mother liked them but my father did not! It was a combination of things that made them succeed so quickly. The sound, the looks, the songs and the absolute visceral delivery they gave every time they recorded and preformed. Simply put, they were the originators. There was the Beatles and then there was everyone else."
Unlike Mardirosian, Wielgos, Carpenter and Betinis, Chad Clifford was affected indirectly and second-hand by The Beatles.
"I wasn't born yet in 1964, but their appearance on Ed Sullivan had a profound impact on my father and mother," said Clifford, who now owns the popular Front Porch Music retail store and school. "My dad went out the very next day and bought a drum set. His love of the Beatles and of rock 'n' roll was handed down to me at age 5. The Beatles were a breath of fresh air after the terrible winter of 1963 and the death of JFK. They were huge in Europe and they had nearly three albums of great material in the vaults to unleash on a hungry public. They were managed well and it was marketed brilliantly."
The Beatles fired the first shot of the British Invasion when they warbling through five songs on "The Ed Sullivan Show" -- "All My Loving," "Til There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" – and took a collective bow. Less than 48 hours later, the Beatles performed their first concert on U.S. soil in Washington, D.C.
Sixties American pop singer Tommy Roe was witnessed the developing Beatles phenomenon firsthand and on February 11, 1964 opened for them in front of 8,000 screaming fans in our nation's capital.
"It was a pretty magical evening," recalled Roe who performed only two songs that night, "Shelia' and "Everybody." The Beatles set opened with "Roll Over Beethoven" and ended eleven songs later with "Long Tall Sally," clocking in at just over 30 minutes. Tickets cost $2.
"My history with the guys began in 1963 when I was headlining my first tour of England with Chris Montez (of "Do You Wanna Dance" fame). The Beatles were a featured act on our tour," said Roe. "That's when I saw Beatlemania take hold. In 1963 nobody really knew who Beatles were outside of Liverpool (and Hamburg, Germany). Ringo had just joined the group a few months prior to our tour and their manager Brian Epstein who was a genius had started building the Beatles a fan base by the time Chris and I got over there to tour. Epstein had these groups of fans follow the tour from venue to venue and just go hysterical whenever the Beatles would play. We were the headliners, but it soon became impossible for us to follow them on stage because of all the chaos. So just a short time into the tour, the bill got flipped around and the Beatles closed the show. They went from opening act to headliner in a couple of weeks."
Like Roe, British teenager Laurence Juber who would one day share the stage with Paul McCartney as a guitarist in the band Wings, was hip to the Beatles early on. "We already had a slow build-up to Beatlemania in the U.K. and by early November 1963 they had become legit and my parents understood enough to buy me a guitar for my 11th birthday a week later," recalled Juber with hindsight is not surprised how much impact the Beatles had on global culture. "Good timing, great marketing, killer songs, beautifully crafted image, a track record of hits and an audience that was demographically primed to explode. They were woven into the fabric of the zeitgeist, defining and then transcending the era."
Carl Giammarese, co-founder of The Buckinghams, a Chicago group whose very name reflected their desire to fit in with all the British Invasion bands on the charts in the mid-'60s, remembers the time well. "I was one of the 70,000-plus people watching Ed Sullivan that night. I was very impressed by their melodic sound and original look," he said. "Timing is everything and pop music was starting to stagnate."
The Beatles' sound evolved quickly from pop to psychedelic. "My favorite is still the early Mop Top-era," said Giammarese, who was 16 in 1964. "It was so fresh and new. It was where I was at musically at the time, but I embrace all Beatle music, every album they released left all of us trying to catch up. They were always waaaay ahead of everyone."
John Carpenter agreed. "They were always evolving and never stagnant. They were always exploring musically, lyrically, culturally, emotionally, and taking us all along for the ride," he said. "Their sound was so new and different at the time, but more importantly they were fun, loose and irreverent, which teenagers could relate to and claim as their own."
"They looked like they were having the time of their lives when they played the Sullivan show," added Mardirosian on why kids across the country went out the next day and bought musical instruments. "They showed us those magical moments that come from playing music."
Gary native Oscar Hamod spent his teenage years during the mid-'60s recording and touring as the leader of Oscar & The Majestics. "I watched them on Ed Sullivan," recalled the singer/guitarist who still fronts the original Majestics line-up. "We'd all heard of the Beatles and were excited to finally see them. We liked their sound and harmonies. My dad was not too thrilled with their hair cuts, but all the younger generation soon adopted the 'mop top'."
Hamod experienced Beatlemania firsthand in Chicago. "Two of our band's female fans, who still follow us today, had tickets to the Beatles appearance at Comisky Park and they invited me along. It was wild. The fans were screaming, but you could still hear the music," he recalled.
Heavy metal rocker turned acoustic troubadour Robert Rolfe Feddersen who now writes music for films and MTV's original programs was too young to remember Beatlemania, but has watched the Sullivan footage many times. "Great songs, timeless songs," Feddersen said. "They had perfect chemistry. Paul was melody. John was anger. George was philosophy. Ringo in his own words 'just hit the buggers" (drums)'."
Northwest Indiana concert promoter Omar Farag was not impressed by The Beatles after watching "The Ed Sullivan Show." "I watched them and they were okay but not significant," he said. "I grew up on the Westside of Gary. Motown, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, those were great singers. The Beatles with their long hair seemed like a joke at first."
Like the rest of the world the O.M.A.R. Presents founder, ultimately became a Fabs fan. "They eventually developed into great writers. They understood a 'hook' more than anybody," said Farag. "They say the most important piece in any band is the drummer, since he keeps the beat. Ringo is a great drummer in that sense. George was a beautifully melodic guitar player who kept the band spiritually grounded. John was the passionate radical element in the band who identified with the era's youth. Paul was the glue that kept the band together. Lennon & McCartney became the best song writing duo of their era, creating some of the greatest songs ever."
"The Beatles changed everything," concluded Giammarese. "They broke all the rules. The funny thing was they were listening to Elvis, the Everly Bros. Little Richard and a lot of 50's early 60's American artists. It just came out different when they played it. They were the first self-contained band writing their own songs. They presented a new sound and look. The timing was perfect, rock 'n' roll had starting to get too contrived and predictable. All of a sudden, the Beatles were there to shake things up. They introduced several time changes in songs with new sounds; eventually using classical string orchestrations on songs like 'Eleanor Rigby.' The Beatles took chances. Every new album was a different progression, and everyone was left in the dust trying to catch up. They had unbelievable talent as singers, musicians and song writers."
The four parts never eclipsed the sum, but even today, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are rocking hard and strong into their 70s. The Beatles are as popular today as they ever were. To quote a line of Beatle lyrics, they are still "here, there and everywhere!"
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Yes, it's just like the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Too many awards too closely packed together. Just when you thought you had sorted out who you liked, there's a whole new list to choose from. Will all the awards eventually merge into one big one? Who knows.
Voting began yesterday for the first ever American Wine Blog Awards competition, and Vinography has graciously been nominated as a finalist in three categories: Best Wine Reviews, Best Wine Writing, and Best Overall Wine Blog. I'm really proud to be a finalist in these three categories. I've worked very hard to make Vinography a place that I would want to visit if I were just a consumer looking for an alternative approach to wine, and I'm really thrilled to be recognized for that.
So now is when I get to ask you for the favor of your vote again. Please do me the kindness of supporting me in these three categories. You can vote here.
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Congrats on all three, Alder.
Great. These are life'satisfactions, aren't they?
Wow, three nominations; you deserve it. Best of luck. (and you too JohnG for wine reviews).
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Done. I'm also posting a note on Food Notebook later today. Best of luck.
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Voting for you for yet another award makes me very proud. All your innovative thoughts recognized. I can't wait until you're nominated for head of the E.P.A. Then you can plant vineyards over all the parking lots.
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I am currently working on my basement and am in the middle of re-pointing my the 120 year old granite foundation. Much of the mortar has turned into something that looks like plaster dust, so I am removing and replacing it. After removing some of the old mortar, there are some large gaps inside between the blocks, like that I can put my arm into. I guess they didn't do much dressing of the blocks on site but just stacked them up and mortared them into place. I have used some great stuff to fill some of the gaps, but I think I need a much larger volume product if I'm going to fill all of them.
There has never been any issue with water in the basement, and some of the gaps are obviously continuous to the outside, so the drainage must be good enough to prevent leaks. Even so, I think it is a good idea to fill these gaps since I have it all open. It will also be allot easier to re-point if the bigger gaps have been reduced considerably.
I have added some pictures below.
The first picture is a section of the wall I am working on. All the the loose mortar has been removed.
The second picture is of a common gap I am seeing. This vertical gap runs for about 2 feet and is about 1-3 inches wide and about 1 foot deep.
The third picture is of a horizontal gap that is 1 foot deep 18 inches wide and about 5 inches tall. There are two loose pieces of granite sitting at the front of the gap. In the last picture, I have removed the loose pieces and you can see all the way into the gap.
There are two places where there is an ~8x8 inch gap that runs all the way through. I can see the underground dirt on the other side. I have no idea why there isn't water coming in here, but there is a cantilevered section of the house over that area and the grade slopes away from the house pretty well. I guess the overhand is keeping it dry enough to keep the water out. There are some signs of moisture in this area though, but nothing like standing water.
I found this video
by a group near here called the mended wall. They do allot of conservation/restoration of homes much older than mine. The video shows Andrew doing most of the same things I have been doing, removing loose mortar and stone, using a vacuum to remove dirt and debris, etc. He just filled all the gaps with a mixture of sand mix and type N lime. He didn't specify the proportions, so I'm not sure where to go with that. These are also restorations that aim to preserve the historical significance of the home and I don't know if that affects the techniques I would want or not.
This article,
advised what I was thinking about, which is to inject closed cell expanding foam into the gaps, which would be much quicker. The article didn't specify the type of foam to use or where to get it.
I have also thought of just shoveling concrete into the large areas to fill as much as possible and then using standard mortar mix to finish the pointing, or using cement to fill as much as possible, adding an inch or two of spray foam to seal and insulate, and then pointing. One of the problems is that some of the gaps have narrow openings, but get fairly large as they go back. It would be pretty difficult go get any kind of mortar back in there without some kind of pump. I also know there are other expanding hydraulic cement like products that are used for filling and sealing applications.
I don't really know if this wall need structural reinforcement or not. It has been where it is for more than 120 years with no shifting, so I suspect that it does not need much more than would be provided by replacing the loose rock and re-pointing enough to fill the gaps. Adding additional structure isn't going to do any harm however, and it would be nice if this remained stable for another 120 years.
There are allot of possibilities and I am a bit in the weeds here, so I would really appreciate any suggestions.
This site seems to have a reasonable selection of expanding foam,
If I do use foam, I'm not really sure what to get, 1-component, 2-component, fire block, etc. I'm not sure which of these would qualify as "structural". The products at this site range in price from $90-$800 and I don't want to spend allot here unless it is really necessary. It is hard to tell how large the largest gaps are, but I can always make repeat applications if necessary. Most of these things are advertised as waterproof, but I don't really know what that means in practice.
I'm not really sure what to get, or where to get it, so suggestions would be appreciated. Is there a standard for this sort of application?
I wouldn't use any type of spray foam to fill those gaps. Won't properly seal when the time comes, and certainly provides no structural strength. Stick with mortar, and maybe consider Type S if you want it to be stronger.
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Is there some reason why I can't just fill the large gaps with concrete? I'm not completely sure on the difference, other than different proportions of sand, gravel, and Portland cement. I was thinking about spray foam because I don't think that these large gaps have even been filled with anything. The mortar was only about 1" deep and just held the small stones in place and sealed the gaps. I thing that there have always been large internal cavities. I thought that foam would be better than nothing and would provide a decent water tight seal. There are some foams that are considered "structural", but I don't really know what that means.
I can certainly fill everything up with mortar, but it will take longer. I'm also not sure what to do with the large gaps the have very narrow openings. I could always break out the diamond grinder and open the gaps some, but that is no fun. Also, how clean do I have to get the rock before re-applying mortar. Do I need to clean with water and detergent, or will just a dry brush be alright?
I have attached a picture of what this looks like on the outside. It's surprising how much cleaner it looks on the outside, thought I'm sure it was re-pointed at least once.
Well I guess I am going to be using type S mortar, since there have been no other suggestions. What is a good ratio to use? I would guess 1 part type S to 2-2.5 parts mason sand, but I could also see using sand mix instead of just sharp sand. If I use something like QUIKRETE type S Mason Mix, would I add anything or just use it straight?
Any suggestions on this?
Since you are trying to fill the voids and hopefully do some sealing foam is a wast of time.
Use mortar or masonry grout to fill the voids. Obviously concrete will not work. A wet, soupy grout (Portland cement and sand) would be best if you can contain it since it will fill all voids. A second choice would to use a lower strength wet mortar that you can force into the voids and keep it there. It will seal somewhat and provide great stability and work well since you do not have a leakage problem, any minor shrinkage would not be a problem. As in all masonry, you use the lowest strength mortar possible (Type N), since mortar strength is really immaterial, especially with you situation.
Type N masonry cement is not as readily available as Type N premixed mortar, so you could use either Type S cement or just Portland and sand, depending on your learned skills.
If I can buy straight type S cement, what ratio would I use with the masons sand (I wouldn't use play sand here)? What is the difference between type S cement and portland? I was trying to avoid getting into the more complex mixtures of cement, lime, and sand, even though that was traditional. I'm not sure what the difference is between these mortar mixes and cement. I have always just thought there were different ratios of ingredients.
I did another part of this earlier, but it was in much better shape so I didn't have to remove as much of the old mortar. I did use some spray foam to fill some of of the cavities that I couldn't get to. I believe that these cavities have always been there (empty), so I thought that adding some insulation couldn't do any harm. This part of the foundation has an edition with a full basement on the other side, so it's not exposed to whether any more. I just used bagged mortar mix to re-point where the mortar was loose or missing. That part turned out really well, at least it looks good. I am going to be painting this in the end. I probably would have done the same here, but this part is in bad shape and needs a much more complete treatment. It was behind the oil tank at one point and I think the rest got redone, and this wasn't.
At this point, I have 4 bags of QUIKRETE type S Mason Mix and 1.5 bags of Portland. I can get pretty much anything else if I am going in the wrong direction here. I guess I will be skipping the expanding foam, but that would have been really fast compared to using mortar. Fast isn't that helpful if it's the wrong method I guess.
I do have a grout bag that I could use to get a wet mix back into some of the places that have large cavities with narrow openings. Would there be a problem using more than one thing in combination, since I probably won't be able to fill all the voids with a single solution?
This stone is granite in case I didn't mention that at some point. I know that sometimes the material has an impact on the kind of mortar to use.
I am planning on painting the wall, but with all the water in this mix I guess I would want to wait at least 2 months or so before doing that.
It would be helpful to know if I am in the process of turning my foundation into the Okefenokee Swamp, so I would really appreciate it if someone would let me know if they think I am.
I will try to put up some more pictures for the next round of filling I do.
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According to the first post-draft odds in Las Vegas the Falcons are 40-1 win the Super Bowl (via Bovada). That places them tied for only 13th overall, and maybe more significantly only tied for eighth among NFC teams.
These odds fall in line with previously released over-under win totals. The Falcons are projected to win only eight games in 2014 season (via Cantor gaming), which puts them behind New Orleans and Carolina in the NFC South, as well as Seattle, San Francisco, Green Bay, Chicago and Philadelphia in the conference. (Complete odds are listed below.)
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UPDATE: Falcons take Jake Matthews
- 11:30 am Thursday, May 8th, 2014 by Jeff Schultz
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was sacked 44 times last season and hit another 42 times but somehow finished the regular season without having a psychotic break.
Maybe Jake Matthews will help.
The Falcons took Matthews, the 6-foot-5, 308-pound Texas A&M tackle, with the sixth overall pick. He is the son of Hall of Fame guard Bruce Matthews and one of seven members of the Matthews family to play in the NFL. Two others: Former Cleveland Pro Bowl linebacker Clay Matthews Jr. and Green Bay pass rusher Clay Matthews III.
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I spent some time earlier in the week with Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff. The column, which can be viewed online now at MyAJC.com and is in print in Sunday's newspaper, mostly focuses on how quickly Dimitroff lost the benefit of the doubt with many in the public after the team went from a perceived Super Bowl contender to finishing 4-12 last year.
Dimitroff has made several changes to his personnel staff and the Mike Smith's coaching staff. He has issued a strong message to everybody in the team's Flowery Branch complex: "OK. We're 4-12. Adapt and deal with it."
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There is growing speculation about what direction the Falcons will go in the first round of the NFL draft, in part because the scouting combine is going on in Indianapolis and several media members are spasming on Twitter over Jadeveon Clowney's 40 time. (OMG! He's fast! Who knew?)
The problem with speculating now is the Falcons, like most teams, can't be certain of anything in the draft until they get through free agency – which, as a reminder, happens first.
Teams can be begin negotiating with impending unrestricted free agents on March 8. The market officially opens March 11. Obviously if the [More]
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It's common for there to be disagreement on where and when an NFL prospect will be drafted, so Missouri defensive end Michael Sam being projected to go anywhere from the third to fifth round to possibly not even taken isn't unusual. But the fact an online sports book has posted an over/under on Sam's draft spot – 125½ — should indicate he is not your typical mid-round prospect.
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I just finished a column (posted soon on MyAJC.com) on my three-point plan to fix the Falcons. Actually, it's not so much a three-point plan as it is three questions about the team going into this offseason's intended repair job by general manager Thomas Dimitroff and his staff.
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Update 10/9 at 1 p.m.: Kenneth Burck reports that up until February his son was a resident of Greenhills. In February, the younger Burck married and moved New York. "He always lived on the road, but officially this was his address."
Does the Naked Cowboy live in Greenhills? Well, his voter registry says he does. But, he filed his candidacy for president using an address in New York, where he often performs in Times Square.
It's an odd question, but one the Hamilton County Board of Elections has to figure out.
Patricia A. Andwan, a perpetual Greenhills candidate, is challenging Robert John Burck II's (aka: the Naked Cowboy) right to vote in Ohio.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Monday; the subpoena sent to 137 Ireland Ave., Greenhills, the registration address. He could be referred to the Hamilton County prosecutor's office for voter fraud investigation; more likely they will simply strike him from the rolls.
Board of Elections record show Burck, 42 — who gets his nickname because he performs in Times Square dressed only in briefs and cowboy boots — has voted several times at that Greenhills address via absentee ballot. His most recent vote was in last year's presidential election, BOE records show.
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Josh Olson is an American screenwriter and director. Olson began his career working as a production assistant in the art department on the 1987 film Masters of the Universe.[citation needed] In 2006, he was nominated for the British Academy Award, the Writer's Guild Award, the USC Scripter Award and the Academy Award for his adapted screenplay for A History of Violence. However in a 2014 interview, "A History of Violence" star Viggo Mortensen said he read Olson's original version of the script and "was quite disappointed. It was 120-odd pages of just mayhem; kind of senseless, really." He only agreed to do the movie after meeting with the director David Cronenberg, who extensively reworked the script. "He should have actually taken a screenplay credit," Mortensen said, " because that 120-something pages ended up being about 72 pages, and that was him.[1]"
In 2006, Olson was invited by author Harlan Ellison to collaborate with Ellison on an adaptation of the author's short story "The Discarded" for ABC's series, "Masters of Science Fiction." The episode stars Brian Dennehy and John Hurt, and was directed by Jonathan Frakes, and was the highest rated episode of the series. Olson is also one of the writers of a segment of the six-story "Batmanime," Gotham Knight, along with David Goyer, Brian Azzarello and others, contributing the script for "Have I Got A Story For You."
In 2007, Olson wrote an article called "The Life And Death Of Jesse James: An internet love mystery" about the alleged dating fraud activities of a woman named Janna St. James Priggie.[2] The story is real and a civil action (still pending as of October 2011) was filed by the victim.[3]
He was the first writer on Jack Reacher, for Paramount Pictures, part of the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.[4] The film starred Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, and Werner Herzog. It was directed by Christopher McQuarrie. After an arbitration, the Writers Guild determined that Josh Olson deserved no credit for his work. In 2009, he wrote an article called "I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script" on the blog of The Village Voice.[5]
He is currently writing a feature film whose working title is "Tabloid" for Mick Jagger.
- ^ "The Viggo Mortensen Interview," The Guardian, May 17, 2014
- ^ Josh Olson, The Life & Death of Jesse James. In LA Weekly, 2001-10-11, page found 2011-10-31.
- ^ Piece of Fakey Blog by victim of "Jesse Jubilee James" scam, frequently updated with news about the court case.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (2008-09-25). "Josh Olson scripting 'One Shot'". Variety.
- ^ "I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script". Blogs.villagevoice.com.


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Houston (7-5) vs. Air Force (8-4)WHAT: Armed Forces Bowl.
WHEN: Noon. TV: ESPN.
LINE: Houston by 3 1/2.
SERIES RECORD: Air Force leads 1-0.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: Houston is trying to avoid matching Notre Dame's NCAA-record nine-game bowl losing streak. ... Air Force is in back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 1997-98.
Oregon State (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (9-3)WHAT: Sun Bowl.
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SERIES RECORD: Pitt leads 1-0.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: Oregon State coach Mike Riley is 4-0 in bowl games since 2003. ... Pitt is seeking first 10-win season since 1981.
Boston College (9-4) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6)WHAT: Music City Bowl.
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. TV: ESPN.
WHERE: Nashville, Tenn.
LINE: Boston College by 3 1/2.
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WHAT'S AT STAKE: For Boston College, extending the nation's longest winning streak in bowl games to nine straight. ... For Vanderbilt, the first bowl win since 1955.


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One of a possible artistic mottoes of Elizabeth Walling, better known as Gazelle Twin may be that the more theatrical you are, the greater art you create. Dramatic gestures, masked persons on the stage, huge layered cinematic motives. Everything set in the direction of supernatural and unusual, as if this world was not enough. Inspired by faux-mysterious shows of Swedish electro-pop artist Fever Ray and influenced by visual art of Max Ernst Walling prepared a release party which fulfilled all the expectations on her dark and purposedly-cryptic artistic alter-ego.
It would be unfair to analyze just her persona – veiled, masked and hidden under layers of a dark bizzare draperies with most of her face covered by a sepulcher veil with just her sharp mouth and lines of two falling black tears visible. Just like the live debut of iamamiwhoami in Goteborg, Gazelle Twin kicked off the show back to the audience which was already drowning in the huge, anthemic introduction of The Entire City (read my review of this album). Since her debut album is rich on strong, standalone songs she had an opportunity to perform majority of this material while not falling into boring transposition of the album versions into the live ones.
One of the most seductive moments came just in the first half of the show with the arrival of a ballad Changelings (streamed above). Gazelle Twin performed this without vocoder-manipulated vocals and let her strong, distinct voice naked in front of those two microphones. Placed in between her industrial, beat-heavy tracks Changelings brought an emotional and sonic relief from the basses and big choruses. Gazelle rather soothed our ears like a siren encouraging us to believe her, come closer and die under her spell. And it happened; she went on with her synthesized drama full of operatic vibratos, two sets of drums and often overwhelming drones.
The only disappointment or more specifically unfulfilled aspect of this gig was the fact that all the tense built during the show and gradually growing thrill didn't peak. When the audience expected something as huge and breathtaking as the beginning of the concert or industrial anthem Men Like Gods, Walling killed the seduction with a beautiful, but quiet and dizzy version of Joy Division's The Eternal. Her chamber and ascetic version of this dark intimate call for sanity played in high contrast to the show which was more dystopian, futuristic and outward. All in all, Gazelle Twin's release show at Islington Metal Works in London was a promising act of high-concept artist who may have many more aces up her sleeve.
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Bien sûr, toutes les innovations possibles ont été réalisées et les graphismes remis au goût du jour, mais comme d'hab, si vous ou l'un de vos proches possédez la version précédente, l'investissement n'est pas, comment dire, euh... indispensable.
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If you're wondering which game is better, Fifa 2000 or Total Soccer 2000, they are both pretty good games so it is basically down to which style you prefer. I like both views, but I think that Total Soccer 2000 just nabbed it in my view. What won it for Total Soccer, or actually lost it for Fifa, was generally not being as playable in the actual games. Everything seemed much more hectic and much less smooth compared to Total Soccer, even after playing for a while it never really seemed to come close in playability terms. Although the inclusion of the indoor game did recover Fifa 2000 some of the lost ground, as it was a nice change from the usual 11 per side outdoor matches you normally get. Still you can't really fault either game too much, if they could just put all the great features of both games into one, you'd then have something to shout about. It's worth getting, but I would consider Total Soccer 2000 before you buy.
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The perfect difficulty, good graphics, and great gameplay make this a good game; the mechanics keep it from being a great one. One more good thing about it - as with all EA Sports games, you can use the Super Game Boy to play on the big screen. If you like soccer, give this on a try, just for kicks.
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Zolang de concurrentie nog niet heeft aangetoond dat er beter gevoetbald kan worden op de GBC, is FIFA 2000 met afstand het beste spel.
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Overall, if you're a soccer fan, even a casual one, and want a take-along game for your Game Boy or Game Boy Color, you can't go wrong with FIFA 2000.
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Eure Kicker sind detailliert dargestellt, lassen sich jedoch nicht sonderlich genau steuern, wodurch das Spiel schnell in ein "Kick and Rush"-Gebolze ausartet. Im Hallenmodus kommt erschwerend hinzu, dass man mit Schüssen aus dem spitzen Winkel so gut wie immer ein Tor erzielt. Durch diese Mankos wird dem Spiel viel an Spielspaß genommen. Mit DSF Fußball (alter Titel: Total Soccer 2000) ist ein deutlich besser spielbarer Konkurrent erhältlich.
The game could have been a modest success, as it has scores of teams to choose from, a bevy of options, and even an indoor soccer game that plays ten times faster than the regular form. But undercutting all of these features and ultimately sinking FIFA 2000 is poor control that makes the game harder to control than it needs to be.
In the end, the only way the game manages to be fun is if you imagine it as a sort of hybrid rugby-soccer game where the object is slide-clobbering your opponents. Occasionally, since it is rare, it feels really good to score as well. But I felt as if I were triumphing over the controls more than anything. The straight dope: FIFA 2000 is a weak effort that does not live up to its name. A total overhaul should be in order if FIFA 2001 is planned.