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Seth Rudetsky to Moderate SiriusXM's 'Town Hall with Josh Groban', 2/14
Sirius XM Radio announced today that internationally renowned, multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban will sit down for a Q&A session with a select group of SiriusXM listeners at the SiriusXM studios in New York City.
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with Josh Groban ," which will take place on Tuesday, February 5, will air on SiriusXM Stars, channel 107, on Valentine's Day, Thursday, February 14 at 12:00 pm ET. For rebroadcast times, please visitwww.siriusxm.com/townhall.
" Josh Groban possesses one of the most outstanding and instantly recognizable voices in music and he has entertained fans around the world as a singer, songwriter, and actor," said Scott Greenstein , President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "We are thrilled that Josh is participating in our 'Town Hall' series and that he will be coming face to face with our listeners in an intimate setting where the questions are meaningful, the answers are unscripted and the access is always personal."
The special is part of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series, intimate gatherings with iconic entertainers and figures sitting down with studio audiences of SiriusXM listeners. Previous SiriusXM "Town Hall" specials have featured Bruce Springsteen ,Billy Crystal , Quentin Tarantino , Carol Burnett , Tom Petty , Willie Nelson , KISS, Coldplay, Ringo Starr , Cardinal Timothy Dolan , Roger Waters , the surviving members of Nirvana, Gregg Allman , Usher and Tony Hawk .
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with Josh Groban " will be moderated by SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky . Rudetsky first worked with Groban when he music directed and conducted his Broadway debut in the Actors Fund Benefit concert of CHESS.
The "Town Hall" special will feature Groban answering questions from fans about his life and career, including his sixth studio album, All That Echoes. SiriusXM listeners are invited to submit a question for Josh Groban on Twitter by 5:00 pm ETon February 4 by Tweeting @SiriusXM and using the hashtag #SXMTownHall or posting a question on SiriusXM's Facebook page www.facebook.com/siriusxm.
After its original broadcast, "SiriusXM's Town Hall with Josh Groban " will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other mobile devices or online at siriusxm.com. Visit www.siriusxm.com/ondemand for more info on SiriusXM On Demand.
Groban first broke through in 2001 with his self-titled double-platinum debut album, followed by 2003's multi-platinum Closer, featuring the smash hit "You Raise Me Up," and 2006's double-platinum Awake. In 2007, Groban became the best-selling recording artist of the year thanks to sales of Awake and his Christmas album, Noel - the best-selling album of 2007. Groban ranks as Billboard's 14th top-selling artist of the 2000s with more than 20 million units sold in the U.S. alone and 25 sold million worldwide. He is the only artist who has had two albums appear on the Top 20 Best-Selling Albums list of the past decade, according to Billboard. Over the last two years, Groban has completed a sold-out world tour in support of his fifth album, the platinum-selling Illuminations, appeared in the feature film Crazy, Stupid, Love, as well as on NBC's The Office, and launched the Find Your Light Foundation, which is dedicated to enriching the lives of young people through quality arts education.
Novelist, Broadway pianist and actor, Playbill columnist and award-winning comic, SiriusXM's Seth Rudetsky is also host of Seth's Big Fat Broadway and co-host of "Dueling Divas" on SiriusXM's On Broadway, channel 72. He also hosts Seth Speaks on SiriusXM Stars and has his own online TV network at www.SethTV.com.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.
About Sirius XM Radio
Sirius XM Radio Inc. is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 23.9 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S., from retailers nationwide, and online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM programming is also available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for Android, Apple, and BlackBerry smartphones and other connected devices. SiriusXM also holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million subscribers.
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Good gravy that made me cackle-snort* at work! Thanks :)
*when you laugh and kind of snort like a pig at the end. All rights reserved :p
Do you have to, like, give the cat the enema on your own, or is that something the vet will do for you?
Because giving a cat an enema in a home environment warrants a post of its own.
@newsbunny The vet handles the CAT ENEMA, I mean, for $270 they better not be handing you a kit, eh? HOWEVER, after this procedure, you will have a smelly cat. Holding the animal in the shower worked for me, but your results may vary.
@Joe MacLeod : God forbid they skimp on the Hygiene Trim.
@Joe MacLeod I figured, I just wanted to enjoy your rant about a cat enema. I am a terrible person.
@Joe MacLeod You can try to do it yourself but you have to be good at it and really careful. Yeah, smelly cat indeed and not very happy either.
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At the Rite Aid near me in Belltown, Seattle, there are no lines. More like a mob of about 25 burned out desk jockeys and grizzled hobos hovering near the front of the store, fighting for the attention of the only cashier so they can buy cigarettes, maybe some beer. That store never gives cash back or has the advertised sale items that other Rite Aids carry. Probably because people only buy booze, those heavily pimped cans of Pringles and cigs there. My jaw would hit the floor if I ever saw somebody actually buying shampoo or medicine there. Maybe that's why Rite Aid just feels so wrong.
@Pandemic Endemic: Ah, 3rd Ave. Such a delighful set of sights and smells all from Denny all the way down to Pioneer Square.
Cats should be given enemas only as a last resort — they can easily perforate the colon or damage organs upstream. And I'd be willing to bet your vet wasn't even in the room when they did it; it's the vet "techs" who do it, and they often don't know what they're doing. We had a cat who died from peritonitis after a botched enema by a moronic "tech" who was fired the same day. BTW, the cat is sedated during the enema, giving the tech another chance to fuck things up.
@Mister Bunny@twitter OMG. I often refer to my husband as Mr. Bunny online.
Now I wonder if he/you has/have a secret life.
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Former Arizona Cardinals Coach Dennis Green:
The video above has nothing to do with basketball, but the quote within it does: they are who we thought they were. That's what critics will say about the 2013-14 Kentucky Wildcats. Inexperienced freshmen, one and dones, they don't care about the program, etc. John Calipari just rolls the balls out at practice and let's them go to work, he can't coach, he'll succumb to the pressure from fans and leave, the system doesn't work. The list goes on.
That's maybe what some might have said around March 8th, just as Kentucky came off a 19-point loss at the hands of the Florida Gators, a week removed from an inexcusable loss at South Carolina. That two-week stretch had fans scratching their heads, critics running their mouth, and the media questioning Calipari's tactics.
Fast forward a month to April 8th, and it's a complete 180 turnaround from where we were. It's a turn to where people expected us to be at the start of this season: contending for a national title. Yes, we had seven freshmen on the court with no experience. But Calipari has done it before, and this year he did it again. He molded these young men into a team. A team that took the Big Blue Nation on an unforgettable ride. There were some tough wins, and tough losses. But those tough games throughout the regular season set the stage for March, and whether or not some people stopped to believe in this team, they still believed in themselves to succeed.
Now, a month after that crazy two-week stretch, these Clutch Cats brought us another crazy two-week stretch. One in which they sacrificed for each other on the court in order to get better. They showed everyone what they were capable of all along. Before the season, we said that this team had so much potential to reach. They reached pretty high. Now, fans have their heads held up high, the critics have been quiet, and the media is praising Calipari for a job well done. They are who we though they were. They played like champs.


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I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.
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Source Notes: Source: Attributed to President ABRAHAM LINCOLN by General James B. Fry.Allen Thorndike Rice, Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, chapter 22, p. 393 .This supposedly had been part of Lincolns response to a young volunteer soldier who had come to Lincolns office asking his help with a grievance. The story has been repeated in numerous books on Lincoln: Alexander K. McClure, Abe Lincolns Yarns and Stories, p. 162 ; Ida M. Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2, p. 153 ; and Caroline T. Harnsberger, The Lincoln Treasury, p. 14 .
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party.


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Oh, hey, Dublin. You're lookin' fine. Rainy. But fine nonetheless.
Oh, hey, Dublin. You're lookin' fine. Rainy. But fine nonetheless.
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
No, not from not posting, but for the slew of photos to follow. It's a sort-of chronological span of the last nine months of my life (as told by captions)—ya know, if you were interested.
If not, close your eyes, scroll down, and count to ten. It'll all be over soon.
First, I stayed in Seattle.
And then to San Antonio
And Boulder.
And back to Seattle.
Then I walked around in the woods a little bit.
And went home for 50 hours.
You know when people do things that are so cool there aren't any words to describe it? Yup. This is one of those times.
The #Postojna #Caves in #Slovenia is kind of like the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, but way cooler. Never mind the fact it didn't have a boulder rolling towards us at one point—though I suspect if one did, I wouldn't have made it out like Indy did. I just don't have his swagger…and I'm lousy at wearing hats. (at Postojnska jama / Postojna Cave)
Yes, he may not be a hat guy, but like Mr. Jones, my brother does do some pretty badass stuff. Case in point, well…this.
So, whenever I think of Oregon, things like Powell's, Voodoo Doughnuts, not having to pump my own gas (which is weird), and not having to pay tax (which is awesome) all come to mind.
That's probably because I'd never been to the Oregon Coast before. And holy smoke, what a place it is.
We headed from Seattle to Camus, and then booked it to the coast the next day. We went from Seaside to Hug Point, all the way down to Pacific City, and then backtracked a bit to Whalen Island, where we camped. We also went to Tillamook on the way back to Seattle, but I was too busy stuffing my face with dairy-based goodness to take any photos worth posting.


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The month of July will go down in ABDL history!
Mommy Madeline and Mommy Meredith are taking to the highway to bring loving kindness to your city.
Age-Players, Sissy Babies, Diaper Lovers, Adult Babies, Babyfurs, Role-Players, Spankos, everyone is welcome!
We will come bearing an arsenal of goodies.
Here is a small sampling of the trunk full of debauchery we will have on hand.
- disposable and cloth diapers of every type and brand ~ enough to cover every bum in America and, maybe, even put over a few heads (we change wet & messy)
- changing supplies by Johnson & Johnson ~ lotions, potions, wipes, and powders to spruce up your bits and pieces
- bottles, sippy cups, utensils, and dishes just for littles ~ we won't have our highchair, but we'll make due with our laps and these useful items
- bubble bath ~ Mr Bubble Bubble Bubble In the tubble tubble tubble Mr Bubble in the tubble Can get you squeaky clean! Mr. Bubble in the tubble He doesn't leave a ring!
- first aid kit ~ glass rectal thermometer, exam gloves, Vaseline, suppositories, nose drops, and enemas for those feeling the need for a little nursing
- baby food, juice, formula, juice boxes, and kiddie snacks ~ for when your tum tum goes rumble rumble
- stuffies, toys, games, books, craft supplies, and movies ~ play time with mommy is the bestest thing in the whole world
- adult size stroller ~ what outing would be complete without you strapped into a stroller, all eyes witness to your very public humiliation?
- background music ~ lullaby and good night, close those big bloodshot eyes
- leather bondage ~ harnesses, pacifier gags, diaper belts, cuffs, collars, and leashes, oh my!
- electro play ~ TENS units may sting your tushy, but bed-wetting alarms sting your pride
- pacifiers and binky leashes ~ all the better to silence you
- paddles and hairbrushes ~ sometimes littles and diaper lovers need punishment
- wigs, makeup, and costumes ~ sissy babies are some of our favorite littles
- plastic and rubber pants ~ no leaky bottoms allowed!
- mitts, booties, bonnets, tights, and caps ~ it's mummy's job to keep you warm
- water wings, swim diapers, and pool noodles ~ on a warm July day, it's nice to take an embarrassing dip in the pool
- enough wardrobe items and shoes to clothe an entire nation ~ locking dresses, rompers, nighties, onesies, shortalls, footie jams, t-shirts, spreader diapers, spreader rompers, Mary Jane shoes, sneakers, heels, and so on…seriously…it's an addiction
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Are Rugs on Wall-to-Wall Carpeting Really that Bad?
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Q: My husband is adamantly against laying an area rug over our wall-to-wall berber carpeting. The problem is that it is ecru, and when we bought it, I insisted it would weather well. Fast forward two years, with two kids and a dog... despite a "no shoes in the house" rule, it looks REALLY BAAAAAAAAD now. Like, "ew." I wish we had put an area rug(s) over it to protect it, but I don't think it's too late to clean it and add a rug now. Any suggestions for something that makes sense over the wall-to-wall carpet? I need help converting my hubs into a believer.
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What's his objection? Practical – trip hazard? Or aesthetic? Both can be got around.
We have the exact same problem. We've got wall-to-wall beige carpet, a hand-me-down beige sofa and greige walls. I, too, thought the carpet would wear well, but with two active little kids and a husband who always forgets to take his shoes off, it's looking pretty bad. Our house is crying out for color and/or contrast. I'd love to install rich, dark hardwood floors but that's not happening anytime soon. I'm currently looking for a big, colorful area rug to put over the carpet. And, I noticed some friends of ours have done exactly the same thing. I say, do whatever you have to do to cover the bad and show off the good!
Actually, I'm wondering the same thing. When we built our house we put carpet in the living area thinking it would be best for young kids (our plan is to replace it down the road with hardwood). We also had them put a floor outlet in but they put it in the wrong spot - something we didn't notice until we brought in furniture. The current layout (and the one we like best and makes most sense for the room) means that the outlet is exposed - right in front of the sofa. I've never been a fan of rugs over carpet, but I've seen it done. I guess my problem is more aesthetic. Any ideas?
The only objection I can think of is that laying a rug over a carpet could squish down the pile of the carpet. However, if the carpet looks gross and you want to replace it, go ahead and liven things up with a rug.
I think that having a rug over a carpet looks great.
If it is aesthetics, just treat your carpet like you would a similar color tile. Get a rug that contrasts, both texturally and visually. If you have tiny flecks in the carpet for depth, get a rug with a large pattern. Since the carpet is berber, try a rug like in the picture, with an interesting texture. I think they key is to look intentional to make it look good. Buy the same rug you would buy if you had your dream floors. Also, that way you have the rug if the dream floors ever happen to show up.
Of course, if you are buying large area rugs, you may consider the price comparison against a new floor. Maybe you can't get the highest quality floor in the world, but there are plenty of other floors (I'm looking at my own snap-lock "wood" floors right now) that wear well and look good.
I actually have a large persian rug in my living room that lays on top of wall-to-wall carpeting. Similarly, our carpet is really stained and beat up, so I prefer the rug. HOWEVER, be warned that the rug starts to do some goofy things when it is laid on carpet if you put any furniture on top of it. We have a coffee table on top of it, and the table that our TV sits on also has 2 legs on the carpet. Because the rug is not laid over a hard surface, this has caused the rug to pucker and wrinkle in a way that can sometimes be really annoying. It has also started to curl at the corners, and I do feel like if I had kids, it would be a trip hazard. Something to be aware of.
In my room, which also has wall-to-wall carpet, I have a flat weave rug that does much better. I don't have any furniture on it, so it lays nicely. Good luck!
My parents have colorful Persian/Persian-type rugs over grey-ish wall to wall carpet in quite a few places. While I'm not a fan of wall to wall carpet in general, layering a rug over it looks fine and is not particularly problematic (doesn't migrate, no tripping, etc.). All in all, I prefer my hardwood floors, but it works. ;)
My partner wanted area rugs on his bedroom carpet FOR the aesthetics. They creep if not weighed down by furniture. The flat relatively smooth back of the area rugs would move along the carpeting somehow when walked on. We'd still have them if we could have solved that problem, but it got annoying having to shift them all the time, so they are gone.
But as for carpeting, you do know that carpeting should be shampooed once or twice a year, right? If you carpeting looks bad, it's past due to be shampooed. You can have it done professionally which is easy but relatively expensive, or rent a carpet cleaner (often at the supermarket) and do it yourself which is cheaper and no more difficult than thoroughly vacuuming (but cumbersome, especially if you don't have transport), or you can BUY a carpet scrubber of your own and do it yourself, which is our solution -- and is great if you have pets or kids. (You can look at the SpotBot tiny cleaners for small apartments -- they are meant for cleaning a stain, but if you don't want to invest in -- or store -- a cleaner the size of an upright vac, and are willing to deal with small areas of coverage, the accessories make it POSSIBLE if not ideal to clean a room with it.)
If the rug is low pile like a berber, you can put an area rug over it with a non-slip pad. I like the look and I have done that many times.
When I put an area rug over a high pile carpet in a rented townhouse, it was a slipping and tripping hazard for our kids so I had to remove it.
Another option is to try a bamboo rug.
I've always put rugs on my carpet. Earlier in life because I was renting and now because I cannot afford to replace all of the carpet right now. (We are slowly getting there.)
And I agree with katydid10 - when you put furniture on top the edges of the carpet slowly start to roll after awhile.
Unless the kids and pets are gone, adding a rug that will get dirty to a carpet that will get dirty would not be my choice.
Why not ax the carpet and go for hard floors?
Rent a steamer cleaner at the grocery store or wherever and give it a go a few times a year. The issue with carpets is - once the stain is in the pad it will always come back up. Carpet doesn't have a very long shelf life because you're living on it :) Manufacturers give about 5 years - so don't believe what your designer, sales person says about 10+ years. Sure you could stretch it out in non high traffic areas, you know - like under your couch :)
I'm guessing you're talking about your living room? Save up so you can rip it out and replace it with tile/hardwood/laminate/whatever your heart desires. In the meantime work with what you've got in a way that works for everyone. If it's driving you nuts put a rug down. And remember: Your house isn't a museum, it's a home :)
i layer rugs on rugs and over wall-to-wall carpet, it looks great! the key is getting the right weave in a large enough size to anchor the space (and maybe a non slip rug pad?
My apartment has incredibly cheapo berber -- I saw the same carpet at Lowe's and it was 18 cents a square foot -- throughout. Since we're renting, replacing the flooring isn't an option. So I have rugs throughout (inherited Turkish carpets). Since the rugs are wool or silk and fairly heavy, there isn't a problem with tripping or migrating -- those suckers stay firmly in place. And they definitely make the ugly cheapo carpet less noticeable: since the the wall-to-wall stuff is a neutral color and the rugs are bright and multi-colored, the eye is always drawn to the rugs and the background carpet kind of fades away. My preference will always be wood for floors, but rugs over carpet is definitely better than carpet alone in my book.
When you put a rug on top of carpet, it needs to be the right weight/thickness. If it's too thin, it'll get wrinkled up and look funny (and possibly be a tripping hazard). But too-thick rugs look a little weird on top of carpet.
I think it can look fine---you just want to avoid a situation where you're constantly having to put the rug back in the right place. So annoying!
I am looking at a similar problem (wall to wall cheap nasty carpet) in an apartment. I'm going to try a large dhurrie rug (a flat weave rug, still very thick). I think having the flat weave will contrast against the pile of the carpet and not look odd like having a high pile rug on top of pile carpet would. This is just my aesthetic preference, of course. I've been looking at West Elm and Overstock.com and they each have a good selection of dhurries. Best of luck!
It's a little weird in my mind, but not unusual at all! It's just a personal hang-up, like I won't wear socks in bed-- ah!
Anyway, it's quite normal and sounds like a good idea for your needs. I've looked up some examples that do this successfully.
Good luck!
Rugs on wall to wall tend to 'creep'.
Don't bother with the steamers from the supermarket (at least not the rug doctor machines). I own a cleaning business, and I used to rent them for clients. They don't remove any stains, they pretty much just get some excess dust and dirt out. If you have staining, or 'high traffic area blackening', look for reviews on a local professional carpet cleaner. They money you spend on that will be well worth it. Ask if they include pre-spray, agitation, and extraction in their quote. If they don't know what you're talking about, hang up the phone!
I have the same problem! My biggest concern is that kids will trip on the area rug and that it will just be an extra thing to vacuum and clean.
My plan is to get a really cheap one off Craigslist to experiment before splashing out on an expensive carpet. If it works out OK, I'll make the commitment on a nicer rug.
Also, I think it would be worth investing in this No-Muv rug pad. Based on reviews, it's the only one that truly seems to keep a rug on carpet in place:
Oh, and definitely make sure it's big enough! A too-small rug will look like a postage stamp on all that carpet and will probably be more of a tripping hazard.
I had an imitation persian rug down for a time -- my husband vaccuumed off the fringe.
How can I complain? He was vaccuming! We reverted to the only-he-likes-it carpet.
I have been doing this for years. I have ugly, stained, gross wall-to-wall in my rental. From my own experience (I've thrown out more rugs than I currently own), I would say get a GOOD quality rug that's fairly heavy. Otherwise the edges will start to roll up. Also get the biggest one you can afford, otherwise it does look a little strange.
I had to use 2 in one room, though if I had it to do again, I would have picked 2 identical ones and lined them up as though they were 1. Your hubby can judge for himself if it looks weird: http://dodiegoldney.com/2013/03/26/afterandbefore/
I think with berber you wouldn't have as many wrinkle/tripping issues. Visually, it can look a little makeshift, especially with a 5 x7 rug. I would invest in the biggest rug you can afford with a lot of color contrast to the carpet, and arrange your furniture so at least front two legs are on the rug.
My wall to wall carpet is almost 15 years old and looks great - I don't wear shoes on it and I'm single, but I also clean it once every year or two. I think you will be surprised what a good carpet shampooer can get out! You might also look into a spot bot - they work pretty well.
I do also have a couple Ikea Stockholm rugs on carpet and they lay and look fine. I don't have a pad under it, but you can get carpet-to-carpet rug pads if it won't lay right.
I made a big (10' x 12') or so rug out of remnants from construction in my building. It helps separate the sitting area from the dining area in my open floorplan. I used a product called Instabind to bind the edges, giving myself two small entry rugs and the one large rug for $70 (or $50, maybe; I don't remember). Yes, the smaller rugs that aren't weighed down with furniture do creep. But the large one does an amazing job hiding the horrid white carpet until I have the money to replace it.
As to motivating hubs, if he's the one who doesn't want area rugs then he's the one in charge of cleaning the carpeting.
We have light wall to wall carpets. No rugs. Obviously shoes come of at the door. We encourage everyone to wear slippers. And kids don't run around in sweaty socks.Our carpets have stayed lovely, clean and fresh. Rugs can be very dangerous.
Show hubby some shelter magazines where rugs are layered- I think it's a good look, especially on that neutral wall to wall. But the rug I think I see in your picture is way too thick. You need flat dhurries, or even better, look at the Dash & Albert indoor-outdoor carpets. They are very flat and very washable. Although they are made of plastic! they don't look like it - cheaper versions do have that shiny look, but D&A rugs look like cotton, and wear well, are reversible, will lie flat on your carpet. I wash the smaller ones in the machine - the larger ones get hosed down. They dry in an hour, hung over the porch rail or a couple of chairs. They come in many patterns and colors. They are not inexpensive. You won't need a rug pad. If you are worried about hurting the wall to wall pile, I think a good occasional vacuuming will fluff it up. If you have a large room you want to divide visually, such as living and dining, get two rugs that match. I have these in my kitchen, laundry room, two bathrooms, and runners in two long halls, as well as using them outside on the porch in summer.
I have lived in an apartment with carpet for a few years now and I use rugs. It makes the environment very cozy. Just make sure the rug color fits with the carpet color, that's all! :)
You'd be surprised what you can do on a budget. There are even linoleum "wood" floors that look surprisingly good, stand up to wear and tear well and are super easy to install.
I would look into that before dropping hundreds of dollars on an area rug. You may be able to get faux wood floors for the same price.
I know this doesn't answer your question, so I will say this: I would not put an area rug on top of carpet. The only time I would think it would look ok is if I had cream colored, dense, low pile carpet in an entry hall and put a burgundy/red aztec print runner down the center of it to catch any messes.


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@Jerry Clifford That was either wishful thinking or divine intervention.
Live blogging, out. Live tweeting, in. Who's going to keep coming to this page and hitting refresh?
We were all cracking up
Watching NBC online streaming. They are showing the same three spots every break since I started watching at 4pm. UUURRRGGGGHHH!
Audi. Vampires. Awesome. Bud's new product intro.. ok.
The dictator was funny. The Audi commercial was pretty funny. Love you guys, btw. Been following you for the past few years.
agreed. I don't get it.
Yeah, I really truly liked the Audi spot.
So far the Giant's play is blowing away NE and the ads…
Before the SuperBowl broadcast, I thought the voiceover said that this was a presentation of "ABC Sports" with the NBC Sports Logo…Did anyone else notice this?
Best Buy ad: men make technology, women sell it!
words with friends app on best buy commercial lol
The Go Daddy ad was kuh-reeeepy. Jillian Michaels looks like a nasty dyke.
Chevy throws "yet again in chapter 11″ Hostess Corp a liferaft — Super Bowl ad placement for a twinkee!
Jillian looks like a retired hooker…20 miles of bad road look
Camaro ad predictable but fun, could've been much better.
Bud Clydesdales produced like a mini-series but very little payoff.
Doritos ad best so far
A tubby St. Bernard and James Brown … can't beat it. Who decided to tack on that stupid ending?
Best ad so far.
Swimming pool commercial
Is it just me, or ist their a problem with the volume on NBC?
The cheetah spot was the most fun so far–actually backed that one up and watched it again. Funny is always a winner.
VW spot is great! Obesity rate in the US is 30%!! Great message to exercise..
.dorito com. is the funniest so far!
Chevy's Apocalype end of the world the best so far.
The Elton John one
Chevy Truck commercial, so far.
Supposed to be a world sporting event, classic US myopia
hated the tatoos
So far the car commercials are stealing the show. It's a shame because the Audi and the VW spots are the most inventive but require knowledge of previous movies or commercials.
Best was Doritos so far
Easy message to understand
New themes – cross promotion, references to the past commercials – I like that
But beautifully shot…
I think Bud has wasted $3.5 million x 2 so far…
Like the Chevy ads best. Also, although perhaps old hat, glad to see the Coca-Cola bears again.
Volkswagen commercial was so full of material – I could write a masters thesis on this work alone
1: Doritos, good story, nice not over the top comedy.. And I want some Doritos..
2: VW dog w/o the SW cantina toss..
3: Chevy apocalypse.. Rare to see direct jabs. If you're gonna spend 3mil, say what you really mean, not that PC "Other Trucks"
WTF's are TaxCut software, GE powers Bud, The overrun Miller Platinum, Godaddy/H&M
Government Motors knocking Ford? How much did that piece of volcanic venom cost? Your tax dollars at work! Sort of gives a sense what the GM — oops — I meant U.S. President's re-election campaign will be like. Gives slash and burn a whole new meaning!
I am definitely looking forward to seeing Madonna ….she is HOT!
Doritos ad was both funny and right on message. Sure made a chips a coveted item.
Holy crap that Cars.com commercial is freakin funny
Loving the dog with tennis shoes….cracked me uo
Still like the Audi vampires best.
Mr. Quigley just took the lead for me.
It's supposed to remind you of Will Smith. The two-headed person was a character in the second MIB.
With the current state of affairs in the world, with Iran threatening nuclular development, Syria, Afganistan, the ad was tactless, tasteless, and disrespectful. I have never owned a GM product nor a Ford, but GM just made sure I will never consider anything in their product line.
Like the Doritos ad with the baby
Love love the e-trade baby!!!! "I'm speed dating!". LOL
Did you notice in the Bud Lite commercial the not so subtle reference to the 6% alcohol? What is it–lite malt liquor?
Aren't those baby door swings banned? Predictable a little but funny
Announcer said,there was 55 seconds left,by the T.V. CLOCK (that is shown from the NFL, there was 1:05 on the clock…why
1. Chevy Apocalypse
2. Audi vampires
3. VW – darth in the cantina
Huh? Go Daddy, cars.com, most Doritos
Beautiful shooting on the Bud Prohibition, but what was the point?
Audi vampire ad offended me. Cheapens the brand. Who in the purchasing demographic finds the tired vampire trope amusing?
Agree with on favorites from LS so far… except apocalypse and audi. Why no brown M&M in favorites. My whole family laughed out loud.
I'm sticking with the Audi commercial as best so far. Truly tells an interesting story and features a real product benefit! totally engaging, relevant and fun. makes me want an audi. What could be better??
The Gieco "mean girls" trumped every one so far.
And the Beckham underwear soft porn…ick!
Rumors are swirling that New England coach Bill Belichick is going to duck out of the Patriots locker room to personally hand Madonna a bouquet of hydrangeas at the end of her halftime set.
oh my god those boots are smoking hot!!!!!!!!
Are those action movie ads all for the same tripe? Sad commentary
Old bucket of Mussels…
The old bat couldn't even get up on the bleachers
this HT debacle is worse then I could have ever imagined…
totally lip syncing
wow that guy jumping on that string was really cool . . .a lot of pressure to not mess up and buss ur ass!
And Madge…it is called gravity, hence the invention of "support" garments
O Please, this is like watching your mom…
Will she ever STFU?
Madonna's taking me back to middle school…
whats up with her posture?!
Hey, I loved that "World Peace" stuff! If you send Madonna to Syria do you think they'd understand?
Watching the halftime show was like being kicked in the crotch with golf shoes.
If you sent her to Syria do you think they'd KEEP her. Put me down for $20 toward 1-way tix
Boring as hell. Totally overproduced. Where's Bruce.
Clint Eastwood has still got "it".
Obama loses 2012
Yes … No elephants
Where was Ron Paul?
Incredible.Thank you, Mr. Eastwood!
Clint Eastwood was awesome!
Clint Eastwood_enough said
Great choice of voiceover
We were trying to guess which Republican candidate was talking then we stopped laughing when we saw my husbands black Dodge Challenge in the commercial.
Eastwood spot was an awful mixed metaphor.
Did everyone see M.I.A. giving the camera the finger and the sensor late on taking that image out?
Or did the flashing lights and overwhelming storyline disorient me?
what is vw?
I was hoping we would hear "I'm Barack Obama, and I approved this message." Very uplighting way to start the 2nd half.
Ahead by one point ain't exactly picking off a defense with "ease". Have u seen much football?
loved the clint eastwood ad — and no gratuitous politics ! hooray!
Great add with Clint
brought tears to my eyes
LOVED the halftime Chrysler ad! I'm still blown away!
The Clint Eastwood Half time ad is going to be the one ad that sticks with me this year. With everything that is going on in the US, that is something that we all needed to hear.
Chevy can go home — Chrysler wins.
Eastwood ad terrific bit of Americana–especially in an election year with pretty lame campaign ads. Ironic that an Italian owned company sponsored it. can't see what it does to sell their cars though.
Like Clint but Chrysler is still junk owned by the Italians at Fiat enjoying our government money.
Madonna is so passee; bring on Tiesto in 2013!
Wait, the halftime show was boring, Betty White is so passé, but the W+K Chrysler ad was better than good? It was total schmalz. Give me a break.
Loved Chryslers' Super Bowl Commercial. Makes me proud of USA! Best Commercial in Super Bowl XLVI. Loved Clint Eastwood!!
You clowns go on and on about loving ads that "sell because they're authentic" but then rave about an ad for a car company picked up for nothing by Italians and saved by a government handout telling us Detroit is what the rest of us should emulate to make an economic comeback? If it is "half-time in America" do we need to wait 236 years to know the final score, too? ARE YOU PEOPLE REALLY THIS DUMB? The rest of us aren't…
Clint Eastwood is the modern day John Wayne…the country trusts him…he has credibility. We don't need a pep talk?
Clint Eastwood is no Ronald Reagan. And Dan Wieden, as great as he is, is no Hal Riney.
How do you feel that these government subsidized car companies GM and Chrysler are buying up the Super Bowl ads with our money??? Wonder what those suppliers who got hosed in the CH 11 bankruptcies while the unions got taken care of think of the money these guys are spending?
Madonna had her hay day- but it's over. I loved her then.
That was the worst half-time I ever saw. It was just so awful.
Fiat – ugh – bigger fail than earlier 'Jenny on the Block.'
Pepsi – falling flat…
You mean the Clint Eastwood Fiat ad? Those brands are now owned by our pasta pals- Fiat.
Is Madonna embarrassed? I feel for her
Beethoven's 5th for polar bears–nice!
If I didn't feel like it was made with tainted money (ie my tax dollars), then I may have really enjoyed it. I will never own a GM or Chrysler…ever.
OK, Ready to call it. Acura zip-line game set match
And Sergio Marchionne is still a legend in his own mind. And the Eastwood ad was a fine promo for the agency, oh, wait, it was about moving that leftover inventory we all bought when we bailed Cerebus out of that Fluster Cluck…right. Gonna order up a Chrysler Brontosaurus right away.
I am so tired of every blog and message board turning into a polital soap box, with people "cutting and pasting" Fox news editorials. Do any of you have an original thought? This about the ads…go stand on your street corneer and do your politico-babble.
Super bowl ads suck
Chrysler completeLy missed it!
Enough…Downton Abbey is about to start.
Anyone see the Europeans trying to take over Bud commercial. It should be for the horses.
Chrysler's Clint ad makes those GM ads look like yesterday's news, which they are.
…and a Soul Train line, which might have helped tie the disjointed choreography together.
Shouldn't the e-Trade baby be..umm…in junior high about now?
What was the name of the song in the Budweiser ad 852eastern?
The ad was a good message for Detroit but did little to sell cars or to overcome the perception Chrysler makes crap and is Government Motors Jr. Both issues they must over come to make significant progress in sales. That is not a political statement just a true statement.
No, it wasn't "bigger and more important than advertising." It was advertising. Only an ad person could think that.
East wood just adds gravitas to everything he does. That simple.
You nailed it LS.
Matthew should have been singing "danke schoen"!!!!! BUELLER!!'. BUELLER!!!!
NFL evolution super cool. Ended with Lovie Smith. + my team Da Bears + my boy D. Hester….yeah!!!!!!
I guess because Matthew Broderick is a daddy who drives a soccer mom car???
The Budweiser "Here We Go" ad was cute.
what kind of dog was that?
what kind of dog was wego?
Rescue dogs.. ……to be beer slaves at your parties.
Broderick was in an accident that killed two people in Ireland many years ago. Him behind the wheel of anything isn't funny.
HAHAHAHA Wow, seriously? Danica Patrick and….Paula Adbul?
I thought the M&Ms naked ad was very entertaining. A kind of cute-naughty-innocent mix.
pj: the cult she sells sanctuary
Not bad from Samsung…I like the target of waiting in line for Apple
That cell phone commercial left me cold. Too stupid…or I am just too old to get it.
Liked the Careerbuilder ad. Funny with a clear message.
People can easily identify with the ad.
Go pack go
I've got to imagine 2 minute warning of the 2nd quarter is one of the best times…lots of eyes focusing on what the score and momentum will be going into the 2nd half
I couldn't agree more about Danica Patrick and these sexist ads. Talk about a double standard…"Take me seriously as a female athlete in a male dominated sport, and also please ogle my body." Sheesh!!
Smartest thing Bellicheck could have done was to let that touchdown in…at least give Brady some time
You're a male – right? It was a good ad – but Eastwood's narration blows that out of the water
You nailed it again LS. Cadillac, like the rest of GM, is pathetic. The commercial, in effect, tells the viewer to tell somebody to go to "H." How classless. And, Cadillac has to define it's quality by saying it's as good as a BMW or whatever. What a loser.
I was talking about the Ferrari ad… it was good – the M&M's was cute, monkeys were funny… caca from godaddy, no big whoop from Bud except to promote rescue dogs – but not as fetching beers… Hyundai's at the beginning of the game was good… but I think that the half time ad sponsored by Detroit narrated by Clint Eastwood was the best ad of the night
Eastwood definitely helped Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep take the cake…I thought Honda did well with the Ferris Bueller idea…FIAT did alright…Bud and Doritos were somewhat disappointing, although the Bud Platinum commercial was a good commercial from a marketing foundation standpoint, it was in no way Superbowl worthy.
It's nice to see what 5 billion dollars of stimulus money given to general motors paid for…
The best ad was the Bridgestone Football ad.
The best Doritos: 'Man's Best Friend' and Dog vs Vader
worst cars.com Carreer Builder and Chrysler sonic. It seem they were recycling old commercial.
Budweiser scored with me (no bid light) for moving beyond the sentimental dog and horse show.
Did anyone else sense that NBC Sports treated the Pats the same way NBC News treats Republicans?
Raining frogs is one of the 'weird events' chronicled by Charles Fort 80 or so years ago, I believe. Still fits.
My reaction to the Chevy commercial was to say to my husband, "Those guys have another problem. You noticed there are no women?" Just some guys and a dog…bad long-term prospects there.
(Yeah, I know that's being literal-minded. It's the way I'm made).
the chevy camaro one was pretty funny i liked that one.
also the acura and fiat commercials were probably the most entertaining. that woman in the fiat ad was very bad in a very good way.
the nsx coming back is like a dream come true for car enthusiast and people who follow the production of the new model and how many times it was delayed.
I enjoyed the Sonic commercial too. Lots of firsts and a completely different commercial. http://www.onlineambitenergy.com
Thanks Chevy.
Here are some of my reactions to the Super Bowl XLVI commercials:
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Water detected on the Moon: magmatic water has been detected on the Moon. This is water that originates from deep within the Moon's interior.
The equipment used was India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, which carries NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)
A quote:
"This surficial water unfortunately did not give us any information about the magmatic water that exists deeper within the lunar crust and mantle, but we were able to identify the rock types in and around Bullialdus crater," said co-author Justin Hagerty, of the U.S. Geological Survey. "Such studies can help us understand how the surficial water originated and where it might exist in the lunar mantle."
More info: http://www.universetoday.com/104380/evidence-of-internal-moon-water-found
You are here. Earth. Even though you feel big some days, remember that you're just an instant in time of cosmos, and physically an atom's size. Earth could fit three times in Jupiter's great red spot, and let's not get started on its size compared to our Sun.
All the way to the right, next to blueish Neptune, are to small celestial objects: Pluto and Charon.
For all humanity, except those on board the ISS, the above picture is true.
Where are we? We are here, Earth, the 3rd rock from the Sun.
How to launch a Space Shuttle: Riding the Booster with enhanced sound. Enjoy :)
The Sun in all its beauty. Shot by a fellow Dutch amateur astronomer on 19th of August, 2013 it shows several sun spots (the dark areas) and flares / filaments. Next time you look at the Sun, don't think of it as a boring hydrogen star. Think of it as a flaming globe of nuclear fission hurling photons our way at 300,000 kilometers per second!
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The NASA Kepler space craft will not be fully recovered. Announced today, the attempts to return Kepler to full working order will be stopped. The team involved will be looking into other tasks it can perform. Two of Kepler's four gyroscope-like reaction wheels, which are used to precisely point the spacecraft, have failed. The first was lost in July 2012, and the second in May. Engineers' efforts to restore at least one of the wheels have been unsuccessful.
The Kepler mission was as follows:
To determine how many Earth-size and larger planets there are in or near the habitable zone (often called "Goldilocks planets")[57] of a wide variety of spectral types of stars.
To determine the range of size and shape of the orbits of these planets.
To estimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems.
To determine the range of orbit size, brightness, size, mass and density of short-period giant planets.
To identify additional members of each discovered planetary system using other techniques.
Determine the properties of those stars that harbor planetary systems.
With the above in mind, Kepler has been succesful in finding many exoplanets in the so called Goldilocks zone.
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By David Mc Fadden
By Edmund De Waal
born 1966 in Denmark
1988-93 Danish Design school, Copenhagen
1984-88 Trained with a potter (apprentice)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Kolding, Denmark
Magnelli Museum, Vallauris, Frankrig.
Ceramic Museum, Inceon, Korea.
Museum of Fine Art, Huston, Texas, USA
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum. Tronheim. Norway
RAM Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Fuller Museum, Massachusetts, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, USA
FULE ceramic Museum, Fuping, China
McManus museum, Dundee, Scotland
International Ceramic Museum, Middelfart, Denmark
Sealand Ceramic Museum, Roskilde, Denmark
Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Galleri Specta - Copenhagen
Jason Jacques Gallery - New York
A-Gallery - Copenhagen
Six PM - London
Køppe gallery -Copenhagen
Puls - Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
Museumsbygningen, Copenhagen
Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen
Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
Puls - Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
Victoria & Albert Museum. Permanent Installation. London. UK
Nordea Denmark, Conference room, Copenhagen
60 m2 mural in Centrum of Hanoi, Vietnam
Site specific commission, OJD Holding, Solrød Strand
Site specific commission, Københavns Lærerforening
Plantekrukker til Pompeisalen, Carlsberg Akademi, Copenhagen
Sculpture, DONG, Kalvebod Brygge, Copenhagen
Annie & Otto Joh. Detlefs Ceramic Prize, Denmark
Ceramic Biennial Vallauris, winner in the category Container, France
Silver, World Ceramic Biennale in Korea
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Cheongju international Craft Biennale 2009, Syd Korea
Kuwait Art Foundation LLC, Kuwait
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Åbningsudstilling, Museum of Arts & Design, Columbus Circle. NYC, USA
Statistic Ceramic group show med New Danish Ceramics, Røska Museum, Gøteborg
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Week 8: Physical Spaces and Monuments
- Bruggeman, Seth. Here, George Washington was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument. Athens: University of Georgia, 2008.
- Doss, Erika. Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Dubrow, Gail Lee, and Jennifer B. Goodman. Restoring Women's History through Historic Preservation. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Handler, Richard, and Eric Gable. The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg. Durham: Duke University Press Books, 1997.
- Hayden, Dolores. The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1995.
- Marling, Karal Ann. George Washington Slept Here: Colonial Revivals and American Culture, 1876-1986. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1988.
- Marling, Karal Ann. Iwo Jima: Monuments, Memories, and the American Hero. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1991.
- Page, Max, and Randall Mason. Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States. Routledge, 2003.
- Savage, Kirk. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997.
- Spence, Mark David. Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Week 9: Popular Culture
- Cullen, Jim. The Civil War in Popular Culture: A Reusable Past. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1995.
- Glassberg, David. American Historical Pageantry: The Uses of Tradition in the Early Twentieth Century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990.
- Hariman, Robert, and John Louis Lucaites. No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Landsberg, Alison. Prosthetic Memory: The Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
- Sturken, Marita. Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
- Sturken, Marita. Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero. Durham: Duke University Press Books, 2007.
Week 10: Museums
- Dickinson, Greg et al., Places of Public Memory: The Rhetoric of Museums and Memorials. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2010;
- Dubin, Steven. Displays of Power: Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum. New York: New York University Press, 1999.
- Eichstedt, Jennifer L., and Stephen Small. Representations of Slavery: Race and Ideology in Southern Plantation Museums. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2002.
- Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Miles, Tiya. The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. (See also: Tiya Miles' Related Public History Project)
Simpson, Moira G. Making Representations: Museums in the Post-Colonial Era. London: Routledge, 2001.
Stone-Gordon, Tammy. Private History in Public: Exhibition and the Settings of Everyday Life. Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2010.
Truettner, William H., and Nancy K. Anderson. The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.
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Family Day at the National Museum of the Marine Corps
On Saturday June 9th The National Museum of the Marine Corps will be hosting its monthly Family Day.
This month the theme is Flags and the Marine Corps Cover (hat). Children are welcome to come to the Museum between 12:00pm and 3:00pm and make a flag and Cover to take home.
While at the National Museum of the Marine Corps make sure you take in some of the exhibits. a great exhibit to take in is the "9/11-We Remember" that commemorates 9/11. The exhibit includes an I-beam from the World Trade Center and a building fragment from the Pentagon. This exhibit also pays tribute to the Marine Corps with a display of the Marine Corp flag found standing upright near a sheered edge of the Pentagon. The exhibit will be on display through September 2012.
After all the fun of making a Marine Corps cover and taking in the exhibits of the Museum you will probably get hungry. The Museum has two choices for having a bite to eat. first, you can grab something to eat at the Devil Dog Diner. The Diner features continental breakfast and full selection of lunch items. The Diner is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. another great choice is the Tun Tavern. The Tavern is decorated as the original 18th Century Tavern originally located in Philadelphia, PA. Marine Corps legend says the first Colonial Marines were recruited from that location in 1775 by Samuel Nicholas. The Tavern offers a varied menu including Loaded Potato Chip Melt, Brunswick stew, and Sandwiches such as Yorktown Chicken Salad Sandwich. If you still have room after your yummy lunch grab a dessert like French Quarter Bread Pudding! The Tavern is open from 11:00 am-4:00 pm. both eateries are located on the second floor of the Museum for more info go to restaurants.
The Museum is located at 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, VA. The Museum is open daily 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily except Christmas Day, their is no fee to the Museum, donations are accepted.
What a great way to spend a Saturday, learning about the Marine Corp and having a great lunch!!
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With renewed interest in restoration of the historic police station and Powerhouse on East Falconer by Holly Springs Main Street, John Dabney Brown tells some of the uses of the structures he remembers.
Brown, 91, served as alderman and mayor for 32 years - mayor from 1985-1989, and alderman-at-large before then. He also served as fire chief at times, rotating with Bob Fant, and as interim police chief and interim manager of the utility department.
"I really believe the span of interim police chief and utility manager was while serving as mayor," said Brown, insisting that he does not remember dates of service.
The Powerhouse was the old building built to serve as an electricity generating plant, providing the first electricity supply to the city homes, businesses and street lamps. The switches for the street lights and generators were in that building.
A 24-hour watchman was employed in the electricity generating building which used diesel fuel, most likely, to generate power. Brown said he was sure there was no coal or gas supply at first. In later years, the building no longer was used for generating electricity since the Tennessee Valley Authority took over supplying power for the town.
"Mr. Ed Rogers was superintendent of the Powerhouse and had an office there," Brown said. "He was in charge of electricity, water and sewer."
Brown thinks the population at the time could have been a little north of 5,000.
Not a lot of electricity was generated, he said. People used oil lamps and burned wood or coal for heating and cooking at home.
The town started off with one well which pumped underground water to a reservoir built behind the Powerhouse. From there the water was pumped into a tank that was located in front of the Powerhouse, he said.
Annexations to the Powerhouse took place, which included the space used for the old city jail.
Brown said city prisoners had been held in the bottom of city hall, but space was not sufficient so the jail was moved. The police station was there for as long as Brown said he could remember at the Powerhouse building, which was converted into a police station. A jail was attached on the east end.
Later the Powerhouse building was converted into a fire station when the generating plants were sold and power was purchased from TVA.
"So, that part of the Powerhouse was used for the fire station," he said.
A door for ingress and egress of fire trucks was cut out of the building. The city started off with one Chevrolet truck with a pump and an all-volunteer fire force.
Brown said Rogers may have served as fire chief, also. The original fire squad or department was built due to much interest by Jimmy Warren Sr., Brown said. He helped the city organize for a fire department and was responsible for getting four big fire plugs installed around the square.
"He went before the board and told it was needed," Brown said. "I was on the volunteer fire department when it was first started. I was working at Booker Hardware the year the fire broke out in 1951. I started working at Booker's in September 1938, the year I got out of high school."
At the time, the city had a fire siren and when it blew, everyone would go to help put out the fire.
The fire that took out the buildings on the east side of the square in 1951 began in the Golden Rule. Brown said he remembers it was kind of cold and the fire started in the heating system in the Golden Rule and spread to the building that housed Crawford's Drug Store and Buford's Furniture.
He said the fire took most of the day to put out, having started early in the morning. Brown said the three buildings were, in his mind, considered a total loss.
The fire was fought from the front of the buildings with a water hose connected to the fire plug on the courthouse lawn. A second fire hose connected to the fire plug at the Van Dorn Hotel (the house that today houses the Marshall County superintendent of education's offices) and extended to the back of the buildings to fight the fire.
"They ran a hose up the alley so we were fighting it from the front and the back," he said.
Then Memphis Mayor E.H. Crump sent two fire trucks to help fight the fire, but one broke down on the way and didn't engage in the fire fight, Brown said.
The burning of the square in 1951 definitely resulted in the location of four large fire plugs on the square, he said. And more interest developed in fire fighting and turnout of volunteers, and more money was spent on firefighting equipment. The result of the 1951 fire on the square has been an interest in fire fighting in Holly Springs.
"I would think we have one of the best fire departments in the state of Mississippi at the present time, for a town of its size," Brown said.
The basement of the Powerhouse was converted for use as a city garage. The reservoir north of the garage was filled in when it was no longer needed, due to improvements in capacity of pumps to deliver water from underground and pump water to an elevated tower.
The gullies behind the Powerhouse that extended to Park Avenue were filled with excess dirt from the brick plant. The springs below Park Avenue in Spring Hollow at one time produced a larger stream of water than today. But water from Spring Hollow was not used for household supplies, Brown said. Instead, the primary source of water to houses was runoff rainwater that was collected in large cisterns.
"The springs were running when I was a kid, but we did not haul drinking water from them," Brown said. "It was a heavy stream."
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Sacramento, CA (Sports Network) - The Sacramento Kings and center DeMarcus Cousins have reportedly reached an agreement on a four-year contract extension.
The contract takes effect for the 2014-15 season and is worth approximately $64 million, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Cousins, 23, averaged 17.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 75 games for the Kings last season, his third with the team.
He was the fifth overall pick in the 2010 draft after going one-and-done at Kentucky. In 220 career NBA games, Cousins has averaged 16.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals.
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KNOX | Wheeler coach Alisha Polite clapped her hands, urging on her young Bearcat squad from just outside the sideline in the fourth set of Thursday's match with host Knox in the Class 3A sectional.
Freshman Payton Schoon did the same from the front line as the Bearcats (18-16) fought off elimination, trailing 21-17 and down 2-1 in sets.
Knox held off youthful Wheeler 25-21, 25-21, 16-25 and 25-19 to advance to Saturday's second semifinal match against Andrean, a 25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 25-22 winner over Kankakee Valley.
Wheeler had five players on the floor at all times who had never played in a sectional before.
"We've come back three different times in the season down 23-19 and have won, so I don't every get agitated when we're down," Polite said. "I don't like it, but my girls have the fight.
"It's the inexperience that we have that sometimes get us."
Wheeler fell behind 15-5 in the first set, 15-9 in the second before rallying to win the third set.
Wheeler led early 8-6 in the fourth set before falling behind 16-10. It got to within 21-17 on freshman Payton Schoon's block but would get no closer.
Sophomore Jordynn Parks finished with 13 kills, while Schoon had four. Senior Cristina Gamboa collected 11 digs, and freshman Brittney Ittersagen added nine.
"We've come a long way from where we started," Gamboa said. "Me and Mackenzie Schoon are the only two seniors this year. The team is very young, but we worked really hard all season."
Gamboa said she looks for the team to vastly improve as the players get more experience playing club volleyball and other high school sports.
"They're going to be a lot stronger, and I'm so exciting to come and see them play."
The loss added a string of five straight sectional titles for Wheeler, all in Class 2A.
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How to Party Crash the White House by Tareq Salahi & Michaele Salahi. Tareq Salahi & Michaele Salahi who âParty Crashedâ the White House illegally penetrating layers of security with no invitation for the BRAVO Network, may be adding another lawsuit. Tareq Salahi & wife - Michaele Salahi known for their possible roles in the forthcoming âThe Real Housewives of Washingtonâ aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia who âParty Crashedâ the White House's state dinner Tuesday night, illegally penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Barack Obama, Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel For the BRAVO Network, may be adding another lawsuit to the several they are already involved in. Dan Burns one of the Creators of 2005 #1 Comedy film âWedding Crashersâ had shopped around a Television Series he created âParty Crashersâ to several Television networks and Film studios and still owns the rights to the âParty Crashersâ Television Series concept. The Salahiâs and BRAVO Network Infringing on the rights of the premise and concept owned by Dan Burns is crossing a legal line after passing on the Television Series âParty Crashersâ Dan Burns created. The Salahiâs and BRAVO had no comment, and Mr. Burns was not reachable for comment on the Pending Lawsuits.


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