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2008: Would Jesus be a Christian?
"I consider Christian theology to be one of the great disasters of the human race ... it would be impossible to imagine anything more un-Christlike than theology. Christ probably couldn't have understood it." -Alfred North Whitehead
"The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstitions of the Christian religion." -Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Politics of Race on the Milwaukee County Board
It's a sad commentary but the current County Board Chairman, Lee Holloway, won re-election from his collegues on the County Board largely based on the politics of race.
Holloway managed to get all African-American supervisors as well as the one Latino supervisor to vote for him lock-step. It took over 30 rounds of voting from the 10 member board to wear out his opponents but Holloway was victorious in the end. In his last two elections to the leadership position, Holloway pledged to take more of a hands-on approach to governing. Unfortunately Holloway did not live up to his hands-on promise for much of his last term and when it comes to standing up against neo-conservative County Executive Scott Walker, Holloway has been meek.
After seeing no story about Whitefish Bay's "Green Day in the Bay" in the NOW paper.. I contacted Julie Erickson, the event's coordinator for a report on this great happening.
Noise Noise from all these Toys
Several years ago I attended a meeting of a local government. As an open offer to all the citizens, they would start out each meeting by opening the floor to any in attendance who could speak on any subject. Although open ended, I think he would have steered it to subjects of local interest for which the governmental body could address. At this particular meeting, a citizens stood up and voiced his concern over the amount of noise in his neighborhood, which bothered him. He told of many Sunday afternoon's he would be relaxing in his hammock taking a nap in his beautifully landscaped backyard. Then, uninvitedly a group of motorcycles came off the street and drove back and forth quite loudly, past his house repeatedly. This bothered him so much that he has to have a noise ordinance put in place to prevent such an interruption in the future.
Well, the chair of the meeting said that there was a noise ordinance already in place, but could not do too much about the motorcycles. At this, the citizen stated that he did not like all of this motorcycle noise, reiterating his concern. And again the chair of the meeting, almost began to laugh at the citizen at such a ridiculous request. After all, they were probably Harley-Davidson's and seeing that Milwaukee is the headquarters of Harley-Davidson, not too much could be done. In fact, nothing would be done.
Fall 2008 Citizen Academy
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The Brown Deer Police Department will offer its Citizens Police Academy for area residents beginning Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The nine week course, which meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., provides insights into police operations and includes a variety of presentations from members of the department. Applications are available at the Department, 4800 West Green Brook Drive.
Play Vehicles on the RoadwaySpring is here and summer is not far behind. With the warmer weather naturally comes the desire to get out the summer toys. The Brown Deer Police Department would like to remind residents of the play vehicle and skateboarding ordinance. Village Ordinance VL1-10-2.02, "Play Vehicles not to be used on Roadway"
(A) No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, sled, toboggan or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway or go upon any roadway except while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.
HEY! Another restaurant on Silver Spring!
Just read the May 20th WFB Plan Commission agenda. There's one item of interest:
* Ryan and Marija Whitman (Gracious Events Corp), 342 E. Silver Spring Dr., (Full service restaurant and café, name TBD).
Psst: many innocent people are in prison
Long ago I came to realize there were many, many people incarcerated who were innocent. And many more who were sentenced incorrectly and counterproductively. It was not because of the rantings of some prisoners constantly screaming about their innocence, though some of those also were innocent. It was because I had come to see the corrections systems in the U.S. and the way "justice" was pronounced from the inside and from an informed perspective.
Through the years I have been the member of the board of directors and president of the board in Washington, DC and in Milwaukee, WI of residential centers for offenders. It may surprise you to learn that both prison systems were horribly administered and by the time we received these offenders we had to undo some of the damage that the prisons inflicted through mismanagement and incompetent staffs. The prisoners were serving time in both state and federal prisons. Sure, many of the offenders deserved to be found guilty and held to account. But the prisons in both areas left much to be desired, and actually were the worst places offenders could be sent. Recidivism rates were high, and the more draconian the system was administered to satisfy the American public who loves to say, "lock 'em up and throw away the key," the more prisoners who returned to incarceration after their release. The American public promotes a way of handling offenders that is counterproductive at best, and an example of Middle Ages mentality at worst.
Tax Holiday Vacation
In a recent effort to pander to voters of both parties, two of the presidential candidates offered a plan to suspend collecting the federal gas tax during the summer months. Whether you think this is a good idea or not, it probably is not going to happen. Will it not happen because of inaction due to Congress? Will the senators quit pushing for this idea, if people lose interest in it? Or is this such a bad idea on its own that it will die on the vine?
About a year ago after recent surges in the price of gasoline, some states offered to suspend the state excise tax on gasoline. Wisconsin was not one of them. This of course is because Governor Jim Doyle will not put any effort into lowering taxes in Wisconsin. Even if the states stopped collecting the tax, I believe people would be shocked by the amount that they would no longer be paying. Even if it were for a short time. But Wisconsin film never offer a tax holiday. There are probably some tax-and-spend liberals will believe that we are currently in a tax holiday, because we did not raise taxes when we had the opportunities every time. We could be paying a high hospital tax. We could be paying higher excise taxes on liquor and cigarettes. The sales tax would also be higher if some of the election results had been different in the past few local elections.
Musings For The Day...
Here are a few things that have been on my mind as of late..Let me hear your thoughts.
Its not only conservatives vs. liberals
The U.S. is now straddled with a lazy, shallow print and broadcast media. They think that "balanced" news reporting is to simply have conservative and liberal "suits" debate an issue. What has happened to a once-proud journalism profession in America? What we have now is intellectual emptiness coupled with manipulated capitalism masquerading as journalism. This is now lack of back story wedded to advertising.
Like America's reputation generally and America's journalism specifically, we have fallen a long way from distinction and quality. Graduates from our schools of journalism have no clue what it means to be a professional journalist. Getting the background story and historical backdrop are absent. We still have a cadre of older men and women who know what a professional journalist is, but they are limited in what they can do and say. Their experience is harnessed to get a quick, often fictionalized, story. It is not the deadlines that cause this, it is the laziness or advertising requirements by today's reporters and editors. Sad.
Democratic Do-Over
It seems like the Democrats want it both ways this year. At first they wanted a well contested primary season. Now they have a new slogan: Hillary get out! At first he wanted all the votes counted, just like they did in 2000. Now they want to forget about Florida and Michigan. At first they wanted their delegates to the proportionally assigned. Now, because Barack Obama does not have enough delegates to secure the nomination as of today, winner take all may not have been a bad idea. However, if the delegates were a signed on the winner take all basis, the nomination would have been secured by Clinton. Not even the Democrats want that.
What happened to Barack Obama? Six months ago, he was the eloquent speaker. His audiences lapped it up like a hungry cat at a saucer of milk. America was hungry for the message of optimism. It's what we wanted. It's what we need. We want to be inspired. We want to be told by our leaders that better days lie ahead.
Sal's Pizza, we hardly knew ye.
I was forwarded an email from a loyal reader with news from Eric Bahr, the manager of Sal's Pizza in Cedarburg.
Sal's Pizza will not be opening a new restaurant on Silver Spring, nor anywhere else.
Bush conservatives leave USA in a scrap heap
Just when you think the neocons have done all the damage to the U.S. that could possibly be done, Bush goes to the Middle East and screws things up even more. His comments about Arab nations made him even more of a pariah than he already had been. It is Bush and the neocons who are recruitment godsends to terrorists. And traveling as a head of state he should know that you keep your own national politics out of bounds. Yet he couldn't contain himself, or the horrid neocons that surround him, and openly criticized Obama. Imagine, George W. Bush criticizing an intelligent politician about the Middle East. Bush has screwed up the Middle East [and everything else he has touched] beyond belief. The president of the U.S. is hated and has become the laughing stock around the world.
The legacy of this president is so horrible that it will take at least several presidential administrations to get things back on an even keel, if it can be done at all. The dollar is now a questionable currency of exchange in more and more nations. Our national debt is at levels that could not be imagined heretofore. We are bogged down in a war that continues to claim lives and is bankrupting the U.S. economy. And it was all done with lies as the vehicle of delivery.
GOP Radio Talker on AM620 Mocks Ted Kennedy After Cancer Diagnosis
Offensive. Outrageous. Inexcusable.
That was my reaction when WTMJ AM620 talk radio host Michael Savage decided to play a "Dead Kennedys" song when he announced that Ted Kennedy had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
The Do-Nothing Legislature
In the early 1950s, President Harry Truman, regularly complained about not being able to pass the legislation through Congress that he thought would be better for America. He blamed the 'do-nothing Congress.' It seems like we're having a similar situation with the state legislature. They can't get anything effective completed.
The budget deficit has become a perennial mess. Drunk drivers and inattentive people on cell phones pack the streets and highways. There is still an outrageously high gasoline markup law that has been declared unconstitutional. Yet is still in force. Entitlements like badger care and enrollment numbers that have far exceeded the estimates when the law was passed. This sounds a lot like the retirement scam at Milwaukee County passed just under 10 years ago. Yet time and again, there are press releases that members of the state legislature are introducing bills to become laws as if things were actually be accomplished. Tax-and-spend liberals are always trying to pass new, higher taxes. At least there are enough people in the Legislature that have stopped huge tax increases. I will acknowledge that. How many times does it take to get the drunk driving laws straightened out? Drunk drivers have been around since automobiles began being popular. Yet every time that there is a death by a drunk driver, at least three legislators offer new bills that will get tough. I guess they all were pretty weak.
Alternatives to corporate-controlled media...
We are bombarded with commercial media that totes the magnificence of capitalism, and in essence presents a right-wing story that it announces as "news." Network TV has short-changed us, and has cut back on its formerly respected journalism. The same goes for right-wing shlock on radio, and corporate-serving print media. All these sources have become standard presentations in what passes for news these days. It is anti-intellectual to the max, and would rather tell you hyped stories about corporate messiahship than present news. Younger people have no idea what real journalism is, and certainly know nothing about objective and responsible reporting. Nothing is done in depth anymore. And progressive ideas are totally unknown. Here are some other voices...
The BBC radio and television still maintain reporters worldwide, and give about the most balanced news reporting that is now available in major media. It is not as good as it might be, but it is the best for now. The same goes for the New York Times and the Washington Post daily newspapers: good for now, but could be much, much better.
Gas Price to Increase
Over 30 years now, that I know of, people have been complaining about the price of gas, no matter what it is. I'm getting mighty tired of all the news about high gas prices. Back around 1974, the price of gas inched its way up to 34 cents per gallon. People were so outraged over this high price that they decided to get out of their cars and pumped their own gas in order to save two cents per gallon. It may seem foolish when we think back on that situation in today's context, but it was a real problem back then. We were mad, and we weren't going to take it anymore. Yet the price increased again.
I would agree that today's situation seems even more dire. Even adjusted for inflation, today's situation is worse. Should we be looking to the government for a solution? I'm not really sure if this is a governmental problem. It is a free market problem. And how is it explained today? Many armchair economists attempt to explain us in the knowledge that they gained in Econ 101. Yes, supply and demand seems to be the solution that people will dole out to you. It may be only part of the answer that people try to explain it fully using this one lesson. It's not entirely their fault, because Econ 101 is one of those classes that is taught at eight o'clock in the morning no matter what college or university you may have attended. And how much could you really learn looking out of one bloodshot eye?
Why should judges be elected?
I write this entry after pondering a few recent tidbits. The first is the formal reprimand of Justice Annette Ziegler by the State of Wisconsin Supreme Court for her -ahem- lapses in judgment. More pointedly, however, is the recent spate of coverage regarding the Gableman election, including his on-the-job politicking. That election, so contentious, was even covered in a recent New York Times article, also arguing for the appointment, rather than election, of judges.
As for the Gableman affair, I'll recite what we already know. The state's first and only African American Supreme Court Justice lost his election--the first time in decades that happened, if ever
Bush lied about Iraq? I'm shocked...shocked!
If you had to hear it from Scott McClellan, you simply haven't been paying attention. Regarding Iraq, we were lied to by Bush and his henchmen, we were grossly shortchanged by the Democrats, the media had its head in the sand, the military leadership failed us, and American democracy was handed over to corporate factions who have made a profiting bonanza out of Iraq and this administration. But the passive, quiet Democrats were shameful beyond belief.
When you have to be most cautious and questioning of the government is when there is a patriotic furor. Nazi Germany is the best example in recent history. The terrorists did everything but phone-in their plans. And people around the U.S. questioned the pilot training of some of the terror planners. But the Bush insiders covered their mistakes and oversights by whipping up a war frenzy, and they picked a horrible nation to invade under the circumstances. Iraq was not a nation, it was a boundary of at least three very different factions and cultures, cobbled together by the British early in the 20th century. We went into Iraq like a bull in a China shop. The Bush-Cheney team was intellectually inept, and were too busy handing out favors to grandfather Bush and papa Bush's old pals, the Saudi family; and Cheney gave many billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to his old company that had lavished him as CEO, Halliburton.


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Union Workers to Vote Again on American Crystal's Contract OfferMOORHEAD – American Crystal Sugar's locked-out union workers will vote again June 23 on whether to accept the company's last contract offer.
By: Marino Eccher, Melanie Orlins, Forum Communications
MOORHEAD – American Crystal Sugar's locked-out union workers will vote again June 23 on whether to accept the company's last contract offer.
The union rejected the same offer in November, with 90 percent of workers voting no. But after the most recent round of talks ended quickly and without progress last week, union leaders consulted with members and decided there was sufficient interest to vote on it again.
The company has been steadfast in recent months about its refusal to budge from the last offer, which it says makes fair and necessary updates to the contract. It says the costs of the lockout are falling by the day as replacement workers get more experience.
The union says the company is leaving money on the table by locking out its most skilled and experience workers.
Union leaders say they're still concerned about a number of issues in the contract, including seniority rights, but don't want to deny their members a voice.
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Heavy hitter Chicagoans such as Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama and now, President Barack Obama traveled to Copenhagen and are pushing for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. It will be exciting to find out how this will all resolve as we are in competition with other heavy hitters. Included in the countries vying for the high-profile host of the 2016 Olympics are Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) , Japan (Tokyo) and Spain (Madrid).
The Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama and his wife also traveled to Copenhagen to make their final push to be able to host the 2016 Olympics in Tokyo. I also understand that the King of Spain will make his final push as well. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil also wants to make sure that Rio de Janeiro wins the bid and he will be traveling to Copenhagen to do just that.
Read the final four cities competing for the win here.
I am telling you, these are high-profile individuals and convincing the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to choose their city is going to be tough. I wouldn't want to be a member of the IOC at this time.. but then again, why not? You get to meet Presidents and KingsRead more »


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Sunny, treehouse-like master bedroom suite with fireplace, king size bed in elegant Castro district home. Your private third floor suite overlooks a lush and peaceful garden and patio. Renovated spa-like bathroom with soaking tub and slate floors, fluffy towels, and access to atrium/sun room and library/den with satellite tv. Wireless internet. Safe and friendly neighborhood in central SF location.
In your room you'll find tea and a coffee press, wine glasses, filtered water for anytime needs. Each morning we'll deliver a healthy California breakfast of yogurt, bread/pastries, and seasonal organic fruits, just outside your door. Please let us know ahead of time if you have dietary restrictions and we'll accommodate you.
Our location is at the very center of San Francisco. When you stay with us, you're a two minute walk to MUNI trains heading either downtown or to the beach, and a short walk to the NOPA, Castro, and Upper and Lower Haight neighborhoods. Public transit in SF is excellent and inexpensive, and we can direct you through it.
Parking: Please note that parking is restricted to two hours at a time. There is a pay garage ($30/day), or we can direct you to a place where you can leave your car for free for a few days, though you must find a parking spot.
Local delights include NOPA restaurants Bar Crudo, NOPA, Nopalito, and to L'Ardoise, Café Flore, Frances, Zuni, among dozens of other eating establishments ranging from simple to fabulous. Fifteen minute walk to the Haight, or to Dolores Park and the Mission district, with its trendy shops and hip cafes. Five - ten minute walk to NOPA, SF's newest and coolest neighborhood with numerous cafes, shops and restaurants, and the Castro, with its revered Castro Theater, a revival house (email hidden) organist. Twenty minute walk to Hayes Valley/Civic Center's restaurants, fabulous shopping, symphony and opera houses, Asian Art Museum. Twenty-five minute walk to Golden Gate Park where you'll find spectacular gardens, the Japanese Tea Garden, Conservatory of Flowers, Academy of Sciences, DeYoung Museum, and Arboretum. Fifteen-20 minute train ride to downtown stores, Yerba Buena Center, movie theaters, Exploratorium, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and other museums.
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Warm welcome, just the right balance of privacy and interest. Massive space and fresh breakfast. Easy to access lots of interesting areas and a beautiful retreat full of light with a tasteful garden outlook! If you are lucky this one might be available to enhance your stay!
Where to begin? The week was absolutely perfect. The house is only the top quality and comfort. Everything was very clean and no detail overlooked. Saundra is so pleasant and fun. She was easy to communicate with and even accommodated the dates we needed, as well as, was very understanding about our flight delays due to weather. The kitties were friendly, but tucked away if that is not your thing. We quite enjoyed being in the house. The room is more than enough space and we opened the doors and windows to let in a nice breeze. Very relaxing atmosphere.
The location is perfect. There is so much to see and do within walking distance. A short walk down the hill to public transit in a safe quiet neighborhood. The breakfast left outside our door was beautiful and tasty. This was our first Airbnb experience and we are hooked. When we return to San Francisco we would love to see Saundra again and stay at her place. Her hospitality is truly a gift.
Our stay with Saundra was amazing. We loved her home, the location was perfect,so easy to get to the city. Saundra was extremely helpful in explaining how everything worked and her breakfasts made the morning nice and relaxing.
Our first experience with Airbnb and will not be out last. Saundra is a perfect host. There when you need her and yet never intrusive. Loved her home and she gave great suggestions on restaurants nearby.
Where to begin...not to sound repetitive but Saundra is the hostess with the mostest!
...and we really mean it. Saundra extended a warm welcome when we arrived even helping us with our bags. The suite was awesome...large, airy, and sunny over looking the secret garden out the back of the house. Her own beautiful art as well as other nice pieces decorated the walls and that was really cool. Saundra, when asked, talked to us about her pieces as well as the other artist works giving us an unique insight which we loved. The continental breakfast, left outside the bedroom door each morning, was always fresh and delicious.
Saundra is a very warm, open, engaging, beautiful person. We look forward to going back not only to stay in that lovely home but to see Saundra again.
Also, the location is great! Easy walking to the Castro, the Haight, the Park, Hayes Valley, Duboce Triangle.... On the weekend we found parking right out front too!
The beautiful house of Saundra and her son is located in a charming, safe and lively area of San Francisco, which we totally loved.The room is huge and beautifully decorated, has a great garden view and super bed. We loved the bathtub in the bathroom, but there is also a shower downstairs for those who prefer that. The breakfast that Saundra served every morning was delicious.
Saundra is a wonderful host and such a warm, kind and inspiring woman. We hope to come back one day.
Don't look any further if you're looking for a place to stay in SF. Saundra and her home are amazing!
Our stay was simply heavenly. Saundra has created a wonderfully warm and indulgent environment. Her home and garden are beautiful, the bedroom and bathroom luxurious, private, incredibly comfortable and well equipped and with careful attention to detail and discreet service, superior to any 5 star hotel. Saundra made our arrival and departure very easy, and we left feeling relaxed and inspired.
We would be more than delighted to stay again and I couldn't recommend enough to others taking the opportunity to stay there.
We had a lovely two night stay in Saundra's beautiful home. Arriving straight from the airport it was great to come to a place that was instantly so relaxing and stress-free. The bedroom is huge and full of light and, like the whole house, beautifully decorated. The house is located close to the Castro and Haight and only a 10 minute walk to our favourite restaurant, Nopa. Saundra is a wonderful host, friendly and helpful, and we very much appreciated the breakfast she left for us each morning. A lovely touch. The only downside was we couldn't stay longer. Highly recommended.
This was only my second airbnb experience but it could not have exceeded my expectations more. The room was absolutely beautiful, very quiet, and Saundra couldn't have been nicer or more hospitable. The location is great as was the breakfast. I highly recommend Saundra and her exquisite house. Her cats are also adorable!
This was our first experience staying in someone's room for airbnb, and it was great! Saundra is the perfect host. She's very welcoming and responsive but you still have tons of privacy in her beautifully decorated home. What we really loved was the location. The place was walking distance to a bunch of great neighbourhoods in SF for food, drinks, shopping, etc.
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We're still under the influence of high pressure, which will keep our weather mild and calm through the remainder of the weekend. As the high drifts eastward, winds turn out of the south/southwest for Sunday, bringing in even warmer air. It's highly likely that we'll crack 70 degrees in the afternoon.
Moisture wrapping around that high pressure system will enter central New York through the day on Sunday, first in the form of high clouds. Those clouds continue to thicken through the evening before rain showers arrive during the overnight. Spotty to scattered rain will be around through Monday, along with a healthy breeze. Overall, it's not looking like a washout, but those on and off rain showers should last through Tuesday. Temps will be a bit cooler, although still pleasant for this time of year in the mid 60s.
The weather the rest of next week will be dominated by a battle between two large, slow moving systems. One is a large area of high pressure down at the ground and aloft centered over the Canadian Maritimes. The other is an area of low pressure developing over the Ohio Valley down into the Southeast. The area of high pressure will build back into the Northeast and central New York and control our weather for the mid and latter part of the week which means a return to sunshine and dry weather. There are some additional signs that this type of weather could last into next weekend with that low staying blocked to our west.


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Thanks, Ben, for giving us this great column on the Warriors and Game Five. I tried to place a comment with some thoughts on Game Six, tonight, but, to my dismay, there was not a single story on it. I think the light coverage of the San Antonio-Warriors series is a lost opportunity for the NBA and Sport. Let me tell you why in my comment below:
Mark Jackson has led this TEAM (coaches and players) and molded them into one of the finest group of competitors this year in the NBA; if not, THE, finest. Xs and Os will get you so far. However, when you exceed expected performance indicators, achieving the unthinkable, there is another element that comes to play. MOTIVATION. That is the fine art, and the essence, of Coach Mark Jackson. He inspires it, instills it, and, personifies it. It is genuine. His team knows that, and they respond to it. He believes what he says. His team knows that, and they believe in him. He strives for excellence. His team emulates him. He dreams of miracles. They become "The Miracle Team". It is the essence of basketball; of sport. How can anyone not pull for them?
Whatever the outcome tonight, Mark Jackson and the Warrior Miracle Team, have earned the recognition and acclaim of the NBA and the world of Sport. It is not only because they defied all odds and achieved something that the data indicated was in the realm of deviation from the mean. It is not only because they have given us an exciting brand of basketball that brings a smile on the face of every kid, young and old, that has ever pushed a basketball in sweat-cooled cement and hardwood courts across this world. It is not even because we were fortunate to witness the conception of, and the jelling of a "miracle" before our very eyes. All true, but, more than each, and the sum of these, this Team has INSPIRED each and everyone of us! This inspiration has been contagious.
Sport has always been about inspiration. Since the Ancient Olympics, Sport has been able to transcend politics and even wars.
Great Motivators, Teachers, in Sport, were always venerated. Our lives were always better when following their example and teachings.
Thank you Mark Jackson and TEAM!!! You are already the Champions of all of us!


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A Decade of Service: U.S. Relationship with Crew Stadium Goes Beyond Numbers
Columbus Crew Stadium turns 10 years old in 2009, and after a decade of service it is impossible to deny the positive effect of the first soccer specific stadium in the United States. The numbers don't lie: since the U.S. played its first game at Crew Stadium in 2000, it holds an undefeated 4-0-3 record, recording 10 goals while conceding only one.
But the relationship between the U.S. team and Crew Stadium goes beyond just statistics, and as national team players from the Crew can attest, the symbiosis between team and fans runs deep in Ohio's capital.
"During the past two years the supporters' section has really grown, and the success we've had with the Crew has really turned Columbus into a soccer city," said midfielder Robbie Rogers. "Everyone has been really supportive, and the fans love to watch good soccer. I'm sure they'll all be behind us for [the game against Mexico] and it'll feel like a 12th man on the field."
For U.S. supporters or opposing teams that visit Columbus for the first time, the prospect of that proverbial "extra man on the field" can feel very real. The seats rest so close to the pitch that the imposing wall of sound emanating from the fans on a cold night can be, quite frankly, pretty intimidating.
"It's a 'close' stadium in the sense that the fans stand right on top of the field," said midfielder Brian Carroll who, like Rogers, plays his club ball in Columbus. "When you pack that to the brim, it gets really loud and the atmosphere is really great for everyone involved. Anytime we can play in a stadium like that, especially in a World Cup qualifier, it's going to be beneficial to the national team."
In the pressure-cooker environment of World Cup qualifying, the advantage gained from a boisterous home crowd can often be the difference between three points and disappointment. For Crew captain and experienced U.S. defender Frankie Hejduk, that extra boost from the supporters is vital.
"The more U.S. fans that we have and the more support that we have, the more pumped up we get as players. I think being in the Midwest, in the heart of America, it's a place that we can play where we get a pro-U.S. crowd. It's no secret that when you play in some other places, even if you're the home team, it feels like you can be playing an away game.
"In Columbus we can get a home crowd. Especially [with the Crew winning the MLS Cup] this last year, the fans have come out in numbers and I would expect that it'll be even crazier for the game against Mexico."
As one of the longest serving players on the national team, Hejduk has seen much during his extensive international career. A veteran of four World Cup cycles, Hejduk has first-hand knowledge of the most notorious venues in CONCACAF, and he is quick to point out that Columbus is gaining that kind of stature in the region.
"I think that Columbus Crew stadium is becoming that place [that visiting teams don't want to go to]. Teams come into town now and they don't want to play there," said Hejduk, who has appeared in 14 World Cup qualifiers in his career. "The fans have learned the game and they've come to appreciate the game more as well.
"They've taken it upon themselves to make the atmosphere as electric as possible, and that's what we need in the United States. Everywhere in the world fans take it personally when an away team comes to their home, and I think Columbus brings that type of atmosphere now."
While modern stadiums come equipped with all the bells and whistles (see the MNT's trip to Wembley last spring), Carroll notes it is not so much the amenities that make the stadium, but rather the people filling it up.
"It's not extravagant, but it's a great soccer stadium, a great place to play, and a great place for the fans to come and watch a game. It has that traditional feel... I think there's a great deal of pride for the fans and for the players in that it was the first soccer specific stadium."
In the geographic center of the Buckeye State, next week Columbus will resume its role as the center of one of the world's biggest rivalries. Just as in the past two World Cup cycles, the U.S. has called on Columbus to host their biggest match of the campaign.
"Every time we play there we have good results, and I think that's what it's all about," said Hejduk who featured in 2005 when the U.S. clinched qualification for the World Cup and could get the call from Bob Bradley next Wednesday. "It has become known that the U.S. team wins games there, and I think that it's a great thing that Columbus has really accepted soccer into their community. They've embraced us and we're coming to this game thinking about nothing else but three points."


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By Paul Myerberg // Jun 19, 2012
Wyoming's five losses in 2011 came to teams that combined for 45 wins in the regular season, a group that includes two near-B.C.S. misses in Boise State and T.C.U. and a third B.C.S. bowl contender in Nebraska. The Cowboys' six wins against F.B.S. competition, on the other hand, came against teams that combined for 26 wins in the regular season. Yes, Wyoming was 8-4: that's 8-4 with three nothing-to-see-here wins — U.N.L.V., New Mexico and Colorado State — and two wins over F.C.S. competition, Texas State and Weber State. It wasn't the prettiest eight-win regular season you'll ever see, nor the most impressive. Up next: beating the bad teams, as all good teams do, but also hanging tight with the good teams, if not winning outright.


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Hi Guys,
I was wondering if you could help me out. This weekend (08/29/11), I saw a Shaw/HGTV commercial in which a lady is sitting on a couch changing flooring options with her remote. I haven't been able to find the Youtube video of the commercial or I would link it. My question is, has anyone else seen this commercial and does anyone know where I can get the mid-century modern style beige sofa with the splayed "walnut-looking" legs featured in the commercial? She's sitting on it. It's a rather modern design but for the mid-century style legs; however, my guess is that it's new instead of vintage. I have been sofa shopping for quite some time, and I've been looking for a sofa very much like that! Do you think I'd have better luck contacting Shaw directly? Or was it an HGTV commercial?
Thanks everyone for your help!
i did try shaw's few ads they have on their site but noting..however googled and found this sofa....maybe this is the style or one of their others?
Hi sjf,
Thanks for the recommendation of that Thrive Furniture out of California. I checked out their pieces and REALLY like them (and the prices). For a mid-century modern sofa in the $900 - $1300 price range, it's great that they manufacture in the USA, have a warranty, and have a decent fabric selection. (I know...getting a little off-topic here.) I finally found the Youtube video - it's not the exact same commercial I saw, but it has the lady and the sofa.
YouTube Shaw Floors Commercial
The closest I can find to it is the TrueModern Luna sofa (which has an option for an espresso leg). TrueModern Luna Sofa
However, Thrive Home (which you pointed out) has the Fillmore Sofa at considerably less right now.
Thrive - Fillmore Sofa
Thanks so much for all you help! Any more recommendations?
@ SJF & Saarinensweetie,
thanks for the mention....... happy to see that you are pleased with our furniture.... if you have any specific questions or anything you would all like to see, please feel free to contact us.
Thrive Furniture
Leslie, I've always wanted to ask a question of people who buy sofa and/or chairs on-line so I am going to take this opportunity to ask you.
How do you know it will be comfortable? Do you return it? Or does it go in a place where it will not be used?
Sorry to be so nosey but I have wondered.
we've tried to make buying furniture online easier and less stressful. We offer an industry exclusive "21-Day Guarantee!!" whereby, if after 21 days with your item, if you are not pleased with it for ANY reason, simply return it, full refund, no questions asked..... Customers are responsible for the return freight charges, but we've negotiated rates to return items from the East Coast to West Coast for +/-$150.00, and as all of our items ship free, it's a win win situation.
Hi Metwo,
(Excuse the going off topic for a little!) I'll be honest: you just don't know. I'd say that of any sofa or chair or piece of furniture you buy. If you go in the store, yes, you can sit in it. You can lift it up, feel how heavy it is, feel whatever your choice of upholstery is, etc. However, the REAL test of a sofa is what does it look like in 5 years. (For example: what do 5 year old Ikea sofas look like? - Go on Craigslist to find out - I saw a 3 year old Crate and Barrel Petrie sofa that looked like somebody smushed it - horrible! After only 3 years!!!)
I do extreme (I usually log 20-30+ hours online or in store) research. I find out what the frame build, fabric "rubs", place of manufacture, weight of foam, spring makeup, etc., and I also try to elicit reviews. However, I admit I made a mistake with my last sofa. I thought I was getting the best deal (it was a $5k leather closeout from a prominent North Carolina furniture manufacturer for around $2k); however, the down and feathers in the pillows and sofa (which I thought was a sign of good quality) ended up too be just too "squishy" for my husband and I. It's really sad, because now we're looking for another, less expensive, couch (I have around $700 - $1300 to spend).
So why am I looking on-line again? I've been to the stores - not many of them, even in a metropolitan area, are offering what I want - a mid-century modern style couch that I can recover later if I want. I've mentioned the other things I'm looking for above - I have a champagne taste on a water budget. I'd prefer it made in Europe or the USA, with quality construction, etc. If I had it my way, with an unlimited budget, I'd go for Room and Board in a heartbeat, as they fit ALL my qualifications, but are over my budget in what I want. I've also looked into Rowe Furniture, Younger Furniture, Lazar Industries, and countless others. I've definitely decided against Crate & Barrel, West Elm, CB2, etc. for quality issues. Pricewise, of course, the internet is just better, even including shipping. I've found that once you add in tax @ $100+, delivery to the house ($100), and their markup - things just go out of my price range very fast. One thing with all internet couches I have to know is what is the seat width measurement (from the cushion out) and how firm the cushion foam is (firm, med. firm, etc.). Hopefully I won't have a repeat of my last experience! Also, as the guy from Thrive mentioned, some internet sellers will return it, you just have to check carefully for any kind of restocking fee. I know it's a lot to think about, but the savings are worth it to me. I just can't get the style I'm looking for - for the price I'm looking for - around here. Oh, and to answer your question - space is at a premium in my living room (no sectionals for me!), so if this couch doesn't work out, it will have to be returned - I don't have a choice!
So, to summarize, I would tell you - shop online if you have to. If you're a bargainista who loves a good deal or are on a tight budget. Or you're looking for just the right style and can't find it in your local area. Or, if the online store has an excellent return policy (which is not often the case). However, do remember that even if you custom order a sofa in a fabric you pick out (like many furniture stores), you still will have never sat in that particular sofa until you get it!
Thanks for your question, it was really thought provoking! I hope I was able to answer everything? It's definitely not nosiness!
Oh, and I forgot to mention, the only internet companies I deal with are the ones who are willing to send me swatches! I HAVE to see the color/weight/texture in person! In fact, I would highly recommend that to you as well...
Hi Josh @ Thrive,
I appreciate your comments - thanks for posting and letting me know about Thrive's return policy (which is sorely needed in internet retail!) I am still in the process of doing my "due diligence," but as a consumer, I really appreciate the way you guys run your business. I noticed your furniture construction pictures on the Thrive blog, and your comments about springs. Very nice. I would definitely come see you guys if I was in CA! (Wouldn't that be nice...)
I will contact you directly if I have any questions.
Hi Saariensweetie,
Appreciate the complements. Fabric double rubs are always a good thing to consider before your purchase as the cover is what will bear the brunt of the use. Fabric composition is equally important. Repelling stains from the occasional spills will keep your sofa looking new year after year. As far as how a sofa will look in 5 years, quality of materials and maintenance will dictate the longevity of your sofa. We use 1.8lb HR foam in all of our body padding and seat cushions. The foam will rebound nicely over the years. Proper maintenance is key, a sofa is an investment, much like a car. And to maintain your investment you will need to rotate your cushions (ours are all reversible) and occasionally fluff the fiber and feather to redistribute within the channels.
I saw your site and it looks great. The styles look great too. But...
Firstly, you say "1.8 HR foam"...when did 1.8 pound foam become HR (high resiliency)? 1.8 (1 cubic foot weighs 1.8 pounds) is the pretty much the cheapest seating foam you can use. Very similar to what the lady above mentioned in regard to the Crate and Barrel Petrie disintigrating after 3 years. It's the same density of foam used on low end sofas like Jonathan Louis and stuff out of China. Ikea uses 2.5 pound foam in their $399 Karlstad sofa "Seat cushion: Polyester wadding, High-resilience polyurethane foam (cold foam) 2.5 lb/cu.ft."
Not trying to bag on you because 1.8 is actually pretty standard in the industry (amazingly). So in the context of the industry it's average, but in my opinion the industry in general uses low quality foam and that's why sofas wear out so fast. In my opinion any decent quality sofas that I think are worth over about $700 bucks should come with at least a 2.0-2.5 pound foam.
Also on your web site on the about us -> Environmental Policies page it says you are "moving toward" using FSC (sustainable) wood. I'be been "moving toward" finishing painting our garage for about the last year but I'm not going to brag about it until I actaully do it. Point being you don't sell eco-friendly products in any way shape or form. Don't put a big green leaf on your web site and have a page about how you love the environment if you're not selling a green/eco product. You are using the same materials as every other factory, I.E. non-sustainable wood, petroleum based foam (as opposed to latex or soy based), petroleum based fabric (polyester), petroleum based synthetic batting (as opposed to cotton), etc.
Again, it's all good. Not hating on non-eco products since I don't "go green" myself. Just think is kind of sleezy to front like it's an Eco product when it's not.
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, model SPN-Lira, price looks good, i also love it's fabric combination...This message has been edited. Last edited by: FurnitureAddict,
Where I can see how purchasing a sofa online would be much easier or simply, I do think it would be a well drawn out process, especially if you require samples before making an real buying decision.
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BACKGROUND: Close to 8% of the United States population has diabetes and out of all the people with diabetes, 5% of them have type 1 diabetes. (Source: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov) Usually occurring in children, adolescents, and young adults, type 1 diabetes occurs when beta cells do not produce or produce very little insulin. Insulin is a hormone created by beta cells that are located in the pancreas. Without the right amount of insulin, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of spreading into the cells and results in the body not being able to use this glucose for energy. The exact cause of type 1 diabetes remains unknown. Doctors believe it is an autoimmune disorder that starts as an infection that then can trigger the body to attack the beta cells. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
SYMPTOMS: Type 1 diabetes signs and symptoms can come quickly.
· When blood sugar is high, symptoms can include: being very thirty, feeling hungry, feeling fatigued, losing weight, having tingling feet, having blurry eyesight, urinating more often, stomach pain, flushed face, fruity breath odor, flushed skin, nausea, dry skin and mouth, and rapid breathing.
· Blood sugar can become low when diabetics take insulin. Symptoms usually appear when blood sugar falls below 70mg/dL, they include: hunger, weakness, sweating, headache, shaking, rapid heartbeat, nervousness. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
TREATMENT: Once the doctor analyzes the patients' blood sugar monitoring and urine testing, they will develop a diary of meals, snacks, and insulin injections that they should follow. Insulin lowers blood sugar by letting it leave the bloodstream and enter cells. All type 1 diabetes patients have to take insulin every day. Insulin is injected under the skin, but sometimes a pump can deliver the insulin all the time. Insulin injections depend on the individual person. The insulin amount has to be adjusted when they exercise, eat more or less food, travel, and when they are sick. One of the most important parts of treatment is managing blood sugar levels. Patients can check their blood sugar levels at home, usually by pricking their finger with a small needle called a lancet to get a tiny drop of blood. The blood is then placed on a strip and into the device to read. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
NEW TECHNOLOGY: A new technology, called the Veo insulin pump, is taking diabetes management to a new level. A risk of type 1 diabetes is the risk of death through low blood sugar. This pump monitors every waking and sleeping hour. It monitors and records glucose levels so the patient and doctor know exactly what is happening. It makes easy therapy adjustments and it warns when the glucose levels are off target. The pump will automatically stop insulin delivery when glucose levels are dangerously low to help reduce the chances of severe hypoglycemia. The pump is smaller than most mobile phones. It acts like a pancreas by pumping tiny amounts of insulin into the body all day. It can be clipped to a belt, kept in a pocket, or hid under the clothes. A tiny tube is connected from the pump to an even smaller tube (cannula) that sits under the skin. It can easily be disconnected and reconnected. The pump is awaiting FDA approval in the U.S., but is available in several countries. (Source: www.Medtronic-diabetes.co.uk)
Dr. Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, PhD, Endocrinologist at Upstate Medical University Joslin Diabetes Center, talks about a new insulin pump system for patients with type 1 diabetes.
How does type 1 diabetes differ from type 2 diabetes?
Dr. Weinstock: Type 1 diabetes affects approximately 10 percent of people with diabetes, but it's increasing in prevalence. Actually, it's increasing three to five percent each year. So not only is type 2 increasing, but type 1 is increasing as well. Even though the most commonly thought of age of onset is in youth; it can occur at any age. It's different from type 2 diabetes in that in most people with type 1 diabetes the ability of their own pancreas to make the hormone insulin, which is what you need to keep your blood sugars normal, has been destroyed. So you absolutely have to use insulin to control your blood glucose levels. And insulin can only be given by injections, which means people with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin at least three to four times a day by injection or be using an insulin pump. Even with testing multiple times per day; doing finger sticks, squeezing out a drop of blood multiple times a day, and using multiple injections a day or an insulin pump, it's still extremely difficult for most of our patients with type 1 diabetes to keep their blood glucose levels in an ideal range.
Are there lots of things that can affect blood sugar levels? Not just what you eat?
Dr. Weinstock: Yes. There are many factors that affect blood glucose levels. What you eat of course is one of them. Also there is your level of activity, level of stress, hormonal levels, and probably other additional factors that we don't completely understand. Some people with type 1 diabetes still make a very small amount of insulin which makes their diabetes a little easier to manage. There are many people who don't make any insulin at all, and for those people it's extremely difficult with our current tools to keep the blood glucose levels in an ideal range. What we worry about is if you give a little too much insulin, the blood sugar levels could go way too low, called hypoglycemia. That's a dangerous situation. You can lose consciousness, pass out, and have a seizure, so that's obviously an extremely dangerous situation. Having glucose levels too high over a long period of time is also not ideal. So our goal is to try to get the blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible, but without undue risk. What we're very excited about now are some new technologies that are being made available that hopefully will help people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels better. The ultimate goal is an artificial pancreas. The ultimate goal is to have a system that would automatically sense what your blood sugar or blood glucose level is and give you just the right amount of insulin to keep your blood sugars at target or goal range.
How serious are the low blood sugars? What can happen? How big of a fear is it for people?
Dr. Weinstock: It's an extremely important issue because severe hypoglycemia is dangerous. First of all, if your blood sugar goes low, your brain isn't getting enough glucose and you don't think clearly. So if you happen to be behind the wheel of a car, you can be in an accident or if you're doing something dangerous, such as if you're on a ladder, you could fall. You could, as I mentioned before, lose consciousness or have a seizure. The worst possible thing, which rarely but occasionally happens, is that you could go to sleep at night, your blood glucose level could go low and, then you don't wake up – you slip into a coma or die. Of course, that's the worst thing that could happen.
I saw that statistic this year that one in 20 type 1 diabetics will die of a low blood sugar. When you break down that number, it turns out to be about 400 people a day. That seems like a big number. How do you prevent lows? Isn't it true that the tighter control you have, the lows are just one of the side effects?
Dr. Weinstock: Not necessarily. Some people with high as well as low hemoglobin A1C levels, which is the test that we do that gives us an indication of what the average blood sugar has been over the past few months, have more low blood sugars. Everybody's diabetes is different so I don't like to generalize. Clearly, when people who have a problem with low sugar levels, we need to be more aware of that problem and change their glucose targets so that the target hemoglobin A1C level is appropriate to minimize the chance of severe hypoglycemia. The target glucose levels before meals and after meals aren't the same for every person with diabetes. We need to individualize these targets. For people who are more likely to go low and particularly for those who have had diabetes for a long time and cannot feel hypoglycemia, their body does not tell them that their glucose levels are going low, we have to change their targets to be a little higher because it's too dangerous to try to be lower than someone who has excellent hypoglycemic awareness and has a relatively new diagnosis of diabetes.
What causes hypoglycemia unawareness? Is it the inability to feel a low blood sugar?
Dr. Weinstock: There are several factors. It's true that in people who have a lot of low blood sugar levels, their body seems to adapt to that and doesn't warn them when their blood sugars are low. For those people, if you get rid of those low blood sugar reactions, help change their insulin dosing so that their glucose levels are higher, many of them do regain the awareness of hypoglycemia. That is definitely something that we try to do. There is also a group of patients, and these tend to be people who have had type 1 diabetes of long duration, who have actually lost the ability to feel their low sugar levels. Normally, if your blood sugar goes too low, the body has certain hormone reactions to that that help raise the blood sugar. Unfortunately after many years of type 1 diabetes, many people lose those hormonal responses so that the body isn't doing what it needs to do to raise the blood sugars as well. There are lots of factors involved, but it really varies from person to person. There are some people who have diabetes for many years and never have trouble with lows and others who can have a lot of trouble.
What is this new system?
Dr. Weinstock: Right now, there are commercially available insulin pumps. This is an insulin delivery system that gives tiny amounts of insulin over 24 hours a day to keep your blood sugar normal when you're not eating and allows you to give a larger amount of insulin when you eat to cover the increased needs around meals. The individual with diabetes is in control of this insulin delivery. They control the insulin pump. Most people with diabetes also check their blood sugars multiple times a day, particularly with type 1 diabetes. There is now what we call continuous glucose sensors that you can wear that sense what your glucose levels are in the fluid that bathes your tissues, called the interstitial fluid. It's not quite as accurate as a blood sugar reading, but it does correlate well and what's particularly useful about these continuous glucose sensors is that they show you the direction that your blood glucose level is going. For example, it shows you if your sugar level is rising very quickly or if it's falling very fast or is it staying the same over time? Because that's something that helps the individual with diabetes decide what to do. Let's say your blood sugar was normal and it's been staying normal for the past few hours and you're not eating, you don't need to do anything about it. If it was normal and it was falling extremely quickly, well then maybe you'd want to eat something to prevent a serious low level. If it was going up very high, maybe you need some extra insulin, so the direction is really helpful for people to make decisions. These devices also alarm for glucose levels that are too high or too low, but up until now, the glucose sensing devices and the pumps haven't been connected in that they don't talk to each other. The pumps up to now have not independently acted upon blood sugar levels. What we all really want is an artificial pancreas.. We want a a glucose monitoring device to sense what the blood sugar is every minute of the day, for that information to be automatically given to an insulin pump or insulin delivery system, which will know exactly how much insulin to infuse to keep your blood sugar normal so you never go too high or too low. That's what we call an artificial pancreas. This project is the first small little step towards that end. It's attacking the problem of low blood sugars because that's considered the most dangerous acute problem. What's particularly worrisome is when people go to sleep at night; they may not feel a low blood sugar. They may be in a deep sleep and not know about it and therefore not respond to an alarm. So what this new sensor and pump do is that if the sensor senses that your blood sugar is low and you do not respond to it, it will tell the pump to shut off the infusion of insulin for up to two hours, which will allow the blood sugars to rise back into the normal range. This is considered a significant safety feature. We're extremely excited about it. This system is commercially available in Europe now, and in clinical trials in the United States, but the FDA has not yet approved it. It's considered by the FDA an experimental system and we were very fortunate to be a site to help test it here in the United States.
What have the results from your study shown?
Dr. Weinstock: We don't have the results from the current clinical trial yet since the trial is not yet completed, but from the results that have been reported from elsewhere are extremely promising. It is before the FDA now so hopefully this is something that will become available in the not too distant future.
What have the studies that have been published on this shown?
Dr. Weinstock: So the studies that have been published so far using this system have shown that the low glucose suspend feature is generally effective. If someone doesn't respond to the low blood sugar, reading, the device suspends insulin for up to two hours and the blood sugars do rise back up into the normal range. So it's helped people with diabetes get their blood sugars back up and the blood sugars haven't gone too high to cause ketoacidosis or another problem. The data from Europe and the initial data looking at this in the United States show it's very promising. We hope that this system, this low glucose suspend system, will become available and will be the first step towards the artificial pancreas. In the future, there'll be more sophisticated systems, even better sensors and pumps that can sense the direction your blood sugar is going and make adjustments in insulin delivery in a more real-time fashion to prevent low and high glucose levels. That's the goal.
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The theater is pretty much done (as of November 2008). Here is an index to the most interesting parts and milestones of the thread. There are other interesting posts and pictures in between each step, but these are the ones that immediately jumped out as worthwhile to mention.
Thanks to everyone who helped in this 5+ month project!
Take the video tour! (24MB)
My theater was featured on Electronic House! (8/11/2009)
My theater was written up on HackedGadgets.com! (3/15/2009)
01/24/2007 - Started this thread. Posted first ideas and designs.
04/12/2008 - Permits pulled and design revised.
04/21/2008 - Lumber has arrived and the project starts for real.
06/16/2008 - Framing, conduit, HVAC, plumbing done.
06/25/2008 - Insulation, rough electrical done.
07/13/2008 - Drywall done.
07/20/2008 - Bathroom tile and paint.
08/11/2008 - Cabinets installed, picking out carpet and flooring.
08/17/2008 - Hardwood installed in Kitchenette.
08/25/2008 - Granite installed
08/31/2008 - Acoustic panels installed and the start of the screen wall. Put tint on sliding glass doors.
09/03/2008 - Kitchenette and bathroom complete. Starting to tackle basement stairs.
09/05/2008 - Carpet installed.
09/06/2008 - Speakers, screen and seats installed.
09/13/2008 - Stairs done.
09/25/2008 - Bass shakers installed.
10/30/2008 - Projector Installed
10/31/2008 - First screen shots.
11/02/2008 - More screen shots.
11/11/2008 - Movie posters framed and hung.
11/15/2008 - A few more finished pics.
12/02/2008 - Installed Littlites on the bar.
01/08/2009 - Popcorn machine and a finished rack!
03/14/2009 - Cleaned up the equipment closet a bit and my 1000th post!
04/05/2009 - Under cabinet lighting in the kitchenette.
04/24/2009 - Treated screen wall with acoustical cotton.
05/13/2009 - Built a new HTPC!
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Well... after a year and a half (almost), I've finally decided to start planning the basement theater. Not quite sure on when construction will begin especially since I have yet to finalize my plans. In fact, I'd love to hear feedback on my current sketches.
Some basics (updated 3/16/2009):
- Finished width of the theater is approximately 13'4"
- The final length of the theater comes out to around 32'
- 7.1 surround sound
- Acoustically transparent screen with 2.37:1 aspect ratio
- Ceiling was drywalled with 2x3's used as furring strips to clear some copper plumbing.
- Soffits/beam will be approximately 6'9" in height
- Blue rectangles on the open wall in the pictures are a window and sliding patio doors.
- Lighting will be primarily 4" can lights. There will be cove lighting (rope) around the soffits and as step lighting for the riser.
- Seating is comprised of Berkline 13175's (two rows of three) and four bar stools.
- Equipment rack would go under the stairs
- Moving the lolly columns is not an option.
Update - 3/16/2009 - the information below is from the original post and contains some out of date information.
I'm not sure if I want a wet bar or not, but if I do it will have to be adjacent to the utility room for best access to the sewer pipe. I am also having a tough time deciding what do to in the rear of the theater (wall? wall with french doors? leave it open and just put heavy curtains over the sliding glass doors? Leave it open but continue the wall along the beam?).
I've also been playing with different sized utility rooms (from the entire corner to right up against the oil tank). My wife would like a good compromise of storage + usable space, though again, any sort of wet bar or plumbing should be adjacent to the utility room.
Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! See my attachments for the bare basement mock-up as well as a partially finished layout I've been playing with...
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