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Thanks for the words Pylon...I gotta agree I am very impatient with backgrounds and I am trying to use less black for the darks...
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haha, love the zombie one! Monkeys are always good too.
I like the style you are drawing !
ahh, bhanu is doing it all!
the paint studies, the life drawings and the monkeys!
its a pleasure to look into your sb and see all the effort your putting into it.
- im serious about the you-could-do-some-great-porn-comics
- looking at your batman, HE could be in the story (maybe some selina action, or bruce beeing into swinger clubs!)
- looking at him again, i think a batman story would be more than cool (even without the porn)
Fresh stuff man!!
Thanks for the inspirtation!
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Your sketches are very lose and full of freedom. It's nice to look at them. Lots of improvement too.
so effing cool, seriously, it's amazing. i love the composition.
any chance of making some of your cool sketches into something more polished?
also i agree, you would make such cool naked ladies comics.
Nice to see the improvement in your drawing, only by the amount of art here you get respect dude and you´re a bust critter,sse you around everywere.
You experiment a lot with different mediums, reminds me to do some watercolors too sometimes...If you could check em out one day would be great...for now thumbs up!!
Hey, I'd study more anatomy and structure. Try to build up your figures with more shapes and less lines. Remember that everything in the world is made of very simple, basic shapes-- cubes, cones, cylinders, spheres, and pyramids. Practice these well and know true glory, grasshoppa. :]
Love the water colours, dude.
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Sketch-What about zombie monkies???
Taeyoungchoi-Thank you.
Andreas-Actually I have been quite lazy this whole week, I have to make up for it somehow....Batman comic...i would love to do one...and write it too(But I hate those mofos at DC) and yes I will definitely do a porno one.So stay tuned brother.
Dimagyan-Thanks, Yeah please some constructive criticism would be great too
Joiton-Thank you .
Pomegranate-I will start to take these sketches and do something with them actually I am workin on the sketch you mentioned...
ghoulio-thanks man ,Actually I dont draw and paint all that much....
Eminkey2003-yeah you are right, I have been lazy about anatomy lately, and yes more forms less lines, that would help my painting too, thanks for thw words..
Hunterkiller-Thanks meng.
Updates, some sketchy shitty landscapes....linesketches , painting
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Loving the style of your blue biro sketches...has an Egon Shciele style to em...good stuff all round too.
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haha, Le Artiste De Porno lives up to his name! Great stuff bro, awesome stylisation you have going here - I think you may be onto something with this. Colours are getting better and better - I see a lot more subtlety creeping into these, which is a really good thing. I think you can go even further there - Like with your red backround: get some (very subtle) spots of orange, green and even purple in there. Not too noticable, just to take it out of something that is too flat.
Your line is becoming something to be jealous of - keep going with it, you have a lot of potential that you can still unlock there.
Keep this stuff coming bro!
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Hell yes, this is some good stuff.
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ok first a sincere compliment http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...i/DSC02842.jpg this is a great drawing, really beautiful, all the update is nice but that drawing really pop up(at least for me)
now some suggestions: your work with lines is really good and every update is better, but i think you could make some exploration with other media and even thecniques. draw something totally opposite to what you do normally, or change the hand position. maybe some ink and water? using your fingers to paint? (sorry if this sound a bit silly, but im serious)
the painting are nice, but i think that you have to work with the values and color interaction a bit more.
try to loose more the watercolours, let the water play with the colours and paper. accidents is the word that come to my mind.
ok that's all for now.
all this is a suggestion.
i like your work and i said this a lot of time, so i think is time for make some constructive comments,no?
take care, and show more!
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Hi mate, I like your drawings, but your colors are to saturated and the palette seems to have been chosen randomly. The technique and light is somewhat better, (specially in the second one of 468). Cheers. If you haven't you could also try the digital midium for adding colors. Could be easier.
holy shit dude!!! you're improved so much since i last commented its insane! gotta agree with lennon about your colours though, just go over some theory about hue and saturation next time u pick colours man keep pushing it!
woa woa, those are some crazy ink lines, superrrb. Keep painting more, once thats improved, you'll be a monster! I gave you a 5 to boost your score up from bein so looww, keep it upp!
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Brenman-Thanks so much brother...yeah lines..I am geting of getting some bookson painting...Have some recommendation...I wanna get good at it and fast...life short yknow...Thank again
Sketch-Thanks a hell lot.
Dimagyan-thanks for the words man.I myself like the drawing you mentioned... I was actually inspired but Jules bastien le page's Joan d'arc.
Check out the painting its beautiful.yknow I think somehow I am not a temperamental watercolorist. Its hard for me to let accidents happen...I let my lines do the accidents....yknow many a times i dont know where my line will go....so I think there needs to ba balnce.. but yeah I did actualy an accidental watercolor....Let me know what you think of it...
Lennon-Thanks for the comments...I am reading and learning color theory this color thing is very new to me.....I hope I will learn as I keep going....
PaperX-Thanks bro, yes I will do some color theory,actually its all quite a bewildering...Still I will work at it..
Agelaos-Woah woah woah, thanks for the stars...they are yummy as always....
update time....not a good Actually i hate most of it ...
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ooh good going on the colours in the last painting man, loving the skin tone. her lower legs look a bit weird to me though, they look a bit short and the one the left (her right) looks awkward twisted a bit...
great improvement though, keep it up man
Out of this last update, I think ^this^ one is the only bad one. Their feet are mushed in uncomfortably at the bottom of the page, and it doesn't come across as a convincing decision. The best advice I can give you here is to just stop even thinking about where the page ends. Just completely forget that the page has an edge. Maybe draw on some really really big pages to get a feel for the freedom?
The other updates are all looking good, you're making fast progress! Just have to pat your ass one more time about your line - it's looking really great. Maybe slow it down in some places to get some more character into it?
As for books on painting - I highly highly highly recommend Alla Prima by Richard Schmid. As do most pros around here. It really is a fantastic book and reads very well. Keep it up brothar, ya make me proud!
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merry christmas dude! hope things are going well for ya
thanks for the words guys...
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Nice update! I digs the sword girl... you can tell that your painting skills are getting better with that one.
great update man! you're definitely improving fast dude, i agree with Sketch about the sword girl, although i feel the rendering on her skin might be a bit too smooth and looks sorta plastic-y rather than flesh. also, with your watercolours, im not really sure how you go about doing them, but i reckon you should try slowing down a bit and build it up over a few more washes. right now i feel it looks like you got an idea of what to do when starting on one, but rushed in too quick, and it the end result suffers because of that...just my 2 cents keep pushing it bro!
I'm definitly in love with the first and the second one, there's a powerful "line" in them . Also I don't feel the same for the lasts sketches.
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Hey dude! Sorry for now dropping by often man. You're getting along great, as Gax said those first two rock.
Also, I'm loving the watercolours. They're interesting and the textures rock my socks. On the chick with the sword, I agree she's maybe a little plastic-ish, but I think you're main thing is you need to vary the local tones and local colours of the skin. Get some reds into the arms and face and some greens or cyans into the paler parts.
good stuf man keep it coming!
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I like The monsters and creature sketches and the sword girl does show a lot of improvement in the painting department... Keep at it
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I am having new concrete, new chain link fencing, and a hot tub put in my back yard. My issue is I would like to have viewing privacy from my immediate neighbors on either side. Obviously you can see through chain link fence, so i am trying to think of a creative and attractive idea to give me privacy in my new back yard.
I don't want to use those ugly aluminum slats that go through the fence, and I don't want to do it with any plants of any sort. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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Thu, 2012-02-09 19:51
What about a wood fence instead?
There is a side lot at Thompson and Berks that has a fake green grass sort of style going on. Similar to the bamboo. It's been there a few years and still looks new so it holds up well.
Thu, 2012-02-09 19:56
I covered my chain link fence with reed fencing..cheap and looks good. I secured it with flower wire - thin, strong and easy to work with...search reed fence at Home Depot for a visual
Thu, 2012-02-09 21:17
But also keep in mind that they'll just be able to go up to their second floor rear windows to see what you're doing in that hot tub. Just sayin'...
Thu, 2012-02-09 21:23
I covered my chain link fence with reed fencing..cheap and looks good. I secured it with flower wire - thin, strong and easy to work with...search reed fence at Home Depot for a visual
Yeah, you'll have to do this to keep it from blowing down. My buddy did it half-assed and it blew over with strong wind. And I second that Berks and Thompson fence. I've admired how that looks.
I've never understood the backyard hot tub. My old next door neighbor had one. Maybe in it 4x a year.
Thu, 2012-02-09 21:25
But also keep in mind that they'll just be able to go up to their second floor rear windows to see what you're doing in that hot tub. Just sayin'...
I thought the same thing. I'm cursed with one neighbor with all side-facing windows into my yard. If they want to see my fatbutt drinking G&Ts in a kiddie pool, so be it
Thu, 2012-02-09 21:29
Invite the neighbors to your hottub, then you don't have to worry about them looking at your hottub.
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Thu, 2012-02-09 23:54
flaunt it bro... you know the neighbors are dying to watch you get it on in the tub... why deny them their fun!
J/K but you can do a wood fence on metal posts like my back fence... it's just 2x6's cut to look like a stockade bolted to the metal posts, cheaper and stronger than the store bought wood fence. i left mine natural but if you oil stain it it will last long and need little to no maintenance, save you money and time over bamboo in the long run. Check it out next time you come over I know I grow evil green stuff all over it but you don't have to.
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Fri, 2012-02-10 00:39
You're going about this all wrong. What you need to do is invite your older fat uncle who I'm going to call Tony and assume he's a nudist. You invite him over and allow him free range of your hot tub for a week or so. The hairy unsightly sight of Uncle Orca should no doubt keep prying eyes from prying. Once he's secured your hot tub you can then enjoy it in peace and harmony with your inner feelings and thoughts. No need to thank me, thanks aren't needed.
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Fri, 2012-02-10 07:53
My parents put up a wood fence in 1978 that is still standing. Needs restaining every 7 years or so, but looks a hell of a lot better than chain link.
Otherwise, my landlord put in pieces of stockade fencing in front of the chain link and stained it. I actually think it provides more privacy and is a little more sturdy than the reed. Doesnt sound like you have a green thumb, but the stockade fencing allows for hanging baskets, light fixtures, etc.
Fri, 2012-02-10 10:42
If you really want the reed fence to block the neighbors vision, you will need to double it.
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I U-Bolted sections of wood fence over the cyclone fence by the poles its been fine for some time.


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From the window I can see a white cat strolling across the patio.
In the early-morning light, the cat heads for the hedgerow. I set a cup of black coffee on the desk, turn on the computer, bring up The Anniston Star, and go to the obituaries.
It's a ritual as common as plain flour, the beginning of another day on Arrow Avenue in Saks.
The first obit is short. On the monitor screen it is just two lines, 26 words total.
I look at the name, briefly, and move on . . .
It is then that the name registers. I lean back in my chair. A slow sorrow is growing inside me. I read again:
Ohatchee - Services for Mr. Charles A. Ward, 80, of Ohatchee, will be announced by Chapel Hill Funeral Home. Mr. Ward passed away Friday at his residence.
I knew the rest of Charles A. Ward's going away would be in the next day's paper. It was, telling those who read that he had married, had been preceded in death by his wife Betty. It said they had two daughters, Cindy and Terri, and that he was a "native of Calhoun County and a lifelong resident of Ohatchee where he graduated from Ohatchee High School, he was a member of Victory Baptist Church and had served in the U. S. Army."
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Memories of Charlie . . .
I'm not sure when Charlie came into my life. I think I was in the ninth grade and he was a year ahead of me, maybe two. I've forgotten that, too.
I do know Charlie fell in love with a girl in our class, a sort of sultry, pouty beauty by the name of Betty Jean Martin. She had dark hair, sort of greenish eyes, and spoke her mind without apology. You never had to guess what Betty Jean – we called her by both names – was saying.
That, to me, was sort of neat. In addition to her looks, that may have been one of her attractions to Charlie. From the day they began courting until she went away a few years back, Charlie always knew exactly where he stood.
And the standing must have been pretty good because Charlie just about always had a nice smile on his face. And when he mentioned "Betty" in conversation, there was warmth in just the way he said her name.
Charlie, at one point, was a center on the football team, but he never made All-County or anything like that. He was just a solid kid who showed up for practice every day, did his job on Friday night, and held hands with Betty Jean.
Memories of Charlie . . .
He was not – as the obit said – a "life-long resident" of Ohatchee, but other than the time he spent in the army, he never got far from his hometown. For several years, he and Betty Jean lived on Saks Road, just over the hill from our house. Their two daughters, in those years, were in the same age range as our two sons. Like their parents before them, they were classmates.
There was, from time to time, visits. It was usually a quiet supper, a time of keeping up with each other's kids, wondering whatever happened to so-and-so, have you heard from them lately, things like that.
Memories of Charlie . . .
The last time I talked with Charlie was at the Lenlock Wal-Mart, maybe six or seven months ago. It was after he had lost Betty and I asked how he was doing.
He said he missed Betty, but didn't get all weepy. But we did talk a while. He told me about his kids and grandkids, I told him about my son and grandsons.
As we parted, he turned back and, with that old "Charlie smile" from other years, said "I'll see ya."
Sadly, that didn't happen, but that is also not unusual in the course of human affairs. Good intentions too often are just that . . . intentions.
Memories of Charlie . . .
The blonde, a few weeks back, ran into Charlie at a doctor's office.
In the conversation, Charlie pulled pictures of his daughters and his granddaughters out of a shirt pocket and did a nice bit of "proud" in showing them off.
That is just one of many things that said Charlie was all about family.
But in his 80 years of being a good and decent man, I suspect Sept. 21 was the only time Charlie ever got his name in the paper.
Charlies deserve more than that . . .
But one other thing is Charlie was one of my heroes in the tender years. I can't tell you why . . . he just was.
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More Sweet, Delicious alamw2007
ALA Midwinter is over, but continues to age gracefully, opening the full bouquet of library bounty as the dust settles. Library peeps from around the globe now are returned home and have begun reassuming their real and on-line (still real) identies. What did that last sentence mean? I don't know for sure, but I think it was something like: Cool stuff from Midwinter is still showing up on-line!
For one thing, (though it may not qualify as "cool" to everyone), you can find this presentation on flickr. Me is meant as a good thing here, more of an outward reaching concept for sharing and libraries than a selfish individualistic worldview. Click the pic below for linkage:
Also, lots and lots of conference photos are showing up on flickr with the tag alamw2007. That's the tag that the collective decided on, right? Check out the most "interesting" here.
Also today, David Lee King posted a video of he and I doing some booty shakin' with the video game Dance Dance Revolution at the ALA TechSource booth. Alright, it may not technically be booty shaking, more stomping really, but you can tell we were havin' us some fun! I hope they have Karaoke Revolution next year.
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Música + Limpiando
It's Saturday morning and it's sunny out, so this means I felt the inexplicable urge to open windows, put on merengue and clean my house. This is usually a family effort but Carlos is working overtime and our older son is on a school trip, so it was just me and our youngest son.
I did most of the work, but our youngest son tidied his room, and "passed the vacuum" – (as Carlos translates literally from Spanish – "pasar la aspiradora.") …Suegra cleaned the bathroom her and the boys use, (my eyes burn from the scent of bleach when I walk to that side of the house), but mostly she has been going to neighborhood yard sales – bringing into the house twice as much as I throw out.
Anyway, if you need some music to clean to, here are some of my favorites right now:
Pégate – Grupo Treo (thanks to TikiTikiBlog.com for this one!)
Me Duele – Roberto Tapia
Give Me Everything – Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer
Estoy Enamorado – Danny Fornaris
Estar Enamorado – Golpe a Golpe
Taboo – Don Omar
Si no le contesto – Plan B
What are some of your favorite songs right now? What kind of music do you listen to when you clean?
My ipod is full of mexican indie bands, but their music is too slow to get me in the mood of cleaning!! So I usually turn to old Rock en Español and ska. And on rare days some salsa and more upbeat music do the trick.
Your grandma used to like to clean the house to Stu's Boogie by Led Zepplin. Used to crack your dad up!
I can't clean my house without listening to music. I mostly listen to music in English. Everything from country to Michael Buble and anything from Glee. And when I do listen to music in Spanish it's usually Alejandra Guzman or J. Lo's Spanish language album. :)
I ususally listen to club/house music when cleaning. But sometimes I switch it up with some salsa! I do like to listen to the local spanish-language radio stations when cooking. They play a good energetic mix that keeps me moving! The only song I knew was from Pitbull but I liked some of the others. Thanks for sharing your favorites. :)
I have been listening to Taboo and Si No Le Contesto OVER and OVER again the last couple of weeks! I actually repainted the living room to them.
I hook up my phone to the Ipod player and put on http://www.pandora.com. I usually turn it to the Mana station, Pitbull station or Bonnie Raitt station. I can't clean without music either!
Can't wait to listen to the music you posted. I need to leave for work in a minute and don't want to start something I can't finish.
I lOVE cleaning my house to merengue! It gives me ton of energy!
I love to blast 80′s and Salsa! I actually switch back and forth between those two. I was born in the U.S. Salvi parents and Salvi hubs raised in Cali and I hate Cumbia!!!! LOL So no worries about it! LOL


text: Forums & Articles » Knowledge Base » USA Church support » Document #11 [11] USA Church F.A.Q. « Back to Category Author: Super Admin, Created on: May 18, 2004 10:15 PM Keywords: support help question Categories: USA Church support Language: English This document is a featured document. Rating: • • • • • • Printer Friendly Having difficulties? This document should help you find answers to commonly asked questions about the usachurch.com site!Question: Our church has a website, can you add a link to our URL?Answer:You (or someone from that church) will need to claim ownership of the listing -then you (or they) will be able to edit it or enhance it when needed. See "How do I edit/modify our church listing?" below.Question: How do I add my church to your index/directory?Answer:1. Locate and enter your home portal (metro area) from the index page.2. You (as a person) must become a USA Church member - click on the "Sign Up For Free" link. (You can then log in - which requires a validated email address)3. First check to see if your church already in our database: Go to the Churches page and use the "Search by Church Name" field. If you do find it, go to the listing's detail page and then click on the "this is my church - assign me as the owner" link.4. If you do not find it, click on the "Add Your Listing" link, and then on the "Add a church" link. Once you submit the form, your listing will have to be approved by a USA Church admin. Once approved, A: it will be viewable in our directory, and B: you will be assigned as the listing owner, which means you can modify the listing if necessary.Question: How do I edit/modify our church listing?Answer:1. Make sure you (as a person) are a USA Church member - if not, click on the "Sign Up For Free" link.2. Make sure you are logged in. (This requires a validated email address)3. In order to be able to modify a listing, you must first be the listing owner. The listing owner is basically the one who has admin control over the listing. Go to the listing's detail page and then click on the "this is my church - assign me as the owner" link. (If this link is not visible anywhere on the detail page, someone else may have already claimed ownership of the listing.)4. Once you have claimed ownership, a USA Church admin will examine your request and approve it if it seems appropriate. You will be notified once an admin makes this decision.5. Once you are the listing owner, there are 2 ways to edit your listings. A: Go to the listing's detail page, and click on the "Edit this church's info" link. B: Go to your "Member Settings" page, click on the "My Organizations" tab, then click on the "edit" link for the org you want to edit.Question: When I attempt to log on, I can't because it says my email has not been validated - how do I validate it?Answer:When you get this error message, a new validation email is sent to your email address used during signing up. Please check for that and follow the instructions. If you have a spam filter on your email, please set it to allow email from email@example.com. This is important as 95% of missing validation emails are deleted by spam filters. If you no longer have access to the email account you used on sign-up, contact tech support to modify your account to your new email address.Question: I just added/edited our listing - how long will it take to show up in the directory?Answer:We do our best to respond quickly to all submissions. 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We had OSHA inspectors enter our office and gave citation for unsafe outlet near a sink. They used a pen like device that lit up at the outlet. There was a gfci outlet on the same circuit that they were unaware of. Did they properly test this circuit? Should they have used different testing devices? Our electrician said that all was done to code and circuit was fine. I need proof of incompetence on their part to win my case. Any help greatly appreciated!
No, it was on another outlet on the same circuit near the refridg.
AFAIK there is no code requirement to label a protected outlet but doing so can reduce such nuisance citations. The proper way to test a GFI circuit is with a GFI tester.
The electrician already came and said all was to code. We made him change all outlets anyway because we were forced to make immediate change.
Out of curiosity, is this sink in a bathroom, or say a lunch area? If in a bathroom, and the refrigerator was in another room, that would be against code. If in the same room (say a lunch room), it should be okay, but it's generally a poor practice to run the frig and potentially a high current device (say someone plugged in a coffee maker) on the same circuit - it might overload the circuit, and if it tripped the GFCI behind the frig, it could be a big pain to reset, not counting the potential to lose anything that might be in there if nobody noticed quickly.
But, as long as it is GFCI protected, it should be fine (assumig the GFCI is working).
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Yes it is a lunchroom and the gfci outlet is in clear sight just to the left of the refrigerator also very near the sink in question. Thanks for all of your help! I also pushed the button on this and had no power near the sink.
No, I want a basic understanding so that I can at least have an intelligent dialogue when I contest this.
Instructions for testing GFCI devices come in the box they are wrapped in. There may be a copy on one of the manufactures web site. I'm sure if you contacted Cooper of Leviton they would be able to help you.
The inspector did not test the receptacle properly. The only true test is the test button on the device.
action dave..... of course you are correct, but what do you think about OP's plan to "contest" the dig he got from OSHA???
qutoe;of course you are correct, but what do you think about OP's plan to "contest" the dig he got from OSHA
Well, he can appeal it and probably win, but he had better hope that same inspector does not do the next inspection, because it will be done with a "fine tooth comb".
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There has been no clear description of what the OSHA inspector did, what he tested and how, what the alleged
infraction was, what the actual situation was at the time, or much else. Surely the OSHA inspector left some sort
of written notice? To say a GFCI device was "on the same circuit" is pretty much meaningless. Even if there was
a GFCI present and wired correctly to protect the receptacle in question, it may have failed, as we all know electrical
devices sometimes do. With no facts, there can be no answers!


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Adam Lambert Goes Blonde, Teases Tourby Hilton Hater at .
Adam Lambert has a lot more than a new acting gig.
The former American Idol contestant rumored future American Idol judge also has a new hair color. He debuted it on Twitter yesterday:
The popular singer, who recently returned from with boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, also teased an upcoming series of concerts in support of his latest album. He wrote on the same social networking site:
"Have no fear, a Trespassing Tour WILL come. When the time is right. Trust me Glamberts! I won't let you down. :)"
We never thought you would, Adam. As for that hair, though? Well... what do you make of it, readers?
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@ WarrenG....you may not like 'queens' but you obviously take great interest in them otherwise why are you on this thread ???? I am not particularly fond of people who don't like 'queens'. I find them shallow and usually having and IQ of a ten year old.
As far as I'm concerned, I love Adam's blonde hair as much as I love his dark hair. People are changing their hair colour everyday !!!!!
LOL which now means LoveOurLambert...his hair and costumes/style and glitter or not-glitter are the icing on the Adam cake. It's the man himself that gets and deserves our devotion. BTW, he's a natural strawberry blonde and has performed as a bleached blonde before pre-AI so this is just one more gift of fun from Adam. All our lives are better for the creativity and joy this man shares with the world.


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In a response to Richard Stallman's open letter warning about introducing Mono into Linux, Debian made it clear that no plans are indeed forthcoming to adopt Mono-based programs into the default installation of its free Linux platform.
Debian developer and spokesperson Alexandre Reichle-Schmehl reacted in a blog entry to FSF founder Stallman's open letter of June 26, "Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#", Stallman had especially targeted the Debian GNU/Linux distro for its inclusion of Tomboy software, which uses Microsoft's .NET-compatible Mono, in an unstable branch.
As precise as Stallman's language can be, it may have been based on a misunderstanding, according to Reichle-Schmehl. He counters Stallman's statement that Debian is "not to include Mono in the default installation, for the sake of Tomboy"; with, "The default GNOME installation... hasn't changed. It still installs a more or less minimal Gnome Desktop without Tomboy and without Mono" He admits that the Tomboy note-taking software has become part of a meta-package that depends on Tomboy "and will indeed pull in Mono, too," but has no effect on the standard installation.
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So why not put all, or at least most, of the accessories where you can see them?
Both Ricks and I like to see all our options when getting dressed, so we looked for jewelry storage options that would store as well as display our jewelry. We both have a ton of accessories and being able to see it also allows us to avoid buying things we don't need.
Ricks had three wire cubes that she wasn't using, and instead of letting them go to waste, she repurposed them to hold jewelry. The only supplies she needed were small nails and picture frame hooks. The little individual squares of the racks are perfect for holding earrings with fish hook backs, necklaces, bracelets, watches and sunglasses.
I wanted to create something that would serve a dual purpose as wall art and accessory holder. Trusty Google led me to a post about how to make jewelry storage out of a quilting hoop. I loved the creator's finished product, so I adapted the project to fit my needs. I used 14-inch wood cross-stitch hoop, $1.99 at Michaels; spray paint, $3.87 at Home Depot; printed fabric, $2.97 for 1/2 a yard at Walmart; quilter's T-pins, $4.21 for 60 at Jo-Ann's Fabric; hot glue gun; and a glue stick.
Steps toward awesomeness:
1. Spray paint the wooden cross-stitch hoop and allow it to dry. Note: The post I adapted this from used a quilting hoop. I decided against that because it cost $16.99 and I was going for cheap. I figured if it didn't work, I'd try again with the other hoop.
2. Loosen the outer ring and slip the fabric through. I doubled the fabric, because I wanted a stronger hold, but this is probably not absolutely necessary. Note: In the original post, the DIY'er used needlepoint cloth.
3. When you've pulled the fabric as tight as you'd like, cut the excess. I left enough fabric to hot glue to the back of the wood hoop.
4. I use quilter T pins to hang my earrings, but it also works if you simply want to stick them in the fabric.
5. Step back and enjoy your creation!
Including the dry time for the spray paint, this project took less than two hours to complete and cost less than $10 to make. I had shadow boxes that I was going to give to the Goodwill, but I repurposed them to hold sunglasses, stud earrings and bracelets.
Save yourself some time and some trouble when getting dressed by putting your accessories on display. You'll get the ease of knowing where everything is and the satisfaction of using your accessories as wall art. Classic win-win.


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This phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving combination chemotherapy together with or without donor stem cell transplant and to see how well it works in treating patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells. Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also stops the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect).
Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
B-cell Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
L1 Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
L2 Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Adult Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
T-cell Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Untreated Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Drug: dexamethasone
Drug: dasatinib
Drug: cytarabine
Drug: methotrexate
Biological: filgrastim
Drug: methylprednisolone
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Drug: prednisone
Radiation: total-body irradiation
Drug: etoposide
Procedure: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Drug: sirolimus
Drug: tacrolimus
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|Phase II Study of Combination of Hyper-CVAD and Dasatinib (NSC-732517) With or Without Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Philadelphia (Ph) Chromosome Positive and/or Bcr-Abl Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) (A BMT Study)
- Probability of relapse-free survival (RFS) [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
- Probability of patients being alive and in CCR [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
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Given IV
Other Names:Drug: vincristine sulfate
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Other Names:Drug: dexamethasone
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Other Names:Drug: dasatinib
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Other Names:Drug: cytarabine
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Other Names:Drug: methotrexate
Given IV or IT
Other Names:Biological: filgrastim
Given SC
Other Names:Drug: methylprednisolone
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Other Names:Drug: leucovorin calcium
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Other Names:Drug: prednisone
Given PO
Other Names:Radiation: total-body irradiation
Undergo TBI
Other Name: TBIDrug: etoposide
Given IV
Other Names:Procedure: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Undergo allogeneic stem cell transplantProcedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
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Other Names:Drug: sirolimus
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Other Names:Drug: tacrolimus
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Patients must have a morphologic diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), with evidence of ALL involvement in bone marrow and/or blood; patients with only extramedullary disease in the absence of bone marrow or blood involvement are not eligible; patients with M0 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or mixed lineage leukemia are not eligible for this study; patients with L3 (Burkitts) are also not eligible
- For ALL in marrow or peripheral blood, immunophenotyping of the blood or marrow lymphoblasts must be performed to determine lineage (B cell, T-cell, or mixed B/T cell); NOTE: appropriate marker studies including CD19 (B cell), CD10, CD5, and CD7 (T cell) must be performed; co-expression of myeloid antigens (CD13 and CD33) will not exclude patients; if possible, the lineage specific markers cytoplasmic CD22 or CD79a (B cells), cytoplasmic CD3 (T cells) and cytoplasmic MPO (myeloid cells) must be determined
Patients may have received no more than one course of remission induction therapy for ALL; patients who have received any post-remission therapy for ALL or who have relapsed from complete remission are not eligible; (patients with previously untreated ALL can be eligible, and patients who have received one course of remission induction therapy for ALL can be eligible, regardless of their response to therapy); patients may have received no more than 14 days of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy prior to registration; any prior induction chemotherapy must have been completed no more than 28 days prior to registration
- NOTE: If the patient has been initiated on the protocol defined regimen (i.e. the hyperCVAD regimen without a tyrosine kinase inhibitor) before the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)/breakpoint cluster region (BCR)-Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene (ABL) status was known, the patient may be registered on the protocol and start dasatinib; in this first course, dasatinib will be administered up to day 14 (i.e. if the patient is registered on day 5 and starts therapy on day 6, only 8 days of dasatinib will be administered and dasatinib will be completed on day 14)
For patients who have received any prior therapy that was NOT remission induction therapy, one of the following must be true:
- At least 6 weeks must have elapsed since any monoclonal antibodies were given, at least 7 days must have elapsed since any other treatment was given, and all toxicities of the remission induction therapy must have resolved to grade =< 2
- The patient must have rapidly progressive disease (per institutional guidelines)
- For previously treated patients, the Study Chair must be contacted before registration, in order to determine the regimen to be given in the first course of induction/consolidation therapy, based on prior therapy
- Patients must be Ph positive and/or BCR/ABL positive as confirmed by standard cytogenetics, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing performed by local laboratory; NOTE: samples will be submitted centrally for verification of results
- Patients must have a bilirubin =< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal (IULN) within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients must have serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) =< 3.0 x IULN and/or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 3.0 x IULN within 14 days prior to registration; if both tests are done then both values must be =< 3.0 x IULN
- Patients must have a serum creatinine =< 3.0 x IULN within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients must not have active pericardial effusion, ascites, or pleural effusion of any grade; exception: if the effusion is suspected to be related to the leukemia, the patient may have pericardial effusion of =< grade 2 or pleural effusion =< grade 1
Patients may not have any clinically significant cardiovascular disease including the following:
- Myocardial infarction or ventricular tachyarrhythmia within 6 months
- Prolonged corrected QT (QTc) > 480 msec (Fridericia correction)
- Ejection fraction less than institutional normal
- Major conduction abnormality (unless a cardiac pacemaker is present)
- Patients with any cardiopulmonary symptoms of unknown cause (e.g. shortness of breath, chest pain, etc.) should be evaluated by a baseline echocardiogram with or without stress test as needed in addition to electrocardiogram (EKG) to rule out QTc prolongation; the patient may be referred to a cardiologist at the discretion of the principal investigator; patients with underlying cardiopulmonary dysfunction should be excluded from the study
- Patients must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
- No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years
- Collection and submission of pre-treatment cytogenetic specimens must be completed within 28 days prior to registration on S0805
- Collection and submission of pretreatment marrow and/or peripheral blood specimens for cellular and molecular studies, including verification of BCR/ABL status must be completed within 28 days prior to registration
- Patients must not be pregnant or nursing because of the teratogenic potential of the drugs used in this study; women/men of reproductive potential must have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method; a woman is considered to be of "reproductive potential" if she has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation; however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he/she is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
- Patients must not have prior history of known type I hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reactions to doxorubicin
- Patients or their legally authorized representative must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
- At the time of patient registration, the treating institution's name and identification (ID) number must be provided to the Data Operations Center in Seattle in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered into the data base
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|Principal Investigator:
|Farhad Ravandi-Kashani
|Southwest Oncology Group
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00792948 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 16, 2008
|Last Updated:
|March 19, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Philadelphia Chromosome
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Translocation, Genetic
Chromosome Aberrations
Pathologic Processes
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Dexamethasone acetate
Methylprednisolone acetate
Prednisolone acetate
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Weaver officials are considering turning the city's Fire Department into a volunteer model, which would eliminate the approximate $35,000 in employee salaries and equipment payments from the annual budget.
The change, however, would depend on two separate factors: whether it's financially beneficial to the department and whether it's acceptable to the Calhoun County Volunteer Fire Association.
According to Weaver Councilman Jeff Clendenning, the first matter might be a no-brainer.
"It would save us money, and get them more money," Clendenning said of estimates he made based on legislation that governs funding for volunteer fire departments in Calhoun County.
A complex formula governs the distribution of tax money to fire departments in Calhoun County, based on which fire district property is in, whether it is within a city's limits and whether that fire district is served by a municipal fire department.
Property tax money collected within each city and town goes to the municipal fire departments. A separate pool of money collected in volunteer fire districts is distributed by the Volunteer Fire Association to the 10 volunteer fire departments in the county. One-third of the money is evenly distributed, one-third is distributed based on population, and one-third is based on total land area.
The Calhoun County Revenue Commissioner's Office said Monday it could not complete a request for annual distribution of funds to county and city fire departments until today.
Weaver's potential share of that tax would naturally cut into money the other 10 volunteer fire districts in Calhoun County currently receive, which could be a deciding factor in whether the association would approve of the change.
That issue is still a long way off from any decision, though. Mayor Wayne Willis said no approach has been made to the association about adding Weaver to the tax distribution model.
"Our intention is to ask permission," Willis said. "Right now we're still going over the numbers, and once we do that, we'll see if we can get with the association and ask them if they'll have us."
Willis said the council and Weaver Fire Chief Brian Bunn still needed to look over figures to see if the department would be better off with the county tax before an approach to the association.
Willis said he doesn't expect any clear-cut plan of action until Weaver begins to review its upcoming budget, which needs to be finished by October.
Mike Howard, Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department's chief and Weaver's building inspector, said the association has never voted on accepting a new member.
"I don't even know if legally any precedent had been set up for that situation," Howard said.
Besides the additional tax money, Howard said the biggest advantage of the volunteer model, is the freedom from city control of his department
"Running a fire department is incredibly expensive," Howard said. "I don't have to explain to non-fireman why I'm spending money."
The downside? Not having a City Council to back up his department if all else fails.
"If all my trucks stopped working tomorrow, I wouldn't have the city to fall back on," Howard said. "It's concerning, especially if you've never been in that situation before."
That issue might not be a problem for Weaver, Clendenning said. Although he said he couldn't speak for the rest of his council, Clendenning said his intent is to use some of the money currently going to the department to make donations and payments on equipment. It's a similar approach Ohatchee takes with its volunteer fire department, he said.
Weaver Fire Chief Brian Bunn said he doesn't see advantages or disadvantages to switching over to a volunteer department. In all likelihood, he said, the changes to the actual day-to-day operations would be minimal.
"We're pretty much a volunteer department anyway," Bunn said, explaining his firefighters are only paid a $10 stipend per call, and only the chief and assistant chiefs receive salaries. "I don't think anyone would notice."
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After upgrading to CS5.5 i realize the application manager is missing and is needed for all auto updating. I downloaded Application Managger 2.0 but it won't install. Every time i try to install and get error message "Installer failed to intitialize." This is very frustrating.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You don't need to seperately install Adobe Application Manager as it gets installed with the CS5.5 suite itself.
So, try running the updates from any on the CS5.5 application and check if that works fine.
thanks for the quick reply, Arpit.
That is precisely the problem - when i tried to do an update within one of the CS apps, the error message tells me it can't do an update because i'm missing App Manager. And i can't do any update at all without AM. This is the AM download page i found:
See if this tech note helps you:
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-application-manager-nee ded-cs5.html
Thanks for the info, Steve.
Well, the next issue is that when i tried to install AAM patch as recommended on the page you refer, i get a different kind of error message: "Installer failed to initialize..." So i'm running around in a circle - the patch installer that's supposed to fix the problem has it's own problem.
Pls advise.
OK, it's sounding like there's some serious problems in your installation.
I'd suggesting completely removing your installation and trying again.
You could use the Installer to uninstall, but an even better choice might be to use the Adobe Cleaner application to clean everything out:
Then reinstall CS5.5 from scratch.
Actually i already spent quite a bit of time trying different things on this problem before posting on this forum.
As noted in my first post, I had CS5.5 working just fine on another machine. The problem started with my new machine after i transferred my Mac user profile from the older one. So i did use Clearner before re-installing CS5.5 on the new machine. Note that i used the cleaning option instead of uninstall option with cleaner. So maybe using the later would really clean everything for a new installation, perhaps. Maybe I'll try again.
After trying to uninstall my CS5.5, and this is what i conclude: Adobe has been in the software business over 20 years, and i'm astounded the software engineers didn't get this one part right
Apparently Cleaner app didn't really "clean" out all the CS files from my drive because after re-installation, Adobe App Manager is still missing or not working correctly. So I tried using the Uninstaller (part of CS), and that didn't work either because the error message says it needs AMM to run!
CS5.5 needs AMM to for self updating. AMM is not working because it needs re-installing. Uninstall app itself doesn't work because it needs AMM to run. The interdependcy of the CS apps is resulted in loop of problems that you can't get out of. This is just plain ridiculous.
Any product manager here can figure this out?
Hi orbix,
As you said "The problem started with my new machine after i transferred my Mac user profile from the older one" , so try creating a new admin user account and then run the installer after logging into the new user account.
Meanwhile can you share the PDApp.log file present at following location on your machine -
You can upload it to any file server (say acrobat.com) and share the link here.
Thanks for the tip, Sharad. I already tried switching user profile, and that didn't do the trick.
An Update:
So i looked around on my older Mac and noticed that there were a couple folders related to AMM under the Application > Utility folder. Copied these 2 folders over to my new Mac where i was having the problem. Magically, it worked. That's all it was, just two missing folders.
I'm no software engineer, thou i'd think the people behind this software should improve on this: You either make the installer more tolerance (install what's missing, over ride what's not correct), or build in more specific detection scheme and specific error message output to let user know what the heck is not right so we don't waste time figuring out the cause.
Probably when you transferred the user profile, the files of 'Adobe Application Manager' got transferred partially and were causing this problem.
Anyway thanks for the update and sharing the solution. This will help in our investigation and other users too.
Orbix, After trying everything possible that I could find I finally came across yours. Copied the entire Adobe Application Manager folder that worked on my other system over and it worked!!
Adobe, You've really got to get this stuff figured out. Very very frustrating process and no clear fix listed. 5 months later and people are still struggling. This should just work, and if there is an error, a clear definition of how to fix the problem. I'm quite dissapointed.


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Some of you may know the drill very well. You get up, toss on the gym clothes and with bleary eyes make your way either to your trusted sidewalk path or the local gym.
Lately, my routine has bypassed the beautiful, cool summer mornings outside, opting instead for the treadmill. Call me a creature of habit because lately I am. As life swirls at its frantic pace, sometimes it is just easier to stick with what we are comfortable with. But, as we all know, marathoners are not made of hum-drum stuff. How do we break through the daily running grind?
Imagine with me, if you will, the following scenario. You are at the starting line of your day, probably a little earlier than you wanted to be there. The gun fires — actually, the bedside alarm screams — and you are off. You have exactly 45 minutes to either achieve excellence or slog through one more workout.
Now, if you are like me, getting geared up for a morning run is not anywhere near as exciting as the starting line on race day. In fact, it could be better compared to slugs running from the scorching morning sun. With an increased workload this week, I am just that agile lately.
But what about willpower? Can a runner's determination override the desire for a few extra winks of sleep?
Once upon a time at a little running shop in central California, I saw the following quote on one of those motivational posters: "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle — when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."
Sure, when the sun comes up, I am running. But my tired self probably wouldn't last about three seconds with a lion chasing my tail.
What is chasing me though, is my own goal. The time ticks closer and closer to a longer run and, unlike me, time does not slow down for anyone.
What I do with that 45 minutes in the morning is up to me. I can keep dragging myself through the same old routine and achieve mediocrity. Or, I can break the gym habit and hit a challenging trail nearby.
A better running quote came from a man who never wore Nikes.
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The Birmingham- and Bloomfield-based Roeper School will be hosting its 10th annual Empty Bowls event on Dec. 18 to benefit Lighthouse Services of Oakland County.
Themed "Give Your Bowl a Face" in 2012, Roeper expects more than 300 students, teachers and parents to attend and participate in the Empty Bowls program. This year's bowls will be created and decorated by Roeper fourth and fifth graders.
The Empty Bowls program was started in 1990 at Bloomfield Hills' Lahser High School. There, art teachers were trying to help students searching for a way to raise funds to support a local food drive.
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K&H Lectro Soft Heated Outdoor Bed can be used for dogs or cats. The first soft, outdoor heated bed on the market! The Lectro Soft comes in 3 sizes and is extremely low wattage. Perfect for doghouses, basements, garages, barns, sheds, porches or any other outdoor shelter.
This soft, orthopedic bed is unique in that it will still provide soft, comfortable warmth even in sub-zero weather! Super soft PVC is used on the exterior to ensure the bed doesn?t absorb water and stay wet like a fabric bed would. Indoor or Outdoor use. One year limited warranty. Lectro Soft Heated Outdoor Bed - Small 20 Watts, Medium 40 Watts.
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