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1. "You're not as safe here as you might think."
Cubicle dwellers might think that their desk jobs, if boring, are at least danger-free, but there are real occupational hazards at the office: There were 286 fatalities in administrative and support jobs in 2011, for instance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (versus 721among people working construction).
Surprisingly, though — despite the lurking danger that increases in office security over the years might imply — the most common cause of death had nothing to do with office-security threats. Rather, they involved slipping, tripping or falling, which often happens when employees climb furniture or bookshelves attempting to reach files or other objects, says Dwayne Towles, an occupational safety and health consultant. On rare occasions, of course, Americans go to the office to never return home for more dramatic reasons, succumbing to tragedies ranging from violent homicides to freak accidents. Still, most offices witness less excitement: Real estate and law offices had only 10 deaths each in 2011. "The incident rates are low in an office environment, but that doesn't mean people don't get hurt," Towles says.


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Aug 31, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Santa Clara University Bronco men's soccer team will begin its 2010 season with a neutral site match against the University of Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, September 4 in Irvine. Kick-off is scheduled for 5 p.m.
Led by three-time West Coast Conference Coach of the Year Cameron Rast, the Broncos will play twice in Irvine, facing Wisconsin Saturday, then Loyola University of Chicago Monday, September 6 at 1 p.m.
Getting off to a good start will be important for an SCU team that struggled out of the gate a year ago. The Broncos lost an overtime game to nationally ranked UC Irvine 3-2 in its 2009 season opener - a game SCU led 2-0. Santa Clara went on lose two of its first three and start the season 2-5-2.
"It would not have taken much more last year to have our season turn out much differently," said Rast, who has led SCU to six NCAA tournament appearances in eight years. "When things start to go right it is amazing how much more tends to go right. And the same can happen on the negative side."
Rast expects a number of newcomers to make an immediate impact this weekend. Santa Clara has brought in five U.S. Soccer Development Academy recruits: 6-foot-3 forward Keigo Kameya, defender Mark Daus, San Jose product Carlos Montes and Southern California natives Phillip Muscarella and Michael Gates.
"Our young players have been really impressive in camp," said Rast. "We're excited to see how everything comes together. There's a youthful enthusiasm with this group."
Pairing the young players with proven stars in all-league forward Erik Hurtado, midfielder Brandon Zimmerman and defender Mykell Bates will give the Broncos a good chance at producing positive results.
Hurtado may be the most talented front-line player in the WCC. Both he and Eric Masch were named to the WCC's preseason all-conference team. Los Angeles native and former all-league honoree Kevin Klasila (pictured), coming off a redshirt season in 2009, will start in goal for the Broncos.
The challenge Saturday night will be a Wisconsin group that finished 3-3-0 in the Big Ten Conference last season – a league that has six of its seven teams ranked in the 2010 preseason polls.
Loyola-Chicago is coming off a 4-8-3 season in 2009 and must find a way to replace its top four point producers. The Ramblers have already played three exhibition games and after a match this week against Creighton and a Friday night meeting with UC Irvine, Loyola will have five matches under their belt before kicking-off with SCU Monday.
CLICK HERE to access live stats for both games via Santa Clara's official athletics website (SantaClaraBroncos.com).

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The presses come with two absorbent pads of natural wool and two sheets of broadcloth that sandwich between two stout kiln-fired terra cotta slabs. The slabs (weighing between 2 lb and 3 lb each) are heavy enough to ensure plants are pressed flat. Microwaving forces moisture out of the plant through the wool and out of the press. The terra cotta slabs moderate the drying process, preventing the problems of over-fast drying.
Available in two sizes. The regular press measures 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" and gives more than 40 sq.in. of pressing area.
The large press, with over 70 sq.in. of pressing area, has almost double the capacity of the smaller version. Measuring 8-3/4" x 8-3/4", it will fit inside any microwave oven with a minimum interior dimension of 10-1/2".
The dried flowers and foliage can be mounted on cards or behind glass. Full instructions are included. Either press makes a great gift.
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Antioxidants and Reducing Cancer Risk
Should I take antioxidants after I have been diagnosed with cancer?
Katrina Claghorn, RD, Oncology Dietitian for The University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
Most cancer centers are counseling patients against taking antioxidants during chemotherapy and radiation therapy therapy since there is the possibility they may reduce the effectiveness of the treatments. The rationale is that antioxidants may somehow protect the tumor during cytoreductive therapy.
Also, since people often think more is better and may take LARGE amounts of many of the antioxidants it is important to warn people about the potential impact on their treatment. However the key word is "potential", since there are no studies to support the assumption. It is important to understand that the recommendation to avoid antioxidant nutrients only applies during active cancer treatment. These nutrients can be very beneficial before andafter therapy.


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Shampoos come in all different shapes, sizes, and formulas, but only the best organic shampoos work with your appearance and the environment. Be beautifully responsible when you choose an organic shampoo, and start feeling lovelier and healthier in both body and spirit. Most organic shampoos are made sulfate-free, so you don't have to worry about pesky buildup either. Do your part for your body and your planet when you choose among the best organic shampoos.
NaturOli Soap Nuts
Get the shine and hydration you crave for your hair with this sulfate-free formula. There are no chemicals present and the ingredients are 100% botanically derived without any harmful additives. You don't even have to use condition after this organic shampoo, and it even helps keep your color more vibrant by reducing fading. Honored by the folks at "Organic Spa Magazine", NaturOli Soap Nuts are USDA certified to be made with all organic soap nuts and berries. Relieve your hair of its dry scalp woes and leave it feeling moist and manageable with this Ayurvedic formula that rinses completely clean.
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This organic shampoo is enriched with luxurious ingredients such as antioxidants, essential lipids, omega-6, and vitamin E, all known for their abilities to help hair look and feel its best. Moroccan women have been showing off their beautiful hair for centuries with these ingredients, enjoying the healing properties of ancient oils that create a barrier against environmental damage. The plants and trees used to produce this product are certified and come from protected forests too.
Aubrey Organics
Manageability and softness are the name of the game at Aubrey Organics. Their products contain no sodium lauryl sulfate, petrochemicals, or parabens, but are still able to turn your dirty hair into something fit for Hollywood. This shampoo is highly recommended for people with light or bleached or highlighted hair but can be used by anybody with hair that they wish to see become more manageable. The fresh honeysuckle rose scent will leave you smelling as clean as you look.
Kiss My Face Whenever
If you are wishing to find an organic shampoo that helps lock in moisture while smoothing hair shafts into long-lasting softness then this is the shampoo for you. The wheat protein therein ensures that you enjoy the softest hair you've ever felt, which the nettle stimulates hair growth and recovers the condition of your scalp.
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If growing your hair is a concern then you will be pleased with this argan oil-rich, organic shampoo that prevents untimely hair loss. Increase the volume of your lovely mane and help your scalp support healthy hair growth with the new and improved formula that contains an advanced DHT blocker. This shampoo also has no harmful chemicals like DEA or parabens.
If you are looking for the best organic shampoo then look no further than these: the best organic shampoos on the market. Your health and beauty depend on the shampoo you choose, so be sure to choose wisely. Wash away the day with a healthy organic shampoo.


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Local pop maestro James Milne, aka Lawrence Arabia's 2009 offering Chant Darling was an award-winner and a masterstroke in pop with social commentary.
While his third solo album, The Sparrow, explores a different soundscape, Milne has lost none of that sharp-witted dissection of middle-class malaise that he does so well.
The Sparrow takes a more piano-driven approach, working with what sounds like effortlessly cool bass and drum contributions from Conan Mockasin and Elroy Finn respectively, before adding orchestral arrangements of strings and horns that lend a whimsical quality while still letting his characteristically fragile voice rise.
He paints a romantic, European-flavoured picture of musicians playing together, smudged by glistening rain and lamplight, in a way that harks back to the jazz age of 1920s Paris.
At the centre of the album, the darkness and melancholy of boredom in Bicycle Riding is brilliantly followed by the bouncing groove of The 03, which falls into a jangly guitar wash.
Completing this perfect trio of songs is the wonderfully compelling, cinematic Early Kneecappings.
What follows is equally brilliant - The Bisexual condemns the "snake in the grass" with its coy and casual sway, and closing track Legends has so much character in its juxtaposition of yearning and disaffection it captures a whole story.
Stars: 5/5
Verdict: Sounds as dashing as he looks.
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Saint Stephen
"I am quick stepping to heaven.."
"Can I preach to you about Jesu.BOOOOOOM!.."
Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos; sometimes spelled "Stephan") was the first Christian martyr to be officially stoned after partying all night with the new cult band Jesus and the Apostles. Claiming that the Apostles were the face of New Religious Rock, Stephen slipped on a suicide cowl and explosive sandals to mingle with supporters of the rival group Arc of the Covenant. In the resulting confusion, Stephen's head survived, still talking about what he had seen until it was placed in a discarded KFC bucket.
Saved by the Man with the Beard[edit]
Born Stephanos Copaloadofthis, the future martyr had been drifting around Palestine buying, selling and smoking a particular effective narcotic weed. Though a Jew, Stephanos had been brought up speaking Greek and was a bit hazy about his knowledge of religious traditions. He liked reading Leviticus as that featured a lot of stonings and at least Stephanos could go with that.
A life of drifting was cut short when a friend persuaded him to attend an open air concert near Nazareth. On a bill that featured Echo and the Essenes, Zowie Zune and the Zealots from Masada and the Rolling Stones, Stephanos's eye was caught by the fourth band on the bill: Jesus and the Apostles. He was especially struck by Jesus's look, with the long lank hair and unwashed beard. The singer also had a pair of white doves circulating around his head which Stephanos thought was neat novelty trick. When Jesus took the stage to sing/preach his message, fans of the group shouted and whooped, and Stephanos couldn't help notice that his Jesus guy had a lot of women interested in his act/look. He wanted to be part of that. Stephanos wanted to join in, deciding to anglicising his name to Stephen to be accepted by the other members of the fan club. They were called 'The Nazarenes' or 'Roadies' in the local Aromatic dialect. Stephen would become a roadie.
Last Concert[edit]
For the first time in his life Stephen felt he had a purpose to carry on living. Heaving around Jesus's stage props around (loaves, fishes, camels, fatted calves etc..), Stephen experienced epithany as he watched his boss go on to perform. Songs like You'll Get To Heaven In My Fishing Boat and Smash Down The Temple would set Stephen's pulse racing. When Jesus reached the climax of the act with I Will Be Undone, his voice could be heard scream My Kingdom Has Come and So Have I. It was quite a performance and required a lot of buckets to clean up the aftermath.
It seemed the good life would go on forever. Jesus and the Apostles were a huge act in Galilee but considered to be just a hick Jewish Country and Eastern by critics in Jerusalem. Stephen was deeply offended but was sure Jesus would show them how it was done.
A three day music festival was held in the Holy City. Jesus's fans bought thousands of tickets and for the first two days it was a no contest with the other acts on the bill. The Apostles rocked heavier than any band out there. Then on the evening of the third gig, all the band's equipment disappeared. Undeterred, Jesus went out on stage alone. The fans that had once cheered until their tongues had swelled were outraged in this change of style. They booed Jesus, threw beer at him and demanded the heavier act Barrabas come straight one next. The authorities agreed and also had Jesus cruficifed for breaking the terms of his performance contract.
Stephen locked himself in a hotel bathroom for the next three days and three nights, emerging unshaven and red eyed. He sat slumped outside a local bar where he was befriended by an equally weird looking man called Saul Marsupial. Saul appeared to be very interested in the 'Jesus bloke', even though he was secretly a fan of the Arc of the Covenant. He advised Stephen to 'get mad, not even' and served him unleavened cupcakes. Saul then told Stephen of a certain outfitters where they specialised in customised 'Heaven-Ready' accessories if you asked the right questions and went to tbe back of the shop.
Stephen followed Saul's directions. He lingered long enough there to have his picture done by an iconographer and went off to join the crowds queuing up for tickets to watch Arc of the Covenant.
There Stephen started singing some of Jesus's songs. This so annoyed people waiting to go into the venue, that they started to throw rocks at Stephen. Inevitably one hit him where the detonator switch was located and Stephen disintegrated into a shower of flying flesh.
Saul heard the explosion and went to the crime scene. There he condemned Stephen and all the 'Christians' for their perverted tastes in popular Jewish Culture. Saul would later change his mind and his name to Paul of Tarsus as an act of atonement and realisation that as a fan of Arc of the Covenant he was leading a very sad life[1].
Stephen's death was reported as the act of a mad man and a cold hearted killer. But times were a changing and within 300 years Stephen's martyrdom had seen him elevated as the first Saint. This officially made him a St. A day was also set aside to celebrate Stephen's death, the one after Christmas was eventually chosen. Like all saints, it was only the day you died that anyone got the sherry and cheese biscuits out to celebrate. Depending on where you are, this day is still named after St.Stephen but in other countries, Stephen's named has been changed to St.Boxing Day This is a permanent reminder that what was left of Stephen after he detonated his suicide vest could be filled in a small box and wrapped up as a present under a tree.
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Let's start with a history lesson. Like we did in the article on the icon, we need to take a look at Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad, the world's first computer program that, while lacking a graphical user interface, was the first program to actually create a need for a graphical user interface in the first place. Up until that time, 1963, computers were massive mainframes run in batch mode, with punch cards – these were operated by highly trained scientists and computer experts, and had virtually no form of abstraction. Abstraction wasn't needed, since the people operating these computers were fully educated in how these machines worked.
Sketchpad changed this. Sketchpad was a drawing program (some even call it the father of all CAD programs) that didn't require extensive knowledge on how to write code or how to feed CLI commands into the computer. It used a light pen and a keyboard with 40 commands like "DRAW", "MOVE", and "DELETE". While Sketchpad had no GUI, it did create, for the first time, the need for a GUI. It implies a graphical user interface, but it doesn't actually have it yet.
The need was there, now all we needed was something to fill this newly created void. The first steps were taken by Doug Engelbart and his On-line System (NLS), which incorporated windows and the very first mouse. A number of people who had worked on the NLS later started working at Xerox' famous Palo Alto Research Center, where they would develop the first, actual, really-really graphical user interface that we still more or less use today (we do have transparency and wobbliness now, though): the Xerox Alto, an experimental computer that never made its way to the market. The commercial successor to the Alto, the Star, would eventually set many of the conventions we take for granted today: the desktop metaphor, and that odd acronym 'WIMP' – window, icon, menu, pointing device.
The Star introduced the first menus, but the original Macintosh expanded the concept greatly, delivering the prototypical menu: the pull-down menu (the one seen in menu bars). The menu would become one of the mainstays of the graphical user interface, surviving all the way up until today as one of the major elements of the GUI. The menu did change over the years, though, and different types of menus would arise as well. We'll take a look at various types of menus, some characteristics, and we'll end with some of the recent developments concerning the menu.
An important, but rather confusing distinction is that between a pop-up and a pull-down menu, as the definitions for the two differ per graphical environment. In the Mac OS and Mac OS X, a pop-up menu is actually a drop-down list, while in most other graphical environments, pop-up is synonymous with the context sensitive menu. Both meanings are technically wrong, since there is no law that states that a context menu must always be a pop-up menu. Interestingly enough though, the context menu was invented at PARC, and first implemented on the Xerox Alto. Showing that even the mighty people at PARC can be wrong, they called their context menu – by lack of a better term at the time, probably – pop-up menu.
Simply put, a pop-up menu appears out of nowhere, whereas a pull-down menu unfolds out of a button on a menu bar or toolbar. This is merely a distinction based on method of appearance, and doesn't really say anything about what the menu should or shouldn't do. A context menu can easily be a pull-down menu – it's just that it's quite rare.
The second distinction is that between a static menu and the context sensitive menu. Invented at PARC for the Alto, context menus appeared in all graphical operating environments soon afterwards (with key pioneers being NEXTSTEP and RISC OS). The key difference between a context menu and a static menu is that the former changes its contents depending on the state of the system, while the latter remains the same regardless of the state of the system (save for greying out inactive items). In almost all modern environments, the context sensitive menu is invoked by right-clicking, and usually contains easy access to a set of often-used commands. The unofficial rule is that a context menu may never be the only way to access a certain feature, since that would seriously hinder discoverability. A context menu is a group of commands also accessible via other means such as the menu or toolbars; it's not a replacement for either.
A far less common type of menu is the pie menu, a type of (context sensitive) pop-up menu which presents its options in a radial layout around the cursor, which is supposed to be better since it takes Fitts' Law into account. Despite its advocated advantages over linear menus, pie menus remain a curiosity, mostly reserved for some game interfaces.


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Students from Marion County schools learned that rings tell the age of a tree, combines cost more than tractors (some even more than a home), bread made from whole-wheat flour is yummy, and erosion can change the direction of a stream, plus many other tidbits of environmental information Tuesday at the 2012 Marion County Fourth Grade EnviroFest in Marion Central Park.
"We tailor this to fourth-graders because they are learning about these things in their curriculum at school," said organizer Peggy Blackman, Marion Reservoir Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) director. "This day just gives them a chance to get some hands-on learning about things that are part of our environment."
Students from Marion, Hillsboro, Centre, Peabody, Cottonwood Grove Christian School, and home schools got an up-close look at making topsoil, preventing erosion, determining water quality by counting little creatures in streams and ponds. They also learned about the importance of trees to the environment, what can be done to keep water clean, and how wheat harvest happens.
The third annual event ended with lunch and playtime in the park for some of the students, other went back to their schools for regular class time.
Station presenters included Doug Spencer, Natural Resource Conservation Service; Matt Meyerhoff, district conservationist; Lloyd Davies, Marion Reservoir environmentalist; Dennis Carlson, Kansas State forester; Tonya Richards, Marion County sanitarian; Scott Jones, Water Quality Initiative Coordinator, and Mary Beth Bower, Kansas Wheat Commission.


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Auditors cast shadow on NASA's moon budget
NASA is under increasing pressure from government auditors to rein in its budget for getting astronauts back to the moon.
According to Florida Today, the space agency has already started making changes to Orion, the spacecraft that will carry the astronauts, to bring its long term spending back under control. It is also revamping the Ares rockets that will launch them.
In an interview with Florida Today, Scott Horowitz, the head of NASA's moon landing program said NASA's reputation was on the line.
"It's been a while since we've been able to execute a program like this. The best way to improve credibility is to execute. We need to prove it," he said.
He argued that the space agency had a workable cost and engineering plan for building both Orion and Ares, and that despite pressure from the congressional auditors, it was pressing ahead with its plans.
Earlier this year, the auditors said there was an $18bn gap between NASA's original budget estimate ($230bn) and the projected budget from now until 2025. NASA argues that it has made changes to its plans that will have narrowed that gap already, such as scaling down the spacecraft and rockets.
But the auditors point out that the estimated budget does not account for dismantling the existing shuttle programme. They also argue that NASA's planning was not allowing for unexpected costs.
The Government Audit Office's Allen Li testified before congress that the agency was pressing ahead with its plans in a way that "carries the increased risk of cost and schedule overruns and decreased technical capability".
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Where should you start with art and craft supplies? Building up your supplies does not have to be expensive.
I love my local dollar store. My favorite things I've found include:
- bingo markers (like the more expensive Do-A-Dot Markers)
- tissue paper
- craft sticks
- pipe cleaners
- paper plates
- glue sticks
You can even find cute aprons that can be used for paint smocks if you don't have an old t-shirt for the job already. But beware, just because you're at the dollar store does not mean you cannot overspend.
Start looking at your trash in a different light. Think about other ways you could use something before you recycle it:
- egg cartons
- cereal boxes
- shiny foil wrappers
- toilet paper and paper towel tubes
- shoe boxes
- magazines
- bubble wrap
- magnets from all those phone books that get delivered to my doorstep, etc.
I am starting to look like a hoarder, but here's a little peak at my "trash supply". Honestly, the possibilities are endless if you have scissors, glue, paint and garbage.
Buy glue, crayons, markers and paint in bulk when they go on sale for back to school. These basic supplies can be used in so many different ways. My favorite paint to use is Crayola Washable Kids Paint because it really is washable (unlike some of the other washable paints I have tried).
Turn to your pantry: you can dye rice, pasta and salt to a rainbow of colors with a little food coloring and vinegar or rubbing alcohol. Glue can also be dyed with food coloring and used as paint. You can even make homemade paints using flour or cornstarch.
Use objects other than a paint brush to paint. I have seen toys (cars, marbles, Legos, balls), forks, food, old credit cards, toilet brushes (I'd go with new ones from the dollar store here), cookie cutters, scrub brushes, straws, etc.


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Tawaki - The Rainforest Penguin
The rare Tawaki (or the Fiordland Crested Penguin) is unique among penguins because they choose to live deep beneath lush rainforest.
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Found only in the wild southwest corner of New Zealand, Tawaki (also known as the Fiordland Crested Penguin) are unique among penguins because they choose to build their nests deep beneath lush rainforest. Usually we think of penguins surrounded by icebergs and snow but tawaki have chosen to ignore this penguin stereotype in favour of a more temperate climate. Luckily for visiting penguin enthusiasts this means tawaki can be spotted without having to cross the wild Southern Ocean to Antarctica.
Tawaki live around Stewart Island and on the coasts of Fiordland and South Westland. The most accessible and reliable place to see these wonderful birds is around Haast and Lake Moeraki. Here well maintained Department of Conservation trails lead to stunning beaches where tawaki can be spotted crossing the sand as they make their way between the Tasman Sea and their rainforest nests. As well as searching for tawaki on your own you can join expert guides to visit isolated colonies not advertised to the public.
The tawaki breeding season lasts from July until December. During this time adult penguins are busy raising their young in nests beneath boulders and rainforest tree stumps. Tawaki mate for life and return to the same nest every year. After mating the eggs are incubated by the male until they hatch. Penguin chicks have an enormous appetite and grow incredibly fast during their first months. By the time they are 2 months old they are almost the same size as their parents. Through the breeding season naturalists from Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki monitor a number of tawaki nests. You can see regular 'penguin progress reports' though the breeding season on the Wilderness Lodge's facebook page.
By the second week of December tawaki chicks are ready to leave the coast and head out to sea. Over the space of a couple of days all tawaki will leave the shore to spend the next 6 months navigating the ocean, only briefly returning to land in February or March to moult (when they can occasionally be spotted).
It is very important to remember a few simple rules when watching tawaki penguins.
- They are very shy and by watching quietly from a distance you will have the best chance to see their natural behaviour.
- Staying still and sitting rather than standing further improves you chance of seeing a penguin.
- The number one threat these penguins face is domestic dogs, so remember to leave your dog at home and respect any 'no dogs' signs that you see.
With their 'rockstar' appearance and comic antics, Tawaki must be among New Zealand's most endearing wildlife. To see them in their natural habitat is a truly special experience and a must do for any traveller visiting New Zealand.
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Maithon is a Town located in Jharkhand-West Bengal Border. Most of the township part and reservoir is in Jharkhand and the Hydel is located in west Bengal. The place is stretched between Dhanbad Dist. In Jharkhand and Burdwan Dist in Bengal.
Maithon also known as 'Kashmir of Koyalanchal' because of its location in the coal belt of india on the Barakar river is a very famous picnic and weekend destination. The Dam is the Biggest dam of damodar valley corporation and was built for flood control and power generation. It was founded by India's first prime minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. Maithon got its name from Mai-ka-sthan or maayer sthan which literally means mothers abode as there is an ancient kalyaneshwari temple here which was built by the king of Barakar in 16th century.
April-June are the hottest Months in Maithon. The Maximum temperature often crosses 40 degrees. Also the Humidity from Dam reservoir makes the environment sweaty. So its best to avoid these months. Best time to visit maithon is October-February. The winters can be quite cold with the Minimum Temperature often dropping as low as 5 degree celsius. Monsoon is strong here and it lasts from July to September. Those who want to avoid peak season crowd can visit during monsoon to enjoy empty Green-Blue lake and open Dam Gates.
The native People of villages surrounding Maithon speak Santhali though now most of the People living in Maithon either speak Hindi or Bengali. Bhojpuri, Maithili, Khortha etc are other common languages. English is widely understood in the township.
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Maithon can be reached by train, bus or car, from Kolkata or Dhanbad.
By Train[edit]
Kumardhubi(KMME) is the nearest railway station to maithon Dam at a distance of 9Kms. There are frequent Express and Passenger trains to this station. There are direct trains to Howrah, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Jabalpur, Delhi, Dehradoon, Jammutawi, Ahmedabad, varanasi etc. The best train to reach kumardhubi from howrah or Dhanbad are Black-Diamond Exp & Coal-field Exp. The railway station is small in size and lacks infrastructure. Local auto charges Rs-100 from this railway station to dam. You can also get share autos from Kumardhubi to Kali Pahari in Maithon from where the Dam starts. One can also come to Dhanbad or Asansol railway station from any Part of the country and from there travel by road as both are nearly equidistant from Maithon.
By Bus[edit]
There are no major Bus stations in Maithon. The only Regular Bus services are From Asansol. There is Mini bus service from asansol bus stand to maithon. These Buses run at an interval of every half an hour between 5:30am to 6:00 pm. though its always better to confirm the last bus timing at bus stand as it changes during winters. Maithon By-pass Lies in Kolkata-Dhanbad bus route. you can get dropped at By pass road, from where you can take auto to Dam area.
By road[edit]
The distance of Maithon is 30Kms from Asansol and 40kms from Dhanbad. After reaching Asansol, one can hire Taxi or Auto. If you are Driving, The roads are decent and it takes nearly 35 Minutes. From Dhanbad its a 1hr drive. The NH2 stretch is really good and after that DVC roads too are decently maintained once you enter the township. From Calcutta its approx 230Km oneside drive. Roads are good,except the Panagarh stretch.
By Air[edit]
The closest functional airport is Bhagwan Birsa Munda Airport Ranchi (190Kms). Though its more convenient To Come to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport Kolkata(230 Kms) and From there travel By road or Train.
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Maithon town is developed around the Maithon Dam and reservoir. The main attraction ofcourse is the Dam, Reservoir and naural Beauty around. The Dam is Independent India's first Dam Project(one of Nehru's dreams). The various Places of interests are:
Dam: The Dam famous for its natural beauty, Blue water, Green hills and colorful flowers surely is the main reason why most of the people visit Maithon. Often quoted as 'koyalanchal(Coal Belt) ka kashmir' this Dam can be regarded as one of the Most beautiful dam in India. Photography is strictly prohibited in the Gates area and there is frequent CISF patrolling to ensure that. If you are caught taking photographs, your camera will be confiscated.
Kalyaneshwari Temple: This is a Famous temple dedicated to godess Kalyaneshwari, an incarnation of godess Kaali. The temple is Located at 2.3Kms from the Dam is in West Bengal side of maithon. It often gets very crowded during New Year and Durga Puja. Also on Saturdays and Sundays this Temple sees long Que. So you are advised to visit the temple early in the morning(before 7am) or after 12Pm if you want to save time standing in Que.
Deer Park: This Park Located in Jharkhand just before One crosses the border. its surrounded on two sides with stream coming from dam and 3rd side with the Dam itself. There are more than 50 Deers in this Park and one can get View of them from the top of Dam. Photography is Prohibited here since its in Gate-Hydel Area.
Chammach Pahar(Spoon Island): Also called sobuj deep in bengali, this is a beautiful island located in the reservoir lake. The island appears to be a Giant inverted spoon and thats how it has got the name. it can Be visited by boats available at govt. run Boat houses. The island totally uninhabited is home to many wild animals so one is advisable not to go deep into the jungle of the island.
Phoolbagan & Millennium Park: Located below the dam, these parks hold Flower shows every Christmas, New year Day and on all Sundays of Dec-Jan month.
Kaali Pahari: This is an old kaali temple recently redone in bengal-oriya style. The temple is located in jharkhand From where the Maithon township ends and Dam starts. The deity in this temple, Maa Siddheshwari Kaali is believed to be very powerful among locals and a mela is organised for 15 days during chaiti Durga puja (mar-apr).
Maithon Hydel Power Plant: Independent India's first Hydel and Asia's First Underground Hydel Power Plant, this is surely an engineering Marvel. The hydel is located below the two hills seen after the Dam. Hydel is located just in Border of Jharkhand-WestBengal and entry is restricted to visitors. If you know someone working in Hydel and if your Luck favours you can get permission and pass to visit the Hydel.
Maithon Thermal Power Plant: Located 4 Kms from the Dam the Tata Power Plant is Newly Built Thermal Plant making maithon One of very few Places to have Hydel, Thermal & Gas Power Plant at the same Place. One gets Glittering view of the thermal from across the Dam after Sunset. Visitors are not allowed but you can visit the plant if you get prior permission.
Pahari Baba Mandir: This is a small temple located on top of one of the hills near dam. The temple is not so famous among tourists because of the difficult route as there are no proper steps to reach the top and one has to go through jungle and stones. But from top you can get the best possible view of maithon dam, Hydel and Township beyond. The hills are accessed from Left Bank colony in Bengal side.
Get Around[edit]
The Tourist area of maithon is very small and one can easily walk around and enjoy all the places. Also you can hire an Auto-rickshaw to go around. People coming from distant places can hire Taxi from Dhanbad or Asansol. Also the whole Dam and kalyaneshwari stretch comes in Asansol-Maithon Minibus service route so its better to take these buses if you are going to kalyaneshwari.
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In winters the best way to enjoy maithon is to go for picnic at riverside or in the forests. You can take cooked food or can cook your food on site. overnight camping is not allowed as the forests have wild animals which can be dangerous. In recent years the Dam and surrounding is getting polluted due to the Huge rush of Picnickers. You are advised to clean your picnic spot and dispose the garbage to dumping area or Dustbins. Other than that Boating can be enjoyed in all the seasons. There are 2 boating docks maintained by jharkhand govt and bengal govt each on either side of the border. 6 seater rowing boat will charge Rs-300 approx. and additional 20-50rs tip to the boatman allows you to experience rowing with your own hand. Also you have options to do paddle boating. Or take a hi-speed trip of the water body in a speed-boat by paying Rs-500. You can drive over the dam stretch with breath-taking view on either sides. worship at Kalyaneshwari temple, jog and do yoga in the serene secluded mazumdar nivas island, trekk to pahari baba mandir and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Get drenched in rain and walk over dam during Monsoon. Enjoy chath puja with thousands of people at the ghat( during chath, 6days after diwali.
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There is Not much of commercial establishment near Dam as its outside Maithon township. Closest Medical shop is around 2 Kms and closest ATM (SBI & UCO Banks) is around 3Kms. Its always advisable for you to keep some cash with you. You can buy toys and various Handicrafts From small footpath shops. Also you can Buy pickles from the temporary shops. There is not much to buy from here.
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On the Jharkhand end of the Dam you can get a variety of chat, dhokla, golgappa, chana-bhatura etc. Also Jhalmuri here is worth giving a try. But beware of the quality of food. During non-peak season you might get stale food. Near Mazumdar nivaas You can get jalebis, various types of pakoras, samosa etc. At kalyaneshwari you can eat kachori sabzi for breakfast. For Dining there are few options: Mazumdaar nivaas: The restaurant at mazumdar nivaas serves delicious food. But pre-booking through DVC is required to go there. Mamoni Snax: famous for its chow mein and rolls, its in main gate area on the way to NH2 Bypass. Maithon Hotel Restaurant: Probably the Best Restaurant in maithon its located at the bypass. The restaurant serves delicious north-indian and chineese food. Air-conditioned with good ambience. A meal for 2 would cost around Rs400.
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There are no Bars or Pubs in Maithon. There is Only one alcohol shop close to dam which is near kali pahari. At bypass you can find more alcohol shops and some Dhabas where you will be served Drinks.
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DVC Guest House Majumdar Niwas This have a nice view of the water body and its the best place to stay if you dont mind to stay in Non-AC room. They have very few AC room. Non-AC rooms costs Rs-240. Have limited options for Meals. Can be booked from DVC office at Ultadanga. Phone: 06540252465, 06540252488
Hotel ShantiNivas A private guest house,having nice rooms with AC & Non-AC rooms with variety of food. Have parking place inside the premises, children playground, conference room etc.Front side of the Hotel is Maithon Dam & back side is Forest. For more in details log in http://www.hotelshantinivasmaithan.com// Contact: 09804772227.
Maithon Hotel: Located at Bypass This hotel provides decent AC and Non AC rooms. Also has Parking Facility and Restaurant. The room service is good and the party hall can be booked if you want to hold some function. Also there is a Lawn for you to relax in the evening. The hotel is 4Kms from Dam. Address: Near Sanjay Chowk, N H 2, Maithon Dam, Dhanbad - 828207, Contact: +(91)-326-270042
Barsha Hotel: Good accommodation option. Located near Kalyaneshwari in midst of forests. The Hotel also Provides Hall facility. Address: Maithon Road, P.O- Kalyaneswari Dist- Bardwan, W.B, Contact:Ph-2520036(Hotel), 2520033, Mobile-9333234886,9832130409
WBTDC Maithon Tourist Lodge: Located between Mazumdar nivas and Left Bank colony, the place has decent rooms, some with lake view. Address: WBTDC Maithan Tourist Lodge, P.O. Kalyaneswari, Dist:: Bardhaman, Pin - 713369
Pooja Guest House: Another option to stay. Its a small Guest house with decent facility located near Maihon Post Office (1.5Kms from Dam)
Asha Resorts (Lodging & marriage hall): Maithon Road, PO Kalyaneswari PIN 713369 (Near Kalyaneswari Temple), ☎ +91 341-2520135, 09732079996. edit
Maithon Hotel and Restaurant:, Sanjay Chowk, NH 2, Maithon, Dhanbad Distt PIN 828207, ☎ +91 6540-270042, 09204483017. edit
Sunny Hotel: GT Road, Egarkunr, Kumardhubi, Distt. Dhanbad, ☎ +91 9801541566. edit
Stay Safe[edit]
Though maithon is a safe place, during New Year and Tourist Season, Drunk Tourists Can create havoc in the crowd. Swimming in the lake is not advisable as there are many whirlpools and people Drown and Die very often. The Dam area doesnt have any residential settlement hence gets deserted after 10. Also wild animals from forests can come out after dark. So its not advisable to stay out after 10 pm. Vehicular access (except 2-wheelers) through dam is not allowed between 10 pm and 5 am. Hence its Better to use NH2 for crossing state Boundary at this time.


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No African American soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II. In 1993 the Army contracted Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, to research and prepare a study "to determine if there was a racial disparity in the way Medal of Honor recipients were selected." Shaw's team researched the issue and, finding that there was disparity, recommended the Army consider a group of 10 soldiers for the Medal of Honor. Of those 10, seven were recommended to receive the award. In October of 1996 Congress passed the necessary legislation which allowed the President to award these Medals of Honor since the statutory limit for presentation had expired. The Medals of Honor were presented, by President William Clinton, in a ceremony on 13 January 1997. Vernon Baker was the only recipient still living and present to receive his award; the other six soldiers received their awards posthumously, with their medals being presented to family members.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action on 5 and 6 April 1945, near Viareggio, Italy. Then Second Lieutenant Baker demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in destroying enemy installations, personnel and equipment during his company's attack against a strongly entrenched enemy in mountainous terrain. When his company was stopped by the concentration of fire from several machine gun emplacements, he crawled to one position and destroyed it, killing three Germans. Continuing forward, he attacked an enemy observation post and killed two occupants. With the aid of one of his men, Lieutenant Baker attacked two more machine gun nests, killing or wounding the four enemy soldiers occupying these positions. He then covered the evacuation of the wounded personnel of his company by occupying an exposed position and drawing the enemy's fire. On the following night Lieutenant Baker voluntarily led a battalion advance through enemy mine fields and heavy fire toward the division objective. Second Lieutenant Baker's fighting spirit and daring leadership were an inspiration to his men and exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action on 23 March 1945, near Speyer, Germany. When the tank on which he was riding received heavy bazooka and small arms fire, Sergeant Carter voluntarily attempted to lead a three-man group across an open field. Within a short time, two of his men were killed and the third seriously wounded. Continuing on alone, he was wounded five times and finally forced to take cover. As eight enemy riflemen attempted to capture him, Sergeant Carter killed six of them and captured the remaining two. He then crossed the field using as a shield his two prisoners from which he obtained valuable information concerning the disposition of enemy troops. Staff Sergeant Carter's extraordinary heroism was an inspiration to the officers and men of the Seventh Army Infantry Company Number 1 (Provisional) and exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, Italy on 26 December 1944, while serving as a member of Cannon Company, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92d Infantry Division. During the preceding few weeks, Lieutenant Fox served with the 598th Field Artillery Battalion as a forward observer. On Christmas night, enemy soldiers gradually infiltrated the town of Sommocolonia in civilian clothes, and by early morning the town was largely in hostile hands. Commencing with a heavy barrage of enemy artillery at 0400 hours on 26 December 1944, an organized attack by uniformed German units began. Being greatly outnumbered, most of the United States Infantry forces were forced to withdraw from the town, but Lieutenant Fox and some other members of his observer party voluntarily remained on the second floor of a house to direct defensive artillery fire. At 0800 hours, Lieutenant Fox reported that the Germans were in the streets and attacking in strength. He then called for defensive artillery fire to slow the enemy advance. As the Germans continued to press the attack towards the area that Lieutenant Fox occupied, he adjusted the artillery fire closer to his position. Finally he was warned that the next adjustment would bring the deadly artillery right on top of his position. After acknowledging the danger, Lieutenant Fox insisted that the last adjustment be fired as this was the only way to defeat the attacking soldiers. Later, when a counterattack retook the position from the Germans, Lieutenant Fox's body was found with the bodies of approximately 100 German soldiers. Lieutenant Fox's gallant and courageous actions, at the supreme sacrifice of his own life, contributed greatly to delaying the enemy advance until other infantry and artillery units could reorganize to repel the attack. His extraordinary valorous actions were in keeping with the most cherished traditions of military service, and reflect the utmost credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action on 7 April 1945 near Lippoldsberg, Germany. As lead scout during a maneuver to secure and expand a vital bridgehead, Private First Class James was the first to draw enemy fire. He was pinned down for over an hour, during which time he observed enemy positions in detail. Returning to his platoon, he assisted in working out a new plan of maneuver. He then led a squad in the assault, accurately designating targets as he advanced, until he was killed by enemy machine gun fire while going to the aid of his fatally wounded platoon leader. Private First Class James' fearless, self-assigned actions, coupled with his diligent devotion to duty exemplified the finest traditions of the Armed Forces.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action during the 15-19 November 1944, toward Guebling, France. Though severely wounded in the leg, Sergeant Rivers refused medical treatment and evacuation, took command of another tank, and advanced with his company in Guebling the next day. Repeatedly refusing evacuation, Sergeant Rivers continued to direct his tank's fire at enemy positions through the morning of 19 November 1944. At dawn, Company A's tanks began to advance towards Bougaktroff, but were stopped by enemy fire. Sergeant Rivers, joined by another tank, opened fire on the enemy tanks, covering company A as they withdrew. While doing so, Sergeant River's tank was hit, killing him and wounding the crew. Staff Sergeant Rivers' fighting spirit and daring leadership were an inspiration to his unit and exemplify the highest traditions of military service.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action on 14 December 1944, near Climbach, France. While riding in the lead vehicle of a task force organized to storm and capture the village of Climbach, France, then First Lieutenant Thomas's armored scout car was subjected to intense enemy artillery, self-propelled gun, and small arms fire. Although wounded by the initial burst of hostile fire, Lieutenant Thomas signaled the remainder of the column to halt and, despite the severity of his wounds, assisted the crew of the wrecked car in dismounting. Upon leaving the scant protection which the vehicle afforded, Lieutenant Thomas was again subjected to a hail of enemy fire which inflicted multiple gunshot wounds in his chest, legs, and left arm. Despite the intense pain caused by these wounds, Lieutenant Thomas ordered and directed the dispersion and emplacement of two antitank guns which in a few moments were promptly and effectively returning the enemy fire. Realizing that he could no longer remain in command of the platoon, he signaled to the platoon commander to join him. Lieutenant Thomas then thoroughly oriented him on enemy gun dispositions and the general situation. Only after he was certain that his junior officer was in full control of the situation did he permit himself to be evacuated. First Lieutenant Thomas' outstanding heroism were an inpiration to his men and exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.
Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action on 8 March 1943. Private Watson was on board a ship which was attacked and hit by enemy bombers. When the ship was abandoned, Private Watson, instead of seeking to save himself, remained in the water assisting several soldiers who could not swim to reach the safety of the raft. This heroic action, which subsequently cost him his life, resulted in the saving of several of his comrades. Weakened by his exertions, he was dragged down by the suction of the sinking ship and was drowned. Private Watson's extraordinarily valorous actions, daring leadership, and self-sacrificing devotion to his fellow-man exemplify the finest traditions of military service.


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Private Kitchen, Damansara Uptown
Last night , I had dinner at this little place behind Maybank (nearer to the construction area) at Uptown for dinner. I had a great dinner. It's relatively new, so you guys should go check it out and give some of your feedback to the restaurant! (;
Herbal drink of the day – Barley with special herbs
Love at First Sight Floral Tea (RM5)
Long Spring Rolls (RM10)
Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside . It's a little oily on my opinion , but that's what makes it's so yummy . Isn't it ?
Shredded Chicken with Private Kitchen Special 'Ma La' Sauce (RM12)
Initially, I thought the cucumbers were the main ingredient accompanied by the shredded chicken. Apparently not ! Silly me .. Anyway , the shreded chicken is a little spicy and sour at the same time accompanied with pickled cucumbers like the ones you find in acars .
Long Boiled Soup of the Day (RM6)
This boiled soup is definitely a must have to accompany the other dishes that you would be ordering. Firstly, it cleanses your palate , secondly, it just refreshens you and ready to move on to main dishes. Heads up for you guys, every bowl would contain different amount of meat and arrowhead.
Cantonese Chicken with Sand Ginger Sauce
I've tried many kinds of steamed chicken , this is relatively good. It's different from the normal 'pak cham kai' you have at chicken rice stalls as it has more ginger to it. Honestly, I hate ginger. But for all you ginger-haters out there, go ahead and take a bite. Trust me, it's so mild, you can't even taste a tinsy bit of ginger.
Private Kitchen Stir Fried Prime Beef Fillet with Strawberry Pepper Sauce (RM28)
I had a shock when the lady served the dish and said it's stir fried with STRAWBERRY pepper sauce. I thought she was joking. Goodness gracious me ! This is the best fusion version of stir fried black pepper sauce beef ! Juicy meat accompanied with strong pepper taste with a strawberry after taste. The strawberry doesn't overpower the meat nor the pepper sauce. It was just divinely perfect .
Private Kitchen Sautéed Chinese Chives with Dried Shrimp and Shredded Dried Cuttlefish (RM18)
Not many would enjoy this dish . It's the Chinese Chives I tell you .. Also known as garlic chives, it's quite an aquired taste especially to those who rarely eat this veggie.
Pan Fried Pork Chop Lemongrass (RM25)
This is another fabulous dish . First bite's the best, as you can instantly taste the lemongrass with a hint of citrus. I treat this like a snack, something you can just munch on as you're in a conversation with your company.
Deep Fried Pork Ribs with Special Salad Sauce (RM32)
Juicy tender pork ribs with a bold hint of mustard mayonnaise . I'm not too sure what is in the salad sauce, but it taste so delicious . End of discussion, you're ordering this!
Portugese-Style Fried Rice with Braised Pork Belly & Seafood (RM16)
Nothing big to shout about. It's fried rice but ala portugese !
A warm cosy atmosphere, perfect place to bring your parents for a Hong Kong cuisine dinner!
Private Kitchen
103 Jalan SS21/37
Damansara Utama (Uptown)
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 03-7728 8399
Email: email@example.com
Business hours:
Lunch 11.30am – 3.00pm
Dinner 6.00pm – 10.00pm
Closed on Tuesdays


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The Sachin to go or stay debate has been raging for years but clearly the context has changed. Those opposing the clamor for Sachin's departure have changed from years of asking "Why" switched the debate to "When" in the last couple of years or so.
This has now clearly changed to "How" and in that lies the dilemma of being Sachin Tendulkar as of now. All but the zealots amongst Sachin"s fans would deny that the master batsman' time has come but those that really love the great man would be truly saddened if he had to go suddenly, like this (with immediate effect that is). Yes it is true that history will forget his annus horribilis still it is not entirely unreasonable to hope, even at this last stage that the little master wil have a departure which, even if not befitting his stature in the game, is at least not such as will rankle with him for long . . . And rankle with him it will for he is that kind of a person. Sachin has a very accute appreciation of his place in history and , unfortunately, throughout his glittering career, he has missed all the occasion to keep a tryst with it on special occasions. A century on debut, a century in a world cup final, the century of century on a special stage (Lord's or down under) etc are all marks he has famously missed. Now, when the time has come for him to leave the stage he would, naturally want to make it a ride into a glorious sun set. That seems a tough one today . . . But no one can begrudge him for thinking about it . . .
Of course, we assume that he has made up his mind to quit the game barring the fairytale farewell. This seems the most likely possibility but who knows what the man is thinking?
That brings me to my question to all of you here. If you were Sachin Tendulkar, what would be going through your mind. What would you be wanting to do today, tomorrow, next month, next year . . . till the day you play your last game for India
Remember the options, at least theoretically are more than just one or two . . .


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Finishing touches: Living Room
One of the many reasons as to why my to-do list has been never ending these last couple of weeks is that all of the rooms in my house are in there finishing touches spaces in anticipation for the big photo shoot to get my portfolio started.
Of course right when I think I'm done with a room I decide to change something! Gotta tell ya all that Jon is loving this about me. Poor man is being driven crazy by his decorator wife.
This weekend I got one step closer to finishing the living room. I would love to show a before picture, but a couple of weeks ago my laptop with all of my images and my life decided it wanted to work as a paperweight instead so I don't have one available!
Here is what I now get to enjoy in my living room:
Different angle shot:
Close up of frames:
I originally had one main piece of art on this wall. It was one of my first real art purchases that I still love and enjoy, but every time I saw it on the wall I felt like something was different. I really loved my pops of orange in my toss pillows, but orange was lacking in the rest of the room. These new prints helped me incorporate more orange and some shades of blues that were already in the room.
This was a super easy project that helped me add more color into the room and laying out the prints in the grid that I made helped make the walls seem higher. Always a plus!
Here are the supplies neccessary:
Since this was an extra last minute project I didn't want to spend a whole lot on it. With a quick trip to A.C. MOORE I picked up 9 frames (11"x 14") at $5 each! I then picked up some mats for $3.39 each! I still needed a background for the French notebooks so I searched my fabric closet and found some neutral burlap that fit the bill. I already had some of the French notebooks in a different part of the room so I just needed to purchase a couple more here.
I then had to cut the burlap to size:
Once the burlap was cut to size I put it to the side and centered my notebook on the frame. I then used a glue stick so that my burlap would have something to adhere to.
Once the glue is on the notebook I simply placed the burlap on top and then glued the edges to the mat as well.
Last step was just to secure the backing on and voila all finished!
I then did the steps 8 more times! When it came time to getting them on the wall I had Jon come to the rescue. Due to the swinging sconces we could only do 3 across, which enabled us to go 3 rows up. Also to have it be pleasing to the eye Jon made sure that all of the frames were equally spaced from all sides.
I'm off to work on another project for the living room that I'm hoping to share tomorrow! Fingers crossed all goes as planned.
Labels: DIY, living room, my work


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A Former Hot Rod Magazine Project Car Gets Unburied After 11 Years Of Neglect.
This is a shocking moment for me and for the diehard readers who recall this car and have asked for 11 years-with varying levels of deference or derision-if I will ever finish it. After all, it was my first car, I've now owned it for exactly 27 years, and in the '90s it was a HOT ROD magazine project that got stuffed with a Dick Landy 484ci Hemi. Why would I abandon it?
There was a time when I drove this car everywhere, starting when I bought it for $1,800-and it only had 82,000 miles on the clock-on April 15, 1983, before I even had a driver's license. I was 15 years old. Effie, my paternal grandmother, promised to buy me a Honda ATC if I was able to maintain good grades in high school (after I'd been invited to no longer attend the private school I'd been in since kindergarten). I did, and managed to parlay the purchase into a car instead of a dirt toy-a car that would have horrified Effie had she seen it. I spent many days with my father driving to look at potential buys; I recall having investigated a Challenger T/A that was too expensive at $3,500, a Hemi 'Cuda with a 440 in it and the Shaker scoop bonded to the top side of the hood, and a Plum Crazy '70 340 Dart. I'd limited my choices to Mopars. I think that's because I had a friend who let me drive his '71 Duster Twister when I was 14, and because I was already a collector of old car magazines and was rapt when I saw those outrageous graphics on the cars and in those crazy ads for the Scat Pack and the Rapid Transit System. Mopars just had character. And I ended up buying what's arguably the ugliest Mopar muscle car ever, a '70 Dodge Super Bee. It has a face you grow to love.
I sure did. I waxed that thing every single weekend for at least three years and wrenched on it nearly as often. It came to me with a 383 Magnum, a 727 TorqueFlite, and an 83/4 rear with 3.23 gears and a one-legger. The first thing I ever bought for it was a Mr. Gasket spun-aluminum velocity stack. It would not fit under the hood, but I put it on when the hood was open. It was perfect with the rest of the '80s-style dress, but I got over it pretty quickly, turning my attentions to prowling the junkyards for speed parts. Those were the days when Holleys, aluminum intakes, and muscle cars were still at the Pick Your Part. The Recycler was a local free-ad publication (now just a website) I'd scour weekly, line by line, to find what I needed for cheap. That's where I got a rearend pig with 4.10 gears. I drove the car for years, buzzing 3,500 rpm at 65 mph, and never thought twice about it. I broke the Bee often, and my father would always come get me with a station wagon and a chain to tow it home. I bet we dragged it 100 miles that way.
In 1984, I rebuilt the 383 in high school auto shop using the dingle-ball-hone method. Instructor Mr. Quentin Swan, who as a Glendale reserve PD officer had knocked my head for driving without a license, recommended an old-school place that reground my cam to 3/4 race specs. I had finished getting the engine installed, but not running yet, and headed for home as a pedestrian when I was hit by a VW Rabbit. I spent 11 days in the hospital getting a titanium plate screwed to my left humerus, but my buddies ganged up to get the car finished and running by the time I made it home. That was very cool.
When I was between 11th and 12th grades, the Super Bee ended up in a TV after-school special that was the first thing directed by Henry Winkler. My father had oddly become the show's car coordinator (he was in the production end of the business when I was growing up), and several of my friends' cars were in it. The story was a message against drinking and driving depicting hero swimmer Scott Baio excitedly buying my Super Bee from used car salesman Danny DeVito and then, predictably, wrecking it. During the filming, a guy named Tommy Swerdlow, making his acting debut, ran my car into a pole. That was a horrible day for me. Not only was my car smashed in the nose, but The Fonz shut me up for complaining too much about the actors driving around with the water falling out of the radiator. "Look, kid, I'll buy you a new $%^#in' motor," he said.
He did buy me a new $%^#in' paintjob. I parted out one of the stunt cars to fix the damage, and the paintjob was done in a Glendale, California, shop then owned by a guy named Dwayne McKinney. He was no one to me at the time, but I now know him as a longtime Bonneville racer.
I was 18, fresh out of high school, and working parts delivery for Burbank Dodge, when I used my powers of scrounging to build a 440 for the Bee (I remember buying a Street Dominator intake for $50 out of a guy's trunk at the street races one night). Every dime of every paycheck went into the big-block as I followed a buildup recipe from Car Craft. I felt pride that the odometer turned 100,000 miles during the 440's first huge burnout. It never went quicker than 13.30s on motor at the 2,900-foot elevation of the now-defunct Los Angeles County Raceway. In retrospect, that was piggy. I don't know how quick it was on nitrous, but I sprayed a bunch of bottles through it.
I also kept driving it every day, parking it outside, and generally running it into the ground. At the end of my first decade of ownership, the tongue was hanging out. Luckily, it had helped me get my job at HOT ROD magazine. When I interviewed there in 1991 (with both Editor Jeff Smith and Rod & Custom Editor Pat Ganahl), I was assigned a test story on common upgrades for Mopar B-Bodies. I used my Bee for photos, handed the story in, got the job, and reported to work as a feature editor on December 1, 1991.
In 1993, publisher Harry Hibler asked me, "How'd you like a Hemi for the piece of $^&# Dodge of yours?" Mopar Performance was just getting ready to release the reproduction Hemi blocks, and the company wanted ink in HOT ROD. Hibler set me up with Larry Shepard at Mopar Performance and with legendary Mopar racer Dick Landy to build the engine. I was thrilled to be dealing with these guys whom I had read about since I was a kid.
The Hemi buildup ensued, and I committed to prep the car to receive it. I added a rollcage, mini-tubbed it, reworked 100 percent of the suspension, restored the interior, and had it painted-all working my credit card into a balance that did not recover for something like 7 years. Little of that work showed up in the magazine, and the process took far too long. In fact, I'd been promoted to editor of 4-Wheel & Off-Road and was there for a year and a half by the time three stories appeared in HOT ROD. I dragged the car, uncorked, to the launch of the second Power Tour(r) in 1996. It hasn't been seen in public since.
As happens far too often, the project was stillborn. Landy was never really thrilled with how quick the car was, and neither was I. It bested a 10.60 at 128 mph at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, but it needed more work than I could afford. It sat until 1999, by which time I was the editor of Car Craft. I dragged out the car for a revamp in that magazine and penned a story called "Pros and Cons of a 10-Second Street Car" in the Nov. '99 issue. The story resonated with many readers who may have been in the same situation after the Fastest Street Car craze of the '90s: My car was too radical to be a street car and too slow to be a race car.
That's what led to the Super Bee's long-term neglect. That and the fact that, right as work on it was supposed to start for Car Craft, I was moved to become the editor of Rod & Custom and then a year later, of HOT ROD. In that role, I have written about my Bee several times, but other projects, other passions, and other corporate time-eaters prevented me from doing anything with it. With the exception of a wash-up two years ago, the Mopar has been completely abandoned for 11 years.
In that time, I've been sincerely humbled and not just a little surprised by how many readers have asked me to resurrect the car. It's very odd to be out somewhere and have a complete stranger say, "Bring back the Super Bee!" A few months ago, I revealed to Rob Kinnan the real reason I'd never done it: I just wasn't interested in it. I may have never said that out loud until then. Over the past year, Rob has told me a bunch of times, "You really need to do the Super Bee." But, yeah, I simply didn't care.
So why now? Honest truth: desperation. We had a cover story planned for this issue that didn't work out, and we needed a solution in the very last days before press time. We wanted to do a barn finds cover story, and I mentioned that I had a great photo of the Bee looking totally derelict in the garage where it had been for a decade-plus. That photo solved one problem, but we needed a story to go with it. You're reading that story right now. Rob sort of rammed me into it: "You're never going to fix that car unless you have to. This is a good reason to have to. Just do it."
So we did. Two weeks shy of my 27th anniversary with the Bee, we pumped up the tires, blew off the dust, dragged it to my house, and I touched it with a wrench for the first time since 1996.
I'm conflicted about the plan for the car, as I have been anytime I've thought about it in recent history. Do I go all out and make it faster or tame it down so I can actually use it? In the end, I'm going for the latter, plus adding a nitrous shot to make sure it's still quick. This car was built in the days when a 10-second street car was still considered pretty serious and when there was a lot of overkill to get there-like, in this case, a 41/2-inch exhaust, 5.13 Pro gears, and a rocket science fuel system. It also has some antiquated stuff, like an ancient-grind cam, a pinion snubber-based rear suspension, some unnecessary front suspension tweaks, and an intake manifold that was a compromise even when new. We'll be able to improve all that stuff and probably still run mid-10s but not hate driving it to a cruise night. The process will start next month with dyno testing and parts swapping on the 484ci Hemi. Meanwhile, I'm thrashing to fix all the other items that have deteriorated due to neglect or that were never really right in the first place.
The best part is, now that I've spent a few days handling it, sitting in it, cleaning it up, wrenching on it, and dreaming about the possibilities, I'm stoked to get it going. As odd as it may seem for me to say this considering the job I hold, I'm a little choked up at seeing the Super Bee on the cover of HOT ROD. That's still a landmark to me. This is also the first time a photo of mine has run as the magazine's main cover image.
Thanks to you who've nagged me for this over the years and thanks to Kinnan for forcing me into it. It's time to get this done.
Magazine Coverage
In truth, the Super Bee has not had much ink in the magazines, and what was done was in black and white. Here's a guide to the stories where the car has been seen in the past:
|Apr. '93
|Mopar B-Body guide
|Dec. '95
|Hemi buildup part one
|Jan. '96
|Hemi buildup part two
|May '96
|Chassis buildup
|Car Craft
|Nov. '99
|"Pros and Cons of a 10-Second Street Car"


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First Years
Young babies love to grasp and chew, exploring new toys, sounds and textures. The ring teether toy is a great way to help them on their journey of discovery and is not only fun to play with but practical too. It combines beautiful soft fabrics in vibrant colours and comes in six fun animal designs. It crinkles when squeezed and features three rings that make a jingly noise, introducing baby to new sounds as well as colours and textures. Its design means it's perfect for small hands and is easy to grip, not to mention soothing for sore gums and emerging teeth thanks to the inclusion of an integrated chewable teething piece. With its stuffed ring and animal head and soft embroidered details, this toy is the perfect accompaniment to the popular Squeakaboo! rattle range. And because it's made of fabric, it's machine washable too.
What they said:
Good Toy Guide experts:
The babies and their parents were impressed with the number of different features: the chewy tab, the rings, the crinkles, jingles and different textures. These are excellent for stimulating babys early touch and hearing senses, and parents felt it held their childs attention for longer than usual due to the fact there was lots to explore; they were immersed in shaking, squeezing, shaking and chewing the toy to see what would happen.
The size and shape was perfect for little hands (strengthening small hand muscles) and the integrated teething piece meant babies could ease their sore gums and emerging teeth. The rattle encourages larger movements, which strengthen babys arm muscles and coordination too. Parents also really appreciated being able to machine wash the toy, to quickly get rid of all that teething dribble!
Age: 0+ (14 x 17 cm)
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Since homeopathic remedies come from the natural world, they can also be
categorized into the kingdoms of nature, plant, animal and mineral. People who
need remedies from animal sources will have different characteristics and types
of symptoms from people who need remedies from mineral or plant sources. Rajan
Sankaran developed this idea in his book, The Substance of Homeopathy.
It makes immediate intuitive sense that people needing plant remedies will be
like plants in some way, and people needing animal remedies will be like
animals, but until very recently homeopaths had not really considered that this
idea could be helpful in prescribing. In clinical practice, the remedy picture
was not considered to be related very much to the characteristics of the source
material. A great body of knowlege has been collected about the symptom
pictures of remedies and their similarities and differences, but not much work
had been done on looking at this data from the point of view of the kingdoms.
Farrington's Comparative Materia Medica is the best of the old
homeopathic works in this area. Farrington looks at the commonalities and
individual characteristics of groups of remedies like snakes, spiders, oils,
milks and mineral salts. It may seem obvious, but it was something of a
revelation to realize just how intimately the symptoms in a remedy's picture do
correspond to the characteristics of the original substance and the common
characteristics of members of its natural kingdom.
Since studying with Sankaran, we have come to believe that categorizing
according to kingdom can be a very useful, if not vital, tool in finding the
correct remedy for the patient. In figuring out the characteristics that we
might expect from remedies in the different kingdoms, it is important to look
at the characteristics of the members of each kingdom as they appear in nature.
Although no one person will have all of the following characteristics, enough
will often be present to identify him predominantly with one kingdom.
Think of plants. Plants vary from unicellular organisms to huge trees. The
common features of plants include photosynthesis, rootedness, spreading out,
various forms of reproduction and sensitivity to environmental changes. They
use sunlight, oxygen, nitrogen, water, soil and other nutrients as sources of
energy and life.
According to Sankaran, the basic quality of a plant is sensitivity. Plants
grow, but do not move under their own power from place to place. They stay in
one place and must be sensitive to the environment in order to adapt to the
changes around them. Your house plants don't just get up and move when the sun
moves, like your cat or dog, but they grow slowly toward the source of
sunlight. Plant remedies in homeopathy are also quite sensitive, trying to
adapt to changing circumstances. People who need plant remedies are often soft,
sensitive, attempting to adjust to the people and environment around them. They
are passive, emotional, easily hurt, changeable, and lack structure. Just as
plants can spread out into the available space, absorbing what is necessary for
life, these people are more diffuse by nature, wandering in thought and speech,
guided by their emotions, looking for support and nurturing. They are often
creative and artistic, looking to create and surround themselves with beauty,
such as art and music. They are flowing, reactive, fragile, and more random in
thought and speech. Their writing may look irregular, or disorganized, with
rounded letters.


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Description: From the twisted and talented minds of Philly's most hilarious comics, actors, and writers comes the second episode of DOWN THE SHOW!
Featuring original sketches and music from some of this town's favorites, don't miss the chance to see DOWN THE SHOW LIVE at Connie's Ric Rac!
Style: Sketch Video Presentation
Date: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Time: 9:00PM – 12:00AM
Location: Connie's Ric Rac, 1132 S. 9th St. Philadelphia
Price: $5
Contact: Facebook Event


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She looks like she is having a good time!
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i think she looks a little tired but happy
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she looks almost the same as my kili
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Very beautiful doggie:)
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Re: Sierra
Just lurking around Chow photo gallery and enjoying the chow photos, what a good-looking chow!
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