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Problem: SQL Server just isn't 'behaving' with some queries.
For example, you're trying to pull back a list of all customers who marked California 'CA' as their home state, but SQL Server is only returning exact matches ('CA' and not 'ca' or 'Ca'). Or, you're trying to pull back an email address for '[email protected]' and SQL Server won't match '[email protected]'.
Solution: SQL Server is obeying rules that define how it should compare text. To get it to 'behave' properly, you just need to correctly match collations – which you can do in a number of ways.
Collations Explained
In succinct terms, collations define the set of rules that SQL Server will use to sort and filter text-data. (See also, "Jump Start: The WHERE Clause"). Or, as Books Online defines collations:
Collations in SQL Server provide sorting rules, case, and accent sensitivity properties for your data. Collations that are used with character data types such as char and varchar dictate the code page and corresponding characters that can be represented for that data type. Whether you are installing a new instance of SQL Server, restoring a database backup, or connecting server to client databases, it is important that you understand the locale requirements, sorting order, and case and accent sensitivity of the data you will be working with.
When you select a collation for your server, database, column, or expression, you are assigning certain characteristics to your data that will affect the results of many operations in your database. For example, when you construct a query by using ORDER BY, the sort order of your result set might be dependent on the collation that is applied to the database or dictated in a COLLATE clause at the expression level of the query.
Using Collations Granularly
Note that the definition of collations from Books Online points out that you can set collations at the server, database, column, or even expression level.
The ability to granularly define collation settings can be a huge win when it comes to the need to localize data – because it allows you localize at the lowest level possible and avoid some of the ugliness that can come from working with more 'advanced' collations at a higher level.
Related: Collation Changes in SQL Server
Case in point: I've always maintained that setting up Case-Sensitive collation at the database level is a worst practice. And I'm not alone. In my mind, there's nothing worse than trying to execute the following:
SELECT * FROM dbo.employees
Only to be told that dbo.employees doesn't exist, because the true name of the table is actually Employees, and there's a case-sensitive collation in play.
So, by taking the approach of trying to keep collations constrained to just columns, it's possible to avoid ugly situations like this one, while still being able to properly localize data through the use of advanced collations.
Similarly, in cases where you may (or may not) care about case sensitivity, specifying that choice as a collation setting at the column level almost always provides a better benefit than specifying it at the database level. For example, with a 'Users' table where you're doing lookups against an email address to pull back the user's EmailAddress and hashed PassPhrase, some applications will want to force case-sensitivity in the email address (so that '[email protected]' can't be matched by a user specifying '[email protected]' – for a tiny bit of extra precaution). Whereas, in other applications, the preference may be to match the email address no matter the case sensitivity – to avoid causing confusion with end-users.
Forcing Collation at the Expression Level (or in the WHERE clause)
And, of course, one of the great things about collations is that they can be set at the expression level – something that few developers or DBAs take advantage of. Which, in turn, means that you can force or even CHANGE collations within queries.
So, for example, if you wanted to force case-sensitive searches in a given query, you can do so by means of the COLLATE clause, as follows:
The only thing you'll want to watch out for, though, when 'forcing' collation within the WHERE clause is that you end up coercing your data – meaning that while the second query shown above 'works' (meaning that it will force SQL Server to address case-sensitivity), it ends up degrading performance by a factor of at least 20x – because SQL Server has to drop to using an Index Scan instead of an Index Seek. And that's on a table with only 20,000 rows – so you'll likely see a much larger performance decrease on larger tables.
Changing Column-Level Collation
Consequently, I'd only recommend this technique or approach for ad-hoc queries – not for something you're going to do on a regular basis. Otherwise, just make sure to specify your desired collation as part of the table (or column) definition as needed.
As such, if you find that you need to change the collation for a given column (and this is something that I recommend attempting only after careful consideration – because it can have negative consequences, and because it's a 'size of data' operation (meaning that the amount of time it takes is directly proportional to how much data you have in the table/column being modified)), then you'd just modify the column as follows:
And, of course, note that such an operation also incurs additional complexity in cases where there are dependencies upon the column being modified.
But, once you make the change, case-sensitivity is 'natively' enforced by SQL Server as expected:


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Derry planning board approves driving rangeBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
November 14. 2012 8:09PM
DERRY - A new driving range behind Pete's Scoops ice cream stand on Rockingham Road could be ready for duffers by the spring.
The planning board recently approved the plan for the 22-tee driving range after a lengthy discussion about the planned lighting and landscaping for the property.
Several abutters from Skylark Drive expressed concerns about lights on 30- and 50-foot poles on the edge of the property.
"I respect Mr. Kershaw's right to do with his land what he chooses, but to this point, it doesn't seem like consideration of the neighborhood has been a concern," said Sklyark Drive resident Mike Connor. "I'm very concerned about our property values."
When Connor moved into Skylark Drive, he said it was a quiet, wooded area. Now, he said, he can see many of the businesses along Rockingham Road from his property.
"It's made it a not very desirable neighborhood, and now you are talking about 30-foot and 50-foot lights," he said. "It seems incredibly intrusive."
Skylark Drive resident Leanne Buyck also said she would like to see more privacy and consideration for the neighborhood.
Project engineer Todd Connors of Long Beach Development noted that the lights would shine on the driving range and would be placed so that they were not illuminating neighboring yards.
The lighting poles will also form the backbone of a netting system to keep errant golf balls out of neighboring yards, Connors said.
"It's important that the lights be installed per the plan because there is a residential zone behind us," he said.
The plan also called for a six-foot stockade fence with shrubbery in front of it near the property line of the 8.9-acre parcel.
Several planning board members requested the shrubs be replaced by trees, to eventually create greater privacy for the abutters, a request that Connors agreed to.
The driving range will have 22 tees, 18 on concrete pads and four on grass behind an open pavilion behind the ice cream stand.
Connors said operating hours for the driving range are scheduled to be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. from March through September and from 6 a.m. to dusk during the off-season.
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Another training camp day, another two practices under the hot late-July sun without MIA right guard Shawn Andrews. Why Andrews isn't here at Lehigh remains a mystery. But at least one of his linemates has a message for him: get your butt in camp.
``It's not helping us and it's not helping him sitting out,'' right tackle Jon Runyan said. ``The longer he holds out, the longer it'll be before he gets in there. So it's going to be a tough situation. If you keep giving reps to the guy who's backing you up, at some point, he's going to pass you.''
The guy who's getting the reps is third-year guard Max Jean-Gilles, who was supposed to battle Todd Herremans for the starting left guard job, but was moved over to Andrews' spot when he didn't show up for the start of camp.
Asked whether Andrews can miss most of training camp and step back in to his right guard spot and start, Runyan said, ``Coach Reid isn't going to let that happen. So I'm not worried about it.''
Rookie wide receiver DeSean Jackson took Reid's advice and got back on the practice field Wednesday morning. Jackson sat out Tuesday's practices with a hamstring injury. He also missed the last week of the team's June passing camp with a hamstring injury. Not a good thing for a rookie in this offense, who needs to get as many reps as he can. Asked about Jackson's hamstring injury on Tuesday, Reid said: ``He needs to get healthy and get back out there is what he needs to do.''
Miraculously, Jackson got healthy enough to participate in live drills Wednesday morning.
In other injury news, running back Ryan Moats injured his ankle in the Wednesday morning practice and didn't return. Already injured players who didn't participate in Wednesday morning's practice: cornerback Asante Samuels (hamstring), tight end L.J. Smith (calf), defensive end Bryan Smith (hamstring), defensive tackle Kimo von Oelhoffen (knee), linebacker Rocky Boiman (bruised leg), safety Brian Dawkins (knee) and defensive end Victor Abiamiri, who had surgery Tuesday on his wrist.
Highlights of Wednesday morning's practice:
--Defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley returned to practice Wednesday after sitting out Tuesday with a shoulder injury.
--Wide receiver Reggie Brown beat cornerback Joselio Hanson deep in a one-on-one drill, then dropped the pass from Donovan McNabb, which was right in his arms. He heard about it from the camp crowd. Five minutes later in 11-on-11 work, Brown beat Hanson deep again, and this time, hung on to the ball.
--Donovan McNabb never has been a big fan of the fade pass, which is why the Eagles don't throw it much. But he completed two nice fades to wide receiver Hank Baskett and tight end Matt Schobel in 11-on-11 goal line work.
--Against an all-out blitz, Kevin Kolb sprinted out of the pocket and hit tight end Brent Celek for a nice 12-yard completion.
--Linebacker Chris Gocong had a nice knock down of a pass for Celek in 11-on-11 work.
--Darren Howard took most of his snaps at right end, but lined up at left end in one of the Eagles' nickel schemes. Howard had a good morning practice. On one play, he and defensive tackle Dan Klecko sniffed out a draw to Brian Westbrook that went for a three-yard loss. Howard also recovered a McNabb fumble.
--DeSean Jackson made a nice sideline catch against Lito Sheppard that drew huge applause from the fans. The applause was quickly followed by a chorus of boos when the official correctly ruled that Jackson was out of bounds when he caught the ball.


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Danielle Marie Hogan and Matthew John Juhnowski were united in marriage May 19, 2012 by Father Wilson at St. Rose & Clement Church. A reception followed at the West Valley Inn.
The bride is the daughter of Tom and Deb Hogan of Warwick. She is a graduate of Bryant University. She is employed by Amica Insurance.
The groom is the son of John and Brenda Juhnowski of Warwick. He is a graduate of Rhode Island College. He is a special education teacher at Meeting Street School.
Tricii Hogan, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Melissa Juhnowski, Lori Hogan, Lauren Fain, Jillian Fain, Lauren Pertuso and Marissa Miller.
Jayson Juhnowski, brother of the groom, was best man. Ushers were Greg and Andrew Hogan, brothers of the bride, Kevin Mann, Christopher Mann, Kyle Mann and Patrick Donohue.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda has been hailed for years as a beacon of peace and economic growth in its post-genocide period, and on Jan. 1 it took a prestigious seat on the United Nations Security Council. But after years of accolades, international opinion of the tiny Central African country appears to be shifting.
At issue are allegations in a U.N. experts' report that Rwanda last year began aiding a Congo rebel group called M23 that is accused of rape, using child soldiers and conducting summary executions in eastern Congo. Rwanda denies the accusations.
Since President Bill Clinton failed to intervene in Rwanda's 1994 genocide — during which extremist Hutus killed more than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus — the United States has been one of Rwanda's staunchest allies. That made it all the more noteworthy when President Barack Obama warned President Paul Kagame in December that Rwanda must stop supporting M23.
One month earlier Britain announced it was withholding some $34 million in aid to Rwanda because of the allegations over M23. And the U.S. suspended its military aid to Rwanda, albeit only $200,000.
Philippe Bolopion, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, wrote in an op-ed article in the New York Times late last month that Rwanda was able to win its two-year, rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council in an October vote despite the June U.N. report because of its friendship with the U. S.
Still, Bolopion believes the international view of Rwanda is changing.
"They got away with a lot in the past because of their own tragic history concerning the Rwandan genocide, where the international community failed to do anything," Bolopion told The Associated Press. "They've also used the fact that they are a rather efficient country when it comes to spending aid money. These two elements have allowed them to get away with a lot of things in the past. But their support of M23 has been blatant, and they are such an abusive group. The past few weeks and months the pressure on Rwanda has increased significantly."
Rwanda's leaders bristle at the suggestions they are helping M23. Kagame, in his Dec. 31 state of the nation speech, addressed the allegations.
"As you know there is a report based on falsehoods which some of our longtime partners have used as the basis to suspend development aid, in a manner that violates agreed principles of international development partnerships," Kagame said.
Kagame touted Rwanda's economic growth in 2012 — predicted to be 7.7 percent. But it would have grown even faster, he said, except for the global economic downturn, and "the consequence of conflict in a neighboring country that has been blamed on Rwanda when this is not true. We are not the cause of or contributing factor to this conflict, even those who claim this know it."
Just before Rwanda joined the Security Council, the council added M23 and two of its leaders to the international sanctions list, which many at U.N. headquarters viewed as a significant message to the Rwandan government.
Still, Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, noted this on Twitter: "Showing a sense of humor, UN Security Council names (hash)Rwanda to chair its Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention & Resolution in Africa."
Not everyone is souring on Rwanda, however. A book published in November called "Rwanda Inc." concludes that Rwanda "now stands as a beacon of economic rejuvenation and recovery" through self-reliance and self-determination. The authors say that Kagame's leadership reveals a comprehensive vision, exacting attention to detail and a drive for execution.
The book highlights glowing accolades of Rwanda's economic progress on its first pages from Clinton, the chairman of JPMorgan Chase, the chief executive of Starbucks and the president of Marriott International, businesses that may want to invest in Rwanda's growing economy. Still, the authors acknowledge the complicated — and changing — world view of Rwanda, especially concerning international standards of free speech and human rights.
Human Rights Watch has been calling on the Security Council for months to sanction the Rwandan officials the rights group believes is helping M23. But Bolopion says it's doubtful that will happen now that Rwanda sits on the council. Like the book "Rwanda Inc.," Bolopion says that Human Rights Watch recognizes the good Kagame has done economically.
"We just don't think it's an excuse for crushing dissent or arming rebels in neighboring countries," he said. "We recognize it but it doesn't change the point we're trying to make."


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Students who enroll in Basic Program courses incur no military service obligation. While attending the classes and participating in associated training events, those enrolled receive leadership, management, and confidence-building instruction that will be of great value in any career field. The primary objective of the Basic Program is to provide students with an understanding of the United States Army and training in basic soldiering skills. All non-U.S. citizens must have permission before enrolling in any Military Science course.
Through the ROTC program, College of the Ozarks students will enhance their leadership skills and reinforce self-confidence. By participating, you can discover your untapped talents and strengths while taking part in activities such as rappelling, marksmanship, orienteering, leadership reaction courses, and field training exercises. Our Basic Program Military Science courses are enjoyable and could potentially spark your interest in becoming an Army officer. Regardless of your future career decisions, these courses will provide you with foundational leadership training that will help you excel in any career field.
In ROTC classes, you will study subjects including leadership, Army branches, the role of the officer, military operations and tactics, command and staff functions, and military history. You'll also have the opportunity to participate in physical fitness and lab training events to demonstrate your potential as a future leader. If you're not sure whether ROTC is for you, keep in mind that you can enroll in any Basic Military Science (freshman and sophomore level) classes without making any degree of commitment to ROTC or the military.
In addition to the Basic program, ROTC offers an Advanced Program. Those who are qualified and ready for the challenge are encouraged to pursue an Army officer's commission by completing the Advanced Program.
Advanced Program
Advanced Program courses are restricted to students who meet departmental criteria and who agree to accept a commission as an Army officer with a military service obligation. The primary objective of the Advanced Program is to prepare qualified college students for military service as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army, the Army National Guard, or the Army Reserve. Students who meet departmental criteria become eligible for Advanced Program courses by one of three methods:
Students accepted as cadets in the Advanced Program receive a monthly stipend of up to $500, tax-free for 10 months during each of their contracted years. Additionally, contracted cadets receive the College of the Ozarks' Patriotic Scholarship, which pays all room and board costs for resident students. Contracted cadets also attend a four-week summer camp, Cadet Leadership Course (CLC), MIL 325, normally between their junior and senior years. While attending, cadets will participate in a challenging variety of military training environments while receiving a salary equal to 50% of a lieutenant's base pay, and have all meals and housing provided by the Army.
During each semester, all contracted cadets must participate in classes, the scheduled physical fitness program, labs, and field training exercises. Many events involve travel to our parent unit at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, and other off-campus locations. Upon completion of the Advanced Program courses, CLC, and a bachelor's degree, students are commissioned as Second Lieutenants. These officers may elect to complete their military service either full-time in the U.S. Army, or part-time in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
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Students considering an undergraduate nursing degree may be eligible to enroll in Army ROTC to enhance leadership skills and critical-thinking abilities, while receiving financial support to help make professional goals a reality. Army Nurses have opportunities to train and serve in a variety of specialties, and autonomy to practice nursing in a way unmatched by civilian health care facilities. As an Army Nurse, professional judgment will be the driving force behind leading a military nursing team to provide full spectrum patient care. The leadership experience and management training will benefit either a military or private-sector nursing career.
Students pursuing a Nursing major who are also Army ROTC Cadets have an opportunity for an unmatched summer training experience focused on nursing in a military environment. The Army ROTC Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP) provides significant training opportunities within the Army Nursing career field. Cadets are assigned to Army Medical Facilities both in the continental United States and outside the country, including Europe. Locations that cadets may be assigned include (but are not limited to) Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Cadets develop and practice leadership in a clinical environment while working side-by-side with an Army Nurse Corps Officer who functions as a preceptor, guiding students as they obtain significant hands-on experience.
The paid, three-week program assigns introduces nursing cadets to the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) as well as the roles and responsibilities of an Army Nurse Corps Officer. One-on-one clinical experience will allow them to hone patient skills, develop problem-solving techniques, and become comfortable with developing professional skills as a member of the U.S. Army Healthcare Team.
Prospective Nursing Cadets must be admitted into the College of the Ozarks Nursing Program and concurrently qualify for enrollment in the ROTC Advanced Program. Depending on level of immersion, the entire program can be completed in four or five years.
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College of the Ozarks ROTC is a member of the Missouri State University Bear Battalion, which consists of six affiliate colleges and universities. For further information about available scholarship funding, contact the MSU Scholarship Enrollment Officer at 417-836-5793.
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Woman fights return to NH to face charges in murder caseBy Jason Schreiber
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April 21. 2013 12:46AM
BRENTWOOD - A Maine woman whom police allege helped her brother kill his ex-wife is fighting her return to New Hampshire to face charges.
Michele Corson, 43, of Skowhegan, Maine, chose not to waive a hearing on fugitive charges on Friday, meaning a governor's warrant for her arrest will be needed to bring her back to New Hampshire, where she is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and one count of accomplice to first-degree murder.
Corson was arrested Wednesday for her alleged role in the death of Amanda "Amy" Warf. The 36-year-old Hampton mother's body was found inside a vacant concrete plant in Exeter on March 7.
Warf's ex-husband, Aaron Desjardins, 36, of Epping, is charged with first-degree murder. He is accused of slitting her throat, but has denied that he had anything to do with her murder.
Desjardins' wife, Sarah Desjardins, 34, of Epping, was also arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension or prosecution.
She is being held on $250,000 cash bail.
According to Senior Assistant Attorney General Susan Morrell, Sarah Desjardins is accused of sending a text message to Corson asking her to bring a gun to New Hampshire before the murder.
Corson allegedly brought the weapon on March 6 "for the purpose of furthering the murder of Amy Warf," Morrell said Friday.
Morrell declined to reveal how the gun was used in the killing.
Sarah Desjardins also allegedly lied about her husband's whereabouts after the murder.
She is scheduled to appear in the 10th Circuit Court District Division in Brentwood on Friday at 10 a.m. for a probable cause hearing.
Corson is due back in court on Wednesday for a hearing in Skowhegan District Court.


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I have just generated a long-overdue update to my family tree. There is a lot of new information in it now that wasn't there before. New cousins, new ancestors, new information about ancestors I already knew about. Of course, I didn't have to spend all day adding all the new information I've found since then into my family tree program. I do this as I find it.
I also didn't spend as much time as I should have fixing up my sources. I first starting using a program to collect my family tree information about ten years ago, and I didn't know what I was doing in those days, I just did it. I am slowly fixing them up but it takes time – time I don't have – so I just live with it as it is. I would rather publish the sources I have, warts and all, than leave them out.
What took the most time was adding to the list of family and new friends who have helped me along the way. The list gets longer and longer every year. I've lost touch with some of them, and some we've lost altogether. Some are now friends on Facebook.
All have been generous sharing what they know with me and with others, and I'd like to acknowledge all of them here:
Larraine Abbey, Joe Andrews, Stein Andrews, Marion Batchelor, Irene Bell, PJS Boaden, Jennifer Brooks, Judith Anne Brunskill, Margaret Burns, Talai Burness, Graham Campbell, Anne Chambers, Jean Chambers, Russell Cooper, Narelle Corbett, Orlin Craig, Mareta Davila, Gillian Eason, William Eason ("Uncle Bill"), Leigh Evans, Steven Evans, Karla Eyre, Larraine (Ewin) Abbey, Russ Ewin, Emma Field, Michael Flynn, Norm Flynn, Geoffrey Goode, Helen Harman, Dianne Marie Hoger, Deborah Horrocks, Terry Riley Hulme, Betty Hunt, Lena Irvine, Raewyn Irwin, Jackie Jensen, Olwen Jonklaas, Terri Keck, Alicia-may Laaman, Sharyn Lamont, Christine Liava'a, Yola Macken, John Francis MacKenny, Martha Martin, Brad McKenzie, Greig Melrose, Graeme Moad, Fran Morton, Courtney Oates, Ken Oates, Paul Padley, Rae Paine, Richard Parata, Wayne Parker, Jo Parsons, Melanie Pascoe, June Paterson, Florence Petersen, Gretel Pickering, Winston Kitchener Powell, Graham Ralph, Mireya Ranger, Lady Jessie Richmond, Adi Milian Riley, Diane Riley, Everett Riley, Lavenia [Riley], Tulia Riley, Julie Ruzsicska, Nigel and Vinita Sharma, Jenny Shea, Milford Southon, Lisa Steedman, Dulcie (O'Connor) Stewart, Gail Stewart, Ken Sutherland, Margaret Taylor, Mary Taylor, Elizabeth Nicholls Walling, Peter Webster, Michael Whippy, Paul B Whippy, Tui Benau Whippy and Judy Woodley.
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Speaking of anything from an 8/32 screw to a 3/4" bolt. How do you do it? I'm on a job where we had a heck of a time getting a 3/8" bolt out of a tapped flange. My usual procedure is to heat the bolt up red hot and tap on it with a hammer while heating it, let it cool down, and soak it with a penetrant like CRC Screwloose. When it cools down, I get on it with some vise-grips, and it usually comes out without much effort.
On this bolt, we drilled the center and tried two different kinds of screw extractors. Broke off both of them inside the bolt. Had to use a dremel tool with a tungsten carbide bit to grind out the screw extractors, then drill and re-tap the hole. What a pain in the azz!
Another one we had trouble with was a little 8/32 screw holding a small terminal plate. The screw broke off, and I went to drill it out with a cobalt bit. I broke the bit in the hole. Had to drill that bit out with another one and re-tap the hole.
Anyways, I was just curious what sort of tactics the rest of you are emplying when you encounter a rusted/seized/broken bolt. I bought a set of Lisle screw/bolt/stud extractors today, and I was also wondering if anyone here has ever used them with any success???


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Nakahara Kitchen Cabinets, 2017-12-24 04:10:07.Oak kitchen cabinets will create a soothing and calm atmosphere in your kitchen. Its calm and natural impression will make you feel comfortable in your kitchen. Contemporary oak kitchen cabinets now gain popularity and become homeowner's favorite since it is very practical and artistic. It will give you the impression of modern touch with its simplicity. If you want to get a simple impression, a kitchen which does not look extravagant and also over furnished this kind of kitchen will be the best choice you can get.Oak kitchen cabinets offer you many choices due to its versatility. You can choose particular design or you can experiment to create your dream kitchen. Light oak kitchen cabinets also usually become the choice of homeowner since it is very practical and functional. So it will be very reasonable to have this as your dream kitchen. They are not difficult to design.
Nakahara Kitchen Faucets, 2017-12-18 23:01:20.All of us need water and faucet in our kitchen sink and bathroom sink are the tool we use to get the water. Since we're going to use the sinks and faucets oftentimes, we need to pick the best one with high quality so that we can use them for long time. Selecting wall mount kitchen faucet with high quality is not easy at all. We must also consider the beauty and look of our sinks and faucets since our bronze wall mount kitchen faucet will affect our kitchen and our bathroom.So when you're hunting new wall mount kitchen faucet, you must check its reputation and quality. Make sure it is durable and long lasting. And finally, adjust its look with the design, theme, and style of your kitchen. And then purchase the wall mount sink faucet so you can install it on your kitchen's wall and supply water.There are so many faucets available for bathroom and for kitchen. Some of them are the wall mount kitchen faucet while the other else are counter mounted and sink mounted. The styles and designs of kitchen faucet also come in various options. Since those faucets are having different styles and designs, the prices are different too. The cheapest faucet can start at forty dollars and the most expensive one is hundred dollars.We must remember that faucet for bathroom and wall mount kitchen faucet are totally different. When hunting new wall mounted faucet for our kitchen, we are suggested to avoid purchasing the faucet that belongs to our bathroom sink so that we will not make our kitchen looks weird and seems like a bathroom. Before purchasing wall mounted faucet for kitchen through the online stores, it is good to check the size and quality of the wall mounted kitchen faucet from the nearest stores so that we'll find the fittest faucet for our kitchen sink.
Nakahara Kitchen Faucets, 2017-12-18 11:01:44.When we're planning to build a new house, we must build a perfect house with enough fixtures to flow water for our family. Sink and faucet are two important elements that will give us enough water to survive. We must install the right and long lasting faucet not only in our bathroom where we'll bath, wash our face, and brush our teeth but also in our kitchen where we're going to boil water and cook. Speaking about the right faucet, have you ever considered purchasing Kohler kitchen faucet?Kohler kitchen faucet is a popular kitchen sink and faucet brand. But before purchasing one of Kohler's products, especially kitchen sink faucet, you must first read this article and find some helpful tips you can use to grab the best faucet for your kitchen. When you're looking for new kitchen faucet, you must consider its installation. Are you going to install the faucet by yourself or are you going to lease a professional to help you install the faucet?If you think you'll be able to install the Kohler kitchen faucet yourself, buy faucet kitchen that is easy to mount. So many faucets are designed to ease us finishing the installation. But if this is your new house and you want everything perfect while you never install a faucet before, it is better to ask a professional to install your kitchen faucet. He'll help you perfecting your new house by providing enough water for your family.Hiring a professional to help you installing the Kohler kitchen faucet is also a great idea since the professional knows how to install the faucet and prevent the leakage. Leakage seems not a serious problem but if you let the water leaks, you'll waste your water and spend more money to get your kitchen faucet fixed.
Nakahara Kitchen Cabinets, 2017-12-18 19:01:17.For an opened kitchen that is joined with a living room or family room or another room, the appearance or style of the cabinets is very important. The cabinets of an opened kitchen are visible. If those cabinets are not well decorated, the guests who can watch the cabinets will underestimate the owner of those kitchen cabinets. If you won't let your guests underestimating you and your family, it is the right time to reface your kitchen cabinet. Here is how you can start your kitchen cabinet refacing progress.To reface your kitchen cabinet wood, first step you must do is sticking plywood using glue right on the exposed sides of your kitchen cabinets. You must remove the entire cabinet doors first before you start cleaning the sides and faces of your cabinets using the TSP. Let your cabinets dry and then use the sandpaper to scuff the surfaces. Now continue the progress of kitchen cabinet refacing by using tack cloth to wipe them down. Prepare the plywood and squeeze carpenter glue on it. Apply your plywood on the cabinets' exposed surfaces.After sticking the plywood to your kitchen cabinet refacing using carpenter glue, you can continue the wood cabinet refacing process by covering the stiles. After covering the stiles of your kitchen cabinets, you must continue refacing your kitchen cabinets by pressing the veneer down. Next step to do is covering the rails of your kitchen wooden cabinets. Next, remove the trimmings of the veneer before you hang the entire doors of your kitchen cabinets.Now, since you have installed the entire doors of your kitchen cabinets, you must finish your kitchen cabinet refacing process by attaching door knobs. Check the safety of your kitchen cabinet doors now, make sure that they are well mounted on your cabinets and they won't fall and harm everyone in the kitchen, especially elderly and kids.
Nakahara Kitchen Cabinets, 2017-12-18 15:01:57.It is not easy to find the best kitchen cabinets that have great quality and are durable since so many brands said that their kitchen cabinets are the best ones. If you're now hunting the best cabinets for your kitchen and you're considering Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets, it is good to check this article and finish this before you buy Kraftmaid cabinets. Below is everything you must know before you buy cabinets and install them in your kitchen.Very first thing you must consider before buying and installing Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets is if the cabinets are certified. Great quality cabinets for your kitchen are the ones that are certified by Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Associations. This association is subjected to do some tests so that they can see if kitchen cabinets are having great quality and are good for your kitchen. The tests are designed to see if the cabinets will not blister and get worse when the lemon juice, ketchup, vinegar, and the other liquids and oils touché the Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets.If you find out that Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets you desire are not certified by the association mentioned above, it is better to hunt the other cabinets. About the designs of kitchen cabinet themselves, there are at least three options available. Stock is the first design. This is classic and having low price. The second one is the semicustom cabinets and the last one is custom cabinets.Custom Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets are the most expensive ones since they were made according to your desire and taste. Since the design of custom cabinets is special, the maker needs more time to finish your custom cabinets. So you must pay more and wait longer to get the spectacular custom cabinets for your unique and different kitchen. Which design of Kraftmaid cabinets do you prefer?
Nakahara Kitchen Sinks, 2017-12-18 04:01:33.We'll need water to boil something and cook something and make some drinks. That's why we will complete our kitchen with kitchen sink faucets where we can get water and wash our cookware after cooking something. Speaking about kitchen faucet, it comes in various colors, styles, and types. Some of them are kitchen sink faucets white while the others are silver and shiny. About the types of kitchen faucets, figure them out below.The two first types of kitchen sink faucets are the pull down faucet and the pull out faucet. The pull down faucet is a great choice for every kitchen since we can pull down the spray wand of this kitchen faucet to ease us cleaning our stuffs and sink also washing our fruits and veggies. We can direct the spray wand to the areas we want to clean or wash. The pull out faucet is even better since it has two modes: the spray and aerated stream.Black kitchen sink faucet that has side spray is the third type of kitchen sink faucets. This type of kitchen faucet is a faucet with single handle and this is the most popular type since this type is the basic one. This kitchen faucet with single handle is simple but it requires several holes on the sink or countertop. If your kitchen is small and the countertop spaces are limited, do not use this kitchen faucet or your kitchen's countertop will look smaller.Beside the three types of kitchen sink faucets above there are some other types of kitchen faucet available. For example, there is kitchen faucet with single handle that is also having single hole on the countertop. The other type is the kitchen faucet with two handles. The last one is the widespread kitchen sink faucet that has two handles. Choose one you like the most.
Nakahara Kitchen Cabinets, 2017-12-19 01:05:36.When you are thinking about remodeling or refinishing your kitchen cabinet then you can consider about kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls. Knobs of the kitchen cabinet are important hardware that you cannot ignore it. Any kitchen cabinet designs should have the right knobs both from the quality and the design. So, the durability can be ensured and the comfortable feeling when you hold it is also got. It means you need to consider the feeling when you hold it too.So, first of all, it is about the look of the kitchen cabinet doors that can determine how the right knobs for the kitchen cabinet doors you want. If the doors are in classic pattern and detail, then the right kitchen cabinet knobs to pick are the knobs with classic designs too. You will also love the huge collection of traditional or classical knob designs that you can find in the market both online and in stores.Then, you can start choosing kitchen knobs from the material used to make the knobs. There are some choices and most of them are durable. So, for the material of kitchen cabinet knobs, you don't need to worry about it. The material is just like the standard should be. So, it is durable for years. You just need to consider the right shape of the knob so when you hold it, you feel comfortable. This is a good idea to try to get the best one.Sure, installation should not be ignored. The right installation can provide the complete feature of kitchen cabinet knobs. By the right installation, the knob design can be well attached so you can also enjoy the look and by the right installation, it can be well placed where you can feel comfortable when you hold or use it to open and close the cabinet door.
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November 12. 2013 11:20PM
Amherst's Huntington runner-up to Cherington
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Cherington garners Executive of the Year
— Constructing the team that ended the Pirates' 20-season losing streak and advanced to within a game of the National League Championship Series was not enough to earn general manager Neal Huntington MLB Executive of the Year honors Monday.
Huntington, a native of Amherst, N.H., finished as runner-up to fellow Granite Stater Ben Cherington, the Red Sox GM, who was named The Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year.
Cherington, who grew up in the Plainfield, N.H., village of Meriden, helped the Red Sox to a worst-to-first turnaround and World Series title by shedding payroll, hiring John Farrell as manager, and eschewing big-ticket free agent purchases in favor of mid-level signings like reliever Koji Uehara and outfielder Shane Victorino.
Thirty-one major league executives voted on the award. Cherington received 15 votes, Huntington nine.
Huntington and the Pirates front office authored their own remarkable year of player acquisitions, which contributed to a 15-win improvement from 2012.
The Pirates won 94 regular season games with a $66 million Opening Day payroll, ranking 27th in baseball. The Red Sox won 97 regular season games with a $154 million payroll.
Two under-valued free agent signings executed by Huntington were particularly effective.
The Pirates signed Francisco Liriano out of the free-agent bargain bin last offseason and Liriano delivered an ace-caliber season, going 16-8 with a 3.02 ERA. Liriano also won each of his two postseason starts. Liriano made $4.75 million in 2013, well below market value.
The front office also identified catcher Russell Martin as an undervalued player. Martin led the National League in runners caught stealing and was praised for his worth in sequencing and framing pitches.
The moves were perhaps key in maintaining front office stability. The Pirates leadership entered the season embattled after back-to-back, second-half collapses.
"(I'm) very grateful, very thankful, that we had the opportunity to see the 2013 season to its fruition," Huntington told the Tribune-Review earlier this week. "My hope is that all it has done is reinforce that commitment and that bond, because we've got a lot of talented people doing a lot of good things."
Huntington also traded Joel Hanrahan to Boston last offseason in a package that included reliever Mark Melancon, who became one of the best late-inning relievers in baseball. Huntington also added middle-of-the-order bats in Justin Morneau and Marlon Byrd after the non-waiver trade deadline.
A graduate of Milford High School, Huntington was named the Pirates' GM after the 2007 season. He was attempting to become the first Pirate to win the award since Cam Bonifay in 1997.


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Be careful how you use these! I work for an electric cooperative and when people buy these and follow the advice of turning them on and leaving them on, they get socked with HUGE electric bills.
To get the best savings, turn back the main heat source to about 54 - 58 and then supplement with these guys. Only have them on when someone is in the room with them. Otherwise, leave them off.
RWallmow wrote:Not even close to worth the money, ANY electric heater will be 100% efficient, 1500 watts of heat is 1500 watts of heat, no matter what kind of element is used (short of heat pumps, those can surpass 100%, but they are also NOT very portable).
You can buy 5 basic 1500 watt space heaters at a certain "orange" home improvement store for the price of this one.
Also 1500 watt moniker is somewhat misleading, these cannot legally put out 1500 watts on 120 volts, they can only achieve 1500 watts on 125 volts. At 120 volts you are only getting 1440 watts, but ALL heater companies lie about this, cannot fault EdenPURE more than any other company. Max allowed continuous load on a 120 volt 15amp circuit is 12amps (12*120=1440).
Cheers!!!! This is so true. You can find 1500 watt space heaters on sale for $10 at Wal-Mart.
Instead of buying the heater you should go to the bank and 99 $1 bills. Take them home, pile them up, and build yourself a nice little fire. I bought one of these to help with keeping my office warm. It's currently sitting TEN INCHES from my legs, running on high....I can barely feel any heat. You can hold your hand right in front of the grate in front and not have to remove it for fear of being burned. This thing really amounts to little more than a couple of toaster oven heat elements and a big metal box. Absolutely useless.
I have a few old fleece jackets I wear around the house. I am a big fan of long underwear in the winter too. I also have a nice warm down comforter for bed time. I'll be OK without this.
I can't speak for the quality of a refurb item; however, I bought one of these new last year and really like it. It heats up my living room fairly quickly. I like that it doesn't get hot to the touch because my cat likes to sit on top of it (after it shuts off). This one looks like it might be a newer model than the one I have. On mine, all the buttons are on the back.
My mom also has one of these. Her house is heated by natural gas from a tank. She has had significant savings by leaving the house thermostat at 68, and just heating whichever room she is hanging out in with the Eden Pure.
TL;DR - I have a different model and it works great, but I it bought new so can't speak to refurb quality.
honeybadger12 wrote:Claiming an item contains "cured copper" (as the manufacturer states) is like marketing a house and listing "cured paint" as one of its features.
Perhaps they meant "curated" copper and were trying to appeal to the hipster doofuses.
iubito wrote:Cheers!!!! This is so true. You can find 1500 watt space heaters on sale for $10 at Wal-Mart.
Do any of you people running your trap actually own one of these?
I own two of the knock-off Eden Pure heaters and they work exceptionally well. I don't buy the infrared or any of the gimmicks. The way these heaters work, they move a substantial amount of air over the heating elements allowing a large amount of air to be warmed. A small ceramic heater will try to move a small amount of air over a tiny heating element. The result is very hot air about 2-3 feet away from the heater, and a very chilly room everywhere else.
I own a couple ceramic heaters and an oil filled electric radiator. None of them work as well as these types of heaters. I have a 20x24 family room and the cermaic or oil filled radiator heaters will not heat the room. This heater will provide very comfortable temps throughout the entire room in just a matter of minutes. I also have one in my son's room as supplemental heat throughout the night. I can turn the thermostat down on the furnace to a point that is comfortable to my wife and I, while my son's room is 70 degrees while he sleeps. Works great!
kschoenberg wrote:Is Woot down to about six total things it sells nowadays?
Nah, that doesn't even cover the number of sites we have.
My question to stay on topic is how safe is this around pets?
quick edit: llamallamaduck you mentioned your cat, aren't you worried about fur getting in the device?
I guess this heater must have a built-in fan but it isn't listed in the "specs" or "features" tabs. That seems like a pretty important omission.
I had one of these. But I needed the outlet and just unplugged it while it was running. THAT caused it to shut down without cooling the bulb first, and it fried it. ALWAYS switch it off and let it go through it's cooling phase before unplugging.
I don't know about this particular heater but one thing you need to know about bad and good reviews is what the reviewer's outdoor temperature was. Heating even a small room when the temp is 10 degrees out is not as easy as heating a room when the temp is over 35 degrees
TCayer wrote:You sound like you know electrical, but I disagree with your claim about efficiency- 15 100 watt light bulbs use 1500 watts, but don't give off near as much heat. It's the same with a red-light element, or oil-filled heater versus infra-red forced air- energy is lost via other means than heat. I've tried ceramic, oil-filled, radiant, and NONE heat the same area as efficiently as this type (not this particular one, though.) THIS type of heater does not get super hot at the source, yet spreads warmth over the entire room. The others mentioned above get uncomfortably warm close to the heaters, and don't heat the rest of the room evenly.
Not true, 15 100watt bulbs would produce same heat as 1 1500 watt heater, however you don't have the fan to spread the heat evenly.
Now these might spread the heat more evenly in a room than a cheap $20 heater, no experience with that, but they cannot produce MORE heat, laws of physics still apply, 1500 watts of heat is 1500 watts of heat.
"I am the living dead, I heat in infrared"
This is not the same model currently sold by Costco. This one is A4137 at 2300 BTU / 900 watts and theirs is A5093 at 5000 BTU / 1500 watts, but then the Costco model is $250.
I would save my money and buy a heater that doesn't come with high priced advertising. (unless advertising can make you feel comfortable; because any 900 watt forced air heater will do as well, IMO)
spare us the marketing hype about "spreading the heat..."
These units are to heaters as BOSE is to radio.
RWallmow wrote:Not true, 15 100watt bulbs would produce same heat as 1 1500 watt heater, however you don't have the fan to spread the heat evenly.
You forgot about the *visible light* all those bulbs are emitting. They are using 1500wts, mostly to produce light; this heater is using 1500wts to produce mostly heat.
Infomercials! The reason they are run so late at night is because that is when the weak and the woozy can be snagged.
My husband bought one of these last year; I didn't know until it arrived at our door. It cost $399! That was about the same cost as an oil fill. But he assured me that it would save us money.
The "quartz technology" looked like a heat lamp, surrounded by a shiny aluminum cone, with a big blower underneath it. But it worked like gangbusters for the first month. I was happy until I got our first electric bill - doubled! Then, about 40 days out, it stopped heating *altogether.* I didn't need a fan that would blow cold air on me in January. "It has a money-back guarantee," my husband told me.
Oh yeah? They refused to take it back after 30 from the point of sale. I did some research and found that this is a very common problem with these machines. I had hi argue with them; all they did was send us another, after he paid #0 to ship the original back to them - and it *had* to be in all its original packing.
I cancelled the rest of our authorized payments, and we put the replacement in the attic, where it has stayed all winter. I am sure that it is simply one that it is a "refurb," which only needed another heat lamp bulb. If these things were as good as they claimed, why do you think Woot! would be selling them at 75% off last year's prices? Caveat Emptor!
I was just at my friends' house this weekend to watch the NDSU Bison win their 2nd national title in a row. My friends had this little heater running in their basement while we watched the game and it tripped the breaker TWICE in about an hour, thus resetting the TV and cable box during intense parts of the game. The only other thing that was running was the TV and they said it had never happened before.
You forgot about the *visible light* all those bulbs are emitting. They are using 1500wts, mostly to produce light; this heater is using 1500wts to produce mostly heat.
No, it's all heat. Incandescent light bulbs just make some heat that you can see.
skev wrote:No, it's all heat. Incandescent light bulbs just make some heat that you can see.
It is not *all* heat. From the wikipedia article on "Incandescent light bulb": "most incandescent bulbs convert less than 5% of the energy they use into visible light (with the remaining energy being converted into heat)." I admit I'm surprised by that low percentage.
"Some heat that you can see"? Is that a superpower I haven't heard about?
StanleyS wrote:It is not *all* heat. From the wikipedia article on "Incandescent light bulb": "most incandescent bulbs convert less than 5% of the energy they use into visible light (with the remaining energy being converted into heat)." I admit I'm surprised by that low percentage.
"Some heat that you can see"? Is that a superpower I haven't heard about?
Light, when absorbed, produces heat. The heat doesn't disappear - it's kind of a law.
they put out a LOT of heat! My dad has one that they use to heat pretty much the whole house
skev wrote:Light, when absorbed, produces heat. The heat doesn't disappear - it's kind of a law.
This made me lol.
How much heat will this put out if I burned it in my fireplace?
Except for the tiny amount of light which may leak out your windows, you are wrong! RWallmow is correct.
I love how they call them "infrared" heaters. It's a heater that heats with... heat.
Ooh. Aah.
Bowhunters wrote:Consumer Reports says that Edenpure's statement that it will save money is long on talk but short on facts.
Natural gas costs about 1/2 of what electricity will cost to heat the same room to the same temperature.
Only if you heat with something else like oil will electricity possibly be cheaper in that situation.
Of course. Then again, what do you suggest people get, a natural gas space heater? Yum yum carbon monoxide.
It is extremely frustrating and unhelpful (and maybe a statement about the company) that it is difficult if not impossible to find any details about this specific model anywhere. A look at the company website lists no such model number and all the reviews and comments posted here have been pointed out by the MOD to be about models that may be different (e.g., the Costco model, the Amazon review model). It would be nice/helpful/appropriate for Woot to find out which model this is (instead of just the model number) so we can compare apples to apples. This is all the more important for a refurbished item!
ebender1 wrote:These units are to heaters as BOSE is to radio.
Ha! Well said.
I live in Iowa. My daughter lives next door. About the same size house. Both of us have 500 gal tanks for propane. I bought one of thes 3 years ago. My daughter has had her tank filled 4 times to my 2. Her's needs filling again and mine does not.
When I first bought the Eden Pure: I set the thermostat on 68 and timed how long it took once the heat (propane)turned off and when it kicked back on. About 20 degrees outside. 8 minutes. I turned on the Eden Pure and did the same thing. 3 hours! We estimated saving $300 the first year after including the increased electrical bill. I know works and so does my daughter. It works and it works well.
Endorsed by the late Paul Harvey. Paul would never steer you wrong.
ebender1 wrote:I would save my money and buy a heater that doesn't come with high priced advertising. (unless advertising can make you feel comfortable; because any 900 watt forced air heater will do as well, IMO)
spare us the marketing hype about "spreading the heat..."
These units are to heaters as BOSE is to radio.
The infidel has sullied the holy name of BOSE! We will have him confined in a small enclousure created by Amish cabinet makers, and force him to listen to Enya through cheap speakers by Pioneer! What? You won't hear any difference? Never mind....
bmrbill wrote:They need these in California?
They get FEET of snow 20 minutes outside San Diego, so I would say yes
angerbender wrote:They really need these in California. In Southern California, many homes do not have heating systems installed when they are built. So when it gets chilly at night, you gotta have something.
- that's because you do not need a heater in Socal. I know, I live in LA.
We might get a few chilly nights..
- Try warm pajamas? ..I bought mine at Target for 14.99.
- Find a mate? Mine comes in handy sometimes (besides the obvious).
Do you really need to be guzzling 900W of power while you are sleeping?
Either you are stupid for complaining of cold weather in Socal. Or I am stupid for not noting the sarcasm..
davemeigs5 wrote:It seems the 1500 watt Vornado for $40 was a better buy.
Or the $89 one I bought from Wal*Mart that basically looks just like it, but with 1500 watts, plus a digital display and remote control. It also timed start, etc. One of the few "not so good" deals I've seen on Woot.
PLEASE PLEASE, people, do not spend $100 on an electric space heater.
The only way this "saves" you money is by the wonders of zone heating - i.e. heating only one room at a time and turning down your central heat. And it only then saves if your electricity is cheap. (In CT, it is not...) THE ONLY POTENTIAL SAVINGS IS IN HOW YOU USE IT.
It's like me selling you a winter coat and saying it saves on your heating bills.
What you want to ignore is the sales pitch - as many have pointed out, *ANY* 1500W electric heater produces the same heat at the same efficiency, it doesn't matter if it's quartz, ceramic, or whatever.
I can see paying a little more for a heater with a quiet fan, or adjustable thermostat, or remote control or timer, but that's worth about $40-$50 tops.
evilmeowser wrote:- that's because you do not need a heater in Socal. I know, I live in LA.
We might get a few chilly nights..
Either you are stupid for complaining of cold weather in Socal. Or I am stupid for not noting the sarcasm..
Believe it or not, the boundaries of SoCal stretch beyond L.A. (where I used to live). I'm in Idyllwild now, 5200 feet up in the San Jacinto mountains, just an hour from Riverside or Temecula or Palm Springs. And I'm burning wood to keep warm, with snow on the ground right now.
Welcome to southern California, where you can surf in the morning and ski in the afternoon...
On a more serious note that will likely get overlooked. What has happened to my dearest woot? You used to sell one GOOD product at an insanely cheap price. Now you sell a bunch of products "on sale". It's basically where amazon goes to dump the extra stuff they have in storage. It's sad and I rarely see anything worth the money, or even cheaper than another store.
Sad thing is I love amazon. But, you...amazon...have RUINED woot. You have forgotten your roots, and what made the site so popular. Sooner rather than later the site will fall into obscurity.
You might be saving a ton off the sticker price, but that's all you're saving, I'm afraid...
I have a small Holmes electric heater in a plastic enclosure with a fan that cost $7.95 at Lowes, if I remember right, about ten years ago. I just plugged it into a KILL A WATT Model P4400 Volt/Amp/Watt/Hz/KWH meter. My voltage is 115v. On the low setting it indicates 927W and 1152W on high.
I really don't think anyone needs to pay much for an electric heater unless it makes them feel better to have an expensive one.
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When a guy takes a crap in another guys mouth and then the guy with the crap in his mouth sucks the other guys dick... so then the guy that crapped had his own crap all over his dick and then he gives the other guy anal, transferring his crap in to the other guys anus.
"Hey, your crap is in my rectum because of that brownie sundae"
"A brownie sundae is the dirtiest thing you could possibly do."
"A brownie sundae is the dirtiest thing you could possibly do."
by Terry Bradshaw January 12, 2005
The act of shitting in a females mouth, and jizzing on the pile of dump after draining your poop chute.
Last night after fucking my wife, i had the urge to shit, and figured id just do it in her mouth, had a wicked craving for a brownie sundae so jizzed on the turd and it resembled a brownie sundae
by Class Perves, were sick bitchs November 02, 2011
This term is used when two or more dudes, either gay or seriously plastered, both take a shit on the floor, mix it up, then see who can bust a nut on top of it first. The last person to jizz has to eat the steaming pile of dung topped with snake juice!
Gunther and Shane were so drunk and bored at the party, they went out back and made a brownie sundae. We knew because Gunther's lips were covered with shit and cum.
by JBgolferdude712 February 05, 2009
When a guy/girl has another guy/girl shit on their chest and a guy cums on top of the shit, therefore creating a brownie sundae. Often it is then ate with a spoon.
by Matthew Paul July 08, 2006


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NEW YORK � Unionized workers at the Metropolitan Opera said Friday they want to work with management to avoid shutting down one of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions.
A day after a lockout deadline was postponed, Tino Gagliardi, president of the Met orchestra's union, told about 100 performers and other union members at a rally that it was negotiating in good faith.
Met General Manager Peter Gelb had threatened a lockout at 12:01 a.m. Friday if the unions did not agree to pay cuts. Management announced late Thursday it had agreed to a federal mediator's request to extend the deadline for the threatened lockout until 12:01 a.m. Monday.
The Met also announced it had reached new contract agreements with three of the 15 unions whose contracts expired, including those representing ushers, security guards and cleaning staff.
''The Met is hopeful that the 72-hour extension of the negotiating period will allow productive talks with the unions who have not yet reached agreement with the Met,'' Gelb said in a statement Friday. ''We want to work together with union representatives, and do everything we can to achieve new contracts, which is why we've agreed to an extension.''
Gelb has demanded that the unions accept salary cuts of about 17 percent, to cover a deficit of $2.8 million in the Met's $326 million annual budget.
But unions representing about 2,500 chorus singers, orchestra musicians, stagehands, carpenters and others say they'll lose as much as 30 percent of their income through additional pension cuts and higher health care costs.
Workers at the rally wore black T-shirts that read, ''United for the Metropolitan Opera.''
''We believe that with well-chosen productions and with expert management, the Met can live within its budget and present innovative grand opera while also offering competitive compensation to attract and retain the best musicians in the world,'' Gagliardi said.
Tenor Nathan Carlisle said the cuts the opera proposed were a ''shock'' and that union members were willing to work with Gelb to find a middle ground.
''We need to do that,'' Carlisle said. ''Not only for the artists that you see today at this rally today but for the vendors, for the local businesses, for the people of New York City who've been coming to this opera house for years and years and years.''


text: So here is an update on my little guy! He's doing much better and gaining weight since we have been supplementing! Met with his doctor and 2 ILBC's and confirmed that i do have a supply issue because of my PCOS. Prior to his birth i never had a thyroid problem and now i have hypothyroidism, and when doc ran a prolactin level on me it was very low. Still power pumping and giving him what BM i have. I tried the mother's milk tea but i developed a rash after drinking it. I read up on the ingredients and low and behold i have a mild peanut allergy (no fenugreek for me) and since i have a severe ragweed allergy (no milk thisle for me) go figure!!!! I am afraid to investigate anymore herbal supplements because of my allergies. But it is what it is! I've accepted my fate! The important thing is that he is ok! Thanks again for everyone's support! If anyone has any more tips it would be much appreciated! Going back to work full time in 2.5 weeks! BOOOO


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A savory, sweet and spicy soup packed to the hilt with vegetables, beans and even a bit of fruit. Shredded cabbage adds body and texture to the broth of the soup and serves as a backdrop for sweet potatoes, black beans and apple.
I know cabbage is one of the least desirable vegetables for most people, but I'm in the minority and truly get cravings for it. Here the cabbage is briefly simmered in a small amount of heavy cream and milk, a step that renders it rich and creamy.
The tart and juicy apple is barely noticeable but brings a subtle sweetness to the party that counteracts the warm and mild spiciness of the chili powder, paprika and cayenne.
Finished with a sprinkle of shredded cheese, this warm and nourishing soup will comfort you from the inside out! And the outside in.
1. In a large soup pot saute onion in olive oil over medium-low heat until tender. Add garlic and saute until fragrant. Add cabbage, heavy cream, milk, chile powder, thyme, paprika, salt, pepper, cinnamon and cayenne. Simmer slowly for 5-7 minutes.
2. Add sweet potatoes, apple, broth, black beans and vinegar. Bring to a simmer and cook 25-30 minutes. Taste halfway through and re-season if needed.
3. Serve with a generous sprinkle of cheese and parsley or chives.
I'm linking this to Heather over at Girlichef for the Hearth 'n' Soul Blog Hop and I'm also sending it to Deb of Kahakai Kitchen for Souper (Soup, Salad and Sammie) Sundays!


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Bill Nye might rightly be called a swing-dancing fanatic. So he sounded none too pleased at having to leave the floor after a stint on "Dancing With the Stars" left him with a painful tear to his quadriceps tendon.
Weeks of physical therapy and weightlifting later, Nye, 59, recently returned in baggy pants and suede-soled shoes to the Elks Lodge in Playa del Rey for the Wednesday night swing dances organized by dancer and teacher Rusty Frank.
An Emmy winner as "Bill Nye the Science Guy," he has also worked as a comic, an actor and an engineer, and now is the head of the Planetary Society and an author. He advocates for climate change awareness and action.
Tell me about your relationship to swing dancing.
My parents used to go dancing all the time, and I presume being of the World War II era, they were swing dancing. They were members of something called the Friday Night Chowder and Marching Society, which, as I look back, was a euphemism for swing dancing. … I was swing dancing in Seattle, certainly when I was 23, which is getting to be some time ago.
Learning the fundamentals is one thing. Getting to the point where women don't mind dancing with you is a whole other. To men, it's at least six months. And at that point, I strongly recommend you preface it with "I'm just learning." The women — some roll their eyes, and I don't blame them, and others say, "That's all right. We were all beginners once."
What appeals to you about swing dancing?
The music is fantastic. … And I cannot emphasize this enough: Women you do not know, you don't even know their first name, they want you to hold them. They expect you to take hold of them. It's wonderful. It's fantastic.
It keeps you really fit. You come home really having perspired a great deal.
I've heard that swing dancing can help stave off dementia?
Huh? What? [Laughs.] It's very reasonable, because you have to use your brain all the time, and you are active. All these studies about how walking staves off dementia? You're more than walking for hours at a time. At least when you are the leader, I won't call it anxiety or terror or trauma, but you're always concerned with the next phrase.
But you stuck with it?
Oh, yeah. It's the coolest thing ever. The reason I couch it in these terms is because, as the leader, you are always anxious that the woman would rather be dancing with someone who's better. But I think I am to the point where women don't mind it. … Swing dancing is the greatest fun there is. You feel like you are flying. … I guess it's like when you learn any sport: Once in a while you get a hit, you return the tennis ball. It's very athletic.
What are your eating habits?
Compared to a lot of people, my eating habits are good, really fantastic. I am amazed at the stuff people eat. I am not a raving vegan, white sugar is death. I am not at that level. The big thing I do that a lot of people don't do is I don't eat more than I need. ... I just notice when I've had enough to eat. Also, my grandmother is French, and there's a lot of that culture where these people talk about food all day. They talk about what they're going to have, they talk about they eat and they compare to the thing the last time they had the thing. But they don't eat too much of it. So some of that culture got into my family. My mother was very good; we always had a green vegetable at dinner. And I can cook. I'm not a genius, but I can cook.
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LAS VEGAS — Clear your schedules, everyone. The Pac-12 Tournament is going to end in style.
The two best teams in the conference will meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena at 3 p.m. Saturday, with top-seeded Arizona matching up against No. 2-seed UCLA.
Stingy defense versus prolific offense.
On Friday night, the Bruins romped to an 84-59 blowout of Stanford — shooting a season-high 65.2 percent in the most lopsided game in league tourney history. Two hours earlier, the Wildcats had shut down Colorado, 63-43, holding the Buffs to a season-worst 29.4 percent shooting performance.
They marked the sixth and seventh of 10 games at the Pac-12 Tournament decided by at least 11 points.
In their lone previous meeting this season, Arizona eked out a 79-75 win at Pauley Pavilion — one that featured a late 15-1 run by the Bruins. The prospect of a Las Vegas rematch has loomed for over two months.
"That was in the back of our minds since we lost to them at Pauley," said forward Travis Wear.
After a hiccup at Washington State to end the regular season, UCLA (25-8) is again looking as explosive as ever.
It opened its semifinal game on a 14-2 run in less than four minutes, with seven points coming from Norman Powell. The junior guard had not scored in double figures in his last four outings, but he sliced through Stanford's defense for layups or drawing contact for trips to the line. He finished with a game-high 22 points.
The Bruins only poured on from there, shooting a blistering 62.1 percent through the first 20 minutes and dishing out 11 assists against five turnovers. Travis Wear couldn't miss, hitting his first seven shots for a game-high 12 points at the break. He added four more after the break.
In the first half alone, point guard Kyle Anderson notched 11 points, five rebounds, six assists, two steals and a block — relatively standard at this point for the Wooden and Bob Cousy Award finalist.
He had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists at the final buzzer, thrilling fans with crisp passes and smooth jumpers as his UCLA career nears its end. Certainly NBA-bound after this season, the sophomore has been the lynchpin in one of college basketball's most prolific offenses.
After a 21-point rout of Arizona State in Thursday night's quarterfinals, Stanford needed over nine minutes to notch its third field goal against UCLA.
The Cardinal (21-12) only mustered five assists to five turnovers before halftime, and never got within single digits again after the first five minutes of the game. No player scored in double digits in the first half, and only two — Dwight Powell (16) and Chasson Randle (11) — had by the end of the second.
The early margin was even more gaping on the glass. UCLA held a 20-11 advantage on the boards at halftime, grabbing six of those on offense.
At that point, only four Stanford players had at least one rebound, and none with more than three.
The Cardinal's MVP? Arguably the cheerleader who toughed out her routine despite a cumbersome knee brace.


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Justin McGonigle
Nice article! But you're forgetting a very important part of the equation. People also need someone to believe in them so that they can be given the chance to bloom and do good in the world. Without someone saying:"Yes. I believe in your ability. Come with us and do good," a person will eventually not be able to sustain the belief that what they are doing is even worth their effort. Many great talents have had tragic stories simply because no one believed in them.


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A production crew filming for "Deadly Affairs" on Investigation Discovery was in Daytona Beach to talk to Attorney Ted Doran, who represented Norman Larzelere when he filed for divorce from his wife.
The case of Virginia Larzelere has legs: A woman is convicted in the murder-for-hire shotgun slaying of her dentist husband amid allegations that she had a romantic relationship with her son who is accused but later acquitted of being the triggerman.
And those legs on Thursday carried a film crew into the office of prominent local attorney Ted Doran to interview him about the infamous case in which Larzelere was convicted of killing Norman Larzelere in 1991 in his Edgewater dental office.
A production crew filming for "Deadly Affairs" on Investigation Discovery was in Daytona Beach to talk to Doran, who represented Norman Larzelere when he filed for divorce from his wife. After the murder, Doran represented Norman Larzelere's parents to gain custody of the couple's three youngest children and securing the life insurance proceeds for the kids.
The Larzelere case was the Casey Anthony of the early 1990s.
"It was huge," Doran said in an interview in his office. "It went on forever. It was very salacious, so it got a lot of media attention. This will be the fifth time that I've been interviewed for a national network."
Virginia Larzelere directed some of her ire at Doran by lodging a bizarre complaint with The Florida Bar.
"Interestingly on the same day that he was murdered," Doran said, "there was a Florida Bar complaint filed against me by Virginia accusing me of beheading her cat and putting it in her refrigerator and, as I recall, something about a dead possum."
Virginia Larzelere was convicted in 1992 of first-degree murder for the slaying of her husband, who was shot by a masked killer armed with a shotgun. The motive: $2 million in life insurance. The jury recommended death 7 to 5.
But the Florida Supreme Court in 2008 overturned the death sentence and ordered a new penalty phase because Larzelere's lawyers did not investigate or present evidence of her being sexually abused and having an alcoholic father.
She instead received a life sentence, which under the law at the time permitted parole after 25 years. Larzelere, 60, is scheduled for her initial interview for parole consideration in September 2014, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Virginia Larzelere's son Jason, 18 at the time, was accused of being the triggerman but a jury found him not guilty in a separate trial. Norman Larzelere was Jason's stepfather. The family lived in DeLand.
The show on the case will probably air this summer, said Anne Rothwell, an executive producer for Sirens Media in Maryland. Actors will recreate the crime but they will do that in Maryland, she said.
Doran is not surprised at the attention the case continues to receive. He motioned to some old files on his desk.
"There's some interesting stuff in there," Doran said. "Jason's roommate's testimony under oath that Jason admitted that he committed the murder. At the same time, of course, Jason was found not guilty when he was tried."
The jurors may have found reasonable doubt in Jason Larzelere's trial because his alleged gay lover was presented as an alternate suspect, Doran said.
"He had what was reputed to be a gay lover in Steven Heidle," Doran said.
The two were similar in build. But no one else was prosecuted for the crime beyond the mother and son.
Heidle died in December 1999 of an apparent suicide at his mother's DeBary home.
Doran said the crew from "Deadly Affairs" told him Jason Larzelere was in Europe.
Norman Larzelere had retained Doran to begin divorce proceedings against his wife but then changed his mind for the sake of the children.
"He was a very nice guy, very mild mannered, easy going type of guy, just very concerned for the children," Doran said of the dentist. "The reason that he said that he wanted to stop the divorce proceedings was to buffer, that was his word, buffer the children from Virginia."
Doran cautioned his client.
"And you know, I remember saying to him that the decision he was making could cost him very dearly," Doran said. "And of course I wasn't thinking death but it did." �


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Paper by Edward M. Reingold, Nachum Dershowitz, and Stewart M. Clamen published in "Software-Practice and Experience", 23 (1993), pagg. 383-404. It provides algorithmic presentations of three calendarss of historical interest: Mayan, French Revolutionary, and Old Hindu. It includes Common Lisp source code for calendar conversions.
Document location: http://emr.cs.iit.edu/~reingold/calendar2.ps
Edward M. Reingold | Nachum Dershowitz | Stewart M. Clamen
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Blog and video by Paul Pearce, director of international programs department
On a recent visit to our programs in the Philippines, I was invited to spend the afternoon with a group of sponsored aging persons in the Antipolo project. The program organizes sponsored members into small groups called ìKapitbahayanî (neighbor in the Filipino language).
The groups of 15 to 20 members meet regularly, and this afternoon was one of such Kapitbahayan meetings held in the ruins of a small, uncompleted building.
The meetings are a source of camaraderie, support and planning among the sponsored members. They share with each other how things are going in their home life, study scriptures and coordinate project activities.
During the meeting, I asked if they have recreation or talent development activities. That's when the smiles really emerged on these beautiful faces. Wenceslao quickly stood and said that he would like to sing out of great gratitude to his sponsor and the CFCA program. CFCA staff member Nell joins him as a duet part way through the popular and historic song.
I was now immersed in Filipino pride, beauty and spirit through song. Many in attendance took turns singing. They had turned this ramshackle, tattered shell of a building into a fine concert hall and given our meeting its wings.


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March 28, 2016
Murder Past Due
by James, Miranda
Murder Past Due by Miranda James is the first book in the Cat in the Stacks cozy mystery series. Cozy mysteries are leisurely-paced books that contain no profanity, depictions of violence, or sex, and Murder Past Due is no exception. Of course, there is a murder, but with its leisurely pace, this novel captivates readers while they, Charlie the librarian, and Diesel, the very large Maine Coon cat, get wrapped up in solving a murder.
Murder Past Due centers on Charlie Harris, a recent widower who has returned to his small hometown of Athena, Mississippi to work part-time as an archival librarian for the local college. He runs a boarding home that he inherited from his aunt after her passing. When Charlie's school-time bully-turned famous author returns to Athena, Charlie and his companion cat Diesel are quite fine to leave well enough alone. But when this memorable bully, who appears to have many enemies, comes to withdrawn Charlie asking for guidance in regards to being related to one of Charlie's boarders, Charlie gets swept up into the drama. When someone ends up dead, Charlie is compelled to investigate to clear the name of someone he cares for.
All of the characters are strongly written, including lovable Diesel, and it includes a light-hearted tone with mild humor worthy of a few chuckles. Readers can enjoy unraveling the mystery at their own pace, while following the steps of one of the genre's few male protagonists.
Readers can enjoy this novel in paperback or e-book format, and if they enjoy it, there are seven more novels in this series as well as two spinoff novels.
--Recommended by Stefany Boleyn, Haughville Library
March 21, 2016
The Killing Season
by Cross, Mason
Caleb Wardell is a ruthless killer. He's been tried, convicted, and locked away in prison on death row in Illinois. But when the van transporting him to Terre Haute is attacked and he finds himself a free man, he decides to make the most of it. That's when Carter Blake gets an early-morning call; Blake is the man you call to find someone who doesn't want to be found. The FBI is also trying to find Wardell and some (most) of the agents are none too pleased to have some upstart working with them, especially a man whose methods differ so from theirs. Wardell has nothing to lose and goes about doing what he does best; the people determined to thwart him only make the game that much more exciting for him. This is Cross's debut novel and already his character, Carter Blake, is being compared to Lee Child's Jack Reacher: a flawed "loner" hero. The action may also appeal to readers of Owen Laukkanen, Vince Flynn, and Tom (Hinshel)Wood.
The Killing Season is also available as a downloadable e-book.
--Recommended by Cheryl Holtsclaw, West Indianapolis Library
March 14, 2016
The Andalucian Friend
by Söderberg, Alexander
A few year ago many fiction readers took up Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series. At that time I was dubious of Scandinavian Crime Fiction as a genre. Since then authors like Alexander Söderberg have reshaped my skepticism to acceptance. I recently read Söderberg's The Andalucian Friend and was astonished by his cast of guileful characters. Söderberg begins with Jens Vall, an antihero despondently tethered to a criminal arms vector; Sophie Brinkmann, a moored hospital nurse taking a seemingly simple risk when befriending a patient; and Lars Vinge, an unhinged cop recruited by malfeasant senior police. Once the main characters are established the plot spirals towards raging swath revealing mostly vile characters, unscrupulous alliances, and visceral adversaries. Readers won't find redemptive subtext or lyrical prose, but an author testing the limits of unabashed readers and their credulity. If you are a crime fiction devotee, or appreciate tarantinoesque showdowns, check out The Andalucian Friend.
The Andalucian Friend is also available as a downloadable e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and an audiobook on CD.
—Recommended by Ryan Houdek, Central Library
March 7, 2016
Jade Dragon Mountain
by Hart, Elsa
Settings long ago and far away allow us to immerse ourselves in another culture and time, to become the proverbial armchair traveler. Jade Dragon Mountain, a first novel by Elsa Hart, takes place in a backwater city in southwest China near the Tibetan border. The time is late eighteenth century. Lyrical descriptions help set the tone. Vivid characters populate the novel. Li Du, the sleuth of the novel, is a librarian exiled for political reasons, a travelling scholar. There are also delightful passages in which Hamza, an itinerant Arabian storyteller, spins his tales. Tulishen, the magistrate of the city of Dayan, provides a bureaucratic counterpoint. The action takes place just before and during the Emperor's visit during which he is expected to predict the eclipse of the sun.
To top it all off, there is a mystery. Clues are given throughout the novel, but it was difficult to figure out who might have killed an aging Jesuit astronomer. Clues are interspersed with false leads providing intriguing twists in the plot. Curiosity kept me reading. This is a thoroughly satisfying read from 1st page to last, quite an accomplishment for a first novel. Expect to hear more from this author.
Jade Dragon Mountain is also available as a downloadable e-book.
--Recommended by Janice Swan, Glendale Library
February 29, 2016
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by King, Stephen
I have been a fan of Stephen King's fiction for years. So, in high school my parents gave me On Writing as a Christmas gift. I didn't get it. "But, I'm not a writer!" I thought. Now I realize that they knew me better than I knew myself. Recently I drafted a novel, and reread this book again.
King starts out with what he calls his CV, an autobiography that provides a rich background into his character and upbringing. You can see his evolution, with the help of his single mom and older brother into a voracious reader and tentative writer. He describes the trials and tribulations of perfecting his craft while working odd jobs to support a growing family. And then, he gets down to the nitty gritty, practical tips on writing. King is both self-deprecating in his suggestions and critical of others. He doesn't pull punches for anyone.
On Writing is currently helping me get through the long slog of revisions and "What was I thinking?" moments. It is a must have for writers and King fans alike, reminding us of the commandment to be honest in our writing.
For instance he suggests: If you curse in real life, then don't have your characters substitute curse words, unless it is for a good reason. If your character is the type to yell "Sugar!" when hitting her thumb with a hammer, that is characterization in and of itself. His advice is invaluable to aid writers in ego and anxiety checks alike.
On Writing is also available as a downloadable e-book and in large print.
--Recommended by Kasey Panighetti, Franklin Road Library


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You're now gazing at President Barack Obama's just-released official portrait -- the first of a U.S. president ever taken with a digital camera. That means we can peek at the EXIF data -- this fine specimen of portraiture was snapped with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100 by newly crowned official White House photographer Pete Souza. Nice work, Souza -- but we think it could use a few lens flares.
[Thanks, Penny]
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