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For those selling a house, spring can be an incredibly hectic time. Winter is often tough on property, as plows can turn driveways and yards into craters, salt eats away at exposed metal and the constant moisture and cold wreak havoc on pipes and siding. However, prepping your home to sell this spring need not be a full-time job.
Simple steps go a long way toward increasing curb appeal, which can be a determining factor for buyers. Power washing a house's siding, painting worn areas, trimming bushes and trees and raking a lawn can go a long way in increasing a home's first impression."Take a look at how your house appears from the street," said Kim Scappaticci of Wallauer's Design Center. "If you think the exterior is in need of a fresh look, try giving the front door a facelift. Make a bold statement with a bright color, such as red, yellow, lime or green."
Inside, sellers should embrace their inner spring cleaning. Having spent the past several months indoors, many homeowners allow possessions to amass in unsightly piles, creating an instant turn-off for a buyer. It's important to reduce clutter and tidy up.
Worn-out rooms should also be thoroughly scrubbed and given a fresh paint job where needed. If possible, painting a wall a bright color often work best. "Bright colors invoke a sense of happiness and are uplifting," said Scappaticci. "Think about the cheer on a bright sunny day." Scappaticci explained that neutral base colors such as Mountain Peak by Benjamin Moore serve as a great foundation. "The color is light, clean and fresh. It's the perfect canvas to enhance all the other features of a home," she said.
When preparing a house for the market, it's important for homeowners to imagine themselves in a buyer's shoes. A clean, freshly painted house welcomes owners-to-be and in some cases, can even sell a home faster. "First impressions are important, as buyers look for move-in ready homes," said Scappaticci.
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Why Does My Back Hurt?
I am a double amputee and my operation was done in October 2008. Now I'm at home and have been doing my exercises regularly for the last few weeks. Also, I have been cooking my food and I have noticed that my back is starting to hurt as I'm doing a bit of walking. Could it be due to the more working or is there another reason for my back pain? I can walk inside the house with no stick.
You didn't mention the level(s) of your amputations - with low back pain being more common for someone who's undergone bilateral amputations above the knee - or higher - due to the progressively greater gait compensations and energy expenditure associated with prosthetic ambulation the higher the amputation level.
Regardless, evaluations by your physician, your prosthetist, and your physical therapist are necessary to determine if prosthetic fit, alignment, components, and function are optimal, whether your gait pattern is the best it can be, additional or different stretching and/or strengthening exercises which may be beneficial - and whether those you are performing are being done properly (if you've just begun performing exercises a few weeks ago, more time may be necessary for benefit to occur), and if there's a "medical reason" for your back pain which requires further evaluation and treatment.
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Norm Abram's Adirondack Chair
Editor Steve Shanesy builds an improved Adirondack chair with Norm Abram in The New Yankee Workshop. Build the chair and learn how Abram works.
By Steve Shanesy with Norm Abram
Pages: 38-44
From the August 2005 issue #149
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I've become keenly aware throughout the years that patience allows time for opportunities to come along that might never have been possible. Such is the case with this Adirondack chair built in The New Yankee Workshop with Norm Abram.
Although projects similar to this one are rather common fare for most woodworking magazines, Popular Woodworking hasn't offered one to readers for more than 10 years. The project has been discussed, of course, but for one reason or another, it never happened. Then one day the phone rings and a representative of "The New Yankee Workshop" asks if we'd like to work with Abram to build the most popular project ever shown on the show.
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Kim Nash began working in the Tennessee Tech Athletics Department in 2004 from across campus in Photo Services. She holds the position of Executive Assistant to the Athletics Director. In her role, in addition to providing assistance to Director of Athletics Mark Wilson, she also handles numerous other tasks including all game contracts and additional financial responsibilities.
A native of nearby Baxter, Tenn., she attended Upperman High School before enrolling at Tennessee Tech to study education and business. In 1996, she took a position in Photo Services, a post she held until joining Athletics.
Among her job responsibilities are working at athletics events in a variety of roles, including home football and basketball games and the Bobby Nichols Scramble. She also coordinates several special events for the A.D., and prepares the Athletics Annual Report and the Institutional Effectiveness report.
Besides time spent on the job, Kim also puts in numerous hours as a volunteer for several community activities.
Kim and her husband, Perry, have been married 35 years and have two grown children, Emily and Daniel. They are the proud grandparents of five -- Jordan, Caleb, Allie Grace, Lily and Haleu -- and are expecting their sixth grandchild in January 2016.


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You know beach time is almost upon us and while you may have been keeping in pretty good shape fitness wise can you say the same for your diet? The foods you eat can really play a big part in your skins health so you want to make sure you're taking care of your nutritional intake sooner rather than later.
When you see someone who has sallow, blemished skin with greasy, lank hair; then there is a very strong chance that they are not nutritionally savvy. This can be avoided by most people simply educating yourself of what foods are good for the skin.
If you want healthy skin instead of a pasty, spotty complexion then you really want to avoid foods high in fat, sugars and salt. Now you already knew that right? Because truthfully we all know that deep down but let's not focus on the negatives here, there are lots of nutritious foods out there that if eaten regularly will give you healthy, glowing skin.
Increase Your EFA Intake
EFA's are Essential Fatty Acids and can do wonders for your skin. EFA's are a type of fat but what's known as 'good fats' because they contain Omega-3 and Omega-6 which helps deliver the vitamins A, D, E and K into your body.
EFA's can be found in fish such as salmon, sardines and tuna; nuts and seeds, soya beans, eggs and prawns. Always go for line caught sea fresh and organic fish where possible.
Increase You Zinc Intake
Zinc is pretty vital for your skins health and has lots of other benefits for your body too such as immune system support. Some signs that you're low in zinc include those little white spots you get on your fingernails, flaky scalp and dull looking skin. Zinc helps your body to produce collagen so if you want young looking skin then this is the mineral for you.
Find Zinc in turkey, cheese, eggs, nuts, red meat, seafood and wholegrain foods. Again, go for grass fed, lean, free range, organic wherever possible because you don't want to add pesticides, chemicals and hormones into the mix!
Increase Your Selenium Intake
Selenium protects your cells from free radical damage and can help with people that experience dry skin conditions. Selenium is also excellent for those who suffer with acne. Now it is fairly rare for people to be low on this trace mineral but if you do have dry skin then it is worth ensuring that you include these foods in your weekly diet.
Very similar to Zinc, you can find Selenium in cheese, eggs, cereal, pulses, Brazil nuts, red meat, seafood and wholegrain foods. Again, go for grass fed, lean, free range, organic wherever possible.
Increase Your Vitamin C Intake
Vitamin C is probably one of the best well known vitamins throughout the world and rightly so; it has so many health benefits which include boosting your immune system, production of collagen and helping to protect against sun exposure.
Vitamin C comes in many different foods all of which are bright in colour and seriously tasty to eat. You can find Vitamin C in kiwi fruit, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, sweet potatoes and citrus fruits.
All these foods are so good for your skin and the best thing about them is they are provided to you by the earth. Always try to go local, organic, free range and in season because this is how nature intended you to eat it. Chemical, coloring, preservative and hormone free are always the best option for your whole body's health.
You won't see changes to your skins health overnight but you will notice a big difference in around 4 to 8 weeks.
Stay tuned for the next blog which tells you about the effect pollution has on your skin!


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Old building, new roads on Peterborough warrantBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 08. 2013 11:05PM
PETERBOROUGH - A $2.6 million project to improve Union Street, and the fate of GAR Hall will be in the hands of voters at the open session of Town Meeting Wednesday night.
During the ballot voting session of Town Meeting on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., voters will be asked to approve an $11,878,659 town operating budget, up 2.2 percent from last year. Voters will also be asked if they want to appropriate $155,000 for the Fleet Management Capital Reserve Fund and $50,000 for the Financial Management Software/Hardware Capital Reserve Fund.
Peterborough has a hybrid form of town government, combining elements of Senate Bill 2 procedures and traditional open town meeting. The plan allows for a third session in the form of a traditional Town Meeting.
The third session of annual Town Meeting at the Town House is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Town officials have saved meatier warrant articles for the open session, such as the three warrant articles addressing the mothballed Grand Army of the Republic Hall, which is owned by the town and in need of a major renovation, and the $2.6 million bond article for much-needed infrastructure repairs to Union Street.
Supporters would need to muster a two-thirds majority on the $2.6 million bond article to move forward with the Union Street improvement project.
"It's been obvious for quite some time that Union Street has been in need of a high level of reconstruction," said Public Works Director Rodney Bartlett on Wednesday. "Union Street carries up to 4,000 cars a day. It's one of our busiest streets in town."
Union Street starts at Main Street at the edge of downtown and continues through West Peterborough to Route 101. In between are densely populated residential areas and the town's recreation building, athletic fields and Adams playground and pool.
Traffic slowing measures would be part of the project, Bartlett said, particularly from Elm, Main and High streets toward Adams playground.
But the main focus of the project would be to reconstruct the roadbed, granite curbing and sidewalks.
Also before voters Wednesday night are three warrant articles offering three different options for the town's old civil war veteran's hall, the G.A.R. Hall.
The town mothballed the building several years ago and attempted to sell it last year. A potential buyer bid $100 and agreed to maintain the building and property's historical integrity. However, the state's Charitable Trust Foundation opposed the sale, said Bartlett.
The town was deeded the building in 1899 on the condition it be held forever by the town as a memorial and park.
The building was constructed in 1834 and was the town's first high school.
The state felt selling the building for $100 for a different use violates the restrictive deed, Bartlett said.
The first warrant article asks voters to borrow $300,000 to renovate the building so that it could be used by the town.
Another article asks voters to allow the town to sell the building and grounds, while the third warrant article asks voters to approve a measure that would satisfy the restrictive deed by placing $172,000, the appraised value of the building, into the town's parks fund.
"We certainly expect a lot of discussion on all of the three articles," Bartlett said.


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I spent a few hours researching gas fireplaces on the net last week. When I finally found a brand I liked I called the sales rep. I told him I would like some info on his units and asked about becoming a dealer. He told me that the closest dealer for the specific brand I was interested in was 100 miles from me but that there was a local dealer that sold one particular model of this brand. He said there should be no problem with becoming a dealer and he would be up in my area within a few weeks and would contact me after he spoke to the other dealers. I asked him why he needed to speak to them and he said that he wanted to run the idea of my company selling this brand through them first to get their approval.
Is it me or is there something wrong with this. It really pisses me off that he would even say this to me. I'm waiting for him to show up so that I can tell him that after interviewing three other reps I decided to go with one of them. (kinda like the tv commercial where the HO's interview loan companies.) This just does'nt seem like something a rep should tell anyone.


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Spring Integration + Spring Java Config (JavaConfig)My coworker is convinced that Spring Integration does not jive well with Spring Java Config. Is this true? I haven't yet used Spring Integration, but would like to. I much prefer the Java config style of app context configuration (the @Configuration kind, not the @Inject kind), and would prefer to use it over XML, which I hate.Tags: None
Seems like the SI namespace elements are just declarative representations of builders, which has an equivalent Java representation, e.g.
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Scala is nice, but perhaps something similar could be provided within the confines of the Java language. I've seem similar DSLs constructed without the features of Scala. The lack of closures makes some of it a bit verbose, but it could work.
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Another way to say this is that the XML elements we provide via the namespaces act as a DSL themselves. They provide a higher level model on top of the underlying API. For example, when you define a <transformer> or <router>, a few objects are created. At the surface there is a ConsumerEndpointFactoryBean that knows how to create either a PollingConsumer or EventDrivenConsumer instance based on the type of the input-channel being referenced (if it's a PollableChannel vs. SubscribableChannel, respectively). That "consumer" instance then references some implementation of MessageHandler (where the actual transformation or routing occurs). Typically, that handler then references a POJO. It may alternatively have a SpEL expression to evaluate or a script (e.g. Groovy) to execute.
So, all of that can be done via the @Configuration and @Bean style, but you would need to construct the API level objects as opposed to the DSL level. Because of the need for flexibility within our DSL, it's going to be a better fit in languages like Scala and Groovy. The link Oleg provided will show you the direction we're going.
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Well, Spring Integration is not a general purpose DI framework and although it would probably be possible to come up with some form of ala-javaconfig style of configuration i'll be honest with you XML does fit much better here especially when every EIP element is represented via a very descriptive namespace.
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Skechers s Women 2759 s Easy Going Repute Repute Mule White e849068 - tips-homebasedbusiness.infoCurrent industrial policy: business knowledge and innovation
The prime objective of industrial policy is to help companies and sectors equip themselves with the dynamic capabilities they need to compete globally and negotiate a changing market landscape. Industrial policy has no fixed, immutable formulation as regards the measures or instruments used. In each economic period, industrial policy adopts the kinds of measures seen as necessary to cope with observed market failures. These measures can take different forms, for example: (a) encouraging the growth of advanced services markets in cases where private initiative is inadequate or lacking (incubators, technical training, financing, innovation…); (b) provision of support to emerging sectors; (c) assisting companies with the funding of their R&D activities and favouring science and technology development and transfer throughout the business community; (d) support to organisational innovation; (e) facilitating the transformation and redevelopment of obsolete industrial and business structures; and (f) supporting firms in their international expansion.
The aim of this study is to consider the main factors affecting the industrial policy in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation, manufacturing, green growth and environment. The objective is to inspire thought in the reader and to highlight the necessity for a new industrial policy, which considers regional differences and specializations in the catching up economies of the CEECs.
Cluster policy should contribute to unique strengths in a region and not focus on removing weaknesses (RIS3 strategy). These strengths ideally have a certain critical mass to build upon. Clusters can help to diagnose these strengths (EDP), determine its competitiveness and to strategize; by and setting up a profile. Increasing the (related) variety in a region can enhance regional economic power, as different industries inspire new activities and learning opportunities on related issues. In economic policy in India clusters are a way of organizing the medium and small enterprises (MSME). In Russia these are tools available (as subsidies, tax regimes, cooperation with government-sponsored enterprises) for a few leading clusters. Competition is changing and the organization of enterprises and clusters are changing too. Internet of Things has the potential to change the nature and the principles of product design and to value chains and to offer new products and services.
The need to construct an effective strategy for industrial development in low-income countries has been largely ignored by development economists because industrial policies have failed in many developing countries. This does not imply, however, that industrial development cannot be promoted. This paper attempts to synthesize the conventional wisdom in development economics with recent advancements in various fields of economics (such as theories of endogenous growth and agglomeration economies) to provide a useful framework to design a strategy for industrial development, which consists of investments in managerial human capital followed by the provision of credit and the construction of industrial zones.
The present study reviews a diverse set of countries with the most successful industrial policy experiences since the Second World War – namely, the US, Germany, Japan, Italy, Finland, (South) Korea, Singapore, China, and Brazil – with a view to deriving lessons for the UK.
In section 1, we start by reviewing the current state of the manufacturing sector in the UK, especially, although not exclusively, comparing it with the nine countries whose industrial policy we review in this state. The picture that emerges is an alarming one, in which the UK's industrial performance distinguishes itself for being poor and is still declining further.
In section 2, we discuss some of the key theoretical issues in the debate on industrial policy. We discuss: (a) different definitions of industrial policy, especially focusing on the relationship between and the relative merits of 'horizontal' (or 'general') and 'vertical' (or 'selective') industrial policies; (b) the special role of the manufacturing sector in the overall economy, especially as the source of productivity growth, innovation, learning, and resilience; (c) main theoretical justifications for certain notable industrial policy tools and institutions used in the countries reviewed.
In Section 3, we review the industrial policy experiences of the nine comparator countries. While historical material dating back from the 18th century is covered when appropriate, the focus is more on the recent period, since the 1980s or the 1990s, depending on the country.
In Section 4, we draw lessons for the UK's industrial policy from the nine country experiences that we review in Section 3, filtered through the theoretical discussions provided in Section 2. We draw the lessons along several dimensions: (a) the role of 'vision'; (b) institutional settings (e.g., coordination within the government, the role of surrounding institutional networks); (c) finance and corporate governance; (d) promotion of innovation; (e) management of transnational corporations (TNCs); (f) support for SMEs; (g) skills and training.
In Section 5, we look ahead for the future of the UK's manufacturing sector, taking into account our theoretical discussions, country case reviews, and the lessons we have drawn from those discussions.
Modern industrial policy tries to go beyond the old industrial policy debates around the role of government in the economy, in particular on the thorny question of whether governments should choose between sectors (that is, pick winners). Instead, today there is widespread acknowledgement that governments should and can select sectors. By now we have sufficient evidence that not all activities in the economy have the same consequences for development (for example, traditional agriculture versus modern manufacturing and services). We also know that development tends to be a slow and path- dependent process and, therefore, that the government has the natural desire and the ability to expedite it, especially if its industrial policy is based on collaboration between the private and the public sectors. The question today is how to select sectors and nurture them appropriately. In this regard, I welcome the insights that the Product Space and the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework can provide, both extensively discussed in this volume.
- Freight rail is responsible for at least 7% of Minnesota employment— a quarter of a million jobs — and $40 billion of state GDP
- Freight rail adds about $2,000 to the average Minnesotan's income – More than $5,000 per household
- Freight rail fosters enough statewide income for families and businesses to generate about $7 billion in state and local tax revenue
A number of factors have come together to heighten the importance of rail transit to the U. S. economy. These same factors present new opportunities for domestic manufacturers of rail cars and equipment to benefit, however, historical and structural barriers to seizing these opportunities exist. In brief, the scenario can be described as follows:
Rail ridership is strong and growing. Amtrak enjoyed its strongest year since its inception with ridership growing to 31.2 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2012, a 3.5% increase over the previous year, with July 2012 representing the single best month in Amtrak history. Overall ridership on commuter, light and heavy rail grew by 72% over the period from 1995 to 2008 and U.S. cities have added 29 new light rail and 20 new commuter rail systems in the last three decades.
Demand has led to new investment. In recent years Federal investments in rail passenger cars and locomotives have totaled several billion dollars. Efficiencies built into procurement policies for programs such as the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail initiative and implementation of the Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee hold promise for continuing Federal awards. There have been parallel investments at the state level, for example, California's investment of $8 billion to develop America's first high speed corridor.
These factors create opportunities for U.S. rail manufacturing, but challenges exist. Consistent with provisions in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), and previous legislation, these recent rail procurements contain "Buy America" provisions that require the use of goods manufactured in the United States. Currently, however, most rail equipment manufacturers are foreign-owned and limit U.S. activities to some final assembly work. Decades of limited business opportunities in rail manufacturing have created significant gaps in both the capability and capacity of the domestic rail supply chain.
Innovation and intelligent investment can help capitalize on these opportunities. Public agencies, as the primary buyers of new rail cars and equipment, can use their power as "smart buyers" to support demand driven innovation strategies. Looking to tap unutilized capacity in the existing manufacturing sector through supplier scouting efforts, investing in supply chain connectivity, and leveraging ongoing efforts to develop a more competitive manufacturing workforce can all aid the domestic rail industry's competitiveness. Examples from overseas present a variety of strategies that can accomplish these goals.
Networking supply chains, such as the Supplier Scouting work of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, represents a promising practice. The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, housed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has utilized its network of 60 MEP centers around the country to develop business intelligence on rail transit supply chain needs. These centers can rapidly reach out to their network of tens of thousands of small and mid-sized manufacturers to meet emerging needs for domestic suppliers. A full description of the effort is included.
Rail manufacturing has potential as a driver of regional economic development. By combining top-down policies with a bottom-up approaches to viewing rail manufacturing as an economic development strategy communities and regions could generate significant synergies. Investments in rail infrastructure reduce costs and pollution while increasing efficiency of transportation, access to goods, and career options. Helping local manufacturers capitalize on the business opportunities represented by such investments would build on manufacturing's strong multiplier effect and ripple these benefits out into the region in the form of new jobs, more dynamic businesses, and a prosperous and diverse local economy.
The rail sector makes a substantial contribution to the European Union (EU) economy, directly employing 577,000 people across passenger and freight operations and the provision of track and station infrastructure1. Some estimates suggest that, once the entire supply chain for rail services is taken into account (e.g. including train manufacturing, catering services etc.), the economic footprint of the rail sector in Europe extends to 2.3 million employees and €143 billion of Gross Value Added (some 1.1% of the total)2. It is also critical to the EU strategy for improving economic and social cohesion and connectivity within and between Member States, including through the further development of the TEN-T rail corridors, and is expected to play a major role in the reduction of carbon and other emissions from transport. The development of the sector has been encouraged over a period of more than 20 years through the implementation of an extensive legislative framework, including three major packages of legislation, and a fourth package currently being considered by the European Council and Parliament.


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Introducing Faith & Mike's Master Bathroom Project
Type of Project: Master Bathroom Creation
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Type of building: 1920s, multi-level, single family home
The Renovation Diaries are a new collaboration with our community in which we feature your step by step renovation progress and provide monetary support towards getting it done in style. See all of our Reno Diaries here.
All of our Renovation Diary projects so far have been kitchens, but this time we're bringing you something a little different — a bathroom renovation, or rather, a bathroom creation, completely from scratch. Faith Durand, who you probably know as the editor of our sister site The Kitchn, is here to share with us the joys and trials of turning a sleeping porch in her 1920s home into a brand-new bathroom.
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I usually speak to you from The Kitchn, but I'm hopping over here to share my master bathroom project for Apartment Therapy's new Renovation Diary series. The creation of an en-suite master bathroom was just one part of the gut renovation of an entire house that consumed my husband and myself for most of 2012. We dragged an old, slumping, poorly-maintained home into the 21st century, and while my favorite part of our renovation may be the kitchen (which I'm sharing at The Kitchn), our master bathroom project occupies a special place in my heart.
The Home
My husband Mike and I had been saving and plotting for our first home purchase for some time. We were renting in a pleasant neighborhood near the university campus. I work from home, managing The Kitchn and writing cookbooks. We were looking for a long-term home where we could live for 20 years, one where we could invest, start a family, and — let's be honest — build my dream kitchen. We knew we wanted to stay in our neighborhood and put down roots.
Like many older neighborhoods, ours has a mix of homes that have been fully renovated and modernized, with little things like modern insulation, windows that keep out drafts, and something other than knob and tube wiring. There is a small stock, too, of homes that have never been renovated and so go for as little as half the price of the updated homes. This was what I set my eye on (and trawled Realtor.com and Zillow.com for daily, obsessively, for over a year).
There's a lot of charm in old houses, and we wanted a place with character, but we were also prepared for a renovation project. Our tastes run much more modern than the prevailing trends in our rather traditional city, so we knew that we would be better off buying a house that needed some work and creating what we wanted in the process, instead of paying a lot of money for a house that had been renovated with finishes we didn't care for.
So, last spring, after some flurried and failed bids on foreclosed homes, we went into contract on a home on one of the nicest streets in our neighborhood (we never thought we would be able to afford something here!). This was our very own diamond in the rough, and we knew immediately that it needed a mind-boggling amount of work.
To the point of today's post, like most unrenovated homes in the area, it had just one bathroom, and certainly no master suite. (A master suite in Clintonville, our neighborhood, is like the mythical Holy Grail, much-rumored and sought-for but rarely seen.) There were drop ceilings in almost every room (the nasty panels found in old offices) and veneered paneling glued to the walls. All of this was, of course, to hide the cracked plaster, which was failing very badly due to some foundation issues with the house.
Since I'm just sharing the details of our bathroom here, not the entire home, I'll spare you some of the shock and awe of our first explorations (an entire third of the house lacking foundation? Oh my, oh my.). But, as we reminded ourselves daily, in a chanted mantra, with backup harmonies from our realtor and contractor, we got ourselves a great deal.
I'll go more into the budget and financing of our whole project in the budget post, since I have a lot to say on the subject, especially on some resources that I had no idea existed before we embarked on this quixotic quest.
The Project
All right, back to the bathroom! The upstairs had three bedrooms, plus an enclosed sleeping porch with a vertigo-inducing sloped floor. These porches are very common in our neighborhood, and many homeowners, like the ones previous to us, enclosed them as proper little rooms. Proper as in having walls and windows — no insulation or anything (let's not get crazy now!). (See the floorplan above of the upstairs.)
Our plan was to take one of the bedrooms adjacent to the sleeping porch and open it up, combining the two rooms into a modest master suite with its own bathroom.
Our initial plan was to use the west bedroom, since it already opened into the sleeping porch, but for various reasons, we changed our minds.
It was surprisingly tricky to figure out the right configuration. It seems obvious in hindsight, but we worked through a lot of iterations with our architect. Here's the final drawing:
It involves tearing out the original closets and building in a new master closet, as well as stealing back a bit of the sleeping porch for a closet in the west bedroom.
Thanks, Faith and Mike!
(Images & Diary Text: Faith Durand)


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Posted on July 31, 2013 in Meet the Playtesters
This week's question is a fun one. As you may or may not know, our playtesters are a competitive bunch, so check out how they answered when asked,
If you could pick anyone from the ATP/WTA to play MIXED doubles with, who would you pick and why?!
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Goodwin ready to sue Raiders
Bronx Goodwin is reportedly considering taking legal action against the Canberra Raiders.
The 23-year-old outside back was sacked yesterday after Raiders officials unanimously decided to dump Goodwin on the grounds that he was bringing the club into disrepute.
It's understood the matter could end up before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on the grounds of unfair dismissal.
Goodwin, 23, appeared at the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with two counts of assault outside a Canberra nightclub last July.
The son of St George legend 'Lord Ted' Goodwin, Bronx was spared a gaol term but was fined $1300 and placed on a good behaviour bond.
Last April, Goodwin signed a new deal with the Raiders club and was being touted as a replacement for the Titans-bound William Zillman at fullback.
Goodwin's manager Sam Ayoub has today called the Raiders action as "very harsh" before stating that the matter will be put it in the hands of solicitors.
Raiders officials denied Goodwin's sacking had anything to do with his association with the previously sacked Todd Carney, despite a number of questions at the hearing being centred on the former Raiders halfback.


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The really putrid gas that comes out of your ass after you have had one in the chamber too long. It is the gas that picks up extra stench because it has to work its way around a big old brown trout waiting to spawn freely.
Jesus Christ Tom - got some fecal gas or what? Think maybe you should take a dump and spare us from the next one!
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U.S. Expands Child Online Privacy Law to Cover Apps, Social Networks
U.S. regulators broadened decade-old rules governing children's privacy online to cover new areas like smartphones, but amid pressure from the technology industry backed away from proposals that could have made companies like Facebook Inc. FB 3.43% and Apple Inc. AAPL 2.20% more responsible for violations.
The Federal Trade Commission said it would change how it implements the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, or Coppa, to reflect the growth of social networks and smartphone apps among children.
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The commission also expanded the types of information it considers personal under the law. Kids' apps and websites will now have to obtain parental consent before gathering photos, videos or geographic location, and before tracking kids' online behavior and passing along the data to other companies.
But in a departure from rule changes the government proposed in August, the FTC explicitly exempted app stores like those run by Apple and Google Inc. from responsibility for privacy violations by the games and other software that are sold there.
The updated rules, which go into effect July 1, also make clear that software such as Facebook's "Like" button and ads placed by advertising networks will only have to meet child online privacy regulations if companies have "actual knowledge" that they're collecting information through a website or app that targets kids.
The commission's move ended one chapter in the long-running Washington debate over how closely the government should regulate online privacy, but set the stage for new battles.
Consumer advocates said they would continue their push to make Apple and Google more responsible for the data-gathering practices of the apps they distribute, while several members of Congress are pushing legislation to further tighten limits on online tracking of children and teenagers.
Just last week, the FTC put a spotlight on gaps in kids' online privacy with a report that found hundreds of popular kids' apps were collecting data without parental consent.
Coppa governs how companies must proceed when collecting personal data from children under the age of 13. Enforcement falls to the FTC, which has been reviewing how it should approach the law in the age of smartphones and social media for two years. Kids' entertainment and Internet companies have lobbied heavily to blunt the impact of the update.
Apple, for example, met with FTC officials five times this fall, in particular contesting the possibility that the updated rules might hold it responsible for the data-collection practices of the third-party apps it distributes on the iPhone and iPad. Google made a similar point in a filing with the commission.
Google said it was evaluating the changes and would continue "to work on effective ways to protect children's privacy and security." Facebook said it was pleased with the FTC's decision on so-called plug-ins, such as the "Like" button.
In several cases, the industry got what it wanted. Reversing a prior proposal, the commission agreed to continue to allow parental consent to be obtained by email as long as apps and websites only collect data for internal use.
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said the final rules "strike the right balance between protecting innovation that will provide rich and engaging content for children, and ensuring that parents are informed and involved in their children's online activities."
While Apple, Google and Facebook scored partial victories, some smaller developers were disappointed. Jon Potter, president of the Application Developers Alliance, said that the new regulations could prove so burdensome "that talented and responsible developers will abandon the children's app marketplace."
One FTC commissioner, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, voted against the updated rules. She argued the commission went too far with the update by holding websites responsible when third parties like advertising networks gather personal data from children.
But some government officials made clear Wednesday they would like to place additional regulations on technology companies. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D., W.Va.), a leading advocate on privacy issues, said he viewed the Coppa regulations as a step toward legislation that gives Americans more control of how they are tracked online.
Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy and a consumer advocate who has been involved in the Coppa debate for years, said the FTC's decision was a step in the right direction but left loopholes for companies to mine kids' data inappropriately.
He said he would continue to push for more scrutiny of the role of the Internet giants that distribute kids' apps.
FTC's Mr. Leibowitz has made monitoring online privacy one of his priorities at the commission. At Wednesday's news conference announcing the revised rules, he repeatedly held up what he said was his 15-year-old daughter's white iPhone to illustrate how much technology has changed in the past decade.
"It was enormously difficult for me to pry this away from my child today," he said.
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Cottonwood Heights • Never has there been more momentum than now for finding solutions to transportation problems in Wasatch Front canyons, particularly Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood.
A chorus of disparate voices echoed that sentiment Wednesday as Salt Lake County formally released three canyon transportation studies produced locally during the past year. Those voices included Carl Fisher, executive director of the conservation group Save Our Canyons, and David DeSeelhorst, owner of Solitude Mountain Resort, individuals who don't often share similar perspectives.
"Even though there's a lot of diatribe in the media, we're not really that far apart," DeSeelhorst said of their mutual hope that a transportation plan can be developed that would accommodate future growth while attempting to prevent environmental harm in the canyons.
"We've seen these political dialogues come and go, but I think this one has traction," he added. "The timing is now because there is so much information in the public domain and the politicians seem eager to deal with it."
Added Fisher, "With such broad-based buy-in from multiple jurisdictions with interests in the canyons, and everyone from environmentalists to ski resorts wanting this to happen, we can push each other to get things done. The risks of not doing anything are too great to not do something."
The recently completed studies touted Wednesday looked at Mill Creek Canyon, parking in and near the base of the canyons, and, most of all, a "mountain transportation study" of Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood.
They were conducted as a follow-up to the 2010 Wasatch Canyons Tomorrow Envision Utah process that came up with "community aspirations" for the canyons, said outgoing Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon.
"Today, we better understand the problems, needs and possible solutions," he added. "These will lead to more studies about how to implement what the citizens wanted."
Next in line: An environmental impact statement (EIS) that would take an all-inclusive look at the central Wasatch Mountain canyons, including analyses of land use, watershed, land preservation, recreation demands and economic opportunities.
The EIS also is expected to define the need for a transportation solution, identify the best mode of moving people into and around the canyons, and establish a framework for future environmental studies evaluating specific projects proposed for construction.
But who leads the charge? Who prepares the EIS? Who pays for it?
Those details are still being worked out. But Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore, continuing the unity theme, said it's likely the local governments most directly impacted by the canyons Salt Lake County, Cottonwood Heights, Sandy, Alta and Salt Lake City would take the political lead in promoting the effort and coming up with funding.
Corroon already has set aside $100,000 for the EIS in his 2013 budget proposal for Salt Lake County, an expenditure still subject to County Council approval.
Because the mountain transportation study advocated for more mass transit in the canyons, the Utah Transit Authority most likely would be the lead agency, working with the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agency and the other federal departments on preparation of the document.
"The [EIS] will facilitate safe, convenient, attractive and reliable year-round transit access to and within the Cottonwood Canyons," the county-produced mountain transportation study said.
"The project may include fixed-guideway improvements (such as bus rapid transit, rail or aerial gondola) to connect the regional UTA transit system in the Salt Lake Valley to the recreation activities in the Cottonwood Canyons, and potentially to the recreation activities in the Park City and Summit County areas," the study said.
In the meantime, the study also recommended several short-term transportation improvements, such as increasing express bus service to Alta, increasing express bus service from the University of Utah to the canyons and giving high-occupancy vehicles priority in ski-area parking lots.
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Increase use of transit, decrease automobile use.
Improve connections between the canyons and the valley (and its regional transit network) to support the tourism and recreation economies.
Support watershed protection and management objectives.
Consider diverse recreation groups, including cyclists and pedestrians.
Minimize noise and impacts on views, air quality and wildlife habitat.
Parking recommendations
Construct a new park-and-ride lot near the existing gravel pit on Wasatch Boulevard.
Pave and stripe new parking near dispersed recreation areas.
Improve formal trailhead parking lots.
Restrict shoulder parking near Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Upgrade parking near Wasatch Boulevard and Fort Union Boulevard.
Mill Creek study
Participate in a summer pilot project looking at a shuttle system in the upper canyon.
Establish a real-time parking information system.
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By now, we are all back in the groove following a very successful Maintenance Management Conference (MMC) in New Orleans. We renewed old friendships, met new industry peers and had our share of jambalaya, beignets and king cake. At the 2009 MMC, the number of vendors increased to 65, and more than 280 Attendees participated in the Conference. Next year will be a banner year for the MMC, as it will be the 25th anniversary of the Conference. This will be one meeting not to miss. We already have started planning the event, which will be a leap forward in content, presentations and workshops.
The 2009 MMC was my last as chairman of the NBAA Maintenance Committee. I feel very honored to have been a part of the leadership of this esteemed group of industry professionals. I am sure the new leadership team, which includes Brad Townsend and Marlin Priest, will do an amazing job for all NBAA Members and the entire maintenance community.
I anticipate that the NBAA Maintenance Committee will continue to move our industry and profession forward. As you know, the challenges in the business aviation industry just keep growing. Now, more than ever, if you are not improving and rising to new requirements, you are falling behind. Considering the financial, environmental, regulatory and perception challenges we all face, we need to be on our game at every moment. Things are changing; it's not the aviation world we experienced at the start of our careers. The sooner we acclimate, the more successful we will be. NBAA and the Maintenance Committee are here to help us succeed.
Speaking of change, this will be the last edition of NBAA Quick Turns as a stand-alone publication. Starting this fall, articles on maintenance issues will be going mainstream by appearing in the flagship NBAA publication, Business Aviation Insider. This is one cost-saving measure that actually will provide more maintenance information to all flight department members, which will give maintenance technicians more visibility and recognition for the complex and critical job they do.
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Gold Key Archives Vol. 4, Part 1.
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From haunted asteroids to weird cyborg mummies, the Star Trek Gold Key comics are certainly very different from your normal, everyday Trek. However, these oddball comics are loved by many fans, and it can be a lot of fun to take a peek back at the Trek that might have been, as envisioned by comic book writers and artists in the 60s and 70s.
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther discuss the first three stories in The Gold Key Archives Volume 4. We talk about troubling behavior by Kirk in "The Haunted Asteroid," a spoiled rotten prince whom everyone wants to murder in "A World Gone MAD," and an ancient mystery that threatens to turn the Enterprise crew into cyborgs in "The Mummies of Heitius VII!"
In the news segment, we welcome Ben Greet, author of one of the contributions to Outside In Makes It So: 174 New Perspectives on 174 Star Trek TNG Stories by 174 Writers.
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Feature: Gold Key Archives Vol. 4
A Little Outside the Norm (00:20:19)
The Haunted Asteroid (00:22:35)
A World Gone Mad (00:44:09)
The Mummies of Heitus VII (01:00:49)
Final Thoughts (01:24:49)
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The War of the Prophets. We talk about the events that led us to this point, an alternate future, Weyoun and the Pah-Wraiths, the mysterious Grigari, the mirror universe tactic, Starfleet's desperate "Project Phoenix," and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Robert Greenberger: A Time to Hate. We discuss the situation on Delta Sigma IV, the supposed cure, bridging the gap between Insurrection and Nemesis, Riker and Troi's relationship, Riker's relationship with his father, a dark secret revealed at the end of the novel, and wrap up with what Bob is currently working on and where you can find him online.
The Fall of Terok Nor. We talk about the periods of time the book covers, a somewhat confusing but compelling plot, some fun elements of the story, the varied cast of villains, questions we're left with at the end of the novel, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Diplomatic Implausibility. We talk about Worf's new role, the crew of the I.K.S. Gorkon, the aliens of the week, Federation/Klingon relations, the oddity of this being a TNG novel, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
A Time to Love. We discuss the Enterprise's damaged reputation, Troi's efforts to deal with a despondent crew, Kyle Riker's role in a unfolding planetary crisis, a particularly bad case of gas, changes on the horizon for the command crew of the Enterprise, a strange b-plot that has Geordi trading with the Ferengi, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
The Farther Shore. We talk about B'Elanna's quest to find her mother, the ultimate badmiral Brenna Covington, Oliver Baines and his holographic revolution, Data's role in the story, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings for the novel.
Homecoming. We discuss a troubling account of abuse, fixing "Endgame," wrapping things up too quickly, a holographic uprising, the return of the Borg, and finish by sharing our final thoughts and ratings.
A Time to Harvest. We discuss the situation so far, an ill-advised plan to help the Dokallans, the familiar enemy the crew faces, Starfleet and Federation principles, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Surak's Soul. We discuss medical mysteries, T'Pol's dilemma, similarities to the Enterprise episode "The Seventh," T'Pol's youth on Vulcan, the mysterious Wanderer, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Phil Farrand: The Nitpicker's Guides. We discuss the origin of the guides, the process of writing them, The Nitpicker's Guild, positive nitpicking versus negativity and toxic fandom, and what Phil is currently working on and where you can find him online.
A Time to Sow. We talk about a surprise visit to the time period of Star Trek: Enterprise, Starfleet "milk runs," Data's emotions (or lack thereof), an act of sabotage, the Dokallan civilization, an outside threat, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
James Swallow: Fear Itself. We discuss the process of writing the novel, getting inside Saru's head, the various species involved in the story, Saru and Burnham's relationship, Captain Georgiou's leadership style, overcoming fear, and what other projects James has on the horizon. We also briefly talk about the current troubled state of Pocket Books' Star Trek line, and what might be in store for its future.
The Root of All Rage. We discuss the delicate relationship between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, bigotry and hate, mistreatment of people who are different, the situation back on Earth, Lwaxana Troi's role, Renao mythology, a surprise tie to a TOS episode, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Through the Mirror. We discuss each issue of this comic series, which features two stories running in tandem: story A, in which our heroes must thwart an attempt by the mirror crew to steal resources from our universe, and story B, in which the mirror Commander Data attempts to track down former Emperor Spock and learn the secrets of the prime universe.
A Time to Die. We discuss Wesley's abilities as a Traveler, the character of Colleen Cabot and her relationship with Wesley, Picard's role in the story, the "Demon Flyer" that threatens our heroes, the Ontailians, answer some questions from our listeners, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
How Much for Just the Planet? We discuss the plot of the novel, the instances of very broad comedy, the characters who populate this colorful tale, artistic flourishes by the author including some surprise cameo appearances, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Fallen Heroes. We talk about when the novel was written, a Quark and Odo team-up, whether the author captured the voices of characters adequately, time travel shenanigans, the alien of the week, the resolution of the novel, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
A Time to Be Born. We discuss Wesley Crusher's surprise return, the dangers of the Rashanar battle site, the damage to Picard's reputation, Data's role in the story, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Collision Course. We talk about this novel's relationship with Star Trek 2009, Jim Kirk's relationship with Starfleet, his family dynamic, Spock in his youth, another perspective on Tarsus IV, how Collision Course fits in with Trek canon, why the Academy book series was cancelled, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Dark Mirror. We discuss how the novel compares to other stories set in the mirror universe, a dolphin scientist named Hwii, his theory of hyperstrings, the evil and powerful Counselor Troi, the origins and nature of the mirror universe, Diane Duane's particular brand of technobabble, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Kirsten Beyer: Architects of Infinity. We discuss a medical situation that has ethical concerns for all involved, the nature of Kriosians and Ensign Aytar Gwyn's choices, Icheb's budding relationship, the plight of the junior officers aboard Voyager, a mystery that is way above the heads of even the brightest Starfleet officers, and an ending that left us all shocked.
Last Full Measure. We discuss the plot of the novel, the conflict between the 'squids' and 'sharks,' a story of differing perspectives, Archer's ethical issues, Trip's ultimate fate, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Captain's Glory. We discuss Kirk's tendency to go it alone, the plot against Starfleet, Kirk vs. Picard, the nature of the Totality, the connection to the galactic barrier, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Dayton Ward: Drastic Measures. We talk about the Tarsus IV massacre, mirror Lorca vs. prime Lorca, the fate of Governor Kodos, other characters who were at Tarsus IV, the book within the book, a surprise "after the credits" chapter you might have missed, and wrap up with what Dayton is working on now and where to find him online.
Spock's World. We discuss the two tracks the story follows, the nature of Vulcans, a series of Vulcan TED talks, the diversity of the Enterprise crew, the Enterprise's BBS, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Captain's Blood. We talk about Spock's apparent death, Reman society, Kirk's son Joseph, the threat of the Totality, crews of different generations coming together, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
David R. George III: The 34th Rule. We talk about the genesis of the story, the Ferengi belief system, politics, racism towards the Ferengi, the cycle of violence, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings and where you can find David R. George III online.
The Gold Key Archives Vol. 4, Part 2. We discuss the mysterious "black hole" phenomenon in "Siege in Superspace," a planet full of kids playing a deadly game in "Child's Play," and Kirk's shocking transformation in "The Trial of Captain Kirk!"
Captain's Peril. We discuss the murder mystery plot, philosophical differences between Kirk, Spock, and Picard, different ideas about risk, the Prime Directive debate, the huge left turn the story takes at the end, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
The Final Reflection. We talk about a truly alien culture, the differences between the Klingons in The Final Reflection and Trek canon since, the Perpetual Game, the Federation's duplicity, the novel within the novel, the inspiration that The Final Reflection provided to the creators of Star Trek: Discovery, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.


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A bright, shining life on the surface, troubles underneath: it's a familiar story, and it's one Olympian Lindsey Vonn knows well. Vonn, one of the world's best-known and most decorated skiiers, has come clean to People magazine about her battle with depression.
Vonn told People that she has suffered from depression for years, and treats her symptoms with medication. "Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people," she told the magazine. "But I struggle like everyone else."
Vonn's difficulties hit bottom in 2008, when "I couldn't get out of bed anymore," she recalled. "I felt hopeless, empty, like a zombie." But she bounced back, and would go on to win gold medals in both the Olympics and the World Championships, as well as World Cup wins.
Recently, she suffered a severe health scare, but recovered to win her 57th World Cup race earlier this month. "All the parts of my life are finally in sync," she told People. "I accept who I am, and I'm moving forward."
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Remembering Hoffman: The 10 Best Movies Starring Philip Seymour
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was known for his prowess on the big screen as well as on stage. He was a fixture both on Broadway and in Hollywood for more than two decades. During that time, he collected dozens of credits in movies and on television. He was also involved, as both an actor and a director, with numerous stage productions. Hoffman succumbed to a long-time drug addiction, dying of an overdose in February 2014. With his death comes a bittersweet opportunity to look back at his award-winning career as a versatile entertainer.
"Mission Impossible: III" may be best known as the third installment in the heart-pounding suspense series starring Tom Cruise, but the film also garnered Philip Seymour Hoffman a nomination for Best Supporting Actor by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Earning second billing in this title, Hoffman played a black market arms dealer. Fitting himself with chilling realism into this "bad guy" role, Hoffman gained high critical acclaim.
"The Master," a 2012 drama from director Paul Thomas Anderson, positioned Hoffman in a powerful supporting role versus Joaquin Phoenix. The film earned Hoffman Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. He played Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic founder of a religious movement modeled loosely after Scientology. As Dodd, he befriended a struggling World War II veteran, played by Phoenix, and went on to catch the attention of the entire nation.
The 2009 "Doubt" also earned Hoffman Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Another film with religion at its center, "Doubt" starred Hoffman as a Catholic priest who may be engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student. Acting alongside Meryl Streep, Hoffman delighted fans by seamlessly slipping into an emotionally taxing role.
In 2007's "The Savages," Hoffman paired up with on-screen sister Laura Linney. The movie followed the mental journey of the siblings as they took care of their dementia-addled father, who abused them as children. A film fraught with palpable angst in nearly every scene, Hoffman still managed to imbue the work with his characteristic brand of dark humor. Hoffman earned a Golden Globe nomination for this film.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, "Empire Falls" was brought to life as an HBO movie in 2005. Starring a big-name cast that included Ed Harris, Helen Hunt and Paul Newman, Hoffman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for Best Supporting Actor. Although he had a relatively small role in the film, Hoffman stood out for his ability to lend his acting genius to a largely enigmatic character.
"The Ides of March," a 2011 film directed by George Clooney, starred Hoffman as a campaign manager in a film that showcased the unseemly aspects of politics. Also starring Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Clooney, this film gave Hoffman the chance to shine next to big-name actors.
As the top-billed actor in 2007's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," Hoffman put his all into this thrilling crime drama. Hoffman played the older brother to Ethan Hawke's character, and the pair joined forces to rob their parents' store. The duo shared more than criminal instinct, however, with Hoffman's on-screen wife Marisa Tomei secretly carrying on with Hawke. The cast earned a nomination for Best Acting Ensemble from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
As a CIA operative in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War," Hoffman got to use his patented ability to be subtly flamboyant. On screen, his take on the role sometimes overrode co-stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, and he earned an Academy Awards nomination for his efforts.
Hoffman may end up best-remembered for his work in three of the four movies from "The Hunger Games" franchise. In 2013's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Hoffman was at the top of his game as Plutarch Heavensbee. The final two installments in the series were in filming and post-production status when Hoffman passed away. These are the last credits in Hoffman's notable career.
Arguably Hoffman's most-lauded role, his portrayal of the title character in "Capote" earned the actor an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA film. Following the timeline of Capote's infamous nonfiction masterpiece, "In Cold Blood," Hoffman smoothly brought the actor back to life. His performance gathered accolades from top reviewers, who called his performance "uncanny," "miraculous" and "breathtaking."
A discussion of Philip Seymour Hoffman's acting career is incomplete without mentioning his two Tony Award nominations for work as an actor on Broadway. The first nod came for his role in "True West," while the second was from his work in "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Although his life was cut tragically short, Hoffman's legacy as an actor is firmly cemented in his extraordinary body of work.


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Some surgical decisions are clear cut: Gash your hand; sew it up. Break a leg; put it in a cast. Then there are those medical decisions that require balancing risks and benefits and determining not only whether to have a procedure done, but choosing from more than one surgical option. How do you make up your mind?
HYANNIS — Some surgical decisions are clear cut:
Gash your hand; sew it up.
Break a leg; put it in a cast.
Develop acute appendicitis; remove said appendix.
Then there are those medical decisions that require balancing risks and benefits and determining not only whether to have a procedure done, but choosing from more than one surgical option.
How do you make up your mind?
The answer, for me, consisted of finding enough information from which to make an intelligent decision, and possessing the willingness to accept the possibility of a partially succesful or unsuccessful outcome because the research showed favorable odds.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, they say.
The process began two years ago and the full results remain to be seen, but early indications seem encouraging. If my recuperation continues to go well, more surgery lies ahead.
Two summers ago I attended a patient-researcher conference sponsored by the FSH Society. I have FSHD, or facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. There is no cure or medical treatment for this chronic muscle-wasting disease . There is, and has been for decades, a surgical option of attaching the scapulas or shoulder blades to the rib cage to stabilize the shoulders, thereby allowing patients to raise their arms above their heads.
I had dismissed this procedure as barbaric carpentry, until a presentation at the conference convinced me of its benefits and how recent refinements had improved results and reduced complications. I also met people at the conference who had undergone the surgery and were thrilled with the results. I became a convert.
How could I get this operation? Was I even a candidate?
A year went by before I seriously began pursuing the surgery. I had not visited my neurologist at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston for several years, because there was no treatment for my muscular dystrophy. My previous visits had consisted of cataloging the genetic disease's slow progression and participating in a test drug pilot study. Now I was back seeking information.
Was there anyone in the Boston area that did scapular fixation surgery? The surgeon who gave the presentation worked in Baltimore.
Would I benefit?
My neurologist, Dr. Anthony Amato, and his colleague, Dr. Erik Ensrud, a physiatrist, assessed my physical state. Yes, my shoulders had full range of motion if supported. Surgery would supply that support.
Amato said he would investigate if any local surgeons performed this procedure.
A few days later, he emailed me a name: Dr. Laurence Higgins, of Brigham's orthopedic surgery department, a specialist in shoulder surgery. I made an appointment.
Higgins examined me and said he, too, thought my range of motion indicated surgery would allow me to raise my arms over my head again for the first time in years.
Other than my dystrophy, I was healthy, so I would probably be a good surgical risk. He did caution that most patients he had done this operation on were in their 20s and 30s. I was 56 at the time; I might heal more slowly.
Another issue: The benefits of the operation would fade somewhat with time. I was close to being too old for him to accept me as a candidate.
It was now or never.
Higgins called me a week or so later. He thought my biceps were so withered that although the surgery might allow me to reach a jar on the top shelf of my kitchen cabinet, I might drop both the jar and my arm from lack of muscle strength. He said he had discussed my case with a colleague in Chicago who had a patient similar in age and condition to me. That man was unhappy with the results of the surgery because he could not do as much as he had hoped, Higgins said.
Downcast, I thought, well, it's not for me. I'll just continue on as I am, slowly getting worse.
But there was another twist and turn. Higgins contacted me again, asking wanted me to see another orthopedic surgeon who might have a way of bolstering my biceps.
I met with Dr. Philip Blazar at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain in late 2011. He discussed ways of relocating muscles to improve my ability to flex my elbow. A muscle in my forearm could have one end reattached further up my arm, but I would not be able to fully straighten my arm. Or, my pectoral muscle could be flopped from my chest to my upper arm, although I would have to relearn how to command it. Perhaps something similar could be done with my one of my lats (latissiumus muscles) on the side of my torso?
I rejected all of these options as the tradeoffs seemed too big, and anything that would further weaken or destabilize my shoulders didn't make any sense to me.
Blazar thought for a moment, then offered another suggestion: Why not transplant the gracilis muscle from my thigh to my upper arm? Would it worsen my gait or make me less stable on my feet, I asked? No, he said. In fact, the muscle was redundant; its function could be taken over by other thigh muscles.
I went home and researched the operation on the Internet and found that it was done for people who had injured the brachial plexus, the bundle of nerves leading from the spine to the upper arm. In those cases, not only was the gracilis transplanted, but a nerve from the chest was connected to it.
In my case, the operation would be simpler. My nerves were fine, so only the muscle would be transplanted and then hooked up to my arm's nerves and blood vessels. Recovery rates for the operation looked good in a study I read. The vast majority of patients had considerable to some improvement, although about 20 percent did not.
I also found other papers backing up Blazar's description of the gracilis as a "spare part" that could be safely moved to the arm or face in plastic or reconstructive surgery. One caveat: He could find no mention in medical literature of the operation being done on someone with muscular dystrophy. He couldn't be certain how I might heal or how the disease might affect the gracilis after transplant. I would be a bit of test case.
Before meeting with Blazar, I had not heard of a "free muscle transplant." Now I was hoping to have one.
In anticipation of the surgery and a lengthy recovery away from work, I took several steps.
First, I checked my medical insurance to see if the surgeons were "in network," and therefore the work done would be covered more fully than "out of network" doctors. I checked my policy for hospitalization, home care and physical therapy, did some math and saw I would fare better financially if I switched to the costliest health insurance plan offered by my employer. The amount coming out of my paycheck would go up considerably, but less than the maximum out-of-pocket expenses I would be hit with if I stuck with my mid-level coverage. Plus more of the total cost would be spread through the year via paycheck deductions.
The opportunity to change health insurance plans occurs at year's end at my workplace, so I needed to make up my mind in a month or so if I wanted surgery in 2012.
I talked to the woman who oversees the human resources office at work and my boss and her boss about taking a medical leave of absence. I considered what two to three months away from work would mean to me and the staff of page designers I oversee.
Then came more personal decisions. Would a leave disrupt progress on the annual charity event I oversee that takes place in early autumn? I thought about the weather, and wanted to have surgery after winter had passed — no need to fall on the ice and ruin all the work that had been done on my arm. I weighed whether to go to a rehab hospital on Cape Cod (close to work friends and my daughter) or in Boston (excellent reputation and close to my surgeons). Because I live alone, I thought about how might I take care of myself with both an arm and a leg out of commission. I would need some help, but how much and from whom? Should I rely on the local Visiting Nurse Association or take up the offer of my girlfriend, a registered nurse, to live with her for a few weeks? There was a lot to pore over.
I also visited a lawyer and had a health care proxy and new will drawn up, naming who should make decisions on my behalf should I become incapacitated.
I was ready.
I had the transplant on April 27, 2012. Drs. Blazar and Matthew Carty, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, performed the operation.
I spent five days post-surgery at the Brigham before transferring to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston for physical therapy and rehab. It wasn't all smooth. I kept bleeding from my leg wound — a lot.
The day I was discharged my thigh started aching and accelerated to intense pain by the time my girlfriend and I reached Buzzards Bay. I ended up at Faulkner Hospital the next day where a liter of fluid was taken out of my leg and new drain installed. After two weeks at home, Carty determined a persistent infection was keeping my leg from healing. I was admitted to Faulkner where the thigh-long incision was reopened and scraped out and I was put on two heavy-duty IV antibiotics for a week. That ended the problem with my leg, and I healed rapidly afterward, returning to work on July 3.
My arm never gave me any medical problems. It was difficult having it in a bulky sling for months. I did weaken overall from inactivity during my hospitalization and recovery.
But the hardest part was and is trying to be patient. The nerves in my arm need to grow into the transplanted muscle for it to function. Otherwise, it would be useless and waste away. There was no guarantee the nerves would grow into the muscle. The doctors had connected the nerve sheath as closely as they could to the muscle to speed the way, as nerves grow — if they grow — at a rate of about 1 millimeter a day. Results would first be seen 4-6 months after surgery, the doctors said.
On Oct. 11, I saw Carty. I tried curling my arm, something I required some help to begin. He felt my transplanted muscle as I struggled to flex it. He said he detected the nerve impulse firing in the muscle! The nerve had grown into the muscle! Now it was no longer a matter of if I would improve, but how much.
Today, it seems much more likely that my educated gamble will pay off, though it may take another six months to see the full result. Plus, I may require a tightening of the transplanted muscle — basically, shortening the tendon on one end — so it's taut and not floppy, therefore better able to do its job of bending my elbow.
Given my background, it's not surprising I would be willing to try a somewhat risky operation. I grew up in a medical family: my mother was a nurse, my father, a doctor. I love science, particularly health and biology.
I believe in its promise.
As a journalist, I'm accustomed to researching and questioning. Since my diagnosis of FSHD, I have followed research developments and wondered about the disease's causes and expression. I've participated in two patient studies and donated muscle biopsies to research. I also volunteer on behalf of the FSH Society. So you might say I was predisposed to saying yes to the surgery if the risks weren't too high.
You need to know yourself, your finances and what you're getting into when considering a major surgery. Ask yourself, how much risk is too much? How big is the possible gain? Are there other options? Where should you go for the operation and who's the best choice to perform it? What will it cost you in lost time, discomfort and money? What can you afford? How will you cope during recovery? What if it doesn't work out?
Weigh the pros and cons carefully. Get all the solid information you can. Personality and need powers the drive to pursue an operation like this, but knowledge should temper the decision.


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Astros win 4th straight, 5-4 over White Sox
HOUSTON (AP) — As of two games ago, Jason Castro had never hit a homer off a left-hander.
Now Houston's left-handed hitting catcher has done it twice.
Castro homered for the second straight game and Matt Dominguez hit a three-run double to help the Astros to their fourth straight win, 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Dominguez put Houston on top 3-0 with a double in the second inning, and Castro hit a two-run shot to make it 5-2 in the seventh.
The left-handed Castro hit his first career home run off a left-hander on Saturday night when he connected off John Danks, and made it two when he hit a slider from Matt Thornton on Sunday.
"Jason has definitely found his groove and understands exactly what it is he's doing," manager Bo Porter said of Castro, whose first 16 homers came against right-handers. "He's healthy, his legs are underneath him, and it's allowing him to put together an All-Star type season."
He has a career-high 10 home runs this season, the second-most among catchers in the American League.
"I'm feeling comfortable," Castro said. "There's some things I've been working on with some of my pitch recognition and things like that. So I think it's coming along. It's definitely a work in progress."
Alejandro De Aza tripled and scored in the sixth, and Dayan Viciedo tripled and scored in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2. De Aza added a two-out, two-run homer off Jose Veras to make it 5-4 in the ninth before Alexei Ramirez grounded out to give Veras his 14th save.
Houston starter Dallas Keuchel (4-3) yielded four hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings for the win. He continued a streak of solid starting pitching for the Astros, whose starters have gone 11-8 with a 3.03 ERA since May 15.
"The starting pitching has been tremendous," Porter said. "You look at this stretch in which we've played really good baseball ... it starts and ends with those guys on the mound."
Hector Santiago (2-5) allowed five hits and three runs with eight strikeouts in 5 1-3 innings.
The AL-Central-worst White Sox have dropped four straight overall and 12 of their last 13 road games to fall 10 games under .500 (28-38) for the first time since May 7, 2011. They have had trouble scoring in this span and have been outscored 71-41.
"Offensively, we are not getting it done," Chicago's Adam Dunn said. "If I could sit here and put a finger on why (I would), but I can't. For once, I am speechless. I don't know why our offense is sputtering.
"We have the talent. We have everyone in place. We just aren't producing."
Chris Carter singled with one out in the second before Santiago issued consecutive walks to load the bases. Dominguez cleared the bases with a double which skidded down the left field line, just out of reach of a diving Jeff Keppinger to make it 3-0. He advanced to third on the throw home.
Brandon Barnes robbed Viciedo of a hit when he raced up Tal's Hill in center field and made an over-the-shoulder grab before falling and rolling into the wall to start the second inning.
The White Sox got their first hit the next batter when Dunn singled. But Keuchel retired the following nine hitters, with Chicago's next runner coming when Keppinger walked with one out in the fifth.
De Aza tripled to start the sixth inning, and Chicago cut the lead to 3-1 when he scored on a sacrifice fly by Ramirez.
Viciedo led off the seventh with a triple and scored on a one-out single by Keppinger that got Chicago within 3-2 and chased Keuchel.
He was replaced by Jose Cisnero who was greeted with a single by Gordon Beckham before pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie walked to load the bases. Cisnero escaped the jam by striking out De Aza before Ramirez grounded out to end the inning.
NOTES: Houston's game on Saturday night ended when Veras picked off Jordan Danks at second base. It was the first time in franchise history that a game was ended by an Astros pitcher picking off a runner, according to information provided by the team from the Elias Sports Bureau. ... The series wraps up on Monday when Houston's Bud Norris opposes Jose Quintana. Norris has a 2.28 ERA in eight starts at home this season. ... Houston OF Justin Maxwell, on the disabled list with a broken bone in his left hand, went 1 for 3 in a rehabilitation game with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. Porter said he doesn't have a timetable for his return to the Astros. ... White Sox OF Dewayne Wise, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, went 1 for 3 with a triple in a rehabilitation game with Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday. ... Astros' top prospect Jonathan Singleton, who finished a 50-game drug suspension late last month, has been promoted to Oklahoma City after hitting .263 with two homers and eight RBIs in 11 games for Double-A Corpus Christi.


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HALLE, Germany — Roger Federer found the perfect place to end his title drought — a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis stadium and a street named Roger-Federer-Allee leading to it.
Federer left Halle a winner again Sunday, ending a 10-month run of 11 tournaments without a title, an eternity by his standards. The 31-year-old Swiss great overcame a sluggish start to beat unseeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 at the Gerry Weber Open for his first title since Cincinnati in August.
Returning to grass in his favorite warm-up for Wimbledon, the top-seeded Federer looked lethargic until the middle of the second set against a player he had never lost to in 14 previous matches. It was the first final on the tour this year involving players 30 or older.
"I've won a lot but not so much in the last 10 months, although I feel I'd been playing well," Federer said. "But the others were playing better."
Federer earned his sixth title at Halle in 11 appearances (eight finals) and his first since 2008. Four of Federer's seven Wimbledon trophies have come after victories in Halle — including his first Halle and Wimbledon championships in 2003.
The former top-ranked player, who is now No. 3, won his 77th career title, pulling him even with John McEnroe at third on the all-time list. Jimmy Connors won 109 and Ivan Lendl 94. Federer will be looking to extend his record of 17 Grand Slam championships when he defends his title at Wimbledon.
"I feel fit; I feel confident. I'm excited about what's to come," Federer said. "I'm very pleased with how I played this week."
With Federer starting to hit shots with confidence, the turning point of the match came in the eighth game of the second set, when Youzhny double-faulted on break point. The Swiss star then hit a perfect backhand passing shot to go up 4-3 in the third set. He held for 5-3 with a smash and fired a service winner to seal his victory after just over 2 hours.
Federer has a big following at the Halle tournament. The fans gave him a standing ovation, while his wife, Mirka, let out a sigh of relief while keeping an eye on their twin daughters.
"The difference was that he was better today — he's been better all his life," the 30-year-old Youzhny said.
Federer finished with 12 aces.
"The first set was very close; it could have gone either way. I had to fight very hard to stay in the second. My serve saved me today," Federer said. "At the end I was just a bit steadier."


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I returned from a 10 day road-trip to forecasts of storm of the decade snow. I woke up to find an e-mail in my mailbox that encouraged me to stock up on "medicines and food" because all hell was going to break loose in the heavens and I wasn't leaving my house for days. CRAP. At this point I've been gone for 10 days and frankly, after looking in the fridge, I'm pretty confident that Jess was living on peanut butter and Diet Coke while I was gone - P.S. thanks Carrie. Not that this is surprising but this did mean that I needed to hit the store.
We have a grocery store on the army post that is divinely American. I mean there are aisles upon aisles of cereals, and pop-tarts and Lean Cuisines. All of the stuff that you can find in the good old US of A. Did I mention that they even have ice cream? Oh my. This may seem silly to you, but after spending hours and hours peeking behind every crevice in a German store because, by god, they must have ice cream only to throw yourself on the floor because they don't and tomorrow is Sunday and the whole world will be closed, and you just wish you were in America for a split second because America would NOT do this to you. Do you know what that feels like? Didn't think so. Anyhow, so I need to hit this store after receiving this e-mail about "medicines and food", but come on now, it's not snowing yet, so I'm thinking this is going to be just a typical grocery shopping experience. Until I get there and HOLY SHIT apparently people were taking this e-mail to heart. There was not one basket or cart left anywhere. The aisles were barren and food was strewn everywhere. The check-out line weaved in and out of all of the freezer sections. My grocery store looked like Katrina had just happened and the looters had moved in. I just stood there pissed. I was tired. I had been traveling for 10 days - I did not have time for this crap. I feel I had no other option but to take what I needed and leave. Now I know this is frowned upon, but you did not see the horror of that line! Perhaps I'm telling you this because I've been in about a zillion churches in the past 2 months and my conscious may be feeling a smidgen guilty.
The kicker of this story? The snow never came.


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"Windows Server 2012 probably won't have the adoption lag in the enterprise that Windows 8 is bound to face. That's because, aside from the Metro GUI, Server 2012's biggest changes are in substance rather than style, building upon what the company delivered with Windows Server 2008 Release 2 three years ago. In particular, Server 2012 takes two management features Server 2008 R2 admins will be familiar with - Server Manager and PowerShell - and expands on them considerably."