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'Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation fo the first link on one memorable day'. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Pertinent thread for bills inclusive HMOs indeed !
others here are far far more experienced than in this space, but please allow me to throw in my thoughts on the issue:
1. As energy price rises continue to head northbound, bills inclusive offerings are less feasible
2. For Gas heating I have a single boiler and megaflo supplying the entire HMO including self-contained units, which of course is better that two or more boilers doing the same job. If you go for single boiler remember of course it needs to be the right size for required output.
3. Assess your Tenant profile type; I have one who's member of eco groups so no concerns there, but I also have one with 60" Plasma in 10ftx12ft room and drinks cooler, and thats just the beginning!. After reading this thread I have sent him a meeting request to discuss his energy consumption, the bills and climate change :-)
4. Since bills are included I have added a section in all ASTs on 'Fair usage policy'. In there I have stated that a certain allowance is made to pay the bills, but if the amount exceeds they will have to top-up
5. I have also included a clause in the AST, that if Energy price rises then the cost will be passed onto the Ts.
6. Start using LED bulbs or other energy efficient lighting in communal areas and rooms/units
7. If you are not happy with Ts because it seems they are taking the biscuit with energy usage, tell them you will serve notice at the earliest opportunity unless they can demonstrate a real change.
8. Install a metering device in units where it is easy for you to do so (i.e. ring mains are not present), and tell the tenants that there usage will be measured.
9. Use your rights to inspect when you legally can, that will send the right message to the Ts i.e. you are ontop of matters.
10. When seeking new Ts ask them about what electrical equipment they have/use
11. You could insist on Ts to have a Smart Iron which if left ON, will turn OFF automatically after some minutes if not in use. This is one for safety as well !
12. If Ts are good, but it seems they are using too much energy, increase their rent on renewal and tell them why you are raising it for them!
13. Do not increase rent for Green Ts, so the analogy for point12 and this one is implement a scaling charge for rent based on Ts usage and demands for heating during daytime hours for home workers for instance, a bit likeRoad tax for vehicles.
Bottom line with me is that if Ts continue taking the p$$s, I let them know that they should expect their tenancy to draw to a close in due course !
Especially if tenants' consumption is monitored through meter, I think easier to just charge them for consumption instead of saying 'utility included' with a long list of, more or less enforceable and complicated caveats.
Or perhaps a simple midway point, e.g. "First x kWh included in rent, consumption beyond that paid by tenant".
As a LL of a HMO I am required to keep communal areas clean. I also clean the room once a week; I can see if they've got a tumble dryer or whatever and it's I the TA that they will be charged for it.
I've only had one T in 5 years who has abused the rent. I had a word. He left.
I think if you estimate a realistic amount and attend your property to clean the communal areas as required you should get a realistic idea of who's doing what.


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Today Autum brings us another satisfying, easy project to add a little something extra to your kitchen. Enjoy!
By making your own kitchen floor mat, you choose the size and colors, instead of being limited to what's available in the stores. It's quick and inexpensive, especially if you use fabric from your stash. I suggest pre-washing your fabric for this project, so that your mat will keep its shape.
|Begin by selecting the fabric for your mat. I used quilting weight cotton and linen for the front, a heavier, home dec weight fabric for the back and lined it with cotton quilt batting. This mat is done in simple patchwork strips, but it doesn't have to be limited to that. You could get as intricate as you like. Again, the beauty of making your own mat, you get to be the designer.Determine the size you would like your mat and cut a piece of cotton batting slightly larger. You could also use fleece or polyester batting if that's what you have on hand.
To prevent slipping and sliding all over your kitchen, you may want to put some type of non-skid rug pad underneath.To make a mat for your bathroom you could do the same but back it with a towel.
|For the patchwork front, I tore strips of fabric in varying widths and laid them out on the batting. You don't have to tear your strips; I find it quicker and easier and more fun than cutting when working with cotton.
|Once you have the patchwork in a layout that is pleasing to you, sew the strips together and press all your seams.
|To prepare the patchwork for quilting, safety pin baste the patchwork and batting together, just like you would a quilt.
|Machine quilt vertical lines 1.5 to 2 inches apart, beginning at the center and working your way out. I used the guide on my walking foot, if you don't have a guide, mark your lines first with a water soluble fabric marking pen. You could do free motion quilting here instead or horizontal lines instead of vertical, or really go wild and do both. It's completely up to you, because who's the designer? You're the designer!
|Square up your quilted patchwork, to the dimensions you've chosen for your finished mat.
|Cut the backing fabric five inches longer and five inches wider than the patchwork front.
|To center your patchwork on the backing fabric, fold the backing fabric in half horizontally and vertically so that you have visible fold lines. Do the same with the patchwork. Line the center lines of the patchwork with the center lines of your backing fabric and pin in place (wrong sides together).
|Beginning with either the top or bottom, turn the backing fabric up just shy of meeting the patchwork (about 1/8 inch). Press. Fold again and press.
|The pressing is very important to get a smooth finished border. Don't skip.
|Stitch in place about just inside the edge of the border. Press again. At this point I could see that my patchwork wanted to shift as I folded the other side of the backing. To prevent this, I tacked it in place with a few hand basting stitches.Once you feel like it's secure fold the opposite side the same way. I used lots of pins because I didn't want any shifting causing my border to be all wonky. Stitch and press.
|Repeat with the sides.
|Ta da! A finished floor mat.
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This is fabulous! Glad I found your blog! Thank you for a great tutorial. I am going to try this soon!
Straight on the point and nicely written, thanks considerably for the data
Lovely! Lovely! I just found my friends Christmas gifts! We have a kitchen-theme this year! Ta-Dah!
Is beautiful project! congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this idea! Im going to make one for my bathroom for sure! Or a few.
this is ADORABLE, I'm going to have to make one for my kitchen! thanks for the inspiration!
This is SOOO ADORABLE! WELL THE BABY IS TOO! Love the color coordination here.
What a great idea!!! I'm not a quilter, but wonder if I could use decorative stitches (pre-programmed on my machine) instead?????
I want to try making one of these for my daughters new (Mickey Mouse) bathroom
What about using hot glue on the back? I had a florist tell me that that is what they use on the ends of saddles going on the top of grave markers to keep them from sliding off. You could apply it in straight or wavy lines and possibly more around the edges to hold them down. It's rubbery.
I wonder, also, how it has held up. I made 2 floor mats similar to this, but one with paper and the other with fabric. The process I used was much more involved and also used a few coats of sealer to make it waterproof etc. I was hoping this was a simpler way of doing the same because I can't imagine that it can hold up well…. thanks!
This is so cool and i want to try it right now… just that no cloth to make yet…..
I was just curious: how is it holding up now that you've had it a little while….
Brilliant! No why didn't I think of that?
LOVE it!
I need one. No two!
I love this idea and can't wait to try it. I think I'll make one with Christmas fabric to add some Seasonal decorating to the kitchen!
Nice! I am definitely going to add to my to do list!
I love this idea and will definitely try.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to make it non slip, though?
I think I'll whip one of these up for our new baby's nursery! Thanks for the tute!
I LOVE Patchwork, great idea.Thanks for tips, beautiful work!!
There is one just like this in PATCHWORK STYLE
Super Cute!!
I want to make my Mom a new set of placements for Mother's day and I think I can use this pattern! Thanks!
It's great to be part of the wonderful world of quilting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Sarah Jane.
That is too cute. I think I'll make this for the dog bowls! Thanks for the great tutorials. I love tutorials!
I wonder if you can use puffy paint for a non-slip surface on the back (just make dots or squiggles) the way you can with crocheted/knitted slippers for kids. It might be worth a try. Thanks for the project idea.
I love this idea-great way to use up your favorite scraps! I will have to make one for my kitchen. Thank you!
I just found my homemade Christmas gifts! Thank you so much for posting this tutorial. It looks great and I can't wait to bust out my fabric scraps now!
Thanks so much. I will be making a bathroom rug with this tutorial. Once all my Christmas projects are off the list, of course.
I am going to do this for the bathroom in my camping trailer and the kitchen. Some rugs kind of disintegrate when you dry them and this will not do that. No one likes to open their dryer and find all of that flaky rubber stuff from the rug. What a mess that is to clean up. How about double stick tape on the back. You could always take it off when you wash and dry it and put more on before you lay it back on the floor. thank you for the suggestion. I love it!
I was going to say that I loved the reminders that I'm the designer, but then I got to the last line. Yeah! The bathroom is where I need this & I could use one of our bathsheets that's getting raggedy on the edges so needs some sewing machine time anyway.
Super cute mat and super cute baby! Love it!
Hi!!! I love all your tutorials. This kitchen matt is on my list to try. Thanks for such a great blog and shop.
Thanks for sharing this, Autum! I always love your tutorials.
looks cute and easy to do. two things I like!
This is such a cute idea, because sometimes it is so hard to find mats that match. I just wonder if it slips around a lot if you have tile floors? Thanks for the idea!
I love this! Definitely giving it a try! Thanks Autum!
love this project! i will definitely be trying that
Cute mat AND a cute baby!
Great idea – my kitchen mat is looking a bit grody now that I think about it…
I love the mat. I will have to make one for my kitchen. Thank you!
i love this
i was inspired right away start making it
and i did…its sitting in front of my kitchen sink as we speak
Brilliant! Simply brilliant! I'm going to give this a go this weekend. I just got new towels and wanted to find a way to use my old ones. Thanks!
I am in love with this thing. Seriously, I can use scraps, it easily washes and it's fun to make, for the kitchen!?! It's now on my list of things to do tomorrow.
I love this!
I would love to figure out a way to make it extra cushy with out being a trip hazard for our hard tile floors!
That's so cute! I've been whining that I can't find kitchen rugs or bathmats in the colors or patterns I want, but I'd never really thought about sewing my own. I'm definitely going to now though–and being able to customize the size is great too. (Why can I never find an apartment with a normal shaped bathroom?)
This is so cute! Does it not slip when stepped on? I've went into homes and
people have bought rugs that move and you slip on them.
The rubber backs also have a chance of discoloring vinyl floors so this would
be so much better.
Thanks for sharing!
God Bless You and Yours!!!
I love this idea-great way to use up your favorite scraps! Great tutorial. I have enjoyed all of Autum's ideas.
I love it! I can't wait to try it!
you know, i never even put any thought to the idea of a kitchen mat until I saw this post, and then suddenly realized that a) it would be incredibly useful to have one, and b) this opens up a boxful of great possibilities!
i may just give this one a go! this patchwork stuff is really starting to grow on me…
Love it! The fabric is perfect and baby is too cute!! Thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you for this tutorial. I need a long, narrow bath mat and this is a great way to whip one up in a flash.
Very Cute!
Perfect! I need some mats for my kitchen and bathrooms. :c)
This is darling. I'd be afraid of how dirty I would get it!
I've been looking for something to cover my kitchen floor. Thank you!
I am so excited about making this little kitchen mat. I plan on making a couple of them for Christmas gifts – for my daughter…and a friend. Thanks for a great idea!!!!
This is really cute. I just knitted cloth rugs for my kitchen but I still need to make some for my bathrooms.
Oh, this is fabulous! What a great way to use up odd pieces of fabric too. I can't wait to try this one. Thanks!
This is a perfect solution to my need to always change the kitchen mat. Thank you.
Super cute! And your tutorial is super easy to follow! First one for the kitchen. Then the laundry room. The the hall bath. Then the other bath….
This is a wonderful idea- especially as I can't quite bring myself tp buy a new one- though the one I have now is so old and gross. Can't wait to try!
Oh my goodness! I love the rug – the fabrics are fabulous!
What a fabulous idea! I can never find a mat that I truly love for my kitchen!!
What a great idea. I never would have thought to make a mat with fabric that I have Thanks for sharing a great idea with us.
Ooooooo!! I love this idea. It's been hard to find a kitchen mat I like- perfect!
what a great way to coordinate your kitchen or bath! I love the sweet baby too!
I'm definitely trying out this one! So cute!
I made one…its almost too cute to walk on. But fun to make. Thanks.
This is beautiful. I think it would be fun to make a mini version for my daughters little play kitchen too.
Thanks for the rad tutorial! And cute baby, bee tee dubs.
Ooh I love that kitchen floor mat!!
Love this! I have some kitchen mats, but they just aren't what I want. It never orrcured to me you could make your own…but now I can!! yea!!
What a great idea. I have some pieces of non slip rug stuff I got from ikea a while ago. They probably still do it.
This is so fantastic! I really want to make one to go with my new wall color. I'll be linking to this.
What a fun and creative idea!
I love the idea of doing this for a bathmat, with a towel backing! Now all I would have to do is keep my pets from playing with it.
I love this idea. I can't wait to make one.
Can't wait to try this! I've seen it pop up all over the internet this week, and it just keeps coming back to me as the perfect afternoon project!
I love this….but I just want to see that baby sitting on it too. LOL. I think I will have to give this a try!!!!
What a great idea! I never thought of making my own patch floor mat! It could be done in colors for each season, or holiday as well! Great Job!
I don't know that I'd be able to step on something so sweet.
SOOO cute!! My kitchen rugs are hideous, so I need to start making a few for myself! Sure could use some of those Amy Butler solids to start ou! 😉 😉
I think even *I* might actually be able to finish this project…and I can't do much of anything these days, with my non-sleeping baby!!
I love this! My kitchen is apples & I have some apple fabric… now I know how to put it to good use.
I've been wanting to make something to spice up my kitchen…this just might be the ticket!
I've been trying to think of a way to make some rugs for my kitchen because I can't find any that are just right. Now, thanks to you, I can make one myself. I love it! Thank you.
I absolutely love this! I'm going to make a matching set for my kitchen, one for in front of the sink and one for in front of the fridge… and maybe for one in front of the dishwasher? and the stove? Maybe I should just make one long runner that will run the length of them… oooooh the posibilities are endless! Thanks for the great tute!
This is beautiful, I´m definitely making one, but I don´t know if I´ll use it as a kitchen mat, it´s too pretty! thanks for the tutorial.
This is great! It may be time for me to throw out that rug that has seen better days and make something that is a lot easier to wash!!!
Great step-by-step; thanks for taking the time to show us this!
I've always loved this project — such a great idea. And very cool with that cute little Bayleigh at the end!
Nice work! Nice tutorial! Nice baby!!!
This will help with Christmas gift ideas! Recently found this blog and I am finding lots of inspiration!
I have been saving old, ragged bathmats for just this purpose. You have inspired me to actually use them! Thanks.
saw this on whip up, that is so perfect and something i can see myself actually finishing. Thank you for the great tutorial. Love it!
What an incredibly adorable baby… can she come and visit me to cheer me up with those adorable eyes and smile?
Love this idea and I have a lot of that apple fabric in my stach waiting to be used!
I have been considering new floor mats and was planning on crocheting them out of old tshirts–but I'm just starting out with crochet and am much more comfortable sewing! Thanks for the great idea! I might have to save the old shirts for something else. 🙂
Wonderful Tutorial! Great idea. I was actually thinking of buying a kitchen mat, but making my own would be better!
what a cute mat! i just love the apples & pears and recently sewed myself a pair of boxers in it. i'm so glad i have leftovers because it is TOTALLY adorable. : )
Very cute! Enjoy all your projects, although my sewing table is scattered with scrapbook stuff, so sewing is on hold for now. I didn't know if you had any crafty ideas for dressing up bookends? I have two bookends (metal variety) on my living room bookshelf and they look horrible! I tried searching your projects and didn't find anything. I also looked for a way to email you, but couldn't find any other way to contact you (so please excuse me leaving this question as a comment!) Thanks!!
Really cool. Thanks for sharing such a lovely tutorial. The baby is sooooooooo cute. 🙂
I love the floor mats! Ours is pretty raggedy, too – I'll definitely have to use this. Plus I get to look at some of my pretty fabrics – bonus! 🙂
That's a great tutorial, thanks for sharing. And oh my gosh….isn't that a cutie pie in the last pic.
i love it – Good solution for some one who wants to wash the bathmat everyday. I have this thing about stepping out of the tub clean and getting my feet dirty on a used bathmat…
Maybe I will make a few and trade them out often
This is really cute. I think I'll try one!!
Love the floor mat and Bayliegh is just as cute as ever in that last pic.
BethieB, I am wondering the same how it would look bigger. I may make a runner version for my master bath. Should be interesting.
OOH! This could be a great Christmas gift — new bathmats for the grandmas!
I think this would be great, especially if I let my daughters sew the straight lines!
This year I"m starting early so there'll be no last minute rushing to get things done!
Last year I did the bags for sore muscles & eye packs.
THis year I'll do some new bathmats and maybe a large corn bag for the microwave.
Keep it coming!
This is great! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! I have to make at least three of these now…kitchen, bathroom, front door. Yay!
Very cute kitchen mat. I wouldn't want to dirty it by walking on it!
Oh my! Does the baby come with it? If so, I'll take two!!
Rebecca F.
Loving it!!
Super cute idea. I love the bat mat idea so much (as I'd be worried about staining my rug if I used it in the kitchen. I'm a messy cook!)
I need a mat in my kitchen. This will be a fun project . Thanks!
Very pretty mat and great instructions, thank you! And I love your model, too! 🙂
I love this idea! I was wondering what anyone thinks about making one of these in a bigger size, for under my dining room table. Do you think it would work?
OH perfection – make a kitchen mat, and end up with a cutie patootie baby at the end – I'm IN – time to fire up the sewing machine!!
Sweet mat – I need to make some for my kitchen – my old store bought ones are looking pretty bedraggled. Thanks for the tute (and the cute babe pic) 🙂
Genius! I hate all the boring kitchen mats/rugs that aren't ever in the colors I want. Another project to add to the list….
Wow! What a cute kitchen mat. Way too pretty for my kitchen floor! Thanks! I have so many co-worker birthdays coming up! Pefect!
I love that fabric too! It is Alexander Henry's "Apples and Pears". I actually found it at JoAnn's, but it is available online like crazy.
Super idea! I have been searching for the right mat for my bathroom for months. This will be perfect.
Erin, I found the apple fabric at JoAnns.
Oh this is so cute! I just purchased a remnant piece of that Apple fabric… i love it!! Can't wait to use it for something!
what's the apple/pear fabric you used? do you know if it is available online? It's adorable!
This is definitely TOO PRETTY for a floormat! I don't think I could step on it! 🙂
Great project!
darling! I'd be almost afraid to step on it! But I desperately need kitchen mats, and this had never even occurred to me to try. I'm off to dig through my stash!
This is so very cute!! My kitchen mat is looking a little raggedy… I should start making one of these — maybe I'll have it done by the time my kitchen my is totally kaput! °Ü°
Thanks for sharing!
This will wash so much better than the store-bought ones with rubber on the back! Thanks for the idea.
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Sounds like it will be a nice shop when completed.
Keep pics coming along the way.
Great choice on the roofing as well as 8' high doors to not only get the "open door" out of the way, but also gets the door proportions less modern looking.
Sounds like a great garage to plan & build
and a gas pump island too?
It is pretty cool that these doors look like they swing out but are really standard sectional insulated doors that roll up. The fake hinge and handle hardware is optional but I think I like the look of them. I will also get the white power coated rails to make them look better on the inside.
And, btw, I modified the size of the drive-through cover to 18'X18'. The island will be 30 inches by 20 feet. I will also run conduit under the slab for power to light the globe on top of the gas pump and also have air and water outlets out of the island as well.
I will run PVC air pipe under the slab for the air but have all the exposed air pipe galvanized.
Time for an update
I am getting to the ground breaking earlier than expected.
Trenching for the foundation is happening this week.
Here are some pics to bring the project up-to-date:
Here is the old garage on the site that had to go:
Here it is knocked down. My wife helped every step of the way.
I rented this backhoe to tear up the old foundation.
It had been a while since I had run one of these, so I felt a little uncoordinated. Also, I was used to the controls on a Case and not on a John Deere. I also borrowed a hydraulic dumping trailer for getting rid of the concrete and the stumps from the 6 trees I had to cut down.
Here is the site with the paint laid down for trenching. You can see the outline of the building and the gas pump island. This was Sunday. Up to this point, My wife and I had done all the work. Now it's time to do some subbing out. A foundation guy is trenching it this week and laying out the forms, beams and rebar. Got to get 2 city inspections, one for the foundation form-up and one for the plumbing, before pouring the concrete.
Here is a link to the full-size photo of the laid-out site:
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I'll second that! Looks good Roger. So how long before it's completed?
In a while, Chet.
I'd feel lucky to have a shop as good as your OLD one, even more so the nice one on the way!
Good job on the progress and good luck- I hope it all goes smoothly, and you're enjoying the fruits of your labor real soon
Then you can get into your labor of love (talkin about the cars, here...)
I will still have to pay the plumber to pipe it to the street but it shouldn't take him that long to do. It's just 25ft from the shop to the street and it is already trenched. The city will hook it up from there.
It would have been problematic to tie into the house sewer line since it is slightly uphill to the house.
Looking forward to seeing this one come together.
Great looking plan. Congrats on getting it started.
Since I am the prime on this, I am not really sure how long it will take to complete. Plus I am going to do some of the work myself.
I will do all the electrical, some of the plumbing, and all painting. I have a contractor lined up to do all of the framing, windows/doors & trim, bathroom shower and outside siding. I will also sub out the roof, garage doors and the rest of the concrete work. I will do most of the finish work on the inside. (I probably will have the sheet rock put on the ceiling but do the walls myself. I will also have a guy with a bazooka put the tape and first layer of mud on and then I will do the rest.)
Even though I have already said "retired" in my profile, I actually don't do so until July 31st. I don't expect to be through with all the subs until maybe the end of August. I hope to be ready for final city inspection at that time too. The deal I have with the contractor doing the framing is that he probably won't work full time on it so he doesn't get ahead of my ability to have time to do the electrical.
As far as detailing, that will be an ongoing process over the next year or so I'm sure.
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It's nice to see that things seem to be progressing so quickly for you ... I guess that's what happens when you're highly motivated, and have the time to do a lot of your own work.
The bigger "key" here I believe is making the time to do it. Which I for one have a real issue in doing. Cboy, however, has seemingly found that ability. And it looks like Roger has too.
In a while, Chet.
A couple of comments ...
I followed a suggestion from some of the guys here on HR.com to use 1/2" plywood rather than gyproc on the interior walls ... and I'm really glad that I did! You can drive a screw in anywhere you like ... without having to fart around with wall-anchors.
It was also stated that the plywood goes up a lot easier ... no mudding and taping ... and is certainly more durable. Another comment made was "this isn't your living room ... it's a garage!"
There have already ben a few occasions where something fell over that would have speared a hole in gyproc ... but barely left a mark on the plywood.
I did have MOST of my work done by a contractor ... until I had trouble with him and kicked him to the curb!
A buddy and I hung the garage doors ourselves ... it really wasn't all that difficult. Tensioning the springs was the thing that was stated to be "best left to the professionals" ... but again ... all it takes to tension residential garage door springs is two 1/2" x 18" solid steel bars (a 3 ft chunk is available at most hardware / building centers) and a little common sense. If you can follow directions from the manual ... you can do it yourself.
And a final caution:
Make SURE that your design includes adequate room above your door openings for both the tension springs AND the electric door opener tracks (if you are installing them)!
My contractor "goofed" ...
I had spec'd a 6" concrete 'curb' wall to be built on top of the slab, with the idea that it would keep the walls from 'wicking' water up from the wet floor, should a guy ever want to hose it down ... right?
There was to be a 10 ft wall built on top of this 6" curb wall to give me a TOTAL HEIGHT of 10'6".
When the 12' wide x 9' tall garage door panels were assembled and installed, we noticed that they were a little more than 6" taller than the opening ... and we thought it odd ... but OK ...
When it came time to install the chain-drive tracks for the openers ... there was just NO WAY that they would fit as per the directions ... there was only about 1-1/2" above the springs and brackets, and they were calling for a 2x4 reinforcement to bolt the track bracket to! In a "low clearance application" the said that this 2x4 could be hung from the ceiling, and the bracket bolted to it facing the floor. Again ... NO WAY ... as the top edge of the door arced up to within a couple of inches of the ceiling at it's highest point of travel on the curved track above the door.
It was at this point that I started REALLY scratching my head, and wondering "How can this be?", so I measured from the floor to the ceiling ... and discovered it to be EXACTLY 10ft ... not 10'6" as expected!
That 6" was going to be really tough to "put back in there"!!!
In true "hotrodder" fashion , I came up with the idea using of a piece of 1 x 1 angle iron, mounted on the ceiling, about 6" out from the wall ... with the bracket facing the front. It was still tight ... but it works! Luckily the door opener allows for quite a lot of adjustment ...
Moral of the story ...
Keep a VERY close eye on your contractor, and a tape measure of your own very handy.
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Ulf from WI asks:
Sometimes my computer freezes up. Is there something I can do besides shutting it off to get it working?
Sometimes Windows will get itself all tied into a bunch and there is no choice but to cut the power to your computer and restart (you should wait at least 10 seconds before re-booting, by the way).
But before you do something so drastic, try pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del buttons first (hold down Ctrl, then Alt, then Del ).
In Windows XP, if you use the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination, you'll find that a box, called the Task Manager, will appear that allows you to choose the offending program from a list and force it to shut down. In fact, it may even have the words "Not Responding" next to it on this list. Just click the "End Task" button to shut the individual program down. If you get another box a few seconds later asking you to wait or "End Task," choose to End task.
If you happen to be using Windows Vista or 7, something slightly different will occur when you use the Ctrl+Alt+Del combination. Instead of just the Task Manager popping up, you will be greeted with a screen that gives you a few options instead. The good news is that the Task manager is still here, and works pretty much the same as mentioned above. Simply choose the offending program and click "End Task".
Finally, if you notice that your computer just freezes after awhile, especially if it takes about the same amount of time to freeze each time you use it, you may have a problem with overheating.
Make sure the computer has plenty of room to breathe—several inches all the way around is the minimum. If you're blocking vents, you're asking for trouble. Also, remember that some computers have vents on the bottom of the case, so if you stick it on a shag carpet, you may be blocking airflow. Oh, if you do suspect overheating is a problem (and the machine apparently has plenty of ventilation room), checking the CPU fan may be a good idea too.
~ Steve
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So I got my tax return, and I punched my old phone to death last week. It works fine, more or less, but the screen had a tiny chip and just got worse and worse. I had enough last week after cutting my finger and gave it a solid punch, shattering what was left of the screen. Aside from some other trivial things, the phone was always solid. I always settle when I'm buying things, and I always go the cheaper route to end up being disappointed in what I end up with...pretty much every time.
This time I said **** it, and spent almost $300 on a new phone. I've never had a "good" phone...I've always had cheap copy-cat phones that fail to do what the competition does. I just bought the Galaxy S3, because a few of my friends have it and it seems like a really really solid device. I just don't spend large amounts of money very often, and when I do its because I bought something that I've been lusting over and researching for months and months. Now I just kinda bought it on a whim and I feel awful.
I have a shitty carrier, so I'm limited to what phones I can have. It was the only one even semi-good.
But yeah, I hate spending money like that. :C make me feel better about it. My PC is next, and thats gonna cost me even more x.x


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I am looking for any information that people can provide regarding duck hunting in these counties and other nearby counties. I attempted to do some research last time we were up North, but it was over the holidays. As you can imagine, most were spending the quality family time and not the quality hunting time. Unfortunately this left a number of my questions unanswered. I've also looked at all the DNR maps and have gleened as much information as I could. We have a place up there and only visit it a few times a year. I'd love to be able to just run out after work and do my own research but I live about 7 hours away. Not exactly a quick trip after dinner.
I visually checked out Ess, Avalon, Grass, Long and Cranberry Lake. I also looked at the Floodwater's in Hillman. I saw ducks on all and think I'd like to hunt Grass Lake and Fletchers Pond. Additionally maybe do a little wading at Cranberry. Any advice offered would be appreciated. Specific launch ramps, areas of the lake, areas to stay away from, people to stay away from - What should I expect to see in September/October. What Dekes should I bring? Are the stumps in the Fletchers really that bad?
Thanks in advance for your info. If I were to do the background work on-site it might take me a year to actually hunt.


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Full Report: Romero-Lopez
By Felipe Leon
Photos: Renzo Novara
World class boxing returned to Tijuana once again courtesy of hometown Zanfer Promotions along with Thompson Boxing and Gary Shaw Productions presented an IBF super bantamweight championship bout where undefeated Jonathan "Momo" Romero (23-0, 12KOs) took the hardware home by defeating Tijuana's own Alejandro "Alex" Lopez (24-3, 7KOs) in front of over 3,500 fans at the Municipal Auditorium via a close split decision. The fight card was broadcast live in Mexico by Canal Azteca.
The hometown fighter Lopez, who earned the right to fight for the title that Nonito Donaire left vacant by defeating the tough Takalani Ndlovu in a title eliminator late last year, knew that he had to take the fight to the taller "Momo" Romero of Barranquilla, Colombia. Romero earned his shot but defeating Efrain Esquivias around the same time to become the IBF's #2 ranked 118 pounder. Even though the shorter Lopez needed to push the fight, the slick Romero was the aggressor as he threw his piston-like jab and kept Lopez at the end of it to start off the bout. A hard left hook woke up Lopez in the second and he tried to return the favor but Romero was too elusive to get caught with anything meaningful.
By the fourth Lopez began to push the fight as Romero boxed from the outside. Lopez aggression didn't come with out consequence as a sharp right hand caused a slight cut over his right eye. Lopez began to have some success by slipping the long right hand of Romero and coming back with a left hook to the chin that caught the Colombian more than once.
Halfway through the bout Romero began adding some dirty tactics to his repertoire of punches as he began to attack Lopez's kidneys and the back of the head. Referee Genaro Rodriguez was stern with his warnings to Romero through out the remainder of the fight including taking off a point in the final round.
Both fighters began to switch off the lead as Lopez and Romero took turns pushing the action while the other counterpuncher with Romero scoring the better shots. With the hometown crowd pushing him with their chants and the fight slipping away, Lopez almost struck gold in the championship rounds when a hard left hook stunned Romero. Lopez sensing his only chance for the win went after the Colombian but couldn't finish the job. An accidental head butt in the eleventh almost had the fight called off due to the severe cut on Lopez's forehead but after intense scrutiny, the ringside doctor allowed the fight to continue until the final bell.
Two judges scored it for Romero 116-111 and 115-112 while the third had it 115-112 for Lopez. Fightnews had it a closer 114-112.
"Cobra" Gonzalez Jr. Weathers the "Tornadito"
Newly crowned Alejandro "Cobrita" Gonzalez Jr. (16-0-2, 11KOs) proved that he is ready for bigger and better things as he put to sleep hometown favorite and previously undefeated Hanzel "Tornadito" Martinez (19-1, 15KOs) in forty-one seconds of the second round. The action began early as Gonzalez Jr., the son of former champion Alejandro "Cobra" Gonzalez, began to score with straight punches to the head of the shorter Martinez from the outside. Martinez, the ex-brother of law of Antonio Margarito, did not look interested in getting in the inside of the longer Gonzalez but instead wanted to taste the power first. Halfway through the round, Martinez began to inch himself closer to his opponent and that is when the fireworks began to go off as both traded leather until the bell that marked the end of the first.
As it looked the war will continue in the second, Gonzalez scored with a straight right to the chin that hurt Martinez sending him on his back foot then "Cobrita" sprung with a left hook that knocked down "Tornadito". Despite the hurt Martinez barely beating the count, experienced referee Jose Cobian felt compelled to waive off the fight with little protest from the Martinez corner.
With the win, Gonzalez Jr. takes home the WBC Youth bantamweight title.
Uzcategui Passes Test
Venezuelan transplant Jose "Bolivita" Uzcategui (17-0, 13KOs) of Tijuana scored his biggest win to date when he boxed himself to a unanimous decision over tough Rogelio "Porky" Medina (30-3, 24KOs) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, in a ten round middleweight bout.
Uzcategui, who before this fight had never faced anyone of consequence, took control early as he used his superior reach to box from the outside and keep Medina at bay. Medina looked to be taking his time warming up as he kept up with Uzcategui but didn't score or much less throw anything meaningful in the first couple of rounds. "Porky" gradually began to throw his hands more and close off the ring to the still boxing Venezuelan. As Medina began to throw more, Uzcategui was able to show his defense as he bobbled his head and used his waist to slip the wide power punches from Medina.
Medina was not undeterred as he kept coming forward, flat footed with a minimal movement but steady and was able at times to trap "Bolivita" against the ropes and score to the body. "Porky" kept pushing forward and seemed to be turning the tide in the seventh and eight rounds as he took the fight to the inside but Uzcategui was able to right the ship in the last two rounds as he went back to boxing. In the ninth, Uzcategui looked to go for the finish as he threw and landed huge haymakers to the head of Medina. Medina blocked most of them but looked on wobbly legs. Frustrated with the movement of his opponent, Medina clinched and often in the tenth and final round as well as landing a great upper cut to the crotch of Uzcategui. Referee Juan Morales Lee had no choice but to take a point off.
The deduction made no difference as Uzcategui took the win with scores of 97-92 two times and 96-93.
Korobov Stops the "Horse"
Undefeated Russian middleweight Matt Korobov (19-0, 11KOs) dropped in to Tijuana to stop local Arturo "Caballo" Rodriguez (12-13, 8KOs) in the fifth round of a scheduled eight.
The southpaw Korobov made his intentions known early as he attacked the body from the start of the bout with hard hooks to body. Rodriguez tried to charge in but was caught midway with left uppercuts to the mouth of the stomach from the Russian. Things got worse in the third for Rodriguez as Korobov began to put his punches in combinations but never forgetting the body of the Tijuana fighter.
The work paid dividends in the fifth as early in the round Korobov scored again with a left hook to the liver but this time Rodriguez was forced to take a knee. Rodriguez was able to incorporate himself before referee Juan Morales Lee reached the count of then but only to meet the canvas again from an upper cut to the chin. Rodriguez, visibly hurt, beat the count once again but met the canvas for the third and final time from another body shot. Juan Morales Lee waived off the bout at the 1:07 mark of the fifth round.
Other Results:
Los Angeles' Saul Rodriguez (9-0-1, 5KOs) looked impressive as he remained undefeated and scored a high light reel knockout while annihilating Luis "Bofo" Viedes (7-8-1, 2KOs) in little over one round. Viedes looked game but Rodriguez, with 2012 trainer of the year Robert Garcia in his corner, was obviously the more skilled of the two. The quick Rodriguez caught Viedes against the ropes and scored a series of straight punches that knocked out the Tijuana fighter on his feet. Referee Juan Jose Ramirez had no choice but to stop the bout at the 2:06 of the second round.
Emilio Sanchez (2-0, 2KOs) of Los Angeles, CA, made mince meat of Ivan "Chino" Diaz (0-3), as he only needed 1:31 of the first round to score a devastating left hook to the chin that sent Diaz crumbling to the canvas. Diaz of Rosarito, Mexico, barely beat the count but only to get hit with a barrage of punches which forced referee Christian Curiel to stop the action.
Light welterweight Anthony Flores (4-0, 3KOs) of Inglewood, CA, needed only 1:59 of the first round to stop Tijuana's Luis "Pacman" Contreras (0-3) of a scheduled four. The punishment started early as Contreras suffered a bloody nose almost from the beginning of the fight. Contreras had nothing to hold Flores off and a huge right hand made Contreras stagger back against the neutral corner prompting Juan Morales Lee to jump in and stop any further damage.
Two left hooks to the body is all super flyweight Leonardo Reyes (0-3) could take from hard hitting southpaw Luis "Pantera" Nery (5-0, 3KOs), both of Tijuana. Nery stalked Reyes from the opening round and although Reyes was able to score a couple of times with right hooks to the chin, Nery's pressure was too much and the body attack forced Reyes to take a knee twice. The second knockdown forced referee Juan Morales Lee to call the action. Time was 2:18 of the first round.
Las Vegas, Nevada's Juan Heraldez (4-0, 4KOs) kept his perfect record intact with an impressive knockout over Tijuana's Benjamin Romandio (0-1). Heraldez scored hard punches from the get go, relaying heavily on his jab to set up his power punches. Romandio was holding his own in the first half of the round but Heraldez made the second half his and scored a left hook to the chin that sent Romandio to the canvas. No count was necessary. Official time was 2:26 of the first round scheduled for a junior welterweight four.
Undefeated Ensenada, Mexico, super lightweight Rafael Guzman (9-0, 7KOs) scored a workman like knock out over game but over matched Rodolfo "Boxer" Manriquez (0-3) of Tijuana in the opening bout of the night. Guzman was in control all the way with relentless pressure but Manriquez stayed in the pocket and tried to fight back. Guzman was just to young and live for the Tijuana fighter and scored a barrage of punches in the last round that forced Manriquez to take a knee. Manriquez wasn't able to beat the count by referee Juan Morales Lee. Official time was 1:18 of the fifth round.
Los Angeles, CA's Sergio "Tabasco" Nuñez (9-0, 5KOs) remained undefeated as he sent over matched Carlos "Torito" Avila (1-5) to the canvas early in the first and almost a couple more times through out the first round. Near the end of the three minutes, Avila complained of a rabbit punch and as he took his one minute rest, told his corner he would not continue making the official time :10 of the second round of a scheduled super featherweight six.
Hometown longtime favorite Alvaro Aguilar (21-2-1, 16KOs) made his once a year appearance by taking a six round super welterweight decision over game southpaw Carlos "Kalimba" Lozano (5-3, 2KOs) of Ensenada, Mexico. Both had their moments but Aguilar was the better fighter, scoring the harder punches including left hook to the liver that forced Lozano to take a knee. Thinking the fight was his, the natural super lightweight Aguilar allowed Lozano back in the fight but he turned up the heat at the end to take the win with decision with scores of 60-54, 58-55 and 57-56.
In the walk bout of the night, Mexicali, Mexico's Sergio "Checho" Ortega (11-0, 7KOs) stopped professional loser Adan "Ojitos" Gamboa (1-16) of Tijuana. It was Ortega the whole way and after bloodying Gamboa's nose halfway through the fight, he forced referee Cristian Curiel to call the action at the 2_19 mark of the 4th and last light welterweight round.


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From the article it looks like SPEED is going away and becoming Fox Sports One that will now host a number of different types of sporting events.Only in the crazy world of television can a sport lose viewers but actually command more money for its product.
Sounds nutty I know but that's exactly what appears will happen when the next NASCAR TV product kicks in beginning in 2014.
The deal with NASCAR's current television partners FOX, TNT and ABC/ESPN - expires after next season. The original deal netted the sanctioning body $2.74 billion.
But despite a ratings erosion in recent years including with the coveted 18-45 age demographic, the wheels are already in motion for NASCAR to potentially net even more in rights fees on the new deal.
FOX has reportedly already offered in excess of its current $220 million per season to continue carrying roughly the first half of the Sprint Cup Series season, which kicks off annually with the Daytona 500.
However the curveball in a new FOX deal is the impact the network's change of SPEED into Fox Sports One, a new all sports channel that will carry Major League Baseball, college football and basketball and other sports in addition to NASCAR programming.
Hoping to keep up with the likes of the ABC/ESPN, NBC/NBC Sports Network as well as CBS/CBS Sports Network pairings, FOX plans to flip the current motorsports and automotive channel into its own general sports cable network.
As of now ancillary NASCAR programming such as practice, qualifying and support events like the Camping World Truck Series would be mixed into the revamped channel's content line-up.
There is word FOX will also stream NASCAR programming beginning next season, ala the Watch ESPN initiative that will allow mobile device access for thousands of viewers.
Assuming FOX comes to terms, the remainder of the new NASCAR television package is a bit fuzzier. While it appears ABC/ESPN and TNT will return to the negotiating table, the NBC's interest is a wild card.
Desperate for content to help build its fledging sports net, the Peacock folks are eyeballing a return to the business of stock car racing. NBC was an original partner in NASCAR's landmark television contract of 2001 that helped sky rocket the sport into the sports mainstream with its first true network deal that also included FOX.
The Nationwide Series, currently an ABC/ESPN property, could be in play for NBC as well as the Truck Series should FOX decide to back off the amount of NASCAR programming for its cable sports network or the World Wide Leader scale back its stock car investment.
CBS or perhaps niche outlets like The History Channel might also dip their toes into the negotiations.
However the final pieces of the network puzzle fall into place, industry insiders predict NASCAR will easily surpass the current $2.74 billion fees.
The current environment for nearly all television sports property deals is quite healthy. Major League Baseball just inked a $12.4 billion, eight year contract with FOX, TBS and ESPN, which doubles the previous agreement. College football and basketball conferences, the NHL and the NBA have also seen a rise in fees.
And of course the 800 pound gorilla of them all, the mighty NFL commanded a 60 percent increase for a package that will eventually see $3.1 billion paid annually by CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN and the NFL Network.
Of course all of these monopoly money numbers will eventually come with a price for fans that will have to pay the freight with an increased cable or satellite bill.
In order for networks to recoup the heavy investment they'll make to secure NASCAR programming, you can also expect a rise in broadcast commercialism. Whether its added breaks, more in race sponsored segments or other corporately funded elements, count on the networks to find any way possible to generate revenue and cover their costs.
But it appears the doomsday prophets who predicted NASCAR's value as a viable television property would plummet were wrong.
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In The News 03-16-2012
Your Weekly Update In The World Of Technology
It's Heeeeeere….
Wednesday of last week marked another big day for Apple as they released the newest version of the popular iPad. The new version, which many thought would be named the iPad 3, was in fact simply named "the new iPad." The announcement of the new iPad came as no surprise since most people predicted it, but here's the rundown of Apple's newest tablet:
– New 9.7-inch "retina display" that boasts a resolution of 2047 x 1536 pixels. That's 3.14 million (pi million, if you will) pixels, for those keeping track. In comparison, the current iPad 2's resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels.
– Pricing will be the same as the iPad 2, ranging from $499 to $829 depending on storage amounts and data connection abilities.
– It will be available in the US on both Verizon and AT&T and make use of 4G networks.
– The new iPad will have a 5 megapixel camera, which is exceptionally better than previous models.
The new iPad will be available in the US and 9 other countries today (March 16). The iPad 2 is also seeing a $100 price cut, bringing its Wi-Fi model down to only $399. The price cut was introduced so the iPad 2 could better compete with tablets sold at lower prices.
The App That Keeps Growing
Instagram is one of the most popular apps available for iOS devices, and it looks like it may be going beyond its Apple borders. The app, which allows its users to take pictures, apply a number of vintage and artsy filters, and share them with friends, now boasts 27 million users and is looking to insert itself into the Android market. At the South By Southwest Interactive conference, CEO Kevin Systrom waved around an Android phone with an Instagram prototype on it.
This may come as exciting news to many Android users since up until now, Instagram has been limited to iOS devices only (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch). The prototype is currently in beta but will be released to the public "really soon" according to Systrom.
Yahoo Goes After Facebook
Last Monday Yahoo decided to go after Facebook and filed a lawsuit, claiming that 10 patents were infringed upon. These patents are related to privacy, message, advertising, and even social network. Yahoo hopes that Facebook will be forced to pay up on those patent infringements.
According to a Facebook spokesperson, Facebook is disappointed that Yahoo has resorted to litigation and that Yahoo has been a longtime business partner of the social networking giant. This is a big step for Yahoo, who hired a new CEO in Scott Thompson back in January. It also creates a problem for Facebook as they are in the process of going for public after filing for an initial public offering last month.


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Scotland Under-23 defender Willie Young was born in Edinburgh. He played for Arsenal in three successive FA Cup Finals between 1978 and 1980
Uefa Champions League hopes ended after Arsenal lost 1-0 at 'home' to Lens. The game at Wembley drew a record 'home' crowd of 73,707
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If you've got a minute between now and Friday, please send a quick email just saying that you support the proposed hunting areas. It would really help us out. Here's an email from the New Mexico Wildlife Federation.
Southern New Mexico bird hunters need to speak up soon to protect their hunting opportunity on the lower Rio Grande.
Last year, the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) put up "no hunting" signs from Percha Dam State Park to the Texas state line in the Rio Grande floodplain where hunters traditionally have hunted doves, quail, sandhill cranes and waterfowl.
The IBWC has now completed an environmental assessment showing that hunting along the Rio Grande corridor will have little to no environmental impact. Working with the Department of Game and Fish, the IBWC has proposed a "preferred alternative" to allow bird hunting in designated areas along the Rio Grande corridor ( link to the full proposal http://www.nmwildlife.org/images/uploads/DEA_Hunting_07232013.pdf ).
Sportsmen interested in protecting their right to hunt in the Rio Grande floodplain need to let their voices be heard. The IBWC is taking public comment only through Friday, Aug. 23. Depending on what comments are received, the IBWC will determine whether hunting will be allowed to continue. If you want to keep your right to hunt birds along the river, speak up now!
NWMF and Dona Ana County Associated Sportsmen support the IBWC preferred alternative.
Take a moment now to read the proposal and preferred alternative, then click here to send your comments to the IBWC, or submit them directly to firstname.lastname@example.com. As always, be respectful. Tell them you're a hunter who wants to continue the bird hunting tradition and opportunity along the lower Rio Grande. But hurry - the deadline to comment is Friday.
Pass it on
It is important for New Mexico sportsmen to stay informed and get involved. Please pass this alert on to your friends and family.
Thanks again for anyone that does this and pass it around. Even you pansies from up north I sent several emails about JL and Bernardo(even though I never got a response) and I never hunt that far north...so if y'all will return the favor, I(and others) would really appreciate it.


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"I mostly remember the flags that clear bright September day. I know that sounds odd, and I should have remembered something more striking or sacred, or feelings of vengeance perhaps, but the flags spoke and expressed my feelings in a way I could not." (Read the entire story)
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I've been having trouble with a couple of glazes and for months have been wondering if it was a flocculation issue. At this point I'm thinking that my water is probably the issue. But, during this time I've been trying to get my head around flocculation and deflocculation and have been trying to find a way to actually physically see a cause become an effect. This week I was reading about slips and it occurred to me that I've been going about this all wrong. I should have started with slips from the beginning. Slips are mostly clay and when trying to affect the flocculation of a glaze one is mostly working with the clay in the glaze (usually a fairly small percentage of total volume). So if you focus on slip you can presumably see the effect more clearly. So far I've deflocculated a slip after the fact with sodium carbonate. I learned that it is probably best to deflocculate the water you will use to make the slip then to mix the slip with that water, thus keeping the water content down. I also need to use an equal amount of sodium silicate with the sodium carbonate and see if I can generate an observable reaction.
One of my problems with test amounts has been the skewing of results by mixing in amounts of water (bearing the flocculant/deflocculant) that change the rheology of the mix. Thus, the idea that the flocculant/water solution should be mixed first then added. I'm guessing this should also help in managing the amounts of flocculant/deflocculant with reasonable accuracy.
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HARRISONBURG, Va., March 5, 2011 -- The #10/9 James Madison women's lacrosse team remained unbeaten with a 13-10 win over previously undefeated Fairfield Saturday afternoon at the JMU Lacrosse Complex.
JMU, which entered the game ranked 10th in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll and ninth in the Inside Lacrosse poll, improved to 3-0. Unranked Fairfield is now 3-1.
Dukes' redshirt sophomore Casey Ancarrow (Jarrettsville, Md./John Carroll) finished the day with team highs of three goals and three ground balls, and she also had two assists, a caused turnover and a draw control. Ancarrow, a Tewaaraton Trophy candidate, had a goal and two assists in a 4-0 JMU scoring run that put the game away with under five minutes to play.
"Fairfield's really known for their offense and they have great goaltending, so it's something that we had to overcome," JMU Head Coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcome said. "We had to try to come together as a defensive unit and it took some time.
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Fairfield senior Brittany Bare (Mason, Ohio/William Mason) converted a free-position attempt with 22:01 remaining to tie the game at 8-8. Over the next eight minutes, however, the teams combined for five turnovers (three by Fairfield, two by JMU) before Bare fouled senior Mary Kate Lomady (Abington, Pa./Abington), setting up a free-position attempt on which Lomady scored. Another Stags' foul resulted in a free-position shot for Ancarrow, whose goal with 12:06 to play put the Dukes up 10-8.
Fairfield controlled the ensuing draw, but Ancarrow caused a turnover and 2:36 later fed a pass to junior Annie Brophy (Berwyn, Pa./Archbishop Carroll), who scored at 9:17. Fairfield again controlled the draw, but JMU junior Caitlin McHugh (Westminster, Md./Mercy) caused a turnover and Brophy picked up the ground ball. JMU maintained possession for nearly four minutes before McHugh scored off an Ancarrow pass for an insurmountable 12-8 Dukes' lead with 4:53 to go.
Stags' sophomore Amanda Best (Schenectady, N.Y./Guilderland) scored just 1:58 into the game to give Fairfield a 1-0 lead, but Ancarrow tied the game off a Lomady pass 4:48 into the match. Then an unassisted goal by junior Monica Zabel (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) just 28 seconds later put the Dukes ahead 2-1.
JMU never trailed after that point, although Fairfield tied the game at 6-6 (6:24 left in the first), 7-7 (25:54 in the second) and 8-8.
JMU held a 25-14 advantage on shots, but Fairfield sophomore goalkeeper Katie Keenan (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) made nine stops. Dukes' redshirt junior goalkeeper Alex Menghetti (Media, Pa./Penncrest) finished with four saves and also had two ground balls.
Other multiple-goal scorers for the Dukes included Lomady (3 goals, 1 assist), Brophy (2 goals) and junior Ashley Kimener (Oakton, Va./Oakton) (2 goals). Zabel had a game-high three assists in addition to her goal.
Fairfield was led in scoring by senior Katie Mackay (Salem, Conn./East Lyme) with three goals and an assist. Bare, Best and freshman Melanie Raso (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) each scored twice, and Best also had an assist.
Dukes' junior Cally Chakrian (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) had a game-high four draw controls, and Kimener, Zabel and senior Meghan Wienecke (Baltimore, Md./Towson) each controlled two draws. Seniors Diana Apel (Glenwood, Md./Glenelg) had three caused turnovers and Caitlin Sullivan (Kennesaw, Ga./Harrison) had two CTs.


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I am based in Hong Kong and there has been a local outbreak of dengue among the international community here. This is the first local transmission of dengue in 7 years! Several students at my children's school have taken off of school with apparent dengue symptoms such as rash and muscle pain. After listening to Twiv #3 I feel much more informed about dengue. Even though you are now in the '100s' it would be great if you could continue to occasionally produce educational podcasts. I really appreciate these episodes as well as those of Twip.
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I thought this might be interesting for you, since Chikungunya was at least glanced at a few times in twiv. Sadly, though, the blog post itself is in German. It seems that many factors are at work here: Travellers brought Aedes albopictus to southern Europe, The Chickungunya virus successfully adapted to that new host, Climate change opens up new habitats for the insect. This should be an interesting progress to watch.
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Before I found twiv (that is: before Twiv #1) I didn't know much about virology. Yes, I knew that it's an interesting field, but accessible knowledge was't widely accessible for a layman like me. Now, not only do I know about the virus, I also know about the vector and can watch it get closer to where I live.
I havn't seen Aedes albopictus here, close to Frankfurt in Germany, but according to the maps, it's creeping up the Rhine valley, which is no surprise since the upper Rhine valley is the warmest part of the country.
It's going to be interesting to see, how the distribution will change in the next 10 or so years.
Thanks for the education you provide, there's so much in it, from beautiful intricacy of the biochemical interaction between virus and host to the real life implications of an insect carrying it to new parts of the world.
Keep ut the good work, I keep looking forward to a new TWIV every week (and, I have to say, I do look forward to a new TWIP every week, too).
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I found your podcast several weeks ago on iTunes. I really enjoy it. I learned to love science, biology and more specificaly immunology back in the late 1970s and early 80s. I had a very heavy dose of microbiology because in those days immunololgy was a part of the microbiology departments where I studied. Anyway, your podcast reminds of that time and my abiding respect for those who can do science. I was too impatient. I loved the ideas of science but not the doing of science. The book that got me interested in science was titled "The Eighth Day of Creation". I am on podcast number 8 or 9 and look forward to many interesting hours ahead. I did skip ahead and listened to your last podcast yesterday and was pleased to hear that you had discussed retroviruses in one of your previous podcasts. I do not know whether it is appropiate to describe retroviruses as "way cool", but the idea of them certainly is to me. My coworkers think I am a bit nuts when I start telling them about the polio vaccine and why there was an outbreak recently in Africa (as you guys predicted) and also congratulations in predicting the avian virus would not be the cause of the next flu pandemic but that more likely H1NI would be the cause.
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A bit behind on my listening, but the question came up a few episodes back of why an endogenous retrovirus does not seem to become active and replicate.
My question would be the opposite, is there any advantage to the virus becoming active again? If the goal of viral infection is to propagate it's genome then what better way to do it than to incorporate it into the genome of a successfully reproducing organism. Once the genome is in the germ cell line, each time the organism reproduces the genome is reproduced.
Any activation of the genome in that organism is going to lead to an infection in the organism. This will force the organism to divert resources to support the growth of the virus and to the development of an immune response to the viremia. Both of these may decrease the organisms chances of successful reproduction and decrease further passage of the virus's genetic material.
I can think of two instances that might justify activation of the virus.
1. If having the ERV's genome leads to a mild infection then activation and communication of the virus might weaken competitors without the ERV and give the organism with the ERV a reproductive advantage.
2. If the ERV has some type of monitor to recognize when an organism is dying (or stressed beyond reproductive capacity) the virus would benefit by becoming active again and transmitting its genome to other organisms through more traditional means. I know of some trees that only go to seed when the tree is stressed but I'm sure there are other examples of infectious processes that bail out when their hosts no longer appear viable.
You guys are still the best podcast on the web. Keep up the great work.
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Dear TWiV,
Your netcast is one of the highest quality science netcast available, and my favorite. I was wondering if you have any advice for people in science who would like to follow in your footsteps.
Netcasts are an amazing tool for education, both to a expert audience and the general public. However, I have noticed that there is a distinct lack of health related netcasts that are both evidence based and accessible to non-experts.
Several popular health netcasts are dedicated to naturalistic or homeopathic medicine, complete with stores selling their cures, and a general disregard for science. Scientists and physicians need to use this form of media to provide a rational voice that is friendly to lay people and covers pertinent topics.
I will likely be attending medical school next year, and was thinking of starting a netcast and interviewing available experts. Thoughts or suggestions?
On an unrelated note, I will be interviewing at Columbia P&S. Any chance I could meet either of you? I do not have an exact date yet, but it will hopefully be in late October.
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Hi guys - nice to have the 3 of you back together again!
You were discussing textbooks.... A pet peeve of mine. I am a high school science teacher in California. Our textbooks are large, expensive, poorly written doorstops that don't even really follow the California state standards, so if the publishers are cow-towing to us in California, I feel really sorry for teachers in the smaller states.
But there is an interesting change coming - the Common Core Standards
The state governors started this mvoement, supported by ideas of change with the Obama presidency. 40 states have ratified that they will adopt and use the common core standards, unifying what information students should get in k12 education.
Once kids are all to be taught the same thing, publishers will put money into online and virtual texts and classes.... It is moving that way now - but.... To have digital texts and online classes, kids need to have ipads or netbooks. Right now, the only thing we can spend textbook money on is BOOKS – physical paper books - so laws will have to change to bring education into the 21st century.
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Yeah Mike, I would say "Its a Wonderful Life" is in my top 3 as well! I think it's because of the themes: doing good for others, not putting yourself first, having people in your life who truly care about you is more important than all the money in the world, and so on. These are traditional Christmas themes. That, and the fact that George Bailey's critical night is on Christmas Eve. I can understand not liking this movie. I was not that into it at first. Now that i've seen it at least 50 times, I can honestly say that I see something new in it everytime I watch it!
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