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LOWER POTTSGROVE Ś Boyertown Area High School senior Taylor Hess found her prom dream dress for $500 but was sad when she had to say ônoö to the gown because of the price.
Luckily, she found a beautiful pale pink ball gown with rhinestone embellishments that she loved for $300.
Hessĺ story is similar to that of many prom-goers this year.
The average cost of prom in the Northeast region of the United States ranks highest of the four regions at $1,528, according to a survey by Visa. The survey found the nationwide average prom cost was $1,139, which is up $332 from 2011.
Local stores have seen the rising costs and some decided to help parents and teens manage the cost of the memorable night.
Agnes Edmunds Bridal and Formal at 318 High St. in Pottstown recently started carrying prom dresses after a five-year hiatus.
Bridget Zimmerman, a sales associate at the store, said she understand the needs and budgets of customers.
The store only stocks dresses priced between $250 and $400, Zimmerman said.
ôWe do offer 10 percent off for the prom dresses but it is still a lot of money,ö she said. She said they stocked mostly long dresses, unlike a few years ago when the trend was to wear short dresses to the mainly formal event. She said that the length of the dress does not effect the cost.
Zimmerman also said some girls choose to wear bridesmaid dresses, which cost between $180 and $210.
ôI think we sold just as many bridesmaid dresses as we did prom,ö Zimmerman said. She said the cost difference is in the embellishments on the dresses. Bridesmaid dresses are often more simple than prom dresses, according to Zimmerman.
The most expensive dress sold at Agnes Edmunds this year was a $600 dress, and it had to be ordered.
Another Boyertown Area High School student, junior Marissa Sweigart, said she did not have a budget while she shopped at Stephanieĺs Bridal in Pennsburg.
ôWe werenĺt looking for a price range at all, just something that we liked,ö she said. Sweigart found a white, racer-back dress with a rhinestone belt, but she did not say how much it cost.
Zimmerman said that many stores around the area keep track of which dresses are going to be worn at the area schools, so no design is sold twice.
Tuxedos, although expensive, are less costly than prom dresses and that can help alleviate some of the financial pressure on students and parents. Tuxedos can also be rented, which helps keep the overall cost of the garment down.
Joe Fava, owner of Clothes to Home, a Betchelsville dry cleaning, laundry service and tuxedo rental shop, said their most expensive tuxedo starts at $179.
Fava offers a coupon that gives a $40 discount on all their rentals around prom time. Despite the popularity of the coupons in the past, this year he did not see as many customers come in with them.
This year, he said many students who came to his shop saved money on their own so they could rent a tuxedo for prom.
He said that the boys going to prom are not really sure what they want when they come to the store.
ôSeven out of 10 or eight out of 10 customers come in and say they arenĺt really sure what they want,ö he said. But there are popular styles that go quickly, so he recommends coming in early rather than later.
Also unlike the dresses, tuxedos had a trend this year. Fava said he rented more grey tuxedos than other colors.
Darien McKemrick, a freshman at Kutztown High School was Hessĺ date. He said finding a tuxedo was easy. He followed the trend this year and chose a grey tuxedo but he said he needed Hessĺ approval before finalizing everything.
McKemrick even waited for a swatch of Hessĺ pink dress so he could wearing a matching vest.
Scott Jacoby, a senior at Boyertown Area High School went to the dance with Sweigart.
ôYou just go, get something that matches, then come here and have a good time,ö Jacoby said about buying a tuxedo for the dance.


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Okay, I know it's a genetic trait (right??), but why was it selected for some breeds, or was it just a "side effect" that was acceptable and carried on as the breed continued on?
Did having a curl tail serve a purpose "back in the day" that's lost in modern times (but the curl stayed a part of the breed)?
Just wondering while looking at Wally's curled tail that's straight only when he wags it.

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DuMOL Russian River Valley Chardonnay 2010
Chardonnay from Russian River, Sonoma County, California
Winemaker's Notes
2010 rivals 2008 as a favorite white wine vintage. Across the board the wines are lively, fresh, concentrated and focused. The balance between vibrant piercing fruit, broad enveloping texture and pin-point precise acidity is the hallmark of the vintage. They are wines to drink young for freshness but have the balance to become more complex over six to eight years in the bottle.
The 2010 RRV bottling is a DuMOL classic - the equal of many a previous designate. A strong sense of breezy coastal freshness is its dominant feature. The wine is so alive and intense that it's a perfect representation of this unusually cool vintage season. Its greatest excitement lies in the deft balance between the various fruit and structural elements - they play off one another beautifully. The fruit itself is brisk and crunchy – slightly more green-shaded than the honeyed style of 2009 and the wine's underlying richness takes some swirling to coax forth. It's never too creamy, broad or rich and its natural density is never overbearing or clumsy. It's simply a beautiful classy wine that is both focused and elegant in its delivery.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "This fresh, vibrant, tightly wound and well-focused white offers a vanilla- and smoke-accented beam of spicy green apple, pear and honeydew melon, with a long finish. "
The Wine Advocate - "The 2010 Chardonnay is alluring in its beauty. Rich, layered and totally expressive, the 2010 caresses the palate with hints of almonds, orange peel, spices, butter and a hint of French oak. The 2010 is endowed with tons of Russian River character, but with no sense of excess heaviness. The vineyard sources are predominantly Lorenzo and Dutton. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2019. "
DuMOL Winery
DuMOL's 25 acre sustainably farmed Estate Vineyard is located on an undulating east-facing slope of one of the appellation's famous ridgelines. From this classic site and in tandem with some of the coastal area's finest growers, DuMOL crafts wines that fully capture the aromatics, flavors and textures that exemplify their vineyard sites and varietals character in the purest and most precise form. View all DuMOL Wines
About Russian River
The Russian River Valley is named as such due to its proximity to the Russian River, the river itself named for the Russian fur traders who came down from Alaska in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Russian River is agricultural land. While there is a focus on wine, beyond the vineyards are many small, family-owned farms cultivating everything from cattle to Christmas trees.
Notable FactsThe proximity of this cool river and the rolling fogs from the Pacific Ocean make the area amenable to cool-climate grapes like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In fact, the region is quite known for its full-bodied, yet elegant Pinot Noir, as well as their ripe, yet lean Chardonnays. Within Russian River Valley lie the smaller appellations of Chalk Hill and Green Valley. Chalk Hill is the warmer of the two and furthest from the ocean, while Green Valley is cooler and closer to the water.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country unto itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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I've been a dedicated – and admittedly uncool – brown-bagger for as many years as I've been working a full time job. More than just the limited food options nearby, I bring my lunch to eat healthy and stretch my paycheck.
This is the sort of dish that makes it easy to bring your lunch to work. Quick to make, packed with toasty sesame and warm chili flavors, and effortlessly vegan. It's all about making meals play double duty – you know, cook once, eat twice.
I made this soba noodle dish after a Sunday shopping excursion when I returned home ravenous. I whacked it together in a few hasty minutes and gobbled it up even quicker.
After Fabes took a serving, I still had enough left over to consider bulking it up for my Monday lunch. I added a ½ cup of chickpeas and some sautéed mushrooms. The leftovers are even better because the flavors of the dressing fully infuse the noodles and the kale, making for a lunch you can get excited to about.
So friends, the moral of this story is: if you have 10-15 minutes you can have two lunches. Or a dinner and a lunch. Or dinner for two.
And that you shouldn't be too cool to bring your lunch.
Sesame Chili Soba Noodles with Kale and Avocado
Vegan, vegetarian, nut-free.
Serves 2 as a main, 3-4 as a side
- 6 ounces/180 grams soba noodles (or 2 of the 3 portions in the packet)
- 1 bunch Tuscan kale, washed and roughly chopped, with inner stems removed and put aside*
- 3 green onions/scallions, whites and light green parts thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons toasted pepitas
- ½ avocado cut into pieces
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons chili paste
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped or grated on a microplane
To toast sesame seeds and pepitas: Place seeds in a dry pan over a medium-low heat. Shaking the pan occasionally, cook for about 5 minutes until golden and fragrant.
Set a large pot of salted water to boil.
Meanwhile, mix all of the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl.
When the water is boiling, toss in your noodles and your kale and cook until the noodles are tender and cooked through – mine took about 3-4 minutes.
Drain the noodles and kale and place in a bowl with half of the green onions, half of the seeds and half of the dressing and toss to combine, adding more dressing to your liking.
Top with remaining green onions, seeds and the avocado slices and serve. Or refrigerate once cooled and serve the next day.
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The fruit was packed between June 1st and June 12th, according to foodsafetynews.com. On Sunday, Wegmans announced a recall of "several in-store baked desserts sold from June 1-20 because they may contain fresh peaches, nectarines and plums supplied by the CA packing company".
Accordind to klon2.com, the packing company informed it's retailers, which include Costco and Sam's Club. Anyone in possession of the fruit should discard it immediately. The article reports that no illnesses related to this recall have occurred yet.


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Quote Of The Day: Parker "Music Is Your Own Experience"
|Posted on March 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Returning to this blog series after a hiatus, I offer this quote from be bop jazz pioneer Charlie Parker:
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your own wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.
Music, as an expression of humanity, relies heavily on own experience and perceptions. We are all familiar with the vast variety of tastes and tolerances for different kinds of music. We tend to enjoy music that speaks to us at a certain energetic level. Music is energy, and our own experiences align with that energy in a very personal way.
As a performer and composer, we have the added facet of using our own bodies and minds to create musical energy. Everything we know and have experienced are channeled through that creative process. As a jazz artist, Charlie Parker not only channeled his experience through performance, he also instantly composed it in his pyrotechnical improvisations.
As a music teacher, the greater my experiences grow, the more I can share with my students. As a performer, the more opportunities I have to perform, the greater my personal connection to the music and to my fellow performers becomes. As a composer and arranger, the more opportunities I have to write and to hear it performed, the better my offerings become. And, as an improvisational musician, I have opportunities to create spontaneously, which can provide some of the most sublime musical experiences.
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Although we've had a look at the LoveFilm 'Instant' movie streaming service before, a lot has happened to the platform since then. Most of it good.
For starters, in May it finally and crucially introduced HD streaming. Also in recent times it finalised a raft of pretty major (and in some cases exclusive) content deals with the likes of Miramax, Universal and Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Disney, eOne and Studio Canal, underlining what was already a pretty clear content advantage over its biggest rival, Netflix.
See our Netflix Vs Lovefilm head to head
Then in July the latest subscription figures suggested that LoveFilm was winning the war with Netflix, with Lovefilm hitting a two million-plus user base (up 56 per cent in a year) by March versus 1.2 million users on Netflix.
What this all means, of course, is that the time is right to have another look at the new, improved LoveFilm Instant. And the Amazon-owned service gets off to a good start courtesy of its extremely wide availability.
Basically you can get it pretty much anywhere, be it a Mac or PC; iPad; the Xbox 360; the PS3; Smart TVs from Samsung, Sony and LG and many 'Smart' Blu-ray players. The Nintendo Wii is out in the cold at present, but its non-HD output doesn't make it the best movie partner anyway.
Platform inconsistencies
There are some inconsistencies across these platforms, though, such as that while full 1080 HD is available through PCs and Macs, you only get 720p through the Xbox, Blu-ray players and Samsung/LG Smart TVs. The most notable problem, though, is the curious lack of HD support on the PS3. This is a potentially serious shortcoming for people who mostly use the PS3 as their online portal.
LoveFilm has stated that the lack of HD on the PS3 is only a temporary glitch, but hasn't yet put a date on when the issue will be fixed.
You also don't get HD on the iPad, due to LoveFilm not currently having the rights to stream HD via Apple's device. But this is as we would expect, and isn't a major problem in our opinion given the relatively small size of the iPad's screen.
Turning next to LoveFilm's pricing, it initially looks very attractive indeed at just £4.99 a month. This is a quid a month less than Netflix's service. However, while Netflix's price lets you access all the content at its disposal, you do need to be aware that this £4.99 sum does not give you access to everything in LoveFilm's lockers. For Lovefilm also features a (offline for "maintenance" at the time of writing) Box Office section into which it puts the newest releases.
Before anyone gets too annoyed by this, though, it's only by carrying such a Box Office section that LoveFilm Instant can get hold of the latest releases, thanks to the separate release windows that exist for such content. Netflix doesn't offer any of these latest 'early window' releases, hence it doesn't have anything you need to pay extra for.
Strong content package
If you don't like the idea of paying extra for anything, though, then you should be able to take serious comfort from the fact that the main Lovefilm package included for £4.99 now carries a massive 7,575 TV and film titles (3,948 TV episodes, and 3627 films). As you would expect from this, you can always find something interesting, good or both to watch without having to splash the cash on Box Office stuff.
We opted to test LoveFilm on an Xbox 360, an Apple Mac, and an iPad, in the hope that the new HD available on the first two of these platforms would truly transform the previously depressingly old-fashioned experience associated with watching LoveFilm Instant.
Cons: No Android streaming app. Game over.
The quality of the player is really terrible. Very low quality pixellated playback to the point where not worth watching. Netflix performs infinitely better.
I have a very slow 4Mbit DSL connection, and Netflix can stream HD. LoveFilm can't.
No surround sound is also a big let down. I will stick to blu rays on LoveFilm, for now.
I have a cable 10Mb connection and use Lovefilm via my 360.
I've never experienced any connection problems with the service and although initially the HD service was not consistent, it has certainly stabilised now.
No surround sound is something that I don't really miss for a streaming service and although I have not tried Netfilx I would not hesitate to recommend Lovefilms service.
Having recently switched from an "up to 8 MB/s" ADSL service to BT's Infinity (up to 50MB/s) service I was expecting all those Lovefilm streaming issues to go away.
They didn't! I still get the same picture freezes, pixelations and juddering as I used to.
Strangely enough when I switch from SD to Lovefilm's HD feeds my issues don't get any worse and it seems to me that it's not a bandwidth issue causing the problem, more a buffering issue where Lovefilm isn't sending the signal out consistently on time.
BBC iPlayer works great though. The extra bandwidth really makes a difference on the BBC's HD streams.
(For the techies among you - My speedtest results show I was getting a 3.4MB/s speed from my old "up to 8 MB/s" service and now get a solid 22MB/s from the BT Infinity service.)
Got LOVEFILM instant as a package through Talktalk - its total rubbish.
I have a good download speed and my internet TV has a wired connection. I can connect to the internet to use any other programs but not Lovefilm.
I registered in mid October and dispite sending several emails, Lovefilm have not responded (5 Nov). I have even telephoned them but got cut off by their customer assistant half way through a conversation (I think on purpose).
I'm not wasteing anymore of my time on this as its total rubbish and doesn't work.
Just opens the film then buffers and does't download.
Same as above no problems with iplayer. I have a 9MB service.
Dreadful films, Netflix is definitely better. I cancelled my account online and got a email through today saying I had an outstanding payment? So I phoned up spke to some rude idiotic bas*ard who didn't even understand basic English! Who cancelled my account for me. Even when I mad it really clear I wanted my account a cancelled he asked me to re do my card details for them to take the 4.99 out my account! Dreadful service , dreadful company I deffirently won't be recommending this company ever!
The content in general is pretty poor. There are some decent films that most will have seen before. Unfortunately Lovefilm have a tendency to make their numbers of movies look appealing by cramming in at least 50-60% B movies in most category's. I cancelled after my free trial when there was nothing else to watch. Netflix is no better and Now Tv is just shocking.
I'm having to use this as my smart TV (LG) doesn't have a NetFlix App which is really annoying. Still, nothing ventured nothing gained.
Lovefilm is very, very poor. Awful customer service, take money from your account even though you have cancelled and then wont refund your money. Range of films for Instant is rubbish. Netflix is so much better. I would never use Lovefilm again. Ever.
I mainly stream Lovefilm through my Xbox. I don't get too many problems, I just hate the interface and there isn't much of a selection.
A lot of the movies are very old and there are no up to date tv shows or new releases. A few newish films crop up now and then, but not enough to justify me paying every month.
Also there is a "more like this" section when you select a film title, it seems that the same selection of movies crops up no matter what film I pick, making it pointless.
After trying both Lovefilm and Netfilx I recommend sticking to Netflix.
Huge collection of films and TV shows; Good value; 7 out of 10???? Do you need someone to hold your hand when you go to the cinema? Have you ever watched a movie that has a rating of more than 7 out of 10 from IMDB? I'm sorry, but the movies on Lovefilm are awful with a bad selection and terrible value. I'm in the Hate Lovefilm category.
ilovefilm have the worst customer service support i have ever seen, 3 times i have called up to cancel my account and on all those accounts they failed to do so. Thankfully i changed my debit card that they cant take any money out of my account.
Lovefilm. OK but not great. Customer service not great. One guy even argued with me from the Canbury Park Road Help centre. Anyway after losing my rag I canceled and joined Netflix. The video quality and video range instantly justified my choice.
Good bye lovefilm
I liked Lovefilm in the good old days when dvds were delivered to your door...but times change. I want to stream the top films now, watch what i want when i want. If Lovefilm let me stream 8 of the latest DVD releases a month for a reasonable charge Id subscribe again...but they dont or cant. Either way they lost my custom. I subscribe to Netflix now for general viewing and Blinkbox for the latest releases.
Just told Lovefilm where to stuff their videos, etc. Things were great till they changed the rules and said you had to join Amazon Prime as well at an extra cost of nearly fifty quid. Not only that, they were charging my husband the fifty quid as well. Outrageous.
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So much for the bitter battle
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CNN, along with much of the Beltway press, was busy yesterday hyping what might happen when Democrats in the House and Senate met to negotiate the final stimulus bill:
Now that the Senate has passed its economic recovery package, it's time for the really hard part -- trying to reconcile the differences between House and Senate versions of the plan without losing the support needed to pass the final version in both chambers. Senate Democrats are downplaying talk of a contentious battle ahead.
Well, so much for for bitter negotiations battle. Reminds me of how the press was hyping the "bruising" battle that was supposed to unfold around Eric Holder's AG confirmation hearing. That too, never materialized.
The press sure likes to stress how badly things might get for Dems, no?
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Opened 7 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#6375 closed Bug (fixed)
[IE] Exception thrown when hiding editor in some cases
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|CKEditor 3.4.2
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When the editor is hidden right after a blur event, e.g. contained in a div with display="none", the call to selection.empty() throws an error. This code is only invoked in IE (< 8)
A work around for this issue is to catch the exception and ignore it, this is provided in attached patch.
Test case to reproduce the problem:
- Open modified Ajax sample attached
- Create editor and ensure focus is inside it
- Hit Hide
- Hit Show
- Put cursor into content area
- Repeat steps 3-5 until exception is thrown
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Change History (7)
Changed 7 years ago by damo
Proposed fix
Changed 7 years ago by damo
Modified ajax sample to help reproduce the problem
comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by fredck
- Keywords HasPatch added
- Milestone set to CKEditor 3.4.2
- Owner set to fredck
- Status changed from new to assigned
The patch looks good. It's just a matter of fixing the coding style and adding a comment pointing to this ticket to justify the fix.
Changed 7 years ago by fredck
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by fredck
- Status changed from assigned to review
btw, please always create patch files from the editor root folder, so the full file path is included on it.
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Ok, so I had to go to Napa because I went to re-bleed my brakes, but in the process, the first screw got reamed off. I got it tight enough to hold fluid, but it will bother me until it's out and replaced.
My question is... should I just gravity bleed all 4 sides and get completely rid of all the fluid in the system while i'm at it since I guess the whole thing will have to be re-bled now anyway.
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I just landed upon a very useful and very cool bookmarklet that everyone should install! It's called PageZipper and it's awesome for anyone who reads those Top 10, Top 20, or Top whatever lists that are split into multiple pages.
Don't know what I mean? For example, go to this PC World article:
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It's a good article and I enjoyed reading it, however, it's also kind of annoying because it splits the post into four pages instead of one. Now this might seem like a small inconvenience to some, but it's a major issue for me!
There are some maddening sites that have Top 20 lists with 20 different pages!! Now that is simply not necessary. Take, for example, the list of Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30:
You have to click Next to view each person's profile! What a pain in the butt. And yes, I'm lazy if you couldn't tell.
PageZipper is a kick ass bookmarklet that you can install into your browser by just dragging it to the Bookmarks toolbar. It's also a Firefox extension if you are a big Firefox user.
On the pages mentioned above, all you have to do is click on the bookmarklet and PageZipper will automatically add the next page to the bottom of the current page. When you scroll down to the bottom of the second page, the third page is automatically added. No need to click Next 30 times!
Here is an example of what the page looks like:
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The other cool thing is that is simply lets you go back without having to click Previous or without having to go back to the table of contents.
It also works on image galleries that have a Next link. In the case of an image gallery, you have to press CTRL + Down Arrow to go to the next image and CTRL + Up Arrow to go to the previous image.
Note that Page Zipper only works on websites that have a Next link, so if there is no Next link, you're stuck. It would be cool if they allowed you to add the text for the links you would want it to work on, i.e. "more", "Page 2, 3", etc. Maybe in a future version.
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The Fairwinds Motel is a motel in Arcata, California, where distance is better expressed in minutes, not miles. It is located by the 101 Freeway along the California North Coast right next to Humboldt State University in the heart of the Redwood Country between the Humboldt Redwoods State Park and the Redwood National Park, home of the world tallest trees and other nature attractions, all of those can be reached in less than 60 minutes of driving. The motel rooms are clean and comfortable with free wireless internet so you can do business while relaxing.
Visitors to the Humboldt State University - HSU – can leisurely walk within 5 minutes to the campus site through the pedestrian bridge right in front of the Motel. The Fairwinds Motel is also very conveniently located away from the busy activity of downtown - Arcata Plaza - yet only minutes of walking to join and explore its fine eateries, boutiques, night life entertainments, museums, business centers, bus transit center, and other public places in town. The Arcata/Eureka Airport is only 10 minutes drive from the motel.
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The Fairwinds Motel in Arcata, CA California 95521 is the closest lodging facility for Humboldt State University in Arcata. It is a 27 rooms facility only 5 minutes from the HSU and less than 10 minutes from downtown Arcata (Arcata Plaza). The Arcata - Eureka Airport and the Redwood Parks is within minutes of driving. The local Bus system (AMRTS) stops only one block away from the hotel. Stores, restaurants and supermarkets are all within less than 10 minutes walking distance. Since June 2005, the Greyhound bus center in Humboldt County, California moved to Arcata Transit Center, which is only 10 minutes walking to the Fairwinds Motel, making it the most convenient place to stay in Arcata, CA 95521. For any occasions in Arcata, whether it's the North Coast County Fair, Home Coming, Rugby Tournament or Frisbee Tournament, Oyster Festival, HSU orientation or Preview, the Fairwinds Motel is always become the best place in Arcata to stay, because of it's proximity to Arcata Plaza and the Humboldt University. For those who enjoy nature and the wilderness, the Redwoods National Park and the Humboldt State Redwood Park is just around the corner and can be reached in less than 60 minutes drive. Just 2 miles east from the motel is the Arcata Community Forest, a popular destination for hikers and joggers. 2 miles On the west side is the Pacific Ocean. Anywhere you go near Arcata, there are many nature attractions like bird watching, fishing, jogging, hiking, camping, beach scrolling, kayaking, white water rafting, etc.
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I had a great class this morning with Dave from Oakville. We chatted about design philosophy and sharpening routines, from hand planes and back to workbench design.
We managed to make some shavings after some sharpening techniques, a bit of sawing and again it was tool talk. A very fine class you might say. So, what could make a good class better? Dave brought along 4 of his wooden bodied Clark and Williams hand planes.


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Information reported relative to damages are contradicting. Displayed in the records on Amica's website as "Loss description: Collapse/Settlement"; however, when I requested to have this report, Konkle's e-mail stated, "We will not be obtaining a report from Mr. McIntyre as he was unable to determine the cause. The cost to try to determine the exact cause of this damage will exceed the cost to complete the repairs. Therefore, we will not be paying for Mr. McIntyre to complete any further inspections. I have attached a folder of photos. Marvin S. Konkle, CPCU Branch Manager Amica Mutual Insurance Chicago Regional Office 1-888-612-6422 ext. 21154 Fax: (866) 759-3295 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com"
Seems to be a case of withholding information. Also, Konkle and Jon Pini of Nixon and Co. advised of hail damage to the home. Konkle advised Amica would not cover due to hail occuring in the past while I was insured with another company. Yet, the prior insurance carrier advised there was no hail damage after the hail storms. The insurance co. "subsequent to" Amica have inspected the roof as well - no hail damage reported. As far as Jodee is concerned, she would not respond to e-mailed inquiries on the home - even upon follow-ups and leaving her a v-mail message. Just put the few pieces I have provided together and determine for yourselves. I would strongly consider looking into using Amica Insurance. AAA ratings do not substantiate actuals (watch Inside Job).
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For reference, the Sharpe Ratio for the S&P 500 is 0.4784, so what we are seeing in that mass of decimals are strategies that beat the S&P to greater or lesser degrees with only one exception (August, one-year hold).
So for lack of much else to do this past weekend, I've been contemplating risk. In investing, risk seems to be the most difficult factor to get a hold on. There are formulas and theories and risk management plans, but none seem to have been widely accepted like some of the simple fundamental investing principles have, such as the relationship between stock price and company earnings.
One measure of risk that we like and use in the Dow Dividend Spreadsheet (available in FoolMart now with 1999 returns included) is the Sharpe Ratio. The Sharpe Ratio won't tell you which mutual funds lose the least money in a recession or how much of your portfolio should be in bonds or even how to find a low-risk stock, but it does let you assess the relative riskiness of stocks or portfolios by relating return to volatility (as measured by the standard deviation). In effect it answers the question "Is it worth the risk?"
Last Friday we published the results of a study that looked at Holding the Foolish Four for Two Years. In that article I compared the average annual returns and the standard deviations for two-year portfolios starting in January, February, March, et. al., with their one-year counterparts. We knew from previous studies that returns for a Foolish Four portfolio tended to drop if you held all of the stocks for second year, but they don't drop dramatically, and we also knew that volatility decreased with longer holding periods.
Prior to this study I had assumed that holding each Foolish Four portfolio for two years might reduce returns slightly but would also reduce volatility (which would show up in a lower standard deviation). Such a scenario might be beneficial for investors who were more interested in consistency than in maximizing their returns.
But, we were in for a surprise. We found that decreased returns and lower volatility were true only for January portfolios, and even there, the drop in returns seemed to be rather higher than could be justified by the decreased volatility.
But is it really? How can we tell? There is always a trade-off between risk and return. You want low risk, your bank has some nice CDs they'll sell you. You want high return, your broker has some great little Internet IPOs coming up. How do you integrate these two factors and figure out where the line is?
That's where our Sharpe Ratio comes in. The Sharpe Ratio is what let me say on Friday "the standard one-year, January portfolio still looks like the best bet."
The Sharpe Ratio looks at both return and volatility in terms of "excess return," in other words, how much more did the strategy pay than you could have earned simply sticking your money in a super-safe Treasury bill? The excess return is then divided by the standard deviation of the excess return. The result will be a number that is higher when the return is higher and, because you are dividing, higher when the standard deviation is lower. Bingo! That's just what we are looking for.
So the higher the Sharpe Ratio, the "better" the strategy. Using the Sharpe Ratio to compare strategies, we can at last get a sense of when increased volatility is "worth it."
Let's look at the Sharpe Ratios for the returns I reported on Friday.
Sharpe Ratios
One-Year Two-Year
Month Port Port
Jan. 0.7765 0.6424
Feb. 0.6442 0.5970
Mar. 0.6287 0.6475
Apr. 0.5515 0.5337
May 0.5393 0.4960
June 0.4758 0.4990
July 0.5734 0.5656
Aug. 0.4044 0.4966
Sept. 0.5446 0.5107
Oct. 0.5467 0.6093
Nov. 0.6516 0.7654
Dec. 0.6431 0.6824
We can also see that the highest ratio is for the good ol' January, one-year-hold portfolio. Two-year portfolios starting at the end of the year (November and December) also look good, and if someone wants to go with a two-year strategy, that might be a viable idea, although, as we saw on Friday, those end-of-the-year portfolios tended to have higher SDs so the motivation for going with them escapes me.
Which brings up another question that will have to stay a question for now. Just how significant are these differences? It should be obvious to anyone that a small difference between two standard deviations is not worth worrying about. And the difference between a strategy that has a Sharpe Ratio of 0.5446 and 0.5467 is simply due to random chance. The difference between a Sharpe Ratio of 0.77 and 0.57 is more significant.
One of these days I will dig out the old college textbooks and calculate just how significant the differences are. One more snow storm here in Northern Virginia and I might have nothing better to do.
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How is it permanently attached?
I just looked at the M85 one, it looks the same from the pic
I am working on an M92 build right now that will have a permanently attached muzzle device. Later on down the line, I will probably SBR it and rebuild it. It seems like the front sight/gas block and barrel will need to be destroyed in the process. I'm not worried about finding a new barrel when the time comes, but I should probably start trying to find that gas block now since it may take a while or prices may go up.
Does anyone know where to get one?
Also, does anyone know if the M85 block is the same?
Further, is there a way of doing this without destroying my current block?
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It's not attached yet, was thinking of blind pinning it....
Do you have a reversible recommendation?
I've seen them advertised somewhere recently, but I can't remember where. I'll see if I can find it.
I'm not sure why you think you will ruin GB or barrel. I blind pinned this one and I know that I could drill it out without ruining either part.
Kvar list some of them, most are listed as out of stock, but they have a couple of them. This is not the place I was thinking of though. I'm still trying to find that one.
I have one thats on a 223 bulgy barrel I can sell you for a lot less than that or would trade for a 74 style gas block and front sight
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I didn't have any matching red string on hand, so I used yellow crochet thread which I actually really like. Surprisingly, this only used about 1/3 of my stirrer pile, so I may even add on to this one, or make a few more. It only took me maybe an hour to finish, and that was while watching tv.
A few tips for those of you making these: a strong magnet was really helpful to pull the needle through the longer stirrer sections, and I also cut any extra knot strings to about a 1/2 inch and using a small amount of glue, pushed the ends inside the stirrers to make the knots tidy.


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Germany's education minister resigned today after being stripped of her doctorate for plagiarism, embarrassing Chancellor Angela Merkel and depriving her of a close ally in the run-up to a September election.
Annette Schavan quit four days after the University of Duesseldorf ruled she had "systematically and intentionally" copied parts of her thesis, and withdrew the Ph.D it had granted her more than 30 years ago.
It was the second time in two years that Merkel had lost a cabinet minister in a scandal over academic cheating. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned as defence minister in 2011 after being exposed for plagiarising his thesis - behaviour that Schavan condemned at the time as 'shameful'.
The chancellor, who rarely displays her emotions, turned to offer Schavan a consoling smile at a joint news conference where she told reporters: "I accepted this resignation with a very heavy heart."
Schavan's departure is unlikely to weaken Merkel's chances to win a third term in elections on Sept. 22. Her Christian Democrats regularly poll above 40 percent, giving them an easy lead over the main opposition Social Democrats.
But losing her key confidante is still a blow to the German leader, and forces her to make her fifth cabinet change of the current four-year term by bringing in Johanna Wanka, a former education minister in two German states, to replace Schavan.
Andrea Nahles, general secretary of the main opposition Social Democrats, said the government was "at its end".
Juergen Trittin, parliamentary leader of the opposition Greens, said Merkel had made a "glaring false start" to the year, with defeat in an important regional election and a budget row over a planned new train station in Stuttgart.
As Schavan was education minister, the charges were a direct threat to her credibility and, had she not resigned, would have threatened to overshadow Merkel's election campaign.
She said their friendship would last and reiterated she would fight the university's annulment of her doctorate, a distinction which carries prestige in German business and politics as well as in academic circles. Losing it means Schavan is left without any academic title as her degree led directly to a doctorate, not a bachelor or master's.
"I will not accept the decision and will take legal action against it," Schavan told reporters. "When an (education) minister sues a university, then that comes with strains, for my office, for the ministry, the government and for the Christian Democrats. I want to avoid just that."
Since Guttenberg stepped down two years ago, other German politicians have also lost their academic titles as a group of anonymous Internet activists took to examining doctoral dissertations on websites in search of plagiarism.
Merkel has survived a range of high-profile resignations without sustaining lasting damage. Early last year, disgraced president Christian Wulff, whom she had hand-picked for the job, stepped down over his financial ties with a wealthy businessman.
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As the new Democratic Congress began examining Medicare and
Medicaid issues after the Bush administration unveiled its 2008
proposed budget, some ugly fraud and abuse stories were highlighted
at House and Senate hearings held to examine issues in these
programs. And yes, those stories included our HME industry,
particularly the Miami area.
As an industry, we cannot afford to be the subject of any
further smearing on Capitol Hill. The few friends and supporters we
have will disappear, and our problems will be far greater than they
are currently. So here's what I recommend that we, as an industry
and as individual businesses, need to do.
We must first publicly declare that we are committed to working
with the government to help eliminate fraud and abuse in the
Medicare program. We must make it clear that any level of
intentional fraud is unacceptable, and that we are outraged at the
allegations regarding the level of fraud and abuse that appears to
be occurring in the Miami area.
At the same time, it is important for policymakers to understand
that Medicare's rules, regulations, requirements and paperwork
associated with billing the program are extremely arduous. For
example, rules and regulations change frequently, and often a
seemingly minor change — such as the recent conversion from
one DMEPOS Program Safeguard Contractor administrator to another
— can result in a number of misunderstandings or
misapplication of existing regulations.
Even a Government Accountability Office report last year
acknowledged that a certain percentage of what it characterizes as
"improper payments" actually result from honest
mistakes, typographical errors or other administrative issues
associated with billing rather than from intentional and overt
fraud and abuse.
Another critical point for legislators is that the industry has
for many years been asking CMS and Congress to require more
stringent Medicare supplier standards to ensure that only
legitimate entities are able to receive a supplier number and bill
the Medicare program. We continue to believe that the current
requirements, while generally stringent, can be strengthened in
terms of both the way in which new provider numbers are granted by
the National Supplier Clearinghouse and the subsequent pre- and
post-payment audit sampling methods that are used to identify
potential fraud and abuse.
In the fight to eradicate fraud and abuse, however, CMS must
continue to ensure that beneficiaries are able to receive medically
necessary items that their licensed physicians prescribe for them.
We must caution policymakers not to lose sight of ensuring that
seniors and people with disabilities have access to medically
necessary items that enable them to maintain their independence,
dignity and quality of life within their homes, and that avoid more
expensive institutional costs.
Standards for Medicare currently include a requirement that,
before being issued a supplier number, the government (or its
contractor) must conduct physical on-site inspections to ensure
that the supplier meets all of the requirements.
The objective is to have the government review documentation
that proves compliance with the standards and enables the inspector
to view hours of operation, inventory, patient records and other
documentation that demonstrates the entity's legitimacy. If these
inspections are being conducted appropriately, then entities such
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In addition, Medicare's Program Integrity Unit is dedicated to
analyzing claims data and other information that helps to identify
potentially fraudulent or abusive billing activities after the
supplier is granted a supplier number. Today, the unit tends to
sample the larger claims volume providers disproportionately in
terms of both frequency and audit volume.
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Democrats are going to need a big turnout in the Nov. 2 elections, so President Obama called today on some of their most loyal foot soldiers: Organized labor.
"This election is a choice," Obama told members of the AFL-CIO, namely a contest between Republicans "who drove this American economy into a ditch" and Democrats who are trying to forge recovery in the face of GOP obstructionism.
As he has at a series of party fundraisers, Obama made a two-pronged political argument he is likely to echo between now and Election Day:
1) The economy is not great, but it is getting better.
2) We're trying to dig out from a mess that Republicans created.
"We're on the right track," the president said at one point. "We're moving forward."
Obama also warned supporters that unemployment and other economic indicators could get worse before they get better.
"We've still got a lot of tough times ahead," Obama said. "But here's what we're not going to do -- we're not going back to digging the hole."
(Posted by David Jackson)
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Two teens died in a car wreck in Boothbay Wednesday and a man has been arrested in connection with the crash.
It happened around 3:20 am Wednesday morning on Route 27.
The Lincoln county sheriff's office says 19-year-old, Casey Dalton of Boothbay was driving an SUV too fast when it crashed.
A 17-year-old from Boothbay harbor was a passenger, both died at the scene.
Police say Dalton was not wearing a seat belt, the passenger was.
After investigating, deputies arrested 21-year-old William Gerardi of Connecticut.
He's accused of giving liquor to both victims of the crash.
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I'm a bit of a cityscape adventurer, always on the lookout for something new to check out in NYC and the surrounding area. Food, drink, activity, sport; it really doesn't matter what it is I want to try it. Of course that can always be a bit of a gamble!
Running a small aviation logistics firm is my profession. Some people are, in both good ways and bad, defined by their work, but I'm not really one of them. My career challenges me and I work hard to be successful at it, but when I don't have to think about work it's the furthest thing from my mind.
I like to dabble when it comes to hobbies, so I'm always looking for something interesting to try out. That's lead me to try things like jumping out of airplanes in NH, scuba diving in Colombia, or paddle boarding in San Diego. I also am not often able to pass a science museum without going in, and I'm considering ignoring the "for children" label on the Museum of Mathematics.
Planning for the next live show or music fest I'll be going to.
Skiing on snow and water. Haven't yet worked out how to do it on air, but I'll get there one day.
Um... staying upright on my motorcycle? To be fair, gyroscopic forces do a lot of the work.
I've given up my cable and rediscovered the beauty of Netflix. Now I can spend my tv time binge watching the full series of great comedy (Scrubs), sci-fi (Firefly), and occasionally drama (West Wing).
For music there is so much good stuff out there I try not to limit the genres I check out, and I especially love Rock, Funk, Blues, Indie, and some EDM. Probably my biggest hobby is going to live shows at small venues, at least 2-3 per month. I'm convinced that the universe has conspired so that at every show, the one person who is taller than me stands directly in front of me...
Family (Friends are just family who had to interview for the job)
A tasty beverage (I brew my own beer)
Food so good you can taste the damage it's doing to your body.
How things work and why things work. I studied engineering mostly because I love to take things apart and see what makes them tick (also because I'm a weirdo who loves math and physics, but that's another story). It wasn't the most fun thing for my parents to come home and see pieces of major appliances scattered across the floor with 8 year old me saying, "I can fix it!".
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The following clubs will compete in U.S. Club Soccer's 2007 Champions Cup April 5-8, at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.:
Boys: Concorde Fire; CASL Elite;
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Girls: Albertson SA; CASL Spartan Elite; Colorado Rush; FC Delco; Internationals; Los Angeles FC;
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"Spicy sausage provides just the right amount of zip in this satisfying dish," informs Delene Durham of Campbellsville, Kentucky, "It's pretty, too, with three colors of peppers peeking through the rice mixture."
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- 1 pound bulk spicy pork sausage
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 cups cooked rice
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- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 can (10-1/2 ounces) condensed French onion soup, undiluted
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook sausage and onion until the sausage is browned and onion is tender; drain. Add the rice, peppers and soups; mix well. Transfer to an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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Our intent for the annual Holiday Ale series is to release each year in November and December a special beer for enjoyment with special friends on a special occasion. This year's version is an American-Style Barley Wine brewed with Southern Idaho 2-row pale malted barley combined with German and Belgian specialty malts to produce a mahogany to dark ruby red color, generous malt body and pleasing sweetness. The malt is balanced by about five pounds of bold American hops per barrel. Chinook and Galena, hops developed and grown in Idaho, along with Idaho-grown Bravos and Washington Simcoes give this strong ale a decidedly American flavor. Piney floral hops are evident when this beer is enjoyed fresh. Cellaring will enable those flavors to mellow, allowing the malt to shine with additional notes of raisin and fig. Barley Wine and Cave-Aged Gouda are a classic beer-cheese pairing. If a sweet dessert is what you crave, try pairing with a warmed pecan pie served al a mode.
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Dear Honda,
I am a proud owner of a 2008 Honda CRV EX AWD and would like to share my driving experience in a snow storm. I live in Massachusetts (northern suburb of Boston) and yesterday, I was driving my CRV in the midst of the snow storm which had dumpped 11 inches of snow in Boston area. Due to heavy traffic grid lock on the main roads, I decided to take back roads. All the back roads were covered with at least 5 to 6 inches of powdery snow. I was scared, but let me tell you, this bad boy (CRV) was unbelievable in the snow. AWD, ABS breaking system, VSA all worked flawlessly keeping my car straight on the snow covered road. My CRV did not even skidded and inch. I am impressed with Honda's technology and surprised to find out that all those electronic safety features Honda puts into these CRVs worked, as Honda said they should. I used to own a Subaru 4 WD (older model) before and in the snow it used to skid a lot. But CRV was so stable in yesterday's snow storm, made me think that finally Honda made a perfect car for those who are living in snow belt.
My suggestion to everyone who lives in a snow belt, get a CRV with AWD and never have to worry about getting home in a snow storm. Believe me it is worth spending $1200.00 for an AWD.
Thank you Honda for a well built car which took me and my wife home safe and sound yesterday. Keep up the good work.


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My daughter is turning 3years old this March. I am still breastfeeding her until now for at least 7-8 times a day. And ever since giving birth to her, my period hasn't returned yet. And I was also diagnosed to have a Bilateral Polycystic ovaries.
"Is it normal that my period has not returned yet because I'm still breastfeeding and that I also have a Polycystic Ovaries? Or do I need to go to my OB?"


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Posted by juliemomyer in Heart & Soul on January 12, 2013
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important."
Aibileen Clark, one of the main characters in The Help, knew the importance of instilling worth and value into another human being. Particularly when that individual wasn't getting it from mom and dad. Read the rest of this entry »
Keeping it Real
Posted by juliemomyer in Writer at Work on March 28, 2012
Stevie Nicks' advice to an idol contestant: "It doesn't matter about your big voice, it matters about your heart." That's what's going to translate, to draw people in.
No matter how great the voice is, if the words ring hollow, if there is nothing of substance behind them, you won't connect with your audience. You have to be an actor as well as a singer. And a good actor makes the viewer believe what he's saying is true; that what he is "feeling" is real. Read the rest of this entry »


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Sarnia Sting look forward to weekend's games, with Teddy Bear Toss coming up Sunday
Last weekend, the Sting were victories in 4 games played over the course of 4 and a half days.
Last weekend, the Sting were victories in 4 games played over the course of 4 and a half days.
Photo courtesy www.sarniasting.com They are doing it in different ways, but the important thing is they are winning hockey games.
Photo courtesy www.sarniasting.com PLYMOUTH, Mich. – The good times continue for the Sarnia Sting.
Photo courtesy www.sarniasting.com Earlier this season the Sarnia Sting were finding ways to lose games late.
Photo courtesy Sarnia Sting SAGINAW, Mich. – Backed by the solid goaltending of Taylor Dupuis, the Sarnia Sting posted a 3-1 win over the Saginaw Spirit Wednesday night in front of 2,352 fans at the Dow Event Centre.
It's strange sometimes how hockey games can be decided. Take Sunday's match between the Sarnia Sting and Saginaw Spirit.
The Erie Otters may not have superstar Connor McDavid in the lineup for a while, but they are still a good hockey team.
WINDSOR – The Sarnia Sting came up with an important 5-3 victory over the Windsor Spitfires, Thursday night in front of 4,780 fans at the Windsor Family Credit Union Centre.
Despite being outshot 39-14 on Friday night, the Sting deserved a better fate against the visiting Oshawa Generals.
Photo courtesy OHL Images. After five straight road games, the Sting return to the RBC Centre this weekend to take on the Oshawa Generals and the Sudbury Wolves.


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When I wrote the kitchen inspiration post a couple weeks ago, my friend, Shane, tweeted that he'd like some ideas for reorganizing his entryway. When I mentioned this to his wife, Kelly, though, her response was, "WHAT!?!" Not one to fuel marital strife, I gingerly stepped away from that conversation. BUT our entry closet was actually the first thing I organized this year so it's an area I've recently given some thought and attention and I decided that I would make it the latest installment of home inspiration. You know, just in case anybody out there is interested (ahem).
Before you begin…
- Figure out where your entryway is/will be. If you're lucky, you might have an actual closet or maybe even a mudroom. If not, it might the small nook by your front door or a dresser near the garage entrance. It might be both. If you live in a really small space, you might want to designate an area of wall space that would work well.
- Figure out what you need/want to keep in that space. If you are short on space, your list should be short (keys, mail, coats). If you've got ample room, your list can be longer to include things like shoes, umbrellas and other supplies. For our entry closet, for example, this was my list…
-Exercise Accessories (like ear buds and Jason's iphone armband)
-Some cleaning stuff (vacuum, duster, broom)
-Swimming gear since we are at swimming lessons twice a week
-Seasonal items (hats/mittens/scarves in the Winter, sunscreen/glasses in the Summer)
-Bags (my purse, J's workout bag)
-Extra (vacuum bags, cleaning stuff)
We've already got a spot for keys near the front door and a tray on our kitchen island to catch our mail. Now that we've got Mr. Bates, I've had to allot some space in the entry closet for his leash and brush as well.
Now you're ready to get to work…
- Clean out your existing entry area. Remove anything and everything that isn't on your list. Be ruthless.
- Now that you've only got the essentials, figure out a good system for each item on your list. Do you need some hooks? A shelf? A dresser? Figure out how you can make it both functional and beautiful. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
- Last, make it happen! Once you've set up your space, use it for a few weeks and then reassess. Is it working as you intended? Is it staying clean and free of clutter or do you need to move things around a little?
This is a beautiful example of a small entryway. Those small drawers can hold things like keys, sunglasses, earbuds, dog leash, etc.
With ample space, there are so many options.
But with minimal space, a little creativity can go a long way.
This one looks large but it actually takes up very little space as well. The bench and the shelf overhead aren't very deep yet they've also managed to add drawers and 12 hooks.
You could go really minimal with a set up like this!
I like the use of the desk in this one. The bag hangs from a hook on the desk and it's the perfect landing place and sorting spot for mail and the like.
There are those drawers again. This is a great use of vertical space. You could try something like it if your abode isn't that big.
With that, you should be all set,
Shane everyone. Time to get to work!
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I just got my 93 Rodeo a few months ago as some of you may know. As it so happens, I looked at my oil pressure guage for the first time tonight. Oops? It's my first car, so I don't know what normal oil pressure is, but because it's 0 to 100, I think I have a problem.
At idle, [engine running (in drive) and me stopped, just clarifying here], my oil pressure guage reads what I eye-ball to be around 10lb/in^2. The only markings are 0, 30, 55, and 100, I think. When I am accelerating or moving or whatever, it seems to hover around 30-40lb/in^2.
Please tell me how bad this situation is. I was going to change my oil (whatever's in there now..) tomorrow and start using Shell Rotella 5W-40 diesel oil that I've been reading about on these forums and a Mobil 1 Extended Performance oil filter. Will I be okay doing that? Will it affect that oil pressure?
Note: I don't know how to read my dipstick. I've looked, and the color looks like.. oil. I'll take any advice I can get, and I'd really appreciate it.[/b][/u]
I learned to read my dipstick. I drained my oil. We estimate it poured out 2-3 quarts. (Yeah, it uses 6 quarts.) It was ridiculous. It stopped dripping after maybe 10 minutes. And it looked like mud. My engine starts instantly. It used to be a 3-6 second crank. My oil pressure is way up, in the range it's supposed to be in. I ended up putting a Shell 10w40, I couldn't find the Rotella 5w40 anywhere at all. Not Autozone, not even at the Shell station. Am I okay running that? And, is it likely or probable I've damaged my engine with the bad and low oil before? Previous owner must have been lying about the last oil change. Thanks again, guys.


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On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:05 PM, gaoyong pan wrote: > I thought the > application may take the relax approach and don't worry about the DB > in-sync issue for this distributed application, when device is > connected through wifi, the db is sync'ed automatically, but actually > this is not true, the app has to handle the conflict in application > level. There's not really any way around this, in general. Conflicts are part of the app's design and can't be resolved at the database layer. Almost any nontrivial app is going to have to manage conflict resolution. This isn't specific to CouchDB; it applies to any system that uses optimistic concurrency. Actually you _will_ see that the database is synced automatically without intervention; what will happen is that it will choose one of the two conflicting documents as the 'winner' and use that one. So you're not forced to resolve the conflict, if that approach is good enough for your app. What you're asking for is one step more detailed: merging individual fields together. The problem is that, depending on the document's schema, this can cause data loss or corrupted documents. In your address book example, let's say the 'phone' field is an array of strings containing phone numbers. What happens if two clients each add a different phone number? Updating the 'phone' field to one array or the other will lose one of the phone numbers. OK, so maybe we make the algorithm more complex and recurse into sub-fields, creating a union of arrays. That works OK, unless perhaps the order of the items in the array matters (maybe it's always ordered work, home, mobile?). Or what if the user _deletes_ a phone number on one side — how do you merge the arrays then? So since this is a slippery slope, and there's no approach that works for everyone, CouchDB takes the approach of "do the simplest thing that could possibly work" and that doesn't lose or corrupt data. Namely, it chooses one of the documents, but keeps the others around so you can do fine-grained merging yourself. —Jens
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The episode begins with the result of round of competition which was held in Delhi. Sooraj gets selected.
He is being praised by the people who came to his place and eat the dishes made by him and thus collects more money. As a result he was declared as the winner of the round.
He will now head on to Singapore for the final round.
Sandhya and Sooraj both become very happy by listening this. Sandhya calls Bhabo and tells her the good news. She becomes blank in happiness.
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Dear Editor:
The last state house session revealed a lot about our Gov. Susana Martinez. Don't let that disarming smile fool you, Gov. Martinez is a cold and calculating politico whose style of governing has more to do with personal ambition than doing what's best for New Mexicans.
Well-funded by Texas money and with close ties to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Susana has brought with her to Santa Fe a prosecutorial and punitive style of governing that tolerates no dissent, not even among members of her own Republican Party.
Lately we have seen far greater challenges to incumbent state House and Senate members, pitting Republican against Republican in primaries.
Financing of extreme right wing candidates like Cliff Pirtle, who seems more suited to run for student council than New Mexico State Senate. All this in an effort to enact her Texas-style policies on New Mexicans.
Just recently we've seen our own Timothy Z. Jennings, president pro tem of the New Mexico Senate, hauled into District Court, then State Supreme Court, challenged by Pirtle on a technicality. All this after the Secretary of State's [auth] office and the Attorney General's office had signed off on the matter and had placed Sen. Jennings on the ballot.
Pirtle was defeated at great expense to New Mexico taxpayers and Sen. Jennings. The big question is: Who financed Pirtle in this frivolous escapade?
Tim Jennings has served the citizens of District 32 with honesty, integrity and full support of both parties for 34 years. Tim calls it as he sees it based on what's right and what's best for New Mexicans. There is no hidden agenda with Sen. Jennings; what you see is what you get.
In this election year, we need to keep our true values in perspective. Republican or Democrat, we are all New Mexicans first. We enjoy the lifestyle we have here in Chaves County because of leaders like Tim Jennings and in spite of political hopefuls like Pirtle.
Fred Moran
Democratic Party of Chaves County
Obama flip-flops on energy
Dear Editor:
Toby Keith had a popular song with the title "How Do You Like Me Now?" It was addressed to a girl who had ignored him when he was a high school geek but then saw him with new eyes once he became a country music superstar.
That is the kind of thing going on now with President Obama and the oil and gas industry. In the early days of his administration, he thought and said that the era of oil and gas was over and it would, and should, soon be replaced with "green" energy (a la wind turbines and solar panels).
Now that the green sector is fast going bankrupt (and taking with it hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars spent on subsidies), Obama now says he likes oil and gas. He even made a special trip to our oil and gas region to say that for national TV. Oh, and the fact that his re-election is looming and gasoline prices are high due at least in part to the restrictions on drilling his administration has imposed — that might also have something to do with his newfound infatuation with an important American industry.
However, Obama speaks out of both sides of his mouth. At the same time he was in New Mexico remarking on how he likes oil and gas, his administration and its allies in Washington were pushing for billions in new taxes on — guess what? — oil and gas. A little-observed fact is that both our own senators, Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, voted for this tax on the Senate floor. They did not tout that vote, probably preferring that few of us really take note. But that's what they did; and it's what Obama did.
Talk's cheap. Obama, Bingaman and Udall have a lot to prove when they are suddenly all sweet talk about the U.S. energy industry.
Larry Connolly
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Contraceptive pills are used for more than preventing pregnancy. Frequently, they are needed to treat various gynecological problems.
Why are the same men, who failed to protect our children against the pedophiles among their own ranks, so concerned with interfering with the most personal aspects of women's lives?
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RE: ListContourPlot3D ?
>While on the subject of ListContourPlot3D, does anyone who uses it find
>it inconvenient to prepare data on a regular grid? Would it be useful
>to have a three-dimensional triangulation algorithm that would allow
>the plotting of contours for some other arrangement of data?
>Tom Wickham-Jones
I strongly support development of this routine. Very little hydrologic data is
observed on a regular grid. Also it should be useful for plotting contours from
finite element models of irregular regions.
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