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ASOS Debuts Its First Ever Plus-Size Lookbook For Fall
It's not often when we find great, on-trend plus-size clothing, but ASOS is working hard to fix that matter with its Curve collection, catering specifically to plus-size girls. Not only is the brand providing stylish wares at an accessible price point, but ASOS also just released its first ever Curve lookbook, showcasing the latest Fall offerings. Inside, you'll find sleek lace dresses, leather pleated skirts, and cozy outerwear styled to Fall perfection. Read below for the dressing tips we culled from the lookbook, then start the slideshow to see the complete ASOS Curve plus-size lookbook.
- First styling cue? Put a beanie on it. We love the '90s grunge appeal of styling a simple slouched black beanie with a lace dress and military boots for a contrasted play on ladylike cool.
- Balance out your proportions and pair a long cozy sweater with a leather miniskirt to emote effortless daytime appeal. Depending on your mood, finish off the look with your favorite brogues or point-toe pumps.
- An oversize coat can also work as a dress when styled right. Just make sure to show layers underneath and make sure your coat hemline is longer than your skirt or dress.


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I am truly honoured to be able to write for 10,000 Birds and let you all know about a very special place for birding. You really do not have to be obsessed with shorebirds to live here, though there are a few people that are….no names mentioned! I had a chuckle to myself as I read Duncan's report on the New Zealand weather this morning and wondered how many of you know about all of our seasons! We actually have a variety of weather throughout the year, but it is generally one of these
The seasons are marked by the changing birdlife more than anything and they know the date to return to Broome! Here's the arrival of a Dollarbird from the north and this is their southernmost range on this side of Australia. They will leave in April along with all of the migratory shorebirds and the massive Channel-billed Cuckoo. This year we had a pair of juveniles being fed by Torresian Crows as the gullible parents!
The majority of the shorebirds have returned to Roebuck Bay now and the population is approximately 25,000 in this nutrient rich part of the world. Even in the winter months when most of the birds have gone north we still have 5,000 shorebirds that can easily be observed from the pindan (that is red dirt to you and me!) cliffs of Roebuck Bay. Fourteen species of shorebirds are present in the average flock and it can really test newcomers to the world of shorebirds. Grant and I spend as many hours as we can contribute to re-sightings of individually flagged shorebirds (many done by us) and the weather can be a bit tricky in coming the months. We walked rather rapidly to get away from this storm earlier this year!
The best thing you can do in Broome if you are even half interested in attracting birdlife is add water. It is incredible how fast birds react and you can have a great bird list for your garden. We currently have 109 species, which does include those that fly over e.g. Lesser Frigatebird.
Of course I can't not mention my Pied Oystercatchers! I have known of a nest site on Cable Beach for 11 years and we have monitored a 23km section of beach from Gantheaume Point to the southern side of Willie Creek for several years now and contribute to Birds Australia's Nest record scheme. They are on their final attempts by now and just starting to breed in the south of Australia.
I should mention the ephemeral lakes as well…..it's not all about the beach and mudflats here! This week has brought a Red-necked Phalarope and a Ruff to a nearby lake, so that topped up our year list. I hope to bring you regular updates of all the excitement that goes with birding in Western Australia.
Charlie-can you fix the photos!?
Duncan-no flies in this bit of WA!
Keep an eye out for our Red Knot-some already made it to Foxton via Kooragang Dykes nr Newcastle!
That's the whole point of individually flagging them: report the colour combination / code and let others tell you what species the bird belonged to.
Image tag changed so the Oycs look a little more like shorebirds now – my fault, apologies 🙂
Not that we ever query anything, but a photo is good! A NZ Turnstone from Invercargill has been detouring via Broome on southern migration over recent years!
Thanks for the interesting post about Broome, I hope to hear more about all the wild flying things and also about Crocodile Dundee and aborigines.
Yeah, Corey is right!
Apart from minor details, like Cyclones, Dollarbirds, Channel-billed Cuckoos, Torresian Crows, red dirt, Indian Ocean vistas, Lesser Frigatebirds, Pied Oystercatchers, and names like "Gantheaume Point" this post could easily be about a birding spot in New England.
Give us some wallabies!
I feel confused and tricked! Is this not a birding website and you all want animals! No-one asked Duncan for photos of sheep! Wallabies and birds is easy, but they will be squashed just up the road and the Black Kites and Whistling Kites will be having a feast and I am not sure we need road carnage at this stage of the game! I will try and get a native animal with a native bird for the next posting! Cable Beach has been closed for the longest time in known history-all week-for a rogue crocodile and the Dept of Conservation and Environment tried to harpoon it and then fired 4 shots at it(missed)….but it's still out there waiting for a tourist. Strong wind warning now, so wait for the Irukandji jellyfish to wash in as well…..welcome to the tropics….nothing like New England!!!!!!
Wow Clare, all of those foreigners are giving you a hard time! Kangaroos, wallabies etc. etc. The next thing is a demand for koala and platypus photos? Lots of those in Broome, of course! lol
Thanks for your kind words Brenton. I may have missed the platypus & koala around here from spending too much time on the beach!
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Initial indications that mobile e-commerce is driving holiday spending growth should be a wake-up call not only to retailers and traditional media, but to social networks and other new media players that consider themselves edgy.
Few companies are positioned to mine the accelerated pace of mobile, social transactions that defy consumer privacy concerns and a persistently lagging economy. The latest statics from the e-shopping front point to the growing dysfunction between marketplace and most media, marketing and retail companies.
comScore Chairman Gian
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brick-and-mortar retailers, growing at an average quarterly rate of 13% from a year ago compared with 7% retail growth.
Holiday spending will increase 15% to $37.6 billion. Cyber Monday spending grew 22% from a year ago to $1.25 billion -- its highest growth since 2006. The number of shoppers grew 11%, underscoring increased shopper awareness and more aggressive offers from retailers.
Even as e-commerce sales grow more than 12% this year and more retailers enter the arena, too few companies are engaging the consumers in enterprising ways that capitalize on mobile, social vehicles. Few in the e-commerce space are attempting to improve their understanding and use of interactive technology to improve sales.
Wal-Mart, which recently
launched a Labs division to improve its social and mobile offerings, recognized that pivotal point, underscored by timely statistics in Barclay Capital's new Internet & Media 101 report.
Social networks collectively attract nearly as many unique visitors as the entire Internet, although they spend less than one-fourth as much time. Nascent domestic social network advertising will more than double to $6.6 billion by 2015, but only accounts for 24% of display and 9% of total online ad spending, which grew at 15% to $26 billion in 2010.
The domestic mobile advertising market will grow 65% to $1.3 billion this year and is expected to more than double in the next three years to $4.4 billion, with search and rich media leading the way, according to Barclay's.
While such gains appear modest in the bigger scheme of things, energetic trending is clearly set; I'm willing to bet certain forecasts will be bested by 2015. I predict that convenience and universal mobile adoption will vault e-commerce to a greater penetration of retail sales than the 11% by 2015 forecasted by Barclays.
I also believe that advertiser and marketer online spending will exceed 21% of total U.S. ad spending by 2013 and begin creeping much closer to television's slightly rising 36% of total revenues. The unexpected gains will come from local and national retailers realizing the cost-effectiveness, expediency and overall value of online marketing, appreciated ever more in a persistently tepid economy. Local ad spending, which comprises 36% of overall U.S. advertising revenues, is a particular wild card.
Consumers have doubled their media consumption on the Internet over five years to 36%, essentially tying consumption of television, which still commands the lion's share of advertising – which is TVs to lose.
That said, there are more opportunities than challenges that media and retail companies should pursue in 2012 in response to major developments that will morph interactive economics on all fronts. Here are three:
LinkedIn plans to leverage its 640 million choice professional members globally and more aggressively across the marketing spectrum utilizing its version of the "share" button. Executed properly, it could be a bonanza of marketing and advertising revenues different from dollars spent elsewhere in social, mobile and online.
Because LinkedIn users are more likely to be using smartphones and other sophisticated mobile devices for work, they are more likely to generate more e-commerce and interactive marketing sales. Pivotal Research's Brian Wieser contends that growth in digital (increasing at about 10%) and television (growing at around 5%), growing at the expense of print and other traditional, lagging media, will reinforce the "have and have-not" economy that LinkedIn can use to its advantage.
Google is aggressively leveraging its online search and advertising dominance to compete more squarely with Amazon by offering one-day shipping to select retailers, such as Macy's and The Gap when consumers buy their products as the result of Google searches. While perplexing to some, Google's moves aim high at the mobile e-commerce market in which apps are also likely to play a more prominent role.
The "sustained rise of e-commerce-based endemic marketers and large brands allocating budgets for engagement-based objectives in digital media" are ardently fueling spending shifts, Wieser says.
*Facebook is clearly determined to leverage its 800 million global users and 9 million business customers (more than 2 million of whom pay for ads or sponsored stories) to make itself a more serious contender for online, mobile and social ad spending. Speculation about a Facebook branded smartphone, as well as a Facebook app, aids its IPO plans and could secure an estimated $90 billion-plus market cap.
So much of Facebook's future fortunes depend upon its ability to more aggressively and successfully leverage its user base and potent friend connections to generate real revenue. Already, Facebook appears to be capturing "the bulk of the growth in online advertising outside of [what] has been driven by exchanges and demand-side platforms for remnant inventory," Wieser notes.
One of the great opportunities being missed by companies is increased sales through online product demonstations using a combination of Facebook and YouTube.
When I was searching for a new High Definition event camcorder, I turned to YouTube looking for one which would meet my needs. These camcorder sell for around $3,000. Most of the videos were sales pitches hyping the product without providing adequate information.
Panasonic, Sony, and Canon needed to provide better videos demonstrating the features and utility of their camcorders and accessories.
The same can be said for other products. The companies need to learn to market their products. They need to learn that the people who are researching stuff online are close to a buying decision. They have the want or the need, and they are trying to figure out which product best suits their needs.


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WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins playoff sensation Conor Sheary has something in common with all-time NBA great Michael Jordan.
They've both turned in some pretty scintillating postseason performances, but that's not it.
They were both cut from their high school varsity teams.
Jordan famously used the demotion to the JV as motivation to fuel his legendary career. Sheary looks at it differently. If he had been the coach at Cushing Academy back in the fall of 2006, he might have cut himself too.
"I can't complain about that. I was 5 feet tall, 100 pounds," Sheary said after practice Tuesday. "I wasn't expecting much going in. I just knew I wanted to play there when I was older."
Play there he did, going from Cushing, an elite New England prep school program, to UMass-Amherst, a member of the powerful Hockey East conference, to an amateur tryout with the Penguins this spring. During that time, he shot up to 5-8, 175 pounds.
Now he has 11 points in 11 playoff games with the Penguins, carrying an eight-game scoring streak into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the St. John's IceCaps tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
With the Penguins pressing for a goal to tie Game 2 in the final minute, Sheary was on the ice with the puck on his stick. The offense, in a lot of ways, ran through him. The IceCaps held on for a 2-1 victory, but that's not the point. Sheary has gone from a relative unknown, undersized and undrafted, to a go-to performer for one of the four teams left in the AHL playoffs in record time.
"If you're good enough, you adjust," coach John Hynes said. "He's a very good player. He's conscientious. He's worked real hard since he's gotten here. He's been able to find a way to get it done in games and he's continually gotten better in a short time here."
Sheary, 22, grew up in Melrose, Mass., a community about 10 miles north of Boston that produced 500-goal scorer Keith Tkachuk and Bruins TV commentator Andy Brickley and was once known as Hockeytown USA.
In a twist on an old tale, Sheary got into hockey not by following his older brother to the rink, but by following one of his two older sisters. Courtney, who is four years older, played at Cushing before going on to the University of New Hampshire.
"She always pushed me to do better. She kind of paved the way," Sheary said. "She played Division I. It was cool to see her do that and it was always one of my dreams. She was a huge influence on me. We still talk every game day."
Sheary didn't get picked when he was eligible for the NHL draft in 2006, and while he regrets not hiring an adviser and getting his name out there more, it hardly matters now. Ever since posting 35 points in 36 games as a sophomore at UMass, he has been on the radar of NHL teams.
After his junior year, he went to development camp with the New Jersey Devils. During his senior year, several teams showed interest. Tom Fitzgerald, assistant to the general manager, and amateur scout Al Santili made a pitch on behalf of Pittsburgh, and when his season wrapped up, Sheary chose the Penguins.
At the time, Sheary signed an amateur tryout and agreed in principle to an AHL contract for next season. Thanks to his performance in the playoffs, it now seems likely that the Penguins will take a hard look at upgrading that to an NHL deal before next fall.
Sheary has gone from cut from his high school team to NHL prospect in no time flat.
"You think about it a little bit, but obviously being in the playoffs, you think about it less," he said. "If this was happening in the regular season, you'd be thinking about a job and what's next for you and what opportunities it could grow for you. In a playoff run, it's harder to think about that. It's in the back of your head. You just want to produce and you want to do well and start off your career right."


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According to Ayurveda, every human being is a
creation of the cosmos, the pure cosmic consciousness,
as two energies: male energy, called Purusha and
female energy, Prakruti. Purusha is choiceless passive
awareness, while Prakruti is choiceful active
consciousness. Prakruti is the divine creative will.
Purusha doesn't take part in creation, but Prakruti
does the divine dance of creation called leela. In
creation, Prakruti is first evolved or manifested as
supreme intelligence, called mahat. Mahat is the
buddhi principal (individual intellect) which further
manifests as self identity, called ahamkara, which is
ego. Ahamkara is influenced by three basic universal
qualities: satva, rajas and tamas.
Satva is responsible
for clarity of perception. Rajas causes movement,
sensations, feelings and emotions. Tamas is the
tendency towards inertia, darkness, heaviness, and is
responsible for periods of confusion and deep sleep.
Manifestation of Creation
From the essence of satva the five senses are
created: the ears to hear, skin to perceive touch, eyes
to see, the tongue to taste, and the nose, to smell. The
essence of rajas is manifested as the five motor
organs: speech, hands, feet, genitals and the organs of
excretion. The mind is derived from satva, while rajas
is manifested as prana, the life force. The tamasic
quality is also responsible for the creation of tan
matra, the subtle elements, and from whom the five
basic elements are manifested. They are space, air,
fire, water and earth. It is from pure consciousness that
space is manifested.
Expansion of consciousness is space and space is
all enclosive. We need space to live, and our bodily
cells contain spaces. The synaptic, cellular and visceral
spaces give freedom to the tissues to perform their
normal physiological functions. (A change in tissue
space, however, may lead to pathological conditions.)
The space in between two conjunctive nerve cells aids
communication, while the space in the mind
encompasses love and compassion.
The movement of consciousness determines the
direction along which change of position in space
takes place. This course of action causes subtle
activities and movements within space. According to
the Ayurvedic perspective, this is the air principle.
There is a cosmic magnetic field responsible for the
movement of the earth, wind and water. Its
representative in the body is the biological air,
responsible for movement of afferent and efferent,
sensory and motor-neuron impulses. When someone
touches the skin, that tactile skin sensation is carried to
the brain by the principal of movement, which is the
sensory impulse. Then there is a reaction to the
impulse, which is the motor response, which is carried
from the brain to the periphery. This is a very
important function of air. Our breathing is due to the
movement of the diaphragm. Movements of the
intestines and subtle cell movements are also governed
by the biological principal of air. The movement of
thought, desire and will are also governed by the air
Where there is movement, there is friction, which
creates heat, so the third manifestation of
consciousness is fire, the principal of heat. There are
many different representations of fire in the body. The
solar plexus is the seat of fire, and this fire principle
regulates body temperature. Fire is also responsible for
digestion, absorption and assimilation. It is present in
the eyes, therefore we perceive light, and the luster in
the eyes is a result of the fire principal. There is a fire
in the brain as the grey matter, which governs
understanding, comprehension and appreciation. Fire
is necessary for transformation, comprehension,
appreciation, recognition and total understanding. In
our small universe, the sun is a burning ball of
consciousness and the sun gives us light and heat. In
the body, the representative of the sun is the biological
fire: the solar plexus which gives us heat, digestion,
and liver function.
Because of the heat of the fire, consciousness
melts into water. According to chemistry, water is
H2O, but according to Ayurveda water is liquefaction
of consciousness. Water exists in the body in many
different forms, such as: plasma, cytoplasm, serum,
saliva, nasal secretion, orbital secretion and
cerebrospinal fluid. Excess water, which we eliminate
in the form of urine and sweat is water. Water is
necessary for nutrition and to maintain the
water/electrolyte balance in the body. Without water,
the cells cannot live.
The next manifestation of consciousness is the
earth element. Because of the heat of the fire and
water, there is crystallization. According to Ayurveda,
earth molecules are nothing but crystallization of
consciousness. In the human body, all solid structures,
hard, firm and compact tissues are derived from the
earth element (e.g. bones, cartilage, nails, hair, teeth
and skin). Even in a single cell, the cell membrane is
earth, cellular vacuoles are space, cytoplasm is water,
nucleic acid and all chemical components of the cell
are fire, and movement of the cell is air. All of these
five elements are present in every human cell.
According to Ayurveda, man is a creation of universal
consciousness. What is present in the cosmos, the
macrocosm, the same thing is present in the body, the
microcosm. Man is a miniature of nature.
Mental Constitution
Vedic philosophy classifies human temperaments
into three basic qualities: satvic, rajasic
and tamasic.
These individual differences in psychological and
moral dispositions and their reactions to socio-cultural
and physical environments are described in all the
classic texts of Ayurveda. Satvic qualities imply
essence, reality, consciousness, purity and clarity of
perception which are responsible for goodness and
happiness. All movements and activities are due to
rajas. It leads to the life of sensual enjoyment,
pleasure and pain, effort and restlessness. Tamas is
darkness, inertia, heaviness and materialistic attitudes.
There is a constant interplay of these three gunas
(qualities) in the individual consciousness, but the
relative predominance of either satva, rajas, or tamas
is responsible for individual psychological
Satvic Mental Constitutions
The people in whom satvic qualities predominate
are religious, loving, compassionate and pure minded.
Following truth and righteousness, they have good
manners, behavior and conduct. They do not get easily
upset or angry. Although they work hard mentally,
they do not get mental fatigue, so they need only
several hours of sleep each night. They look fresh,
alert, aware, full of luster, wisdom, joy and happiness.
They are creative, humble and respectful of their
teachers. Worshipping God and humanity, they love
all. They care for people, animals, trees, and are
respectful of all life and existence. They have balanced
intuition and intelligence.
Rajasic Mental Constitutions
The people in whom rajasic qualities
predominate are egoistic, ambitious, aggressive, proud,
competitive, and have a tendency to control others.
They like power, prestige, position, and are
perfectionists. They are hard working people, but are
lacking in proper planning and direction. They are
ungrounded, active and restless. Emotionally, they are
angry, jealous, ambitious, and have few moments of
joy due to success. They have a fear of failure, are
subject to stress, and soon lose their mental energy.
They require about eight hours of sleep. They are
loving, calm and patient only as long as their self
interests are served. They are good, loving, friendly
and faithful only to those who are helpful to them.
They are not honest to their inner consciousness. Their
activities are self- centered and egotistical.
Tamasic Mental Constitutions
The people in whom tamasic qualities
predominate are less intelligent. They tend towards
depression, laziness, and excess sleep, even during the
day. A little mental work tires them easily. They like
jobs of less responsibility, and they love to eat, drink,
sleep and have sex. They are greedy, possessive,
attached, irritable, and do not care for others. They
may harm others through their own self interest. It is
difficult for them to focus their minds during
Vata, Pitta and Kapha: the Three Doshas
The structural aspect of the body is made up of
five elements, but the functional aspect of the body is
governed by three biological humors. Ether and air
together constitute vata; fire and water, pitta; and
water and earth, kapha. Vata, pitta and
kapha are the
three biological humors that are the three biological
components of the organism. They govern
psycho-biological changes in the body and
physio-pathological changes too.
Vata-pitta-kapha are present
in every cell, tissue and organ. In every person they
differ in permutations and combinations.
The sperm is the male seed, and the ovum is the
female egg. They also contain vata-pitta-kapha
(VPK). Bodily vata-pitta-kapha changes according to
diet, life style and emotions. The sperm gets
influenced by the father's lifestyle, diet and emotions,
and the ovum by the mother's. At the time of
fertilization, when a single sperm enters a single
ovum, individual constitution is determined.
According to Ayurveda, there are seven body
types: mono-types (vata, pitta or kapha predominant),
dual types (vata-pitta, pitta-kapha or, kapha-vata), and
equal types, (vata, pitta and kapha in equal
proportions). Every individual has a unique
combination of these three doshas. To understand
individuality is the foundation of healing according to
Ayurveda, "The Science of Life".
Vata Qualities
Vata, pitta and kapha are distinctly present in
every individual and express in each human being
differently according to the predominance of the
different qualities (gunas). For example vata is dry,
light, cold, mobile, active, clear, astringent, and it is
dispersing. All of these qualities can manifest in an
individual. For example, if a person has excess vata in
his or her constitution, because of the dry quality, he
or she will have dry hair, dry skin, dry colon and a
tendency towards constipation. Because of the light
quality, which is opposite of heavy, the vata person
will have a light body frame, light muscles, and light
fat, and so will be thin and underweight, or
"skinny-minny". Because of the cold quality, the vata person
will have cold hands, cold feet and poor circulation.
They hate the cold season and love summer. Because
of the mobile quality, vata people are very active.
They like jogging and jumping and don't like sitting in
one place. Vata is subtle, and this subtle quality is
responsible for the emotions of fear, anxiety,
insecurity and nervousness. Vata is clear, therefore
vata people can be clairvoyant; they have clear
understanding and perception. They understand things
immediately, but forget things immediately. Vata is
astringent, which is a drying and choking quality of
taste, therefore the vata person, while eating feels a
drying choking sensation in the throat. These qualities
are all expressed in a vata individual to some degree.


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Dave Barry: The DJ has the Democrats spinning
The big thrill of Day Two of the Democratic convention was provided by former President Bill Clinton, who brought the crowd to its feet with a stirring nomination speech for Barack Obama, and then, in the evening's climactic moment, tossed his hotel keycard to a lucky delegate.
Bill was preceded by a parade of speakers whose remarks stressed the big recurring theme of this convention, which is that Barack Obama and the Democrats want to move America forward into the future by fixing this pesky inherited economy with a specific and practical plan to be revealed at a later date, so that every American — be it a woman, or a minority group, or a person of gender — will have an equal opportunity to have the American dream that Americans deserve here in America; as opposed to Mitt Romney and the Republicans, who want to move the nation backward in a giant Republican time machine to 1959, when wealthy fat-cat Republicans roamed the land with impunity, smoking cigars and beating the poor with golf clubs.
In keeping with their image as the forward-looking Party of Hipness, the Democrats have an official DJ for their convention. His name is "DJ Cassidy," and he has an official website (www.djcassidy.com) that pretty much comes right out and admits he is the greatest entertainer in human history. His official biography states that he is "the iconic deejay in music, fashion, media, and nightlife," and notes that his "respect, demand, and talent are unparalleled." It further states that his "personal celebrity client list" includes, in addition to President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Tommy Hilfiger, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kim Kardashian, Anna Wintour, somebody named "Swizz Beatz," and Hugh Hefner.
Speaking of white guys who are almost dead: I realize I am about to sound like a cranky old geezer with a streamer of drool cascading down onto his Sansabelt slacks, but: What is the deal with celebrity DJs? I mean, they're playing records, right? Why is that a big artistic achievement? How, exactly, is it different from operating a car radio? Here's a song! Now I'm pushing the radio button and… Whoa! Here's another song! Talk about unparalleled talent!
When I was a young person and mastodon herds roamed North America, we had record players at parties, but the person operating the record player was not a celebrity: It was a short hairless dweeb who stood in the corner and set the needle down on a 45 r.p.m. record such as "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" by Paul Anka, then watched, alone and ignored in the corner, as the more popular boys, the ones who had somehow achieved puberty, danced with their arms around actual live girls.
I know what I'm talking about here, because I WAS that short hairless dweeb. I always walked home from parties alone, and because my family was poor, Republicans would beat me with golf clubs. But that is not my point. I have totally forgotten my point. Also somebody has been drooling on my slacks.
Getting back to the Democratic convention: A big issue here is weather. It has been raining a lot, so street vendors are making a killing selling $3 ponchos made from cheap plastic. The streets of Charlotte are filled with people wearing essentially garbage bags, making it harder to distinguish between the delegates and random street lunatics, not that there is always a huge difference. The president was supposed to deliver his big speech Thursday night in a football stadium, but now, because of the threat of rain, they are moving it to a safer location: Tampa.
No, it will be in the same place where they held the first two nights of the convention; this means a lot of people who had tickets for the stadium speech are now being informed that they will not get in. I would hate to be the person who has to tell Joe Biden.


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Home Front Girl: The Diary of Joan Morrison
This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and ruminates about the impending war, daily headlines, and major touchstones of the era — FDR's radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Citizen Kane, Churchill and Hitler, war work and Red Cross meetings. Joan's original hand-drawn doodles of her latest dress or haircut infuse the pages with whimsy and period flavor. Home Front Girl is not only an entertaining and delightful read but an important primary source on the late 1930s and early 1940s — a vivid account of a real American girl's lived experiences.
An entry from Joan Morrison's diary:
Wednesday, December 10, 1941
"Hitler speaks to Reichstag tomorrow. We just heard the first casualty lists over the radio. Lots of boys from Michigan and Illinois. Oh my God! Life goes on though. We read our books in the library and eat lunch, bridge, etc. Phy Sci and Calculus. Darn Descartes. Reading Walt Whitman now."
Susan Signe Morrison is a Professor of English literature at Texas State University — San Marcos, and the author of two books on the Middle Ages. Susan has a BA from Swarthmore College and her A.M./?Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brown University. She has studied in Germany and taught in the former East Germany. Susan's publications have also appeared in such journals as Medieval Feminist Forum, The Chaucer Review, The New York Times, Women In German Yearbook, Journal of Popular Culture, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas, but grew up here in Morristown going to the Morristown & Morris Township Library!
Joan Wehlen Morrison (1922–2010) grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago before moving to New York and, later, New Jersey. She was adjunct professor of history at the New School for Social Research. An oral historian, she published two books, one on American immigrants and the other on the 1960s. Of course, when Joan was writing her journal, she never imagined it would one day be published. In a way, this book is Joan's own oral history, unearthed decades after having been composed.
Founded in 1944, The National Society of Arts and Letters is a non-profit organization that assists promising young artists through arts competitions, scholarships and other career opportunities. Stars such as Shirley MacLaine and Jessye Norman have been past NSAL award winners.


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Ronald Halfant Artist artworks for sale
Artist: Ronald Halfant
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The paintings that I create are meant to inspire and uplift, as well as enhance your interiors. I believe that our homes should be sanctuaries that surrounds us with comfort, color, beauty and the things we love. If you feel an emotional connection to a work, or you just LOVE the colors and the art makes you feel good, then I've accomplished what I set out to do. Hopefully you'll treat yourself to it! Or maybe you're considering this artwork for a special gift. What you're really investing in is what makes you or the recipient feel good. So, if you love it or you think they're going to love it -- follow your instinct and buy it! I like to use vivid, bright colors. Warm against cool tones. Rich colors against muted hues. Heavy texture utilizing a palette knife. Always look forward to those successful mistakes I work quickly and vigorously. I work dynamically, but as part of my working method, after a few days I bring out the picture again to emphasize/highlight certain details. These paintings our rich in texture and tropical colors. The paintings were created with acrylic paint with the use of a palette knife. The 16"x20" paintings are on stretched canvas, with wood frame backing. Sides are painted white and ready to be hung. The 3x4 foot paintings are un-stretched. Both sizes have two final coats of high gloss varnish.


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Sprains, Strains & Sports Injuries
Signs & Symptoms
For Sprains
A sprain happens when you overstretch or tear a ligament. (This is fibrous tissue that connects bones.) A joint is affected, but there is no dislocation or fracture. Symptoms are rapid pain, swelling, bruising, and a warm feeling at the injured site.
For Strains
A strain is an injury to the muscles or tendons. (These are tissues that connect muscles to bones.) Symptoms are pain, tenderness, swelling, and bruising.
For Sports Injuries
Sports injury symptoms depend on the injury. They include pain, tenderness, swelling, and bruising. Bones may be broken or dislocated. (See Common Sports Injuries above.)
Sprains occur from an accident, injury, fall, etc. A strain occurs when you overstretch or overexert a muscle or tendon (not a ligament). This is usually due to overuse and injuries, such as sports injuries.
Treatment for sprains, strains, and sports injuries depends on the injury and on the extent of damage. Self-care may be all that is needed for mild injuries. Sports injuries and sprains may need medical treatment. Some sprains need a cast. Others may need surgery if the tissue affected is torn.
An ankle sprain can cause strain on the achilles tendon.
Broken bones (other than broken toes) need medical care right away.
Questions to Ask
Do you suspect a head, neck, or spinal injury by any of these symptoms?
(Note: See First Aid section in Head/Neck/Spine Injuries.)
Are any of these signs present?
(Note: See First Aid section in Broken Bones/Dislocations.
Does the sprain or strain not improve after using self-care for 2 days?
Self-Care / First Aid
To Prevent Serious Injuries (especially during contact sports)
General Prevention
Do warm-up exercises before the activity.


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Three-days ago it was revealed that Fox was interested in bringing 24 back for season 9. Now, it's official: 24 - and Jack Bauer - are coming back for a new adventure in May of 2014.
The show will be called 24: Live Another Day and it will feature the return of both Kiefer Sutherland (whose previous show, Touch, recently got canceled) and showrunner/writer Howard Gordon. While those familiar faces will be respectively in front of and behind the camera, other familiar things - like 24's real time roll-out - won't be, with the show switching from episodes that highlighted an hour out of a day in Jack Bauer's life. Instead, 24: Live Another Day will play out over 12 episodes that will "jump around" during this particular day.
Will this be the last day, though? According to FOX Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly, it's unlikely that the series will return to TV after this upcoming adventure; however, he did say that the concept had "franchise-ability."
One thing that we won't be seeing, according to Reilly, is that long rumored 24 movie:
"[Producers] always had the idea of maybe someday doing feature films, but as got into it they all agreed 24 being compressed in two hours is not 24,"
Reilly also indicated that the show could be a magnet for big name talent, though there was no hint as to which (if any) other past cast members would join Sutherland for the new episodes.
With Live Another Day set to be an entirely new adventure and not a strict continuation of 24's original run, though, that doesn't seem all that necessary, and really, it could be argued that 24's only real constant was Jack, as producers shuffled in a long list of talented co-stars to surround Sutherland throughout the show's 8 seasons - something they will surely do again.
So, that is what we know, here's what we don't know: after those 192 episodes, a 2 hour TV movie, and 8 seasons, what more is left to say?
To many, 24 ended in as satisfying a way as it could have with its legacy as one of the most important serialized shows in recent memory still firmly intact. Were some critics convinced that the show could or should have come to an end a couple of seasons prior to when it did? Perhaps, but the appetite for more Bauer badassery has clearly been high since the last tick of the clock (the undying buzz about a feature film and the realization of this limited series prove that), and while FOX is looking to cash in on that, they're surely aware that while action and intrigue have no expiration date and absence makes the heart grow fonder, people do tend to have short memories.
So, will 24: Live Another Day succeed? Only if it has as much firepower and depth as the original and it finds a way to stand on its own and not the shoulders of its past legendary self.
24: Live Another Day premieres on FOX in May of 2014.
Source: EW


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The crash seems to be resolved.Per wrote:I just fixed one crash in 5b73dc0a6b59b47de59467d1d43329903384f2bf. Is it still buggy for you?
Ok so moving the clock seems to have caused another issue with one game element covering up another as you can see in this screen shotBerserk Cyborg wrote:Pushed 9efc45a48b6ef906d628d80a2a57cae998d6f1e1 and 6b7b1b68cd26fd0f59821a8e34ddf6a538be7557.
Just a few minor fixes from Bethrezen's outstanding issues list.
Pushed 8c9e7260333d6388438a091aad493bd2e11a965e. Probably won't work on saves already affected by this. Could someone test if it stops those mapTile asserts when loading a save?
so it might be an idea to leave the clock and the launch icon where they where and simply move the console area below them instead. Another possible option is to just make the console area a little narrower so that its fits between the clock and the launch icon.


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* The Quad can perform wheelies, but you cannot receive a bonus when doing one.
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GTA San Andreas
GTA Vice City Stories
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|Quad (GTA San Andreas)
|Body style
|2-seat quadbike
A quadbike is a four-wheeled motorcycle, more commonly known as an "all terrain vehicle" (ATV). The vehicle has appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (as the Quad), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (as the Quad) and, tentatively, Grand Theft Auto V (unnamed as of yet).
Cosmetic differences may be noted between the GTA San Andreas rendition and the GTA Vice City Stories rendition. The Quad in the former assumes a sporty design more suited for recreational use, whereas the GTA Vice City Stories rendition sports more utilitarian equipment, such as racks and additional lights. The GTA San Andreas rendition is based on the Yamaha Breeze and the GTA Vice City Stories rendition is based on the Can-Am Outlander.
GTA San Andreas (Rear quarter view).
GTA Vice City Stories (With rider; rear quarter view).
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GTA V, currently unnamed.
Due to its design, the Quad is one of the best vehicles for off-road driving in GTA San Andreas, with performance traits similar to the Sanchez, particularly speed-related attributes. It is also one of the best vehicles to use when driving up Mount Chiliad. Its suspension, however is a little wonky and coming off a jump may cause the quad to bounce side to side, causing it to tip over.
Due to its size and functionality, the Quad is often referred to as a bike. However, simply due to it having four wheels (not two) then it cannot be considered as such. It however, does have motorcycle-like physics, so the player can fall off if hitting an object at high speed or going down a hill backwards. Stoppies and wheelies can even be done on the quad, just like a motorbike. However, reverse wheelies can be performed (when on a hill), causing the Quad to tumble down backwards. Strangely, this does not cause the player to be tossed away. Just like with any bike, the player can shoot forwards as well as to the left and to the right.
- Despite the Quad being classified as a motorbike, car-only cheats (such as N20 for all vehicles or flying cars) also work on the Quad.
- In the mission Local Liquor Store, Carl Johnson and Catalina pursue thieves running away on Quads with the money they were supposed to rob from a liquor store. This is the only mission where Quads are used by NPCs.
- The Quad plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- K-Rose in GTA San Andreas.
- The Quad can perform wheelies, but you cannot receive a bonus when doing one.
- GTA San Andreas
- A small trailer park west of Las Payasadas.
- Blueberry Acres, near a barn.
- A farm near Dillimore, Red County.
- The Panopticon, various places.
- Next to a muddy swamp in Back o Beyond.
- Beneath a bridge near a wooden bridge that connects Whetstone to the Back o Beyond.
- Beside the Shady Cabin.
- A trailer west of Las Barrancas, Tierra Robada.
- Can be spawned through cheats:
- Typing "fourwheelfun" (PC version).
- Pressing Left, Left, Down, Down, Up, Up, X, B, Y, R Trigger, Back (Xbox).
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Can be purchased from Sunshine Autos at the price of $3,000.
- After completing "Unfriendly Competition", can be bought behind the Standing Vice Point in Washington Beach for $3,000
- Southeastern part of the Downtown dirt track (automatically activates "Quad Bike Time Trails").


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This week's Monday focus for the Associated Press takes a look at the strained relationship between Gov. Jay Nixon and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder.
AP scribe David Lieb writes that Kinder didn't even know that the governor was in Texas during this month's fake hostage crisis at the Governor Office Building. He also wrote that Kinder has been relieved of many duties that he performed during Gov. Matt Blunt's term in office.
In a sense, the friction between the two statewide officials is part of a historical trend. I wrote an article for Missouri Lawyers Weekly earlier this year about the past squabbles between governors and lieutenant governors of different political parties.
One notable moment recounted by Western Illinois University political science professor Rick Hardy involved then-Gov. Joe Teasdale and then-Lt. Gov. Bill Phelps. The two men had an acrimonious relationship, even fighting over office supplies and furniture. By contrast, then-Gov. Kit Bond and then-Lt. Gov. Kenneth Rothman had a more cordial relationship, with the Republican chief executive turning over power to the Democratic statewide official multiple times.
Of course, pairing the offices doesn't always equate to a lack of turbulence. Then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and then-Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn - who were twice elected in Illinois in a ticket - despised each other. Quinn remarked before he assumed the governorship that the two officials rarely talked.


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Nintendo Wants To Reinvent Movies With Interactive Zelda Film
Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma is adamant that Zelda will be brought to movie theatres only if it is able to give audience something totally different from traditional movie-going experience.
"This is something that me and Mr. Miyamoto talked about," he said. "If we were to make a Zelda title, if we had interest in doing that, I think really what would be most important to us is to be able to play with the format of a movie, make it more interactive, like you're able to take your 3DS into the theater and that leads you into participating in it somehow. We wouldn't want to make it the same as any other movie. We want to somehow change what a movie is."
What Aonuma describes feels a lot like what Disney did with "Little Mermaid: Second Screen Live" where audience were encouraged to bring their iPads in and use a free companion app to interact with the movie. Unfortunately, this added distraction ruined the experience instead of adding to it.
"The games are distracting. Some moviegoers meeting Ariel and friends for the first time will find it hard to focus on the movie, with a new game every minute or two,"wrote Mashable's Taylor Casti. "Many games require an individual's full attention, for instance, when players quickly pop bubbles or tilt the iPad to catch Ariel's treasures in a chest. In fact, the games were so distracting, on multiple occasions key information was lost to gameplay."
"Not to mention the voiceover and inter-theater competition, where up to four characters talk over the dialogue in the film to encourage players to compete with other audience members. As someone who grew up with Ariel, sure, the games were fun. But children seeing the movie for the first time missed seeing Triton destroy Ariel's treasures; Ariel meet Eric for the first time; Ariel's visit with Scuttle."
Is Nintendo going to reinvent the same botched experience, or will it pull another Wii and succeed where others have failed. Let's wait and see.


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Memory Eternal!+Kh. Alice Nahas
Khouria Alice Nahas of Hanover Township, PA, died peacefully at home on Sunday, December 27, 2009, surrounded by her family.
Born January 12, 1922 in Pawtucket, RI, she was the daughter of Damtry and Victoria Ganim. She was a graduate of Pawtucket High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College.
She moved to Wilkes-Barre in October 1951 when her husband, the Very Rev. Herbert G. Nahas, was appointed pastor of St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church. For the next 35 years she faithfully assisted Father Herbert as he served as pastor of the church. She offered great hospitality to all, hosting parishioners, clergy, community and national leaders. As a member of the Ladies of St. Mary, she worked tirelessly in the many church activities and her wise advice was sought by all.
She founded and operated her own businesses, Lana Fashions of Wilkes-Barre, and the East Wing Clothing Boutique. She was renound for the work of her hands in cooking, baking and sewing.
She is survived by her devoted husband of 64 years, Father Herbert, and her three children, Dr. George Nahas, John Nahas, and Joyce Moses and her husband Atty. John Moses, and her five grand-children.
Her funeral was on Wednesday December, 30, and her burial was in the parish cemetery, St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Cemetery.
May her Memory be Eternal.


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Farm Show a learning experience for PSU nurses and visitors
Friday, July 19, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
In addition to learning about the newest agricultural technology, visitors to the Four-State Farm Show are also learning about a wide variety of health issues thanks to students in Pittsburg State University's "Client and Family Health Class."
The PSU students are all registered nurses who are either completing a baccalaureate degree or beginning their master's program, according to Barbara McClaskey, a professor in PSU's School of Nursing.
McClaskey said the 24 PSU students are sharing a large tent near the entrance to the Farm Show with Via Christi Hospital. The PSU students are helping take free blood pressures and have information on a wide variety of subjects including hypertension, skin cancer, heat-related illnesses, safety, children's health, cardiovascular disease, Lyme Disease, diet and overall healthy living.
McClaskey said working at the Farm Show gives students an opportunity to work directly with rural residents and better understand issues specific to rural patients.
"In addition to providing direct patient care, nurses are also often teachers and coaches," McClaskey said. "Nurses help patients learn to manage their illnesses. They help them understand complicated medical terms and concepts and they teach them ways to prevent illness and live a healthier lifestyle."
The Four-State Farm Show runs from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on July 20-21 and from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. on July 22. It is located just south of Pittsburg on K-171.


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Children learning to read face many obstacles, especially if they're learning English as a second or third language. Some have learning disabilities that prevent them from keeping up with their classmates. Still others are shy or feel anxious when reading aloud.
Through our Puppy Dog Tales Reading (PDT) Program, we promote literacy in at-risk youth populations and work closely with school and library staff to stimulate a love of reading in children. Reading to an adult may seem overwhelming, so participants in this program read to therapy dogs. Teams are placed at a school or library for six-week to yearlong sessions and work with four to six children for 10-20 minutes each. Reading becomes a sustained, individual activity that children eagerly anticipate. Volunteers have the opportunity to develop a rapport with students and support their efforts in a non-judgmental way.
Training for PDT teams demands more than standard AAT training, but the rewards are phenomenal. Volunteers report that children who could not read through a sentence in the first meeting quickly warm up to their pets, feeling safe and supported enough to meet their reading challenges. Children who were too nervous to read aloud in class uncover self-confidence; those who needed additional attention in vocabulary and grammar find themselves finishing books.
The PDT Program began with a pilot at the Chinatown Branch of the San Francisco public library in June 2007. Since our modest start, we've added more libraries and San Francisco unified schools to our program. We are currently seeking new PDT teams to fill the increasing demand for our services. All PDT teams go through training in the general program in addition to more specialized training.
Find out more about becoming a general AAT or PDT volunteer.


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How-To Videos
How to Refinish Wood Floors
By: Danny Lipford
Nowhere is the charm of an older home more apparent than in the rich look of heart pine floors. Cut from the dense heartwood near the center of virgin longleaf pine trees, heart pine is prized for its fine grain, durability, and lasting beauty.
The floor in this century old house had been hidden under a layer of glued down carpet. Since trying to dissolve the adhesive with solvent would only have forced it further into the grain and cracks, it was decided to sand it off instead.
Once the glue had been removed with a floor sander and course grit sandpaper, the floor was sanded again using finer grits of paper.
Sanding dust from the floor was mixed with lacquer sealer and toweled over the entire surface to fill any cracks between the boards.
After it had dried, the floor was sanded again to remove any excess sealer then stained with Early American wood stain to reduce the yellow tones in the wood.
When the stain had dried, a semi gloss finish was applied to the floor with a lamb's wool applicator.
The beautiful look and durable surface of this heart pine floor is one the homeowners will enjoy for years to come.
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Thomas Boni Says:
July 16th, 2019 at 4:59 pm
Hi, Nancy,
Great question! We recommend submitting it to the Today's Homeowner Radio Show for an in-depth answer.
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Nancy Grace Says:
July 9th, 2019 at 3:40 pm
I have Hickory hardwood flooring in the lower half of my home . Only a board or two are wearing ,how can I touch it up before it wears more. It's is 13 years old .Only now is showing a little use. It has a prefinished I think satin finish . Can I match color and just stain a little with what kind of product ? Will it stick if it over laps a bit on to the hickory that is still good and looks new. I'm thinking product color with a satin finish in it ?Am I on the right path ?
Marie Hebert Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 12:24 am
We have a 1910 Victorian with heart pine floors. The house had been in very poor shape and was partially restored when we bought it. As I have looked more closely at the floor/stairs have realized that much of the darkness is actually purple paint that was only partially sanded off and all of the corners have paint and all has been coated with (probably) polyurethane. Does the entire floor need to be stripped or can I spot sand and refinish?
Lisa E Says:
January 15th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
We are installing new wide plank heart pine flooring and looking for the right stain and finish before starting. I've read that using a conditioner before staining is essential to avoid blotching (particularly with pine)and to use a gel stain for an even finish. I've also read you can use some type of oil instead of poly. We're looking for a dark, aged finish that's as durable as you can get with pine. What are your thoughts on these options? Thanks!
Dave Says:
December 31st, 2011 at 9:35 pm
New hardwood oak 3 1/4 in. wide by 3/4 in thick Bruce product floring showing 1/16-1/32 gaps at spots. How would you recommend to repair it so that the gaps are not noticeable? The pre finished color is Gunstock Oak.
Sylvia Says:
November 15th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Husband and I are installing reclaimed heart pine that came from a house that was built in 1852. We love the aged look of the wood with all the character that dents, nail holes etc from years gone by. Question is what would you recommend that we use to finish the wood. We are debating between tung oil to give a natural look or a polyurethane, but concerned the poly would be easy to scratch the finish. Any suggestions?
Janice Black Says:
October 12th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Our 50's ranch house has tongue-and-groove floors with mahogany plugs (like Caroline's, but I actually love the look!) When we bought the house in 1992, we had the floors sanded down and refinished. Now that the kids are grown and the dog has died, I'd like to get some work done on the floors again. They are really worn in a line right down the center of the house (remember, it's a ranch with an open floor plan, so right down the middle is where everyone walks). Also there is water damage in some areas from spills (plants and a fish aquarium, etc.)
The problem is that now I realize that polyurethane finish will always requiring complete sanding down when it comes time for repairs . . . and I really don't want to have the whole sand-it-down thing done ever again! For one thing, I'm not sure how many more sandings our floor could take. Plus, it's so expensive!
Is there a type of finish that could be easier to maintain throughout the next 20 years? (For example, something that would be fairly simple to just do "touch up" in spots every few years as required?)
Thanks for any advice you'd be willing to proffer!
Christine Says:
October 2nd, 2011 at 12:16 am
OMG! Please help! I had my jarrar floors polished (the whole house)one month ago and the polish is starting to peel away from the edges! Why is this happening? VERY concerned! kindest regards, Christine.
Jonathan Steinen Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
My flooring sub started sanding the floors of a one room renovation we're working on, and as he got below the finish with the drum sander, white ring shaped stains (size of a penny to half dollar) started becoming apparent. All of the spots are at the edge of the board and appear to be above where the floor boards nailed. Neither the flooring contractor or myself, have seen this before. Do you know what caused this to happen and how to remove the spots?
Ben Erickson Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Hi Caroline,
There will always be some difference between the two woods, and it would be hard to bleach the plugs without bleaching the flooring as well. Applying a stain before finishing may reduce the contrast between them (I'd experiment first). You could also finish the floors with a tinted polyurethane, like Minwax Polyshades, which adds an opaque color that will mask the wood. The disadvantage is that a tinted finish will also hide the grain of the wood. The more coats you apply, the more opaque the finish will be. Good luck with your project!
Caroline Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 10:50 am
We have wide board pine in our kitchen and family room that has mahogany plugs in it. We really want to refinish the floor and possibly stain it. Do we have to have a dark stain to cover up the mahogany plugs or is there a way to bleach those out or something? Hate the dots all over the floor, but cannot afford to rip it up. Thanks for any help you can give.
Ben Erickson Says:
March 20th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Hi Billy,
Polyurethane doesn't adhere very well to existing finishes. It really only adheres well to bare wood, unfinished stained wood, and other recently applied coats of polyurethane that haven't cured completely. So if your floor is already finished, cleaning it and putting down a coat or two of poly on top might not be the best option. To test adhesion, put a coat of polyurethane on a small area that isn't obvious (a closet that's finished would be great), let is cure completely for a week or more, firmly press a piece of tape into it, and pull it off. If the poly stays stuck to the old finish or if the old finish and poly both come up, you're probably all right coating over the old finish with polyurethane. If the layer of poly comes off with the tape, then I wouldn't use it to coat over the existing floor finish. If you do coat over the existing finish, clean the floor thoroughly (mop with lightly soaped water, go over it again with clean water, then dry with old towels), then sand it lightly with fine (180-220 grit) sandpaper going with the grain, remove the sanding dust with a damp rag, and allow it to dry before finishing. Good luck with your project!
billy owens Says:
March 20th, 2011 at 9:10 am
Hi Danny,
We have some pine floors about 40 years old in pretty rough shape. They have a lot of deep scratches. We had considered resanding and then my wife said for now just clean and urethane. Any suggestions thanks
Ben Erickson Says:
March 8th, 2011 at 8:19 am
Hi Alisha,
Sanding down wood floors and refinishing them yourself can be done, but it's pretty tricky to do a good job if you don't have a lot of experience working with a floor sander. It's easy to gouge the floors with the sander and leave sanding marks that often go unnoticed until the finish has been applied when it's too late to correct. If you do decide to give it a try, you'll need to rent a walk-behind drum type floor sander and a handheld disk type edge sander to get up close to doors and walls. Given the condition of your floor, you'll need to start with a pretty coarse grit (60 or lower) to remove the old finish and damage to the floors, then work your way up to 120 grit or higher. You probably won't be able to remove more than 1/16″ to 1/8″, so any deeper gouges will remain. You'll then need to vacuum the floor well to remove any dust, wipe it down, and finish. In addition to the video/article above, check out our post on Tools for Sanding Wood Floors. Good luck with your project!
alisha Says:
March 7th, 2011 at 5:36 am
my husband and i bought a 1930 brick bungalow 6 months ago. all original hardwoods (that i want to desperately keep). during the crazy renovations that had a billion twists and turns we ended up taking all the plaster walls down without proper covering on the floors. they were definitely going to need refinishing at some point b/c it looks like the previous owner put urethane over improperly finished floors and it was peeling/cracking. now it is scraped up really bad from plaster and we are now in the market to redo them before we get all of our furniture in (which should be happening in just a few weeks. we are our of funds to get someone else to do it for us and are wondering what the best steps are in doing this ourselves. what steps should we take, grit of sandpaper should we use, process to move forward in? not even sure what kind of tools we need to rent. can you please offer us help? we are in dire straights to get into this house and it feels like a billion years away. thank you in advance for all of your help.
Ben Erickson Says:
February 26th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Hi Caleb,
Stain might help (test an inconspicuous spot to see), but you'll probably have to sand it down further. Good luck with your project.
caleb browne Says:
February 25th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I just sanded down a pine floor which had some kind of green paint covering it, but not too thick – quite old and worn. There is still a green tint to the wood, and am not sure what to do. It looks terrible. Would some kind of stain be able to counter this? Or should I sand even more?
Ben Erickson Says:
January 8th, 2011 at 10:44 am
Hi Louise,
There are a number of species of pine, all of which contain heartwood, so it can be difficult to tell which is which. If you're really interested in trying to figure it out, start by reading Bruce Hoadley's excellent book Identifying Wood.
Here in the South, most of the homes built before the late 1800s were floored with heartwood from longleaf pine, since it was very hard and durable, though there were other species of pine available. The lumber was shipped up North by rail as well, so it's possible your floor is made from Southern longleaf pine.
Sadly, there is very little heart pine lumber of any species readily available today, since it takes many years of growth to produce it and most of the species grown today for timber produce little heartwood. You can sometimes find heart pine at salvage yards and from companies that pull old sunken trees from the bottom of rivers and resaw them for lumber.
Louise Swenson Says:
January 8th, 2011 at 9:28 am
I am redoing pine floor and I was wondering how you can tell what type of pine it is, the house was built in 1879(Northern IL). The wood is extremely hard and has a tight grain.
Ben Erickson Says:
December 7th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Hi Spencer,
I would remove the screws, but you could cut them off if it will be less noticeable that way. Good luck with your project!
Spencer Ford Says:
December 7th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I have long leaf pine floors in my 1920's home. A previous home owner installed ceramic tile over the floor in one 450sf room. They put a hardy plank backer board under the tile and secured it to the wood floors with large wood screws. A neighbor told us that this was because the owners were trying to make the floor appear to be level by using tile instead of having the foundation leveled.
We want to remove the tile and hardy plank and refinish the floors. Do we need to remove each screw by hand or can they be cut off filled and then finised over? Is this project even advisable?
Barbara Couture Says:
December 1st, 2010 at 1:39 pm
We are trying to remove the glue/backing from old carpet on our pine floors. We are using a small electric tool and scraping the backing off the floor. It has been very time consuming but the floor will be wonderful when finished. I have used Goo Off on the floor up till now. Is there something better/easier to use? There is some residue left on the floor that will not come up. I don't want any stain put down until it is completely clear. HELP!!!
Darlynn Tenaglia Says:
October 21st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I just tore up my carpeting and want to restore the wood underneath. My problem is there are large areas of animal urine stain. As far as I can tell, the floors don't have a sealer on them, they are only stained. By sanding the floor would the stains come out or at least lighten up or should I just re-carpet?
Ben Erickson Says:
June 28th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Hi Tami,
It would be best to stain and finish your floors as soon as possible to protect the wood from damage from the sun, warping due to changes in humidity, and to keep any stains or dirt from marring the wood. However, if you don't use the upstairs of your house and the raw wood floors will not be walked on, you might be able to wait until fall before finishing them.
Tami Says:
June 24th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
I have heart pine in our home and we are in the process of refinishing the floors up stairs and my question is the floors have been sanded and I would like to wait until the weather cools down in fall to complete them. Would this cause a problem if we hold off on the staining.
Sara Says:
June 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am
I would also like more information about using a combo laquer and sanding dust. Please let me know how best to use this method.
Daphne Williams Says:
April 9th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I have heart pine in an 1899 house. We decided to try refinishing the flooring in one room to see how it turns out (instead of paying someone $2800 to do all five rooms). We have it sanded, and it looks pretty good, but there are some dark spots throughout where we were scared to sand down far enough to remove them with the drum sander.
We have decided to go with a dark stain to try to make the dark spots blend and because we like dark. Can you recommend a stain brand/color and topcoat?
Eric J Says:
April 4th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I am having heart pine wood floors refinished. There are large gaps between some boards. In the past some sort of filler was used. In some cases it was very light. Most of the old caulk filler however looks like a dark pitch. Do you know what this was and what I could use to match it to fill in gaps?
Karl X Says:
March 11th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Would you please provide more detail about the method of using laquer sealer and dust to seal seams. Is there a preferred sealer? We're ready to sand, seal and oil-base poly our 1935 Atlanta bungalow kitchen with heart pine. Also, do you have any kitchen specific advice for refinishing?
Ben Erickson Says:
January 18th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Hi Randy,
If you're using an edge sander, like the one in the first photo of this article, you should definitely use drum sander instead to sand the bulk of the floor in your room. Not only is a drum sander much faster than an edger, but it leaves a much smoother finished surface with any scratch marks running with the grain of the wood rather than in circular swirls across it. You'll still need an edger to do next to the walls and doors, but the drum sander is the tool to use for everything else. Both sanders, however, can be tricky to control to keep from gouging the wood.
Randy W Says:
January 17th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Ive been wanting to refinish my floors in my 1930's house – I went and rented a rotory floor sander, not a drum sander – because the flooring is pretty thin. The problem is the sanding pads keep getting gunked up the the varnish or urethan(sp?). Is there a trick or should I get the drum sander? The room is 9'x15′ and Im not quite half done and already went thru 12 of the 36 grit pads. 🙁 Thanks for any tips. Kinda thinking about striper to get the top coat off then sanding?
Ben Erickson Says:
January 4th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Hi Gregg,
If the wood itself is denting, then it won't matter how hard the finish on top of it is, it will continue to happen. Long leaf pine (if it has a fine, quartersawn grain) and polyurethane (when applied correctly) are both pretty hard, so I'm surprised to hear that you're having problems with denting.
gregg Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:40 pm
I have Long leaf Pine flooring. They were covered with carpeting for many, many years. About 10 years ago I ripped up the carpet and had them sanded then coated with polyurethane. The wood dents very easily. All furniture is on felt and my girlfriends high heals are making the floor look like a woodpecker lives hear. Is there a finish that will harden and protect this flooring? Maybe epoxy. Thanks
Ben Erickson Says:
January 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Hi Lisa,
The change in the color of your wood floors could be due to a color change in the wood or finish as they age. Almost all natural wood will change color over time with lighter woods like maple, cherry, and mahogany darkening significantly while some dark woods, like walnut will lighten to a honey color. Finishes, too, can change color with varnishes often taking on yellow hues as they age. In either case, there's not much you can do about it but learn to live with it.
lisa hodges Says:
January 1st, 2010 at 12:28 am
I love the look of very light wood floors. My 4″ oak prefinished plank was installed throughout the house, and turned was exactly the look I wanted…. however, the wood is only two years old, and it's turning a weird yellow/orange color, which really clashes with my current decor. I've only tried 3 types of cleaner, Bona = too sticky, no matter how little I used… vinagar & water very sparingly = smells, and eventually dulls the glossy finish, and finally Murphy's oil soap = cleaned well, but (seemed) to accelerate the yellowing. Two questions, is there any way I can gradually remove the yellow, and what type of cleaner should I use that will not promote this yellowing? Also, this yellowing is happening everywhere, whether there is sunlight or not… (not much direct sunlight comes in)
Thank you for your time, in answering all our questions.
raynelle Says:
October 24th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
I have heart of pine flooring in a sunroom. A small area has some red paint, possibly a paint ball, or red dye from a wet red duffle bag, not sure which – grandson knows but is not telling; this has penetrated through the polyurethane. I have tried hand sanding and unduluted bleach – nothing works; red stain still there. Had my floor refinisher analyze stain; he is not sure he can sand it out – may have to replace wood at a cost of $450. I would like to repair this as economical as possible. This is an investment house that I have sold and am closing on Oct 27th. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Ben Erickson Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hi Lauren,
I've used Minwax Early American a lot. It has a nice medium brown color. Minwax mahogany will give a darker brown with some dark red in it, so you might try it as well.
lauren Says:
October 5th, 2009 at 9:27 am
our carpenter just glued down stair treads in old reclaimed yellow pine – our floors in our 1910 home are original red heart pine. i've been mixing and trying stain combos for weeks to get the yellow pine close to the color of the old red pine. anyone know the winning formula?!?!??! thanks
Ben Erickson Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Hi Tom,
If you're putting down new prefinished wood flooring (especially the thinner engineered flooring) , be sure your subfloor is as flat and level as possible first. See our video on How to Level a Subfloor for more info. If you're sanding a new or existing floor using a drum sander and edger, keep in mind that it's easy to gouge the floor and leave sanding marks. Lower the drum sander down lightly while moving the machine forward and pick it up at the other end the same way. Unless you really look hard, you won't see the sanding marks until the finish goes on, when they stand out like a sore thumb and it's too late to do anything about it. Good luck with your project, and share what you learned when you're through.
tom Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
never have re-covered a wood flooring ,but I am willing to try. Not afraid of failing.It just must be done.I have looked at all the videos. Am ready to try ,do you have any last words of wisdom
Martha Says:
August 20th, 2009 at 5:59 am
I'm trying to color match new random width red oak flooring to 110 yr. old heart pine which has been refinished in a natural stain. Any suggestions for stain colors? Minwax Gunstock is close but needs slightly more brown/yellow. (maybe add Provencial ?) I read that Antique Maple and a dark mahagony might work but that's using a Minwax gel stain and it's a two step process to apply the color. Thanks for your input.
Dave Says:
August 11th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I refinished some of the floors in my house w a friend who has done a few and they turned out well but not perfect. I understand the process but im having a hard time figuring out if buffing the floors is necessary and if so when should it be done?? Between coats? Before poly on the last coat?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Ben Erickson Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Hi Linda,
Most stains are made to penetrate into unfinished wood and would not work over an already finished floor. You might be able to apply a tinted polyurethane over your existing finish to hide defects if you clean and lightly sand it first.
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Mitch Berry Says:
January 30th, 2009 at 1:15 am
We had installed remilled 200 year old heart pine about 10 years ago. It was finished with NO laquer finish, just a Watco stain as we preferred little to no shine. The floor needs refinishing but the wood is in superb condition. Somewhat distressed, but we want it that way. When sanding/buffing, what grit of paper would you use? There are no defects that we need to remove. Again, the wood is in near perfect condition. Thanks for you response!
Ben Erickson Says:
January 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Eric and Mary,
One of the problems with sanding heart pine floors is that the resin in the wood tends to gum up the sandpaper. When I sanded our antebellum floors, I had to start with coarse (36 grit) sandpaper to get them even and down to bare wood, then I switch to 60, 80, and finally 120 grit (though it tended to gum up on a single pass across the floor). Regarding filling the cracks with lacquer sealer and sanding dust, the cracks on our old wide flooring were so big that I didn't fill them for fear that it would make them standout more and wood movement might cause the filler to come loose. When filling narrow cracks, add enough sanding dust to achieve the right color and consistency and let it dry until it is hard before finishing. For holes and the like, try mixing sanding dust with epoxy glue, which will dry hard in a short time.
Mary Says:
January 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I have the same questions that Eric has regarding sandpaper grit, and the lacquer sealer. I have pine floors that have round circles (plugs of some sort) scattered thoughout the floor. Those circles are darker than the pine. I was thinking that maybe I could use stain as close to the dark color as possible to prevent them from being so obvious. Thanks!
Eric Fiel Says:
January 4th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
We are going to refinish our 120 year old Heart Pine floors and I would like more details on the different grits of sandpaper you used and the ratio of pine sanding dust and lacquer sealer you used and how long you let it dry before you resanded it. Thanks in advance
Danny Lawson Says:
December 1st, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I just finished pine floors in my log home for 3 or 4th time ( we rent it ) I sanded but did not sand all the sealer off I stain it again . It appears the sanded to wood soaks in but after 2th coat of sealer still appears dryed in . I sealed it with satin but appears glossy in the places old sealer still was on floors !
Pam Williamson Says:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
we are refinishing our heart pine floors in our late 1890's kitchen. the floor had a sub-floor stappled on with armstrong flooring attached to it. we have pulled it all off but have a million staples. any suggestions on removing them easily (ha)at least a better way than each one removed by hand? we have refinished three other rooms and they are so worth the trouble….
Deb Roberts Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
We are refinishing heart pine wood floors 100+ yrs. old. Could you please recommend a finish for these beautiful floor? Thank You
Doug Says:
June 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Help Needed ASAP: We have a 1922 bungalow and just got the floors sanded. Against the advice of my spouse! But there were so many gouges and raw chips. Thougt I had got a good contractor, yadda yadda; and now the caramel colored heart pine and yellow pine floors are skinned bald, have one coat of poly and the contractor is on hold until we resolve the issue. Went from caramel and cinnamon color to bright butterscotch like a basketball court. The mixed woods – so nice with patina – look calico and are way too bright. If the contractor had not gone so deep, no problem but there it is. We feel like our puppy has just gotten killed. I need to salvage this mess and want to see if we can add a tint to darken the next coat and try and better match the original color. Or do I hand glaze then then varnish. Or (and I don't want to go any deeper and do more damage then I have) do we have to re-sand and start over with some sort of tint/stain then finish. The contract refused to stain the pine – which I bought – but his efficient machines took off too much of the old surface. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Harry Murray Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Metal wheels on dining room chairs have left grooves in heartpine floors. Any suggestions on how to fix these grooves?
Trish Marciano Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
We have a 200 yr old house, with wide pine tongue & groove flooring. We used clear latex caulk for the cracks, and rubbed off the excess. We did this years ago, and it still is working fine.
melissa whitlock Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
We are currently refinishing heart pine floors in our home, but we have alot of cracks in between boards some as large as 1/4″. Could you specify a little more on instructions for filling them? Thanks
debbie cox Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 9:42 am
we have pergal wood flooring it says to clean with water damp cloth. Do you know what I need to buy to clean this flooring. I believe water will damage flooring after using several months. thanks debbie
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Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election.
MANCHESTER, N.H.— During his first days as an all-but-certain candidate for Senate in New Hampshire, Scott Brown belted out Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business" at a hotel bar in Gorham, poured beer for patrons at a pizza joint in Lebanon and persuaded his wife to try her first "Irish Car Bomb" at a Manchester pub.
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As for Jeanne Shaheen, the Democratic senator Brown came from Massachusetts to try and unseat? Well, it was a more sober few days. Standing before a roomful of unenthused high school students one morning last week, Shaheen explained how she came to work on Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign, two decades before they were born.
"How many of you would like to run for public office some day?" Shaheen, 67, asked. Not a single hand went up.
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With all the attention showered on the pickup truck-driving, just one-of-the-guys Brown, it's easy to overlook Shaheen, who conjures an image of the school teacher she once was. But make no mistake: She is a cunning political operator, with decades of Granite State chits to call in.
There's a reason why even Republicans say Shaheen, the only woman in American history to be elected both governor and senator of a state, is an early favorite to ward off the challenge from Brown.
"You watch her in a room full of business people and you see the comfort level they have," said Tom Rath, an elder statesman in New Hampshire GOP politics and former state attorney general. "She knows them and has worked with every one of them. She's not a backslapper, but she's been around for a long time … She starts in the middle of the sentence. He starts in the introduction."
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New Hampshire is as good a bellwether of the national mood as you're likely to find. In 2006 Democrats won big here as Nancy Pelosi became the House speaker. Four years later, when the tea party took the country by storm, Republicans erased those gains. And in 2012, as Barack Obama was reelected, Democrats took back both of the state's House seats.
That pattern must worry the senator. She starts with a double-digit lead in recent polls and a $3.4 million war chest, but even her allies acknowledge she could be wiped out by a GOP wave in November if it's big enough. To survive, she's seeking to portray herself as independent from Obama; playing up her historic achievements as a woman; and, certainly not least, preparing to rip Brown to shreds.
"I've been in this to win since I started the reelection cycle," she said after a luncheon at the University of New Hampshire law school. "I intend to campaign very hard. I'm sure we will have a robust debate on the issues."
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Key to understanding Shaheen is her upbringing in New Hampshire politics: as a Democratic operative in a conservative-leaning state.
Her political education in the early presidential state began in 1975, when she and her husband showed up for Carter's first organizational meetings. As a teacher in Mississippi in the early 1970s, she was inspired by the former Georgia governor's push for integration. Four years later, the president's reelection campaign hired her as state director to head off Ted Kennedy's primary challenge, and in 1984, she managed Gary Hart's upset victory over frontrunner Walter Mondale in the New Hampshire primary.
In those races and many other less prominent ones, Shaheen had to find ways her clients could appeal to the state's huge swath of independents. New Hampshire has open primaries, meaning voters aligned with neither party can choose whether they want a Democratic or Republican ballot; playing strictly to the base isn't really an option.
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Friends say that informed her own approach as a candidate and politician – first as a state legislator, then as governor for six years and, since 2008, U.S. senator. Shaheen fashioned herself as a fiscal conservative – becoming the rare Democrat to sign a no-new-taxes pledge, for instance, during her first run for governor in 1996 — and social moderate.
More than that, though, thriving as a Democrat in a state that until recently was fairly red territory reinforced Shaheen's cautious instincts: As spontaneous as Brown is as a politician, she is just as deliberate.
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On the other hand, her history of maneuvering to where the voters are has drawn charges of opportunism. In 2002, she ran for Senate as a supporter of the war in Iraq and George W. Bush's tax cuts. She lost to John E. Sununu, then ran again and beat him in 2008, largely by tagging the Republican as a Bush apologist.
Visiting a federal IT contractor in Claremont, N.H. , last week, Shaheen asked all two dozen people in a conference room, including reporters, to introduce themselves. These days, one bad quote caught by a tracker can derail an entire campaign.
Some of the best advice she received early in her career, the senator explained, was this: "You should always know who is in the room."
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The monkey wrench in Shaheen's plans to run as an independent, of course, is Obamacare, and to a lesser extent the president himself. A Suffolk College/Boston Herald poll this month pegged Obama's job approval rating at 40 percent, and only 37 percent said that the health care law is "generally good" for New Hampshire. (The same survey put Shaheen ahead of Brown by 13 points, 52 percent to 39 percent.)
So it's no surprise she's not publicly embracing Obama. She wouldn't say whether she wants the president to campaign for her but, tellingly, touts her work with Sen. John McCain – winner of the New Hampshire GOP primary in 2000 and 2008 – on a bill that allows Iraqis and Afghans who assisted U.S. troops to gain asylum.
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