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"Litchfield's wonderfully illustrated book, complete with floor plans, pointers of how to check legality issues and tips on new products, also contains the personal background stories of people who have chosen to go this route. Without these human stories, the book would be useful and beautiful. With the stories, it is also warm and down to earth."
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In response to tight times, a remarkably upbeat and widespread change is taking place in households across America. Homeowners are creating second dwelling units—often called in-law suites, mother-in-law apartments, or granny flats. Second units make a lot of sense. They're perfect for families who want several generations living close by, they enable Baby Boomers to care for elderly parents while respecting their independence, provide private quarters for adult children still at home or, rented out, second units can generate income to pay the mortgage or provide for retirement.
In-Laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats is the first book to explore the many designs, uses and benefits of this time-honored and emotionally satisfying living arrangement. In-law units take many forms and they're all shown here: attic, basement and garage conversions, bump-out additions, carve-out suites, and backyard cottages. This book covers every aspect of turning one house into two homes. Its first four chapters deal with the specifics of assessing your needs, selecting an appropriate design, choosing space- and energy-saving appliances, and getting your plans approved. The book's second half is a warm and engaging portfolio of in-law units and the families who created them: what needs prompted their decisions, which layouts worked best, and how they met life challenges with common sense, creativity and compassion. With more than 200 color photographs, 50 floor plans and architectural details, and a lively, personable voice, In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats is perfect for homeowners who want richer lives and a more secure future.
About the Author
Michael Litchfield has been renovating houses or writing about them for more than 30 years. A founding editor of Fine Homebuilding magazine, Litchfield is perhaps best known as the author of the classic, Renovation: A Complete Guide. He is also a Certified Green Building Professional.
Author, Michael Litchfield, has also started a blog, called CozyDigz, on FineHomebuilding.com about the adventures in small and shared housing. Visit the CozyDigz blog today.
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Chapter 1 - Is an In-law Unit
Right for You?
Case Study 1: The In-law on the Range
Chapter 2 - Designing In-laws
Case Study 2: From Gloom to Glory
Chapter 3 - Choosing Appliances,
Fixtures, and Materials
Case Study 3: Grandma's Home
Chapter 4 - Plans and Permits
Case Study 4: You Can Go Home Again
Chapter 5 - Basement In-law units
Case Study 5: Colors of a Distant Land
Case Study 6: One House, Two Yards
Case Study 7: Finding Treasure in the Basement
Case Study 8: A Basement Aerie
Chapter 6 - Garage Conversions
Case Study 9: Turning a Box into a Beauty
Case Study 10: Billy's Place
Case Study 11: The 15-Second Commute
Case Study 12: A Winter's Tale
Chapter 7 - Stand-Alone In-laws
Case Study 13: Rethinking What You Really Need
Case Study 14: A Place for Singing
Case Study 15: Lisa's Baby
Case Study 16: A Floating In-law
Case Study 17: Rooting for a Green World
Case Study 18: Nancy's Windfall
Case Study 19: A New Life for an Elderly In-law
Case Study 20: Elegance under the Oaks
Chapter 8 - Bump-outs, Carve-outs, and Attics
Case Study 21: A Jewel in the City
Case Study 22: Sailors' Delight
Case Study 23: Putting It All Out There
Case Study 24: Carving Out Options
Case Study 25: Peaceful Coexistence
Case Study 26: A Safe Place to Land
Universal Design
In the thirty-some years I've been renovating houses or writing about them I've owned six—in rural Vermont, suburban Connecticut, and northern California—fixing each one up and then moving on. Now I live on a sweet piece of land that was once a small dairy farm above Tomales Bay, which empties into the Pacific. The farmer built his house on this gentle hillside because his cows found it peaceful here. So do I.
It's a different living arrangement than any I've tried before because the property has two homes on it: a main house (the original farmhouse) and an in-law unit. The in-law evolved from a pair of outbuildings that once housed tractors and other agricultural paraphernalia. I live in the in-law part, which has 12-ft. ceilings and quarry tile floors throughout, and though it's a bit smaller than my other homes, it's comfortable, affordable, and more than big enough for my life.
And it's nice having a neighbor close by. We don't see each other very often—no more often than you'd see a neighbor across a fence—but every now and then we stop and chat or maybe share a chore.
A Tradition Returns
The longer I live in this shared arrangement, the more I like it, which made me wonder why more people don't live this way. Well, as it turns out, they do. Although there hasn't been much written about secondary dwelling units, they have a long pedigree and are remarkably widespread. You'll find shared housing setups throughout the world, especially where extended families share a roof. Even in North America, several generations under one roof was a widespread living arrangement until a post–World War II building boom made single-family houses with white picket fences the American Dream.
But times change. As houses got larger, family sizes shrank and energy got more expensive. And as Baby Boomers age, our ideas of the good life and the ideal house have changed, too. For example, homeowners who have added in-law units feel that they now have more lifestyle choices, greater economic security, and deeper personal satisfaction, according to several academic studies and a ground-breaking 2000 AARP white paper. So if their experiences are any guide, in-law housing is a great idea whose time has come again.
One House, Two Homes, Many Solutions
One of the most striking things about in-laws is how varied and flexible they are. This book contains the stories of many families with in-law units, yet as different as each one is, even these solutions barely scratch the surface of what's possible. Having an in-law suite can help you:
- Become more economically secure. Whether you want to save money for retirement or use rental income to defray mortgage payments and property taxes, an in-law unit can help you do it (see Resources on p. 214). An in-law apartment is a tangible asset you can keep an eye on.
- Allow an elderly or infirm parent to live independently on your property, thus enhancing their quality of life—and yours. Giving children a chance to get to know their grandparents is one of the most frequently cited benefits of in-law housing.
- Trade lodging for services. By reducing or trading the rent of your in-law suite, you can get a tenant who's willing to look after your children, maintain your property, help with housework, or provide care for an aged parent.
- Provide a safe landing place for an adult child who's changing careers, going through a life change, or who can't yet afford a place of his or her own. The right in-law configuration will create enough space, support, and privacy for everyone.
- Afford a house. For some first-time homeowners, the projected income from an in-law unit will enable them to buy a house they couldn't afford otherwise.
- Shorten your commute. Many in-law suites double as home offices, allowing owners to spend more time with their families and less time stuck in traffic. This is particularly appealing to those who want to live in an environmentally responsible manner.
- Bring the world home. Inviting relatives and out-of-town friends for an extended stay is another popular use of in-law suites, particularly if you can't travel because you have new babies, a busy schedule, or mobility issues. Companionship is a boon for all ages.
- See the world. Several homeowners profiled in this book plan to rent out their main house and travel once their kids leave home. Those adventurers will have money to travel with, a tenant to keep an eye on the house, and a place to stash their stuff.
- Rekindle a romance. One still-young couple with four children bought their new house precisely because it had a large in-law suite downstairs, in the back of the house—far from the four upstairs bedrooms where the kids would sleep.
- Express yourself. Because in-law units are modestly sized, they're often more fun to design. One retired homeowner relished the task because, she noted, "It's the first space I've ever had all to myself, so I'm going to make it extra nice."
- Stick around while renovating the big house. Living in a house that's being renovated is like living in a war zone, and renting another place is expensive. If you can retreat to your in-law, however, you're home free.
- Build and live green. Thanks to their compact size in-laws are, inherently, among the greenest ways to live, especially when built with green materials and energy-conserving appliances.
Well, that's a start. In this book, we'll visit with some folks who have created in-law units—to learn what life issues prompted their interest, what practical considerations guided their choices, and how things turned out for them. Creating an in-law is eminently about making smart decisions and finding clever solutions, but it's also about compassion, community, and a love of beauty—as you'll see in every one of the in-laws in this book. Who knows? You may be inspired to create an in-law unit of your own. Should that be the case, the first four chapters—which go from assessing your needs to applying for permits—should get you off to a good start.
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Photos shared with the popular software Instagram are usually square in format, not unlike the cover to a record album. The format leads inevitably to a question: if a given image were the cover to a record album, what would the album's music sound like?
Instagr/am/bient is a response to that question. The project involves 25 musicians with ambient inclinations. Each of the musicians contributed an Instagram photo, and in turn each of the musicians recorded an original track in response to one of the photos contributed by another of the project's participants. The tracks are sonic postcards. They are pieces of music whose relative brevity—all are between one and three minutes in length—is designed to correlate with the economical, ephemeral nature of an Instagram photo.
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72-year-old woman attacked by pack of dogs
A 72-year-old woman is in critical condition after a pack of dogs attacked her Wednesday morning at a park in Phoenix, police said.
The five Bullmastiff/pit bull mixes have since been euthanized at the request of their owner, according to Maricopa County Animal Care and Control.
Phoenix police and fire crews responded to the attack about 5:30 a.m. at Barrios Unidos Park when they found Elia Gutierez, who had been collecting cans as she regularly does in the area, said Officer James Holmes, a Phoenix police spokesman. She sustained multiple, severe dog bites, he said.
A witness saw the pack of dogs attack the woman and alerted police, said Phoenix firefighter Dan Waltuch.
Packs of dogs have been known to run through the streets of the surrounding neighborhood, he said.
One of the dogs attacked police officers at the scene, prompting an officer to fire a round that hit the dog's mouth, Holmes said. Shortly after, the dogs ran home, where their owner handed them over to Animal Control, Holmes said.
Those who live in the neighborhood said it is not unusual to see packs of large dogs roaming around and behaving aggressively. Michael Saenz, 47, said a few months ago, a pack of dogs dug into his backyard and fought with his two pit bulls.
"I had to build a berm around my backyard fence just to keep them out," he said. "My dogs had huge gashes on their faces, which we had to treat with antibiotics."
Demetrius Evans, 27, who has lived in the neighborhood for a decade, said the unprovoked attacks from packs of dogs are something he has encountered. Two pit bulls wandered into his home and killed his small Chihuahua.
None of the dogs from the morning attack appear to have been licensed, said Melissa Gable, a spokeswoman for Animal Care and Control.
They will be tested for rabies at a state lab this week, she said.


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The capacity is the highest registered for bidding in a Brazilian power auction, or in any wind-specific auction anywhere in the world, according to EPE president Mauricio Tolmasquim.
He hailed the registration process "a success". The previous auction, in December 2012, sealed sales from just 283MW of wind capacity, compared to 1.9GW in August 2011.
EPE expects stricter auction rules to provide safeguards for buyers and sellers. For a start, projects must already hold a grid connection agreement.
Additionally, the new system sets a maximum generation shortfall of just 10% from the amount agreed to be sold over the 20 years, against up to 50% flexibility in previous auctions.
Safeguards are expected to push the average price up from the BRL 87.94/MWh ($42.16/MWh) achieved in December 2012 (12% below August 2011).
Generation guarantees are also expected to mitigate the use of cheaper turbine technology imports, especially from China, in favour of more efficient machines.
In May three turbine manufacturers were approved by Brazil's national development bank (BNDES) to be used as suppliers for projects seeking to secure financing under the bank's Finame scheme.
BNDES said Alstom, Impsa and Gamesa had all met Finame's local content requirements, which require three major components — out of blades, towers, hubs and nacelles — to be made in Brazil.
The access to Finame financing is considered essential for turbine manufacturers to offer equipment at competitive prices for wind developers in Brazil, which has one of the world's lowest wind power prices at around $60/MWh.


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Urban Decay Friends & Family Sale! 11/10-11/18
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- Unknown said...
No more shopping for me -_-;;; They are seriously trying to stimulate the economy, lol
- November 11, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
wut will u be gettin from there?
- November 11, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- xJUDYx said...
oh man! one more shopping spree wont hurt right? lol
- November 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- im done said...
lol omggggggggg
haha i passed up the sephora friends n fam one.
when one goes another comes.
ud is so great but i wouldn't know what i'd want to get.
- November 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Érica - Kika said...
I´m from brazil and i looveee your blog!!!!
- November 11, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
How will i ever save up for Black Friday??? SOooo Tempting!!! i really want the pop up palette. u can never go wrong w/ UD
- November 11, 2008 at 6:35 PM
- Unknown said...
hi vanessa! did you make a new youtube account called makeup678? if not then someone took your photos.....just letting you know~
- November 11, 2008 at 8:24 PM
- Elisa said...
Thank you for the heads up... but at the same time...
lol :P
- November 11, 2008 at 9:46 PM
- B said...
This is only for their website?
- November 11, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- veraMAC said...
yay yay yay!
- November 12, 2008 at 8:40 AM
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From a very young age, I have enjoyed playing Video Games; it's something I consider a strong hobby of mine and is something I like to do to enjoy and in more recent memory, to allow myself to mellow out after a hard time. I enjoy playing games by myself and with friends and family and over my lifetime I have played on a number of games consoles from the Sega Mega Drive, to the PlayStation 3; and have fond memories of playing games like RollerCoaster Tycoon and more recently Dishonored. I like video games but recently however, playing video games has been something of a struggle for me. The reason for this is that though while I still continue to enjoy them; currently I cannot really play anything that comes out as new as I am not really able to play them:
- My Laptop is relatively under powered and can only play games with simple graphics.
- I do have a more powerful PC, but it's out of wireless signal range and I am unable to install anything onto it.
- The GameCube is still working well, but nothing gets made for it anymore.
- The Wii is ok, but right now is only worthwhile for playing with other people; not by myself.
- The 3DS is fun, but there's not really much out that I genuinely want to play on it.
- The PS3 is able to play a lot of games, but as the console is now out of date, I cannot play anything new on it.
My gaming experience at the moment is still somewhat fun, but as new stuff comes out; without a valid platform to play on, I am getting ever more behind with releases and it is just getting me down.
Fortunately though, I have been thinking a lot about this issue however. I have looked into a new PC, but realize that in terms of getting one it may be best to leave it. It will be a hard struggle, but it does allow me the opportunity to consider when one day I have the money to spend on a new machine, plus my own place to sort out how/where I would like one placing, I can then have a good go at building/buying a dream machine. In the meantime however, I have decided to buy a new home video games console. Something that I could own in which when new games are released that I want to play, I can just simply buy them and play them. Buying a new console is actually a rather fun experience, as the prospect of doing so simply gets me excited even when there are still a few days away before I actually get my hands on it. It's like when someone on Gold Rush gets a new wash plant; these great big machines that get the gold out of the dirt, it's a big moment, and right now, getting my new console, setting it up and playing on it; it's like I am buying my own wash plant. But which Wash Plant should I buy though, that's the real question?
There are several major home consoles on the market currently such as the Xbox One and the PS4. Choosing which one to buy is a hard process, as machines do cost quite a bit of money and as I don't earn all that much at the moment, I need to be sure and positive that what I buy is definitely what I want right now. There is no reason why I could not have more than one, but like I said it costs money, and so right here and right now is what is more important, as if it comes to a time where I would like another to play on one, that bridge can be crossed when we come to it.
Choosing which one was always going to be tricky, but I instantly knew that I did not want an Xbox. I have never really been a fan of it, I once thought about getting a Xbox 360, but as the PS3 had games on it that I wanted to play more than there were on the 360; I went with the PS3. The Xbox machine to me as always looked more like a glorified set-top box than a games console. I am buying the machine to play games on it, not to have access to other features which should not be the main feature of a video games console. This way of thinking though should not necessarily be the only reason to base your decision on. As a video games console is designed to play video games primarily (much like a wash plant is designed to retrieve gold, not necessarily to watch TV on it), you should make sure that the console is capable of playing the video games that you want to play. So choosing the PS4 over the Xbox One was a done deal as the PS4 has a list of games on it that include Horizon Zero Dawn and (eventually) Detroit: Become Human as well as other games I really want to play too like Dishonored 2. The Xbox One does not really carry anything that really jumps to my mind. So from reading that you must think I will soon be purchasing a brand new PS4 right? Wrong!
You see, those two are not the only major home consoles available for purchase right now. Back in October, another video game console was revealed to the public after over a year of speculation as to what it would be: the console formerly known as the NX was revealed by its creators Nintendo to be called the Switch. From the moment I first watched the trailer, I was really interested in the new console. I have been a fan of Nintendo for years, and have owned a few of their consoles, so a first reveal of a new console was always going to be exciting, but looking at some of the features of the Switch made it more of a contender than simply who was making it. One thing that I have grown tired of with other video games consoles is that of online multiplayer. My experience of online multiplayer has been harsh with very few fun memories. Some happy gaming memories do include Mario Kart Wii, Bomberman Blast, ModNation Racers and of course MAG, but overall my enjoyment of online console gaming has been mostly negative, even when playing games like Modern Warfare 2. What I do enjoy though is playing with family and friends, something which I have been able to do online on Steam with my brother, but also round a TV screen too having played games on the Wii. With a new home console; I would much rather prefer to play with family and friends round a TV screen, rather than play with anyone (not including family and friends), which has the potential to lead to a bad experience; although on the other hand could also lead to a positive experience. Given though that I knew what I wanted first and foremost, I went with that. The Switch spoke to me with its use of having one controller being split between two people, meaning that as soon as I get it, I don't need to buy another controller, as I will already have one. Playing round a TV and not necessarily online can also lead to fond memories and experiences. I remember fondly playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl with a group of friends in Middlesbrough one December and really enjoying the player interaction as well as the fun of them being in the room, providing a core social interaction. Playing games online with just me in the room does not provide the same experience.
When it came to making the actual decision though, it really came down to games. I have pretty much been hanging around with this decision for a while with not being able to make a sound decision, until I realized that the Switch has more games on it that I want to play either soon or right now than on the PS3. While Horizon Zero Dawn was just about to be released, there was very much of anything else on the PS4 that I was actually desperate to play; the only one in question being Dishonored 2; while the Switch looks set to have a good range of games available soon, including some good-looking multiplayer in the form of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at the end of April. Upon this realization, I made my choice, and within a couple of days I pre-ordered myself a Switch.
It's a bit nerve-wracking ordering a new console when it has not been released yet, but also exciting too. I am really looking forward to getting my new Switch and trying it out. I don't know what it's going to be like or is going to do, but I am genuinely excited about getting a new games console. This does not necessarily prohibit me from getting a new PC or PS4 in the future; but it does mean that for now when something does gets released for the Switch I can at least play it and won't have to worry about whether or not I will be able to play it or not. So like how a new Wash Plant works better at retrieving Gold, my new Switch I am sure will work well at providing me with lots of new and lasting enjoyment.
GENEPOOL (I may have gone overboard with the wash plant references).


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I'm a Windows user. I do dabble with a little Ubuntu now and then but most of the time since I am running around a lot: uni, work, flat, parent's home, gf… I tend to stick to one platform. So I said to myself, I can't work with Haskell the way I am, writing code in Notepad++ and compiling manually in command prompt. (Well I can but I wanted to make things easier). My next logical question was: Is there possibly no IDE for my most fav language? Of course there is… so I look things up and find out that the two most popular beta IDEs are Leksah and EclipseFP2. Both Leksah and Eclipse work on windows as well! Perfect. Anyone would do!
Since, I have worked with gtk and I liked it I went to Leksah first (ahem… there is also the new installer which kinda made the choice in the end for me). I installed it but I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't parse my installation's modules. (I am using the Haskell Platform with ghc 6.10.3 for the pure reason that I want to work with gtk2hs and it currently supports that version.) At first it was due to my system's lack of the tar application which I tried to fix using GNU Tar. Unfortunately the latter seems to be missing some fork mode so it didn't work out. Is there any way to remedy this somehow or are there any step by step installations somewhere on how to install Leksah (I have followed the given instructions to no avail)?
Disclaimer: I can't neglect the fact that I might have not managed to make it work due to lack of knowledge from my part.
After some hours I said… well lets try EclipseFP2. Now I know it was/still is in development but I said, lets give it a shot. Unfortunately I met with problems again:
1. I couldn't get GHC to work with it even thought I set the Haskell implementation and the scion correctly.
2. I couldn't make it show what errors my code contained as my console was blank all the time. When I opened the Errors view i found out that my error was due to a problem with:
Could not write file: D:\Eclipse Workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.debug.core\.launches\L\My Project\src. The folders were there up to .launches, the rest was non-existant.
So, I am sorry to say that neither of them worked for me. For now I am going back to Notepad++ and old command prompt. I want to make it clear that I am not saying that the developers who have worked on these IDEs should be ashamed of themselves but the direct opposite. By my attempts I am showing how I applaud their time spent on giving us an IDE. I just wish I was good enough to make the IDEs work myself but sadly I was not able to. I just hope that someday Haskell will have its own IDE or that someday soon I might get time to work on one of the projects myself. I sincerely believe that given the publicity given to Haskell by the various publications and books such as Real World Haskell, the only real thing missing from making this language more mainstream is an IDE. And unfortunately not just on Linux-based systems but also on Windows. We all have to admit that most mainstream people come from Windows: especially first year uni students attending their functional programming course (that's how I met Haskell) and Java/.Net professional programmers who want to dabble in functional programming.
Anyways, three things:
1. If anyone managed to make Leksah or EclipseFP2 work well on their machines please let me know where I went wrong in the comments. I can't stop stressing the fact that it could be something I missed.
2. What do you guys think is the future of Haskell's IDE development?
3. What is the most common platform and compilation method most Haskellers use?
Let me know! 🙂
Edit: Gotta love this community!
1. Just minutes after my post I got a reply from Hamish Mackenzie link with tips on how to fix my problem. I am currently working on it with his help! Thanks!
2. I also asked Thomas ten Cate about EclipseFP2 on his website here and he has replied here.
Thanks both of you guys. 🙂
Edit 2: Leksah works, now EclipseFP2
1. Leksah works for me on Vista. Here is a screenshot as proof!
Coincidentally there is also some of 4Blocks' code which I hope to release shortly, as soon as I have some time to figure out how to work with Cabal.
2. Going attempt to make EclipseFP2 work next. Since I need to pull the source from the live sources via github and I have never used the latter, it might take me some time. Or I can wait a bit as JP Moresmau seems to be working upon updating EclipseFP2.
To both teams: Keep up the great work. 🙂


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United Way of Dane County unveils 2012 Wish List
List includes about 70 organizations that need assistance
MADISON, Wis. — The United Way Volunteer Center Holiday Wish List makes it easy to help others this holiday season.
All types of nonprofit agencies from across Dane County are looking for assistance through this special collection of holiday-related volunteer and donation opportunities.
"There's organizations that serve seniors, that serve children, that serve the homeless population, definitely a lot of churches need help in their soup kitchens, food pantries are extremely taxed during this time, people need extra food, they have family in town," explained Wish List coordinator Victoria Budynsky.
Those looking to volunteer or donate can make a difference in the life of a child, family, older adult, organization, or individual in Dane County during the holiday season. Inside the wish list is exactly what each agency is hoping to receive -– including volunteer service, food, toys and gifts, clothing and personal items, decorations and more.
You can find the Wish List here or the Volunteer Center can be contacted at (608) 246-4380 for those who would like a paper copy.


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Members of the Brighton Swimming Club (a.k.a. "The Brighton Bulge"*) pose for a photograph in their tophats, ca. 1863. Please note time-travelling Stephen Colbert, situated dead center, delivering his trademark smirk of incredulity. Hi-res here.
* Not really, but the moniker fits. The sheer volume of swollen swimwear in this photograph borders on David Bowie levels of ridiculousness.


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I know so many families that give PJs at Christmas and Hanukkah and I love the tradition. Kids love to receive new Pajamas which is perfect for parents wanting to give practical gifts and it seems kids always need new sleep wear. I've been waiting for the organic PJs to arrive at My Little Green Shop because the designs and sizes are like no other store! Seriously – it's impossible to find organic Pajamas in the size range from 3 months old to 12 years old. It's hard enough to find 100% cotton PJs for my older children so the fact they are available in organic cotton is great. So the good news is the PJs have arrived and the store is well stocked. Another piece of great news is everything in the store is reduced by 20% when you use the code Wishlist20 at checkout. The discount code is good until December 1st so shop soon!
Let's also have a chat about why organic PJs should be at the top of your sleep wear list. Most of the big box stores sell PJs that are made from polyester. This material has naturally occurring flame retardants and in trying to limit chemicals in our bedding, pillows, and sleep wear – cotton is the way to go. And if you choose the organic cotton route with sleep wear, you can be assured that developing systems are not surrounded by the pesticides and chemicals needed to grow cotton. The reason these organic PJs are budget friendly at $35 is because they are manufactured overseas. Organic clothing is usually much more expensive so it's the very tough balancing act of trying to minimize chemical exposure, but stay on budget, and manage your footprint. It's a tough thing for sure! But for children that suffer from skin irritation, eczema, asthma and allergies – I would really recommend an organic sleep solution that includes natural pillows, mattresses and sleep wear. To read more on PJs and Polyester – click here.
I read a fantastic article by our friend Bethe from The Grass Stain Guru today. The title of the article "Holiday Shopping: Don't Lose Your Sh*t People!" might just summarize the entire message of the post – but besides for being very funny and factual, she talks about a the concept of Four Presents that's been circulating around social media. I LOVE it and agree that it's a balanced and very smart guide for parents. Each child gets 4 presents:
1. Something they want
2. Something they need
3. Something to wear
4. Something to read
It's easy and really keeps you on track with gift giving and not just running through a toy or electronics store mass purchasing gifts in order to fill some void that doesn't actually even exist with our children. This also got me thinking about My Little Green Shop and their sourcing of PJs for the 4th present. Let's address the other 3 points of the Four Present concept. The easy point is the 'something they want'. All children have requests at Christmas. But actually only giving them 1 gift of the many they've vocalized will make them appreciate that gift so much more than receiving 10. Also, when we see our children's Christmas lists, deep in our hearts we know what gifts are truly a good idea. The 'something they need' gift doesn't need to be school supplies or dull and boring. Rather, it can be anything that you think they 'need' that they'll appreciate after the glitter and glow of Christmas morning dims. My kids 'needs' a new hockey stick. Will he gloss over getting it on Christmas morning and only talk about the gift he got that he 'wanted'? Probably. But 2 months later when he's still using that hockey stick, he'll think it's great that Santa brought it. We've already covered 'something to wear' – although it could be something very functional like Puddle Gear (perfect for rain or snow), new boots, or super functional PJs. And lastly…'something to read'. What if you gave yourself permission to give your children a book to love this Christmas? Something that takes you back in time through the pages of your own childhood. I'll always remember listening to Charlotte's Web, James and the Giant Peach and devouring James Herriot All Creatures Great and Small when I was young. Why not give the magic that a book can bring to your child? I have book recommendations here for recent books I've read preschool aged to late elementary that engage children with nature. To use these Four Presents as a guide – even if you don't follow it to the letter (I would include a gift that is handmade) it's something I really needed to see and read. Thank you for posting it Bethe!
Now ready for some cute pictures? These are some of the great new organic PJ designs available at My Little Green Shop!
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Weight - 13 lb 3 oz - 10th percentile
Length - 24.5" - 15th percentile
Head - 16.5" - 30th percentile
At birth she weighed in a 6 lb 11 oz and was 20" long. She has almost doubled in weight since birth, but only about three pounds more than Adam at birth!
Dr. said all is well with Sylvia... see ya again in 3 months!
6 Month Visit
Saturday, January 24, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 8:30 AM 0 comments
She Stole My Spot!
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Grandmother Approved
While Sylvia has been rolling over for some time, she recently mastered the technique. Jamie captured her in action tonight after daycare.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 5:08 PM 2 comments
Alligator Raslin'
Wanted to post a picture of Sylvia doing a little wrestling with her new alligator. The gator was one of her many Christmas gifts... I wonder what she is thinking looking into the mouth of this guy?
Later Gator...
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The Three Bears
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Happy 1/2 Birthday to Sylvia!
Wow time has gone fast. Her new tricks are rolling over and sitting up, but she will be getting her drivers license before we know it. Ahh I don't even want to think about that. I will probably be sleep deprived then too but for different reasons.
Monday, January 12, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 8:00 AM 1 comments
Help!!! We need a new booger sucker!
Just wondering if anyone knows where to get one of these??? Lucy thought that it looked tasty. We can't seem to find the kind that you get from the hospital. The other types that you can buy don't wok as well and this tool is critical if you have a stuffy baby. Thanks
Saturday, January 10, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 3:54 PM 2 comments
Happy Birthday Dad!
I love you! I have a really cute slobbery picture, but you hid the picture file on the computer so I will have to put it up later. Love, Slyvers
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 12:04 PM 0 comments
Sylvie thinks parsnips are yummy. I don't think I have eaten to many of them in the past but I made some for her today and they weren't to bad.
I also made peas today so that will be our be next adventure. After peas I think I will be on the look out for more white veggies.
Sunday, January 4, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 4:59 PM 1 comments
I'm a big girl now!
So Adam was eating rice cereal at 10 days old, it took a little longer for Sylvia, but we figured that Jan 1st was a perfect time to try it out.
I think it went pretty good... She spit out only about half of what went in, so I would call that a successful attempt.
Friday, January 2, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 10:55 AM 0 comments
Chritmas at The Brodd's
Only a week late on this one...
On Dec 26th, we headed out the Hutchinson for Sylvia's first Brodd Christmas. Things were laid back and relaxing. We enjoyed the traditional homemade ice-cream, way too much food and drink, and of course the great presents. For those that don't know, our family does a great job with the 'gag' or 'white elephant' gifts. I can't speak for everyone, but I think I had about 20 presents with my name on them, and only 3 or so where 'real' presents. It was great fun and we all had a blast.
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center around (someone or something)(redirected from center around one)
center around (someone or something)
To focus on someone or something. But it's Beth's surprise party, not yours, so all the decorations and games should center around her and her alone. This novel centers around the protagonist's journey to self-discovery.
center around someone or something
to make someone or something the central point in something; to be based on someone or something. Your salary increases center around your ability to succeed at your job. The success of the picnic centers around the weather next week.
center around
1. To be primarily concerned with something: The plot of this story centers around the life of a cowboy.
2. To make or do something that is primarily concerned with something else: We centered our discussion around the problem of homelessness.


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Rechargeable Batteries vs. Normal Batteries
Normal batteries (non-rechargeable/ primary cells) and rechargeable batteries (secondary cells) create current in the exact same manner as each other: through an electrochemical reaction involving an electrolyte, anode and cathode.
Primary batteries have a single-use, like those used in a remote control. The reaction that happens in the cell is irreversible and will eventually stop occurring, meaning the battery will no longer produce an electrical current. The battery is said to be discharged or dead, and needs to be thrown away. However in secondary, rechargeable batteries the reaction can be reversed by providing electrical energy back to the battery. For example, when you charge your phone, there is an electrical current flowing from the charger into the battery.
Using rechargeable batteries means you don't have to replace a battery every time it discharges. In fact, it can be used up 500 times.
Key Benefits of using rechargeable batteries
- more cost effective - it's cheaper to recharge a battery than to keep buying a new one
- reduction in waste - due to the dangerous chemicals in batteries they need to be disposed of safely
- consistent voltage - disposable batteries start at 1.5 volts at the beginning of their life and this progressively get lower until it they are dead. Rechargeable batteries use 1.2 volts of energy the entire time they are in use
Types of Rechargeable Batteries
- Some of the most commonly used secondary batteries today are lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, which are found in most modern electronic devices. These typically contain a cathode made of lithium cobalt dioxide, a carbon anode and an electrolyte containing dissolved lithium salt.
- Other rechargeable battery types include nickel-cadmium (NiCd) and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH). Both are commonly made as an AA battery size but NiCd batteries the typical form of battery used for electric vehicles and cordless power tools.
- The lead-acid (Pb-acid) battery is used to power cars and other vehicles for starting, lighting and ignition.
All of these rechargeable batteries operate under the same principle: when you plug the battery into a power source, the flow of electrons changes direction, and the anode and the cathode are returned to their original states.


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A dog walker brutally attacked another dog walker on Wednesday in Wayland, punching, scratching and trying to strangle the woman because, according to the accused,�she stole customers, authorities said.
Maria Podolskaya, 23, admitted to wrapping her legs around the woman's throat and trying to strangle her on Wednesday, but said she was defending herself from the other woman, according to a Wayland Police report filed in Framingham District Court on Thursday.
On Wednesday at 1:04 p.m., police went to the Loker Conservation area for a report of two women fighting.
There, they spoke to a woman in her 50s who had a bloody nose, several scratches on her face and over her body.
The woman said she was a former dog walker for Wags for Walks, a professional dog walking company, but was laid off because she broke her ankle. When she recovered, she began walking dogs again, including two from her former clients�at Wags for Walks, the report said.
The woman encountered Podolskaya, who currently works for Wags for Walks,�in the conservation area.
"Podolskaya became upset when she observed two former clients now being walked by (the victim)," the report said. "Podolskaya and (the victim) got into a verbal exchange and Podolskaya accused�(the victim)�of depriving her of her livelihood by stealing clients."
The two women walked away from each other, but then ran into each other again in the parking lot, where Podolskaya accused the woman of having "no morals," before attacking her, the report said.
Podolskaya punched the woman several times and scratched her, then knocked�her to the ground, the report said.
"(The victim) also reported that, at one point, Podolskaya had her legs around (the victim's) neck. (The victim) reported that she could not breathe while Podolskaya had her legs around her neck," the report said. "(The victim) stated that Podolskaya then flipped her over using her legs and kicked (the victim) several times with a shod foot."
The woman also said Podolskaya also kicked her recently broken ankle, telling the woman, "I hope I broke it," the report said.
The victim showed police a large bruise on her rib cage.
Podolskaya claimed that the victim "was scum," but said the woman punched her first,�though she was�"weak" and could not�hurt Podolskaya.
"Podolskaya admitted to scratching and strangling (the victim) to defend herself," the report said.
Police arrested Podolskaya, of 24 Sudbury Landing, Framingham,�and charged her with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (her foot) and assault and battery. She was also issued a town bylaw violation because she was walking 10 dogs, more than the three allowed.
Podolskaya posted $710 bail after her arrest. Prosecutors did not request any additional bail at her Framingham District Court arraignment on Thursday. Judge Robert Greco released her, ordering her to stay away from�and to have no contact with the victim and to stay away from the�Loker Conservation area.
Podolskaya declined to comment after the arraignment, although a woman who was with her and would not identify herself said Podolskaya was defending herself. A call to Wags for Walks was not returned.
Podolskaya is due back in court on July 1 for a pretrial conference.
Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or email@example.com. For up-to-date crime news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter @Norman_MillerMW.
Details emerge about alleged attack by dog walker in Wayland
A dog walker brutally attacked another dog walker on Wednesday in Wayland, punching, scratching and trying to strangle the woman because, according to the accused,�she stole customers, authorities said.


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What is a good example of a fact about the moduli space of some object telling us something useful about a specific one of the objects?
I am currently learning about moduli spaces (in the context of the moduli space of elliptic curves). While moduli spaces do seem to be fascinating objects in themselves, I am after examples in which facts about a moduli space tell us something interesting about the specific objects that they parametrise. For example, does the study of $\mathbb RP^n$ tell us anything we don't already know about some given line through the origin (say, the $x_1$-axis) in $\mathbb R^{n+1}$?


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Lisa takes a dive into the minor blues scale as a whole. She demonstrates where you can find what are called "blue notes" within pentatonic scale patterns.
Taught by Lisa Pursell in Basic Electric with Lisa seriesLength: 14:05Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
Tab for position 5 ?
How does she expect us to know how to read the tabs if she doesn't explain it. There are hammer on and pull of combinations that I don't know how to read. I wish I chose another teacher she is too hard.
Also need something to slow the video down. I have no idea whats going on in the 4th measure.
Thanks to someone for adding the A&B tabs. If anyone needs to have them in their videos, Lisa does. Great stuff Lisa, but usually difficult to follow!
I wish Lisa would slow down. It is hard to keep up. Her licks are cool but they don't help me much. I wish there was some tab for her B minor up and down the fret board. Took me 200 stops of my stop button to pencil it all out.
Hey Lisa, Great lesson, I'm getting the blues scale down in 3 or 4 positions comfortably but need to learn more about improvising over chords. You do it well over the backing track. Could you add the backing track to the supplemental content and maybe slow down some of your licks and explain a little on how to achieve that type of improv? Thanks
Lisa will guide you through the basics of electric guitar with a rock and blues flair in this series.
Lesson 1
JamPlay is proud to welcome Lisa Pursell to the teaching roster! Lisa introduces herself and her rock / blues background in this lesson. She also explains how she will bring a new perspective to our Beginner...Length: 12:37 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 2
Lisa breaks into the very basics of the electric guitar. She starts by explaining the parts of the guitar. Then, she dives into string directions, tuning, holding the guitar, and right hand position....Length: 19:39 Difficulty: 0.5 FREE
Lesson 3
Lisa jumps right into your first "open" chords. She demonstrates how to play these chords in detail, so you can begin playing some simple progressions on your own.Length: 15:48 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 4
Lisa continues her lesson series with more basic chord shapes. In addition, she introduces bass runs that help tie these chords together and add a level of sophistication to your playing. Combining these...Length: 11:45 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
Lisa picks up right where she left off in her last lesson. Here she demonstrates some additional bass walk downs that can be used to intensify your guitar playing.Length: 5:37 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 6
Lisa shifts her focus to the right hand in this lesson. Here she introduces a picking style known as hybrid picking. This technique requires you to use the pick and pluck the strings with your fingers...Length: 7:08 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 7
Lisa explains triads in this lesson. Simplistic and unique, yet powerful and bold, these little guys will allow you to explore some fresh new sounds on your guitar.Length: 6:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 8
Developed by Merle Travis, Lisa explains this hybrid style picking technique in detail. Travis picking, which involves playing an alternating bass line, is a common form of picking within country and fingerstyle...Length: 8:47 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 9
Lisa introduces some new picking techniques that can be applied to the triads you have learned. She demonstrates how these triads can be embellished with melodic ideas to create an overall more creative...Length: 18:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 10
Lisa introduces the blues shuffle. You will learn several chordal variations on this classic rhythmic pattern.Length: 14:16 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 11
Lisa introduces the I, IV, and V chords. She explains how these chords can be found in any key by counting up the musical alphabet.Length: 8:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 12
Lisa compiles the information from the last couple of lessons into a nice rock groove. This is a great way to take what she has previously taught and turn it into a nice melody for you to jam around with....Length: 6:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 13
Lisa Pursell is back in lesson 13 with barre chords. She explains how to play various forms of the major, minor, and dominant seventh barre shapes. A discussion of economy of movement and why it is important...Length: 12:25 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 14
Lisa breaks explains how the left can be used to mute the strings within a funky, syncopated groove. She provides a few practical exercises that will help you become acquainted with this technique.Length: 5:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 15
Lisa demonstrates a short and juicy lesson on reggae strumming patterns. Most reggae patterns are played in 4/4 time with a strong emphasis on each of the upbeats.Length: 3:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 16
In Lisa's 16th lesson of her Beginner Electric Series, she reopens the topic of syncopated rhythms.Length: 5:29 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 17
Lisa covers some warm-up exercises that are beneficial for both the left and right hands.Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 18
Lisa presents a small lesson on the slide technique. This technique can be used with scale patterns to help create a more expressive and personal sound.Length: 8:55 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 19
Lisa teaches a classic rock lick that combines the pull-off technique with a pedal tone.Length: 4:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 20
Lisa covers the hammer-on technique. This technique is essential for all guitarists to master.Length: 2:13 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 21
Lisa simplifies and breaks down some chords commonly used in the blues and jazz genres.Length: 8:10 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 22
An interval is the musical distance between two different pitches. Here Lisa covers the 6th interval and some practical ways that it can be used.Length: 8:16 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
Lisa continues to explore important intervals used in music. Here she explains diatonic third intervals and where they are located on the guitar. She also provides a musical excerpt that will allow you...Length: 7:58 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 24
Lisa introduces some techniques that will help you improvise effectively within the major pentatonic scale. Techniques include triplet sequences, hammer-ons, pull-offs, double stops, position shifts, and...Length: 23:05 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 25
Lisa introduces the minor blues scale. This scale, which adds the b5 degree to the minor pentatonic scale, is one of the most commonly used scales in almost all styles of music.Length: 13:40 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 26
Taking things back to the SRV sound, Lisa demonstrates this Texas style rhythmic shuffle. She breaks this pattern down by demonstrating its bass line and the muting techniques required to play it.Length: 10:00 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 27
Lisa takes a quick moment to cover this unique chord. Some dub E7(#9) as the "Classic Hendrix Chord." However you see it, this colorful sound is an essential addition to your guitar toolbox.Length: 2:29 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 28
Lisa demonstrates the 5 scale positions of the major and minor pentatonic scales. Each position can be used alone or in combination with the other patterns to create many different scale runs. Make sure...Length: 20:19 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
Lisa will cover a metronome technique that will help develop faster chord changes.Length: 3:24 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 30
Lisa provides some great tips on how to set up and organize a practice session that will maximize progress.Length: 6:28 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 31
Lisa dives into some beginner music theory and discusses how to use a mnemonic system to remember note locations.Length: 5:48 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 32
Lisa takes a look at how to build minor chords. She explains the crucial difference between major and minor chords.Length: 3:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 33
Lisa explains some important theory information pertaining barre chords.Length: 8:08 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 34
Lisa breaks explains how to find the appropriate barre chords within a I-IV-V blues progression.Length: 5:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 35
Lisa takes a quick look at how octave shapes are created and where they can be found.Length: 3:08 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 36
Lisa demonstrates some ideas on how to improvise using intervals. She begins with the perfect fourth interval for this lesson.Length: 3:59 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 37
Lisa continues her last lesson by explaining how 5th and 6th intervals are frequently used in melodic lines.Length: 10:08 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 38
Lisa dives into the major scale and demonstrates a commonly used pattern.Length: 8:01 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 39
Lisa explains how to play the C major scale using the 'G' shape from the CAGED system.Length: 6:39 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 40
In this lesson, Lisa demonstrates how syncopated rhythms work and the different ways they can be applied within a 16th note or triplet-based rhythm.Length: 11:56 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 41
Lisa explains how chord shapes and scale patterns relate to one another.Length: 8:15 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 42
Moving all the way up the neck of the guitar, Lisa demonstrates major triads and explains the fundamentals of how they are built.Length: 4:11 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 43
Lisa now goes on an in depth adventure into minor triads.Length: 12:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 44
In this quick lesson, Lisa touches on some minor arpeggio ideas.Length: 3:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 45
Lisa demonstrates how to use different scales to create new ways of building both solos and rhythmic styling. She utilizes a backing track to help make her point.Length: 4:30 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 46
Welcome to the 46th lesson in Lisa Pursell's Beginner Electric series! This lesson covers many creative ideas as well as the techniques behind single and double string slides. Enjoy!Length: 9:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 47
Lisa demonstrates a few practical examples of the pull-off technique.Length: 10:49 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 48
Lisa takes a dive into the minor blues scale as a whole. She demonstrates where you can find what are called "blue notes" within pentatonic scale patterns.Length: 14:05 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 49
Vibrato is a fantastic and simple technique to understand. This lesson offers different ideas on how you can apply some vibrato to your playing.Length: 5:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 50
This lesson provides an in depth look at both downward and upward sweep picking techniques.Length: 8:26 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 51
Want to play a lighter voicing of a full chord? This technique is called "shells" and Lisa demonstrates several common shell voicings in this lesson.Length: 17:27 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 52
Need some ideas to bring resolution to a unique blues progression? Let Lisa inspire you with some blues turnaround ideas. She demonstrates different keys and applies some hammer-on and pull-off techniques...Length: 16:09 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 53
Lisa explains how to harmonize the major scale with diatonic triads.Length: 19:40 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 54
Lisa lays down an improvised 8 bar blues solo with the help of a backing track. Then, she discusses how she created her lead lines.Length: 7:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 55
Lisa continues to demonstrate ways to harmonize notes utilizing diatonic triads. She provides some tips on how to improvise with these triads as well.Length: 22:48 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 56
Lisa demonstrates ways to connect patterns using melodic sequences. She moves up and down the neck and provides some ideas that will help you make your own sequencing connections.Length: 19:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 57
Lisa takes a quick look at how to add the "blue note" into the A minor pentatonic scale.Length: 6:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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This in depth lesson explains how to harmonize the major scale while utilizing the entire neck of the guitar.Length: 51:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Lisa demonstrates the F#m7(b5) chord and the different places it can be played on the neck.Length: 3:40 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Lisa will use the C Major Add 9 chord shape to help demonstrate how extensions can be used to spice up an arpeggio.Length: 3:54 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Utilizing some of the scale work from previous lessons, Lisa touches on the topic of passing tones and demonstrates some examples accompanied by a backing track.Length: 8:23 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Developing a simple and tasteful solo can be difficult. However, when you understand how chords and scales relate to one another, developing a solo becomes a simpler process. Lisa provides examples and...Length: 28:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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This very quick lesson explains the theory behind the chord progression used in the last lesson.Length: 2:57 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Want to learn some fresh sequencing ideas in A major? Lisa provides two ideas that can be applied to a new solo or melody.Length: 13:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Lisa provides some insight on how to successfully utilize a metronome during a practice session.Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Lisa discusses some creative ideas on how to apply 9th chords to your rhythm playing.Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Welcome to Lisa's 67th lesson! Here she provides some creative double stop ideas that can be applied to many different keys.Length: 12:19 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 68
Lisa demonstrates a swing blues intro lick in the key of C.Length: 3:32 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Lisa started playing local venues as a teenager in and around Atlanta as a guitarist for hire. At the same time, she began teaching guitar privately and playing locally on recording sessions. In this still-early stage of her career, she was soon teaching at local music stores. After attending a local college and studying classical guitar, she began teaching at the Atlanta Institute of Music.
In 1992 she moved to Hollywood, CA. to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Musician's Institute). Graduating in 1993 as "Outstanding Student of the Year," she was invited to become part of the faculty at GIT, which she excelled at for the next three and a half years.
In 1996 she moved to Nashville, TN. There, she was hired as the lead guitarist for Nashville based band Mustang Sally, which at one point included future Grammy winner Gretchen Wilson as the lead singer. She played an exhaustive tour schedule of 150-300 dates a year, while perfecting her technique. Soon the band was opening for artists such as George Jones, Patty Loveless, Montgomery Gentry, Chuck Mangione, LeAnn Womack and many others.
In 2003, she recorded an instrumental CD which included one original track co-written with bass player Jerry Peek (Steve Morse Band), along with two covers of two of her many favorite guitarists. To further hone her musical skills, she then concentrated on songwriting, the results of which will be included as both vocal and instrumental pieces on her next project.
Today Lisa resides in Nashville, TN. Currently an educator, author, singer/songwriter/guitarist, she plans to release her original CD soon. Her music theory workbook, entitled "THINKING IN THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC" written for vocalists and musicians who are interested in learning music theory without the requirement of reading music, is currently available.
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Jumbo jet that carried space shuttles moving to Houston to be put on display
By Michael Graczyk
HOUSTON — Another piece of history tied to the now retired space shuttle fleet is making its last journey.
A convoy of giant flatbed trailers slowly began a 13-kilometre trip Monday carrying the biggest disassembled pieces of the old 747 jumbo jet that flew shuttles on cross-country trips for decades.
Known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, it will be put back together, topped with a shuttle replica about 18 metres off the ground and become a museum piece scheduled to be shown next year just outside NASA's Johnson Space Center, where centre director Ellen Ochoa will see it from her office window.
"I think it will be a great landmark," said Ochoa, who believed the display at the adjacent Space Center Houston would provide for visitors a final piece of the story about shuttle missions.
"Just being able to put the shuttle on top and show how it was ferried back and forth, it was pretty amazing when people first came up with that concept. I think the initial thought was: That's a crazy idea. But our folks made it work, and that was part of what made the shuttle program successful," said Ochoa, who flew on four space shuttle missions.
Houston, where Mission Control served as the centre for the nation's manned space flights and where astronauts have trained, was left out as a retirement home for the real shuttles. Those went to Los Angeles, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and New York City.
"This will tell the story of how it was ferried back and forth and how it landed," Ochoa said. "For me it's part of completing this story."
Unlike the four other shuttles, the replica and the carrier will be open to the public, making it a "fantastic" educational experience, she said.
The modified 747 would carry the shuttle piggyback to Florida after missions where the spacecraft landed in California or New Mexico, instead of the normal, and less costly, landings at Kennedy Space Center.
This week's procession, moving at about walking speed, was headed from Houston's Ellington Field to Space Center Houston, a science education and space museum.
The caravan began moving Monday afternoon, crawling along roads through the former Air Force base and stopping while utility crews moved overhead lines. Once outside the airfield, it will move over two days only at night so it doesn't too badly disrupt traffic and normal activities along its route in far south Houston. It is scheduled to cover six miles by Tuesday morning, then finish the trek the following night.
"I just wanted to see it," Phil Williams, 83, a retired NASA employee said as he and his wife, Ardis, 87, walked up close to the carrier. "I wanted to see a real shuttle here, of course, but that's not to be. That's all right. I'm not going to get upset with the small stuff."
It took 38 days to take the carrier apart, and will need 44 days to reassemble for its role as centerpiece of a $12 million expansion at Space Center Houston.
The largest section of the Boeing 747 is the fuselage, measuring 7.6 metres wide, 10.6 metres high and more than 57.8 metres long. The length is as long as two basketball courts.
Other trailers are carrying the aircraft's two wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail and other pieces. The total package weighs 159 tons.
NASA had two of the 747s, known by their tail numbers 905 and 911. The now Houston-based plane was NASA 905 and the first to get the distinctive struts protruding from its fuselage that served as mounts for the shuttle.
The former American Airlines passenger jet was obtained by NASA in 1974, was renovated and was used first on test flights with shuttle prototype Enterprise.
Its twin, NASA 911, a former Japan Air Lines plane, was obtained in 1989 and retired in 2012. It's been serving as a parts source for other NASA 747s and for experimental flights.
Space Center Houston opened in 1992, replacing a smaller visitors centre that for years had operated within Johnson Space Center.


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One successful way to get rid of the excess pounds is to reduce your calorie intake. When the calorie count that you consume is lesser than the average, normal calorie intake it will lead to weight loss. A number of diet plans are available to help us consume fewer calories than we usually do. The 800 calorie diet menu and meal plan is one such diet plans which limit the calorie intake of a person to 800 calories per day. This diet plan falls under the category of Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) and should never be practiced without the approval and monitoring of your doctor. This diet plan is only recommended for people who are dangerously overweight and for people whose obesity may lead to life threatening situations. Doctors recommend this diet for people whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is greater than 30. People who take this diet usually lose 3-5 pounds per week and a total of around 50 pounds in twelve weeks.
This diet should not be tried by anyone at home. Getting a doctor's recommendation is mandatory with this diet plan, as the calorie intake per day is dangerously low and taking this diet without medical supervision can lead to many medical complications. Never ever follow this diet without your doctor's approval.
How is the 800 calorie diet menu formulated?
The 800 calorie diet menu and meal plan is generically formulated by replacing most of the regular food with meal replacement supplements and liquid diets. The exact diet formulation will be designed by your physician depending on a lot of factors like your weight, age, medical conditions etc. He will give all the details about what to eat and when and will also ask to see you every two weeks or so when you are taking the diet. You will be completely monitored during this period by your doctor. Because of the drastic calorie reduction, your blood pressure, pulse, changes in weight are closely followed and recorded by the physician. Moreover blood tests are also taken every two weeks to make sure that you are alright. The doctor will also recommend behavioral therapy and physical training exercises as a part of the diet plan. So you can understand how dangerous and foolish it would be to take these diets by our own without the support of a doctor.
800 calorie diet menus:
Furnished below are a few well known 800 calorie diets.
- Medifast: This diet plan is endorsed by John Hopkins University and the calorie intake when following this plan is limited to 800-1000 calories per day. Therefore this is strictly not a VLCD.
- Optifast: This difficult to follow diet plan is widely practiced in a lot of clinics in the US and Canada.
- The Cambridge diet: This diet has a very low calorie level of around 400-600 calories and is used in the UK.
The Medifast meal plan is made of up to five meal replacements a day. Meals can be substituted with bars, soups, shakes and oat meals. Besides this, the meal plan also recommends one meal per day that constitutes of lean meat and two cups of vegetable salad. A minimum of 64oz of fluids should be consumed in a day and it is better to consume some fluid every two to three hours.
This program followed in clinics comprises of the following:
- Initial medical analysis before the diet is launched and continuous monitoring when the diet is being followed.
- Counseling on behavior, lifestyle and nutrition that need to be followed to maintain the weight.
- A predominantly liquid diet.
- Regular physical activity.
This program is offered as a 26 week plan during which care is taken to ensure that the person taking the diet properly transitions to the regular meals.
The Cambridge Diet:
The Cambridge diet is a very low calorie diet and should not be tried without medical supervision. In this diet plan, regular meals are replaced with precise amounts of vitamins, calories and nutrients that are available as bars or in sachets. Copious amounts of water should be consumed to keep the metabolism balanced and to avoid constipation.
Side effects:
Following the 800 calorie diet will have a lot of side effects as there is a steep reduction in the calorie intake. People following the 800 calorie diet plan usually complain of fatigue, diarrhea, constipation and nausea. There is also a possibility of serious complications like gall-bladder stones if the weight loss process is too quick. So it is very critical to follow this diet plan along with medical supervision. Be aware that this diet plan is a risky endeavor and so never ever try to do this all by ourselves and put your health at jeopardy.


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I am working on a program that finds a prime number that the user has entered. For example, if the user wants to find the 101st prime number, the program will calculate numbers and determine if they are prime numbers. Every prime number will be kept track of and counted then returned to the user. I came up with the code below but, for some reason I am getting errors. I am getting two errors. One when in the code that returns the value from the "get_prime" method. And one in the method call in my System.out.println statement. The exact error message that I seen when I tried to compile the program is typed in the code as comments above the statemnts. If anyone could help me figure out my problem, I would appreciate it.
//PrimeWorker Class class PrimeWorker { int i, num, counter, j; //PrimeWorer Constructor PrimeWorker (int b) { num = b; } /* Get Prime Method is used to calculate prime numbers and keep count of every prime number * that is produced. That number is then compared to the number entered into the * computer by the user and returned. */ int get_prime() { counter = 0; do{ for (i=2;;){ for (j=2; j <= i/j; j++){ if ((i%j) != 0){ counter++; } } } }while (num != counter); //Getting the error message "Unreachable code" for this return statement return counter; } } public class PrimeLocator { /** * This program will ask the user which prime number they want, find it, and return the value. */ public static void main(String args[]) throws java.io.IOException { int x; //Asks the user to enter which prime number they want to find. System.out.println("Please enter number prime you want to find: "); x = (int) System.in.read(); PrimeWorker number = new PrimeWorker (x); /*Getting the error message "Cannot make static reference to the non-static method get_prime() from the type PrimeWorker*"/ System.out.println("The " + number + "th prime is " + PrimeWorker.get_prime()); } }


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Government agents moving out of airports and into the streets
Steve Watson
Aug 22, 2012
For some time we have been warning that the TSA is systematically moving beyond the nation's airports and conducting operations on the streets of America.
The latest example of this kind of activity occurred at an event organized by Mitt Romney's GOP running mate Paul Ryan this past weekend in The Villages, Florida.
The Shark Tank blog reports that TSA officers showed up alongside Secret Service and the local Sumter County Sheriff's Office, and proceeded to do what they do like no one else does.
"A big WTF is in order here." the blog notes, adding "We heard that the TSA was going to expand its ummm, 'reach,' but to assist in political campaigns is quite the jump in broadening their 'transportation security horizons.'"
"I counted no less than (6) TSA agents alongside the usual uniformed Secret Service detail-not to be confused with the 'Men In Black' looking agents." blogger Javier Manjarres notes, with a picture of the agents in action (below).
As we have previously documented, airport security style checkpoints and inspection procedures are already in place at bus terminals, train stations, and are rapidly being expanded to the streets of America.
Agents have even been spotted roaming around at public events such as sports games and music concerts, and even at high school proms.
The TSA even moved beyond its own borders this summer as agents were dispatched to airports in London for the Olympic Games.
The TSA has also announced its intention to expand the VIPR program to include roadside inspections of commercial vehicles, setting up a network of internal checkpoints and rolling out security procedures already active in airports, bus terminals and subway stations to roads and highways across the United States.
These internal checkpoints, run by Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and the TSA, involve trucks being scanned with backscatter x-ray devices in the name of "safety" and "counter terrorism".
Homeland Security is also developing technology to be used at "security events" which purports to monitor "malintent" on behalf of an individual who passes through a checkpoint.
Since its inception in the US after 9/11, the TSA has grown in size exponentially. The agency was slammed in a recent congressional report for wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on security theatre.
If people think they can avoid the TSA by staying away from airports, they're going to be in for a rude awakening. TSA is clearly engaged in a total takeover of society and plans to have its agents searching, patting down, scanning and harassing Americans at all levels of society, not just at transport hubs but at public events, in the street and on highways and roads across the country.
The implementation of 'Checkpoint USA', where citizens are routinely stopped, searched and radiated by federal VIPER teams is further evidence of how America is crumbling into a Soviet-style police state where the presumption of innocent until proven guilty is abolished and the 4th amendment eviscerated.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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text: I have a strange issue that only just started occurring over the weekend. I have a dedicated server hosted with Godaddy and up until now have had no issues. Godaddy require you route email through their SMTP server and this is defined in postfix main.cf with the relayhost directive. So I have a standard postfix configuration file with the added directive relayhost = [p3smtpout.secureserver.net] This has been working fine up until two days ago, and I have made no changes whatsoever. Outgoing email is still okay, but incoming email is 'lost' It is being accepted as evident in the logs, but it is not being delivered. The logs now show the following for incoming email: to=<[email protected]>, relay=p3smtpout.secureserver.net[22.214.171.124]:25, delay=0.16, delays=0.01/0/0.05/0.1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Accepted message qp 6069 bytes 18230) As you can see the relay for INCOMING messages is the Godaddy SMTP server and this I think is why mail is being lost, as it is being routed on instead of being delivered locally. I checked logs prior to the weekend when it was working and the relay was local, see below to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=10 , delays=0.2/0.01/0/9.9, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail -f-) I also see that there is no reference to procmail in the first example. Is this an issue with postfix or procmail? Please help Matthew


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Alliance aims to improve hospital leadership, patient care in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Hospital Alliance for Quality (EHAQ) was launched in early April by the African nation's Ministry of Health and key partners, including Yale Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI).
GHLI has been working with the Ethiopian ministry to improve hospital-level management for more than six years, but the concept for EHAQ was created in 2011 when delegates from Ethiopia attended the GHLI conference with the goal of developing a strategy to catalyze nationwide improvement in hospital performance.
"EHAQ is designed to create a network of hospitals that are committed to helping one another improve services, with an initial focus on patient satisfaction," said Elizabeth Bradley, faculty director of GHLI.
The program is modeled after the successful American College of Cardiology door-to-balloon alliance in the United States, for which GHLI provided research and evaluation support. EHAQ is led by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ethiopia's minister of health.
While there have been many targeted and successful quality-oriented collaborations engaging networks of hospitals, this is the first country-wide alliance in Africa, notes Bradley.
"The EHAQ program is unique because we work with hospital to make what they already have in place more effective – without adding undue costs or need for additional resources on their part. Then the hospitals share locally-developed innovations among their peer institutions," she explains.
"This is very much an Ethiopian developed and managed initiative," adds Bradley. "We are very proud to be part of such a dynamic approach to building management and leadership capacity in Ethiopia."
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In the intensive three-week course "Bread and Circuses in Ancient Rome" (May 22-June 12), CMC Assistant Professor of Roman and late Antique History Shane Bjornlie will explore various categories of Roman culture that defined both private lives and the public image of society.
Topics to be covered include wealth, patronage, gender, slavery, violence, and death. By examining a variety of primary sources–histories, poetry, letter, and urban fabric–students will better appreciate the ways in which private life in ancient Rome was a public performance.
We talked with professor Bjornlie about his favorite classical author, "Keeping up with the Janus'" in Ancient Rome, and what he does every summer at the beach.
CMC: In what way was private life in Rome, a public performance? Was it a sort of "Keeping up with the Januses"?
Bjornlie: Private life in ancient Rome was a public performance in the sense that Roman's did not observe the same distinction between public and private that we do. Aspects of private life were subject to the scrutiny of a wide social and political audience. Especially for the elite classes, from whom so much of our evidence for the ancient world derives, individuals and families "performed" the semiotics of being "properly Roman" in day-to-day activities in a way that would legitimize their claim to being members of the social and political elite. Adhering to the proper definition of what it meant to be Roman required careful grooming and self-presentation not only in terms of activities associated with professional public life, but also aspects of Romans' lives that we typically associate with the 'private' sphere, such as the household, sexual relations, and the choice of personal pastimes. This becomes even more complicated by the fact that Roman society was subject to the same kind of "culture wars" that animates our own society. In other words, it was never entirely clear what was "properly Roman," although it was endlessly debated.
CMC: Who is your favorite classical Roman author, historian, or poet?
Bjornlie: My favorite Roman author is Apuleius, a Roman scholar and writer from North Africa who, in the 2nd century AD, wrote the only Latin novel to survive in complete form. Apuleius' Metamorphosis or, as it is also known, The Golden Ass, follows the misadventures of a young Roman nobleman who is transformed into the lowest of beasts of burden. In the course of describing what happens to poor Lucius, Apuleius paints a dazzling landscape of Roman life that is filled with slaves, merchants, magistrates, charlatan priests and witches. Peering through the mythic mirage of Lucius' transformation, however, one finds a poignant commentary on the life of the Roman slave and on spiritual salvation in the time of Roman emperors.
CMC: Can you describe the moment when you knew you wanted to be a teacher?
Bjornlie: When I realized that by becoming a college professor, I could make a career out of reading and talking about my favorite books!
CMC: What is the best advice you ever received from a professor (or teacher) when you were a student?
Bjornlie: My advisor in graduate school once told me that, "We think with the pen," meaning that writing is not the end-product of thinking about a topic, but an integral part of the process of questioning and reasoning that enriches the conclusions that we reach. That piece of advice—to work through a historical problem by writing about it—has proven itself time and again ever since.
CMC: Given the challenges that graduating seniors face entering a tough, global job market, what advice would you give to those students? How can they be more competitive? And, is there an advantage that a CMC education affords them?
Bjornlie: Entry into an extremely competitive global market requires preparing to offer the market something that it couldn't find elsewhere. CMC does this better than any other college by encouraging students to couple career-oriented academic tracks with other majors that demonstrate the diversity and flexibility of the minds trained here. Students should prepare for the global market by focusing on the foundations of a given career, but they should also allow other fields and disciplines to enrich that preparation in unexpected ways: law with the added advantage of a strong background in history, finance with philosophy, business with literature, government with religious studies, etc.
CMC: What aspect of your summer material do you most look forward to sharing with students, or, what gets you excited?
Bjornlie: Working with students to better understand a society (Roman society) in its own terms and to better understand that what we call "culture" is a continuous, transformative (and often contentious!) conversation between members of a society.
CMC: What is the single favorite thing you like to do during summer?
Bjornlie: Read Apuleius (again) at the beach.