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A Wesleyan geology professor is on to something - like what really made the oracle speak, or dragons spew fire. Or where in the world Frodo fought the last battle in "Lord of the Rings."
The target audience for "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy cannot include 67-year-old earth science professors. Nevertheless there is one, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, who was very much looking forward to the opening.
"I love those kinds of movies," Jelle Zeilinga de Boer said earlier this month from his campus science tower office. "The final battle between good and evil, between Frodo and whoever it is, when they're fighting for the ring, that happens in a volcano."
De Boer is not a volcanologist, nor do hobbit figurines inhabit his work space. What he does have there relevant to J.R.R Tolkien's epic fantasy is the manuscript of a just-published book, "Volcanoes in Human History." It grew out of an undergraduate course he's taught for many years that shows why a volcanic eruption isn't simply something that, in his words, "goes bang and a lot of people are dead."
In class he has made the final chapters of Tolkien's trilogy a reading assignment, asking students to compare Mount Doom, where Frodo and the Gollum have their last fight, with what they've learned about real volcanoes. In fact, de Boer supposes there is a real Mount Doom and that he knows where it is.
"If you read [Tolkien's] description very carefully, you will see it deals with a volcano in Iceland...Hekla was most likely the volcano he used," de Boer said.
"The Lord of the Rings" did not make it into de Boer's book, but his chapter on Iceland's volcanoes cites other creations, including Richard Wagner's operas, that are based on ancient sagas similar to those from which Tolkien drew inspiration, and information. In some, Hekla, over the centuries Iceland's most active volcano, is said to be the entrance to hell.
De Boer devotes another chapter to the greatest eruption in recorded history, that of Tambora in April 1815 in what is now Indonesia. It killed as many as 70,000 people outright and spewed so much ash into the atmosphere that the Earth was shrouded for months. The following year as crops failed, there was famine and revolt in Europe. In Switzerland, in the abnormally dreary summer of 1816, Lord Byron composed his famous poem, "Darkness," (it begins: "I had a dream, which was not all a dream/The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars/Did wander darkling in the eternal space.") and Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein."
In New England, 1816 would go down in legend as "the year without a summer," but in fact there were killing frosts into July, and snow in Connecticut. De Boer quotes the diary entry of a North Branford man, "Great frost - we must learn to be humble," and asserts the miserable harvests of 1816 and 1817 speeded emigration to Connecticut's Western Reserve, now Ohio.
De Boer apologizes that his book's subtitle, "The Far-reaching Effects of Major Eruptions," is not as catchy as it might be, but he at least is satisfied with its accuracy. His thesis is that geologic events can have consequences - political, economic and cultural - that persist for centuries. He is already writing a sequel, "Earthquakes in Human History." It includes a chapter on the lost continent of Atlantis.
The cataclysms through which the Earth speaks may have occurred so long ago that the memory of them was kept alive only by oral stories so altered in the re-telling before they were set down in writing that what was a real event is transformed into myth and, in effect, removed from history. Atlantis, real? Mount Doom, real? The stories may not be true, but there may be truth in the stories.
De Boer is interested in the geologic truth of such stories. He happens to believe in dragons; that is, he thinks he knows how legends about dragons started. In the Near East even now there are places where gases flame from cracks in the Earth's crust. Next summer he plans to visit old temple sites in what is now Turkey where historical data about gases burning in the ground coincide with Byzantine legends about fire-breathing dragons. A doctoral student at Cambridge University in England is researching the dragon literature.
"So far we've traced it back to the fifth and sixth centuries, where they talk about people affected by dragons living in certain towns. Now we want to relate the location of those towns to the legends. ... It's possible it's all totally improbable. The question is, how did it originate?" de Boer said.
Similarly, but less surely, de Boer wonders whether myths about mountain spring waters flowing from the mouths of enormous snakes bear some relation to geologic fact. "If you think about the way water moves under a mountain, these long underground rivers are very much like snakes," he said. Then there are the icicle-like stalactites that hang from the roofs of caves. "It sure looks like a fang, or fangs. So there again, people may have had that association. Like I said, I don't know. ... Can you imagine going into a totally dark cave, crawling, carrying a torch and it goes out. That happened to me once. I got scared to hell, I tell you. You lose all sense of direction," he said.
Before he goes to Turkey in search of dragons, de Boer will stop at the ancient Temple at Delphi, in Greece. He will be accompanied by a University of Connecticut physicist, Cynthia Peterson, who will assist him in dating the rock fault lines that penetrate the temple site. For de Boer it will be a return visit. Last summer, after years of stop-and-go research, he and his collaborators, an archaeologist and a geo-chemist, finally saw published academic papers that described a geologic phenomenon with a "far-reaching effect" of extraordinary importance, given the place Greek culture holds in Western tradition.
By tracing fault lines and analyzing rock and water samples, de Boer confirmed what historical chroniclers as old as Plutarch believed: that for a thousand years before the birth of Christ, the oracles at Delphi issued their prophetic riddles, and spoke to their god Apollo, under the influence of narcotic gases. The most potent was likely ethylene, a molecularly primitive gas not identified by modern science until the 19th century. It was discovered by greenhouse carnation growers in Chicago and for a time was used by surgeons as an anesthetic. "The only problem with ethylene is it's highly explosive. If you don't handle it right, you can blast your surgeons into the sky," de Boer said.
De Boer found traces of ethylene and other gases in the water at Delphi and also trapped in ancient travertine rock. Travertine is the kind of porous rock that forms around hot springs and geysers, like Old Faithful. "It's like when you take a cup of tea and you put a lot of sugar in," he explained. "When the tea is hot, the sugar dissolves. When it cools, it falls down to the bottom."
Greek civilization may be ancient by Western standards, but Greece itself is "young" and unsettled by geologic standards. "Greece is coming up like a cork," de Boer said. Frequent earthquakes in the Delphi region opened deep fissures that became the pipelines that carried the gases, either as vapor or in water, to the surface. Subsequent earthquakes sealed the fissures, ending the oracle's reign and much later leading classical archaeologists to dismiss oracular stories as legend.
De Boer's discovery stands on its head what has been the conventional thinking about the oracle since French archaeologists working at Delphi declared they could find no trace of fissures, or any other means by which the oracles - they were all women chosen by priests - inhaled vapors. Most textbooks treat reports, such as Plutarch's, that the oracles entered drug-induced trances as pure invention, and by extension cast doubt on the oracle's historicity.
De Boer's archaeology collaborator, John Hale, who is director of liberal studies at the University of Louisville, said that when he was an undergraduate at Yale the presumed falseness of the stories about the vapors at Delphi was cited as the "classic case" of why ancient texts shouldn't be read too literally. The implication was that "if the Greeks could be wrong about this, they could be wrong about anything. It was like kicking aside a prop," Hale said.
"The Greeks had a very strong belief that the gods operated in all matters. It was considered very unlucky and ill-advised to go on any undertaking without propitiating the gods. She [the oracle] wasn't like a fortuneteller. ... She was someone who put you in tune with the master plans of the gods. ... She had so much power that modern scholars have been reluctant to believe that a random woman, perhaps illiterate, was given this power. They assumed it was a confidence game, that the priests [who interpreted the oracle's pronouncements] took money. There is nothing in the ancient sources to suggest this is true."
Among those the ancient sources say visited Delphi, some, like Alexander the Great, stand firmly in history, while others, like Croesus and Midas, both kings of Lydia where coins were first minted, and Oedipus, a king of Thebes who tried to escape the oracle's prophecy that he would murder his father and sleep with his mother, hover in myth.
"Legends get attached to these figures just like the cherry tree got attached to George Washington," Hale said.
Oedipus is thought to have lived eight centuries before Sophocles recorded his story in a tragic play (and many centuries before his name became synonymous with the modern concept of the subconscious), but Hale said, "Sophocles took an existing story. He didn't invent Oedipus any more than Shakespeare invented Macbeth and Macbeth was a real king of Scotland."
Hale said that Herodotus, who has been called the father of history (and whose writings were read so romantically in the movie, "The English Patient") wrote that King Croesus, in search of the most reliable guidance, dispatched messengers to Delphi and to competing oracles with the same question: What is the king doing right now? On the pre-arranged day when all the oracles would be asked the question, Croesus would be boiling a lamb and turtle in one pot. Apparently the Delphic oracle gave the answer he trusted most.
"It's a silly story, but it shows Herodotus' faith in the oracles," Hale said. "Herodotus never doubts they do speak for the gods. I think what he doubts is that they always speak for the gods."
Croesus, he said, later asked the oracle whether it was wise to wage war against the Persian king, Cyrus. She answered that if he attacked, a great kingdom would be destroyed. Croesus did attack, but it was his kingdom that was destroyed. "He didn't ask which kingdom?" Hale said. He added that the admonition, "Know thyself," was engraved at the entrance to the temple.
Hale, whose own interests include the western outposts of the Roman Empire, Viking ships and the Athenian navy, said he was as much a skeptic of stories about the vapors as anyone when he first met de Boer at a ruined Roman villa in Portugal.
"All I knew was the second-, third- and fourth-hand received wisdom," Hale said. "He said he had seen the fault lines [that suggested earlier archaeologists misjudged Delphi], which was news to me. He asked me if I'd know a fault if I saw one and I said I wouldn't."
De Boer is a hardy man who says spending so much time outdoors, in the field, may have been tonic. He was born in Dutch Indonesia in 1934 and was separated from both his parents during the Japanese occupation of World War II. He said that his father died at the prison camp at the River Kwai. After the war, he and his mother returned to Holland destitute. He earned his academic degrees there, then in 1963 arrived at Wesleyan to begin his career.
It has not been confined to tracking down legends. In Connecticut, which is "old" geologically, he's been interested in the seismic shifting that causes the Moodus noises, and also in the stability of the ground underneath the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant. He's been to Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica to evaluate natural resources for those countries.
His interest in Delphi was piqued about 10 years ago when he was hired to evaluate potential nuclear plant sites in the region. "I found some beautiful exposures of faults there. You could take your finger and go like this," de Boer said, wetting a finger and drawing it over an imaginary outcropping of rock. "I found an east-west exposure and I tracked it...and found it went below the oracle site. Now the oracle site is nothing but ruins. The fault is covered by all this rock that fell there and by the people who lived there for 3,000 years."
Then he found traces of a fault line running north-south that looked like it might intersect with the east-west fault line under the Delphic temple. "I said to myself, `that's interesting. Where two fault lines intersect...you get the possibility of vapors and water to migrate up.' " Subsequently he met Hale and persuaded him to join in more focused exploration.
De Boer was disinclined to believe alternate theories about how the oracles may have entered their trances. "They say she was probably chewing laurel leaf. I don't know if you ever tasted laurel, but it's very bitter and you'd have to chew a hell of a lot of it to get high," de Boer said. Besides, he had boned up on his Plutarch.
Plutarch, whose accounts de Boer cites in academic articles, actually served as a priest at Delphi in the first century. He witnessed the Pythia, as the women who acted as oracles were called, drink spring water before descending into a sunken chamber for a prophetic session and reported that just before he arrived at Delphi, a Pythia had died after being sent into the chamber against her will. In the chamber, her voice had been harsher than normal, then she'd become hysterical and run from the chamber screaming.
Many years later Plutarch wrote an essay, "De defectu oraculoram" (On the obsolescence of oracles), in which he speculated that the oracles' powers waxed and waned because of natural forces acting on the vapors they breathed. "Excessive rains most likely extinguished [the vapors], and they probably are dispersed by thunderbolts, and especially, when the earth is shaken beneath by an earthquake and suffers subsidence and ruinous confusion in its depths, the exhalations shift their site or find completely blind outlets...," he wrote.
Elsewhere, Plutarch wrote that, "I think that the exhalation is not in the same state all the time, but that it has recurrent periods of weakness and strength...It is a fact that the room in which they seat those who would consult the god is filled, not frequently or with any regularity, but as it may chance from time to time, with a delightful fragrance coming on a current of air which bears it toward the worshippers."
Ethylene is a sweet-smelling gas. Recently, a physician who learned of de Boer's work was invited to write a paper for a medical journal in which he compares old accounts of the Pythia's variable reaction to the temple vapors - she might speak clearly or almost in tongues - with latter-day accounts of people exposed to anesthetic gases.
One of them was the American philosopher William James, who dosed himself with nitrous oxide and in his most famous work, "The Varieties of Religious Experience," wrote that his vision under the influence of the gas convinced him that: "Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."
On one occasion at least, James took notes on his gaseous revelations. "Sober, drunk, unk, astonishment...Emotion-motion!!! Reconciliation of opposites; sober, drunk, all the same. Good and evil reconciled in a laugh! It escapes, it escapes! But - What escapes, WHAT escapes?" he wrote.
De Boer said that powerful people from all over the Mediterranean world journeyed to Delphi to have the privilege of consulting the oracle. She was not open to all comers and entered her chamber only on specified days during the nine months of the year that the god Apollo was believed to be in residence at Delphi. During the three winter months, his place was said to be taken by Dionysus.
"Delphi was a little bit like Mecca," de Boer said. "People stayed for some time; they didn't fly in and out. ... I always say it was like the FBI and the CIA and the Secret Service all rolled together. ... To go into the temple was no problem. To go into the sacred underground [area], that was only allowed for certain guests. ... The priests were in an outside room and most likely the guests were there as well. It's said [the oracle] could converse with these people, but not in a face-to-face situation. She would hear the questions and the priests would translate the answers."
De Boer said it is unknown how free the priests, who were highly educated and informed, may have been in interpreting the oracles' pronouncements, or more profoundly whether they believed they came directly from Apollo.
"My feeling is there is no answer to that," he said. "Certain people are more susceptible to these types of influences. Whether they speak to god or whether they think they're speaking to god, it's impossible to say. For that you need a psychologist. I just don't want to ignore it. In Delphi we have a natural explanation for it, in many other cases I'm sure we don't."
He said the geologic evidence that narcotic vapors enabled the oracle to hear, or believe she heard Apollo, should at least cause other scholars to pay more attention to ancient writers. "It may be they expressed themselves differently, but to simply say everything is mythology, I think is wrong. We should more carefully read them and fit them into the natural environment," he said.
De Boer said Delphi itself has taken on the commercial aspects of a tourist trap. He recalled that while exploring the Delphic fault lines on the hillside at the foot of Mount Parnassus, he would look down and see long lines of tourist buses. "They look like a huge caterpillar, or how do you call it, a centipede," de Boer said. But he also recalls the view looking out over the Gulf of Corinth from Delphi, once considered the navel of the Earth.
"All of my students say the same thing," he said. "You see the sun setting over the bay and you get a special feeling. Of course, only when one is susceptible to the beauty of nature do you get that feeling. I doubt a rock star would get it."


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Earlier this week, U.S. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter congratulated Sunnking, a local e-recycling business, on winning the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Quality Award for work in dismantling, refurbishing and recycling electronic waste. In February, Slaughter recommended Sunnking for the Environmental Quality Award, which honors individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to improving the environment.
Sunnking was the only business in upstate New York to receive the award.
"What Sunnking has achieved here is remarkable," Slaughter said. "Not only is Sunnking's work benefiting our environment and the public health of our communities, but they are creating green jobs in an industry that is set to transform our economy. I was proud to nominate them for this award, and I am thrilled that their hard work and innovative solutions have earned them the recognition that this award brings."
Sunnking specializes in dismantling, sorting, refurbishing and reselling electronics and equipment, and serves most of Rochester's top businesses, including Xerox, the University of Rochester, and local government offices such as the Social Security Administration. The company has about 150 recycling collection sites around the area that allows the public to drop off items for recycling at no cost. Sunnking has held e-waste collections across Western New York.
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DVM: Your experience with diagnosing and treating acute renal failure is extensive given your position as an assistant professor of small animal internal medicine at Purdue University and your special interest in areas of renal disease. Can you describe some of the most common presentations in dogs vs. cats?
DVM: Do these patients often present with concurrent disease conditions?Pressler: Many patients with acute renal failure have additional diseases or conditions diagnosed at the time of presentation. These concurrent conditions may be the cause of their acute renal failure — for example, pancreatitis, heart failure or hypoadrenocorticism — or may be consequences of the same conditions that resulted in kidney damage as in the case of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). Concurrent conditions may also have developed secondary to the renal failure itself, as in the case of pulmonary edema, pancreatitis, hypovolemic or hypotensive shock or pancreatitis. In general, cats seem less likely to have most of these concurrent diseases, but, on the contrary, they are more likely to have infiltrative renal disease such as lymphoma or feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) or ureteral obstruction as a cause of their renal failure.
DVM: How do you approach diagnosis in suspected cases of acute renal failure?
Pressler: Acute renal failure, by definition, is at least partially reversible with aggressive therapy. Therefore, diagnosing the underlying cause of kidney disease offers the best chance of preventing damage from progressing via targeted therapy on top of aggressive general support. Naturally, I always start with a thorough history and physical examination. I never ask owners if their pets could have gotten into any toxins because many people do not know that some common household plants and drugs can result in kidney disease. Instead, I run through a list of possible toxins with owners one by one and ask individually about lilies, NSAIDs, grapes, etc. I treat all dogs with acute renal failure for leptospirosis while awaiting results of serum titers, both because this disease is prevalent throughout most of the United States and because of the zoonotic risk. I also culture urine immediately, regardless of urine sediment findings, in the event that renal failure is due to pyelonephritis. Finally, I always include abdominal imaging in my diagnostic evaluation of patients with acute renal failure in order to diagnose infiltrative diseases such as lymphoma or FIP or to detect ureteral obstructions.
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"Peace Is Not a Dream"
In Aachen, priests, imams, rabbis et al got congregated to pray for peace together. Around 500 representatives of the world's religions engaged in spiritual activity and in discussions – on the Middle East Peace process, for example
Previously held in Jerusalem, Brussels and Budapest, this year's conference got underway in Aachen's cathedral on Sunday. German President Johannes Rau sent a welcoming message to the assembled representatives of the world's major religions, in which he stressed the need to discover "what we all have in common, accept our differences and discuss them openly."
The 17th International Meeting for Peace, initiated by the Catholic lay group Sant Egidio of Rome, brings together some 500 representatives of the world's faiths, including Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Zarathustrians and Shintoists as well as many lay intellectuals and political leaders. Entitled "War and Peace: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue," the meeting includes roundtable discussions conducted in some 30 languages at Aachen's Eurogress Center.
"Peace is not a dream"
The participants - including the Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, the Orthodox Metropolitan Kyrill from Moscow, Paul Spiegel, President of the Central Council for Jews in Germany and EU Commission President Romano Prodi - are expected to debate pressing issues of the day, such as the Middle East and Iraq, AIDS, the environment and the distribution of the world's natural resources. Organizers say that the military campaign in Iraq has proved that war cannot bring peace.
Also under discussion in Aachen are the many forgotten wars in Africa. Delegates say dialogue could also help here. In his opening address, the founder of the lay group Sant Egidio of Rome, Andrea Riccardi, said: "We had a dream in Rome in 1968 when we started out. We were dreaming of peace."
But the professor drew a sober balance of the current state of the world, saying: "A world that today is full of chasms and conflicts pulls religion into the dynamics of hatred. We know that religion can be used like gasoline and can be poured onto the flames of war making the fire stronger and crueler. At the same time, however, religion can follow its calling, to be water, to extinguish the blaze entirely."
Riccardi was quick to stress that "peace is not a dream, it's not a utopia. It is something that can be attained by speaking to each other and exchanging views," by means of "a slow but constructive dialogue between different religions and different people."
Riccardi said the meeting wanted to show that "men and women are meant for peace and that peace is our destiny." He called upon the world to think more about its people, saying, "we need a strong wind of humanity, not money and riches. We need the winds of peace, not violence; a wind to shake up our deepest thoughts and feelings so that those who have resigned themselves to violence believe again in peace."
He also emphasized that "for all our sakes, I would like this meeting and the prayer here to create a peace network that will win more friends in our country for the benefit of everyone in the whole world."
A wake-up call
At the end of the conference, the organizers intend to present a joint appeal for peace. In a written message to the conference, Pope John Paul II said Europe's multicultural heritage helped it make a considerable contribution to bringing world peace and that dialogue and brotherly love were the only avenue to peace. But referring to New York's World Trade Center, the Pope lamented that "the hopes of many for peace seem to have collapsed with the two towers" on Sept. 11, 2001.
The president of the German Bishop's Conference, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, told those gathered in Aachen that he hoped the first World Peace Conference held in his home country would be a message to the world and a wake up call for the German peace movement which fell silent once the war in Iraq began.
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José Bourget is moving his ministry—to the other side of campus. Effective July 1, Bourget is the newest member of the chaplain team in the Office of Campus Ministries. He will be the chaplain for outreach and is replacing Keren Toms, who recently married and moved from the area.
For the past year, Bourget has served as the assistant director of the Center for Youth Evangelism (CYE). There he was responsible for a number of ministries including Cruise with a Mission, Church of Refuge, We-Care short-term mission trips and daytime programming for the International Pathfinder Camporee. In this role, he also had an opportunity to work closely with numerous Andrews students.
Ron Whitehead, assistant to the president for spiritual life, says José is a uniquely qualified pastor to lead Campus Ministries' outreach programs. "He knows this campus so very well and is already networked with faculty and staff. José has proven his leadership ability by serving as a conference young adult associate youth director and he has an 'over-the-top' love for both young adults and Andrews University."
"This is the place where dedicated faculty and staff inspired and prepared me to change the world," says Bourget. "I am humbled and excited to offer the same to this generation of Andrews University students."
Jose Bourget
Born in the Dominican Republic, Bourget grew up in a small Hispanic church in Detroit, Mich. During his years of study at Andrews University, Bourget worked in a variety of leadership roles at the Center for Youth Evangelism, as practicum director for the Department of Religion & Biblical Languages and as head student dean for the men's residence halls. Following graduation in 2002, Bourget served as a pastor, youth pastor and associate director for Young Adult Ministries in the Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Bourget is a co-founder of MyTown Ministries, a partnership between the Illinois Conference and Andrews University connecting students to a church following graduation. He also co-created Oasis, a network of young adults from various Chicago churches who serve, worship and fellowship together. Bourget was also part of the student leadership team who developed Mosaic and Fusion, both innovative student-focused worship gatherings on the campus of Andrews University.
"José has a transformational love for God that will help students seek spiritual knowledge, affirm their faith and change the world right here while they are in school and to continue to change the world after graduation," says Whitehead.
José married Marlene Santiago in 2003. They have two young children, Sophia and Jonah. As a family they enjoy taking adventures at the park, laughing at silly things and trying new cuisines.
-Written by Keri Suarez, media relations specialist, Office of Integrated Marketing & Communication


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Guilty Pleasures: Fascinating & Fun Posts
Every once in a while on Apartment Therapy, we like to do something out of the ordinary, something just for fun. Here are some posts from 2012 that were a little off the beaten path — in a good way. From fashion to television to video games, our writers found inspiration all over.
1. Gray Paint Colors According to Ryan Gosling
2. 8 Truths About Home Organization I Learned from the Berenstain Bears
3. Runway, Your Way: Fashion-Inspired Spring Colors for Your Home
4. Classic NYC Pads on TV: How Realistic are Your Favorite Shows?
5. The Queen of Versailles: Building America's Largest Home
6. Living Room Laps: Stunning Clear-Glass Indoor Swimming Pool
7. Literary Style: 15 Writers' Bedrooms
8. Holiday Fun with Balls
9. Office Inspiration from the IKEA Monkey
10. IKEA Meltdowns: Do They Happen to You?
11. When Two Geeks Fall in Love: A Minecraft Wedding
12. Sway Your Guests with the Swing Table by Duffy London
13. Matching Music to Interiors: An Experiment in Synesthetic Decorating
14. "Girl Heaven": Tom's Apartment on Park and Recreation
15. Inside Queen Elizabeth's Childhood Playhouse
(Images: See linked posts for full image credits)


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The first year I took my dog to my in-laws for the holidays, I was concerned that he might pee on the tree, so I took steps to make sure that he didn't do so. I went back to Housetraining 101 for the first 24 hours of our visit. By that I mean that 1) I took him out to the yard and for walks often so he had plenty of opportunities to eliminate. 2) I reinforced him with top quality treats for peeing outside, and I did it every time to make sure that he knew where he was supposed to go in this unfamiliar place, and 3) I never let him out of my sight while we were inside. In addition, I practiced using "leave it" for a variety of objects in the house that were off limits, including the tree, and I reinforced his correct response to this cue with treats, play, and chew items. He never goofed, and I felt good about helping him avoid a mistake that might have lowered his popularity with the family.
Every year I am inundated by requests for advice about how to prevent dogs from peeing on the Christmas tree. It's a legitimate concern and I'm always pleased at how many people are thinking ahead and being proactive about dealing with a potential behavioral issue.
It does happen sometimes that dogs use the Christmas tree as the bathroom, and regrettably, it so often involves a handmade tree skirt or other priceless family heirloom. On the bright side, many people find that their fears are never realized—the majority of dogs who are thoroughly house trained do not eliminate indoors just because a tree is suddenly under their roof.
To make sure that your tree stays dog pee free this year, there are several strategies, and your success is more likely if you take advantage of all of them. Largely, this is a management issue, so focus on preventing your dog from having an opportunity to eliminate on the tree. Consider blocking your dog's access to the tree with gates or other barriers. Supervise your dog so that there is no chance for your dog to sneak towards the tree. Watching the dog constantly is the best way to guarantee that your dog will not decorate the tree in a way you don't like. With smaller dogs, tethering your dog to you with a leash is another way to be sure you know where your dog is and what he or she is doing. Be alert to the signs that your dog may be about to eliminate such as sniffing or circling. Take your dog out often and reinforce elimination in acceptable locations.
By the time a dog has started to lift a leg or squat, it is often too late to stop your dog from urinating. If you do see your dog doing this by the tree, make a sound that's loud enough to cause a startled reaction, but not so loud that it's scary. Take your dog outside immediately and reinforce your dog for urinating outside with treats and praise. If the tree has pee on it, clean it thoroughly with an enzymatic cleaner so the area will not smell like the bathroom to your dog.
I hope that those of you who have a tree inside are able to help your dog understand that this is a special, indoor tree and that it doesn't mean that there is now a bathroom inside. Has your dog every peed on your Christmas tree, or have you been able to prevent this behavior?


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Cordless telephone
From ArticleWorld
A cordless telephone is a telephone that features a portable handset which communicates with a base unit using radio waves. The base unit (or base station) is connected to a Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) line, just like an ordinary telephone. The handset is powered by a rechargeable battery and can be used within a range of a few hundred feet of the base unit.
Cordless phones were first introduced around 1980. The initial models had a frequency of only 27 megahertz and had many drawbacks including:
- Too much interference.
- Bad quality.
- The ability to use a neighbour's base unit without his knowledge.
- Easy eavesdropping using radio sensors.
Due to these concerns, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission, a United States government agency) set out rules in the year 1986 that all cordless phones should have a frequency range between 47 to 49 megahertz, because higher frequencies mean less noise. However, many other appliances that came into use began using similar frequencies, necessitating an increase in the frequency range to 900 megahertz in 1990. At this time, the cost was still high, at about 500 USD.
Further advancements came about five years later with the introduction of digital cordless phones (1994) and a technology called Digital Spread Spectrum (DSS). DSS uses "frequency hopping" through which the audio signal can be spread out over a wide range of frequencies in such a way that only its own base unit will be able to receive the signal, hence making eavesdropping extremely difficult.
The frequency range was increased to 2.4 gigahertz in 1998 by the FCC, thus further increasing quality and security. The 5.8 gigahertz band is commonly used by cordless phones today. The cost of today's cordless phones has gone down to below 100 USD.
In Europe standards appeared in the early 1990s when the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) introduced the first Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standards in 1992. Recently, the 1.9 gigahertz bandwidth was allocated for cordless phones under the DECT standard.
Cordless telephones can operate over a wide range of frequencies ranging from just 1.7 megahertz to more than 5 gigahertz. However, most of today's cordless phones use one of the following frequencies:
- 900 MHz
- 1.9 GHz
- 2.4 GHz
- 5.8 GHz
Analogue cordless phones usually do not beyond the 900 MHz frequency band, as most phones beyond that band are digital.


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Adults-Only, All-Inclusive Caribbean Resort
Along the northern coast of Jamaica, the famous Dunn's River Falls flows down 600 feet of tiered ledges before spilling into the Caribbean Sea. A few minutes west, Jewel Dunn's River Beach Resort & Spa pays homage to its namesake with its own terraced waterfall that empties into a massive pool. It's one of many luxurious features at the adults-only, all-inclusive resort, which occupies a prime, verdant spot along the coastline.
Floating blue lounge chairs slowly drift beneath footbridges in the pool, and concierges will wade in waist-deep to deliver fruit kebabs, eucalyptus sprays, or a voodoo doll of your boss. Complimentary kayak rentals are available for those who'd like to explore the Caribbean. Afterwards, you can head down to the Radiant Spa for relaxing body treatments that incorporate Jamaican ingredients such as sugar cane, Blue Mountain coffee, and crushed coral.
Throughout the day, the resort's casual and formal restaurants serve an eclectic range of international fare. At The Jade Samurai teppanyaki chefs twirl knives tableside, while the cooks at Platinum craft jerk-chicken spring rolls and other Caribbean-inspired dishes. Each room features a four-poster mahogany bed and tiled floors. Both the Sapphire and Diamond ocean-view rooms have private balconies where you can get a nice view of the Caribbean.
Ocho Rios, Jamaica: Famed Waterfall and World-Class Shopping
Located within the parish of St. Ann on Jamaica's north coast, Ocho Rios is best known for Dunn's River Falls, which served as a filming location for the first James Bond movie, Dr. No. Today, tour groups frolic at the bottom of the waterfall or make the 600-foot climb to the top, typically achieved by linking hands and being carefully led by a local guide.
There's a host of things to see below the ocean's surface, too. Dive sites, such as Devil's Reef, contain anemones, coral, algae, barracuda, and the Miami Marlins baseball squad practicing in its natural habitat. For a look at Jamaica's rainforest, drive south of Ocho Rios to Fern Gully, a gorge shaded by a canopy of ferns, trees, and lianas.


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Danny Seo: May 11, 2011
• What: Apartment Therapy Design Evenings
• May Guest: Danny Seo
• Apartment Therapy Design Evenings: Meetup
• Attendance: 262
This month we were greeted to the Meetup once again by Ken Pilot, Executive at ABC Carpet & Home. We learned that ABC Kitchen, the newest restaurant within the ABC family, has just won the "Best New Restaurant in the U.S." award from the James Beard foundation. Bravo! The "farm to table" initiative is making this restaurant a hit with its patrons, and how truly fitting that Danny Seo, environmental lifestyle expert, is here with us tonight to further represent these beliefs.
Tonight we are kicking off a two-day Meetup series, leading up to this weekend's ICFF trade show. This furniture fair is a worldwide event, held right here in NYC. We thought it would be the perfect time to try a double-header.
Before we get to tonight's main event, we'd like to kick off the evening honoring students from Pratt. We have two students who will be presenting their products this evening. We are very honored here at Apartment Therapy to bring new and emerging designers to our readers - please welcome the first presenter, Lara Knutson.
Ann Stepanek, Maxwell and Lara Knutson
Lara Knutson:
• Lighting & Jewelry
• Laraknutson.blogspot.com
I am a recent graduate of Pratt's Masters in Industrial Design program. My jewelry is made of a reflective glass fabric which I created. You can find it in the MoMA store as well as other locations. I give each store a small microscope so that consumers can look closely at the fabric and see the glass.
In this first slide, you can see some of my products and process - the lower right image is a product that was given to the Corning Institute.
In the next slide, you see what looks like a pendant light, but there is actually no light bulb in this pendant. The LED light reflects off the material to make it look like a pendant light. You can also see a rainbow within some of the reflections in the other items. I will be featuring some of this work at a show at The Future Perfect this Saturday from 8-10pm. Please stop by if you get a chance.
Ann Stepanek:
• Lotus Table
• AnnStepanekDesign.com
I am also a recent graduate of Pratt's Masters in I.D. program. I would like to share with you my Lotus Coffee Table, which is created from three identical wood panels that come together at a 90 degree angles. It is designed to be very easy to assemble, and can be flat-packed for shipping.
In this next slide, you can see a bit of my design process. Sometimes inspiration takes us in different directions - after a visit to a metal extrusion manufacturing facility, I collected some souvenirs (shown on the left) that helped inspire a new direction for the table I was designing. I am working with a company that I found through a competition to get the table manufactured.
Our guest tomorrow evening is a Pratt alum as well, a lot of great designers have come from there. Overall, we're just thrilled to be able to feature up and coming designers, online and offline here at our Meetups. Connecting people with products with people who can manufacture or sell those products is one of our missions. Also, having just come from the Milan show, I've seen how little we do to support design in the U.S., and we hope we can help turn that around with the Apartment Therapy community.
Our guest tonight, Danny Seo, is an environmental lifestyle expert who calls his way of living "Simply Green." His books, tv products, products, and magazine columns make him the leading eco-living designer in the U.S. Born on Earth Day in 1977, Danny started championing for the planet at a young age, founding Earth 2000 with friends on his 12th birthday, and turning it into the country's largest teenage activist charity by the age of 18. His eco-activism has powered his passion to help Americans live a greener lifestyle. Please welcome, Danny Seo.
I met Danny a few years ago at...
Wait, we met way before that! When I was launching the line with JC Penney, Maxwell wrote about the line and said something like, "JC Penney is like the frog that kissed the princess." There were so many comments on that review - many that were not so kind about the line - and eventually the partnership ended. I blame Maxwell for that (kidding of course).
We'll see if some of that changes with the comments we get after tonight's discussion! So, let's go back to the beginning and talk about how you got to where you are right now. You've followed a very nontraditional route into the design world, starting as an eco-activist. Tell us about how you got started.
I was born on Earth Day (April 22nd) in 1977. I think it was some kind of sign. In 1989, at the age of 12 (7th grade), I decided to start an environmental group. Now, at that time, Earth Day was not a celebratory day, there was lots of chaos with the effort. I announced to my Korean parents that I was starting an environmental group, and I was becoming a vegetarian. My mom's response was, "you can't do that, you're a Taurus!" She thought being a vegetarian was an astrological sign! Anyway, another fun fact is that I grew up in Reading, PA, down the street from Jon Gosselin. We grew up together. As you can see, we've followed very different paths.
So I started Earth 2000 with seven friends and $23. By the time I turned 18, we had grown the organization into the largest environmental group for teens in the U.S. We were honored by the White House (the 1st Bush) and, of course, I used that opportunity to actually rally against his administration.
So at 18 years old you're a full-fledged activist.
Yes. And I was very busy running the group. So busy that I had no time for high school. I graduated 169 out of 170 students in my class. This was difficult for my family - my brother (the oldest) was valedictorian of his class, and had a perfect SAT score. My sister (the middle) was Miss Pennsylvania. And here I am, the bottom of my class. Needless to say, I didn't go to college because I didn't get in anywhere. My training was from my organization.
At some point you learned that activism isn't a job. How did that morph into your focus on the home?
I had two significant role models growing up. The first was Jane Goodall - I actually first saw her when she came to Reading to give a lecture. It was $100 per ticket - too much for me - so I waited until the end of the lecture, snuck into the auditorium, and stole her notes. It wasn't until many years later that I officially met her and told her this story. All she had to say was, "that's where those bloody notes went."
My second role model was Martha Stewart. I was not obsessed with her aesthetic, but I was fascinated with the fact that every mom in America loved to hate her, and even with that, she persevered and built her empire.
So you saw her as a bit of a renegade?
I suppose. But to be honest, I was quite ashamed of my interest in her. You have to imagine me, living with hard-core vegans in Washington, D.C. When I eventually got my own place, I didn't have anyone over - I was ashamed at my interest in home design. I hid it from all of my activist friends. I just couldn't tell anyone.
At 18, my parents told me that they wouldn't support me, so I had to figure out how to make a living. I was good at making money so I decided, hey, why don't I write a book? I had started a successful organization, so maybe I could write a primer for other teen eco-activists?
This is when I had my first dumb luck moment. I contacted many book publishers - basically, I wrote to them and my letters went into the slush pile, where correspondence is usually never reviewed. A junior editor happened to be going through the pile and thought my idea sounded interesting, so he called me. Upon hearing more about the idea, Random House gave me a $30,000 advance, so I moved to D.C. to write my book.
Now remember, $30,000 to an 18 year old is a lot of money! I was thrilled. But then I wrote the book, and learned that I had to actually promote it. I gave an interview at my house to a journalist from the Washington Post. I walked her around, showing off my house and the various items in it. I had a lot of DIY items (re-used objects) - for example, I had a church podium that I had dubbed "sacrilegious chic." Anyway, the next day, she called me and asked if she could spend the day with me, to have a "day in the life" of Danny Seo if you will. I thought she was crazy, but of course, I went along with it and didn't think much about it.
At this time I was a volunteer lobbyist for an organization fighting for the redwood forests - really hippie stuff. So I get a call a few days later from one of my colleagues who asked me if I had read the paper. I got out and buy the Washington Post and there I am, full front page, with the tagline, "The Green Martha Stewart." Ahhh! I was outed. And I was horrified.
From there, the story was syndicated in papers across the country. Finally, it makes it out to California and to the L.A. Times. Of course, lots of celebrities saw it. One A-list couple in particular saw the article and contacted me. Now, this was a hugely popular couple at the time (since this is being documented I can't say who, but she was a very "Friend"ly person, I'll just say that). Anyway, I get the call, and what is the first thing I think of? I'm not old enough to rent a car yet. It is L.A. after all! And to put this more in perspective, this is before the mass expansion of Whole Foods, only local organic food chains existed. So this was really at the beginning of the popularity of the eco movement.
I agreed to work for the couple for free. And in actuality, the one and only thing I did for them was to suggest they go to a celebrity event in a hybrid car. I told them it would make a statement. And it did. It was widely covered, and again, my name was in the paper.
This event was a big a-ha moment for me. I realized that I could exploit the power of celebrity to push the eco agenda. It worked for everyone. Although only 5% of my work may be with celebrities, it will get 95% of the publicity.
So let me get this straight - you didn't charge them?
That's right. I work with most celebrities for free. Or, we arrange a type of barter arrangement, more realistically. Listen, these folks know that fame is something they can exploit. So my services are free, and I provide them with my purchase discounts, but in exchange I get them to come to events, market small designers, etc. The benefits are far-reaching.
Okay, so at some point during this time, you hear from Rodale, who wants to work with you. What happened with them?
I didn't know how magazine editors worked. At all. At the time, there was a magazine called "O", then they rebranded it Organic Style. They asked me to work with them, but I really knew nothing about magazines. There was a whole floor in the building that was empty because other magazines had stopped publication, so Maria Rodale and I sat together and figured out what to do with this magazine.
We figured we needed a fashion shoot, and for that, we needed a celebrity. I ran into Todd Oldham on the street one day and asked him participate. We just pulled things together and in some way created a fashion spread. And thus became my second dumb luck moment - working with magazines.
I worked with Organic Style, Country Home, and Elle. I'm now working on producing the 1st decorating story for "Everyday with Rachel Ray."
So magazines, books, product. It's like you know what you believe in, and you've made it work in various mediums.
Although I am not educated, I believe people should be. I've learned in other ways, but it is still very important. We've connected with a lot of good manufacturers to get the product developed. I still feel like an outsider since I've taken an unconventional path - I don't know the rules, which frees me up quite a bit. Take big retailers for example - they are so set in looking at things a certain way, and doing things a certain way. I bring a new perspective to them.
A good example of this is Simmons mattresses. I have a mattress line with Simmons, which is the #2 mattress manufacturer in the world. I decided I wanted to work with them, so I called customer service. I told them I wanted to create a bed for them. They said that someone would call me back. It took many tries, but I did tell them what I had done in the past, and eventually someone talked to me.
I told them that I had ordered a mattress for my country home from an eco-friendly mattress company in California. They shipped the mattress to me UPS, which was their standard way of delivery. Well, it was left at the door when I was away. It was in cardboard, and of course it rained, and eventually the cardboard deteriorated, my mattress slumped over, and got all dirty. I called the company and they didn't care.
So I tell Simmons this story. I tell them that there should be an eco mattress that someone can buy in the store - to be able to go in and touch, feel the product. They told me that they had tried selling a green mattress and it didn't work. So I told them about my link with JC Penney's, and that perhaps I could be the link between them and the retailer. Basically, with this mattress they were catering to 5% of the population that is green 95% of the time. They needed to address the opposite to really sell their mattresses. It should feel like the Heavenly Bed, one of the best selling mattresses of all time. So they did this - and the $100,000 eco mattress business became a $20million mattress business for them.
This year, I'm releasing a "Mattress in a Box" with Simmons. It has a compression chamber which compresses the mattress to the size of a suitcase, so the customer can wheel it home, like a travel suitcase. It takes about four hours for the mattress to open up and take its full shape. And, it's an $1,100 mattress that we are selling for $399. Why? Because we're selling direct to the customer, so there are no slottage fees, or delivery fees, which make up a large portion of a traditional mattress' price. They'll be sold in TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods.
1st Slide: Home on River Road in Bucks County, PA
My house is on the Delaware River and was built in 1912. It used to be fairly quiet along River Road, yet my neighbor is Elizabeth Gilbert ("Eat, Pray, Love" author) so tourist buses full of women now pass by.
2nd Slide: Kitchen Renovation
I have a galley kitchen, with ice stone countertops and Energy Star appliances. All of these photos of my home were from a spread we did in Country Home magazine.
3rd Slide: Living Room
The house feels like a tree house, and has a lot of nooks and crannies.
4th Slide: Front Porch
This image is still used on almost every mood board we do. It just captures a lot of the feeling we're going for in so many things we still do. It's modern country.
Do you still have an affinity for Martha?
I do. In fact, I was thinking about her recently as we're trying to do a reality show. I saw two different cuts from the show - one shows me as "nice", and one shows me as such a jerk. But of course, that's the one that will sell. There are people crying around me, it's crazy! One thing I learned from Martha is that doing this type of thing will make me famous, but I won't be branded well. And that's not something I want to give up.
5th Slide: Country Home in Dark Hollow
I'm about 30 minutes from this house. It's a mid-century modern house that I painted black. It was a huge controversy with the neighbors.
6th Slide: Danny in his Craft Room
I have floor-to-ceiling homosote boards in this room, wrapped in burlap. I highly recommend these to everyone, if you have the space. It allows me to see all of my inspiration images and things that I'm working on at once. One board is all "things I love", and the second is chapters of a new entertaining book that I'm working on.
7th Slide: Living Room with Harry Potter Fireplace
I did a huge eco-renovation to this house when I got it. One thing that attracted me most was something I found from the previous owner. When I was in the living room I looked up and saw all of these balls on the ceiling. I couldn't figure out what they were. Apparently, when the former owner had wine and cheese parties, they would take the wax that the cheese came in, roll it up into a ball and throw it on the ceiling. It's been there ever since.
8th Slide: Fireplace at Night
The owl-shaped andirons came with the house, and I love them. Above on the wall you'll see the painting that I drilled holes in and put LED lights. Very Harry Potter-esque effect.
9th Slide: Before
So now I'm going to show you some before and after images of projects I've worked on. Here's a before.
10th Slide: After
You'll see we added a lot of color. The flooring is faux bois tiling - I actually went down to the Shaw headquarters down south, and found that my first choice of tiling had been discontinued. Who designed it? MarthaStewart.
11th Slide: Kerry Washington's West Hollywood Kitchen (Before)
12th Slide: Kitchen (After)
We added fun, punchy colors. It's very Organic Style magazine. We used 3Form for the backsplash, and the Karbon faucet by Kohler. This was the first time it had been photographed for a magazine spread.
13th Slide: Before (Dining Area)
14th Slide: After
We used JC Penney decorations (as this was a spread focused on using their furnishings). Again, punchy colors, and Kerry loved this $2,000 chandelier she saw at Anthropologie, so I went to Michael's, got some wire, and birds, and put this together for about $30.
15th Slide: Before (Simmons Natural Care Mattress)
She's never home so she really didn't care about what the bedroom looked like.
16th Slide: After
It's a lot more soothing now. I remember this was featured on Apartment Therapy, and this room got some really mean comments. I don't think people realized I had to shop at Penney's for this makeover. Someone even asked if Kerry is disabled because of the stairs next to the bed (which are for her dog).
17th Slide: Before
18th Slide: After
We were testing Trove wallpaper here. This was a great story for InStyle about "10 ways to make your home eco".
19th Slide: Before (Closet)
20th Slide: After
Everything's not always eco - for example, we bought a lot of plastic containers and such to organize the closet.
21st Slide: Book 7, "Upcycling"
This is based on a series I do with Kathie Lee and Hoda. We take everyday objects and elevate them to something greater.
22nd Slide: Oriental Bear-Skin
Here, we took a generic oriental rug and cut it into a "bear skin" rug. It took three steps, that's it. Every project in the book, in fact, takes three steps.
23rd Slide: Wine Cork Bath Mat
This is great because it's antimicrobial. I bought a shadow box from Michael's, along with 700 wine corks. And yes, everyone always asks where to get all of these wine corks. You can go to any local wine store and ask them, they're always throwing out tons of corks.
24th Slide: Outdoor table, inspired by the Barney's Store in Las Vegas
25th Slide: Patron Bottles
To make these candles, you get a refill kit from Lowe's for the lighter fluid. Candles (step 2). And then the bottles. So to come up with this idea we had a lot of trial and error. We needed 100 empty Patron bottles. I have this soccer mom who works with me in Bucks County. She's great. She's a shopper, and is a perfect person for this type of work. I told her we needed 100 empty Patron bottles, and she went around to Mexican restaurants to collect them. She put them in several large, clear bags in her car, and of course, what do you know, she gets pulled over that day for speeding.
26th Slide: Tennis Ball Swing
Tennis balls, nylon string, and then you need to punch a hole in each ball. That's it.
28th Slide: Beauty Line
I'm really excited about the beauty line. It's very different than doing a home line. Originally I was going to be the spokesperson for another eco beauty line. I was told I would be made the spokesperson and get equity in the company, instead of payment. I turned it down. Three months later the company sold for $3B. So, I created my own line. It's certified USDA Organic. Instead of using parabens, I tapped into my Korean heritage and decided to extract the enzyme that is created during the pickling process in making kimchi. The packaging is black and is 100% post-consumer recycled material.
29th Slide: Beds, Towels, Dishware
This line is launching in 4,000 stores. TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshalls.
I'm curious to hear more about your relationship with the celebrity couple you worked with in Los Angeles - what else did you do for them?
Actually, the only thing I ended up doing with that particular couple was suggesting they drive a Prius to an event. That's it. But it got more press coverage than we would have ever imagined. This was one of my "a-ha" moments - realizing the power of leveraging celebrity to make a statement and get your beliefs noticed.
What is your favorite celebrity story?
I have a lot of favorite celebrity stories, but I know we're being filmed! Come find me later if you want to hear about them.
I'm very impressed by how you've approached your career, taking risks and following unusual paths. Where do you get your confidence?
I learned a lot as an activist. I was running a business as a teenager and had to learn how to do that (pre-internet). For example, I went to the library to research how to start a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Basically, coming to everything as an outsider, in a way, with no preconceived notions or formal training or education on how to do things, allows me to see them a bit differently.
I was really interested in working with Michael's, the crafts store. I basically stalked them for nine months, calling customer service, asking to speak with people about my ideas, etc. I kept getting rejected. My agent at CAA at the time said Michael's is past and to get over it, but I didn't agree. Eventually, I found out that one of the marketing people was going to be in NYC (via his Twitter feed). I told him I'd be happy to introduce him to some of the editors I worked with, and from there we got to talking, etc. Now I'm creating product lines for them, as well as other things.
With Michael's, they were very hesitant to work with someone because celebrities kept coming to them saying they would endorse them for $1million. I did the exact opposite - I said I'd work for free if they would give me shelf space to sell my product.That, in addition to a social media presence. These are ideas that most business people would never dream of doing.
As a fellow Taurus (also born on April 22nd) I'd love to know how you are able to balance our strong characteristics, if you will.
Yes, our stubborn side. It's tough. People are actually surprised that I don't have an Assistant, but it goes back to this trait - I have to be at the center of things, in control, but surround myself with people who know how to do their job. I interact with over 300 people a week; 50 salespeople, 6 stylists, 12 photographers, to name a few. The one thing I know is that when it stops being fun, I have to slow down. For example, we thought of doing a cookware line, but I hate cooking! It would have been lucrative, but it just didn't make sense, so we pulled it. Slowing down and taking time off are very important to me, and I take it very seriously. No phone. No email.
How much vacation do you usually take each year?
Not sure, probably around 4 weeks or so.
Hearing your story, from your teenage years on, how one thing lead to another - I'd like to know what you think it is that draws people to you?
It sounds easy from our discussion, but believe me, there has been a lot of friction along the way. I didn't tell you about when I sold a book to Judith Regan, and she cancelled at the last minute. We had shot it, spent a fortune on photographers, and it was all for nothing. I've been fired by celebrity clients, magazines have folded. A lot has happened. But one of my strengths is that I can look at a situation and see the opportunity in it, as well as how it can be marketed to the mass audience. And that is a huge strength that I've taken advantage of.
An example of this is when I was in the Simmons mattress store. I saw a mattress in a box, hidden away in the corner, and asked someone about it. They said that they really don't sell very many, but when I asked a bit more about it, I learned that they just didn't like empowering people to make their own decisions about buying a mattress - it turns their whole selling philosophy on its head. When I started working with TJ Maxx and other retailers, I thought it would be a good relationship to encourage. Thus, the soon-to-be-released mattress-in-a-box that I was talking about earlier tonight.
I was at a tech conference many years ago, and Marc Andreessen (Netscape co-founder) was on stage. He said that when he's listening to a pitch, he always asks, "What's your distribution plan?" It's so important, and so many people don't take it into consideration at the start.
It's true. When our Whole Earth beauty line launched, I realized how hard the beauty market is. Distribution is a lot easier in other markets. I would just love if ABC decided to carry our line!
For Whole Earth, I brought it to Fred Segal in L.A. I told everyone that they were carrying our line (via social media, etc.). Then ShopNBC got a hold of it and started selling it. We sold $50 worth of product at Fred Segal, and over $1million on ShopNBC.
I am a friend of Lara (one of the student presenters). I hear your story and think about Lara, her drive and passion. She came to me a few years ago with this fiber that she had created. It was amazing, and she's done so much to market it and get it out there. I'm also not a traditionally- educated person, and I do agree that there's a spirit there when you work a little bit outside of that tradition. I just wanted to thank you for being here with us tonight and sharing your passion - it's very inspiring.
That's a great note to end on. Thank you, and thank you everyone for joining us this evening.
~ Congratulations to Angela Blocker, who won a full set of Danny Seo's Whole Earth beauty line! ~
• Special thanks to Kayne Elisabeth Rourke for transcribing our Meetup!
• Special thanks to our volunteers, Cambria Bold and Gabriel Sperber!
• Images: Herma Ryan, Danny Seo


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Thor Paying $20M for No. 2 Ambulance Builder
March 3, 2010 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
Thor Industries Inc. announced on Tuesday (March 2) its acquisition of SJC Industries, a privately held manufacturer of ambulances based in Elkhart, Ind., for approximately $20 million cash. Based upon SJC's prior performance, the acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings.
"We believe that SJC is currently the second largest manufacturer of ambulances in the United States," according to a company press release. "Its brands include McCoy-Miller, Marque and Premiere, sold through a nationwide network of dealers. SJC has a strong, motivated management team and work force led by Chuck Drake, president, and Jim Evans, vice president of finance, who will continue in their management roles following the closing. Under Thor's new ownership SJC will continue as an independent operation, in the same manner as Thor's recreation vehicle and bus companies."
Drake will report to Richard Riegel, Thor's senior group president.
"The ambulance business is a natural fit with Thor's bus and RV businesses. SJC is an innovator with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. We believe their quality is the highest in the ambulance industry," said Peter B. Orthwein, Thor chairman, CEO and president. "The relationship with Thor will bring many operational synergies to SJC including procurement and lean production processes, among others."
Thor is the world's largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a major builder of commercial buses.


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10 Fancy Faux Bois Floors
Looking to add a bit of natural, woodsy whimsy to your decor? Faux bois, or "false wood," is an artsy rendition of wood grain. You can style it to be bold and eye-catching, or demure and unassuming, but either way, it's timeless and classic. Come see ten faux bois floors — painted surfaces and rugs both — and get inspired to add a little bark to your floors.
1. A unique green faux bois rug adds depth and interest to this jewel-toned room from Colette van den Thillart in Canadian House & Home.
2. This bold, black-and-white version from Coastal Living is wild and appealing in its pairing of simplicity and chaos.
3. Okay, so this is just another view of the same floor from Coastal Living, but this straight-on photo showcases the pattern's intricate design.
4. Mandi from Vintage Revivals painted her concrete subfloor with a faux bois pattern — and she walks you through the process, step by step!
5. This gray and white rug version, captured by Kate at Centsational Girl, is a loose, abstract nod to the grainy pattern.
6. Soothing cream and brown tones in this rug from Martha Stewart complement a natural, neutral decor.
7. A raised faux bois pattern on this rug from Gavin's nursery on Apartment Therapy adds woodsy texture and interest to an otherwise neutral piece.
8. This slim rug from Flor lends a calming element to this little workroom; from Brooklyn Limestone.
9. A large faux bois rug adorns the inviting entryway of a remodeled 1852 Georgia farmhouse; from Southern Living.
10. Light colored faux bois complements this traditionally-decorated living room from Alice Lane Home Collection.
• Look!: Benjamin Dhong's Faux Bois Bathroom
• Creating a Faux Bois Finish
• Tips For DIY Faux Bois Flooring?
(Images: 1. Chris Tubbs for Canadian House & Home 2. William Abranowicz for Coastal Living, 3. William Abranowicz for Coastal Living, 4. Vintage Revivals, 5. Centsational Girl, 6. Martha Stewart, 7. Apartment Therapy, 8. Brooklyn Limestone, 9. Laurey W. Glenn for Southern Living, 10. Nicole Hill Gerulat for Alice Lane Home.)


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Architects & Homes We've Admired
In his autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright wrote, "I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture." It's a telling glimpse into his — and really many other architects' — complex relationship with the concepts of comfort and 'home.'
Homes are architecture at its most elemental — they're shelter and safe haven. In another sense, they're architecture at its most imperfect — a home is subject to the mess of day-to-day life in a way that even the messiest office isn't, and a home is more vulnerable than say, a museum, to the changing needs and desires of its inhabitants.
Whatever they might say in their press materials, very few architects rank comfort or homie-ness as their primary goal (as evidenced by the continually beautiful but stark portfolios we see on their websites). Yet many talented designers — even some who are past the point of having to take residential commissions for a paycheck — continue to explore the compelling and complex idea of home in their work.
Many of them make their most memorable buildings when they're designing for real-life people (sometimes themselves) who live day-to-day in their spaces. Here are 15 residential architects that Apartment Therapy writers have admired.
- Architect Portfolio: Richard Neutra Residences
- Architect Portfolio: Alvar Aalto Residences
- Designer Portfolio: Remment "Rem" Koolhaus
- Designer Portfolio: Peter Behrens
- Terunobu Fujimori: Architect of Small & Spiritual Spaces
- The Family Home of Architect Erno Goldfinger
- Chelsea Pied-a-Terre by Michael Rubin Architects
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House
- 2009 Pritzker Prize Laureate: Peter Zumthor!
- 2008 Pritzker Prize Winner: Jean Nouvel
- Jeanne Gang's Brick Weave House
- Olle Lundberg's Sonoma Escape
- Philip Johnson's Glass House
- Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House
- Private Residence by Maya Lin
Photos: (1) Triangle Modernist Houses, (2) Aaron Able, (3) Hans Werlemann, (4) Storfix licensed for use under Creative Commons, (5) Screenshot from Terunobu Fujimori, Tokyo, Japan - Beetle's House from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo, (6) NTPL/Dennis Gilbert, (7) World Architecture, (8) The Palmer House, (9) Marloes Faber, (10) 40 Mercer via New York Magazine, (11) Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing, (12) Lundberg Design, (13) Alena, (14) Matthew Shallenberger, (15) Maya Lin


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February 5, 2016
Friday, 1-4 pm
Audience: Groups, Adults, High School Students, Middle School Students, Families, Seniors, Educators, Volunteers, Elementary School Students
Location: Presidio of San Francisco
Event Type: Volunteer
Come participate in "extreme restoration" in some of the more out-of-the-way natural areas of the Presidio. Volunteers help eradicate noxious weeds that pose threats to the native biodiversity of Presidio plants and animals. Come on out and help restore this spectacular park!
Volunteer programs take place on Fridays from 1-4 pm.
Individuals and Families
Drop-in individuals are welcome. Registration is not required for participation, but highly encouraged.
Check the Presidio Plant Patrol volunteer page for program updates and cancellations.
Groups of five or more may require special arrangements and must be confirmed in advance. Fill out the Group Project Request Form or visit our Groups volunteer page to learn more.
Age, Skills, What to Bring:
- Volunteers ages 10 and up are welcome. Read our Youth Policy Guidelines (PDF) for youth under the age of 15.
- Bring your completed Volunteer Agreement Form (PDF). Volunteers under the age of 18 must have the parent/guardian approval section signed.
- We'll be working rain or shine. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required. Bring layers for changing weather and rain gear if necessary.
- Bring a personal water bottle and sunscreen.
- No experience necessary. Training and tools will be provided. Fulfills community service requirements.
Meeting Location
Meet at the Presidio Transit Center at 12:50 pm (click on map above). Volunteers will be transported to the work site.
Contact Information
For general questions regarding volunteer programs, contact us at (415) 561-3044 or email@example.com.
You can also view the Volunteer FAQ page for more information.
The Golden Gate National Parks Volunteer Program is a cooperative parkwide effort of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and the Presidio Trust."


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- Ultra-Clean, waterproof formula chain lube designed for use in dry conditions
- Surface active chemistry promotes smooth shifting under load, quiets chain noise and significantly improves life of drivetrain
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I don't get too worked up about chemicals, but this is just a great product. I use it on my enduro bike and usually get about 2-3 rides before I need to reapply. The 1x drivetrain on my bike has never been so silent. I don't have much experience with it in wet conditions, but it is awesome in dry conditions. Highly recommended!
Maxima should call this product the "silent lube". After applying more than I probably needed to, I wiped a little off my chain and went for a ride. My 1x drive train has never been so silent or smooth!! And the best part is that even after a ride the chain is pretty clean. It even has a nice subtle tropical smell. I won't ride without it again!!
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2002 INFINITI G20 Values
Select a 2002 INFINITI G20 trim level
The 2002 Infiniti G20 is a four door luxury Sedan offered with a 4-speed automatic or a 5-speed manual transmission. It boasts a 145 horsepower 2.0-liter inline 4-cylinder under the hood and a long list of luxury amenities, including auto climate control, cruise, keyless entry, power controls, heated seats, a leather-wrapped adjustable steering wheel and an upgraded audio system. With seating capacity for up to five passengers, the G20 also boasts a broad range of safety equipment, including front and side-body airbags, ABS brakes and child safety rear door locks.


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Purdue Polytechnic offers 68 academic options in six subject areas at the main Purdue campus in West Lafayette. Explore today!
You can study select Purdue Polytechnic majors in nine Indiana communities in addition to the main campus at West Lafayette.
The unique Polytechnic learning environment combines 10 elements
Purdue University is reinventing high school with the help of Purdue Polytechnic faculty and staff. Visit the Polytechnic High School Indianapolis website for more information.


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Well, it seems like the final pieces of the Dark Fire puzzle are coming together. First it was the guitar, then the software, then the RIP interface; and now, I've had my first chance to drive a piece of Roland synth gear with the RIP's hex output.
In case you're not aware of it, the RIP has an output on the back that provides individual outputs for each string, and is compatible with AXON and Roland guitar-to-MIDI converters. It's the connector labeled hex in the following picture.
Well, actually it's almost compatible; the signal coming out of Dark Fire is stronger than what these kinds of devices usually expect. So, the guys at Echo Electronics did some analysis and figured that adding a simple resistor voltage divider to reduce the output voltage a bit would insure full compatibility.
I got a call from Milo at Echo, asking if I wanted to try out a prototype cable that included the resistors. I said sure, because I have an old Yamaha G-50 guitar-to-MIDI converter. However, in an email exchange about the testing procedure, Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz pointed out that unlike later devices (like the AXON), the Yamaha interface was designed without taking piezo pickups into account. As a result, he cautioned me not to waste my time on something that in all likelihood would not work.
However, I also have a Roland VG-8 (from the original production run—it's an antique!) whose sounds I've used in several applications, including for source material in my "Electronic Guitars" expansion pack for Cakewalk's Rapture software synthesizer. The VG-8 was a modeling device for guitar that took advantage of the hex output from the Roland GK-6 "divided" pickup, which was originally designed for guitar-to-MIDI conversion. The VG-8 has since been supplanted by the VG-88, but no matter; although the VG-8's sound is no longer state-of-the-art, it has its own funky charm.
Nonetheless, I have to admit that since the Digital Les Paul came out, the VG-8 just kind of sat on the shelf because for hex sounds, I really couldn't beat the Digital Les Paul going through amp sims like Native Instruments' Guitar Rig, IK Multimedia's AmpliTube, Waves GTR, etc. Anyway, I dusted off the VG-8 to see if it would work with the RIP's hex output.
I was initially taken aback that things worked "out of the box"—I plugged the RIP into the VG-8, plugged headphones into the VG-8, played some notes on Dark Fire, and it worked! (Admit it—when was the last time you used a combination of high-tech gear that worked like it was supposed to the first time you tried it?) I did, however, notice a bit of distortion and "harmonic jumping," so I thought I'd investigate further.
As it turns out, the VG-8 allows setting sensitivity individually for each string. With the GK-6 pickup that I normally used, I had set the string sensitivities between 80 and 100 (out of 100) to produce optimal results. The RIP is much "hotter," but also more even in its response. Dialing back the sensitivity settings to 50, with the high E at 40, worked well. In fact, it worked really well; with most VG-8 patches, I far preferred the Dark Fire piezo pickup sound to that of the GK-6. There was more "snap" and "presence," and I also felt the piezo did a better job reproducing transients. On some of the patches with real heavy distortion, the piezo was a bit too bright; but trimming the VG-8's treble control took care of that.
Once again, Dark Fire threw me a curve: When I became involved with this project, that last thing I expected was to use Dark Fire to breathe new life into a box that I'd basically shelved a couple years ago—yet that's exactly what happened. The extra dimension that the piezo pickup added to the VG-8 made it sound more contemporary and more defined overall, compared to using the old GK-6 hex pickup.
There's something ironic about the fact that the very latest high-tech guitar brought an older, and often forgotten, unit into the present…but I'm sure that's not the last pleasant surprise I'll be getting from Dark Fire.


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How to play Wordcross 5 Game
Find all the words from the list as fast as possible! Press on the letter and drag to select a word! Your score depends on your speed!
Wordcross 5 game controls
fire = left_mouse;jump = na;movement = mouse;
Game Description
Fifth part of popular hiscores crossword puzzle, this time with words from furniture area!


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Diamondbacks' Goldschmidt: 'America's 1st Baseman'
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt's teammates have taken to calling him "America's first baseman," a heady title for an exceedingly humble young man.
Arizona's Willie Bloomquist says if you were to make a mold for a young player with the right attitude, work ethic and skills, Goldschmidt would be the guy. His manager, Kirk Gibson, has repeatedly lauded Goldschmidt's attitude and work ethic.
At 25, in just his second full season in the majors, Goldschmidt has emerged as one of the game's best. Entering Monday night's play, he led the National League with 58 RBIs, hitting .322 with 15 home runs.
Four of those were go-ahead homers in the eighth inning or later, the most in the majors. Most recently, his three-run, opposite-field shot off Jeremy Affeldt in the eighth rallied Arizona to a 3-1 victory over San Francisco. The homer came in a brief home stand after a road trip that saw Goldschmidt hit two grand slams.
That five-year, $32 million contract Goldschmidt signed before this season looks like a huge bargain.
"Before this even happened, when he first got called up, I said he reminded me of a young Paul Konerko," Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz said, "just his studying of the game and the way he handles himself. He's going to be pretty special for a long time, I think."
Goldschmidt finds himself in the conversation as a potential MVP, but he said he tries to ignore the inevitable, growing national attention.
"The attitude I have is whether you're going good or bad, I just stay away," he said, "don't read it, don't listen. I change the channel sometimes on TV. Obviously, if it's on in the locker room you don't have that opportunity. Like I said, good or bad, that stuff for me, it can distract you. There are enough distractions in this game. You just try to take away the ones you can control."
Born and raised in the Houston area, Goldschmidt was no big-name prospect as a youngster. He went to Texas State, where he led NCAA Division I in RBIs in 2009, and Arizona chose him in the eighth round of that year's draft.
Goldschmidt rose steadily and quickly through the Arizona minor league system. In 2011, he hit .306 with 30 home runs and 94 RBIs in 103 games for Double-A Mobile and was called up by the Diamondbacks for the final two months of the season. Last year, playing regularly in the big leagues for the first time, he started off slowly but finished strong for a .286 average with 20 homers, 43 doubles and 82 RBIs.
There was concern about his defense in his early days as a pro, but he has become one of the better players at his position in the majors. The error he committed against the Giants on Sunday was only his third of the season.
The Diamondbacks' front office had seen enough and approached him and his agent about a long-term deal. With the astronomical money being thrown around in the game, Goldschmidt might have been better served by holding off. But he has no regrets.
"I can't complain," he said. "I'm extremely excited, happy about it, glad we got it done. I'm excited to be here, love it here. Now I just get to go play."
Goldschmidt is not a stereotypical power hitter. He is a very good hitter who has power.
"What's impressive is just not his hitting, but he's an all-around ball player, a great ball player," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said, " a tremendous first baseman and base runner. He can steal a base. He's got the whole game."
Goldschmidt said he simply works at making good contact at the plate.
"I just try to hit the ball hard," he said. "If it gets in the air, I know I'm strong enough if I hit it good with backspin, it can get out of there. But I don't know how to get in there and try to hit a homer. When I do that I usually strike out or roll over. So everything I'm trying to do is just keep it simple and just hit the ball hard, try to hit a line drive and if you get under it a little bit, hopefully it gets out."
Always, Goldschmidt tries to deflect praise.
"It's a team game. That's why we're here," he said. "I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a lot of other people, so I'm very fortunate that I've been surrounded by great guys, not just this clubhouse, but coming up through the minor leagues, college, all the way back. There's a lot of people that put in a lot of time to help you."
Goldschmidt is known for his exhaustive preparation. Characteristically, he says that everybody prepares a lot.
"You see, we don't have a game for three hours and guys are here," he said in a pre-game interview in front of his locker at Chase Field. "Guys are watching video, guys are talking. Not to mention the physical stuff you do, like getting in the cage and putting in that type of work. There's the other stuff, the mental side of it. There's talking to other guys, trying to study the pitchers.
"There's definitely a lot to go into it rather than just going out and play. When you go out and play, you just try to go play and let the preparation kind of take over, just relax and see what happens."
Goldschmidt's even-keel temperament serves him well through the ups and downs of a season.
"It's just the nature of the business," he said. "As a player I just understand that, so I think when you're going good, you try not to get too excited or too caught up in it. The same thing when you're going bad, you know that you're going to eventually hopefully break out of it. So you just try to keep the level-headed mindset the whole year."
When some players make a mistake, Goldschmidt said, they are motivated by it. When he makes one, he said, it's best just to move on and not let it affect his defense or his next plate appearance.
"I just try to let it go," he said.
Goldschmidt is batting .431 with runners in scoring position, .409 with two outs and runners in scoring position.
He said any player loves being in position to win a game in the late innings, and again he notes that more often than not, that person fails.
"Sometimes you come through and then there's other times you get on a streak where it's like every time the game is on the line, you don't do it," he said. "The numbers are going to even out. Let's say you do it one out of three times, that's pretty good if you're hitting .333, and still twice you had an opportunity to do it and you don't come through."
As for the big numbers this season, Goldschmidt refuses to get carried away.
"It is a long year," he said. "You get hot for a little while and then you struggle. That's just kind of how it is. When you're good, it kind of goes 'Hey, you're playing better than you should' and obviously when it's going bad, you're not really that bad. So over the long run it evens out. It's just kind of how the game is."
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PsychoP1984 wrote:
i have heard alot of people say really good things about this anime and want to watch it but i dont think its licensed in the uk yet so have to wait
It is licensed in the UK:
Amazon.UK show both the DVD and Blu-ray available for pre-order, with an expected release date of August 29.
Yes, that's my real age
cool cant wait.
howdy partner!!!
Does anyone know if and when High School of the Dead will be on iTunes, hopefully theyll have it in HD(on iTunes) if it is on iTunes since they usually have first episode of a recently released series(like the episode 1 of Angel Beats!(HD) was free)
High School of the Dead episode 1 is my favorite and only episode that I would get on iTunes anyway so it would awesome to get that episode for free
SCHOOL DAYS HQ ENGLISH (SUB) VERSION - 77% of the Game Completed
it's in the Zune marketplace, and Saiko is my Favorite, followed by the nurse, rei, and the ojou-sama(forgot her name) last.
Work hard, play hard, watch anime.
what would I do?
Who would I do?
I enjoyed it for what it was
simple zombie fun
I've always thought a zombie series would make for fun TV, really wish I had AMC to watch Walking Dead
When you get down to it, lots of folks would get turned at the start of something like that because most folks wouldn't understand it. They would be like that silly woman who was trying to reason with them thinking "if we get you to a hospital you can be treated and cured."
Most people would not adapt well and become meat in pretty short order.
and then there are those of us who are familiar with Zombie shows who would look out our window and go
"crap...zombies. Get my Baseball bat and a shotgun. We're going to the pub and waiting till the whole thing blows over"
avoiding doing any work today
kohta hirano is such a boss
Would I like to see a second season of High School of the Dead (HSOTD)?
Is there a plan to release a second season two?
If there is, I don't see a green light for it any time soon. The manga release is only a few volumes out from where the anime left off. We may wait a year or two (looking at release cycle) for the Manga to come out so they can make the anime for it.
this anime drives me crazily maniac and....
i hate this anime because I LIKE IT SOOO MUCH!
currently making my slam book.. go to hell,.. enemies.. :PPP
I can't wait for the DVDs to be released. The dub plays on the Anime Network OnDemand and is done well by a lot of the former ADV voice acting group. Dialogue is a little changed up for the English version but when you hear it, it just makes sense.
Get Some!
i saw all 12 eps and the OVA they are the best XD some much bouncing
The Anime Network now has the uncensored dub version of the first episode available for free viewing:
For those that prefer subs, they have all episodes available (free registration required after the first two), but I believe those remain the censored broadcast version.
Yes, that's my real age
I didnt see that much difference between censored and uncensored version I had bought episode 1,9 and 12(uncensored version) (might get episode 8 ) on iTunes, I know in episode 1 there was one scene that was not edited out in the uncensored version <---- gym teacher committing suicide by jumping off building, as well as a scene in the every beginning of the episode 1.
Can anyone point out any other unedited scenes in the series?
SCHOOL DAYS HQ ENGLISH (SUB) VERSION - 77% of the Game Completed
hells yeah, busujima all the way! Dead sexy character right there
I'd be happy to see more of the manga even let alone the anime
Nakama mada irukara. Sorede iie
After looking into this Anime it seems not even worth watching. just a bunch of fanservice thrown at a plot the size of an apple.