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Transcript Gallery's Jennifer Huberdeau to Honor the 'Working Class' of Past & Present North Adams
NORTH ADAMS - DownStreet Art's Transcript Gallery will feature "Working Class," a series of new paintings by local artist Jennifer Huberdeau, beginning Aug. 29. An opening reception at the gallery, located within the North Adams Transcript offices at 85 Main St., will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29. Refreshments will be served.
"Working Class" features vignettes that pay homage to the small-business owners and service industry workers of the area. "When the opportunity arose to be part of DownStreet Art once again, I wanted to create a body of work based around this year's theme of 'Beyond Industry.' It was around that time I found an old Polaroid photograph of my grandfather at his bar, Bill's Tavern, and the idea of paying homage to the working class of North Adams and greater Northern Berkshire was born," Huberdeau said. "After the mills left, the hardworking people of this area had to find new ways to support themselves and their families. For those who stayed in the area, it meant working in the service industry or striking out on their own -opening businesses and restaurants."
She added, "This show is also a way for me to honor my family - many of whom worked in the mills of North Adams at some point, whether it was at Arnold Print Works, Sprague Electric, Hunter Outdoors Products or Modern Anodizing."
"We here at the Transcript are happy to have Jennifer's work adorning our walls again this year," said Transcript Editor-in-Chief Michael J. Foster. "The Transcript has embraced the opportunity to be a part of DownStreet Art since our move to Main Street in 2011, and we're especially pleased that this partnership allows us to showcase the work and cultural insights of our staff."
Huberdeau, who is the digital specialist and senior reporter at the Transcript, has had her artwork featured in several solo exhibitions at local coffee houses, the North Adams Public Library and at the Adams Town Hall Gallery. Her work also has appeared in several local
group shows, including the Berkshire Salon at the Eclipse Mill Gallery and La Mesa at the NAACO Gallery, as well as in the 2012 "99 Cents and Up" show and the MySpace Friends Show at MCLA Gallery 51.
In 2009, she was commissioned by the state Dept. of Conservation and Recreation to design and paint an Iron Ranger on the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail. In 2010, she was one of five artists chosen to participate in the Berkshire Arts Festival's Outsiders Art Show. She has participated in DownStreet Art as a member of the Berkshire Artists Colony in 2010 and was a featured artist of the Transcript Gallery in 2012.
Huberdeau, an award-winning journalist, is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She holds a bachelor's in English/Communications with a concentration in journalism and a minor in art. She resides in Adams with her husband, Robert, and their children, Michaela and Isaac.
"Working Class" will be on display at the Transcript Gallery through Oct. 28. All works on display are for sale through MCLA Gallery 51.
For images, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcrc/9597307087 .


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How is GED Helpful for Adults
While discussing its importance, historical circumstances which led to the implementation of GED should be remembered. The first test was offered to the military personnel who returned to lead a civilian life after rendering their services in battlefields during World War II. War deprived military personnel's chances to complete their high school education. In America, high school graduation is the minimum respectable educational qualification. It enables citizens to earn a job and to apply for college admissions. War is one of the many reasons which prevents citizens from completing their high school education. Lack of education is an impediment for a citizen's personal growth and career development. This in turn, becomes a deciding factor of his or her living standard. As a result, a citizen may feel that he or she is being excluded from the mainstream of the society. GED tries to resolve all these problems through inclusion and diversification. It provides an opportunity to those citizens who want to upgrade or demonstrate their academic skills. The test is designed to validate a citizen's mastery of high school level academic skills. If a citizen proves that he or she has mastered high school level academic skills, he or she will obtain a certificate. This certificate is equivalent to a high school diploma. Its benefits are discussed below:
- Personal Benefits: If you are ready to take the test, it shows that you are ready to work hard. This in turn, makes you a dynamic and active citizen. You grow personally by developing your skills and building your career. Your personal growth fuels the growth of the country as well. Ultimately, you rejoice for accomplishing something in your life.
- Employment Benefits: Most of the employers, including US government accept the credential as equivalent to a high school diploma. Some employers may not screen your resume if you don't have high school diploma. You may impress your employers by obtaining the certificate. This is because you have strongly indicated to your employer that you are ready to learn new things; your age is not a barrier for learning. If you had been working somewhere before earning the certificate, then use your certificate to convince your employer for promotion.
- Educational Benefits: If adult GED motivates and boosts your confidence, you can join college. If your scores are impressive, admission officers will happily select you.
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It is a group of tests. Candidates have to take 5 tests.
- Reading: 40 multiple choice questions have to be answered in 65 minutes on this test. Questions will be based on extracted text from fictional and nonfictional documents.
- Writing: It is divided into two parts. The first part contains 50 multiple choice questions that have to be answered in 75 minutes. In the second part of the writing test, candidates have to compose a handwritten essay on a general topic.
- Mathematics: Two booklets are given. Each contains 25 questions. 80 per cent of the questions are multiple choice questions; 20 per cent of the questions are grid-in questions.
- Social Studies: Candidates have to answer 50 multiple choice questions in 70 minutes. Questions will appear from the subject areas of country-specific History (US or Canada depending on the version of GED), World History, Civics and Government, Economics and Geography. Questions will be based on document extracts and visuals.
- Science: Candidates have to answer 50 multiple choice questions in 80 minutes. Questions will appear from the subject areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physics and Chemistry. Questions will be based on extracted information and visuals.

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On Monday, October 18, 2010 you will have much good luck in the financial field-new and very important).
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The Vikings say they still hope to play their Monday night game against the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium, but its not official just yet.
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Easy Rolls are designed to clear the clutter in your growing environment by providing a simple way to adjust the height of your lights.
Each Easy Roll has an adjustable torque setting controlled by a wing nut on the side. This allows the pulley cord to hold up to 5kg safely and yet still be raised and lowered like a yoyo with minimal effort.
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I just think about it all the time.
I don't do much about it, admittedly, but I think about it.
And, happily, being completely indifferent to fashion, the resurgence of spray-on jeans has neither sparked any desire to be a la mode nor impinged on my physical comfort.
I don't suppose you have to be stick-thin to carry off the spray-on look, but I'm sure it helps.
Paris is stick thin.
I don't think I have ever seen so many wafer-women anywhere.
I don't know how they manage to walk about - some of them on sky-scraper heels as well.
How do they do it? And in Paris of all places, where every second shop is a boulangerie, and the ones in between sell wine or cheese, or chocolate, or some other epicurean delight.
When it came to our Essential Paris List, the In-Charge and I were as one.
'Matchsticks!' said I.
'Toothpicks!' said he, but then, 'Spaghettini,' he corrected himself.
We noticed it on our first day. Sitting in a cafe, the In-Charge suddenly said: 'There isn't a pick of flesh on that.'
The last time he'd said that was when we collected SuperModelTeenQueen from her foster home (and that was after three weeks of intensive feeding), so I turned, expecting to see a starving stray.
I suppose she could have been a starving stray, but her clothes didn't fit the bill, and she certainly wasn't either canine or feline.
We got quite competitive in the end.
'Her legs are thinner than the ones you saw yesterday!'
'There go the skinniest pins in Paris!'
We were too busy gawping to record the best of the super-mince, but one or two slipped through by accident.
Anyway, you don't want to be caught snapping girls' legs every time they totter past.
You might attract the wrong kind of attention.
You might be arrested. It could happen.
Les flics were very near the top of both our EP lists. We've never seen so many in our life.
Admittedly, we were staying close to the Ile de la Cite, upon which resides - apart from Notre Dame - the Prefecture de Police, so we knew instantly if anything was going down in any quartier of the city, as fleets of vans stuffed with armed officers would go screaming out, sirens wailing, regardless of the snarled up traffic they left in their wake.
We went to Giverny one Sunday, and when we got off the train at Gare St Lazare on our return, it was to find the area around the Opera closed off, and phalanxes of cops in riot gear lining the streets, shoulder to shoulder.
Excitement, excitement!
|Don't you love the irony? Or perhaps not - are they, like Irish Gards, just guardians of the peace...
I immediately ducked behind one of their riot shields to ask what was happening, and found that we had missed a massive manifestation, during which, apparently, 1,000,000 people from all over France had gathered in Paris to protest against the legalisation of gay marriage.
The French, as everyone knows, are always ready to storm the barricades, take to the streets, blockade ports with trucks or find some way of making their feelings known.
Good for the French.
And shame on us for being too apathetic for follow suit.
The police are everywhere in Paris. They are present, in van-loads, at any disturbance, they are on foot, on motorbikes, on rollerblades, on horseback. They are in mufti, they are in uniform, they are in riot gear and you are definitely going to come off worst in any encounter with their protective clothing.
And, of course, they are armed.
But equally Paris is also full of buskers, beggars, illegal traders and more - none of whom look harassed.
Being a law-abiding tourist with no axe to grind, I don't have an opinion about either police numbers or presence, but I found myself wondering how the French feel. Secure or scrutinised?
One of the funniest moments of our holiday happened in the Tourist Office near Pyramides.
While waiting for a leaflet at the desk, I overheard an elderly American woman talking to the official at the next desk.
'Well,' she said, waving her arms expressively. 'I don't know about that. All I can say is, I'd feel much happier if there were more police on the street!'
We burst into laughter and had to leave immediately.
But for the rest of our stay, one of us only had to say: 'Well, all I can say is, I'd be happier...'


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ENVISIONING BUILDINGS: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography
Press Preview Tue, 6 Dec 2011, 10.30 a.m.
Opening Tue, 6 Dec 2011, 7 p.m.
Venue MAK Exhibition Hall WeiskirchnerstraBe 3, 1010 Vienna
Exhibition 7 Dec 2011 - 22 Apr 2012
Term Opening Hours Tue MAK NITE© 10 a.m.-12 midnight Wed-Sun 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Mon closed From 1 Jan 2012: Tue MAK NITE© 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and Free admission on Tuesdays 6-10 p.m.
Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography surveys the work of several international contemporary artists whose art work engages with aspects of architecture and building. The exhibition focuses on contemporary art photography as artists produce views of architecture not present in 'architectural photography' and denied everyday perception—and effectively provide a backstage glimpse behind architecture's fa?ades. It also hopes to gauge the influence of contemporary art upon architecture and the ways that each of the disciplines speak to each other.
According to MAK Director Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, "Barely any domain affects our lives in such an enduring way as do architecture, urbanity and urban planning, as we live within a built-environment and a built-reality. For the sake of living, architecture must be more than urban planning-meets- sculpture; it must possess a quotidian functionality. When contemporary art turns its gaze to the built-environment, categorical architectural imperatives are suspended and supplanted by artistic visions and alternative readings of those buildings are engaged."
Principally, Envisioning Buildings reviews major conceptual, theoretical, and visual concerns of photography as a specific contemporary art medium. The exhibition presents the work of several of the most influential artists working with camera-based art making, who have changed discourses about the production and reception of photography since in recent decades. The exhibition is structured into eight thematic chapters—Restoration, Reanimation, Dwelling, Utopian Visions, Deconstruction, Refraction, Critique and Systems Analysis—that reflect concerns present in the artist's work as a whole. Both the artists and the exhibition itself focus on iconic 20th and 21st century buildings, among them works by leading exponents of Modernism such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Erich Mendelsohn, Berthold Lubetkin and the
Tecton Group, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Philip Johnson and Ernst Plischke as well as by contemporary architects like Frank O. Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Kenzo Tange, and Peter Zumthor.
Distributed among several of the thematic areas, Envisioning Buildings presents, as a ninth chapter, artists' works that explore Rudolph M. Schindler's architecture; as a reflection of the museum's stewardship, through the MAK Center of Art and Architecture in Los Angeles, of the legacy of the Austrian- American architect one of the founders of modernist building in the United States. The Schindler program also includes the MAK Schindler Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program with its home base at the Mackey Apartments.
Exhibition curator Simon Rees draws attention to the fact that artists are often given privileged access to buildings that are otherwise not open to the public; and their works can reveal socio-economic processes or even counteract the effects of time. According to Rees, "Time is a major actor upon architecture, as its depredations (remember that buildings suffer the elements) alter the appearance and functionality of a building, so that the building visited might be a ghost of the picture that exists in a viewer's imagination—formed from photographs taken of the building in the afterglow of completion".
Envisioning Buildings brings together works by artists and photographers from all over the world, several of them from the "Dusseldorf School of Photography" and gives an international survey of architecture seen through the lens of art photography.
The participating artists are: Sabine Bitter & Helmut Weber (AT), Mladen Bizumic (NZ/AT), José Davila (MX), Werner Feiersinger (AT), Andreas Fogarasi (AT/HU), Cyprien Gaillard (FR), Andreas Gursky (DE), Gavin Hipkins (NZ), Candida Hofer (DE), Geoff Kleem (AU), Joachim Koester (DK), Luisa Lambri (IT/ US), Thomas Locher (DE), Marko Lulic (AT), Dorit Margreiter (AT), John Massey (CA), Maix Mayer (DE), Sarah Morris (UK/US), Warren Neidich (US/DE), Sandra Peters (DE), Pia Ronicke (DK), Thomas Ruff (DE), Allan Sekula (US), Thomas Struth (DE), Hiroshi Sugimoto (JP/US), James Welling (US), Jane & Louise Wilson (UK), and Tobias Zielony (DE).
Reaching out across disciplines, Envisioning Buildings is also an expression of the MAK's central concern of addressing and connecting in an interdisciplinary approach art, architecture, and design as well as interface areas between them, exploring if, and how, they can or need to be transformed. Christoph Thun-Hohenstein explicates: "Envisioning Buildings is understood as a foundation for this new enduring dialogue between art and architectural culture. The exhibition presents a significant array of art works and artist's thinking about crucial questions about architecture. We are also arranging a process for architects and the motivated public to respond to in text and video that will be conveyed to the artists (for a reply). And so a conversational cycle will be produced."
This discourse-oriented approach is manifested in an extensive program of supporting events for visitors of all ages. One focus in this is on discussions between architects and the participating artists. In parallel, an interactive dialogue platform (for detail information go MAK.at/eb) will provide opportunities for visitors and invited experts to debate the significance of the exhibition in respect to contemporary art and architecture. Their currently updated contributions will be made visible and audible as part of the presentation and collected as archival material for future exhibitions.
Envisioning Buildings also marks the start of the first project of the new MAK LEARNING LAB, a MAK initiative that explores potentials of museum education as an applied art of its own. Until the end of 2012, the MAK museum education and management teams will be working out together with section.a and trafo.K experimental approaches in three pilot projects as well as a criteria catalogue for future educational work at the museum. The Envisioning Buildings exhibition launches a prototype information desk/display, which provides visitors with additional textual information on the eight thematic chapters. Moreover, it will offer picture postcards of art-works in the exhibition with questions on the back that suggest divergent views of the artists' contributions. Visitors may fill these in and leave them on a message board as 'postcards' to the curator.
On the occasion of the exhibition, the MAK is launching, in cooperation with Volltext Verlag, Vienna, a bilingual (German/English) half-yearly periodical named MAK/zine. The first issue is dedicated to the Envisioning Buildings exhibition and contains a number of essays on the relationship of art, architecture, and photography.
Press photos about the exhibition are available for download at MAK.at/presse.
Candida Höfer, "Schindler House, Los Angeles II 2000", 2000
© Candida Höfer, Köln / VBK, Wien 2011
Candida Höfer, "Schindler House, Los Angeles VII 2000", 2000
© Candida Höfer, Köln / VBK, Wien 2011
Candida Höfer, "Zoologischer Garten London III 1992", 1992
© Candida Höfer, Cologne
VBK, Wien 2011; courtesy of the artist
Joachim Koester, "The Kant Walks #2", 2003–2004
© Joachim Koester; courtesy Sammlung Verbund, Wien
Werner Feiersinger, "Ohne Titel (Le Corbusier, Appartement, Paris)",
© Werner Feiersinger; courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Wien
José Davila, "Buildings you have to see before you die", 2009/2011
© José Dávila / VBK, Wien 2011; courtesy Dani and Mirella Levinas
Thomas Struth, "Le Lignon (horizontal) Genf", 1989
© Thomas Struth; courtesy private collection Düsseldorf
James Welling, "8067", 2008
© James Welling; courtesy Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie
John Massey, "Action in chains"
rom the series "Phantoms of the Modern", 2004
© John Massey; courtesy David Daniels + Kate Alexander Daniels,
Toronto, Canada
Exhibition View, 2011
Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art
MAK Exhibition Hall, 7.12.2011–22.4.2012
from left to right: Sandra Peters, "Flux Balance: Rotating Wings",
Moving images, 2011; Jane & Louise Wilson, "Monument (Apollo Pavilion,
Peterlee)", Video Stills, 2003
© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK


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Merkel: Greece must stick to commitments
June 18 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a new Greek government has to meet commitments made to international lenders. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the new Greek government must stick to its commitments made to international lenders She also said the troika of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund should head to Athens quickly to discuss the situation. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "We need to ensure now that the troika will very quickly go to Athens. We agreed on a Greece program and the framework needs to be adhered to. This means that we must be sure that Greece sticks to its commitments." Speaking to reporters at a Group of 20 meeting in Mexico, Merkel said changing any reform pledges would be unacceptable. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "We will of course discuss with Greece whether Greece can participate in additional growth impetuses within the framework of our growth program designed for the entire European Union. But this changes nothing for the framework conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding, the program which we voted on in the German Bundestag" (parliament). Greece's new conservative leader pushed on Monday for a new coalition government after a narrow election victory, pledging to soften the debt-laden country's punishing austerity program despite opposition from Germany. Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters


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Professional worries can indeed ruin a love life. Not only in contemporary society, but this problem has gone on for centuries. Just look at the fictional character of Ebenezer Scrooge. When he was young, he had a love life. But he put money and a career first. He broke the heart of his beloved and he became a lonely, bitter young man until his twilight years. More than half of all marriages end because of money--surely, some of those revolve around professional worries and putting a job first over love.
When a person is worried about a career because it is not going well, of course this will impact his or her romantic life. That is especially true for a traditional type of man who really feels emasculated if he is not succeeding or if he is unemployed. It would be very hard for a woman to reach him if this is so.


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Anonymous on 12/04/2015
40 fountainhead OMG! MARVELOUS, POOR MANAGEMENT.you request for maintainace for small thing ,it wii take 6 months to fix,bugs everywhere,dirty laundry too low heat and all the stuff. stayed here for 2 months and am planning to move
Anonymous on 03/25/2015
I've lived here for 4 years (I'm a student at York), and as long as you're clean and don't leave food lying around,you shouldn't have to worry about roaches. They are in the building though, and there have been reports of bed bugs in the building too (but I've never encountered them, and I think the supers keep on top of it with exterminators). I've lived on floors 10 and 11, and at one point my neighbour had a terrible infestation--but I never saw any roaches in my traps. I see a roach maybe on
ce every three months, but then I clean my kitchen up really well. Just keep clean and you'll be roach free!
WARNING! DO NOT live on floor 5 or below--that's where the roaches are the worst and it's hard to get rid of them. If you're going to get a place, make sure to get something in the middle of the building or higher. I can't stress this enough, it's TERRIBLE on the lower floors and all of my friends have horror stories from down there.
The water is turned off once a month for maintenance (?) and it's not a huge issue, but sometimes a little annoying if you want to make some tea. If you're nice to the supers/building managers, they'll be nice to you. Just say hi to them and ask them how they're doing--just be decent because they're pretty okay once you talk to them.
Anonymous on 01/26/2013
I have been living here for over 20yrs and I must
say that although I have never had roaches or
bugs. I do know that people on the lower floors
have this problem. Every summer an inspection is
done and my apt has always passed. I think the
reason for this is because I take extra care
and don't wait on mgmt to fix problems. One
night I went to the kitchen to get some water,
as I turned on the light, I saw this huge roach comm
comming out of the kitchen vent. The next day I
went and
bought some of the gel and put it
around the area, that was over a year ago.
When I first moved into this building, they were
very particular about who they rented to. You
couldn't have asked for better, now its just any
one who pays the rent. People are disgusting,
regardless of what the mgmt does, its our home and
we should make sure we do our part to keep it clean
that includes PUTTING THE GARBAGE DOWN THE CHUTE,
As much as I love animals, I don't love the owners who do not take care of what the animals do. Dog
Poo is all over the outside of the building.
The problem that management is responsible for and they are not doing anything about is the elevator which has an average wait time of 10mins or more.
I think the management needs to screen the tenants better and also do a bug check the day after they move their possessions in, since this problem came from tenants bringing infected furniture into the building. I also think they need to do their part by replacing the elevators as temp fixes don't do anything.
At the end of the day its team work, if the management and the tenants each do their part, we can all enjoy the building. However, if I see a single bed bug, I AM OUT OF HERE!!!
Chris on 12/04/2012
I have lived in this building for 3-4 years and it's a great place to live if you're moving to the area and just starting out on your own or with a family.
As with all things, there are good and bad things about this place. I'll start with the good.
The location is great; it's close to York University. There's a great nature path 2 feet away from the building. There's also an express bus that goes straight to Downsview Station in 10 minutes or less. It's close to Finch Street, which run
s 24-hours.
The building's management is pretty nice and flexible. The laundry room is open at all times and the move in elevator is usable and everyone understands if they can't use it for the time being.
The units are large and the walls are pretty insulated. (I like playing loud music)
The negatives are the roaches, which were not that bad until about a month ago. They were mainly contained to the lowers floors, but the building's managers are good about getting the place sprayed, gelled or powered about twice a month, which keeps them away.
The elevators are a problem when you're waiting and 2 of the 4 don't work. The close button on the elevators doesn't work, but that's because it's an old building.
Pigeons, Pigeons, Pigeons. They fly constantly on my balcony and on my window ledge. There's a hawk that flies around to eat them and they're not on everyone's balcony.
The neighbours are great and the building allows pets. They might be a bit annoying when you're watching TV, or trying to sleep.
Other than that, I give this place a 7/10. I've had nothing but good experiences here, and I would recommend it to anyone who would like a large unit and space for the rental price.
Anonymous on 11/23/2012
I moved into this building on November 2012. Since then I haven't unpacked my things. Although I haven't seen bedbugs in the unit, there is definitely a cockroach infestation.
I can not imagine being able to live here. I am actively looking for a new place for December. For those who moved-out before their lease ended, did you ever get your last month's rent back?
I am going to their corporate building next week to terminate my lease. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.
Miserable on 11/11/2012
I moved in here September 2012, and am still here. I am disgusted by this place. NOBODY puts their garbage down the shoot properly and that has contributed to the growing cockroach problem. Of course they never told me about them before I moved in. A week later, I was seeing cockroaches every single day. I have been here for 3 months now, and am not only dealing with cockroaches but now I am getting bitten my bed bugs.
I put a written complaint in a month ago and still have not heard anything
back. My screen door has yet to be fixed too. DO NOT MOVE IN HERE UNLESS YOU GET THEM TO LOWER THE PRICE AND TELL THEM YOU ARE AWARE OF THE INFESTATION.
The management here does not give a shit about ANYTHING, and now I know why the prices seemed so reasonable at first.
I am paying 875 dollars a month to live with cockroaches and bed bugs.
Anonymous on 09/24/2012
I moved in to this apartment building in September 2012, few days later I found some kind of insect bites on my arms and legs, at first I thought I was allergic to something. Then last week I found a bedbug crawling on my mattress. I reported to the building manager immediately. She said she will make an appointment for pest control. Last night I found 2 bedbugs on my mattress and another one this morning. I am getting bite 3-4 times a day/night, I am not sure how effective the pest control will
be (they are coming this Tuesday). I am hoping to move out but I am in one year lease and I am afraid I will bring the bedbugs to the new place.
Besides bedbugs, I also saw roaches 3 times within the past 2 weeks.
MOving out on 08/12/2012
I asked the management team if there was any infestations or any exterminations that were done in this building they said NO!!! Iwas at the apartment many times before I moved in and didnt see any roaches. The day I moved in they were EVERYWHERE. I moved out the same day and am fighting for my money back. It was disgusting they were in the shower head and in the fridge and sink. The management team at this building is inhumane, rude and very unprofessional and disresepctful. 6/10 apartments are
nice but very very filthy 0/10 cleanliness. I spoke to people that lived in the building and they all have roaches and dont care. DISGUSTING!!!!!
RoachHater on 06/12/2012
I don't know about the rest of the people, but I know i have the worse case roach infestation EVER! I am absolutely anal about cleanliness more than god himself! Scenarios:
1.) In front of the elevators, especially my floor (16th). They actually we're in the elevator, crawling up the walls where i had to smack it. One time, i got off the elevator (either on the ground floor or my floor) where the roach hitched a ride w/ me cuz i see them coming off the elevator with me!! Obviously, i ran afte
r it and smooshed it.
2.) My balcony have roaches (summertime). I was chilling right by my packed boxes where i had a glass of water rested on one of the boxes. A roach decided to have a drink of my water and chilled w/ me. I didn't give it the liberty to survive it's next chillin time w/ me.
3.) On my office desk where i was chillin and doing some work in front of my computer. A lonely big sucker roach decided to crawl along my arm towards my hand. It looked at me like im in its way! Yes...i didn't prolong his life either.
I had 2 spray downs, 3 pest inspections and 1 weird looking brown stuff that they put in ur cupboards...supposedly they eat it and die. DIDN'T WORK! I'm tired of packing and unpacking, everything i own is on my balcony, etc.
Most of the roaches all over my place don't even run away anymore. I come in and they're all looking at me w/ their stupid antennas wiggling about. Its like as if you can see a huge question mark on their head thinking, "Hey...where's the food? What? Where did you hide them?" Ya...not kidding! I hid all my food in the fridge (even the dry foods), but...that didn't last long. Somehow, those lil buggers got in the fridge. They died, but they got it!
Overall, i don't like the place at all. People are rude, ghetto and just infested w/ roaches. I'm leaving in a couple weeks and i wish to hell no one deals with this kind of stuff.
LittleMiss on 01/06/2011
I've lived in this building since Oct 2009 and it's decent. Prior to me moving in, I inspected the whole apartment, every nook and cranny you can think of.
About few months ago as I was getting some food out of the cabinet, I saw a bug which I though was a small roach. After that, I haven't seen any in months, up until about 2 months ago, I saw another one in my kitchen sink. I made sure I sanitize my whole kitchen on regular basis and that I don't keep any types of food out in the open
and take out garbage regularly - so far, nothing.
As for the bed bugs, I've never seen them in my apartment. Because I work in a shelter that's full of them, I'm always paranoid that I will bring some home, but I've been lucky. Also, the building brought in professionals to spray and clean against bed bugs and roaches, which was a bonus.
Management is okay when it comes to getting them to do stuff. So far, they've replaced my whole sink and cabinet in the bathroom (it was starting to rot inside) and they have also replaced my kitchen sink as well as the whole kitchen top.
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What Next for Agriculture After Durban?
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Beddington JR, Asaduzzaman M, Clark ME, Fernández Bremauntz A, Guillou MD, Howlett DJB, Jahn MM, Lin E, Mamo T, Negra C, Nobre CA, Scholes RJ, Van Bo N, Wakhungu J. 2012. What Next for Agriculture After Durban? Science 335: 289-290.
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Global agriculture must produce more food to feed a growing population. Yet scientific assessments point to climate change as a growing threat to agricultural yields and food security (1–4). Recent droughts and floods in the Horn of Africa, Russia, Pakistan, and Australia affected food production and prices. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the frequency of such extreme weather events will increase (5), which, when combined with poverty, weak governance, conflict, and poor market access, can result in hunger and famine. At the same time, agriculture exacerbates climate change when greenhouse gases (GHGs) are released by land clearing, inappropriate fertilizer use, and other practices (6). Alternative agricultural practices, tailored to different regions, show promise for reducing net GHG emissions and maintaining or improving yields despite extreme weather (7). In Niger, agroforestry on 5 million hectares has benefited >1.25 million households, sequestered carbon, and produced an extra 500,000 metric tons of grain per year (8). In Denmark, agricultural emissions have been reduced by 28%, while productivity increased (9).
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SubjectsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES; PRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSA; CLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETS; LOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENT;
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Domingo of Weitchpec
"Buzzard's Medicine" (June 3, 1907)
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Text identifier: I4
Speaker: Domingo of Weitchpec
Primary documentation: A. L. Kroeber
Project transcription: Andrew Garrett, with the assistance of Susanne Stadlbauer
Edition: , unpublished; selection edited and published by A. L. Kroeber, "The Languages of California North of San Francisco", University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, volume 9 (1911), pp. 425-426
Translation: A. L. Kroeber, Yurok Myths (1976), pp. 313-314 (myth I4)
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Weeshtue' so'n 'ekw. Keetkwo lego 'oolekwohl Lrger'l.
This is exactly how it was. Buzzard was still a person.
Weeshtue' ho so'n: nuemeechyue, nuemeechyue nep'.
This is what he did: he ate everything, everything.
Puelekuek 'w-rpkery ko nee mehl hopkecho'l. Tue' weeshtue' me'womecho'l.
He began downriver from where the river starts. That's where he came from.
Tue' 'o nuemeechyue hek'ws: leyolekws, hlmeyep'ee'r, hlkerrwers, hlkerrwers,
He found everything: gartersnakes, rattlesnakes, salamanders, salamanders, frogs.
Toomeneek k'ee nue segonowonee tue' nep'.
He ate all the kinds of things that existed.
Neekeechyue sook tue' nep', 'emsee k'ee huuek hlkeyuer.
He ate every kind of thing, even the slimy babies.
Tue' kolo ne'w wohpue 'ee nee looleek k'ee wer'ergeryerwernee wenchokws
He could see them thrown in the water by pregnant young women.
'Imee skewoksee'm kee koleesh 'ue-komchuemek' kue 'ue-meyoomoyk'. Weet wohpueks 'o
loot' nee kue '-uueks keech ko'l so'n.
She did not want anyone to know she was pregnant. So she threw her child who died in the water.
Peeshtue' weeshtue' 'o nep' kem. Nuemeechyue nep'.
Then he ate it too. He ate everything.
Tue' noo laa'y, wek tue' noo laa'y so pech.
He kept going along, he kept going upriver.
Tue' noo laa'y, tue' pechkues 'o ho neskwechok'w nee soneenee.
He kept going along, he arrived upriver doing so.
K'ee mer'wermery tue' nee soneenee weeshtue' so'n nuemeechyue nep'.
Doing so where the river comes from he ate everything.
K'ee chegee new 'we-segonowonee, k'ee chegee new 'we-sook, k'ee kwen cho' nee
newo'meesh, tue' nee nep'.
Everything he saw of all descriptions, every kind of thing he saw, whatever he saw, he ate it.
Peesh, kwesee 'o loksee'hl, kwesee 'eeshkuue 'ee weeshtue' so'n, keech tue' weeshtue' ho
soo gego'l. 'Ishkuue nee slo'ehlko'.
Well, then it was a year, and slowly it was like this, since he had gone around like that. Slowly he wasted away.
'Ishkuue nee slo'ehlkok'w k'ee won 'we-lokseehlek'.
Slowly he wasted away until a year was up.
Te nue hloyko'm wooneyeek. K'ee 'ue-'werhlker' keech muuewolo' soneenep'.
He tried to go uphill. His bones started to feel all burnt.
Kolo keech nee mok'w ho 'ekek'olehlkok'w. Nee soneen keech che'lee'. Nee mok'w k'ee
mehl skue'y soneenep'.
It was as if he no longer had strong legs. He got dry. There was nothing that made him feel better.
Te nue chyue soneenee ye's k'ee skue'y soneenah, kem tue' neemee hlo'm k'ee 'we-skue'y
He tried to do everything he thought of to make himself feel better, but he didn't take what would make him feel better.
Peesh, kwesee weeshtue' 'o so'n kohchee, keech nuemee mok'ws 'we-neskwey.
Well, when he was like this once, he became very sick.
Kwesee weeshtue 'o ho neskwechok'w Ho'owen. Ho'owens ho neskwechok'w. Prwer'k'uek
keet wo sooto' mokee.
That is how he came to Ho'owen. He came to Ho'owen. He was going south then.
Peeshtue' weet keech 'o nuemee mok'w 'we-neskweyowok', 'o nuemee mok'w
Then he became very sick, he was very sick.
Peesh kwesee 'eeshkuue ko'mo'y kolo ko'l 'o chweenkep'. Kesomehl negeee'n so
Then he suddenly heard what seemed to be someone speaking to him. He looked back on his left side.
'O negeee'no'w so heenoo. 'Oko, tee'nee' 'we-chweenkepek'? 'O
ne'w kaap'oleehl yo' 'o pegahchew.
He looked back. Hey, who spoke to me? He saw a plant there moving around.
To' wee' 'o tek kue kaap' 'o pegah. 'O chweenkep' kue kaap', kwesee 'o le'm,
The plant was growing there and moving around. The plant was talking, and it said, Ii!
To' kwel kome neskweyowo'm, keetee ko'l sonowo'm. Komchueme'm hes keetee
ko'l mehl sonowo'm?
You are very sick, you are about to die. Don't you know that you are about to die?
'O le'm, Paa! Kwelekw neemee komchuemek'.
He said, No! I don't know it.
'O le'm, Kwelekw nek kee nepaane'm, ko 'o lewoloche'm. Kwelekw weet
keech mehl sonowo'm.
It said, You will eat me and you will get well. This is why you have become like this.
K'ee nuemeechyue sook k'e-negepek', k'ee 'oohl ko'l wee' sonowoo'm tue'
You eat every kind of thing, you even eat people who are dead.
K'ee chegee nue 'wo-sook hlmeyep'ee'r tue' nepe'm. Tue' weet keech
You eat every kind of thing, even rattlesnakes. That is what you have become sick from.
Tue' nekee' kee nah.
[He said,] I will.
'O le'm, Nek kee nepaane'm. Hehl, cho' skue'y soneenee week 'ee
It said, You will eat me. So, prepare (me) well there.
Keyomohl cho' ket'ohpeene'm. Cho' s'eme'm, tue' weet ko 'o so
Cook (me) in a basket dipper. Pound me up, then you will talk to me.
Kwelekw weet kee mehl hewoloche'm, mo wee'eeet tue' mehl slo'ehlkoo'm,
keech mehl mok'w k'e-tewon. Wek hehl neee'nes k'e-'wes!
You will get well from that, for you are thin, you no longer have flesh. Look at yourself!
'O neee'no'w 'ue-'wes. Neesh! Tue' kome neskweyowok'.
He looked at himself. Alas! He was sick.
K'ee nee 'rgerkerhl chpee wee' ko nee 'rgerkerhl, 'ue-'werhlker' chpee kome ro'oh ho
Only his joints, his joints [?], on his bones alone he stood on the ground.
So'n 'ekw, keech neemok'w 'we-tewon, 'ohlkuemee weeshtue' keech 'ue
That is just how he was, he now had no flesh, because he had become sick from that.
Peesh, 'o le'm, Weetue' kee sonowok'.
Well, it said, I will do so.
Weetue' kee mehl weeegenoyek' 'o 'wes'onew, kyekwen kee soo hogoole'monee
k'ee 'oohl; kwelekw woyn keetee yoole'm k'ee 'oohl.
For that I will always be called in the world, as long as people will live thus; for there will be another people.
Weet kee neeegemue'. Weeshtue' kee negep' 'o'loolekweesh'ol k'ee
People will always carry it. Human beings will always eat us.
'O le's, Chuue', to' wee' kee sonowok'. Kwesee 'o nep' kyew 'o
pyewolue' 'emsee rekwoh.
He thought, OK, I will do so. Then he ate and chewed there and also drank.
Peeshtue' wee'eeetue weeshtue mehl me so'n. 'O le'm: Kwelekw nek weet nee
That is what he did with it. He said: Well, that is how I am.
To' 'ue-markwenee nep' 'o'loolekweesh'ol, kee to' 'ue-markwenee
A human being eats everything, he will eat everything.
Tue' weeshtue' ko 'o nep', weeshtue' ko 'o lohkue'.
He will eat, and then they will make it.
Peeshtue' weet kee sonowoo'm 'o'loolekweesh'ol. Weeshtue' ko 'o soneenee
weeshtue' sonowohl 'o'loolekweesh.
Human beings will do so. Human beings will act like this.
Nekah kee sonowoo'm. Weet 'wes'onah 'o knegon.
We will do so. I am leaving it like that in the world.
'Wes'onah weeshtue' ko 'o mehl hegok' kolo 'o'loolekweesh'ol.
People will be in the world as if I were around.
Weeshtue' kee segonoksee': Weeshtue' kee yegohkue' mocho keech slo'ehlko'
This is what he thought: This is how they will make it if a person gets weak.
Weesh kee nep', weeshtue' kue 'o lohkue'm 'ue-meskwoh, mo weetue' nek soo
He will eat this, and he will make his medicine, because that is how I got better.
Peeshtue weetue' chpeen so'n.
Well, that's just how it was.


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SQL MVP Robert Cain has found the perfect use for all those backpacks and bags most of us have stuffed in the corner of a closet—donate them to displaced tornado victims. Robert lives in Alabama, which was one of the states hit by the recent rash of tornados that devastated parts of the southern United States.
"Many people have been stranded with nothing," said Robert. "We personally had two friends whose houses were damaged. One of them came home to find a concrete slab on his property where his house used to be."
At a donation center, Robert was told they have a big need for duffle bags, luggage—anything victims can use to carry belongings. "People are getting clothes, but have nothing to put them in," said Robert. "I've got quite a few backpacks from events I've attended that I've dug out to donate, along with some of those cloth Wrox bags that members of the community put swag in for SQL Saturdays. It occurred to me many of us probably have attended a lot of events and have more of these backpacks or bags than we know what to do with."
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Place Cards Using Scrapbooking Paper
First, for those of you who have never used them before, you may be wondering what exactly is a place card?
A place card is a card or something similar bearing a person's name and used to mark their place at a dining or meeting table.
It's really anything you wish to use with a name tag on it, placed on the table for assigned seating.
The placing of the place cards are usually never set in stone at my house. As guests arrive they like to rearrange where they and others are sitting. Some guests wish to sit next to other guests (or far away from them), so they just move their place card.
My kids like to keep their personalized place cards as a keepsake each year and we have fun making them.
Here is an easy place card to make from scrapbooking paper, glue and bead stickers. You can hand write the names on each or if you have terrible handwriting like I do, use Microsoft Word Doc to create and print the names.
Supplies Needed
Fall themed scrapbooking paper
Glue stick
Scissors or paper cutter
Bead or jewel stickers
Cut the desired size strips of a solid color sheet of scrapbooking paper. I use a little heavier weight paper for this step and remember to use fall colors.
Next fold the strip of paper in half.
Now fold the ends of the strip of paper about an inch or two.
This should make a triangle shape. Glue the two end folded sections together to form the bottom of the place card, and form a triangle.
|Fold strip in the middle, fold on ends and glue
Next, using a fall themed sheet of scrapbooking paper cut out a square of paper, smaller than the front surface of the tri-folded place card. This sheet of paper should have a pattern such as fall leaves or turkeys or pumpkins, etc.
Glue the square onto the place card front.
Now cut an even smaller square of solid color scraping paper. This square should also be a light solid color.
|Hand print names or create in Microsoft Word Doc
This is where you will hand write each quest's name or if you are creating the names in a Word Doc, print them, cut them out and then glue onto this square of paper.
The final step is optional but fun. I purchased a package of beads and pearls stickers in fall colors to embellish the place cards. I also let the kids decorate their own!
Happy Thanksgiving,
|My place card decorate by me!
|Ready for quests and Thanksgiving dinner
, tablecloths, being
together, Turkeys
H ... Happiness & homes to protect from cold weather,
A ... Aunts and uncles, a reunion in Fall,
N ... Nieces and nephews, family members all!
K ... Kind-hearted kin coming over for dinner,
S ... Surely we'll have fun, but we won't get thinner!
K ... Kind-hearted kin coming over for dinner,
S ... Surely we'll have fun, but we won't get thinner!
G ...Gourds and pumpkins, arms open wide.
I ... Indians and Pilgrims we remember with pride.
V ...Very special times-there could even be snow.
I ... Imagine what it was like at
long ago. Plymouth
N ...Never forget how the settlers led the way,
G ...Giving thanks and blessing this special day.


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1. Jonathan Saunders:
I loved his last collection and I really loved this one too. His clothes always seem so comfortable and fluid. This little jacket/cape is too great for words.
I loved these two dresses because they definitely look like they evolved from his dresses last season. The color blocking is really cool and sexy.
2. Luella:
Oh my god. I LOVED the Luella collection. It was pure kinderwhore awesomeness but with a slightly elevated sense of sophistication.
This is so cool. I love the clothes and I love the way shes styled. I want to BE her this spring. It's kind of naughty secretary with more geeky rather than sexy elements taking the forefront.
This is total mismatched geek chic. I love the coat (and I really hope it's a waterproof trench). This would be the perfect way to channel my inner Ziggy Stardust. I want to have all of this in my closet.
3. Marios Schwab:
I love that even though it's such a conceptual piece it's also so sexy and powerful.
4. Paul Smith Women:
Just pure casual beachside chic.
5. Sinha-Stanic:
Last season they made beautiful metallic little dresses that I fell in love with instantly. This season's rockabilly-meets-Versace aesthetic was right on. This look is so incredibly powerful, yet the fluid lines of the jacket make it very sexy and womanly.
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Sometimes I get my ideas for a post by using the search engine terms. One of my friends pointed this part of the dashboard out to me when I first started blogging. She said, "Look to see the search engine phrases people use to find your blog…" I call these my FAQ's – Frequently Asked Questions.
How long will it take the guy (the narcissist) to miss you if there's no contact?
People people, work with me here!!
The point of No Contact is not to make the narcissist crazy with longing for you – remember he's crazy to begin with!
This isn't some sort of game we're playing. The purpose of No Contact is to give you, the victim relief, space, a time to heal, because you need to get as far away from the narcissist as possible. To be fair, there are females who are narcissists, substitute the appropriate pronoun.
No Contact gives you your sanity back. Give No Contact some time and the "N Fog" will clear. You will wonder why you stayed in a "relationship" with him as long as you did. You've been severely abused by a narcissist. In my humble opinion, all n's are psychopaths – they may not live with their mother (her dead body in a room upstairs) run a hotel and come into guest's rooms with a butcher knife – but they are still, psychos! Do you get it? I think many of us are lucky to be alive. No exaggeration.
Why in the name of all that is holy, do you want this gutter snipe to miss you! He is not what you thought he was, he is false. Nothing that he presented to you was true, all those lovely qualities that so entranced you in the beginning – those were all the attributes that he absorbed from worthwhile human beings and he isn't one of them! Human or lovely. Some of those qualities that you saw in him that you thought were so special? They were – no doubt your own qualities that he was mirroring back to you.
If you were the one to leave the N –
and in doing so thought that it would give him something to think about — that it would make him wake up and change his behavior to come groveling back to you – Think again!
He woke up all right – looked and saw that his eager, willing, worthless, doting floor mat was gone. He probably said, "Damn, now I have to go and cultivate new supply – Eh, I was too good for her anyway…"
If the N discarded you – (how many times does this make?) his reaction was the same.
Try to grasp this concept, however sick and twisted – The. Narcissist. Doesn't. Care. He/She – Does. NOT. Miss. You!
How long will it take the Narcissist to miss ?
The narcisssist is NEVER going to miss you!


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City Tracks City Discovery
City Tracks is a fascinating adventure in the city centre of your preferred town.
Each team uses a fully interactive and digital map of the city in their tour around the city centre.Read More
This challenge takes place in and around a restored farm that is purposely converted to cater for teambuilding activities.
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Best Cellar
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This culinary voyage starts with a beer aperitif under the expert guidance of our beer sommelier.Read More
Concert Ensemble
A concert an authentic and versatile 15th and 16th century instrumentarium.
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This interactive workshop lets you enjoy indulge in chocolate and is a healthy mix of the expertise of our master chef and entertainment.
You will be able to create and take home your own chocolate masterpiece.
Tasting is of course mandatory!Read More
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This original town trail takes two and a half hours and will give you the opportunity to experience the city of your choice as never before.
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Murder & Mystery Tour
The Inspector and his assistant welcome you and explain that a murder was committed last night.
A man was found dead in the heart of the city near the Fish market.
They are now making an allout effort to find the murderer and the gun and are also trying to find out the motive of this crime.Read More
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Experience, learn, play and test your knowledge of body language during the Body Language Trivia workshop.
This concept starts with an introduction of 45 min about the impact of positive body language.Read More
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Forever Friends Key Necklace
|Our Forever Friends Key Necklace makes a special keepsake for the one you love - be it your wife, a best friend, girlfriend or close family member. A sterling silver key pendant topped with two joined hearts, one of which is accented with CZs.
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The Friendship Key of Love is a reminder of why we love in the first place. We treasure and hold so dear the people in our life that mean the most to us. Friends validate the love we have, which not only shows on the outside, but also is hidden deep inside of us. They are there to share the good times and the bad. As we travel on the journey of life, this key is a reminder of how valuable our friends are, as they link our past to our future. Love opens the door for happiness, and closes it to keep the joy in our hearts.
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Bugs & Dots design garden and art flags from toland will add color and style to any home or garden! Permanently-dyed, 100% poly so there's never a problem of rot, mildew or fading. Set in the garden or display from a flagpole for a grand design statement. See below for size and price options, and be sure to check out our Garden & Flag Poles & Accessories.


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On 11th September 2012, YTL Cement held their Annual Seminar at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ir. Soo Thong Phor, YTL Cement's General Manager of Technical and Product Development, gave a presentation on
"Right Products for the Right Applications", together with Ir Dr.Tam Chat Tim, YTL Cement's Technical Advisor,
who presented "Temperature Limits - Principles and Applications". The seminar was attended by over 250 participants
consisting of Engineers, Consultants, Contractors, Developers, Readymix Concrete Suppliers, Precasters, Industrial Users
as well as Officers from various government agencies of Northern Region.
Registration time.
The seminar attracted a large number of contractors, consultants and engineers.
Ir. Soo presenting "Right Products for the Right Applications".
Dr. Tam presenting "Temperature Limits - Principles and Applications".
Q&A Session.
Discussion with speakers after presentation.


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You just got home from a long day of work and you haven't eaten in hours. You have nothing ready to go in the fridge that will satisfy your hunger pangs. But wait! You have a big, thick Highlander Strip Loin steak from your favourite butcher… but it's frozen rock solid.
How Do You Thaw Frozen Steak, Fast?
If you leave the steak on the kitchen counter on a plate at room temperature, it will take way too long to thaw — you may as well order pizza. Slowly air-thawing can create an environment perfect for bacteria to grow rapidly. Remember, you want steak for dinner, not steak and food poisoning.
If you defrost frozen steak in the microwave, you'll have a perfectly ruined piece of meat — cooked edges and a warmed but still raw centre — gross! It gives me chills just thinking about it.
You could place the frozen steak in a zip-lock bag and then submerge in a bowl of cold water in the sink. This is a safe and fast method, but water always seems to get in the bag, which will make it nearly impossible to achieve a browned crust of the surface of the steak. You need your steak to be DRY when it hits the heat.
So, What Is The Fastest Way to Thaw Frozen Steak????
Thawing frozen steak is easy. Place the steak, unwrapped (ignore photo), on a heavy metal pan on the counter. A heavy frying pan, skillet, sauté pan, pot, or even a cookie sheet will do – just as long as it's not nonstick or cast iron. As Robert L. Wolke says in his book, What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained: "The metal pan will conduct the room's heat very efficiently into the frozen food, thawing it in record time." Yippi! Steak for dinner!
This method works for flat, quick-cooking items like steaks and chops. To thaw larger items, like roasts and whole birds, follow these instructions.


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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
September Julep Maven Box!!
I am looking forward to using this more regularly!
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While at the Las Vegas airport, returning from CTIA Super Mobility, we were reflecting on many of the unexpected places where SpiderCloud is participating in rollouts of our Enterprise RAN system. The locations themselves are challenging a number of widely held popular beliefs about venue and customer acceptance of small cells in the wireless industry.
To share the context, there are a few small cells beliefs that permeate wireless thinking:
- Large venues and public institutions, like universities, must be multi-operator. Their Telecom/IT leadership won't entertain alternatives.
- Where a venue is large enough that an operator's business case to supply a base station for multi-operator DAS is positive, there is little room for small cells.
- Enterprises with mobile BYOD policies require multi-operator systems.
Where are we seeing challenges to these arise?
- A number of Universities, after they have been successful with a pilot single building small cells deployment, have decided to partner with the operator who supplied the small cells to add more buildings to their improvement plans. Universities, in the past, have been very vocal about the need to support mobile devices for every student. The driver behind the decisions is that the expense, to the University, to fund multi-operator infrastructure has less priority than other areas competing for budgetary allocations.
- Greenfield facilities that have no indoor cellular improvements in-place and are large enough to justify multi-operator are opting for small cells. The decision in balance is that implementing small cells from a single operator outweigh the multi-operator demands of the business due to cost, complexity and disruption associated with multi-operator construction activities. This is especially apparent in hospitals (infection control measures) and older buildings (asbestos abatement) where Ethernet and Wi-Fi infrastructures have already put in place structured cabling that can be used to deploy small cells without the complexity of opening walls or ceilings.
- Enterprises with BYOD policies who have decided, at national or regional level, to deploy small cells from one operator to solve for the indoor coverage demands of employees and contractors. The twin driver behind the decisions are the expense to fund multi-operator infrastructure has less priority than other areas competing for budgetary allocations and, if an employee has coverage problems, they need to move to the operator who has invested in the enterprise. This approach leverages Apple and Google migration utilities that enable extremely fast and accurate moving of configuration and data between similar devices along with very attractive credits (US$650 as of this posting date) to offset employee liable hardware costs and termination fees.
Today's downstream enterprise IT stakeholders who are making decisions for their operations and facilities are challenging the popular beliefs that shape our thinking about their business needs. IT leadership has realized that the mobile devices that their business demands are available from all the "business class" operators, and it's more cost effective for them to request scalable small cells and partner with one primary operator.
In summary, budgetary pressures and the competitive nature of our market will continue to demand that we all question popular beliefs like enterprise IT is doing.
– Art King, SpiderCloud Wireless, Director of Enterprise Services & Technologies
Twitter: @ArtKingg
Visit our Enterprise IT site @ http://SpiderCloud.com/EInsider


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Clear, well measured vocals
"Jo Philby has chosen a broad selection of her favourite songs from the folk tradition and really made them her own with clear, well measured vocals and a sensitive, uncluttered approach to instrumental accompaniment.
This is a recording Jo can certainly be proud of!"
Emily Smith, Scots Singer of the year 2009
Her sheer delighting in and love of the songs..is obvious throughout this recording..
"Jo Philby's debut album 'Saltwater and Stone' is a treasure trove of carefully chosen songs from the living well of folk music. Jo's sweet singing is a pleasure to listen to in any weather, her sheer delighting in and love of songs and singing them is obvious throughout this recording.
Jo has managed to gather around herself sensitive musicians who share her understanding of the songs and the music which, as part of everyday life, enrich our experience of the world and can serve to lift us above and yet further into the ordinary. Saltwater and Stone is a gem that will not tarnish in salt water nor be worn out by stone." Ger Wolfe singer/songwriter
Life on Orkney has imbued her voice..
"Jo's growing interest in folklore and her interpretation of the songs has always been a pleasure to witness.
Life on Orkney has imbued her voice with all the passion and vitality that comes from a life surrounded by sea. The purity of the ocean washes through the songs she has chosen for this recording and adorns them with the precious jewels of her environment. I am proud to have played a small part in it".
Sara Daniels Singer/songwriter
I'll be listening to Jo's CD many times..
"On hearing Jo Philby's CD Saltwater & Stone, I couldn't believe that she's waited so long to produce her debut album! The songs are so well chosen for Jo's beautiful voice, and truly evocative of the
Ali O'Brien - Sounds of Folk presenter, Oldham Community Radio; Director, Saddleworth Folk Festival
Probably the best female CD I have been sent for a long time...
"I can't stop playing your CD. It is probably the best female CD that I have been sent for a long time. You have progressed to become a wonderful singer and the production is outstanding"- Mike Peach, Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet
There is wonder, radiance & soul in this collection of songs...
"I think 'Saltwater & Stone' has managed to capture a pail full of these islands' special magic, it may be the closest one can get to bottling whatever it is that is Orkney.
This whole project: the immaculate design of the album sleeve, the painstaking choice of songs, through to the talented compliment of contributing musicians and the polished studio production has, more than anything else, been realised because of the intense passion and commitment that Jo has to traditional song. Nothing this beautiful is easily won. There is wonder, radiance and soul in this collection of songs and I feel they have been given life by a very special voice.
The CD is out now and is already receiving praise and radio play. Go purchase, cajole or otherwise track down by any means available this lovely album. Keep it with your stones from the beach in the drawer of your Orkney chair…
Mike Fairbairn - Musician


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Activity 2Some people say that the most powerful person in the world is the president of the United States. His name is Donald Trump and he became the president this past November when he beat out his competitor, a woman named Hillary Clinton. Google 'Hillary Clinton' to find out a little bit more about her. On your blog, post three interesting facts about Hillary.
1. Did you know when Hillary was young she was never interested in politics, she dreamed that one day she would be a astronaut or a baseball.
2. Did you know that Hillary has been to more than 100 countries.
3. Did you know Hillary won a Grammy award not for singing nor rapping, it was for the Best Spoken Word Album for her book.


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• A deductible donation to a 501C3 entity.
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In order to become a member, please download the application , complete and mail to the Firehouse Museum.
Any questions, please contact the Executive Director
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When I needed an extra piece of art for our living room gallery wall I created DIY Feather Art. You can create your own, but please purchase craft feathers, use fake feathers or paper feathers. (Per the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, it is illegal to collect feathers, nests and other … [Read more...]
How to Install a Birdhouse on a Post #DIYCourage
Hey y'all! I'm back with another easy tutorial. This is another #DIYCourage project sponsored by Duluth Trading Co. Do you love birds? Want to add some birdhouses to your property without attaching them to trees? Today I'm going to share a super simply DIY project that will make … [Read more...]
Hang Art Without a Frame
One way to change the look of a space is to hang up new art. With so many attractive options for your walls, it's easy to do. Posters, photos, wallpaper and other memorable art can look great, even without a frame. Having art framed professionally can get expensive. Even store … [Read more...]
DIY Constellation Wall Art
Happy New Year! It's Jessica from Decor Adventures, back with a fun project for your walls this month. In late November, my husband and I had a baby girl! We are enjoying every minute of her and on the side I've been working on decorating her nursery. This idea for constellation … [Read more...]
Day 19 – Drill Holes to a Certain Depth
Occasionally you need to drill a hole to a specific depth. Or you want to drill a hole into but not through your wood. This simple trick helps you do just that!Day 19 - Drill Holes to a Certain DepthWhen I was drilling the top of the new closet doors, I marked the depth … [Read more...]
Decorative Metal Flashing Orbs
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3 Step Little Red Wagon Planter
Container gardening is easy and great for instant color gratification. But, it's especially fun to find "unconventional" objects to use as a planter. You may have noticed my little red wagon planter in the Landscaping 101 post. My 3 Step Little Red Wagon Planter is sure to bring … [Read more...]
How to Install Shelves (using Corbels) on a Tile Wall
After painstakingly tiling my backsplash, I was more than a bit hesitant to drill holes into the tiles to hang the corbels and open shelving. But, I convinced myself to stop being a wussy procrastinating and just do it.I'm so pleased with how they turned out and I didn't chip … [Read more...]
Galvanized Tub Storage Bench with Furry Upholstered Lid {Lowe's Creator Idea}
Every month Lowe's challenges me to create another unique project to share with you. This month's challenge was creative storage ideas. Have kids? This is a unique storage solution using a galvanized tub and a furry upholstered lid. It's the perfect place to store and corral all … [Read more...]
Easy Wooden Chalkboard Sign {Countdown to Christmas Idea}
Do you keep scraps of wood and say to yourself, "I might need that for something someday." Well, today is your someday! Grab a scrap (or ask Lowe's for their scraps) and create this super easy wooden chalkboard sign.When you're done, you can turn it into a sign that displays … [Read more...]
DIY Stamped Spoon Necklace from Thistlewood Farms
Today I have the honor of introducing the extremely creative KariAnne from Thistlewood Farms. She's showing us one of my favorite gift ideas from her idea farm ;-). DIY Stamped Spoon Necklaces!Hello Pretty Handy Girl readers! My name is KariAnne from Thistlewood Farms and … [Read more...]
How to Make a Mason Jar Foaming Soap Dispenser
My sweet little sister, Caitlin, sent me vintage blue Ball Mason jars for my birthday. I had resisted buying them because I might have a bit of a jar hoarding problem. (If you're in my home, don't open the cabinet in the laundry room. You might be horrified or shocked by all the … [Read more...]
Creating Open Frame Radiator Screen Cabinet Doors
A few months ago when I got the call that Woman's Day wanted to send a photographer to photograph me and my garage, I kind of freaked a little. I mean, it was my garage, the least attractive room in our house! Part of the unattractiveness stemmed from my workbench with a huge … [Read more...]
Rustic Wooden Caddy with a Branch Handle
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How to Remove a Stuck, Stripped or Painted Screw
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Smyrna, TN 1996-2007
RegionsAir was known as Corporate Express Airlines from 1996 to 1998, and then Corporate Airlines from 1998 to 2004. Operating as Corporate Express, it flew for Midway Airlines until their 1st shutdown in 2001 and also flew for TWA as Trans World Express out of St. Louis. The airline changed its corporate name to RegionsAir in May of 2004 to end confusion with similarly named airlines. RegionsAir had been the air service provider for many small communities as part of the Federally-subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) program. RegionsAir operated under a code-sharing agreement with American Airlines until March 2007. At that time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the airline, saying there had been problems with the airline's training and certification program.


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After being away for three years and graduating nursing school, Alana Vilo finally returns home to Samoa and knows nothing will ever be the same. Consumed with grief from the loss of her father, she buries herself in her work and the obligations that come with a large family.
While her colleagues anticipate the arrival of a mysterious benefactor, Alana remains unimpressed, until she meets him. Chase Malek is not at all what she expects of the philanthropist that has donated so much to help her island's hospital. Young, handsome, and strangely knowledgeable of their local customs, Alana realizes there's much more to Chase than meets the eye. After a traumatic experience with one of her patients, her suspicions are confirmed.
Alana starts to resurface as she attempts to uncover all of Chase's secrets. As she starts to put the pieces together, she learns more about herself, and the walls she put up after her father's death slowly start to crumble. But now that she's opened her heart and let Chase in, will he even be able to stay? Or will his greatest secret of all keep them apart?
Illumine Her is a supernatural love story set in the South Pacific. Spanning several years, it follows the life of Alana Vilo, the heroine of this tale, as she journeys from someone emotionally devoid from the loss of her father to a woman with aspirations and determination. Chase Malek, the mysterious hero, helps usher her into this phase of her life.
The author of this tale loves reading stories that depict a journey—whether it be a physical one where the characters have to endure nature's elements to reach their goal or a personal one where the hero or heroine go through a transformation within themselves. She has attempted to write one that encapsulates these aspects.Born and raised in Samoa, Sieni A.M. studied English and Pacific Island History at the University of Canterbury, before completing her degree to become a high school teacher. Shortly after graduating, she moved to Israel with her husband and worked as an English-language proof reader and editor. Illumine Her is her debut novel.
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The end of May is characterized by barbecues, picnics, maybe…
The end of May is characterized by barbecues, picnics, maybe fireworks, kids running around with sparklers, and usually parades – across the country, this weekend will be a day longer in celebration of Memorial Day. I remember marching as a little leaguer in the Memorial Day parade that took place every year in the center of my hometown. All that mattered to me was that I had my brown bag filled with candy to throw out to the crowd lining the streets and that I could stuff handfuls into my pockets between tosses. Leading the parade and pulling up the tail-end were older men and women, people who looked more like my grandparents, decked out in fancy uniforms of different kinds, some of them meandering along in vintage cars with American flags adorned to any place they could get them to stay put. Those older people that I watched as I walked along in my knee-high socks had been to war for the U.S. and they were marching, most importantly, to remember other service members who had not been as fortunate to return from war.
Neighborhoods and communities around the country will be grilling food and enjoying late-spring weather during this coveted long-weekend to close out the month of May – remember those people this weekend is meant to honor as you bite into your hotdog and light your sparkler.
– Colin


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Through interviews with remnants of a long-gone Hollywood, a vivid sense of some of the great formative families emerges.
Readers of George Plimpton's Paris Review will be familiar with the interview structure of this compelling, occasionally gossipy, informative chronicle of the flamboyant personalities from a storybook Hollywood era and the great houses they inhabited in Beverly Hills and Malibu. Stein (Edie: An American Biography, 1982, etc.), formerly an editor at Paris Review and Grand Street, delves into the strange, incredible sagas of early Los Angeles oil baron Edward L. Doheny; Warner Bros. founder Jack Warner; schizophrenic teenager Jane Garland (and her coterie of male handlers); actress and wife of David Selznick, Jennifer Jones; and the author's father, Jules Stein, founder of Music Corporation of America—all of whom were more or less neighbors and party acquaintances in the area. The speakers, aside from their names, are not otherwise identified; readers have to scan the "biographical notes" in the back, a structure aiming no doubt to maintain a fluidity to the narrative. Indeed readable, this work, through its gradual fleshing-out of the biographical portraits, depicts these larger-than-life legends who were vulnerable to scandal and heartbreak. Doheny, one of the richest men in the country in the 1910s, endured the suicide of his first wife and the death of his son following the Teapot Dome trial of 1929. Warner, remembered by his son Jack Jr. early on as a lovable man before success corrupted him, did not live to see his grand house on Angelo Drive bought by David Geffen in 1990. Actress Jones became the ultimate Hollywood hostess while weathering tremendous emotional instability. Jules Stein, the son of Lithuanian immigrants in South Bend, Indiana, left his career as an ophthalmologist to start a band-booking business and created an entire empire.
Slips occasionally into hearsay and grievance but rivets readers with "a kind of fascinated horror."