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Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:53 pm
Recent studies clearly show that cheap food prices supplement the urban areas. This means as urban dwellers continue to have a higher standard of living than we supplement their income by providing the urban dwellers cheap food.
President Obama claims that we are no longer an agrarian society; therefore, we can send out children to school year around.
We need to be creative in rural America and create jobs not build empty houses. Creating jobs is necessary for a healthy rural America. Remember in the 60's many a farm family had their jobs in the small town and farmed.
Here is a recent article published by the Dept of Agriculture:
(SALEM) - The U.S. consumer is spending a bit more of their disposable income to purchase food than the previous year but they still enjoy the cheapest, most abundant supply in the world, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"It's no secret that Americans continue to get a bargain with their food dollar," says Katy Coba, director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture. "We should all thank our productive and efficient farmers and ranchers for making that bargain possible."
USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) has recently released food expenditure statistics for 2005. They show that Americans are spending, on average, 9.9 percent of their disposable income on food.
That's up slightly from 9.7 percent in 2004 but very consistent with figures over the past five years. The percentage dropped to single digits for the first time in recorded U.S. history in 2000.
Twenty years ago, American consumers spent 11.7 percent of their disposable income on food. Thirty years ago, that figure was 15.1 percent. Going back in history, Americans spent about 20 percent of their income on food about the time today's baby boomers were born. In 1933, the figure was more than 25 percent.
Statistics are not available for individual states, but Oregon generally follows the national trend.
In terms of dollars, U.S. families and individuals spent more than $895 billion on food in 2005 compared to just $11 billion in 1933. Of course, the nation's population has risen dramatically. But the end result of increased productivity in agriculture is a percentage of income for food that is the envy of the world.
"Better equipment, mechanization, use of hybrid seeds, fertilizer, and crop protectant chemicals have all contributed to increased production in the U.S., which has lowered the cost of food to the public," says Brent Searle, ODA analyst and special assistant to the director.
"That has allowed 90 percent of the American consumer's disposable income to be spent on things other than food, such as housing, automobiles, leisure, and recreation."
Not all food available to the American consumer these days is grown or produced in the U.S. There are plenty of imported food products. Likewise, much of what comes from U.S. farms and factories heads overseas. But prices have remained relatively low in the United States and Oregon primarily because of high productivity and efficiency by domestic agriculture.
While the low percentage spent on food is good news for American consumers, it has not necessarily translated well to the producer. On average, farmers get back less than 20 cents of every dollar paid by the consumer. The balance primarily goes to processors, wholesalers, and retailers.
Producers receive less than half of what they used to get from the food dollar. In 1950, they received 41 cents out of each dollar. As recently as 1980, that figure was still as high as 31 cents.
Another trend in the U.S. food expenditure statistics is the amount of money spent on food consumed away from home. Last year, spending on food away from home was 48.5 percent compared to 51.5 percent for food prepared and consumed at home.
Thirty years ago, only about 34 percent of those food dollars were spent away from home. Fifty years ago, that figure was 25 percent.
The out-of-the-home food spending has spiked up again after a bit of a drop in recent years.
"We saw that portion spent out-of-home go up quite a bit in the 1990s as convenience became a bigger factor in everyone's busy daily lives," says Searle. "Then it backed off a bit after 9/11 as people tended to stay home a bit more."
Since Oregon food products often find their way into the restaurant and food service industries, the trend of eating out more is valuable to Oregon producers and processors.
USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) also reports the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food sold in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in 2005 and is forecast to increase as much as 3.0 percent in 2006 as retailers pass on higher energy and transportation costs to consumers in the form of slightly higher retail prices. Still,
American consumers are getting a bang for their buck when it comes to food.
"When any of us go to the store and buy food, we look at the check register and sometimes feel like we are spending too much," says Searle. "But in comparison to other countries, food is still a bargain."
International statistics provided by ERS only account for the percentage of disposable income spent on food at home. Still, the numbers show huge disparities between the U.S. and other countries.
The U.S. percentage is 6.1 percent. The next lowest figure comes from consumers in the United Kingdom at 8.3 percent. (Note: No statistics are available in the report for Canada, which would be considered a lower percentage country.)
German consumers spend 10.9 percent of their disposable income on food at home, followed by Japan (13.4 percent), South Korea (13.4 percent), and France (13.6 percent) among high income countries.
Middle income countries include South Africa (17.5 percent) and Mexico (21.7 percent). China (28.3 percent) and Russia (36.7 percent) are seeing rapid decreases in food expenditure percentages but are still relatively high. India (39.4 percent) and Indonesia (49.9 percent) are among the highest when it comes to the amount of disposable income spent on food.
It all points back to something Americans often take for granted.
"There are few other places in the world where you can get the diversity and the amount of food for the dollar you spend than the United States," says Searle.
U.S. consumers can thank American farmers and ranchers, in large part, for that great bargain.
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Every issue is not them vs us. Of course poor people spend a higher percentage of their income on food than people who are less poor...and we aren't divided into rural and non rural people the way we used to be. Who are the "urbanites"? The Ortonville residents? The residents of Albany? You are using a classic us Vs them technique by creating "urbanites".
Urbanites are not the only ones that like our current food system. Plenty of farmers have adapted to the current conditions and are doing very well. Look at USDA income and profit numbers for our local counties. We got some smart and of course also some lucky farmers. The standard of living for our farmers is better now than in the 1930's and even the 1950's is it not? Especially our local counties, that's what I have looked at most.
There are a lot of surprise land mines in place waiting for job creationists in the area. And job creation isn't going to well in the US as a whole. And if I understand it correctly there is pickiness about what jobs are ok to bring in around here yet there is no manifesto stating what jobs would be supported. There is only a negative list.
Subsidizing the farm economy is not a new idea. They do it in Europe, a huge percentage of the EU budget goes toward farm subsidies. So while producers are often on the loosing end, it took two to tango in the past. Farm subsidies helped create the food structure we have today.
Look at the sugar subsidy program, which helped create the over sweetened cereal culture we are stuck with at the moment. If sugar cost as much as honey that would never have happened. Cheap corn to feed cattle, and the developed taste for corn fed cattle is another legacy of farm subsidies that keeps grass fed cattle from finding a place in every grocery store.
The way out? maybe it's subsidizing healthy meat now to make up for past mistakes. Or taxing saturated fatty and high sugar foods to make up for past mistakes. Or both. And education, the majority of producers don't even know how to produce a tasty tender lean low corn critter. And few know enough to turn corn and soybeans into edible lentils or potatoes anymore. They would go broke trying. The desire of farmers to get together and start co operative marketing and processing is low. There is an attitude that just limiting competition would take care of farm income. Good luck with that in a more socialist country, not here.
But of course marketing takes a bigger bite out of the food dollar than farmers, does it not?
Well where did the farmer's share of the food dollar go? Did people decide to buy the cheapest, non premium food and go spend their money on housing and health care? Education, health care, housing, all of those things now take a bigger bite and some of that is voluntary some of it is not.
We could solve the marketing problem and take the marketing share of the dollar back. Wouldn't it be great if people knew enough about food and nutrition that TV marketing didn't influence their buying decisions? That would move some marketing jobs back to our area.
While we deride each other in the back waters, millions are spent advertising box cereals and lunchmeat. USDA does try to do something and then gets its credibility challenged by farmers who say our food supply isn't safe. Safest in the world but not safe? Better to pay Kellogs and Hersheys extra and get food in a box. Let the Colonel cook your chicken for you. Farm products producers are too divided. They sometimes think the enemy is Mexico when it's really the food marketing industry and lobbyists. That leaves even more room for the bad actors to exploit agriculture.
To get back a bigger share of the food dollar farm producers and their community have to be willing to value ad, market and supply.
Remember even "milk sucks!" (enormous web presence, just google) therefore it's better to buy a processed, packaged, marketed soy product. The big conventional food processors (let's call them food inventors) are the biggest spenders and profit tremedously more than the producers.
I invested in a bakery(three factory sites making artisan bread) that had potential to take wheat from field to table. That was the plan. We were figuring out how to identify the suitable wheat in the bins for the custom miller. But you know that bakery would not have had a chance in this area because they hired lots of hispanic labor and the majority of the entry level jobs were near minimum wage. We could not produce bread cheap enough and so we failed. It appears that we would not have been welcome to try and succeed in this area. Sending the processing somewhere else always means sending the money somewhere else.
If you don't want Kellogs to get such a big share of the food dollar then we have to regroup.
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AEM Holdings Ltd - Raising Guidance Once Again
- AEM raised its FY17F pretax profit guidance, citing higher sales, better margins and better operational efficiency YTD. It now expects FY17FF pretax profit to be at least S$32.0m, +33.3% from its previous guidance of S$24.0m.
- AEM updated its 9M17F pretax profit guidance to S$25m-27m, up 42.9-54.3% from its previous guidance of S$17.5m.
- We raise FY17-19F EPS by 19.3-32.6% to factor in the higher pretax profit guidance.
- We roll forward our valuation basis to 10x FY19F P/E (multiple unchanged), which raises our target price by 32.7% to S$4.55.
AEM issues positive pretax profit guidance
- AEM issued positive pretax profit guidance on Monday, 16 Oct.
- The positive update in AEM's guidance is mainly attributed to higher sales, better profit margin and better operational efficiency YTD as a result of strong customer demand, coupled with benefits from the company's ongoing efforts to upgrade operational productivity.
Laying the foundation for future growth
Major change 1 – Mr Loke Wai San assumes Chairman role
- On 30 Sep 17, AEM announced that Mr Loke Wai San was appointed as Executive Chairman with effect on 1 Oct 2017. Mr Loke has been AEM's Non-Executive Chairman since 2011.
- We view this appointment positively as we think it would strengthen the major shareholder's interest (Novo Tellus via Orion Phoenix) and be favourable for the minority shareholders. The appointment reaffirms Mr Loke's commitment to AEM, as it indicates that he will be focusing on expanding the company.
- As the Executive Chairman, Mr Loke's role will expand to include providing guidance in identifying, structuring and integrating future acquisitions as AEM expands it business scope. Mr Loke is concurrently the Managing Director of Novo Tellus Capital Partners and led Novo Tellus PE Fund I's investment in AEM.
- Mr Loke's appointment as the Executive Chairman reaffirms his continuing commitment to supporting AEM outside the context of Novo Tellus' investment.
Major change 2 – delivering on acquisition strategy
- On 30 Sep 2017, AEM announced its first acquisition to diversify its business and build on its test handler capabilities. The company announced the acquisition of InspiRain Technologies Pte Ltd (InspiRain), a provider of network infrastructure test and measurement solutions, pursuant to a share purchase agreement signed on 22 Sep 2017. AEM will acquire 100% of InspiRain for up to S$3.6m.
- InspiRain is a company incorporated in Singapore and engages in the business of research, development and production of network infrastructure test and measurement solutions. InspiRain has a portfolio of test products including a Vector Network Analyzer and a handheld network cable tester.
- As the net book value of InspiRain as at 31 Aug 2017 was S$43,000, preliminary goodwill to be recognised could amount to S$3.6m.
- What InspiRain can add to AEM is:
- InspiRain's innovative test products address large potential global markets that are immediately adjacent to AEM's core handling market. With its global sales and service infrastructure, AEM can develop global distribution and commercial traction for InspiRain's products.
- InspiRain's engineering team possesses strong technical capabilities and deep experience in creating test solutions for global industrial customers. AEM intends to leverage these capabilities to expand its current product portfolio to non-semiconductor industries.
- The purchase consideration will be satisfied mainly via the re-issuance of treasury shares and a smaller cash payout. The actual purchase consideration will also be adjusted based on agreed upon performance milestones.
Smartflex gaining traction
- AEM owns a 21.2% stake in associate Novoflex Pte Ltd (Novoflex), which in turn owns 100% of Smartflex Technology Pte Ltd (SFT) and Smartflex Innovation Pte Ltd (SFI).
- SFT is a leading outsourced assembly and test company for smart card modules used in banking while SFI has developed proprietary manufacturing equipment, processes and intellectual property for producing low-cost SIM card modules for telecommunications and smart card modules for banking.
- This investment will help AEM's efforts to diversify away from the cyclical semiconductor industry and lower its business concentration risk from a single key customer, in our view.
- According to information obtained from SFT's website currently, SFT was founded in 2003 and has around 5% global market share. Its plant in Singapore is one of only two smart card industry contract manufacturers in the world with Evaluation Assurance Level 6 (EAL-6) certification. A key competitive advantage of SFI is that it owns a patent for technology that provides an efficient and economical solution to simplify the manufacturing of smart card at a lower cost.
- This invention offers an opening to revolutionary technology that could replace the conventional subscriber identification (SIM) card with Smartflex's eco.SIM solution. The eco.SIM product is a SIM card used in mobile devices to identify and authenticate subscribers in a mobile telephony network. This patented technology offers a breakthrough process that simplifies the manufacturing of traditional SIM cards, eliminates the use of precious metals and reduces material wastage to provide a highly economical solution with fast production turnaround compared to the existing conventional SIM card.
- We think this leading edge technology will help Smartflex to expand its market share in high volume markets with high churn rates, offering greater cost savings and promoting eco-friendly production.
- According to the last available public disclosure, SFI has been granted the patent for this technology in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK, Mexico, Myanmar and the Philippines. Pilot runs using its patented eco.SIM technology have already been conducted in countries such as India and Indonesia, which have a large base of prepaid mobile phone subscribers.
Still has ample room to grow
- Our earnings forecasts for AEM only consider the server chips and silicon on chip (SoC) business segments of its major customer. Given the stabilisation of AEM's capacity build-up and its experience in assembling the test handlers, we believe FY18F would be a good time for AEM to address business opportunities with the customer's computing devices business segment.
- Other possible growth opportunities include modem chips, Internet-of-Things (IoT) chips and automotive-related chips.
Rolling over valuation basis
- We raise our FY17F EPS by 32.6% to reflect the latest pretax profit guidance.
- Our FY18F and FY19F EPS forecasts are also raised by 25.6% and 19.3%, respectively, as we factor in higher sales and better gross margins as AEM substitutes more of its higher material cost components with more competitively priced ones. Our new forecasts also reflect the potential positive margin impact of higher production contribution from its lower-cost Penang plant in FY18F onwards.
- We roll over our valuation basis to FY19F, which raises our target price to S$4.55 (previously S$3.43, based on 10x FY18F EPS) still based on 10x P/E (18% discount to major customer's P/E and 34% discount to key peer Cohu's P/E) applied to FY19F EPS of S$0.455. AEM is scheduled to report its 3Q17F results on 2 Nov 2017.
- Our target 10x FY19F P/E represents peak valuation for AEM based on our 5-year product cycle assumption. As a sanity check, the average of our FY17-19F EPS forecasts is S$0.431. A P/E multiple of 10x applied to this average EPS of S$0.431 would equate to fair value of S$4.31.
- In our view, AEM's share price performance would be aided by improved trading liquidity of its shares. AEM's current 3-month average trading value (as at 16 Oct 2017) is only US$0.74m or just 0.54% of its market cap. We think the company could enhance trading liquidity by executing a share split.
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NBC's much-discussed general election poll and the likely dynamics of the 2008 campaign
- The poll shows Barack Obama to be ahead 47% to 41%.
- The gender gap is large: Obama wins women by 19%, McCain wins men by 20%. Obama is also leading among Hispanics (62% to 28%, which is a very important lead given talk that McCain might be stronger than other Republicans among Latinos) and independents by 5%.
- In case of a Clinton-McCain match-up, the Democrat takes the lead 49% to 40%. In a match-up between Obama/Clinton and McCain/Romney, the Dem ticket is ahead 51% to 42%.
- Today, the new Hotline poll shows Obama ahead 44% to 42% ina poll taken from the 5th to the 8th. This is actually a decline since his 4% lead in May.
- In a disappointing sign for Obama, voters trust McCain more when it comes the war 49% to 41% despite trusting the Democratic Party by 12% more. Similarly, Obama has a 6% edge over the economy despite a 26% edge for his party.
Also, the 2004 election was largely defined by Bush, a very clearly defined incumbent about whom opinions were crystallized. It is thus not surprising that numbers remained relatively stable throughout the election and that there were just 2-3 big swings (one in mid-August towards Bush, one end of September towards Kerry). 2008 is not 2004. McCain and Obama are both largely undefined and their numbers will evolve through the cycle. This is certainly not to say that Obama will lose. In fact, he is favored to win. Perhaps he will indeed never trail in national polls again. But that certainly won't be because of any similarity with what happened in 2004.
The national environement is very favorable to Obama and Democrats have been favored to win this election for months -- even years -- now. There have been countless reports that the Democratic Party has gained a huge advantage in partisan breakdown over the past four years. The make-up of SUSA's polls shows a double-digit gain by the party compared to 2004 exit polls, numbers that will be accentuated by the registration drives of the past few months (Gallup just released an analysis with the same finding). As long as Obama holds on to his base and does not fall too much behind among independents, the election should be his. The only reason Republicans are not trailing by double-digits is because McCain is the strongest candidate they could have nominated.
The GOP is very well aware of this fact and it knows that its only chance is to define Barack Obama in very negative terms to make him an unacceptable choice among a significant portion of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (given how excited conservative blogs are getting about Obama's birth certificate, we know where some Republicans plan to take this). And the Hotline poll I referred to above does point some major vulnerability areas for Obama as he significantly underperforms a "generic Democrat" and the trust in the Democratic Party. Until the GOP launches a full-scale effort and until Obama weathers it, it is foolish to confidently assert that the Democratic nominee will never look back. Dukakis, after all, led by 19% in the summer of 1988 until a nasty (and racially driven) campaign derailed him.
The Democrats' advantage this year is that they can do the same thing to McCain and have plenty of money to redefine him. McCain enjoys a loosely defined "maverick image" but it is not firmy anchored and his opponents believe they can undermine by showing his ties with Bush, emphasizing his pro-life record and playing on his hawkish sound bites. The discipline with which the Obama campaign has been conducting this offensive confirms that McCain should expect no mercy.
All of this is a recipe for volatility, in either direction, but with the clear understanding that Obama is favored. Depending on who defines the other camp the best, the election could swing anywhere between an Obama blow-out and a narrow McCain victory.


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Top 10 richest players in the world 2018
The Forbes release a The World's Highest-Paid Athletes top 100 lists in the world, here I am showing you top 10 richest players list.
#1 Floyd Mayweather (No.1 out of top 10 richest players)
Player Name – Floyd Mayweather
Total Earning – $285 M
Game – Boxing
Age – 41 Years
Nationality – American
Total fights – 50
Wins -50
Wins by KO – 27
Losses – 0
#2 Lionel Messi (No.2 out of top 10 richest players)
The second world richest player name is Lionel Messi In our top 10 richest player list, Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine soccer player who plays for the Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona. The attacker has played for FC Barcelona's first team since 2004 and extended his contract until February 2017/18. Messi also owns Spanish citizenship next to Argentine.
Player Name – Lionel Messi
Total Earning – $111 M
Game – Soccer
Team Name – Barcelona, Argentina
Age – 31
Nationality – Argentine
Played World Cup – 4
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo (No.3 out of top 10 richest players)
Cristiano Ronaldo is the third richest player in the world as per Forbes top ten richest player list, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal He is a Portuguese soccer player who plays for Real Madrid. He has played for Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United before. He also performed 144 times for the Portuguese national soccer team, in which he scored 78 goals.
Player Name – Cristiano Ronaldo
Total Earning – $108 M
Game – Soccer
Team Name – Juventus and The Portuguese national team.
Age – 32
Nationality – Portuguese
Played World Cup – 4
#4 Conor McGregor (No.4 out of top 10 richest players)
Conor McGregor is in the fourth position, Conor McGregor (July 14, 1988), an Irish mixed martial arts fighter, is now part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC featherweight champion and a former UFC lightweight champion.
McGregor began his mixed career in 2008. In 2012, he signed the UFC after winning the caged warrior match featherweight and lightweight double champion. In 2015, he defeated the undefeated Jose Aldo in the UFC 194 in just 13 seconds and won the UFC featherweight championship. At the same time, this also refreshed the fastest winning record in UFC history. In 2016, he defeated Eddie Alvarez in UFC 205 and won the UFC lightweight title, which also made him the first UFC history fighter to have two titles. On April 5, 2018, Conor McGregor got out of control after the UFC223 press conference, taking a cart placed at the parking lot to the bus full of UFC players, causing Michael Chiesa's forehead to be scratched by broken glass, Conor McGregor, He immediately surrendered to the local police and was ordered to pay $50,000 in court.
Player Name – Conor McGregor
Total Earning – $99 M
Game – Mixed Martial Arts
Team Name – SBG Ireland
Age – 30
Nationality – Irish
#5 Neymar (No.5 out of top 10 richest players)
Neymar is in the fifth position, Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, known as Neymar or Neymar Jr. (born 5 February 1992 in Magi das Cruz's, Brazil), is a Brazilian footballer that can play as a left or right Winger or as a Striker. He plays for the French team Paris Saint-Germain. He plays for the Brazil national football team at international level.
Player Name – Neymar
Total Earning – $90 M
Game – Soccer
Team Name – Paris Saint-Germain
Age – 26
Nationality – Brazilian
#6 LeBron James (No.6 out of top 10 richest players)
The sixth richest player name is LeBron James in our top 10 richest player list, LeBron Raymone James born in Akron, Ohio, USA, He is a National Basketball Association (NBA) professional basketball player, He is currently playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Player Name – LeBron James
Total Earning – $85.5 M
Game – Basketball
Team Name – Los Angeles Lakers
Age – 33
Nationality – American
#7 Roger Federer (No.7 out of top 10 richest players)
Roger Federer is in the seventh position in this list, Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam titles during men's single-game tournaments. He has also won six "Tennis Masters Cup" titles and 27 "ATP Masters Series" titles. In 2004 Federer became the first player since Mats Wilander who won three of the four Grand Slam single-game tournaments in the same year: the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the American Open. Many experts and tennis players believe Federer may be the best player in the history of tennis.
Player Name – Roger Federer
Total Earning – $77.2 M
Game – Tennis
Team Name – Switzerland
Age – 36
Country – Switzerland
#8 Stephen Curry (No.8 out of top 10 richest players)
In our top 10 richest player list, Stephen Curry is in the eighth position Wardell Stephen Curry II (March 14, 1988), commonly known as Stephen Currie. Born in Akron, Ohio, USA, a professional basketball player, currently playing for the NBA All-Star Golden State Warriors, is a point guard.
Player Name – Stephen Curry
Total Earning – $76.9 M
Game – Basketball
Team Name – Golden State Warriors
Age – 30
Nationality – American
#9 Matt Ryan (No.9 out of top 10 richest players)
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Ryan is in ninth position in our top 10 richest player list, He was born on May 17, 1985 – He is a professional American football player from Exton, Pennsylvania, USA. He is playing in the position of quarterback and currently plays for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
Player Name – Matt Ryan
Total Earning – $67.3 M
Game – Football
Team Name – Atlanta Falcons
Age – 33
Nationality – American
#10 Matthew Stafford (No.10 out of top 10 richest players)
In our top 10 richest player list Matthew Stafford is on number 10, John Matthew Stafford (born 7 from February of 1988 ) is a quarterback in football who currently plays for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was selected by the Lions as the first global pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football with the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia.
Player Name – Matthew Stafford
Total Earning – $59.5 M
Games – Football
Team Name – Detroit Lions
Age – 30
Nationality – American


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Medical Device Standards Severely Lacking
There are tens of millions of patients in the United States living every day with the help of medical devices. Running the gamut from heart defibrillators to surgical mesh and artificial joints, the foundation of all these creations is that they were designed to make a patient's life easier. Sadly, however, a lack of standardization across their design and testing has negative impacts when patients and doctors find out too late that these items are defective....Continue Reading »


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Profound title, huh?
I've had a real week. My oldest has gone off to school for his first day at Reception today. He looked so grown up and responsible in his uniform and it is a HUGE milestone for me. It's the start of real memories of my own childhood and the start of what will be a formative and enormous part of his life.
And next year my youngest follows straight after him. In a year's time I will have no babies in the nest any more.
Part of the reason I always wanted my children close together is because I wanted them to go through all the stages together, and so as a family we could do things together that wouldn't entail dragging along a grumpy teenager and a grumpy toddler. And also for me – because I like to get things done and the idea of going back to baby things after getting my older children into school… it's a bit odd for me. But that's just me. I know it's different for everyone.
I have a huge desire to be a big part of my son's life in a way my own parents weren't – to be there for him after school, to talk about his day, his friends, and his homework (assuming he'll want to do all that!). I don't want a newborn distracting me from the importance of my sons striking out on their own. I know this won't make sense to many of you, but to me, that window of having all my children close together – it's almost closed.
And for the first time ever, I really feel it. I don't know if I can even explain it in words, but unlike any other point in the last 2.5 years, I feel like this path I've been on, my quest for a third, is disappearing, getting overgrown, vanishing under my feet. There's not much path ahead – I know it deep in my heart.
I didn't want to get here – I didn't intend to walk the entire length of this route and see all this heartache and misery before realising with such clarity that it actually doesn't go anywhere after all. I couldn't have known that when I set out, but despite that, I am still glad I made the journey. I MISS with all my heart the baby boy that I lost in March. So much. But he was, really, my last chance and for whatever reason, he didn't join us.
This might all sound sad and miserable, but I want to stress that I am not overcome with grief – I am, in a way, faintly surprised to find myself here. The path goes no further, all I can see ahead is green fields and the sensation of everything we've been through is a kind of wonder that it really happened that way at all.
It's a kind of Oh well.
It's a kind of Oh, the path stops here.
It's a kind of Oh. This isn't the way after all.
Inside me, there is a little tiny flame of freedom, which I am carefully guarding. A little part of me that knows moving on can mean finding happiness in other ways. It's small – believe me. I still flinch inside when I see pregnant women.
But it's there.
My little light to guide me to the signpost that points somewhere else, when I am ready to pack up and go.
Today is CD2. My period arrived yesterday evening in its usual flood, soaking through my knickers and trousers in the space of fifteen minutes.
And in the cupboard, are the soy isoflavones I ordered last week. For trying this cycle.
My heart isn't in it. But I'm relieved actually.
So, I'll take them, probably just for a couple of days, and then I will test out "moving on". I don't really have any expectations left (I REALLY thought it was going to happen last month, but it didn't).
We'll see where this month takes us. I might chart, I might not.
And perhaps next month we see what it's like to not try at all.
Because I don't want to turn 40 with a heart full of tears.


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Distant view of kalyanamandapa of the Narasimha Temple, Ahobilam
Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1875
Photograph of the kalyan mandapa of the Narasimha Temple at Ahobilam, Andhra Pradesh, taken by an unknown photographer in c.1870s, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. Ahobilam is an important Vaishnava pilgrimage site and the principal place of worship of Narasimha, the lion-man incarnation of Vishnu. There is a one temple complex in lower Ahobilam and another in upper Ahobilam. The temples were built in the late 15th and 16th centuries under the Vijayanagara rulers and consists of nine shrines dedicated to the nine different forms of Narasimha. The mandapa or hall in this view was initiated by the Reddi rulers in the 14th century. The granite piers have clusters of colonnettes with carvings of divinities and rearing animals with riders.


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Summer Reading- Summer of 2018
English/Language Arts
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Social Studies
AP Government – BE READY FOR A QUIZ THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASS
AP World Summer Assignment 18-19 Strayer Ch 1 Copy Strayer Ch 2 Copy
AP US Histroy Summer Assignment 2018
AP Biology:
Hello and welcome to AP Bio! To prepare for next year, the first thing that you need to do is to sign up for the AP Biology Schoology group. Next year, you will be automatically added to the Schoology course, but since those don't go live until next year, I've created a group where you can find out how to access to the online textbook instructions and the summer assignment (listen to a sweet podcast and respond to some online writing prompts). To join, just go to the "join group" option and enter the group code, which is HQZ2F-2HB62. Have a great summer!"
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I love yard sales. Our next-door neighbor is having one today, and mom and I have gone over to help here and there. The sky's starting to look dark in places, though, so we're keeping an eye on it just in case it starts to rain.
Not much has happened since the last entry, sadly. Organizing continues as planned, and I haven't been across town again yet. Oh well, maybe sometime later this week.
Mom said something about needing to go shopping. I don't mind that so much, it's fun to go shopping with her. :)
OSW progresses as usual. Festival thread continues. There is evil at work! :)
Determined to do some writing at some point. I have so many things to work on but I have no idea where to start. Maybe sometime I can figure out how to begin that newest thing I've come up with.
Jess, if you see this, can we talk? :) I miss talking to you.
If anyone needs me, you know where I'll be. Drop me a line, I like hearing from people.


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Neuromuscular Therapy
Neuromuscular Therapy is based on balancing the nervous system with the muscular system and searches for the underlying causes of long standing pain. The treatment begins with a thorough case history generally followed by a postural analysis, muscle length testing and tissue palpation. The treatments aim to release muscle spasm and eliminate trigger points, which cause referred pain. This can bring back flexibility and improve the strength of muscles. It is beneficial for the treatment of many painful dysfunctions including headache, OOS, chronic back, jaw and neck pain.
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This package gives instructors the opportunity to replace older equipment or get a range of different age manikins at an affordable price. The manikins provide students with realistic training in CPR and rescue, and the disposable airway with non-breathing valve allows for easy, sanitary, multi-rescue practice scenarios.
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When a child's permanent teeth appear, there's usually some push going on, hopefully in the right direction. Although any tooth can jostle its neighbors, the teeth that have the worst reputation are our third molars -- our wisdom teeth. They're the last to come out and often shove other teeth out of their way.
Most mouths can't usually accommodate wisdom teeth, and they end up pressuring the rest of the teeth, disrupting their alignment. They can often cause pain and swelling.
Routine X-rays, done when a person's around age 12, give us early warning of problem molars and tell us whether they need to be extracted. Wisdom teeth, like troublesome neighbors, everyone's a lot happier when they've moved out!
A. An oral surgeon is a dentist that performs many aspects of surgery in and about the head area including wisdom tooth removal. They can perform simple to extremely difficult extractions, such as wisdom teeth extraction. They also perform dental biopsies and remove tumors in the head and neck region. Most place implants in the jaw for future restorations and do complex jaw realignment surgeries. They usually have four or more years of continuing education after graduating dental school, and most limit their practice to only oral surgery.
A. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the specialty of dentistry that includes diagnosis, surgical, and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the head, face, mouth, teeth, gums, jaws, and neck. An example of oral surgery would be extracting an impacted wisdom tooth or even extracting multiple impacted wisdom teeth.
A. Wisdom teeth are third molars. Normally people have three permanent molars that develop in each quadrant of the mouth; upper, lower, right and left. The first molars usually grow into the mouth at around six years of age. The second molars grow in at around age 12.
The third molars, wisdom teeth, usually will try to grow in at around age 18 to 20 years. Since that is considered to be the age when people become wiser, third molars gained the nickname, "wisdom teeth".
Actually, wisdom teeth are no different than any other tooth except that they are the last teeth to erupt, or grow into the mouth. Wisdom teeth are just as useful as any other tooth if they grow in properly, have a proper bite relationship, and have healthy gum tissue around them.
A. Wisdom teeth cause problems because the shape of the modern human mouth may be too small to accommodate these teeth. As a result, they become impacted, or unable to come in or move into their proper place.
When wisdom teeth are prevented from erupting into the mouth properly, they are referred to as impacted. Teeth that have not erupted are not necessarily impacted. It may be that it is still too early in someone's dental development, and if time passes they might grow in properly. A dentist must examine a patient's mouth and his or her x-rays to determine if the teeth are impacted or will not grow in properly.
Impacted wisdom teeth may cause problems. Impacted wisdom teeth can result in infection, decay of adjacent teeth, gum disease or formation of a cyst or tumor from the follicle, which is the tissue which formed the crown of the tooth. Many dentists recommend removal of impacted wisdom teeth to prevent potential problems.
A. Partially erupted wisdom teeth are breeding grounds for bacteria and germs that may cause infection, and cysts and tumors may grow on a trapped wisdom tooth. Jaw pain and gum disease may occur.
Partially erupted wisdom teeth can cause problems with the teeth in front of them, such as decay, bone loss, or root resorption. Any soft tissue which may is partially covering them is subject to infection. Again, if any of your wisdom teeth are partially erupted, you may want to carefully consider extraction. Not all wisdom teeth cause problems.


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Internet Marketing NW can create custom content management systems (CMS) or work to customize content management systems on the market to best suite your needs. There are cases where an entirely custom solution is appropriate and cases where working with existing scripts will better suit your needs and budget.
Sometimes, a business needs to frequently update a Web site or portions of a Web site by itself. The application for this is called a content management system. For example, we have customers with blogs, photogalleries, scheduling systems, shopping carts, etc. The client is able to log in online and make updates with a user-friendly graphical interface. It's possible to even create Web sites in which a business can update all of the Web pages itself. There are pros and cons to this approach.
A Web content management system is used to create, edit, manage, and publish content without programming knowledge.This content can include computer files, images, audio files, video files, electronic documents, and other Web content.
Generally, a database is required to store, retrieve and update the content on CMS Web sites. This is more complicated than a simple Web site, and requires some database knowledge for the efficient functioning of more complicated CMS applications, security protocols, etc.
Useful applications in which we often deploy content management systems are blogs and Web video logs or vlogs, giving the user the ability to make frequent updates to content at whim. Photogalleries and shopping carts are another popular application for content management. We can also create your own YouTube style video Web content management system for example, for multiple users who can login and create their own profiles, make their own uploads, etc.


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Do you make goals {or resolutions} each year? I tend to go into the year with ideas.... but I keep them pretty general and usually they are continuations of goals I have been working on throughout the previous year. I have a few that are sewing-related and I'll be sharing them here - both for help and inspiration from you.... and for accountability! :)
One of my goals for 2014 {okay.... ever since I started sewing for a business!} is to actually sew for my kiddos / family / friends / gifts - non-work sewing!
I have seen link-up parties and other fun bloggy stuff.... but never joined in. I figured with the new year and this new blog what's stopping me??? I came across "A Lovely Year of Finishes" through a blog I follow - Persimon Dreams. I got hooked on Kim's sewing / blog / creativity thanks to Project Quilting {which I will be participating in again this year... and hope to complete the majority, if not all, of those challenges, too!}.
Each month I'll post my goal at the beginning of the month, and my completion by the end of the month. Depending on the goal(s), I might post a few updates / "in-progress" posts during the month, too!
Each month I'll post my goal at the beginning of the month, and my completion by the end of the month. Depending on the goal(s), I might post a few updates / "in-progress" posts during the month, too!
So... here goes!
January's goal:
A stop sign pillow for Colby's big boy bed!
When we returned home from visiting family for Christmas, Colby's new "big boy bed", bedding, and mattress were sitting on our front porch ready to be set up! He picked out his bedding {no.... I didn't make his bedding, even though I wanted to - the decision to move him to a twin bed was a pretty quick one, and I didn't figure attempting to sew up custom bedding in addition to all of the holiday sewing I was doing was the brightest move!} - a bold construction-themed, oh-so-boy, bed-in-a-bag. The photo online showed the blanket, some pillow cases, etc. - and of course, a really cool stop sign pillow (which I think was one of the main reasons Colby picked the bedding!).
We set up the bed, opened up the bedding, made the bed, and all was GREAT! "So cool!" according to Colby. But then came the question I was expecting ever since he picked out his bedding ("that one - I wuv that one!") - - - "Where is the stop sign pillow? It is MISSING!!!!"
So.... I will be making a stop sign pillow! We also took down his sports-themed pennant banner ("you make me new construction fabric flags???") and a couple days later I surprised him with this.... and was overjoyed by his truly appreciative and excited "ooooh I LOVE it!" response!
What are your goals for 2014?? {if you've made some!} I'd love to hear them (and probably add to my list) - and if any of them involve sewing, you KNOW you'll have my support!
Interested in participating in the "Lovely Year of Finishes" with me {and all the other fabric-loving, sewing junkies!} Come join in!


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Monday, February 29, 2016
Well, we aren't completely finished because we are still working on the backs of our quilts (which will be revealed in time!), but here are pictures from our Quilt Show where we first displayed them.
It's been such a fun journey!
This is mine.
This is Annie's
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Annie's other project.....
Here is what Annie has been working on....her beautiful Patriotic Quilt! It's been in the works for a couple of years. There are so many elements to it, so many people who have blessed her with ideas and patterns and fabric. Now it is basted and she started on the quilting this past weekend.
These are taken at our basting party a few weeks ago!
Getting it stretched on the frame.
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Jeannie, applique artist extraordinaire, who helped design some of the elements.
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Those are presidential portraits in the corners, liberty bells at the top,
Independence Hall and the Mayflower under the wreath
that houses "We the People...." from the Constitution.
"We hold these truths to be self evident......"
from the Declaration of Independence
runs around the sides and top of the quilt.
It is surely destined to be an heirloom.
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Annie and Jeannie, long-time friends.
Spectacular, Annie!
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Six Months......
Today I realized it's been six months since I last posted here! Yikes.
Well, Annie and I have had other things on the burner during this time. First was Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then it was our quilt show. All of that is behind us now and we are looking at our blocks again!
But I thought I'd put up some pictures of the things we've accomplished on other fronts. So here goes.....
Annie completed her "Everlasting" quilt in time for our quilt show. It is absolutely lovely. On the label on the back, she has verses that contain the word "everlasting." It's very cool. She's working on something else, too, which will be revealed in due time!
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I finished my "Sunbonnet Sue" that has been in the works since 1938. (No joke. The story is below.) And I do love it.
Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Sam
Helen Moe (December 8, 1895 – March, 1948) the maternal aunt of my mother, Winifred Brown Thompson (February 25, 1931 – February 28, 2005) made this quilt as a gift for her when Mom was about 7 years of age. It was treasured for years, both at home and at our family cabin in Pinecrest, California. After the sale of the cabin in the late 1970s, the quilt disappeared for several years, then resurfaced again in 2006 when I found in in my grandfather's barn. As can be imagined, it was in great need of cleaning and restoration.
When I took it apart, I discovered that the batting was a flannel sheet on which old woolen sweaters had been stitched after being taken apart. One of them had been my uncle's, another my mother's – very much a product of the Depression.
I soaked the top and backing in Oxi-Clean to remove dirt and stains, which worked beautifully. The original construction was tied, and had turned in edges with no binding. The tying had left holes in the top which I repaired with small pieces cut from the edges of the top and bottom borders. Some of the appliqued pieces had frayed and the buttonhole stitching had been lost, so I repaired as many of those as I could without replacing any of the original fabrics.
After the repair work was finished and the quilt reassembled, I hand-quilted around each figure and block, and then at the urging of many of my quilt group friends, cross-hatched the blocks and borders and used a twisted rope pattern between and around the outside of the blocks. The only things not original to the quilt are the cotton batting and the binding, which is a reproduction fabric close in color to the original 1930s green.
Truly, this has been a labor of love and will be treasured for years to come.
Top and back pieced and appliqued by
Helen Moe ~ Circa 1938 ~ Berkeley, California
Restored and hand-quilted by
Debbie MacInnis ~ 2011-2014 ~ Chehalis, Washington
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I've also been working on my son's Log Cabin Star quilt and it's about to be basted. I've used reproduction fabrics for it and I'm so pleased with it. So is my son!
And I'm doing my first Block of the Month. The Kansas City Star is publishing this one and each block pattern is free for one week each month at
. I've downloaded each of them so far, and have completed the first two blocks and am working on the third. I'm using Civil War reproduction fabrics for them, as well. It's called Where Poppies Grow: Remembering Almo. This is my first quilt that includes applique.
So, before long, we hope to have more to show for our work on our Civil War Sampler Quilts!
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Missing Blocks!
I just went through the blog and checked to see if there were blocks I had missed sharing. Lo and behold, there are several! So, here they are!
This was one of the first ones I made. Not sure why I missed posting it!
Star of the West
Annie made this one. Love the colors.
True Blue
This one we determined needed to take a "blue" spot, given its name!
Port and Starboard
A "Red & Blue"
Another "Red & Blue"
Now that our blocks are almost completely finished, we've filled the design wall with them. We think we have a pretty good idea of what we want to do for the layout, sashing, borders, etc. I messed around in Photoshop with pictures of our blocks and tried different background colors, different borders, and so forth.
My biggest challenge was trying to get the blocks to "pop" and not blend into the sashing and borders. What seems to work the best is to edge each block with a strip that is lighter than any of our other "lights" which separates it from the dark background and from the colors in each block.
Annie had thought that 4-patches would be a good addition at the corners of each block, and I came to agree with her. I added them to the Photoshop layout and it really dressed it up.
So, this is where I think I'm going with mine. Dark blue background, red and taupe 4-patches at the block corners, a red inner border and blue outer border. I like how it makes the blocks "float." Annie is thinking of doing something similar, with a lighter blue for the background.
So, there's an update on where we are. I think things will slow down even more as we coast into fall here. There is much on our plates with the change in the seasons and the holidays fast approaching. At least they seem to be to me when I look at the list of things I hope to get made before then!
Happy Stitching!
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
The Evolution of "Lincoln's Platform"
When we started this quilt, I would never have guessed this block to be one that would cause us problems. But it has been the one with the most changes!
Here is the progression:
On this one, the blue bothered me.
It just didn't seem to relate well with the rest of the fabrics.
So, we changed the blue to this one.
But then the pink began bothering me.
It just didn't go with the rest of the reds in the other blocks.
So we changed the red to this.
But then there just wasn't enough contrast in the block.
So we changed it up and gave it more contrast.
But it still wasn't enough between the red and brown.
So we did this.
And I think we're going to keep it!
Five versions later!!!
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Closing In!!
We have a few more to post here.....we are truly getting close to the final blocks. We have two more to complete and we'll be finished. Wow! Annie has said all along that she hoped we'd get the blocks completed by the beginning of September, and we just may do it.
Last weekend was a rough time for me, and one of the things that helps me in times of difficulty is to create. So, I spent quite a bit of time with browns and golds and reds and blues and came up with these, which thankfully Annie likes, too. And just a heads-up here. Annie and I both love a good pinwheel. :-)
Peace and Plenty
Pretty cool. At least we think so!
Yankee Puzzle
This is also a "Broken Dishes" pattern.
The header at the top of the page is a
Broken Dishes quilt in Civil War reproduction fabrics,
and you can see the pinwheel-play in it.
Ladies' Aid Album
The original block just didn't do it for us.
It looked smashed together or something.
So this is what we decided would work.
The outer border "light" fabric was replaced with dark blue.
And these two show the remake of "Louisiana."
The original red and blue just weren't working for us.
And here is the Design Wall in its current state.
The empty spot left of center and just below middle
will be filled by our Log Cabin block which is undergoing a face-lift.
The other two spots will have blue- and red-dominant blocks in residence.
So then, next time I'm going to document the
"Evolution of Lincoln's Platform,"
the most elusive of our blocks to come to completion!
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
We've been making progress.......
It's been awhile since I've sat down to document our progress. I'm just going to do a few blocks tonight, and hopefully a few more tomorrow.
We keep thinking we're on our last blocks, and then we decide we need to change some and take away a few, and add in some more. :-) As we're "living with" the blocks on the design wall, we're finding we want to refine it a bit more. So, on we go.
Since my last post, I've put together the ones I showed in their early stages. We've decided to keep all four the way they are. That's becoming a rarity, we're finding!
So, here they are.....
Ohio Star
I really liked being able to showcase the cool print in the center block.
Apple Tree
Red and Golden Apples as we head into
apple season here in the Northwest!
Grapes of Wrath
I was pleased with how the basket came out with fussy-cutting the foulard print.
The print wasn't on-grain, so I had to mess with it a bit.
Christmas Star
This enabled us to use quite a few greens we like,
as well as the fun paisley in the outer pieces.
It's a little washed-out in the picture, but it's beautiful.
And Annie has been busy, as well. Here are some of hers that she finished in the past couple of weeks.
Tea Leaf
The browns are beautiful. I really like this one.
Look at the beautiful points she did!
We find ourselves using this background print a lot.
It's from the General's Wives collection by Nancy Gere from Windham Fabrics.
We happened to ask at a wonderful reproduction fabric shop
as to whether she had any of this fabric, and she said,
"Well, I think I may have some in the back. I've been hoarding it!"
Voila! She was willing to sell us some and we're so glad she did.
Railroad Crossing
This one was supposed to use two different fabrics in the four outer squares,
but we wanted to use this cool border print instead.
We like how it came out. And the red and brown just look so rich!
So, that's it for now. More to come! We are hoping to have all of our blocks finished by the 1st of September, and it's looking pretty good from here!
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By: Matt Ehrlichman Source: WSJ.
It's an exciting time to call the Pacific Northwest home. We've got the Seahawks, the Amazon e-commerce powerhouse and some great early-stage companies promising to transform industries.
While my Seattle upbringing and our amazing summers bias my view, it's undeniable that Seattle has a special technology scene that often remains under the radar despite its massive growth in the past few years.
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From personal experience, there is a connected and engaged community of entrepreneurs and startups in Seattle that is unlike any other. Will Seattle be able to take on the Bay Area? It's a tough task, but for now, I'm quite pleased with how the Emerald City is growing into its own.
Mr. Ehrlichman is the founder and CEO of Porch, an online home improvement network.