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13-yr-old Navi Mumbai schoolgirl's letter to teacher exposes rapist dad
After attending a counselling session on child abuse, a Std VII student found the courage to write to her teacher, revealing how her father had been raping her since she was 7, and how her mom turned a blind eye
When a teenage girl quietly slipped a letter to her school teacher last week, the latter had no idea that it was not a simple request for leave, but a desperate plea for help. For, in the letter, the child had written that her father had been raping her, and that her mother, who had witnessed these sexual assaults, did nothing to help her.
Also read: 53-year-old held for raping eight-year-old daughter
It was after receiving this letter that the teacher approached a local NGO in Vashi, who helped register a rape case against the pervert parents. The horrifying ordeal came to light when the 13-year-old, a Std VII student, gave the letter to her teacher last week. 'My father raped me and my mother is not helping', it read.
The shattered teacher uttered not a word, threw away the note fearing someone would read it, and promptly informed a local NGO, who helped the girl register a case with the Vashi police. The FIR was registered on Monday night against both the parents.
Serial rapes
Police said the girl's 45-year-old father is a fruit vendor. In her statement to the cops, the girl said, "My father raped me in front of my mother. After this, my mother would then offer me some pills. He has been raping me since I was seven years old.
Mumbai: Father refused to pay for college unless girl let him rape her
Despite complaining to my mother, she refused to help me." Police sources said they are investigating if the pills were to prevent pregnancy. The survivor has an elder sister, an elder brother, and two younger brothers. She has alleged that the rapes would happen when her siblings were not at home.
"Whenever my brothers weren't at home, my father would take advantage of the opportunity and rape me inside my house, in front of my mother. I had complained to my mother several times, but she never helped me," she told the police. The teen told the cops she had also confided in her 17-year-old sister.
Police said the elder sister doesn't stay with the family, and the girl has said she, too, has been a victim of the father's sexual assault. The girl also said in her statement that she had brought up the matter before her neighbours, but they refused to intervene and suggested that she approach the cops herself.
Police said the girl was able to muster courage after receiving a counselling session at school. A police officer from Vashi police station, requesting anonymity, said, "A few NGOs have been delivering counselling sessions on child sexual abuse at several schools in Navi Mumbai, during which she realised that she should speak up against her parents."
Police have questioned the survivor's mother, who has refuted her daughter's charges. The woman claimed she came to know about the sexual assaults only a fortnight ago, after which she scolded her husband and asked him to stay away from the teenager. The girl is now put up at a children's home owned by the NGO.
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Both the parents have been booked under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, along with Section 5(L)(N) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. However, only the father has been arrested till now. He was produced at a Thane court yesterday and remanded to police custody till tomorrow (July 23).
Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahaji Umap (Navi Mumbai Zone I) confirmed the incident, and said, "We have arrested the father, but are investigating as to what exact role her mother had to play. The survivor has told us that her mother has offered her some medicine.
Also read: Monster dad raped 14-year-old 20 times over two years
We will verify what medicines were given to her. Once these details are confirmed, we will arrest the mother too." Police sources believe these medicines were contraceptive pills, which the mother offered to her daughter to avoid pregnancy.


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Nice! Will it be ported to Android?
i love this but.. want a HTML5 GC, anyone with me? let's do some node+npm.
Not to steal this thread....actually Jerry Giant, my colleagues and I are doing exactly what you are talking about. I am about to post the sample here in the next day or so. We used react native with a combination of node & npm to build a functioning GCS interface that would obviously promote cross-platform usability with ease along with the design and styling capabilities far exceeding any standard programming languages IDE.


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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund (AMEX: IWS) where we have detected an approximate $17.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.5% decrease week over week (from 75,700,000 to 75,350,000). Among the largest underlying components of IWS, in trading today Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is up about 0.5%, Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) is off about 0.2%, and Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is lower by about 0.2%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the IWS Holdings page »
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Hi While working on XSLT apps, I need to inspect some variables and parameters. I need to get the type information and the positions in the sequence printed out (and possibly more info), not just the string value. I currently use <xsl:message> <xsl:copy-of select="trace($parent,'parent')"/> <xsl:copy-of select="trace($children,'children')"/> </xsl:message> (sometimes wrapped inside <xsl:if test="$debug"/>) => prints parent [1]: xs:string: span children [1]: xs:string: div children [2]: xs:string: p children [3]: xs:string: span children [4]: xs:string: span spandivpspanspan The above is useful, but in addition to what I want, I get the string value of the sequences (last line). The latter is not really useful in my case, and not needed. This <xsl:message> <xsl:copy-of select="$parent"/> <xsl:copy-of select="$children"/> </xsl:message> => prints span spandivpspanspan The above is way less informative, and not useful in my (and probably other) scenario(s). I guess I'd like to have something like this: <xsl:message> <xsl:inspect select="$parent"/> <xsl:inspect select="$children"/> </xsl:message> => would print parent [1]: xs:string: span children [1]: xs:string: div children [2]: xs:string: p children [3]: xs:string: span children [4]: xs:string: span xsl:inspect would simply return a string, and would not print anything by itself. This string can be stored in a variable, processed further, written to a run log, or simply printed out as in the above example. Some of my requirements: 1. I want to get information about a certain sequence at a certain point, which may not be the same point where I use it. 2. I need the information provided by trace(), but I want to decide on my own if I print this string or not. The function (eg a version of trace()) or element I want should not print anything, but only return a string. 3. I only want to see those values when I debug the XSLT. So I need to be able to enclose everything that prints out debug messages in <xsl:if test="$debug"/> 4. It should work in all conforming processors. I want a solution, not a workaround :) Tobi [the examples are run with Saxon 7.5.1] -- http://www.pinkjuice.com/Received on Wednesday, 11 June 2003 11:27:25 UTC
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As an online reading tutor I often don't get to meet the students that I work with. However, this past weekend I had the opportunity to meet with an astounding student I have been helping since June of 2014. She lives about 2 hours away from San Jose, California. This past weekend I happened to be traveling to San Jose for a business function and they were visiting San Jose for a Christmas party. We decided to meet up at the hotel I was staying at since I didn't have a car and my conference started at 9:00. We met for breakfast at 8:00 and honestly we could have gone on talking for hours.
People used to ask me if tutoring online was not personal enough for kids. I used to laugh inside my head at that question because it is absolutely personal. Just because I can't touch you physically doesn't mean that I can't touch your heart. As you can see from this lovely picture of the two of us, it looks like we have known each other forever. I love this girl and the progress she has made and it gave me the opportunity to connect on a deeper level with the entire family.
The entire day I was at my conference I was ecstatic because I was able to connect with this amazing child. All of my students have something special to offer the world and Piper has a shining personality and a never give up attitude that is going to take her very far in life. She has improved so much in her reading that she no longer needs to go to a reading specialist at her school for additional interventions. We are continuing to close her non-fiction reading gap, but that will easily come with a little bit more time.
I love that I am able to travel the world, tutor online, and make a difference in kids lives. After talking with this wonderful family over breakfast, we really got to know each other on a deeper level. They expressed their gratitude for the work that I have been doing and they shared a special story with me about how Piper does her tutoring.
Piper has her tutoring session at 6:30 am in the morning before school because she is so active after school. This is perfect for me because of the 2 hour time difference. I am able to drop off my kids at school a little early and make it home in time to tutor Piper. Piper sets her alarm on her side to wake up at 6:00 so that she can tutor with me. Piper's mom doesn't have to ever remind her and she is always at her sessions on time. Her mom let me know that this is because she is so excited to work with me. These kind of stories are so touching to me. They let me know that I am making a difference in another's life and that what I do is valued. I love that Piper's mom allows Piper to be self-sufficient and gives her the responsibility to do what she needs to do. This is a mom that really cares about giving her child what she needs and allowing her to be responsible for her own education.
Who knew? Tutoring online can be fun, personable, and rewarding. Well, I guess I knew all along since I started this business. Just not all people believed it could be possible when I first started out. I am so grateful that I didn't listen to the nay sayers and I followed my dream of teaching struggling readers to become better readers via online tutoring.
What are your thoughts about online tutoring?


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Finding Finnick Odair: Week 16 Monday 04 June, 2012
Welcome to Week 16 of Finding Finnick Odair! Because there are SO many potential Finnicks out there, the major Hunger Games sites have gotten together to introduce you to a number of actors who, at some point or another, have had their names tossed into the "Finnick ring" by fans. Each week, we'll showcase a different actor and assess his Finnick potential. If you missed Week 15, click here to read what we had to say about Zac Efron.
Ian Somerhalder, who many Hunger Games fans have consistently championed as an ideal candidate for Finnick, is best known for playing Damon Salvatore on the CW's hit TV series The Vampire Diaries. You may have also seen the 33-year-old actor as Boone Carlyle in ABC's Lost or on the short-lived WB series Young Americans. Ian seems to be universally adored, but is he right for this role? Here's what we had to say:
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Savanna: If it were 2004 instead of 2012 and you asked me if Boone from Lost should/could play Finnick Odair, I'd probably be totally open to the idea. Unfortunately, it's now quite difficult for me to imagine Ian Somerhalder as anyone other than his Vampire Diaries character. His tan and bronze-y hair are gone, and he's 33 now, not 25. Would we see Finnick onscreen or Damon Salvatore? Yes, Ian's good at playing tortured souls, but how far does his range as an actor extend? We haven't really had a chance to find out. I do hope that someday he can break away from Mystic Falls, but I don't think that this is the right opportunity for him.
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Arianna: I'm a huge fan of Ian Somerhalder but I just can't see him as Finnick. Every time I look at him I think about Damon from The Vampire Diaries. If he somehow miraculousy got the role as Finnick, I would think Finnick turned into Damon. Also I don't think there is any way for his hair to turn blond. I'm not normally concerned about hair color and characters but for Finnick…it matters.
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Lindsay: Ian Somerhalder knows how to play the dreamy bad boy in Vampire Diaries, and someone with a sad past in Lost. These are two things that could contribute to him playing Finnick rather well. He is beautiful to look at, albeit not necessarily what I had in mind for Finnick. I am not one of those fans that needs an actor to look identical to how he/she was described in the book. So I can overlook that difference as long as he embodies Finnick. Ian Somerhalder could easily pull off the sugar cube scene (which is the scene I require them to audition with in my head). Does Ian have enough brawn to drag an old woman around on his shoulders for half of a movie? I think so. He's not my number one choice, but I'd say he is completely acceptable.
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In my mind, when I imagine meeting Ian Somerhalder, I get lost in thought staring at his pretty eyes. We're having a conversation and he's the only one talking cause I'm just staring at his handsome face. I love him. I watch Vampire Diaries for him. Having said that, he's too old to be Finnick Odair. That's pretty much the only argument I have. Well, that and I think Ian would make a terrible blond.
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Gabby: When I picture Finnick, all I can see is Ian Somerhalder with that sexy smirk he wears so well! Ian has the ability to bring the confidence, cockiness and charisma Finnick oozes, but at the same time can switch gears to being vulnerable and sweet just as well. I know many fans will argue about little things like his hair being too dark, but I can live with that, since the rest of the package fits just perfectly for me. Ian's character on Vampire Diaries is one that fans fall for time and time again, but he is playing a "bad guy." When you can bring legions of fans to your side, have them rooting for you in a role like that, then I believe you are doing quite a good job as an actor.
Crystal: Ian Somerholder is hot, no doubt about it, but I never was all that convinced about his acting abilities. I've seen every episode of Lost he did and I always felt he was one of the weakest cast members. That being said, I've never seen him in Vampire Diaries and people seem to love him to death from those so maybe he's improved or his Lost character just wasn't right for him. Still, he looks a little too sinister for my liking. He looks too much of a bad boy and doesn't have as much charm as I'd like to see in Finnick.
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Tiffany: Way back in 2000, I used to watch a short-lived TV show called Young Americans where a young Ian Somerhalder was falling for a girl posing as guy to attend an uptight, all boys academy. I thought he was gorgeous, and a few years down the line when I saw him on Lost, I was excited because that hot guy from that show I used to watch was on the show I was now addicted to. We all know what happened to Boone, but then last year, I finally started watching and loving The Vampire Diaries, and when he wasn't brooding over Elena, Damon was always one of the most interesting characters on the show. Unfortunately, Ian is just too old, as he's in his 30s, and he looks it. He was the correct age while he was on Lost. And there isn't really anything about him that has ever screamed Finnick to me. He excels at playing Damon (vaguely evil, intense, cuttingly sarcastic), and Finnick is not like that character at all. Ian has beautiful eyes, but I think we should be looking for more than that.
Well, you've heard what we have to say! What do YOU think? Is Ian Somerhalder your Finnick? Let us know in the comments!
And be sure to check out our entire Finding Finnick Odair series:
Week 1 – Erik Odom
Week 2 – Armie Hammer
Week 3 – Lachlan Buchanan
Week 4 – Garrett Hedlund
Week 5 – Jake Abel
Week 6 – Alex Pettyfer
Week 7 – James Gaisford
Week 8 – Taylor Kitsch
Week 9 – Colton Haynes
Week 10 – Grant Gustin
Week 11 – Chris Zylka
Week 12 – Chace Crawford
Week 13 – Hunter Parrish
Week 14 – Justin Timberlake
Week 15 – Zac Efron
Week 16 – Ian Somerhalder
Week 17 – Trevor Donovan
Week 18 – Ryan Kwanten
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IndieReader—which will go live in June—promotes, markets, and sells self-published/POD books. Authors set the retail price for their books and receive 75% of the transaction. IndieReader also provides authors with their own Web page with their own URL (no unintelligible code!). What Sundance has done for indie films—making what's outside the mainstream "cool"—IR will do for indie books and authors. Amy Edelman, who started the site, has published with Crown and Simon & Schuster. Her interview at Editor Unleashed goes into further detail about the site.
Where did the idea for IndieReader come from? It was primarily my belief that it seemed stupid and shortsighted to brand all self-published books as "crap" just because the "traditional" publishing industry didn't embrace them. I knew, of course, that many very successful books were initially rejected by traditional publishers—Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Gone With the Wind, Carrie (an early Stephen King novel), and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter. In fact, IndieReader's first featured author, Lisa Genova, spent a year and a half writing her book Still Alice while trying to find a literary agent, only to be told that there wasn't "a general audience that would want to read about Alzheimer's." In the end, Lisa decided to self-publish, even after an agent counseled her that doing so would "kill" her writing career before it started. Not quite. Still Alice spent over a dozen weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, landing Lisa a deal with major publisher.
I couldn't believe that there weren't more great self-published books and authors out there waiting to be discovered. I knew that many good books weren't embraced by the traditional publishing world because it was believed that they lacked what is commonly referred to as a good enough "platform". Either that or the subjects of their books didn't have enough mass appeal. Despite that, there were many self-published books that somehow managed to defy expectation and break through. So, where I asked myself, would I look for others? That question had me stumped. Because although there are many self-published books that can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, how would you start to look for them? And more importantly, how could you separate the great from the not-so-good?
And that brought me to the problem self-published books have with image. Although I've written several books, my day job for over twenty years has been as a publicist. I've worked with companies including Ralph Lauren, Tiffany, Hanes, and M&Ms. I understand all about image. I also understand that, in today's mass-market world, people are naturally drawn to what's unique and genuine. It was true for indie movies and indie music. So why not indie books? There are many people who believe that if something hasn't been accepted into the mainstream it doesn't have any value. That was something that needed to change—and something that had changed in the fields of films and music. I believed that showing readers how many quality, self-published books existed was the way to do that.
The truth is, the reading public is more than ready for IndieReader, which is really just a part of a vast sea change in publishing. Self-publishing has become a viable and financially desirable option for many authors, first-time and established alike. And with more and more indie books finding mainstream success (Still Alice, The Shack) and more mainstream authors writing indie books (Dave Eggers, Noam Chomsky), it is clear that, to quote Dylan, "the times they are a-changin."
Joining me in this venture are two awesomely talented women.
Claire McKinney has been working in publishing as a publicist for over twelve years with a wide range of authors—from celebrities to serious novelists to political heavyweights and pundits. Her work has included books by Thomas Frank, Robert Dallek, Barbara Ehrenreich, George Pelecanos, Rick Moody, Richard North Patterson, and Queen Noor. As a PR director, she worked under the Harvey Weinstein umbrella at Miramax Books and at Henry Holt, where she managed a range of campaigns from three different imprints. She is especially interested in digital promotion and has focused on this area as the market has changed, bringing a multi-media focus to campaigns recently with USAToday.com and Chemistry.com.
Carrie Cantor is our Editorial Director. She has worked in book publishing for over 20 years, as an acquisitions editor and a development editor for publishing companies, literary agents, and individual authors, and is a published author herself. She has seen first-hand how many good books have been cast aside by the mainstream, not on the basis of merit but rather because they did not meet up to the current standard of marketability in the big-name, big-box culture. Among other things, she will oversee the vetting process to make sure our books meet certain standards of quality, both in terms of basic spelling and grammatical errors and content. All books accepted onto IndieReader must be well written and offer something of value to our customers.
The submission fee for IndieReader is $149 per year, but if you sign up prior to IR's going live (in early June) we are offering a discounted rate of $99 per year. If your book is not accepted, we will refund all but $30, which is our vetting fee. Exclusivity is not required, but we fully expect you and your book will get more visibility on IndieReader. Anyone can offer their books for sale on the giant websites—which makes them a small tree in a very large forest. Unless someone is looking specifically for your book, they are unlikely to find it among the thousands of others. On the contrary, IndieReader will be a destination for high-quality self-published books. We will offer consumers many of the bells and whistles they find on other shopping sites, including Bestseller and Favorite Lists and a Featured Author and Featured Book section.
The other thing I want to mention is IndieReader's commitment as a resource to independent bookstores. I know this sounds crazy—we are a retailer, after all—but as a writer myself, I believe that indie bookstores are an author's best friend. They get indie books into the hands of book lovers, while indie books help indie bookstores set themselves apart from the big-box retailers. It's a win-win. So, there will be a function on the site where indie bookstores can punch in their zip codes and find local indie authors, enabling them to set up in-store events and bring them more business. We will also have a link on our site to IndieBound.
Although the site isn't live yet, there's plenty of information to be found there. We're very excited about the potential of IndieReader to bring quality indie writers and books out of the shadows and onto the shelves of book lovers. And we hope that you will support us in the effort.


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Histories of Lehi Pratt, Sarah Mitchell, Emma Dalley,
Ann Dalley, Selma Van Cott
Lehi Pratt
- Obituary of Lehi Pratt
Deseret News, Aug. 21, 1905
- Grave of Lehi Pratt
Pratt Cemetery, Wyoming
- Biography of Lehi Pratt
The Lehi Pratt Family History, Volume II¸ compiled by Wesley Larsen
Sarah Mitchell
- Obituaries of Sarah Ann Mitchell
Deseret News, Mar. 24, 1922
- Death Certificate of Sarah Ann Pratt
Mar. 20, 1922
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Fillmore City Cemetery, Utah
Emma Dalley
- Obituary of Emma Bertelsen Dalley
Deseret News, Sept. 10, 1947
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Mountainview Cemetery, Idaho
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AUSTIN, Minn. — Five people were injured — including two critically — after shots were fired in the parking lot of a southern Minnesota events center that was hosting a hip-hop event.
The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports the shooting happened early Sunday at the Lansing Corners supper club, a local landmark and one-time diner near Austin that is now an events center.
The names of the injured were not immediately released. Officials said a Rochester resident and a Sioux Falls, S.D., resident were critically hurt with gunshot wounds to the chest. The others had injuries that were not life-threatening.
Investigators were trying to figure out what happened. There have been no arrests, and gang activity was not being ruled out.
"We don't know at this point (what caused the shootings)," Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi said. "We don't know if it's gang-related or what the case may be. We do know that several victims are not cooperating, and witnesses at the scene didn't see anything. So that's very frustrating."
Officials said there were at least two guns involved.
Dustin Plank and his wife, Brittany, live two houses away from Lansing Corners. They were watching television in bed when they heard gunshots.
Dustin Plank said he opened the door and saw people screaming and yelling, and cars peeling out of the parking lot "like there was no tomorrow."
"It was like people were freaking out," said Brittany Plank. "We were, like, terrified, because we had no idea what was going on."
Amazi said the shooting victims were taken to Mayo Health Systems in Austin, and then transferred to Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
The supper club, at the corner of U.S. Highway 218 and Mower County Road 2, is a landmark that has been in the area north of downtown Austin for 70 years. It hosts weddings, wine-tastings and other events.


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Pomegranate Seeds.
Acai Berries.
Goji Berries.
All very high in Anti-Oxidents.
Guess how many of these I have eaten?
3 bags, almost all by myself.
Except for little fingers that always seem to photo bomb my pictures.
With all of those Anti-Oxidents, I am going to live until I am 234.
Seriously, I might have a smidgen of an addiction to these Brookside Chocolates.
The outsides are perfectly smooth dark chocolate while the insides are bursting with healthy fruits. the perfect mix.
I am starting to see them available in more places.
Saw them at Target yesterday and I know Costco sells them.
If you cant find them in a store near you, you can find them on the
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Mary Newport will Philadelphia 1791
Partially picking up the thread from an old post by Mary Spiers March 08, 1999 in reply to Thomas Newport/1700s/MD/Quaker by Glenn Newport:
In her 1791 Philadelphia will Mary Newport, b in England of Thomas Newport and Elizabeth Lockwood, mentions Baker nieces/nephews and Edwards cousins (of John Edwards). Is there any more info on the sister of Mary who m Baker and her Uncle John Edwards? Or was the term "cousin"used loosely as it often was?
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Clipper Race founder and chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: 'It is fitting that the fleet finishes on the River Thames where their adventure started.
'In the intervening months the crews have crossed all the world's oceans, suffered the frustrations of the calms, the apprehension of the largest waves to be seen anywhere on the planet, experienced the vagaries of the weather systems, seen ports and scenery that they never expected, met people from vary different cultures, and, perhaps most of all, shared all these adventures with a group of people who were strangers just over a year ago but who will now remain friends for life.
'Throughout this, their knowledge and experience has grown to the point that they have become good seamen and competitive sailing boat racers, the sort of person anyone is happy to have in their crew.
'They have widened their horizons and have memories to cherish that can only be won through real hands-on participation.'
Henri Lloyd, skippered by Canadian Eric Holden, will officially be crowned the winner of the Clipper 2013-14 Race at the prizegiving ceremony in St Katharine Docks after the team's fifth win and ninth podium overall into The Netherlands last week meant it could not be beaten.
The teams will be fighting for the final vital leaderboard points up for grabs with eight yachts still able to move up or down places.
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Many believe that low-and moderate-income families cannot afford to save and build wealth. Yet research shows that there are "savers" and "spenders" in all income classes. While those with modest incomes cannot save as much as the affluent, almost all have the ability to build wealth over time. Through contributions to a workplace retirement program, home purchase, and other savings, during their working years most can accumulate six-figure assets.
How Can You Achieve Your Financial Goals and Peace of Mind? Here are Easy Ways to Save and Build Wealth:
1. Pay off high-cost debt. The best investment most borrowers can make is to pay off consumer debt with double-digit interest rates. For example: if you have a $3,000 credit card balance at 19.8% interest, and you just pay the required minimum balance, it will take 39 years to pay off the loan. And you will pay more than $10,000 in interest charges.
2. Buy a home and pay off the mortgage before you retire. The largest asset of most middle-income families is their home equity. Once families have made their final mortgage payment, they have far lower housing expenses. They also have an asset that can be borrowed on in emergencies or converted into cash through sale of the home.
3. Participate in a work-related retirement program. Many employees turn down free money from their employer by not signing up for a work-related retirement such as a 40l(k) plan. If employees participate, with a dollar-for-dollar match they would likely receive an annual yield of greater than 100% on their investment.
4. Outside of work – save monthly through an automatic transfer from checking to savings. Savings such as these will provide funds for emergencies, home purchase, school tuition, or even retirement. Almost all banking institutions will automatically transfer funds monthly from your checking account to a savings account, if you request it. The old saying, "What you don't see, you probably won't miss." is true.
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SsangYong has recently announced the introducing of some special editions of its Korando and Rexton W, across the United Kingdom, where the company is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
The fourth biggest car manufacturer coming from South Korea, SsangYong, is now introducing a new special edition of the Giugiaro designed Korando, which can be had with the LED daytime running lights, with the slimmer black mesh grille, the revised front fascia, the redesigned dashboard and several other tweaks, like the chrome detailing, rear spoiler, 18-inch wheels or pearl metallic white lily paint. This model is based on the ELX4 and it packs a 2.0 liter four-cylinder turbo engine, rated at 149 HP (109 kW) or at 181 HP (133 kW).
SsangYong says that the limited Korando edition is available for order across the United Kingdom from 21,245 GBP for the manual or 22,745 GBP for the automatic version. The Rexton W special edition is based on the EX trim and it costs 25,995 GBP for the manual and 27,495 GBP for the automatic. This model is based on the EX trim coming with electric sunroof, heated front and rear seats, DAB sat-nav, front parking sensors and more. Power comes from the 2.0 liter four-cylinder turbo diesel, rated at 155 HP (114 kW) and 360 Nm (265 lb-ft) of torque.


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A former Clinton-era CIA director is raising new concerns that Iran or North Korea will send U.S. civilization "to a cold, dark halt" by firing a nuke over America's southern border, which is largely absent of missile defenses.
R. James Woolsey said that the two rogue nations would copy the Russians, which launches satellites in an unusual trajectory that doesn't send their gear over the northern border — the direction the Air Force anticipates a missile attack from.
Woolsey is one of the nation's leaders pushing Congress to defend against so-called electromagnetic pulse attacks. He and other government advisors fear Iran or North Korea are eyeing an EMP attack by detonating a nuclear-tipped missile over the East Coast, wiping out computers and electricity over half the nation — and killing up to 90 percent of those it impacts in a year.
Woolsey told the House Armed Services Committee this month that the Russians have mastered launches that toss satellites from south to north over the U.S.
He dubbed it "Fractional Orbital Bombardment System," and said that since the U.S. has few anti-missile defenses looking south, a missile attack "does not require accuracy, size or numbers to be effective."
Woolsey has been urging Washington to consider a $2 billion program to protect the nation's electrical grid from EMP, which can also come from a solar blast.
He explained the impact of an atmospheric nuclear explosion over the U.S. during a hearing focused on missile threats. "The nuclear weapon would be detonated in orbit, perhaps during its first orbit, in order to destroy much of the electric grid from above the U.S. with a single explosion. Some of the destructive effects would reach to the horizon; others, via transmission lines, can reach further. Unlike the situation if we are attacked with a traditional nuclear missile, we may not know the source of what blacks out our electric grid. It might be the sun or it might be the Iranians. We might not be able to tell."
Quoting from a congressional study on EMP, he added, "within 12 months of an EMP event, two-thirds of the U.S. population would likely perish from starvation, disease, and societal breakdown. Other experts estimate the likely loss to be closer to 90 percent."Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at email@example.com.


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Paulino goes deep in 10-2 loss
For the second time in as many nights, the Scrappers were drubbed by eight runs. After getting licked in their home finale by the Auburn Doubledays, they were dropped in the first game of their final road trip, falling 10-2 to the Jamestown Jammers.
There are never many bright spots in a 10-2 loss, but they did have at least one. Tonight, that bright spot was top prospect Dorssys Paulino, who ripped his first homerun as a Scrapper in the first inning. The shot was a two-run blast, coming after Joey Wendle was plunked with two-outs to give the Scrappers an early 2-0 advantage.
Unfortunately, it all went quickly downhill from there. Jake Sisco took the mound in his final start of 2012, and turned in what may have been his worst outing of the year. In just three and a third, Sisco was tagged for ten hits, giving up five earned runs. And to add insult to injury, he was on the wrong end of some terrible defense. Due to three fielding blunders, Sisco ended up with four more unearned runs in his short outing.
Though the nine runs in the first four innings all butsealed the victory for Jamestown, another bright spot was Geoffrey Davenport out of the bullpen. After relieving Sisco in the fourth, Davenport tossed four innings of one-hit baseball. Davenport has really given himself some momentum heading into the offseason, as over his last four outings, he has pitched 15 innings without allowing a run.
Despite his strong effort, the offense couldn't come close to closing the large gap. The offense only mustered two hits after Paulino's jack in the first inning, those being a single each from Erik Gonzalez and Logan Vick. Joey Wendle was among the hitless in the Scrapper lineup, bringing his ten game hitting streak to a halt.
Sisco was tagged with the loss in the ballgame, while Auburn starter Helpi Reyes picked up the win. The Scrappers and Jammers will engage in their final tussle of the season tomorrow afternoon, squaring off on Labor Day with a 1:00 matinée.
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Euro NCAP has recently published the safety scores of the MG3 and the Ford Tourneo Courier, which have been crash tested.
The Ford Tourneo Courier couldn't manage to achieve a total of 5 stars from Euro NCAP as the model in question has scored 4 stars. It has an 84 percent protection in Adult Occupant, 84 percent in Child Occupant, 74 percent in the Pedestrian Safety and 56 percent in the Safety Assist category. No "poor" protection was seen in the crash test but this wasn't enough to allow it a maximum 5-star safety rating. The tested vehicle was a Ford Tourneo Courier 1.5 diesel Trend.
If the model mentioned above has scored a 4-star safety rating, things didn't look so good for the MG3, which has a total of 3 stars. The vehicle scored 69 percent in Adult Occupant protection, 71 percent in Child Occupant, 59 percent in Pedestrian Safety and just 38 percent in the Safety Assist, proving that a car needs to be modern in order to be considered safe. The lack of the Speed Assistance systems, of the Lane Support systems and the AEB Interurban systems played a key role in the its overall score. The tested car was an MG3 1.5 VTi-TECH 3Form Sport.


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Saloon New York Reviews
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A cabaret license distinguishes this otherwise unremarkable night spot. The long varnished bars, chintzy high-backed stools, rickety tables, and plasma TVs suggest interior design by Pubs-R-Us as do the tin ceilings and exposed brick walls. Thankfully, the dance floor at this two-room hangout is big by Manhattan standards—about the size of an East Village bar. As a result, Saloon attracts a serious dance crowd, especially on nights devoted to West Coast swing. The mixed crowd of lindy hoppers range in age from 18 to 70—quite a departure from Saloon's usual 20-something crowd. When it's not bringing in the hep cats, the bar reverts to its blander alter ego as a place to drink Bud, scan the meat market, and grind to top-40 hits and tribute bands.
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Medicine and Modernity: Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany (Publications of the German Historical Institute)
This collection addresses, in a comprehensive and critical fashion, fundamental issues in the history of medicine in modern Germany and considers the nature of modern German government and society in relation to Western social, political, and economic development. The central focus is on the professionalization of modern medicine and the medicalization of modern society. The problem of Nazi Germany is a recurring theme. Other topics include: hospitals in early nineteenth century society, Social Darwinism, state-run health insurance, eugenics, social control, Nazi experimentation, and the postwar medical leadership.
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I wrote the original draft of this post a few months ago. Suffice it to say, a lot's changed since then. One of the ugliest presidential elections in history is finally over and, after months of contention, the results were pretty hard to swallow.
It's not that Hillary Clinton lost—she's a complicated figure and the reasons for her defeat are equally complicated. What disturbs me is that Donald Trump, an openly racist misogynist who never held public office, handed people a fantasy wrapped in violence, and enough people swallowed it to win him the election.
Many of the people who voted for Trump would not consider themselves to be racist, xenophobic or misogynistic – a lot of them voted for Trump "despite" certain issues, but that "despite" is still a problem. What happened last Tuesday can best be described as a reaction to a package deal. Sure, Trump's (freaking chaotic) platform included a ton of racist and misogynistic rhetoric aimed at women, Muslims, Latinos, queers, trans people and pretty much everyone who isn't cis, white and male, but he tied all that hate up in a promise to Make America Great Again, and that promise resonated with a lot of people.
Make America Great Again. It's standard political rhetoric – a phrase that sells a vague ideal, one a candidate can define flexibly so supporters attach based on their own personal contexts. In this case, Make America Great Again harkens back to the conservative golden age of post-WWII America. This period in U.S. history has taken on a nostalgic sheen, one in which the economy thrived, people had jobs and everything was safe. And white. And run by men. In essence, Trump promised his constituents Pleasantville, and that promise was enough to outweigh the racism and hate he wrapped it up in.
For those of you born in the 21st century, Pleasantville is a Toby Maguire movie from 1998. The citizens of a fictional town called Pleasantville live in squeaky clean, 1950's black and white world until social and sexual revelations turn everything technicolor. It's a clever send up of the nostalgia we have for a past that was, under the glossy surface, repressive, judgmental and deeply homogenized.
Trump evoked this nostalgia with his bonkers, often illegal promises to Make America Great Again. The wall he's going to build along the Mexican border? That's a promise to keep foreigners out of Pleasantville. Threats of deportation? Same. His plans for a "Muslim registry"? Yeah. That too. Every bit of xenophobic bile is a brick in the foundation of that promise, and that's not even counting his treatment of women.
Here's what disturbs me. People wanted the Pleasantville he was selling enough to overlook the violence, misogyny and human rights violations that would inevitably come with it. Whether or not his voters liked the whole packaged is irrelevant at this point. They didn't mind the ugly enough not to vote for that nostalgic, deeply traditional throwback to a "safer" time, despite how literally un-safe it makes half the population.
That's the thing about Pleasantville. It's a lovely, seemingly safe place – seemingly safe because the safety it promises is contextual at best and a lie at worst. It's a place full of social masks and people passing for "normal" in a traditionally straight, sexually conservative, patriarchal society. It's a safe place to be if you're vanilla, straight and white, and it's the promise Trump ran on. It's the promise he won on. Which means, it's the thing we have to be careful of in the next four years.
Sex, race, gender and sexuality. These issues have always been political and, as exhausting as it is, this is normal. This is good. This is the opposite of homogeneity. As long as our bodies remain deeply contested political entities, it means they remain deeply contested political ground rather than territory conquered in the name of an imaginary past.
Trump and his rhetoric—both the hate speech that appealed to the Klan and other marginalized whites, as well as that promise of a newly "great" America—would normalize the homogeneity that we, as women, immigrants, minorities, queers, trans people, liberals, allies and anyone else who fails to toe the line, defy by existing out in the open and without apology. Now, more than ever, we are the body politic, and that means we need to engage, and stay engaged, long past when the disgust, disillusionment and anger wear off. The socially safe America Trump promised doesn't exist. It never has, and the promise of it shouldn't be normalized as an unfortunate side effect of a disappointing election.
Human beings can only live with stress for so long before we grow numb to the stressor. It's seen most often in cases of domestic abuse, a comparison I do not make lightly. Trump's own lawyers testified that he gaslights them so routinely they have to meet with him in pairs. With Trump's newly vetted influence, people will eventually get used to the idea of his presidency. It will normalize as an exhausted populace digs in to wait him out. And that's the real danger now. What he proposes is not normal and, while I know his supporters feel otherwise, the values he's espouses in conjunction with his vision of a "great" new America cannot be normalized, not without a lot of people paying a very high price.
I'm not saying this to scare people. People are scared enough. I'm saying it because there are still things we can do to keep moving forward, rather than sinking openly and gleefully into black and white.
- Donate to charities and institutions aimed at helping people under direct threat. Whether it's time or money, they're going to need all the support they can get. The ACLU, the Trevor Project, Planned Parenthood and the NAACP are good places to start, but there are lots of others too.
- Subscribe to reliable news outlets – the New York Times, the Washington Post and Bloomberg News are about as reliable as it gets, but there are a bunch of others too. And if you like your news in audio form, check out NPR. Wherever you get it, vet your news so you know what's actually going on. Read things you disagree with. It's the only way you can reliably decide what to believe.
- Most importantly, support each other. Have useful discussions. Advocate for equal treatment under the law. If you see someone struggling, help them. Community is one way to set a foundation for changing things between now and 2020.
Some of us will slip under the radar because we're white or middle class -because we can "pass". A lot of people don't have that luxury. If nothing else, it's become obvious that there is a deep longing for the illusion of safety in the promise of Pleasantville, an illusion that people voted for, regardless of the cost to others. Whether you wave your freak flag loud and proud, or quietly support a charity while protecting your job or family, please try to stay engaged as much as you can. Educate yourself. It's going to take a lot of of well-informed fuck off's to the lure of Pleasantville to get though the next four years.


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Time To Find A Part-Time Job, I Can Help!
Is it time for you to find a part-time job? Don't put it off anymore. Summer time is here and there are many companies that expect to get a boost in the economy from the Summer time festivities across the United States. Parties, the beach, Summer vacation, traveling, all of which spice up the economic state, or at least we hope it will. Apply for a job today.
There are many companies that will benefit from the Summer time excitement, companies like Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sears, Macy's, not to mention companies that specialize in cuisine. Everyone's favorites restaurants like TGI Friday's, Chili's, Applebee's, and too many more to mention all have part-time job openings. How to begin your search, well for sensible reasons to include the consumption of fuel, start off with the establishments in your area. Devise a plan, hit the restaurants the same week, then move on to retail, and so forth.
Many companies have online shell applications, now with these I advise to complete them, but do not forget them. These online Internet applications need to be followed up with. Many of these will set the wheels in motion in your quest to find a part-time job. As a job counselor, I advise to print out a copy of the Internet shell applications you fill out. It is always good to keep a folder with that information, because you do not want to leave anything to memory, plus you want to be organized for proper optimization of the job quest.
I recommend two (2) letters of recommendation to accompany your application. If the letters are originals, then make plenty of copies so that each application gets a set. You will be surprised the amount of stock that these letter will have on an employers decision. Pound the pavement, and be methodical in your employment searches and your endeavors will be fruitful. Get your dream job today, apply right here for a job!


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The Class 09 diesel shunters were a higher geared version of the very numerous Class 08. Just 26 were built and were capable of 27mph as opposed to the 15mph of the Class 08. As such they are useful engines for shunting and very occasional use in passenger or goods service.
They have English Electric 6KT engines and weigh 49 tons. Fuel capacity is 668 gallons.
D3721 entered service with the Southern Region of British Railways on 17th April 1959 where it is believed it spent its whole working life. It carried British Railways green livery when introduced, the livery it is likely to be restored to, before painting in British Rail blue, during which time it was renumbered 09 010, then latterly the rather dull departmental grey livery, which it was still carrying when purchased for preservation.
D3721 was withdrawn and put into store at Hither Green depot on 5th February 2004, before being put up for sale on 19th April 2010 by DB Schenker (English Welsh & Scottish Railway) and purchased by the SDR and moved to Buckfastleigh in September of that year.
The locomotive has been restored to British Railways green livery and re-entered service in August 2011.
D3721 just out of the shops on 30th July 2011
D3721 in as delivered condition at Buckfastleigh, in front of class sister D3666, which has since been sold. Both photos: Sarah Anne Harvey


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Last Monday, the FBI released its preliminary
Uniform Crime Report for 2005. The numbers indicate crime may
be on the rise. For example, the total number of murders in America
increased by 4.8 percent. However, before the call goes out for the
federal government to spend more on traditional state and local
crime-fighting responsibilities, we need to put these numbers in
First, these new FBI estimates are crime totals and do not adjust for population growth. Obviously, more people likely would mean more crime. The final Uniform Crime Report for 2005, due out this fall, will adjust for population growth, which should reduce the numbers somewhat.
Second, we need to make sure this small increase in total murders represents a long-term trend, not an aberration. From 2002 to 2003, the murder rate increased from 5.6 incidents per 100,000 residents to 5.7. Yet, the murder rate in 2005 dropped to 5.5 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Third, numerous factors determine crime rates, many of which are beyond government control. Before we know more, we should stick with proven strategies. Pouring federal money into local law enforcement is a proven loser.
What does work? Creative approaches by local police chiefs, such as problem-oriented policing, in which local police devote resources to areas where crime occurs frequently.
Another winning strategy: putting violent criminals behind bars and keeping them there. In one study, researchers looked at 64 years of crime data, ending in 1994, and determined that a 10 percent increase in total prison population is associated with a 13-percent decrease in homicide, after controlling for socioeconomic factors.
This doesn't mean we should throw every possible violator in prison. Prison space is a scarce resource and should be treated as such. But it does mean incarcerating our most serious offenders first.
It's certainly not good news that the total number of murders in America went up. But until we know more, we should resist the urge to overreact. Just as the punishment must fit the crime, the crime-fighting strategy must fit the situation.
David Muhlhausen is a senior research analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
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Aircraft Hangars Upbringing Superb Technicalities
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Have you ever taken a ride on an aircraft?? Then, you might have understood that how big it is or how much technically sound it is!! Ok, tell me, have you ever thought that where these costly giants are kept so that nothing can damage it?? If your answer is a "no", then I must tell you that these aircrafts are sheltered in a huge, technically improved and protective area called aircraft hangars. Listening for the first time?? Ok, let us discuss the matter in brief so that you can get a wider view.
As, we have already said what aircraft hangars are, you must have got the idea of the hugeness of these plants!! Yes, to keep such big aircrafts inside, these places are made huge in size and also designed with all the facilities so that the aircrafts can stay protected.
Types of aircraft hangars:
Repair and maintenance hangars
Storage hangars
T- hangars
Shade hangars
Military hangars
Aircrafts hangars are mainly structured separating three distinct areas, such as:
The hangar bay: This is made for providing basic services, such as: wheel changing, engines detaching, etc.
Maintenance area: In this part major repairing are done.
Administrative or operational areas: From this part aircrafts are made ready for flying.
While building aircraft hangars, some major points should be taken into consideration, such as:
Soil analysis must be done before building hangars for aircrafts. This is really important to build the huge structure concrete and strong.
It is also quite essential to prepare the place with all the functional apparatus and facilities, so that the engineers can properly manage the situations raised during emergencies.
Proper fire extinguishing preparation is really important to make these places safe for keeping the costly aircrafts. All these technical preparations make aircraft hangars worthy of keeping aircrafts inside.
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I love nature and being outdoors. Growing up in Utah I spent many family vacations in the mountains and on my parents boat at Lake Powell. I guess that's where it all started and now I'm going back to my roots and my love of nature. Don't get me wrong, I love living at the beach in Newport. The weather in Southern California year round allows me to spend most of the year doing outdoor activities. However, it's another thing in California to get away from traffic and people to just be alone with nature. Solitude and quiet time restores my spirit and stimulates my mind and creativity. So in my quest to get more of this, I thought an Airstream would allow me to get away and escape the hustle and bustle of my everyday life.
Airstream trailers are a classic and were started by Wally Byam in 1929. I've always loved the sleek look of Airstream travel trailers. So I decided to get the 23″ International CCD. The original interior design was ultra modern, sterile and very stark. To me, modern and camping just don't go together. I wanted to create a rustic interior design for my weekend road trips so I started looking for materials that would warm up the space and make it more like a cabin.
A Little History on Airstreams
In 1931, Airstream history began with Wally Byam's dream: to build a travel trailer that would move like a stream of air, be light enough to be towed by a car, and create first-class accommodations anywhere.
Every inch of an Airstream has a function. They are the most thoroughly tested brand in trailer history. Its engineering is the culmination of over 80 years of experience plus millions of miles on roads throughout the world.
With Airstream travel trailers, there is no planned obsolescence. Airstreams of the Thirties are still on the road today, sturdy and modern as ever. They are intended as a lifetime investment in happiness.
Let the Renovation Begin
Here are some of the highlights of my renovation that I thought would be fun to share with you all and show you some before and after photos. If you are looking to do your own Airstream renovation, hopefully this will give you some inspiration to start.
I kept the original floor plan due to the expense of rerouting electrical and plumbing. So after tearing everything out, the only thing remaining was the bathroom. I didn't do any remodel to the inside of the bathroom. Below is the photo of what it looked like after everything was taken out.
I knew I wanted reclaimed wood floors and that was where my inspiration began. In the wood that I found, there was a pale blue gray, so I decided to use varying shades of blues in my design.
Below is a photo of the wood and the materials that were inspired from these floors.
I love the look of cement countertops, but when designing any trailer, I had to be conscious of weight, so rather than use real concrete, I opted for a laminate that looked like concrete. I loved the lighter and darker shades in this laminate and it looked so realistic.
Cabinet Laminate
To contrast the lighter countertops I chose a charcoal gray wire brushed oak laminate for the cabinets. The original samples I had selected were too busy with the floors.
Dinette Area
I had the dinette booth made and used a blue gray ultra suede fabric for the seats and seat backs and then contrasted the back with a medium brown leather.
The bathroom laminate was originally a stark white and it just didn't complement the warm colors I was using, so I chose a wall covering from Phillip Jeffries to cover it. It created texture and warmth to the space.
Window Treatments
The original window treatment material that I selected above looked great and had a bit of blue that I liked, however, they were too thick and wouldn't work as a roller shade, so I had to go with a grass woven material that would roll up tightly in the recessed areas in the overhead cabinets. Be careful when selecting roller shade material to make sure that they will roll up properly in a small space.
Bedroom Area
In the bedroom area I chose a natural linen for the drapery panels. I used my accent blue gray on the sheets and blankets and a decorative pillow with a pattern that encompassed all the colors which added a bit of interest to the bed.
The accessories really finished the design by adding pops of color and texture. I purchased rustic melamine dishware from Williams-Sonoma since I didn't want anything that was breakable. Rustic bark textured silverware, vinyl grass woven placemats, a pale blue ultra suede desk chair and a blue lamp with a natural linen shade. And finally some artificial succulents that added a bit of color and life to the countertops.
This airstream renovation took as long as some homes I've designed…almost a year! There were many challenges working in a small space with weight specifications and other obstacles, but in the end I'm very happy with the results.
Are you looking to start your own renovation? Give us a call and we will advise and help you renovate and create the look you want for your Airstream.
If you're interested in renting out my Airstream and are in the Southern California area or want to visit and do a road trip up the California coast, follow the link below to book your reservation on Outdoorsy.
Have you just renovated your Airstream? Share your story and post photos in the comments section below. We would love to see what you have been up to and would also like to get your feedback on some of the challenges and advice for others who are just starting their own renovation.
Consider These Ideas When Choosing Window Treatments
Every home needs something to cover the window; no matter where your home is located you may need to look into choosing window treatments for privacy, warmth or simply aesthetics. However, there are a great many different styles available to choose from and this can make it difficult to choose the right covering. The following tips will help you decide on the right balance of function, style and affordability:
1. Function
The window treatments for each room should be based upon the use of that room. Family areas and entertainment areas will require as much light as possible. This means the window treatments should be light, semi-transparent and kept as far back from the window as possible. Some spaces may also be used to watch films or play computer games; these rooms will want less light as you do not want reflections on the TV. If this is the case then you should use a layered approach; this will mean you can adjust the light in the room depending upon what the room is used for.
2. Location, Location, Location
Choosing window treatments may not seem as important if you are in a remote location without a neighbor for several miles. However, if your home looks onto someone else's, then the first priority when choosing window treatments in these locations is privacy. You will need a heavier, easy to open and close style window treatment to ensure you are safe from prying eyes.
Location also plays a part in the amount of sun you receive through a window. Windows which face the sun all day will likely heat up the room, light color window treatments can be used to maximize the light in the room while keeping some of the heat out. Blinds can also be good in this scenario.
3. Privacy and Style
This is an important element of any home, you will wish to enjoy a shower or change your clothes without being concerned about who is watching. Bedrooms and nurseries can benefit from heavy, black out coverings to aid with sleep and privacy. Bathrooms, however, need light coverings which will allow plenty of light into the room, without compromising your privacy.
4. Fabric
The material used when choosing window treatments makes a big difference to the amount of light or privacy which your room will receive. Thinner fabrics will allow more light in, but will also decrease the amount of privacy you have. The fabric should be chosen based upon the function of the room and how much light you require. The lighter fabrics will ensure any space feels light and airy while darker fabrics can create a more dramatic environment. Coverings with linings are also useful as they protect the furniture from harmful UV rays while adding an extra layer of insulation to a room.
5. Size
The type and size of window treatment you choose also makes a difference to the feel of the room. Curtains hung above the window and dropping to the floor will create a feeling of height in a room. However, many people now opt to keep the curtain from sitting on the floor; this avoids dust and dirt gathering on the curtain. More dramatic looks can be achieved by bunching the material in front of the window; this means ensuring your curtain is two or three times the width of your window.
6. Color
The color of a window treatment is down to your personal preference. It should match the color scheme in the room, although this does not have to be the same across the whole house. Brighter colors have been shown to assist in brightening the mood of any room; darker colors have the opposite effect…the choice is yours!
Before deciding on window treatments for your home, you should assess your options. First analyze the space you have available, measure the height and length, and go for a color combo that goes with the rest of the décor. Invest in quality materials and your home will have an appeal that you and your guests will absolutely adore. Be original and let your imagination run wild. Don't hesitate to think outside the box and just enjoy the end result!
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How To Incorporate The Elements Of Feng Shui Into your Home
Incorporating Feng Shui into your interior design brings balance and good fortune to your home. More than just picking attractive furniture and decor, the placement and arrangement of furnishings and accessories, as well as deliberate color combinations, can make a significant difference in the "Qi" or energy of the room.
However, you still want to make sure that your Orange County home is visually appealing and functional, so you will want your Feng Shui interior design to balance the basic beliefs of the Eastern practice along with modern tastes.
Below are a few tips on how to improve the energy in your house and bring luck to your life, while adding the decorating flairs and touches that gives your home personality:
Position Furniture Carefully
This tip is both practical and feng shui-related: careful positioning of furniture improves the energy's flow throughout the room. Furniture should not prevent free passage through the room as this blocks both your daily path and the Qi from flowing naturally. Ideally, seating areas should be flush with a wall, instead of facing a walkway or another room.
Separate Work and Rest Areas
Avoid setting up a work office in your bedroom. The energy of a work space will prevent you from getting a good night's sleep if it is set up in the bedroom.
Light plays a major role in feng shui, as it is a major source of good energy. Soft lighting is linked with positive energy which wall sconces provide. Without proper illumination, carefully picked color combinations, decor and furniture may not be as effective for a feng shui lifestyle. Our eye tends to be drawn to where the light is shining, so by spotlighting certain objects and areas, you are able to support your intentions. Avoid dark corners, which can absorb and stall the flow of energy, by filling them with a source of soft light.
Clutter is considered to be a major burden in feng shui. De-cluttering is believed to be absolutely fundamental to ensuring balance in the home, as clutter blocks the flow of energy. On a practical level, clutter can lead to increased stress levels.
Remove clutter from all rooms in the house. One of the best places to start is the bedroom, where you want the most relaxation as possible. Create a "keep", "relocate" and "trash" pile for all the items littered on the surfaces and floors of each room. Then, relocate the items to their proper locations, and throw away the trash. Organize the "keep" items into drawers, shelves or labeled boxes for easy access.
A key accessory in feng shui interior design, mirrors are believed to reflect positive energy and prevent the flow of negative energy. Placement is key, however. Avoid putting a mirror facing the front door, as you don't want to bounce the positive energy entering the house to creep its way out. Mirrors should also be used sparingly (if at all) in the bedroom. Bedrooms are considered calm spaces with more yin energy; mirrors bring a lot of yang energy, canceling out the calming yin needed in the bedroom.
Live Plants, Fresh Fruit and Cut or Potted Flowers
Indoor plants, floral bouquets and fresh fruit all generate positive energy. Potted plants also represent earth and wood elements (two of the five elements needed for harmony and balance).
However, you should avoid using dried flowers. Dried flowers are considered sources of bad energy in feng shui as they represent something that is dead. Throw away all dead or dying plants, including wilting flowers. The exception is if the dried bouquet is a keepsake from someone dear to you, then the energy associated with it is positive.
Add a Water Feature
Considered a symbol of wealth and prosperity, it is important to incorporate water elements in your feng shui decorating scheme. A water feature is an eye-catching way to add two of the five essential elements of feng shui (wind and water). Whether you choose a water fountain, a water wall or a fish tank, a water feature is a soothing focal point to any room, promoting relaxation. Be careful not to add water features to the bedroom as it can introduce the element of worry.
Mix Up Your Shapes
Each shape represents a different feng shui element: square (wood), round/oval (metal), striped and floral (wood), wavy (water) and pointy (fire) shapes all need to be present in your accessories and decor to ensure balance. Mixing and matching is not only an excellent way to bring harmony into your living space, but it also adds depth and dimension to your interior design.
Choose Colors Carefully
Intentionally choosing the right colors for each room is key in feng shui, as each color and color combination represent different types of energy. Green is linked with hope and nature, yellow with power and red is considered auspicious. Orange helps create an atmosphere of ease and promotes conversation in large groups of people, making it an ideal color for living rooms and other areas where you plan on hosting guests. Blues and greens can also help promote a calm atmosphere, which are perfect for bedrooms and other locations designed for relaxation and rest.
With these simple feng shui tips, you can improve balance and harmony in your home and life all without having to invest in crazy interior design schemes or busts of Buddha and other auspicious statues. Just keep in mind the importance of the flow of energy and incorporate a few well-chosen and well-placed accessories to fully reap the benefits of feng shui.
Marcela De Vivo is a freelance writer, yoga enthusiast and business owner in the Los Angeles area. In addition to incorporating feng shui into her yoga and meditation room, she also includes the elements of feng shui throughout the rest of her home. Follow her on Pinterest today!
Add a little bling in your wallpaper
Wallpaper has come a long way and can be a lot of fun, especially when you want to add a little bit of bling or sparkle to your walls. Today I set out to look for wallpaper at Design Center Associates in Santa Ana. They have a great selection to choose from so searching for the right one was fairly easy. The design look for our client is calling for something contemporary and modern, with just a touch of sparkle or in our case we were hoping for a metallic or chrome element
Wallpaper Companies to Consider
After flipping through several books from many popular designers and companies, I narrowed it down to about five books. There was some wallpaper with geometric motifs, textured looks, and groovy designs. I opted for a simple but interesting design. I came across a line from Ronald Redding Wallpaper and there on the first page was what I was looking for. It's a textured single color wallpaper, beautifully encrusted with small pieces of mica that has a beautiful reflective and rich quality to it. Even though it is a single color it appears as though it has many colors in it because of the depth that the mica creates. It comes in four different colors…Copper, Silver, Charcoal and Beige. We will most likely order the copper or the beige.
There are others we can select from in case we don't decide on the Terra Mica samples. DCA (Design Center Associates) allows us to check out their books which makes it much easier to coordinate all of our fabrics and materials.
So whether your design is conservative or wild, modern or traditional, keep in mind that a little bit of twinkle or sparkle can go a long way when putting your look together. Think of it as the icing on your cake. Check out Design Center Associates website for wall coverings, furniture, fabrics and accessories in Orange County, CA.
Add wallpaper with some bling to your interiors
One of the most popular finishes used in Mediterranean interior design and Tuscan interior design is Venetian plaster. If you are designing a home and want that old fresco look, you should really consider incorporating this into the interior design of your home. Venetian plaster is a wall and ceiling finish using thin layers of plaster applied with a trowel or spatula. It is then burnished to create a smooth surface that adds a lot of depth and texture to the areas treated. There are many variations of sheen depending on the amount of burnishing that is done or the amount of wax that is used. From a matte, chalky fresco look to a very shiny and glossy appearance, you can incorporate it into old world interior design or modern interior design. There are also several different types of Venetian plaster techniques including marmorino, scagliola, and sgraffito.
The Different Types of Venetian Plaster
Marmorino Veneziano is a plaster or stucco decoration used on walls. It was used as far back as Roman times, but was made popular once more during the Renaissance 500 years ago in Venice.
It is made from crushed marble and lime putty, which can be tinted to give a wide range of colors. This can then be applied to make many textures, from polished marble to natural stone effects. Widely used in Italy, its appeal has spread through North America especially, but now worldwide. Because of the hours of workmanship, the pricing places it in the high-end market. However, many examples can be seen in public buildings, bars, restaurants, etc.
Its waterproofing and anti-bacterial qualities as well as visual effects have also made it very desirable for luxury bathrooms and other wet areas. Not confined to interior use, it can be seen on the exterior of many buildings to great effect.
You can see from the photos above the depth and character that Venetian plaster gives to walls. Instead of being flat, Venetian plaster creates a mottled appearance giving your walls more depth and variation in color.
Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning "chips"), is a technique for producing stucco columns, sculptures, and other architectural elements that resemble inlays in marble and semi-precious stones. The Scagliola technique came into fashion in 17th-century Tuscany as an effective substitute for costly marble inlays, the pietra dura works created for the Medici family in Florence.
Scagliola is a composite substance made from selenite, glue and natural pigments, imitating marble and other hard stones. The material may be veined with colors and applied to a core, or desired pattern may be carved into a previously prepared scagliola matrix. The pattern's indentations are then filled with the colored, plaster-like scagliola composite, and then polished with flax oil for brightness, and wax for protection. The combination of materials and technique provides a complex texture, and richness of color not available in natural veined marbles.
Installing Venetian Plaster
Below is a video that shows the techniques and different steps involved in applying Venetian plaster to your walls.
Sgraffito (plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelt scraffito) is a technique produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface by applying two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an outline drawing.
Italian Country Home is a subdivision of Orange County interior design firm Christopher James Interiors. We are licensed and trained professionals in the installation of Venetian plaster. If you are interested in using Venetian plaster in your home, please contact us for a free in home consultation.
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Christopher James Interiors is one of the leading interior designers in Orange County, California. The firm has been helping homeowners turn their dreams for a beautifully designed home into reality since 1994. Whether it's new construction or a remodel, we will design your home to match your taste and lifestyle. Our team is devoted to understanding your individual needs and ideas to ensure that your vision is realized from the design conceptualization stage to the final installation and construction of the project.
Orange County Interior Designer, Christopher James Interiors, Provides the Following Services:
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Get Out of Town
Leave the office or take a vacation! Yes, I know, it's easier said than done…at least to go on vacation. But getting out of the office is possible for everyone even if it's just taking a walk through the park on your lunch break instead of eating lunch at your desk. It opens your eyes and frees your mind from the routine of daily life. For me, getting away from my office and my computer screen always brings such a strong creative energy.
Last year I spent a month in Europe traveling through Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria and Italy. During this time, I was able to clear my mind to think about furniture designs, colorations and ideas for clients. I can not tell you how inspirational these places were…I came back completely changed and inspired by the history and architecture found while exploring these countries. While there, I visited boutiques, flea markets, hotels and mueseums to give me inspiration for current interior design jobs and to search for rare and unusual finds for my own home as well as my clients'. So much a part of making your house a home is collecting these things through your travels. They all add a story and personal touch to your space. When you look at a momento from one of your travels, it takes you back to that place and time and for a minute you feel like you've gone back again.
So give yourself a break during the day and even if it's not a long vacation a little breather in between emails, phone calls and deadlines can rejuvenate you. I feel that people who believe in staying at the office 24/7 are truly doing themselves a disservice. You don't have to travel far to be inspired, just find a place where your eye can wander and see things in a slightly different way.
If you can't get on a plane I promise you it won't be a waste of time.
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Christopher James Interiors and their award winning projects have been featured in a number of design magazines and newspapers. Our design studio and showroom is located in Costa Mesa near South Coast Plaza and SoCo. Our showroom features modern furnishings and accessories for the home.
Christopher James Interiors and team of interior designers offer the following services:
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Air Force Upsets Cowboys 57-48 Saturday-Daily Sports Update
The Wyoming Cowboys lost to Air Force Saturday night at the AA in Laramie 57-48. The Cowboys shot just 33 percent from the field and were just 5 of 28 from three point land. Those percentages will result in defeat just about every time. Leonard Washington had 19 points and Derious Gilmore had 15 points. Wyoming falls to 2-4 in the Mountain West Conference and 15-4 overall. They will host New Mexico on Wednesday night.
The Wyoming Cowgirls beat Air Force on the road Saturday 86-48. Kaitlyn Mileto led the Cowgirls with 27 points With the win UW moves their record to 4-2 in the Mountain West Conference and 15-4 overall. The Cowgirls will at New Mexico Wednesday night.
In junior college basketball, both Casper College teams lost their homecoming games to Western Nebraska on Saturday at Erickson Gym. In the men's game, the T-Birds came up short 88-81. Western Nebraska took 25 less shots than the T-Birds and hit 50 percent. Casper got 30 points from Dominique Lee and 23 points from Remi Debo. The T-Birds have now lost three straight and drop to 15-6 overall. They will host Western Wyoming on Wednesday night.
The Casper College Lady T-Birds also lost their third straight on Saturday, a 56-50 decision to Western Nebraska. The T-Birds shot just 33 percent from the floor. Shelby Garska (Natrona) was the only T-Bird in double-digit scoring with 14. The T-Birds are 16-5 on the season and host Western Wyoming on Wednesday night. Both games can be heard on AM 1400 ESPN.
High School Basketball from Saturday. The Kelly Walsh boys pulled the upset special of they day with a 37-32 win at Riverton over the 2nd ranked Wolverines. The Trojans with the win even their 4A Western Conference record at 2-2 and 8-9 overall. The Natrona Mustangs bounced back after losing to Riverton Thursday night and beat Rock Springs 67-49. NC evens their record in the conference to 2-2 and 6-9 overall.
On the girls side both Kelly Walsh and Natrona picked up wins on the road. The Fillies beat Rock Springs 58-28. The Lady Tigers held the Fillies Kayleen Johnson to just 7 points but NC was able to knock down 9 three pointers. The Fillies are 13-2 overall and sit atop of the 4A West Conference with a 4-0 record. The Lady Trojans won an exciting 51-48 thriller over Riverton in triple overtime. The Lady Trojans are 3-13 overall and 3-1 in conference.
Kelly Walsh and Natrona will play the first of their two match ups this Thursday night at the Casper Events Center. The girls game will tip-off at 6:15pm with the boys following at around 8:00. Both games on AM 1400 ESPN.
Here's Monday's Sports Update with Frank Gambino.


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Located in Jerantut, Hotel Sri Emas is minutes from Tengku Ahmad Mosque and close to Tengku Mahkota Abdullah Mosque. This hotel is within the region of Lata Meraung and Jeranut Golf Club.
Stay in one of 32 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks, housekeeping is provided on a limited basis, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.