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(Pocket-lint) - Nixon has been doing headphones for a while, but none has ever particularly impressed. They fall into the looks-over-quality department, alongside the likes of Skullcandy and WESC.
Nixon's latest set, The Stylus, promises to bring decent looks and sound quality to match. But does it manage it?
From our time spent with them, it appears so. Nixon definitely has it nailed in the design department, with the white or black matte plastic headphones being perfectly set off against the subtle Nixon logo. The big plastic headband on the top looks great and, for the time it spent on top of our heads, is comfortable also.
Also thrown into the package is a detachable coil headphone cable with inline remote. We like that it is replaceable, as headphones like this which tend to travel with you on trains and buses often have their cables break. The cable comes with colour-matched remote and headphone jack, to match the headphones.
As for the earphones themselves, the noise isolation isn't great, but they are very comfortable, getting rid of the comfort issues that most over-ear headphones cause. The top headphone band also has plenty of flex and adjustability, so it should suit various head sizes.
Sound quality is good. Things aren't quite as bass heavy as some of the competing brands like Beats, for example. Conversely, we could have done with a touch more treble, simply because the headphones appeared to be giving far too much emphasis on the mid-tones. A bit of playing about with the EQ on our phone however and this was easily fixed.
The headphones do succeed in giving a nice rich and warm sound and, for the price, are definitely up there in quality with some of the more audio-centric companies. We can't help but think, however, that saving for a set of B&W P3s is the thing to do - that way you get the looks and the best-in-class sound quality. That's a lot of saving though, because the P3s are twice the price.
A nice set of all-rounders then. For those after a good-looking set of headphones, the Nixons certainly have it covered. They sound okay as well. Build quality and materials used could be a touch more premium but are no different from anything else in the price range. The Nixon Stylus headphones can be picked up here for £82.

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Last weekend this event was celebrated in the famous village "San Lorenzo de El Escorial". A beautiful spot in the mountains of Madrid were old spanish kings are buried for eternity. In this royal background, this contest is getting more and more importance each year, and this year's edition was another one to enjoy. Because of the Golden Demon, which is taking place this weekend, our french friends Allan Carrasco and Jeremie Bonamant decided to prolong their stay and give a modelling course in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Jeremie also decided to enter the contest with some of his well known artworks and this gave the opportunity for local painters to compete with him.
There were a lot of entries this year, traditionally this has been a historical figure event but the fantasy part proved to be very very strong and many painters were impressed by the level of the new young fantasy painters.
Personally, I am preparing my Malus Darkblade for the Golden Demon this weekend so I couldn't enter the contest in San Lorenzo. However, I was given the opportunity to be part of the jury, so I could see all the contest figures closely, and contribute to the final veredict. Jeremie Bonamant ended winning the Best of Show with his Piper, the one we saw in France and presumably will be seeing in Spain, a conversion of a Wraithlord which is playing his weapon as if it were a flute, walking over a puzzle walkway while lots of tanks and machines follow him in the background. Great award for a crazy idea which is still surprising me.
I couldn't attend both days but I could talk to a lot of friends and had a great time. Let's see what happens this weekend...


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They sound cute as a button, but they're becoming serious business in the modern home. Pocket offices - attractive and ultra-efficient workspaces tucked into kitchen alcoves, popped into unused closets and slid beneath stairs - are all the rage when it comes to maximizing space in busy households.
Thanks to technology (think laptops, iPads and keychain memory sticks with vast data capacity), we no longer need acres of space for children's homework or to log a couple of hours after dinner on that all-important office project.
"Portable is what's happening. You don't need a dedicated space like a den anymore," says Cheryl Adams, senior designer at the Ottawa branch of California Closets, which creates custom spaces including pocket offices. Now everyone shares the same, smaller space - presumably without too much squabbling about who gets it when.
In fact, the U.S.-based National Association of Home Builders last year noted the rise of pocket offices and the demise of the little-used den as a major trend. The little guys, it seems, are cropping up everywhere, from kitchen pantries to great rooms.
Observers note that, in the United States, in addition to the miniaturization of technology, a long-depressed economy has meant smaller houses and the growth of multi-generational homes where multiple generations live under the same roof. That means less space for non-essentials such as full-scale home offices.
Canada's economy and housing market didn't suffer the same depredations, but local builders and many designers report growing interest in pocket offices.
"I'd estimate 60 to 65 per cent of our buyers want something like this," says Christine Marsala of Tamarack Homes' design centre. Kitchens and lofts are especially popular for pocket offices, she says. Some buyers have even had the main-or second-floor laundry room relocated to the basement and converted the laundry room into compact office space.
Although some other builders report fewer or no requests for the offices, they may, like Minto, already include a computer niche in selected models. Richcraft Homes now routinely provides either an office nook or larger work area in its one-and two-bedroom condos.
Because they are so small - with good planning, you could do one in less than 15 square feet - pocket offices fit almost anywhere: off a hallway, a staircase landing, in an attic.
Kitchens are especially popular. That's partly because they allow parents to monitor children's Internet activity. Adult users, meanwhile, can multi-task, catching up on bills while keeping an eye on the roast, for example. Although a pocket office in a high-traffic area such as the kitchen would work less well if you're trying to concentrate on writing the Great Canadian Novel or if you work from home full time.
Paul Kariouk, who has a design practice in Ottawa and teaches architecture at Carleton University, created a sleek, white kitchen for a client that includes, at one end, a tiny, perfect home office.
It has a desk, shelves, computer terminal and a slide-out keyboard (the musical kind). When not in use, its closed doors make it look like kitchen cabinetry.
A space as little as 18 inches (45 centimetres) deep can accommodate everything, Kari-ouk says.
"You can personalize it with family photographs so you feel more like you're in a small room instead of a closet."
Although a small space usually enforces tidiness, he admits that even teeny offices can occasionally resemble the aftermath of a tornado. "But you just close the door."
Planning is essential to a functional and attractive pocket office.
Before going furniture shopping, take exact measurements and ask yourself questions such as how many file drawers you'll need (or do you need them at all? Small, inexpensive scanners can digitize almost anything).
Condo owners, says Adams, should think about buying a media unit that integrates storage and other office needs.
IKEA has products such as the Hemnes secretary desk ($275) with a fold-up writing surface that can be integrated with floor-to-ceiling glass-door cabinets, bookcases and other items to make a handsome kitchen pocket office. Other stores, including Sears, sell computer armoires with slide-out keyboard shelves; when closed, the piece blends into your bedroom furniture.
If you plan to use an awkward space such as under the stairs or a narrow hallway, however, you might be better hiring a professional to plan the project. You should also consider at least some custom furniture.
Suzanne Martin of Luxurious Living Studio designed a funky little office just off a client's kitchen. Centrally located, it's a diminutive oasis of privacy with sleek black glass-fronted cabinet doors from the German manufacturer Rational (rational.de). Opened, the doors reveal a tightly organized work area and, on the back of the doors, white and cork boards. Pot lights and a dimmable under-the-cabinet light bar illuminate the area.
Design Cube's Daniel Koep-ke suggests demarcating a pocket office in a kitchen by transitioning from a backsplash to a chalk board. The drop in height from the kitchen counter to the desktop can also help distinguish the two areas.
If the pocket office is in a sleek, modern kitchen and adjacent to the family or great room, he suggests a little traditional wood in the office area - the writing surface, for example - to help transition between the two rooms.
Koepke says a 1950s Eames or other retro chair can add a fun touch to the pocket office.
A final suggestion: houzz. com, where contributors post thousands of home design photos, including many professional projects, is a treasure trove of ideas. It costs nothing to join the site.


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So sorry to keep you waiting.
I was actually trying to coordinate the announcement with another little announcement
but that isn't working out. So you will just have to wait for my other news.
Here are the giveaway winners:
For the Mini Wall Hanging Kit:
It is #34- Betty Lou!
Next is the winners of my Three Blind Mice...
(and isn't that ironic that it was 3 icky mice along with a nest that
were in my car engine causing all of the problems)
Julie of Having Fun Quilting
Kris at Simplify
Brenda of Quilting Along Life's Way
but that's not all... I have another winner.
I am giving the 3 Blind Mice pattern by Fig Tree & Co. away to Sherry L .
Thank you all for your support, advise and comments!
But wait. I am not done yet. Since it is my celebration of over 400 posts and over 600 followers
I thought we should continue through the month with a little fun.
Since blogging is all about sharing, I thought I would share this.
This week I am having a little giveaway for these patterns.
I was on line and was thinking how much I liked The Cotton Way pattern in the middle...
but thought I might already have it. It was a good thing that I checked, because,
not only did I find the one I already had at home... but the next day I found a second one...
I had already bought the pattern twice and was about to buy it a 3rd time!
iey yie yie!
Obviously I love the pattern. So I am giving it away to someone along with the
sweet Bunny Hill pattern (very doable by Easter) and the Pinwheel Flower pattern...
that is a big quilt. I saw it made up at In Between Stitches and fell in love with it.
It's just a happy quilt.
I will pick a winner on Monday. Just leave me a comment.


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Scalia Returns to Form, Thomas Sucker Punches Scalia's Prodigality
Today's unanimous decision in NASA v. Nelson–see here for my oral argument recap from October–held that the government has the power to conduct full background checks despite the argument by employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab that parts of those checks violate their right to "informational privacy."
Writing for six members of the Court, Justice Alito refused to address whether such a right actually exists, and instead assumed its existence for the sake of rejecting its application to the JPL employees' claims. Justices Scalia and Thomas, however, refused to go along with this compromise resolution. Instead, Scalia, in a separate concurrence joined by Thomas, returned to form with a bruising critique of the Court's "substantive due process" jurisprudence–the very jurisprudence he adopted to extend the Second Amendment to the states in last year's oral argument and plurality opinion for McDonald v. City of Chicago.
Nevertheless, Justice Thomas wouldn't let Scalia return to the fold without reminding Scalia of his last year's prodigality from their bedrock principles. I'll let Josh Blackman take it from here:
Scalia's opinion returns to his usual antagonism towards substantive due process. Not even a single citation to McDonald. No attempt to reconcile his aberrant opinion in the famed gun case. I suppose that McDonald will be the new Gonzales v. Raich, and we should "just get over it." (that is Scalia's common refrain when people ask him to reconcile Raich). As recently as last week, Scalia joined a Thomas dissent from denial of cert, other than a footnote that relied on Raich. As I have written at great length, Scalia's opinion cannot be explained here. His position is at odds with two decades of jurisprudence, and he makes no effort to explain it. While Thomas cites to McDonald, Scalia ignores it. Scalia's acquiescence to substantive due process in McDonald cannot be reconciled with his animosity towards that "plastic" standard.
Justice Thomas wrote his own curt one paragraph concurring opinion in judgment.
"I agree with JUSTICE SCALIA that the Constitution does not protect a right to informational privacy. Ante, at 1 (opinion concurring in judgment). No provision in the Constitution mentions such a right. Cf. Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U. S. 558, 605–606 (2003) (THOMAS, J., dissent-ing) ("I can find neither in the Bill of Rights nor any other part of the Constitution a general right of privacy . . ." (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted)). And the notion that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment is a wellspring ofunenumerated rights against the Federal Government "strains credulity foreven the most casual user of words." McDonald v. Chi-cago, 561 U. S. ___, ___ (2010) (THOMAS, J., concurring inpart and concurring in judgment) (slip op., at 7)."
What does Thomas' concurring opinion add? Thomas focuses on the fact that the due process clause does not protect unenumerated rights, suggesting that it can protect enumerated rights. Perhaps he is trying to provide cover to Scalia, who joined McDonald's due process opinion. As I have theorized before, because the Second Amendment is actually enumerated, Scalia may find this approach palatable. I find this distinction unpersuasive. As I have argued before, whether the right is enumerated, or unenumerated, the Court still needs to rely on some nebulous notion of liberty. Thomas may be trying to explain Scalia's opinion, where Scalia would not do so specifically. In my mind, its not effective. Regardless, not even Thomas would accede to relying on the due process clause to protect an enumerated right. To quote my good friend Mike Sacks, this concurring opinion can best be characterized as a "sucker punch." Ouch.
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IMI Brings Fall Conferences to Arizona
Two events will be held at the Saguaro Scottsdale.
IMI's upcoming U.S. events include the 24th Annual Thermal Printing Conference and the 10th Annual Security Printing Conference. Visit www.imiconf.com for additional information.
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November 18-20, 2013
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Today's $35 billion thermal printing industry is larger and more diversified than ever! Current trends such as the hand held computing revolution, virtual receipts/documents, social media, smart phones, cloud computing, competitive technology advancements, etc. all combine to present challenges and opportunities for the thermal printing industry. Join us to assess the thermal printing industry's current and future prospects from an end use and supply chain perspective.
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Last weekend, Frank and I took a spur of the moment road trip. It was our last free weekend before football kicks off and it's a trip we've been itching to take for sometime. We figured if not now, then when?
Friday, we drove up to Salinas and stayed the night. Early Saturday morning we drove to Monterey and took PCH to Lompoc where we stayed the night. Sunday, we drove to Santa Barbara and continued along the coast to Malibu and then headed home. We traveled over 1100 miles and saw beautiful sights along the way. We've now seen the coast from San Francisco to the Mexico border. We've taken the train from Seattle to Vancouver so the only portion missing is Portland to San Francisco. We decided this trip that another road trip is in our future. I think we'll fly to Portland, rent a car and drive to San Francisco and drive home from there.
If you've never been to Big Sur or Santa Barbara you really should. Enjoy the ride. We surely did.
Sunset near Mojave, CA
Getting started on PCH
We coined these fog machines
First glimpse of the Pacific
A short break in the Marine layer outside Carmel, CA
Back into the fog... headed into Big Sur
Morro Strand Beach
The Beach in Lompoc was closed to protect the Snowy Plover. The beach is also an Amtrak stop.
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Anyways, I've been trying to read more anti-sexist kinky blogs over the last few weeks. As I find them, I'll link to them in the LoGI posts, since there are some really awesome writers doing some really awesome theorizing about race, class, and gender. There are some others, though, who are incredibly toxic. It's a dangerous world out there — really, all I'm trying to do is live.It amuses me actually, because I'd just been posting in my own space how refreshed I felt taking a break! I suppose I am just glad to see that my and the others' words here have been useful to someone.
That said, I'm a little... concerned... about the post, even when I find myself and my compatriots lauded there. Here's why.
The post is called Crap that irritates me about kinky bloggers. Reading it, it seems to be about rather clueless kinky people who blog, all of whom are apparently heterosexual, white, M/f-dynamic-oriented, and bad writers. Problem being, it just says "kinky bloggers," as if those are the kinky people who blog:
I guess it's a lot easier to be mad at the cuddly feminists asking you to think about consent and heteronormativity than to critique a legal and social system that mandates relationships all follow a particular pattern with a particular life cycle. That makes LOADS of sense. Here's a secret: most feminists are too busy thinking about attacking patriarchy, questioning their own privilege, and advocating for women's reproductive rights to worry about how much you love it when your partner flogs you.It's made clear later that this person is kinky herself (and may or may not be heterosexual), but it sure reads in the beginning like the sort of flaky "feminism" that assumes kink just is heterosexual, M/f D/s. That assumption is, as you all know by now, the big thing that makes it so "easy" for me personally "to be mad" at the "cuddly" (lovely substitute for a swear, I'll have to use that) "feminists" who never stop prattling about nonsense that has nothing to do with me.
I've said many, many times that I find it disturbingly odd that self-styled feminists find the concept of a female top foreign, strange, or derailing. It's bizarre beyond bizarrity to me that anyone, lunatic fringe or not, in a movement that is fundamentally about shining a big flashlight on the way women have traditionally been denied power be so invested in not talking about the women who claim to have it. Even saying we don't, however much it angers or even just bores me, is a step up from total erasure.
I don't like the "cuddly" (love it!) feminists, because they erase me.
And as someone who is bisexual and currently not dating a dude and smitten with someone who's not a dude, I feel the same way about the absolutely endless, endless, endless grating focus not only on heterosexuality but on a particular kind of heterosexuality I'm not going anywhere near when I'm sticking things up submissive men.
Frankly, right now I just don't care if the straight people are linking hands and merrily skipping off cliffs together. They own the damn world; they can figure out their own damn messes.
Critiquing heteronormativity? How about the way that, yet again, gay and lesbian BDSM is handwaved away because it's absolutely imperative that we talk about straight people.
Forgive me if I suspect that's because bitching about straight people's blogs is easier than researching and honoring leather history, which is inherently. And. Unavoidably. Queer.
Then there's, uh, some stuff about badly written erotica that I don't even get because I don't know the context. And some stuff about how people stop writing dark-themed stories once they're out of their teens.
While I realize this is probably about crappy writing and being sick about it, and there's nothing worse than a crappy dark story that has to remind you how seriously it takes itself... my first reaction remains something to the extent of:
Yawn. There are plenty of people who don't read the erotica I write. Add yourself to that number, and be glad you're not hangin' around an (apparently) overgrown teen who's having fun.
Then there's uh, something about "mansplaining," which again is probably about the blog(s?) of some whiny hetero Domly Dom of Doom:
I… don't care about you quoting your female partner's experience in a gangbang. I ALSO don't care about how you understand the female orgasm (like there's only one kind!) and want to explain to me that clitoral masturbation is immature, achieving vaginal orgasm's a sign of emotional success, and lube is for sissies. I PARTICULARLY don't care that you fuck a lot of strippers, and because you're a paying customer you don't want to see those dirty skanks eat and beeee teeeee dubbss your stripper BFF agrees with you because eating in front of clients is un-fucking-professional. I mean, how NOT feminist is it to name someone else's experience using particular politicized adjectives when you're trying to make a point that one of the major political, philosophical movements acknowledging her citizenship rights and existence as a person is like totally wrong in thinking about her sexuality and her political ideologies?But again, it's presented totally without context, as though "kinky blogs" were all by "mansplainers." Once again, here's the assumption that everyone talking is male, heterosexual, and dominant. Somehow, again, I sniff patriarchy. Perhaps I wouldn't if it were made clear that the lion's share of the blogs she knows of are written by people who are male, heterosexual. and dominant. But she doesn't say that, nor does she explain why she isn't self-selecting.
And I'm kind of put off by the idea that a dude can't quote his woman partner's experience in a gangbang and not be skeevy, anyway. (And considering the very specific mention of "strippers eating," this is probably a response to one gross post on one obnoxious blog, again presented as if it were an example of a common problem.)
Trust me, I understand that many dudes who waltz in to do battle with "the radfems" complete with TMI about their intense kink and off-point explanations of what makes it all okay are creepy as hell. I've seen it myself. More times than I've ever wanted to.
But I've also seen this odd thing whereby some dominant man who doesn't know the ins and outs of gender theory comments on an angry "radical feminist"'s post, and it's assumed that the mere fact that he says "But Rosie talks about how it felt this way to her, and why she wanted it, and I don't see why listening to her is wrong" is proof that he and Rosie were totally unenlightened, skipping-off-together-to-hell heteros in the first place. Ah-wha?
And then there's a "stop fetishizing pale-skinned women." Which is probably again about the crappy erotica. And yeah, if the writer has no clue why the endless focus on how sexy white femininity is is sketchy, then I agree. But you know? I don't think it's going to make pale skin any less sexy to anybody who thinks it's hot, even if their reasons are soul-rendingly disgusting.
Any sentence that starts with "stop fetishizing..." is pretty much one I'd vote off the planet.
"Be aware that this is complicated," we can keep. And should use more often. "Don't buy into racist bullshit about what beauty is?" Doubly so. "Write about more, and more varied, kinds of beauty?" Sure, though some people's erotica is just about what they find hot, however problematic. I'm not sure it betters the world to enlist people who are just having fun in some crusade to be didactic. Not everyone's a role model.
And it's said in a way that implies it also means "Don't permit yourself to think of associations that are in tons of literature and media you like when you're staring at a sexy femme who happens to be white and pale and submissive."
I'd say I'd try, but I'd be lying.


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Monday will now be deemed: Mock Yourself Out Monday...Knocking off ridicuously overpriced items for a fraction of the price is one of my very most favorite pasttimes. So, I've decided to post a fabulous knock-off project and/or tutorial every Monday...okay let's get real, almost every Monday. Hooray, for copying other people!
Thursday will now be known as: Thrifty Throwdown Thursday... I can't think of anything that makes me giddier than a great deal, a fabulous find, or an awesomely cheap revamp. So, on Thursday's I will highlight some of my favorite thrifty things...might be something as simple as a vintage platter I picked up or something as awesome as a vintage head and footboard from the fifties that Studly "accidentally" backed over in the garage{he says he didn't mean to, but I'm skeptical. I know how he feels about all my precious cargo cluttering his dumb garage} . The thing was totally freaktastic and I purchased it for a mere $8. Awesome, I know. RIP my precious. Pretty much anything goes, so long as it is thrifty.
Saturday shall henceforth be called: Saturday Shop Spotlight...I have really been neglecting the shop lately...almost as much as my kiddies. Just kidding. Okay maybe I hide from them occasionally. But sometimes mama just needs a few minutes alone in the closet to restore health and energy units, by way of scarfing down a cupcake or guzzling down a {insert diet caffienated beverage here}. Anywho, every Saturday I will showcase a project I'm working on for the shop.
What do you think? Sound good? Great.
Well then, now for my first offical SSS, or {Saturday Shop Spotlight}.
Allow me to introduce you to my new beauty...Brie {yes, she is named after the French cheese. I really, really love cheese.}
I love how she turned out and I will be very said to say good bye, I mean au-revoir when I take her down to the shop. But, the hubs would surely divorce me if I tried to sneak in any more furniture.
In case you were wondering, she is painted in Krylon's Ocean Blue...my favorite color of all time.
And I followed the usual steps of sanding, priming then painting.
The thing I love most about her are the little key hole details in the middle of each drawer...such a fun and unique embellishement, methinks.
The hardware was a steal.
I found them at Hobby Lobby for 50% off. I like that they are not a typical cup pull...square instead of rounded. Unlike most hardware, these pulls were screwed on from the front and secured with a washer and nut from the back. Becuase they didn't come with screws I had to use what I could find at the home improvement store. I was left with an unsightly silver screw head on the front of the hardware.
The solution is simple enough...paint them. But I have this thing about wanting my furniture pieces, especially the pieces I sell, to be really durable. I was afraid that regular latex or craft paint would chip off after a few uses, so I racked my brain til the light bulb went off...black finger nail polish.
It is enamel based so it dries super hard and it comes built in with a cute little brush-perfect for painting dainty screw heads. That's my tip of the day...you're welcome.
I love using decals on furniture. They are super easy and can make a piece much more visually interesting. I suppose one could hand paint the piece, but that talent is not part of my skill set so I use big stickers instead.
I'm more of an England fan than a France fan, but I still think the Eiffel Tower looks great.
Well, there she is. If any of you would like to adopt her, feel free to stop by the shop.
I'll see you Monday for my first ever {Mock Yourself Out Monday}.


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Palin comes out swinging and starts telling the folks what's at stake here. Why McCain is so damn polite when the very country is at stake confounds me. These are dangerous people and we need a leader, unafraid of the media, unafraid of the leftwing bullies -- we are counting on you McCain and you are failing us.
Palin OTOH,
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -Republican vice presidential candidate on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, stepping up an effort to portray Obama as unacceptable to American voters.
Palin's reference was to Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the group the Weather Underground. Its members took credit for bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, during the Vietnam War era. Obama, who was a child when the group was active, has denounced Ayers' radical views and activities.
While it is known that Obama and Ayers live in the same Chicago neighborhood, served on a charity board together and had a fleeting political connection, it's a stretch of any reading of the public record to say the pair ever palled around. And it's simply wrong to suggest that they were associated while Ayers was committing terrorist acts.
This is mainsteam media injecting its narrative into a news story.
Falling behind Obama in polls, the Republican campaign plans to make attacks on Obama's character a centerpiece of candidate John McCain's message in the final weeks of the presidential race. Coming late in the campaign, Palin's remark could be particularly incendiary, however, and could knock Obama off his focus on the troubled economy.
Incendiary and true.
Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She also said, "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."


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Famos für FamilieCopyright: Heike Lachmann
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Award for Family-Friendliness
Whoever heads an organization unit, is also responsible for tasks and employees. Through a responsible management style, managers can particularly ensure that career and family or care are compatible with each other. RWTH Aachen honors the commitment of its employees to family-friendliness with the "Famos für Familie" award". The prize is awarded by the University's Family Services Center and is endowed with 500 Euros.
How to Participate
Do you work at RWTH Aachen and think your boss sets a great example for making family, care, and career compatible in the work place? Then nominate them for the award. A jury chooses a winner from the nominations that are received and well founded. During the nomination period at the end of the year, you can find a nomination form here for six months. The prize is awarded in May, on the International Day of Family.
2019 Famos für Familie Award Ceremony
2019 Famos für Familie Award Ceremony
Three little girls get to know a robot at this year's award ceremony.


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Simpson of PiccadillyA 1969 advertising feature for Simpson's of Piccadilly, to show their take on how ski-ing had turned from a mere sport into a 'bold new slant on the high life'. Simpson's department store―established by Alexander Simpson in 1936, was originally intended to serve as a flagship for the S. Simpson menswear brand, but a year after opening they designated the fourth floor of the incredible Joseph Emberton designed building to womenswear. The store was also the inspiration behind the television sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' which was co-written by Jeremy Lloyd, who had worked there for a brief period in the 1950s before pursuing a career as a scriptwriter and actor. More images and further information available via the links at the end of the post.
Breakaway to SkiThe Palace Hotel is the grandiose temple of the St. Moritz scene and Simpson's the centre of fashion for the devotee. Unquestionably. At the Palace Bar on the Kings Club, the international ski world emphasises the strong accent on the apres. And listening to the cabaret, Aznavour or Francoise Hardy, perhaps, the snow outside seems a long way away. Until morning.
His anorak: Burgundy, white trim 'wet-look' nylon £23. Also Black/White. Her tunic: White Acrylic fur with red Polyamide trimming; £26. All from the Breakaway shop at Simpson of Piccadilly, London W.1. Their cigarettes: 'St Moritz' the luxury light virginia cigarette with a touch of menthol.
RIGHT His dinner jacket: Black velvet; £28, His dress trousers: Black mohair and worsted; £13. Her dress and trousers; Silk satin snake print; £80 15s. His clothes from Trend. Her clothes from the Summer House, at Simpson of Piccadilly.
ABOVE: Her jump-suit; Black crepe rayon jersey; £47 5s. His clothes from Trend. Her clothes from the Summer House, at Simpson of Piccadilly.


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September 2014 by Elizabeth Berliner, DVM, MA, DABVP (Canine/Feline Practice)
Audience: Executive Leadership, Foster Caregivers, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers, Veterinary Team
Video Length: 78 minutes
Does your shelter or rescue group have medical protocols in place to care for your pets and for your fostered dogs and cats? Foster programs are critical if we want to help more pets who are facing treatable medical conditions, and to expand the capacity of a community to care for its homeless pets.
While foster homes provide a less stressful and more personalized experience for the pets, they also require that we move beyond medical protocols designed for shelters and proactively develop those that work in a home setting.
Additionally, there are legal and regulatory issues affecting the provision of veterinary care to shelter and foster pets, and understanding these is necessary for any rescue group or shelter.
Please join us for the free webcast, Treating the Treatables: Saving Lives Through Medical Protocols, Foster Care and Proactive Thinking with Dr. Elizabeth Berliner.
Attendees will learn:
- How proactive thinking and medical protocols save lives
- How to develop medical protocols
- Special issues faced in fostering treatable pets
- The AVMA Model Practice Act of 2013 and what it means for your shelter or rescue organization
- Case presentations on parvo, URI, diarrhea, orthopedic, and skin outpatient protocols
Treating the Treatables: Saving Lives Through Medical Protocols, Foster Care and Proactive Thinking is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Fund®, a program of Maddie's Fund®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education. Maddie's Institute brings cutting edge shelter medicine information from universities and animal welfare leaders to shelter veterinarians, managers and staff as well as private practice veterinarians, rescue groups and community members to increase the lifesaving of homeless dogs and cats community-wide.
This course has been pre-approved for Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits.
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Elizabeth Berliner, DVM, MA, DABVP (Canine/Feline Practice)
Dr. Berliner is the Janet L. Swanson Director of Shelter Medicine of the Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
She serves on the Association of Shelter Veterinarian's Board of Directors and the organizing committee for the new shelter medicine specialty. At Cornell, she directs the internship and the residency in shelter medicine, trains veterinary students in both classroom and shelter settings, and consults with animal shelters regarding best practices. Among Dr. Berliner's interests are diagnosis, management, and prevention of infectious diseases; animal welfare, veterinary ethics, and decision-making; and innovative outreach programs promoting accessible veterinary care and humane behaviors. Dr. Berliner also acts as seasonal lead veterinarian for the HSVMA's Rural Area Veterinary Services program, which facilitates mobile spay/neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the US to communities without access to veterinary care.


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Celebrities Hollywood Forced on Us
List Rules Vote up the celebrities who are somehow famous and seemingly everywhere, even though no one you know actually likes them. No athletes and no career politicians.
What is it with Hollywood trying its hardest to shove certain actors down everyone's throats? Now, more than ever, there are so many inexplicably famous people that it's actually getting depressing. It's always a drag when celebrities no one likes start popping up in every movie at the Cineplex and concerts across the world, and this list is full of those celebs who have somehow managed to crawl their way to the top of entertainment mountain. Some of the celebrities on this list are actors Hollywood forced on us, some of them are musicians whose names you keep hearing but whose music you've never heard, and the worst of the bunch are the super producers who do… something? Try to keep from screaming at your computer while you look through this list of celebrities that Hollywood forced on us.
You'd think the French would have a word for not knowing who someone is or why they're famous, but knowing that they are in fact famous, but so far our time spent with Google Translate hasn't turned up anything useful. From singers like Ariana Grande, to hunky dudes like Patrick Schwarzenegger who inexplicably appear in things, this list is a full court press of people who Hollywood did their best to make them famous.Maybe if you're lucky, Hollywood will decide to make you famous for no reason some day! Until then, feel free to add any celebrities that Hollywood forced on you, and then vote up the celebrities who are somehow famous and seemingly everywhere, even though no one you know actually likes them.


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Join us at the MAIFEST – the German May Day celebration of the arrival of spring!
It's happening on SUNDAY, MAY 6 at the Sacramento Turn Verein – our big annual MAIFEST.
- For family fun, be sure to bring the children along (Don't forget – FREE ADMISSION FOR EVERYONE!):
- Watch the German Maypole dancers, typical at German May Day celebrations
- Learn the Maypole dance – special fun for the children, with instruction by the professional dancers
- Plenty of German music
- Picnic food
- Puppet shows for the kids
- Face painting, and crafts activities too, for the kids
- Story-telling
- Biergarten for the adults
- Kaffee und Kuchen
- And a special drink for the ladies – the famous "Maibowle" (Hint: it contains strawberries soaked in brandy)
What: The annual Maifest, sponsored by the Turn Verein's German Language School
Where: At the Turn Verein, 3349 J Street in Sacramento
When: Sunday, May 6, from noon until 4 p.m.
Who's invited? All are welcome. Be sure to bring the children!
Admission: FREE
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute has a robust training program for researchers at multiple levels, including CHOP-based graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and physician fellows. During CHOP Research's recent Poster Day event, the Institute took time to recognize notable advanced research trainees without whom the groundbreaking medical research conducted every day at CHOP would be impossible.
The 2015 Distinguished Research Trainee Awards, chosen by the Research Trainee Advisory Committee, went to graduate student Drew Comrie, PhD; physician fellow Elizabeth Bhoj, MD; and postdoctoral fellows Dong Li, PhD, and Daniela Eletto, PhD, who tied for the honor. The winners' expertise — in immunology, genetics, and molecular biology — spans the research spectrum.
The CHOP Distinguished Research Trainee Awards provide institution-wide recognition for exceptional CHOP Research trainees, and offer an opportunity for mentors to highlight the work of their researchers-in-training. Each awardee is featured on the CHOP Research Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) Trainee Web Portal, recognized with an award certificate, and awarded a prize.
T Cell Mechanics
After receiving his BS in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Rochester, Drew Comrie, PhD, went on to receive his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 2014. From 2009 until his graduation from Penn, Dr. Comrie worked in the laboratory of Janis K. Burkhardt, PhD.
"Drew is one of the most talented and intellectually independent students I have ever had in my lab, and one of the very best that I have encountered in any lab at CHOP, Penn, or the University of Chicago," said Dr. Burkhardt.
Dr. Comrie is the first author of two recent Journal of Cell Biology papers (published back-to-back) — both of which Dr. Burkhardt led — on the mechanics of T cell activity. The work, which "reveal[s] that the actin cytoskeleton on both sides of the [immunological synapse] promotes the full activation of LFA-1 in order to enhance T cell priming," was recently profiled in a Journal of Cell Biology "In Focus" article. In addition, Dr. Comrie's research was integral to an R01 Dr. Burkhardt received from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Since receiving his doctorate, Dr. Comrie has gone on to a postdoctoral position in the lab of Michael J. Lenardo, MD, in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease's Laboratory of Immunology.
"I am excited that he will take his talent for basic science and apply it to understanding rare and devastating immunological diseases," noted Dr. Burkhardt. "This is just the sort of scientist that CHOP is poised to train."
From to Immunology to Genetics
Elizabeth Bhoj, MD, PhD, first came to CHOP for a combined Pediatrics/Genetics Residency in 2010 after receiving her MD/PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She is now in her first year of the University of Pennsylvania's Master of Science in Translational Research program, and received the Alavi-Dabiri Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from CHOP in 2014.
For his part, Dong Li, PhD, received his doctorate from Chongqing, China's Southwest University's Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology in 2012, and came to CHOP in 2011 after working for BGI-Shenzhen. CHOP and BGI have collaborated on a number of projects, including working together to analyze brain tumors and launching the 1,000 Rare Diseases Project.
Both Drs. Bhoj and Li were mentored by Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Applied Genomics (CAG). Dr. Bhoj's work has been focused on identifying genes associated with craniofacial development, while Dr. Li has, in part, acted as a project manager for several collaborative CAG projects, helping to identify multiple new disease-causing genetic variants.
Dr. Bhoj, said Dr. Hakonarson, "stands out in my mind as outstanding in her potential for and commitment to a highly successful academic research career. I am certain that in the years to come she will continue to accelerate her trajectory of scientific success in advancing the understanding and treatment of genetic disease." And Dr. Li, Dr. Hakonarson noted, "was a top-tier postdoc in terms of his research skills, learning capacity, solution finding, and efficiency, and he is extremely hard working and dedicated to his projects."
"It is exciting to learn about the underlying genetic/molecular mechanisms of diseases and the implications of these insights for human physiology," said Dr. Li. "So thanks to CHOP, and especially Dr. Hakonarson, for the continuous support and all the time he put into my research. I'm very grateful and honored to be recognized."
Exploring the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response
And last but certainly not least there is Daniela Eletto, PhD. Originally from Italy, Dr. Eletto received both her PharmD and PhD from the University of Salerno, and first came to CHOP in 2010 while still working toward her doctorate. Since 2012 she has been a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Yair Argon, PhD, who called Dr. Eletto "very insightful, motivated, and a fast learner."
"Since joining the lab as a postdoc, these traits have been more evident, but I have also been impressed by Daniela's desire to engage in intellectually challenging problems," Dr. Argon added.
Much of Dr. Eletto's work has been centered on better understanding the molecular underpinnings of cell death. In particular, she has been working with Dr. Argon on research on the endoplasmic reticulum's stress response, and last year Dr. Eletto was the first author of a Molecular Cell paper that shed light on how cells deal with stress.
When stress is placed on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), cells' ability to synthesize, fold, and mature proteins can be impaired. ER stress has been associated with a range of conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), cancer, and heart disease. Cells' response to ER stress is the unfolded protein response (UPR), in which sensors are activated in an attempt to return the cell to homeostasis or, failing that, to induce apoptosis. In the Molecular Cell study, the study team learned new things about how UPR sensors are regulated.
"As Daniela continues to develop and mature as a scientist, she has made a nice transition from focusing on 'how to' conduct experiments to 'which' experimental approaches are best suited for the problem at hand," added Dr. Argon.
To read more about each of this year's awardees, and to learn more about training and education at CHOP Research, see the CHOP Research site.


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This document discusses the proper methods (and more than one exists) for anchoring manufactured and modular homes with perimeter support foundations, which will be better defined just a little further on. The subject of this document is primarily proper anchoring methods because I frequently find mistakes in these anchoring systems. In my internet searches, I have not come across other publications that specifically address this topic. Building codes and other regulations, such as the Housing and Urban Development's model regulations, and manufacturer installation instructions describe or dictate construction of other foundation elements and the installation of the home; but details on anchoring requirements for these foundation systems is sketchy.
Therefore, I wrote this document to summarize the anchoring methods, and errors in anchoring methods, that I have found while performing over 500 FHA or other inspections on these homes (and all of the photos in this document came from those inspections). This document covers both manufactured and modular homes because some of the home constructions have very similar foundation and anchoring systems. Although Criterium-Cincinnati Engineers does not get many calls for modular home inspections, those I have inspected leads me to believe that the prevalence in anchoring issues are similar to those for manufactured homes.
Note that this article and its contents are only intended as guidance. It is not intended to be used as a design document or to replace any building codes or other applicable rules. Be sure to check local and state building code or other state installation rules for specific installation requirements.
General Guidance for Manufactured and Modular Home Foundation Systems:
Manufactured and modular homes mainly differ visually in that manufactured homes arrive on-site on their own wheels while modular homes are transported on-site via another carrier, such as a flat-bed trailer. For a more detailed description of differences, refer to these web sites:
- http://homebuying.about.com/cs/modulareducation/a/modularhomes.htm.
- http://www.modulartoday.com/modularhomesvsmanufacturedhomes.html.
- http://www.inspectapedia.com/structure/modularterms.htm.
The majority of the manufactured and modular homes have pier (rather than perimeter) foundation systems. Photo 1 shows a typical pier system:
Photo 1. Typical manufactured home pier system.
This foundation system uses piers, commonly constructed from concrete blocks (seen in the photo above) for the foundation system. The piers are supposed to be erected on either poured concrete footings or slabs For manufactured and on-frame modular homes that have I-beam structural members that are part of the home structure, the piers are located under and support the I-beams. (For manufactured homes, these beams are commonly called carriage beams because they are used to transport the home to the site. To use common terminology for both manufactured and modular homes, I use "home structural beams" in this document.)
Vinyl skirting or a concrete block perimeter wall is usually installed around underside of the perimeter of the home to enclose the pier foundation system. This skirting or perimeter wall is not part of the foundation system and is not structural. Skirting and perimeter walls have purpose, though, in that they help keep water and vermin from getting under the home, help protect the plumbing from freezing and prevent wind (more particularly high winds) from getting under and lifting the home.
Manufactured homes come in both single and doublewide constructions, while modular homes are usually doublewide construction. Singlewide means that the home is a complete home, constructed so that it can be moved into place as a unit and set on the foundation system. Doublewide structures arrive on-site in two halves that are moved together on a foundation system and the halves are then screwed together. Each half of the doublewide home comes with a hinged roof. Once the two halves of a doublewide are assembled, the roof is rotated into position and assembled. Although not yet common, complex manufactured and modular homes, such as multiple story structures, are being built. Foundation systems for the more complex structures are similar to the single-story structures, although adjusted for the extra weight.
Both single and double-wide homes would have piers under the home structural beams, while a double-wide home would also have additional piers supporting points along the home's marriage line, as specified by the manufacturer. (The marriage line, which is sometimes also known as the mating line, is where the two halves of a double-wide home meet.) The anchoring systems for pier foundations for manufactured and on-frame modular homes is either a lateral brace system or steel straps with concrete or ground anchors, which are shown in Photos 2 and 3, respectively.
Photo 2. An example of one manufacturer's lateral brace anchored to a concrete slab.
This article, though, is about anchoring manufactured and modular homes that have perimeter foundation systems. The terminology "perimeter foundation system" might inspire a mind picture of the typical site-built home foundation system where the perimeter of the home is supported directly on the foundation system. Some manufactured and modular home foundation systems are similar to site-built home foundation systems, and they are discussed later in this article. However, most manufactured and on-frame modular homes with perimeter foundation systems are supported on H or I-beams that are in turn supported on the perimeter foundation system. In this article, these beams are called foundation beams (and can be seen in the photo below). Homes with foundation beams have different anchoring requirements than homes without foundation beams, and the former are discussed first. A typical foundation beam installation is shown in the Photo 4.
Photo 3. An example of one manufacturer's steel strap anchored to a concrete slab.
As the photos throughout this article show, perimeter foundation systems can be used for either basement or crawlspace foundations. Normally, though, foundation systems with center-support steel columns are used in homes with basements to allow for possible finishing of the basement. Basements and crawlspaces could have either gravel or concrete slab floors; but all should have footings installed under the center support columns or piers.
Manufactured and modular home perimeter foundations are constructed from either poured concrete or concrete block, similar to site-built homes. Local building codes usually dictate how foundations should be constructed. If the area has no local building codes, construction usually has to adhere to state building codes, which are usually a derivation of the International Building Codes (although the state's current building codes might not be as current as the International Building Codes). Homes installed in areas under the jurisdiction of a building department usually need to have a building department permit and at least a foundation system inspection. Further, installation permitting and inspection requirements can vary from state to state and even from area to area. Be sure to check local building code requirements specific to manufactured and modular homes. Concrete foundations usually have pockets built in the walls to support the ends of the foundation beams similar to the pockets installed in site-built home foundations to support the ends of these homes' main beams. Concrete block foundations usually have pilasters installed to support the beam ends, and the concrete blocks that comprise the pilasters need to have their holes completely filled with concrete. The concrete fill needs to have rebar reinforcement installed in the concrete. That being said, some concrete block foundations have pockets for the foundation beams instead of pilasters and some poured concrete foundations have pilasters for the foundation beams instead of pockets. Still, even if pockets are installed in a concrete block foundation, pilasters are still usually built in the foundation under the pockets and the blocks are filled with concrete with rebar reinforcement. Examples of foundation beam installations are shown in Photos 5 through 7.
Photo 4. An example of a manufactured home with a perimeter foundation system that uses foundation beams and concrete block center piers.
The ends of all structural beams for manufactured and on-frame modular homes need to be supported. In Photo 8, pilasters built next to the end foundation wall are used to support the structural beams. Other acceptable means for supporting the ends of the structural beams that I have found were pilasters built into the foundation walls, steel columns or foundation beams. Unlike the pilasters supporting the structural beams, concrete block columns do not have to be fully mortared, but must have proper cap blocks, which are usually half-filled 8-inch or 4-inch thick concrete blocks or 2-inch minimum hardwood boards that are at least the same dimensions as the pier blocks. Piers and steel columns need to have proper footings. If foundation beams, piers or steel columns are used instead of pilasters to support the ends of the home structural beams, they need to be located within 2 feet of the ends of the home structural beams.
Photo 5. Example of a foundation beam installed in a pocket on top of a pilaster in a concrete block foundation wall.
Photo 6. Example of a foundation beam installed on a pilaster of a concrete block foundation without a pocket.
Photo 7. Example of a foundation beam installed in a pocket in a poured concrete foundation wall.
Photo 8. An example of piers supporting a manufactured home's structural beams.
Photo 9. An example of shimming for the end of a home structural beam.
As Photo 9 shows, the ends of the structural beams may need shimming. While the home's structural beams are shimmed, the foundation beams are not normally shimmed. When wood shims are used, they need to be a minimum 4-inch wide hardwood and used in pairs, as shown in the photo. Shims are not usually used between the foundation or pilasters and the foundation beams. The reason is that the home is usually leveled by installing shims between the foundation beams and the home structural beams because adjustment needed between one foundation beam/structural beam contact point and another can vary significantly. Shims are also sometimes used between the middle support piers and the foundation beams. The proper shims between the home structural and foundation beams will be discussed in more detail later in this article. But the shims between the middle support piers and the foundation beams are a minimum 4-inch wide hardwood and used in pairs
As Photos 4 and 10 show, the foundation beams are located in nearly the same locations as would be the piers for a pier foundation home. That is, steel beams run the width of the home in similar locations to the piers and support the home's structural beams and marriage line (if needed) in the same way as the piers. The ends of the foundation beams are supported on the home's front and rear perimeter walls.
Photo 10. An example of a perimeter foundation system that uses foundation beams and center support
Double-wide homes usually have either concrete block piers or steel columns supporting the center of the foundation beams. Photo 10 shows an example of steel columns while Photo 11 shows an example of concrete block piers. Columns need to be fastened at the bottom to the footing or slab and at the top to the foundation beam or other marriage line structure, which will be discussed later. These fastening requirements hold true for other locations steel piers might be used, such as at the ends of the home structural beams.
Depending on the manufacturer requirements, extra piers may be needed to support the marriage line at other locations other than above the foundation beams, as shown in the Photo 11. Installation instructions usually show where marriage line piers are needed. For newer homes, most manufacturers indicate where support is needed along the marriage line with some kind of mark on the bottom board (the membrane covering the underside of the home). If the manufacturer calls for support of the marriage line at a point less than 2 feet from a foundation beam, then additional support may not be needed.
I have been asked whether piers have to be unmortared (a.k.a. dry-stacked) or mortared. Mortaring is required in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 7487. Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing, the guidelines used for foundation inspections for Federal Housing Authority (FHA) loan approval. The latest HUD standard (24 CFR 3285. Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards) used as a model for current manufactured home installations does not require mortaring of any foundation pier blocks, including the marriage line piers, unless they are specially designed or in flood plains. This standard does require piers from 32 to 60 inches to be double-stacked, as shown in Photo 11, and piers over 60 inches to be designed by a licensed engineer or architect. Additionally, the standard requires that ALL piers for homes in flood plains be designed by a licensed engineer or architect and meet the requirements of the local flood plain authority. But, the standard provides no information for the piers used in perimeter foundation systems other than they are designed by a licensed engineer or architect or adhere to the manufacturer's installation instructions. I have found both mortared and unmortared marriage line and end support piers. I have also not found any issues with properly installed unmortared piers built on properly designed and installed footings.
Homes that have steel columns instead of piers may also need to have support for the marriage line that is farther than 2 feet from the foundation beams. In these cases, additional steel columns can be installed, or if a wall has been installed under the marriage line, for example as part of finishing a basement, the wall can be extended to the marriage line to provide support. However, that wall then becomes a load-bearing wall. Other methods can also be used to support the marriage line between foundation beams; but a licensed engineer or architect should be hired to specify such construction.
Double-wide homes also have blocking installed on top of the foundation beams above all center piers to support the marriage line. Foundation systems that use steel columns instead of piers to support the foundation beams also have blocking is installed on top of the foundation beams above the columns, as shown in Photo 12. Blocking is usually wood, although concrete blocks can also be used as long as a cap block is installed on top of the blocks, as visible in Photo 11. Blocking needs to be at least the width of the foundation beam flange and at least twice as long as wide to assure stability.
Gaps between the top of piers and blocking along the marriage line need to be shimmed. Shims need to be at least 4 inches wide, hardwood or equivalent and used in pairs. These shims need to be driven tight between the pier or blocking and the marriage line.
For information on the currently acceptable construction piers, please refer to 24 CFR 3285: MODEL MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLATION STANDARD (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_08/24cfr3285_08.html) or your state's current installation standards (which should be a derivation of 24 CFR 3285). Keep in mind that these standards defer to the manufacturer's installation instructions, if available. Installers should read and follow the manufacturer's installation instructions. Not following the manufacturer's instructions could void the home's warranty or the expose the installer or others to liability issues. The information presented in this article is not intended to replace the installation instructions.
Photo 11. Examples of concrete block piers under the marriage line and mid-point of the foundation beam.
Photo 12. Examples of marriage line support blocking and a steel column support under the mid-point of a foundation beam.
Anchoring Systems for Perimeter Foundation Systems:
To properly anchor manufactured and on-frame modular homes with perimeter foundations, the foundation beams need to be anchored to the foundation AND the home structural beams need to be fastened to the foundation beams supporting them. This latter part of the anchoring system seems to be most often forgotten or unknown. No one method exists for anchoring the foundation beams to the foundation; but the anchoring method needs to meet these basic criteria:
- BOTH ends of all foundation beams need to be anchored to the foundation.
- If the foundation beam ends are not located in pockets that are tight enough to prevent twisting or sideways movement of the beams, both sides of each end of the foundation beams need to be anchored or the full widths of the beams have to be anchored (as shown in the example photos later in this article).
- The anchors have to prevent the foundation beams from being pulled laterally out of the pockets or off the pilasters, as could happen if the foundation wall moves outward.
- The anchors have to prevent the foundation beams from being pushed sideways off of the pilasters.
- The anchors or the foundation pockets have to prevent the ends of the foundation beams from being lifted vertically off of the pilasters or within the pockets.
Manufactured and on-frame modular homes installed on poured concrete foundations have more anchoring options than concrete block foundations because anchors for the latter need to be tied to the reinforcement in the concrete-filled blocks in the foundation. Photos in this section show examples of a variety of anchoring methods that I have found during inspections of manufactured homes with foundation beams.
Photo 13 shows the end of a foundation beam on top of a pilaster. By far the most common method for anchoring foundation beams to concrete block foundations is using the rebar installed to reinforce the pilaster. As shown, the rebar is extended above the pilaster, and bent over onto and welded to the foundation beam, as shown in the photo. This photo shows the preferred method for attaching the rebar to the beam in that the rebar ends are kept short and at least 2 inches of the rebar is welded solidly to the beam (indicated by the arrow). A similar rebar anchor is on the other side of the beam to prevent the beam from moving sideways on the pilaster. Both sides of each rebar end should be welded to the beam.
Photo 14 shows another variation of a rebar anchor that is acceptable, although not as ideal as the previous photo. In this installation, a similar rebar anchor was installed on the other side of the beam. This anchor would be more ideal if the area around the base of the rebar inside the block were mortared to stiffen the rebar.
Photo 15 shows another rebar/beam anchor that is not acceptable. As this photo shows, the rebar is much longer than those shown in Photos 13 and 14. Although the longer rebar means that it can be bent into position more easily, the longer rebar does not restrain the beam from excessive movement. Furthermore, only the very end of the rebar is welded, which could allow the rebar to break loose if the beam moved. A closer pocket around the beam would restrict the beam from moving sideways; but the excessive length of the rebar would not prevent is from being pulled from the pocket. This anchor could be fixed by shortening the rebar on both sides of the beam and welding at least 2 inches of the rebar to the beam.
Photo 13. Example of pilaster rebar being used also as an anchor for a foundation beam.
Photo 14. Another example of pilaster rebar also being used to anchor a foundation beam.
Photo 15. Example of pilaster rebar being used improperly as an anchor for a foundation beam.
Improper welding of the rebar is a common issue with the rebar anchor, as shown in the Photo 15. If enough off the rebar is not welded to the foundation beam, the weld can break loose, as indicated by the arrow Photo 16. In this case, the installer apparently tack welded the rebar and the weld had later broken loose simply by the rebar pulling upward on the weld. If the weld could break loose simply due to the rebar force, imagine the rebar trying to prevent the beam from moving. As with the case shown in Photo 15, to fix this issue, the rebar should be shortened first and at least 2 inches of the rebar welded the beam
Photo 17 shows a gross misuse of a rebar anchor. As the photo below shows, the rebar is run from the foundation footing to the foundation beam. Obviously, this anchor would not constrain movement of the foundation beam and would therefore not be an acceptable anchor. This photo also shows another issue with the pilaster construction. Gaps in the mortar show that the blocks were not fully mortared, nor filled with concrete or reinforced with rebar.. At least, this installer used a sold 4-inch concrete block on top of the pilaster to properly transfer the beam load fully across the pilaster.
Photo 16. Another example of an improper rebar anchor; but in this case, the rebar has pulled loose due to not being welded properly.
Photo 17. Another example of an improper rebar anchor for a foundation beam. Also shown is an example of an improperly constructed pilaster.
As stated previously, poured concrete foundations offer additional anchoring options as shown in the following Photos 18 and 19.
Photo 18. Example of a proper foundation beam anchor using angle iron that has been bolted to foundation and welded to the foundation beam.
Photos 18 and 19 show two variations of the same type of anchor, except one was installed under the foundation beam and the other over the foundation beam. Both photos show that the anchor is bolted solidly to the foundation and both are wider than the beam flanges. The foundation beams need to be welded fully to the anchors, as can be seen clearly in Photo 19. Even if the anchor is installed above the beam, welding is needed to prevent the beam from being pulled upward or out of the pocket. Note also that the beam pockets in both photos are just wide enough to accommodate the beam, which helps prevent beam twist. However, these types of anchors should also help prevent twist.
Photo 20 shows a clever use of tie-down straps normally used to anchor homes on pier foundation systems. In this case, the straps normally used to fasten piered home's structural beams to a concrete footing or pad have been used to anchor this home's structural beams the concrete foundation. Further, the strap has been properly looped around the carriage beam according to the manufacturer's instructions, which firmly secures the strap buckle to the home structural beam. Many installers do not properly install these straps. The additional strap between the carriage beam and the end foundation wall should not be needed because the home structural beam's movement is constrained by the foundation and other anchors; but the manufacturer's installation instructions should be followed to prevent voiding warranties. Nonetheless, this installation does not meet the overall guidelines stated earlier because the foundation beams have not been anchored to the foundation or the structural beams have not been fastened to the foundation beams. Note also that this photo shows an example of an installation with a foundation beam installed near the end of the home structural beams instead of a pilaster, pier or column.
Photo 19. Example of another proper anchoring method using angle iron bolted to foundation.
Photo 20. Example of an anchor method using steel strap anchors attached to the foundation.
In some cases, concrete block is sometimes installed on top of a poured concrete foundation. This kind of change can happen if additional headroom in a basement was desired after the concrete foundation has already been poured. Photo 21 shows the way one installer, almost acceptably resolved this issue. The installer built pockets in the block to constrain the foundation beams and then welded angle anchors to the beams that extended to the poured concrete foundation. However, the installer did not bolt the angles to the foundation, making this installation not acceptable. The installer also did reinforce the concrete blocks surrounding the foundation beams by installing rebar that was anchored into the concrete foundation and filling the block holes with concrete. In fact, I believe that the designer should have specified that all of the concrete block sections be reinforced and concreted.
Photo 21. Example of a possible proper foundation beam anchor used on a mixed materials foundation. However, the angle section needs to be bolted to the foundation.
To complete a proper anchoring system for foundation beam systems, the home structural beams need to be fastened to the foundation beams. Manufacturer installation instructions that I have reviewed require that the structural beams be fastened to the foundation beams at ALL points where they cross. Manufacturers usually allow two fastening methods, either 1/4″-inch fillet welds or bolting. An example of welding is shown in Photo 22 and bolting in Photo 23.
Photo 22. Example of a proper welding between a structural beam and foundation beam.
Photo 23. Example of a bolt fastening a structural beam to a foundation beam.
By far, welding is usually more expedient than bolting and more secure. Installers considering bolting should check with the manufacturer to assure that drilling holes in the home structural beams will not void the home's warranty. If bolting is allowed, installers should also check for the manufacturer's specifications for bolt size and torque. Installers should also verify whether washers and lock nuts are needed. Installation instructions for welding usually require that both sides of either the home structural or foundation beam be welded; but installers should follow the manufacturer's specific instructions for the home. Installation instructions also normally require that each joint be fully welded across the full width of the structural or foundation beam, as shown in Photo 22. A number of installers us a weld of only 1 or 2 inches, which is normally not acceptable. Alternative methods of fastening the two beams together may exist; but the installer should check with the manufacturer for acceptability. In the absence of installation instructions, installers should follow local building codes requirements for fastening the beams together.
Earlier in this article, I noted that shims are normally installed between the foundation beams and home structural beams rather than between the foundation beams and the foundation. Wood shims, as shown in Photo 24, are not acceptable because they may not support the load and they do not allow proper fastening of the foundation beams to the home structural beams. Additionally, when joints with shims are welded, the shim needs to be fully included in the weld, as shown in Photo 25.
Photo 24. Improper use of wood shims between a foundation beam and structural beam.
Photo 25. Proper welding of the metal shims used between a structural beam and foundation beam.
Alternative Foundation Systems and Anchoring Methods:
Previously, I mentioned a second general type of manufactured and modular home construction that is supported directly on the perimeter foundations without need for foundation. From the underside, these homes look very similar to site-built homes, as can be seen in the Photos 26 through 28. The first two photos are manufactured homes and the last photo is a modular home. The marriage line of these homes are usually supported on steel columns or concrete block piers. A load-bearing wall could also be used instead of columns; but, the homes I have inspected that had frame walls built under the marriage line also usually had steel columns. If a frame wall is planned to be used as a load-bearing wall instead of steel columns, consult the manufacturer's installation instructions or local building codes to verify that load-bearing wall construction is acceptable.
Note that in Photos 26 through 28 the marriage line is the equivalent of the main beam in a site-built home, except one-half of the marriage line "beam" belongs to each side of the home. The two halves are screwed together when the homes are mated together. These homes come in a variety of constructions, and manufacturers are likely to make changes in the future to make the homes look even more like site-built homes.
Another difference between these homes and those with foundation beams is that these homes are anchored around the perimeter to a sole plate that sits on top of the foundation. To fully anchor these homes, the sole plate must be anchored to the foundation AND the home needs to be anchored to the sole plate.
Photo 26. Example of one style of manufactured home that uses perimeter anchoring to a sole plate instead of foundation beams.
Photo 27. Another example one style of manufactured home that uses perimeter anchoring to a sole plate instead of foundation beams.
Photo 28. Example of one style of modular home that uses perimeter anchoring to a sole plate instead of foundation beams.
Two methods for anchoring the sole plate are shown in the following Photos 29 and 30. Photo 29 shows a sole plate anchored to the foundation using an anchor bolt while Photo 30 shows a sole plate attached to the foundation using metal straps fastened to the foundation. Some installers have also used concrete anchors and bolts to fasten the sole plate to the foundation. Local or state building codes, the International Building Code or the manufacturer instructions should be consulted to determine acceptable methods for how the sole plate is fastened to the foundation. Keep in mind that the weaker the fastening method, the more anchors might be needed. For example, I would expect fewer anchors being needed for the anchor bolt fasteners in Photo 29 than the strap anchors in Photo 30.
I have observed two variations in home construction that determine how the home is anchored to the sole plate. For homes with wood joists, the joists can be fastened to the sole plate directly, as shown in Photo 31. In this installation, the sole plate was oversized and lag screws were used to screw joists to the sole plate.
Homes with steel joists may have a sole plate attached to the bottom of the joists, as shown in the Photo 32. As can be seen in this photo, this sole plate is then screwed to the foundation sole plate.
Photo 29. Example of a sole plate bolted to the foundation. The home is then fastened to the sole plate.
Photo 30. Example of a strap anchor being used to anchor a sole plate to foundation.
Photo 31. Example of a home joist being screwed to the sole plate to complete the anchoring system.
Photo 32. Example of a manufactured home bolted to a sole plate.
Some homes have band joists that extend below the floor joists, which can be seen as oriented strand board in Photo 29. For these homes, the band joist can be fastened to the sole plate from the exterior side of the rim joist prior to siding being installed over the band joist. On the other hand, some manufacturers extend the exterior sheathing below the floor level and attach the joists to the sheathing, which appears to be the case in Photo 30. Manufacturers may have specified methods for anchoring the home in the installation instructions. If the instructions do not specify an anchoring method, refer to local or state building codes or contact the manufacturer or a licensed engineer or architect for recommendations.
Although manufacturers might allow anchoring the home using the rim joist or exterior sheathing, I do not favor this method of anchoring. One major issue with this anchoring method is that a gap is sometimes left between the exterior sheathing or band joist and the sole plate because of an error or inaccuracy in construction. This gap could be sizeable. For one home I inspected, a gap of nearly 1 inch was present in some places around the home's perimeter. The strength in this anchoring method comes mainly from the contact between the sheathing or band joist and the sole plate woods when the fastener pulls them together. If a gap is present, the fasteners take the entire load, which weakens the anchor. Additionally, verifying whether the home has been properly anchored is difficult to impossible once the siding has been installed. Due to the number of issues with this method of anchoring the home, I recommend that an alternate method that anchors the home's joists to the sole plate be used if possible.
The Wrap:
I have tried to be as thorough as possible in writing this article; however, I have likely missed some important points. Further, manufacturers periodically change designs that could change installation requirements. Further, so much variation exists currently in home designs that a particular home's foundation system and anchoring method may be different than presented in this article; but those in this article may still be acceptable.
Another important point is that recent HUD rules require states to develop installation rules based on the HUD model standards (24 CFR 3285). HUD further required that new manufactured home sets be inspected according to each state's rules. For installations not covered in the HUD or state rules, such as perimeter foundation systems, HUD rules and likely many state rules defer to the manufacturer's installation instructions or specifications by a licensed engineer or architect designs. If other state rules are similar to those in Ohio, this information must be obtained prior to obtaining a permit to begin construction. Make sure you are aware of your state's requirements so that a potentially stiff fine or reconstruction costs are avoided.
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Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste a lot better if it was never lost in the back of the fridge. They are expensive air conditioned parking lots for what Shay Salomon called "compost and condiments."
Some are looking at alternatives to such an expensive and wasteful model. Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine "refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution," and shows the work of Korean designer Jihyun Ryou, who says "we hand over the responsibility of taking care of food to the technology, the refrigerator. We don't observe the food any more and we don't understand how to treat it."
She has developed a series of modern designs that rely on traditional techniques, learned from her grandmother and other elderly people in the community, the " traditional oral knowledge which has been accumulated from experience and transmitted by mouth to mouth."
Here is an interesting and complicated example. Many fruits give off ethylene gas as they ripen; a lot of people put their tomatoes in paper or plastic bags to make them ripen faster. That's why putting fruit is a fridge is so silly, the ethylene builds up inside the sealed box and the fruit goes rotten faster. But some vegetables react differently to ethylene; with potatoes and onions, it suppresses the sprouting process. Put a banana in a plastic bag with a potato and the banana will be rotten in no time, but the potato won't sprout. Jihyun Ryou's response:
Apples emit a lot of ethylene gas. It has the effect of speeding up the ripening process of fruits and vegetables kept together with apples. When combined with potatoes, apples prevent them from sprouting.
The designer writes about the Verticality of Root Vegetables:
Keeping roots in a vertical position allows the organism to save energy and remain fresh for a longer time. This shelf gives a place for them to stand easily, using sand. At the same time, sand helps to keep the proper humidity.
Kris de Decker elaborates:
Keeping vegetables in slightly damp sand has been a storage method for many centuries. While low temperatures are favourable for vegetables like carrots, high humidity is equally important. Keeping them in wet sand can be a good compromise.... Just don't forget to water them from time to time.
An egg has millions of holes in its shell. It absorbs the odour and substance around itself very easily. This creates a bad taste if it's kept in the fridge with other food ingredients. This shelf provides a place for eggs outside of the fridge. Also the freshness of eggs can be tested in the water. The fresher they are, the further they sink.
Everyone in North America stores their eggs in the fridge, but few people in Europe do, they can last for days on a shelf or in a pantry. In European supermarkets, the eggs are not refrigerated. Integrating the water into the egg storage shelf is really clever; according to about.com, if an egg:
- Sinks to the bottom and stays there, it is about three to six days old.
- Sinks, but floats at an angle, it's more than a week old.
- Sinks, but then stands on end, it's about two weeks old.
- Floats, it's too old and should be discarded
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Eggs act this way in water because of the air sac present in all eggs. As the egg ages, the air sac gets larger because the egg shell is a semi-permeable membrane. The air sac, when large enough, makes the egg float. Eggs are generally good for about three weeks after you buy them.
This is probably the most well known idea of the bunch, adding a bit of rice to spices; it absorbs humidity and keeps them dry. My grandma did this.
There are more on the designers website and with more analysis at No Tech Magazine, where Kris concludes:
The more food you can keep out of the fridge, the smaller it needs to be and the less energy it will consume. The designs described above show a refreshing way to do that, although it should be remembered that these are artworks, not consumer products. Using similar methods when storing food in a basement or a specially designed root cellar - the traditional way - will give better results.
Smaller fridges use less energy, of course, take up less space and make good cities. Furthermore, these techniques are not relics from the past, they are templates for the future. In the hands of a talented designer, they can look beautiful, too.
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I spent a summer working in rural Romania, and few people had refrigeration, even in restaurants. Food was just purchased or picked for immediate use, or preserved. Everyone seemed happy and the food was good.
Sounds great Jen - we have just become so conditioned to how things should be.
The elderly couple (both in their 90s), from whom we bought our house in the North of England, kept large amounts of fruit and veg in their very cold cellar - apples and pears from their garden were wrapped in paper and stored in tradition wooden (orange) boxes or in pull-out racks, whilst plums and figs were bottled in syrup.
My own parents, who live in the tropics, only recently started storing veggies in the fridge (probably my fault!) and never put fruit in the fridge, preferring to keep them either in drawers in brown paper to ripen or piled on platters with woven covers to protect from birds and insects.
Not quite right... a root cellaring basic (just google it if you don't believe me) is to keep your apples and potatoes separate as they do the opposite of what this article states. Carrots will do better in the fridge then in moist sand. The trick is you must have both. If you just add moisture at room temperature all you'll end up with is mold. Eggs that have already been in a fridge can't be stored on a shelf. You can only do this with eggs that haven't been refrigerated so you need a source straight from the chicken's you know what. And finally more efficient fridges use less energy not necessarily smaller ones. Just my thoughts....
Thanks Kootenay - as I say, I was sharing on the basis that it was a very interesting (thought-provoking) post. I live in a hurricane and quake zone with tropical temperatures, so having non-grid reliant options are always worth looking into. Thanks for the additional information : )
Absolutely. The idea is right and it's one of those things you have to experiment with before you need it. When the grid goes down is not the best time to try a new idea out. :)
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