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Film Review: Heartbreak, Sincerity and An Oscar Calibre Performance Will Get You 'Smashed'.
After a night of sweet drinking with her husband Charlie (Aaron Paul), first grade teacher Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) goes to work still a little drunk and very hungover, which results in her vomiting in front of her class. This is just one of the numerous problems that keep surfacing as a result to her alcoholism. Noticing the detrimental life that she is leading, Kate decides to accept her coworker Dave's (Nick Offerman) offer to attend an AA meeting. In there she meets Jenny (Octavia Spencer) and with her help attempts to rehabilitate herself. Her mild success is however constantly challenged by her husband's continual alcoholism, which increasingly possess a bigger chance at her reverting back to her former self.
I am going to come right out and say that Mary Elizabeth Winstead has delivered the best performance by any actor/actress I have seen all year. She is absolutely extraordinary in Smashed. The aspect that makes her character's story particularly affecting and powerful is how empathetic it is. From the beginning we are drawn to Kate's easy going nature, palpable care for both her husband and her students, and more importantly her self-awareness. It is rare to find a character that chooses to better herself for herself. Films that deal with some form of addiction depict a person's act to rehabilitate as a means to satisfy someone else. In Smashed, Kate want to sober up because she is seeing how much damage her drinking has on her life. She knows that she could do better and that at this point in her life the idea of drinking has become nothing but an unwanted and unfulfilling prospect.
There is just a devastating vulnerability present in Mary Elizabeth Winstead's performance that I personally found incredibly compelling. Kate showcased a certain confidence in most of the stuff she does, but in those moments where she exposes herself we see a person damaged by her circumstances. The way Winstead become so raw is instantly affecting. Those moments in the AA meetings where she the delivers talks about her addiction and her life, she will bring you to tears. The sincerity is so palpable and humanistic that you not only believe everything she says, but also are inspired to do better for yourself. Honesty may yield a lot of suffering but as the film shows it can also deliver the type of happiness that is rarely experienced. It is that type of happiness which hurts and reveals something about who you are as a person that perhaps not even you knew about.
In contrast to Mary Elizabeth Winstead we have Aaron Paul's character who turns out to be even more heartbreaking. Paul is a marvellous actor as anyone who watches Breaking Bad can attest to, but in Smashed he presents something else entirely. Charlie is not like Jesse Pinkman in the slightest. He comes from a different background and his relationship to his wife is one driving by a shared love for having fun while getting really drunk. What's really fascinating is the manner in which he affects Kate's recovery. He never tells her not to do anything, but through his continual drinking ends up halting and hurting her even more. There are a couple of confrontations scenes between the two that feel so real and raw it is almost uncomfortable to witness. The chemistry between them is so present that you want him to support her completely, to realize that love is a two-sided road. Aaron Paul really nails this performance and makes me excited to see what he'll do next.
Smashed is without a doubt one of the most exceptional films I've seen in a long time. Director James Ponsoldt has crafted a beautifully realized and eternally affecting little picture. His presentation of alcoholism in conjunction to marriage, work and basic day to day life is one driven by honesty and a desire to explore human nature. The film explores addiction in a respectful manner and doesn't overtly dramatize things to create effect. Instead he has casted two brilliant actors two embody these troubled characters and brings the message forward. While Aaron Paul is quite good, Smashed belongs to Mary Elizabeth Winstead and her incredible performance. She really transforms herself into this character and gives us a portrait that will devastate us as much as it will inspire us. Her performance is a true revelation and more than receive an Oscar, it is a performance that everyone should witness and experience.
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PORTLAND -- The ants are coming marching in, but this year it's not just one-by-one. In fact, some experts were calling this one of the worst years ever for the pesky insects.
Sehwan Kim would agree. This past Friday, he noticed a single carpenter ant inside his parents' home, but over a few days that one multiplied.
"We saw two, three... by the time we looked, they were just everywhere," he said. "This was the worse that we've seen."
Rob McMaster with Halt Pest Control said he's been swamped with ant calls. It's the result, he said, of a mild winter.
"We didn't have an extreme weather event or we didn't have a freeze or lots and lots of cold wet rain so those populations continued to grow," he explained. "We can definitely tell a difference that we're dealing with more ants."
And not just carpenter ants, either. Small house ants have also come out in force. McMaster said, whatever you do, do not spray those ants with over-the-counter pesticides.
"You'll cause them to split colonies, they'll create new queens and before you know it, you'll have them everywhere," he warned.
Keeping counters clean and food and garbage picked up will help keep the ants out. But, it's important to keep outside areas clear, too.
"Don't let trees touch your house, don't let bark dust accumulate against your house, don't stack fire wood next to your house," advised McMaster.
As for those over-the-counter ant baits, McMaster said homeowners can give them a try. Unlike the sprays, they won't necessarily make the ant population worse, he said.
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Jennifer Aniston reportedly cried when she read about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy.
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A source told National Enquirer magazine: "She was moved beyond belief reading Angelina's story. It really took her by surprise how brave she is. To go through such a major thing for all her family has made Jen realise that regardless of how they hooked up, Angelina does really love Brad and [their six] kids.
"Sure, Jen got hurt when Brad left her and the pain dragged on for years, but she's so over it now, and wants to extend an olive branch to Angelina."
Jennifer, 44, has long been a campaigner for breast cancer awareness and has friends who have been affected by it, including singer Sheryl Crow, who had a lumpectomy in 2006, and Christina Applegate - who played the sister of her character Rachel in 'Friends' - who had both her breasts removed as a preventative measure.
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Oilers at Capitals, G42/08-09
This is Scott Stevens. A lot of people forget he was drafted by Washington and played a regular shift (+14 for the season) at age 18. He played 22 seasons in the big leagues and was never a minus at the end of the season. He was EV one season and +53 in his finest season (in that regard) plus of course he hammered people with great joy.
He was a part of three Stanley teams in New Jersey and finally lost his career to injury after 1868 NHL games (regular and playoff).
The Capitals have had many outstanding players in their history, in fact a few elite level players.
I don't think any of them will compare with the guy from Moscow.
The Oilers are on the road in a town that worships Oil. The town team often kicks the living daylights out of Edmonton when they drop by and if I recall correctly the Oilers usually play Washington on Sunday afternoons and April Fool's so they usually have an air of farce to them.
This is an important two points, but I wonder if the Oilers as a team will play with the urgency required to win the thing. They certainly won't put forth 60 full minutes, we know that to be true based on the previous 41 games (and that's a lot of at-bats).
Last GDT I suggested that if the Oilers aren't alone in 8th (or better) that we'll change the feel of the blog through spring. Open up the windows, let some air in. Maybe paint. Spackle first! Man that's a good word. Spackle!
Actually, that's what the Oilers need in some key areas. Spackle! I wish they could find a Czech defenseman named Spackle (maybe that's what Hejda means) and it would be grand if they had a veteran center so Shawn Horcoff could go back to being a hockey player again.
Anyway, we said 8th or else and here are the standings as of this morning:
- SJS 67PTS (41gp)
- DET 64PTS (42gp)
- CAL 54PTS (41gp)
- CHI 53PTS (40gp)
- VAN 49PTS (44gp)
- ANA 49PTS (44gp)
- PHX 47PTS (43gp)
- COL 45PTS (42gp)
- CBJ 44PTS (42gp)
- MIN 43PTS (41gp)
- EDM 43PTS (41gp)
- DAL 42PTS (41gp)
- NAS 41PTS (42gp)
- LAK 40PTS (41gp)
- STL 35PTS (41gp)
So they are tied for 10th with a very nice schedule leading into the All-Star break. If they had 2 more wins in the first half the Oilers would be tied for 7th with two games in hand, looking good moving forward. However, another way to look at this is the Edmonton Oilers are a losing streak away from being a player in the Tavares sweepstakes.
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FOAF Autodiscovery
What is it? and how can i use it?Autodiscovery is a means for automatically finding machine-processable resources associated with a particular web page. The discovery can be automated because the resource is linked to in a well-defined way (using the HTML
Autodiscovery was first popularised in the 'blogging community who adopted a standard link format for associating an RSS feed with a 'blog home page. This allowed RSS readers to automatically find the RSS file when pointed at the blog home page.
FOAF Autodiscovery adopts the same technique, and uses the following link format:
<link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf" />This tag should be placed inside the
headtag of your web page as follows,
substituting the link to your FOAF file instead of "Template:foaf.rdf"
<html> <head> <link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf" /> </head> <body> ... </body> </html>
You may also want to add a FOAF Icons to your web page to indicate to readers that there is a link to the FOAF document embedded in the page.
You can embed the link anywhere you choose. You may choose to include it only on the home page, or the "about me" page, or both. It's entirely up to you.
There are several applications that use the FOAF Autodiscovery including the FOAF Autocreation tool and the FOAF Explorer. The Ping FOAFnaut Bookmarklet uses Autodiscovery to trigger FOAFnaut to update itself.
rel="meta" history and standards
The original 1997 RDF standards effort proposed that linked metadata be indicated in HTML documents using the rel="meta" construct. The link type was mentioned in the finally 1999 RDF recommendation from W3C. The Dublin Core community also recommended this approach for many years. However rel="meta" was never standardised within HTML. Although HTML allows for non-W3C link types, the later RDFCore WG at W3C chose to de-emphasise the "meta" link type, in favour of "alternate", which was more established within HTML.
Due to the extent of deployed practice, the current practice within the FOAF community is to continue to use rel="meta".
In the tradition of Postel's Law, applications that consume FOAF/RDF are encouraged for the sake of robustness to also look for rel="alternate" in HTML link types.
Since FOAF essentially defines a dictionary of terms, rather than a stand-alone document format, FOAF statements are often mixed within RDF documents that are primarily using other vocabularies. FOAF terms may also be used in the RDFS/OWL definition of other RDF terms, and so documents that don't even name the FOAF namespace may nevertheless contain information than can usefully be merged with other information in FOAF-oriented applications. Consequently, FOAF consuming applications can use any indicator of RDF content (such as the application/rdf+xml) as a hint that there may be FOAF-relevant information to be found there.
"Semantic" Autodiscovery
Can this approach be generalised for wider use? Here is a proposal and discussion...
The format described above for FOAF Autodiscovery is this:
<link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf"/>
This seems a bit weird. Would a FOAF file be an "metainformation" for the document? If it is in a person's profile page, it would. However, this autodiscovery isn't used only in profile pages...
Therefore, we need to indicate the relationship between FOAF files and documents.Here's one solution.
<link rel="meta FOAF.MAKER" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf"/>
Adding the value FOAF.MAKER to the rel attribute, that will mean "foaf.rdf is a metainformation of a maker for this document."
But now, machines won't know the linktype "FOAF.MAKER", so we have to also include the path to the foaf schema document. The complete "semantic autodiscovery" will be like this.
<link rel="schema.FOAF" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"/> <link rel="meta FOAF.MAKER" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf"/>
This coding style is from Expressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elements in dublincore.org.
This is an interesting debate. It relates to the difficulty of saying what the topic of some complex RDF is - markup can be simultaneously about a Person and a Document. Imagine we have a homepage (home.html) and some RDF/XML statements in a separate document, index-meta.rdf. The RDF includes statements about the owner of the homepage, as well as about the page itself. Example:
<rdf:RDF (...)> <foaf:Document rdf:about="home.html"> <dc:title>Dan's home page</dc:title> <eg:size>10 k</eg:size> <dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <foaf:maker rdf:nodeID="dan" /> <foaf:topic rdf:nodeID="dan" /> </foaf:Document> <foaf:Person rdf:nodeID="dan"> <foaf:name>Dan Brickley</foaf:name> <foaf:made rdf:resource="home.html" /> <foaf:workplaceHomepage rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/"/> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="home.html" /> <foaf:dateOfBirth>1972-01-09</foaf:dateOfBirth> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:email@example.com"/> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:email@example.com"/> <foaf:nick>danbri</foaf:nick> </foaf:Person> </rdf:RDF>
As a document, this RDF/XML is equally "about" the person (dan) and the document (home.html). Even if the majority of statements in it were to relate to the person, there is still an intuitive sense in which those statements are still statements are about the document too.
Consider some questions we might ask about the document:
* "Where does the author of this document work?" * "How old is the author?" * "What contact email addresses are there for the author...?"
...such questions are these are typical "document metadata" questions. They are in a broad sense information about the document, but in a narrow sense, information about a person. This situation relates to many of the difficulties that people have encountered when dealing with Dublin Core, and metadata in general: everything is connected. Metadata that is seemingly "about" a Document or Image, very often also needs to be "about" a Person, a Place, a DateTime, etc. Metadata requirements are all interconnected; RDF was designed as a highly interconnected approach to describing things. It allows a single file (eg. index-meta.rdf) to contain statements about both a Document, a Person, etc.
The FOAF Autodiscovery mechanism was designed in a similar way. It is a somewhat loose hint, allowing for a single RDF/XML file to perhaps be mostly about the Person, or perhaps mostly about the Document.
It makes a (previously unarticulated) assumption: information about the author of a document can also be considered metadata about the document itself. So long as the RDF/XML describes some relationship between Person and Document, it should be true that everything we learn about the Person also adds to our indirect knowledge of the document.
So... revisiting the proposal above... The claim is that we may be being "weird" sometimes to say that a person description is metadata about the document, when really it is just about the maker of the document. The proposal is, in such cases, to use "meta FOAF.MAKER" as the link relationship type, instead of just "meta". The central point to discuss here might be that this autodiscovery isn't used only in profile pages....
For discussion:
* are statements about the author of a profile page (homepage etc) ok to consider 'meta' information about the page too? (yes/no/...?) * ...what other kinds of pages are there, where this might be weird/wrong?
Maybe an example:
* danbri makes a page, bristol.html, about Bristol * we want a LINK REL pointing to a foaf file for the maker of that page, eg danbri-foaf.rdf * we want, somewhere (in the page? in the RDF?) to say that danbri made the page * we don't want to confuse the page with the person
Is this wrong/wierd to include in bristol.html?
<link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="danbri-foaf.rdf"/>
* it is true that danbri-foaf.rdf provides metadata about the maker of the document bristol.html * ...but it doesn't say that danbri made the document * ...if danbri-foaf.rdf is danbri's general foaf file, the RDF probably doesn't say that either * it is perhaps a bit weird (but not wrong/false) to provide info about the maker of the document, while not mentioning that the person _is_ the maker of the document * so it would be useful to have a way of saying ... "...and that person made this".
Viewed this way, the proposal above is a "value adding" proposal, not a bugfix.
Related proposals:
Edd Dumbill makes a very similar proposal: "Indicating HTML and RDF authorship with FOAF". He proposes...
<meta name="foaf:maker" content="foaf:mbox mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com" />
<meta name="foaf:maker" content="foaf:mbox_sha1sum '1ba3bffdd13a136d38b77542f2e26fd1dc0042f2' />
Differences, discussion, synthesis...:
* Edd doesn't use the <link rel="schema.FOAF" href="..."/> approach * this approach does not depend on the contents of external RDF/XML files * both approaches overlap with the scope of Dublin Core, which also seeks a way of describing document authorship (but generally doesn't point off to further RDF metadata) * ... where next?
The difficulty of including full RDF/XML inline within HTML is a complicating factor here. There is work in progress to develop techniques for doing so, either directly (via schema modularisation) or indirectly, via transformations.
Further reading:
* email@example.com Mail Archives * [ESW:EmbeddingRDFinHTML] and associated GRDDL proposal, and example. * can the proposal in this page, or Edd's, or both, be used as examples with the GRDLL proposal?


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Julius Shulman: Visual Acoustics
Photographer Julius Shulman was largely responsible for introducing architectural modernism to the people of California. His images not only brought new work to light in the 50s and 60s, but intuitively communicated the unique optimism and rigor of the international style. Shulman died in June this year at the age of 98, but not before taking part in the filming of Visual Acoustics, a documentary about his work and practices. In this clip of the film Shulman revisits the site of his most famous photograph, a shot of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22 from 1960.


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It's been an odd but lovely last few days. M and I had a very "ladies-who-lunch" Monday where I fell in love with a cobalt Sofia Coppola for Louis Vuitton tote. The cost is higher than my Chanel 2.55 but I am in love and when I'm in love, I'm in trouble. We then had lunch, shopped some more, found some vintage Chanel and Hermes bags, and had coffee. A similar day today where I finally picked up my laptop to find that all my settings have been reset after much confusion (and continued confusion). Then, I end up wandering into Swarovski and end up purchasing that resin bangle I've been eyeing for a few months and then we had lunch. What compelled me to buy jewelry with money I don't have? Because I found the most perfect-fitting Paige jeans ever, M made a comment about how those jeans+a white button-down+wedges+a resin bracelet+an SC for LV bag would be my perfect casual Friday look. I could get used to days like this. T, however, would prefer I stop getting used to days like this. It is his dream not to support a lady of leisure - IN
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do you ever push your tummy fat upwards with your hands to see what you're gonna look like once you're skinny and fit and get really excited?
do you ever push your tummy fat upwards with your hands to see what you're gonna look like once you're skinny and fit and get really excited?
motivation for me: thinking about the future where I'll be able to go out running in just shorts in a sports bra.
everyone stares now when they drive by in cars and see me running, but then they'll be staring because of something that I'm proud of.
when I lose this weight I've decided I'm not going to hide or try to get rid of my stretch marks…
they're going to be a symbol of how far I've come. I'm going to be proud. they're beautiful.
You will only regret the workouts you don't do.
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No More Trouble Zones
Yoga Meltdown
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Biggest Loser 30 Day Jump Start Workout
Biggest Loser Cardio Max Workout
Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga
Biggest Loser Boot Camp Workout
Turbo Jam:
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POP Pilates:
Serious Standing for Legs, Butt, Obliques
Slimming Inner Thighs & Calves
Standing Pilates for Legs, Butt & Obliques
Dashama Sun Salutations video
Dashama Sun Salutations 2 video
Dashama Hip Stretches
Tara Stiles Bend It Like Tara video (my favorite stretching video)
sadienardini 40 minute yoga weight loss videos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
exercisetv.tv Yoga Fitness Plus 45 minute video
exercisetv.tv Beginner Yoga 20 minute video
exercisetv.tv Yoga Sculpt 30 minute video
exercisetv.tv Yoga Fitness Fusion 45 minute video
Yogis Anonymous Hurts So Good Power Yoga 95 minute video
Yogis Anonymous Blissed Flow Yoga 90 minute (love love love this one!)
Post Running Stretch video from FlexibleWarriorYoga
staying healthy in college is tough. especially when the cafeteria is full of pizza, ice cream, burgers, pasta…
it's frustrating. I cave. there aren't a lot of healthy choices, and if there are, it's just salad and that usually isn't enough to give me the energy I need.
how do you stop yourself from reaching for the crappy food?


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Integrated Pest Management in Schools Program
National PTA supports efforts [IPM implementation] at the federal, state, and local levels to eliminate the environmental health hazards caused by pesticide use in and around schools. - American Public Health Association
The Challenge
Our Nation's children spend a considerable amount of time in schools, as do teachers and support staff. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Education reported that nearly 56 million students and 6.5 million employees go to school. EPA is working to ensure that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is available to school systems across the country. By practicing IPM, schools inspect for pest problems and only apply pesticides when needed. This reduces exposure to pesticides for students, teachers, and other people who work in schools.
What is Integrated Pest Management?
IPM is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. IPM programs use comprehensive information about pest life cycles and the influence of the environment to choose the best methods for controlling pest populations. This information is used to manage pests economically with the least possible hazard to health, property, and the environment.
- Integrated Pest Management Fact Sheet (print version, 2 pp, 1MB, About PDF)
The Solution
EPA is working to reduce the risk that pest and pesticide exposure poses to children and school employees. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools is an initiative of the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs in concert with EPA's ten Regional Offices. It is a national effort to make safe and effective pest management a standard practice in all of our nation's schools. IPM in Schools Program partners aim to:
- Make schools inaccessible to and uninhabitable by pests,
- Make schools a safer place in which to learn and work by decreasing pest and pesticide exposure risks,
- Increase the number of schools adopting IPM,
- Increase IPM awareness among school districts, school staff, parents, and students.
EPA's Strategic and Implementation Plan for School IPM
On November 19, 2012, EPA released its Strategic and Implementation Plan for School Integrated Pest Management (13pp, 234k about PDF). The plan sets forth the EPA's approach and activities for implementing the School IPM Initiative announced by EPA in 2010. Protecting children's health is a top priority for the EPA. Children in the United States continue to face risks arising from exposure to pests and pesticides in school settings. IPM is an approach to managing pests that schools can use to reduce pest and pesticide risk for students and staff. The Strategic and Implementation Plans for School IPM demonstrate how the EPA will promote the goal that all of the nation's children be covered by a verifiable and ongoing school IPM program.
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Related Links
- EPA Awards More than $500,000 to Schools to Help Reduce Children's Exposure to Pesticides
- Blog: Is Your Child's School Stuck on a Pest Control Treadmill?
- EPA's Strategic and Implementation Plan for School IPM (13pp, 234k about PDF)
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Once you only needed a command line to access remote computers, but today's networks sometimes require a graphical connection. The VNC protocol provides a practical cross-platform screen sharing solution. We'll take a close look at VNC and show you some leading no-cost VNC applications.
I work in a data center with hundreds of machines spread over two buildings. Usually we can perform the necessary management functions for the Linux and Unix systems using ssh; however, in a number of cases, a tool we need may not have a command-line interface, or the remote system may be running some version of Windows that requires access to the GUI. Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a popular alternative for sharing screens on heterogeneous networks. VNC beha-vior is slightly different from the X Windowing system. One difference is that VNC shares the entire desktop. A user on one machine can see the current desktop of a user on another and control the mouse and keyboard of the remote system. This feature is useful for a range of activities, such as accessing a work computer from home, working with students in a training environment, providing tech support, or annoying your son while he's playing video games.
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Terrariums: Tiny Indoor Gardens Make a Big Statement
Terrariums are back! Not only are the perfect size indoor garden for small spaces, but now there is a variety of lovely hand-blown glass objects and vintage vessels to choose from. Let your indoor garden grow after the jump!
I'm admittedly not much of a gardener. I think cultivating my own tiny terrarium could be the small green statement I'm looking for. Here are some terrariums that caught my eye:
Photo One: A simple route to the terrarium look. Michael Penney of Canadian House of Home took leafy ferns and bulbs and transplanted them into oversized jars for a quick and easy terrarium centerpiece.
Photo Two: The Slug and the Squirrel creates "one-of-a-kind living landscapes" on Etsy. I love their imaginative designs and storytelling nicknames. The one below is named, "Hold me like you'll never let go." Custom terrariums - $55-$450
Photo Three: Roost has created some charming hanging terrariums that would add a little green whimsy to any space. The vessels are made from recycled glass and are available at aHa! Modern Living - $68
Photo Four: Matteo Cibic's Domsai Mini Terrariums for small cactus plants are the perfect quirky desktop accessory.
Photo Five: The Bubble Wall Terrarium is available from Dig -$16.99 each. They also stock Terrarium Tools for the indoor gardener which includes a tiny rake and 2 tiny shovels - $32.99
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These sealed examples wont work for very long, air exchange is needed.
Haven't I seen a cheaper version of #3 somewhere?
Both cb2 and West Elm have cheaper vases similar to #3.
I think a mini-terrariums is going to be my next desk addition at work.
My friend had a DIY for 5:http://www.flickr.com/photos/9949768@N08/4338619480/in/photostream
@joeshack: not necessarily. My mom has had a closed terrarium for as long as I've been alive
Love terrariums! Perfect for those of us without big yards to fill with plants. We've got a DIY Window Garden video that may be helpful for those trying to get the look!
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I love terrariums because my cats eat my houseplants.
grow something!
I found a terrarium kit that comes with everything you need (including plants) to build in any container you already have or one you buy. I used a vintage jar I had on hand. I got to pick my plants that came with my kit (funny that I picked out colorful plants that matched my decor). Go to WWW.ENVIROCAKES.COM- they have some cool stuff!


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Title says it all. I have Ubuntu 12.10 running on an ASUS G73JH-BST7. Occasionally when I come back from suspend, the system hangs with a black screen, with NO cursor. I have no way out of it, only a reboot. Details:
- No mouse movement helps.
- No hard drive activity.
- The WiFi light never turns back on.
- Display illuminates, but is a black screen.
- No switching to a virtual console.
In retrospect, I have not tried a REISUB.
This has happened as far back as I've had the computer (since the beginning of the year), but happens with random occurrences; the most recent happened just before this posting; it also happened yesterday (about 5 suspends between), but the one before that happened months before, with most likely over 100 suspends between the two. The problem has occurred both on AC and on battery.
The hardware is stock, except for the following modifications:
- Wireless card was a Intel 6250 (WiFi + WiMAX, which I have no use for), which I changed to an Intel 6235 (WiFi + Bluetooth)
- The original 750GB hard drive is installed, along with a 500GB hard drive in the second bay. I'll get specifics if needed.
- I received the laptop with a broken screen, and I replaced the display. I'll get specifics if needed.
In the past two instances at least, nothing external has been plugged into the laptop. The system almost constantly has it's WiFi active.
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A Modern Dollhouse That Made Us Flip
A few days ago reader Siobhan wrote us with the subject line "OMG have you seen this?!" Frankly, I thought she was exaggerating. Then I checked out the link she sent to Megan's newly decorated dollhouse and have to offer Siobhan my apologies - if anything, "OMG" is an understatement. Let's just say Barbie's Dreamhouse has nothing on this one.
Not only has Megan decorated this dollhouse in the most utterly charming manner, but she recreated some of the artwork in her real home (which was just deservedly featured in HomeStyle magazine) for this miniature version. I could blather on forever, but why don't you just visit Meg yourself at Mousehouse to see close-up photos of each room. And then spend your weekend plotting out your own fantasy dollhouse.
Thanks Meg and Siobhan!
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I love that they have the Petit Collage "It Takes a Village" print in the "kids" room!
I always wanted a doll house as a little girl. Now, I want one as a grown up girl too! This is amazing.
sara alana
SUPER FANTASTIC!! So funny, I've been writing about dollhouses all this week! I wish I had seen this one.....Is it wrong that I want to wallpaper my own home this way?? Is that Orla Kiely inspired wallpaper or the real thing I wonder?
Love, love, love...I would be to afraid my girls would mess it up!
Very special indeed.
My mother had a dollhouse made for me when I was little, and I'm kind of hoping for the same for my girls.
This is absolutely gorgeous, and I hope my girls can have something have as wonderful!
I am smitten. Now I want a doll house. I read on the website that she scanned an Orly address book to make the wallpaper. I would really like a tutorial on how to do that.
Seems pretty self-explanatory. Scan your object with a scanner, print it out, and maybe mod podge it to the surface you're papering. You might have to crop it and tile it in a repeating pattern to get a large enough image to work with, but that would be easy to do in Photoshop (you could use something like MS Paint if you had to).
I just gave away my 7 year old daughter's Plan Toy House as part of the move, and we are now strategizing on something like this... Thanks for the inspiration!
This Dollhouse it's just a dream for me, I love it!
I´m starting to find or build one soon!


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Q. My organization has tripled the number of employees I supervise, and I'm exhausted with how many stupid mistakes they make. I make every effort to train them and yet they still manage to misunderstand nearly everything I say. How can I make the job to clear to them and not waste so much time with their mistakes?
A. You can save time by making sure your verbal and written training is exhaustively specific and clear. Consider the manufacturer's safety warnings that state something like, "Warning: do not jump off a cliff with this product." The manufacturers assume if they don't consider every possible mistake, people could make they will get sued.
You probably won't get sued by a new employee but you will waste a lot of time and annoyance. Therefore, you want to state every single thing you can think of that a new employee could do wrong and prevent it. Make a list of common mistakes that drive you crazy. Now make a thorough list of how employees can start out avoiding these behaviors.
If you assume anything an employee can do wrong -- and will do wrong -- you'll be better at supervising new people. Make sure you use every sensory modality. Some people learn by seeing, some by hearing, and some by doing. Make sure each employee has seen, heard and done what you want when training.
Research indicates that most of us take at least three times to learn any new skill. If you don't want to show new employees a skill repeatedly, then assign other employees to mentor your new staff. The older employees get to refine their skills, you save time, and the new employee gets the repetition.
Most of my clients tell me they never had any training on the practical daily realities of supervising human beings. People who make it into management are often quick to learn, highly responsible and ambitious. They assume everyone they hire is just like them. Expecting all new employees to be just like you is a recipe for misery.
Consider that your expectations about others at work may be the biggest source of your unhappiness with your job. If you expect (like the manufacturer's safety warnings) that people will amaze you with the mistakes they are capable of making, you'll be more prepared and less upset.
Once you have rewritten and revised your training approach, run it by a few eighth graders you know. If it is simple enough to make perfect sense to your average eighth grader, keep it. If not, back to the drawing board to clarify and simplify.
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20-30 models per day! The popular models can have 20 private sessions on Saturday alone!!! We have the whole place to ourselves the whole weekend!
The models will give discounted 1 on 1 rates on Saturday
It will just be a 1 big party. Early Christmas Party
You knew I was already in for this event back on Sunday when we were playing poker. :p
ok babe. I guess you will join us for the whole weekend. FUN, FUN, FUN
You're welcome to come down anytime William. We just gave you a discount for your plane ticket
nice, sounds like if I come to both shoots, thats a free night at motel for me, damn good deal lol
Some models will be spending the night on Sat. I don't know the number yet but I could consider some photogs to do the same if we have room. Its a party
What kind of excuse will you tell her now? LOL
I will sign you up for both days.
We already have sign ups that would make the Norco shoot sold out and its only been posted for a few hours. I wonder if we could fit 100 photogs in that house? Hhhmmm...
Anytime Chris. If there is no workshop available the week you are in town, just ask Karl or myself if we have any schedule shoots and you can tag along. That's how we roll. We have done that with MANY photogs around here and even the ones from out of state. I don't think any promoters would do that
Btw, I will be at your neck of the woods during Thanksgiving week. I have a couple of shoots set up. Maybe you could show me some locations
Come down during the day on the 4th as well. I will have a cake for you. We'll make this event your birthday party. Just go home to your wife for dinner.
who me
If I'm in town,I'll either be on the road(would rather work and get my days pay and holliday pay than sit home),or in miami shooting in the Keys..
I'll definitely show you some places I like
no lying guys, they really do that, these two guys are just awesome like that
p.s. Drew make sure next time you won't have any car problems =p
They know that. They don't have to come up and say it. We even let photogs borrow cameras when their mirrors fall off
LOL F u Drew, it was accident =p
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Comments about Frigidaire Gallery 30" Free Standing Electric Range - Smudge-Proof Stainless Steel:
Love the double ovens doors are short so you don't have to stand back when you open them. Cook wonderfully. Cook top so easy to keep clean. A beautiful ne w addition to my kitchen.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Jonesie
This oven is awesome so far. We haven't used all of the features yet but the ones we have are great!
Great Oven
By Kyle
This over is phenomenal. The only downside is that it was kind of hard to understand how to operate the thing right out of the box because there are so many buttons, but I have gotten used to it now. Best over I ever had!!!!
liking it
By MarlaK
I am fairly new to electric stoves and ovens and this model is great....easy clean up on the cooktop and the double oven feature is great!!!
Liking it!
By MK
I have had a gas stove fro the past 30 years and recently moved to a new place that only has electric. I bought this for its design and becuase it had a double oven. I have no problems adjusting to a new way of cooking and its easy clean up of the glass cook top is terrific!!!
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By Susan
I am very pleased with my double oven range. It is exactly what I expected. When it was first installed there was an issue with the computer but it was replaced and the service rep on the phone was very kind and helpful.
Great but ...
By Chris
Stove is great but quick preheat seems to be off. Temps don't get to the correct temperature before oven signals it's ready. Have stopped using quick feature altogether. Love the ability to book multiple items at the same time.
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By Doc B
I love the double ovens. We entertained for Thanksgiving with a house full of guest. I started the Turkey and Ham in the same oven on convection and baked them at a lower temp for several hours. The turkey and the ham fell of the bone. They were the best I have ever had. Now for the second oven with three racks in I made sweet potato's, dressing, and green bean casserole along with heating up rolls. I could never do this without having the double ovens. Oh by the way I had made pies the day before without a hitch, they came out better than expected ( I"m not a baker). Now I used the top also while cooking everything in the ovens, I love the fact that it has the warming center ring, I used that for my cheese sauce, which worked out beautifully. I could never cook like this without a beautiful well designed, very functional double oven stove. My hats off to you Frigidaire for a wonderful product. This cooking product is simple to use, well organized, and very easy to clean. The best oven I have ever owned. At first I thought the price was a little up there but I said I would give it a shot and try it. I'm not at all disappointed in my dissension and purchasing the oven. I would highly recommend this oven to family and friends, and i have. If you like cooking you'll love this oven.
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By mk
we bought this to replace a 15 year old glass top stove that looked pretty rough.... This new stove looks good but the black glass top on it looked terrible within a week. Nothing would clean it to look good again... then the burner stopped working. I contacted Frigidaire and they replaced the top under warranty. They were great about dealing with that ... no issues. My wife bought stove top protector stuff and used it on the new glass cook top but it started to look bad within a few weeks. Big flaw with this range is the glass cook top. looks worse than our 15 year old stove and it is less than a year old. I would not buy this stove again.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
I love my new stove
By Michele1119
Stove looks great. I love the double oven feature. I have kids so the chicken nugget automatic setting and the pizza setting are great. I have had a glass cook top before and it is easy to clean.
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Many changes will take place in the 2009-10 academic year due to the economy. As a result of SU's reduced endowment ($341 million to $220 million) from the decline in investment markets, budget changes within the university were inevitably called for. Among those budget changes is the continuation of the nine-month hiring freeze, negatively affecting expenses allotted for visiting professors and causing a halt in new staff openings.
There is increased concern for the quality of education at SU because of the rumored rise in the number of students in classes and reduction in number of classes offered. While the endowment is still high and the university will continue to thrive in the years to come, the sharp decrease remains a legitimate cause for concern and prompted some quick changes.
"I feel that the hiring freeze will certainly negatively affect the educational experience here at SU. The class sizes will definitely go up, not to mention people losing their jobs. I feel that there are certain other areas of the budget that should have been cut. This move by the administration seems like just the simplest and least thought out way to go about lowering expenses" first-year Andrew Dornon said.
Not only are visiting professors not being hired back, non-essential administrative travel expenses are being cut from numerous departments. This reduces the amount of professional conferences professors are allowed to take students to, and the effect to which the cut in travel expenses affects the educational experience is unclear. However, many professors have insisted that those changes do not affect the quality of what happens in the classroom.
"I personally see these changes as something that will hurt the school's ability to get tenure track professors. Some of those visiting professors could become established, and we're cutting back a lot of potential for them to stay here and enrich the community," junior Luis Reyes said.
The lack of a salary increase for current professors (except those currently in tenure track positions) and reduction of visiting professor expenses could have a negative effect in the future. Class sizes may go up as a result of a larger incoming 2013 class, though the effect of this increase will vary from department to department. Departments that have a low number of professors, such as the communication studies department, may suffer the most.
"Southwestern will lose much of the charm of being a small school with a good student teacher ratio," Reyes said. "Though it's not like the administration really listens to students' ideas about professors and keeping class sizes small."
"I doubt class sizes will be affected that much because the classes that are traditionally large will still remain that way and the ones with less students will probably remain that way too," sophomore Sam Marsh said.
Not only are the academics being affected by the changes, but the athletic department has dealt with numerous changes as well.
"Our biggest expense is travel," Associate Athletic Director Ronda Seagraves said. "We are working right now with the SCAC to reduce travel costs. Though we are being affected just like everyone else in the conference, the quality of the athletic experience for the student-athletes has not gone down, and we have been lucky in many areas, since we haven't had to cut any sports and with the location of the school with regards to travel. Right now we're simply trying to be frugal and make smart decisions when it comes to travel."
"As far as the hiring freeze, the effect on the athletic department is most seen with assistant coaching positions," said Seagraves. "Luckily, we have no new openings that need to be filled within the nine-month period (with the exception of head swimming coach). We are working hard to prevent the hiring freeze from having a negative effect on recruiting."


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During the E3 2012, Sony has announced a collector's edition for God of War: Ascension. It includes the following items:
- Steelbook case
- Kratos statue
- The digital game soundtrack
- PS3 dynamic theme
- PSN avatar pack, with double XP points for multiplayer
- And a DLC pass to unlock all future DLC releases for free
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I joined this group last night and thought I would introduce myself. My name is Heather and have had pre-eclampsia 2x's. With my daughter Kaylee, it developed out of nowhere and got severe very quickly. I had her by emergency c-section on 12-1-99 at 27 wks. weighing l lb. 12 oz. and 13 1/4 in. long. She stayed in the hospital for 6 months and 1 day before coming home. She has Short-Gut Syndrome from losing at least half of her intestines to NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) at 21 days old. She is now 3 1/2 yrs. old and started special ed preschool this past January and is still getting ST 2x's a week. I think the preschool environment has helped her tremendously just from being around more kids...They learn so much from each other (good and bad...lol!) With my son, my doctor had me take a baby aspirin every day, as I guess it's supposed to reduce the risk of getting pre-e. I did end up developing it again, but luckily it was mild and had him at 37 wks. weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. We did have a scare about a heart murmur, but the doctors think that it's an innocent murmur. He is now 14 months old and growing like a weed! He weighs almost 26 lbs. and is about 30 1/2 in. (my little chubby baby!) Kaylee is still small for her age, partly because of her Short-Gut. She only weighs 28-29 lbs. and is about 36 1/2 in. tall. I don't believe that she was to be very tall even if she was born full term, but her intestinal problems have definitely put a damper on her growth. At around 5 yrs. old we have to get her hormone levels check, since Short-Gut patients supposedly tend to lack in a growth hormone. Hopefully that isn't the case, but will take it in stride if need be. I hope to get to know all of you and hope this finds you well. Thanks for listening.
Heather--Mom to Kaylee (27 wks. severe pre-e...3 1/2 yrs. now)
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LiveFlood blog: Saturday, February 8
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- River levels are tonight higher in Oxford than in 2007
- Flood defences have gone up in Oxford
- Abingdon has been badly affected today by flooding
- A number of flood warnings are in place across the county
- Bad weather is predicted to hit the county overnight
Good morning. We have started a new flood blog for Sunday here. Updates include Abingdon Road in Oxford now being shut
@TheOxfordMail Flooding in OX14 following the 2007 pattern. The Stert almost burst yesterday but did in 2007, Tesco under water what's next?— @lisawebgeek 08 February 2014
The river level on the River Thame at Stadhampton is tonight at 2.58 metres - three centimetres lower than its highest ever recorded level.
Waiting for water to reach Abingdon rd. Feels like waiting for Santa on Xmas Eve but less jolly @TheOxfordMail #oxfordflood @OxfordshireCC— @RedSalamanderD 08 February 2014
River levels in Oxford are tonight higher than in 2007.
The Environment Agency monitoring station at Kings Mill in the centre of the city recorded river levels of 2.59 metres at 11.15pm tonight.
This is higher than the peak level in 2007 of 2.58m.
The highest ever level recorded at this location is 2.69m.
The typical river level range for this location is between 1.63m and 2.07m.
The River Thames at Abingdon is also expected to continue to rise for the next few days.
This is the Environment Agency outlook this evening for people living in Osney, Osney Island and Binsey in Oxford:
"The River Thames and its tributaries at Binsey and Osney are expected to continue rising for the next few days. Properties close to the river in low lying areas may start to be affected on Sunday the ninth of February. The weather prospects are to expect heavy showers overnight and into Sunday morning."
@TheOxfordMail Abingdon rd Oxford looking fine at present. Traffic moving well, bone dry even past P&R. Don't expect it will last tho!— @dangerweasel 08 February 2014
Rain is likely to last for most of tomorrow, according to the Met Office. Monday is set to be dry, with Tuesday and Wednesday again seeing rain.
Thirty-seven roads in Oxfordshire are shut tonight, officials say.
This is the latest list of road closures issued by Oxfordshire County Council:
Lower Street, Islip
Road from A329 to Drayton St Leonard
Great Brook Road from Buckland Road to Chimney near Aston
Spring Lane, Playhatch
Grove Road, Harwell
Icknield Road, South Stoke from Grove Road to Woodcote Road
B4016 between Blewbury and East Hagbourne
High Street, Clifton Hampden
B478 Sonning Bridge
The road through the village of North Weston near Postcombe
Witney to Crawley Road at the junction with Hailey Road
B4009 between Aston Rowant and Kinston Blount (also at Crowell )
Knightsbridge Lane, Pyrton, near Watlington
Sydenham Road into village from B4445 at Emmington
West Hagbourne – Main Street to York Street
Barford St John to Barford St Michael – Barford Road
Road to Woodeaton - from Elsfield Road to B4027
Pembroke Lane, Milton (Vale)
Main Street, East Hanney
Wallingford Road, North Moreton
A417 Faringdon Road near Silver Lane (Mellors Garage), Challow
Hithercroft Road, South Moreton, at its junction with Anchor Lane and High Street
Old Wharf Road, Longcot
B4016 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay
Road between Islip and Merton at Oddington
Friday Lane / Station Road, Henley
High Street, Drayton St Leonard
London Lane, Ascott-under-Wychwood, from railway station to junction with A361
Road from Cropredy to Williamscot
Somerton Road between Somerton and North Aston
Hanney Road, High Street, Abingdon Road and The Causeway in Steventon
Godstow Road, Oxford from A34 bridge near Wolvercote to bridge near Wytham
Dry Lane, Crawley
Mill Lane, Henley
Culham Bridge on Tolgate Road, Culham
Thameside South, Henley
Lower Icknield Road, Chinnor
"@Ox_Bex: Water rising quickly off Botley Road now, looks like prediction of flooding was right." Oh no :(— @OxfordCityGuide 08 February 2014
Lakeside guesthouse, Abingdon Road in no danger from Trades Descriptions Act: http://t.co/ivRdNj7fcm— @oxfloodnet 08 February 2014
A meadow, normally. Magdalen Bridge, Oxford. #floods #weather http://t.co/RX4H0rWKDW— @RJWoodall 08 February 2014
@TheOxfordMail the River Ock has dropped over an inch in Abingdon since midday today #ockupdate http://t.co/UcVDtwMZZx— @nataliecmo 08 February 2014
@TheOxfordMail @banburynews @BanburyC @philgayle Cropredy today. http://t.co/LiXedQIvDa— @RGBPlumbing 08 February 2014
TRAINS between Oxford, Didcot, Reading and London Paddington are now suffering delays of up to 25 minutes due to flooding of the tracks at Twyford.
FLOOD warnings and alerts have been lifted on the following Oxfordshire watercourses this evening:
- Clanfield Brook at Clanfield and the Shill Brook at Bampton
- Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove and Stadhampton
- Langford and Wendlebury brooks and their tributaries from Stratton Audley to the M40 near Merton, including Bicester and Wendlebury
- Sor Brook and Bloxham Brook and their tributaries from Horley and Bloxham to Adderbury
- River Thame from Eythrope to Chiselhampton, including Cuddington, Thame, Shabbington, Ickford, Waterperry, Cuddesdon, Wheatley and Chippinghurst
8:52pm Sat 8 Feb 14
Dilligaf2010 says
Road closed signs have just been dropped off at the St. Aldate's end of Abingdon Road, I suspect it will be closed at some time later tonight
RT @OxfordshireCC: Here's an example from yesterday about what can happen if you drive down a flooded road: http://t.co/KjO5Gr6s9H. Please …— @SouthOxon 08 February 2014
FLOODING at Twyford is causing delays of up to 15 minutes to Oxford-bound stopping trains from London Paddington this evening. The River Loddon at Twyford is at a record level tonight, according to the Environment Agency.
And passengers trying to reach the West Country by rail are being advised to travel to Bristol Parkway, for bus connections to Taunton, Exeter and Plymouth. Flooding has blocked the lines between Bristol and Taunton and Castle Cary and Taunton and a landslip at Crewkerne has forced the closure of the Yeovil to Exeter route, which was the last rail line open into Devon from the rest of the country.
For more information, see the First Great Western website.
RT @geekyruss: #oxonflood #floods Sutton Courtney this morning http://t.co/Iw4o2HGGfn— @johnr1uk 08 February 2014
IN West Oxfordshire supplies of sand and bags for householders to make up into sandbags are available at the following locations:
- Ascott-under-Wychwood: Tiddy Hall car park, Shipton Road
- Burford: The recreation ground car park, Tanners Lane
- Charlbury: Charlbury Bowls Club, Ticknell Piece Road
- Clanfield: Carter Institute car park, Main Road
- Milton-under-Wychwood: Village Hall car park, Shipton Road
- Northmoor: Village Hall car park, Church Road
- Shipton-under-Wychwood: New Beaconsfield Hall car park, Station Road
- Standlake: St Giles' Church, Downs Road
West Oxfordshire District Council will also deliver sandbags to elderly and disabled people who live in the district. Call 01993 861000. Also call this number to arrange collection of ready-made sandbags from Witney.
FIVE flood warnings have just been issued on the River Thames in Oxfordshire.
They cover the following sections of the river:
- The main channel and tributaries in the Binsey, Osney and Osney Island areas in Oxford
- Abingdon
- Culham
- Clifton Hampden, Dorchester and Little Wittenham
- From Newbridge to Kings Lock above Oxford, including Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Bablockhythe and the caravan park, Eynsham, Swinford and Yarnton.
1/2 Checked flood levels in Abingdon w/ cllrs, residents & @matthew_barber this pm. More sandbags on the way http://t.co/qZbAZziCFR— @nicolablackwood 08 February 2014
Flooding in Abingdon
Take a look at the advice on flooding if you're home's at risk http://t.co/WyWArAXRSD #oxonflood— @OxonFireRescue 08 February 2014
Nipped out before. About 500m up the road there's water coming through the manholes in #wallingford #oxonflood— @dwrightyV2 08 February 2014
#oxonflood #abingdon Every little doesn't always help when we are talking water at Tescos http://t.co/Sk3CVpykTw— @geekyruss 08 February 2014
Flood defences in Osney Island
Met Office weather forecaster Charles Powell said tomorrow is currently showing "an improving picture" for Oxfordshire.
He said heavy rain is due during the early hours of Sunday morning, but after that there will only be a few showers and even some sunshine.
In total the county is likely to see around 5mm to 10mm of rain, 35 to 45mph winds, and the temperature will be around seven or eight degrees centigrade.
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Vale of White Horse District Council has said demand for sandbags is very high but crews are working hard to keep the stock supplied.
There are a limited number of sandbags available from the B&Q car park, at Fairacres retail park and Cattlemarket car park (by Abbey House council offices) in Abingdon.
If they run out after Saturday they will be restocked on Monday.
RT @WhiteHorseDC: We can provide a limited amount of sandbags from the B&Q car park, at Fairacres retail park in Abingdon #oxonflood cont...— @SafetyG1rl 08 February 2014
Paul Fowler tweeted this picture from Bablockhythe, Northmoor
A spokeswoman for the Environment Agency has said they're preparing for Tuesday and Wednesday onwards to see the worst flooding.
She said there is a "significant" amount of rainfall forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The scene at Swinford Toll Bridge earlier today
The flood barriers have been put up on Osney Island
RT @SundayChants: Banbury United's game has been called off today. Can't think why. http://t.co/AIZ4MDTLMc— @vindeery 08 February 2014
RT @dbmag9: A view of Merton from the Christ Church ocean. #oxford http://t.co/O71FJiBCxI— @oxfordtimes 08 February 2014
Not much of the footpath left at Ducklington Lake, Witney, now as these pictures by Mandy Jones (and Polly the dog) show.
Godstow Road between Wolvercote and Wytham is closed due to flooding
A reader sent in this pictures of Abbey Meadow, Abingdon
RT @Cherwellcouncil: Banbury: Spiceball temporary car park and Mill car park closed.— @TheOxfordMail 08 February 2014
Eileen McNeill took this picture of the Causeway in Witney
Linda Wride sent in this picture of a couple making the most of the flooding at Botley Park.
She said: "They had just paddled their kayaks from Wolvercote, across the waves of Port Meadow, along the Thames and though Tumbling Bay to reach our local park/pond."
The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service have not been called to any major flooding-related incidents today so far and a spokeswoman said: "So far it's nowhere near as bad as we were expecting but our officers are out monitoring the situation."
A number of towpaths are currently affected by flooding in Oxfordshire.
Councillor Rodney Rose, Deputy Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, said: "It cannot be stressed enough that towpaths at the side of rivers are extremely dangerous places during flood conditions and they should be avoided at all costs.
"Basically you are risking your life if you are too near to high rivers flowing extremely quickly. Please just use your common sense, observe warning or closure signs and do not go near."
RT @WhiteHorseDC: #Abingdon sandbag stocks - currently full at cattlemarket, while sand and empty bags are also available at B&Q #oxonflood— @Jennings_ 08 February 2014
RT @barlow_stephen: Interested to know @EnvAgencySE how the flood defences at @BanburyUnitedFC are supposed to work? Ironic pic alert...— @TheOxfordMail 08 February 2014
The towpath at Osney Lock closed due to flooding
Sue Bunch tweeted this picture of the Letcombe Brook, Grove, showing it very high and flowing fast
And this one shows the volume of water being pumped into Osney Lock
Mark Rodgers sent in this picture of firefighters in East Street, Osney Island, advising residents in the event of flooding. Oxfordshire County Council say people are being advised to stay vigilant and keep alert for any updates.
Tesco car park in Abingdon is now completely flooded and shoppers are being turned away by staff
Brim full at Langel Common, Witney! http://t.co/APlvulabKZ— @Eils_M 08 February 2014
Nice weather for Swans... Brimful at the Witney floodplain causeway! http://t.co/bFfvJ8bRon— @Eils_M 08 February 2014
@TheOxfordMail Witney floodplain filled up to the path (causeway) http://t.co/VPULLbLM61— @Eils_M 08 February 2014
And at Iffley Lock the Environment Agency has recorded the level as 0.56 metres, the highest level recorded is 0.94 metres.
In Wheatley it's 6.04 metres - the highest river level at the same location is 6.11 metres.
The river level at Kings Mill in Oxford is 2.40 metres as recorded by the Environment Agency this morning.
It's normally between 1.63 metres and 2.07 metres and the highest level its ever been is 2.69 - it was 2.58 metres in the July, 2007 floods.
Oxfordshire fire and rescue service are in East Street, Oxford, offering advice to residents.
Scott Williams has tweeted us this picture of flood defences in Abingdon town centre
Residents have praised the authorities for pumping away the water which filled Chalgrove High Street yesterday.
Trees down & blocking stream which is backing up into Northmoor #oxonflood #OxfordFloods #oxfordshire http://t.co/iIA6Hm7nu4— @badger_uk 08 February 2014
RT @WhiteHorseDC: #Abingdon sandbag stocks - currently full at cattlemarket, while sand and empty bags are also available at B&Q #oxonflood— @Bluedoorletting 08 February 2014
The view off Swinford toll bridge #oxonflood http://t.co/kctCvSUZy9— @Keeley_Rodgers 08 February 2014
Abingdon Road,Oxford,remains clear at the moment
@TheOxfordMail #oxonflood barriers on West St opposite. No reply from @EnvAgency if these displace water onto us. http://t.co/veMgoM2WOJ— @jarman_r 08 February 2014
Goodbye sunshine - hello (more) wind & rain Northmoor #oxfordshire #floods #OxfordFloods #oxonflood http://t.co/YVyKMWAJlK— @badger_uk 08 February 2014
Sandbags holding back flooding in Bullstake Close,Oxford. So far it hasn't broken through and a council worker said the waters haven't risen much over night.
"Now the just a matter of waiting to see what happens next," he said.
@TheOxfordMail #oxonflood barriers on West St opposite. No reply from @EnvAgency if these displace water onto us. http://t.co/veMgoM2WOJ— @jarman_r 08 February 2014
Flood barriers going up on Osney Island this morning, courtesy of reader Rachel McQuilliam
Pump in Bullstake Close #oxford this morning #oxonflood http://t.co/BOrLqSoMp7— @Keeley_Rodgers 08 February 2014
Flooding in Eynsham #oxonflood http://t.co/Ax5EF1kSXP— @Keeley_Rodgers 08 February 2014
@TheOxfordMail if you've not already heard - abingdon tesco is turning people away. carpark def underwater not sure about shop— @chrissiekm 08 February 2014
@TheOxfordMail View from Banbury bedroom window - it wasn't there yesterday and has to flow down to Oxford. #oxfloods http://t.co/TXLdhJf09j— @whitto23 08 February 2014
Council and environment agency workers in Bullstake Close this morning #oxford #oxonflood http://t.co/SSsNIJcxgc— @Keeley_Rodgers 08 February 2014
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has had two flooding-related calls outs this morning, one at 8am to Nash Drive in Abingdon where firefighters helped moving sandbags at a low-lying property, and they're currently on their way to West Hanney.
A new flood warning for the River Windrush at Witney and Ducklington appeared on the Environment Agency's website in the early hours.
It says: "The river and flooding forecast is as follows: River levels in the River Windrush are rising in response to the recent rainfall and will continue to rise over the next few hours.
Property flooding is currently expected in the next few hours. The weather prospects are to expect a mainly dry morning with showers Saturday afternoon and heavy rain overnight and into Sunday morning."
Call the Floodline on 0845 988 1188, select option 1 and enter Quickdial number 171073 to get more information.
Flooding in the car park at Tesco in Abingdon is causing delays in delivering people's shopping orders this morning. A Tesco spokeswoman said there is currently around a two-hour delay, with some Click and Collect orders having been cancelled altogether.
Tesco in Abingdon at just after 8am today, courtesy of reader Perry Granville. We're also being told home deliveries are also being affected.
Met Office still has yellow warning for heavy rain in place throughout today and the early hours of tomorrow
Our Flood Line on 0808 168 5082 is open from 8.30am-5.00pm today. Please use it to report road issues and for info on things like sandbags— @OxfordshireCC 08 February 2014
Current flood warnings - which mean flooding is expected so take immediate action
- River Thames from Buscot Wick down to Shifford including Buscot, Kelmscott, Radcot, Lower Bampton area and Chimney Area
- River Thames and tributaries at New Botley, New and North Hinksey and Grandpont in Oxford
- River Thames from Days Lock down to South Stoke, including Dorchester-on-Thames and Overy, Shillingford, Benson, Wallingford, North Stoke and Moulsford
- River Windrush at Witney and Ducklington down to and including Hardwick
- River Thame from Chiselhampton to Drayton St Leonard including Newington
- River Thame from below Eythrope to Chiselhampton including Cuddington, Thame, Shabbington
Oxfordshire County Council says it has distributed 1,700 sandbags to Chalgrove, Henley, Playhatch, South Moreton, Wantage, Watlington, Burcot and Postcombe so far.
Good morning. The current road closures due to flooding are:
- Lower Street, Islip
- Road from A329 to Drayton St Leonard
- Great Brook Road from Buckland Road to Chimney near Aston
- Spring Lane, Playhatch
- Grove Road, Harwell
- Icknield Road, South Stoke from Grove Road to Woodcote Road
- B4016 between Blewbury and East Hagbourne
- High Street, Clifton Hampden
- B478 Sonning Bridge
- Road through the village of North Weston near Postcombe
- Witney to Crawley road at the junction with Hailey rd
- B4009 between Aston Rowant and Kinston Blount (also at Crowell )
- Knightsbridge Lane, Pyrton, near Watlington
- Sydenham Road into village from B4445 at Emmington
- West Hagbourne – Main Street to York Street
- Barford St John to Barford St Michael – Barford Rd
- Road to Woodeaton - from Elsfield Rd to B4027
- South Morton, junction with Hithercroft
- Pembroke Lane, Milton (Vale)
- Main Street, East Hanney
- Wallingford Road, North Moreton
- A417 Faringdon Road near Silver Lane (Mellors Garage), Challow
- Hithercroft Road, South Moreton, at its junction with Anchor Lane and High Street
- Old Wharf Road, Longcot
- B4016 Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay
- Road between Islip and Merton at Oddington
- Friday Lane / Station Road, Henley
- High Street, Drayton St Leonard
- London Lane, Ascott-under-Wychwood, from railway station to junction with A361
- Road from Cropredy to Williamscot
- Somerton Road between Somerton and North Aston
- Hannay Road, High Street, Abingdon Road and The Causeway in Steventon
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Jean on Jean?!
At first I saw this trend and was like, this looks out of date and not my cup of tea but the more I look at it the more I Like It. Especially this picture I found the other day surfing the online web. It struck me as unique and unusual but completely stunning. You can guarantee that I will be going to Target to buy a regular old jean t-shirt to go with my jean shorts. So what to do you think? A match made in heaven?


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Brett Eldredge was honored at a party in Nashville Monday toasting his first #1 hit, "Don't Ya." This event was a big deal for Brett since he's gone to many parties just like it in the past few years.
He explains, "I remember coming to the number one parties to support friends and songwriters and eat the finger sandwiches and the good food and the free drinks, especially when I was first in town. That's a meal right there for a songwriter. And now I get actually to have my own #1 party."
It's not that Brett hasn't already celebrated his first #1. He went skydiving a few weeks ago to mark the occasion, but the partying really got underway when he first found "Don't Ya" had hit the top. Brett was on stage in Georgia when he got word that "Don't Ya" was the #1 country song in the country after more than 40 weeks on the chart.
"I was just completely freaked out," Brett says of that night. "When I played that song, the place was just electric and the whole band and all of us were just out of our minds. We partied like crazy that night, 'cause it was right there on stage happening."
"Don't Ya" is included on Brett's debut album, Bring You Back , now in stores. That project also features his new single, "Beat of the Music."
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Cute 7-Minute Hairstyle to Try
Written on June 8, 2011 at 2:08 pm , by Eleanor Langston
Skip the blowout: How gorgeous is this relaxed, undone bun that FITNESS reader (and my friend!) Blake Cotton tried out today? It only took her about seven minutes, and I think it's a pretty, easy alternative to a ponytail for work or an updo for a date night. You could even wear it exercising too! Here's the step-by-step:
1. Start with air-dried hair and clip the front and top sections up and out of the way.
2. Create a messy bun at the nape of your neck.
3. Take individual pieces from the front sections and loosely twist them, pinning the pieces into your bun as you go until you reach the top section.
4. Back-comb the crown area for subtle lift, then twist and pin that section into your messy bun.
PS: She was inspired by Lauren Conrad's new blog, The Beauty Department, which includes pictures of each step. Check out Blake's blog here for more info.
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Written on March 15, 2011 at 9:31 am , by Fitness Magazine
Simple and easy updos, perfect for those days when the alarm doesn't go off or you hit the snooze button one too many times, are having a serious celebrity moment (check out our Fresh Hair feature in the April issue, out today, for the best gym-friendly options). Jessica Alba's messy updo, above, is top notch: This effortlessly cool style can be twisted in a few seconds—push a headband over the front to smooth flyaways and make the look more polished.
If you're a curly girl, the messy bun that both Annalynne McCord and Vanessa Hudgens sport is perfect for you. To get this look, pull your hair up into a loose bun and pull some tendrils free to finish it off. This is easygoing style will take your hair from frizzy to chic with time to spare!
Another celeb diving head first into the topknot trend is Kate Bosworth. Channeling her inner ballerina, Kate puts a more polished spin on the bun trend: Her look is elegant, yet fuss-free. This style works best on ladies with straight hair. Start by pulling your hair into a high, tight ponytail. Twist hair around the base of the ponytail and loosen the twist as you place it. Once you have perfected your bun, pin it in place (we love the Goody Spin Pin, a single pin—you may need two if you have a ton of hair—that miraculously, undetectably holds hair in place).
—By Lindsay Richardson, beauty intern
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Written on January 27, 2011 at 8:33 am , by April Franzino
Amy Abramite, creative director of Maxine Salon in Chicago shared this video on how to do a chic, classic updo in less than two minutes with FITNESS. Watch and learn!
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GULF SHORES, Alabama (AP) — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the British oil giant and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Tourist John Henson of Atlanta disagrees, particularly after going for a walk in the surf last week and coming back with dark, sticky stains on his feet.
Henson said there were plenty of tar balls to remove from the stretch of beach where he spent a few days, regardless of what any company or government agency might say.
"I was out there yesterday and stepped all in it," Henson said.
Environmental advocates and casual visitors alike are questioning the Coast Guard's decision to quit sending out BP-funded crews that have looked for oil deposits on northern Gulf Coast beaches on a regular basis since the 2010 spill spewed millions of gallons (liters) of oil into the Gulf after an explosion and fire that killed 11 workers.
The patrols ended this month as coastal monitoring reverted to the way it operated before the spill: The Coast Guard investigates beach pollution reported by the public through a federal system, the National Response Center, and conducts cleanup operations as needed.
BP PLC, which has spent $14 billion on cleanup work, is still working with the government and says it will continue paying for the removal of any lingering tar from its blown-out Deepwater Horizon well.
Cleaning crews will remain on duty in Louisiana, which was hit harder by the spill than other states because the well was so near its coast.
But with only "minute amounts" of oil being reported on most beaches now as compared with three years ago, it was time to end the practice of sending out teams in four-wheel vehicles with portable toilets on a regular basis, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Natalie Murphy said. The work itself can pose an environmental threat by damaging bird habitat and sea turtle nests, wildlife officials say.
"There was an imbalance that had to be addressed," said Murphy.
The oppressive chemical smells and thick oil deposits that polluted beaches during the summer of 2010 are long gone. White sand unmarred by tar stretches for miles (kilometers) on popular beaches along the Florida Panhandle and on Alabama's coast. The same is true in Mississippi, where the coastal economy depends more on gambling and shipbuilding than tourism.
But government reports show that patches of tar balls are still reported almost daily in or near popular spots like Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach, Florida. Those reports come in through the National Response Center, which has a toll-free number and website for reporting tar balls.
Some of the reports were submitted by trained crews that identified the oil as being from the BP well. Murphy said all the reports of tar balls she has heard involved oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Currently based in Gulf Shores, 20 trained Coast Guardsmen fan out under the National Response Center system to check reports of tar balls in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi and begin the cleanup once reports come in, Murphy said. BP is typically contacted to provide assistance for large concentrations of oil, she said, and the company gets a bill if the Coast Guard has to clean up smaller deposits linked to the spill.
BP crews cleaned the beach where Henson stepped in tar balls on Friday, the day after the company said it got a call about the pollution from the Coast Guard.
Environmentalists say a big problem with the system lies in the fact that many beach visitors may not know a tar ball if they see one. Tar balls and weathered tree bark closely resemble each other in the surf, and both are common along areas like coastal Alabama, where Mobile Bay empties both water and natural debris into the Gulf.
The uncertainty over just what is a tar ball leaves most people on the coast unable to report beach pollution even if they have the correct phone number, said Casi Callaway, executive director of Mobile Baykeeper, a nonprofit group that advocates for coastal preservation and protection.
"That's what worries me," said Callaway. "Until you step on (tar) and see it on your skin, you don't know what it is. It looks like gum in the water. And nobody is doing an education campaign on, 'This is what a tar ball looks like; here's who to call if you find one.'"
Murphy said the Coast Guard is trying to spread the word about tar balls through the media, but it's leaving it to property owners, environmentalists, condominium associations and other private groups to post signs or distribute fliers that could help in identification.
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