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Verizon drops $2 'convenience' fee
The carrier proposed charging a $2 fee each time a customer pays a wireless bill online with plastic. The backlash was immediate and intense.
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Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, canceled a planned $2 "convenience fee" for online and phone bill payments after a backlash from consumers and scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission.
The company made the decision in response to customer feedback, according to a statement today on the carrier's website. The company on Thursday said it planned to impose the fee on users who make single bill payments on a month-to-month basis online or by phone. Post continues below.
Customers began criticizing Verizon Wireless on Twitter and online-discussion forums after the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based company disclosed the fee, with some setting up online petitions and calling for consumers to boycott the carrier. The FCC today said it was "concerned" about the plan and that it would investigate.
"The best path forward is to encourage customers to take advantage of the best and most efficient options, eliminating the need to institute the fee at this time," Dan Mead, chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, said in the company's statement.
Verizon Wireless said earlier it would add the fee to address costs it incurs for processing the single payments. The charge wouldn't have applied to customers who enroll in automatic payment plans, use electronic checks, pay at a Verizon Wireless store, send in checks or pay through their online banking website.
Verizon Communications Inc., which co-owns the wireless business with Vodafone Group Plc, rose 0.3% to $40.18 at 3:37 p.m. EST. The stock had advanced 12% this year before today.
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Last month, a consumer backlash led to Bank of America Corp. canceling a $5-per-month fee for debit card users.
Verizon Wireless is driving up profit at parent Verizon Communications as it gains users for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc. Android devices, which let users browse the Web, watch video and stream music. Third-quarter net income at New York-based Verizon Communications doubled to $1.38 billion from $659 million a year earlier.
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I'm tired of paying such high monthly fees. Verizon has the worst plans ever for family plans.
You can't tell me the cell phone companies can't charge less for plans, data, texting. They make millions in profit. Just like the gas companies they make billions in profit but keep raising gas prices. And, they expect us to pay more..... It's crazy.
Okay, we have shown what we can do when outraged against big corporations. Let's see what we can do against politicians who do not have our well-being on their minds, but just the interests of Corporate America.
Come on people, stop listening to the nonsense broadcasted on TV! Start voting with your checkbooks in mind, and focus on your financial advantage instead of promoting the wealth of CEOs and COOs. Trust me they won't create more jobs unless they are forced to .
The "Convience Fee" was insane. Everytime Verizon or a company recieves a payment from a customers credit card, Verizon/company has to pay the credit card companies a small fee, this is one way the credit card companies make money and IT IS VERIZON/THE COMPANY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE for paying that fee because it is a product that Verizon is purchasing from the credit card companies. However, Verizon and many other corporations decided "hmm, lets make our customer pay one of our bills for us." It is a VERY UNETHICAL business practice for Verizon to do. But there not the only ones either, many other corporations and companies out there are doing the same thing.
To put it another way for people who dont understand this concept, ask Verizon to pay your electric bill this month.
I wouldn't pay them a thing that isn't covered in their infernal service contract...i.e that document which serves as a record of you selling your soul to the devil er uh I mean Verizon.
As others have stated, I hope they suffer similar to Bank of America and Net Flix.
The nerve of them charging a fee to accept payment. What a seemingly stupid concept.
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Bhetia, who has no formal culinary training, moved to Boston five years ago to expand his cell-phone business, but switched to catering when the local dining scene came up short. "All this food they're making in big restaurants is good, but not something you can eat on a daily basis," he says. "It's too rich." Bhetia's recipes, collected from family and friends, bypass the cream-based sauces associated with northern Indian cuisine. There's sambahr, a southern Indian lentil dish, and zucchini masala, as well as flaky, grease-free samosas. His lunch boxes come with basmati rice and whole-wheat chapati—which he says are closer to what most Indian families eat at home—and cost $7.50 each ($6.50 for vegetarian).
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The evening we arrived Dwight had prepared his version of Timballo (column 6/17/11) and a favorite of mine for our meal; plus Sherri had made some of her best appetizers for us.
During football season she experiments by preparing new appetizer recipes for her and Dwight to sample while they are watching the ballgames on television. This was the one Dwight liked best; me too. I kept returning to the table for more.
Sherri explained that there are a few things she does different than the recipe's directions.
Instead of pouring the sauce over the bacon wrapped chestnuts, she immerses only the sliced bacon in the sauce and then wraps it around the water chestnuts. Then while they are baking she turns them over a couple of times which allows the bacon to cook evenly.
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Among the several significant rulings the Supreme Court handed down last week, the most important was its unanimous rebuke of President Obama's infamous appointments of January 2012. The court delivered a decisive verdict: President Obama abused his power when he made three recess-appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, even though the Senate said it was not in recess when he did so. The court's decision is much bigger than both the appointees themselves and the thousand NLRB rulings they made during their illegal tenure, which are all now invalid. The bigger issue is the underlying balance of constitutional power, which Obama was willing to risk for short-term political gain.
When the constitutional recess-appointment power was first conceived by the Founders, it took weeks to travel the country, and the U.S. Congress was expected to be out of session and away from the capitol for much of the calendar year. Thus, presidents were permitted, during the Senate's absence, to make unilateral but temporary appointments to key posts in order to ensure the government's ability to function year-round. When senators return from recess, they can either confirm the president's appointment or allow it to expire at the end of the current session of Congress.
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In the present era, travel is easy, and Congress is in Washington almost year-round. Thus, when it is invoked, the recess appointment is merely used by presidents to circumvent the Senate. Its abuse became standard practice long before Obama arrived on the scene. Obama is not the most frequent offender in abusing the recess power, but two of his crucial innovations have made the abuses worse.
The first innovation has been to recess-appoint controversial nominees simply to spare them scrutiny by the Senate hearings, and to spare senators of his own party the embarrassment of having to vote on them. In July 2010, for example, the Washington Examiner's Byron York reported that Obama recess-appointed Donald Berwick as head of Medicare and Medicaid. He did so not because Berwick had been obstructed -- in fact no confirmation hearings had even been scheduled yet -- but because Republicans had signaled their intention to ask Berwick about the source of $50 million in donations to the non-profit organization he had founded and which was then paying him about $600,000 per year.
The three NLRB appointments of January 2012 included another crucial and unprecedented Obama innovation. He made them when the Senate was actually still meeting, albeit only for short pro-forma sessions in which little or no official business was conducted. All nine justices recognized Obama's actions were unlawful and his rationalizations flimsy. Unfortunately, only four of them wanted to go further, limiting recess-appointments to breaks between sessions of Congress, as the lower court had done.
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The Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together a selection of films from the annual festival held each January in Nevada City, CA, which is now in its 10th year! The films speak to the environmental concerns and celebrations of our planet. "Films featured at Wild & Scenic give people a sense of place," says Tour Manager Lori Van Laanen. "In our busy lives, it's easy to get disconnected from our role in the global ecosystem. When we realize that the change we need in this world begins with us, we can start making a difference."
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What if I only want to see one movie?
The movie admission price is the same if you want to see one or both movies playing that night. There is no discount for only watching one movie. If you only want to watch the first movie, you may leave during intermission. (Please be sure to leave using the exit not the entrance as there may be cars entering for the second feature.) If you want to watch only the second movie, we ask that you arrive 15 minutes before the second movie start time. This is to reduce disturbances to other patrons while they are enjoying their evening.
What happens if it rains, snows, etc.?
We show in rain or stars. The only time we will cancel a showtime if there is a power outage or a State of Emergency has been declared for the theatre area. In any case, if we do have to close the theatre, we will post that information on our website, Facebook page and movie line as soon as the decision is made.
I've already purchased my ticket, but I want to leave and come back. Can I do that?
Once you purchase an admission ticket, you may stay for one or both movies. If you leave, your ticket becomes void and you must purchase a new ticket to come back into the theatre. Only in the case of emergencies and management has been made aware of the emergency before you leave the theatre, will exceptions be made.
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Even as the Harvey Weinstein-produced film Bully falls flat, Jewish schools are trying new programs that do more than simply raise awareness
The documentary Bully opened nationwide on Friday. Critics raved. But while its intentions are good, Bully is a lousy movie.
First off, it's torture porn. The movie revels in scenes of violence: a kid getting punched in the head and stabbed with a pencil, a parent tearfully telling the camera about finding her child hanging lifeless in a closet, a bullied girl caught in grainy camera footage aiming her mother's gun at her fellow school-bus riders. You'd never know from watching the film that experts agree that physical bullying is by far the least common form of bullying.
But the real problem is that the film, produced by Harvey Weinstein, offers no solutions. Oh, sure, there are homilies like "be the change" and a final montage—set to the inevitable swelling music—of candlelit vigils where kids pledge their anti-bullying fealty (I'm sorry, is anyone actually pro-bullying?) and release environmentally unfriendly balloons in memory of kids who've committed suicide. But as my own 10-year-old observed, "This is like those breast cancer people who say they're raising awareness … but how is that doing anything to fix the problem?"
Bullying is a wildly trendy topic right now, and the efforts to "raise awareness" are nearly as pervasive as breast cancer's pink ribbons. Ninety-two anti-bullying books were published in 2011 (not including specialized-education titles); 35 have come out in 2012 so far. And that doesn't even account for the apps, gadgets, websites, and musical theater productions on the subject. Bully feels like just another part of this zeitgeist-y trend—a somber, self-important, self-promoting tone standing in for real commitment to the difficult work of edification. The reductive nature of the movie is embodied by the cartoon villain of a school administrator, a vile, clueless, smirking, smarmy idiot who tells parents she can't guarantee their son's safety on the bus, then assures them that the victimizers "are just as good as gold." The film is all black-and-white, heroes and villains, It Gets Better-style platitudes … and no information whatsoever on how to make it better.
But there are ways to make it better, even if the movie opts not to discuss them. Researchers and educators who focus on bullying in schools have devised programs to tackle the problem, and certain approaches really do seem to make a difference. They work for schools—not just poor, isolated, rural schools like the ones in the movie, but upper-middle-class schools, and Jewish day schools, too.
To be fair to Bully director Lee Hirsch, doing the real making-it-better work is hard. Rona Novick, director of the doctoral program at the Azrieli School of Education at Yeshiva University and a clinical psychologist who co-developed the BRAVE bullying-prevention program, told me: "Here's the humbling fact: The most demonstrably powerful program was instituted in Norway and achieved a 50 percent reduction in bullying. No other program has come close to that. The good programs in the U.S. get about a 20 to 30 percent reduction in bullying."
Part of the problem, experts say, is that we throw anti-bullying rhetoric and policies (and pledges and statues and rallies) around like confetti, but we don't address the larger cultural issues that allow bullying to take root. "We struggle in this country to get social and emotional learning the same attention, time, and effort as academics," Novick said. "And there's social exclusion and bullying among adults, so to expect that kids will be better at this than grown-ups are is downright foolish."
The movie, with its endless shots of waving fields of wheat, smoke-spewing factories, and desolate railroad tracks, makes bullying look like a backwoods poor-people problem, like bad teeth. In reality, of course, bullying is everywhere, and in fact, wealthier urban and suburban private schools are, in some ways, less equipped to handle it.
"Public school by its nature can propose that it is democratic," Novick pointed out. "Everyone is a taxpayer. But in private schools and Jewish day schools, you have to ask, 'Are we really effective at conveying that every person here has equal value?' Do kids at the school say, 'You can't do anything to me; my daddy's name is on this building!' Does the rabbi's kid get in trouble? You can have massive imbalances of power."
True that. But for my daughter and me, the biggest flaw in the movie was that it turns bullies into The Other. (In fact, the film doesn't talk to any; they're faceless, invisible monsters.) Real life is subtler; kids know that bullies can be popular and charming. And experts know that the roles of bully and victim can be fluid. "The movie's exposé format oversimplifies a complicated problem," said Yoni Schwab, an expert on fostering positive social-emotional and character development in children, a consultant to Parents magazine, and a psychologist in private practice and at the Windward School. "Many bullies are also victimized. It's a cycle. You get bullied in 6th grade, and then when you're in 8th grade, you bully the 6th graders." (Or, as my daughter Josie put it, "Maybe the bully is being beaten up by his big brother. Or maybe he feels like he doesn't have any power. You have to think about why people are bullies to be able to help them stop.")
Demonizing bullies is dangerous on a number of levels. (And here's where I'll civilly say that I disagree with my esteemed colleague Liel Leibovitz: The aim of social and emotional learning is not to make kids "preternaturally nice"; all bullies are not irredeemable; bullies aren't exclusively hitters, and hitting back isn't always the answer.) Pledges and zero-tolerance policies, wherein we ban the bully from our midst like a goat sent into the wilderness, sound great but do more harm than good. They let us pass the buck without helping the bully change. "Saying we have zero tolerance for bullies makes no sense, any more than saying we have zero tolerance for non-readers makes sense," Novick said. "Illiteracy is an educational opportunity, and so is bullying. No assembly, movie, or mandate will make kids into readers; what makes kids into readers is the long, hard, and rewarding process of education. And that's what will make schools bully-resistant: teaching values and the value of human beings, teaching the skills of social discourse and disagreement." (Besides, there's zero evidence that zero-tolerance policies are a deterrent.)
So, what can we do to stop bullying? We have to focus on the whole school culture. "Ultimately, the direction of the field isn't in addressing bullying per se, but to look at the framework of a school in terms of their entire social and emotional learning program," or SEL, Schwab said. "Just as you teach math and reading, step by step and through review, you need to be doing the same thing for social and emotional skills in school. SEL is a mandated part of the curriculum in about 20 states. And research indicates that not only do kids behave better and grow up more secure and healthy, but they end up achieving better." Novick concurred: "There's compelling data that the schools who do this well offer lifelong benefits. The kids are less likely to have truancy issues, to abuse drugs, to make high-risk choices in high school. They're more upstanding citizens throughout their lives."
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Some of music's biggest names are coming together to aid three orphaned children after a devastating auto accident.
Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are just some of the stars urging their fans to donate to the Berry Family, following a July 3 auto accident that killed parents Joshua and Robin and left brothers Peter, 9, and Aaron, 8 paralyzed and sister Willa, 6, injured.
The three singers are among the many drumming up support for the "Show Your Hearts" campaign, which encourages others to change their Facebook and Twitter profile picture to an image of hands making a heart shape and to donate money to the orphaned kids via text message or the website.
"Change your profile picture today & make sure to #showyourhearts," Britney Tweeted, with a photo of herself making a heart shape.
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The atmosphere is not quite as tense as the largely European contingent rolled in for the second day of testing.
Adding to yesterday's marquee names in attendance, Sharks GM Doug Wilson joins the fray today.
Group One appeared to be a generally fit group, though there seemed to be a lot of room for these 17-year-old bodies to mature.
Saskatoon defenceman Stefan Elliott (ranked #17 among North American skaters by Central Scouting) is in good shape; had a strong vertical leap and standing broad jump and appeared to perform well in the hexagon agility drill.
Goaltender Matthew Hackett, the top-ranked North American goaltender, has nice size, with a long and lean projectable frame.
The biggest name of Saturday's first group is that of London Knights centre Nazem Kadri (ranked #15), who measured 5-foot-11. He didn't have a great showing on the vertical jump or the bench press; perhaps reflecting that he's not the most explosive athlete here, but let's not forget that on-ice production (of which Kadri has plenty) is going to count for a whole lot more come draft day.
The second group brought a return of Victor Hedman, this time as a spectator, watching his Swedish compatriots go through the paces, while Hedman mentioned that he was glad the combine torture was over for him.
Brandon winger Scott Glennie (ranked #7) had a solid vertical, though his upper body strength was questionable, though that could very well be a reflection of his missing time this season with a broken elbow.
Jacob Josefson (ranked #3 among European skaters) was in solid condition and really put forth a strong effort on the Wingate cycle test, not unlike countryman David Klingberg (ranked #7 among Europeans).
Kingston centre Ethan Werek (ranked #32), who came by the testing room on Day One, perhaps for a sneak peek at what fate would await him today, had good size and put forth a solid effort in all excercises. All of the kids seem to work hard, wanting to show well, but Werek appeared to be one of the guys giving the proverbial 110%.
In Group Three, Carter Ashton (ranked #12) was a big kid, measuring in close to 6-foot-3. He has the look of a possible power forward once his body fills out and he was relentless in his effort.
Saint John defenceman Simon Despres (ranked #8), like Werek, checked out the testing room on Friday. He's big, measuring close to 6-foot-4, with plenty of room to add muscle on his frame.
Guelph centre Michael Latta (ranked #45) had a very solid build, stockier than most of the players here. He worked really hard on his tests and let out a "whoo" or two -- livening up the room -- after finishing his Wingate test.
Perhaps the most intriguing group of the second day was Group Four, which included a couple of top Swedish prospects. Defenceman Olivier Ekman-Larsson (#4 among European skaters) was really skinny, but has a projectable frame with lots of room to grow. At the same time he only managed half a dozen bench presses, so he'll need to get stronger.
Tim Erixon (ranked #5 among Europeans) also looks the part of a pro defenceman, with good size and he had a decent showing.
Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (ranked #2 among Europeans) has all the pieces, coming in a little over 6-foot-1 with a solid build and had a decent workout; nothing earth-shattering, but nothing that would seem to be cause for alarm either.
Despite the elite Swedish prospects, the most interesting player in the group may have been Finn Toni Rajala (#11 among Europeans). While virtually all of the prospects look young, Rajala looks like somebody's 12-year-old brother.
He might be 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9 and, while he's listed at 163 pounds, it wouldn't be a surprise if that was overstated. He mustered just four on the bench press (and even a couple of those may have been questionable), but keep in mind, he was just named the Best Forward at the Under-18 World Championships in North Dakota, after scoring 10 goals and 19 points in just six games. No matter how small he is, he's got talent.
While a lot of players put in a great deal of effort, perhaps none was more conpicuous than goaltender Robin Lehner (top-ranked European goaltender), on the Wingate cycle test, grunting like an animal as he maxed out his effort, before nearly collapsing off the bike altogether when he finished.
The final group of the Combine was highlighted by Swedish defenceman David Rundblad (#6), who has good size, with much room to grow and, like so many others here this weekend, he'll need to get stronger before going to the next level.
To sum up this year's combine, there was not that one special workout warrior, so when draft day rolls around, do not expect the results from this year's combine to vault anyone up the board dramatically.
So, that's a wrap for another year at the NHL Scouting Combine. It's exhausting enough just watching, so kudos and best of luck to the guys who put up with all the poking and prodding over the last few days.
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DENVER (AP) - The Washington Nationals have given right-hander Brad Lidge his unconditional release.
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The Nationals made the move Monday night before facing the Colorado Rockies. They had designated Lidge for assignment on June 17.
Lidge signed a $1 million, one-year contract as a free agent in the offseason to add veteran bullpen depth behind closer Drew Storen and All-Star Tyler Clippard, but the 35-year-old right-hander couldn't find the form that made him a two-time All-Star with Houston and Philadelphia. He went 0-1 with two saves and a 9.64 ERA in 11 appearances with the Nationals, and opponents were batting .308 against him.
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Rustic Hip Teen Bedroom at
The Pioneer Woman's Ranch
Home By Novogratz
New York designers Bob and Cortney Novogratz are back with a second season of their HGTV makeover show, Home By Novogratz. On Saturday's premiere, they headed to Oklahoma to create a shared bedroom for the teen daughters of Ree Drummond, a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman.
Remember the sneak peek we showed you back in November? The result was an unexpected melange of ranch rustic, Manhattan hip, and homeschool functional. And by "unexpected melange" I mean "I totally would want that room if I was a teenager".
The room itself, although quite large, was certainly a challenging space to deal with. Ree calls it "the long room", and indeed it's a narrow attic space complete with a funky sloped ceiling. But as soon as Bob uttered the words "hanging beds", the design gears were turning.
More about the beds in a minute, but let's back up and talk about the flooring. The Drummond girls asked for girly, and Cortney responded with blue striped carpet tiles. What? But it worked! Like pairing blue jeans with a pretty top and strappy heels, the blue floor created a perfect foundation to build on, and the stripes broke up the rectangularity of the long room.
So back to those beds. Holy cow! What kid wouldn't love those? The Novos had a local craftsman build them with rustic wood and iron, and I know what you're thinking. A kid would launch those through the wall like wrecking balls. Maybe some kids would, but you can tell right away that Ree's daughters are Southern young ladies. I mean, come on, they knit! And they herd cattle!
Another risky design choice that worked was the desk. Bob and Cortney had it made (locally!) to span the length of the long wall, which seems like it would just accentuate the whole long room problem, but that desk functions. It's an expansive teenage girl headquarters for reading, writing, knitting, and brooding, and yet it doesn't feel like it takes up much room.
The Pioneer Woman gave the Novogratzs a taste of Oklahoma with simmering peaches and cattle herding, and, in return, the Novos gave the Drummond girls a taste of New York City with spray paint. Are Alex and Paige leaving pink tags all over Pawhuska, Oklahoma? I don't know, but I do know that this room captures what it's like to be a teenage girl. It says "I can conquer the world, but I'm going to take my stuffed animals with me". There's nothing stereotypically girly or faux country about it. Instead it blends rustic with feminine with edgy. And that's really nice for two young, modern cowgirls.
(Images: Shane Bevel)
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Oklahoma isn't really Southern, not in the way you're using it.
These girls must simply love their room. I know I would. I'm a grown woman, and I want this bedroom.
I want those bed to retract. That would be awesome - like a vertical Murphy Bed.
It's definitely an improvement over the "bonus room" look of the before photo, but it's a bit of a jumble, no? I like the long desk and crafting area, but those floor tiles make me seasick. Too much movement and SCREAMING color.
And just try finding a dropped earring back or contact lense on those stripes.
They may want to put a stabilizing anchor on the beds for times of illness. Imagine having the stomach flu and sleeping in a bed that moves.
@Rural and Rueful,
Great point about the swinging beds. I think it would be hard to get in and out of without falling on the floor.
My daughter and I are in the process of decorating her bedroom and we found this post inspiring and beautiful! The beds are awesome and I'm sure won't be a problem get in and out of. She particularly liked the carpet and the long desk. The the craft area with the yarn displayed on the wall is a great idea.
"Rustic" is really stretching it.
I think the room still looks very long and narrow. And yeah, all those stripes! A very simple rule in a room like this is to define areas with rugs; in this case, break up the stripes with areas of solid color. Or just do random squares of strips in an allover solid (or much smaller pattern). Fortunately, this family is wealthy and can afford to make the changes if and when the girls get tired of all that stripeyness.
I have no idea who any of these people are, as we don't get HGTV in the UK. What I do know is the teenage me would have HATED those beds, as under the bed was where I shoved everything when "cleaning" my room lol. The room is much better than the before but in my opinon doesnt feel very cohesive. Much better but not really my style...also, does anyone know what those beds would be like in real life? They look great but strike me as something thats not really practical in real life.
Beds = OMG YES. Love.
Desk = not necessarily the most functional, but the wood is absolutely gorgeous. and highlighting the length of the room is actually pretty nice.
Carpet = WTF?? Why would you DO that?
This is a cute look, and I think the carpet goes a long way toward de-emphasizing the room's length. But where is all the girls' stuff? I have teens myself, and cannot picture them paring down to this look. Where are all the books, jewelry, makeup, clothes? And my kids both still have some toy-type items they want in their rooms.
I LOVE the Novogratzes!!! (see? plural! easy-peasy)
And this room is one of my favourites, ever.
My 8 year old, who has a very cool bed herself (a carved bed made in India -- looks like a mini-Taj Mahal) LOVES these beds, and LOVES this room!
Their use of colour is genius -- unselfconscious, playful, and inspired. That about sums up their decorating style -- very Boho-chic, very Cool Britannia.
I think the love/hate divide on the Novogratz design aesthetic comes down to whether or not one appreciates that looser Euro aesthetic or not -- think Marie Claire Maison and Living Etc. versus DWELL or (what magazines are left?!) Veranda or House Beautiful.
It is stretching it to say the room is rustic. While I LOVE the beds, a few bits of iron, does not make a rustic room. I like the idea of nothing shoved under the beds. That is just a home for dust bunnies & forgotten possessions. I am happy the girls like their room.
Those FLOR tiles really worked in the House Tour from last week, but I'm not so sure about the long, narrow space.
You know what? I just realized you can't sit up and read in those beds. And there's no reading light anyhow. I could not live in that room and neither could my kids. Won't the pillows always end up on the floor? And those beds look really hard to make, too.
I am neither here nor there on most of the room, but where the heck are their clothes? No dressers? Is there a closet off camera we can't see?
I like the individual parts but nothing seems to go together. It isn't even cool-clashy. The beds are great, I love the desk and the Flor tiles are nice (just not in this room, they looked way better in the post Earthy Cruncher linked), I especially love the Fatboy beanbags. Maybe it is one of those rooms that is better in person because it isn't translating well in the photos.
Though the photos look well let, I have a hard time believing that all that light is coming from a couple recessed downlights. What gives AT?
@Earthy Cruncher, I agree the stripes look much better as an area rug. Perhaps if the designers had done virtual rugs under the beds (framing the stripes with solid Flor tiles) the room might feel more cohesive and still.
Question for the designers here: in principle, shouldn't there be some hint of blue (or its opposite) in the beds or bedding, so the beds relate to the overwhelming blues in the rest of the room? Floating a noncommittal range of pinks on a swath of blues seems wrong to me, even though the pinks are brought across the room to the desk.
Something just occurred to me. There's only one door to this room, and it's at the end of a hallway. The desk closest the door is right across from the foot of the bed, so if someone had the chair pulled out, anyone trapped on the other side would have to be an Olympic hurdler to get to the door.
@RURAL AND RUEFUL, that is precisely why I said earlier the room doesn't feel cohesive. Personally, as a designer, I would have added a small amount of blue elsewhere, perhaps a navy cushion on the bed, just to tie it all together. That being said, maybe thats not what the client wanted.
I admit I'm surprised at how many people didn't like this. I wasn't expecting everyone to like it, but the result seemed so eye-pleasing to me that I was taken aback at all the criticism.
It just seems so fun and happy and bright! I love the carpet, the beds, and the desk!
I am curious how heavy those beds are, as it could potentially be easy enough to unhook them and rest them on the floor for times of illness etc. But only assuming they didn't weight a ton.
@whitty - I caught the end of the show and they showed that there was a closet at one end of the room (just off the front). I think the designers added some shelving to it to make it more practical for the girls.
@PI - The photo (above) taken near the end of the long desk is taken by the closet. The photos on the Pioneer Woman's blog (http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/2011/11/the-girls-room/) show that the bedroom door opens into a short hallway and then you would enter the room proper...and there's room behind the desk chair even pulled out - and room for walking between the chair and the bed.
I loved the reveal (I saw the show) and would have been thrilled with a bedroom like this as a teen. The beds were my favorite part; I found the linens and pillows to be so very pretty. The carpet tiles were a surprising touch but not bad. I was happy to see on the show that Bob and Cortney found many accessories at a local antique/resale shop...which has me inspired to find accessories around me in my small town vs. finding trending things online.
Unless one is a very still sleeper, it seems like every toss or turn would set your bed a-rockin'. Makes me a bit nauseous to think of it. Cool in concept, but maybe not for real life, every day use.
Love the Novogratzes--miss you on HGTV. I can't bare to watch house hunters--it seems like it has taken over. Looking forward to seeing more designing and less of the irritating house searches, so I will have to give HGTV another shot.
I think because the actual chain section is very short, it wouldn't move around that much?
That riot of color and pattern really works imho. Definitely an improvement. Desk area is a logical solution given what they had to work with. But those beds.Nice try, but I have a problem with anything "suspended." Pass the dramamine.
I think on the whole I like the room - the beds, the desk, very neat, the teenage-me approves. But I really, really hate the primary blue with that carnation pink. Not working for me at all. There was a post not too long ago about making blue and pink work together, and I'm thinking that maybe the designers should have checked that out before committing themselves to that...
Although I'm NOT a Novogratz fan, I do like the room - other than the carpet. My sons and daughter would love those beds. I think I could love the entire room with different carpet and bedding - just my opinion!
I loved the room but while I was watching the show imagined the chains were lengthened so the beds would be sitting on the floor instead. The swinging beds look cool but no one wants to be swaying every time you roll over in bed!
I'm very impressed this family have two daughters who can share. If it had been me and my sister, I would have asked them to blow the budget building me a partition wall.
Not sure about the appropriateness of the beds. The beds look somewhat BSDM to me, but perhaps those connotations are in the eye of the beholder. Sorry!
lots and lots of girly pin touches, very nice but I always loved reading in (a safe solid stable) bed as a kid.
pink--- pink touches, not pin :)
The girls have a great place to read -- on the fatboys, under the chandelier.
I think those who don't like the blue flooring should check out the post about the room on Pioneer Woman -- http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/
She explains a lot of things that don't seem to have come out on this post --
-- the beds sway only a little, they don't move a lot;
-- the carpeting looks GREAT -- looks like different shades of jeans, and serves as a beautiful neutral to the other brights, like the yellow and red of the coverlets, the grey of the walls, and the bits of pink (personally, the chandelier reminds me of the beautiful sparkly earrings you'd finish the outfit off with);
-- you'll see a close-up of the bedding, which is really very nice;
-- and you'll see that there is indeed a closet.
I would like to say though that personally, I am getting to the point where I quite dislike how accent colours are "woven" into a room. To me, such rooms look stilted and artificial, like they were designed by designers (which they usually are) and are not an authentic reflection of the owner. They did not come to be naturally over the course of time, but were carefully planned and contrived into being. And that is what I love so much about what the Novogratzes do -- they put together rooms in a less controlled and more natural way.
Much of the world sleeps in hammocks - same idea just more room.
I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! THIS ROOM! Love the Novogratz style and love that they think outside the box!
Yes, the girls *could* read in the beanbag chairs. But personally I like being able to read in bed. In fact, I have a little reading area in my bedroom that includes a beanbag chair (placeholder for when I find just the right "grownup" chair for the space) but I don't use that spot at bedtime. I want to read just before I drop off to sleep, and I think this is pretty common, actually.
I am thinking the same beds could have been made with a low headboard that would solve the reading problem AND the pillows-falling-to-the-floor issue. Given that it is a shared space, perhaps not having reading lights for the beds is a good idea -- book lights would work about as well as lamps and give the girls freedom to have different bedtimes. Headboards could even be retrofitted on if Pioneer Woman's family finds they agree with me on this!
(Oh, and I am glad it turns out they have a closet. But I predict sometime in the future they will buy some little wheeled drawer units to stow under the desk, unless the girls keep lots of their stuff elsewhere in the house. In my experience few teens do well with the uncluttered life and it is good to plan spots where they can put things away after a suitable bout of nagging.) (And another "oh" -- I like the colors and the carpet!)
It doesn't show up well in the pictures, but if you go to the Pioneer Woman post about this room, you will read that there are several purple shelf/drawer units with different configurations the length of the desk. (As well, they have a lot of stuff stored on the desk on the shelf above).
I agree with you though that a low headboard would make the beds even better.
A lot of things seem off about this. Not feeling it.
The dealbreakers for me are the lack of bedside tables and the grooves in the desktop. To me those are two essentials for everyday utility. Personally, I'd hate a swinging bed and the lack of a headboard, but the girls might not.
The carpet is really neat. If I did something like that I would go with three shades of pale green. The beds are sweet.


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Titled "How To Catch A Monster," the flick will be shot in Metro Detroit and will be Gosling's directorial debut. Eva Mendes and Christina Hendricks will star.
Gosling received an Academy Award nomination for his work in "Half Nelson," and was spotted around Detroit earlier this year spotting locations for the film.


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Pertaining to sexual relations with homeless individuals often found on the streets in major urban centres.
Sick of italian sausage and greasy kabobs, the drunk sat down beside the homeless woman, loose change in hand, hoping his 36 cents would procure him some streetmeat.
by evoboy November 30, 2009
Innumerable types of meat and food prepared on city streets in carts and stands and then sold to passing patrons.
by Street Food July 19, 2008
When a lady or man performs fellatio on another on the side of a main thoroughfare. Alley sex does not count.
After a drunken night out, dat bitch gave my friend street meat.
by Jew by Four July 05, 2013
Buying a meat-related food item from a street vender.
where did you get the burger?
I got it from the vender, its street meat.
I got it from the vender, its street meat.
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Circumcision May Protect Men From HPV
REUTERS: Men who are circumcised may be more protected against persistent infection with the virus that causes genital warts, a new study suggests.
When it came to the risk of acquiring the virus in the first place, the biggest risk factor was having a large number of lifetime sex partners, the researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
There are more than 100 strains of HPV, some of which cause genital warts. In most people, the immune system clears the infection fairly rapidly. However, persistent infection with certain HPV strains can eventually lead to cancer.
Persistent HPV infection is the primary cause of cervical cancer, but it can also lead to cancers of the anus and the penis in men.
Compared with women, little is known about men's risk factors for HPV infection -- or the factors that affect their ability to clear the virus, according to the principal researcher Dr. Anna R. Giuliano of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and her associates.
To investigate, they followed 285 men for about 18 months, testing for HPV every 6 months. Overall, 29 percent of the men became infected with the virus over 1 year; 19 percent acquired an HPV strain linked to cancer.
Men who said they'd had more than 16 sex partners had about three times the HPV risk of those with fewer sex partners. They were also nearly 10 times more likely to contract a potentially cancer-causing strain.
When it came to HPV clearance, circumcision appeared beneficial, the researchers found.
Circumcised men were three times more likely to clear any type of HPV infection by the end of the follow-up period and six times more likely to clear a cancer-linked HPV strain.
The reasons for these findings are not clear, according to Giuliano and her colleagues. It's possible, they suggest, that circumcised men are less likely to get skin abrasions during sex, which might mean that fewer HPV particles enter their bodies.
Read more hot stories Moms Are Talking About.
I still fail to see the logic in cutting of a useful piece of my newborns body to protect him from the possible consequences of being promiscuous in the future?? I mean, honestly, even if it were 100% certain to protect my son, I still wouldn't consider it. I'd rather spend my time and energy teaching my children the right way to live, and how to be responsible. And leave his perfect little body intact, with all the parts he was born with :)
I'm sure removing the labia off of newborn girls might reduce a little their chances of getting HPV (which there is a vaccine for these days, btw). If you would not consent to have the labia removed from your newborn girl and you consent to have your son circumcised, you are a hypocrite.
There are studies that show this both ways. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey looked at 8,849 sexually active men and women aged 18 to 59 from 1999 to 2004 and found that circumcised men were about twice as likely to get genital warts (Only physical sign of HPV infection).
The US is mostly circumcised and still HPV is the most common STD.. Must not work to well if it does protect..
The main result of this study is that circumcision does not protect men from acquiring HPV in the first place. Why is this not headlined? Because it does not support circumcision?
Only 12% of the 285 men (34 men) were not circumcised, so the statistical significance of any findings regarding circumcision is low. Only about 29% of the men were infected with HPV - circumcised or not - thats only about TEN of the non-circumcised men.
They only tested every six months, about the same as the median time it took HPV to clear, so it is quite preposterous to claim they had found anything worthwhile about the time of clearance of HPV in the small fraction of the small fraction of the total who were not circumcised and had HPV.
This really is junk science, and junk reporting of it.
does anybody recall the creation of an HPV vaccine? why should anyone have 2/3 of their sexual responsiveness and feeling removed, when there is a vaccine to help prevent infection? I agree, the study is bogus. there is another one from New Zealand, which is much larger, and have a different outcome. why, since the 1870's, has the medical community been working double overtime, to find something which circumcision cures? I realize it is a $250 million+ a year business in the US. what part of "first, do no harm", are they not getting? damaging or removing the frenulum and inner foreskin, they might as well remove the head, because the frenulum and inner foreskin are much more sensitive. sick stuff, making kids bleed for the parents' ego and false beliefs. 4 1/2 million years of human evolution is not a mistake. why do we never hear of hygiene problems caused by the female foreskin? it's the same tissue.
why do we keep seeing the same illogical article posted over and over?
Circumcision is probe! go to malecircumcision.org and find why WHO, UNO, family health and other organizations support circumcision as a tool against STD's.
I wonder if those who are damaged, or killed from their circumcisions, would agree with the last comment.
Why is viagra so common in the circumcised US, but not in European countries? Why also is the HIV infection rate higher in the US, than it is in Europe?
A condom would be a more effective tool against any disease, costs less over the man's lifetime, and does not require the removal of healthy body parts.
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Relatives of Holocaust victims lay flowers next to the names of concentration camps during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, April 8, 2013. Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews systematically murdered by German Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust in World War II. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Kane's Chris Udovich has had a busy fall for the Wolves. The junior is one of the Kane boys' soccer teams top offensive players and is also competing when possible for the Wolves' cross country team. Udovich is pictured here running at last weekend's Six Flags meet in New Jersey. He finished the course in a personal best time of 18:36 in 28th place. Teammate Hunter Yasurek was Kane's top finisher in 18:19, good for 22nd.
Aiden Hulings carries the ball for Kane in last night's middle school football game with Otto-Eldred. The young Wolves defeated the junior Terrors 30-0 behind rushing touchdowns by Hulings, Noah Blankenship and Jake Alcorn. The Wolves' other touchdown came on a pass from Austin Jordan to Alec English. The KMS squad is scheduled to play Redbank Valley next Wednesday in Kane.
The Kane Tornado Ponies lost 21-0 against a talented Coudersport team on Sept. 6. The Tornadoes struggled on offense against Coudersport's stingy defense. The Kane Tornado Pee Wees, however, continued their winning streak with a 12-6 victory over the Potter County team. Tornado quarterback Ricky Zampogna scored both of the team's touchdowns in the hard fought win.
There was a large turnout for the first 5K fundraiser. Eighty-one total participants ran and walked, and several kids ran the fun run at 11 a.m. The PTO had a table set up with their display and they sold PTO T-shirts and had PTO member sign-ups. They had a few tables set up from the community and the Lions Club had their wagon set up selling popcorn, snow cones and cotton candy. Overall the event was a success.
Tori Schleicher heads upfield with the ball during the Lady Wolves scrimmage with Eisenhower on Monday. Schleicher and her teammates will scrimmage Punxsutawney on Wednesday, Aug. 27 before opening their regular season on Monday, Sept. 8 at Ridgway.
Kane All Sports Boosters would like to sincerely acknowledge the community for its support during our recent Sports Awareness Day. Here are a few athletes that participated in the event. If you missed out on the new air fresheners or window clings, they will be available at upcoming games. We wish the coaches and athletes a successful, safe 2014-2015 sport season.
Kane's 150th Celebration kicked off yesterday with the playing of an Old-timers baseball game at Glenwood Park's Pat Santilli Field. The game, played under the rules of 1864, was contested by teams of former Kane Independents, Kane Legion and Kane High School baseball players. Harry Whittemore, shown getting ready to deliver a pitch here during the game, was one of the former local all-stars to take part in the game. Hundreds of fans attended the nail-biter, which ended up 9-8.
Pictured are the winners of this week's 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament which was sponsored by Ronald McDonald Funeral Home. Members of the winning squad are, from left to right, Mason Zuzek, Austin Pierson and Andy Jekeliek. Next week's tournament will take place on Friday, Aug. 1 from 1-3 p.m. at the courts in Evergreen Park.
The Kane Area Little League's 11- and 12-year-old All-Star team are pictured before a game earlier this summer. The team decided to have a Pittsburgh Pirate night where each player wore a Pirate T-shirt or jersey. Shown giving the Bucco's "Zoltan" sign are, from left to right, front row, Matt Geer, Aaron Hottel, Bryce Bizzak, Caleb Holt, Ethan Anderson, Izaiah Griffin, Carson Whiteman; back row, coach Jason Holt, coach Joe Straneva, Zack Duck, Austin Jordan, Austin Pierson, coach Greg Hottel and coach Joe Geer.
The Kane high school boys basketball team recently participated in a two-day team camp at clarion university. The team has had numerous events to improve their skills this summer including daily workouts, traveling to play games at ECC, DCC, and a Tuesday Sheffield league. Boys basketball and evergreen basketball court summer activities will wrap up in two weeks as these student athletes enter their fall sports seasons.