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A Contemporary Kitchen in Brooklyn
Kitchen Spotlight
Jonathan's style is clean and contemporary, but warm. His apartment — located in a former printing warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront — has great architecture, and the kitchen makes the most of the home's high ceilings and open space.
The cabinets are by Italian kitchen manufacturer Dada. The pendant lights — a favorite feature — are the Miconos suspension lights by Artemide. I like the warm wood juxtaposed with the angular stainless steel drawer pulls. All the open space and room to move probably makes this a great kitchen to cook in.
See the Full Tour → Jonathan's Calm and Considered Nest at Apartment Therapy
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Beautiful! Although, classic pocket-catcher drawer pulls - those little sticks of metal on the outside of the handles are perfect for snagging pockets when you walk by or turn quickly. Never again!

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The Z3-MVE-02 Multi-Format Video Encoder is a compact system that supports H.264 HP encoded up to 1080i or 1080p30. This system works well in multiple applications such as low cost broadcast encoders, low bandwidth video security, satellite uplink, remote monitoring and industrial applications. The Z3-MVE-02 provides an easy-to-use HTTP-based GUI interface which allows the user remote access to the system for configuration and software updates.
The Z3-MVE-02 features HD performance, compact size and low latency while consuming less power than a PC-based encoder platform.
Please click on the datasheet link for additional information: Z3-MVE-02
Technical Specifications
Video Encoding
- 1x HD-SDI Input
- 1x HDMI/DVI Input
- 1x Component Input
- 1x Composite Input
- 1x RGB Input
- 1x ASI Output
- 1x Ethernet
- Supports H.264 BP, MP and HP up to 1080i or 1080p30
- Standard Definition encoding for ISDB-T, DVB-H and other standards
- Supports MPEG-2 TS and RTP
- Supports unicast and multicast
- Fractional resolutions and frame rates
- Seamless bit rate and frame rate changes
- Video Frame Rate: 50Hz, 59.94Hz or 60Hz
Audio Encoding
- Source: Selectable from Analog Jacks, any pair from embedded HDMI or SDI audio
Audio Codecs:
- AAC-LC ADTS, AAC-LC LATM, PCM, and AC-3 Passthru
- Optional Audio Codecs: AAC-HE ADTS, AAC-HE LATM, MP2
- Audio Bit Rate: 64kbps to 192kbps
Video Decoding
- 1x HD-SDI Output
- 1x ASI Input
- 1x Ethernet
- Supports H.264 BP, MP, and HP up to 1080i or 1080p30 when used with MVE, DME or MVPR series encoder, up to 720p30 when used with generic encoders
- Supports MPEG-2 TS and RTP
- Video Frame Rate: 50Hz, 59.94Hz or 60Hz
Audio Decoding
- AAC-LC, HE-AAC and LPCM stereo audio up to 192kbps
Network Management:
- Device IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway
Additional Interfaces:
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Facebook Do's and Don'ts
Here's all you need to know, courtesy of momlogic contributor and Internet Safety Specialist Lori Getz.
There's no doubt that manners are important. But who knew that there would be a whole new set of etiquette for online interactions? Well, there are. In part two of our Cyber Safety series, find out the do's and don'ts of Facebook.
Do: Check your privacy settings!
Within Facebook, there are 3 "Settings" tabs: Account, Privacy, and Applications. These settings allow you to control everything from how your page looks to who can see what you post. Within the Privacy setting alone, there are 4 sub-categories, each with several options. It is important that you read through all of them and make appropriate decisions about who can see what!
Do not: Use friending to alienate or become "famo."
A friend request is a precious thing. Do you remember walking up to a new friend on the kindergarten playground and asking him or her to be your friend? Well, welcome to the 21st century version. You don't want to use this power to alienate others, but at the same time, you only want to let people in that you know in the physical world. "Famo" refers to becoming Internet Famous. Kids love to "collect friends," whether they know them or not. The more friends you have, the more famo you are. People you meet online that you don't know face-to-face are strangers. It's just not safe to let them into your inner circle!
Do not: Use the Honesty Box to slander or defame others.
The honesty box in Facebook is an application on your profile page where people can drop anonymous comments. When teens use this feature, it is usually to harass one another. That's just plain old cyber-bullying!
Do: Control who sees your News Feeds.
On the top menu bar of Facebook, you have 4 main options: Home, Profile, Friends, and Inbox. On the Home page, you see the News Feeds. These are status updates of what your friends are doing and thinking (much like Twitter). Make sure you know who can see these updates -- you will find this control in the Privacy setting. You wouldn't want to accidentally tell the world you are leaving town for the weekend and that your house will be empty.
Do not: Fall for Phishing scams.
Phishing is the act of attempting to trick users into divulging sensitive and personal information by directing them to a fake website that collects things like usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. Facebook has encountered several phishing scams where you will receive a link in your inbox directing you to a new page that looks like Facebook but requires you to log in again. DON'T DO IT! At the log-in page, the hacker is now waiting for you to type in your username and password so they can collect it. Hackers usually do this to steal your identity and break into other accounts where the username and password may be the same (such as your online banking account). If you are redirected to a page where you are asked to re-enter your username and password or any personal information, scrutinize it carefully. If you are unsure and don't need to access the page, just close the window and forget about it.
Do: Read the Terms of Service.
Have you ever noticed in Facebook that it appears the ads seem to be just for you? That's because Facebook scans your posting and accesses your personal information in order to learn what you like and don't like. That way they can attach appropriate advertisers to your page. It's a great way to direct-market. Make sure you read Facebook's Terms of Service and understand their role in the content you post.
Do not: Poke incessantly -- it's annoying!
I think this one is pretty straightforward. Poking is a way to let someone know you are trying to get his or her attention. But there is no message attached, just the fact that you received a poke. Can you imagine if someone sat next to you and poked you all day ... it would drive me crazy!
Do: Understand the difference between private messages and the Wall.
The second option at the top of your Facebook page is Profile. This is your public Wall. Think of it like a billboard on Sunset Blvd. Everyone can see everything posted to your Wall, including passersby. If you want to send a friend a private note on Facebook, then send them a message rather than posting to their Wall. The Wall is not the right place to make plans or talk about personal things.
Do not: Use Facebook to send SPAM or chain letters.
Not only are SPAM and chain letters annoying, they are usually sent to gather your personal information. A chain letter is created by one person and then sent to others. But every time you forward a chain letter, there is code in the e-mail that sends all of the e-mail addresses back to the creator of the chain letter. So don't give up your personal information or that of your friends by forwarding the e-mail. I promise you will not have bad luck for 7 years!
|Lori Getz is the founder of Cyber Education Consultants and speaks to students, parents and educators about Internet safety, security and ethics. She has a Master of Arts in Educational Technology from San Diego State University and is certified by isafe.org as an Internet Safety Specialist. Her mission is to help bridge the gap between a young generation of digital natives and their parents and teachers. She is the mother of one and lives in Los Angeles with her husband.
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Bears capture first win; look to end with 45, 13 victory
November 07, 2012
MILTON, Ga. The Cambridge Bears will conclude their first season of varsity football with at least one victory, and have hopes of making it two wins before the season ends.
The Bears scored a decisive 45-13 victory over North Springs in their final home game of the season, improving the team's record to 1-7 heading into last week's game at Sequoyah.
Cambridge will end its season Friday at Osborne, a team the Bears have already played this season. Osborne won that game, the third of the season for Cambridge, by a 20-0 score, with the Bears staying close for a half.
Osborne and Cambridge are in opposite sides of Region 7-AAAAA, with the top four teams from each sub-region competing Friday for spots in the state playoffs. Osborne and Cambridge both placed fifth in their sub-regions and will play for a second time this season to fill out their schedules.
"The players have worked hard every week, and I told them it would pay off some time," Cambridge coach Craig Bennett said. "I've been proud of their demeanor all season."
The Bears jumped out to a 38-7 lead at the half, turning in strong efforts on both offense and defense.
Cambridge jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a 30-yard touchdown run by freshman J.D. White, who added two more rushing touchdowns as well as a 92-yard kickoff return, his third scoring return of the season.
The Bears also scored on a 15-yard pass from Kevin Little to Ryan Callahan and a 30-yard run by Ricky Nuckles. White and Callahan combined for 150 yards rushing, with the team gaining 230 yards on the ground.
Callahan also helped key the defensive effort, along with cornerback Brian Moore, who led the Bears with seven tackles and successfully defended several passes.
North Springs is headed toward its fourth straight winless season, giving the Bears an excellent opportunity to avoid a winless first year of football, something both Northview and Centennial were unable to do in their initial seasons.
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To answer zolora, my job has always been to test my employer's patience.
Paul Biedermann, the 22-year-old German who just beat Phelps in the men's 200m freestyle final.
I would like to see him beat Phelps without the suit too.
Baby, my baby
It's written on your face
You still wonder if we made a big mistake
I tried to go on like I never knew you
I'm awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I'm going to be is incomplete
I don't mean to drag it on, but I can't seem to let you go.
One of my sisters and her two boys are flying back to Montreal today.
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I think there's something in my eye.
No. It's just TEARS.
Wouldn't you?
The blobert roadshow enters Singapore for a two-day tour. Hide your liquor and crabs.
UH OH. I have to hide too!
On Aug. 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on my hometown, Hiroshima. I was there, and only 7 years old. When I close my eyes, I still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud soon after, people running in every direction trying desperately to escape — I remember it all. Within three years, my mother died from radiation exposure.
I have never chosen to share my memories or thoughts of that day. I have tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to put them behind me, preferring to think of things that can be created, not destroyed, and that bring beauty and joy. I gravitated toward the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic.
I tried never to be defined by my past. I did not want to be labeled "the designer who survived the atomic bomb," and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima. They made me uncomfortable."—
Wow. Pretty damn inspirational.
Also, I love L'eau d'Issey.
Dear Umlaut,
You think you're so damn cool, huh? Just hanging out, chillin', above all those vowels. You're all, "Ooh, look at me, I'm a chic umlaut. I make girls' names look modish, like Zoë and Chloë, and I rock with strung out '80s metal bands!"
Well, guess what? You're only an umlaut if you're modifying the pronunciation of a singular vowel, like in "Führer" or "über." If you're stressing the second of two consecutive vowels or one that would usually be silent according to common English usage, you're just a plain old boring dieresis. How 'bout that, you naïve jackass? God, you're such a poseur, umlaut. You're nothing but two measly dots. You're a Eurotrash colon lying down. Nobody thinks you're cool.
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Give it up for the 90's, Daddy Mac.
(I really did miss the bus.)
Like so.
Hat tip to @biorhythmist. Or really, damn him because I have obsessed over it since.
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text: Figure 5.2. State Diabetes Quality Improvement Worksheet Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action From Table 2.3 — State-Specific Estimate of Cost Burden of Diabetes: Number of people with diabetes.Percent of the population with diabetes.Direct cost of diabetes in the State.Indirect cost of diabetes in the State.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________From Table 2.1 — NHQR Diabetes Quality Measures HbA1c testing rate (two or more times per year) in the State national average 61HP 2010 goal 50Best in class State average 82_______________________________________Retinal eye examination rate in the State national average 67HP 2010 goal 75Best in class State average 81_______________________________________Foot examination rate in the State national average 65HP 2010 goal 75Best in class State average 82_______________________________________Flu vaccination rate in the State national average 37HP 2010 goal n/aBest in class State average 58_______________________________________From Appendix H — CDC and State Funding for Diabetes Program CDC fundingState in-kind and general fundingState funding in States with similar disease burdenState funding ranges in surrounding States________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________From Appendix F — NHQR Quality Measures for Various ConditionsMeasures on which state is below average (indicated by a minus sign in the column for the state)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Return to DocumentReturn to Contents Current as of August 2008 Internet Citation: Figure 5.2. State Diabetes Quality Improvement Worksheet: Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action. August 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/diabguide/diabqguidefig5.2.html


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Yesterday I found my favorite thing to do at the library... throw obnoxious kids out. I hate to be the shushing librarian, sure, but this was downright fun. Of course, it would have been more fun if the little creeps were actually ashamed of their behavior.
I followed the little creeps around until they left. The last thing I wanted them doing was throwing their book bags into the eMacs. I have no idea how to fix an eMac. I don't need anyone complicating that.
Today I am doing inventory on the machines. This should prove interesting. The plan of attack is staff machines first. I can't forgot the director's machine. She is located somewhere in the building. I could probably find her office again if I wandered a few days. Hey, I've only been there a week! I want to work on it while she's not there. I have to say, I talk to machines while I work on them. And swear at them, on occasion.
Speaking of swearing, the print station is ready to go. I just can't put it online until our "trial" status is off the coin op machine. I don't want to tick off the vendor, since they do all our stuff and they're local. Politics suck. That should be done tomorrow. I'll have to ask.
I felt like a doofus on the phone with the printer people. I sent them our MAC number, and they said, "We have no record of your account." I almost had a cow right there at the reference desk. Turns out, they have an account with the coin op vendor, not us. I am so confused.
I am using SuSE Linux right now to access the web (you know, if I put Linux on all the Macs, I could probably use printers on all of them! Hey!) and my pppd daemon keeps dying. I love Linux terminology.
One more day till my pocket pc!
I had a dream about crayons arranged by Dewey Decimal number... I am worried. It took me at least six months before I started having dreams about patents at the patent office...
No help from the BPL today... For some reason I can't log into Horizon as administrator on my computer. That would be nice to be able to do that... Anyway, not the point of this journal post.
Next on the agenda? Better antivirus. If I have to operate many things in a quasi administrator account, I sure as hell want some assurance that no one is downloading stupid stuff onto our drives.
But the feather in my cap today... I got the blasted printer network up and running, with a little help from my friends at Fortres. I had the right idea, just didn't know how to beat the path to the right file. We are a-okay. My assistant director can die a happy man.
I was kindly offered microsoft's web address today by someone who didn't like our array of fonts. Granted, we should have simplified Chinese, just going on our town's demographic, but I don't know if our printer will support it. Either way, the poor guy had no way of actually putting it in a Word document on the internet terminals anyway.
Tomorrow I work reference. More stories from the front, but probably not till Wednesday, as tomorrow is my "late" night. I work till nine... Yes, sadly enough, it is past my bedtime.
So, I'm talking at the OLA conference at the end of the month on the subject of Saving the Time of the Reader: The impact of new technologies on public service.
We all know that online journals and bibliographic databases are wonderful, but they blur all sorts of lines, and undergraduates don't understand where one service ends and the next one starts. I regularly hear people say that they found the journal articles "on the library's web site".
Then there's wireless: It's great for patrons, but forces library techs to all become computer support people, or at least feel like they should, in order to provide appropriate service.
But that's all I'm going to say. If you want to hear the rest, come to Toronto.
My fixing o' the Dell seems to have quieted some of my fears about my new position. At least, I didn't have dreams of computers bursting into flames last night (as I did the night before).
I think I even know what the problem might be with the printer, but I'm not telling any one at work. I don't want the poor souls to get their hopes up.
Nice thing: the assistant director sat down with me yesterday (you know, before the computers started freaking out on me all at once) and told me that Rome wasn't built in a day and that I shouldn't feel pressure to have the, er, wide variety of issues we face fixed immediately. Since I am someone who puts an inordinate amount of pressure on myself, this was greatly appreciated.
"A" drive man came in yesterday. He wanted desperately to use the A drive on the information desk computer (later I realized it didn't have one...) Little did he know I was about ready to hide all the public access computers yesterday and keep them under lock and key where no one could break anything, never mind the staff computers.
Last night I bought an iPAQ, even though I once swore I would never give more money to HP. Why? Because with all the crud I have to keep track of, my old Handspring Platinum (which I adore) isn't going to cut it. It's running Palm OS 3 point something I believe. Anyway, the iPAQ seemed to be the best received for the buck.
And as they say "LOCKSS" (Lots of copies keeps stuff safe)... Meaning I need to get some semblance of order on the computers at work, and I don't quite trust the old IBM that's sitting on my desk. Or all those celeron processors.
Ah, a day off till Monday, when I will have yet more adventures in computing, I'm sure...
Just ran across a fascinating tidbit in a book I'm rereading*.
A footnote on page 152 reads "Researchers at Bell Laboratories estimate that there is more information in a weekday edition of the New York Times than a person in the sixteenth century processed in a lifetime." Pretty interesting to think about.
...and this (1979) was before the NYT added Weekend, Circuits, Dining and World Business, etc.
*The book is Lawrence Shainberg's BRAIN SURGEON (Lippincott, 1979). It's the psuedonominous biography of Dr. Joseph Ransohoff, MD, now deceased, whom I knew in the early '90s.
This week I got an e-mail solicitation to purchase:
"The Bush-Hater's Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years"
The e-mail quoted Bob Fertik, co-founder of Democrats.com as saying: "Bush-hating is a
demanding vocation. Beginners simply hate Bush's character--ignorant, warmongering, and contemptuous of those who dare to question him.
Intermediates cite Bush's theft of the presidency, turning a $5 trillion surplus into a $5 trillion deficit, destroying 3 million jobs, and waging a war of lies in Iraq. But advanced Bush-haters need an in-depth understanding of the devastation Bush has wrought at home and abroad. From AIDS to the 'War on Terrorism,' from Ashcroft to welfare 'reform,' there is no better guide to Bush's reign of horror than The Bush-Hater's Handbook."
If you want to explore the "Bush-Hater's Handbook" in more detail, go to http://www.nationbooks.org/book.mhtml?t=huberman. This book may well have a place in libraries, as might Richard Perle's new book "The End of Evil", but I don't plan to purchase either book.
My particular problem with this book starts with the title and the attitude expressed by Mr. Fertik, which I know is shared by many otherwise reasonable people. That of total visceral hatred of the President and his minions, which extends to bloody frothing and frequent crude humor.
I do hate many of the President's unjust and unwise policies. Many of these policies, especially that of "preventive war" will eventually destroy this country if continued indefinitely.
However, as Gandhi teaches, it is VITAL that we separate our anger at his policies from personal hatred of the man. In Christian tradition, "Hate the sin, but love the sinner."
Why is it vital? In my view, for two basic reasons related to November. First, focusing our hatred on the man, taking it out in crude humor, painting swastikas on his ties, etc, takes away energy that could be used to better explain the President's failed policies and more importantly, formulate some authentic alternatives. Second, the more we accept the originally Republican label of "Bush Hater," the easier Karl Rove's work is as he helps push the meme of "The hate Bush/Hate America" crowd. We sadly live in a society increasingly accepting of bald propaganda -- think of the "Saddam did 9/11" thinking that held (still holds?) more than half the country in thrall -- even though even the DoD disavowed a connection when they had a chance to have a "See I told you so!" moment. In the same way, the more that Republicans can say:
Democrats hate Bush
Hatred of Bush = Hatred of America
Therefore, Democrats HATE America
They can still TRY if we focus on the policies the President is pursuing, but it will be much harder to fool "middle America" if we're not flinging obscenties and ridiculing our enemies.
Going back to the example of Gandhi, he often stated that he hated every last brutal, unjust policy of the British Gov't in India, but he wished nothing but health and blessings for the Governor-General and prayed each night that the Governor would be converted to right and justice. Gandhi's approach did eventually lead to home rule. If we adopt his ways in our politics, perhaps we can convince the 5% or so of our opponents we need to send Mr. Bush back to Crawford. We sure won't get there by calling them mindless evil ones following their dark lord.
I don't know what happened on the circulation desk this morning. All the computers rebelled. Refusing log ins, then finally one just gave up the ghost, right there on the circ desk.
Pahphooey! Beeeeeep! Beeeeep! Beeeep! Six long beeps, no signal on the monitor. When my supervisor asked what that meant, I said, "He's dead, Jim."
It wasn't that bad. It was memory that somehow got shook loose, and I put it back in. Trey at Dell gave me the hint, and opening the case confirmed it.
If it wasn't the memory, it would have been the mobo. Thank god it wasn't. That requires the nice Dell man come out and fix it. I mean, I could do a mobo. If I had the time.
Where does the time go?
A fight also broke out over who got to use the payphone. Yeah. Like there's only one payphone in the whole state.
The public is just so civil.
The term "pack rat" is thrown around a lot these days... I'm about half way to being a digital pack rat. I've got maybe 100 CDs of backed up old stuff. I save all the sent emails I can, which is about 80% of what I've sent in the past 6 or 7 years. I save very few other emails, but a few make it to my special "stuff" folder that's chock full of email goodness. There's a few flames, some praise, reminders of friends I've lost, job offers, and various other tid bits. One of the emails in there was a reply from long ago, and part of the reply had my little message from the mailing list that day, in which I write "The LISNews mailing list is now over 500 people!" I went on a bit about how nifty that was.
This week, we went over 2500 members, a bit different than the old mailing list counts, but a significant number nonetheless. Although, you might notice, the newest member is currently #2572, I've killed off around 70 accounts for one reason or another. The mailing list number seems to have been more or less consistently at half of the daily visitors number for the entire life of LISNews, which is some what interesting, if that kind of thing interests you.
I swear I had a point when I started writing this, now I've lost it.
After spending eight hours trying to get our printer software to work with our security software, I've made some progress. However, why I am still in front of a computer screen typing this is beyond me.
I think I am going to go let my brains leak out my ears.
I've been thinking about our crazy society, and how Americans are wildly attracted to anything and everything that's FREE. Surely people must realize that there's always a cost somewhere along the line, if not directly from their pockets, then from somewhere along the supply chain. Case in point being the new "free" AM newspapers being handed out at NYC subway stations, published by none other than Rupert Murdoch. Likewise, "free" samples given and sent by advertisers,"free" e-greeting cards, "free" subscriptions of print magazines and "free" offers from those ridiculously greedy prescription drug companies. If anyone has other examples, please chime in.
I'd done (some) reference work at the MoS, and I enjoyed it. Yesterday, my second day on the job, two people called in sick and I got to man the reference desk (at least not all alone) for an hour and a half or so.
Here's what I learned:
All and all a good experience. I was more uncomfortable with the phone. It all seemed so immediate on the phone. In person, I could smile and people could see it and that was nice.
Today: weeding and systems work!
According to Blake's journal, there have been 14 hits on my journal in the last 36 hours. I guess I should start writing in here again.
This is in the last 36 hours:
46 /~shoe/journal/
41 /~Daniel/journal/
37 /~AshtabulaGuy/journal/
32 /~Blake/journal/
27 /~Rochelle/journal/
16 /~birdie/journal/
15 /~mcbride/journal/
14 /~Marlene/journal/
14 /~djfiander/journal/
14 /~Bibliofuture/journal/
13 /~Karl/journal/
11 /~misseli/journal/
11 /~jeni/journal/
11 /~bibliothecarius/journal/
10 /~singingbelle/journal/
10 /~shoe/journal/173
10 /~sabine01/journal/
10 /~Great Western Dragon/journal/
10 /~Daniel/journal/167
10 /~daidy/journal/
When I get a chance I'll write something more automagic that builds a page every so often, or better yet work something into slashcode.
Pardon my shameless ploy for head-patting and soothing/inspiring words. I've got a phone interview for a general reference academic position tomorrow. Quite a jump from my near-decade in public libraries, but I'm stoked and feeling extremely positive about it. Any advice from others who have made or attempted to make the jump? Would also appreciate any pennies thrown in fountains, wishes on stars, good words put in with whatever brand of diety you keep in touch with....
Will any of the LISNews assemblage be trekking to San Diego for Midwinter? It's always a bear to organize gatherings at conference, but if anyone would like to say hi, I will be pretty much ball-and-chained to the convention center owing to my brand-spanking-new role as ALA Councilor, and my duty as Cognotes editor.
Jen--will see you (and all you other Illinois alums)at the Downs reception, eh? Safe travel to you all!
It lives in the reference department. I bet the two, when networked together, could make sweet music. Or at least be really really loud.
My first day was good. I am tired. Boy, am I ever tired.
It's pretty scary... come see the systems librarian that couldn't figure out what the hell she did to clog her inkjet printer. Honestly, if it's a computer I can deal with it.
I just noticed there are three people who have a "perfect" karma score now, Mock Turtle, Fang-Face and mcbride. I'm not really sure if anyone cares, or pays attention to that kind of thing here or not, but it's kinda interesting to watch the numbers. The single biggest karma bump at LISNews is submitting a story. Well, having a submitted story posted, to be more accurate. Maybe I'll change that and have the max karma be a million or something.
One person has meta-moderated 685 times, while the most active moderator (behind me) has only done it 64 times. 2 people have more than 100 comments in, while one other is close to 100. I'm 4th at 58, which suprises me, I thought I had far fewer (or is it far less?). This doesn't count "Anonymous Patron" who has well over 400.
I've just started looking at journal stats, and the numbers there are much higher than I suspected as well. In the past 11 hours, the most popular journal, Daniel, was read 32 times, next in line, Shoe, 27, followed by Ashtabula guy at 21, mcrbide, me, birdie, and bibliofuture all at 10. There's almost 20 more with less than 10 hits.
I am nervous. I am wicked nervous, as they say in my neck of the woods. Plus, I predict a bad hair day for my first day of work. Not that my hair is ever particularly good or anything, but it's supposed to sleet tomorrow.
It's good to be employed after doing the student thing. I am scared to death, but I will keep telling myself that.
No,really, it is.
You know, the ubercomputer, which I am sitting at now, is the love of my cyberlife (my real life is dominated by my love for Paul, alas). Sure, you boot it up and it sounds like a jet taking off, but it's just so speedy and cool. No, I mean cool. If you had twelve fans in you you'd be cool too.
I am running a dual Win2k/SuSE Linux 9 set up on it. It's overkill to run Linux on this chip, for sure, but hey. Of course, I know guys running Linux on X Boxes. Any excuse to run Linux is a good excuse to run Linux.
UPDATE: Newsweek reports that the names the FBI collected (see below) were searched against some master terror list. The full story can be read at
My concerns about the FBI needing EVERY name, and doubts about the accuracy and comprehensiveness of federal terror watch lists remain. Better that they should come up with a system like the National Instant Background Check that gun dealers use.
1) Big Brother is watching you go to Vegas
To those who truly believe that our civil liberties have not been threatened since 9/11, check out the article, "Casinos, Airlines ordered to give FBI information" at http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article.cfm?contentID=140114
For at least the past few weeks, Las Vegas hotel operators and airlines serving McCarran Int'l Airport have been required to turn over ALL guest and passenger names and personal information. According to hotel operators who asked not be identified, this information includes: names, addresses and personal id information, but not casino records or guest gambling information. An FBI spokesman in the article confirms the request, but said "at this point" they were only collecting names. The article estimates that as many as 300,000 visitors A DAY were having at least their names passed to the FBI.
All but one of the hotel operators turned over their information simply on request. The one operator demanded a "National Security Letter" before complying. Remember, a "National Security Letter" requires neither probable cause nor judicial review.
This appears to be a waste of time and tax dollars in addition to a significant invasion of privacy. I'm not an intel expert but this seems like an open-ended fishing expedition that is meaningless as intelligence -- particularly if they truly are only collecting names. Remember how many false positives the No-Fly-Lists keep turning up?
What's happening with these names once they reach the FBI? Are they being searched against a database of known terrorists? I could ALMOST live with that, except that I know the GAO has reported serious factual and technical problems with the ten plus lists floating around the federal gov't. They should fix their database first, then collect names. If they're looking for one or two specific people out of 300K daily, they should just pass on those names, preferably with bio info. Call them car theives if you don't want to panic people.
Based on the gov't's past care for personal info (dating back decades), I'm willing to believe that that all these names, plus identifying information is flowing into some database for some future, yet unkown purpose -- CAPPS II? TIA II? Who knows? I just don't think it's the feds business if I go to Vegas.
2) Almanacs vs. Guns - Does anyone else think it's sadly funny that you can trace the buyer of an almanac using Section 215 of USAPA, but the FBI is PROHIBITED from using the National Instant Background Check Database from determining if a terror suspect has bought a gun? Which would fill you with more fear at your local McDonalds -- someone browsing an Almanac at the next table, or someone standing in front of the exit with an automatic pistol?
I just find it just short of infuriating that with this growing National Security State, so much is being done to track ordinary people and so little is being done that would actually make us safer -- there are still tens of thousands of shipping containers that go uninspected each and every day.


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Since I began traveling for photography, I would be in a beautiful location and wished Cher and Seth could be there to share the experience with me. Up until now, it just wasn't possible. But all that has changed now that we have a sweet new (used) RV. We went on our maiden camping trip this weekend and it was really cool. No more bathing out of a 5 gallon bucket at Burning Man. No more overpriced hotels wondering if the sheets were really changed. And best of all, my family gets to see the amazing places I've been and am planning to go. Let the adventures begin!
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I took this during the Meetup last month at the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas. We were having to shoot through glass in a well lit room, which usually creates horrible reflections. Thankfully, I have a little device called a Lens Skirt, which suction cups to the window and eliminates the unwanted reflections. I think I could have sold them all if I had some extras.
I posted this photo over on Flickr a few days ago and the dang thing blew up. It made their Explore category and it received over 7,000 views in 3 days. I love it when that happens!
DAILY PHOTO – THE EDGE OF NEW YORKJune 7th, 2012, posted in 2012, Blog, HDR, New York
During the 3 days I got to spend in New York for the International Auto Show, I spent all my free time out in the city shooting. We bought tickets for sunset at the Top of the Rock. I think next time I'll pay the "day" price and stay up there longer. It's not like they clear the place out just for the "sunset" people. Every rail was about 3 people deep and it took quite a bit of waiting to get a good spot.
VIOLET FAIRYMay 29th, 2012, posted in 2012, Models, Texas
I went to Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival a couple of weeks ago and had a ton of fun shooting the workers and guests. I love catching people in that moment between minding their own business then realizing they are being photographed. It's like a moment where they are being most natural before unconsciously smiling or posing.
COMEDYMay 29th, 2012, posted in 2012, HDR, Texas
This is one of the last shots I took on last Saturday's Dallas Photowalk. I usually get started around this time, but the walk began at 3:30, it was really hot, and the family and I were getting pretty spent. It was nice to get to hang out with some other photographers and get a little exercise. This is the first HDR that I've posted taken with my new D800. Upgrading is fun, but you soon realize that you have to upgrade other stuff too… like RAM.


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A lighter touchDecember 07,2012In his lecture in Rutland on Tuesday, reporter David Sanger described a moment when President Obama revealed much about his way of thinking.
Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, told of a meeting of Obama and his advisers in 2009 when they were considering the cost of the war in Afghanistan. The Pentagon told him a war to stabilize Afghanistan would require 40,000 to 80,000 troops and would cost $1 trillion over 10 years. Obama observed that that was the cost of insuring all Americans for the same period.
In Sangers view this was a seminal moment for the choices shaping the young Obama administration. In drawing that cost comparison Obama was accepting the reality that, especially in a time of financial crisis, choices must be made.
What emerged were policies to limit the ever-increasing burden of foreign military adventures and also to ease the burden of health care costs on the American people.
The Bush administration undertook foreign wars as if choices were not required as if America could have it all. It launched the war in Afghanistan in 2001 as a response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Most people viewed the Afghan war as a war of self-defense: The U.S. was going after al-Qaida, which had attacked us, and the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaida.
But President Bush insisted on extending the war to Iraq, which had no part in the Sept. 11 attacks, for reasons that have been lost within the fog of Bush administration lies and misinformation. The war was enormously costly to the United States in dollars and prestige. It created new instability in the Middle East and strengthened Iran, whose nuclear weapons program is now seen as a major threat.
Obama made a name for himself as an early opponent of the war in Iraq and as a presidential candidate, he promised to end it. He has made good on that promise. He has also worked to create a semblance of stability in Afghanistan, initiating a temporary surge of troops that took place in the context of a withdrawal now foreseen for 2014. Obama saw that we could not stay there forever.
What Sanger called a new lighter foreign policy has shaped his responses to upheavals in Egypt, Libya, Syria and other Middle Eastern hot spots. Libya was a case in point. As rebels took up arms against Moammar Gadhafi, Obama was determined not to allow the United States to become bogged down in another ground war. Instead he provided leadership from behind, as one of his aides described it. A better description was behind the scenes. The United States provided logistical support and backed up France and other NATO allies in providing air support. But Obama understood that U.S. troops on the ground were not necessarily a solution. He avoided another quagmire. And Gadhafi fell.
Syria is another even more troubling test for his lighter foreign policy. It is tempting to believe that the U.S. could resolve the Syrian civil war by sending in the Marines. But we have learned that sending in the Marines comes with enormous complications and costs. Early in the Syrian struggle, Syrian rebels were themselves leery of U.S. involvement. Now they need humanitarian and logistical support, plus arms and ammunition, and they are getting them from various sources, such as Saudi Arabia. But Obama, no doubt recalling the blowback that occurred when the U.S. armed jihadist groups in Afghanistan, does not want U.S. arms to fall into the hands of al-Qaida again.
A lighter foreign policy is also a smarter foreign policy in this instance. And it will allow the United States to regain its fiscal balance. Obama famously noted during his campaign that Bush had fought two wars on a credit card. We have enough costs to bear, for health care and everything else, without wasteful and counterproductive wars adding to the tab.MORE IN CommentaryWith regard to the article in the paper, Lawsuit: Trooper illegally seized car by Josh... Full StoryLast week John Boehner, the speaker of the House, explained to an audience at the American... Full StoryThe fact that a substantial majority of the voters in Scotland voted last Thursday in favor of... Full Story
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- The bed was natural wood. It was dry and had an open grain. The first step was to seal the wood. I applied two coats of shellac using my spray gun. Between each coat I sanded well with 320 grit sand paper. Shellac will shrink, so you do not want to apply subsequent layers too quickly. The consequence will be cracks in your finish. Be sure to read the label and follow the suggested dry times.
- To ensure the shellac had thoroughly dried I waited until the following day to apply a tinted bonding primer. This primer will stick to anything including metal and glass. Once dry sand again using 320 grit sand paper. Again, follow the instructions on the can, dry times can be as short as 30 minutes between coats and as long as 6 hours depending on the product and the brand.
- I waited a few days before coming back and applying two coats of lacquer. I used Luster Lac by Valspar wood. It can be purchased at Dunn Edwards or Frazee Paints. With lacquer it is important to remember that less is more. You do not want to get it on to thick. Sand between each coat using 320 grit sand paper.
- The following day I applied another two coats of lacquer.
- A few days later I used 0000 steel wool to hand buff the finish. The steel wool will remove any over spray, orange peel, or other imperfections in the finish. This step was one of the most tedious and time consuming, but it is very important to achieve a perfect, smooth finish.
- I used tack cloth to remove all of the debris from the steel wool before moving on to the next step.
- I used paste wax to polish the finish. I took a cheese cloth and folded it over so it was doubled, then I placed a big scoop of paste wax on it and wrapped it up. The wax is easy to apply in an even thin layer using this method, just enough squeezes out through the cloth. I used a circular motion to rub the wax across the surface. I waited about 15 minutes, as recommended by the manufacturer, and then I used a clean, lint free cloth to buff the wax to a lustrous shine.
- Last I used gold leaf in a squeezable tube to highlight the details of this bed. The gold leaf was applied with a small craft brush and buffed with a rag after it had dried.
23 Responses to How to paint furniture with lacquer
Denise says:
Deana, this is absolutely stunning! What a great job! I haven't tried working with lacquer paint other than from a spray can. Great tutorial which I'll be referring back to in the near future. Thanks
Bridget says:
You did a wonderful job. This is absolutely breathtaking!! I started to lacquer a piece once, and stopped. Like you said, it takes time and patience.
Tonya @ B & Me Vintage says:
This is fab! I have been recently checking into details on lac finishes. Your project is amazing and the tutorial is super helpful. Loving your blog & style!
Holly says:
This is stunning! You did an amazing job. I've not attempted any lacquered projects yet as I've heard that it's difficult to work with. Found you through Miss Mustard Seed!
Cyndi@Blue Star Antiques says:
That is amazing! You've got more patience than me but boy it sure payed off! She had better be happy with your efforts! It's gorgeous!
melissa says:
Absolutely gorgeous!! I just found you via MMS. I have been thinking of buying a spray gun as I am painting pieces more frequently. Could you share the brand you use?
I actually wrote an article all about spray guns and the one I use. I hope you find it helpful http://www.alchemyfineliving.com/blog/2012/05/10/the-spray-gun-that-i-use/
Shelly says:
Fabulous. Do you use a spray gun.
Yes. I have a Husky HVLP gun.
Suz says:
AWESOME– really a stunner! You do such nice work! I don't think I'd have the nerve to try lacquer but MAYBE one day. And if I do, I now know the reading on your blog to catch me up to speed.
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Susan says:
Wow! A lot of work but the end result is certainly gorgeous!
Sandia Mauch says:
Absolutely Fabulous! I have a question, please. In the written instruction, the gold leaf was applied last. But in the video, it had already been applied before the paste wax. Did you finish the bed completely (lacquer and gold leaf) before applying the paste wax?
Sandia, I applied some of the gold leaf before the paste wax and finished it after. There's no real reason for having done that and the order in which you do it will not affect the final result. I did not put any paste wax on the gold leaf areas, just on the black lacquer.
Kataskevi eshop says:
Can you suggest a brand of spray gun to use? Do you think this method work to amateur painters?
Hi Kataskevi, If you visit this link I have written an article all about the spray gun that I use. I wouldn't recommend lacquer paint for a beginner, it is a very difficult product to work with. http://www.alchemyfineliving.com/blog/the-spray-gun-that-i-use/
Haylie says:
Your piece turned out beautiful. I paint vintage furniture as well and I also received a custom order for a lacquered piece. I have much experience with acrylic paint and polyurethane to bring a piece up to a high shine. However, this particular customer insisted on lacquer and I felt confident I could figure it out. It has turned out to be a be a bit harder than I anticipated. I am curious if you used a lacquer thinner to apply your lacquer? I am experiencing a rough finish when spraying on my lacquer and I read that I needed to thin the lacquer anywhere from 30-50% with lacquer thinner and maybe a retardant as well. Did the Valspar you used require this for application and cleaning your gun? Thank you for your time, your tutorial was very helpful.
Haylie, The product was very thin right out of the can, so I didn't need to thin it. I did use lacquer thinner to clean the gun. The Valspar lacquer did require a ton of sanding between coats and a super, super fine grit sanding to polish it to a smooth shine for the final finish.
scott says:
what sheen lacquer did you use?
It was high gloss
Murray says:
Hi Deana,
Great job and great website! I live in the UK and am having trouble finding suppliers of Black Lacquer – Valspar or otherwise. Do you know of any brands available in the UK?
Sorry, Murray, I don't know any suppliers outside the States
Christina says:
Hi Deana. I also paint vintage furniture and I have a custom order for lacquer. I have always used water based paint so this is new to me. Can I ask why did you use wax? Will the final product be just as glossy as using a coat of clear high gloss lacquer?
I have never used a clear lacquer, so I'm not sure how that works. I used wax on the recommendation of the people at the paint store and because in my research that is what I had read about. The wax is buffed to a very high sheen. I would assume that a clear coat would work just as well. It would probably be less work too.
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LOS ANGELES, (UPI) — Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson said during his "Late, Late Show" monologue in Los Angeles Monday he was appalled by the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
Three people were killed and more than 100 injured in Monday's blasts. As of Tuesday morning, no one had claimed responsibility for the attacks.
"Obviously, the news of today is so horrendous that it would seem insensitive at best to say, 'It's a great day for America,' so I won't be starting the show with that tonight," he said of his traditional greeting.
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"Also, I have a personal connection with the city of Boston," Ferguson added. "I have some history there. I have family there. When I became an American citizen in 2008, I spoke at Faneuil Hall on July 4, at the invitation of Tommy Menino who is the mayor of Boston, and one of the more colorful characters in American politics… I've been there for the Fourth of July many times … and every cop in Boston looks like I'm his brother … My first stand-up special in America, I shot it in Boston. I like that town. I'm appalled by this thing and when I watch it on these streets that I know, it's horrifying."


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The tuition assistance program for the military has been a hot topic for soldiers and families in the service.
Recently the Department of Defense announced they would suspend the T-A program due to sequestration as well as budget cuts, and all soldiers who applied would be denied.
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The recently passed continuing resolution has prevented the elimination of the funding.
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Does 2012 portend a mobile ad apocalypse?
All advertising imposes costs on the consumer. For example, TV commercials interrupt shows, outdoor ads sometimes obscure or distract from prettier views, and the sheer weight of the ad pages in the September issue of Vogue has undoubtedly caused a fair number of arm strains and Prada bag collapses over the years. But because of consumers' close relationships with their mobile devices, the consumer costs of mobile advertising may be more visible and less tolerated than those of other media. The industry is only beginning to pay attention to the consumer costs of mobile advertising, and if it doesn't proactively address these, there's at least a chance that a mobile ad apocalypse could occur.
Time, Money, Battery
Consumers face three interrelated costs from mobile advertising.
Granted there are caveats to these costs. First, for most mobile ads today - the basic banners common on mobile websites and apps - the size of the ad is trivial relative to the content. And second, even heavy ads downloaded while a smartphone or tablet is connected via Wi-Fi are generally both fast and free.
But as we start to see bigger, richer ads - and especially ads with video - incorporated into smartphone and tablet content, the odds will only increase that someone doing the math will quantify the time, money, and/or battery costs of mobile ads, and they won't like what they see.
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It's not certain that 2012 is going to be the year that sees consumers rise up against the costs of mobile advertising. But it should be the year that the industry addresses the issue, preventing the mobile ad apocalypse before it happens.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has a role to play here. For example, the IAB's ongoing Mobile Rising Stars project will identify and promote exciting, branding-friendly smartphone and tablet ad formats. The IAB will unveil finalist ad concepts at its Annual Leadership Meeting at the end of February. As the Rising Stars effort moves from ad concepts to actual buildable ad formats, it's imperative to make sure that maximum ad weights are defined and kept to reasonable sizes. (Disclosure: I work for the IAB.)
From a technology perspective, it's important that mobile ad servers be able to identify devices connecting via mobile networks versus those connecting via Wi-Fi - and serve creative appropriately. Many ad servers can do this, although campaigns don't always provide different creative for faster and slower connections. Making light and heavy versions of a creative execution is more work, but potentially an important best practice.
Third, ad servers need to make it easier for apps to pre-cache heavy creative while a device is connected via Wi-Fi, for later delivery when the app is used offline or when it's connected to a slow network. Of course, more pre-caching of ads leads to complications on the metrics and reporting side - but an ongoing project of the IAB, the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), and the Media Rating Council (MRC) to establish measurement guidelines for in-app ads should offer clarity and best practices here.
U.S. web advertising evolved in a world of plenty: lots of bandwidth, at flat rates, delivered to devices with unlimited electricity. Scarcity of these traits is yet another way that mobile is not simply the web without wires. The more the industry can identify and develop mobile-specific solutions to the unique challenges mobile presents, the more we ensure that the mobile ad apocalypse will never come.
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Edgen Group Inc. has lowered estimates for its fiscal 2012 results due to market conditions in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
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