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What are the Benefits of Steel Buildings
Are you thinking about putting up a warehouse or other type of private or commercial building? There are a number of different construction options that you might consider. Following are some of the main reasons why pre engineered steel buildings may be your best choice.
Steel buildings have a very high strength to weight ratio. In fact it is among the highest of all building materials. What that means is that it can withstand very heavy loads and not bend, twist or lose its structural integrity. That is the main reason that every sky scraper and other large commercial building in the modern age have steel as its main construction component. Having great strength also allows builders to use much longer beams than those made of wood. That can be a big advantage when you want to create wide-open interior space. In addition, longer individual beams require less material and help save on labor costs.
A big advantage of steel and metal building components is that they are up to 50% lighter than their wood equivalents while still retaining the same or superior strength. That helps make it easier to move and install materials at the job site
Steel does not require as much concrete or other materials to create a solid foundation upon which to build. Steel posts can be set sufficiently deep into the ground so they will be more than sturdy enough to properly support a building.
Protection against Pests, Mold and Mildew
Steel is impervious to termites and bugs. Rodents and other small pests do not gnaw on steel like they might gnaw on wood. That means that steel will not be weakened by the habits of living creatures. Weather conditions have very little effect on the structural integrity of steel buildings. While water infiltration might cause some rust, it does not have any significant impact in anything other than cosmetic appearance. Mold and mildew can not grow on steel - they need an organic surface to thrive. That can help prevent breathing problems and other health concerns.
Recycling and the Environment
From an environmental point of view, steel is actually a very "green" building material. Steel is 100% recyclable. When an old building is torn down, one of the first things that are salvaged is the steel. More steel is recycled and re-purposed than all of the glass, paper, aluminum and plastic combined. Another important way steel is good for the environment is that it crates far less waste that goes into our landfills. A typical house built with a steel frame and steel components generates about 1.5 cubic feet of waste. Compare that to the almost 50 cubic feet of waste generated to build a wood frame house of the same size.
Fire and Insurance Costs
Steel buildings are not nearly as likely to burn to the ground as buildings made of wood. While the materials that form the interior walls might burn, when the fire is extinguished, the steel frame will still be standing. Premiums to insure these types of buildings may be lower than those that use other types of construction materials.
Steel Buildings Look Better Than Ever
Steel buildings do not have to look plain and ordinary anymore. You may have an image in your mind of the typical metal structure that was functional and not much more than that. But things have changed dramatically in the pre-engineered steel buildings business. Attractive exteriors are now engineered to make a façade look like more traditional building materials, and you cannot tell the difference unless you make a close inspection. They have all of the benefits that building with durable steel provides, and now you can have a building that is aesthetically pleasing as well.
Practical, attractive and customizable
It may come as surprise to you that steel buildings are popularly used today to house many of the places where you frequently go as a visitor, a patron, or a parishioner. Sizes range from as small as 20 x 30 square feet or as large as 50 x 60 square feet for the most popular models, and custom sizes are just as easy to obtain as are the standard ones. These structures are used for churches, airplane hangars, housing for farm animals or a family, private or commercial storage, and campground and park shelters as well as for commercial and industrial facilities.
Sites are available online where you can specify the size and shape, the color and every aspect of a customized steel building and get a quote on a price within minutes. You can hook up with some of them on your favorite social media site and find extensive information about them that way, as well as getting comments from other prospective clients.
Cost savings through technology
Advances in technology and the machinery used in constructing pre-engineered steel buildings have allowed companies to provide high quality buildings in a short amount of time and with amazing efficiency. You get the benefit of the improvements in streamlined construction methods that eliminate the waste of time and materials by saving money on your project and getting a superior building as well.
If you have had to wait for a carpenter to slowly complete a building for you and for the weather to allow progress to continue, you may enjoy the sure schedule that you can get when you choose a pre-engineered building for your next project. Everything moves like clockwork, and there are no variations caused by inexperience, weather problems, mistakes on plans or any other reason. Professional engineers work with you to design the building you want, and the extent of quality control on welds and structural composition that exists in production areas assures you of a quality product that meets your specifications in every way.
Pre-engineered steel buildings give you a long term solution to an immediate need, and they do so with style and aesthetic appeal in addition to providing secure and stable housing for a variety of purposes.


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(Updates with Lockheed executive comment starting in the second paragraph, Raytheon earnings and outlook in last paragraph)
--Slowing fighter production triggers job cuts
--F-35 production seen rising to 36 this year
--No goodwill write-downs planned
By Doug Cameron
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) on Thursday forecast higher earnings for this year, following a slide in net profit in the fourth quarter of last year, though the goal hinges on the outcome of U.S. military budget cuts and advancing a marquee fighter jet program.
The world's largest defense contractor by revenue disclosed it had cut several hundred jobs tied to the F-35 jet fighter program as it slowed production but said there were no plans to shed more as a direct result of the budget uncertainty.
The company has slowed production after the U.S. cut the amount of fighters it plans to buy. The terms of two more F-35 batches are expected to be agreed to with the Pentagon in the first half of this year, as well as funding for a third.
Lockheed, one of the most vociferous industry critics of sequestration, provided a 2013 outlook based on the additional across-the-board cuts not happening.
Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said tax credits and lower pension expense drove the higher profit guidance.
Per-share earnings from continuing operations for 2013 are seen in the range of $8.80 to $9.10--above analysts' expectations--on sales of $44.5 billion to $46 billion.
Mr. Tanner said on a call with reporters that Lockheed had a "comfortable cushion" in its goodwill accounting, indicating there were no plans to write down asset values because of tough industry conditions.
Rival General Dynamics Corp. (GD) this week announced a $2 billion write-down on prior acquisitions.
Lockheed's outlook came as it reported that fourth-quarter net profit fell to $569 million from $683 million a year earlier, with per-share earnings sliding to $1.73 from $2.09, short of analysts' expectations. Three of the company's five business units delivered higher sales and operating profits. Sales in the quarter fell to $12.1 billion from $12.2 billion a year earlier, though sales rose to $47.2 billion from $46.5 billion for the full year.
Smaller rival Raytheon Co. (RTN) guided for a decline in earnings this year as it reported a 15% fall in fourth-quarter profit. Earnings fell to $471 million from $552 million, with per-share profit down to $1.42 from $1.58, also shy of the consensus.
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Five-alarm fire rips through Portsmouth waterfront condo
Crews were called to Harbour Place Condominiums at 6:30 p.m. for a report of a chimney fire that spread to the ceiling.
Fire ripped through the roof of the building and smoke billowed out for hours drawing crews from over a dozen Seacoast communities to battle the labor-intensive blaze.
No injuries of residents or fire personnel were reported and everyone in the building at the time the fire broke out was able to evacuate safely.
Portsmouth Fire Chief Chris LeClaire said most of the damage was contained to Unit 13 in the 18-unit building, with heat, smoke and water damage throughout the other three units on the third floor. The floors underneath sustained water damage.
Part of the roof over the middle unit also collapsed, LeClaire said.
None of the units were habitable on Friday night.
Fire crews were cleaning out by 11 p.m., but LeClaire said at least one crew would be on scene all night to check for hot spots and to make sure the fire stayed out.
The exact location where the fire started and the exact cause is under investigation.
The location of the building made access difficult and fighting the fire labor intensive, LeClaire said with the Piscataqua River on one side and a section of the building blocking direct access from Bow Street.
Five alarms were called, bringing in enough mutual aid to keep crews rotating in and out safely, LeClaire said, given the difficulty of fighting the fire and the cold, windy weather.
He said a quick response and aggressive attack kept the fire from spreading any further throughout the building or to the many surrounding buildings and businesses.
"They did tremendous work," LeClaire said.
All of the crews that responded are part of the Seacoast Chiefs Mutual Aid District, which includes 42 towns in three states. Crews from as far as Newburyport, Mass. and York, Maine responded to the scene.
"We all work well together. The mutual aid here is second to none," LeClaire said.
A person familiar with the building said all of the residents had accommodations for the night. LeClaire said the American Red Cross was not called to the scene because there had been no indication of need.
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Warm Cancun greetings to all! Over the last few months I have received comments and questions regarding my ridiculously high 5.875% mortgage rate. Currently, I owe $59,568 on the mortgage; I also owe around $21,500 on our HELOC (home equity line of credit). Many people recommended that I refinance the balance to a lower rate; others suggested that I pay off the mortgage by making additional payments to the principal. These are great suggestions, but I have my own plan to slay the beast. Here is a brief look at my financial ball and chain in financial calculator format:
- PV = $59,568 (originally borrowed $125,000 on $157,000 home)
- PMT = $811 (including additional principal payment)
- N = 7.5 years / 90 months (originally a 30 year loan)
- FV = $0 (that's the goal of every homeowner, right?)
I have looked into refinancing my mortgage, but I have not been impressed with the options. Sure, I could get a lower rate, BUT I do not want to pay points and closing costs. At this point I simply don't want to pay anymore fees to the banks; I'm tired of paying these guys. Moreover, I do not want to extend the term of the loan. Presently, I am on pace to pay off the mortgage in about 7.5 years, so the last thing I want to do is "upgrade" to a 10- or 15-year mortgage. Refinancing looks like a classic "heads-you-lose-tails-I-win" scenario to me.
I have also looked at refinancing our mortgage and HELOC balances together. Last fall Alliant Credit Union had an enticing offer to consolidate both loans into at 10-year loan at 3.375% for only $300 in fees. The idea of paying off both loans in 10 years or less appealed to me, so I applied for the loan. Fortunately, I failed to get my tax return information back to them in time to qualify for the rate. I say fortunately because I believe I can do better by not locking myself into 10 years of payments.
The Big Plan:
What's my devious and clever plan? Actually, it's incredibly boring and pedestrian. First, I plan on making additional mortgage payments to get my mortgage balance down to $45,000. Once I get my mortgage down to $45,000, I can then use my USAA HELOC to pay off the rest of my mortgage. Paying off the mortgage would eliminate a monthly payment of $811, but it would also swell my HELOC balance to its maximum credit limit. In that event, I would pay a rate of 2.89% on my HELOC balance...roughly $110 a month. In other words, my monthly payment obligation would be only $110, not the $811 I'm currently paying.
Over time I would drive down my HELOC balance with my other sources of income. For example, every January my wife and I deposit our IRA and 457 distributions into the HELOC and then slowly withdraw them as needed. We could also deposit rent payments into the HELOC if we decided to rent our home again. I feel confident that we could have our HELOC under control within 2 to 3 years.
What If...
- your low 2.89% HELOC rate suddenly rises? In that case, I would go to USAA's website and lock in a fixed rate on the balance (or part of the balance). Even if my HELOC rate doubled, I would still be paying less than my current 5.875% mortgage rate. (2.89% * 2 = 5.78%)
- you can't hit your $45,000 mortgage balance goal in time? In that case, I might have to postpone this magnificent plan a year or two. At my current payment schedule, my mortgage balance should hit $45,000 around January of 2016. However, if I just couldn't help myself, I guess I could use a 0% credit card to drive down the balance. Obviously, I'd be playing with fire, but I'm certain I could pay off $5,000 to $7,000 over the course of 18 months. I get such credit card offers (0% for 18 months!) in the mail every month, so maybe I'll use their money to help me. Of course, this would be an impulsive last resort, and I wouldn't recommend it to most people. Credit cards coupled with humans usually lead to disaster.
What do you think about using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage? How about my incredibly awesome idea of using a credit card to pay off a mortgage?


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Is off to a good start. Ran three miles this morning and had scrambled eggs/egg whites with avocado for breakfast. I also put some unsweetened almond milk in my coffee, which is controversial in the paleo world but I see it is an okay thing. If you would like to see what I eat during this thirty day challenge, follow me on myfitnesspal, username: rebjeans. Have a good morning everyone!
To rebeccaruns, lizz2love, and arestlessmind…I am excited to start this challenge with you. Let me know how you are all doing and share recipes!
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I love all the ingredients so couldn't really go wrong with this but great recipe - but I love it!
Baked Potato Soup
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- 12 slice(s) Bacon - cooked & crumbled
- 2/3 cup(s) Butter
- 2/3 cup(s) Flour
- 4 Green Onions - diced
- 4 Large Baked Potatoes, cooled, peeled, diced
- 7 cup(s) Milk
- 3/4 teaspoon(s) Pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon(s) Salt
- 1 1/4 cup(s) Shredded Cheddar cheese
- 8 ounce(s) Sour Cream
- In large stock pot melt butter and stir in flour, cook until smooth and bubbly, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk and stir until thick. Add potatoes and green onions. Cook and stir until bubbly. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 min., stirring occasionaly. Remove from heat and add bacon, cheese, sour cream and salt and pepper.
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When you eat these be sure to remember there is other great food to eat at dinner! I have made these rolls for the past couple of Thanksgiving dinners. Time consuming but worth it.
Chive and Thyme Pull-Apart Rolls
Photo: Leigh Beisch; Styling: Dan Becker
Time: 4 hours. Show off your garden herbs with these buttery rolls.
Yield: Makes 20
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 183
- Calories from fat: 28%
- Protein: 5.2g
- Fat: 5.7g
- Saturated fat: 3.2g
- Carbohydrate: 27g
- Fiber: 1g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Cholesterol: 44mg
- 1 1/2 cups warm whole milk (100° to 110°)
- 1 package (2 1/4 tsp.) active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons table salt
- 3 tablespoons chopped chives
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 7 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, divided
- About 5 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1. In the large bowl of a stand mixer, combine milk, yeast, and sugar. Let stand until yeast softens, 5 to 7 minutes. Add table salt, chives, thyme, 2 eggs, and 1/3 cup butter and mix on low speed with dough hook until blended.
- 2. Blend in 5 cups flour. Mix on medium until dough is smooth, stretchy, and pulling away from inside of bowl, 10 minutes. Add just enough flour so dough is only slightly tacky. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 1/4 hours.
- 3. Butter 20 muffin cups. Punch down dough. On a large, lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to an even 30- by 9-in. rectangle. Brush with 1 tbsp. butter.
- 4. Cut dough into 6 long strips, each 1 1/2 in. wide. Stack strips, then cut stack in half crosswise. With a serrated knife, gently cut each stack into 10 portions. Arrange each with a set of edges up in a muffin cup so you see all the layers.
- 5. Let rise at room temperature, loosely covered, until puffy, 45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. Beat remaining egg, then gently brush over tops and sides of rolls. Sprinkle with sea salt.
- 6. Bake rolls until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes, switching pan positions halfway through baking. Let cool in pans on a rack 5 minutes, then gently lift out to racks and serve warm or cool.
- Make ahead: Prepare through step 4, then wrap loosely with plastic wrap and chill overnight. Allow 1 1/4 hours for second rise.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per roll.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- OCCASION: Thanksgiving
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Daughter of a New Zealand father and American mother, Shannon Parry has competed for Australia in both 15s and Sevens, including as a member of the Wallaroos 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup side.
Having competed for both state and country in the 15-a-side version of the game, Parry made the move to Sevens in 2011, joining the Australian Women's Sevens side in Dubai for the inaugural Women's Sevens Challenge Cup.
Parry became an integral part of the team and has overcome injury to work her way back into the squad for the 2013-2014 IRB Women's Sevens World Series, prized for her hard running and solid defence.
She managed to return in time for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013, where Australia finished fifth.
Parry comes from a sporting family, as her father played for UK side London Wasps and her brother was an Australian gold medallist at the 2004 Youth Commonwealth Games.
A secondary school teacher, Parry enjoys surfing in her spare time.
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Representative honours: Queensland (2008-), Wallaroos (2009-), Women's Rugby World Cup (2010, 2014)


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NARRAGANSETTŌĆöA little over two hours after the Exeter-West Greenwich Junior Little League All-StarsŌĆÖ season came to an end the EWG seniors followed suit.
Exeter dropped a 9-0 decision to Riverside ŌĆō its second loss to the District 2 champs in as many games ŌĆō Tuesday at Sprague Park to bring its summer run to an end.
As was the case in SaturdayŌĆÖs 8-2 loss to starting pitcher C.J. Woods, Exeter-West Greenwich couldnŌĆÖt get anything going against Riverside starter Ethan Gervais.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆöThe run for the Exeter-West Greenwich Junior Little League All-Stars finally came to an end Tuesday at Sprague Park.
After winning its first game in the state tournament Saturday EWG dropped two straight, the second of which an 11-2 loss to Glocester to officially end ExeterŌĆÖs tournament.
The defeat came on the heels of a close 4-3 victory over Rumford ŌĆō in a game that started late Saturday night and finished Sunday afternoon ŌĆō and a 12-3 loss to Edgewood Sunday night.
WICKFORD ŌĆō A baseball force is brewing in Wickford and it comes in the form of the townŌĆÖs 11-Year Old All-Star Little League team.
The team dominated once again last Friday night as they defeated Warwick Continental 10-0 in five innings in the championship game of the District 3 Tournament at Wilson Park.
ŌĆ£Tough to put into words, really. Awful proud of these guys,ŌĆØ said Wickford manager Joe Walsh. ŌĆ£Just a lot of work and they all just came together.
ŌĆ£ŌĆ"District Championship? 10-0? IŌĆÖll take that every day of the week.ŌĆØ
NARRAGANSETTŌĆöIn each of the past few seasons the North Kingstown boys basketball team has lost strong players to graduation but had enough veterans return to stay amongst the stateŌĆÖs elite programs.
This summer, however, has marked the beginning of a drastic change for long-time coach Aaron Thomas and his Skippers.
North graduated the top seven players from its rotation this spring and have had to rely on lesser-used reserves from last season in Grant Gillis, Jake Mansfield, Matt Madoian and Chris Lenox.
Despite his teamŌĆÖs 2-5 record Chariho coach Corey Downey feels his squad is right where it needs to be in the Narragansett Summer Boys Basketball League to see success this winter.
ŌĆ£This summer hasnŌĆÖt really been about wins, itŌĆÖs been about figuring out what our strengths and weaknesses are offensively and defensively,ŌĆØ Downey said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre just continuing to play hard and play good defense whatever it is at that time whether it is man or zone.
WEST WARWICK ŌĆö The West Warwick Post Two American Legion baseball team desperately needed to win TuesdayŌĆÖs regular-season finale against Gordon Greene to avoid playing in the single-elimination round of the upcoming Legion playoffs.
Of course, they didnŌĆÖt expect to win the game in the manner they did.
WEST WARWICK ŌĆō It is one of the oldest clich├®s in the game of baseball; ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs not a sprint, itŌĆÖs a marathon.ŌĆØ
It is also a clich├® that may end up defining the summer of 2013 for the South Kingstown Post 39 baseball team.
After struggling early in the season ŌĆō opening up with a 3-9 record ŌĆō Post 39 turned it on over the final eight days of the regular season to roll into the playoffs as one of the hottest teams in the league.
SK went 6-3 in that span, which culminated with their 6-5 win over West Warwick Post Two on Monday night at McCarthy Field.
NarragansettŌĆÖs Fred Bartlett proved beyond a doubt that is he one of the greatest athletes to come out of South County this past weekend.
He accomplished a rare feat in the highly competitive world of triathlons, winning the menŌĆÖs overall title in back to back contests that featured world-class athletes.
SOUTH KINGSTOWNŌĆöWhen the streak of state championships finally ended for the South Kingstown boys tennis team this spring initially there was shock.
Of course, how could there not be?
The Rebels entered the 2013 season having won 14 Division I Championships in a row only to see their run end with a late May loss to LaSalle in the semifinals.
Saturday ŌĆō nearly two months after the end of the streak ŌĆō former SK players from nearly the past two decades gathered at the tennis courts at Broad Middle School for the inaugural Alumni Doubles Tournament.
CHARLESTOWN - The East Beach/Ninigret Conservation Area Sand Trail will reopen to vehicle traffic beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, July 26, the Department of Environmental Management announced.
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Since when is "Ricky Hollywood's" book newsworthy?
Like Mother, Like Daughter. Bristol will do ANYTHING for the cash just like her mother including exploiting herself or anyone around her. She'll be stripping down soon enough but you can see these lewd photos for now at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/06/ecstasy-of-sarah-palin_15.html
Who cares about this creep? Why is he given space?
Why not adopt your child. You are the lowest snake for not wanting to pay child support and if you ever give a flip about this child, you will never be able to redeem yourself with this family…explain that to him. All humans have something they don't want to be public and you WERE A TRUSTED MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY. YOU ARE SLIME. Don't you even know how dispicable you look for getting in this position with a child involved?
"Sarah Palin wanted to adopt his baby with her daughter Bristol…" .
Why would $arah Palin want TWO INFANTS? After the loss of the POTUS election? Remember, she already had Trig… the cat was "out of the bag" – EVERYBODY knew Bri$tol was pregnant… she was on stage at a national convention!
Unless… Levi is speaking about Bri$tols' FIRST PREGNANCY… in 2007… Trig. She was out-of-school for MONTHS with a "bad case of mononucleosis". Lived with $arah's sister in Anchorage – 45 miles away. Was "home-schooled" during that time. Remember, $arah was the Governor at that time. Her 16 year old daughter pregnant? SCANDAL!
So, $arah "announced" she was pregnant, and took Bristol and Levi's baby – who Bri$tol named Tripp, and $arah renamed TRIG. Bri$tol was infuriated her mother took her baby, so angry that she and Levi made a new baby – Tripp 2.0.
Has there ever been any proof – like $arah's medical records – that she gave birth? NO. April 18, 2008 was a "staged presentation" of Trig. The only time she was without a Governor's Security Trooper, and she gives birth? After leaking amnio fluid for over 24 hours? C'mon…
Puh-leeze. So, why isn't $arah or Bri$tol postively screaming about the back child support? They have before… maybe there's a reason Levi's re-write of history is for sale… it sure differs from the Vanity Fair interview in Sept 2009.
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"For me, it was like why wouldn't I? I've got all this time invested in him already, I may as well get him to hang around," said Gwenda.
"I didn't really want to see it happen that way because it was her and I've become ready to accept it basically because I need a kidney and she wants to give it to me. So its special," said Terry.
"We've been through some ups and downs but far, far more good ones. And I hate getting emotional because if he had some other disease, there wouldn't be a thing I could do about it. This particular one, I can and I love that," said Gwenda.
It's a gift that not many spouses are able to give -- but for Gwenda Koch, there's nothing more gratifying than giving part of herself to save the love of her life.
The kidney transplant surgery was originally scheduled for Wednesday morning but it has been postponed because a few more tests need to be run.


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Personal assaults aside, I believe that being gold capped on multiple toons before the change means that I probably know a little bit about this game of WOW money.
To get to your argument, my post was not a rant. At the heart of it is that let my competition be the other competitors with the foresight, research, and investment skills be my competition.
The 'niche' now, is 'what will become profitable that won't be posted on the Gold Capped article.' If that is what it takes to be a "real" player of the game, to use the information sources of an OP/ED article and beat the artificial, new competition, then the speculation aspect is made that much less fun and interesting. I don't think that I'm alone here in wanting him to SHHHHHHHH and pipe down on certain aspects that some of us took the time to identify and research. Post hints, just don't let the entire cat out of the bag. That undermines reasoning and intelligence.
If, on the other hand, I'm competing against other true competitors in the game world with foresight, research and the wherewithall to burst into some niche market, then it is extremely enjoyable and more power to the competition. My only complaint is that efforts that might take weeks or month to prepare for 'X' given niche has been compromised by articles that appear the night or week before the market would have come to fruition.
I supposed I'll concede this point as a new challenge, because I like the author (even though he buys achievements), and I must accept that this column is a new piece of the puzzle, frustratingliy so.


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View of Frankfurt am Main from Sachsenhausen, with the Old Bridge
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For the young Courbet, Frankfurt was one stop along the road to recognition. Even before exhibiting his work in Paris, he showed it here and worked at the Städel School. His brand of Realism, his earthy palette and eye for the common folk greatly influenced his younger German contemporaries, who overcame the pathos of history painting and the veneration of the medieval aesthetic through his example. This development is mirrored in our view of the historical city centre. Painters before and after Courbet looked from the west, across the labyrinthine old town and the harbour to the cathedral rising up on the bank. His gaze leads over the framework of the Old Bridge to a distant cityscape.
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People are dying in the desert... others are trying to save their lives.
This is a story of illegal immigration, human rights, and life saving humanitarian service.
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Illegal Immigration. Politics. Humanitarian Response. Art. Technology. Poetry.
The Project:
At the border, the difference between humanitarian service and illegal activity is not always black and white.
Reaching well beyond politics, this full-length documentary film will go deep into the heart of an unusual and fascinating humanitarian response to U.S.-Mexico cross-border migration: a high-risk, highly mobile and highly sophisticated network of volunteers from the north side of the border that is caching water supplies, distributing recycled cell phones running encrypted GPS trail-finding software, even sending transmissions of haiku poetry—- to keep trans-border migrants from dying in the desert. To some, it is a dramatic, selfless and inspirational effort that gives new and poignant context to the phrase "the Art of Survival." To others, such action irresponsibly induces illegal border crossing, tantamount to aiding and abetting unlawful conduct. This project approaches this controversial topic on the premise that the line between inducing illegal activity and providing true humanitarian service is not as clearly delineated —- not as easy to draw—- as either side might claim.
The film will examine the social, legal, and humanitarian aspects wrapped up in this difficult topic. It will tell the stories of immigrants crossing the border and of the volunteers attempting to save their lives (some of whom have been arrested and prosecuted for their conduct), all while seeking to discover where true "humanitarian service" ends and where irresponsible conduct begins. Help us examine this emergent facet of the exploding international controversy by assisting in this pre-development phase of a scheduled full-length documentary film. We have begun an initial period of filming, including b-roll at the border and interviews with humanitarians and activists. This material is currently being used to develop the promotional trailer and other materials in support of the larger funding campaign for the full documentary film production. The project is fiscally sponsored by the Center for Independent Documentary (documentaries.org) and is eligible to receive tax deductible donations under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code.
The Art of Survival: Life and Death on the Tinaja Trail will establish a journalistically balanced context for the many viewpoints surrounding trans-border migration into the U.S.A. But its focus will be the humanitarian perspective that sets this story apart from the rest: people are dying in the desert and others are trying to save their lives. Read more about the Tinaja Trail below, then, please, help us produce this powerful, groundbreaking story that is ultimately about persistence, creativity, and compassion.
And please, don't just make your donation, help us share the word. Use the social media tools above to share the Art of Survival with others. Thanks so much! We look forward to building our relationship with you as we make this powerful story come to life.
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The Context:
Natural water sources in the American Southwest are extremely rare and, where they do exist, often extremely hard to get to (think: bottom of the "Grand Canyon," for instance). For centuries, survival in this unforgiving land has hinged on one's ability to locate natural cavities or wind-carved cisterns in rocks called tinajas (tee-NAH-hahs). Capturing rain during the rare desert storm, and shaded from the sun, these catch-basins— often only inches across, centimeters deep, and teeming with insects and their larvae— are precious, lifesaving treasures to desert-dwelling animals … and desert-traversing humans.
It seems reproachfully paradoxical, then, that this region would today host the primary trail of hope for thousands of people seeking gainful work, physical security, and the promise of a future free of fear. It's a desperate journey— one that has cost the lives, and ended the hopes, of an estimated 600 people per year since 1995.
It is likewise a politically supercharged arena; a legal, moral and political maelstrom poised like a flame near a tinderbox of sentiment.
For years, individuals and organizations have dropped water containers along popular routes of migration (and been arrested for "littering," or for trespassing on federal land), have searched the desert for dying immigrants, and provided other forms of lifesaving aid, including supplying the occasional transport to emergency medical facilities (where they have been arrested for assisting another's illegal entry into the country).
But the latest tool in this humanitarian effort is clearly the most unusual; a technological tinaja: modified cell phones running encrypted, live, virtual-mapping software. Being developed as "a Mexico/U.S. Border Disturbance Art Project" by the b.a.n.g. lab, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Michigan, the shape-shifting transmissions will guide desert-crossing immigrants to water stations and the safest route through the desert while reciting inspirational poetry for aural stimulation.
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MM has a smaller advantage with the ability to maintain the 15% damage boost to their serpent stings indefinitely with the way Chimera Shot refreshes percentage damage boosts.
Under the 2 piece Tier 10 section? The 2 piece bonus has nothing to do with serpent sting.
It has to do with the way serpent sting's damage is calculated you want to manually refresh serpent sting whenever you have the biggest % multiplier for your damage because even after the damage boost fades serpent sting will still be using the % multiplier that was up when it was initially placed on the target. This is different than usual because with ap procs chimera shot refreshes serpent sting based on current ap. Thus it is better to manually refresh serpent sting whenever you have a % modifier to your damage.
I understand that you would want to refresh at your highest AP, but the post claims the 2-piece bonus would have an effect here. It doesn't. The 2-piece bonus says
"Your Auto Shots have a 5% chance to cause you and your pet to deal 15% additional damage for 10 sec."
Okay. How does this have anything to do with refreshing serpent sting? It would have something to do with the 4 piece bonus, with the AP bonus.
While the 4-piece bonus says:
"When your Serpent Sting and Wyvern Sting abilities deal damage, you have a 5% chance to gain 20% attack power for 10 sec."
Which, obviously, you should reapply SS during the proc.
Chimera refreshes whatever % damage boost that was active on ss whenever it was cast. if you cast ss at the begining of the fight and then you get a 2p set proc you want to manually hit ss again so that the 15% damage boost will be refreshed on ss when you hit chimera


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Marlins In California For Rare Series With Angels
Coming off a disappointing series in Colorado, the Miami Marlins will look to continue their standings climb towards a wild card spot in Los Angeles against the division leading Angels.
Teheran, Braves Beat Marlins 3-2
Julio Teheran pitched 7 1-3 innings and scored the tying run in the seventh on Friday to help the Atlanta Braves move a game ahead of Miami atop the NL East by beating the Marlins 3-2.
Braves' Pitching Corps Devastated By Injuries
As the Miami Marlins continue to build its team around a bevy of young pitching talent, the division rival Atlanta Braves are seeing pitchers spending more time in the trainer's room than on the mound.
Marlins' Struggles Continue Into May
While the Miami Marlins have shown a little bit of life over the past few games, the season-long struggles of the team continue despite the occasional victory.
Marlins At Or Near Bottom In Most Offensive Categories
The Miami Marlins are about to finish off the first month of the 2013 season and after 30 days, the Marlins are just about where most pundits expected them to be, at the bottom of nearly every statistical category in baseball.
Marlins Open Season With Loss To Nats, 2-0
The Miami Marlins opened the 2013 season Monday full of hope, but that hope was dashed by the bottom of the first inning when starter Ricky Nolasco gave up a home run to Washington Nationals phenom Bryce Harper.
While Marlins Sink, Braves Make Big Trade
While the Miami Marlins shed salary and gave up on at least the 2013 season, other teams in the National League East are trying to become contenders, namely the Atlanta Braves.
Rollins Homer Pushes Phillies Past Marlins, 9-7
Jimmy Rollins homered and drove in three runs and Roy Halladay won again as the streaking Philadelphia Phillies outslugged the Miami Marlins 9-7 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.
Loria Waiting Until After Season To Evaluate Marlins Team
Not long after Miami's team picture was taken Friday afternoon, Loria offered little when asked what the photo might look like in 2013.
Marlins Finish Off Miserable Home Stand
The Miami Marlins have finally finished one of the worst home stands since June 2011 with a 10-2 thumping at the hands of the Boston Red Sox. The home stand was miserable for both the team and the fans.


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Amazon website knocked offline briefly
Amazon.com stumbled for a short time on Thursday with aspiring visitors tripped in their efforts to reach the online retail titan's main shopping website.
Amazon.com stumbled for a short time on Thursday with aspiring visitors tripped in their efforts to reach the online retail titan's main shopping website.
The Wall Street Journal has become the second major US media organization to accuse Chinese hackers of targeting its computers in an apparent effort to spy on journalists covering China.
Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.
The hacker-activist group Anonymous said it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide.
Hacker group Anonymous blocked the official website of Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census amid an international stand-off over claims the country has lied about its economy.
Hackers claimed a cyber attack on the Mexican defense ministry website on Wednesday, posting a manifesto from the Zapatista rebel group for two hours.
Oracle Corp. says it will soon fix a flaw in its Java software that caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
A British court sentenced two hackers to 100 hours of community service on Friday for stealing a treasure trove of unreleased music—including Michael Jackson tracks—from the U.S. servers of Sony Music Entertainment.
The US Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that a flaw in Java software is so dangerous that people should stop using it.
A hacker has posted what appears to be private information of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the Internet to protest a major corruption scandal which he says "will end in nothing."
A computer hacker who taunted Japanese police for months with a string of vexing cyber riddles launched the campaign as part of a grudge against authorities, media reports said Tuesday.
(AP)—British authorities opted Friday not to charge a computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. for breaking into military computers.
Dozens of US banks face a "credible" threat from hackers based in Eastern Europe who are planning large-scale attacks next year, a security firm said in a report released Thursday.
(AP)—Organizers of a U.N. conference on global telecommunications said Thursday that hackers apparently blocked their website and disrupted the talks, a gathering some critics fear could lead to greater controls over the ...
(Phys.org)—Jonathan Rudenberg a self described security consultant, developer and researcher has been heavily involved in stamping out an SMS messaging vulnerability he found in Facebook, Venmo and Twitter. ...


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Rolando McClain and the Oakland Raiders have been divorced for the last four months, but the Raiders finally finalized the divorce by waiving McClain. The Raiders were simply tired of putting up with his immaturity, arrests and public comments detrimental to the team. The Raiders paid the price by paying 10,895,000 in dead money he is owed, but waiving McClain was worth it. McClain's behavior over the last three seasons has been some of the worst in the NFL. He has been arrested to discharging a firearm next to a person's ear and lying about his identity to a police officer. What's worse is McClain does not own up to any of these charges... Read more
Report: Rolando McClain already has three offers
Raiders waive Rolando McClain
The Raiders have finally parted ways with Rolando McClain in a move that was long overdue. He was a former first-round pick of the team.
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The LG Phone Applications – Touch Guitar has a similar selection of settings with the addition of a chords page. Here you can view the vast selection of available chords and add them to your main store on the left hand side. When playing, these primary chords can be selected. To play the chord, in theory you just strum the guitar – in practice though, it just doesn't work. You might hear the first and last note, or one in the middle – but never the whole chord. Not only this, but the sound that comes out of the "guitar" is actually a piano.
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Cults: "High Road"
Long haired dream team Cults, Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, have returned for their second album, Static, with the brand new video for "High Road." Unlike the sound of their debut record, Cults, "High Road" has a heavier, moodier feel, while still staying to their perfectly crafted pop sound. Filled with mysterious symbols like a burning car, a floating chair and lots of butterflies, Cults take us on a film noir-esque black and white journey all to the sound of singer Madeline Follin's magical voice. Static is out on October 15th on Columbia. —Maddie


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Freedom High School's Chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving have won a $100,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to promote student and citizen safety in the Bethlehem Area School District, district officials announced during the week.
The grant will allow SADD to make something they are calling "Project S.O.S." a reality.
The mission of "Project S.O.S. (Students Own Safety)" is to promote students' academic growth, emotional intelligence, and community involvement through theatre.
Students will actively engage in planning, developing, implementing, facilitating, and measuring creative ways for citizens of all ages to "buy into" their own safety.
They will utilize peer coaching, mentoring, expert speakers, humor, and out-of-the-box thinking to achieve project success among students all throughout the district.
Freedom's SADD chapter attained 4,641 votes through on-line and social media polling to win the grant, the third highest amount any group received nationwide.


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Atmel Corp.
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Nov 05, 2013
Promoting processing power, SAMA5D3 delivers up to 850 DMIPS at 536 MHz while offering 1,328 MBps at 166 MHz bus speed. Power consumption is <150 mW in active mode at max speed and <0.5 mW in low-power mode for consumer battery-powered applications. For wearable/portable computing and medical applications, fine-pitch 12 x 12 mm BGA324 0.5 mm ball pitch package is available. Solution also includes UIs for home automation and control panels.
Atmel Corp.
San Jose, CA 95131
Feb 11, 2013
Supplied in 324-ball BGA package, SAMA5D3 series is based on ARM® Cortex™-A5 core and uses 65 nm low-power process technology to deliver up to 850 DMIPS at 536 MHz while offering 1,328 MBps at 166 MHz bus speed. FPU provides additional processing power for image, audio, and sensor data. Consuming under 200 mW in active mode at max speed and below 0.5 mW in low-power mode when retaining context and offering fast wake-up, MPU delivers diverse peripheral set and security capabilities.
Atmel Corp.
San Jose, CA 95131
Jul 20, 2012
Radiation-hardened Atmel ATF697FF offers on-the-fly reconfiguration that lets users make on-going design modifications - specification updates, in-flight adjustments during trial flights, and post-launch alterations - to satellites. Integrating AT697F SPARC V8 RAD Hard processor, RAD Hard ATF280F SRAM-based FPGA, and internal PCI link, low power (down to 0.7 W) single multichip module (MCM) solution solution runs at up to 100 MHz and helps engineers reduce space on PCB.
Zytronic PLC
Tyne & Wear NE21 5SG United Kingdom
Feb 09, 2012
Available in 32, 64, and 128 channel versions, Model ZXY100 covers full range of screen sizes from 5-82 in. Device consists of 32-bit microprocessor with ARM® core, preloaded with Projected Capacitive Technology firmware, and ASIC-based analog front end. With firmware's boot loader function, users can upload software updates as they become available. Chipset offers native Windows 7 support, including dual touch, to cover core gesture recognition functions.
Capable Controls, Inc.
Bensenville, IL 60106
Dec 16, 2011
Comprised of intelligent direct spark and intermittent pilot ignition control modules, Series 5X is designed for commercial, residential, and industrial systems. Internal circuitry monitors system gas valve, wiring, and igniter while automatically shutting down system in case of failed or shorted circuit. MPU-based design provides software control of all timing options, igniter control, gas valve operation, flame sensing along, and safety shutoff/lockout operation.
Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI)
Dallas, TX 75243-4136
Nov 30, 2011
Delivering power dissipation below 7 mW, Sitara(TM) AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors include programmable real-time unit on-chip interface, enabling real-time industrial communications capability to support protocols such as EtherCAT®, Ethernet/IP, PROFIBUS®, PROFINET®, POWERLINK, and SERCOS III. Devices also include on-chip CAN, ADC, USB + PHY, and 2-port Gigabit Ethernet with IEEE1588 for network connectivity as well as connection to sensors, actuators, and motor control.
Texas Instruments, Inc., Semiconductors
Dallas, TX 75243
Nov 10, 2011
Sitara(TM) AM335x ARM® Cortex(TM)-A8 microprocessors with NEON at up to 720 MHz consume as little as 7 mW of power while providing developers with 3D graphics capabilities, touch screen controller, and peripherals on one chip. Power management options help keep power levels as low as 700 mW in active mode, while integration provides CAN, 2-port Gbe switch, Dual USB + PHYs, LPDDR1/DDR2/DDR3, PRU, ADC, and cryptographic acceleration.
Lexington, MA 02421
Oct 14, 2011
Implemented in 65 nm CMOS process, ST-MIT voltage-scalable microprocessor SoC suits applications with limited power budget and time-varying processing loads. Power consumption is 10.2 pJ/cycle at 0.54 V, and SRAM memory cells can operate at 0.4 V. Memory-access power consumption is further reduced via latch-based instruction and data caches at first level of hierarchy. Additional features include on-chip ULP clock generation, analog-to-digital conversion, and peripherals.
Lexington, MA 02421
Jul 27, 2011
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Dallas, TX 75243-4136
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Lexington, MA 02421
Aug 06, 2010
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Lexington, MA 02421
Jun 18, 2010
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San Jose, CA 95131
May 10, 2010
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Taming Toys: Tips to Keep Your Home from Looking Like a Toy Store Explosion
Last week I wrote about the how and why of my mission to tackle toys in my home. It's important to me to find a healthy balance between adult and children's things in our home as well as to provide an environment for my daughters that encourages imagination and exploration. Whenever I face a parenting dilemma, one of my first instincts is to ask for the advice of other mothers, so I checked in with some of my favorite design-conscious moms on how they tame toys in their home. Here are some favorite tips and tricks I gleaned from their experience:
1. Choose toys that are friendly on the eye: Erin Loechner of Design for Minikind says "I've found that the easiest way to curb toy clutter is to be mindful about what's coming in. Toys are notorious for spilling beyond cubbies, storage nooks and closets, so why not embrace the chaos and leave a few well-designed toys out in the open? By purchasing toys that fit the aesthetic of your home, they'll look less like clutter and more like well-loved decorative objects. A few key items to start with? Wooden musical toys or metal vintage cars. And never underestimate the power of a great set of wooden blocks!"
2. Mindfully incorporate play things into the main living spaces of your home: Keeping toys hidden away in children's rooms sounds ideal, but often isn't realistic. James Kicinski-McCoy of Bleubird has found various homes in her living space for her children's things: "We keep woven Moroccan baskets in the living room to keep some toys accessible like blocks and hand puppets. The baskets make for easy clean up too. We also have a credenza in our living room and designated one of the sides to the kids. We keep books and a few toys on one shelf and then diapers and wipes, blankets and slippers on the other. Its nice to have these things in the main part of the house so we don't have to run upstairs every time we need something for the kids."
3. Less is More: Jen Lula-Richardson of Jen Loves Kev focuses on curbing the quantity of toys: "In our family we kind of go by the "less is more" motto when it comes to toys. I want our girls to be creative, use their imaginations and to want to get outside to play. I feel like this doesn't happen when there are thousands of toys lying around. Of course, I can't completely deny my daughters' love of princesses so we do have our fair share of toys. I like to keep things organized as best as possible though. Nowadays it's easy to find some really great baskets. I like to have baskets in each room of our house that toys can get thrown into. It makes for a fast and easy clean up while still being stylish in your home."
4. Cycle toys: If you have the space, rotating toys on a regular basis can help to keep your home less cluttered, make your kids feel less overwhelmed, and helps them to maintain interest in their play things. Joni Lay of Lay Baby Lay employs this strategy in her own household: "My strategy for taming toys is to frequently (typically once a month) sort through them and cycle out the ones that aren't being used as much. As Vivi gets older, it seems the toys come with smaller parts, so I have also been just taking away the smaller pieces that she doesn't really use that will compound the clutter. Sometimes it is hard, but I try to be a little ruthless; otherwise it gets very overwhelming! I have found that the fewer toys she has and the less cluttered her room, the more fun she has playing in there, so I do what I can to keep it that way."
5. Give Your Child a Space of Their Own: Meta Coleman of One More Mushroom advocates for having a designated space for your little ones to play: "When designing family spaces I believe it is important to integrate a space where the children can read, draw, and play. In our home we have a section in the living room specifically for our children. There is a child's table and chairs for drawing, a cabinet with shelving for children's book and storage below for toys and a small TV. There is also a rug and bean bag cushion for their comfort while playing and watching movies."
6. A Place for Everything: When every toy has a designated home, it's much easier for little ones to tidy up when they are finished playing. Rubyellen Bratcher of Cakies promotes this philosophy in her own home: "Our rule is everything has a place, and if it isn't in its place, that tells us they don't really care about it and it needs to be moved on. We want them to learn how to take care of things, so we are pretty good at enforcing this rule. With that said, we've turned one of the guest room/play room closets into a little play area for them. Behind the curtains is their wooden play kitchen and a picnic basket full of all their kitchen toys. It's not a lot of toys, but it's enough for them. They use this area to set up shop and usually the toys and play spill over into the rest of the room, but clean up is easy because they put everything back in the basket and then we hide it all behind the curtains."
7. Accept the fact that you're not going to be able to "hide" everything: I love the editor of Buy Modern Baby, Esther Garfield's attitude: "The kids are part of the family and their possessions deserve to be accessible. Some visible signs of their activities just reflect the character of our home, which is a safe, fun and comfortable place for our family to be together."
It was so fun and helpful to hear everyone's strategies and advice! Remember that what works for one person may not work for someone else - the important thing is to decide what's right for your family and get started. If you need a jumping off point to tackle to toy clutter in your home, visit Apartment Therapy's 7-Day Toy Cure. It's designed to work for you whenever you're ready. Do you have any great tips and tricks for curbing the toy clutter in your home? I'd love to hear about them!
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(Image credits: Leela Cyd Ross; Ken Loechner; Jen Lula-Richardson; Meta Coleman; Rubyellen Bratcher)
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I love the floor in the first photo! Is it cork or linoleum.?
Thank you for this! Too often I see homes that have been taken over by toys, playhouses, and general kid clutter. There's no way your 18 month old needs enough STUFF to commandeer your entire home. Less is more! Teaching kids to clean up and put things in their place also teaches them about value and respect for property.
The first 'suggestion?' is so pompous . . .(shakes head). You have a kid/kids, yes, you can work on toy amount control and coralling and not have kid stuff look like a Disney crap invasion, but 'mindful design' doesn't need to be very high on the toy criteria list.
One helpful idea that worked great in my family for playing with things with lots of pieces, like blocks, Lego or Playmobil, is this: have kids play on a special tablecloth (or thin play mat/blanket if playing on the floor). Then, instead of having to pick up lots of little things, you can help them pick up the corners of the cloth and dump everything back into a storage container.
Also, always budget cleanup time into time allotted for play and warn little ones when play time is coming to an end.
And finally, never underestimate the value of a good cleanup song!
My suggestion: buy fewer toys. American children have way too many toys. We spend all this money for a few minutes enjoyment and the toys are then discarded. Fewer toys = less clutter. We are a nation of consumers and we consume too much and waste it.
For younger children, try to rotate the smaller toys. Begin a rotation every week or every other, and have several plastic bins of toys that you rotate. This gives you the opportunity to wash everything and make sure that it is safe, no parts missing, etc. It is less to pick up every day, allows you to set up "themes" and you can weed out the unwanted. I have four children and by the third, I had this system working wonderfully. Thursday nights after my children went to bed, I would take an hour or two and perform this task. My children woke up on Friday looking forward to the new rotation. Each child can of course keep their "special" toys in their room in a basket.
These are good suggestions. #7 is my favorite though. It's all about sharing space. Children learn to share space by cleaning up and having designated area. But they also shouldn't feel like their favorite things are an inconvenient "eyesore".
There are some nice suggestions here but #1 isn't very realistic. As early as age two kids have specific wants and are you going to deny a child exactly what they want because you find it aesthetically unpleasing?
Oh they heck with being polite about it. Lighten up-the joy of watching your child open up the ugliest toy ever on Christmas morning is totally worth it clashing with the sofa!
Pick toys that match your design aesthetic? Seriously? That just seems really unfair to kids. I've got the rest of the house for my design aesthetic, and certainly the bones of their room match my modern style, but come on! Kids need a space of their own.
"Buy fewer toys." Yeah, tell that to my child's six grandparents and eight aunts and uncles who have no other children to buy for. Usually they ask me what he wants and then buy that item PLUS a few others.
Totally agree with the other comments about #1! It's easy to control the design aesthetic of the toys you provide for your infant, but kids start to get their own personalities and opinions. My son is only 2, but once he started preschool and making friends with other kids he fell in love with the movie Cars (which he has never seen!). He only knows about it from other kids talking about it and sharing their toys with him. The toys aren't the most attractive, but he really loves them. Our strategy to keep toys under control is to have bins stashed around the house for them to live in and our credenza also has a toy drawer, art drawer, and spare wipes/ clothing drawer. We also try to rotate out toys as much as possible when he's no longer showing interest in them.
My kids (who are five and eight) don't have that many toys by North American standards, though to me they still seem to have a lot more than I did when I was a kid.
They have a big costume bin, another bin that houses a Swoop bag full of Lego (have you heard of Swoop bags, by the way? They're wonderful), and another bin full of wooden blocks and train tracks (which we'll probably phase out soon since no one seems to play with them any more). These are all stored in big rollout bins my husband built to fit under the window seat he built in our living room. In the dining room, we have another window seat, under which we store all our board games, and a credenza that we use for storing art supplies. And throughout the house we have lots of bookshelves with our books and theirs. Oh, and they have a big basket of stuffed toys in their room.
When I write it all, it sounds like a ton of stuff to me, but my sister, who lives in a much bigger house and as a result has way more stuff, thinks my kids are horribly deprived. :) It works for us, though. All these things are spread throughout our small house wherever they fit, and our space manages not to feel overwhelmed with toys, so I'm happy.
@teakettle: I totally sympathize. We used to have the same problem. It's a lovely problem -- I mean, who can complain about having so many loving family members? -- but it's definitely a real problem. My husband's sisters are especially generous, so my husband was the one who finally told them, nicely, that we literally have zero room in our small house for piles of big new toys. Fortunately, they were understanding and have been content to send smaller things like books, and even cash for the boys to put in their savings accounts.
If your kids are getting too many toys, why not ask for money towards their educations or clothes or similar?
My husband grew up with very few toys and says it helped him be more imaginative and more appreciative, not to mention spending more time outside. I think in this case less is definitely more.
Yep, recommendation #1 made me laugh. What a weird and micromanaging parent you would be if you *curated* your child's toys based on what looked good in your home! How completely insane and unfair! Vintage metal cars? Really, the ones with untested paint? Oh man, how strange. "When I was a kid I was only allowed to play with 'decorative items.'" LOL!
I do agree with the others on curbing the amount of toys that come in, and/or doing a regular purge of unused toys. And I say that as someone who loved them so much I use them in my decor now!
Yeah, we've got a lot of ugly toys. But they all have a "home" that's out of sight in one room or another. The "designer" toys we've acquired are the ones that the kids don't like.
We make a point to clean up all the toys in the main living area every day. It's so nice to have my living room back when the kids go to sleep.
It's hard (and kind of rude) to tell relatives not to buy toys, or to buy only certain toys. But I've gotten over my hesitation to return an obnoxious toy to the store or give it away (i.e. a really loud battery-powered item). We've told people we have a very small home and can't keep everything forever.
I kind of agree with #1 comment, you can get away with this for a certain amount of time. When my then 4 year old wanted a castle, she had seen some Playmobil ones, but I read the fall apart easily have too many pieces etc, so I did steer her towards the plain wooden Melissa and Doug folding one, and it certainly looks a lot more attractive in our living area, it is populated by Playmobil people but they fit in a small bag when not being played with and most importantly she loves it.
I also chose a nice little wooden play kitchen when she was 2, no way did I want to look at an ugly plastic one for the next 5 years!
I do have a child though who at 5 is not that bothered by typical toys eg barbie, my little pony, monster high etc so it is easier to keep things less cluttered.
I feel the most important toys to keep around are: pretend play kitchen/dress up, construction (lego/Duplo, wooden blocks), art & craft stuff, animal/dino/fantasy figures such as Schleich, a pop up tent/tunnel, stuffed toys/dolls and a ride on like a wheely-bug or Rody horse.
I have 3 friends with children under 5, while I am still waiting to take this step. 2 out of the 3 have homes OVERRUN with toys. It's not my house, so I'm not judging them, but knowing how OCD I am about clutter I do wonder at how they put up with it. So I asked one with the clutter issue how she deals with it and she says she just doesn't even see it anymore, and that it's useless to ask family members to stop giving them toys because they keep doing it.
I was stunned. Having kids shouldn't mean giving up general control and happiness in your home. You have the kid and teach the kid, not the other way around. I had a perfectly happy childhood with toys and stuff, but I was never allowed to just leave that crap all over the house, there were rules, and that stuff had to go back to my room when I was done with it. This should not be viewed as being too rigid or somehow being a bad parent.
Same goes for family, once you get to the point where you're considering buying an outdoor shed to house all the plastic crap people are generously buying for your child you really need to put the foot down. Maybe suggest to them that you're going to have to donate any more toy gifts, but you have some space for books and you've set up a college fund if you'd like to gift toward it. That doesn't make you a jerk, it makes you a responsible parent.
People are fond of condescendingly telling me I'll have to not be such a "control freak" after I have kids. These people obviously don't know me well enough.
Kids and weddings though, you can't ever give advice without sounding like a pompous windbag to someone.
Why is it rude to tell relatives not to buy more toys? I'm not trying to be an ass here, I'm genuinely curious.
I can't help but laugh at the "put your foot down with the grandparents" comments. As a person who has no issue with putting my foot down I have told them repeatedly in clear terms that we do not want a lot of toys. It hasn't worked at all. The grandparents all live far away and they shower their only grandchild (she's the only on both sides, sigh) with tons of crap every time they see her. Sometimes it's a lost cause.
I appreciate your honesty MelTown.
Maybe I'll take another approach: place some well timed complaints how about how I think I'm losing my mind and how many shrinks I've gone through and how, dammit, I wish I could just find some extra cash for a babysitter once a week...hint hint.
You know, get creative ;)
It's a really short amount of time and soon the toys will be go away, replaced with an xbox or playstation or the latest technological gadget. At that time you can "mindfully incorporate" those sleek items into your decor. But oh wait, your children will no longer want to be in the "main living" spaces with you. Enjoy your children and embrace their toys and sometimes messy play.
I had similar issues . . . I simply asked the relatives to buy savings bonds to be saved for education. It worked very well for my grandchildren also. They are both adults and appreciated having the bonds/money when they turned 18. Maybe I was/am the meanest mother/grandmother in the world???!!! Even today, all my "kids" get are Christmas stockings with the usual stuff like candy, fruit, nuts, disposable razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste and such and some green folding money. Everybody is happy. They like the money and I don't have to shop. You have to work out what is best in your situation but too many toys will not make a happier child. Quality not quantity is the correct answer IMHO.
Ha, we completely do #1. We're in a Manhattan apartment and our kid's room is tiny (maid's room). There are plenty of beautiful new and vintage toys. Sure, we have fugly plastic crap like any family, but we also have lovely Tegu blocks, wood trains and tracks, a wood castle, vintage metal cars and trains, and Waldorf stuff. It's fun to shop for the vintage stuff and our kid likes to play with all of it. Heck, his favorite toys these days are swords and shields made from newspaper and pot lids. We even bought a vintage Battleship game on ebay, much nicer looking than the new one (and cheaper).
Yes, some of the vintage stuff probably has lead paint, but so can new toys made in China and sold by Mattel. Once a kid is passed the put everything in the mouth phase, it's not so worrisome to me (and yes, we've had his lead levels tested and he's fine).
The only way I've ever been able to get the point across is to say to my kids when the grandparents once again buy extra toys, "That's a lovely toy but we only have so much space at home. You'll have to make a decision as to what to keep and what to get rid of, OR, you can keep it here and then you get to play with it whenever we come to visit!" After a few instances where new toys were left at the grandparents' house, the excess gifts stopped. I guess once they realized they were in danger of having a house filled with toys, the gift-giving became less attractive!
Thanks for all of the great suggestions everyone! As far as the first suggestion, we personally have plenty of unattractive plastic toys (mainly Disney princess related!) that my daughter loves, but I do buy aesthetically pleasing toys certain situations. For example she asked for a doll stroller - if I'm going to have a doll stroller sitting out 24/7 in our tiny house, I'm going to make sure it's a good looking one, so I brought a wooden stroller with pretty fabric. Luckily it worked - we're both happy!
We've found that our young children (age 3 and 6) prefer to play in our communal space rather than in their bedrooms, though that's starting to change for the 6 year old. Plus, we LIKE having the kids around! And we like to monitor for safety and so on, of course, especially for the younger child.
So we've come to accept that playing will happen in our living room, in our "adult" space. However, we also didn't want to dedicate the entire basement to the children (it's where my husband and I work, and where our TV is), nor did we want our living room to look like toyland. So we found a pretty nifty "for now" solution:
Storage ottomans.
For us, we have three of them because it's what fits in our home. Two set under a large picture window so they look like and function as a bankette for guests who want a view of our back yard, our village, and a peek of the water beyond. And one under a large poster print. It also serves as a bankette for when guests come, and sitting there affords you a view of the front yard. Inside the two there are board games, puzzles, musical instruments, and some dressup. Inside the one you'll find all our art supplies: poster paper, pencils, crayons, stickers, stencils. When guests come, we throw some pretty quilts and pillows on top to hide the microfleece (not a pretty fabric).
We have some baskets inside each ottoman to help to keep everything in its place. When we know far enough in advance that guests are coming we put toys away carefully. When it's a last minute surprise visit, we just throw them in there! But good news is that the kids know where things go. Rarely are the ottomans a hot mess. It works for us!
I am also a fan of #1, it's not pretentious. Our house is small and the toys that are visible are one's I like and they play with often. Not high end things, just handmade dolls and ikea ring stackers, that kind of thing. They have dolls I think are ugly and mega blocks and what not, and those are in baskets and bins in their room. They still play with them, but I don't display them. It's not a big deal. Get a play kitchen that's cute instead of ugly if it's in your living area. And yes we had an exersaucer in the living room for months :)
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