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Crimes in the City
Tom Stuckey
Tom Stuckey
The recent hurricanes triggered a number of diverse responses
for me, as I am sure they did for many. As a person, it was nearly
inconceivable to witness the kind of devastation that occurred
in Katrina's wake and the relatively lesser damage from
Rita. As a former police officer, I watched with a certain amount
of pride as most officers and other public servants tried to do
their jobs under nearly impossible circumstances.
Yet, there is also a tremendous sadness at the reports of a few
New Orleans police officers succumbing to baser instincts and
committing acts of theft. I also saw the extremely painful lessons
that were learned when worst-case scenarios come true.
Fortunately, at least in the short-run, these lessons were not
lost on governments and citizens in Rita's path. But even
that relatively successful evacuation presented public safety
officials with a number of important lessons. It remains to be
seen how much will be learned to help better prepare for future
disasters, natural or otherwise. What is painfully clear is that
the logistical issues in moving very large numbers of people in
a short period of time require a great deal of advance planning.
Governments cannot assume that citizens will be able to take appropriate
actions to protect themselves without clear, specific, and timely
direction from their local, state, and national governments. Hopefully,
local, state, and national governments will learn from the destruction
of Katrina, and perhaps as much from the relatively limited destruction
of Rita.
As a teacher of theories of crime, I found the reports of crime
to be especially disturbing. Tales of armed gangs engaged in awful
acts of theft, assault, and even rape and homicide, both in the
city at-large and in the supposed shelters of the New Orleans
Superdome and Convention Center, combined with reports of shots
being fired at rescue helicopters, seemed too awful to imagine.
These actions seemed to strain our understanding of human behavior.
Do people turn into savages overnight when the normal instruments
of social control disappear? As it turns out, there was very little
to explain. As a sociologist familiar with the dynamics of mass
hysteria, I cannot say that I was particularly surprised when
nearly all of these reports turned out to be false, magnified
by a mass media hungry for details and apparently willing to believe
just about anything. Oddly, the number of crimes that have been
reported may not have been more than a city the size of New Orleans
might expect on a "normal" weekend. So, one of the
most important lessons from recent hurricanes is that it is important
to get the facts. The mass media covering the event failed miserably
in some respects regarding the reporting of crime.
I can only wonder how many others might have been saved from rooftops
had rescue helicopters not been grounded to protect the pilots
from imaginary lawless gangs shooting at them. What is most clear
from these recent hurricanes is that we still have many things
to learn about disaster preparedness. It remains to be seen whether
these lessons will be taken seriously or whether history is doomed
to repeat itself.
Thomas Stuckey is an assistant professor at SPEA,
IUPUI. His focus is on criminology, criminal justice, and political
sociology. He belongs to the American Society of Criminology and
the American Criminal Justice Association. Professor Stuckey received
his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Iowa in 2001.


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Fall 2014
• Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape, Bill McKibben
• A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
• Short Story TBD, Edith Wharton
Summer 2014: Adventure
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, Michael Chabon
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Doug Adams
• The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
Spring 2014
• The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls
• Dracula, Bram Stoker
• Under A Lucky Star, Roy Chapman Andrews
• And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini
• The Fifth Season, Lisa Ohlen Harris
Fall 2013
• Summer of the Big Bachi, Naomi Hirahara
• About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory, Barry Lopez
• My Ántonia, Willa Cather
Summer 2013: Mystery
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King
• The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl
• Inferno, Dan Brown
Spring 2013
• The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
• Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
• The Thin Man, Dashiel Hammett
Fall 2012
• The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Man in the Iron Mask, Alexandre Dumas
Summer 2012: Mystery and Adventure
• Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers
• She, H. Rider Haggard
• The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Katherine Howe
Spring 2012
• Towards Zero, Agatha Christie
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne
• The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
• The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
Fall 2011
• The Help, Kathryn Stockett
• The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton
• The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Summer 2011
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
• Stardust, Neil Gaiman
• The Princess Bride, William Goldman
Spring 2011
• The Haunted Hotel, Wilkie Collins
• Half-Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls
• Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi
Fall 2010
• Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
• The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Persuasion, Jane Austen
Summer 2010
• The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
• The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
• Empress, Shan Sa
Spring 2010
• Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
• A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
Fall 2009
• The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
• The Importance of Being Earnest and other Plays, Oscar Wilde
• The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Summer 2009
• Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
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South Africa coach Denver Wannies has selected a squad of 31 players to attend a three-day training camp next week which will kick-start preparations for their participation at the Women's Nations Cup in Canada from 2-13 August.
The squad will come together at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth on Friday and will largely focus on fitness, conditioning and medical testing of the players.
Making a welcome return are former South Africa Women's Player of the Year Natasha Hofmeester after missing the bulk of last season, including the Women's Rugby World Cup in England, with a foot injury, and flanker Izan Niewoudt, who played at the 2006 World Cup.
Wannies has also invited some new faces to train with the senior squad for the first time, including prop Dineo Rammutla, wing Nobele Sinazo, hooker Nwabisa Ngatu and centre Janine Felix.
"Dineo, Nobele, Nwabisa and Janine are all young players who will benefit from their involvement with the core group of players who played for us in World Cup last year," explained Wannies, recently appointed for a second term as national coach.
"We will also add another four youngsters who are currently training with the U20 squad. There are some notable omissions, such as Cebisa Kula, Saloma Booysen and Lorinda Brown, but they will have enough chances to force their way back into contention."
The South African Under 20 squad are currently in Port Elizabeth making their own preparations for their Women's Nations Cup in Santa Barbara, USA, in July involving the same four teams – England, Canada, USA and South Africa – as the senior event.
South Africa Women's training camp squad:
Izan Nieuwoudt, Pulane Motloung, Yolanda Meiring, Dineo Rammulta (all Blue Bulls); Mandisa Williams, Fundiswa Plaatjie, Ziyanda Tywaleni, Nolusindiswe Booi, Nwabisa Ngatu, Nobele Sinazo (all Border), Daphne Scheepers, Donna Sidumbu, Lamla Momoti, Zandile Nojoko, Phumeza Gadu, Zenay Jordaan, Charmaine Kayser, Nomathamsanqa Faleni (Eastern Province); Nombulelo Mayongo (all Griffons), Dolly Mavumengwana, Lusanda Mtiya (all KwaZulu-Natal), Natasha Hofmeester, Nosipho Poswa, Aimee Barrett, Cherne Roberts, Nedene Botha, Laurian Johannes, Janine Felix (all Western Province).
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The Pink Tulip Club is offering 20% to 30% off the boutique's new styles including cardigans, faux leather jacks and fun tops! I was just there and they're packed full of fab fall colors such as cream, grey, auburn, rust, gold and cobalt blue…. and all the best fall fabrics including wool, genuine leather, cashmere […]
Merle Norman Ladies' Night October 30!
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One of my favorite local designers, Lisa Robin Jewelry, will be featured in Merle Norman Crestview Hills' Ladies Night on October 30. This is a great chance for you to take a night out with your girlfriends and see some of the amazing products Merle Norman carries! The event will be held from 4 to […]
Sweetest Day with Gigi's Cupcakes
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Sweetest Day always creeps up on me, but I always love celebrating it (any excuse to celebrate and get gifts, right?! haha!) Well, this year's Sweetest Day is this Saturday (Oct. 19), and I know exactly what I'll be getting Pete. He has such a sweet tooth, and when better than to get him a […]
Bras with Flair THIS Friday, FREE Ticket Code!!
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This is the big week! One of my faaaavorite events of the year is this Friday — Bras with Flair on the Square! We'll be on Fountain Square for the lunchtime portion of the event where you can shop the various vendors, vote for your favorite bra (the winner will get Ultimate Air Shuttle tickets, […]
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When it comes to homework, how much is too much? That's one of the questions raised in a recent New York Times piece, "The Trouble with Homework," which ponders why U.S. students rank lower than many of their international counterparts when it comes to math, reading and science despite the fact that U.S. kids are loaded down with more homework now than ever.
he better. In fact, children who begin to learn a second language before the age of six or seven are more able to speak the new language like a native speaker than kids who didn't start until after the ages of six or seven. But how young is "too young?"
Kids become lifelong readers for all kinds of reasons: A favorite book can capture a child's imagination, a teacher can spark a hunger for stories, and of course, parents can share their own passion for literature. If you want to help nurture your child's love of books, here are Common Sense Media's best tips for raising a reader.
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92 - King of Animals: Porphyry
Porphyry fuses Platonism with Aristotelianism, exploring Aristotle's logic and Plotinus' philosophy. He also finds time to argue for vegetarianism.
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• J. Barnes, Porphyry: Introduction (Oxford: 2003).
• G. Clark, Porphyry: On Abstinence from Killing Animals (London: 2000).
• S.K. Strange, Porphyry: On Aristotle's Categories (London: 1992).
• K. Guthrie, Porphyry: Launching-Points to the Realm of Mind [=Sentences] (Grand Rapids: 1988).
• G. Clark, Body and Gender, Soul and Reason in Late Antiquity (Farnham: 2011). [contains several articles on Porphyry]
• S. Ebbesen, "Porphyry's legacy to logic", in R. Sorabji (ed.), Aristotle Transformed (London: 1990), 141–71.
• A.P. Johnson, Religion and Identity in Porphyry of Tyre: the Limits of Hellenism in Late Antiquity (Cambridge: 2013).
• G. Karamanolis, Plato and Aristotle in Agreement? Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry (Oxford: 2006).
• G. Karamanolis and A. Sheppard, Studies on Porphyry (London: 2007).
• A. Smith, Porphyry's Place in the Neoplatonic Tradition: a Study in Post-Plotinian Neoplatonism (The Hague: 1974).
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Celsus the Platonist
I ran across another late antique philosopher who argued for the rationality of animals: Celsus, who lived about a century before Porphyry, wrote as follows (about ants, of all things):
"And when they meet one another they enter into conversation, for which reason they never mistake their way; consequently they possess a full endowment of reason, and some common ideas on certain general subjects, and a voice by which they express themselves regarding accidental things."
This is from Origen's Contra Celsum 4.84 (online here).


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Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
The child is grown, and puts away childish things.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
Nobody that matters, that is. Distant relatives of course
Die, whom one never has seen or has seen for an hour,
And they went away, and cannot really be said to have lived at all.
But you do not wake up in the middle of the night for them
And weep, with your knuckles in your mouth, and say Oh, God! Oh, God!
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies that matters,
—mothers and fathers don't die.
Tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow if you're busy having fun,
Is plenty of time to say, "I'm sorry, father."
To be grown up is to sit at the table with people who have died.
—adapted from the poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay


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Two rivals who had one of the most famous rivalries in mixed martial arts could end up being on the same side.
Chael Sonnen, who will coach against Wanderlei Silva on "The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3" has requested former UFC Middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva to be a part of his coaching staff. Although The Spider initially declined the offer, his manager Jorge Guimaraes mentioned that Silva would be open to coaching alongside Sonnen if his schedule was open.
Silva is set to take on Chris Weidman at UFC 168, Dec. 28 while filming for "TUF Brazil 3" will start in January, 2014. While Silva may want to take some time away from the sport – whether he beats Weidman or not – I think him coaching on Team Sonnen would be a great opportunity, not only the fighters competing on the show, but also for Silva, who has never been a coach on any incarnation of "TUF."
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Venezuelan Communal Councils
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In April 2006 the Government of Venezuela passed The Law of Communal Councils (consejos comunales) which empowers local citizens to form neighbourhood-based elected councils that initiate and oversee local policies and projects towards community development. Communal councils convene and coordinate existing community organizations as well as promote the creation of new work committees, cooperatives and projects as needed in defence of collective interests and the integral development of the community.
The jurisdiction of each council is limited to a self-defined geography housing under 400 families, but unlimited in scope of activities within the community. All key council decisions are made via discussion and majority vote within a citizens' assembly with at least 30% of the adult community present. Councils are highly autonomous although they are often required to coordinate with municipal administrations and receive funds from various levels of government.
Over 19,500[1] councils have already been registered throughout the country and billions of dollars have been distributed to support their efforts.
The law of Communal Councils was reaffirmed and updated in November 2009.[2]
Communal councils are a group of elected persons from a self-defined residential neighbourhood of about 150 to 400 families in urban areas, or closer to 20 families in rural areas, and potentially 10 in indigenous communities. The principal decision making body of a communal council is the citizens' assembly. The formal functioning committee is composed of the following five units:
- Citizens' Assembly
- Executive Body
- Financial Management Unit
- Unit of Social Oversight (Anti-corruption)
- Community Coordination Collective
All council persons are people within the community elected by the citizens' assembly for a period of 2 years. No person can occupy positions in more than one unit at time.
In the process of creating a communal council a Provisional Promotion Team from outside the community is often required to help organize the first citizens' assembly. The first assembly elects a provisional Promotional Commission and Electoral Commission. These Commissions define the geographic boundaries of the community, conduct a census and organize the first elections for the formal functioning committees.
In practice a large majority of assembly participants and elected spokespersons are women.
Citizens' Assembly[edit]
All members within the defined community above the age of 15 can participate in the citizens' assemblies, which have the power to elect and revoke community spokespeople to the communal council, as well as approve projects and development plans for the community. The quorum for elections is 20% of the community. Other assemblies require 10% of the community to achieve the required quorum.
Assembly elections are done directly (i.e. proxy votes are not accepted) and in secret. Other decisions are generally made by majority of raised hands. Meetings are 2-6 hour public events often held outdoors in the streets, basketball courts, empty lots or other available public spaces. Attendance varies typically from 50 to 150 citizens. Frequency of assemblies vary from weekly to less than once a month depending on the preferences and needs of the executive body.
Executive Body[edit]
The executive body consists of:
- one elected spokesperson from each work committee or community organization
- one elected spokesperson from each of any defined 'neighbourhood micro-units' (small groups of families connected through being contiguous to a particular estate, block, road, building, etc.)
- one elected spokesperson from any formed commissions
There is no formal hierarchy among spokespeople. Specific responsibilities such as administration and meeting coordination are rotated or taken on by those most keen. In practice the internal structure varies with the preferences and capacity of the community.
Examples of work committees and community organizations that may be represented within a communal council include:
- land committees
- health committees
- cultural groups
- sports clubs
- neighbourhood associations
- education Missions
- Bolivarian Circles
- water boards
- electric boards
- energy boards
- transportation organizations
- environmental groups
- food committees
- grandparent clubs
- electoral battle units
- political parties
- cooperatives
- small businesses
- Non-governmental organizations
And others kinds of groups, without any defined limit.
Financial Management Unit[edit]
The Financial Management Unit is a group of five community members elected by the Citizens' Assembly. This group is responsible for administrating financial and non-financial resources generated, allocated or awarded to the council. They promote the creation of cooperatives for local development projects, and drive efforts towards the participatory budget and prioritizing of community necessities. They support local economies, micro-financing, provide social assistance resources and present accounts when requested.
Unit of Social Oversight[edit]
The Unit of Social Oversight is a group of five community members elected by the Citizens' Assembly. They are an independent group who monitor and report on the application of council resources and activities towards the community development plan. They are also known as the Anti-corruption Unit.
Community Coordination Collective[edit]
The Community Coordination Collective (composed of all elected spokespeople serving on the Executive Body, Financial Management Unit & Anti-Corruption Unit) is charged with galvanizing community organization, informing and training community members, and coordinating with the local community-based "militia" army reserves.
Comparisons to Other Examples of Community Governance[edit]
Communal councils are probably most similar to the practice of a tribal or community meeting within very small rural communities. In such meetings the assembly may be the highest decision making body with a potentially large scope of decision-making activities as needed within their jurisdiction. But this model is exclusive to tiny communities that are too remote and unique to be effectively governed by distant municipal governments. Communal councils on the other hand exist along the full spectrum of population density from apartment complexes in the large city of Caracas to tiny remote indigenous communities.
The Town meeting model is similar in that it invites the members of the community to discuss and potentially vote on important budgets, polices or plans for the community. A key difference is that Town meetings are normally only held on a yearly basis and serve as rare and limited citizen input into what is otherwise a representative government system. Comparatively communal councils may hold citizens' assemblies as frequently as needed and are relatively independent of the municipal representative system.
Other examples of locally elected councils such as community councils, civil parish, civil township, town council, and city councils are models where the decision-making power is formally delegated to the elected officials and thus not comparable to the participatory nature of the communal councils which have citizens' assemblies as the highest formal decision-making authority.
Present situation[edit]
Eight months after the law was passed, over 16,000 councils had already formed throughout the country.[3] 12,000 of them had received funding for community projects – $1 billion total, out of a national budget of $53 billion.[4] The councils had established nearly 300 communal banks, which have received $70 million for micro-loans.[5]
As of March 2007 19,500 councils have been registered.[6]
Local newspapers frequently include multiple stories about communal councils and advertisements by mayors celebrating their transfer of funds to the councils as doing their part for the "5th Motor of the Revolution: explosion of popular power". (See links below)
As of April 2007 a majority of the councils are still provisional going through a process of legitimization, registering their official documents, electing spokespersons and generally formalizing their structure according to the new law.
- Video interview with Michael Albert about Communal Councils in Carora and elsewhere in Venezuela.
See also[edit]
- ^ Últimas Noticias (March 5, 2007)"Minpades registra 19 mil 500 consejos comunales".
- ^ Venezuelanalysis.com (November 25, 2009) "Venezuela's Reformed Communal Council Law Aims at Increasing Participation" Suggett, James
- ^ Wynter, Coral & Jim McIlroy (2006) "Marta Harnecker: Venezuela's experiment in popular power," Green Left Weekly, issue #693, December 6, 2006.
- ^ El Universal (2006) "Fides entregó más de un billón para consejos comunales," El Universal, December 9, 2006. Fox, Michael (2006) "Venezuela's Secret Grassroots Democracy," Venezuelanalysis.com, November 28.
- ^ Ultimas Noticias (2006) "Bancos comunales satisfacen necesidades de crédito," Ultimas Noticias, November 11.
- ^ Últimas Noticias March 5, 2007 [1]>
External links[edit]
- "LEY DE LOS CONSEJOS COMUNALES" Gaceta Oficial de la Rupublica Bolivariana de Venezuela. No 5806. April 10, 2006. English HTML version - Spanish HTML version - Spanish PDF version
- Marcano, L. Ciro (2009) "From the Neo-Liberal Barrio to the Socialist Commune", Human Geography, A New Radical Journal
- "Consejos Comunales", Ministerio de Participacion Popular y Desarrollo Social, Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela
- La Escuela de Ciudadanos, Consejos Comunales section - list recent news articles about the councils.


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Change Ringing!
- Friday, November 08, 2013
Imagine entering a bell tower where eight people methodically draw ropes up and down. Bells clang: "Tin tan, din dan, bim bam, bom bum."1 Have you found a wormhole to seventeenth-century England? Nope. It's 2012 and you're in a bell tower in . . . Birmingham, Alabama. Or Kalamazoo, Honolulu, Boston, or Seattle. More than likely there's one within a day's drive of your homeschool.2
Nonetheless, it could be a wormhole of sorts. For the curious, the experience might lead down any number of "rabbit trails," from the London neighborhood of Jack the Ripper, where the Liberty Bell was cast,3 to the bell tower at Old North Church where 15-year-old Paul Revere rang changes4 to vocabulary building (tintinnabulation means "the ringing of bells") to casting technology and acoustics, and even to the math and physics of change ringing (statistics and braid theory). Experiencing the big bells is wonderful, and it's entirely possible to get lost in collateral lore.
According to the North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR), interest and participation in "the Exercise" on church bells and handbells has grown in the last decade. Today there are about five hundred change ringers in fifty different societies in North America. With notice they generally welcome visitors for practices and performances. For a list of ringers and contact information, click here.5 To plan your field trip around a special occasion, you might want to consult their events calendar. On July fourth, for example, The Guild of Bellringers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rings at Old North Church—absent Mr. Revere, of course. A joint concert called "Ring Around Charleston" (South Carolina) is held in February and includes ringers from four different churches, including historic St. Michael's (est. 1764).6
Here's what to expect on your field trip:
1. A friendly group of ringers, all ages and occupations. At St. Paul's, the youngest ringer is a university student, although Jennifer Johnson began her ringing career in her native London at age 11.7 From state to state, and from England to Europe and even to far-flung New Zealand, change ringers are known for their hospitality and willingness to share their love and knowledge of the bells.
2. A ringing room in the bell tower (or "campanile") where the fluffy ropes (or "sallies") extend through holes in the ceiling. From here you can't see the bells. The ringers stand in a circle to perform. Some groups may let you try your hand. It's not as easy as it looks! Not tall enough? No problem. Boxes of various heights are provided for you to stand on.
3. A view of the great bells and a joyful noise, beautifully odd and anachronistic. The medieval world considered tolling bells as the voice of God, calling the faithful to worship, mourn, or rejoice—their major function still.
The technology that made "change ringing" possible developed in post-Reformation England with the ability to hang a bell on a fully rotating wheel. As the bell rotates, the clapper strikes it on the upswings. Ted Clark, Master Ringer at St. Paul's, explains: "It takes about two seconds for a bell to swing twice [through] 360 degrees and return to its starting position. The ringer pulls the rope at two points . . . the handstroke and . . . the backstroke."8 For a demonstration click here.
Now, imagine a circle of people alternately pulling on ropes in never-repeating sequences, and you have change ringing. Click here for a demonstration. Seems simple enough, right? Not so much. The basics can be learned quickly with practice, Clark says; however, he believes what "draws people . . . is that it is so different [from] modern life. It takes an incredibly long time to master the . . . fraction of a second [timing necessary] . . . . No instant gratification here!"9
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Pricing And Picking Oak Hardwood Flooring
Let's talk about wood, shall we? As we mentioned on Tuesday, we decided to go with solid oak hardwoods for the four bedrooms and the hallway upstairs since many rooms downstairs along with the stairs themselves have a nice medium toned oak already (pretty similar to the hardwoods in our first house that ended up being super dog/kid friendly).
As for where to get it, first we looked on craigslist to see if anyone had a large quantity of something in the right tone/amount (no dice) and then we headed to Lumber Liquidators, since we've had luck with them when it came to buying hardwood floors for half of our first house back in 2007 and it's also where we got the cork flooring for our kitchen in 2011. They always have a ton of selection, and tend to have lots in stock along with all of the underlayment & tools in one place, so they're pretty much a one stop shop for us now that it's our third time to the flooring rodeo.
Clara walked right in and made herself comfortable (the girl's right at home on wood flooring, what can I say?) and we had a look around.
She also had some fun on the tiny set of display stairs. According to the guys who work there every kid who enters the store does that as some sort of unspoken toddler rite of passage.
We ended up grabbing six different samples to hold up against the stairs to see which one would be the best match (we tackled this "sampling phase" right before ripping out all of that nasty upstairs carpeting). Since the sun was setting, we waited until the next morning to take them to the new house so we could judge them in natural light.
We decided to try stripping the carpet off of just the top stair so we could be sure the wood under there was still in good shape (if it was completely damaged we'd have to refinish them, which would mean that we could be less careful about picking a matching wood tone for the upstairs). Thankfully the floor under the runner was in great shape (after we pulled about a hundred staples out by hand) and we loved the medium brown tone (not too yellow, not too dark, not too light). Basically it's the Goldilocks of hard wood.
For a bit more on why we love not-too-dark-not-too-light-not-too-yellow-not-too-red-toned oak, it's probably 50% personal preference (some people love it redder or more golden) and 50% practical (if you go too dark with hardwoods we hear that every spec of dust and pet hair can be seen, and if you go too light we've heard that wear and tear is also easier to spot since it's such a light surface). And since we had practically the same tone of oak hardwoods in our first house for years (and it worked well for us – we loved how it looked with our furniture, etc) that ended up swaying us.
Can you tell from this bad iPhone picture of all the samples (sorry!) which one works the best with the stairs?
Yup, it's the bottom left guy. He was the only one in almost exactly the same color and with the same variety of grain (some dark grain and some light grain). It was also the same thickness (2 1/4″) as the hardwood downstairs. So although we loved some of the wider board options, it felt true to our house and nice and cohesive to go with the one that was the right color, had the right amount of wood grain, and was the same width as the rest of the wood flooring in the house.
It took everything in us not to keep going down each step with the crowbar and the pliers, stripping that stained old carpet as we went. But we knew we had a date with the carpeting upstairs (it's more important to rip that out and lay the new hardwoods before we move than it is to get it off the stairs, which can be done at any time). In the bad news department, that top step took us about 20 minutes to wrestle free (which means we have about three hours worth of work in our future). But stair runner, you have been warned. We'll be back.
So after judging those samples in the nice natural light of the morning, we returned to Lumber Liquidators a day after our first trip to officially put in our order. We were armed with the square footage for all of the areas we needed to do, so now that we had picked our Hardwood Bachelor (he accepted our rose and everything), it was pretty straightforward.
Here's a close up of our winner winner chicken dinner. It's called Lono Oak and it's a solid wood floor (it's not engineered, and it's 3/4″ thick so it can be refinished many times) and it comes with a 25 year warranty. Most hardwood flooring is in the $4-7-ish range, but LL's list price was $3.69 per square foot.
Here's where I smiled sweetly and asked my favorite negotiating question, which is "what's your best price?" Then you just stand there. Resist the urge to mumble "uh, not that I'm trying to be tough" or "I'm sorry, forget it" Just stand there in silence and wait to see what they say. If they can come down, they'll tell you. And if they can't they'll say they can't and you can smile and say "just had to ask." John hates this step, so it's always my job. And before I threw out my favorite line, I also mentioned how this was our third big order from them so we're definitely loyal repeat customers.
Boom: 10% off our entire order for those two sentences. So that took the price per square foot down to $3.29 and also scored us 10% off other things we grabbed like a special type of underlayment to work with our subfloor (more on that when we get to the installation process). Speaking of installing it, we're going to attempt to do it all ourselves, and we better get started soon if we hope to move in 2.5 weeks! Plus we want to paint all of the blue/mauve trim (and maybe even the doors?) while the carpet's out but before the floor goes down. So… yeah. Tick tock, Petersiks.
Meanwhile Clara was busy spicing up their brochure displays…
We left feeling pretty excited about our big upstairs flooring overhaul. Especially since we asked how much it would cost to hire their guys to install all the flooring and they said it would be around four thousand bucks! So assuming we can do it (knock on hardwood) it'll definitely add up to some serious money saved.
So our hardwoods are ordered and we have a whole mess of blue trim to paint. We'd like to buy a paint sprayer and try our hand at that, so we'll keep you posted. Should be interesting…
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We installed hardwoods from LL in our foyer a couple months ago and they look great! Their products are definitely high quality, which is amazing for the price. I'll have to try that "what's your best price" line next time we go there…
Installing hardwood flooring is a bear of a project (our foyer took us many, many more hours than I care to admit for only 50 sqft, haha) but I'm sure you guys can handle it. Make sure to rent the pneumatic flooring nailer instead of trying to do it all by hand. We had to do it by hand because the angles of our foyer would have been to small to even use the pneumatic nailer, but for big rooms like you guys have, the nailer would be perfect and cut a LOT of time and effort off the project.
Can't wait to see your process for installing the floors!
Gah, that should say "too small", not "to"!
Can you rent a sprayer and see if you like it? My dad has one and I wasn't crazy about it. BUT, his is OLD. So a newer one will work much better, I'm sure.
As for the floor…love, love, love! The dark color looks so sleek. It also looks great with light, dark or brightly painted walls. Good luck with the installation. I'm sure you guys will have no problem. So get crackin'!! I can't wait to see the finished product:)
Thanks for the Lumber Liquidators info…we stopped in there a few weeks ago b/c I had never been inside, and I liked what I saw but didn't know much about the company, reputation, quality, etc., so it's good to read that this is the third time you've used them. How did it work when you hired someone for installation the first two times–did you hire a subcontractor yourselves or use someone they recommended?
I love your color choice! We have hardwood in our kitchen, entry and mudroom and I would totally do it again. I love it! I'm so excited to see the painted trim and new floors! You're so brave to tackle the floors yourself!
Can't wait to see how it's all going to turn out! Woohoo for new flooring!
Yay! I can't wait to read through the whole painting/hardwood floor process!
We just installed that same exact flooring this week! Great choice — I hope you love it as much as I do! :-)
Oh I love wood floors – there is nothing like them. Maybe it is because they remind me of my parent's house. I remember wearing fluffy socks, running and sliding all the way down the hall….my sisters and brother would see who could go farther. Great memories. :-)
OH my gosh we just installed almost the exact same flooring! I feel like I must be on the right track if YOU experts are doing that same! Yay! Thanks for sharing love that floor it will look amazing for you guys!
Good call on the prefinished hardwoods! We just refinished our original oak hardwoods and some newly installed unfinished oak hardwoods so they would blend together seemlessly after nocking out a wall – it was a ton of work and a lot of dust.
I highly suggest renting a pneumatic flooring nailer for the install – it'll save you a lot of time and similiar to other pneumatic nail guns they are oddly satisfying to use :)
Gorgeous floor choice, gorgeous daughter. :-)
You'll wonder how you ever lived without one. AND it's a much less toxic option (I know that word got your attention Sherry!) than spray painting knick knacks in the future.
my dad and i have installed hard wood floors a couple of times, we manage to finish each room in a day. it's not too hard once you get going.
Good for you on negotiating!!! I negotiate for a living (sweater production manager) and it's taken a lot of time for me to be comfortable with it in my personal life. It's not a cultural norm so I think it's harder for the people you're negotiating with to say no ;)
Love your choice of hardwoods! I was wondering myself if you would try the paint sprayer route since your bestie has had such awesome experience with it. I think it would really help with covering all that blue. Good luck!
I was wondering if you were going to spray the trim since you didn't need to worry about the floors. When we built our house, we did all of the painting ourselves and my husband sprayed the ceiling, primer and trim. It was a huge time saver and our family is very happy that we have a sprayer that they can borrow.
Oh – be careful w/ your knees while doing all of the flooring. My husband developed bursitis in his knee from doing all the tiling and we had to sub out the kitchen and master bath because of it.
Good luck! I cannot wait to see the after pictures.
Beautiful, love them!
2 fav things about this post:
1- Clara's red purse!!
2- the 10% discount!
Happy wood-stallation!
My husbands parents just installed hardwood floors in their downstairs and they are so afraid of them scratching its been 4 weeks and they haven't taken the paper off of them yet. We joke its the equivalent of buying a couch and keeping the plastic on!
Also I'm selfishly hoping you decide to install a new stair runner because I need a tutorial (no pressure!) Our poor puppy has been slipping down our stairs for months now so we put in temporary treads but yuck are they ugly
Ah sorry last one – but also I am SO afraid of haggling so I rarely do it. But we are renting a house for our wedding weekend this fall and I negotiated the sheets and cleaning service to be included in the price instead of paying $500 extra bucks!! I was so proud of myself!! My fiance says whats the worst that can happen? They say nope sorry!
I love the color hardwoods you chose! My husband and I would love to add hardwoods to our house but since we already live there it would be a task to get all the furniture moved around to do it. I can't wait to hear how the installation goes and to see how it all comes out! I think hardwoods would really add to the look of our re-done bedroom. And we have a dog so it would be better than carpet!
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We bought a refurbished paint sprayer to deal with all of the trim in our house and it worked wonders! My fiancee actually wanted to paint! Usually that is a task he avoids more than he does his vegetables, but after purchasing the sprayer he went on a trim painting craze. He sprayed every piece of trim and I wasn't even allowed to touch or use the sprayer! Oh, what a new tool can do for that guy!
P.S. – Clara looked adorable with her red purse at the store!
Cant wait to see the progress!!!!!
Way to bust out those negotiating skills! :) This is going to look sa-weet installed! It's so nice that it's pre-finished, so you don't have to worry about sanding/staining/poly coat after you install.
Glad to hear you have had such a good experience with them, we just placed our flooring order through them this week. We actually went with a laminate, which I NEVER thought I would choose, but we really liked the one we found and honestly could not tell much of a difference between it and the other real wood sample we liked. Now are you doing the install yourself, we got a quote from their installer, but are also checking with some friends who have done this sort of thing before on whether they could install our product for us cheaper. We are just praying we like the finished product :)
Trying not to write this every day, with every post buuuut… I am so stinkin' excited about the new house!! LOVE your current house and everything you did in it, but this new home/project is just so exciting! Think the hardwood is a great choice. Can't wait to see how the installation process goes!
Not that you need suggestions, but because I've used it about a dozen times an absolutly LOVE it, you may want to check out the Wagner HVLP paint gun: http://www.gleempaint.com/hvcongun.html
Unfortunately, I see that the one I purchased is Out of Stock :(, but I'm now considering getting the upgrade since I like the less expensive version one so much! The best thing is that you can use your own compressor! It takes a bit of practice to get the "spray" just right, but once you get it down, the outcome is BEAUTIFUL!
Good luck with the painting and hardwood installation, can't wait to see the transformation!
My husband and I just put up some board and batten type trim in a room and are excited to use our sprayer for it. He wanted to hand paint and I said heck no, especially since we still haven't painted the new "top" color in the room overspray won't be a problem.
That was my favorite from the bunch, so good choice! Good luck with your installation. My husband and I tackled installing hardwood floors in our living and dining rooms a few years ago. We ended up with an oddlot of brazilian cherry from LL at a ridiculous discount that we couldn't pass it up ($1.49/sq ft!). Of course since we had an oddlot we had to do some manipulations with some of the boards (cut boards down in size to remove imperfections and re-route the tongue or grove on the ends) and it increased our installation time. It took us 16 hours to install the floor in both rooms. Hopefully your installation will go quicker since you have a lot more floor to install than we did!
Ah, I can only wish to afford that. We got carpet for 1.79 installed. It probably will not last forever like these floors though. I think these are beautiful and just think, once you do the floors you can forget about them for the next 20+ years or until you need to sand out a chip or gash.
Good luck installing them. At another house I once owned they installed tongue and groove laminate and the hardest part I think was when they had to cut the pieces of flooring with a saw. Hope you have a good table saw (I'm sure you do – but I just started reading your blog like 2 weeks ago).
So is it weird that since you guys putting down hardwoods, it makes me wish I could too? We put down hardwoods in our hallway about 3 years ago and had a lot of fun doing that. We also pulled up the plywood subfloor so that the wood floors would be level with the tile at either end of the hall. And to make things more fun we documented it with a time lapse video. You can see it by clicking on my name. =)
Have fun! =)
Soooooo many flashbacks to shopping for wood floors for our 1978 carpet-rific house a few months ago! We were thinking about installing it ourselves, but ended up finding pitchers mound sized lumps in our slab due to some previous foundation work, so for us, going to the pros was best. BUT I sooooooo want to install our own in the next house so I'm super excited to watch you guys go through the process!
Ahhh, yes. I remember those hours of sitting on the floor with the pliers and a cup for the padding staples. We have now removed the carpeting from the stairs, first and second floors and love it. It was an adjustment getting used to the noise. Carpeting does help keep the noise down I guess. And the "no socks on stairs" rule had to be enforced. One thing to be aware of is the doors in the carpeted areas will be too short. We had some looking like "high water" doors. Some we live with but the closet door at the top of the stairs was just too much. We took it off and seamlessly added to the bottom. Much better after it was painted. Good luck with your project.
We're military and have had four moves in five years, those floors you chose were my absolute favourite. I'm sad we don't have them any more. We have trendy, dark floors now and the wood (whatever it is…) isn't oak and it's too soft – shows every scratch and looks filthy all the time. The oak is perfect and classic!
Love the color. We self installed our 1st floor a few years ago. We also got our wood from lumber liquidators. We found it was way cheaper to buy the floor nailer ( you might already have one) then it is to keeping renting it.
This sprayer was recommended by family handyman and we got it and have done a ton of trim boards and cabinet doors with it. The challenge is thinning the paint to the proper viscosity but it wasn't that big of a challenge and it's been doing a great job: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JEPEES/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_ST1_dp_1
We're getting ready to put in our hardwood order – my husband's been busily ripping out underlayment from the gross carpet. We took a class at our local community college (a two-hour thing) and learned a lot of tips.
For example, we have a round chimney in our family room and we weren't sure how we'd ever get a clean look there – we learned you actually cut out under the brick and slide the wood underneath!
I can't wait to follow along your progress as we prepare for the same task!
I can't wait to read more about this! I got really excited when you mentioned the paint sprayer. I'm currently repainting every room of our new house….by myself. With four kids and little spare time, it has become a tedious project. I'm seriously considering the sprayer to speed up some of this process. But it would be great to have a recommendation before I buy!!
When trying to decide the color of our hardwoods, we put different kinds of dirt down as a test; dirt from outside, crumbs, etc. Same with the tile for our bathroom-in there we took hair from the hairbrush to see how badly it would show. The tests helped a lot!
Hi Sherry and John,
Just something to think about that I wish we would have… hard wood upstairs = noisy. Try to find out about a rubber underlay. It's dreadful in our kitchen sometime with our (3) kids and dog upstairs, you can hear every thump, bump, and scrape. I believe there are sound deadening (is that a word?) mats out there that can go below the hard wood. Just a suggestion from a slightly sound sensitive parent.
Best of luck, can't wait to see!
Love that you guys are doing the flooring yourselves–looking forward to following along on that journey, and picking up some tips. Our main floor is just subfloor, and the upstairs is carpet. I would love to put down hardwoods (I grew up with hardwood floors, and they are wonderful–they still look like new at my dad's house) in my 3yo's room and playroom. Much easier to clean up spills and messes!
I love my paint sprayer!!! We are redoing all of the trim in our home right now and without my paint sprayer I would have gone nuts!! Use it before you put your flooring down of course because it will go everywhere (we had to tape off and put paper down on all of our floors) but it works great! Good luck!
That is the best store!! And I know what you mean about the negotiating! My hubby is the same way! I always have to ask and he says he has to step back to not be embarrassed! But way to go on the 10% discount!! Can't wait to see the result!!
So, this may be a stupid question (but I'd feel even more stupid for not asking and finding out what the answer is). Do the floors from LL come finished, or will you have to sand, stain, and poly them? I've always grown up with original hardwood floors, so I am unfamiliar with having to replace them. We have some termite damage to the hardwoods on the main floor of our home, and we might consider just replacing the floors rather than trying to pry out the eaten, fragile pieces and fitting new little 1″ strips.
Can't wait to see the result!! Looks like a very big project to do yourselves, but definitely worth it to save $4000(!!!! That's a big number!!!!!).
I can never bring myself to ask for discounts. :(. You are very brave. My dad used to do those things and it made me want to crawl under a rock and die, but I think you've inspired me to put on my big girl panties next time and at least give it a try!!
I'm sure you'll do great at installing your new floor. My hubby and I just put in our second. The first was a tiny easy-peasy rectangular entry. This time it was a kitchen with some crazy angles. You can see before-and-after here: http://www.owlhaven.net/2013/02/11/my-new-kitchen-floor/ We used elm that my husband milled himself, with a walnut edging. It turned out great and we love it. I can't believe I lived with terrible vinyl for so many years when it turned out the wood was so doable.
Can't wait to see what else you do with your new house!
SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS!!! I haven't said that yet. I am really looking forward to watching this dream home made over. My girls have the same baby doll in the first few pictures. Our baby is always naked too. We actually have two of them, since we have twins. Strangely one of the best purchases ever from Target. :)
So are you guys getting wood that's already finished or will you have to sand and stain them after? My husband and I are about embark on this same journey and are weighing our options right now.
Is pressed wood the same as particleboard?? That article someone linked to said that it's inappropriate as a subfloor. You know, because you need me , the non-DIYer, to tell you how to DIY!!
Wow 4 grand is a huge savings! And I've always heard installing flooring is a pretty basic DIY :) Good luck!
My favorite part of this post was the updates on how Clara entertained herself while you were shopping. Congratulations on the new flooring!
Thumbs up for bottom left! Of course you are going to attempt to install this yourselves, since this is the true heart of your blog – DIY! It is tempting to consider having it done based on the window of time you have, but I'll bet you can figure out a compromise, like getting enough of it done that you can move most of the upstairs furniture in, and then finishing it while living there. The lesson is for us from you – how hard is it really to do it yourselves, and when is it time to call for help from installers?
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Live Improvised Show using -
Roland Juno 106 x 2
Roland TR-606
Roland Space Echo
Doepfer A-100 Modular Synthesizer
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Live Improvised Show using -
Roland Juno 106 x 2
Roland TR-606
Roland Space Echo
Doepfer A-100 Modular Synthesizer
Shot by Miranda Driscoll
Happy to announce that my 4th LP The First Wave is due for release on Bodytonic Records in (October 2013). Its the end of a very long process that began is life noodling on these instruments in a bedroom in San Francisco in early 2010, completing on the other side of the US, in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, June 2013.
The single from the album, Bests is due first week of sept so keep your eyes and ears peeled.
download free here - http://thecoloursofdarkness.bandcamp.com/
This EP was made in aeroplanes, above the atlantic ocean, when others slept, during the 24 times i cross the Atlantic Ocean between Jan 2010 and Jan 2013. free 5 track EP free to download here – happy new year
Cover designed by J.Cowhie @ -http://cargocollective.com/mydesignthings
Live Improvisation using
1. Roland Jupiter 4 and effects – Neil O Connor
2. Arp 2600 Modular Synthesizer – Conor Creaney
3. Roland TR-606 Drum Machine
4. Effect Pedals
An online label I started in 2010 now features two out of print, limited edition ambient music EPS done w dublin producer locus solus, they are free to download here, only 200 downloads available.
if there is one way to cure some homesick blues, its do a cover version about your home town. thanks phillo. enjoy


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What's New in Scala 2.10
This is not just a presentation of new features in Scala 2.10, but Martin Odersky, creator of Scala and chief architect at Typesafe, also tells the very brief history of the language, and explains why functional programming in general is getting traction these days. Basically he talks about multi-core hardware, which requires parallel processing, which on the other hand is only really possible without shared mutable state. I highly recommend this talk, which was by the way given a month ago at JavaOne.


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Maths Department Help for Local A-Level Students
Two local Further Mathematics A-Level students visited Lancaster University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics in April for help with their differential equations coursework.
Kevin Crooks (Carr Hill High School, Kirkham) and Keaton Dickinson (Lytham St Annes High School) are both studying through the Lancaster and Cumbria Further Mathematics Network, which is based in the department.
The network allows students to study for Further Mathematics A/AS qualifications even when courses are not offered directly by their school or college.
Kevin and Keaton's differential equations module encourages them to study real-life physical problems, formulate equations which explain the problems and then - hopefully - solve them.
Their coursework problem involves the mathematics of parachutes. A falling parachute is subject to two forces - gravity and air resistance. Can we write down an equation which accurately describes how far the parachute will have fallen after a given period of time? How does the air resistance depend on the speed of the parachute and the size of the canopy?
To try out their theory, Kevin and Keaton made their own parachutes from string, a students' union carrier bag and blu-tac, and threw them down a stairwell from various heights, timing how long they took to reach the ground.
The data from this practical experiment allowed the pair to check the accuracy of their theoretical calculations.
Wed 18 April 2007
Associated Links
- Department Of Mathematics And Statistics - Maths and Statistics' home page
- The Further Mathematics Network - The Further Mathematics Network can enable you to study Further Mathematics A/AS qualifications, even when they are not offered directly by your school/college. The Network also supports Further Mathematics in schools and colleges that do offer it, and organises events and activities to encourage more students to study mathematics post-16
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Physics PhD student wins EPSRC Doctoral Prize
Peter Hodgson, who has just successfully defended his PhD, has now rounded off the achievement with the award of an EPSRC Doctoral Prize by the Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Lancaster University has played a lead role in the inaugural meeting of a new engineering network for all types of engineers working on particle accelerators in the UK.
Fri 17 October 2014
Faculty leads new initiatives to stimulate postgraduate teaching and business innovation
Almost 100 postgraduate students have been welcomed onto two new masters degrees that bring together expertise from across the faculty.
Fri 10 October 2014
Lancaster research to help business decision-makers protect against cyber attack
Lancaster University research will enable business leaders to take more informed decisions about protecting critical infrastructure from cyber attack.
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After travelling through Australia and New Zealand for seven weeks we had booked 'seaspray' beach villa in Rarotonga to relax and soak up the sun. We flew from Aukland landing in Rarotonga at about midnight there time. Dorothea had arranged a transfer for us to take us to the villa and let us in. Having arrived at about 1am in the morning our first instinct was to fall into bed, however the villa was so lovely that we had a cuppa and surveyed the facilities and the location ( by moonlight). Everything was as described on the website and we loved it! We attempted catching a bus to the local market the next morning and eventually managed to get one after 40mins standing in the baking sunshine. not the most reliable mode of transport (one bus clockwise, one bus anticlockwise around the whole island). We therefore decided to book a car in town for the 8 day stay which was very reasonable and worked out well for shopping and carrying all the beach and snorkelling gear around to the various beaches on the island. The local team looking after the property were friendly, helpful and kept the property in good order. The washing machine had broken down just before our arrival and was fixed by the Tuesday ( flying in the spare part needed from New Zealand). Dealings with the owner Dorothea were very professional from first enquiry to return of deposit. The property was so lovely that we had breakfast and evening meal on the sun terrace most days. The facilities for cooking were excellent and having the dishwasher meant washing up was not a chore. The island is a beautiful peaceful jewel in the pacific ocean, very green with lush palm trees and vegetation covering the steep mountain interior and sandy beaches with warm shallow lagoons around most of the island's perimeter. If you enjoy beaches, swimming, snorkelling or just lazing on the sun terrace with a book this is the place for you. The more energetic have the option of trekking in the mountains and cycling around the island, note at this time of year it is very hot and humid. We had a super relaxing , very enjoyable stay in this property and would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to experience a slice of paradise. John (Solihull England)
Absolute Perfection.
If you're like me and have to travel half way around the world to get to a vacation spot, you want it to be all that one would wish. You'd want a beautiful location, comfortable accommodations, friendly people and the feel of peace and tranquility. There, that's briefly what Sokala Villas has to offer. Muri beach is the most beautiful area on the most beautiful island in the world. (Biased opinion!) Sokala is located on the most perfect section of this beautiful beach. One gets so used to having the whole area to one's self that to see anyone else stroll by seems like an intrusion in you're own personal paradise. Lawrance, Susan, Sarina and the entire staff are our Cook Islands family now. We miss them when we're away and can't wait to return. The villas are cozy and rustic. The staff bend over backwards to ensure that your comfort and enjoyment is their number one priority. Every year that we've been back we find that there seems to be more to do, more places to dine and more facilities to enjoy. Evenings with a brandy and a cigar on the spacious deck overlooking the lagoon, watching the moon rise over the motu and a light tropical breeze over the water.... Damn! In the meantime, in the real world, I must go shovel the snow so I can get my car out on to the street.


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Before this morning, I was ambivalent about Lana Del Rey and her music. After hearing her interview on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon, I'm disappointed and disgusted.
A bit of one of her songs was played which contains the line, "He hit me and it felt like a kiss." Simon asks her to comment about the material by saying "Not everybody has thought it's a good idea to have lines like 'He hit me and it felt like a kiss'." She answers with "Definitely. But that's been the theme of my career. The thing about me is, coming from an alternative music background and singing for nine years, being basically invisible, I'm so used to writing for myself — and at the end of the day, I do it because I feel like I have to. So when I'm recording or writing, I don't have other people in mind. It's not always comfortable for me, but I don't not say what I want to."
She's used to writing for herself, maybe, but not in an original way. In reality, this line is taken word for word from a song recorded by the Crystals, produced by Phil Spector, and written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The really sad thing is, Goffin just passed away a couple of days ago. It's shameful that neither she nor Simon (who I admire and respect, and enjoy listening to nearly every Saturday morning) mentioned where the inspiration came from, especially directly after having asked her about her early influences (where she goes on to pontificate about Beat poetry and Walt Whitman).
Goffin and King's song has been covered by many, and information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Hit_Me_(It_Felt_Like_a_Kiss)
The NPR interview can be found here:http://www.npr.org/2014/06/21/323209791/lana-del-rey-i-dont-have-other-people-in-mind


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The VirtueMart Forum is a better place to ask for help than here, and I've found a lot of help by post questions directly in Google.
In response to a couple of previous posts I offer the following...
1) "Can't have products with no shipping, Really? by domdeez, September 2, 2008"
Actually you can do this. You'll have to create a Shipping Rate List, starting with 0 (zero) weight at $0.00. So for that I would put "Highest Weight 0.010, Lowest Weight 0.00. Then put 0 (zero) weight for your product.
2) "Not compatible with Community Builder by paul.shane, August 17, 2008"
Did you try the VirtueMart plugin for Community Builder? http://www.e-motion.com.au/open-source/virtuemart-plugin-for-community-builder.html


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Leaving #Coachella2013 we saw this…definitely a moment for our scrapbooks!
Hawt faces with Tegan and Sara! This was their idea! They asked me to do a crazy picture!❤
I can't tell whose face is funnier and it's making me feel uncomfortable
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Believe in God's perfect timing :)
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Masya Allah, I can even reblog these all posts.
Allah is setting everything right . :))
marriage :) Believe in Allah's perfect timing :D
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Whomever gives up something...
My love for nail polish is quiet immense, but Alhamdulilah I have found the courage to give it up...
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Dr. Pramod S. Kelkar has been practicing medicine for 27 years. Dr. Kelkar graduated from the B.j. Med Coll, Poona Univ, Pune, Maharashtra, India in 1987. He practices medicine in Woodbury, MN and 2 other locations and specializes in Allergy & Immunology. Dr. Kelkar is affiliated with Northfield Hospital & Clinics, United Hospital and North Memorial Medical Center.
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Windows Mail Select Recipients box show order
I've had Windows Mail working well on Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit for over a year with no problems until very recently.
A problem started 3 days ago.
I have my Contacts List set to show alphabetically starting at A, and until 3 days ago, the Select Recipients box showed in the same order. It's now showing in the reverse order - starting with Z.
I can't find any way to alter this and can't find any references to the problem.
Any ideas for a fix please ?
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
I thought Windows Mail was only available in Vista? is it possible you are using Windows Live Mail.
Have to take a guess about Windows Mail , immediately above the contacts is there a box saying name like you get in Windows Explorer click it & it probably reverses the order.
Windows Live Mail look on the Ribbon in the View section for Sort by there are only two option's First name or Last name.
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It is Windows Mail - not Windows Live Mail I'm using.
I can change the order for the Contacts List and when I reverse that, the order in the Select Recipients box doesn't change. When I change the order for the Contacts List back to what it was, the order in the Select Recipients box does not change.
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Based on author Salman Rushdie's award winning book by the same title, 'Midnight's Children' is an American-Canadian adaptation of the book. Written and directed by Deepa Mehta, the movie boasts of a cast which includes names like Satya Bhabha,Shriya Saran, Siddharth Narayan, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan and Darsheel Safary, to name a few.
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Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez play the young couple in trouble in the comic flick 'Behaving Badly'. The movie also stars Mary-Louise Parker, Elisabeth Shue, Jason Lee and Heather Graham among other cast. Check out the trailer right here.


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you are definitely "that guy." but so are lots of men on okcupid!
and i'm glad that you're far away :)
nice neg, bro
just one?
sorry brandon, but i haven't been into diapers since like 1989.
why yes, mr. scary clown, i would love to go on a boat ride with you! that doesn't sound like the premise of a bad horror move at all
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Online Training Course for IPS Supported Employment
To register for the course, and to learn about the cost to take the course, go to www.regonline.com/IPS2014
Who should take this course? This web-based course is intended for employment specialists and their supervisors. Some of the fieldwork for the course includes job development with employers, meeting with clients and families to work on an employment plan, etc. Therefore, we do not recommend the course for mental health practitioners who do not routinely perform these types of duties.
How does learning take place? • This is an online learning course with personalized learning opportunities. • Each learning module consists of 30-40 minutes at the computer watching videos, reading, and answering questions. • Following the computer work, participants are asked to spend time practicing new skills during their workweek, and then write about their experiences on a discussion board, for example, after learning about new techniques for building relationships with employers, students are asked to practice those techniques by meeting with employers. • Unlike many other online courses, this training course includes contact with course facilitators who answer student questions and comment on all discussion board postings.
What are the learning modules? 1. Overview of IPS Supported Employment 2. Using a Team Approach (including families, VR counselor and mental health practitioners) 3. Focusing on Strengths and Preferences 4. Client Interviewing Skills 5. Job Development (Web based) 6. Job Development (Fieldwork) 7. Planning Job Supports 8. IPS Supported Employment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
What is the course schedule? The course is offered three times each year.
- Participants may work on the course at any time of day or night, though sections of the course will shut down as the course progresses.
- Participation in the course is limited and registration forms will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basi.
Is there a course certificate? Participants who complete the course, all of the homework assignments, and a course evaluation, will be issued a certificate of course completion
Comments from course participants It was excellent. The examples and case studies were common to experiences I have had. As a result of taking the course, I have adopted IPS principles and am engaging in rapid job searches much more than I was previously. I find myself explaining IPS to clients and getting them on board. I am now confident in talking to employers, which I rarely did in the past. I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in this course and feel that it has improved my practice and benefitted the clients I work with. Thank you! I really liked engaging in a short discussion with the instructors after each homework submission, and was grateful for their thoughts and reflections. These were really useful, hands-on sessions that allow for immediate integration into work for staff and managers. I love the homework, especially for job development. It really helps the employment specialist to get out in the community early on and practice meeting with employers.


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Endless Nights...
The Hobbit| That's What Bilbo Baggins Hates!
(Bilbo: Can you not do that? You'll blunt them!)
(Bofur: Oooh~! Do you hear that, lads? He says we'll blunt the knives~!)
Blunt the knives and bend the forks!
Smash the bottles and burn the corks!
Chip the glasses and crack the plates!
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates -
Cut the cloth and tread the fat!
Leave the bones on the bedroom mat!
Pour the milk on the pantry floor!
Splash the wine on every door!
Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl;
Pound them up with a thumping pole;
And when you've finished, if any are whole,
Send them down the hall to roll!
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!
(So, carefully! Carefully with the plates!)
amutantandproud said: Okay, 1 year ago: "Send me a message, and I'll put my iTunes on shuffle and tell you our song." Now I'm curious: What is our song? :D
Sorry for the delay, but I just saw this message! My iTunes gave us this song, and yes, it has 24 minutes!
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Heath Ledger on the set of The Dark Knight (2008) and Tom Hardy on the set of The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
(Source: the-dark-knight-reblogs, via judao)
amutantandproud said: Seu blog é o melhor EVER! HAHAHA Está tão ansioso para The Hobbit quanto eu? *-* Thaisa
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President Obama's One Word Slogan Is a Dirty Commie
It's a shame President Obama didn't type his new campaign slogan into Wikipedia before he announced it or he might have seen "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)" among the listings. Now, Republicans are clamoring to remind everyone that certain terms can have multiple connotations. For instance, if you say it often enough, "9/11" means "Saddam Hussein has WMDs."
As this article based on an irrefutable Wikipedia page (edited 17 times today already) says…
"The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains.
The slogan "Forward!" reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.
The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word "Forward" with the "O" having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign's official beginning.
Great. Every conservative pundit who believes President Obama secretly wants to turn this country into a *vomit burp* socialist democracy is going to have a field day with this tenuous word association.
But it doesn't end there. After looking up "Hope" on Wikipedia, I learned it's the name of Israel's national anthem, and "Yes We Can" is a song featured in the video game Guitar Hero II. President's Obama's use of these words in 2008 can only mean one thing: He's going to destroy the free market with the help of rambunctious Israeli rock & roll band Monotonix!
Maybe not, but you've got to hand it to the right. They really cover their tracks. If you search Wikipedia for "Ass-Backwards," it doesn't say anything about conservative ideology. Yet.
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