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I ride MTB in a coastal town where all roads are dirt roads with lots of uphill/downhill. Nothing extreme, I just ride to relax and enjoy the landscape. I have mechanical disc brakes and after a 2-4 hours ride session my hands hurt (too much braking). I have never ridden with hydraulic brakes, but it seems to me that they will be easy on my hands. Should I change to hydraulics?
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I have or have had bikes with mechanical rim brakes, mechanical disks (shimano deore), hydraulic discs (also shimano deore) and recently hydraulic rim brakes (Magura hs33).
The experience I had says that:
So, I'd say the hydraulic systems are well worth the upgrade, but unless some facts are taken into consideration, sometimes the magic might not happen, specially if the braking pads are not doing their job. Also, a v-brake with new and well tuned cables/cable-routers, killer pads and decent levers can beat most fancy disc brakes around.
Hope this helps!
I'd recommend giving your current brake installation a good service before considering spending money on an expensive upgrade.
Hydros are great (I have them on my bike and enjoy riding with them), but a well-maintained braking system should be more than adequate in all reasonable riding conditions. Hydros would have advantages if you're into mountain riding as a sport, but for day-to-day use you probably won't notice much difference.
You say you've never changed your pads because they work. A pad can last a good while to be sure, but they do tend to become gradually less effective as they wear (more force for the same braking needed). You might want to look into changing the pads for fresh, good quality ones. That should give an noticeable increase in breaking power.
Similarly, the discs or rims that the pads press against can wear, though that's very unlikely to be a factor unless the brakes in question are very old. What is more likely to have an impact is dirt and other contaminates on the braking surface. Mud and dirt, lubricating oil from your bike, the remains of old brake pad material and what have you can build up on the surface. If you clean the surface thoroughly then you should notice further improvements in the stopping power of your brakes.
The cable in mechanical systems can stretch, fray, rust and so on. As it's a mechanical moving part it also needs to be properly lubricated. As the cable stretches with use you should adjust the brakes to counter. You should also apply some kind of lubricating grease or wax to the exposed portions of the metal cable with the brake in both the released and applied state. Finally, if there's any sign of rust or fraying in the cable, get it replaced immediately!
All this maintenance should make a very noticeable improvement in the stopping power of your brakes. More effective braking means less effort needs to be used when braking, and hopefully less strain being put through your hands.
You may also want to invest in a good pair of padded cycling gloves, they also offer a measure of protection from strain on your hands.
If none of the above helps enough then that's the point where you might want to start seriously looking at replacing your brakes. However, doing the above is likely to be effective in reducing the amount of effort you need to apply when braking, and it's a lot less expensive then replacing the brakes on your current bike.
In order to brake you apply force on the brake lever that is then transferred to the braking surface (e.g. disc and pads). The advantage of hydraulics is the efficiency in which force is transferred (i.e. reduced system flex). Cable actuated disc brakes will have more compression in the cable housing, resulting in reduced efficiency and potentially tired hands from the extra force applied during extended braking.
That said, you can greatly improve cable disc brake efficiency by upgrading the cable housing to "compression less" housing (e.g. Avid Flak Jacket). This could be a much more cost effective option than switching to hydraulics. I did this on my commute bike and the performance was quite close to hydraulics, but did take some time to properly set up.
I had some Shimano XT hydraulics on a mountain bike, and now have Avid BB7 mechanical disks on my touring bike. I don't know whether to attribute it to the lack of cable compression or some other mechanical advantage, but there's no question that the hydraulics feel much easier and controllable. It is also a more linear feel (or "better modulation" is a phrase I sometimes hear used) -- you get more braking right at the beginning of the lever pull because you don't have to first squish out all the flex in the cable and cable housing.
By contrast, my mechanical disc brakes, while very strong, have a bit of squish at the beginning, and don't subjectively feel as nice. I still choose not to run hydraulics because of the increased vulnerability (hydraulic line punctures) and difficulty of doing field repairs (particularly inappropriate for a touring bike). But the hydraulics, subjectively, definitely feel much stiffer and stronger. Since you're a bigger guy at 100 kilos, and braking quality sounds important to you, I don't think you'd be crazy to want to try switching over to hydraulics to see if they make a significant difference.


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International Energy Agency forecasts that the US will overtake
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"Increasing US crude-oil production...directly limits the
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The problem for the tanker sector is this: The
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ship, but also the distance traveled. The longer the distances,
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Jeffries says Frontline Ltd., which operates a large fleet
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year in earnings and $2.09 next. Both estimates were slashed
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Global Hunter has an even worse view for the stock, with the
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CEDAR PARK, Texas. (March 8, 2013) – It took the longest shootout in franchise history, but the San Antonio Rampage (26-25-1-4) earned a 5-4 victory against the Texas Stars (33-16-4-6) to give the Rampage a winning record for the first time of the season, as San Antonio defeated Texas, 5-4, on Friday night at Cedar Park Center.
Jed Ortmeyer scored the game-winning goal in the franchise-record 12th round of the shootout and netminder Dov Grumet-Morris made 10 of 12 saves in the record-setting shootout to help the Rampage to their first win at Cedar Park Center since March 10th, 2012.
The Rampage are now 8-2-1-0 in their last 11 games and own a 6-3-1-0 record in their last 10 games away from the AT&T Center.
Grumet-Morris stopped 36-of-40 shots and Greg Rallo tallied two goals, including the game-tying goal while shorthanded at 16:19 of the third period. Ortmeyer and Zach Miskovic also chipped in a goal and an assist in the victory.
The Rampage and Stars exchanged power-play goals in the opening frame. Stars winger Tomas Vincour opened the scoring on the night at 16:44 with a one-timer from the top of the left circle.
Rampage forward Greg Rallo responded less than two minutes later when he blasted a snap shot through traffic and past Stars netminder Cristopher Nilstorp. Quinton Howden and Zach Hamill collected assists on Rallo's 18th goal of the year, which leads the team.
The Rampage outshot the Stars, 10-5, in the opening frame, marking the first time San Antonio has outshot Texas in a period in the last five meetings between the two clubs dating back to Dec. 19th at Cedar Park Center.
Zach Miskovic gave the Rampage a 2-1 lead at 2:13 of the second period. Miskovic rang a shot off the pipe from the top of the slot and eventually found the puck again at nearly the same spot and made no mistake the second time around, burying the shot over the glove of Nilstorp.
Howden looked to extend the Rampage lead seven minutes into the second period when he created a turnover and walked in cleanly on a breakaway. Howden deked and eventually brought the puck to his backhand, but Nilstrop was able to extend his right pad to make the save.
Grumet-Morris made a fantastic glove save on Stars captain Maxime Fortunus nine minutes into the second period, but Colton Sceviour tied the game shortly thereafter when he banged home a rebound by Grumet-Morris at 9:26 of the second period.
The Rampage were outshot, 19-5, in the middle frame, but the two teams remained tied at 2-2 heading into the second intermission.
Vincour tallied his second goal of the game 19 seconds into the third period while the Stars were on a 5-on-3 power play to give Texas the 3-2 lead.
Ortmeyer tied the game once again at 3-3 with a great shot from his knees at 4:25 of the third period. Rookie defenseman John Lee fed him a perfect pass in the slot and Ortmeyer was able to find the back of the net, despite being tripped up.
Texas cashed in for the third time of the night with the man advantage at 15:06 of the third period when Fortunus blasted a shot from the point that found its way through traffic and past Grumet-Morris.
But the Rampage weren't done just yet. Rallo netted his second goal of the game at 16:19 while shorthanded to once again tie the game. Miskovic collected an assist on the goal, marking his first multi-point game of the season for the Rampage in his eighth game in the Silver and Black.
Neither team was able to break the tie in regulation or in overtime, so the game went to a shootout. The two teams were tied, 1-1, through the first five rounds of the shootout and neither side was able to light the lamp for the next five shooters. Eric Selleck scored in the 11th round, but Stars Brett Cameron followed suit with the Stars corresponding shot.
Ortmeyer scored on his first shootout attempt of the season in the 12th round and Grumet-Morris stopped former Rampage forward Doug Jones to secure the victory at Cedar Park Center.
The Rampage were outshot, 40-25, in the game and Texas went 3-for-7 on the power play, while San Antonio was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
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Lyonel Feiniger was a well-known Expressionist and Cubist painter, who also had an interesting career in comics. The son of two professional musicians, New York City born Feininger was sent to Germany to study music in 1886. He was more interested in art, however, and attended the Berlin Art Academy and the Colarossi Academy in Paris. He started his career as a cartoonist in 1894, working for a number of German, French and American magazines, including Harper's Round Table, Harper's Young People, Humoristische Blätter, Lustige Blätter, Das Narrenschiff, Berliner Tageblatt and Ulk.
In 1906, he created 'The Kin-der-Kids' and 'Wee Willie Winkie's World' for the Chicago Tribune. Due to a dispute with his publishers, Feininger left these strips after a few months and went on with his career as a celebrated painter and artist. He lived in Europe, teaching art at the famous Bauhaus school among other places, until 1937. In the later years of his life, Feininger expressed the desire to finish his comic strips, but he never did.


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Eric Breen, sales manager (left) played a major role in developing the 4Sight solution; Stephanie Rogenski handles marketing and communications.
As the old saying goes, forewarned is forearmed. That's why 4Front Engineered Solutions (Booth 209) brought its new 4SIGHT yard and dock management system to Modex 2012.
4SIGHT provides operations with the information they need to monitor, schedule and communicate trailer movement, load assignments and loading dock status in an easy-to-use interface. It combines RFID, GPS and a variety of sensor technologies to provide real-time yard and loading dock visibility, automation and optimization from the time an inbound truck approaches the gate until it exits the outbound gate.
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It started as a "white dot" under her arm. Amy Austin asked her doctor about it and was told not to worry—but it grew larger. When she went to have it removed 8 months later the 38-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with stage 3b breast cancer.
"I had no warning," she said. "There is no history of breast cancer in my family, I eat well, and I'm fit."
That spring she had breast cancer surgery, and just one week after starting chemotherapy she walked the 5K Prouty with her husband, sister, two sons, and several friends. That first year her team, "Fight for Second," raised nearly $3,000 for NCCC. Then she went home, completed her chemo and radiation therapy over the summer, and began working on the next year's Prouty fundraising goal.
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"Breast Cancer isn't just a woman's fight, this is everyone's fight," she says about her commitment to breast cancer awareness. "The Prouty is especially good this way because people on teams can do different things. Some of us bike, this year we had ten kids who walked."
Austin's two sons were on that first team walk in 2011, but now many kids are involved in the fundraising as well as participating in the event. She notes that seven-year-old twins on the Prouty team raised money at a lemonade stand, and there are many activities for kids at the fundraisers she organizes. "I think it teaches kids to think about more than themselves—and they really enjoy giving back," she says.
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This year at The Prouty Austin biked 50 miles. Her 2013 "Fight for Second" team included walkers, runners, and bikers—even one 200 mile rider. People from Arizona, Montreal, Oregon, and the North Country donated to team member Leslie Robbins' ride, and honored loved ones touched by cancer with a ribbon attached to her shirt (see photo). The team's 3-year Prouty total is over $19,000.
Honoring those fighting or lost to breast cancer, showing a community how to help
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for the last three years Austin has organized a fall community event, "Pink Night," in Littleton, NH.
The evening starts with a Community Walk for Hope where neighbors and friends honor those who have fought, or continue to fight, breast cancer by floating pink carnations in the Ammonoosuc River. Then the community gathers for a night of fun—raffles of area business services and products, refreshments, salon treatments, karate classes, and other activities for kids and adults—all to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer.
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Sencha.io Message Limits
I was just wondering if anyone could explain what kind of usage limits might be in place when utilizing io to send and receive messages (both directly to devices and through channels). I couldn't find anything in the documentation, so I can only assume there are no hard limits - however I would like to confirm before I move forward with deploying an application utilizing io services. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks John. I would still like to do whatever I can to minimize the number of messages sent. Would you be able to recommend the best method to check if another device is online? I'm hoping there might be something built-in, as right now I am doing a simple heartbeat over messages and comparing timestamps - which results in a good number of messages that are discarded.
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#2. Never Been Kissed
Drew Barrymore (again) is a 25-year-old journalist who has to pretend to be a high school student in order to research a story. While in school, she falls in love with a teacher, Sam, who can't show his feelings toward her because he thinks she's a teenage student and he doesn't want to go to jail.
After she comes out and tells the truth, Barrymore writes a column in her newspaper declaring her love for the teacher.
"So you're not really a teenager? Wow, that's a boner killer."
Brave and spunky, she stands on a baseball field in front of the entire town, waiting for him to come give her her first kiss before the game starts.
So What's the Problem?
Sam shows up a little late, because he's in the process of getting the hell out of town in the wake of his ruined teaching career. You know, because of the whole falling in love with a student thing. He was probably looking over his shoulder constantly, convinced everyone who walked by could read his tormented mind like some ephebophilia Garfield thought balloon.
It's bad enough that she tricked him into thinking she was a student while openly flirting with him at every opportunity. But after she finally tells him the truth, she puts the whole thing in the fucking newspaper, essentially announcing to the community that Sam is a burgeoning sexual predator who falls in love with his teenage students. Remember, he didn't know she was 25 -- it was basically a To Catch a Predator setup.
This is just blatant honey trapping.
And if for some reason a lynch mob hasn't already smashed his dick with a toaster and set his car on fire, Drew's baseball-field stunt has made it virtually impossible for him not to show up. If he skips town, he'll go down in local history as the douchebag who broke the heart of sweet and adorably earnest Drew Barrymore.
So really, Sam is left with no choice but to publicly declare his love for a girl that everyone thought was underage until like three days ago, essentially destroying his chances of ever teaching another class for the rest of his life.
While she writes an amazing story and dumps him after getting a Pulitzer.
#1. The Notebook
In this film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel, a lower class guy named Noah spots wealthy Allie at a carnival and is immediately smitten with her. Not realizing that theirs is a grand romance that will break through class barriers, Allie is resistant to his initial advances. When she and the obviously-not-right-for-her guy she's dating go up on the Ferris wheel, Noah climbs all the way up to them so that he can convince Allie to go out with him.
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While Noah hangs around on the Ferris wheel, he takes the chance to ask Allie out once more. Again she says no, because the act of determinedly climbing the scaffolding of a carnival ride is something a crazy murderer would do, and as we all know those types of people do not make good boyfriends. And so after understandably rejecting the stranger who has been continually harassing her and her date, this happens:
Noah drops an arm and very strongly implies that if she continues to reject him, he will let go of the Ferris wheel and kill himself. We'd like to point out that threatening suicide is categorized as Level IV domestic abuse by the Marine Corps, which is on par with "significant use of non-accidental physical force." So Noah inflicts significant emotional damage to a girl he just met, just so she'll go to the movies with him.
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Even when Allie succumbs to Noah's psychotic antics, he feels like he hasn't traumatized her enough. So he feigns ignorance and makes her tearfully shout out that she wants to go out with him. Finally, when Noah is done mentally torturing her, he gets a smug smile on his face and calmly agrees to take her out on a date, as if she'd been the one pestering him in the first place.
What more do you need, Allie? Marry that man!
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Rodriguez first felt discomfort in his hips in the playoffs, during the third game of the American League Division Series against the Baltimore Orioles—a game that is already part of Rodriguez's legend, as he was lifted for a pinch hitter that night for the first time in his career.
Rodriguez assumed it was the surgically repaired right hip that was the problem, and he was taken to the hospital for an MRI that night, which found nothing.
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It's just the latest misery to befall Rodriguez and the Yankees. Rodriguez, always a lightning rod for controversy, suffered through the worst full season of his career in 2012, batting .272 with 18 home runs and 57 RBI.
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Yankee executives and players are publicly saying they will weather this storm, just like they have Rodriguez's previous injuries and controversies.
First baseman Mark Teixeira took to Twitter to get behind his teammate Monday, referencing the Yankees' 2009 World Series title as evidence that this, too, shall pass. "What happened the last time ARod had hip surgery and started the season on the DL? Oh yeah, he dominated and we won," Teixeira wrote.
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Good deal.I'm in.
$21.24 for me after taxes
Also, I was offered expedited shipping for $4.50
@onae: Same cost for me 6.25% sales tax ! I wonder ?
Sold out online, unfortunately.
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I want to install Ubuntu on my PC. Which version would suit a desktop and these specifications?
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I want to install Ubuntu on my PC. Which version would suit a desktop and these specifications?
My specs :-
Thanks in advance!
marked as duplicate by Eliah Kagan, Seth♦, Basharat Sialvi, Kevin Bowen, Mik Apr 12 '13 at 22:25
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
What counts most here is not the "version" (e.g.Precise 12.04 instead of Oneiric 11.10), but the desktop environment that comes on top of the Ubuntu OS (Xfce/Xubuntu vs Unity vs KDE/Kubuntu). Beyond all these, there is one operating system.
Sorry to disagree with people here, but I do not think that 1 GB of RAM is sufficient to run in full comfort (that is smoothly, especially in using the Internet) the
I myself have a 1GB RAM computer and had to migrate from Windows to Ubuntu because decisive software like the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome would not run as good as before due to the new standards and demands of the Internet environment. As going from XP to Win7 would not have improved things for me, I installed Xubuntu. Everything changed instantly, my computer rejuvenated. But at the same time I installed
To continue my little story, in my 1GB RAM computer Xubuntu runs like XP would have in the era of Firefox 3.5. But here I am now up to date with all main programs. But I have succeeded even more with the same computer, a better experience than I ever had in Windows (even when this PC was up to date). I was able to get more speed, snappy response, and also stylish appearance by employing the 1GB RAM PC into the LXDE/Lubuntu enviromnment. Which, along with
To really understand how your computer copes with the different desktop environments, a good idea is to install all the other desktop environments: Unity, Gnome, KDE, Xfce and LXDE (to have the specific dependencies use
I think that the illustrative pictures that people see on the Internet for Xubuntu and Lubuntu desktops are misleadingly simplistic compared to Unity, and so people tend to chose the later no matter their specs. But to make the former ones look stylish is easy. Here is a Xubuntu desktop:
And Lubuntu/LXDE:
Xubuntu is perfect for your computer. Personally, I have used Xubuntu on a 10 year old laptop with 1 GB of RAM, a Pentium 4 processor and with poor SiS integrated graphics:
With these tips you should get great performance on Xubuntu, as I do on my ancient machine.
The screenshot below shows the neat desktop I have arranged for Xubuntu with the menu at the top left; key launchers and apps pinned to the panel on the top right and workspaces in the bottom right. Programs when launched appear on the bottom panel.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will work on those specs.
I would not personally use 64-bit, unless you add further RAM. Anything over 2GB would be fine.
You can install one of the following Ubuntu derivative on your machine:
Lubuntu and Xubuntu are very light weight and suitable for Old PC, you can see their web site and compare their features, but i recommend you install Ubuntu 12.04 and use Unity 2D.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Before + After Pictures: The Historic House By The Water: Kitchen, Part 1
Did I mention it was in our NEW KITCHEN?
71 comments:
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
Holy shit! You have black and white cabinets? Amazing! The tile! The stainless! The chalkboard!
ps - I am extremely grateful for the 5 days that football isn't on as well.
- November 21, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- Kelly said...
I love that you caught that!
- November 21, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Great job!!! Looks amazing!
Joe Bower
- November 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- mrs. chinncredible said...
damn! i was going to comment about the 5 days of not-football too.
other than that, OMFG. there are no words and no number of exclamation points that could tell you how amazing this is. and i. do. mean. EV ER Y detail. it's sooooooooo yummy to the eyes. like. WHOA.
- November 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Nita {ModVintageLife} said...
I love how the kitchen turned out! So industrial chic. I am so glad you included the drawings..because I didn't know what that freezer was and also I couldn't picture from the photos where the stove and frig were. And doesn't your boathouse sign look great!
- November 21, 2010 at 9:34 PM
That new kitchen is sexy!! Never thought of kitchens as sexy but there is a first time for everything! Love it!!!
- November 22, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- Miss Chelsea said...
Gorgeous! I love your stools... I had got some similar from an antique mall last year, and am now trying to figure out how to work them into my kitchen!
- November 22, 2010 at 5:29 AM
- Deb said...
Wow!!! That's amazing! Did it turn out better than you ever imagined? Because that kitchen is GORGEOUS!
- November 22, 2010 at 6:20 AM
- doris said...
kelly it looks amazing!! hard work pays off :)
great great job. now time to sit back and enjoy a glass of wine in your new kitchen!!
- November 22, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Kelly said...
Thanks, Chelsea. They were a steal off of Craigslist from an old blueprint shop.
Doris, that's a good plan!
- November 22, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Rambling Renovators said...
That is AWESOME Kelly! I love the rustic industrial vibe of everything. Love the stools and the exposed beams and the Boathouse sign. Sooo fabulous.
- November 22, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- The Brick Cottage said...
Congratulations in finishing it! I bet that was the best breakfast ever! I especially love the sink area with the shelves. Perfection!
- November 22, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- LAuren said...
LOVE the open shelving, looks great!!
- November 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Life in Rehab said...
I want to marry this kitchen and have its babies. This is so freakin' close to what I want to do at my house that it's scary. Just. Gorgeous.
- November 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- a Broad said...
Wonderful ! Bravo !!
- November 22, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Amanda- Hip House Girl said...
I'm in love I'm in love I'm in looooooove. You did such a great job working with the floor plan. And I agree with Doris!
- November 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Mich said...
Hi Kelly! Congrats on your kitchen, have been following the progress since the Home Depot debacle. Can you tell me where you got the wooden open shelves? We are thinking of doing the same thing and I love the look of these!
- November 22, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Kelly said...
Thanks, Wanderluster. That's very much what I was going for.
Sunny, you can totally have my kitchen's babies.
Mich, we made the shelving with pine planks cut to fit wall to wall. We stained them with two coats of Cabot Polystain in Dark Oak and had them hung with Ikea black painted brackets. Andrew filled in the screw holes with black caulk for a more finished look.
- November 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Mich said...
Thank You!!!
- November 22, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- Chelsea said...
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I love the industrial/chic touches. Love. It. Thanks for including the layout plans and how they changed over time... I was a little confused as to the layout just by looking at the photos, but once I saw the floorplan it made total sense. You guys did a wonderful job! I especially love the wooden beams + with the industrial touches, and of course the chalkboard wall. Nice use of that space. It looks like it was totally worth all the aches and pains you had to go through to get it!
- November 22, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Melissa said...
What an amazing kitchen! Love everything but I most in love with the Rooster hook!
- November 22, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Wow - Super duper Wow!
Fabulous job on turning tiny chopped up spaces into a wonderful kitchen that should work well. I'm not really into the stainless/industrial look - but you really did a great job of it. I like that it looks as if you did things over time - things don't exactly match, but they coordinate very well.
Give yourselves a huge pat on the back - you've done a great job. Hopefully the Home Depot cabinet fiasco is a quickly fading memory.
- November 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Mom of 2 Cuties @ Sprinkles of Joy and Laughter said...
Fantastic!! I loveit and can't stop looking at all the details. Guess all the craziness was worth it..beautiful finishes with a casual elegance. Enjoy!!
- November 22, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- craftosaurus said...
Ok, so when The Awesome Husband and I finally get around to renovating our kitchen and I post pictures of the results, keep this in mind: we were already planning to do a chalkboard wall. So one idea, at least, won't have been stolen from you. :)
- November 22, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Suzanne D. said...
Love the Kitchen!!!!
- November 22, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Noted, Crafto. Noted.
- November 22, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Vonda said...
Holy Awesomeness. With all the pain in the arse things that you endured, I would say this turned out to be well worth it. Every inch is amazing. I LOVE the granite and everything else in there. Kudos! So, I'm just gonna sit back and wait for your next awesome recipe that I can try out on the hubs now that you FINALLY got a kitchen again! Happy Thanksgiving!
- November 23, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- Kate@TwentySixToLife said...
Gorgeous Kelly!! I love everything about it. Fantastic job.
- November 23, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- chacha said...
I am so late to this party (work is a bit crazy at the moment).
I love it! You totally made the no-uppers work - I am always fearful or lack of storage but the hanging wine glass, all of that, I see how it can work. And a TV in the kitchen? I want one too (though hard to rationalize with another TV 12 feet away in the family room).
I also heart your exposed beams and metal industrial chairs.
- November 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thank you, Chacha! You're not late at all - I think a lot of people missed this post since I put it up in the middle of the night.
I was wondering when someone was going to notice the television. I was totally expecting a huge backlash against it, but I love it. It's wall mounted and tucks right between the shelves, but pulls out and tilts so that you can see it from the stove, sink, or stainless steel eat-in area.
- November 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Kristi W @ life at the chateau whitman said...
Oh man, I know you have like 30 comments already but it looks freaking fantastic!!! I have been behind in my blog reading and commenting since starting my new job, but I had to take the time and tell you that this is an amazing transformation. I LOVE the wooden beams. Love. Like I actually had to catch my breath a little when I first saw them. I dream we can have that some day. The rest of the kitchen is so modern and chic, but the wooden beams are a nice rustic touch to balance it. Love it.
Side note: What is that stuff in your dog food bowls? Is that actually leftover food? I wouldn't know what that is. Murphy eats 3 cups of food a day in around 15 seconds flat. Then he looks for more. And tries to eat my magazines. Even when he gets a little fat, he still never leaves a drop of leftover food.
Yay football! Boo hiss to the days when I can't watch football.
- November 23, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Single Stone Studios said...
What did you use on the floors? It's amazing!
- November 23, 2010 at 6:09 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Single Stone, it's rectified Italian travertine with a bone colored zero grout line.
- November 23, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Carol said...
This is the most serene looking kithen I have ever laid eyes on. I love it and want to take a nap near it. I still cannot get over the fact that there was that bizarre original wall in the dead middle. By the way, let me know how you end up liking the under-the-counter fridge. It is honestly the only idea I'm not totally sold on... yet.
- November 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Bonnie@Creative Decorating said...
This looks great and I can't imagine why they had it the way it was before!! I just came across your blog and am a new follower. Great ideas you have given me for inspiration!
- November 24, 2010 at 4:23 AM
- alison (semi-fab lane) said...
love it. your style is so unique and i love that i haven't seen this look anywhere. i'm sure you are THRILLED! enjoy your new kitchen!!
- November 24, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thank you, Alison. That might be my favorite comment!
It's light years more enjoyable to cook in.
- November 24, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Holyoke Home said...
Totally and completely amazing! Your vision was incredible!
- November 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Very flattered by all of your comments! You all are a generous bunch.
- November 24, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog said...
Wow!! It's perfect!!! I love each and every choice you made!
- November 24, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Lindy said...
I saw this on Better After...I should have known it was you. You have great style! I love it!
- November 24, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Kim @ NewlyWoodwards said...
I'm feeling faint because I love it so much. I can't even pick what I love best. Can you fly to Illinois and help me do something in my kitchen? ;)
- November 24, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Lindy, I was pleasantly surprised to see it on there!
- November 24, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Janell @ Isabella and Max said...
What you did to transform this awkward space into a beautiful kitchen is amazing, I don't even know where to start with my favorite parts. The layout, definitely, the line of subway tile running up behind the stove, the granite at the stove area, the doors next to the eating area, the chalkboard, the old door painted black. The open shelving...enjoy this space!! Are you busy cooking up a big Thanksgiving dinner? Oh, and the cabinetry, now they were worth the wait and frustration!! Beautiful...
- November 25, 2010 at 7:57 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thank you, Janell. I was so pleased with the subway tile - you are the very first person to mention it, though! Finding a way to celebrate the stove without a vent or window or cabinetry was more difficult than you'd imagine.
And, yes, I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner right at this very moment!
- November 25, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- And Kathleen said...
OHMYGOD! Kelly! It looks AMAZING. I love the open shelving. I love all of it. Fantastic job!
- November 25, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- autumn said...
what a challenging space, but MAN, you made it work! love the open shelving and the industrial touches, the subway tile backsplash and the mix of countertop materials. fabulous! so glad you are getting to finally enjoy it. you deserve it!
happy thanksgiving!
- November 25, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Katie @ Domestiphobia.net said...
What a beautiful space, Kelly! Well worth the wait. I love the mix of a somewhat modern industrial look with all of the stuff from old timey times. The beams... WOW! The black door... YUM! I even like the white subway tile (which I normally think ends up looking too sterile in most other kitchens), but it just works so well in your overall design.
Couple questions... Do you have one of those pop-up vents for your stove, or did you just forgo having one all-together? My cousin just bought a house with no stove vent, and she's wondering if that's going to be an issue. Also, how do you like the under-counter fridges? Is it annoying to bend down to get into them, or do you just get used to it? I can see with your space they were probably the best possible solution so you could still get an adequate amount of counter space in there...
Overall, I think it's fantastic! Really, really beautiful.
- November 26, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Kate, the vent is built-in. You have to have one by code. The refrigerators are fantastic. We'd have to bend down for a regular refrigerator, anyway, and being that I fly low to the ground it isn't really a hassle.
- November 26, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Nicone said...
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm redoing my kitchen within the next year, so I'm all over this (and slobbering a little I must admit). Congratulations. Must have been incredible with that first meal there...
- November 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Nicone, it was fantastic. Our in-laws are in town and it was great getting to share it with them. Good luck with your kitchen project. Let us all know how it turns out!
- November 26, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Alexson said...
That kitchen is hot. HAWT!
- November 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Wendy said...
Hope you find this comment! Your kitchen is amazing and I am feeling a little kitchen envy over here! There are so many awesome ideas in one space. Loving the exposed beams! You must feel like you are in heaven :)
- December 12, 2010 at 4:38 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
It's definitely much more enjoyable to spend time in, Wendy! The beams we got from a steal from a contractor who picked them up at an old job site. I really like how they turned out. They're pine and surprisingly light. Don't they look super heavy?!
- December 12, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Cindy @The Flipping Couple said...
Your color combination makes me want to die a thousand deaths of happiness. The wall color is so perfect. Especially combined with the floor and the cabinets. And countertop. Really. It's stunning.
- December 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
THANK YOU, Cindy! I'm happy with it. Now. But remember the heart attack I had when I first painted it?! SO funny, in retrospect, because it's the first thing people mention they love about the room.
But it really does change to 4,326 shades depending on the time of day.
- December 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- The Zhush said...
OMG! No wonder you got carried away...the kitchen looks amazing! Just amazing!
- December 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Aw. Thank you! So far the open shelving is working out.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Elizabeth (blue clear sky) said...
Your kitchen reno turned out wonderfully! I love the materials, colours, accessories and great use of space.
- December 27, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- Sixty-Fifth Avenue said...
Your kitchen is Amazing!! Love every pretty detail!
- December 27, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- threeacres said...
Wow I love the vintage feel! Love your blog I just found it from the Rambling Renovators.
- December 27, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Inspire Me Heather said...
Lovely space and fantastic transformation! I linked it to my "kitchen remodels done white" post too - http://inspire-me-heather.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-remodels-done-white.html
- January 2, 2011 at 6:42 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thanks, Londen! Elizabeth, it's a whole lot easier to cook in.
Heather, thanks for the link.
- January 3, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Kristen said...
Amazzzzingggg! I love the open shelving and the mix of stainless and rustic elements! Talk about a perfect balance :)
- January 3, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- judi said...
holy guacamole! this kitchen is A.MAZ.ING! i love all the attention to details. going back to scope it out some more.
michael sent me over from inspired by charm and i'm so glad he did.
- January 10, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thanks, Judi! How nice of him to send you my way!
- January 10, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- lisa said...
Very nice photos, it is better than the old one. To those who work there, they were very good. Keep it up!
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- mhgdblog said...
Your new kitchen is SPECTACULAR! Kind of effing ridiculous if I'm being honest. Very impressive!
- July 8, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- Lizbux said...
This kitchen has turned out beautifully. I have just moved into my new flat but my kitchen is tiny. This has really shown me how much I can do with it, with a but of imagination and clever self storage. Really nice post, great results. Congrats!
- March 27, 2012 at 3:36 AM
- Sara Welsh said...
There is so much great renovation in this post! My husband and I have a really small kitchen, and I would love to do something like the vintage kitchen. I've always loved the vintage look, and I think that it would look great in our home. Thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas!
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by gnuze_nesagnol, February 16, 2014
eBay is my one stop shop for all online purchases. It houses almost everything a person needs under one roof at incredibly cheap prices. I have been buying various things from eBay for nearly 8(eight) years now and i havent faced a problem with regard to Read full review...
I would shop here again
EBay ripped me off
by logadoo, February 15, 2014
Ebay took the feedback off from a bad seller Very disapointed they would do that. Apparently they are on the sellers side, Because thats where the money comes from The seller EBauyingnow66 never shipped the item but instead sent an empty envelope with tracking now e-bay will not credit me and has removed my feedback !!!???!!!??
I would not shop here again
Ebay Buyer Protection is a joke !
by tt81, February 13, 2014
Through the years I had bought lots of stuff through ebay. I'm a stay at home mom & I don't drive. So I often bought lots of stuff on-line. I had to admit some of it is pretty decent used clothing & some of it is just need to be donated. Instead of sold on ebay. And Lots of items that I had bought from China was either the size was smaller or the quality of the item was not what I imaging. So after 4 -5 years of time I had claims lots of items with ebay, may be around 10 times the most. I also bought some gift card this couple years. Some of it was good. But after got scam 3 times by the buyer. I got tired of having to deal with the ebay & paypal. Because they just playing the game of blaming who got to give the buyer protection ! The buyer protection thing should be taken of their web site !!!
I would not shop here again
I love Ebay I know where to find the lowest prices .
by earnmoney2, February 9, 2014
Overall I have been very happy with Ebay. Many of my products I purchased were very cheap! I will always shop at Ebay to find better deals and the lowest prices. Shipping was fast with most of the sellers. I have been shopping with Ebay for about ten Read full review...
I would shop here again
Ebay is overall it is the easiest site for selling online.
by jenfinno81, January 14, 2014
I have a very intense love/ hate relationship with Ebay. I guess you could say that I am a vintage hoarder. I like to call it collecting. I can't go for more than a couple of days without going to one of the local thrift stores here in Florida and Read full review...
I would shop here again
Very high final value fees..Running sellers off the site.
by buller1, January 4, 2014
Ebay is a nice lace to sell, but if there was another competitive site , I would be there. There final value fees are excessive and then they couple the paypal fees on top of that, we are working for nothing. Very disappointed !
I would not shop here again
no protection
by badxper, December 25, 2013
I recently refunded over $400 to a scamming buyer on eBay to keep my eBay good sellers standing. I even had to refund that buyer all their shipping both ways only to receive my item back in badly damaged condition. eBays offical position is tough luck you are not protected at all, their employee on the phone even said it has happened to her before, and thats just the way it goes when you sell anything on eBay. I will no longer recommend eBay as a souce to sell and as a matter of fact will now strongly share my story to everyone that has an interest in selling anything. You have no protection as a seller on eBay, only their fees are important to them and they now do everything in their power to protect them.
I would not shop here again
Can't even summmarize its that good
by shrade, December 18, 2013
Great site. Anything you can think of they have it. Sales are outstanding!
No scams! Great protection. Great site for Christmas gifts. All the options are great, so you can find just what your looking for. You are never over charged for anything!
I would shop here again
Overall my experiences have been very positive.
by heretiz, December 7, 2013
I have used eBay for 11 years for buying and selling. I even had a store for awhile. I prefer buying and find that the sellers are most helpful and honest. If I have an issue with a product they are willing to take it back and refund the money or Read full review...
I would shop here again
Has it's problems, but still a decent store.
by kitagrl, December 7, 2013
I have been a member of Ebay for over 10 years now, and I can't say it has improved. It seems like it has gone more mass-store rather than the individual small-time sellers. The good thing about Ebay is that if you can't find Read full review...
I would shop here again
eBay's rating system works
by holosys, December 6, 2013
Since 2001, I have shopped eBay, using the Buy It Now and auction features. One thing that impresses me about eBay is its rating system works. I will use these factors in decided whether to buy or bid for an item offered by an eBay seller: * Read full review...
I would shop here again
Beware fees and banking access
by alaskatrveler, December 5, 2013
Sellers beware...hidden fees. You will be charged 10% by ebay and 3-4% by paypal for selling on their sites. Do not give them any bank info say for deposits because it also gives them access to withdraw money too without your authorization. Then you also cannot close your paypal account for 180 days Under any circumstance. Finally if you call to complain, you will talking to someone in Asia not the US. Beware.
I would not shop here again
awesome ,addicted,best sales team and good experience all under one site thats ebay
by anky555, November 18, 2013
awesome online store . anything and everything on ebay. timed delievery and accuracy is good . proper billing and customer support is good .i personally prefer purchasing from e bay and will advice u tooo.reently i purchased a dvd of sony and some Read full review...
I would shop here again
Sometimes worth the risk.
by stuart73, November 11, 2013
Most things bought and sold are ok. I really wish they had a way of blocking search results if the seller wont ship to your zipcode (they have excluded it or your region).
However, the seller fees are outrageous lately, and the lack of refund of shipping if a bad selker sends you the wrong item even if it is not as described is a HUGE risk to buyers in some cases. That severely limits the items I am willing to buy there, otherwise it's just gambling with my money.
I would not shop here again
Good Price for Great Items
by sweetladymusic, November 11, 2013
If you want good quality items at a good price, eBay is a good place to get them. I have been mostly satisfied with the people I have bought from. They have been professional, their items are in good shape and I receive quick delivery. The description of the items has been accurate for the most part. There have only been a few cases where the item was not as good as advertised or the description as accurate; but with just like any other auction or anyplace online, you have to do your research. However, I am overall satisfied with eBay will go back there again for some of my items.
I would shop here again
worst auction, listing website is EBAY. AVOID
by ambing, October 20, 2013
Ebay has deteriorated, terrible. Bonanza, ebid.net, webstore.com make messaging, terms, transactions, customizing parcels straightforward and more trustworthy. They are better websites. Ebay? Dreadful experience every time. Read full review...
I would not shop here again
Very useful to find exactly what you need without worries!
by parksjm, October 5, 2013
Delivery speed: I have ordered countless items from eBay and I have never once had an item lost in the mail or come past the specified date. If there is a problem, eBay jumps on it right away. They have a great system that alerts the seller and buyer and Read full review...
I would shop here again
Ebay is the best one stop shop.
by cookieluv0105, October 3, 2013
Ebay is by far the best one stop shop. I find it rare that I cannot find an item I want to purchase on Ebay. The prices are lower than retail shopping and shipping costs are free or low cost. The only bad experience I have had was with a seller not shipping me an item. The Ebay customer service team does have a system to dispute and report negative incidents that occur. They are prompt to resolve disputes. Shipping speeds with in the USA are the standard of 3-5 business days, while over seas is with in 1-3 weeks. They started giving EBay Bucks to their customers, which are a certain percent back on purchases you make which equals free money. They are a great company and I look forward to Christmas shopping on EBay every year.
I would shop here again
by lego6578, September 26, 2013
Ebay is an awesome website, where you either bid on items or you buy them right off the bat. I have had lots of experience with ebay, it has very fast shipping, no matter where in the us it came from, even shipping from china is fast.
I would shop here again
eBay has so many different stuff to buy or win at auctions
by anthonyb2013, September 15, 2013
eBAY IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO GET STUFF YOU NEED FROM COUPONS TO CARS. eBAY will give you your money back if you have been ripped off.
I would shop here again
Professional service in a timely manner!
by blomby86, September 10, 2013
I was very skeptical of using eBay and buying something in auction, but I figured I would try it out at least once to see if it was worth it. It was! Their site is easy to navigate and communicate with people you are buying from. I was buying some lights Read full review...
I would shop here again
Once wonderful now ruined
by breehubb24, September 3, 2013
Used to be a great site for buying and selling items for inexpensive prices; now they are just another online store. I have been an Ebay user for over 6 years now and boy was I hooked when I first began using this website. I could sell anything from Read full review...
I would not shop here again
Very well and Recommanded to other for doing shopping online
by desidime, September 3, 2013
I loved shopping with ebay and doing it since I was kid. I have saved lots of money with ebay and its deals. Now I have started using coupon codes provided by ebay. Whenever I feel to do shopping then first find coupon code on net then shop from ebay. I have found one website which has lots of coupon codes for all major shopping portals including eBay. Find it http://www.desidime.com/coupons/ebay-coupons.
Sorry this is not a promotion and I am not doing any promotion for any website this is just for information purpose to help visitors.
I would shop here again
eBay, horrible at resolution.
by ptgtravel, August 11, 2013
I have been a seller since 2006. I have feedback of 98 percent. 1 negative feedback. I had a nasty buyer. I refunded the money just to get rid of him. He still gave negative feedback. Funny, I sold the same item that he returned and that buyer had no Read full review...
I would not shop here again
I have used eBay to purchase a couple of items from UK and India. Bidding is interesting as you can increase you price as much as you feel comfortable, and the item goes to the highest bidder. Whatever you do, DO NOT submit your feedback for the seller Read full review...
I would shop here again
Excellent sevice and delivery
by homeskyshop, July 3, 2013
Ebay helps to grow online business. I have also add my online sore on Ebay. Its great to work with ebay. Excellent service and full satisfaction
I would shop here again
Good morning good people. I have a warning for you. Please read. If you use ebay your are going to get screwed. I have lost my item and my money FOR THE LAST TIME and the bad part about it is that the buyers are using ebay to strong arm money and Read full review...
I would not shop here again
Ebay's customer service is useless.
by chaser28779, May 29, 2013
I recently ordered a puzzle off Ebay which was advertised as complete. After spending 10-12 hours assembling it, I found out it was actually missing a piece. I filed a complaint and received a refund, but was only refunded my initial purchase price and not the return shipping. I lost my time and $7 in shipping because of a misrepresented item. After finally finding a number for Ebay's customer service, I called and was essentially told to take a hike. Leving negative feedback in a situation like this is a near-useless gesture, especially for a seller who receives several hundred feedback per month. This kind of shoddy customer service from Ebay is why I avoid the site as much as possible now. I'd much prefer to do business with Amazon who actually strives to take care of their customers.
I would not shop here again
For the Buyers Ebay search is extremely user friendly and anyone regardless of computer literacy level can usually navigate it. Once you arrive to the site, you have a box at the top that lets you enter your search criteria right away. If Read full review...
I would shop here again
I couldn't live a week without going on ebay. It's one of my favourite sites.
by siiobhan, May 7, 2013
Ebay is a god sent.
you can buy things from the other side of the world for most of the time, less then you would at the shops. I love using it its fast, simple, and it's really advanced.
itsnot only buying things, it's selling also, I have sold a lot of items own ebay and its freed up my space at home and put money into my bank account.
I would shop here again
I love Ebay and have been a happy Buyer for over 12 years.
by mrclaypool, May 5, 2013
I've been buying on ebay over 12 years and have many Favorite Sellers that I've actually become friends with. In over 12 years with almost 500 purchases I've been disappointed only two times. I rarely leave a negative review because feedback ratings are important so I was able to work out a satisfactory resolution to the problems I had with items with both Sellers.
The selection of items is broad and if you research carefully you get great deals. I consistently buy Chico's clothing and get brand new items for 50 to 60 percent less then retail. Check the Seller's feedback before buying and don't get caught in "auction fever" - where you keep on bidding beyond the value of the item just to win.
I just spent over $125 today and used the Bill Me Later (credit card system) via Paypal on Ebay and have 6 months to pay for items with no interest.
I've had good experiences with Sellers and no major complaints with Customer Service. Just have fun, research before bidding, be nice to other buyers and sellers and you'll have a great experience.
I would shop here again
eBay was supposedly founded on the principal that "people are basically good." It seems that they no longer belive that and, in my opinion, eBay's own policies have greatly contributed to the creation of many dissatisfied sellers. Read full review...
I would not shop here again
EBay, eBay is a website where you can buy and sell you belongings for possible profits! I have been a new user on eBay for a while now but I still haven't sold anything. But, I believe that if I continue to try I will be able to get what I need. Now with Read full review...
I would shop here again
I have always had a great experience when working with Ebay
by lauren_6_4, April 18, 2013
Buying through ebay is both safe and economical for your everyday average joe. Searching by time ending soonest is how i ensure to get the lowest prices on the things i want! In addition to finding everything you would ever need on here, there is a Read full review...
I would shop here again
Absolutely disgusted
by crookebay, March 15, 2013
I bought a fridge from Autolec that was clearly not as described and left Negative feedback accordingly. I was somewhat harassed by this, but now notice Ebay has removed the negative feedback. Even though I was already logged in I was asked to log in again which repeatedly failed. Beware both these companies.
I would not shop here again
very good and very useful
by has2005, March 12, 2013
ebay is a very good buying and selling. there are people that can make money. if you dont like taking risks when you buy things you can look at the sellers feedback and there it will tell you if the buyer is good or not. ebay has a very good help centre Read full review...
I would shop here again
Very un-reliable
by bpoblocki, February 12, 2013
When ebay started, it was a fantastic idea, selling your junk nationwide... Even worldwide. Over time, the site has become infested with scammers, bothe buyers and seller, not to mention, they take 9% of ALL of your sales, which really adds up. In this Read full review...
I would not shop here again
Abusive, criminal, con artists, scammers and that's being nice
by allisonpickle, January 3, 2013
In the past six months I have been banned from ebay for life because I complained about a buyer who decided that he wanted his item for free. Ebay has blocked me from even buying items. With ebay screwing me out of money for sales that I had made, I'm now in bankruptcy. Ebay not only has blocked me from their site, their threatening me with arrest and taking me to court for bothering them. I have filed a lawsuit against ebay, Chapman v. Ebay Inc. DDV-12-0682
I would not shop here again
Good to buy/Bad to sell
by deadbeaver, December 30, 2012
I have been an E-Bay customer for a few years now and so far I have only had a couple of problems as a buyer and countless problems as a seller. As a buyer I got some pretty good bargains, sometimes on things that were not available where Read full review...
I would shop here again
by yenmaker, December 10, 2012
Ebay policy unfairly penalizes a buyer who receives a damaged item by requiring the buyer to first return the damaged item to the seller, at the buyer's expense, as a condition to a refund of the purchase price. In my case, the return shipping Read full review...
I would not shop here again


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Faculty Activities > 2012
Professor Carlos Ball presented "Children and Marital Policy: A Historical Review" as part of the faculty speaker series at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Nov. 28) and spoke at the Faculty Works in Progress series at the University of Minnesota School of Law. (Nov. 29)
"Why is Islamic Jurisprudence Relevant Today?" was the title of Adjunct Professor Abed Awad's presentation at the Princeton Adult School. (Nov. 13)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho discussed Chinese health reform at Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Sixth Annual Beazley Symposium on Access to Care, Comparative Universal Coverage Efforts & Expanding Access to Health Care. (Nov. 9)
Professor Stuart Green was an invited participant in the Roundtable on Rethinking Sexual Offenses, held at Villanova Law School. (Nov. 2)
"Health Reform and De Facto Federalism in China" by Assistant Professor Christina Ho was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: SIRN: Comparative Health Insurance Models (sub-topic).
Assistant Professor Taja-Nia Henderson was a guest blogger for The Faculty Lounge blog for the month of November.
Professor George Thomas presented on Criminal Law at a Seton Hall Law School Faculty Colloquium Workshop. (Oct. 22)
Assistant Professor Taja-Nia Henderson presented her article "The Ironic Promise of the Thirteenth Amendment for Modern Offender Jurisprudence" at the Mid-Atlantic Law & Society Association Conference at Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law. (Oct. 19)
Legal Research and Writing Instructor Amy Bitterman gave a talk on legal research and writing at the New Jersey Paralegal Convention. (Oct. 19)
"Animals as Property: The Challenges of Animal Law" was the topic of Professor Gary Francione's luncheon presentation at the De Paul University College of Law conference on Examining the Legal Protection of Animals Used in Entertainment. (Oct. 17)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho gave a presentation on Health Care at a Seton Hall Law School Faculty Colloquium Workshop. (Oct. 15)
Professor Howard Latin discussed key themes from his book Climate Change Policy Failures: Why conventional mitigation approaches cannot succeed at a seminar sponsored by the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society. (Oct. 12)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho presented her paper "In Defense of Self-Reference: Circularity and the Affordable Care Act" as part of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's Health Law, Ethics and Policy Seminar Series. (Oct. 11)
Assistant Professor Taja-Nia Henderson presented "Teaching the Carceral State: Practical Pedagogical Concerns" at the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Teaching Conference held at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. (Oct. 6) She was a discussant for the "Gender Non-Conforming Migrants in Immigration Detention" session at the Sixth Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference at the University of Baltimore School of Law. (Oct. 5)
Professor Suzanne Kim helped organize the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Conference at the University of Baltimore School of Law and chaired and spoke on "The Law School as Gender Factory" panel. Kim's presentation with co-author University of Utah Law School professor Laura Kessler was on their forthcoming work with Purdue professor Beth Hoffman on family leave culture. (Oct. 5)
Professor Paul Tractenberg presented "Are We Ratcheting Educational Accountability Up or Down (and Does It Depend Upon Where and How You're being Educated)?" at the Education Law Symposium sponsored by the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, the section's Urban Lawyer journal, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. (Oct. 5) Tractenberg's paper will be published in the Winter 2012-2013 issue of Urban Lawyer.
"When Certainty Dissolves Into Probability: A Legal Vision of Toxic Causation for the Post-Genomic Era" by Associate Professor Steve Gold was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Medical-Legal Studies eJournal, Environmental Law & Policy eJournal, Metaphysics eJournal, and PRN: Causation.
Professor Suzanne Kim has signed a contract with NYU Press for her book Marriage Equalities: Gender and Social Norms in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Marriage.
At Yale Law School Professor Stuart Green gave a talk titled "Is Illegal Downloading Really Stealing?" as a presenter at the Thomson Reuters Speakers Series: Information Society. (Sept. 13) He presented "Vice Crimes and Preventive Justice" at the Preventive Justice workshop, University of Minnesota Law School. (Sept. 21)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho presented her paper "Circularity Masks the Decisionmaker: How the Affordable Care Act Perturbs the Function of Self-Reference in the Health System" at the Health Law Scholars Workshop, held at Saint Louis University School of Law. (Sept. 13-17) Ho's abstract, one of only four selected out of the 25 blind abstracts submitted for presentation at the workshop, was selected for its likelihood "to produce original scholarship that will make a significant contribution to health law and bioethics scholarship."
Professor Carlos Ball has signed a contract with Oxford University Press to write a book about the role of child welfare considerations in constitutional and policy debates over same-sex marriage.
Professor Gary Francione presented "Jainism and Vivisection: The Problems of Moral Relativism, the Defense of Self/Others, and Consequential Analysis" at the 2012 Claremont International Jain Conference, held at Claremont School of Theology, Claremont Lincoln University. (Aug. 24)
The article "A Fitting Vision of Science for the Courtroom" by Associate Professor Steve Gold, which is forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law and Policy Review, was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for LSN: Discovery & Evidence. (Aug. 15)
Associate Professor Steve Gold's article "Dis-Jointed? Several Approaches to Divisibility After Burlington Northern" (11 Vt. J. Envt'l L. 307, 2009) was cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in its decision United States of America and the State of Wisconsin v. NCR Corporation. The decision affirmed the district court finding that NCR had not met its burden of showing that pollution in the Lower Fox River could be apportioned. The opinion quoted Gold's conclusion that "at common law and under the Second Restatement, parties responsible for multiple sufficient causes of harm faced joint and several liability for the entire resulting harm." (Aug. 3)
Professor Paul Tractenberg has submitted the final manuscript of New Jersey Goes A–Courting: Ten Legal Cases That Shook the Nation to Rutgers Press. Rutgers Law School grads were involved as lawyers or judges in nine of the 10 cases. Conceived and edited by Tractenberg, who also wrote two of its chapters, the book has an introduction by retired Chief Justice Deborah Poritz, who is Visiting Jurist Emerita-in-Residence at the law school. All of the authors are current or former faculty members or alums.
Professor Christina Ho was a discussant for the "Overcoming Academic Challenges Brainstorming Session" at the Northeastern University School of Law workshop on Advancing Public Health Through the Law: The Role of Legal Academics. (July 24)
Emeritus Professor Norman L. Cantor has published a short commentary titled "Could Premortem Organ Retrieval Be Lawful?" in the American Journal of Bioethics. The piece assesses the legal framework applicable to a tranplant surgeon's suggestion that organ retrieval could and should include premortem harvest of some vital organs from patients who will imminently be dying from planned removal of life-sustaining medical treatment. (May 31 issue)
Professor Vera Bergelson presented "Choice of Evils: In Search of a Viable Rationale" at the Legal Theory Workshop held at Melbourne (Australia) School of Law. (May 25)
Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. moderated the session on "How Treatment Now Works in New Jersey and How It Could Work" at the program on Treatment Alternatives for Drug Addiction for the Incarcerated, sponsored by the law school, the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice and the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration. (May 23)
Associate Dean Jon Dubin's article "Scapegoating Social Security Claimants (and The Judges Who Evaluate Them)," American Constitution Society, Issue Brief (March 8, 2012), co-authored with Professor Robert Rains (Penn State–Dickinson Law School), was selected by the University of Miami Law School's peer reviewed JOTWELL publication as "one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to Administrative Law" and reviewed by Professor William Funk at that site, www.Jotwell.com. (May 21) JOTWELL (Journal of Things We Like Lots) was created by Professor Michael Froomkin at the University of Miami Law School and several faculty at other schools to fill "a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics can go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship."
Professor Gary Francione was a speaker on the panel "Moral Philosophy: Implications for Animals and Animal Law" at the UCLA Animal Law Prorgram conference Animals and the Law: Multiple Perspectives. (May 16)
Professor Stuart Green was the keynote speaker at the Workshop on Criminalisation and White Collar Crime Misconduct, Centre for Regulatory Studies, Monash University, Melbourne. (May 10)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho will give a talk titled "Health Rights at the Juncture Between State and Market: The People's Republic of China" at a workshop on works-in-progress on Chinese law at Columbia Law School's Center for Chinese Legal Studies. (May 9)
Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. was a panelist for the "Sharing Lessons Learned Across Sectors" discussion at the Third Annual Ethical Leadership Conference sponsored by the Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership. (May 4)
Professor Stuart Green presented a Corporate and White Collar Crime master at the University of Melbourne Law School. (May 2–8)
Assistant Professor Christina Ho presented a seminar talk on "Health Reform in the People's Republic of China: Implications for Managing Communicable and Noncommunicable Disease" at Georgetown University's School of Nursing and Health Studies. (April 24)
Professsor Stuart Green presented a master class on "Regulating White Collar Crime: A comparative perspective" at the University of New South Wales. (April 20) At the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong, he presented "What Should Count as Property in Theft Law?" (April 16)
Associate Professor Suzanne Kim, in a keynote address to a joint conference of the New Jersey Women's and Gender Studies Consortium and Rider University, discussed the state of gender equality throughout various segments of society, including the family, the workplace, and on university campuses. (April 13)
In an opinion issued April 4, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington cited Associate Professor Steve Gold's 2009 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law article titled "Dis-Jointed? Several Approaches to Divisibility After Burlington Northern." This is the second time that Gold's article has been cited by a lower court in interpreting and applying the Supreme Court's decision.
Professor Carlos Ball presented "Generations of LGBT Parents in the Courts" at the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women as part of the institute's Distinguished Lecture Series. (March 29)
At the Election Verification Network annual conference, Clinical Professor Penny Venetis discussed legal methodologies that can be used to obtain voting machine software for forensic examination. (March 29)
Assistant Professor Reid Weisbord presented "Charitable Bankruptcies" at the annual Rutgers–Newark Chancellor's Research Day. (March 26)
Professor Mark Weiner presented "The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Can Teach Us About Modern Law and Culture" at Brigham Young University. (March 14) Watch the video.
Clinical Professor John Kettle moderated the panel on "Emerging Legal Issues in Reality Television" at the Seton Hall Sports & Entertainment Law Journal symposium titled Emerging Legal Issues in Internet Gambling. (March 1)
Associate Professor Suzanne A. Kim discussed her scholarship on gender, sexuality and parenting, and particularly about her article "The Neutered Parent," forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, at the Boston University School of Law Colloquium on Gender, Law and Policy. (Feb. 28)
At a DePaul Law School faculty colloquium, Assistant Professor Reid Weisbord presented his article "Wills for Everyone: Helping Individuals Opt Out of Intestacy," forthcoming in the Boston College Law Review. (Feb. 27)
Professor James Pope presented "Solidarity and the United States Constitution" as a panelist at the Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity, held at the University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill. (Feb. 25)
"'Arab Spring' or 'Arab Winter'? Women's Human Rights and Law Reform in the New North Africa" was the title of Professor Karima Bennoune's presentation at the University of Virginia Law School conference, Constitution-Making and the Arab Spring. (Feb. 24)
Clinical Professor John Kettle presented his annual lecture on the "Strategic Importance of Patents" to the biomedical engineering students at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technology. (Feb. 15)
Associate Professor Suzanne A. Kim spoke at and wrote an essay for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender Conference "Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting." (Feb. 13)
Assistant Professor Taja-Nia Henderson was the invited moderator for the "Perspectives on Race and the Criminal Justice System" panel at Cardozo Law School as part of the school's Public Advocacy Law Week (P*Law). (Jan. 24)
Clinical Professor Penny Venetis presented her scholarship at the "New Voices for Human Rights" session held at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. (Jan. 6)
Professor Alan Hyde presented "To What Duties Do Global Labor Rights Correlate?: Responsibility for Labor Standards Down the Production Chain" at the International Labor Law and Global Justice Conference, held at Haifa University. (Jan. 5)
Professor John Leubsdorf was a speaker at the "Regulation of the Legal Profession and the Academy" panel at the AALS annual meeting. (Jan. 5)
Associate Professor Suzanne Kim co-organized and presented at the conference of the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network, held at George Washington University Law School. (Jan. 4)


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I understand that it's feasible the bacteria within the gastrointestinal tract originate from the food we eat and air we breath, but where does this population of microbes originate from?
Most of the initial colonisation is said to be coincidental ('happenstance' as the textbook puts it!) exposure.
It's then fairly predictable depending on:
In terms of feeding, there are differences in flora between babies fed human milk and those that are given cow's milk.
There's a section called 'Establishment and Composition of Normal Flora' in chapter 187 of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (3rd ed) by Long which discusses the above.
It's also said that hormones may influence indigenous flora. For example, premenarcheal and postmenopausal vaginal flora are very different to those present during the childbearing period.[1].
There is some interesting information here from the Human Microbiome Project, but no details regarding the source of vaginal microflora. I would say that the sources would be gut and skin.
Ethical issues of manipulating a baby's microbiome are brought to light here.