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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Before + After: The Lake House: Nursery
Hopefully light on the poop.
Just to refresh your memory, here's what it originally looked like. It's a fairly large space with an attached sunroom and rooftop terrace.
It had beautiful bones, but the yellow was killing me. It had to go.
When I first began working on the design I'd already accumulated most of the pieces I wanted to use. I realized early on that this project was going to be very personal. I wanted not only a functional and comfortable space, but a room filled with things that we love, things that a little boy of ours might love, too. This was our focus, and as the plan developed it became less and less important if The Nursery actually looked the part of, well, a nursery.
Nearly everything was found at local estates or consignment shops or during our travels. I bought the ottoman online from a place in India. The little cowboy boots were Andrew's. The work above the crib is mine from years ago. You may recognize the pharmacy lamp from our old office. The little red stool is something I picked up a while back and was using in The Laundry Room. The only new piece of furniture is the Bloom Coco Stylewood Baby Bouncer (gifted from Andrew's parents), unless you count the new slipcover I bought for the rocker.
So what are your thoughts?
Not too shabby, right?
See Part 2 here.
See the feature on Apartment Therapy here.
51 comments:
- A little old house said...
Without a doubt the best nursery I have ever seen. Just fabulicious! It's sweet without being "baby".
- January 17, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Katie said...
Love your non-nursery nursery. It looks really cozy and inviting. Just one question -- am I not seeing a changing table? You know, for when he's doing all that pooping? :)
- January 17, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- TSL said...
Kelly, I'm pleased as punch, the room is delightful, made me smile, I am so excited for you guys and have enjoyed your journey online, thank you for sharing your pregnancy so wonderfully. xo
- January 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM
- Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...
Oh my...it's amazing and perfect! I can hardly believe it. And you already have it all together! I still haven't finished either of my littles' nurseries...and I have two of them! Ack!
- January 17, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Katie, there is room for a changing table and dresser in the walk in closet (behind the mirrored door). But, actually, it's easier for me to maneuver dipes and squirmy infants on beds, so I'll probably go that route. I guess it will depend on what stealthy aim he has with Number One.
- January 17, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Katy said...
i loove the bed
memorieeeees...once while i was changing my daughter on the changing table she reached down and accidentally snagged the diaper with her finger and slung her crap all the way across the nursery.
Stuff like THAT needs its own scrapbook page, I think.
- January 17, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Elisa @ What the Vita said...
Kelly, it's beautiful. The bed, especially! And that giraffe just makes the space. I am excited for you!
And omg, Katy!!!
- January 17, 2012 at 7:14 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Love it! Just right for a baby boy!
- January 17, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
I love this room, it's so clean and simple and not flashy. It's exactly how I thought you'd do it! Great job.
- January 17, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- Holly said...
Ok, my favorite part is the bulldog art :D.
- January 17, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
marc tetro, holly!
- January 17, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- Holly said...
Awesome. If he made weird-little-brown-alien/dog art, I would totally buy it.
- January 17, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Holly said...
Still not sure that Frannie is actually a dog ;).
- January 17, 2012 at 9:22 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
ha! i totally bet he does!
- January 17, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- emily said...
love it!
looks lived in and not theme-y (totally a word)
i want to move in to the nook area...so cozy... i need some lambies in my life.
- January 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM
- Mellodee said...
It is a a very nice room, but may I inject just a little of the reality of having an infant or small child in you home?
for instance, you have a lovely rug on the floor. If it is a "good" rug, I would remove it from the room because babies vomit, throw things, spill things, and at some point will definitely have a diaper disaster that will spill on the rug.
You may have gone a bit too far in your decision not to make it a "baby" room. Infants are mesmerized by brightly colored bed lines, and crib mobiles fascinate them. If you do end up using the big bed as your changing table, be sure there is a waterproof pad between the linen and the mattress.
For the first few years of your child's life, he will drive what ends up in his room, and I'm pretty sure most of it will be baby/little kid stuff. There'll be time later to introduce your favorite things to him and to teach him about the things you love. For now make the room about easy, convenient, and kid-friendly.
I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
Mellodee (An experienced Grammy)
- January 17, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Life in Rehab said...
The room is just perfect. I like how well it will obviously transition as he grows. We never had a changing table either for any of our three.
Have you two considered adopting a 51 year old?
- January 18, 2012 at 3:40 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Thanks, Mellodee. Hopefully he does drive what goes into this space since he certainly has so far!
You bring up some good tips. There are waterproof pads and, yes, the very nice rug can be vomited on. (We have four dogs so nothing we bring into our home is too precious.)
The room wasn't designed to look like a nursery, per se, but it was clearly put togehter to function like one. (Actually, the intended use is what drove our thoughts on colors and textures.) I absolutely think it's a "baby's room".
It's our baby's room.
- January 18, 2012 at 4:42 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
yes, we hope so, sunny!
i'll probably get some mileage out of that bed while i'm nursing, too!
- January 18, 2012 at 4:58 AM
- Alexson said...
Love it! I'd somehow missed seeing that fabulous bookshelf nook in your earlier posts. It looks phenomenal!
- January 18, 2012 at 4:59 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Caroline, thank you! I can't believe it's "finished" (well, mostly), either...! The rest of the house, though? Notsomuch.
- January 18, 2012 at 5:00 AM
- Deb said...
A room to grow into - it's perfect :)
- January 18, 2012 at 6:57 AM
- Lisa said...
What a wonderful room!
- January 18, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Lynett said...
It's absolutely gorgeous! It's a nursery and a little man room! I love it!
- January 18, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
A "little man room"... I love that, Lynett!
- January 18, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
It really is perfection.
My baby boy had the style of crib that the bed is .. which I cannot remember what it is called but I love it!
The color is wonderful, the light is wonderful, I can see him one day, hanging out with his friends, lolling all over the bed, the floor, the chair .. when he is 5 and when he is 15 :)
- January 18, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
me too, candice! (and the bed is an antique jenny lind. i love the cribs also.)
- January 18, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- brickandbrack said...
Hey Kelly, I love what you did with the room!! Could you tell me where you ordered the pouf from? I am looking for something similar for the nursery we are planning. Thanks for the inspiration!
- January 18, 2012 at 1:36 PM
- Suzie and Mike said...
Love the nursery. It looks very cozy. Congrats again!
- January 18, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
Good old Ebay, BrickandBrack!
- January 18, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Stacie@hometownperch said...
It turned out gorgeous Kelly! That nook/sunroom is amazing! What a lucky boy.
- January 18, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- Lauren said...
LOVE it! Especially the beautiful bed. I'm sure you will create many lovely memories in this space.
- January 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
what a sweet comment, lauren... thank you... i hope to!
- January 18, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Melissa at HOUSEography said...
Gorgeous!! Love it's lack of "nursery-ness". Hope you have some black out shades at the ready for that sunroom!
- January 19, 2012 at 7:38 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
the curtains are backed with a blackout fabric that blocks out ninety something percent of the light.
love 'em.
- January 19, 2012 at 7:49 AM
- Kelly Garriott Waite said...
Could you place come to my house? I need major help.
- January 19, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
if only this belly traveled well, kelly!
- January 19, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Kim @ NewlyWoodwards said...
I love it! And I love that it has the space for another bed, too. I think that would be a wonderful thing to have.
This space has so much character and charm.
- January 19, 2012 at 12:26 PM
- Kate said...
It's gorgeous!
- January 19, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Sara Stirling said...
It's ridiculously awesome. I really love your taste.
My only regret in my first babies room was not having a table next to my ugly old nursing chair. Sometimes you need a place to put all the crap that goes with breast feeding. Sure a boob is really all you need but in the beginning it goes S-L-O-W. You may log some serious time in that chair so you may want a place to put a big glass of water, your laptop, burp rags, etc. That's the only thing I would add if this room was in my house. And I would probably make you find said table since I am loving the relaxed feel of your style!
- January 19, 2012 at 2:11 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
you know, sara, i've been thinking about that. even something little like the blue table by the bedside would do for my laptop (i think i can get by with the window sills for drinks and things). maybe i should get one of those adjustable laptop desk sorta tray thingies that moves? that way i could use it wherever i nurse in the house, too...
- January 19, 2012 at 2:39 PM
I have to tell you, that I L-O-V-E LOVE this! I really appreciate the fact that it's not all bought from Pottery Barn Kids and set up like every-other-nursery. It's totally perfect, special and unique…just like you. :) I'm thrilled for you guys.
- January 20, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
aw, thanks, angie. by the way, you look STUNNING in your engagement photos! that red dress! you look like a model.
- January 20, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- kristi.w. said...
This is my favorite nursery ever! I love that you have a bed in there. So smart. Also great details, and I love that it still looks like a sophisticated and grown-up room. I don't really like the nurseries that are heavy on the themes and so many bright colors. :)
- January 22, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
thank you, kristi!
- January 22, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Leslie said...
What a perfect space!
- January 23, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Jen @ RamblingRenovators said...
I'm really late to this post but I just wanted to say your nursery is so very beautiful. Its personal, peaceful, and thoughtful. What a wonderful place for your little guy.
- January 25, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
thanks, jen! (your nursery has always been one of my favs.)
- January 26, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Carolyne said...
It is an absolutely beautiful room. Your back will thank you if you get a change table at waist height. Changing diapers on a bed just kills the back.
- January 30, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- bursuafamily said...
Beautiful room! Do you mind sharing the paint color?
- March 12, 2012 at 6:54 AM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
it's martha stewart whetstone gray in satin. it's sort of light and fresh with a cooler undertone. the trim is behr bright white.
- March 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM


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Skewered Lemon and Herb Chicken
Categories: Entertaining, Finger Foods, Low-fat, Party Snacks, Quick to fix
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Easy to make and low in fat, these chicken skewers will be a hit with everyone.
Prep Time: 10M
Cooking Time: 15M
Serves: Serves 4
- 1-11/4lb (500g) skinless boneless chicken breast
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 fresh red Thai chile pepper, finely chopped
- 1 tsp finely chopped rosemary, plus extra for garnish
- 4 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped, plus extra for garnish
- 4 sprigs of fresh thyme leaves finely chopped, plus extra for garnish
- handful of flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus extra for garnish
- finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 large firm ripe mangoes
- juice of 1 lime
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Soak 12 wooden skewers in cold water for 1 hour.
- Cut chicken into bite-size chunks. Combine the chicken, garlic, ginger, chile, chopped rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley, lemon, and oil. Season with salt and pepper, and stir to coat. Marinate at room temperature for 1 hour, or refrigerate for up to 4 hours. Meanwhile, peel the mangoes, and cut in half. Cut each half lengthwise into thin slices. Put in a bowl, add the lime juice, and season with pepper. Stir gently to mix well, and set aside.
- Heat your grill until medium-hot, and brush with oil. Thread the chicken onto the skewers. Grill, turning occasionally, for 10-15 minutes, and brush lightly with the marinade. Set the skewers aside for 15 minutes, and keep warm. To serve, divide the skewers among 4 plates, add the mango slices, and sprinkle with herbs.
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Jews were mass murdered in Germany during World War II. Why did the same thing not happen in Italy?
It is wrong to say that Italian Jews were not exterminated. They in fact were, but only after Italy was occupied by German forces.
Regarding the stance of the Italian government and fascist party, it did not express much of anti-Semitic ideology. At the origins of the fascist party were many Jews, and also Jewish black-shirt brigades of Jabotinsky were trained in Italy in a preparation to invade British Palestine.
When the Holocaust started, Italy gave asylum to Croatian Jews who were killed by the Ustashe regime in Croatia. Despite demands of German government, Italy refused to transfer their Jews or Jews from the occupied territories to Germany.
It should be noted though that in the beginning of 1940s Italy under German pressure enacted some anti-Jewish legislation in exchange for Germany's consent regarding forced expulsion of ethnic Germans from Italy's South Tyrol. Hitler sought persecution of Jews as a more important task than protecting ethnic Germans in Italy.
The legislation was easily avoidable by the Jews though: to be exempt from prosecutions a Jew could either attend a Christian church or enroll into fascist party (some other categories such as WWI veterans were also exempt).
The situation changed when Italy declared war on Germany and was consequently occupied by German forces: all the caught Jews were sent to German extermination camps.
First of all notice that although many Jews might have perished in Germany, by large the highest fraction was killed in the extermination camps of occupied Poland. Back to Italy now.
Even though the Italian Government put emphasis on the purity of the "Italian Race", it was not until 1938 that a specific law against the "Jewish Race" was approved. Italian Jews were normally admitted into the Fascist Party.
This because for Mussolini the rhetoric of the race was purely for propaganda reasons, and he did not intend to prosecute different "races". Italians living in the colonies (the Empire) had no particular problems mixing with the local population.
This changed with the aftermath of the war in Ethiopia. Italy decided to side with Germany: the British initiative at the Society of Nations (that punished Mussolini's war of aggression) removed his last doubts in that direction. f So it was more to appease the German Government than to fulfill any per-existing intention that the laws were approved.
When the extermination campaign was started in 1942, the location of extermination camps was chosen to be Poland, probably because of its lower population density, large forests and central position in occupied Europe.
Italy did not participate to the extermination at the beginning. However, following the Allied Operation Husky in 1943, and the Government inability to do anything to prevent the occupation of Sicily by invading forces, Mussolini was deposed and an armistice was signed by General Badoglio on 8th September 1943. Following the armistice, German forces occupied Italy and the Italian Army was largely dispersed due mostly to lack of instructions.
The Germans annexed parts of Northern Italy to the Reich and created a puppet state, the Italian Social Republic, or "Repubblichina" as it was derogatorily referred to by Italian partisans.
Deportation and liquidation of the Italian Jews happened only in this period of time, and within the parts of Italy occupied by Germany.
Now there is some rumor regarding the Risiera di San Sabba, according to some historians it was a (smaller scale) extermination camp, while other see it as a transit camp only. Because of the political implications the debate floats on lots of ideological noise, and I find it difficult to tell what happened. Numbers were likely small though (when compared to the overall holocaust dead).
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This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
Close reasons have been discussed before on Meta Stack Overflow, to some effect. And while most of us who are trigger-happy with the close button know what they mean, I think there does exist a general lack of guidance on when they should be applied.
What Does "Closing" a Question Mean, Anyway?
Closing a question is not an inherently negative activity. It should not be considered so, by either those closing, nor the original poster (OP). Instead, "closing" a question should be considered a form of sequestering -- placing the question in a state of Limbo.
It is not only possible, but in the right circumstances, likely, that the question can be reopened. It may just need input from the original poster -- clarification of the question, differentiation between it and the supposed duplicates, etc.
Closing a question merely prevents new answers from being added. The question, and any existing answers, can still be edited, voted and commented upon. This allows activity to flow, which in turn allows the community to determine if the question should remain closed.
If your question is closed, read below and see if -- objectively -- you can understand why it was closed. Over time, you'll likely find that you agree with many of the community's closures, and when your rep allows, you may very well end up joining the cleanup crew.
Here are the rules I personally follow. I have made this post Community Wiki, with the expectation that other question closers will actually edit these rules, and edit out all of the mentions of "my" guidelines. My sincere hope is that, perhaps, this can become something of a "community consensus" guideline.
Without further ado:
Exact Duplicate
In my mind, this means that the questions are, for lack of a better term, identical. I do not believe in deleting duplicates, as they serve an explicit SEO (and human search) benefit. However, if a new question covers absolutely the same ground as an old one (or the combination of two or more, e.g. a question asking for C# books and blogs is a duplicate of two existing questions), then I definitely believe the new one should be closed so that there is one canonical location for the answers to that question.
Additionally, if the answers from another question adequately answer the new one, or any answers posted to the new one are likely to be duplicates of answers from the old one, you're probably looking at a duplicate -- even if it isn't an exact duplicate.
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In addition to the obvious, "if it's not a duplicate," I actually think this gets overused on Meta Stack Overflow quite a bit with similar questions. Similar or related questions are not necessarily duplicate questions. For example, the question this precise answer relates to could have been closed as a "duplicate" of 5018, but thankfully (thus far) wasn't.
Before rushing to a "duplicate" judgment, ask yourself if there is something about the new version which makes it unique, different from the old. Can you envision possible answers that would apply to the new one and not the old? If so, then its answers likely will have value separate from the old question; it is not a duplicate, and refrain from the closure vote.
This should be self-explanatory, but for many people, it is for some reason confusing. We'll use SO, and programming, as our example.
Programming-related questions are those specifically related to code. Questions which relate to being a working programmer ("as a programmer, how do you deal with a non-technical boss," etc.) are not programming-related. One could easily substitute the words "accountant" and "non-mathematical" for "programmer" and "non-technical" and get essentially the same responses.
Programmer-related is not the same as programming-related. If it's not about code, it could very well be a candidate for closure under this reason.
When Should This Not Be Used?
Gray areas. If you have enough reasonable doubt that it could be on-topic, then leave it alone. If it should be closed, others with more experience will handle it for you. For example, issues with IDEs or questions on the use of source control are not strictly programming-related, but the people most qualified to answer will be on Stack Overflow, as these tools are used primarily in the practice of programming. So leave them be.
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Everybody's favorite. It's been the subject of many a battle, and even some advice on how to game the system. Here's the thing: Note the word "and" in the title. In technology, many things are subjective. The way you approach problem x may not be the way you approach problem y, even if they're remarkably similar, due to a variety of potential constraints that may not be verbalized in the question. Also, certain subjective questions are not only on-topic, but actually valuable to the community -- justifications of languages, platforms, operating systems, etc., are all (in my mind) actually valuable to their respective communities -- done once. It's a good thing to have a canonical location of pros and cons.
So when should this be used? When the tone of the question is in fact both subjective and argumentative. "Tell me why PHP doesn't suck" would qualify. "List the pros and cons of using PHP" would not. In many cases, editing out the OP's argumentative stance may salvage the question -- however, once that is done, a careful duplicate check should also be endeavored, as chances are good that at least one site in the Trilogy has answered the question at that point. Caveat: some arguments are unavoidable, no matter how politely the question is asked; if the question boils down to Tabs vs. Spaces, Emacs vs. Vim, Linux vs. Windows, Mac vs. PC, etc... Then leaving it open is just an open invitation for another skirmish in these endless wars. Either find a way to change the focus of the question, or vote to close.
When Should This Not Be Used?
When the question is only subjective, but may hold value to the community, and is not a duplicate of an existing question. On Stack Overflow and Super User, I personally believe this isn't likely to happen until some more brand-new technologies come out.
Not a Real Question
My personal favorite. I wish it was available on Meta Stack Overflow, to be honest. Many people probably consider this merely a "catch-all," but I don't. Sometimes, an asker merely needs a bit of motivation to finish his thought, and closing can be that "stick". To me, this should be used when one or all of the following conditions are met:
When Should This Not Be Used?
Greg Hewgill says it quite effectively in his answer to this post: "Just because the answer is "No" doesn't mean it's not a real question." In fact, if there is an answer, and the question is unambiguous, then guess what -- it's a real question.
Simple/trivial questions are real questions.
Questions you consider boring are real questions.
Questions you can answer with a 2-second Google query are real questions.
Too Localized
I'll be the first to admit that I don't hew to the exact definition above. I consider "too localized" to not only be geographically centered, but also to an extent, situationally centered. The obvious closures here would include things like, "where can I find a user group on x in town y." Less obvious choices would include discussions of laws and regulations, distance working, etc. (However, an equal argument can be made in many of those that they are not {topic} related.)
When Should This Not Be Used?
Don't blindly slap this on anything that happens to be location-related. A question on where to buy replacement power cords in the south of France might be too localized, but a question on power connectors used in France wouldn't have to be (for Super User at least). Similarly, asking for help translating your program's UI into es-mx is crossing the line, but asking for help designing your UI to support localization because you plan to sell a version in Mexico isn't.
Don't use this to lock out obscure topics that would otherwise be on-topic for the site. You may not care about operator precedence in Crystal Reports macros, but someone does and sooner or later they'll get an answer (may God have mercy on their souls).
Belongs On {site}
This should be used when a question is clearly intended for a different site in the Trilogy. This should only be used when you can clearly identify exactly which site the question should be on.
For example:
As you can see, there is some ambiguity in most of the above samples, but they all have a fairly clear home, based on the missions of the site.
When Should This Not Be Used
I'm with Jeff Atwood: When in doubt, don't migrate. Unlike other closures, migration is damned difficult to undo. Once migrated, the original question is locked, which takes closure to a new extreme by preventing commenting. Additionally, there is the possibility (actually, likelihood) that the OP does not have an account on the migrated-to site.
This should only be used when you are 100% certain that not only does the question not belong on the site where it was asked, but that it absolutely does belong on the site you are targeting with the migration.
NONE OF THE TRILOGY SITES (including Meta Stack Overflow!) ARE DUMPING GROUNDS!
Noise or Pointless
This is a Meta-only close reason, and is roughly equivalent with "too localized," "argumentative," "not a real question" and the old closing reason of "blatantly offensive." It's difficult to adequately define "noise or pointless," but it's much like pornography: You know it when you see it.
Typical examples would be full-on rants and ravings, ludicrous joke questions and spam or offensive material.
When Should This Not Be Used
When the question is valid or legitimate, but merely controversial. Also, if the question is severely inflammatory in its current incarnation, but can be salvaged with editing into a reasonable (if potentially controversial) post, then edit before closing.
So there we have it. A starting guide. I now open the floor to all comers. If you're about to comment and disagree, but have closure rights on one of the Trilogy sites, I implore you to edit this as well as comment. Change what I've written -- that's why this post was CW. I'm trying to get us to a decent consensus on this.
As C. Ross commented on my "real" answer to this question, not all of those with closure rights will read this. In fact, I suspect most won't. And as Roboto mentioned in his comment on the same answer, we are fallible. But if those of us who are highly active in the edit/closure space do, and come up with a set of good guidelines, I think it will serve to benefit the community over time as we get our houses cleaned up.
Remember: Closing isn't negative, but those of us with closure power must use caution when we exercise it -- when we are just with our decisions, there is no controversy. When we are unjust and unnecessarily obstinate, the community will rebel against us.
Maybe we do need instruction. Just today I've noticed quite a number of posts that are at 4 close votes yet (in my opinion) don't deserve to be closed:
I expect that some of these will quickly get the one more close vote they need to be closed. I suppose at that point, the close user names are published so we'll know who needs some remedial education on close etiquette. :)
OK, a couple of notes:
Perhaps there ought to be some specific guidance about each close reason. I'm thinking this question right here could provide those answers. When I get home this evening and have more time, I'll post a CW answer here with the guidelines I try to follow. (It'll be CW not to avoid downvotes, but so that as a community we can get to a decent set of guidelines.)
If someone else wants to start that process, then I say go for it, and I'll just pile on to that answer.


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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Siarkowski of Plantsville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by the couple at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. Deacon James Handlir of New Castle, Del. offered the blessing. Mr. and Mrs. Siarkowski were married Sept. 15, 1962, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Waterbury. They have two children, Scott Siarkowski of Plantsville and Bret Siarkowski of Marlboro, Mass., and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Siarkowski is the former Anita LeBlanc.
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A pretty decent Christmas collection, including 100 hit songs weighted a bit toward the usual classics and performers.
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Awesome. I had exactly $4.99 in promo credits for mp3s.
Sweet deal, love classic Christmas songs.
I guess I've finally reached tilt on my Xmas music collection because I already own about 85-90% of the songs on that play list. Freaky!
No Christmas in Hollis? Really?
Purchased as a gift for a friend. Great selection of oldies.
Thanks for posting about this. I love this stuff so I bought it, downloaded it, iTunes Matched it, and I'll be deleting it from my pc, soon.
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|Paul and Linda (Fisher) Block, wedding anniversary 1972
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Block of Beacon Falls celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Beacon Falls, with a party and with a cruise to Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Block were married Aug. 26, 1972 at Holy Trinity Byzantine Catholic Church in Bridgeport. They have two children; Jeannine Lovering of Mystic and Karen Nichols of North Grafton, Mass.; and three grandchildren.
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6 People Who Made A Living Playing Stupid 'Sports'
Quick: what's the dumbest way a person can make a living?
Personal shopper? Doggie day care? Reality show star?
Well, we can top all of those. There are people out there making money--and we're talking real money--doing the type of things you and your friends do in moments of extreme boredom and/or drunkenness. Such as...
#6. Beer Pong Pros Ron Hamilton and Michael Popielarski
So you failed an exam because you stayed up the night before playing drinking games. Well, you better shape up, mister! Nobody is going to pay you to play beer pong!
Uh, don't tell that to Beer Pong champs Ron Hamilton and Michael Popielarski.
Beer pong is also known as Beirut, depending on where you're from (although what ping pong balls, plastic cups and beer has to do with the capital of Lebanon is anybody's guess. We assume it has to do with getting bombed. Repeatedly).
I'll have another!
The rules are simple: toss a ping pong ball into a group of beer-filled cups at the other end of the table, and your opponent has to drink the beer each time you make it (along with all of your unfinished beers if you hit all of his). It seems like the kind of game that's hard to get good at, since most people play to lose. But Hamilton and Popielarski got good at it, and took home $50,000 at the World Series of Beer Pong IV.
The win not only earned them name recognition in the annals of Beer Pong, they also made headlines across the world, including a mention on ESPN (and unlike most of the athletes that make headlines, they were paid to get drunk).
The two claim they plan to use the cash to pay off some debt and a chunk of their parents' mortgage with the winnings, but we suspect most of it went to buy a keg the size of a grain silo.
#5. Rock, Paper, Scissors Champ Sean Sears
Daily we are confronted by decisions, some harder than others: Coffee or tea? Paper or plastic? Shallow grave or densely forested area? Perhaps no game teaches us the futility of anticipating the consequences of our actions like rock, paper or scissors.
What seems like an absurdly simple and entirely luck-based game has paid off big for Sean Sears, who won 50 grand in the Rock, Paper Scissors competition in Las Vegas.
It's been said what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas so it stands to reason you never knew there even was annual Rock Paper Scissors competition held there. You probably had no idea you could order hookers over the phone and visit the Liberace Museum either but we digress.
By the way, in case you've been living in a decommissioned, underground missile silo, Rock Paper Scissors is a game whereby you engage your opponent in what the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, or WRPS for short, would call "hand to hand combat." The rules are simple:
Sure, it can seem a little overwhelming at first but Sean Sears was able to master the game with little to no training, relying mostly on his gut instinct and pure luck. At the final table, he was able to defeat Julie Crossley's scissors throw with a crushing Rock drop.
For his minimal effort, Sears walked away with not only the $50,000, but a free trip to China where he represented the USA at the RPS Olympic Games. There, he won the bronze medal, placing third behind a Canadian and an Irishman. We believe a chicken pecking randomly at the three choices scrawled on a piece of paper finished fourth.
#4. Competitive Eater Joey Chestnut
Is it wrong to hold competitive eating contests when there are up to a billion starving people in the world? Or is it worth it to waste a couple hundred hot dogs if it inspires the rest of us to test the limits of our own spirit (or, in this case, how far we can stretch our esophagus)? We do not have the answer.
What we do know is that competitive eating has grown to the point that it has its own International Federation, so that the world may chronicle the achievements of those who gorge themselves to the point of vomiting while a crowd cheers them on... and get paid serious cash along the way.
One of the biggest names is Joey "Jaws" Chestnut who burst on to the competitive eating scene back in 2005. The then 22-year-old, 230 pound Californian (no, not nearly as huge as you'd think) conquered a deep-fried asparagus eating championship, scoffing down more than six pounds of asparagus in under 12 minutes and probably making his pee stink for months afterwards.
From then on, it's been a never-ended chowfest for Chestnut and lucrative cash prizes to boot. In 2008 alone, he won $30,000 participating in just two events: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship. He also won or placed in several other smaller events, pocketing thousands more.
Though we're not sure how much good the money will do him on the inevitable day that he finally explodes like a goldfish.


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An insult meaning 'you suck cock'. Nice festive twist on the old 'you suck monkey balls'
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My testicles on the holidays. Typically substituted for "jingle bells" when trying to come up with new Christmas songs.
"Jingle Balls, I slip and Fall, While Shopping at the Mall" ..... bad example, but it sounds way the hell better than the lousy original song that your teachers made you sing in the school Christmas recital.
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when you get an std from santa clause
bromg he just came down my chimney without a condom and got total jingle balls bro!
by chefmike February 28, 2016
To exaggerate a compliment or try to make someone feel better by boosting their ego, or "jingling their balls"
A spirtual awakening from caressing ones ego.
A brown noser or suck up.
A spirtual awakening from caressing ones ego.
A brown noser or suck up.
"Man I had to jingle their balls all day just to get them to work."
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Silver round hard balls that go back and forth and make click click noises.
Picture yourself tea bagging a guy with really small silver nuts
by Shaniqua November 29, 2003
When performing oral sex, the woman bites the mans balls cutting off blood flow until they turn red and green. (Often performed in the Pain Olympics)
Tyler wanted to just watch a movie, but Alex snuck under the blankets until she gave him jingle balls until he fainted.
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The state of (e)reading
Commonweal publisher Tom Baker passes along the news today that fully one-third of American adults now own a tablet computer (like an iPad or Kindle Fire), which is nearly double the number recorded last year.
Why is this worth a mention on this blog? In part because of our recent redesign: The Commonweal site has been rebuilt to adjust to whatever device—PC, phone, tablet—you might be reading it on, and more of you are using tablets. Of course, some readers get more excited about this kind of thing than others (full disclosure: I am among the 66 percent of adults who do not own a tablet, although I have been making much more use of my phone to visit not just Commonweal but many other sites as well). But this news on usage comes at about the same time as a couple of other items on, for lack of a better term, e-reading.
First is Farhad Manjoo's piece in Slate, the promisingly headlined "You Won't Finish Reading This Article," which reveals that few who begin to read a story online actually finish it; people steadily bail out ("bounce," in the parlance) as they scroll down:
Data shows that readers can't stay focused. The more I type, the more of you tune out. And it's not just me. It's not just Slate. It's everywhere online. When people land on a story, they very rarely make it all the way down the page. A lot of people don't even make it halfway. Even more dispiriting is the relationship between scrolling and sharing. [Data] suggest that lots of people are tweeting out links to articles they haven't fully read. If you see someone recommending a story online, you shouldn't assume that he has read the thing he's sharing. …
Maybe this is just our cultural lot: We live in the age of skimming. I want to finish the whole thing, I really do. I wish you would, too. Really—stop quitting! But who am I kidding. I'm busy. You're busy. There's always something else to read, watch, play, or eat.
It would thus seem to follow that people who read online retain or comprehend relatively little of what they click on. But Andrew Sullivan today points to studies showing the opposite. Researchers invited ninety students (average age: nineteen) ten short passages of text:
One third of them read on paper (A4 size, Times New Roman font), 30 of them read on a second gen. Kindle (6 inch screen), and the remainder read via a pdf reader on a computer monitor. Five of the passages were factual (biographies) and five were excerpts from literary fiction. After each passage, the students answered five to six multiple-choice comprehension questions. They could take as long as they wanted to read each passage, but there was no going back to the text once they started answering the questions.
Overall accuracy was at around 75 per cent and, crucially, there was no difference in comprehension performance across the three conditions. This was true whether reading factual or narrative passages of text. "From an educational and classroom perspective, these results are comforting," the researchers concluded. "While new technologies have sometimes been seen as disruptive, these results indicate that students' comprehension does not necessarily suffer, regardless of the format from which they read their text."
Another "but" (and it seems to be a substantial one): the passages were only about 500 words in length. This post is already a hundred words longer than that. Many on this blog can be much longer. And stories from the print edition of the magazine….
What's your approach to reading online? Do you tend to skim, skip, or "bounce"? Does the length of an online article affect your decision of how to read it? Does the medium (print vs. electronic) affect your ability to retain or comprehend what you read? And if you're a parent, professor, or teacher, are you noticing anything about the habits of your e-reading children and students, or their ability to retain and comprehend?
My commute provides a lot of time for reading, and on the subway I always choose a book or magazine over my phone. Today I took note of someone reading a hardcover edition of Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding—not because of the book, but because it was a book, apparently the only other one aside from mine on the car I was in. There were no newspapers or magazines in sight. But there were plenty of tablets.
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There has always been a tendency for readers to give up on a story if it doesn't grab them right away. That's why journalism professors and newspaper editors want reporters to put important new information in the lead paragraph. And why novelists often begin with a snappy sentence that will draw readers in.
But it isn't just print and new technology. The same thing happens with movies and television shows. Probably happened to some of the old Greek dramatists that didn't make the cut.
Dominic, You did not mention Kindle (or other similars) which I have found to be remarkably productive in reading the NY Times and books. Once you get out of I have to have the book in my hand fetish, one experiences, mirabile dictu, great efficiency. The tablet is larger than the phone with better graphics though one does not have to rely on wifi with a 4g phone. . True, any device is not as congenial to read with. Except for the kindle. However, the destop or laptop is better for taking an online course and reading blogs.
Wonderful times we are in. Now if we can just stop the greed and get everybody working.
I usually read Commonweal on an iPad. I read it usung the Safari browser that comes with the iPad. I like the new website about the same as the old one except for one thing. The old site allowed me to enlarge the text size but for some reason I am unable to do that with the new site. I do not know about others but the new site is starting to make me feel my age - the tiny type is difficult to read! Can this be changed?
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I'm not on an iPad, but I'm using Safari, and I can adjust text size with the Zoom In and Zoom Out commands on the View menu, keystrokes + and -
I read blog posts and skim select articles on online news sites on my laptop. (I read the full articles, but just read less of them than I would with a paper.) That's about as many words as I can handle online. I don't read e-books. My husband has a Nook Tablet (the most recent version; we bought an N2A chip for to get all of the Android apps. It works just great).
The one thing I ike a lot about online new sites is the opportunity for reader comments. I think those comments often enrich and give a dfiiferent perspective on the origignal article.
I have a Nook with which I read books. I've definitely been buying more books since I bought it - it saves me running out to a bookstore. I also read books the old-fashioned way, as we're frequent public library customers. (Our library makes it harder for Nook owners than Kindle and iPad owners to check out ebooks - that's the only Nook drawback I've experienced so far).
I use old media or my notebook computer to read newspaper and magazine articles. I don't think my reading habits are any different either way.
Love the Kindle. Convenient to carry around. Great for reading fiction, particularly mysteries.
My Kindle (plain, not Fire) is not great for reading non-fiction, because illustrations are too small and gray.
(I like writing for Kindle: http://GerelynHollingsworth.com )
I think Amazon provides a great service. Its detractors are unpersuasive, imho: http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/best-case-against-amazon-youll-ev...
I don't read magazines or newspapers on Kindle, for many reasons, but I like reading articles from periodicals on my MacBook Air. Agree with Irene about reader comments. (A shame the new format here elimated paragraphing from all the old comments.) I also like customer reviews of books and other products. Very helpful, imho.
The length of an article does not bother me. If I'm interested in the topic, the longer the better. The importance of enticing lead paragraphs came long before computers, e-readers, etc.
I often quit articles that are unnecessarily repetitive or include a lot of not very relevant detail. Too much good stuff out there to waste time on the boring.
Reading print newspapers shapes my habits. I read the headlines; about half I skip because I am not interested or I already know as much as I need to know. The other half, I start with the top and read to the end of about one-third. The other two-thirds, I read as far as it informs or interests me, then I quit.
Magazines: Read the whole article if it interests me; skip the rest. Increasingly I skip much in the New Yorker but do the cartoons, Talk of the Town, and anything by my favorite authors. NYR: read the whole of articles that interest me, no more than 25 percent of each issue. Commonweal, read much of what interests me on-line, but still look carefully through the print issue.
Kindle is okay for fiction, but not so great for everything else. I find note-taking laborious (just need a pencil for a book). I have wound up buying books that I have on my Kindle because it so cumberous to retrieve "notes," and impossible to flip back and forth between pages.
Though it varies, a good deal of what is currently published in any format is repetitive and/or non-news. What has gone missing in the new world is the gate keeper, editors who say yea or nay to articles and who then edit with an eye to coherence, unanswered questions, etc. The consequence is a lot of junk news, junk opinion, and junk articles. And then there's the problem of faux news produced not by reporters but by sites that aggregate the news. In this matter, the New York Times still produces news (good) surrounded by more and more stuff...
That most people don't finish what they start reading on-line is a good sign; it shows a discerning mind.
At my age, reading habits hardly reflect the future of printed words. FWIW, though, the only non-paper stuff I have ever read is on a computer screen. And I have rarely gone beyond the first page, if the magerial is paginated, or to the point where I have to click instead of scroll to continue. But if the first page is really good, I print out the whole thing and read it on paper like a book or a government report.
I can be happy that way and can't imagine myself using a Kindle or its like. I do get annoyed when the publisher (or "content provider" as we, ugh, say now) makes my finding things or scrolling them harder in order to accommodate the one-third of first users in his or her audience. But people like I will soon pass away leaving the media free to complete their triumph over the message.
I have an old Kindle, mostly used for reading in waiting rooms and loaded up with amusing old favorites that cost practically nothing. I prefer not to use it to read new books, since I like to annotate as I go, and often find myself looking back and forth at passages of special interest. It is hard to do that so well on the Kindle.
I just got an ipad mini, and have used it to look at Commonweal when out and about, but I prefer to read some items on my desktop when they appear there and later, at my leisure, take the time to go over the print edition pretty thoroughly when it-- eventually --arrives.
I read through the postings on the blog, and rarely bail out early, but Ifind that I often skip-- in my first reading,anyway- -some of the embedded links that seem less than necessary to getting the full picture. I may pick up on those when checking back to see how comments are running.
I like the way comments are being solicited on articles, and the way the conversation on the website as a whole is beginning to broaden out. But please don't neglect to respond to breaking news items on the blog. That has always been a real strength. of Commonweal's web presence.
I have a degenerative eye disease and can't read regular books much anymore but I read everything online on my iMac (all the fonts made bigger) and I can now read books again with the kindle, also by making the fonts bigger - I just checked out my first library book on the kindle via Amazon :) Technology has really helped the visually impaired.


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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Very Interesting comments! I will check inside the case to make sure. Do you know anything about the new TiVo style TV tuners? My NEW d5200t came with the new and expensive TV tuner card that allows forward and reverse and other options. HP simply added a SECOND tuner card in the desktop.
Turning it on gives you a picture. The person on TV will say one or two words and it suddenly becomes pixelated. In another moment or so the pixelation spreads all over the screen with a frozen picture and audio. In another moment the pixelation suddenly gives way to bright yellow colors all over the screen.
In another moment it begins all over again with a picture and a word or two.
I have calibrated the digital antenna using Windows Media Player. It tells me the digital antenna is working well.
Things I have noticed:
OUT OF THE BOX: Device Manager showed a conflict with the two tuner cards. Using the Device Manager to disable one card failed to fix the problem. Switching to the other card made no difference.
Tech service keeps telling me to run recovery. I have a total of 12 hours on this computer. Eleven of these hours was in four HP tech service calls where they insist on taking remote control. From the time you dial the phone until the time an HP live human takes control of your computer is one hour.
I had a case manager I don't know call me and he said I had too many calls to tech service. He wanted to buy it back so I could go buy another brand of computer. My previous case manager would have never spoken to me that way and to be honest I was shocked.
Thanks for the good advice!
Time will tell I guess,
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
I have a Enermax FMA2 (535 ATTS) nib. tHE MODEL NUMBER IS: eg565
I bought two of these on sale before a store went out of business. I bought two of them and put one in my Sony. Heck, they were only $65. I was under the impression that these were dual rail PSU's and now that I look at the box I don't see that written.
Is it good enough to build up one like you are suggesting? Should I save it as a spare?
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That Enemax will be fine. It's based on an older design (less efficient...extra 5W-25W from the outlet depending on load) but the output voltage and current are stable. Verify that there are two 6-pin PCI-E connectors to power a high-end GPU. Otherwise, you'll need to use a molex to PCI-E adaptor to run an expensive video card.
The Hauppauge software is not very good. You may want to look elsewhere for TIVO capability. I don't trust a software-based program like WMP for signal strength. A quick test is to move an analog TV to the location of the antenna and attempt to pickup the local analog broadcasts. If you get a quality picture, then there is sufficient signal for a good digital reception. Another approach is to buy a Zenith DTT 901 digital tuner converter (about $50 at Kmart if you don't have a $40 FCC coupon). This unit comes with a very good LG tuner section and signal strength meter. Tune to the desired channel and verify with the strength meter that the signal is good.
Based on your descriptions, the most likely culprit is weak signal from the antenna.
I'd call the case manager ASAP and arrange for the return of the PC. With $2.5K cash, you could build one today, and have enough $ to upgrade the MB, RAM, and CPU in 2-3 years.
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Hi RoyalSerpent,
I'm not an expert on power supplies, and you obviously know more about them than I do, so I could be wrong in what I stated. The power ratings on the labels are a little tricky to read. It could be that the 385W is continuous power for the devices running on the PSU device connectors, but does not include power for the Motherboard. Also, from what I've seen in looking this up, this is an industry standard, not an HP-only standard.
One thing I do know is that HP does a lot of testing on the power supplies and the components they ship with. The PSU must meet the specs of the components that are shipped with it.
Here is an HP Support document talking about the ratings that I was speaking to: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/D
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Hi SilverWhiskers,
Your PC power supply is capable of running all of your devices. It is not a 385W PSU. You can upgrade your PC hardware as well, and unless you add a very high end graphics card, multiple drives, max memory, and maybe another tuner, you likely won't see an issue. I've upgraded much lesser PCs with less PSU Watts and never saw an issue. HP puts time into making their PCs easily upgradeable. They even provide you support documents and videos on how to replace and add devices. For reference, here is a link to a page with a bunch of hardware upgrade info for your PC:
Can you tell me more about the TV Tuner(s) issue?
Where are you seeing a conflict in the Tuners?
Perhaps there is a configuration issue we can help with to get this working for you.
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Just to add another opinion, you have purchased a pretty good computer that has a decent power supply. Mr. Do! is correct in showing you that the label can be confusing. The 385W shown on the power supply label refers to the total Wattage that you should not exceed when using the 12V supply lines. Your power supply has a total output of 460W (inluding the 5V and 3.3 V supply) and should be fine for most/all of the common upgradable components available today.
I totally disagree with RS in his thinking that the power supplies in HP PCs are poor quality (or those in Dell, Gateway, etc...). I'm not saying this because I work for HP, although I do know that HP rigorously tests its power supplies in the configuration the model ships with. So no, HP does not ship PCs with power supplies that are incapable of powering the components it comes with. To think that of any retail PC manufacturer doing this is just silly. The rating of the power supply is typically tied to the price of the PC - you buy a less expensive PC, the rating of the power supply will probably be less and your ability to upgrade components will be less as well. The "quality" of a power supply should really be thought of as "max rating given the price of PC".
I agree with RS in that . . if you really invest the time and do your homework you can build a PC that is more tailored to your liking and you can make one that will outperform more than 98% of the retail PCs. I have made several over the years and it is a fun hobby. However, I seriously doubt that you will be able to do so and come close to hitting the same price range. Retail PC manfufacturers can work with component manufacturers to buy large volumes of quality components while holding them to certain quality standards... the save money in packaging and overhead as well.
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Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply[ Edited ]
04-07-2009 01:57 PM - edited 04-07-2009 07:21 PM
If the PSU is rated to deliver 460W continuous @ 40C ambient, with 385W continuous on the +12VDC rail, then it should work well that rig. I doubt that HP would hook up each PSU to a 1KW load tester and apply the rated load on each rail for 1/2 day in a 40C thermal chamber to confirm the rating. Furthermore, I'm sure that HP doesn't apply a cross load test to check for proper booting when there is a minimum load on the 3.3VDC and 5VDC rail(s).
Engineers rely on the expertise of qualified vendors to test the equipments. The labeling of PC PSU can be subjected to wide interpretation because it is not regulated by the FTC. If HP has a superior product that is a cut above the cheap Chinese Saturday Night Special, then why not join the ranking of reputable PSU vendors by labeling the unit as 460W continuous at 40C (3.3VDC + 5VDC + 12VDC) with maximum of 385W continuous (12VDC)? Here's another one for the suggestion box. If the 12VDC output is a single rail unit, then label it as a single +12VDC rail with xx A at 40C ambient. Don't put 12V1, 12V2, and 12V3 unless each rail is monitored by a current limiting device.
Also spend a little $ for an 80+ or 80+ bronze/silver/gold sticker. It's a cheap way to advertise a green PC.
The actual cost (BOM...or bill of materials) of a quality 380W PSU vs. 550W PSU is less than $10. Anyone that has disassembled an Antec Earthwatts 380 and Antec Earthwatts 500 (not 500-D) will know what I mean. The interior electronics are virtually the same except for a few key components like primary filter cap, fuse, toroidal transformer, and output devices. I'm not saying that all HP PSUs are junk. My point is if someone paid $2.5K for a PC, then the PC should come from a top-tier PSU vendor. We shouldn't have to settle on generic labeling to decipher what's underneath the hood. I could probably identify a well-built PSU within 30 seconds of opening. Others have to rely on the side sticker.
While it's difficult to build a Wally World Special with windows for $300, I would submit that one can spend $1500 at Newegg for a rig that's better than the OP's 2.5K PC. The HP rig comes with 1 yr warranty. All the major components inside a custom rig are backed with a 3-5 yr mfr warranty. How much would it cost to purchase this additional protection from HP? This could be a big deal if you happened to own an HP whose MB or GPU went south shortly after the warranty.
Have some time to kill, so I went to the HP website to build a d5200t with the following components:
- Vista Premium SP1
- DVD writer
The final cost is $1379 after rebate.
Now let's take a look at a custom rig with similar components:
- XP Pro 64-bit (I hate Vista but don't have a choice for XP)...$139
- Q9550...$270 overclocked from 2.8GHz to +3.4GHz
- 4GB DDR2 8500 overclocking RAM...$30
- DVD burner...$26
- PC case...$55
- Radeon HD 4850 GPU with adjustable core voltage...$140
- Card reader...$11
- 550W Corsair PSU...$60
- Overclocking Intel motherboard...$94
- CPU cooler...$27
Total cost for parts is $961. Allocate $200 labor. The final cost of this custom PC is $1161. That's 19% cheaper than the HP PC. If you can build your own PC, then the savings is a whopping 44%!
Seeing that we have a better motherboard, RAM, power supply, CPU cooler, and PC case, why not switch to a Q8300 CPU and overclock it to at least 3.4GHz? We'll pocket an $80 savings while sacrificing no more than 2% in performance due to the smaller L2 cache. The RAM and motherboard have sufficient headroom to overclock a good Q8300 chip to 4.0GHz! Remember that all of these quad core chips are based on the same technology.
Final hit to the wallet...$1081 for a custom Intel quad core rig capable of at least 3.4GHz vs. $1379 for a stock HP Intel quad core at 2.8GHz. The custom rig has 3-5x longer warranty on major components, better case ventilation, zero pre-loaded crap ware, and a choice of XP or Vista OS. If you're a savvy shopper and can wait for parts to go on sale, then you can expect to shave another 15-20% off the $1081 quote.
Customer support should be vastly superior to any large box-maker because you get to talk to the guy/gal that design and build the PC.
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply[ Edited ]
04-07-2009 04:17 PM - edited 04-07-2009 04:34 PM
Not to hi-jack anyones thread here, But, i recently bought one of these > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8
in an HP a6645f with a Nvidia Gts 250(GPU)... installed it, turned it on.... and
lights and fans on power supply ... Check
case and cpu fan.........................Check
DVD drive spools up....................check
but.... the video card fan spools up to 100%....and no signal to monitor....
put the "flea-bay cheapie" back in and everything seems to work ok...(worried about its longevity, seems real cheap)...
sent it back, got another one... same problem.
emailed SigmaProducts, and they quickly returned my e-mail, saying...
HP only work with their own power supply, all of the standard ATX POWER SUPPLY in market won't work with it.
uh, Wut?
does the "ATX12V V2.01" mean anything? I've noticed other PSU's have like V2.0, or V2.2, V2.02, Etc... wtf does THAT mean??
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
Sigma is full of BS. The el-cheapo Fleabay Special didn't have any problem with your HP, right? I suspect the Sigma unit has a problem powering up when there is minimal startup load on the 3.3V/5V rail. Rev 2.01 should work with your HP.
Get the $30 Corsair CX400 and you'll never worry about PSU again. Newegg subscriber gets another $10 off...need to look for that coupon code...
Re: Guide for Selecting a Power Supply
I'm liking the corsair psu's....
but for an "eventual"(buying parts here and there..) Build..
thinkin this> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8
good enough for a GTS250 SLI rig?? (maybe GTS275's later) on a intel E8500 system....
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Talking to Your Unborn Baby
A developing fetus begins to hear at about 30 weeks. As this ability develops, researchers have found that the baby can distinguish its mother's voice from that of a stranger.
In a recent study, 60 women were divided into two groups and fetal heart rates were measured before, during, and after a recorded two-minute poem was played through a speaker held above the mother's abdomen. The heart rate increased about five beats a minute in 21 of the 30 fetuses who heard recordings of their mothers's voices. Heart rates slowed about four beats a minute in 21 of the 30 fetuses who heard a recording of a stranger's voice. This was an exciting discovery for the researchers, who feel it provides evidence of attention, memory, and learning by the fetus. Research studies are now being performed to see if this voice recognition ability plays a role in mother-infant attachment.
So don't be shy about talking to your baby. Read to him, sing to him, and talk to him. It won't matter what you talk about—he can't understand words yet anyway. It's the sound of your voice that excites him.
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Which one is the correct one?
- A total of 10 babies is sleeping. (A)
- A total of 10 babies are sleeping. (B)
- Ten babies in total are sleeping. (C)
For me, both (A) and (C) are correct. But (B) is also used in speech.
Which one is the correct one?
For me, both (A) and (C) are correct. But (B) is also used in speech.
(B) is perfectly correct in either American or British English. Take a look at this example from the Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
(C) is also correct, as ten babies is explicitly plural, and should thus take the plural are.
(A) is not correct because the collective noun total should always be treated in the plural sense when
In the following examples, all conditions are satisfied:
In this example, conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, but condition (3) isn't:
In the first sentence of this example, only condition (3) is satisfied, while none of the conditions is satisfied in the second sentence:
Finally, in this case, condition (1) is not satisfied:
Thus, total should be treated as singular whenever these conditions are not satisfied at the same time. (This rule should not be applied with the construction There is/are.)
The agreement between nouns (collective, in this case) and verbs is called concord and much has been published on its often confusing rules of usage. The most interesting and informative article I found in the course of answering this question, was "Concord", by Marianne Drennan. (It is of South African origin, so it is likely closer to British English but, excellent article nonetheless.)
Also of note is the pronounced difference in the treatment of collective nouns between British and American English. Some collective nouns are mostly treated as singular in American English but often considered plural in British English. Two quick examples are team and family. See this note on grammar at Oxford Dictionaries Online for more information on this phenomenon. The treatment of total, however, transcends this analysis for the most part. Consider, however, another interesting example provided, in part, by the asker (@xport):
I'm not sure if the British/American analysis holds here, as one would find both forms (there is/there are) widely used. There are certainly sounds better, but some would argue that there is is more correct, because, strictly speaking, total by itself should be a singular noun. ("Says who?" others may counter!) Consider this, though:
I will not comment on this. Suffice it to say that this worrisome situation can always be avoided.
**in a strict sense* since the word, total, always involves a number, anyway. Try to see if you can insert the word number into your sentence (if it isn't already there) without losing the intended meaning. If this can be done, then it means the word, number is implied.
In England, B is normally the preferred choice (including Fowler's, whom I do not have with me to quote from); in America, it would also be B, though a singular verb would be used with some other nouns of multitude. Construction C is always right.
This usage (B) is called synesis (Greek), constructio ad sententiam (Latin, the term I prefer), constructio ad sensum (Latin), notational agreement, or situational agreement.
It means that a singular noun can take a plural verb if it refers to several things in the real world. This exists in many languages under various conditions, including English, Dutch, Latin, and Greek. It also applies to choosing the right pronoun, such as its versus their. In general it happens only when this reference to more than one thing is intended:
In practice, situations where such a noun refers to several things are much more common than those in which it refers to a single, whole thing.
A total of 10 babies is sleeping. The subject in this sentence is "total." The verb is "is." The subject and verb must be in agreement. Both are singular. Babies is the object of the prepositional phrase "of 10 babies," and is not the subject. If the sentence read "Ten babies are sleeping," then the verb would be "are," because "are" is plural and in agreement with the plural subject "babies."
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Belmont University Interdisciplinary Programs
ICoRD | Interdisciplinary Majors
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The Institute for Computing Related Disciplines (ICoRD)
Glenn Acree, Director
Faculty: Bryon Balint, Joyce Crowell, Gary Garrison, William Hooper, Dan Johnson, James Pierce
ICoRD provides a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to meeting the growing need for a coherent core of computer education combined with the core work of other disciplines. The faculty fellows of ICoRD are drawn from the fields of computer science, mathematics, information systems management, art, and design communications and are working collaboratively to provide these interdisciplinary programs.
1. to prepare students to enter computing and/or technology related occupations.
2. to prepare students for graduate study and/or professional studies.
3. to guide students to think independently and creatively.
4. to guide students to understand applications, formulate and translate problems, and write meaningful algorithms.
5. to enable students to solve problems by identifying connections, recognizing patterns, using multiple strategies, and employing appropriate tools.
6. to enable students to communicate ideas related to their disciplines orally, visually, and in writing.
7. to encourage students to become contributing members of an engaged, responsible community of scholars.
ICoRD Programs of Study
Students whose interests are too broad to fit other more traditional degree programs may select from two interdisciplinary B.S. degree programs.
• B.S. in Web Programming and Development
• B.S. in Applied Discrete Mathematics
Minor in Database Administration
|Database Administration Minor
|CSC 1110 Programming I
|CSC 1120 Programming II
|ISM 3620 Business Data Management and Analysis
|ISM 3720 Database Administration
|Six hours selected from ISM courses numbered 3000 or above
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|Web Development
|CSC 1110 Programming I
|CSC 1120 Programming II
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|ART 1700 Web Page Design
|ART 2450 Interactive Media
|Three hours from ISM 3200, ISM 3620, ISM 3730, or CSC courses numbered 2000 or above
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In addition to the interdisciplinary majors in ICoRD, shared / interdisciplinary majors that are listed under an existing school or department include:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Environmental Science
European Studies
International Economy
International Business
Pharmaceutical Studies
Second Language Acquisition (minor only)
Engaged Scholars Program
The Engaged Scholars program promotes and recognizes our undergraduate students' participation in forms of academic development that extend beyond the traditional classroom. An Engaged Scholar is recognized for meeting a series of activities and for achieving specified levels of attainment- some curricular and some co-curricular- that substantially involves her/him in serious experiential learning and/or promotes greater self-ownership of her/his learning experiences.
Students are strongly encouraged to enter the program as early as possible but no later than 4 semesters prior to graduation. Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in order to be admitted and to remain in the program (no GPA requirement for admission of first semester freshmen). To achieve the status of Engaged Scholar, a student must satisfy through the proper completion of an activity and reflection paper, five of the following nine categories. At least two of these categories must include a significant off-campus component.
Categories of Engaged Learning:
• Service Learning
• Significant Co-Curricular Activity
• Independent Research Accompanied by a Campus/Community Presentation or Publication
• Creative Project Accompanied by a Campus/Community Presentation or Publication
• Peer Tutoring
• Study Abroad
• Internship
• Off Campus experience
• Student Leadership
For more information on the Engaged Scholars Program, please visit www.belmont.edu/engaged/.
SCH 1000 - 4000. Engaged Scholars Seminar (0). Students will register for the 0 credit seminar each semester they are a participant in the Engaged Scholars Program. The seminar will meet at least twice a semester and will include guest speakers, informal conversation, program orientation and assistance and perhaps group presentations and reflection.
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CAS 1000 - 4000. Undergraduate Research (0-6). A course designed to give students the opportunity to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. The research project should conform to appropriate scholarship in the academic discipline of the faculty supervisor. The specific expectations, including outcomes, for the course and research project are worked out between the student(s) and the faculty supervisor, however there is a requirement that students give a public presentation of their work. No more than 6.0 hours of CAS 1000-4000 course credit may be used toward graduation, and credit is granted only as general elective hours, not hours toward a major or minor.
Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (R – Undergraduate Research).
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The Peer Tutoring Program, begun at Belmont in 1995, provides students with the opportunity to serve as a link between the professor and students in a class. The role of the tutor is determined between the tutor and professor. The Teaching Center serves as a resource for peer tutors by offering opportunities to exchange ideas and share experiences.
PTS 2920-4920. Peer Tutoring (1-3). By invitation of a professor, a student may serve as a peer tutor for a course. Each peer tutor works with the professor to define the specific role in the class, which may include helping conduct classes, leading study or discussion sessions, and helping students master the course material. The Peer Tutor also participates in a seminar conducted by the Teaching Center. The Peer Tutor does not grade or keep other records for the class.
Cooperative Education
Students who are working on jobs that directly relate to their academic major or occupational goal may receive elective unit credit for work with employers approved by the co-op director. Students may be working part-time, full-time, off-campus, or on-campus in either paid or volunteer positions. Generally, students working part-time may receive three (3) hours of credit per semester; however, those students who receive special approval may earn up to six (6) hours of credit if they are working full-time. Students receive co-op credit only during the semester that they work. Co-op credit will not be given retroactively. Only six (6) hours of Cooperative Education credit will count toward the graduation requirement and must be eligible to count in the student's degree program. Students may elect to participate in the cooperative education program to the extent that they meet the standards of the university and the guidelines in the Cooperative Education Student Handbook.
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SLS 3500. Second Language Methodologies (3). Pre-requisites: ENL/W 3500 or a 3rd year Foreign Language Course. This course, designed for students interested in teaching ESL or a foreign language, will through classroom instruction and a required integrated experiential learning component focus on methods of second language instrction.
SLS 1900-4900. Second Language Directed Studies (1-3). Directed Studies.
SLS 1950-4950. Second Language Study Abroad (2-18). Study Abroad.
Pathways to Science, Technology, and Mathematics
SCI 1000-4000. Pathways to Science, Technology and Mathematics Seminar (0). This course is required for all School of Sciences majors in the Pathways Scholars program funded by the NSF S-STEM grant #0850041 - Pathways to Science, Technology, and Mathematics. The seminar will include activities, instruction and discussions concerning the importance of communication skills and mathematics preparation in the sciences. Students will read and present articles (appropriate to their ability level), keep journals of their academic and industry experiences, and write paper summaries and research protocol documentation. Beyond the freshman year, the seminar will have a greater focus on individual academic and career paths, ensuring that the knowledge and resources for specific research or internships aims of the students are provided.


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Why Everyone Wants Serena to Win
As the Australian Open starts Monday, Serena Williams is the overwhelming favorite not only to win this tournament but every other event she enters for the foreseeable future. She has lost just a single match since last year's French Open and has largely obliterated all comers. If Williams keeps this up in Australia, the tennis cognoscenti will surely fill the airwaves with talk of an undefeated season and a Grand Slam.
They might want to hold that thought. Except for 2003, when she won her first Aussie title, Williams has tended to win more in the years she gets out of the gates slowly than those when she lifts a trophy in Australia. Last year's dominance came after an ugly 6-2, 6-3 loss in the fourth round in Australia to Ekaterina Makarova, the 24-year-old Russian no one is about to confuse with Martina Navratilova.
In fact, during the past decade, Williams has averaged just 1.4 tournament wins the rest of the year after winning in Australia. Those Australian victories somehow seem to lead to a string of injuries or boredom that knocks Williams, one of the all-time greats, off her game. But when Williams has lost in Australia or missed it altogether, she has averaged three tournament victories that year.
In other words, a Williams triumph in Melbourne could be the best news in a long time for the rest of the women's tour.
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