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This is the device that automatically projects two laser dots that dart across a floor in varied unpredictable patterns, inciting two pets to engage in perpetual play. The lasers turn rapidly, stop unexpectedly, and race in opposite directions, triggering a dog or cat's instinctual attraction to quickly moving objects. The device has four speed settings and can be set to tempt pets with an exciting, if fruitless, game of chase for five, 10, 15, or 20 minutes. Requires three AA batteries that power the laser toy for up to 15 hours. 8 1/4" H x 7" Diam. (1 1/4 lbs.)
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Great Toy!
By Erin
from Overland Park, KS
The only thing that I would change would be the range of the lights. I wish they were longer, but my cat and dog love it!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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The cats LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
By Diane
from Somerville, MA
At first I was a little disappointed with this product as I'm use to the hand laser that I can move the length of the house. After I saw how my two cats absolutely love this, I changed my mind quickly. As a matter of fact it comes in soooo handy when I have things to do and don't won't the cats bothering me like putting up the Christmas tree!
It's great
By Moose's mom
from Nashville,Tn
My dog would play 24-7 if he could. He loves lasers. He played with this for over a hour the first night.
Terrific cat sitter
By Dr. Bob from LI
from Great Neck, NY
Entertains both our cats with self timed fun sessions.
Not as good as advertised...
from Lower Bucks County, PA
Purchased this for my indoor cat. She is not amused with this laser toy. Too noisy, shows no interest in it at all.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Engaged cat is a happy cat
By May
from Rochester, New York
All 3 cats are fascinated by rotating laser lights. I let them play with it for about 20 minutes twice a week to prevent boredom and then give them a toy that they can actually catch to avoid frustration. I have bought my cats all the cat toys offered on Hammacher Schlemmer and they like all of them.
I've seen better
By Disappointed but still a customer
from Anchorage, Alaska
I've had two. The first one only one laser worked. But my cat loved the endless playtime it created. H.S. promptly exchanged the first one with the second. Although both lasers worked on the replacement, it emitted a loud grinding sound as it turned and the turning itself was not smooth at all, but very jerky and practically impossible for my cat to follow the lasers. Needless to say, that one too was returned. I did not opt for a third. Maybe you will be lucky enough to win an actual working unit if you choose to purchase one.
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Puppy loves it!
By K
from KTex
Reduces your guilt while doing chores around the house. My puppy loves it!
Laser Chase Toy
By Connie
from Sumas, WA
I got this toy for my my little dog, Tiny, because he likes to chase the handheld laser. He has enjoyed playing with this one, but unfortunatley, he quickly learned that he was not ever going to catch that pretty moving light. Because of this, I only put it out about once a week, just to give him time to forget that he can't catch the light. Doesn't seem to work, he still stops playing with it after only a few minutes. Tiny continues to prove that he is one smart dog.Do recommend this for younger dogs and cats who are learning to play. Tiny is 8 years old.
Works great!
By Bill
from Watertown, NY
A great toy to keep your small dog active.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
What You Need to Know About SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is critical in modern marketing. Any author trying to sell books should be familiar with its basic concepts, whether you have been published by a Big Six publisher, a small press, or (especially) if you are an indie author. So how do you leverage the greater power of the Internet to help get your platform in front of the right person at the right time?
First things first: Relax. You don't need to be a technical wizard to understand SEO, it's really pretty simple at heart. Here's a Q&A to get you started. I'll get into the tech stuff later.
Q: I've heard about SEO, but I have no idea what it actually is. How does SEO work?
A: SEO works like this: you type keywords into a Google search, and Google lists the pages on the Internet that are most relevant to your keywords. (Or the pages the Chinese government says are okay for you to view. It depends on your location.) The most relevant page is listed first. SEO increases your site's relevance in Google's eyes.
And as a point of note, I keep referring to Google, but all this also applies to Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com, and other search engines. Except for that crack about China, that's mainly Google.
Q: How do you measure SEO?
A: You measure SEO according to your ranking in the search results. You don't want to be buried on page 100, or even page three. The best ranking is the first link on the first page, but anywhere on the first page is excellent.
Q: Hey, that's just an ad at the top of the Google search results!
A: That's not a question, but I'll humor you. Yes, Google does put a few paid links at the top of the search results, and there are also paid ads on the sidebar. The ads are placed based on keyword relevance, and they can be effective. They can also be expensive.
But SEO isn't about paid ads; it's more organic…it's about showing up because you belong there.
Q: I just searched for my name and my book title, and I'm on the first page of the results. Does that mean I have great SEO?
A: Not really. Chances are, if someone enters a specific search for your name, and you have any kind of web presence, they will find you. Unless you share a name with somebody famous. For example, if you search for my full name, Richard Daley, Chicago politics dominates the results because I happen to share a name with two past mayors. But search for Rick Daley and Chicago goes away (not literally!) and I have several links appearing on page 1.
I just searched for my book's title, The Man in the Cinder Clouds, and I have all ten spots on the first page right now. That doesn't really mean anything, though, because there aren't that many pages relevant to so specific a term. Winning isn't special when there's no competition.
Q: So if I don't use SEO for my name or book title, what do I use it for?
A: SEO is best geared toward keywords relevant to your book. For example, my book is an origins-of-Santa story. The keywords/phrases I chose for SEO are Christmas book for kids, history of Santa Claus, Christmas gift idea, Kindle Christmas Book, Nook Christmas Book, etc. I'm trying to think like my target audience and determine what they are likely to search for. I want to show up first when they go looking online. That's SEO.
Q: Are the keywords I choose for SEO similar to the tags I use at Amazon.com?
A: Yes! Tags work within Amazon's site, and SEO is for the Internet at large.
Q: What are tags at Amazon.com?
A: Sorry. If you go to you book's page on Amazon.com, scroll down below the reviews (have you ever done that? ;-) and you'll find a section for tags. Anyone can tag your book. The tags are just keywords, but having them increases your book's visibility. Use them.
Q: How does Google determine if my page is relevant to the keywords?
A: Google and the other search engines have proprietary technologies to determine ranking. Here's the way I understand it: Google designed special programs with cool names like bots and spiders, and these programs scour the internet looking for things like links, contextual text, page titles, and META tags. They report it back to home base and Google sprinkles the data with faerie dust and voila, search results.
Q: Huh?
A: Just kidding. Let's take it a step at a time.
Links (i.e. hyperlinks) should be used on your targeted keywords, and they should go to your site(s) when clicked.
Q: Like when you talk about your new Christmas book for kids?
A: Now you're getting it! One other thing about links…the more the merrier. You want your links pointing back to you from all directions, not just a bunch on one site. The Google values diversity.
Q: What about that other stuff you mentioned?
A: Contextual text is similar in nature to the links…basically, it's your keywords in the copy on your site or content of your blog post, just without hyperlinks.
In the old days, Google ranked pages based on word frequency with no contextual basis. People figured that out, then started creating pages with big blocks of text with nothing but the same keyword over and over (they put that text out of the way, like way down at the bottom of the page). It worked, but that's cheating so The Google changed its secret sauce.
The keywords should be relevant to the surrounding text. Make sure you include your keywords in your promotional posts and website copy, and try to make it natural. It can be a fun writing exercise if you approach it with a positive mindset.
Page titles are displayed in the top bar of your browser window when you visit a website, or on the tab, depending on your browser's settings. For your website's SEO, you want to avoid general page titles, like "Home Page", in favor of something more specific, like "The Man in the Cinder Clouds- A Christmas Book". (But you should use your book's title.)
META tags are in the HTML code of a web page, buy they are not visible on the page. It's just a list of your keywords, separated by commas, with some basic HTML formatting around it.
Many website development platforms have point-and-click interfaces to add/update your page titles and META tags. If you have a webmaster who maintains your site for you, he or she should be able to update them for you.
Q: Is that all?
A: For now, grasshopper. That is all for now.
The Man in the Cinder Clouds
By Rick Daley
A young boy and his scientist father made an incredible discovery at the North Pole—an ancient book embedded deep within an ice core. Even more incredible is the story the book tells: the long-lost history of Santa Claus you never knew…and will never forget.
This origins-of-Santa story is a great holiday read for the whole family. Its mix of action, humor, and Christmas spirit keeps younger readers turning the pages, but The Man in the Cinder Clouds is not just a kids' book.
As one Amazon.com reviewer puts it, "THE MAN IN THE CINDER CLOUDS is one of those middle grade books that the grown-ups get sucked into along with their kids. You think you bought if for your young reader but after you browse chapter one you just sort of... can't stop."
This story-within-a-story reveals the origins of our most familiar Christmas traditions: from Christmas trees, stockings, and lumps of coal to jingle bells, the North Pole, and flying reindeer. Highly original and thoroughly entertaining, The Man in the Cinder Clouds will show you how Kris Kringle came to be known as Santa Claus. It wasn't easy.
About the Author
Rick Daley has been writing professionally for over 15 years. His experience includes marketing copy for print and web, press releases, business proposals, training and technical manuals, and whitepapers. His essays, ranging from family life during the holidays to his first skydiving experience, have been featured in The Columbus Dispatch.
Rick lives in Lewis Center, Ohio with his wife and two sons (and a neurotic schnauzer).
39 comments:
- M.A. Leslie said...
Very helpful, thank you Rick.
- December 8, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Rick Daley said...
M.A.- My pleasure. I've learned so much by following this blog, I'm glad I have the chance to give back.
Thanks, Nathan, for letting me guest post!
- December 8, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- debutnovelist said...
many thanks. I actually understand some of this at first reading. will keep for future reference (and further understanding!)
- December 8, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Jamie Fox said...
Great article that made it easier for me to understand. I also think your books sounds interesting, so i will have to check it out :)
- December 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Susan Kaye Quinn said...
Hey Rick! *waves*
And I was totally down with the fairy dust.
Great post; now if I could just figure out how to write about mindjacking full time, my site would have great SEO. Right now, I'm mostly attracting people interested in llamas. :)
- December 8, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Tiana Smith said...
Good job explaining the basics - I know SEO is hard for people who aren't familiar with the industry. If anyone is interested in learning more, I also did a post on this topic and ways that bloggers can benefit:
- December 8, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Austin said...
Great overview Rick. A good start for SEO newbies. I work at a marketing company with some true SEO wizards, and the only thing I think I might add to this beginner's guide is keyword density.
Right now the sweet spot is between 2 and 5% density. There are tons of great keyword density tools out there (this one is okay: http://www.keyworddensitytools.com/)
Just copy and paste your text in the box and check the density. If you need more, see if you can pepper some more keywords around the page. Also, try not to mix too many keywords on a single page. Target one at a time for better results.
Again, great job on simplifying this stuff Rick.
- December 8, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Rick Daley said...
Hi Sue! *Waves back*
I'm glad some people are finding this helpful, thanks to the others who have more to contribute on this topic. There's a lot to learn in regard to SEO, and it's a great tool for marketing.
Jamie- I hope you like the book, the feedback from kids and adults has been positive so far!
- December 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- D.G. Hudson said...
Great post, Rick. Easy to understand and practical advice. (I find that photos also help visibility, perhaps Google likes visual entertainment.)
I learned about SEO at a previous job where we published online internal content for a corporate entity. When our readers had trouble finding a particular item, we had to review the SEO, and up its relevance.
Writing/Marketing tips are always useful. . .
- December 8, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I knew most of that, but never have I seen it laid out so plainly, or be so entertaining. Well done, Rick!
- December 8, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Suz Korb said...
Good stuff. Thank you! I recently started including trending hashtags in my quirky tweets with links that lead to my novel on Amazon, or my blog.
- December 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Great post. I recently took an HTML/CSS class for my MLIS, but it's great to learn new ways to marry that knowledge with my writing life. Keywords ahoy!
- December 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM
- Reagan Philips said...
Very informative, thank you.
- December 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Mark Terry said...
There's a pretty successful crime novelist who goes by G.M. Ford. To make matters worse, the G stands for Gerald. For a while there it was damn near impossible to track down his website.
- December 8, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
And here I thought SEO was the Spanish version of "and Bingo was his Name-O!"
- December 8, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Doug said...
Google doesn't look at keywords in Meta tags, and hasn't for many years: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html
Google keeps their PageRank formulas secret, and intentionally change them on a regular basis because there are so many people "gaming the system." Everybody wants to be on the first page of results in Google, and they can't all fit. The spammers put a lot of effort into trying to get there. Here's what Google has to say: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=8524&answer=34432
Here's Yahoo!'s guide for search optimization: http://styleguide.yahoo.com/resources/optimize-search-engines/seo-basics
One thing that's very likely to "bust" your site off of the search engines is if the same text is visible from two different URLs. Sometimes even having mysite.com and www.mysite.com going to the same place (rather than having one redirecting to the other) is enough.
- December 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Mira said...
Hey look, it's Rick!! Too awesome. :)
I loved the description of your book, Rick, really nicely written. So, I immediately bought it. It sounds great. Looking forward to reading it.
Appreciate this article and the touch of humor within a dry subject. Thanks for the clear explanation.
- December 8, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- Rick Daley said...
Hi Mira! Thanks for the encouraging words for my book, I really hope you like it, let me know what you think...
I'm glad I was able to help you better understand SEO, without boring you in the process. I'm learning more about SEO reading the other comments, I knew there would be people more adept than myself to add to the discussion!
- December 8, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- CageFightingBlogger said...
Funny and helpful. Persistence also gets you higher up the rankings- I've blogged for a few years and I'm now the top Google result for "Power is a State of Mind". Check it out.
- December 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
Great post Rick. I don't know anything about SEO so it's really helpful.
- December 8, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Sean F. Roney said...
This is an incredibly helpful post. Thank you so much for sharing it!
- December 8, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Kristi Helvig said...
Awesome and helpful post, Rick. Just bookmarked this because SEO is something I've been trying to learn more about, so you have great timing (or you're psychic). :)
- December 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Anne R. Allen said...
What a great post. I think I finally get it. SEO has always been a mystery to me, partly because geeks just look at you like you're a moron when you ask what it means. Thanks for explaining it in a way even a cybermoron can understand.
I hope you sell tons and tons of copies. The Man in the Cinder Clouds IS a great Christmas gift for kids!
- December 8, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Shawndra Russell said...
Great breakdown of seo, thanks. It helps me to just think about what I and others would type into search. Just thinking like an Internet surfer :)
- December 8, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- calebjross said...
Great post, Rick. This seems a popular topic lately, judging by Tiana's post as well as my own SEO For Authors category at my own blog (http://www.calebjross.com/category/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/). I've been a professional writer and SEO for many years, so it is nice to see authors take an interest in the metrics behind writing. I'll be really ramping up my SEO for Authors content over the next couple of weeks, so anyone interested should definitely check my site for updates.
- December 9, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- calebjross said...
Nice use of anchor text in the blog post, by the way. It's a very important, and sadly underutilized aspect of author marketing. I have a blog post that goes into depth about this, if anyone is interested: http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-to-standardize-your-author-name-for-search-engines/
- December 9, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Anita Saxena said...
Wow. I learned so much. Thank you for the informative post!
- December 9, 2011 at 12:39 AM
Great post for those of us still grappling with the possibilities that the Internet has opened.
BTW, I read the post quickly - missing the important note that it was a guest post and wondered why Nathan suddenly decided to come clean about his 'real' name being Richard Daley.
- December 9, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Laura Pauling said...
Okay, I totally didn't see the guest post: Rick Daley. So in the middle when you mentioned your full name. I was like what? Nathan's real name is Richard? Ha ha.
Love the concept of your book, Rick!
- December 9, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Rick Daley said...
For the record, Nathan and I are different people ;-)
I'm glad I picked this topic for my guest post, it looks like it helped to inform many.
I am a writer first and a marketer second (actually, more like third or fourth, parent and husband rank up there, too) and I appreciate the additional info provided by others in the comments to help fill gaps in my overview, and take it a little deeper.
And for those who complimented my premise, I hope you have the opportunity to read my story. I think it's very unique, and a great read for any age during the Christmas season.
Of course that's my admittedly biased opinion, but it's all I've got so I'm sticking with it. I am nothing if not persistent!
We are not measured by the challenges we face in life, but rather by the steps we take to overcome them.
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- December 9, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Daniel McNeet said...
Good post on SEO, thank you.
- December 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Rick Daley said...
Daniel- My pleasure, thanks for reading!
- December 9, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Michael K. Reynolds said...
This is an excellent article. I posted it on the Writing Platform Facebook page.
- December 9, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Meghan Ward said...
I'm so glad you blogged about SEO, Nathan and Rick! I've read Inbound Marketing, but still have a lot of questions. For example, are outgoing hyperlinks in blog posts helpful to that blog? Why do keywords have to be on other sites when they are hyperlinks but on your own site when they are contextual text? Thanks, Rick, for a great post!
- December 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- calebjross said...
Hi Meghan. I can take this one. I talk a bit about this in my blog post here: http://www.calebjross.com/search-engine-optimization-for-authors/how-to-standardize-your-author-name-for-search-engines/
Basically, you've got to have the keywords you want to rank for in your website content somewhere (contextual text). Otherwise, the search engines have a difficult time understanding what you website is about.
As far as hyperlinked keywords (anchor text) on other blogs, think of each link to your blog as a "vote" for your site. So, when another website hyperlinks the phrase "really great book" and points that link to your site, the search engines see that as a vote for that phrase for your site. (Very) Generally speaking, the more votes you get, the higher your ranking will be for that term.
As far as outgoing hyperlinks in blog posts, they are helpful, but how helpful in direct relation to SEO remains in debate. They are helpful in that they integrate your blog into a community, which increases the chances that someone may in return link back to you. It does also led a sense of credibility to your blog, in the eyes of readers, if you are referencing other experts in the field. Just don't go overboard. One thing that is not as debatable is that having too many outgoing links is fishy in the eyes of search engines. What exactly is "too many"? That's yet another point of debate, one for an entirely different comment rant :)
- December 10, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Meghan Ward said...
Thanks for the response, calebjross! I'll check out your post on SEO.
- December 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Rick Daley said...
Thanks, I'm glad you found this useful. And thanks to Caleb for the quick and insightful answer to Meghan's question!
- December 11, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Marie Gilbert said...
Your posts are always helpful.
- December 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Ryder Giles said...
Great post! I know that my business has changed so much for the better since starting my blog. It's been so helpful in tying all my online activities together into one great centralized location.
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If your child is having trouble swallowing food or liquid safely, a feeding tube may be needed. This is a special tube used to put liquid food or medication straight into your child's stomach or intestine. It may be used if your child can't take enough food or liquid by mouth for proper growth.
A feeding tube is placed during a surgery in the hospital. Liquid food given through the tube is then digested the same as if it were taken by mouth. You'll be taught how to use, care for, and clean your child's feeding tube at home. The tube needs to be replaced every 6 months or as often as recommended by the health care provider.
Your child will get the type of tube that meets her needs. The two most common tubes are:
Gastrostomy tube (G-tube). The end of the G-tube is placed through the abdominal wall into your child's stomach. A port remains outside the child's body. The G-tube is placed so that liquid food is delivered straight into your child's stomach.
Gastro-jejunum tube (G-J tube). This tube is often used if your child vomits when large amounts of food are in the stomach. Like the G-tube, the G-J tube is placed through the abdominal wall. The end of the G-J tube is put into part of the small intestine called the jejunum. A port remains outside the child's body. The G-J tube is placed so that liquid food is delivered straight into your child's small intestine.
There are 2 ways that liquid food or medications can be put through the feeding tube:
Continuous feeding, during which liquid food is dripped slowly into the tube using a pump. This is used for children who can't have very much food at 1 time. This kind of feeding can be done with either a G-tube or G-J tube. You will be taught how to give continuous feeding to your child, if needed.
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EVERETT — An Oregon man who was identified as a pimp was sentenced Monday to four months in jail.
Tremayne S. Jones, 29, had been in the Snohomish County Jail since early January. He was given credit for the time he served. He was released from jail late Monday.
Jones pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of second-degree promoting prostitution. He faced up to eight months in jail.
Jones and three women, ages 18 to 22, were arrested in January after an undercover Snohomish County sheriff's deputy visited a website advertising prostitution and posed as a customer.
One of the women identified Jones as their pimp. She told authorities that Jones picked her up in Indiana. She and the others moved across several states, turning tricks and handing over their money to Jones.
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Theater review by David Cote. New York City Center Stage II. By Elfriede Jelinek. Dir. Tea Alagic. With Tina Benko. 1hr 20mins. No intermission.
Women's Project Theater's bold and arresting premiere of Elfriede Jelinek's Jackie comes demographically challenged. Anyone old enough to have an emotional investment in the mythos of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis could be put off by Jelinek's jagged verbal bricolage. At the same time, younger audiences open to cartoonish deconstruction might find the echt Boomer icon passé and drained of pop-culture oomph. (On film and TV, Camelot's queen has been played by everyone from Katie Holmes to Divine.) I'm not saying that senior citizens can't appreciate the postwar Austrian avant-garde or that millennials have no historical curiosity. But Jackie seems an odd duck, even poured into peach Chanel and seductively incarnated by a fearless Tina Benko.
Pardon the male gaze, but this production's main strengths are visual: Marsha Ginsberg's brutalist, leaf-strewn basin gives Benko (and us) a metaphorical pool in which to swim through Jelinek's eddies of wordplay and metaphysical musing (translated with music and snap by Gitta Honegger). The bravura light- and soundscapes designed by Brian H. Scott and Jane Shaw, respectively, create a disorienting zone where Jackie pieces through impressions of JFK's assassination, a bitter rivalry with Marilyn Monroe, and how her identity has been subsumed by fashion and mechanical reproduction. "I am not flesh," she informs us. "I am its foil, I am the dress! My silhouette never changes. I am unchangeable."
A little of this pomo logorrhea goes a long way, and Tea Alagic's staging has heft and integrity, but after 80 minutes, Jelinek's text grows repetitive and wearying. She harps on themes of power and public image that even in a compelling straight play would be blandly obvious. Benko glides stylishly through the matrix of chatter using the channel-surfing school of acting. When, toward the end, she momentarily drops all masks and speaks as herself, it's both unnerving and refreshing. There's Jackie as we haven't seen her: like us.
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A Perfect Circle to release box set in November
Listen to A Perfect Circle on iHeartRadio
A Perfect Circle fans have an early Christmas present to look forward to this fall.
The band has announced plans to release a limited-edition, career-spanning box set on November 26th.
Dubbed "A Perfect Circle: Featuring Stone and Echo," the collection includes the band's full discography as well as plenty of bonus tracks and rare live performances.
Fans will also get a few other trinkets like signed lithographs and a custom sculpted resin frame designed by the band members themselves.
Pre-order information for "A Perfect Circle: Featuring Stone and Echo" is available now at APerfectCircle.com.
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Business Administration to Enhance its Curriculum with Five New Majors
Champaign, Ill. -- The University of Illinois College of Business announces it has created five new majors for Department of Business Administration students, approved in the spring of 2007 by the Illinois Board of Higher Education for implementation beginning Fall 2007. The new majors include Business Process Management, Information Systems and Information Technology, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Management. The Management major includes two concentrations: Entrepreneurship and International Business. Students declaring a management major can either choose one of these two concentrations or elect to stay in general management.
The new majors replace the "Business Administration" title which has appeared on College transcripts for the past two decades and is a welcome change, said Huseyin Leblebici, professor of business administration and outgoing head of the Department of Business Administration.
"It was more than 25 years ago when the College of Business course modules for a degree in business administration were created, and while it made sense then, clearly, it was time to change," said Leblebici.
"One indicator that we had to change with the times is that the words "business administration" didn't suit the needs of recruiters. Students got around that by stating they were majoring in one area, information technology or marketing, for example. Essentially, they adopted the language they needed on their own."
One advantageous result of the new curriculum is that students may now secure a double major. Leblebici added that students were a major driver in the decision to formalize the majors.
"We had many students coming to us over the years who wanted to double major, but could not, since there weren't any formal majors in the first place," Leblebici said. "Now we can give them a special designation, and we see the double major option as a way to give breadth across business disciplines as well as depth in one area of their choosing."
Fall 2007 student orientation is the kickoff for a publicity campaign which consists of informational events during orientation, an updated web site, information packets outlining the new majors, and other components.
Implementing and promoting the new majors is well underway said Leblebici, who has dubbed Mark Roszkowski, professor of business administration, the official czar of the program. This title is based on Professor Roszkowski's role in the development and approval of the program. He was Chair of the Department Undergraduate Studies Committee in the late 1990s when the curriculum was developed and approved by the Department; Chair of the College Educational Policy Committee when the curriculum was approved at the College level in 2004; and has shepherded the curriculum through the approval process by the U-C Senate, the Board of Trustees, and the IBHE. He is currently serving as chair of the Implementation Task Force for Business Administration Majors, which has worked diligently to prepare staff for the new majors. "Everyone dealing with students throughout the College and University knows what's going on with the majors and we're well prepared to help guide and inform them," Roszkowski added.
Another driver in the decision to adopt a program of majors was faculty, and Leblebici and Roszkowski agreed that at its core, the program is faculty-driven.
"Faculty have been involved on a daily basis in developing the program since we started working on it over ten years ago," Roszkowski said. "In that time, we've gradually developed more than thirty new courses and have made it easy for students in the current program to move their concentration into a major."
"In general, management is much more diverse than the five majors we offer, but didn't want to create too many majors," Leblebici added. "We asked ourselves what are the critical ones that we need to focus on right now?"
The new majors may help the College and Department to secure future resources by providing more accurate student data. "In the past, the number of people studying marketing and entrepreneurship, for example, were blended into business administration overall, but will now stand out as distinct areas of study," said Leblebici. "More accurate data will help support a variety of resources, such as faculty in the future, if they are needed."
"While the core courses in the College of Business remain rigorous and unchanged, the addition of five majors and two concentrations will allow students greater flexibility in securing professional positions and in contributing specialty knowledge in their career," said Dean Avijit Ghosh.
"A degree from the College of Business is esteemed in the business community – it signifies a business professional whose education has instilled in him or her a broad base of strategic business skills that enable them to succeed as business partners within an
organization. The importance of quality undergraduate education is growing worldwide; our new majors reinforce our preeminence in multiple fields of undergraduate business education."
Nationally recognized as one of the top business schools, the College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has outstanding programs in accountancy, business administration, and finance. The College enrolls approximately 3,000 undergraduates and 775 graduate students in MBA, master's and doctoral programs.


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Cooler days and nights and the approaching Labor Day weekend mean the start of a new school year is right around the corner.
While most kids head back to school with thoughts of "reading, writing and arithmetic" in their heads, parents and grandparents may have another thought: paying for their children's and grandchildren's educations. For some, the challenge is paying for private elementary, middle or high school right now, while others face the challenge of paying for college educations either now or in the future.
This challenge is made more difficult by the rising cost of going to college, which is increasing at an average annual rate almost 6 percent beyond the rate of general inflation. According to the College Board, the average cost of one year of tuition and fees (not including living expenses) at an in-state, four-year public university has risen more than 8 percent over the past year to $8,244. The total is $17,131 when you add in room and board.
Is the cost of a college education still worth it? Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggests the answer may be yes. A college graduate with a bachelor's degree earns an average annual salary of $51,206, while a high school graduate without a college degree earns an average salary of just over half this: $27,915. Over a working career spanning 40 years, the difference in earning potential is nearly $1 million.
Of course, many college students access financial aid in the form of loans and grants to help pay for their educations. Scholarships - whether academic, athletic or arts - can also help ease the college tuition burden. But neither grants nor scholarships usually cover all college expenses, and loans must be paid back with interest. This can put a lot of financial pressure on new graduates just entering the professional workforce.
A gift that keeps giving
"As a parent or grandparent, a college education is one of the best gifts you can give your children or grandchildren," says David Lerner, CEO of David Lerner Associates. "It's a gift that may literally keep on giving for the rest of their lives. But in order to give this gift, you must commit to a disciplined college saving and investing plan - ideally, as early in your children's or grandchildren's lives as possible."
The good news is there are several vehicles designed specifically to help parents and grandparents save and invest for education. They include these three popular options:
1. Section 529 Plans - Named after the section of the Internal Revenue Code that created them, these plans allow parents and grandparents to save and invest for college in a tax-efficient way. Funds in the account grow on a tax-deferred basis, and distributions are taken out tax-free for federal income taxes if the money is used to pay for qualified higher education costs. There may also be state tax benefits with Section 529 plans.
2. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) - Coverdell ESA contributions also grow on a tax-deferred basis and are withdrawn free of federal income taxes if they are used for qualified education expenses (including K-12 tuition, fees, books and supplies). The annual contribution limit is $2,000 per child or grandchild. Note, however, that the ability to contribute to a Coverdell ESA phases out for higher income parents and grandparents.
The biggest difference between Coverdell ESAs and Section 529 plans is that, unlike with 529s, the money in a Coverdell ESA doesn't have to be used for education. If your child or grandchild doesn't attend college or doesn't need the money for college (for example, he or she receives scholarships and/or financial aid), the child will simply receive the money as a distribution.
3. Zero Coupon Municipal Bonds - These types of bonds can be a good choice for college saving because they do not accrue periodic interest payments like other bonds do. Instead, the full amount of the bond is paid out at maturity. This may enable parents and grandparents to structure the bond's maturity so that it coincides with the start of a child or grandchild's college education.
The David Lerner Associates Education Planner can help you figure out how much money you may need to save for your children's or grandchildren's college educations.


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Mr Dibbs - Turntable Scientifics
Listened to that 1200 Hobos, some wild stuff, good upload mang!
Downloading the Mr. Dibbs now
word.. good you like it.. if i end up passing out ill start the posting right when i wake up so there should be more albums soon and if not as soon as this faded knucca comes to.. got like 4-5 albums in mind to up so far...
heil to good times!
ps. rfi. tell your sister i said hi (no jokes, i seriously think shes a cool chick)
Haha word, she likes you too.
Keep in mind she's 13, you sick, sick bastard.
Haha peace nukka.
thats me.
some amateur shit, but i can write.
add if you like.
well a sick bastard ive been known to be... but i respect the family deal.. so no worries man.. but on the real shes a cool chick ::wink::
heres another for those scratch-a-holics
Scratch Bastard - Bastards Business
That 1200 hobos joint was so hot, Thanks
but yeah fanny thanks i check the yousendit for some nice supprises of comign home for the first time in over a week... man im realy to start calling jails on the mer tip, i cried on the way home like a broke back baby bitch, i think it was cas the science of sleep plus withdrawls and then radiohead thom yorke and soso mix to sir it all together... fuck current times... ima live in the past
skribl.. theyre rar files... use winrar to unpack the files..
ps. youre a douche for just requesting shit all the time and never saying a damn word about other people putting work in when you reap the benifits... because unlike a load of the albums posted in here my albums are NEVER stolen links and are ALWAYS uploaded personally.. show some appreciation. douche.
anyways. back to the matter at hand.
Dj Mayonnaise - Im Not A Turntablist I Just Scratch A Lot
another 1200 hobos tape...
Dj Jon Doe - Reused Funk Mix Tape
ya'll boys should be lining up to suck off fanny
haha word who knows what sort of diseases these creepy hip hop fuckers carry..
yeah yeah i know how small the album art is.. but its not like these are easy to find albums either.. im suprised i even have album art for this one at all..
Dj Signify - Signifyin' Breaks
ill get on that ion.. aliyas tracks arent easy to locate but ill see what i can do..
on the other hand.. heres something that probably a good handful of you didnt even know existed.
dj krush side projects? whats that you say? TIS TRUE! this group, called 'the ryu' consists of dj krush, dj sak, and dj hide..
and if youre saying to yourself.. i wonder if its any good... then kill yourself now. its dj mother fucking krush for fucks sake... anything he touches is gold.. and i assure you the other two djs are keepin it trill as they should having such a crewmate. good shit. hopefully more to come soon.
The Ryu - Ga


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Opinion: How to Email an Illustrator
We recently came across an article proposing the most efficient way to communicate with an illustrator, and it's relevant for anyone looking to hire creatives of any discipline. Illustrator Kyle T. Webster wrote the article to act as "a guideline that will lead to improved communication, fewer revisions, better artwork, and fewer headaches for all involved".
If you're a freelance creative and have any thoughts to add, or you're an art director with a counterpoint, we'd love to hear from you in the comments section below.
1. Your first email to an illustrator should not read: "Hey, are you available for an assignment?"
This kind of email is a waste of everybody's time, because all of the important information is missing: size and number of illustrations, context, timeline, and budget. In order to reduce the back-and-forth between the individual assigning the art, and the illustrator, simply take a moment to include the important information in the initial email request.
For example: "Hello, John – we are publishing a story about the ongoing conflict between hedgehogs and walruses. We will need a cover, a full page, and two spot illustrations. The deadline for sketches is March 1st, and the finals will be due March 8th. Our budget is $3750. Are you available / interested in working with us on this assignment? Please let me know by 5pm today. Thank you."
With one email, you have now given the artist all of the info needed for him/her to decide whether or not to accept the job. This used to be the standard introductory email for all assignments. I'm not sure what happened, but I, and many illustrators I know, rarely get emails like this any more. Let's fix that.
2. Please do not expect illustrators to read minds.
Details are very important. When sending emails about your job, give as many relevant details as possible to an artist, if the assigned artwork has specific requirements. Illustrators are very capable of drawing anything you need, but we cannot guess what that might be if we are not told up front. For example, if you tell an illustrator to draw "a car on a street," then the illustrator will assume the make and model of the car are not important. S/he will also assume the street can be any kind of street. Therefore, it is not fair to the artist to reject the final art because you expected a vintage Porsche on the Autobahn. Please be sure to communicate all required elements of the art in your earliest correspondence with your artist, and it will be smooth sailing for all.
Sometimes, very little direction is preferred, if the assignment calls for a lot of artistic freedom and interpretation. But, let us not confuse this with a lack of relevant information. For instance, the recent recipient of the Richard Gangel Art Director Award, SooJin Buzelli, is famous for giving her artists a lot of freedom. But let us note that when she assigns work, she actually has spent a good deal of time figuring out a way to distill a complex article down to its essential message or theme. She then sends this one or two sentence summary to a carefully selected illustrator, providing that individual with a perfect launchpad from which to create a unique visual solution. Concise and efficient.
3. Please write back. Please.
This is just common courtesy. I often get asked if I am available for an illustration and I then respond in the affirmative with some questions about the assignment or the budget or some other detail. Then, no reply ever comes. A week later, I will see another artist blog about completing the very same assignment that was initially emailed to me. While I understand that everybody is very busy, and emails are flying around at the speed of light, I urge you to please remember that it is unprofessional and quite rude to simply leave an artist hanging.
We often will put other things on hold or rework our weekly schedule to accommodate a project that we think is moving forward. A simple email to let us know that you will be working with somebody else, the job is cancelled, the issue is on hold, etc. is all we need to move on and stay on top of our other jobs. Thank you.


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- Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
- nVidia GeForce 8400 GS
- Intel 4965
- Atheros 5001 (Aftermarket GIGABYTE GN-WS50G)
- Broadcom Netlink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet
Aside from the touch capacitive media and volume buttons (the eject button functions properly), everything works fine.
The Intel 4965 connects to access points for Internet connectivity.
Likewise, the GIGABYTE GN-WS50G connects to APs, but only when using the ath5k drivers. The card can be placed into monitor mode, and passes aireplay-ng -9.
- Internet connectivity is based on using the wicd network manager, your mileage may vary.
"Whatever happened to playing a hunch, Scully? The element of surprise, random acts of unpredictability? If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced."


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Fox News Adds Nothing But Falsehoods To Deficit Debate
Fox News is obscuring the national debate over how to balance the deficit while pushing myths that falsely discredit the Obama administration's record. Contrary to the Fox mythology, a downgrade of U.S. debt is not imminent, many economists believe the previous downgrade was due to Republican obstructionism, and raising taxes on the wealthiest households will not hurt employment.
CLAIM: U.S. Debt Will Be Downgraded If A Budget Deal Is Not Reached
Stuart Varney: If Budget Deal Fails, U.S. Credit Will Be Downgraded. During the November 13 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed that Moody's rating of U.S. debt will be downgraded if a budget deal is not reached by 2013:
VARNEY: Look, you've got to get a deal on this fiscal cliff, and it can't be just any old deal, it's got to be a real deal that offers a real chance, a real certainty, that our debt will come under control in the future. They want a fiscal cliff deal, if you don't get it, and it's got to be a real deal, then we will be downgraded, not just continuing under negative watch as they say. But no, we will be downgraded. We will lose our triple A rating which we have at the moment according to Moody's. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/13/12]
FACT: Moody's Is Not Set To Downgrade If Budget Negotiations Fail
Moody's Would Maintain AAA Credit Rating Even If Negotiations Failed. Reuters reported that if Congress cannot reach an agreement on the debt, Moody's will not necessarily downgrade U.S. debt:
If an agreement in Congress cannot be reached before year-end, the automatic spending cuts would go into effect, but not necessarily lead to a downgrade, said Moody's, highlighting that the immediate fiscal shock would improve government finances in the short-term, but are likely to result in recession and higher unemployment.
Still, the ratings agency maintains that even if the government cannot agree and the economy goes over the cliff "we would maintain our Aaa rating with a negative outlook and await evidence that the economy could rebound from the shock before considering a return to a stable outlook." [Reuters, 11/7/12 [1]]
Moody's: U.S. Rating Will Be Downgraded Only If Debt Reduction Is Not Addressed. Moody's stated that a downgrade would only take effect "if negotiations fail to produce policies that lead to debt stabilization and ultimately reduction." The agency further commented that a downward trend in debt to GDP ratio would affirm the U.S.' current triple A rating. [Reuters, 11/7/12 [1]]
CLAIM: Obama Administration Responsible For 2011 Credit Downgrade
Martha MacCallum Suggested Obama Administration Was Responsible For The Downgrade Of U.S. Debt. During the November 13 edition of America's Newsroom, host Martha MacCallum suggested the Obama administration was to blame for downgrade of U.S. debt in 2011 by Standard & Poor's:
MacCALLUM: This administration was the first to preside over a downgrade of U.S. debt. We hope this isn't something we are going to get used to. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/13/12]
FACT: Economists Agree That S&P Downgrade Was Due To GOP Obstruction
Chambers: Downgrade Due To Debate Over Debt Ceiling. In an August 5, 2011, Wall Street Journal article discussing Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade U.S. government debt, John Chambers, the chairman of S&P's sovereign ratings committee cited political debate as a reason for their decision to downgrade, claiming the "conclusion was pretty much motivated by all of the debate about the raising of the debt ceiling ... It involved a level of brinkmanship greater than what we had expected earlier in the year." [The Wall Street Journal, 8/5/11 [2]]
Paul Krugman: Republicans Threatened To "Disrupt The Essential Business Of Government." In explaining the downgrade, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote that Republicans used the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip for policy concessions, which raised economic uncertainty:
The facts of the crisis over the debt ceiling aren't complicated. Republicans have, in effect, taken America hostage, threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of government unless they get policy concessions they would never have been able to enact through legislation. And Democrats -- who would have been justified in rejecting this extortion altogether -- have, in fact, gone a long way toward meeting those Republican demands. [The New York Times, 7/28/2011 [3]]
Jeff Madrick: "S&P Downgrade Brought On By Republican Obstructionism." In a post for the Roosevelt Institute where he is a senior fellow, former New York Times economics columnist Jeff Madrick wrote that the S&P downgrade was due to Republican obstructionism:
For all of S&P's handwringing about the nation's debt problems, Congressional recalcitrance was the driving issue. So when the press says neither the Democrats nor the Republicans can escape blame, it is in truth nonsense. The showdown caused the downgrade, not the nation's financial liabilities, and Republicans deliberately caused it in pursuit of their own political and ideological goals. [The Roosevelt Institute, 8/8/2011 [4]]
Standard & Poor's: Debt Burden Likely To Grow Due To Republican Intransigence. In its report explaining the downgrade of U.S. credit, Standard and Poor's singled out Republicans for their unwillingness to compromise on tax cuts. From the report:
Even assuming that at least $2.1 trillion of the spending reductions the act envisages are implemented, we maintain our view that the U.S. net general government debt burden (all levels of government combined, excluding liquid financial assets) will likely continue to grow. Under our revised base case fiscal scenario -- which we consider to be consistent with a 'AA+' long-term rating and a negative outlook -- we now project that net general government debt would rise from an estimated 74% of GDP by the end of 2011 to 79% in 2015 and 85% by 2021.
Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012, remain in place. We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act. [Standard & Poor's, 8/5/11 [5]]
For more on Republican obstructionism and the debt ceiling, click here [6].
CLAIM: Letting High-End Tax Cuts Expire Hurts Employment
Gerri Willis Advanced Claim That Increasing Taxes On The Wealthy Would Negatively Impact Employment. Fox Business host Gerri Willis claimed that major business groups are "all coming out in the last week saying we have to take care of this fiscal cliff and what's more we can't raise taxes on the wealthy because those are the folks who are going to reemploy people and get them back to work." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/13/12 [7]]
FACT: Increasing High-End Taxes Doesn't Hurt Economy, Reduces Deficit
CBO: Allowing Tax Cuts For Wealthy To Expire Would Increase GDP By 1.3 Percent, Create 1.6 Million Jobs. In a November 2012 report, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said that allowing the expiration of the Bush tax rates for higher wage earners while maintaining lower rates for those making $200,000 a year and less would increase GDP by 1.3 percent and create 1.6 million jobs. From CBO:
The budgetary cost of extending the expiring tax provisions would be lower if certain provisions were allowed to expire that otherwise would apply to some high-income households. According to JCT and CBO's estimates, if the AMT was indexed for inflation beginning in 2012 and all of the other expiring tax provisions were extended except for the specific provisions affecting high-income taxpayers (and the payroll tax cut), revenues would be lower and outlays for refundable credits would be higher than $288 billion in fiscal year 2013 and by $382 billion in fiscal year 2014, compared with CBO's baseline projections.
CBO estimates that such changes would increase real GDP by 1.3 percent (by 0.3 percent to 2.3 percent under CBO's full range of assumptions), and increase full-time-equivalent employment by 1.6 million (with a range from 0.5 million to 2.8 million) in the fourth quarter of 2013. [Congressional Budget Office, November 2012 [8]]
CBO: Extending Tax Cuts For Wealthiest Americans Would Cost $350 Billion Over 10 Years. In its November report, the CBO estimated that extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans would add $42 billion to the deficit in 2012, $38 billion to the deficit in 2013, and roughly $350 billion over the next decade, while having a negligible effect on the economy. [Congressional Budget Office, November 2012 [8]]
Wash. Post: Expiration Of Upper-Income Tax Cuts "Would Do Little Harm" To Economy. The Washington Post's Wonkblog, citing a recent Congressional Budget Office report, explained that the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy "would do little harm" and would generate "$42 billion in 2013 but hardly hurts GDP at all." The below graph accompanied the post:
[The Washington Post, 11/8/12 [9]]
TPC: "Tax Cuts For These High-Earners Will Do Relatively Little To Boost The Economy In The Short Run." In an August 2010 post, Tax Policy Center economist Howard Gleckman explained that "tax cuts for these high-earners will do relatively little to boost the economy in the short run":
The Treasury Department figures that temporarily extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would reduce federal revenues by roughly $200 billion in Fiscal 2011 and $260 billion in 2012. For technical reasons, those numbers may be off a bit, but you get the drift. Of that, about $75 billion would go to top-bracket taxpayers ($35 billion in 2011 and $40 billion in 2012). We know that higher income households are more likely to bank the cash than spend it. As a result, tax cuts for these high-earners will do relatively little to boost the economy in the short run. [Tax Policy Center, 8/31/10 [10]]
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Get more storage for less
You can drop a lot of cash on garage storage systems. Shelves, tool racks, special hooks, and other odds and ends can really add up. Our homemade system gives you the versatility of those store-bought systems without the big price tag. Our materials cost for the whole system you see here, covering 16 ft. of wall, was only a few hundred dollars. It'll be even cheaper if you have scrap plywood and other common materials lying around.
This system is so simple and fast to build that even a beginning DIYer can complete it in a weekend. You'll find everything you need at home centers or hardware stores. And the system is completely customizable to your specific garage and gear—you can easily move or add accessories by driving in a few screws. Transform your cluttered garage into one so organized you'll be the envy of the neighborhood.
Start with struts
Each of these storage accessories hangs from a simple framework of vertical struts, which are just 2x2s screwed to the garage wall studs. If you use struts, you can hang something on the wall without hunting for studs, and you can screw shelf brackets and accessory hangers to the sides of them. Of course, if you have bare stud walls, you can skip the struts. We used 2x2s rather than 2x4s because they cost slightly less and have fewer knots. Just be sure you screw them in every 16 in. for extra strength. Home centers sell 2x2s in 8-ft. lengths.
Shorten or lengthen the struts to suit your garage. If you go with 6-footers like we did, you can use the leftover 2x2 scraps to build some of the accessories described in this article. It doesn't matter if the struts are centered 16 in. or 24 in. apart. Just make sure they're plumb by using a level.
Yard tool rack
Weed trimmers and leaf blowers can slide around if you prop them in a corner, and fall off the wall if you try to hang them from a hook. Solve the problem with this custom storage rack, which uses 3/4-in. plywood for the brackets, top and back. Cut two 8-in. x 11-in. brackets to support the top and back of the rack. Our rack is 34 in. long and 12 in. deep—customize the dimensions to fit your yard tools. To determine the best shape for your slots, measure the diameter of your tools and cut basic slots in the top of the rack. Then play with the shape of your slots to get a snug fit.
Shelf brackets
Metal shelf brackets seem inexpensive, but the cost can add up quickly if you're installing several shelves. So why not make free brackets from plywood scraps? We created a simple, flexible and inexpensive shelving system using 3/4-in. plywood brackets screwed to the vertical framework. We used 3/4-in. plywood rather than 1/2-in. because it gives you a wider surface to screw into when attaching the shelves to the brackets.
For shelves, we used 3/4-in. birch plywood, but you could use 1x12s or melamine-coated particleboard, or you could edge-band the plywood for a more finished look. Screw a bracket at each strut to support the shelves. You can put shelving across the entire length of the wall or stack shorter shelves on top of each other (or do both, as we did).
Vinyl gutter storage bins
Ten-foot lengths of vinyl gutter (sold at home centers) screwed to the 2x2 framework are a perfect place to store long items like hockey sticks, fishing rods, dowels, wood trim and corner bead. Items like these often end up leaning against a wall or taking over an entire corner only to tumble over or get wrecked because they're not really supposed to be stored on end.
Shorter sections of vinyl gutter and sturdy window box liners (sold at home and garden centers) attached the same way work well for storing hard-to-hang items like gloves, hose nozzles, fertilizer spikes and sprayers. And people who refuse to hang stuff back up on the wall can just toss it into the bin. If the gutter end caps don't fit snugly, apply PVC cement, silicone or gutter adhesive and press firmly.
Vinyl gutters are surprisingly sturdy—you can even store a few sections of rebar and metal pipe in them without a problem. Metal gutter is also an option. It's the same price, but it's harder to cut and too flimsy for heavier items.
Long-handled tool storage
Typical brackets for storing long-handled tools stack the tools one on top of another. This is definitely an efficient use of wall space, but it's frustrating to move other tools out of the way to reach the one you're after. Or you end up devoting an entire wall to hooks that hang individual items.
Here's a better solution. Screw a pair of 3/4-in. plywood brackets to a chunk of scrap 2x2. Attach several 16d finish nails to the side of each bracket and screw the bracket assembly to the 2x2 framework. Drill holes into each of your tool handles, and you can easily hang and retrieve individual rakes and shovels without using up a lot of wall space.
Wheelbarrow storage hub
Here's a slick way to get your wheelbarrow off the garage floor: To start, screw two plumbing hooks to the wall (we used 1-1/2-in. hooks). Tilt the wheelbarrow onto the hooks and up against the wall. Drill a pilot hole and then drive in a screw hook to hold the wheelbarrow upright. To release the wheelbarrow, just turn the hook.
Kid-friendly ball corral
This sturdy ball corral holds a herd of balls and lets kids easily grab the balls at the bottom without unloading all the ones on top. It's built from 3/4-in. plywood and 2x2s. We made our ball corral 24 in. wide x 33 in. high x 12 in. deep.
The hooks on Bungee cords can be a safety hazard for kids and adults alike. So cut the hooks off the cords (or use elastic cord available at camping, sporting goods and hardware stores). Thread the cord through predrilled holes and secure with knots. Drill the holes slightly larger than the cords to make threading them easier.
We added plumbing hooks and short gutter troughs on the outside of the corral to make it easy for kids to stash smaller balls, helmets and mitts.
Hose and sprinkler bucket
Storing hoses and cords on thin hooks or nails can cause them to crack or lose their shape. Five-gallon buckets fitted with a scrap of 3/4-in. plywood in the bottom and then screwed to the wall make great multipurpose holders. The plywood can be any shape, but to give it a more finished look, cut a circle slightly smaller than the diameter of the bucket.
Sports gear rack
Specialty gear hooks and bat racks are expensive, and while vinyl-covered utility hooks only cost a few dollar, they only hold single items. Each of these inexpensive sports gear hangers will hold several bats and racquets.
Each set of hangers is made from a pair of lag screws covered with CPVC sleeves to protect the gear. Customize the hangers by spacing them closer or wider apart depending on what you want to hang.


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Cumbess, Weaver, Newcomers Have Big Shoes to Fill
Jan. 30, 2013
Over the next week, UKathletics.com will breakdown the upcoming 2013 softball season with four season previews about the team. The first will be an overall preview, detailing the team's focus heading into the season, followed by position specific previews on the pitching staff, infielders and outfielders. To read part one, click here.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – When you look at the list of letterwinners lost for the Kentucky softball team heading into the spring of 2013, two names, for good reason, pop out more than the others: Chanda Bell and Rachel Riley.
Both names cover the UK record book with Bell holding the career record for opponent batting average (.200), strikeouts (910), wins (68) and saves (6), while sitting second all-time in appearances (143), innings pitched (724.0), games started (105) and ERA (2.55). Riley's numbers were equally as impressive, sitting third in wins (40) and ERA (2.68), fourth in strikeouts (259), innings pitched (477.1) and opponent batting average (.255), fifth in appearances (97), and seventh in games started (57).
And that is just career records, both players rank in the top 10 in nearly every single-season pitching and individual-game records as well. But how many programs can graduate two players the caliber of Bell and Riley and still have a player on the roster that holds the second-lowest ERA in a single season and another that owns the best win-loss percentage in school history? Head coach Rachel Lawson and the UK softball program can with the return of juniors Lauren Cumbess and Ellen Weaver.
"We did graduate two pretty good pitchers, but I think that Lauren and Ellen are ready to take a bigger role in terms of playing time," Lawson said. "With the innings they've gotten, they've done very well and I think you have to start in the circle with them coming back. I think that'll be a strength of ours."
On paper, it appears Cumbess and Weaver could be more than a strength but another dynamic duo in the making. Cumbess, who led UK in ERA last season with a 2.78 mark, has a career ERA of 2.36 with 97 career strikeouts, while Weaver owns a 3.40 career ERA and 102 strikeouts.
But it's not their career numbers that are giving Lawson and Co. optimism heading into the 2013 season, but how the duo has performed against some of the best teams in the nation in previous years. In Southeastern Conference play last season, Cumbess threw 17 innings, allowing six earned runs, while striking out 19 and posting a 2.47 ERA. Cumbess' best performance of her career actually came against top-10 ranked Georgia in 2012, where she threw her first career no-hitter in a seven-inning shutout performance.
Weaver had similar success her freshman season, throwing 31.1 innings against quality SEC competition, allowing only 13 earned runs with 40 strikeouts with a 2.90 ERA. Her best performance game in a shutout against Mississippi State in 2011, going the distance with seven strikeouts. Last year, Weaver's top performance came against highly ranked Tennessee, going five innings and only giving up one earned run with three strikeouts to earn the win.
"Lauren Cumbess and Ellen Weaver have some good pitching time in and they certainly have had some big wins against some top-25 and top-10 teams," Lawson said. "I think with Lauren and Ellen, it's nice to have that kind of experience coming back in the circle."
The addition of two talented freshmen pitchers in Kelsey Nunley and Katie Henderson have also eased Lawson's mind. Both were dominating pitchers in high school.
"We have two young pitchers who are outstanding," Lawson said. "When they've been in their scrimmages, they've gotten a lot of strikeouts and they're very mature for their age. They know how to win. I think they will be a good compliment for Lauren and Ellen when they're on the mound and I feel good about it."
Nunley's impressive high school career did not go unnoticed. The native of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., was a Gatorade Player of the Year and a Wendy's Heisman Award winner in high school, while also earning All-America honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, MaxPreps and ESPN. Nunley, who struck out 13 batters in the Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Game last season, holds the Tennessee record for most shutouts in a season. Nunley had 27 career no-hitters in high school to go along with 1,104 strikeouts and only 78 walks.
"I think Kelsey Nunley, when she's been on the mound for us in our scrimmages, she is good," Lawson said. "She locates her pitches where she wants to and does it exceptionally well for a freshman. She's got good movement. She's like a boxer. She'll get in the ring and she'll go after you. She'll go head-to-head against the batters. She doesn't try to dance around them. She really tries to attack them and that's pretty special for somebody so young. Assuming that she takes all of that stuff that we've seen in practice and in the scrimmages into live game situations, I think she'll do a nice job for us once she, again, she also has to get battle tested."
Henderson was an accomplished pitcher in high school as well, earning All-District honors all four years and All-State honors her senior season. The native of Hixson, Tenn., finished her senior season with 235 strikeouts and six shutouts, including two shutouts that helped her team make the state tournament. During her freshman campaign, Henderson threw a perfect game and led the city of Chattanooga with 207 strikeouts.
"Henderson is going to be a good pitcher for us," Lawson said. "She has great spin on her pitches and does a really nice job of commanding the strike zone. She will provide us with the depth that we need to compete in the SEC."
One major plus for the young pitchers this season has been the coaching of Bell, who stayed with the program as a student assistant coach. Lawson said Bell has helped reinforce to the young pitchers what she is looking for both mentally and mechanically.
"Chanda has done a great job with the pitchers, especially the two young pitchers, at really conveying the mechanics of pitching and things like that and helping a little bit with the mental side of it," Lawson said. "So, they know the mental part of the grind of the SEC and I think that's what they're conveying to them and will continue to help us as the season goes. Not so much as a physical example but a mental example of, 'This is what you need to do to go to the postseason so let's get there.' They've (Bell and volunteer assistant coach Brittany Cervantes) been good additions for that."
Lawson's main question heading into the season isn't if her pitching staff can fill the shoes of Bell and Riley, but if they can surpass them.
"Can they do what those other people did and then surpass them," Lawson said. "We're going to find out."
For the latest on UK softball, follow "@UKSoftball" on Twitter or like Kentucky Softball on Facebook.


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Medicaid expansion approved in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVN) -- The Ohio Controlling Board granted a request from the governor to allow federal dollars to be spent on an expansion of Medicaid that would give health coverage to thousands of Ohioans.
Ohio recently received approval from the federal government to expand Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled. However, Gov. John Kasich's administration needed legislative approval to spend federal money on an estimated 366,000 newly eligible residents.
The GOP-controlled Legislature has balked at the expansion, so administration officials asked the little-known Controlling Board, made up of six lawmakers and an administration official, for the authority to spend $561.7 million in federal money this budget year and almost $2 billion next year on expansion.
The board, which handles certain adjustments to the state budget, signed off on Kasich's spending request. It was approved by a 5-2 vote.
Kasich, a Republican, has pushed for Medicaid expansion since he pitched his version of the state's two-year budget in February. The General Assembly, in its opposition to that idea, has tried to find common ground on other changes to Medicaid.
State House Speaker William Batchelder replaced two Republican members of the legislative panel on Monday before the meeting. It was a move that angered State Rep. Ron Amstutz, one of those who was replaced. The Wooster Republican, who is in line to be the next Speaker, hinted that it may be more difficult to get things through the legislature in the future. He also said lawmakers may still weigh in before the end of the year.
"This isn't the end of the discussion," he said.
The board's approval of expansion is likely to spark a lawsuit.
State Rep. Ron Young, one of more than 30 House Republicans who formally protested the Controlling Board request last week, said he expects to be among plaintiffs in a lawsuit being prepared by expansion opponents.
Maurice Thompson, executive director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, said the group would argue in the suit that the board is violating the Legislature's intent not to expand Medicaid.
"Success for us looks like the Ohio Supreme Court simply reminding the Controlling Board of it's limited authority," Thompson said. "It does nothing to prohibit the future expansion of Medicaid, the retraction of Medicaid as you heard today, or any other Medicaid policy."
State Rep. Lou Terhar, a Cincinnati Republican, agrees that it's the process they're most upset about.
"The basis for this government is supposed to be that everyone gets a vote. What just happened in there is that 90 percent of Ohioans just got disenfranchised because they didn't get to vote," he said.
Medicaid already provides coverage to one of every five residents in Ohio and expansion is one of the key components of President Barack Obama's federal health care law.
The U.S. government promises to pay for the expansion for three years, gradually phasing down to 90 percent. Ohio would get $13 billion from the federal government to cover costs of an expanded program over the next seven years, according to the Kasich administration.
Medicaid expansion allows those making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,860 for an individual, to be eligible for the program. Many are childless adults living in poverty.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave states the right to refuse the Medicaid expansion without jeopardizing the rest of their money for the program.
Many Republicans in Ohio are averse to the health overhaul and resistant to expanding government programs. They have cited concerns about increasing the national debt and fears that the money from Washington could be cut off.
Sen. Chris Widener, one of the 'yes' votes on the Controlling Board, sees Medicaid as a temporary program.
"These people are not wanting to be in Medicaid their whole entire lives. They're working Ohioans. They're Ohioans who need help for a little bit of time related to a health care issue," the Springfield Republican said.
The Kasich administration has said the state would be ready to implement an expansion of the program when it gets legislative backing. Newly eligible residents could start enrolling as soon as this month for coverage that takes effect in January.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados open up the 2010 South Atlantic Conference season this weekend as they host Carson-Newman College at Asheville High School Memorial Stadium on Saturday, October 2nd, in Asheville, N.C.
Brevard is coming off a record-setting game in Buena Vista, Va., as the Tornados defeated Southern Virginia, 69-7. Brevard gained 519 yards on the ground on the ground and nine touchdowns against the Knights, led by a pair of freshmen in Kelvin Jeter and Thadus Benton III. Jeter, the SAC's leading rusher, gained 177 yards on 14 carries, while Benton set a BC record with four rushing touchdowns, five in the game overall on his way to 142 rushing yards on his way to garnering SAC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Carson-Newman comes into the game with a 2-2 record, having dropped games against Winona State and UNC Pembroke, while defeating Bentley and Concordia-Selma. Last week, the Eagles fell to UNC Pembroke, turning the ball over four times and were shut out until the final minutes of the fourth quarter in a 30-7 loss in their first road trip on the season.
This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams, with Carson-Newman holding the 3-0 edge over the Tornados all-time. Last season, the Eagles returned four BC fumbles for touchdowns for a 77-7 victory over the Tornados at Burke-Tarr Stadium.
Entering conference play, the Tornados possess the NCAA Division II's top-rated rushing attack, averaging 357.8 yards per game, gaining 1,431 yards on the season on 241 carries. Brevard averages 5.9 yards per rush and is led on the season by Jeter, as the freshman leads the SAC in rushing per game with 125.0 yards, averaging 10.9 yards per carry on the season and four touchdowns. Benton and senior fullback Neville Bryce have teamed up for another 527 yards on the ground and six touchdowns, while senior quarterback Michael Crumbaker has picked up five scores on the ground on the season.
Crumbaker is coming off of a 104 yard passing performance, with a touchdown on his way to averaging 80.5 yards per game through the air. Eric Watts, in addition to leading the SAC in punting in averaging 48.2 yards per attempt, also leads the Tornados in receiving, having caught nine passes for 126 yards and a touchdown on the season.
Defensively, Salonik Amos and reigning SAC Defensive Player of the Week Trey Jenkins lead the Tornados with 24 total tackles on the season, while Michael Gist and Rufus Jenkins have 20 and 19 respectively. Rufus leads the Tornados defense with 3.5 tackles for loss, while Amos has the lone interception for Brevard on the season, returning it for 37 yards against Johnson C. Smith. Seven Tornados have recorded sacks on the season as well, led by Demarcus Allen with 1.5.
Carson-Newman is coming off a season in which the Eagles went to the NCAA Division II Semifinals. Carson-Newman went 11-3 in the 2009 season, 7-0 in the South Atlantic Conference, outscoring their opponents 328-141.
Preseason All-SAC First Team selection Nate Inman leads the Eagles offense with 346 yards gained on the ground, averaging 86.5 yards per game and four touchdowns. Brandon Baker is right behind, averaging 53.5 yards per game, while Baker and quarterback Doug Belk each have three rushing touchdowns on the season.
When the Eagles take to the air, Belk is 21of 47 through the air with 333 yards on the season, averaging 83.2 yards per game. Belk has thrown one touchdown pass to Jason Brown, while throwing three interceptions. Brown has been the favorite target for the Eagles this season, with eight catches for 67 yards, while Marcus Huie leads Carson-Newman with 102 receiving yards on the season.
Mario Russell leads the Carson-Newman defense with 33 total tackles on the season and has five pass breakups in the secondary, while senior linebacker Anthony McAlister has 31 tackles. Byron Bell and Zeke Andrews lead Carson-Newman's defense in tackles behind the line of scrimmage as the duo has combined for 10.5 on the season. Bell also leads Carson-Newman with 4.5 sacks on the year, while Zack Fleming has contributed 3.0 to the defensive effort.
Kickoff for the game between the Tornados and the Eagles is set for 2 p.m. at Asheville High School Memorial Field, located on the campus of Asheville High School in Asheville, N.C.
A fan bus will be provided for all BC fans wishing to catch a ride to the Tornados game in style. The bus will leave Boshamer Gymnasium at noon and tickets are $10. To purchase your tickets in advance, call the BC Athletic Department at (828) 884-8276.
You can catch the game via live broadcast brought to you by the "Voice of the Tornados" Dwayne Summers over the radio at WSQL 1240 AM or over the Internet at www.wsqlradio.com. You may also visit the Brevard College Athletics website at www.BCTornados.com.
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Dinner and a movie? More like dinner in the movie. For those who'd rather save time, not chat with their movie companion, or need to see it to believe it, AMC Esplanade 14 is the place. Reserve your seats online. Settle into your leather recliner. And press a button to order whatever eats you like. Of course, bottomless popcorn, candy, and soda are available. But when you can order a margarita and a plate of roasted veggie quesadillas, what on earth is stopping you? Certainly not the direct delivery of said margarita to you.
There's an old joke: What's the difference between Phoenix and yogurt? Yogurt has culture. No more, friends. No more. Old is the operative word here, because in the past decade this city has turned a well-earned reputation on its ear. Don't believe us? Flip through the pages of this year's issue of Best of Phoenix — the pages are exploding with art, music, food, shopping, sports and, yes, culture.
With his temporary installation piece Familiar Glass with Theatrical Spectacle with Transparent Illusion and Artselfie, Phoenix artist Daniel Funkhouser not only engaged the work's viewers, he created something of an Instagram sensation. As part of the spring 2014 ARTELPHX event, Funkhouser created a piece that, when looked at with 3D glasses, served as a funhouse mirror. Standing to face it, the viewer sees frames within frames within frames that end at a seemingly far-off point where they can see themselves. Encouraged to take selfies while both looking at and becoming part of the work, Phoenicians took to Facebook and Instagram to make Funkhouser's Artselfie into one of the most viewed new works by a Phoenix artist this year.
Artist James B. Hunt is the best kind of disrupter. In addition to his hilarious, satirical music and culture reporting for www.tempeart.com — which has earned the ire of some local music press and confused local musicians — Hunt made national headlines this year by hiding art throughout Tempe and Phoenix, stashing his otherworldly portraits in alleys, behind dumpsters, and in trees. He posts clues about the art's whereabouts on his social media sites, allowing finders to "earn" his art rather than buy it. It's all about the "secret Phoenix" Hunt wants to foster and help keep alive, making the very streets of the city his gallery.
Considering its billing as the world's largest independent hotel art installation, we weren't sure at first what to make of ARTELPHX. But after attending the recurring event, which places both fine artwork and performance pieces throughout The Clarendon Hotel in the spring and fall, we have to say it's become one of the most anticipated happenings in Phoenix. At each edition, a roster of 20-plus artists in varying media create installations inside hotel rooms, stage poolside performances, and surprise viewers at nearly every turn over a three-day showing. Mary Shindell, Lauren Strohacker, and Nathaniel Lewis are among those who have displayed pieces, while performers have included members of Dulce Dance Company and CONDER/dance. Being immersed in art is a rare thing, and even rarer is an event that generates real excitement. ARTELPHX excels on both levels, thanks to a welcoming atmosphere and a diverse display of the city's art.
When it comes to handcrafting our own creative knickknacks, most of us are in DIY denial. Fortunately, there's one night of the year when Martha Stewart wannabes and Pinterest pariahs can holster their sad glue guns and hand themselves over to the professionals. In the midst of the holiday season, talented makers of all media gather in Medlock Plaza, at the corner of Camelback and Central, to sell one-of-a-kind jewelry, clothing, candles, toys, accessories, and more. Put aside your notions of patchouli oil perfumes and poorly knit sweaters because Frances boutique owner and Crafeteria founder Georganne Bryant holds her handmade merchandise to a much higher standard. Mark your calendars and avoid the mainstream department stores because you're buying custom gifts done right this December.


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Posted: July 21, 2009
Q: Ive noticed that many injuries this year have involved cuts that may have been prevented with the use of gloves. What gloves are available? How do I get them? And which ones are appropriate for what tasks?
A: You can find gloves for a multitude of tasks in the Fermilab Stock Room.
For general material handling, cloth, leather or mechanics gloves work well. Gloves containing steel, Kevlar or other cut-resistant fibers are a good choice for when you handle objects with sharp edges or cut materials with a sharp tool. Be sure to choose gloves with a non-slip palm when handling slippery or wet materials.
Please consult with your Senior Safety Officer or Industrial Hygienist when choosing gloves for chemical handling. This is important, as a glove that provides protection against one type of chemical may not work well against another.
Posted: June 29, 2009
Q. In her Fermilab Today column, Section Head Nancy Grossman says "If something does not look right or is not going as planned, stop the work and Take Five to think about what is happening." Can you explain the "stop work" policy at Fermilab? Can anyone stop work if it looks unsafe, or is it only a supervisor? In practice, how does this work?
A. From Director's Policy #3 ES&H
"Every person has the right and responsibility to stop work or decline to perform an assigned task because of a reasonable belief that the task poses an imminent risk of death, serious physical or environmental harm, or other hazards to workers. No one will be subjected to reprisal for taking such an action or for raising a concern."
Any person has the right to stop work, not just supervisors. When a person stops work, they should follow up with the supervisor or task manager on the job to resolve the safety or environmental issue. The D/S/C Senior Safety Officer and/or Environmental Officer may be consulted to help resolve the concern.
Posted: June 29, 2009
Q. I am a member of a bike-to-work group, and I log my miles when I ride my bike to work. Can I use this log to join your Accelerate to Health competition?
A. Yes! All participants should register through our Web site and complete the logs each month.
Posted: June 12, 2009
Q. With Take five, the last step is to reflect on 5 items after the work is done. What are the five items that I should reflect on?
A. After your assigned work is complete, you should first make sure that the work area is free of hazards from the work activities. Once the work area is free of hazards, mentally review the work flow. Did you feel safe doing the work? Were others around you working safely?
Think about the work process and ask yourself, how I can do this job better the next time? Are there changes that could be made to make the work activity safer? Could improvements be made that would reduce hazardous waste that was created? Are there things that could be done differently that would have gotten the work done more efficiently?
All of these items are intended to ensure that the job didn't create new hazards and to look for ways to improve our work processes at the laboratory.
Posted: June 12, 2009
Q. How should I decide what Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) I should be wearing for a job?
A. Of course the PPE you select for a task is going to depend on what hazards are present. In general you want to eliminate the hazard before you start the work. But when that is not possible you should select PPE when your eyes, face, head, hands or feet will be exposed to a hazard. Training is required before using PPE (in general and specific devices like respirators and fall protection). Ask your supervisor or your D/S/C ES&H group for PPE guidance. See the FESHM chapter as well.
Posted: June 12, 2009
Q. How do I know if the garbage left from a job is just garbage or if it can be recycled or if it's hazardous waste?
A. You should try to recycle as much as you can. Scrap metal can be collected in dumpsters provided by Business Services for recycling (not metal that has ever been in a Radiation Area though). If you think something can be recycled, but aren't sure how, contact you D/S/C ES&H group for help. If your job produces chemical waste (commercial products or lab chemicals, etc.) you must contact your local Waste Generator or ES&H group to determine if the chemical is hazardous or not. Always have the MSDS handy to help determine the waste requirements. Waste Generators know the rules for labeling and disposing of chemicals.
Posted: June 12, 2009
Q. What is the chair show and where/when is it?
A. The chair show is an open house of sorts that occurs weekly. Employees, visitors, and users can go to the showroom on the Wilson Hall Mezzanine to shop for a new office chair and other office furniture. The show is every Monday at 10:00.


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Belstaff Spring 2013
Last time we checked in with Belstaff and its recently appointed creative director Martin Cooper, he had just begun connecting the 88-year-old brand to the elite travel tradition of the 1920s, 30s, and early 40s. (As he describes it, "that time when moving from one point to another was pure luxury.") And the idea for spring 2013—Cooper's first real stab at the season since joining the company in the summer of 2011—moves in a similar vein.
Looking at the collection itself, however, it's easy to wonder if the pace at which this travel is being done hasn't started to pick up a bit. Far from evoking images of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor tucking into a lavish eight-course meal on the deck of the HMS Queen Mary, the graphic stripes, canvas biker jackets, mesh leather tanks, and chunky wedge heels (cast in British racing green) seem to provoke a new sense of urgency that might still be about "moving from one place to another," just this time as fast as possible. It doesn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to interpret spring 2013's omnipresent stripes as Steve McQueen–like versions, for instance, especially given Belstaff's storied reputation as a maker of sturdy motorcycle wear.
Cooper, on the other hand, isn't so sure.
"The idea for the stripes actually came from the ones you see on vintage luggage and old travel cases," he says backstage after the show, getting back to the luxury-travel concept. "I just love the romanticism things like that evoke."
Still, Cooper concedes, there is a mention (albeit a subtle one) of powerful women with a taste for speed and adventure hidden within the collection, and in terms of the bespoke-inspired leather utility wear he does so well it's about as apt as you can possibly get.
"The jumpsuit is a slight reference to Amelia Earhart," Cooper continues, referring to a military-green canvas aviation one-piece, which, as we saw in his fall and resort, plays on the shape of Belstaff's classic Trialmaster jackets. The connection? "She used to wear Belstaff." Of course.