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In the 1990s, Bobby Valentino was part of the teen vocal group called Mista. It gave us the hit song "Blackberry Molasses." Now he's gone solo with a self-titled album. His single, "Slow Down," has topped the R&B charts. Valentino says classic soulsters such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers are his inspiration.
Mr. BOBBY VALENTINO: That's some major influence for me because I feel like now a lot of people, specifically R&B, I don't think they go back to your roots. And if you don't know where you come from, you're not going to know where you're going, you know, and I really want to take my album to more what '70s, '80s, you know, when the people were really into their music, their songs told a story.
(Soundbite of music)
Mr. VALENTINO: (Singing) Slow down. Never seen anything so lovely. Now turn around and bless me with your beauty. Do it to me.
GORDON: Now the single, "Slow Down"...
Mr. VALENTINO: Right. Right.
GORDON: ...there's been a lot of air play.
Mr. VALENTINO: Right. Right.
GORDON: It is a bonafide hit now.
Mr. VALENTINO: Right. Right.
GORDON: That must be exciting and I know you must have been nervous, too.
Mr. VALENTINO: You know what? Actually on "Slow Down," I knew that it was a hit when I recorded it because when I first heard the track--I'm very musical and I know good music and I think I know hit records.
GORDON: Right. But there's a lot of hits that got left...
Mr. VALENTINO: That got left in...
GORDON: ...in the studio, right?
Mr. VALENTINO: You right. You right. You right. And I was very thankful in that it is a hit, but consistency is the key. I don't want that to be my--you know, a lot of people, `Oh, "Slow Down"--are you very happy?' I'm happy but I don't want it to stop there.
GORDON: What about your collaboration and friendship with Ludacris? We had him on not too long ago and he is branching and growing in...
Mr. VALENTINO: Right.
GORDON: ...his career.
Mr. VALENTINO: Oh, man.
GORDON: It must be exciting for you not only to deal with him musically but to be able to be mentored by him.
Mr. VALENTINO: Oh, man, it's a great thing.
(Soundbite of music)
LUDACRIS: (Singing) That should be the day that could change your life. Let me show you a day without pain is like. Let's toast, come close, baby, I don't bite. Plus, I know you want a man that'll treat you right.
Mr. VALENTINO: I just watch everything he does, you know, as far as his interviewing skills, as far as him being an actor as well as his business deals. Those are just three great things that a black man needs in today's society to really make it. You know, it's not only just doing music. They might not like your music tomorrow. So to have some other things like he does to fall back on are great, and I'm just really just soaking it all in and trying to learn as much as I can.
(Soundbite of music)
GORDON: Now have you thought about what you want to be and how you want to be seen? I mean, you know, you talk about the '70s. You think about people like Teddy Pendergrass, Jeffrey Osbourne, Peabo Bryson and all of them balladeers...
Mr. VALENTINO: Right.
GORDON: ...and stuck to a great degree a love theme.
Mr. VALENTINO: Right.
GORDON: A lot of your album has a love theme to it.
Mr. VALENTINO: Love theme.
GORDON: Would you like to be known as that or do you want to branch out and be other things?
Mr. VALENTINO: Yes, I want to fall into the same realm as those artists because they've been very successful at what they do and I feel like for me to do, you know, more party-type songs, that's not really me. I'm more of a love kind of guy and that's what I really want to stick to.
GORDON: To hear tracks from Bobby Valentino's debut CD, go to our Web site, npr.org.
(Soundbite of music)
Mr. VALENTINO: (Singing) If it's all right. Tonight.
GORDON: That does it for the program today. To listen to the show, visit npr.org. NEWS & NOTES was created by NPR News and the African-American Public Radio Consortium.
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Ruminations on the band program of Spanish Springs High School in Sparks, Nevada including the marching band, jazz band, drum line, and color guard. Go SSHS Cougars!
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I came to the simple but painful conclusion that I was in the wrong camp all along. There is nothing wrong about the camp I was in;the conclusion is rather that it was wrong for me. To clarify, I was in the same camp as Rangan's wisecracking friend was.
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(Note: the Colonial Marshal logo [seen above] and all the BattleMech illustrations I use in these blog postings are the property of Catalyst Games Labs. I took the images from the most excellent sarna.net Battletech Wiki. I have no claim to any ownership over any of the images and use them for illustration purposes only.)
The family member is still incapacitated and most of our family's focus is on them. My writing is slowly moving forward on all fronts, but with little time and no mental energy left at the end of the day for a real hard push.
Here is part 10 of Running with the Past. I hope you continue enjoying it.
By the time the militia arrived and rounded up the few surviving Brotherhood members who had survived the attempts to storm the loading ramp, Jägare was back on the main cargo deck. Removing the gas mask, he tossed it away and took a canteen from a soldier who took one look at him and offered it. The water was lukewarm, but Jägare drank it all in one shot. He handed the now empty canteen back to the militiaman with a word of thanks, then walked on.
The main deck was a hive of activity and he stopped near some crates to watch the activity. Several of the soldiers were helping the freed prisoners, while the militia medics were tending to injuries. The armed ex-prisoners stayed on the edges of the group, reluctant to give up either weapons or the idea of protecting their friends and families. The new set of prisoners, maybe a dozen in all, were huddled in one corner of the deck, a strong guard to not only keep them there, but to protect them from their former captives, who watched them with evil stares.
Takezaki walked up to him, his arm in a sling and several patches on his hands and face. The gas mask was slung around his neck and he looked a little more focused. "Find anyone up on the bridge?" he asked.
"No," Jägare replied in a monotone. "The deck was empty. Evidently they were all in the attack."
"Including Graff?"
"Yes. What was the butcher's bill?"
"Three dead and six injured on our side. On their side. . . ." He grimaced. "At least thirty-five dead, but I'm guessing it's more like fifty. Several wounded, and you saw the ones that were captured."
Jägare nodded. "Anything from Jackson about the rest of the Brotherhood?"
"Not yet, but they can't be too far away."
Jägare glanced at the open hatch just as a young man in civilian clothes strode into view. "I think you're about to find out," he said. "Kessler just came up the ramp."
The marshal looked toward the ramp. "That's him alright." He gave a sharp whistle and waved his good arm in the air until Kessler saw him. The young man strode quickly toward the. In the overhead lights, the soft silver glint of deputy's badge on the young man's chest became more noticeable as he got closer.
"Marshal," he said briskly to Takezaki. "Jägare."
"Deputy," Takezaki said. "What's the latest?"
"Marshal Jackson sent me to get both of you," Kessler replied. "He said it was important."
"Oh? What about the pirate gang?"
"Well, we managed to surround them on Hallman's Ridge and stop them cold, but in the confusion, some of the pirates managed to slip away into the forest, including the Warhammer."
"What about our people?"
"We got most of them, but we're missing a few."
"What about Andrea Starver?" Jägare asked.
"I don't know, sir. He just asked me to fetch you."
Jägare nodded. "The Warhammer's still loose?"
"Yes sir."
"Right," Jägare said. "Marshal, you can ride with Kessler."
Takezaki frowned. "Where are you going?"
Jägare looked around and up at the Men Shen. "I'm going to do some hunting."
Three kilometers West of the Brotherhood's landing site,
Cascade, New Colony Region
The Periphery
November 28th, 3065
"Marshal One-Six, this is Hunter Three-One, what is your status?"
Jägare guided the Men Shen through the forest, avoiding the heavier tree growth. Dawn wasn't far away now, and the clear sky made the night air cold and dry. He had stripped down to his shorts again, but he had taken the time to find the coolant vest, which had been stuffed in a small compartment behind the pilot's chair. The 'Mech moved at a ground covering lope, but no where near its top speed.
Jägare's radio crackled. "This is Marshal One-Six. We're still sweeping up the mess on Hallman's Ridge. What is your location?"
"I'm about five kilometers out for your position, at the controls of a captured Men Shen."
"A Men Shen?" Jackson asked. "How in the hell did a Pirate band capture a front-line Capellan 'Mech, and how in the hell can you pilot a 'Mech?"
"I can't answer the first question, and I rather not answer the second. I think what's relevant is that there is no way you can track down and take out a Warhammer all by yourself."
"I know, but I think the problem is worse then we thought."
Jägare frowned. "What's wrong?"
"I've been talking to a few of the rescued citizens. Andrea's employee, Max, is one of the Brotherhood."
A cold lump formed in Jägare's stomach. "Are you sure?"
"They are. According to them, Max was one of the leaders, and the other pirates were scared spitless of him."
"What about Andrea? Is she all right?"
"We don't know. She and Max are missing, and we found the body of a man that several of the survivors positively identified as the leader of the Brotherhood. Ian, he was the Warhammer's pilot."
The scene at Hallman's Ridge was similar to the one at the DropShips. Medics helping the wounded and injured, a few pirate prisoners under heavy guard, and militiamen walking around, trying to bring some sort of order to the scene. A pair of Brotherhood APCs were still smoldering, and a few bodies were still scattered around. Jackson's Marshal was standing next to a battered mobile HQ, the obvious focal point for the effort.
Jägare brought the Men Shen to a stop a short distance away from the mobile HQ and switched the 'Mech's reactor to stand-by. He climbed down the 'Mech, ignoring the chill in the air. By the time he reached the ground, a pair of militiamen were waiting for him. They silently escorted him to the door of the mobile HQ.
Inside, the vehicle was full of activity. Communication techs were monitoring and directing the com traffic. Other militiamen were clustered around a status table, moving small plastic blocks in response to messages piped through their earphones. Beyond them, Jägare could see Jackson and several others assembled around another, smaller table.
He made his way up the aisle, earning a few glances from the techs as he passed them. Jackson looked up as he reached the table. "Ian," he said. He motioned to a slightly overweight officer standing next to him. "Major Townsend, Cascade Militia ."
"Marshal, Major," Jägare replied. "What's the latest?"
Jackson motioned to the table, a flat screen that was displaying a map of the area and the moments occurring at the larger table behind Jägare. "We have about fifteen or so pirates who managed to escape in the darkness. They're clumped in five or six groups, and seem only to be interested in getting away. The hunters are tracking them, letting them tire themselves out before we move in."
"What about the Warhammer?" Jägare asked flatly.
Jackson pointed to a small cube moving north on the map. "It's moving through the forest here. It's taken a beating, mostly from several near misses with improvised mines, but it's weapons array is still intact. Best guess we have is that Max is trying to reach one of the shut-down lumber camps along the Green March River."
"We don't know why he's heading that direction," said Townsend. "There's not much up there in the way of food."
Jägare studied the map. "Are you sure Max is in that 'Mech? And that Andrea is with him?"
"Everything indicates she is," Jackson replied. "According to our people, he never let her out of his sight the entire time, and they disappeared about the same time. The prisoners say that Max was talking to the Brotherhood leader right before the attack, and they were arguing. Right after the attack, we found the leader with his throat cut and his coolant vest was missing."
"He can't run forever," the officer said.
"He isn't," Jägare replied. "Who's tracking him?"
"Sven and a couple of others," Jackson replied. "Fortunately, the area is rugged, and they can keep up with him."
"Until he reaches the Green March River," Jägare said. "The river bottom is flat and hard. He can move upriver or down fairly quickly."
"But for what reason?" the officer asked. "He knows he can't escape off-planet, and that Warhammer is too easy to track."
"He's panicking?" Jackson asked.
Jägare continued to look at the map. "No one thought about escaping south?" he asked.
"We didn't find anyone," the militia officer replied.
Jägare nodded, thought coalescing into an idea. "Marshal, The other pirate MechWarriors. Have you accounted for them?"
"Just one," Jackson responded. "He was busted up when his Panther was hit by a tree."
"What about the Raven's pilot?"
"Not yet." The Marshal's eyes lit up in understanding. "It's a trick."
"A misdirection," Jägare said. "Everyone thinks Max's piloting the Warhammer, but he's taken off south, with Andrea."
"Why does he still have her?" Townsend asked.
"Hostage," Jackson replied. "He'll hang onto her until he thinks he's safe."
Jägare nodded and pointed to a spot on the table map. "There's a hunting camp up on Madson Ridge here. There's some emergency supplies and a couple of ATVs stored there. It wouldn't take him long to get one of those vehicles up and running again. He's worked as a guide, so he knows the area pretty well."
"He'll vanish into the forest," Townsend muttered.
Jägare strengthened. "Marshal, I'll need a helicopter. I want to get up to the hunting camp and check it out."
"And if he's actually in the Warhammer?" Townsend asked mildly.
"That's my job," said Jackson. "Ian, mind if we borrow the Men Shen?"
"Go ahead," Jägare replied.
"Are there any hunters still around?" Jägare asked.
Jackson snorted. "Tetsuro and his bomb happy bunch. Why in hell did you give that man explosives? There's a trail of craters, exploded trees, and rock piles between here and LaCroix!"
"I told him to slow the Brotherhood down. I didn't tell him how to do it."
"What do you want with them?"
"I want them to start looking for Max's trail and if they find it, start dogging him. I want them to stay close enough so Max knows they're there, but not too close."
"That's assuming that's the direction he's heading."
"I'm certain of it," Jägare said. "Because that's what I would do, if I was in his place."


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Ingredients include 6 oz. of white chocolate in coarse chunks, ¾ of a cup of sugar (pastries, you tempt me so), a cup of unbleached flour, ½ a teaspoon of baking powder, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 3 tablespoons of milk, and of course a cup of fresh raspberries. This is about enough for pan-full of squares which you can cut into 8 good sized decadent squares.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
I did this oil sketch of my Grandpa from a JamesDean-esque photo we have of him in his younger days for my dad this father's day. Frank passed awhile back and it was really hard for our whole family to see him go, so I thought this might bring dad some good memories. I was really happy with technique, likeness, and the piece overall, so I thought it deserved a post. Oh, and it was done in only three hours. Tons of fun to do. I will try this technique in the future with full color, see if its still fun...
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The artist with the most entries is - Soundtrack, with 8 entries. In descending sales order they are:
Grease, The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing, Titanic, Footloose, Top Gun, The Lion King
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Not a bad club. I was a little surprised to see Celine and the Gunners there. But combined with the Beatles and MJ this would be an ok desert island collection.
Celine Dion: Let's Talk About Love, Falling Into You, All the Way...a Decade of Song
Guns'n'Roses: Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion 2, Use Your Illusion 1
Led Zeppelin: IV, II, Houses of the Holy
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection, True Blue, Like a Virgin
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (#2 overall), The Wall, Wish You Were Here
U2: The Joshua Tree, The Best of 1980-1990, Achtung Baby
9.= Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Eagles, Eminem, Fleetwood Mac, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Queen, Simon & Garfunkel, Whitney Houston - 2 entries
Surprised to see Eminem here with The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show. The rest not so surprising. Only a couple of what I would call truly disposable artists - but I must admit to guilty pleasure with Backstreet Boys and Britney.
Backstreet Boys: Millenium, Backstreet Boys
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet, Crossroad (The Very Best of)
Britney Spears: Baby One More Time, Oops!...I Did it Again
Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Hotel California
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, Greatest Hits
Mariah Carey: Music Box, Daydream
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required, ...But Seriously
Queen: Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II
Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest Hits, Bridge over Troubled Water
Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston, Whitney
Everyone else - 1 entry
An interesting bunch. Not suprising that most of these are on the list. But I was surprised that artists like Prince and Elton John didn't have more entries.
|Ace Of Base
|Alanis Morissette
|Andrea Bocelli
|Avril Lavigne
|Billy Joel
|Bob Marley
|Bruce Springsteen
|Carole King
|Def Leppard
|Dire Straits
|Elton John
|Eric Clapton
|Garth Brooks
|George Michael
|Green Day
|Hootie & The Blowfish
|James Taylor
|Kenny G
|Linkin Park
|Lionel Richie
|MC Hammer
|Meat Loaf
|Norah Jones
|Pearl Jam
|Shania Twain
|Spice Girls
|The Police
|Tracy Chapman
|ZZ Top
Notable absences from the top 100 include David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones. I hypothesise that this is because they are relatively prolific artists who have been working over many decades - so their sales are diluted by being spread over many releases meaning that none make it onto the top 100.


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Why doesn't the 2002 Hyundai XG350 4 Dr L Sedan not have door lights when door open?
4 Answers
Have they ever worked? Is a fuse blown? Is the switch on the dome light in the correct position?
Also check your dash lights dimmer thumb wheel switch. Some autos turn the interior lights off when the dimmer is moved to one end point.
check dome light it has a switch to disable interior lights ......good luck aaacar
I found the answer on my 2003. It just so happened that my fog lights were also out, as well as the right side marker light. After checking fuses 21, 25, and 28, all 3 of which have Instrument Cluster in their descriptions, and finding nothing wrong, I decided to check fuse 26, which is the Fog Lamp fuse. Lo and behold, it was blown. I replaced it with a spare 10A fuse and viola! The dash lights were back on, fog lamps, and the right side marker lamp. How about that!?
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Emma's Toad
It's a Fowler's Toad. And toad's have warts, so we set him free. Thank goodness, I hate thing's that jump at me.
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for some reason I thought the toad would be really really small - that thing is huge - we gotta teach that girl to as scared of slimmy things as we are
- June 29, 2008 at 5:55 PM
So Ashley caught a toad about 3 days ago her name was ( yes I said was) Bella.The first day it was late so she just named her toad and made it a box home. The second day Ashley gave Bella baths in the barbie swiming pool, took her for walks out side with a homemade leash made of string and Bella even got to take ride on the fan blades. But as Ashley says oh no Bella jumped off her ride. Ashley even caught Bella her food, a June Bug (eeeew). The third day she thought it would be nice to let Bella sit in the sun and take a nap(yes she was still alive). Well Bella sat in the sun and (was very tired) Ashley thought that would be enough time for Bella to be outside, Well Bella isn't with us anymore. Now Bella is up in a tree cause it is closer to Heaven. Poor Bella lived such a stressful live in a 7 year old hands.
- July 3, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- Cortni said...
That is funny!
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here is the first phase of two paintings.
a couple days ago i cooked up some cochineal bugs, in a seperate pot i cooked up logwood chips and the last pot i made an extract of marigold flowers. this is my colour palate so far. tonight i cooked up some madder to add to the mix tomorrow.
this series is developing as the dye hits the fabric, something i am kinda known for. don't get me wrong, i love sitting in bed with my sketch book trying out new ideas, over thinking concepts and copying images i love out of magazines…but sometimes i just find going at the blank silks with no real idea of what i'm doing, often leads to a happy surprise of something in my brain that hadn't yet come to the surface.
one of my favorite ways to make batik paintings is clueless. you could say it's trust. trust in the universe and trust in myself. trusting that enough thoughts blast through my brain daily that one of them is bound to jump out onto a white piece of silk that's stretched in my LIVE TA DYE art studio.
another process to note for me as an artist is how these paintings are staying more true to batik techniques where you, stay in the lines.
for years my batik paintings were messy, splatters of wax and dye colours seeping over the lines to dye the other colours, mixing of liquids outside the lines to create disruption, to rebel really. to be an art rebel in batik! i think i mastered that concept in my previous paintings through out the years. i'm happy to try a new approach right now of staying in the lines, of forming solid masses of colours with strong boundaries. families of colours is what i'm working on, blending the colours with each other in their designated little cubicles! ha. that's it, that's all there is to the new series. the rest is a mystery for you to ponder when you see the finished pieces on the walls of our local art spaces.


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Join a church, the Lions, the Knights of Columbus, boyscouts, -whatever. If your life up to now is shaping up so that your only legacy is an obituary that says "all he/she ever did was turn food into shit" move to North Korea. They need more shit. . . .
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Live Leak succumbs to threats, then Rallies for Free Speech
Acts of terrorism, murder, and incitement to hatred are interspersed with quotes from the Koran that appear to support them.
Small wonder that Live Leak was threatened.
Little Green Footballs posted what looks like part of of a press release from Live leak:
On the 28th of March LiveLeak.com was left with no other choice but to remove the film "fitna" from our servers following serious threats to our staff and their families. Since that time we have worked constantly on upgrading all security measures thus offering better protection for our staff and families. With these measures in place we have decided to once more make this video live on our site. We will not be pressured into censoring material which is legal and within our rules. We apologise for the removal and the delay in getting it back, but when you run a website you don't consider that some people would be insecure enough to threaten our lives simply because they do not like the content of a video we neither produced nor endorsed but merely hosted.
After reading the post on Little Green Footballs I tried to find Fitna on the Live Leak site, but found only a place-holder claiming that Geert Wilder himself has pulled the video and will be reposting it following some editing. If you want to see the video, goto the Little Green Footballs link, or click on the picture.
Is it hate speech? I don't believe so. There's no narration. Just video and audio of horrible things that have been said and have actually happened. If it's hate speech, it's only because of the hateful things the people in the video are saying in support of Islam. CAIR must be shitting their pants trying to snuff this one.
I don't say this lightly. I am constitutionally inclined to support freedom of religion. My family and culture benefited from it when the English conquered Quebec and chose not to assimilate the French Catholics out of existence. I am a member of the Knights of Columbus, who proudly promoted freedom of religion in the United States during the dark years of the anti-Catholic Know-Nothings and Nativist's movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But...
But I have a problem extending the gift of the freedom of religion to any cult that would deny freedom of religion to others. That principle is also why I don't believe in allowing Communists to participate in democracy, and why I oppose Socialist Monopolies like the Canadian Wheat Board. One time I was in a heated discussion with a Muslim member of a gaming club I belong to, and he kept falling back on outrage and anger. He left when I cribbed a quote from blogger Jack Rich, saying that I'll be more accepting of Islam when it's as easy and safe to open a New Synagogue in Mecca or Tehran as it is to open a new Mosque in Rome or New York.
Every one should see this video. Especially all those lame so-called moderate Muslim apologists the western media keeps digging up to tell us Islam is a religion of peace.
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- d said...
1. People from you clan do read your blog.
2. Everyone is an apologist before they read/watch/learn the history. I have had many friends that were Bleed out level liberals(nothing wrong with that) until they read the history.
3. You mention the safety of opening up a synagogue in Iran. I agree with this statement, you only have to do a quick google search of my religion and see all the pain and suffering was inflicted on it by muslims not 350 years ago + all of todays news.
4. Freedom of speech is underthreat and if we don't stand guard we will lose it.
5. I actually got to see Fitna, and nothing in it is "worse" than anything found in a google search or read through of a World section in any newspaper.
6. Please keep up the blog.
- Hamm172 said...
I'll add this: I really think the guy I was arguing with is a good person, who is sincere in his beliefs. He came back afterwards to tell me there is a Synagogue in Tehran, and had documented it's continued existence for me. I really appreciated that.
It is a long-established Jewish Synagogue. It does not however disarm my argument, for I wonder what would happen if someone tried to open a new one?
- Hamm172 said...
Hmmm. I am astounded to learn that Until recently there were 35 Synagogues in Iran. This causes me to wonder at my easy willingness to believe there was only one.
Thirty five.
Until recently.
Two days ago, on April 15th Italy's AKI news service reported that seven have been burnt to the ground in what officials call, an attempt to "renew this ancient quarter."


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Is it time for Loft Insulation Cost in Hurst? What is the best type to choose? Let us focus on four specific types. One is blown attic insulation the other is batt insulation. Each type has pros and cons. However, which is the best choice for you.
One of the best advantages of blown attic insulation over batt is that the blown style covers everything; while there can be open areas in the batt type.
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Radiant barrier insulation has one reflective side that is made from an aluminum coating. Any radiant barrier insulation can be installed in an existing or new home. The reflective side of the barrier insulation is made to face the open air pocket of the surface.
Almost all Loft Insulation Cost in Hurst are tested and rated as fireproof. If for some strange reason you find one that is not, stay away from that product.
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I have just completed an addition to my house. I've heard that blown in insulation is better than batts since covers the joists completely and leaves no open areas. Do you have any do it yourself suggestions?
Yes you are correct. Blown in insulation is better that batts when installed properly as it does seal the attic better.
First you need to measure your attic area that you plan on insulating. Most attics require a value of R-30, R-38 or R-49, depending on your climate and location. Once you know the square footage of your attic you can determine how much insulation you'll need by simple looking on the chart located on the bag of insulation.
Before you get started you will need to determine what materials you will need. Assuming your home has recessed lights, ceiling and bathroom fans and eave vents you will need the following tools and materials:
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I've found blowing insulation into the attic is a simple process. Start and the far ends of the attic. Going back and forth make sure its level and smooth. Make sure to get all areas of the attic and don't fill any vents or recessed light areas. Take a tape measure with you and check the levels once in a while. As an example, if your installing an R-38 of fiberglass insulation you would want it to measure 16 inches deep. As you work your way back near the attic access make sure your helper is getting that excess hose out of the way. When you get to about 6 feet from the access hole stop the machine so you can get on the ladder. Once on the ladder finish installing, making sure to bring the level evenly against the dam you previously built.
The final step is to place a piece of batt insulation in the access hole and carefully put the attic hole lid back into place. Now your done! Stay out of that attic as much as possible from this point as loose fill insulation that has been stepped on or crushed looses it's R value.
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Adding insulation to your attic is a great way to save energy, but there are a number of choices that you need to sort through. What is the best type for your situation? What is the best location for this added insulation? How much should you add?
The first thing that you need to determine is how much insulation you already have. Measure the depth and determine the type. Then multiply the depth by the appropriate value: Cellulose: 3.1, Fiberglass Batt or Blown: 3.7, Closed-Cell Foam: 6.2, Open-Cell Foam: 3.6.
Before you move any further to insulate your attic, you should make sure that you have any knob and tube wiring in your attic that would be covered by insulation replaced. The wires in this type of system need to be in the open air in order to dissipate heat. If they are surrounded by insulation this will trap the heat and cause a fire hazard.
Once you have calculated the R-value of your insulation, you need to determine how much more you should add. Energy Starr has developed recommended levels of attic insulation for every Zone throughout the US. See map at Energy Star and chart below. However, what it boils down to is most houses don't have enough insulation. R-30 is the bare minimum and unless you live in south Florida, the recommended amount is twice that.
Radiant Barriers: work differently than thermal insulation. They reflect the heat away from the thermal insulation, instead of slowing the heat transfer through it. This effectively increases the performance of your thermal insulation in your attic by 50% to 70%. Radiant barriers work best if they are installed between the attic insulation and the roof sheathing, and when they are sloped so that dust will not accumulate on it as quickly. Furthermore, radiant barriers are fairly inexpensive and easy to install.
Your last step is to determine if you are going to add thermal insulation, a radiant barrier, or both. If your house already has what is the code minimum in many locations of R-30, adding a radiant barrier should boost its effectiveness to 45 or even 50. Or if you have an old house with 5 ½" of fiberglass or cellulose (R-17 to R-20) and you add another R-19 and a radiant barrier, you effective insulation value should be between 54 and 65.


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HEALTH-INSURANCE executives say their business has changed radically in the last two years in the nation's struggle with double-digit growth in medical spending. Many insurers say their traditional work of assuming risks has been eclipsed by services to help their customers' health dollars go further.
''We are not an insurance company, we are a managed-care company,'' said John P. Cole, executive vice president of the Lincoln National Corporation, a medium-sized insurer based in Fort Wayne, Ind. Its business now, he said, is negotiating on behalf of employer groups to get discounts from doctors and hospitals and to eliminate unnecessary medical procedures.
Demand from employers for ''managed care'' services has surged. They range from insurer-operated health maintenance organizations and discount networks of doctors and hospitals to requiring advance approval by an insurer for a hospital admission. And in some particularly expensive cases, like organ transplants or cancer, the insurer may assign a nurse or social worker to review the cost-effectiveness of care.
People in the industry say the number of Americans still covered by traditional fee-for-service insurance - which pays medical charges, no questions asked - declined again sharply in 1989.
For example, only 22 percent of the 11 million people covered for health benefits through the Aetna Life and Casualty Company, based in Hartford, are still eligible for traditional care, compared with 64 percent in 1988, said Charles T. Bell, senior vice president for employee benefits with Aetna. ''Our basic strategy is to suggest to our customers that we convert to these managed-care plans,'' Mr. Bell said.Continue reading the main story
The insurance companies say their charges for traditional fee-for-service policies caught up with inflation in health costs in 1989, after losses in the previous two years or so. But some insurers are still losing money in managed care. The start-up expenses of organizing networks of doctors and hospitals, checking on credentials and monitoring performance are higher than in traditional fee-for-service health insurance, said Anthony J. Gajda, a principal in New York with Mercer Meidinger Hansen, a benefits consulting firm.
Aetna, for example, said it lost money on its managed-care business in 1989. But Francis L. Onofrio, an Aetna spokesman, said the managed-care line is expected to break even this year and be profitable in 1991.
Ronald E. Hunt, a vice president with the Nationwide Life Insurance Company, said the company, based in Columbus, Ohio, now requires ''pre-certification before hospital confinement on virtually 100 percent of our business.'' Nationwide, which had $350 million in group life and health premiums in 1989, is setting up discount networks in Midwestern and Southern cities.
Indeed, 93 percent of the 1,915 employers recently surveyed by A. Foster Higgins & Company, a benefits consulting firm, said they offer employees the chance to join an H.M.O. or another type of discount network. The employees typically pay out less than for traditional coverage, to induce them to join. Meanwhile, the doctors in the networks have financial incentives to avoid unnecessary medical procedures. John Erb, a managing consultant with Foster Higgins in New York, said a growing number of businesses with fewer than 500 employees had begun to offer managed-care systems, which larger companies have long used.
The number of employees choosing managed-care deals is growing rapidly. The latest survey of 1,665 employers by the Health Industry Association of America, an insurer trade group, found that only 28 percent of employees still had traditional coverage in 1988, compared with 41 percent in 1987.
''The commercial insurers are convinced that managed care is the future of their business,'' said John J. Gable, a research manager with the association of 200 health insurers, which cover 90 million people.
The same trend was reported by the nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield associations, which have 74 million subscribers. Gary Meade, a managed-care executive with national Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Chicago, said the movement toward H.M.O.'s and discount networks was accelerating. Managed-care systems now cover half the Blue Cross enrollees, compared with only 25 percent two years ago.
About $150 billion of the $600 billion that Americans spend on health care is handled by insurance companies, according to Government statistics. Only about half the companies' business is now ''real,'' or traditional, insurance, said Louise M. Firth, a vice president in Cambridge, Mass., with Arthur D. Little Inc., the management consultants. ''The other half is benefits under administration, including claims processing for self-insured employers,'' she said.
Many large insurance brokers, meanwhile, have developed benefit-consulting services to replace dwindling revenue from commissions as traditional insurance sales have declined.Continue reading the main story


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So my pictures have NOT uploaded in any sort of order, but I hope you enjoy them! My dear friends Amber & Lindsey threw me a baby shower on June 5th, and it was such a great time! We had women and men alike, and Josh and I were so spoiled by our friends and family! Now we just need this sweet girl to get here!
These lovely ladies I have known my ENTIRE life, but somehow have not even gotten to see them in the last 14 years. So happy they came!
Playing with some of the accessories Stepheni Mason of Mason Jar Photography set out for us!
The Owenator loved the fact that there was a pool at baby Emerson's shower, and took full advantage of it!
Lindsey had colored my hair the day before the shower, and did it for me so all I would have to do that Sunday is run my hands through it. This girl is INCREDIBLE!


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This recipe is all vegan, super delish, and has only 258 calories a serving.
6 small red potatoes
1/2 medium onion (I only use half because Jakey doesn't like onions.)
4 celery stalks
32 oz. of vegan vegetable broth
1-1/2 vegan butter
1-1/2 cups almond milk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cube of vegan chicken bouillon
salt and pepper to taste
1. Separate out 1/2 cup of vegetable broth.
2. Cut potatoes. I cut them into little cubes. Add remaining vegetable broth and cook until potatoes are tender.
3. While that's cooking chop onion and celery and saute in butter until onions become translucent and celery is tender.
4. Heat almond milk and bouillon in a saucepan, stir until bouillon has dissolved. Mix in cornstarch until smooth.
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6. Salt and pepper to taste.
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1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
Imagine for a moment that you're a child or even a teenager. Excitedly, you run up to your parents and announce that you know what you're going to be when you grow up. You announce that you're going to be a doctor. After a moment of silence, one of your parents looks at you and says "That's great that you want to do that, but you're not smart enough to be a doctor." Obviously no good parent would do this and you would be crushed by your parents telling you this fact.
The truth might even be that your grades aren't good enough to be a doctor but one would still expect a parent to support a child's dreams, even if they seem out of reach. Instead of pointing out what seems obvious, a parent may even take this as an opportunity to encourage by reminding you that it takes good grades to become a doctor but if you really want to do it, you can focus on your schooling and reach for that goal.
Once most people settle down and get married, their days of big dreams are gone. Your spouse probably isn't going to crush your dreams of becoming a doctor, lawyer, or even starting your own line of handbags. Sure, if you are still having big dreams after you get married, you expect your spouse to offer encouragement even if they don't necessarily think it's a great idea. But encouragement extends far beyond just big dreams.
Life is full of plenty of discouragement, so the last place that we need to find it is at home. Encouragement doesn't have to be a big thing. It can be something as simple as telling your spouse that they look nice today or offering sympathy that work was so bad. One of the reasons that we get married is with hope that we will have someone who will support us in our tough days. We need to offer encouragement to those we love in order to lift them up on good days and bad.


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United States District Court, D. Oregon
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ROY LIONEL FLENNORY, Petitioner,v.MARK NOOTH, Respondent.
Anthony D. Bornstein Assistant Federal Public Defender
Attorney for Petitioner.
F. Rosenblum, Attorney General Samuel A. Kubernick, Assistant
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HERNANDEZ, District Judge.
brings this habeas corpus case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
2254 challenging the legality of his 2008 state-court
conviction for Kidnapping. For the reasons that follow, the
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (#2) is denied.
2007, the Marion County Grand Jury charged petitioner with a
single count of Kidnapping in the First Degree based upon the
forcible abduction of Marquita Quarles, a Shell gas station
attendant. Respondent's Exhibit 102. Petitioner proceeded
to a bench trial where he and the victim gave two very
different accounts of what transpired between them. According
to Quarles' trial testimony, petitioner visited the Shell
station twice on the evening in question. During his second
visit, he called Quarles over to his car and informed her
that he was a private investigator employed by her family and
was there to pick her up. Quarles was standing on the
passenger side of the car, and petitioner forcefully opened
the door into her stomach, grabbed her with one arm, and
pulled her into the car. Petitioner leaned over and shut the
door, and although Quarles repeatedly tried to get out, the
door did not open.
told Quarles that he was going to "de-virginize"
her and asked if she wanted drugs. Trial Transcript, pp.
23-24. Quarles used her cell phone to call John Rogers, a
co-worker at the Shell station, to tell him she was being
kidnapped. Petitioner took the phone from her and told Rogers
that he would kill him if he called anyone.
then stopped the car near two women walking alongside the
road and instructed Quarles to ask them for directions.
Quarles testified that she thought this was a ruse to force
the women into the car, so she refused. Petitioner drove to a
remote area where Quarles physically fought with him until
she was able to regain possession of her phone. At
approximately this time, Quarles stated that the passenger
door of the car "just suddenly opened for some
reason." Id. at 64.
Hartwig-Morris was driving behind petitioner's car with
his friend Max Miller when they saw petitioner's car come
to a stop in the roadway, and Quarles "struggled to get
out, like she was trying to get out as, like, fast as she
could . . . almost tumbling out . . . just frantically
getting out, I think would be the best way I could say
it." Id. at 111-12. Quarles "jumped out
and started running towards [Hartwig-Morris' ] car,
screaming 'help' and saying that she had been
kidnapped." Id. at 122. Quarles was
"[e]xtremely distraught. Very, very upset."
Id. at 23. Quarles told the men that she escaped
when "she punched the driver in the face."
version of events differed significantly. He testified in his
own defense that Quarles approached his car at the gas
station on her own initiative and asked petitioner to give
her a ride from Salem to Keizer. Petitioner agreed. Along the
way, Quarles asked him to stop at a friend's house.
Petitioner agreed to this request, but told her he could not
have any drugs in the car because he did not want to violate
his probation. Petitioner took Quarles to her friends'
apartment and waited several minutes for her to return, at
which point she asked him to take her home. When she could
not tell him which street she lived on and her behavior
became peculiar, petitioner became concerned that he was
helping her participate in a drug deal. He therefore told her
to get out of his car, at which point she became very angry
and exited the vehicle. Id. at 229-237.
trial Judge recognized that the case largely amounted to a
credibility contest, and found that both Quarles and
petitioner had "contradictions in terms of what matches
up with other testimony." Id. at 268. But he
found Quarles' testimony to have "a significant
amount of detail" and that it was "remarkably
consistent" with the other evidence. Id. at
269. He also focused on the fact that Quarles'
"demeanor at the scene was hysterical, and I just
don't see any way around it except that she was really
shook up and really hysterical and really fearful by whatever
happened." Id.
Judge determined that the State had not carried its burden
with respect to Kidnapping in the First Degree because it had
not established an intent to terrorize, but that petitioner
was guilty of the lesser included offense of Kidnapping in
the Second Degree. Id. at 273-74. As a result, the
Judge sentenced petitioner to 120 months in prison.
Id. at 308-09.
took a direct appeal, but the Oregon Court of Appeals denied
relief without opinion, and the Oregon Supreme Court denied
review. State v. Flennory, 237 Or.App. 274, 240 P.3d
1141 (2010, rev. denied, 350 Or. 717, 260 P.3d 494 (2011).
next filed for post-conviction relief ("PCR") in
Malheur County where the PCR court denied relief. The Oregon
Court of Appeals affirmed that decision without opinion, and
the Oregon Supreme Court again denied review. Flennory v.
Nooth, 2 67 Or.App. 423, 3 ...
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"In 2003, George Ryan, Republican governor of Illinois, called for a moratorium on the death penalty. Persuaded by the work of law students exposing race and class discrimination, he called for a halt on executions. Though his political career was tainted by scandal, the 2003 moratorium affirmed and fueled the fire of many Christians and other abolitionists who are working for restorative justice and for an end to the death penalty."
~ Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, p. 103
My views on the death penalty have flip-flopped through the years. As new information has been presented and digested my view on the intricate problem of what to do with the most violent and vile on the earth, has changed. I think one of the strongest arguments anti-death penalty proponents have made is the fact through the advance in forensic technology many on death row awaiting execution have been cleared of all guilt. That, for sure, is an alarming fact. That our government might be guilty of not just punishing offenders by ending their lives, but murdering innocent people because of faults in our system.
I'm not going to make this a controversy per se on my blog. I just think it's important to think, to consider...and to pray about this sad and violent reality. The more I dive deeper in the gospel, the more I start to question those who wear the label "christian" but who cry out "murder murder!" at the condemned all too loudly from the rooftops.
Would Jesus join in the blood thirsty cry of the crowds, yelling "murder"!, when a prisoner was about to be executed? Kind of interesting how our Lord and Savior found himself in precisely the same place of those who many of us Christians and others in society like to condemn. He found himself walking towards his death, sentenced and judged unfairly, and ready to be put to death. Like so many in the past, and so many today who are awaiting their life's ends at the hands of our government.
What did Jesus do? He asked God to forgive his executioners! Wow. How amazingly radical. What love!
We all know Jesus was innocent. Pilate repeatedly argues with the people that he is, but because of the persistence of the majority he weakly relents to their demands. What is Jesus' views towards the real criminals who are executed at his side? Does he think they deserve it, and he doesn't?...Does he recognize a distinction? Amidst his pain and unfair circumstances does he condemn the guilty, like those in the crowd?
There is an interesting conversation that occurs between Jesus and the two men that were to die beside him.
One of the prisoners shows belief in Jesus' claim and says, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus responds back by saying, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:42-43)
To say that he would see that criminal in Paradise, sure doesn't sound like condemnation to me.
The gospel says that Jesus died for all of our sins. And that without Jesus we'd all deserve condemnation and death. Jesus reached out to the most marginalized and suffering in society and he brought hope, love and compassion. Perhaps if more of us dropped our bullhorns and became beacons of life, giving hope to the hopeless, shining out our lights boldly in a world of darkness; vanquishing hate, making fear and ignorance retreat, perhaps the sad reality of the death penalty, would become a reality of the past, as love would conquer.
I'm not diminishing the horrible pain and suffering that individuals inflict on others and their families. I can't imagine enduring some of the crimes that so many have had to endure. I'm just saying that we might want to rethink our strategy. I've never heard of a circumstance where evil was able to eradicate evil. But I have seen examples of love triumphing over evil.
Heavenly Father,
There is so much pain, division, hate, ignorance and fear in this world. We pray that through all of that you give us the courage and the strength to go boldly out in places of darkness and shine Your light of love, for all to see, and experience. May we present your gospel of love, of peace and of hope to others and may Your Spirit usher them in to accepting the blood sacrifice of Christ.
May love never cease to triumph over the powers of darkness. May we live out your gospel with gentle hearts and helping hands. Through our lives, may your love walk upon this earth and help heal the hearts of its people. We pray for peace in Afghanistan, in Iraq and in other parts of the world that experience violence and fear. We pray protection over our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for loving Christ. May you cover our brothers and sisters from one end of the globe to the other with a blanket of peace and give them the strength to pursue your Will in their lives. May we all fulfill the plans you have for us.
In Jesus' name,Amen.
Luke 23:32-34
(32) Two others, who were criminals, were led away to put to death with him. (33) And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. (34) And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."


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What's the point in taking such young children travelling around the world? They won't understand what they are seeing and they won't really remember it when they're older. Why don't you just stay at home?
Mostly, when we tell people about our travel plans they are overwhelmingly positive, Eve's teacher's initial reaction was "What an education!". But occasionally someone will not understand.
So what is the point? And what can we do to prepare them for such a big change in their little lives?
Because they are so young, I think they have trouble differentiating between countries, so we are doing all we can to teach them about our destinations before we go. The older two frequently confuse, India, China and Japan for instance, so we look at picture atlases, read National Geographic and talk about our experiences of visiting some of these places before they were born.
We are trying to find out what children in our destination countries like to read, play and watch, and remembering books and programmes from our childhood set in foreign lands. So 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo' and 'My Neighbour Totoro' are on order and the picture book 'I live in Tokyo' by Mari Takabayashi is studied with great concentration as we learn about the Doll's Festival and how to write fish in Japanese. Playdough sessions are interspered with origami making and Thai kick boxing. Although I'm now regretting suggesting the latter.
We are planning to see volcanos, coral reefs, glaciers, deserts and jungles on our travels, so we've been mining the library for reference books. I would love it if we went on a walk through the Malaysian jungle and one of the children said "Look there's a …" Then I would know that we were doing the right thing. Having a geologist Daddy is helping. I'm confident that we'll all know a lot more about glaciers and volcanos by the end of our trip. Whether we want to or not.
Learning about animals is easy, with Battersea Park Zoo down the road and a well-used season ticket to London Zoo last year. We've adopted a Cambodian otter and an orangutan called Sen, who lives at Sepilok Sanctuary in Borneo, a place we intend to visit. He's the same age as Dickon, likes splashing in the bath, throwing food and playing with his toy train. Apparently, Charles Darwin's visit with his infant daughter to the orangutans at London zoo was one of the catalysts for the Origin of Species. Hmm.
One of the great joys of travel is trying new foods, particularly somewhere like Thailand or Vietnam. But if you are four years old, trying new food can be something akin to being made to walk across hot coals, and if you add chili to the food, well you might as well be throwing your four year old to the lions. I don't want to have lots of battles about food, so I'm quite prepared to let them survive on a diet of rice, fruit and cartons of chocolate milk for three months. But I'd love it if they could enjoy eating in Asia, so to that end, and also because we are greedy, we eat out as much as possible, and almost always Thai, Vietnamese or any cuisine involving chillies, noodles or raw fish. We have also persuaded them that seaweed makes a yummy snack.
I do realise that a four year old will have a limited memory of a trip like this as an adult, but I also think he will get things from it that are not all about remembering. He will have a year away from formal schooling, a year spent with his family, a year of learning to adapt to new places and new experiences, a year of learning to amuse himself on long bus journeys, all things which I hope will have a lasting impact.
As for not remembering, we'll have blog posts and photos coming out of our ears by the end of the trip. Forgetting about it won't be an option.


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Unconventional decoration outside an antiques dealer in the city centre.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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SHARON WEISS AND MITCHELL WEISS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,v.MI HOME PRODUCTS, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. No. 01 CR 2848 The Honorable Dennis J. Porter, Judge Presiding.
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This appeal arises from the dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint. The plaintiffs, Sharon and Mitchell Weiss, filed a complaint against the defendant, MI Home Products, under various theories of breach of warranty and for a declaratory judgment. The plaintiffs are the original owners of their townhome and they allege that numerous windows manufactured by the defendant and installed in their home failed and fogged. The plaintiffs allege that some of the windows were replaced by the defendant under a warranty but that defendant failed to pay the costs for shipping and installation of the replacement windows. Plaintiffs further allege that the defendant refuses to replace other failed window units in the residence, claiming the warranty on those units has expired.
Plaintiffs have attached two warranties to their pleadings. The first is a copy of the warranty the plaintiffs received from another townhome owner and indicates "Rev 1/98". The other is a warranty produced by the defendant during the course of this litigation and represented to be the warranty applicable to the windows at issue.
The first warranty obtained by plaintiffs from another homeowner states as follows with regard to insulated windows:
INSULATED GLASS UNIT. 10 years from date of installation, the insulating glass units will be free of obstruction of vision as a result of dust or film formation on the internal surfaces caused by failure of the hermetic seal due to faulty manufacture under conditions of normal use and service. THE MANUFACTURER will assume 100% of the cost of the replacement glass within the first ten years. *** Replacement material may be picked up at THE MANUFACTURER'S factory, or at any designated distribution point. *** This warranty covers material only and THE MANUFACTURER does not assume any expense involved with the removal or reinstallation of any replacement parts."
The second warranty produced by the defendant states that the "Limited Lifetime Warranty" does not extend to insulated glass and specifically states that insulated glass is covered under separate warranty. The section which applies to insulated glass states as follows:
"INSULATED GLASS (Limited 10 Year Warranty)
Capitol Windows and Doors, a Division of Metal Industries, Inc. of California warrants that for a period of ten (10) years from the date of manufacture (as marked on the insulated glass separator channels to which this limited warranty applies) that the lite (s) will be free from material obstruction of vision as a result of dust or film formation on the internal glass surfaces caused by failure of the hermetic seal due to faulty manufacture of the lite (s) by the manufacturer.
In the event that the insulated glass lite(s) fail to conform to the Manufacturer's limited warranty previously described, the Manufacturer will, at its option, furnish the Purchaser with another insulated glass lite(s), FOB nearest the Manufacturer's shipping point, or refund the purchase price of the insulated glass lite(s).
The Manufacturer will bear no other expense (i.e. labor costs of any kind) and the Purchaser's exclusive remedy, in lieu of all incidental, special, or consequential damages, including damages, is limited to a refund or the furnishing of another product as heretofore described."
The plaintiffs are the original owners and purchased their townhome in 1994. They allege they replaced windows with failed seals in 2000, 2001 and the spring and summer of 2004. These windows were replaced free of charge; however, the plaintiffs allege defendants failed to pay for labor and shipping costs. The plaintiffs further allege that the windows are "consumer products" as defined in the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Federal Trade Improvement Act, (15 U.S.C. §2301 et seq. (2000)) and "goods" as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code (810 ILCS 5/2-105 (1) (West 2006)). Plaintiffs seek to enforce the terms of the applicable written warranty under the statutory standards set forth in the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Federal Trade Improvement Act (MMWA) and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). Plaintiffs argue these standards require defendant to pay for shipping and labor costs. Plaintiffs further argue that these standards require defendant to provide a lifetime warranty. The plaintiffs claim defendant breached the warranty under the UCC and under the MMWA. The plaintiffs further claim the defendant breached the express warranty.
The plaintiffs argue that the windows at issue are a "consumer product" so that the warranty given by the defendant is covered by the MMWA. The plaintiffs do not cite authority for this position. We find no authority and conclude this is an issue of first impression. The issue is whether the windows installed in the new construction of a home are a "consumer product" as defined by the MMWA so that an action based upon a written contract for the windows of a home may ...
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Happy hump day everyone :)
This week is flying by!
Not that I'm complaining.
It's going to be a completely random Pinterest Day since I've been finding all kinds of good things!
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Doesn't this look so refreshing!
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Dress & skirt season are upon us! My closest knows it's missing out on these pretty items and told me to go get them immediately.
How can I say no to the closest?
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Stinging Nettles and the big ouch!
Once upon a time I was a photo assistant for a rather famous, Swedish food photographer. Not that you can tell by the photos on this blog, a clear example of pure ineptitude and straight up laziness. Then again while I have The Man sitting at the table grumbling over the hostile take over of his iPhone and the delay in access to his plate, The Famous Photographer had a gaggle of 5 star cooks, a wife art director and a very clever assistant all ready to jump to it the minute the yelling ensued.
Photo assisting is a masochistic way of honing your skills, not unlike flagellating yourself. Sprinting after your "mentor" with twice your weight in equipment on your back, hours of sniffing deadly chemicals in the dark, berated at regular intervals, standing on your head so you can change the film in the camera while simultaneously holding a reflexer with your toes. Best of all you did it all for free. FOR FREE!
Why anyone would subject themselves to this now days,with the onslaught of digital photography, is a mystery to me. Back in the day there was only one way to become a master printer. You had to be taught by a master one-on-one. Now all you need is a quick tutorial in photoshop and off you go, well almost. Actually not really. Not at all, but that is what people think. So back then, you suffered it, promising that once you made it big you would be so cool to your assistant, knowing you probably wouldn't.
However, if you kept your head down you learned a lot more than just photography. The one highlight of being an assistant is having access to life's backstage. You get access to all manner of situations including master chef cook-off's.
Stinging Nettles
A few years ago the master chef's of Skåne gathered together for an inspiration day. The idea was to come up with new recipes using a specific ingredient. That particular year it was Stinging Nettles. Suddenly this irritating little menace transformed into a one of the most versatile if not healthiest plants/herbs you can have the kitchen.
Spring is in the air which means nettle season is upon us. Depending on where you live they can be as close as your own back yard.
I use nettles through out the season, but the best are found in the spring when the plants are still young. All you need is a pair of rubber gloves and a pair of scissors. Staying away from the walking paths were dogs lick to wee, look for the young plants.
Once you get them home you can neutralize their sting by blanching (boiling) them for a approx. 30 sec. Don't over cook them. It really isn't necessary. Your nettles are now sting free.
If you happen to get stung just pour vinegar over the affected area. The bumps won't go away, but the sting will.
Medical Uses
The unadulterated sting
In some places people sting themselves with the nettles to relieve arthritis and inflammatory pain. Basically the chemical found in the nettles, the chemical that causes the reaction, is composed of formic acids, histamines, acetylchlorine and seratonin. Basically you are giving yourself a direct injection of natural pain relief. Research has shown that the rash increases blood flow, circulation and stimulates the lymph system. The seratonin and histamines work on the central nervous system, according to other research inhibits the cells that encourage inflammation and cartilage deterioration.
What's a rash when you are suffering arthritis?
Nettles are also shown to beat prescription drugs when it comes to hay fever and other allergies. Freeze dried nettles are the most effective. There is something in the freeze drying process that activates and enhances the anti-allergenic component.
Nettles as they are, as a supplement, tincture etc. are all very good for you in general. They are very high in minerals and vitamins, in particular iron. You will get much, much more out of eating nettles than spinach. It also serves as a natural detox. It helps regulate the endocrine system bring hormonal balance to the body among other things.
In short it is a super plant.
Note: I am not expert, just well read. You should do your own research if you are taking medication you should check that the nettles don't have an adverse affect on your medication.
You can harvest your own, dry it, freeze it, use it fresh.
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Uses in the kitchen
As a basic herb.
Nettles have a rather mild flavor which makes them perfect for using in your every day cooking. Once you blanch or dry them you can use them in just about everything. Mashed potatoes, in your soups, pasta sauces, lasagna, on your new potatoes, in your salad…Anywhere you would use an herb or spinach.
Make a tea out of it. Steep the leaves for 2-3 minutes. Drink.
Make a soup out of it, similar to spinach soup. Or throw in a handful to any of your other soups.
I throw nettles into my grilled veggies and will even toss some into my BBQ sauces.
Home-made pesto
Substitute the basil with nettles for a milder pesto. Or add both the basil and the nettles.


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God intended us to work with Nature, now against her, for our own good.
We need to return to a simpler way of life. We need to get closer to Nature and live a more natural life.
This may mean changing jobs, moving to a different climate, solving the marriage problem, spending more time in the sunshine and eating proper foods.
Health is not achieved by taking remedial action as our bodies malfunction over and over again.
Health is a way of life in which we experience high-level well-being – physically, mentally and spiritually.
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Everything Changes
Everything changes, but I make assumptions about certain truths - like phylogeny of some of my favorite creatures, birds. This past Winter at the Minnesota Ornithoilgists Union paper session, there was a stunning presentation of preliminary conclusions of a research group calling themselves the Early Bird Assembling the Tree-of-Life Research Project. I can't do it justice. This site does:


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one of my favourite things about my favourite shows is when a long awaited season premiere occurs. characters, stories, and immunity challenges that have been missing in my life are welcomed back with much anticipation, and usually a drink on-hand to savour the moment of the first scene and build-up to the first cliff-hanger/tribal council of the season. apart from a few blogs about meals had, wines paired, and travel memories inspired, little has been said about what is really going on in my life. basically, if you are a follower of the wtf-winetravelfood show, the first season finale ended with a big write up on how i am off to doha to teach wine studies to qatari airway flight crew; an infidel with zinfandel, if it were. as this is my first official blog of 2013, why don't i set up the scene for the season 2 premiere of "wtf-winetravelfood."
the sun is low in the sky, a pale amber hue stretching from the horizon across an unknown body of water. the sound of cackling seagulls can be heard in the background. panning back, we see a sloping bronze-coloured sandy beach. the absence of cawing crows, tall pines, and tidal pools tells us the scene is most likely not shot in the pacific northwest. an air of the exotic is created.
fade to an image of me hunched over my laptop. dressed in a slightly too-large-sized but very cumfy speight's t-shirt (it's an nz beer) and grey, aeropostal "have-never-seen-the-inside-of-a-gym" gym shorts, those in the know realise i am in the unofficial summer lazy-at-home wear. a faint bruno mars' "lazy song" in the background emphasises this point. most important, the shot-from-behind shows me reach to my left, returning to the screen with a glass of red wine in hand. we therefore know that, worse comes to worse, our subject has wine so he's doing alright. but what wine is it?
the sound of a tap at the door. "cabellero! sus toallas...". i get up, open the door, and retrieve towels from a dark-haired, young-20s man in black polo shirt and khaki pants. "muchas gracias," you hear me say, "no se porque no hubo toallas en el bano..." the conversation drifts off in spanish.
pan back to the lonely laptop. it sits atop lime-green bedsheet. to the right, an oxford mini spanish dictionary, and to the right of that, chilean pesos are organised in neat piles according to denomination.
chilean pesos? what of qatari rials? why the spanish dictionary and room service?
i guess this season is going to have its share of surprises and flashbacks.
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Now, we know the species that can be found in those island. However, we also want to know why these islands are differ in their land snail's composition? Thus, we begin with the second phase of the project – the snail's ecology and evolutionary biology.
During the last fieldtrip (together with & thanks to boss Hamid, Dato Noramly and Niza), we have started to look at their ecology and behaviour of some species. Also, we brought back some living specimens for some experimental studies. Now, they are being kept in INSECTARIUM.
Amphidromus sp. and its eggs
Obba cf. marginata, In Sabah, this genus only can be found in TSMP. Obba is a very speciose genus in Philippines. How did they get to TSMP?
Look like marine species? But this is freshwater Neritina. Collected during the night - in a small......stream. Had visited the stream twice (Apr 2007 and May 2007) but never seen them.....but found them during this trip (Aug 2008)......strange.....


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Background: Apologies if this has been raised elsewhere. I made 2 forum accounts by accident and am stuck with them This is the one i use rarely but is the name i automatically load when i log in. (This one has no characters- it's a ghost account.) So, I always have change to my 'real' forum name. Then I post under that. I keep forgetting and yvandriel's post count has risen a lot recently as a consequence.
In the old forums i'd just log in as Calta and stay that way-unless i chose to change it.
Problem: If i return to forum home page or wait too long my name reverts to this, the ghost account. Sometimes happens mid post composition.
Suggestion/request: Is there a way of changing the default name? Or stopping this happening? It's trivial but even trivialities get annoying over time. The effect is a little like the logout problem on the old system. I have to CTRL a CTrL c to post using the right name when this happens.
any help would be appreciated. (I tried ages ago to get rid of the ghost account and support could do little about it other than attach the characters to my VIP account in game, correctly. I was stuck with the ghost account .)