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I thought I'd take a little bit of a break from my cosplay posts to delve into another love of mine: gaming! Every Wednesday night I have a bunch of friends over for gaming. We have 3 running RPG campaigns right now (An occasional Dresden campaign, Pathfinders Council of Thieves which I DM, and Pathfinders Rise of the Runelords which Earl DMs). We pick up different campaigns depending on who's in town and who's out in the field doing research. Occasionally though, we decide to just play a few board games. We also host board game nights outside of the regular game night as well. You can find some of my favorite games for large groups here.
I love our little rental home, but let's face it, it's little. There really isn't any place for us to have a large table sitting out all the time. So… we did a little brainstorming, and decided to make our own table top! I even documented the process to share it with you! Plus, we found a clever little way to hide our table top when it's not in use.
Fair warning: most of the pictures are horrible. The carpet in my rental is really old, and usually needs to be vacuumed due to our pets. Plus, we did this project inside, during the winter, and often at night. please forgive me the horrid pictures.
With that said, let's get this project started in here!
For this project, we wanted a pretty big table top, and we wanted it to be simple, so we decided to start with a tabletop base from Ikea. I've listed everything we used below. If you're working on your own tabletop, check out different bases that work for your space! We did a lot of measuring and planning before hand, which really helped the project move a lot smoother.
White Gallant Desk Top (63 x 31.5″)
2 x 2 1/2″ Decorative Chair Rail
2 x 2 1/2″ x 3/4″ x 8′ boards
Varathane 1/2 pt. Carrington Stain
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2 mil Drop Cloth
Paint brush
Gas powered air gun
1 1/4″ 16 gauge Finishing Nails
1″ 18 gauge Brads (Note: We should have bought the 16 gauge ones)
2 yards Burgundy Velvet
2 yards headliner fabric (I've linked to the product online here, but I reccomend getting this from the store. It feels a bit like a squishy foam, but is kept by the vinyls)
Upholstery Staple Gun
Miter Box
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Staining the wood
The first step was to stain the wood. We had 2 pieces of each type (the rail and the wood), which we cut to size before staining. The rail will end up being a bumper around the table in the finished product. Earl used a handsaw and a miter bracket to create 45 degree angles.
Then I painted on 2 coats of the stain.
Be sure to do this in a well ventilated area. Preferably outside.
For the decorative railing parts, I wiped a bit off with a cloth while it was still wet to give at bit of a weathered look on the egg part.
Then it was time to let it dry. Tick tock. Tick tock. We let it sit like this for 2 days.
Once it was all dry, I added on the coat of poly and let that dry some more.
Prepping the tabletop
For the table top, we started off with a rather large Gallant table top from Ikea. So, I guess this project counts as an Ikea hack! We measured the absolute largest table top we could fit in our room and went with it. It's a bit tight when there are 8 people, but it works. Plus, by using an existing table top, we found that it was easier to find a piece cut to the size we want. I don't remember how or why, but we got the table top for about 1/2 the price it is online right now.
The first thing we did was lay down the headliner foam. This bottom layer creates a bit of a cushion to play on. That way there's a bit of give under the table so that things slide easier. You can also dip into the foam to do things like slide one card underneath another more easily. There is a special type of pool table foam that we could have used, but we found the headliner fabric at a JoAnn's nearby, and it was the right price with a coupon, ,so we went with it.
Once it was lain over the table, we stapled it down making sure to stretch it a little bit taught along the way.
Don't forget to leave plenty of room for the help! Once you're done stapling, cut the foam down to size.
Next up was the velvet. Again, we laid down the fabric, stapled it, and pulled it taught. You'll want to keep your staples pretty close to the edge so that the railing will cover them later.
Be Aware: Make sure that you pull it all the way taught! We did not, and so had to re-staple the fabric as we added the rail later. If you find that it's not as tight as you want it, you can always tighten it later like we did.
Again, once you are done stapling, you can cut your fabric down closer to the size of the board.
Putting it all together
Most of our time on this project went into the planning. Once we got to this stage, we knew exactly what to do. I also convinced Earl that we needed an nail gun to do the job, and thankfully he agreed! We managed to find one on sale for about $100, and it was well worth the price. We also ended up getting a gas powered gun, since we don't have an air compressor.
Again, this is best as an outside job. We did it inside, but probably shouldn't have. What can I say, I was too impatient to wait for spring.
First, we nailed the railing to the edge of the wood. We put one 1″ brad about every 4 "eggs". It's hard to see here, but if you look close you can see them in the holes between the eggs 2nd in from the right and 4th in from the right.
See how it makes a corner between the wood and the rail? We placed this corner up against the table top and nailed through the wood into the table top. I wasn't able to get pictures, since it's a two person job, but you can see the results here. We just put a nail in every few inches as it felt appropriate.
Our corners don't match up perfectly, and there are a few spots where the stain didn't grab, but we're ok with that. It's not as obvious unless you're really looking. As we went along, we re-stapled each of the sides as well by smoothing out the velvet towards the edge just before nailing the siding on.
Play games
But wait! Where are the legs?! Well, that's the beauty of this project. It's just the table top. We happen to have a very sturdy dining room table that we take advantage of and plop this sucker right on top of. So when it's time to play games, it's just a matter of moving things around and having fun!
Set up in the picture above you can see an 8 player game of 7 Wonders. You'll need the Cities expansion to be able to play with 8, otherwise it's usually a 3-7 person game. As you can see, there's quite a bit going on there! Bug is really contemplating his next move hard. We're really happy that we've got so much game space. As a matter of fact, we haven't hit a problem yet with fitting all the pieces on the board!
As you can see though, it really does take up most of our living room. So what do we do with it when we're not gaming? Well, we prop it up behind the couch and use it as a bit of decoration!
Originally we talked about painting the backside with some chalkboard paint so that we could add quotes and pretty pictures… but it's been 4 months now and that hasn't happened. Maybe soon? We do find that it picks up cat hair pretty consitently, but a quick swipe with our FurzOff fixes that.
What do you think of our gaming table? Is there a piece of furniture that you'd like to custom make for your own home to improve its usability? What about pieces that you can use and stow away? I really love the clever solution we came up with for our table top when it's not in use!
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After the Student Princes got out to the early lead in the third, CWR threatened in the bottom of the inning. The Spartans opened the frame with three consecutive hits, including a leadoff home run to left field by Jimmy Abed to get on the scoreboard. However, that one run is the only scoring that CWR could muster.
"He was able to minimize the damage and only gave up one run," Palm said. "Ethan gave us a great opportunity to win today."
Holt only allowed four hits, but walked six as he pitched out of some early trouble.
"I was struggling to find the zone early, but I made some pitches to get out of trouble," said Holt, who was pulled after throwing 126 pitches over eight innings. "We are where we want to be right now and we have a lot of confidence going into this third game, no matter who we play."
Heidelberg went back to work in the fourth and scored two runs, one courtesy of a Spartan miscue. With runners on the corners Buelow had an RBI single to shortstop to start the scoring. Heidelberg's hitters would go on to load the bases. Derek Andrzejczak would score the second run following a throwing error by center fielder Matt Richards.
"Heidelberg is a good team and we knew going in it would be a tough game," said Case Western Reserve coach Matt Englander. "However, we feel if we got another shot at them we could win."
Englander must now get his players ready for a second game as CWRU (31-14) plays the loser of Marietta-Franklin.
"We have tough guys and they'll be ready to come back," Englander said.
The Spartans went through four pitchers and each one had a rough stretch or two. Starter Devin Dye (4-2) gave up four hits and three runs in three innings for the loss.
Buelow extended the lead to 6-1 in the sixth after drawing a bases-loaded walk. The Student Princes added two insurance runs to secure the victory. Brechun homered to left center in the seventh and Lizcano hit a sac fly to right field in the eighth.
CWRU's Matt Keen went 2-for-5, while Abed added the homer in the third inning.
While Buelow was the Student Princes' leading hitter for the game, Williams went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk, Alex Monroe went 3-for-5 and Lizcano had a hit and two RBIs.


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Monday, August 29, 2016
Lili of the Valley - Jenny Bear Friendship card
Hi everyone
I think it's lovely idea to surprise someone with a card when it isn't for a specific occasion such as a birthday - and the card I am sharing today was for a very special lady who lives on the other side of Australia just to let her know how loved she is by our family. Now that C has the card, I can share it here on my blog:
This card is also for the Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for August. Please see THIS LINK for the challenge details.
The main image is from a Lili of the Valley (UK) Art Pad called 'James and Jenny Bear' Set 23 - and the designer papers are also by LOTV - Always and Forever - all of which LOTV retired a little while ago :-( The papers were designed by NitWit Collections for LOTV and you can buy and download them here at NitWit's website - see THIS link.
I diecut the main image using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Circle dies. The sentiment is also by LOTV and was stamped using Ranger Archival Sepia ink. I coloured in the flowers on the sentiment using a pink pencil then added some tiny pink Molossi rhinestones to the flower centres. I popped the panel up on dimensionals.
The bottom panel cardstock was punched using a Martha Stewart Lace Doily Edge punch. The lacey top-left corner is a die by Cuttlebug - Vintage Corner - which I diecut using my Cuttlebug from the designer paper. I diecut multiple layers of pale pink cardstock and glued them together then glued the designer paper on top so the diecut had some depth then added some Kaisercraft pink rhinestones to the top right and bottom left corners.
The pink seam binding was added in two separate elements and the bow was made using my Bow Easy and attached with Fabric glue. The heart button was glued on using Crafter's Pick Incredibly tacky glue. I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.
The layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools. I using an EK Success Arrows border punch to punch some tiny hearts (the leftover punchies look like tiny hearts) from dusky pink cardstock and added one to the sentiment panel and dotted the rest around the teddy bear. I added plenty of Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue to the tiny hearts, bunch of flowers and the tag and the teddy's bow. Here is a close-up:
Once I finished the card front, I glued it to a white card base.
I decorated the card inside to match the card front:
The sentiment is by Mama Elephant from their Woodland Gifts set.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Stamps: LOTV Circular Sentiments Set 7, Mama Elephant Woodland Gifts clear set
Ink: Ranger Archival Sepia
Designer Paper: LOTV 'Always and Forever' 8" x 8" pad © NitWit Collections
Accessories: Main image - LOTV James and Jenny Bear Set 23 Art pad, Big Shot, Cuttlebug, MISTI, Perfect Layers Tools, pink heart buttons - Dress It Up, pink sewing thread, SU Dazzling Details glitter glue, SU Fuse Fast adhesive, Crafter's Pick Incredibly tacky glue, fabric glue, Molossi and Kaisercraft pink rhinestones, pink pencil, dimensionals, pink seam binding, Bow Easy, Fray Stop, cardstock - dark dusky pink, pale pink, white, brown, white card base
Dies: Lifestyle Nesting Circles, Cuttlebug Vintage corner (retired)
Punches: Martha Stewart Lace Doily edge, EK Success Arrows border
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Friday, August 12, 2016
The Bounty Ship - Masculine birthday card
Hi everyone,
Well, it's been been ages since I made a card due to our family medical issues but thankfully, everything is looking very positive now and we can move forward - and I can start creating again as I am back to just caring for just one family member instead of two. It was actually really hard to start cardmaking again and initially, I felt really frustrated - but I had a deadline as it was my husband's birthday yesterday so I persevered and this is what I came up with:
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The main image is one of the first stamps I ever bought so probably dates to somewhere around 2008 and is the Bounty ship by Stamperoo (an Australian stamp company). I haven't heard of Stamperoo for a really long time so I doubt you would be able to find it anywhere - however, you could substitute Stampin' Up's The Open Sea as there is an old ship in that set.
I stamped the ship using Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink onto Distress watercolour cardstock and didn't do any colouring other than the red flag at the top which was coloured with a Festive Berries Distress marker. I used Ranger Distress inks for the sky: Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone and Stormy Sky - and Faded Jeans, Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce and Stormy Sky for the sea. I used a round ink-blending tool to add Antique Linen around the edges of the image panel to make it look older.
Here is a close-up:
All the designer papers are by Kaisercraft from their Coastal Escape pad. This is one of my favourite all-time releases as I love the colours and designs. All the papers and cardstock have been edged with Antique Linen.
I used my Lifestyle Nesting Circle dies to diecut the porthole from the woodgrain designer paper then cut multiple portholes from scrap teal-coloured cardstock so I could layer them up to give the porthole some depth. I glued them together with Tombow Mono Multi glue and once dry, poked holes with a paper piercer and added the antique copper brads.
The side panel kraft cardstock was punched using a Fiskars Threading Water border punch which is one of my all-time favourite punches for masculine cards. I added a score line using a Martha Stewart Scoring board then butted the anchor paper up against that line. I added the Jute Ribbon, added Fray Stop to the cut edges to stop them from fraying, then popped the panel up on dimensionals. I tied on the anchor charm using some string.
The sentiment is by WPlus9 - Basic Banners - and was stamped with my Misti using Versamark Watermark ink and heat-set using Copper embossing powder. I diecut the sentiment using a Spellbinder Labels Trio die then popped the panel up on dimensionals.
All the layers have been trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.
Once I finished the card front, I attached it to a white cardstock base. Finished size is 140mm x 140mm or around 5-1/2" x 5-1/2".
Thanks for visiting my blog today. It feels so good to be able to create again: I missed it so much and I can't wait to share my next creation with you!
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Stamps: Stamperoo - The Bounty Ship - D1-700 (retired), Sentiment - WPlus9 - Basic Banners
Ink: Distress - Antique Linen, Evergreen Bough, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Iced Spruce, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Ranger Archival Potting Soil, Versamark Watermark
Designer Paper: Kaisercraft Coastal Escape 6" x 6" pad
Accessories: #2 round paintbrush, Ranger round ink-blending tool, Couture Creations non-stick craft mat, dimensionals, doublesided tape, Tombow Mono Multi glue, antique copper brads (stash), Perfect Layers Tools, heat-gun, SU powder tool, Copper embossing powder (brand unknown), Ranger Festive Berries Distress marker, Misti, paper piercer, Big Shot, Martha Stewart scoring board, Jute ribbon - Franceville (KMart Australia), string (stash), anchor charm (stash), Cardstock - kraft, white, teal, Ranger Distress watercolour
Dies: Lifestyle Nesting Circles, Spellbinder Labels Trio S3-147
Punches: Fiskars Threading Water border
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Skype for iPhone review
The last time Macworld looked at Skype, the free version left a lot to be desired: it was limited only to the iPhone and iPod touch, would work only over WiFi, and wouldn't run in the background. My, how things have changed.
The new version works with all the latest iOS devices – although it's not optimised for the iPad's larger screen – and lets you make 3G voice calls, provided your network's data plan can hack it. It now also runs in the background, so you'll always know when someone's calling you, even if you don't have the app open. This also means you can leave the app to check an email, for example, without disconnecting a call.
Making a call couldn't be easier. If your friends and family are already on Skype, simply type their name in the Skype address book and the app places the call almost immediately. Call quality is good, with CD-quality audio putting most regular mobile calls to shame. You can catch up with Skype friends using the built-in instant messaging screen, with an attractive, familiar interface for text-based chats.
Now that the iPhone 4 and the latest iPod touch support FaceTime over WiFi, it's disappointing that Skype – which is renowned for video chat on the desktop – still lacks video calling on the iPhone. Despite this missing killer feature, Skype is ageing well. Under iOS 4, the app can genuinely help heavy talkers place very cheap calls via the internet.


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David Cook Tour Diary: The 'American Idol' Winner Talks Life on the Road, TV Show Stigma (Video)
The Season 7 victor and fan favorite gives THR an all-access pass to his Pomona, Calif. concert at the Fox Theater and submits to a mid-tour interview with music editor and Idol Worshiper Shirley Halperin.
Grabbing his guitar, David Cook launches into Def Leppard's "Hysteria" with more than a hint of irony. "I gotta know tonight, if you're alone tonight," he sings from center stage at the Fox Theater in Pomona, Calif., trying his best to find the emotional core of the 1987 hit (Cook was five when it came out, his fairytale TV story still 21 years away). It doesn't take long before the American Idol season 7 winner, who clenched his victory in large part by reimagining radio classics just like this one, breaks character and his band breaks down in quick succession.
"It already sounds really cheesy," he laughs, unable to determine whether it's a good cheese or the kind you'll regret when you realize it lives forever on Youtube. Indeed, Cook would later tell us he's been cursing the video site "for years -- ever since I fell singing 'Hot for Teacher' in Biloxi, Mississippi," he grouses. It's an understandable insecurity as many dozen clips from Cook's current tour with Gavin Degraw and Carolina Liar live on the site, starting from a fateful first show at Penn State, when "Dicklaration" became the newest entry to the Cook lexicon. It refers to the moment during that show when the word nerd's brand new pants ripped from "knee to crotch" (his words) just as he getting ready to play "Declaration," the opening track to his self-titled debut album.
"I had just bought these new pants -- wax denim, lace up the side, they weren't cheap and I was into them -- and I just heard and felt this rip," Cook recalls with equal part glee and horror. "I had to make a split-second decision: do I go offstage and let the band meander? I said, 'Screw it.' At this point, a couple thousand people know -- I'm a pale guy you can tell and I'm wearing dark pants -- so I had to inform everybody, then I went behind the lighting rig and gaffed the pants together. It was definitely one of the more mortifying things that have happened to me onstage, but I think I handled it correctly."
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It was an audacious start to a nearly two-month trek that will take Cook from coast to coast and bring him face-to-face with some of his most devoted fans via a daily meet-and-greet where, for $75, anyone can get a special VIP pass autographed and have a picture taken with the man himself.
In Pomona, they lined up early in the afternoon and got to sit in for a couple songs during sound-check ("Declaration" and Nine Inch Nails' "Hand That Feeds") -- after Cook worked out the kinks with another, even more ambitious cover: Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." Earlier, guitar-bation ensued as Cook and new band member Devon Bronson traded licks onstage and goofed off. Warned Cook: "I can come off like I'm drunk when I'm sober."
It's actually an apt description for the entire Cook concert experience, which emphasized fun above all for those in the crowd, onstage, working the bar, selling T-shirts (it seems David's brother Andrew has been tasked with that responsibility at select shows) or handling the gear. The Fox Theater performance was no exception. Kicking off the set with mood-setter "Circadian," Cook gingerly ran through his catalog, mixing up songs from his debut ("Light On," "Heroes," "Bar-ba-sol") and his latest album, This Loud Morning ("Paper Heart," "The Last Goodbye," "We Believe"). The night's cover: a perennial favorite, Muse's "Stockholm Syndrome."
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"For the next hour and change, you're stuck with our moderately good-looking asses," Cook cracked -- not that anyone was complaining. Indeed, outside of the recording studio, where he logged plenty of overtime hours while making This Loud Morning, the road might be Cook's most natural habitat. It's one reason why he chose a combination of live footage (culled from performances in Columbus, St. Louis and Tulsa) and highway travels for his latest video, "Fade Into Me" (below). So is the it his "Faithfully?" we asked. "I don't know," says Cook. "Every live video -- 'Dead or Alive,' Faithfully,' 'Home Sweet Home,' 'Don't Speak' -- is such a lofty comparison."
On the Declaration tour, Cook played a mind-boggling 152 dates in just under a year -- the longest tour by an Idol alum at the time. Is he looking to break a record with this trek? Sort of. "I live for this," says Cook, adding that additional dates with DeGraw are being sorted out along with a trip abroad next year -- to Europe and perhaps beyond. "I used to be such a studio nut and now I love nothing more than being on the road, so put me wherever. I'm into it. CAA, book those shows!"
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These photographs were taken by Inspectors of the New York City Tenement House Department, 1902-1914. The buildings featured were on Orchard Street, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. It's been given a make-over in recent times, gentrified, if you will, a term that comes more loaded than George Bush at a frat house party. But it wasn't great back then. Yuppies, Hipsters and all other newly arrived tribes who demand indoor plumbing, designer shmata, expensive protein, a road that doesn't liquidise in snow, rain and heat, and the best of everything should appreciate how the area has altered in little over a century. Not all modernisation is regrettable.
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2010-01-21 - Mighty Swedish hard rock metal monsters MUSTASCH have just won their second Grammi award in the "Best Hard Rock" category! This is Sweden`s biggest music prize, and the award show took place January 15th in Stockholm.
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This program is delivered approximately 25% in person and 75% online. The program is designed to simulate a year in the life of a K-12 school district business office. You will be solving real world problems through over 40 different activities and assignments, some done in groups and some done individually. The assessment of your work is mapped on to a set of 13 competencies defined by the American School Business Officer (ASBO) organization's Standards and Ethics for School Business Officers. You will be part of a cohort of no more than 40 students and will stay with the same cohort for the full extent of the program.
The School Business Management coursework is divided into four quarters bookended by a Boot Camp to kick start your learning and a Leadership Capstone session to bring the program to closure. The sequence of learning activities are partially dictated by the policies and procedures of budget management and oversight in the state of California. Other simulations appear sporadically as they would in real life. The overall goal of the program is to give participants a laboratory to apply leadership and management principles in the context of K-12 public education.
The content covered in this program meets or exceeds all the CASBO CBO Certification requirements. Graduates immediately become fully compliant to apply for CASBO CBO Certification.
Content covered includes:
- Accounting
- Human Resources / Management
- Maintenance & Operations
- Purchasing & Warehousing
- School Finance
- Attendance Accounting
- Budget Development & Control
- Collective Bargaining
- Facilities Planning & Construction
- History of School Finance
- Field Study / Direct Experience
- Information & Technology Services
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- Business Service Overview
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By Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers influential on trade policy urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to press China in talks this week to halt the theft of intellectual property and curb practices that discriminate against American companies.
The letter to Obama cabinet officials on the eve of the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue contained a laundry list of complaints, from software piracy to market and regulatory barriers and forced technology transfer.
"We remain very concerned that China has halted - and in many cases reversed - its market reforms," the lawmakers said in the letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.
"China must move away from an economic model dominated by state-owned enterprises, trade-distorting subsidies, and economic protectionism," the bipartisan group wrote.
"The theft of proprietary information threatens to undermine our economic relationship, is unacceptable, and must stop," they said, noting that much of the theft was done by cyber means.
The lawmakers voiced support for the five-year-old Strategic and Economic Dialogue process between the world's two biggest economies, but said China has been "woefully inadequate and incomplete" in implementing past agreements and called for more U.S. scrutiny.
The letter was signed by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Republican; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat; House Ways and Means Committee ranking Democrat Sandy Levin; and Senate Finance Committee ranking Republican Orrin Hatch.
The Obama administration must "use meaningful metrics to measure progress and to be aggressive in ensuring that China is fully implementing its commitments and doing so in a commercially meaningful way," said the letter.
Among the Chinese practices the lawmakers said required more U.S. pressure to change were "indigenous innovation" policies that require foreigners to transfer technology to China in order to sell into the market, unscientific barriers to beef and other farm goods and favoritism to China's state sector.
They also repeated longstanding concerns that China deliberately keeps it currency undervalued to make its exports more competitive in international markets.
"China must stop intervening massively and in one direction in the foreign exchange markets, and move more rapidly towards allowing the renminbi exchange rate to be set by market forces," wrote the lawmakers.
There was no immediate response to the letter, but U.S. officials outlining Washington's priorities for the July 10-11 talks in Washington outlined a similar agenda.
"We'll continue to, of course, push on exchange rates and to try to push forward on the market determination of both exchange rates and interest rates," a senior Obama administration official told reporters on Monday.
The official said the U.S. delegation would also raise regulatory and financial favoritism toward Chinese state-owned enterprises and other policies "putting them at a competitive advantage and our companies at a disadvantage."
Beyond specific trade and financial issues, U.S. officials say they want to use this week's talks to learn more about economic reform plans circulating in Beijing under President Xi Jinping, who took office in March.
Kerry and Lew will host a Chinese delegation led by State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang.
Lew, who visited Beijing shortly after Xi and a new cabinet led by Premier Li Keqiang took office, said he detected signs that some changes advocated by the United States were gaining traction in Beijing.
"If I had to guess, we're going to see the direction of change be clear, that the moves toward more market-oriented reforms will be clear," Lew told CNN, according to a transcript of an interview conducted on Monday.
"But the pace will probably be slower than we would like, or, frankly, than would be good for the Chinese people," he said.
China has concerns of its own about U.S. policy.
Beijing has long demanded that Washington ease Cold War-era controls on the export of high technology and clarify the approval process for Chinese acquisitions of America companies. Chinese investments in U.S. assets sometimes draw opposition from U.S. lawmakers.
(Additional reporting by Anna Yukhananov and Doug Palmer; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)


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Things will get better! I think this is part of what keeps me going. I know that it will not always be a bad day. There are good days and with work they seem to happen more often. I am very thankful for this!
What are you thankful for?
Have a great day!


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The FlorencePass Medici Family Grand Tour
AFTER A COMMUNICATION RECEIVED ON JULY 12th, 2016 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE UFFIZI GALLERIES THE VASARI CORRIDOR HAS BEEN CLOSED TO TOURISTIC VISITS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
FlorencePass has crafted a full-day tour - the Medici Florence Combo Pass - to visit all most prestigious painting galleries in Florence: the Uffizi, the Vasari Corridor, with its unique collection of artists' selfportraits hanging on the walls of the private passageway used by the Medici family, and the Palatine Gallery in the magnificent Pitti Palace, which became the Grand-Duke's residence since 1560.
Your tour starts from Piazza della Signoria, where your selected English speaking guide will present the political and artistical scenario at the time of Cosimo I, first Grand-Duke of Tuscany, and then guide you through the major rooms of Uffizi Gallery's top floor showing you wonderful masterpieces of Italian painting, from Giotto to Michelangelo (Enhtroned Madonnas by Giotto and Cimabue, The Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano, The Battle at San Romano by Paolo Uccello, The Birth of Venus and The Allegory of Springtime both by Botticelli, The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci and The Sacred Family (Tondo Doni) by Michelangelo.
Before the crossing of the Vasari Corridor you will enjoy some 30 minutes on your own for enjoying all breathtaking views from Uffizi large windows and especially from the panoramic terrace at the Uffizi Caffè. Stepping down into the Vasari Corridor will be the highlight of the morning tour, away from big crowds, invisible to all those people populating the streets along the Arno River and on the Ponte Vecchio, surrounded by paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries which belonged to the magnificent collections of the Medici family. The Vasari Corridor was built in just five months by Giorgio Vasari on the occasion of the wedding of Francesco, first born son of Cosimo I, with Joan from Austria in 1565, about one kilometer in lenght and travelling atop of the Ponte Vecchio to reach the Pitti Palace at the Buontalenti's Grotto. You will admire several world-famous selfportraits by Andrea del Sarto, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rubens, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Charles LeBrun, Joshua Reynolds and the more recent by Marc Chagall, De Chirico, Annigoni, Rauscheberg and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
After exiting the Vasari Corridor morning tour ends at the Pitti Square in the Oltrarno Neighbourhood (Artisan District) where you will have your free time for lunch and for browsing around in relax.
At 2.30pm you will meet back with your guide to explore together the spectacular Palatine Gallery at the noble floor of the Pitti Palace, incredibly rich in stuccoes and frescoes on the ceilings, marvellous and unique pieces of furniture with tops with mosaics in semi-precious stones, and above all extraordinary masterpieces of Italian and European paintings signed by Raffaello, Andrea del Sarto, Rubens, Murillo, Van Dyck, Caravaggio, Tiziano. At the end of the visit your guide will depart from you and you can remain, if you wish, inside the museum on your own till closing time.
Children can participate to this tour only if 8+ yo.
N.B. In the wintertime warm clothing and warm shoes are most advisable in the Vasari Corridor due the lack of heating.
Bring your cameras, pictures without the use of flash ARE allowed! Backpacks, big bags and big umbrellas are not allowed. Please consider that at the end of the tour it is neither possible to remain inside the Boboli Gardens nor to go back the Uffizi Gallery.
A day in the past: at the court of the Medici family.
Start: Morning Tour: 9am Piazza della Signoria outside Caffè Rivoire at junction with via Vacchereccia
End: Piazza Pitti
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ICC/IF image of ab5 stained human HeLa cells. The cells were methanol fixed (5 min) and incubated with the antibody (ab5, 1µg/ml) for 1h at room temperature. The secondary antibody (green) was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L) used at a 1/1000 dilution for 1h. Image-iTTM FX Signal Enhancer was used as the primary blocking agent, 5% BSA (in TBS-T) was used for all other blocking steps. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue). Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red).
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Readers' Design Dilemmas- Solved! Part II
I'm so thrilled to post the second installment of "Readers' Design Dilemmas- Solved!"
Elaine Griffin continues to answer our readers' most pressing design questions from our Design Rules book giveaway.
Enjoy all her fantastic advice!
Wondering how to know where to hang mirrors in living spaces?
– Beth
What are your thoughts on hanging a mirror over a mantle, where is it too high for someone to actually see any reflection in it? Should it be treated as art and just admired for its innate beauty, or is the whole point of a mirror to see a reflection?
Mirrors are in the Top 5 – no, make that the Hall of Fame! – of decorators' sleight-of-hand tricks. They reflect the light (so locating one strategically near/opposite/catty-corner to a window[s] is always a do) and seem to visually increase the room size, too. And they're also just plain cute, to boot. What's not to like!!!
Think of framed mirrors by size and also shape. The statement-sized mirror (2 – 3 feet wide and up) is perfect above a significantly-sized item (sofa, dining room sideboard, etc.) or prime piece of interior real estate (above a mantle (no matter how high – you don't need to actually see the reflection), at the end of a hall, in the foyer).
Round mirrors and sunburst mirrors can have either convex or flat surfaces; larger ones are great alone, and smaller ones in multiples of three or more (odd numbers always look best in multiples, dahling – an old merchandiser's trick!).
Mirrors should be proportionately sized to the piece of furniture that sits below them – filling at least two-thirds of the space, as a rule (unless you're combining a smaller mirror with other framed art, in which case it becomes just another piece of art in the vignette).
Horizontally-oriented mirrors rarely look great above mantles, BTW, because those spaces typically are vertically-shaped rectangles (although circles work well there, too).
Pier mirrors were traditionally stationed between windows in Georgian homes to increase the light. Another decorator trick, which works with any style interior, is to mirror the upper three sides of the recess of deeply-recessed windows – it triples your light.
I'm wild about the modern, oversized floor mirrors that Room & Board and Crate & Barrel have perfected! They're great across from dining tables, in particular, and also across from windows.
What are the rules for mixing patterns? I always have trouble with this!
Julie, if you think of mixing patterns in a room the same way you'd mix them in an outfit, it all becomes easier! The loudest pattern dominates (let's say a big floral print, for example – and we'll put it on the curtains). Adding a stripe is next somewhere (sofa? rug? chair?), but you should add only one – if you put it on the sofa, have a tone-on-tone texture (that means a solid color but with a texture woven into the fabric, or a two-tone motif woven into the fabric, like a damask) on a couple of armchairs adjacent to the sofa. You can add a fabric with a subtle motif as a contrast somewhere (like on little chairs or dining chairs) in there too – a check would be darlin' (as we say in Dixie!), or something similar and subtle.
The rule for mixing patterns: one stripe, one floral, one plaid, one check in one room . . . but only ONE of these can dominate. After that, you can have ONE that's second-in-command (visually speaking! LOL) after the Power Pattern. Everything else is discreetly complimentary to the first two.
How do you manage the eyesore that is the through-the-wall A/C?
You would think that they would have come up with cuter solutions to A/C's by now, but no! Their ugliness persists!!!!
The truth is, through-the-wall A/C's look best when they're covered with little "houses", like we do with radiators. The covers are similar (and custom ones are always best, natch), with A/C covers having grilles over wherever the vents are (top or front). If you have a big unit that vents to the front, consider transforming it into a window seat with a grille front.
Cheaper alternatives for my recessionistas: stand a short folding screen the height of the unit in front of it (if the A/C vents to the front, then the screen should be covered in sheer fabric or a woven mesh that will let the air through easily); or my personal favorite (and cheapest!): simply paint the unit to match the color of the wall, which helps it to "disappear" (plastic units can take multiple coats (4-5); use your hair dryer to help speed the process along).
Soft pillows: welt, flange, or none? Do you "karate chop" the pillows or just fluff them?
Ahhhhhh, the Tale of the Throw Pillow! Here's the scoop: Professionally-sewn throw pillows almost always are welted (aka "piping") at the seam. Like supermodels, the thinner the welting is in diameter, the more "couture" the effect. (This is achieved by using string as a filler, and not thicker materials.) Very thick fabrics like velvet work better with a contrast welt, since they are too thick to make the "thinnest baby welt" (which is what the pros specify verbatim!) – this can be the same color in a thinner material (like silk, linen or cotton, or even polyester), or one of those fabrics in a contrasting color (très chic, cherie!).
Flanges (that's a flat trim that's either created by stitching the pillow's edges, or they can be contrast in a different fabric) are also charming.
The welt-less edge can also work for highly-patterned, very thick fabrics (like those leopard print pillows no living room is complete without!). Weltless edges look great in modern spaces (or if you're just feeling lazy, which I'll confess I was when I whipped up a set of throw pillows for my own living room recently).
And don't forget all that gorgeous ready-to-go trim that looks fantabulous in pillow seams, too (shorter fringes, scalloping, and all that good stuff).
One last thing: SUGAR, DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT the karate chop! (That's what you see those Old-Fashioned Park Avenue Decorators doing to the overstuffed throw pillows in bad Architectural Digest photos – it looks like their Kung Fu Assistants came in and gave the pillows a big Karate Chop just before the picture was taken.) Fluffing your pillows is just fine. No chopping required!
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Need my brief bio and links when booking Brian on a podcast or speaking engagement?
Here ya go.
Now here's my not-so-brief story…
These 3 values drive everything that I do:
Side note: I'm not usually one to drone on and on about myself… But this is my about page on my personal website. Where else and I supposed to do it?
Ok, so here goes. Let's start with today and work our way back.
Today, my work consists of teaching and connecting with fellow entrepreneurs through my free newsletter, articles, and podcasts as well as my flagship training program, Productize, and coaching services.
I also run Audience Ops, a productized done-for-you content marketing service, which I started in early 2015. Having built a fantastically talented team with a finely tuned system and process, my role today primarily consists sales, strategy and planning.
In 2017, I launched Ops Calendar, a software tool that enables content marketers and agencies to plan a content calendar, schedule social media, and track traffic and conversions from content. My role today consists of product design, marketing and customer development.
In 2015-16, I designed and launched a suite of WordPress plugins aimed at powering content marketing. One makes creating and launching Content Upgrades easy and the other enables you to quickly launch a Landing Page without hacking apart your WordPress theme.
I co-host the Bootstrapped Web podcast with my buddy Jordan Gal. In our weekly-ish episodes we rant and ramble about the realtime goings on in our businesses.
Every winter since 2014, I co-organize the original Big Snow Tiny Conf with my friend Brad Touesnard. It's part ski/snowboarding trip, part business mastermind up at Sugarbush, Vermont. It has since been expanded by our friends who host similar trips in Colorado and Europe.
Back in 2011 I started a little side project called Restaurant Engine, a hosted website design service for the hospitality industry. I bootstrapped and grew it until 2015 when I sold this business for a low six-figure exit.
In 2008 I quit my job at a web agency to become a freelance web designer. As a web design consultant I worked for clients small and large, collaborated with a great group of fellow web pros, and learned a ton about client services, design, development, and WordPress. I phased out this client work as my products ramped up, but I'm still very hands on in the design of all my web properties.
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Letters to the editor, Sept. 19
As a lifelong Seattleite and Seahawks fan, it may come as a surprise to you that I actually agree with the writers of "Unsportsmanlike conduct in Seattle" (Letters, Sept. 17).
They wrote, "At a time when the world seems sour, sports give us a place of joy, community and hope, and to have it spoiled is a bigger loss than it seems on the surface."
Well said. I could not agree more. The writers do seem sour, very sour. Sports do give us a place of joy, community and hope. We Seattleites call that place CenturyLink Field - home of "the 12th Man." We are loud because we are proud of our Seattle Seahawks.
The implementation of nonsense rules, in an attempt to silence the passion we have for our team, would spoil our sports experience, which, as the letter pointed out, "is a bigger loss than it seems on the surface."
So, we will continue to yell it, at the top of our lungs - even with our last dying breath: Go Hawks!
And if it's too loud for you, there's always golf.
Chris Miles, Seattle
Cheering in the seats is sporting
Obviously the writers of the letter "Unsportsmanlike conduct in Seattle" have no real concept of home field advantage. To tell fans that they cannot cheer for their team above a certain decibel level is like telling children they can only eat one piece of candy every day after Halloween.
Seattle has a huge fan base, and when there is a team worth cheering, we do. Maybe those writers should watch chess matches if they need quiet to enjoy the game.
Michele Abbott, Seattle
Football noise: Bring it on
In response to the letter "Unsportsmanlike conduct in Seattle," I would first like to say thank you for tuning into the game. And, secondly for caring about the safety of everyone involved because of the decibel level.
As a proud Seattle fan, I sincerely apologize for the level of support our team has and that our fans are loud. We do our best to make our city a happy place by being loud and passionate fans.
Noise at a game is quite different than drugs or concussions for players, as it truly enhances the game and experience for all involved. I invite all 49ers fans to break the record when the Seahawks come to play in San Francisco. While Seattle fans agree the league needs to protect players, quieting fans isn't the way to go. I suggest banning alcohol for the safety of the fans and players as well. Also maybe the weather should be banned, because rain could make everyone wet and/or slip and fall. If any of these suggestions work, I'm sure the 49ers would happily help.
Again thanks for watching the game, Seattle loves you, we really do.
Jacob Landsberg, Mukilteo, Wash.
Undocumented attorneys?
Thank you for shining a light on efforts to allow dedicated Californians to become attorneys, regardless of immigration status. ("Bill would let undocumented immigrants be lawyers," Sept. 15)
Until 1878, women and minorities were prohibited from becoming lawyers in California. As a result, we lost out on the benefit of their talents, ideas and work product. The field of law, and the country, is poorer for it.
Similarly, prohibiting undocumented immigrants from State Bar certification would exclude many brilliant minds from working on behalf of society's most vulnerable. Californians have invested their time and money into the educations of people like Sergio Garcia, who came to the United States as an infant and has stated that his goal as a lawyer is to help those who cannot afford attorneys. Dozens like him are estimated to be studying in California's public law schools.
AB1024, which now sits on the governor's desk, allows them to return the investment. Each year, 25,000 San Franciscans rely on the intelligence, compassion and training of their public defenders. The immigration status of these attorneys has no bearing their ability to fight for their clients.
For the good of Californians, I urge the governor to sign AB1024.
Jeff Adachi, public defender, San Francisco
Floating homes on the bay
Wonderful to read Steve Rubinstein's piece on the "floating homes" of Sausalito in Datebook ("Houseboats aweigh," Sept. 18). Yay! What great writing.
Kirsten Schwartz, Albany
Guns: Whatever works
Thank you for your "Madness, again" editorial (Sept. 17).
It will no doubt elicit many paranoid responses from those worried about "confiscation," "tyranny," "self-defense" and so on, fueled by the profiteering NRA. But in fact, responsible gun owners have nothing to fear from such sensible policies, and while such gun control laws will undoubtedly take years or even decades to have real impact, in the long run they might help our nation decrease the shameful and tragic carnage we now face.
We need to try anything that might work.
Steve Heilig, San Francisco
Is anybody safe from guns?
If a gunman can get into a secure military building and create mayhem, how on earth could the NRA's School Shield program possibly protect a school?
John Neal, San Anselmo


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Smart-Girl Summer Camp Opportunity!
If you are looking for your 5th grade daughter to become a leader then this summer camp is for you! Please see the information below on what the camp is about and how to register. The link for registration is included.
Smart-Girl is an activity-based program that empowers girls to become confident, capable, self-reliant young women who make healthy choices. In a small-group format, girls establish a safe environment in which they can learn and practice new skills while developing a greater sense of self. Smart-Girl guides girls to develop leadership ability, group and social skills, further develop their problem solving and critical thinking skills, self-worth, and social/emotional intelligence. Smart-Girl Leadership Summer Camp is a great opportunity for pre-teens and teens to meet other girls, have fun and talk about the issues teen girls face every day. Our camps offer an inclusive experience for girls from diverse backgrounds in a welcoming environment.
Cost: $300/camper. Must pay with credit card at time of registration. Need based scholarships are available. Space will not be reserved until full payment is received.
Scholarship: If you would like to inquire about a scholarship, please Contact Us and we will walk you through our easy application process. All application items must be complete for your child to be considered. Your child must be awarded a scholarship before you can complete registration and save her spot in camp. Scholarships are on a first come, first served basis and are limited so make sure to get your application completed as soon as possible.
Cancellations: We do accept cancellations, with the following restrictions: Any cancellation made more than 30 days before the first day of camp will be refunded minus a $50 processing fee (refund will be $250.00). Any cancellation made less than 30 days before the first day of the registered camp will NOT be refunded. If you have extenuating circumstances, please Contact Us and we can discuss options.
Location: The Denver Jewish Day School, 2450 S Wabash St. Denver, CO 80231.
June 19-23 or July 10-14, Monday-Friday: 9:00am-4:00pm
Camp 1: Entering 6th graders
Camp 2: Entering 7th graders
Camp 3: Entering 8th graders
NOTE: At this time we do not offer camps for girls younger than those entering 6th grade, or older than those entering 8th grade. We currently do not have camps for boys, but are hopeful that once the Smart-Guy program gains momentum, we will be able to offer them at a later date. If you have any other questions about Summer Camp, please don't hesitate to Contact Us.
Entering 9th or 10th grade? Consider applying for our competitive Junior Guide Program. This year Smart-Girl will select 6 young women entering 9th or 10th grade to take on more of a leadership role during summer camp. Our Junior Guides will assist the senior guides in all planning and facilitation of camp. Each participant that completes the Junior Guide program will be awarded a stipend of $100. For more information or to request an application, please Contact Us.
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