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21st Century SROs: Can Small Housing Units Help Meet the Need for Affordable Housing in New York City?
This brief explores the potential demand for smaller, cheaper units to help address New York City's affordable housing need. It considers the feasibility of self-contained micro units as well as efficiency units with shared kitchens and/or baths. The report considers the economics of building and operating small units and models their financial feasibility. It concludes by analyzing the main barriers to the creation of small units that exist in New York City and suggesting possible reforms that New York City can make to address these barriers.
21st Century SROs: Can Small Housing Units Help Meet the Need for Affordable Housing in New York City?
Single-room occupancy housing (SROs) used to be a readily available affordable housing type in New York City. During the second half of the 20th century, many SROs came to serve as housing of last resort, and mounting criticism of SROs led to laws banning their construction and discouraging their operation. Today, New York City faces a significant housing affordability crisis. In this context, it is worth considering whether the city needs an updated housing model that helps meet the need SROs filled in the last century. Here we analyze the benefits, risks, and challenges of reintroducing small housing units (self-contained micro units and efficiency units with shared facilities) in order to shed light on whether and how a new small-unit model could help meet the demand for affordable housing in the city today.
Planning For An Uncertain Future: Can Multi-Criteria Analysis Support Better Decision-Making In Climate Planning?
This paper by Ingrid Gould Ellen, Jessica Yager, Melinda Hanson, and Luke Bo'sher, published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, examines how multicriteria analysis (MCA), a decision-making tool, compares to other commonly used tools for making decisions about climate-change planning. The authors find that MCA has the potential to perform better than cost benefit analysis and working group approaches in supporting decision making processes that are more participatory, transparent, comprehensive, rigorous, and scenario-driven (five principles of effective planning). The paper also explores the ways in which MCA might fall short of these principles in practice, including when planners have limited resources.
The Latest Reform Proposal for the 421-a Program
This report analyzes the potential impact of the most recent reform proposal for the 421-a program on housing development in New York City, which is currently under consideration by the New York State Legislature. In evaluating the proposal, the report finds that the proposed 421-a program's increase in tax exemption exceeds the additional affordable housing benefit by $2.6 to $5.7 million for a 300-unit building. The report also finds that the higher tax break for developers may support a 10-18% rise in hard construction costs without affecting long-term financial returns.
Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York City
This white paper offers a detailed overview of the process of designation and the spread of historic districts and landmarks throughout New York City. In addition, it provides additional analyses comparing the land uses, building types, commercial uses, and population in historic districts with those attributes of nearby neighborhoods and lots. A summary of the white paper's findings is available in the accompanying policy brief of the same name.
Policy Brief: Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York City
This policy brief compares the development characteristics, housing stock, demographic characteristics, and commercial characteristics between historic districts and areas that are not regulated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). It finds that New York City's historic districts have similar population and built density to non-LPC regulated areas, but also contains a higher proportion of market-rate housing. Residents of the city's historic districts are also higher-income, more highly educated, and more likely to be white.
Creating Affordable Housing Out of Thin Air: The Economics of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning in New York City
This policy brief examines the economic potential of a mandatory inclusionary zoning policy to produce new affordable units tied to upzonings across New York City's neighborhoods. It finds that a mandatory inclusionary zoning policy in New York City has the potential to produce affordable units in neighborhoods that already command high rent, such as East Harlem. But the city's low-rent neighborhoods, such as East New York and Jerome Avenue, may not have sufficient market strength to justify high-density mixed-income development without other forms of subsidy. The study considers the role of 421-a, as well as key policy trade-offs including on-site vs. off-site, depth of affordability, and permanent affordability. View the white paper, press release, and briefing presentation deck.
Preserving History or Hindering Growth? The Heterogeneous Effects of Historic Districts on Local Housing Markets in New York City
Historic district designation has long been a topic of considerable debate. This report, conducted in collaboration with the National Bureau of Economic Research, provides new evidence to inform one aspect of this discussion—the effect that historic district designation has on housing. The report considers how designation of historic districts in New York City affects property values both within district boundaries and in the buffer areas just outside district boundaries, and explores how these effects vary across neighborhoods. Read the full report, the research brief, or view the press release.
Compact Units: Demand and Challenges
This research brief explores the potential that smaller housing units offer in meeting evolving housing needs and the regulatory barriers that inhibit their construction. The brief and the accompanying white paper, Responding to Changing Households: Regulatory Challenges for Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units, focuses on five U.S. urban areas (New York, Washington D.C., Austin, Denver, and Seattle), and outlines the regulatory, financial, and political barriers that impede the development of smaller, denser housing types, such as micro-units and accessory dwelling units. Read the white paper (PDF) or view the press release.
Responding to Changing Households: Regulatory Challenges for Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units
In many areas of the country, the existing stock of rental housing falls significantly short of the need, both in terms of affordability and the sizes and configurations of available housing matching the needs of prospective tenants. In response to these and other concerns, a number of jurisdictions have revised their regulations to permit the development of more compact rental housing units, including both accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and micro-units.This paper provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory and other challenges to developing both ADUs and micro-units, focusing on five cities: New York; Washington, D.C.; Austin; Denver; and Seattle. This research was conducted as part of the What Works Collaborative. For more, see the accompanying research brief, Compact Units: Demand and Challenges; download a zip file with city-level data; or view the press release.


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When I set out on this journey I thought it would never end
When I started down that road I could not see the end
And when I took that first step I fell in so deep
And all those things that were so hard-won I thought I would always keep
Now what do you think I see standing like a wall in front of me
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
So what are you going to do? Die?
No you gonna lay down and die?
No I will not admit defeat I will not admit defeat
I will see victory
Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds
And I lost sight of what I really had what I really need
And all the things I should've valued
I gave away for a prayer and a song
And now when I reach out for them they are gone
Now you know what I see standing in front of me
Like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Do I have any friends here?
I can't see are any of my friends here?
I can't see what about you?
Will you be a friend to me?
What about you? Will you be a friend to me?
I've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me
It's a simple request and then you can make it of me
Can you forgive me? Can you see what will be?
Is it victory?
Now I can't show you all the things I ve seen
And I can't make you feel anything
Certainly not what they meant to me
And someday I know, no matter how hard we try
We are all going to have to lay down and die
So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe
For every defeat there will be a victory
For every defeat there will be a victory in defeat,
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Part live action, part CGI-animated family comedy based on the long-running comic strip. When the Winslow family moves from Kansas to Orange County, California with their goofy, accident-prone Great Dane, Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson), the big dog experiences all kinds of trouble fitting in with his new canine neighbours. The film also features the voice talents of Emma Stone, William H. Macy, Sam Elliott, Steve Coogan and Kiefer Sutherland.


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I started meditating in the mornings because studies show that it helps clear the mind and improves focus. Well, I didn't want to do just any old meditation. I wanted results fast. So I started a meditation that encouraged me to get into full pretzel lotus position as soon as possible. I thought if I could just get someone to sprinkle a little salt on top, someone might eat me and put me out of my misery.
This should have been effective because, instead of letting my mind race, I stretched myself beyond my limits. I gave myself something to think about, since it hurt like Hell!
The pain got so bad that I had to make an appointment with my psychiatrist. "Everything was going pretty well up to this point," I pointed out.
"Meditation is supposed to be peaceful, a stress reliever, not torture," she replied.
"No pain, no gain," I said, miserably.
"That doesn't apply to self-care," she said. "We don't call it self-abuse, for a reason."
"Look," I said, "I know it seems like I've been going for all-or-nothing here. I was just trying to get my brain focused by stressing it out, along with my body, so that when I'm done, every cell in me would think that regular life is a piece of cake."
She looked at me like I had my eyeballs in my ears. "I'll tell you what," she countered, "If you'll stop trying so hard to change yourself quickly, which has practically made you kill yourself with meditation, I won't have try to warn you against extremes. Deal?"
"Deal," I answered.
I walked out with plans to train for my first pentathlon, as soon as possible.


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This inspiring 83-year-old woman proved that it's never too late to get an education
An 83-year-old, baseball-playing woman proved that it's never too late to do anything by recently graduating from high school in Kawasaki, Japan.
At 83 years old, Chie Nakabeppu just graduated from high school. The oldest "joshi kousei" or "high school girl" in Japan, she attended Takatsu High School for 4 years, part-time. She played on the girls' baseball team and took classes with everyone else.
Born in 1930, she had to quit school before junior high because of the need to help on her family farm during World War II. She always regretted not being able to go to school. She wanted to learn English. So a few years after her husband passed, she went back to junior high at the age of 76. Seven years later, she got her high school diploma.
She says, "Every class was so fun. Once I entered the school grounds, I would forget about my age. The 4 years I spent here went by in a flash." She made many friends with her classmates who were young enough to be her grandchildren. She even won "Best Teammate Award" as a senior. During last year's Prefecture Baseball Tournament, she played left field, running to the mound to calm down her pitcher who was struggling.
Next year, she's publishing a book about her life experiences. It's never to late to do what you want with your life.
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Curriculum Vitae
Extension Professor
Research Interests and Projects
My research activity is mainly focused on sustainability of farming systems through diversified cropping systems. I am specifically interested in integrating cover crops into farming systems to enhance nutrient recovery and recycling, weed suppression, and improving general soil health.
Ph.D. Plant and Soil Sciences/Crop Physiology, 1990, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- STOCKSCH 350 "Sustainable Soil and Crop Management"
- STOCKSCH 211 "Pasture Management"
- HONORS 391A "Honors Seminars 2"
- Leader, UMass Extension Crops, Dairy, Livestock, and Equine Team.
- Editor, Crops, Dairy, Livestock, Equine Newsletter.
- Editor, Massachusetts Agronomy Research Report.
- State contact for nutrient management, crop production, pasture management.
- State Coordinator and State Host, New England Green Pastures.
- Technical reviewer for Northeast SARE Research Proposals.
Publications (last 5 years)
Jahanzad, E., A. Barker, M. Hashemi, T. Eaton, Y. Park, A. Sadeghpour. 2017. Improving yield and nutrient density of potato tubers through cover cropping. Field Crop research. 212: 45-51.
Emami Bistgani, Zohreh, Seyed Ataollah Siadat, Abdolmehdi Bakhshandeh, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Masoud Hashemi. 2017. Interactive effects of drought stress and chitosan application on physiological characteristics and essential oil yield of Thymus daenensis Celak. The Crop Journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2017.04.003.
Etemadi, Fatemeh, Masoud Hashemi, Roohollah Abbasi Shureshjani, Wesley R. Autio. 2017. Application of data envelopment analysis to assess performance efficiency of eight faba bean varieties. Agronomy Journal. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.10.0617.
Mirsky, Stephen, Victoria Ackroyd, Stephane Cordeau, William Curran, Masoud Hashemi, S. Reberg-Horton, Matthew Ryan and John Spargo. 2017. Hairy vetch biomass across the eastern U.S.: effects of latitude, seeding rate and date, and termination timing. Agronomy Journal. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.09.0556
Jahanzad, E, A. V. Barker, M. Hashemi, A. Sadeghpour, T. Eaton. 2017. Forage radish or winter pea cover crops may outperform rye in a potato cropping system. Agronomy Journal.
Emami Bistgani, Z., Seyed Ata Siadat, Abdolmehdi Bakhshandeh, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbaluti, Masoud Hashemi and Lyle Craker. 2016. Interactive Effects of Different Fertilizers and Foliar Application of Chitosan on Biochemical Traits, Essential Oil Yield, and Antioxidant Activity in Thymus daenensis Celak. Journal of Medicinally Active Plants. Accepted.
Emami Bistgani, Z., Seyed Ata Siadat, Abdolmehdi Bakhshandeh, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbaluti, Masoud Hashemi. 2016. Influence of chitosan concentration on morpho-physiological traits, essential oil and phenolic content under different fertilizers application in Thymus daenensis. Journal of Herbal Drugs. 7(2): 117-125.
Jahanzad, E., A. Barker, M. Hashemi, T. Eaton, A. Sadeghpour. 2016. Nitrogen Release Dynamics and Decomposition of Buried and Surface Cover Crop Residues. Agronomy Journal. 108: 1735-1741 doi:10.2134/agronj2016.01.0001101.
Keshavarz Afshar, R. M. Hashemi. M. DaCosta, J. Spargo, A. Sadeghpour. 2016. Biochar application and drought stress effects on physiological characteristics of Silybum marianum. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2016.1146752
Jahanzad, E., A. Sadeghpour, M. Hashemi, R. Keshavarz Afshar, M. B. Hosseini and A.V. Barker. 2015. Silage fermentation profile, chemical composition and economic evaluation of millet and soybean grown in monocultures and as intercrops. Grass and Forage: doi: 10.1111/gfs.12216
Jahanzad, Emad, Amir Sadeghpour, Mohammad B. Hoseini, Allen V. Barker, Masoud Hashemi, Reza Keshavarz Afshar. 2015. Competition, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Productivity of Millet-Soybean Intercropping in Semi-arid Conditions. Crop Science. doi:10.2135/cropsci2015.02.0130.
Sadeghpour, A., M. Hashemi, E. Jahanzad, S.J. Herbert. 2015. Switchgrass stand density and yield as influenced by seedbed preparation methods in a sandy loam soil. BioEnergy Research. doi: 10.1007/s12155-015-9638-693.
Sadeghpour, A., M. Hashemi, S.A. Weis, J. T. Spargo, S. Mehrvarz, S.J. Herbert. 2015. Assessing tillage systems for reducing ammonia volatilization form spring-applied slurry manure. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. doi 10.1080/00103624.2015.1005223.
Gorlitsky, L.E., A. Sadeghpour, M. Hashemi, F. Etemadi, S.J. Herbert. 2015. Biomass vs. quality tradeoffs for switchgrass in response to fall harvesting period. Industrial Crops and Products. 63:311-315.
doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.10.012.
Keshavarz Afshar, R., M.R. Chaichi, A. Alipour, M. Ansari Jovini, M. Dashtaki, and M. Hashemi. 2015. Potential of milk thistle for biomass production in semiarid regions. Crop Science. 55:1-7.
doi: 10.2135/cropsci2014.10.0678.
Keshavarz Afshar, Reza, Mohammad Reza Chaichi, Mahya Ansari Jovini, Emad Jahanzad, Masoud Hashemi. 2015. Accumulation of silymarin in milk thistle seeds under drought stress. Planta.
doi 10.1007/s00425-015-2265-9.
Keshavarz Afshar, R., Chaichi, M.R., Rezaei, K., Asareh, M. H., Hashemi, M., 2015. Irrigation regime and soil organic fertilizers influence on oil content and fatty acid composition of milk thistle seeds. Agronomy Journal. 107(1):187-194. doi:10.2134/agronj14.0368.
Jahansuz, M.R., Keshavarz Afshar, R., Heidari Zooleh, H., Hashemi, M. 2014. Evaluation yield and quality of sorghum and millet as alternative forage crops to corn under normal and deficit irrigation systems. Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 10(4): 699-715.
Sadeghpour, A., M. Hashemi, M. DaCosta, E. Jahanzad, L.E. Gorlitsky, S.J. Herbert. 2014. Switchgrass establishment and biomass yield response to seeding date and herbicide application. Agronomy Journal. 107:142-148. doi:10.2134/agronj14.0288.
Sadeghpour A., M. Hashemi, M. DaCosta, LE Gorlitsky, E. Jahanzad, S.J. Herbert. 2014. Assessing winter cereals for weed control in reduced-tillage switchgrass establishment. Industrial Crops and Products.
62:522-525. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.09.027.
Sadeghpour, A., M. Hashemi, S.J. Herbert. 2014. A simple vigor test for adjusting switchgrass seeding rate in fertile and marginal soils. Grassland Science. 60: 252-255. doi: 10.1111/grs.12066.
Keshavarz, Afshar, R, Mahya Ansari Jovini, Mohammad Reza Chaichi, Masoud Hashemi. 2014. Grain sorghum response to arbuscular mycorrhiza and phosphorus fertilizer under deficit irrigation. Agronomy Journal. 106(4): 1212-1218. doi:10.2134/agronj13.0589.
Sadeghpour, Amir, Masoud Hashemi, Michele DaCosta, Emad Jahanzad, Stephen Herbert. 2014. Switchgrass establishment influenced by cover crop, tillage systems, and weed control. BioEnergy Research. 7: 1402-1410. doi 10.1007/s12155-014-9485-x
Jahanzad, E., A. Sadeghpour, M. B. Hosseini, A. V. Barker, M. Hashemi, and O. R. Zandvakili . 2014. Silage yield and nutritive value of millet–soybean intercrops as influenced by nitrogen application. Agronomy Journal. 106 (6): 1993-2000. doi:10.2134/agronj13.0542.
Javanmard, T., Z. Zamani, R. Keshavarz Afshar, M. Hashemi, and P. C. Struik. 2014. Seed washing, exogenous application of gibberellic acid, and cold stratification enhance the germination of sweet cherry (Prunusavium L.) seed. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology. 89 (1) 74–78.
Keshavarz Afshar, R, M.R. Chaichi, M. H. Asareh., M. Hashemi, A. Liaghat. 2014. Interactive effect of deficit irrigation and soil organic amendments on seed yield and flavonolignan production of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.). Industrial Crops and Products. 58:166-172.
Sadeghpour,A. L. E. Gorlitsky, M. Hashemi, S. A. Weis, and S. J. Herbert. 2014. Response of switchgrass yield and quality to harvest season and nitrogen fertilizer. Agronomy Journal. 106: 290-296.
Sadeghpour, A., E. Jahanzad, A.S. Lithourgidis, M. Hashemi, A. Esmaeili, M.B. Hosseini. 2014. Forage yield and quality of barley-annual medic intercrops in semi-arid environments. International Journal of Plant Production. 8(1): 77-90.
Zhou, K.Q., G.D. Wang, Y.H. Li, X.B. Liu, S. J. Herbert, M. Hashemi. 2014. Assessing variety mixture of continuous spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on grain yield and flour quality in Northeast China. International Journal of Plant Production. 8(1): 91-105.
Ghasemi Pirbalouti, A., M. Rahmani Samani, M. Hashemi, and H. Zeinali. 2013. Salicylic acid affects growth, essential oil and chemical compositions of Thyme (Thymus daensis Celak.) under reduced irrigation. Plant Growth Regulation. DOI 10.1007/s10725-013-9860-1
Hashemi, Masoud and Amir Sadeghpour. 2013. Establishment and production of switchgrass grown for combustion; A review. International Journal of Plant Biology & Research. 1: 1002-1013.
Hashemian, Neda, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Masoud Hashemi, Ahmadreza Golparvar, Behzad Hamedi. 2013. Diversity in chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) diverse from northeast of Iran. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(11):1752-1760.
Keshavarz Afshar, R., A. Alipour, M. Hashemi, M. Ansari Jovini, D. Pimental. 2013. Energy inputs-yield relationship and sensitivity analysis of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) production in Markazi Region of Iran. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 11(3): 661-669.
Zhang, Q.Y., M. Hashemi, S.J. Hebert and Y.S. Li. 2013. Different responses of pre-emergence and early seedling growth to planting depth between vegetable soybean and grain soybeans. Legume Research. 36 (6): 515-521.
Sadeghpour, A. E. Jahanzad, A. Esmaeili, M.B. Hosseinei, M. Hashemi. 2013. Forage yield, quality and economiuc benefit of intercropped barley and annual medic in semi-arid conditions: Additive series. Field Crops Research. 148: 43-48.
Li, Y.S., M. Du, Q.Y. Zhang, M. Hashemi, X.B. Liu and S.J. Herbert. 2013. Correlation and path coefficient analysis for yield components of vegetable soybean in northeast china. Legume Research. 36(4): 284- 288.
Mehrvarz, S., M.R. Chaichi, M. Hashemi, M. Parsinejad. 2013. Yield and growth response of maize (Zea Mays L.S.C. 704) to surfactant under deficit irrigation. International Journal of Plant and Animal Sciences. 1(3): 41-48.
Ghasemi Pir Balooti, A. M. Hashemi, F. Taherian Ghahfarokhi. 2013. Essential oil and chemical compositions of wild and cultivated Thymus daenensis Celak and Thymus vulgaris L. Industrial Crops and Product. 48: 43-48.
Sadeghpour. A, E. Jahanzad, M. Hashemi, A. Esmaeili, S.J. Herbert. 2013. Intercropping annual medic with barley may improve total forage and crude protein yield in semi-arid condition. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(12): 1822-1828.
Qiuying Zhang, Zhaolin Li, Bingjin Han, Keqin Zhou, Xingyi Zhang, Masoud Hashemi, and Xiaobing Liu. 2013. Immediate responses of cyst nematode, soil-borne pathogens and soybean yield to one-season crop disturbance after continuous soybean in Northeast China. International Journal of Plant Production. 7(2): 341-354.
Hashemi, M. A. Farsad, A. Sadeghpour, S. Weis, S.J. Herbert. 2013. Cover-crop seeding-date influence on fall nitrogen recovery. Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 176: 69–75.
Farsad A., S.J. Herbert, M. Hashemi, and A. Sadeghpour. 2012. An automated suction lysimeter for improved soil water sampling. Vadose Zone Journal. 11(4): doi: 10.2136/vzj2012.0003.
Herbert, S.J., L. Gorlitsky, M. Hashemi, A. Sadeghpour. 2012. Evaluating switchgrass varieties for biomass yield and quality in Massachusetts. SunGrant proceedings of biofuels, New Orleans, LA. October 2-5 (full paper). http://sungrant.tennessee.edu/NR/rdonlyers/3880A277-C502-4EC9-9DEB-C3851...
Yan-sheng Li , Ming Du , Qiu-ying Zhang, Guang-hua Wang, Masoud Hashemi, Xiaobing Liu. 2012. Greater differences exist in seed protein, oil, total soluble sugar and sucrose content of vegetable soybean genotypes [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] in Northeast China. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 6(12): 1681-1686.
Liu Xiaobing, Yansheng Li, Bingjin Han, Qiuying Zhang, Keqin Zhou, Xingyi Zhang, Masoud Hashemi. 2012. Yield response of continuous soybean to one-season crop disturbance in a previous continuous soybean field in Northeast China. Field Crops Research.138: 52-56.


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Energy 101: Lumens
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Below is the text version for the Energy 101: Lumens video:
The video opens with "Energy 101: Lumens: The new way to shop for light." This is followed by various shots of a store aisle featuring a variety of light bulbs, including close-ups of the packaging labels on various bulbs.
Today you'll see more light bulb options in stores. These bulbs will give you the light you want while saving you energy—and money.
The video shows various shots of lights being turned on in a home. The words "Watts –> Energy Use" appear onscreen. Next, the video shows a store aisle with a diverse light bulb selection.
Here's something to consider. In the past we bought light bulbs based on how much energy—or how many watts—they use. But today's energy-saving light bulbs use up to eighty percent less power to give you the same amount of light. So wouldn't it make more sense to buy light bulbs based on how much light they provide?
With lumens, you can do just that.
A box containing the words "Brightness: 450 lumens" appears on screen. The words "Lumens –> Brightness" appear.
Lumens are a measure of brightness. So if you know how many lumens you want, you'll buy just the right bulb for any spot in your home.
The video shows various shots of lights being turned on in a home. A graphic appears, showing the range of values of lumens (brightness) from ≈450 to ≈1600 that correspond to traditional incandescent watt values from 40 to 100. As the number of lumens increases, so does the number of watts. ≈800 lumens/60 watts is highlighted, followed by ≈1600 lumens/100 watts.
Instead of buying an inefficient sixty-watt bulb, look for an efficient replacement that gives you about eight hundred lumens of light. If you're replacing a one hundred-watt bulb, look for an energy-saving bulb that gives you about sixteen hundred lumens.
The video moves to a shot of two light bulbs. The light bulb on the left is labeled "800 Lumens" and appears to give off about half as much light as the light bulb on the right, which is labeled "1600 Lumens."
Just think: the more lumens, the brighter the light.
The video shows a graphic of the lighting label on a light bulb box, which is labeled "Lighting Facts." The various features on the label are highlighted as they are mentioned: Brightness, Estimated Yearly Cost, and Light Appearance.
To help you shop for the light you want, you'll find an easy-to-read label on light bulb packages. So you'll have a simple way to see the bulb's brightness, how much the bulb will cost to operate for a year, and other qualities like light color—from warm yellowish to cool bluish.
The video moves to a shot of a store aisle featuring a variety of light bulbs. Next, three light bulbs appear on screen, labeled "Compact Fluorescents," "Light Emitting Diodes," and "Energy-Saving Incandescents." This is followed by a montage of images of different light bulbs.
With more energy-saving choices appearing on store shelves, including compact fluorescents, or CFLs, light emitting diodes, or LEDs, and energy-saving incandescents, you'll have more options that save you money.
The Lighting Facts label appears onscreen. "Brightness: 800 lumens" is highlighted. This is followed by a montage of images of different light bulbs.
So when shopping for a new bulb, look for lumens—or how bright the bulb is. Remember lumens: the new way to shop for light.


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Yea, I know, I've blogged this message before, but it's still applicable. Happy holidays to everyone.
All of us are writers in one way or another. As such, we understand the importance of rewriting and tightening our drafts. We always look for ways to eliminate unnecessary adverbs or adjectives, phrases, and other redundant words in sentences. With this thought in mind, here is my special and somewhat witty holiday greeting for you.
Rough draft:
Wishing you a merry and blessed Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.
First rewrite:
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Second rewrite:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Third rewrite:
Merry Christmas and more.
Fourth rewrite:
Happy Holidays.
Final draft:
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Cummins engines have been an option in RAM pickups since 1989. For more than 25 years, we've worked with RAM to provide drivers the toughest, most reliable trucks on the road.
Chrysler initially launched the RAM in 1981. Facing stiff competition from Ford and General Motors, RAM needed something unique to carve out its niche.
Cummins and Chrysler officials recognized the mutual benefit of incorporating the new Cummins B-series engine into the RAM. Cummins was a known leader in commercial vehicles, and the B-series represented the company's first move into the medium-duty pickup arena.
Dodge masterfully engineered the RAM to accommodate the size and power of the Cummins turbo diesel engine, and the first Cummins-powered RAM hit the streets in 1989. With 400 pounds-feet of torque, it roared past the competition. This was the start of a powerful relationship.
The Cummins-RAM partnership grew through the years...
Major Milestones
- 1989: introduced first Cummins-powered RAM
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- 2007: launched 6.7-liter, 350-horsepower engine
- 2013: reached 385-horsepower, 850 pounds-feet torque
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One Cannot Think Well, Love Well, Sleep Well, If One Has Not Dined Well.
Wherever you are, be all there.
Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.
The words you speak become the house you live in.
The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still.
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
We are more than just a body; we are a spiritual source.
If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
To find yourself, think for yourself.
Just as the secret to a lush garden starts in the plants' roots, the body's health begins in the gut, its own internal roots.
It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
The seeds of kindness you plant today, will one day bloom in the hearts of all that you touch
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside.
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
You have within you more love than you could ever understand.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyful, playful energy behind what you do.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
We may think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it's our garden that is really nurturing us.
The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
Real change requires a desire to change
Travel Light, Live Light, Spread the Light, Be the Light.
There is calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy
One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul
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"The purpose of this research is to uncover the relative opportunity to print across a broad range of mobile device users from teenagers to office and mobile business users to retired people," commented John Shane, Director at InfoTrends.
Weymouth, MA (PRWEB) July 02, 2014
Evidence suggests that many users of smartphones and tablets wish to print from those devices, yet many currently are not. InfoTrends expects that those diverse groups of users face different and multiple barriers to printing. In addition, vendors are currently unclear on which groups of users represent the largest untapped potential for print, and what those users need most to enable them to print. InfoTrends' has launched a new study Mobile Devices and the Impact on Print to investigate print-related attitudes, needs, and desires of mobile device users.
"The purpose of this research is to uncover the relative opportunity to print across a broad range of mobile device users from teenagers to office and mobile business users to retired people," commented John Shane, Director of InfoTrends' Communication Supplies Consulting Service. "Our goal is to understand what each of these groups and other groups of people need in order to satisfy their desire to print from their mobile devices."
Through a combination of extensive primary and secondary research across four countries (US, Mexico, Brazil, and China), InfoTrends will be analyzing the differences and commonalities between business and personal printing uses. This study will compare the issues each group faces including:
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Speaking of Rapid Rewards points... If you are a member of the Southwest Airlines loyalty program and like to get points any way you can, I recommend doing a couple of things to get extra points:
1) Sign up for Rapid Rewards Email Updates. Today's email alerted me that I can get 1,250-3,000 extra points if I buy Valentine's Day flowers through the Southwest/Teleflora partnership. If you're going to buy flowers anyway, you might as well get bonus points!
2) Sign up for Rapid Rewards Shopping. If you're an online shopper, you can earn all sorts of points on the items you buy.
3) Sign up for Rapid Rewards Dining. We eat out a lot, so we've been earning extra points by going to some of our favorite restaurants that are partnered with Southwest. Macaroni Grill is the main one we visit (half-price wine on Thursdays, woohoo!).
We also have the Rapid Rewards Credit Card, which is how we earn the majority of our points. We also scope out the Southwest website for deals on hotels and rental cars when we book trips. The other day we got 1,000 points for buying our TurboTax through their website, which was great because we always do our taxes with TurboTax anyway. Win/win!
I'm not being paid by Southwest to mention this stuff– just thought I would share how we try to make the most of that rewards system.
Last weekend I made some pink and white tissue flowers just for kicks. Aren't they cute? Just a fun little touch of pink for Valentine's Day...


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The Autumn Jazz Choir at Inkwell will start again with Tessa Smith on September 25th Mondays 7-9pm then continues on Oct 9 and 23, Nov 13 and 27 Dec 11
There is a performance at the end - the performance date is the autumn Jazz café at Inkwell on the afternoon of December 17th afternoon
Cost is £5 per session or £25 for the series
See clips from our previous Jazz Voices Choir performances here -
@Inkwell 13/3/16 Puttin on the Ritz, When Sunny Gets Blue, Tuxedo Junction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNoNb1zvtI;
@Seven Arts 6/12/15 Don't get around much anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jf11yzfeak Wonderful world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSeT9Tn3E0 Luck be a lady -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptaIbrNt4w;
@Seven Arts 30/6/16 "Dukes Place, Girl from Ipanema, "A Train" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azm-2RdYGHs;
@Inkwell 18/12/16 Sixteen Tons, Rockin Around the Christmas Tree, Moon River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzQPxETmJKk
@Inkwell 2/7/17 Song for My Father, Too Close for Comfort, So What, Wade in the Water- conducted by by Nikki Allen, Martin Townshend sax, Ed Barnwell piano, Dom Moore, Cajon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fud0XyP_Svw&spfreload=10
Hope to see you at Inkwell!
Text me if you need any more information 07544 352594 - Steve Crocker - or just come along to one of the sessions


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The 21st century has been tagged as the Biological Century. Why does it need robots?
The UK has opened the first of its synthetic biology 'foundries' – specialised labs that assemble DNA for implantation into bacteria and yeasts that can then be grown to produce advanced drugs and other chemicals.
Sometimes known as biofabs, foundries started operation at centres such as the National University of Singapore and startup Ginkgo Bioworks, a spinout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They have now been joined by the Foundry. Operated by SynbiCITE, a knowledge centre funded by the UK research councils, the Foundry lies in a basement room of the biomedical and startup centre at Imperial College, London.
Following close behind the Foundry is the University of Edinburgh's Genome Foundry, which will concentrate on assembling large DNA fragments, potentially into complete genomes of up to one million base pairs. The centre expects to take its first orders for DNA assembly this month. The university expects to complete its own flagship project, to create a chromosome for a completely synthetic yeast genome, in 2018.
As well as the UK, the USA is stepping up its investment in this area. The US Department of Energy plans to invest up to $40m by the end of 2017 to develop similar labs.
Professor Susan Rosser of the University of Edinburgh said at the IET's synthetic biology seminar in April that the use of customised DNA to create customised bacteria and yeasts would help streamline the production of chemicals and increasingly complex pharmaceuticals and medical treatments, many of which use 'biologics' – biomolecules such as short protein strands.
"Some 40 per cent of drugs are now biologics," Rosser claimed. "The ability to produce these efficiently will have a major economic impact."
Professor Paul Freemont, co-director of Imperial's Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, claimed at the launch of the Foundry: "It's not just a landmark for us but a landmark generally for the UK. The UK set a really ambitious target of having a £10bn synthetic biology industry by 2030 and we see SynbiCITE as being a major part of that. The Foundry sits at the interface between academic research and translation at industrial companies. SynbiCITE is already working with close to 30 SMEs, spinouts, entrepreneurships and larger companies as well."
The key to the rise of the biofoundry is robotic automation. In Imperial's Foundry, a group of robots prepare and mix chemicals in well plates: trays that contain close to 400 individual samples so that many preparations can be carried out in parallel. The machines assemble fragments of DNA into loops that are inserted into living cells. The new DNA alters the behaviour of the cells, often simple bacteria, so that they produce drugs and other chemicals.
The DNA fragments can be isolated from existing species. For example, sea sponges are being investigated as possible sources of future antibiotics. Or the DNA can be synthesised chemically from scratch by specialist contractors. "You just send off an email with your sequence and get the DNA samples back by post," said Freemont's co-director Professor Richard Kitney.
Although the core chemistry behind the process has not changed significantly since the 1980s, according to Freemont, heavy use of automation has allowed the cost of DNA synthesis from scratch to fall over the past couple of decades. The falls are not as rapid as those in gene sequencing. But synthetic biology developers are able to use DNA assembly from ready-made fragments to minimise overall production costs.
Much of the work in synthetic biology revolves around identifying and applying promoters, segments of DNA that sit next to genes within the loop of DNA that makes up a genome. "The promoter is one of the key tools in engineering biology," Rosser explained. "They switch genes on and off."
Active genes create proteins, with each gene responsible for the production of a specific type of protein. Certain proteins will bind to specific promoters as conditions within the cell change. Usually, the binding of a protein switches the adjacent gene off. In this way, cells dynamically regulate the production of proteins, many of which process and metabolise other chemicals. The interaction between proteins and promoters also provides a way to build logic circuits that can be harnessed to deliver smart medicines that target specific cells within the body.
The key problem for designers of these biological logic circuits is testing them. Freemont said: "Constructing biology is not plug and play. The parts we are using today are not characterised well enough to do predictive modelling and design."
Freemont added that the characterisation experiments needed are generally highly laborious. Based on a design developed by researchers working with Geoff Baldwin at Imperial, roughly half of the Foundry is dedicated to characterisation and testing. The robots perform customised experiments for each customer's collection of samples. Freemont added Imperial researchers are now working on their second-generation characterisation robot, which will help close what they call the "design, build, test, learn" cycle. "This will get us to efficient designs much more quickly," he said.
Some manual intervention is still needed in the Foundry at Imperial. The well plates currently need to be transferred by hand from the manufacturing robot to the characterisation equipment, but Kitney said the aim is to install conveyors to automate that – an approach similar to that now commonly used in semiconductor fabs.
"In its current configuration, the Foundry can perform around 17,000 DNA assemblies and a thousand characterisation experiments each day," Freemont claimed. "This is just a start. The Foundry's design is scalable and modular. Imagine a whole building full of these machines and how many experiments we could do."
As well as robotics, other concepts from electrical engineering are being harnessed by the biological sciences. Freemont pointed to what he called a breakthrough paper published at the end of March by Christopher Voight's group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This uses the Verilog language that was developed for chip design as the basis for a system that automatically synthesises the promoters and genes needed to build DNA sequences that perform logical operations.
Although Verilog underpinned a concept proposed by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Technology in the late 2000s, Doug Densmore and colleagues from the Voight Lab were able to show the technique working in practice for a variety of simple logic circuits based on the results of the generated DNA after being inserted into target cells. "The paper is an absolute tour de force," said Freemont. "It's the first time that this idea of automating the design has been shown to work."
New age, new challenges
Kitney commented: "Engineering biology is a key area for the development of knowledge-based industries. If the 20th century was the digital age, the 21st century will be the biological age." However, legal and commercial issues threaten to slow down progress. A fight between two US universities over the intellectual property rights for the CRISPR-Cas9 process that performs precisely targeted gene editing could lead to teams avoiding its use for fear of being sued themselves for patent infringement, Freemont warned.
Rick Johnson, CEO of the consultancy Global Helix, pointed to another problem – funding for biological engineering. Commercialisation and scaling to volume production will challenge conventional venture funding models, he said. "There are policy and other issues that are different from other areas of technology. We are looking at new tools to derisk some of these investments."


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DUDLEY, Mass. (AP) — An Oxford High School gym teacher has been held on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges that he inappropriately touched a young girl.
Dung Nguyen was arraigned in Dudley District Court on Monday on charges including aggravated rape and indecent assault and battery on a child.
Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Nguyen touched the girl over her clothes on numerous occasions over the past two years and progressed to touching under her clothes. The girl's mother contacted police last weekend.
Prosecutors did not disclose the girl's relationship to the teacher, and said she is "approximately 14 years old."
The Telegram & Gazette (http://bit.ly/1h3rs6k ) reports that Nguyen's lawyer sought $500 bail, arguing his client was married but separated, works as a teacher, turned himself in to police, and has no criminal record.
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Life In A $10k Home In A Friend's Backyard
Each of us has our own reasons on why we would want to live a much simpler lifestyle. It is not just about the issue of finances, but its really more about living in freedom. These are among the reasons of Dee Williams, as to why she shifted to living in a smaller house. Her story will certainly inspire and give you a brand new perspective in life and the best ways to make the most out of it.
You see, most people are trapped in the idea of getting a high paying job to live a good life in a big house. But the reality is that although they could get a job that pays well, they also just end up paying a plethora of bills that eventually just lead them to stress. This is not the life that Williams had in mind hence; she made a decision to live in a simple and smaller shelter. With this kind of lifestyle, she no longer has to be anxious about mortgages and a number of billing papers that comes to her doorway on a monthly basis. Her 84-sq-ft space has become more than just a house, but its a home where she experiences serenity and a daily celebration of life.
There are many interesting facts that she shared such as the kind of power she runs her house with. She uses 240W of solar power and a small tank of propane to everything that needs power or electricity in her tiny home. She had built it just right in her friends backyard, and we can tell that she has no regrets. She is lucky that she has a friend who was more than willing to embrace her microhome.
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How to Hire a Professional Locksmith
Locks are essential for our homes, business and cars. It provides security to the belongings that are important for us. Locks are not also easily made, they have their own complexity that's why it can only be opened with its own key or password combination. People who make locks are called locksmith. They don't only make locks, they also respond to emergency situations like when people locked their selves out of doors. There would be 1 or 2 24hr locksmith in your locality, the question is, how to hire one?
Step 1: Make Sure They are Nearby
It's important to make sure that the locksmith you saw online lives near you. A locksmith who is based outside your locality might add extra charges for the traveling. Locksmiths have office you can visit anywhere or call anytime if emergency situation arises. Search for local locksmiths first.
Step 2: Get Referrals
To hire a reputable service provider, you need to perform the classic word-of-mouth technique to find people who can render you the services you need. Your small town or village might have 2 to 4 locksmiths available, but if you live in a city there are at least 25 or more that you can choose from. Narrow your options because it's important to hire the best one.
Step 3: Look in the Internet
Because of the advent of technology, more people are now looking at the internet to search for something. When you search the internet, the search engine will tell you what the nearest locksmiths near you, are. Doing this will save you time and you will also have the chance to compare prices and services.
Step 5: Consider What Kind of Locksmith You Need
Locksmiths fall into these categories: industrial, auto, mobile and household. You should consider which one you really need because each category has different services. For example, an auto locksmith would be able to help you unlocking your vehicle during emergency situations. Those who work with industrial buildings specialize in different kinds of safe for money or documents.
Step 6: Ask About Liability and Charge
Just like hiring any service provider, you should also ask a locksmith about his liability insurance in case damage happens. Hire the locksmith with insurance because there might be damages upon installation or unlocking. Before hiring one too, ask about his pricing. Do not choose directly; make sure there are no hidden charges. If there are added charges, it should be written own.
Step 6: Assess the Locksmith
Be on guard. Do not just rush into hiring the first locksmith you find. Assess the vehicle to make sure if the company name and logo are clearly written. Also, beware of those who don't verify if you really own a car or establishment. A reputable locksmith will ask about your identification before they will perform their work. This will protect you from break-ins and robberies. Once the work is done, ask for a detailed invoice with necessary information like service charge, etc.
Understanding the Importance and Benefits of Regular and Professional Car Inspection and Maintenance
Importance of Proper and Immediate Vehicle Repair
When you are experiencing any kind of car issues, it is very important that you have it checked and repaired immediately. Through doing so, you'll be able to prevent any damages to your vehicle. There's actually a reason why your car's safety system is installed. It's there to let you know if there are any mechanical problems or failures that your vehicle is currently having.
It might be signaling that it's already time to fill up your air conditioner's refrigerant or have the transmission of your car checked by a professional. But, oftentimes, it can actually mean that you have to take your car to a reliable auto service shop and have it serviced by a professional and highly experienced auto mechanic.
Car maintenance and repair is extremely important. Through following preventive maintenance measures, you're certainly be able to save money, effort, and time. And, with the professional assistance of a highly trained and experienced auto mechanic, you'll surely be able to have a properly and regularly maintained running car.
Here are two of the most important car maintenance services that you should do regularly in order to make sure that your car will run properly and safely. It is best that you only trust an experienced and qualified auto mechanic to perform these car maintenance procedures especially when it is related to accident repair in Centre Gloucester.
Inspect Your Brakes Regularly
Inspecting and repairing the brakes on your vehicle is a very important part of your basic car maintenance list. This is the reason why it's really suggested that you have your brakes checked properly by a professional and experienced mechanic. Always remember that the maintenance of your car's brakes is very important for a lot of reasons. On top of it, safety is the most important since low brake fluid levels can possibly lead to soft brake pedals and may result if vehicular accidents on the road.
In addition to that, dirty brake pads can also cause the brakes on your vehicle to squeak. Therefore, having your brake regularly and properly checked by a qualified and experienced mechanic can be able to prevent these from happening as well as ultimately reduce the risks of experiencing accidents that are usually caused by malfunctioning brakes.
Maintain You AC Regularly
The air conditioning system of your car is also as essential as air conditioning unit in your house. A properly functioning car air conditioning system can be able to provide you with daily comfort from the outside heat. If the air conditioning system of your car emits undesirable cooling, then it's the right time that you bring your vehicle to a reliable car repair shop in order to have it checked. Car air conditioning system repair can also range from dirty condenser simple cleaning to a more complex mechanical procedure.
Furthermore, it is very important that you tackle any minor issues right away as soon as you notice them in order to avoid any serious issues as well as costly car repairs in the future.
How to Start a Plumbing Business
Plumbers are on high demand nowadays. The number of households is increasing, as well as plumbing problems encountered in each household. This could mean too that there will be many opportunities for you if you start your own plumbing business. Successful plumbing business like plumbers OKC went into careful business planning and marketing to be known and heard of in the industry. You can do the same thing, by following the guideline and techniques below.
Step 1: Gain Skills and Experience
Before you start a business, you should have the necessary skills and knowledge about the work of plumbing. You can learn this by working as an apprentice to an experienced plumber. Apprenticeship will provide you with skills and experience on running such business. If you're already a skilled plumber, you can skip this part.
The next thing you should do is take courses relevant to the plumbing trade. This will provide you education in the technical areas of plumbing business and other regulations.
Step 2: Plan Your Business
This is the phase where you decide what to focus on your business. You can either focus on selling tools and supplies or actual plumbing work and services. Other plumbing companies have a combination of these services. Survey your area to know the business model that has a great chance of success in your area. After this, write your business plan. The plan will help you organize and run the business. It will include the objective of your business, client analysis, pricing and projected costs and revenues.
Step 3: Secure Funding
The cost of your start-up plumbing business will vary based on your location and experience. That's why a business plan is important. Attract investors who can put up money in exchange of financial interest. You can also look for a business partner who has connections and experiences in running a business.
Step 4: Consider Opening a Franchise
To make your plumbing business easy to start, you can consider opening a franchise of a brand and name of a major plumbing chain. However, franchising will make the business less flexible. It will still require you to have a substantial startup capital.
Step 5: Register the Business
The registration of your business will vary based on your area. Upon registration, demonstration is also necessary to prove that your business will abide by the safety regulations of plumbing services.
Step 6: Purchase the Supplies
Purchase the supplies you need, like tools and materials needed for the plumbing job. You will also need a transportation to make the job sites easy to visit. You can opt to buy new tools or use the ones you currently have.
Step 7: Find an Office
A plumbing business is not exempted from the location aspects of a business. The location should be where it is easily located. It should also be accessible with parking in case customers visit your office and ask about the services or buy some supplies. After choosing the location, you can start hiring workers if you need one.


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Game of Thrones' Hannah Murray on Gilly's Hiding Skills, Mutton Legs, and Going Off-Book
She can hide with the best of them.
Spoilers concerning the most recent episode of Game of Thrones will follow. So turn back now if you have not seen this past Sunday's "The Watchers on the Wall," although you should totally know the drill by now.
Ygritte dying in Jon Snow's arms was not the only romantic moment during the battle at Castle Black. Sam and Gilly, two characters who clearly care about each other, finally kiss, offering a bit of hope amid all that slaughter. By Game of Thrones standards, it was pretty chaste, but it signifies a new direction for both of them, especially since Sam has figured out a convenient loophole in the Night's Watch vows. Hannah Murray chatted with Vulture about what Gilly did during the siege, the moment with Sam, and how to use a mutton leg as a weapon.
Here we have a huge battle scene, and once again ...
[Laughs] I'm mostly hiding in a cupboard throughout all of it! It was exciting to find out that they were doing an episode that was kind of the equivalent of the "Blackwater" episode from season two, but I didn't get to see very much action. Gilly's a good hider, even with the risk of the baby and the noise. Hiding in Mole's Town was one thing, because the wildlings were out for anyone they could get, but the siege at Castle Black is more serious. They've got bigger fish to fry, which helps keep Gilly quite safe.
And Sam has been trying to protect her, where he can. They finally kiss!
From Sam's point of view, it was up in the air whether she was alive or not after the attack on Mole's Town. From the audience's point of view, we knew Ygritte didn't kill her, but that didn't necessarily mean she survived. But then we find out she did, and she's very, very, very [laughs] unwilling to let Sam take any part in the battle. She's just like [laughs], "No! You said we'd stay together, it was stupid to send me away, now we're finally back together, and now we're staying together, and what use would you be anyway?" [Laughs] And then Sam takes charge and it's all very manly and romantic and lovely.
What do you and John Bradley do to bond before or to decompress after your scenes together?
John likes to read me funny tweets in the car on the way home — because I'm not on Twitter. Like pretentious actor-y things. Like when people take themselves too seriously, and they'll say something about how wonderful they are for how serious they take it. You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
Even though you've shot big scenes at Craster's Keep, Mole's Town, and Castle Black, Gilly doesn't get to interact with that many other characters other than Sam ...
[Showrunners] David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] took me aside and they said, "We've written a scene for you. You're going to have a scene with a character you never would have guessed you'd have a scene with." And that was the scene with Ygritte! And it's really exciting for us as actors when you're like, I've gone off-book! I'm off-book! It's like this uncharted territory where anything could happen. [Laughs] And everything for me this year was off-book. Season three was quite close, because there were scenes that I could read in the novels, and then when I saw them in the script, I understood where they had been taken from. But this time around, it was a lot of David and Dan's own direction to take. So that's been exciting.
You know in the Mole's Town sequence, that was all one shot? Up until you hear the owl hooting. So that was tricky to get right for a lot of different reasons — belching a song just being one of them. I wouldn't be able to do that, not to a tune. I think doing that on demand in general is tricky! And she had to go from a huge party scene, and then come into the thing with me, and be really quiet and intense. And that was all completely contained, the way they filmed it. Alex Graves was the one who directed that, and I think he wanted to bring a bit of West Wing to how we did it, with the long take. And that was his way of letting you know something was wrong.
I was talking with Rose Leslie about that scene, and we were lamenting that Ygritte and Gilly never got to know how they were connected. In another world, another time, they could have been going on double dates ...
Yeah! I feel like we should go paintballing, or something cool! That's kind of what's exciting about this whole series, right? It puts people in such intense situations, and you always have that thing of, probably, under different circumstances, they would have been mates. And I think it's amazing for Gilly to see someone like Ygritte. It's the same kind of thing when she meets Meera Reed in season three. These girls are so powerful, and they're in charge, and they shoot stuff and they kill stuff. And for someone like Gilly, who came from her father's situation, which was such a patriarchy and women were treated as nothing, to see these women warriors, basically, just must be amazing for her. I feel like given how brave Gilly has been, given her limited circumstances, her limited options, you think, What if she had been a little further north of the Wall, and been a proper wildling? If she's got that natural bravery anyway, would she have been given the opportunity for that to develop fully? So the thing I love about Gilly is that because she came from a kind of sheltered beginning, her world is just constantly expanding, with every new thing she encounters, and it's exciting for me to think about how she would cope with that.
Do you think that's rubbed off on her, in terms of being willing to defend herself?
She's tough, anyway. It's not like there were seven girls escaping from Craster's. She's the first one who has ever done that. So she has to have something in her that's kind of unusual, plus her mother's instincts. I kind of feel like if Ygritte had gone for it, Gilly would be dead, but there would have been a fight. She wouldn't just let it go. She's not going to just sit in the corner. I was reading about how weasels will fight off a fox, to defend their young. And I think Gilly has got that kind of animalistic defensive instinct. I think she will do anything for that baby.
Even use a mutton leg as a weapon.
It's a weapon of sorts, from what I can find in the larder! It's any kind of blunt instrument, isn't it? [Laughs] It wasn't real. It wasn't kind of sticky. I had the geese earlier on in the season, and those were real. And smelly. But with the leg of mutton, I didn't get to make contact with it, because I was just making a threat with it. But it could be effective if you just whacked somebody as hard as you can! Unless it was the kind of slippery, real meat one. Then, you should probably slide it on the floor and trip them up.


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Heh! Yes and no. They're all outcasts of some sort.fnordfriendly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:35 pmDid they all meet in a tavern, or the Cantina from Tattooine?
Triton is from the Sea of Fallen Stars, nowhere near the Sword Coast and the North where everything is happening. He's literally a fish out of water. He's on a bit of a personal quest to find the storm giant that lived near his triton village, that one day just upped and disappeared. He was an aloof, grumpy storm giant, but for some reason the triton considers the giant his friend.
Goliath is outcast from his mountain clan because he has a big mouth and insulted the chief's son. Was basically told to "make his own place in the world" in order to avoid bloodshed. He seeks to defeat more and more powerful monsters, and changes his nickname every time he defeats a stronger one. Currently he calls himself "Giantkiller" (but started off as "Ratkiller").
Tabaxi is an orphan from a faraway jungle land that has been visited by Faerunian sea traders for the last several years. Since he was always in the way, nobody was particularly sad to see him go when he was "adopted" by a ship navigator (who was also an artificer, and who taught him everything he knows). Navigator died at the hands of some organized crime syndicate because of unpayable gambling debts. Tabaxi ran away with his master's thunder cannon and went off to seek his fortune.
Yuan-ti is a pureblood who can pass for human. Not evil but not very good, either. Sole survivor of a disastrous diplomatic mission to xenophobic theocratic human settlement when yuan-ti nation of Najara was "declared". Decided not to go back. Interested in exploring other humanoid nations and observing how political and economic systems can thrive (gasp!) without slavery.


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The Disreputable one and the nasty case of the travelator nun pile-up
My Disreputable Dad popped by for a cuppa today. He does make me laugh. He was telling me about his business trip to Santo Domingo (I don't know either, you'll have to look it up).
I'm really not sure he should travel alone. He was telling me about the amazing seats Iberia have in business class now – there are loads of buttons and apparently you can lie almost horizontal 'although when I was just waking up, I pushed the button of the lady sitting next to me instead of my own and shot her bolt upright from her reclining position, in the process showering herself with hot coffee'. Oops.
He was also telling me about the nasty cut on his calf:
DD: 'Oh, you wouldn't believe me if I told you'.
Me: 'Go on, try me'
DD: 'Well, I was on one of those travelator things in the airport, and there were a load of nuns pushing wheelchairs…'
Me: 'Rrriiiiggghhhht… empty wheelchairs?'
DD: 'No! Wheelchairs full of old people and people with no legs and things.. So we're all going along this travelator, and there's a nun pushing a wheelchair in the front, then another nun pushing a wheelchair behind her, then an old man, then me, then another nun pushing a wheelchair…'
Failing to see how this could possibly have caused the nasty cut on the back of his calf, I allowed him to push on.
DD: 'So we get to the end of the travelator, and the nun at the front doesn't realise that you've got to lift the front wheels of the wheelchair over the little lip. So her wheels stick fast and her wheelchair stops dead, then the nun pushing the wheelchair behind her piles into the back of her, then I pile into them, the old man falls flailing to the floor, then the nun behind us rams into the back of me. Hence the cut calf.
Me: 'OMG! What happened next?'
DD: 'Well then the first nun realised her mistake, lifted the wheels of the wheelchair up and everybody started moving again and fell onto the floor in a big heap.'
'Nuns', he informed me solemnly, 'are the worst drivers in the world' (this is actually true – ask anyone who's lived in Ireland).
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My 13 year old daughter got diabetes when she was 4. Will too much carbohydrates cause a problem for her? If so, why? How much should she have a day?
The issue is not how many carbohydrates (unless she has a weight problem), but rather an issue of being consistent with the amount of carbohydrate she is eating at breakfast each day, lunch each day, dinner each day and snacks each day. The more consistent one is in the amount of carbohydrate the more stable the insulin dose. Exercise is another factor that will lower blood sugars and stress also affects blood sugars.
If you haven't talked with a dietitian familiar with teens, I suggest you find one and make an appointment. The dietitian can help decide how much your daughter needs to continue to be healthy.
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Barnsley resident Matt Rhodie keeps Rhubarb Bomb up to date with the freshest sounds from that most foreign of lands, South Yorkshire…
Spiders are a three piece band from
Their latest release, Subtle Difference,
available now through their website and iTunes, sees them follow up on the
success of their last release Ambitions
of a Huckster's Daughter which has received 10,000 views since April. They
have form in this area though: last year Where
Does This Leave Us Now's live video achieved over 60,000 views, and it's
all DIY, no deal, self-taught, self-recorded.
The lads - two brothers and a bezzie mate - have played together for a while now and seem to be striking a rich vein of form in terms of recorded output and live shows; they are playing classic British indie pop tunes in a stylish, modern fashion while wearing some interesting jumpers!
Their set list has included an excellent cover of Boys Don't Cry for a while now and, in terms of their sound, that seems as good an indication as any of their influences; frontman Rob Tingle's distinctive vocals and jangling guitar work on this track create a melodic diversion from the moody, muscular rhythm section powered by brother Adam's drumming and completed by bassist Nick Monk. Their tunes harness catchy riffs and intelligent vocals and hitch them to a sense of post punk restlessness, they positively ooze potential and it seems that something big could be just around the corner.
There are opportunities to catch them live coming up and I recommend you seek them out at Tramlines, the free Sheffield city centre festival where they are playing at Beg, Borrow, Steal on July 20th and the Leadmill on the 21st. Before that, they visit the big city to play the
Dublin Castle
in Camden on
the 1st July. Where next? Who can say…
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