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Since 2010, seven Nicolas Cage films been released, and out of that batch, Kick-Ass is the crown jewel of the bunch, with Trespass serving as a cinematic lowpoint for Cage and Nicole Kidman. Seeking Justice, which stars Cage as Will Gerard, a mild mannered teacher and loving husband whose wife (Mad Men's January Jones) is brutally attacked, hits Blu-ray & DVD June 19th (the feature had a brief theatrical release). Guy Pearce (Lockout) is Simon, the head of a vigilante organization who offers to have the criminal killed if Will returns the favor (think Strangers on a Train meets Death Wish).
Although it's neither Cage or director Roger Donaldson's (The Bank Job, Species) finest moment, they do make Seeking Justice a highly watchable potboiler . Special features on the DVD and Blu-ray versions include a behind the scenes featurette, which includes interviews with Donaldson and Cage, along with select members of the cast and crew. Harold Perrineau, best known for his work on the TV series Lost and Oz, also stars as Cage's close friend and co-worker.
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Midsummer greeting!
We introduced the backyard of J-Hopppers the other day, and we're telling more because it's been upgraded with beautiful lanterns!!
They ere collaboration work between sort of a construction coordinator of J-Hoppers Osaka,Mr.Yano and talented Japanese painting artist, Sawako !!
Mr.Yano suggested this idea and made flames, and Sawako draw amazing pictures..
She draw different paintings on each side, and showing four seasons. Yes, it means that we can enjoy them all year long, not only summer.
her sense of painting is always beyond our imaginings!!
"Is there any place to drink beer ?"
Yes, now we have.. it's too hot to be on the rooftop in daytime, and we can open the backyard from 7:30 am to the midnight until the end of August, as the elementary school is closed for summer holiday.
Upgraded Backyard
Midsummer greeting!


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Has Bob Bartley Gone Soft?
In the life cycle of an editor, the stage where you write a column called "Thinking Things Over" or "On My Mind" or "Just S'posin" is generally agreed to be the last. After 38 years at the Wall Street Journal--the last 28 of them as editorial-page editor--Bob Bartley has apparently reached this stage. Bartley, still in his early 60s, has no plans actually to retire, as Abe Rosenthal did before launching "On My Mind," the New York Times column that wags instantly dubbed "Out of My Mind." But on June 5, Bartley launched a new column called "Thinking Things Over" (or, to be precise, revived the former Journal column of this name, previously written by his less-reactionary predecessor, Vermont Royster) with some gassy reminiscences about the Iowa boy with big dreams ("Cliff Ganschow and I even won an intercollegiate award for editorial writing") who started out life as a Harold Stassen Republican ("much to the amusement of 'Roy' ") and ended up just a bit to the right of Generalissimo Francisco Franco (or, as he puts it, a neoconservative for whom "the prefix did not fit").
It's pretty dreadful stuff, but not at all in the way that Bartley is usually dreadful--that is to say, nasty, clever, and ideologically over-the-top. No, it's dreadful in a whole new way--flaccid, sentimental, and self-aggrandizing in a manner one would not expect from Bartley, who in person is surprisingly modest, even shy. It's unfair to judge a column by its first entry, of course. But if Bartley's inaugural effort proves typical, liberals ought to rejoice. Not because, as in the case of Rosenthal's column, it's delightful to watch an egomaniac expose himself as a fool, but because it distracts Bartley from writing on subjects like the capital gains tax, about which, for some reason, he has real influence.


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I've received several reports of sugarcane beetle damaging corn fields across the state, as have some of my colleagues in neighboring states.
If you're curious about how to diagnose the injury, I suggest this blog article.
Last year I had the chance to run two trials for this insect. We discovered that high rates of seed treatment were the most effective to control this insect. However, even at the 1250 rate, corn can still be injured.
One Mississippi trial last year indicated that bifenthrin in-furrow was more effective. I am currently testing this.
Unfortunately once you experience the injury from sugarcane beetle, the damage has been done. There is nothing that can undo the situation.
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However, to minimize your risk in the future, consider using a high rate of seed treatment.
This insect seems to be more of a problem in the Piedmont, but I am not sure if this is because it is associated more with no-till, the presence of pastures (where it can develop), or the fact that there are generally lower rates of seed treatments that are used in this part of the state compared to farther east.
The incidence of this pest also varies from year to year. Therefore it is very difficult to predict whether or not this pest will cause problems in the future.


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Irresponsible 'Experts' Will Bring Israel's Economy Down
Arguing that Israeli leadership as irresponsible is popular but in the case of economic planning, however, the irresponsible populists are the 'team of experts.'
It's hard to understand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Manuel Trajtenberg, the chairman of the committee looking into changes in socioeconomic policy. Why are they so insistent on maintaining the overall confines of the current state budget? After all, they have wonderful means at their disposal to become immensely popular.
They could accept the recommendations of a group of people who, at the peak of their modesty, accepted the label the "team of experts" of the social protest movement. They could increase the state budget by tens of billions of shekels and direct the money to education, medical care, housing and social welfare services. This would prompt thunderous applause from the public at large, which in all innocence would believe that their lives would soon become some kind of utopia.
Yossi Yonah, who is one of the members of the "team of experts," doesn't deal with trifling matters. He says that "what is needed are hundreds of billions of shekels to correct the injustice."
The other "experts" offer us a whole range of goodies - an increase of 30 percent in the education budget, free education from six months of age to a university B.A., the elimination of school fees, a reduction in class size to a maximum of 21 students, an increase in all social welfare allowances, an increase of NIS 10 billion in the health budget, free universal custodial nursing care and dental care, and, in addition, a shorter work week and longer vacations. And that's just a sample of their generous recommendations.
What they are saying is that we'll work less, enjoy ourselves more and get more in government services. So who would object to such a utopia?
The "team of experts" proposes that these marvelous benefits be funded through a dramatic increase in tax rates, putting Israel among the top countries in the world in terms of tax burden. They want to raise the marginal income tax rate to 55 percent, the capital gains tax to 40 percent and the corporate tax to 31 percent. They're mistaken in their calculations, however. Even such major tax increases won't be enough to fund Yossi Yonah's "hundreds of billions of shekels."
And that's not all - because two other members of the "team of experts," Avia Spivak and Joseph Zeira, also made their own basic economic error. They have assumed that taxes can be raised to an unreasonable level, in fact much higher than what is accepted in the Western world, and still not hurt economic growth and employment rates. They also mistakenly assume that foreign investment in Israel will continue at the same pace and that local investors won't flee elsewhere.
In fact, investors were promised that corporate taxes would be reduced to 18 percent, while the "experts" are now saying they should be increased to 31 percent, and they don't understand that tax rates are one of the most important variables affecting decisions on where investors put their money.
It's also clear that if the marginal tax rate is raised to 55 percent, tax evasion will increase to record levels, and there are innumerable ways to legally avoid taxes. In fact, we have learned from past experience that when you raise taxes to unreasonable levels, the number of tax evaders increases, too, while tax revenues actually go down rather than up.
In addition, the very act of sharply increasing public expenditure does damage to economic growth and employment levels, leading in turn to recession and reduced income tax revenues. The more the government takes resources from the economy, the less will be left for the business sector, which will decline in the process. There will be less growth, fewer competitive places of employment and less tax revenue going to the government. This means that a sharp increase in public expenditure along with a drastic rise in tax rates will actually increase the budget deficit, despite comments by Spivak and Zeira to the contrary.
And a large state budget deficit leads to large public debt, lower credit ratings, damage to economic growth and higher unemployment.
The Israeli economy has two anchors - the size of its budget and the size of its deficit. If the lifeline to one of those anchors breaks, the ship of state will teeter, and waves will wash across its deck; but if we cut it off from both anchors, the ship will be swept away by the waters of the global financial crisis and will be consumed by the waves.
Netanyahu, Steinitz and Trajtenberg want to spare us this bitter fate. As a result, they are forgoing the affection of the public now to gain the public's favor later. At that point, everyone will be more sober and understand we cannot shell out hundreds of billions of shekels and still avoid collapse.
Just look at Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. It is rather acceptable in Israel to defame our leaders and argue that they are irresponsible and think only of themselves. In this case, however, the irresponsible populists are the "team of experts."
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Large multi-level home on a quiet street which is adjacent to an open space allowing more privacy and seclusion. Main level has high vaulted ceilings, spacious remodeled kitchen, master suite with new bathroom, sunroom, and large deck for entertaining. Five additional bedrooms with en-suite baths, optional caretaker's apartment, playroom, and oversized hot tub. Attractive landscaping. Easy shuttle to the village to enjoy all the resort has to offer.
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The Internationally renowned resort of Beaver Creek, famous for world class skiing, fine dining, and family friendly atmosphere, is located south beyond the town of Avon tucked into a mountain valley and the surrounding hills. Pass through the gates and experience luxury mountain living at its finest, be it the unique village-to-village skiing or 18 holes of golf on their premier course. Owning real estate in Beaver Creek provides you with an intimate luxury experience; a range of fine dining restaurants, boutiques, and the famed Vilar Performing Arts Center are all at your finger tips in the quaint village with design influences from Switzerland, Italy, and Spain. As a homeowner, you'll quickly learn why they say at Beaver Creek you're not exactly roughing it.
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Date: 12/7/2012
The Adaptation Sub-Committee's (ASC1) 3rd Report2 assessing progress to manage flood-risk and water shortages was launched on 11th July.
The Report's findings show that development in the floodplain grew at a faster rate than elsewhere in England over the past ten years, although the rate has declined in coastal areas. Most floodplain development has been in areas that are already protected by flood defences, but around a fifth has been in locations that currently face a significant chance of flooding, which is likely to increase further with climate change. The local authorities studied generally assume that the benefits of continuing to develop in the floodplain outweigh the costs rather than looking at alternative locations first.
John Silvester, a Director of POS and project manager of the POSE Responding to Climate Change Supported Learning Group, represented the LGA and POS on the steering group for the Arups' study into local authority approach to development planning and flood risk. John said "our involvement has meant we were able to ensure the study observed the practical realities of the challenges facing LPAs in balancing the many competing demands on them to allocate new development in the most sustainable locations and to achieve their strategic spatial objectives."
The ASC Report revealed that whilst the local authorities studied had developed a good understanding of current flood risks and had started to explore the implications of climate change there was mixed evidence that local authorities were using their improved understanding of flood risk to inform development plans:
Silvester said "LPAs need to heed these lessons and be more transparent in demonstrating their understanding of flood risk in future local plans."
1 The Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change was established under the Climate Change Act 2008 to provide advice to Government. The ASC provides annual assessments of UK preparedness for dealing with the impacts of a changing climate.One of the headline findings of the ASC's 2nd report (2011) was that climate risks were not fully incorporated into some major strategic decisions including land-use planning.
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Cold weather camping. Wilderness survival. Outdoor adventures. Life and leadership skills. Loyalty to country. Love of God.
These are a few phrases that describe Scouting. During February, we celebrate Scouting Ministry Sunday, a special recognition of a ministry that enables children and youth to grow in favor with God and others. During the Spring, the Scouts also celebrate the birthday of Scouting with the annual Blue and Gold Banquet. The Pinewood Derby is also a part of the Spring calendar.
If you have general questions about Scouts, please contact Stan Coker at 678-653-7375. If you are interested in reserving a room for your Scouts, contact Patrick Murphy with Facilities at firstname.lastname@example.com or 678.298.6332. Space is limited.


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The Nerf Dart Tag SpeedSwarm Blaster is fully automatic and ready to send a rapid-fire barrage of darts in any direction. Its motorized rotating barrel allows for up to 10 Dart Tag darts to fly through the air. If you have the Dart Tag jersey (separate), the darts will stick and you can keep score. This blaster offers a real advantage in Dart Tag!
We've had toys before that were fun for a little while, but they didn't fire that far and the kids lost interest quickly. But the Nerf Dart Tag SpeedSwarm Blaster is completely different. For one, it's recommended for ages 8 and up; this is not a toy for little kids. It's cool enough that even adults will want to join the fun. I'm not sure who was more excited to see this Nerf SpeedSwarm Blaster in action – my husband or my son!
The blaster requires 6 "AA" batteries and is easy to load with the 10 darts. Then you simply pull the trigger to start firing. The speed in which it fires and the distance that the darts fly is very impressive. When Nate and Nathan shot the darts down the street, they easily went a good 20 feet or more! Watch how quickly they fire out in this video:
Nathan really loves it and he has spent evenings chasing his dad around and vice/versa. If you had two guns and the Nerf jerseys that are sold separately, I can see where you could really have a great challenge of "Dart Tag."
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Today we completed on our new house in Kings Heath. It's been a long road to get here – we started looking almost 18 months ago and have had a baby in the meantime.
I'm really excited by the house. It's over a hundred years old and unlike so many similar houses, has survived refurbishments and still has most of the original features, such as a superb Minton tile hallway, original coving and sash windows.
I took Vashti there straight after picking up the keys, and she was initially unimpressed, remaining resolutely asleep.
However, we discovered that it has two huge steps. How on earth did we completely fail to miss that when we looked around? Was it the snow? Did we somehow not have infants on our minds? Anyway, the little girl was unimpressed with my stair + buggy climbing technique and was kind enough to let me know…
She calmed right down after being introduced to the garden.
Later Katie arrived and we had a good mooch about the garden. The previous owner had left a note that the newts should be fed (he had kindly left some flakes for this purpose), that there is a garden hedgehog, and that the route between the two ponds should not under any circumstances be obstructed, because the frogs need access.


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The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, Center Manager, Mitzie Williams (502) 732-7026; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, Feb. 12: All day, card games, billiards, TV, starting at 8:30 a.m.; Bunk-o, 10 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.; advisory meeting, noon.
Friday, Feb. 13: All day, card games, billiards, TV, starting at 8:30 a.m.; movie day with snacks, 9:30 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.
The open enrollment period for Affordable Health Care through kynect continues through Feb. 15. For more information call the library, (502) 732-7020.
Thursday, Feb. 12: Walk-away the Pounds, 9 a.m.; Music Makers, 11 a.m.; GED help, 5 p.m.; homework help, 5 p.m.; ESL Class. 6 p.m.; Valentine Essential Oils Make and Take Class, 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 13: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; PHd's craft class, 10 a.m. until noon.
Operation Prom Dress Shop 2015 will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, at Relevant Church gymnasium. This year's theme is "The Red Carpet Experience." Operation Prom Dress is a free event for high school girls looking for a dress for prom. There are more than 1,000 dresses to choose from. Girls have the opportunity to leave with a dress, shoes, purse, jewelry and makeup all for free.
February is the month of love thanks to St. Valentine and Library Legislative Day. This is the time of the year we take our message to Frankfort and let all of our representatives know how much we love our libraries. We are fortunate to have great representatives that truly understand the value of libraries in our state, but it is always good to remind them.
The fifth annual Carroll County Relay for Life pageants will be held from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Carroll County Middle School auditorium. The event is sponsored by Team Robbins, and all proceeds benefit the Carroll County Relay for Life.
The pageants are open to everyone and cost $35 per participant, except for the Survivor category, which is free to enter.
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow earlier this week, meaning six more weeks of winter, but there is an upside to that prediction…there are only six more weeks of winter!
Spring will be here before we know it, and the pests that come with it will be sure to make their presence known as well.
At the end of the month, do you wonder what happened to your money? Are you regularly tempted to spend when you have a few extra dollars in your pocket? Spending and savings habits are directly linked to financial stability. Understanding how and where you spend money is important for financial success, especially in tough economic times.
One important step for managing your household budget is to formulate a spending plan for your money. Use the following steps to develop your family's spending plan:
Thursday, Feb. 5: All day, card games, billiards, TV, starting at 8:30 a.m.; Bunk-O, 10 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.
Friday, Feb. 6: All day, card games, billiards, TV, starting at 8:30 a.m.; Medicare bingo, 10:30 a.m.; lunch 11:30 a.m.
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1. Price
The cheapest advantage is a low superior coat floor. A thin, non water-resistant ascent lath with no acclimatized edges is the cheapest to produce. It is an accomplished advantage for those on the tightest of budgets, conceivably for a freeholder refurbishing a rental property, or acclimated as a quick and simple adjustment to tidy up a afford or garage.
Moving up in amount is area copse aftereffect tiles accept a audible advantage. Engineered or solid balk attic has a retail amount agnate to the accomplishment costs accessory to the breed of copse in question. A attenuate breed will command a abundant college exceptional than accepted aboriginal varieties. Walnut from Brazil or cypress from Australia will about be at the college end of the spectrum if compared to locally formed oak or birch.
A asphalt branch can carbon any of these woods, alien or otherwise, after a movement in price. All the characteristics of absolute planks can be represented with absurd accuracy, but for a atom of the amount of the 18-carat article. Add that to the actuality that it costs no added to aftermath a added axle in ceramic, compared to absolute wood, and the accumulation activate to arise up.
When it comes to cost, far added generally than not, the best amount can be begin in attic tiles.
2. Style
Many choices abide for balk flooring, but that amount is a hundredfold greater for bowl and ceramics copse aftereffect tiles. The ranges accessible are bound alone by the acuteness of the asphalt designers. A bounded stockist ability accept four, 5 or even ten oaks to accept from, and they may all attending similar.
By comparison, a asphalt architect could produce, for example:
- a hardly darker adaptation of oak which is artlessly not accessible in absolute wood
- a afflicted look
- a reclaimed appearance
- a acrylic aftereffect oak
- a non-slip finish
- a appearance with beneath blemishes
- a rustic aftereffect abounding with knots
- a amethyst accomplishment to actor absolute wood
- an inlaid effect
Practically annihilation can be designed, and all in the aforementioned amount bracket. And like timber, there are a aggregation of altered sizes and axle lengths available. If it comes to styles, the apple of tiles covers aggregate offered by nature, in accession to annihilation aural the bound of the designers' imagination.
It is a attestation to the technology accessible in the avant-garde era, now that inkjet press has replaced the earlier awning printing, that no architecture or arrangement is aloft the ability of a factory's artistic team. While the book is astonishingly lifelike, so too is the arrangement accomplished on the apparent of the tile. It is now actual difficult, if not impossible, to acquaint the aberration amid copse and copse aftereffect tiles with the naked eye.
3. Accession Costs
Laminates advance the way in agreement of amount efficiency. Not too arduous for the boilerplate DIY person, they usually sit on a cream underlay and bang together. Orientated correctly, akin neatly at the walls, and accomplished with a attenuated beading if all-important – the job is straightforward.
If tiling, again accomplishing so on a accurate or assize attic is the simplest option, and accordingly the cheapest anatomy of asphalt installation. If the attic needs some basic work, such as levelling out, this plan will be bare for both bowl and lath floors. However, one would apprehend a tiler to be decidedly quicker than a carpenter thereafter. The lath planks charge to be alert down, and to anniversary other, as able-bodied as getting cut to shape. Laying a accustomed copse attic is usually added big-ticket than attic tiles.
When tiling over joists or old attic boards, it is recommended that a abetment lath is installed first. This is because if tiling over bedding of ply or the attic boards themselves, the antecedent abbreviating of the bedding additional approved amplification and abbreviating with fluctuations in calefaction will could could cause movement. Attic tiles will be anchored to these surfaces, and are not advised to abide such movement.
When installing balk over absolute floorboards, the installer accept to ensure that they are solid, and that the new attic curve up perpendicularly to the old floor. If this is not possible, again the installer accept to area the attic out first. Alternatively, batons accept to be anchored to the attic first, and again sheeted.
Another application which accept to to be taken into annual is the climate. Attic tiles can be laid the day they arrive. With timber, there are recommended damp ambit for both the substrate and the new planks themselves, which accept to be adhered to. It is awful recommended that new copse be stored in the allowance in which it is to be installed for one anniversary above-mentioned to fitting, so that it can acclimatise to the ambient temperature of its surroundings.
After all alertness plan is agitated out, the bill at that point is almost the aforementioned for balk or copse aftereffect tiles. However, the final accession amount will be cheaper if attic tiles are chosen.
4. Wear, Tear, and Maintenance
Natural copse is generally accomplished with a bark or oil on the surface. This will abrasion over time through accustomed use. The college the akin of traffic, the quicker this happens. Unfortunately, it alone occurs on the allotment of the attic area walking occurs, which makes the abasement all the added obvious.
Moving furniture, abject toys, the toenails of ample dogs, top heels etc. will all cavity or scrape the apparent of wood. It can achromatize too, added so in the areas that are accountable to the a lot of sunlight, something that will not appear with tiles.
Engineered and solid dupe can be refinished at this point, but if larboard too long, they will charge to be sanded down first, and that is a large, circuitous job.
Laminate floors cannot be sanded. Although they can be tougher than their accustomed counterparts, already they accept beat through, that is the end of them, and they will charge to be replaced.
Wood aftereffect attic tiles, already fitted, crave no aliment added than a quick mop. Unless there has been a adverse spillage of something significant, such as tar or oil, even adhesive is not acceptable to tarnish. And even if it does, there are abounding cheap, simple to apply, alleviation cleaners accessible on the market, which will accompany adhesive up as acceptable as new.
5. Baptize Damage
With wood, a lot of accident can be acquired by a baby flood from a calm appliance, or even incorrect bed-making and cleaning. As a accustomed product, damp can be captivated from the atmosphere or from continuing water. This will could could cause planks to aggrandize and catch beneath the after pressure, or bastardize out of shape. Splitting, discolouration, and rot can result.
To apple-pie a lath floor, it is not recommended to dump a brazier of baptize out into the centre, and again advance it about to get the job done. The baptize will bleed amid the joints, and the timbers can sustain irreparable damage.
Some laminates are army on water-resistant boards, which are ideal for bath or battery areas instead of accustomed wood.
All bank and attic tiles, by comparison, are bogus to handle water.
In Conclusion
The affidavit aloft explain the clearing to bowl or ceramics copse aftereffect tiles from accurate woods. While there are bottom factors to consider, such as adequacy to underfloor heating, the aloft are the 5 capital active forces.


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We have been asked many times, what the difference is between the main types of coated tablecloth which can collectively be described as 'wipe clean'.
The first of which, oilcloth was introduced in the 18th century, initially as a floor and roof covering. The waterproof fabric was made by stretching linen or canvas fabric across a wooden frame then coating it with linseed oil. The fabric would then be rubbed over with a pumice stone and further coats of linseed oil applied. Over time the use of this oil coated fabric widened and outdoor clothing and table coverings were produced making full use of its water resistant properties. The production of oilcloth specifically for the use tablecloths developed when brightly coloured cotton fabrics became readily available and the commercial production expanded to meet the ever increasing demand.
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) took over as a coating from linseed oil. It was cheap to produce and gives a consistent durable finish. However over the last 20 years concerns have been raised about some of the chemicals used in the production of PVC. Chloride, lead stabilisers and phthalates used to make the tablecloth more flexible are seen as problem chemicals that may be harmful to health. The EU, chemists and manufacturers have been working hard to find alternatives to these potentially harmful additions and a voluntary agreement is in place to have them eliminated from PVC products by 2015.
In many other European countries the production of alternatives is already well advanced and the use of lighter acrylic coatings has largely replaced the use of controversial PVC in coated tablecloths. Acrylic coating is a more expensive treatment where products such as the trademarked Teflon are used to provide a highly resistant and durable coating. Not only is this considered to be a hardwearing green treatment but it also allows the fabric to retain more of its natural feel and drape and retain its wipeable properties even after washing.
It will be interesting to see how the coating of tablecloth develops over the next 20 years. What fabric will be covering our tables in 2035?


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Modern Blue Kitchen Decorating Ideas With Nice Cabinet Set
A debt of gratitude is in order for going to our exhibition of blue kitchen ideas. Acquainting the color blue in with your kitchen design could have an enormous effect. Regardless of whether its by painting the kitchen cabinetry, or introducing... Read more →


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The days of troubleshooting a piece of gear armed only with a scope, voltmeter, and a general idea of how the hardware works are gone forever. As technology continues to drive equipment design forward, maintenance difficulties will continue to increase, and those responsible for maintaining this equipment will continue to struggle to keep up. The Electronic Systems Maintenance Handbook, Second Edition establishes a foundation for servicing, operating, and optimizing audio, video, computer, and RF systems. Beginning with an overview of reliability principles and properties, a team of top experts describes the steps essential to ensuring high reliability and minimum downtime. They examine heat management issues, grounding systems, and all aspects of system test and measurement. They even explore disaster planning and provide guidelines for keeping a facility running under extreme circumstances. Today more than ever, the reliability of a system can have a direct and immediate impact on the profitability of an operation. Advocating a carefully planned, systematic maintenance program, the richly illustrated Electronic Systems Maintenance Handbook helps engineers and technicians meet the challenges inherent in modern electronic equipment and ensure top quality performance from each piece of hardware.... Analyzer......................................................... 23-4 23.4 Manual Probe Diagnosis. ... 23-9 Operating Principles ac Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) Features ac Capturing Transient Waveforms ac Triggering Jerry C. Whitaker Editor-in-Chiefanbsp;...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's first week in power was a whirl of activity, but the orders and pronouncements flowing from the White House had little to do with the central mission of his presidency: overhauling health care, weaning the nation from foreign oil and fixing the economy.
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- Combine ingredients in a large (8 quart) saucepan over high heat. Stir to combine. Bring to 'medium' boil. *SEE NOTE. Reduce to simmer (on medium-low temperature) for 20 minutes. Cover.
- Remove cover, increase temperature to medium-high and stir constantly until rice is tender and pudding is thick and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Pour into serving dishes. Serve warm immediately or chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- If desired add optional toppings right before serving.
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- Do not bring to a full rolling boil and then cover. It will boil over and you will be left with a nasty stove to clean. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me on this one.
- We do not count water and salt when considering the number of ingredients.
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- The first time you prepare this I recommend tasting a piece of rice after 1 hour 30 minutes. If it is not chewy yet cover it and let it cook 30 more minutes and check again. The more you stir the more the pudding will thicken. That said, about 15 minutes before the pudding is done remove cover and stir until pudding is thickened.
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A fourth person was arrested today in connection with the murder of Raveesh Kumar Kumra during a home invasion in Monte Sereno last month, police said today. Sacramento police today arrested Deangelo Austin on suspicion of murder in connection with the Nov. 30th home invasion that ended in the death of Kumra, 66, in his home on the 18000 block of Withey Road, according to Sgt. Kerry Harris.
Austin is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the incident, which also left Kumra's wife with non-life threatening injuries. On Dec. 18th, police arrested Raven Dixon, 22, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder as well as felony narcotics, misdemeanor prostitution and drunk in public charges. On Wednesday, Dec. 26th, police interviewed and arrested Lucas Anderson after an interview at Santa Clara County Jail, where he was already in custody on an unrelated matter, Harris said. Anderson was arraigned on Friday on a murder charge.
And on Dec. 27th, Oakland police stopped and detained Javier Garcia, who was transferred to Santa Clara County Jail and arrested on suspicion of murder after an interview, Harris said. Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police issued a news release stating that the home invasion homicide was probably not a random act and that investigators were focusing on possible connections a suspect or suspects may have had to the victim's house.
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A free-trade agreement between the US and Japan could open up a lucrative market to overseas firms while conferring broad economic benefits, said Eli Lilly chief executive Sidney Taurel in a speech last Thursday in Japan. Taurel told the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan that an Economic Integration Agreement makes sense because of its big-picture benefits: boosting the $200 billion annual trading relationship between Japan and the US, while strengthening their overall economic competitiveness. It would also spur growth in emerging industrial economies such as China and India by accelerating the pursuit of partnerships with other countries, he said. Taurel also outlined how Japan's regulatory and healthcare systems thwart the efforts of drug companies to market products there. Lilly would save 40% of its cost for clinical research in Japan if that country would lift its ban on non-Japanese people participating in clinical trials, he said. Due to the Japanese-only clinical trial restriction, it takes about five extra years to gain approval to sell new drugs. Policies of Japan's National Health Insurance system also make the market less attractive to overseas firms because they don't assure price premiums when new products come to market. This hurts Japan's own pharmaceutical industry as well, Taurel said, describing how not one Japanese firm makes the list of top 10 global drug companies. He said Japan's global market share in pharmaceuticals is less than 10%, despite being one of the most innovative in the world. An agreement could improve the business environment. "One goal of bilateral trade negotiations should be to reduce artificial constraints on pricing and market access for biopharmaceuticals in Japan," Taurel said.


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New images have been unveiled of the skinny, glass tower in Manhattan by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) that is expected to open this year.
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Some DuPage schools keep more scores above new benchmarks
Tougher standards, questions lead to drops in report card successes
For administrators at many of DuPage County's top-performing elementary schools, the release each year of state report card data usually brings an extra reason to celebrate during Halloween festivities.
These educators know they're working with high-performing students and teachers. The test scores and statistics provided by the report cards simply validate a year's worth of hard work.
Even the best have fallen in DuPageAmong the highest-performing elementary schools in the Daily Herald's DuPage County coverage area, these 10 saw the smallest percentage point decreases this year in the number of students meeting or exceeding standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test.
1. Longfellow, Wheaton
2012: 95.1 percent
2013: 90.8 percent
2. Brook Forest, Oak Brook
2012: 99.7 percent
2013: 94.4 percent
3. Highlands, Naperville
2012: 97.7 percent
2013: 91.7 percent
4. May Watts, Naperville
2012: 95.3 percent
2013: 88.9 percent
5. Meadow Glens, Naperville
2012: 95.1 percent
2013: 88.3 percent
T-6. Fry Elementary in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 (Naperville)
2012: 97.4 percent
2013: 90.5 percent
T-6. Benjamin Franklin, Glen Ellyn
2012: 95.5 percent
2013: 88.6 percent
8. River Woods, Naperville
2012: 95.4 percent
2013: 86.9 percent
9. Patterson Elementary in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 (Naperville)
2012: 96 percent
2013: 87.4 percent
10. Spring Brook Elementary in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 (Naperville)
2012: 96.2 percent
2013: 87.1 percent
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"We just have a tradition of academic excellence," said Kelly Voliva, principal at Brook Forest Elementary in Butler District 53. "We have teachers that constantly strive to perfect their craft. We are always trying to challenge students."
The annual state report cards, released today, provide a cornucopia of information about student achievement, demographics and other data for every school in Illinois. This year's results in particular present a new challenge and a more complicated story.
Faced with tougher questions on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test and higher standards as they begin to implement the more stringent Common Core curriculum, even the best schools from Oak Brook to Wheaton are seeing drops in the percentages of students who meet or exceed state standards.
"What used to be a 'meets' is no longer a 'meets,'" said Faith Dahlquist, assistant superintendent for educational services in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200. "It's like the grading scale has changed. It doesn't mean the level of performance went down."
Educators across DuPage and the state knew these drops were coming and tried to prepare parents, warning them against disappointment in their school's -- and possibly their child's -- seemingly lower performance. And while almost all schools saw decreases in the number of students who meet or exceed standards this year, some schools had more students above the bar than others.
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While some schools in West Chicago Elementary District 33 and Addison Elementary District 4 saw students who meet or exceed standards fall between 25.2 and 40.1 percentage points, Longfellow Elementary in Wheaton, Brook Forest in Oak Brook and others saw slighter decreases starting at 4.3 and 5.3 percentage points, respectively.
Highlands Elementary in Naperville Unit District 203 saw a 6 percentage point drop; May Watts Elementary in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 had a 6.4 percentage point decrease; and Meadow Glens Elementary in District 203 registered a drop of 6.8 percentage points.
Leaders at schools that experienced smaller decreases credit a variety of educational factors.
Changes in curriculum and textbooks helped 90.8 percent of Longfellow students continue to meet or exceed standards, along with teacher meetings to identify the most effective practices and a focus on achievement for all, Principal Dianne Thornburg said.
"I have teachers who are really relentless in believing that all students can achieve at high levels," she said.
The school, along with all elementaries in District 200, has new informational texts purchased the past two years so teachers can match lessons to the Common Core's emphasis on reading nonfiction for facts, said Dahlquist, assistant superintendent for educational services. The district also set its own, higher cutoff scores a few years ago in advance of the state's move to increase its benchmarks this year.
"We have known for a while the state cut scores were not at a high enough rate to give us a good enough accurate feel for whether our students were on the right track," Dahlquist said.
Brook Forest used similar methods to keep 94.4 percent of its students meeting or exceeding standards this year, Voliva said. She said parental involvement and access to iPads or laptops, which allow students to work in groups tailored to their skill level, also have helped.
To maintain a high percentage of students above the state's new meets/exceeds bar, schools needed to be challenging even gifted students to raise their scores.
"We really provide very tailored instruction to those students," Voliva said. "School could be easy for a lot of our kids here, but it's our goal to keep them excited about learning."
Demographic assists
Many schools that didn't see drastic drops in percentages of students who meet or exceed standards were assisted also by the characteristics of who they're teaching.
Highlands Elementary in Naperville Unit District 203, where 91.7 percent of students meet or exceed standards this year, hosts a magnet program for gifted students in fourth and fifth grades. Meadow Glens, also in District 203, has a gifted magnet program in fourth grade and maintained 88.3 percent of its students above the meets/exceeds bar.
At Brook Forest, only 1.4 percent of students face the challenge of limited English proficiency, and 4.9 percent are classified as low-income.
While high-achieving schools may be diverse -- students at Longfellow speak 15 languages, and the population is 19.4 percent low-income and 11.4 percent limited-English proficient -- they do not face the same challenges as schools with majorities of low-income or limited English-speaking populations.
Pioneer Elementary in West Chicago Elementary District 33 has 92.9 percent low-income students and 68.7 percent limited English-speaking students, while demographics at Turner Elementary in West Chicago District 33 and Lake Park Elementary in Addison Elementary District 4 nearly mirror each other at roughly 79 percent low-income and 52 percent limited-English proficient.
These schools saw among the five largest drops in DuPage in percentages of students who meet or exceed standards, with Turner falling 40.1 points and Currier and Lake Park both sliding 37.4 .
Repeat expected
Many educators are predicting more of the same deceivingly lower percentages of students who meet or exceed standards the next couple of years.
In 2014, the test is getting harder -- again -- with 100 percent of ISAT questions aligned to the Common Core instead of this year's 20 percent.
Then, the ISAT will make way in spring 2015 for a new test called PARCC, or Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Patrick Nolten, executive director of research and assessment at Indian Prairie Unit District 204 -- where May Watts and Fry elementary schools fared among the 10 best in the area in maintaining students above the new threshold -- said no one can predict when test results will return to their previous levels.
But educators say they are using new curriculum, collaboration, technology -- everything in their power -- to ensure students continue making progress.
"Students didn't suddenly lose knowledge, intellect, ability or anything like that," Nolten told school board members recently. "(The state) just changed what's high enough to be considered meets or exceeds."


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Financial Services
The financial crisis laid bare the inability of many financial institutions to properly identify, understand, and control the risks they were facing. Weak risk governance and risk management put individual firms in jeopardy – with many failing – and undermined the stability of global markets.
The industry has responded by investing heavily in strengthening its approach to overseeing and managing risks. Board-level oversight has changed significantly: more knowledgeable directors have been appointed, new committees created, and reports and systems have been upgraded. The rigor around articulating and measuring each firm's risk appetite, and ensuring its tight linkages to strategy and key business decisions, has improved materially.
Regulators have stepped up their game in monitoring macro-economic and firm-specific risks. New institutions have been formed, stress testing is now commonplace, and risk reporting to regulators has grown exponentially.
However, improving risk governance is a journey. Firms started from different positions, have differing business models, and face different risks. Yet common challenges remain, including implementing work on risk appetite, managing complex data flows, finding time for director-level risk dialogue, and spotting emerging risks. Industry-wide dialogue helps.
Privacy and data governance: risks and opportunities for leading insurers
Competitive pressures are driving insurers to seek the greatest possible advantage from the large amounts of data at their disposal. At the same time, security and privacy concerns are limiting their ability to do so. Regulation and customer expectations are elevating standards for privacy and data governance, and insurers need to develop systems, personnel, and governance policies to meet these higher standards. Yet even while they face greater constraints in how customer information can be deployed, insurers are using big data to improve underwriting, risk management, operating efficiency, customer relations, and product innovation. This ViewPoints synthesizes views among insurance leaders about how best to manage the manage the tug-of-war between deriving strategic value from data and safeguarding consumers' rights.
Talent strategy: designing a workforce for the future of insurance
For today's leading insurers, board-level talent discussions extend far beyond the traditional topics of top management compensation and succession planning, as boards seek to align talent management more closely with business strategy. Insurers have always viewed human capital as an important asset, but formulating the right talent strategy has become increasingly critical as technological developments transform the way the industry works and the talent it requires. At the same time, an impending wave of retirements and the increasing prominence of millennials in the workforce have implications for recruitment, training, and workplace culture. Facing stiff competition for talent from other sectors, industry insiders worry that they may not be able to attract, retain, and develop the workforces they will need. This ViewPoints synthesizes views among insurance leaders about how boards can best meet this challenge and build the insurance industry workforce of the future.
Banking in transition: overseeing non-financial risk in the midst of technological and business model transformation
Non-financial risks have been among the greatest sources of risk for large banks since the financial crisis. Conduct and compliance issues, systems failures, and cybersecurity have risen to the top of risk committee agendas, but remain difficult to monitor, measure, and predict. Even as technology offers new mitigation tools, the transformative changes underway in large banks are creating new and different sources of non-financial risks. As banks overhaul systems, operations, business models, and structures to become more agile and efficient, the pace and scale of change is creating execution risk. As banks navigate their way through this transformation, boards and executives are identifying ways to improve management and oversight of these risks.
Cyber risk management: the focus shifts to governance
Cyber risk has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, and banks, who are among the most-targeted, have made substantial investments in cybersecurity. Despite this investment, cyber vulnerability continues to present unique challenges for risk management and oversight. As technology is increasingly embedded in all aspects of banking, cyber risk is expanding, requiring greater board attention. In response, boards are taking steps to improve governance and oversight of cybersecurity. At the same time, regulatory authorities are becoming increasingly prescriptive in defining cyber risk expectations and emphasizing the role of governance and controls.
Revolutionary change is transforming the financial services landscape
In October 2016, Tapestry Networks and EY hosted the Financial Services Leadership Summit, which brought together more than 80 financial sector leaders to discuss the extraordinary changes happening across the financial services landscape. Participants included directors and executives of the largest global banks, insurers, asset managers, regulators, fintech entrepreneurs, and other subject matter experts. ViewPoints synthesizes these and other discussions with participants in the Bank and Insurance Governance Leadership Networks over the second half of 2016. Technology is lowering the barriers to entry for emerging competitors and transforming the way incumbents do business, rapidly altering the competitive marketplace. At the same time, unprecedented macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, driven by underlying structural changes, are creating a degree of uncertainty about the environment through which leaders must guide these institutions. Regulation will need to continue to evolve in response. A summit participant summarized, "Revolutions only get called with hindsight … We are in a period of accelerated evolution that will be called a revolution in financial services."
Sustaining growth and innovation in the insurance sector
The insurance sector faces one of its most difficult periods in recent memory. Economic, regulatory, technological, structural and shareholder challenges are driving insurers to redesign many aspects of the business and key elements of strategy.In this ViewPoints,leading insurers share perspectives on the outlook for the sector, opportunities in asset management governance, and new models for growth and innovation.Insurers, together with leading banks, also explore broader challenges facing financial services, including market liquidity risks and the need for increasing board-shareholder engagement.
Building sustainable models for banks and their investors
At the seventh BGLN Summit, participants focused on how banks are adapting strategies, business models, and operations to a changing competitive landscape. Non-executive directors and senior executives from among the largest global banks were joined by regulators and other participants representing investor and other stakeholder perspectives for discussions on some of the challenges and opportunities for banks as they seek to improve returns and attract investment. This ViewPoints synthesizes themes emerging from the summit discussion including how regulation is driving changes to bank structures, the need to build more agile banks to attract investment, increasingly active investors and requests for board-shareholder engagement, and potential systemic risk stemming from reduced market liquidity.
Top and emerging risks: improving identification and oversight of key risks facing large banks
Bank boards continue to face increasing accountability for ensuring banks are effectively overseeing risks. Yet, despite improvements in risk identification, participants in the BGLN question whether they are truly engaging in the right ways on the key risks that could bring down an individual bank or have a broader systemic impact. BGLN discussions over the last six months, including two meetings in June, focused on top and emerging risks and how boards and supervisors can improve oversight. This ViewPoints captures the essence of these discussions with individual sections focused on top risks including emerging sources of systemic risk, persistent conduct challenges, increasing strategic risk intensified by possible disruption, and the growing cyber threat.
Leading insurers address reputation and its risks
Reputation has long been thought of as the cornerstone of any brand. But in the current environment, reputation has increasingly become not just an asset but also a risk to be managed. For some companies, reputational risk can threaten not just their well-being and but existence. Although reputational challenges have arisen in the past, the viral nature of modern communication has radically changed the dynamic for large public firms. In this ViewPoints, leading insurers share perspectives on why reputation is so difficult to manage and how companies can more effectively govern reputation and its associated risks.
Navigating amongst icebergs: leading insurers address emerging risk
Regulatory risk requirements and the evolution of emerging risk management (ERM) have contributed to a significant maturation of risk management within leading insurers. Despite this progress, boards still wonder if they are prepared to spot the next big challenge, especially in a world where risks seem to multiply exponentially. In this ViewPoints, leading insurers share perspectives on how boards can enhance the governance of emerging risks, along with which emerging risks are most likely to materialize and cause significant harm.
Risk and opportunity in an increasingly digital world
As the world becomes more digital, insurers are faced with important questions about strategy, risk, market and organizational structure, workforce, and culture - issues that, in the final analysis, require the full board's careful attention. Like the technology itself, insurers' understanding of the impact of digitization is evolving rapidly. Despite progress on digital strategies, a tremendous amount of work remains to be done. In this ViewPoints, leading insurers share their perspectives on how the industry remains relevant and how companies can lead in a rapidly transforming world.
Addressing conduct and culture issues in banking
Persistent misconduct caused commentators, bank leaders, and regulators to question whether something is fundamentally wrong with the culture of banks and banking. BGLN discussions over the last six months, including two meetings in March, focused on how bank boards, management, and supervisors can address cultural issues within their institutions and across the industry. This is a long-term, multifaceted challenge that will require changes to hiring, accountability, incentives, governance, and business models.
Developing effective and sustainable risk cultures in banks
For banks and supervisors, a focus on embedding effective risk cultures into banks has become the next area of focus for improving risk governance. Over some time, the BGLN has been discussing risk culture among over 50 members in the banking and supervisory community, bringing together a roundtable in March 2014 to discuss collective challenges. This ViewPoints captures the essence of these discussions and aims to provide a common base to think about instilling, monitoring, assessing, and sustaining effective risk cultures in banks.
Strategic responses to macroeconomic challenges
Current macroeconomic challenges related principally to evolving fiscal and monetary policies, and their influence on interest rates, growth, uncertainty, and volatility, could lead to a variety of future economic scenarios, and thus are at the top of the insurance industry's risk agenda. For board members, these challenges raise many considerations of portfolio optimization and geographic strategy. Several IGLN participants stressed the importance of seeking knowledge and expertise from diverse inputs – beyond their own economists – and vigorous dialogue.
Heightened expectations for risk management and controls
Despite progress in improving risk governance, banks are still grappling with effectively implementing risk appetite frameworks, and improving measurement and mitigation of increasingly important operational risks. Ongoing operational issues continue to underscore the need to improve controls. At its core, effective risk management is about building a strong risk culture, and shaping that culture is a long-term challenge confronting banks.
Enabling more effective risk appetite frameworks
A major area of focus in the BGLN for improving risk governance has been the adoption of formalized risk appetite frameworks (RAFs), where discussions have revealed a lack of clarity on the objectives, expectations, and core elements of RAFs between supervisors and banks. In order to bridge these gaps, the BGLN conducted a year-long set of one-on-one and group discussions with banks and regulators. The findings include: attributes of mature RAFs, common challenges in implementation, and approaches for evaluating effectiveness.
Top and emerging risks for global insurance
The multitude of risks facing insurers is greater than ever. While certain key risks tend to dominate the landscape, insurance boards want to be sure they understand a broad range of challenges that will shape business strategy in the future. This ViewPoints explores specific industry risks related to information technology, operations, outsourcing, consumer protection, internal modeling, and competition.
Improving risk identification processes
Improved risk governance practices are emerging in response to heightened scrutiny, new risks, and changing regulations. The success of the risk governance process depends on its ability to be forward-looking so leading insurers and their boards can better identify top and emerging risks. This ViewPoints explores current practices and mechanisms for identifying risks, the role of the board and risk committee in the identification process, and the challenges facing boards and management.
Cybersecurity: an emerging risk for global banks and the financial system
The issue of cybersecurity as a top and emerging risk in banking and the financial system arose during a series of Bank Governance Leadership Network (BGLN) discussions among directors, executives, and supervisors in early 2012. On June 18, 2012, six non-executive directors, two chief risk officers, and three supervisors met in New York to further examine this difficult to manage, but increasingly important risk for global banks. This ViewPoints summarizes key themes emerging from those discussions and ideas on how to address the threat.
Top and emerging risks for global banking
In a series of discussions in 2012 bringing together chief risk officers, non-executive directors, and supervisors, BGLN participants exchanged perspectives on top and emerging risks for global banks, including concerns about bank funding, liquidity, and collateral management; strategic, operational, and potentially systemic risks emerging from global regulatory changes; cybersecurity and geopolitical risks; and short- and long-term risks associated with the continuing economic and market conditions.


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Materials: ENUDDEN Towel Rack, GODVIN Leg, HEMMA cord set, SPARSAM bulbs
Description: We just moved in to a new apartment in Nashville and I needed to set up some quick lighting for my office using some Ikea odds and ends we've accumulated.
I had some Hemma cords that had been hung from the ceiling in our last place - but we have 14' unfinished loft here and no ladder to boot - so I needed something within reach of me tip-toeing on a wobbly chair.
I'm not entirely sure why, but we had a 5th Godvin leg laying around, as well as a few bathroom accessories we picked up at an Ikea on the drive down south but didn't end up having a use for when we got here.
So - throw em all together and you've got the Godvinudden light.
Super easy.
1. line up the Enudden towel rack on the Godvin legs widest side (they're the same width) the towel rack has 2 pre-drilled mounting holes use those to mark where to drill into the leg.
2. pre-drill the holes in the leg to make room for whatever screws you have handy - I had a couple sheetmetal screws that worked just fine.
3. screw the two together and voila.
I mounted the fixture as high as I could on the wall and strung up the Hemma cords as pictured.
Nothing fancy - table leg and towel rack, but it does the job.
~ Ben Krebs, Nashville


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I recently wrote about the health benefits of taking a simple walk in the woods. Trees release phytoncides, an airborne chemical that protects against various molds and bacteria. Coniferous trees emit phytoncides more Phytoncides than broad-leaved trees, which protect their foliage from microbes, but the chemical can also help to stimulate our own immune systems and reduce stress.
Recent medical studies have shown that a walk in the woods can have a measurable positive effect on human health and well-being. It can boost an individual's immune system. Even the sight of green trees have an affect.
Researchers in Pennsylvania have discovered that patients made faster recoveries after surgery, with less need for painkillers, when they could see grass and trees from their hospital bed. In contrast, patients who could only see a brick wall from their windows made slower recoveries, and needed more help with pain.
While this all sounds rather new age, like the psychic surgeons of Sedona, Arizona, it is not. Naturalistic medicines are a field of therapy as old as the earth. For eons, native peoples have utilized natural cures for their health and well being. They understood the benefits if not the science. When the Iroquois brewed spearmint tea to combat pain and fever, they didn't know that the leaves released the same chemical found in modern day aspirin. But they knew it worked.
The use of balsam pillows was an elemental form of modern aromatherapy. The practice was still being implemented as part of the cure for tuberculosis as recently as the 1950's. Science is finally getting around to verifying what many people have long known, that natural cures can work wonders.
Now comes even better news about the positive benefits of water. Water is a most unique medium, it can transform from liquid to hard ice, soft snow or cool fog to hot steam. It can move with unrelenting power or a gentle flow. And, it can move us physically and mentally.
From birth, we are endlessly exposed to water. It comprises nearly three-quarters of our bodies and even more of the earth's surface. Many of us begin or end our day in its fold, whether in a shower or a bath.
It has a calming affect, which is most notable on the water. I've often marveled at the ability of water to draw people together, to bring out the goodness in each other.
When passing other boaters on the lake, everyone always waves. In boats crammed in the locks for passage upstream or down, people will exchange greetings and thoughts on the day.
I still find it odd, that if a boat is broken down on the water, or an individual appears to be stranded along a remote shoreline, boaters will almost always rush to their aid.
Conversely, if that same family of broken down boaters were to be found with their car's hood open along the highway, the vast majority of other travelers would whiz right by. And pity the lone traveler, standing along the roadside. "We don't pick up hitchhikers," exclaims the same driver just back from piloting a boat that aided a stranded swimmer.
Water has strange affects on human behavior. Consider waterfalls, there are few scenes as captivating to humans. Like the coals of a campfire or the crashing of ocean surf, waterfalls are mesmerizing. They can hold the human mind in a seemingly hypnotic trance. There is no, man-made object that can induce such a mindless, blank stare.
Scientifically, this mind numbing, drool inducing, static stare is known as involuntary attention. It is also known as fascination. While words are incapable of fully explaining the allure of falling water, the attraction is undeniable.
Possibly it comes from some innate, primitive connection to earth's element. The ever changing nature of a waterfalls are similar to the coals of a fire and each scene generates comparable levels of intensity of interest.
It's a fact: we feel good and behave better when we are exposed to water. We are just better people, but, I wonder why?
Medical experts have been studying the basis for such claims in recent years and the state of West Virginia has even focused a tourism campaign around these scientific studies. State tourism officials have coined the term, "Waterfalling," to describe the health benefits of visiting waterfalls, lakes or seashores where pounding waves produce ions.
In nature, there exists both positively charged ions and negatively charged ions. These molecules can have powerful effects on human biology. In an odd juxtaposition of terms, positive ions have a negative effect and negative ions a positive effect.
Negative ions, which occur commonly throughout nature have been shown to have beneficial effects on human health. They reduce stress levels and can create an overall sense of well-being
Falling or crashing water creates negative ions which can be found in high concentrations after a rainstorm or after a lightning strike. The fresh smell in the air generated after a rainfall is actually the odor of negatively charged ions in the air.
Evidence shows that negative ions clean the air of dust, molds, bacteria, soot, pollen and household odors. Showers are actually an in-house ionize as they produce negative ions.
Positive ions are believed to have adverse effects on human health. Studies have shown they can inhibit ciliary motility, the cleaning mechanism in our respiratory tract, and increase the risk of infection.
Positive ions are found in high concentrations before a storm and in areas that have high outdoor air pollution. Anywhere along a busy highway or freeway is a great place to receive a dose of positive ions which can leave a person fatigued, irritable or even depressed.
Soaking up negative ions, which can be found in the highest concentration at the base of a waterfall has been proven to help people suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and depression. The effects of waterfalling can also help to regulate levels of stress hormone while clensing the air.
In a study conducted by Dr. Felix Gad Sulman, MD, falling water was proven to be very helpful for sufferers of hay-fever and other seasonal allergies.
Other effects of Sulman's study indicated a decrease in respiratory rates indicating a relaxed state, decreased blood pressure, decreased skin temperature, increased metabolism and increased ciliary activity, decreased blood sedimentation rate and an increased resistance to infection.
Participants in the study expressed an overall feeling of well being and increased vitality as a result. Medical researchers have suggested waterfalling as an adjunctive therapy for individuals suffering from chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, migraines, insomnia, wound and burn healing, asthma, hayfever, emphysema, bronchitis and tension.
What does this information mean to the average local resident? The Adirondack Park contains more than a hundred peaks over 3,000 feet in elevation. Interwoven are more than 30,000 miles of streams and rivers. Locating a waterfall in the park is as easy as finding quills on a porcupine's behind.
In the spring, as rain and snowmelt pours off the Adirondack dome, the region comes alive with waterfalls cascading from mountain peaks. Before they are hidden by foliage, the abundance of waterfalls is more apparent now, than in any other season.
I've always known the falls were out there; they are the swimming holes of my youth. I visit them regularly in the summer, seeking the oxygen rich, holding waters that will keep trout active in the heat of the season.
But I never recognized the benefits waterfalls can have on my health. Not only are waterfalls restful, soothing and calming, but the process of discovering new falls can be as restorative as a fountain of youth. The search can rekindle a sense of adventure that most people haven't experienced since childhood.
So get out and find a falls that "No one has ever seen," it will do you good!
Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com