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Popular uses for vinyl graphics include:
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Head Qu QM Dept Strahl's Brig
June 23rd 1864"
My own Sweet wife,
Your letters of the 9th and 13th both came to
hand yesterday. Letters coming from Oxford by mail, dont generally
take over seven or eight days coming to Atlanta – they are then
sent to the front and I have to await an opportunity of some one
coming from the General's Head Qu to obtain my letters – this will
explain my receiving two at the sametime. I can't account for
my letters being so long on the road, over twenty days, it is outrageous –
Both your letters coming at the sametime (as it happened)"
was rather fortunate than otherwise, for your first, informed me
of Ada's being sick with fever and I should have been uneasy [&]
anxious all the time until your second letter arrived, which says
she has entirely recovered.
I regret exceedingly the destruction of the well – it was
such good water and never exhausted. It appears to me that
it may be cleaned out and a new curbing put in – It would
not take a great many nails, which I except you may be
able to purchase from some person about Oxford - Probably [those]
that have had so much benefit from it, would be suf-
ficiently interested to have it fixed or at least to furnish
a few nails if they have them. If possible, I should like to
have it fixed, for if you do not, I fear it will be a great
detriment in getting some one to occupy the house and in addition
to this, it is a matter of no small consideration for your own com-
fort this summer - and furthermore I hate to see the place
go to ruin. Get it fixed if you can dear, if it cost a hun-

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Edding's Blunder Leads to Questions
I have taken a few days and still I am upset and angry at the events thgat led to the Rays losing their sunday contest to the Chicago White Sox. O do not have a problem losing a game to sportsmanship and the course of a game playing out under normal situations. But whenever A J Pierzenski is in a game, it is never normal.
Case in point is the Sunday contest where Pierzenski and his umpire friend, Doug Edding again came into national exposure on a TBS telecast.
As most people know by now, Eddings was the unlucky home plate umpire during the White Sox versus the L A Angels Game 2 of the AL championship series. That was the game where Pierzenski was called out on a swinging strike that "apparently" hit the ground before Angels catcher Josh Paul caught it.
Paul tossed the ball towards the mound, which is customary after a strikeout to end the inning. Pierzenski did not hear a vocal third strike call by Eddings and ran towards first as if it was a strikeout, passed ball situation. Eddings had not vocally let it be known that he had judged that the ball hit the ground before it hit Paul's mitt and never signaled directly the strikeout.
Pierzenski was awarded first base, and the series began to unfold rapidly from that point for the Angels. The White Sox went on to win the AL Pennant and deposae of the Houston Astros in 4 games to win the World Series.
Back to Sunday's contest, Pierzenski lead off with a single to centerfield for the White Sox in thebottom of the 10th inning. Pierzenski then tagged up after Carlos Quentin's fly out to center when Rays centerfielder B J Upton held onto the ball in the outfield. Peirzenski was now in scoring postion for the Sox.
Jermaine Dye then hit a sharp grounder to shortstop that Pierzenski thought was through the hole for a single. He was caught in a rundown between second and thrid base. Rays' shortstop Jason Bartlett then faked towards AJ and threw to thrid baseman Willy Aybar who was running towards Pierzenski.
A J back -pedaled towards second base and Aybar threw to Jason Bartlett standing on second base. Pierzenski then moved towards the outfield area and in the path of Aybar and stuck out his left elbow to catch Aybar as he ran past Pierzenski. At that moment Pierzenski started to tumble towards the third and second base umpire Doug Edding motions towards second base.
Eddings had determined that Aybar had interfered with Pierzenski's natural motion towards third and A J was considered safe and awarded third base. The Rays were livid with Bartlett and Aybar in Eddings face before First Base Coach George Hendricks pulled Aybar away from Eddings. Rays Manager Joe Maddon came out and attempted to get Eddings to ask for a umpire conference to review the play, but was overruled by Eddings and the play stood as called on the field.
the play ended up costing the Rays the victory when Alexi Ramirez hit a single into rightfield and Pierzenski strolled home from third with the winning run. After the game Pierzenski was his usual smug self and proclaimed," First of all, it was bad baserunning on my part," Pierzynski said. "I shouldn't have went — horrible baserunning. But I was just looking for somebody to get close enough and luckily he did."
Eddings had called Aybar for inteference on the play, thrid base umpire Ted Barrett explaned the call. "What Doug ruled at second base was, even though A.J. did kind of stick his arm out to make contact, Aybar was still in his way, so A.J., if he would have turned, he wouldn't have been able to continue on to third," said third-base umpire Ted Barrett, who addressed the situation after the game. "So after making the throw, Aybar is no longer in the act of fielding and he can't obstruct the runner, which is what Doug ruled happened.
"In a rundown, even though A.J. was going back to second, the rule of obstruction during a rundown is he gets his next advanced base and that's why he was rewarded third base."
I hate it when a game is decided by a umpire, even if it was a good call. But this call was even worse than the B J Upton situation a few days earlier at home against the Angels. B J's call did not hinder the final result of the game for either team. But Sunday's call not only gave the White Sox a win to keep the Rays from sweeping the White Sox, it gave them back first place in the AL Central division.
Games should be decided by the players and not the umpires. The Rays should only have to play 9 men a game instead of 13. A roster lineup plus the umpiring crew can make for a long and exhausting game for the Rays down the stretch. Let's hope that the men in blue do not have to be the basis of controversy in any more of the Rays games going into this playoff stretch. Conspiracy theories will abound and even simple plays will be examined by fans and the media if anymore "phanthom" calls surface for the team.
Worst part of it all is that now any call Doug Eddings makes the rest of the year will be under a microscope as pertaining to this and the 2002 situation. And Pierzenski, being the toad he is just laughed and stated, "I didn't think about that until you said it, but I guess it's ironic," Pierzynski said. "It's just a funny coincidence, I guess. Him and I will be linked forever because of that one play and now there are two plays."
Linked like Oil and Vinegar for a lifetime.


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This saves the webpages as html files and enables fewer PHP calls to WordPress so that the page loads way faster. Super cache is what is used more, but Quick cache or Total cache can also be a viable alternative.
Using Content Delivery Network, such as Cloud Front from Amazon can easily offload network traffic like CSS, JavaScript, etc. This makes the site load very fast. Max CDN is another way when coupled with Total cache, can deliver very fast load times.
Loading of sidebar widgets can also affect load speeds, which consume network resources unnecessarily. Removing the widgets will present a cleaner design of the web pages.
Social buttons are a big drag on the resources as they tend to be of a large file size. The Share bar plugin especially has many links and takes ages to load. So it is advisable to keep only popular sites as shares, like Facebook or Twitter or Google. Also adding them before and after the posts may increase sharing, but reduce load times.
Loading times of comment systems can be pretty huge. There are lots of comment systems including the ever popular Facebook comment system. Word press comments are the fastest to load. But usage of Facebook comments over Word press essentially results in a tradeoff between load times and popularity.
Hosting Gravatars may be looking cool and attract comments and all that, but when comments become large, loading up 200 Gravatars can really slow the load times of the page. So disable them for a clean comment system.
Load only 5 to 6 comments and load further if the user requests it. This will load up the page faster and make it more responsive. Utilize the Word Press comment settings (Settings>Discussion) for reduction of comments to be seen. Stopping spam comments and also stopping their attempts can significantly aid in proper load times.
Shifting of JavaScript to footer can be rewarding as it does not interfere with the page loading. Combining of JavaScript too can save a lot of resources. Always loading of CSS should be in HEAD and minimize the use of CSS if possible.
Keeping image sizes low, using lesser colors to save and compressing it high will result in small file sizes for embedding. Loading up few images per site is also essential. Offloading them to a CDN can also be a viable option. There are several plugins, which compress the images on the net to boost up load times.
Embedding of YouTube videos resulted in page load times to be highest If it is also the popular page, then the visitors may experience very slow speeds.So embedded videos should be kept to a minimum.
Additionally latest browsers have facility to compress the web pages and display them quickly to us. Simple tweaks to the .ini file of the site can compress the site significantly. Some sites may also have the option directly to enable GZip. These are being implemented on a regular basis by many. But then proper tweaking can result in amazing load times, which made the site load twice as fast.


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Ledecky wins USA Swimming athlete of the year honours
Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Katie Ledecky was named USA Swimming Athlete of the Year at the 2013 United States Aquatic Sports Convention Saturday. The 16-year-old also took home the Phillips 66 Performance Award for her record-breaking performance in the 1500m free at World Championships.
Ledecky earned four gold medals and broke two world records at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She broke world and American records in the 1500m and 800m freestyle and won gold in her first international relay, the women's 4x200m free. Ledecky also won gold and set the American record in the 400m free, becoming the first U.S. women to break 4:00.00 in the event. She was the recipient of the FINA Trophy as the highest scoring female swimmer of the meet. Ledecky also earned three 2013 National Championship titles in the 400m, 800m, and 1500m free.
Ledecky's Phillips 66 Performance Award came in her 1500m free swim at World Championships. She won the gold medal and set a world record with a time of 15:36.53, besting the rest of the field by 2.35 seconds, and breaking the previous world record by over six seconds.
Ron Van Pool took home the 2013 USA Swimming Award. The USA Swimming Award is the highest honor in the sport of swimming, given to the individual or organization with the most outstanding contribution to the sport.
Van Pool began his career in USA Swimming as a parent watching his child compete on the local swim team. He became an official and has been a part of USA Swimming for more than 30 years. He served as an official at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was also the head referee at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials. From 2002-2006, Van Pool was the President of USA Swimming.
Van Pool has served as the USA Swimming representative to the USOC and the National Governing Body Council for over 10 years, and is a member of the USSIC Board of Directors. He is the ex-officio member of the USA Swimming Board and is a member of the Safe Sport Committee.
In open water swimming, three awards were presented. World Championship gold medalist Haley Anderson (Granite Bay, Calif.) was named the Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year while 10k National Champion Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.) was named the Fran Crippen Memorial Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year. Catherine Vogt, the 2013 World Championship head open water coach, was presented with the Glen S. Hummer Award, given to the person making the greatest contribution to open water swimming for the year.
In disability swimming, 2013 Paralympic gold medalist Ian Silverman earned the Trischa L. Zorn Award. The award is presented for the outstanding performance of the year by an adapted swimmer.
USA Swimming staff member Cathy Durance was awarded the Athletes' Appreciation Award at the USA Swimming House of Delegates session on Friday. The award recognizes the individual or organization perceived by the committee to have contributed most significantly to the Athletes' Movement.
A complete list of the winners is as follows:
Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Haley Anderson
Fran Crippen Memorial Male Swimmer of the Year: Alex Meyer
Glen S. Hummer Award: Catherine Vogt
Adolph Kiefer Safety Commendation Award: Andrew Appleby
Trischa L. Zorn Award: Ian Silverman
James Raymond "Jimi" Flowers Disability Coach of the Year: Brian Loefler
Outstanding Service Award (Disability): Mark Rieniets
Make a Splash Hero Award: Dia Rianda
Diversity Inclusion Award: Martiza Correia McClendon
Ken Pettigrew Award: Ed Ruth
ASCA Coach of the Year (Presented at the ASCA Convention): Bruce Gemmell
Developmental Coach of the Year: David Marsh
Athletes' Appreciation Award: Cathy Durance
Phillips66 Performance of the Year Award: Katie Ledecky, 1500m Free – 2013 World Championships
USA Swimming Athlete of the Year: Katie Ledecky
USA Swimming Award: Ron Van Pool
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English language
The English language (originating in England) is the predominant language of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada[1] as well as other former members of the British Empire. Due to the enormous economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the these nations, English functions as the world's major international language.
History and Development
English is considered a member of the Germanic language family, one of the oldest surviving Germanic languages within the North-Sea Germanic/Ingvaeonic sub-grouping of this family, with a vocabulary based upon Saxon, Angle, and Jute descent. The language has changed considerably in its existence; predecessors to modern English are highly distinct and are often mistaken for a completely different language, as evident in Old-English and Middle English. French, amongst other Romance languages, has had a large impact on the language as well, due to the conquest of England by the French speaking Normans in 1066 AD. French also had a great impact on the language as it was the Lingua-Franca, considered so up until World War II (where English itself became the Lingua-Franca), in subjects such as law, science, philosophy, and politics.
Scholars typically identify several key factors in the development of the language in regards to the insurgence of non-native terminology. These times include the influence of French, mentioned above, the commerce England had with Spain, introducing Spanish to the language, and the effect of the Renaissance and Enlightenment period, which brought Latin and Greek based words to the language. Based on the history of the English language, it is sometimes compared to a common Creole language due to the many factors that have helped it develop over hundreds of years.
After World War II, the rise of the United States as a world superpower led to English replacing French as the Lingua-Franca, becoming the world's most used language for diplomacy, commerce, science, and so forth. Because of this, English is considered the world's most important international language by many.[2]
English spelling, technically phonetic based on the Latin alphabet, has changed considerably over time. Because England had vast differences in pronunciations and dialects, and because there was no standardized agreement of how to represent each sound nor which Roman letters corresponded to which sound, spelling was quite variable. Standard spellings did not come about until the late seventeenth century. In or around 1828 in the United States, the lexicographer Noah Webster argued for simplifying some spellings which were no longer phonetic, such as the -our in words such as "colour". Most, though not all, of his proposed changes were adopted, such that US English spelling differs from UK English in some hundreds of instances. UK English spelling is the standard in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and most of the Commonwealth of Nations including Canada and Australia; US English spelling is the standard in the United States and its territories.
The term "English" may also be used to refer to a person from the United Kingdom born in the country of England, or to describe something from England or with characteristics particular to that place.


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SANDY, Utah – 10-man Real Salt Lake (11-6-4, 37 points, West #1) lost a heartbreaker to Sporting Kansas City (10-5-6, 36 points, East #1) on Saturday night, giving up two goals – including one in the 97th minute – after going down a man midway through the second half to fall 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The loss snapped the Claret-and-Cobalt's 11-game unbeaten streak over all competitions. Despite the defeat, Real Salt Lake remains in first-place in the Supporters' Shield standings, one point ahead of second-place SKC.
RSL took the lead in the 56th minute, going ahead through FW Robbie Findley. The Claret-and-Cobalt went down a man in the 66th, when referee Matthew Foerster controversially showed RSL DF Chris Wingert a second yellow card, ejecting him from the match. SKC took advantage immediately, getting a goal from FW Soony Saad on the ensuing free kick before DF Ike Opara scored the winner in the 97th.
Tempers flared right from the start, with several players from both sides getting into it in the first minute after Wingert and SKC FW Kei Kamara knocked heads on an aerial attempt. Wingert was shown a yellow for his role in the incident, setting the table for his 66th minute ejection.
RSL had the match's first chance, nearly going ahead in the 16th minute. FW Joao Plata played MF Luis Gil in down the right side, with Gil cutting past SKC GK Jimmy Nielsen in the right corner of the area before lofting a cross to the back post. Unfortunately for RSL, Gil's ball drifted a tad too close to the end line, and Findley could only head his attempt back toward the middle of the box for a SKC clearance.
Real Salt Lake had another decent look in the 18th, when Findley curled a low cross in from the right side that was just touched away from the waiting feet of Plata at the far post.
Neither side registered another chance until after halftime, when RSL GK Jeff Attinella – who was making his first career MLS start – blocked SKC FW Claudio Bieler's shot to keep it scoreless. Bieler collected a ball at the top of the box, cutting to his left before firing a low shot toward the right post. Attinella did well to get to it, quickly diving to his left to palm the ball around the post and out for a corner.
Sporting Kansas City nearly scored on the ensuing set play. MF Graham Zusi curled the corner from the right side to Opara at the back post. The big center back nodded his header down towards the right side of the goal, where Plata headed off the line for a goal line clearance.
Findley gave RSL the lead in the 56th minute. MF Javier Morales chipped in a free kick from the middle of Kansas City's half and Nielsen muffed his attempted catch, only managing to slap at the ball and deflect it behind him. Findley took advantage, heading his close-range effort over several players and into the back of the net to give RSL the lead.
Wingert was ejected 10 minutes later. The veteran left back pulled Saad down on the right wing and Foerster judged it worthy of a yellow, showing Wingert his second caution and leaving RSL with 10 men.
SKC took advantage immediately, scoring on the ensuing free kick. Zusi's free kick got loose in the box, bouncing around off of several players from both teams before Kansas City hit a shot through the RSL defense from the left side of the area. Attinella made a big stop on the shot, but couldn't hold it, with the ball eventually bouncing to Bieler, who headed to Saad for a side-volleyed finish.
10-man RSL nearly went ahead in the 90th minute. Substitute FW Olmes Garcia collected a ball on the left wing and raced to goal, firing a shot from the top left corner of the box that Nielsen stopped with a diving save.
Opara scored the winner in the 97th minute. Zusi curled in a corner from the right side and Opara got on the end of it, heading it past Attinella and in to give SKC all three points.
Real Salt Lake will return to action next Saturday, July 27, when it will travel to the east coast to take on the New York Red Bulls at 5:00 p.m. MT on Red Bull Arena.
Click here to access video highlights and the RealSaltLake.com MATCHCENTER for RSL 1-2 SKC
Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 1-2 SKC
- Real Salt Lake's 11-game unbeaten streak across all competitions was snapped with tonight's 1-2 loss, RSL's last setback coming in another stoppage-time heartbreaker at Montreal on May 11, when it dropped a 3-2 result in Canada ... RSL was 9-0-2 during its unbeaten run, outscoring its competition 30-9 in that stretch ... Despite tonight's loss, RSL remains atop the MLS Supporters Shield table at 37 points, just ahead of Sporting Kansas City's 36 ...
- Real Salt Lake fell to 9-2-3 at home in all competitions at "The RioT" this year, outscoring its opposition 29-14 in 14 games at home, the team's last loss coming back onApril 27 against Los Angeles ...
- RSL fell to 10-2-2 when scoring first in MLS play in 2013 with tonight's loss, as the short-lived lead from Robbie Findley's 56' goal was overcome by Kansas City, which scored its equalizer immediately after going up a man and then the game-winner deep into stoppage time after RSL was down to 10 men ...
- The Chris Wingert ejection came after he saw his second yellow card in the 66' and was RSL's third red card in its last four games (Palmer, July 3 v PHI; Beltran, June 29 @ TOR) ... Wingert will miss next Saturday's trip to his New York home to face the Red Bulls, the veteran defender remaining one caution away upon his return to action from serving another one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation ... Fellow outside back Lovel Palmer remains one caution away from suspension for yellow card accumulation as well ...
- RSL GK Jeff Attinella made four saves in his first career MLS start tonight, Kansas City's first goal snapping a shutout streak of 108 minutes to start the third-year pro's MLS career ... The 24-year-old Attinella made his MLS debut last week, coming on in the 51st minute for injured GK Josh Saunders at Dallas ... Attinella performed well in his debut, making three saves – including a fine reflex stop on FCD's Ramon Nunez in the 88th minute that won Attinella MLS Save of the Week ... Academy product Lalo Fernandez was Attinella's backup tonight, with regular starter GK Nick Rimando with the U.S. national team on international duty and Saunders out for the year with an ACL tear ...
- Attinella became the 25th different Real Salt Lake player to start a league game this year; the only four players from RSL's opening day roster that have not started a regular season game are DF Rich Balchan, MF John Stertzer, MF Enzo Martinez and GK Lalo Fernandez. Both Balchan and Stertzer are out for the year after suffering injuries in May.
- RSL will see four players participate in tomorrow's CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals, as Captain Kyle Beckerman (U.S.), DF Tony Beltran (U.S.) and GK Nick Rimando (U.S.) play El Salvador, while FW Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica) faces Honduras ...
- Newly acquired Real Salt Lake DF Brandon McDonald was not in the 18 tonight. McDonald was acquired on Wednesday in a trade with D.C. United in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional selection in the 2015 draft. Newly signed FW Benji Lopez is also not in the 18 tonight. The 18-year-old Lopez signed on Monday as a Home Grown player out of RSL's Arizona Academy.
- Tonight's game was RSL's 4th sell-out of the season in 11 MLS home games. This is the second-straight match that Rio Tinto Stadium will be sold-out for after it was filled to the brim with 20,445 fans for 10-man RSL's 2-2 draw against the Philadelphia Union on July 3. RSL's other sell-outs were in the club's first two home games this year, on March 16 against the Colorado Rapids and on March 30 against Seattle Sounders FC
- Tonight's match was RSL's 18th home Fireworks game. The Claret-and-Cobalt is 6-2-10 all-time in home Fireworks matches, with the lone previous loss coming on July 4, 2007 against Toronto FC at Rice-Eccles Stadium. RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis is now 5-2-7 in Fireworks games since taking over as Claret-and-Cobalt manager in May 2007.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 1 1
Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Robbie Findley – 56'
SKC – Soony Saad (Claudio Bieler) – 67'
SKC – Ike Opara (Graham Zusi) – 97'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Chris Wingert (Yellow; Foul) – 3'
RSL – Luis Gil (Yellow; Foul) – 37'
RSL – Javier Morales (Yellow; Dissent) – 44'
SKC – Oriol Rosell (Yellow; Foul) – 55'
RSL – Chris Wingert (Yellow; Tactical Foul) – 66'
SKC – Aurelien Collin (Yellow; Foul) – 73'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Jeff Attinella; Lovel Palmer, Nat Borchers, Aaron Maund, Chris Wingert; Yordany Alvarez (Khari Stephenson, 79'); Ned Grabavoy; Luis Gil; Javier Morales (C); Joao Plata (Abdoulie Mansally, 68'), Robbie Findley (Olmes Garcia, 69')
Substitutes Not Used: Lalo Fernandez (GK), Enzo Martinez, Sebastian Velasquez, Devon Sandoval
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Substitutes Not Used: Eric Kronberg (GK), Mechack Jerome, Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong
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Marty Ginsburg and Georgetown Law
Marty Ginsburg, Georgetown Law's legendary tax professor and husband of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died at age 78 of complications from cancer.
I had been intending to take Professor Ginsburg's Tax I class this coming fall as a capstone to my legal education. When I went to register and saw that his name was nowhere to be found, I figured he might have just taken the term off from teaching, as tenured titans may do from time to time. Turns out his absence was because of a much more serious reason.
A small anecdote: during my first year at Georgetown, I spotted H. Ross Perot's name etched into the wall inside the entrance of McDonough Hall, the school's main law building. I did some asking around to find out why he'd be a GULC benefactor. The answer? The Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate wanted to express his appreciation to Marty Ginsburg, his tax lawyer, for a job well done over the years.
My condolences to Justice Ginsburg and her family. I'll be sitting shiva as I sit on the sidewalk tonight, convinced that Prof. Ginsburg is out there treating his friends old and new to a heavenly meal.


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A handcrafted French stove inspires a suite (and sweet) redesign
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A grand 1915-era mansion modeled after a 16th-century English Tudor castle certainly demands a strong shot of tradition when it comes to interior design. But who really wants to hang out in a centuries-old kitchen?
Nobody, figured New Jersey kitchen designer Jim Dove, who created an inviting kitchen suite with a graceful blend of modern and period elements for the 2012 showhouse at Glynallyn Castle in Morristown, New Jersey.
"People like the peaceful quality of clean, modern lines but most of our clients live in traditional homes," says Dove, a kitchen designer at Canterbury Design in Morristown. "It's a bit of a balancing act to get the correct push and pull of colors, textures, and forms."
Dove and the Canterbury Design team—Melissa Seibold, Scott Seibold, and Alison Griffin—started with one large room at the Mansion in May Designer Showhouse, with the vision of creating a guest suite with kitchen. Their first choice was a dark navy blue French range that has the charm of an old European stove combined with the latest in high-powered cooking functions. A coordinating navy vent hood and side cabinets with stainless steel tops give the nearly 60-inch-long range even more of a presence.
An arched nook was constructed on one wall to gracefully accentuate the cooking zone. A refrigerator and a pantry neatly fit into recesses on either side of the arch, hidden behind ceiling-high, paneled cherry doors, also with arched tops.
Another wall was modified to enclose existing radiators and create charming window niches. The radiators are camouflaged with metal mesh doors and topped with stone windowsills. "Air is able to flow through the mesh, and the stone sills allow heat to radiate," Dove notes. Plus, enclosing the radiators created enough wall depth for a built-in kitchen hutch.
The beveled-glass doors on the built-in alder hutch pay homage to the traditional aesthetic of the mansion—they're reminiscent of the diamond grid in many of the home's original windows.
Modern influences came into play with the boxy island, topped with a thick square-edge slab of Danby marble. Rather than adding ornately turned legs, Dove set the island on simple tapered feet with a mirrored toekick. "The toekick reflects the floor, giving the illusion that the island is floating," Dove says. Nickel lanterns above the island are traditional in style, but their large scale gives them an updated attitude that energizes the room, the designer says.
A tone-on-tone Venetian plaster treatment with an old-world matte finish gives depth and patina to the walls. New ceiling beams (added to unify the spaces) and trim were painted semigloss white.
New Jersey interior designers Laurie Finn and Mary Dore oversaw the sitting and dining areas, taking cues from the blue range. In the dining area, blue-and-white fabric lends a French country air to whitewashed fretwork chairs that circle a mahogany table. Cream-colored furnishings provide a serene backdrop in the sitting area, where blue makes a comeback on pillows and draperies.
The kitchen, dining, and sitting areas flow easily from one to the other, combining "sleek sophistication with traditional familiarity," says Dove, "a convivial atmosphere for the grand home's guests."
Photography: John Bessler
Produced by Stacy Kunstel
Interior design: Laurie Finn and Mary Dore, La Jolie Maison, 359 Springfield Ave., Summit, NJ 07901; 908/598-7170, lajolie.com.
Kitchen design: Jim Dove, Canterbury Design, 103 Ridgedale Ave., Morristown, NJ 07962; 973/539-3339, canterburydesign.com.
A dark navy blue La Cornue range is set into a nook that is flanked by arched cherry doors for the refrigerator on the right and a pantry cupboard on the left.
Cabinetry (Bespoke and La Cornue); hutch (designed by Melissa Seibold): Canterbury Design, 973/539-3339, canterburydesign.com.
Leaded-glass inserts in hutch: Steve Genualdi, Stained Glass Gallery, 973/267-4361.
Island countertops and windowsill ("Danby Marble"): Vermont Quarries, 802/775-1065, vermontquarries.com.
Fabrication: Bridgewater Marble & Granite Works, 732/560-1717, bridgewatermarble.com.
Countertops flanking La Cornue range: stainless steel.
Hanging lanterns over island ("Mercer 17 Lantern"/Light Pewter #HL2891.17); sconces by range ("Cleo Sconce"/Polished Nickel #IS1779.1): Remains Lighting, 212/675-8051, remains.com.
Wall paint ("Palace White" #OC-100); ceiling and trim paint ("Ivory White" #925): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Painting and decorative finishes: Alternative Interiors, 800/924-4508, alternativeinteriors.net.
Range ("Château 165 Range"/Dark Navy Blue, stainless steel trim, with polished nickel accents, by La Cornue); range hood ("Hotte Château Hood"/Dark Navy Blue, with polished nickel trim, by La Cornue); pot rack (polished nickel): La Cornue, lacornueusa.com.
Backsplash ("Danby Marble"): Vermont Quarries, 802/775-1065, vermontquarries.com.
Backsplash (custom design, by Canterbury Design): fabrication by Bridgewater Marble & Granite Works, 732/560-1717, bridgewatermarble.com.
Sink ("Multiere 45-inch Single Basin Sink"/Stainless Steel, with deluxe accessories #L20309-00); faucet ("One" pull-down kitchen faucet/Chrome #P25200-00): Kallista, 888/452-5547, kallista.com.
Refrigerator (700 series, 27-inch freezer drawers and refrigerator door): Sub-Zero Wolf, 800/222-7820, subzero-wolf.com.
Dishwasher (#G 5575 SCVi, fully integrated): Miele Inc., 800/843-7231, miele.com.
Plants and flowers: James Opie III, Emerald Garden Design, 973/564-9510, emeraldgardendesign.com.
Bar stools ("Folio 24-inch Backless Counter Stool"/Chocolate Leather): Crate & Barrel, 800/996-9960, crateandbarrel.com.
Flooring: wide-plank pine with dark stain.
Kitchen designer Jim Dove of Canterbury Design.
A thick squared-off edge modernizes the Danby marble top of the center island.
Details on the following slides.
An arched chrome faucet from Kallista is one of the minimalist features that keep the kitchen feeling clean-lined and contemporary.
Lantern Lighting
Two large-scale fixtures from Remains Lighting visually balance the weight of the island. The lanterns are embellished with curved nickel bands around the top of the glass, subtly mimicking the arch above the range and on the tops of doors.
Dining Area
A round mahogany table from Hickory Chair relaxes when mixed with whitewashed side chairs with fretwork backs (a nod to classic Chinese Chippendale designs).
Table ("Collier Dining Table, Top and Base" #1542-70 and #1542-71, Suzanne Kasler Collection); chairs ("Linwood Side Chair" #1551-02, Suzanne Kasler Collection): Hickory Chair, 800/349-4579, hickorychair.com.
Chair-seat fabric ("Foglia Figured Woven"/Canton Blue #BR89764-221): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Area rug ("Himalayan Art Grey"): Bokara Rug Co., 201/556-1200, bokara.com.
Chandelier -("Chatelaine Chandelier" #9022): Currey & Co., 877/768-6428, curreyco.com.
Crystal ("Pearl" and "Bunny"): William Yeoward Crystal, 800/818-8484, williamyeowardcrystal.com.
China ("Exotic Butterflies," "Ivy Garland," "Morning Glory," "Spring in Budapest," by Anna Weatherley): DeVine Corp., 732/751-0500, devinecorp.net.
Place mats: Deborah Rhodes, 203/333-8998, deborahrhodes.com.
Napkin rings (antique): designer's collection.
Napkins: Sferra, sferra.com.
Flowers: James Opie III, Emerald Garden Design, 973/564-9510, emeraldgardendesign.com.
Television: Bang & Olufsen, bang-olufsen.com.
Crystal Cabinet
A built-in hutch designed by Melissa Seibold has burled alder door panels, crown molding, and beveled-glass doors with serpentine lead cames. Enclosing old radiators created a space in a corner for the hutch, which is visible from the kitchen and dining areas.
Floating Island
Tapered metal-banded legs and a recessed mirrored toekick reflect the floor and give the illusion that the island is floating. The visual trick lightens the mass of the island and introduces a modern feel to the traditional kitchen.
Interior Designers
Laurie Finn (standing) and Mary Dore of La Jolie Maison Interior Design, headquartered in Summit, New Jersey.
Timeless Hardware
Blue-and-green-patterned fabrics for draperies and pillows add color to the serene and neutral palette.
Sofa ("Sutton Sofa" #322-88, Upholstery Collection); sofa fabric (#2682-18); chair ("Ludlow Chair" #124-24, 1911 Collection); chair fabric (#2325-18); side table ("Milo M2M Side Table" #2491-51, James River Collection); coffee table ("Carriol Cocktail Table" #5479-70, Alexa Hampton Collection); ottoman ("Charles Hassock" #329-29, Upholstery Collection): Hickory Chair, 800/349-4579, hickorychair.com.
Ottoman fabric (#15204-402): Duralee Fabrics, 800/275-3872, duralee.com.
Tray table by chair ("Wisteria Wood Tray," discontinued): Michael Aram, 212/461-6903, michaelaram.com.
Area rug ("Himalayan Art White"): Bokara Rug Co., 201/556-1200, bokara.com.
Drapery ("Bellary Cotton Print"/Blue, Cappuccino #BR-700016-278); patterned pillows on sofa ("Zenobia Linen Print"/Canton Blue, Green #BR-700018-221): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Drapery hardware: Antique Drapery Rod Co., 214/653-1733, antiquedraperyrod.com.
Table lamp ("Primo Polished Nickel Lamp" #49958-133): Arteriors Home, 877/488-8866, arteriorshome.com.
Art (by John Phillip Osborne): J.M. Stringer Gallery of Art, 908/766-6400, jmstringergallery.com.
Frames: La Jolie Maison, 908/598-7170, lajolie.com.
Wall paint ("Palace White" #OC-100); ceiling and trim paint ("Ivory White" #925): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Timeless Hardware
Cherry doors on the refrigerator and pantry are accented by Baxter bronze hardware with a "living finish," which develops a patina over time, particularly on areas where it is frequently touched.
Jim Dove and the Canterbury Design team chose a navy blue French range from La Cornue, which combines the charm of a classic European stove with the functionality of modern amenities.


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I don't actually have the discipline of a hardened vitamin taker – my Nan won't leave the house with out her cod liver oil capsules – but I can't stop myself from trying new supplements all the time.
I used to give up on them very quickly because I get headaches and itchy skin very quickly if something doesn't suit me. When I get odd symptoms, I stop taking it, end of.
One brand of supplements I do react very well to is that of Japanese brand DHC. They make a huge – and I mean HUGE selection of supplements and vitamins. Quite often the supplements are quite common ones you will have heard of before (ie. St John's Wort) and some are more unusual (ie. Placenta, Egg Yolk and Garlic, Caterpillar Fungus) but I seriously never have issues with DHC plus their capsules are always small and easy to take.
I thought I'd show you the DHC tablets I have taken before and my opinion on them!
Bear in mind, I don't take any tablet religiously, I tend to take ones as I feel I need them (ie. I take the Chitosan one – which is for when you eat fatty food) when I have a fatty meal, I don't take it every day because I don't eat fatty food every day).
* With the ingredients list, other things will be present such as binding agents. I am just listing the key ingredients.
To relax – DHC Relax Supplement:
This tablet dosage is 2 a day.
It contains Vitamin E, Lecithin and Theanine. The tables are small yellow coloured ones in a gelatin form.
I bought these because I am stressed quite a lot, and find it hard to sleep. I really adore these tablets – I take these when I know I am going to be stressed or have a busy day and I sleep very well if I take one before bedtime.
Apparently Theanine is also found in green tea (which I like and drink) although I don't find it quite as calming as one of these! Very recommended.
Score: 5/5
If you are smelly – DHC Bulgarian Rose Supplement
This tablet dosage is 2 per day.
It contains Rose Oil.
I thought this supplement was such a wacky idea! it's rose oil and it's supposed to make your body odour (and let's face it, we sweat from all kinds of places, not just the arm pits) smell likes roses.
If you keep this up, it does work! You start to smell quite…floral. It takes the edge of smelly BO although, you will probably still use deodorant but it makes your sweat all over, smell sweeter.
Apparently 1 packet of 30 days worth of supply (60 tablets) contains the extract of over 600 flowers!
As I said the only thing with this one is you have to keep it up. Also if you have a very mucky diet then you are going to stink anyway.
Score: 4/5
Multi Vitamin or the fruit deprived – DHC Mix Fruit Supplement:
This tablet dosage is 4 per day.
It contains fruit juice powder from every fruit you can think of…well, apple, oranges, peach, pears, cherry and more!
This small, round, hard tablet smells like a fruit bowl and is remarkably like a sweet! It's quite tasty really, although I found eating 4 a day a bit much. I didn't notice any special effects from this but I guess if you don't have much fruit this could be a good one to take
Score: 3/5.
For carb lovers – DHC Carb Blocker Fabinol Supplement:
This tablet dosage is 2 per day.
It contains White Bean Extract.
As a carb lover so this supplement really appealed to me. I only have this pre carb meals like chips or rice or potatoes, otherwise I don't take them just because i can.
This is supposed to help absorb some of the carbs – I don't know if it works for sure but it definitely changes the appearance of…erm….stools. I think this does work, I feel less bloated too after taking it. The only this is this tablet is the worst tasting of all of them – it has the white bean smell and whilst it's not horrific, it's just not nice.
Score: 4/5
For robots – DHC Multi Mineral Supplement:
This tablet dosage is 3 per day.
It contains Iron, Zinc, Copper, Magnesium, Chrome, Selenium, Manganese, Calcium etc.
Whenever I have something wrong with me, some nut nut will say "Oh it's because you don't take enough Iron". Because of this, I bought these multi mineral tablets because it sure has EVERY kind of mineral imaginable.
However – big fat however – I found these so hard to take because they smell like grated metal – serious! If you can imagine licking a unpainted car door, this is what it tastes like. I know you can just swallow it quickly but I'm weird, I like to taste what I'm putting into my body.
I gave these to Mr C. Note you should not overdose on these, and it's not for kids either.
Verdict: 2/5.
For fans of KFC – DHC Fat Blocker Chitosan Supplements
This tablet dosage is 3 per day.
It contains extract of Chitosan, Ginseng and Rice Germ.
This is another one of those tablets I take after a fatty meal but I don't take it religiously because I don't always eat fatty meals! I find this works well as a blocker..I think it works for digestion too, to keep things…flowing….
It makes your stools…oily…oh dear. It reminds me of that Alli stuff but at a human scale, I mean there's no awful orange oil coming out of your bottom, it's just heavier stools no doubt because the chitosan is sucking up the fat. I like this!
Score: 4.5/5
For dieters – DHC Diet Power Supplement
This tablet dosage is 3 per day. Take before meals.
It contains forskolin, white bean extract, bitter melon extract l-carnitin and more.
This Diet Power Supplement was a bestseller in Japan so that's why I bought it as it's one of the dearer ones (on average they cost about £8-£9, this was about £17).
The Diet Power is supposed to contain a number of ingredients that aid fat burning. Apparently taken before dinner, it helps burn off excess fat. I think this does help with digestion, I haven't noticed amazing weight loss though – perhaps it's helped me not gain any weight though.
Also unlike most diet pills, it doesn't bloat me or play havoc with my stomach or just basically work as a laxative. Also it's TINY – really easy to swallow.
Verdict: 3.5/5 – I think it works but it's no miracle
For immunity and rabbits – DHC Multi Carotene Supplements:
This tablet dosage is 1 per day.
It contains Lutein, Beta Carotene, Lycopene, A-Cartoenet and more…
I bought this because I wanted something for my eyesight because when I heard 'carotene' I thought of carrots and carrots are great for rabbits….
Anyway – apparently this muli-carotene tablets are good for times when you are run down or have low immunity. It also helps with blood circulation!
I thought this was a decent supplement – although I didn't really feel any more energized or anything during the period I took it. Bear in mind everyone will react differently to supplements. I think my skin looked better when I took this but I didn't feel any great boost if I'm honest in how run down I was feeling.
Verdict: 2/5
For general nerve goodness: DHC Vitamin B Mix Supplement:
This tablet dosage is 1 OR 2 per day.
It contains Niacin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, B1, B2, B6, Inositol Pantothenic Acid and more…
I am currently taking this one – I bought these because when I went vegan I read that without meat in the diet I needed to make up by B vitamins. Mr C's mum then told me how she takes this 'for her nerves' as in actual nerves, no shaking in fear nerves and a few people have recommended B vits to me.
NOTE: On mine it says 2 tablets per day. On some other packaging it says ONE a day – you can calculate this by how many tablets you get in the packet, ie. mine is for 30 days and I have 60 tablets. If yours has 30 tablets it is definitely 1 per day.
I like this supplement, I don't know if it's 'doing anything' as such, but I feel sort of more energised but also calm at the same time.
Score: 4/5 – why not?!
For eyes – DHC Blueberry Extract Supplements
This tablet dosage is 2 per day.
It contains Blueberry Extract Powder, Carotenoids, Free Lutien, VItamin B1, B2, B6, B12 etc..
This stuff is good for the eyesight, or if you spend a lot of time in front of the computer. I must admit I didn't take this for long enough as I gifted it to a friend but for the week I took it I guess my eyes did feel a little less achy, but I don't know if this is in the mind…
I like the idea of something to help with eyesight – I put so much strain on mine, I'd buy these again to try them.
For general wellbeing! – DHC Q10
This tablet dosage is 2 per day. One in the day and one at night.
It contains Q10 and Vitamin E.
I bought these as a general health supplement – this is supposed to be energy boostings. Q10 is also in lots of skincare, I think it's supposed to be anti-aging.
I haven't started taking these yet (I want to take these daily once I start!) but will report back. The tablets look quite small and easy to swallow – these are supposed to be quite popular in Japan so I'd be interested to try it and see if it works.
I really like DHC supplements! I've tried ones from FANCL before and they don't agree with me. I find DHC supplements easy to swallow and generally quite effective too. I don't know why, I don't find regular supplements from say, Superdrug as effective and also the capsules on the high street are horse sized sometimes.
I buy my supplements from eBay and prices vary from £6-£18 for the more expensive ones. Note, most are sold in 30 day supply and come in a foil packet which is re-sealable which cats just LOVE to chew, so beware!
Do you take any supplements? If so, which ones?


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Our intention is that this section of our site will be the most comprehensive lion conservation resource on the web. Here you can find out about the species and its behaviour, issues impacting conservation efforts, the status and history of lions in each country, and details of the latest research.
Take a look around, and get to know more about these fascinating animals. Please report errors or broken links to us, and if you'd like to contribute to maintaining the site, please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Source of Map: Riggio J, Jacobson A, Dollar L, Bauer H, Becker M, Dickman A, Funston P, Groom R, Henschel P, de Iongh H, Lichtenfeld L, Pimm S (2012) The size of savannah Africa: a lion's (Panthera leo) view. Biodiversity Conservation Dec 12 DOI 10.1007/s10531-012-0381-4 (pdf)


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All the results are now in for the international 2012 Formula Hybrid competition, a student design and engineering challenge to create the best high performance hybrid and electric vehicles.
The event held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon brings competing universities and colleges together.
The teams must design, build and then race an open-wheel, single-seat, electric or plug-in hybrid-electric racecar.
According to the rules of the competition, the car must "conform to a formula which emphasizes drive train innovation and fuel efficiency in a high-performance application."
The race cars are assessed for a number of criteria which include presentation, design, acceleration, autocross and endurance.
This year's event took place from April 30 through to May 3.
In the hybrid section Utah's Brigham Young University (BYU) were awarded a joint first place alongside Quebec's Universite de Sherbrooke. Although Brigham Young overall score was slightly ahead of the Canadian university, the difference was so small (0.2 percent) that organizers decided that since uncertainties in some of the event scores exceeded that value, it was simply too close to call. Spain's Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya came in third, followed by the University of Texas Arlington,Dartmouth and McGill University.
For the electric-only section of the competition, which was a first for this year, the University of Kansas triumphed. Illinois Institute of Technology were awarded second place, followed by Drexel University, the University of Manitoba and the California Polytechnic State University.
Universite de Sherbrooke won the Ford Efficiency Award and the University of Texas-Arlington the GM Best-Engineered Hybrid Award. The University of Kansas, meanwhile, was singled out for two special prizes: the "Engineering the Future" and the "Excellence in Electric Vehicle Engineering" awards.
The Formula Hybrid student automotive design competition was founded by Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth in 2006. Thayer runs the event, which carries the endorsement of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
The competition is based on Formula SAE, a student design competition run by the society in which competing teams build a prototype formula racing car.
Like Formula SAE events, the Formula Hybrid features an acceleration test, autocross and endurance events, as well as engineering and construction static events. The Formula Hybrid events however put a greater emphasis on drive train innovation and fuel efficiency.