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Would you really like to take your old '76 Vega Kammback on the HOV lane, but you just can't convince anyone to ride with you? And, are you sick of the way that tired old engine sucks gas like it's gin in my uncle's secret Thermos? Sure you are. If that Vega was a hybrid, you could solve all these problems.
Well guess what, champ? You can. Because Professor Charles Perry at Middle Tennessee State University has developed a way to convert nearly any existing car into a not lame plug-in hybrid.
Professor Perry's fundamental idea is one that's been around since 1901, when Ferdinand Porsche developed the first hybrid vehicle, the Lohner-Porsche Mixte. That car used electric motors mounted in the hubs of the wheels, and that's exactly what Perry's system employs. This same system is used on the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars this Sunday as well. So that's not the revolutionary part about this. What makes the Middle Tennessee University's solution so remarkable is the design of the components themselves, and that they can be fitted to nearly any car.
The conversion consists of adding two three-phase brushless DC motors into the empty space within the rear wheel hubs, around the brake assemblies. Each motor produces about 200 ft-lbs of torque, and is employed to assist the normal gas-powered drivetrain of the car. The motor controllers and battery array is contained in a unit that will be about the size of a carry-on bag in the production version. The current version, with its larger battery/controller unit, is being tested in a '95 Honda Accord wagon.
With the electric assist in place, an average car can get between 50%-100% better fuel economy, primarily in lower-speed, in-town situations. Since this accounts for most of the driving people tend to do, the fuel savings is quite significant. The system is still in a testing/prototype phase now, but the hope is to have it available for about $3000.
Personally, I think this sounds like a good idea, and on many older cars I can see it having use to help get you home when you burn some valves or throw a rod or something. Don't think of it as making your old car a hybrid, think of making it a cyborg.
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Last month, Top Gear was busted for using MR2-based fake Ferraris in their live show. Now the Italian stallions at Ferrari are demanding Top Gear only hoon authentic Ferraris in the future.
According to Drive.com.au, Ferrari's CEO admitted the company reached out to Top Gear to get them to "stoppa da crap" when it comes to the next show.
Speaking at the Geneva motor show, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa said it was important to protect the brand and, as a consequence, the company had spoken to the Top Gear Live show's organisers from the BBC.
A spokesman for Ferrari said Top Gear Live had admitted to using fake Ferraris.
"We asked them to change it … for the Hong Kong [Top Gear Live] show (the last stop on the world tour)," said the spokesman. "We said 'please use real Ferraris'."
The organizers for Top Gear Live said they'd be using drift cars, not fakes, for the Hong Kong show, thus removing the problem. Felisa was later heard saying "Nut up, this is Top Gear, not Top Pussy."


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Jillian Ellis has turned the disappointment of two pink slips in 2012 into entrepreneurial success this holiday season.
In October, Ellis, 24, an already a twice-laid-off high school English teacher, decided to sew burlap Christmas stockings and sell them on Etsy.com, a website for people to offer up their handmade crafts.
Two months later, she's sold $65,000 worth of her products, and the orders are not stopping. On Thursday she still had 160 to fill.
"It was mainly that I had nothing to lose," Ellis said. "I was trying to find my niche."
She found it. The burlap stockings are custom made, with fabric flowers, cream-colored ruffles or deep red stripes. Ellis will personalize them with a name painted via stencils. Most of the stockings sell for $40, not including shipping.
The operation — namedPink Slip Inspiration— has shipped its products across the United States, and abroad to Singapore, Australia and Canada.
"The idea was that, as a teacher, when you're let go from budget cuts you receive a pink slip," Ellis said. "So this was my pink slip inspiration. It inspired me to figure out something."
Now, Ellis is no longer thinking like an English teacher. She's thinking like an entrepreneur.
Her headquarters? A converted guest room at her parents' Rancho San Diego home. A treadmill was removed to make way for two sewing machines and a rack that holds stacks of burlap waiting to be turned into customized Christmas stockings.
Once Pink Slip Inspiration reached 200 orders and $20,000 in sales, Etsy informed Ellis that she'd have to report her income. So now she's applying for sales permits at the City of El Cajon, paying an independent contractor $3 per stocking to help with initial sewings (each is done in a matter of minutes), and buying materials in bulk. Ellis also invested $1,600 in a new sewing machine once the business took off.
Not bad for a 2010 English graduate from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Pink Slip Inspiration's page on Etsy.com now has more than 100,000 views. A search of "Christmas stocking" on the website results in more than 100,000 products. The site reports it has 20 million members and 800,000 active shops.
"We've trying to figure out exactly what differentiated us," said Ellis.
Ellis said she can think of two possibilities: First, her Etsy.com profile tells her first-person story of being a new teacher laid off twice. Ellis said she believes it has resonated with many who have now become her customers.
"As a young teacher I could really connect with my students, build relationships, bring energy and fun in to the classroom, and, coincidentally, be vulnerable to budget cuts. I love my home and my city, but a future in education has become nearly impossible with the current budget woes," she writes in her profile. "...I truly love making the items in my shop. I feel a connection to people once again. If you can dream it, I can make it. I am constantly reinventing myself each day and finding new items that inspire me."
Second, Ellis said a Seattle photographer saw her original posting on Etsy, but then offered to take professional pictures of her products in exchange for free stockings. Ellis took her up on the deal, and the professional photos are now what you see online.
"We have not taken a day off since Nov. 4," said Ellis, noting she has four others working with her. Her boyfriend, Morgan West, 24, has a business degree from California State University at Chico and is helping with the some of the business strategy.
"What I've wanted to do is start a business but I haven't had that 'ah, ha!' moment," he said. "Jill is very creative with these."
Ellis, who took some sewing lessons as a child, had known since she was a student at Valhalla High School that she wanted to teach English. Immediately after graduating from Cal Poly, Ellis went for a teaching credential at National University. After a year of student teaching at Valhalla, her alma mater hired her to teach English. Ellis got her first pink slip in March, toward the end of her first year.
"I live right down the street from Valhalla so I pretty much relive that emotion everyday," Ellis said. "It was really devastating. You pretty much give your entire life to being a teacher."
Ellis then found a second teaching job in the fall at La Jolla High School, but was pink slipped in October after about three weeks. That's when she decided to post the custom stockings.
As of Friday morning, Ellis had sold 1,673 of her products (she also makes Christmas tree skirts and holiday wine bags). The most popular item is the stockings, which initially cost $25 but Ellis upped the price when she got more orders and incurred more costs.
Ellis estimates it costs her $8 to make each stocking. Etsy charges 20 cents per listing plus 3.5 percent of each sale.
The question now facing Pink Slip Inspiration is what's next after the holiday season? Ellis said there would be an after-Christmas sale, and that she's working to come up with ideas for Easter and other holidays throughout the year, plus new products for next Christmas. West said he thinks there's a market in weddings, too.
Ellis isn't sure if teaching is still in her future, although she could probably give some pretty good lessons in entrepreneurship.
"I have no idea what teaching will hold for me in the next few years," she said. "Ideally it would be great to be able to do both, to be able to teach and have this be self-sufficient enough to where I could both have the business running and be a teacher at the same time."


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The signature edifice of the lately lamented Washington Mutual Bank (known hereabouts as WaMu) occupies the entire block of downtown Seattle bounded by Second Avenue, Third Avenue, Seneca Street and University Street. I promised twice in past posts that we would return to this neighborhood for a closer look at what's been done right, and lo, here we are. As always, click to enlarge the photos.
I wasn't paying attention when this doughty structure, née the Washington Mutual Tower and now called simply the 1201 Third Avenue Tower, was piled up against the sky in my home city, nor could I at the time have told you what kinds of buildings and businesses occupied the block before 1986, when construction began. But I know now. These days I can walk down the streets of historic Seattle in my mind, layering the epochs on top of each other like sediment in each block.
For instance, when I walk past the hideous parking garage at the corner of University and Third, I can see not only the somber and Gothic Plymouth Congregational Church that stood there in the early 1900s, but also Pantages' bone-white, cake-like and urbane Palomar Theatre, which replaced it there — its very opposite idea — in the last century's teens. Where the triangular "sunken ship" garage splits Yesler and James between First and Second, I see not only the venerable and well-appointed Hotel Seattle that was torn down the year before I entered the world, but also the Occidental Hotel that had previously occupied the same site until it burned in the Seattle Fire of 1889, and even the "Old West-style" wood-sided hotel with a deep porch that was there in President Garfield's time. Sometimes I see things wrong, but I seldom just see one thing. The history is there like good hardwood under bad tile and worse carpet.
I have to admit I like the WaMu Tower. Not the upper floors I've never seen (for what have I to do with the lofty offices of commerce?), but the part I have to trip over on my way around the village. But let's start at the top anyway. I like the pyramid roof (click the link a couple paragraphs up). It's distinctive. And the graduated setback is nice, it recalls a sort of chubby Chrysler, Empire State or Woolworth's (though I can see how the nickname "the Spark Plug" got traction). The arches below the top are festive, and the curved sides lower down break the monotony of the many flat sides on Third. I wasn't crazy about what I call the "garden block" theme that runs down each side of the building and reappears in the accessories here and there — I thought it looked silly — but I've grown accustomed to the little Xs and now they cheer me, like kisses. Or hugs, whichever. WaMu's love for me writ large.
But it's the courtyard or "plaza", along with the lower lobby, that really makes this more than just another tall building and gives a little bit back to the community. For this is what we must do with tall buildings, we must find what's good and celebrate it. Otherwise we focus only on the fact that people generally sit in them and dream up ways to separate us from our money and ruin our culture and community. If we can lounge around among the shady roots of these concrete sequoias and find some peace and serenity, then that is much, I say. Often, corporations don't give us even that, but cities occasionally demand some give for the take, and too, I believe WaMu started out with a (relatively) less rapacious attitude than the one it ended with.
In support of that outrageous statement I give you Exhibit A, the two photos above of the courtyard. This is a nice place to walk through. I actually bank here, depositing my paycheck with whomever "owns" whomever ("whatever"), and I love walking among the deciduous trees and up the stone stairs outside and the marble stairs inside. It feels Mediterranean to ascend and descend these stairs, and I always feel a little better about myself as a human being as I walk through — the self-doubt ebbs away and I walk with my shoulders back a little. That's what's called "ennobling" and it's what architecture and other arts used to be about. There is a courtyard at the bottom of the stairway and there is another above it which is at all hours of the business day filled with smokers from the tower taking a break from the stress of living and working in a world created by their very selves and envisioned by those in the offices a few floors higher. (It is illegal to smoke in public buildings in this state, or within 25 feet of an external doorway to such a place.) So much for serenity. I am unable to linger there.
The only thing I don't really dig is the art installation, the fallen pillar, which actually blocks one's way through the courtyard and thus peeves one (good art evokes an emotional response, right?). I like this piece of art a little, but only because I "get" it. I see that it is a Baroque moment (a second pillar opposite is out of alignment but is not yet falling). But it's such a stale and overdone moment, or worse, a slap in the public's face. The old values come tumbling down and lie in ruins. Yay, commerce is king. I'd prefer something I didn't understand but that felt positive and uplifting.
The lower lobby is bright, airy and large, and has a grand piano in it if you feel like tinkling. There's almost always someone in here reading Sue Grafton or that thriller guy. It's not technically a public place; it's privately owned by J. P. Morgan Chase Bank, but it's still a civic space, unless I'm using the word improperly. This space is part of what makes the building a success, in my view. It doesn't shut you out, it invites you in.
Many years ago, a family of peregrine falcons took up residence under the high outside arches on the east side of the building. A camera was installed and you could walk into the lobby of the bank portion of the main floor and stand there and look at a television showing, often, the parents standing watch over the eggs in their dizzy, windblown nest. It was big news, and good PR for the bank. You can hardly feel but that the nesting of raptors amounts to some sort of blessing on the building. Or maybe not, maybe just a sad reminder that there used to be trees here (but let us paint a hopeful picture, and press on).
Finally, there is the Hotel Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Building was built in 1890 and it's still there as an office building, the only thing on the block that was not razed when the tower was built. Here are some pictures to show you where it is:
The old inn and oysterhouse was spared and incorporated into the design, more or less, probably because it's a landmark. I'm not going to examine corporate motives too closely when the result is historic preservation. Maybe the developer had no choice and the tiny remnant of yesteryear was a thorn in their side while designing the project, much the way the nearby Oakland Hotel refused to be sold when Martin Selig wanted to tear THAT block down to build his Columbia Center (after he built his tower, which looms over the ancient brick hotel-cum-offices, the owners of the Oakland sold it to him, and with a little tape and scissors he incorporated it into his vast multi-level lobby). Sometimes, developers are given a tax or other break if they preserve the facade of an old building they are replacing. That has happened a lot in this city (and would make a good post in itself), but there are those who believe that this only encourages civilians to accept the gutting and basically the destruction of our historical buildings. I can see their point. I have mixed feelings about it, and the main one is that I don't have enough money myself to buy up the buildings I'd like to save, so I am grateful for whatever preservation happens.
No one knows who designed or built the Brooklyn Building. A plaque on it dates it and describes it as having been among those many hotels that popped up in the wake of the great fire to house the throngs who came to help rebuild the city that burned, and being one of the oldest of such buildings to survive. Its neighbor a few doors south, the Savoy, started out as one of the city's early luxury hotels, but fell on hard times midcentury and was eventually demolished, I believe as part of the clearing of the block for the WaMu Tower. All that remain of the Savoy are aluminum castings of the capitals that topped the pillars of the first floor's interior. The plaster originals were hidden behind a false ceiling for decades, forgotten during the hotel's seedy twilight, then rediscovered upon demolition. Two of the castings are now affixed to the outside wall of the tower at street level.
Below is a shot Paul Dorpat sent me from early in the last century, before the Brooklyn's taller, grander neighbor the Savoy was built. This is looking down University, westward, at the back of the hotel. The street is still mud, that's how old this image is. After it, in the manner of Paul's famous Now and Then paradigm, is my "now" version, shot during my lunch walk this very day, to snap us back to the present.
I understand that most of these old buildings had to go. Old brick and stone buildings become hard to maintain, often neglected, some ultimately unsafe and all of them insufficient to the purposes of those who now own the property they sit on. I get it. We can't save them all. Still I love them (or their memory in many cases, since I never saw them). Even the broken down and sooty ones. They represent a time when human scale and ennobling art still had a place in the architecture of commerce. But if they have to go, I'm glad when those ideals are preserved in some small part of the colossi that replace them.


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Mark your calendars! Arvest Bank at 11150 Pflumm Road in Lenexa, Kan. is partnering with RecycleWorks to host an e-waste recycling drive and cookout on Saturday, June 2 from 11:00 until 2:00. The e-waste recycling services will be provided by RecycleWorks, a locally owned and operated company that provides businesses with affordable recycling services.
During the event, you may drop off old electronics, which will be recycled domestically by certified third-party facilities that properly handle 100% of the materials. The following are some examples of items that will be accepted during the event:
For questions about the event, please call 913-953-4000. To learn more about RecycleWorks and the services they offer, visit www.recycleworkskc.com.
*Due to the contents of lead and mercury, special care must be taken to properly dispose of CRTs and LCDs. Therefore, a small fee of $10 will be charged for these items. RecycleWorks does not offer any form of data destruction, customers assume all responsibility for information contained on a device.
Today we salute Mother Nature and all of her beauty. For some, this day means go outside and enjoy the great outdoors. For others, it's about taking action and planting a tree or picking up trash for the day. And, for hopefully everyone, it calls for taking a vow to becoming a better citizen of the world year round, or as many people call it "go green."
Grant it—going green calls for some lifestyle changes that, until a habit is formed, seem like work. For those already committed, the extra work for a better, cleaner environment is incentive enough (as it should be.) However, here's an extra incentive: saving money. There are many ways a person can go green AND save green.
The Environmental Protection Agency is asking people to "Pick Five." The gist: commit to five environmental actions that make your home and your world a cleaner and healthier place. To save you some research time, we've come up with five for you:
For more information about how you can go green, visit the Environmental Protection Agency's website. Happy Earth Day!
Arvest Bank in Springfield, Mo. is happy to announce that their branch on National Avenue has officially received the Gold LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. After opening only a year ago and being the only bank branch in the area to receive this certification, Arvest is very excited to be recognized for their commitment to the community in this way. The following is the official release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., (September 21, 2011)—The Arvest Bank branch on National Avenue in Springfield, Mo. received the official certificate announcing its Gold certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
During a reception at the branch Wednesday, September 21, Melissa Cox, representing the USGBC, presented Arvest Architectural Manager Kelly Sutterfield, Arvest Bank Springfield President Rodney Shepard and National branch Manager Marcy Dollens with the Gold certificate.
"A little more than a year ago this branch celebrated its grand opening with a month-long celebration that focused on our commitment to the community through our partnership with local non-profit service organizations. Now we get to celebrate another aspect of our commitment to the betterment of the communities we serve: our commitment to being good stewards of our natural resources," said Marcy Dollens.
According to the USGBC website, there are six LEED certified buildings in Springfield. The Arvest Bank branch on National Avenue is the first bank branch in Springfield to achieve LEED certification.
The LEED rating system was designed by the USGBC to encourage and facilitate the development of more sustainable buildings throughout the United States. In order to receive official LEED certification, the building must meet certain prerequisites outlined by the rating system. After construction is completed, an official application is then submitted to the USGBC for approval.
The branch celebrated its grand opening on August 27, 2010, by partnering with four local charities for donations. Those charities were Habitat for Humanity in Springfield, the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri, Young Life Greater Springfield, and The Discovery Center. Each charity took part in events and activities during the grand opening month that allowed them to spread the word about their organization and encourage the community to become involved in their efforts.
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Bank Technology News recently posted a case study article on Arvest Bank and our efforts to bring LEED standards to some of our newest bank branches. For those interested in learning more about LEED and why Arvest is developing LEED facilities, this article is an interesting read.
Problem: The benefits of LEED certifications are still hard to measure.
Solution: Build new branches at varying LEED levels to do real-world, cost-benefit analysis of the top-spec sites against those certified at lower LEED standards.
The jury's decidedly out on whether buildings constructed to LEED specifications are truly more efficient than those that aren't. That's because LEED buildings (those that have been certified "green" under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system) are always certified before any energy usage is actually measured that could conclusively prove that LEED works.
That lack of data has led Arvest Bank of Fayetteville, Ark., to test LEED concepts in its own branches. The bank is engaged in a multiyear cost-benefit analysis on LEED buildings to try to figure out the optimum spec to build to, weighing construction costs against savings on energy and facilities usage over time. Arvest is doing this by analyzing the energy consumption and building expenses across four branches built to different LEED-certified levels.
Arvest uses LEED solutions, like underground cisterns, to collect rainwater to flush toilets and irrigate landscaping at two of its gold-certified branches — one in Fayetteville and another in Springfield, Mo.
Yet Arvest is eschewing gold certification at two of its newest branches — one in Springfield, on which it broke ground June 6, and another under construction in Broken Arrow, Okla. — to instead aim for the lowest LEED level, known simply as "certified," to have a baseline means for comparison.
"After completing the four projects we'll evaluate all the materials, energy savings and costs, and then make a determination as to whether we would always try to hit LEED-certified gold or not, or always have rain harvesting systems," says Brent Vinson, site and planning coordinator at Arvest.
One of Arvest's rain harvesting cisterns recently made a bit of Arkansas history. Powering flushed toilets in the state with rainwater had typically required use of municipalities' filtration systems, or companies had to install an on-site filter for the intake water. "But for a small bank branch [the latter's] just not feasible," Vinson says. "So our engineer went to bat for us and lobbied the Department of Health and finally they allowed us to do it."
HSA Engineering, a consultant Arvest hired to support the project, successfully obtained an exemption from Arkansas' plumbing code from the state's Department of Health Review Board. After that, HSA successfully petitioned to make rainwater harvesting legal by pushing the state legislature to pass a bill in 2009 that encoded the practice into the state's plumbing guidelines, which were finalized in May of last year. Rainwater harvesting systems can be self-sustaining and cheap: Processing and treating water which need not be potable is considered expensive and wasteful by conservation proponents.
Arvest's Joyce Boulevard branch in Fayetteville became the first building of its type in Arkansas where a legal rainwater flushing system was used without a filter, Vinson says.
Arvest's newest branches are being built with other LEED-standard components, including low-volatile organic compounds that carry or emit fewer harmful chemicals than those typically contained in paint, glues, adhesives, carpet and millwork. Plus, the $11 billion-asset bank is recycling any construction materials that can be repurposed or reused. LED lights and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that power down or turn off depending on the time of day — or in some cases, when a room is vacant — are also included.
Another of Arvest's crucial LEED-certified components are bioswales, which are essentially modified ditches designed to remove pollutants and silt from rainwater. Instead of using the town's storm sewer and piping system in which the water ends up in a lake or stream, a bioswale channels and holds water on-site, letting it percolate into the ground to replenish the water table. The water is filtered typically through a layer of grass and then an engineered field of sand or some similar base below, which works to remove pollutants such as car oils.
Solar panels and geothermal cooling and heating, in which underground pipes feed ground air that naturally stays at a constant temperature, have been discussed, Vinson says. But business cases that would green-light such projects await development — solar is expensive and Arkansas' rocky ground makes channeling pipes tough. Regardless, Arvest's LEED efforts have so far garnered intangible marketing benefits. "People have actually come to the bank because they said they know we're doing this," Vinson says. "There have been enough of these comments that we know we're making a difference."
(article from American Banker/Bank Technology News, Sept 1, 2011)
Arvest Bank in Springfield, MO is proud to announce the next effort to reduce our environmental impact through the building of a new branch. It will be Arvest's second "green" branch in Springfield to be built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards and the third companywide.
The 3,953-square-foot branch on nearly two acres is scheduled for completion by early 2012. It will satisfy U.S. Green Building Council guidelines by incorporating building elements such as a recycling center, a bioswale – which collects rainwater for filtration – and low volatile organic compound building materials.
Ground Breaking is scheduled to begin on June 6th at 3184 E. Sunshine St., the former location of Carson's Nursery.
At Arvest, we're proud to offer many "green" banking services, such as e.Statements and Online BillPay. Check out this article in which we offer some easy energy and money-saving tips!
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As the University of Oregon has become the fourth ranked college football team in the nation, fans of the Ducks have shown their support by holding up their hands in the shape of the letter "O."
They may want to start thinking of a different hand shape to show that support.
When someone who understands sign language looks up into the stands of an Oregon football game to see thousands of fans holding up their hands in the shape of an "O," they interpret it as a large group of people screaming the word "vagina" at them.
That's right, in sign language, holding your hands in the shape of an "O" is the symbol for vagina. When holding that "O" above one's head like Oregon fans tend to do, it translates to screaming "vagina" at someone.
You won't see too many of the Oregon players boldly displaying that "O." That's because quite a few members of the Ducks take a sign language class to fulfill their foreign language requirement.
The New York Times reported star running back LaMichael James as saying, "I did the 'O' once, and I never did it again."
According the the NYT, sign language is avery popular course for Oregon football players, but not because it's easy. University of Oregon sign language instructor Johanna Larson explains the athletes' predisposition towards success in the subject: "Many of them have some sort of innate ability. They've been watching signals for so long, and many of the students on the team are real tactile learners with great peripheral vision."
Larson was also pleased to hear that some of her students-athletes no longer make the "O" sign during games. Still, she delights in telling the 29 football players currently enrolled in her class what they're actually saying when holding up the spade-shaped "O" sign after scoring a touchdown.
Advice to Ducks fans: A more rounded shaped "O" has a different and significantly less awkward meaning.


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JACKSON, MISS. -- The starters didn't play for long in Saturday night's Black and Gold Scrimmage, but it was long enough for both the offense and defense to chalk it up as a success.
Quarterbacks Aaron Brooks and Todd Bouman completed all eight of their passes while leading the offense on a touchdown drive to begin the scrimmage, which lasted just less than an hour.
But Coach Jim Haslett and linebacker Courtney Watson said it was a crisp performance by the defense as well.
"A lot of the passes were timing patterns. I think we did a good job of flocking to the ball and wrapping up," said Watson, who returned to the field after missing two days with a strained left quadriceps. "Even though it might not have looked as good statistically, I think we did a good job out there."
Brooks, who called it a night after three completions -- following in the footsteps of tailback Deuce McAllister and receiver Joe Horn -- also ran for a first down on the drive.
Bouman hit Devery Henderson inside the five-yard line to set up a short touchdown pass to Talman Gardner.
"We went out and did what was supposed to be done," Brooks said. "We just wanted to sharpen up some of our fundamentals, and we wanted everybody doing the right things. I think everybody came out with the right frame of mind and wanted to get something accomplished, and we were able to do that."
The scrimmage followed nearly an hour of stretching and routine practice drills in front of a paid crowd of 10,282 fans. The Saints held their scrimmage in Mississippi for the first time -- largely at the coaxing of McAllister, a native of Ludlow, Miss.
QB BREAKTHROUGH: Haslett said the performance dropped off some once the third string was on the field. But he was surprised by the impressive play of third- and fourth-string quarterbacks Kliff Kingsbury and Adrian McPherson.
"They haven't practiced as well as they played today," Haslett said. "I'd like to see them continue that in the (preseason) games."
McPherson's first pass was an 11-yard strike, caught by rookie receiver Keron Henry. McPherson later scrambled for a first down on a third-and-five play.
"I just wanted to go out and show the coaches that I've been working hard and trying to progress," said the fifth-round draft pick, who has struggled early in training camp. "I just wanted to let the game come to me. I just took what the defense gave me and tried to get the ball in the playmakers' hands."
ETC.: Receiver Az-Zahir Hakim tweaked a hamstring on a long passing gain and fell to the ground untouched. The injury is assumed to be minor, and should only keep him out about two days, Haslett said.
-- The two-and-a-half hour bus ride was a lengthy trek, especially for some of the veterans. But Haslett said the team enjoyed the chance to perform in front of a crowd. The Saints will hold night practices Monday in the Superdome and Wednesday in Hahnville before the preseason opener at home against Seattle on Friday.
-- NFL officials Larry Nemmers, Ron Marinucci and Carl Cheffers officiated the scrimmage. The officials met with the Saints' players and coaches Thursday night to discuss rule changes and updated points of emphasis.
-- Professional golfer Kelly Gibson served as an honorary coach of the offensive team. He bid on the role in a charity auction. When asked how much he paid, Gibson joked, "Too much."
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Investing in collaboration software can carry your business forward regardless of employee location (and is supremely better than laborious project handoff notes that are never fully complete or at worst, never even read…)
Editor's Note: Today we've invited Annekathrin Häse, Director of Strategy and Marketing at MindLink Software, to guest-blog on the important topic of business critical collaboration.
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It won't have escaped anyone's notice that it's that time of year when employees are about to desert the workplace for some much needed R&R. But whilst most employees relish the break, from an enterprise point of view, it can be a management nightmare.
Leaving the office for even a short period of time (let alone a two week holiday) brings to light just how much information is in the hands of each individual employee. Very often there'll be extensive notes detailing work in progress for colleagues to progress and coverage plans, and whilst useful, these are laborious and time consuming to compile and are then rarely followed by the colleague being left behind. What this type of collaboration doesn't do (crucially) is capture the much wider picture and cover off email trails and previous discussions that have taken place. It fails to provide context. Additionally, keep in mind that email in particular was designed for communication – not collaboration. It's not running in real-time and has limited group functionalities. In short, these tools aren't nearly good enough. Today's fast-paced and highly global world demands better forms of collaboration to manage the ever growing volume of information, geographically dispersed teams, enterprise silos & cross-functional teams as well as multiple systems and technologies that can lack even basic integration.
This is where business critical collaboration (and let's be crystal clear on this – I'm not talking about enterprise social networking here) comes into play – multi-layered discussions between groups of people with the aim of meeting common objectives. And it is this type of collaboration tool that can enable organisations to optimise one of their most valuable resources – the knowledge of their employees – whether they are on holiday, working from home or are travelling abroad – by capturing their shared discussions and knowledge. This ultimately increases productivity and creates context for colleagues, which in turn allows the business to drive projects and discussions forward in their absence. It also fosters true knowledge management – two-way communications between the business and employees and can lead to a much better level of engagement and satisfaction – research has proven this and indeed according to recent stats (by the Temkin Group), highly engaged employees are 5.8 times more committed to helping their companies succeed. These are statistics that few businesses can afford to disregard in the current economic climate.
So what should organisations do to ensure knowledge retrieval and information sharing continues, and carries the business forward regardless of the holiday season and the location of their employees?
Business collaboration tools such as MindLink provide a powerful solution by making it easy for knowledge on a wide variety of topics to be shared across an organisation. Leveraging Microsoft LyncTM, the focus is on team communications and group collaboration, rather than closed private conversations and 'email jail'. That way, a team member being out of the office – whether planned or unexpectedly – shouldn't bring projects to a grinding halt because critical information rests with them or is locked away behind passwords on their hard drive. MindLink also focuses on providing integration into existing processes and systems so that data from line-of business applications as well as social conversations can easily be streamed into conversation channels.
So this year, when you're thinking about asking for those coverage plans and project update notes, pause to consider the benefits of a business critical collaboration tool. There might be one in place already that is not being taken full advantage of, or it could be a tool that you should think of implementing.
Oh and remember that MindLink can be accessed from anywhere, so worst case scenario, your employee can log in from any web browser, tablet device – or via their smartphone, and update the business or contribute to an ongoing conversation/discussion.
Now where did that suitcase disappear to?
Enjoy your holidays,
Annekathrin Häse
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Heather Litz doesn't deny conditions were less than ideal at Tuscaloosa K9 Camp in Berry.
Heather Litz doesn't deny conditions were less than ideal at Tuscaloosa K9 Camp in Berry.
But she says she and her staff never did anything that could be described as animal abuse or neglect.
Litz, her parents and another trainer were charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty last week after drug agents raided the property and seized a misdemeanor amount of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Police returned the next day with a warrant to investigate animal cruelty. They seized 20 dogs that a veterinarian said were dehydrated and suffered from untreated medical conditions. The investigators contend the animals had been neglected and were in poor health.
The 20 dogs were taken to Metro Animal Shelter in Tuscaloosa. Several have been claimed by owners who had taken their dogs to be trained or boarded at the facility.
Around 72 dogs remain on the property. All but Litz's eight pet dogs will be placed with other rescues, said Richard White, commander of the 24th Judicial Circuit Drugs and Violent Crime Task Force. A hearing is scheduled in Fayette County District Court on Nov. 12 to determine the custody of the dogs, he said.
"As long as we can establish identity, we'll release any personal dogs," White said. "Most of the remaining dogs are rescue dogs, so none will be moved until after the court date. We're going to find other rescue organizations to take them. We'll be vetting the rescues before we release any dogs to make sure that everything is on the up and up."
Litz, who is out on bond while the other three suspects remain in the Fayette County Jail, said Wednesday she became overwhelmed when trying to help dogs that could die otherwise.
"We did everything we could for them," she said. "Yes, the facility was overcrowded and in a state of disarray, but no animal was ever neglected or, God forbid, mistreated. They were all given the best care we were able to give them."
The facility's troubles began when the 14-acre property was destroyed by the morning tornado that struck the area on April 27, 2011, Litz said. The house, kennels and a cabin on the property were destroyed.
Litz suffered a concussion and other injuries, and another trainer was paralyzed after being pinned under a tree, she said.
Twenty-four of the dogs were killed.
"I felt like I'd failed them," Litz said. "I felt like I'd failed them, so when people would bring a dog to my doorstop, I'd let my emotions take over and feel like I had to save them.
"The overcrowding is completely my fault. But what are you supposed to do when people are dumping these animals at your door?"
The camp was featured on Animal Planet's "Pit Bulls and Parolees" the next year, which Litz thought might help with donations needed to rebuild.
"The opposite of what we'd hoped happened. People assumed that since we'd been on the show, we had all the help we needed," Litz said. "People just thought, 'Now we have another place to dump dogs.' "
There were no pens, so the surviving dogs lived in the house.
"It's basically a kennel. I live in a kennel," she said. "But there's no money for repairs when I could buy so much dog food with that money."
The facility does receive donations, she said, which is used for food and the vet bills that she described as "astronomical."
Drug warrant served
Litz was feeding the dogs when members of the 24th Judicial Task Force came to the house to serve the drug warrant last Wednesday. One agent shot her Boston terrier, who ran out the front door into the yard. She was reluctant to discuss it because she doesn't want to give the impression that she is trying to gain sympathy or deflect attention from the charges against her.
Her attorney, Jim Standridge of Tuscaloosa, advised her not to discuss the drug charges.
The four occupants were immediately taken to jail, and volunteers weren't allowed on the property, she said.
"No one returned for around 30 hours," she said. "When I left, they had clean kennels, had blankets and had been fed. Yes, after 30 hours some dogs will suffer from mild dehydration. Some will be in dirty kennels. They took 20, but the other 100 were in excellent condition. They're healthy, they're happy."
She said that some of the 20 dogs that were seized were in bad shape when they were brought to the camp. All of the ones with problems were on medication, she said.
Two had been there for less than a week. One puppy came in with hereditary mange, she said, and was being treated with medication. A black Lab named Jake had been left there just 72 hours before.
"He was in fairly desperate condition when we got him. We started him on worming medication, and he was eating and drinking, but not in good shape," she said.
Three of the dogs were chronically thin, she said. Another dog, Gideon, arrived at the camp months ago with heart worms, pneumonia and fluid in his stomach. It's taken weeks to get him as healthy as he was when examined last week, Litz said.
Uncertain future
Litz said she was a dog walker and pet-sitter as a teenager and later worked as a veterinary assistant. She graduated from the Tom Rose School as a Certified Master Dog Trainer before moving here and starting the camp, where she says she and her staff trained rescue dogs for service and police work.
"My mission was not just to train dogs to make big money, but to rehabilitate the ones who get forgotten. The ones you drive by and pretend you didn't see on the side of the road, the ones who were taken to the shelter because of bad behavior," she said. "When we started, we had just 20 rescues. We were never supposed to be a high-volume rescue. We just became vastly overwhelmed.
"Our main goal now is to get them all placed safely into rescues, have them live happily ever after and give us a chance to mend and rebuild this place, and maybe at some point long into the future decide what our role in rescue is. We would love to start training dogs. We would love for people to trust us with their animals. I don't know if we'll be able to get that back."
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Good news note: An agreement on a contract -- and to end the strike -- was reached late Tuesday night.
The economy of Southern California is being held hostage.
That's the real impact of a strike by a small local of the Internatlional Longshore and Warehouse Union -- the 800-member Office Clerical Union. Other union workers at the ports are honoring the picket lines -- thus effectively shutting down most activity in the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles for nearly a week.
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it's a serious problem that a small group of people -- in this case, very well-compensated clerical workers -- can take such a bite out of the Southern California economy -- and indeed the state and national economies too. Some 40 percent of U.S. imports comes through the ports. And the twin ports are vital to the economy of greater Los Angeles.
The strike is also poorly timed. The ports face serious threats from all sorts of competitors -- especially because new larger locks are scheduled to open in 2014 in the Panama Canal, an advance that could draw traffic away from Long Beach and Los Angeles. Indeed, during the strike, at least two ships that were due to dock at the port have headed to Panama instead.
This strike needs to end now. And the ports need to be open. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been pushing publicly for round-the-clock negotiations, but there needs to be far greater, quicker political pressure on the union and the employer, the Harbor Employers Association, to reach an agreement. A federal mediator is now part of the talks, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
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Friends of Alex Teves clink mugs at anniversary beerfest July 20
From Crooked Stave to Elk Mountain, at least 10 local breweries will join in a beer festival on July 20 to celebrate the lives of victims of the Aurora theater shooting.
With two live bands and four food trucks, the "Night to Remember" event is much larger than the one held last year, two weeks after Alex Teves, 24, was killed while protecting his girlfriend, Amanda Lindgren.
"He was one of our closest customers," said Kristen Kozik, co-owner of Copper Kettle Brewing Co., where Teves was a member of the brew club.


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B&CMW necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web codificada y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 12 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Kids Furniture company needs a fun, yet appealing to adults website.
logo can be found at: http://www.kandyhillkids.com/ & http://www.kandyhillkids.com/sample.html
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Fun, but it must cater to adults as the site is for the adults and not the kids
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Kids Furniture company needs a fun, yet appealing to adults website. This needs to be produced in 300 DPI for Print and Delivered in 300 DPI and 72 DPI for Web. Please look at http://www.kandyhillkids.com or http://www.kandyhillkids.com/sample.html for the logo. The navigation should be as follows:
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U.S. employers in April posted the fewest job openings in five months, suggesting hiring will remain sluggish in the months ahead.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that job openings fell to a seasonally adjusted 3.4 million in April, down from 3.7 million in March. The March figure was the highest in nearly four years.
The decline could mean employers are growing more cautious about adding workers in the face of financial turmoil in Europe and slower growth in the United States. Job openings can take one to three months to fill.
There were 12.5 million unemployed people in April. That means there was an average of 3.7 people competing for each open job. In a healthy job market, the ratio is usually around 2 to 1.
Openings have risen by almost a third since the recession ended in June 2009. But they are still below pre-recession levels of about 5 million per month.
April's decline in openings has coincided with a sharp slowdown in hiring. Employers added an average of only 73,000 jobs in April and May. That's down from an average of 226,000 in the first three months of this year.
The drop in openings was concentrated in the private sector, and was particularly steep in professional and business services. Available jobs fell 14 percent in that category, which includes high-paying jobs such as engineers, architects and accountants, as well as lower-paying temporary jobs.
Fewer people quit their jobs last month. That's a pessimistic sign, since more quits are evidence that workers are confident that they can find new jobs elsewhere.


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I don't know that anyone goes around complaining that their table is just too darned thick, but this carbon fibre "Surface" Table has been fashioned to a scant 2mm.
Sadly, there's no stat as to its weight or tensile strength, but at 3 meters long (that's almost 9 feet), I can't imagine you could stand on it, shouting "I have a carbon fibre table, so I rule this house at last!" I mean, you probably could, but it might snap beneath your noble mass, once again returning the control of the house to your stowaway cousin who owns last year's 3mm carbon fibre table. Rats! [StylePark via bbGadgets]


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The recommended compiler for building Linux 2.4 is gcc 2.95. New compilers upto gcc 3.3 have been used successfully to build the kernel however with gcc 3.4 there may be problems when certain configurations. With Linux 2.4 being in deep freeze mode we generally don't intend to fix such problems but rather recommend to use an older compiler for the kernel.
The latest "official" GCC 2 is version 2.95.3. The GCC 2.96 is unofficial massively patched version. It provides more efficient optimization with -O2, more strict syntax checkhing and supports more recent C++ standards. Unfortuntely, C++ ABI is not compatible with "official" 2.95.3 nor 3.0.
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Kernels upto 2.6.15 require a gcc 2.95..4.0. Gcc 4.1 is still considered experimental at this point so not recommended where reliability matters. Kernels newer than 2.6.15 require at least gcc 3.2. See a related article on Kerneltrap.
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NASA churned out a lot of concept art in the 1970s while the agency was exploring ways to build colonies in space. NASA concept artists created trippy pieces like the Cynlidrical Colony above, and Torodial and Bernal Sphere colonies as well. We'd like to imagine that you could low-grav the whole thing, and just leap from one side of the colony to the other. Of course, it's not quite clear what would happen if you ran into one of those giant window sections. Hopefully they're made out of some synthetic diamond material to keep accidents from happening.
Don Davis, who painted this piece, has worked at NASA for years, and he's responsible for concept art on everything ranging from these space colonies, to the Voyager program. He's worked at the Ames Research Center, which is the mecca for speculative science fiction/faction at NASA, located in California. When he wasn't working on art like this, he was also collaborating with Carl Sagan, and contributed to Cosmos, for which he won an Emmy. You can check out more of Don's retro-futurist paintings at his website, where he also has an impressive number of Burning Man trip reports as well.


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Yoga by the Sea
Practice Yoga at a Beautiful Beachside Location! Only $90 for a Ten-Class Pass for 60 Minute Classes at Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama. Voted One of the Top Ten Things to Do in Sydney. Valued at $180
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Get your yoga fix with a zen-sational ten-class pass for Yoga by the Sea, nominated for the 2012 Australian Telstra Business Awards and voted One of the Top Ten Things To Do in Sydney by Qantas Magazine
Available at three beautiful beachfront locations: Bondi Icebergs, Tamarama Surfclub or Bronte Surfclub
Plenty of classes run every week with sunrise, mid-morning, afternoon and sunset classes to suit all schedules
No bookings are necessary and yoga mats are provided at all venues, as well as a freshly squeezed juice or herbal tea after class at Bronte and Tamarama
The series of stretching and 'prana' (breathing) exercises are designed to both challenge and relax, while stimulating focus, balance and positive life force
Relieve stress, expel negative energy, detoxify organs, build inner core strength, improve the nervous system and enhance wisdom, fitness and flexibility
Each class is led by an experienced and internationally-recognised Yoga by the Sea instructor
What We Like
Take in beautiful ocean views and keep an eye out for dolphins and whales throughout class
Indoor and outdoor classes available. To view class timetable, click here
The oceanic environment and soundscape help you relax and focus
It's a healing, thoughtful gift that keeps on giving, so buy extra vouchers for friends and go to class together
Offer expires on 30 April 2014 (upon your first visit you will be issued with a ten class pass which must be completed by 30 April 2014)
Bookings are not required, all classes are 'drop-in'. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to secure a space
Classes are subject to availability
Vouchers are transferrable and may be passed on as gifts
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Valid at Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte. To view class timetable, please click here
Please note, you must pay the Icebergs entry fee for Bondi classes. Your entry fee also entitles you to use the iconic Icebergs pools and sauna facilities. Fee is currently $7 per visit and is subject to change
Please note Bondi outdoor classes are cancelled when wet or very windy
Before undergoing any new fitness routine it is recommended that you consult your doctor
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Yoga by the Sea is the best way I know to kick off a weekend. Forget stuffy carpeted yoga studios, Sasha's classes are held on a sheltered concrete platform, a downward dog's length from Bondi's refreshing waves and the pool at Bondi Icebergs...after the opening meditation session, all cares in the world slip away followed by an hour of strenuous Ashtanga postures and a routine that varies from week to week."customerunderground.com
This is truly a spectacular way of doing yoga. Both the teacher and location are amazing. Definitely a must do in Sydney. Thanks again."Google review


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Best Outdoor Spaces: 20 Perfect Summer Patios
Clear out the cobwebs and dust off the barbecue, because patio season is just around the corner. From natural designs that embrace the beauty of nature, to sleek spaces that offer luxury with minimal maintenance — here are 20 beautiful patios with inspiring outdoor decorating ideas to help you create a dreamy open-air retreat.
Honey-colored tiki umbrellas contrast white lawn chairs on this neutral patio. A low wraparound bench makes entertaining groups easy, but doesn't obstruct from this charming Lake Simcoe cottage's lush view.
Layer to add visual interest. In this manicured backyard, stone and greenery introduce texture to the sophisticated space. The low-maintenance, high-style patio is complemented with modern furniture that makes it prime for entertaining. The dining and lounging areas are separated by a koi pond.
At Colette Van Den Thillart's Barbados beach house, a private balcony off the principal bedroom is made for relaxation. Coral accents pick up on the interior's color palette, while the breezy hammock is the perfect spot to enjoy a nap, or a lazy afternoon taking in the lush views.
Design editor Joel Bray gave his drab condo balcony a serious upgrade by adding classic elements like painted latticework and a tall pedestal urn. Potted cedars, boxwood and dense yew give the space a lush, garden feel. Joel even "refinished" the floor by laying a thin sheet of cement board on the existing concrete and gluing on 12″ x 12″ Montauk Black slate tiles.
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Sometimes, less is more. In Lara Irwin's relaxed seaside patio, a simple brown color palette ensures that nothing distracts from the view. String lighting and nautical accents keep the mood friendly and informal, while a zinc-topped table adds weathered texture.
Pair pieces with different styles for a setting that looks inviting and charming as opposed to straight-from-the-showroom-floor. Here, a vintage teak bench, authentic Parisian park chairs and an antique Quebec farmhouse table add old world style and French country comfort.
This balcony feels much bigger than its 100-square-feet, despite the surprising choice to go with an all-weather sectional instead of a bistro set. Sailcloth-upholstered cushions add a fun hit of pattern, while a brass-topped coffee table, bright throw and elephant sculpture give the small space an exotic vibe.
In the screened-in porch of this expansive Muskoka cottage, a comfortable outdoor daybed and cozy armchairs are covered in crisp white Sunbrella fabric, so it's both pretty and hard-wearing. Huge windows maximize views to the lake outside, while the white floor and ceiling feels fresh and light.
The homeowner, designer Heidi Smith, was inspired by Cape Cod beach houses. On the upper level of her two-tiered outdoor space, she paired a cedar trestle table with vintage chairs and bright stools for a relaxed, casual look. Sweet cushions in summery hues add to the rustic feel.
Designer Sarah Hartill made this concrete stool, which adds artistic flair to an otherwise neutral patio. The brushstrokes and soft colors stand out against the spaces's natural tones.
Learn how to make a DIY: Painted Patio Stool.
Arren Williams' patio features freestanding cedar plank walls that draw the eye toward the luxurious dining area. Open sight lines and an oversized umbrella make for a great entertaining space despite the lack of square-footage. Sunny yellow accents are found throughout the yard, while ornamental switchgrass add movement.
Homeowners Priscilla and René Wikkerink built their fence with sections of lattice — all stained a dramatic opaque black — boxed in with frames and posts. They backed the lattice with solid boards for privacy on their small upper deck. A graphic rug adds a stylish hit to the mostly black patio, and potted plants add greenery without taking up too much space.
Watch a tour of this deck on H&H TV.
TV hosts Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman initially wanted black wrought-iron dining furniture for their rooftop terrace, but happened upon a teak set with caned chairs and a glass-topped table. "The teak is just starting to fade into a gorgeous grey that matches the flooring," says Steven. Rooftops are windy, so hardy trees that do well in containers — such as the evergreens placed on either side of the mirrored armoire — are a good pick..
A deck and built-in banquette provide plenty of stylish entertaining space. The classic color scheme of grey-browns and white can be easily updated with new throw pillows.
Laying acacia wood, cut-to-fit floor tiles in a cross-hatched pattern overtop the existing concrete floor instantly warmed up this balcony. A traditionally shaped chandelier rendered in white plastic balls keeps the overall look fun.
With the help of H&H style editor Michael Penney, executive editor Beth Hitchcock added casual homey charm to her former concrete condo balcony. Plants in various colors and shapes create height, dimension and character.
See a tour of Beth's old condo interior on H&H TV.
A trellis acts as a focal point above this Philippe Starck Bubble Club sofa the same way a mirror or piece of art would above an indoor couch.
When we think of gardens, we think of lush, natural spaces, but don't be afraid to embrace synthetic elements. This secluded industrial patio is made cozy with piles of white and cream pillows. Concrete benches double up as seating and a place to serve meals, while greenery pops against the neutral palette. Pea gravel keeps the space low-maintenance.
Moroccan-style accent pieces add a dash of the exotic to this shady backyard oasis, while a casual low-slung sofa makes for easy lounging and amplifies the height of the courtyard's leafy trellised walls.
Anne Cote embraced this century-old French country home at the foot of Mont Orford, Quebec, for its charming natural garden. Nestled among an abundance of greenery, an airy white tent provides seclusion for dining al fresco.


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After a brief database corruption, I have managed to reinstall WordPress on this site. I have to say for one, that I'm very impressed with the quality of the Admin Panel in this version of WP. The last version that I installed (yes, laugh if you must at both my laziness and any website insecurity) was way back in June 2007, and it looks like the platform has come a long way since then.
For those of you who actually used my site for information, have no fear, as I will be recovering the lost articles and posting them again (apparently PHP Form input is a difficult task). Additionally, I have to rework my Google Analytics settings. To be honest, I'm not going to put any Google Adsense ads on the site. The traffic that this site generates is not sufficient to keep the (not-so) trendy ads on the site.
I'd like to bring back some interesting sections that I originally planned, but I couldn't keep updated. One of my favorites was OCRemix Mondays, and since there's such a large selection of tunes over at Overclocked ReMix, I should have enough content to last me for a while.
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Mushroom-Based Packaging Uses 98% Less Energy than Styrofoam
A packaging material made of mushroom roots and agricultural waste is lowering its energy footprint further with new sterilizing technology.
Ecovative Design, the maker of EcoCradle packaging and Greensulate insulation, creates its products by growing mushroom fibers on waste like cotton seed, wood fiber and buckwheat hulls.
To keep other spores off of the material, Ecovative uses a steam heat process, but with the help of an $180,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), it's working on a sterilization treatment made with natural oils that uses significantly less energy.
Ecovative's MycoBond technology already consumes one-tenth the energy used to manufacture foam packaging. The new treatment, made with a mix of cinnamon bark oil, thyme oil, oregano oil and lemongrass oil, lowers its energy needs down to one-fortieth, or about 2.5 percent, of that of foam.
The new method also allows Ecovative to grow its materials in the open air, and not just in the clean room environments it currently needs to grow. To make its packaging and insulation, Ecovative creates plastic molds, fills them with agricultural waste and adds mycelia, mushroom roots, which grown around and digest the waste. Once the material has grown into the shape, it's heat treated to stop the growth, and the packaging is done.
The company's EcoCradle packaging is being used by some Fortune 500 companies and others like Steelcase, which earlier this year announced it would ship certain products with EcoCradle, starting with its Currency line.
Founded in 2007 by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduates Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer, Ecovative has also received support from the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, in addition to the grant from the NSF's Small Business Innovation Research program.
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Skyrim expansions Dragonborn, Hearthfire and Dawnguard finally have a PS3 release date for Britain after much aggravation felt by PS3 gamers who have been waiting a rather long time for both DLC packs to drop.
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Valve has released its weekly Steam chart and pre-orders of Bethesda's Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC have stolen the top spot from last week's champ Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.
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Skyrim: Dragonborn is launching tomorrow on Xbox Live and on PS3 and PC in 2013. However, story details achievements and other information has leaked ahead of time from a gamer who claims to be a beta tester. We reported on their leaked information here, but now the person has posted a batch of screens online. […]
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's next DLC is called Dragonborn and will let you ride dragons and go to Morrowind. As far as I'm concerned, that's all I need to know to throw my wallet at Bethesda, but alleged beta testers have offered a wealth of new information. Potential spoilers within.
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Freshman Zach Davis cleared a season-best 6-9.5 to place second in the men's high jump at the Hokie Invitational on Saturday.
Liberty's Fred Fulton (men's shot put) and Sam Hibbs (men's 5K) both won their respective events, marking two of the Flames' top performances on Saturday at the Hokie Invitational inside Virginia Tech's Rector Field House.
Men's Day Two Recap Fulton made it two-for-two in winning shot put competitions in a Liberty uniform, after previously finishing first at the Liberty Kickoff. His winning throw of 56-1.25 landed 17 inches past that of runner-up Ryan Coles from VCU. Behind Fulton, teammates David Scouten (sixth place, 50-3.5) and Jacob DeValve (seventh place, 50-0.5) each cracked the 50-foot barrier for the first time this season. Hibbs led the men's 5K from start to finish, with his personal-best time of 15:00.12 edging Richmond senior Adam Owens for the victory. Fellow Flames sophomore Josh Showalter took fourth place in 15:48.14. Freshman Zach Davis continued to impress in the high jump, clearing a season-best 6-9.5 for second place in Saturday's competition. Coastal Carolina's Reggie Nelson, the 2013 Big South outdoor men's high jump runner-up, also made it over 6-9.5 but was awarded the victory on misses. Davis is now tied with teammate Kyle Wheeler for eighth place on Liberty's all-time indoor high jump ledger. Liberty's men's mid-distance runners enjoyed a solid day, with three Flames dipping under 1:57 in the 800. John Sherret led the way in fourth place at 1:56.07, followed by Jacob Onifer (sixth place, indoor personal-best 1:56.66) and Colin Schultz (eighth place, 1:56.86), who was running the 800 for the first time in his collegiate career. Meanwhile, Trevor Hope successfully dropped down to the 600-meter distance, garnering a runner-up finish with a personal-best time of 1:23.40. Sherret and Schultz were joined by Stephen Racanelli and Tyler Weigandt on Liberty's 4 x 400 quartet, which clocked a season-best time of 3:23.40 for seventh place. Earlier in the day, Racanelli ran his fastest 200-meter dash this season at 22.37 seconds, which was good for 10th place in the one-lap event. Racanelli's freshman classmate Aklesso Agama came in seventh in the long jump, thanks to a 22-3 leap. Cody Bingham pole vaulted a season-best 15-4.25 on his first attempt, placing 10th on the day.
Women's Day Two Recap Junior Mychelle Cumings was the highest-finishing Lady Flame on Saturday, throwing the shot put 48-3.25 for third place. Rachel Barnes followed in the seventh spot, reaching 43-5.25 with her best attempt. Staying in the field events, freshman Oasis Hernandez took sixth place with her 17-10.75 mark in the long jump. Meanwhile, Lady Flames Riley Brandon and Kristen Willeford shared 13th place in the high jump with matching 5-3.75 clearances. Liberty's 4 x 400 grouping of Ansley Gebben, Corinn Bedell, Mary Witmer and Meghan Burggraf posted a season-best time of 3:54.43 to finish seventh. Gebben also became the 10th Lady Flame ever to run a 400 dash in under 58 seconds indoors. The redshirt sophomore's official time of 57.86 placed her 13th in the 400. Pentathletes Brandon and Jessica Harrison both fared well in the 600-meter run on Saturday, finishing first and second in their heat. Overall, Brandon came in seventh in 1:41.13 with Harrison claiming the eighth spot in 1:41.17. Running the 5K indoors for the first time in a Liberty uniform, Chelsea Page finished sixth with a 19:02.11 effort.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that 'There are no second acts in American lives," but it would seem this applied chiefly to him alone for the obvious reason: Fitzgerald's literary career peaked in his twenties, with Gatsby. There have been lots of notable second acts: Ronald Reagan's political career, for example, or numerous actors like Leslie Nielsen, who went from being a serious dramatist to the straight-man comic. You can name lots more examples in 30 seconds without much effort.
The "Fitzgerald Hypothesis" comes to mind in noting today's New York Times story on the attempted rehabilitation of Jack Abramoff ("For Ex-Lobbyist, A Multimedia Effort at Redemption"), the GOP-leaning lobbyist who flamed out in spectacular fashion a few years ago and went off to federal prison for corruption. I caught his mea culpa interview on "60 Minutes" last week, which turns out to be simply the first of many steps in his campaign to climb back in the saddle:
Mr. Abramoff had come to Manhattan to roll out his rehabilitative media campaign, and with a dozen friends and colleagues — among them his lawyer; his publicist; his literary agent; and the evening's host, a wealthy Israeli equities investor — he now sat to watch himself on "60 Minutes," his debut interview since getting out of prison last December.
He's leaving nothing to chance here: a lawyer, a publicist, and a literary agent? That's only the beginning. As the story goes on:
There is, for instance, his Facebook game app, "Congressional Jack" (think "Farmville" for armchair lobbyists), or his still-developing venture into what his partner-producer, Roy Bank of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" fame, likes to call the "unscripted television space."
Mr. Abramoff is available for speaking engagements ("The Secret of Power," "A Congress for Sale") and has briefed F.B.I. agents on the nature of corruption. There is also a feature film in the works about the lobbying milieu, one being financed by the host of Sunday's party, Eli Zicherman. . .
I'm guessing those speaking engagements will not come cheap. He's represented by the Lavin Agency, but like most speakers' bureaus, the price tag is not advertised and is always subject to negotiation. And a feature film? Well, way back in the 1990s I pitched a book tentatively titled Show Business for Ugly People: How Washington and Hollywood Are Coming to Resemble Each Other, and What It Means for America. I actually got a couple bites on the book, but two things happened—The Age of Reagan project came along instead, and reality overtook my idea too quickly (think "West Wing") and rendered it somewhat obsolete. Still, the Hollywoodization of DC proceeds apace in multiple senses of the term, and perhaps someday I'll come back to that topic more fully.
It is hard to know just how to come down on this. On the one hand, Abramoff's newfound clarity about the sleaziness of lobbying activities falls easily into the hand-caught-in-cookie-jar category of now you tell us, or perhaps the better analogy is the defendant who murdered his parents and asks for mercy because he's now an orphan. On the other hand, Abramoff is on the hook for $40 million in restitution for the Indian tribes he bilked, and if his new Redemption Tour business model works for him, this might prove a rare case when the restitution gets paid back.
But on the other hand, it appears that Abramoff may simply offer confirmation of the liberal narrative about political corruption—not that it's isn't widespread, but that the answer to it will be more regulation and "reform." The description of his speech on the corruption of lobbying goes as follows:
But you'll walk away with a nuanced understanding of how widespread the corruption is, how deep the money flows, why the public good is rarely on the agenda, and how we might attain transparency among our leaders. With verve and authority, Abramoff makes a powerful and practically-minded case for how to bring about urgently-needed change to the world of lobbying — and to government itself.
I'm down with the part about "the public good is rarely on the agenda," as I hate dealing with lobbyists (I do get called from time to time) because even when I agree with their industry position, they are always so single-mindedly self-interested that they can never be counted upon to be helpful to a larger point of view about good government or good policy, or even sometimes to make the right argument about their position. (Plus I hate it that they tend to regard think tankers like me as essentially free help.) Okay, that's what they're paid to do. I get that. But how easily we have all lost sight of how this very state of affairs that liberals especially decry is the precise outcome of the Progressive design for modern government, which explicitly seeks to divide up Americans into discrete interests to be ministered to by a bureaucracy. Will Abramoff point this out? Doubtful. It might mess up a business opportunity to say something so original or unconventional. Sort of like his old line of work.
I haven't heard yet what specifics Abramoff might be proposing (what?—no more golf trips to Scotland? That's already done) rather than indulge another round of complicated "reform" ideas (that will chiefly benefit who? Compliance lawyers mostly), how about this simple thought: The way to get rid of corruption in high places it to get rid of high places. In other words, the smaller the government, the less opportunity for corruption. If there hadn't been a stupid $35 billion energy loan guarantee program, there'd be no Solyndra scandal. Etc.
So we'll have to see how Abramoff's attempted second act goes for him, and whether it's really a second act at all, or just a continuation of the first act with a costume change.
(Full disclosure: My spouse is a board member of the Office of Congressional Ethics, which Nancy Pelosi set up in the aftermath of the Abramoff scandal. No, I don't get to see the files.)


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In the campaign leading up to Rochester's Democratic mayoral primary, City Council President Lovely Warren often referred to "two Rochesters" and the need to bridge the gap between them.
As her economic and community development plan puts it: "One Rochester is growing, prosperous and has a bright future. The other, often invisible Rochester is characterized by high rates of unemployment, crime, poverty and despair."
An effective get-out-the-vote effort among her supporters no doubt helped Ms. Warren achieve a stunning upset victory on Tuesday. But just as clearly, her "two Rochesters" message resonated with many voters.
There's no denying the economic divide that exists in Rochester; indeed, both Ms. Warren and Mayor Thomas Richards say it may be the most critical issue facing the city.
Economic opportunity requires job creation, which can occur only if businesses are willing to locate and invest in the city. In that regard, it appears Ms. Warren has another gap to bridge: the one between her and many people in the business community.
In an RBJ poll conducted shortly before the primary, roughly 90 percent of respondents favored Mr. Richards. In another RBJ poll conducted the morning after the primary, nearly 80 percent said they were pessimistic about Ms. Warren's ability to lead the city, if elected mayor in November.
Many businesspeople understandably like Mr. Richards' private-sector executive experience and think he has done a good job since taking office in April 2011. It's also likely, however, that many have not looked closely at Ms. Warren's economic development ideas. After all, few people gave her much of a chance to win.
In fact, she is keenly aware of issues facing city businesses, especially small firms. And her personal story reveals determination and other character traits that entrepreneurs and business owners admire.
If Ms. Warren becomes Rochester's next mayor-and few today would bet against her-both she and the business community will need a strong working relationship built on trust and mutual interest. Without it, try imagining a thriving city.
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