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FindAnyFloor.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 41 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
We need someone to design a fun and friendly site graphic that will be the focal point of our homepage. The site is a site that provides flooring information to consumers before they purchase flooring as well as connects experts in the flooring community with consumers who have questions. The graphic has to be in the same style as our website and convey the following idea - "Bringing Consumers, Retailers and Installers together"
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We are a new company in the process of launching our BETA site in the next few weeks. While we have a site design, we are in need of a main graphic for our page. The main graphic is the focal point of the site and must convey in 1 to 3 seconds what our site is all about.
Here is an image of the page that the design will need to work with. Unfortunately, it is the best I can do within the limitations here, unless you email me :) If you email me I will send you the photo of the homepage. NOTE You would be replacing the center graphic where it says Bringing consumers... etc
Here is our site placedholder - remember we are a start-up so the site has not launched at this time. FindAnyFloor.com
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$40M in bonds, notes issued to repay short-term dept
Hampton Union, Friday, March 12, 2010
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
HAMPTON -- Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) (www.unitil.com) announced that two of its wholly owned utility subsidiaries completed long-term debt financings totaling $40 million on March 2.
Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. d/b/a Unitil, which provides electric service in the Seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire, issued and sold $15 million of 5.24-percent first mortgage bonds, due March 2020, to institutional investors in the form of a private placement. The net proceeds from the offering will be used to repay short-term indebtedness. Bank of America Merrill Lynch served as the placement agent for this issuance.
Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Unitil, which provides natural gas service in southeastern New Hampshire, and portions of southern and central Maine, issued and sold $25 million in 5.29-percent senior unsecured notes, due March 2020, to institutional investors in the form of a private placement. The net proceeds from the offering will be used to repay short-term indebtedness. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets served as the placement agents for this issuance.
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, provided legal representation for both offerings. Both offerings have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company headquartered in Hampton. Its principal business is the local distribution of electricity and natural gas in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine.
Unitil is the parent company of three distribution utilities: Unitil Energy Systems Inc., which provides electric service in the southeastern Seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire; Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, which provides both electric and natural gas service in the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts; and Northern Utilities Inc., which provides natural gas service in southeastern New Hampshire and portions of southern and central Maine.
In addition, Unitil is the parent company of Granite State Gas Transmission Inc., an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in New Hampshire and Maine.
Together, Unitil's operating utilities serve approximately 100,500 electric customers and 70,000 natural gas customers.
Unitil's non-regulated business, Usource"¢, also provides energy brokering and advisory services to large commercial and industrial customers in the northeastern United States.For more information, visit Unitil at www.unitil.com or call Mark Collin at (603)773-6612.

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Lawmakers on the legislature's Transportation Committee yesterday accused the government's Taoyuan Aerotropolis Project of benefiting only land developers and questioned if the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has the ability to acquired land for such a massive project.
According to the draft plan submitted by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the CAA and Taoyuan County Government would jointly expropriate 3,073 hectares of land for the project.
The land would be used to construct the third runway of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, new aprons for passenger and cargo jets, aircraft maintenance hangars and free-trade zones.
Some residents living on land designated for acquisition questioned the rationale for the project, adding that the CAA has planned to expropriate land more than a decade before construction.
The threat of expropriation allegedly caused an 83-year-old man to commit suicide.
In the meeting yesterday, lawmakers heard from officials how the government planned to relocate residents.
The presiding chairperson, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲), allowed members of Taoyuan Aerotropolis Victims Self-Help Association to present their case at the meeting.
As well as questioning the need to have for a third runway, the association demanded "full compensation" for their loss of property.
The group said it refuses to agree to a land swap that would move residents from a townhouse to a small apartment.
It also said the government had failed to inform owners that they will have to pay the price difference if the land they move to is more expensive than what they currently own.
While the ministry has planned to provide affordable housing before it demolishes homes, the residents say the ministry has yet to explain how the 8,000 affected households can obtain the housing.
DPP Legislator Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津) said the ministry had previously expropriated 45 hectares of land for the airport's free-trade zone, but developed only 27 hectares so far.
Yeh added that many of the proposed industrial zones in Taoyuan have yet to be developed and questioned why the government is expropriating such a large piece of land again.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Chen Ken-te (陳根德) and Liao Cheng-ching (廖正井), representing Taoyuan County electoral districts, said the project had gained support from more than 90 percent of their residents.
Chen denied allegations that he was pushing the project to inflate property values.
He also said he would step down if any of the residents obtain land previously used for graveyards, adding that he cursed himself to die childless if that happens.
Both DPP Legislator Lee Kun-tse (李昆澤) and KMT Legislator Lin Kuo-cheng (林國正) questioned whether the ministry has the capacity to carry out the project.
CAA director-general Jean Shen (沈啟) responded that the agency does not have sufficient personnel to handle such a complicated project.
Lin said the government had spent 30 years trying to complete the relocation of the Hongamaogang Village (紅毛港) near the Kaohsiung Port.
He said the ministry should establish a special committee to deal with complaints and grievances from the residents, or the issues would never be resolved.
Separately yesterday, Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Hsu Chun-hsin (許忠信) accused the CAA of inappropriately using a large part of the Civil Aviation Operation Fund for the Aerotropoils project.


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The Scottish public does not feel that unpaid carers are sufficiently valued, according to a new online public poll.
The survey, carried out for the start of Carers Week, showed more than seven in 10 (76 per cent) of the Scottish public feel carers are not properly appreciated for the support they provide and this figures rises to just over eight in ten (83 per cent) of those in the UK who have previous experience of caring
The unpaid care provided by Scotland's carers has been estimated to be worth £10.8 billon a year.
More than 759,000 people in Scotland are currently providing care for an older, disabled or seriously ill loved one. The numbers of unpaid carers is rising faster than the general population. 6000 people each day across the UK take on a caring role but the poll showed that many people are unaware how likely it is they would take on a caring role and would be unprepared if they did become a carer.
One in five people aged 50-64 are carers yet half of respondents in the UK who are not currently carers
(50 per cent) thought it unlikely they would ever become a carer.
When asked their top three three concerns, affordability of care and the impact on their finances is the top worry (47 per cent) for Scottish people if they were faced with taking on a caring role. Coping with the stress of caring (39 per cent) is the second biggest worry. More than a third who have never cared for someone (36 per cent) would worry they didn't have the skills or experience to become a carer and almost a quarter (22 per cent) would worry about the impact of caring on their physical health. Carers have worse health than the general public; carers providing 50 hours or more a week of care are more than twice as likely to be in bad health as non-carers (Census 2011).
Worryingly, almost a quarter of those polled who have never cared (22 per cent) would not know or
understand what help would be available if they became a carer.
The online YouGov poll was conducted on behalf of eight major charities who are calling on the new UK Government, the Scottish Government and society during Carers Week to do more to recognise the important contribution that unpaid carers make and support them to care.
Simon Hodgson, Carers Scotland, on behalf of Carers Week, said: "It is deeply concerning that three-quarters of respondents feel carers are undervalued by society for their contribution and this figure rises further for those who have caring experience themselves. The Carers Week charities seek to raise awareness of the huge contribution that carers are making every day to the lives of the family and friends they support and to their communities. In Carers Week we're calling on the public, government and all parts of society to play their part in supporting carers by helping to build communities that recognise and understand the value and needs of carers.
"We urge our local authorities, health boards, Scottish Government and indeed the new UK Government to do more to value, recognise and promote the vital contribution made by the Scotland's 759,000 unpaid carers in supporting people who are ill, frail, disabled and older to live full lives in their own homes and communities."
Thousands of events and activities are taking place across Scotland and the UK for Carers Week with hundreds of individuals and organisations pledging to play their part in building Carer Friendly Communities.
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As the competition opened with Japan in the first session, China fittingly closes out the preliminaries in the eighth and final session of men's qualification Monday evening at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo. China is the reigning world and Olympic champion, but will face a formidable challenge from the host Japanese in the team final.
China: Floor Exercise
China nabbed Olympic order, beginning on floor exercise and ending on high bar. The stacked team boasts world and Olympic champions Chen Yibing, Zou Kai and Teng Haibin. The Chinese squad has half the reigning world event champions: Chen (still rings), Feng Zhe (parallel bars) and Zhang Chenglong (high bar). 2010 national champion Guo Weiyang rounds out the team, while 2009 world still rings champion Yan Mingyong has been relegated to alternate. China is relatively weak on vault, with none of the gymnasts planning two attempts.
Teng is still going strong at 26, winning the Asian Games last fall. He won pommel horse at the 2003 Worlds and 2004 Olympic Games, but fell last year, leaving the final without any Chinese.
Korea: Pommel Horse
The spectacular Yang Hak Seon leads the Korean team, which was eighth at the 2010 Worlds. Yang blew the roof off the gymnastics world this summer when he debuted his handspring, triple-twisting layout front vault at the Korean Cup. World champion Thomas Bouhail of France — who earlier today on vault posted the highest score so far in Tokyo — is no doubt looking over his shoulder at the Korean teenager in Tokyo.
Mixed Group 4: Still Rings
Mixed Group 4 features the Czech Republic, Finland and Monaco. Finland's Sami Aalto, the 2010 European champion on vault, will need to be at his best if he hopes to break into the vault final, where an average of 16.133 is currently eighth.
Belarus: Vault
The Belarusian squad has new blood in the form of Russian import Andrei Likhovitsky, who only recently finalized his new citizenship. Likhovitsky, the 2010 Russian champion on parallel bars, is consistent and stylish and should help Belarus improve on its 16th-place finish from the 2010 Worlds.
Mixed Group 22: Iceland
Mixed Group 22 includes Iceland only after Jordan scratched. Coached by Ukrainian Gennady Zadorozhnyy, Iceland's team includes brothers Viktor and Robert Kristmannsson.
Mixed Group 12: High Bar
Mixed Group 12 includes Taipei and Azerbaijan. Taipei's gymnasts continue to show improvement, and ringsman Chen Chih Yu was eighth at the 2010 Worlds. Azerbaijan's Shakir Shikhaliyev is a frequent international competitor, and regularly trains in Germany, thanks to former Azerbaijan team member Valery Belenky.
Next Up in Tokyo: Women's team finals on Tuesday!
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|November 20, 2013, 10:01 PM
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Night shooting and tonight at the range.
By the time I got off work tonight it was dark. I drove about 20-30 mins to the range anyway and it wasn't until I fired the first shot I realized how little I had ever fired in the dark. I was not in complete darkness. I parked my jeep with the lights shining on the targets. The targets were a 6" plate rack and 3 1/2" plates. I began shooting at 25 yards because I wanted to see how my shooting with my Glock 17 and 19 compared to my shooting earlier in the week with my S&W 3" Model 65 and 2" Model 60. I shot at 25 and then moved up to between 7-10 yards. I have to say I was sort of surprised. I shot the 65 better at 25 than the others. I probably shot the 60 and then the 17 and then the 19 in that order. I am sure the darkness played a factor even though my surroundings appeared to be fairly well lit and both guns had night sights. At 7-10 yards I found that I need to slow down. I found that I was trying to move to the next target before the first one fell. While this may be good for competition I'm not there yet. I found I was missing the first one because I was trying to move to the next. I also found that if I load only one round my first shots were more accurate. Of course on the way home I found myself wondering that since I shoot a revolver well and always have if maybe I should try an olive spring and this would slow me down. I shoot my 65 the best but find myself carrying the 19 due to weight and capacity. The weight more than anything. I am sure I may find different results in the daylight but found shooting at night interesting and challenging.
|November 20, 2013, 10:08 PM
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Find a night match and enter it. Not only a LOT of fun, but it will change the way you train, practice and equip.
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|November 20, 2013, 10:10 PM
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I was talking to my wife on the way home from the range. I told her it was certainly different and eye opening. After asking if that was in a good way or bad way I advised her we should stay home after dark . In reality it did show me an area that could use work.
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Don Hahn Biography
Don Hahn produced the Disney classic "Beauty and the Beast," the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. "Beauty and the Beast" won a Golden Globe for Best Picture that same year. His next film, "The Lion King," broke box office records all over the world to become the top-grossing traditionally animated film in Disney history and a long-running blockbuster Broadway musical. Hahn also served as associate producer on the landmark motion picture "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." His other films include "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and the 2006 animated short, "The Little Matchgirl," which earned Hahn his second Oscar nomination.
Don made his directorial debut on "Waking Sleeping Beauty," a documentary that chronicles the perfect storm of people and circumstances that led to Disney's animation renaissance in the 1980s and '90s. The film played to rave reviews at film festivals in Telluride, Toronto, Palm Springs and the Hamptons, where it won the audience award for best documentary.
In 2010 Don completed a very personal documentary, "Hand Held," that chronicles the
true story of Boston Globe photographer Mike Carroll, from his horrific discovery
of pediatric AIDS in Romanian orphanages to his subsequent 20-year odyssey, fighting
against stultifying bureaucracy to bring aid to forgotten children half-way around
the world.
Don also serves as Executive Producer of the Disneynature films including "Earth," and last year's "Oceans." He is currently developing the stop-motion animated feature "Frankenweenie," which is being filmed in London with director Tim Burton.
Hahn has authored three books on the art of animation, including The Alchemy of Animation, which provides the definitive account of how animated films are created in the modern age. He is working on a new book, Brain Storm - Unleashing Your Creative Self, coming to bookstores in May 2011.
Don was born in Chicago and studied as a music and art major at Cal State University Northridge.


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I'm looking for information about Nancy Ann Collins who was married to John Ervin Lakey.
I'm looking for my twin sister who went to Lightsmith in 2006-2007 and took the classes the "Root Chakra" and the "Pelvic Chakra" from Michele Mayama and Chris LaFontaine in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was born in Minnesota in December in 1960 and may not know about me. The dates may have been changed. There was some kind of adoption, possibly informal where a baby was given away to a couple. There are four of us. We are quadruplets, all of whom I am looking for.
Please contact Lori Wyman at email@example.com or 763-754-0882.
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Susan was married to John M Martin on April 2, 1850 in 1865 John M Martin filed for a divorce because of her unfaithfulness to him. She then moved in the home of Charles Lucas in 1870 at which time she was still with her maiden name Susan dailey. Charles Lucas was previously married to Rachel Dalton and had several children one of them stayed with Charles in 1870 census her name is Irena Lucas married name Harris. After looking for Susan I find her in the 1880 census in Preston County West Virginia again with Charles Lucas her name changed to Sarah Lucas and their is a William age 14 years in the home. It has been told through John M Martin Civil War record through an affidavit his daughter Mollie Martin Richardson made that her mother died in Oakland Maryland. If anyone finds any information to her whereabouts please let me know.
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Hosting a Sim on Tour
Hosting a Sim[edit]
There are two ways to host a friend's Sim. The first way is actively seeking out a Sim to host, sort of like holding an open booking. Clicking Host A Sim from the SimPort book allows you to post on your wall for a specific Sim to be sent, which will help you complete your stamp collection. You still have to wait for your friends to respond on their walls, but posting on the wall allows you to at least alert them to what you need. You can make as many requests as you want and at any time, even if your active family doesn't have any performers.
To do that, head to your SimPort book, then click the "Host a Sim" button. You'll have a similar three-step process as you did for Sending a Sim on Tour. First, you choose the type of venue, then you choose which stamp to pursue. Finally, you select which friends you want to see it, and they'll get the appropriate wall posts. If you get a match, you'll get the alert the next time you're online.
The passive way to host a Sim is to simply play the game while online. If any of your friends have a Sim on tour, you'll get the alert when they send the Sim on tour. You'll see the alert in the top-right of your screen with the rest of the notifications, but in case you don't see it or accidentally close the alert, you can view any requests from the SimPort book. Check out the screenshot below.
Player Crowbeak here has a Sim named Stage Face, and we get to see her details: she's a Level 6 singer looking for a live show venue. Now, this is an alternate save from where Lanette is, and is even in Appaloosa Plains. However, Appaloosa Plains automatically updates its lots to deal with venues, and so we can still accept or decline Crowbeak's offer. If you ever decline an offer to host a Sim, no one gets any sort of reward. There is never a reason to decline to host a Sim.
Once you officially accept a hosting Sim, the game will immediately save. Once you're given control again, your visitor will begin his gig about seven Sim hours from the time you clicked the Accept button. During those seven hours, the game basically operates as normal, though you cannot go into Edit Town, and you can't give a Hosting or Touring request. Simply play the game as normal, and keep an eye on the clock. If you go into map view, you'll see a special map tag listing the location and time of your visitor's gig.
The Visitor's Arrival[edit]
When it's time for the visitor to arrive, she'll attempt to go to a venue that matches what she was looking for. Starlight Shores may have three live show venues for example, but Appaloosa Plains only has one. If there is a conflict of venues (for example, if we've already got a gig going on when Stage Face arrives), the gig will cancel and Stage Face will return to Crowbeak but we'll both be rewarded anyway. As long as the Sim tries to do the gig (that is, as long as neither player cancels the tour), both players will be rewarded after the gig concludes. Note that you can have two Sims playing in two different venues at the same time, even if they're same level. For example, in our Starlight Shores, Lanette could be singing in one live show venue while Stage Face is singing in another, and even a third Sim could be performing at the third one. Your audience may be a little small, but there will be plenty of stages to go around.
Stage Face arrives and we get the usual pop-up box asking if we want to use the venue's stage or a custom option. There is no "Saved" option: touring Sims do not take their stage inventory with them. In fact, if we want to give Stage Face her own custom stage, we'll be paying for it. If you already have a ton of props in your family inventory, you can essentially loan them to your visiting Sim and help out their performance, and you'll get the props back afterwards. Even if you don't, it doesn't ultimately matter: when hosting a Sim, their performance quality has nothing to do with the rewards both players get. The mere fact Stage Face shows up means we and Crowbeak will be rewarded with stamps, cash, and Lifetime Happiness points.
After the stage is set up however you wish, your visitor will be completely controlled by the AI. Stage Face will choose her own songs, and her performance will last three hours regardless of whether we're there to watch. Once she's done, we'll be alerted, and both players will auto-post notifications to their walls and get rewarded. Stage Face will take about another hour to leave the town, and once she does, we'll be able to use the Edit Town command again.


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Spring has Sprung, But Still no IsoBlox Caps
Toronto's J A Happ, Cincy's Aroidis Chapman, Oakland's Brandon McCarthy, Tampa Bay's Alex Cobb and recently teammate Matt Moore. A short list, but a list of impressive M L B caliber players who recently have taken rocket shots to their bodies courtesy of a "come-backer" while on the mound.
Moore's tangle with a M L B approved white missle happened less than 24 hours ago as a ball came back at him and Moore was able to get his right glove up just enough to deflect the bulk of the energy coming furiously towards his face. Moore left that contest but was seen today having lunch today with Rays Manager Joe Maddon prior to the cancellation of this afternoon's contest. Moore was extremely lucky and the only true sign of the event is a busted lip and some lingering jaw soreness.
Over the last 6 seasons 14 M L B pitchers have been plucked by batted line drives to their bodies. Interesting enough earlier this spring M L B did announce a protective cap prototype that had their stamp of approval and had the "thumbs up" M L B P A and M L B executive vice president for labor relations Dan Halem.
"We're excited to have a product that meets our safety criteria. M L B is committed to working with manufacturers to develop products that offer maximum protection to our players, and we're not stopping at all."
It was initially announced the approved cap made by 4Licensing Corporation subsidiary isoBlox would be in-house for all member club and their minor league affiliates to try this spring and be an optional protective item for players to try out and evaluate personally before the season began. I have talked to 2 different members of the Rays organization and so far no one in the Rays spring camp has seen such a cap in-house either as an example or test model.
The proposed protective cap is a bit more cumbersome than the traditional M L B cap as it will be a half inch fuller in the front region and an inch thicker near the temples and provide additional padding protection from a line drive of up to 90 mph to a hurlers frontal skull region and protection up to 85 mph for a side strike.
IsoBlox states the protective material is a "plastic injection molded polymer combined with a foam substrate and is designed to diffuse energy upon impact through a combination of dispersion and absorption techniques." Not in the release is the fact the new cap will be about 7 ounces while the usual New Era cap comes in at around 3-4 ounces. New Era is to be sent the protective element to be sewn into their M L B approved caps for regular seasonal use.
Wouldn't you think the best viable way to test if such a protective cap could or would help curtail such injuries or down time for hurlers be in their hands so they could experiment, test it themselves and give feedback so M L B or isoBlox could facilitate a more universally accepted cap model that would appeal instantly to the M L B or minor league pitching masses.
Do we have to witness someone named Verlander, Price, Darvish or Hernandez plucked or possibly severely injured before people awaken fully to the dangers or the possible carnage that can be done by the ball revolving stiches and blunt trauma.
This is just my opinion, but I think Happ, Cobb, Chapman, McCarthy and Moore are extremely valuable assets to their respective clubs and not only deserve but should be afforded every protective options available to them so the next time a ball comes screaming back at them we do not have to worry about their safety. I hated watching both Happ and Cobb put on stretchers and wheeled out of Tropicana Field last season. The recent injury to Chapman and his sub sequential surgery and time loss due to injury puts a further dark cloud above M L B to not only have these caps in-house soon, but before we witness another pitching disaster or possibly an ending of a great career.
4 of 5 M L B pitchers struck since 2012 have been hit below the cap line. This isoBlox cap is a great step forward, but with it not in M L B Clubhouses this spring as announced, it might hamper the learning curve as some pitchers might have to make their adjustments to such a protective caps in non-game situation or bullpen sessions before trying it out live during a game…..
Sorry M L B, this is a E-10 to me, but can be corrected with just a simple delivery.


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Much to my chagrin, after installing the four brake lines. I noticed on the rear calipers, there are 1 more rubber brake line running underneath each caliper. Why this was not covered in the kit I don't know. They are still an improvement, but this lack of attention to my specific car irritates me. They also took about a month before I finally got them.


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Bill Duke knew he was going to get flak from a lot of people before he ever turned the cameras on to film Dark Girls, a new documentary about the painful encounters dark-skinned black women experience in a society where lighter is usually considered better.
It's a subject that has, more often than not, been considered taboo to discuss outside the black community. So Duke knew making a general-distribution movie about color prejudice within the black community was definitely going to rub some black folks the wrong way.
"I was in a group like this a few months ago," Duke told a crowd of people who had just screened the movie at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. "And someone said, 'Why are you airing our dirty laundry?' "
Duke, a tall, dark-skinned man with a shaved head and weary eyes, paused.
"My answer was: 'Because it's stinkin' up the house!' "
The audience erupted into applause and shouts of agreement.
Hue-based hierarchy, of course, is ancient — and also very modern. The difference is many non-American societies are matter-of-fact about the preference for lighter skin. Prospects on the Indian online dating and marriage website Shaadi, for instance, often list themselves as "fair" or "wheat-colored" without embarrassment. Women touted as beautiful throughout Latin America and the Caribbean often range from very fair to cafe au lait.
Black Americans are no exception — but they're also less forthright about the color prejudice that exists within the black community. Duke's film not only airs dirty laundry no one wants to show the outside world — it also may blow the windows off their hinges.
Comedienne Luenell (she uses only her first name) attended the screening at the Pan African Film Festival; she says it's about time the black community had this conversation, even if it makes some people twitch.
"My daughter is 16 years old; she's dark," says Luenell, who has that cafe au lait skin and closely cropped blond hair. "I have all shades of people in my family, and I know this is a subject that needs to be breached upon. It's a dirty little secret subject amongst our race that people don't talk about, and we do need to talk about it."
Bill Duke believes people also want to talk about it but can't start that conversation on their own. He hopes Dark Girls will be a catalyst for what he considers a long-overdue dialogue.
A documentary showing at film festivals offers a reminder that race is more than a question of black or white. Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry made a film about lighter-skinned African-Americans who discriminate against those with darker skin. It's called "Dark Girls." Here's NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates.
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: "Dark Girls" was one of the most anticipated films at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, it was standing room only at the Rave theater complex in the city's Crenshaw district. The mostly black guests milled around dressed in everything from African robes to smart suits and high heels.
But not everyone was happy. Twenty minutes earlier, ticket sellers had had to tell dozens of disappointed movie goers that "Dark Girls" had been sold out. People were eager to see a movie that discusses in public something so painful, a lot of black people won't talk about it in private.
Inside, the theater was church-quiet, as on screen, dark-skinned women like this elegant lady described the insults they've endured over the years.
BATES: Especially when some of that feedback comes from black men. In this segment, a fair-skinned young man tells Bill Duke he just doesn't think he looks right with a dark-skinned woman on his arm.
BATES: When the hurt involves children, it's especially raw.
BATES: The most devastating scene echoed a famous experiment conducted in 1940. Black psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark showed Harlem school children two sets of dolls, one black, one white, and asked them to ascribe characteristics to each one. They saw the white dolls in a uniformly positive light. The black dolls were seen as the opposite. It was a watershed moment that showed the country how racial prejudice could be internalized, even by tiny children.
Last year, Duke's cameras looked over the shoulder of an adult who recreated a version of the Clarks' experiment. She showed a shy little girl cartoon drawings of an African-American girl that were exactly the same, except they varied in color from very light to very dark.
BATES: The little girl points to the darkest drawing.
BATES: There was an audible gasp in the theater, and seatmates murmured to each other.
: If you would just stand up - if you have a question, please stand up and so everybody can hear you, please?
BATES: In a question-and-answer session following the film, Bill Duke told the audience he made "Dark Girls" because he believes, in order to get past the colorism that still exists in many black communities, the reality of it has to be addressed out loud. And he admits he got some flack for that.
: I was in a group like this, like a few months a go, and someone asked the question this way, they said: Why are you airing our dirty laundry?
And my answer was: Because it's stinking up the house.
BATES: As people exited the theater, the filmmaker said a lot of black people believe colorism is a relic, something that occurred in the 1940s and 50s, when light-skinned blacks were the backbone and gate keepers of elite black life. That's still with us, he says, and points out something a black mother told him.
: She said my daughter came home from school the other day, and she said could she get her skin lighter, because they were calling her tar baby and ape face on the playground. This is a few weeks ago, not a few years ago - a few weeks.
BATES: Comedian Luenell - she only uses her first name - says Duke's film is performing a valuable service.
LUENELL: My daughter is 16 years old, she's dark. I have all shades of people in my family, and I know that this is a subject that needs to be breached upon. And it's one of those dirty little secret subjects amongst our race that people don't talk about it, and we do need to talk about it.
BATES: "Dark Girls" remains on the festival circuit as it seeks a distribution deal. Bill Duke says the film has sold out wherever it's been shown. He believes that people really want to talk about the subject. And if you can talk about it, he says, maybe you can fix it.
Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR News.
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Tough, thin and flexible flooring material.
Luxury vinyl flooring is so thin and flexible you can almost tie it in a knot, but it's also durable enough to last for years.
I've installed just about every type of flooring the world has ever known. So when my wife chose luxury vinyl planks (LVP) for the new dining room floor, my first thought was: Why couldn't she pick something I already know how to do? Now I'll have to muddle through installing floating vinyl plank flooring — an unfamiliar product, hoping to avoid costly mistakes along the way.
But it turns out that there was nothing to worry about floating vinyl plank flooring. I was able to install 150 sq. ft. in less than a day without any problems. Installing vinyl plank flooring was was fast and easy compared with the other floors I've installed. And the next time we need new flooring, my vote will be for luxury vinyl. This article will walk you through the installing vinyl plank flooring process I followed and show you some key tips along the way when learning how to install vinyl flooring.
What is luxury vinyl?
It's thin.
LVP is thinner than ceramic tile, wood and other types of flooring and doesn't require an underlayment, so it's possible to go over existing flooring without raising the floor much (see "Watch Your Floor Height" below). Floating vinyl flooring does need to be installed on a smooth surface, so don't lay it on tile, and most manufacturers do not recommend LVP over other floating floor systems. These particular planks are about 5/32 in. thick.
Water resistant.
LVP flooring is not damaged by water. Some manufacturers actually refer to their products as "waterproof" rather than just "water resistant." I was skeptical, so I cut off a chunk and stuck it in a pail of water overnight—it was completely unaffected.
Soft and pliable.
LVP flooring feels softer underfoot than most other flooring. And because LVP flooring is pliable, it's a lot easier installing vinyl plank flooring in tight quarters than rigid planks. Other floating floors need cushy underlayment to prevent noise, but LVP flooring doesn't because its flexibility makes it inherently quiet.
Easy to cut.
The real beauty of installing vinyl plank flooring is that it's super easy to cut. All you have to do is score it with a utility knife and snap it off. You can make curved cuts with a pair of aviation snips. You won't have noisy saws, caustic sawdust to inhale or a need to run back and forth to your cut station as you're installing vinyl plank flooring. It really is a dream to work with.
No expensive tools needed.
Install vinyl plank flooring can be done using only basic hand tools and a few inexpensive specialty tools.
LV flooring is similar to sheet vinyl, but it's thicker, tougher and easier to install. It comes in tiles and planks, but this article covers planks only. I used a product called Adura LockSolid. It's a floating floor which means it isn't fastened to the subfloor—it just lies there. Luxury vinyl is the fastest growing category in the flooring industry.
LVP starts at about a couple of dollars per sq. ft., similar in price to medium-grade laminate. It's available at flooring stores and home centers.
Start with a smooth surface
Photo 1: Sand down the high spots.
Grind down any humps, lumps or bulges in the subfloor when installing vinyl plank flooring. Use the coarsest sanding belt you can find, such as 40- or 60-grit.
Photo 2: Fill in the low spots.
Fill the low spots with floor patch, and feather it out with a trowel. Don't worry about the screw heads as you're installing vinyl plank flooring.
Installing vinyl plank flooring ca be done over most surfaces as long as those surfaces are smooth. Rough and uneven spots will telegraph through the new flooring, causing noticeable high spots that will wear faster than the rest of the floor. Concrete subfloors must be at least six weeks old, dry and free of powder and flaking. Large cracks and expansion joints should be filled and troweled smooth. Home centers sell mixable and premixed products that work on most surfaces.
Find the high and low spots on wood subfloors with a straightedge. The floor height should not rise or drop more than 1/8 in. over the span of 4 ft. Sand down the high spots with a belt sander equipped with a coarse-grit belt (Photo1). This is a dusty job, so turn off your furnace to avoid spreading dust all over the house, and wear a dust mask. Fill the low spots in the plywood with floor patch (Photo 2).
Avoid self-leveling floor patch. The floor doesn't have to be level; it just has to be smooth. Some older houses would require a cement truck full of self-leveling floor patch to do the job. Check your installation manual about any other subfloor specifics.
Begin and end with half a plank or more.
If you lay the planks parallel to the longest wall as you're installing vinyl plank flooring, you'll end up making fewer cuts. But don't start that first row with full planks without figuring out how wide your last row is going to be. Neither the first nor the last row should be ripped down much smaller than half a plank.
Measure the width of the room, and divide it by the width of the exposed portion of the plank before you start installing vinyl plank flooring. For example, if your room measures 123 in., and your flooring is 5.75 in. wide, you'd divide 123 by 5.75, which is 21.39. That is, it would take 21.39 planks to complete the floor. Because this .39 represents less than half the width of a plank, you would want to cut down the first plank by an inch or so to increase the size of the last plank.
Undercut doorjambs and casing
Photo 3: Undercut doorjambs
Trim jambs and casing so you can slide the flooring underneath. An oscillating multi-tool works great. Use a small scrap of flooring as a guide.
Cut down the doorjambs and casing so the flooring can slide under them (Photo 3). I used an oscillating multi-tool to cut down my jambs and casing, but a small pull saw would work too. Grab a scrap plank of flooring and use it as a guide to get the proper height. I only cut the casing and the doorjamb—a shoe molding will eventually be installed to hide the gap between the flooring and the base trim.
Leave an expansion gap
Photo 4: Leave gaps along walls.
Insert shims to create gaps. These gaps allow the flooring to expand freely with temperature changes.
To allow for the expansion and contraction of both the flooring and the house itself, you'll need to leave about a 1/4-in. to 3/8-in. gap between the flooring and the walls. After you install the first row (see "Start and End With a Half Plank or More" above), insert shims to maintain this gap (Photo 4).
Keep in mind that extremely heavy items like fully loaded bookshelves or pool tables will pin the flooring down. One heavy item per room is usually not a problem, but one at each end of the room may cause the flooring to buckle between them.
Vinyl Snap Flooring: Snap the planks together
Photo 5: Snap the planks together.
Join a plank into the end of the previous plank first, and then work your way down the side of the plank, snapping it into the previous course as you go.
The planks in the first row are snapped together end to end. Slide the tongue of the first plank on the second row into the groove of the first row at a low angle and lay it on the floor. The second and subsequent planks in each row are installed by locking the ends together, and then you work your way down the plank, pushing the tongue into the groove as you go (Photo 5).
This is where the flexibility of LVP flooring really shines. It helps to be able to twist and bend each plank into place. I've worked with several different laminate products that were "supposed to" install the same way (plank by plank), but I was forced to snap together a whole row end-to-end and try to finagle it all in at once, which was a slow process.
Watch your floor height
New flooring raises or lowers the final height of the floor, which can create unexpected problems. Here are some things to keep in mind:
If you're pulling out flooring that is thicker than your new stuff, you'll end up with gaps under the doorjambs. To prevent that, you could cover the subfloor with a layer of 1/4-in. underlayment to raise the height of the entire floor.
In most cases, there's enough space above the dishwasher so that you can raise the floor level a little and still reinstall the dishwasher. But check the gap between the top of the dishwasher and the countertop first just to be sure.
Be careful when changing flooring that butts up to a flight of stairs. Building codes allow no more than a 3/8-in. difference between the heights of the lowest and tallest stair risers. Changing the floor height at the top or bottom of stairs will alter riser heights and could create a trip hazard.
Existing sheet vinyl and carpet
If your kitchen floor is sheet vinyl and the dining room is carpet, don't forget that the sheet vinyl will have 1/4-in. underlayment beneath it, but the carpet won't. If you want to install LV flooring in both, you'll have to remove the underlayment in the kitchen or add some to the dining room.
Stagger the seams
On my floor, the partial plank left over from the first row worked as a "starter" for the second row, and the plank left over from the second row worked as a "starter" for the third row, and so on. Stagger the seams at least 6 in., and don't start or end any row with a plank less than 6 in. wide as you're installing vinyl plank flooring. Open several boxes at once and mix them up to ensure a varied pattern. I set a bunch of planks in the area where I was working to reduce the number of trips needed to get more material.
Tap in stubborn planks
Photo 6: Tap in the end planks.
Hook the pull bar onto the end of the piece, and tap stubborn seams closed.
Photo 7: Install bridge molding.
Cover the expansion gap between the flooring and the base trim. Don't nail into the flooring—that will prevent the floor from expanding freely.
When a plank is installed properly, the seams should be smooth to the touch and almost invisible. Every now and again, individual planks need a little "convincing" with a tapping block to seat properly. To avoid marring the edge of the plank, lock in a scrap chunk of flooring, and rest the tapping block up against the scrap.
If you're having trouble closing the last butt seam in a row, use the pull bar from your installation kit to pull it tight (Photo 6). Make sure you have a shim against the wall on the opposite side of that row or you could end up pulling the whole row tight up against the wall, losing your expansion gap in the process.
Around the doorjambs: Planks parallel to openings
Land the seam in the door opening
It's easier to work away from door openings than into them, but sometimes that's not an option. When working parallel to a door, make sure the seam on the row that intersects the jamb lands inside the door opening. Mark and cut the first plank, then tap it into place using a scrap of flooring and a tapping block.
Bend the second plank into place
Mark and cut the second plank to fit, and then slide it under the jamb. Bend it up in the middle so you can lock it into place. This is another situation where the flexibility of this product comes in handy. The larger this second plank is, the easier it is to work with.
Around the doorjambs: Planks perpendicular to openings
Tap the first plank under the jamb
Sometimes you'll have to cut around jambs while laying the planks perpendicular to a door opening. This is easy if the door opening falls on the same side as you started your rows. Simply mark and cut the first plank to size and tap it under the jamb with a tapping block.
Tap the end plank in sideways
It's trickier to work around a jamb when the door opening is located at the end of the rows. One solution is to mark and cut the end plank to size, and tap it in along the end groove of the previous plank. You may not be able to lock it into place without removing the bottom lip on the plank you're snapping it into. If you remove more than 6 in. of the lip, use seam sealer to glue the planks together. Buy a bottle of seam sealer for about ten dollars from your flooring supplier.
Install shoe molding
Once your flooring is down, install shoe molding to cover the expansion gap between the flooring and the base trim (Photo 7). Shoot 1-1/4-in. finish nails through the shoe and into the base trim. Be careful not to pin the flooring down in the process. Finish the molding to match the trim, not the flooring.
Required Tools for this How to Install Vinyl Plank Flooring Project
Have the necessary tools for this installing vinyl plank flooring DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- Air compressor
- Air hose
- Aviation snips
- Belt sander
- Brad nail gun
- Chalk line
- Cold chisel
- Dust mask
- Hammer
- Hearing protection
- Knee pads
- Putty knife
- Safety glasses
- Sanding block
- Square
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Edla Josephine Johnson, 85, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 5, 2014, while living at North Shore Health in Loveland, CO.
Born on September 16, 1928 in Denver, CO, Edla was the second and last child to be born to Swedish immigrants John Isadore "Albert" Wilson and Maria "Augusta" Josephine Andersson Wilson.
In an unfortunate hunting accident, Edla's father was killed when she and her brother were just 11 and 13 years old.
Despite the tough circumstances of their mom raising them alone in a foreign land, both children did well. They both graduated from the University of Denver, Edla with a Degree in Business.
While in college, she was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and was very proud of being named the Rose of Sigma Chi, an award presented by the Governor of Colorado. She was also an honorary member of the Mortar Board.
At the University, she also met her future husband, Stan Johnson, a law student and World War II veteran.
In Denver, Edla was employed by Silver State Laundry, Mountain Bell Telephone and the Colorado and Southern Railroad. She said that she really enjoyed her 1940's railway job and that it paid well too, $260/month. She also taught business and shorthand at Wheat Ridge High School.
Edla and Stan were married on August 24, 1950, in Denver, CO in a candlelit service at Augustana Lutheran Church. Together they raised four children in the two towns of Denver and Palmer Lake, CO. During this time, she was a homemaker and a legal secretary for her husband in his law practice.
Edla loved her Swedish roots. She and Stan were co-founders of the Swedish Club of Denver and she served as First Lady to the First President. The club is still very active today.
She also kept in contact with many relatives in Sweden and made a big effort to keep the Swedish culture and customs alive in her American family.
However, she did not speak the language because in early elementary school, teachers unfortunately asked her parents to stop speaking Swedish at home.
After her husband retired, they moved from Denver to Bluff to be closer to their daughter's family and to work with them at Recapture Lodge.
It was only 12 years until Stan's death, but during this time they very much enjoyed being grandparents to young children and living and working with the people of Bluff and San Juan County. Edla then relocated back to Colorado, where she passed away ten years later.
Edla is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Stan, in 2003; and her brother Roland, in 2009.
Edla is survived by her four children, Stan Johnson of Denver, CO; Coralyn Johnson of Sedalia, CO; Luanne (Jim) Hook of Bluff, UT; and Rosalyn (Bert) Leautaud of Windsor, CO; seven grandchildren; one sister-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Loveland, CO at the Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home on Friday, July 11. Father Redd of St. Christopher's Mission, officiated burial services on Saturday, July 12, at the Bluff Cemetery. Cemetery services were held at sunset and as she was laid to rest next to her husband, brilliant double rainbows graced the sky.
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The family would like to thank everyone for all of the kindnesses shown to Edla and Stan while they lived in San Juan County and to the family during this time of sorrow.
The food for the dinner and the help with the burial was very much appreciated, as were the calls, cards and flowers.


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I hope you've seen this little dude before, but just in case you haven't, get ready for pretty much the best thing ever:
67 thoughts on "Fluffcation: Slow loris"
That is absolutely PAINFULLY cute.
That's it, I am trading in the cat RIGHT NOW.
D'AWWWW! Its little face! I love how it looks like it has an absolutely blissful smile when it has its head tilted back.
I pretty much love that little loris. He's just so pleased to be scritched!
What a sweet face it has, I love the look of mild confusion when the blissful petting stops!
Me want \o/
It's like a tiny Ewok :)
I have a cat that loves to have her tummy tickled and she stretches out and gets a similar blissed out look on her face. That's just so cute!
It kind of gives me the creeps. :(
Awww, SM, why'd'ya have to go and tell me that? Now I have to give up my dreams of having one, too!!
(same reason…)
"I have a bit of grubphobia, so my dreams were dashed."
LOL. They're also venomous.
the slow loris feeds on live grubs
The only thing slower than it. :)
I have never wanted to tickle an animal more than I do now.
One person does the fake tickling, while the other raises and lowers her arms.
At last, a dance I can do… probably.
Loris love.
There's a book called Slow Loris (Alex or Alexis Deacon, can't remember) that I think is out of print, but lots of used copies out there, for those of you wanting to pass the love on to children you know.
It looks so much like my cat, Jake, when he's getting a tummy rub. Mr. Twistie and I refer to Jake often as the 'tummy slut'. I think that's also an apt description of this adorable slow loris.
(wibbles over loris cuteness)
I'm home sick witha cold, and feeling kinda low. That was a perfect picker-upper. So cyuuute!
I can understand SM. I adore bobbly-eyed creatures. To an extent.
You can always get a bush baby!
Nothing that fucking adorably cute could possibly be poisonous. THAT'S NOT TRUE…THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!
/luke skywalker in "Empire"
I sent that to my best friend and said "CUTEST VIDEO EVER Y/Y?" and she went "AWWWWWW". XD
I think it's great that fluffcation week coincided with my birthday. X3 SP helped make my birthday really nice this year! The presents and money helped too, of course. ;D
As to the pros/cons: cats are cute as hell (especially ridiculously fluffy ones), bring you toys in their mouth, snuggle with you… meow all night while carrying toys about and insisting on ACTIVE snuggles, hwark up food on the rug, and, if you're really lucky, also pee everywhere. So maybe slow loris aren't so different from cats in the balance of things.
My two felines just put on a great display of frisky toy chasing (cuuuute), followed by noisy fighting (annoying, but kinda cute), then one depisited a hairball at my feet (…liquidy). Fabulous.
Does anyone know if the (cranks-the-Cute-Scale-all the-way- up-to-eleven) loris's poison-secreting abilities depend on its diet? There's a tiny wee tree frog known as The Poison Dart Frog, (not to be confused with its equally tiny- wee cousin, The Terrible Poison Dart Frog), which is only poisonous in the wild because it eats poisonous bugs.
Aww, ♥ slow loris. WANT.
But, I also fear that slow loris would be a lot happier living anywhere but my house (also, PEE) and so I think I shall have to settle for visiting them, or trying frenziedly to get a job here where the monkeys have their own way into the office.
Yes, ok, monkeys, but I love them. Especially marmosets.
*goes off into marmoset-induced fugue*
Oh, who didn't close their tags properly?
aaaaaaaaah yooo is jyuust de cyuuutest ickle fing :D
I want to dance the Slow Loris! :D
Another reason not to seek a slow loris as a pet: it's totes illegal in most countries, and the black market is posing a pretty huge conservation problem.
Ashley- Yeah, I can't believe there isn't a followup to this video with Fish and Wildlife handing the folks a ticket for posession of an endangered species!
@kristen, there's no such followup because this particular slow loris, Sonia, lives in Russia. Her person's YouTube account, at which there are other vids of her:
The slow loris is made of ZOMGSQUEEELEVENTY!!!!!, but alas, it violates my one hard and fast rule about pets:
Nothing may enter my home as a pet that has not been genetically selected for thousands of years to cohabitate with humans.
Everything else should be visited/observed/sqeed over where it lives, not the other way round.
Awww, the fuzziness!
Does anyone else think that ferrets are adorable? I always thought they were illegal in CA (where I used to live) but then I saw some guy walking one down the street on a leash out near L.A. They are definitely not, however, illegal in MA…hmm…
@Meems, ferrets are absolutely, unequivocally, illegal in California. It's an often-broken law and pet shops often openly carry ferret supplies, but now and then some county's AC&C will get shirty about it and force someone to give up their pets, or take them away and put them down.
There have been many attempts to have them legalized, but so far Calif Fish & Wildlife holds firm. One bill reached the governor's desk not long ago, but he vetoed it on the recommendation of Fish & Wildlife … and never mind that many thousands of ferrets live here, have done for decades, and if they were likely to be a problem they already would be.
I am the loris, who speaks for the trees?
/luke skywalker in "Empire"}
Mm, looks like we'd be better off kissing a wookie.
In other news, I continue to fail at italicization. sowwy.
Okay, so having a slow Loris is probably not in the cards, but I tried tickling my dog this way with mixed results. She put her little paws up to her ears, but also started licking my hand and wriggling around. Oh the plus side, she is non-toxic and paper trained.
slow loris are my favorite animal in the nocturnal section of the zoo.
this is incredibly cute!
BUT at first I was a little concerned (as in staring aghast at the monitor) b/c they secrete the poison iirc in THEIR ELBOWS.
I also wonder if there is a fast loris….
Those little FISTS! ack
I know! The fists are what put me over top!
The wee little fists! OK, that was cute, but my 14 month old does the tickle game look at you with giant brown eyes when you stop, too, and while he does pee everywhere and requires 24 hour intensive caretaking, he is legal. Hmmm…maybe the loris is the way to go…
thanks for posting this, i have watched it about six times today (not in it's entirety :P) and it makes me smile every time!
I know I know, slow loris ownership is wrong. But it looks so right!
Hey, I'm cute.
I might be convinced to tolerate tickling, in exchange for being fed, sheltered and allowed to sleep all day.
What a lovely treat to end the very weird night I've had! SQUEE SOCUTEOMG!!!
Almost unbearably cute, yes, but I have to agree with those who have pointed out that this is a WILD animal and should remain so. The demand for these kinds of animals as pets is incredibly destructive to both the animals and their environments.
I'm torn between melting over this video and being horrified at its repercussions.
@ Grafton: This is why I want to be reincarnated as a pampered housecat. You get to lay around all day acting put upon, groom yourself only when you feel like it, get affection on your terms and be surly to those who want your attention.
More lemur-related videos are available at:
The one with the loris is my favorite, but some of the others are pretty cute, too.
Dour Feminist Vegetarian Moment:
I think context is all. When I clicked on the video I thought its origin was the Duke Primate Center or a refuge that provides a habitat for animals kept as pets who can no longer live in the wild. If I had known that the slow loris was someone's pet, I would never have watched the clip. Truthfully, now I feel a bit sickened and sad. Obviously the intent here was not to promote wild animal ownership, but I agree with double about the negative repercussions of these videos.
It's like a tiny Ewok :)
umm absolutely adorable!! ….
questions for the authors of this website….
1. can i post your work other places… snatches of what you have said, and or referring others to this blog.. and
2. if i can post something any of you have said on this site on another site , how would i cite you as saying it??
I showed this video to my coworkers, and we were all "awwwwwww." Great way to start a Monday morning.
Again I'm posting completely off-topic on a fluff thread, because I can't find a "contact us" page or a "leave interesting links here" blog post. Sorry about that.
This piece is about Amy Wallace, science, vaccination, and feminism:
http://scienceblogs.com/terrasig/2009/10/when_critics_disagree_with_me.php "When critics disagree with me, I'm a Pharma Shill. When critics disagree with a woman, it gets sexual."
@meems: I'm not an expert at all, but I live in CA and have a friend who is moving from MA to here with a ferret. She says that the illegal part is transporting them across state lines, but once you're past that and you actually have the ferret here, it's legal. You can't however, purchase one legally here either, but if you make it past the sneaking-in part, you're golden. At least, that's what she figured out through internet-research.
Re: The cutest animal ever: There is an endangered relative of the slow loris, called the Slender Loris. In my graphic design class, I had to make a poster about a cause and mine was "Beef Up The Slender Loris Population." They are so cute!!
You all can have your adorable venomous, constantly urinating creature. For some reason, further internet-based research into the world of adorable animals has led me to desire this little guy–the pygmy jerboa.
Awwwwwww! Can't. Stop. Giggling.
A really bad topic for Fluf. The exotic pet trade is nothing short of abusive. And people who own exotic animals are participating in animal abuse.
Sorry SW. I know you said to take it to Ning. This is a very serious issue for public health and for animal activists and it shouldn't be brushed off as a manner of 'opinion'. Its a matter of ethics and standing up for what is right.
Thanks to the other SP folks who said something about this issue.
"Yeah, I did. What about this did you think you should ignore?"
You posted something supposedly for humor that not everybody thinks is funny. Usually dissent is allowed in the comments section. It feels like you're minimizing the issue because its about animals by telling people to go to Ning.
But this is the last thing I'll say about the matter because it is your blog.
Ok, this is much too late, but Slow Lorii do a lot more than get tickled:
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Reading 3: The People of Coffeyville Say "Enough!"
On Friday, October 7, 1892, the [Coffeyville] Journal published a detailed account of the Dalton Gang's last battle that had taken place two days before:
DALTONS! The Robber Gang Meet Their Waterloo in Coffeyville. The Outlaws Beaten at Their Own Game.
The fifth of October, 1892, will be marked in the history of the city of Coffeyville, in fact in the current history of the country, as the date on which one of the most remarkable occurrences of the age took place. Between 9:30 and 10:00 on Wednesday morning, [five men], armed to the teeth and apparently disguised, rode boldly [into town]. They entered an alley and hitched their horses to the fence. They quickly formed into a sort of military line, three in front and two in the rear. Aleck McKenna was in front of his place of business when the men came out of the alley, and they passed within five feet of where he was standing. He recognized one of them as a member of the Dalton family. The men quickened their pace and three of them went into C. M. Condon & Co.'s bank while two ran directly across the street to the First National bank. The next thing that greeted Mr. McKenna's eyes was a Winchester pointed toward the cashier's counter in the [Condon] bank. He called out that "the bank was being robbed." The cry was taken up and quickly passed from lip to lip all around the square. The unwelcome visitors in this bank were in plain view of a score or more people on the plaza.
Grat Dalton, disguised by a black moustache and side whiskers, led the raid on Condon and Co.'s bank. He sternly commanded the clerk to hand over the cash on hand, and urged him to be quick about it. The robber gathered up the funds and carelessly stuffed them in the inside of his vest. One of the other men passed into the office. He ordered Mr. C. M. Ball, the cashier, to bring the money out of the safe. Mr. Ball told him that the time lock was on and that he could not get into the money chest. The fellow told him that he would have to get into it, or he would be compelled to kill him. [The robber] inquired how soon the time lock would open. Mr. Ball told him that it was set for 9:45. "That is only three minutes yet, and I will wait," replied the intruder. Before the three minutes had expired, firing began on the outside of the bank, and the bullets began to come through the plate glass windows. All three men rushed out in the direction of the alley where their horses were hitched.
It may be stated in this connection, that Mr. Ball's story about the time lock was purely fictitious. It was set for eight o'clock and had opened at that hour. The fact that there was over forty thousand dollars in the chest influenced the cool headed cashier to lie to the burglar.
Bob Dalton, the acknowledged leader of the outfit, disguised by false moustache and goatee, accompanied by his youngest brother, Emmett, entered the First National bank. They covered the teller and the cashier with their Winchesters and, addressing the cashier by name, directed him to hand over all the money in the bank. The cashier very deliberately handed over the currency and gold on the counter, making as many deliveries as possible, in order to secure delay in hope of help arriving. The money [was] stuffed into a common grain sack and carefully tied up. [At the sound of] a shot from outside, [the bandits went] out through the back door of the bank. Just at this juncture, Lucius M. Baldwin came out of Isham's hardware story. Bob Dalton drew up his Winchester, fired, and Baldwin fell dying in the alley. Bob Dalton raised his gun and fired in the direction of the bank, and George Cubine, a man who had been his acquaintance and friend in former years, fell dead. Reaching the middle of the street, he fired another shot, and Charles Brown fell. Bob Dalton raised his gun and fired the fourth shot. His victim this time was Thomas Ayers, cashier of the First National bank. Emmett Dalton had run ahead of Bob with the grain sack containing over $21,000 over his shoulder. Bob and Emmett joined Grat Dalton and his party in the alley. It was at this point, in this now historic alley, that the daring highwaymen met their doom.
In the meantime, as many citizens as could so do, had procured arms and secured positions where they could command the point of retreat of the highwaymen. H. H. Isham and L. A. Deitz had stationed themselves behind two cook stoves near the door of the hardware store. A dozen men with Winchesters and shot guns made a barricade of some wagons. The robbers had to run the gauntlet of three hundred feet with their backs to a dozen Winchesters in the hands of men who knew how to use them. The firing was rapid and incessant for about three minutes, when the cry went up; "They are all down." Several men who had been pressing close after the robbers sprang into the alley and covering them with their guns ordered them to hold up their hands. One hand went up in a feeble manner. Three of the robbers were dead and the fourth helpless. Between the bodies of two of the dead highwaymen, lying upon his face, was Marshal T. Connelly, the bravest of all the brave men who had joined in resisting the terrible raiders in their attempt to rob the banks. Dead and dying horses and smoking Winchesters on the ground added to the horrors of the scene. Tearing the disguises from the faces, the ghastly features of Gratton and Bob Dalton, former residents of Coffeyville and well know to many of our citizens, were revealed. The other dead body proved to be that of Tom Evans, whilst the wounded man was Emmett Dalton, the youngest brother of the two principals of the notorious gang.
It was well known that one of the party had escaped, and a posse was hastily organized and started in pursuit. [In] a half mile, they came upon the bandit lying [dead] beside the road. He proved to be John Moore, the "Texas Jack" of the gang. His proper name was Richard Broadwell, and he was one of the most experienced and coolest of the gang. The dead raiders were put in the city jail.
Not over fifteen guns were actively engaged in the fight of Wednesday on both sides and the engagement lasted about ten minutes. Eight persons were killed and three wounded.
The unfounded reports that have been sent out by excited newspaper correspondents to the effect that the citizens were anticipating a visit from the Dalton gang is a canard of the worst kind, and is a reflection upon the courage and promptness to act on the part of our people. When the robbers were discovered, there was not a single, solitary armed man anywhere upon the square or in the neighborhood. Even Marshal Connelly had lain his pistol aside. Every gun that was used, with the exception of that brought into action by George Cubine, was procured in the hardware store and loaded and brought into play under the pressure of the great exigency that was upon the people. The citizens of Coffeyville who were killed in the terrible engagement with the Daltons were each one engaged in the fight, and were not innocent bystanders. Our people are adept in the business of resisting law-breakers, and they will do their duty, though it costs blood.
The smoke of Wednesday's terrific battle with the bandits has blown aside, but the excitement occasioned by the wonderful event has increased until it has gained a fever heat. The trains have brought hundreds of visitors to the scene of the bloody conflict between a desperate and notorious gang of experienced highwaymen and a brave and determined lot of citizens who had the nerve to preserve their rights and protect their property under the most trying circumstances.
The Dalton gang is no more, and travelers through the Indian Territory can go right along without fear now. The country, and the railroads and express companies especially, can breathe easier now that the Daltons are wiped out. The country is rid of the desperate gang, but the riddance cost Coffeyville some of its best blood.
Questions for Reading 3
1. What alerted Aleck McKenna to what was going on? What action did he take?
2. Why was a three minute delay so critical?
3. Why were the townspeople able to respond to McKenna's alarm so quickly?
4. Why do you think the author of this account is so anxious to deny reports that the citizens of Coffeyville were expecting the Daltons?
5. Why do you think the headline said that the Dalton's were "beaten at their own game"?
6. What happened after the robbery? Why?
7. The account says that the citizens of Coffeyville were "defending their rights and protecting their property." What do you think that means?
Reading 3 was excerpted from an article published in The [Coffeyville] Journal, on Friday, October 7, 1892.