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Katie & Lloyd
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We love all of the couples that we work with, that goes without saying. That being said, Katie and Lloyd's wedding was one of my favorite weddings we have ever shot. Often, after weddings we comment how beautiful the decor was, how much we loved the bouquets, how well things were organized and run by the venue… those are the things that you chat about after you have photographed so many weddings. This wedding was different. The decor was beautiful, things were extremely well organized (Katie is a teacher after all!), and the bouquets were stunning. But far and away, the most impressive thing about this wedding was how sincere and authentic the celebration was.
As we got to know Katie & Lloyd through the planning process, we knew we could expect an incredible wedding, but these two (and their families!) blew us away. This couple is so clearly in love, and the perfect fit for one another. The ceremony was beautiful, and the reception was definitely one for the books. There were so many family members and friends that made speeches, offering heartfelt advice but also speaking at great length about how special these two are, as individual people and as a couple. It was abundantly clear what these two mean to their families, and how much their families mean to them.
It was so much fun to watch everyone celebrate this marriage, many guests had traveled across the country to be with this couple. Lloyd and his family are from South Carolina, Katie is from here in Washington, she is Italian and a Coug (Go Cougs!). Needless to say, Katie and Lloyd share a strong sense of family and hospitality, and we can see exactly where it comes from. We loved meeting their friends and family and interacting with them so much, it truly was the perfect day, and we had an absolute blast capturing it for them.
PS: I love all of these images, but one of my favorites is the photo of Lloyd when he first sees Katie walking down the aisle, his expression says it all! Check out all of the photos, and leave your comments and congratulations for this incredible couple!
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And here her failure began.
Her first foster kitten was named Nitro.
If you were reading while I was in rehab, she brought him to meet me! (this post)
What a little sweetie, but too young to be adopted. So she kept him temporarily. Then he got old enough, got his shots and went back to the shelter. But he wasn't happy with his cage so she took him home at night. She and her husband, the man who built my Celestial Skyway, loved little Nitro but kept hoping he'd get a home. One day my cousin told her husband that Nitro had been adopted and his people would get him on Christmas Eve.
On Christmas Eve she asked her husband to get her a drink. He went to the kitchen and found Nitro sitting there with a bow around his neck. Merry Christmas!
Foster Failure!
On the day of my families Christmas party cousin invited me to the shelter to visit and play with the kitties after the party. Did I accept? DUH! lol! Yeah, I wanted to play with the kitties!
She introduced me to a three legged kitty. A real sweetie who liked to be held and pet. He had a hard time moving around at the shelter because the floors are all tile and his little no-foot leg would slip and slide. So she took him home as a foster so he could learn to walk around on carpet and see of he could do better there.
I told her to be careful, she didn't want another foster fail! Know what she answered me? "Oh I knew I was going to adopt him the moment I took him home."
Foster Failure number 2!
That's four rescue dogs and four rescue kitties! I think those are some pretty awesome failures! (The dogs were not fosters, but someone else failed to recognize how great they were so my cousin got them.) (And the first two kitties previous owners failed to care for them so my cousin got them!)
I have one more failure to share.
This one is a bed failure! I'll let Nitro show you what I mean.
Just in case you do want your own, here's where you get it! :)
Flannel beds, flannel mats, and crocheted beds! And Winnie's Wish benefits from every donation!
To my dear cousin, who I know reads my blog every day: I hope you find this as funny as I did when I wrote it! You know I loves you! :D
(And by the way, we're gonna need pictures of Stumpy now too!)

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Could A Departure De-Briefing Lead To A Fruitful Future? Plus An Interview With Mark Watson
Posted by tonybiscaia on October 31, 2009
By Jim Dow
This past Sunday the world of world football was chock full of classicos and derbies (River-Boca, America-Guadalajara, Liverpool-ManU and Arsenal-West Ham, just to name what was on TV locally), the self-proclaimed globally meaningful NFL Patriots and Bucs were wallowing at Wembley and the New England Revolution faced off in a do-or-die match to determine their playoff fate that culminated in a gutsy, grafting, hard won 1-0 victory that propelled them forward, albeit limping as has generally been the case in 2009. All this after a Saturday series of events that defied every bit of received wisdom as to both quality and odds.
No one but a truly grouchy grinch could wish for anything but success for Steve Nicol's plucky band of brothers against the terminally evil Chicago Fire in the forthcoming two-legged face-off and beat down but it shouldn't mask the fact that an era is passing, signified by the seemingly sudden departure of Steve Nicol's sidekick Paul Mariner but really brought about by a far broader team transition fueled by age, injury and lack of offensively adept acquisitions that must be addressed in the forthcoming off-season for the club, oops franchise, to flourish in the immediate future.
Finishing only a few points out of first place shouldn't mask the disappointment of underachievement in a presently watered-down league full of clubs that share such demarcations (underachievers and watered-down). Had the full roster been available the 2009 Revolution might well have taken the Supporter's Shield but that doesn't hide that there were major miscalculations made in advance of the just completed campaign. If they were driven by honest mistakes, that is one thing but if they were a result of management/ownership-forced bottom-line concerns that is another matter and supporters, coaches and players should all feel hard done by should such prove to be the case.
In his last pronouncements while wearing Revo red and blue and only hours before jetting off to don Argyle black and green departing Assistant Coach Paul Mariner conducted an "exit interview" with assorted Kraft FC honchos; a debriefing, info-sharing exercise that may, or may not have been revealing and, over time, might even prove to be helpful. However, other than to say "I told them that we need to win MLS Cup," no one is talking about what actually transpired, at least thus far but I couldn't help fantasizing what might have taken place when I heard an NPR program on what the British Foreign Office called "valedictory dispatches," which prior to 2007 were the final official communication sent to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, MI5 (security), Buckingham Palace, i.e. the royal family, the Bank of England and, of course, the FO itself by a British ambassador as he or she stepped down. Please note it is only circumstantial that a Brit was asked to talk about his experiences toiling in the colonies.
In these communiquÈs the exiting ambassador often put forward his or her true feelings about the people, place and situation to which they had been posted, and the responses were sometimes in less than flattering terms. Given that Coach Mariner is a person who has proven to be demonstrably honest, thoughtful and quite open regarding both accomplishments and failings, I certainly hope that his parting observations were offered in the same manner and, in fact, I'm confident that such was the case.
But what might he have said that would be useful? By his own admission it was clear that during the team's supposed salad days from 2004 through 2007, that there was never a complete complement of cash made available to push those rosters over the hump to better the odds of winning the Cup. An addition of a top-level player to buttress the classy but overworked core would have almost certainly led to at least one MLS trophy if not two and maybe even three. The 2002 final doesn't really count since that team was held together by gaffer tape (yes, I mean Nicol's ability as a coach) and stumbled into the playoffs in a manner similar to the current squad. But during those subsequent successful seasons the selfsame coaches had little depth to work with and were forced to play their starters far too often, thereby bringing exhausted teams to the 05 and 06 Finals and having no additional offensive threat to force the issue when push came to shove late in the 07 match against the Dynamo. In all three cases the margin between winning and losing was paper thin but one could argue that in each and every case the differences could have been addressed by spending perhaps an extra $250K, money that appeared to be in the account, just waiting and wanting under the cap.
The question will always linger about the ambition of an organization that knew that the coaches had to send out tired troops as the season(s) wore on. At the same time, repeatedly, the same coaches, with the season over and now serving as scouts, came back from foreign tours with serious shopping lists, which included some high quality talent. Again, no one is talking as to who wasn't signed but we do know that there were some very good players suggested by the staff who were not.
Then there is the matter of the playing surface, good for gorilla ball but increasingly bad for soccer, as well as for soccer players. On Sunday's ESPN broadcast it was mentioned that golden greybeard Guillermo Barros-Schelloto had played in only twenty minutes on fake turf in 2009 and this was offered as a reason for his relative good health in a physical, demanding, hot weather league with lots of long travel. By way of helpful context, in Argentina Guille was known as a physical player, here he is clearly an individual who survives amongst the behemoths through experience and guile. Certainly when the Gillette Field Turf was installed it was quite an improvement over the construction site class of mud bowl that it replaced but with each passing season it has become more and more matted and skeletal, particularly in the midfield and now resembles a 70's motel carpet that offers as shoddy a game as would traditionally be on offer in such cheap Rte 1 establishments. Truthfully, if you hire folks to design and outfit a posh new stadium from scratch and they can't get grass to grow, well maybe you, the folks who hired the folks who designed the place and are failures at horticulture are, well, incompetent at least at things that negatively affect their proper football team.
Finally there is the matter of playing style, which to some extent gets back to the quality of the groceries but also to the philosophy of the coaches. Jose Morinho, the flamboyant, designer Portuguese with an unlimited budget had his West London millionaires playing some of the dourest football imaginable while cutting a wide swath through the Premiership. Now Carlo Ancellotti, a podgy lifer from the terminally cynical world of Serie A cattenaccio, has switched the Blues to an up market version of jogo bonito with many of the same players in the same style he played at Milan. It is the intentions of the architect as much as the quality of the materials that carries the day.
Against Columbus, on a high quality surface, facing a team that wanted to play, New England put out some decent stuff despite not finishing their chances. Sure, they were without Ralston and Twellman and it showed but the level of the game was pretty good, even better on HD where the shape of the screen allowed the viewer to see both the passer and intended recipient, thereby showing the players intentions to be far more under control than they often seem. Yes, many of the Revs don't run off the ball particularly well, or at least they don't seem to anticipate one another but that would be greatly improved with the return of Ralston and Twellman, that plus allowing Steve Nicol and associates to really shop for the groceries in order to play their kind of game that, to the surprise of many, is firmly based on the ground.
Finally, as Coach Mariner was getting ready to shake hands and head for Logan I would have hoped that he would have said something like this, "make Stevie the real manager, give him the bottom line, whatever the amount of cash he has to spend for salaries, transfers, bonuses, the lot. Don't make him seek approval from people who know far, far less about the game than he does (including Sunil Gulati), trust him, let the team thrive or not based on what he and his staff can accomplish and not on a standard that really applies more to a K-Mart idea of management (irony intended) and not serious football (soccer).
If that got said, well maybe, just maybe, it might have sunk in.
Way back in the day Mark Watson played a few games (4) for the New England Revolution at the end of their initial season. He was on the field when the Revs faced the Columbus Crew and indeed got an unfair red card that was part of a general meltdown in front of 38,000 people who showed up for the final match of the season. Since then he has played and coached for a variety of clubs in MLS, USL and Europe and is currently the number two at the Charleston Battery one of the consistently best teams in the USL (second division). I spoke with him after training during his second week with the Revolution.
JIM: You have been around MLS, in and out, off to Europe for a while and back in USL in the subsequent 14 years both as a player and now a coach, so you are in a unique position to respond to this question. We are looking at something between two and four new teams being added to MLS over the next few years, plus a couple having just been created (Seattle and San Jose), where the hell are the players going to come from?
MARK: It's a great question. When the league started it was ten, ten teams, now it is fifteen and will be sixteen and in two years it will be eighteen, so the players do have to come from somewhere obviously and I think it will come from a couple of different places, there will be more opportunities for young kids, kids coming out of college will get an opportunity and I think the USL will supplement the league to a certain extent. I've been involved with that league for a while, so I know the level and there is a little step down but I think there is quite a few players there that could be a part of an (MLS) squad, the question is are there any impact players, any stars in that league that could come through? That's maybe a bit more doubtful but in terms of a squad player that could make a contribution, I think 100%, I think that the one thing that the USL provides the MLS is that it catches some players that maybe aren't ready right out of college to come in here to an MLS team and make an impact and stay with them. Sometimes you need a year or two of playing day in and day out, against (grown) men, people who are as strong and as fast and as quick as you but they are smarter and it is vital for some guys to take that step back and learn the game, you know and it is an important thing for…MLS to catch those guys who have the quality but just aren't ready.
JIM: A combination of legend and rumor always has it that there is this great range of hidden, undiscovered talent that never gets discovered here in the States, for all sorts of different reasons. Do you think that is true, or just urban soccer legend?
MARK: I really do, you look at the size of the country, look at how many college programs are out there, and it would take vast resources to scout this country properly. I know that teams do their best, they have combines, they see as many games as they can, they make phone calls constantly to try to cover the nation but it really is impossible unless you had scouts in every nook and cranny of this nation, so there are going to be players that slip through the cracks and you hope that the lower leagues pick them up, give them the opportunity, let them play some games, mature and then at some point show that they really can play at the MLS level.
JIM: What about the middle class, the sort of players that seem to be leaving now, not like Dempsey going to England or Altidore to Spain but the players who are going to Scandinavia for more money, for sure but not necessarily a step up in quality. Do you think a raise in the salary cap would help to keep those players, or is it more a question of a kind of ambition to try something new?
MARK: That would be ideal, to get into a situation where players don't have to leave. I think the lure of top leagues is always going to be there, to play for Man United is something that every player should probably want and would probably be silly to turn down but it would be ideal if the league could get to the pint where players wouldn't make more money in Norway, Sweden or Denmark and they could stay here because the standard here is good, it is getting better all the time and you want to keep your best players.
JIM: Looking at the Revolution, for example, a lot of the young players have gotten to play this year, which hasn't been in the past, when the team was winning, coming close to winning the championship they were basically playing fourteen players, now I think they have played maybe 20, 21, 22 players and now the season is about to end, maybe, hopefully, it will go on for two or three more weeks but basically all these young kids are now going to sit still for three months, that seems to me to be a crazy system.
MARK: Yeah, you obviously need some rest throughout the year, I know in most places around the world (the close season) is between six and eight weeks, maybe four weeks if you are playing internationally, so it is a little bit too long but that is the situation that we are in, I think the climate dictates a little bit of that, it is maybe a bit too long but I think the one thing that is unique about the MLS and soccer in this country is the travel schedule. You look at the big picture and maybe our players do need a little bit more time to recover because you are playing the same amount of games but you are traveling exorbitant distances to fulfill your schedule. It may be a little bit too long but maybe not as much as you would think due to the travel schedule.
JIM: Well, I'm thinking in terms of development, when you have a 20, 21 year old player they are nearing the end of the time when they are able to physically improve, they can learn in the head until the end but to really improve physically, suddenly, boom, they are cut off and have to start from scratch again in January, February, three months down the road.
MARK: Yeas, that is a great point, I think they don't need as much time off as they need to play more games and that is one thing that is a really difficult situation that the lower end of your squad, you never want injuries to happen but if they do it gives guys some opportunities but if all is well and everyone is healthy then a lot of guys aren't going to be playing significant minutes which is a crucial part of a players development. I know there have been some attempts (and) it is something that is really important, if you are talking about the development side, it is hard for players to really improve if they are not playing 30 games a year.
JIM: Having played and coached in the USL will there ever be any hope for a working relationship between USL and MLS, loaning players to USL teams so that they can play regularly? I would imagine that on the one hand it would be quite disruptive.
MARK: Well, teah, I personally am a big fan of that and I think that eventually it may come to that because it is probably the right way to do it. I know they do that in baseball, I know hockey does it, it will demean the lower leagues a little bit the lower leagues franchise, you will lose your best players but I think that for the development of the game here it is probably the best solution, if the Revs have a couple of guys that are young, that aren't ready for their first team and they haven't played some games they can send them somewhere for a month and play week in and week out and get that little bit of experience, I'm sure that it is a very complicated issue and I do know that there are clubs in the USL that are receptive to that, they think that is the way to go forward and there are other clubs that don't want to take the competitive side away from their team. I think it is a little bit split but for me, it makes a lot of sense and it would be nice if at some point we got there.
JIM: Of course USL has individual ownership, not collective like MLS, so decisions about things like this could be made individually, on a club by club basis.
MARK: For sure, anything could happen there, I know that topic has been discussed and hopefully for the greater good they get together and realize that it is the right way to go forward.
JIM: You were here in 1996, and back in the day things were what they were and you come back now, 14 years later, not having been here since, what strikes you as the most impressive difference?
MARK: I mean the club has really gone to the next level, '96 was the first year of the league and it was fantastic but clubs were still in their infancy and learning and growing and probably making mistakes and learning from their mistakes (but now) to see the facilities here, to be in the locker rooms, to see how professional the club is was very much a professional surprise. They've got a great staff here, Stevie Nicol is fabulous, fantastic; he was a great player, a proven top, top coach, so to come join this type of organization is a real treat.


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Oh god. This. It just keeps getting worse, doesn't it? In the first movie, it just starts with a toy's heartfelt song of love and devotion to a child, only to see the toy cast aside, ostracized, tortured, and nearly murdered. We also see toys, which we already know are sentient beings, tossed to dogs, blown up, and vivisected.
But at least we get the joy of plausible deniability at the end, when it showed that the kid still loves his toy. The next movies rip that sense of security away. It turns out, nearly everything we do with our toys hurts them. We can't ever cast them aside, because that breaks their hearts. We can't avoid buying them, because that turns them bitter and mean. We can't play rough with them, because then we're torturing them. And we can't put them in toy chests, because those are like tiny toy prisons. Throughout the trilogy, the humans create what seems like Hell on Earth for those toys, over and over. And the toys take it, because they love humans in a totally codependent fashion — and because they have no choice. Every child is a toy abuser. Every adult is a nonentity, as far as toys are concerned. Every relationship ends in heartbreak. By the end of it all, you realize that that soldier that the evil kid blew up with a firecracker got off easy — at least it was over quickly for him. Pixar's most beloved series teaches kids that all their most beloved toys are trapped in a nightmare world that's not worth living in. Those movies should be banned, I tell you. Banned.


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Bosses explain where the proceeds from '1 Love' will go...
WAR CHILD bosses have explained how the proceeds from the '1 LOVE' will be used.
The album, which is released today (October 14), began when NME asked a number of contemporary stars to record versions of their favourite Number One singles of all time for a release to benefit the War Child charity.
War Child director James Topham explained the thinking behind the project. He said that the original War Child album, 'Help', provided a good starting point for 1 Love'.
"'Help' happened at the time of the Bosnian crisis, but this is actually worse," he told BBC News. "I got the sense from last September onwards that the music industry was keen to do something.
"There's the money, which allows us to do a lot of serious work in places like Congo, where a seven-nation war has been going on since 1998. And it's as much about raising the profile of places like that as money."
The full tracklisting for the album runs: Starsailor – 'All Or Nothing' (The Small Faces, 1966)
Feeder – 'The Power Of Love' (Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 1984)
Sugababes – 'Killer' (Adamski, 1990)
Muse – 'House Of The Rising Son' (The Animals, 1964)
Stereophonics – 'Nothing Compares 2 U' (Sinead O' Connor, 1990)
Faithless/Dido – 'Dub Be Good 2 Me' (Beats International, 1990)
Oasis – 'Merry Xmas Everybody' (Slade, 1973)
Elbow 'Something In The Air' (Thunderclap Newman, 1969)
Ms Dynamite – 'Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Soul II Soul, 1989)
Manic Street Preachers – 'Out Of Time' (Chris Farlowe, 1966)
Badly Drawn Boy – 'Come On Eileen' (Dexy's Midnight Runners, 1982)
Prodigy – 'Ghost Town' (The Specials, 1981)
Jimmy Eat World – 'Firestarter' (Prodigy, 1996)
McAlmont And Butler – 'Back For Good' (Take That, 1995)
Darius – 'Pretty Flamingo' (Manfred Mann, 1966)
More Fire Crew -'Dreams' (Gabrielle, 1993)


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Corolla - an inner oral envelope, a whorl of petals of a flower. It is a part that make flower a flower, and is distinguished from other parts by its textile fineness and colour gayness. Collectiveness of these tiny oral leaves is what we decided to choose as a main component for the whole design. Transparent paper leaves are fabricated as a dominant material to be used in all areas. Assembling in bunches and installed on different structures, they are designated to create an astonishing effect both by themselves and along with fresh flowers, including December magnolia. In constructed spaces and planes, cornices in various sizes and details have been applied onto surfaces to break the plainness thus created a style that would harmonise with chandelier- like structure and created the contrasting backdrop for organic form of paper leaves. These could be seen in foyer decoration area, photo opportunity area, and stage backdrop. Typographic design is done by PHKA, and utilised a similar design approach with the event itself, also with transparent leaves.
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Designer / Supervisor: Sumanee Chivapong
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It's almost here!
Two more days and Wisconsin opens it's spring creeks to the fly fisherman from around the Midwest. Come Saturday March 7th at 5am, Wisconsin starts the clock on Early Season, our first chance to chase those golden brown little devils. With snow covered banks, and trampled brush, it's a chance to cast freely, bound through knee deep snow drifts and reconnect with nature. Most importantly it's our chance to get off the couch, get away from the vise and back out on the water.
Sometimes you've gotta work to find open water, but when you do, more often than not, it'll hold a hungry trout, dumb from the winter cold.
Before you head out for the weekend, be sure to have your boxes stocked full of flies, lines cleaned and ready and equipment prepared for the cold. Drop by DuPage Fly or Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters or visit Eric Heckman of Coren's and grab what you need. If you're in a pinch, hit up the Driftless Angler up in Viroqua this weekend.
Best of luck to all who venture out and be sure to dress warm!


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Do you want to lose fat and build lean muscle at the same time? Then look no further, Tom Venuto's Holy Grail Body Transformation is the program you've been waiting for.
I tried this program before being launched to public. This 'Holy Grail' program absolutely works. But being a woman who adores voluptuous sensual curvy shapes, my intention is to only burn the excess body fat and not packing up six pack abs
I don't like this part of program ' Building Muscle and Losing Fat' together. This makes a tough life for us, because I do help my friend Jon who owns 2 different programs to accomplish this. But this 'Holy Grail' program makes it all simple.
Losing fat is a frustrating challenge for millions of overweight people. Building muscle is downright HARD to do as well, and thousands of bodybuilders and athletes struggle for years to make gains. Doing BOTH at the same time is near impossible unless you know EXACTLY what you're doing.
The HOLY GRAIL is the type of strategic program that you NEVER discover casually on your own. It's the result of meticulous scientific investigation combined with years of experimentation, testing and tweaking. If you get lucky and "accidentally" gain muscle while losing fat, you'll have no clue how you did it, which means you won't be able to do it again and you won't be able to explain how you did it to others.
If you want the shortest, fastest, straightest path to muscle building and fat burning success, you need a guide…a plan, a roadmap… and the Holy Grail Body Transormation by Tom Venuto e-book is it.
If you're serious about physique transformation, then grabbing a copy of The Holy Grail Body Transformation system is a no brainer decision.
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With calorie cycling, you are basically eating more calories on days that you are training as compared to days you are not training. This is a basic principle which allows you to optimize your recovery capabilities, build muscle without adding any fat.
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When you need something for your horse or barn, you run to the local tack store or farm store, right? Well, if it's for tack, or blankets, or riding clothes, the answer is yes, but for some items for use on or around your horse, a trip to the grocery store, hardware store, or home store, can provide cheaper and easier alternatives to horse-only products. I'm going to share a few of my must-haves, as well as some of my favorite alternatives. One thing you will have to do though, is let go of enough pride to not mind the strange stares and looks you may get buying human stuff in horsie quantities. You haven't lived until you've gone through the line at Costco with 30 gallons of corn oil and 20 pounds of carrots, and gotten the puzzled once over from the clerk, who clearly thinks, "Guess the fried carrot diet works OK."
The first thing to always consider is that for certain items, buying them at a tack store is going to ensure a price hike. Muck tubs, double-ended snaps, rakes, and brooms are all examples of items than can be found elsewhere for less. Lowe's or Home Depot, or even your local hardware store are good bets for many of these. For muck tubs, I find the laundry or storage aisles of Wal-Mart, Kmart, or Target can yield a $5 to $10 savings over buying a "certified equine muck tub."
That storage solutions sections of those stores is also a favorite of mine because of all the neato boxes, containers and everything else you can find to help organize your horse belongings. A friend of mine once said, "You can never have too much Rubbermaid." Truer words were never spoken. Forget pricey custom bandage boxes, get a clear plastic one in your barn colors with a drawer to keep everything tidy.
However, one area I do think you need to go "for equine use" is large tack trunks. In my experience, the lighter storage chests and trunks found in human stores don't tend to be strong enough to bear up to the weight of horse stuff for too long before the handles or bottom break or crack. So, I have a tack trunk made by an equine manufacturer, but everything in it is organized in human use containers.
When it comes to actual human products for use on horses, the list can be endless so I'm only going to mention a few of my favorites. The first one on the list, in big capitol letters, is duct tape. It has too many uses to list, and can be used on the horse, as well as in the barn. I saw a sign once (in a barn, naturally) that said "Duct tape is like the Force-it has a dark side, a light side, and it holds the universe together." So make sure you have at least three rolls on hand at all times. There is almost nothing that can't be fixed by the judicious application of duct tape.
A landlady of mine introduced me to the wonders of baby diapers many years ago, and I can't live without them now. They are the ultimate easy solution for feet. Have a horse with an abscess that needs to soak? Or a horse with a sore foot that needs to be poulticed or have some other medication applied? You can struggle with rolls of cotton, elastic wrap and duct tape, fiddle with buckets of hot water and salt your horse doesn't feel inclined to stand in, or you can just use a diaper.
For an Epsom salt soaking wrap, place a large handful of salt in the diaper, add just enough hot water to lightly saturate the salt and diaper, apply to horses foot and attach with the diaper tabs. Reinforce with duct tape. For other medication or poultice, apply to foot, and cover with diaper. The tabs on the diaper mean it can be attached the foot in no time, and all the breakthroughs in waterproof "no leaks" linings in modern diapers means the medications will stay locked firmly inside and on the foot.
Just remember when the helpful clerk asks you "How old is your baby" to not just off-handedly answer, "10" or they might call the authorities.
Another favorite produce of mine is WD-40. It doesn't have any "magical" uses in the barn, just lots and lots of uses. Boots too tight? Spray some WD-40 on your calf and on the lining of the boots, and voila, everything slides on easier. When I'm taking out studs or putting them in (the kind that screw in to your horse shoes, not the equine male kind) a liberal does of WD-40 on the stud and stud hole keeps everything clean. I also like to pack my stud holes with cotton soaked in WD-40. And of course, the million different hinges, windows, etc. that stick in the barn environment can be freed with WD-40.
A few more favorites: Listerine, chamois, and skateboards. Rinsing the tail in Listerine once a month or so can get rid of the rail scungies and itchies like nothing else. I'm not sure why, and I probably don't want to know, but an old horseman friend of mine shared that one with me, and if you can stand the smell (you should use the yellow "original" Listerine, not one of the newer flavored ones) it works great. A cheaper alternative to those pricey "non-slip" pads for use under your regular saddle pad can be an ordinary chamois used to dry off cars cut to the proper size and shape. They absorb sweat and keep everything in place.
And finally, the skateboard. Yes, an actual skateboard. It needs to be what I'm told is now considered an "old school" skateboard-one with a large, wide platform to stand on, and big, fat, wheels for "all terrain use." If you travel fairly frequently with your horses and have to be setting up your tack room and equipment, or even if you don't travel much but do often have to move feed, etc. then you need a skateboard. If you get a nice, big "old school" board you will discover that it's the perfect size to put tack trunk on to wheel to and from the trailer (just tilt the trunk slightly in the direction you want to turn). You can also stack bags of feed or even a hay bale on there. The principle of just tilting slightly to turn makes maneuvering a snap, and you get a "dolly" without the size and expense pf a real dolly. It can pack easily in the trailer due to its small size, and can be easily stored in the barn. The big wheels are key though, since they will roll well in dirt and gravel, unlike newer models with the tiny metal wheels that get choked up without pavement to run on. Trust me, the skateboard will change your life.
I don't know exactly where to get a skateboard of the proper type these days. I got mine from a neighbor's son who was getting out of "old school" and, I presume, in to new school. Maybe skate shops have some just sitting rejected in an old school box somewhere, or maybe an auction site on the internet. But your best bet is probably to approach some people of a certain age and ask if they used to skateboard, and if so, do they still have their ride. Ask to borrow it, or just buy it for a nominal fee.
What you choose to tell people you are doing with the skateboard is entirely up to you.


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I've been trying to post Instagram pics of things I buy, and thought I might give you an update by reposting the pics and turning it into another Return To Sender post. This isn't meant to be a review for anything, but merely a little blurb about what made me change my mind about a product enough to return it. I'm a nosey Nelly when it comes to finding out why people like or dislike things, and I'm also super curious about why people return things (and also why they put them into blog sales)!! Basically I want to know it all ha ha :-) If you are like me, then this post is for you.
If you'd like to catch up on other Return To Sender posts, you can catch them here:
For this Instagram Edition, I'll post the original Instagram pic and the red X's denote what has been returned.
Armani Spring 2014 Flash Lacquer in 614 - This formula felt nice and moisturizing and not too sticky, but I just didn't quite feel I could feel I could pull the color off, even layered over the Rouge D'Armani Sheer in 614 (I also tried a couple other colors and it didn't look that great).
Armani Spring 2014 Rouge D'Armani Sheer in 514 & 614 - I instantly fell in loooove with this formula...felt so smooth and comfortable and moisturizing going on! But 514 gave me Barbie lips and 614, like the Flash Lacquer in 614 just wasn't quite me. I tried - I really did. But nope. While I didn't like these colors, I'll definitely keep this formula in mind to look at other colors in the future.
NARSissist shadow palette - UGH I so so so wanted to love this because some swatches I had seen from other bloggers looked beautiful. Ultimately I just did not care for the formula, and especially found the darker colors difficult to work with.
Kate Somerville DermalQuench Liquid Lift - Holy amazing for about 2 weeks!!! Seriously...added a wonderfully hydrating feel underneath my face oils, and within a few days lessened the appearance of a few tiny lines on the side of my forehead. After about a week I couldn't even see the little forehead wrinkles anymore!!! But alas...I ended up having a reaction and had to stop. I didn't return this specific bottle - it's the smaller travel size version and I felt I used too much of it to return...but I did buy a backup during the Sephora sale because I thought it was working so well and ended up returning the backup.
Hampton Sun Baby Mineral Sunscreen SPF45 - Gave me the most horrible white cast ever and was super sticky. Was going to keep and only use for pool/beach, but after 2 days of testing this out it ended up irritating my skin.
Armani Maestro Fusion Blush in 500 - Review HERE. Returned because it's too high maintenance for my lazy bum.
YSL Matt & Radiant Pressed Powder - Emphasized dry patches and I didn't see any radiance, only the matte part.
Guerlain Les Bois De Rose - UGH another one I was so bummed about, but no matter what I did it either looked like I got punched or it looked horribly muddy :-(
Sephora Cream Lip Stains - I only tried one color, but it was so horribly dry and emphasized every lip line I had and even ones I didn't know I had. Didn't bother trying the other colors.
NARS duo in All About Eve - I'd read a ton of great reviews on this little duo, and I was really looking forward to it replacing 2 of my favorite little My Lids But Better Sephora shadows (thought it would be easier to carry this little palette than 2 separate pots). But, like the NARSissist palette, I simply didn't care for the formula.
This is probably the biggest Return To Sender post I've done, and somewhat feel I need a disclaimer??? So here goes...
It may not seem like it merely from this post, but I actually do read and watch a ton of reviews before buying a product. However, 2 things contribute to all the returns...
1. I MUCH prefer shopping online rather than in-store...one too many bad experiences have left me with a bad taste...so I depend on the great return policies of places like Nordstrom and Sephora to balance the fact that I don't always swatch things in person before buying. That said, there is plenty I end up giving away because I've purchased items from places that don't accept returns or I feel like it's been too long to return (and I feel bad). BUT because of great return policies, I end up trying a lot more product than I would otherwise and have discovered some really fantastic products because I felt comfortable taking the chance.
2. I have highly reactive skin. And though I have a pretty solid list of ingredients that irritate my skin, that list seems to keep growing and I don't know how every formula out there will work. Plus some ingredients are ok depending on the formula and/or how low they are on said list. Not necessarily an exact science!
And that's that!!! Have you returned anything lately...or maybe are you thinking about returning something??


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Interactive games are available in large figures nowadays. You may make use of them to help make your child develop and grow through proper learning. In case your child is permitted to play games designed absorbing the contents of the course of study in school it will be much advantageous on their behalf. This can enhance their skills of solving problems and analytics. It'll provide a boost to their self-level of confidence. If you ever wondered How To Make Your Child A Genius, visit our website today!
In this short article, we are supplying the main reasons that will us to know the importance of interactive educational games for the children.
1. Games help to introduce the subject material of study to the children in an enjoyable way as they are less intimidating.
2. Games help to meet certain goals. The kids have to meet the fundamental requirement and have to exceed it to achieve goals.
3. The games also help in developing critical thinking, perseverence and self-motivation. Children are able to evaluate the games and solve the issues.
4. Their problem-solving skills will be better. They will attempt to discover various ways contributing to the path of success.
5. The children will learn social skills when they communicate with others in certain games. This can help them realize others feelings and cope with them.
6. They will understand the efforts of working together and learn to value relationships and trust. They learn that winning and losing isn't any problem and is a component of the game.
7. They will be more open to accepting defeats and seeking again. They would learn to try to retry even when they fail once. They will realize that practice makes things perfect. It's one of the essential things to remember.
8. The instructions in the games can enhance the studying, learning and listening skills of the children. They may also be more mindful.
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10. The parents can share a much better relation with their children through getting involved in the games you will find they may also be learning some things. It's one of the essential things to remember.
The interactive games are an effective way to spend time with the children. Should you are a functional parent then these games are suitable for you to help make your children learn.


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Top 10 Flush Mount Ceiling Fans Reviews In 2019
The main criteria while buying a ceiling fan are height. Different Fans are available in the market with or without downrods. All fans are not suitable for all ceilings. Some Ceiling Fans ideal for large ceilings and some Ceiling Fans ideal for low ceilings. If you want a ceiling fan for your small room, the best choice is Flush Mount Ceiling Fan. The perfect Ceiling Fans for your low Ceilings is Flush Mount Ceiling Fans. Flush Mount Ceiling Fan is the only perfect choice for short ceilings. The Flush Mount Ceiling Fan is best suitable for the home if its ceiling is less than 8 feets. Flush Mount Fans Reviews provided here gives the clarity about Ceiling Fans Flush Mount.
Flush Mount Ceiling Fans Reviews 2019
How efficient airflow provided by the Flush Mount Fans can easily understand by reading the article provided here. Most of the Flush Mount Outdoor Ceiling Fan and Indoor Ceiling Fans available with low prices in the market. They also design with different styles and designs. Modern ceiling fans available in the market with flush mount installation. If you want to know why to buy Flush Mount Ceiling Fan to your home just go through the reviews given here. Flush Ceiling Fans are the best Ceiling fans for every home. You will get all the pros, cons of Small Flush Mount Ceiling Fan.
Top-Rated Flush Mount Ceiling Fans
Hunter Dempsey Ceiling Fan – 59248
A ceiling fan with silent rotation gives relaxation in the room with its powerful airflow. A whisper wind motor used in the Hunter Dempsey Fan to make your rotation silent. Ultra-powerful air movement produced with the whisper wind motor present in the Hunter Fan Dempsey. The Hunter Dempsey Flush Mount Ceiling Fan is environmentally friendly as it rotates with quiet action. You can enjoy the airflow throughout the year without considering the season. Because the Hunter Flush Mount Dempsey consists reversible motor which provides warm air to stay in the winter. Cool air and warm air both provided with the Hunter Dempsey Ceiling Fan.
Low profile Ceiling Fan which is best suitable for low ceilings. For your small rooms, Hunter Dempsey Fan is perfect to provide required airflow. Best suitable to use in indoors, it may not be suitable for outdoors. You can control your Flush Ceiling Fan With Light fixture and speed with only one control i.e, remote control access which is made of Desert Platinum. So, no need for separate control for both light and speed. Four Reversible Composite blades give high airflow in the room which reaches each corner of the room. The blades are coated with the White / Blonde Oak finishing which makes the Ceiling Fan looks attractive. The Hunter Dempsey Ceiling Fan is best suitable for your home which adds extra beauty to your home.
- Certified by ETL and frustration-free.
- Make your home modern with attractive finishing.
- Powerful Whisper Wind motor produces high airflow with silent action.
- Cool and warm air produced to use your Hunter Dempsey Ceiling Fan every day.
- Flush Mounting Ceiling Fan suitable for Low Ceilings.
- Not suitable for outdoor installation.
Hunter 53237 Builder Plus 52-Inch Ceiling Fan
Whatever the ceiling it may be, you can easily install Hunter Fan 53237 on your ceiling. The Hunter Ceiling Fan 53237 painstakingly designed and carefully crafted to make them look beautiful and make you suitable for your interior design. Easy installation is possible with the Hunter 53237 Ceiling Fan. The price is also affordable for all the people. So, everyone likes to buy the Hunter Ceiling Fans as their price is low. Two different finishes Brazilian cherry and harvest mahogany added to the Reversible blade which combines the beauty of the Hunter 53237 Builder Plus 52-Inch Ceiling Fan with high airflow providence.
Any interior decor looks beautiful with the Hunter 53237 Ceiling Fan. Two 60W candelabra bulbs come along with the Hunter 53237 Builder Plus 52-Inch Ceiling Fan Kit which can deliver the light focus in the room. A swirled marble glass bowl cover on the Light Fixture which provides high light focus with bright light. Without any noise, you get cool and warm air by the rotation of whisper wind motor present in the Ceiling Fan. Used in indoors with flexible mounting. Pull chain attachment to change the speed of the Ceiling Fan and to switch on/ off the Fan. Limited Lifetime Motor Warranty provided by the Hunter Ceiling fans which are providing the services for 126 years.
- Pull chain control to change the speed of the Ceiling Fan.
- The whisper-quiet performance with Whisper Wind motor.
- Three position mounting system to install easily.
- Three-light fitter to five high light focus in the room.
- Limited Lifetime Motor Warranty – easy returnable within the limited period.
- Affordable by all with low price.
- Not Energy Star Certified.
Minka Aire F844 Dk Ceiling Fan
High airflow which reaches every corner of the room perfect for your home. Buy the Minka Aire F844-Dk Ceiling Fan at Amazon to attach beauty to your home. 5,024 CFM airflow provided by the Minka F844 Dk Ceiling Fan which is a very high amount of airflow compared to other ceiling fans. 172mm x 14mm Motor included in the Minka Aire Flush Mount Ceiling Fans which takes very less input power of 0.54 amps to produce a high amount of airflow. It is one of the best models in flush mounting ceiling fans. Three blades attached to the Minka Flush Mount Ceiling Fans which are coated with Distressed Koa. Very attractive look and high airflow provided with the 52-Inch Span / 48 Blade Pitch of blades.
You can change the light dimming as well as the speed with the help of remote control. RCS213 – Three-speed hand-held remote included in the Minka Aire Flush Mount Fans through which you can change the three different speeds to get different high air pressures. 17 W Dimmable LED Light Module comes with the Minka Aire F844 Dk Ceiling Fan which automatically adjusts with room environment. Two Downrods are also available with the Ceiling Fan kit which are 6 inches and 4.5 inches. Traditional look attach to your room with Minka Aire F844 Dk Ceiling Fan. Lifetime warranty available for the Ceiling Fan so you can get a free repair if you have any damage in the warranty period.
- High airflow and attractive look available with the Three Distressed Koa Blades.
- Flush Mount Ceiling Fan With Light of 17 W Dimmable LED Light included which adjusts according to room mood.
- Control of light and speed with RCS213 – Three-speed hand-held remote.
- Reversible airflow with 172mm x 14mm Motor.
- Less input voltage of 65.3 Total Watts.
- Energy Star Certified for its energy efficiency.
- Not able to install in outdoors.
Hunter Palermo Ceiling Fans – 59052
If you want high airflow performance with superior energy efficiency, Hunter Palermo Fans are the Best Ceiling Fans. The Hunter Palermo Fan Certifed as Energy Star which performs well with its motor. Reversible motor present in the Hunter Fans Palermo Ceiling Fan which provides warm air with a single action of the switch. With the reversible motor action, cold drafts near the ceiling fan are eliminated, and the warm air reaches to the surroundings of the ceiling fan. You can also get a benefit of noise elimination with the powerful whisper wind motor. The motor rotates silently which produce high airflow with its rotation.
The Hunter Fan Palermo used only in indoors. The Ceiling Fan is not able to adjust all weathers. Standard, low or angled mounting is possible with the Hunter Ceiling Fan Palermo. So, you can easily install on any ceiling without hesitation. But it is best suitable for Flush Mounting. You can control the Fan and Light with Universal Handheld Remote Control. The Hunter Flush Ceiling Fans save 47% of your money by using less input power. 5791 CFM airflow provided by the Ceiling Fan which easily spread in the room with the powerful rotation of Hunter Flush Mount Fan.
- Energy Star Certified with its energy efficiency.
- Best suitable for indoor use.
- Universal Handheld Remote Control to change the speed and light of the Hunter Ceiling Fans Flush Mount.
- With a single action of the switch, you can change the rotation direction of airflow.
- Powerful Motor to get powerful airflow.
- Limited Lifetime Motor Warranty available for the Hunter Ceiling Fan Flush Mount.
- No batteries included.
Harbor Breeze Flush Mount Ceiling Fan
The best ceiling fans which are perfectly suitable for flush mounting is Flush Mount Harbor Breeze Ceiling Fans. Three blades included in the Harbor Breeze Ceiling Flush Mount Kit which can produce a high amount of airflow in the room. To provide an attractive look to interior design, the blades are coated with gray. High airflow can produce with the help of powerful motor present in the Harbor Breeze Flush Mount Ceiling Fan. To change the airflow direction you have to change the switch direction which is present on the Ceiling Fan. Three different speeds can able to change with the Flush Mount Harbor Breeze Ceiling Fans.
You can get cool air and warm air while the Ceiling fan is rotating in both the directions. The airflow provided by the ceiling fan is suitable for Low profile Ceilings with Flush Mounting. Light kit with frosted glass shade included in the Ceiling Fan which gives high light focus in the room. 54 watts used by the ceiling fan as input power. Reverse airflow also provided by the ceiling fan which can make you stay comfortable throughout the year. The airflow provided by the Ceiling fan reaches up to 400 sq. Feet of an area. So, the maximum area can cover with the airflow provided by the Harbor Breeze Flush Mount Ceiling Fan.
- The 52-in fan quiet motor generates high airflow efficiency.
- Three-speed settings can do with Flush Mount Ceiling Fan With Remote control access.
- Specially Designed for Flush Mount installation.
- An attractive look for eyes with 3 gray blades.
- 2050 CFM with 75 watts input power.
- Not Energy Star Certified.
Hampton Bay Flush Mount Ceiling Fan
The ceiling fan which is best to install in small rooms is Hampton Bay Flush Mount Ceiling Fan. The maximum room covered by the Hampton Ceiling fan is 10 ft. X 10 ft. So, one can easily install it in short rooms to get proper airflow. Light Kit included in the Hampton Bay Flush Mount Ceiling Fan which illuminates the light in the room which is added an effect of the ceiling fan. 3129 CFM airflow can provide with the Ceiling fan. You can save the electricity bills by using Hampton Bay Flush Mount Ceiling Fan. Brushed nickel finish and white globe shade attach the extra beauty for your Hampton Ceiling fan.
Five blades present in the Ceiling fan which can produce cool and warm air to stay comfortable in the room. The assembled height required for the Ceiling Fan is 13.1 inches through which a ceiling fan can rotate properly. Energy efficient Ceiling fan which is beneficial for its performance. Indoor installation is better to use your ceiling fan in indoors. 60 watts input power required to rotate the fan properly. Certified ul_listed, frustration-free as the proof of the Ceiling fan performance. So, without any doubt, you can buy the Hampton Bay Ceiling Fan which makes your stay comfortable.
- Simple operation with the pull chain to control the ceiling fan.
- Proper airflow in every corner of the room with five reversible blades.
- Specially designed for Flush Mount installation.
- Easily install in indoors.
- Little noisy which is not considerable.
Westinghouse 7876400 Alloy Ceiling Fan
Small rooms fill with cool air with the rotation of Westinghouse 7876400 Alloy Ceiling Fan in your home. Three blade indoor ceiling fan rotate continuously to give powerful airflow in the room. The airflow provided by the Ceiling Fan cover room up to 144 square feet. 153-millimeter by 10-millimeter silicon steel motor present in the ceiling fan which is very powerful to produce a high amount of airflow. It is also highly reliable which stay long years in your home. The dual capacitor also attached to the Motor present in the ceiling fan which increases the performance of the ceiling fan. You can increase the speed or decrease the speed with three different speed settings.
With a single action of the switch, you can get cool and warm airflows through which you can enjoy the air every day. Year round comfort you can get with the different airflow s produced by the ceiling fan. You have lifetime motor warranty and a two-year warranty for your ceiling fan. If you get any repair of your ceiling fan in the period of warranty, you can return it to the original purchaser to get a free repair. So, you can use your ceiling fan without any hesitation. 4,083 CFM provided by the ceiling fan which uses input power 51 watts. 3/4-inch by 4-inch down rod, the 78-inch lead wire comes along with the Ceiling Fan Kit.
- Perfectly suitable for indoor ceilings.
- Silicon steel motor produces powerful airflow with its rotation.
- Dual capacitor present in the Westinghouse 7876400 Ceiling Fan to improve the performance.
- You can change three different speeds to change the air pressure in the room.
- Two lights included illuminating light in the room.
- A little bit noisy.
Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fans
The beauty and efficiency provided with the one ceiling fan i.e, Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fan With Lights. You can save your current bills by using Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fan with its energy efficiency. Direct Drive motor present in the Casablanca Flush Mount Fans which provides a high airflow with its silent rotation. The reliability of motor is also high. So, you can use your Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fans for long years in your home. The large rooms also covered with the airflow provided by the Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fans With Lights with its 52-inch blade span. Either it is summer or winter you can use your ceiling fan entire the year with its reversible airflow.
The Casablanca Flush Mount Ceiling Fans are low profile ceiling fans which are best suitable for low ceilings. New Universal Wall Control is available to change the speed of the ceiling fan. Light Kit with Cased White glass, Two 50W Halogen bulbs included which adds extra beauty to your room. You can use your Casablanca Flush Mount Fans in indoors, but it is somewhat difficult to use in outdoors. Because it can't bare the weather conditions while rotating in outdoors. 120-day in-home service guarantee, along with a limited lifetime warranty on the motor and a 1-year parts and electronics warranty provided to the flush mount ceiling fans provides high reliability.
- Small Ceiling fan with high airflow.
- Unique Ceiling fans with attractive look of finishing.
- Ceiling fans with lights i.e, Two 50W Halogen bulbs produce better light illumination in the room.
- New Universal Wall Control to change the speed of the ceiling fan.
- High reliability is available for the best ceiling fan.
- No remote control access available.
Hunter 54098 Bayview 54-Inch Ceiling Fan
Hunter 54098 Ceiling fan is the unique ceiling fan with a beautiful look and easily apt to any ceiling. Ultra-efficient outdoor ceiling fan provides high airflow efficiency with its rotation. Five durable plastic blades present in the modern ceiling fan i.e, Hunter 54098 Bayview Ceiling Fan which gives high airflow with the rotation of blades. The blades also provide reversible airflow and look beautiful with an antique dark wicker look or an antique dark palm leaf style. As you see in the other hunter ceiling fans, the Hunter 54098 Ceiling fan also consists powerful Whisper wind motor which runs silently. So, the Hunter 54098 Bayview 54-Inch Ceiling Fan treated as the quiet ceiling fan.
You can enjoy the ceiling fan airflow for long years as the reliability of ceiling fan is high. The Hunter 54098 Bayview Ceiling Fan also runs throughout the year with its reversible airflow. So, you can use your ceiling fan in winter as well as in summer. The Ceiling fan installs with three mounting options. But it is best suitable to install in Flush Mounting. If you use Hunter 54098 Bayview 54-Inch Ceiling Fan, you can comfortably stay in your home. It is very safe to use Hunter 54098 Ceiling fan.
- Make your interior design beautiful with 54″ Bayview Provincial Gold Blades style.
- Three positioning system is available with the Ceiling Fan.
- Quiet ceiling fan with whisper wind motor.
- Low profile ceiling fan for low ceilings.
- ETL-damp listed as security proof.
- No remote access available.
Hunter 51023 Ceiling Fan
Fresh air is circulating in the home with Hunter Ceiling Fan 51023. The five blades present in the Hunter Fan 51023 which gives high airflow while rotating. The blades are coated with Dust Armor nanotechnology which eliminates the dust from blades to make them fresh every time. 58% of the dust easily remove with the Hunter Fan Company 51023. The Hunter 51023 Ceiling Fan is perfectly suitable to install in low ceilings with flush mount installation. Low profile ceiling fan to circulate sufficient air in the room. Same as the other hunter ceiling fans the Hunter Ceiling Fan 51023 also consists whisper wind motor which provides high airflow with its silent performance.
Noise pollution is reduced by using Hunter Fan 51023 which is very friendly to our surroundings. Two 60w candelabra bulbs included in the Hunter Fan Company 51023. Not only fresh air light illumination also easily provided with the Hunter 51023 Ceiling Fan. For your best choice hunter ceiling fan also included a feature that you can use your ceiling fan by removing light. You can easily save your Ceiling Fan bill if you use Hunter Ceiling Fan 51023. In summer six degrees thermostat increases to make your comfortable stay in your home.
- Dust Armor nanotechnology which eliminates 58% of dust from the room.
- Quiet ceiling fan which spread air up to 10 ft. X 10 ft of the room.
- Ceiling fans for low ceilings with flush mount installation.
- You can use your ceiling fan with or without two 60w candelabra bulbs.
- Limited Lifetime Motor Warranty available to the best ceiling fan i.e, Hunter 51023 Ceiling Fan.
- Energy Star certification is not given to low profile ceiling fan.
How to install a Ceiling Fans with Lights Flush Mount?
Open the Ceiling Fan Kit and make a look of parts available in the Kit. There are different parts available in the ceiling Fan like Ceiling Bracket, Blades, Downrod, Screws, Canopy, Connectors, light bulbs, etc.
Installing Process
First of all, take the Ceiling Fan bracket available in the kit then attach ceiling bracket to the ceiling then remove or discard shipping blocks. After that connect grommets to blades which are helpful to attach the blades to the fan. Next, install downrod to the Ceiling Fan then feed wires through downrod to attach power connection to wires after some time. Remove preinstalled set screws to fix the ceiling then tighten downrod. Now the downrod fixed to the Ceiling by not falling or moving other sides. After that cut wires, 8″ above downrod then strip wires at a 1/4 of an inch. Reinstall set screws and tighten the screw with pliers. Insert wires through the canopy to attach them to the power supply.
hanging and wiring
Carefully hang a fan on ceiling bracket and check whether the fan is fixed to the ceiling or not. After that use wire connector to twist wires together. Because proper matching of wires is necessary to get the power supply to the Ceiling Fan. See manual to match colors of wires correctly. Then lift canopy into place and align screw holes and attach using screws provided along with the Ceiling Fan.
Assembling the blades
Choose blade size to face down which is perfect for your ceiling then insert blade mounting screws to fix them with the Ceiling Fan motor. Maintain proper height while attaching the blades. Because if the blades may strike while rotating by contacting with the ceiling.
Installing the switch housing
Add light fixture to your fan to make the Ceiling Fan attractive with light focus. Assembling the light and attach light using nine pins then partially install to switch housing screws. After that align notches with the upper switch housing screws, then tighten all screws to make it fix. Insert light bulbs to the Ceiling Fan. Add the glass bowl on the light bulbs then remove finial. Pull the thread pill chains through the bowl and attach globe keeper. Make the thread chains free through finial cap then through finial attach pull chains. Now your Ceiling Fan is ready to rotate. Stay relaxed in your home by switching on your ceiling fan.
Why Only Flush Mount Ceiling Fan?
The Modern ceiling fans – Flush Mount is one of the most used Ceiling Fan around the world. These Top Rated Flush Mounting Ceiling Fans will give an elegant look for your Ceiling. You get information about Best Flush Mount Ceiling Fans 2019 in the article provided here. Different styles and different packages are available in the Flush Mount Ceiling Fan With Light and without lights. Fans with reverse airflow also possible with the Ceiling Fans With Lights Flush Mount. Flush Mount Ceiling Fan With Remote Access also available for some Ceiling Fans. You can get all the details here so go through the article and buy your best Ceiling Fan. I highly recommended Amazon is the best place to buy Ceiling Fans.


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Overall Rating 4.3 / 5 Based On 1 Reviews
Delivery 5 / 5
Quality 5 / 5
Price 3 / 5
Collected it!
As I had to collect it myself I can't fault the delivery, I bought the white stand to go with my lounge, the tank itself is great, I love the glass clarity too. Although it's very pricey, I was happy overall
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Hand-sewn Elastic Head KerchiefBrent wears his to hold his hair back while gardening, Josh wears his around his neck. Works either as a bandana head scarf or bunched together as a head band. Or slip it down around your neck either to keep warm or absorb moisture. The best part? No fussing with knots! It's pre-sewn together with soft, covered elastic. Machine washable.


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I sunk my claws into this hunky Bethlehem Alpha and wasted no time emasculating it with 1960 turquoise blue and little glittery stars all over its base. Ain't that a woman for you?
No luck on the cerulean, it was either this color or a dark primary blue. I love this blue! Lowe's leaves much to be desired in the spray paint section. How about some Krylon, for Krylon out loud? Yuk, yuk. Mr. Sarah cut a plywood base for me which I attempted to color with anolin dye. Never again. Anolin dye will turn a fun, quick little project into a situation in a matter of seconds. So I made do with some watered down stuff and the base turned sort of a pinkish color. And thank Clorox for SoftScrub, lordamercy, I have white formica on my kitchen counters. I added a couple of hot purple leather washers under the nuts so they won't mar the base. (Yes, I could be a bigger dork, actually. I still have a finishing touch to put on.) I'm using my Hot Head marver because my Minor's marver doesn't fit. The marver that was supposed to come with the Alpha didn't make it into the package, and it should be here very soon.
Hooking it up: The fittings that came attached to the end of the short hoses were a bit loose and must have had microscopic bits of debris all up in them because I practically had a cow getting them completely clean and tightened up without a leak. Maybe they're onto something with the cut hose ends and hose clamps…
Turning it on: Bethlehem has a flame like no other I've worked with. The center candle (and there are only 6 ports) is considerably longer and more, I don't know, candle-y? than the others. The surrounding candles sort of flare out around the center one. Nothing in the literature or instructions mentioned the correct length or appearance for the candles, so I'm assuming this is what it should look like. The center candle usually has a yellowish tip while the others are blue. I'm not sure what this means.
I should mention that I use tanked oxygen so take this into account. This burner was designed for better functionality when powered by oxygen concentrators – I think in that case, you keep the oxygen knob all the way open and adjust the flame only with the gas knob. I did notice that when making adjustments to the flame, the gas knob seemed to be the one that made more noticeable alterations to the flame. On my Minor, I seem to use the oxygen knob more for this.
This burner runs pretty hot, however, the flame is extremely adjustable. Remarkably so, considering it only has two knobs. It can go from wide, long and bushy to about an inch long and the width of a lollipop stick without much adjustment at all. There are varying degrees of heat and atmosphere within those ranges, and you have a good amount of control over all of it. It isn't like I've sampled a bunch of torches in my glassworking lifetime, but I can say that this one is very different from my Minor and my Lynx in just about every way. The ports are much bigger than I'm used to, and the flame is somewhat loud – not like a Hot Head, but louder than my Minor. While the Minor sort of hisses and hums, this one kind of whooshes. The Lynx, by the way, barely makes a sound at all. One time I left it on for 15 minutes without realizing it.
Color: Even with that weird looking flame that I wasn't sure about, my opaque reds were just as lovely, or not lovely depending on the batch – pretty much the same as they are with my Minor. It didn't wash out the pinks or reduce the turquoise so the atmosphere must be neutral to oxidizing. I suspect the same kind of reduction flame I get with my Minor for my Clio and other Double Helix colors will take some practice, but I can already get pretty close. And it isn't like I achieve consistant results to begin with.
Heat: I made these nice Simpletons here. These have an opaque base and many wraps of transparent color. The first wrap of transparent melted quickly around the base without distorting it – this is something I struggle with all the time. This is likely more about my working habits than it is about the torch I use. Whatever your preference is for applying little bumpy dots – tiny flame or just on the outside of a regular flame or right in the middle of a bushy flame – the Alpha will bend to your whim.
They sent along a cleaning kit. I had no idea that the dowel was the size of a rolling pin! I exaggerate, but yes, it's big enough that you can really get your whack on and knock that evil schmootz loose. Like I said, the ports are huge and very easy to clean.
In other words, If you've been eyeballing the Alpha, buy with confidence. That said, as much as I am enjoying this new torch, I have a feeling that when the Minor comes home I'll feel like I have too.
And just because, here's a recent photo of Calico Mo.
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Becoming a manager is a career choice just as much as deciding a profession you want to study in school. It requires learning new skills and taking on different responsibilities. As much as we'd all love to think every manager has the best of intentions, we still often end up with bad managers around us.
Usually the signs are all around us when someone isn't a good fit to become a manager, yet it's easy for them to take the job anyways due to money, prestige, or simply inevitability because they've been around long enough. Today we examine some of the most common warning signs and the consequences from those signs being ignored. Promote team members with caution!
5 Signs You Shouldn't be a Manager
1) You do it for the money, not the actual job responsibilities
At many companies, the only way to keep getting raises and "advance" through your career is to move into management. This puts pressure on people to consider management even if they're not excited about the prospects of becoming a manager. While money is fair to be part of anyone's work motivation, it's a big warning sign you might be making a bad manager choice if their top motive is this.
The consequence: If someone took the job for the money, they're likely to hide from problems that could lead to them being removed. They're also unlikely to admit there's issues and ask for help as they worry that would cost them a much coveted financial boost.
2) You don't like dealing with people
Not everyone wants to spend their days helping fix people issues, listening to the problems of others, and developing people. If they're not excited to do those things, they probably shouldn't be a manager.
This one is particularly damaging to team members as Gallup's recent study found that managers that don't take an active interest in their people have teams that are almost entirely not engaged:
The consequence: Without rapport, there's no trust, empathy, or candor in your relationship with their team. Problems will fester and grow until they blow up because the team won't come to them when they're easy to fix. This leads to the manager constantly in reactive management mode and frustrating their team.
Want to learn and keep the habits of great managers who deal well with their people? Then sign up for a free trial of Lighthouse here.
3) You don't want to give up individual contributor work
Particularly for engineers and others in creative roles, it can be hard to give up doing individual work. It's easy to want to take the new manager title and keep doing lots of the "fun" individual contributor tasks.
Unfortunately, that's an easy way to short change all their managerial responsibilities. And since managers set priorities and delegate tasks, it's easy to assign all the best work to themselves.
The consequence: If they try to do all the work themselves, their team won't get the help they need. They may also resent their manager if they constantly take the "good work" and leave them less desirable tasks. Leaders eat last.
4) You don't have a Growth Mindset
The Growth Mindset is the idea that any skill can be learned. No one is simply "a natural" and others doomed to never be good at it. It takes hard work, but with effort anyone can learn and improve at a skill.
Your best employees will have a growth mindset, learning new skills often. Promoting anyone with the opposite mindset (a Fixed Mindset) is a tremendous risk. Their attitudes not only then impact them, but their teams.
The consequence: First and foremost, a manager with a a Fixed Mindset will personally suffer because there is too much to learn as a manager to not embrace your own need to learn new things. This will then multiply across their team as they won't grow, they may get bored with their job, get frustrated about being boxed into doing the same things all the time, and ultimately leave for growth opportunities beyond your company.
5) You hate your job
If someone is clearly unhappy at work, then promoting them to manager is just going to create a bad manager. They're likely to still be an unhappy, grouchy, unmotivated employee who now spreads that attitude to their team.
The effect of this has been captured by Gallup in more of their research in something they call the "Cascade Effect" which shows that disengaged managers have teams more likely to also not be engaged:
The consequence: On top of hurting everyone on their team by setting an example of disdain for work, it hurts your growth; how can a bad manager hire effectively if they can't sell why working here is great?
How can companies avoid promoting bad managers?
The team of a bad manager suffers most in all of these cases. A single bad manager can hurt your retention of not just the manager, but everyone that reports to them potentially costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to replace everyone. It's a decision to not take likely, so how can you avoid creating bad managers in your organization?
1) Create a growth path for individual contributors
If the only way for employees to advance in their career at your company and get pay raises is to become a manager, you will continue to attract people to the roles that shouldn't take them. You have to create a path for individual contributors if you want to eliminate this problem.
As Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOMoz writes:
"I worry that some significant portion of that expressed desire doesn't come from a true passion for the responsibilities of people managing, but instead exists because they want to level up their career and/or influence and believe this to be the only path."
When people see that their deep and growing individual contributor experience is valued and can be leveraged ever more as they advance, you will find that they will no longer consider people management roles.
2) Promote based on a level of aptitude and interest in people skills
This may seem like an obvious one, but it's amazing how many companies will simply make someone a manager, because they like them or they're a great individual contributor. The skills required to succeed are different and even the best person can be set up for failure without help.
Start developing people to be managers *before* you need to promote them. Simple things like empathy and people skills are easy to learn by first leading small projects and reading great books like How to Win Friends and Influence People.
3) Make it safe for a manager to decide it's not for them
People may think they want to be a manager, but once they start doing the job may find they're unhappy. Unfortunately, it's hard to admit that, especially if doing so means a demotion and/or pay cut. What often happens instead is the manager leaves for an individual contributor role at another company to save face.
If instead there's a graceful way for a bad manager to transition to a different role that's a better fit, you spare that team suffering through that manager until either the team all leaves/transfers or the manager quits. You also save a potentially valuable team member by making a bad manager a happy employee again.
Dale Carnegie has a great story about how GE saved an invaluable team member who had failed as a manager:
"Steinmetz, a genius of the first magnitude when it came to electricity, was a failure as the head of the calculating department. Yet the company didn't dare offend the man. He was indispensable – and highly sensitive. So they gave him a new title. They made him Consulting Engineer of the General Electric Company – a new title for work he was already doing – and let someone else head up the department.
Steinmetz was happy."
Taking these steps can help you avoid the pain and problems of bad managers.
If you really want to avoid having bad managers at your company, you need to give them the tools to succeed and lead their people. Lighthouse can help ensure your people are taken care of by their managers, while teaching the managers the best practices of good management.
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Plans are moving along for the go tournament/festival on Sat 7/23 at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The museum opens at 10 and the first hour or so will be free play and estimating ranks of people who don't know an approximate ranking. Then there will be tournament play until about 3pm, or until people finish four games.
Registration forms will be ready soon. AGA membership is required ($10-30) but can be purchased at the door. Bonus: All participants will receive a FREE copy of Vital Points and Skillful Finesse for Sabaki, donated by publisher Chris Greene of Hinoki Press.
In the meantime, see you this Saturday at 7 at Bayshore for go night at Board Game Barrister (every 2nd and 4th Saturday).