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VISION Statement: Redwood Community Radio envisions a community of listeners who, guided by the example of RCR programming, work together to create better, more just and sustainable world systems, to ensure that all humans and other living species on earth move toward a higher quality of life, and are able to survive challenges in the times ahead.
MISSION: Redwood Community Radio will encourage a communication center of open airways (KMUD) for all voices to inform, educate, entertain and inspire the listening community through quality programming.
Board of Directors - Redwood Community Radio
Tues., 24 Sep., 2013 – 4 pm
Healy Senior Center - Redway, CA
I.Call to Order: Start of meeting was delayed ½ hour due to lack of quorum. Opening comments from the President.
II.Roll Call: President Siena Klein, Members' Rep.; Secretary Jack Frybulous, Programmers' Rep.; Marcy Stein, Programmers' Rep.; Mark Marchese, Board-appointed; Jeanette Todd (ex-officio), Station Manager. Christine Doyka is appointed at the beginning of this meeting. Absent: Treasurer Julia Minton, Members' Rep.; Nella White, Members' Rep. Late: Kim Peterson, Board-appointed; Vice President Noel Soucy, Programmers' Rep. Others present: Jama Chaplin
III.Approval of Minutes – Marcy moved to approve the versions of July and August minutes that are in the Board Packet. Approved.
IV.Approval of Agenda – KP moved that the Board add to the agenda "filling Antonia Lamb's seat;" (since Antonia died Sept. 9); MS seconded. Marcy expressed appreciation of Antonia, and moment of silence was observed. Marcy moved that the appointment of David Ordonez to the Grievance Panel be considered at the next meeting. Agenda approved as amended.
V.Open Time – At the discretion of the President, five minutes will be allowed for those wishing to address the Board.
JC reported that former President Suzanne Beers will be attending Antonia's memorial. She requested that the Board consider having the Winter Holiday Appreciation Party in January. She asked whether we could cut costs by letting go of our NFCB membership, noting that there are Spinitron issues involved.
VI.Election of Board Member to fill Vacancy – MS moved to elect Christine Doyka to fill Antonia's seat; JF seconded. CD is elected unanimously and seated.
VII.Management Report – see also written report in Public File. KBOO "Family Values" discussion about working parts of this into Policy. NPR "Social media and ethics." Silent drive letter in the packet. JT has written 3 airlines asking for tickets. World Radio Network has begun on HD2, but no contract yet. Staff can borrow radios to listen to HD2 stream. Battle of the Rock Bands and Halloween Boogie both upcoming. Underwriting for Emerald Cup to total $3000 over next 3 months. North Country Fair: Volunteer Coordinator Kerry Morgan was out all last week, but JT followed through with a pared-down operation; very disorganized; break even or possibly lose ~ $200. Impressed with Aug. pledge drive, "Take Five." Fall trainings, volunteer orientations. Programmer meetings TBA for 2014. No movement on database, DonorSnap. ADA upgrade moving along nicely. Underwriting revenue still going up -- re-working schedule is bearing fruit. Barb Truitt working today on cash-flow projections. The budget we approved last month; JM mentioned excess spending in News Dept. Antonia's memorial Oct. 19. $750/year to be cost of WRN. Budget last year $1500 for a Winter Party. SK suggests if party to be held at Beginnings: no live band.
VIII.Discussion / Questions for Management
IX.Consent Calendar – At MM's request item A (Officer and Committee Appointments), is moved to Unfinished Business; items B and C are tabled until October, since the documents to be approved aren't ready.
X.Finance Committee Report - JT thinks we will bring in $80K to $90K in the Fall Pledge Drive. Creative ideas needed to find another $50K, but no momentum. Board must realize this money may not come forward: what we will do to make it up? Task and form a Committee with that? Ask Finance? SK suggests Board members attend Finance Cmte. JT suggests a deadline, next Board meeting. JC suggests Development Cmte. JT looking for direction from Board. Marcy reminds us we spend $300K/year on staff, must look at ways to reduce. JT doesn't disagree, and thinks we need brainstorming sessions to think outside the box. JT asks for direction on where to go next. Noel suggests we consider a business venture.
JF asks JT to present us with some options. SK: campaign to ask people who don't pay taxes to donate; how encourage younger listeners? Closed session next meeting to discuss options. JC: CPB requires we have two full-time positions, one in programming. June and Aug. Board packets include CPB rules. Terri Klemetson,is changing her schedule. CPB gives us $135K, comes with a lot of red tape, and covers about half of staff costs.
JC: signal upgrade requires us to fulfill CPB Community Service Grant requirements for ten years. JT: yes, from Nov. 30, 2012. Development Cmte. will discuss. JC: $67K (unofficial reserve), down to $50K; Fitch estate a different thing, which is thought of for tech needs and building projects. JT, in response to MM: All silver was sold, with one IOU pending; proceeds going to Music Library fund.
XI.Unfinished Business
A.Appointment to Central Community Advisory Board (CAB) – Vote to appoint Rick Cooper. JF moves we vote, MS seconded. Board votes not to appoint. CD (as Correspondence Secretary) will inform him in writing.
B.Tech proposal – Equipment is heating up too often; JT will get a cooling system quote. NS moves to table, JF seconded, Unanimous.
C.Holiday party – Siena wants to see last year's figures. Jack thinks the holiday party would be great before Xmas, Hanukah. JT will poll about dates and get back to us. Tabled.
D.Policy revision – Fair Access to Airwaves (FAA). JC gave some history: the former Fairness Doctrine law, and our current FD policy, stated that talk show hosts had to present all sides of an issue. The current practice is more like making room for other opinions to be expressed on a call-in show, which she finds preferable. But talk-show hosts don't always take calls. JT: ethics of call-in talk hosts and community journalism. Questions about individual hosts' ethics; its relation to our core values. Important for hosts to ID themselves, as well as how they're affiliated with the topic. Host ethics not yet made into policy. SK reminds us: NW said we be more pro-active in suggesting programming. JC: The title is also a rough draft; another concept is "All Opinions Allowed On-air." The Fair Access title also implies that it will get into who is invited to become a programmer. MM moves we review the FAA, discuss it in email, and Policy Com do further work. NS seconded. Unanimous.
E.Officer and Committee Appointments. NS moves we approve Board officer appointments (see Roll Call), with the addition of CD in both Correspondence Secretary roles; JF seconded. Unanimous. NS moves to table Committee appointments till next month. Unanimous.
XII.New Business
A.Strategic Planning Meeting Outcome and Report – JT and NW received report (notes from flip-chart paper) from Barb Truitt, who suggests a professional facilitator for further progress. (Fund how?) JT points out Mission Statement is usually first step in making a Strategic Plan, and reminds the Board that the community wants RCR to have a Strategic Plan. JT reiterates that it's important that we agree what our values are. What are we here to do? JF volunteers to be the Board Rep shepherding review of the Mission Statement. NS suggests Executive Com. take this on, and produce recommendation for whole Board. After discussion, NS moves we table this.
B. Fall Pledge Drive Shortfall Contingency Plan – This was discussed under Finance Committee.
C. Election of Board Member to fill Vacancy – See item VI.
A. Programmers' Reps – none
B. Members' Reps – none
C. Community Advisory Boards (CAB's) JT suggests we tell CAB to give us reports. NS will take this on.
D. Correspondence Secretaries. Siena reports that she thanked Rich Franciscovich for firefighting and grass cutting, the Mateel for loan of tents for Block Party, Marty Messenger for road signs, Dazey manager Darren Tomasini for a major discount on the pool, and Jim Lamport for help with elections. New Secretary CD will draft a thank you letter to Richard Parish for his report and for coordinating the Reggae coffee both, and circulate it for review.
XIV.Other Committee Reports
A.Development, including Pledge Drive Subcommittee. MS brings up Parish's Coffee Booth report, and it was discussed.
B. Mediation – see report in Public File
C. Policy
D. Website – see report in Public File
E. Transition
F. Elections – see report in Public File
XV.Scheduling - monthly meeting times
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place at KMUD, 1144 Redway Dr., Redway, CA.
A.Development 1st Mon., 3 pm
B.Executive Mon., Oct. 7, 1 pm
C.Website Tues., Oct. 15, 10 am
D.Policy 2nd Thurs., 11:30 am
E.Finance 3rd Tues., 3 pm
F.Board of Directors 4th Tues., 5 pm - Healy Senior Ctr.
G.Board talk show Oct. 9: new members and Noel
Final minutes submitted by Secretary Jack Frybulous on 28 Jan., 2014


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Inspired by Maggie's Centres, AHMM's North London Hospice day centre is sensitive and subtle, writes Christine Murray. Photography by Timothy Soar
The span of time between diagnosis and death is a surreal waiting game. Life goes on. For the dying and their family, there is much to do, and also, nothing to be done.
The work of North London Hospice, founded in 1984, bridges this traumatic gap, providing multi-faith palliative support for those living in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. Its ambition is to preserve the dignity of the dying and the charity's free-of-charge services span from creative therapy such as art classes to 24-hour in-patient care, physiotherapy and bereavement support. It also offers basic outpatient care in lieu of visiting a hospital.
Sitting like an oversized brick house at the end of a suburban block, the new North London Hospice day centre, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, is distinctive and dignified. Before North London Hospice opened this day centre, all services were delivered out of its facility in Finchley. Facing a significant increase in demand, the new centre triples the charity's capacity to serve up to 300 of the 800 people per month diagnosed with a life-threatening illness in north London.
Inspired by the Maggie's Centre concept, the charity hoped a new bespoke building and expanded service would increase their visibility in the community, boosting donations while doing more good.
The hospice has been hit by healthcare cuts and, although it still receives 23 per cent of its funding from local NHS Primary Care Trusts, the remaining £4.5 million needed to run the centres comes from charitable donations and legacies. AHMM took a heavily reduced fee for this job as its contribution.
Like Maggie's, the charity wanted to create a home-like environment without an institutional feel, with a kitchen and living room at its heart. Unlike Maggie's, the budget was limited to £1.8 million and the facility required more clinical spaces and treatment rooms than Maggie's Centres, including an 'emergency room' with a hospital bed, patient lift and sluice room for visitors who become gravely unwell while visiting. It also required ergonomic furniture, wheelchair accessibility and infection control finishes.
The completed centre is much larger than the surrounding houses, but so was the previous building on the site - an unoccupied house once used as an NHS clinic. Its layout and lack of disabled access meant it was unsuitable for retrofit. But its massing was already much taller and larger than nearby residential buildings.
The road to planning was smoothed in advance by a pre-briefing session, held in 2009, for key stakeholders including local residents' associations and ward councillors to discuss the design and materials. Their comments and concerns were absorbed into the planning application. And in 2010, a public exhibition was held, advertised by leaflet, where both drawings and models of the building were on show, with the architects on hand over a weekend to answer questions.
The monolithic quality of the building makes the centre stand out in its corner location, while the brick gables make it appear respectfully residential. The southernmost block - just one storey high - curtseys to adjacent neighbours, its pitched green-roofs overlooked by two treatment rooms above.
Other sustainable features include natural ventilation (topped up by mechanical ventilation with heat recovery), solar panels, rainwater butts and a ground source heat pump to fulfill the charity's green agenda. The thick external walls and roof conceal both structure and drainage, keeping the internal spaces uncluttered while enabling large roof spans, with no need for trusses, as well as containing high levels of thermal insulation. This also allows the brickwork to span large openings, even at corners, giving the building its distinctive character. Aluminium-lined windows, recessed blinds and flush, diffusing, linear light fittings emphasise the building's strong geometry.
On the ground floor, there's a large kitchen and living room, a hair salon, a small room for art classes, an office and therapy rooms. While some similar establishments employ a patronising colour scheme, mistaking childish for cheerful, the material and colour palette here is adult, comprised of greys, a pale brick and timber. The entrance hall (created without a desk to make it more welcoming) could be the reception of a private club oroffice.
The care in this project lies in what is hidden, as much as what is on show. The centre is accessible without unduly expressing its accessibility. There is enough room for ambulances to drop off patients out front, as well as parking, ensuring short walking distances. There are level thresholds throughout, including at the steel-framed sliding doors to the garden, where the hard surfacing is easily navigated by wheelchair.
As many palliative patients fear becoming housebound, generous windows, controlled views and easy access to the outdoors (fitted with ergonomic garden benches) are among the centre's greatest gifts.
The acoustic performance of the rooms was a key consideration for hearing impaired visitors, and the fine-textured plaster and brick was selected to help reduce sound. Should someone become sick while visiting, the 'emergency room' (labelled 'rest room' on the drawings) is invisibly concealed behind a timber wall storage unit with a panel door in the lounge. Additional storage, clinical devices and administrative spaces are similarly tucked away.
Furniture specification set a particular challenge. 'We realised it was very difficult to find furniture that meets ergonomic and infection control requirements that isn't hideous,' says AHMM director Paul Monaghan, who showed me around the centre with associate director Susan Le Good. The seats need arms to help visitors stand up, but also require wipe-clean fabric. 'The people visiting here are severely ill,' Monaghan adds.
AHMM's ambition was to use 'ordinary' stylish furniture where possible. In the café, these include Eames DAW chairs. But they struggled initially to find non‑institutional furniture for the lounge. 'In the end, we learned of these chairs designed by Kenneth Grange, who found as he got older that he couldn't find any attractive chairs that were easy to stand up from,' says Monaghan. The result looks a bit like an Egg Chair, and would not look out of place in a stylish hotel lobby.
Accessed by stair or lift, the first floor features therapy rooms and training rooms, while the second floor provides private office space and a common room for volunteers, nurses and carers. These rooms are among the nicest in the building - a priority, given the stressfulness of the carers' highly emotional and physical work, and a tribute to the contribution of hospice volunteers.
The design of this building is overtly self-conscious - there are no happy accidents here, because accidents of any kind have been designed out. It is likely to win awards for its completeness, and is felt by at least one member of the AJ team to be a Stirling Prize shortlist contender.There is something instantly likeable and uncomplicated about it, both in plan and form, which feels both fresh and familiar. It is a contemporary building that Prince Charles could love.
And, while not revolutionary, North London Hospice feels clean, modern, unbreakable, unfussy, fit-for-purpose, no-nonsense and welcoming. It feels like a building you can count on - a place tough enough, safe enough, to be sick in.
The building's solidity will bring comfort to the charity's many legacy donors; the way it says, gently, without boasting: 'I'll still be here when you're gone.'
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Kurt Busch double ends with blown engine in Coke 600
CONCORD, N.C. -- Kurt Busch's double -- an 1,100-mile odyssey that began in Indianapolis, has ended early at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Despite falling almost 200 miles short of completing the Indy 500-Coca-Cola 600 on motorsports' biggest, busiest day, Kurt Busch said he'll look on Sunday's experience as "a memory I'll have forever."
Busch finished sixth in the Indianapolis 500 in his first appearance in the race, then traveled to CMS, where his run ended at lap 271 (of 400) because of engine failure.
INDY 500:Ryan Hunter-Reay holds off Helio Castroneves
"It was a challenge I put forth for myself. I enjoyed it. I soaked it in," Busch said in the darkness of the CMS garage area, his voice strong despite a long, difficult race day.
"We're not going to let this dampen things. There's still wind in our sails. We'll still sail on off into the sunset."
Because he missed the drivers meeting prior to the start of the 600, Busch began the race at the back of the field. He raced into the top 15 but later was slowed by a broken shock absorber and finally was stopped by the sour engine.
WATCH: Busch talks blown engine, success at Indy
"We were hanging on (after the shock issue)," Busch said. "We were going to muscle it out. Then it was like the car swallowed three cylinders at once. The engine let go. Those things happen in motorsports.
"It was a good battle, though. I was hoping to do 1,100 miles today. I can't let what happened here dampen the mood on what happened up in Indy."
After almost 906 miles of competition, Busch said he felt good physically.
"My hands and feet are a little sore just from working it," he said. "But I can stand here with a smile knowing I gave it all for six months."
Busch was trying to become only the second driver to complete the double in one day. Only teammate and Stewart-Haas Racing owner Tony Stewart has done it. John Andretti and Robby Gordon also have attempted it.
PHOTOS: Kurt Busch's Indy 500-Coca-Cola 600 double
Before beginning his mad dash to Charlotte, Busch at least took a moment to appreciate his impressive sixth-place finish at the Indianapolis 500.
Busch climbed out of his car and triumphantly held both hands in the air. In a chaotic postrace pit lane scene, Busch couldn't find a place to set his helmet and neck restraint device, saying to nobody in particular, "Somebody needs to do something with this."
Meanwhile, a state trooper stood nearby to help get Busch to the helipad, where he grabbed a quick helicopter flight to the airport then took a private plane, a Cessna Citation X, to Charlotte for Sunday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race to become the latest driver to complete the Indy-Charlotte double.
"I have a job to do now," Busch said before the start of the Coca-Cola 600. "I need to ignore the 500 miles I just did. I'm ready. Am I 100 percent? We'll find out."
Busch pulled into his pit at Indy at 3:17 p.m. and landed at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a helicopter at 4:50 p.m.
WATCH: Busch land on the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield
Busch arrived at CMS with time to spare before the start of the 600, NASCAR's longest race. He missed the pre-race drivers meeting, as expected, and started the race at the rear of the field.
Busch, his girlfriend Patricia Driscoll and her son, Houston, walked from the helicopter to the rear of the 600 pre-race stage, where Busch sat and talked with a parade of people offering congratulations. Among those were CMS president Marcus Smith and country singer Brantley Gilbert.
"All in all, I couldn't take anything more away," Busch said of his Indy experience. "It was everything I expected. [There was] the Midwestern hospitality, the ambiance, the backyard feel, but yet the Indy 500 is a grand stage, and those people are very proud of their backyard."
A doctor and nurse accompanied Busch on the flight from Indianapolis to Concord. They checked his blood pressure shortly after he boarded the plane, and Driscoll said it was perfect.
Busch received a bag and one-half of saline through an IV, and he drank about 20 ounces of fluid that included B12 vitamin, liquid oxygen drops, potassium, sugar and beet juice.
He ate a protein bar, a box of raisins and some beef jerky before napping for 20 minutes.
To finish sixth in his first try at Indy provided a sense of accomplishment to Busch, the 2004 NASCAR champion. He saluted his Andretti Autosport team.
"I gave it my all, and I know the car was better than I was, but I'm very satisfied with a sixth place," Busch said.
And Busch walked away impressed with the drivers he was racing against.
"The top five are incredible (in) this series, on getting all they can out of their car, being able to keep it under control and being able to race for position," Busch said.
VIDEO: Kurt Busch talks about the double
Busch dropped from his 12th starting position to 18th during his opening 30-lap stint at Indianapolis, but managed to avoid trouble after starting in a backup car because of a practice crash last Monday. He was in 20th after his first pit stop.
"Physically, it took me about 70 laps to find that rhythm," Busch said. "We found ourselves a little behind at that point, and I was afraid we had to burn too much fuel to catch back up, but we put ourselves in a good position all day."
Busch drew one of the largest crowds on the starting grid. Photographers angrily jostled for position around his No. 26 Dallara-Honda as he approached the Andretti Autosport entry.
"Take three steps back! Three steps back!" yelled a team representative.
Busch received a blessing from Rev. Dale Grubba, a hug from his mom, Gaye, and a few kisses from his girlfriend, Patricia. Then he climbed into his car to begin a hectic eight-hour period.
Upon his arrival for the Coca-Cola 600, Busch seemed to be in good spirits.
"I'm feeling good," he said. "I have the energy from running the race and the adrenaline. Now I have to separate and focus on what's happening."
Contributing: Nate Ryan
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Speaking at DICE in Las Vegas, Gore Verbinski has urged developers to push the boundaries of innovation and asked why companies insist on "making another Halo" when there are "so many other places to go." "This is the time for madness," he said in his conference keynote. "This is the time to go down dark […]
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Inland Northwest Rail Museum
Displays of Inland Northwest Railroad historical memorabilia as well as tours of restored full-size train cars including the last surviving Spokane Street Car. Over 20 other full-size railcars are on display. Formerly located at the Spokane County Fairgrounds for over 30 years, , an outstanding selection of railroad memorabilia and an extensive library. Hours are Fridays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through Dec. 15. Admission includes one 2-foot gauge train ride.
- Where:
- Inland Northwest Rail Museum, 27300 Sprinkle Road North (two miles west of Reardan on Highway 2 and 231 South), Reardan
- City:
- Reardan
- Cost:
- $8/general $7/seniors; $5/military and children age 5-12, free/age four and younger; additional train rides are $3
- Phone:
- (509) 796-3377
- Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website:
- http://www.inlandnwrailmuseum.com/
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It takes a great deal of stupidity for someone to add oil to the fire his enemy tries to burn him with, and President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration did precisely this with the farce it conducted in the legislature as it scrambled to downplay yesterday's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rally.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers on Friday retracted their support for the DPP's proposed amendments to the Radio and Television Act (廣播電視法), the Satellite Broadcasting Act (衛星廣播電視法) and the Cable Television Act (有線電視法) after the government made a last-minute U-turn on its stance on the amendments, which are designed to prevent the monopolization of media.
The government's abrupt change of mind highlighted its opportunism in handling the issue amid growing concerns about Chinese influence on Taiwanese media and the concentration of media ownership in the hands of conglomerates.
The KMT caucus had attempted to undermine the legitimacy of the DPP's "Fury" (火大) rally by throwing its support behind the DPP's proposed amendments in response to DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang's (蘇貞昌) call for the Ma administration to reject the controversial buyout of the Next Media Group's Taiwanese outlets.
The seeming cooperation between the KMT and the DPP on the issue fell apart after Ma and top government officials admonished the party caucus for being careless in supporting the DPP, and instructed the caucus to vote down the "flawed" amendment proposals.
KMT caucus whip Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) later said that his "strategy" was to send the DPP's amendments out of the legislature's Transportation Committee and then block them on the floor to highlight the problems with the legislation. He also accused the DPP of rushing the vote to bolster support for the rally.
The government also defended its actions by insisting that a specific law should be established to regulate media ownership, and that it would draft a well-thought-out anti-media monopolization law.
Faced with growing public discontent with the government, Ma and the KMT should have seized the opportunity to carry out its promise of implementing reforms by working with the opposition to pass amendments aiming to prevent the formation of media monopolies. Instead, the government's political manipulation of the issue has served only to fuel public anger over its poor performance and further eroded public's trust in the administration.
The amendments farce once again showed the Ma administration's inability to carry out government reforms. While it has pledged to reform the nation's pension system and presented measures such as slashing year-end bonuses for retired government employees and performance bonuses for employees at state-run corporations, the measures target only entry-level employees and are temporary. The government is still avoiding calls to privatize state-run corporations.
As the nation continues to suffer from a sluggish economy, the Ma administration's short-sighted reform measures have not satisfied anyone. Private sector workers are unhappy with the government's partial reforms, while civil servants and employees of state-run corporations are angry over the government's stripping them of the benefits they were offered to join the public sector.
The fundamental issue behind the public's anger is Ma's failure to boost the economy and implement reform, as high unemployment and low salaries breed class antagonism.


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Contemporary Green Living Room with White French Doors
The old window-unit air conditioner has been eliminated and new French doors added.
Contemporary Neutral Open Kitchen and Dining Room
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Contemporary Neutral Open Plan Dining Room and Kitchen
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Contemporary Neutral Open Floor Plan Living Room
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Contemporary White Kitchen with Blue Cabinets
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Contemporary Open Plan Dining Room with Hardwood Brown Floors
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Renovated Home Exterior with Swinging Porch Bed
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Contemporay White Kitchen with Light Stone Countertops
The kitchen is transformed with white ceiling-height cabinets, white subway tile, and light stone countertops.
Contemporary White Kitchen with White Tile Backsplash
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Contemporary Neutral Breakfast Nook with Gray French Doors
A contemporary neutral breakfast nook with gray french doors is shown, as seen on HGTV's Home Town.
Rustic Neutral Home Office with Repurposed Piano Desk
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Rustic Brown Dining Room with French Doors
The window at the far end of the dining room, which at one time had been an exterior window, is replaced by a new set of French doors opening onto the new home studio and office space.
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Contemporary Neutral Backyard with Deck and Pergola
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Blue Traditional Dining Room With Floral Curtains
The beautiful curtains are the star in this dining room, leaping out against the blue wallcovering. Vibrant fabric like this is an easy way to bring color and life into a room.
Green Laundry Room With Floor-to-Ceiling Storage
Tasked with fitting a washer and two dryers into this slim laundry room, designer RaeLynn Callaway of Classically Yours Interiors had limited space to add storage. She configured the cabinets to make the most of every inch, including open niches for bins and baskets. She also paid special attention to aesthetics, with lively green paint and corner cabinets that house art and accents. "I have realized that if you have a 'happy' laundry room you have a happy laundry person," Callaway says. Fun colors, cabinet hardware, flooring patterns and decor can really make a difference."
Rest Room
Natural elements are a big feature of the Lindsey home, from wood cabinets and shelves in this stunning bathroom, to spectacular views of the woods beyond. Small round his-and-her mirrors are a clever way to get around the windows in place of mirrors dilemma here. The master bathroom also features a sauna, whose door can be seen on the left.


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MUCH of Australia will be on high bushfire alert this weekend as a prolonged heatwave pushes across the country, with record temperatures already experienced in some centres.
A number of bushfires are being fought in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Authorities in those states are urging people to prepare themselves and their properties in case of fire.
Firefighters in Tasmania fear some houses have been lost at the township of Dunnalley near Hobart.
Health bodies are urging people to drink plenty of water and stay out of the heat.
The Bureau of Meteorology's acting regional director in South Australia, John Nairn, says while heatwaves are a normal part of the Australian summer, the current blast is unusual for the large area it is covering.
"More than 70 per cent of the continent is currently experiencing heatwave conditions," he said.
"Severe heatwave conditions across the interior of Australia are set to continue for a while yet."
Among the hottest parts of the country on Friday were Wudinna, on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, which hit 48.2C. Adelaide reached 45C and Hobart reached a record 41.8C – one degree hotter than the record set in 1976.
Tasmania Fire Service chief officer Mike Brown said conditions at times on Friday reached the catastrophic level developed after the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, with up to 40 fires burning around the state.
"We reached catastrophic fire danger ratings at times during this afternoon," Chief Officer Brown told reporters.
"I don't think we're quite out of the woods yet."
But it is the Dunnalley and Forcett fires, which the 100 fire crews fighting them say they can't contain, that are causing most concern ahead of a mild southerly change due in Hobart around midnight.
On South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, three farming properties were under threat on Friday, while fires were also being fought near Currency Creek, on the Yorke Peninsula, in the Clare Valley, and at Truro, north of Adelaide.
Country Fire Service spokesman Mal Watts said while a cooler change was expected to bring temporary relief to coastal areas of the state on Saturday, fire fighters would remain on high alert.
"We are throwing everything that we are able to at incidents as they occur," he said.
"We've got to get through today, then we get a bit of a lull and then we're back into it again next week.
Victoria's Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said Saturday would be a fire day of significance in northeastern Victoria.
Temperatures across the state have tipped past 40C in many communities with extreme fire danger ratings.
A fire in a pine plantation at Mt Richmond in the state's southwest is a "major concern".
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) issued an emergency warning for the fire, which could affect the Lake Monbeong and Swan Lake camp grounds.
He said the fire had no major settlement in its path. However, farming communities could be threatened, and people considering leaving should head for Portland.
The bureau of meteorology says the scorching heat bearing down across many states will continue "unabated" well into next week.
The National Heart Foundation is advising those with heart disease to take it easy during the next few days, with studies showing an increase in heart attacks and death from extreme heat.
The foundation says people most at risk are those with a chronic disease, such as heart disease, and the elderly, children, people on certain medications and those engaged in strenuous outdoor activity.
Police have also warned that leaving children, elderly people or pets unattended in cars could prove fatal in hot weather.
Surf lifesavers are expecting to have to rescue hundreds of beachgoers this weekend as swimmers escape the heatwave in NSW.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on people to be careful.
"Take care and stay safe as we face extreme heat around our nation. Listen to warnings on the high bushfire risk. JG," she tweeted on Friday.


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Sometimes a movie premise is so absurd that the plot must've been hastily cobbled together after reading a sensational headline. With this in mind, we asked ourselves: Just how hard can it be to come up with the plot to a scifi sequel? We scanned some recent real-life science headlines for inspiration and drummed up a few sequel contenders.
Headline: "Stardust Evidence Points to Planet Collision" Movie Title: Armageddon II: Are you Gettin' It? Director: Michael Bay The Set-Up: For reasons that defy logic, Venus has jumped its orbit and is headed towards Earth. Back at the farm, scientists determine that they must detonate the rogue planet before it obliterates the motherland. So NASA turns to a grizzled, retired explosives expert (the best in the world, natch) for an assist. One catch: They must first find a way to pry him away from The Bottle and rekindle the curmudgeon's will to live. Perhaps a visit from his saintly kindergarten-teacher ex-wife will do the trick?
Headline: "U.K. experts say Stonehenge a place of healing" Movie Title: How to Get to 11—The Nigel Tufnel Chronicles, Vol. 1 Director: Akiva Schaffer The Set-Up: It's 1973. Having recorded five albums with his band Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel Tufnel is in a creative funk. Seeking spiritual inspiration, he makes a pilgrimage to Stonehenge, "where a man's a man and the children dance to the Pipes of Pan."* He soon lands in a hospital after contracting a VD from this chance encounter with a Tap groupie who happened to be part of his tour group. (Hey, she looked clean.) And it is there, hopped up on antibiotics and whatnot, that Tufnel starts writing Spinal Tap's no-so-seminal album 1974's Intravenous de Milo. *Note: The track "Stonehenge" ended up appearing on the band's 1975 release, The Sun Never Sweats.
Headline: "Scientists demonstrate how to make a hidden portal" Title: The Being John Malkovich Prequel (working title) Director: John Grisham, in his directorial debut The Set-Up: Before the employees of LesterCorp got wind of the portal, an oblivious John Malkovich was making troubling career decisions, like starring in Mary Reilly or Con Air or The Man in the Iron Mask. You see, for a brief period of time, his consciousness was inhabited by a schizophrenic. Trapped in the eccentric actor's consciousness by a mad scientist, the mental patient is ruled missing until a perseverant psychiatrist tracks him. A lost cause? Hardly. Ignoring her skeptical colleagues, she embarks on an interdimensional adventure to liberate her fragile patient from the mind of Malkovich, all the while giving him hope with her tough-love maternal instincts.


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The Durango High School girls soccer team seemed determined not to let history repeat against the Panthers on Thursday in Durango.
DHS (4-3-2, 3-3-2 Southwestern League) didn't take long to score against Montezuma-Cortez (2-7-2, 1-6-1 SWL), going up 2-0 at halftime and winning by the same score Thursday at the Riverview Sports Complex.
"It was a good feeling not to have a letdown. We felt like when we played them the first time, we had 30 shots on goal and couldn't score," Durango head coach Dalon Parker said.
Lauran Morrissey scored the first goal for the Demons, and Amelia Wigton scored again just five minutes later.
Montezuma-Cortez had its best chance to score in the final 10 minutes of the first half, but the Demons thwarted any threat.
Durango goalie Kelly Perry made six saves in the win.


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Monday 15th August 2016
Saturnalia Tour 2016
The Wedding Present have had eighteen UK Top 40 hit singles… not bad for a band that has, from its inception, stubbornly refused to play the record industry's game. It all started in 1985 when David Lewis Gedge boarded a National Express coach in London with 500 records packed into a pair of his mother's suitcases and, in this fashion, delivered the band's debut single GO OUT AND GET 'EM BOY! to a distribution company in Yorkshire. That pioneering spirit has been at the core of the band's philosophy ever since. From GEORGE BEST, "an unmitigated delight" [NME], the first full-length release on their own Reception Records onwards, the band has charted an appealing, if often eccentric, course of its very own.
With their early releases The Wedding Present had acquired a reputation for bittersweet, breathtakingly honest love songs immersed in whirlwind guitars, so it was extraordinary that UKRAINSKI VISTUPI V JOHNA PEELA, with the band exploring traditional Eastern European folk music, should be their major label debut for RCA Records. "(They) carry off what is basically a bold experiment with verve" [NME]. However, this was soon followed by the more traditionally incendiary BIZARRO, "simply unbeatable" [Melody Maker] which featured their first hit single KENNEDY.
The next step, made with characteristically twisted Wedding Present logic, was to enlist the aid of the noise-mongering [and, at that point, relatively unknown] sound engineer Steve Albini. The resulting SEAMONSTERS, recorded in the snowy wilds of Minnesota in just 11 days, suggested a more thoughtful Wedding Present. The Guardian newspaper noted that: "Albini has given The Wedding Present considerable weight, with Gedge's voice trickling between banks of scowling guitars". Indeed, the singing ranged from sensual whispering to feverish screams.
The band came up with their next intriguing idea in 1992. By the end of December, The Wedding Present had released twelve singles, one per month, equalled Elvis Presley's 35-year-old record for "most hits in one year", rekindled everyone's interest in that ultimate pop format, the 7″, and led the NME to describe the band as "casually revolutionary and underhandedly unique". A gang of impressive names, including Ian Broudie from The Lightning Seeds and legendary Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller collaborated on the industry-challenging project, ultimately to be compiled on the two HIT PARADE albums and awarded "record of the week" by Tony Parsons in The Daily Telegraph.
WATUSI, produced by Steve Fisk (a prime mover in the celebrated avant-garde scene of Seattle) whisked the band off into yet another new area with its lo-fi pop, three-part a capella harmonies and Waikiki-ready surf strains. This "strong, multifaceted album" [Select], sprinkled with 60s and 70s pastiches, was described by critics as their most varied and dynamic to date. "Watusi is (their) 'White Album', a re-assessment of their sound that finds them doing what they do best" [Melody Maker].
The band returned to England to record their next release, the car themed MINI, "a gem of a record" [Melody Maker] in which Gedge cloaked his tales of love, lust and infidelity with automobile symbolism. To commemorate this release, the band played [with two drummers!] at the BBC's 'Sound City' event, which was held that year in Leeds. During the concert, the winner of a prize draw was announced and a lucky Wedding Present fan became the owner of a real life classic Austin Mini motor car provided by the band and delivered by David Gedge himself!
The follow-up, self-produced album, SATURNALIA, was again released to a flurry of critical approval. The NME exclaimed that "David Gedge has just written one of the best pop albums of the year" while The Melody Maker noted that in the new recordings, which were completed in the London studios belonging to The Cocteau Twins, you could "hear an experimentalism that would send half of New York back to the lab".
It was at this point in 1997 that Gedge started work on a new project called CINERAMA in which he indulged his love of film music from John Barry to Ennio Morricone via Serge Gainsbourg, Blaxploitation, easy listening and surf music! Cinerama started life as a duo [Gedge and his girlfriend Sally Murrell] together with a shifting line-up of collaborators. 1998′s VA VA VOOM "turbo-driven melodies and bittersweet vignettes taking in everything from John Barry to the Zombies" [The Times] featured The Church's Marty Wilson-Piper and Emma Pollock from The Delgados. Following its release, Gedge recruited the rhythm section of the disbanded Goya Dress(Terry de Castro and Simon Pearson) together with Wedding Present guitarist Simon Cleave for his new band.
Cinerama released a clutch of singles in support of their debut LP, as well as a number prior to 2000′s Steve Albini-recorded DISCO VOLANTE "dangerously, seductively sweet" [Melody Maker]. Notable were the heart-rending SUPERMAN (complete with alternative Spanish take) and the six and a half minute epic HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY (also available in French!).
The third Cinerama studio album, TORINO (released in 2002), was much darker than the first two, with Gedge returning to a more guitar driven sound and deciding to write predominantly about infidelity. "Cinerama are escaping the shadow of Gedge's illustrious indie-legend past. Torino is a giant beast of adulterous lyrical fantasies, cult soundtrack flourishes and the screams of Albini-engineered guitars" [Uncut].
At the end of 2002, Gedge and Murrell unexpectedly split up and he decided to leave Leeds, his home for the preceding twenty-four years and move to Seattle, Washington. Following the end of this fourteen-year relationship, Gedge began writing a collection of songs apparently influenced by his despair over the split. TAKE FOUNTAIN, the resultant album, was recorded in Seattle by Steve Fisk and released, perhaps ironically, on St. Valentine's Day 2005. This saw Gedge reviving the Wedding Present name for the first album since 1996′s SATURNALIA to a torrent of critical acclaim. "TAKE FOUNTAIN is as eloquent an emotional discourse as he has mustered" [Mojo]. "Fans have long since recognised Gedge as more poet than pop star. Like Byron without the marsh fever, TAKE FOUNTAIN confirms his status as an extraordinary songwriter" [The Times].
In the wake of TAKE FOUNTAIN's success and after almost an eight-year hiatus, The Wedding Present set out on a mammoth twenty month concert tour of Europe and North America which included most of the major festivals and ended in November 2006. The following month Gedge relocated temporarily to West Hollywood, California.
In January 2008 the band assembled in Steve Albini's Chicago studio to record EL REY, which was released in the summer of that year to further critical acclaim. The NME described the album as "a beauty… some of the funniest, cleverest and most relevant indie you're likely to hear this year" while The Guardian newspaper agreed that "Gedge has consistently been way ahead of other, more lauded musicians". At the end of 2008 Gedge fulfilled a long held ambition by releasing a bona fide Christmas song, HOLLY JOLLY HOLLYWOOD, a duet with Los Angeles based chanteuse, Simone White.
Now back in the UK, April 2009 saw Gedge collaborating with the BBC Big Band for the bi-annual FUSE Festival which was held back in his home town of Leeds. For the event he performed Wedding Present and Cinerama songs backed by eighteen world class musicians including legendary 'James Bond' trumpeter Derek Watkins. In what proved to be a busy yet unusual year for Gedge he also made his debut as a radio DJ in Texas, released his bass player's solo album on his label Scopitones and launched his own annual self-curated mini-festival, AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA, in Brighton, England. Also in 2009, two Take Fountain songs, I'M FROM FURTHER NORTH THAN YOU and RINGWAY TO SEATAC, appeared in the award winning independent film Skills Like This.
In 2012 The Wedding present released VALENTINA to further rave reviews. Of the album, which was mixed in L.A. by Grammy award winning producer Andrew Scheps, and also came out in book form, Magnet [USA] said: "guitars meander before slicing, the rhythm section is taut and Gedge hits all of his favourite topics - love, lust and spite - often in the same three or four minutes". 2012 also saw the release of a new comic book series, TALES FROM THE WEDDING PRESENT, which, Gedge has hinted, is essentially his memoirs in graphic novel style. Another notable release in 2012 was the '4 Chansons EP' which saw Gedge singing four tracks in French and which was followed in 2013 by the '4 Lieder EP' in German and in 2014 by 'EP 4 Cân' in Welsh!
In what turned out to be a huge and comprehensive reassessment of the band, 2014 saw Edsel Records re-releasing eight Wedding Present albums in critically acclaimed multi-disc 'extended' editions which brought together a wealth of historic recordings, radio sessions and videos.
Such has been the unpredictable nature of Gedge's career over the years, hardly anyone could have been surprised when he announced yet another remarkable project in 2015. Collaborating with Spanish indie legend Pedro Vigil he decided to 're-imagine' The Wedding Present's VALENTINA album as Cinerama. The resulting recording was also entitled VALENTINA and, with its "musical set pieces and vocal nuances fine enough to rival Bacharach and David", was described as "a truly sparkling and uplifting concerto for the modern age" by Vive Le Rock Magazine. Cinerama celebrated the release of this remarkable album with live performances in London and for BBC Radio 6 Music using additional musicians including a string quartet, brass and a flautist.
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Egypt's Morsi to reshuffle Cabinet amid turmoil
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi defended his handling of some of the nation's most pressing problems in a nearly two-hour television interview on Saturday, and pledged to appoint new Cabinet ministers in a move that could ease the country's deep political polarization.
Reshuffling the Cabinet has been a key demand of the nation's largely liberal and secular opposition, which is at odds with Morsi's Islamist backers over a myriad of issues that have surfaced since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
In the interview with Al-Jazeera, Morsi said the Cabinet changes would involve a number of key ministries, although he did not say how many. He also did not give a timeline or say which ministries would be affected.
It would be the second reshuffle since Morsi took office in July. The last ministerial shake-up in January led to the appointment of a new interior minister to oversee the police force. Rights groups allege that since Mohammed Ibrahim took the post, police have used excessive force, killing dozens of people nationwide in protests against Morsi.
There is no guarantee that a reshuffle of Cabinet posts would help bridge the deepening divide between Morsi's opponents and supporters, but it could help the country build political consensus around painful austerity measures needed to secure a nearly $5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.
"I do these changes based on what is best for the people," Morsi said. "The aim is to fulfill what is best."
The interview aired a day after violent street clashes erupted over whether the judiciary was being allowed to act independently. It also fell on the same day that an Egyptian court ordered the release of deposed President Mubarak pending further investigation into corruption charges. He will continue to be imprisoned on two other corruption cases.
Friday's violence erupted after the president's Muslim Brotherhood backers took to the streets to call for a "cleansing" of the judiciary and for loyalists of the former regime to be purged from state institutions. Egypt's secular-minded and liberal opposition rejected their call. They deemed it a cover for upcoming measures by Morsi and the country's temporary parliament to liquidate the judiciary and infuse their own members as a means to monopolize the judicial branch.
Morsi sought to allay those fears, telling Al-Jazeera that he was among those imprisoned under Mubarak for speaking out in favor of an independent judiciary away from presidential control.
"I hear the words purging the judiciary in the framework of people's worries," he said. "This worry is from people who see recent verdicts that do not live up to their expectations."
"The acquittals of former regime figures worries people," he said. "We can appreciate this worry."
The judiciary has been a significant battleground in the political unrest that has swept Egypt. It is the sole branch of government not dominated by Morsi's Islamist allies.
On his relationship with the Brotherhood, Morsi acknowledged he once headed the group's political party and was their candidate for president.
"But the president who was elected for Egypt is the president of all Egyptians," he said, denying that the Brotherhood was running his administration from behind the scenes.
He said his administration and the opposition agree on the country's goals, but differ on the way to achieve them.
He also deflected reports that there was a rift between him and the country's powerful military, from which the past four presidents have hailed. Morsi is the first civilian and first Islamist president to be elected in the country's first free presidential race.
He said that the presidency and the army are "on the same side."
Morsi needs the military and police to help secure the country amid protests against his rule. He reported there were around 1,200 protests in February and March alone, but insisted this did not reflect waning popularity for his rule.
"Egyptians are very wise and able to know who works for them and who works against them," he said.
Morsi said he believes his popularity is growing by the day, although his opponents, including liberals, socialists and ultraconservative Islamists, contend the government is not being transparent about economic measures that could further hurt Egypt's poor. The IMF loan is linked to economic reforms.
A team from IMF left Egypt this week without broad backing from Morsi's opponents to the terms of the loan, which they said have not been made public.
The loan is seen as critical to boosting investor confidence in Egypt and freeing up around $15 billion in other international aid and investments the country desperately needs. Foreign reserves, needed to pay for vital subsidies that millions rely on for survival, stand at $13.4 billion, less than two-thirds what they were prior to the uprising.
Morsi said he will not accept conditions attached to any loan and said Egypt was not to blame for talks about the loan that have dragged on for more than a year. He said his government was acting transparently.
"There is continuous dialogue about what is best for Egyptians in the future so that we do not enter a phase that imposes price hikes and other things," he said.
Senior IMF officials say Egypt needs to restore confidence in its economy and foster political stability. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said recently that "there is clearly more work to be done" regarding discussions over the loan for Egypt.
Local media have sharply criticized Morsi for his handling of the country in the 10 months he has been in office.
A number of complaints filed by Islamists and Brotherhood lawyers against media personalities have further outraged rights advocates.
Morsi said he supports freedom of the press. He said that since last year, dozens of TV stations and newspapers have been given licenses to work. He also noted that he had issued a law that bans journalists from being imprisoned for media-related charges until court verdicts are handed down.
One of the most talked about issues in the local press has been Qatar's $5 billion support package to Morsi's government and how the oil-rich Gulf state has made bids for numerous acquisitions in Egypt. There is also concern that the Palestinian Hamas group — an offshoot of the Brotherhood that runs the Gaza Strip — is strengthening its position in northern Sinai where Islamic militant attacks on the military and police are frequent.
Morsi, however, insisted he will not allow foreign meddling.
He has also been sharply criticized for turning to Iran to promote tourism in Egypt. Ultraconservative Sunni hard-liners have protested improving ties with the Shiite nation, particularly as it continues to support the Syrian regime against a largely Sunni Muslim opposition.
Asked if his efforts to bolster Egypt's relationship with Iran was being done to spite countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their past support of Mubarak, Morsi said he was simply working in the interest of Egyptians, and added that he supports having Iran play a role in solving the Syrian crisis.
In the wide-ranging interview, Morsi also commented on his government's relationship with the United States.
Asked why there has not yet been a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama, Morsi said only that Egypt's relationship with Washington was "good and continuous" and built on mutual interest.
On Israel, he reiterated his respect of Egypt's peace treaty with the Israelis, and said they were working as neighbors on border security.
Turning to unrest in his own country, Morsi played down frequent clashes between Muslims and Christians, including one that led to a recent assault on a main Coptic cathedral in Cairo. He refused to characterize the clashes as sectarian violence.
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The White House is putting an end to the investigation of a security breach at the state dinner on Nov. 24, the Washington Post reported.
Despite unanswered questions, the House Committee on Homeland Security is obeying the White House's request to cease and desist investigating.
And yet one central part -- the participants and the discussion at a dinner planning meeting between representatives from White House social secretary Desirée Rogers's office and the Secret Service -- is being guarded by the administration as a virtual state secret. White House press officers decline to acknowledge the meeting or say who attended or what was said. Rogers declined to comment for this report.
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The couple at the center of this comedy -- celebrity wannabes Michaele and Tareq Salahi -- still insist they went to the dinner thinking they might be on the guest list.
A production company shooting for a potential reality show -- Bravo's "The Real Housewives of D.C." -- followed the Salahis around as they got prepared for the dinner.
According to the Post report, a representative from the production company tried to get confirmation that the Salahis were confirmed guests, but the representative's e-mail went to a generic inbox and no reply was sent.
Abby Greensfelder, the owner of Half Yard Productions, said the couple unequivocally portrayed themselves as state dinner invitees.
"We took them at their word and filmed their preparations for the event," said Greensfelder. "Half Yard Productions had no part in planning their presence at the event."
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the Homeland Security Committee, said he isn't concerned with Michele Jones, the Pentagon official who tried to get the Salahis tickets to the event, because she was just trying to help out. That effort may have convinced the Salahis to take a chance at getting in to the party. But the driver of the limo that whisked the Salahis from a Georgetown salon that evening said that the couple gave the impression they had misplaced their invitation, not that they were hoping an invite came through at the last minute.
What remains a concern, though, is the fact that they did get through security and into the party despite not getting on the guest list.
The Salahis were asked to testify to the Homeland Security Committee about the breach but refused. Before the committee voted to subpoena the couple, they issued statements that they would invoke the Fifth Amendment if questioned because the committee and media has already vilified them. If they lied to get through security, they deserve the vilification.
In the month since the incident, the Secret Service has put three members on administrative leave. President Barack Obama has said the screw up that got the Salahis through security will not happen again.
Meanwhile, the Salahis are getting their celebrity, though it may not be that which they craved. Their dirty laundry includes accusations of unpaid debts, bogus charitable endeavors, crashing the Redskins cheerleading squad and even a phony watch.


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Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes - Laurence Tribe (1991)
Bearing Right : How Conservatives Won the Abortion War Will Saletan (2003)
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza Gloria Anzáldua (1999, 2007)
Colonize This!Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism- Ed. D. Hernandez, B. Rehman, 2002
Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti (2007)
Killing the Black Body and Shattered Bonds - Dorothy Roberts (1998, 2003)
Making Face, Making Soul: Haciendo Caras, Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color edited by Gloria Anzáldua (1990)
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Our Bodies, Ourselves - Boston Women's Health Collective, Multiple Editions
Policing the National Body, Vol. 1 Edited by Anannya Bhattacharjee, Jael Silliman (2002)
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I did a search but couldn't find an official response.
I once found an Aussie server, but I've never been able to find it since. Hoping for an official clarification on local support in my region at some point. I absolutely love the game but iv'e had enough of trying to compete at silly pings. There is no hard feelings on my part as I appreciate the server expense for a niche game, but I would much rather know for sure if there is no intention so I can move on. Will drop back into the game in a few months to check if there's no short term plans for Aussie servers.
Congrats on the great game though


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A WEEK after a Boston Marathon bomb put Heather Abbott in a local hospital, the Rhode Island woman faced a difficult decision: try to keep her badly wounded foot, or have her leg amputated below the knee.
She picked the second option, viewing life with a prosthesis as the most assured path back to the active lifestyle she lived before the April 15 bombings. The 38-year-old said she likes to run and take aerobic and Zumba classes. She wanted to try "yoga paddle boarding" this summer.
She now has her sights set on next year.
"I really think I'm going to be able to live my life in a normal way, eventually, when I get that permanent prosthesis," Ms Abbott said, speaking at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Addressing media from a bed wheeled into a hospital conference centre, Ms Abbott was also clear-eyed about the challenges of rehabilitation and the pain she may endure along the way. Additionally, she said has been focused on her recovery and not news about the bombing suspects—Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, who died following a shootout with the police last week.
"I haven't thought much about them at all," Ms Abbott said. "I don't even know how to pronounce their names."
The two bombs on Monday injured 264 people, according to the Boston Public Health Commission, and led more than a dozen, including Ms Abbott, to endure amputations. She is one of the most recent people to join that list, highlighting the tenuous situation some patients have faced following efforts to save damaged limbs.
A patient at Massachusetts General Hospital also underwent an amputation within the last week, a spokesman said.
In Ms Abbott's case, she needed vascular repair to try to restore blood flow to her foot, and follow-up evaluations indicated she still had to consider the option to amputate. Doctors always try to leave this up to patients, said Eric Bluman, Ms Abbott's orthopedic surgeon, but they also explained the potential limitations of a foot that may never heal.
Meantime, the hospital also introduced the patient to other amputees, including war veterans, to give Ms Abbott a view into her possible future.
With a "very badly mangled" foot, she said, she wouldn't be able to live the lifestyle she did before the injury.
She was injured by the second bomb, which went off in front of the Forum restaurant on Boylston Street. She was waiting in line with friends to get into the bar after taking in a Red Sox game, which is a Patriot's Day tradition for the Newport, Rhode Island, resident. She and friends had come up by train from Providence.
After hearing the first, nearby explosion, Ms Abbott immediately thought it was a terrorist attack—something she said leaves her leery of returning to the marathon or other crowded venues again. The next bomb went off quickly. Ms Abbott, last in line among her friends, was on the floor as people scrambled to the back of the bar.
"I felt like my foot was on fire," she said. "I knew I couldn't stand up."
She wondered who could answer her cries for help in the chaos, but she was rescued quickly by several people. One, Matt Chatham, a former linebacker with the New England Patriots, helped carry her outside. They have talked since, and Ms Abbott plans to meet him in the future.
She also has talked to dignitaries, including First Lady Michelle Obama, who visited her bedside, and cited constant attention from friends and family, plus support from the hospital, for keeping her upbeat. Her friends have been raising money for her recovery.
"My room is never empty," Ms Abbott said. "I couldn't have imagined this type of response."
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By Michele Langlo [1] Jun 08, 2012 0 [2]
Frightening Questions
Monday morning, my sweet son became violently ill and then collapsed. I did my best to break his fall but all I could do was to keep his head from hitting the brick tile floor. It was evident that he had some sort of extremely vicious stomach virus. It was such that I didn't have time to be scared at that point, I just went on autopilot.
I helped Cody dress, then got dressed myself. I started to help my son to the car. We walked outside and stood at the stairs. Suddenly I watched his eyes roll back in his head and he started to go down again. This time I managed to keep his head from hitting the railing on the deck. I let him sit for a moment to get his bearings. Then I instructed him to scoot down the stairs on his rear end.
Finally we made it to the bottom of the stairs. Cody stood, and I put his arm around my neck and as quickly as I could, I guided him to the car and helped him in. We then began our 30-mile journey to the hospital.
Upon arrival, I ran inside to grab a wheelchair. Bill met me at the door and helped get Cody out of the car. We wheeled him to the front desk and explained why we were there and they immediately rushed us through the unit doors. There, the nurses and doctors were quick to act.
The nurse attempted to do an orthostatic blood pressure. Lying and sitting he did fine; standing, was another story. She couldn't get a reading the first time. She tried again but before the cuff was fully inflated Cody began to fall backwards onto the gurney. Upon standing, his blood pressure was falling through the floor.
Blood tests were run and within a short time the results were back. Cody's white cell count was sky high. His first temperature reading was fine, but when it was taken again a little while later, he was running a low grade fever. The doctor did not hesitate to say, "He needs to be admitted."
While the staff on the floor had been informed that Cody was autistic, they really were not sure what an overnight stay would entail for him or them. We explained to them that either Bill or I would need to be there with him round the clock for communication purposes.
At first, they were asking Cody questions in the same way they would ask any neurotypical person. They quickly learned that got them nowhere and they needed help.
But there was the HIPPA [3] law to deal with as well. Something hospitals take this very seriously. Cody is legally an adult, so how was this going to work?
Bill and I both carry photocopies of our Legal Guardianship document from the court with us at all times. Bill pulled his out of his wallet and handed it to the nurse. I don't think I've ever seen anyone quite as relieved as she was at that moment. Now we could begin to make some headway toward my son's care.
IVs were started and antibiotics were on board. A chest X-Ray was taken and a CT scan followed. He received pain relievers and anti-nausea medications to relieve his discomfort. In a short while, they brought him some Sprite, some Jello and some broth. He was able to eat and drink and very soon, he was resting comfortably.
I lay in a recliner next to my son's bed that night and prayed he would be alright. I stayed awake till about 1:00 a.m. just watching him breathe. And then I finally drifted off to sleep myself. The next day, Cody was well enough to go home.
Now I think about what kind of problems we could have faced had we not been prepared. What would have happened if we had not had that document in our physical possession at that moment when questions of legalities surfaced? Would the doctors and nurses have been legally bound to go strictly on what procedures Cody gave permission for? What if he said no? Would they have given up when they could not get legitimate answers to their questions? I shudder to imagine the horror we could have faced, especially if Cody had not responded to treatment quickly.


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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot impose a mandate for a non-existent product and then punish companies for failing to use said non-existent product, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled.
That non-existent product? Cellulosic biofuels, a type of ethanol made from non-food sources such as wood chips, switchgrass, and non-edible feedstock.
The court ruled that the EPA can set renewable fuel production standards as a means to stimulate economic development, but it cannot punish companies who fail to meet those standards.
"Do a good job, cellulosic fuel producers. If you fail, we'll fine your customers," the judges wrote.
In 2007, the EPA mandated that 250 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels be produced in 2011 and 500 million gallons in 2012. The problem was that no company could make the product commercially viable, so the EPA lowered its 2012 goal to 8.65 million gallons. Even that didn't help, because absolutely zero gallons were produced in 2010 and 2011. Companies did manage to produce 22,000 gallons in 2012, but that still meant it was commercially non-existent.
The lack of a product forced the oil industry to pay fines of more than $6 million for failing to use the non-existent biofuels. As you can imagine, this cost was then passed on to consumers.
The mandate was supposed to spur investment in the cellulosic biofuels industry, but as Heritage's Nick Loris points out:
The fact that cellulosic [biofuel] production is nowhere near providing industrial-scale quantities of fuel demonstrates the government's inability to determine what is commercially viable and beneficial for consumers.
It all goes back to the government thinking that it can pick winners and losers in the energy industry. It fails every time. The best course of action would be to remove mandates like the one for cellulosic biofuels and ethanol, as well as the energy-specific tax credits, and allow the market's consumers to do what they do best—pick the most effective energy source.


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yeah, I will tell my friend.
Sowseng, while browsing through TiLite's new Options Brochure just now, I saw a high-mount flip-back footrest!
The High-Mount Flip-Back Footrest is finished for my TiLite. I posted about it in the Equipment thread. Let me know if you have questions
I'm gathering the parts, the last of which I should have by Monday. I need only three parts, but they're not as common as I thought. Their total cost isn't much though: <$10US.
I don't see a high-mount flipback footrest on TiLite's eStore, but I sure think it would possible. Right now I have a 2x4 screwed on the top my flipback footest to temporarily increase its height. It works just fine. I will try installing some longer bolts with standoffs to see how well that method works (it would sure be lighter).
Obtaining a high-mount flipback footrest might be a very cheap, do-it-yourself project. Write me back in a few days, to remind me to let you know how my trial goes.
Sowseng, I talked with Mark at TiLite just now. The fixed back DU is NOT available on the AeroZ.
thanks jschism.
to order parts from sportaid, you have to look up parts on manufacturers website(Tilite, quickie, ect.)and call sportaid. You can also call and they can look up, but it's easier to look it up yourself so you know what you are getting for sure. the compact scissor brakes are only for the quickie Q7, so that makes it a little harder to look up, but the part numbers listed in toto's thread are correct quickie part numbers. you would have to look up the Tilite frame clamp part number unless you already have the tilite scissor locks, then just reuse the frame clamp.
hi sowseng
how r u?
just visited Seb from tetra aid below. thanks a lot man.
i m really amazed at the technicality of getting a wheelchair.......so many specs etc...
thanks sowseng. m checking with tetra now. apparently form the web the tilite all sold out!!! will drop by the shop tomorrow if it opens....thanks man
i m in JB....doesnt look like any wheelchair shops here that sell this brands...
hi there,
please can you tell me where to get the OX or quickie?
i m new here
laidbacklen aka Lenny here. From USJ. Where did you buy your quicke from. Planning to get TiLite ZRA from US but also looking at other option.
Add me email@example.com.
Thanks for the post about the all terrain chair. Pretty cool.
zulkafli : 0132193031.it's based in KL, so it might be easy for u...
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Junk mail kingpin held on child abuse charges
Trial to start in December
Notorious spammer Leo Kuvayev is being held on remand in his native Russia over child sex charges.
Kuvayev, 38, who occupies the second spot on Spamhaus' ROKSO list of the world's worst spammers, is accused of molesting 50 children from Moscow orphanages. The suspect has been held on remand since last December but news of his detention only broke this week via a reports by ex-Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs. Kuvayev was indicted last August and arrested in September following a police investigation prompted by complaints by one of the girls he allegedly abused.
He faces a trial scheduled to start in December.
Brandon A Montgomery, a spokesman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division at the US Department of Homeland Security, told KrebsOnSecurity: "Our attaché in Moscow is working with the criminal investigative team in Russia, and the investigation is ongoing."
Kuvayev, who specialises in pharmacy and pirated software spam and holds dual Russian and American citizenship, was successfully sued for violations of the CAN-SPAM Act back in 2005. Faced with paying fines of $37m, Kuvayev fled the US.
Spamhaus cites Kuvayev as a pioneer in the use of image-based spam as a means of sidestepping spam filters and the use of botnet networks of compromised PCs to distribute junk mail. ®
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Reviewed By Andrew J (LA CENTER, WA) Reviewed for a 2004 Mazda RX-8 —1/14/2016 3:23 PM
It works well for the car. Make sure everything is sealed when installing. It's not a true cold air but it only runs 12 degrees warmer than ambient temp and only 2 degrees than stock. For the sounds and looks it's worth it and there's more torque. As for the 20 extra hp well it's more like 10 hp.