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CINCINNATI, OH AND ALBANY, GA (August 7, 2017) — Today, Michelman, Inc., a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly advanced materials, announced that it has sold its Wood Release Agent Product Line to SASCO Chemical, a Polymer Solutions Group (PSG) company.
According to Michelman's President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Shifman, "We are extremely proud of the development of our engineered wood release business over recent years. Michelman's technical and business development associates identified a changing commercial environment and acted to fulfill the needs of our customers. This segment continues to develop and we are pleased that these customers will now be served by SASCO."
Mike Ivany, President and Chief Executive Officer of PSG, added "The acquisition of Michelman's Michem® Wood Release agents will advance PSG's strategic goal of growing its product portfolio of functional materials for the construction industry. Specifically, this solidifies PSG and SASCO as a dedicated supplier to the engineered wood market and provides a platform to expand PSG's presence into other technical and geographical areas."
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No one I had talked to had been in the Argentiere Basin yet this winter so we didn't know what conditions would be like. Dave Searle (local Chamonix bad-ass: www.davesearle.me, CHECK HIM OUT!) and I decided we'd go have a look in the Argentiere and check out the Y Couloir on the Aiguille d'Argentiere. If the Y looked good we'd shred it, if not we'd ride back down the Milieu Glacier that we planned to climb up. We had no idea it was about to be one of the most epic descents either of us had ever had!
This is our route up the Milieu. It's a bigger climb than I remembered, from the Argentiere Glacier to the top of the Aiguille d'Argentiere at 3877m.
I took this picture from Luca Pandolfi's website from when he shredded it two years ago. This ain't no LCC Y…
The view from down here never gets old.
Dave Searle getting to the top of the headwall. "It feels like we're climbing a 8000 m peak!" -Dave. Indeed, it did.
Climbing down from the summit to get a look into the Y.
After some hesitant, thoughtful banter about conditions and whatnot, we threw a couple boulders into the Y, and seeing nothing but powder explosions, we decided to drop in. It looked really steep, I was kind of scared.
I carefully made my way down the steepest part at the top, making turns here and there.
The pitch mellowed out a bit and got really enjoyable.
Photo By Dave Searle.
Photo By Dave Searle.
Photo By Dave Searle.
We thought the snow in the sun might be sun crusted as we approached it… but no. It was rip-able blower! But we keep in mind there is a 30m rappel at the bottom.
After the rappel we shredded down the Amethyst Glacier and the mountains lit up in the sunset. The day didn't come to an end until I skated across a slightly uphill, rolling glacier for an hour and a half. Dave Searle waited patiently giving nice words of encouragement. We finally got through the broken glacier to the Grandes Montets piste and shredded down 2,500 ft of soft piste in a total white-out fog, in the dark… Could've done without the fog fo sho.


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Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw differ on importance of Peyton Manning winning second Super Bowl
NEW YORK – By this time in Super Bowl XLVIII week, you would think Legacy is Peyton Manning's middle name. (It's Williams).
The buzzword that's replaced "Omaha" in our Manning vernacular is defined as this: "Something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past."
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What happened in the past is that Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw set the gold standard for quarterbacks winning Super Bowls, four each, that everyone has chased since. Manning can get only halfway there if he leads the Broncos over the Seahawks on Sunday, but it would take him a long way toward being the best ever.
Montana doesn't get caught up in the fact that most still rank him No. 1 among Super Bowl-era QBs. He also doesn't think Manning should be downgraded among the elite just because his prolific regular-season prowess has yet to add up to multiple rings.
"Look at the guy and look at the numbers he's thrown up there," Montana told Sporting News. "He's already won one, so I don't even see why that even comes up. He's already proven himself over and over."
While Manning can't catch Montana in titles, Montana is impressed with how Manning, like him, has found success with a strong second NFL team and unlike him with the Chiefs, gotten the Broncos to the Super Bowl.
Montana also points out that Manning has taken advantage of something he wasn't allowed to do much: be his own consistent play-caller.
"I wish we had control of the offense like he does," Montana said. "That would have been fun and made things a little easier. We always had to have a reason to change the play, and if it didn't go well, you would get that old stare walking off the field."
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Bradshaw, already impressed that Manning set single- season passing records for yardage and touchdowns coming off major neck surgery, would elevate Manning to a new level were he to capture a second Super Bowl title.
"If he wins another one he can really climb that ladder," Bradshaw said. "I have him around my top five, but I might put him right behind Montana."
Future Hall of Famer Kurt Warner was the last quarterback to get to the Super Bowl with two different teams. Like Manning, Warner went 1-1 with his first team (the Rams) and he couldn't add a ring with his second team (the Cardinals). Manning, after going 1-1 with the Colts, is vying for a different result in his third Super Bowl with the Broncos.
Warner agreed that for Manning to be mentioned in the same breath as Montana, he would need to match Elway, who won his first at Manning's current age, 37, and get closer to Tom Brady (three) in rings.
"Big picture, if we're talking about best quarterback to ever play this game, he probably has to have more than one to be considered in that narrative," Warner said. "Whether it's fair or not."
Warner played as well as he could in three tight Super Bowls, where he could have just as easily been 3-0 or 0-3.
Peyton's father, Archie Manning, has one son, Eli Manning, who already has two rings quarterbacking the Giants. But when you look at the brothers' bodies of work, Peyton's far outweighs what Eli has done overall.
If anything, Eli getting streaky with two Giants teams that wouldn't have won without stellar defense and amazing catches plays into Peyton's favor. Archie noted that some of the best to ever play just didn't quite get the right breaks in Super Bowls.
"Win one or win two, we make too big a deal of it" Archie Manning said. "Consider a great player like Dan Marino didn't win any, and with Jim Kelly, (the Bills) still went four times.
"You're fortunate enough just to get in there, and if you have the better team you probably win. It's football; it's oblong and it takes some mighty funny bounces."
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For Peyton Manning to build on his resume of greatness on Sunday, he'll need to do something only Montana has done in the Super Bowl: lead the league's top-ranked offense over the league's top-ranked defense.
That happened 24 years ago, over Elway's Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV. Montana's 49ers, with a juggernaut passing game under coach Bill Walsh, dominated Denver's defense, 55-10. Likewise, Montana doesn't expect Manning to be fazed much by Seattle's top-notch secondary.
"It was more that they've got to figure out what they're doing to stop us, with how much we had offensively," Montana said. "I guarantee Peyton isn't going to worry about it."
If Manning's performance against the Seahawks adds up to a win, it's a guarantee we will keep hearing more about the "L-word".


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Ah, users -- if it weren't for them, technology would work so well.
As anyone who works in tech support knows, the most common cause of computer-oriented trouble is a little thing called user error. Sometimes, the mistakes people make are so absurd, all you can do is laugh.
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We've tracked down six such tales of embarrassing brain fail. Read them, have a laugh, and -- most of all -- be glad you weren't the one who had to deal with the fallout.
And remember: While some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty, the stories, unfortunately, are all too real.
Stupid user trick No. 1: Cloud storage strategy gone wrong
Cloud storage can be a valuable tool for a business -- except, that is, when the business grossly misunderstands how cloud storage works.
Just ask the guy who picked up the pieces from our first tech fail. Dwight Zahringer, CEO of development firm Trademark Productions, was working to build a new website for a Detroit-based financial company when he came across an unexpected item in a public FTP folder.
"In our intake and review of [the old] website files, we found a suspect directory," Zahringer recalls. "We found a number of financial documents, pictures, and personal documents."
Personal photos in a public FTP folder? Eek. We can only hope they weren't, shall we say, too personal.
Private sightings aside, Zahringer knew he had his work cut out for him. He and his team started digging and discovered the rogue files all belonged to -- who else? -- the company's CEO. That, lamentably, was only the start of the saga.
"Upon further inspection, we knew that there was a very good chance [the files] could have been indexed in search engines, having been a part of the public root. Indeed, many of the documents and images were," Zahringer says.
How'd Mr. CEO manage to put his personal stuff in the company's public FTP folder? Simple: The company's IT guy told him to store the files there, so he could access them from home.
"The CEO did not trust a hosted free application like Dropbox," Zahringer explains. This, evidently, was the IT guy's solution.
Zahringer set out on a mission of damage control, quickly pulling the files and doing some server-side programming to stop further indexing. Of course, stuff on the Internet spreads like wildfire -- and extinguishing the flames is often easier said than done.
"There were instances of his personal photos showing up in Google Images," Zahringer says. "They were also reposted at other sites around the Web."
Beyond that, one of the CEO's personal real estate contracts had been repurposed as a downloadable template on some third-party sites. Long story short, it was one seriously hot mess.
"While we were able to limit any damage, embarrassment of the CEO was unavoidable," Zahringer says. "It also cost the CEO an additional $6,000 for our services to help with the matter."
The moral: Always ensure your cloud storage is secure before uploading private documents. If your storage is in the same place where your website files live, it's safe to say other people can see it. And if your IT guy tells you otherwise, for the love of GOOG, fire him.
Stupid user trick No. 2: A whale of a fail
These days, everyone seems to be in love with social media. But while a tool like Twitter can help your company connect with clients, it can also make your company a global punchline in less time than it takes to say "A plus K."
We've seen plenty of social media disasters play out in real time, like the recent instance where an employee at British company HMV posted colorful commentary about corporate layoffs from the company's official Twitter account. For Brian, a manager at a Michigan-based IT support firm, those cases hit close to home.
In the early days of Twitter, Brian had set up an account for his company and entrusted it to an intern. Tweeting seemed like a mundane task, after all, and this eager college senior was more than up to the task of sending out a few cheery updates and responding to basic customer queries during the day.
"To be honest, I didn't think twice about it," Brian says. "Of course, this was back before Burger King and Coke and everyone else in the world was using Twitter as a CRM platform."
Brian's plan seemed to be perfect: The intern appreciated the real-world responsibility, and the Twitter presence was one fewer item crowding the staff's overflowing responsibility list.
"It was a perfect setup," Brian says, "right up until it wasn't."
The transformational moment came when Brian's intern reached the end of his semester and, thus, his internship with the company. The intern's workstation was cleared and reset -- but the company's Twitter password, as it turns out, was not.
"Evidently, the kid had been logged into our account from his personal laptop, too," Brian says. "That was my oversight."
The oversight became apparent when Brian -- who had taken over tweeting after the intern's departure -- noticed some profanity-laden updates showing up in his company's stream. He wasn't the one typing them, and it didn't take long to figure out who was.
"When I called him up, he swore up and down that his roommate had gotten onto his laptop and been the one who did it," Brian says. "Regardless, it was my company's name being dragged through the mud."
Luckily, the damage didn't draw too much attention and Brian was able to delete the tweets and reset the password before anything worse went down. But even if he managed to erase the evidence, the lesson is something he won't soon forget.
"We still have interns help with social media at times, but now, they never know the password and only have access from a secure system in the building," he says.
The moral: Social media may seem silly, but it's effectively a public voice for your company -- and outsiders have no idea who's doing the typing. Keep careful track of access to your accounts and be sure to reset passwords before an active user departs.
Stupid user trick No. 3: The executive plug
Company presentations seem to be magnets for tech-oriented failures. Often, though, it's not equipment malfunction but user error that's the root of the problem.
Adam Root (yes, that's his actual name) knows all too well about the joys of user error. Root -- now CTO of social marketing software company HipLogiq -- was working as a developer at a major insurance company when he got a memorable call from a panicked exec: "The projector isn't working and I need a techie, stat!"
The exec, Root realized, was in the midst of delivering a presentation to the senior-most members of the company. Root rushed to the conference room and, within seconds, realized what was wrong.
"The VGA cable was connected to his laptop but not to the VGA wall input, which in turn connects it to the projector," Root recalls.
Yup -- the age-old stupid user trick of forgetting to plug the damn thing in.
Rather than rub in the silliness of the mistake, Root took the high road and helped cover up the executive's slip-up. Before connecting the missing cable, he switched the display to a different input and pretended to fiddle around for a few minutes -- making it look as if there were some legitimate problem and letting the executive save face.
Root's discretion did not go unnoticed. "While watching me, he realized his mistake and came up later to thank me for not making him look like an idiot in front of his superiors," Root says. "He even gave me a spot bonus."
The moral: As Root puts it, "With knowledge comes power. Don't use your intelligence to make others look stupid; instead, make them look like heroes and you will be rewarded for it -- if not monetarily, at least with karma."
Stupid user trick No. 4: Back that thang up
File this next fail tale under "reasons why executives should never attempt tech support."
The gang from Conduit Systems, an IT management firm based out of New England, got a call one day from a high-ranking exec at one of their client companies. The exec breathlessly explained that he had accidentally deleted a file and needed to have a backup restored right away.
This was back in the era before remote access was common, so the Conduit crew had to hop into a car and rush out to the company's office, about an hour away. Evidently, 60 minutes was too long for the ailing executive to wait.
"When we showed up, he was in the process of restoring what he thought was his file back to the server," says Dan Tully, Conduit's executive vice president. "He said, 'Don't worry about it. I've already got it started and should be good to go.'"
Famous last words: Tully and his team decided to stick around, and it was a good thing. A few minutes later, calls started pouring in from the company's end-users -- all of whom were suddenly unable to access their files.
"We knew something had gone awry," Tully says.
Sure enough, the brilliant executive had decided to restore the entire volume of the backup instead of just the single file he needed. But wait, there's more: Instead of pulling the backup from the previous night, he had grabbed a backup from the same day, only one year earlier.
"Needless to say, it was somewhat disruptive to the workflow," Tully laughs. "People often have just enough knowledge to feel they have the confidence to go ahead and try something on their own, but instead of a quick turnaround, they usually create a mess that requires the better part of a day to rectify."
It took a few hours, but Tully and his team were able to hit "undo" on the executive-level damage. Though the entire company lost out on half a day's productivity, the Little Manager Who Couldn't got his missing file back in the end.
The moral: Just because your title is seven words long doesn't mean you're an expert in everything. If you aren't an IT worker, set your pride aside when something goes wrong and let the pros do what they're paid to do.
Stupid user trick No. 5: Mail me once, shame on you ...
Corporate email is fine for sending quick messages or light file exchanges, but moving entire gigabytes of data? Yeah -- not so much.
Of course, users don't always know that. J. Wiltz Cutrer, Jr., owner of IT consulting firm TechKnolutions, got a call one day about problems with a client's Exchange server.
"We discovered a user had been trying to send an entire disc image -- a video over 600MB in size -- attached to an email," Cutrer says.
What do you do when you send a 600MB email and it doesn't go through right away? Try, try again. The user re-sent the message four more times, then asked multiple coworkers to try sending it as well. By the time all was said and done, 12 emails with 600MB attachments were piled up in the mail server.
"The attachments not only crashed the Exchange server cluster [but] also crashed the archive system. Made for a fun day flushing the files out!" Cutrer jokes.
The company, Cutrer discovered, did not enforce a hard limit on file attachment sizes, instead giving users cheery warnings that large attachments weren't supported and shouldn't be sent. Whoops.
The moral: Friendly warnings aren't enough. If an action can bring your system to a halt, don't give users the option to do it. Given the opportunity, one of them invariably will.
Stupid user trick No. 6: The customer is not always right
As anyone who's ever manned the help desk can attest, computer users say the darnedest things. And they're always convinced they're right.
In the late '90s, Mike Ellsworth -- now a managing partner at Social Media Performance Group -- helped develop a Web-based sales application for marketing research firm ACNielsen. One day, a frontline customer support rep sent a call his way. The woman on the line was boiling mad because she couldn't get the application, which required dial-up access to the Internet, to function.
"I went through all the standard questions regarding the software and hardware and even asked her to look behind the computer to see if the phone line was plugged in," Ellsworth says. "'Yes,' she said irritably. 'It's plugged in -- your stupid application just doesn't work.'"
After investigating every possible cause he could think of, Ellsworth decided to honor Occam's razor and go back to square one: He asked the caller if the other end of her phone line was actually plugged into the wall jack.
"After a moment of silence, she said, 'Does it need to be?'" Ellsworth recalls. "I guess she thought she had wireless access years before it was available."
The moral: Don't give users too much credit. If there's an absurdly simple explanation for a problem, no matter how insultingly obvious it might seem, there's a good chance it's right.
This story, "Stupid User Tricks: True Tales of Extreme Brain Fail" was originally published by InfoWorld.
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By Michael Brown, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Michael Brown is an Australian astronomer and senior lecturer at Monash University who lived in the U.S. from 2000 until 2006. He regularly writes for The Conversation website, where another version of this article appeared. The views expressed are his own.
I had a stark introduction to gun violence when I moved from Australia to Tucson, Arizona 12 years ago.
As I walked to my hotel room one evening, I passed some young people apparently holding a party in another room. They seemed mostly harmless, and I acknowledged them with a "g'day." A short time later, I heard a car pull up, followed by the sound of gunfire and screaming. The next morning I saw police tape and markers in the car park. There were bullet holes in a drainpipe and one of the walls. Another guest told me someone had been hurt by a stray bullet, but I couldn't be sure as there was no sign of the story on the local news.
For me, this said much about gun violence in the United States, and how much of it happens without making headlines. But as America grapples with how to respond to the Sandy Hook massacre, many Americans have been looking overseas to see how other nations – including my home country – have responded to similar events. The problem is, certain interests in the U.S. are not being completely honest about what they are seeing.
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As the debate over gun control takes center stage in America following the killing of 20 young children, it is perhaps not surprising that one place analysts have turned to for ideas is Australia. After all, the two countries have much in common. We are both wealthy, English-speaking democracies. We watch the same films and play the same video games. But when it comes to gun violence, we are two very different nations.
In 1996, 35 people were murdered at Port Arthur, in the Australian state of Tasmania. In response, the conservative government of John Howard (with bipartisan support) introduced a series of comprehensive reforms including tightened licensing and restrictions on the types of weapons that could be owned. Since the laws were introduced, the rate of gun ownership in Australia has dropped from roughly 1 in 15 adults to 1 in 20 adults.
Many factors can influence gun violence, so the impact of the Australian reforms is oft debated. However, one thing is clear – the number of firearm homicides and firearm suicides has dramatically decreased. The Australian homicide rate is only 1.2 per 100,000 people, far lower than the American homicide rate of about 5 per 100,000 people. Firearms are used in less than 15 percent of homicides in Australia, compared with 67 percent of homicides in America.
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Prior to the introduction of the gun laws, 112 people were killed in 11 mass shootings in Australia. Since the implementation of the gun laws, there have been no comparable gun massacres in Australia.
Remarkably, though, some gun advocates in the U.S. argue that Australian gun laws have actually increased crime. It's a strange claim considering the reality of the statistics. And on closer inspection of the numbers it is clear that gun advocates are engaging in some statistical sleights of hand, including the cherry picking of data.
For example, NRA News reported statistics from the Australian state of New South Wales suggesting that "in the inner west, robberies committed with firearms skyrocketed more than 70 percent over the previous year." Rather than giving the national trend over many years, NRA News chose one part of one city in one state over just a two year period. In contrast, robberies using firearms across Australia have declined from more than 1,500 cases per year in the 1990s to 1,100 per year.
Another approach is diversion. When the most relevant statistic gives the "wrong" answer, switch to a less relevant statistic that gives the "right" answer. Joyce Lee Malcolm appeared to use this approach in the Wall Street Journal when she wrote recently, "in 2008, the Australian Institute of Criminology reported a decrease of 9 percent in homicides and a one-third decrease in armed robbery since the 1990s, but an increase of over 40 percent in assaults and 20 percent in sexual assaults."
The implication is clear, but misleading as many factors drive reported crime rates. Crucially, guns are used in less than 1 percent of assaults and sexual assaults in Australia, making firearm use almost irrelevant to these crimes. Was gun ownership a deterrent? This is also difficult to argue, given over 90 percent of Australians didn't own guns before or after the reforms. The aforementioned decline in firearm homicide, firearm suicide and mass shootings are surely more compelling.
Sometimes, advocates simply invent statistics. One infomercial claims, "[Australian] gun murders increased 19 percent." This is simply wrong – firearms are now used less in robberies, homicides and kidnappings than they were in the 1990s. Yet even after then-Australian Attorney General Daryl Williams complained to the NRA over the infomercial, no action was reportedly taken, and anyone viewing it today is likely to be unaware of this gross factual error.
What is really going in Australia? Homicide and suicide rates generally have declined since the 1990s, but firearm deaths have fallen even more dramatically. And while they were anyway rare events, there hasn't been a mass shooting in Australia for more than a decade.
Yes, the exact impact of the Australian gun laws is still open for debate. But claims that they may actually have increased crime are pure deception. Gun advocates make these misleading statements knowing they will rarely be called on it by the media. Unfortunately, this says far more about the partisan debate in America than the reality in Australia.
In a culture/society that has no respect for honesty, manipulation of statistics by the NRA or others is hardly a surprise or news. Given a deteriorating education system and a political system in chaos on top of news organizations that are, in addition to being overwhelmed by social media, pathetic imitations of news organizations a generation ago, it is really not much of a surprise that the 'gun debate' lacks respect, honor, or discipline. Such is the state of the US.
That's funny, because Obama, and even many Australians, are claiming that Australian gun control enacted in 1996 ELIMINATED mass shootings. Though in 2002, an insane man acquired 6 handguns and shot 7 people at Monash university, and was only stopped by the victims refusing to be killed. Events like this one are left off the mass murder list because 5 of the victims survived – honest people would acknowledge that this was a mass shooting. If this is the way gun control advocates skirt the truth to push their agenda, what makes you think gun owners are going to cooperate.
What never gets mentioned is how often firearms prevent serious crimes. Example: My cousin and his wife, both elderly, were just sitting down to dinner when their dogs began barking. Three career criminals (the police later so informed them) broke into their house. My couple ran into a bedroom and locked the door. They had left their cell phones in another room, so they just sat and waited, terrified, for about an hour. Hearing nothing, they opened the bedroom door and saw one of the criminals sitting on a sofa, reading a magazine. That criminal saw my cousin's wife looking out and charged the door. They locked it again, and blocked it, with a dresser. The criminal began kicking in the door. My cousin loaded an old single-shot shotgun and waited, terrified. The door gave, and the criminal barged in. My cousin shot him once in the chest from a range of three yards. He reloaded the shotgun and waited. His wife ran for her cell phone and telephoned the police, who found the body of the one criminal outside the house. The police told my cousin that they were sorry he hadn't shot all three of them. The police advised my cousin to get a pump-action shotgun with a large magazine and to carry it with him in his car if he went out, in case the two other criminals came looking for him. This event happened recently in West Africa, where my cousin, a geologist, has been living six months of the year for about two decades, without the slightest problem. Incidents like this can and do occur anywhere. l know personally of three similar incidents, two in New York City, and one in Upstate New York, where I now live. Mass killings occur only where no one can shoot back!
Sadly, mass killings do occur when there are people there to shoot back. Neil Gardner, an armed sheriff's deputy, was on-site at Columbine; this did not prevent 13 people being killed. Adam Lanza's mother was an experienced gun owner; it didn't stop Sandy Hook. There was at least one armed bystander, Joseph Zamudio, nearby when Gabrielle Giffords was shot and six people were killed; however the shooter was overpowered initially by unarmed bystanders before Zamudio could reach the scene.
So you might be able to find statistics to support the position that having lots of armed people around reduce the duration of mass killings – which would certainly be interesting statistics to see – but it is obvious that they can occur in places where there are people to shoot back and that many people can be killed or permanently injured before a killer with a semi-automatic weapon can be stopped.
You just created statistics out of two incidents...two. Go figure.
He was NOT on site, he'd just left to go to lunch which is why the attack happened when it did. Columbine does not show that armed guards aren't a deterrent, it shows that they ARE a deterrent and you can't let them leave for lunch.
At the Colorado church shooting, Jeanie Assange was on site, and shoot the rifle bearing murderer who was trying to gather a Norway style shooting tally.
Really? In West Africa! Now that's a good example...NOT!
Actually, this gets mentioned all the time by people who think guns make them safer. But it's anecdotal. The fact that one or two or three people did this doesn't mean much without data on how often it actually happens. And there are lots of incidents where people with guns were present at mass shootings. Typically, if they're trained (e.g. law enforcement), they might be able to stop the attack; if they're untrained (your average gun owner), they're unlikely to be prepared to do much about it.
I don't believe that the claim is solely that gun crime has gone up. ...and a rise in the other crimes is relevant to the discussion. One could speculate that assault, robbery, etc. (even when the criminal does not use a gun) are easier to perpetrate when you don't have to worry about your potential victim being armed. i believe that this is the central tenant to the saying: an armed society is a polite society
That makes no sense at all.
Before the changes in gun laws 10% of Australian adults owned guns (but the vast majority of those would not have been carried around). After the changes, that figure dropped to 6%.
Are you seriously saying that a significant number of unarmed potential criminals would not have committed their assaults/robberies/whatever when there were only a 10% chance of the victim owning a gun (but probably not carrying it) but those same people would judge the risk worthwhile if that figure changed to 6%?
Yes so what do robbers do in America? They are more armed than in Australia and they are more trigger happy in case you pull out your own gun/ A lot of robberies don't even include a gun because the criminals can't find guns. Therefore, it just escalates the violence that would exist without the guns. I am Australian, and I keep up with the news, and I cannot remember the last time I heard of someone dying in a robbery in Australia. But guess what, in America it happens ALL THE TIME. Google "expanded-homicide-data-table-11" according to your FBI, over 850 were killed in robberies/burglary/theft in 2011. It is a complicated issue and I am not saying you should follow exactly what works for Australiia or that all guns should be banned for the public, but there should be better control.
Australia population: 22,000,000 and U.S. Population: 311,000,000 let's make sure we are comparing apples to apples when you compare two countries and crime rate statistics. Of course our crime rate is going to be higher than your home country. We have 289,000,000 more people than Australia. This article is irrelevant.
The article gives statistics per 100,000 people. This is a totally valid way of comparing two countries of vastly different populations. It is equivalent to using figures on concentration (grams/liter) This measure could be used to compare a contaminant in a pond with a contaminant in the Atlantic ocean. As that statistic is accepted by scientists worldwide , I find it difficult to believe that you will not accept the statistical basis of the figures given in the article.
We need to stop mass killings. Crime rate being reduced by arm possession can be a minor factor – but we should not need our own firearms in 21st century. We have better alarm systems, better lock systems, and a better funded police now. Arming yourself to combat criminals is what our ancestors used to do – when we didn't have city funded police force or such technically advanced security systems. What we need to fear of law – not law in our own hands. Immediate and harsher punishment and along with recreation and proper guidance for juvenile. Such measures will help our society in longer run – not firearm ownership. Its sad that NRA is only cares about their own money and control. Basic measures like more checks and ban on some semi automatics – will help all gun owners and non gun owners.
Figures from Australia & UK are testament to that.
eerily similar piece: http://theconversation.edu.au/faking-waves-how-the-nra-and-pro-gun-americans-abuse-australian-crime-stats-11678
This was noted at the top of the article: "He regularly writes for The Conversation website, where another version of this article appeared."
Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Come to think of it, so does New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Detroit...I must be missing something here...
You're missing at least two things:
No searches at state borders.
Strictest in the country is not very strict (by world standards)
Though you are right about DC, the next two states in terms of homicide rates are Louisiana (9.9/100,000), and Maryland (9.9/100,000). Take a good look at their gun laws. Also, gun deaths are lowest in Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, all of which have fairly stringent firearm laws.
People are not committing gun crimes because of the laws. No one is saying oh using this is illegal so I think I will do it any way. You should look up straw sales in places like Chicago and DC and then you might start to see the bigger picture of how easy it is to get a gun outside of those cities and bring them in.
Again my comments were removed because they do not fit with the official propaganda. DC is the murder capital and has strict gun laws. The rush to disarm people is ALARMING. No wonder people rush to buy more guns.
Has it ever occurred to you that cities might have stricter gun laws because of high crime rates, not the other way around? Without a control to compare it to (an exact replica DC with less stringent gun laws), it's difficult to know what effect the laws are having. DC might well have much higher crime than it does if it were more lax on guns.
Just as the rush to take guns away from the American people , the censorship of comments by the media to mold the public opinion is not only un American, but downright scary.
And who, where, when or how did anyone mention taking away any guns?! And if taking away one person gun(s) makes it safer for all the others then its a damn good & democratic idea! Don't forget it is "We the People", not "I the Individual".
You are ignorant...
It's amazing how fanatics in the US defend their gun culture! Isn't it an irony? The law should protect human lives, yet it looks as if the right to carrying guns is above the law.
Show me statistics on law-abiding citizens with guns and law-breaking citizens using guns illegally. There are about 300,000,000 guns in this country and many, many registered gun owners. Are the bad guys registered? I think not...
It is a right to life they are protecting, gun ownership to enforce the defense of themselves and their families... Vs the right of government, or citizens to disarm/steal property from law abiding citizens using the excuse of public safety.
rightospeak – SHUT UP! IM so sick of reading your whiny comments. If your comment was deleted then you obviously know too much. Go bug some bloggers somewhere else with your increadible insight.
It's already against the law to kill someone. There are multiple laws on the books about who can and cannot have weapons. Yet somehow all of these existing laws do not prevent people from breaking the law. Is the problem that all of these existing laws are somehow lacking and now additional legislation must be passed? Will one more law prevent the death of one more person? NO.
This is a dumb argument. The fact that people break the law doesn't mean the law isn't working. The important number is how many people would do those things if they were legal, but don't do them because they're illegal. You think laws against murder don't work? Try getting rid of them, and see what happens to the murder rate.
And I think THIS is a dumb argument. if murder was legal we'd all be murderers? Are you serious? And if drugs were legalized we'd all run out to get some heroin and cocaine? Have a little more faith in your fellow citizens.
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Australia has a Bill of Rights? What does their second amendment say? Are you guaranteed to live a life, free from accidents or evil by other citizens? OK... Well, when the American economy collapses, who is gonna keep you safe? What agency is going to go after the criminals when the money runs out? The same government who cannot help (or keep safe) its own citizens after a natural disaster with advanced warning? No thanks, I'll handle that job myself. There aren't enough cops to keep you safe if the economy collapses. What in the hell makes you think I'm gonna trust the government to protect me, when they cannot even balance a budget?
if we are going to use the analogy of having the police to keep us safe thereby not needing guns then maybe we should outlaw fire extinguishers also...after all we do have firefighters and some knuckleduster might just use that big red bottle hanging on the wall to bash in a store clerks head when they are not looking!!
Criminals don't buy their guns legally. Therefore, stopping us( law abiding citizens) from getting guns truly will only make the streets even more dangerous than they already are. The reality of the situation is that criminals are going to get guns, regardless, and they most certainly don't legally purchase them. Stopping us from purchasing guns will do nothing to decrease crime!!! NOTHING(if not make the situation worst!) PS. .more American citizens are armed today 03/03/13 than EVER before in history. You can't even find .22 ammunition anymore(the most plentiful ammo) because everything is sold out.
As noted in my article, the stats from Australia show no evidence of a surge in crime resulting from changes in Australian gun laws. If access to guns lowers crime, why does the United States have a far higher homicide rate than other developed democracies?
I didn't see in your article a link/chart or other of statistic of crime going up or down from some date prior to 1996 to present. You mentioned in the article gun crimes decreased, well ok what about all crime not including guns? If crime as a whole has increased/decreased per 100k after 1996 then that semi says something. Of course other factors can be there too. Statistics don't show everything Chicago has very strict gun laws high homicide rate, Houston TX far laxer gun laws and CCW with low homicide rate. But maybe Houston upholds laws more strict then Chicago? Or something else perhaps?
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here is a question, since everyone likes quoting statistics, there have been according to the FBI, about 35,700 shooting deaths in the US last year, with a population of 300 million plus, what percentage of the population is this?
James Avery who played Uncle Phil on the Fresh Prince Bel Air who taught us about gun crimes in the 90's era, when Will Smith and Carlton got robbed in an episode at a ATM machine when Carlton did not give up his money, and the robber was about to shoot Carlton when Will took the bullet in the chest for him. There has been lot's of talk about gun control and what are the true gun crime statistics, which seems to be a real mystery to all Americans including myself. There is a group called Americans for Responsible Solutions run by Mark Gifford who's wife if we all remember Gabby Gifford was shot in the head, by a crazy gun person which shared some light on gun control in America. I would encourage people to visit their website like myself and familiarize yourself with the true gun control statistics, and attend some their information meetings on what is being done to crack down on gun's in America from tougher background checks to obtaining a gun for the average American. The right to bear arms our greatest Second Amendment right, just like drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette the right to protect ourselves if we are in danger if our lives are threatened at that specific moment in time. Now hold up America how do other countries who have almost have the same amount of people like Europe, how do they have less gun violent related crimes and why are their gun laws so different from ours? People like Mark Gifford and Gabby Gifford should be listened to more about gun control, and not the gun lobby groups such as the NRA who's mission in life is to put guns in the hands of young people, and let our children kill themselves and what will become an urban nightmare in all city's across America for years to come.
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Finished three chapters of Bayonetta. Much more fun - especially the driving level.
DQIX: Grounded up a pair of Vesta Gauntlets from Equinox. Now onward to Shogum and his Apprentice Gloves.
I just beat Atelier Iris Eternal Mana. I loved every single of minute of it. Oh, and Dice, apparently the trick to avoid crashing after the final battle is turning off the voice acting.Also made some progress in Radiant Historia - made it to Chapter 2 in both timelines.


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'Ahhh and oooh', I think is what I say when I see a new illustration or any form of work of Sarah Illenberger.
I remember that after I saw the knitted organs she made for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin (which is German and was published a while ago) that I looked up her website to actually realize that so many other clever things I have seen in magazines before were made by her.
I am always quiet fascinated by the way how she interprets a theme or an article in her way..
Have a look at this series in the Neon magazine about envy. Just great.
I also love her chilli con carne and her breakfast.
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Your optician will be able to diagnose night blindness.
Symptoms of nyctalopia include; weak vision in dim light, difficulty seeing when driving at night and slow reaction time between bright and dim light conditions. Driving at night can be a particular challenge, due to the intermittent presence of headlights and streetlights on the road.
While a condition in it's own right, night blindness may be the result of a related eye problem, listed below.
Astigmatism - With astigmatism, when lighting dims, your pupils dilate to let in more light creating more blur than you would in daylight.
Diabetes - Poor night vision can be an early sign of diabetes. High blood sugar is harmful to the blood vessels and nerves in the eye. A symptom of diabetes is retinopathy, where the back of the eye is gradually damaged. As a result, adjustment to light, such as coming indoors from bright light outside, is slowed.
Cataracts - With cataracts, you'll notice that oncoming headlights cause more reflections than before as you'll be more sensitive to light.
Retinitis Pigmentosa - A group of inherited vision disorders which lead to the progressive degeneration of the retina. Deteriorating night vision is often the earliest symptom. Over time, the peripheral (side) vision gradually decreases.


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Nice look, if only he could tell us what he is really thinking!
Caleb and Zach making Brit laugh.
Again the sign went directly to his mouth. He was mad when I took it away.
See, I told you he was cute. He has the best smile.
Brit is 6 months old today! He is so stinking cute, it is hard to even express. All of us are so in love with him. He has a smile that won't quit, and a laugh that is contagious. He makes this noise when he plays that I can't describe but it is so funny. He chews on fabric (blankets & burp rags)like it was the best tasting thing ever. He is rolling all over the place. A couple of nights ago I had him sitting in the Bumbo and went about cleaning the kitchen and the next thing I knew he was out of it on the floor rolling around. I don't have a clue how he got out, but luckily it was on the floor and not a counter or table. He will wander all over the house in his walker. He is a happy little guy and he definatley adds joy to our home.
Last week at school one of my cute Kindergarteners asked me how old my baby was...I told her that he was going to be 6 months on the 24th, her reply was...
"Hey, he's going to be a HALF!!"
I got a great laugh from that one. I thought it was very clever of her. So yes, my baby is a 1/2! It seems hard to remember life before he was born. I love having him around, he always puts a smile on my face. He's growing so fast, and I will miss the baby times but it is so fun to watch him grow everyday.


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Residents of the small Texas town of West are honoring the past but looking ahead on the one-year anniversary of a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people.
A fire at the West Fertilizer Company triggered a blast so powerful that it leveled nearby homes and schools. Among those killed were 12 volunteer firefighters and other responders trying to help protect families and elderly residents living nearby.
There are signs of recovery, including dozens of new homes. But residents know they have a long way to go.
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Many residents say their focus on faith has helped them get through the difficult year since the blast.
Phil Calvin lost his son Perry, a Navarro Mills volunteer firefighter, in the blast.
"It has been hard, but you have to have something to hold onto," said Phil Calvin. "But it has been hard, it will shake your faith, it will make you wonder why, you know?"
On the year anniversary of the deadly blast he finds comfort in a memorial in the town of Hubbard. It bears his son's name, along with 11 other first responders and two citizens killed in the explosion.
Donald Rogers, who only knew one of the first responders killed on April 16, 2013, decided to put the memorial up himself, to give people like Calvin Perry a place to go.
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Carolyn and Joseph Pustejovsky lost their 29-year-old son Joey in the blast. He was a West volunteer firefighter.
"I think he is a true hero and he sacrificed his life doing what he enjoyed doing as a firefighter," said Carolyn Pustejovsky.
Not only did they lose their son, but the Pustejovsky family home was also destroyed in the blast. They are rebuilding on the same property while helping raise Joey's son, Parker.
"It is hard to believe it has already been a year. We have been so busy in our lives, trying to be there for Parker, and to rebuild our house and keep our jobs at the same time," said Joseph Pustejovsky.
"We are treasuring our memories that we have of Joey and we are moving forward," said Carolyn Pustejovsky.
The family says they're ready to move back home in the next few weeks and watch the city rebuild around them.
"We are going to get there, day by day, week by week, we are going to get there," said Joseph Pustejovsky.
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All around them, houses are being rebuilt.
Jordyn Russell lost her home in the explosion, but on the anniversary of the deadly blast she is getting ready to move in to a new home in the city she loves.
"You wake up, you think 'I can't believe it's been a whole year,' but it is a positive feeling too," she said. "We have all come a long way since that day."
While her home was destroyed, her spirit was not.
"I wake up every day and thank God that I am here, my parents are here, and we are all here for each other," Russell said. "We are just moving forward we are rising up."


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Non-golfer Willis Young may influence PGA Championship
A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the company Young works for. He is employed by Schneider Electric.
LOUISVILLE – Willis Young won't hit a single golf shot during this week's PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. But he's still one of the most important people at the last major of the season.
Young is a Schneider Electric meteorologist who is charged with monitoring the weather.
With the forecast calling for chances of thunderstorms each day, Young will be at the ready to alert tournament officials in time for them to implement appropriate safety measures at this massive property. That could include evacuating tens of thousands of people.
Advancements in technology make his job easier.
In years past, Young said, huge computers were needed and they were driven off dial-up which would provide a radar from the National Weather Service. On-site weathermen would dial up and get the image. Then hang up.
"We'd do that every six minutes," Young said.
Today's weather instruments have increased the speed in which information can be gathered, analyzed and then distributed. Exact locations can be pinpointed now instead of having to punch in coordinates. Google Earth is a huge plus, for instance. As is a rotating vane electric field mill.
"Our ability to detect the potential for lightning on the site has changed over the years," Young said. "So when you have a storm building up overhead you're going see those charges in the atmosphere change and, knowing how they change and why they change, you can predict lightning."
That can be done with storms 40-50 miles away.
"A lot has changed over the years," Young said. "We'd have to have phone lines. There was no wireless internet. We never had cell phones. But now we have cell phones and texting, and Twitter and Facebook and everything tournaments can use to get word out to spectators that we're in a dangerous situation. That wasn't available 15 years ago. You'd have to listen to your local weather man. Now the information is instantaneous."


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I firmly believe that we should never criticise others until we have a walked in their shoes. Do you recall that saying?
Born into a free and democratic Country in the twentieth Century I can not imagine what life was like as Europe was drawn into another war. I can not imagine waking up, living and going to bed scared, hungry and living all the time wondering who it is safe to trust. Neither can I imagine making decisions, that when it became clear they were the wrong ones, being forced to endure life with those poor choices, made out of desperation.
As I read this book which is a true account of the author's life, although the names have been changed and the book is written in the third person, I was often in awe of how the author managed to live with those decisions. How did she keep her emotions in check as she grieved for her parents and the loss of her free existence?
I get a sense that the book has been toned down from the horrors that she would have observed. The patience that was exhibited to her husband is overwhelming and I am quite sure he deserved none of it. The decisions to move to Canada and to go into teaching, to follow her dreams.
Having got to the end of the book I wasn't sure I could compose a coherent review. I am a reflector and felt that I needed to think about the book after I had read it. None of us can truly imagine how the author's life was. In fact we can not be sure that this book encapsulates her life entirely, only what she chose to share with the readers.
Overall I enjoyed the book, I loved how the characters evolved and I felt that they had been bought to life, so that I cared and felt a variety of emotions with them all.
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Signal waits frequently translate to the amount of time that SQLOS is under pressure for CPU resources, as outlined in this TechNet article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh781189.aspx). While a lower number is almost always better, it is a useful metric is to start paying attention to when the number rises over 10%. Your system will usually start presenting issues at the hard line of 25%. This something that we check on every server that we touch as part of our regular health check.
Today I tripped over a conundrum - I was given a new server with a fresh install of SQL Server 2008R2 and Reporting Services, and on this system the Signal Waits were measured at 25.19% on our scan, which shows that this system appeared to be under some CPU pressure. All wait statistics are reset each time the SQL Server service restarts, so this number (25.19%) is only since the last service restart.
This system in question is a physical box and has two sockets with six cores each with hyperthreading (so 24 logical CPU's), and that made me pause – why does a new server with two small databases (from Reporting Services) and 24 logical CPU's show high Signal Waits, which usually indicates CPU pressure?
The answer is that in this case, this new server is *too* quiet, and as such the numbers are skewed. Here are the specific wait stats, measured after clearing the total wait statistics using the DBCC SQLPERF ('sys.dm_os_wait_stats', CLEAR) command.
As can be seen in this shot, almost all of the Signal Wait time is in two categories, XE_TIMER_EVENT and REQUEST_FOR_DEADLOCK_SEARCH, both of which are basically system background processes (waiting for XEVENT processing and deadlock processing, respectively) and neither of which are therefore relevant to measuring the busyness of the server. On a regularly busy server, all of the other wait categories (over 400 in total) greatly outweigh these two background processes and the normal query we use that compare signal wait time to total wait time is useful. In this case if we exclude these two categories:
We now see that the server has zero Signal Waits and no CPU pressure, as expected. For a good description of the different types of waits and what they mean, look at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2009/11/03/the-sql-server-wait-type-repository.aspx from the Microsoft Customer Service and Support (CSS) team.


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On this date 47 years ago, Martin Luther King gave the famous, "I have a Dream Sppech". What would he have said about the activities of this week, tension over a Mosque to be built at Ground Zero, an attack on a Muslim cab driver in New York, Tea Party Rally in Washington, and oh let's not forget the parts of his memorial arrived in DC recently.
I have a dream, like Dr. King's and I moved toward that dream by authoring Ethnic Scrapbooking and share with others my dream to raise children to have a healthy curiosity to learn about folks that are different from them, to not pre-judge, to connect to people on a HUMAN level and display Ubuntu. Although I'd like to see PEACE cover the earth, I know war is sometimes necessary, I can still dream for peace and harmony.
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After a solid week of rain, the clearing skies reveal the season's first snowfalls on the surrounding peaks.
It's easy to forget all that wet when what comes after looks like this:
I must have driven that highway more than a thousand times over the years, seldom stopping to take in the scenery. Took it for granted it would always be there. But it changes all the time with the light and season, and in what's amounting to a pre-retirement trial run, these days I'm not in much of a hurry. So I did two things nobody else seems to do on that highway: drove the speed limit, and turned off to look around at every viewpoint.
A bit of a dangerous move nonetheless. Standing on the new dock at Porteau I had this stab of regret at having left all this beauty behind one day so long ago.
One photo I could not get because there was no place to pull over I'll just have to describe. Locals will know what I'm talking about.
Driving south of Windy Point just after the new cut before you go over Deeks Creek you could see a long bank of cloud to the south hovering over the ridge above Horseshoe Bay.
Although the entire east side of the Sound was in still in dark shadow, that cloud bank was acting like a giant light disperser, diffusing the bright sunlight from behind the ridge to bathe that part beneath it on the eastern side in clear, white light. Trees and ridges popped into view out of the shadow, the shoreline a strange orange glow. Come to think of it, I don't think my camera would have captured it.


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- Windlost said...
Hi Lauren, a fabulous idea indeed. Yes, I don't know how people cope with the seagrass. I love the way it looks but find it rather hard. Some people claim to like the "loofah" effect. Ugh, not so much. But the layered look will be lovely. I have been seeing all sorts of fun area rugs (small Persian, etc.) layered over seagrass, and lets you mix it up a bit with a neutral foundation.
David wants NONE of it in our house. Things need to be SOFT here. : )
On that note, I am currently exploring Lee linens for a new chair and sofa. I would love your thoughts and might send you an email but know you are super busy and not free, so I won't pester you for now. So hard to find a soft linen that won't be too baggy with use, etc. Also wondering if I should use the same linen on the chair and sofa.
Anyway, good luck with the rug - your room is going to be an oasis. Hope all is going well with the biz plan.
xo old cousin man, T.
- September 2, 2010 at 8:33 PM
- katiedid said...
I do love seagrass as well and it holds up so much better than sisal or coir. I had layered my seagrass rug with a cow hide and the white parts showed soil where the seagrass bumpd were higher. I think you might be able to give the hide a "sponge bath" though. I have not tried that yet. You will still feel the bumpiness through the hide. You might consider a flokati or a sheepskin rug...cozy and thick! LOVE your fresh white bedroom!!! Beee-u-tee-ful!!!!
- September 2, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Jane @ The Borrowed Abode said...
I think your room would still look gorgeous, light, and airy, even with hardwoods. Love the layered look on your bed!
- September 2, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Shannon @ Hase Haus said...
Go for the seagrass! It just looks so classic.
By the way, I have the exact same chandelier in our dining room. When I purchased it, there were two, but I only needed one. Any chance you picked it up at the Falls Church Antique Annex on Broad Street?! :)
- September 2, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- MFAMB said...
ooooooooh yes!!!!!!!
- September 2, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- sara@augustfields said...
ahh...it all sounds so fabulous! love love all white :) and the seagrass will be a subtle 'shazam' element ....can't wait to see it.
- September 2, 2010 at 9:42 PM
- Lynett said...
The seagrass is going to be absolutely fantastic in that room and the cowhide rug...::swoon::
Can't wait to see how it turns out!
- September 2, 2010 at 9:44 PM
- Laurel-Dawn McBurney said...
I think this is a fantastic solution! I love a cowhide rug! They are so beautiful, the organic shape will definitely be an eye-catcher in your space- and I'm sure your feet will appreciate it!
I just did a post today that includes a creamy cowhide rug- but it's for a nursery- weird!
Can't wait to see how it looks- thanks for sharing!
- September 2, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- KellyMellyBoBellyBananaFanna said...
I love the green pillow and your bed and chandy.
The changes sound lovely.
- September 2, 2010 at 10:15 PM
- Jen of MadeByGirl said...
Hi Lauren,
Looks like its going to be great..I'd love to know where you end up getting the WHITE cowhide rug from...i think that is what i am going to aim for my next project. :))))))
Let me know ...thanks! XOXO
- September 2, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- kayce hughes said...
So funny. We have long strips of seagrass (remnants from another room) in our bedroom to see how we like it. It is a little hard on the feet but we have an old oriental to throw over it. I thought I would be the only person to choose it for a bedroom.
- September 2, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- Grizzly Bear said...
- September 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Danielle Oakey Interiors said...
the thing that i love about the bottom picture is the combination of white and cream. It still gives the overall look of white on white but adds dimension!
love your bedroom!
- September 3, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- AntiqueChase said...
I have never walked on seagrass but my friend had a rug that her husband could not stand and she said it really hurt to walk on.
- September 3, 2010 at 12:44 AM
- Megan // Honey We're Home said...
Your bedroom is gorgeous! I know what you mean about the texture on your feet. When I first wake up, I put on slippers because our bamboo hardwoods are so hard under my feet!
- September 3, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- Unknown said...
a beautiful bedroom set, looks very good, the white color looks very good in contrast with the settings, very good looking decor
- September 3, 2010 at 2:53 AM
- Greet Lefèvre said...
I love your room as it looks now! But the hardwood will maybe be better to clean! I know it is always so difficult to choose between the more practical way and the aesthetics!
Have a wonderful weekend!
- September 3, 2010 at 5:39 AM
- pve design said...
Please admit one to that all white space, looks dreamy and I would lend a hand painting those floors a fresh coat of white wash!
Happy Labor Day Lauren! (and boys)
- September 3, 2010 at 6:18 AM
- Room Service ~ Decorating 101 said...
L, I too have a white bedroom, but love my dark hardwood with it. I don't think it would make your room too dark at all. I feel in no time we will look at all the seagrass everywhere and say, "what were we thinking..."
- September 3, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- LuluD said...
Lauren, Your bedroom is so pretty! White is my favorite non-color for any room, but especially the bedroom. I love it.
- September 3, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- Mary said...
How do you clean a cowhide rug? As beautiful as they are, I can just see my husband spilling his coffee on it.
- September 3, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Beth said...
Lauren, Your bedroom is lovely - so calm & peaceful! I had to comment because I just finished telling my mom about how much I love the look of seagrass, but I can only walk on it during the day. She thought I was nuts, so it's good to know I'm not the only one who feels this way! - Bethany
- September 3, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Unknown said...
Beautiful! I love all your white...so crisp and refreshing!
- September 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- simply seleta said...
GORGEOUS!!!! You are so talented.
Who cares about the carpet...your tots are still little and will continue to have mishaps. It's good you had inexpensive carpet there to catch the spills...this time has saved some wear and tear on your soon to be fancier grasscloth and hide rug!
- September 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Jennifer said...
I have two big seagrass rugs and the one with the flatter weave is more comfortable. It doesn't bother me! And once you have been present during carpet removal you'll NEVER want the stuff in your house again. EVER! I'll take minor discomfort over the thought of what could be hiding in the carpet any day!
- September 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- Charlotta Ward said...
Hello. The bedroom looks lovely and yes, you are right the carpet ruins it. I think sea grass will look great. Giving it a nice textural contrast whilst not having a 'bare floor' that can be so cold in Autumn and Winter.
I love the idea of layering it with a hide. Also, try gorgeous grey & curly sheep skins for Winter.
Can't wait to see the result.
x Charlotta
- September 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- DecRenew Interiors said...
I love your large pillow on your bed up against the white duvet! It's always lovely to wake up to a beautiful room. Have fun with the floors. I know it will be stunning.
- September 3, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Mona Thompson Providence Ltd. said...
Love the bedroom with the white cowhide. over the top!
- September 3, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Bailey said...
Seagrass = feet murder to me. So pure, love it, but my hooves just can't take it. I think the hide is a fantastic solution my dear!
- September 3, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- lisaroy said...
I love the seagrass idea layered with the soft rug on top - I think it will be just perfect! :)
- September 3, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- greg's wife said...
Your room is gorgeous...LOVE the green pillow...where/how much??? I actually like the dark hardwood idea better with maybe a sheep skin rug on it...I'm thinking it is easier to clean and I don't think it would be too dark...rich and warm but not distractingly dark. So excited to see the finished photos, b/c I'm pretty sure whatever you'll do will be gorgeous!
- September 3, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Jannsen Design said...
There is a large, white, hide rug at Luckett's right now. I saw it today and if I hadn't had my 3 year old with me and had more time to think I probably would have bought it for myself.
- September 3, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Acquired Objects said...
I love your pop of green in your bedroom, nice room too. I have dark walnut wood floors in my bedroom and my room is semi small and doesn't make it feel darker. The white hide rug would look great against dark floors (as long as you don't have a dog who will attack).Great idea!
- September 3, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Ness Lockyer said...
Your room is always amazingly beautiful Lauren and having some seagrass and the white rug will make it even more so. Looking forward to seeing how you go.
Ness xx
- September 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- La Petite Gallery said...
I just adore the bed top, it
is lovely, I am favor white
on my bed. It's a great post.
- September 4, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Velvet and Linen said...
When we bought our home in Channel Islands harbor a couple of years ago we replaced all of the white carpet with wall to wall sea grass. The texture doesn't bother us and I love the way it looks. It gives the same warmth as wood floors at a fraction of the price. We've also layered carpets over them in the main areas of our home. I think you are going to love your new sea grass!
- September 4, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- Stella said...
Love it ! I love the long green pillow on your bed! Perfection :)
- September 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- LindsB said...
love the idea of a layered rug in the bedroom, its going to be fantastic!
- September 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Vidya said...
Will you be able to tell me the white paint you used for the walls?? Even I have white painted house but the walls paint is pale and it doesnt look bright. Which paint color is it?
- September 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM


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Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*Let Jamiroquai take you on a White Knuckle Ride. Come here to talk about anything related to the new album...
Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Glasgow in April, Rome in July, hat trick completed today with tickets bought for Antewrp in December, Scottish Saltire will be flying high again as the Mrs and me fly in from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Will be in Amsterdam for a tear up on Friday night then through to Antewrp Saturday for the final gig of 2011 before flying back to Aberdeen on the Sunday, will be superb as always. Already have my Welsh buddy Andrew and his gang coming along so look out!
Anyone else flying in for the gig??..................
*edited by Sandriche
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Only 7 gigs behind you sir ,ha ha .Theres 3 of us Welsh and Scottish Mike ( guess wheres he`s from ? )all geared up ready, so if finances improve Paris might still be an option .
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Not flying, but driving by car from Amsterdam.
this is my second JMQ concert this year, so I can't keep up with you
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
I am flying in from Washington, DC. Yes, I'm a yankee, but don't hate me for it. I love Jamiroquai!!!!!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
checking out hotels..two more months to go!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Loads of hotels close by, venue is close to city centre so all good in the hood!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
the hotel has to fit all ten of us.
Wonder why we are getting a hotel at all..probably end up in a pub somewhere
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Looking good for us all, will be memorable for sure. Currently in the US on holiday with family in Orlando. Have had the tour t-shirts on and getting the loks from Mickey Mouse and co with thumbs up - spreading the word with the i-pod base box and my Jamiroquai playlist on at the pool also, all is defo good in the hood. Hopefully weather for getting out of Aberdeen won't be an issue, Arctic conditions forecast alsready!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
looking forward to attend my first jamiroquai concert in antwerp
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Lots of people from abroad visiting Antwerp for the concert!
I just booked the hotel for the 10 of us. Can't wait!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Saw them in Turin and London O2 in April and both brilliant ...can't wait for the Antwerp Gig . Notice tickets are un numbered seating ....does anyone know how fare ahead I should get there roughly to get a good spot?
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Our tickets just show a number with no seating reference, would be surprised if it is an all seater venue? Anyway, my wife and I plan on getting there early doors to get near the front, probably around 6:30pm, will be the one with the Scottish Saltire flag so say hello! Might be rough though after the night before in Amsterdam!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Ha...I'll be looking out for that flag! I will try to get there as early as possible too.
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
i knew booking this trip from outside of europe was 50/50 since some previous concerts have been cancelled this year and anything can happen from there on till december (like health, weather and etc) but i been so excited about this concert and now finding out about the bad news today has crushed me and undecided on what to do now
i would like to believe this is just a rumor or misinformative so i can remain hopeful, the reason for the cancellation seems odd and also there is still plenty of time to reconsider this gig
please jamiroquai don't back down on antwerp, it is the last concert of the year...if there are issues regarding this, please compromise or re-arrange another location for the 3rd or on that weekend...please don't let the fans down, especially those who come so far
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
due to logistical problems. How come they can't fix that in the month to come? Now we are stuck with the logistical problems, because most of us are flying in from another country to see this show.
If somebody in the band get ill, I can deal with that. This seems unnecessary.
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
How can this be?!?!?
I have literally been dreaming of Jamiroquai almost every night since I bought my ticket. Every single morning I wake up with your music in my head. This was my reward for working hard all year. It was the light at the end of a long tunnel.
What sort of logistics can't be worked out in 5 weeks? There must be an alternate venue. Please reschedule anywhere in W. Europe for that evening. I will go almost anywhere to see you guys if I can fly there within 7 hours.
Better yet, come to the US. I live in DC. I will cook dinner for you and your crew. What's your favorite meal? I make a really great lasagna, spinach pie and tiramisu. I will take you on a personal tour of DC, the sites, the national monuments, the museums. Ever been to the Spy Museum? It's here in DC!
What will it take for me to get my Jamiroquai fix??? I'm soooo sad:-(.
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011
Oh, I'd be upset if I had tickets to Europe from U.S. too!
This is Soooo sweet!
Jamiroquai are welcome here too! But I don't think I want to be busy cooking!
Maybe someone in the band is having difficulties with VISA.
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Granted that these things happen but is really disappointing as had scheduled work and other commitments around this. Never mid the memories of Glasgow and Rome I will carry with hope that we meet again in 2012, might look at the Paris gig as anther option now.
It does seem a bit odd that logistical differences are cited as the reason, ticket sales hsould have been decent enough to justify going ahead but we will never know. To keep the 5 mile smile on our faces check out the link below, as good as a live DVD we will get for the RDLS tour!................
Andrew my Welsh friend from Rome - smetime soon Sir, sometime soon..............
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Well to say gutted would be an understatement ! My friends are very annoyed and so am I .Was looking forward to meeting up with Bazza and sharing a few beers at the gig ,but hey ho . IF the concert is rescheduled to next year we`ll be there concerts are too awkward to go for the rest of this year so have have a good un Baz n hope to see you next year .
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Andrew - absafcukinlutely!
Hopefully we will get a reunion sometime soon in 2012, until then stay safe and keep on funkin my friend!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Got te money for my tickets back...would have rather been to that concert
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Just got back from Houston on business and see the band are playing Sydney for the New Year. Hold on, Antwerp, Sydney - huh?! So much for logistical issues, must have been a Lotto Arena issue therefore a venue change would have suited most fans flying in for the gig.
Never mind, have a cool yule all - just over 4 weeks until the boy comes down the chimney....................see y'all in the New Year hopefully at the re-arranged gig!
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Yes Bazza you hit it right on head of the nail , looks like Sydney is more important than Antwerp ! And its my birthday today and I was singing away in my car to main vien and canned heat bummer ! .If I had know it wasnt going ahead in antwerp earlier could have arranged one of the fench gigs , double poo ! Have a god crimbo you and your family .
Re: Antwerp Gig December 3rd 2011-*CANCELLED*
Happy birthday Andrew - 21 again huh?! Bad timing or what, I am in Paris next week with work and the Paris gig is tonight, was just not meant to be but for sure 2012 will be!
Have a great birthday and all the very best to you and yours for the festivities as we roll into 2012
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