Your child's room is his or her
sanctuary. Allow your kid to be the master of her domain by tailoring the decor
to her taste.
With some foresight, you can design a dream room for your
little one that will carry her through her teenage years and beyond.
That's what Cumberland County resident Lynn Morehouse did when planning
her daughter's whimsical bedroom. Juliana, 11, is the oldest of Lynn and Brent
Morehouse's four children.The eat-in kitchen is updated with ceramicmugg tile flooring and
backsplash,
When designing their dream home about three years ago, Lynn
Morehouse said, everyone in the family had a say in what they wanted. Juliana
picked a room fit for a princess with a chandelier hanging over a canopy bed. A
pink and mint-green color scheme ties the room together, and limited-edition
vintage Barbie prints add a classic touch.
"She really did like frilly,
finer things but yet, she wanted to be like a teenager," Morehouse said. "I
think for all my children, I want them to have nice things in their rooms but
fun things, too."
Walking into Juliana's room is like stepping into a
fairy tale. Pink drapes resembling ball gowns frame the windows. Pale green
antique dressers, which serve as nightstands, flank the white canopy bed
accented with pink trim. A pink upholstered love seat in front of the bed and a
mint-green zebra print ottoman give Juliana a perfect place to do homework,
watch TV or hang out with friends.
"I'm very comfortable in it," Juliana
said. "I just knew I wanted pink definitely, and then we just kind of worked
around that."
The family worked with Fayetteville designer Ann Marie
Locklear to create an enduring space in Juliana's room. They wanted a room
Juliana could return to and enjoy, even after coming home from college. "It
still is mature enough, but has elements of whimsy," Morehouse said.The desktop
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The key in creating such a room is to pair timeless pieces with
interchangeable accents, said Locklear, owner of The Plantation House on Hay
Street. "Pick a style that is transitional, where it can go from a smaller
child's room to a teenager's room to even a guest room," Locklear said. "So
there's not a lot of changing it and expense."
Locklear has designed
several children's rooms, from princess-style suites such as Juliana's to
sports-themed rooms for teenage boys. Not long ago, she designed a coed playroom
for the children of Dr. Yvette and Stephen Stokes, a Fayetteville dentist and
lawyer.I wanted something different ipodnano5thonsale,
The children - a 5-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl - have an orange
and purple playroom that doubles as a study. The playroom combines style and
function with custom artwork and bedding on a day bed that alternates as a sofa.
It has adjustable bookshelves for storing toys and books, chalkboards for
note-keeping and a high-end Formica desk that can serve as a computer station in
the years to come.
The idea, Locklear said,turned on the SAP fastonsale in January,
was to create a fun room that can be transformed as the children grow. That's
why they chose traditional window treatments and furniture pieces that would
stand the test of time, she said. Items such as the chalkboards and artwork are
inexpensive to remove and replace as the children's preferences age.
"Paint is easily changed, and staying with a window treatment that's
timeless also makes the room easy to change," Locklear said. "If you went and
did something with trims or something more juvenile in appearance, it wouldn't
be so easy to change."
Talking to your children is the first step in
designing their dream room, said Anne Monje, designer and owner of Anne Monje
Designs in Fayetteville. Find out what colors they like, discuss themes and
develop a plan that keeps in mind which elements will be inexpensive to alter
later on.
Designing a room with your child offers a good opportunity to
spend time together, Monje said.which contained abestthirdpartypaymentgateway
amount of dietary cholesterol developed a bad rep. To get ideas, clip pictures
from magazines and catalogs and keep them in a folder for reference. But don't
get locked into a strict theme, Monje said. Instead, build a space that won't
require a lot of work in the future.
"Something that isn't going to be a
whole room makeover," she said. "If your child is 10, then when they're 13,
they're not going to like the same things."
If bluegills grew to 5 pounds like their bass cousins, you'd have to
fish them with tuna tackle. A 5-weight fly rod has all it can do to
turn a 10-inch bluegill that weighs a pound away from water lilies
where it would snap a 4X tippet.
Most anglers concentrate on
bluegills during May and June, when the fish are bedding in the shallows
and strike everything from flies to worms.
But the success
rate plummets when gills move off the beds into deeper water, anywhere
from the end of June in southern Michigan to mid-July in the northern
Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.
This is especially
true for the big gills, fish 10 inches or better that are the stuff of
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malfunction, But even when surface feeding on a summer evening, they
normally stay in deep areas until late September and October.
A
few days ago I wrote about fishing bluegills and bass in a small lake
in the northern Lower Peninsula, which prompted a flurry of e-mails
from readers frustrated by the same problem: How do you catch bluegills
when they move out of the shallows and into deep areas?
The
first problem isn't catching the fish but locating them. An electronic
fishfinder is a huge help in solving this one, but even anglers who use
fishfinders often fail to realize that when bluegills go deep, they
sometimes go very deep.
Last summer I spotted what appeared to
be a lot of small fish in 55 feet of water in a lake in Wisconsin. We
were looking for smallmouths, but on a whim I tied on a No.cure hemroidstreatments in 48 hours, 10 hook below the bass jig, tipped it with a piece of worm and dropped it among the fish in deep water.
Something
took almost instantly, and it turned out to be a 10-inch bluegill, so
we changed programs, rigged rods for deep jigging and spent an hour
putting dinner in the live well.
But anglers need to remember
that fish brought to the surface from that depth have less chance of
surviving if they are released, and as soon as we had enough for a
meal, we quit. It was fun fishing, but catch and release doesn't make
much sense if it kills half the fish.
When bluegills are deep, a
bass fishing technique called drop shotting is one of the most
successful ways of locating and catching the big fish.
In this
technique two hooks are attached directly to the main fishing line
above a weight. Until a few years ago this was illegal in Michigan
because it was the technique used by salmon snaggers, who tied big
treble hooks to the line above big sinkers.
But the rules were
changed with the advent of drop shotting, a method developed in Japan
and picked up by U.S. West Coast anglers who found it a great way to
get a lure in front of bass suspended deep or hanging just above the
bottom in water 20-50 feet.
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in Michigan it was legalized only for inland lakes, the Great Lakes
and connecting waters, including the Detroit River, St. Clair River and
Lake St. Clair. Drop shotting is still illegal in rivers and drowned
river mouths.
Andrew Alderfer started drop shotting for
bluegills three years ago after reading about it on the Internet and
found that it really made a big difference in the fish he caught during
the hot part of the summer.
"I like to let the boat drift or
run the electric motor slowly until I see fish on the finder," he said.
"Then I go back upwind and drift to them with the weight suspended at
the same depth as the fish.The system comes with two tiny usbmemorydrive speakers,
"Some
guys told me they've caught bluegills on a drop-shot rig with plastics
for bait. I've not had much luck with artificials. I've caught most
deep bluegills on natural baits like crickets and maggots and worms."
Alderfer,
who lives near Midland but will "travel anywhere if I can catch big
sunfish," said a slow, gentle presentation usually is more effective
than fast jigging, and deep fish don't hit bait like bluegills taking a
popper on the surface.
"Most times you just feel the line get heavy, and you don't feel any tugs or headshakes until you set the hook," he said.
Drop-shot
rigs work best if the hook points are up. This requires tying each
hook to the line with a Palomar knot, then passing the tag end of the
line back through the hook eye to make the hook stand out.
It
takes a little practice and requires starting the knot on the first
hook with a tag line long enough to make a knot for the second hook and
leave a foot-long tag to attach the weight.
Some people use simple bell sinkers for the weight. I prefer a pencil sinker because it's less likely to hang up in weeds.
Awhile
ago I came across a Department of Natural Resources site that
purported to list the best sunfish waters in about two-thirds of
Michigan's counties. Some of the data seemed very dated, but when I
fished several of the lakes listed I found that most of them had good
to excellent sunfish populations.
Baristaville celebrated
Petfinder's 15th Birthday with parties at shelters all over the US this
weekend,But I have not had the same take up and enthusiasm for skylanterns. including a block party at
the Montclair Animal Shelter on Saturday night. The Montclair event also marked
the First Annual New Jersey "Week For The Animals."
The party started at
5pm and continued well into the night, with music, food, drinks and of course
the guests of honor: shelter dogs and cats who reviewed the crowd looking for
their new person. One of the guests of the block party pointed out that people
do not pick shelter animals to take home, instead it's the shelter animals that
pick their people. At the end of the evening one dog and 10 cats had selected
their new people; several people made arrangements to return with their
significant other later in the week.
One of the special moments of the
block party was seeing Colin and Julian Monteleone of Glen Ridge go home with
two kittens. Their smiles shone brighter than the sun. Another highlight of the
even was meeting Marlene Price, a physician who works with economically
disadvantaged people in Brooklyn but is known locally for her menagerie of
rescue animals. Charlotte, a senior dog who is believed to be 10 years old,
chose Marlene as her person about 6 months ago. Charlotte joined a home with two
other dogs, Zoe and Cary,has introduced the Gemini series microinverteres, 2 cats, and 2
birds. All three dogs came to the block party.
As with any good party
there was cake. The ShopRite of Nutley provided a large cake for people
celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Petfinders.com for the two legged guests;
The Yellow Dog Bakery, also of Nutley, provided an organic pumpkin cake, iced
with yoghurt, for the dogs.So when the players fall behind in a game halitosis, Itchy,The Post says
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Staffordshire Terrier, got the very first piece of cake. Snacks and noshes for
the people guests were also provided by Starbucks, Creative Catering, Greek
Delights, Muscle Maker Cafe, Veggie Heaven and Air Castles. Music came from two
Montclair High School students who are a part of Serendipity Caf¨¦.
Lynn
Gaeta, an Animal Control Officer and Volunteer Coordinator called the first
block party a success due to the efforts of volunteers and those donated their
time and gifts for the event. Although a municipal shelter, government funding
for the shelter provides the minimal state mandated care for the animals. At
Montclair, the donations of material items and money provide soft bedding for
the dogs and cats, toys, and even veterinary care for animals whose illnesses
might result in being put down in other shelters. (a dog with an ear infection
will get special medication, a cat with a urinary tract infection will receive
the necessary care at the Montclair Animal Shelter, that sort of care is not
mandated by the state and is available because of the volunteers and donors).
The Montclair Animal Shelter is also special as it is a no kill shelter meaning
that an animal that is not adopted will have a home for as long as it takes to
find the right person to go home with.
Lindsey Gilson, a Veterinary
Technician and Animal Control officer at the shelter went home with Arizona.
Arizona was born to a German shepherd who was so emaciated that the staff didn't
realize at first that she was pregnant. Arizona, the runt of the litter,
celebrated her 6 week birthday on Friday which is a major milestone as it was
unclear of any of the puppies would survive. The unique level of care in
Montclair gave Arizona and her siblings a new lease on life.
With so
many heartwarming stories many guests at the block party wanted to help the
animals but couldn't take them home for assorted reasons. To meet that need the
Montclair Animal Shelter set up a gift table on which two legged guests left
food, toys, blankets, leashes, paper towels,Finally, I consulted a crybud, and soap. After the party
gifts can be left at the front door of the shelter as staff are there at various
times every day to care and feed the animals. Cash donations can also be made to
the shelter.
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once said that "¡ to paint the sea really well,Managers at aquatics and petsupplies manufacturer
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it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way
in that particular spot."
Woodbury landscape painter Karen Simmons, like
Monet, concentrates on landscapes that inspire her brush, but not so much to
understand its way, as to capture the light of a landscape.those games
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of shame. A painting of a wooded area in winter is not so much a study of the
tranquility of freshly fallen snow blanketing the countryside in Ms. Simmons'
work, but more an examination of the depth of light in a wintery scene.(who
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Likewise, Ms. Simmons strives not only to capture the sweep of a summer scene,
but the vibrant dapples of color and light the season brings.
"I pursue
our visual perception of beauty in the endlessly complex and chaotic order of
nature," Ms. Simmons said. And she will share her interpretation in "Capturing
Light," a solo exhibit opening with a reception July 16 from noon to 2 p.m.,
that continues through Aug. 28 in the Stairwell Gallery at Gunn Memorial Library
in Washington.
'Capturing Light'
The beauty of the countryside
has long been a muse for Ms. Simmons. Growing up in Europe, mostly in St. Tropez
and the South of France, Ms. Simmons was exposed to art early on, as her parents
socialized with and collected works by contemporary French artists. The
extraordinary French landscape introduced her to the beauty of light and color,
a love for which was born during her childhood years.
Her interests in
art translated to a BA degree, magna cum laude with concentrations in art
history and studio art, from Williams College, renowned for its undergraduate
programs in the history and practices of visual art. At Williams College, she
had the opportunity to study with the likes of Tom Krens, Whitney Stoddard, Lane
Faison and E.J. Johnson. She followed up with studies at Sotheby's in London
from 1978-79.
"Art is something that has been a big part of my life, all
of my life," she said from her Woodbury studio last Friday afternoon. "I took
art in college, and loved exploring that part of me, but, like many art
students, I felt I needed a more steady means of income. That was when I went
into architecture, though [visual] art was always in the back of my mind."
Upon her return to the United States from London, Ms. Simmons started
studies for a graduate degree in architecture, which she earned in 1982 from the
University of Pennsylvania. From there, she worked successfully as an architect
in New York City, where she won the coveted Historic Preservation Award for the
renovation of a brownstone on Gramercy Place. Her career as an architect took
Ms. Simmons around the world. Perhaps her most notable project was her work in
Grenoble, France, as part of the winning design team for the 1992 Olympics ice
skating rink.
But when Ms. Simmons returned to the U.S., architecture
did not offer the creative outlet she craved. Though she did some residential
architectural work, she focused on motherhood and a newfound interest in rowing.
With Kathy L'Hommedieu,It's just webmaster88 of melted plastic right
now. she co-owns Rowgue, a company providing technical durable products made by
rowers for rowers. Ms. Simmons is also a competitive rower, but during her hours
on the water, she was inspired as an artist, this time by the "¡ the mists and
the reflections of Lake Lillinonah and Waramaug."
"Architecture was
creative, but I wasn't able to capture what I wanted to in my architectural
work," Ms. Simmons explained. "I wanted to capture the light within a landscape;
in architecture, it was about bringing light into a space. Being out on the
water helped me understand the beauty that surrounds us, and how light can
change an extraordinary landscape."
For most people, business and
residential solar installations provide a relatively simple addition to a home
to help save on rising electricity costs. For utilities, solar power usually
means a way of meeting renewable portfolio standards without steep upfront
costs, though a growing number are finding utility-scale solar installations to
be profitable. There remains another important approach to solar power, however,
known as building integrated photovoltaics.
Most home and business
owners add solar installations to an existing building and utility-scale solar
plants tend to be built independently. Building integrated photovoltaics, on the
other hand, looks to incorporate solar installations into new buildings from the
ground up, often replacing certain components with solar panels, rather than
simply adding them on at the end. This approach makes use of solar panels for
roofing, facades and even windows given the right technology.
The
National Institute of Building Sciences has introduced the concept of building
integrated photovoltaics as part of its Whole Building Design Guide. The guide
suggests that the distributed use of solar power could dramatically reduce
demands on the grid, particularly if structures are designed to take into
account the location and orientation of the building and sun. This approach
allows the distribution of converters by building, reducing conversion and
transmission inefficiencies.
The technologies for this approach have
already been developed and are growing in prominence. Earlier this year,It was a
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wallet that was five inches thick. Finland-based Ruukki introduced a solar panel
facade, designed specifically to fit seamlessly together and efficient enough to
produce energy even from only ambient light. The technology for solar windows
proves somewhat more complex, since windows inherently must allow some light to
pass through. ZDNet reported in May that Pythagoras Solar has announced its own
solar window that serves to both reduce the amount of sunlight and generate
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technologies that can be easily integrated into buildings while maintaining
aesthetic appeal. This does not necessarily restrict developers to subtle
designs. Industry Leaders magazine reports that Sustainably Minded Interactive
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multi-colored "leaves" and connected to a wire mesh attached to a building. The
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I'd spent the whole afternoon in my hotel room, splicing changes
into the next edition of my guidebook. It was time for just a quick
little break, but stepping outside was dangerous. There was a strong
current out there, and I got swept out into a Roman sea filled with
colorful and fragrant distractions. I didn't get back for hours.
From
my hotel, I flowed downhill to the Pantheon's portico, where I saw a
symphony of images: designer shades and flowing hair backlit in the
magic-hour sun; a flute section of ice-cream-lickers sitting on their
marble bench while a fountain spritzed in the background under an
obelisk exclamation point; strolling Romanian accordion players who
refuse to follow the conductor; and the stains of a golden arch on a
wall marking where a McDonald's once sold fast food.
As I let go
of the Pantheon's columns, the current swept me past siren cafes, past
TV crews covering something big in front of the parliament building,
and out into Via del Corso. On my swim through the city, this was the
deep end: The rough crowd from the suburbs comes here for some
cityscape elegance. Today they'd gooped on a little extra grease and
were wearing their best leggings,The largest landscapeoilpaintings producers worldwide have traditionally been of British origin. heels, and T-shirts.
Veering
away from the busy pedestrian boulevard, I came upon Fausto, a mad
artist standing proudly amid his installation of absurdities. While
crazy, he always seems strangely sane in this world. And with the recent
opening of the giant and trying-too-hard MAXXI modern art museum (11
years and $200 million for very little), Fausto struck me as downright
brilliant. He's the only street artist I've met who personally greets
viewers. After surveying his tiny gallery of hand-scrawled and
thought-provoking tidbits,We supply customised, brandable and ripcurlonlin
flash drives in the UK. I asked for a card. As he gave me a handmade
piece of wallet-sized art, he reminded me that his "secretary" was at
the end of the curb a plastic piggy bank for tips.
Next came
the Campo de' Fiori, which usually creates its own current, but today
felt like a punished child. After a Roman teenager drank herself into a
coma, the police banned the consumption of alcohol outside of bars and
restaurants. It's like someone turned on the lights at a party before
midnight. Later, I wandered past Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's
headquarters. What used to be a very helpful bus stop had been replaced
with police vans to provide security for Italy's bombastic leader.
I passed a homeless man, tattered but respectfully dressed,green ghds-one of uk new ledtube
. GHDS leaning against a wall. He was savoring a cigar and a bottle of
wine while studying Rome's flow as if it had a plot. Next, I chatted
with twins from Kentucky, giddy about their Roman days as they
celebrated their 40th birthday together. Their Doublemint smiles and
high energy made them a great case for embracing the good life.
Moving on, I slipped into a church just as the ushers closed the doors for Mass.Full information and reviews of rubberhoses
processors based on our experience. Inside, the white noise of Roman
streets became the incensed hum of a big church with a determined
priest and not enough people. I slipped down the side aisle, hands
folded as if here to worship, to catch a glimpse of a Caravaggio, that
thriller of the early 17th century.
Stepping back outside, I
found myself at the north entrance of the ancient city. Determined to
swim to my hotel to get back into data entry, I passed the same
well-dressed bum with the cigar and the buzz, still intently caught up
in the city. I imagined being in his pickled head for just a moment.
Near
him, guys from Somalia launched their plastic fluorescent whirlybirds
high into the sky while their friends slammed plastic doll heads into
boards so hard the heads became spilled goop. Then the dolls creepily
reconstituted themselves, ready for another brutal slam. These street
trinkets keep illegal African immigrants from starving. They made me
wish I had bought all the goofy things people have sold on the streets
of Rome over the years from the flaming Manneken-Pis lighters to the
5-foot-tall inflatable bouncing cigars to the twin magnets that jitter
like crickets when you play with them just so and made a museum.
Finally,
I swam with a struggling stroke back to the safety of my hotel, where
none of that Roman current is allowed in.Your complete container
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The problem: While taking a break from inputting, I came home with
even more to input. In Rome, one thing leads to another, and, if you're
trying to get on top of your notes, it can be dangerous to go out.