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Just like anything else that changes with the times, preferences in residential style and function seem to change as well. These changes are frequently dictated by the current economic conditions, though that does not necessarily mean that it’s a bad thing. Today, buyers are seeking smaller houses and “greener” houses, which probably comes as no surprise; residences are also looked for that can really deliver on value per square foot.

Smaller is Better

A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that home construction footprints are definitely decreasing in size, with the average single-family home estimated to be only about 2,100 square feet by 2015, as opposed to over 2,500 square feet in 2007. As average home sizes become smaller to combat the effects of economic change, buyers are also becoming more selective in regardx to: built-in or customizable storage options; floor plans that allow for the greatest flexible usage of space; and architecture that aids in the reduction of heating and cooling expenses. A decade ago, the buying trend was the exact opposite with bigger and more spacious being the popular trend.

Kitchen Size is Up

Interestingly, as dwelling sizes have changed, kitchen sizes have either increased or remained basically the same despite the rest of the structure being considerably smaller. The biggest differences that are being seen in the kitchen is greater emphasis on counter tops made from more alternative material such as aluminum, glass, poured concrete and laminates, although granite and butcher block remain the definite favorites.

More and More ‘Green’

Another component being seen in current buying trends is a great emphasis on the desire to go “green”. Most dwellings today are already complete with energy efficient appliances, low-energy lighting and low-flush toilets; however, those are only the beginning of a list of energy-saving products and trends. Water-efficient bath fixtures and low-consumption dishwashers have become more commonplace as money-saving, environmentally friendly options. More and more residences can be found outfitted with cabinetry and furniture built from more sustainable natural resources like wheat, bamboo, palm and other new materials instead of traditional lumber.

Health-Conscious

In regard to how healthy the house of today has become, trends are being created there, too. Super-efficient, low-emission heating and cooling as well as indoor air quality control has become the standard. Non-toxic, low- or no-VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) paints and stains are the surface coverings of choice and with good reason. Whole-house water filtration and drinking water systems are also becoming standard as water quality continues to be questionable.

Health-conscious eco-flooring and non-toxic laminates are beginning to gain popularity as well. Non-toxic, chemical-free carpeting and rugs made of natural, sustainable materials are beginning to be found in more and more residences. Wool is becoming more widely used and, underneath all of those environmentally friendly carpets, natural rubber carpet padding made from natural latex is increasingly being used.

Today’s housing market is definitely seeing new and changing trends, whether due to economic, environmental or health concerns. Whatever the reason, such new trends continue to be quite interesting and creative and should surely be explored!

Source: http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=3011376

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Just a few weeks ago I was guest-speaking to young screenwriters at an L.A. film school. It was a theater stuffed with young alert faces. The future of American cinema spread out before me, all ears, hanging on my every word. Why? Because for some reason, I?m supposed to have learned a thing or two after a couple of decades of show biz success and survival. I was there to pass along some wisdom. That said, somebody asked me about ?leave behinds.?

Wait. Speak up. What?s that, you ask?

A ?leave behind? is something a writer might give the buyer after a pitch meeting. Usually a blurb or some kind of outline that reflects what the writer just spent the past twenty minutes drilling into the producer or executive?s ear.

The student asking the question was concerned that ending the pitch by giving away something written down was an invitation for the recipient to steal.

?Look. It probably hurts more to hear this than for me to say it,? I said. ?But if you?re going to have any success as a writer in this biz, you?re going to get ripped off. That?s just a fact.?

Judging by all the gob-smacked faces, I may as well have stood up, flapped my arms, and squawked my affection for anesthesia-free colonoscopies.

?I know. Getting stolen from is supposed to be a form of flattery,? I continued. ?But that?s a buncha crap. It sucks. It?s never fun. But it happens all the time.?

Okay blogfans. Here?s a SPOILER ALERT: If you?re planning to make a splash in show biz but imagine that it?s populated by characters from the kinder parts of Mary Poppins, please turn back now, don?t read on, and politely exit while whistling the opening bars to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

To find success in the Land of Milk and Movies, writers must write, pitch, and sell. And if the writer is any good at his craft, there are wolves in sheeps? clothing waiting to take a bite of your good work and sell it as their own. Like this one:

I was at lunch with a producer I?d come to know through one of my movies. Sometime between the entree and my third refill of Diet Coke, he began talking to me about an idea he had for a movie. Now, this ?idea? was more like snippet of information about a special unit of cops serving in the NYPD. There were no characters and zero story. Just a thirty-second recitation of this particular cop detail and their dirty assignment.

Usually, I nod and say something like, ?That?s a good start. Lemme simmer on it for awhile.?

Instead, during this particular slice of my day, I?d already grown bored with the lunch conversation and this guy?s nonstop tales of scamming sloppy supermodel seconds off his former boss?s conquests.

So keying off the producer?s faint description, I deftly spun a tale. Why? Because I?m a writer and that?s what I do. Making up stories has become second nature. In twenty minutes hence, I created two dynamic characters, three solid acts, and even a surprise ending.

Not that it?s always that easy. I?ll sometimes toil for years over half-assed ideas in search of a getaway car. And other times, stories arrive almost instantly like gifts from heaven, fully formed and barely in need of tweaking.

This was one of those days. From idea to characters to story to a perfectly pitchable movie before the check even arrived. The producer dropped his Platinum card, shook my hand goodbye, and promised to follow up with me the next day.

True to his word, the producer called me the following afternoon.

?So here?s what I did,? said the producer. ?After our lunch yesterday, I drove over to Fox and sold that story I told you.?

?You what?? I asked, wondering if there was some kind of infection that had flooded my ear canals with crazy talk.

?Sold the story. Set it up as a development deal at Fox.?

?Without informing me?? I asked, incredulity raising my voice.

?No worries,? he said. ?You?re on top of my list of writers for it.?

?Top of your list?? I?d quickly moved from incredulous to steaming. ?Are you kidding me? I?m the only writer you can possibly do this with.?

?I believe you. And you?re obviously my first choice. But the studio?s gonna want to hear more than one take. That means a bunch of writers.?

?How dare you!? I shouted. ?It?s my story! You had no right to sell it without me in the room!?

?Hey. It was my idea and I paid for lunch,? was all the asshole producer pretended he needed to say to settle the issue.

?And if I knew you were gonna f**k me over I woulda ordered more than the lousy Cobb salad.?

His logic was tortured and numbing. As if anyone with a willingness to flash an American Express card coupled with describing to a writer the distinctive features of a DeLorean awarded him the intellectual property rights to Back to the Future.

I was incensed then and, as I beat these words into a blog, I remain pretty peeved. But because I hadn?t had time to register the story with the WGA I didn?t have a legal leg to stand on. The S.O.B. beat me to a defense by rushing from our lunch to the gilded gates of a movie studio with an open wallet. My only remedy was to gin my agent and lawyer into gang-calling the studio and, in all likelihood, the action would quickly devolve into such a who-came-up-with-what twist that the primary byproduct would be gallons of bad blood spilled between myself and the innocent movie studio. It was either that or lick my wounds, write off the unscrupulous bastard, and learn to keep my mouth shut.

It wasn?t first time I?d been stolen from. It wouldn?t be the last. Because the truth is that the job demands a certain measure of creative risk. These dangers must be accepted as potential job hazards. And no insurance policy or writers? collective can totally insulate an ambitious word merchant from every cunning shark in the Show Biz Sea.

In the end, I probably could have fought my way into the studio and demanded my screenwriting services be attached the story. Yet something about beginning a movie project forged with an already malignant distrust for the producer made me too ill to put up a fight.

Smart businesses write off their mistakes, failed partnerships, and affronts of chicanery every damned day. Then they get up, dust themselves off, and move on to Plans B or C or whatever. Writers need to follow that example.

I have similar stories with happier endings that I will soon make blogworthy. But more often than not, stories about intellectual thievery usually end in more sting than bling.

Read my new thriller, THE SAFETY EXPERT. Available in trade paperback and ebook at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.

Source: http://dougrichardson.com/2012/screwed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=screwed

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1. Prepare a will
2. Prepare a simple tax return
3. Tutor a child
4. Cater a meal/small dinner party
5. Provide health and beauty services
6. Teach Art lessons
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8. Provide household maintenance services

Travel and Leisure donations:

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Hand Crafts

1. Knitting and crocheting lessons or provide a personalized item
2. Donate an original work of art (painting, pottery, sculpture)

Music Lessons

1. ?Provide lessons for any instrument
2. Volunteer your musical ability for an event

Computer Skills

1. New computer setup
2. Computer lessons ? how to do X,Y,Z

Think about your special talents, interests and professional experience. What goods or services are you willing to offer for bid? The choices are endless. Be creative. We would love if you would donate one or more item/good/service. The more items donated, the more money can be raised for the building fund. If you have any questions, please call Eileen Levin at 856-465-3596.

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Lemon pasta is one of our ?go-to? easy meals that we have been making for years. It?s quick, uncomplicated and relatively healthy. Normally we serve it during hot weather, but with Meyer lemons being plentiful at Bay area farmers markets, it seemed like a perfect time to make it. The citrus and herb flavor just makes us feel like spring is all that much closer.

We try to keep it fresh by not getting trapped in a set way of making it. Sometimes we use parsley, other times basil and yet others tarragon. Sometimes we use spaghetti, other times linguini or sometimes even penne. We also make sure to add more grated Parmesan than some recipes might suggest to make sure we get a creamier sauce. Adding some diced chicken rounds out the dish for a full meal but leave it out if you want to serve this as a first course. You can also add toasted walnuts if you want to make it a fully vegetarian meal. It also fares well the next day if you need to bring something for lunch to work.

3 cloves of garlic
? cup olive oil
Pinch of chili flakes
2 Meyer lemons, zested and juiced
1 cup tightly packed parsley leaves
1 cup grated Parmesan
1 cooked chicken breast, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pound whole-wheat spaghetti

1) Cook pasta according to directions.
2) Heat oil in a small saut? pan and toast garlic cloves and chili flakes until the garlic just begins to brown.
3) Add garlic and oil to the bowl of a food processor with the parsley, lemon juice and zest. Puree till it forms a loose paste.
4) Dice chicken and mix with sauce and grated cheese in a mixing bowl.
5) When pasta is al dente, add to mixing bowl, using a little pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed. Taste and adjust with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

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Springfield ? A Democrat-backed plan to shift a portion of the state?s pension obligation to local schools and universities would be disastrous for the schools and for the taxpayers that fund them, a group of House Republicans stressed today. At a Capitol press conference, the lawmakers said that simply shifting the pension funding burden does nothing to solve the core problem, and would inevitably lead to property tax increases and teacher layoffs.

?Illinois has the worst funded pension system in the country, simply shifting a portion of the financial responsibility to local school districts and public universities does nothing to reduce long-term costs or stabilize our pension systems. This is basically rearranging deck chairs while the Titanic continues to sink,? said Representative Ed Sullivan (R-Mundelein).

Representative Kent Gaffney (R- Lake Barrington) said the Democrats? pension shift would eat up about 9% of local school districts? total payroll budgets. For the Wauconda School District 118 in his area, that would mean about $2.24 million.

?Schools are already waiting months for reimbursement from the state and school transportation dollars have been slashed. If the Democrats move forward with the shift, schools will have even fewer payroll dollars to pay teachers? salaries, and will be forced to enact layoffs,? Gaffney said.

Representative Rich Morthland (R-Cordova) said he?s also extremely concerned about the certain impact the shift would have on family budgets already stretched to the breaking point.

?This shift will leave schools no place to go but back to their local property taxpayers. It will lead to huge property tax increases and tuition increases for our university students. Families are already struggling under the 67% income tax increase Democrats? forced upon them last year. Adding property tax and tuition increases on top of that would be absolutely devastating,? Morthland said.

?Nearly one year ago Quinn signed into law massive tax increases on working families, seniors and businesses, and now Quinn wants to move forward with another ill-advised plan to reform pensions by raising taxes. . . property taxes,? said State Representative Paul Evans (R-O?Fallon) ? I am in strong support of reforming our state?s pension system which faces $83 billion in unfunded liabilities, but I am adamantly opposed to shifting that massive financial burden on homeowners? property tax bills. The Governor must stop seeing tax hikes as a solution to every state problem and come to the table to discuss with lawmakers long-term reform plans to get our state back on track.?

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightPundits.com, StoptheACLU.com, Human Events Magazine, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. Warner is also the editor of the Midwest Editor for RedCounty.com. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions, EMAIL Warner Todd Huston: igcolonel .at. hotmail.com “The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.” –Samuel Johnson

Source: http://www.prairiestatereport.us/2012/02/22/house-republicans-democrat-pension-shift-would-be-disastrous-for-local-schools-property-taxpayers/

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Wicker outdoor furniture has a good ranking for comfort. They can also be used for indoors and relax. Typically, wicker outdoor furniture is made to be resistant in all weather so it can be used without overhead protection. Wicker outdoor furniture is available in a variety of types, sizes and styles. For example, coffee table, sofa, recliner, and others, so they are suitable for outdoor use.

Possible between you and your family likes to be outdoors to spend time together. This is the perfect moment to get the outdoor wicker furniture. It is also a good investment. You can visit the store closest to your house to look for it. Synthetic rattan no doubt to be placed outside the room.

As we have said that outdoor wicker furniture is usually resistant to weather, but you must know the requirements to buy outdoor furniture.?We would recommend you to buy stuff that is easy to maintain, affordable, lightweight, and resistant to rain and sun.

When you are looking for outdoor wicker furniture, then you should be able to choose furniture that suits your outdoor theme. They should be able to blend with your home. The best choice is simple and functional. You can buy a piece of furniture that can add convenience when you are outdoors, so you and your family are not disappointed with what you buy.

Luxury homes are often decorated with wicker outdoor furniture, you can prove it by searching online. They are sometimes decorated with unique pieces of furniture. Furniture made from synthetic wicker is the right choice for comfort and tranquility. They are more flexible for any setting. You can choose a glider area, sofa, or swing.

Decorative outer space should be carefully considered, because it is very different from the decor in the room. You should consider the purpose of decorating the outside space. If you want to create a relaxed atmosphere, then you can use the wicker outdoor furniture to support your ideas.

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A group of hacktivists has leaked the names, addresses, phone numbers and email passwords of more than 100 police officers stolen from the database of the Los Angeles County Police Canine Association (LACPCA) website.

Calling itself “CabinCr3w,” the hackers posted a list of 127 LACPCA members, representing, among others, the Whittier, Los Angeles, South Gate, Palos Verdes and El Monte police departments, as well as police departments in New Mexico and Washington state.

The LACPCA, an organization that promotes the welfare and safety of canine law enforcement teams, did not respond to a request for comment, but confirmed to Cnet that the site was hacked and the FBI was involved. The LACPCA is not affiliated with the Los Angeles Police Department.?

Like the Anonymous hackers it affiliates itself with, CabinCr3w gave a name to its leak, in this case “OpPiggyBank,” and prefaced the leak with a mission statement denouncing the poor security practices and unnamed “injustices” of law enforcement and government websites.

“Over the past three weeks, we in the cabin have been targeting law enforcement site across the United States, be it for injustices they have allowed through ignorance or naivety, or to point out the fact that their insecurity failed to protect the safety of those they took an oath to serve,” the group wrote.

Related: NSA chief fears Anonymous could hit power grid: report

Along with the names, email addresses and phone numbers included in the leak, the hackers claim they also have their hands on more than 15,000 police warrants, hundreds of thousands of court summons, information on confidential narcotics informants and thousands of police reports.

CabinCr3w also claims to have found ” questionable material ” in the email inbox of one particular Los Angeles-area police officer. The hackers say they found “disturbing content” of images they said could be considered child pornography. The group did not release the photos in question, but said they would contact “the appropriate organizations protecting children from exploitation online.”

The Pastebin post names the officer and gives his address, but SecurityNewsDaily has looked at the photos on other sites and they are far from child pornography. Instead, they’re part of an frequently forwarded chain joke email with the subject line “Men in Training” dating back to at least 2008, and they’re PG-13-rated at the worst.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46480682/ns/technology_and_science-security/

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP – About 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of India’s mammoth rail network, a “massacre” that a government committee said was being ignored by railway authorities.

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