Chrome OS is among the latest operating system by Google for next generation devices. The operating system is designed especially for netbooks or low powered devices, but you can also enjoy the experience on your laptop and desktop. The simplest way to run the Chrome OS on your computer is by making its Bootable/Live flash drive. We thank Hexxeh for providing his latest build of Chrome OS codenamed: Flow. Flow contains many improvements over previous build including Nvidia Ion acceleration as next generation netbooks are based on Nvidia Ion Platform. Keep in mind that the Chrome OS is not official released yet, but pre-release builds like this are available.
- 2 GB flash Drive (some cool flash drives)
- Chrome OS image (download link)
- Windows Image Writer (download link)
How to make the live USB:
- Extract the Chromium OS image from the compressed file
- Insert the flash drive and format it. You need a minimum of 2 GB flash drive
- Open the Windows Image Writer and write the image into the flash drive
- Enable USB boot option from your bios and reboot using the flash drive, your’re done!
- The default username and password for this build is facepunch
This should do it and you’ll be able to enjoy the Chrome OS experience on your device before the official release. If you encounter any problem, feel free to ask in comments.
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If you want a beautiful, mature neighborhood close to SouthPark but don’t quite have the Foxcroft or Myers Park budget then take a look at Wessex Square!
Built in the 1980s, the 241-home neighborhood is full of mature trees and 1.5-2 story homes ranging in size from about 1,700 square feet to 2,800 square feet.
Wessex Square is located off Rea Road between Cedarwood Country Club and Carmel Country Club. Colony Place shopping center is right down the street, and the neighborhood is convenient to both SouthPark Mall as well as Carolina Place Mall, which is a few miles west down Pineville-Matthews Road (Highway 51). Just across Highway 51 is the Arboretum Shopping Center.
The average sales price for the 26 homes sold in the last 12 months is $283,365. Expect to pay about $129 per square foot for a home in Wessex Square, which is the average for the last 12 months.
Currently, there is only 1 home on the market in Wessex Square, and it is under contract. An average of 2.2 homes sell per month in the neighborhood, which is 2 weeks inventory for the market.
Homes in Wessex Square have sold for an average of 97.8% of list price in the last year.
Neighborhood schools are among the city’s best rated – Old Providence Elementary School, Carmel Middle School and Myers Park High School.
Location, affordability and maturity make Wessex Square a great choice to buy a home, even a first home!


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The Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee had their monthly meeting this past Wednesday Oct. 25. Chris Linde from Ward 3 gave an update from the Engineering subcommittee about the 2018 Protected Bikeways, mostly these upgrades move away from bollard protected bikeways to curb protected bikeways.
The bike lane updates expected are to upgrade the Plymouth Ave N and 8th St NE protected bike lanes from bollards to to curb protected and to extend these farther west, to upgrade part of Blaisdell Ave S protected bike lane from bollards to the city’s first planter-protected bike lane, to upgrade the 11th Ave S protected bike lane in downtown from bollards to curb protected, and to upgrade the 12th St buffered bike lane from 2nd Ave and 3rd Ave to off-street protected, this eventually being incorporated into the eventual Grant Street bikeway to connect to Loring Park, moving from a one way lane to a two way lane. The BAC passed a motion to support these bike lane updates.
Rendering of what the 11th Ave curb protected bike lanes will look like:
Summary of the rest of the BAC meeting:
The meeting began with a presentation from Steve Elmer from the MET council about changes to the draft Transportation Policy Plan Update. Currently the Transportation Policy Plan looks at trends in pedestrian and bicycle transportation along with new developments in planning and infrastructure. The three main goals for the plan is to look at destinations, economy, and environment in regards to bicycle transportation and network.
The additions to the plan currently include information on pedestrian safety and bike and pedestrian safety in regards to traffic speeds. The process of drafting the Transportation Policy Update includes evaluating the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network, local bikeways, and the regional transit system in whole.
A previous version of the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network pictured above.
This includes looking at the regional barriers to bicycle transportation, major rivers being one of the larger ones. The plan currently incorporates all existing and planned bikeway crossings and prioritize future crossings. The regional bicycle barriers study is still ongoing and will provide a map of prioritized regional barrier segments.
The goal of the Transportation Policy Plan Update is to create a backbone arterial network for bikes and to invest in critical bike transportation links.
The committee also looked at the current Regional Bicycle Transportation Network and what it will look like in 2018. There were two additions proposed to be added to the network as primary routes, these being the proposed Northside and Southside greenway routes.
Hillary Lovelace from Ward 2 then gave an update from the 5E submittee. Lovelace discussed the Access Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan Assessment and the evaluation and update process.
Secondly Lovelace discussed evaluation and education discussed by the 5E committee. Jenny Bordon from the Minneapolis school department discussed the Minneapolis school department doubling its fleet of bikes and universal education for Minneapolis students on biking. The other education pieces being Behind the Big Wheel, bike training for city workers, BAC members, etc, bike education for adults, and motorist education about bicycle safety.
The committee also discussed the Bike Friendly Community gold award and why Minneapolis did not receive the platinum award. The committee agreed that the recognition from the award was not the goal but rather how the city could improve bike infrastructure to be at the top level. Finally Lovelace and the committee discussed BAC involvement for evaluation of bikeway installation.
Finally the committee looked at the accessibility survey which is still ongoing and looked at the race and gender of the members of the BAC committee along with committee members thoughts on daytime meetings and what that makes for accessibility for members.
The committee meets once a month at city hall and has subcommittees, that of the 5E and engineering subcommittees, that meet separately once a month as well.

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Accepting who I am is hard
Learning to love myself will take time
But step by step, gradually
I will rewrite all my negativities
I have infinte imperfections
Number of things that I do are useless
But day by day, eventually
I’ll overcome them and accept myself.
Acceptance came in waves… not the high tide but the low tide.
Quiet and calm, taking with it the good things and leaving the bad behind.
That is my acceptance.
Loving the unloved… that’s my acceptance.
My acceptance is loving me at my best and also my worst.
Like the moon with all its imperfections.
Reflecting light in all it’s glory in the solitude of night.
Waxing and waning.
Proud and Bright!
Acceptance of self.

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Jennifer Lopez Premieres New Track 'Girls' Ft. DJ Mustard
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While fans are eagerly waiting for the full version of her much-anticipated "Same Girl", Jennifer Lopez released her collaboration with DJ Mustard entitled "Girls". The club banger arrived on Wednesday, January 22 via the Los Angeles producer's Soundcloud.
The track features the 44-year-old diva motivating other girls to enjoy their lives. "At the end of the night, girls just wanna have fun/ 'Cause we don't really care, girls just wanna have fun," she sings.
"Girls" is expected to be included in Lopez's upcoming album, which is currently in the works and planned to be released sometime this year. In addition to working on what will be her tenth studio set, the "American Idol" judge is gearing up to release "Same Girl".
She has filmed a music video for the Chris Brown-penned track, but hasn't revealed when the project will arrive in full. The clip was shot last month in the singer's hometown of Bronx by directors Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold.
Lopez is apparently also readying a new track with French Montana. The two stars recently shared a photo of them posing together in a studio.
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- 1 What was paint made out of in the Middle Ages?
- 2 How did they make paint in the olden days?
- 3 How was paint made in the Renaissance?
- 4 How was the paint made?
- 5 What is the oldest painting ever?
- 6 Who invented drawing?
- 7 How did they make paint in the 1800s?
- 8 How did they make paint in the 1500s?
- 9 What did Romans use to paint?
- 10 What was the most popular type of paint during the Renaissance?
- 11 What was new and different about Renaissance art?
- 12 Who were the 2 most important painters of the Northern Renaissance?
- 13 Who invented white paint?
- 14 What are the raw materials for paint?
What was paint made out of in the Middle Ages?
Mineral pigments ( red ochre, yellow ochre, umber, lime white ) continued to be used by painters throughout the Middle Ages. Dug right out of the earth and shaped into sticks with knives, painters made chalks ready for drawing.
How did they make paint in the olden days?
Paints were made by using the ground pigment with gums or animal glue, which made them workable and fixed them to the surface being decorated. The encaustic painting technique was used widely in Greece and Rome for easel pictures. In this technique, the binder for the pigment is wax or wax and resin.
How was paint made in the Renaissance?
Hundreds of years ago in Europe, in a time known as the Renaissance, artists chose from paints made from minerals, such as azurite and malachite, and plants, such as saffron and Brazil wood. Some colors had such expensive ingredients that they were saved for only special parts of a picture.
How was the paint made?
Paint was made with the yolk of eggs and therefore, the substance would harden and adhere to the surface it was applied to. Pigment was made from plants, sand, and different soils. Most paints used either oil or water as a base (the diluent, solvent or vehicle for the pigment).
What is the oldest painting ever?
In fact, one painting — a red disk painted on the wall of the El Castillo Cave in Spain — was estimated to be 40,800 years old and regarded as the oldest painting ever.
Who invented drawing?
The earliest known drawings date from 30,000 to 10,000 B.C.. They were found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. Other examples of early drawing are designs that were scratched, carved, or painted on the surfaces of primitive tools.
How did they make paint in the 1800s?
Until paint was produced commercially during the Industrial Revolution (circa 1800), painters had to make their own paints by grinding pigment into oil. The paint would harden and would have to be made fresh each day. From there, the pigment was mixed with the binder, whether oil-based or glue-based, to form the paint.
How did they make paint in the 1500s?
In the 15th century, egg began to be replaced by walnut or linseed oil as media. These dried more slowly than tempera and created a paint that was more versatile. The use of oils and canvas supports permitted paintings to be used for a wider variety of situations, and subject matter broadened accordingly.
What did Romans use to paint?
Painters used primarily black, red, yellow, brown, blue, and green pigments. They mixed their colors in a binder to make them stick to the dry plaster. Paints were made by using the ground pigment with gums or animal glue, which made them workable and fixed them to the surface being decorated.
What was the most popular type of paint during the Renaissance?
Fresco. The fresco technique has been used by artists ever since antiquity, and it continued during the Renaissance to be the most popular method of painting larger surfaces like interior walls in churches, public buildings, and private homes.
What was new and different about Renaissance art?
Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval period to the representational forms of the 15th century. They are not flat but suggest mass, and they often occupy a realistic landscape.
Who were the 2 most important painters of the Northern Renaissance?
Robert Campin Or The “Master of Flémalle” Along with Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin is often dubbed the founder of the naturalistic style of panel painting that thrived during the Northern Renaissance, particularly within the Burgundian Netherlands.
Who invented white paint?
White was one of the first colors used in art. The Lascaux Cave in France contains drawings of bulls and other animals drawn by Paleolithic artists between 18,000 and 17,000 years ago. 15th century artists created their white color using lime, calcite or gypsum.
What are the raw materials for paint?
Resins (“binders”), pigments, and fillers represent over 75% of the global coatings raw materials market. Examples include:
- Cathay (pigments)
- Heubach (pigments)
- Nubiola (pigments)
- Alberdingk Boley (W/B resins)
- Reichhold (resins)
- Worlee-Chemie (resins)
- ALTANA (BYK—additives)
- Troy Corporation (additives)

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Our latest review is of Abdourahman A. Waberi’s In the United States of Africa.
It’s a pretty interesting and strange book. Here’s the opening of my review:
As Percival Everett states in his introduction, Djibouti author Abdourahman Waberi’s first novel to be translated into English is particularly interesting for the way in usurps not just our expectations, but much of what we have come to believe constitutes a novel:
This is where In the United States of Africa Waberi has inverted the globe and has managed as well to turn over the writing. By this act of inversion he has allowed us to see the absurdity of any kind of oriented globe. This novel holds a mirror up to the planet and questions the direction of spin, whether gravity is a pulling or pushing force, whether upside-down writing is even writing at all. (From the Introduction)
Although it gets much more complex as the novel advances, the primary reversal—exchanging the industrial-financial history and prejudices of Africa and the rest of the world—is a simple conceit to cotton onto and one that Waberi has a lot of fun with. In the opening pages we’re introduced to Yacuba, a “flea-ridden Germanic or Alemanic carpenter” who has fled AIDS-ridden, poverty-stricken Europe in hopes of a better life in the much wealthier and cleaner United States of Africa. Through Yacuba we’re introduced to a world where Quebec is at war with the American Midwest, where the “white trash” of Europe speak an undecipherable “white pidgin dialect,” and where the African media fans the flames of intolerance:
“Surely you are aware that our media have been digging up their most scornful, odious stereotypes again, which go back at least as far as Methusuleiman! Like, the new migrants propagate their soaring birth rate, their centuries-old soot, their lack of ambition, their ancestral machismo, their reactionary religions like Protestantism, Judaism, or Catholicism, their endemic diseases. In short, they are introducing the Third World right up the anus of the United States of Africa. The least scrupulous of our newspapers have abandoned all restraint for decades and fan the flames of fear of what has been called—hastily, to be sure—the “White Peril.” Isn’t form, after all, the very flesh of thought, to paraphrase the great Sahelian writer Naguib Wolegorzee? Thus, a popular daily in Ndjamena, Bilad el Sudan, periodically goest back to its favorite headline: “Back Across the Mediterranean, Clodhoppers!” From Tripoli, El Ard, owned by the magnate Hannibal Cabral, shouts “Go Johnny, Go!” Which the Lagos Herald echoes with an ultimatum: “White Trash, Back Home!” More laconic is the Messager des Seychelles in two English words: “Apocalypse Now!” [click here for the rest.]
Linn Ullmann’s The Cold Song, her fifth novel, is built much like the house about which its story orbits: Mailund, a stately white mansion set in the Norwegian countryside a few hours drive from Oslo. The house, nestled into the. . .
Karel Schoeman’s Afrikaans novel, This Life, translated by Else Silke, falls into a genre maybe only noticed by the type of reader who tends toward Wittgenstein-type family resemblances. The essential resemblance is an elderly narrator, usually alone—or with one other. . .
In Joris-Karl Hyusmans’s most popular novel, À rebours (Against Nature or Against the Grain, depending on the which translated edition you’re reading), there is a famous scene where the protagonist, the decadent Jean des Esseintes, starts setting gemstones on the. . .
There are books that can only wisely be recommended to specific types of readers, where it is easy to know who the respective book won’t appeal to, and Kristiina Ehin’s Walker on Water is one these. What makes this neither. . .
Imagine the most baroque excesses of Goethe, Shakespeare, and Poe, blended together and poured into a single book: That is The Nightwatches of Bonaventura. Ophelia and Hamlet fall in love in a madhouse, suicidal young men deliver mournful and heartfelt. . .
In 1899, Maurice Ravel wrote “Pavane pour une infante défunte” (“Pavane for a Dead Princess”) for solo piano (a decade later, he published an orchestral version). The piece wasn’t written for a particular person; Ravel simply wanted to compose a. . .
Fiston Mwanza Mujila is an award-winning author, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who now, at 33, lives in Austria. From what I could find, much of his work is influenced by the Congo’s battle for independence and its. . .
Twenty-One Days of a Neurasthenic is not a novel in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a collection of vignettes recorded by journalist Georges Vasseur in his diary during a month spent in the Pyrenées Mountains to treat his nervous. . .
Founded in 1960 by such creative pioneers as George Perec, Raymond Queneau and Italo Calvino, the Oulipo, shorthand for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, came about in when a group of writers and mathematicians sought constraints to find new structures and. . .
There’s little to say about a series of prose poems that willfully refuse to identify pronoun antecedents. Or perhaps there are a million things. The poems in Morse, My Deaf Friend— the chapbook by Miloš Djurdjević published by Ugly Duckling. . .

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Professor Peter Stott
Peter is a Science Fellow in Climate Attribution. He is an expert in the attribution of climate change to anthropogenic and natural causes.
Areas of expertise
Climate modelling of past and future climate.
Attribution of past changes to their natural and anthropogenic contributions.
Peter is Science Fellow for Attribution. The research group he leads is investigating new methods for quantifying past changes in climate and is conducting research into the links between extreme weather events and human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. The team is also developing an operational attribion system to calculate how recent extreme weather events have been affected by climate variability and change.
His personal research interests include the development of attribution to regional scales and to the analysis of extremes and the use of past changes to infer observational constraints on future changes. He is interested in the development of operational systems for attributing the causes of extreme weather events in near-real time by calculating the odds of such events and how they have changed as a result of different factors. Better information of this sort can help to better inform adaptation strategies and help avoid "misattribution" whereby people can be over-eager to blame an extreme weather event on either climate change or natural weather fluctuations. An important component of future research will be incorporating better process understanding into attribution analyses.
He is a co-editor of the annual report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society which explains previous extreme weather and climate events of the previous year from a climate perspective. He was the recipient of the Climate Science Communications Award for 2018 from the Royal Meteorological Society and was named by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the world's leading Global Thinkers for 2013.
Peter also has a part time position at the University of Exeter where he is Professor in Detection and Attribution in the Mathematics department.
Peter joined the Met Office Hadley Centre in 1996 to work on detection and attribution of past climate change. During that time he wrote many scientific papers, often in collaboration with colleagues from other institutes, and was involved in the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a Contributing Author. In 2006 he became Manager of the Understanding and Attributing Climate Change team and in 2008 became the Head of the Climate Monitoring and Attribution group. From 2004 he was heavily involved in the production of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC as a Lead Author for both the Working Group 1 report on the Physical Science Basis and the Synthesis Report, which in addition covers impacts, adaptation and mitigation. He was Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 10 (Detection and attribution of climate change: from global to regional) of the Working Group 1 of IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
He thinks it is important to communicate scientific findings about climate to the public and has given many media interviews, including on TV, radio and to many print journalists. He also appeared in documentaries for Channel 4 and National Geographic TV about Extreme Weather and Climate Change and has written articles for New Scientist, the Guardian and a Carbon Brief blog on recent floods.
Peter has a first degree in Mathematics from Durham University and completed Part III of the Mathematics Tripos at Cambridge University. The research for his PhD at Imperial College, London was atmospheric modelling of the environmental consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. After that he carried out post-doctoral research at Edinburgh University on stratospheric ozone depletion.
Key papers include:
Stott, P. A., S. F. B. Tett, G. S. Jones, M. R. Allen, J. F. B. Mitchell, G. J. Jenkins., 2000. External control of twentieth century temperature change by natural and anthropogenic forcings. Science, 290, 2133-2137.
Stott, P. A., J. A. Kettleborough, 2002. Origins and estimates of uncertainty in predictions of twenty-first century temperature rise. Nature, 416, 723-726.
Stott, P. A., 2003. Attribution of regional scale temperature changes to anthropogenic and natural causes. Geophys. Res. Lett.., Vol. 30, doi 10.1029/2003GL017324.
Stott, P.A., D.A. Stone M. R. Allen, 2004: Human contribution to the European heat wave of 2003. Nature, 432, 610-614.
Christidis, N., P. A. Stott, S. Brown, G. C. Hegerl, and J. Caesar, 2005: Detection of change in temperature extremes during the second half of the twentieth century. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL023885.
Stott, P. A., J. F. B. Mitchell, M. R. Allen, T. Delworth, J. M. Gregory, G. Meehl, and B. Santer, 2006: Observational constraints on past attributable warming and predictions of future global warming. J. Climate, 19, 3055-3069.
Stott, P. A., R. T. Sutton, D. M. Smith, 2008: Detection and attribution of Atlantic salinity changes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL035874.
Palmer, M. D., S. A. Good, K. Haines, N. A. Rayner, P. A. Stott, 2009: A new perspective on global warming of the oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL039491.
- Stott, P. A., Jones, G. S., Christidis, N., Zwiers, F. W., Hegerl, G. C., Shiogama, H., 2011. Single-step attribution of increasing probability of very warm regional temperatures to human influence. Atmos. Sci. Lett.,12, 220-227 doi:10.1002/asl315.
- Stott, P A., Allen, M., Christidis, N., Dole, R., Hoerling, M., Huntingford, C., Pall, P., Perlwitz, J., Stone, D., 2013. Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events. Position Paper for WCRP OSC. Accepted as part of monograph of position papers. In Monograph : "Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modelling and Prediction Priorities" published by Springer.
- Stott, P. A., Good, P., Jones, G. S., Hawkins, E., 2013. Upper end of climate model temperature projections is inconsistent with past warming. Environ Res. Lett., 8, 014024, doi.10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014024.
Lead Author for Chapter 9, "Understanding and Attributing Climate Change", IPCC Working Group 1 (WG1) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
Member of Core Writing Team for IPCC AR4 Synthesis Report and Focal Point for the Synthesis Report Topic on Causes of Change.
Member of writing team on IPCC Good Practice Guidance Paper on Detection and Attribution Related to Anthropogenic Climate Change.
- Contributed to the reports of the IPCC which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
Co-Recipient of the 2008 Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Outstanding Scientific Paper Award.
Lead-author paper on "Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003" chosen by Nature as one of 10 highlighted papers they published in 2004.
Associate Editor Journal of Climate.
- Chosen as one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 by Foreign Policy Magazine.
- Coordinating Lead Author for Chapter 10, "Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional", IPCC Working Group 1 (WG1) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
- Recipient of the Climate Science Communications Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society for 2018.

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Manya Matveev Interior October 08th, 2017
Create a feature wall. Embrace the dark side with a single feature wall. The black wall in this room helps to put the bed and lights at center stage while the remaining white walls and crisp white bedding keep the look airy.
Edda Braune Bedroom October 08th, 2017
Although I mentioned not wanting to buy expensive art to get tripped over I have no problem with it being displayed on the wall. The piece shown in this image is so gorgeous and really sets the mood for the room. Nightstand space comes at a premium. Books clocks and phones all vie for room. Bedding is expensive especially once you find the perfect duvet pillow shams throw pillows and so on. I've often thought of a neutral color scheme as being boring and safe. When I think of custom drapery my mind often envisions heavy fabric overpowering a room. Area rugs are often used to tie a space together. I love how this rug is the room's focal point. Generally speaking most nightstands are round or square. Who says you have to follow those rules?
Natzu Shimizu Bedroom October 08th, 2017
Interior designer Letitia Holloway of Myers Designs and Debbie Wiener owner of Designing Solutions are well versed in this transformation and the complications that come with it. If you're thinking of turning your basement into an extra bedroom their tips and tricks can help. Insulate. The last thing you want is a noisy – and chilly – bedroom. "Spend a little extra and add good insulation to the walls” says Wiener. "One good night's sleep and you'll know you spent your money wisely.” Create emergency escape routes. Before beginning construction check your local building codes to learn what your basement's escape requirements are. The necessary routes can also enhance the room. "Installing large upper windows not only enhances the view but provides a great escape route” says Holloway. Look for the charm. Save money by leaving beams exposed or the ceiling unfinished – it will give your new cozy bedroom a feeling of distinction. Add visual height. Unfinished ceilings can also help add height to a space especially when painted a dark color. "Paint the ceiling dark and finish the rest of the room off as you would normally” says Holloway. "This type of ceiling works with a variety of aesthetics and the unfinished effect makes it feel higher than a drop or drywall style would.” Benjamin Moore's Baby Seal Black is one of Holloway's go‐to paint colors. Configure your layout wisely. Place the bed against an interior wall in the room. "Exterior walls change temperature meaning your bed will be cold in the winter and possibly through summer if your basement is below grade” says Wiener.
Rosetta Loreta Dining Room October 06th, 2017
Wood is tops but don't discount glass. The advantage of a glass‐top dining table is that it works well with many decor themes. And because it has a reflective surface it is an excellent choice for a space that might need to look a little lighter and brighter. Glass dining tables are tough too. Today's versions are made with tempered safety glass which means the glass resists scratches and heat and won't shatter if knocked. You can also choose glass that is tinted in a range of different colors even black. Another benefit of a glass table is that you can surround it with versatile seating arrangements from mismatched dining chairs to multicolored options.
Manya Matveev Bathroom October 06th, 2017
Bring in natural light. "A frameless shower gives the illusion of openness. The less metal the less you notice that a wall is dividing the space" says Alison Causer of Alison Causer Design. "In this master bath I really wanted the natural light to reach every corner of the room. Since we used dark natural stone on all four walls we really needed to keep the light moving around the room". Maximize the view. "This home has a sophisticated and subdued palette with walnut casework throughout" says Kerry Ellis of Benning Design Associates. "It also has stunning views which is why we decided to keep the master bath and shower so open".
Natzu Shimizu Bathroom October 06th, 2017
Go for an elegant look. "The inspiration for this bathroom was elegant glamour" says Jamie Herzlinger of Jamie Herzlinger Design. "The easiest way to get elegance into your bathroom is by using a frameless shower because it keeps the look clean and sleek". Embrace minimalism. "We were looking to have the colors of the limestone tile bounce light around the room and to use few if any noticeable details in keeping with our firm's philosophy of embracing minimalism" says David Webber of Webber + Studio Architects. Infuse a sense of calm. "I was inspired by the tranquil river and landscape surrounding this home to create a peaceful sanctuary that brought the outdoors in" says Justine Sterling of Justine Sterling Design. "The frameless shower design was key in creating transparency openness and a sense of calm". Invite nature to be your guest. "This master bath is in a summer home on a lake and the back of the house faces the woods" says Nora Schneider of Nora Schneider Interior Design. "The shower faces an entire wall of windows overlooking the woods and I wanted to invite nature in as an evergreen guest".
Orlene Lefebvre Interior October 06th, 2017
Art. If your tastes run to the whimsical or eclectic consider hanging art in front of a window. This creates an unexpected statement and is especially effective in contemporary condos that have no other place for art.
Rosetta Loreta Dining Room October 06th, 2017
Different chairs same upholstery. Unify a group of lovely chairs old or new by having them re‐covered in the same fabric. In the dining room featured here three different pairs of chairs were all covered in similar fabric to create a "set".
Natzu Shimizu Dining Room October 06th, 2017
Diner table and cool wallpaper. To get this quirky charming look tuck a classic diner‐style table up to a corner banquette backed with a wall covered in fresh modern wallpaper. The combination of a corner banquette (to maximize seating) and printed wallpaper (to add depth) is great for small spaces.
Manya Matveev Dining Room October 06th, 2017
Black is always the new black. If you aren't expecting your table to suffer wear and tear choose the most sophisticated and elegant table you've always dreamed of owning. Black tables are notoriously tricky especially if they are veneered because the smallest scratch will show up. If you are the careful type however black is super cool and will always be so.


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On Oct. 25, students with various majors gathered in Buntrock Commons for a day of networking and mentoring with St. Olaf alumni and other professionals who have built careers in the arts. Participants were able to learn from these art panelists’ past experiences and gain insight on how to forge a path in the world of the arts.
Stuart Pimsler, co-director of the Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Company, was the keynote speaker of this year’s Making it in the Arts conference. Many students could relate to Pimsler, who shared that he was undecided about what he wanted to do with his life while growing up. When Pimsler was 15, his mother passed away in a car accident, which left Pimsler very unsure and angry about what was happening in his life at the time. He had many interests, yet very little direction on where he wanted to take them. He found comfort in reading everything he could get his hands on, yet was still undecided about how to combine all of his interests into a career.
It wasn’t until Pimsler found himself at a modern dance performance later in his life that he was able to combine all of his interests in writing, political issues and love of activity; Pimsler started dancing and never stopped. Dance was a revelation that allowed him to create work that could help him dig into the world. He kept working toward his goal of being a professional dancer, and through perseverance landed a position as a dancer.
In his speech, Pimsler emphasized the importance of finding mentors, reading as much as possible, being curious and questioning everything.
“Ask questions about everything; that’s your responsibility,” Pimsler said. “Artists ask questions about everything, about the world they live in, the status quo, politics, aesthetics, everything.”
He left his speech with three statements for everyone to consider:
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” “If I am only for myself, who am I?”
and “If not now, when?”
These are important questions for everyone, especially artists, when planning a career and figuring out what to do in life. Pimsler emphasized that taking chances and having the patience to continue through tough times will prevail and allow things to work out.
After Pimsler’s opening speech, students had the opportunity to attend smaller information sessions that were discussion-based and covered different types of art such as fine arts, dance, theater, music and literature. Students were able to ask questions about how the practicing artists got where they are today and the obstacles they had to overcome to get there.
“Many of the alumni talked about how their trajectory in the arts was – and still is – not linear,” Alisha Jihn’ 15 said. “This gives me hope to continue my pursuit of a career in the arts.”
Two more panel sessions followed in which students heard about another side of the arts world, including topics such as managing your own art, adapting to new technology and reshaping your work. These sessions were meant to help artists build skills that help navigate the world of art alongside creating it.
Here the students were encouraged to push boundaries and network even though it can be nerve-wracking. All of the speakers emphasized that the students who introduced themselves during networking events and left a memorable impression were the first called when hiring. Knowing your worth and being confident in your skills allows more connections.
“Sometimes people who major in the arts are not taken as seriously as other majors that might seem more useful for making a living,” Ethan Boote ’15 said. “But the conference showcased a number of people who are doing what they love and have become very successful. That was really good for me to see, especially as a senior who needs to start thinking about my future.”
Overall, the conference was a positive pep talk that encouraged artists to createand persevere despite obstacles. Artists are valuable in the world and bring something to the table that many other jobs cannot.
“We need you; the world needs you,” Pimsler said. “Because artists give wisdom, they give curiosity, they give beauty to the world we live in. We need you as our future.”
Photo Credit: MADISON VANG/MANITOU MESSENGER


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We had the chef’s special sashimi and while the fish was delicious the size of the sashimi was extremely small, barely bite size (I am not kidding). Also, the noise level was crazy loud. On a positive note, the service was very good.
Really a poor experience all round in terms of options or customer service and hospitality. Everything was meh. I brought a business guest and was embarrassed by the experience.
Good tasty Japanese food. We enjoyed the roll special and endless cups of tea.
Excellent sushi and teriyaki. Innovative menu. Very friendly staff.
I have been going to Shinbashi for about 5 years. Never disappointed. However I will say one negative thing. I ordered the shinbashi bento box because it has beef negamaki. The disappointment is there were only two pieces of negamaki and chicken on a stick I think 3 pcs. I ordered the bento box because I wanted the negamaki not chicken. It doesn't say anything on the menu about chicken in this box. Next time I will mention it before placing the order.
Very nice service but the food was horrible. The maguro was absolutely not fresh. The tempura was greasy and simply bad tasting. Even the rice was bad. Dessert was OK. Try Sakagura or Soba Totto, both on 43rd St at 2nd Av, for comparably priced food for a much, much better eating experience.
Good food, great service. Good spot for business lunch.
With all of the Japanese restaurants concentrated in the area this is just way too expensive.
I had a lunch with my friend, it is really a good restaurant.
Solid if unspectacular. Food is good and service very functional and efficient. Can get very noisy when the restaurant is filled up and the space itself is somewhat spartan. Nevertheless a solid place to hit up in the area as it is pretty big.
Does a good job with the food although nothing spectacular culinary-wise. Seems well staffed and friendly. Space is a bit cavernous and not super warm. Overall a decent spot for good Japanese.
Above average food but not the ambience I expected. More a Business Lunch venue.
Not all midtown restaurants are bad but this is one of the stereotypically bad midtown restaurants.
Very fresh and well prepared. All around excellent.
had a biz meal there and it was very good and fast service
We miss Sushi. Having tasted it in Japan it is hard to find elsewhere. This is a very good proxy. Dit at the bar and enjoy what comes. Don't bother to order, the chef will take care. Simple splendid.
Nice and so very noisy! But I love it!
Really good Japanese food! I would definitely recommend!
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Excellent. I will come back!
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Sushi is excellent, service very good, and overall attitude was very friendly. Great spot for business lunch.
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General characteristics of the Volkswagen Tiguan 2024
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Technical specifications of the Volkswagen Tiguan 2024
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Range, prices, and launch of the Volkswagen Tiguan 2024
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