A political tip sheet for the rest of us

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway for Friday, March 9, 2012:

FRIDAY'S RECAP

"MORNIN' Y'ALL": Mitt Romney, a Yankee born and bred, is trying hard for the Southern vote. Real hard. Aside from shouting out the regional greeting to a Jackson, Miss., audience, Romney shared with them his breakfast menu: cheesy grits with a biscuit on the side. Romney is battling against his perceived weaknesses in the Deep South. In Jackson, he focused heavily on his private-sector background while answering voters' questions and sought to cast himself as the Republican candidate best-suited to tackle the nation's economic problems.

PRIVATE EMAILS IN PUBLIC OFFICE: Mitt Romney used a free Microsoft Hotmail account and a private email address to conduct state business at times when he was governor of Massachusetts, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The communications were legal, although Romney's own administration warned state agencies against the practice because of security concerns. The Romney files span four months in mid-2006. The state archives in Massachusetts says copies of the private emails should have been preserved as state records. Private email accounts used by public officials to perform their public jobs are effectively off limits to review by citizens, watchdog groups, political opponents and news organizations because they're often used secretly. Romney's presidential campaign declined to explain why Romney and his aides used the private accounts or explain how long and how extensively they used them, saying he complied with the law and followed precedent.

SUPERDELEGATES' HO-HUM: Mitt Romney's Super Tuesday victories have been met with a collective yawn from GOP leaders who could play an important role at the party's convention this summer. After Tuesday's voting, Romney picked up only a single endorsement from a member of the Republican National Committee. Those members automatically attend the convention and can support any candidate they choose. Some of the undecided superdelegates say they expect the former Massachusetts governor to be the eventual nominee. But like many Republican voters, they're not quite ready to embrace him. A new Associated Press poll of the 117 RNC delegates shows Romney with 24 endorsements, Newt Gingrich with four, Rick Santorum with two and Ron Paul with one. Seventy-six RNC delegates said they are undecided or not ready to make a public endorsement.

ROMNEY IS OBAMA, JUST ASK RICK: While campaigning in Kansas on the eve of the state's Republican caucuses, Rick Santorum took swipes at both Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and incumbent President Barack Obama, casting both as unacceptable for conservatives. Romney, Santorum said to cheers, reinvents himself for whatever the political occasion calls for. Obama, he said, doesn't tell the American people the truth, either. Through a spokeswoman, Romney reminded Santorum ? and voters ? that he's got more than twice the delegates that Santorum has, making it hard for the rest of the pack to catch up. Santorum is running strong in Kansas, and Republican voters there could give the former Pennsylvania senator yet another win and further challenge Romney's front-runner status.

GINGRICH IS IN, ALL THE WAY: Newt Gingrich insisted Friday that he'll stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even if he loses two Southern primaries next week. Gingrich said he intends to campaign all the way to the Republican National Convention in August, regardless of whether he has won the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Earlier this week, chief Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said his candidate needed to win every state in the band stretching from South Carolina to Texas. But Gingrich contradicted his spokesman Friday and said he expects to outlast the socially conservative Rick Santorum, a favorite of evangelical conservatives, as the preferred conservative challenger to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.

SATURDAY'S CAUCUSES:

? Kansas caucuses begin at 11 a.m. EST and are expected to conclude by 2 p.m. EST. The candidates are vying for 40 delegates that will be awarded proportionally.

? Wyoming caucuses will finish up its county caucuses in six of the state's 23 counties, beginning between 10 a.m. EST and 1 p.m. EST and ending by 7 p.m. EST. The contests in the other 17 counties were held earlier this week. A total of 12 delegates will be awarded at their conclusion.

? The U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands also caucus. At stake are a total of 18 delegates, six from each territory.

WHERE THEY'LL BE ON SATURDAY:

? Gingrich: Alabama

? Paul: Missouri

? Romney: taking the day off.

? Santorum: Missouri

? Obama: the White House

APPEARING ON SUNDAY'S TV NEWS SHOWS:

? Santorum: NBC's "Meet the Press"

? Gingrich: CBS' "Face the Nation, "Fox News Sunday"

? Obama surrogate: Robert Gibbs, CBS' "Face the Nation"

AP DELEGATE TRACKER

Totals after Super Tuesday voting. Twenty-one delegates from Super Tuesday have yet to be allocated. It takes 1,144 delegates to secure the Republican nomination for president.

? Romney: 422

? Santorum: 181

? Gingrich: 107

? Paul: 46

IN THEIR WORDS:

? "Of all the candidates for president I am the only one with a consistent history of working to limit federal spending, federal regulation and federal taxes. Americans looking for a candidate serious about putting America back to work by limiting government have one clear choice." ? Ron Paul, in a statement.

? "I'm not really a politician." ? Romney, campaigning in Alabama.

? "We feel very confident that we can win Kansas on Saturday and come into Alabama and Mississippi and this race should come down to two people," Santorum, at a rally in Kansas.

? "We'll clearly do well enough to move on, and I think there's a fair chance we'll win. But I just want to set this to rest once and for all: We're going to Tampa." ? Gingrich.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/political-tip-sheet-rest-us-015952095.html

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Syrian rebels reject Annan's call for dialogue

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents.

"The killing has to stop and we need to find a way of putting in the appropriate reforms and moving forward," Annan said on Thursday in Cairo ahead of his trip to Damascus on Saturday.

Syrian dissidents reacted with dismay and said government repression had destroyed prospects of a negotiated deal. More than 7,500 people have been killed in a year-long crackdown on an uprising against Assad, according to the United Nations.

"We reject any dialogue while tanks shell our towns, snipers shoot our women and children and many areas are cut off from the world by the regime without electricity, communications or water," said Hadi Abdullah, contacted in the city of Homs.

Another activist told Reuters Annan's call for dialogue sounded "like a wink at Bashar" that would only encourage Assad to "crush the revolution".

U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, on a separate mission to Syria, said she was "devastated" by the destruction she had seen in the Baba Amr district of Homs city, and wanted to know what had happened to its residents, who endured a 26-day military siege before rebel fighters withdrew a week ago.

Amos is the first senior foreign official to visit Baba Amr since the government assault.

As world pressure on Syria mounted, the deputy oil minister announced his defection, the first by a senior civilian official since the start of the uprising. Abdo Hussameldin, 58, said he knew his change of sides would bring persecution on his family.

Two rebel groups later said four more high-ranking military officers had defected over the past three days to a camp for Syrian army deserters in southern Turkey.

Lieutenant Khaled al-Hamoud, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army (FSA), told Reuters by telephone the desertions brought to seven the number of brigadier generals who had defected.

In Damascus, the authorities continued to crack down on Assad opponents, with government forces shooting and wounding three mourners at a funeral for an army defector that turned into a protest against the president, locals said.

Opposition sources and residents say protests in the capital are driven by inflation and the plunging value of the Syrian pound.

MILITARY ACTION

The world has failed to stop an unequal struggle pitting mostly Sunni Muslim demonstrators and lightly armed rebels against the armored might of Assad's 300,000-strong military, secret police and feared Alawite militiamen.

Western powers have shied away from Libya-style military intervention in Syria, which sits at the heart of a conflict-prone Middle East.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday defended U.S. caution about military involvement, especially without international consensus on Syria, but said the Pentagon had reviewed U.S. military options.

Tunisia and Turkey, a neighbor of Syria, have also declared their opposition to intervention by any force from outside the region, and Annan argued against further militarization of the conflict.

"We should not forget the possible impact of Syria on the region if there is any miscalculation," the former U.N. chief said.

But Syrian dissidents said diplomatic initiatives had proved fruitless in the past. "When they fail no action is taken against the regime and that's why the opposition has to arm itself against its executioner," said one rebel army officer.

Russia, a staunch defender of Syria, said Assad was battling al Qaeda-backed "terrorists" including at least 15,000 foreign fighters who it said would seize towns if Assad troops withdraw.

"The flow of all kind of terrorists from some neighboring countries is always increasing," Russia's deputy ambassador Mikhail Lebedev said in Geneva.

The Libyan government denied Russian accusations that it was running camps to train and arm Syrian rebels.

On the ground, the humanitarian situation appeared dire. The United Nations said it was preparing food supplies for 1.5 million Syrians as part of a 90-day emergency plan.

"More needs to be done," John Ging of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which is headed by Amos, told a Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva.

(Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman, Erika Solomon in Beirut, Sui-Lee Wee in Beijing, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Lin Noueihed in Tunis; Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Jon Boyle)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-reject-annans-call-dialogue-013616879.html

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It may not be elegant but at least it's legal: appeal court rules on ...

As some readers know, one of this Kat's research interests is in the ins and outs of digital copyright. Accordingly, she has been keenly following the judicial review application by British Telecommunications Plc and TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc to test the compatibility of the new online infringement of copyright provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 ('the DEA 2010') and the draft Copyright (Initial Obligations) (Sharing of Costs) Order 2011 ('the draft Costs Order') against a number of EU directives. In April 2011, Kenneth Parker J largely disallowed BT's and TalkTalk's multifaceted challenge (see Katpost here). Yesterday the Court of Appeal (Arden, Richards and Patten LJJ) unanimously dismissed most of BT's and TalkTalk's appeal from the order of Kenneth Parker J.

The DEA 2010 was passed during the 2010 Parliamentary 'wash-up' (an accelerated parliamentary process used after the general election was called by Labour Leader Gordon Brown to rush pending legislation through Parliament before dissolution). In response to the growing problem of unauthorised uploading and downloading of copyright material online, sections 3 to 16 of the DEA 2010 inserted new sections 125A to 125N into the Communications Act 2003 ('the Contested Provisions'). In general, the contested provisions imposed 'initial obligations' on internet service providers ('ISPs') to notify subscribers of copyright infringement reports ('CIRs') received from copyright owners, and to provide copyright infringement lists ('CILs') to copyright owners, if an initial obligations code ('the Code') is in force. The Contested Provisions allow for the approval and content of the Code and empower the Secretary of State to specify provisions relating to the payment of contributions towards costs incurred.

Permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal from Kenneth Parker J's order was granted on four grounds.

Ground 1: the Technical Standards Directive
BT and TalkTalk's case on this ground was that the Contested Provisions should have been notified in draft to the EU Commission pursuant to the Technical Standards Directive (Directive 98/34 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, as amended by Directive 98/48). It is common ground that they were not in fact notified and that, if there was a requirement to notify them, the failure to notify renders them unenforceable. In contrast, the Secretary of State's position, upheld by Kenneth Parker J, was that there was no requirement to notify the provisions by themselves; it was the Code which needed to be notified in draft.

Richards LJ was not persuaded (at [39]) by any additional submissions by BT and TalkTalk. In his Lordship's judgment, Kenneth Parker J 'reached the correct conclusion on this issue for the reasons he gave, and there is no force to the appellants' criticisms of those reasons'.

Ground 2: the Electronic Commerce Directive
BT and TalkTalk's case on this ground was a twofold case of breach of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market): (1) that the effect of the Contested Provisions was to render ISPs potentially 'liable for the information transmitted' contrary to Article 12 ('liability for mere conduits'); and (2) that the Contested Provisions amounted to restrictions on the freedom to provide information society services from other Member States 'for reasons falling within the co-ordinated field' contrary to Article 3.

On the Article 12 case, the issue was whether responsibilities imposed on BT and TalkTalk by the Contested Provisions with regard to notification of copyright infringement reports and the provision of copyright infringement lists, together with the related financial burden and exposure to liability for costs, compensation and penalties, rendered them 'liable for the information transmitted' within the meaning of Article 12(1). BT and TalkTalk submitted that the Contested Provisions did make them so liable and therefore were incompatible with Article 12. Kenneth Parker J disagreed and was 'not able to extract such an extended meaning from the language of Article 12 without doing violence to that language and thereby upsetting the careful balance represented by the text'. On appeal, BT and TalkTalk submitted that Kenneth Parker J was wrong to give Article 12 an unduly narrow construction.

Richards LJ stated (at [53]) that Kenneth Parker J's construction of Article 12 gave effect to 'the natural meaning of the language used' and was 'the correct one'. In comparison, BT and TalkTalk's construction placed 'at the very least, a severe strain on the language used'.

On the Article 3 case, the issue was whether Contested Provisions were contrary to Article 3(2) because they did not relate to 'copyright'. The Annex provided inter alia that Article 3 did not apply to 'copyright, neighbouring rights, rights referred to in Directive 87/54 and Directive 96/9 as well as industrial property rights'. The term 'copyright' is not defined. The Secretary of State's contention, accepted by Kenneth Parker J, was that it has its normal meaning (encompassing all aspects of the law of copyright under national laws), that the Contested Provisions were taken for reasons falling within the field of copyright in that sense, and that Article 3(2) therefore did not apply to them. BT and TalkTalk submitted that 'copyright' in the Annex had a more limited meaning, referring only to the substantive law of copyright under national laws and to such measures for the protection of copyright as have been introduced by Directive 2001/29 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society ('the Copyright Directive'). Accordingly, BT and TalkTalk argued that the Contested Provisions did not relate to copyright in that sense and so they were incompatible with Article 3(2). Kenneth Parker J rejected BT and TalkTalk's submissions. In general this was because (a) there was no authority for the central premise that the law of copyright has been completely or sufficiently harmonised so that the rationale for the exclusion could no longer be supported and (b) BT and TalkTalk's interpretation 'would create intolerable legal uncertainty'.

Richards LJ stated (at [69]) that he would adopt a 'similar approach in relation to the meaning of the relevant exlcusion' as Kenneth Parker J. This was because (at [70]) 'at the time when the Electronic Commerce Directive was adopted, "copyright" in the Annex to the directive must in my view have had its normal meaning, encompassing all aspects of the law of copyright under national laws, and cannot have had the elaborate meaning attributed to it by the appellants. At that time there was no harmonising directive at the Community level in the field of copyright protection. It would be unrealistic to impute to the Community legislature, at least in the absence of clear, express language to this effect, an intention to give "copyright" a meaning related to provisions of a copyright directive that had not yet been adopted'.

Ground 3: the Data Protection Directive and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive
On the data protection point, the issue was whether the data processing in question would fall within the exception of Article 8(2)(e) of the Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data) which had the effect that Member States did not have to prohibit the processing of personal data when such processing was necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Kenneth Parker J held that such processing by copyright owners to compile copyright infringement reports would fall within the exception in Article 8(2)(e). For his Honour, 'this would appear to be the precise purpose of the contested provisions of the DEA: the copyright owner will be able, through the procedures under the DEA, to establish not only that there has been an infringement of copyright but also who is responsible for the infringement'. On appeal, BT and TalkTalk argued that Kenneth Parker J had 'lost sight' of the fact that in a substantial proportion of cases the scheme established by the DEA 2010 was not intended to involve legal claims at all (following the assumption in the Government's impact assessment for the statute that 70% of infringers would stop once and for all upon receiving a single notification from their ISP). Accordingly, for BT and TalkTalk, the DEA 2010 scheme would operate for the most part as an extra-judicial curtailment of copyright infringement in which the processing could not be said to be necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and could not therefore fall within the exemption in Article 8(2)(e).

Richards LJ rejected this submission (at [77]). In His Lordship's view, 'the processing is plainly necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims even if the beneficial consequence of the sending of a notification by the ISP pursuant to a copyright information request will be that in the majority of cases the infringing activity ceases and no further action is required'.

A secondary issue arose as to whether BT and TalkTalk could derive any further assistance from the the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (Directive 2002/58 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector) which imposed obligations to maintain the confidentiality of traffic data, subject to the derogation in Article 15(1). Article 15(1) did not refer expressly to restrictions necessary for the protection of property rights, including copyright, there is authority from the Court of Justice of the European Union as having that extended scope (Case C-275/06, Productores de Musica de Espa?a v Telefonica de Espa?a SAU [2008] ECR I-271). BT and TalkTalk argued that the Promusicae decision only related to civil proceedings and that no wider derogation was to be read into Article 15(1) so as to apply to the DEA 2010. Kenneth Parker J rejected this argument.

Richards LJ also rejected this argument (at [81]). In His Lordship's view it was 'clear that the court in Promusicae interpreted Article 15(1) as extending to the protection of the rights and freedoms of others, including the protection of the right to property, and that this was not intended to be limited to the context of civil proceedings'.

Ground 4: the Authorisation Directive
In order to implement an internal market in electronic communications networks and services, the Authorisation Directive (Directive 2002/20 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services, as amended by Directive 2009/140) provided in part for schemes of 'general authorisation' which allowed any person who wished to provide electronic communications networks and services to do so in accordance with a publicly available set of conditions. The issue under this ground was whether the contested provisions were required to form part of a general authorisation and, if so, whether they imposed conditions permitted within a general authorisation.

At first instance, BT and TalkTalk argued that the Contested Provisions fell within the definition of 'general authorisation' in Article 2(2) and therefore should have been included in the general authorisation rather than being the subject of separate legislation. They also argued that if they had been so included they would have had no legal force because they were not conditions of a kind permitted by Article 6(3) and the Annex. Kenneth Parker J rejected both of these arguments.

Richards LJ agreed. On the first limb, his Lordship stated (at [95]) that Article 1(3) of the Framework Directive was apt to permit the Contested Provisions by way of derogation from the Authorisation Directive, as measures taken at national level to pursue general interest objectives.

On the second limb, the issue was whether the draft Costs Order breached Article 12 of the Authorisation Directive which provided that any administrative charges should only cover administrative costs which would be incurred in the management, control and enforcement of the general authorisation scheme. The draft Costs Order refers to three kinds of costs: (a) 'qualifying costs', namely the costs incurred by Ofcom or the appeals body in carrying out functions under the copyright infringement provisions, including costs incurred by Ofcom under those provisions in appointing the appeals body or in establishing a body corporate to be the appeals body; (b) 'relevant costs', namely costs which would be reasonably and efficiently incurred by a notional qualifying ISP in carrying out its obligations under the provisions; and (c) 'case fees' charged by the appeals body in respect of each subscriber appeal which it receives (in relation to each appeal, the appealing subscriber's ISP would be required to meet 25% of the fee, with the other 75% being recovered from the relevant copyright owner). Kenneth Parker J found that: (a) 'qualifying costs' were 'administrative charges'; (b) 'relevant costs' were not 'administrative charges'; and (c) 'case fees' were not 'administrative charges'. BT and TalkTalk objected to his Honour's decision on 'relevant costs' and 'case fees'.

As to 'relevant costs', Richards LJ was not persuaded by BT and TalkTalk's submissions (at [104]). This was because the case cited by counsel in support of the appeal Case C-296/06, Telecom Italia SpA v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze [2008] ECR I-801 provided no support for the proposition that 'relevant costs' were 'administrative charges'. As to 'case fees', Richards LJ respectfully disagreed (at [106]) with with Kenneth Parker J 'on this one small point'. This was because if 'qualifying costs' are 'administrative charges' within Article 12, His Lordship could see no sensible reason why 'case fees' should not be treated in the same way.

No use making a reference
BT and TalkTalk said that, if there was any doubt about any of the issues raised in the appeal, a reference should be made to the Court of Justice. Kenneth Parker J declined to make a reference, stating that 'the questions of European Union law raised by this judicial review admit of clear answers, and I do not believe that any useful purpose would be served by my making a reference'. Richards LJ was of the same view (at [112]). Accordingly, the appeal was dismissed, save in relation to the issue of 'case fees' under the Costs Order.

The IPKat is left breathless by all of this. Whoever said it was good to Talk ...?

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Furniture Decorating Ideas for Studio Apartments | Home ...

Moving to his new play can increase your confidence as he can now claim their full independence.?Since you are single, you have an apartment for you.?You said that the decor and furniture purchase difficult because it is too large.?To start looking for furniture and equipment at home.?Needless to say, worrying about the type of furniture to buy and how to decorate their new apartment.

End of fear and control on the following ideas to decorate furniture of his apartment.

A typical studio on the steps of 300-600 square meters, living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom and WC.?They are inexpensive and are favored by individuals and students.?You are beautiful and comfortable, but with his size, decor and furniture little difficult.?With limited space, you can not take a lot of furniture to avoid looking cluttered.The same applies to the colors and decorations.

We are looking in the selection of colors to begin your decor.?Two color schemes are sufficient.?Select a lighter and a darker shade.?The lighter tone to make the apartment seem larger, while darker tone than the accent wall to make it more fashionable.

After selecting your furniture.?With limited space, a sofa bed would be ideal.?This piece of furniture that serves two purposes: a sofa by day and a bed for the night.?On the other hand, if you want to buy a real bed, get one that has drawers in the bottom.

Buy furniture that provides storage space.?Modern sofas have room under the seats or sides.?Some are equipped with cupboards, drawers and a shelf on one side or the rear.Some have long platforms and databases of books and magazines can be placed.?The person sitting on the side of the sofa may also making beverages to the upper part of the widened base.

Choose a table that is multifunctional.?I remember one in the house of a friend.?Your coffee table has surprised me, because it is designed with five levels.?You can rotate images on hand to make it.?Another good thing is that it has storage compartments on each level.?It is so amazing and a handy table to take a studio.

Get some sort of wall, the TV stand also offers extra space for your furniture, books, etc.

For your dining table, you can invest with a folding or a repeating table.?This allows you to take your guests for a seated meal.?Another option is a work plan.?This is another piece of useful because it can serve as a table for food preparation and food.?Meet some stylish stools at the kitchen counter.

As with the colors of your couch, bed linen and curtains, choose those that complement the colors of the walls.

Remember, even if not put a lot of furniture in order to avoid an unkempt appearance.?A mirror on the wall may seem large, but make sure you put it where there is light.

For a private environment, you can invest in a partition.?Dividers are available in many forms, bead curtains, screens or without built-in screen.

Choose lights that provide a natural resource in your home.?Table lamps or in a corner is a good effect.?Cove lights are a good choice for the roof.

Ideas for decorating furniture for your home will certainly make it look stylish, elegant and spacious.?How you project your personality into your options certainly a statement that is truly yours.

Source: http://www.ipmshamilton.com/interior-design/furniture-decorating-ideas-for-studio-apartments.htm

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Home, Housework, Family | Annapolis Travel Guide

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This writer seldom likes to spend much time cleaning and arranging her living space. She doesn?t care for much of anything that detracts from her enjoyment of life and the enjoyment of the work she does, which is essentially the recording of lives as they could be, writing fiction and memoirs.

However, as anyone who likes Feng Shui will be happy to tell you; space is important. Every day I go to the library where I sit for several hours in a spacious room that has twenty-foot high ceilings, a large stained glass dome skylight. This room is framed on two sides with floor to ceiling windows that look out on the main street on one side and into a private garden on the other side. I go there to do the most creative part of my writing, the actual editing and writing by hand, of every piece. Then I go home to my study where I have umpteen projects going and where my son sleeps, now that he is home from college for the summer, to type all my editing and writing into the computer and send it out to my clients. The contrast between the two areas is wonderful. The sense of space at this library, coupled with the knowledge that I am not responsible for keeping the room neat, vacuumed and dusted, along with the sense of home and family at the other end, makes a nearly perfect split of my day.

So yes, surroundings do play a strong part in how I feel about myself and the work I do. Would I be happier if I spent time every day, sweeping and dusting my work and living areas at home? Or would I simply be over-stressed, feeling as though I had to do these things, taking time away from the work I love as well as from my family?

One thing many of us forget when we tell each other we would be happier in cleaner houses, is that it takes time and energy to maintain such homes. Generally people who have such perfect homes hire someone else to design them, then hire another person to help them organize their stuff, and finally another person, or group of people, to keep their houses clean. We organize our homes and our lives as well as we can, given our time and energy constraints, and that is, or should be, good enough.

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The First Steps to Painting: Tips and Services ... - Home Improvement

March 5th, 2012

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If a painting is required, either outside or inside a home, follow these steps and find work as well as the paint flows from your brush.

Decide what to paint

The first step in any renovation or decorating a home or business is to decide what you should look like the place. It is so difficult, how to decide where to place or remove walls or as simple as changing the color of a room or outside a building. If your walls are present, then it is time to decide on the paint.

Many older houses may have paint that can be difficult to repaint. First, it is difficult to get used to certain types of wallpaper because the glue to put paint on the spot. Sometimes the color is on the paper led to formation of bubbles in the wallpaper and paint over it. Other times can cause the color that the paper go all the way down. There is always a good idea to have a professional consulting for house painting, ask if you?re not sure how to remove wallpaper is. Of course, if the wallpaper is glued directly onto the plaster, you can remove the wallboard damage itself. If you decide to paint over the wallpaper, you may find that you can see the seams of the paper or even the design of your painting. If you plan to do it yourself, try to paint a test area on the bottom of your wall, preferably on a seam, with the primer. Otherwise, many painting contractors to undertake the removal of wallpaper for you.

If you are looking for ideas for painting your home, or even painting ideas for the office, there are many people on the network that are willing to share their successes to share, but you, that you paint, try the light of what happened, in the bedroom or on the wall. You may decide that the orange one person is recommended your room look like an orange cream popsicles next to your bed, orange and white or in the office by someone else suggested, purple look like a playroom for a child with your furniture in it . Do not be afraid to ask for samples of paint colors, when you are looking for the perfect color. Try gluing or pinning of the sample from the wall and see if you can imagine the room in that color. Still can not decide? There are many entrepreneurs, the painting through the design process to go with you. They will not tell you where you get everything, but they are professionals and often have a good sense of what colors fit well with the colors you already have in your furniture.

Consider hiring a painting contractor

Professional painters take a lot of the burden from the process. Whether you are for interior painting or exterior painting professionals who have painting tips, how to clean unpainted surfaces and how to finish the job, no single drop of your walls to keep. They offer more services than most people are aware of and will to do the work quickly and efficiently.

The choice of a painting contractor

A Google search will be dozens of search results for ?Painting Contractors? in Jacksonville, alone. So how do you find one that suits you? The trick in all honesty, it?s shopping around a bit. If you know how much space as you need to paint and what color you want it painted, then the next step is to get offers for painting contractors in your area. Whether for a home or business, cost color varies from company to company.

If you want to renovate, you may find that you hire an electrician, a plumber or a jack to move to fix the pipes in the walls. In both cases you are provided with holes in the walls, the repair can be difficult to be left. Fortunately, doing some painting contractors and drywall repair. On the outside of the building, if you find that the weather or the renovation has caused damage to the outside, you can ask your contractor if they do, repairs to concrete or plaster as well.

Always check that companies or service companies before hiring painters tool offers. You can see that Company A is cheaper for the painting, but Company B is cheaper if you need to repair your wall. Also take a look at some places they have been painted! Many entrepreneurs are now setting up a showcase of their work on their website. If you come by to see what you are impressed, and they offer all the services you need, then they are looking for a good company to work.

Imagine a world in which painting companies in a position to jump to scheduling conflicts with a single jump, what painting apartment houses with the stealth of a ninja, and their power through contracts with commercial painting the strength of a locomotive. In this world, could not paint your car?s exterior paint, interior paint and be done with no white shell on your dog. Where is this dream world in which painting contractors house really care about their customers, in which employees are thoroughly background checks take care screened before they are sent to your home, and where the color is on your home more than just a job? This is our world. We draw power, awesome, and we paint a new shade of Jacksonville.

Call us at (904) 641-4800 or visit http://www.performance-painting.com

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