I have been working on some remodeling at my grandmother’s and it has been going smoothly. I am quite pleased with it all. I do feel it is missing something , and I just can not determine what it is or figure it out.

I am considering a marble column to accent the foyer, this would lend an air of sturdiness, and definitely one of those stately looks. This look is always a classic, and marble has been used in homes for centuries, maybe a few millennium. It is a known fact that the Romans did.

Irregardless I think it can be used in any home and by doing so it will make you home to appear very elegant, in my opinion. I have always enjoyed homes with marble columns. If properly placed at the time of construction they can be used for supports, built directly into the homes itself.

The author behind the creation of characters like Harry Potter, has let it be known that the character Dumbledore, is indeed gay.

It came to light in the making of the lastest Harry Potter movie in which one of the movie folks had made a reference which Dumbledore had a history romantically with a girl, but Rowlings corrected it by passing a note stating that the character is gay.

The revelation shocked many, but there are those that assumed it all along, in fact the author has said that some fan fiction has noted this, and that it has gotten pretty creative regarding his relationships .

Rowlings says this gives the Christian fundamentalists one more reason to hate her.

Are you in charge of planning an event, and you want that event to go so smoothly all other events are compared to it for years to come? Of course you do!

Heres the secret: You hire a professional company that has been doing events for 24 years now. You hire a company whose only results are that of excellence. You hire a company with close ties throughout the business, from agents to caterers to sound and lighting to entertainers. A company with talented entertainers like Mariah Carey, Dick Bright, Lyle Lovett, Steve Bridges (Bush Impersonator), Stevie Wonder, and Jay Leno just to name a few.

You hire Innovative Entertainment.

Innovative Entertainment is hands down the California event planning company. Period. When things have to be positively, one hundred percent on the ball, when you want to really knock some socks off, you hire Innovative Entertainment.

Their site has guides for both corporate event planning and social event planning. These are worth a look by both rookie and veteran planners. Good luck on your event!

A man on vacation in Australia recently decided to swim at sunset. He waded out to waist deep water and plunged into a wave.

He said the sensation was like diving and then hitting rocks, but that this rock was moving. He was drink at the time, and knows he got off lucky. The croc let him go.

He went to his campsite and slept for 7 hours, then woke up and got to a hospital. He received 40 stitches around his eye and cheek.

I think he has a new lease on life and recognizes it.

This is a damp, cold wet time of year. Some basements are damp or wet as well, and is often the case in older homes. If you have a leak , please get that taken care of, it will not get better on its own and the problem will only become compounded with time.

If your basement is unsealed it may become damp, and we know that darkness combined with moisture and dampness will produce mold. Mold is definitely undesirable and in a few cases downright harmful, one of the worst molds is a variety commonly called “black mold”.

If you got mold, deal with it immediately! It spreads, and fast. Have professionals come and look and give you at least their opinion. You certainly do no want this to overrun your home. You will notice it first by smell. Do not rely on your eyes. If you do indeed smell it, contact a New York mold removal specialist to come and assist you in purging your home of this foul fungi.

These guys rescued a deer that was swimming 1 and a half miles from the shore. What on earth was a deer doing out there?? They think he was swimming all night.

At first they mistook it for a seal and wondered what a seal was doing out that way, after watching it for a time they recognized it for what it was and the deer made a beeline for the boat, presuming it was a bit of land. Once it got close and recognized there was humans there it shied away. But one of the men tossed a lasso on him and reeled him in the boat where the deer collapsed from exhaustion.

They made for the shore and deposited the deer there, with a promise to come see him on “opening day” .

Blinds are in season right now, something about autumn I suppose. Maybe people feel like they are fortifying against winter when they do that. My mother does it too. She gets new Blinds annually. This particular provider of blinds has a great selection and several options depending on your taste and budget. They are the only provider of blinds used on the show Extreme Makeover, so I urge you to browse the site, as you will see the blinds found in the episodes.

I prefer blinds to shades myself, for both the way they look and they way they work. I like the directional ones best as they let in as much light as you let them, and sometimes in direct sun I have real problems seeing my computer screen but, I prefer natural light to electric light, so having the ability to adjust is something I really like.

If you are a fan of blinds too, do yourself the favor and at least look. I guarantee you will find a “must have” on their site.

Jacob Allen the autistic man who wandered away from his family during a camping trip in the West Virginia wilderness was found. He was missing for four long days. His family has been terribly worried, and many many people searched for him.

The problem was compounded by the fact he does not speak, so searchers were told he would not likely call out to them, and they worried they may walk past him. The searchers called out “Come out Jay, we have ice cream for you” in the hope he may come out of anywhere where he may be hiding.

He is 18, but has the faculties of a 4 year old. His mom felt bad they promised
ice cream, but obviously they didnt have ice cream in a remote location. So shes throwing him an ice cream party when they get home.

He was found in a clearing, asleep. He was hungry and weak, but seemed okay other than that.
Rescuers gave him peanut butter sandwiches and candy bars before heading back down the mountain.

While I am not a big fan of dogs, I was completely impressed and totally amazed by the dogs at ccK9.com. They are very meticulous in the dogs they select. They feel that only the top 1% of the breed is capable to be trained, and the only select dogs that were raised by hand by a person that cared for the animal, as opposed to sloppy breeders and wholesalers. So the bottom line is a healthy animal that excels in every way.

Take that fantastic animal and train him with precision and vigor to be protection dogs. It sounds like something simple, but it isn’t, these dogs are truly high end. they have four levels of training, with varying degrees, and you are sure to find the dog that has skills best suited to protect your loved ones within one of the four levels of training.

I looked in depth at the level 4 dog. I was truly amazed. Level 4 dogs are 3 to 4 years old when you get them, and thats 3 to 4 years of training. What is interesting is they will train them to your language. A level 4 dog can protect against multiple armed opponents. It knows to target the weapon hand, and it can be put into aggression mode by a command. The level 4 canine is taught to “bite and fight”.

He can track humans and items by scent. He can do things like an aggression escape. It is capable of doing building searches. He can do his job off a leash even with distractions all around. He will refuse food as per training, this would prevent him being poisoned. he will spot relieve if given the command to do so.

All of this, and he has been socialized to children and other animals and so will be comfortable to being in a home environment. This is not only a trained protector, but also a companion and friend.

Now included with the purchase of this awesome dog is a paid stay in a hotel while you also work with trainer and the animal to be certain that he responds to you as well as he does his trainers. So you can see the capability of the animal in action and see that he does indeed respond to you.

An Italian teacher forced a student to write the Italian equivalent of “I am a retard.” 100 times. He was acquitted in an Italian court of abuse charges recently. I wonder what the student did to get a reaction like that?

In Canada, the National War Memorial (who have they gone to war with anyways??) will have cameras mounted to keep surveillance on the landmark. Apparently 3 kids peed on it this year. They want to prevent that from happening again. But how did they know unless they caught them, and if they caught them without cameras, then what do you need the cameras for?

One of Korea’s top banks has put out a credit card for Christian ministers that will allow discounted Bible purchases and allows the preachers to earn points that can be converted into donations to their church… Odd. I don’t picture preachers as big spenders..