Phoenix Cabinet RefacingsiteAdmin2017-08-08T14:26:07+00:00Refacing is a straightforward process. Instead of removing your existing cabinets, we just remove your old doors and drawer fronts andreplace them with new updated ones. We reface the cabinet boxes with 1/4 inch thick solid wood to match the new paint or stain color you selected, so everything matches and looks brand new.The Mini reface is where we replace just the doors and drawer fronts. The greatthing about this option is that it can complete in one day. And the costs are considerably lower. Check out our Mini Reface page for more details.Why Home Improvements of ArizonaWeve expanded our family-owned business into the Phoenix area. Our Phoenix operation is managed by Nathan Klein, a Phoenix-area native who has worked as part of our team for many years. We are excited to be part of the Phoenix Home Improvement community.

Home Improvements of Arizona brings the same quality work for cabinet refacing to Phoenix that we have been providing since 1993.

Everything on this site applies to both the Phoenix Arizona area as well as our other locations. Look around and call us at 480 249-2703 for a free in-home estimate.

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Refacing is easier and less expensive than conventional remodeling.

Boxes and face frames of existing cabinets are kept intact. You install new pre-finished doors and drawer fronts. Pre-finished wood veneer, or paint, is applied to existing face frames.When you put new KR doors and drawer fronts on existing cabinets, it looks like youve had new cabinets installed.

Instead of sales people coming to your home, you can measure your openings and enter the data yourself. Instead of an endless list of different profiles, woods and finish options, youll find eight beautiful styles that have been carefully designed following latest trends in interior design. It gets better, all eight styles are the same price.

Our online ordering system is easy to use: choose a style, then simply enter the precise dimensions of each door and drawer front as you add each one to the cart. Well help you understand how to measure openings and, if you want, adjust door and drawer sizes for a more contemporary look. Of course, pre-finished veneer, exposed end panels, hinges and hardware are included in simple steps in the KR ordering system.Not quite ready? Need to sleep on it? You can save your order, revise it at any time, and complete it when youre ready.

If youre a DIYer with a few tools in the garage, you can easily handle this project. We have How To Guides for every step.Of course you can hire someone to help, and the nice thing is: it doesnt have to be a full-scale remodeling contractor that takes over your home for a monthanyone that can handle a few basic carpentry tools reasonably well will be more than qualified to install your KitchenReface kit.

Youll see your project come together over a few days, not weeks or months like conventional remodeling. Most openings can be refaced in an hour or less. Our slogan, Completely change your kitchen, just pick a weekend isnt a joke, its real. Friends and family will be amazed the next time they walk in your home.

Important notes: Free shipping is for orders in the Continental U.S. only. Free hinge drilling must be added to your order in the online store.

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"Wow - Now experts are calling #Harvey a once in 500 year flood! We have an all out effort going, and going well!" Trump tweeted Sunday morning. In another tweet, the President remarked that there has been "great coordination between agencies at all levels of government."

"Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt with. Thousands rescued," he added.

Trump's tweets -- ebullient, often punctuated with exclamation marks, sent in his characteristically rapid-fire manner -- showcased publicly his engagement in the devastating storm. But they left out the fact that Texas could be battered with rain and see dangerous flooding for days, and that the storm's devastation will be felt for weeks -- or perhaps years.

Both the National Weather Service and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday underscored just how unpredictable the storm has been and what a long tail it will have.

"This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced," the National Weather Service tweeted Sunday. "Follow orders from officials to ensure safety."

Brock Long, the FEMA administrator, described Harvey as a "landmark" disaster event. "We're setting up and gearing up for the next couple of years," Long told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.

Harvey made landfall on Friday as a Category 4 hurricane. An immeasurable number of businesses and homes have been damaged or destroyed. In Houston alone, more than 5,500 people are in shelters, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday morning, a number that he expects to rise "exponentially." More than 2,000 people have been rescued there, Turner said, and the water is continuing to rise.

"The word catastrophic does not appropriately describe what we're facing," Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat who represents much of Houston, told CNN. "We just don't know when it's going to end."

With the full damage wrought by Harvey still not known -- and unlikely to be known for some time -- and this being one of the first significant domestic crises the Trump White House has been met with, the President's response has been closely watched. It offered little detail as to what federal assistance could be provided to help Texas and Louisiana respond to the hurricane, nor did it acknowledge that there could be significant loss of life.

Asked whether or not the President's praise Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had been delivered prematurely, Tom Bossert, Trump's homeland security adviser, told CBS that "it's not premature if you do it the right way."

Bossert also detailed the President's involvement with the storm off Twitter -- which included but was not limited to a two-hour long meeting with the Vice President, the entire Cabinet and members of the President's leadership team. Bossert said that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have "both called me in the last 12 hours probably a dozen times each."

Trump's White House is also trying to avoid the narrative that President George W. Bush faced when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast in 2005, killing more than 1,800 people. Bush was criticized for a slow, bungled federal response as well as his praise of then-FEMA director Michael Brown.

On Friday, before Harvey made landfall, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican, reminded Trump to heed Katrina's lessons.

"Keep on top of hurricane Harvey dont mke (sic) same mistake Pres Bush made w Katrina," Grassley tweeted.

On Saturday, Trump responded: "Got your message loud and clear. We have fantastic people on the ground, got there long before #Harvey. So far, so good!"

As the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continued to batter Texas on Sunday, the White House announced that the President would travel to Texas on Tuesday.

The White House has yet to say where Trump will travel, but the Federal Aviation Administration advised Monday morning that flight restrictions will be in place in Austin and Corpus Christi, Texas on Tuesday due to a VIP movement. The White House stressed that Trump would visit areas where his presence would not overly strain the resources of emergency responders.

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Its important to make every minute count in meetings at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference, according to Stephen Passero, a municipal councillor from Fort Erie who attended the annual gathering in Ottawa earlier this month.

Held in Ottawa, the three-day gathering of politicians is held in a different city in Ontario each time. In 2015, AMO was held in Niagara Falls at Scotiabank Convention Centre.

It brings together thousands of municipal leaders, as well as provincial politicians and staff. Passero said because formal and scheduled meetings can be brief and to the point, its critical to focus on issues and projects that are fresh rather than pushing for action on matters that have been on Fort Eries radar for many years without much support or interest from the province.

At a certain point, you have to realize a government is not going to change its position a year and a half before an election, said Passero, who is serving his second term.

Whether its a spontaneous discussion at a restaurant or a planned sitdown with a provincial cabinet minister and their staff on the agenda for the day, Passero said there is value in both.

Its always a great opportunity to advance projects, put in a key word or two, and just raise issues to a higher profile with them, said Passero.

There were specific projects discussed at the AMO conference, such as the Canadian Motor Speedway and the Millers Creek Marina Project, two developments that have been touted in Fort Erie as potential economic drivers for all of Niagara but have not seen shovels in the ground after many years of ups and downs.

Passero said these projects were mentioned, but he feels conversations about water, wastewater and other infrastructure needs were the most valuable, also saying that most towns and cities likely had similar discussions.

Were not unique in the issues that were facing, said Passero, also saying that the representatives who travelled to AMO from Fort Erie were able to come to the table with solutions and concerns about getting policies changed at the province and that they werent just looking for a handout.

Also attending were Mayor Wayne Redekop, chief administrative officer Tom Kuchyt and Ward 6 Coun. Chris Knutt, representing Fort Eries Stevensville area.

Knutt said talks with the Ministry of Natural Resources on how the town could find a way to clean up Waverly Beach were had, as well as possible ways to alleviate Fort Eries already-expensive and ongoing battle with the emerald ash borer. He said he learned about a provincial fund that will provide for the planting of 50 million trees by 2025, and to date, has assisted more than 4,000 landowners.

Were going to investigate to see if Fort Erie could qualify for it, said Knutt.

Fort Erie has budgeted $579,000 in 2017 to combat the invasive insect that has infested more than 15,000 trees, 80 per cent of them on private property.

Another point of interest at AMO for Knutt was what he discovered about the City of Barrie and its workflow system that allows developers and property owners to track their applications for permits and inspections online, allowing them to see how far along they are in the approval process.

I was really intrigued by technologies some of the other municipalities have, said Knutt.

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An abandoned yacht is discovered in Tokyo Bay.A sudden eruption of steam causes a partial collapse in the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line tunnels.Something is seen in the mist.

As Tokyo adapts to the impossible truth that something massive is coming ashore, soldiers, scientists, politicians and civilians alike struggle to discover just what it is theyre facing. And more importantly, if it can be stopped

Shin Godzilla is phenomenal, pretty much from the opening scene to the last. Directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi balance the colossal destruction caused by their biggest star with a surprising, and nuanced, human cast.

Front and centre in that teamis Rando Yoguchi (Hiroki Hasegawa), a young cabinet secretary whos the first person to realise theyre dealing with a monster. Put in charge of a task force of brilliant outsiders, hes ordered to find a solution to the Godzillaproblem at any cost. Hes aided -and sometimes hindered by characters like Hideki Askaska, an aide to the Prime Minister (played by Yutaka Takenouchi and Kayoko Anne Patterson). Meanwhile, Kayoko (Satomi Ishihara) is a special envoy for the US President and a woman with political ambitions all her own.

There are three keys to the success of Shin Godzilla and that cast is one. Hasegawa is a serious, intense lead whose fundamental idealism and belief in Japanese national character drives the movie along. His character Rando is focused to the point of humourlessness but hes never unlikable. Its the sort of role Jimmy Stewart or Denzel Washington would have played in a different time and Hasegawa excels at it. Hes not alone, with every cast member turning in good work. Mansai Nomura, who plays Godzilla via motion capture, is especially great. This version of the king of monsters, his skin glowing with nuclear fire, is nightmarish precisely because of the clear intelligence Nomura brings to it.

That leads to the second key to the movie: its realism. Strange as that sounds for a film where Japanese armed forces battle a hyper evolving nuclear skyscraper, its true. Godzillas biology, the human responses to it and the sheer scale of the problem are all given their due and all work perfectly. This plays, to Western audiences, like a grounded, modern response to an impossible disaster. It also plays, at several points, like an extended episode of The West Wing. Rando and his colleagues fierce, dogged determination and idealism is inspiring and hard won and theres the same sense of good people doing their best in impossible jobs. The closing act, cutting between the frantic efforts to perfect an anti-Godzilla weapon and desperate politicking to stop a nuclear weapon again being fired at Japan, really brings this to the fore.

The film also expertly ties itself to modern Japanese culture. Where the original was clearly influenced by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks in World War II, this film draws from closer to the present. The 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima disaster are both clear influences on the movie. The contrast between the bureaucratic senior politicians and Randos hard-charging team of misfits is also a contrast between the response that natural disasters all too often have and the responses we want. But even then the film picks no easy targets. There are moments of heroism and self-awareness among the older generation too, and the ending, for Rando and Godzilla, is pleasingly morally ambiguous again, giving the film far more weight than youd expect.

Godzilla may be the perfect organism. This may be the perfect Godzilla movie to date. Epic in scale and ambition, its an intensely confident, gripping and often beautifully shot monster movie with multiple messages. Listen to them all.

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MERCER Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has his sights set on drug dealers.

Shapiro laid out his three-year plan Thursday during a meeting with community leaders at the Mercer County courthouse.

We have got to lock up the dealers, Shapiro said. Were using, to the fullest extent of the law, every tool weve been given to charge these dealers who are peddling poison in our community with the most we can possibly charge them.

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro met with Mercer County community leaders Thursday at the courthouse to discuss the states drug crisis.

Shapiro said his office has arrested three dealers a day every single day Ive been in office.

And he said he has doubled diversion arrests, which is when someone uses a legal prescription for illegal purposes.

But arrests are not enough, Shapiro said. Finding a solution to the opioid crisis requires more.

You have got to get at the root cause of it, Shapiro said. Which is why Im one of leaders in a massive, bipartisan, multi-state investigation into people dealing in the manufacturing industry, the pharmaceutical investigation.

But even with all his tough talk on enforcement, the attorney general also knows there is another group to consider those who are addicted to opioids.

Thats why he has called for state and federal action on providing greater access to treatment and pushed limiting access to the drugs in the first place.

Its why Ive tried to encourage Pennsylvanians to join us in this fight and dispose of their unused prescription drugs, Shapiro said. Because we know 80 percent of heroin addicts start with a prescription, and 70 percent of them get it from a friend or relative or out of a medicine cabinet.

Shapiro said there was also a robust discussion on the immunity law or Good Samaritan law during the community meeting.

Pennsylvanias immunity law lets people call for help in a drug overdose incident without facing arrest. The law, and the use of the overdose antidote drug Narcan, are part of the debate over the right way to tackle the opioid crisis.

Narcan is an effective tool for law enforcement and first responders. It is not the ultimate answer, Shapiro said. There has to be an element of personal responsibility here. For someone who is trying to take responsibility to get well and break their cycle of addiction, then I think we in law enforcement and government have a responsibility to invest in that individual.

And even though law enforcers and municipal authorities have expressed concern over how Narcan will be funded, Shapiro said that it does not necessarily require more money.

But it does require us to utilize our resources in a smarter way, Shapiro said.

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Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro told community leaders at the round-table discussion that his office has arrested three opioid dealers a day everyday since he took office.

Those who attended the roundtable discussion included the Mercer County commissioners, county District Attorney Miles K. Karson, police officers, Behavioral Health Commission workers and legislators.

I thought it was very positive, county Coroner John A. Libonati said. It was a great opportunity to hear the steps that the AGs office is making and to clarify their position on moving forward, and how strongly theyre really attacking this issue. It was a great opportunity to let us know that they are on board and willing to help.

Karson expressed his frustration and urged policy makers there state Rep. Tedd Nesbit, R-Grove City, 8th District, and state Sen. Michele Brooks, R-Jamestown to tighten up the immunity law.

I cant emphasize that enough, Karson said. Some of these people are recycled (through the court system) two, three, four times.

Karson added that the length of prison sentences is also an issue.

When I see who I consider to be a major drug dealer get one, two years in state prison to me thats very, very minor, he said. Were not sending a good message to constituency in our community.

Shapiro asked for help specifically from county commissioners and police to share concerns with legislators and his office.

Weve got to work together on this, Shapiro said. To just maintain that open that line of communication. The flow of information is going to be critical so we can protect the people in Mercer and Crawford ... and all over Pennsylvania.

Shapiros office charged an Allegheny County man with drug delivery resulting in death. The man allegedly sold a heroin-fentanyl combination to a man who died of an overdose.

This is a legal tactic Shapiros office is increasingly using in the fight against the heroin and opioid epidemic, he said.

The arrest is the first time the charge was used by the attorney generals office in Allegheny County. A conviction is punishable by up to 40 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

If you sell drugs and someone dies as a result, youre facing a first-degree felony, and youre going to jail, Shapiro said. This tough charge is one key piece in our all-out fight to take down drug dealers and battle the heroin and opioid epidemic raging across this commonwealth.

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She also added rollout shelves and a new range hood. Then we painted the center open wall a charcoal gray, to add depth and contrast, and got some great Boffi linear pendants over the island, which changed the whole tone of the kitchen, Ms. DiCarlo said. All new cabinets would have cost about $22,000, she estimated, but the cost to reface was just $2,500. The total cost of the abbreviated kitchen renovation, including new interior components and the Boffi pendants, was $10,800.

OPT FOR OPEN SHELVES If your cabinets are too far gone to reface, open shelving will reduce the cost of upper cabinetry, said Liz Tiesi, the owner of Threshold Interiors. That way you are only paying for the piece of wood to make the shelf and the bracket to hold it up not an entire cabinet box, which is a lot more in material and labor, she said. It also eliminates the need for hardware, which can add up, she noted.

Another way to reduce the cost of cabinetry is to use particleboard where no one will see it. A lot of people think they have to have all-plywood kitchen cabinetry, and they dont, said Mina Fies, a designer in Reston, Va., and the creator of the Renovation Roadmap, a website dedicated to helping homeowners work with contractors and stay on budget and schedule, going online later this month. While plywood should be used under the sink (in case of a leak), Ms. Fies recommends using particleboard to build out the upper and perimeter cabinet boxes. You can still use maple, cherry, hickory, etc., for the door and frame, which is what you actually see, Ms. Fies said, noting that she cut cabinet costs by $1,420 using this method in a 17-by-15-foot kitchen remodel.

DO THE DEMOLITION YOURSELF It can be pretty easy to do over a weekend with a friend or spouse, said Ms. Tiesi, who turned a former office space in TriBeCa into a four-bedroom apartment for her family and recently took apart a Brooklyn kitchen with the help of her husband and brother-in-law. Begin by turning off your circuit breakers, water and gas. Remove appliances and plumbing fixtures first, followed by cabinets, backsplash and counters, Ms. Tiesi advised.

It really doesnt take any precision; you just dont want to hurt yourself, she said. Be ready with black contractor bags to put loose debris in. The larger items I would take outside and have ready for garbage collection, if possible. To ease the workload, contact your local Habitat for Humanity ReStore or other nonprofit home improvement stores like BIG Reuse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and Astoria, Queens, which will remove used appliances in good condition. You can write them off, and you dont have to worry about disposing of them, Ms. Tiesi said.

INSTALL RECYCLED APPLIANCES The same stores that are willing to haul away your used kitchen components also sell leftover building supplies, showroom floor models and items from new developments that buyers decided not to keep. Sign up for their email newsletters to get an idea of what they have in stock. In July, Green Demolitions, a store in Fairfield, N.J., that sells used luxury kitchens and other fixtures collected by the nonprofit donation program Renovation Angel, ran a make an offer sale on already discounted pre-owned luxury kitchens, including a traditional Russet kitchen from Rye, N.Y., with a fireclay farmhouse sink and Miele and Viking appliances, for $7,700. Contractors and do-it-yourselfers also sell surplus on Craigslist. Just be sure to test the appliances before you take them home, because few come with a warranty.

GO FOR BUTCHER BLOCK For a clean-looking countertop on the cheap, nothing beats butcher block. You can get one for as little as $99 at Ikea, which sells precut butcher-block counters in standard sizes. Butcher block brings warmth to an otherwise sterile kitchen and has a number of practical applications. Its kind of like having a built-in cutting board throughout your kitchen, said Kimberly Winthrop, an interior designer in Santa Monica, Calif., who paid $500 for 20 feet of butcher block to use in a kitchen makeover she did earlier this year for Laurel & Wolf, the online design service. Keep in mind that there is some maintenance involved in keeping butcher-block counters looking new: They need to be sanded and oiled regularly typically twice a year.

DONT CHANGE THE LAYOUT Moving walls, electrical and plumbing is where installation costs spike, said Dana Hudson, the divisional merchandising manager for kitchens at Home Depot. But while youll save by keeping those components in place, you shouldnt skimp on functionality, she added. If moving that corner sink will improve the flow of your kitchen, dont hesitate to adjust the layout. Or find an alternative that solves the problem.

We had a client who insisted her kitchen was too dark and that the only way to fix it was to reconfigure the walls to allow more natural light in, said Ms. Fies of the Renovation Roadmap. The new layout, which involved moving plumbing to reposition a bathroom, would have added thousands of dollars to the budget. We showed her several different designs and talked through the pros and cons of each, Ms. Fies said. She decided on a design that did not open up the wall and chose to install recessed lights, pendant lights and under-cabinet lights instead. The cost savings? About $8,000.

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In a rare move, Ottawa has referred a number of TV licence renewals back to the federal broadcast regulator, asking it to reconsider how the licences affect investments in Canadian TV production.

The decision comes in response to appeals from creative groups and others who raised concerns that the regulators decisions would decrease some of the broadcasters spending requirements for original Canadian programs.

In May, as part of the most recent renewals of TV licences, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) reduced the required spending on programs of national interest, or PNI. Corus Entertainment Inc. and BCE Inc.s Bell Media had their PNI requirements set at 5 per cent of annual revenue, down from 8 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively. The requirements for Rogers Communications Inc.s division Rogers Media remained unchanged, also at 5 per cent. Creative groups have estimated the decision could reduce spending on Canadian productions by roughly $141-million over the five-year licence terms.

In addition to objecting to changes in investment requirements, some groups also raised concerns about whether the licences contained sufficient requirements for the production of original scripted programming in French, rather than English-language productions aired in translation.

Groups representing producers, actors, directors and writers filed appeals to the federal cabinet in late June, asking the government to either set aside the decisions, or to refer them back to the CRTC for further consideration. On Monday, Heritage Minister Mlanie Joly did just that.

In an interview, Ms. Joly said the government received 89 petitions on the issue, the highest number relating to any CRTC decision.

Its a strong message: Ultimately, we want the CRTC to strike the right balance between the investment in Canadian content and also the ability for broadcasters to compete, Ms. Joly said in an interview Monday. Our vision as a government is, you cant have strong broadcasters if you dont have a strong production sector.

Such cabinet appeals are rarely successful: the CRTC has issued thousands of decisions since the Broadcasting Act was last amended in 1991, but this is only the eighth time the government has sent back a decision to the regulator, Ms. Joly said.

The decision is one indication of Ms. Jolys priorities as she is in the midst of reviewing Canadas cultural policy, including to what extent the government should support the news-media industry and the production of Canadian content. She is due to present her vision for those policies late next month. It also comes at a time of transition in the leadership of the CRTC: Jean-Pierre Blaiss term as chairman ended in mid-June, and a new chairman, former Telus Corp. executive Ian Scott, will take over in September.

Programs of national interest include dramas, comedies, documentaries, animated shows and some award shows. Ms. Joly said she wants to put particular emphasis on scripted content, which requires more people to produce and has the potential to be exported. She added that it would be important to clarify how much original content had to be produced in French, rather than English productions being translated.

The CRTC granted a lot of flexibility to broadcasters to decide where they would invest in terms of types of genres. We think that flexibility is important, but also clearly investing in scripted content is so key to make sure there is a successful creative sector in the country, Ms. Joly said. We cant have great content that is bought by potentially other broadcasters in the world, or Internet platforms if our own broadcasting system doesnt invest the right amount in the independent production sector.

In total, the government sent back eight decisions for review, comprising the licence renewals for the large French-language and English-language ownership groups, affecting the licences of Bell Media, Corus, Groupe V Mdia Inc., Quebecor Media Inc., and Rogers Media.

The current federal government has shown some willingness to question the CRTCs decisions. In early June acting on his own accord, not a petition to cabinet minister of Innovation Navdeep Bains sent back a key CRTC telecom ruling after expressing concern over the high cost of wireless and Internet services. Mr. Bains directed the commission to reconsider the WiFi-first model in which small wireless providers need access to the dominant carriers networks.

As requested by the Governor in Council, the CRTC will reconsider its decision and announce the next steps at a later date, the CRTC said in a statement. The regulator declined to comment further.

Those who appealed to the government in this case included the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Directors Guild of Canada, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Quebec provincial government, LAssociation qubcoise de la production mdiatique (AQPM), LAlliance qubcoise des techniciens de Iimage et du son (AQTIS), LAssociation des ralisateurs et ralisatrices du Qubec (ARRQ), La Socit des auteurs de radio, tlvision et cinma (SARTEC), and LUnion des artistes (UDA).

It is a very definitive signal to the entire broadcasting community including the internet service providers that creators are important to the system, said Maureen Parker, executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada. Canadian screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, were important to the growth and the health of our industry. Obviously were facing many new challenges. Our broadcasters are going to have to be creative and competitive. Undermining their talent pool, thats not the answer.

In a statement, the CMPA, ACTRA and the DGC also applauded the decision, and noted that further policy changes are necessary.

The CRTC is in dire need of a new mandate that protects Canadian culture and the jobs of cultural workers; understands the challenges of our film and television sector; and ensures Canadian stories can continue to be shared on screens in Canada and around the world, ACTRAs national executive director Steven Waddell said in the statement.

It is important to have a strong cultural sector in the country, Ms. Joly said. We have to be bold. And Ill be presenting my vision at the end of September.

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Has everyday wear and tear caught up with your cabinets? Are your cabinet drawers worn? Does the wood seem greasy or grimy? Our unique, comprehensive wood reconditioning process (tune-up) makes woodwork look like new in only one day. Our amazing, affordable process works on cabinets, window sills, mantels etc. in your kitchen and throughout your home and business.

If you want to update the style of your kitchen without a dramatic change or are simply looking to refresh your cabinets, cabinet redooring may work for you. In about two days you can get an updated look without the hassle or cost of installing new cabinets.

Cabinet refacing enables you to revitalize your kitchen with new doors, drawer fronts and matching veneer, while keeping your existing cabinet boxes. Without changing the familiar layout of your kitchen, you can improve both its appearance and durability. You can create a new kitchen look without the new kitchen price tag in only three to four days.

If you would like to change the layout of your kitchen, need special cabinetry or simply want a completely new and fresh look, we can help. With countless styles and colors to choose from, we make it easy to create the kitchen of your dreams. We'll start by visiting your home for an initial free consultation. If you know what you want, well help you achieve it. If you need creative ideas, well show you plenty. We are there to listen to your wants and needs.

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(From left) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined plans for the rest of the summer session yesterday. C-SPAN

Despite weeks of partisan fighting over health care, Senate leadership said yesterday they're aiming to confirm a slew of pending executive branch nominees before breaking for the August recess.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) both signaled they were making progress on what the Kentucky Republican said could be "a pretty robust package of nominations that will clear, that will help the administration get up and get running, which has been, as you know, quite a challenge for them."

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) contrasted the pace of confirmations under President Obama, when Republicans were in the minority, to that of Trump's record for the same period. Obama's 206 is "about four for every one" of Trump's 55, he said.

He noted that 84 pending nominees have cleared committees and are "ready to go." Barrasso called on Schumer to drop his nominee blockade as vowed, now that the health care fight was over.

Schumer defended the delays, saying Cabinet slots and high-level positions such as the FBI director deserve a close vetting. "To just rush them through doesn't make much sense," he told reporters.

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But the minority leader said he would honor his pledge to stop dragging the confirmation process out.

"When they weren't doing regular order on health care, we were not going to do regular order on the things they want," Schumer said. "And then they say to us no regular order on the most important thing we're facing. But I always said after health care was over, we'd try to get together on a good package, and we're making good progress in that regard."

Among the pending nominees are Robert Powelson and Neil Chatterjee, two Trump picks for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission whose confirmation would restore the agency to a voting quorum for the first time in months.

Should the White House submit the nomination of Richard Glick, the Democrats' pick to fill another FERC vacancy, to the Senate in the coming days, that could ease the path for Powelson and Chatterjee.

Also awaiting floor votes are: Susan Bodine, Trump's pick to lead U.S. EPA's enforcement office; Annie Caputo and David Wright to join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Trump's pick to be deputy Energy secretary, Dan Brouillette, who cleared committee last month.

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) recently told Politico he had a hold on Brouillette's nomination over the Trump administration's plans to revive the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.

The Senate yesterday voted 66-31 to confirm Kevin Newsom to be a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which occasionally hears environmental law cases out of Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

Newsom, a former solicitor general for Alabama, is Trump's third appeals court appointee. Most recently, he was a partner at Alabama-based Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. He also previously was an associate at the D.C. office of Covington & Burling and a clerk for former Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

Additionally, the Senate confirmed Christopher Wray, to replace fired FBI Director James Comey, by a 92-5 margin.

Senators also approved several Defense picks by voice vote, including: Richard Spencer to be secretary of the Navy; Lucian Niemeyer to be an assistant secretary of Defense; and, Ellen Lord to be undersecretary of Defense for acquisition.

Reporter Amanda Reilly contributed.

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