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hi. anyways, click dis for Alx #39;s reaction http://www.youtube.com First of all, no I #39;m not switching to Minecraft videos nor making them as of now, I just wanted to show you guys this little prank seeing it #39;s so close to Halloween anyway. If you don #39;t care to watch Minecraft videos, then simply don #39;t watch this. I won #39;t be heartbroken. I figured I may as well make a video out of it (along with a little bit of the song I edited on RuneScape). Aside from mining 9 stacks of obsidian and stripping Bella #39;s sheep until they were naked, this #39;prank #39; (if you #39;d even call it that) didn #39;t take too long to set up. I did the majority of the Jack-o-Lantern and ghost placing while Tyler built the obsidian grim reapers. The amount of obsidian I went back and fourth to mine makes me want to sob deeply and alone in a dark room. We did end up hitting everyone #39;s base, I just didn #39;t record every single one. lessthanthree3 Other than spending time as an interior decorator on a game made of over sized 8-bit cubes, I #39;ve been trying to edit an RSMV bit by bit. Very, very slowly............................. very slowly... I #39;ll finish one eventually =P OK ILAVU BUHBYE **AUDIO: "Monster" by Ghost Town http://www.youtube.com **RECORDING/EDITING: Fraps + Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 - Other Malevolence players you might know Pwnagebucket youtube.com Bogigafy http://www.youtube.com Matixpulse youtube.com TroyGoesBark youtube.com Joeyvader123 http://www.youtube.com MichaelMcChill youtube.com SplitSkinCraft youtube.com LegacyOfLove youtube ...From:6ftShelbyViews:209 11ratingsTime:03:58More inEntertainment

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By Charlie LeDuff Fox 2 News Reporter

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. (WJBK) -- As if the feds weren't already hanging more paper than an interior decorator on suspect government officials out of Wayne County, Fox 2 has confirmed yet another grand jury investigation.

This time it's Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, who told her bank she was too poor to live in tony Grosse Pointe Park, and the bank agreed.

So what's she doing living in tony Grosse Pointe Park?

This is a tale of four houses. Let's begin with the one of Lakeview where she lived with her husband, a successful slip and fall lawyer. They said they couldn't afford the $1.5 million mortgage and had to move out, so the bank allowed them to sell the home for about half of what they owed on it. That's called a short sale.

"You have to demonstrate a hardship, something that's changed in your life that no longer allows you to meet your obligations on a mortgage loan. What we see most commonly is a change in employment status, a change in marital status or some sort of health concerns," said real estate lawyer T. Scott Galloway.

But what hardship? She's got a job, he's got a job, and they own two other houses. The feds think this whole deal might be garbage.

Before she was approved for the short sale, she gave away one of her homes to her stepdaughter, a swanky pad in Florida with a boat dock worth three quarters of a million dollars. A house that they owned outright.

She also gave a home to her stepson just a stone's throw away from the short sale house. She paid $170,000 cash for it in 2010.

Last November, the short sale went through and Hathaway sold her $1.5 million mortgage to a guy for $850,000.

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By Charlie LeDuff Fox 2 News Reporter

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. (WJBK) -- As if the feds weren't already hanging more paper than an interior decorator on suspect government officials out of Wayne County, Fox 2 has confirmed yet another grand jury investigation.

This time it's Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, who told her bank she was too poor to live in tony Grosse Pointe Park, and the bank agreed.

So what's she doing living in tony Grosse Pointe Park?

This is a tale of four houses. Let's begin with the one of Lakeview where she lived with her husband, a successful slip and fall lawyer. They said they couldn't afford the $1.5 million mortgage and had to move out, so the bank allowed them to sell the home for about half of what they owed on it. That's called a short sale.

"You have to demonstrate a hardship, something that's changed in your life that no longer allows you to meet your obligations on a mortgage loan. What we see most commonly is a change in employment status, a change in marital status or some sort of health concerns," said real estate lawyer T. Scott Galloway.

But what hardship? She's got a job, he's got a job, and they own two other houses. The feds think this whole deal might be garbage.

Before she was approved for the short sale, she gave away one of her homes to her stepdaughter, a swanky pad in Florida with a boat dock worth three quarters of a million dollars. A house that they owned outright.

She also gave a home to her stepson just a stone's throw away from the short sale house. She paid $170,000 cash for it in 2010.

Last November, the short sale went through and Hathaway sold her $1.5 million mortgage to a guy for $850,000.

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Decorating Den Interiors, North Americas largest home furnishings and interior design franchise company and a Home Accents Today magazine Retail Star, is expanding in the Palo Alto area with new franchise owner and interior decorator Alina Kish. Kishs complimentary seminar will be held Tuesday, November 6 from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Sandhill Eucalyptus Room, 2825 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park.

Palo Alto/Menlo Park, California (PRWEB) October 26, 2012

Kishs complimentary seminar will be held Tuesday, November 6 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Sandhill Eucalyptus Room, 2825 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park. Seating is limited; reservations should be made by emailing alinakish(at)decoratingden.com.

I am excited to be offering the community the opportunity to attend my upcoming design seminar. Ill be sharing the very latest in home interior color and design trends, showing some great fabrics, and discussing some nationally award-winning room makeovers done by my design colleagues, with before and after photos, said Kish. We also will have a special guest presenter, Joanne North, our senior vice president for retail sales. And, we will serve light hors doeurves and teas, and celebrate with a champagne toast.

Alina will bring to customers exceptional service, said Carol Bugg, ASID, DDCD, Decorating Den Interiors vice president of design. As part of our North American home furnishings and interior design team, Alina will be able to provide clients with creative ideas, whether just for adding a new touch or doing an entire room makeover. We are very pleased to have her expanding our presence in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

I am proud to have been selected to open a new Decorating Den Interiors in the Palo Alto area (http://www.alinakish.decoratingden.com), and to become associated with this 43-year-old business organization. I am excited to be part of this great design business and I am eagerly looking forward to helping area residents make their rooms more beautiful.

Each of our professionals offers a wide range of home furnishings, and specializes in full-service decorating from the creation of a custom design plan to product selection and installation, says Bugg. Clients receive the comfort and convenience of previewing the very latest in fabrics, window treatments, wall and floor coverings, furniture and accessories in the lighting of their own homes or offices. We bring more ideas than they will find in any store. And design consultations are always offered on a complimentary basis.

Theresa Pineda, Decorating Den Interiors, regional manager, said Alina will be a great addition to our team in this part of California. She brings great experience in both business and interior decorating. We are excited to be growing.

Established in 1969, Decorating Den Interiors has owners, designers and decorators throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Decorating Den Interiors was named a 2012 Retail Star by Home Accents Today magazine, a leading home furnishings publication. Decorating Den room makeovers have been featured in such publications as Good Housekeeping, Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, and House Beautiful. In addition television segments featuring the companys dramatic room designs have aired hundreds of times on HGTV and the Discovery Channel.

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This has been a good month for New York's late, lamented restaurants. First the Tavern on the Green's new operators signed on the dotted line to take over the de-Crystal Roomed Central Park standby. And today the Landmark's Preservation Commission voted to make the interior of the shuttered Rainbow Room the 115th landmarked interior in town. And unlike, say, the East Village Historic District, this one seems like a no-brainer to us. Now to get New Yorkers back up there!

Despite concerns that a 1980s renovation of the "Streamlined Modern" Art Deco restaurant high above Rockefeller Center might stop the space from being landmarked the Commission went with it unanimously. "The Rainbow Room came to epitomize New York City glamor," commission chairman Robert Tierney said in a statement. "It retains not only many of its original characteristics, but also several generations worth of memories."

The original Rainbow Room, with its famous dancefloor in the sky, was designed by Rockefeller Center architect Wallace Harrison with the help of decorator Elena Bachman and set designer Vincent Manelli and was updated in the 80s by Hugh Hardy. And it really is a gorgeous space that deserves to be seen by New Yorkers. So now the building's owner, Tishman Speyer, has to do is get a real restaurant in there. C'mon guys, do it! This place just radiates glamour.

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The Krebs Restaurant in Skaneateles

The building housing The Krebs restaurant dates to 1845, and it began as a restaurant under Cora Krebs in 1899. According to owner Adam Weitsman, the project is a board-for-board, historical renovation with a faade that will look identical to the previous one but will be updated. The project includes a new porch, new roof, an addition on the rear of the building and new landscaping. The interior will be modernized and will have an upscale, tavern feeling and all functions kitchen, dining room and bar will be on one level.

The new Krebs will operate under a concept known as farm to table. That includes sourcing as much of its food from local farms and markets as possible. The restaurant will be open three and a half days a week, from Thursday to Sunday brunch, with the menu changing daily. All proceeds from the restaurant will go toward local womens and childrens charities.

Locations: 53 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles Completion Date: February 2013 Cost: $4 million to $5 million Architect: Robert O. Eggleston, of Skaneateles Interior Decorator: McAlpine Booth & Ferrier Interiors, of Atlanta Landscape Architects: Pressley Associations, of Cambridge, Mass. General Contractor: MCK Building Associates, Inc., of Syracuse

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Nate Berkus Explains When to Call In an Interior Designer

Three Things a Designer Can Help You With:

1. Getting the scale right. "I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room."

2. Mixing styles. "If someone says, 'I love the glamour of Hollywood in the 1940s, but I also love the idea of a log cabin, and I'm happiest when I'm at the beach with natural colors,' I can combine all of that for them."

3. Access to resources. "It's my job to know what's available, from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge."

Three Things You Don't Need a Designer For:

1. Buying furniture. "You don't need anyone's help to buy a well-made sofa or chest of drawers."

2. Hanging artwork. "When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it is its fluidity and rule-breaking nature. Just experiment a bit."

3. Choosing colors. "I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong."

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Renovation Open House will be playing at the Hollywood Theater in La Crosse on Saturday, and ticket buyers will get to play interior decorator voting on finishing touches to restore the old theater.

The $10 admission for the 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. fundraiser will entitle buyers to tour the building and 10 tickets to cast votes for faucets, wallpaper, paint, tile and lighting fixtures, said Phil Addis, who bought the dilapidated theater, sight unseen, at a sheriffs auction Feb. 28. Proceeds will go toward the restoration.

The open house, with tours every half hour, is part of the 17th annual Historic Downtown La Crosse Day, which starts with a 5K run/walk at 8 a.m. at Viterbo University and continues with family activities through the day.

One of the more popular events, the 21st Annual Chili Cook-off in the State Bank parking lot, has been canceled because of predicted rain.

At the Hollywood, open house patrons will be able to see Addis progress since he gained access to the building for the first time in April and discovered it had no heat, air conditioning, seats or running water but plenty of crumbling plaster and mildew.

The inside has been cleaned, the moldy carpeting removed and the decrepit furniture tossed, and repairs are in process, he said.

On display besides the decorating options will be the final architectural plans and seats that will be installed before the theater reopens, which Addis has targeted for February.

Addis, who declined to estimate the ultimate cost of the project, said he has received some small donations and has received extensive in-kind donations from the roofing and electrical contractors.

He envisions the theater as a venue for second-run movies, as well as old and classic movies and a concert hall. People also will be able to rent it for meetings, and a couple inquired about being married there. Unfortunately, the renovation wont be completed in time for their nuptials.

Historic Downtown La Crosse Day will feature an array of other activities highlighting the citys heritage, including tours of Mary of the Angels Chapel at Viterbo, open house tours at the Grand Hotel Ballroom, free trolley rides and horse-drawn carriage rides around downtown and music of bygone and current days.

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Over my 24 years as a career butler, I have been very fortunate to have seen some of the most fabulous residences in the world, and worked on behalf of my employers with exceptional decorators, interior designers, luxury builders and architects.

These great homes include, but are not limited to, the former New York residence of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the Park Avenue apartment belonging to J.D. Rockefeller and a castle in the United Kingdom that is still owned and lived in by an actual duke and duchess. As well, I have worked with numerous industrialists and television personalities and have been privy to their private homes, secluded islands and ski chalets, ranging in size from a 2,500-square-foot pied--terre to an 80,000-sq.-ft. private residence.

As a butler, I get to go into every nook and cranny of a residence to make them as comfortable and enjoyable for the owners as possible. But remember, as a professional butler, I always keep their private-life secrets private.

Why is a butler writing a column in a homes section? Given my experience working in these most magnificent homes, I have learned what works and what doesnt. By this, I am referring to both the space and the function of a room. For example, will it work based on both the physical space and furniture layouts? Will it work for cocktail parties, intimate dinners and/or large-scale fundraisers? It is all about form vs. function. This introductory column is all about what you need to consider before moving into a luxury condominium, where you will perhaps for the first time live in close proximity to your neighbours, and how to make that transition successful.

Each and every one of the professionals that I have worked with have taught me something unique, but I still think after all of these years the most important lesson I have learned is that no matter what you are designing whether a single room, an exquisite apartment or an entire household the most important element is scale. If you have that down, the space looks normal and feels comfortable. However, when the scale of a room or the furniture is off, the space just doesnt feel right and, in fact, it just never works. When you successfully achieve the right scale of any room, it then becomes a matter of personal taste when you begin to consider the furniture style, colours, textures, etc.

Whether you are moving to a new home or remodelling a luxury condominium, you need to think about how you are going to entertain. Are you going to invite your family, friends and/or business colleagues? Do you entertain in a formal fashion thus a formal living and dining room are needed or is your personal style casual, and is a casual environment appropriate for your needs? Do you need a butlers pantry, and if so how should it be organized? (A butlers pantry, incidentally, is a service and storage room traditionally located between the kitchen and the dining room.)

How many sets of dishes, china and stemware do you have and should they be stored in the butlers pantry or the kitchen? What is your closet/storage space going to be like? How much storage do you need, and how much stuff should you be getting rid of? Do you need a large linen cupboard? What are you doing with your luggage, golf clubs, hunting equipment and off-season clothing?

Often when we are moving into a new residence, we are overwhelmed by the builder asking us to make a plethora of decisions with many options, and yet if we could only have the luxury of living in the space for a year to see how it really feels, it would then be easier to decide how to ideally finish the space. However, this is often not a luxury we have and decisions have to be made prior to the move-in date in order to finish the space on budget and on time.

An architect might be needed to help review space and scale and this architect is a great liaison with the builder about what can and cannot be done, but then a decorator and designer should be consulted to assist in the completion of your new space.

While recommendations from colleagues and friends are important, it is ultimately your decision who to chose and this matter should not be taken lightly. Just like any trade, a minimum of three decorators/designers should be interviewed and the choice should be given to the individual who understands your requirements regarding scale, style, colour, lighting and budget. You should always feel comfortable being able to question and veto any suggestions that you do not feel comfortable with.

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As press accolades grow for San Francisco based interior design firm Jonathan Rachman Designs highly personal interiors, Rachmans private collection of curiosities expands to Marin, now exclusively available at Mill Valley Interior furnishings boutique, Revelation.

Mill Valley, CA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012

Jonathan Rachman burst onto the San Francisco Bay Area interior design scene with his Collectors Library at the 2012 San Francisco Decorator Showcase winning him much press attention and praise. Featuring an elegant European sensibility meets a touch of industrial design that was classic but current, timeless but also contemporary, his distinctive choice of objects evoked curiosity and conversation. Jonathan believes in preserving artifacts and found objects from the past for the enjoyment of the future generation. His design style is a harmonious collection of artifacts from Asia, Europe and America, be it antique, vintage or industrial. As Jonathan says, I believe in telling a story with every room I design.

A few examples of pieces available at Revelation include:

Jonathan and his work have recently been featured in the highly regarded interior design blog The Style Saloniste by Diane Dorrans Saeks and in the San Francisco Chronicles Stylemaker Spotlight. His interior design portfolio can be viewed on his website at http://www.jonathanrachman.com.

About Jonathan Rachman

Jonathan Rachman brings an international story to his firm. Born in Sumatra, educated in Switzerland and having lived in Europe, he now makes his home in San Francisco.

He has developed an appreciation for Indonesia's beauty and craftsmanship in its furniture and textiles. While living in Paris and Switzerland, Jonathon traveled Europe, becoming enamored with its antiques and architecture. His travel influences infuse his interiors, reflecting a thoughtfully elegant, global style. The collection and furnishing in this showcase collectors library tell the story of his journey.

Jonathan Rachman Design creates timeless, artful, interiors: interpretations of clients' personal styles and collections. Seamlessly blending the past and the present with thoughtful elegance, his designs are individually curated spaces with a bespoke point of view.

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