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Well thanks everyone

I’m looking to get my 5 year old daughter started with piano lessons and was wondering if anyone knew of some places in New Orleans that cater to younger kids/beginners. Neither my wife or I play an instrument and so we don’t really know what to look for in a place/instructor. Was hoping the music board may be able to point us in the right direction.

We started from scratch and it was definitely difficult for my wife and I to settle on a layout with a blank slate. We’ve done everything ourselves and with a lot of help from my dad and brother in law.





This is basically where we are now.


The plan is to have a little seating area where the kids house is (the part of the patio that gets afternoon shade), the walkway going through the middle, and and a table and umbrella for the rear area. We also just planted some star jasmine to run along the bottom boards of the house so we don’t see under the house.


We were sick of grass not growing on the sides and it was getting beat up in front of the shed so we went with gravel. Plus, less for me to mow and edge. Hopefully a medium to large shade tree will go in that pie part to eventually provide afternoon shade to the back half of the patio.


We reused some pavers down that whole walkway. Need to order a bit more gravel to this area and a couple other low spots. Also ran conduit ahead of time from both here and the shed to the house for electric. Still need to get down to the that part of the todo list

In the middle of creating our backyard from scratch and we have everything done but the landscaping. I have very little knowledge about plants outside of some of the most popular ones and I'm struggling to figure out which types of shrubs and flowers to go with.

I've looked on the LSU Ag site and various others and it seems like they have great info on the specific plant you're looking at but not a way to compare different types of plants next to each other. Is there somewhere that has some sort of "plant selector wizard" that I just haven't found yet. I found one for trees that was very helpful but nothing for other plants.

Is it worth hiring a landscape designer or horticulturalist to assist with this? Does anyone have any recommendations for one or recommendations on anything else?

The other pictures are what we were envisioning but just, not sure of the specific types of plants. Any help is very much appreciated!

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As I said, that's the goal.

How do you handle people that are not in their place of residence during either early voting or election day voting. military, travel nurses, contract employees, people unable to phyisically get to a polling place like elderly, those who are sick with a communicable disease that they don't want to pass on to others, or any number of other exceptions?

No. However, all of the current absentee ballots accepted and used by a lot of people including the military don't require a photo id. There are some areas of concern with mail in voting that absolutely need to be addressed.

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1) Voter ID.

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Vital to protect elections. It's frustrating that the president just states the problem and hasn't helped to find a solution. Especially when there is a stalled bill in congress for additional funding for election security measures.

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2) Law and Order in cities.

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I agree the federal government should be able to send it people to protect federal property and enforce federal law (civil rights comes to mind).

Ignoring the current political landscape, do you believe the federal government should be able to send in federal troops at the opposition of state and local leaders unrelated to federal property and federal laws or as a general "restore law and order"?

I feel like as a states rights supporter, the voters of that state should vote to elect state and local leaders that support their views and aside from the items above, the federal government should only be brought in upon request.

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3) China is asshoe.

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That they are. There's a bunch of assholes out there.

Growing up in a conservative Republican family, I've voted pretty close to straight ticket R my entire life. It's been my belief that the GOP stood for the things below. I'm curious what most of you believe the core principles of the GOP are currently and if you feel like those principles have changed. I'd also be interested to know if what your personal 3 most important government principles are and if they match up with your party.

Limited federal government with fiscally sound economic policy
-A limited but efficient federal government
-Transparency
-Lower taxes
-Reduced gov. spending
-Low gov. debt
-Preference for states rights

Individual Liberty / Personal Accountability
-The idea of the American Dream and that everyone has the opportunity to make of themselves what they want.
-So long as you aren't infringing on other's rights, the govt. can't dictate how you live your life.
-You are responsible for the decisions you make and everyone should be held accountable and equal under the rule of law.

Capitalism with a market regulations as limited as possible (as opposed to completely free market)
-The general view that the market will dictate its demands and competition will ensure the most efficient supply of those demands.
-Striving for a free market but with some restrictions to address its major criticisms for the overall public interest like preventing monopolies/oligopolies, and protection some things like like access to clean air/water.

Currently, I feel like the GOP principles in practice

Capitalism with a market regulations as limited as possible (as opposed to completely free market)
-The general view that the market will dictate its demands and competition will ensure the most efficient supply of those demands.
-Striving for a free market but with some restrictions to address its major criticisms for the overall public interest like preventing monopolies/oligopolies, and protection some things like like access to clean air/water.

Social Conservatism
-Christian Values
-Anti-Drugs
-Anti-abortion
-Family Values
-Anti-LGBTQ

Limited Federal Government but with an expansion of Executive Power
-Lower Taxes
-Less oversight/transparency


As of late I feel like the GOP acquiesced to some of its core principles, especially, sound fiscal policy, limited federal government, and personal liberty in order to prioritize and implement specific policy goals which at times, run at odds with its other core principles.

For instance, I want taxes as low as possible but not without also reducing the expenses of the government by making it more efficient and at the expense of increasing the debt. I also understand there's valid economic debate that you can use debt to operate most efficiently but in general, we're better off making more than we spend and we're a long way from that.

One of the biggest diversions I've seen is the lack of a demand for government transparency which had always been a staple of Republican views. Especially with the current federal stimulus spending, I feel like everyone should be demanding a full accountability of where all this money has been spent to prevent fraud and abuse.

I just also wish we would be smarter with the money the federal government spends to make sure that we're receiving a return on that investment. As an example, putting money towards education, especially early education, eventually lowers the number of people in poverty and as a result, reduces the money that would be spent in the future on social safety net programs. There's also random things like why we're still subsidizing oil companies when investments in renewable energy would, long term, free up all the money currently spent on energy needs, to be invested elsewhere.

Overall I guess I'm just frustrated with a lot of things in politics these days, along with everyone else I'm sure. I know there's hypocrisy with the Democrats as well but as a long time Republican, I just want to be better than that and sometimes it's good for all of us to look in the mirror and self evaluate.

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