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Hey there, and happy new year! I hope you remembered to "Rabbit, rabbit" it this morning (I did!)
I've been thinking a lot about resolutions and intentions. I've chosen my one little word for 2012 (which I revealed in last week's scrapbooking podcast), and I've started writing down some of my scrapbooking goals for the year. Oh, and I have some personal goals, too! One of the big things I want to do is spend more time connecting with my older kids. I do a great job of spending time with them, but not so much CONNECTING.
To that end, I've come up with a new scrapbooking series I want to add to my albums. I'm calling it the "A-List," and it's a series of pages based on listed conversations with my 11-year-old, Kinsey. Since she's been tiny, we've had a shared journal that we write to each other in, but I thought it would be fun to create some scrapbook pages that reflect information we share with each other. The first one is "Favorites." Here it is!
Here's the process: I created quizzes and made journaling cards based on a Katie Pertiet bracket ribbon design, and printed them on white cardstock, Then I had Kinsey fill out hers, I filled out mine, and we had fun sharing our answers!
And because I love you guys so much, I've saved these journaling cards as PDFs for you to download. All you have to do is make sure you're signed up to my email list, and I'll send out the downloads tomorrow (Monday). Note: even if you are reading this later, sign up because I'll still provide you a link where you can download these cards.
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I've got a series of 12 of these layouts planned, all with hybrid journaling cards, all of which I'll be providing to you — so go sign up now if you haven't already!


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Key ARCO Geologist Harry Jamison Shares Prudhoe Bay Discovery Credit with Exxon
By: Steve Quinn For Petroleum News
Prudhoe Bay historians routinely identify H.C. "Harry" Jamison as the central figure for discovering Alaska North Slope oil. Jamison, then a young geologist with Richfield Oil Co. (predecessor to Atlantic Richfield, or ARCO, and subsequently ConocoPhillips) however, refuses to accept so much credit. He quickly identifies three people at Humble Oil and Refining Co., a predecessor to what is now Exxon Mobil Corp., as equally key figures. They are JR Jackson, Dean Morgridge and Ken Fuller, Humble's team located just across from ARCO's Los Angeles' offices. A meeting among the four was the foundation for a partnership that ultimately led to the first discovery of Prudhoe Bay oil.
The risky venture cost Humble about $4.5 million back in 1964, but the push by these men with three diverse backgrounds has helped Exxon reap billions since. Still, it wasn't easy and success wasn't instant upon securing leases. And it almost ended within a few years of the partnership starting.
Began with a sales pitch
It began with Jamison's sales pitch to these men that helped bring the two companies together. But Jamison says the deal came down to Jackson, Morgridge and Fuller keeping a steadfast "open mind" despite "sketchy information" that proved to be a turning point in moving forward. Morgridge was a geologist who was long bullish about the prospects of pursuing oil north rather than focusing on just Cook Inlet to the south. Jackson served as the office's exploration manager and is remembered by many for working with Humble's senior management and board in the company's North Slope pursuits. Fuller was a geophysicist who brought depth to the technical discussions when information was sparse.
Three of the most important people
"They are what I consider to be three of the most important people in the whole process," Jamison said. "They were instrumental not only in our meeting, but furthering the process with the Humble organization with the senior management and the board of directors." ARCO was ready to move forward on North Slope development, but it would not come cheap. The company needed a financial partner and was unsuccessful in courting Chevron, so it turned its attention to Humble. Humble and Richfield had been successful with several joint ventures in some California oil-rich basins.
So after coming up short with Chevron, ARCO's chief geologist Mason Hill dispatched Jamison to talk shop with Humble. "Richfield simply didn't have the funds available back then," Jamison said. "Humble seemed like a natural fit. "In those days, Richfield and Humble had a good relationship at several different levels. "We all knew each other; there were some friendships that developed and those things develop a confidence back and forth. A mutual trust, I guess you would say."
Humble still smarting from failed Alaska Peninsula dry hole
But Humble was still smarting from a failed effort in the late 1950s that led to a permanent withdrawal from Alaska. After coming up dry with a well at Bear Creek on the Alaska Peninsula, Humble had had enough. The company suffered a $7 million setback in what was believed to be one of the most expensive wildcat wells to be drilled at the time.
Still, with other zzmajor players eying Alaska's North Slope, Humble saw that it could be left out of a potentially huge prize. "Dean was quite knowledgeable about North Slope geology," Jamison said of Morgridge. "And JR trusted Dean's judgment.
"He was bullish about Alaska and wanted to get back in after Humble's disastrous experience; they had a bitter taste from that particular well. "Dean was one of the people who was able to bring his knowledge and enthusiasm and convince JR this was a viable exploration project.
"That was still the days of paper records. The technical knowledge of Ken Fuller was probably more demanded at that time than it is now. "Most geologists and certainly management people were not capable of looking at paper records, and really understand how they were put together. Ken was."
Convincing colleagues whose respect you've earned is one thing. Getting them to convince their senior management and board of directors is another.
Few Facts, but Lots of Faith
Compared to today's science, the three men had very little data to haul up the corporate ladder. But the collective belief in the North Slope seemed to work and by 1964, Humble had half of Richfield's interest in the North Slope — half the lease interests, half the geologic data, half the equipment. Half of everything. "You had to have a lot of imagination and vision in order to put together any kind of picture in your mind from what was a limited amount of information," Jamison said.
"This was a risky far out proposition for everybody concerned," he said. "We were real pioneers in that sense. The data were very limited. We didn't have the well data. "This was a very sketchy initial approach to exploration in that particular area. Nobody else had been in there to do that kind of work.
"You had to have the knowledge about the North Slope, its overall geology and extrapolate about what might be occurring up there. "It's flat and featureless. The only thing you had to go on those days was old-fashioned seismic data before the time of digital. "We didn't have the benefit of plate tectonics in those days. It was a pretty primitive type of effort when you look at the 2010 compared to 1964."
Mull: Jamison a 'real sparkplug'
"Harry was the real sparkplug," said Gil Mull, a field geologist who worked for Richfield then Humble. "He got Richfield involved against some amount of opposition within the company," Mull said. "Everybody was saying, 'What are you doing all the way in northern Alaska when all activity is in Cook Inlet?'
"There is no question he sold the idea of northern Alaska operations to Richfield, then sold the idea to Humble. Still for all that he's done, Jamison routinely defers to others, even if they don't work for the same company. "I've been a proponent of letting people know that effort up there was a team effort and it involved a lot people from both companies," Jamison said. "They do deserve credit," he said. "It's easy for their names to be passed over or forgotten, but they shouldn't be."

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Over the years I have developed a growing aversion to the commercial side of the gardening industry. I give myself half an hour in a garden centre before I start to feel scratchy and overwhelmed by the chemicals and artificial fertilisers, the seemingly endless shelves of shed-filling tat. Like going to the farmers' market in preference to the supermarket, I would rather seek out a real nursery, where the plants are grown on site by people who know and care about them. This is why the best part of the Chelsea Flower Show is the marquee where the growers are. I put on blinkers to most of the trade stands and consider what I need to do there as a necessary evil. Sure, my potting shed has its clutter, with piles of recycled pots and several generations of string and bamboo canes, but everything is pared down to the essential. My tools are selected to do the jobs I need them to do and no more, and they are all of the best quality so that they will last.
To garden almost entirely without chemicals, I had to unlearn much of what I was taught at horticultural college. Lawns, if I have them at all, are never weed-killed and I see the daisies, speedwell and clover as a bonus. The junk-food of quick-fix fertilisers are left on the shelf as I prefer to put in the effort to feed and improve the soil, which will in turn and in its own time feed my plants. Organic fertilisers, compost and manure may take longer to work with the soil bacteria as the weather warms, but I am prepared to wait and work towards a balanced equilibrium rather than fight for control at every corner. The enjoyment of gardening is about the natural processes. It is a slow burn and better for it, and is not, in the main, about short cuts.
Organic gardening or gardening as organically as possible should be a rule of thumb, not just a fashion statement. Garden without chemicals and, believe it or not, the birds and beneficial insects will come to help you out with the majority of the pests. You may have to be patient, for it takes a few years to build up an ecosystem, but when it happens and your garden becomes home to stag beetles, damsel flies and lacewings, you will wonder why you ever used insecticides. Likewise, if you look after your soil so it is well fed with organic matter, you will ensure that it becomes the gardener's oxymoron of 'free draining and moisture retentive', thus boosting your earthworm population, which in turn will help the soil absorb the organic matter. It is even better if you can get this from your own compost heap. Even a small garden can provide for its compost needs with a wormery. Soil should also be well supplied with slow-release organic fertilisers such as granulated seaweed or blood, fish and bonemeal. The soil bacteria will do the rest and your plants will be better equipped to fight disease and tolerate drought.
Grown well and not force-fed junk food, your fruit and vegetables will taste sweeter and be better for you. You only need a tiny patch to keep yourself in salad for the summer as I do, and it will taste so much better if you don't have to feel guilty about transportation airmiles and plastic packaging. Join the Henry Doubleday Research Association of organic gardening (details at www.gardenorganic.org.uk) and, within a couple of years, you will be straining for an allotment or at least digging up the lawn.
At my studio, we are finding that more and more clients want to grow their own food and this is always encouraged. We also try to ensure that all the materials required to build a garden are sourced locally. Why incur vast distances in haulage miles when you can use indigenous stone or wood? I have heard too many horror stories about falsified certificates with tropical hardwoods to specify them often. It takes hundreds of years to mature many of the hardwoods that are being over-felled and contributing to the depletion of the rainforests. A more sustainable alternative is a softwood such as the fast-growing yellow pine or, if you do require a hardwood, green oak from Europe. The same principle applies to stone, and we use as little concrete in the ground as possible. Gardens should be built to last, but should aim never to pollute the environment of the future.
We also try to use plants that are produced in the UK to save on transportation miles, always ensuring that species bulbs aren't collected from the wild and planting responsibly to avoid contaminating our landscape with invasive foreign species. In truth, wildlife is happy to live on a diet of foreign species (think of butterfly-friendly asters and buddleia, both from China) and our gardens are much richer for them, but we do our bit for native flora. Not everyone has room for a wild-flower meadow, but most lawns benefit from a section left long in contrast to the velvety sward. You save energy and petrol with a smaller lawn, and 'weeds' in long grass are a draw for pollinating insects and aphid-sucking hoverflies, and a home to slug-eating ground beetles.
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MEDFORD - A team of students from South Medford High School has taken first-place honors at Oregon State University's fourth annual Salmon Bowl.
The competition, part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, tests oceanography knowledge. South Salem High School took second-place and Portland's Catlin Gabel School took third.
OSU's Salmon Bowl was the Oregon Regional Competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, which includes 19 regional competitions across the nation. The OSU competition is hosted by the university's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Seventeen high school teams from across Oregon spent a recent Saturday at OSU's Salmon Bowl answering a series of questions on how the oceans affect climate, economic well-being, history, culture and quality of life.
"It was pretty tough, they asked a lot of tough questions," said South Salem sophomore Chris Symeonides. "I originally decided to get into this because my chemistry teacher asked me. I was glad we did so well."
South Salem senior Chris Schmokel has participated in Salmon Bowl since he was a sophomore.
"I'm a big fan of oceanography," Schmokel said. Unfortunately this year he had to miss the actual competition because he had to work.
"The main thing is practicing and getting all the rules down," Schmokel said.
"It was a lot of fun," said South Medford senior Mae Truwe. "We sent a team last year and they did amazingly well and this year, well, we won.
"Our coach, Steve Jensen, he just devotes so much time to this, to science in general. He is a great mentor," said Truwe, who is planning to attend college and possibly pursue a career in astrophysics.
After taking first at OSU, the South Medford team will match skills against 18 other high school teams from across the country at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl finals in Miami, March 31-April 2.
The South Medford team's regional win earned them $2,500 scholarships to the Sea Education Association's Semester at Sea program, as well as a digital camera and color computer printer for their school. Prizes for the national finals have not been announced, but in the past have included educational trips to Lisbon, Portugal; Monterey and Catalina Island in California; the Florida Keys, research vessel cruises, visits to oceanographic institutions and aquaria, scholarships, scientific equipment and books. South Salem won $300 in scientific equipment, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Catlin Gabel School won a color computer printer and passes to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The bowl format involves a timed competition of multiple-choice or short-answer questions within the broad category of the oceans. Practice with when and how to answer questions is critical, Schmokel said.
Other teams included Tillamook High School; South Wasco High School; Powder Valley High School; North Marion High; Neah-Kah-Nie High; McMinnville High; McKay High; Grants Pass High; Dallas High; Crook County High; Corvallis High; Bandon High and Ashland High.
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Sept. 22, 2005
BERKELEY - Due to the projected track of Hurricane Rita, Cal's men's soccer will alter the schedule of this weekend's Stanford Nike Invitational, with Friday's games moving to Saturday evening and Sunday's matches moving later in the day to accommodate back-to-back game-days.
Cal will now face Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m. The Bears will take on Army at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25.
All commercial flights through the Houston Airport System will cease in preparation for the hurricane, causing Alabama-Birmingham's flights to Palo Alto through Houston to be cancelled and preventing the Blazers from arriving in California by Friday's game time. Stanford, California and Army were able to shift the matches in order to accommodate UAB's flights and still allow all four games to be played this weekend.
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Police have named a suspect they are looking for over a robbery at a Leeds bookmakers.
At about 6pm On May 7 a man dressed in a suit, shirt and tie walked into William Hill on Kirkstall Road.
He passed a note to one of the betting shop's counter staff claiming he had a weapon under a coat that he had draped over his arm and demanding money before escaping with several hundred pounds in cash.
Police have now issued a public appeal to find prime suspect Darren Cawood – but warned people not to approach him.
Detective Inspector Mark Swift, of Leeds District CID, said: "We urgently need to trace Darren Cawood who has been identifed from our enquiries as a suspect for this robbery. Despite extensive work to trace him we have so far been unable to establish his whereabouts.
"I would urge anyone who knows where he is to contact us. Members of the public who see him are advised not to approach him but to contact police immediately on 999."
Cawood is from the Kirkstall area and has recently been seen in Armley, Beeston, Holbeck and Hunslet. He may also have links to the Durham area.
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Kingfisher – master of the river February 17, 2008Posted by asianpixmen in Fauna/Animals, Nature, Places.
I have been trying to "shoot" this elusive feathered friend for some time now. Occasionally, when it feels like it, it will perch on my backyard fence and survey his territory. Not that I am staying near a river or anything like that.
The Kingfisher is a beautiful bird. This one is no exception. The day he showed up unexpectedly, there were magpipes chirping away as if the Garden of Eden had appeared. I guess this "King" was fascinated by the melodies coming from the other birds. How he must have envied them.
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Now that their three-game sweep of the Padres is finished, with Barry Zito pitching seven more inspired innings and Buster Posey hitting his first home run of the year in Sunday's 5-0 win, the Giants are ready for the Grit Bowl.
On Monday night, they open a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who spent the winter trying to become "grittier" by populating their team with more "grinders," like manager Kirk Gibson was when he played.
Arizona's leadership all but admitted it wanted to be more like the Giants, who gritted and grinded their way to two World Series championships in three seasons.
The D'backs traded Justin Upton, arguably their best player, for Martin Prado, who supposedly fits the Gibson mold. They signed Cody Ross for the same reason and dumped a problem-child pitcher (Trevor Bauer) because he was not a Gibby type of guy, potential be damned.
Forward thinkers, especially in the metrics community, are having a great laugh about all this, arguing that the Diamondbacks would be better off with the nine home runs that Upton has hit for Atlanta rather than Prado's gamer spirit.
They might have a point, because talent is talent, even if there is something to be said for that old fighting spirit.
"When I think of someone who grinds, being gritty, those are the type of guys you don't like seeing. You don't like them coming to the plate," Posey said. "They're going to fight you with everything they've got. They're going to make adjustments, and this is a game of adjustments."
Matt Cain, who seeks his first win of the year Tuesday night against Arizona, said "grit" does not necessarily equal wins, "but it definitely is helpful in the clubhouse, because guys are going out there doing what they need to do, or trying to find ways to get stuff done, kind of playing as one big group, not just as a bunch of solos."
One could argue that Zito fits the mold as a pitcher who no longer has the Cy Young stuff of a decade ago but has learned to fight for wins. Then again, maybe his renaissance has more to do with that cutter he busted out last year.
Zito's mental approach came into play Sunday when he pitched seven shutout innings for the third time at home in 2013 and overcame his worst major-league start, Tuesday's nine-run shellacking in Milwaukee.
Zito was defiant after that defeat, saying the Brewers hit his pitches and he would throw them again. That's what he did against the Padres, with a little better off-speed command.
"Good for Z," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He gave them credit and didn't change anything. The worst thing a pitcher can do is to change up something that's been working so long. You're off for one game and you feel you've got to change something."
Zito reiterated that he did feel good in Milwaukee and tipped his cap to the Brewers.
"These guys are big-leaguers," he said. "They're going to get you now and again. As long as you stay grinding and not so much try to control the results, things should be all right."
There's that word again - grinding - a perfect way to describe Posey's 12-pitch at-bat against Eric Stults in the second inning. Posey flied out but saw everything the left-hander had.
After Angel Pagan's two-run double and Pablo Sandoval's two-out single gave the Giants a 3-0 lead in the third, Posey hammered a first-pitch breaking ball into the left-field seats in the fifth inning with Sandoval aboard.
And yeah, his first homer, in his 55th at-bat, was a relief.
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Farmer Rene Ravalo loads coconuts onto a truck in the Philippines for the 30-minute trip to market on a road built last year. It previously took half a day for a water buffalo to inch the goods down a mountain track.
"Selling our produce is much easier now," Ravalo said in Magsaysay, his village 1,570 kilometers (975 miles) south of Manila. He's gaining from record spending on roads, ports and airports, set by the government at 268 billion pesos ($6.5 billion) in 2013 to boost a transport network the World Economic Forum ranks the second worst in major Southeast Asian nations.
The expenditure has helped remake the archipelago into the region's fastest-growing economy after decades of lagging behind peers, International Monetary Fund data show. Fitch Ratings promoted the Philippines to investment grade for the first time last month, as President Benigno Aquino fights corruption and tax evasion to limit the budget deficit.
"Deficient infrastructure has been a key development constraint and Aquino is starting to address this," said Norio Usui, senior country economist for the Philippines at the Asian Development Bank in Manila. He estimated total investment needs at almost $12 billion annually, mostly for transport and power generation, to support an economy that the IMF forecasts will expand more than 6 percent for a second year in 2013.
Aquino is trying to overcome a legacy of depressed investment, caused partly by contract disputes and regulatory reversals that led companies including Frankfurt, Germany-based Fraport AG, an airport services provider, to leave the country.
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Construction and cement businesses such as Lafarge Republic Inc., Holcim Philippines Inc., DMCI Holdings Inc. and EEI Corp. will gain from the infrastructure drive, said Paul Joseph Garcia, senior vice president at BPI Asset Management Inc. in Manila. He helps manage about $18.5 billion of assets.
Consumer businesses such as Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. and San Miguel Corp. will also benefit as better transport spurs growth and increases incomes, he said. Consumer spending accounts for more than 70 percent of the $225 billion economy, making it the key engine of growth.
Lafarge and DMCI are based in Makati City. San Miguel is headquartered in Mandaluyong City, Holcim in Taguig, EEI in Quezon City and Pepsi-Cola in Muntinlupa City.
"Aquino is capitalizing on the favorable sentiment surrounding the Philippines, recognizing you can't sustain high growth rates of above 6 percent without accompanying infrastructure development," said Christian de Guzman, a sovereign analyst at Moody's Investors Service in Singapore.
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Aquino's agenda -- which led Time magazine to select him as one of the world's 100 most influential people this year -- has buoyed stocks and the nation's currency.
The Philippine Stock Exchange Index is the second-best performer in the world since he took power in June 2010, rising 107 percent. The peso has climbed 12 percent versus the dollar.
Key projects include the Laguindingan International Airport, due to open in June on the second biggest Philippine island, Mindanao. This year, Aquino's administration is set to begin construction or expansion of three other airports and a port.
The push to bolster outlays includes 8.3 billion pesos in 2013 for farm-to-market roads, such as the new gravel link that helps connect Magsaysay to the town of Lupon.
The farm-to-market initiative cuts losses from rotting and aims to spread development more widely, Budget Secretary Butch Abad said in a statement last month. The World Bank estimates 18 percent of the 95 million population lives on under $1.25 a day.
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The benefits for Magsaysay, which is set among mountains in Mindanao, go beyond reduced use of buffalo as pack animals, a centuries-old practice still common among poor farmers.
Small convenience outlets, known as sari-sari stores, are flourishing as goods including Colgate-Palmolive Co. toothpaste and Unilever soap flow in more easily. The road has also spurred purchases of Honda Motor Co. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. motorbikes, with over 40 buzzing around a village of 740 people.
"Before, we couldn't even eat fish," said Emelita Mawalik, who owns one of the sari-sari shops. "Now, merchants come to our village to sell us tilapia, round scads and ox-eye scads. Can you imagine? They climb to us now."
After coming to power almost three years ago, Aquino identified more than $17 billion in projects from power plants to railways where companies can participate through public-private partnerships, aside from the outlays purely by the government.
Slow Pace
So far, only three such contracts have been awarded: an elevated highway connecting airport terminals in Manila, the construction of about 9,300 classrooms and a toll road leading to provinces south of the capital.
The pace has to pick up, according to Jeff Ng, an economist at Standard Chartered Plc in Singapore.
"They're being selective in choosing the right proposals," Ng said. "But the government needs to fast-track these projects. We're watching out for more rollouts this year and next."
The Philippines must also develop its capital markets further, especially the insurance industry, as "limited availability" of long-term financing in local currency hampers the funding of infrastructure projects, according to the ADB.
IMF data shows investment was about 19 percent of gross domestic product in 2012, down from more than 24 percent in 2002 and below the 30 percent in Asean-5 as a whole. That groups Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Vested Interests
The ADB's Usui said infrastructure spending must at least double from the current 2 percent to 3 percent of GDP.
While reforms to move the economy away from consumption toward investment are necessary, such changes have "historically been difficult to implement, given the vested interests in the status quo," the World Bank said in a December report.
Aquino's predecessors, Gloria Arroyo and Joseph Estrada, were embroiled in corruption scandals that hurt efforts to liberalize the economy. Arroyo, who took power after Estrada was ousted by a popular revolt in 2001, has been charged with plunder.
Investor optimism under Aquino pushed stock valuations to an all-time high of 20.4 times projected 12-month profits on April 22, data compiled by Bloomberg show. That's spurring concern the shares are too expensive, given past reform efforts have faced obstacles and flagged. The peso has dropped about 1 percent in the past month.
Investment Grade
Still, Aquino has been "successful in pushing policies that created a higher level of confidence in the Philippines, in contrast to the past when promises never came true," said Edward Teather, a Singapore-based senior economist at UBS AG.
The president is now campaigning to increase his party's share of the Senate in elections scheduled for May 13, seeking to buttress his popular mandate.
Fitch Ratings boosted the Philippines to BBB- in March, the lowest investment grade, citing remittances by overseas workers, moderate budget deficits and a "strong" policy-making framework.
Standard & Poor's in July raised its rating to a step below investment grade, with Moody's Investors Service following in October. S&P raised the outlook to positive in December.
GDP expansion averaged more than 6 percent in the three years through 2012, compared with 3.1 percent from 1980 through 2009. The figures for Asean-5 are 5.9 percent and 5.1 percent.
The Philippines placed 88 out of 144 economies in a World Economic Forum 2012-2013 index of transport infrastructure, behind Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, and ahead of Vietnam. That's up from 106 in 2010-2011.
Road Expansion
There's a "medium" probability that the government will achieve its goal of increasing paved-road length by about 20 percent to 31,242 kilometers in 2016 compared with 2011, the National Statistical Coordination Board said last year.
The expansion is pivotal to spur commerce since about 50 percent of Philippine freight is transported by road, a Japanese assessment for a development loan shows.
Only 27.3 percent of the network comprises asphalt or concrete links in good condition, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways. Almost 20 percent is earth or gravel.
In Magsaysay, Ravalo, the farmer and a father of three children, takes a break from harvesting Chinese cabbage, okra and eggplant. Over a meal of bananas with shrimp paste and coconut, he ponders how even a new gravel link can change lives.
"We've been waiting for decades for the government to hear our pleas and give us a road," he said. "Now, we're able to save money. Slowly, our lives are getting better."
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text: On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:> > nice find! Roland, is this related to the thread started by Elias > Oltmanns yesterday:> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/10/57No.First off, the delayed sending of signals isn't actually delayed that much. It's the next kernel entry at the most - certainly *not* across scheduling points, which the fact that ^Z shows up in the xterm says happen.Secondly, it seems to happen on x86-32 too, and it is claimed to be a regression. Neither of which would be true for this case.Thirdly, there seems to be no other signals involved (ie it's a single signal).I think the IO interactivity report is simply because of IO scheduling and/or paging out the shell too aggressively. No signals will be delivered while the process in in 'D' state (the new 'killable' thing being an exception in _some_ cases, but that's literally just for killing signals, not backgrounding).So to look at the original report: "By sprinkling some printk()s all over the place, I've managed to establish the following sequence of events taking place in the event of delayed signal handling as described above: The first Ctrl+Z event enqueues a SIGTSTP signal which eventually results in a call to kick_process(). For some reason though, the signal isn't handled straight away but remains on the queue for some time."the thing is, kick_process() only helps if the other thread is _running_ on the other CPU. If it's actively waiting for disk, it's a no-op: the signal handling code expects that the scheduler will either wake it up in "wake_up_state()" (which won't happen if it is in 'D' state, of course!) or that the process will just handle it in its own time when it wakes up when IO completes.So if things have gotten worse latency, it's most likely simply because our IO has worse latency - probably because of having more requests outstanding, or because of unlucky/bad IO scheduler behaviour. The first thing to do (because it's fairly easy) is to start off testing different IO schedulers, but also see if there are some cases where we should try to return early.In the particular case of Edwin Török, his latency problem seems to b with "find". That's interesting, because it's one of the cases where we *could* easily improve on latency, by making "readdir()" return early both for killable signals, but also for regular signals when we've filled the buffer partially (because unlike a "read()" system call, we don't promise to fill the whole buffer _anyway_).It may be, for example, that the increased latency isn't actually because the *kernel* has increased latencies at all, but perhaps 'find' uses a much bigger buffer for it's readdir() code? Anyway, _if_ it's readdir() that has high latency, the appended patch might make a difference. I think it's probably a good idea regardless..But it would be really good to have the thing bisected regardless of what it is. Linus---This makes 'readdir()' return early if it has a signal pending and it has filled at least one entry (the -EINTR will never be passed on to user space: the readdir() system call will return the length of the filled-in buffer) fs/readdir.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.cindex 4e026e5..ec8c192 100644--- a/fs/readdir.c+++ b/fs/readdir.c@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ static int filldir(void * __buf, const char * name, int namlen, loff_t offset, return -EOVERFLOW; dirent = buf->previous; if (dirent) {+ /* Only check signals if we have filled at least one entry! */+ if (signal_pending(current))+ return -EINTR; if (__put_user(offset, &dirent->d_off)) goto efault; }@@ -241,6 +244,9 @@ static int filldir64(void * __buf, const char * name, int namlen, loff_t offset, return -EINVAL; dirent = buf->previous; if (dirent) {+ /* Only check signals if we have filled at least one entry! */+ if (signal_pending(current))+ return -EINTR; if (__put_user(offset, &dirent->d_off)) goto efault; }--To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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text: [[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bio_menace_screenshot_8375.gif]]''Bio Menace'' is a 2D, side-scrolling, PlatformGame both developed and published by Apogee Software in 1993 for DOS. It was built on a licensed version of Creator/{{id Software}}'s ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' GameEngine, and was known as ''Bio Hazard'' during production. Apart from the engine and Bobby Prince's musical score, all in-game content was created by the game's designer, Jim Norwood. The player controls the protagonist, Snake Logan, a top CIA operative. Upon receiving reports of Metro City being invaded by mutants, Snake is ordered to fly recon over the city. However, after crash landing in Metro City, Snake is forced to complete his mission on foot.The game has three episodes, the first of which was released as shareware, the rest being available commercially. The episodes are:* Episode 1 - Dr. Mangle's Lab* Episode 2 - The Hidden Lab* Episode 3 - Master Cain Sales of the game were discontinued in 2000 due to problems with more modern operating systems. Apogee released the game as freeware on December 23, 2005 as a "Christmas present" and [[http://www.3drealms.com/menace/ the full game can be downloaded from the Apogee website.]] It is likely that this decision was made due to the results of an earlier poll on the 3D Realms forums, where visitors could pick a game they would like to see released as freeware from a list of discontinued Apogee games. See also list of commercial games released as freeware.!!This VideoGame contains examples of:* AttackDrone: Robo-buddy serves as one.* BigBad: [[spoiler: Master Cain]]* BossOnlyLevel: Applies to most of the bosses. The Enforcer, the last boss of Episode 2, is an exception.* BoundAndGagged: The Hostages in the 2nd and 3rd games (except for Commander Keen)* TheCameo: VideoGame/{{CommanderKeen}} is one of the hostages that Snake rescues in the second game. To Keen's chagrin, Snake mistakenly [[RunningGag calls him "Captain" Keen]].** In Episode 2, Level 10, [[spoiler: Jim Norwood, George Broussard and Scott Miller from Apogee are hiding in one secret room]].* DamselInDistress: The female hostages.* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: Dr. Mangle, who is the BigBad of the first game, but - in a surprise twist - not of the series]]* DistressedDude: The male hostages.* EasterEgg: In Episode 2, Level 10, [[spoiler: there is a secret room where the developers of the game are, as well as characters and items from some ''id'' and ''Apogee'' games]].* EnterSolutionHere: Some levels have puzzles where five switches must be pressed in the correct order to get bonus items. This right combination is revealed in another part of the level. The player has only one attempt to solve the puzzle. If they fail, there's sometimes a punishment. For example in Episode 1, Level 4, the platform Snake stands on (when pressing the switches) will disappear and he will fall into a pit full of spikes.* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Master Cain was once a secret agent, who went rogue after he believed he was abandoned]].* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Skull Man is the odd one out compared to the robots, mutants and masterminds Snake fights. It's unclear who he is or why you're fighting a blue-skinned giant sitting on a throne in a cave.* {{Greed}}: Dr. Mangle's motive, combined with [[spoiler:being threatened by his employer]].* KarmicNod: As he lays dying, [[spoiler:Dr. Mangle]] mentions that he believes that "I have gotten what I deserve for my crimes."* LifeMeter: Both the player and the bosses have this in the bar format.* LighterAndSofter: In a sense, the second and third games. The first game was set in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, and the levels included dead (and in some cases, ''' scorched and decaying''') bodies scattered throughout several levels. The second and third games were infiltration missions to prevent further terrorist attacks and, thus, Snake doesn't stumble upon any corpses. Of course, the second game also includes an attack that is done by the BigBad as retribution for Snake's interference, which is said to have killed thousands. * LockedDoor:** Most levels have at least one door or force-field that must be opened or turned off with a crystal shard or a keycard.** An interesting variation: there are locked closets in many levels which are opened with keys. Most of them contain bonus item but some may have shards that are needed to open locked doors or turn off force-fields that block the path of the player.* LudicrousGibs - The mutants die this way.* MadScientist: Dr. Mangle.* MoodWhiplash: The first game has Snake wander among the ruins of a town attacked by terrorists and encounter bodies of dead InnocentBystanders while shooting at rather cartoony-looking mooks and making snarky one-liners to the survivors he rescues.* NonStandardGameOver: If you try to leave the final level of the second episode without [[spoiler:acquiring the nuclear bomb and planting it in the spot just before the exit]], Snake will be killed and the BigBad will win.* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Dr. Mangle and Master Cain. The former fights Snake as a toad-like mutant, while the latter may occasionally turn into a blue phantom that performs a OneHitKill on Snake if he touches him]]* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Master Cain's motive. He was an agent who was not extracted, and blames the US government for leaving him behind.]]* RobotBuddy: It's even called "Robo-Buddy" in some versions.* SecretLevel: At least one in each episode, the player must collect special Secret Level Gems to access these.* {{Shapeshifting}}: Snake is able to transform into a mutant in the second game in order to solve a specific puzzle (and then transform back once said puzzle is solved).* {{Shareware}}: The first Episode was originally released as shareware, Episodes 2 and 3 being commercial. The entire game was released as freeware in 2005.* ShoutOut:** Commander Keen is one of the hostages.** Episode 2, Level 10 has a statue of Yorp, an enemy character from the first ''Commander Keen'' game.** A secret room in Episode 2, Level 10, has lots of shout-outs, including [[spoiler: characters and items from ''Commander Keen'', ''Monster Bash'' and ''Duke Nukem'', logos of Apogee Software and id Software, as well as cameos of three Apogee staff members]].* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Bio Menace'' feels very similar to ''VideoGame/DukeNukemI'', an earlier shoot-em-up platformer that was developed by the same company.* SymbolSwearing: In the ending of Episode 2, the BigBad calls Snake a "son-of-a-&*^%$".* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Master Cain]] tries to do this with Snake by [[spoiler:detonating his suit]], but fails.* ThoseWackyNazis: Mangle is clearly named after Third-Reich scientist, Josef Mengele.* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Yay! Dr. Mangle's dead! But why did the developers have the guy who is ''clearly'' the BigBad die in the first episod-[[OhCrap Oh...]]]]


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Who remembers my very first inspiration board? I got such amazing feedback and encouragement from so many friends and bloggers I really respect. Ya'll are the best!
Anyway, it's been a while since I made one - so I thought I'd do another! The last one I featured was a living room in fairly neutral shades, but in real life, my style tends to run to the more colorful, much to my mother's chagrin :)
Here's an inspiration board I did for a fantasy entryway or foyer. My apartment's set-up doesn't allow for a console right now, although I wish it did - I think cozy little entry nooks are a great way to greet guests and show off your style.
What do you think?
Unlike the last one, I don't own any of these pieces... although I'd like to! Here are sources:
West Elm Andalucia rug - $249
Stephen Womack canvases - $95 each
Robert Abbey lamps - $190 each
Chevron-printed picture frame - $28 (similar)
Cobalt blue dresser (I pulled the image above from an amazing Design*Sponge makeover, but in real life, I'd snag this IKEA dresser and paint it myself!) - $149
What do you think? You like all the color and pattern? If you don't, I won't ever be able to invite you over to my apartment... it's FULL of colorful patterns :)
Once again, I'd love to hear what you think of my little board. I had a ton of fun making it!


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Emma was born in Kent (1982), but after a 'while' she and her family moved to Halesworth, Suffolk.
She attended Bungay High School which she left with an impressive 8 G.C.S.Es, she then attended a Beautician course at college and completed it successfully. she then opened up her very own Beauty Salon, which had a good local reputation, for having good relationships with clients.
Although she enjoyed working at her Salon she was very keen to pursue a career in modelling, so in late 2003 she decided to set out and become a model. within a month of 'turning model' she won the Miss London beauty pageant in 2004, she then went on to win the Miss Great Britain in the same year.
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Pirates-Orioles Preview
A six-game skid and the loss of one of their top players figured to test the resiliency of the surprising Baltimore Orioles.
Their recent play has earned them more than a passing grade.
Baltimore looks to complete a sweep of the formerly red-hot Pittsburgh Pirates and match a season high with its fifth straight win Thursday night at Camden Yards.
A 29-17 record had the Orioles atop the AL East late in May before they dropped six in a row to fall into second place. Getting back to winning was made more difficult with the loss of right fielder and No. 3 hitter Nick Markakis to a wrist injury that is expected to sideline him at least two more weeks.
Baltimore, though, has rebounded to win four straight and seven of 10 since the losing streak. The first six of those victories were by two runs or fewer and three came in extra innings.
Struggling Jake Arrieta was brilliant as a substitute starter and Chris Davis had a broken-bat homer and three RBIs in the Orioles' 7-1 victory Wednesday. Wilson Betemit and J.J. Hardy had three hits apiece for Baltimore (36-26), which has 28 in the first two games of this series.
"I have never seen a guy walk out of the batter's box with four inches of wood and hit a home run," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "That was a new one for me."
Davis, recently moved into the No. 3 spot in the order, is batting .328 (21 for 64) with seven homers and 16 RBIs in his last 17 games.
Pittsburgh (32-29) entered this set with four straight wins and 12 in 15 games, but is in danger of losing three in a row for the first time since a season-high five-game skid April 10-14.
Hurdle's club is 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position in this series.
"No. 1, we need to execute better off the mound. No. 2, when we got chances to score runs, we have to perform the offensive fundamentals to go along with that," he said. "The game is pretty simple when you break it down, and they have outplayed us back-to-back nights. It shouldn't be any surprise to anyone here that we're down two."
Erik Bedard (4-6, 3.59 ERA) will try to get the Pirates back on track against his original team.
The left-hander spent his first five seasons with the Orioles before he was traded to Seattle on Feb. 8, 2008, in the deal that sent Adam Jones to Baltimore. He's 1-0 with a 3.57 ERA in five starts against his former team but has failed to pitch past the fourth inning in three of those outings.
Jones is 6 for 11 against the player he was traded for while Matt Wieters is 3 for 9 with a pair of homers versus Bedard.
Bedard continued his strong pitching at PNC Park in a 4-2 victory Friday over Kansas City, yielding two runs and five hits over seven innings. He's 2-2 with a 2.45 ERA in six home starts, compared to 2-4 with a 4.85 ERA in six outside Pittsburgh.
Tommy Hunter (2-3, 5.40) looks to establish himself in Baltimore's rotation with a second consecutive quality start. Recalled from the minors to start Saturday against Philadelphia, the right-hander responded by limiting the Phillies to three runs - all on solo homers - and five other hits over seven innings in a 12-inning win.
Both starters in this game seem far more comfortable pitching at home, where Hunter is 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA. He's 0-2 with an 8.31 ERA on the road.
Hunter beat the Pirates with six strong innings in his first meeting with them June 22, 2010, while with Texas.


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A recent Monday, 4:56 p.m.:
It's obvious that Cal Meeder loves his two Weimaraners, Luke and Clyde.
Each dog has his own Sonicare toothbrush and a health insurance policy. Their nails are regularly trimmed. They get a bath every two weeks, whether they need it or not. They have a dog walker who takes the pair on daily two-hour play dates. Meeder has a dresser drawer set aside exclusively for costumes for Luke and Clyde, some of which have feather boas and pink tutus.
So it's seemed only natural that Meeder would opt to have cosmetic surgery for his dogs.
On Monday, Meeder came home early from work to walk the dogs himself. He wanted to throw a tennis ball for his younger dog one last time before a scheduled operation the next morning.
At 7 a.m., he took Luke to the Pacifica Pet Hospital to be neutered. The dog's testicles were removed and were replaced with a pair of artificial implants called Neuticles.
"It kind of boils down to the extreme pet owner — the pet owner who looks at the dog or the cat as a member of the family. Their pet gets the very best," said Gregg Miller, who invented the Neuticle prosthetic almost two decades ago for a beloved bloodhound — a flappy-jowled beast named Buck who needed to be neutered.
Neuticles, Miller figured, would ease the nagging guilt that tugs at some people when they bring in their cat or dog for the surgery that Luke underwent.
"It's a wonderful option for the 'neuter-hesitant' pet owner," said Miller, who touts sales of 500,000 implants since he started his company in Oak Park, Mo.
Kim Kardashian's family dog, Rocky, was a recipient of a set of medium-sized "Neuticle Originals" about two years ago. It all played out in an episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which featured Rocky the self-confident, post-op boxer strutting confidently out of the vet's office. Bruce Jenner couldn't help but make jokes as they walked away.
Meeder is a 55-year-old director of design and construction at a San Francisco commercial real estate firm, who will be happy to show you the urinal he just had installed in his bathroom or the African mountain goat head that hangs above his stairwell. He's no newbie to the Neuticle concept. Luke is the third dog he's had this done to.
Clyde, now 10, was the first.
"Nine years ago I thought … for $40, let the poor dog keep his dignity," Meeder said. "I'm sure part of it was just because I wanted to be different and heck — why not. I thought it was fun."
He carries a key chain with a single, kidney-shaped Neuticle that he received from Miller for being such a good customer.
Prices have changed, and now a pair of Neuticle Originals — made from a hard, plastic-like material — starts at just over $100. More ?anatomically correct implants run north of $500. Miller says his products are made in America, in factories that also make implants of all types for humans.
With 1-year-old Luke, Meeder decided to splurge. He chose a large, squishy pair called the "Neuticle Plus," made of solid silicone, which left him with a $300 hole in his pocket. He's got no regrets.
"They look great," Meeder said. "They look just like they did before they came out."
When his dogs run leash-free at Dolores Park, Meeder is often asked if he knows about the spay and neuter law in San Francisco. Meeder does, and thinks it's a good law that helps keep unwanted animals from ending up in shelters.
"When you tell them that the dog has Neuticles … you'd be surprised how many people will come up and ask, 'Can I feel them?' " Meeder said.
His usual response: "You'll have to ask the dog."
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