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And if you use one of the tools developed for this (I don't recall the names), you can eliminate most of the work (for instance, a config file you haven't touched is replaced automatically).
One of the options is to use app-portage/cfg-update
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Easy to use GUI & CLI alternative for etc-update with safe automatic updating functionality
I use it regularly. I only have to manually update files which I myself have edited (at least once).
Anyway, the PS3 is absolutely the last machine you should ever, ever need Gentoo on. Every single PS3 is exactly the same. There is no need to "optimise" a build for a PS3 simply because the build should be optimal anyway, assuming you pick a dist which targets the PS3 exclusively. It's not like x86 where you have a gazillion different processors and devices that you might get some measurable gain by tweaking a build switch or two.
My friend Jake just bought a PS3, and he wanted to install Linux on it. Since he didn't know much about Linux,...
Since he didn't know much about Linux, it was my responsibility to help him with it.
* if he doesn't know the first thing about Linux, what does he need it for? on a PS3 of all things
he wants to learn the ropes you say? OK
* why doesn't he install it on his own? no better way to do it and the interwebs are full of documentation
this is not meant to be flamy in any way. I was just wondering how come everyone wants penguin power these days, but at the same time they are not willing to invest time/sweat in it.
if he doesn't know the first thing about Linux, what does he need it for? on a PS3 of all things
Well, that's obvious. To pick up chicks.
The only thing that impresses the ladies more than a really expensive game console is a really expensive pimped out game console with a picture of a penguin on it.
*If* I buy a PS3, it will be so I can play cool games and watch Hi-Def (blu-ray) movies, not so I can load Linux and surf the web on a 65" screen.
Just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should*.
I can see only a very small benefit to custom compiling all (or even most of) your packages, except in very specific cases, and binary size is probably of secondary concern in the era of almost free 80GB drives.
So what? I can see only a very small drawback to it, assuming you have a sufficiently fast machine and a sufficiently fast network connection. I think it IS pretty stupid on the PS3 unless you happen to have another gentoo system around (or I guess any linux) so you can use a cross-compiling dist
I'm glad Gentoo exists as a solution for the people who want it, but some people pitch it as the end-all be-all solution of linux machines, and that's just not how it goes. With the proper administrator, even Fedora will run well on a server.
...of course, I'm biased. I've used Slackware for 10 years or so and that will make ANYONE a curmudgeon.
Exactly. Gentoo is a solution for people to use how they see fit. No more... no less. It isn't the solution for everyone, nor do we try to be. Instead, we try to be a solution for as many people as possible, and give the user the tools necessary to tailor the distribution to suit their needs if it doesn't already.
Even so, it's not like the system is going to take a big performance hit because some packages have added support to them (except maybe disk space, depending on the package dependencies). And there's the added bonus of already having built-in support without having to redo the package if you need/want support for a feature
1. Theoretically, faster than any other distro.
Yes, theoretically. Practically, you don't see or feel the difference. Citing this as #1 reason to use gentoo is stupid.
In certain cases there actually is some truth to that, but unfortunately some Gentoo users horribly exaggerate it. There's a good summary [gentoo.org] on the Gentoo Forums.
2. Modular distro, so you have full control over the installation.
Oh yeah, because the other distros dictate which software you have to install
He worded this badly, but to a ce
1. Theoretically, faster than any other distro.
Yes, theoretically. Practically, you don't see or feel the difference. Citing this as #1 reason to use gentoo is stupid.
Actually, it really depends on the software/hardware combination. For example, using Gentoo on an Opteron box doesn't show much variation, since the baseline is a CPU with AMD64/EM64T extensions already. The difference in PPC, however, can be pretty astonishing. At the same time, the PS3 is PPC64, so this whole point is moot here since the distribution is already optimized pretty closely to the capabilities as a baseline. About the only thing we offer over most other 64-bit PPC systems is Altivec for
while they're not bad in any sense, they do have problems which are associated with any RPM based distro- dependency hell. I'm sure that any of you who've tried to install any applications would have faced the problem of missing dependencies sometime. And it's all too common to have a few packages totally missing from the repository which means that you have to search for their respective RPMs on the net, download them and install them separately. While functional, this can get a little frustrating over time.
"Dependency hell" existed before YUM (which came from Yellowdog's Seth K. Vidal) solved the problem. YUM [duke.edu] is explicitly a dependency solver. It builds on top of the RPM system to automatically find and install the dependent RPM packages.
I knew it wasn't going to be Fedora Core or Yellow Dog since they seemed to have lots of problems when it came to media players.
Fedora Core (don't know about Yellow Dog) explicitly chooses to stay away from software which relies upon non-Free, patent-encumbered material. As a project it considers things like Ubuntu's binary graphics driver distribution, or the inclusion of mp3 decoding software (which is encumbered by the Frauenhoefer Institute's ridiculous patent) to be against the GPL and Free Software. As a result it helps to foster the development of free alternatives, without which there would be a much smaller software ecosystem. This is sane, long-term thinking which steps away from opportunistic, short-term compromises which seek to cannibalize market-share from other Linux distros by spreading confusion and misinformation. Debian has a very similar attitude. There are some non-Fedora run repositories where people have packaged up things like the mplayer codec bundle, mpg321, flash etc. If you really have to have them it's easy to edit
The only solution was using a distro which had a better package management system, and did its work without bothering you, the end user.
Look, if an ebuild isn't in the portage tree then you're not going to have much luck installing it unless you make your own. Ditto for an rpm being available to yum in a repository. Your article is uninformed fanboi-ism. To your friend: don't let him near your PS3!
To anyone not using Gentoo, don't take this article as representative of the community, it's a great distro with many advantages and not everyone involved with it is as much as a moron as the article writer.
I've been using GNU/Linux since about 1998, and I used Gentoo for approximately 3+ years. I've even written and submitted an ebuild or two. It definitely has some advantages over other distros and definitely has disadvantages. But it (like all man-made things) is far from perfect. Statements like these simply aren't true:
1. Best distro when compared with Fedora Core 5/6 or Yellow Dog Linux because of no RPM/dependency/repository hell
In Gentoo packages are installed using scripts called ebuilds which are intended to contain all of the dependency information for the packages. People write the ebuilds. People (all of them) occasionally make mistakes. Its not unheard of to have a dependency bug in Gentoo.
2. Easy to install ANY application - emerge . It will download source of all dependencies, install and setup everything.
The ease of installation also depends on the quality of the ebuild. Were all possible combos of USE flags even tested for a particular ebuild? Do those combinations actually work? Again, ebuild aren't magic and they contain to contain errors. Also, portage only gives you a default configuration file. You have to make (and test) any configuration file changes yourself. So the statement that portage will "setup everything" is misleading.
3. Will get the latest updates first, and you will be able to download and install it without any problems.
This definitely isn't always true. As the Gentoo devs struggled to get a handle on quality, packages began to take a substantial amount of time to work their way into the stable arches. I'm not sure if this is still the case, but at one point new ebuilds had to sit in ~arch status (sort of like test repository in other distros) for one month without complaint before being marked as stable. It didn't seem to matter if anyone actually tested or even looked at the ~arch ebuild during that month. It was just a mandatory waiting period in which the dev hoped that some users bothered to test the ebuild and complain if it broke. I think the quality of the ebuilds are improving with the refinement of Gentoo's architecture herds, but with more process and more people comes delays. Quality and speed are almost always at odds in development.
4. It won't take time to install applications since hundreds of binaries already available through Portage Overlays. Thus, you will get applications compiled specially for the PS3, not just a regular PPC computer. The advantages of this will be big once GCC is optimised for the Cell processor.
Performing work always takes time, even installing binary packages, and the default behavior of Portage is to install from source.
5. You can ask for help while installation through irc, or ask someone to install it for you remotely!
As an experiment, I'd like to see everyone interested in Linux on PS3 to log onto IRC and ask somebody to install Gentoo for them remotely. Report back here with the results.
Basically Gentoo can be great if it fits your needs, but pretending that Gentoo is perfect and problem free isn't going to change the reality that it isn't.
Basically Gentoo can be great if it fits your needs, but pretending that Gentoo is perfect and problem free isn't going to change the reality that it isn't.
This is true; however whereas binary package distributions tend to work-or-not-work, Gentoo provides you with pretty much everything you need to fix something when it doesn't. It's less a matter of "perfect" and more a matter of "perfectly transparent".
This is true; however whereas binary package distributions tend to work-or-not-work, Gentoo provides you with pretty much everything you need to fix something when it doesn't.
There is nothing preventing you from rolling your own RPM or DEB. At some level, distro wars become silly and meaningless; in the end you're running pretty much the same applications and underlying operating system.
he didn't know much about Linux
... His requirements -- Install a distribution which is easy to maintain ... Gentoo
His requirements -- Install a distribution which is easy to maintain and run.
So you installed Gentoo. You bastard. Did you run over his dog at the same time?
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Demon Crashed the Witches' Yuletide Ball!
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And here is my completed wreath. I am sure my neighbors in the apt. building think I am crazy, but I have an Attack Cat up all year round and a doormat that says: Leave. They must be used to my odd sense of humor by now. *wink*
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- Lesley said...
Too funny!
- December 10, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- Dana Wright said...
Love it!
- December 10, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Steph from fangswandsandfairydust.com said...
Very funny. I completely lost track of this. Yikes!!!!! Thanks for visiting and reminding me. Fangs, Wands and Fairy Dust
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- December 10, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- pensive said...
I have the attack cat sign as well. People seem to be grateful, as the cat is seventeen pounds of angry with one red eye. Not kidding.
But at least he loves us most of the time.
Love the wreath!
- December 10, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Kat of EmKatCreations said...
Bwahahahaha.... Love it!
- December 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Erin O'Riordan said...
Yet another of your wonderful Day of the Dead-inspired creations. I'm glad you hooked up with the Witches Yuletide Ball, Nora.
- December 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Susan said...
Nora, nice to meet you also. My REAL Ball Post is up now. I am very late sorry. I'll be back to visit for real in a bit :)
Love n Light,
PS...I am disabled also
- December 10, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- sophiadawn said...
I have one of those cats that would just tell strangers to "Leave" too. Love your unique decor
- December 10, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Little Gothic Horrors said...
Love your wreath! It looks fabulous!!
- December 10, 2011 at 8:18 PM
- ditzydruid said...
What a great wreath! Those skulls are amazing!
- December 10, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- witchofhowlingcreek said...
Neat! Thanks for participating - Dana and I really appreciate it!
- December 10, 2011 at 10:50 PM
- Susan said...
Interesting and funny!
Blessed Yule to you and yours!
Love n Light,
- December 11, 2011 at 12:22 AM
- Nora B. Peevy said...
Thanks for all the blog love and comments, everyone. ?Much appreciated.
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Love the twist!!
Happy holiday season!
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I've been noticing a lot of articles in my daily Los Angeles Times about the gubernatorial race here in California. They've mainly covered a couple of GOP candidates, one being whackadoodle and State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. The other is Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official and the guy the Republican establishment favors.
Right now, Donnelly's ahead in the polls, beating Kashkari by five points, per the Public Policy Institute of California. And that is causing California and DC Republicans to fret. Why? Well, there's this: GOP candidate Tim Donnelly: Breitbart CA site A-OK, undocumented immigrants are rapists, child molesters. In that post, I wrote:
For starters, Tim Donnelly was a leader of the Minuteman organization, a group of militia men ("bigots and weekend warriors") that got off on patrolling the US-Mexico border. They "thought it should be legal to kill illegals."
In a speech a few years back, Donnelly described undocumented immigrants as "an insurgency," and compared crossing the border to war.
Whoever wins would face Dem Governor Jerry Brown, who is expected to win re-election in November.
Roll Call's post explains why this gubernatorial race could result in a boost to House Democrats:
A controversial Republican gubernatorial candidate in California could cause the GOP headaches in down-ballot House races in a state crucial to the party's hopes of increasing its House majority.
So his offensive anti-immigration 'tude could light a fire under Hispanic and other Democratic base voters. And if that fire is lit, those voters may very well make bee lines to the ballot box in an election that usually has low turnout.
Their fear is that the increased turnout to oppose Donnelly could in turn boost the re-election hopes of vulnerable House Democrats and even improve the party's chances to add to its ranks in the already Democrat-heavy delegation. A consultant with ties to Kashkari is among the Republicans sounding the alarm.
"It would be a fucking disaster," said Jason Roe, a San Diego-based consultant who has worked with numerous congressional campaigns and whose firm is consulting for Kashkari.
How's that new outreach thing workin' for ya, GOP?
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It's remarkable how much of Terrebonne Parish's history is preserved in newspapers published beginning in the 1850s.
It's remarkable how much of Terrebonne Parish's history is preserved in newspapers published beginning in the 1850s. Somehow, ancient copies of many newspapers survived to be photographed onto microfilm by Louisiana State University archivists.
Some newspapers had been bound between covers of cardboard-like large books for ready reference by newsroom staffs.
Such books of newspapers were prominent in The Courier newsroom in the '60s on School Street in downtown Houma when I first worked there.
Bulky: Those books were used regularly for background on what had been news in the community a year or two earlier. But with multisection, 70-page issues fairly commonplace, two thick newspapers a week created thick books, piles of thick books; daily papers even more so.
Later, The Courier relied on clipping files of news stories only and computerization turned filing of recent news electronic.
Reels and reels: LSU, however, has continued to microfilm virtually all Louisiana newspapers. Copies of that film for area newspapers are accessible at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma. There, and Nicholls State University's Ellender Memorial Library, are good places to view the area's history, as recorded in news.
But finding a microfilm story can be impossible without a date. It is best to have the year, month and day before you begin. The microfilm pictures of newspaper pages are recorded, one after the other on long rolls of 35mm film.
To look for a June 1960 story, you get the reel labeled Jan. 1-June 30, and speed through the first five months, slowing only when you get to June. Even then, with daily papers there could be hundreds of June pages to examine one by one.
Tedious: But if you think the story appeared between 1969 and '71, the search could involve several reels and scrutiny of thousands of page images.
Keep those dates: Inspiration for these comments came from a request last week about the date a 50-year old Houma business officially opened. The inquirer had a neatly clipped photo of the ribbon cutting, in digital picture form.
But the "clipper," years ago, had neglected to include the date. Finding that photo and accompanying stories on microfilm promises to require hours, examining the newspapers for three whole years.
The original owner, who would have known precisely, died several years ago.
Advice: When you make clippings of important events or put away that picture Mom identified as her great aunt, find a way to include the date of the clipping, and the name of the aunt. You think you will remember, but why take the chance?
Tryout reminder: Auditions for Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne's next production, "Rounding Third," are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the theater, 7829 Main St., Houma. The play calls for two men who play Little League coaches.
Another dance: No word on how the first one went, but the VFW Post No. 4752 has already scheduled a second dinner and dance for March 9 at the post home, 7587 Grand Caillou Road, Dulac. Details soon, or call 857-9723.
Library event: Kids of all ages can see commercial trucks up close at the annual Touch-a-Truck scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Main Library, 151 Library Drive, Houma. Admission is free. Vehicles from the U.S. National Guard, Coastal Bank, Morrison's, M&L Industries, Marie's Wreckers and Houma Fire Department are among the participants.
Responding? Contact Bill Ellzey at 381-6256, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com or c/o The Courier, P.O. Box 2717, Houma, LA 70361.


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Alcatel-Lucent today announced it has clocked a 10 Gbps connection over copper wire.
Bell Labs, the company's research arm, used a prototype to demonstrate 1 Gbps "symmetrical ultra-broadband" across legacy copper phone lines. The technology splits the bandwidth so 1 Gbps can be used for download and upload.
Dubbed XG-Fast, the technology is being positioned as a way of providing fiber speeds without actually having to deploy fiber. XG-Fast is an extension of G.fast, which is coming to market next year and promising 500 Mbps speeds over copper.
Alcatel-Lucent used a technique called bonding, which combines pairs of copper wires, in order to hit 10 Gbps. Multi-pair copper bonding is useful for mobile backhaul because it takes advantage of copper's lower costs and shorter deployment times while boosting the legacy wires' limited bandwidth.
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Jets tight end Kellen Winslow caught exactly one pass last season. He expects a whole lot more than that this year.
Winslow, who has played all 16 games in five different seasons and caught 89, 82, 77, 66 and 75 passes in those five seasons, said he thinks he can go well beyond his average this year for the Jets.
"I averaged around 72," Winslow told Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. "My job is to just make plays. When it comes my way, just make the play. I can exceed that. My goal is always to catch 100 balls. Haven't done it yet, but that's my goal. I want to come close."
Winslow, who will turn 30 next week, has had significant injury problems, particularly with his knee. But he said he believes he's ready for a big season.
"I feel the same like every year," Winslow said. "Nothing has really changed. It's all about maintaining and keeping my legs strong. I feel good. This is a great opportunity for me."
A 100-catch season is an unrealistic expectation, but if Winslow can be more like the player who caught 75 passes in 2011 than the player who caught one pass in 2012, the Jets will be pleased.


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The Andy Hackbarth Band will be coming to the University of Montana Western on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
The concert is sponsored by the Southwest Montana Arts Council (SWMAC) and will begin at 7 p.m. in the Beier Auditorium.
The band is led by award-winning singer/songwriter Andy Hackbarth. The Colorado native got his musical start as a songwriter and performer in Nashville, Tenn. Melding American folk music with flamenco, classical and pop, Hackbarth soon made a name for himself in the thriving Nashville music scene. Now based out of his home state of Colorado, Hackbarth is currently on the heels of his critically acclaimed third full-length album "The Last Love Song." The Andy Hackbarth Band are touring across the country sharing the stage with the likes of Los Lobos, Melissa Etheridge and Lonestar, among others.
Ahead of his Tuesday evening performance at the Beier Auditorium, Hackbarth will perform an acoustic, free concert on the Montana Western campus from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The ice cream social will take place on the lawn between Block Hall and the Lucy Carson Library.
Hackbarth is also a renowned educator and will present a free songwriting workshop for Montana Western music students on Tuesday from 2 to 3:15 p.m. All Montana Western professors and their classes are invited to the workshop.
Tickets for the evening performance are absolutely free to Montana Western students courtesy of the SWMAC, the Associated Students of the University of Montana Western and KDWG College Radio. Tickets are available at the UMW Bookstore, the Bark 'n' Bite, the Residence Life office and the ASUMW office.
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You can't see God right now because you don't want to.
I read 95% non-fiction. The fiction I read is stuff like The Pilgrim's Progress.
I know…I'm a nerd. But I'm a learner (StrengthsFinder confirmed that), and am always looking for some new concept to engage. Fiction doesn't necessarily offer something new to learn…it offers a fun experience. A story that is engaging, funny, or exciting. And though there are definitely messages and truths to be found in fiction writings, be honest…that's not why you read them. You read them because you enjoy getting lost in a good story.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
Which is why, throughout the month of December, I decided to put down my nonfiction and pick up a good story. I'm reading (almost done) through the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Rick is a good storyteller, and I've enjoyed reading through the books.
The Mist
In the books, monsters and half-bloods (half-human, half-god) live, work, and fight right among mortals. There's a Mist that's present on Earth (hang with me…I'm going somewhere…it's fiction, okay?) that causes mortals to see supernatural people and events in a way that is not supernatural…which explains why we never "see" any of these events. The main character (Percy Jackson) wields his sword and fights with a god in the city of Los Angeles…and the newspapers report that damage has been done by an earthquake. When he fights 3 demons in a city bus, mortals see something completely different, explaining away what they saw as a natural occurrence. In another instance, mortals saw a homeless boy that was big and goofy…through the Mist, he was really a Cyclops.
A little silly, yes. A little childish, maybe. But there are implications here for us.
We choose the Mist
Because we do the same thing every day. God is at work all around us. He's causing the sun to rise and the rain to fall. (Matthew 5:45) He's changing hearts of stone to hearts of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26). He's turning the hearts of fathers to the hearts of their children. (Malachi 4:6) He's holding the universe together. (Colossians 1:17) He's healing relationships. Overcoming fears. (2 Timothy 1:7) Breaking the bonds of addiction. Restoring marriages. Drawing those who are far from Him closer. Answering our cries for help.
And yet we choose to still ask, "Where's God?!?"
The reason you can't see God right now is not because He's absent. Or abandoned you. He doesn't work like that.
The reason you can't see God right now is because you've chosen not to. Even when you're far from Him. And your story has taken you off the best path. And you've got more junk in your life than you'd like to admit.
God's not far away (Acts 17:27). You've just got to look through the Mist.
Have you seen God working lately?
Have you ever chosen to not see what He's doing?


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I don't see how it follows from the idea that we are conscious that Being in general possesses knowledge or consciousness!
Bill Hopkins, you saying cargest is decartes-crazy only highlights your inability to grasp the non-dual transcendence of subject/object he and eleison have been talking about. They are talking about being and knowing what is, because what knows itself is in the thing, otherwise it wouldn't exist. You seem to keep thinking they're talking about cartoons.QuoteI don't see how it follows from the idea that we are conscious that Being in general possesses knowledge or consciousness!We are being. Or, being is us.
I was thinking of the concept of decartes of the mind as a separate entity, like a ghost or something, I was really under the impression you thought cargest was like trippin on religiosity. Anyway, I admit to that being unfair, because I have never read this author, I just got this description of his idea about the mind. I actually don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to philosophy.
I agree with most of what you say: Religion is a tricky issue. From all that I said here, the only thing I keep is this: I agree with your views, the only difference is that, through reading, practice and real accounts I have come to believe there is such thing as phenomena which are not explained by science, like telepathy, premonition and others.I know personally in my family accounts of people who dreamt or woke up nervous who later found out bad stuff had happened. Just recently in my house a mother started getting sick on the same time her son was in a car/bike accident. There are other things that happened too. Telepathy is most definetly real.
(how did we send man to the moon, if we haven't guaged how reality works via maths and physics in this case?)
I do think Cargest is trippin on religiosity, a bit! Have you read the thread on evolution? That's not necessarily a bad thing. People can be great people and, imo, have strange metaphysical beliefs. I'm not a new atheist. However when we're actually talking metaphysics/science etc I like to pursue people who I think have unfounded beliefs.


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I'm ecstatic right now, more for the 'W' than anything else. I felt my stuff was getting better throughout the game. I was just trying to put the ball in play and give it to the defense and let them take over.Terry Francona:
As the game progressed, he got a little more comfortable. It probably helped that when he got into the flow of the game, the ball started sinking a little better. I thought he did a good job -- five innings and keeping us right in the game is what we needed today.Kevin Youkilis:
I saw [Seattle second baseman Jose Lopez] dive. At that point, you have to just bury your head and go. If you watch the ball and try and track it, it might slow you down. Once I got a foot from the bag, I knew I was safe. But you never know how they're going to call it.Mark Loretta:
I figured even a double may score Youk in that situation with the right bounce. Eddie's a guy that comes right at you. I had a pinch hit [at-bat] off him a couple days ago where I probably saw six or seven pitches. I think that really helped me today because I hadn't faced him in a quite a while.David Ortiz:
I'm just glad that somebody else could do the job, so it doesn't have to be me all the time.Loretta:
I did think about [taking off his batting helmet to decrease the chances of a headache] rounding the bases but having it be my first time, I felt I wanted the entire experience.DiNardo:
I did get some tears in my eyes and I can't say that happens very often.Loretta:
It was euphoric. What's struck me about Fenway was there wasn't any drop-off [in excitement] from Opening Day to the next day to the next day to the next. I've played in a lot of places where we'd have 55,000 people Opening Day and have about 8,000 the next day. If anything, the intensity here just continues to build. That's what people told me it was going to be like but until you experience it, you have no idea.Dave Loretta (Mark's father):
I've been here six games now, I gotta tell you this is a totally different feel. This is really the major, major leagues. Red Sox Nation, you can't describe it. It's one thing to say 'Red Sox Nation' as a term, but it's another thing to just feel the vibrancy, the energy this whole thing has. ... Oh my God, this was one of the greatest events of my life.Youkilis:
That's what we live for in this game, to see walkoff home runs and walkoff hits. That's what we live for, when dire times come and guys answer it.Jason Varitek was obviously hobbling on the basepaths yesterday, but he says it's nothing more than a pain in the ass.
Jonathan Papelbon is looking for suggestions for a new "entrance theme". The Herald has set up an email address: firstname.lastname@example.com. It won't happen, but I'd like to see a closer forget about death metal and pick some wimpy pop tune -- Barry Manilow, maybe (he did write a song called "Weekend In New England"). Hearing something like that blasting through the PA might really distract the hitter.


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The Right Wing is now attacking school gardening programs.
Caitlin Flanagan, a contributing editor and book reviewer at The Atlantic Monthly, recently targeted famous chef, Alice Waters and Edible Schoolyard (ESY), a school gardening program sponsored by the Chez Panisse Foundation, which she founded.
Waters started ESY in 1995 on a one-acre empty lot near Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, CA, in order to teach kids where their food comes from. ESY and gardening programs like it have been adopted by many public schools across the country.
In her article, Flanagan objects to garden programs because they take time away from the academic subjects. This causes underprivileged students to do poorly on their standardized tests and thus subjugates them to failed, impoverished lives as adults.
Flanagan criticizes Waters for assuming the role of educator even though Waters and King Middle School Principal Neil Smith collaborated with teachers and community members to put the program together over a two-year period. Their goal was to integrate ESY into the middle school's curriculum, culture, and food program, according to the ESY website.
Flanagan maintains that gardening programs should be held after school. Then, she chides not Waters but the California Department of Education "for allowing these gardens to hijack the curricula of so many schools." In 2008, she says, 3,849 out of 9,000 California schools used ESY, which she regards as part of the "new Food Hysteria" that is promoted by "an agglomeration of foodies and educational reformers who are propelled by a vacuous if well-meaning ideology." And, she says, they do this without a single study verifying that garden programs help students pass standardized tests in English and math!
Actually, Flanagan's concern about the poor is the same kind of disingenuous patter that she also used in her book, To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife (2006), where she trashes the feminist movement and extols the emotional rewards and social value of the traditional housewife. She, herself, works from home, takes her children to school and cooks for her family at night—all with the help of a nanny and a housekeeper.
People like Flanagan are anathema to any discussion of the real issues. School gardening programs directly address the problem of getting children to eat good, nutritious food. This isn't an easy thing to do and it has resulted in one out of three American children being overweight due to the fat-laden and high fructose food they eat both at home and in school. This diet is provided and promoted courtesy of the Big Ag corporations, which is all spelled out in the film, "Food, Inc."
It is notable that Waters' ESY program is complemented by other gardening programs like Will Allen's Growing Power Youth Corps. He has been using gardens to provide children with academic experiences, teach them reading and mathematics and develop their entrepreneurial and life skills. So impressive is his success, that Allen was awarded the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 2008.
Meanwhile, British chef and school food advocate Jamie Oliver has been trying to attack childhood obesity by helping Americans understand that the food they eat is killing them. He notes, for example, that four Americans die from the food they eat every 20 minutes, and that 10 percent of our health care bills ($150 billion) are obesity-related. That amount is expected to double in 10 years unless we do something to change our eating habits.
One of the astounding realities Oliver discovered is that many kids can't even identify fruits or vegetables in their original form. That is because they are eating so much fast food, processed food, and restaurant food that they don't know what real food looks like. A gardening program can alter this travesty.
BTW, Oliver will air "Food Revolution" on Friday, March 26 at 9 p.m. (EST) to explain his work in the "most unhealthy town in America:" Huntington, WVA, where half of its citizens are obese.
(Jamie Oliver was recognized for his efforts in teaching kids about food by winning the $100,000 TED Prize. The TED Prize is one of many programs of TED—Ideas Worth Spreading, a small nonprofit organization founded in 1984 that is devoted to bringing together people from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment, Design to converse.)
Gardens were a staple in American homes two generations ago and many people like Waters, Allen and Oliver demonstrate the wisdom in bringing them back. During World War I and II, as well as the Great Depression, American families grew backyard gardens that produced more than half their food. This is a lot of food in a small space. Some people are even raising chickens so they can obtain fresh eggs and meat.
So, Mrs. Flanagan: please don't stop kids from learning how to garden. Their lives—and their health—depend on it. Isn't that something precious our public schools can give them?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Food Fight
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US President Barack Obama and predecessor George W. Bush found common ground in Africa yesterday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented chance encounter a world away from home.
The US presidents had a brief, silent appearance together at a monument to victims of the 1998 embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam, where both coincidentally happened to be at the same time. While the two did not speak or interact, their wives held a warm and chatty joint appearance at a summit on African women.
Initially the two presidents were not even planning to meet while in town, but first lady Michelle Obama joked as she sat next to her predecessor, "They're learning from us."
The Obamas departed Africa for home shortly after crossing paths with the Bushes, who were hosting the summit promoting the role of African first ladies in bringing change to their countries.
Bush ended up joining Obama for the wreath-laying ceremony honoring the Tanzanian victims of the simultaneous attacks at the US embassies in Dar es Salaam and in Kenya masterminded by Osama bin Laden.
The two presidents bowed their heads as a US Marine placed the wreath of red, white and blue flowers on a stand. After a few moments, they shook hands with survivors of the attack and relatives of those killed before walking back into the embassy together after just a couple of minutes.
At that very moment, their wives were putting on a public display of mutual affection in a discussion moderated by US journalist Cokie Roberts.
Mrs Obama said she wanted to appear with Laura Bush because "I like this woman."
"It's sort of a club, a sorority, I guess," Mrs Bush said.
Their goal was to encourage African first ladies, several of who were in their audience, to raise their voices for causes they are passionate about.
"While people are sorting through our shoes and our hair..." Mrs Obama started.
"Whether we have bangs," Mrs Bush interjected to laughter.
Mrs Obama expressed surprise that her hair style would prompt so much media coverage, "Who would have thought?"
Mrs Bush said she could commiserate because her daughter Barbara's haircut also caused a stir at one point.
However, Mrs Obama said: "Eventually people stop looking at our bangs and they start looking at what we are standing in front of."
"We hope," Mrs Bush joked.
While in Africa, Obama repeatedly has praised Bush for helping to save millions of lives by funding AIDS treatment.
"I'm looking forward to being able, on African soil, to once again thank him on behalf of the American people for showing how American generosity and foresight could end up making a real difference in people's lives," Obama said on Monday.
However, Obama also said he wants to change the approach the US takes with Africa.
"We are looking at a new model that's based not just on aid and assistance, but on trade and partnership," he said.
"Ultimately, the goal here is for Africa to build Africa for Africans," Obama said. "And our job is to be a partner in that process."
In that spirit, Obama announced a new trade agreement with eastern African nations and a program to bring more power to Africans without access to electricity.
One invention that could help on the electricity front is the SOCCKET ball, developed by two Harvard graduates.
The ball has a pendulum-like mechanism inside that creates kinetic energy during play and stores it. Its maker says 30 minutes of play can power a simple LED lamp for three hours. The plan is to distribute it to children in Africa.
During a visit to a power plant with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, Obama kicked a ball off his foot and did a low header.
"We're going to start getting these all around Africa," Obama said at the Ubungo Power Plant, which was funded by a US grant and built by US corporations General Electric and Symbion. "Pretty impressive stuff."


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Haenni, Harshbarger Score Touchdowns
WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Harvard defeated Yale 23-13 in junior varsity football Friday afternoon at Clint Frank Field, holding off a second-half rally by the Bulldogs.
A scoreless first quarter on the cloudy, cold day saw Yale punt three times and turn the ball over on downs once; Harvard punted three times in the quarter and had another drive ended by a diving interception from sophomore outside linebacker Thomas Undercuffler.
The Crimson drove 51 yards for the go-ahead score early in the second quarter, with 44 of those yards coming on a pass from quarterback Tanner Wrisley to wide receiver Ryan Simpson. A one-yard touchdown run put the Crimson up 6-0 at 13:07. Harvard tacked on a 33-yard field goal by Ben Falloon as time expired in the half to go up 9-0.
The Crimson extended its lead to 16-0 with a 96-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter. The big play this time was a 63-yard pass that got the ball to the Yale 27; sophomore defensive back Roger Kilgore III made a touchdown-saving tackle on wide receiver Anthony Firkser there. Two plays later a one-yard run by running back Blane Brady got the ball into the end zone at the 7:26 mark.
Yale rallied with a 73-yard touchdown drive. Sophomore quarterback Anthony Morales was behind center at the start of the drive, and his 10-yard dash on the first play got the Elis going. Senior tailback Tate Harshbarger converted a third-and-three from the Yale 44 with a three-yard run, and junior tailback L.J. Hunt converted a fourth-and-one from the Harvard 44 with a two-yard run. Sophomore quarterback Eric Williams capped the drive with a 17-yard play action pass to freshman tight end Leo Haenni for the touchdown with 2:15 left in the third.
Harvard pushed its lead to 23-6 with a 76-yard touchdown drive that ended with a 28-yard scoring pass on the first play of the fourth quarter. Yale turned the ball over on downs in Harvard territory on its next possession.
Back-to-back pass breakups by freshman defensive back D'Amani Grayer and sophomore cornerback Michael Bernardez ended Harvard's next possession, but the Bulldogs had to punt. After the Eli defense forced a Harvard punt with six minutes to play, Yale drove 59 yards for another touchdown. This one came on a one-yard run by Harshbarger with 3:42 left. Back-to-back completions to freshman tight end Jackson Stallings for a total of 22 yards helped set up Harshbarger's run.
That wound up being the final scoring play of the day, though the Bulldogs did make one last defensive stand to get the ball back to the offense in the final minute. That enabled Yale to get a pair of carries for senior offensive lineman Willy Moore to end the game.
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[J.D.] Salinger contacted her after Maynard, at age 18, appeared on the cover of the New York Times Magazine wearing jeans and red sneakers. Long straight hair and bangs, large eyes and lanky arms added to her waif-like appearance.Here's that old cover story, from 1972. Excerpt:
Maynard called her cover story "An 18-Year-Old Looks Back On Life." Some 25 years later, she published her memoir, At Home in the World, which explores the Salinger relationship in riveting detail.
I had never taken Women's Liberation very seriously. Partly it was the looks of the movement that bothered me. I believed in all the right things, but just as my social conscience evaporated at the prospect of roughing it in some tiny village with the Peace Corps, so my feminist notions disappeared at the thought of giving up eye liner (just when I'd discovered it). Media-vulnerable, I wanted to be on the side of the beautiful, graceful people, and Women's Libbers seemed--except for Gloria Steinem, who was just emerging--plain and graceless. Women's Lib was still new and foreign, suggesting--to kids at an age of still-undefined sexuality--things like lesbianism and bisexuality. (We hadn't mastered one--how could we cope with the possibility of two?)And here's what the cover looked like — what J.D. Salinger saw:
Besides, male chauvinism had no reality for me. In my family--two girls and two girl- loving parents--females occupied a privileged position. My mother and sister and I had no trouble getting equal status in our household. At school, too, girls seemed never to be discriminated against. (I wonder if I'd see things differently, going back there now.) Our class was run mostly by girls. The boys played soccer and sometimes held office on the student council--amiable figureheads--but it was the girls whose names filled the honor roll and the girls who ran class meetings. While I would never be Homecoming Sweetheart--I knew that--I had power in the school.


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WIBW reports the chase started late Monday when police tried to stop the car, but the driver wouldn't pull over. The car went through nearly every part of Topeka and lost officers at one point. Police found the vehicle again a short while later and resumed the chase.
Speeds reached as high as 110 mph on Interstate 70, and 90 mph through Topeka. Officers also spiked the car's tires until it was running only on flats and rims. The chase ended early Tuesday when the car ran into the construction site and came to rest in a hole in the road.
The 25-year-old driver was taken into custody.


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The Detroit Lions continued their early offseason roster purge on Tuesday, with the team informing both veteran defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch and starting right guard Stephen Peterman of their release.
The decisions come one day after the Lions placed wide receiver Titus Young on waivers following a turbulent season for the 2011 second-round draft pick.
Vanden Bosch's departure was fully expected with the 34-year-old coming off a drop in production this past season and set to cost more than $10 million against the salary cap in 2013. The energetic lineman managed just 3 1/2 sacks -- less than half of his 2011 total of eight -- along with 36 tackles while starting all 16 games last year.
The 12-year pro signed with the Lions prior to the 2010 season after a successful five-year stint in Tennessee, where Vanden Bosch played under then- Titans defensive coordinator and current Detroit head coach Jim Schwartz.
The Lions will save $5 million towards next year's cap with the move.
Peterman, who was due a $2.65 million salary, started all 49 games (including one playoff test) at right guard for Detroit over the past three seasons and had been with the organization since 2006.
Young was cut loose on Monday, the first day the troublesome wideout was eligible to be waived. The 23-year-old did not play in the Lions' final six regular-season contests as a result of a series of incidents that included a sideline altercation with former wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson in a Nov. 11 loss to Green Bay.


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The destroyer of all that is good, pure, and orderly. A Tank Ranger acts off pure impulse and cannot be held accountable for its own actions. It holds no moral values and tends to have many racist and sexist qualities.
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Mike: "I know! What a Tank Ranger..."
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Maybe the U.S. attorney general just has a bad sense of fashion when it comes to bracelets - or just doesn't fancy the U.S. Constitution.
Eric Holder recently made an interesting remark about gun control before a House subcommittee that would be laughable, that is if the sound bite hadn't come from the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.
Holder fired off this statement: "I think that one of the things that we learned when we were trying to get passed those common sense reforms last year, Vice President Biden and I had a meeting with a group of technology people and we talked about how guns can be made more safe. By making them either through fingerprint identification, the gun talks to a bracelet or something that you might wear, how guns can be used only by the person who is lawfully in possession of the weapon. It's those kinds of things that I think we want to try to explore so that we can make sure that people have the ability to enjoy their Second Amendment rights, but at the same time decreasing the misuse of weapons that lead to the kinds of things that we see on a daily basis."
Speaking of firing off remarks, it would be too easy to make a comment about the irony of using common sense and the vice president in the same sentence, but this would be like shooting fish in a barrel - unless this use of firearms also requires a bracelet.
Do we think the federal government is proceeding with a diabolical plan to force law-abiding, gun-owning Americans to wear some sort of gaudy bracelet? No, but Holder's comments are still interesting. (By the way, the Justice Department wants $2 million for something called "gun safety technology" grants - whatever this means - in its fiscal year 2014 budget.)
Some defended Holder's remarks, saying the attorney general said nothing about "gun tracking bracelets."
True - but the attorney general did say "the gun talks to a bracelet or something that you might wear. "
Sounds like Holder was talking about a gun bracelet to us.
Rather than looking at even more laws that slap the Second Amendment, it would be nice if the attorney general focused on the real cause of gun violence - mental health issues - and how the federal government can help.
Instead, the attorney general is talking about bracelets.


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Meet Michelle - she's a gem!
Michelle Pryde, aka GemGirl Art, is a self-taught mixed media artist, creating "fun and unique, quirky art pieces", often in collage form, from found objects and vintage imagery with particularly colourful backgrounds. She uses Business Cards and Postcards (and Printfinity!) to make Artist Trading Cards - but that's just for starters.
Small is beautiful
Michelle loves handing out her MiniCards - they're always a talking point because they're so tiny and cute! And sometimes, they're the perfect alternative to the more traditional Business Card - especially if, like Michelle, your business is a little out of the ordinary. They add, agrees Michelle, "a little something extra to packages and swaps and trades and getting your name out to other artists and art fans."
Say it with stickers
Printfinity works on all MOO products, so why stop at cards? Michelle prints Rectangular Labels of her art work and sticks them to the back of each piece, as a reminder that there's more where this came from. She's also branched into StickerBooks, explaining, "I was excited to try my images out on a sticker set, which I'll use as gifts for my Etsy customers. In the future, I might work on a design to use the large stickers as Mailing Labels as well."


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[QUOTE=Shawn;546617]ogletree is strong against the run.[/QUOTE]
...and I would think that what is best for the Steelers is to have a player next to Timmons who compliments him. One who has a strength that he doesn't have. Not one with a similar skill set. I have said since late September that I feel as if there are two ILB in this draft who fit that bill. Manti Te'o and Kevin Minter.


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The Burlington Central girls basketball team is 9-1 with seven freshmen and sophomores among its 10-person roster.
That's really something, and you've got to give plenty of credit, too, to new Rockets coach Mark Smith.
The former St. Charles North boys basketball coach has these youngsters playing at a way higher level than anyone could reasonably expect so soon into their high school careers.
It will be interesting to see how the Rockets fare once they get deeper into conference play, not to mention in a pair of nonconference games against local teams Kaneland and St. Charles North.
It would be won thing is Central was a program used to major success, but the Rockets have been pretty quiet in recent years, making it all the more remarkable that they're tearing it up in a season with a new coach and so many youngsters.
The Rockets are on pace for a 20-win season, but even if they fall short of a banner year along those lines, there's no doubt this is a program with some huge upside in the years to come.


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A 2,000-year-old relief carved with an image of what appears to be a stylishly overweight princess has been discovered in an "extremely fragile" palace in the ancient city of Meroë, in Sudan, archaeologists say.
At the time the relief was made, Meroë was the center of a kingdom named Kush, its borders stretching as far north as the southern edge of Egypt. It wasn't unusual for queens (sometimes referred to as "Candaces") to rule, facing down the armies of an expanding Rome.


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Each shade has a unique "swirl". No two are alike...
So what do you guys think of these? Will you be picking them up? What shade stands out most to you??
These are so beautiful! I cannot wait to get my hands on them! Thanks for another awesome review!ReplyDelete
Super cute... Diffused Heat or Luminous Flash must be mine....ReplyDelete
The colors are so pretty :)ReplyDelete
They look so beautiful, i've never tried this brand!!!!!
I love the look of these. I love blusher, its one of my favourite makeup products! More reason to get my hands on one of these!
Yay for new video! These colours look so yummy! Reminded me of cakes and now is making me hungry!!ReplyDelete
They are all so lovely! I think I like the radiant flush based on the swatch. Thanks for the video and review!
Am wondering, if you could only choose one setting powder, to build a beginning makeup collection, would you get a Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Natural, a Nars setting powder, or one of the Hourglass Ambient powders? Loaded question I think but I've seen you use all of them and simply can't decide which one to get! Thanks for any advice you may have!
PS Yes to the purse video! It looks lovely!!ReplyDelete
I have a huge weakness for blush, so I'd love to try any of these- especially the Luminous Flush.
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Wow! They are all so pretty! I especially love the Diffused Heat or Ethereal Glow.
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Radiant Magenta! How pretty!
The shades are all gorgeous. I really wish Sephora Malaysia will bring in Hourglass. :-(ReplyDelete
Dim infusion looks amazing on you! It's also the one I have my eye on with summer coming up (well, I'm deluding myself some, but I want summer. Lol)ReplyDelete
diffused heat and radiant magenta look great! I had no clue that they were infused with the ambient lighting powders, but the names make a lot of sense now that I know!
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I just ordered mood exposure. I can't wait to try it. I love love 2 of my ambient powders. Total genius.ReplyDelete
I will be purchasing both Dim Infusion and Ethereal Glow. They both are so pretty and different from each other.ReplyDelete
I got two on order at Sephora.ReplyDelete
its a nice color and so easy to use.Great review <3
Love the bag. I am a purse freak myself. My collection is an embarassment! No judgement here. :) I got a new CC for spring. So, I would love to see a video of your latest wonderful addition. I just picked up two of the blushes too. Awaiting their arrival. You did a great job describing them. Best...ReplyDelete
These blushes look really nice and I would want to get one if the weren't so darn expensive. Are they really worth the huge price tag?
really I love the look of these. I love blusher, its one of my favourite makeup products! More reason to get my hands on one of these!
I really like all the colors. I will definitely grab one of these. This is one of my favorite makeup product.ReplyDelete
These would be great for a bride on her wedding day! The colors are so gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your review!ReplyDelete
Very beautiful blushes! Thanks for the review)
Omg Tiffany because of your awesome post I had to me some even though they cost $50 each here in Australia.ReplyDelete
I have Dim Infusion and it is by far my favourite! I love peachy shades :)ReplyDelete
i cant decide if i should get one!ReplyDelete
These blushes are so pretty! I've been debating over whether or not to pick one up since they were released, but my mind is definitely made up now..! I just can't decide between Dim Infusion or Ethereal Glow! :) x
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this, its one of my favourite makeup products! More reason to get my hands on one of these!
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I'm loving these blushes - your pictures and swatches look amazing! Dim Infusion & Mood Exposure are def. going on my birthday wish list! Great post!
I so want to get these! They're so beautiful!
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I bought Mood Exposure over the weekend and it's AMAZING, totally replaced my blush AND bronzer. I have bought 50 blushes and have never found one I like until now :)ReplyDelete
Can't wait to get this!ReplyDelete
Got Luminous flush coming to me in the mail! Going to do a review once I get it :D http://beautyjunkiezz.wordpress.com/ReplyDelete
I'm still debating which ones I want, I know as soon as I get one....or two....that will lead to ALL! Thanks for the swatches! Were you aware that Makeup Geek is using your arm swatch? I just happened upon it while looking at swatches.ReplyDelete
Radiant Magenta stands out for me :) Can't wait to have it!
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I wish I can have all shades :D
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Tam and I had lunch at Broad Ripple's newest eatery, 10-01. Excellent food and I think it is entirely BlogMeet-worthy. Why, there's even parking.
Tam had the cornbread, Brie bites and cranberry compote (a felicitous combination), followed by their iceberg wedge salad. I enjoyed a burger and a salad -- a remarkable burger and an excellent salad, accompanied by something that I wish was commonplace but isn't: really good coffee. That alone would have capped it for me but when Tam pointed out the nice variety of local beers on tap, well...!
So let's make it official: Blogmeet, Sunday, 19 February, 3:00 pm at 10-01. (That link is a map).
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Joanne Harris is apparently as formidable a Yorkshire-woman as they come, despite her mother's French blood. She's also supposed to have a manner that befits her former, 15-year tenure as a school teacher, before her bestseller Chocolat diverted her to full-time writing.
Her recent broadside at book critics who give away plot twists corroborates this fierce reputation, and there are even tell-tale signs on the list of "little known facts" on her website.
Fact 18, for example: "I once met Ewan McGregor at a party, thought he was an ex-pupil of mine and lectured him (at some length) about letting his French get out of practice."
And fact 44: "I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like."
So it is a surprise to see a smiling woman with a soft, striking face and a not-quite-Yorkshire accent, sitting in a hotel lobby in a big woolly jumper. Harris, it turns out, is quirky and loquacious and not at all a battle?axe, though one imagines she could be very formidable if need be.
Since 1999, when everyone in the world seemed either to be reading Chocolat, Harris's third, Whitbread Prize-shortlisted novel, or watching the Hollywood adaptation starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche, she has written ?many more books, every one of them a bestseller including two sequels to Chocolat, cookbooks and a separate series spawned by her love of Norse legend. Now comes her second book of short stories, A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String, a moreish collection that is variously comical, scary, sad and surreal?.
Several of the stories feature ghostly goings on, including a creepy tale about a man's obsession with a house. "I live in that house. It's old, it creaks and we're always finding its little secrets. We found these little pair of baby shoes in the chimney. I don't feel afraid in it but it's definitely slightly alive. We often make jokes about the pantry ghost. I'm not sure I believe in the whole 'ghost-afterlife' thing but I think places are marked by people who have been there. There is also a big white dog in the garden. Several people have seen it. A ghost dog."
Another short story, "Cookie", exemplifies what Harris does best: she incorporates food deliciously into the emotional dramas of her characters. She is so celebrated for it – several books after Chocolat revolved around feasting and food, including Blackberry Wine and Five Quarters of the Orange – that fans have been sending her cake and chocolate ever since and her cookbooks were written after repeated requests for recipes.
Writing about food, she says, has always been cathartic, though "Cookie" reminds us that there's a dark side to it, too. "I am fascinated by how people eat and what it reveals about them. 'Cookie' was one of those stories I wrote while I was going through a phase when I just wanted to binge eat. At one point, I went on this radical diet and lost four and a half stone. It was an 'eat nothing but packets of chemicals' diet. I went to a diet club where everyone had a story."
In the third and latest Chocolat sequel, Peaches for Monsieur le Cure, food appears at its most politicised. The fictional village of Lansquenet is now also home to Moroccan Muslims and there are mouth-watering descriptions of indigenous cuisine. There was some rumpus over the fact that Harris? took on such freighted topics as immigrant communities in France and the Islamic niqab but there were no complaints from the Muslims who read it. In fact, they sent letters saying they loved the descriptions of food and that they recognised their grandmothers.
Still, she admits she was initially apprehensive about writing about a community that was far removed from hers.
"I was terrified of someone saying 'how dare you, a white person, write about us'. Then I thought, 'sod it, it's a story'. The worst thing would have been to say I can't write a story about those people. And I live in Huddersfield [which has a large Muslim community] for heaven's sake."
Her interest in the niqab was piqued years before its banning across Europe a few years ago. "I had written so many stories about identity in different ways that it seemed the perfect continuation of this theme. I was genuinely curious about why people wore it and I got friendly with the headmistress of my local Muslim girl's school in Huddersfield."
This was not the first time she had come into close contact with young Asian girls. She worked in a comprehensive school in Dewsbury, more than a decade before the connection between the Leeds town and the ?July 7 London bombers was made. Back then, she said, certain problems were apparent. "There were not exactly forced marriages but every year, some girls disappeared from school and nobody knew where they went and they didn't exactly want to go." By contrast to the large Asian community there, Barnsley was mono-cultural when she was growing up. "There was one non-white boy in our school. He was from Nigeria. It was not so much racism, but everyone was curious about him. He was called Toby and I remember at one point, people paying him money so that they could pat his head because he had bouncy hair. Living in close-knit, white isolationist communities does do something to you. There's often a faction of people that says 'you're an outsider. You don't belong.' "
So what must it have been like for her mother, a glamorous French woman who emigrated after marrying her Yorkshire father?
"My mother was quite unusual in Barnsley but she is incapable of being traumatised by anybody. I expect all the traumatising was done by her. She was a teacher, working at the same school as my father. Apparently she went in on her first day and she said 'I have tried very hard to learn your language. Now you will learn mine.' "
Barnsley, she adds, isn't much more multicultural even now. A lot of people from her school are still there. But then again, so is she – or a few miles away. She is married to Kevin, whom she first met at school and with whom she has a daughter, Anouchka, who recently left home to read English at London University. "I'm still there because I like it," she says, and because the grounded Yorkshire mentality was a good antidote to the disorienting effects of sudden success that followed Chocolat.
After it was published, she decided she wasn't going to write a sequel, but found herself returning to the story.
"I said I wasn't going to follow it up and I made it almost impossible. I gave it a nice ending, but then I thought 'oh, but what if I did it this way?' I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something ? is, the more I want to try it."
When the film rights were bought, her fear was that the end product would not resemble the novel in the slightest.
"At first they were planning on having Whoopi Goldberg in the American ?midwest. Then it was Gwyneth Paltrow in present-day New York – as if anyone would believe she eats chocolates! When I found out that they were keeping to the plot and keeping it to France, there was overwhelming relief."
She has been plagued by questions about Chocolat, the film, ever since ("I've been asked if I snogged Johnny Depp!" she chuckles, adding "He isn't my type"). Then there is the question of the return of Vianne Rocher, the chocolate-making witch, fourth time around?
"I daren't say no. Vianne might be back if she has a story which is fundamentally different enough. What I never wanted to do was to write Chocolat 1, 2 and 3, which I why I waited between each one to find a story I really wanted to write as opposed to one the publishers would have liked me to write.
"I don't think Vianne has finished her trajectory, she is not complete in her happiness. Perhaps she never will be. She has got two daughters. I may write about them, but not yet, and I will not go looking for a story. It will find me or it won't."
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Writer Rick Edgerton talks #MHFBeanie Round, the harrowing statistics behind Brain Cancer - and what...
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South Sydney executive chairman Peter Holmes a Court has offered an olive branch to end the simmering feud with NRL rivals Sydney Roosters.
Holmes a Court has been engaged in a slanging match with the Roosters ahead of their NRL season opener at ANZ Stadium on Friday night, 100 years of tension and bitter rivalry spilling across with comments from officials and players.
The Roosters accused the Rabbitohs of giving them poor seating at the ground, while Souths were incensed by a plug on the tricolours' website telling fans to watch the game at their Leagues club instead of going to the ground.
But Holmes a Court wants the war of words to end, and he's ready to break the ice by offering to help the Roosters promote the return clash at Sydney Football Stadium in round 25.
"Yeah I've had a few swings at the Roosters this week and I don't resile from that but what I'm saying to my counterpart at the Roosters is I want to work with him," Holmes a Court told AAP.
"I want the chairman of my opponents to say `come on fans, come on Roosters fans, let's go out to the game.'
"I'll do the same for him. We should be doing this as a code.
"I'll sit wherever they want me to sit and promote their home game.
"It's got to make sense. I want my players to run out and see 15,000 Souths fans in the crowd. It's good for my players.
"Roosters players don't want to turn up here and only see 5000 (of their own fans) in the stands, they want to see 15,000.
"Everywhere we go I want to see us able to bring 15,000 people and we've got to try and make that happen regardless of where we play."
The declining revenue from poker machines has forced NRL clubs to focus on increasing membership and crowd numbers to boost profits.
Souths are leading the way, with an almost 100 per cent increase in their ticketed members this year, up from 3300 last year to 6036, and general membership swelling beyond 11,000.
Those numbers put other NRL clubs to shame, some aiming to reach five figures by 2010, but they still languish behind the Sydney Swans AFL club which boasts more members than all the Sydney NRL clubs combined.
Holmes a Court said all NRL clubs need to set higher targets - including more sponsorship dollars, increasing members and larger crowds - and they have to be willing to work together in promoting the game to challenge the AFL and achieve rugby league's potential.
"While rugby league continues to work against itself rugby league will never compete (with the AFL)," he said.
"There's got to be calls for greater crowd numbers and that's got to be a united strategy.
"We're a big city and we've got a great game and I'd like us to set targets as a game much higher than the targets we've got now."
Souths have announced NAB as their home sponsor for the next three years, and are in talks with two companies for an away sponsor which should be finalised in the coming weeks.


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Submission + - Human Brain Cells Injected In Mice, They Get Smarter (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: "In an experiment that might seem like something only a mad scientist would conjure, researchers injected human brain cells into the brains of mice to see how it would affect the way the mice thought. It did: the mice got smarter. But the cognition boosting cells weren't neurons, they were the red-headed step-children of neuroscience called astrocytes. The study turns on its head the role historically attributed to astrocytes of simply supporting the all important function of neurons without playing a significant role in how we learn and think."


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I'd like to be added on the bore mod list
for a 6p,
also my 6p is stuipid old, I have a vintage bezel,
could I still get a cren 6 bezel upgrade
and an ucl
Last edited by BrownBear; 08-02-2011 at 07:37 PM.
Bore Batch K is complete. Most of Batch K shipped weeks ago. Please EM/PM if you have not received at least tracking information.
Post 1 is updated for all Bore Batch L reservations. Please PM if yours is missing or incorrect.
Batch L is scheduled to begin in September.
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Please add me to the list..
Borebatch - Lx - Z2 - $22
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Electronguru: Please sign me up for
CPF: R.VanWinkle
borebatch - L22 - Z2 - $22
borebatch - L23 - C3 - $24
All US (50 states) - USPS Priority w/confirmation, $7
total $53.00
Regards, RVW
Put me down for the following please. I think I read it right, check my total before I send payment?
Shipping $7, total $75?
Batch L will begin with an important invitation, sent via CPF/PM. Having one post will prevent you from receiving PM's here. Consider posting a few times to get this working and setting up a communication preference to notify you when PMs are received.Put me down for the following please.
Don't worry about being precise on the math. At this point, your total is preliminary. Final payment will be made via the web site after we launch batch L, through which all values will be calculated.I think I read it right, check my total before I send payment?
Sorry, we do not offer boring services for G series bodies. Aluminum P, C, Z series only (and M2)G2 $17
Edit: withdrawing L27 is open. Pm sent.
I'm in for another C2 L27.
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My Lights: EDC; Nitecore EC1, ZLSC52, Quark Mini AAW, Preon P2
Duty; Mag Recharger, Malkoff MD2 w/M60, C2 Bored w/LX2 clip Malkof M61 219
CPF: weklund
borebatch L28 - 9P - $20
borebatch L29 - 9P - $20
borebatch L30 - 6P - $17
2+ Z41 McClicky upgrade
Last edited by weklund; 08-24-2011 at 09:00 AM.
....."Happy Landings".....
CPF: jcalvert
borebatch L31 - C2 - $22
borebatch L32 - C2 - $22
USPS Priority w/ DC - $7
Total = $51.00
All the best,
Thanks for doing my re-bore last batch - Great service
Folks, let's fill this bore batch
Batch L launches this month, just need to set a date!
As emu124 says, let's fill this bore batch! By the way, for some of us matters may become even more pressing as this evening Illumination Supply has opened up pre-orders on the M61HCRI and its siblings.
Cheers, RVW
Waiting patiently....
Bore Batch: L32 - 3P $17
Bore Batch: L33 - 6P $17
Bore Batch: L34 - 6P $17
Bore Batch: L35 - C2 $22
Bore Batch: L36 - C3 $24
USSPS Priority mail with confirmation - $7
Total = $104
I priced the 3P that I would like to send you the same price that you charge to bore out a 6P.
Is this OK?
Can you bore out the 3P?
Will it have the 'retention lip' to hold the battery?
I've never done paypal off a BBS so I'll have to learn how to do that.
Yes, yes, and yesI priced the 3P that I would like to send you the same price that you charge to bore out a 6P.
Is this OK? Can you bore out the 3P? Will it have the 'retention lip' to hold the battery?
All BB orders are processed through our web site. It will make more sense when you see the instructions.I've never done paypal off a BBS so I'll have to learn how to do that.
Speaking of which, Bore Batch L closes this weekend. Sign up now to get in.
Batch L is now closed.
Please see your PM box for instructions on how to proceed
CPF: signal 13
Borebatch - M1 - C2 - $22
Borebatch - M2 - C3 - $24
CONUS - 1st Class w/confirmation - $4
Shipping insurance - $3
Total - $49.00
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Good stuff
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I am wondering if I have paid for this correctly. I thought that I had paid for the bore service several weeks ago, but when I logged on to your website it indicated that it was 'payment pending.' I am just wondering if I have screwed this up. What is typical turn around time for a bore batch?
Hi! I would like to have more information regarding sending flashlight from 3rd party to your place. Is it possible I order them from retailer and send to you.
PleasePM for the proper procedures
many thanks
Hi... sorry i dont know what body style my sf is. I have 2 sf executive defenders id like bored. Can they be done and how much? thanx sj
Any more updates??
CARNAL1 here: I've gotten your bore service done before, excellent work. I was in Bore Batch I 27,28,29, and 30. Would like to be included in the next batch (M). Please let me know if my math is correct. I have 3 C2s and a C3 to get done.
C3 21. for a total of 78. + 4. for confirmation = 82.00. Also, do you still include the bumper at the bezel end of the lights, and do you also still offer a complete O-ring job on the lights. What would the total be if O-rings were included on all 4 lights? Also, is payment made thru Paypal? Thank you for your time with this matter. Sincerely, CARNAL1.
Last edited by CARNAL1; 12-22-2011 at 05:10 PM.
I guess I'm on a whoever can do this first situation, so I'm putting myself in line for batch M for at least 5 lights.
Put me down for two additional 6Ps for boring
So that's:
C2 - $19 (reserved as M1)
C3 - $21 (reserved as M2)
Subotal: $70
Priority Shipping w/ Confirmation: $7
Looks like 13 lights so far for batch M! Let's get this batch filled up and ready to rock!