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I know it's unusual to with a post one week after the previous post, but I just had to get this off my chest (so to speak) as soon as I could.
Phoenotopia is a 2014 Flash 2D platformer developed by Quang H. Tran a.k.a. Quells. This game is hosted on a number of sites such as Newgrounds (the original) and OneMoreLevel (my preference), and playing it is absolutely free.
Since one year after the release of the game, I have written articles on how much I enjoy playing it, as well as my endeavor to do what no one else has done and make an official leaderboard of the game on speedrun.com. First off, I wish to go through a retrospective of what I've written in the past.
A Retrospective of Former Articles
Spontaneous Saturday 8/15/15: Phoenotopia
This is the first Phoenotopia-related post that I've published to this blog, and it's a simple review consisting of my thoughts on the game and my desire to make it a speedgame (primarily influenced by the "Speed Runner!" medal in the game and my love for the game in general). I also included compendia of purchasable items and enemies / environmental hazards inspired by my go-to walkthrough at the time, as well as this little meme:
Spontaneous Saturdays 9/12/15 and 12/5/15
I only talk briefly about Phoenotopia in these posts, and it's just thinking out loud about the routing process of any% and 100%.
Phoenotopia speedrunning (Thought Dump Thursday 1/7/16)
This was after I had finished constructing the primary route for the any% category and was in the process of constructing a primary 100% route. The post contains the following: how I started running the game, how I discovered Loot Duping (a glitch that produces extra spoils from Rai containers and heart pots), and an analysis of my first recorded any% run with a time of 59:22 RTA (1h 2m IGT). Some of the information contained within the post is obsolete (notably claiming that Loot Duping is pixel-perfect when it's actually a three-pixel window), although the first two videos included are still relevant. The first video demonstrates what I was doing when I first discovered Loot Duping, and the second video involves combining the pixel-based and timing-based methods of Loot Duping.
Potpourri feat. winter 2016 anime
As the title implies, this post was mostly centered around the interesting anime series that aired during the winter 2016 season (Phantom World, Dagashi Kashi, and KonoSuba), although I did briefly mention Phoenotopia. Specifically, I tried out the French version and got a new PB of 55:14 RTA (58m IGT), but I came to realize that the French version is roughly 4 seconds slower in any% due to longer blue text boxes (i.e. the sorts of text boxes that appear when you obtain an important item) and differing dismissal timings of said text boxes (more consistent in the French version, but overall slower). I also publicly wrote some food for thought regarding the routing of 100%.
Phoenotopia 100% speedrunning (Thought Dump Thursday 2/4/16)
After having demystified any questions that I may have had while routing 100% and completing the primary route, I did my first run of the category and ended with 2:06:39 RTA (2h 9m IGT). This was back when I thought that doing the Loot Dupes in Sunflower Road was a good idea. Therefore, some of the techniques mentioned in the post are obsolete, although a majority of them still apply to the current route.
Another glitch in Phoenotopia + current speedrun PBs (Thought Dump Thursday 3/3/16)
This was the point at which I discovered a glitch other than Loot Duping. A day or two after my first 100% run, I was mucking around with pots in Prince Tower and found a way to get the moonstone on the 7th floor without having to use the Rocket Boots. Later on, as I wrapped my head around what I had stumbled upon (a phenomenon that I ended up dubbing "Pot Head Clipping" (even though I don't do drugs)), I decided to record a clarifying demonstration and include it in the blog post.
To explain, if Gale has a harmless solid object sitting on her head and independently affected by gravity, trying to jump will result in Gale being warped to the nearest available space in any of the four basic directions: up, down, left, or right. At the time of the blog post, I thought of Pot Head Clipping as abusing this concept of warping to such a degree that would allow Gale to clip past barricades and walls. I also thought that Pot Head Clipping had no practical use other than the alternative way of getting that one Prince Tower moonstone, but that ends up changing later on.
Glitch aside, I also mentioned how I got 54:52 RTA (57m IGT) in any% and 1:59:43 RTA (2h 2m IGT) in 100%.
Phoenotopia Forgotten Forest navigation + yet another glitch (Thought Dump Thursday 3/31/16)
Let's be honest here: Forgotten Forest was atrocious in my 1:59:43 run of 100%. By the time of this post, however, I managed to figure out ways to take one of the worst parts of the run and make it faster and less risky. First off, I found another practical use for Pot Head Clipping, and that is to bypass the first locked door without having to kill any of the Arc on the screen of that door or the Plant Dog one screen to the right thereof. Second, in order to bypass the locked door on the screen with the Big Robot 2.0, I tried unsuccessfully to set up a Pot Head Clip (in the traditional manner), but then I discovered something even more astounding: While I was fiddling around with two of the boxes taken from the lower path, one on top of the other while slightly farther forward, I was overcome with disbelief when I found that pushing the duo into the locked door actually caused it to move from its normal position. Like, how is that possible!? When I look back on the concept of a locked door being pushed, I still can't believe it. (I simply referred to the phenomenon as "Door Pushing.")
At any rate, the new glitch and the new application of the old glitch allowed me to move through Forgotten Forest more elegantly, although I have picked up some new tech since then. Regardless, here is the video demonstration:
(Also, I would not attempt the Forgotten Forest JBJ (Javelin Bomb Jump) in a real run, let alone succeed as well as I did in the recording above.)
Phoenotopia speedrunning: status update (Thought Dump Thursday 4/28/16)
I talk about how I got 54:02 RTA (56m IGT) in any%, and I also rambled about categories that I was considering beyond any% and 100%, as well as the imminent possibility of improving my 100% time.
Back from hiatus! Anniversary potpourri (Thought Dump Thursday 6/2/16)
This blog experienced a hiatus for pretty much the entire month of May because I felt like I wasn't taking things seriously enough (specifically overdue assignments and job hunting). When I got back, I dropped a whole load of detail on my 1:48:16 RTA (1h 50m IGT) run of 100%, including some amazing new discoveries with Pot Head Clipping—namely, you can clip through locked doors from the left without placing any objects behind you, and using a container containing a moonstone or inventory item causes Gale to obtain that item upon clipping (and also go through a jumping animation)—and also that Loot Duping is not pixel-perfect but a three-pixel window. It was when I realized the second fact that I went and wrote a Loot Duping Guide containing revised and detailed information on the glitch and all loot containers that can and cannot be subject to Loot Duping.
Nothing Specific (Thought Dump Thursday 6/30/16)
Just talking about my future plans regarding the speedgame and potential improvements to existing times, resources including a save password compendium for practice/learning, and the possibility of running Diamond Hollow II in the future.
Phoenotopia – How to softlock in less than a minute (Thought Dump Thursday 7/4/16)
Just a little filler post showing off the quickest way to force yourself into a softlock in Phoenotopia. It's a simple Pot Head Clip in Panselo.
Phoenotopia 100% – New speedrunning guide in the works! (Whimsical Weekend #2)
This is the most recent post that I've made on Phoenotopia. It covers a detailed guide of the 100% category and the thought process behind constructing the guide, including some new tech in Prince Tower, specifically on the first floor (image below) and in the second tower box puzzle (video below).
And Now We Arrive at the Present (This is now)
Transitioning from memory lane, the main purpose of this post is to say that I am on temporary hiatus in terms of speedrunning Phoenotopia. That is to say, I have established every category that I feel like establishing, and I have run times that are satisfying enough for me to stick with until they are contested. Specifically…
Any% record
For some reason, I don't think I ever mentioned that I got 51:53 RTA (54m IGT) in any%.
The run was pretty shaky in some areas (such as failing Golem Skip), and it was before the time that I discovered the "chandelier climb" (as I call it) on Prince Tower floor 1, but it was a good run overall.
100% record
As for 100%, my most recently achieved time is 1:44:08 RTA (1h 46m IGT), and that was after I constructed not only a written guide but also a video tutorial series (which I'll explain later).
This was also a pretty good run, even though it had a sloppy beginning and some minor execution faults throughout. I did manage to get all four skips in Ancient's Crater regardless, and I did the new tech in Prince Tower, so that alone already makes it better than my 1:48:16 run.
All Moonstones record
All Moonstones is the first and only miscellaneous category that I decided to establish. I was initially reluctant about it due to the riskiness of the route, what with the whole run being under bare minimum conditions (no extra items other than the Iron Hammer and Lamp), but then I figured that it was the only miscellaneous category discussed in Thought Dump Thursday 4/28/16 (or thought of externally) that I saw fit to officialize. Why did I refuse to officialize the other categories? Well…
- 99 HP RTA (Diamond Skin) / All Heart Rubies: As I mentioned in the aforementioned Thought Dump Thursday post, there is a Heart Ruby that requires 40 moonstones to obtain, which makes a category like this not much different from 100% in my opinion. So, I am completely opposed to officializing a category like this.
- Max HP no Moonstones: I initially thought very highly of this misc. category idea because of how it was pretty much the safest middle ground between any% and 100% that I could think of, but I ended up feeling unsettled by how arbitrary the category actually is, particularly in its nomenclature.
- All Tools: Why? Why did I even begin to think this was a good idea? Similarly to the previous category, the nomenclature just makes it seem…off.
- 88%: At one point, this sort of idea crossed my mind: a category that involves collecting all Heart Rubies and all Moonstones but nothing else. The issue is that it's difficult to name such a category, and 88% was honestly the best I could come up with…and that's saying something, because the name "88%" isn't very descriptive of the category itself.
- Most Dangerous Arsenal: I just thought of this recently: a category in which all Tools and Misc. Items are obtained (based on the medal "Most Dangerous Arsenal," for which the category goal is based on the condition of obtaining the medal). This might actually have potential for a misc. category, but I shudder to imagine Nebula Armlet with 20 HP.
- Glitchless subcategory?: I was considering adding a glitchless subcategory to the speedrun.com leaderboard, which would forbid the following: duplication of Rai or heart drops by breaking a container multiple times on the same frame; deliberately placing anything on top of Gale's head; and pushing objects into locked doors. (The restrictions are meant to encompass Loot Duping, Pot Head Clipping, and Door Pushing, respectively.) However, I can't help thinking how much of a pain it would be to have to deal with 100% or All Medals glitchless (or All Moonstones, which would actually require backtracking through Prince Tower since PHC is forbidden), so I just decided to discard the idea altogether. I might change my mind if someone else were to record a glitchless any% single-segment run with an in-game time of less than an hour, though.
Anyway, I did end up doing an All Moonstones run in spite of my initially reluctant self, and I ended up achieving a time of 1:13:17 RTA (no in-game time because the category does not require beating the final boss).
Obviously not perfect, and Forgotten Forest + Hidden Village can stand to be routed before the Daea backtrack, but it's a miscellaneous category, so I don't plan on improving any time soon.
All Medals record
I've had a route in the works since the time I wrote Thought Dump Thursday 4/28/16, but I never got around to finishing the route until after I did the All Moonstones run. It took me less than a week to complete the whole run, and I ended up with 2:09:18 RTA, which is surprisingly close to my first 100% record.
I have a strong feeling that it's possible to obtain all medals in under 2 hours, but I currently have no strong desire to improve my record.
Over the course of routing and running the categories above, I have been compiling a number of resources throughout the journey, such as Q&As (which I used to call GQIGAs (Got Questions? I Got Answers)), written routes, detailed information on glitches (through blog posts, guides, or otherwise), and perchance various specific compendia. The following remain relevant to this day:
- Speedrun.com leaderboard – The "official" leaderboard for the game, which I myself submitted for approval, and of which I am currently the sole moderator.
- Any% Q&A 4.0 – Q&A for my most recent any% run.
- 100% general Q&A – That's what I called it at first, but it's actually the 100% Q&A 4.0, which relates to my most recent 100% run.
- All Medals Q&A – Q&A for the All Medals category (version 1).
- Loot Duping Guide – An elaborate guide on the method behind the madness of Loot Duping: what it is and where/how it can be applied.
- Save Password Compendium – A collection of save passwords for practicing/learning the any% and 100% categories.
- Any% guide – A guide to the any% category. I have kept this guide up to date between the first time I decided to run the game and the most recent run, so note that it does not contain information regarding the chandelier climb.
- 100% guide – An elaborate written guide to the 100% category.
- 100% video tutorial playlist – Between Whimsical Weekend #2 and this post, I had the wild idea of coming out with a video tutorial (in spite of myself) of the 100% category.
- All Moonstones planning/route – The planning and condensed route (the latter is on page 3) of All Moonstones. No, the route has not been updated since the recorded run.
- All Medals route – The condensed route for All Medals. I do not plan to make a full guide of this category, because doing so would be rather redundant in my opinion.
- Splits:
All right, I think that about covers everything: the retrospective, the point that I've currently reached, and a set of resources that might help provide further insight. Now that I am temporarily resting on my laurels, I will move on to Diamond Hollow II.
À la prochaine! (Until next time!)


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This is another HDR shot of the wetlands in Huntington Beach. It took me longer to produce because I needed advice on the color pallet. I'm color blind…
This is a northbound view shooting towards the city of Sunset Beach.
My first shot in this series is located here.
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I'm currently having this with a book I have finished myself. I love it; the idea is cool, the premise is fresh, and there's a twist that blows my mind. So why can't I get through a couple chapters without feeling like I want to take a screwdriver to my eyeball?
Neil Gaiman said of The Graveyard Book that he couldn't have written it 13 years (or however long) ago because he simply wasn't good enough to pull it off. I definitely feel this statement – I know the book is special, but I think I'm talking myself out of it daily, the revision. So instead of doing 2-4 chapters daily, as is my wont, this book languishes in revision repose with one chapter, if I'm lucky. I hate it.
I can only take comfort in the fact that I'm getting ½ to 1 chapter a day finished. It's all I can do. I had originally planned to have this revision done at the end of December (to give to betas in January, and Super Agent at the end of January) but HOLY COW. It really messes with me!
You? Have you ever had a book that languishes in revision repose? What did you do? Give up or soldier on?


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Gondry Indie Film Tokyo! Starts Its Tour This Weekend
Posted in: Movie Mop-upPublished: March 4, 2009
In the manner of Paris Je T'aime and New York Stories, Tokyo! deals with one of the most profound questions of city life. Do we shape cities or do cities shape us? As in the Paris and New York films there are multiple directors slated for the same project. This go-around the directors are Leos Carax, Bong Joon-Ho, and one of my favorite directors, Michel Gondry. I first fell in love with Gondry's manipulation of mise en scène through his many music videos that he directed for the likes of Beck, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and the White Stripes. My appreciation of his visual styling continued on the big screen with films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind. In Tokyo! Gondry's segment called "Interior Design" is about a young couple who tries to set themselves up in Tokyo. The young man's ambition is clear — to become a film director. His girlfriend, far more indecisive, cannot escape the vague feeling that she's losing control of her life. Directionless, both are beginning to go under in this vast city until the young woman, utterly alone, becomes the object of a bizarre transformation... "Merde" is the segment directed by Leos Carax. A mysterious creature spreads panic in the streets of Tokyo by means of his provocative and destructive behavior. This man, dubbed "The Creature of the Sewers" by the media, arouses both passion and repulsion...until the moment he is captured... The main character in Bong's "Shaking Tokyo" segment has been a hikikomori, for more than 10 years. He lives shut up in his apartment, strictly limiting all contact with the outside world to an absolute minimum. When a pizza delivery girl faints in his home during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens — he falls in love. Shortly after, he learns that the girl has in turn become a hikikomori. Will he dare cross the threshold that separates his apartment from the rest of the world? While I'm not too familiar with the works of Carax or Bong, I'm looking forward to gaining some insight into their respective styles. Check out the trailer for Tokyo! after the jump. Tokyo! Tour Dates: 3/6/09 : NYC Landmark's Sunshine Cinema 3/8/09: Miami Regal South Beach Cinema 18 3/13/09: Chicago Music Box Theatre 3/15/09: Miami Regal South Beach Cinema 18 3/18/09: San Francisco Sundance Kabuki Cinema 3/20/09: San Francisco Landmark's Lumiere Theatre 3/20/09: Berkeley Landmark's Shattuck Theatre 3/20/09: San Jose Camera 12 Downtown 3/20/09: Los Angeles Landmark's Nuart Theatre 3/20/09: Orange County (Irvine) Edwards Westpark 8 Cinema 3/21/09: San Jose Camera 12 Downtown 3/21/09: Cleveland Tower City Cinemas 3/22/09: Cleveland Tower City Cinemas 3/27/09: Washington DC Landmark's E Street Cinema 4/3/09: Portland Cinema 21 4/10/09: Boston (Cambridge) Kendall Square Cinema 4/10/09: St. Louis Tivoli Theatre 4/10/09: Austin The Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar 4/10/09: San Diego Landmark's Ken Cinema 4/10/09: Miami Bill Cosford Cinema at the Univ. of Miami 4/10/09 : Philadelphia Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse 4/17/09: Sacramento Tower Theatre 4/17/09: Houston Angelika Film Center 4/17/09: Dallas Angelika Film Center 4/17/09: Miami Bill Cosford Cinema at the Univ. of Miami 4/24/09 : Columbus Landmark's Gateway Theater 4/24/09: Minneapolis Landmark's Lagoon Cinema Related post: Are "Indie" movies really independent? Or is it just "Indiewood"??? American's Eat Up Japanese Bento Philosophy


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Martha Grevatt
Martha Grevatt is a Detroit Workers World Party member. She was a leading member of the Cleveland, Ohio, branch for many years.[1]
Cleveland Heights High School, School year 1975.
Bail Out The People Movement
Martha Grevatt of the UAW and the Bail Out The People Movement spoke to the poor people's march in Cleveland on August 21st, 2009.
Latin American Labor Leaders tour
The Latin American Labor Leaders tour kicked off March 21, 2010, in Cleveland demanding an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba and its trade and travel ban that prevents workers from exchanging views and direct understanding.
The participation of Gilda Chacón Bravo from the Confederation of Cuban Workers (Central de Trabajadores de Cuba) and the World Federation of Trade Unions was stalled by the U.S. State Department. Although approved for a visa, "her passport is currently held by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, making it impossible for her to travel and take part in the tour".
A wide cross section of Cleveland unions and the community warmly engaged Ronald Quesada, a national directorate member of the National Union of Social Security Fund Employees in Costa Rica . Quesada was one of many union leaders who applied to the U.S. State Department for a visa to join the tour, but the only one to date who has been approved.
Protest letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were signed by participants. Martha Grevatt, chair of the Civil and Human Rights Committee of UAW Local 122 and Peoples Fightback Center organizer, chaired the meeting and declared that workers' solidarity could not be stopped and neither would this tour.
Quesada discussed labor conditions in Costa Rican shipyards, health care and mining; immigration, the imperialist-sponsored free trade agreements and the development of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). Quesada's union is a member of ALBA, although Costa Rica is not.
Ignacio Meneses from the U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange spoke and translated. Greetings were given by meeting organizers including Deb Kline, Cleveland Jobs with Justice organizer; Brian Stefan-Szittai, director of the Inter Religious Task Force on Central America; Harold Wilson, president of the Cuyahoga-Medina Community Action Program Council of the United Auto Workers; and Tito Boneta, president of UAW Local 1005.
Also present were members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, the Teamsters, the Steelworkers, AFSCME, North Shore Labor Federation Retirees and a representative from the office of Congressperson Dennis Kucinich.[2] Mar 28, 2010
2010 WWP National Conference
The 2010 National Workers World Party Conference was held on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 - 14, 2010, and had the tagline, "2010 National Workers World Party Conference".[3]
Second Plenary: First Panel-- The Capitalist Crisis and Role of the Working Class
Chair: Andre Powell; Speakers: Sharon Black, Phebe Eckfeldt, Martha Grevatt, Monica Moorehead, John Parker, Betsey Piette and Dante Strobino
Nicaragua visit
On Aug. 25, 2011 while attending ESNA IV (Encuentro Sindical Nuestra América Union Meeting of Our America) in Managua, Nicaragua, Martha Grevatt and Ignacio Meneses of the U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange interviewed Humberto Montes de Oca, secretary of external affairs of the Mexican Union of Electrical Workers/Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas, which for several years has been fighting privatization and the loss of their jobs.[4]
Occupy Detroit
UAW and AFL-CIO members joined Occupy Detroit protestors during a Nov. 6 march and rally to collect winter supplies. The demonstration highlighted a continuing alliance between the region's labor unions and Occupy Detroit activists.
According to organizers, more than 500 union members and protesters participated in the rally at Hart Plaza and march to Grand Circus Park. Occupy Detroit Labor Work Group member, Writer L. Bush, told the Michigan Citizen that monetary donations reached almost $5,000. He said a truckload of donated supplies — blankets, gloves, batteries, tarps, flashlights, etc. — allow occupiers to consider continuing their protests through the winter months.
Martha Grevatt, member of UAW Local 869, says considering the anemic job market, there is very little distinction between the labor and Occupy movements. She says autoworkers have responded accordingly.
"I work on the auto shop floor, and working people really identify with the fact that people are standing up to the banks," Grevatt said at the Nov. 6 rally. "They're standing up to the bosses, they're saying no more cutbacks, no more givebacks. We demand jobs."
Grevatt, who also works with Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice, says union participation has graduated beyond pronouncements and vocal support.
"It means everything that labor is involved. There are people who are union members, and union leaders who have been camping out, who have been here every day," Grevatt said.[5]
8th U.S./Cuba/Mexico Latin American Labor Conference
The 8th U.S./Cuba/Mexico Latin American Labor Conference took place in Tijuana, Baja California, within sight of the U.S. border, December 2-4, 2011.
Some 80 participants attended from the U.S., Mexico, Cuba, Brazil and Uruguay.
It was preceded by a three-day Worker's School for some 26 intercontinental labor activists, taught by Heriberto González del Valle, a youthful professor at the Lázaro Peña National School for Union Cadres in Havana, Cuba.
For U.S. attendees the conference offered a rare opportunity to interact with Cuban counterparts.
The opening panel featured Dr. Raymundo Navarro Fernández, member of the Secretariat of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, who spoke on the effect of the global economic crisis in his country.
With some 8 million affiliated members, the Central dos Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras do Brasil is but one of six trade union councils in South America's economic powerhouse, Brazil. The Tijuana conference also heard from João Batista, an officer of the CTB and of the Encuentro Sindical Nuestra América.
According to participant Eric Gordon of Los Angeles;
- For those of us in the U.S., it was gratifying to hear Batista confirm that the Occupy movement has brilliantly shown the world that "U.S. imperialism" also affects the 99 percent at home. Latin American growth rates in the last decade are directly tied to greater autonomy from U.S. banks and financial institutions.
A UAW member from Detroit, Martha Grevatt, spoke movingly about the U.S. domestic crisis, citing her hometown as "the poster child for a sick capitalist society that puts profit before human needs."
Other presenters, including the Cananea miners' strike in Mexico and the Mexican electricians union, both now under heavy attack, filled out the program. Cuba's Gilda Chacón, represented the CTC and the World Federation of Trade Unions.[6]
- ↑ WW Workers need a new WPA jobs program Published Nov 23, 2010
- ↑ [ http://www.iacenter.org/labor/labortour031810//, IAC Latin American labor leaders start U.S. tour, By Cheryl LaBash Cleveland]
- ↑ WWP website: Program Schedule for 2010 National Workers World Party Conference (accessed on Nov. 18, 2010)
- ↑ Workers World, Interview with Mexican labor leader: 'Critical moment' in electrical workers' fight for jobs, Published Sep 15, 2011
- ↑ The Michigan Citizen, Unions rally with Occupy Detroit, Nov 13, 2011, By Eric T. Campbell
- ↑ PW, Latin American labor making gains, by: Eric A. Gordon December 7 2011


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Applications that request a user ID and password shall not display the password in the data entry field.
Operational Security Standards for Password Use
Do not use the same password for CWRU accounts as for other non-CWRU access (e.g., personal ISP account, online stock trading, benefits, etc.). Where possible, don't use the same password for various CWRU access needs. The use of CWRU Single Sign On will reduce the number of accounts you need to track, but will make your CWRU account more valuable to protect.
Do not share CWRU passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries.
All passwords are to be treated as sensitive, Tier III information.
Here is a list of "don'ts":
- Don't reveal a password over the phone to ANYONE
- Don't reveal a password in an email message
- Don't reveal a password to your supervisor or manager
- Don't talk about a password in front of others
- Don't hint at the format of a password (e.g., "my family name")
- Don't reveal a password on questionnaires or security forms unless you are certain they site is a valid CWRU site.
- Don't share a password with family members: you are individually responsible for what is done with your account
- Don't reveal a password to co-workers while on vacation
If someone demands a password, refer them to this policy or refer them to the CWRU Information Security Office(email@example.com).
Do not use the "Remember Password" feature of applications (e.g., Eudora, Outlook, Netscape Messenger).
Notifications of Changes: CWRU IT staff will notify potentially affected end-users of IT systems approximately 10-30 days prior to the implementation of a system level password change.
Auditing: An audit cycle will be initiated within 30 days of the close of the password change cycle on selected events to identify the level of compliance and potential risk mitigation.
Compromise- when anyone other than the assigned user knows the users' credentials.
Credentials- the combination of a Network UserID (e.g. abc123) and a password
Kerberos principal- the underlying Network authentication mechanisms in the UTech authentication infrastructure that the credentials use for authentication.
Password lifetime- the time, in days, that a password is in effect. A minimum password lifetime of one day will mean that a user must wait until the next calendar day before it can be changed (a technical control to prevent password 'recycling'). A maximum password lifetime of 180 days is the time interval after which the password must be changed.
Policy conflict- when one policy counters another policy. In this case, if localized requirements demand changing passwords on a 30 day maximum password lifetime, this shorter time frame will take precedence over the 180 day requirement.
Managers and supervisors are responsible for implementation, adherence, and feedback regarding this policy.
All faculty, staff, students, and affiliates are responsible for the protection of their credentials. The standard which CWRU sets in this policy speaks to the educational community in general about the importance of stewardship and protection of the Tier II data.
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टीचिंग एक महान और पुरस्कृत पेशा है. As my sunset career, I have accepted a faculty position at Singapore Management University, सूचना प्रणाली के स्कूल में डेटा विश्लेषण और व्यापार मॉडलिंग अध्यापन. इन विषयों के साथ अच्छी तरह से बैठते हैं मेरे entrepreneurial ventures from earlier this year on data analytics and process automation, जो मेरी सेवानिवृत्ति से बाहर आने का एक हिस्सा थे.
When I retired over three years ago, most of my friends congratulated me. They said they wished they had the audacity to do it. It is true, all it took was a bit of audacity and recklessness. Among the many reasons to call it a day at that point in time was my wish to spend more time with my children, not so much in an in-your-face kind of way, but as a presence in their lives. It is a bit hard to explain, but it was an attempt to validate my life, my existence. People do such validations in many different ways — making a lot of money is the most common way. Other techniques include creating an impact, through power, fame, spirituality, career, महिमा, innovation, ज्ञान आदि. मेरे विचार में, all these validations are aimed at one thing — कुछ के पीछे छोड़ने के लिए, याद करना. मैंने सोचा कि मैं यह सुनिश्चित करना है कि मैं होगा द्वारा इसे प्राप्त कर सकता है missed when I am gone, and the only way to do that is to be present when I am here.
If you ever tried to be present in a teenager's life, you would know — it is a tricky proposition. Now that my kids are firmly in the teenage land, it is time to make myself less present. इसके अलावा, the effects of my presence were not, I am told, uniformly positive. उदाहरण के लिए, my atheism may have contaminated their young minds. यह सच है, I was able to kindle some interest in गणित और भौतिक विज्ञान, but it came with lessons on rationality, logic आदि, and atheism wasn't far behind. Certain qualities that I inculcated, knowingly or unknowingly, were double-edges swords — like a brutal honesty and a scrupulous and merciless avoidance of hypocrisy. So my presence in their lives made my children probably authentic, but arguably abrasive beings. You can now see what I meant by brutal honesty, can't you? किसी भी स्थिति में, the need for my presence has diminished considerably over the past year or so.
Another reason for "unretiring" is a miscalculation in how much money would be needed to retire safely. The amount I thought would be adequate turned out to be a bit too optimistic. खैर, to be fair, I still think it is adequate, but only just. One probably wants a bit of wiggle room. फिर, a sunset career was indicated. Another strong indicator for it was the spousal disapproval of my indolence, which diluted my innate abilities, जाहिरा तौर पर. My response to such criticisms is quite unlike a normal human being. The sunset career is not an attempt to dissolve the disapproval, rather a tool to demonstrate to myself that it wasn't inevitable; that even now, there are choices. Life has always been a series of choices and remorses.
All throughout my adult life, मुझे चुना और बंद कर दिया है करियर के रूप में लापरवाही से एक एक टी शर्ट के रूप में बदल जाएगा. अब इसे वापस देख रहे हैं पर, I am a bit surprised that I have had a modicum of success in all these careers. After getting trained as an engineer in one of the hardest universities to get into, I decided I liked physics better. I remember one of my fellow physicists at कॉर्नेल asking me why I wanted to give up the money and comfort of an engineer's career. It was a long time ago, when an engineer's career was still something people looked up to. After about ten years in physics, which took me all the way to सर्न, I switched to applied research on brain signals and such, and published a few well-respected papers.
वास्तव में, I did more than that. I put together all that I had learned and known till then in what I think of as my legacy – अवास्तविक यूनिवर्स. ईमानदारी, if anybody at all remembers me a hundred years from now, it will be because of what I wrote in that book, और published in a couple of journals during that phase in my life. All the other roles I played and continue to play – father, husband, friend, lover, उसके, brother etc. – were merely incidental sideshows. Although this confession probably diminishes my worth as a human being, I think I did a pretty decent job in most of those roles as well. In order to write the book, I had to play the role of a writer, which saw me develop a successful mini-career as a columnist and a commissioned author.
Having done that bit of work, (or having accomplished what I came down here to do, as I would put it in my delusions of grandeur), I decided to try quantitative finance, which prompted a trader friend to ask me later, "क्यों, you wanted money so badly?" I guess I did. May be I just wanted to know that I could, if I wanted to. The culmination of that career path was probably my second book.
With all that behind me now, I am looking forward to this brand new sunset career of mine. Let's see how well I can do it. Let's see if I can convince a few more young souls to miss me when I am gone. इसके अलावा, isn't kind of cool to have the Prof title tagged to your name?


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Capable of high-precision motion, l2 volt linear actuators are also used in applications such as telescopes and additional research equipment in which the slightest miscalculation could be highly costly.
Additional benefits of 12 volt linear actuators are their ability to perform well in high-pressure applications as well as their ability to function in extreme environmental conditions, such as natural gas vents and oil drilling locations.
12 volt linear actuators consist of relatively few parts, making for a very simple and efficient design. The three main components of a 12 volt linear actuator are a DC motor, a screw drive, and a set of gears.
The two main types of DC motors are brushed or brushless.
A brushed DC motor has three main parts: permanent magnet stator, a wound iron-core armature and a commutator with mechanical brushes. The brushes function to connect the power source to the armature, or a rotating coil that induces voltage from motion as result of a magnetic field.
Brushless DC motors, on the other hand, consist of a permanent magnet rotor and coils that are located within the stator. Compared to using a mechanical commutation system, a brushless DC motor's commutator is electronically controlled.
There are also two main types of screw drives: lead screws and ball screws. Lead screws, also called power or translation screws, are threaded rods that allow rotational movement to translate into linear motion. Ball screw actuators achieve the same linear movement, yet they offer reduced friction due to the small alteration of a ball encased within the nut.
Lastly, a set of gears is used to provide increased precision in motion control, typically either worm gears or planetary gears. 12 volt linear actuators most often utilize worm gears, because they help to provide the required torque for rotation of the screw.


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Look at that. It's been five years and a month since my first blog post! Somehow it feels like the past five years have gone by really fast but then I look at my first posts and it feels like my bull run project in the spring of 2011 was ages ago. The human perception of time sure is strange.
Well, since I started out with ACW stuff, might as well write you some today! Warlord Games has released an ACW sourcebook for Black Powder and I got my hands on a copy. It's called Glory, Hallelujah! and it's written by Dr David B James. Note that I won't take pictures of the contents, you can find the pages they've seen fit to publish over here.
First thing I notice is that the book is quite heavy. In fact, it has a page count of 180 pages, the same length as the Black Powder rulebook itself! I definitely expected something lighter. It's a softcover book with all the gloss and colourful pictures you expect from a Warlord Games publication. As you might guess, doing a page count like that on a supplement requires quite a bit of background fluff written into the volume. There is quite a thorough introduction to the various aspects of the American Civil War as a wargaming theatre which makes it a good "first ACW wargame" book for anyone not familiar with the period but for the grognards out there its mostly unnecessary padding. The "fluff" takes about 57 pages.
|Yup, that's thick.
The additional/modified rules take about 22 pages of the book. Here's a rundown on what rules are included:
- Rules for terrain, especially different types of woods
- No squares or assault columns allowed
- Cavalry less effective in charges, better handling for dismounted cavalry
- Stat tweaks for artillery, range tweaks for all weapons.
- The role of skirmishers is to screen friendly infantry, not very effective when firing
- Passage of lines is possible but can lead to some units passing through, some not
- Moving fast and firing is not possible for infantry
- Smoothbore muskets have a close range bonus
- Breechloaders and carbines are more effective but may run low on ammo
- Units that break from shooting are "whipped" instead and remain on the table instead of being wiped out
- It is more difficult to order infantry to charge
- Generals may fight on foot and are less prone to getting shot. Generals on horseback are more vulnerable
- Snipers may be attached to regiments and make it easier to drop generals
- a section of rules for forts
- a section of rules for naval units
Nothing dramatic and overall the rules look like good tweaks to the basic rules to make them feel less like Napoleonics and more like ACW without sacrificing playability. It should definitely give players a common framework on which to build ACW games using Black Powder rules.
Army lists, special units and characters take about 45 pages. Scenarios and battle reports take about 50 pages. The army lists contain rosters and points values to the opposing armies in different years of the war, but the rules on composition are quite light. Also the varying sizes of regiments during the war are passed with a bit of a shrug which was a bit disappointing. One of the things that doesn't "feel right" when gaming ACW with standard Black Powder rules is in how to represent the different sized regiments.
There are ten scenarios which are most welcome. There aren't many ready made Black Powder ACW scenarios around the net and frankly I'm a bit lazy to adapt scenarios from other sources. What I don't like about the scenarios is that like in for example the Hail Caesar rulebook they don't bother telling us the size of the table even though they're careful to specify some range restrictions in inches. I think it would be much clearer to just state "this scenario was originally played on a 6´x5´ table" or whatever so that the players wouldn't need to guess what size the table they playtested these on was.
In summary, it's a good supplement to Black Powder. It's not essential as the base rules work for ACW well enough but enough thought and work has gone into this book to justify its existence. It's a good buy especially to those who are hesitant to make up their own house rules and wish for something "official" to rally around.


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'Operation Jump Start' Puts 2,500 Guardsmen on Southern Border in June
By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2006 - As part of Operation Jump Start, the National Guard will place about 2,500 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of the month to support efforts to curb illegal immigrants from entering the country, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said yesterday.
"The National Guard will support federal law enforcement agencies that have responsibilities for the security of our borders," Army Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum said. "What we will be doing is bringing military skills, military equipment, military expertise and experience to assist at the request of the Department of Homeland Security."
In a speech earlier today at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, N.M., President Bush said it is unacceptable to have millions of illegal immigrants crossing the border and living in the United States.
"Guard members are arriving at the border and they're going to set up a headquarters to support Border Patrol operations," Bush said. "You notice I said, 'Support the Border Patrol.' The Border Patrol is in the lead. That's why you're going through significant training."
The U.S. Border Patrol is currently beefing up of its ranks with the goal of doubling in size to about 18,000 agents within two years. At that time National Guard involvement in Operation Jump Start, which will grow to 6,000 troops, will come to an end.
"If we got a problem, let's address it square on. And if part of the problem is we're waiting to get new Border Patrol agents trained and we can't wait, let's move some troops in, National Guard troops, that will be able to help ... on the front lines of securing our border," Bush said.
Blum stressed that Guard units will not be involved in direct law enforcement activities. "We will be expanding their (Border Patrol) eyes and ears with entry-identification teams," he said.
After guardsmen spot suspected illegal immigrants crossing the border, they will inform Border Patrol agents, who will then respond to the scene. In essence, the Guard will do detection work and Border Patrol agents will make the appropriate apprehensions.
Operation Jump Start began when the four governors from the border states - California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas - recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Defense Department. It stipulates that the Guard will not participate in "overt" law enforcement.
Blum explained that the Guard already has about 450 personnel along the border doing counterdrug missions in the four states.
"For about 20 years we have had an ongoing mission of supporting civilian law enforcement," he said.
In addition, the Guard participates in "innovation readiness training," where units from around the country practice their engineering, surveying, communication and medical skills along the southern border, Blum said.
"When you take the counternarcotics mission and the innovative readiness training initiative, we have well over 500 National Guardsmen on our border this morning, but not as part of Operation Jump Start," the general said.
Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum [http://www.ngb.army.mil/ngbgomo/library/bio/blum_sh.html]
Related Article:
Guard Border Mission Won't Detract From Other Roles, Officials Say [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/20060524_5219.html]
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that this is all a game?
I think that's what they want you to think.
I think it's what they've fed you since you were four.
Such a precious word, Practice.
Life is not winning and losing
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and fixing and solving
and searching and striving.
Life is Practice–
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Markey Secures Order for Science Winches
SEATTLE — Markey Machinery announced that it has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel, under construction at Dakota Creek Industries, in Anacortes, Washington.
Sponsored by the US Navy's Office of Naval Research, this award continues a plan to renew America's aging fleet of academic research vessels, including ocean ranging vessels like the US Navy's Knorr (AGOR-15).
The scope of the order is for one ship set, including two type CAST6-125 Deep Sea Research Winches with active motion compensation, a type DETW-9-11 All-Electric Traction Winch System with two storage drums, one instrumented flagging block, one ship board wire monitoring system and a type WES-23 Electric Anchor Windlass with two wild cats and two warping heads. All equipment furnished will be built by Markey at its Seattle, Washington, location utilizing its own skilled and experienced American workforce.
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(Nashua, N.H.) The Rivier University Field Hockey team fell tonight in heartbreaking fashion as Thomas College scored in the final minutes for a 2-1 non-conference win. The loss is just the first of the season for Rivier as they even out their overall record a 1-1. The Terriers improve to 2-1 with the victory.
Sophomore Nicole Mansfield (Acton, Mass.) got the Raiders on the board early as she rifled a loose ball in front of the net past Thomas goalkeeper Leah Kruse.
Thomas was able to answer back in the closing minutes of the opening stanza. Lindsey Gregoire collected a pass from Britney Gregoire and was able to get it past the diving attempt from Rivier senior goalkeeper Emily Foster (West Lebanon, N.H.).
Both teams battled throughout the second half with the Raiders outlasting the barrage of penalty corners from Thomas. With just a minute and 20 seconds remaining in the half, Thomas' Allie Gregoire swatted a pass from Britney Gregoire and found the back of the net for the game-winner.
Foster was outstanding in net for Rivier as she made eight saves on ten shots. Kruse earned the win between the pipes stopping three of the four shots she faced on net.
The Terriers held the edge in shots (19-3) and penalty corners (16-1) in the contest.
It'll be a short turnaround for the Raiders as they get set to host Regis College on Saturday afternoon. Game time is set for 7pm under the lights at Raider Field. Thomas, meanwhile, will remain on the road as they travel over to Wenham, Massachusetts for a 1pm non-conference contest at Gordon College.


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The main problem we see with our clients if they want to lose weight is making it an entirely too complicated concept! At times it can be made so complicated that it may just make you quit entirely.
If you have tried in the past a few times and failed each time and have just quit it is most likely you were making this too complicated and not focusing or understanding the basics.
Scientific weight-loss boils down to one simple concept: caloric deficit. Basically if you focus on eating and ingesting fewer calories than the amount of calories required for your body to maintain your current body weight, you're almost guaranteed to lose weight!
For a more in-depth explanation of a caloric deficit read this article.
Now the concept of caloric deficit does NOT mean all you focus on is counting and reducing calories. I talked in a previous post about the negative effects of only counting calories and having a diet of restriction and lack.
The most effective way to practice controlled caloric deficit is focusing on eating nutritious foods and eating smaller portion sizes of your unhealthy meals.
For example, a basic and very simple way ANYONE can practice a caloric deficit is having two meal replacement shakes each day along with one regular meal at night consisting of lean protein, a complex carbohydrate and vegetables on the side.
Add in 2-3 healthy snacks in between each meal and you will already be right on track to losing weight through a caloric deficit.
Now you may be asking, what does this have to do with the effects of alcohol consumption on weight-loss?
Drinking Alcohol While Losing Weight – What Are The Implications?
How popular is alcohol in society today? Well I'm sure you have either seen or heard a reference or advertisement to alcohol OR been in the presence of a drink every day of your adult life. We will leave it at that.
Now I am NOT getting into at all a moral brigade on alcohol one bit because that is not the point at all of this post. I am just merely helping you notice the prevalence alcohol may have in your life.
The only point being that if it is always around you or available there may be struggles at times to resist the temptation or say no to friends that just want to have a great time out after work or on the weekends.
However, if you are trying to lose weight it can be very difficult to reach your goals AND continue to practice the same habits surrounding alcohol.
Here are 3 ways alcohol negatively impacts weight-loss and keeps you from reaching your desired body:
- We talked about caloric deficit at the top of this post that parlayed right into this point. Alcohol contains roughly 6-7 calories per gram (fat contains 9 calories per gram. If you aren't careful in limiting your consumption a drink or two you may completely over step your caloric goals for the day. Even worse is alcohol doesn't help you feel full (empty calories) meaning it will only add onto the number of calories from your other meals.
- As health coaches we always preach the importance of metabolic rate to our clients and how burning calories is your bodies most effective tool to a caloric deficit. Drinking alcohol messes with your metabolism because it has to focus on burning off the alcohol when normally it works to burn fat for energy use. So because your fat is not being burned it builds up and causes blockage and slows your metabolic rate which negatively impacts weight-loss.
- Have you ever gotten home from a night of drinking and eaten 300 or more calories of food at 2 am? If you have this is another way alcohol hurts your ability to lose weight. Your reasoning factors become lowered and you are more likely to act off impulse and instinct (eating cheese fries and nachos to yourself). Add in the extra calories of meals you normally wouldn't indulge in and your calorie number may be through the roof.
Just these three aspects of drinking alcohol can hugely undermine your efforts to lose weight and if not limited can lead you to quitting before you see any major positive results.
Let's now go over and understand why alcohol can be so tough to ignore and limit the use of. If you can better realize this, you can help relieve yourself of the negative effects of alcohol and reach your health goals much more effectively..
Why Is Limiting The Use Of Alcohol Hard?
If you are serious about losing weight in a healthy way you must learn how to limit your use of alcohol. But what makes this such a tough subject?
Well first there are the physical implications of drinking that we all know exist and won't even touch on here because I believe, in my opinion, it is only a small reason people choose to drink.
The main concept I want to go over here is the social aspects of alcohol and how much pressure they can put on some people continue to drink no matter the circumstances.
Rarely do people drink alone. Most of the time spent consuming alcohol is at parties, bars or in clubs. Social gatherings and events seem to be the most prevalent places that alcohol is consumed.
This social pressure can be the toughest roadblock to get through when choosing to limit the use because so many of us (if not all) are continually looking to be accepted by everyone and looked at as normal and like everyone else.
This innate human trait is what makes it so tough to say NO to drinking and keep you on track towards your goals.
Tips To Limiting Your Consumption Of Alcohol To Help You Lose Weight
Just to be clear, I am NOT saying that you should never drink alcohol or have fun with your friends and social acquaintances. That is far from my point.
I am merely stating that if you want to lose weight effectively AND keep it off and create a new healthy, active lifestyle, you will want to limit the amount you drink alcohol and here are a few tips that will help:
- Meet some new friends, join a new social group or get involved in other activities that interest you. Much of the pressure to drink alcohol in excess may come from your present friend group who continues to do the same things. Comfortability can at times be a big detriment to growth. Finding other hobbies or activities to spend your time in may open your eyes to new possibilities, meeting new friends and new experiences.
- Get a personal health coach to help you stay on track and keep consistent towards your weight-loss goals. A coach can be someone in any area of life who has achieved the results you want therefore making them the perfect person to have teach you and guide you through all the necessary steps to get you to where you want to be. As coaches, we provide personalized meal plans, fun group and online challenges and 24/7 online support. Contact us on our coaching page to learn more.
- Begin a side business or extra service part-time that requires a couple of hours of work or contribution each day. There are two benefits to this: you are able to create extra income for yourself and family by working on something you are interested in or talented at and also able to distance yourself more from drinking in excess. The more time you are occupied by activities that interest you, the less time you are spent drinking extra calories that will be a detriment to your goals.
- Volunteer your time at your church or local retirement community. Time spent in offering help to others and in service of your community has lots of benefits. In general you can feel much better about yourself which helps grow your self-esteem.
These tips should get you on the right track and help you avoid the major pitfalls of drinking alcohol in excess. Limiting use is always the key to maintaining a healthy balance and keeping true to your weight-loss goals.
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This is my Garden Plan for 2017. It is still (always) evolving, but I think that it's planned enough to be shared. I have 25 Raised Beds in this section of my Garden. I call it the New Kitchen Garden Section, and more info on how I built/designed it is found here.
Below, you find links to each Raised Bed, to see detailed plans and sowing schedules for that specific Raised Bed. I will also update each Raised Bed Post as the season proceeds and I do the sowing, transplanting and harvesting.
My Planning Methods
I plan each Raised Bed carefully and enjoy making an developing my plans. I try to consider different aspects:
- Succession Planting: I want to have at least 2 and preferably 3 batches of Vegetables from each Raised Bed during a season to maximise my harvest
- Crop Rotation: I rotate my basic crops each year to eliminate diseases. I have a 4 year Crop Rotation Plan (more about my Crop Rotation Plan here.
- Companion Planting: I want each batch to consist of Plants that thrive together to get good harvest and keep plants healthy
- Continous Harvest: I want to be able to harvest from early spring to late autumn without having to preserve too much food. We prefer to eat all vegetables as fresh as possible
Plan for each Raised Bed
I usually take 3 Batches of Vegetables from each bed during one Season. The main Crop is usually the middle one, and it's where my Planning starts. The main Crop(s) for each Garden Bed are marked with bold below.
Quarter 1 "Enriching with a Twist":
- Raised Bed 1a - Sunchokes from last season, Sugar Snap Peas, Sweet Corn, Autumn Spinach
- Raised Bed 1 b - Spinach, Sweet Corn, Beans, Pumpkin (=Three Sisters), Autumn Spinach
- Raised Bed 1 c - Spinach, Soybeans/Edamame Beans, Zucchini, Autumn Spinach
- Raised Bed 1 d - Beetroot, Sugar Snap Peas, Spinach
Quarter 2 "Heavy Feeders":
- Raised Bed 2a - Swiss Chard, Garlic (for next season)
- Raised Bed 2b - Rocket Salad, Spinach, Radish, Broccoli, Red Cabbage
- Raised Bed 2c - Radish, Spinach, Rocket, Green Cabbage and more Green Cabbage
- Raised Bed 2d - Lettuce or Spinach, Pointed Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage
Quarter 3 "Needs Less":
- Raised Bed 3a - Garlic, Spinach and Sunchokes (for next season)
- Raised Bed 3b - Lettuce, Red Onion, Winter Carrots, Lettuce, Beetroot
- Raised Bed 3c - Carrots, Radish, Yellow Onion, Winter Carrots, Mache Salad
- Raised Bed 3d - Lettuce, Rocket, Carrots, Carrots, Dill
Quarter 4 "Needs almost nothing":
- Raised Bed 4a - Sunchokes, Beans
- Raised Bed 4b - Spinach, Potatoes, Beans, Swiss Chard
- Raised Bed 4c - Spinach, Potatoes, Beans, Pak Choi
- Raised Bed 4d - Early Potatoes, Rocket, Cucumber, Parsley, Pak Choi
Quarter 5 Not in Crop Rotation Plan, Other and Perennials:
(First three Raised Beds in this section is in the top of the Layout Picture, and the rest is in the bottom)
- Raised Bed 5a - Soil Factory / Compost.. No plants in this Bed
- Raised Bed 5b - Pak Choi, Melon, Eggplant and Pak Choi
- Raised Bed 5c - Strawberries
- Raised Bed 5d - Early Asian Leaves, Tomatoes, Marigold, Basil and Pak Choi
- Raised Bed 5e/f/g - Radish/Parsley/Dill, Chilli, Marigold, Basil
- Raised Bed 5h/i - Early Experiments, Cucumber, Dill and Pak Choi
Background on my Kitchen Garden
My Kitchen Garden is built with a modular approach. I have a number of Raised Beds (Deep Beds) - currently 25 beds. Most of them are 120x80 centimeters. They are Deep Beds and I always cover them with Organic Material to improve soil and nutrients, and also have a No Dig Garden. More background information can be found in these posts:
- Kitchen Garden Layout Plan - Layout overview
- Building a Raised Bed Kitchen Garden - How to Deep Dig the frames and feed them with organic material
- How to build Raised Bed Frames - Step-by-Step guide on how to do the Frames for the Raised Beds.


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Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has fired deputy finance director from his reelection campaign after a couple of her anti-Hispanic tweets came to light.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel first contacted the Republican governor's office after discovering two of Taylor Palmisano's tweets from 2011.
"I will choke that illegal mex cleaning in the library. Stop banging (expletive) chairs around and turn off your Walkman," she tweeted May 9, 2011.
"This bus is my worst (expletive) nightmare Nobody speaks English & these ppl dont know how 2 control their kids #only3morehours #illegalaliens," she wrote in January, 2011.
"Taylor Palmisano has been immediately removed from her position with the Friends of Scott Walker campaign," Walker's rep said in a statement. "Both the Governor, and the campaign, condemn these insulting remarks which do not reflect our views in any way."
"I deeply regret these offensive and irresponsible remarks," Palmisano said in a statement. "I sincerely apologize, and understand the consequences of making such unacceptable statements."
She has since deactivated her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
This marks the second time this year Walker has had to fire a staffer over social media comments about illegal immigrants. In August, he fired Steven Krieser, his appointee to the state Department of Transportation, over a Facebook post comparing undocumented workers to "Satan."
[Politico, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]


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A tiny bug that carries bacteria deadly to citrus trees was recently detected in California.
The Asian citrus psyllid was found in Tulare County, at the center of the state's citrus belt. The insect was the second found in the San Joaquin Valley, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The insect, which was caught in a trap set by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, was in too poor of condition to be tested for the bacteria that causes citrus greening, Candidatus Liberibacter. So far, none of the surrounding trees have shown symptoms associated with the bacteria, including turning ripe fruit green.
Citrus greening also is known as huanglongbing and most likely originated from China in the 1900s, according to the USDA.
The disease already has hit Florida, another citrus growing state hard, and "poses the most serious threat that the Florida citrus industry has ever faced," according to the USDA.
The psyllid was first detected in California in 2008. Almost 43,000 reports (some had multiple psyllids) have been documented in Southern California since. However, none have tested positive for the bacteria or were too dried out to test, according to the Chronicle.
Once infected, trees die after five to eight years and hardly ever produce viable fruit, according to USDA.


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Well-known as the world's leading copper producer, Chile is now looking to diversify its export market to focus on a raft of non-mining products. Years of work on the part of several government bodies have already laid the ground for an export push and the Andean nation now operates a roaring trade in several sectors, particularly fresh produce, wood products and aquaculture.
An important factor is its open business model — Chile has more trade agreements than any other country — ensuring the global market is largely open to its products.
National trade commision ProChile recently published figures demonstrating significant growth in the export of a range of products. In 2003, the Andean nation was a top three producer of 11 non-mining products, that figure has more than doubled since, reaching 23 this year.
The same figures show that Chile is the top exporter for nine further products. Fresh grapes topped the list with exports totalling US$1.5 billion in 2012 — 20.6 percent of the total fresh grape market for the year and more than double the amount exported by the United States, the world's second biggest exporter.
The Andean nation is also the second highest exporter of cherries with sales of US$ 407 million in the same year. Other fruits are also big business with booming trade in the export of blueberries (US$409 million), fresh plums (US$146 million) and dried apples (US$39 million).
Aquaculture also accounted for much of the country's export success: in particular, fish fillets US$ 582 million in exports — the second highest in the world.
Produce aside, Chile's forestry industry stands out with refined coniferous wood and wood fibre boards, accounting for US$229 million and US$150 million in exports, respectively.
Non-mining export products now total US$29 billion, but according to Carlos Honorato, Director of ProChile, there is still work to be done to diversify from the country's traditionally copper-based economy.
"Through ProChile, the Chilean government has been focusing its efforts on diversifying export products as well as the destinations of Chilean exports," Honorato told The Santiago Times. "We believe that the innovation of our businesses will make them more competitive and allow us to develop the country, moving us away from dependency on raw materials."
During a recent tour of Asia, President Sebastián Piñera met with heads of state to promote ties between the region's leading economies and promote greater trade in the future. A "historic" trade agreement with Thailand and further developments in Chile's historically strong economic relationship with China were among the outcomes.


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Good morning! This month Paper Issues is packed with great challenges! Let's start this fine Monday with our New Issue, Put the Petal/Pedal to the Metal/Medal. There are so many ways to use this theme! Here are a few ideas for you:
-Use metallics and/or metal embellishments
-Create a project using flowers or about gardening and spring
-Share something about transportation like bicycles, motorcycles, cars (your first car or current ride), toy cars
-Show us a project about awards and/or accomplishments
-Create a project using flowers or about gardening and spring
-Share something about transportation like bicycles, motorcycles, cars (your first car or current ride), toy cars
-Show us a project about awards and/or accomplishments
My page comes from Put the Pedal to the Metal. I've had these photos for a couple year and just hadn't taken the time to get them onto paper until now. I figured I had several bicycle embellishments in my stash, but chose to play with the newest Dear Lizzy collection, Lovely Day. This line has so many different motifs in it. There is soft & sweet, sarcastic and inspiring. I put a bit of all of that into this page. I had some scraps of More Friday, which I used both sides of, as well as a small piece of the Oh Hello paper. Th rest are pieces of chipboard phrase Thickers and ephemera. As Ive been in a stitching binge. I stitched part of the title, setting it onto a shelf of the scallop background cut file.
I'm insistent about my son having access to typically learning children while at school. The best way we found to do that is to have him attend a GenEd PE class. Best decision we ever made. He has a bike that he rides almost every day. Twice a year, the PE class has a Bike Safety unit. It was really the first time that he cold do the exact sane thing as everyone else. He may not have been able to go as fast or fluid as them, but he was so happy to be with him it didn't matter.
Thanks so much for joining me along my creative view. I think this is my 5th LO with the Lovely Day collection. I guess I really like it. That means that you will too. You can get that and so much more in the Paper Issues shop. Use my code DEVRA at checkout for 20% off your purchase. We love to see what you create. Please join us and share your work in our Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group.
Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP, chipboard, ephemera- Dear Lizzy, doilies-BoBunny, Doodlebug, enamel dots-Freckled Fawn, MME, puffy stickers-Freckled Fawn, cut file-Paper Issues, Silhouette, mist-Studio Calico, Dylusions.


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by Kim
Random colored plastic eggs will be put in a basket where they are not visible. Players will pick an egg out of the basket when it is their turn. The first player to come up with three matching Easter eggs wins the game.
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Easter Game Ideas.


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Hiking in transport fares is punishable-Govt
(elbcradio.com/Liberia/ Jan. 19, 2015)-The Government of Liberia has threatened to deal with commercial drivers failing to comply with the new transport fares.
Deputy Information Minister for Public Affairs, Isaac Jackson said:"Government will also punish any passenger caught conniving with commercial drivers to pay above the approved fares."
"Passengers who are always in the rush are in the constant habit of asking the drivers to charge more than the approved transport fare," Deputy Minister Jackson noted.
He warned against such habit and called on all Liberians to respect the new transport fares for the common good all.
Deputy Minister Jackson spoke Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Information Ministry's regular press briefing in Monrovia.
Meanwhile, commuters in Paynesville have welcomed the reduction in transport fares by the Liberian government.
Government officially announced new transport fares Monday, reflecting the drop in the prices of petroleum products.
The commuters speaking to a team of ELBC reporters described the reduction in transport fares as appropriate and laudable.
They said: "The reduction in new transport fares is encouraging, especially in the wake of the reopening of schools."
"We want government to be robust in the enforcement of reduction of transport fares because it will not benefit the ordinary people if is not fully implemented, "the commuters said.
They also called on government provide more public transport on the streets to ease the transportation problem faced by passengers.


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At this past weekend's SAG Awards, the actor was the latest to sport a harness on the red carpet
Timothée Chalamet
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The 2019 ceremony has officially come and gone, handing out awards to the year's best film and TV projects, but how queer was last night?
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In a new essay in the New York Times' style pages, this was declared the age of the twink — but is the Times right about that?
Would You Buy Weed From Timothée Chalamet? He's a Teenage Pot Dealer in His Next Film
'Hot Summer Nights' is the latest film to star 'Call Me By Your Name' star Timothée Chalamet, and he plays a teenage weed dealer
Here's Everything You Need to Know About That Timothée Chalamet Shirt You Saw at the Oscars
If you watched this year's Oscars, you saw James Ivory's shirt, created by Andrew Mania
Oscars Fashion 2018: Here Are the Night's Best Dressed Actors and Actresses
From stunning gowns to a pink tuxedo, and even one leather harness, the 90th Academy Awards served some fresh looks, in typical Oscars fashion.
This Fan-Created Happy Ending for 'Call Me By Your Name' Is Kind of Wonderful (Video)
If you're not one for bittersweet romances, you'll love this Call Me By Your Name happy ending which imagines a long-term romance between Elio and Oliver
If You Want to Get Sh*tfaced With Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, Now's Your Chance
With the new 'Call Me By Your Name' contest, you have the opportunity to party with the stars and the director, all while raising money for LGBTQ charities
5 Revealing Admissions From Frank Ocean's Recent Interview With Timothée Chalamet
Their friendly, candid interview revealed why both of them create art, how Chalomet responds to people calling him 'Elio' and where Ocean gets grub in L.A.
Timothée Chalamet Donates His Salary From the New Woody Allen Movie to Time's Up
There will likely never be another Timothée Chalamet Woody Allen film as the 'Call Me By Your Name' star denounced the director and donated his salary
What Was the Best Film & TV of 2017? America's LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Weigh In
'Call Me By Your Name' leads the pack of this year's Dorian Awards nominations, joined by many other TV shows and moments that highlighted queer people
These 12 Sexy GIFs Are a 'Call Me By Your Name' Thirst Trap
Here are 12 Call Me By Your Name GIFS along with a few other moments that are the sexy thirst trap you didn't know you needed this holiday season


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Please have your GYN medical history from your home physician faxed to our Medical Records department at 205-348-2402. Please fill out the Student Health Center's Medical History Form prior to your first appointment.
Your annual women's health exam may include a pap smear, a breast exam, STD testing (if requested), recommended immunizations, and a general physical exam (height, weight, heart, lungs, etc.).
A pelvic exam will assess the overall health of your reproductive organs and address any abnormalities discovered.
A pap smear is a procedure that tests for cervical cancer in women. Annual pap smears will help with early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.
A breast exam administered by your health care provider includes examining the breasts for changes in size and appearance to detect abnormalities. During your breast exam, your provider will discuss how to initiate self-exams at home.
Our women's health providers are available for contraception initiation (for first-time users) and maintenance for women who are already using contraception. Our contraception services include oral contraception, Depo-Provera injections, Implanon/Nexplanon, IUD's, and NuvaRing.
Our women's health clinic can provide STD testing and treatment upon request. STD testing is recommended for sexually active adults to protect their sexual health.
Our women's health providers can test for pregnancy if you suspect you may be pregnant. If you are pregnant, our providers can counsel and refer you to another facility. Our services do not include routine pregnancy maintenance.
We have one nurse practitioner, Cathy Flanagan, and one physician, John Lucas, on staff during normal hours of operation (excludes evening hours nights and weekends). Cathy has 21 years of experience as a women's health nurse practitioner, and Dr. John Lucas has 41 years of experience in gynecology and obstetrics with a sub specialty in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. All women's health services, well and sick, require an appointment.
Appointments are made by calling the Student Health Center appointment clerk at 205-348-2778.