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Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Don't Kill the Mute Swans
Friday, May 8, 2009
I received this email from PETA just a few minutes ago, and I wanted to share this with my readers. I do eat meat but I agree with alot of the issues that PETA stands for. Who knows? One day I might even become a vegetarian!
If you're so inclined, there is a link contained in this post where you can sign the online petition and send it to the head of the Maryland DNR.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reportedly accusing mute swans living in the Chesapeake Bay of destroying underwater vegetation. The Maryland DNR has therefore allegedly decided to kill these birds. However, mute swans have little effect on the loss of aquatic vegetation in the bay compared to the devastation caused by boats and the pollutants dumped by factory farms and sewage treatment plants.
Since 2003, the DNR has reportedly killed approximately 3,100 mute swans, leaving a population of only about 500 of these animals in the Chesapeake Bay. To kill the animals, DNR workers reportedly chase down these birds, who are temporarily flightless because of summer feather loss, and crush the animals' necks with a bolt cutter-like implement!
The mute swans of Chesapeake Bay are counting on you! Please visit our advocacy campaign to find out how you can help stop the cruel slaughter of these swans. Thank you for your willingness to act and for your compassion for animals.


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President Barack Obama is teaming up with actor Leonardo DiCaprio to push for action on climate change.
The two appeared together Monday on the White House South Lawn as part of a festival of technology and music meant to re-create the spirit of the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Obama said the world is in "a race against time" to combat climate change, but the good news is that "there's still time to pass the test" and make real progress on the issue.
DeCaprio, joined by climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, told the White House crowd that the scientific consensus about the dangers of climate change is in, and "the argument is now over."
The actor said anyone who doesn't believe that "should not be allowed to hold public office."
"South by South Lawn," or SXSL, rolled out on Monday, bringing together artists, innovators, musicians and entrepreneurs for the equivalent of a giant White House block party for tech nerds.
The president made a midday visit to the South Lawn to check out booths and vendors promoting everything from virtual reality technology to fake tattoos.
In an email promoting the event, Obama wrote that SXSL was "at its heart, a call to action. The folks out on the lawn today are artists, creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators who will share how they've used their unique skills to engage their communities in making the change they want to see -- whether it's curing cancer, fighting poverty, empowering women, and so much more."
DiCaprio's documentary film on climate change, "Before the Flood," got its domestic premier on the lawn later in the day.
Tech blogger and entrepreneur Anil Dash said the South Lawn event was a way to connect the dots between SXSW, with its ideas for changing the world, and the people who are "doing the actual work" to use technology to improve worker rights, civil rights and more. Panel discussions included topics such as "feeding the future" and "fixing real problems."
The White House tech fest also featured a student film festival, a wall of art made of Post-Its, Lego statues, demonstrations on the science of food and using technology to help the disabled and lots of music. Among those performing: the Lumineers, Gallant, Black Alley, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and DJ Bev Bond.

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Looks like Rodgers has his ankle heavily taped
One Response to "Looks like Rodgers has his ankle heavily taped"
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October 31, 2010 at 4:24 pm |
Hope he is okay.
The defense was amazing today. And given the number of injuries they have had, shutting down the Jets on the road is impressive. Huge kudos to Capers for making something happen.
Our offense just seems so out of sync which is concerning. Hopefully we can get that fixed for the Dallas game or during the bye week afterwards. Given how well the defense has been playing lately, if we could get the offense figured out this team be scary – and given the injury situation that is amazing.


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Hello everyone! All women in our family have many children. My grandmother gave birth to 5 kids. My mom gave birth to 3 kids. Both of my sisters have children. So I've never thought I will ask for help in such question as surrogacy. I've never thought I'll face infertility because there was never such problem in my family.
My husband and I were ttc for 3 years and nothing. I thought that he had some problems with health. I didn't even think that this is me who have problems with fertility! We tried literally everything. In last 6 years we had 5 cycles of ivf and 3 cycles of de ivf. Nothing gave result. All cycles failed. I'm so tired of all this.
I feel like I'm black sheep of my family. My parents and sisters tell me we are doing something wrong that's why we don't have kids. What the hell can be done wrong in this process?! My older sister keeps telling me I should try with another man. She thinks my husband and I are incompatible and that's why we can't conceive. But I love my husband! I want to create family with him and nobody else! Her words really hurt me.
Also my family keeps telling me that surrogacy is such a folly. They say it's dangerous because surrogate mothers are poor women. They all have bad genetic and it influence babies they carry. Also they say that surrogate mothers can leave babies. That they do it only to get as much money as they can and in result we will remain penniless and childless.
I don't think they're fully right, because their reasons to declaim surrogacy are so stupid. The only fact that disturbs me is that surrogate mother can leave baby. What if she really did that? What then? It bothers me and because of this I can't decide if this is a good idea. Girls, please help!


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The program is run through Girl's Who Code, a national nonprofit launched in 2012 that works to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors.
Joyce Gomez, a rising senior at Francis Lewis High School and resident of East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights local Daniela Leguisamo, a rising junior at the Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria, are participating in a program hosted by AT&T at their office in Rockefeller Center.
Bright young women from the five boroughs convene every weekday for the intensive course, which also offers the opportunity for successful women from the tech field to come and talk to the girls about their own experiences and careers.
For Gomez and Leguisamo, the program has allowed them to hone skills they started develop in school, while also learning about new topics, like robotics.
Gomez explained that her interest in coding came from a coding class she took in high school, which was dominated by male students.
"There were only five girls in the class, and none of them felt comfortable applying at all," Gomez said. "They were intimated by it because they weren't doing well in the class, but I actually felt excited to do it."
While both girls acknowledged that they had noticed a gender gap in their experiences in the tech world, they said they felt proud to be women in a male-dominated field.
"I do feel proud, because seeing that there are so many other girls interested in this, it feels nice," Leguisamo said. "You feel like, 'Hey, I'm not the only one.' So sometimes it might seem a little intimidating, and then I realize I'm doing something I love."
At the end of the program, all of the girls work on final projects that combine and test the skills and knowledge they have picked up over the course of eight weeks.
While there is still time to develop proposals, Gomez and Leguisamo both already had ideas for what they would like to create.
Gomez wants to make a video game that features some of her favorite things, and one she can play with her little brother.
Leguisamo said that after working with some girls at Girls Who Code on a project, they found it was difficult to collaborate on a coding project and all do work at the same time.
"So we were thinking of a website or program that is kind of like a coding Google doc, so it will allow to code with a group and collaborate," she said.
Both girls said they see themselves continuing in the tech field later in life.
"I am currently going to be a senior, and I am definitely thinking about majoring in computer science because coding is really fun for me," Gomez said. "I would love to continue doing it, especially for a living."
Marissa Shorenstein, AT&T's New York President, said that the goal is to have many of the girls who participate in the Girls Who Code program continue studying and working in tech after the program is over.
AT&T is a financial supporter and major sponsor of Girls Who Code, which allows for all of the girls to attend the eight-week program free of charge.
"We're very excited about the potential of these girls pursuing software and engineering in college, and hoping they will eventually want to bring that talent back to a company like AT&T," Shorenstein said.
As a speaker and active leader in AT&T's Girls Who Code program, Shorenstein said she sees first hand the benefits the program has for young women.
"I believe that Girls Who Code is really paving the way for more gender diversity in fields of computer science and software engineering for careers at places like AT&T," she said.
"For AT&T it's very important that we have a diverse workforce, and that's why we invest in programs like this. There is still is a gap and we believe that Girls Who Code is working to reduce that gap."


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Once a week, let's dig up an old bit of news and see what became of it. Today we've got Nintendo in 1987 predicting that the Zelda NES "game pak" will be huge. Bold words, Nintendo.
It's May of 1987, the year after Nintendo started selling the Nintendo Entertainment System in America. Super Mario Brothers has been a success and the industry, which in 2009, can have more than a million consoles sell in the U.S. in a slow month.
Here's how things were going in 1987 according to Nintendo's statement of its financial results for the past year:
Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America Inc. of Redmond, Wash. ''The industry is healthy; we estimate that 4.5 million home video game units will be sold in the U.S. in 1987, as compared to 1.4 million units in 1986 — a 300 percent increase.''
Part of what was going to boost Nintendo was going to be this new Zelda thing:
''Among the game pak introductions will be 'The Legend of Zelda,' a game that we anticipate will be another 'Super Mario Bros.' in terms of its popularity. We will be supporting 'Zelda' with advertising and promotional spending of $4 million, and supporting fourth quarter 1987 sales with an advertising and promotional budget of $20 million. The continued high quality of our product, coupled with our marketing strength, will help maintain our competitive edge as the leader in the new generation video game category,'' he continued.
A game as popular as Super Mario Bros.? What could have seemed like PR bluster in the moment pretty much worked out.
And now back to our regular 2009 Kotaku posts... until next week.


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The most obvious SEO image tip for any website owner is that a picture should be surrounded by text that applies to the image being shown. Use a high quality image that has been optimized for the web so that details are still sharp when it appears as a small thumbnail on a search engine's pages.
Many people do not realize that the Google spider cannot read or see text or content that is on an image. Using the ALT attribute and providing a key-worded description lets you tell the search engine spiders what the image is referring to within the context of your post. The ALT attribute is designed to be an alternative text description for images. ALT text displays before the image is loaded in the major browsers and appears instead of the image in text-based browsers like Lynx. ALT is a required element for images and can only be used for image tags because its specific purpose is to describe images.
If you want your images indexed by the search engine spiders then give your images the full SEO treatment by adding the TITLE tag along with the ALT tag's description. A TITLE tag is what you see when you 'hover' over an image, or link, with your mouse. This hidden text that gets revealed on hover is a useful way of letting your readers know specific information about the picture, such as who is in it, where it was taken, etc.
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Use the ALT tag description so that the search engines will index your images correctly according to the keywords and description you want associated with the image. In other words, if you do not provide an alt description, you are depriving your images of possible hits that could have come if it had been used and had included keywords.The alt attribute is used in HTML and XHTML documents to specify alternative text (alt text) that is to be rendered when the element to which it is applied cannot be rendered. It is also used by "screen reader" software so that a person who is listening to the content of a webpage (for instance, a person who is blind) can interact with this element. In HTML 4.01, the attribute is required for the img and area tags.
Not sure how to add an ALT or TITLE to your HTML tags? You can look up just about any scripting or coding information for java, html, xhtml or css. etc at W3Schools ... click these links for the HTML for the ALT tag and for the TITLE tag.
It can take up to 6 months for the search engine spiders to find and index your pictures, but if you don't use the ALT and TITLE tags correctly, they will most likely miss indexing your photos altogether, and you will loose out on a traffic opportunity. Your website needs to get the most out of every page element. Use ALT and TITLE attributes wherever you can. They will increase your site's usability and expand your promotion options if you understand when to use them, where to put them, and why.


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Thursday, April 7, 2011 02:24 am
Canvassing the area
For a good cause, you can purchase one of 27 paintings depicting an Illinois landmark painted by local leaders and business people not trained in the arts, but talented just the same. Springfield Art Association hosts its lively public auction led by M.T. Vann on the evening of April 9. You can see the paintings by such Springfield celebs as Jeff Ambrose, Chris Britt, Amie Meneghetti, Amy Nelson, Mark Ridley and Farah Salim the night of the event or at United Community Bank on West Iles Avenue on Thursday, April 7, and Friday, April 8, during business hours. Tickets for Personalities Paint can be purchased in advance at the phone number above or at the door the night of the event, but a limited number are available.
Personalities Paint
Saturday, April 9, 6-9pm
Springfield Art Association
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An excellent raider is the raider who is waiting at the instance before the raid is even close to starting. He comes to the raid with the full array of consumable goods that are not necessarily required by the raid leader, but greatly or even slightly enhance his potential raid performance. She arrives ready to wipe repeatedly with grace, and does her best to ensure that she is ready to pull again as quickly as possible. Often she is the one standing around, ready to be buffed and chomping at the bit for the next pull while the rest of the team continues to recover. He does not complain about repair bills, but simply accepts them as a continued tax on the excellent gear he is already wearing. He does not give a damn that pvpers who work far less have equal or better gear. Those people will never experience the glory of driving their blade through the chest of Illidan, nor will they ever know the feeling of gazing upon Arthas and knowing that one day he will fall.
An excellent raider rarely needs to be told what to do. She studies the encounters before reaching them, and if on the bleeding edge of content yet unspoiled, plays with a heightened sense of awareness, observing the changing conditions of an encounter and not only reacting to them, but taking note of them for later research. He does not stand in a stationary spell that will kill his character, nor does he get caught in slowly moving blizzards. He does not have problems spreading out or moving away from his fellow raiders. If they move towards him, he compensates by moving away. She is at the top of the DPS, or the healing. She is a Mage that will kite an uncontrolled mob even if not assigned to do it. He asks questions to class leaders if anything is uncertain, and does not hesitate to give friendly advice to others.
An excellent raider does not complain about a proposed strategy. They do not lower the morale of others by ever saying that something is too hard, or by claiming that an idea is stupid. If they are concerned with a given strategy, they allow the night to finish and then address their concerns to their class or raid leader, and come prepared to offer a viable solution that is superior to the one currently in use. She takes responsibility for the death of a tank. She apologizes for not seeing the cloud of gas she was standing in, rather than blaming lag.(even if it was lag that was primarily responsible) He always tries to find ways to do better, even if he is already the best in his raid force. He almost obsessively combs through the wastelands that are the forums for any hints of new information that could improve his game. She does not complain about the shortcomings or balance of her chosen class, but chooses instead to maximize her potential, often outperforming those considered to be superior.
If you are an excellent raider, the leadership of your guild loves you. You bring a sense of stability and dependability to the raid that is more valuable than you can possibly imagine. You raise the morale of a force simply by being there. You truly care about the success of your team and it shows in your dedication.
Are you an excellent raider? If you aren't, don't you think you could be?
I found this to be a great essay on what makes up an Excellent Raider. This was posted by Balara of Cenarious on the official Raid and Dungeons forum.
WoW Forums -> Are you an excellent raider?


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December 14th has come and gone, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has released in the US and earned nearly $85 million domestically, and I finally saw it in 2D with my wife Saturday night (Dec. 15, 2012). Now the question is, "was it a good movie?" My answer would be a resounding "YES!"
The critical response to The Hobbit has been…interesting, and has undoubtedly made some cautious to see it. Considering the lowest RottenTomatoes.com score for a Lord of the Rings trilogy film was Fellowship of the Ring at 92% and an 8.1 for its average rating, I can't blame anyone for hesitating at the sight of a 65% score alongside a 6.4 average rating. It appears that many critics take issue with the high-speed 48fps 3D version, though I can't say why because I haven't seen The Hobbit in 3D and most likely won't. All I can say to you, dear reader, is that everyone I know on Twitter and other social media that has seen the 48fps version has either praised it or at the very least has no ill will toward it.
Having completed JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit on audiobook less than a month ago, I can vouch that Peter Jackson's An Unexpected Journey is not entirely accurate to the book. In my opinion however, this is a very good thing for the film; especially if those behind it hope to present us with a solid and convincing trilogy. While a fair number of scenes and memorable moments have been dropped from the film's continuity, just as many (if not more) scenes and entire locations have been added; not to mention cameos from characters relevant to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (however brief they may be). Some of these differences actually serve a greater purpose, in that they allow for a connection between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings that simply doesn't exist in Tolkien's novel. The others serve as more of a connection to other aspects of the Middle Earth mythos, many of which I would file in the "that looked really cool" category.
Beyond a few strange moments and the film feeling just barely too long overall, there are only two real negatives that I can find in the entire movie. The first concerns one of the connections between The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy mentioned previously. We see Bilbo (Martin Freeman) in his later years (before the events of Fellowship of the Ring) as he records the events of his adventure with Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the dwarves. This scene, which features a cameo likely to put a smile on your face as it did mine, goes on for far too long in my opinion. It only lasts a few of minutes, sure, but feels completely out of place and unnecessary to the movie as a whole.
The second has to do with the dwarves. Unlike in the book, we only get to know a handful of them to any degree; particularly Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), Balin (Ken Stott), Dwalin (Graham McTavish), Fili (Dean O'Gorman), and Kili (Aidan Turner). The others are recognizable based on their appearance and actions, but it's hard if not impossible to know what distinguishes them from each other in the movie. My hope is that they will be developed further in The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again (parts 2 and 3 respectively), but that doesn't excuse this film for not focusing more on the establishment of its primary and secondary characters.
My quibbles aside, I enjoyed The Hobbit immensely. It's beautiful, wonderfully acted, has a magnificent soundtrack, and there is a distinct element of fun to it that felt a bit absent at times in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Of course, that's not meant to detract from my opinion of those films, as they comprise one of my favorite movie trilogies of all time. They take place during a much darker period of Middle Earth than the events of An Unexpected Journey as a whole, though that may change somewhat in parts 2 and 3.
When all is said and done, I say that you should see the movie and judge for yourself. Forget what the critics say on Rotten Tomatoes, because The Hobbit is no dud by any means.
I give The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 8/10.
I'm Papa Kenn, and I'll see you next review.


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Gore Vidal v. Norman Mailer. Norman Mailer v. Tom Wolfe. Salman Rushdie v. John Updike. Ernest Hemingway v. Gertrude Stein. Henry James v. H.G. Wells. Charles Dickens v. William Thackeray. Literary feuds are as old as literature itself. Alternating between PR stunt, outright bullying, vigorous intellectual debate, and exercise in ego-bashing and -boosting, literary feuds are nothing if not pure bibliophilic entertainment.
The latest literary matchup pits Brazilian modernist novelist Paulo Coelho against Irish novelist James Joyce and his seminal work, the epic "Ulysses."
"Today writers want to impress other writers," Coelho told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S Paulo. "One of the books that caused greatest harm was James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' which is pure style. There is nothing there. Stripped down, 'Ulysses' is a twit."
Fighting words from the usually eloquent Coelho.
Joyce, of course, is well positioned for a literary attack. (The first rule of literary feuding: aim to knock down the king, not the servant. The more celebrated, well-known, and esteemed the author, the better the feud.) The great James Joyce is widely considered one of the most influential modernist avant-garde work writers of the 20th century and "Ulysses" a landmark that has been heralded as the epitome of modernist literature.
And as the Guardian writes, "Ulysses has topped poll after poll to be named the greatest novel of the 20th century." (Modern Library ranked it No. 1 in its list of "100 Best Novels." Interestingly, another Joyce masterpiece, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," was No. 3.)
No matter, Coelho says. "[W]riters fell into disgrace when they sought recognition through form, not content," writes Folha, echoing Coelho's words. "Ulysses," Coelho opines, failed because it focuses on form over substance – one of the first novels to start this damaging trend.
Coelho was speaking with the Brazilian newspaper about the publication of his 22nd novel, "Manuscrito Encontrado em Accra," a historical spiritual work set in 1099 Jerusalem as the Crusaders prepared to attack Muslims. "Manuscrito" has sold more than 115 million copies in 160 countries.
Coelho told the newspaper he credits his own popularity to the fact that he is a modern writer, "despite what the critics say."
"I'm modern because I make the difficult seem easy, and so I can communicate with the whole world."
"Ulysses," which was published with a print run of 1,000 copies in 1922, tells the tale of a day in the life of Leopold Bloom as he passes through an ordinary day in Dublin. The novel alludes to Odysseus of Homer's "Odyssey," and Joyce established a series of parallels between characters and events in the epic poem and his own novel. "Ulysses" weighs in at 265,000 words, with an impressive lexicon of 30,030 words. Today, the novel is read around the world and has been adapted for theater, film, and television.
All that, of course, only sets Joyce up for attack – and Coelho isn't the first to go after the celebrated author. In 2004, Irish novelist Roddy Doyle said "Ulysses" "could have done with a good editor" and said he doubted judges ranking it in a list of top 10 books ever written "were really moved by it."
Too bad Joyce isn't around to counter. If his fluency in writing is any indication, we think he'd make a fine debater.
Husna Haq is a Monitor correspondent.


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SD-Compatible iNAND Now With JEDEC JC 64.1 Standard Package and Ball-out
to Ease Integration of High-Capacity Storage in Handsets and Other Devices
BARCELONA, SPAIN, Feb. 12, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a new, JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) standard version of the iNAND™ embedded flash drive (EFD). This new version of iNAND, soon to be available in capacities of up to 8 gigabytes (GB)*, was unveiled at the 3GSM World Congress, where SanDisk is showcasing its storage technologies and solutions for the mobile world in Hall 8, Booth 8C74 and at Hall 7, Booth 7C62 at Spain's Fira de Barcelona exhibition grounds.
iNAND is a reliable, high-capacity and high-performance NAND flash storage device that is now JEDEC JC-64.1 package and ball-out compatible.** This new JEDEC compatibility, which allows iNAND to more readily connect to applications using this common standard, should help to reduce integration efforts for handset vendors and other mobile device manufacturers.
iNAND, which is compatible with the SD™ bus and commands, is designed to support mobile TV, multimedia downloading and other storage-hungry applications on portable systems such as mobile handsets, digital audio/MP3 players, gaming applications, GPS applications, personal media players and PDAs. With the new JEDEC standard hardware interface, the leading industry standard SD-compatible interface and smart flash management software integrated into its controller as firmware, iNAND is especially suited for these types of small portable devices. iNAND facilitates lower integration efforts and seamless access to the most cost-effective high-capacity MLC NAND flash technology available. EE Times recently named the iNAND EFD as an "Ultimate Product of the Year" finalist for its third Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award.
"JEDEC ball-out compatibility makes integration easier for our customers using iNAND as their mobile storage solution," said David Tolub, vice president and co-manager of the Mobile Handset Vendor business unit at SanDisk. "At 8GB, iNAND, with its new JEDEC standard ball-out which is also supported by a wide range of other consumer electronics products, opens up a new range of opportunities for iNAND beyond the millions of mobile handsets and consumer electronics products where it is already used."
Engineering samples of the new, JEDEC standard compatible iNAND embedded flash ddrive are available for testing and evaluation, with mass production planned for the Q3 2007. More information about iNAND can be found online at www.sandisk.com/OEM/Default.aspx?CatID=1294. Pricing information is not yet available.
JEDEC, more formally known as the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association (once known as the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), is the semiconductor engineering standardization body of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), a trade association that represents all areas of the electronics industry. More information about JEDEC is available online at www.jedec.org
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has operations worldwide, with more than half of its sales outside the U.S.
* 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
** Ball-out describes how an electrical connector is wired. An electrical connector typically consists of several electrical contacts or pins that can be used to carry electrical power or signals.
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SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from www.sandisk.com/corporate/mediakit/
SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. iNAND is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. SD is a trademark. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, cost reductions, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, we may not be able to reduce flash memory costs as expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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Even as some Democrats on Capitol Hill call for a rebuke of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.). for his outburst last week at the president's address, Barack Obama downplayed the need for a further censure of the South Carolina Republican, saying the whole thing is becoming a "big circus."
"See, this is part of what happens," Obama said, when asked about Wilson by interviewer Steve Kroft on Sunday's "60 Minutes." "I mean, it just becomes a big circus instead of us focusing on health care."
Some Democrats, led by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), are pushing for an official rebuke of Wilson, with a floor vote on the resolution coming as early as Tuesday.
But even as Obama seemed prepared to let the Wilson matter pass, he placed the blame squarely on Republicans for his inability to turn down the partisan vitriol around his health care plan in Washington, as he had promised to do repeatedly during his presidential campaign.
"Well, I think right now— you've got just a political environment where, there are those in the Republican party who think the best thing to do is just to kill reform. That that will be good politics," Obama said.
Obama conceded his attempts to restore civility in Washington remain a "work in progress."
In an interview taped Friday that makes for his third appearance on the CBS news show since taking office, the president acknowledged the political mood in the country is tense.
"I think you've got a convergence of things. Look, worst recession since the Great Depression. People feeling anxious," he said. "I think we're debating something that has always been a source of controversy, and that's not just health care, but also the structure, and the size, and the role of government. That's something that basically defines the left and the right in this country. And so, extremes on both sides get very agitated— about that issue."
At the same time, he conceded that American are facing "sticker shock" at the high cost even as he defended his decision to push ahead with an ambitious agenda of bailouts, stimulus spending, overseeing automakers, regulating Wall Street and advocating for health care reform. That's because, the president said, his health care effort is designed to cut costs. "The biggest problem we have in our budget, as much as we've spent this year on crisis response," Obama said, "and everybody agrees with this— is the rising cost of Medicare and Medicaid."


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In which we celebrate the Peeves family's first year of existence.
They said it couldn't be done ... Whoever "they" are. (Bernie Horowitz?) But one year later, Pet Peeves -- the Wicked Local comic strip following the ongoing adventures of the Peeves, a family of anthropomorphic dogs who couldn't be more human -- is still going strong.
To celebrate the occasion, creators Dave London and Pete Chianca have collected some of their favorite strips from the first year into the galleries below. (Also here and here.) It's your chance to catch up if you came on board late, or relive some old favorites. (For best results on mobile, zoom in to image and swipe. Left, that is.)
You can check out new installments of Pet Peeves every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday on the Pet Peeves blog, and also on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.


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SWANSBORO � With enough on the line and then some for both teams entering the Coastal 3-A Conference match-up between Swansboro and West Craven on Friday night, fans were geared up for a potential battle royal.
SWANSBORO � With enough on the line and then some for both teams entering the Coastal 3-A Conference match-up between Swansboro and West Craven on Friday night, fans were geared up for a potential battle royal.
What happened next can be neither described nor explained to do justice to the mayhem that ensued.
In a game riddled with confusing calls, an abundance of penalties and a defense of nearly NFL stature, Swansboro surprised West Craven 23-13, handing the Eagles their first conference loss.
Swansboro (7-3 and 3-2 in the league) put itself in position to finish tied for second in the conference with a win at home against Richlands (3-7, 0-5) next Friday night in the teams� regular-season finale.
Jacksonville, which plays host to White Oak next week, is also 3-2 in the league while West Craven (7-3) ends the regular season at home against two-time defending state champ Havelock (10-0, 5-0).
�I am fired up right now this is awesome,� Swansboro coach Tim Laspada said. �We dedicated this game to Jeff Fisher, one of our former players who passed away to cancer, and tonight we put him first and God first and they took us through.�
Hardly anyone gave Swansboro a chance to win but after going three-and-out on its first drive and handing the ball over to West Craven, Eagles� quarterback Alkeim Harley fumbled the ball.
Swansboro linebacker Charlie Loya picked up the fumble and fumbled 70 yards for a touchdown with just under two gone in the game.
West Craven quickly answered with a six-minute drive capped by Tyquail Raynor�s 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game.
After that, the frenzy began.
Both teams ended up with more penalty yards than rushing yards, and the recurring theme of fumbles led the way to a sloppy first half.
West Craven could not capitalize on excellent field position almost every time it touched the ball, but most of the credit for that went to Swansboro�s defense, which allowed just 26 rushing yards and sacked both Eagle quarterbacks a combined 11 times.
�We just tried to contain them because they are so fast,� Laspada said. �Their coaching staff does such a good job and that�s basically all we did in order to take care of business.�
Not only did the Pirates� defense step up, but their offense took advantage of every miscue the Eagles gave them.
After West Craven�s punter accidentally downed the ball on a fourth-and-long, Swansboro took over at the Eagles� 11-yard line. Several plays later quarterback Chris Phipps scored on a 3-yard run to take a 14-7 lead going into halftime.
The Eagles continued to battle their own demons on top of the vicious defensive attack from the Pirates throughout the second half.
�They just had a great defensive game plan and every time we got something going we would always do something to shoot ourselves in the foot,� West Craven coach Matt Riggsbee said. �I have never seen so many flagrant fouls in my life, and I�ve never seen an officiating crew let it get so out of hand.�
On top of your run-of-the-mill penalties, the Eagles racked up seven unsportsmanlike conduct flags, most killing scoring threats. And if that wasn�t enough, four or five Pirates practically lived in the backfield pressuring every throw or run.
Swansboro pushed its lead at the end of the third quarter on another Phipps touchdown run and a 24-yard field goal by Cameron Noonan in the beginning of the fourth quarter to take control 23-7.
West Craven fought back late when Tyrone Brown caught a 7-yard touchdown pass to pull within 10 points, but in the confusion of the night with 22 seconds left backup quarterback Darius Abrams spiked the ball on fourth-and-5 to turn it over on downs, sealing the win for Swansboro.
�We have to take care of business next week against a good Richlands team, and coming off a win like this we can�t have a letdown,� Laspada said, �because they can come in and kick out tails so we just have to come out and play.�
West Craven 7 0 0 6 � 13
Swansboro 7 7 6 3 � 23
First Quarter
SW � Loya 70 fumble (kick)
WC � Raynor 1 run (kick)
Second Quarter
SW � Phipps 3 run (kick)
Third Quarter
SW � Phipps 18 run (kick blocked)
Fourth Quarter
SW � Noonun 24 kick
WC � Brown 7 catch (2 pt. no)
First downs 9 7
Rushes-yards 32-26 37-124
Passing 138 10
Comp-Att-Int 10-25-0 3-5-0
Punts-Avg. 5-20.0 6-29.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 5-1
Penalties-Yards 11-120 15-125
RUSHING�WC: Raynor 10-39, Harley 7- -4, Da. Abrams 9- -18. SW: Phipps 22-47, Hill 5-32, Thompkins 6-15
PASSING�WC: Harley 4-37, Da. Abrams 6-91. SW: Phipps 3-10
RECEIVING�WC: McDaniel 4-38, Brown 4-84. SW: Hemby 1-7, Thompkins 1-3.


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Clean energy is a conservative cause
Conservatives champion the essential characteristics of America: liberty, enterprise and ingenuity. As world leaders consider how to transform the way we make and use energy in the face of a changing climate, it's time for an energy policy true to that spirit -- and it shouldn't be anathema to the American right.
Conservatives have a robust tradition of principled concern for the environment. It was, after all, Teddy Roosevelt who created five national parks and signed the Antiquities Act. It was Richard Nixon who established the Environmental Protection Agency, and George H.W. Bush who ushered in one of the greatest environmental success stories, the 1990 cap-and-trade plan to take on acid rain.
Today, Americans of all political persuasions want to see their country on a path toward an economy powered by energy that is clean, safe, secure and stable. With climate legislation pending and a binding global treaty being negotiated, conservative leadership is critical because the only way to get the job done is with broad bipartisan agreement.
How can they do it? By establishing a Red-Blue-Green agenda on whose principles conservatives, Democrats and independents can all agree. Which Americans would argue against energy that meets the following principles:
-- Freedom from national insecurity. The Western world's dependence on oil means transferring billions of dollars to nations whose interests are at odds with democratic ideals. This makes for geopolitical instability and forces the United States to compromise its role as a beacon of freedom just to secure traditional fuels.
-- A return to economic strength. Ultimately, the question is: Which countries will lead the world to a clean-energy future -- and reap the benefits? The United States is already falling behind. It has lost its dominance in solar manufacturing and ranks 22nd in energy efficiency. The Chinese market for clean tech is forecast to grow to as much as $1 trillion per year. America cannot afford to cede new markets and the jobs they create without even trying.
-- New employment, with lower long-term costs. Much of the U.S. debate focuses on the short-term costs associated with the transition to a clean-energy economy without considering its long-term benefits or calculating the costs of continuing business as usual. The wave of innovations around clean energy will not only create new industries and jobs but also allow businesses to have increasingly efficient -- and therefore more profitable -- operations.
-- Cleaner, healthier communities. Republicans once played a leading role in cleaning up our air and water, and conservatives of all stripes should champion that role again. The manufacturing booms that built cities such as Detroit and Cleveland left environmental degradation in their wake. Good climate legislation will bring jobs back to hard-hit areas, but this time factories will not pollute the groundwater or make the air unsafe to breathe.
-- Competition trumps regulation. A sensible clean-energy policy should free, rather than constrain, markets. Smart policy corrects market failures and provides certainty, stimulating investment in the technology and infrastructure necessary to build an economy based on clean energy. Washington must ensure that such investment will be rewarded. The government shouldn't "pick winners" -- it should unleash competition, ensuring that the cleanest businesses thrive and the dirtiest are held accountable. A well-crafted federal law to limit pollution is better than unfettered regulation by the EPA or ever-changing regulation by the states.
The seeds of these opportunities have already been planted. And companies that have taken the lead are prospering. At News Corporation, we have saved millions by becoming more energy-efficient, overhauling a range of systems from the production of such shows as "American Idol" and "24" to energy usage in our buildings around the world. This has yielded savings that help us invest more in talent and has inspired us to look for further opportunities to improve.
You do not need to believe that all climate science is settled or every prediction or model is perfect to understand the benefits of limiting pollution and transforming our energy policies -- as a gradually declining cap on carbon pollution would do. This is the moment to champion policies that yield new industries, healthy competition, cleaner air and water, freedom from petroleum politics and reduced costs for businesses.
Through market-based incentives we can achieve clean energy at the lowest cost and with the strongest incentives for innovation -- ensuring that the energy solution will help, not harm, the economy. Republicans such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) get this and are working across party lines to build support for new legislation. Previously conservation-minded conservatives are missing in the heated partisanship of today's politics. It's time they found their voice again.
The writer is chairman and chief executive, Europe and Asia, News Corporation.


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Saturday, August 7, 2010
bento lunch: bye bye birdie
Before the EasyLunchboxes bento hit the ground Ethan had a grilled cheese sandwich, SunChips and sunflower kernels in the big section; sliced kiwi fruit, carrots and homemade ranch in the smaller sections.
Not all was lost in the tipped bento fiasco. Just a few SunChips, a couple carrots and most of the sunflower kernels were lost in the battle for elbow room. Just five more days til that school bell rings! ;-)
11 comments:
- ✿ Belle ✿ said... [Reply to comment]
wooo i love this bento, carrots with dip souce! mmmm ^^
- August 7, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- Karla T said... [Reply to comment]
Very nice! Glad not all was lost. : )
Did you ever post your recipe for the cheeseburger stuffed muffins?
- August 7, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- stacey said... [Reply to comment]
I really appreciate your blog! I look forward to your posts. I really want to start using the bento system for my daughter. I am finding it difficult to know what to start out with or where to find it (I am very rural Canadian). Can you help? Have you ever thought about combining some items & selling them?
Thanks so much,
- August 7, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Kelly Polizzi said... [Reply to comment]
What a shame. Looks like a nice healthy lunch. I love that background!
- August 7, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
Love the "in the battle of elbow room"..lol, sounds like my house. Glad to hear that super yummy lunch was not all lost.
- August 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Karla! I don't make cheeeseburger muffins, but I found a lot of resources for just such a recipe online for you!
From Tastofhome.com - http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Cheeseburger-Mini-Muffins
The Pioneer Woman Cooks -
I hope those resources are helpful to you! :)
Hi Stacey! I'm sorry to hear you are having trouble finding supplies. I understand the frustration. I live in the middle of Tennessee, which is not exactly the bento capital of the universe. :) Almost all my supplies have been bought online... I'm sure JList (bento store shown in my right margin) ships internationally, I've purchased a lot from them. Also ebay. Will Amazon ship to Canada?
~ And thanks everyone! :)
- August 8, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Gina @ MoneywiseMoms said... [Reply to comment]
Stacey--I'm doing a frugal version of Bento lunches for my three kids using EasyLunchboxes and silicone cups, which I bought at Michael's (one of our craft stores) with a 50% off coupon. You don't really need a lot of expensive supplies.
- August 10, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Merry said... [Reply to comment]
Great post! I'm following you now. My little guy is just starting preschool but I have to send him a snack. I'm loving seeing all the ideas for what to send (it also helps for new ideas for lunches b/c he often eats the same thing over and over).
- August 29, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Red Charlotte said... [Reply to comment]
Can you tell me the name of the product that is holding the dip and sunflower seeds in the box in this post? It is so cute! Thanks!
- October 6, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Charlotte! Those are silicone muffin cups. The green one is a standard size one, that specific one is from Cost Plus World Market. The smaller blue one is a mini-muffin silicone cup, from a set of multicolored ones I ordered from Amazon - http://amzn.to/bJ1f3J
- October 6, 2010 at 6:32 PM
- Red Charlotte said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks so much for your quick response!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:27 PM


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Any #indieweb people going to www2013.org? The Microposts Workshop looks like it might be quite interesting. #www2013
Any #indieweb people going to www2013.org? The Microposts Workshop looks like it might be quite interesting. #www2013
Registered taprootproject.com for #indieweb reasons. My publishing software is being released soon! /cc sandeepshetty
Currently joining various #indieweb and #fsw W3C community groups. There are so many!
Earlier, aral wittily quipped:
The CMS I use for my personal sites is called a file system. You might have heard of it. #indieweb
I disagree with this premise. Useful and easy as filesystems are, without a wrapper like Jekyll they don't manage content (resources), they manage representations (typically HTML).
laurakalbag you mean you spend time doing… reverse spam filtering?! Doesn't that negate the usefulness of spam filters completely? Personally I am inclined against leaving comments on other sites anyway, it may keep conversations in the same place but it fragments my identity. Hence developing Own Your Comments
I made a little #indieweb icon set based around a simple house metaphor: https://github.com/barnabywalters/indieweb-icons
Aaron Parecki funny you should mention that, I've been making a little indieweb-oriented icon set. Not public yet, I'll drop it on GH this morning
rektide agreed! We (#indiewebcamp) are building that return. Care to join in? http://indiewebcamp.com but most activity is on IRC
benward heh, or not :/ Hopefully this time though. If not I won't bother you with any more of these tweets :)
"I'd rather host my data and live with such awkwardness in the open than be a sharecropper on so many beautiful social content farms." Tantek Çelik
Just found Tantek Çelik's follow up to the long discussion too: http://tantek.com/2011/010/b1/owning-your-data — good read on the origins of POSSE and why tweets are worth storing #indieweb
Also RE twitter syndication UX: with self hosted notes we have the chance to make a really robust threaded/branched conversation model via
rel values, something @twitter lacks /cc Tom Morris #indieweb
Here is the wrap-up of @t and @zeldman and others discussing self hosting and links: http://notes.tomhenrich.com/2011/01/own-your-data/ /cc @tommorris #indieweb/
Note that myself and Aaron Parecki are overcoming some of these UX issues with things like Indieweb Reply, syndicated conversations and smart truncenation algorithms.
Tom Morris no-one's complained about it, but I have very few followers :) I know @zeldman complained at Tantek Çelik before, I'll try to find his article about it
tommorris yay! I feel honoured you've taken the time to install it on Christmas Day :) So does ferocity send/receive pingbacks? Next step is to stop relying on twitter for reply/notification infrastructure.
lkdto that would be great! It helps awesome things like the indentengine.com API exist
tommorris agreed. I am amazed that there is such a consumer culture in such a creative, technically-able community


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Latest News
Florida marine industry back to building boats
MANATEE -- Marine manufacturers across Southwest Florida are back to the business of building boats, with hopes a resurgence in buyer demand will leave the recession in their wake.
Sales of recreational boats, accessories and marine services are on the rise for the first time since a struggling economy took grip of the $72 billion industry.Wary consumers put off their potential boat purchases during the past four years, fearing financial uncertainty. But as more economic indicators begin to improve, buyers are regaining the confidence to pull the trigger on big-ticket items.
Boat manufacturers now are working to keep pace."It's been exponential growth each month," said Todd Albrecht, vice president of sales for Jupiter Marine in Palmetto. "People are getting numb to the negative news and getting back their lifestyles. Our customers grew up boating, they want to continue boating, and they're coming back faster now."
Vanishing demand from the Great Recession hit Manatee's maritime industry hard, with boat manufacturers and their ancillary businesses sailing off to areas like North Carolina, which levied fewer taxes.
The trend was never more evident locally than in 2008, when Wellcraft and Hydro-Sports closed their Manatee County plants and in 2010 when Donzi Marine left.
But those that survived the choppy water say the sector is mounting a comeback.U.S. retail boat sales jumped 6 percent last year to $32.3 billion, with aluminum power boats reporting the steepest upswing, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association.
It was the first annual increase since 2006.Florida led the way with $1.47 billion in recreational boat sales, a 35 percent climb over 2010 and the most marine sales of any state, records show.
"Boat sales traditionally follow consumer confidence very closely, so when we see sustained consumer confidence in the long run, we also see increases in boat sales," NMMA spokeswoman Ellen Hopkins said. "Boating is not just a product, it's a lifestyle, and people don't want to wait anymore."
Historically low interest rates and loosening credit conditions have helped buyers needing to finance.But because a purchase of that magnitude can impact the entire family, buyers are still vetting the idea extensively before jumping the gun. They are shopping around for the best deals.The trend has not solely encompassed the upper-class. In fact, more than 80 percent of boat owners in the U.S. had an annual household income last year of less than $100,000, records show.
"Everybody adjusted their budgets and figured out what they could afford and what was necessary," said Mike Brimer, general manager of Ingman Marine, a dealership near the airport in South Manatee. "People gave up the golf memberships or maybe that one week vacation ever year in the Bahamas for a boat. We live in the most beautiful place in the world. Why wouldn't you want a boat here?"
The surge in sales also has manufactured a new demand among boat builders.The sector endured many of the same struggles as the area's housing market during the recession. As demand fell, so did prices.
Consumers who were still in the market turned to pre-owned boats because deeply-discounted bank repos were easy to find, and like the construction industry, the trend hurt the boat builders that count on new sales.Now marine manufacturers are seeing their revenues accelerate again. An estimated 83 percent of the boats sold in the U.S. in 2011 also were built in the U.S., according to the marine association.Hann Powerboats in Bradenton has landed some foreign contracts that are projected to double company sales this year over 2011, which were 30 percent higher than 2010.
The manufacturer specializes in large military-style boats engineered to go extremely fast while keeping fuel efficient. Most of its boats are sold to the government, including the U.S. Air Force, Navy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, municipal authorities and some private corporations."We're seeing more inquires from all segments of the marketplace," Hann Vice President Kevin McLaughlin said. "People are begging to investigate more for relatively near-term purchases.
"Even the luxury market has come on strong.Chris-Craft, headquartered on 15th Street East in South Manatee, has seen growth for three consecutive years. About 50 percent of the company's sales stem from overseas buyers.With a focus on the high-end market, Chris-Craft unveiled two new models -- the Corsair 36 and Launch 32 -- during a special presentation at the Miami Boat Show in February. Both have been well received.
"We sort of damned the economy and built two new boats that were the largest of their series this year, and it looks like a good decision," Chris-Craft Marketing Director Kirsten Pedersen said. "The luxury market hasn't been hit as hard as others, but spending did change. We overcame that and it's the reason we're still in business and doing well today."


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MIAMI - One man was shot and killed by police just after 2 p.m. near Downtown Miami on Saturday.
A spokesman with the Miami Police Department said two men were fighting and a MPD officer shot at one of the men. The incident happened near the west end of the MacArthur Causeway and Biscayne Boulevard, near the Miami Herald building.
"They attempted to separate them, there was some sort of confrontation," Det. Willie Moreno with the Miami Police Department said.
Police said they do not know why the men were fighting and that that is part of their investigation. They could not say if any of the men involved were armed.
The second man in the fight was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Police have not identified the men.
The ramp to Biscayne Boulevard from the MacArthur was closed and traffic is being diverted to the next exit.
Local10.com will update this story as more information is available.
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Cotton Field In My Kitchen!
I love autumn, all the colors and the amazing dried things it gives birth to. Each fall I love to wander fields and roadways collecting goodies. I always "cure" them in my oven for an hour at the lowest setting. This kills anything that could really ruin my day when they hatch in mass...in my house! LOL can you imagine if you made a Christmas gift from such and when the person opened it Christmas morning, a horde of unwelcome guests fill the room? Or if it's full of dead ones that hatched and died waiting for Christmas morning's opening??? LOL
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little visit South for the fall! These beautiful pictures are courtesy of my oldest daughter.
These are Magnolia pods. You can actually see the pod in the middle of the flower when it blooms. It changes and is all that's left in the fall. They don't smell very nice in my opinion, as flowers or pods, but this year I dried them with the beautiful red berries still on - for an entire day in the oven. To my delight, when I took them out they smelled like fresh pineapple! Days later they still do. So beautiful and now smelling so sweet! I plan to use them mixed with other fall goodies as vase filler this year.
This is the magnolia blossom. See the pod starting in the middle?
When the pod is entirely dry it looks like this freebie I gave away in 2008. I'm just posting this image to show you how it looks. It's in the Pods 'n' Berries Kit in the store now.
Cotton is so beautiful. (I don't dry it in the oven and have never had bug issues. Concerned they might catch fire.) Over the years I have had many a special time wandering fields and taking pictures. Each stage is amazing. I like to call the fall fields, Southern Snow. I raised my family just a hop skip and a jump from this cotton gin. Still live only minutes from it now, but in the city. I remember their Papa taking his rusty old green truck to the gin to collect the fermenting cotton seeds to spread on his huge vegetable garden as fertilizer.
When we moved away from the gin, our next house was a little neighborhood in the country surrounded by cotton fields. It was so beautiful, but the defoliant they spray each fall kept us all sick till cold weather each year. Not good. When the girls have lived away, I send them a cotton boll or two in the fall for their home-sickness. We have a deep love and appreciation for our ever dwindling cotton fields. Each year there are fewer of them. So sad.
These were damp with rain when I collected them, so I have left them on the counter to dry. They are fluffing out more every day! My cotton field in the kitchen!
I also collected Mimosa Pods. While I was out scavenging nature, I came across a huge part of a tree that had broken and fallen, so I was able to reach tons of clusters of the pods. Normally they are way to high up to reach. You just have the individual pods that fall in your yard and make problems! Now I have clusters! They are fragile and I haven't found a good use for them in the past, but I have a big bag to experiment with this year!
Here's a blooming Mimosa tree. This is a page from the first book I published, Surrounded By God's Glory.
This is a pic I took in the Smokys of how they look just before the pods fall. See how far up?
This is a preview of the Mimosa pods I gave away in 2008 and are now available in the Pods 'n' Berries kit in my store. I'm posting this preview only to show the pods.
This is another page from, Surrounded By God's Glory. The top four pictures show what a crepe myrtle looks like in the spring and blooming.
In the fall, they shed their bark and it hangs like lizard skin from the branches! It is fragile and I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but I collected a bunch this year to experiment with. I'm thinking I might soak it in water and wrap around a candle or vase. They might be cool just in a glass cylinder or laying in a tray arrangement of goodies. It's just wonderful to have God's fall blessings here to see what I can do with them!
Here the arrows show some of the bark hanging:
My Bag-O-Bark!
It's not the right time now, but the crepe myrtle blossom clusters become really cool dried goodies too. I gave this away as a freebie in 2009. It's in the Pods 'n' Berries Kit in the store now. I'm just posting this preview so you can see what they look like.
If you'd like tons of cool pods, berries and fall goodies to use on your scrapbooking pages, these are just some of the fall related kits are available. There are tons more in the store. Just click the store button at the bottom of this post or the pretty blue round one at the top of the right column on the blog. You can just use the Buy It Now Buttons to purchase any of these.
Thanks for dropping by and be sure to get outside and enjoy the beautiful, fragrant, crunchy under your feet autumn God is giving us!
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Introducing the first series of kitchen knives from the beloved American outdoor tool company ESEE. The Series 1 Knives were designed by Ethan Becker, co-author of Joy of Cooking Cookbook and father of Becker Knife & Tool. They've been used, modified, and the designs honed in Ethan's personal kitchen for over five years before they were ready to hit production. The Series 1 Knives are very ergonomic, well built, and scary sharp straight out of the box. Built up to true ESEE quality with a no questions asked lifetime warranty, these new kitchen knives can be found at www.knifecenter.com.
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At its second annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, the International Energy Agency, (IEA) said that by 2016 clean energy will overtake natural gas to become the second largest source of energy in the world behind coal.
In 2012 global renewable energy generation grew by 8%, far exceeding expectations. This rate of growth is predicted to continue, leading to an overall increase of 40% over the next five years, and meaning that they will account for 25% of the global energy mix by 2018.
The IEA stated that Hydroelectric projects will account for the majority of renewable energy growth, but other sources, such as wind, solar, bioenergy, and geothermal, will see their share of the global energy mix double from 4% in 2011, to 8% in 2018. (Related article: Can Obama Lame-Duck His Way to a Greener Future?)
Maria van der Hoeven, the executive director at the IEA, explained that "as their costs continue to fall, renewable power sources are increasingly standing on their own merits versus new fossil-fuel generation.
This is good news for a global energy system that needs to become cleaner and more diversified, but it should not be an excuse for government complacency, especially among OECD countries."
Non OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries are expected to develop around two-thirds of the total increase in renewable power capacity by 2018, with China leading the way.
Original Source: http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Renewable-Energy-will-Overtake-Natural-Gas-by-2016-IEA.html