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Other ways to quit smokeless tobacco
Other tobacco-related and nicotine-containing products have appeared in the past few years. Because they are not marketed to treat nicotine addiction, the FDA doesn't consider them drugs and doesn't regulate them. Some may be helpful, but none of these products have been proven to work to help people quit using tobacco.
Methods without nicotine
Non-tobacco snuff products
These are sold in grocery and convenience stores, online, or by mail order. They are packaged like moist snuff in a tin and come in different flavors. They are made from plants or herbs such as tea, clover, mint leaves, kudzu, or alfalfa. Some have added flavors and moisteners like glycerin. At least one contains an herb called guarana, which has quite a bit of caffeine in it.
Non-tobacco snuffs can be used alone or mixed with regular snuff as a person is trying to cut down on tobacco. They are generally considered safe as long as you're not allergic to anything in them, but they have not been reviewed by the FDA and there's not much research on whether they help people quit. One study that used mint snuff as a substitute found that it helped reduce cravings in smokeless tobacco users who were trying to quit. But those who used the mint snuff were no more likely to quit tobacco than those who didn't. If you choose to try a non-tobacco snuff, check the ingredient list to see what you are getting.
Hypnosis methods vary a great deal, which makes hypnosis hard to study as a way to quit tobacco. For the most part, reviews that looked at controlled studies of hypnosis to help people quit smoking have not supported it as a quitting method that works. As a way to quit using smokeless tobacco, hypnosis has been studied even less. Still, it might be useful for some people. If you'd like to try it, ask your doctor to recommend a good licensed therapist who does hypnotherapy.
This method has been used for quitting tobacco, but there's little evidence to show that it works. It involves putting small needles into the skin, usually around the ears. For a list of local doctors who do acupuncture, contact the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture online at www.medicalacupuncture.org, or call 323-937-5514.
Low-level laser therapy
This technique, also called cold laser therapy, is related to acupuncture. Despite claims of success by some cold laser therapy providers, there's no scientific evidence that this helps people stop using tobacco.
Tobacco deterrents
These include over-the-counter products that change the taste of tobacco, "quitting diets" that are supposed to curb nicotine cravings, and combinations of vitamins. There's little scientific evidence to support claims that any of these methods work.
Herbs and supplements
There's little scientific evidence to support the use of homeopathic aids and herbal supplements as methods to help a person quit tobacco. Because they are marketed as dietary supplements (not drugs), these products don't need FDA approval to be sold. This means that the manufacturers don't have to prove they work, or even that they're safe.
Be sure to look closely at the label of any product that claims it can help you quit tobacco. Dietary supplements and homeopathic remedies have no proven track record of helping people quit tobacco.
Other nicotine and tobacco products not reviewed or approved by the FDA
Nicotine lollipops and lip balms
In the past, some pharmacies made a product called a nicotine lollipop. These lollipops often contained a product called nicotine salicylate, which is not approved by the FDA for pharmacy use. The FDA has warned pharmacies to stop selling nicotine lollipops and lip balm, calling the products "illegal." The FDA also said "the candy-like products present a risk of accidental use by children."
Other tobacco cessation products like these that do not use nicotine salicylate may be legal if they are prescribed by a doctor. But they still pose a risk for children and pets if they are not well-labeled, stored safely, and disposed of where children and pets cannot get them.
Tobacco lozenges, strips, and pills
Lozenges, sticks, strips, and pills that contain tobacco are now being marketed as other ways for smokers to get nicotine in places where smoking is not allowed. They are not sold as ways to quit tobacco. The FDA has ruled that these are types of smokeless tobacco, not aids to quit smoking or wean off tobacco. There's no reason to think these products would have fewer health risks than more common forms of smokeless tobacco.
Swedish snus has been touted by some people as a safer way to use tobacco, and even as a way to quit smoking cigarettes. Snus made in Sweden is a type of moist snuff that is reported to have lower levels of tobacco-associated nitrosamines (TSNAs), a potent cancer-causing agent in tobacco products. Lower TSNA levels may mean less risk of cancer, but there are still TSNAs and other carcinogens in Swedish snus.
American versions of snus contain varying amounts of TSNAs depending on brand and region of the United States. Levels of TSNAs are not regulated in American snus, nor is there a requirement for labeling about this carcinogen. And, as with Swedish snus, there are other carcinogens besides TSNAs. To date, snus has not been tested in controlled clinical trials as a way to stop smoking. Snus contains tobacco, so it's not helpful if your goal is to quit; it's as addictive as any other form of tobacco. American snus has not been proven safer than the more common forms of smokeless tobacco.
For more on snus, see our document called Smokeless Tobacco.
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Guide to Quitting Smokeless Tobacco
- What do I need to know about quitting?
- Why is it so hard to quit smokeless tobacco?
- How does smokeless tobacco affect your health?
- Other reasons to quit smokeless tobacco
- What are the immediate rewards of quitting smokeless tobacco?
- Getting help with the physical part of addiction to smokeless tobacco
- Getting help with the mental part of addiction to smokeless tobacco
- Other ways to quit smokeless tobacco
- A word about success rates for quitting smokeless tobacco
- Steps for long term success
- Making the decision to quit smokeless tobacco
- Setting a date and making a plan to quit smokeless tobacco
- Dealing with smokeless tobacco withdrawal
- Staying tobacco-free
- Special concerns after quitting smokeless tobacco
- To learn more
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I think 2013 can be charitably described as a transitional period for Star Wars. As new and exciting projects come to fruition behind the scenes at Lucasfilm and Disney, just as many had to come to an end, lending the year a bittersweet feeling. We lost The Clone Wars, but we're gaining Star Wars Rebels. We lost Star Wars 1313, but we're gaining Star Wars Battlefront. We lost Attack of the Clones 3D and Revenge of the Sith 3D, but we're gaining at least five new movies. More than any year in recent memory, 2013 was a significant test of patience.
On the Hasbro collecting front, things weren't any better. The awful distribution, poor character selection, and head-scratching decisions that have plagued the line since at least 2011 weren't improved upon this year whatsoever - in fact, they were only compounded by newer problems. Hasbro hoped to reengage the collector market with the 6" Black Series collection, but that line proved to be far from immune to the same issues.
This time last year, the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney raised a lot of questions. A year later…we still don't have many answers. We know the major crew members for Episode VII, including JJ Abrams as director, John Williams as composer, and Ben Burtt as sound designer. We know it will be released on December 18, 2015, and that R2-D2 is the first and only confirmed character. And…that's about it. The news has moved as slowly as a drunken Hutt, and even truths we thought we knew (Michael Arndt is writing!) weren't exactly set in stone (just kidding it's Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan!). With shooting scheduled for Pinewood Studios sometime in Spring, we'll be getting a deluge of production updates in just a short amount of time, and the rumormongering will only get more intense.
As the company moved under the Disney umbrella, some divisions faced significant changes - none more than LucasArts. With its last big hit (The Force Unleashed) five years in the rearview mirror and its apparent next big hit (Star Wars 1313) nowhere near completion, it isn't like the video game division was operating at peak efficiency. Still, its restructuring as solely a development house came as a surprise to longtime video game fans. But it certainly didn't mean the end to all Star Wars video games, with fun apps like Angry Birds Star Wars II and Tiny Death Star coming out and both Attack Squadrons and a Battlefront reboot in the works for the near future - the latter under the announced agreement with EA games for future Star Wars titles.
At the dawn of the new year, we've found out that 2013 was actually Dark Horse's penultimate year with the Star Wars license before it returns to Disney's Marvel in 2015. I'm not a big comics reader, but the most-publicized releases were Star Wars and, uh, The Star Wars. The former, an apparent soft reboot of the era between Episodes IV and V; the latter, an adaptation of George Lucas' first-draft screenplay. Both Dark Horse and Del Rey have been dealing mostly with the time periods set during the films lately as Lucasfilm calibrates the story for the new wave of entertainment (along with what it means to be canon).
The Clone Wars kicked off the year with its 100th episode, fulfilling George Lucas' long-stated goal for the series. Furthering the exploits of Colonel Gascon and D-squad, the installment dealt with a lost Republic Commando and, er, a burger restaurant - thankfully the out-of-place cartoonish antics concluded the following week. The next two arcs exceeded the show's usual high standards for visual storytelling and shocked longtime viewers with the deaths of several high-profile characters. Darth Maul's unexpected reign as ruler of Mandalore met its abrupt end at the lightning-charged hands of Darth Sidious, who claimed to have other uses for his unruly former apprentice. Even more shocking was Ahsoka Tano choosing a path apart from the Jedi Order following a fundamental shaking of her beliefs. Her final descent down the Temple steps provided a nice coda to the season, and as it turned out, the series as a whole – well, at least its time on Cartoon Network. As we found out, production continued on the series until October (even after massive layoffs to the production staff) to wrap up a handful of episodes that were already nearly completed. Dave Filoni promised that the bonus content would hit in early 2014, consisting of at least two arcs; from the sound of it, we're in for at least half another season, as well as a limited Dark Horse comic series adapting what would have been Darth Maul's final story arc. We still don't know much at all, but we know that the bonus content will somehow deal with Order 66, an important mission for Yoda, and at long last, the mystery of Sifo-Dyas.
The cancellation of The Clone Wars was coupled with news of the postponement of Star Wars Detours, the comedy series that was first previewed at 2012's Celebration VI. It didn't seem that too many fans were waiting for the show with bated breath, but Seth Green noted that the series is still planned for release…eventually.
Instead, Lucasfilm Animation's efforts are turning towards Star Wars Rebels, focusing on the planet Lothal as it adjusts to Imperial rule around five years before A New Hope. Dave Filoni will be executive producing along with Simon Kinberg, who currently has his fingers in several Star Wars pies, and Greg Weisman, a television animation giant. Again, we don't know much, but we know it will involve the crew of a ship called the Ghost, a Jedi-hunting Utapaun Inquisitor, and lots of references to Ralph McQuarrie and classic Kenner toys.
So with one series winding down, another just ramping up, and a third somewhere in limbo (oh yeah, and some Lego specials I didn't watch), 2013 didn't have a ton to offer in the ways of Star Wars animation. But with The Clone Wars bonus content in the first half of the year and Star Wars Rebels in the second, 2014 is already looking much brighter for Star Wars on TV.
Lucasfilm wasn't the only one making big changes to already-announced plans. Hasbro's relaunch of Legacy Collection's Droid Factory - just about the only thing collectors would have been happy with replacing The Vintage Collection - ended before it began due to budgetary issues, with the figures reassigned to The Black Series or exclusives. The Vintage Collection "greatest hits" repacks were nowhere to be seen, and any backlog seemed to consist of more Episode I figures. After the final wave of The Vintage Collection was sold exclusively online in late 2012, the final waves of The Clone Wars and Movie Heroes were sold everywhere but the United States. The Class I vehicles were laid to rest after one wave in the Spring, leaving the simplified Class II ships to pull up the slack (spoiler alert: they couldn't).
The year then continued the pattern of holding back most of its releases until Fall, but unless you were a huge Angry Birds fan, it was kind of a wash. New lines are always plagued by over-ordering and relatively uninteresting choices for wave 1, but at least we typically could have expected Hasbro to glue the bubbles to the cards properly. While I applaud their continued efforts to be more environmentally conscious - this year's plastic packaging has the universal recycling symbol for the first time ever - it can't be coupled with figures falling off the cards in the store, or the hideous tape, staples, and shrink wrap that many stores had to resort to. And as if distribution and case assortments weren't bad enough on their own, the stores weren't helping matters: Target listed The Black Series under the same DPCI as The Vintage Collection, so you just had to pray your store sold out of Naboo Royal Guards and Qui-Gons; depressingly, many Walmarts chose not to carry anything but role-play lightsabers, and didn't offer any exclusives whatsoever. Toys R Us and, surprisingly, Kmart turned out to be collectors' best hopes at retail thanks to their actually stocking product and offering interesting exclusives. Heck, even Barnes & Noble entered the fray with its limited selection of 6" figures. Online, Amazon stepped up in a big way, offering exclusives and basic figures and continually slashing prices, though early on it was a crapshoot as to whether your boxes would arrive mangled; HasbroToyShop finally came through by keeping individual figures well stocked and offering multiple holiday sales. If Target and Walmart can't get their stuff together, at least there are numerous other options now.
The Black Series probably isn't going to go down as anyone's favorite 3 3/4" line, but its first three waves have nevertheless offered a handful of amazing figures. The highlight of the first bunch is undoubtedly Padmé Amidala, a long-awaited and much-needed update; her mismatched elbow joint is unfortunate but forgivable. Pablo-Jill is a hulking, stupendously articulated version of the Ongree Jedi Master that turned out cooler than he had any right to be. TC-70, sold as the build-a-droid in the Amazon multipack, is the most interesting-looking protocol droid figure so far, way more accurate than her 2009 animated release. And while I don't yet have Darth Plagueis, every other figure in wave three is a knockout. For some reason, the figure that struck a chord with me this year was Clone Commander Neyo. He builds on the 2011 Vintage Collection Clone Trooper - one of my all-time favorite sculpts - by adding gear, his unique helmet, and a new portrait based on The Clone Wars concept art. Sure, the grimy wash could be more even (especially on the belt), but Neyo's sheer cool factor makes it easy to overlook. We got too many clones in too short a time this year, but if they were all as fresh as Neyo, I don't think anyone would mind.
Many collectors would simply say "all of Saga Legends and Mission Series," but I find those lines to be pretty charming and fun for what they are: simple, low-priced toys. (If five points of articulation is the way the entire line goes, though, we would have a problem.) The worst figures of the year, however, tended to be ones that came out looking worse than they should have, either by a factory error or poor planning or a combination of the two. There's Yoda from his Jedi Attack Fighter - a fun concept bungled by melty-eyed paint applications. There's Mara Jade, who had her severe eyebrows and '80s mane positioned incorrectly in early shipments; later releases have everything in place, and she's not bad overall, but she's still not the version that fans voted for in 2011. You could even mention Que-Mars Redath and Khaat Qiyn, otherwise fine Jedi who somehow got their left hands noticeably mixed up. But the top honor has to go to the 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper. For no apparent reason, his armor is missing the vast majority of its paint applications, as seen in the film and on the multiple previous releases of this design. Hasbro has stated twice that the applications would be fixed, but so far, it's just a boring white clone with a few subtle gray stripes, and at this point nobody should be asked to drop $10 on an incomplete figure like this one.
The final wave of Class I vehicles - including two figures each - brought us the last American animated Clone Wars figures, a mini-rig dropped from the MTT, and Yoda's Jedi Attack Fighter, which was pretty fun aside from the wonky figure. Class II was downsized this year from the bloated $30 repacks of 2012 to the $20 under-scaled, hollow shells of 2013. The Episode III Jedi Starfighters are probably more in scale than the 2005 mold, and the whole group of eight works well as toys, but the line could be better served by featuring vehicles that are already small instead of just scaling down bigger ships that we already have. Toys R Us and Amazon both brought us a nice selection of Vintage Collection vehicles - continuing the year's theme of upgrading stuff everyone already bought. Slave I (Boba Fett's Spaceship) resurrects the 2010 Clone Wars mold in Episode V colors and looks incredible, but the flight stabilization feature doesn't work as well as it did three years ago. It's nice to finally have Biggs Darklighter's X-wing Starfighter, using the upgraded mold that was last sold as Luke's vessel in a 2010 Toys R Us exclusive. Call me crazy, but I think the overall best vehicle of the year is the Vintage Collection Republic Gunship. The set started out overpriced, perhaps a reaction to the fact that the original 2002 Gunship (and the only release aside from this one that's based on Episode II) has skyrocketed in the years since. In a year where paint was the only difference on most vehicles, it was great to finally get the gunner pods included with the ship (they were sold separately in 2009 or as tiny accessories in 2002). We had several big vehicles this year - I haven't mentioned the fine-but-not-mind-blowing TIE Interceptor or Endor AT-AT - but here's hoping that 2014 brings a new BMF-class ship.
Distribution woes, rising prices, and a general sense of malaise have driven a great number of collectors away from the hobby, and Hasbro decided to alleviate the problem by fixing these problems and releasing long-requested figures… No, of course that didn't happen. You FOOL! Instead, they started a brand-new line in an entirely different scale, branding it as a collector line and releasing eight figures across two waves. The launch was sadly screwed up thanks to widespread paint and quality control issues, but it seems these problems have improved as the months passed.
But how are the actual figures in and of themselves? Pretty dang awesome. Boba Fett was first released with Han in carbonite as a San Diego Comic Con exclusive, but proved to be just as popular and hard to find when he made his individual debut (I don't yet have him). R2-D2 is the closest thing to a stinker in the bunch since he's clearly under scaled, but aside from that and some standard paint issues he's very cool. Not counting Boba, the second-best figure in this line is Han Solo. With a strong likeness, expressive articulation, and a ton of swappable accessories, he sets the standard for human characters in this line (even if that so far only includes the Big Three). If there's one complaint to be made, it's that his wrist articulation doesn't allow his wrist to rotate up and down, limiting some shooting poses, but it's not awful. The best, though, would have to be the Sandtrooper. The armor sculpting far surpasses anything we've seen in the 3 3/4" line, looking just like a miniature costumed actor and finally recreating the details that set the Tatooine-based squad apart from the standard Stormtroopers. As with Han, the Sandtrooper includes numerous accessories, which would be nice to see with more figures in the line (even if the trend in wave three indicates the opposite). I wasn't initially thrilled with the idea of this line, but the execution on my samples has been brilliant and I'm greatly looking forward to the progression of this line.


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you people may think its dumb, but i think it would be funny, not necessarily something id buy, but let me run with the imagination for a moment.
wouldnt it be whacked if there were playsets like the sarlacc pit that would fit over youre toilet bowl??? you can watch your men fall to their death and be totured for a 1000 yrs in "the belly" of the sarlacc for a million yrs or your money back????ha ha haaaaaaaooooooooooh well, maybe not
or like having a naboo burial chamber where you can take the firgures you dont like nd send them to jedi heaven or sith hell????? thats right, get the matches and burn send them on their way.... funny??? cool?? ha ha haaaaohhhhh dad gum it,....what will it take to please you people??!??!?!??!?!???? none of this is funny??? what?? stupid???? ill show you all stupid!!!!
wait, there's one more....how bout a "hasbro beat the crap outta the people who complain like me" playset..........???????
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It's finally been announced who will be taking pictures with 300+ Navy Exchange Oceana customers! This past Saturday I along with a ton of other people waited to see who the "lucky" 300 would be. Those lucky 300 (and their guests) will be able to take a photo with Twilight Saga: New Moon cast members.
Members of the New Moon cast at Oceana this Wednesday: Nikki Reed (Rosalie), Alex Meraz (Paul), Daniel Cudmore (Felix), Christian Serratos (Angela) and Tyson Houseman (Quil).
I'm so happy there there will be one of the "Cullen's" at this event! Rosalie is an awesome character … I am a little disappointed though since I would love to meet Ashley Greene (Alice). I am not surprised, however, that Taylor Lautner (Jacob), Rob Pattinson (Edward) and Kristen Stewart (Bella) won't be there.
Were you one of the 300 winners? I'll post my photo on my blog after Wednesday!


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One of the best parts of heading to the beach here in Oregon is walking through the 'Mom and Pop' shops. Little art galleries, home-made crafts and unique items flavored for the coast. It doesnt matter if it's the beach or the mountain, Central Oregon, or the little town I live in, you are sure to find that store that just has that touch that makes you feel at home.
Cottage Industries have long been a tradition in America. The "Mom and Pop" shop whether it is a local hardware store or nick nacks people are out there and have talent and skill and have turned those talents and skills into a business. Often times these cottage industries are over looked unless you are in a touristy section of an attraction destination, like the coast.
The internet has become a wonderful place to see the American cottage industry at it's finest. You can buy and sell almost anything on the internet and if you are one of those that have the skill and talent and know how… well your cottage store can do well… once again though, most of these internet cottage outlets are also overlooked by people afraid to shop online or the limited advertising inherent in the internet.
Lately I have been turned on to a hand full of great cottage industry outlets on the net. Specific to the world of backpacking and in particular hammock camping. And by the nature of most hammock campers.. lighter weight camping.
What I have found is that the customer service is 100% better than what you get in the big 'chain' stores and while I may pay just a tad bit more, the quality is second to none.
Two years ago I bought my hammock from a fellow in Boulder Colorado. He has made his niche in the internet cottage industry with a company called Warbonnet Outdoors. They handcraft a number of hammocks, tarps, top and bottom quilts, and other accessories for hammock camping. The guys name is Brandon, and he actually answers the phone when you call with a question.
After my purchase from Warbonnet, I started looking into other backpacking business's on the net. I came across a great site of multiple cottage industry stores that specialize in backpacking. Outdoor Trail gear.com is the host to a couple really neat online stores. There is a guy named Dutch there that sells ultra lightweight hammock and tarp suspension hardware and accessories. Then there is Butt in a sling, they make light weight hammocks and accessories. If you are looking for a good alcohol stove, Smokeeatter908 has machine tooled stoves that really do the job. He also has cook gear for the backpacker looking to shave weight.
Jacks R Better is an online store for shelter, quilts, and other essentials. They are a great company started by two retired Army guys… so they must be good.
If you are really looking for the ultimate weight savings you need to visit zpacks.com. They are there to help you shave grams from your pack and they do it with high quality, state of the art, super light materials.
I just got an order in from them today and I can't wait to see the weight savings in my pack. Once again when you are looking for quality craftsmanship and outstanding customer service these online stores are the place to shop.
Recently I placed an order for an underquilt for my hammock. I went to a site called Hammockgear.com. I had some questions so I called the phone number listed on the web site. A man named Adam answered the phone. Him and his wife own, operate, sew, take orders, raise kids, answer the phones, emails, and maintain the web site. And they turn out one of the leading quilts in the industry. Adam spent about a 1/2 hour on the phone with me, first we talked a bit about my order, then we spent the rest of the time talking about backpacking in the Northwest. I really felt great about spending my money with him.
I guess the point of all of this is like I discussed in yesterday's post on Scouting Blogs. There are people out there with talent, skill, and passion for what they do and we need to support them.
My need to seek information, skills, and gear for backpacking has led me to the cottage industries on the internet where I am finding great products and outstanding people who provide customer service. I could just head to the nearest REI and hope they have what I want, or I can get exactly what I want from people the make it, test it, use it, and sell it.
Find your niche and see if there is an online resource for it by way of a cottage store.. the online 'Mom and Pop' shop.
I am sure you will find that they will not disappoint.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Cottage Industries
One of the best parts of heading to the beach here in Oregon is walking through the 'Mom and Pop' shops. Little art galleries, home-made crafts and unique items flavored for the coast. It doesnt matter if it's the beach or the mountain, Central Oregon, or the little town I live in, you are sure to find that store that just has that touch that makes you feel at home.


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The alternator is a classic all round short board with the benefit of FireWire tech and longevity. Paddling is 7 out of 10 and is not more effort than my spitfire. Shape is almost perfect for a short board, not too wide, great volume distribution and the squash tail is right for this board. There is just enough nose rocker to allow it to be surfed in semi steep waves and up. It is otherwise quite flat with a small amount of tail rocker which makes it fast and it doesn't bog on flat sections. I find it turns beautifully.. To sharpen it up I have komunity project k2.1's which really allow the alternator to make tight radius turns and snaps. The real advantage of this board is in firewire's tech with the progressive flex of fst, lightness and durability. The hold and feel on this shortboard will always have its advantages over most of the hybrid shapes I think. The alternator is a shortboard that could suit everyone. It is very user friendly, it doesn't seem to have any limitations for most conditions especially for average surfers. If anyone thinks there is abetted short board shape for an average surfer in the FireWire range I would like to know what you think.
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47yoa, 177cm, 90kg, Intermediate+
Dom 6'4" with K3 fins
Unibrow 6'4" with KR JP5 fins
Quadrafive 6'6" with KR JP5 Carbon Tune
The Alternator is definitely the best high performance shortboard for an average size and up average but regular recreational surfer in the FireWire line. In my opinion the Dom and Alt are the two staples that should always be at the centre of the FireWire line.
I think that the alternator was the result of many years of nevs shaping. It is in my opinion the culmination of shortboard design for average joe a perfect shortboard for everyday surf. There are probably heaps of similar pu boards out there from great shapers, the difference is firewire flex tech. The alternator is definitely not a chip, it has volume, but is not wide and short that is now popular with the hybrid revolution. The design has no real limitation, it goes in two foot surf and just gets better
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INSTAGRAM .... corepersonaltraining
6ft..90ish kg..35+ years surfing
SWEET POTATO--- R/F --- 5'4 --------------------------- fins controllers
VANGUARD ------- WRF -- 5'6 -------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix
HELLFIRE ----------- R/F --- 5'10 ------------------------- fins futures SA3,SA4
FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F --- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------- fins futures JC honeycomb
MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin -------- fins futures EA b/stix and JC honeycomb
ALTERNATOR ----- R/F --- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb
and countless others (mostly nev's)
youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant
yeah, Nev had been refining alt and flexfire style boards for years... for traditional style boards you cant beat them.. or the perfect mix of the two that nev and i both used to ride as a daily driver is the thicker version of the 6'2 flexfire.... what a board... if i was not having a second grommethood on the tomo's (or hellfire) i would still be riding it..!! .. one note on the alt though... dont ride it too big... ride it an inch or two shorter than your chippy shortboard.. which reminds me, the MB two inches down is also a beauty...
I have both the alternator and bourez (thin) in 6.0. the volume is almost simular on the two. I must say I like my bourez better. Find it paddles just as good, but feels more stable at higher speeds and turns smoother. The bourez is about 3 years newer thou, might have something to do with it.
core personal training commented04-02-2014, 02:58 AMEditing a commentmb has no bump and an even rocker and foil.. that gives you that feel.. it takes a bit more "finessing" in uneven waves though.. not much more...Last edited by core personal training; 04-02-2014, 02:59 AM. Reason: kant spel goode
Hello gents. Surfed on a 5'8 alternator and it was my favorite board that I've ever ridden. I've been surfing 10+ years and a lot of boards so for me, it was a breakthrough. The problem is I snapped it and I can't find any identical used boards. I'm dying to get on another and have been debating to do a custom order but trying not to pay that much money. Any ideas on where to look or talk to? I've been all over the internet and craigslist and so far my search has left me with dead ends. Any help is appreciated!


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Winners of the "Brightest Lights" GigaPan Photo Competition are:
1st Place: Jason Buchheim - The Green Flash at the last moment of the setting sun
2nd Place: Issam Kanafani - Kaaba
3rd Place: Jim Trotter - City garden with parts
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- Entry Name: Harbour Bridge by Phil Hotten
A night time shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This is the second attempt, the previous one the tripod was too unstable> This picture is appearing in this book millenniumhouse.com.au/title-earth-plat.html The day time version is here gigapan.org/gigapans/80555/ The Sydney Series gigap ...


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Family: Mimidae, Mockingbirds and Thrashers view all from this family
Description ADULT Has pale and unmarked, sandy gray-brown plumage overall, subtly darker above than below. Note the orange-buff undertail coverts and dark tail. Has a whitish throat with discrete dark malar stripe; lores and iris are dark. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 10-11" (25-28 cm)
Habitat Scarce resident of barren desert areas with scattered cholla cacti and bushes. Declining due to habitat degradation and disturbance; features on the Audubon Watchlist.
Observation Tips A challenge to find; a dawn visit to suitable habitat in early spring offers your best chance for observation.
Range Southwest, California
Voice Song is a series of whistling phrases, with some repetition; calls include a whistled sweeip.
Discussion Recalls Crissal, with which geographical range overlaps, but appreciably paler and marginally smaller, with shorter tail, more slender bill, and daintier proportions overall. Habitat preferences are subtly different too: Le Conte's favors rather open, sandy deserts, while Crissal occurs in dense thickets near desert streams. Secretive, but sometimes seen running for cover, tail cocked. Male sings from exposed perch in early spring, but typically briefly and at dawn and dusk. Sexes are similar.


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Black Panther President Bobby Seale to speak at Binghamton University in celebration of Black History Month
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, will visit the Binghamton University campus on Saturday, February 25, to help the Black Student Union (BSU) celebrate Black History month. Seale is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1 on the campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Seale founded the Black Panther Party with Huey Newton in 1966. They carried on the civil rights movement for radical black politics after the death of Malcolm X, spreading the message of "power to the people." Seale and the party encourage
African-Americans to take an active stand against oppression and discrimination.
As a Black Panther, Seale established several community programs including breakfasts for school children, Seniors Against a Fearful Environment (SAFE), preventative medical health care, co-operative housing, and mass voter registration drives. He continues to support numerous social organizations and speak about his beliefs and experiences, and has also published several books.
The presentation is sponsored by the BSU. For more information, call 607-777-2885.


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Im dreaming of a Serge Christmas . . .
Palm trees with twinkle lights . . .
Santas big belly protruding over a neon Speedo . . .
Its ho, ho, ho time in this hilarious and wacky Florida holiday tale, featuring bighearted psychopath Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman. Like Santa, Serge knows whos been naughty and whos been nice. Few can give with the generosity and creativity of Serge, and as December 24 rolls around, he is filling up the Serge sleigh with an unforgettable bag of presents.
But before that, its all a big free-range Christmas office party, where Serge will be spreading his special cheer. And theres that last-minute go-for-broke spree at the mall (just beware of those attacking elvesthey bite). While youre there, skip the lame photo on Santas lapSerge will give you a lap ride youll never forget. As for that addled elf Coleman, theres nothing like a white Christmas. Let it snow!
So grab a six-pack, spike the eggnog, and hit the dunes on the beach as Serge and Coleman roast some nuts on an open fire and prove that reindeer really do know how to fly!
Praise For…
"Fans of Dorsey's slapstick-comedy style will find plenty to like. Dorsey again proves he's some sort of mad master with a concoction that features zany physical comedy, dark humor, social commentary, and Florida history."
-Tampa Tribune
"The cover of Dorsey's book boasts, "A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM THE CRIMINAL NUTBARS OF THE SUNSHINE STATE" and I must say…it's all that and so much more. … Hilarious...Dorsey will hold you captive until the last word is read!"
-Suspense Magazine
"Fun to read. …Sick and twisted, but delightfully so. Serge is one hard core Santa figure…memorable."
-Gainesville Times
"A satisfyingly large punch of classic Dorsey craziness. …Serge's paradoxical personality is at its most charming."
-Publishers Weekly
"Dorsey weaves in the overt insanity of our holiday season with his own special brand to give us a special little tome. [When Elves Attack] will win Dorsey new fans."
-Florida Times-Union
"The perfect antidote for all those sappy feel-good holiday novellas"
-Kirkus Reviews
"Dorsey serves up some zany holiday. …Full of suspense and more than a few chuckles."
-Patriot Ledger
"Dorsey, following Carl Hiaasen's star, spin[s] goofball yarns about Florida's inherent craziness."
-Star News Online
-Tulsa World
"With a gleefully iconoclastic streak of holiday pandemonium, Dorsey ramps up the usual Serge-and-Coleman mayhem by several notches. You're in for a heck of a sleigh ride here."
"Plenty of mayhem, sex and, yes, death. "
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
"Hilarious. ... Dorsey never seems to run out of new and unique ways for his deranged creation to dry up the gene pools of the rude and the inconsiderate. His research of Florida's history and penchant for sprinkling arcane trivia throughout his books make each and every one a keeper."
"You Gotta Read This…best laughs."
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Fashion Weeks' Finest Fêtes: Fall 2013
Miuccia Prada excels at telling two different stories every season between Prada in Milan and Miu Miu in Paris. Where the former was all messed-up retro sexiness, Miu Miu was about the art of the coat and graphic styling.
She took the sporty waffle coat and turned it on its head. It came out high neck and cinched, as a skirt with a button-down, as a strapless top, as a car coat over thigh-high Wicked Witch-esque striped socks. While everything had the same root idea, it all looked different and equally desirable.


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"Has there ever been a time when we have not been awash in a remarkable torrent of symbols and opportunities for reading and writing them?" (William Kist *)
Declarations concerning the broadest definitions of multi-modal literacies:
• Integration of multiple modes of communication and expression can enhance or transform the meaning of the work beyond illustration or decoration.
What this means for teaching:o It is the interplay of meaning-making systems (alphabetic, oral, visual, etc.) that teachers and students should strive to study and produce. "Multiple ways of knowing" (Short & Harste) also include art, music, movement, and drama, which should not be considered curricular luxuries.
o All modes of communication are codependent. Each affects the nature of the content of the other and the overall rhetorical impact of the communication event itself.
• Young children practice multi-modal literacies naturally and spontaneously. They easily combine and move between drama, art, text, music, speech, sound, physical movement, animation/gaming, etc.
What this means for teaching:o Children who grow up in impoverished or repressed literacy environments may not experience this important early literacy foundation.o The over-emphasis on testing and teaching to the test may deprive many students of the kinds of multi-modal experiences they most need.o An exclusive emphasis on digital literacies is not what most advocates of technology-rich composition advocate. Such an emphasis would limit students' access to other modes of expression.
• The use of different modes of expression in student work should be integrated into the overall literacy goals of the curriculum and appropriate for time and resources invested.
What this means for teaching:o "Students should be able to both read critically and write functionally, no matter what the medium." (William Kist) In personal, civic, and professional discourse, alphabetic, visual, and aural works are not luxuries but essential components of knowing.
• Because of the complexity of multimodal projects and the different levels of skill and sensitivity each individual brings to their execution, such projects often demand high levels of collaboration and teamwork.
What this means for teaching:o Teachers of the English/Language Arts already have models for this type of collaboration, such as those for producing a play. Any dramatic production includes speech, movement, costumes, props, sets, lighting and, sometimes, music and dance. Beyond the performance itself is the need for producing appealing programs and advertising. And, beyond that are the persuasive verbal skills needed to raise funds to produce the production.o Other kinds of more traditional multi-modal projects also require this type of collaboration. When students produce brochures, literary magazines, books, videos, or greeting cards, collaboration improves the product and helps all students involved learn more.
• The use of multi-modal literacies has expanded the ways we acquire information and understand concepts. Ever since the days of illustrated books and maps texts have included visual elements for the purpose of imparting information. The contemporary difference is the ease with which we can combine words, images, sound, color, animation, video, and styles of print in projects so that they are part of our everyday lives and, at least by our youngest generation, often taken for granted.
What this means for teaching:o Readers in electronic environments are able to gain access immediately to a broad range and great depth of information that not 15 years ago would have required long visits to libraries or days of waiting for mailed replies.o The techniques of acquiring, organizing, evaluating and creatively using multimodal information should become an increasingly important component of the English/Language Arts classroom,
• From an early age, students are very sophisticated readers and producers of multi-modal work. They can be helped to understand how these works make meaning, how they are based on conventions, and how they are created for and respond to specific communities or audiences.
What this means for teaching:o Students should be invited to collaborate with their teachers in the study of new literacies and in the practical aspects of integrating those literacies into the curriculum.
• The additional dimensions of multi-modal work add increased complexity to the tasks of teaching, learning & therefore the evaluation of those learning experiences.
What this means for teaching:o The complexity of multimodal work suggests that an assessment process must be developed and refined collaboratively by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders over time.o Goals and criteria need to be clear to all from the beginning of the work.o The difficulty of grading the work using traditional methods may prevent some teachers from attempting this kind of work.
Declarations concerning the unique capacities and challenges of digital forms:
• There are increased cognitive demands on the audience to interpret the intertextuality of communication events that include combinations of print, speech, images, sounds, movement, music, and animation. Products may blur traditional lines of genre, author/audience, and linear sequence.
What this means for teaching: o Skills, approaches and attitudes toward media literacy, visual and aural rhetorics, and critical literacy should be taught in English/Language Arts classrooms. o "Unfortunately, while there have been increased calls for a broadened conception of literacy, there do not currently exist resources for the traditional teacher to begin to incorporate new literacies into their classrooms on a continuing basis." (William Kist)o "We must be able to approach others with generosity, alert to the differences in language use and in assumptions about what constitutes appropriate communication in any context. We need to be good at recognizing the range of strategies others use in communicating, and at figuring out how to open and carry on conversations (in the appropriate medium) with others." (Anne Wysocki)o Certain conventions of design are more effective than others for visual, aural, or multimodal texts. English/Language Arts teachers will need to become more informed about these conventions because they will influence the rhetorical and aesthetic impact of all multimodal texts
• In digital forms, students, even very young students, are often more literate in the technical aspects of digital production than many of their teachers. Many students are frequently exposed to popular technologies, have the leisure time to experiment with their own production, develop the social connections that encourage peer teaching and learning, and may have access to more advanced technology than is available at school. The "definitions" of multi-modal composing may be written by educators, but they will most likely have first been pioneered by these young people.
What this means for teaching:o Students may find school instruction increasingly irrelevant. (National Educational Technology Plan)o Educators will have to devise ways of including students who are advanced technology practitioners in the development of curricula, professional development experiences, teacher recruiting, and the setting of relevant policies.o Implications of the digital divide. Institutions and teachers must create ways to bridge the digital divide, providing access and resources for all students. More specifically, "for students [and teachers] we need to provide adequate, safe, and supported work time" (Dickie Selfe). "We must call on our institutions to provide the necessary support and infrastructural, cultural, and technological adjustments, including access to technology for people with diverse abilities and needs" (BETHA group).
• Creating images, sounds, designs, videos and other extra-alphanumeric texts is an aesthetic, self-originated, self-sponsored activity for many writers. Digital technologies have increasing capacity for individuals to adapt the tools for their own information and communication purposes. Students have the capability to apply literacy skills to real world problems and knowledge-building. They are able to exercise creativity, work for social justice, and pursue personal passions (CCCC Feb. 2004 position statement). They have the means to publish their work to a global audience.
What this means for teaching:o Young people are particularly adept at recognizing creative applications for new technologies, but their in-school work should be guided by the wisdom and sophisticated curricular knowledge of their teachers. In addition they need direct instruction in ethical, critical, and legal considerations.o Students and teachers will need assistance in the skills of multi-tasking, accessing "just in time" information, problem solving, and prioritizing tasks and resources to accomplish the goals of their assignments. o Their work may at times be more like that of the workplace than that of the traditional classroom. o With more opportunities and greater ease in sending their work out into the world, the quality of the ideas and the effectiveness of the communication media will become more important and more relevant to students.
• With the development of multi-modal literacy tools, writers are increasingly expected to be responsible for many aspects of the writing, design, and distribution processes that were formerly apportioned to other experts.o While digital publishing is often immediate and of an ephemeral nature, the writer loses control over the work and its potential audience in a way that wasn't as true in print publishing. This will blur and complicate ethical issues of ownership, plagiarism, and authenticity.o Teachers will need to "master technologies enough to guide students in the ethics underlying their use" (Dene Grigar).
* Quotes, For Your Information The quoted materials in this statement came from personal correspondence with scholar/teachers while the Mulit-modal Literacies Issue Management team was collecting materials for the NCTE Executive Committee's briefing book on Multi-modal Literacies.
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i uploaded your code successfully without any errors on the arduino IDE but nothing came up on the LCD.
Could i ask why didnt you implement DHCP?
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The 10 Best Mountain Towns in America
Red Lodge, Montana
Cradled in a valley just outside the northeast corner of Yellowstone, Red Lodge is base camp for exploring America's best national park. Ninety minutes southwest is the Lamar Valley – wolf country – and Specimen Ridge Trail, a tough hike through a petrified forest to a great view of Mount Washburn. In town, take a guided cruiser-bike tour down the snaking Beartooth Highway, one of America's most beautiful drives. Then get buzzed on a Broken Nail Double IPA on the sun-drenched deck at Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company, where rancher types and transplants, drawn to the town's lack of pretense, will happily dish on their favorite fishing hole or secret hike.
Getting There: Fly to Bozeman; drive three hours east.


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'12 Years a Slave,' 'American Hustle' take home Golden Globes for best filmsJanuary 13, 2014 12:30 AM
Unflinching and unforgettable, "12 Years a Slave" was named best drama of 2013 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Sunday night.
The true-life story of a black New Yorker cruelly robbed of his freedom and family in the mid-1800s took the top prize at the 71st annual Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton over "Gravity," "Captain Phillips," "Rush" and "Philomena."
Director Steve McQueen thanked his genius cast. "Hit me with some names," he asked his actors and crew when he blanked on who else to thank, closing with Brad Pitt. "Without you this movie never would have got made."
On the comedy-musical side of the equation, the prize went to con-artist caper and blast from the past "American Hustle."
It's an entertaining, zany trip back to the late 1970s and a seemingly unlikely subject for a movie -- the Abscam scandal -- starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Globe winners Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.
Mexico native Alfonso Cuaron received the top directing prize for "Gravity" and thanked actress Sandra Bullock for not quitting when she thought he said (in his accented English) he was giving her "herpes" instead of an "earpiece."
Top acting prizes also went to Matthew McConaughey from "Dallas Buyers Club," Cate Blanchett from "Blue Jasmine," Leonardo DiCaprio from "The Wolf of Wall Street" and Jared Leto from "Dallas Buyers Club."
Mr. McConaughey passed on romcoms and action movies that came with "beautiful paychecks," instead losing weight, gambling on "Dallas Buyers Club" and gaining gravitas in the process. He earned his first Globe nomination and win for his portrayal of a Texas electrician, rodeo cowboy and homophobic womanizer who is given 30 days to live but refuses to surrender to AIDS without a ferocious fight.
"Unexpected but graciously accepted," Mr. McConaughey said, acknowledging his fellow nominees, who included Robert Redford. "Dallas Buyers Club" had been an underdog project for 20 years and was turned down 86 times, until it came to him. He thanked his mom for booting him outside and away from the TV (a blessing for a budding actor) and his wife for encouraging him in the same way. "This film was never about dying, it was always about living," he said.
Actress Diane Keaton accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Woody Allen. Her 45-year friendship with him fills her with "pride and affection and even love," she said with nary a "La-di-da" except when referring to Annie Hall.
Although she acknowledged that Woody might have ordered the hook as she turned sentimental, she offered a sweet short rendition of the "Make New Friends" song so familiar to Scouts and others. It came after she saluted the New Yorker's ability to write "four decades of unforgettable female characters" for 179 of the world's most captivating actresses.
Mr. Allen's "Blue Jasmine" opened way, way back in August, but no one could forget Ms. Blanchett's blend of haughty elegance and heartbreaking fragility as a socialite who has lost everything, from her husband and Fifth Avenue apartment to her bumpy attempt to start over on the West Coast.
Ms. Blanchett, with a few vodkas under her belt, said she was very happy to join other actresses at the table during a day when she went to the magic castle with her children. She thanked Woody Allen for calling her and not one of the other incredible women in the room.
Add another f-word to the 506 unmentionables uttered in "The Wolf of Wall Street." This one, though, is finally a second Globe for Mr. DiCaprio, who often seems to be the odd (if devilishly handsome) man out at awards time. He won for best actor in a musical or comedy.
The 39-year-old plays amoral stockbroker Jordan Belfort in the Martin Scorsese film. Mr. DiCaprio paid tribute to his fellow nominees, particularly veteran Bruce Dern, and said to the director, "Thank you for allowing me to stalk you into making this movie. Look, I grew up in a generation of actors who revered your work," he said, calling Mr. Scorsese a visionary, a risk taker and someone "who put the very fabric of our culture up on screen."
Mr. DiCaprio previously won a Globe for another Scorsese collaboration, "The Aviator," about Howard Hughes.
Mr. Leto, winner of the supporting actor honor, had not made a movie in almost six years, but he wasn't sitting idle; he and his alternative rock band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, played to audiences as large as 100,000 and sold millions of albums. When he returned to acting with "Dallas Buyers Club," he wasted away to 114 pounds to play Rayon, a transsexual with AIDS, and started each morning by donning the heels that sent him swaying some days.
"It was a very transformative role," he said, revealing he waxed his entire body including his eyebrows. "It's more than an honor to come back and have this love and this support. I never expected it, I never even dreamed of it. ... And to the Rayons of the world, thanks for the inspiration."
In a year when it's raining men who could be honored for their performances, the field of women wasn't quite so robust. However, Ms. Adams edged out Meryl Streep and three others for best actress in a musical or comedy thanks to "American Hustle," in which she plays a onetime stripper who pretends to be an Englishwoman with London banking connections.
"David, you write such amazing roles for women," Ms. Adams said, addressing filmmaker David O. Russell. "Today is my 15-year anniversary of moving out to LA," she said, recalling that she hoped to land a commercial and instead found a manager who "had a feeling" about the newcomer that benefitted both.
The first award of the night went to Ms. Lawrence for her talkative, tempestuous Long Island housewife married to a con man in "American Hustle." It turns out she was a fan of Mr. Russell before she even knew his name, recalling how she watched 2004's "I Heart Huckabees" and was "so in awe and floored by this uncharted humor" that she Googled to find out who made it.
If Ms. Lawrence was terrified and shaking, Jacqueline Bisset was close to tears after winning the supporting actress honor for miniseries or movie for "Dancing on the Edge." The 69-year-old's rambling speech closed by suggesting "forgiveness for yourself and the others" as the best beauty treatment of all.
Co-host Amy Poehler temporarily turned into a breathless winner (and makeout partner of Bono) courtesy of her turn on the comedy "Parks and Recreation." In a night of one surprise after another, Andy Samberg won TV actor, musical or comedy, for his goofball cop in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," also winner of the best comedy series Globe.
Best miniseries or movie honors went to "Behind the Candelabra," and Michael Douglas, who played Liberace, won for best actor in that category. "You ever thought about Liberace?" Steven Soderbergh asked Mr. Douglas while they were shooting "Traffic" a decade before they would successfully collaborate on such a project for HBO.
"Oh my gosh," Bryan Cranston said of his first Globe for "Breaking Bad," also named best TV drama in its final season. He said it was a wonderful way to say goodbye to high school teacher turned meth manufacturer Walter White, who brought the world "mirth and merriment."
"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan was thrilled the honor provided "one more chance to thank the fans of the show, especially the early adopters as they say in the electronics business, the folks who were watching since season one, the grim days when we had very little viewership. Thank you for helping us to get to here."
Robin Wright, attending with fiance Ben Foster, was top TV actress in a drama for "House of Cards." She had no speech prepared but remembered to thank the nearly 90 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "You guys are a gaggle of characters, I gotta say."
Jon Voight, who plays the father of Liev Schreiber's title character in Showtime's "Ray Donovan," picked up the Globe for supporting actor, series, miniseries or movie. Elisabeth Moss triumphed as best actress, miniseries or movie, for her New Zealand investigating detective in "Top of the Lake."
"Frozen" was top animated movie, the Italian "The Great Beauty" (now at the Regent Square Theater) was best foreign film. Spike Jonze may be a self-described "terrible public speaker," but he's the Globe-winning screenwriter of "Her."
"All Is Lost" took the gold for original score, but not even the musicals could top "Ordinary Love," winner of original song for Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and Brian Burton. It appears in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
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I have been working on some DIY gear lately.. not really because I have the need to make my own stuff, more because I wanted the challenge of making it.
I took an old synthetic sleeping bag that was rated at 10 degrees. The zipper is broke and the boys got new bags, so this was a prime candidate to be cut in half.
I cut the bag in half and sewed the edges closed. I cut out the zipper and sewed a grosgrain ribbon edge along the sides.
I ran shock cord through the grosgrain edge to run to the suspension of the hammock.
All in all this works well. I still have some tinkering to do with the ends.. maybe another piece of cord to draw the ends closed. I need to work on the hang also, as the Hennessy Hammock has the asymmetrical hang. I made some adjustments last night moving the shock cord over the rear guy line, this kept the foot end of the under quilt in place. The shoulder area seemed to stay put until I rolled over onto my side, then I could feel it slide under me. I am sure the fix is in the way I have the shock cord running to the suspension line.
The entire project cost me $12 for the shock cord and the grosgrain ribbon. That's about $130 cheaper than buying a new one.
I slept in it last night until I got too hot and instead of just reaching under and pushing it aside, I went into the house and slept in my own bed. I love the hammock… but c'mom… my bed…
Good project.. think I may get into more DIY stuff.
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Skyywalker, that's why I try not to talk to guys who work in the toy department. They think they know it all becasue they have a job there. I'd of shoved those 20 Dookus in his face after he told me that.
Flembar, thanks for the info, you sold me on a ticket. Don't think I'll go for the 3 days, but certaininly one day! I like all the comic stuff, but not as much as some people. I don't read or collect them, but I think super heros are cool! I'll go for the Star Wars stuff. I'm under the impression that true comic people don't like Star Wars people. So, will there be a brutal line to get in? I mean will I have to stand in line for an hour just to get in? That was the case at Celebration, but there were 70,000 people there. I don't think the WW commands that kind of crowd. Thanks again for the info, I'm going to do my best to go


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Hrum. I've been using Zope a bit lately for class, and ACS a bit lately to work on getting hired. I'm not really satisfied with either, though.
What a Good Web System Needs
The way I see it, Zope and ACS are coming at the web publishing problem from two different places--and you need parts of both of them to have things work nicely. (And, perhaps, a third thing.) What Zope has that 's pretty fucking awesome is the drop-in products. These are slick. Being able to turn a web application into a simple plugin that somebody can "mount" (or the like) on a URL space is very very very desirable.
On the other side, though, relational database backing is a really really good thing. ACS has done this very nicely, but Zope products tend to use the ZODB for this sort of thing, and I'm not convinced this is sufficient. Zope has RDBMS support, but no consistent data model, and as I said, the products don't tend to use the SQL stuff. ACS is really really lacking in the ability to do work without having to write lots of grungy code, though.
On yet a third side, we have the problem of writing interesting content. This gets into template systems and things like DTML. I've written several such systems for work--and frankly, no matter what I've tried, they all end up sucking in the end. The only solution I see is dividing the building of pages from the formatting of pages. Fortunately, XSL processing should be usable for this.
How use XSL here? The database accessing stuff generates simple XML. (Good! No formatting tags getting in the way, you can tell what the fuck is going on.) Then, this XML is spun through an XSL stylesheet to introduce formatting (this is where things like "color every other line of the table" come into the picture), and then the result is spat out as HTML.
Cocoon is doing some of this stuff--and Cocoon 2 has some especially nice ideas going into it. Guess I'll see what happens there. I'm doing some experiments myself on the theme of "what's the right way to define pipelines on various URL spaces that still allows drop-in modules". We'll see what happens.


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An Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) is a loan type that allows the lender to adjust the interest rate during the term of the loan. Generally, these changes are determined by a margin and an index so that any interest rate changes, up or down, are based on market conditions at the time of the change.
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Mortgage Terminology:
Adjustable Rate Mortgage - An adjustable rate mortgage, commonly referred to as an ARM, is a loan type that allows the lender to adjust the interest rate during the term of the loan. Generally, these changes are determined by a margin and an index so that the interest rate changes, up or down, are based on market conditions at the time of the change. Most often these interest rate changes are limited by a rate change cap and a lifetime cap. If you apply for an adjustable rate mortgage, the lender is required to provide you with an ARM Program Disclosure which spells out the terms of the loan.
Amortization - A loan repayment plan, which enables the borrower to reduce his debt gradually through monthly payments of principal and interest.
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) - To make it easier for consumers to compare mortgage loan interest rates, the federal government developed a standard format called an "Annual Percentage Rate" or APR to provide an effective interest rate for comparison shopping purposes. Some of the costs that you pay at closing are factored into the APR for ease of comparison. Your actual monthly payments are based on the periodic interest rate, not the APR.
Appraisal - An analysis performed by a qualified individual to determine the estimated value of a home.
Closing - A meeting of the parties involved in a real estate transaction to finalize the process. In the case of a purchase, a closing usually involves the seller, the buyer, the real estate broker and the lender. In the case of a refinance, the closing involves the borrower and the lender. Sometimes referred to as the settlement or the close of escrow.
Closing Costs - The total of all the items that must be paid at closing related to your new mortgage.
Conventional Mortgage - A mortgage that is not insured or guaranteed by a government agency.
Earnest Money - A sum of cash paid to a seller by a buyer prior to the closing to show that the buyer is serious about buying the house. The earnest money is deducted from the purchase price at closing and is not an additional cost. Sometimes referred to as a binder deposit.
Equity - An owner's financial position in a property. Equity is the difference between the property's value and the amount that is owed on mortgages.
Escrow - Funds paid by one party to another to hold until a specific date when the funds are released to a designated individual. Generally, an escrow account refers to the funds a mortgagor pays to the lender along with their principal and interest payments for the payment of real estate taxes and hazard insurance. This is also referred to as impounds. The money is held by the lender to make payments when they are due.
Escrow Payment - The portion of a borrower's monthly mortgage payment that is held by the loan servicing company to pay for property taxes, hazard insurance, mortgage insurance and other items as they become due.
FHA Mortgage - A mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). FHA loans are also known as government mortgages.
Fixed Rate Mortgage - A mortgage in which the monthly principal and interest payments remain the same throughout the life of the loan. The most common mortgage terms are 30 and 15 years. With a 30-year fixed rate mortgage your monthly payments are lower than they would be on a 15 year fixed rate, but the 15 year loan allows you to repay your loan twice as fast and save more than half the total interest costs.
Good Faith Estimate - A written estimate of the closing costs the borrower will have to pay at closing. Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the lender is required to provide this disclosure to the borrower within three days of receiving a loan application.
Hazard Insurance - Insurance that protects a homeowner against the cost of damages to property caused by fire, windstorms, and other common hazards. Also referred to as homeowner's insurance.
HUD-1 Statement - Also referred to as the closing statement or the settlement statement, this is the document that provides line by line detail of the financial details related to a specific real estate transaction such as the fees paid by the seller and the buyer for a purchase transaction or the fees paid by the borrower for refinances.
Interest Rate - The cost of borrowing a lender's money. Interest takes into account the risk and cost to the lender for a loan. The interest rate on a fixed rate mortgage depends on the going market rate and how many discount points you pay up-front. An adjustable rate mortgage's interest is a variable rate made up of the index and the lender's margin.
Lender Fees - Fees that are kept by the lender to cover some of their expenses and to meet their profitability goals. Typically fees such as origination fees, points, processing/administration fees, underwriting fees and document preparation fees are lender fees. This is the area of fees that you should compare very closely from lender to lender before making a decision.
Loan to Value Ratio (LTV) - A ratio used by lenders to calculate the loan amount requested as a percentage of the value of a home. To determine the loan to value ratio, divide the loan amount by the home's value. The LTV ratio is used to determine what loan types the borrower qualifies for as well as the cost and fees associated with obtaining the loan.
Lock Period - The number of days that the lender will guarantee the interest rate offered for a loan. In order to hold the guaranteed interest rate for a loan, the loan closing must occur during the lock period.
Mortgage - The legal document used by a borrower to pledge their property as security in order to obtain a loan. In some areas of the country, the mortgage is called a "deed of trust".
Origination Fee - A fee charged by a lender as a way to cover processing expenses or to increase their profitability for originating a mortgage loan. Most commonly, the origination fee is expressed as a percent of the loan amount. For our comparison purposes, the origination fee is considered to be a lender fee.
PITI - (P)rincipal, (I)nterest, (T)axes, and (I)nsurance is a reference to the total monthly payment required to repay a mortgage in accordance with its term as well as monthly escrow payments for taxes and insurance.
Points - Fees that are collected by the lender in exchange for a lower interest rate. Commonly called discount points, each point is equal to 1% of the loan amount. For our comparison purposes, a discount point is considered to be a lender fee. To determine if it is wise to pay discount points to obtain a lower rate, you must compare the up front cost of the points to the monthly savings that result from obtaining the lower rate.
Private Mortgage Insurance - Insurance provided by a private company to protect the mortgage lender against losses that might be incurred if a loan defaults. The cost of the insurance is usually paid by the borrower and is most often required if the loan amount is more than 80% of the home's value. Sometimes referred to as mortgage insurance.
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) - A consumer protection law that requires mortgage lenders and brokers to give borrowers advance notice of closing costs in the form of a Good Faith Estimate.
Settlement - A meeting of parties involved in a real estate transaction to finalize the process. In the case of a purchase, the settlement usually involves the seller, the buyer, the real estate broker and the lender. In the case of a refinance, the settlement involves the borrower and the lender. Sometimes referred to as the closing or the close of escrow.
Title - A legal written instrument evidencing a person's lawful possession of a property.
Title Insurance - An insurance policy that protects the lender (and sometimes the property owner as well) against loss due to disputes over the ownership of a property and defects in the title that were not found in the search of the public record. For our comparison purposes, the title insurance cost is considered to be a third party fee.
Truth in Lending Act - Also known as Regulation Z, this federal regulation requires a lender to provide borrowers with a disclosure estimating the costs of the loan including your total finance charge and the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) within three business days of the application for a loan. This act is designed to provide consumers with a standard method of comparing the financing costs from lender to lender.
Underwriting - Detailed process of evaluating a borrower's loan application to determine the risk involved for the lender. Underwriting usually involves an in-depth analysis of the borrower's credit history, as well as an examination of the value and quality of the subject property.
* APR = Annual Percentage Rate. The rates displayed are for conforming loan programs and based on a primary residence with a property value of $125,000 and a loan amount of $100,000. Actual rates may vary depending on your specific terms. The maximum loan amount for a conforming mortgage for a primary residence single unit home is $417,000. Mortgages above that amount are considered jumbo mortgages. Rates are subject to change daily.
Error Resolution and Information Requests
You have certain rights under Federal law related to resolving errors and requesting information about your loan account. In order to provide us with notice of an error on your loan account, or to request information about your loan account, please send us a written notice that contains (i) your name, (ii) your loan account number, and (iii) information concerning the error you believe has occurred or the information you are requesting about your loan. This written notice must be sent to the following address: SECU P.O. Box 2092, Glen Burnie, MD 21060.


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Win32/Quervar (a.k.a Dorifel, XDocCrypt) is a virus family that has been in the news recently, especially in the Netherlands. It has been reported to be causing havoc on computers of several notable Dutch institutions. In our analysis, we provide additional technical details about the workings of the virus and compare it to another virus, the
ESET has discovered a new version of the Delphi infector, Win32/Induc. Unlike its predecessors, however, this variant incorporates a seriously malicious payload and has acquired some extra file infection and self-replicative functionality. Two years ago, we published comprehensive information (here , here, and here) about the virus Win32/Induc.A, which infected Delphi files at compile-time. Though


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Ship, any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, as opposed to a boat, which is generally a smaller craft. The term formerly was applied to sailing vessels having three or more masts; in modern times it usually denotes a vessel of more than 500 tons of displacement. Submersible ships are generally called boats regardless of their size.
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Based on the time-tested design of Ol' Man's original fixed position treestand, The Roost Steel Fixed Position Tree Stand offers a whole lot for the price. Bow Hunters especially will appreciate how quickly the Ol' Man Roost sets up and also will love the unmatched safety of the chain attachment. Backpack straps make it easy to carry your gear into the woods without making two trips. Lightweight yet sturdy. Features square tubing, super gripping chain attachment, ComforTech mesh seating and tension knobs for more secure armrests.
Ol' Man Roost Fixed Position Steel Tree Stand Features:
- Silent chain sleeve
- Square tubing
- Quick set-up time
- Super gripping chain attachment
- Easy pack-in (backstraps included)
- Patented ComforTech mesh seating
- Tension knobs for more secure armrests
Ol' Man Roost Fixed Position Steel Tree Stand Specifications:
- Construction: Steel
- Seat Width: 22 inches
- Standing Platform: 24 x 32 x 6 inches
- Overall Weight: 22 lbs
- Weight Limit: 300 lbs
- Seat Style: ComforTech Seating System
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Poverty in America is often overlooked. Three college students were given the task to live off of food stamps for a day, $4.14.
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ok...so it's not Star Wars at all, so I hope you'll forgive me, but given that there are still some of the "old guard" around who might yet be interested in MM scale ships, I thought I'd post this.
Please forgive if this is cross-posted elsewhere here.
While scouring eBay for additions to my ship collections, I came across a relatively new line of ships from WizKids. The producers of Heroclix. They've released a line of Star Trek pieces that are almost perfect scale with the old Trek MM ships. They've even made the rather gutsy move of producing some molds that many of us clamoured for back in the day like the Nova class (Rhode Island and Equinox) and, the Saber class (Montgolfier and Yeager) and a variety of Klingon vessels.
So far I've only picked up the Nova class and Saber class listed above, but can in all honesty say they look fantastic! The paint apps are spot on (even if the mold for the Rhode Island isn't exactly right) and they're made from sturdier plastic than the MM ships.
I, for one, an overjoyed to see more tiny Trek ships coming in!
I do plan to post some comparison pics in the next couple of weeks when I receive some more ships in, but in the interim, here's a link to a review that includes some comparison shots you may find interesting.
The Wizkids site has a store locator so you can find dealers near you that they list as vendors they have already supplied. http://wizkidsgames.com/
Happy hunting all!
Ross W. Jarvis
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This man came into St Mungo's in 1995 because he clanged like a bell whenever he moved. With each of the clangs, he vibrated so much that he had to grab hold of his ears to keep his head steady.
This grubby-looking warlock was sat in the corner of the reception area when Harry Potter, Mad-Eye Moody, Nymphadora Tonks and the Weasley family went to see Arthur Weasley.


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Tommy Blaze Live at the Comedy CabanaLocation: Comedy Cabana, Myrtle Beach
Come and laugh the night away with the comedy of Tommy Blaze at the Comedy Cabana in Myrtle Beach! Tommy has been seen all over the country in a variety of venues. He also had a regular spot on The Newz and has been seen on Friends and much more! He can be controversial so be warned! Admission is $15.Next Date:


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You are a fan of ocean recruiting ? Come to discover the best forums ocean recruiting on the internet and share your experience with a community fan of ocean recruiting . You can also build a forum ocean recruiting and create your online discussion.
For members and fans of BoulderAirsoft. com A group dedicated to the sport of Airsoft in the Boulder Colorado area.
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Forums page for students at the Ocean Research College Academy
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This is a forum for the guild Muramasa. We're always recruiting active and friendly players. All levels are welcome!
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Free forum : DomiNations Active Warriors Alliance Forum
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We are a great organization that is fair in the recruiting of new recite and always searching for new deals on gaming equipment and currency.
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Situated on the western edge of Warminster, in the beautiful county of Wiltshire, this friendly and competitive club offers superb on and off green facilities for both new and experienced bowlers alike. We are currently recruiting new members of all
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A NASA spacecraft has captured a beautiful song "sung" by our own planet.
The noise - which sounds similar to whale song - is called a "chorus", Craig Kletzing of the University of Iowa explained.
"This is one of the clearest examples we've ever heard," he told NASA Science.
Chorus is an electromagnetic phenomenon caused by plasma waves in Earth's radiation belts. Ham radio operators have been able to listen to the sounds from Earth for years, but now NASA's two Radiation Belt Storm Probes have transmitted the sound back to Earth, from where it is emitted.
Hear the chorus on the NASA website here.
Kletzing's team built the Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science receiver which picked up the signal.
"This is what the radiation belts would sound like to a human being if we had radio antennas for ears," Kletzing said.
Chorus is made of radio waves that oscillate at acoustic frequencies, between 0 and 10 kHz, which can be picked up by magnetic search coil antennas on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes.
"One of things we noticed right away is how clear the chorus sounds in the recording," Kletzing said. "That's because our data is sampled at 16 bits, the same as a CD, which has not been done before in the radiation belts. This makes the data very high quality and shows that our instrument is very, very healthy."
As there are two spacecraft with two receivers, Kletzing hopes to eventually record the Earth's chorus in stereo.
Chorus may be responsible for so-called killer electrons, high energy particles which can threaten satellites and astronauts. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission, which was launched in August and lasts two years, is to find out for sure what produces these electrons.


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Can't wait until October 7th to get the latest issue… here's some good news:
Be the first to grab a copy this Sunday, September 26 at Word on the Street, Queen's Park, Toronto!
Our latest issue features original art and illustrations by some of Toronto's top artists and photographers, including Elicser and John Lee. In preparation for Toronto's upcoming mayoral election, we feature a mayoral cheat sheet and profiles of the city's top mayoral candidates. We also take it to the streets and interview regular people about why they love riding in the city and what they'd like the next mayor to do for cyclists. We also have a fashion photo feature, advice from our Polite Pedallers and a stunning new comic by artist Chimo Chan. And don't forget to check out our new feature section, Clipped In, for the first of a series of provocative pedal stories: this time, renowned writer Richard Poplak takes us for a ride.
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Darn it! I want to be through with toy collecting by the time I'm over 100 years old.
Those motorized shopping scooters can't keep up with the power-walkers who turn around and scalp stuff on eBay.
Plus, if by then they finally make the Tonnika Sisters action figures, I may wet my Depens.
I'm very disappointed by Legacy being brought to an end and posted on Dark Horse's message boards my request to keep it alive. I first learned of this from Jan Duursema herself.
Rest assured, she'll very likely still be contracted with Dark Horse to draw Star Wars. However, her next project might have nothing to do with Cade Skywalker.
I'd like that storyline to continue myself, as much as I'd also like to see her draw for Star Wars: Invasion.


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By Shuli Ren
Chinese map software provider AutoNavi Holdings (AMAP) has lost 22% of its market value this week, after announcing it would make its premium mobile map app free.
I wrote yesterday that investors should not panic. It is short-term pain for long-term gain. One key reason is that AutoNavi has China's largest e-commerce Alibaba as a strategic partner. AutoNavi has enough cash on its balance sheet to invest for years and, with Alibaba's merchant database, it can earn advertising dollars from location-based services later once it builds a strong user base.
Nomura Securities has a Buy rating on AutoNavi, so does Oppenheimer analyst Andy Yeung, who lowered the price target from $22 to $18 (because of the near-term earnings loss) but maintained a Buy:
By sacrificing ~$9M quarterly revenues [Barron's: second-quarter total revenue was $38.2 million, so AutoNavi was giving up a quarter of its sales] from premium navigation apps, AMAP took a decisive step to pre-empt BIDU's entry into in this market segment and unshackled its product development team from conflicts between its free and premium products. We expect AMAP to tap into its ~$520M war chest to aggressively pursue the mobile market.
AutoNavi last traded at $12.
Looking at the mobile app market, one can see why AutoNavi needs to be aggressive and make its app free. With 31% market share, AutoNavi remains the market leader. But Baidu (BIDU) has been catching up fast, gaining 24% in the past 18 months, according to Oppenheimer. It is now a two-horse race.


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Sponsorship/Enhance Your Visibility
Employer Sponsorship Program
Our Employer Sponsorship Program is an exclusive partnership opportunity designed to maximize your organization's recruiting effectiveness at San Jose State University. The benefits offered through this program have been packaged to enhance your on-campus recruitment experience and to increase your branding and visibility on campus.
Sponsorship benefits for your Organization
- Prominent display of organization logo and link on Career Center website (over 25,000 views monthly).
- Year-round visibility through Employer Sponsorship acknowledgement display in the Career Center.
- Recognition of sponsorship on marketing materials for events. Priority invitation for presence/participation in Career Center panels and other programming.
Customized Recruiting Solutions
- Consultative meeting with a Career Center Employer Services Team member to develop strategic recommendations to enhance recruiting efforts.
- Identification of appropriate student organizations and faculty contacts.
Job/Internship Fairs
- Waived fees for Fairs
- Prime booth location for traffic and visibility
- Recognition as Employer Sponsor on marketing materials
Employers may become sponsors at one of five levels – Titanium, Gold, Blue, Partner, and Job Fair – each of which offers numerous benefits. Opportunities are also available for additional partnerships such as Spartan In-Kind Gift Sponsors. Printable version of Employer Sponsorship Program View a list of current sponsors.
Interested in becoming a SJSU Career Center Sponsor? Discuss it with Lisa Trikofski at 408-924-6016 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
"I absolutely LOVE working with every single person in the SJSU Career Center! Not only has everyone been professional and personable, they're always so fantastically welcoming and considerate of my time as a recruiter. Being a Career Center Sponsor, we've had the opportunity to have more personal face to face time with students through so many different programs and opportunities outside of the traditional career fair setting. Furthermore, because the team is so amazing, I have always been impressed with the number of students that attend their events. SJSU is definitely one of my MOST favorite universities to recruit at in the Bay Area for a multitude of reasons including quality of students, staff and organization. Thanks SJSU !!!"
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Family: Fabaceae, Pea view all from this family
Description Robinia hispida, known as the Bristly Locust, Rose acacia, or Rose locust, is a shrub or small tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States.
It grows to 2–4 m tall, with densely glandular-bristly stems, somewhat sticky to touch. The leaves are 12–23 cm long, pinnate with 7-15 leaflets 2–5 cm long. The flowers are pink, produced on short racemes of 3-12 together in the spring; each flower is 20–25 mm (about 1 inch) across.
Habitat Mountains, Cities, suburbs & towns, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Canyons & valleys, Fields.
Range Northwest, Eastern Canada, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Florida, Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes, New England, Southwest, Texas, Plains.
Comments Because the flowers last a short time, this shrub is more functional than ornamental. Its ability to form dense thickets has made it useful in stabilizing dry, sandy areas and preventing erosion. Suffers from frequent disease and insect problems and needs protection from wind, as it is easily broken.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Flower April - July
Native Distribution Mts. from Virginia to Kentucky, s. to Georgia & Alabama; introduced elsewhere
Site Preference Open woods; mt. slopes; sand hills
Soil Preference Sandy or thin soils. pH 6.1-8.5.
Wildlife Value Very low.