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6th January 2013 07:50 AM #1
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Finally I am here!
Hi everyone! I am Anni. I have one daughter. She is almost 2 years old.
She is often ill. She has high temperature, sometimes diarrhea. Doctor said that is a virus, but is happens once a month. My mom told me that all those symptoms might be the cause of penetrating the teeth. (Although I can not see any new tooth). Is that right? Please help, I am so worried.
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6th January 2013 04:08 PM #2
Hi Anni,
Welcome to the forums!
A high temperature is usually not a sign of teething but rather a sign that the body is fighting a pathogen like a virus, bacteria, an overgrowth of yeast, etc.
Please tell me more about your daughter's history. Was she born at full term? Was she born naturally, or by C-Section? How many days did she stay in the hospital?
When did she have her first illness, and what was it?
In her first year of life, how many times was she sick (i.e. a cold, flu, amoeba, etc.)
In her second year, how many times has she been sick?
In the past 4 months, how many times has she been sick, and what has she had?
Please tell me what your daughter's diet is like right now? What does she eat each day / week? What percentage of your daughter's diet would you say is fruits? What percentage is vegetables? What percentage is simple carbohydrates like white flour, biscuits, crackers, cookies, white rice, pasta, sugar and sweets?
Please include anything more that you think would be helpful for me to know and I'll try to give you some guidelines for improving your daughter's immune system so that she becomes very healthy.
Warm Regards,
6th January 2013 11:48 PM #3
7th January 2013 12:16 PM #4
Hi Amy,
You are blessed to be pregnant at 40 years of age. I had my last baby just one month before I turned 41. It's great to hear that you have a 7 year old and a 3 1/2 year old. They will be a big help if you are able to train them.
Looking forward to getting to know you.
Warm Regards,
7th January 2013 11:23 PM #5
Hi Ms. Kate,
Good day,thanks for the reply, it's just mean that I maybe followed direction, not as perfect as you expected but I will try to do it better.
Aside from the introduction that I sent to you last Jan.6, that was my Ist first message I sent to you aside from my introduction that I sent. Please check it first, so I can send to you other of my questionnaires,I just want to be sure that I followed it correctly, that's also the reason why I did not logging my time to odesk yet. I hope you understand me. Again thank you and God Bless.
8th January 2013 02:01 AM #6
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Hi Kate!
Let me answer to your question. My daughter was born naturally at full term. She (we) stayed in the hospital 4 days.
She had her first cold when she was 10 months, after I stopped to breastfeed her. She had a cold 4 times in her second year and in the past 4 months she had a cold one time.
I would say that each day she eats: 10% fruit, 10% milk, 30% vegetables,30% meat and 20% simple carbohydrates. I try not to give her a lot of sweets, but she eats it every day. I would be very thankful if you could give me some advices what I need to change in her diet?
Another thing-she is sick again. I think she catches a cold, but I'm not sure. Please answer me if you have something to share with me.
Thanks in advance!
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8th January 2013 02:08 AM #7
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Hi Amy!
I agree with Kate that you will have great help for your new baby! Is everything all right with your pregnancy? Are you having difficulties? I am thinking about having another baby, but I am not sure if I can take care of two babies, although my daugther is not baby any more.
Regards, Anni
11th January 2013 11:06 PM #8
Regarding my pregnancy situations and feelings
Thanks for the concern,well, for this 3rd pregnancy 2.5 months now, I always feeling like my stomach getting cramping, and when it happens especially at the morning it follows like I want to blow something, I really thinking that I want to eat something like clamps, shells, and my mouth always taste like sourly, and as I finished eating what I want, I fell asleep, and I am very thankful to my office mates for understanding my situation. I never felt this kind of situation when I was pregnant with my Ist and 2nd child before. When It regards to your situation and plan to get pregnant soon, that's good to be hear. Good luck for you and with your husband.


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people didn't catch to what I was saying about the machines - only about the sewing...
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An old post I made: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...n-t133897.html
people didn't catch to what I was saying about the machines - only about the sewing...
I caught it both. But all I have to relate to is the sewing. The clothes made on the old machine Mom had.
So many people will buy a new machine because they don't want to pay to service an old one right off the bat. Little do they know...
Change is sometimes for the better. Sometimes not.
I do find reading the posts about new acquisitions interesting -
Someone is very excited to get the newest, most elaborate (expensive) machine on the market -
Another person is equally excited to find an old vintage (1960 or earlier) machine in good working order for a modest dollar amount.
Since reading about some of the older machines, I've acquired several - five Singer 237's - not one of the most popular ones around, but I'm fond of them, and four others. Two of them need to be serviced - a singer 66 and a singer 401A.
My Mom had some that got away from me when she died - but I didn't know then what I know now.
My wife and I are working on a project. We needed to find one of our machines that does zig-zag and decorative stitches to do some creative stitching.
We have in no particular order:
Bernina 930 = 1986
Singer 4622 A = late 80s to eary 90s?
Alden SUZ-2 = 60s?
MW 7 Jewel = 60s?
Singer 319K = 1957
Ideal Automatik = 60s?
Singer 401A =
Singer 338K =
All of these machines are capable of making many varieties of decorative stitches. We went around checking the patterns each made and narrowed it down to three. The Bernina that makes a stitch that looks like waves, The MW 7 Jewell that makes bubbles. And the Singer 4622A that does a couple other odd looking stitches.
The Bernina never falters, it just goes and goes and goes and .... well we might nick name the Eveready Bunny.
The MW 7 Jewel is quiet and smooth and makes great stitches seeming without effort.
Now the Singer 4622 sounds horrible to me. It runs, it works, but it sounds like it's struggling and fighting to run. I don't like it.
I tried to tell my wife why, but the words would not come. So I showed her. I sewed with the MW 7 Jewell and then the Singer.
She said: "It's simple; the 7 Jewel sounds like metal, and the Singer sounds like plastic."
I hate plastic machines. It's not all plastic like the new ones, but that machine just sounds cheep.
I've looked at new machines. I've watched them work. But I don't want one. No plastic wannabee sewing machines with computers will ever be owned by me.
Older and antique machines are better.
About 10 years ago I bought a cheap Brother machine at WalMart for my daughter, who wanted to make purses and skirts. We sewed a few things on it, but didn't really use it too much. When she went to college, she took it with her, but didn't use it much, so brought it back home. About 7 years ago I started quilting, and you guessed it, I was sewing on that cheap little Brother machine. It was so lightweight that it would move around on the table when my quilt tops got past lap size, just from the weight of the fabric. It sounded like I don't know what....pound, pound, pound. You could tell it was cheap, cheap, cheap. Well, after 2-1/2 years of quilting, that little machine was totally worn out. I took it to be serviced because it wouldn't feed the fabrics right. The repairman told me all the gears were worn down. Enter another Brother machine, this one cost about $200. Again, lightweight and noisy. I used it for about 2 years, then I wanted a better one, so DH bought me another Brother, again about $200, but with a bunch of decorative stitches. It works fine, but there is still the issue of dancing on the table that I don't like.
Enter my introduction to vintage sewing machines. Wow!! My eyes were opened!! The vintage machine gurus on this board totally won me over with their descriptions of the wondrous talents of the vintage & antique machines. I found my 301a first, and I was completely enamored from the first time I used her. She was a mess and missing parts, etc. when I got her, but it was love at first sight!! Since then I have accumulated 8 more, and I love each one.
I still occasionally use my modern Brother machine, but not nearly as much as I use my vintage girls. I have bought each of my oldest 2 grandaughters vintage machines. Whenever I don't need my machines any more, I know my youngest daughter and my oldest grandaughter will be figuring out who gets which one, as they love them too.
I'm not done collecting yet. Just being more selective now due to space limitations, as well as Evil Eye issues from DH!! LOL
There are two trains of thought I guess about "portable" machines.
First, the original definition of "portable" means it's not in a cabinet, but still weighs the same as a full size 57 Chevy.
Second, the modern definition of "portable" means it's light as breeze and you can carry it around in your back pack or purse.
Several years ago I found our Free Westinghouse machine in thrift store. The store was across the street from the muffler shop that was working on my wife's truck. I found the machine and bought it, then carried it across the street to her truck. I about had a hernia before I got that thing to the truck. But, and this is very important to me, when I use that thing it does not move. The case it's in needs a new set of rubber feets so it doesn't scrape up the table, but that's a minor thing.
The Singer I mentioned above isn't near as light as the new plastic machines, but it's still too light to do much of anything. I tried to move it just a little bit and it about slid across the table.
I like the old machines.
I started out life on some old HC until I got myself vaccinated... Mom quickly let me use the FW. I used a Touch 'n Sew in Home Ec and it turned me off on Singer for a VERY long time. The FW was all we had - when I got married, I bought a used FW and used it until my first born son came along. A friend loaned me an Elna. It was love and no going back at that point. I scraped and scrounged and got a used Elna. I wore it out. I still have it and it is pathetic. When I wore it out I searched for something I liked as well. I used a New Home or Good Housekeeper or something I borrowed. It was ok... Then someone gave me a low end Viking. It was ok... DD fell in love with it and took it when she moved out. sigh. I bought a used low end Viking. It was ok.... A friend wanted a machine so I sold it to her. Somewhere in there I got an assortment of industrial machines. Those are nice if you are doing production. I made tents for about 10 years or so - a machine with a walking foot is very nice. Next I bought a new low end but expensive Janome - electronic. Darn thing didn't do much for me. I about quit sewing. I picked up a Necchi or two at a garage sale some were ok some not... Then I found a Singer 401G in the garbage. It was love. That thing was trashed. But it was love. I searched around and bought a 403 in good condition. It was pure love. It's my go to machine. The Necchi was re-homed. The Janome was re-homed. A lot of water went over the dam. I had to work on that 401 a lot so I learned a thing or two. I've picked up old machines, fixed them up and sold them. Now there is internet and repair information... WOW!!! I can't seem to fix a plastic machine. The others are much easier to work on. I'm over 60 and can't really remember not sewing. Give me a good old vintage machine and I'm happy. I love to tinker with them more than anything. I am amazed at the engineering and the machine work that went into those old machines.
I can't remember my Mom ever having a Singer. From as far back as I can remember she's had the HOTHER. Perhaps before that another machine, I don't know. When I was little she sewed her finger into her work on an old black portable machine at the kitchen table. I have no idea what brand it was but it was in a case.
After she retired the HOTHER she got a cabinet machine that I think is a Kenmore. But I'm not sure. All I know is it wasn't a Singer. That machine is languishing in a shed on my aunts property in AZ. I can't get any of my relations to assist me in retrieving it.
When I got married my wife had a Singer 538. Still has it but it's ailing and won't work right any more.
I don't know anyone personally who has a brand new machine. Even my aunts have quit sewing. My oldest aunt says she's got her grandmothers treadle machine, but I don't know if she uses it, or what it is.
My step daughter has a treadle, but again I don't think she uses it.
Somebody must have a brand new machine. Maybe they're just ashamed to admit it. :)
I was given a rather new "White" for my Daughter, its all plastic and needed a foot control. it is a box store low end one, and after the new controller I realized it had no bobbin case, and the tension was a mess. it works after a fashion, but she is getting a 1920's 128 for her next Birthday and i KNOW that one will sew .


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Dimensions Length: 9-12" (23-30 cm); Wngspn: 21" (53 cm)
Habitat Widespread and common in open country, including farmland. Mainly a summer migrant to Canada (present mainly Apr-Aug), birds moving south in fall and boosting resident numbers in southern U.S.
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Discussion A familiar raptor, eastern North America's smallest falcon and the one most likely to be seen hovering along roadsides. Feeds on small mammals and insects. In flight, note typical falcon outline with relatively narrow, pointed wings and proportionately long tail; latter is fanned when hovering or soaring, but otherwise straight. Sexes are dissimilar and males are well marked and colorful.


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Spring makes me think of Stinking Benjamin, skunk cabbage, and tadpoles.
Isn't it strange that things we rebelled against as children, we often treasure as adults.
With the first sign of spring Mom would insist that we all set out to explore the meadows and woodlands for signs of wildflowers. As children, we'd moan and groan and were shamefully ungrateful for the wonderful lessons Mom taught us.
When I became an adult I treasured the stollen moments when I could wander out into nearby meadows, woodlands, and creek beds to look for the wonderful wildflowers poking their dainty leaves above the earth and later showing off their brilliant colors and delicate blossoms. I remember forcing my son to take some of those excursions with me when he was young – he hated every minute of it and every mountain trail I made him climb with me! Today (and for some time now, I'm pleased to say) some of our happiest moments together are exploring natures wonders as we hike in Oregon and Georgia.
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It's not your living space that was the problem. But the idea that you should avoid as much responsibility for MAKING burning man happen as possible.
Every year there is a larger percentage of virgins than the previous year
The city doesn't just magically happen and appear for spectators to come and enjoy it. It comes from the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears of the people who go to burning man to share something.
I think its a good idea for virgins to make some things easier on themselves since your first year is a huge culture shock. But if you're not participating you're missing the whole point and really just ending up being parasitic.


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It's been an interesting week so far. I asked a pointed question at an "all-hands" meeting and as a result wrote a little paper which highlights all the free and open source software that we are using as well as the tools that we have internally which would most likely flourish if we were to release them with an open source license. Suffice it to say, in the process of writing this paper I noticed we have a LOT of free software that we use and quite a few useful bits that we could contribute back to the community in terms of enhancements/bug fixes/orginal software.
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Us Weekly ran a story quoting Sarah Palin demanding that Christina Aguilera be deported over her botched performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV.
The only problem: It never happened.
The item quoted Palin trashing Aguilera as a demanding beauty queen whos clearly in over her head and adding for good measure, If I were president, Id deport Ms. Augilera back to wherever it is shes from and give Amy Smart a call.
The fake quotes originated from an Onion-like satirical web site, relaying a fictional radio interview between the former Governor of Alaska and Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Other choice quotes from Palin that fooled Us Weekly included, Heres another case of an airhead diva going on TV, running her mouth off, sounding like a fool. She doesnt understand something so basic about America, yet were supposed to tolerate her diva behavior? and Unemployment is at nine percent, yet we have to suffer through a performance by a foreigner with a poor grasp of the English language?
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For her senior thesis in psychology, Julia Yang evaluated the effectiveness of behavioral messaging by conducting a flier campaign in four dorms that encouraged students to unplug their appliances before leaving for winter break. Yang's project will be used as a model for continuing sustainability awareness endeavors at the University.
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With dorm rooms mostly empty and a snowstorm blanketing the Princeton campus, senior Julia Yang and a hardy group of student environmentalists spent three hours on the first morning of winter break combing residential halls for signs of energy savings.
This effort was the centerpiece of Yang's senior thesis, in which she tested the effectiveness of behavioral messaging aimed at encouraging students to conserve resources. Yang, a psychology major who is pursuing a certificate in environmental studies, used a flier campaign to study whether manipulating how messages are presented would change student behavior.
"This was a really good field experiment for me, because it does have practical implications and it can be applied in so many ways on college campuses and with different environmental initiatives," she said.
Yang collaborated on the project with faculty adviser Elizabeth Levy Paluck, the Office of Sustainability, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE) and the Department of Undergraduate Housing. In addition to providing insights into research on behavioral theories, Yang's thesis will be used as a model for continuing sustainability awareness endeavors at Princeton.
"It was a phenomenal effort and paved the way for future collaboration in the science and practice of sustainability campaigns on campus," said Paluck, an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs.
Toward the end of the fall semester, Yang worked with her collaborators to craft an e-mail that was sent by the housing office to residents of 716 dorm rooms seeking their participation in a "sustainability audit" of their rooms. The e-mail asked students to unplug their refrigerators and televisions as they left for break, building upon the "Pull the Plug!" campaign created in 2006 by SURGE and Greening Princeton, another student group.
Yang found that students who received fliers with her specially designed messages unplugged their appliances at a higher rate than those who received a generic flier or no flier. She said it was rewarding to see that "my messages did have some kind of positive impact on energy conservation."
Yang designed six fliers to hang on the doors of 472 rooms in 1901-Laughlin, Scully and Bloomberg halls and Forbes College whose residents agreed to participate in the audit. The fliers had the same visual design and roughly the same number of words, but each carried a different message framed to test certain behavioral theories.
To gauge the effectiveness of social norms messaging, which explores how people may conform to group identity, some fliers noted that 75 percent of all Princeton students or previous residents of a particular dorm room had "pulled the plug." Another flier said the Daily Princetonian student newspaper would publish the results of how many residents of a particular hall unplugged their appliances.
Yang also devised messaging to test prospect theory, a method typically used to examine economic decision-making behavior, by including messages that "Princeton will lose energy" if dorm residents did not unplug or "Princeton will gain energy" if they did. Other students received a generic flier that simply urged students to "save the environment," while others received no flier.
The project suffered a minor setback when a snowstorm hit campus as winter break began, leaving some students in their rooms temporarily and reducing the study's sample size. Yang's team -- including 16 volunteers from student environmental groups, representatives from undergraduate housing and Shana Weber, manager of the Office of Sustainability -- ultimately inspected 372 rooms on Dec. 19.
"The sample is not as big as we hoped, but considering it's a pilot study of an initiative that people can build upon next year, it's still pretty useful," Yang said.
Yang studied the effectiveness of prospect theory, a method typically used to examine economic decision-making behavior. This theory was tested by devising messages that "Princeton will gain energy" if dorm residents unplugged their appliances or "Princeton will lose energy" if they did not. (Image: Courtesy of Julia Yang)
Yang found that 38 percent of students who have a refrigerator or television in their rooms did unplug them. While there was not a major distinction in the effectiveness of social norms messaging versus prospect theory messaging, she found that students responded more strongly to both types of messaging than the generic flier or no flier.
"It was really rewarding to actually get results, to know that -- no matter which one was most effective -- my messages did have some kind of positive impact on energy conservation," she said.
Paluck said Yang's work was "original and rigorous."
"Julia's done an admirable job analyzing her results," she said, noting that Yang learned new techniques to examine complicated datasets. "She plowed through some dense statistical reading I gave to her, used graduate student help and worked with me on the analysis and interpretation."
Paluck added, "She designed the messages to retest some promising techniques and to test one theory (prospect theory) that, to our knowledge, has not been applied very often to sustainability behaviors. Both theories boosted unplugging in the dorms. We weren't sure what to expect, so this was an advance -- food for thought, and for future testing."
Weber noted that Yang's research will benefit the Office of Sustainability's efforts to encourage individuals on campus to save energy.
"Work like this can give us a glimpse into how sustainability communication and education efforts on campus can actually result in behavior change," Weber said. "The more we can partner with students and faculty who are interested in researching these ideas, the more effective we will be in achieving the culture shift needed to reach our aggressive sustainability goals."
Yang, who is from Silver Spring, Md., currently is exploring her postgraduate options and may pursue environmental law studies after a few years in the work force.
Yang conducted her experiment with help from adviser Elizabeth Levy Paluck (right), an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs, as well as student environmentalists, the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Undergraduate Housing.


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always c-section
Is it true that once you delivered through C-Section, your next delivery will probably C-Section too?
26th October 2013 04:05 AM #2
Many women have successfully given birth vaginally after having a C-Section. To limit your chances of having another C-Section, it's best to seek out a midwife to manage your birth. If a midwife is not available, then look for a doctor that has a very low C-Section rate. Many doctors nowadays, have a C-Section rate of 25%-35% which is much too high.
Midwives have a C-Section transfer rate of around 3-4% because they are very skilled with their hands, they attend the mother through her labour (not just showing up to catch the baby), and they will try different positions, herbs, homeopathy and natural ways of working with the body to help labour progress, help baby turn and basically help mum overcome challenges in the most natural way possible, in order to avoid intervention (i.e. C-Section).
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Thank you Kate.
You really are an expert when it comes to concerns of women.
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Family: Alcidae, Auks, Murres, Puffins view all from this family
Description ADULT SUMMER Has a black head, neck, and upperparts, and white underparts. At close range, white lines on scapulars, white wing bar (white edge to secondaries), and tiny white crescent above eye can be seen. ADULT WINTER Similar, but has a black cap, nape, and back with otherwise white plumage. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult.
Dimensions Length: 8" (20 cm)
Habitat Abundant breeding species, nesting in huge colonies on boulder slopes in high Arctic Greenland. Outside breeding season, entirely pelagic. Many remain in Arctic seas, but good numbers extend south down Atlantic seaboard and common in winter off coasts of Newfoundland, mainly Oct-Mar.
Observation Tips Sometimes forced close to shore during or just after onshore winter gales.
Range Alaska, Eastern Canada, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, New England, Florida
Voice Silent in the region.
Discussion Tiny seabird and the smallest Atlantic alcid. Dumpy, compact appearance is accentuated by short neck and tiny, stubby bill. Flies on rapid, whirring wingbeats. Swims well and dives frequently. Sexes are similar.


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|Thanks for posting this Jeff. IMHO, this is another volley in a long term plan to allow oil drilling wherever & when ever.
another interesting rollback
Section four of the ESA is one of the more controversial pieces of environmental legislation ever written. It stopped a major dam development (briefly) over the lowly snail darter, and caused that whole mess in the NW over the spotted owl.
The main focus of the ESA over the last decade had been habitat protection. It's a complicated issue, with a lot of smoke and mirrors going on on both sides, but the bottom line is that rollbacks like these are pro-development plain and simple, and with the exception of wastewater treatment facilities, most developments with corresponding loss of habitat are usually bad for fishing.
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Help! High Nitrates in my tap water...
First let me thank you for reading through my post. I appreciate your time and help.
My problem is my tap water has 30 to 40 Nitrates in it. I know that 10ppm is the legal limit and my cities water
report says the city water has 10 ppm Nitrates. But when it comes out my faucet is tests at between 30 and 40.
I know the city pipes are probably further contaminating the water with more Nitrates, but I can't do anything about that.
Using RO water is not an option for me and it would really mess with my PH. My tap PH is at 7.8 and the tank PH runs at 8.2.
I use the API Master test kit. Expires in 2016.
I shake the solutions as per instructions and test accordingly. This is what I have:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 40 - 60
Tank: 29 gallon freshwater tank up and running since August 2012. It is cycled.
My Nitrates stay at around 40 to 60 with weekly 8 gallon water changes. I gravel vac the tank and keep the algae cleaned
on the glass. I also rinse the decor in the tank in the dirty tank water. I change the filter pads monthly. It is not a planted tank
however I did put one Anubias Nana in the tank last week. It seems to be doing OK so far.
I have 3 neon tetras, 2 cory cats, 1 male guppy, 2 platys and 2 small angel fish.
Decor: two resin decorations and plastic plants. One live plant. One silk plant
I have a penguin filter with bio wheel and SeaChem Matrix bio media added to the box.
I also have a Whisper filter with a Pura Pad added to that box to try to help with the Nitrate levels.
I have a glass top and use a Coralife lighting fixture.
I have a 3 " bubble disc going at about 50% flow.
PRE-FILTERING WATER: I also have a tub of water that holds about 12 gallons of water where I pre-filter the tap water
to try to rid the tap water of the Nitrates before adding it to the tank. I also use the dechlorinator in this water.
I have a Whisper filter (sized for a 30 gallon tank) going on this tub with a Poly Filter pad only
in this filter to get rid of the Nitrates.
So far pre-filtering the water for 7 days using the Poly Filter makes only a minimal difference in
the Nitrate level. It went from about 40 to about 30. These are best guesses with trying to match
the colors on those charts.
I have tried running the tap water for over 20 minutes so as not to use stagnate water from the city pipes.
I have tried letting the water sit for up to 2 days and still there is no change in the Nitrate levels in the tap water.
I am at a loss as to what else to do to try to get these Nitrates down in the tank.
Is there anything else I can do??
Thanks for your time,
First off - NEVER drink that water- period. Nitrates above 10 ppm are not healthy and over 40 is not safe. Use bottled water to drink and cook.
The EPA sets the upper limit for infants as 10 ppm; I'd never use water above that level for any children at all. The EPA sets 45 ppm as the upper limit for adults.
Next, you can't filter nitrates from your water. Letting it sit will do zero as will boiling (which will make it worse.)
You should consider an R/O system for your own needs. As for the tank, either an R/O system or a large algae scrubber (those remove not only nitrates extremely well, but also phosphates, ammonia/nitrites and even other organics.) These units do require a light source (red is best) and can be built a number of ways but all work very well at removing nitrates.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES can any human drink water processed by an algae filter - the algae is toxic to humans!
Last edited by Cermet; 02-09-2013 at 08:09 PM.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
WOW, that's pretty bad tap water quality
Are you sure that test result is accurate ??? Have you had these test results confirmed by someone else or maybe try another test kit ? The reason why I ask is that rusty old pipe tyically do not add nitrates, mostly will just add other mineral elementsIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
Fishless Cycle Cycling with Fish Marine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]
Nitrates are NEVER caused by piping; they are always due to waste products produced by living creatures - local farms, a specic system too close to a well, or systems that use run off. Get your water tested and DO NOT DRINK IT or use it for cooking until it is proven to be within EPA acceptible levels!!!! Even then, I'd be careful (i.e. not use) for any water with levels over 10 ppm.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
I agree with Cliff, before you do anything get a second opinion on the nitrate levels from your tap. If the other source confirms the levels here are a couple links with some options for you.
https://www.google.com/search?q=nitr...w=1600&bih=780When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Dear naps, sorry I hated you so much when I was a child... Love me
Thanks to each one of you who replied. We don't drink this water or cook with it. We buy RO water at the local Water n Ice store for our water needs.
And I buy bottled water by the case at Walmart.
I have a call into our city officials about the Nitrate levels in the water. The water source for our city water is ground water and we are in an agricultural
area. I suspect things are seeping into the water from fertilizers, etc.
Where would I get a second opinion test on my tap water? I do know the API test kits are testing all the same....I am on my second test kit for Nitrate.
And what about the fish....will they be OK living in Nitrates from 40 to 60?
If I plant more live plants in the tank...would that help?
I can't afford any expensive filtration system to remove the nitrates. What is an algae scrubber?
So I wonder if I should just accept that fact that my tank will have this
level nitrate in it.
a algae srubber is just something you grow algae on to eat the nitrates and remove them from your tank water. The below link explains how to make one
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/show...cs-The-SummaryIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
Fishless Cycle Cycling with Fish Marine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]
What is your stock? Also what is your filtration situation? They will be ok if you don't have too much fish. In my terrible experience, I had 9 small schooling fish (5 black neons, 4 harly's) survive in nitrate levels over 100 ppm. They are still surviving today, after I got another filter to get my nitrates below 20 ppm. Good luck!
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My stock and filtration system for this tank is in my original post.
I would like to add more small fish to my tank. I got this 29 gallon tank thinking I could have 29 inches of adult fish.
I am rehoming my angle fish and that will leave me with 2 platys, 3 neon tetras, 2 cory cats and one guppy. I figure that is 13 inches of adult fish.
I have recently found a few snails (ramshorn) in my tank too. Keeping up with PWCs weekly.
Is the prefiltering the water a lost cause? I don't want to do that if I don't have to. Is more work and expense to do that. I have a friend who is an aquatics specialist who advised I do the pre-filtering to remove the Nitrates. But I am beginning to think nothing will remove them outside an expensive filtration system of one form or another. The algae scrubbers look ugly and large. I have this tank in my living room. I don't want an unsightly filter next to the tank. I really don't know anything about them...just saw a few pictures online.
I looked into getting our tap water tested by a lab and that is costly and out of the question at this time! I have test strips too, but they are not as accurate as the API drip tests. I feel so stuck with this Nitrate problem.
BTW, I asked the LFS what their Nitrate runs in their tanks and it runs 40. So any fish I bring home from the LFS will not be shocked by my Nitrates.
Thanks for you ideas and help.
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In November 2000, John A. Schiffman, a member of the Columbia College Board of Trustees, announced a $1.5 million donation to the college to establish an endowed chair in ethics, religious studies and philosophy. At the time, it was the single largest donation in the school's history.
A major focus of the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman endowed chair is the establishment of an annual Ethics in Society lecture series to bring scholars and lecturers to campus.
Schiffman made the gift in honor of his late wife, Althea, who graduated from Christian College in 1941 (renamed Columbia College in 1970). She also served on the Columbia College Board of Trustees from 1983 to 1987.
"It is my hope that through the endowed chair and lecture series, Columbia College will become a force in carrying forward the message to students that integrity, honesty, fairness and compassion are just as important as intellect," Schiffman said.
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Dr. Anthony Alioto, professor of history, has served as the Althea W. and John A. Schiffman chair in ethics, religious studies and philosophy at Columbia College since 2002.
Alioto earned a bachelor's degree in history and literature from the University of Wisconsin, then served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a personnel specialist. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Presidential Unit Citation for his work in the return of prisoners from north Vietnam. After his military service, he returned to graduate school at Ohio University, where he was a John F. Cady Fellow. Alioto earned his master's degree and his doctorate in the history of science and philosophy.
He joined Columbia College in 1981. During his tenure, Alioto has been selected as Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Professor of the Year and Faculty Member of the Year. He also was selected as the 1996 recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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" Something struck me as odd the instant I saw these. Mine came in a pink version and for some reason they look exactly like the one on here. But I purchased mine in an electronics store. This suspiciously looks like one of the counterfeit second-hand earbuds and the flimsy wax-blocker looks exactly like some I've seen on fakes." --Sil3nce


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I just met a snack named Nutella
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
By Rob Byers and Tara Tuckwiller
Rare is the commercial food product that inspires rhapsodies such as this, from one woman's Internet blog:
The first time I was in Germany was the first time I ate Nutella! ... and oh my God!!!! It was the best thing I had ever tasted!!!! Chocolate hazelnut spread ... Nutella ... I died and went to heaven and there was no way I was going back to Philadelphia because the local supermarket does not carry NUTELLA!!!!!! Ahhhhh, say it aloud and there's music playing ... say it soft and it's almost like praying ... NUTELLA!!!"
Alrighty, then. Nutella. What is it? And if it is indeed rapture in a jar, why haven't more Americans tasted it?
The basic story of Nutella can be found in detail on the official Nutella website: In the '40s, an Italian confectioner named Pietro Ferrero was confounded by wartime cocoa rationing. He contrived an inexpensive chocolate substitute made of cocoa, toasted hazelnuts, cocoa butter and vegetable oils and called it "pasta gianduja." (Roughly, that means "John of the jug's paste." It's kind of a roundabout story, but "gianduja" was the name that had been given to a gourmet chocolate-hazelnut candy developed in the 1860s in Turin. It, in turn, had been named for "John of the jug," the fictional hero of Turin's carnivals, depicted as a fun-loving peasant with an ever-present jug of wine. (At any rate, it's liltingly pronounced "zhan-DOO-ya.") Pasta gianduja was an instant hit in chocolate-starved Italy. In 1949, Ferrero altered his formula from a sliceable slab to a spreadable paste: "supercrema gianduja." According to the Nutella people, supercrema "became so popular that Italian food stores started a service called 'The Smearing.' Children could go to their local food store with a slice of bread for a 'smear' of supercrema gianduja." Wow. That's service.
German marketers came up with the name "Nutella" when they decided to sell the spread outside of Italy. Ever since, generations of European children have been brought up on Nutella, much the way peanut butter is a staple for American kids. (Or like Vegemite in Australia, except Nutella isn't pungent and yeasty.)
So what does it taste like? Like nothing else, really. It's chocolatey, but not too sweet, with hints of dairy (it's made with skim milk) and roasted hazelnuts. Its hordes of Internet addicts have developed unctuous recipes dripping with the stuff: Nutella fondue, Nutella ice cream cake, and the ever-popular "Nutella straight out of the jar with one's fingers or tongue if no spoon is available."
But even though the Nutella company says its product outsells all peanut butter brands combined worldwide, it has just never taken off in America. (You can find it locally at many grocery stores.) There's something about feeding your child a chocolate sandwich that just feels wrong, even though Nutella is nutritionally similar to peanut butter (it has less protein and more sugar, but peanut butter has quite a bit more salt and fat).
And so, as conscientious parents, we dragged the Nutella jar into the bright light of the kitchen the other night and scrutinized the label (idly dipping our fingers into the jar every so often, of course). Partially hydrogenated peanut oil. Isn't that bad for you? Vanillin. Hmm, artificial flavor.
And then our resident 5-year-old, tired of the hem-hawing, stuck her finger in the jar and smacked her lips.
"It's yummy," she pronounced, marching away decisively. "I love it."
Enough said.
Ravioli Dolce
The dough for these sweet "ravioli" can be made a day or two ahead of time, and the cookies themselves keep well.
Makes 2 dozen
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 pinch salt
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
6 ounces Nutella
Powdered sugar
1) Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, almond extract and salt. Beat in flour 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Shape dough into two disks, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
2) Heat oven to 350°. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a nonstick silicone baking mat and set aside.
3) Roll one disk of dough out thinly, about 1/16-inch thick (you shouldn't have to flour the rolling surface). Cut into 2-inch squares.
4) Using a thin spatula, transfer half of the squares to the cookie sheet. Place a teaspoon of Nutella on the center of each square. Dip your fingertip in water and moisten the edges of a square, top with one of the remaining squares and crimp edges with a fork to seal. Repeat until all squares are sealed. Reroll scraps to make more squares, and repeat filling and sealing until cookie sheet is full.
5) Bake 12 minutes or until cookies are pale golden. Repeat with remaining batches. Cool cookies on wire racks, then dust with powdered sugar.
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A lecture titled "Selling the Security Council on U.S. Security Goals: Challenges for American Leadership at the U.N." is set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in 016 Robertson Hall. Richard Williamson, a 1971 Princeton graduate and alternate representative of the United States to the United Nations for special political affairs, will speak.
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Testicular self-exam is an examination of the testicles that you do on yourself.
The testicles (also called the testes) are the male reproductive organs that produce sperm and the hormone testosterone. They are located in the scrotum under the penis.
You can do this test during or after a shower. This way, the scrotal skin is warm and relaxed. It is best to do the test while standing.
A testicular self-exam may be done to check for testicular cancer.
Testicles have blood vessels and other structures that can make the exam confusing. If you notice any lumps or changes in a testicle, contact your health care provider right away.
Doctors may recommend that you do a testicular self-exam every month if you have any of the following risk factors:
Some, but not all expert organizations, recommend self-exam if you are a teenager or young adult (to about 35 years old). It is not clear that performing this exam when you have no symptoms would decrease the risk of dying from testicular cancer.
Each testicle should feel firm, but not rock hard. One testicle may be lower or slightly larger than the other.
Talk to your health care provider if you have questions.
If you find a small, hard lump (like a pea), have an enlarged testicle, or notice any other differences that do not seem normal, see your health care provider right away.
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Sudden, severe (acute) pain in the scrotum or testicle that lasts for more than a few minutes is an emergency. If you have this type of pain, seek medical attention right away.
A lump in the testicle is often the first sign of testicular cancer. If you find a lump, see a health care provider right away. Most testicular cancers are very treatable. Keep in mind that some cases of testicular cancer do not show symptoms until they reach an advanced stage.
National Cancer Institute: Physician Data Inquiry (PDQ®) Testicular Cancer Screening. Bethesda, MD. Date last modified: July 19, 2012. Accessed January 7, 2013. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/testicular/Patient/page3
American Cancer Society. Testicular self-exam. Accessed August 14, 2013. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/testicularcancer/moreinformation/doihavetesticularcancer/do-i-have-testicular-cancer-self-exam
Montgomery JS, Bloom DA. The diagnosis and management of scrotal masses. Med Clin North Am. 2011;235-244.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for testicular cancer. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:483-486.
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Family: Ginkgoaceae, Ginkgo view all from this family
Description Very large deciduous tree. Crown angular. Branches long, erratic. Bark gray, furrowed. Leaves green and uniquely fan-shaped, usually 5–10 cm. (2-4 in.), up to 15 cm. (6 in.) long, turning brilliant gold in autumn. Veins enter the leaf blade at the base and fork repeatedly in two; this is known as dichotomous venation. Dioecious, some trees being female, others being male. Male plants produce small pollen cones. Female plants do not produce cones. Two ovules form at the end of a stalk, and develop into seeds after pollination. Seed 1.5–2 cm. long. Fleshy outer layer light yellow-brown, soft, and fruit-like. Smells like rancid butter or feces when fallen.
Dimensions Height: 15-21 m. (50-70 ft.)
Diameter: 0.6 m. (2 ft.).
Warning Fruits can be toxic if ingested in high quantities; can also cause severe skin irritation on contact. Sensitivity to a toxin varies with a persons age, weight, physical condition, and individual susceptibility. Children are most vulnerable because of their curiosity and small size. Toxicity can vary in a plant according to season, the plants different parts, and its stage of growth; and plants can absorb toxic substances, such as herbicides, pesticides, and pollutants from the water, air, and soil.
Habitat Fine, silty soil and good drainage. Moist, humid areas. Disturbed sites; along stream banks, rocky slopes, and cliff edges.
Range Southeast, Mid-Atlantic.
Discussion Ginkgo or Maidenhair trees are living fossils, dating back 270 million years. Widely cultivated in China, Korea and Japan. Some naturalization has occurred, with Ginkgos seeding into natural forests. Extracts of Ginkgo leaves have been used pharmaceutically. .


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In the ORG thread concerning the changing landscape of baseball based on speed, it seemed to be generally accepted that it would be much better to have Billy hamilton steal in front of "singles hitters like Cozart & Hanigan" rather than in front of Votto & Bruce.
I decided to to some very amateur statistical analysis to test this, and decided to expand the test to the starting fielders, and then use that to decide when it what sort of success percentage Billy hamilton would have to have to justify stealing in front of a given batter with only one out left in the inning (actual inning and game score were not considered). I focused just on whether or not Billy would ultimately score, not the total runs scored. I used the last three years for every player wxcept Fraxier (2 years) and Cozart (1 year) for obvious reasons... I also just did one year for Ludwick since I think being in Cincy has changed what to expect from him as a player. I also rounded numbers and kind of swagged the three year OBPs for the players since I did not want to take the time to figure that out.
So the situation is that Billy is on first with 2 outs. I am presuming that Billy will score from first with any extra base hit, and from second for any base hit.
For Joey Votto, there is a 43% chance he will get on base, but only a 26% chance that this will be by an extra base hit that will score Billy. (26% of the time Votto reaches first base is by extra base hit). Therefore, if Billy remains on first, there is only an 11% chance that Votto will drive him in. There is a 32% chance Joey will walk or get a single. If he does, there is a 25% chance the next batter will drive Billy in (using the Reds team batting average) plus a 2 percent chance (using Reds OBP) that the batter will walk and the batter after him drive in Billy by walk or hit for a total of 27%. That means there is an addittional 9% chance that Billy will score after Joey walks or gets a single. Add that to the 11% chance for an extra base hit and you have a 20% chance of scoring if Billy does NOT steal first.
If Billy steals second, there is a 27% chance that Joey will knock him in with a hit. Plus an extra 4.5 percent odds of scoring from Joey getting a walk and the follow on batter (or batters) getting the necessary hit/walk to drive in Billy. Thus if Billy successfully steals with Votto up, there is a 31.5% chance he will eventually score versus the 20% if he does not successfuly steal. A 57 percent increase the possibility of scoring.
The whole list:
Votto: 20 to 31.5 - 57% increase
Bruce: 16.5 to 26.5 - 60%
Cozart: 14 to 25 - 79%
Hanigan: 14 to 28 - 100%
BP: 15 to 28.5 - 90%
Ludwick: 18 to 28 - 55%
Frazier: 16.5 to 26.5 - 60%
Choo: 16.5 to 29 - 76%
So on the one hand the thread was right... stealing in front of the thumpers (Votto, Bruce, Ludwick & Frazier) is less advantageous than stealing in front of the others (Hannigan, Cozart, Choo and surprisingly Phillips). However, if Hamilton can maintain a 75% success rate (he was over 76 last year), even for Ludwick, the worst increase, he will score 21 times out of 100 versus 18 times out of 100 if he does not attempt the steal. At the other extreme, when Hannigan is batting, he will score 21 times out of 100 if he attempts the steal versus only 14 times if he sits at first.
I realize there are more factors, such as the effect on the pitcher and fielders when a basestealer is on base or the fact that getting CS for the last out also means that you prevent the batter from scoring, but I cannot measure the former, so I am just going to say it at least balances out the latter.
One final lesson i got from this... If we call up Hamilton and lose Choo... I am convinced more than ever to bat BP second.


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The painting, which was donated to the Italian State by the Ruffo Bagnara family, was identified and published by Alcsuti in 1932. The work — of restrained classicism with a modern, 18th-century interpretation of the style of Reni, Albani and Cantarini — places Creti as one of the leading European artists in the early 18th century.
He arrived in Bologna at an early age, and learnt much from Annibale: it was probably in Pasinelli's studio, where he started his training with a Neo-Venetian approach, that he was guided towards a study of the " gamme chiarissime " of Reni and Cantarini. In the city of the Carraccis, he demonstrated a precocious talent which earned him the appreciation and protection of Count Alessandro Fava, in whose family palazzo, which had been frescoed by the young Carracci, he spent a long time. Creti soon became famous as a " grandissimo disegnatore " — a great draughtsman — while his paintings were increasingly appreciated. By the age of thirty, he was a well-established artist. Not only did he receive many commissions from noble families in Bologna, but he also achieved success in the academies: in 1709, he was one of the founding members of the Accademia Clementina, of which he was appointed Principe in 1728.
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Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Small to medium-size evergreen tree with a narrow conic crown. Bark smooth, grey, and with resin blisters which spray when ruptured, becomes rough, fissured and scaly on old trees. Leaves flat needle-like, 15 to 30 mm. (O–1 in.) long, dark green above often with a small patch of stomata near the tip, and two white stomatal bands below, and a slightly notched tip. Arranged spirally on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted to appear in two more-or-less horizontal rows. Cones erect, 40 to 80 mm. (1O–3 in.) long, dark purple, ripening brown and disintegrating to release the winged seeds in September.
Two varieties:
Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir) - bracts subtending seed scales short, not visible on the closed cones. Most of the species' range.
Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis (bracted balsam fir or Canaan fir) - bracts subtending seed scales longer, visible on the closed cone. The southeast of the species' range, from southernmost Quebec to West Virginia. The name 'Canaan Fir' derives from one of its native localities, the Canaan Valley in West Virginia. Some botanists regard this variety as a natural hybrid between balsam fir and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri), which occurs further south in the Appalachian mountains.
Dimensions Height: 12-18 m. (40-60 ft.)
Diameter: 0.3-0.5 m (1-1/2 ft.).
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Mountains.
Range Mid-Atlantic, Plains, New England, Great Lakes.
Discussion Very popular as Christmas trees. Resin used to produce Canada balsam, used as cold remedy and as glue for glasses, optical instrument components, and for preparing permanent mounts of microscope specimens. Wood used for paper manufacture. Balsam fir oil is an EPA approved nontoxic rodent repellent. Provides food for moose, American red squirrels, crossbills and chickadees, as well as shelter for moose, snowshoe hares, white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse and other small mammals and songbirds. The needles are eaten by some lepidopteran caterpillars, for example the Io moth.


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I have to hand it to ActiveState -- I think they've done a pretty good job packaging up Perl into ActivePerl. I just grabbed and installed the latest build for my wife's Win95 box, and I'm pretty impressed. I even went so far as to download the .deb of 5.6.0 for my Potato box, and I'm really quite impressed. They've done a good job of packaging many of the groovier modules, like libnet and libwww, and the XML::Parser stuff, and they've come a long way since the 500 versions, which were the last ActivePerls I used regularly.
I've been trying my hand at writing lately; I just finished an article about compiling Apache, and the various standard modules. I am currently writing an article about using Perl to do interesting things with the RSS files that everyone and their mother seems to be publishing nowadays (have you seen GeekBoys?). Here's a hint -- it will involve Perl, XML::RSS, and DBI/DBD::mysql. I think it's coming along nicely. Hopefully I'll be able to post a draft on Advogato, if I get certified as something other than an Observer soon. It is based on a few modules and scripts that I use on my own box, but cleaned up and de-idiosyncratized (is that a word? Is that even a concept?) so they will be readable and usable by someone other than me.
I realized yesterday that one of the key things bashlib is missing is a templating system. Well, other than a usable API, the main thing it's missing is a tem-- oh yeah, it's also missing users. But of the three main things that bashlib is missing, a way to implement a templating system occured to me last night. It mostly awk, and a little bit sed. I wonder, has anyone else done anything like this, using common shell tools? I haven't to date been able to find anything on the web. Or should I take that as a hint...?
The idea for bashlib arose out of a pissing contest at work (we take turns coming up with the most off the wall ideas we can, and then try to implement them); I won this one, by declaring I was going to rewrite Slashdot in bash, and call it bashdot. (This was right after the first release version (0.9) of the Slash code, and, since we are all Perl programmers, we were a little (!) disgusted with it.) Any large scale project needs libraries, of course, and so bashlib was born. In time, bashlib may evolve into bashdot, but I, for one, and not holding my breath.
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So it's been a while since the last time I created an abstraction for the mouse, so I have a few questions about good practices to mouse handling.
The way it used to be done "back in the day" was to, each iteration of the game loop, do something like so:
1. Calculate the mouse position delta by tracking its distance from the center of the window (e.g. mouse.position-window.center).
2. Force the mouse.position back to window.center.
I'm not sure all the reasons why it was handled this way, but this solution at least allows both the ability to move the mouse in any direction indefinitely and it nearly eliminates the possibility of the mouse moving outside of the window. One negative side effect of this approach is that anytime you switch from first-person-mode to a menu requiring absolute mouse position, the cursor starts up at in the center position (0.5, 0.5).
But in modern games, it appears that the mouse's input is handled differently, as if it's "locked in place" when needing relative position (first-person mode) and preserves its position when switching back to "absolute position" (menu mode). (For instance, in WoW, you can hold down the right mouse button to rotate the camera, but once you let go, the mouse cursor continues from where it was before you had clicked.)
So the first question is, what's the best way to implement this behavior? Is this "faked" by saving the position and resetting to that point, or is it locked in place using an OS call? If the latter, what are the relevant OS calls (for win32, x11, and/or os x)?
Or maybe, is input handling preferably handled a different way altogether?
Another question is, how do you lock a mouse within the bounds of a window? I know you can at least force the position of the mouse cursor, but is there an OS call that achieves this effect (again, for win32, x11, and/or os x)
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Software in a wearable gadget that does what my brain used to be able to do? Oh yes, fear this software! Run away, run away!
The last thing we want individuals to be able to do is have access to cognitive assistive software.
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A Far North man who worked with the intellectually disabled was wrongfully dismissed after being accused of stealing sausages from a work Christmas BBQ, but the Employment Relations Authority said the man's "significant contribution" to the situation meant he was not entitled to any compensation for the wrongdoing.
Jack Lemon worked for Idea Services - which provides services for people with intellectual disabilities - as a community support worker at its Moerewa facility until he was sacked in February this year for serious misconduct by taking home a pack of sausages that the company believed belonged to its clients.
Mr Lemon took a case for unjustified dismissal to the ERA and in a decision released this week authority member Eleanor Robinson ruled that the sacking was unjustified.
"Mr Lemon had been provided with opportunities ... to provide responses to the questions from (Idea Services Community Support Manager Karen) Taylor, however he had not responded to a number of the questions put to him, in breach of the good faith requirements in the (Employment Relations) Act, in particular the requirement: "to be active and constructive - responsive and communicative," Ms Robinson said.
"In these circumstances, I assess the level of contribution by Mr Lemon as 100 per cent and accordingly award no remedies in respect of the unjustifiable dismissal, other than payment to Mr Lemon of the contractual notice period and any outstanding holiday pay entitlement."
During the ERA hearing Mr Lemon said the sausages were given to him by Elisabeth Langstone, the Co-ordinator of MINDS Trust, after a shared BBQ between the two services in Kaitaia on November 21.
Mr Lemon said the sausages had been provided for the BBQ by MINDS Trust and Ms Langstone gave him the sausages for his own use and that was subsequently supported by Ms Langstone in writing and at a disciplinary meeting.
Ms Taylor said MINDS Trust had given the sausages to the Idea Services users for their Christmas Party on December 18 and Mr Lemon had taken sausages, which were the property of people supported by Idea Services, for his private use.
This is considered theft and therefore serious misconduct.
Ms Robinson said Ms Langstone had the authority to dispose of the sausages as she wished and while Ms Taylor was entitled to prefer one explanation over another, her decision that Mr Lemon had committed theft had to be based on reasonable grounds.


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FOCUSED Nature/Nurture.
New Bedford-based instrumental specialists Nature/Nurture strike back with a new release and an added guitarist, bolstering their complex yet concise angular jams while continuing the N/N tradition of composing monster math rock by-the-numbers — literally. EP002 follows last year's debut EP001 (free download at MySpace.com/NatureNurtureBand), which had a limited hard copy release via Mark MacDougall's 75orLess Records.
"We went with 75orLess again because Mark and his guys are so supportive and just great to work with, plus they are a smaller label so we can press a reasonable amounts of CDs at a low overhead," guitarist Michael Brunetto told me earlier this week. Bassist Jesse Marsh elaborated: "I had played in bands while living in Wisconsin, where we did the 'real' CD pressing thing with glass-mastering and all that, but you have to order 1000 copies to make it worth your while, and I imagine there are probably 800 of them still boxed up in a basement somewhere."
MacDougall recalled the first time he caught Nature/Nurture onstage: "[It was] a really powerful set of instrumentals focused on dynamics and flow rather than overdoing it with non-stop timing changes." When he heard the EP streaming online, he was hooked. "We had been discussing releasing this second EP for a couple of months now," MacDougall said, "but Michael is a perfectionist and this time around I knew to just sit back and wait until he was completely happy with it."
As for the added firepower in new guitarist Chris Haskell (who played with Brunetto a few years back in Rooftop Suicide Club), EP002 isn't necessarily louder than its predecessor (see beastly openingtrack "001"), but the overall musicianship has skyrocketed this time around.
Ironically, Brunetto recalls Haskell as "not really into math rock nor instrumental bands for the most part," and Haskell had his doubts early on.
"The first thought that popped into my head when I heard Nature/Nurture onstage was, 'This band does not need a second guitarist,' " Haskell told me. "These guys were doing things I had never seen in an instrumental band, creating shorter, more intricate songs with an incredible amount of restraint. Highly technical without being excessive, and an almost 'pop' feel, in that the songs went somewhere fast and never lost their cohesiveness.
"Honestly, I was certain I'd fail miserably while playing with these guys, but it's turned out to be one of the best musical experiences of my life."
Drummer/co-founder Henri Chandanais says the band is benefiting on all fronts from Haskell's presence: "It's not just the live sound that is bolstered by the second guitar, but our overall songwriting process has been augmented and polished up as well."
Similar to their typical live set, EP002 clocks in just over 30 minutes, with Haskell and Brunetto providing nimble chords that keep pace with N/N co-founders/rhythm section Marsh and Chandanais, who lock in on "010" and "012" (Chandanais slays on this one), while that almost "pop" melody shines through on the bassline groove of "011." For the uninitiated, the song titles should not imply a musical lack of personality.
"The song titles started as demos Henri and Jesse cut to give out to potential guitar players," Brunetto recalled prior to signing on in early 2008. "Demos were numbered '1, 2, idea 3,' and so on. That's how we'd refer to them during our initial practices together, and it just stuck."
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Wow, busy days - been a while! I started my new job with Network Appliance, which totally rules so far :)
Got the final code release from Stuart for OpenFX, and am just going through it and importing into CVS and other administrivia before uploading it to the FTP for a 1.0 release! Here is a nice screenshot to whet your appetite in the meanwhile :-)
Also did a fair bit of Horde stuff, and our CVS-web viewer called Chora is coming along nicely. Put in some branch visualisation stuff, so that you can track the progress of a file across RCS branches more easily. Look at this for an example of what I mean. Should be releasing this stably quite soon now; the MIME stuff needs a massive cleanup, and some other goals, but its almost there. Check out the demo if you are interested.


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