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How do You Really Measure Linux Bloat?
Different Methods to Query Memory Usage
In the last article, I talked about the different types of Linux memory and how deceptive values like Virtual Size and Resident Set Size can be. Today I'll talk about how you can get more useful numbers so you can figure out which programs really are hogging your computer's RAM.
You can get that information from the kernel via the handy /proc filesystem. It's all indexed by process ID. Get the process id for the program you're interested in via ps -- you want the number in the PID column. For programs like X and firefox that list multiple processes, start with the biggest one (the one with the biggest numbers in the %CPU and %MEM columns).
Once you have your process ID, look in the /proc/PID directory:
$ ls -F /proc/4500 attr/ cwd@ limits mountstats personality stat wchan auxv environ maps net/ root@ statm clear_refs exe@ mem oom_adj sched status cmdline fd/ mountinfo oom_score smaps syscall coredump_filter fdinfo/ mounts pagemap stack task/
For checking memory, the most useful files are
statm, maps and smaps.
None of these files has much documentation, but what there is
can be found in
man 5 proc.
The statm file is terse:
$ cat /proc/4500/statm 62372 27178 6455 14 0 50434 0
These numbers represent:
- total program size (virtual size)
- resident set size
- shared pages
- text (code)
- (unused on Linux)
- data + stack
- (unused on Linux)
getconf PAGESIZE will tell you. It's 4096 on my system.
maps and smaps
maps shows a list of mapped memory regions associated with the process. The fields are:
- address
- perms
- offset
- dev
- inode
- pathname
The pathname is particularly interesting, since that tells you if that region of memory corresponds to a shared library or data file -- just paging through the file can give you an idea what sort of resources the program is using.
smaps shows details of those mapped memory regions. The first line is a repeat of the information from maps. In addition, you can get each region's (virtual) size, its resident set size, the amount of shared memory that's clean (hasn't been written to) versus dirty, and the amount of clean and dirty private (non-shared) memory. Each region looks something like this:
08048000-080bc000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 13130 /bin/bash Size: 464 kB Rss: 424 kB Shared_Clean: 424 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 0 kB
Fine, but there's a lot of it! There are over 6200 lines in the smaps file corresponding to my firefox-bin process. How can you make use of that much information?
With a script, of course. No standard distro-installed program makes use of this memory information, but there are several scripts you can download.
ps_mem.py, by P�draig Brady, shows you private and shared memory for all programs running on your system. It combines separate instances of each program, so if you're running bash five times, ps_mem.py will combine the memory used by all of them into one bash number. For each program, it tells you how much of the memory used is private and how much is shared.
Run it as root. The output looks something like this:
$ sudo ps_mem.py Private + Shared = RAM used Program 68.0 KiB + 40.0 KiB = 108.0 KiB sh 76.0 KiB + 43.0 KiB = 119.0 KiB firefox 84.0 KiB + 43.0 KiB = 127.0 KiB run-mozilla.sh 164.0 KiB + 45.5 KiB = 209.5 KiB xinit 276.0 KiB + 42.0 KiB = 318.0 KiB dbus-launch 196.0 KiB + 164.0 KiB = 360.0 KiB dbus-daemon 632.0 KiB + 76.5 KiB = 708.5 KiB fetchmail 468.0 KiB + 255.0 KiB = 723.0 KiB startx 1.1 MiB + 329.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB gconfd-2 1.2 MiB + 263.5 KiB = 1.5 MiB mybeepd 3.0 MiB + 761.5 KiB = 3.7 MiB openbox 4.0 MiB + 221.5 KiB = 4.2 MiB mutt 3.9 MiB + 496.0 KiB = 4.3 MiB tcsh (3) 9.3 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 10.6 MiB emacs22-gtk 10.8 MiB + 1.9 MiB = 12.6 MiB xchat 15.3 MiB + 2.4 MiB = 17.6 MiB python2.6 (2) 98.4 MiB + 2.8 MiB = 101.2 MiB firefox-bin --------------------------------- 159.9 MiB ================================= Private + Shared = RAM used Program
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Five Vi Rahmawati is a soap opera actress and advertising model star. Acting Emelisqi bilqis mother of this event can be found in KOMEDI BETAWI series, which aired in TransTV.
Five Vi is the former wife of a man from Malang, Setya Iwan Budiman, who officially divorced in 2006 lalu.Five Vi's husband sued for divorce, after often have a number of acts of violence from her husband.
Upcoming 19 November 2009, a national horror film titled 'Hantu Binal Jembatan Semanggi' will play at all cinemas in Indonesia. This film does not contain any features, even the film can be categorized as "nuts" kind of movies in the era of sex bombs fall of Indonesian films in the 1990s.
Film Ghost Binal Semanggi is a film directed by Mount, K2K Production production, with producer Dheeraj KK. A movie made at a cost of 3 billion rupiah acting showcases Five Vi, Okie Agustina, Idea Pasha, Cynthiara Alona, and Wicky Husein.
There are 2 things that make the movie Ghost Semanggi Binal pulses into a film. First, the theme of the ghost itself is a theme that is very often made by different production houses, with only the core plot revolves around a dying man and then transformed into a ghost, the spirit of human fear haunts, and the exploitation of scary faces the ghosts in it.
Ke-2, just like the movies when Indonesia was still unconscious in the era of the 1990s past, this film relies on the exploitation of sex scenes and sexy body of his players, for example, in this film there is a scene where the Five Vi shows her breasts bare-chested, and the scene " hot "Cynthiara Alona when having sex with the opponent.
Do not expect you will see that the plot really good quality, both in terms of creativity is the basic idea of the story, the quality of dialogue, or acting of the players. The story in this movie, as recognized by KK Dheeraj itself, was deliberately kept simple and commercially oriented, not more.
KK Dheeraj do not mind if the movie Ghost Binal Semanggi area would be considered nuts. He admitted that the orientation in making this film is not for diperlombakan the festival, but simply to make money commercially oriented alias.
For KK Dheeraj, what is important to her ghost Binal Semanggi will sell in the market, because based on his experiences over the years, horror films like this made into a film is always top-selling in the market of Indonesia.
"During this horror movie like this is always a best seller in Indonesia, the profits of between 1 and 2 times the cost of production, so I made a movie like this, because my orientation is only commercial, not for the festival," said KK Watch Online found this afternoon (17/11) after the film's production thanksgiving, in Plaza Semanggi, Jakarta.
KK Dheeraj also denied to say that the sex scene in Ghost Binal Semanggi too vulgar. He thought the scenes were still normal and natural.

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Fascinating story.It would always be investigated nowadays wouldnt it? Frustrating though too.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment Anne. Indeed, that's just what I said to my family. If it happened today, it would be treated as suspicious and people would be questioned, and investigations would be undertaken to determine the full story. Frustrated is just how I feel! :-)ReplyDelete
The death of these two individuals are quite confusing, coincidental, and incredibly strange. Heh. I completely agree of the fact that it was sad that they died at a young age. Even so, they are most likely reading this saying 'Jolly ho, have a look, James! This woman has written a blog about us!' 'Facsinating!' ;) Great job!ReplyDelete
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Wow what a story to find out..so tragic for the family and the boys with all their lives ahead of them.
If only you could find out more, think your theory of tablets from the chemists is probably correct, they weren't in childproof containers then....all very sad xxxx
Thanks very much for your comment Lynn, I really appreciate your feedback. You're right, medications were not monitored or childproof back then. I don't think childproof caps came into being until about 10-20 years ago. xxDelete
Hey Debs,
Just realised, James and Charlotte were not strangers to their children dying so young.
Out of 10 children, James and Frederick were their youngest.
Of the others, 1st child William died c1862 aged 8. Third child Anna Marie died 1860 aged 1.
Three grew up to get married and have children of their own, but I don't know what happened to the others :-(
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Thanks Angie, I knew about William but looking at my family tree I only had eight children listed, so am missing two including Anna Marie. Miss Marple hat on again?! :-)Delete
A sad story Deb, but like you I wondered at how cavalier they seem to have been.ReplyDelete
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Oh lordy! Over 200 comments! I read a few of them. Skimmed others. Gosh.
BUT FIRST TO ANNOY ALL OF YOU HERE'S THE AD -- The location for my talk in London on Sept. 12th has been confirmed. It will be at Lecture Theatre 2C, King's College London, Strand, London WC2. On Sept. 14th I'll be at the Odd Fellow's Hall in Bristol. Highly appropriate if you ask me!
OK, what can I really say about the ILP? It's a scam not because it costs $200 but because its advertising implies you will be more "in the now" if you spend $200 on it. I have nothing against people making money on stuff. I spent over $200 a few years ago on a copy of the book KISSTORY, the autobiography of KISS created by the band themselves, signed by all four original members of the group (this is not my copy for sale here, I'd never sell it!). I knew the book didn't cost them anywhere near that much to produce. In fact, when I met Gene Simmons sometime later he told me they cost about $60 each to make and bragged about the huge profit margin. And I still didn't feel bad about buying it.
But KISS didn't promise me Enlightenment. They promised me a very cool book of photos and stories from the band's personal collection. That's exactly what I got and I love it.
I have no problem with people making money, even if they're Buddhist teachers and even if they're earning their money by being Buddhist teachers. What I have a problem with is the way Buddhism is being turned into a commodity. Enlightenment is being sold like mouth wash. The girls aren't running after you? Try Enlightenment and you'll never be without a date on Saturday night!
Enlightenment Experiences are crap.
It's not that hard to induce a whizz-bang experience through hypnotism or other means. If you mesmerize someone and feed their ego with the notion that they are Enlightened and that they can speak with the voice of God Himself, that person will have a pretty amazing time. If a genuine Zen Master certifies that experience as Kensho that seals the deal. Also having paid lots of money for the experience makes the person far less likely to want to admit it might not have been all it was supposed to be. This is so fucking obvious I don't even know why anyone has to point it out.
It's been known for thousands of years, long before Buddha's time even, that meditation practice can lead a person to have some pretty nifty experiences. The hallmark of true Zen practice is that it is the only form of meditation I know of that says you need to go beyond even these experiences and that going beyond them means coming right back here.
Real practice is difficult and doesn't always manifest itself in Big Cool Experiences™. In fact, any good teacher will smack those Big Cool Experiences™ right out of you if you bring them to her. Lousy teachers will charge you money to have those experiences and then try to hang on to you for as long as they can milk your wallet. That sucks. I want nothing to do with it.
Real practice saved my life and showed me stuff I could never have seen without it. Crap practice just gets you excited about the next big experience. It leads you away from real life, teaches you to throw away this moment for the moment in the future when you will be "in the now." Cuz you're not "in the now" now! Only when you buy their product can you be "in the now." And it takes 6-8 weeks to arrive. You will not be "in the now" for at least a month and a half!
This doesn't strike anyone as absurd?
Feh, I say! Feh!!
Here's a snip from my upcoming book that addresses this problem. It's from the chapter about Zazen for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
In spite of all the foregoing cautionary material, I still believe zazen can be a very good thing for survivors of traumatic experiences. Maybe even the best thing. It can put you directly in contact with the source of the trauma itself. By slowly and carefully removing the psychological barriers you've erected to protect yourself from these memories you can finally become aware that the memories themselves are just thoughts in your head. No matter what the content of your thoughts are, they are all just thoughts. This is easy to say but very difficult to truly understand because we've been taught since birth to believe in our own thoughts.
This is why we practice. Anyone can tell you this stuff and anyone can understand it intellectually. But applying it takes practice. It takes repetition. Sitting there on your cushion you allow stuff to come up over and over and over again and just sit there with it, not running away, not reacting, just sitting. This is how you learn your own way to deal with it. Not someone else's way, even if that someone else is the Greatest Master Ever Known, because no one else's way will work for you as well as your own way. By taking it slowly, you first learn to deal with the little things and eventually, when the big stuff hits, you've already had loads of experience.
Merely reading about zazen will not help you put its lessons into effect any more than merely reading about baseball will turn you into Major League material.
Misguided practices that encourage you to go for the big experiences as quickly as possible rob you of the ability to learn this process. They excite you and stimulate you, but that excitement and stimulation is ultimately more harmful than helpful.


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The left-wing Politico mag has published yet another ridiculous screed pertaining to defense issues, this time, a diatribe by a political hack named Edward-Isaac Devere regarding missile defense.
I will not go by every line of his screed and refute each of them individually, as that would be a waste of time. Rather, I shall summarize his lies and refute them in a way similar to the way I refute myths about defense spending.
The purpose of his screed, of course, is to smear missile defense and mislead the American people into believing that it is extremely expensive and totally ineffective. But since even the most leftist Administration in US history doesn't agree, he's been forced to quote the most leftist hacks in America, such as Joe Cirincione, as authoritative sources. (Cirincione, although hailed by Dovere as a "nuclear weapons expert and a missile defense critic who calls missile defense "the greatest scam in the DOD", is actually just an ignorant political hack who has utterly discredited himself with his ridiculous claims.)
Lie #1: The entire missile defense system is totally ineffective. It cannot protect America against any ballistic missile attacks.
"For decades, the military's been trying to get a missile shield system in place that would eliminate the danger of the kind potentially posed by the rocket North Korea launched Friday morning Pyongyang time. But 60 years and $35 billion later, we're not there yet. Or, according to many missile defense experts, very close at all."
To defend his blatant lie, he quotes a former general turned arms control activist, Robert Gard:
""You hear some of them say that it's the only defense of the United States against ballistic missiles we've got. But the problem is, it doesn't work," said Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, Jr., the Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation."
Those statements are blatant lies (like the rest of the article).
Missile defense systems DO WORK.
The United States Missile Defense System is comprised of a wide variety of equipment: Patriot and THAAD batteries designed against short-to-medium-range missiles, SM-3 sea-launched missiles designed against short-to-intermediate range BMs, ground-based interceptors (GBIs) deployed in Alaska and California, an experimental Airborne Laser aircraft, and a network of ground-based sensors (in the Aleutian Islands, the CONUS, Greenland, Britain), shipborne Aegis BMD radars, and spaced-based sensors. With the possible exception of GBIs and the Airborne Laser, these systems DO work, have been tested dozens of times, have passed the vast majority of their tests, and some of them have been proven in real-life crises. The Aegis radar and SM-3 interceptors have passed over 80% of their tests, and in 2008, they intercepted USA-193, an errant satellite that was about to fall down on Earth; thus, they proved themselves when human life depended on them. PATRIOT interceptors have passed the majority of their tests and have been proven in two real wars: the two Gulf Wars. During the first, they intercepted Iraqi Scud missiles launched at Israel, thus preventing Israel from retaliating against Iraq and breaking up the anti-Iraqi coalition (which Saddam hoped would happen, hence he launched Scuds at Israel). During the Second Gulf War, they intercepted the 10 Iraqi Scuds launched at Kuwait City. THAAD interceptors have passed 10 out of their 14 tests, i.e. 71.42%, and each THAAD battery can cover the area the size of New Jersey. Even the Airborne Laser has passed 60% of its tests, although 5 tests hardly constitute a sufficient evaluation. So in general, the US missile defense system DOES WORK, and if North Korea's launch of its TD-2 ICBM had succeeded, the missile would've likely been intercepted.
Furthermore, the claim that the US has been developing missile defense for 60 years is also a blatant lie. There was no missile defense project at all until the 1960s. But then, Secretary McNamara killed the program (for fears it would upset the strategic balance with the USSR), and in 1972, the US signed the ABM treaty, which banned the development of missile defense systems. No real missile defense effort was made until the Reagan years, and after Clinton dramatically slowed it down, it did not pick up in the earnest until the Bush years.
Lie #2: "But raising more concern: Of the 15 missile intercept tests for the military's system, seven have failed. After the two failures in 2010, the military delayed the next test until this December —which, if successful, would be the first test to bring down a missile in four years. There's yet to be a fully-fledged missile defense test even attempted."
Dovere again misleads readers into thinking, and possibly even believes himself, that the Ground-Based Interceptor (which is the particular BMD system he's talking about here) is America's ONLY missile defense system. That, as explained above, is not true. Likewise, the claim that no "fully-fledged missile defense has even been attempted" is also a blatant lie. As for the GBI system itself, it has itself undergone fully fledged tests, and has passed the majority (8 of 15) of its tests. Dovere blasts it for its last two tests, which were failures, but fails to mention how the DOD RESPONDED to these failures (which, BTW, happened in 2o10): by taking the program on a corrective course, detecting the failure's causes, and eliminating these root causes, at the contractor's expense (the contract includes a Defects Clause which made the contractor liable for the cost of correcting any flaws). Even Sen. Levin, for a long time a missile defense skeptic, has praised the MDA for doing so and has hailed its approach as an acquisition strategy model (holding contractors responsible).
Have Ground Based Interceptors suffered failures such as these two? Yes. So has aircraft development. Most flight attempts by the Wright Brothers were failures. But they kept trying and continually improved their plane, and eventually succeeded. If they had given up after 2 or even 7 failures, aircraft would not have existed today… unless someone else had resumed the developmental effort.
(And even after aircraft were eventually developed and fielded, many military leaders, such as Marshal Ferdinand Foch, claimed they were militarily useless.)
Test failures are an unavoidable part of any developmental effort. Ronald Reagan understood that and warned that missile defense would not be immune from failures but would nonetheless be necessary. "There will be successes as well as failures and setbacks", he said in his famous SDI speech in March 1983. But test failures can be overcome, their causes can be detected and removed, and the GBI has nonetheless passed the majority of its tests.
Lie #3: "(…) lost were the questions many defense experts have been asking: whether politicians from both parties are for political reasons defending a defense network built to hold off a threat that may not ever emerge, and isn't up to date with current thinking about the threats America and its allies face. (…) One argument against the importance of a missile shield is that neither Iran or North Korea has yet developed missiles with the range that the shield is meant to protect from, as the latest broken rocket suggests."
Again, Dovere suggests that the GBI is America's only missile defense system, which is untrue. America's BMD network consists of a wide variety of systems, most of which (Patriots, THAAD, and SM-3 interceptors) are designed against short-, medium-, and intermediate range ballistic missiles, of which Iran and North Korea have hundreds (not to mention China, Russia, Syria, etc.). Obama's missile defense program, including the EPAA, is, by his own admission, designed primarily against these missiles, with anti-ICBM capabilities to be added in 2020. The DOD's BMD Review and actual BMD programs also prioritize addressing the SRBM/MRBM threat, which constitutes the bulk of the BMs existing in the world.
Furthermore, the claim that the NK/Iranian ICBM threat is nonexistent and may never emerge is a lie. North Korea will eventually perfect ICBM technology, and its Taepodong ICBMs can theoretically already reach the US. Iran is projected by the US intel community to have ICBMs capable of hitting the US by 2015. According to the Free Beacon, it already has some, having bought them from China. Moreover, the point of a defense is to be AHEAD of the threat, not neck-to-neck with it.
Lie #4: "Perfectly realized, the shield would mean freedom from fear of ballistic attack for the United States and its allies—though not including Israel and South Korea, because of their proximity to the expected launch sites in Iran and North Korea."
No one is aiming for a "perfect" system, which will never exist. As for Israel and South Korea, they WILL be protected as well. Israel has already deployed two Arrow batteries and is procuring a third; Arrow has been rigorously, successfully tested and can intercept Iranian BMs. South Korea is protected by 16 American Patriot batteries and could be even better protected if it would bother to buy its own Patriot and THAAD batteries and make its warships BMD-capable. The obstacle here is political, not technological. Seoul is simply reticent in defending itself.
Lie #5: Missile defense has been protected from spending cuts even as everything else has been cut. It has become a third rail of federal spending. It's a sacred cow.
Missile defense was targeted by Obama on his first day. His very first defense budget, for FY2010, cut BMD spending by 1.4 bn USD and cancelled or cut several crucial BMD programs, including the MKV, the KEI, and the ABL. BMD spending was only slightly increased in FYs2011-2012, never reaching its FY2009 level again. Now the ABL program is being completely terminated, and missile defense is slated to be deeply cut if sequestration of defense spending occurs. By contrast, NO federal agency other than the DOD has so far experienced more than slight budget cuts.
In short, Dovere's entire screed is a litany of blatant lies. It is not surprising that the utterly-discredited leftist Politico mag has published it; no self-respecting publication would ever accept it. It's nothing more than a pathetic political attack aimed at tarring all missile defense systems in the eyes of Americans with blatant lies.


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I am writing this on a flight back home from Mexico City. These past weeks have meant so much more to me than anyone could understand. With all due respect to North America, I was making my way to one of the very few places where professional wrestling is still respected. There are many great promotions in North America that provide some of the best wrestling but I'm talking about the bigger picture where the sport has a cultural impact on society. By the time you are done reading this write-up you will get the difference.
I made my way from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City on October 14th. I was nervous, excited, and eager all-in-one. The best way to describe it is like the first few days of college for a young freshman. You are in a whole new environment and there are no familiar faces around. You really don't know what to expect. You hardly have any money and you know that you can't afford a second chance if you mess up. Nevertheless, you are ready for the challenge.
Upon my first few days I was immediately exposed to the difference of pro wrestling in Mexico versus North America, and I loved it! Fellow Canadian Teddy Hart arrived the same day as I did and I had the pleasure of meeting him along with a graduate of Lance Storm's school, Taya Valkerie. Teddy and I were picked up from the house and brought to the AAA head office. This was the real deal. The big property was gated and was as professional on the interior as any successful business. While at the office I took part in a photo shoot and that was followed by an interview for Super Luchas magazine. That would lead to a full-page spread a week later. This was a very humbling experience for a small time kid who is scratching and clawing to break out to the next level.
That weekend also included my attendance at the first of many AAA TV tapings. What a way to be introduced to my first live event in Mexico!
As we arrived to the parking lot, the car had to make its way through thousands of people, all of whom were staring at our car, with many shouting "Teddy!" As we exited the vehicle we were swarmed to the point that we couldn�t even get to the trunk. Teddy was signing autographs and taking pictures, and for some reason I was as well. The venue was solidly packed with 4,000-plus in attendance. I have competed in front of 2,000 or so, and this was easily double that. More importantly, every single person was there because they loved the sport. The fans would blow their horns, chant in unison, clap their hands and bang their thunder sticks. The passion these people put on display would even put a die-hard 13-year-old Sebastian Suave to shame. This was wrestling heaven!
Now things were a little tough on me as I was broke as hell and eating one-third the food consumption I am used to. The lack of calories would hit me hard as I was training twice a day and hitting the gym another time in a hot climate. But that, and many of the other struggles I had to deal with, are part of the sacrifices you must be willing to make in this business and are those that make you a better man (or woman) down the road. The rewards were reaped quickly so I saw it as a fair exchange anyway.
In a short time I was blessed with the opportunity to sit down and discuss my career and goals with wrestling legend, Konnan. I was able to befriend the likes of Teddy Hart, Samurai Del Sol (one of my favourite wrestlers), Taya Valkerie, Jack Evans, Psychosis, members of the Psycho Circus, and many others. I was blessed with the opportunity to train up to 10x a week with the likes of Silver King, Gran Apache and Heavy Metal, who all come from great wrestling families. Most of all I got to bond with a good friend of mine -- Jennifer Blake, a fellow Ontarian. She went above and beyond in making me feel welcome and for that I will forever have a great deal of respect for her. Jennifer has done very well for herself. She is a star and that is no overstatement. The crowd's acknowledgement and her impressive ring work is a testament to her work ethic in past years.
Moving forward, the training was something special I would like to speak about as well. The wrestling rings were generally in a multi-floor, multi-purpose facility which housed fitness, boxing, and wrestling gyms amongst other features. They were health-oriented facilities that put hard-working winners in a goal-driven environment. At the "Nuevo Jordan" gym, where I would train with Silver King, you would easily find 40 or so athletes all sweating buckets in the boxing section. Upon making your way to the wrestling room you would be watching the previous class which consisted of children as young as six years old training. Mind you, they were doing lighter drills, but they showed better grace and form than half the wrestlers I know. At Nuevo Jordan, Silver King put us through light conditioning followed by more difficult drills before we got in the ring. He comes from a disciplined training background so if you messed up you didn't get a retake. You knew you were held accountable on every drill. As well, whether you did well or not, you would always perform some conditioning right after your drill for some added sweat.
Over the course of the next five days I constantly was stretching, heating, icing, wrapping, and bracing my leg. I did my best to not waste my days out of the ring by training my upper body at the gym with the boys and attending every class as a spectator. I tried to return to the ring on three occasions through the rest of my trip, but each time I felt that stinging pain that buckled me down. This got worse towards the end of the trip as I had to pass on three matches and a possible fourth. Part of it was because I was being smart about my health. The other part was because I did not want to leave a poor impression on my first Mexican bout and represent Konnan/AAA with anything less than 100%. It even killed me more realizing that October is my busiest month with many big opportunities coming up and being followed by my three month stay in Japan with Zero-1. I was officially in hell.
Despite the many terrible injuries I have had, this one is worse because at least with the others I was able to tough it out and do what I love most. I was able to perform my craft in front of an equally passionate audience. The last TV taping was hard to watch knowing I was supposed to be in that ring. Fortunately, I made a good impression with the AAA team and those who trained me. I have been offered a return invite and look forward to my second visit to Mexico. When the time comes I will have a lot of unfinished business to take care of and when I do I will be better, faster, stronger and sure as hell hungrier than ever.
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Judge Protects Cellphone Data On 4th Amendment Grounds, Cites Government's Technological Ignorance
from the they're-RIGHTS,-not-INCONVENIENCES deptVarious US government agencies have spent a lot of time and energy hoping to ensnare as much cell phone data as possible without having to deal with the "barriers" erected by the Fourth Amendment. The feds, along with Los Angeles law enforcement agencies, have bypassed the protections of the Fourth Amendment by deploying roving cell phone trackers that mimic mobile phone towers. The FISA Amendments Act has been used as a "blank check" for wholesale spying on Americans and has been abused often enough that the Director of National Intelligence was forced to admit these Fourth Amendment violations publicly.
The good news is that a few of these overreaches are receiving judicial pushback. Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy has a very brief writeup of a recent shutdown of another cellphone-related fishing expedition led by an assistant US Attorney. An attempt was made to acquire records for ALL cell phones utilizing four different towers in the area of a specific crime at the time of the event. As Kerr notes, this ruling refers to the Fifth Circuit court decision that found cell phone data to be protected under the Fourth Amendment, thus requiring a warrant to access it.
Magistrate Judge Smith points out that part of the issue is that the principals involved (the assistant US Attorney and a special agent) seemed to lack essential knowledge of the underlying technology, and that this lack of knowledge prevented them from recognizing the overreach of their request:
Moreover, it is problematic that neither the assistant United States Attorney nor the special agent truly understood the technology involved in the requested applications. See In re the Application of the U.S. for an Order Authorizing the Installation and Use of a Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device, ––– F.Supp.2d ––––, 2012 WL 2120492, at *2 (S.D. Tex. June 2, 2012). Without such an understanding, they cannot appreciate the constitutional implications of their requests. They are essentially asking for a warrant in support of a very broad and invasive search affecting likely hundreds of individuals in violation of the Fourth Amendment.There has been a lot of discussion here at Techdirt regarding the incredible lack of knowledge present in those seeking to regulate or exploit various technologies. Considering the amount of possible collateral damage and the heightened chance of rights violations, you'd think these entities would be exercising maximum caution before tampering with something they don't understand. Instead, the common approach is to use the ends (safety, crime prevention, etc.) to justify the missteps and rights-trampling of the means, leaving the judicial system and various trampled citizens to sort out the mess.
Judge Smith quotes the Fourth Amendment and points out that warrants must be issued and only "upon probable cause" before continuing to run down the list of wrongs in this request.
Finally, there is no discussion about what the Government intends to do with all of the data related to innocent people who are not the target of the criminal investigation. In one criminal investigation, the Government received the names, cell phone numbers, and subscriber information of 179 innocent individuals. See United States v. Soto, No. 3:09CR200 (D.Conn. May 18, 2010) (Memorandum in Support of Motion to Suppress). Although the use of a court-sanctioned cell tower dump invariably leads to such information being provided to the Government, in order to receive such data, the Government at a minimum should have a protocol to address how to handle this sensitive private information.But, as Smith points out, the government doesn't have a protocol in place, even more than two years down the road.
Although this issue was raised at the hearing, the Government has not addressed it to date.This is hardly new territory for government agencies. The TSA has had nearly 20 months to begin taking public comments on the use of various body imaging scanners, but despite two trips to the DC Circuit Court, it has yet to begin this process, something generally undertaken before implenting a new system. If it's something the government feels may be unpopular with the public, it tends to attempt to stall indefinitely, an (in)action that (again) places the burden back on the courts and the general public.
But, at least in this case, Judge Smith is using this lack of action against the government representatives.
This failure to address the privacy rights for the Fourth Amendment concerns of these innocent subscribers whose information will be compromised as a request of the cell tower dump is another factor warranting the denial of the application.It's a good sign that stalling tactics may hurt more than help in the future. Many government and law enforcement agencies are still looking for any loophole in current laws in order to bypass the limitations placed on them by the Constitution. There's still a long way to go before there's anything resembling an equitable relationship between the general public and those in power, but we'll take everything we can get and (hopefully) receive more help pushing back against these intrusions.
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In a unique and exciting partnership, New Mexico State University's Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center, Sodexo Campus Services and Cotton Incorporated are combining their expertise and resources in agricultural research, food preparation, recycling and alternative fuel production to enhance the university's sustainability efforts.
It's all part of a larger NMSU initiative that is being referred to as "the circle of cotton sustainability."
The circle starts with research on gossypol-free, or "glandless," cotton. Oil and meal from glandless cottonseeds can be used for human consumption without the additional gossypol-removal processes that traditional cotton requires in order to eliminate the seed's toxicity to humans and non-ruminant animals.
One goal of the research is to develop cultivars of glandless Acala cotton that might compete favorably with regular cotton varieties in terms of lint quantity and quality, while offering a robust seed component that can be readily converted into food and feed products.
"We're looking at using the seed, the hull and any other byproducts that cotton produces to add value and make cotton more profitable for farmers," said Tracey Carrillo, assistant director of campus farm operations and superintendent of the Leyendecker facility.
Jinfa Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences who heads up NMSU's Cotton Breeding and Research program, started breeding glandless cotton two years ago and reports that some of the new breeding lines have shown themselves to be good field performers. He is among several NMSU researchers studying various aspects of growing the crop both in the Mesilla Valley and the Artesia area.
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"A lot of people don't realize that the cotton plant has the capability of producing not only fiber for blue jeans and T-shirts, but we also have cottonseed, which is rich in oil and protein," said Tom Wedegaertner, director of cottonseed research and marketing for the organization.
NMSU cotton researchers and Cotton Incorporated are among those who think using the cottonseed oil and meal "byproducts" to help meet the nutritional needs of humans is a sustainable, as well as a profitable, direction to move.
The idea caught the attention of Katrina Miner, marketing director of Sodexo Campus Dining at NMSU and a member of the NMSU Sustainability Council. She heard Carrillo give a presentation on glandless cottonseed research and development efforts at one of their meetings.
Miner and Sodexo colleagues were involved in follow-up meetings with Carrillo, Wedegaertner and representatives of Sysco Foods.
The upshot was that Sodexo began using cottonseed oil in the fryers in all of their dining operations on campus.
Wedegaertner explained that cottonseed oil is a healthy alternative to soy oil and other oils frequently used in fryers. It is low in saturated fat, contains no cholesterol or trans fats, and is a viable alternative for many people with allergies to other types of oil.
After exhausting the oil's usefulness in the fryers, Sodexo sends it to Leyendecker, where a biodiesel processor donated by Cotton Incorporated can convert 50 gallons of used cooking oil into 50 gallons of biodiesel in 24 hours.
The biodiesel goes into the fuel tanks of a catering vehicle used by Sodexo as a delivery vehicle for campus catering orders and a multipurpose farm vehicle at Leyendecker - both of which were also donated by Cotton Incorporated.
"This all fits in nicely with our 14 commitments for a sustainable campus environment that are part of Sodexo's Better Tomorrow Plan," Miner said.
According to Carrillo, some of the biodiesel will also be used to run pumps that irrigate the cotton fields.
NMSU's manager of environmental policy and sustainability is joni newcomer. She is particularly enthusiastic about the initiative's waste-reduction aspects.
"This cottonseed oil-to-fuel process is a full circle, or 'cradle-to-cradle,' technique which keeps waste - in this case used food oils and their non-recyclable containers - out of landfills," she said. "We hope that this project will draw the attention of other NMSU units and that they will move to try similar approaches to enhance sustainability at the university."
NMSU is celebrating Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday, Oct. 24. For information about the day's activities, go to http://sustainability.nmsu.edu
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Today, 43% of the world's population is 25 years old or younger. This young group is impatient and ready to change the world. Change for this generation "has everything to do with people and very little to do with political ideology," according to a new global survey, Millennials: The Challenger Generation, by Havas Worldwide, a future-focused global ideas agency. Some 70% of young people believe that social media is a force for change, says the survey.
These five examples from around the world show how youth used technology, social media and the Internet to make a difference recently.
1. Fighting corruption: 250 young people met at the third Global Youth Anti-Corruption Forum last year to talk about how their use of social media can play a significant role in the global fight against corruption. Around the world, youth are using social media to monitor the effectiveness of public service. In countries such as Paraguay and Brazil, they are using Facebook and Twitter to make official data available publicly to inform and mobilize their peers.
2. Evaluating public schools in the Philippines: Students in the Philippines are using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to comment on their schools and inform the public. Most young people in the Philippines are online, so interactive websites such as checkmyschool.org make it very easy for them to evaluate their schools. Projects like these have the potential to be implemented in various parts of the world. Watch this video for more about checkmyschool.org.
3. Using e-petitions in Latvia: Two 23-year-olds in Latvia used a grant from the U.S State Department to build an e-petition system so their fellow Latvians could submit and support proposals for policy change. The government looks at petitions supported by at least 20% of the population of Latvia. Watch this video by the Guardian in which the Latvian minister of foreign affairs talks about the petition.
4. Fighting gender stereotypes: McKenna Pope, a 13--year-old girl from New Jersey in the United States, launched an online petition urging the CEO of toy-maker Hasbro to feature boys on the package of the Easy-Bake Oven. Pope was inspired to launch the petition when she found her 4-year-old brother trying to warm tortillas on top of his lamp. Pope wanted to get an Easy-Bake Oven for him as a Christmas gift, but the toy oven's packaging only featured girls.
"I want my brother to know that it's not 'wrong' for him to want to be a chef," Pope wrote in her petition. In less than a month, the petition received 45,000 signatures prompting Hasbro to make a gender neutral Easy Bake Oven.
5. Tackling sanitation issues: Students participated in a Sanitation Hackathon last December to develop mobile- and web-based applications for water and sanitation utilities in Pakistan. About 105 students, aged 21 to 26, from various universities in Pakistan, came together to find solutions for 13 water- and sanitation-related problems facing their community.
What do you think? Are you inspired by these examples? Do you know of other youth-led projects that have made an impact in your society? Share with us in the comments.
social media and social change
Yes, I agree with you.this
Yes, I agree with you.this can only be possible if we young people show our unity and fights against the evils of society
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First of all you writes very effectively.I mean that now days no young persons don't feel anything for what ever is going wrong. they are so selfish.
Difference between Social Media and social business
Very Nice.
thanks but for what?
thanks but for what?
Great article indeed.
Social Media, Social Change & the Social Generation
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Very well put together peice
Very well put together peice on current technology targeting a very topical, and some would argue vulnerable, group that is present in every country, Youth! I think the best example above is the Latvia program. This is one country that we all should have have one ear close to in the next couple of decades, and learn from their successes and failures regarding Web 2.0 and society/government. One example I would highlight here is Freedom Fone, a Zimbabwean project that produced a open source telephony application for communication without Internet. The program has been spreading across Africa like wild fire and has been used during various government elections and helping farmers discuss emerging plant diseases.
Greatly agreed that social
Greatly agreed that social media highly affects our lives, especially for youngsters of Generation Y. I myself is part of the generation Y, 19 years old and is currently pursuing tertiary education in The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). In relevance with your topic, me and my fellow friends is currently organising a Generation Y Music Festival which will be held in Malaysia itself. This is a huge scale charity concert fully organised, plan, executed and self-funded by students of our society (UNMC Music Society). The main purpose of this music festival is not only to donate all our profits to people in need, it is also a platform for young people to gain experience and knowledge of how the real world really works as well as to nurture new talents among the society. The event will be held on 19 October 2013 which is exactly 2 months time from now and we hope to gain as much support as possible from everyone. Information and details of this event could be found at our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GenYMF2013. Everyone interested in making donations are welcomed with open hands. Donators could do so through our eventbrite at: http://www.eventbrite.sg/event/3410403609/efbevent. I really hope that we could get your help to spread our message to the world as we are trying our best to help those in need.
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all of you writes very nice
all of you writes very nice comments and articles.
Very interesting article.
Very interesting article. Another perspective of this question that we can think about is that how decision makers can keep up with this trend - a majority of them are what they called "digital migrants" compared to the "digital natives" the Y-Generation. It is critical to think how the demand and message can be effectively responded to.
Social media has greatly
Social media has greatly interwoven into our daily lives and there is no turning back even in the next coming 50yrs. All we need is to accept it and look at various ways to use it for the benefit of the community or oneself.
There is no doubt that Social
There is no doubt that Social Media is influencing people of all ages, and of course is more influential for young people as they are more receptive and eager to learn.
I hope that that the Internet can survive as a channel for freedom of speech!
Indeed, social media has been
Indeed, social media has been found to impact, among other things, corruption. This has recently been investigated by economists. One of the papers takes care of endogeneity issues, and claims that social media has a causal impact on corruption. Not surprising looking at its impact in Middle East uprisings.
i really like what the media
I really like what social media is doing, some great influence from all people including the ones considered to be the minority. With media, there is freedom.
this speech is very useful
this speech is very useful for the coming generation


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Dartmouth's Pogue to chair NIH biomedical imaging review panel
BioOptics World
April 12, 2012
Brian Pogue, Professor of Engineering and Dean of Graduate Studies at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), was recently named Chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s new grant review panel for Biomedical Imaging Technology.
NIH's Center for Scientific Review (CSR) receives about 80,000 applications a year and recruits over 17,000 external experts to review them.
The NIH administrates all grant applications through a network of review panels, explains Pogue. The new Biomedical Imaging Technology panel will review applications in optical imaging, ultrasound imaging, x-ray imaging, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). "The creation of this panel, which took several years to establish, is important because it shows that biomedical imaging technology has become a large area of research generating a high volume of imaging technology development proposals," he says.
Nominations to the NIH panel underwent rigorous review and were based on "expertise, history of funding, rank, number of recent publications, active grants, history of services, and community support," as well as one's past participation in reviews and discussions. Professor Pogue will chair the panel for the next two years.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Over-Adjectivalization of English?
"Yet when it comes to race, Obama's first year has shown us again and again that race does not matter in America the way it used to. We've come more than a mere long way - we're almost there" ~ John McWhorter
Greetings Grammophiles!
From the quote above, you might think this post is about race. Well, it is only in a roundabout way. Rather, this post is about the words we use when discussing tricky, complicated subjects. Does any phrase strike you as odd in the above quote? Perhaps a word string that requires a second glance just to make sure you read it right? If you selected "mere long way," you and I have a similar filter for grammatical oddities. Here we have two adjectives followed by a noun (mere + long + way), or is it one adjective followed by a noun phrase (mere + long way)? Either the way is long and mere or the long way is mere. To be fair to Mr. McWhorter, who writes for a living (while I just write for a hobby), the contrasting, multi-functional phrase achieves its desired effect. It makes the reader stop and think how exactly far have Americans come in terms of race? What words best describe our progress?
Race is one of those subjects that does not lend itself to simple explanations. It is a tricky, complicated idea that involves biology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and politics--just to name a few. As a consequence, simple phrases and sentence constructions never quite seem adequate. Complicated subjects require complicated expressions. In this way, "mere long way" seems more poetic than descriptive, but poetry can sometimes create more confusion than understanding. Just ask Ovid, who found himself banished to Tomis on the Black Sea for a few lines about love.
There is a grammar lesson in all of this, I swear. How many adjectives can be strung together and still be "grammatical"? Well, as many as you like, provided that they are all "coordinate" (have relatively similar meanings, for more on this idea see here). Here's an example:
Mr. Q was the biggest, fastest, strongest, smartest, most excellent human being on the planet.
Every adjective relates to Mr. Q's superlative nature in some way. But throw in the word "weakest" anywhere, and we start asking questions. How can he be the fastest but also the weakest? The same principle applies to "long" and "mere," two contrasting expressions, in the same adjective string. How can the way be "mere" but also "long?" Can a "long way" be "mere?"
To his credit, Mr. McWhorter's poetry seems to be catching on. Frank Gardner used the same expression to describe the progress being made by Afghanistan's fledgling army (see here). However, the expression does appear in the same sentence with the phrase, "like a newborn calf struggling to stand up on its feet." Ahh, and they say English majors do nothing but sit and read poetry all day! Well, someone has to figure out these crazy, convoluted simple concepts.
As always,
Brady Spangenberg
2 comments:
- Brady Spangenberg said...
*Note: I am moving over a comment from Irshad Hadi that first appeared under the Help Nest thread. [BS]
"I have a comment about a blog by Brady Spangenberg on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, with the title "The Over-Adjectivalization of English?"
One of the sentences in this blog reads like this
"Race is one of those subjects that does not lend itself to simple explanations." I think it is incorrect and should instead be revised as:
"Race is one of those subjects that do not lend themselves to simple explanations."
If am wrong, please let me know with a brief explanation.
Irshad Hadi
- September 19, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Brady Spangenberg said...
Dear Irshad,
Thank you for your keen editor's eye, and I think you are definitely right on this one. The relative pronoun "that" refers to the plural subject "subjects" rather than the singular subject "one of those subjects." I think you have just inspired another post on prepositional phrases in subjects!
- September 19, 2010 at 5:42 PM


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Julianne Moore Turns Rock Star Mom
Julianne Moore stars as a brooding rock star in the third film adaptation of Henry James's "What Maisie Knew." Rachel Dodes joins Lunch Break with insights into her interview with the movie star. Photo: Millennium Entertainment.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Let the booing begin -- Michael Vick has officially been signed by an NFL team.
Vick's agent told ESPN the quarterback/canine's worst nightmare just signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Details of the deal have yet to be released, but you can bet the doghouse he won't reclaim his spot as the NFL's highest paid player.
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Digital cameras have always been a popular gift this time of year, so you can take advantage of the holiday season's many photo opportunities.
Of course, many people already have a pretty good digital camera — in their smartphone. My iPhone 5's camera, for example, rivals some of the digital point-and-shoot cameras from only a few years ago. The same is true for many Android phones, including the popular Samsung Galaxy S3.
As good as digital cameras are on phones, they don't come close to the photo quality of dedicated mid- to high-end cameras. There's only so much quality one can build into a tiny lens and sensor, and no cellphone camera has an optical zoom where the lens itself moves to focus on a subject.
With that in mind, I've spent the past few days checking out two digital cameras — Sony DSC RX100 and the Canon S100 — that are decidedly better than anything you'd get in a cellphone.
Admittedly, this is not a direct comparison. Neither camera is cheap, but the $300 Canon costs considerably less than the $649 Sony.
Both cameras are not digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, but both can be pocketed easily — S100 fits easily into a pant or shirt pocket and the slightly larger RX100 is still small enough to fit into most pockets.
Aside from its diminutive size, what I like about the S100 is the excellent picture quality and the fact that its 5X optical zoom lens range starts out at a wide angle (24mm) and zooms up to 120mm. It is also capable of taking good quality 1080p high definition video. The zoom also works when you're shooting video. And unlike other cameras I tested, the stereo microphone doesn't seem to pick up motor noise if you zoom while shooting.
My biggest complaint about the S100 is that the battery is rated for only 200 pictures, the low-end for mid-range compact cameras. If I were to buy this camera, I'd definitely order a spare battery. The battery requires a separate charger, which is one more thing to carry around. Sony's RX100 battery is rated for 330 shots and doesn't require a separate charger. You charge the battery with the (supplied) micro-USB cable. You can use the supplied wall adapter, plug it into a PC or Mac USB port, or use any generic USB power supply and cable.
The main distinguishing "feature" of the RX100 is its large 1-inch sensor, which is much larger than the S100's sensor, though not quite as big as the ones inside DSLRs. A larger sensor takes in more light which increases color depth, reduces grain and generally produces better quality pictures.
At $648, the Sony RX100 is very expensive for a pocket-size camera. However, it's cheap compared to most DSLRs, and, unlike those cameras, it fits in your pocket so you're more likely to take it with you and use it.
Larry Magid's technology column appears Wednesdays in The Daily News. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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June 27, 2010
Something old ....
14 comments:
- Susan said...
You poor thing _ I know your winters are much colder than mine - but still! chillblains!! I remember one or two from winter in Sydney - so you must be so absolutely cold - better speed up that move to Qld - or live in gloves! Hope you are all better soon.
- June 27, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Christine M said...
Hi Val. Hope your fingers get better soon! Your embroideries are both lovely. I never could master bullion stitch. Regards, Christine
- June 27, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- sunny said...
What awesome talent! That Robin is beautiful.
- June 28, 2010 at 12:23 AM
- Allie said...
Oh no! Cold, sore fingers are no fun....do you have a rice bag? Make a small pillow, fill it with rice, and microwave it for instant, long-lasting heat. I make a new one every winter, for draping around my neck or just holding onto. I hope you're feeling better soon!
Your projects are so lovely - I don't think there's anything you can't do! Everything you touch turns out so beautifully.
- June 28, 2010 at 3:04 AM
- Anna Rosa Designs said...
Hi Val,
So sorry to hear you have chillblains. I hope you're being treated for them correctly.
Get well soon.
You're note books and bag are gorgeous!
- June 28, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- Joy said...
Val they're all just beautiful ... do love your roses, so pretty ~ and your birdie is simply stunning!!
Hope the weather warms up soon for your poor stitchy fingers!!!
Joy :o)
- June 28, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- susan riddell said...
hi val, sorry to hear you have sore hands. i think i had a chilblain on my toes once.painful! i too love to make bullion roses, self taught really,and from a book. i love making little cute bunnys with the bullion stitch, so cute. Love your embrodries ,your so talented.
- June 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Mariasun said...
que bordados tan bonitos!!!
- June 29, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Terri said...
I'm with Allie.....I don't think there is anything you can't do......but I do understand not like the cold.....but it is the HEAT that I have troube with....I can't breathe when it's too hot and humid.
Love you stitchings!!
hugs, Terri
- June 29, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- Shirley said...
Hi Val, it's not fair is it, I love the cold and am huffing and puffing under a heatwave in the Netherland. Only good thing is I now have time to smell the lovely pink roses.
- June 29, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Rian said...
Here another Dutch girl. It is very warm here, we are not used to it. I am a Spring type of girl. Not to hot and not to cold......
Get well soon with your fingers!
- July 4, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- Myra said...
Great bag, and sneak peeks!!
Can you by any chance demo how that bullion stitch is made?
Happy stitchings!
- July 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Sew Useful Designs said...
Hi Val! :-)
Gosh, your embroidery is exquisite! Bullion knots are my favourite stitch and your roses are stunning! I haven't done the stitch for a few years, hopefully it will be like riding a bike and I'll be able to do it again without much trouble!!
Hugs! Vikki :-)
- July 6, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- KaHolly said...
I'm just loving that little bird stitchery! I've been longing to turn some of my shore bird photos into stitcheries, but haven't. You are a great inspiration.
- August 1, 2011 at 10:00 PM


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Solar stocks were burning up Thursday, led by a 41% share price boom for SunPower, which this week said it sold a pair of massive Southern California solar power plants to a Warren Buffett company.
San Jose-based SunPower said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it sold two Antelope Valley photovoltaic projects to MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings, itself owned by Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway. The 579-megawatt pair is still under development.
The projects, located in Kern and Los Angeles counties, will together form the largest permitted solar photovoltaic power development in the world, according to SunPower.
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved two long-term power purchase contracts in which the sites will provide renewable energy to Southern California Edison.
MidAmerican Solar also owns the 550-megawatt Topaz Solar Farms project in San Luis Obispo County and holds a 49% stake in the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar project in Yuma County, Ariz.
The SunPower deal, worth as much as $2.5 billion, sent solar stocks on a tear.
SunPower soared as much as 41% to $8.68 a share. Lazard Capital Markets upgraded the company to buy from neutral.
Suntech was up more than 18% to $1.90 a share, while First Solar gained as much as 11% to $35.60 a share.


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It may be easy to blame artificially colored, additive-filled cupcakes, candies, and other brightly hued, sugary treats for the behavior of kids with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) -- who really wants their kids to eat a lot of that stuff anyway? But according to a new report published in the journal Pediatrics, in most cases, eliminating artificial food dyes and other additives from the diets of kids with ADHD probably won't rid them of symptoms. In fact, the "elimination" diets popular with parents of kids with ADHD might be more trouble than they're worth, researchers have concluded.
However, although elimination diets probably won't erase signs of ADHD, giving your kid a healthy diet isn't the worst idea -- and may even prove useful with other treatments, experts say.
Specifically, you should make sure your kid has a steady intake of healthy foods throughout the day -- including especially fish, vegetables, fruits, and low-fat dairy -- and cut back on (though not necessarily eliminate) sugary treats, processed foods, red meat, and dairy that's high in fat. You could also supplement your kid's diet with omega-3s from fish oil. Of course, this isn't terribly different from what's recommended for all kids.
In other words, there is no special magic diet bullet for kids with ADHD. I imagine this must come as both welcome and unwelcome news for families struggling to find a solution for ADHD. Sure, they can stop checking labels quite as vigilantly and let their kid eat a fistful of jellybeans now and then (which means the kids themselves will probably welcome the new research), but on the other hand, the no-easy-fix factor is a pretty big drag. I'm sure there are plenty of families who had hoped adjusting their kid's diet would provide the solution for all their woes.
Really, wouldn't we all like to think that? Many of us spend a lot of time focused on our kids' diets in hopes that healthy eating will provide all the answers and guarantee them good health. At least what we feed them is something we can control! And while a healthy diet can of course do a lot, alas, there's much about the world and our kids' health that's out of our control. In a way, this is one of the toughest lessons of parenthood. And one we parents learn -- sometimes the hard way -- again and again and again.
What do you think of the report finding that changing a child's diet is usually not enough to eliminate symptoms of ADHD?
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Recycling rain water is easier than you think. In the past, if you wanted to capture rain water, you just put a bucket out in the yard and waited for it to fill up. Of course, if it was raining hard, it was going to be a little more difficult – you had to find multiple buckets, then store the water when the buckets filled up, and on top of it all, you're soaking wet from running in and out of the rain to gather buckets. It wasn't pretty.
Save Money on Your Water Bill by Turning Rain Water into Usable Water
Now we can rid ourselves of the bucket hassles by making a rain barrel to capture the water. Using re-claimed water will save you money and is also a great way to help out the environment by limiting your water usage on our tapped water supplies. Here are 5 easy steps to show you how to make a rain barrel.
Step 1: Collect the Rain Barrel Materials
- (1) large plastic garbage can or a food-grade plastic barrel
- (1) tube of sealant that is watertight
- (1) water spigot
- (2) each of rubber and metal washers
- Mesh landscaping material
- (1) hose clamp
- A charged drill and drill bit
- (1) razor blade
Step 2: Insert a Spigot into the Rain Barrel
- Choose a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the spigot or the exact same size
- Measure 5″ from the bottom of the barrel and drill the hole
- Add a metal washer and then a rubber washer over the threads of the spigot
- Add the watertight sealant around the rubber washer and place the spigot into the hole. Note: Allow the sealant to dry before moving to the next step.
- Inside the rain barrel, put a rubber washer and then a metal washer onto the spigot threads
- Fasten the hose clamp to the spigot threads inside the barrel
Step 3: Add Mesh Landscaping Material (if you are using a garbage can)
- Cut a piece of the landscaping material big enough to cover the top of your rain barrel
- Lay the material over the top of the garbage can and push the lid on tight
- The material will keep pests and bugs out
Step 4: Cut Entry Holes
- Using a razor blade, cut 2 holes in the top of the barrel that are big enough for your gutter downspout to fit into
- Run the downspout from your home into one of the holes
- The other hole will allow the barrel to overflow. You could also attach a pipe to the second hole and connect it to another rain barrel to capture the overflow water.
Step 5: Collect & Use Your Rain Water
- As it rains, you can watch the water accumulate in your new rain barrel.
- When you need to water your garden, outdoor pots, or anything else, simply fill up a watering can through the spigot.


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Wednesday, June 6
when i, become the predator
23 comments:
- joanne said...
It is so very brave of you to share this experience. Sadly, it is the most painful lessons that are soonest learnt.
I hope the little Robin family will survive.
Nature is stronger than we give her credit for!
- June 6, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- Patricia Villamil said...
so honest of you to share... I too, once distrubed mother nature, when i thought i was helping. one time, as i was returning home, i saw a small featherless crow bird on the ground, i thought it my duty to aid him to good health, i brough him inside put him in a box and put a light on to keep him warm. I went out to buy a dropper to feed him in the mouth when i came back he was dead. this broke my heart. i had intervened too quickly, because i had seen him struggling in the ground and was afraid one of the many neighborhood cats would get to him first. to this day, i think about that time, and grieve, but still don't know the answer to what happens when they fall to the ground? do the parents realize and look for them and pick them up?
sometimes nature is more forgiving than we are.
- June 6, 2012 at 7:05 PM
- Kerry O'Gorman said...
It is the nature of the photographer. Always wanting to tell the story. I did the same thing once by trying to take pictures of eggs in a nest on a daily bases until the Vireo finally abandoned them. I felt so invaisive. I suppose we could say "lesson learned".
- June 6, 2012 at 8:06 PM
- Lauren said...
Such a sad yet beautiful post. Thank you for trusting us readers with this story.
Mourn the loss well and know that your sorrow shows how much you care.
Thank you for all your thoughtful posts. Your words and photography are exquisite.
- June 6, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- Pink Ronnie said...
I am so sorry to hear this. So sorry for their pain and your tears and heartache.
Ronnie xo
- June 6, 2012 at 8:25 PM
- Mihaeko said...
Oh, dear Nadia, I'm so, so sorry to hear this. But it was an accident and I think what led to this happening is not something evil but something beautiful. You had love for these birds in your heart and your intention was to share that beauty, and this is an important impulse that we have as humans.
I believe very much in Carl Sagan's famous quote, "we are a way for the cosmos to know itself." As much as we're part of nature, we're also observers of it. Today you got swept into participation in the wild, chaotic, sometimes dangerous, sometimes awe-inspiring but always unpredictable nature of being, even while you were trying simply to observe it.
I'm really sorry it hurts so much, I hope you won't be too hard on yourself. You are a caring person, full of goodness and sensitivity. The love and concern you give to others is truly the best part of humanity.
- June 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Razmataz said...
Because the eggs are laid day apart and there were 3, the oldest chick may have been able to fly and actually flew further than you thought. Perhaps it is reunited now with mother bird.
Last week I was standing on a chair to photograph my robin nest and there were 4 large chicks. They all flew out making me startle and fall. I only could see 2 because they move so fast. The next day, they were not in the nest but four in the yard with mother in the tree.
- June 6, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- Sweet Life Farm said...
Sweet Nadia, I am so very sorry this happened. Nature knows your intention was pure.
It reminds me of the time I killed the tree frog which was living in the feed room in the barn. I knew he was taking refuge there from the heat of summer on the concrete floor. Somehow, when I was filling the grain barrel, so sadly, I crushed him. I was beside myself with guilt and grief. Take note, nature has a way of being so forgiving. I wish you this, forgiveness. Perhaps, the robin pair's young will all learn to fly.
- June 6, 2012 at 9:24 PM
What happened was not your intention.
Situations like this is what keeps us humble.
The ebb and flow.
- June 6, 2012 at 10:14 PM
- the wild magnolia said...
i am so sorry for your upset.
- June 6, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Very sorry to read this, and hope you aren't feeling half as bad already. Nature is resilient, and the optimistic part of me knows that the little one and family are all safe and sound in their new home, learning to fly and survive in their own way. With love, to your kind soul.
- June 6, 2012 at 11:36 PM
- Dorissa said...
Thank you for your honesty. Mother nature has a built in margin for error. All will be ok.
- June 7, 2012 at 12:35 AM
- Bluebells and Lavender said...
The truth is you never meant to harm the birds. It was an accident. Forgive yourself....nature is fragile...we are fragile...we learn as we go along. Have a lovely week. Sharon x
- June 7, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- onesilentwinter said...
i had debated closing the comment section when i first posted thinking that i would get people thinking i was silly, i am often misunderstood when it comes to animals, often told i feel to much care to much and yes at times i have been very sick because of "to much" but last night as i lay in bed finally, the moon entered the room i spoke to it. first i complained that why could she not do something and stop shining ( boasting) is actually what i said but she kept coming into the room till she made it so bright then slowly every comment came to mind, i told her how my readers know me well and feel as i do and how lucky i am to trust them to not make light of it.
thank you for your words, truly
- June 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- Melanie said...
i am sorry your heart hurts over this. as humans we meddle all too often for a good cause, never knowing if we are doing the right thing, but i suppose that is part of the journey. i am sending you healing thoughts.
- June 7, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Ashley Moore said...
My heart goes out to you because I know I would have felt the same if it had been me. I just try and remember that while yes, nature is fragile, she is also adaptable and continuous. *hugs*
- June 7, 2012 at 6:06 PM
- Peggy Parker said...
So many others have said what I feel for you so very well.....sometimes having a more developed brain than others in nature is not to our advantage. The line we sometimes cross is so very fine....
- June 7, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- S. Katherine Davis said...
You are a sweet & gentle soul. I know there are no words to console you.I am sending you good karma and a bone breaking hug.
- June 8, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- sweet harvest moon said...
Oh dear, I'm so sorry! Forgive yourself xx
- June 8, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Oh nadia you know its not your fault. The bird probably already knew how to fly :)
- June 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM
- BrigittaR said...
I hope it simply flew away, a disgruntled robin teenager perhaps!?
- June 8, 2012 at 11:11 PM
- Line Houde said...
don't be so hard on yourself but I understand!
- June 9, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- federica said...
dovremo solo ammirare la natura, ma spesso è così bella che non possiamo fare a meno di intrommetterci...un abbraccio :) F.
- June 10, 2012 at 6:45 AM


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