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Scottmarkman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
I'm creating a backend tool for businesses that are using Foursquare, Gowalla (and eventually Facebook Places). The tool is for restaurants, bars, retail stores or any business that would use location based services.
I was thinking something with a thumbtack, but I'm not married to the idea if you can think of something to symbolize location. I'm working with developers and they have designers, but I'm not loving what they're doing. Here is a screenshot of the design, but I need a better logo to bring it together.
The website is called "Placcess" and I'm looking for a logo.
Businesses such as restaurants, bars, retail stores, etc. that use Gowalla, Foursquare, Facebook Places, SCVNGR, MyTown, Loopt. etc.
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No Brainers: Matt Cassel and Jay Cutler
Sam Bradford, Rams
Bradford tore through a reeling Broncos defense on Sunday, posting three touchdowns and 308 yards. The rookie draws another favorable matchup in the Cardinals this week. Arizona's defense has allowed at least one passing score in every game this season. Bradford passed for 253 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against the Cardinals. He should improve on those numbers this time around.
Availability: Owned in ~62% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Bradford is worth adding and playing in any league this week.
Jon Kitna, Cowboys
Kitna's ownership is inching up toward 70% so this will hopefully be the last time the Forecast needs to mention him. Since he became the starter, Kitna has been serviceable or better. Last week was the first time he didn't throw a touchdown but he still managed to put up 313 yards. He should get back in the endzone for a couple scores this week against the Colts. It's worth noting that Tony Romo may still return this season. He's worth a look in leagues with deep rosters.
Availability: Owned in ~68% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Kitna is a passable QB option on most weeks.
No Brainers: Mike Goodson, Fred Jackson, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Mike Tolbert and Brandon Jacobs
Ricky Williams, Dolphins
Williams was dumped en masse over the last few weeks when Miami's offense evaporated. But the team showed some pluck in Week 12 against the Raiders. Williams was a workhorse, carrying the ball 20 times for 95 yards and a touchdown. Williams is a smart pickup for playoff contenders since the Dolphins close out the fantasy season with home games against the Lions and Bills.
Availability: Owned in ~69% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Williams should be owned in all leagues.
Jonathan Stewart, Panthers
Stewart, who had missed two games with a concussion, returned to the field Sunday against the Browns. He split time with free agent favorite Mike Goodson and led the team with 98 yards rushing. The timeshare figures to continue for the rest of the season as Carolina figures out what to do with its backfield in 2011. Both RBs are playable against Seattle. The Seahawks have allowed the sixth most fantasy points to RBs this year.
Availability: Owned in ~70% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Stewart should be rostered in all leagues.
Chris Ivory, Saints
Strange but true. Ivory is still available in 50% of fantasy leagues. The rookie scored twice on Thanksgiving against Dallas and now has three touchdowns in his last two outings. He'll look to build on that momentum this week against a Bengals defense that has allowed 10 RB touchdowns in their last nine games. The return of Reggie Bush last week didn't seem to have much of an impact on Ivory. And Pierre Thomas still looks a week or two away from returning.
Availability: Owned in ~50% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Ivory ought to be owned in all leagues.
Toby Gerhart, Vikings
Adrian Peterson left Sunday's game against the Redskins with a sprained ankle. Early reports suggest he will play this week against the Bills but the Forecast isn't ready to take those reports as gospel. Neither should you. Grab backup Toby Gerhart. Gerhart carried 22 times for 76 yards and a touchdown against Washington. Considering Buffalo has allowed the fourth most fantasy points to RBs this season, Gerhart is a must-add in all leagues this week.
Availability: Owned in ~13% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Gerhart should be added in all leagues.
Brian Westbrook, 49ers
Frank Gore suffered a hip injury on Monday night and is done for the season. After his big performance Monday night Brian Westbrook looks to get the bulk of the work going forward with Anthony Dixon providing a change of pace. Westbrook looked like his old self on MNF, proving he still has the quickness and instincts to make plays in this league. Monitor the news out of San Francisco today to determine Gore's prognosis. Westbrook would be nice pickup if Gore rests. The 49ers play a stout Green Bay defense but if he gets 15-18 touches, Westbrook could deliver a solid stat line for you.
Availability: Owned in ~4% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Westbrook is a must-grab if it looks like Gore will miss time.
Maurice Morris, Lions
Morris recorded two touchdowns and 75 all-purpose yards last Thursday against the Patriots. With Jahvid Best ailing with dual turf toe injuries, Morris is going to receive the bulk of the carries for the rest of the year. That's the good news. The bad news is Detroit has a tough schedule coming up with divisional games against the Bears and Packers. He won't catch a break until Week 15 when the Lions travel to Tampa. Still, if you need a RB to stash on your bench, Morris is worth grabbing.
Availability: Owned in ~20% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Morris is worth a look in all leagues and merits extra consideration in PPR formats.
Tashard Choice, Cowboys
Dallas RB Marion Barber suffered a calf injury and will miss at least two games. While Felix Jones will get the bulk of the carries, Choice will no doubt see an increased role in the offense. Pick him up in advance of Dallas' matchup against the Colts. Indianapolis has allowed the eighth most fantasy points to RBs in 2010. Choice did receive a goal line carry and scored last Thursday against the Saints. If Choice gets 12 or more touches, he should turn in a useful fantasy stat line.
Availability: Owned in ~7% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Think of Choice as a serviceable RB3 or flex option this week.
No Brainers: Mario Manningham, Michael Crabtree and Johnny Knox
Deion Branch, Patriots
Branch is somehow available in 30% of fantasy leagues. If he's lurking on the waiver wire in yours, he should be one of your top targets this week. Branch is coming off a 113-yard, 2-TD effort. His next three games are difficult (NYJ, CHI and GB) but Tom Brady will find a way to keep Branch relevant for fantasy purposes.
Availability: Owned in ~70% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Branch should be owned in all leagues.
Ben Obomanu, Seahawks
Obomanu made the list here last week but obviously should've been even more highly touted. He turned in a career best 159 yards and a touchdown Sunday against the Chiefs. Obomanu has now scored in three of the last four weeks. Since Mike Williams is nicked up, Obomanu is the top target in Seattle. With a home matchup this week against the Panthers, he's looking like a viable WR3. Acquire him with confidence.
Availability: Owned in ~4% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Obomanu is worthy of a roster spot in all leagues.
Jason Avant, Eagles
Grab Avant in time for Thursday's cushy matchup against the Texans and you'll be poised to jump out to an early lead in your fantasy game this week. Houston has allowed the second most fantasy points to WRs. Michael Vick figures to pick apart their defense in front of a primetime audience. Avant led all Philadelphia receivers in Week 12 with eight receptions for 83 yards. Vick threw his way nine times. Look for Avant to chip in 70+ yards and a touchdown.
Availability: Owned in ~8% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Avant is spot starter material this week against the Texans.
Blair White, Colts
White has been an integral component of the Colts rag-tag receiving corps over the second half of the season. He's notched three touchdowns in the last two games. With a promising matchup against the Cowboys on tap next, White is worth acquiring as a plug-and-play option. Dallas has allowed the second most fantasy points to WRs. Keep in mind, White's value is tied to the health of Austin Collie (concussion) so keep your eye on Collie's status.
Availability: Owned in ~39% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Start White if Collie sits; sit White if Collie starts.
Eddie Royal, Broncos
Royal was a frequent target in Sunday's loss to the Rams. He ended the game with six receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown plus added a 20 yard run. Although he's been maddeningly inconsistent this year, Royal is worth trusting in Week 13. The Broncos will face the Chiefs in a game that has shootout written all over it. Kansas City has allowed five WR touchdowns in their last three games. Royal should put up 5+ receptions this week.
Availability: Owned in ~47% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Royal is a strong pickup and play option, especially in PPR leagues.
Derrick Mason, Ravens
Mason has popped up here time and time again. He's posted quality fantasy performances in four of his last six games, including an 8-catch performance that netted 87 yards and a touchdown in Week 12 against the Bucs. He is out-producing Anquan Boldin right now and it isn't even close. Mason faces the Steelers this week. On paper it looks like a poor matchup. But Mason has historically fared well against Pittsburgh. He's caught six or more passes in six of his last seven games against the Steelers. If you choose not to trust him against Pitt, maybe you'll like his Week 14 game against Houston better.
Availability: Owned in ~59% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Mason is worth starting this week or stashing for Week 14.
Davone Bess, Dolphins
Bess tallied his first 100-yard effort of the season in Week 12 against the Raiders. His sudden spike in production can be attributed to a favorable matchup against the Raiders and the fact that Brandon Marshall was out with a hamstring injury. Marshall is likely to miss another game so Bess is worth a look against the Browns. Cleveland has a solid pass defense but Bess should be targeted heavily.
Availability: Owned in ~54% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Consider starting Bess as a WR3 or flex play in PPR leagues.
Danario Alexander, Rams
After a four week layoff with a knee injury, Alexander stormed back on the fantasy scene, posting 95 yards against the Broncos. One of his catches came just short of the goal line. Alexander is the best big-play option in the St. Louis offense. Considering this week's opponent, Arizona, has allowed the third most receptions to WRs over 20 yards, the Forecast thinks Alexander is a prime candidate for another strong performance.
Availability: Owned in ~2% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Alexander is a high upside play this week against the Cardinals.
Jacoby Ford, Raiders
Ford has officially arrived. Two games after recording his first career 100-yard performance, Ford did it again. He amassed 108 yards and a touchdown against the Dolphins. Oh yeah, and he also returned a kick for a score. Ford is now a key cog in Oakland's offense. He's likely not ready for your lineup this week against the Chargers but he'll merit a look in Weeks 14-15 against the Jaguars and Broncos.
Availability: Owned in ~13% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Ford is worth a look as a WR you can insert when the matchup is right.
Earl Bennett, Bears
Bennett posted two touchdowns in Sunday's win over the Eagles. With the Bears offense suddenly starting to show promise, don't be too quick to dismiss Bennett as a viable prospect. Chicago has favorable matchups the next two weeks with games against the Lions and Patriots. Bennett is worth acquiring for a spot start. That said, his long-term prospects aren't that exciting.
Availability: Owned in ~2% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Bennett isn't a sexy pickup but is worth a look for the next two games.
No Brainers: Todd Heap
Kevin Boss, Giants
It wasn't pretty but Boss came through with 74 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's win over the Jaguars. Boss caught just three of the eight passes thrown his way, dropping some relatively easy catches. Nonetheless, Boss has now scored in three out of the last four games and his prospects are improved with Hakeem Nicks out of the lineup. Give him a start this week against the Redskins. In 2009, he posted 57 or more yards in both meetings against Washington. He's a good bet to exceed that mark in Week 12.
Availability: Owned in ~44% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Consider Boss to be a decent starting TE for the next couple games.
Joel Dreessen, Texans
Dreessen has scored in back-to-back games and draws a favorable opponent this week in the Eagles. Philadelphia has allowed the fifth most fantasy points to TEs this season. They've allowed TE scores in three of their last four games. Dreessen, who is a favorite redzone target for QB Matt Schaub, should get plenty of looks in what will no doubt be a high scoring game.
Availability: Owned in ~43% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Dreessen is worth grabbing in all leagues that start a TE.
Brent Celek, Eagles
Celek has played a minor role in the Eagles offense in recent weeks but he broke out of a four game scoring slump in Week 12, posting 50 yards and a touchdown. Trusting Celek based on the one performance is a risky proposition but a matchup against the Texans might be too good to pass up. Houston has allowed more fantasy points to TEs than any team this season.
Availability: Owned in ~50% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Celek is a feast-or-famine option in Week 12.
No Brainers: David Akers and Lawrence Tynes
Nate Kaeding, Chargers
Kaeding was the top kicker drafted in many leagues this season. After a midseason injury, he was cut in the majority of leagues. It's too bad more fantasy owners didn't get a chance to reap the benefits of his monster five field goal effort on Sunday night. At the rate San Diego is scoring, Kaeding should be owned and started in all leagues going forward. Consider him a must-grab kicker if there is such a thing.
Availability: Owned in ~35% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Kaeding should be owned in all leagues.
Josh Brown, Rams
Brown is worth a spot start this week against the Cardinals. Arizona is among the most generous teams for opposing kickers. They've also allowed 27 or more points in four straight games. Brown has been solid, connecting on multiple field goal kicks in seven of his last night games. This time of year kickers who are playing in warm weather or domes are coveted. Brown's next four games will be played inside.
Availability: Owned in ~22% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: Brown is worth a spot start and has long-term starter potential.
No Brainers: Chicago Bears and New York Jets
New Orleans Saints
The Forecast likes the Saints DST this week against a Bengals team that has allowed defensive or special teams touchdowns in three straight games. In their last four outings, Cincinnati has yielded 12 sacks and turned the ball over 13 times. Oh, and for good measure they also gave up a safety. Given 10 days to prep for the Bengals, New Orleans should be ready to rack up a bunch of fantasy points.
Availability: Owned in ~80% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: New Orleans is an excellent plug-and-play option.
San Diego Chargers
Coming off a two touchdown effort against the Colts, San Diego's defense is playing with tremendous confidence. If they're available in your league, snag them in time for this week's home meeting with the hated Raiders. Oakland has only allowed one DST touchdown this year but they give up plenty of fantasy points. In the last three games, they've ceded 11 sacks and nine turnovers. Look for the Bolts to chip in another solid fantasy effort.
Availability: Owned in ~62% of leagues.
Forecast guidance: The Chargers are worth acquiring in all leagues.

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Discover, explore and Build Better Worlds with the new David 8.
David 8 is a perfect confluence of technologies. His advanced cybernetic vision has been further improved to include focus-adjust in low light conditions. And a new global location mapping algorithm identifies David 8's coordinates and returns him to a pre-programmed rendezvous point. David 8's Pursuance Protocol ensures quality performance: given a project to complete, David 8 will see it done.
With a fluid intelligence on the order of 1012 neurons or 200 petaflops, David 8 exhibits twice the neural net capacity of humans. The new sensory-data processor in David 8 combines perfect human reasoning with the most advanced cybernetic computing power. Owing to such technology, David 8 can function autonomously in any human environment, displaying complex human intellectual traits such as curiosity and self-motivation towards a final objective.
An advanced polyurethane coating replicates the biological properties of human skin to exact texture, pliability and tensile strength. With a cadmium alloy endoskeleton, David 8's frame can withstand over 1,000 pounds of compression force. Micro-distributed accelerometers provide ultra-keen kinesthetic awareness. And as a new design feature, David 8 has been programmed in several common sports modes; he now enjoys basketball, cycling, golf and more.
For David 8, Weyland's emotional encoding software has been redesigned to include recognition of thousands more facial expressions than previous models. Proprietary expression mapping sensors allow David 8 to interpret critical human emotional states. The evaluation process happens at synaptic speed, instantly sending thousands of micro-facial movements into effect, giving David 8 a remarkably natural, human response.
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David 8 is easy to operate and enters seamlessly into human environments. Just speak a command in your normal tone of voice. Customizable vocational or goal-objective programming is available on some models.
David 8 can record, process, understand and express many complex emotions, but he will never know true human feelings such as love, grief and compassion.
Unlike previous models, David 8 can conduct all of his own maintenance procedures. He constantly monitors the degradation of his high-turbidity hydraulic fluid and will replenish at regular intervals (bi-monthly approximate for most mixed-use applications). His zero-loss lithium ion cells are guaranteed for the life of the product.
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It's official: Sydney's Pitt Street Mall shopping precinct is giving New York's iconic Fifth Avenue a run for its millions. Having just slotted into fifth spot in a round-up of the world's most expensive retail strips when it comes to rent – ahead of London's New Bond Street and Milan's Via Montenapoleone – some Pitt Street tenants are believed to be paying an eyewatering $130,000 per square metre.
There's no denying the $2 billion revamp of Westfield Sydney, as well as the long-awaited arrival of high street juggernaut, Zara, and the opening of in-demand international luxury brand stores, Christian Louboutin, Diane von Furstenberg and Dior (set to open in January) has provided some much-needed draw to the CBD.
But does the Sydney shopping experience really stack up against the Big Apple's? (New York, incidentally, was knocked off its long-standing, number-one spot as the world's most expensive retail destination this year by Hong Kong's Causeway Bay)
Sydney's sky-high rents also raise another question: are price hikes the consequence?
A little investigating proved that this season's must-have Louis Vuitton bag, the Leopard North-South Tote, will set you back $3400 at LV's Sydney flagship, whereas you can snap it up for €2270 ($2850.50) at the Paris Champs-Elysees store. And expect to shell out $820 for Gucci's Soho leather disco bag in Westfield Sydney, while the same one will only set you back €595 along the famed Via Montenapoleone in Milan.
Lusting after the floral sequin and pearl bead encrusted Lady Dior bag? You'll fork out $7600 for it here, compared to £3400 ($5212.94) at the Christian Dior flagship store on London's swanky New Bond Street. Miu Miu's Mary Jane suede platform glitter heel pump on the Christmas wish list? You'll save almost $300 if you buy them in their native Milan. Here, they are $850, while in Milan, they'll set you back €460.
And there's no escaping the inflated prices, even on the high street. At Zara Westfield Sydney, a signature blazer retails for $159. But you can buy something similar in New York for just $US79.90 ($76).
Retail strategist Stephen Kulmar, of Retail Oasis in Sydney, is just back from a trip to New York and Paris and says it's hard to imagine Pitt Street mall generating the "quality shopper" traffic to match what he deems the world's best shopping destinations.
"For my money, the most successful retail sites for prestige would have to be Bond Street, London, Fifth Avenue, New York, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris and the Ginza in Toyko," he said. Acknowledging Australia is an "up and coming international market place", Kulmar admits Pitt Street is the prime location in Sydney for the emergence of more prestige and mass-market retail offerings. Indeed, mega high-street brands H&M from Sweden and Japan's Uniqlo are both rumoured to be planning an Australian onslaught.
International Fashion Editor for the Australian Financial Review, Marion Hume, says that had we asked her a decade ago if Sydney was one of the world's greatest shopping cities, she would have laughed.
"Today though, I think it is. Don't forget that Westfield has exported the idea of 'posh malls' to the world. I'm a great fan of glamorous shopping malls. In my view, they democratise the luxury world by doing away with the scary doormen and all the things that exclude those who fear they can't afford to be there. I love that I can breeze in to Chanel and just have a look in Sydney," she says.
Hume adds that it shouldn't just be about comparing prices, but the overall shopping experience.
What's delightfully missing in Sydney is a whole snobbery of shopping...
"Sure, Bond Street is gloriously old England, especially now the Christmas lights are twinkling. And there's nothing quite like the view up Fifth Avenue, New York, of the flags fluttering outside the landmark Tiffany store. But it's easy to say, 'shopping is so much better overseas'. What's delightfully missing in Sydney is a whole snobbery of shopping which, personally, living in London and spending lots of time in Paris and Rome, can get very annoying. I love that you can pick up tonight's supper and a gorgeous Georg Jensen bracelet on the same shopping trip in Sydney. That's what is luxurious to me."
Fifth Avenue? I'll take the Meatpacking District
Stephen Kulmar of Retail Oasis spends his life travelling the world's shopping hotspots and says it's a sense of "discovery, adventure and authenticity" that makes a great retail destination.
"That's why Prada in SoHo, New York, has a seriously cool landmark store and everyone knows that Jeffery's boutique department store is the place in the Meatpacking District. But if you're after serious, traditional, super-elegant prestige then it's Paris' Right Bank."
Here are Steve's favourite global retail precincts:
1) The Marais in Paris - boho at its very best.
2) Meatpacking in NYC - trendy and grunge.
3) Rue St Honore in Paris – prestige in all its stylish glory.
4) The Mitte in Berlin – super-trendy with hints of grunge.
5) SoHo NYC - chic and very New York.
6) 3rd Street boulevard, Santa Monica - California dreaming.
Top 10 most expensive shopping locations, 2012, by retail rent:
1) Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
2) Fifth Avenue, New York
3) Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris
4) Ginza, Tokyo
5) Pitt Street Mall, Sydney
6) New Bond Street, London
7) Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich
8) Via Montenapoleone, Milan
9) Myeongdong, Seoul
10) Kaufingerstraße, Munich
Source: Cushman & Wakefield


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Spotless Paw® Dog Paw Cleaning Glove
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Astronauts Complete Spacewalk
Two astronauts made a hastily prepared spacewalk on Saturday to replace a pump on the outside of the International Space Station. NASA had never before staged such a fast, impromptu spacewalk Photo: European Pressphoto Agency/NASA.
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CLAAS INTRODUCES the new Jaguar Green Eye forage harvester and RU 600 row-independent corn head. Designed to run at maximum torque while lowering fuel consumption, the harvester has a newly designed Tier 3 engine. The Jaguar 830 and 850 have a 6-cyl. engine, and an 8-cyl. engine is now available on the Jaguar 870, 890 and 900. Horsepower of the harvesters ranges from 345 to 623.
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In the context of databasesand object databases, in particularreplication is the ability to duplicate an object from one database (call it "database A") into another ("database B"). The duplication is performed in such a way that both object instances can be modified, so that at a later time the duplicated object can be returned to its original database, and any differences between the object in A and the object in B can be resolved. There are variations on this scenario, but that's the basic idea.
Users of mobile devices might recognize this as "synchronization." In such applications, the desktop system maintains a set of "master" databases that are replicated onto the handheld device. In the process of using the handheld, you add phone numbers, delete appointments, create new shopping lists, and so on. And, at some future point, you synchronize the mobile device with the desktop, which records the changes you've made into the master database. In short, replication allows a subset of information to be drawn from one database into another, and permits the user to operate on that subset in a disconnected fashion.
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Suppose you want to implement replication. What capabilities do database systems need to provide for error-freeor, at least, as close to error-free as we could reasonably getreconciliation of data modified by disconnected users? (In this article, I assume that the databases employed are object databases. So, when I speak of "data," I speak of "objects.")
Certainly, the first requirement would be some way of identifying an object, even as clones of it are replicated from one database to another. In other words, when you put an object into the database, a unique identifier must be attached to it. That identifier must be bound to the object in such a way that, when the object is replicated into another database, the identifier goes with it. (You cannot count on the object's data content as the sole means of identifying that object.) Ideally, this identifier will be invisible and unmodifiable, except under unusual circumstances. After all, there is no reason to make its presence and value known to anything other than whatever framework handles the replication process.
Furthermore, this identifier must be universally unique. Suppose you begin with database A. You replicate a subset of its data into database B. Then you replicate data from database A into database C (some of the objects in C may also be objects in B). Suppose further that, after replication, object X was created in B, and object Y was created in C, and that both objects are of the same class. We must be guaranteed that the unique identifiers of X and Y are universally unique, even though databases B and C (and, in fact, A as well) are disconnected. If, by some chance, object X and object Y received the same IDs, then it would be difficult to impossible to reconcile both databases back to the master database.
Accurate reconciliation of disconnected databases also demands that some sort of version information be attached to an object when the object is modified. This is necessary so that synchronization can determine which of two replicated objects is the most up to date. Ideally, this would be information along the lines of "this object was modified at date and time xxx." At the least, we need a modification flag, such as the one on the Palm OS, which indicates when a record has been made dirty. Otherwise, the synchronization application will have to examine each and every object's content (that is, each object passing through synchronization), comparing it with the original (the object in the master database), to see if any changes have occurred, and attempt to deduce from those changes which object is older. Such resolution code would be unacceptably complex and slow.
Finally, a synchronization system must provide a mechanism that allows the developer to manage conflict resolution. Under normal circumstances, when an object that has been replicated is being reconciled back to the main database, the replication framework code can examine version information (assuming it exists) and determine whether the master database object or the replicated object is the most up to date. Conflicts occur when the version information is such that the winner is not apparent. The developer must be able to provide code that can resolve the confusion.


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Men's Swimwear Undergoes a Full Renaissance
Formerly a sea of baggy shorts and skimpy Speedos, men's swimwear is reaching new levels of refinement. John Ortved explains on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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April Drew's son Colum had an encounter at a local park that he hasn't forgotten, much to the chagrin of his mother.
It's one of those awkward moments in the park. Everything is going smoothly. My son is happily climbing monkey bars, swinging off ropes and making dinner for his mommy in a make-shift wooden house.
It's nice to sit back and see him interact with other kids. It's even nicer (or so I thought) when a boy about eight months his junior gives him a cuddle.
At least I thought it was a cuddle until I heard an almighty scream. The little sweet angel, dressed in boyish blue dungarees with a Tommy Hilfiger coat and a black hat, sunk his teeth into my little boy's left cheek.
It all looked so innocent on the approach. The little boy's father, a thirty-something attractive looking dad donning a Munster rugby sweat suit (on weekends all the men in Limerick wear the same outfit) looked at me and smiled as both our kids were about to embrace.
"Awe," I said
"Very cute," he said.
And then it happened. The younger boy threw his arms around Colum's neck, pulling him down to his level. Colum hugged him back while smiling with delight.
The little boy lunged his mouth forward for what we both thought was going to be a kiss, and firmly planted his full set of fully formed teeth into Colum's cheek.
They spent 15 minutes before that running after each other in the park, playing on the same rides and kicking a football back and forth. This all ended abruptly when Colum, my 22-month-old, screamed from the top of his lungs while holding his cheek in an effort to ease the pain.
He ran to me faster than the speed of light and tucked his head into my lap while explaining through the tears that the little boy bit his face.
"Boy bite me Mommy, bite bite, bold, no bite," he repeated over and over red faced and hurt.
As soon as he realized that the innocent looking embrace was in fact an attack on my son -- okay I'm being a little dramatic here -- the aforementioned father couldn't apologize enough. Naturally I accepted his many attempts to say sorry and made it known that "every child will bite at one point or another."
It still didn't stop his apologizes. "He has never done this before," said the dad numerous times.
"He must be teething, it's the only explanation," I said in an effort to make him feel better.
He tried to speak to the child in a disciplinary manner, but he was only 14-months. He was tiny, barely walking and I've no doubt didn't mean to bite Colum so hard, or even probably bite him at all.
The father, after the 30th apology, left the park vowing that his son would "never do that again."
Colum went to day care the next day and the staff in his room expressed immediate concern over the bite. The visible marks eventually turned into a massive bruise (which is just about fading now, 10 days later) and Colum forgot about the whole thing, or so I thought.
Sunday morning I brought both kids (Colum and his seven-month-old sister Sadie) back to the same park. Colum was excited all morning about the idea of going to play.
"Car, I go park mommy," was all I was hearing since breakfast. Eventually pulling myself together, I packed them into the car and drove the 10 minutes to the nearest park.
Colum spoke to himself the whole way down about the fun he was going to have. It wasn't until we pulled into the car park that he begun to change his mind.
"No mommy, no park."
I couldn't understand the flip.
"Have you a dirty nappy Colum," I asked, thinking he was uncomfortable walking or something.
"No poop."
"Stay car, Sadie go park," he continued, suggesting I take his little sister and leave him behind.)
"Colum, why don't you want to go to the park? It will be great fun," I said convincingly.
"Baby bite," he said while pointing to his cheek.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had nearly forgotten the incident but he certainly hadn't. My heart broke that he was afraid of the little boy and the park.
It took a few more minutes of convincing him that the boy wasn't at the park and he would have lots of fun. He was cautious though. He was stuck to my side for about 15 minutes but eventually braved the park and all its activities.
He didn't go near the pretend house, though, and I've a feeling he won't be making mommy dinner anytime soon.
We enjoyed the rest of Sunday cleaning up the house, doing the grocery shopping, preparing dinners and doing a bit of work.
Monday rolls around too quickly sometimes for my liking. Both kids seemed to be coming down with something when I dropped them off at day care. I had to go to work. I should have stayed in bed. It was one of those days!
It began with bumping my new car into a curb and doing some minor damage to the underbelly of it, much to my husband's disgust.
"Why weren't you looking?" I was asked in a not-so-friendly tone.
"I was tired," I grumbled.
Anyway, I parked up the car and went to work. I work as a sign language interpreter traveling the length and breadth of Ireland when needed. This particular Monday I had a job in Limerick.
I was a little disheveled. The hair wasn't combed very well earlier in the morning, the make-up was slapped on and I forgot the perfume. I threw on a forgiving oversized purple dress (I think it may even have been an old maternity one) and an old pair of boots.
I got through the morning (after two Diet Cokes) okay. I had an hour off for lunch and I needed to move my car from where I parked it. Apparently clamping was a given if I overstayed my time limit.
The walk to the car was approximately 20 minutes. I had finally woken up. The air was fresh and there was a slight nip in it.
As I strolled briskly I could feel several people look at me funnily as I went by them. I really must look a mess I thought to myself, not really caring though. I was about a minute away from the car when finally a nice young thing approached me and said, "Excuse me, but I just want to tell you you're dress is stuck in your knickers."
"Whattttttt," I screeched in mortification.
I quickly looked down at my right side, and sure enough the purple old rag dress was nicely tucked into my knickers and the whole word could see my right leg all the way up. A quick pull and it was released back into place again. Could I be more embarrassed, and it was only lunchtime!
I thanked the young girl and scurried off in the direction of my car. Embarrassment turned into laughter and for the remainder of my foot journey to the car I couldn't stop myself from giggling. I then got looks from passers-by. I'm sure they thought I was missing a few shillings.
I returned to work for the afternoon and for the most part (aside from missing two steps and tripping up on an indoor stairs) it was incident free.
When I returned to day care to collect the children I was met with a few scornful faces.
First they informed me that both kids were sick – there was a bug going around the school -- and it was probably best "to keep them home tomorrow" and the news got worse.
One of the staff pulled me out of Colum's ear shot and said he had an incident with one of the other kids.
How many incidents could the Mooney family have in one day I thought, before asking what they meant?
"Well, I'm sure he didn't mean it but he was playing with one of the other boys outside and he bit his leg," the room supervisor said.
"Oh no, he was bitten again," I said.
"Oh no April, Colum is okay but HE bit the boy in the leg."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Then the apologies started.
"Oh my God I'm shocked, especially after what happened him in the park," I mumbled.
"I'm so sorry. I hope ye disciplined him for it."
They didn't.
"We're sure he was only fooling around and didn't mean it, or maybe he is teething," she said.
And there it was, the effort to make me feel better. They knew full well that my little man was being a right brat. He knows that biting a human is totally out of order but he did it anyway.
I continued to apologize and they accepted it over and over again.
I'm sure Colum's little victim went home crying to his parents on Monday night about the bold little boy at the crèche who took a chunk out of his leg -- okay I'm exaggerating again -- but I hope when it comes to going back to day care that the little boy won't be afraid of my son.
So there you have it. The words "they all do it" to the father that day in the park came back to bite me, too!


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My brother had an accident in Florida. He is a student from India (country of citizenship), studying in Pennsylvania and covered by international student insurance. His insurance card was presented at the time of check-in to ER. He was in ICU for 2 days. A week later he received bills from hospital worth $45,000 and a letter from insurance company that the hospital claims were rejected. We are both international students with no income and on F1 visa. What are our options?
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Dear Far From Home,
First, contact the insurer and find out why they rejected the claim. It might be something as simple as a billing error by the hospital or an administrative mistake. If not, there should be a process to have the company reconsider the claim. The hospital's business office will be motivated to help you pursue the insurance company; so ask for their help to have the claim reconsidered.
You did not describe the accident, so it's possible that the claim was rejected because whoever caused the accident is expected to pay first. If your brother was hit by a car, for example, the driver's insurance is supposed to pay first.
In short, don't give up on having the plan pay the claim until you go through their appeals process.


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This is from Cory's own website. A truly amateur stencil job of Cory in the style of Che Guevara.
Cory gushes over it like nerdy high school teen ("OMGZ itz a mushups! Itz a mashups of Che loz").
His post is from november 2005 and it still sucks.
"Hi Im a very shitty stencil" by 'Nate'
I love how the Cory gushes over this abortion of a stencil and claims the creator wants to remain anony-mouse.
I think the creator is just plain embarrassed!!
Make sure you visit his site and leave a comment (a comment that will no doubt be deleted or non approved by the cory anti free speech comment mods)


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Opinion: Debate Prep 101
Columnist Kim Strassel on the tact that Mitt Romney should take in tonight's debate. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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... welcome to Opinion Journal I'd mind Dan and are ... well tonight's the night ... first big presidential debate between President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney ... this is either the bike you've all been waiting for or the night you have been dreading ... here discuss which cited that emotion she is on his are Potomac watch columnist Kim Strassel ... on them ... and carry it to ... was a knock em Barack ... Obama does not really have to win this debate tonight done this and she's already a winner he is the president ... so I think bird dog race that is on Mitt Romney as the challenger and just what you think go to save Mr Romney ... has to accomplish in this evening's debate ... I he connected with the state that I knew getting enlist advice about that always you take our breath that he should be what some extent the perch and how to ... read and you really need to do two things can I and and and that the day he got off her story for how we got to the economic disaster we are in right now I mean he's that was that his Obama argument that it's all her fault and conservative policies sch and he's gonna explain ... how he's going to fix that sch and in the end of the campaign is not as well and they needed to do so far and this is his moment to do that tonight ... well the first three segments of the six are honest listed as being on the economy ... and are ... all each one is fifteen minutes long so ... boy did they haven't gone deeper on those things ... so far it's gonna be a little difficult for him to avoid it this evening I would think ... now I think you have seen in the last week they have been attempting to be a little then Wordpress that one of the problems that they handed the media narrative remains that the campaign to stop playing many sch it is still talking about forty seven percent ... so this is my Mr Romney has an opportunity to the internet is un filtered opportunity to talk to America free of all of the spinning away reporters right things sch and so this is his moment to talk about his policies ... you know of him one of the state has been one of things that might come up for lease occurred to the Romney campaign I'm sure they have ... up a list of items they would like to accomplish in tonight's debate ... but that they have since the beginning of the campaign come under extraordinary attack an assault from the Obama campaign ... often of with those attacks taking the ... form of are you know basically falsely such is the outsourcing point they ... how much time you think that Romney has to spend comfort acting against these misrepresentations which it which he has been drawn attention to lately ... 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by Sue Ann Rybak
Chestnut Hill novelist Justin Kramon will read from his critically acclaimed literary novel "Finny" followed by a question and answer session at 7 p.m. Friday, July 20, in Grey Towers Castle on the campus of Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Rd. in Glenside.
In an interview with the Chestnut Hill Local, Kramon revealed that he had never even considered a writing career in high school. As a teenager, he hoped to pursue a career in music.
"I used to play jazz piano," he said. "I wasn't good enough to do it professionally. That's one thing that gets in the way [of a career] when you're not good enough to do it," he said, laughing.
Kramon said he had "always been interested in doing some kind of artistic endeavor or artistic expression."
He never considered a career as a writer until he took a fiction writing class on a whim one summer at Harvard Extension School.
"I had this weird job, working as a supervisor at night at a homeless shelter," Kramon said. "I was in a constant state of spacyness."Kelly Saccomanno <email@example.com>
Because he worked nights, Kramon said he was looking for a way to fill his days.
His teacher, Maxine Rodburg, who was also a writer, encouraged him to pursue a career in writing. With that the seed was planted. She encouraged him to apply to a MFA program in writing.
"Writing always seemed like a weird hobby – like learning to build your own canoe," Kramon said. "I didn't see it as a career."
After being accepted into Iowa University's Writers Workshop program, Kramon said all that changed. He said it made him realize the "kind of commitment" that was necessary to pursue writing as a career.
CH Local: So, what advice do you have for aspiring writers?
Kramon: "Writing is a hard thing to give advice about," he said, "since it's very individual, and so I don't think anyone – especially me – is really an authority. But I'd say that one thing that was helpful for me was to figure out the books and the writers I truly love. It was easy for me to pretend to be enthusiastic about a lot of different books, but my stories didn't start to work until I was really honest with myself about which writers moved and excited me. They haven't always been the most fashionable or the coolest names to drop at parties, but they gave me a goal to work towards.
CH Local: Who are some of your favorite authors?
Kramon: I love a lot of different types of books. I enjoy 19th-century writers: Dickens, Austen. I love Edith Wharton. Others I love include: Alice Munro, Richard Ford, Naguib Mahfouz, Stephen King, James Baldwin, Alice Adams, Haruki Murakami, Chimamanda Adichie. I also love thrillers and crime novels: Henning Mankell, Ruth Rendell, Patricia Highsmith. And lots of other authors – it would take to long to name.
CH Local: Where did the idea for your book "Finny" come from?
Kramon: The real idea came from old 19th century novels that I really liked – Dickens, Jane Austen, Bronte and Thomas Hardy. There is a certain kind of bold adventure that you kind of associate with a young man growing up and coming into the world. So, I was interested in writing that story from a young woman's point of view.
CH Local: Who is your favorite character in the book?
Kramon: Finny. When the story begins, Finny is 14, and it ends when she is 35. It's kind of a long timespan for a novel. When it starts out she is a very strong-willed, funny, young woman with a sort of plucky sense of humor. Her dad is very fond of quoting great men, as he calls them, at the dinner table. For example, he has this one line at the dinner table where he says "Good artists borrow, great artists steal – Picasso."
Finny takes offense to this because he is always quoting men and never women. One time she sort of mocks him a bit and her dad says "Finny don't mock me." To which she replies "I don't mock, I steal – Aristotle."
She is very plucky and sticks up for herself. But, she doesn't fit in. Her mom is more of a 50s housewife, who is more concerned about what is proper. Finny doesn't know where her place is in all this until she meets Earl Henckel, who lives with his father, a piano teacher who suffers from Narcolepsy, in this strange little house. It's sort of a coming of age romance and comedy novel.
CH Local: Are any of the characters based on someone you know?
Kramon: I think it's a complicated question because all any fiction writer has to draw from is their own experience on some level. I feel at some point you get limited by your experiences. You have your mind and your experiences basically. And there is some interaction between those two things. For me, it's more about how do I get out of my own experiences? I think part of the reason you write fiction is to get outside of yourself a bit.
CH Local: What is a typical day like?
Kramon: My routine is pretty boring. I get up, have my cereal and get to work. I tend to work on new projects in the morning. There are different stages in the process for me. So if I am writing a story, I might to be working on an outline, writing or editing. Reading is also an important part of the process for me. It's sort of weird to clock hours to read. But, I get ideas from other authors.
CH Local: Why did you move to Chestnut Hill?
Kramon: I enjoy Chestnut Hill because it's an attractive town and close to Center City. It's a nice town to walk around in. I also love the quiet and the access to the beautiful section of Fairmount Park that runs by the Wissahickon.
CH Local: Is anyone in your family a writer?
Kramon: My Dad has done some technical writing. In terms of wanting to do creative writing, the bigger influence came from my teachers. I think the part of writing that I liked was that it was really different from ways I had seen people express themselves. It opened up this whole new way of expressing myself.
CH Local: Some writers have told me it's hard to have their work edited or critiqued. Does it bother you to have things cut out of the novel?
Kramon: I want it to be as streamlined as possible. Cutting out something or changing things are all part of the process. It can be challenging, but a lot of that is because you have spent a lot of time alone in a room with this book. I think adding other people's ideas or hearing other people's thoughts about it help, if it's a good conversation. My experience has been pretty good. I have gotten a lot helpful hints from editors at Random House. It was good because it was a conversation.
CH Local: Do you ever think about quitting?
Kramon: I definitely think about giving up writing all the time. It's constantly hard for me. I guess it takes commitment. And a lack of better options – just kidding. It would be disingenuous of me to say that it gets easier because I'm not sure it really does – or should – even though there are things I've learned. Maybe you figure out a few of the mechanical things over time. And maybe you get a little more faith in yourself at some point. I am still waiting for that one. It's just a very long and sometimes discouraging process, but it's also the most satisfying thing I've ever done in terms of work.


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Making it easy for Selena
Here's Selena Gomez looking great on the set of her new music video yesterday as Justin Bieber continues to make it really, really easy for her.
You know what sucks? It sucks when you break up with someone and they go on to better. Gisele Bundchen, for example, went on to better after Leo. It doesn't suck for Selena then that JB is acting a damn fool but it probably sucks for JB that Selena isn't.


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The general guidance is that the data stored in an HTTP session should only be used to store the necessary data to main state between browser invocations, and that the amount of data stored should be as small as possible. However we often see that, over several iterations of additional development work and new features being added to a web application, the session sizes have grown as more and more data is being stored.This means the corresponding session cache also grows over time, in some cases to the point that it is one of the major contributors to the Java heap memory usage.
So, are there any ways to find out how big the sessions are?
Find the session sizes using the Runtime Performance Advisor of the Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV)
You can use either the Runtime Performance Advisor in the administrative console, or the Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV) to look at the session cache size and the average session size, so this will give you an idea if you have a problem with the size of HTTP sessions and the corresponding size of session cache required.
Neither the Performance Advisor or TPV give you a good idea of application or which specific user sessions are large, of what specific data is being held in the HTTP sessions, which is useful if you want to understand whether its particular applications or actions that are causing large amounts of data to be stored, and in fact what that data is.
Investigating HTTP sessions using IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer
Having information on the sizes of individual sessions, what the user session ID is, and what application the session is for will allow you to understand whether the presence of large HTTP sessions is related to a specific application, or a specific set of user actions. One way of getting this information is using Memory Analyzer.
Memory Analyzer can run using either a PHD format heapdump, or a full operating system dump (eg. a core file) that has been post processed using the "jextract" utility that is present in the jre/bin directory of the IBM Java SDKs. In order have the information relating to application name and session ID for the HTTP sessions, the jextracted system dump is required.
You can generate a system dump from a running WebSphere instance by adding the following command line option to the JVM runtime:
-Xdump:system:events=userand then sending a "kill -3" to the process to cause the dump to be written (you can do this in Windows using a utility such as sendsignal.exe). Alternatively you can generate the system dump on an OutOfMemoryError using the following:
-Xdump:system:events=systhrow,filter=java/lang/OutOfMemoryErrorOnce you have the system dump, its been processed using jextract, and is loaded into Memory Analyzer, you can begin profiling the HTTP sessions.
Profiling the HTTP session sizes using OQL in Memory Analyzer
You can use the Object Query Language (OQL) in Memory Analyzer to quickly produce a table of all of the sessions that were in the WebSphere instance when the system dump was generated, along with information on: session size, application name, and session id.To do this you need to:
- Select the OQL tab from the analysis panel: This opens the OQL dialog box
- Enter the following OQL:
- Sort by Retained Heap Size by clicking on the column header This will show you the largest session data objects, along with the app name and session ID. The session ID for the user will either be available from the URL, or in a cookie
SELECT data as "MemorySessionData", data.@usedHeapSize as "Heap Size", data.@retainedHeapSize as "Retained Heap Size", mSwappableData, toString(data.mManager.scAppParms._J2EEName) as "J2EE Name", toString(data.appName) as "App Name", toString(data.mSessionId) as "Session ID" FROM com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.httpsession.MemorySessionData dataThis should produce a table of the MemorySessionData objects
This means that you now have a sortable table of sessions and how they relate to specific applications and session IDs.
Finding out what values are stored in specific HTTP sessions
If you identify specific sessions that are larger than expected, and you want to understand what data is being stored in that session, you have the option of "drilling down" into the session and looking at the key/value pairs for the data in the sessions.
To do this you need to:
- Right click on a row of interest and select "List objects -> with outgoing references" This will bring up the individual MemorySessionData object
- Expand the object down the following reference path: "mSwappableData -> table" This gives you the Hashtable of data associated with the session.
You can now browse through the Hashtable, looking at the keys and values to see what data is being stored inside the session, and what is causing the session to be so large!


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Grandfather Writes Amazing Letter, Checks Daughter And Supports Gay Grandson
This. Is. Awesome!
One spunky grandfather wrote a letter completely shaming his daughter's decision to kick her son out of the house after he came out of the closet:
"Kicking Chad out of your home simply because he told you he was gay is the real 'abomination' here. A parent disowning her child is what goes 'against nature.'"
The grandpap continued saying,
I don't have time for [a] heartless B-word of a daugther.
If you find your heart, give us a call.
Read the lovingly stern letter in its entirety below.
Too harsh? We think not. What do you think of this grandfather's response to his daughter's vile, Instincters?
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Isn't the grandfather stooping to the level of his daughter by disowning her? I feel like he 's doing the right thing to stand up for his grandson, but he needs to also be the example of unconditional love and accept his daughter despite her narrow minded decisions. It's retaliations of hate that fuel this vicious cycle of misunderstanding and ignorance. Love is always the answer, even in this case.
I don't necessarily agree with your logic here. The Grandfather is not retaliating in hate, and it can not at all be compared or given moral equivalence with what the mother did. The mother Kicked her child out of the home because he came out. She is blaming her son for being gay, and wants to be clear that she didn't have anything to do with her son being gay (duh). So, in essence, a mother has disowned her son for something the son (and the mother/father, etc.) had no choice in, didn't "do" anything deserving of being disowned and was an action/re-action based simply on ignorance, closed-mindedness, bigotry and the result of her view of the issue is hateful actions against someone who should be loved UNCONDITIONALLY.! The Grandfather is reacting to hate, not creating, hating in kind, or even perpetuating it, in my opinion. The case he states, obviously having something to base his quotes from her on in response, is clear, logical, full of sense, and while it is full of emotion, his position isn't emotion-based, as the mother's is, completely. He has also left the door open for his daughter, saying if she finds/gets a heart, give them a call. I doubt the mother said, while booting her son out, "If you find heterosexuality, give us a call"....


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Ask Dr. Gouin your questions at [email protected].
Maryland law requires that all seeds of intended for planting be tested. Seed purity tests are typically limited to grass and grain seeds while all seeds are tested for percent germination.
The test date and percent germination should be printed on the seed packet.
Seeds marketed in 2013 were likely tested in November or December of 2012 in the Maryland Department of Agriculture seed-testing laboratory. The seed-germinating tests are conducted under ideal germinating conditions with regards to requirements for temperature, light and humidity. The seeds are germinated in chambers according to the specific needs of each species.
Such ideal conditions are unlikely under gardening conditions. But the information printed on the packs tells you that the seeds are fresh and guides you as to how densely to plant. If the packet indicates percent germination of 85 to 95 percent, you sow the seeds at the recommended rate. However, if the packet indicates only 50 percent germination, you will need to sow the seeds closer together to obtain the desired yield.
Catalog sees are produced for the catalog year. When shopping seeds locally, seed dating can help you make productive decisions.
Thank you for mentioning the seed testing program at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in your column. I want to assure you that the seed law does apply to flowering and perennial plant seeds. In fact, our law states that we shall "Inspect, sample, analyze, test, and examine any seed transported, sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the State for planting purposes".
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Chevrolet went bare bones when it came time to advertise their redesigned 1967 Impala Sport Coupe. One neurotic spokesperson, a driveway and one brand new Marina Blue Impala Sport Coupe were all it took to create this silly vintage advertisement.
To one
Chevrolet Spokesman "new Impala owner" it was clear his full size Chevrolet, even while it was at rest, should never be hidden from view. Enter the "glass garage", a novel concept dreamed up by Chevy's advertising team and put into action by the half mime/half actor seen here.
We have enough experience trying to fit a full size Chevy from this era in a conventional garage to know that this commercial, as silly and unrealistic it may be, is merely illustrating the inevitable disaster of a transparent garage. It's a shame, because 44 years later, the idea of staring at a 1967 Impala Sport Coupe around the clock hasn't gotten any less appealing.


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Dustin LindenSmith reads from the Nisargadatta Song of Beyond I Am
INTRODUCTION: One of Nisargadatta's questioners offered the following: "You told me that I can be considered under three aspects: the personal (vyakti), the super-personal (vyakta) and the impersonal (avyakta). The Avyakta is the universal and real pure 'I'; the Vyakta is its reflection in consciousness as 'I am'; the Vyakti is the totality of physical and vital processes. Within the narrow confines of the present moment, the super-personal is aware of the person, both in space and time; not only one person, but the long series of persons strung together on the thread of karma. It is essentially the witness as well as the residue of the accumulated experiences, the seat of memory, the connecting link (sutratma). It is man's character which life builds and shapes from birth to birth. The universal is beyond all name and shape, beyond consciousness and character, pure unselfconscious being." To all this, Nisargadatta agreed it was so on the level of the mind, but that beyond the mental level not a word applies.
As you read the passages that follow, you may be nudged into the avyakta, the universal; you will know you have been so nudged when the words before you disappear.
(Please see The Nisardargadatta Song of I Am for further introductory material)
The Nisargadatta Song of Beyond I Am: Selections from I Am That
...you are not this, there is nothing of yours in this, except the little point of 'I am' ... . 'I am this, I am that' is dream, while pure 'I am' has the stamp of reality on it. You have tasted so many things -- all came to naught. Only the sense 'I am' persisted -- unchanged. Stay with the changeless among the changeful, until you are able to go beyond.
When the 'I am myself' goes, the 'I am all' comes. When the 'I am all' goes, 'I am' comes. When even 'I am' goes, reality alone is...
By knowing what you are not, you come to know your Self. The way back to your Self is through refusal and rejection. One thing is certain: the real is not imaginary, it is not a product of the mind. Even the sense 'I am' is not continuous, though it is a useful pointer; it shows where to seek, but not what to seek. Just have a good look at it. Once you are convinced that you cannot truthfully say anything except 'I am', and that nothing that can be pointed at, can be your Self, the need for the 'I am' is over -- you are no longer intent on verbalizing what you are. All you need is to get rid of the tendency to define yourself. All definitions apply to your body only and to its expressions. Once this obsession with the body goes, you will revert to your natural state, spontaneously and effortlessly. ... . We discover it by being earnest, by searching, enquiring, questioning daily and hourly, by giving one's life to this discovery.
That in which consciousness happens, the universal consciousness or mind, we call the ether of consciousness. All the objects of consciousness form the universe. What is beyond both, supporting both, is the supreme state, a state of utter stillness and silence. Whoever goes there, disappears. It is unreachable by words, or mind. You may call it God, or Parabrahman, or Supreme Reality, but these are names given by the mind. It is the nameless, contentless, effortless and spontaneous state, beyond being and non-being.
Perfection is a state of the mind, when it is pure. I am beyond the mind, whatever its state, pure or impure. Awareness is my nature; ultimately I am beyond being and non-being.
The idea -- 'I am the witness only' will purify the body and the mind and open the eye of wisdom. Then man goes beyond illusion and his heart is free of all desires. Just like ice turns to water, and water to vapour, and vapour dissolves in air and disappears in space, so does the body dissolve into pure awareness (chidakash), then into pure being (paramakash), which is beyond all existence and non-existence.
One thing is quite clear to me: all that is, lives and moves and has its being in consciousness; and I am in and beyond that consciousness. I am in it as the witness. I am beyond it as Being.
To be a living being is not the ultimate state; there is something beyond, much more wonderful, which is neither being nor non-being, neither living nor non-living. It is a state of pure awareness, beyond the limitations of space and time. Once the illusion that the body-mind is oneself is abandoned, death loses its terror, it becomes a part of living.
The witness only registers events. In the abeyance of the mind even the sense 'I am' dissolves. There is no 'I am' without the mind.
You live, you feel, you think. By giving attention to your living, feeling and thinking, you free yourself from them and go beyond them. Your personality dissolves and only the witness remains. Then you go beyond the witness. Do not ask how it happens. Just search within yourself.
All I can say truly is: 'I am', all else is inference. But the inference has become a habit. Destroy all habits of thinking and seeing. The sense 'I am' is the manifestation of a deeper cause, which you may call Self, God, Reality or by any other name. The 'I am' is in the world; but it is the key which can open the door out of the world. The moon dancing on the water is seen in the water, but it is caused by the moon in the sky and not by the water.
As long as we imagine ourselves to be separate personalities, one quite apart from another, we cannot grasp reality which is essentially impersonal. First we must know ourselves as witnesses only, dimensionless and timeless centres of observation, and then realize that immense ocean of pure awareness, which is both mind and matter and beyond both.
Have you felt the all-embracing emptiness in which the universe swims like a cloud in the blue sky?
This 'I am' is an announcement: it is not the real. It has come out of something else. What the real is, I am not telling you, because words negate that. Whatever I am telling you is not the truth, because it has come out of that 'I am'. The fact is, I cannot describe reality to you, I cannot explain it, because it is beyond expression.
When you pursue the spiritual path, the path of self-knowing, all your desires, all your attachments, will just drop away, provided you investigate and hold on to that with which you are trying to understand the self. Then what happens? Your 'I-am-ness' is the state 'to be'. You are 'to be' and attached to that state. You love to be. Now, as I said, ... your desires drop off. And what is the primary desire? To be. When you stay put in that beingness for some time, that desire also will drop off. This is very important. When this is dropped off, you are in the Absolute -- a most essential state.
When you are in consciousness, you understand the nature of consciousness and you recede. Your progress continues. This consciousness is slowly extinguishing itself; knowingly it is disappearing. But nothing affects You, because that is the Absolute. Just like when the flame is gone, the smoke is gone, the sky remains.
Take one sentence of what has been said here, and stay with it. That is enough; that will lead you to your source.
Nisargadatta Song of Beyond I Am: Selections from "The
Wisdom of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj", by Robert Powell
Spiritual maturity is being ready to let go everything. Giving up is a first step, but real giving-up is the insight that there's nothing to be given up, since nothing is your property.
When you know thoughts and their wonderful powers, and liberate them from what has poisoned them - the idea of an own, separate person -, you just let them alone, such that they can perform their appropriate work. Letting the thoughts do their own work at their own place is freedom.
When you don't require anything from the world and nothing from God, when you don't desire anything, when you don't strive for anything, don't expect anything, the divine will enter you, unasked and unex-pected.
The wish for truth is the best of all wishes, but it's still a wish. All wishes must be given up, that the truth can enter your life.
When you encounter sorrow and suffering, remain with it and don't try to escape from it. Don't throw yourself into blind activity. Neither learning nor acting can really help. Be with the presence of sorrow and uncover their roots - help with insight is real help.
Understanding confusion means becoming free of it.
The world and the thinking are states of being. The divine is not a state, it penetrates all states, but is no state of anything else.
Nothing extraordinary can happen to a consciousness knowing exactly what it wants.
Delayed reaction is wrong reaction. Thinking, feeling and action must be a unity and happen together with the situation requiring them.
What is the worth of a hapiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless.
In my view, everything happens by itself, quite spontaneously. But humans think they would work for a win, towards a purpose.
There's nothing from which the world could profit more than from giving up profit. A man who's no longer thinking in terms of winning and loosing is truly non-violent man, since he's above all conflicts.
It's the nature of thinking to differentiate things and specialize itself. There's no harm to that, but it isn't true when one thinks of oneself as separate from things. Things and humans are different, but not separate. Nature is one, reality is one. There are opposites, but no contradictions.
You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need.
There's no state in which one is seeing reality. WHO is seeing WHAT? You can only BE real. (And that you are always.) The problem exists only in thinking. Let all false ideas go, that's all. There's no need for true ideas. (Since there are none.)
Suffering is exclusively the result of attachment or resistance, it is a sign of lacking readiness to go on, to flow with life.
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OH You Bout To Get Some Food In Jail: Florida Man Arrested For Calling 911 Saying Hes Hungry & Needs A Meal! [911 Call]
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