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Thatch, the buildup of dead grass between living grass and the soil, causes trouble for your lawn when it exceeds 1/2 inch thick. Excessive thatch prevents air, water, and nutrients from reaching plant roots. Cutting through and removing thatch improves your lawn's health.Tools and Materials
Determine depth of thatch. Remove a core of soil from the lawn with a trowel or shovel and measure the depth of the thatch, which is the layer of dead grass above the soil line. A layer that's 1/2 to 1 inch thick can be removed with a stiff lawn rake. Deeper layers may require a power rake.
Determine the best season to remove thatch. The best time to dethatch is just before the grass begins a period of active growth, which is spring for warm-season grasses such as Bermuda, St. Augustine, and zoysia. Cool-season kinds such as Kentucky bluegrass are best dethatched just before their period of most active growth, in very early spring or early autumn.
Choose method. For shallow thatch on small areas, use a stiff lawn rake. For small lawns with more than an inch of thatch, use a special thatch rake. Large areas and thick layers call for power rakes or vertical mowers, which are available from rental agencies.
Prepare lawn. Mow a little lower than usual. If needed, water the lawn to moisten the soil.
Use a thatching rake. Pull the blade-like tines across the lawn, cutting through the thatch. Work in small sections, and then remove the debris with a rake.
Use a power rake or vertical mower. Adjust the cutters to slice just through the thatch layer. Check cutter depth after first few feet. Run the machine in parallel rows over the lawn and then again at 90? to the first pass. Remove debris with a lawn rake.
Aftercare. Water and fertilize the lawn to help it recover from dethatching. To prevent thatch buildup from recurring, adjust the soil pH and alter your lawn care habits if needed (excessive use of water, fertilizer, or pesticides are common causes). Overseed with a good-quality grass seed to improve the lawn's health, vigor, and appearance.Tips
Thatch is caused by several factors, including grass type, excessive watering, soil compaction, high or low soil pH, or overuse of fertilizer and pesticides.
Lawns with a thick layer of thatch are more vulnerable to drought, as well as to insect and disease damage. Lawns with thick thatch may feel springy underfoot.
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Day 1 was fun, with all those introductions and not so much "explanation" from me. Teachers need to remember: students are people too. They deserve to be met and heard, not just lectured at.
So, I'll put away the Opening Day necktie (I wonder if my footballers and cheerleaders noticed the theme?) 'til next Fall, roll up my sleeves, and get down to trying to explain a bit more on Tuesday.
As my first class concluded and disbanded yesterday in Room 204, students crowded in for Professor M's to follow. I made a prediction to them: Professor M will write a long and somewhat difficult quote from the philosopher Peirce on the board. Let me know next time if I'm not correct. (After so many years we can all mime not only our own opening acts but also those of our colleagues, to a point. I threw a curve this year, though.)
Then I headed back upstairs to my office, sat down at my desk, looked up and across the hall into 304, and what did I see? The confirming remnant of Professor M's just-concluded previous class:
It's the very statement I'd just forecast downstairs, a quote from C.S. Peirce, contending that philosophy is a branch of science.
It's decidedly not my view. I see science as a branch of philosophy, not the other way around. Some religion, too. It all begins in wonder, curiosity, and plurality. I'm sure we'll be talking about that, this semester.
But I'm also sure that Professor M will teach a great Intro to Philosophy course. There's no single royal road to wisdom, no exclusive source and sustainer of wonder.
That's why we're co-philosophizing in my classes. It's gonna be a lot of fun, especially if the theists hang in there with me. I came out of the closet: I'm a humanist, a secularist, a naturalist, and when push comes to shove, an atheist. Some also call me an accomodationist. If more 'ists are really needed, though, I prefer "pluralistic meliorist."
That should be enough fog to hold off the positivist reductionists, no?
But it also presses the next inescapable question, the one D&D will be taking up with me in our late-Thursday afternoon independent readings course on Religion, Rationality, & Science: are science and religion compatible? Really compatible, not just in the way marriage and infidelity can be (as David astutely noted), but more like salt and pepper?
Or like humans and chimps, perhaps? Evolutionists are often asked, by deeply-confused fundamentalists: why are there still monkeys? Just as you could also ask, more than a century and a half after Darwin, why there are still theists. Or: why tolerate religion?
My working hypothesis is that there are still theists for the same reason there are still other kinds of primate: common descent, shared ancestry, developmental divergence from the same tree of life. It's all related, we're all related, theists and atheists, philosophers and scientists, believers and skeptics. Same tree, same source, different branches.
I suggested that we preface next week's discussion of Stephen Jay Gould's notorious "Non-overlapping magisteria" (NOMA) proposal with a peek at Evolution.
This really is going to be a fun semester.


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I always like stories of smart things having good repercussions beyond what was expected. There was a story a year or so back about the earliest known sound recordings, which were never meant to be played back. The creator of the "phonautograph" was merely playing with how voice could shake a pen that was making a line; it wasn't until a century and a half later that someone figured out "hey, we can turn this line back into sound!"
I just ran across another of those stories, and it's about an acknowledged creative genius, Méliès, the early filmmaker (if you saw the movie Hugo, you know the guy I mean.) Due to some problems with distribution, Méliès found that he needed two negatives of each movie. Rather than having two cameras that needed separate operation, he simplified the shooting: he built a special camera that was really two cameras in one, two reels of film, two lenses. Sure, they'd each get a slightly different image, but they were close enough that it shouldn't make much difference.
You're seeing what's coming, aren't you?
That's right. a century later, someone paired the two prints back together, and got these early masterpieces in totally legitimate 3-D.


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March 15, 2016 - STAMFORD, Conn. and LUCCA, Italy
Generali Group's Adoption of Integrated Reporting <IR> Framework Highlighted in Tagetik's Next Progressive CFO Webinar
Generali's Head of Integrated Reporting and CFO Hub, Massimo Romano, will discuss the drivers and benefits of adoption by a major player in the global insurance industry
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, will host the pre-recorded webinar "Should Progressive CFOs Embrace the Future of Integrated Reporting Now?," the latest presentation in Tagetik's popular Progressive CFO™ series on Wednesday, March 16, from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time/ 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. Central European Time. Massimo Romano, Generali Group's head of integrated reporting and CFO hub, will address the reasons why Generali chose to adopt an integrated reporting framework for external and internal reporting and the benefits realized to date.
Headquartered in Italy, Generali Group is a major player in the global insurance industry and was ranked 43rd in MIT Technology Review's 2015 list of Smartest Companies. The company participated in a pilot project sponsored by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) in 2012 and has now fully embraced integrated reporting as a key component of its business strategy.
Jyoti Banerjee, the technology initiative program lead for the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), will direct the conversation. The 30-minute interview will touch on:
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The buyer's attention is in particular drawn to the provisions of condition 10.4.
1. Interpretation
1.1 The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition apply in these conditions.
Buyer: the person, firm or company who purchases the Goods and/or Services from the Company.
Company: TM3connections
Contract: any contract between the Company and the Buyer for the sale and purchase of the Goods and/or Services, incorporating these conditions.
Delivery Point: the place where delivery of the Goods is to take place under condition 4.
Distance Selling Regulations: the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000.
Goods: any goods agreed in the Contract to be supplied to the Buyer by the Company (including any part or parts of them).
Services: any services offered by the Company on the Website.
Website: the Company's website currently at www.tm3connections.com
1.2 Condition headings do not affect the interpretation of these conditions.
2. Application of terms
2.1 Subject to any variation under condition 2.2 the Contract shall be on these conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Buyer tries to apply under any confirmation of order, specification or other document).
2.2 These conditions apply to all the Company's sales and any variation to these conditions and any representations about the Goods and/or Services shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by a senior manager of the Company.
2.3 Each order or acceptance of a quotation for Goods and/or Services by the Buyer from the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to buy Goods and/or Services subject to these conditions.
2.4 No order placed by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company until a written acknowledgement of order is issued by the Company or (if earlier) the Company delivers the Goods and/or Services to the Buyer.
2.5 Any quotation is given on the basis that no Contract shall come into existence until the Company despatches an acknowledgement of order to the Buyer. Any quotation is valid for a period of [30] days only from its date, provided that the Company has not previously withdrawn it.
2.6 It is for the Buyer to ensure that the terms of its order and any applicable specification are complete and accurate.
3. Description
3.1 The Company will take reasonable care to ensure details, descriptions and prices are correct at the time they are entered onto the system but you should be aware that the quantity and description of the Goods and/or Services shall be as set out in the Company's quotation or acknowledgement of order.
3.2 All drawings, descriptive matter, specifications and advertising issued by the Company on the Website and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Company's catalogues or brochures are issued or published with the intention of giving an approximate idea of the Goods and/or Services described in them. It is for the Buyer to satisfy themselves that the Goods and/or Services are what they require.
4. Delivery
4.1 The Company will do all it reasonably can to meet the dates given for delivery. In the case of unforeseen circumstances, beyond the reasonable control of the Company, the Company will contact the Buyer and give an alternative date. However all dates specified by the Company for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate and time for delivery shall not be made of the essence by notice. If no dates are specified, delivery shall be within a reasonable time.
4.2 The Company may deliver the Goods by separate instalments. Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.
4.3 Each instalment shall be a separate Contract and no cancellation or termination of any one Contract relating to an instalment shall entitle the Buyer to repudiate or cancel any other Contract or instalment.
5. Risk/title
5.1 The Goods are at the risk of the Buyer from the time of delivery.
5.2 Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:
5.2.1 the Goods; and
5.2.2 all other sums which are or which become due to the Company from the Buyer on any account.
5.3 Until ownership of the Goods has passed to the Buyer, the Buyer shall:
5.3.1 hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company's bailee, storing the Goods (at no cost to the Company) separately from all other goods of the Buyer or any third party in such a way that they remain readily identifiable as the Company's property;
5.3.2 not destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods; and
5.3.3 maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured on the Company's behalf for their full price against all risks to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company.
6. Price
6.1 Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, the price for the Goods and/or Services shall be the price set out in the Company's price list published on the Website on the date the order is placed.
6.2 The prices are exclusive of any value added tax and all costs or charges in relation to packaging, loading, unloading, carriage and insurance, all of which amounts the Buyer shall pay in addition when it is due to pay for the Goods and/or Services.
7. Payment
7.1 Subject to condition 7.3, payment of the price for the Goods and/or Services is due in pounds sterling.
7.2 Time for payment shall be of the essence and no payment shall be deemed to have been received until the Company has received cleared funds.
7.3 All payments payable to the Company under the Contract shall become due immediately on its termination despite any other provision.
7.4 Subject to condition 9 the Buyer shall make all payments due under the Contract in full without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Buyer has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Company to the Buyer.
7.5 The Company reserves the right to claim interest on any outstanding balances at the rate of 4% per annum above the Barclays Bank plc base rate from the date the sum became due.
8. Quality
8.1 Where the Company is not the manufacturer of the Goods, the Company shall endeavour to transfer to the Buyer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given to the Company.
8.2 The Company warrants that (subject to the other provisions of these conditions) upon delivery [, and for a period of [6] months from the date of delivery,] the Goods shall:
8.2.1 be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979;
8.2.2 be reasonably fit for [PURPOSE].
8.3 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of [the warranty OR any of the warranties] in condition 8.2 unless:
8.3.1 the Buyer gives written notice of the defect to the Company, and, if the defect is as a result of damage in transit to the carrier, within [5] days of the time when the Buyer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and
8.3.2 the Company is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice of examining such Goods and the Buyer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the Company's place of business at the Buyer's cost for the examination to take place there.
8.4 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of warranty in condition 8.2 if:
8.4.1 the Buyer makes any further use of such Goods after giving such notice; or
8.4.2 the defect arises because the Buyer failed to follow the Company's oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or
8.4.3 the Buyer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Company.
8.5 Subject to condition 8.3 and condition 8.4, if any of the Goods do not conform with the warranty in condition 8.2 the Company shall at its option repair or replace such Goods (or the defective part) or refund the price of such Goods at the pro rata Contract rate provided that, if the Company so requests, the Buyer shall, at the Buyers expense, return the Goods or the part of such Goods which is defective to the Company.
9. Cancelation & refunds
9.1 For up to seven working days after delivery of the Goods the Buyer may cancel the Contract and return the Goods (unopened and unused) or Services (provided the provision of the Services has not commenced).
For Goods only:
9.2 The Buyer must inform the Company of the Buyer's intention to return the Goods (by letter or email only) within seven working days from the day after the Buyer receives the Goods.
9.3 In the event of the Buyer exercising the right to cancel the Contract, the Goods must be returned in their original packaging and in their original condition. During the time between delivery and return the Buyer agrees to take reasonable care of the Goods. The cost of returning the Goods will not be paid by the Company the Buyer must pay the cost. If the Goods are returned damaged, opened with any broken seal, the Company is entitled to treat the Contract as continuing and recover payment.
9.4 When the Goods have been returned and checked, (within a maximum of 30 days of the Buyer's cancellation notice), the Company will refund the Buyer's money using the original payment method the Buyer used (other than in exceptional circumstances whereby the refund will be made by cheque to the Buyers confirmed postal address).
For Services only:
9.5 The Buyer must inform the Company of the Buyer's intention to cancel the Services (by letter or email only) within seven working days from the day after the Buyer places the order for Services in accordance with condition 2, failure to do so will entitle the Company to continue to provide the Services and be paid in full.
9.6 If the Services have commenced during the time referred to in condition 9.5 the Buyer shall not be entitled to cancel the Services unless the Company is in material breach of these conditions.
10. Limitation of liability
10.1 Subject to condition 4 and condition 9, the following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Buyer in respect of:
10.1.1 any breach of these conditions;
10.1.2 any use made or resale by the Buyer of any of the Goods, or of any product incorporating any of the Goods; and
10.1.3 any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with the Contract.
10.2 All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law (save for the conditions at 8.2 and as implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
10.3 Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Company:
10.3.1 for death or personal injury caused by the Company's negligence; or
10.3.2 under section 2(3), Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
10.3.3 for any matter which it would be illegal for the Company to exclude or attempt to exclude its liability; or
10.3.4 for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
10.4 Subject to condition 10.2 and condition 10.3:
10.4.1 the Company's total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the Contract price; and
10.4.2 the Company shall only be liable for losses which were reasonably foreseeable by both parties as a consequence of the relevant breach of contract.
11. Assignment
11.1 The Company may assign the Contract or any part of it to any person, firm or company.
11.2 The Buyer shall not be entitled to assign the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Company.
12. Force majeure
The Company reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Goods and/or Services ordered by the Buyer (without liability to the Buyer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes, or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials, provided that, if the event in question continues for a continuous period in excess of [15] days, the Buyer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract.
13. General
13.1 Each right or remedy of the Company under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company whether under the Contract or not.
13.2 If any provision of the Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of such provision shall continue in full force and effect.
13.3 Failure or delay by the Company in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.
13.4 Any waiver by the Company of any breach of, or any default under, any provision of the Contract by the Buyer shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and shall in no way affect the other terms of the Contract.
13.5 The parties to the Contract do not intend that any term of the Contract shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person that is not a party to it.
13.6 The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
14. Communications
14.1 All communications between the parties about the Contract shall be in writing and delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid first class post or sent by fax:
14.1.1 (in case of communications to the Company) to its registered office or such changed address as shall be notified to the Buyer by the Company; or
14.1.2 (in the case of the communications to the Buyer) to the registered office of the addressee (if it is a company) or (in any other case) to any address of the Buyer set out in any document which forms part of the Contract or such other address as shall be notified to the Company by the Buyer.
14.2 Communications shall be deemed to have been received:
14.2.1 if sent by pre-paid first class post, two days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and bank and public holidays) after posting (exclusive of the day of posting); or
14.2.2 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery; or
14.2.3 if sent by fax on a working day prior to 4.00 pm, at the time of transmission and otherwise on the next working day.


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East End
It's a hot summer night and you stop at a street corner for sorbet. Or swing by a nationally known microbrewery that's just around the corner. It's a Saturday morning and you stop in a coffee shop that was once a gas station. Grab a large latte and head off to wander antique shops across the street. Sometime that evening you slip into another microbrewery for poetry or live music.
Here in the East End District, you'll find many of the business owners consider themselves just different enough to warrant their own place in Central City. Some have taken boarded up buildings that once supported railroad business and turned them into night spots, offices, and antique shops. Young and old, different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, the entrepreneurs in East End all have one thing in common: they enjoy the fact there's nothing quite like them anywhere else in Central City.
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Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from An Daingean, Cuinche (school) (Dangan, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Stiofán Mac Clúin.
Original reference: 0596/1
In collection The Schools' Collection : County Clare schools
Original reference: 0596/1
An Daingean, Cuinche is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright of the original resource: University College Dublin
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I got my Race for the Cure shirt in the mail yesterday, which means it's almost time for the big event. This year's event is October 16th. It is my third year to run in the Little Rock Race for the Cure, a race that I am absolutely in love with. I've blogged about it before here and here. The big draw for me is the purpose of the event (fighting breast cancer via screenings and research), which creates an electricity in the crowd that is palpable. Over 40,000 women came downtown last year to take part. You'll float from the race expo with tons of cool giveaways (and the fanciest port-a-potties you'll ever see), to the stage with the bands, through the mass of estrogen at the starting line, past three miles of men (including firemen, bikers, shriners, musicians, and of course all those kids and daddies) cheering along the way, and on to the grand finale: the pink wave of the survivors' parade moving down Broadway.
This year I'm running as part of the KTHV/MomsLikeMe.com team. It's a great opportunity to join up with other moms for a great cause. I'll be running the race, but other team members will be jogging or walking the 3.1 mile course, and others will be doing the 2k family walk/run with their kiddos in strollers. If you'd like to join the team, you can get more information here, and register for the event here. If large events aren't your thing, or you just can't make it, you can also donate to the Komen Race for the Cure through my fundraising page.
There are tons of other fun events surrounding Little Rock's Race for the Cure. Here are a couple you might like to know about:
Wednesday, September 22nd 6:30-8:30 @ Go! Running: GET YOUR PINK ON! Ladies Night Out. Come on out to the Go! Running store for a fun evening of fashion, food, and facts (about Race for the Cure) Go! Running will be offering some great discounts on their apparel and shoes, and you'll even have a chance to win a pair of New Balance shoes! If you're on Facebook, you can learn more and RSVP here.
So, maybe you're not into running or walking, but we can all spit, right? Spit for the Cure recruits females 18 years and older to contribute a DNA sample (by spitting into a tube) and answer a short questionnaire. This will be used to create a "bank" of information for future studies. You can Spit for the Cure at the race, or you can contact Dr. Martha Phillips if you would like to participate via phone at 501-526-6413 or via email at mmphillips at uams dot edu.
Dillards is hosting Fit for the Cure at various locations across the state. A $2 donation will be made for every Wacoal & b.tempt'd bra fitting, plus an additional $2 donation for every bra or shape wear sold. Check with your local Dillards to see if they are participating. In Central Arkansas, the McCain Mall Dillards' event will be October 7th. Park Plaza Dillards' event will be October 8th.


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Friday, May 28, 2010
I am POSSESSED!!
12 comments:
- Lis-x- said...
Love your hat! Oh man, I hope your lappy gets fixed soon!=)
Lis xXx
Off The Wardrobe
- May 28, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Sjaar said...
Oke your eyes really look possesed haha, it sucks your laptop.. Goodluck with that.
- May 28, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Unknown said...
Ooh I know this laptop rage so well !!
Love your collection of cameras !
see U !
- May 28, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- garakami said...
Mad woman on the run. Lol, "punch a hobo in the face." Not nice! You'll get your laptop up and running soon enough, just keep on breathing. I'm usually not a big fan of gold jewelry, but I guess when it's piled on it looks good. Love the gold leather shorts.
- May 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- whateveryouwantittosay said...
Ugh! Viruses are the worst! Tell your computer to feel better, and drink plenty of fluids!
- May 28, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Tamia said...
OY. I feel your pain--my laptop literally started to come apart a few months ago, and I panicked like a whore in church. Hope you get yours fixed soon!
- May 28, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Alice said...
Nice outfit, and the old cameras behind you... awesome!
Computers are really really bothering at times, hope you can have yours fixed asap!
Tokyo Quadrille
- May 28, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- iva said...
i hate too when something goes bad with my laptop and i can tell yuu that in the last year & a half i've been having so many many problems :(
toy look great btw!
- May 29, 2010 at 12:29 AM
- leblogdemok said...
Amazing Outfit !!!!!!! i love that !!!!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
- May 29, 2010 at 2:06 AM
- Vilde Sofie said...
"Everything will be fine in the end, if it's not fine, it's not yet the end"
xo - the norwegian girl :)
- May 29, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- Unknown said...
technology can be such a bitch!!
but your cameras in the background!! love it!!!
- May 29, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Unknown said...
That blows! Hope you get it all worked out soon! Would love to see more of your outfits.
- May 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM


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So much has changed. See this plantita here? Many years ago this little plant caused an American-Salvadoran war in our household.
Suegra says this is considered a "lucky" plant back in El Salvador, but it was unlucky for me because Suegra planted it in our yard without permission. For reasons which aren't clear to me today, I got mad – really mad. I guess it was a boundaries thing. I resented Suegra living with us to begin with, and on top of that, she often redecorated without asking me. I'd go out on an errand and come back to see something incredibly feo she bought at a yard sale, sitting as the new centerpiece on our table. I guess at some point I had enough.
The lucky plant, which at the time looked like a wilted weed in my eyes, had been planted in a prominent spot in the landscaping and it stuck out like a sore thumb. She had even stolen rocks from elsewhere in the yard and made a circle around the pathetic little plant. It looked like a juvenile goldfish burial plot.
"It needs to be moved to the backyard – somewhere I can't see it – near the air conditioner unit would be good. Some place where it might die," I said to my husband.
He pleaded with me not to make a big deal. It was a difficult time in our marriage. His mother living with us turned into a sick love triangle – my husband always caught between his mother and me, both of us demanding his loyalty.
In the end, my husband asked his mother to move the lucky plant. I had not fully anticipated the war that erupted. Suegra didn't speak to me for many days. She told my husband he didn't wear the pants – started with that familiar refrain, "There are many women in the world, pero madre sólo hay una."
Suegra moved the plant but she continued to take care of it, watering it in the summer, moving it indoors in the winter – and over the years it survived … and somehow we have, too.
All these years later, I remember that day and wonder why I cared so much. Why I couldn't just let it go, but it's past now, I can't change what happened. I can only learn a lesson from it to carry with me.
Yesterday I noticed the chill in the evening air, whispering that autumn is upon us. We'll soon have our first frost. I reminded Suegra that it was time to bring the plant indoors. I told her she could put it on the table, as a centerpiece… a daily reminder for me that life is imperfect but given time and a little luck, we can adapt.


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|Gnus is an e-mail client, a news client and a feed aggregator.
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Gnus with virtual servers
Gnus has unified interface to e-mail, feed, news, and others. virtual server are created for different source of information, and Gnus talks to this virtual server as if they are the same.
So, when someone want Gnus to work with particular source of information, he register a vertural server to Gnus as a select methods, for example:
Using Gnus with Gmail
- Make sure gnutls-bin or starttls package is installed on your system
- Create a Gmail account
- Enable IMAP in Gmail accout, by settings->forwarding POP/IMAP
- Use Gmail's IMAP as a (secondary) select method, by add following line into ./gnus.el
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnimap "gmail"
(nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
(nnimap-server-port 993)
(nnimap-stream ssl)))
or Using Gmail as primary select method
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machine imap.gmail.com login email@example.com password secret port 993
6. (optional) Enable using gmail's SMTP server by put following line in ./gnus.el
(setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
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smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 "firstname.lastname@example.com" nil))
smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpmail-smtp-service 587
smtpmail-local-domain "yourcompany.com")
Using Gnus with Gmane
you can easily read news from Gmane with Gnus
- in group buffer , press B (browser foreign server)
- type "nntp" when asked "which back end"
- type web.gmane.org when asked "address"
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Patrick Willis believes the San Francisco 49ers can still be a great defense even without All-Pro tackle Justin Smith.
The 49ers might have to spend the rest of this season finding out whether or not Willis, their All-Pro linebacker and defensive leader, is correct.
Smith is unlikely to play Sunday in the regular-season finale against Arizona because of a partially torn left triceps. The injury could force Smith to miss some or all of the postseason.
The San Francisco defense has been gouged for big yardage and points since Smith was injured early in the third quarter Dec. 16 at New England. But the NFL's second-ranked defense hopes to regroup and regain momentum for the playoffs against an Arizona team that ranks last in the league in total offense.
Smith, one of five San Francisco defenders selected to start for the NFC in the Pro Bowl, is expected to be on the sideline against the Cardinals.
``You can't really put into words what he means to this defense,'' Willis said Thursday. ``We most certainly miss him and hopefully we'll get him back for the playoffs.
``But we have a great defense and I truly believe that. When you have what we have on our defense, we should be able to go out there and display that each time. Starting from this Sunday, we have to make sure we go out and do that on a consistent basis and play like the defense we know we're capable of playing like.''
The 49ers haven't been the same on defense since losing Smith in the victory at New England.
San Francisco surrendered four consecutive touchdown drives after Smith left that game with the 49ers leading 31-3. Without Smith over most of the past six quarters, the 49ers have allowed 753 yards, 66 points and 48 first downs.
Much of that damage came last week in a 42-13 loss at Seattle, the worst defeat of coach Jim Harbaugh's two seasons with the 49ers. Without Smith, a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl starter last season, San Francisco's defense allowed season highs in both points scored and rushing yards allowed.
But defensive coordinator Vic Fangio doesn't want to blame his unit's poor performance on Smith's absence.
``He's a great player, one of the best defensive players in the NFL, and anytime you lose one of those guys it does have an adverse effect on you,'' Fangio said. ``But I didn't think the problems we've had, the last game in particular, were because of Justin not being there. We could have had five Justin Smiths. That wasn't the issue. We didn't play good, didn't coach good and those guys just whipped us.''
Fangio has seen his defense bounce back before and expects it to do so again as the 49ers prepare for the playoffs. San Francisco needs a victory over Arizona to secure its second consecutive NFC West title, and the 49ers can capture the NFC's No. 2 playoff seed with a win over the Cardinals and a Green Bay loss Sunday at Minnesota.
The 49ers certainly have the defensive personnel to make do without Smith.
Willis, outside linebacker Aldon Smith and safeties Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner all were named Pro Bowl starters on Wednesday along with Justin Smith. Middle linebacker NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco's leading tackler, also was selected to the NFC team, and cornerback Carlos Rogers and outside linebacker Ahmad Brooks are Pro Bowl alternates.
Willis, who became the first player in franchise history to be named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first six NFL seasons, doesn't expect San Francisco's defense to be down for long.
``It's like gravity,'' Willis said. ``What comes up must come down. And what's down will eventually come up. For the most part, we have played well this season Now it's one of those things where each person has to take it up a whole another notch. We can't fill Justin's shoes - nobody can come in and do that - but I know we certainly can get it done. We're going to bounce back and make sure we do it right from this point on.''
Veteran lineman Ricky Jean Francois made his first career start at right tackle in place of Smith last week and finished second on the team with six tackles.
Fangio's approach won't change whether it's Smith or Jean Francois playing that position the rest of the way.
``Justin's told me he's getting better each and every day and that's really all I know,'' Fangio said. ``But it's like anything. You can lose anybody early in a game and you just have to go. We're too far along here to change the system because of one guy being out. We'll be fine.''


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Baking soda soothes itchy chigger bites
Q. Years ago, after a day in a South Texas forest, I found I was covered in chigger bites from the waist down. I declined a doctor's urging to be hospitalized but filled the prescriptions he gave me. They had no effect, and I was miserable.
Fortunately, a neighbor told my wife that where she came from, the best remedy for the bites of what they called "grass tigers" was to sit in a tub in which lukewarm water covered the affected areas and then pour baking soda over all the bites. It sounded silly, but I was absolutely desperate for relief.
The baking soda produced an immediate sensation of coolness on the affected areas, and the itching began to diminish. Within a day, the itching (and swelling around each of the hundreds of bites) was gone.
Plain ol' baking soda: another wonderful folk remedy.
A. Chigger bites can be incredibly itchy. Dermatologists frequently prescribe potent steroid creams to diminish the allergic reaction.
Not everyone may benefit from your baking-soda remedy, but it is certainly worth a try.
Preventing chigger bites makes even more sense. Sulfur powder (flowers of sulfur) sprinkled on socks, shoes and pant legs is an old-fashioned approach. If you can't find the powder, consider a liquid sulfur solution such as that found in Chigg-Away.
Q. Our family is getting together with friends for a big beach vacation. I know my husband will be parading around in his flip-flops or bare feet. He is oblivious to his incredibly ugly nail fungus. I am embarrassed every time I look at his yellowish-brown thick nails.
I know you have written about remedies for nail fungus. Any information you can send would be appreciated.
A. The most important ingredient in any nail-fungus remedy is patience. It can take a long time for a nail to grow in healthy.
There are lots of remedies, though they don't all work equally well for everyone. Some people report that foot soaks with cornmeal work for them, while others get results from tea tree oil, Listerine, vinegar or Vicks VapoRub. Hydrogen peroxide is another perennial favorite.
There are details on how to use these and other remedies in our Guide to Hair and Nail Care. Anyone who would like a copy, please send $3 in check or money order with a long (No. 10), stamped (66 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. H-31, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027. It also can be downloaded for $2 from our website: www.peoples
Q. I have suffered with heartburn for years. The most recent prescription medicine made my reflux way worse.
Then I read that almonds helped someone else with a similar problem. I tried it, and it works for me.
Sometimes three almonds will do the job — raw, blanched, roasted or roasted with salt. They work if I eat them before a meal or after, or when the heartburn starts. I carry snack-size packs of almonds in my purse just in case.
A friend of mine who has a chemistry degree feels it may be the amino acids in the almonds that help heal the stomach lining and also help cut down the acid production.
A. We have no explanation for the relief some people get from heartburn when they eat a handful of almonds. Perhaps your chemist friend is right.
In any event, this is a simple solution for an uncomfortable condition.
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My Little Pony voice actress Tara Strong was scheduled to appear at the upcoming Knoxville Comic and Anime Show, and 15-year-old mentally disabled brony Dragon and his mom, Rebecca Andrews, were looking forward to meeting her.
Then Strong canceled.
Andrews knew her son would be devastated, and she said as much on the convention's Facebook page: "Thanks for posting. Just wish she'd cancelled before I paid for the vip pass. Now I have to figure out how to tell my disabled son he won't be meeting Twilight. :("
But Strong saw the post, called Andrews, and set up a phone call with Dragon.
Tara: Is this Dragon? Dragon: ...yes. Tara: Do you know who this is? Dragon: Yes, it's Twilight Sparkle. Dragon: Tara, you are so talented with all those voices you do. Tara: Yes, yes I am, aren't I? Tara: (in Twilight's voice) I love you, Dragon. Dragon: (stunned, muttering) ...love you, too, Twilight.
After the call, Andrews snapped a pic of Dragon's expression and posted it to Facebook.
"She talked to him for about 20 minutes in all," Andrews wrote. "[She] did every voice he asked her to do, talked a little to him about how to deal with bullies at school, and assured him that there is going to be a season 3 of My Little Pony."
Dragon starts high school in the fall. He recently was switched to special needs classes so he won't be subjected to bullying for liking My Little Pony.
"It's still rather hard to believe this actually happened," Andrews said, "even with Dragon piping up every once in a while, 'Twilight Sparkle said she loved me.'"


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Cook the ramps in butter over medium low heat in a heavy skillet. When the ramps have softened, add the wine and simmer until the wine reduces by about half.
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Add the cream and the goat cheese and cook over low heat, stirring until the cheese melts.
Stir in the cooked asparagus, chives, and the salt and pepper. Keep the sauce warm.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to directions and drain thoroughly.
Toss the pasta with the sauce and serve piping hot.
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For the 100th birthday of the Good Housekeeping Seal this year, we
opened the Institute for tours on the second Friday of each month. This
way you can get a behind-the-scenes look at how we evaluate products for the Seal and for editorial
mention in the magazine. Recently, reporters from Time Out New York and the Hartford Courantwrote about their visits.
Other recent guests were the winners of our 2009 VIP (Very Innovative Products) Awards. We evaluate thousands of products at the Research Institute each year, and so it's always exciting when our product testing experts find new, bold, ingenious breakthroughs-products that solve everyday family problems in a unique way. And, of course, these products aren't just innovative—they've been tested by the Institute experts and proven to work well.
We announced our winners in our February 2009 issue, and on February 20th, presented the awards in the Good Housekeeping Dining Room. Our winners included products in the beauty, fashion, fitness, nutrition, automotive, pet, cleaning, technology, safety, and home appliance categories. They were: The Kindle E-Reader from Amazon, Scotch Fur Fighter from 3M, Tide Total Care from Procter & Gamble, the Wii Fit from Nintendo, Custom Creations Foundation from Revlon, Versus Bare Floor Vacuum from Bissell, UConnect Web from Chrysler, the Satellie GPS Messenger from Spot, the Share SD Card from Eye-Fi, Vitamin D Enhanced Portobello Mushrooms from Dole, and our Hall of Fame Award went to Spanx, Original Footless Panyhose.


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1. COWS, Prince Edward Island: "On the waterfront in Charlottetown, the proprietors use high-quality ingredients and a lusciously high butterfat content (16 per cent) to craft rich, whimsically-themed flavours."
2. Gelateria Perche No! Florence, Italy: "Perche No! translates to Why Not! The shop dates back 50 years."
3. Tip Top Ice Cream, locations throughout New Zealand: "The Ben & Jerry's of New Zealand."
4. Kula Lodge, Maui, Hawaii: "The best mango sherbet I've ever tasted."
5. Freddo, Buenos Aires: "Known for its eight kinds of dulce de leche ice cream."
6. Gelateria di Piazza, San Gimignano, Italy: "Over 100 flavours, including five different types of chocolate."
7. Hot Licks Homemade Ice Cream, Fairbanks, Alaska: "Locally inspired flavours include Aurora Borealis, Alaska Birch Walnut and Nanook Nosh."
8. Glacier Berthillon, Ile de St. Louis, Paris: "A Paris landmark since 1934."
9. Las Iguanas, Boca de Arenal, Costa Rica: "Unique flavours including cactus and tamarind."
10. Ben & Jerry's, Waterbury, Vermont: "To really appreciate it you'll want to make the pilgrimage to their factory."


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After this paragraph, the rest of the post is completely penned by WordPress.com. They give me seemingly high marks for my blog, while noting that I only posted 16 times in 2010. Remiss? Maybe. My top posts date back to early 2007 and before, when I was blogging actively for my role at Novell. But from the silver lining department, one of my top 5 referrers was bobjamieson.net, a paleo-geek's blog. Perhaps a sign of things to come in 2011?
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 40,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 5 days for that many people to see it.
In 2010, there were 16 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 384 posts. There were 8 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 198kb.
The busiest day of the year was January 5th with 206 views. The most popular post that day was Mac vs. PC: How Would Linux Fit?.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were stumbleupon.com, roseindia.net, linuxcompatible.org, bobjamieson.net, and facebook.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for linux, wallpaper, mac, suse wallpaper, and opensuse wallpaper.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
Mac vs. PC: How Would Linux Fit? March 2007
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Can Linux Desktops Live in an Active Directory World? September 2006
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OpenOffice.org and Excel VBA Macros July 2006
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Show Me That New GNOME Main Menu June 2006
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Could you imagine going back to school and finding out that your new teacher is Keith Urban? That's the good news some 190 lucky high school juniors and seniors from Nashville's public schools are getting right now. Urban will be doing about 75 minutes of teaching — and maybe even play a song or two — on Sept. 6 as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 's education program. The show itself isn't open to the public — it's just for the arts and music students from four schools — but the live stream will make you feel like you're there. Urban will be teaching the teenagers all about the craft of songwriting, what his musical influences have been, how he's inspired creatively and what his job is really like. Then he'll answer the students' questions. And maybe he'll even give them a homework assignment. I was never that crazy about studying hard in high school, but I'm going to pay very close attention in this class next week. The live stream starts at 10 a.m. CT.


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Ok I'm starting to realize that I can't get much more Lego due to the need to save for a car someday and collage. I really don't quite fit in here because I can't make very good MOCs without more pieces and I'm not really needed. So I'm not going to post very much but I still might post a update or two on my Cuusoo project. I also might still upload a few pictures to my Flicker for a little while.
I would also like to extend my special thanks to:
AK_Brickster for steering me right and helping me out a couple of times.
Mark of Falworth for his comments on my Flicker.
and mencot for his generous support of my Cuusoo project.
I'm not sure if that was all worded right^
Farewell and I hope to see you all occasionally.


text: The Italian Futurists saw themselves as soldiers of speed and mechanics, fighting in the name of progress. F.T. Marinetti's 1909 Futurist Manifesto was their declaration of war: "We want to demolish museums," Marinetti wrote. But the Guggenheim Museum in New York still stands, and on February 21, it debuts "Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe." On view through September 1, the exhibition showcases more than 300 works spanning three decades and a gamut of disciplines. "The movement celebrated innovation and would have embraced this new era of instant communications," says the show's curator, Vivien Greene. Whether Marinetti—who, in his manifesto also noted, "What is the use of looking behind?"—would have embraced the idea of a retrospective is another matter.


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THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Truthful politician: It need not be an oxymoron
With Election Day less than a month away, campaigns are understandably heating up. Predictably, candidates are spending more and more time criticizing one another.
Just as predictably, allegations of lying are being flung back and forth as well.
As voters, we are the consumers of this political information.
Just this past week, charges and countercharges flew in the local race for Congress between Democratic challenger Tom Perriello and Republican incumbent Virgil Goode. (Note: I have contributed to and done a small amount of volunteer work on behalf of the Perriello campaign.)
According to a September 29 article by Lisa Provence in The Hook, at issue was Goode's claim in a television advertisement that Perriello opposes offshore drilling, a claim that Provence said "the Perriello people vehemently deny."
According to the article, Perriello said the ad was a "flat-out lie" and "libelous," and further reported that the Perriello campaign charged the ad used a "doctored" photo of their man, darker than the original, to make him look "scarier."
An attorney representing the Perriello campaign sent out a letter asking television stations to stop running the ad, but NBC29 general manager Harold Wright told Provence that he was legally prohibited from pulling the ad, regardless of its veracity.
I was curious about this, since I had recently read about several cable channels refusing to run an ad they deemed offensive that criticized McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his vice president. The ad highlighted McCain's age and medical history of skin cancer in suggesting he may not survive his term.
Turns out, unsurprisingly, that Wright is correct. According to the non-partisan group FactCheck.org, the Federal Communications Act requires broadcasters who run candidate ads to show them without any censorship, even if they are false.
Interestingly, broadcasters can elect not to run any candidate ads at all, but once they agree to run some, they have to run them all.
The requirement applies only to ads by the candidates themselves. The ad I had read about regarding McCain's health was from a separate group. With such ads, broadcasters have greater leeway in deciding what to accept and what to reject based on content.
As a civil libertarian who believes in the First Amendment, I can appreciate the need for this rule.
As a consumer columnist, however, I can't help but wonder why we wouldn't allow, say, a soap manufacturer to blatantly lie in an advertisement, but we will allow a politician to do so about matters of much greater importance.
One reason, of course, is that the line between lies and arguments in the context of a political campaign is not always clear. All too often, a candidate will mischaracterize an opponent's arguments as "lies" when they are nothing of the sort. Those arguments are what elections are all about.
But clear and demonstrable errors of fact put forth by one side or another– the so-called "Swiftboating" of John Kerry's war record in 2004 is the most well-known recent example– should trouble all of us, regardless of party or ideological affiliation. The public's toleration for such falsehoods erodes our democracy.
I'm not naïve. I realize political candidates have trafficked in lies for as long as there has been politics, but it is nonetheless frustrating.
At least in the presidential election, plenty of impartial organizations, media and otherwise, are keeping tabs on the candidates. One such non-partisan organization that does a particularly thorough job, at least as far as John McCain and Barack Obama are concerned, is the aforementioned factcheck.org.
FactCheck.org does not, unfortunately, contain any material on the Perriello versus Goode contest.
I try to ignore negative ads and the inevitable counter-charges they generate. If I am interested in a particular charge, I go to the candidates' websites myself to see where they stand on the issues. In our current congressional race, those sites are perrielloforcongress.com and virgilgoode.com.
And if you think a candidate is not truthful, I hope you vote against him on that basis. Until we as consumers of political information make it clear by our votes that lying is not acceptable, it will continue.
Got a consumer situation? Call the Hook newsroom at 434-295-8700x405 or e-mail the Tough Customer directly.


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California is still a leader in one area: the information it provides voters.
The voter information guide produced by the California Secretary of State is the best in the nation.
That doesn't mean it couldn't use improvement.
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News from around the country and around the globe
I just received the ballot guide in the mail, and was struck by just how useless the ballot arguments for and against ballot measures are.
For Propositions 28 and 29, the two initiatives on the June ballot, there are four ballot arguments each: The Argument in Favor of the Proposition, the Rebuttal to The Argument in Favor of the Proposition, the Argument Against the Proposition, and the Rebuttal to the Argument Against the Proposition.
They are useless and misleading at times. The language is carefully poll-tested, and full of loaded words.
They also use lots of capital letters -- like letters you get from angry people and prisoners. Any voter relying on this for information on what the measure will do would learn very little of value.
Fortunately, the voter information guide does include non-partisan analysis from the Legislative Analyst's Office, as well as abridged descriptions of the measure.
But it would be better if the arguments for and against each measure were taken out of the hands of the campaigns -- and their consultants and pollsters.
What's a better way? Oregon's ballot guide now includes arguments from citizens' juries that study the measures, and then advance careful descriptions and the best arguments for and against each initiative.
This independent review, by citizens drawn to represent the state as a whole, would be useful for California, not merely for producing better voter guides but also in providing a forum to debate the initiatives on their merits.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — What if you could eat a plate of French fries, loaded with calories, and not absorb the fat because of what you're drinking. "Yes, I want it," exclaimed one woman in Market Square.
Well, that's exactly what PepsiCo is selling in Japan; and, so far, only in Japan. "I definitely need it as I get older," one man told KDKA money editor Jon Delano.
"I think it's a great idea, but I'm a little concerned about what they're going to put in it." What's in it is obviously important. It contains an additive called Dextrin, a fat-blocking fiber that is supposed to keep the body from absorbing fat and lower cholesterol levels. That's a claim that the Food & Drug Administration has not yet bought.
But if it does, as a marketing tool, a Pepsi drink that blocks fat could be a winner. "If you read some of the product claims, there's one thing I saw that says you'll be able to eat a piece of chocolate cake and it won't be absorbed," says Point Park University business professor Elaine Luther. Prof. Luther, who also once worked for a drug company, says the additive could act like a laxative.
"If you're not absorbing it, it has to go somewhere," she adds. And that does not appeal to some. "That's really disgusting. That's just really gross," one woman added. But a Pepsi ad in Japan suggests you can eat both pizza and hamburger – as long as you drink Pepsi Special.


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South Dakota Among Top 25 Favorite License Plates
Carinsurance.com has just released the 51 most attractive license plates in the U.S.
Now plates were ranked by net "Most Attractive" votes minus "Least Attractive" votes from the initial survey group, which was proportionately distributed geographically.
Wyoming took the top spot at #1 and South Dakota cracked the top 25 at #22!
You can see all state plates and choose your own favorites at The Great Plate Rate.


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Eyjafjallajökull last erupted between 1821–1823. There were also documented intrusion events in 1994 and 1999 but magma didn't reach the surface.
In the weeks prior to the eruption intense seismicity and high rates of deformation associated with the rise of magma beneath the volcano were noted by Icelandic scientists.
The eruption began at 2352 GMT on 20 March 2010 on Fimmvörðuháls, an ice-free area located between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull ice caps. The eruption was impressive but impacts were only local.
The second phase of volcanism from 14 April 2010 was located in the ice-filled summit caldera, it was explosive and generated a large ash cloud.
It is the change in style and environment of the eruption, combined with wind directions that caused the impact to the UK.
The first phase of the eruption was characterised by fire-fountains and fissure-fed lava flows, principally active from 20 March–12 April. The eruption occurred from a ~500 m long NE-SW oriented fissure with fire fountains from 10–12 vents along this fissure reaching up to ~100 m height.
Only minor amounts of ash were produced by this eruptive phase (due to the absence of ice/water) and fell within a few km of the eruption site. At the close of this phase of activity, lava flows covered an area of ~1.3 square kilometres, with an estimated average thickness of 10–20 m.
Fissures are elongate fractures or cracks in the crust along which vents may open up. Magma can erupt through the vents as a spray known as a fire-fountain. This spray consists of fragments of lava that may remain largely fluid when they hit the ground, known as spatter.
The spatter builds up along the sides of the fissure as banks. When the eruption rate is high and the spatter is hot, the molten spatter may coagulate to form a lava flow. This was observed on Fimmvörðuháls this year and is a common type of eruption in Hawaii and Iceland.
Fire-fountains are also suggested to have formed many of the extensive basalt provinces on Earth such as the Deccan Traps in India where extremely long lava flows were emplaced.
BGS are currently conducting research in the Afar Depression (Ethiopia), which is a constructive plate boundary like Iceland and is also currently experiencing episodic fire-fountain eruptions.
A swarm of earthquakes on the night of the 13 April preceded this eruptive phase. The eruption itself was accompanied by seismic tremor that is still ongoing.
The second phase of volcanism on Eyjafjallajökull started at around midnight on 14 April. It was more explosive and located in the ice-filled summit caldera. The explosions generated abundant fine particles of volcanic ash that rose to a height of about 8 km (not 11 km as previously reported). The total volume of ash (tephra) in the first three days was about 140 million m3. This can be calculated as an average magma discharge rate of about 300 m3 per second and represents 10-20 times the rate of the first eruptive episode at Fimmvörðuháls (reported by Thorvaldur Thordarson, Guðrún Larsen and Ármann Höskuldsson, The Institute of Earth Sciences, Iceland).
The second eruptive phase is described by volcanologists as 'phreatomagmatic', caused by the interaction of water and magma. In this case, the water comes from melting of the ice above the vents. At Eyjafjallajokull, as well as driving explosions, the meltwater caused large floods to the north and south of the volcano. So far, this is a small eruption that produces a steam-rich plume of fine ash particles that rise into the atmosphere along with volcanic gases.
Researchers at the University of Iceland suggest that the relationship between these two phases of volcanism can be explained by magma movement in the earth's crust — see preliminary interpretations of chemical analysis of tephra. Primitive basalt from deep in the crust flowed up to the surface causing the 20 March 2010 eruptive phase at Fimmvörðuháls. The rising basalt magma (~1200°C) also found a route towards the central summit part of the volcano where it mobilised an existing cooler and more viscous body of magma. Eruption of this more evolved magma into the ice-filled summit caldera resulted in the explosive second phase of the eruption.
By 19 April, only one vent was active and much of the ice around it had melted. The height of the ash plume had reduced to around 4 km, and researchers on observation flights observed spatter around the margins of the crater, suggesting that the absence of water had led to a further change in the eruptive style of the volcano.
Contact Dr Sue Loughlin for further information.


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The Engineering and Development Services Department is divided into 4 sections as follows:
Building Section
- Provide building permitting and inspection services pursuant to the O.B.C.;
- Provide by-law enforcement services respecting private lands and buildings with respect to property standards, zoning, signs, and similar by-laws;
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- Provide and overseas engineering design for built infrastructure, including water and sewer systems, storm water management systems, roads and bridges, other forms of built infrastructure (excluding buildings), and treatments plants;
- Provide project management services for major capital works projects (road, sewers, watermains, SWM systems, bridges, sidewalks, trails, large park development projects, parking lots, and other major structures) and support services to other Departments in undertaking new (large-scale) building projects;
- Provide capital planning and budgeting services for built infrastructure.
- Undertake transportation/traffic planning;
- Provide land use planning services with respect to the Official Plan, Loyalist Secondary Plan and Zoning By-Laws, including the evaluation and review of amendments;
- Implement Community Improvement Plans with respect to both downtown façade improvement and brownfields programs;
- Undertake updates to the Official Plan and Zoning By-Law;
- Responsible for designing, preparing and maintaining GIS based mapping and related data.
- Co-ordinate the City's approval of Plans of Subdivision and Condominium applications;
- Co-ordinate the City's approval of Site Plan Control applications;
- Co-ordinate the processing of all applications to the City's Committee of Adjustment, (consents and minor variances);
- Co-ordinate the processing of all appeals to the City's Property Standards Committee;
- Establish land development standards and approval procedures for plans of subdivision, plans of condominium, site plans, severances and minor variances;
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"To be respected as a team of innovative professionals, dedicated to creating a healthy and sustainable community."
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"We will proactively manage sustainable growth, while respecting the existing community, through efficient and customer focused delivery of professional Planning, Building and Engineering services."
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This has been a great year so far. But really, it's only been 2011 for a day. So we'll see.
Yesterday, Corey took me to the Ritz Carlton at Reynolds Plantation in Augusta, Georgia.
It was one of the nicest hotels that I've ever stayed in.
When we got there, I had an appointment to get a massage at their spa! My loving husband actually set that up for me. Maybe that's because I keep asking him to rub my shoulders because I'm so tense.
The spa was phenomenal. It was so beautiful and relaxing. The guest lounge was so beautiful.
The massage was extremely relaxing and after it was over, I was ready for some more fun!
After the massage, Corey took me to our room so I could check it out. It really was beautiful.
Then we walked around the hotel grounds a bit. The hotel was right off the lake and it was so nice. The best thing was the weather. It was 60 degrees so the weather was perfect for walking around and taking pictures like crazy. Corey called me a tourist. Ha. I'm just your average blogger. 🙂
The weather was so nice that we ate outside. The restaurant was Gaby's by the Lake and we sat outside to enjoy our meal while the sun set over the lake.
The food was amazing! Corey and I started the meal by sharing some flatbread. The flatbread had tomatoes, mozzarella, and fresh basil. Yum.
Believe it or not, Corey actually tried a tomato on the flatbread. Usually, he just picks them off because he is such a picky eater. Even he enjoyed them on the flatbread. 🙂
For dinner, I actually thought the appetizers sounded better than the entrees. So I made a meal out of those!
I had Brunswick stew that came with a jalapeno corn muffin. This dish was phenomenal. Loved the moistness of the muffin. And it had the perfect amount of jalapeno.
Check out the cute little pot that the stew came in. I want one!
I had some fried calamari with cajun tartar sauce.
Can I be honest? The cajun tartar sauce was why I ordered this dish. I just discovered that I liked tartar sauce, so I figured the cajun spices could just add to the yummy deliciousness. It did. If I could have gotten away with it, I would have eaten the tartar sauce with my fingers. 😉 But the calamari was also pretty tasty.
Lastly, I ordered the Roasted Garlic hummus with sundried tomatoes and feta cheese.
This dish was actually a little disappointing. Maybe it was a little garlicky or maybe I don't like sundried tomatoes (I've never really tried them before). I may or may not have dipped some of the pita bread in the cajun tartar sauce. 🙂
Corey ordered a steak and mashed potatoes. I didn't try the steak, but he said it was pretty darn good. I did try the mashed potatoes though. They were the best potatoes I have tried in a long time.
I skipped out on dessert at the restaurant because something on the room service menu had caught my eye: Vanilla Creme Brulee. Mmm . . . yummy. I had never tried that before, so I had to. And let's face it, there were still four hours until midnight at that point. So we had to kill some time.
The creme brulee was good, but I don't think I would order it again. It tasted like vanilla pudding with sugar on top. I did manage to stop myself from eating all of it though.
As if I hadn't had enough sugar, the hotel was doing a campfire where you could make your own s'mores . . . for free!
I just couldn't turn that down. I think the last time I had a s'more was when I was a teenager and I was camping. It made me feel a bit nostalgic.
Yes, I do know how ironic it is that I had a goal of cutting back on sugar and yet, I had enough sugar to last me until February tonight.
But at least it was all in moderation. I knew when to stop, so that was a small victory for me.
After eating loads of sugar, Corey and I walked the grounds a bit more and we ordered a movie from the hotel to kill some time until midnight . . . and maybe, to help keep us awake until the new year. I may or may not have had a couple of the chocolates that the nice staff placed on our bed.
I guess I didn't need to worry about being able to stay up all night. All the sugar I had eaten ensured that I wasn't going to bed anytime soon. 😉 Every New Year, I feel my age more and more. It gets harder and harder to stay up until midnight.
After the movie (which was Knight and Day, by the way), we headed back to the restaurant. They had a beautiful pool that overlooked the lake.
The hotel had a fireworks show set up for midnight. This was an awesome fireworks show. The only complaint was that the fireworks didn't actually start until several minutes after midnight, but they were well worth the wait.
Corey and I did stay up a while after midnight before we collapsed into a deep sleep. The beds were so incredibly soft and I wanted to stay there forever. Since we didn't have to take care of Callie, we slept until the very late hour of 9 am. Yes, Callie is like our baby. It's impossible to sleep past 6:30 or 7:00 with a dog.
We decided to lounge around and eat breakfast in bed. We ordered room service! I ordered an egg white omelet with spinach, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. This omelet came with wheat toast, freshly squeezed orange juice, and coffee (decaf!).
I did have some unpictured salsa on top of the omelet.
The meal also came with a yogurt and granola parfait. This was full of fresh strawberries!
This was the perfect breakfast to have as my last meal at the hotel. It was light and nutritious and also very filling. Corey did let me have a few bites of his buttermilk pancakes that he ordered. They were yummy!
After breakfast, it was time to pack up. Am I the only one who takes the little bottles of condiments and toiletries that the hotel provides?
Corey was very kind and took some other bottles off of our neighbor's room service tray. Don't worry, they had already eaten and weren't going to be using them anyway. 🙂 So I have several little bottles of preserves, maple syrup, etc. I also took a few complimentary packets of decaf coffee and tea.
After that, we packed up and headed home . . . back to reality.
Yesterday was a good day and today was a great one. I hope the year continues like this.
And on that note, I will wish everyone a happy New Year.
What did you do to celebrate New Years' Eve?


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First of all, sorry about the light posting the last couple of days. Things are back to normal. Now: How could a presidential candidate go over to another country on the eve of its hosting of the Olympics and say this?:
Romney said the fallout from the G4S security fiasco and a threatened strike by immigration officials were "disconcerting" and questioned whether British people would get behind the Games.
"Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? And that's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin. It is hard to know just how well it will turn out," said Romney.
What? Mitt, how about, you know, "Knowing the great British people as I do, who are still possessed of that spirit that saw them through the blitz, I'm completely confident that everything will turn out marvelously"? What a dweeble.
Meanwhile, this ad by a pro-Obama PAC about the precise sorts of people Romney is raising money from over there on the isle is actually extremely good and pointed. In the middle of the Libor scandal, he's over there raising money from some Barclay's officials, and telling them (probably, since it's his position and since they have an interest in the matter) that he wants to repeal Dodd-Frank? As they say over there, gobsmacking.
In Romney's semi-defense, I, like Frum, don't put a lot of stock in the "Anglo-Saxon" comment. An unnamed aide speaking to a British paper...well, let's just say that that quote could have originated in a number of different ways.
In any case, it's dead wrong. Obama and David Cameron appear to have a man-love thing going between them. Whatever was icy with Gordon Brown has melted.
But take note. This is three different kinds of bad press on day one of the bloody trip--all three seemingly generated by the campaign itself. And London is supposed be the easy leg of a foreign trip.


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Cablevision and Time Warner Bring WiFi HotSpots to NYC Parks
Mayor Bloomberg's government is often finding ways to keep The Big Apple as connected to the internet as can be. Tuesday, in an effort to bring more connectivity options to its residents (and tourists), the City of New York announced that it's teaming up with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable to add WiFi hotspots to 32 parks across the five boroughs. Of course, these will be available in addition to free services already provided by companies such as AT&T in select parts of the city. Unlike with similar offerings, however, these new hotspots will require potential users to be Cablevision Optimum Online or Time Warner Cable broadband subscribers in order to get free access. Those who have the proper credentials will be able to connect gratis via a WiFi-enabled device anytime, while non-subscribers can do so at no cost for up to 30 minutes every 30 days, or for 99 cents per day.
Read the full story at Engadget.